Sugar oh sugar....

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Cancer cells love sugar! That is why refined carbohydrates like white sugar, white flour, high fructose corn syrup and soft drinks are dangerous for anyone trying to prevent or reverse cancer.  It is in my opinion that it's best to avoid sugar altogether.

Sugar feeds tumors and encourages cancer growth. Cancer cells uptake sugar at 10-12 times the rate of healthy cells.  In fact, that is the basis of PET scans -- one of the most accurate tools for detecting cancer growth.   PET scans use radioactively labeled glucose to detect sugar-hungry tumor cells.  When patients drink the sugar water, it gets preferentially taken up into the cancer cells and they light up!

I am for sure have had a beautiful relationship with sugar all my life.  It was certainly the hardest for me to change.  But I did it.  There were several major changes I made in surviving this battle:
 

  • No more cakes, pies, all other desserts I loved.  I started making changes in preparing my version of desserts like pure coconut jelly to be eaten with fresh fruits and fruit sweetened gluten free cakes,  coconut yoghurt with fresh fruits
  • No more white rice, as rice converts to sugar.  I now only have brown rice and I even made my own version of Nasi Lemak using brown rice and coconut oil instead of milk.  Sambal can be made without sugar but put in some stevia leaves in.
  • No more sweetened drinks.  Only water (and unsweetened tea) and soon, you will not miss those flavoured drinks, trust me.


These are just one step in my battle... but most important as a start.


 

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