Northfield Chiropractor Discusses Cancer Article
New Treatment for Cancer?
A breakthrough finding about cancer is one again misinterpreted. A study about the effects of a popular drug for diabetes has an effect on bladder cancer. This is a great thing if you would like to help treat cancer; however, the potential for prevention is ignored.
Blood Sugar and Cancer
It may sound callous, but cancer treatment is a big business. They even make a ton of money on getting the word out about cancer (pink ribbon stuff). However, there is little money in prevention of cancer. This is where the focus of cancer research should go as it will have the largest impact on lives saved and on money spent.
Followers of my blog know that I discuss blood sugar regulation often. I also discuss the benefits that it can have on many people’s lives even if you don’t have diabetes.
Benefits of Blood Sugar Regulation:
- Better Adrenal Function
- Better Function of Thyroid
- More Alertness
- More Energy
- Weight Loss
- Better Hormone Balance
- Fewer Complications with Hormones
- Reduction of Everyday Pain
- Fewer Complications with Diabetes
- Reduction of Inflammation
- …and so much more
If you would like to know if Blood Sugar Balance can help you contact our office at Cannonpointechiro@gmail.com
Granted all of these benefits can be achieved through diet and exercise and benefitted with supplementation of specific nutraceuticals, but the medical method is to give a chemical that has a similar effect on the body. That is to help keep free glucose from circulating in the body. Why is that beneficial? That is because glucose is our body’s main source of energy. This also means that glucose will be the main source of energy for cancer cells. If that extra energy is reduced, then it is logical to think that it is also reduced for a budding tumor.
I am not saying that cancer is caused by blood sugar dysregulation . However, the energy that you have circulating in the system that is not able to be used by healthy cells will be taken up by cells that need lots of energy (cancer cells). Also, the dyregulation of blood sugar leads to more inflammation in the body. More and more studies have been linkinginflammation and excess weight with cancer. Cutting this inflammation would then be a great focus on prevention of cancer. At least it should be a co-treatment for folks who are newly diagnosed.
Again the study missed the mark. They seemed to think, “Oh great! Now we have a new thing to give patients who have cancer.” In my opinion these researchers should have dug more deeply than this. They should have looked at the biochemical reaction of what this drug has done and formulated a more preventative type of hypothesis. Then they could do some real studies about what you put in your body, and the consequences of the bad things that you put in your body. Therefore, people can chose to live a lifestyle that can have a better chance of preventing cancer. We will not save any money on healthcare if we just treat people who make bad decisions about what they put in their body. We will save a ton if we give people the education (power) about a healthy life-style. We’ll get there….I hope. At least my patients will get the power.
Don Roos
10:39 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
"linking inflammation and excess weight with cancer...the consequences of the bad things that you put in your body".
These two statements are not written consecutively, but the thrust of your article is to lay a burden of guilt upon those that have an incredible burden already: finding out they have cancer. Blaming the victim is older than shamanism and should be disparaged as well as opposed.
Claiming that traditional treatments for cancer cause blood sugar "dysregulation" while blaming the victim for his/her malady can saddle many with guilt and anger regarding something that they are not responsible for and which they could not have prevented by having less inflammation, weight or poor diet.
Prevention of disease by doing the best we can to live a healthy lifestyle is good and should be promoted, but throwing a guilt trip upon those that have sustained a life-changing illness is damaging and dangerous. Linking inflammation, blood sugar "dysregulation", and excess weight with cancer may be done by combing the literature but one can also find a strong link between being poor and having a much lower life expectancy.
Finding a link does not prove a connection. A "link" may be nothing more than two overlapping shadows which may appear linked, but are not. Yes, prevention should be promoted, but no, we should not project blame or instill hopelessness upon those that are suffering.
Dr. Jacob Conway, DC
1:27 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
The point of this blog is three-fold. First, it is to bring to the forefront that reactionary medicine is the norm, and I feel that a focus should be switched to prevention.
Secondly, I wanted people to feel empowered in their health. High sugar diets lead to inflammation, and more and more research is finding that chronic low-grade inflammation leads to a number of disease processes.
Thirdly, it is to try to improve the environment for research about preventive care. It is really the only way that we can put any dent into the health care costs across the country. With knowledge there is power.
Because I thought that this was an empowering article, I was unaware of the slant that you had taken for the blog. You seemed to think that I am blaming the cancer victim, and that couldn't be farther from the truth, and I regret that I didn't see that angle. Guilt and stress are also part of the problem as constant cortisol drain can lead to more inflammation which can lead to a deficiency in many other endocrine areas.
I appreciate your views on this blog Don, and I am glad that you brought the idea to my attention. I will try my best to lead the reader in the direction that I intend. My intention is to help my community become a healthier one. Please stop by the office or give a call and I would love to discuss these issue in more detail.