Sweet_Musician4586 t1_iwdvhk1 wrote
Does this mean if you did keto you could achieve the same thing?
fizzaz t1_iwerc2c wrote
Not necessarily. You can still produce glucose on keto.
ginrumryeale t1_iwiy8da wrote
Not only can you still produce glucose, your body will automatically manufacture it whenever it needs.
Your body keeps a tightly controlled range of glucose in the blood at all times. If that glucose is not from coming from food, your body will easily manufacture the glucose from whatever macronutrients it has available.
Unfortunately even a basal level of glucose is enough for cancer to use as fuel. But even if glucose production could be magically shut down entirely, cancer would be able to use other fuel sources available in the cell. This is why keto alone has not been shown to halt or cure cancer.
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