Cancer cells require a lot of glucose for energy—more than normal cells. This is because cancer cells metabolize, or break down, sugars using a different and less efficient process than that of normal, healthy cells. Cells typically use oxygen to burn glucose for energy. Because cancer cells grow in excess and become densely packed, however, they often survive in a low-oxygen environment and have adapted to breaking down sugars in the absence of oxygen—a process called anaerobic metabolism. Unfortunately, anaerobic metabolism is much less efficient than breaking down sugars aerobically, or with oxygen. As a result, cancer cells may need as much as 40 times more glucose than normal cells that function with sufficient levels of oxygen to generate the same amount of energy.
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This is one of the many reasons I am on a ketogenic diet. It should be no surprise that cancer is so rampant amongst Americans considering the average diet. Correlation? I definitely think so.
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Good for your health. Avoid carbs as much as possible. And it is not easy task nowadays because our modern highly processed foods are really full of lots of carbs!
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90% of foods in the grocery store are mostly carbs. I've felt significantly better since chanting my diet up and i think it's something I'm going to continue for a long time for the long term benefits.
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There are three main types of nutrients: structural nutrients (mainly proteins), regulatory nutrients (vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients, etc), and energetic nutrients (mainly fats and carbs).
If you are not an athlete or do not consume a lot of energy in your day to day life, I would recommend you to lower your intake of energetic nutrients, specially carbs, since there are fats that are essential, while there are no essential carbs. Ketogenic diet is an excelent strategy to fight or even starve cancer cells.
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