Mae Chan, Prevent Disease
Waking Times
“You are what your parent’s eat,” is becoming more relevant by the day. According to a study published in journal “Science,” just one junk food eating generation can pass on the metabolic disorders it gains from an unhealthy diet to the next.
Less than two years ago, scientists officially linked processed foods to autoimmune disease and the consequences may ripple to future generations.
Medical researchers have before shown a link between a father’s weight and diet at the time of conception and an increased risk of diabetes in his offspring.
In research conducted on mice, a team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences found that unhealthy eating behaviours were recorded in a tiny molecule that could then be transmitted through sperm to the embryo.
