“Aging is part of growing older, but it’s accelerated by sugar. Without getting too technical, at the end of each strand of our DNA is a little cap, called a telomere. It protects our DNA from damage. Every time our DNA is read and duplicated, those telomeres shorten. While our bodies normally replace telomeres, sugar quickens that shortening and advances the aging process,” Dr. Nish says.
“Aging is part of growing older, but it’s accelerated by sugar. Without getting too technical, at the end of each strand of our DNA is a little cap, called a telomere. It protects our DNA from damage. Every time our DNA is read and duplicated, those telomeres shorten. While our bodies normally replace telomeres, sugar quickens that shortening and advances the aging process,” Dr. Nish says.
