By Patrick Quillin, PhD
Summary: "It puzzles me why the simple concept 'sugar feeds cancer' can be so dramatically overlooked as part of a comprehensive cancer treatment plan," writes Dr. Patrick Quillin in this stirring excerpt from his book Beating Cancer with Nutrition. Recounting the discovery by Nobel laureate Dr. Otto Warburg that cancer cells feed exclusively on glucose, Quillin discusses his own experience in working with over 500 cancer patients as the director of nutrition for the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Limiting sugar consumption and keeping one's blood-sugar level within a narrow range, he says, "can be one of the most crucial components of a cancer recovery program." That barely any of the four million cancer patients in America receive this information as part of their treatment is nothing short of scandalous. This article also appeared as "Cancer's Sweet Tooth" in the April 2000 issue of Nutrition Science News.
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