Sugar Accelerates the Aging Process: Study

California researchers find that women who eat well are better able to maintain their youthfulness.
Sugar Accelerates the Aging Process: Study
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Researchers have found that a more nutritious diet lacking in excess sugar can lead to a younger biological age in the body’s cells.

“Promotion of healthy diets aligned with chronic disease prevention and decreased added sugar consumption may support slower cellular aging relative to chronological age,” wrote authors of the study, published on July 29 in JAMA Network Open.
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A newspaper reporter, editor, and author, Huey Freeman recently wrote “Who Shot Nick Ivie?” a true crime book on the murder of a border patrol agent. He lives in Central Illinois with his wife Kate.