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May 17, 2022Liked by Jean Marc Benoit MD

You don’t have to be diabetic to have a high risk of cancer. But starving your body of sugars and bad carbs that turn to sugars keep cells in better shape to fight cancer cells. So it makes sense.

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It seems like a win-win-win for a diabetic with cancer (who will often also be obese) - reducing sugar and carbohydrates will address all three issues. What amazes me is the notion (speculative on my part, based on what I saw in a single patient) that a person who eats low-carbohydrate diet over a prolonged period may still have elevated blood sugar due to a metabolism that turns ingested protein or fat into glucose. How big of an effect is this? I don't know

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It could be “diet” drinks and “low fat” stuff that actually makes it into sugar

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