The impact of glycation on social behaviour. Schizophrenia is a fairly common disabling psychiatric illness affecting around 1% of the population...
Combustion and caramelisation, two accelerators of aging.
Exposure to dioxins, toxic molecules produced by combustion, has a synergistic effect with glycation in accelerating aging. Dioxins are highly toxic...
Metabolic syndrome: the insidious pandemic!
Metabolic syndrome is a set of risk factors for accelerated aging and age-related diseases. Its rapid and boundless spread heralds a global health...
Aging: sport, neither too much nor too little.
Intense physical exercise such as competitive sport can temporarily causes a rise in blood sugar levels, which in turn promotes glycation, which is...
Glycation: a threat spreading faster than expected.
By attacking the intestinal microbiota, glycation could have unexpected consequences for overall health. The intestinal microbiota, made up of micro...
Sugar, bone aging: something new.
Over-consumption of sugar is thought to accelerate age-related loss of bone density through glycation. The decline in bone density begins around the...