Question 1

What is GlycanAge?

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GlycanAge is a biological age test ⏳ paired with expert advice 👩‍⚕️ to help guide your wellness 🧘
It determines your biological age by measuring chronic inflammation in your system - which is directly related to your lifestyle.

Question 2

Does biological age affect fertility?

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Currently, we don’t know. Over time, with more research, we may have an answer to this question, but as of now, we don’t have enough research to say.

Question 3

When does menopause occur?

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Perimenopause and menopause usually occur between the ages 45 and 55 years of age, as a woman's oestrogen levels drop (although it can start earlier - for some women in their 30s)

Question 4

Does menopause speed up ageing?

Accepted Answer

Yes, in a small study we have seen an approximately 9 year increase in biological age as women enter menopause.

A larger study of around 2000 women, found that there was a doubling of the rate of ageing in women entering perimenopause.

Question 5

What can cause early menopause?

Accepted Answer

To answer this question we’d point you to this early menopause page from the NHS.
Whilst not menopause, we see over-exercise, combined with over-dieting can impact on women’s menstruation, creating menopause like symptoms and a reduction of oestrogen.

Question 6

How do you stay younger after menopause?

Accepted Answer

Finding a routine that works for you is the key. HRT is effective for many, but not all women. Finding the dosage and specific type of HRT that work for you can make a big difference and GlycanAge can help you measure if you’re achieving this. Maintaining a healthy weight, doing regular appropriate exercise, eating and sleeping well, not smoking and managing your stress can all also contribute to your overall wellness and reducing your GlycanAge.

Question 7

Does GlycanAge measure glycation?

Accepted Answer

No, GlycanAge doesn't measure glycation. Instead, it measures glycosylation. Glycation happens when glucose attach to proteins as a random chemical process, while glycosylation is a highly regulated process that adds a specific type of sugar to a specific part of a protein during protein synthesis.

Sometimes, different types of sugars can be added to the same part of a protein. This is like how different words can be spelled with the same letters, or how people with different eye colors can have the same vision. This variation in sugar types is a bit like how genetic mutations can create different versions of genes. But with sugar structures, this variation is inherited from multiple genes, not just one.

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