AGEs are considered “gerontotoxins,”826 meaning aging agents (from the Greek geros for “old age,” as in geriatric), and are implicated in a wide spectrum of age-related diseases. In a sense, we are all slowly being cooked alive. AGEs are formed endogenously at body temperature, especially with high blood sugars, but their buildup in our tissues is largely determined by the AGEs we eat (or smoke), which are formed at much higher temperatures when some foods are cooked at high heat
