High Fructose Corn Syrup Can Help One Kind of Tumor Grow

Health experts have been wary of high fructose corn syrup for years. The sweetener — common in soda and processed foods — has increasingly crept its way into our meals. At the same time, rates of obesity and diseases like type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure have increased. Now, a new study out in Science has given us another reason to worry about the sugary additive: it can boost tumor growth in mice. A Sugary Diet Researchers from Baylor University and Cornell University developed

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