{"id":135901,"date":"2024-12-11T18:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135901"},"modified":"2024-12-11T18:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T11:47:46","slug":"does-dietary-fructose-help-tumors-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135901","title":{"rendered":"Does dietary fructose help tumors grow?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"css-yhe8zq\"><span class=\"css-rwmw5v\"><span class=\"css-mjp0j9\"><picture class=\"css-16pk1is\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.post.rvohealth.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/fructose-tumor-GettyImages-115197596-Header-1024x575.jpg 750w\" media=\"(min-width: 1190px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.post.rvohealth.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/fructose-tumor-GettyImages-115197596-Header-1024x575.jpg 750w\" media=\"(min-width: 990px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.post.rvohealth.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/fructose-tumor-GettyImages-115197596-Header-1024x575.jpg 879w\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.post.rvohealth.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/fructose-tumor-GettyImages-115197596-Header-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"corn syrup trickling down three silver spoons\" class=\"css-1jytyml\"\/><\/picture><\/span><hl-share-overlay class=\"css-18moxll\"><a class=\"icon-hl-pinterest css-ps2kh1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-event=\"Any Page|Image Pinterest Click|Icon Clicked\" data-element-event=\"OPEN|CONTENTBLOCK|Any Page|Article Body|BUTTON|Image Widget Pinterest Click|\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2Fhow-too-much-fructose-may-feed-cancer-tumors&amp;media=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.post.rvohealth.io%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2024%2F12%2Ffructose-tumor-GettyImages-115197596-Header-1024x575.jpg&amp;description=Melanoma%2C%20breast%20cancer%3A%20Does%20dietary%20fructose%20help%20tumors%20grow%3F\" title=\"Share on Pinterest\" data-pin-custom=\"true\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/media.post.rvohealth.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/fructose-tumor-GettyImages-115197596-Header-1024x575.jpg\"><span class=\"css-8yl26h\">Share on Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/hl-share-overlay><\/span><figcaption class=\"css-13b3g0x\">Dietary fructose may contribute to cancer tumor growth, a study in animal models suggests. Image credit: Rob Webb\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fructose is a natural sugar found in fruits, vegetables, and honey. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fructose can be bad for your health when consumed as part of high-fructose corn syrup in processed foods. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Past studies have linked high-fructose corn syrup intake to many diseases, including cancer. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis has found that dietary fructose may promote tumor growth in animal models of melanoma, breast cancer, and cervical cancer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/323818\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">Fructose<\/a> is the natural sugar found in fruits, as well as some vegetables and honey. When consumed from a natural source such as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/267290\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">apple<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/322548\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">dates<\/a>, fructose is not considered harmful to a person\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>However, when fructose is consumed as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/325315\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">high-fructose corn syrup<\/a> via processed foods like soda and packaged baked goods, then it can become a health concern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cFructose occurs naturally in some fruits and vegetables \u2014 so humans have always been exposed to it,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/chemistry.wustl.edu\/people\/gary-patti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">Gary Patti, PhD<\/a>, the Michael and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry, Genetics, and Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, told <em>Medical News Today.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhat has changed over the past four to five decades is that we started using it as an artificial sweetener in processed foods. As a result, many people are exposed to much higher levels than ever before. It is important to understand what impact this has on human health,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For this study, researchers used an animal model of cancer tumors. During the study, the animals were fed a diet rich in fructose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt has been well established for over a century that cancer cells are addicted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/249413\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">glucose<\/a>,\u201d Patti said. \u201cWe take advantage of this in the clinic all the time. Patients are given a radioactive form of glucose that shows up in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/154877\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">PET scans<\/a>. Because cancer cells take up more glucose than most other healthy cells, they light up in the images.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u201cGlucose and fructose are made up of the exact same atoms,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe only difference between them is the way in which the atoms are arranged. Given the avidity that cancer cells have for glucose, it\u2019s compelling to imagine that they might use fructose in a similar way.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-zya54r\"\/><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Upon analysis, Patti and his team found that the body\u2019s liver converts fructose into a type of <hl-trusted-source source=\"PubMed Central\" rationale=\"Highly respected database from the National Institutes of Health\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK525952\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">lipid<\/a><\/hl-trusted-source> called <hl-trusted-source source=\"PubMed Central\" rationale=\"Highly respected database from the National Institutes of Health\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32084434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">lysophosphatidylcholines (LPCs)<\/a><\/hl-trusted-source>, which are associated with inflammation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>When cancer cells divide, they require a large amount of lipids. Having a larger amount of LPCs in the bloodstream aids cancer cell replication, thus helping tumors grow.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWhen you eat an excessive amount of food, your body converts it into fat,\u201d Patti explained. \u201cThat is your body\u2019s way of storing energy. High levels of dietary fructose induce a similar process. The fructose is converted into a precursor of fat in the liver, called lipids. Those lipids can then feed the tumor.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>\u201cCancer cells are unique from most other cells in the body because they are rapidly dividing, which is what allows tumors to grow larger,\u201d he continued. \u201cFor a cancer cell to divide into two, it has to make a new set of cellular contents. That requires a lot of nutrients, which ultimately come from the diet. It is therefore intuitive to imagine that dietary modifications could influence the process of tumor growth.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe complication is that there are a lot of variables to think about such as where the tumor is in the body, which oncogenes it has, what drugs the patient is using, what dietary components are transformed into prior to reaching the tumor, etc,\u201d Patti added. \u201cOur understanding of these issues is only at its very early stages, but there are an increasing number of studies starting to illuminate important details. I hope our study will be part of that equation.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>MNT<\/em> spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.providence.org\/doctors\/general-surgery\/ca\/santa-monica\/anton-bilchik-1609916733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">Anton Bilchik, MD, PhD<\/a>, surgical oncologist, chief of medicine and Director of the Gastrointestinal and Hepatobiliary Program at Providence Saint John\u2019s Cancer Institute in Santa Monica, CA, about this study.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been suspicious for quite a while that certain food supplements such as sweeteners and processed food increase the risk of getting cancer, but we\u2019ve never really known the mechanism,\u201d Bilchik, who was not involved in the research, pointed put.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow css-34gtoi\">\n<p>\u201cThis is one of the few studies that provides a possible mechanism for fructose, which is found in corn syrup, processed food, and sweeteners, a mechanism that may cause a variety of different cancers. So there may be some truth to the fact that people need to be very cautious about using sweeteners or using sugars that are not from fruits and vegetables, but are in processed foods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Anton Bilchik, MD, PhD<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cFructose is in so many food products that we eat, and we\u2019re now seeing a massive uptick in young people being diagnosed with certain cancers, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/155598\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">colorectal cancer<\/a>, and that is being linked to processed food,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAnd we know that processed food has high contents of fructose in them, so this just provides a possible mechanism. I think that we need to see some clinical studies in people that take sweeteners versus natural sugars to see whether there\u2019s any difference in cancer. So I think to translate this to the clinical world would be most beneficial,\u201d said Bilchik. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-zya54r\"\/><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><span style=\"font-size:0;line-height:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>MNT<\/em> also spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/eatrightrx.com\/about-monique-richard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">Monique Richard, MS, RDN, LDN<\/a>, a registered dietitian nutritionist and owner of Nutrition-In-Sight, about this study for ways on which readers can potentially lower the amount of fructose they consume.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Richard said a simple way \u2014 though not always possible or easy \u2014 to avoid excessive or less beneficial types of fructose is to eat more foods that do not have packaging or labels such as produce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSay yes to fructose in fruit and \u2018no, thank you\u2019 to the fructose [in] the fruit roll-up,\u201d she advised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow css-34gtoi\">\n<p>\u201cThe fiber and vitamins and minerals that naturally accompany the carbohydrates such as fructose in fruit and vegetables is less likely to be over-consumed, although portions do still matter. The fiber and nutrients are also beneficial for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/307998\" class=\"content-link css-90fpmc\">gut microbiota<\/a>, which we are also observing being affected by excessive fructose consumption from ultra-processed foods.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Monique Richard, MS, RDN, LDN<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cReading labels and understanding ingredients is another key to knowing what you\u2019re consuming,\u201d Richard continued. \u201cThere are numerous names for sugar. Educate yourself about the types and names of sugar so that you\u2019re not trading one for an equal or similar product.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cFood manufacturers understand how to market to make money. A label could say \u2018no high fructose corn syrup\u2019 but could have just as much or more fructose, glucose, or sucrose (table sugar), just to name a few. I see this often in crackers, cookies, soft drinks, and juices,\u201d she told us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cKeep in mind, there is no reason to be obsessive and never include these items \u2014 hello holidays, Halloween, and favorite treats. But knowing how much, how often, and making sure that real food is not replaced in lieu of these things is the most important for our daily dietary patterns and enjoyment of life,\u201d Richard advised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/how-too-much-fructose-may-feed-cancer-tumors\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Share on PinterestDietary fructose may contribute to cancer tumor growth, a study in animal models suggests. 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