{"id":4968,"date":"2012-10-10T09:45:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sevaniskin.com\/blog\/?p=4968"},"modified":"2012-10-10T09:45:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T13:45:07","slug":"glycation-sugar-and-its-effects-on-the-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sevaniskin.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/10\/glycation-sugar-and-its-effects-on-the-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"Glycation | Sugar And Its Effects On the Skin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sugar\"<\/a>Sugar.\u00a0 It’s a necessary part of our diet.\u00a0 The good sugars anyway.\u00a0 The naturally occurring sugars from fruits and vegetables are actually fuel for our cells and provide us with much needed energy too.<\/p>\n

Refined sugars on the other hand – not so much.\u00a0 Yes, sugar tastes Oh\u00a0 So\u00a0 Good<\/em> in treats of all kinds, but – it’s not not.\u00a0 Here’s why.<\/p>\n

Once ingested sugars give your body an almost immediate, and unnatural, rise in blood glucose.\u00a0 Your body tries to moderate your blood sugar levels by releasing insulin.\u00a0 This Insulin turns all that glucose into fat cells for storage; and then all of a sudden you jiggle where you didn’t before.\u00a0 But, extra fat’s not all you get from Sugar.<\/p>\n

Sugar of all kinds ( fructose, sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, white sugar, brown sugar, etc.) also increases risk factors for high LDL cholesterol, Type 2 Diabetes, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Cancer, and more.<\/p>\n

That’s not all sugar has to offer you either.\u00a0 Sugars have been shown to excel the process of glycation. Glycation<\/strong>,<\/em> sugar molecules in your system attaching to fats and proteins, is actually a natural part of life.\u00a0 It results from sugars of all kind, even the good ones you need; although they don’t excel the rate of glycation that would happen as we age anyway.\u00a0 Refined sugars do.<\/p>\n

This is not a good thing.\u00a0 Once these sugars attach themselves to the fats and proteins, they form what’s called Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs)<\/em><\/strong> .\u00a0 These AGEs make the protein fibers stiff and malformed which causes a myraid of issues including connective tissue damage and chronic inflammation.\u00a0 When you eat refined sugars and accelerate this process this damage is increased and brought on much earlier.\u00a0 This means increased wrinkles, poor skin tone, redness, and lots of other skin issues you might even be attributing to another cause.<\/p>\n

So, is it worth it?\u00a0 That tasty cookie, that yummy cake.\u00a0 Is it worth what that awesome taste does to your body?\u00a0 It’s your body, only you can answer that.\u00a0 But remember, no matter what beauty products or procedures you try, they’ll never be fully effective as long as the food you eat is working against you.\u00a0 And, by that same token, when you take care of yourself with proper diet, exercise, meditation, natural beauty products, etc, you’ll feel and see the positive benefits inside and out!<\/p>\n

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