The Diet/Cancer Connection

[Wifezilla]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110614115037.htm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071127161824.htm

I will post more links later but these will get you started.

 

[abifae]

*shakes her fist at insulin*

 

[Wifezilla]

"Among premenopausal women, risks of breast cancer increased with consumption of total carbohydrate (OR 2.31 95% CI 1.36-3.91) and sucrose (OR 2.51, 95% CI 1.47-4.26), with significant trends for both. Similarly, among postmenopausal women, the risk of breast cancer was 2.2 times higher among women in the highest quartile of total carbohydrate intake when compared with women in the lowest quartile (OR 2.22, 95% CI 1.49-3.30), with a highly significant trend. Sucrose intake was significantly related to the risk of breast cancer (OR 1.84, 95% CI 1.26-2.71). Slightly increased risks were also observed for glucose and fructose intake, but these trends did not reach significance (Table 3). "
http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/13/8/1283.long

 

[Wifezilla]

"During the recent decades, we have encountered a rapid rise in number of difficult medical problems, especially overweight/obesity and diabetes mellitus, as well as their complications.

Concurrently, we have witnessed a growing number of cancers. Until recently, fats had been thought responsible for the development of cancers. [13] Now, more evidence shows a link between hyperglycemia and some, if not all, cancers. [14] With better design of research projects, we can expect that this link will become apparent.

Most importantly, we must recognize and bear in mind that excessive carbohydrate intake causes hyperglycemia, diabetes mellitus, and overweight/obesity. [15]

What we have known about glucose and some, if not all, cancers so far is:

1. Cancer heavily utilizes glucose for its rapid growth. [16, 17, 18]

2. Hyperglycemia is inflammatory and pro-inflammatory. [19]

3. Inflammation facilitates the growth and proliferation (metastasis) of cancer. [20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28]

4. Hyperglycemia promotes glycation both inside and outside cells and is implicated in genetic mutation. [29, 30, 31, 32, 33]

5. Cancer facilitates glycolysis that increases non-enzymatic glycation between glucose and proteins. [34]"
http://www.carbohydratescankill.com/746/carbohydrates-cancer-fact-2