Ketogenic diet for cancer
The ketogenic diet is used as a complementary treatment in certain types of cancer. Some tumors use glucose as their main source of energy. This diet is aimed at eliminating foods with carbohydrates from the diet, allowing only carbohydrates that come from non-starchy vegetables.
It is a diet high in healthy fats, moderate in the consumption of high-quality proteins and low in carbohydrates.
Recent studies have shown that squamous cell tumors are much smaller when chemotherapy is administered combined with a ketogenic diet.
To correctly follow the ketogenic diet in cancer patients, the amount of daily calories must be calculated according to the person's weight, sex, and activity. On the other hand, the amount of daily protein that can be consumed is very important. The amount of protein must be limited, ensuring that it is the amount necessary to satisfy the body's needs, but without a surplus, since the tumor can use the proteins to synthesize glucose.
The ketogenic diet for cancer patients should exclude proteins from red meat and poultry, limiting it to proteins from wild fish and proteins of plant origin.
Its effectiveness has also been demonstrated in the treatment of brain tumors, especially in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme and in the treatment of squamous carcinoma of the lung and head and neck.
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