The latest "2021 National Health Insights Report" has an interesting survey result.
On the issue of how people view aging, the most anxious ones are the post-95s, and with the increase of age numbers, the older you are, the more comfortable you are with aging.
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If you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to guess the answer.
Aging is a natural phenomenon of the human body, and each of us will experience it, so the older we get, the more we think that aging is inevitable, and we are forced to calm down.
Although aging is the final result, the speed of aging can be controlled by you.
In other words, "anti-aging" done well can be delayed, and young people may also be at risk of premature aging.
People who pay attention to their health now know that anti-aging is nothing more than three magic weapons: Effective exercise + healthy diet + sun protection.
As a nutritionist, of course I will introduce you to diet today. Which diet will cause us to age?
Let's first understand the causes of aging, and then we can find out the culprit foods that cause aging~
What is the main reason for aging?
Remember three keywords: oxidizing , inflaming , and saccharifying .
What is oxidation?
Every time we breathe, the human body interacts with oxygen metabolism , redox reaction occurs, and free radical product is obtained. If the free radicals are produced too much, beyond the control, it may cause damage to the fatty acid , protein and DNA in the human body.
What is inflammation ?
The free radicals generated by the oxidation reaction of will stimulate the pro-inflammatory cells in the body and promote the inflammatory response of . This progressive state of increased pro-inflammatory responses with age is known as inflammatory aging.
What is saccharification?
"Saccharification" refers to the sugar that is usually consumed in excess, which cannot be consumed by the body and is free in the body, referred to as free sugar. These free sugars continue to accumulate and react with proteins inside the body, which is the glycation reaction.
glycation reaction forms AGEs, the end product of late glycosylation. Studies have shown that AGEs can accelerate human aging and lead to the occurrence of many chronic degenerative diseases.
Therefore, the foods that cause aging are the foods that accelerate the above reactions.
Which foods accelerate oxidation and glycation?
The nutrients such as carbohydrates , proteins and fats in fresh food will be denatured during the processing.
Proper denaturation helps the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the human body. However, improper cooking methods can lead to excessive denaturation and produce substances that are harmful to health.
such as grilled and fried cereals, beans and meats, or baked desserts. Nutrients in these foods stimulate aging by accelerating oxidation and glycation reactions.
Fried food
Starch categories: fried dough sticks, hemp balls, twist, oil shortbread, French fries , potato chips, instant noodles, etc.
Animals: tiger skin eggs , fried pork chops , fried chicken (wings), fried fish steak , fried shrimp, fried fish bones, etc.
Plants: fried vegetarian chicken, vegetarian roast goose, fried mushroom , fried (stinky) tofu, tempura Luo Fried vegetables, etc.
Barbecue food
Starch: grilled steamed bread slices, grilled toast, grilled rice cakes, etc. Category: roasted gluten , roasted potatoes , roasted pumpkin , roasted sweet potatoes , roasted vegetables , etc.
baked goods
Here specifically refers to the use of flour as raw material, adding a lot of powdered sugar , butter , creamy baked goods, including deep-processed biscuits , bread, cakes , etc.
processed foods containing added sugar , fructose , etc.
Solid categories: cakes, candies, chocolate, popcorn, puffed food, etc.
Liquid categories: soft drinks, juices, milk tea, flavored coffee, etc.
Finally, I want to emphasize that aging is the result of a combination of various factors in the body , Excessive anti-sugar and anti-oxidation may accelerate aging.
Antioxidant does not completely eliminate free radicals, but maintains free radicals within a normal range to maintain the balance between oxidation and anti-oxidation.
For young and middle-aged women with strong metabolism, the end products of glycation will be metabolized, and there is no need to specifically resist glycation.
So anti-aging is not simply anti-oxidation and anti-glycation~
