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I understand the reasoning for 1, 3 and 4 but why cancer patients?

• jerf 13y ago
  As far as I know this is still some preliminary research, but there is some evidence that chronic high blood sugar can cause cancer to grow more rapidly than a steady and lower level of blood sugar. The working theory seems to be that because the cancer is growing more rapidly, it requires more energy. By feeding it (literally) a steady supply of higher blood sugar levels, you are allowing it to grow faster than it would otherwise. I believe this is still all only working theory at the moment, though, and I wouldn't be surprised to see the whole idea in general get walked back at some point (even if it does sound plausible). It's fairly new stuff, on the time scale of cancer studies.
• fingerprinter 13y ago
  I can't find my original study link atm :/ some quick googling brought up this one, but it wasn't the study I was thinking about: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605190158.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130605190158.ht... basic theory goes like this: the body doesn't need carbs to live, but cancer cells do. You are starving the cancer by not ingesting carbs. It seems the cancer cells lack the ability to derive energy from ketones and fatty acids, which is where humans would get the energy on a low-carb diet.