Many small studies have proved that high blood glucose or dietary glycemic load can promote the growth of many types of cancer. A study now confirms that eating too much sweets or sweet foods can lower cancer patients' odds of survival or remission and increase risk of death.
The study shows that the remission rate among cancer patients who did not eat sweets were 48% during a 7-year follow-up. This is compared to 31% among those who ate sweets.
The difference in the remission rate between the two groups was even greater for those who continued to receive treatments until remission or death. The remission rate for those who received all treatments including dietary recommendation were 83%, compared to 36% for those sweet food eaters.
Among all patients who received the recommended treatments including the sweet food eaters, the death rate was 17%, compared to 64% among those who pursued recommended treatments, but still ate sweet foods.
Oncologists rarely make any dietary recommendations while providing patients with all sorts of conventional treatments. Nutritionists know that nutrition plays a crucial role in the development and progression of many types of cancer.
The 7-year study involved 317 patients diagnosed with cancer and treated naturopathically with anticancer nutrients and herbs at one clinic for at least two weeks. All patients were advised to avoid foods sweetened with sugars, saccharides and sugar alcohol while foods with extracts if the plant the stevia rebaudiana were allowed.
The study suggests that sugar consumption lowers the odds of remission and increases risk of death in cancer patients who were treated naturopathically. (David Liu)
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