Tue, Nov-30-10, 12:53
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Senior Member
Posts: 602
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Plan: paleo/atkins
Stats: 134/134/127
BF:
Progress: 0%
Location: New Zealand
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Originally Posted by Zei
I've wondered about this. I do eat very low carb, but my body still has normal to above normal blood sugar levels. It must be manufacturing its own glucose from the other things I eat because I'm not eating the carbs. So while there are plenty of other benefits of low-carb eating and avoiding sugar, it seems like if starving yourself to avoid carbs wouldn't stop the tumor from finding glucose in your body, neither would low-carbing because your body still makes some glucose, if cancer cells are that much better at extracting it from your body than healthy non-ketone-using cells that need it. Anyone have ideas about this?
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Well, don't many cancer patients die of starvation as the cancer deprives the body of nutrition? So staying well nourished with ketones might at least help stay strong?
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