Nasha Winters

[[File:Nasha Winters.png|thumb|right|165px|Nasha Winters]]
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{{cquote|We can now really see that cardiovascular disease and cancer are very much fed by sugar and carbohydrates and starch and grains. We are finally doing the research. We have people like [[Gary Taubes]]...|||Nasha Winters<ref>[http://www.ecofarmingdaily.com/ketogenic-diet-fighting-back-against-cancer/ Ketogenic Diet: Fighting Back Against Cancer]</ref>}}

'''Nasha Winters''' is an [[United States|American]] [[acupuncturist]], [[naturopath]], anti-[[sugar]] campaigner and [[low-carb]] advocate who promotes the [[ketogenic diet]] as a therapy for [[cancer]].

Winters has no scientific medical training. She received her [[Alternative Medicine Education|Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine]] from [[Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine]] in 2003.<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/nasha-winters-796374b6 Nasha Winters]</ref><ref>[https://www.ihealthtube.com/contributor/nasha-winters-nd-fabno Nasha Winters ND, FABNO]</ref> Winters believes that cancer is a metabolic disease.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbXvJuojV44 The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Dr. Nasha Winters]</ref> She operates the website '''DrNasha'''.<ref>[https://www.drnasha.com/ DrNasha.com]</ref> Winters is the co-author of ''The Metabolic Approach to Cancer'', published in 2017.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Metabolic-Approach-Cancer-Integrating-Bio-Individualized/dp/1603586865 The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet, and Nontoxic Bio-Individualized Therapies]</ref><ref>[https://www.healingjourneys.org/does-diet-matter-when-it-comes-to-cancer-dr-nasha-winters/ Does Diet Matter When It Comes To Cancer? — Dr. Nasha Winters]</ref> She thinks that cancer is fuelled by high carbohydrate dieting and that people should avoid all carbohydrates and go on a ketogenic diet to be cured.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUFHLOy7bPM Kick Cancer’s Ass with Keto: Dr. Nasha Winters #528]</ref><ref>[https://www.forewordreviews.com/articles/article/screwing-cancer-the-metabolic-way-meet-dr-nasha-winters/ Screwing Cancer the Metabolic Way: Meet Dr. Nasha Winters]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsOGqgmlDOI 2 Keto Dudes #68 - Treating Cancer with Dr. Nasha Winters]</ref>

The idea that sugary foods specifically feed cancer cells is completely wrong,<ref>[https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2014/03/24/dont-believe-the-hype-10-persistent-cancer-myths-debunked/#sweet-tooth Don’t believe the hype – 10 persistent cancer myths debunked]. Cancer Research UK.</ref> and there is no scientific evidence that a ketogenic diet can cure cancer.<ref>[https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/starving-cancer-pseudoscientific-nonsense/ Starving cancer – more pseudoscientific nonsense]. Skeptical Raptor.</ref><ref>[https://www.medicalbrief.co.za/archives/ketogenic-diet-no-cure-cancer-despite-cranks-say/ The ketogenic diet is no cure for cancer, despite what the cranks say]. Alastair McAlpine.</ref><ref>[https://angry-chef.com/blog/the-natural-alternative-part-3-the-bullshit-menace-awakens The Natural Alternative Part 3 - The Bullshit Menace Awakens]. Anthony Warner.</ref><ref>[https://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2014/06/24/more-hype-than-science-ketogenic-diets-for-cancer More hype than science: Ketogenic diets for cancer]. ScienceBlogs.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Cancer woo]]

==References==
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