Blog, Cancer Discussions, Cancer Nutrition, Cancer Prevention - Food, Cancer Prevention - Mind, Day To Day Matters Forum - March 11th, 2009 - 3 Comments
Stop Feeding Sugar To Your Cancer Cells
I bet you didn’t know that cancer cells feed on sugar in order for them to survive. This fact was part of the discovery of Dr. Otto Warburg about cancer’s biochemical cause way back in the 1930’s. He pointed out several things that differentiate normal cells and cancer cells. Normal cells constantly need oxygen from blood circulation whereas cancer cells do not. It has been noted that any part of your body that do not contain any oxygen have cancer cells dwelling in it.
Both normal cells and cancer cells metabolize differently. If normal healthy cells metabolize using oxygen, cancer cells metabolize without the presence of oxygen because it uses the process of fermentation, a procedure similar to making wine which needs absolute oxygen-free environment. The findings also show that cancer cells’ metabolism is faster than normal healthy cells.
As mentioned, cancer cells use fermentation during their metabolism. During this process, the cancer cells need sugar in order for metabolism to take place. They will use the sugars stored in your body to facilitate the said process. Sugar helps cancer cells grow in number as well as strengthens them. Normal healthy cells also consume sugar in order for them to grow. But for this matter, we have to determine the difference between cancer and normal cells’ sugar intake.
Not all kinds of sugar feed cancer cells. There are good sugars and bad sugars. Bad sugars, otherwise known as simple sugars, are the main favorite food of cancer cells. These are said to be sugars with no nutritional benefit which you can find in sodas, sweet treats, sugary cereals, processed juice drinks, and other refined grains.
Good sugars, otherwise known as complex carbohydrates, are rich in nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, protein, and fiber. Fruits, vegetables, beans, and whole grains belong to the good sugars category. The sugars extracted from these food groups are utilized by normal healthy cells in their metabolism.
When you are fond of eating unhealthy foods filled with bad sugars and you have been diagnosed with cancer, start restructuring your food plan. Instead of drinking processed orange juice, why don’t you substitute it with the real fruit orange? Flavored yogurts are also one of the rich sources of bad sugars. You can substitute it with plain yogurt filled with fresh fruits instead.
If you simply follow the simple plan of eradicating bad sugars from your overall diet, eventually the cancer cells die out because of starvation and their inability to metabolize and reproduce.
I agree completely with this article and I am using the information in my daily diet now.
I have been healing Breast cancer for the last 5 months and the first thing I did was change my diet and go sugar free and alkaline. The more I read and researched I found it was a direct link to bad sugars. I didn’t have too bad a diet but there was still sugar in there that I didn’t need.
I also brought in more exercise to encourage oxygen flow through my body as cancer cells don’t like too much oxygen.
There is a lot of sugar hidden in so many products now a days that you really need to read the labels and know how they disguise it.
I will go a step further and mention tht you can’t completely trust labels either. Companies tend to try and trick us to sell a product. One instance is on children’s health drinks similar to ensure. Most of those drinks list 4% sugar content. One other one lists it as <4% but has the same ingredients as he other drinks. There are a number of articles demonstrating how the labels can be completely wrong. This runs parallel with the trend set by the FDA. Many of us already know they cannot be trusted 1%. Then how can we trust labels? America is at the forefront of a conspiracy against all of mankind. There’s a real disease in this world called MADNESS that comes in many different brands like Greed. Many have been taken over by this and they also happen to be rich and corporate. So begins the conspiracy.
Not only it is important that you change your life by eliminating sugar, but you MUST protect your children as well. What are you willing to sacrifice for them? Personally, I will be homeschooling my children starting the coming year. I also have a set of rules that also apply no matter who they are with. If family chooses to break my rules or conspire(and they will), then they will lose the privilege of keeping my kids. When you see the truth and improve your life, you start to see just how sick you really were by watching other family members. They all have the symptoms of an addiction and addicts like to share drugs with other users. They will give them to your children.
PROTECT THE KIDS.
This way the next generation will have the privilege of finally beating the sugar companies and putting their interests out of business.
Just to add some information, this discovery by Otto Warburg garnered him a Nobel Prize. To sum up his discovery, first is that cancer cells metabolize much differently than normal cells. While normal cells need oxygen, cancer cells on the other hand despise oxygen. Another point that his discovery tells us is that cancer cells metabolize through a process of fermentation. As most wine makers will tell you, fermentation requires sugar. This is where part of the problem starts.
This fact about sugar and its possible relationship to cancer can oftentimes be confusing. This is because they are more often than not, presented in a way to mislead people with cancer. I say misleading because it is a fact that sugar feeds our cells. We need sugar, or more simply glucose, for energy. Even if you don’t take in that much sugar, your body will finds other ways to produce it. Like getting it from protein and fat.
So does this mean there is no connection between sugar and cancer? It depends on how you look at it. What happens if you eat a lot of sugar? Your body produces lots of insulin. Insulin is a natural substance made by the body. It is what tells cells to grow. This is actually good for the body for the most part. But if we have too much insulin, then cancer cells are also “encouraged” to grow more also. So while some insulin in the body is normal, excess insulin may encourage cancer cells to grow more, which is not a good thing
The bottom line is that sugar itself is not bad. However, too much sugar, without enough protein, fat, and fiber to balance it out, can cause our bodies to make too much insulin. It is not the sugar, but rather the insulin that may be a problem for spurring cancer cell growth. To prevent this, you should limit the simple sugar in your diet. There is no need to follow a stringent diet and swear off every single dessert. The key is moderation.