Cancer, metabolism and the wisdom of Lewis Cantley on fructose
When we published Luc Tappy’s Q&A on fructose toxicity two years ago at the time of our first conference on Metabolism diet and disease, he took the line that fructose is harmless to people not at...
View ArticleCancer and diet – what you eat, or how much?
The epidemiological evidence now seems overwhelming: obesity is a major cause of cancer, which will rise with the rising tide of obesity in the well fed Western world. Elio Riboli will speak on what...
View ArticleThe cancer-obesity connection: where are we now?
Post by Rabia Begum Obesity is emerging as a major risk factor to cancer susceptibility. With obesity rates on the rise around the world, this has major health and policy implications for us all. This...
View ArticleCancer and diet – how to ask the right questions
In the panel discussion at the end of the first BioMed Central conference on Metabolism, diet and disease, the panellists confronted the overwhelming evidence for a link between obesity and cancer. The...
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