Since cancer feeds on sugar and hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oils, then HFCS would certainly be a factor.
If you feed enough of almost any known substance into a lab dish with cancer cells they will grow.
Fructose studies that say everything causes cancer....
My 14 year-old daughter just had a multi-visceral transplant to treat a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that had spread to her liver and had attached itself to her stomach, kidney and back. It was a huge, nasty thing that was barely resectable. In one place the pathology report was .1 cm ‘negative at the margin’ and the surgeon had removed as much internal tissue as he possibly could.
We thought her stomach pain was menstrual cramps until her weight-loss became alarming. Even then it took 3 months before her doctor did a CT scan and discovered it. This is just not anything that 14 year-old kids get, or didn’t used to be.
Now she will be fighting transplant-related issues for the rest of her life, but there was no alternative. Chemo doesn’t work against this kind of cancer. 6 months of chemo only kept it from spreading more than it did. .1 cm more and we would have been facing the reality of watching her die from this.
14 years-old. My God, my God.
I’d love to see an article on the money trail that resulted in the high tariffs on imported sugar.
Does anyone else see the irony in Reason asking if it’s time to panic?
Might be a good time to switch to eating food rather then parts of food.
Highly processed sugar in any form is poison as well as all the industrial processed seed oils.
Genetically altered fruits, which is most, are also higher in sugar than their original form and should be avoided.
The physiological problems of fructose metabolism extend well beyond a couple of pant sizes:
Fructose elevates uric acid, which decreases nitric oxide, raises angiotensin, and causes your smooth muscle cells to contract, thereby raising your blood pressure and potentially damaging your kidneys.
Increased uric acid also leads to chronic, low-level inflammation, which has far-reaching consequences for your health. For example, chronically inflamed blood vessels lead to heart attacks and strokes; also, a good deal of evidence exists that some cancers are caused by chronic inflammation.
Fructose tricks your body into gaining weight by fooling your metabolism—it turns off your body’s appetite-control system. Fructose does not appropriately stimulate insulin, which in turn does not suppress ghrelin (the “hunger hormone”) and doesn’t stimulate leptin (the “satiety hormone”), which together result in your eating more and developing insulin resistance.
Fructose rapidly leads to weight gain and abdominal obesity (“beer belly”), decreased HDL, increased LDL, elevated triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and high blood pressure—i.e., classic metabolic syndrome.
Fructose metabolism is very similar to ethanol metabolism, which has a multitude of toxic effects, including NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). It’s alcohol without the buzz.
I have a friend who died from Pancreatic Cancer.
Didn’t drink and didn’t care for for sugar.
Worked out everyday and ate whole foods.
Sometimes Shit happens.
This study isn’t conclusive in my mind.
Having several friends who are health nuts die from cancer or are afflicted with it, I have come the conclusion that, yes there are lifestyles that can make cancer possible but others don’t fit the profile.
I also have a friend, who turns 100 years and 1 month tomorrow and Gawd if she doesn’t know what a salt shaker is and has a sweet tooth like no one I know.
Some people are predispositioned for maladies while others are not.
For the most part, I have noticed those who live long are generally always have a positive outlook on life and expect the best for any situation.
That’s not to say that others how are generally happy and have hopeful outlooks don’t suffer but in general, your attitude determines your altitude.(Don’t know who said that to me but it stuck)
Last year my Mom had kidney cancer. Not one of us in the family flinched. In fact, we laughed at the whole thing and made fun of the cancer. Actually insulted it and told it how stupid it was to take hold in my Mom.
My initial reaction was exactly the same as my Mom’s. That God fella is most surely one smart guy. He gave my Mom two Kidneys, so this is no big deal. When the operation is over she will still have one.
Our only concern was infection or staph. We focused on that, prayed with the family, the surgeon and his staff. They were actually happy to pray and felt like that would be a huge factor in the success of the operation.
So my Mom is a pound or two lighter for not having a Kidney that was going to be useful much longer anyway.
1 year later and .... Nothing. All markers say good to go.
Change your attitude and your circumstances change.
I’d be more concerned about corn liqour than corn sugar.
Something like 90% of pancreatic tumors are related to alcohol consumption.
I’m not going to jump on the HFCS-cancer link, I have little doubt from being around diabetic folks who are far more sensitive to HFCS sweeteners than what I call natural sugars, that HFCS is very likely a factor in the massive increase in diabetes we have seen. While I acknowledge that more cases that would have gone undiagnosed in the past are being identified, the reality is - the disease IS on the increase.
Obesity is also, I believe, encouraged by HFCS. Remember, it is “sweeter”, ounce for ounce, than natural sugar, and some believe it feeds the sweet desire in a drug-like way, causing an increased sweet tooth (kind of like the druggie who needs more and more to fulfill his crave).
Being on a generally “low-carb” diet, I try to avoid a lot of sugars, regardless of they form - but I most certainly try my best to avoid HFCS whenever possible. Unfortunately, because of subsidies and other factors, it has come to replace “real” sugar in nearly everything - and is now added to things we wouldn’t normally think of as needing sugar - because it “enhances flavor/color/texture”. Ummm... adding sugar for no good reason isn’t going to help our health.
I’m not in favor of any bans, but I would like to see much more clear label on foods that specifically admits that HFCS is used to sweeten. After all, law says that products containing sodium saccarine, Sucralose (Splenda-class), and Aspartame (Nutra-sweet) all must be labeled.
I think more research is advised specifically looking at the affect of HSBC vs. “natural” sugar -
How about some Soylent Green????
Un mentioned was the test of feeding maple syrup and honey.
I would guess the cells would jump on them too.
I just hate that HFCS is in EVERYTHING. If it’s processed you can bet it will have HFCS in it. Hell it’s in bologna!
http://www.knowthecause.com/
HFCS contains sugars that all cells (animal, cancer, somatic, bacteria, etc.) like to metabolize. If you feed cells sugar they are going to grow. That’s pretty basic stuff. This is a BS study to further demonize HFCS.
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I’m curious as to whether the authors of the UCLA study compared the growth rates of the cancer when exposed to glucose vs. fructose. I rather expect there would be little difference. Pouring gasoline on a fire vs. kerosene isn’t going to make a hell of a difference. You get a bigger fire.
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