Lung cancer connected with high sugar intake, study suggests

A new study suggests that there is a correlation between lung cancer with increased intake of carbohydrates. The study conducted by the University of Texas under the guidance of Dr. Stephanie Melkonian of the ‘Anderson Cancer Center’  revealed that people with higher levels of sugar in their blood have 49 per cent more probability of developing lung cancer. ‘We observed an increase of 49 per cent in the danger of developing lung cancer for people consuming foods with a higher sugar level’, said Melkonian. The study was published in the magazine ‘Cancer Epidimiology, Biomakers & Prevemntion’ and is the largest study to date examining the possible connection between sugar levels in the blood and lung cancer. Scientists surveyed 1,905 patient cases who were recently diagnosed with lung cancer and compared them with 2,413 healthy people.