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I'm not sure 'essential but over-consumed' nutrient is comparable to 'cancer causing addictive drug'.
by hornetblack 13y ago
I'm not sure 'essential but over-consumed' nutrient is comparable to 'cancer causing addictive drug'.
- tptacek 13y agoObesity is also correlated with cancer. Metabolic syndrome includes elements of physical dependence.
- base698 13y agoMore comparable than you'd think... http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/survival-strategy-of-cancer-cells/ http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/survival-strat... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/ Evidence that sugar is addictive in the same way as are narcotics and cancer cells in blood with elevated sugar grow much faster.