lastrice t1_iwe19nd wrote on November 14, 2022 at 11:08 PM

I thought the idea that sugar causes cancer is a myth?

fizzaz t1_iwerg0f wrote on November 15, 2022 at 2:24 AM

I think it's not that sugar causes cancer, it's that an overabundance of organ glucose does. It's not a 1:1 sugar = glucose.

Elphya t1_iwfd8b4 wrote on November 15, 2022 at 5:25 AM

Sugar = 1glucose + 1 fructose, but the fructose molecule passes through the intestine as glucose.

Glucose is transformed into energy for cells; cancer cells need energy to grow and metastasize.

So we could sum it up for laypeople as "blood sugar helps cancer". However, lack of sugar is detrimental for the healthy tissues and cells, as they can't produce as much energy as needed to function correctly on the long term.

SerialStateLineXer t1_iwkqnl3 wrote on November 16, 2022 at 10:38 AM

>the fructose molecule passes through the intestine as glucose.

That's not right. Fructose is converted to glucose in the liver, not in the intestines. That's why eating too much can impair hepatic insulin resistance andn ultimately give you fatty liver disease.