Sugar Identified as a Top Cause of Cancer

As much as 40% of US healthcare expenditures are for diseases directly related to the over consumption of sugar,including; obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in 2012 the amount of sugar consumed by the average American was 156 pounds per year.

The fact that sugar and obesity are linked to an increased risk of cancer is now well-recognized. According to a report on the global cancer burden published in 2014, obesity is responsible for an estimated 500,000 cancer cases worldwide each year.

Nearly two-thirds of obesity-related cancers, which include colon, rectum, ovary and uterine cancers, occur in North America and Europe. A more recent British report estimates obesity may result in an additional 670,000 cancer cases in the UK alone over the next 20 years.

How Does Excess Sugar & Obesity Promote Cancer?

One of the key mechanisms by which sugar promotes cancer and other chronic disease is through mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondria produce energy for every animal and plant cell on earth.

Since fat and not sugar is our ideal fuel, sugar burns dirty, producing far more oxidative stress and more free radicals than burning fat. This in turn causes mitochondrial damage, cell membrane damage and DNA damage. This is a recipe for illness.

Constantly eating more than your body really needs, promotes insulin resistance, which compounds the negative health impact.

Without Sugar, Cancer Cannot Thrive:

One of the most powerful strategies to avoid and/or treat cancer is to starve the cancer cells by depriving them of their food source, which is primarily sugar and excessive protein.

Unlike all the other cells in your body, which can burn either sugar or fat for fuel, cancer cells have lost that metabolic flexibility and can only thrive if there is enough sugar present.

Try These 17 Cancer Avoiding Strategies from Dr. Mercola:

1. Eat REAL food and avoid processed foods .

2. Stop eating AT LEAST three hours before going to bed.

3. Optimize your vitamin D.

4. Limit your protein.

5. Avoid unfermented soy products.

6. Improve your insulin and leptin receptor sensitivity by avoiding sugar and grains

7. Exercise regularly

8. Maintain a healthy body weight.

9. Drink a pint to a quart of organic green vegetable juice daily.

10. Get plenty of high quality animal-based omega-3 fats, such as krill oil.

11. Use or take curcumin and/or turmeric.

12. Avoid drinking alcohol.

13. Avoid electromagnetic fields as much as possible.

14. Avoid synthetic hormone replacement therapy, especially if you have risk factors for breast cancer.

15. Avoid BPA, phthalates and other xenoestrogens.

16. Make sure you're not iodine deficient.

17. Avoid charring your meats.

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