Cancer's Sweet Tooth
by Patrick Quillin, PHD, RD, CNS
From The April 2000 Issue of Nutrition Science News
http://www.newhope.com/nutritionsciencenews/NSN_backs/Apr_00/cancer.cfm
During the last 10 years I have worked with more than 500 cancer
patients as director of nutrition for Cancer Treatment Centers of
America in Tulsa, Okla. It puzzles me why the simple concept "sugar
feeds cancer" can be so dramatically overlooked as part of a
comprehensive cancer treatment plan.
Of the 4 million cancer patients being treated in America today, hardly
any are offered any scientifically guided nutrition therapy beyond being
told to "just eat good foods." Most patients I work with arrive with a
complete lack of nutritional advice. I believe many cancer patients
would have a major improvement in their outcome if they controlled the
supply of cancer's preferred fuel, glucose. By slowing the cancer's
growth, patients allow their immune systems and medical debulking
therapies-chemotherapy, radiation and surgery to reduce the bulk of the
tumor mass-to catch up to the disease. Controlling one's blood-glucose
levels through diet, supplements, exercise, meditation and prescription
drugs when necessary can be one of the most crucial components to a
cancer recovery program. The sound bite-sugar feeds cancer-is simple.
The explanation is a little more complex......{snip]
Professional guidance and patient self-discipline are crucial at this
point in the cancer process. The quest is not to eliminate sugars or
carbohydrates from the diet but rather to control blood glucose within a narrow range to help starve the cancer and bolster immune function.
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