The Medical Advisor

The statement “sugar feeds cancer” is widespread — but incomplete. The relationship between sugar and cancer is not as simple as eliminating sugar to stop tumor growth. However, metabolic dysfunction, chronic hyperinsulinemia, and high glycemic load diets are increasingly recognized as contributors to cancer risk and possibly progression. This article clarifies what we know — and what we don’t. Sugars ‘Nourish’ Cancer Cells For cancer patients, “sugar intake can indeed nourish cancer cells,” Mingyang Song, associate professor of clinical epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told The Epoch Times. This is supported by strong epidemiological evidence, he said. Soft drinks on shelves in Riga, Latvia. Sugary drinks are prevalent across the world. (Tanya Keisha/Shutterstock) A study published in PLoS One involving 1,011 colon cancer patients with a follow-up period of over seven years found that compared to patients consuming less than two servings ...

Thomas Seyfried, Ph.D., professor in the biology department at Boston College, is a leading expert and researcher in the field of cancer metabolism and nutritional ketosis. His book, "Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management and Prevention of Cancer" is a foundational textbook on this topic, and in August 2016, he received the Mercola.com Game Changer Award for his work. Here, we discuss the mechanisms of cancer and the influence of mitochondrial function, which plays a crucial role in the development and treatment of this disease. His landmark cancer theory is available as a free PDF . Many of his views are now encapsulated in his paper (1), "Mitochondrial Substrate-Level Phosphorylation as Energy Source for Glioblastoma: Review and Hypothesis," published online December 27, 2018. He's also published a number of other papers (2,3,4) on the metabolic underpinnings of cancer.  "The paper … is a review and hypothesis paper identifying th...