If oxidation is like rusting the body, then glycation can be thought of as burning the body. People naturally age slowly, but when useless glycation end products accumulate in the body over time, they not only destroy body tissues, but also accelerate aging!
In particular, the higher the blood sugar, the more glycation end products accumulate, and the faster the aging process!
For example, skin aging, sagging, inelastic and full of wrinkles, eye lesions, osteoporosis, joint deformation, or accumulation in the brain can lead to dementia. In fact, when our blood sugar is normal, glycation end products will also form, but not as quickly. Once blood sugar rises, they will form faster. The higher the blood sugar, the more AGEs will be produced.
If blood sugar is well controlled, the external manifestation is normal aging. A 50-year-old person looks like he is 50 years old. If he is a diabetic patient with poor blood sugar control, he may look older than his actual age. Simply put, if you want to stay young, anti-glycation is definitely more effective than medical beauty treatments!
