The Sugar Cancer Connection

The Sugar Cancer Connection

     A  seminar a few years ago confirmed my suspicions, and my observations in clinic, sugar makes cancer grow. It turns out that cancer cells can't live without glucose. Sugar and other  foods high on the Glycemic Index feed cancer cells. 

    There are some new oncology centers (cancer clinics) springing up around the country with some progressive techniques. Before other treatment, a patient is injected with a huge amount of insulin, which dumps the glucose from the body, killing off cancer cells. They can then use a fraction of the chemo, or radiation, on the remaining cancer.  

    With my cancer patients, I saw a cycle. Those that cleaned up their diets, and used sugar and empty carbohydrates as occasional 'Feast Day Foods' did well. Those that got proud of themselves after a good report, from their oncologist, and reverted to an unhealthy diet, high in sugar, and other empty carbohydrates, struggled with an ongoing fight for their lives.

   What does this mean in preventative terms? Moderation! Not sugar several times a day, not sugar everyday, read labels, know what you are putting into your body, and the possible consequences. Notice how much additional sugar is ingested in beverages, mints, gum, alcohol. Avoid 'sugar-free' food items that use artificial sweeteners, which are toxic to the body. And for those with sugar addictions, see a Holistic practitioner to check for Candida, anemia, lack of nutrients in the diet or lack of assimilation, all of which cause sugar cravings. 

      Everything we eat is turned into glucose in the body, except for protein, which is converted into amino acids. One theory behind lower cancer rates in the past, especially in certain populations, was the lack of any kind of food at the end of the winter, aside from animals that were hunted, or trapped. Once a year, in such cultures, little was eaten but amino acids, and any active cancer died off. 

     Cancer rates have been going up at an alarming rate in the U.S., right along with the rates of obesity. So help prevent cancer, enjoy sugar, and even healthier versions of sweeteners, in moderation.

                                                         Health & Happiness,

                                                             Nancy Burton, L.Ac.

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