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Cancer and Sugar!! Lordy, Lordy, here we go again!!!

Forums General Melanoma Community Cancer and Sugar!! Lordy, Lordy, here we go again!!!

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      guynamedbilly
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        Thanks for this.  I think like you regarding diet, but I have grown more curious about the claims of a ketogenic diet, which they claim actually provides less glucose than your body would normally produce.  You have to take a leap of faith to believe their claims though, because of the lack of testing them.

        Spl25
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          Some evidence that BRAF (but not NRAS/ C-KIT etc.) melanoma actually prefers fat to sugar, and that ketogenic diets promote tumor growth in v600e mutated pts — just ANOTHER CONFUSING WRINKLE THANKS SCIENCE. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/01/170112141359.htm

            ed williams
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              Hi Spl25, when ever an article doesn't have an author, it kind of makes me think that I shouldn't put much faith in it!!! Just saying!!!Best Wishes!!!Ed

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