Would you consider cutting down on sugar for the sake of beauty? New research links high blood sugar levels with looking older. (Credit: Thinkstock)Sugar is not so sweet after all. A new study out of the Netherlands shows that high blood sugar levels make people look older.
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center and Unilever in the U.K. showed photos of over 600 women and men aged 50 to 70 to a group of independent assessors.
Those with higher blood-sugar levels looked older. For every millimole per litre increase in blood sugar, the person was perceived to be five months older. The normal blood sugar range is from five to eight millimoles per litre, two hours after eating. And, predictably, the diabetics in the group came across as the oldest.
Eating too much sugar can make you look old
