Low Carb Diet to Fight Brain Tumors?
High-fat, Low-carbohydrate Diet Significantly Slows Tumor Growth And Enhances Health In Mice
Boston College biologists have identified an alternative, diet-based method of treating brain cancer that does not involve administering toxic chemicals, radiation or invasive surgery.The biologists found that KetoCal, a commercially available high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet designed to treat epilepsy in children, can significantly decrease the growth of brain tumors in laboratory mice. Moreover, the diet significantly enhanced health and survival rates relative to mice in control groups who consumed a standard low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet.
It is well known that healthy fats promote brain development in children. Very interesting that there may also be a connection for cancer sufferers.