{"id":75,"date":"2018-10-04T00:13:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T00:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2018-10-04T00:18:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T00:18:02","slug":"cancer-research-american-cancer-society-diet-verses-keto-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ronpaille.com\/blog\/cancer-research-american-cancer-society-diet-verses-keto-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Research – American Cancer Society Diet Verses Keto Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kevin Fontaine, Ph.D of The University of Alabama at Birmingham found that women with ovarian or endometrial cancer who followed the ketogenic diet for 12 weeks lost more body fat and had lower insulin levels compared to those who followed the low-fat diet recommended by the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n

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It’s easy to guess who won this one, the SAD(standard american diet) or American Cancer Society diet, both are the same diet, actually encourages cancer. While the ketogenic diet starves cancer cells.<\/p>\n

-Ron<\/p>\n

From the article posted here:<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cCompared to the diet recommended by the American Cancer Society, which is moderate- to high-carbohydrate, high-fiber and low-fat, 12 weeks on a ketogenic diet, which is low-carbohydrate, high-fat, produced significantly lower levels of fat mass,\u201d said Kevin Fontaine, Ph.D., co-author of the study and chair of the Department of Health Behavior in the UAB School of Public Health. \u201cThe ketogenic diet group also had significantly lower levels of fasting insulin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Researchers decided to focus on women with ovarian and endometrial cancers based on the cancers\u2019 health outcomes and risk factors.<\/p>\n

\u201cOvarian and endometrial cancers are some of the deadliest cancers among women in the United States,\u201d Fontaine said. \u201cThese cancers are also strongly linked to obesity and higher levels of insulin.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ketogenic diet was used because it limits the number of carbohydrate foods that are consumed, foods that increase glucose and insulin.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause cancer cells prefer to use glucose, diets that limit glucose may be beneficial,\u201d said Barbara Gower, Ph.D., senior author and professor in the School of Health Professions at UAB. \u201cThese diets are called \u2018ketogenic\u2019 because they allow the body to burn fat as a fuel. Some of the fat is converted to ketones, which are used by the brain and many other tissues as another type of fuel. Because they limit glucose and several growth factors, ketogenic diets will limit the ability of cancer to grow, which gives the patient\u2019s immune system time to respond.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In previous animal and small-scale human studies, the ketogenic diet has been shown to affect the development and health outcomes of cancer. This study showed that the diet had a number of favorable effects in women with ovarian or endometrial cancer.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, it lowered insulin, which is a growth factor,\u201d Gower explained. \u201cHigh-glucose diets result in high insulin, which stimulates cancer cell growth. Second, this ketogenic diet resulted in selected loss of visceral fat. Visceral fat is the \u2018bad fat\u2019 in the abdomen that is associated with elevated risk for cancer and diabetes. Third, we noted that patients with higher ketones had lower levels of IGF-1. IGF-1 is also a growth factor that stimulates cancer cells.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the study\u2019s findings show the benefits of the ketogenic diet in cancer patients, the study authors hope to continue to expand their research to see if it impacts cancer treatment too.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to acquire additional grant funding so we can conduct a larger study that begins the diet right at the time of diagnosis so we can better estimate its effects on treatment, prognosis and survival,\u201d Fontaine said.<\/p>\n