fructose helps pancreatic cancer cells to multiply
fructose helps pancreatic cancer cells to multiply
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fructose helps pancreatic cancer cells to multiply
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Post #1 - August 10th, 2010, 8:45 pmthere is disturbing new evidence (see article below), that fructose, but not glucose, can increase proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells. high fructose corn syrup is, as many of you know, ubiquitous in processed foods. but it is commonly accepted that all sugars are pretty much alike. now there is evidence that maybe this isnt the case. justjoan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 04793.html
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Post #2 - August 10th, 2010, 9:09 pmNon-industry counterpoint:
Nope. High fructose corn syrup does not cause pancreatic cancerThe study does provide an interesting jumping-off point for further research, Brawley told me. But, on it's own, it doesn't say anything about high fructose corn syrup (which isn't pure fructose, but rather little-more-than-50/50 mixture of glucose and fructose). In fact, it doesn't even mean that pancreatic cancer cells in a human body would use pure fructose more efficiently than pure glucose.
That's because pancreatic cancer cells behave differently in a body than they do in a test tube, Brawley told me.
"I have treatments that can cure pancreatic cancer in the petri dish," he said. "We've had that for more than 50 years. But they don't work on pancreatic cancer in humans. That tells me there's a difference, biologically, between cancer cells in a petri dish and cancer cells in a person and we have to respect that."
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Post #3 - August 11th, 2010, 8:39 pmHi- There are so many studies that get too much PR. There was a study a few years ago, where they looked at the results for the Framingham study for one day, and came to some conclusion that got a lot of press. I forget what the study was about, but it was just crazy to look at the diet for a group of people for one day, and to come to conclusions about cancer. Thanks, Nancy
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Post #4 - August 12th, 2010, 8:48 amAs a cancer biologist, it always bugs me how studies like these get picked up by the media and get blown out of proportion. Yes, I understand that they have to report on something to fill their Science section, but frankly, this type of sensationalism is ultimately detrimental to the scientific process
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Post #5 - August 12th, 2010, 9:10 amAnother important note: while there are any number of studies pro and con to HFCS, it is only high-fructose when compared to regular corn syrup, but not to table sugar: the added fructose (which is the sugar that occurs naturally in fruit) causes it to mimic the structure of sucrose, which is about 50/50 fructose and glucose.
Personally, I think it tastes bad; reason enough to avoid it.
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Post #6 - August 12th, 2010, 12:42 pmPuppy wrote:As a cancer biologist, it always bugs me how studies like these get picked up by the media and get blown out of proportion. Yes, I understand that they have to report on something to fill their Science section, but frankly, this type of sensationalism is ultimately detrimental to the scientific process
Absolutely agree. The media will report on one study one day and then the next report on a completely contradictory study with no analysis whatsoever.
Useful sites:
Health media watch
Health news review
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Post #7 - August 12th, 2010, 2:13 pmPuppy wrote:As a cancer biologist, it always bugs me how studies like these get picked up by the media and get blown out of proportion. Yes, I understand that they have to report on something to fill their Science section, but frankly, this type of sensationalism is ultimately detrimental to the scientific process
I can attest that this is not limited to health reporting. Very few media members make the necessary investment in skills to understand a subject matter at a deep enough level. This is understandable: the payoff to the writer and the media outlet for this type of reporting is very low.
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