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A CLOSER LOOK AT CANCER METABOLISM
Functional Formularies' objective is to educate about the important link between nutrition and health. We emphasize the importance of both fiber and plants in supporting overall health, especially when it comes to cancer. Fortunately, patients do not have to consume sugar and extremely carbohydrate-dense foods in order to acquire that essential plant fiber. Other than berries and some citrus fruits (lemons and limes), most fruit contains too much sugar for the metabolically carbohydrate-demanding cancer. On the other hand, green leafy vegetables and non-starchy vegetables provide everything that fruit does without the sugar and fructose content.
Green leafy vegetables and non-starchy vegetables
can be eaten freely. They do not contain significant amounts of carbohydrates and are the richest sources of micronutrients in the plant world.
Grains offer the patient little other than satiety and eating their traditional diet. All grains are largely carbohydrate sources and can contribute large amounts of glucose quickly. Legumes, although higher in fiber and often more moderate in their carbohydrate content, are also not as effective as vegetables in offering micronutrients and phytonutrients without the glucose. Neither grains or legumes, nor fruit for that matter, are essential components or sole sources of critical nutrients. Rather most have become convenient ways for acquiring some nutrients with a high degree of consumption satisfaction and/or satiety.
We must become clear on the amount of carbohydrates found in certain foods. Kale, for instance, by some may be thought to be a food that would require limited consumption based upon its carb content. Clarification in understanding that fiber is included under the total carb value, but that it does not actually contribute any glucose to the bloodstream.
~ John Bagnulo MPH, PhD.
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