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Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
Peter Bowditch wrote:
I live in a country where the original colony was relatively more difficult to supply than the International Space Station is today. One of the things done during the 1787-8 First Fleet trip to Australia was to collect sugar cane from South Africa so that the fledgling colony could have a reliable supply of sugar. Intensive cane farming started on Norfolk Island in 1788. In 1821 large-scale farming was commenced in Australia using cane brought in from Norfolk Island, but up until that time sugar was supplied from what we would today call "hobby farms". Slight correction. but up until that time sugar was supplied from what we would today call "hobby farms" as well as imports from Norfolk Island. -- Peter Bowditch aa #2243 The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles Australian Council Against Health Fraud http://www.acahf.org.au Australian Skeptics http://www.skeptics.com.au To email me use my first name only at ratbags.com |
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Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
"Mark Probert" wrote in message news:s5s5h.1901$T_.559@trndny06... Rich wrote: "Peter Bowditch" wrote in message ... "Rod" wrote: "Peter Bowditch" wrote in message ... "Jan Drew" wrote: http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html Originally published November 9 2006 Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer (NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add sugar to their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer. It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble already. Maybe you will be able to tell us all how effective your switch has been? Like do you still have Diabetes? If so, what do you believe is the cause? I will have diabetes until I die. There is no cure. I do have it under reasonably good control, though, which I achieved by changing my diet, getting more exercise, and using medication )which I might not have to take forever). If I stop the metformin and go back to eating twice as much food as I need I will be back to where I was in a very short time. Nobody knows the cause, but, like many things, it appears to be a combination of genetics and environment. It is not caused by obesity (my spare tyre was a result of insulin resistance, not a cause), it is not caused by lethargy, it is not caused by eating sugar. Finding a cause will take the search for a cure a long way forward. You suffer from a chronic incurable disease, so you should understand that even if all the signs and symptoms are controlled the disease is still there. Diabetes is no different. If I went a month without my blood glucose level ever rising above 5mmol/l at any time I would be ecstatic. But I wouldn't be cured. Actually, a pancreas transplant effects a virtual "cure" of diabetes, but it trades off for a life-long chemical suppression of the immune system. More promising is the artificial pancreas, a microprocessor managed implanted device that determines blood sugar level every few minutes and calculates and delivers an appropriate insulin dose in real time. All you would have to do is refill the device's reservoir with an injection of Humulin-R every three or four months. The ultimate treatment would be to discover a way to produce stem cells with your own DNA profile and a way to use them to produce a whole new pancreas that your body would not reject. While we're at it, let's fantasize a way to alter the DNA of that pancreas to defeat the genetic process that caused your original organ to cease producing enough insulin, and a way to alter the DNA of your whole body to reverse "insulin resitance." All of this is so likely to occur as to be inevitable, possibly within your lifetime. So keep your HgB A1C down and your fingers crossed. When it happens, you want to still have your kindeys, retinas, and feet. Nice to see you back....everything OK, I hope. Everything's fine. I was house and dog sitting for a friend while he was out of town. He only has a slow dial-up access from an Apple computer which I find clumsy to use. So I haven't spent much time online in the last couple of weeks. The insulin pump is a reality but the problem is that it still requires human testing. The goal is to develop an algorithm that will allow a sensor to report blood glucose and then give just enough insulin to moderate it, when needed. Since people respond differently to insulin, i.e. the degree of the decrease in blood glucose, along with the time of the response, are individual responses, the system has to be very "smart" and this is where the problem lies. Some very smart ones are being tested in dogs now. It takes a long time for this technology to get approved for humans, though. Contrary to altie opinion, the FDA can't be easily paid off to skimp on the necessary safety testing. -- --Rich Recommended websites: http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles http://www.acahf.org.au http://www.quackwatch.org/ http://www.skeptic.com/ http://www.csicop.org/ |
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Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
"Vernon" anere@anhere wrote in message m... 200 years ago it was almost impossible to get sugar except for honey. Two hundred years ago would be 1806. By that time, the Spanish, Dutch, and British had extensive sugar cane plantations in the West Indies, and were shipping millions of tons of sugar and rum to Europe. Even before then sugar was available from the mideast. It was expensive, but hardly "almost impossible to get." The Dutch and the Brits still consume far more sugar per capita than we Americans. For all your vaunted "education," Vern, you sure do have a hard time keeping your facts straight. -- --Rich Recommended websites: http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles http://www.acahf.org.au http://www.quackwatch.org/ http://www.skeptic.com/ http://www.csicop.org/ |
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Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html
Originally published November 9 2006 Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer (NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add sugar to their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer. The researchers studied the diets of nearly 80,000 men and women between 1997 and 2005. Of those, 131 developed cancer of the pancreas. The group of people who reported drinking sodas or syrup-based drinks twice a day or more were 90 percent more likely to develop pancreatic cancer than those who did not consume such beverages; people who added sugar to their drinks about five times a day were 70 percent more likely to contract the disease; and those who consumed the popular Swedish sugary dessert known as creamed fruit were at a 50 percent increased risk for the cancer, according to the results published in the American Jounral of Clinical Nutrition. "The researchers have now been able to show that the risk of developing pancreatic cancer is related to the amount of sugar in the diet," said a statement released by the institute. "Despite the fact that the chances of developing pancreatic cancer are relatively small, it's important to learn more about the risk factors behind the disease," said researcher Susanna Larsson. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease, and is notoriously difficult to treat because it usually does not get diagnosed until it has spread beyond the pancreas. About 216,000 new cases of the cancer are diagnosed each year, mostly in developed countries and mostly in people older than 60. "It is perhaps the most serious form of cancer, with very poor prognoses for its victims," Larsson said. "Since it's difficult to treat and is often discovered too late, it's particularly important that we learn to prevent it." "Pancreatic cancer is just one more serious health danger that comes from drinking soft drinks and sugar-laden beverages," said Mike Adams, a health advocate and author of "The Five Soft Drink Monsters." "In both Europe and the United States, these drinks are contributing, not only to cancer, but also to the spreading obesity epidemic and the subsequent increase in type 2 diabetes cases. "The path to true health does not include any refined sugars whatsoever, least of all from 'sugar water' or sweetened juice drinks," he said. |
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Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer
Rich wrote:
"Mark Probert" wrote in message news:s5s5h.1901$T_.559@trndny06... Rich wrote: "Peter Bowditch" wrote in message ... "Rod" wrote: "Peter Bowditch" wrote in message ... "Jan Drew" wrote: http://www.newstarget.com/z021031.html Originally published November 9 2006 Soda warning: High sugar intake linked to pancreatic cancer (NewsTarget) On Wednesday, research was released from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden that showed people who drink soft drinks or add sugar to their coffee increase their risk of developing pancreatic cancer. It's just as well that I switched over to aspartame when I was diagnosed with diabetes, isn't it? My pancreas is in enough trouble already. Maybe you will be able to tell us all how effective your switch has been? Like do you still have Diabetes? If so, what do you believe is the cause? I will have diabetes until I die. There is no cure. I do have it under reasonably good control, though, which I achieved by changing my diet, getting more exercise, and using medication )which I might not have to take forever). If I stop the metformin and go back to eating twice as much food as I need I will be back to where I was in a very short time. Nobody knows the cause, but, like many things, it appears to be a combination of genetics and environment. It is not caused by obesity (my spare tyre was a result of insulin resistance, not a cause), it is not caused by lethargy, it is not caused by eating sugar. Finding a cause will take the search for a cure a long way forward. You suffer from a chronic incurable disease, so you should understand that even if all the signs and symptoms are controlled the disease is still there. Diabetes is no different. If I went a month without my blood glucose level ever rising above 5mmol/l at any time I would be ecstatic. But I wouldn't be cured. Actually, a pancreas transplant effects a virtual "cure" of diabetes, but it trades off for a life-long chemical suppression of the immune system. More promising is the artificial pancreas, a microprocessor managed implanted device that determines blood sugar level every few minutes and calculates and delivers an appropriate insulin dose in real time. All you would have to do is refill the device's reservoir with an injection of Humulin-R every three or four months. The ultimate treatment would be to discover a way to produce stem cells with your own DNA profile and a way to use them to produce a whole new pancreas that your body would not reject. While we're at it, let's fantasize a way to alter the DNA of that pancreas to defeat the genetic process that caused your original organ to cease producing enough insulin, and a way to alter the DNA of your whole body to reverse "insulin resitance." All of this is so likely to occur as to be inevitable, possibly within your lifetime. So keep your HgB A1C down and your fingers crossed. When it happens, you want to still have your kindeys, retinas, and feet. Nice to see you back....everything OK, I hope. Everything's fine. I was house and dog sitting for a friend while he was out of town. He only has a slow dial-up access from an Apple computer which I find clumsy to use. So I haven't spent much time online in the last couple of weeks. So that explains it...glad it was so simple... The insulin pump is a reality but the problem is that it still requires human testing. The goal is to develop an algorithm that will allow a sensor to report blood glucose and then give just enough insulin to moderate it, when needed. Since people respond differently to insulin, i.e. the degree of the decrease in blood glucose, along with the time of the response, are individual responses, the system has to be very "smart" and this is where the problem lies. Some very smart ones are being tested in dogs now. It takes a long time for this technology to get approved for humans, though. Contrary to altie opinion, the FDA can't be easily paid off to skimp on the necessary safety testing. Quite true. However, even the smart ones you refer to will still require more that just periodic refills, which is the ultimate goal. Another goal is to find a way to recharge batteries in implanted devices, thus avoiding another surgery. |
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