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Appearance is a useful guide to longevity and can be used to distinguish those who will die young from those likely to live to a great age, researchers say. People who look young for their age enjoy a longer life than those who look older than their years, according to a study of twins.
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Learn More »Lifestyle Edit email {{ #verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ ^verifyErrors }}Something went wrong. Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }} You are as young as you look, doctors have found. Appearance is a useful guide to longevity and can be used to distinguish those who will die young from those likely to live to a great age, researchers say. People who look young for their age enjoy a longer life than those who look older than their years, according to a study of twins. Doctors often use perceived age as a general indication of health, but research on its validity has been sparse. A team of researchers, led by Professor Kaare Christensen from the University of Southern Denmark, examined whether perceived age is linked with survival. The latest study, carried out in Denmark, was based on 387 twin pairs. All were aged 70 to 99 at the time their photographs were taken, which were then assessed by three groups of people. The first group consisted of geriatric nurses, who were thought to be "experts" at assessing older people's age, while the second group comprised older women, who could also be classed as experts because they were assessing their peers. The third group was made up of young male student teachers, who were expected to be the worst assessors. All the photographs were mixed up, with each twin assessed on a different day to their sibling. The results of the study, published online in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), showed that a person's perceived age – how old people think they look – was linked to how long they lived. Over a seven-year follow-up, experts found that the bigger the difference in perceived age within a pair, the more likely it was that the older-looking twin died first. The researchers also found that perceived age was linked with an important molecular biomarker of ageing called telomeres. A telomere of shorter length is thought to signify faster ageing and has been linked to a number of diseases, such as cancer. People who looked young in the study had longer telomeres. The researchers, led by a team from the Institute of Public Health at the University of Southern Denmark, concluded: "Perceived age, which is widely used by clinicians as a general indication of a patient's health, is a robust biomarker of ageing that predicts survival among those aged over 70, and correlates with important functional and molecular ageing phenotypes."
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Learn More »It's during this early "sugar withdrawal" stage that both mental and physical symptoms have been reported – including depression, anxiety, brain fog and cravings, alongside headaches, fatigue and dizziness.
It might surprise you to learn that sugar consumption (in the UK and other developed countries at least) has actually been steadily decreasing over the past decade. This could be happening for any number of reasons, such as a shift in tastes and lifestyles, with the popularity of low-carbohydrate diets, like keto, increasing in the past decade. A greater understanding of the dangers of eating excess sugar on our health may also be driving this drop. Reducing sugar intake has clear health benefits, including reduced calorie intake, which can help with weight loss, and improved dental health. But people sometimes report experiencing negative side effects when they try to eat less sugar. Headaches, fatigue or mood changes, which are usually temporary, are among the symptoms. The reason for these side effects is currently poorly understood. But it's likely these symptoms relate to how the brain reacts when exposed to sugary foods – and the biology of "reward". Carbohydrates come in several forms – including as sugars, which can naturally occur in many foods, such as fructose in fruits and lactose in milk. Table sugar – known as sucrose – is found in sugar cane, sugar beet and maple syrup while glucose and fructose are the main constituents of honey. As mass production of food has become the norm, sucrose and other sugars are now added to foods to make them more palatable. Beyond the improved taste and "mouthfeel" of foods with high sugar content, sugar has profound biological effects in the brain. These effects are so significant it's even led to a debate as to whether you can be "addicted" to sugar – though this is still being studied.
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