Fruit juices and other sugary beverages

It’s time to cut back on juice and sugar-sweetened beverages.

The consumption of sugary beverages is blamed for lowering total brain volume and hippocampal volume.

It’s best to eat whole fruit instead of consuming it in drink form. The British Heart Foundation says blending fruit causes natural sugars “to be released from within the cell walls of the fruit and become ‘free sugars’” — with included added sugars like honey and maple syrup.