The very strong and rapid increase in sugar consumption would explain the absence of a self-repairing mechanism to fight against glycation.
Sugar is the fuel of glycation. Its consumption in excess accelerates this glycation, directly responsible for the aging of cells as well as diseases related to aging (1). There is thus a strong correlation between the prevalence of diabetes and sugar consumption.
Fortunately, the body has self-repairing mechanisms to fight against the main causes of aging: the production of Superoxide Dismutase against oxidation, cellular repair of DNA or the pigmentation of the dermis exposed to UV.
Nothing, however, to counter the ravages of glycation. Worse still, the propensity for glycation seems to be transmitted to future generations by epigenetic means.
Attempted explanation, evolution would not have had time to take glycation into account: The westernization of the food lifestyle has led to a sudden increase in sugar consumption worlwide (multiplied by 10 in a few years in some populations). The body did not follow through, dragging more and more populations into the glycation trap and the whirlwind of accelerated aging.
PS: nearly 400 tonnes of sugars were consumed throughout the world during the 60 seconds required to read this article (source: www.planetoscope.com).
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(1): Anne Grobkopf et Al : Carbohydrates in nutrition: friend or foe? Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2020 Jul;53(4):290-294. DOI: 10.1007/s00391-020-01726-1
