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Recently beat cancer and I looked into the research on keto and cancer. A study I looked at said that the keto diet could actually cause tumor cells to develop
by mehrzad 11y ago
Recently beat cancer and I looked into the research on keto and cancer. A study I looked at said that the keto diet could actually cause tumor cells to develop other methods of getting energy, causing the cancer to grow more rapidly. I was too afraid to try.
- aplummer 11y agoThis. As there original post says, there isn't enough research on this which is exactly why for now you should follow the advice of your GP / specialists.
- salgernon 11y agoCan you share anything? Did you change your diet? I'm currently sitting in a room at Sloan-Kettering dealing with a post-surgical infection from getting the left side of my liver lopped off. There've been no dietary restrictions or recommendations other than eat more protein. Initially I was told to up my vitamin d: http://meetinglibrary.asco.org/content/139861-158 And not worry about weight at all. Its also been expressed to me that for my specific cancer (stage IV colon cancer with liver metastasis) surgery is the only curative mechanism.
- mehrzad 11y agoI'm sorry to hear that. My nurse said to keep up a high fat and high protein diet for my leukemia, probably to prevent weight loss when I lost my appetite later. When my immune system weakened, I stopped eating uncooked plant-based foods. Certain foods have shown to fight tumor cells in vivo like cruciferous vegetables but nothing is really as good as actual modern treatment.
- weego 11y agoWithout knowing anything of what you read I would guess this is could be referencing gluconeogenesis which is the result of eating too much protein and not enough fats while in a ketogenic in state. The result is that the body generates glucose from amino acid breakdown.