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Cancer Management Should Involve Developmental Biology, Energy Flow

by Thomas R. Collins •

For cancer prevention and management, Dr. Sinha said this can translate into sticking to a low-carb diet (cancer cells love glucose), being physically active (they don’t like oxygen), keeping stress levels down (they like an immunosuppressive state), and getting enough sleep (they don’t like melatonin).

“It’s a two-way street, not just mutations causing cancer,” he said. We can also change the expression of genes through changing our behavior, he added. “We need to integrate both.”

Thomas Collins is a freelance medical journalist based in Florida.

Take-Home Points

  • We need a “new way of thinking” about cancer to help in the battle against a disease expected to be the world’s top killer by 2020.
  • Acknowledging the link between cancer biology and human developmental biology is important for better disease management.
  • Energy flow is an important concept in holistic approaches to prevention and management of the disease.