Winter Hot Tent Camping ...and Kicking Cancer's Butt
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2024
- Backpacking & winter camping with a Hot Tent on the Appalachian Trail using a Titanium Wood Stove & 5 person Luxe Twinpeak tent.
For this adventure, we got a guided tour of Virginia's Mount Pleasant Scenic Area in the George Washington National Forest. The weather at our elevation of roughly 4,000' was forecast to be in the mid to low 20's with high winds, so we were excited to see how the tent & wood stove combo would work out.
No permit is required to camp in the George Washington National forest, but there are rules and regulations regarding backcountry camping. You can find more information on the George Washington & Jefferson National Forest website here.
Full GPS track data, including campsites, water sources, etc, for this trip and many others can be downloaded on my Trip Data Page.
You can read more about Ricky's story and his experience with pancreatic cancer here.
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Trailhead Used: Mt Pleasant Trailhead Parking Area, 37°45'32.2"N 79°11'18.9"W
Wiggins Spring Road, Amherst, VA 24521
The Mt Pleasant Trailhead has room for several vehicles, but the approach road is a dirt road. A capable vehicle with decent clearance is advised.
Trails Used, Day 1:
Begin at the Mt Pleasant Trail Parking Lot
Head south on the Appalachian Trail.
Head south on the heard path found on the bald area of Cole Mountain.
Lunch break at the campsite found at the end of the heard path.
Bushwhack down the ridge. There is not trail or herd path - simply follow the old rock wall all the way to the bottom.
Head east on the Old Hotel Trail
Note: There is reliable water right by the trail here. We made sure to stock up before heading the additional 1/4 towards camp.
Setup camp at the large clearing off of the Old Hotel Trail.
Note: If you follow the heard path on the east end of the clearing, you'll be rewarded with a nice view of Mt Pleasant through the trees. This is probably the best spot near camp to see sunrise.
Day 1 Mileage: 3 miles
Day 1 Gross Elevation Gain: 838 feet
Day 1 Gross Descent: 750 feet
Trails Used, Day 2:
Head north on the Old Hotel Trail
Arrive back at the Mt Pleasant Trailhead Parking Area
Day 2 Mileage: 1.5 miles
Day 2 Gross Elevation Gain: 213 feet
Day 1 Gross Descent: 273 feet
Grand Total Mileage: 4.5 Miles
Grand Total Gross Elevation Gain: 1,076 feet
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EMS Longtrail 70 backpack (Mine) go.magik.ly/ml...
65L Scandinavian Gear Budget Backpack (Frank's) amzn.to/2UpFpZW
Mesh water bottle pockets by JustinsUL www.etsy.com/s...
Hammock Gear Burrow 40 Top Quilt www.hammockgea...
Therm-A-Rest Ultralite Cot amzn.to/2OtAwuT
Dutchware Synthetic Booties dutchwaregear....
MSR Quick Skillet for Trail Grilled Cheese amzn.to/325qZz7
I didn’t show the grilled cheese setup on this vid, but there’s plenty of it in this one:
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Budget canister stove amzn.to/2CoxjG5
Garmont Momentum Snow GTX Winter Boots amzn.to/2OoJoC4
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Olight Wave LED Headlamp amzn.to/2D443Vq
ANKER Nebula Capsule Projector ANKER Nebula Capsule Projector
Garmin Oregon 650 GPS unit amzn.to/2WFzsps
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Recommended reading from Ricky for anybody interested in a concise, factual crash course on cancer:
"The Metabolic Approach to Cancer" by Nasha Winters and Jess Kelley.
My wife has small cell lung cancer... two years and still going strong. She will get a tumor in her brain zapped this week with a Gamma Knife surgery. We don't do backpacking anymore but hike regularly! Always love your videos. We've been fans for years.
Hi, Itchymoche. I'm glad to hear your wife's doing well with her treatments! Keep on getting out there when you can and enjoy it :)
Keep on hiking!
Thanks for sharing this story. During my struggle with throat cancer, its treatment and aftermath, part of what kept me going was the desire to get back out on the trails and hike. Watching hiking videos was the closest I could come for some time, but in my case treatment, harsh as it was, has worked. I'll never take for granted the ability to backpack, hike, camp and experience the natural world. Kudos to Ricky whose example should inspire all of us.
Thanks for sharing this, Sidney. I'm happy to hear you got through it. Keep on getting out there!
Sidney Hornblower keep on keep in on!
@@the.rr.outdoorsman574 you as well, sir!
I lost both of my parents over the last five years to cancer. Thank you Shawn for bringing some extra awareness to this Insidious disease. I've been watching for about five years, and have enjoyed every video, this one was extra special. Thank you.
Tim Lawson sorry to hear about your parents, cancer sucks!
I just watched a Matthew Posa video last night of him camping in a wood stove tent with his dogs and I thought to myself wouldn't it be rad if sintax did a hot tent video. Boom! The very next day. Love it.
Special prayers for Rick and anyone as brave as he is who is battling cancer. Thanks for sharing this video Sean, an inspiring young man who is teaching all of us to not quit and to do what you love. Stay strong Rick!
Jeff Supper thank you!
I always love me a Sintax adventure, but the tears were flowing in the hike out as Ricky shared the journey of his symptoms to diagnosis. I pray miraculous healing for your body. In the meantime, bravo for living loud and kicking cancer in the teeth
Denali 96 many thanks!
The.RR.Outdoorsman New Subscriber to your channel!
Thank You!
What a trooper! Glad he is living life in his fight! Thanks for sharing this sintax!!
Brave man .. God bless him . Thanks for sharing the story !
Thanks for this video. Aside from a super cool hike, did I ever learn something new. I take Zantac for idopathic uticaria and just went to the local Sam's club to get fresh bottle and had no idea why it was gone from the shelves.... now I know. Lots of prayers for Ricky to heal. In addition to my own issue, my Mother in law was diagnosed in February of 2019 with stage 1b. It's been a stressful year.... I truly appreciate all your efforts in this video.
Trail Cat glad to get good info out!
My husband has been battling small cell non Hodgkins lymphoma since 2003. He has lost a lung to it even though he was never one who smoked. He has battled recurrences 4 times and is still with me. Plus he was diagnosed with a secondary cancer 2 years ago. We can no longer do camping as he is on Oxygen full time so we live vicariously through you. So let me please say THANK YOU for such wonderful videos. They take us places we can only dream about.
My respect to Ricky. After seeing what my wife goes through with Chemo and knowing how tired it makes you, He is one tough person. A good attitude means a lot as well. I personally would love to be able to Bushcraft, but I am on dialysis and fatigue stops me from doing a lot of things these days (I grew up basically doing BushCraft. Hunting and fishing with my family) Worst part is we have the acreage to do it now and now I cant. Thanks for the vide's , keep them up and I will keep watching them.
Hang in there Ricky, thanks for having Shawn and Frank down for a hike and a warm night.
whiterook85 I enjoyed it immensely and I hope they come back some time. Feel free to join them! I’ve watched one or two of your videos and enjoyed them!
Another awesome video! Ricky is an inspiration and a reminder to live each day to it's fullest. Cancer doesn't discriminate. I know far to many that have battled against it, some have lost the fight and some battle on. Prayers for Ricky and all that are in the fight. As always can't wait for your next video, you have inspired me to get back into doing what I enjoyed after years of letting "life" get in the way of living.
my aunt just passed away from the same cancer it sucks! he is def. a badass going thru his situation & still loving the outdoors. best wishes & prayers for ya keep fighting!!!
bushcraftOHIO sorry to hear about your Aunt.
Excellent vid. Ricky's words about nutrition and his health care are spot-on. Kudos.
Awesome video, that guy is inspirational and a hard charger.
Great job with the video! I always wanted to give the hot tent a try up in my area. Our prayers go out to Ricky to beat the cancer.🙏💪
Thanks, Uptrail! You should definitely give it a go. It was a lot of fun.
Takes special people to have going through chemo every day and still keep functioning normal lives
I'm not boasting because I am not her. My mother had brest cancer chemo. And decades of blood work. Still working cause she will get bored. Skin cancer and being elderly. She's a baller
MaddLagger great mother hold here close I don’t have mine Any more
Metastatic thyroid cancer survivor here. Not only that but I went sudden cardiac arrest and asystole while I was partially spinally decapitated. Got a pacemaker and my neck fused c3-c7 front and back. A year after I got the front done I got the plate taken out because it loosened up. Then a year later fell due to my bad heart and snapped my neck again and got the backside fused. See my surgeries video. And now I got a disc above my fusions going bad. Gonna be posting vids of camping in my wall tent on my off grid forested land soon also.
@@chrisw5742 great to hear that you are doing well thanks
@@chrisw5742 glad your still going man💪🏻👍
Drystone walls like that are used for keeping cattle and for marking boundaries instead of wood fence especially in deforested areas. The stones are gathered when turning fields for farming. They are pretty common in Southern Sweden where i live that used to be deforested but are now found deep in the woods. You see loads of them in England too.
Awesome info. Thanks, Linus!
This is a strong strong man! GOD BLESS.
life or liberty thank you!
Just posted a video that I made my own wood stove for the hot tent.Mine was definitely not ultra light but also not for the same purpose I also use an ice fishing hut as my hot tent after installing a stove jack. Also my wife survived cancer 3 years ago. Defiantly takes strength of the person going though it and the ppl in there lives. Changes your outlook on life .
The O.G. In the Canoe looking death in the eyes will certainly change your perspective, for the better even. Your stove sounds pretty cool!
One tough dude... Hats off to him.
A. Gunguy thanks!
As a cancer fighter, I don't consider myself a survivor. I had to work full time, take care of my disabled mom on top of doing chemo and rad treatment for Stage 3C uterine cancer. everyone was like "How can you do all this? Take some time off. Get help." I told them no one was helping me and I wasn't going to sit on my thumbs all day feeling like crap. I rather be working, getting a paycheck and feeling like crap, being around co-workers I've known for 15+ years.
GarouLady I’m with you, I wish I could work but they don’t take to kindly to people on chemotherapy operating freight trains lol
Thanks for the video you all rocked the video nice scenery cool hot tent thanks so much frank keep kickin cancers butt stay strong you did a great video
Great video and enjoyed listening to Ricky and how he fought his battle with all of his strength. Just saw and saddened to see that Ricky is no longer with us. May he RIP.
Good to see you back... Stay strong Ricky. Thank you for sharing this video
Nice video with excellent people and even better awareness.
Ricky is an inspiration to all of us. I certainly wish him well in the future and wish upon him Godspeed. Give them hell Ricky
Great video Sintax, Thanks for sharing his story, PLease stay strong Ricky, and Sintax, Please keep us updated.
My brother is dealing with the same. Good on him for fighting. God bless.
Wish the best for him
Wow! what a super special hiking trip with great people on board. Just awesome, this shows us a side of ROCK STAR OF HIKING, Sintax77, that is hidden deep within. You guys are all great, God bless you for your big heart toward other people.
I cut down on ADDED sugar for weight loss BUT most foods break down in to sugar (glucose). Cancer doesn't care if the sugar came from a candy bar or pasta and tomatoes.
Sintax was doing Keto last year. I can go weeks on ketones. Zero carbs. Fats/oils are lighter on the trail too. A pound of fats/oils contain over 4,000cal and a pound of carbs contains Under 2,000 calories.
He makes a lot of dubious claims about cancer honestly. Say what you will about the Medical-Industrial Complex, a doctor isn't going to give you intentionally bad advice to sell you a supplement that's normally marketed for childcare. Even if you think everyone is evil, it's not even in their own financial self interest, as oncologists absolutely get paid more if, as a trend, their patients survive more often than the average.
Moreover, Zantac is not a carcinogen. The FDA found an impurity called NDMA at a level of 0.32 parts per million in Zantac, and did further in vitro testing to ensure none of the components of Zantac were being converted to NDMA in stomach acid. You might note that exposure level is what you can expect from eating smoked meats on a given day, as it does form on some smoked and burnt foods. Zantac and several generics did voluntary recalls anyway out of an excess of caution. It just goes to show you that a claim doesn't need to be supported by medical evidence for an ambulance-chasing lawyer to extract a settlement from a pharmaceutical company. Not that I'm crying for them; they have much deeper pockets than the guy with cancer who sued them.
For that matter, anyone with pancreatic cancer is allowed to be as wrong as they want, especially if they've got the guts to still be backpacking in February between chemo treatments. Most healthy people can't manage what he's doing. A man like that can make any sense he wants of the world.
That hot tent is a cool idea. Bummer about your friend, especially the later diagnosis.
R.I.P Rickey, you seemed like a great guy. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Another great video Sintax! Ricky, stay tough, fight hard, you are definitely an inspiration sir.
WV Hiking Adventures thank you!
Thanks for this great video it was inspiring I hope you will keep all of us informed of his progress. God is the great physician and I am praying for your friend.
Thanks Mike!
Ricky strong👍. Keep it up sir.
RD Pauley I’m gonna tough it out for as long as possible!
I hope your friend pulls through. After watching several years of your videos, I’m glad to see you finally hot tent. I’m from New York and I’m at my snowmobile house in Maine right now. Waiting for the foot plus of snow where about to get so I can load my sled and go hot tenting myself. I’ll be sitting up a base camp in a state park some distance from my house which gives me access to a trail system in another region fir a few days. I hope you get more into this yourself. You could have a warm base camp for hiking. Dry clothes and equipment. Really changes comfort and safety, opens new possibilities. The tent company is one of the more reputable ones, Luxe. The A is not in the name it’s part of the symbol. They make excellent teepees, I might purchase one. My titanium stove is a Seek Outside, they also make teepees. If you give it a try, let me know I have a pretty good knowledge about a variety of products in the industry. Always have the proper sleep system, don’t rely on the stove. Put the stove on an angle up toward the back to help the smoke draw up the flu pipe. Carbon monoxide detector also. Have fun
Lord Marshall Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Sounds awesome up there!
completely unexpected....thought the DA and Snacks and Chairman eyewitness testimony had you nailed! LOL! Thanks for the video and welcome back!
Best wishes to your friend. I have a tipi/hot tent myself. Very versatile I find. You can get netting for the summer months and the bugs.
Truly believe Ricki is a super hero to me..
Awesome way to have pancreatic cancer awareness
A hot tent camping trip with good friends and family
Shawn you did an excellent
And please forgive me if I spelled your name wrong
Thanks, Cgriggsiv. Hopefully, it just might help someone else out there. And, yes, you nailed the spelling :)
Hell yeah real syntax 77 videos we’ve been waiting on this thanks 1 million man
My pleasure ;)
sintax77 Thanks very much
Much 💜 love from India 🇮🇳
Love how you go from the fire to the gas tank LOL love your video and Ricky
Stay strong Ricky 💪
Curt Ziegler thanks man!
Awesome video as always please keep up the great work and thanks for making me hungry
Good sh1...i have never hot tented. Always a wood half lean and a long fire. But if you got friends or fam. Hot tent sounds cool.
Stay strong Rickie!👍🤘✌️
As a stage 4 cancer survivor myself, I can relate to him. My cancer was in my neck so the radiation tore up my throat where I could not eat/drink. It even hurt to drink water. I had a stomach tube for my entire intake. He just had a bad nutritionist. My nutritionist specialized with cancer patients and that is the type he should have found. My nutritionist said the same thing about sugar and cancer so he is exactly right about that. She did not want me to use ensure/boost and put me on a prescription drink. It has been a few years so I forgot the name of it. Plus she said ensure/boost does not provide adequate nutrients to live on and these drinks were my sole intake. I like how he stayed active as that is the best thing to do during treatment. I did the same and I think it helps us stay strong and fight this off better. If I would have seen him hiking like he was in this video, I would never have guessed he was in treatment. I see so many give in and do nothing. Glad to see he fought it and hope he is doing well today. I will check out his story.
LMAO...9:07 "This is where the bears drag the bodies of unsuspecting hikers from Delaware".
vanscoyoc glad you enjoyed my humor
An awesome getaway with friends, good times. Ricky's article was fantastic, his positive attitude and the changes he has made will go a long way. He is bang on about sugar, it does feed cancer. That is my opinion anyway. Fat can be used for fuel instead of glucose but it takes a bit for the body to start utilizing it that way and I am not sure all people can do it. A good book someone recommended to me at one time was Joseph Mercola's titled "Fat for Fuel". Not positive on the title but if my memory serves me right ( it can frig me over sometimes) it is. lol I wish Ricky much good health in the future, keep on hiking guy! Thanks for sharing your adventure and Ricky's story. :)
Jacqueline thanks for the kind words. I’ve done keto a lot in the past and I think it may have even inadvertently slowed down the cancer before I knew about it. As soon as I get some weight back up there’s a strong chance of me doing it again. I love the sustained energy of using fat for energy. Thanks for watching!
Great info about no sugar starting at 10:34
Nice video. All our prayers to you Ricky in your fight. The flume fell because a Virginia turkey buzzard tried to land and make a nest on it because it was the tallest object in the forest.
Enjoyed!
Great video buddy.
Man, I've just watched this video and visited the 2 channels that appear at the end, and I noticed that Ricky passed away, rest in peace legend.
awesome sintax,i broke my back in 1976,had a stroke in 2004,dianosed with throat cancer in may of this year,receievibg treatment,i had 8 to go and tripped over a cord for the fan,hospitalized for 2 weeks with a broken hip n right thigh bone "femur" this was my summer tryin to catch up now...haha
Dwayne Woods ouch, hope you catch a break!
@@the.rr.outdoorsman574 thanks ,im working on it,looks like i will be having to use a walker instead of the cane,balance is gettin bad but thank you
💖Thanks got acknowledging
What pack was Ricky wearing? Great to see him in good spirits and still able to do a little hiking. Wish him well.
I believe it's a ULA Ohm 2.0. My wife and I have had them for years as well and love them.
ULA ohm 2.0! Sorry I missed this.
I wonder how the hospital incentivises the deferral of imaging. How much do they get from the insurance companies for delaying a scan. Perhaps it's not that direct, but I'd bet that there is a policy in place that has that effect.
Isnt that a sad thought
Really like these video presentations, nice to see how they do it in the U.S , seems they really like to stand out in the bush with colourful clothing (just like here), personally i like to just blend with civilian earthtones, i used an issue hutchie and bivvy bag for years (i am a solo walker) while most others were using tents, though recently i have started to use an issue dome tent, because it provides more privacy when there are others around and that is quite frequent now, and the hutchie bivvy combo takes up as much room as the tent., seems in the U.S they have discovered the hutchie concept.
I notice they seem to do a lot of cooking in the U.S compared to the use of dehydrated sachets, i myself use issue 24 hour ration packs, (they have more food than i can eat in a day).
Interestingly i cant recall seeing anyone on these videos using Mystery Ranch packs, which rather surprised me, here Mystery Ranch are seen as THE premium U.S professional pack, (i myself use Crossfire Australia and Mystery Ranch), i thought everyone would have them, but no.
Oh man! This cat knows how to eat!!
Yeah, he faded my ramen noodles pretty hard :o
😂😂😂
That’s a cool hot tent and stove.☝️
27:12 ... 😱 I'm from the SoCal, I couldn't comprehend the sunlight and thick jackets. I assumed 55-60 F lol
Right on.
Went to Ricky's channel. No uploads in about 10 months. That's depressing.
Que hay? muy buen video
Come to alabama
Been waiting fore a video ...
Stove doesn't look like it warmed the tent much. Sad.
The hot tent is made of titanium? I got to watch this....comment made at 4 min mark...
G F Stove is, Tent is Sil-Nylon I believe.
The.RR.Outdoorsman yes I didn’t believe it was titanium just was being tongue in cheek.....
What's the difference between pasta and sugar?
well hello again!
If you were feeling sick, did you think the guy's compromised immune system because of chemo might not be strong enough and you could get him sick?
Serafin Hikes I lived
@@the.rr.outdoorsman574 that's good
Update on Ricky ?
How in the world did you get Netflix and UA-cam on the side of the tenant that’s pretty good
You can't go having a portable heated living room in the woods without an entertainment system to go with it ;)
sintax77 True
It looks as though Ricky has that projector reviewed on his channel. sintax77 has a link to his channel in the video description.
WisconsinEric thanks
ANKER Nebula Capsule projector Jamie, several models to choose from.
I want to try this this is cool
The 12 dislikes must be doctors...
Jared Kauffman you’re probably right.
HURRAY!! Have missed your videos!!
Hey Sintax, how is trailkilla doing
He's good. Trying to get him back out there soon :)
@@sintax77 lol good luck.
Anybody know what thermometer he uses?
How’s he doing now.
taking a dirt nap. another one bites the dust!
💖Cancer F___ek up my game plan!💖👍
Mike Farnkopf F Cancer!
Read " The Metabolic Approach to Cancer " and learn how to F__k it back.
Lost my Brother to pancreatic cancer last year. 🙏
Rifleman8892 sorry to hear about your brother. How old was he?
@@the.rr.outdoorsman574
57 10 years older than me. He fought it for a little over a year. He was misdiagnosed a few times. Was told it was his pain was from aftereffects of disc surgery. After several trips to the ER for unbearable pain they finally did some tests and found it.
Rifleman8892 misdiagnoses are so unfortunate. Bringing light to them hopefully can improve the future though.
@@the.rr.outdoorsman574
I hope so.
Such a horrible disease. What it does to people and their families is terrible.
Prayers to you and I hope you kick it's A$!!
👍👍
I suffer a different ailment of the pancreas. It's actually the opposite of diabetes. Reactive Hypoglycemia. In response to a rise of blood sugar above a certain level or a too fast rise in blood sugar; the pancreas pumps out too much insulin. The physical effects of weakness in the joints and hunger are really just the clue to the worst effects: unreasoning anxiety, irritability, loss of willpower and insomnia. When I was growing up, medicine had yet to even acknowledge this illness. Even today I believe the ramifications are underestimated and if it goes undiagnosed (very common) it will destroy your life. That is if you don't kill yourself from the dread caused by the anxiety. If you go to a doctor and complain about your anxiety you will be on psychiatric drugs in two shakes of a lamb's tail. Worse than useless of course. The irritability will destroy your social life. The loss of willpower will cause your weight to balloon and the insomnia could lead to an involuntary visit to your local psychiatric facility. While they are nice people doing their best to help, they won't because they will undoubtedly diagnose you as either depressed or schizophrenic and load you with noxious chemicals. The only solution is a strict and very scheduled diet which coincidentally enough is very healthy.
Just a quick rundown. No caffeine, no sugar, no starchy foods. All your carbohydrates must be complex with a ratio of fiber to carbs no higher than eight. The amounts must be strictly controlled and the foods scheduled no longer than two hours apart. Sounds simple? Like chess, its easy to learn and hard to master. Good luck and God Bless.
Nothing worth doing is easy right? I'm taking 67 different vitamins every day, sitting in a sauna an hour a day, jumping on a damn trampoline for lymphatic drainage, It takes alot of work to manage this stuff! But just like you I'd rather bust my ass and stay alive! Keep on keepin on!
Yo Sean, who got cancer!?
👋🏻
Talks about not eating sugars. Proceeds to mix a bowl of noodles, which are high carbs and will be turned into sugars in the body. *sigh*
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Our bodies like carbs so much that if we don’t have carbohydrates coming in from our diet, we have very sophisticated pathways that can generate glucose from other substrates, including amino acids and lactate.
*Cancer feeds off everything*
Cancer likes carbs. Warburg taught us that. But what many Dr Google’s neglect to mention is that cancer cells will also use protein and fat for fuel in the absence of sugar. This includes muscle mass and fat stores. If cancer cells, with their superior nutrient supply, can no longer source sugar from the body, they start to break down muscle and fat stores for fuel. Gluconeogenesis (more demons? Sorry!). This translates to unintentional weight loss. Not good. During treatment and recovery this means muscle wasting. Even worse.
dietitianconnection.com/news/clinical/bittersweet-does-sugar-feed-cancer/
*Myth: People with cancer shouldn't eat sugar, since it can cause cancer to grow faster.*
Fact: Sugar doesn't make cancer grow faster. All cells, including cancer cells, depend on blood sugar (glucose) for energy. But giving more sugar to cancer cells doesn't speed their growth. Likewise, depriving cancer cells of sugar doesn't slow their growth.
This misconception may be based in part on a misunderstanding of positron emission tomography (PET) scans, which use a small amount of radioactive tracer - typically a form of glucose. All tissues in your body absorb some of this tracer, but tissues that are using more energy - including cancer cells - absorb greater amounts. For this reason, some people have concluded that cancer cells grow faster on sugar. But this isn't true.
However, there is some evidence that consuming large amounts of sugar is associated with an increased risk of certain cancers, including esophageal cancer. It can also lead to weight gain and increase the risk of obesity and diabetes, which may increase the risk of cancer.
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cancer/in-depth/cancer-causes/art-20044714
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Please be careful following non-proven medical advice. Sometimes, it is just assumptions that have yet to be verified by the medical community.
What IS most definitely known is that when you run out of carbs (AKA sugars), that your body will start sourcing it from other places in your body, causing weight loss. With the cancer cells needing more nourishment than normal cells, they will start eating up what little essential stores of fat and protein you currently have in your body at a more rapid pace if you don't have an intake of sugars, making you weak for already taxing chemo treatments.
Most likely, he still "feels fine" and thinks his "treatment" is working because he is still eating carbs which are just sugars and has only cut out "white sugar" which is hardly the full picture.
Seraph X2 can’t be 100% compliant at all times, morale boosting food can keep you going. ESPECIALLY DURING PERIODS OF HEIGHTENED ACTIVITY. Sigh.
“Thinks my treatment is working” wow man, just wow.
@@the.rr.outdoorsman574 Just saying. You're basing your diet on something that has barely had any research, is not proven, and is assumptive at best with a chance of harming you if you're wrong.
Seraph X2 I’ve read a ton of books, and while in a candid moment on a mountain I may not have come off sounding the most intelligent, I’d rather be doing what I’m doing than be one of the hopeless ghost people I see in the clinic every week that have no motivation, no will to live, and have just accepted their fate.
The.RR.Outdoorsman ehh. not saying anything about intelligence. just don’t get chasing unvalidated ideas that could be more harmful in the long run based on what we already do know about all cells and their need for sugar
but to each his own and good luck then
Numero dose
Kudos to you man. Outstanding stuff your doing here. 👍👍