If someone consumes a lot of sugar through out his/her life, it
can make his/her skin dull and wrinkled. Besides diabetes, sugar
also damage teeth. Relationship of sugar and wrinkles is in the
advanced glycation end products (AGEs), a molecule in the blood
which is quite dangerous. The more sugar consumed by someone,
the more AGEs are developed. “The accumulating AGEs will damage
protein next to it in a way like dominoes,” says Fredric Brandt,
MD, a dermatologist from Miami, as quoted from AOLHealth.
Proteins that are most susceptible to damage from AGEs are
collagen and elastin, namely the protein fibers that keeps skin
firm and elastic. Collagen is also the most common protein in
the body. Once this protein is damaged, then the collagen and
elastin become dry and fragile causing wrinkles and sagging.
According to a study published in the British Journal of
Dermatology, the effects of aging begin to happen around the age
of 35 and will increase rapidly after that. “Besides damaging
collagen, high sugar intak