Originally Posted by
coeruleum
Any sort of horrible diet practices can contribute to cancer by damaging cells. Cancer is not caused by random DNA mutations that happen for no reason or you were an idiot who walked into the middle of Chernobyl, it's caused because cells that replicate get sick and the DNA gets messed up so they replicate in a cancerous way. Also, it's completely possible to crave sugar if you're thinking "man, I really want some sugar right now" and not "agh, everything nonsweet is icky, time to throw down another box of stale Valentine's candy I don't really like when there is plenty of other food available."