Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds

[Twisted Titan]

Cancer cells slurp up fructose, US study finds


http://www.reuters.com/article/idAFN0210830520100802

Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all sugars are the same.

Tumor cells fed both glucose and fructose used the two sugars in two different ways, the team at the University of California Los Angeles found.

They said their finding, published in the journal Cancer Research, may help explain other studies that have linked fructose intake with pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancer types.

"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."

Americans take in large amounts of fructose, mainly in high fructose corn syrup, a mix of fructose and glucose that is used in soft drinks, bread and a range of other foods.

Politicians, regulators, health experts and the industry have debated whether high fructose corn syrup and other ingredients have been helping make Americans fatter and less healthy.

Too much sugar of any kind not only adds pounds, but is also a key culprit in diabetes, heart disease and stroke, according to the American Heart Association.

Several states, including New York and California, have weighed a tax on sweetened soft drinks to defray the cost of treating obesity-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

The American Beverage Association, whose members include Coca-Cola (KO.N) and Kraft Foods (KFT.N) have strongly, and successfully, opposed efforts to tax soda. [ID:nN12233126]

The industry has also argued that sugar is sugar.

Heaney said his team found otherwise. They grew pancreatic cancer cells in lab dishes and fed them both glucose and fructose.

Tumor cells thrive on sugar but they used the fructose to proliferate. "Importantly, fructose and glucose metabolism are quite different," Heaney's team wrote.

"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," Heaney said in a statement.

Now the team hopes to develop a drug that might stop tumor cells from making use of fructose.

U.S. consumption of high fructose corn syrup went up 1,000 percent between 1970 and 1990, researchers reported in 2004 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

[Twisted Titan]

U.S. consumption of high fructose corn syrup went up 1,000 percent between 1970 and 1990, researchers reported in 2004 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Thats what subsidize businessed will get you ........a mouthful of cancer food.


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[Libertytree]

Thank God it wasn't hops or barley!

[Still Barbaro]

The food lobby loves to say that Fructose is the same as Sucrose.

And in 1975, High Fructose Corn Syrup was allowed into the US food chain for the public to consume. There is so much HFC in so many foods, and cannot tell how much I am getting unless I look at every single label.

Here is a lecture for a doctor on sugar, but more specifically HFCs, and it's link to obesity.

This is the long version. In the middle, it gets a little "medical talk and biology."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Here is the short verision. And this guy in the short version is a knowledgable and certified person. His 30 minutes short version on sugar and HFCs follows the doctors long version.

EVERYBODY SHOULD WATCH THESE VIDEOS. Especially, children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chXCvduiAbs

[AndreaGail]

i found it interesting that hfcs only contains 5% more fructose than regular sugar


(NaturalNews) Two new studies have added more reason for concern that high-fructose corn syrup causes significantly more harm to the body than its mere sugar content would suggest.

High-fructose corn syrup contains 55 percent fructose and 45 percent glucose. In contrast, table sugar (also known as sucrose) contains a 50-50 split.

In the first study, published in the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, researchers from Princeton University found that rats consuming high fructose corn syrup gained more weight and developed more cardiovascular risk factors than rats consuming equivalent amounts of sucrose.

"Some people have claimed that high-fructose corn syrup is no different than other sweeteners when it comes to weight gain and obesity, but our results make it clear that this just isn't true, " researcher Bart Hoebel said.

Hoebel and colleagues fed two groups of rats an identical diet, supplemented with one of two sweetened beverages. One beverage consisted of a sucrose solution in concentrations similar to those found in many sweetened beverages. The other consisted of a high-fructose corn syrup solution at roughly half the concentration of a typical soda. The researchers found that the rats consuming the corn syrup solution gained significantly more weight than the rats consuming the sucrose solution.

In a followup experiment, the researchers compared metabolic changes in rats fed only rat chow with rats fed chow plus a high-fructose corn syrup solution. All the rats consumed the same amount of calories.

After six months, the rats in the corn syrup group had gained 48 percent more weight. They also underwent an increase in fat deposition (especially in the abdomen) and a drop in circulating triglycerides. These changes are consistent with metabolic syndrome, a cluster of symptoms that predispose humans to cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Every rat consuming high-fructose corn syrup became obese. In contrast, rats fed a high-fat diet did not become obese in all cases.

Another study, conducted by Duke University researchers, once again implicates high-fructose corn syrup in a heightened risk of liver damage.

Previous research has suggested that large amounts of fructose liver in the same way as excessive alcohol consumption. Another study linked high-fructose corn syrup specifically with a form of liver scarring known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

The new study, published in the Journal of Hepatology, found that high-fructose corn syrup worsened the effects of NAFLD.

"We found that increased consumption of high fructose corn syrup was associated with scarring in the liver ... among patients with NAFLD," researcher Manal Abdelmalek said.

The researchers analyzed the diets and livers of 427 adults with NAFLD, and found that only 19 percent of them never consumed fructose-containing beverages. In contrast, 52 percent of participants had between one and six servings of a fructose-containing beverage per week, while another 29 percent had at least one serving per day. The higher patients' fructose intake, the worse the scarring of their livers.

"We have identified an environmental risk factor that may contribute to the metabolic syndrome of insulin resistance and the complications of the metabolic syndrome, including liver injury," Abdelmalek said.

Abdelmalek noted that NAFLD is a severe problem that cannot be treated and may lead in some cases to liver cancer, liver failure and a need for liver transplant.

Researchers are still unsure why high-fructose corn syrup appears to damage the body more than its extra 5 percent fructose content would suggest. Some have hypothesized that the negative effects come from the massive quantities in which it is consumed -- high-fructose corn syrup is found in nearly all processed foods.

Other researchers have observed that beverages made with high-fructose corn syrup contain high levels of reactive carbonyls, which can damage cells. Still others have noted that the fructose in high-fructose corn syrup is chemically unbonded and thus spreads through the body more freely than the fructose in table sugar.

[Nitz]

This is a HUGE report to ignore! >:(

[jaybone]

Dr. Mercola has been saying this for quite some time.
I used to eat a normal american diet of sugar and fried carbs most of my life,
in 2002 I went on the Atkins diet and lost 120#, never felt better.
At 30 I felt better than I did at 20.

Mercola also says that people have a certain diet type. I could never survive as a vegan, but I know a few that are the picture of health (my cholesterol is better than theirs though!)

[Miteysquirrel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ_4YkekV9A

[BarneyFag]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbRxTOyGf0

[BarneyFag]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqIpAyHJ2ws

[keehah]

i found it interesting that hfcs only contains 5% more fructose than regular sugar

From 50 to 55% is 10% more fructose. :)

[k-os]

Well, this explains my uncle's death. Major sweet tooth, and pancreatic cancer.

[Fudup]

There are those that say that some cancer is actually a type of fungus and that is why it craves sugar to feed upon. www.knowthecause.com I think is the website of Mr. Kaufman. The guy has been talking about mycotoxins and cancer for years.

Kill the fungus, kill the "cancer". I have used his initial phase diet to lose weight and detox and it works and you feel better after 30 days, everything that has any sugar in it afterwards is sweet as hell.

For 30 days eat only these foods:

Beef, Fish, Poultry and Eggs (preferably organic)
Nuts although no pistachios or peanuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans etc)
Most Vegetables except mushrooms, corn or potatoes. Leafy greens and broccoli are the best
Green Apples, berries, grapefruit, lime, lemon, avocados
Plain yogurt and real butter (organic is better of course)
Water and herbal teas with no sweeteners

Thats it.

[AndreaGail]

[quote=AndreaGail ]
i found it interesting that hfcs only contains 5% more fructose than regular sugar
[quote]
From 50 to 55% is 10% more fructose. :)


nice catch keehah

i guess that's what i meant

[Phoenix]

All fruit has fructose ("fruit sugar"). You do not get fat from eating fruit.

Artificially-created fructose "from corn" is a chemical product.

[Twisted Titan]

The food lobby loves to say that Fructose is the same as Sucrose.

And in 1975, High Fructose Corn Syrup was allowed into the US food chain for the public to consume. There is so much HFC in so many foods, and cannot tell how much I am getting unless I look at every single label.

Here is a lecture for a doctor on sugar, but more specifically HFCs, and it's link to obesity.

This is the long version. In the middle, it gets a little "medical talk and biology."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Here is the short verision. And this guy in the short version is a knowledgable and certified person. His 30 minutes short version on sugar and HFCs follows the doctors long version.

EVERYBODY SHOULD WATCH THESE VIDEOS. Especially, children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chXCvduiAbs



Bump these videos

[Awoke]

All cancers thrive off sugar.

A dedicated water fast has been historically documented to reverse and destroy cancers, among countless other afflictions and illnesses.

Fasting can save your life.

[MAGNES]

All cancers thrive off sugar.

A dedicated and water fast has been historically documented to reverse and destroy cancers, among countless other afflictions and illnesses.

Fasting can save your life.


As in only drink water, no food, foods like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, high
vitamin B foods, B12, have been reported to fight cancers, along with THC
oil and weed.

Good thread, this information is very important, the number one cause of
sickness and disease, cancer, liver destruction, fattening and diabetes is from
fake sugar from corn, your body treats it like a poison, your liver works to
remove it as a poison from your system, unlike real sugar.

Real sugar is a whole food before processing, go look at a can of molasses,
by weight it is 12 % copper, removed. Nobody was fat when we were kids.

Pass this info along to relatives to wake them up.

http://www.naturalnews.com/029403_high_fructose_corn_syrup_liver_damage.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/029374_cancer_high_fructose_corn_syrup.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1293495/Do-sweeteners-bring-early-birth-How-fizzy-drinks-harm-unborn-child.html

weed
http://www.gsalternative.com/2010/05/cannabinoids-kill-cancer/

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/cannabis-gave-me-my-life-back-2041640.html

the other poison
http://www.alternativenaturalremedies.com/uncategorized/bisphenol-a-the-chemical-turning-men-into-women

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/26/AR2010072605001.html

Fluoride water 'causes cancer'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2005/jun/12/medicineandhealth.genderissues

http://www.naturalnews.com/029094_kangaroos_fluoride.html

other
http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/07/new-study-shows-vaccines-cause-brain-changes-found-in-autism.html

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/03/tylenol-pm-causes-brain-damage.aspx

[lapis]

All fruit has fructose ("fruit sugar").

That's true.


You do not get fat from eating fruit.

It depends on metabolism. Mine is messed up, so I have to eat a low-carb diet. I can eat small amounts of low-sugar fruit like berries, but not sweet ones like bananas or else I gain weight.


Artificially-created fructose "from corn" is a chemical product.


Yeah, and probably from GM corn as well, but keep in mind that fructose is mostly processed in the liver, and it can only process so much at one time.

Any excess is converted to triglycerides; in other words, FAT. :(

[Awoke]

All cancers thrive off sugar.

A dedicated and water fast has been historically documented to reverse and destroy cancers, among countless other afflictions and illnesses.

Fasting can save your life.


As in only drink water, no food, foods like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, high
vitamin B foods, B12, have been reported to fight cancers, along with THC
oil and weed.

Water only is the key to eradicating almost any illness.
The secret to fasting is that you must ensure you absolutely ZERO caloric intake. ZERO.

Your stomach will go into a shut-down mode after about 36 to 48 hours, and at that point your body will take proteins and vitamins from your muscle tissue, but only for a short period of time. (6 to 12 hours)

After that stage, the body realizes that it can not contiunue to take reserves from the muscle tissues without cause permanent damage, so it makes another switch and begins to pull reserves from ALL OTHER CELLS IN YOUR BODY.

This is when the healing begins.
Anyone who is seriously sick should consider a strict and extended water fast for anywhere between 20 to 30 days.

[undgrd]

Water only is the key to eradicating almost any illness.
The secret to fasting is that you must ensure you absolutely ZERO caloric intake. ZERO.

Your stomach will go into a shut-down mode after about 36 to 48 hours, and at that point your body will take proteins and vitamins from your muscle tissue, but only for a short period of time. (6 to 12 hours)

After that stage, the body realizes that it can not contiunue to take reserves from the muscle tissues without cause permanent damage, so it makes another switch and begins to pull reserves from ALL OTHER CELLS IN YOUR BODY.

This is when the healing begins.
Anyone who is seriously sick should consider a strict and extended water fast for anywhere between 20 to 30 days.


Can you provide any good documentation for this? I'd REALLY like to read about it. You sound like you've researched it and don't want to wade through crappy info if I don't have to.

Thanks!

[Kali]

I plan to go on a water fast in a few days.

The most I ever lasted was 3 days. Even after only 3 days it was amazing.

I'm shooting for 10 days but if the hunger is gone as they say after the 3rd or 4th day I may continue longer.

[Awoke]

Can you provide any good documentation for this? I'd REALLY like to read about it. You sound like you've researched it and don't want to wade through crappy info if I don't have to.

Thanks!

Read Fasting and Eating for Health by Joel Fuhrman.
You will not be able to put it down. There is no bullshit in the book, and it will hook you right away.
You will never look at food and the food industry the same, and you will live to be a very old healthy man. (Or woman, of course)



I plan to go on a water fast in a few days.

The most I ever lasted was 3 days. Even after only 3 days it was amazing.

I'm shooting for 10 days but if the hunger is gone as they say after the 3rd or 4th day I may continue longer.


Go longer. You will not be hungry if you drink a lot of DISTILLED water. They healing process do not really start to kick in to an effective range until after a week, and the really effective healing starts about weeks 2 or 3, depending on the illness.

[Kali]

Read Fasting and Eating for Health by Joel Fuhrman.

I've read several books on the subject...this is hands down the best book out there.



drink a lot of DISTILLED water.

Where do you get yours? The only distilled water I have seen comes in plastic and always tastes like plastic to me. Otherwise I'd have to buy a distiller...I'm guessing you have one.

[Phoenix]

DISTILLED water


...is deadly.

[Awoke]

I've read several books on the subject...this is hands down the best book out there.



Same here. And I agree that it is the best of the best.




drink a lot of DISTILLED water.

Where do you get yours? The only distilled water I have seen comes in plastic and always tastes like plastic to me. Otherwise I'd have to buy a distiller...I'm guessing you have one.


I get mine from a local provider in water-cooler carboys. I do intend to build a solar distillary and buy a regular distillary as well.

It's not perfect, having water suppied in plastic carboys, but it's certainly better than drinking fluorinated and chlorinated water from the E-coli infested tap.

On GIM I had a thread with in depth info on how to build a solar distillary and other stuff, but it's gone with the masonic wind.





DISTILLED water


...is deadly.


Fred, we have had this discussion before, and you and I are not going to agree on it.
We agree on all things, except distilled water.