Too much phosphate in your food might make you age faster
Phosphate and Cellular Senescence.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Eating too much phosphate, especially from processed foods, can make your cells stop working right and age prematurely. Your body has a helper protein called Klotho that fights this, but too much phosphate lowers Klotho. Fixing this with special treatments in animals helps them stay healthier longer.
Surprising Findings
High phosphate causes aging even when blood levels are normal.
Most people think if your blood test is normal, you’re fine—but this study says phosphate overload can still damage cells silently, like a hidden toxin.
Practical Takeaways
Avoid foods with ‘phosphate’ or ‘phosphoric acid’ on the ingredient list—especially sodas, processed meats, and fast food.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Eating too much phosphate, especially from processed foods, can make your cells stop working right and age prematurely. Your body has a helper protein called Klotho that fights this, but too much phosphate lowers Klotho. Fixing this with special treatments in animals helps them stay healthier longer.
Surprising Findings
High phosphate causes aging even when blood levels are normal.
Most people think if your blood test is normal, you’re fine—but this study says phosphate overload can still damage cells silently, like a hidden toxin.
Practical Takeaways
Avoid foods with ‘phosphate’ or ‘phosphoric acid’ on the ingredient list—especially sodas, processed meats, and fast food.
Publication
Journal
Advances in experimental medicine and biology
Year
2022
Authors
M. Hu, O. Moe
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Claims (8)
Eating too much phosphate over a long time might make your body age faster and shorten your life, like rust speeding up on a metal object.
When there's not enough of a protein called Klotho, cells age faster—and eating too much phosphate (a mineral found in processed foods) lowers Klotho in animals, which might be why phosphate makes aging worse.
When there’s too much phosphate in the body, it might cause kidney cells to make more of a protein called PAI-1, and this protein could be one reason why kidney tissue gets scarred or ages faster in animals.
In animals with kidney disease, eating less phosphate and taking pills that trap phosphate in the gut may help slow down aging of cells and prevent harmful calcium buildup in blood vessels.
When there’s too much phosphate in the fluid around certain cells in the body, those cells start showing signs of aging faster—like they’re getting old and worn out. This has been seen in lab tests and animal studies.