Sweet Tooth Kids: Their Risk for Diabetes Soars During Adulthood

The chronic consumption of refined sugar activates the same brain circuits as cocaine and opioids, we have yet to understand the full neurological and behavioural effects of either cocaine use or sugar consumption. the neurochemistry and the behaviour of a sugar user are strikingly similar to that of a drug user. The opinion is divided, if not addiction, it may be that sweetness or palatability is central to addictive-like eating. Eating too much simple sugar may lead to many health problems. Recently it was found that persons who consumed too much sugar in their early life in the first 1000 days of life were likely to develop type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure in adulthood, which may be due to changes in gut microbiota composition because of too much sugar consumption