High blood sugar levels, which can rise as a result of unhealthy diet or lack of exercise, is a known cause of health problems, but a new study has found a link between sugar levels and appearance.

In particular, each additional millimole per liter (in healthy people, the blood sugar is 5-6 millimoles per liter), adds about five months to the person's external age.. net with a link to menslife. info.

In the study, researchers measured blood sugar levels of 602 people, who were then shown photographs of them to 60 volunteers trying to determine their ages.. As a result, it turned out that healthy people with normal sugar levels usually seemed a year younger than their peers with an increased rate, and a year and a half younger than diabetics..

It is possible that excess glucose attaches to collagen, a protein that makes the skin firm, disrupting its function. Also, glucose disrupts the production of insulin, which is believed to play a key role in the aging process..

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