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My aunt found out she had lung cancer because her diabetes disappeared unexpectedly. Her experience definitely solidified the cancer-loves-sugar idea for me.
by liveoneggs 3y ago
My aunt found out she had lung cancer because her diabetes disappeared unexpectedly. Her experience definitely solidified the cancer-loves-sugar idea for me.
- jseliger 3y agohttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/well/eat/sugar-cancer.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/well/eat/sugar-cancer.htm... "While experts say that diets high in added sugars may increase your risk of cancer over a lifetime, cutting out all sugars doesn’t actually fight existing tumors." Many tumors are also catabolic to start with, e.g. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/barriers-to-cancer-nutrition-therapy-excess-catabolism-of-muscle-and-adipose-tissues-induced-by-tumour-products-and-chemotherapy/43A486E8D3A51DE65F383795D7761DE0 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-n...: "Cancer-associated malnutrition is driven by reduced dietary intake and by underlying metabolic changes (such as inflammation, anabolic resistance, proteolysis, lipolysis and futile cycling) induced by the tumour and activated immune cells."
- liveoneggs 3y agowhat are you trying to tell me?
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