During the holiday seasons the tables are full with candies, chocolate, desserts and sweets. However, the high amount of refined sugar affects the development of cancerous cells in those patients who suffer from cancer. According to an evidence, a diet loaded with sugar can cause an onset of cancer.
In What Way Sugar Feeds Cancer Cells
Cancerous cells use from 10-12 times more sugar than healthy cells. One of the most effective tools for examining the cancer growth is the Positron Emission Tomography.
According to the 1931 Nobel laureate in medicine, German Otto Warburg, the cancerous cells have a different energy metabolism in relation to healthy cells. He claims that malignant tumors display increased level of glycolysis in contrast to the healthy human cells.
How Sugar Causes Cancerous Cells
The Journal of Clinic Investigation from 2013-2014 released the results of in vitro study about increased sugar intake and the creation of cancer. The results pointed out that it’s the glucose that directly leads to the production of cancerous cells.
Another 1985 study on sugar has shown that patients with higher intakes of sugar were prone to the development of cancer in contrast to the patients with lower intakes of sugar. Certain studies claim that a high consumption of high-sugar food involves a greater risk of pancreatic cancer while other indicate similar results for breast cancer.
The cancer is promoted mainly through the mitochondrial dysfunction. Sugar burns in a different way than fat, generating free radicals. Further on, these free radicals damage the mitochondria of the cell, its nuclear DNA, cell membrane leading to protein impairment.