Diet for Aging: 10 Foods to Avoid
Created: 12/22/2022, 8:30 p.m
By: Judith Brown
Diet plays a key role in healthy aging.
If you want to counteract the aging process, you should therefore avoid certain foods.
1/10Telomeres are considered markers that indicate a person's biological age and play an important role in the aging process.
They are located at the end of the chromosomes as protective caps and become shorter with each cell division.
Diseases can contribute to the shortening.
Proper nutrition is therefore all the more important.
If you want to look younger for longer, you should therefore also critically review your coffee consumption.
Because coffee can be a real pick-me-up.
However, it also increases the release of the stress hormone cortisol, which contributes to skin aging.
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2 / 10For many people, butter always belongs on their bread.
It has a high density of saturated animal fatty acids, which promote inflammation in the body, increase cholesterol levels and thus shorten the telomeres.
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3 / 10If you want your skin to stay firm and supple for a long time, then stay away from sweets.
The sugar they contain not only promotes inflammation, but also causes the skin to age faster.
Because the short-chain carbohydrates destroy the two proteins collagen and elastin, which normally keep the skin taut.
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4 / 10Dairy products can also lead to faster aging.
They not only promote inflammation in the body, but are broken down into lactose during digestion.
This ultimately damages the body's collagen production.
With increasing age, it is also more difficult for the body to digest the lactose contained in milk.
Therefore, dairy products such as yoghurt or cheese should not be eaten in large quantities.
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5 / 10Alcohol is a cytotoxin and at the same time deprives the body of fluid.
Both are not only harmful to health, but also make people look older on the outside.
However, when it comes to alcohol, quantity and quality are also important.
For example, red wine contains resveratrol.
The polyphenol protects the skin by binding free radicals.
This allows the skin to age healthily.
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6 / 10Processed sausage and meat products contain a lot of salt and high amounts of saturated fatty acids and additives.
This combination can cause telomeres to shrink and age faster.
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7 / 10Eating fries can also accelerate the aging process.
When frying, the high heat creates a lot of trans fats.
They can negatively affect telomere length.
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8 / 10It is not only the sugar contained in soft drinks such as lemonade that is harmful to health.
Cola, for example, also contains phosphoric acid.
She is suspected of weakening the bones.
Low bone density can in turn lead to bone loss, also known as osteoporosis, and accelerate aging.
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9 / 10Salt can also have a negative effect on aging.
Too much of the popular spice, for example, makes the face puffy and darkens the circles under the eyes.
Foods such as instant sauces or chips that contain a lot of salt also cause water to be retained in the body.
In addition, the sodium it contains removes important calcium from the bones and increases blood pressure.
However, salt should not be avoided entirely.
With the help of yoghurt, bananas or dried fruit, for example, the salt can be balanced with potassium.
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10/10Participants in a study who ate more than three servings of highly processed foods per day had twice the risk of shortened telomeres than those who ate one serving or less of processed foods per day.
These foods include, for example, crisps, white bread, cakes, pastries, chocolate and ready meals.
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As a rule, a healthy lifestyle not only leads to a healthier life: the combination of a balanced diet and regular exercise helps to counteract the aging process.
So you can follow different diet tips that will keep them young longer.
This includes, for example, intermittent fasting.
Or you eat mainly Mediterranean food, with which you can also slow down aging.
Brisk walking in everyday life can also prolong life.
However, there are also a few things you'd better avoid if you want to stay young and fit longer.
This mainly applies to certain foods.
This article only contains general information on the respective health topic and is therefore not intended for self-diagnosis, treatment or medication. In no way does it replace a visit to the doctor. Unfortunately, our editors are not allowed to answer individual questions about clinical pictures.