Experts talked about food that accelerates aging

The constant consumption of processed foods accelerates the aging process. Internist Vladimir Beketov told Izvestia about this on May 21.

Earlier, the journal Clinical Nutrition (CN) published a study according to which moderate zinc intake helps to reduce the rate of biological aging, but its excess has the opposite effect.

"The less natural the food is and the more processed, vacuumed, salted, canned, and so on, the further away it is from its natural, original, food appearance, and this also contributes to [aging]," the doctor noted.

According to him, another important factor influencing the aging process is chronic stress.

"[If a person] experiences more psychoemotional stresses, which he cannot cope with with adequate psychological stress management technologies, if a person does not channel his emotions that he has and does not live them adequately, [then he ages faster]," Beketov explained.

The doctor recommended that you move enough and, if necessary, work with a psychologist to work through your emotions.

At the same time, gerontologist Yuri Konev emphasizes that a healthy lifestyle is the only proven way to stay young longer. According to him, alcohol can be classified as harmful products, but otherwise only moderation is needed.

"With age, energy needs decrease. And our body, remembering the past, can't get enough and consumes the usual amounts of food. <...> The whole question is that we need to reduce the amount of food we eat with age," he stressed.

The doctor added that it is not necessary to exclude from the diet foods that are considered "harmful" in society, for example, containing cholesterol.

"[Cholesterol] is necessary as we age. The need for it is only increasing," he said.

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According to him, "bad" cholesterol is not immediately broken down in the body, but is gradually deposited in various tissues and organs, including blood vessels.