Sugar: Major Factor For Cancer

re: Sugar: Major Factor For Cancer

sucram — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:21:19 GMT

Ok so in lamens terms...is all sugar created equally? I was under the impression that levulose dousnt raise blood sugar levels...
I find it hard to beleive that fruit could be so dangerous...factoring in that its one of few naturally occuring whole foods that we instinctively desire to eat raw and unprocessed (we cannot say the same about animals, milk and grains, when was the last time you looked at a cow and found yourself salivating?) and that whatever sugar it contains works in harmony with the fibre and other factors for a slow release. I just find it really dubious that fruit could be so dangerous unless eaten in combination with a highly refined/processed diet. Its long been established that fruit and nuts contain all the vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, amino acids and enzymes that the human body needs, so stop dissing the fruit or please explain!

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healthstar — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:03:31 GMT

And yet another good reason to cut down on sugar! Refined sugar is just not good for us, and yet, as Dr. Mercola pointed out, the typical american consumes 175 pounds of that stuff EVERY YEAR! Wow! Outrageous. We need to help stop that trend. We need to get active and help people see the necessity to cut down on all the pastries, donuts, candy and sugary drinks. If we want to thrive, it is a necessity to cut down on refined sugar. It does us not good!

My personal preference is for organic Blue Agave. It is a very low-glycemic natural alternative to sugar. It can be used everywhere sugar is normally used. As far as carbs go, do your best to cut down on unrefined carbs, as someone pointed out. We need to get our carbs mostly from fruit and veggies. When we eat bread, we need to choose one that is organic and made with very few ingredients. My recommendation is Ezekiel 4:9 flourless bread. It's very low-glycemic and it tastes great. They also have some other varieties that contain all organic ingredients - I also recommend them.

Enjoy living healthy! Cut down on sugar and enjoy the unrefined carbs that God has so amply provided us with.

Mirdza
Helping People Lead Healthier Lives

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Shelly Dixon Moran — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:45:40 GMT

I'm uber confused. It sounds like you guys are all doctors or at least have chemistry degrees. Am I to understand that stevia (which I just discovered) is food for microbes? This is according to Houston. Is there any way to ever have a little raw honey, or stevia, or xylitol and be ok?

I am new to mercola.com, but am a little discourged. I cannot afford free range imported bison, I cannot have my beloved yogurt (fat-free, plain, no sugar) because it's pasteurized, and raw milk is illegal in NC, I cannot have much fruit....I am even confused about the Himilayan Salt issue--scam or no scam? Please clarify!

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helpingheart — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:29:09 GMT

Sugar feeds the invaders in the body - read on:

A diet rich in sugars and sugar-forming foods cultivate the growth of parasites, viruses and bacteria. This affects our metabolism and stimulates the nervous system causing it to be "over charged".
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2004/06/23/drugs-oral-health.aspx

Another article, which was the cover story, was about parasites and how they cannot only control the behavior of their hosts, but also entire ecosystems.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/07/30/milk.aspx

Sugar cravings can also be a symptom for parasite and worm infestation as well as candida overgrowth. These types of invaders feed on sugar and actually set up a craving that demands satisfaction. And the cravings they set up are very very strong.
http://www.mkprojects.com/pf_guidetohealthyeatingandliving.htm

Many parasite cleanses are available, drnatura.com Colonix is rated number one on many natural health sites, and it has been working for me.

Ask WHAT is the CAUSE of non-stop sugar cravings.

Hope this helps someone seeking answers.

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Bridestein — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:14:58 GMT

I've read several articles stating that protein also raises your insulin levels. What about that?

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Therese — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:28:36 GMT

Deep inside me I knew all the time, that sugar is not healthy. My question is, why is it so difficult to find products without added sugar, like yogurt, milk... the list is endless. I asked my brother how much sugar is in the milk in Switzerland, for 2,7 % it contents 5g. The milk I get here 2% has 11 g. I had to find out a hard way, when I moved from Europe to the US, and I put WEIGTH on, sugar which I was not aware, that what did it. Well I lost all of it, then now I know...not to forget to say, I have never had a sweet tooth, but it is easy to get addicted.

Therese

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david — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:21:59 GMT

As with many things in our modern way of living, we seem to be over complicating what is a simple problem of this ridiculous consumer-driven nonsence and money making obsession......

Think like a cave-man/women.......keep the vision of a view from your cave,..... and eat what you see....if you understand what I mean!

....It won't involve a supermarket full of processed crap in pretty coloured packets/boxes/etc. of all kinds of strange substances to unbalance our systems.

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houston_203 — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:04:50 GMT

I absolutely agree. What most people don't know is that this includes "all" sugars, including, fruit sugar, maple syrup, honey, stevia, agave, etc. The microbes that assist in creating cancer do not really differentiate between sugars. All sugars feed microbes. They live on simple sugars whether they be from fruit or white sugar.or starch. Too much sugar is simply too much sugar no matter what the source. Having cured my own cancer naturally and assisted many others to do the same, we always recommend to stop "all" sugars and greatly reduce or eliminate grains for several years.whenever cancer or a pre-cancer biochemistry is present. In addition most people, even so called "health conscious eaters" eat far too much fruit.to be good for them.

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Witch Doctor — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:05:25 GMT

Related to CathyVM's point: We are missing half the diet question. Dr. Mercola led us down the sugar path, by implication, but all (with a few exceptions) carbohydrates raise blood glucose.

So our discussion should not be so narrow. All refined carbs are the real culprits. In my response to Enzo below, I point out that some refined grain products have been shown to raise blood glucose faster than table sugar!

Think outside the box (of sugar).

Duane

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Witch Doctor — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:53:32 GMT

Some good news for women in a similarly large study:

Aspirin use associated with reduction in women’s deaths from any cause over 24 year period

The March 26, 2007 issue of AMA journal Archives of Internal Medicine reported that women who are regular users of low to moderate doses of aspirin had a lower risk of dying from any cause during a 24 year period compared to nonusers. The finding was especially striking for cardiovascular disease deaths.

Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and his associates evaluated data from 79,439 women enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study, which has been following a group of female nurses since 1976. Participants were free of cardiovascular disease and cancer at the beginning of the study. The women were queried beginning in 1980 and every two years thereafter through 2004 concerning aspirin use. It was determined that there were 45,305 women who were not aspirin users, 29,132 who consumed low to moderate doses (defined as 1 to 14 325 milligram tablets per week); and 5,002 who reported using more than 14 tablets per week.

There were 9,477 deaths up to June of 2004, including 1,991 from heart disease and 4,469 from cancer. Subjects who were current aspirin users had a 25 percent lower risk of dying from any cause, a 38 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease death, and a 12 percent lower risk of dying of cancer than those that had never been regular users.

I'll supply link later. Gotta take an aspirin and go to bed. Duane

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PPARGammaGirl — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:24:38 GMT

It needs to be pointed out that the comparisons of blood glucose levels were not discussed in terms of diet. Of course they wouldn’t implicate diet because then they would have to admit that to lower your cancer risk, all you have to do is stop feeding your body rubbish.

In their conclusions the study authors state:

This observation may have considerableimplications for public health strategies, as key determinantsof hyperglycemia are known and modifiable

They are probably just paving the way for advising that everyone with mildly impaired glucose metabolism needs "treatment" with their “novel” PPAR-gamma/alpha/beta agonists (and yes they are in the pipeline) using their scare-gouge-and-scarper tactics. Let the Shylock-like hand-rubbing begin.

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mmc88121 — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:33:18 GMT

I agree that keeping your blood sugar levels under control is important. However, many people would die if they kept there fasting blood sugar below 5. 5 what? Would not a range of 60 to 80 as recorded on most home blood glucose machines be appropriate. At least for those in the U.S.A.

mmc88121

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enzo — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:14:01 GMT

Since I have abstained from sugar and sweets the past three years, I have never felt better in my life. I do not crave sugary foods at all. The mere sight of them to me now is more nauseating than tempting.

My sugar intake is entirely through whole organic fruits and vegetables, and their unadulterated juices. I actually find some of them, like carrots and parsnips, almost too sweet for my tastes now. I usually mix them with more bland vegetables to dilute their sweetness.

When I tell people they can feel healthier in 2-4 weeks if they would give up the sugary foods, refined carbohydrates, and fast food fare, nine out of ten will claim they never eat sweets, or desserts so I must be mistaken. Then, when they show me their typical "healthy" meal plan, I find it is comprised of processed foods laden with high fructose corn syrup and other such "flavor enhancers". They will claim to eat fast foods 2-3 times a week.…I just grimace and shake my head in disgust. Some people just choose to keep their heads in the sand…they really don't want to "get it".

If just once they could experience true wellness, they would then finally "get it", and would never again feed that crap to themselves and their loved ones.

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Lloyd Fielder D.C. — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:27:51 GMT

I love these studies and the information however I think it can be misleading just as evidenced by Dr. Mercola's headline which implies that Sugar causes Cancer.

The reality is that Sugar is a substance that your body has to physilogically ADAPT to, meaning it takes your body out of balance and homeostasis and makes work hard to get back to. So, if you are a regular consumer of sugar your body is in a perpetual state of adaptation.

The real issue becomes when you compound this with other physiological non compatable foods (processed, no EFA's, etc.), toxic chemicals, sedentary living, poor sun exposure, mental/emotional overstress that go on daily for months, years and decades.

The result of that is you cause your genes to express defensive, survival strategies for so long that the end results are things like cancers, type II diabetes, arthrities, cardiovascular insufficiency, hormonal dysfunction, etc....

Our body does not become pathological due to sugar, our body responds 100% appropriate to the pathological choice of ingesting sugar over a lifetime. As crazy as it might sound cancer, diabetes are all intelligent responses to unintelligent choices. They are not mistakes and you are not a victim to the unfortunate gene lottery! They are simply the result of what are meant to be short term physiological survival strategies that we force to operate long term. It is the long term expression of short term adaptations that result in the undesirable.

I would recommend people to read Dr. James Chestnut as he does a great job of delving into this issue.

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Josh Rubin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:57:30 GMT

1 teaspoon of sugar inhibits the immune system for up to 4 hrs! Then why when you go to cancer institutes or cancer hospital units are they feeding them popsicles, icecream and tons on ensure to get them healthy??

I say this from experience!