High sugar levels may lead to cancer

December 5, 2011

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The risk of developing malignancies   colon older women may be associated with an increased content sugar   in the blood, according to US scientists. The level of insulin   It does not affect the development of cancer.

Scientists from the US have warned all the people who are predisposed to increased blood sugar, as well as older people: a high level of proof Glucose   should make a person visit not only endocrinologist, but also   Oncologist .

This direct relationship between serious illness and sugar was identified as a result of 12 years of research at New York's Albert Einstein College. The group of volunteers consisted of about five thousand women over the age of fifty years.

Before starting the experiment, in all volunteers was measured blood glucose level, after which the women were divided into three groups: low-sugar medium and high. Thus diagnosis diabetes   or who has not been put.

After 12 years, 81 women were diagnosed with malignancy colon tumor. Moreover, most of them it was in a group with a high content of glucose in the blood. Thus, experts have concluded that at high risk of sugar colon cancer   increased by 2 times. The level of insulin had no effect on disease progression.

Study leader also said that if the diagnosis of diabetes has not been put, it does not mean that person is not at risk: even just a sugar high enough to access more attention to this issue.