Faces Looks Old Could Be Due to High Blood Sugar

Jakarta, many people justify a variety of ways just to make her face look ageless. And the secret is quite simple, ie, as much as possible to avoid sweet foods and drinks because the sugar makes the face look so old fast.

Any increase in blood sugar levels by 1 mmol / L because eating sweets, faces tend to look five months older than actual age. In healthy people, blood sugar levels under normal conditions ranged between 5-6 mmol / L.

There has been no definitive explanation of the relationship with the appearance of sugar, but allegedly associated with collagen. Collagen or proteins that maintain the elasticity of the skin will be elastic and not sticky when it reacts with the sugar levels are too high.

Whatever the mechanism, this phenomenon has proven itself in an experiment at Leiden University. In a study led by Davin Gunn and published in the journal The Age recently, scientists involving 602 volunteers and 60 independent appraisers.

All patients underwent blood levels, and then his face was photographed with 2 poses and different lighting settings. These photographs were then shown to 60 appraisers who never knew the participants, to predict approximately how old.

The analysis showed that participants who have a high sugar content either as fat or indeed have diabetes aka diabetes tend to be judged from 1 to 1.5 years older than actual age. The lower the sugar content, the more precise the photos depict actual age.

"These findings add to the reasons for starting a healthy diet, because the sugar will affect the appearance of directly and not just make people susceptible to disease," said Dianna van Heemst is also involved in the study as quoted from the Telegraph, Monday (2/01/2012).