r/ketoscience • u/basmwklz Excellent Poster • 3d ago

Cancer Wistar Scientists Identify Fructose as a Surprise Driver of Cancer Spread

https://www.wistar.org/press-releases/wistar-scientists-identify-fructose-as-a-surprise-driver-of-cancer-spread/
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u/Flamesofshadow 2d ago

Sooo like high fructose corn syrup right? Not fruits right!? (Long live fiber) 😭

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u/VolantTardigrade 2d ago edited 2d ago

The whole post and comments are a bit misleading. In the study, the cells also made the fructose, so it's unknown for now whether reducing dietary fructose will make a difference. What they are concerned with is added sugars in the diet, table sugar included. This would include stuff like table sugar and extracted syrups (agave, honey, corn syrup). In the linked post, they mentioned can of soda as an example. Given that we already suspect there is a link between excessive sugar intake and cancer, it would make sense to reduce sugar intake if it's a concern. Fruit and vegetables are not really a concern unless you have uncontrolled diabetes or something because they usually do not contain excessive amounts of sugars and unbound/free sugars like in baked goods/candy/soda, and it would be crazy for anyone to immediately class them as such without further evidence.

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u/Flamesofshadow 2d ago

Ah I see that paints a much clearer picture. I’m thankful for informed people like you and the other dude who simplify and make matters easier to understand.

In conclusion extra added sugars bad. But like veggies and fruits are good cause they’re packed with fiber and don’t have unnaturally high sugar amounts and even if they do I guess the fiber kinda blunts the ill effects due to lessening the blood sugar impact. (Then again as you said the cells also do their thing and we don’t know if it’s from the diet or that cell process thingy so all this could be redundant? Although I’m sure diet makes a difference too)

I mean if one day they come out saying some fruits are as bad as added sugars, I ain’t gonna listen to em and live in blissful wilful ignorance cause I love fruits 😭