An Old Idea, Revived: Starve Cancer to Death
I was recently shocked and practically offended to read guidelines on what to eat while undergoing chemo[1]. It was a high-sugar diet, basically (milkshakes were <i>encouraged</i>!). I couldn't imagine anything worse than shocking your body with radiation, and then providing cancer cells with all the sugar they need for growth. Hopefully the ideas in this article start to affect public health policy and guidelines.<p>1: <a href="http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/resources/patient-information/cancer/diet-and-chemotherapy.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/resources/patient-informat...</a>