That was the first thing an ex of mine said when I told him I have cancer. "Stay away from sugar, and get yourself a juicer and juice like crazy!" Funny, because he knows I can't stand sweets OR juice (hmm, both have types of sugar in them). I eat very well!

I, too, would like to see the studies about sugar feeding cancer.

Sugar is not recommended for breast cancer

By sugar, we mean ordinary table sugar (sucrose). This category also includes extremely sweet foods such as candy and desserts incorporating high levels of sugar. A high sugar intake can contribute to high body mass index (BMI) andtype 2 diabetes, which in themselves can increase breast cancer risk for some women. The question we have attempted to answer in this web page is whether consumption of added sugar, sugary sweets, and high-sugar desserts are associated with increased breast cancer risk, including for women who are not overweight and presumably not insulin resistant. The idea that breast cancer is "fed by sugar" is not the correct explanation for the association between sugar consumption and breast cancer risk. Sucrose is converted to glucose by enzymes in the digestive tract. All of our cells require energy in the form of glucose to survive. It is true that cancer cells typically consume glucose at a much higher rate than normal cells and compounds that cause inhibition of glucose uptake by tumor cells may inhibit their growth and viability. However, this does not necessarily mean that consuming a great deal of sugar will stimulate cancer growth since cancer cells will obtain glucose from a variety of foods in the diet.

I copied the above from Foodforbreastcancer.com Click Foods to Avoid then click Sugar to read the entire article. The also have links to scientific studies.

I would be happy to find articles. Are you looking at breast cancer specifically? or any cancer?

I think the theory is not about specific "sugar" as in table sugar but the fact that carbohydrates in people who don't process them well, in turn get high blood sugar values, and THIS is the cause or so the theory goes.

Diabetics have higher risks of a lot of diseases and Alzheimer's has been nick-named "diabetes of the brain" and it is all suspected to be in relation to how frequently/high our glucose goes.

Here's a link to over 8,000 (I think this will show the first 870+)

http://www.science.gov/scigov/result-list/fullReco...:breast+cancer+risk+AND+carbohydrate+intake/

(I tried to click on the link and it takes me to a blank page...maybe copy/paste that full line or go to science.gov and type in breast cancer risk AND carbohydrate intake.)

Some of these may overlap with what is posted previously.

When I learned that the cocktail mix used in the diagnostic scans with contrast to show/detect cancer all use sugar as the base, told me all I need to know. Cancer feeds on sugar and thats how we see it in our diagnostic scans.

the middle fat is hard to get rid of....I used to be able to lose it by cutting back calories for a week or so, now, it never goes away!