"even in the case of metastatic tumors" - Coconut Oil, Ketones and Alzheimer's: 2nd Ketone Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland

Coconut Oil, Ketones and Alzheimer's: 2nd Ketone Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland

"Another section of the conference focused on cancer and the ketogenic diet with caloric restriction (20-40% less than maintenance calories). Dr. Tom Seyfried presented his research showing that glioblastomas (brain cancer) shrink by as much as 80% in response to this type of diet. He believes that at least 80% of cancerous tumors would shrink with this approach, since most cancers can use only glucose as fuel and cannot use ketones. On this type of diet as the blood sugar becomes low, the blood supply and energy to the tumor dwindles as well as the tumor(s), even in the case of metastatic tumors. He has some human case studies as well as plenty of animal studies to support this. "