Tag: UK Biobank

Sugar Rationing In The First 1000 Days Of Life Protected Against Chronic Disease

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

A landmark study published in Science has revealed compelling evidence that sugar exposure during the first 1,000 days of life—from conception through early childhood—significantly impacts lifelong metabolic health. The research cleverly utilizes a natural experiment created by the end of sugar rationing in the United Kingdom in September 1953. The Natural Experiment Historical Context During…

A drink a day shrinks the brain

Posted on by Jesse Santiano, M.D.

The study Associations between alcohol consumption and gray and white matter volumes in the UK Biobank shows that one unit of alcohol drunk a day can lead to loss of gray and white matter in the brain. It was published in Nature Communications in March 2022.[1] The research involved 36,678 generally healthy, middle-aged adults from the…