Mainstream media finally admits sugar’s role in causing breast cancer

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The corporate media finally tells the truth about refined sugar and breast cancer.

YOUR PERCEPTION IS NOT REALITY

Anyone with even a modicum of understanding of health recognizes that consuming excessive amounts of sugar wreaks havoc on the human body. In addition to obesity, high blood pressure and the like, those with a sweet tooth now have to include breast cancer to their list of potential maladies, according to a new study from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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Researchers have noted sugar’s impact in a specific enzymatic signaling pathway dubbed 12-LOX (12-lipoxygenase). However, the fact that high sugar intake increases the risk of breast cancer isn’t exactly news. The Women’s Health Study found women with a diet that raises blood sugar levels had a 135 percent increased risk of getting breast cancer during a seven-year-long study. The recent study differs from its predecessors in that it centers on how sugar affects mammary gland tumor development in mouse models.(1,2)

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