Diet | Medical Weight Loss

Glycation
Cell & Organ Damage

Glycation is basically when dietary sugar molecules stick to proteins in your body. It's like when you accidentally get syrup on your shirt – it's hard to get off and can make things stiff.

Here's the thing: when sugar sticks to proteins in your body, it can cause some serious problems that accumulate over time:

Aging: Think wrinkles, stiff joints, and even cloudier eyesight. Glycation can make your tissues less flexible and more prone to damage.

Chronic Diseases: Conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and even Alzheimer's can be linked to high levels of glycation. This is because glycated proteins can build up and interfere with how your body functions.

Inflammation: Glycation can trigger inflammation throughout your body, which can contribute to many health issues.

The good news is that you can take steps to reduce glycation:

Healthy Diet: Focus on whole foods like vegetables, some fruit, and lean proteins like meats, fish and some dairy products. Strictly limit processed/packaged foods, sugary drinks, and fast foods.
Control Blood Sugar: Eat a low carbohydrate diet. If you have diabetes, keeping your blood sugar levels in check is crucial for minimizing glycation.
Exercise: Regular physical activity like walking, riding, out-door work, sports, etc... helps improve blood sugar control and overall health.

Diets high in fiber

Increasing your daily intake of fiber to ideal amounts for balanced health can be challenging. Adding fresh or frozen vegetables, beans, citrus-fruits, and berries are helpful.

Teamwork in the family and with friends.

Teamwork

GLP-1 Compound injections or other medications.

GLP-1 compounds can assist in reducing your appetite. By reducing calories through smaller meals,

glucose monitoring

Glucose monitoring for diabetic patients can be helpful in identifying excess sugar, sugar spikes, and each person's conversion of carbohydrates to serum sugars.

Sensible meal choices are easy to make when you think about it

Shopping for and seeking sensible, more natural, low carbohydrate meals is made easier through many 'high protein' or 'low carbohydrate' diet websites and social media accounts

Anything that is possibe, is feasible

Weight gain often takes place over many months or years, and can be rooted in dietary habits formed when you were young. For diet changes, persistence pays off.