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Hi JoEllen,

I will add some comments right in your note...

I've been thinking about the
: newsletter article on sugar and
: cancer cells all day. I'm still
: sorting out my thoughts, but I
: wanted to comment on it because
: it's been on my mind so much.

: First, it's sad because if it's true,
: when people get chemo and
: treatment for cancer they are
: often encouraged by their doctors
: to eat high calorie, sugary foods
: to keep the weight on.

Right. At the very time people most need nutritional support the docs
are encouraging the worst option.

And the
: part about addiction creating
: amnesia and anesthesia makes it
: harder to stop if someone doesn't
: have other coping skills during
: what can be a life or death
: crisis.

Exactly!

: It also sets up a system where people
: can blame themselves for getting
: cancer. Of course I don't know the
: causes and reasons that people get
: cancer. Some might be within our
: control, some might not. I think
: it affects me personally because
: my sister wondered if she had done
: something wrong when she found out
: she had late stage cancer in her
: 40's and died soon after. She
: wondered if she had lived her life
: wrong or made poor choices. It
: broke my heart.

Yes, I totally get this.

: It also makes me wonder if there's a
: personal "tipping point"
: where some people get it while
: others don't, even with the same
: outer influences, and what that
: might be.

: Anyway, I just wanted to say I
: appreciated the article very much,
: and I love that you find this
: thought provoking research and let
: us know about it.

Thank you!

: I also really like that you put a
: picture of your sweet face in the
: newsletter, Kathleen.

: JoEllen