From Hippocrates Health Institute
Thirty years ago, Hippocrates Institute discovered that all forms of sugar, including fructose, contribute to cancer development. From that time forward, we removed fruit, fruit juices and high fructose vegetables like carrots and beets from the diets of our guests afflicted with cancer. This move clearly and dramatically raised the bar on the battle against this dreaded disease. In those early days, we were thought to be wrong, without scientific evidence to prove our findings. As you will now see, mainstream science has finally arrived at the same conclusion. Sugar does affect the potential and the outcome of cancer. Additionally, it contributes to microbial problems, blood sugar disorders, fungal and yeast concerns and spiralkay (Lyme’s disease).
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High Sugar Levels Increase Cancer and Mortality Risk
Elevated blood sugar levels and diabetes are risk factors for developing several types of cancer and mortality, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. The researchers followed over 1.2 million Koreans for 10 years, tracking new cancer cases and following the death rate caused by this disease. For those without diabetes, cancer risk increased fasting blood sugar level. The study is published in the January 12, 2005 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
“Although past research has shown that having diabetes or an elevated glucose level increases cancer risk, the evidence has been mixed and many of the studies to date were relatively small,” said Jonathan M. Samet, MD, MS, co-author of the study and the Bloomberg School of Public Health Jacob I and Irene B. Fabrikant Professor of Health, Risk and Society and chair of the Department of Epidemiology.
The researchers carried out a 10-year study of 1,298,385 Korean men and women, aged 30 to 95 years. The study participants were members of the National Health Insurance Corp., which provides health insurance to government employees, teachers and their dependents. The participants provided information on their lifestyles and medical histories. Fasting blood samples were taken at biennial medical examinations.
The risk of developing cancer was comparable to the risk of dying from cancer. The group with the highest fasting glucose levels (greater than 140 mg/dL) had higher death rates from all cancers combined. In men, the strongest associations were for pancreatic cancer; significant associations were also found in men for cancers of the esophagus, liver colon/rectum. In women, the strongest links were to cancers of the liver and cervix.
The authors note that the study participants were substantially leaner than the typical Western population. They concluded that glucose intolerance may be one way that obesity increases cancer risk and that the rising obesity rates may increase future cancer rates.
“This study provides more information on glucose intolerance, an emerging cause of cancer. It points to increased cancer risk as another adverse consequence of rising obesity around the world,” concluded, Sun Ha Jee, PhD, MHS, lead author of the study and an adjunct assistant professor in the Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Department of Epidemiology and an assistant professor of Epidemiology and Cisease Control at Yonsei University.
The study authors were supported in part by grants from the National Cancer Institute.
