How eating sugar “caramelizes” your body and accelerates aging

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