Obesity can be caused by a high sugar intake combined with a lack of physical activity. A doctor cautions that obesity is connected to a variety of malignancies.
Nothing in excess is beneficial for the body, least of all sugar, which has been linked to diabetes and bone deterioration.
According to Dr. Vedant Kabra, principal head of the Department of Surgical Oncology at Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gurugram, researchers at the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute in the United States believe that obesity, not sugar, is the main problem.
“However, some cancer specialists feel it has the potential to cause cancer” (Dr Lewis Cantley, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York). Another idea combines these two concepts, claiming that “excess sugar produces obesity, which leads to a pro-carcinogenic state (favourable for cancer formation) in the body.”
Sugar needs are reliant on a natural balanced diet, which includes carbs, amino acids, and everything else, according to Dr Mohit Agarwal, assistant director and unit head, Medical Oncology, Fortis Hospital Shalimar Bagh. “One should not state how much sugar they can take; it should be a balanced diet in which every component is proportional to body height and weight, and blood sugar levels are kept normal and not in the hyperglycemic zone.”
Dr. Agarwal notes that cancer cells reproduce “extremely quickly” and require a lot of “sugar glucose for metabolism,” hence overconsumption of sugar can lead to cancer.
“As a result, extra sugar would feed growth, resulting in cancer.” Various studies have demonstrated that there is no link between sugar consumption and cancer aetiology, and that even if a patient already has cancer, it is not fueled by sugar consumption.”
