Tag: sugar

SUGAR FEEDS CANCER

Written by Kathryn Jost on March 15, 2016.

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah were one of the first to discover that sugar is essential for tumor development. Their research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the words of Don Ayer, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Oncological Sciences at the University of Utah “It’s been known since 1923 that tumor cells use a lot more glucose than normal cells. Our research helps show how this process takes place, and how it might be stopped...

Anti-Cancer Lifestyle

Written by Kathryn Jost on July 22, 2013.

Avoid refined sugar, sugar fuels cancer growth, for more info see “Sugar: the Bitter Truth” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM . Eat foods with a high ORAC value; ORAC, Oxygen Radical Absorbency Capacity is a measure of the anti-oxidant power of a food. Our intake of antioxidants should balance the free radicals we generate due to lifestyle environmental assaults; radiation, pollution, toxins, stress, eating junk food, lack of sleep, etc. Research shows that consumption of antioxidants...

Health Tip: BALANCE DIET

Written by Kathryn Jost on April 12, 2012.

Do you eat a healthy balanced diet? If not, start to slowly eliminate unhealthy foods, such as refined processed foods that are high in fat and sugar and replace them with healthy foods such as raw fruits and vegetables, whole grains and lean protein sources.