28-08-2023, 08:13 AM
Zhaki Abdullah
UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE – A ketogenic diet can help slow the growth of cancer tumours, though it can also accelerate a wasting syndrome that causes the loss of skeletal muscle and fat, recent research has found.
But when such a diet is combined with the use of the steroid hormone dexamethasone, they can suppress tumour growth while delaying the wasting syndrome, known as cachexia.
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A ketogenic or keto diet, which is high in fat and low in carbohydrates, would starve tumours of the glucose they need.
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while such diets can slow cancer growth, they also accelerate cachexia, which is common among cancer patients.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/h...isks-study
UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE – A ketogenic diet can help slow the growth of cancer tumours, though it can also accelerate a wasting syndrome that causes the loss of skeletal muscle and fat, recent research has found.
But when such a diet is combined with the use of the steroid hormone dexamethasone, they can suppress tumour growth while delaying the wasting syndrome, known as cachexia.
......
A ketogenic or keto diet, which is high in fat and low in carbohydrates, would starve tumours of the glucose they need.
......
while such diets can slow cancer growth, they also accelerate cachexia, which is common among cancer patients.
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/h...isks-study