Keeping your sweet tooth under control may help slow your
biological clock.
Researchers looked at how different dietary habits impact cellular aging
and found eating foods high in vitamins and minerals and
low in added sugar has major benefits.
Their study included 342 black and white women who filled
out food records and provided saliva samples for epigenetic testing,
which is used to estimate health and lifespan following.
A Mediterranean style diet rich in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory foods
was most strongly linked to.
Or cells. Two other eating plans loaded with important nutrients
also scored highly.
But the results showed consuming foods with added sugar can
speed up biological aging,
even with an otherwise healthy diet,
The senior author says. Given that epigenetic patterns appear to
be reversible,
it may be that eliminating 10 grams of added sugar
per day is akin to turning back the biological clock
by 2.4 months.
If sustained overtime. She hopes these findings help motivate people
to eat well for longevity.