Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer (1982) / Chapter Skim
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7 Carbohydrates
7 Carbohydrates
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He found that a high intake of refined sugar was one of the dietary components associated with increased incidence of breast cancer. This finding is consistent with findings in laboratory experiments.
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After breast tumors were induced with 7,12-dimethylbenz~aJanthracene, rats were fed diets containing either refined sugar or complex starches. Significantly more breast tumors were observed in rats fed refined sugar than in those fed starch.
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It was not possi ble to discern whether the deficiency of vitamin A contributed directly to bladder tumors or indirectly via stone formation and subsequent physi Cal irritation of the bladder. Sucrose-fed rats with or without superimposed vitamin A deficiency did not exhibit calculi or histological changes of the bladder.
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However, the males in these dietary groups had more crystalline bladder calculi and an associated increase in hyperplasia, metaplasia, and neoplasia of the transitional epithelium of the bladder than did the females fed similar diets, the control mice, or the mice fed 2% xylitol. Sprague-Dawley CD male and female rats were fed 2%, 5%, 10%, or 20% xylitol in the diet for 26 weeks without evidence of increased renal calculi or hepatocellular abnormalities at autopsy.
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However, excessive carbohydrate consumption contributes to caloric excess, which 1u turn has been 1mplicated as a modifier of carcinogenesis 7-5
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1981. The effects of vitamin Adeficient diets containing lactose in producing bladder calculi and tumors in rats.
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Uber die Erzeugung des Maussarkoms durch die subcutane Injektion der konzentrierten Zuckerlosung.
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