Learn How Sugar May Affect your Cancer Risk and Treatment

Sugar is a very common ingredient in many foods and beverages. While it tastes good and provides energy, excess can have negative effects on our health. In this blog post, I’m exploring how sugar may affect your cancer risk and treatment. I’ll also provide some tips on how to reduce your sugar intake and improve your health.

Sugar and Cancer Risks

I can’t say sugar itself causes cancer. But it may be indirectly involved with its impact on obesity, insulin resistance, insulin growth factor, inflammation, and hormones. The American Cancer Society states obesity is a risk factor for 13 types of cancer including breast, colorectal, kidney, liver, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and uterine cancers. Obesity is linked to increased insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, risks for cancer.

Obesity may increase cancer risk because excess body fat produces estrogen, which can fuel breast, endometrial and prostate cancers. Excess body f...