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Too much sugar during pregnancy bad for baby’s brain: study
- Pregnant women who consume high amounts of sweet foods and drinks may negatively affect their unborn baby's brain development.
- Japanese researchers found that a high intake of fructose during pregnancy impairs stem cell function in the fetal brain.
- High prenatal fructose exposure led to lasting epigenetic changes in fetal neural stem cells, affecting gene activity important for brain development.
- High prenatal fructose exposure caused memory and learning impairments in adult rats, indicating lasting effects of maternal diet on offspring.
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Toyoake – High consumption of fructose-containing sugary drinks during pregnancy is suspected of permanently damaging children's brain development. Japanese researchers attribute this to epigenetic changes in neural stem cells (Stem Cell Reports 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2026.102996). The DOHaD hypothesis...
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