3.14 NOT PIE –
July 29, 2026 – Scientists have suggested eating very little sugar up to the age of two may help protect the brain decades later.
The research analysed the impact of the end of sugar rationing in the UK which led to a rapid increase in the amount of sugar in people’s diets.
The results suggest those who were toddlers during sugar rationing had a 23% lower risk of dementia. This is not the first study to suggest the first 1,000 days of life are critically important for our future health.
A suite of studies have been looking at the “natural experiment” of the UK recovering from World War Two and the end of food rationing.
When sugar rationing concluded in September 1953, average sugar consumption was estimated to go from around 41g a day (10 sugar cubes) to 80g (20 sugar cubes) almost immediately.
