article_snippet: But Dean Wharmby is still battling cancer five-and-a-half months later, thanks, Dean Wharmby believes, to cutting out sugar and relying on natural remedies.
article_snippet: It is a huge turn-around for the 39-year-old, who told MailOnline Dean Wharmby turned to a diet of burgers, pizzas and bacon sandwiches - washed down with seven to eight cans of energy drink - to create the 'perfect' bodybuilder's physique.
article_snippet: But Dean Wharmby now believes Dean Wharmby high-protein, high-fat diet may be 'a contributing factor' which cause Dean Wharmby illness.
article_snippet: Dean Wharmby before Dean Wharmby go sick (left), and afterwards (right)
article_snippet: but - after committing to a healthy diet, which completely cuts out sugar - Dean Wharmby has lived for a further five-and-a-half months .
article_snippet: But Dean Wharmby now believes the high-protein, fatty diet Dean Wharmby lived on for four to five years may have led to Dean Wharmby illness, first diagnosed in 2010. '
article_snippet: Dean Wharmby had been a  bodybuilder for 20 years before Dean Wharmby became ill.
article_snippet: In the beginning, Dean Wharmby admits to taking steroids for about a year to create Dean Wharmby physique because 'everybody did it'.
article_snippet: But Dean Wharmby soon turned Dean Wharmby back on them, as Dean Wharmby began to build Dean Wharmby personal training business.
article_snippet: Dean Wharmby diet took a turn for the worse. '
article_snippet: Dean Wharmby was on a high-calorie diet for four to five years, as Dean Wharmby tried to get make Dean Wharmby body as big as possible.
highlights_snippet: Dean Wharmby's fighting Dean Wharmby illness using natural remedies and sticking to a strict diet .
  