High fructose during pregnancy can impair stem cell function in the fetal brain

Nutritional imbalance during pregnancy can have long-lasting effects on the health and disease susceptibility of offspring.

As such, high fructose intake through sweetened food and beverages in pregnant women has been associated with increased susceptibility to diabetes and cardiovascular disease, as well as neurological and cognitive impairments in offspring.

Currently, it is not well understood how early-life exposure to fructose has such long-lasting effects at the cellular and molecular levels. ...