High blood sugar also causes the formation of
advanced glycation end - products (AGEs)-- nasty little compounds that speed up the aging process and damage
tissues (especially the skin, in the form of wrinkles and lost elasticity).
The bulk of the age - related
tissue damage classified as «
glycation end - products» (or «
advanced glycation end - products,» AGE) is produced by decomposition of the polyunsaturated fats, rather than by sugars, and this would be minimized by the protective oxidation of glucose to carbon dioxide.»