diabetes drug appears to stop cancer

buschmaster

this makes sense. the diabetes drug stops or slows down the formation of glucose in the liver, and one part of regular cancer treatment is to restrict sugary foods along with carbohydrates which are turned into sugar, which cancer cells feed off of. you eat only proetins and reduced fat.

different types of cancer are different, and react differently to different treatments, but reducing sugar is good across the board. this is probably a good idea.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7298799/Could-cheap-drugs-century-old-new-way-tackle-cancer.html

Bubba Jr.

That's really good news. I've been on Metformin since 2011 when I was diagnosed with diabetes. My daily glucose level has been running in the 80's and 90's lately. It's good to know that there are other benefits from it.

Geri

Read Dr. Jason Fung's book, THE OBESITY CODE. Explains much about carbs.

bambihunter

Bubba Jr. wrote:

That's really good news. I've been on Metformin since 2011 when I was diagnosed with diabetes.

My wife had been on it since she was diagnosed and finally decided she had enough of it, and the other things that go along with diabetes. She made up her mind (once she is determined, it will happen ) to try to get off the medication. After a year solid of really watching her diet as well as losing some weight, she was reduced back to 'pre-diabetes' and could go off her medication.
She has been a yo-yo dieter our whole marriage (~29 years). I think that likely has caused issues, but I hope she is able to stick with it. So, there is hope Bubba Jr.