Fungus

Humans are biochemically closer to fungi than to bacteria, which makes antifungal drugs potentially toxic to humans. Fungi are described as ancient organisms that were present on land roughly 1 billion years ago, before plants. Fungi help create soil by decomposing dead organisms into nutrients. Fungi and plants maintain mutualistic exchanges in which plants provide sugars and fungi provide minerals. Fungus is described as thriving in high-glucose, low-oxygen, acidic conditions. Fungus is presented as surviving poorly under low-glucose, oxygenated, or alkaline conditions. Fungus is described as struggling under low glucose, oxygenated, and alkaline conditions. Fungus is said to favor high glucose, low oxygen, and acidic terrain. The fungal kingdom is vast and may include around 5 million species by newer estimates. Fungus and cancer are described as commonly found together rather than universally causal. The low-glucose strategy is specifically framed as starving fungus. The support approach centered on starving fungus through glucose restriction.