I’ve seen from so many sources that sugar feeds cancer. A friend who dies from cancer almost 2 years ago only wanted root beer floats near the end. About as sugary as you can get.
Where/how do they get their data?
Do they have some way of backtracking everything cancer victims have eaten over their entire lives?
I would expect that most of these nutrition studies depend on self reporting.
Now, what biases might be involved in self-reporting?
I had the Cancer Gene tests done at Myriad Genetics. I came out of a clean even though family members on boths sides have died of cancer.
Environmental factors play a huge role
Nonsense!
Grains and dairy are the precise opposites of healthful foods.
Nonsense!
Grains and dairy are the precise opposites of healthful foods.
” we all will probably die with something …”
US Surgeon General
Very questionable.
Every single person I know/knew personally and know of, who had cancer, had VERY good/healthy diets! Some smoked ( an not a one had lung cancer! ), most never did.
I pretty much stick to the 5 food groups: fruit, vegetables, meat, pizza, and ice cream.
Hmm... retrospective study, looking at self-reported diets, statistical analysis.
Pretty weak, IMO.
Only eating and exclusively whole food, plant-based diet can shield you from, and in some cases reverse cancer.
I don’t even listen to what these researchers are saying because it seems that what is good for you today will be bad for you in ten years and vice versa.
A lot of these studies are being used to keep these research labs operating,whether they produce anything of value.
This may be good advice but it is not solid research.
My wife was the head RN in a busy family practice. She and her doctors based on observations only with no hard science.
They noticed that their patients, who ate basically the Mediterranean diet, walked and lived a life of balance often had long, good and healthy lifespans into their 60/70/80’s plus.
About 5 years ago, we started on basically the Med diet. My wife’s annual blood tests in a couple of years improved. Her doctor’s comments on her last tests, “Your values are better than most of my 20-30 year old patients, who spend hours each week at a gym.”
My tests this past month are the best that I have had in decades. At 80 plus, my lipid tests are in normal range and my bone density tests were excellent. I don’t need any calcium, vitamin D or any supplement.
Well, will what works for my wife and I work for others!
No and maybe.
The problem is the diet nazis might try to force this diet on the 95% of the people that it might not work on. It could be another anti fat fad to go with the statin fad. It might work for a small % and be a complete PIA and failure for most patients.
The pro veggie diet pushers are becoming pia force.
Trust no small study that might work for a small group of people.
One of my closest loved ones was an athlete as well as a health nut—almost a vegetarian. She died of cancer at 60.
I've had a lot of experience dieting over the years and I get the best results when I cut out added sugar (basically a low carb diet). I don't like to label it "Keto"; "Atkins"; "South Beach" et al, but it's just a smart way of eating. You eat food mostly in its natural form and stay away from processed foods as much as possible.
This means shopping the perimeter of the supermarket: Produce, Fish, Meat, Dairy, Eggs, Nuts...
In restaurants I keep it simple. Salads with no dressing (just olive oil on the side) with meat and vegetables. Wine by the glass. Absolutely nothing deep fried (that includes french fries). I skip dessert and go with espresso and perhaps a shot of good bourbon. I skip the breads entirely.
I've read from a lot of sources that sugar feeds cancer but I also think that having a positive attitude about life in general wards off disease. You've got to be happy and have some interests, like music, reading books, hiking, etc. People who are pessimistic and always negative tend to get sick a lot more. Also, people who sit in front of the TV all night don't seem as healthy either.
Sugar-sweetened beverages? Does he mean high-fructose-corn syrup-sweetened beverages?
Article title is just stupid.
“Thousands” is meaningless if there’s no perspective out of how many overall cases.
1. Correlation is not causation.
2. Unless all other possibly simultaneously occurring factors are accounted for, and eliminated, then the study is incomplete.