When sugar was a luxury, the spirit was stronger in Britain, from 1940 to 1953, sugar was restricted - about 40 grams per day. Scientists from the University of Surrey used this as a natural experiment and examined data from more than 45,000 people. The result is unexpected: those who faced sugar restrictions in the womb and in the first two years of life developed an anxiety disorder with a lower frequency of 33% and started later. It turned out that sugar increases the reactivity of the body's stress system and reduces the density of serotonergic neurons, which are critical to mood. However, sugar restriction in adulthood does not affect anxiety. Scientists are sure: our health is established in the first 1000 days of our life. So maybe it's not about sugar as such, but when is it included in the diet?

When sugar was a luxury, the spirit was stronger in Britain, from 1940 to 1953, sugar was restricted - about 40 grams per day. Scientists from the University of Surrey used this as a natural experiment and examined data from more than 45,000 people. The result is unexpected: those who faced sugar restrictions in the womb and in the first two years of life developed an anxiety disorder with a lower frequency of 33% and started later. It turned out that sugar increases the reactivity of the body's stress system and reduces the density of serotonergic neurons, which are critical to mood. However, sugar restriction in adulthood does not affect anxiety. Scientists are sure: our health is established in the first 1000 days of our life. So maybe it's not about sugar as such, but when is it included in the diet?