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Re: Starving cancer by cutting off its favorite foods

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> your body closely regulates the level of glucose in your blood. Your brain would literally starve without it. Is this actually true? Having done the ketogenic diet and bringing carbohydrates down to almost nothing, my brain definitely didn't starve. In fact, running on ketones was amazing.

No. All the excess protein you likely consumed has actually increased your risk of cancer significantly.

Source?

Re: Starving cancer by cutting off its favorite foods

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A carnivorous diet (meat only, zero carbs) would accomplish the same without the pharmacological drawback. Been on the diet for over a year and have never felt better in my life.

Keto/carnivore is incredibly dangerous to the human body in the long run (5+ years out).

Excess protein (in fact, even in the amounts society recognizes as "normal") is bad for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R07FL1wVo4

Re: Starving cancer by cutting off its favorite foods

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I wonder if occasional long term fasts can reduce your cancer risk.

Prolonged fasts (dry and water fasts) are the key to getting well and curing a long list of diseases.

Edit: I don't want to provide sources. Me not providing a source on demand for the HN crowd does not mean this is not true. Do your own research, or don't.

Re: Starving cancer by cutting off its favorite foods

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A carnivorous diet (meat only, zero carbs) would accomplish the same without the pharmacological drawback. Been on the diet for over a year and have never felt better in my life.

Keto/carnivore is incredibly dangerous to the human body in the long run (5+ years out). Excess protein (in fact, even in the amounts society recognizes as "normal") is bad for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R07FL1wVo4

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Re: Starving cancer by cutting off its favorite foods

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A carnivorous diet (meat only, zero carbs) would accomplish the same without the pharmacological drawback. Been on the diet for over a year and have never felt better in my life.

No, it wouldn't. Your brain needs glucose to survive and your body will manufacture it if it's not present. If you actually were able to accomplish what you're saying, you'd be braindead.

Re: Starving cancer by cutting off its favorite foods

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I wonder if occasional long term fasts can reduce your cancer risk.

Supposedly it can, because your body when lacking nutrition for several days (I think like 5 at least) will break down weak/damaged cells for protein, which usually are the ones most likely to turn cancerous at some point.

This is what I've read on the topic and longetivity studies on people who go on long term fasts seem to support it.

That's what I've been told/read on the topic, but I'm not an expert by any means.

Re: Starving cancer by cutting off its favorite foods

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I wonder if occasional long term fasts can reduce your cancer risk.

Yes. Do a fast at the start of Spring & Fall.

I always respected the religions that observed some sort of fast, as it was a cool way they encoded health & longevity into their population.

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post #16

A carnivorous diet (meat only, zero carbs) would accomplish the same without the pharmacological drawback. Been on the diet for over a year and have never felt better in my life.

No, it wouldn't. Your brain needs glucose to survive and your body will manufacture it if it's not present. If you actually were able to accomplish what you're saying, you'd be braindead.

You need ATP. The Krebs cycle can manufacture it from either ketone bodies or from glucose.

Re: Starving cancer by cutting off its favorite foods

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A carnivorous diet (meat only, zero carbs) would accomplish the same without the pharmacological drawback. Been on the diet for over a year and have never felt better in my life.

Keto/carnivore is incredibly dangerous to the human body in the long run (5+ years out). Excess protein (in fact, even in the amounts society recognizes as "normal") is bad for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R07FL1wVo4

The Vegetarian Society of Hawaii isn't exactly an unbiased source. Maybe for balance we should post a video from the Texas Cattlemen's Association.
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