Sugar feeds pancreatic cancer cells

Pancreatic cancers use the sugar fructose to activate a key cellular pathway that drives cell division, helping the cancer to grow more quickly. Although it's widely known that cancers use glucose, a simple sugar, to fuel their growth, this is the first time a link has been shown between fructose and cancer proliferation. "The bottom line is the modern diet contains a lot of refined sugar including fructose and it's a hidden danger implicated in a lot of modern diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and fatty liver," said researchers. The study appeared in the Aug. 1 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Cancer Research. Sources of fructose in the Western diet include cane sugar (sucrose) and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a corn-based sweetener that has been on the market since about 1970. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Hirschberg Foundation and the Jonsson Cancer Center.

Bonnie - the Corn Refiners Association's, which is behind the PR campaign trying to put HFCS in a better light, completely dismissed the study, of course. Our clients should not be surprised with the findings of this study.