A Sticky Situation

Fructose in the sugar found in most of our processed foods turns to fat inside us and stimulates the formation of dangerous advanced glycation end products (AGEs). Our arteries attract these AGEs and they become part of the dangerous plaque causing heart attack and stroke. Glycation is a distinct danger to diabetics and also contributes to many cancers, osteoporosis, dementia, and a host of other degenerative diseases plaguing our society. Here is the how and why of glycation with suggestions to minimise the personal risk.