A Diet for Reducing Cancer Treatment Side Effects
Staff at University of Würzburg Hospital
Cancer cells crave sugar and don’t do well at burning fats. So it makes sense that reducing the sugar that’s available to cancer cells might slow them down, while at the same time, improve energy for a person undergoing cancer treatments. It’s not an approach you’ll hear much about in the United States, but this German Hospital is using a high-fat diet that’s low enough in carbs, it means the body produces a source of energy called, “ketones.” Thus, it’s called a ketogenic diet. The hospital reports that this diet reduces the side effects of cancer treatments, and the article references studies that indicate a low-carb diet can indeed slow down some cancers. The article mentions the slow down of brain tumors in particular. Thanks to the Nutrition Metabolism Society for sharing this article, and to Penny for passing it on.
Read the German Hospital’s Ketogenic Diet for Cancer Discussion.