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A ketogenic diet is one in which carbohydrates, and to a lesser extent, protein are restricted in the diet and replaced with fat
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a ketogenic diet may work simply through decreasing available glucose to tumor cells. Many decades ago, Otto Warburg stated that a hallmark of cancer was the uptake of glucose by cancer cells.5 Cancer cells rely on glucose for energy; therefore any method of limiting this may help to “starve” cancer cells.
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Due to their faulty mitochondria, cancer cells also rely on glucose to fix free radical damage.9-13 Much like our normal cells, cancer cells are constantly experiencing bombardment with free radicals, and maybe even more so than our cells. Since their mitochondria do not function properly, they rely on even more uptake of glucose, which is used to counter free radical damage. Limiting this glucose will inhibit their cell damage repair.
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Cancer cells require more than just fuel to survive, much like our normal cells, they use signaling hormones that tell them to grow and survive. Cancer cells have receptors on them, like the insulin growth factor receptor (IGF-1R). Insulin growth factor (IGF) can bind to this, as can insulin, which is secreted in our bloodstream in response to carbohydrate consumption. Insulin then activates several pathways that increase cancer growth and survival. A recent study in advanced cancer patients confirmed the ability of a ketogenic diet to significantly decrease the insulin pathway in tumor cells.
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some people have hypothesized that ketones themselves may fight cancer. This is more speculative with little data, but reports on many societies, most notably those in Africa17 and the Inuit Eskimos reveal few cases of cancer. Dr. Urquhart served as the district surgeon of the far north, and in 7 years with all the x-rays and surgical equipment of his day, has published that he never say a single case of cancer, and this was in people of all ages.
http://www.cavemandoctor.com/2013/01/01/...or-cancer/
at the 9:25 mark he discusses the role of paleo diet in preventing cancer
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