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This seems unlikely. I mean it would be such a simple experiment to do. Give a few rats cancer, and give them different diets. See how long they live. Surely th

This seems unlikely. I mean it would be such a simple experiment to do. Give a few rats cancer, and give them different diets. See how long they live. Surely that's already been done, and if the results were so positive, surely we would know about them.

biokoda 10y ago
Ketogenic diets have been tested and have proven to be significantly beneficial to cancer patients.
- ryanwaggoner 10y ago
  Have their been any decent-sized rigorous human studies on this? I see a few small ones but I may be looking in the wrong place.
  - biokoda 10y ago
    Not that I know of unfortunately.
    - ryanwaggoner 10y ago
      So it's not really fair to say that they've been tested and proven to have significant benefit, is it?
      - biokoda 10y ago
        Yes proven is too strong of a word: "Have shown promising results".
- Houshalter 10y ago
  Well then I'm wrong. But I trust that a lot more than a single anecdote about someone's grandma.
  - biokoda 10y ago
    The already mentioned podcast on this topic is very good: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/11/03/dominic-dagostino/ http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/11/03/dominic-dagostino/
trhway 10y ago
>This seems unlikely. strong conclusion. What is your basis for it, if any? Do you have any related experience, education? May be you happened at least to read something on the subject? >if the results were so positive, surely we would know about them. we do know about them. At least when you are not too lazy to use Google. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26782788 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26782788 "Although the full mechanism by which ketogenic diets improve oncological and neurological conditions still remains to be elucidated, their clinical efficacy has attracted many new followers, and ketogenic diets can be a good option as a co-adjuvant therapy, depending on the situation and the extent of the disease."

biokoda 10y ago

Ketogenic diets have been tested and have proven to be significantly beneficial to cancer patients.

ryanwaggoner 10y ago
Have their been any decent-sized rigorous human studies on this? I see a few small ones but I may be looking in the wrong place.
- biokoda 10y ago
  Not that I know of unfortunately.
  - ryanwaggoner 10y ago
    So it's not really fair to say that they've been tested and proven to have significant benefit, is it?
    - biokoda 10y ago
      Yes proven is too strong of a word: "Have shown promising results".
Houshalter 10y ago
Well then I'm wrong. But I trust that a lot more than a single anecdote about someone's grandma.
- biokoda 10y ago
  The already mentioned podcast on this topic is very good: http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/11/03/dominic-dagostino/ http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/11/03/dominic-dagostino/

trhway 10y ago

>This seems unlikely. strong conclusion. What is your basis for it, if any? Do you have any related experience, education? May be you happened at least to read something on the subject? >if the results were so positive, surely we would know about them. we do know about them. At least when you are not too lazy to use Google. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26782788 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26782788 "Although the full mechanism by which ketogenic diets improve oncological and neurological conditions still remains to be elucidated, their clinical efficacy has attracted many new followers, and ketogenic diets can be a good option as a co-adjuvant therapy, depending on the situation and the extent of the disease."