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How eating sugar can ‘caramelize’ the inside of your body — and speed up aging

Nypost · · 558 words · By Emma Glassman-Hughes
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What to know about How eating sugar can ‘caramelize’ the inside of your body — and speed up aging

How eating sugar can ‘caramelize’ the inside of your body — and speed up aging AGE before beauty.

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What happened

How eating sugar can ‘caramelize’ the inside of your body — and speed up aging AGE before beauty.

Why it matters

The latest hyperfixation among longevity experts appears to be Advanced Glycation End products (conveniently abbreviated as AGEs), the result of a chemical reaction between proteins and sugars.

Common ground

Just as a chef caramelizes onions in a pan, new science shows that sugars are “caramelizing” our insides, prematurely aging us and potentially contributing to a host of health complications — from cognitive decline to cardiovascular deterioration and even…

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Fruit juice fructose spikes insulin and accelerates glycation 7 times faster than glucose.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-referenced sources to confirm or refute the claim about fructose accelerating glycation 7x faster than glucose.
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Claim 2: “Grilled and seared meats contain high levels of preformed AGEs due to high-heat cooking.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-referenced sources to confirm or refute the claim about grilled meats containing preformed AGEs from high-heat cooking.
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Claim 3: “AGEs are formed by variations of sugar including fructose, sucrose, glucose, and are present in table sugar, fruit juice, cereals, soft drinks, carbs, and processed foods.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-referenced sources to confirm or refute the specific list of sugars and foods associated with AGE formation.
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Claim 4: “Sugars create 'chemical handcuffs' that gum up proteins, deactivate enzymes, trigger unhealthy biochemical signaling, and damage DNA.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-referenced sources to confirm or refute the claim about 'chemical handcuffs' and DNA damage.
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Claim 5: “Cooking foods low and slow with moisture reduces AGEs, with poached meats having 25% of AGEs compared to roasted/grilled meats.”
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Claim 6: “Long-term exposure to high sugar diets can soften the brain by damaging arterial linings, with studies showing effects after 10 days.”
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Wikipedia entries on atherosclerosis, bone, and stroke discuss arterial damage and brain-related conditions but do not specifically address the 10-day high-sugar diet claim or brain softening.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Atherosclerosis is a pattern of the disease arteriosclerosis, characterized by development of abnormalities called lesions in walls of arteries. This is a chronic inflammatory disease involving many d…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherosclerosis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, help regulate acid-ba…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to a part of the brain causes cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleedi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke
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Claim 7: “Glycation warps proteins in joints, muscles, tendons, and cartilage.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-referenced sources to confirm or refute the claim about glycation affecting joints, muscles, tendons, and cartilage.
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Claim 8: “Consuming lots of sugar reduces collagen reserves in the skin, leading to premature aging.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-referenced sources to confirm or refute the claim about sugar reducing collagen reserves and causing premature aging.
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Claim 9: “High sugar diets increase dementia-causing proteins in the brain, which coagulate and build up when glycated.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-referenced sources to confirm or refute the claim about high-sugar diets increasing glycated dementia-causing proteins.
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Claim 10: “Whole fruits slow sugar absorption due to fiber and nutrients, counteracting AGE effects.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-referenced sources to confirm or refute the claim about whole fruits counteracting AGE effects through fiber and nutrients.
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Claim 11: “AGEs are the result of a chemical reaction between proteins and sugars.”
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Wikipedia entries explicitly confirm that AGEs form through non-enzymatic reactions between proteins and sugars, including specific mention of glucose, fructose, and galactose.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) are proteins or lipids that become glycated after exposure to sugars. They are formed through a series of non-enzymatic reactions explained in further detail bel…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_glycation_end-product
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Glycation (non-enzymatic glycosylation) is the covalent attachment of a sugar to a protein, lipid or nucleic acid molecule. Typical sugars that participate in glycation are glucose, fructose, galactos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — RAGE (receptor for advanced glycation end-products), also called AGER, is a 35 kilodalton transmembrane receptor of the immunoglobulin super family which was first characterized in 1992 by Neeper et a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAGE_(receptor)
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