Increase Your Risk of Cancer

Excess sugar consumption may increase your risk of developing some cancers. A diet high in sugary foods and beverages can lead to obesity, which increases your cancer risk dramatically. Furthermore, high-sugar diets cause inflammation in the body and may lead to insulin resistance, both of which raise the risk of cancer.

One research on almost 430,000 adults revealed that consuming additional sugar was linked to an increased risk of esophageal cancer, pleural cancer, and small intestine cancer. Women who ate sweet buns and cookies more than three times per week were 1.42 times more likely to develop endometrial cancer than women who ate them fewer than 0.5 times per week, according to another study. The link between added sugar intake and cancer is still being researched, and more research is needed to completely comprehend this complex relationship.