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What is the Beauty Brain’s take on this issue? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9h4xo4_34A
The thing that irritates me is there doesn’t seem to be much to be done to treat it and not everyone can eat a diet that would prevent this if they are poor.
“…to a lesser extent excess sugar will also age skin.” The question is how great is that extent compared to other key factors like sun exposure. When time permits I’ll see if I can dig up something definitive on this.
Thank you! I definitely don’t think it is as much of a worry as sun exposure but hopefully if glycation is a threat to skin health drug companies will develop something to treat it instead of telling people to avoid sugar and simple carbs which is unrealistic for a lot of people.
Maybe I missed something. What I got out of the video is that you should eat properly, avoid eating sweets, eat more fruits and vegetables. Your nutrition levels will be greatly improved if you cook things from scratch instead of eating a lot of processed foods. No matter how poor you are, at least in the US, you can get your food with an eye towards the nutrition levels contained therein.
The most difficult part of the entire thing for me is sweets. At least I am eating smaller portions and better for you when I do add something sweet now. Dark chocolate!😡
To me the bottom line is what you put into your mouth has an effect on your overall health and well-being. It is up to you to do your best to stay healthy by taking care of yourself.http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/27/1197504/-World-Bank-recognizes-junk-food-is-cheaper I’m talking about working poor and welfare class people not middle class.
Rozy: I think I see where you’re coming from on this but if the “skin health drug companies will develop something to treat it” will the working poor and welfare class people be able to afford that any better than they can afford to eat healthy?
@ Randy – while you are checking into this can you also clarify a couple of points for me?
1. “…to a lesser extent excess sugar will also age skin.” So, how much is considered “excess”?2. does this also apply to naturally occurring sugars in fruits?Thanks!Possibly if they live in a more socialist country, depending on how it is marketed. I have vitamin A covered by my parents health plans so it costs nothing up front also Accutane. Surely glycation has an effect on skin health too? If it marketed as cosmetic like chemical peels even though peels do have positive effects on skin health too it will be out of reach for poor people. The possibility is nice if one does climb out of poverty.
And I am not good at math but it may be easier and cheaper in the long run to just buy a pill for glycation then trying to cut out sugar.
The sad thing for the working poor is that glycation has many negative health effects besides just premature aging, including heart health. If it comes down to it, we all know that our hearts are more important than our face looking like a baby’s bottom.
It must be the work of satan, because it’s devilishly delicious. Especially combined with its sister drug, chocolate.
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