onthefence said...
Another point of view:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc5472048/
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I notice at the very top of the list of risk factors, tied with smoking, is "BMI". Since, in my experience at least, by far the most effective way for me to lower BMI is some form of Keto, it would seem Keto would be a good way to go.
LenDen mentions "Dr. Thomas Seyfried, at Boston University, who believes cancer is a metabolic disease and can be treated with diet and fasting. ". However, some claim that Prostate cancer is different, and does not gobble sugar, but rather fat. This is why certain types of scans won't work on PCa. But others claim this is only in the early stages, and that indeed advanced PCa gobbles sugar to sustain it's rapid growth.
OTOH, all cancers, as far as I know, use insulin as a growth factor. And if you want more insulin in your blood, eat more sugar/carbs. I recall one study years ago comparing blood insulin levels to PCa outcomes. The highest quartile for insulin had a 3 times worse result(for occurrence? mets? mortality? Can not remember), while adding highest insulin to largest waist girth(there is that BMI thing again) resulted in 8 times worse outcomes. So that sounds pretty good for the keto camp to me, since if you are in ketosis both your blood sugar and insulin are going to be lowered, shortly followed by a shrinking waistline. Then again, as is common, that was just one study.
So, does Keto make PCa worse, better or neither(neutral)? I do not know. But in my case, it sure does a number on my BMI and waist size, at least until I start gorging carbs again(TG, Christmas, look out). And smaller BMI seems to be consistently considered beneficial for all cancers as well as many other health issues. So I lean in it's favor.
Bill
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