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New MRI research reveals cancer cells thrive on processed sugar
NaturalNews via The Watcher ^ | July 17, 2013 | Jonathan Benson

Posted on 07/18/2013 3:37:50 PM PDT by neverdem

Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, your dietary habits could be significantly adding to your risk of developing cancer. New research published in the journal Nature Medicine has confirmed that processed sugar is one of the primary driving forces behind the growth and spread of cancer tumors, so much so that the future of cancer screening could rely on scanning the body for sugar accumulation.

Scientists from University College London (UCL) in the U.K. made this discovery after experimenting with a new cancer detection method that involves utilizing a unique form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). After sensitizing an MRI scanner to look specifically for glucose in the body, it was revealed that cancer tumors, which feed off sugar, light up brightly as they contain high amounts of sugar.

"The new technique, called 'glucose chemical exchange saturation transfer' (glucoCEST), is based on the fact that tumors consume much more glucose (a type of sugar) than normal, healthy tissues in order to sustain their growth," explains a recent UCL announcement, noting that tumors appear as "bright images" on MRI scans of mice.

Traditionally, cancer screenings have involved the use of low-dose radiation injections to identify the presence of tumors, which makes sense as radiation is another known cause of cancer. The things that trigger and promote cancer development and spread, in other words, can also be used by doctors to detect it inside the body. And now sugar can officially be added to this list.

"The method uses an injection of normal sugar and could offer a cheap, safe alternative to existing methods for detecting tumors, which require the injection of radioactive material," says Dr. Simon Walker-Samuel, lead researcher of the study from the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI).

Interestingly, it was also noted by the study's senior author that the amount of sugar in "half a standard sized chocolate bar" is all it takes to effectively identify the presence of tumors using the glucoCEST method. This is astounding, as it suggests that even relatively low amounts of sugar have the potential to promote cancer proliferation.

Many cancer tumors respond directly to insulin produced by sugar consumption

The UCL study is hardly the only one to have identified a connection between processed sugar consumption and diseases like cancer. Other research, including that being currently being conducted by Dr. Robert H. Lustig, M.D., a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), confirms that the bulk of chronic illnesses prevalent today are caused by sugar consumption.

You can watch a presentation from Dr. Lustig entitled Sugar: The Bitter Truth here: http://youtube.com

As far as cancer is concerned, hormones produced by the body in response to sugar consumption also feed cancer cells. This means that every time you down a soda or eat a piece of cake, your body produces certain chemicals that tell cancer cells to not only start taking up sugar, but also to grow in size and spread.

"What we're beginning to learn is that insulin can cause adverse effects in various tissues, and a particular concern is cancer," says Dr. Lewis Cantley, head of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) at Harvard University, as quoted during an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes.

"If you happen to have a tumor that has insulin receptors on it, then it will get stimulated to take up the glucose that's in the bloodstream," he adds. "So rather than going to the fat or to the muscle, the glucose now goes into the tumor, and the tumor uses it to grow."

Sources for this article include:

http://www.mdtmag.com
http://cancerdefeated.com
http://youtube.com

Republished from NaturalNews
Written by Jonathan Benson


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cancer; glucocest; imaging
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1 posted on 07/18/2013 3:37:51 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

” Glucose - A monosaccharide sugar, C6H12O6, occurring widely in most plant and animal tissue. It is the principal circulating sugar in the blood and the major energy source of the body.”


2 posted on 07/18/2013 3:43:04 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: neverdem

Dr. David Servan-Schreiber’s book Anticancer goes over this.


3 posted on 07/18/2013 3:46:12 PM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: neverdem

The more we learn about Cancer, the more it seems to be identical to fungus.

Cancer is also highly Ph sensitive, just like fungus and in addition both disrupt genes.


4 posted on 07/18/2013 3:46:46 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: neverdem

Warning labels on sugar to follow.


5 posted on 07/18/2013 3:46:55 PM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: neverdem
Hmmm, I guess the Left needs to scare those little kids into eating those “new” Moochelle Obongo approved lunches.
6 posted on 07/18/2013 3:46:58 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: neverdem

If global warming doesn’t get me, my sugar donut will.


7 posted on 07/18/2013 3:47:04 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: neverdem
Oh I can believe this! Thanks for the article!

I just ordered this stuff (Gymnema): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DSAKQI/ref=oh_details_o00_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It's supposed to help balance blood sugar and effectively (for some) take away sugar cravings. Has anyone heard of this?
8 posted on 07/18/2013 3:49:21 PM PDT by mlizzy (If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic adoration, abortion would be ended. --Mother Teresa)
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To: beethovenfan

The real killer is Di-hydrogen Monoxide!

100% fatality rate!
Oh, the Hugh Manatee!


9 posted on 07/18/2013 3:49:49 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("To learn who rules over you simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize"- Voltaire)
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To: neverdem

Eat a low fat, low sugar diet.

You won’t live any longer.......but it will seem like it.


10 posted on 07/18/2013 3:53:34 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: neverdem

If that was true I would have been dead 20 years ago.


11 posted on 07/18/2013 3:55:02 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: neverdem
New MRI research reveals cancer cells thrive on processed sugar

How does the cancer know the difference between processed and unprocessed sugar?

What is the difference?

12 posted on 07/18/2013 3:55:08 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Science is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: mlizzy

Not cheap, is it? Will Obamacare pay for it?


13 posted on 07/18/2013 3:56:13 PM PDT by beelzepug (if any alphabets are watchin', I'll be coming home right after the meetin')
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What is the significance of the word “processed” in this discussion?

Is glucose derived from other sources (honey? raw sugar cane juice?) different in its effect on cancer?


14 posted on 07/18/2013 3:56:21 PM PDT by Rio
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To: mlizzy

No but I’d like to know if it’s any good for people like me that craves sugar.
wish I didn’t.


15 posted on 07/18/2013 3:57:06 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda—Divide and conquer seems to be working.)
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To: neverdem

That’s enough for me to quit sugar as much as possible since I smoke.


16 posted on 07/18/2013 3:58:41 PM PDT by TheRhinelander
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To: BwanaNdege
Penn & Teller did a show about it.A great one,they got lefty weenies in a public park to sign a petition to ban di-hydrogen monoxide.It was a scream.
17 posted on 07/18/2013 3:59:50 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
How does the cancer know the difference between processed and unprocessed sugar?

I'm guessing it doesn't. The headline is certainly BS - the article does not support it in any way. Processed sugar (primarily HFCS) may be worse for us than regular sugar (the jury seems to be out on that), but I can personally confirm that poor writing is an out-of-control epidemic.

18 posted on 07/18/2013 4:00:58 PM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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To: neverdem

That’s just great!!!!


19 posted on 07/18/2013 4:05:18 PM PDT by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Me too. Sugar has been one of my best friends all these long years!


20 posted on 07/18/2013 4:08:59 PM PDT by diamond6 (Behold this Heart which has so loved men!" Jesus to St. Margaret Mary)
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