Junk food pushes towards biological aging: survey

People who eat a lot of industrial processed junk food are more likely to have chromosome changes associated with aging. The experts said this at an online conference.

Scientists at European and transnational conferences on pursiness say that those who consume"ultra-processed foods"three times a day or twice will have twice the difference in DNA and telomeres at the end of the chromosome, while those who eat less will have subordinate.

The short telomeres determine the rate of progressing at the cell standing and, according to the study, this junk food is one of the reasons why cells are moving towards aging.

Experts warn that junk food has a strong relationship with aging, but the causal relationship between junk food and limited telomeres is still speculative.

Each human cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes, which contain our genetic code. Telomeres do not carry genetic information. However, it is important to maintain the stability and integrity of the chromosomes, and increasingly DNA manages the activities of all the cells in our body.

As we age, our telomeres naturally become shorter because some of the telomeres are lost during each cell division. Decreased telomere length is a marker or criterion of biological aging.

Scientists led by Maria Bass-Rastollo and Amelia Marti, professors at the University of Navarra in Spain, have suggested that there is a link between junk food intake and the shortening of telomeres.