{"id":121169,"date":"2021-04-02T09:22:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/not-so-sweet-sugary-diet-early-in-life-could-lead-to-cognitive-problems-later"},"modified":"2021-04-02T09:22:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:22:18","slug":"not-so-sweet-sugary-diet-early-in-life-could-lead-to-cognitive-problems-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/not-so-sweet-sugary-diet-early-in-life-could-lead-to-cognitive-problems-later","title":{"rendered":"Not So Sweet: Sugary Diet Early in Life Could Lead to Cognitive Problems Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/not-so-sweet-sugary-diet-early-in-life-could-lead-to-cognitive-problems-later.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The results of this study confirm a direct link, on a molecular level, between the gut microbiome and brain function.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong><em>Summary: <\/em><\/strong><em>Consuming high levels of sugar-sweetened beverages early in life may lead to memory problems during adulthood. Researchers found, compared to rats who consumed only water, those who drank sugar-sweetened beverages had difficulties in memory recall associated with the hippocampus. The study also found a link between specific changes in gut bacteria in rats who drank sugary drinks and impaired brain function.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Source: <\/em><\/strong><em>USC<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>New research shows how drinking sugary beverages early in life may lead to impaired memory in adulthood.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study, published today in <em>Translational Psychiatry<\/em>, also is the first to show how a specific change to the gut microbiome \u2014 the bacteria and other microorganisms growing in the stomach and intestines \u2014 can alter the function of a particular region of the brain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of this study confirm a direct link, on a molecular level, between the gut microbiome and brain function. Summary: Consuming high levels of sugar-sweetened beverages early in life may lead to memory problems during adulthood. Researchers found, compared to rats who consumed only water, those who drank sugar-sweetened beverages had difficulties in memory [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}