sugar avoidance and cancer

Folks,

This site seems to be saying that it is the combination of obesity, lack of exercise and too much stress that causes the insulin disturbance and then an increase in cancer growth. Please tell me if that is how you read it?





http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14713323

K-Lo,
I agree that obesity, lack of exercise and stress contribute to hyperinsulinemia (and later, diabetes) according to that abstract.
Another study published in 2009 and reviewed in an online journal found that there is a relationship between hyperinsulinemia and post-menopausal breast cancer that is independent of other factors such as use of  hormone replacement therapy.
This is an eye-opener for me because I have always had yo-yo blood sugar, back to my teens, and especially during pregnancy and post-partum.  I crave carbs.  When I exercise regularly, I lose the cravings, lose weight, and do not get the sugar lows.  I guess I should have been a lot more vigilant about these factors. 
(highlights of the conclusions below)

the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.

The new study appears in the January 7 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

"Women with the highest insulin levels had a nearly 1.5-fold higher risk of developing breast cancer than women with the lowest insulin levels, when the women were divided into insulin-level quartiles, according to lead author Marc Gunter, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology and population health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Bronx, New York.

Among a subset of women who did not use hormone-replacement therapy, those individuals with the highest insulin levels had a nearly 2.5-fold increased risk of developing breast cancer compared with those with the lowest levels, Dr. Gunter told Medscape Oncology.
the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study:

The new study appears in the January 7 [2009] issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

"Women with the highest insulin levels had a nearly 1.5-fold higher risk of developing breast cancer than women with the lowest insulin levels, when the women were divided into insulin-level quartiles, according to lead author Marc Gunter, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology and population health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, in the Bronx, New York.

Among a subset of women who did not use hormone-replacement therapy, those individuals with the highest insulin levels had a nearly 2.5-fold increased risk of developing breast cancer compared with those with the lowest levels, Dr. Gunter told Medscape Oncology." 
and
"The insulin pathway is "obviously important" in part because the related problem of obesity is so common, noted Dr. Strickler. "The doubling of risk related to a common exposure [high levels of insulin often due to obesity] means that this pathway can explain a substantial portion of breast cancer in postmenopausal women," he said."

I put cinnamon in my tea or water just about every morning to help prevent sugar spikes.