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As has been discussed, anaerobic metabolism primarily consumes
glucose. Cancer cells respire anaerobically, so consume 7-8 times
more glucose than normal cells. Since it is so inefficient
compared to aerobic metabolism, cancers have a voracious appetite
for glucose to sustain themselves. This is why excess
consumption of sugars tends to promote cancer growth.
It is less well known that cancers have an equally voracious
appetite for glutamine, an amino acid - see Glutamine
and Cancer References.
Briefly, glutamine is the most important "nitrogen
shuttle" in the blood. It brings the organic nitrogen to the
cancer cells so they can use it to make the essential amino acids
and thus proteins required to make more cancer cells. As the
glutamine supply goes to zero, tumor growth goes to zero.
In order for cancer cells to survive they basically require
three conditions:
- Availability of glucose
- Anaerobic surroundings - less oxygen
- Availability of glutamine
So if you want to really reduce the growth of cancer cells you
simply starve their food sources such as glucose and
glutamine-rich foods, and you increase the amount of oxygen in the
blood, which they hate as they survive best in low-oxygen
environments, like sewer rats. Cancer cells are really quite
stupid and it is not difficult to kill them if you understand
their behaviour.
A rich dietary source of glutamine is red meats. This is why
excess consumption of red meats and other concentrated sources of
protein tend to promote tumor growth. Since normal cells also
require both glucose and glutamine, reducing the intake of either
to zero would have an undesirable outcome. Consumption in
moderation (small quantities), along with fruits and vegetables
seems to be the best approach.
FOODS THAT SHOULD BE AVOIDED IN
CANCER:
GLUTAMINE-RICH FOODS SUCH AS:
- Red meats (fish and eggs is better in small quantities)
- All dairy products except cottage cheese
- Wheat (which is rich in glutamine)
SUGAR-RICH FOODS SUCH AS:
- All sugar products
- All refined foods (white flour products, white rice)
- Fruit juices (vegetable juices are fine)
FOODS THAT ARE DISEASE-CAUSING IN GENERAL:
- High saturated fats (animal fats)
- Trans fats from fried foods and hydrogenated fats in
margarine
- All food additives, colouring agents and preservatives
Further Reading:
Read a more scientific paper on Glutamine
and Cancer published in the Journal of Nutrition
Read Dr. Mercola's article on Sugar
and Cancer
Read Glucose
and Cancer in the New Zealand Medical Journal
Glucose
deprivation and Apoptosis - National Academy of Sciences
University of Iowa researchers in the Holden Comprehensive
Cancer Center have been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant
from the National Cancer Institute to investigate a novel
hypothesis by which increased glucose metabolism could be used to
selectively destroy cancer cells ....... read HERE
High
glucose levels and diabetes associated with increased
cancer risk
High
glucose increase cancer risk
The Cancer Diet
The cancer diet is just as important as the cancer treatment.
The cancer diet can in itself be used to treat cancer, as there
are many people that have been treated using diet alone. However,
if the diet is not adequately balanced and proper, then it could
end up feeding the cancer cells, or interfering with the cancer
therapy in some way. Therefore, do not believe that you can treat
your cancer without changing your diet - DIET IS CRUCIAL IN
CANCER TREATMENT.
Understanding What a Cancer Diet Is
With regards to a cancer treatment, every food that we eat or
drink can be categorized into several different categories:
1) Foods that feed and strengthen the cancer cells and/or the
microbes in the cancer cells and body. Examples would be: refined
sugar, refined flour, soda pop, dairy products, etc.
2) Foods that cause cancer (e.g. trans fatty acids [margarine,
french fries and virtually every other processed food you buy],
aspartame [Diet Coke, NutraSweet, Equal, etc.], MSG,
polyunsaturated oils [e.g. corn oil], etc.)
3) Foods that directly interfere with alternative treatments
for cancer (e.g. chlorine, fluoride, alcohol, coffee, etc.)
4) Foods that occupy and distract the immunity system from
focusing on killing the cancer cells (e.g. beef, turkey, etc.)
5) Foods that contain nutrients that kill the cancer cells,
stop the spread of cancer, or in some other way help treat the
cancer (e.g. purple grapes with seeds and skin, red raspberries
with seeds, strawberries with seeds, broccoli, cauliflower,
several herbs, carrots, pineapples, almonds, etc.)
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