How Sugar Harms Your Gut and Increases Colorectal Cancer RiskHow Sugar Harms Your Gut and Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk
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How Sugar Harms Your Gut and Increases Colorectal Cancer Risk

Sugar can damage our intestines and even increase the risk of colorectal cancer.
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By Flora Zhao
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This is part 10 in “The Ultimate Guide to Kicking Sugar”

In this series, we will explore the good and bad sweeteners, uncover the unexpected outcomes of cutting out sugar, and discover the ultimate way to achieve this.

Here’s a fact you may find hard to believe or might not want to accept: Sugar can damage our intestines and even increase the risk of colorectal cancer.

Sugar Increases the Risk of 2 Colonic Diseases

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is widely regarded as the intestinal disorder most directly associated with sugar.

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are the two main types of inflammatory bowel diseases. These conditions can be highly debilitating, often leading to symptoms such as persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, bloody stools, weight loss, and fatigue.