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Carbs cause cancer - Scientific proof

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  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
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  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    Dr. Oz says, “A high glycemic index means that the sugar in whatever food you’re eating rushes into your bloodstream because it’s not cobbled together with fiber that would naturally hold it together in your gut.”

    Carbohydrates require shoe repair with fiber now?

    Doesn't a good amount pass through the mucus membranes of your mouth while chewing already?
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    Works for me!

    I noted you are a strawberry-rhubarb afficianado on the clean eating thread, with righteous ire directed at anyone who suggests said pie is not clean eating. A pox on their house. My freezer is still crammed full of the peaches, rhubarb, and strawberries I grew last summer. I spent the weekend making way too much jam, now I might have to make cobbler. :o

    I'm jealous. ;-) I need to be better about freezing or canning things, maybe.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    khpsrt wrote: »
    If this was true then almost the whole world would have been suffering with cancer .

    Well, if you were to live long enough, cancer is pretty much guaranteed. Not for any reason to do with carbs, though.
  • hoyalawya2003
    hoyalawya2003 Posts: 631 Member
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    This was horrifyingly funny. Kudos.
  • Yi5hedr3
    Yi5hedr3 Posts: 2,696 Member
    Yes, cancer feeds on sugar. Cut your carbs folks.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    Not being sarcastic, here is the study: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/25/3/532.short

    It seems worthwhile, to me, to moderate my intake of foods that have a high glycemic index.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>

    @TaraTall would you post the link that offers proof that carbs cause cancer. The above article title is, "Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk" which is not proof of causation.

    It is well understood cancer needs glucose to spread so naturally any food source that gets converted to glucose may increase the risk of cancer development but I have never seen any research that states eating bread or any other source of carbs "causes" cancer. Editors are less than honest sometimes. The caption under the phone that reads: "A New Research Says Carbs Could Cause Lung Cancer" is a false statement in my view only to get us to read the article.
  • OneHundredToLose
    OneHundredToLose Posts: 8,523 Member
    A shocking new study finds that being alive increases your chances of getting cancer by nearly 1,000,000,000%.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    lithezebra wrote: »
    Not being sarcastic, here is the study: http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/25/3/532.short

    It seems worthwhile, to me, to moderate my intake of foods that have a high glycemic index.

    @lithezebra thanks for that abstract of recently research on the subject of carbs and cancer. In part it reads:

    "Results: We observed a significant association between GI [5th vs. 1st quintile (Q) OR = 1.49; 95% CI, 1.21–1.83; Ptrend <0.001] and lung cancer risk and GIac (5th vs. 1st Q OR = 1.48; 95% CI, 1.20–1.81; Ptrend = 0.001) and lung cancer risk. We observed a more pronounced association between GI and lung cancer risk among never smokers (5th vs. 1st Q OR = 2.25; 95% CI, 1.42–3.57), squamous cell carcinomas (SCC; 5th vs. 1st Q OR = 1.92; 95% CI, 1.30–2.83), and those with less than 12 years of education (5th vs. 1st Q OR = 1.75; 95% CI, 1.19–2.58, Pinteraction = 0.02).

    Conclusion: This study suggests that dietary GI and other lung cancer risk factors may jointly and independently influence lung cancer etiology."

  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>

    @TaraTall would you post the link that offers proof that carbs cause cancer. The above article title is, "Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk" which is not proof of causation.

    It is well understood cancer needs glucose to spread so naturally any food source that gets converted to glucose may increase the risk of cancer development but I have never seen any research that states eating bread or any other source of carbs "causes" cancer. Editors are less than honest sometimes. The caption under the phone that reads: "A New Research Says Carbs Could Cause Lung Cancer" is a false statement in my view only to get us to read the article.

    No, cancer does not need glucose to spread. Cancer appears capable of fat adaptation.
    http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/suppl_5/v21.1.full
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>

    @TaraTall would you post the link that offers proof that carbs cause cancer. The above article title is, "Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk" which is not proof of causation.

    It is well understood cancer needs glucose to spread so naturally any food source that gets converted to glucose may increase the risk of cancer development but I have never seen any research that states eating bread or any other source of carbs "causes" cancer. Editors are less than honest sometimes. The caption under the phone that reads: "A New Research Says Carbs Could Cause Lung Cancer" is a false statement in my view only to get us to read the article.

    No, cancer does not need glucose to spread. Cancer appears capable of fat adaptation.
    http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/suppl_5/v21.1.full

    Thank you.
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>

    @TaraTall would you post the link that offers proof that carbs cause cancer. The above article title is, "Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk" which is not proof of causation.

    It is well understood cancer needs glucose to spread so naturally any food source that gets converted to glucose may increase the risk of cancer development but I have never seen any research that states eating bread or any other source of carbs "causes" cancer. Editors are less than honest sometimes. The caption under the phone that reads: "A New Research Says Carbs Could Cause Lung Cancer" is a false statement in my view only to get us to read the article.

    No, cancer does not need glucose to spread. Cancer appears capable of fat adaptation.
    http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/suppl_5/v21.1.full

    Cancer can go on keto?
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>

    @TaraTall would you post the link that offers proof that carbs cause cancer. The above article title is, "Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk" which is not proof of causation.

    It is well understood cancer needs glucose to spread so naturally any food source that gets converted to glucose may increase the risk of cancer development but I have never seen any research that states eating bread or any other source of carbs "causes" cancer. Editors are less than honest sometimes. The caption under the phone that reads: "A New Research Says Carbs Could Cause Lung Cancer" is a false statement in my view only to get us to read the article.

    No, cancer does not need glucose to spread. Cancer appears capable of fat adaptation.
    http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/suppl_5/v21.1.full

    Cancer can go on keto?

    Evidently. In truth, much of the early research on the idea that cancer needs glucose is based on rat brain tumors. Now, given that brains seem to have a strong need to use glucose and don't seem to tolerate alternative fuels well, could the type of original cell be a factor in studies claiming cancers require glucose? Huhm.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    senecarr wrote: »
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>

    @TaraTall would you post the link that offers proof that carbs cause cancer. The above article title is, "Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk" which is not proof of causation.

    It is well understood cancer needs glucose to spread so naturally any food source that gets converted to glucose may increase the risk of cancer development but I have never seen any research that states eating bread or any other source of carbs "causes" cancer. Editors are less than honest sometimes. The caption under the phone that reads: "A New Research Says Carbs Could Cause Lung Cancer" is a false statement in my view only to get us to read the article.

    No, cancer does not need glucose to spread. Cancer appears capable of fat adaptation.
    http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/suppl_5/v21.1.full

    Cancer can go on keto?

    Evidently. In truth, much of the early research on the idea that cancer needs glucose is based on rat brain tumors. Now, given that brains seem to have a strong need to use glucose and don't seem to tolerate alternative fuels well, could the type of original cell be a factor in studies claiming cancers require glucose? Huhm.

    The brain is capable of fat adaptation too, and possibly some degree of gluconeogenesis.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8264572
  • momo_t90
    momo_t90 Posts: 288 Member
    Oh great. First it's protein. Now it's carbs. I guess I'm going on an all-fat diet. Oh but wait! Eating fat makes you fat! I guess a water-based diet is the only way to go. :neutral:
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    momo_t90 wrote: »
    Oh great. First it's protein. Now it's carbs. I guess I'm going on an all-fat diet. Oh but wait! Eating fat makes you fat! I guess a water-based diet is the only way to go. :neutral:

    You could go with breatharian.
  • momo_t90
    momo_t90 Posts: 288 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    momo_t90 wrote: »
    Oh great. First it's protein. Now it's carbs. I guess I'm going on an all-fat diet. Oh but wait! Eating fat makes you fat! I guess a water-based diet is the only way to go. :neutral:

    You could go with breatharian.

    I could respond to that, but it'd be very mean to a certain group of people on this forum and I don't want to hurt their feelings.
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    momo_t90 wrote: »
    Oh great. First it's protein. Now it's carbs. I guess I'm going on an all-fat diet. Oh but wait! Eating fat makes you fat! I guess a water-based diet is the only way to go. :neutral:

    Vodka is neither fat nor carb nor protein.
  • sympha01
    sympha01 Posts: 942 Member
    • Headline: Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk
    • Lede: Eating too many carbohydrates such as potatoes, bagels or cereal increases the risk for lung cancer,
    • Follow up statement: Researchers have found that people who eat a diet with a high glycemic index – bagels, white rice, pasta and potatoes we’re looking at you – are up to twice as likely to suffer from lung cancer than those who don’t.

    Also, stupid media people, eating carbs =/= eating too many carbs =/= a diet with high glycemic index.

    These are three different things. They're all related to carbs, sure, but they're not the same thing. Kale is carbs. So why not add "Scientists have found that eating kale causes cancer."

    This is one of the things about health journalism (and the way most people consume health journalism) bugs me. People seem to willfully misunderstand the difference between participation, excess, and failure to discriminate by quality.

    Eg., if studies show that eating a crapton of processed meat increases your risk of certain types of cancers, some people are in a big effin' hurry to interpret that as either no one should ever eat any processed meat under any circumstances, or everybody should give up all meat, of all types, all the time.

    Similarly, if studies show that eating beyond a commonsensical amount of sugary food has certain metabolic disadvantages, then that must also mean that everyone must give up cookies forever, and/or also must cut back on eating whole fruits because FROOT HAS SOOOO MUCH SHOOGAR! SHOOGAR IS BAD M'KAY?
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    sympha01 wrote: »
    • Headline: Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk
    • Lede: Eating too many carbohydrates such as potatoes, bagels or cereal increases the risk for lung cancer,
    • Follow up statement: Researchers have found that people who eat a diet with a high glycemic index – bagels, white rice, pasta and potatoes we’re looking at you – are up to twice as likely to suffer from lung cancer than those who don’t.

    Also, stupid media people, eating carbs =/= eating too many carbs =/= a diet with high glycemic index.

    These are three different things. They're all related to carbs, sure, but they're not the same thing. Kale is carbs. So why not add "Scientists have found that eating kale causes cancer."

    This is one of the things about health journalism (and the way most people consume health journalism) bugs me. People seem to willfully misunderstand the difference between participation, excess, and failure to discriminate by quality.

    Eg., if studies show that eating a crapton of processed meat increases your risk of certain types of cancers, some people are in a big effin' hurry to interpret that as either no one should ever eat any processed meat under any circumstances, or everybody should give up all meat, of all types, all the time.

    Similarly, if studies show that eating beyond a commonsensical amount of sugary food has certain metabolic disadvantages, then that must also mean that everyone must give up cookies forever, and/or also must cut back on eating whole fruits because FROOT HAS SOOOO MUCH SHOOGAR! SHOOGAR IS BAD M'KAY?
    Exactly.

  • momo_t90
    momo_t90 Posts: 288 Member
    lithezebra wrote: »
    momo_t90 wrote: »
    Oh great. First it's protein. Now it's carbs. I guess I'm going on an all-fat diet. Oh but wait! Eating fat makes you fat! I guess a water-based diet is the only way to go. :neutral:

    Vodka is neither fat nor carb nor protein.

    You're a life-saver!!! Thank you!!!
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    senecarr wrote: »
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>
    TaraTall wrote: »
    <sarcasmfont>BULLETIN! BULLETIN!

    So finally, here is proof that carbs cause cancer.


    canadajournal.net/health/new-research-says-carbs-cause-lung-cancer-44375-2016/


    </sarcasmfont>

    @TaraTall would you post the link that offers proof that carbs cause cancer. The above article title is, "Depressing Study Says Carbs Increase ‘lung Cancer’ Risk" which is not proof of causation.

    It is well understood cancer needs glucose to spread so naturally any food source that gets converted to glucose may increase the risk of cancer development but I have never seen any research that states eating bread or any other source of carbs "causes" cancer. Editors are less than honest sometimes. The caption under the phone that reads: "A New Research Says Carbs Could Cause Lung Cancer" is a false statement in my view only to get us to read the article.

    No, cancer does not need glucose to spread. Cancer appears capable of fat adaptation.
    http://neuro-oncology.oxfordjournals.org/content/17/suppl_5/v21.1.full

    @senecarr thanks. That link does indeed support brain cancer can use ketones for energy. The below is more support that keto diets are not a cure for cancer.

    You will find more info how keto diets do not work for curing cancer in general. The late Dr. Gonzalez can be seen in the embedded video stating that Dr. Atkins had decided keto diets did not cure cancer as well.

    chrisbeatcancer.com/dr-gonzalez-dismantles-ketogenic-diet-for-cancer/

    Below is the actual link to the embedded video in the above link.

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=t0i-AdCm-Mg&feature=youtu.be&list=UUwbrSKPyqtgolrRKcrfjRFQ

    While we know keto way of eating can be helpful in some people to manage pain, diabetes, blood pressure, blood glucose levels, etc it does not seem to be a direct cure for cancer even per Dr. Atkins who was father of the low carb way of eating.

    While I am using nutritional ketosis diet to manage my pain and to start improving my health/health markers in my case it may be helpful to prevent cancer and other health issues by just enabling me to become more resistant to disease due to having a stronger immune system but I have not seen any medical research on the long term effects of KD as I recall.



  • momo_t90
    momo_t90 Posts: 288 Member
    Side story: I posted to my news feed that I'm going on an alcohol-based diet, and the next ad I see says "Drinking too much wine?" lol
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    https://youtube.com/watch?v=WUlE1VHGA40

    Dr. Craig Thompson the president of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is talking about cancer risks from different types of calories. It supports how LCHF lowers the risk of cancer in humans. Go to 26:30 for the lead in and the slide is at 27:00 on the video.

    Clearly the type of calories is important when it comes to cancer risks. Based on this we may all agree that not all calories are equal when it comes to human health but are energywise in a lab.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    cancerci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1475-2867-9-14

    Discussion on how LCHF way of eating does not cure cancer but ketones can potentially slow its growth.
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Why is it that due to research, cancer rates are falling, where as sugar intake is increasing?
  • ForecasterJason
    ForecasterJason Posts: 2,577 Member
    eldamiano wrote: »
    Why is it that due to research, cancer rates are falling, where as sugar intake is increasing?
    My guess is that overall, early treatment and detection are the main causes (assuming that cancer rates are indeed decreasing). But it doesn't mean that diet isn't playing a negative role.

  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Though the URL says "cause" I didn't see anything in the article that said carbs cause cancer. It said "increases risk".
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    khpsrt wrote: »
    If this was true then almost the whole world would have been suffering with cancer .

    Not so. Many people smoke and never develop cancer, that doesn't mean that smoking does increase your risk of cancer.

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