Dr. Doug Graham (80-10-10 raw vegan)

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Do we really understand what causes pancreatic cancer?

As far as I know - no. But it would likely have multiple causes. One of the things the pancreas do is produce and secrete insulin when blood glucose is high, and fruitarian diets (80-10-10) are very high in glucose, thus causing the pancreas to produce more and more insulin. This will eventually lead to type 2 diabetes. There is a provable scientific link between even pre-diabetes and pancreatic cancer. I don't think anyone has yet definitively proven which causes which, but ultimately if you're going to eat a diet very high in carbohydrate, it can lead to pancreatic cancer, as it clearly did in the case of Steve Jobs.

(edit) I also forgot to mention what happens to all that excess glucose in the 80-10-10 diets - as I mentioned on so much of it can be stored as glycogen, and the rest will stimulate fat storage if possible (if you're severely deficient in fat of course that can't take place). I then said I don't know what happens to the glucose then, and it's true I don't because it's not a normal part of human anatomy to be in this unnatural state, and also because it's really not that well understood anyway. What some people do when they eat more, as was demonstrated in some BBC documentary, is that some people will burn off those extra calories and some people will burn off "some" of those extra calories, and other will burn off less and store more. So exactly what happens is a matter of dispute. However, while it's possible that some of it will end up in the urine, it's also possible that the body is forced to burn off the energy, and that I didn't mention but I think I should have. It may stimulate muscle palpitations and twitching including heart palpitations etc to burn off those extra calories. It may also cause the liver itself to consume those calories. I should have thought a bit more about that than just suggesting that it ends up in the urine, because in all likeliness that seems more likely to me. To get into the urine it still has to be in the blood, but the liver removes it when the insulin is released, so that now seems more unlikely now that I've thought about it a bit more. It has to go somewhere, and it can't just circulate forever.

Great post Daniel. How are the studies going?

Pretty good.

Here are some links I found interesting:

ABC Factcheck with obesity experts (10-10-2014) The video from that page is also on youtube:

http://youtu.be/gW176oIiygg

Excellent video. I especially like when Proietto says "unless obesity is defined as a disease we will never be able to have subsidised pharmacotherapy to suppress hunger and maintain the weight loss".

WHO considering to HALVE the recommended daily intake of sugar. (2014)
Sugars: a uniquely obesogenic nutrient? (2012)