Yet, another reminder to change our diet.
(NaturalNews) Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) recently conducted a study revealing that cancer cells have a particular liking for refined fructose. In tests, pancreatic cancer cells quickly fed on refined fructose and used it to divide and proliferate rapidly within the body.
"These findings show that cancer cells can readily metabolize fructose to increase proliferation," explained Dr. Anthony Heaney of UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, one of the authors of the study.
Published in the journal Cancer Research, the findings also reveal that not all sugars are the same, a widely held belief in mainstream medicine. Tumor cells love both glucose sugar and fructose sugar, but fructose directly causes cancer cells to reproduce and spread in a way thatglucose does not.
"Importantly, fructose and glucose metabolism are quite different," wrote the team in the study paper.
So the study solidifies the fact that there is a major difference between high fructose corn syrup, a highly-refined sugarcommonly used in processed American foods and beverages, and refined sugarcane. Both can lead to health problems, but high fructose corn syrup is worse in terms of cancer growth.
"I think this paper has a lot of public health implications. Hopefully, at the federal level there will be some effort to step back on the amount of high fructose corn syrup in our diets," said Dr. Heaney in a statement.
It is already known that the pancreas has to work much harder to metabolize fructose than it does glucose and other sugars, so it makes sense that fructose consumption is implicated more seriously in contributing to pancreatic cancer growth.
"These findings show that cancer cells can readily metabolize fructose to increase proliferation," explained Dr. Anthony Heaney of UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, one of the authors of the study.
Published in the journal Cancer Research, the findings also reveal that not all sugars are the same, a widely held belief in mainstream medicine. Tumor cells love both glucose sugar and fructose sugar, but fructose directly causes cancer cells to reproduce and spread in a way thatglucose does not.
"Importantly, fructose and glucose metabolism are quite different," wrote the team in the study paper.
So the study solidifies the fact that there is a major difference between high fructose corn syrup, a highly-refined sugarcommonly used in processed American foods and beverages, and refined sugarcane. Both can lead to health problems, but high fructose corn syrup is worse in terms of cancer growth.
"I think this paper has a lot of public health implications. Hopefully, at the federal level there will be some effort to step back on the amount of high fructose corn syrup in our diets," said Dr. Heaney in a statement.
It is already known that the pancreas has to work much harder to metabolize fructose than it does glucose and other sugars, so it makes sense that fructose consumption is implicated more seriously in contributing to pancreatic cancer growth.
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http://www.NaturalNews.com/029374_cancer_high_fructose_corn_syrup.html
4 comments:
Great post. More people need to read these things and believe them. Too many people have their blinders on and don't think processed foods can harm them so dramatically.
Peace and RAW Health,
E
I'm very thankful, I had a open mind to check this stuff out years ago.
Goodness!!!! What about agave nectar, then? i mean, I know HFCS is bad, but I read recently that agave nectar has the same high concentration of fructose as HFCS. So, even though it is "raw" and touted to be a superior sweetener, do you think it causes cancer cells to thrive too?!?!?!
I would be careful with all sweeteners. Personally , I try not to use agave anymore. Very rare. I do have some recipes on my blog with agave that I made a while ago. If I can leave it out I do, if not I use dates to replace. You can make a date paste which works in a lot of recipes.
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