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Noaidi • today at 2:29 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

In my opinion, anything that lowers blood glucose is going to help cancer survival rates[1].

My father died of pancreatic cancer and both me and my sister-in-law who was a oncology nurse were frustrated with them, wanting to keep him eating those gross protein shakes that were filled with sugar.

[1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-024-19545-z


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jraby3 • today at 3:29 PM

There are some really good studies showing this. Dr. Walter Longo has been doing a study at USC for breast cancer patients. While his protocol is based on fasting, he believes a big reason for its success is the lower glucose.

francisofascii • today at 3:21 PM

I think you are right. Fasting and low sugar diets should also help.

dominotw • today at 3:41 PM

No. Glucose has nothing to do with prostate cancer.

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