In my September 24th blog post a made a list of some of the most prominent metabolic diseases that are responsive to nutrition. My goal is to take each on and give you scientific information on how ketosis is beneficial and can cause remission of these diseases.
The BIG C is the most feared and difficult diseases to cure. Cancer is on the rise and is showing up in younger and younger populations. The current method for treating most cancers are chemotherapy, immunotherapy agents and radiation in an attempt to kill those cells and tumors that are malignant. Those medications are toxic and sometimes life threatening. There is also the threat of recurrence of the disease. Some groundbreaking research is being done by Thomas Seyfried PhD a professor of biology...management and Prevention of Cancer at Boston University. He has published numerous papers and studies on how cancer cells react to glucose and glucagon as opposed to ketones.
He has found that in order for a cancer cell to grow and multiply it needs both glucose and glucagon as its energy source...AND in the absence of glucose primarily and the inclusion of ketones the cancer cells shrivel up and die. He has done experiments with animals (I now my heart breaks too) and clinical studies with humans and his results are really amazing. I will include a link so you can watch an interview which explains in detail all the mechanisms involved.
In short he says that a very low carb or carnivore diet or even other types of diets which cause keto adaptation are a first step. He also emphasized other life style interventions such as exercise, reducing stress, good sleep, eliminating smoking, drinking alcohol on a regular basis, and avoiding environmental toxins. He emphasizes that genetics are simply risk factors and that cancer is primarily a metabolic disfunction of the mitochondria in every cell of our body.
Since I don't have a PhD in cell biology will post a wonderful and sometimes goofy interview with Thomas Seyfried and Dr. Ken Berry, a family physician who helps thousands heal using keto/carnivore nutrition.
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