Eating, Not Eating and Cancer
There are a great many viewpoints out there about what constitutes a good cancer prevention diet. The things they all seem to agree on are eating copious amounts of vegetables, especially cruciferous and lower carbohydrate ones, avoiding sugar and overall moderation of total intake. Cancer cells feed on glucose. They weaken and are much more […]
Genetic Predisposition
I just informed you that cancer is a metabolic disease and that only 5% of mitochondrial damage is due to genetic causes. Why am I now starting the next bite of information as “genetic predisposition”? Cancer is a metabolic disease. And, each of us has our own specific predisposition as regards metabolism. I believe that […]
Cancer is a Metabolic Disease
Seven or so years ago I was taking a course from one of my most highly esteemed and well-loved mentors about working with cases of diabetes and blood sugar dysregulation. As one tool, my instructor had suggested that we have our clients utilize dietary tracking along with a glucometer to test both fasting and post-prandial […]
What? No, wait, WHAT?!?
What is it like when a doctor says “you have cancer”? I can’t know what that is like for any other person, but I can know what that was like for me. My world instantly reeled. There is no other way to describe it, I felt shock. I could hear what was being said, only […]