Common ingredient in energy drinks related to blood cancer growth, finds the study

A common ingredient in some foods and drinks has been related to a higher risk of blood cancers.

It was discovered that bullfighting, a non -essential amino acid that also happens naturally in the bone marrow, the brain, the heart and the muscles, promotes the growth of leukemia cells, according to a study conducted by researchers from the Wilmot Cancer Institute at the University of Rochester in New York.

The compound is also found in meats, fish and eggs, as well as some energy drinks and protein powders.

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“The key conclusion of this study is that bullfighting can be used by leukemia cells to promote cancer progression,” said the Wilmot cancer microenvidro research program, assistant professor at Jeevisha Bajaj, assistant teacher in the department of biomedical genetics and member of the Wilmot cancer microenvid program.

“Developing new methods to block the ability of cancer cells to take bullfighting can improve results for patients with leukemia.”

The scientists made the discovery by chance while investigating the bone marrow with the eye to improve treatments for blood cancer, according to a university press release.

“Our finding that bullfighting can be produced by the bone marrow microenvironment was completely unexpected and, therefore, surprising,” Bajaj said. “No one had demonstrated this before, and added critical information to the studies of the bone marrow microenvironment, where blood cancers arise and expand.”

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Bullfighting triggers cancer growth in leukemia cells by promoting a process called glycolysis, which breaks down glucose to produce energy.

In particular, bullfighting feeds certain types of cancer that emerge from blood cell cells in the bone marrow, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and myelodisplastic syndromes (MDS), established liberation.

The findings were published in Nature magazine.

“We are very excited about these studies because they show that the objective of absorption of myeloid leukemia cells can be a possible new way for the treatment of these aggressive diseases,” Bajaj said.

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“Our work suggests that the development and test of effective medications that can prevent leukemia cells by using bullfighting could lead to new treatment approaches for these mortal cancers.”

The study had some limitations, according to researchers.

“While we can find that bullfighting levels are high in the bone marrow of mice with leukemia compared to healthy mice, we have no evidence on bullfighting levels in humans with acute myeloid leukemia,” Bajah said. “This is something we hope to study in the future.”

Looking towards the future, researchers also plan to study how myelodysplastic syndromes lead to acute leukemia.

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According to findings, scientists recommend that leukemia patients talk to their medical care providers before adding new supplements or foods rich in bullfighting to their diet.

“Since bullfighting is a common ingredient in energy drinks is often provided as a supplement to mitigate the side effects of chemotherapy, our work suggests that it may be interesting to carefully consider the benefits of supplementary bullfighting in patients with leukemia,” the researchers concluded in the document.

Dr. Marc Siegel, a clinical professor of Medicine at Nyu Langone Health and Senior Medical Analyst of News, did not participate in the study, but commented on the findings.

“The study of the University of Rochester determined that bone marrow leukemia cells depend on amino acid bullfighting that they do not make themselves,” they told News Digital. “Future therapies promise to block bullfighting absorption in leukemia cells.”

More research is needed to determine the exact process to block bullfighting, according to Siegel.

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“This is preliminary, but marks an important link between diet and cancer.”

The study was mainly funded by the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Aging and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Renal Diseases, all of which are part of the National Health Institutes. The American Hematology Society, the Leukemia Research Society and the Society of Leukemia and Lymphoma also provided support.

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“There is concern that high -power energy drinks containing too much bullfighting can feed leukemia cells,” Siegel told News Digital.

“This is preliminary, but marks an important link between diet and cancer.”

“But at the same time, there is no evidence that these drinks cause the conversion of regular bone marrow cells into leukemia cells.”

As the body naturally produces bullfighting, the additional supplementation, especially of energy drinks, is “often unnecessary,” according to Dr. Hooman Melamed, an orthopedic column surgeon certified by the Board and an expert in sports medicine based in Marina del Rey, California.

“From a clinical perspective, I always advise patients to give their bodies what they need, but not overload them with substances that do not,” said Melamed, who did not participate in the study, told News Digital.

In general, Melamed said that he recommends avoiding energy drinks completely, especially those that contain many synthetic additives or excessive ingredients.

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“You will often find more than 20 components in these products, many of which you cannot pronounce. That is only a red flag,” he warned.

“If you do not recognize what is in your food or drink, it probably is not something your body needs.”