What are Advanced Glycation End Products, or AGEs? Why do we even care? Dr. Van Dyken reviews AGEs and how they accumulate in out bodies. She then discusses strategies to avoid formation of AGEs in the first place.
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For Reference, here are some lifestyle strategies to inhibit AGE formation:
1. Keep fasting blood sugar close to normal (less than 90-100 mg/dL)
2. Do not smoke.
3. Protect from excessive sun exposure.
4. Hydrate your skin
5. Practice regular moderate exercise
6. Eat lots of vegetables and fruits - preferably raw, boiled or steamed.
7. Avoid processed carbohydrates, high fructose corn syrup, browned and fried foods.
8. Avoid meats
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For reference, here are foods that inhibit AGE formation:
Pepper
Shallot
Garlic
Japanese angelica tree
Annato
Tea
Caraway
Cinnamon
Ginger
Chipilin
Turmeric
Yerba mate
Bay leaf
Mint
Nutmeg and mace
Marjoram
Root beer plant
Thyme
Red grape
Rosemary
Winter savory
Milk thistle
Rice bean
Luobuma tea
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For reference, here are phytochemicals that block AGE formation:
Anthraquinones
Apigenin - which is common in many plants
Berberine, from berberries
Boldine, or the japanese evergreen spicebush
Carnosine - a substance made in our bodies
Curcumin, from turmeric
G-Rutin, a glycoside common to many edible plants including citrus, buckwheat, asparagus and berries)
Garcinol - from the garcinia (or Mangosteen) plant
Genistein - from soybeans
Hyperoside - a type of quercetin common to many plants
Pyridoxamine - a vitamin in the B6 family
Quercetin - a flavonol common to many plants
Resveratrol - from red grapes
Triterpenoid saponins - from the japanese angelica tree.
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