Daily Archives: May 10, 2026

The Sugar-Cancer Connection: Five Things You Should Know

“The phrase ‘Sugar feeds cancer’ is a dangerous statement,” says Stanford Medicine oncology dietitian Erika Connor. “It switches people’s anxiety on and sets them up for misinformation and panic.” A diagnosis of cancer often leaves people searching for ways to resume control of their bodies and minds. Food is one of the first places they…

The Growing Concern Over Sugar Intake and Childhood Type 2 Diabetes

Sugar may play a stronger role in the origins of diabetes than anyone realized, according to new research from Stanford University, the University of California-Berkeley and the University of California-San Francisco. Countries with more sugar in their food supplies have higher rates of diabetes, independent of sugar’s ties to obesity, other parts of the diet,…