A glycation rock and a hard place
Glycation is one of the most well known mechanisms of aging. Cataracts, wrinkles, arthritis - all can be traced to a degree to glycated proteins gumming up the works. In short - high blood sugars are making you old.
What to do?
There's nothing we can do about the low-level of glycation that occurs at low blood sugar levels of, say, 90 mg/dl or less. However, we can indeed do a lot to not allow glycation to proceed more rapidly, as it inevitably will at blood sugar levels higher than 90 mg/dl.
How do you keep blood sugars below 90 mg/dl to prevent excessive glycation? Avoid or minimize the foods that cause such rises in blood sugar: carbohydrates.
What food increases blood sugar higher than nearly all other known foods? Wheat.
But don't take Dr. Davis' word for it. Get a glucose meter and figure out which foods make you older for yourself.
Glycation is one of the most well known mechanisms of aging. Cataracts, wrinkles, arthritis - all can be traced to a degree to glycated proteins gumming up the works. In short - high blood sugars are making you old.
What to do?
There's nothing we can do about the low-level of glycation that occurs at low blood sugar levels of, say, 90 mg/dl or less. However, we can indeed do a lot to not allow glycation to proceed more rapidly, as it inevitably will at blood sugar levels higher than 90 mg/dl.
How do you keep blood sugars below 90 mg/dl to prevent excessive glycation? Avoid or minimize the foods that cause such rises in blood sugar: carbohydrates.
What food increases blood sugar higher than nearly all other known foods? Wheat.
But don't take Dr. Davis' word for it. Get a glucose meter and figure out which foods make you older for yourself.
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