Quick thought

snommintj
snommintj Member Posts: 601
edited March 2014 in Colorectal Cancer #1
After each of my surgeries the drs have given me insulin to keep my blood sugar low to improve healing. I really don't remember my by glucose level being high but they wanted to keep it way down. Now I know cancer uses glucose in very high concentrations. I imagine lowering your glucose level makes it harder for cancer to feed. Wouldn't it seem logical to include insulin treatment while fighting cancer.

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  • dorookie
    dorookie Member Posts: 1,731 Member
    #2
    Very Interesting
    Because my sugar levels have been going up, but my ONC doesnt seem concerned. I am going to make an appoitment with my PCP and see if he will test me for diabetes (it runs in the family). But you make a very interesting point.

    Beth
  • changing2
    changing2 Member Posts: 118
    #3
    Very interesting!
    You make a good point....hmm....going to check mine out as well as I was borderline at one time.
  • CherylHutch
    CherylHutch Member Posts: 1,375 Member
    #4
    Insulin and Cancer
    It is an interesting topic for sure... and depending on what you read, you can be for or against it. I have only done a very quick search, because your post above intrigued me. Why haven't we heard more about this because it makes sense to me that there might be something to it. I have come up with two opposing articles... one for it and one against, so I'm back to wondering... hmmmmm.

    This article is fascinating and pro the insulin therapy:


    Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT)(an article that is pro IPT)


    Why you should stay away from Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT)

    The truth lies somewhere in the middle, I'm sure.

    John... it would be interesting to ask your doctors if they are giving you insulin after surgeries strictly to improve your healing from the surgeries, or is there another reason such as the IPT theory.

    Right now, it appears that IPT is an "alternative" medical practice and not one that has been tested thoroughly enough to be included in mainstream cancer treatments.

    Cheryl
  • snommintj
    snommintj Member Posts: 601
    #5
    CherylHutch said:

    Insulin and Cancer
    It is an interesting topic for sure... and depending on what you read, you can be for or against it. I have only done a very quick search, because your post above intrigued me. Why haven't we heard more about this because it makes sense to me that there might be something to it. I have come up with two opposing articles... one for it and one against, so I'm back to wondering... hmmmmm.

    This article is fascinating and pro the insulin therapy:


    Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT)(an article that is pro IPT)


    Why you should stay away from Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT)

    The truth lies somewhere in the middle, I'm sure.

    John... it would be interesting to ask your doctors if they are giving you insulin after surgeries strictly to improve your healing from the surgeries, or is there another reason such as the IPT theory.

    Right now, it appears that IPT is an "alternative" medical practice and not one that has been tested thoroughly enough to be included in mainstream cancer treatments.

    Cheryl

    I've been looking into the idea some more. I was special forces for 8 years, one of our motos was "if you can see it, you can kill it". Pet scans use irradiated glucose to image cancer. Basically it images area of increased metabolic activity. It would stand to reason that glucose is indeed the key to killing cancer. Cancer cells bypass the krebbs cycle and create energy by fermentation. Fermentation creates nasty byproducts, so the cell may also need extra glucose to keep itself rinsed clean. I think limiting the excess glucose in the blood should have a negative impact on a cancer cell, either by restricting its food source or by allowing toxins to build up in the cell.
  • snommintj
    snommintj Member Posts: 601
    #6
    snommintj said:

    I've been looking into the idea some more. I was special forces for 8 years, one of our motos was "if you can see it, you can kill it". Pet scans use irradiated glucose to image cancer. Basically it images area of increased metabolic activity. It would stand to reason that glucose is indeed the key to killing cancer. Cancer cells bypass the krebbs cycle and create energy by fermentation. Fermentation creates nasty byproducts, so the cell may also need extra glucose to keep itself rinsed clean. I think limiting the excess glucose in the blood should have a negative impact on a cancer cell, either by restricting its food source or by allowing toxins to build up in the cell.

    IPT
    I read that treatment. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about monitoring and keeping your blood sugar in the low range of normal for an extended period of time. Perhaps for months while some one has evidence of disease.

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