Firing up the grill this weekend? Keep your choice meats on the healthy side with this cooking philosophy: low and slow.
Cooking meat at a lower temperature is better for your health. It may take a little longer, but the reward is fewer body-aging by-products.
Douse the Flames
When cooked at high heat, meat proteins can form cell-damaging, inflammation-promoting oxidants. And getting too much of these oxidants, called advanced glycation end products (AGEs), may actually shorten lifespan, according to early-stage animal studies. Researchers think certain aging genes may be turned off or on in the absence or presence of these AGEs. Look younger and feel better each passing year with this little trick.
Better Barbecue
Regardless of how you cook, make sure you practice food-safety habits, and heat meat to the right internal temperature. Check out this article for safe grilling tips and target temperatures. Then plan a tasty, healthy, easy meal with one of these quick barbecue recipes from RealAge.
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Cooking meat at a lower temperature is better for your health. It may take a little longer, but the reward is fewer body-aging by-products.
Douse the Flames
When cooked at high heat, meat proteins can form cell-damaging, inflammation-promoting oxidants. And getting too much of these oxidants, called advanced glycation end products (AGEs), may actually shorten lifespan, according to early-stage animal studies. Researchers think certain aging genes may be turned off or on in the absence or presence of these AGEs. Look younger and feel better each passing year with this little trick.
Better Barbecue
Regardless of how you cook, make sure you practice food-safety habits, and heat meat to the right internal temperature. Check out this article for safe grilling tips and target temperatures. Then plan a tasty, healthy, easy meal with one of these quick barbecue recipes from RealAge.
- Grilled Chicken with Cherry-Chipotle Barbecue Sauce
- Marjoram-Rubbed Pork and Grilled Potato Salad
- Roasted Vegetable and Feta Sandwiches
RealAge Benefit: Learning a new RealAge cooking technique every month can make your RealAge up to 6 years younger.
Take the RealAge Test
