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NED from Stage IV metastatic endometrial cancer

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  • bluedaisy
    bluedaisy CSN Member Posts: 3 Member
    edited March 2018 #42
    Any advice to help lower the

    Any advice to help lower the amount of sugar I consume?  I have been trying all my life.  The times I did I NEVER quit craving it.  I tried Atkins for a while.  Also wondering how you are doing.  I am also stage 4 and it went into my omentum.

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  • takingcontrol58
    takingcontrol58 CSN Member Posts: 279 Member
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    Blue Daisy

    I am doing great and thank you so much for asking. It takes work to stay cancer free
    so I continue to follow my comprehensive cancer treatment plan every day (which
    includes no cancer drugs).

    Start eating less and less sugar every day.  I try to follow the standard guidelines for a woman-
    24grams of sugar a day- that is 6 teaspoons.  Sugar is in everything.  Read food labels.
    What we crave is all in our minds.  Over time, you will find that you have less of a craving.

    For me, when it was believed I might only have 4-6 months, I had to make a decision.  It was
    a big turning point.  I knew my bad habits and had to change them if I was going to live.  I think
    that is really how we heal our cancer. You can't just get chemo or radiation and continue on
    living the same lifestyle that got you to a cancerous state.

    After my hysterectomy, which was right before Thanksgiving, I continued to gorge on sugary
    treats.  I used to eat a large bowl of ice cream every night with hot fudge and whipped cream.
    It was the holidays, so I was eating even more sugary treats- cookies, candies, pies, etc.
    Then I had a CT scan in January and my cancer had metastasized all over my body.
    Then I knew I had to stop the sugar.  Now when I look at some of the same foods I used
    to eat (Oreos, M&Ms. milk chocolate), i think of them as poison. I can't believe that I don't
    even like ice cream that much any more when it was my favorite sweet. I decided I was going to
    live and cutting out sugar was one of the things that I trully believe led to some of the
    health issues I had.  That's why I say it is in the mind. Our mind controls what we do.

    Sugar (glucose) plays a big role in cancer.  It is the basis of how a PET scan identifies cancer.
    Look up Otto Warburg- he was a famous researcher and won Nobel Peace prizes back in the
    1930s on his discoveries of glucose and cancer. They have known the connection for almost 90
    years.

    Now I do eat a small dessert each night, which is usually dark chocolate (70% cacao or higher)
    and an apple. I never ate apples in my life. I guess it is true- "an apple a day keeps the doctor away."
    I do eat a few cookies every now and then but when I look back at the amount off sugar I was ingesting,
    I am amazed at how little i consume now.

    If you think eating sugar has been a contribution to your cancer, you just have to change your habits.

    I do eat alot of fruit (I make a daily smoothie of fruits and vegetables with certain supplements
    every day).  I have been drinking this smoothie for 3 years now.  I never ate enough fruit and
    vegetables in the past but i do now.  It is best to get your sugar from fruits vs. processed sweets.

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