Bitter Truths Behind the Sweetness How Sugar Affects Our Bodies

Bettina M Brown: 1: 0:00

Hello and welcome to this In the Rising Short. I just had a really good conversation with Dr Nicole Avina, who is a neuroscientist trying to understand and does research on the connection between mood, weight, sugar and addiction. So what does that have to actually do with cancer? In a recent blog post by Jackie C, a Mayo Clinic dietician, titled Sugar's Role in Cancer, she states flat out that sugar does not cause breast cancer, but it definitely can help increase your weight and there is a connection between weight and cancer, particularly breast cancer, thyroid and ovarian cancer. In a recent research article in the journal at Cancer, the title is understanding the link between sugar and cancer an examination of the preclinical and clinical evidence. And ultimately let's get right down to the results and conclusion. And they believe there is a direct link between sugar and cancer and some of their preclinical studies show that those individuals that had higher rates of consumption even in adolescence, had a higher risk of having cancer later in life, and this is especially associated with breast cancer. So what are we to believe? Right? Are we supposed to eat eggs or not eat eggs? Are we supposed to have fat free or not fat free? Certainly, there is a very clear line that we're having an immense amount of sugar in our diet and ultimately, if we could reduce that to truly more normal levels, that we will have less inflammation, better mood and better health, and when we have all of those three, we make it harder for cancer to survive and thrive. So those are my two cents. I have the links below to the articles and I encourage a discussion, so please reach out to Bettina at intherisingcom and I look forward to speaking with you. Until next time, let's keep building one another up.