Results of a study involving nearly 65,000 people point to an association between cancer and abnormally high blood sugar levels.
These results "have obvious implications for lifestyle guidance, as it is well known what factors cause blood glucose increases," Dr. Par Stattin from Umea University Medical Center, Sweden noted in comments to Reuters Health.
By avoiding excessive fat and other dietary risk factors, and by getting regular exercise, "you can decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes -- and cancer," he added.
Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of liver, pancreas, colon cancer, as well as other cancers, Stattin and colleagues note in the journal Diabetes Care. However, less is known about the effect on cancer risk associated with moderately elevated blood sugar levels among non-diabetic subjects.
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