craig weir wrote:hello,
i would welcome comments on an article in the latest Nature and Health Magazines October-November 2011 issue headed " I cured my breast cancer with natural remedies".

The journalist talks to naturopath and author of " Shattering the Cancer Myth" Katrina Ellis.
Under the 10 top tips by Katrina No. 3 To Eat Well she states " Avoid sugar in all forms:cancer cells have 15 to 30 times more glucose receptors than normal cells, and they greedily gobble sugar to grow " !

Is this true ?
or
does she mean fructose ?
Is this scientifically proven?
Isn"t glucose our fuel etc !!
 
Thankyou

Hello Craig

I found an article on Cancer and sugars on this website:http://www.canceractive.com/cancer-active-page-link.aspx?n=235

And here are two quotes from that article

"There is evidence that sugars like glucose feed cancer cells more efficiently than starches. More with breast cancer survive for longer when kept on low blood sugar diets."

"Worse when cancer patients are given PET scans, we actually inject them with radioactively labeled glucose. The cancer cells probably cheer!"

I don't know how much of this article is based on actual scientifically researched fact, perhaps you need to Google more in this yourself to find more facts. But, I must say, it is a worry.

cheers Freda

I've done the diets that put your body into ketosis in the past.  However, when I read in either Sweet Poison or the 2nd book, can't remember which one, David explains how ketosis works and it sounded pretty dangerous.  Basically it does to your body what being diabetic does to your body, not good.

Glucose is the fuel that the body uses though, especially the brain, and all food converts to it at varying degrees.  You're obviously going to have a lot less glucose though from eating veges than eating cake.