The excessive intake of carbohydrates and sugar increase the risks of the recurrence of cancer among the patients of head or throat cancer. These risks may lead to untimely death. So it is advisable to avoid the excessive intake of carbohydrates after cancer Therapy.
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This link of carbohydrates and sugar with cancer has recently been found in a recent research conducted by the scientists.
It was found that the risks of death increased among those patients taking excessive amounts of carbohydrates and sugar in the form of fructose, lactose, and maltose.
The research included more than 400 patients. Out of these more than 17% of the patients reported the recurrence of cancer, while 42% of them died
The Professors conduced a research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They found that a difference in the type and stages of cancer was more among those taking carbohydrates than those reducing the intake of it.
On the other hand, the risks of recurrence of cancer and the resultant death after the treatment becomes least with the intake of fewer fats, grains, and starch foods like potatoes.
Carbohydrates are the organic compounds that consist only of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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