Sugar Accelerates the Aging Process: Study

Researchers have found that a more nutritious diet lacking in excess sugar can lead to a younger biological age in the body’s cells. “Promotion of healthy diets aligned with chronic disease prevention and decreased added sugar consumption may support slower cellular aging relative to chronological age,” wrote authors of the study, published Monday in JAMA Network Open. Researchers at the University of California–San Fransisco (UCSF) studied a mixture of 342 middle-aged black and white women to determine how different diets affected the aging of their cells. They used “epigenetic clocks” to evaluate gene activity to estimate a person’s biological health and possible lifespan....