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Sugar abstinence for prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Aug 19 3:16pm | Replies (46)

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Look at the diet protocol for typical PET scans. It is a low sugar diet. The reason pet scans work is because tumors typically have a high consumption of sugar because they have a high metabolism. PSMA pet scans work differently so you do not have to be on a low sugar diet. Having said that, if the basis of a typical PET scan is the tumor's uptake of sugar, it would follow that reducing sugar may reduce energy availability for the tumor. I have greatly reduced my own uptake of sugar by reading labels, seeing which fruits have lower sugar content, and generally reducing portions . I am also doing this because I am on Orgovyx and I am trying to avoid the weight gain that so many people report. Worst case scenario, it will do no harm.

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Yes. Look at the FDG PET scan, which is typically used for cancer diagnosis. FDG is a radioactive glucose -- glucose because it tends to get sucked up by cancer cells. This scan is useless in prostate cancer according to a radiation oncologist that I once saw at MSK, because prostate cancer is somewhat of an outlier in the way it reacts to sugar.