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i have read about cancer, doing well in a sugar environment, and if i had cancer, i would really do some research on it. but cancer for the most part, is a disease brought on by our lifestyle.
most people do not know what cancer is. most people would be surprised to know that we all have cancerous cells in our body at all times. a cancerous cell is simply a cell whose division process is on at all times, thus dividing more often than what our healthy cells do.
our immune system keeps them in check, so that they can not mass together and cause a growth, i.e. cancer.
but limiting our sugar to prevent from getting cancer is akin to spiting our nose to save our face, or however that saying goes - LOL.
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Hi, Gymee. Recently there have been a number of studies that show that the risk factor for both T2 (insulin resistant) and T1 (no insulin production) diabetics is greater with certain types of cancer (the ones that have been studied at least). The recent articles that I read pertained to ovarian cancer and breast cancer.
You are correct to a certain extent about the cancer cells, but I think there is also a certain deformity that occurs with these rapid growth cells as well.
In any case, sugar is an easy fuel, an accellerant, and I believe that a high (blood) sugar environment promotes the cancerous cells to happy growth. Sugar also accelerates the aging process--I would assume, again, that it is the high blood sugar, not necessarily the consumption of sugars (although the two are linked, particularly if excessive insulin production wears out the organs involved).
I think that exercise is probably the single most effective way of managing blood sugar. Excessive exercise will allow an individual to consume a lot more carbohydrates without serious affect to blood glucose levels. But this isn't necessarily an "optimal" situation to recommend to the public at large. I think to give balance, that moderate exercise with moderate carb consumption is preferable and more realistic than high carb consumption with constant intense exercise.
The question about cancer in general is "what IS it about our lifestyle" that promotes cancer? I would suspect that certainly there is an environmental factor with toxins and pollutants (like smoking) that increase cancer risk, but there are certain dietary factors as well.
On the obverse, the vitanutrients of fruits and vegetables (to reiterate this is NOT a non-fruit and vegetable diet), particularly the antioxidants are cancer-fighters.
Lack of exercise is also a factor and that may also be linked to blood sugar.
The optimal balance in our bodies, no matter whose bodies they are, is finding the right proportion of carbs/protein/fat matched with the daily exercise level that we have and that we need, and that can only be determined individually.