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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  ·  4 August 2026  ·  From issue 16

Early-life sugar restriction causally reduces adult cancer incidence and slows biological aging

Babies who ate less sugar during rationing had far lower cancer rates as adults.

Chen Zhu, Weilong Zhang.

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