The specialist said that foods containing advanced glycation end products should be excluded from the diet for the sake of maintaining heart health.
In an interview with endocrinologist Natalia Kirdyankina, advice was given stop eating popular foods that harm heart health.
“Fried bacon, sweet soda, confectionery harm heart health, and also cause other damage to the body,” the doctor said, talking to Lenta.ru.
Kirdyankina explained that the tissues of the human body are negatively affected by food with high levels of AGEs – end products of glycation. These components that damage protein structures tend to accumulate in muscles, nerves, ligaments, bones, worsening their biomechanical properties. Under the influence of AGE, pathological changes in the vessels occur, which adversely affects the heart.
“Glycation end products can increase the risk of developing diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, atherosclerosis, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases,” the expert warned.
Natalia Kirdyankina noted that fried foods with a crust have a particularly significant content of CNG. Fried bacon in this regard is a real champion, eating it on a regular basis should be abandoned, the physician emphasized.
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As for sweets, Kirdyankina said: an abundance of fast carbohydrates , used as part of confectionery, sweet soda, also affects protein glycation that occurs in the body. Their presence in the daily menu of a person should also be minimized.
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Natalia Kidryankina Healthy lifestyle endocrinologist