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Early-life sugar restriction causally reduces adult cancer incidence and slows biological aging.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·August 11, 2026·PMID 42550905
Why it mattersEarly-life nutrition is a critical window for shaping lifelong disease risk, yet causal evidence in humans is scarce. This natural experiment provides strong evidence that limiting sugar exposure in early life may reduce cancer incidence and slow biological aging, informing dietary guidelines and public health policies targeting added sugar.
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