The idea of fighting cancer by changing what patients eat has obvious appeal, but it also raises worries. "I get a little scared when people start talking about diet for cancer since you can quickly get into pseudoscience here," Mayo's Thompson counters. He points out that data supporting the ketogenic diet in cancer are limited – and further that rigorous dietary studies are incredibly hard to pull off. "The drug companies aren't going to fund these types of trials," he says. "They can't make money marketing a diet."

Even Seyfried acknowledges, despite his zeal for treating cancer by tinkering with calories, that in all likelihood diet and nutrient-based cancer treatments will serve as adjuncts to existing therapies. But what would be wrong with that? "We're slowing the tumor down and making it extremely vulnerable to lower, less-toxic doses of available drugs," he says, "When people are locked into an ideology created by a dogma they tend not to focus on rational alternatives."

KETOGENICGURL wrote: »

Personal story: I survived a head on collision only to discover in the ER 40 minutes later that I had kidney cancer!! …A friend suggested I change my diet immediately both to heal my broken body and also to improve my chances of getting through a very major surgery, My diet was horrid before --all sugar and junk) ( Some of it was DUE to the silent but raging cancer I am certain)..all I wanted was sugar!

Well what I learned is a "surgeon" is a doctor who sees a "tumor with an annoying human" connected to it. They actually LAUGHED at me for thinking I could help myself with nutrition..and the staff joked cruelly I was "going to cure myself with herbs"!!!! ..I said no such thing..that is how they saw eating broccoli, and vegetables. . All I wanted was to change my bad diet to improve my odds ( and I had read the sugar feeds cancer theory too).

I fought like hell to put off the surgery long enough to lose some weight, actually BE better, and then it went amazingly well, home in 3 days, and cancer free. ( I used the Budwig protocol removing all sugars, and it was a dairy based vegetarian diet…. with berries) ..looking back it WAS high fat, low carb naturally..I lost 35 pounds, and had the surgery, meanwhile the cancer did not grow during this time.)

I continue an adapted LCHF vegetarian diet because I can't have the bacon or cheeseburgers you all brag on..boohoo. BUT I just had my BEST blood test ever in 5 years since surgery because I found the solution with this diet to meet my needs. Dropping sugar is the key, and carbs next, at least for me.

PS March is Kidney Month… lots of education and free testing to ensure kidneys are working… kidney disease is silent, and 31 Million US Americans don't know they have it. A little education goes a long way.
http://www.kidneyfund.org/news/news-releases/national-kidney-month-2016.html

mlinton_mesapark wrote: »

Just clicked on the link. The photo alone is really refreshing to see! Will read the article now. :-)