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How eating sugar “caramelizes” your body and accelerates aging

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A woman wearing a white robe and hair towel touches the skin around her eyes and stares at her reflection in the mirror with a worried expression.

Age comes before beauty. Lately, longevity experts seem to be focusing on advanced glycation end products (abbreviated to AGEs for convenience), which are the result of chemical reactions between proteins and sugars. Just as a chef caramelizes onions in a frying pan, new science shows that sugar can “caramelize” our bodies, making us age faster … Read more

Higher vitamin D levels in midlife are associated with lower risk of dementia

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Study Links Higher Vitamin D Levels to Lower Dementia Risk

People with higher levels of vitamin D as they enter middle age may have a lower risk of developing dementia, new research suggests. For the study, researchers measured vitamin D blood levels in about 800 adults without dementia who were on average 39 years old at the start of the study. Some 16 years later, … Read more