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pancreaticdiet··on Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch
We all grieve in our own way. I am sorry for your loss.
pancreaticdiet··on Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch
> making intense lifestyle changes is much harder than pills or surgery.

This is very true. It was certainly a lot of work for us, and a lot of work for them.

In the first months I was cooking everything.

By the end of the chemo treatment the patient had learned to cook these new meals for themselves.

pancreaticdiet··on Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch
I'm fuzzy on the details, but I think he also did wildly unhealthy things like only eating apples or almonds or somesuch.

We made sure to still cover all nutritional needs while following the diet.

This meant a diverse array of food sources, in sufficient amounts to meet micro and macro nutrient recommended daily values, that we cooked ourselves.

pancreaticdiet··on Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch
Yes, and your body requires it for things like muscle maintenance.

Also, sugar is essential to what makes you you, that is, the brain requires glucose to function.

The goal is to reduce excess intake of these things to reduce their availability for any cancer cells to use to grow and divide.

pancreaticdiet··on Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch
> anecdotes are not data

It's 2026, this is SOP.

It's why I referenced the metabolic pathways derived from data backed research, linked to a data driven study, and used language like "we had significant success with our loved one" and "if you want something that you can do to try".

Honestly this reads like an "aHCkTualLy!1!" from someone without experience of having a loved one suffering from a cancer diagnosis.

Perhaps you've yet to realize but shallow skepticism against every idea is also distinct from data.

While you chose make this comment without providing links or data to support your claim I will do the real work of finding even more data for you: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000291652...

pancreaticdiet··on Treating pancreatic tumours may have revealed cancer's master switch
Yes.

They slacked a bit some months following the surgery, and their blood markers started to drastically slip almost immediately.

Might be also worth noting that prior to all of this they were a staunch "antivegan midwestern farm boy" for 70 years.

Now, after witnessing the results, they are all in on the new dietary lifestyle change, and tell all their friends.