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Blood Sugar and Breast Cancer
By
Dr. James Meschino, DC, MS, ND
Is there a link between sugar and breast cancer? There is evidence that very strongly suggests
an increased risk of breast cancer when blood sugar levels are too high. This is also true
for some of the other cancers. And for people with diabetes, there is also a higher risk
for cancer when these blood sugar imbalances present themselves.
The following things will cause your blood sugar to rise:
- Refined Foods - Eating too many refined, sugary foods, of course your blood sugar will
rise. - Inactivity - Not being active enough, not
enough endurance exercise, tends to raise blood sugar
- Abdominal Fat – Having too much abdominal fat will produce what’s called insulin resistance
and make it more difficult for your body to clear blood sugar from your system and your
blood sugar will be higher. - Starchy Foods – When you eat too many
starchy foods, over and above what your body can really handle, your blood sugar will tend
to rise.
The problem with blood sugar is as it rises, so do your insulin levels. The insulin then
tells the cells to divide at a rate that’s too fast, and when breast cells divide at
a rate that’s too fast, they make more genetic mistakes; they develop more cancerous mutations
and cancer is more likely to occur.
The truth is, once cancer cells are formed they feed on blood sugar, almost exclusively,
they only use blood sugar as a source of energy. So by having high blood sugar, you’ll increase
chances of developing breast cancer, and as breast cancer cells form, they’re going
to have a lot of sugar available to them to spread and progress throughout your entire
body, and the prognosis is going to be worse.
Those in the safest range have a blood sugar level below 90 mg per deciliter, also known
as 5 mmol (millimoles) per liter. Those people have the best longevity; a lower risk of not
only diabetes, but also cancer.
I’m telling you this because many doctors don’t get excited about high blood sugar
levels until you’re at 126 mg. per deciliter, or 6.9 mmol. per liter. By then, you already
have diabetes. So you need to have your blood sugar way lower than that, from the standpoint
of reducing your risk for cancer.
At your next physical exam, get your fasting blood sugar done and look at the number yourself.
Make sure it’s under 90 mg. per deciliter or 5 mmol. per liter. How can you bring it
down to that level? - Do endurance exercises
- Watch refined sugary foods - Don’t over consume carbohydrates of any
kind beyond the point of just satisfying your appetite
- Maintain an ideal body weight - Have a waist circumference, if you’re
a woman, below 33 inches and for a man, below 36 inches
- Limit your intake of starchy foods. When you choose starchier foods, choose beans and
peas; they have a lot of soluble fiber that slows the absorption of carbohydrates into
the blood stream so there isn’t such a big spike. Have beans and peas instead of potatoes,
rice and pasta, as often as possible.
Blood sugar isn’t the only risk for breast cancer. To see the other important strategies
you can use to reduce your risk of breast cancer from a lifestyle standpoint of view,
I want you to download my 10-Step Breast Cancer Prevention program right now and read it through
very carefully. At www.MaschinoHealth.com we’ve created
other resources, live footage from my seminar that I shot and other downloads that are available
for free; all of which I know will help you live a long, healthy and highly functioning
life – something that you owe to yourself and that I can help facilitate.
My review articles and teaching materials are available there and they include all the
scientific reverences so you can be sure that you’re getting only evidence-based information
on any health topic that you might be looking for.
Make sure that you use www.MaschinoHealth.com as your ongoing, reliable resource for both
you and your family when it comes to any type of health information that you may be looking
for. You know you are getting the best evidence based information on my website. Thanks so
much for your time.