Eating a lot of sugar makes your body produce more insulin and IGF-1, which are like strong growth signals. Cancer cells have more receptors for these signals, so they grow faster and more aggressively than normal cells when exposed to high sugar.

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Elevated insulin receptor content in human breast cancer.

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The study shows that breast cancer cells have more insulin receptors than normal cells, which matches part of the claim, but it doesn't test if eating sugar causes this or affects cancer growth directly.

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Revisiting the Warburg-Based “Sugar Feeds Cancer” Hypothesis: A Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological, Experimental and Mechanistic Evidence

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The study says sugar doesn't directly feed cancer like the claim suggests; it might affect cancer risk in other ways, especially in people with certain health issues, but not as a direct growth signal.

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Sugar might raise cancer risk by messing with your body's insulin and causing inflammation, not by directly feeding cancer cells like many people think.

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