Do you eat these harmful
foods that AGE you faster? Some are even deceptively marketed to you as
"healthy" by giant food corporations. Avoid or minimize these and look
5-10 years YOUNGER than your real age.
by Mike Geary - Certified Nutrition Specialist & Catherine Ebeling - RN, BSN
Authors of the best seller: The Top 101 Foods that FIGHT Aging
Due to biochemical reactions in your body that occur with every type
of food you eat on a daily basis, some foods age you FASTER than your
real age, while other foods help to FIGHT aging.
Eat the wrong foods regularly, and you can look and feel 10 or more
years OLDER than your real age (not fun!) ... but eat the right foods,
and over time, you can start to look 5-10 years YOUNGER than your real
age.
Three of the processes that go on inside your body that have a MAJOR impact on your rate of aging are called "glycation", "inflammation", and "oxidation".
When we talk about aging, we're not just talking about wrinkles on your
skin or how thick your hair is... we're also talking about factors that
you can't see, such as how well your organs function, and whether your
joints are degrading.
Yes, I'm sure you'll agree this is much more important than just how
you look on the surface (although we'll show you how to improve BOTH!)
So let's dig right in and I'll show you how your rate of aging can be
directly related to the foods you might eat every day, and how to
protect yourself...
Food #1 that ages you faster: Wheat (yes, even "whole wheat")
Before I tell you why wheat can actually speed up the aging process
in your body, let's clarify some simple biochemistry in your body...
This deals with "glycation" in your body, and substances called Advanced Glycation End Products
(AGEs). These nasty little compounds called AGEs speed up the aging
process in your body including damage over time to your organs, your
joints, and of course, wrinkled skin.
So with that said, what is one of the biggest factors that increase
production of AGEs inside your body? This may surprise you, but high blood sugar levels
over time dramatically increase age-accelerating AGEs in your body.
This is why type 2 diabetics many times appear that they have not aged
well and look older than their real age. But this age-increasing effect
is not just limited to diabetics. It can affect everyone.
So, let's get back to how "whole wheat" relates to this...
Here is a little-known fact that's often covered up by the massive
marketing campaigns by giant food companies that want you to believe
that "whole wheat" is healthy for you... but the fact is that wheat
contains a very unique type of carbohydrate (not found in other foods)
called Amylopectin-A, which has been found in some tests to spike your blood sugar higher than even pure table sugar.
In fact, amylopectin-A (from wheat) raises your blood sugar more than
almost any other carbohydrate source on earth based on blood sugar
response testing.
This means that wheat-based foods such as breads, bagels, cereals,
muffins, and other baked goods often cause much higher blood sugar
levels than most other carbohydrate sources. As you know now, the
higher your average blood sugar levels are over time, the more AGEs are
formed inside your body, which makes you age FASTER.
You've probably heard about the potential health-damaging effects of
gluten (also found in wheat) in the news recently, but this blood sugar
aspect we just covered is not talked about that often, and is yet
another reason to reduce or eliminate wheat-based foods in your diet. Your body will thank you by aging slower and looking YOUNGER!
In fact, my own dad, who is in his mid 60's now, just removed 95% of
the wheat from his diet about 3 months ago (aside from a little bit on 1
cheat day per week), and he's noticed that his chronic joint pain
has completely disappeared! Not only that, he also commented that he's
finally lost those "love handles" on his sides that have been plaguing
him his entire adult life...All by reducing his wheat intake!
Another problem with wheat-based foods and aging...
As it turns out, baked wheat products contain carcinogenic chemicals called acrylamides that form in the browned portion of breads, cereals, muffins, etc.
These carcinogenic acrylamides have been linked in studies to possible
increased risk of cancer and accelerated aging. Note that acrylamides
are also found in high levels in other browned carbohydrate sources such
as french fries or any other browned starchy foods.
Don't worry though... There's a trick that you can use to protect
yourself from these carcinogenic acrylamides, and it has to do with
eating the RIGHT foods that COUNTERACT damage from these nasty
chemicals. I'll show you how to find the EXACT foods that protect your body in a minute!
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