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Emily Cooke

HISTORICAL FACTS: Eating too much sugar may accelerate cellular aging | History Defined

Half-eaten sugar-coated doughnut is shown in the center of the image. It is on what appears to be a sheet on baking paper with other untouched donuts surrounding it. The other donuts are slightly blurred. .

A nutrient-rich diet with few added sugars may slow rates of biological aging in women, new research suggests.

In a new study, published Monday (July 29) in the journal JAMA Network Open, scientists found that middle-aged women who ate more foods packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants had "younger-looking" cells than those who consumed less nutrient-rich diets.

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