Food

18 Different Foods That Cause Cancer

10. Refined Sugars

Chris Kresser

Seeing as how tumors feed on sugars and that sugar helps them increase in size, we can safely say that refined sugars are not the best thing to be putting into our bodies. Refined sugars, like white sugar or washed sugar or hard candy can increase the possibility of cancer cells, as well as spike your insulin levels. Cancer cells thrive on fructose-rich sweeteners such as high fructose corn syrup, which metabolizes cancer cells more rapidly than other sweeteners. Sweets and snacks like cakes, pies, cookies, juices, sodas, and sauces are loaded with refined sugar and you’d do well to limit your intake of these foods.