Cooley, Brad wrote:
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> I have been meaning to research this more thoroughly since Geoffrey keeps 
> making this point re AGEs and cooked meat.  I understand that the damage 
> from AGEs is from glycation occuring within the body due to high blood glucose 
> levels, not from dietary consumption.  I did find a reference that ~ 30% of 
> AGEs consumed pass through the gut into the bloodstream, but am still 
> skeptical whether this would have a negative effect on a heatlhy person (ie, 
> the internal environment mitigates any potential damage).
That's what I'm thinking, and why I'd love to see studies on people who 
do not have high levels of glucose and/or insulin and/or impaired 
glucose metabolism already, and are not eating foods that are known to 
cause problems (intestinal and otherwise).