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ketogenic diet and effect on conventional cancer treatment

  • 12-04-2014 12:53am
    #1
    miss tickle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 242 ✭✭


    Any thoughts on the ketogenic diet and cancer. I have been road testing it for a friend with a child with epilepsy but I think it may be beneficial to some with certain types of cancer, as the body in this state, essentially operates off ketones, which may deprive certain cancers of their essential food, glucose. If a body is operating off fats and a little protein, the liver will produce ketones as opposed to glucose, normal body cells can adapt but cancer cells require either glucose or glycogen as far as I know. I'm asking because I am about to recommend this to a friend, in conjunction with normal treatment. I'm just wondering if it will hamper either radio or kemo. Thank you for any replies.


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  • #2
    locum-motion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,143 ✭✭✭locum-motion


    Jesus!

    Are you crazy or just misguided?

    Would you ever just let the person's medical team do their job - which may or may not include the services of a qualified dietician - instead of looking for advice from unqualified randomers about whether or not your unqualified advice might be helpful?


  • #3
    HomelessMidge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 334 ✭✭HomelessMidge


    locum-motion wrote: »
    Jesus!

    Are you crazy or just misguided?

    Would you ever just let the person's medical team do their job - which may or may not include the services of a qualified dietician - instead of looking for advice from unqualified randomers about whether or not your unqualified advice might be helpful?

    Well said.

    During treatment and post treatment I have had access to a dietician. Best left to the professionals.


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