BIG FAT LIES

Guinivere

BIG FAT LIES - Is your Government making you fat?
By Hannah Sutter

Am reading it now and quite the eye-opener.....

Anyone else read it? Your thoughts?

Not after a government conspiracy debate - more interested in what they say about starch and sugar....

Guinivere

And it's effect on pre-cancerous cells....

Alex_is_Hawks

i avoid anything that has government and lies on the same page...

it just seems safer that way

SuperSexyDork

And it's effect on pre-cancerous cells....

All cells in the human body get their energy from glucose... that includes cancerous ones.

Anything saying that sugar makes cancer grow is really taking things out of context.

dirty_dirty_eater

I instinctively go to the words of the wise Joe Jackson....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oDAkmfoAgA

bacitracin

Although very-low-carbohydrate-diets have been shown to slow cancer growth. It's science.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/749855

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-4-5.pdf&embedded=true

http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/yjada/article/S0002-8223(95)00189-1/abstract

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/8/122

http://www.thebarrow.org/Research/Neuro_Oncology/213930

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23743570

Mother_Superior

professorRAT

Although very-low-carbohydrate-diets have been shown to slow cancer growth. It's science.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/749855

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-4-5.pdf&embedded=true

http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/yjada/article/S0002-8223(95)00189-1/abstract

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/8/122

http://www.thebarrow.org/Research/Neuro_Oncology/213930

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23743570

Perhaps (and in conjunction with radiation, etc.) but, unfortunately, this often leads people to conclude that carbs/sugars cause cancer; a very big leap.

And http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/cancer-causes/CA00085/NSECTIONGROUP=2

"Myth: People with cancer shouldn't eat sugar, since it can cause cancer to grow faster.

Fact: Sugar doesn't make cancer grow faster. All cells, including cancer cells, depend on blood sugar (glucose) for energy. But giving more sugar to cancer cells doesn't speed their growth. Likewise, depriving cancer cells of sugar doesn't slow their growth.

This misconception may be based in part on a misunderstanding of positron emission tomography (PET) scans, which use a small amount of radioactive tracer — typically a form of glucose. All tissues in your body absorb some of this tracer, but tissues that are using more energy — including cancer cells — absorb greater amounts. For this reason, some people have concluded that cancer cells grow faster on sugar. But this isn't true."

All cells in the human body get their energy from glucose... that includes cancerous ones.

Anything saying that sugar makes cancer grow is really taking things out of context.

eta quote from mayo clinic for easy viewing

professorRAT

also this^

BeachIron

A thread title in all caps of, "big fat lies" is always a good indication that we're in for a well reasoned and balanced viewpoint.

Guinivere

That's just how it is on the font cover of the book! Maybe I should have put it in quotes or said BIG FAT LIES .... Have you read it?
But that doesn't make sense. Grammatically I mean.

Wasn't trying to be controversial just get other readers feedback...

metaphoria

I say we're all better off sticking to food that is as close to its original form as possible. However, I don't believe the government has anything to do with the fact that I'm tempted to scarf down an entire bag of fudgeos. That's my choice. No gun held to my head.

BeachGingerOnTheRocks

It's not a book I'd single out for purchase.

TheLung

As a cancer survivor I find it hard to believe that the Dr. would prescribe me Ensure drinks if this was the case. I had tongue cancer and I had issues eating period. There drinks have 22-23 grams of sugar per 8 oz and I was told to drink at least 8 a day. Mt. dew has 31 grams per 8 oz. My nutritionist was very adamant about me drinking 10-12.

magerum

Propaganda.

Acg67

Although very-low-carbohydrate-diets have been shown to slow cancer growth. It's science.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/749855

http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-4-5.pdf&embedded=true

http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/yjada/article/S0002-8223(95)00189-1/abstract

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/8/122

http://www.thebarrow.org/Research/Neuro_Oncology/213930

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23743570

I see rodent research and an in vivo study, so might want to amend your statement to clarify

Alex_is_Hawks

have you ever met a legit tin foil hat wearer?

I have. I was in a consulting group for the cochlear implant, they had a bunch of us "possible" candidates in the room to discuss our expected outcomes, realistic expectations and the like.

One of the candidates was a man who was a self admitted terminal (cancer) patient. He already had one cochlear implant, (at a medicare cost of 30,000) he wanted to be shot to the head of the list because he was given another 3 months to live and it bothered him to lay in his bed all day with his only good ear turned towards the TV.

While many people grumbled about his need for a second cochlear implant when he was terminal and they were all struggling to get their first cochlear implant at all, i secretly had issues with our need to judge. I mean it can't be comfortable laying in bed all day watching a TV (the only enjoyment you have) and not being able to hear it.

Then he said and I remember this clearly. "Will having two implants interfere with the microwave radio waves? Will he pick up extraneous signals we KNOW are out there in the universe? Would wearing tin foil prevent him from hearing these extra radio waves because he didn't want to be unconsciously inundated with alien hive thought"

you could SEE the doctors at the panel table all slowly mentally move him down the candidate list.