Genius Foods

(John Hannent) #1
Oats Almonds

Potatoes Avocado

Corn Fatty  fish

Rice    (brown  and white) Poultry

Soft    drinks Kale

Cereal Spinach

Fruit   juice Eggs

One of the most damaging aspects of glycation is that it
leads to the formation of what are called advanced glycation
end-products, or AGEs—a very appropriate acronym. AGEs
are known as gerontotoxins, or aging toxins (from the Greek
geros, meaning “old age”), and are highly reactive, like
biological thugs. They are strongly associated with
inflammation and oxidative stress in the body, and they are
generated in all people, across all ages, and to varying


degrees—but dictated by and large by diet.^9 Because AGE
formation is more or less proportional to blood glucose
levels, this process is dramatically accelerated in type 2
diabetics, playing a major role in their tendency toward the
development or worsening of degenerative diseases like
atherosclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease.
Speaking of Alzheimer’s disease, a brain affected by the

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