Posted on 06/22/2023 7:48:36 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Back in the 1920s, researchers discovered that cancer patients had sweet-smelling urine. First, the doctors were puzzled, but they soon realized that it was a result of elevated blood sugar levels.
"In cancer patients, the cells do not respond well to the hormone insulin. It therefore takes more insulin to create the same effect in cancer patients. If you suffer from insulin resistance, your body has to produce more insulin than usual to be able to regulate the blood sugar," says Lykke Sylow.
The body's ability to respond to insulin is impaired in both cancer patients and people with type 2 diabetes.
Symptoms of type 2 diabetes such as fatigue and increased thirst and urination develop gradually and can therefore be hard to spot. And in cancer patients, insulin resistance can be even harder to identify as they already experience some of these symptoms, e.g. fatigue.
Insulin can cause cancer cells to multiply
Furthermore, insulin resistance can influence the build-up of proteins in the muscles. That is, if the body fails to respond to insulin, it will lose muscle mass and strength, and that is a huge problem for a lot of cancer patients.
All in all, cancer and insulin resistance is a really bad combination.
Lykke Sylow hopes oncologists will begin to check patients' blood sugar level—even when it appears to be normal, because insulin resistance can be hard to spot as the body will simply compensate by producing more insulin.
"And if they do find that the patient suffers from insulin resistance, they need to start treating it. We are able to treat insulin resistance because we have in-depth knowledge of the condition—we are just used to associating it with type 2 diabetes."
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
Regardless, it is not good to have any insulin resistance, and it needs to be addressed.
Cancer cells must love sugar. When my spouse has PET scan to determine progress or regress of cancer lesions, she has to drink a special glucose drink. It lights up all the cancer lesions in body during the scan.
Processed food sugar is poison.
Sounds to me that the medical community is FINALLY starting to realize just how much damage high levels of insulin does (be it from the pancreas, or injected). I continue to believe that the very high levels of insulin in Type 2 diabetics who inject it is just as damaging as the high blood sugar that the mega-doses of insulin is used to bring down. (my opinion, but I’m still convinced that I’m right)
Bottom line, it all starts with carbs - knock that down, as in Keto or Carnivore diets, and blood sugar takes a dive, and thus far less insulin is needed.
Anyway, if you do talk to your doctor about it, be prepared for a one-way trip to the happy farm. Probably better to go to this site, whose program is covered by Blue Cross, at least in California (I believe).
https://www.virtahealth.com/how-it-works
I’ve heard that cancer feeds on sugars. Cut your sugar and you cut cancer.
“I’ve heard that cancer feeds on sugars. Cut your sugar and you cut cancer.”
True, as long as one keeps in mind that most carbs (such as rice, bread, potatoes) immediately turn into sugars, once eaten. That’s why diabetics adjust their insulin levels based on carb intake, rather than just sugar intake.
Acute hyperglycaemic crisis after vaccination against COVID‐19: A case series
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.