Anti glycation:
In fact, in the fight against AGES, excess sugar in the body will combine with collagen and elastin in the skin to form AGES, rendering collagen and elastin ineffective. It can cause the skin to lose elasticity, develop wrinkles, and cause yellowing.
What is saccharification?
Saccharification refers to the process in which when people consume excessive amounts of sugar, some of the undigested or metabolized sugar combines with proteins in the skin to produce a brown product called AGES, commonly known as glycation end products. AGES can cause collagen and elastin to break and lose elasticity and support, resulting in dull yellow, loose, dry, and rough skin.
And this substance is irreversible, as its own color is brown, its accumulation can lead to darkening of skin tone. This dullness is different from daily tanning or genetically determined skin tone, and is closer to what we often refer to as "yellow air"
The impact of glycation reaction on the skin
Skin aging: In healthy skin, collagen plays a filling role, while elastin plays an elastic role. AGES can cause dysfunction of collagen and elastin fibers, resulting in decreased filling and elasticity, as well as reduced synthesis of extracellular matrix, leading to a lack of elasticity and accelerated appearance of wrinkles in the skin.
Oxidation reaction: When AGEs receptors (AGERs) are activated, they induce the body to produce a large amount of free radicals, increasing the burden on the body's antioxidant system, further damaging skin tissue, stimulating the production of melanin, and plunging the skin into a vicious cycle.
Acne and closed mouth: Excessive sugar can easily increase the body's male hormones, leading to vigorous oil secretion and clogged pores, which can easily cause constipation Ulcers and closed mouth.
Rough skin: AGEs can slow down the renewal rate of epidermal keratinocytes, increase cell apoptosis, abolish keratinocytes that cannot be metabolized in a timely manner, and make the skin appear rough.
Yellowing skin tone: Saccharification of the dermis layer gradually causes the skin to turn yellow, while glycation of the stratum corneum reduces the skin's moisturizing ability and translucency, resulting in dry and dull skin.
Develop correct eating habits, strictly control diet, keep carbohydrates within a reasonable range, and gradually reduce the intake of sugar in the diet.
Change dietary structure, control the amount of high GI foods, and eat more low G1 foods; GI refers to the glycemic index of food, generally speaking, GI>70 is a high glycemic index food, such as noodles, rice cakes, watermelons, etc; GI<55 is a low Gl food, such as mung beans, whole grains, spinach, etc.
Stay away from refined sugar, converted sugar, processed sugar, such as milk tea cakes, soda and other sweet foods or beverages.
Avoid frying, grilling, and deep frying foods, and try to consume unprocessed or less processed foods. The daily cooking methods mainly involve low-temperature processing or steaming, boiling, and stewing, and the amount of seasoning used in cooking should also be appropriately reduced.
Eat more foods containing vitamin C or curcumin. Like oranges, carrots, tomatoes, etc
Maintaining appropriate and correct exercise can help metabolize some excess sugar, reduce fat, and increase muscle mass. Creatine in muscles and skin have anti glycation effects.
The combination of anaerobic exercise and aerobic exercise mainly consumes glycogen. After consuming the stored glycogen in the body, aerobic exercise can accelerate aerobic metabolism and improve the body's metabolic capacity, achieving the effect of burning fat, metabolizing sugar, and reducing glycation reactions.
Ensure a regular sleep schedule and good lifestyle habits, go to bed early and wake up early, try to avoid staying up late as much as possible, drink more water, and accelerate metabolism. Sunscreen should be done all year round to resist sugar and sun damage, and to resist photoaging after dark. Clean the skin correctly and promptly remove old dead skin cells, oil and other metabolites. Use anti glycation products according to your own skin type.
