When you grill, fry, or bake food at high heat, harmful compounds called AGEs form—but you can reduce them by steaming, boiling, marinating with vinegar or lemon, or adding things like green tea...

Eating more fruits, veggies, and whole foods while cutting back on sugar and white bread can help keep your skin from getting damaged by sticky sugar molecules that make it age faster.

Eating foods like fried meat, processed cheese, and baked goods can add harmful compounds to your body because of how they're cooked, and your body actually absorbs a big chunk—up to 30%—of one of these compounds called carboxymethyl-lysine.