Study: Excess consumption of sugar is harmful to colon health
Study: Excess consumption of sugar is harmful to colon health
Study: Excess consumption of sugar is harmful to colon health
A recent medical study revealed that consuming excess sugar disrupts the cells that maintain the health of the colon, and causes inflammation of the intestine.
During the study, whose findings were published in the Journal of Hepatology & Gastroenterology, researchers fed mice a standard or high-sugar diet, then simulated symptoms of IBD by exposing them to a chemical called DSS, which damages the colon.
All the mice fed a high-sugar diet died within nine days, while all the animals fed a standard diet lived until the end of the 14-day experiment.
Professor of Immunology at the American University of Pittsburgh, Timothy Hand, said that the prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease is increasing all over the world, and is higher in countries with industrial and urban lifestyles, whose citizens usually eat diets rich in sugar.
He added that excessive sugar intake is not good for several reasons, and our study adds new evidence to this, as this substance can be harmful to the intestines and colon.
