Fructose damages more than just teeth. Studies find link to cancer.
Fructose, found mainly in high fructose corn syrup, does damage to more
than just your teeth. Constant consumption of sugar leads to decay and
possible loss of your teeth. But what happens beyond the chompers?
A team from UCLA found that tumor cells fed and proliferated on fructose. Their research links fructose intake with the deadly pancreatic cancer.
"These findings show that cancer cells can readily metabolize fructose to increase proliferation," Dr. Anthony Heaney of UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center and colleagues wrote.
"They have major significance for cancer patients given dietary refined fructose consumption, and indicate that efforts to reduce refined fructose intake or inhibit fructose-mediated actions may disrupt cancer growth."
Here is a link and credit to the actual article by Maggie Fox and Reuters. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38528161/ns/health-cancer/
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