HERE'S WHY EATING A PLANT BASED DIET WITHOUT SUGAR SLOWS THE AGING OF YOUR SKIN

I grew up on a diet heavy in sugar, meat and potatoes.  Slowly over the years I have changed to healthier eating habits.  Read this article if you want to slow the gaining process of your skin.

GLYCATED SUGAR:  WHY IT KILLS SKIN AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

By: Annette Tobia, PhD December 2014 issue of Skin Inc. magazine

SUGAR!  How sweet it is—and how deadly! Sugar has become a widespread addiction. On average, Americans consume 150 pounds of sugar each year. The average adult shovels down 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and the average child consumes 32 teaspoons daily.1 Call it sugar, glucose, high-­fructose corn syrup, molasses, sorbitol or a variety of other names ... it doesn’t matter—you wind up with lots of calories and zero nutritional value.

You also wind up with much more. Most people are aware that behind the sweet temptress sugar lies diabetes, obesity, cavities, hypertension, elevated levels of uric acid, food for cancer cells and a legion of other health woes. In fact, Joseph Mercola, MD, a leading health advocate, logs 76 health risks associated with sugar.

Less well-known are the effects of sugar on skin aging. To be direct: Sugar kills skin. It can turn an ivory-­smooth complexion into a lunar surface of wrinkled, crépey, irritated skin. And this can happen quickly.

Sugar ages skin by directly causing the perfect trifecta of skin trouble.

1. Glycation, which occurs when sugar binds to proteins in the skin, such as collagen and elastin, and which then collapses to form wrinkles and dryness.
2. Inflammation, which causes redness and aging.
3. Oxidative stress, which accelerates skin aging.

There’s a good deal of truth in the adage “you are what you eat.” Nowhere is this truer than with skin. For example, consider cake, with its eggs, milk and sugar; sausage with its meat and sugar; or barbeque with its pork or chicken, honey and sugar. These are all “glycated” foods, which is the byproduct of cooking protein with sugar. These foods can do major damage to your clients’ skin, because glycated protein causes that perfect trifecta mentioned earlier. Your skin indeed becomes what you eat.
Where does glycated sugar come from?
Although glycated sugar may taste good, it becomes a skin-­aging accelerator once ingested, which is why glycated sugar is sometimes known as toxic sugar. Here’s the challenge: The body produces glycated sugar in two ways—one way is through the diet. The second way was discovered by a team of diabetic research scientists at Fox Cancer Center in Philadelphia. The team’s ground-­breaking research found that there is an enzyme, fructosamine-3-kinase (F3K), in the body that causes the production of glycated sugar whenever sugar is available in the body’s cells, especially in skin cells.
Although a sugar-­free diet would surely help minimize the production of glycated sugar, it wouldn’t eliminate it. The body’s normal metabolic processes would produce it anyway. Pasta, rice, bread and the other starches and carbohydrates that you crave get converted naturally into sugar, which then can become toxic. Keep this simple equation in mind: Too many starches and carbohydrates equal too many sugars..

Let’s return to inflammation, oxidative stress and glycation to more fully understand how glycated sugar triggers them and, in turn, damages and ages skin.
Inflammation. It is well-known that inflammation is the body’s response to harmful stimuli caused by the immune system being activated. Less well-known is how glycated sugar helps set up a vicious inflammation and skin-­damage cycle. See Figure 3 to understand how it plays out.
Oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is caused in two basic ways: environmentally, often by sun damage; and by metabolic stress, produced by glycated sugar. This stress produces toxic substances—oxidants—which cause skin damage.

Glycation. The glycation process involves protein cross-­linking, and this causes skin damage and aging. The process compromises the production of collagen, elastin and other proteins in the skin, all of which are essential to skin health and vitality.
Glycated sugar and its subsequent inflammatory, glycation and oxidative damage, can be combated by a properly formulated topical skin treatment.
In summary,studies have shown that skincare products containing green tea, hylauronic acid, jojoba oil and aloe vera will hydrate the compromised cellular structure of the dermis and hydrate the skin.  Wearing an SPF product is essential to protecting the compromised skin of someone dealing with glucation issues, because the skin is more photosensitive.
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