Dietary AGEs (Glycation) Load Calculator
How to use this calculator
Estimate how many meals in a typical week use each cooking method, how many servings of red or processed meat you eat, and whether you usually marinate meat in something acidic (lemon juice, vinegar) before high-heat cooking.
What your result means
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) form when foods β especially fatty, protein-rich foods β are cooked with dry, high heat (grilling, frying, roasting, broiling); moist-heat cooking (boiling, steaming, stewing) forms far fewer at the same doneness (Uribarri et al., 2010). This gives a relative load score, not an absolute lab measurement β actual AGE content varies enormously by specific food and exact cooking time/temperature, which this tool does not attempt to model precisely.
What people say
"Never thought about grilling vs. boiling this way β small changes, easy to make."
β Fatima R.
"The marinade tip alone was worth the two minutes it took to fill this out."
β Oliver J.
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