Video: Does Sugar Feed Cancer?

Just watched this video from the Dana Farber's Dana-Farber’s Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Healthy Living. Stephanie Meyers, RD, LDN, CNSD, a nutritionist, answers the question "Does sugar feed cancer?"

Here are my takeaways:

• Cancer cells might use glucose, but eating zero sugar will not prevent the creation of glucose. Your body will make it anyway!
• What you want to avoid is constant repeated spikes in blood sugar, like having a sugary coffee in the morning (sugar beverages are especially bad). 
• The big difference is between processed sugar and naturally occurring sugar. Processed sugar like white sugar, brown sugar, sugar in the raw are basically all the same.
• Naturally occurring sugars are better for you because they are part of a whole food with other components like protein and fiber. They don't spike your blood sugar as quickly and the foods have other benefits.
• New nutrition labels - being phased in with big food manufacturers first - are mandated to display ADDED sugar. This is what you should pay attention to.
• Try to stay under 24g of added sugar a day. This is not a hard and fast rule, just a good goal.
• If you're going to eat something with added sugar, pair it with a balanced meal. Like if you're going to eat a piece of cake, don't eat it alone. Eat it after a balanced meal with salmon and brown rice, for example.