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Early Life Sugar Rationing Correlates with Better Later Life Health and Slowed Aging in Humans

Researchers here show that lower sugar intake in early life correlates with improved later life health, reduced biological age measures, and reduced mortality.

Early Life Sugar Rationing Correlates with Better Later Life Health and Slowed Aging in Humans

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Researchers here show that lower sugar intake in early life correlates with improved later life health, reduced biological age measures, and reduced mortality.

Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom in the years immediately following the Second World War forms a natural experiment in the long term effects of changes in human nutrition that can be explored in...

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Researchers here show that lower sugar intake in early life correlates with improved later life health, reduced biological age measures, and reduced mortality. Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom in the years immediately following the Second World War forms a natural experiment in the long term effects of changes in human nutrition that can be explored in great detail given the establishment of the UK Biobank.

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