My DH is battling NonHodgkins lymphoma. He has seen me lose weight on the Akins plan by doesn't believe in it. He wants his potatos, sugar and starches.

Before he has his next PET scan he has to eat a low carb diet for three days. Then they give him a sugar drink with radioactive ions. The cancer will "eat" the first sugar first and get a dose of radioactive ions. Where the sugar goes will show up on the scan. That is how a PET scan is done. Any cancer left after the Chemo will show up glowing from the radioactivity.
So the cancer eats sugar first. Yikes! I try to get my husband to eat a low carb diet so the cancer has less to "eat"... The problem is that he has lost so much weight that the doctors want him "put it on" by eating: milkshakes, donuts, candy, deserts. Anything "fattening" It seems to me that he is feeding the cancer in his attempt to gain more weight. Of course he will listen to the doctor, and not my suggestion. I worry about him!