Researchers at Wash U shared some fascinating findings on the indirect impact of fructose on cancer.
Fructose is ubiquitous via “high fructose corn syrup” – the sweetener used in most ultra-processed food. Interestingly, fructose does not directly aide the growth of cancer cells.
Instead, the liver converts fructose into nutrients that cancer cells use. Fructose effectively accelerates cancer/tumor growth by 2x.
Fructose consumption has grown 15x per person in the past century. That’s a lot of cancer acceleration enabled by this growth.
The negative impact of ultra-processed foods in our diet is becoming clearer as time progresses. Studies like this go a long way in understanding the exact nature of their impact.
