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by jokethrowaway 962 days ago
Not yet! Keto is correlated with slowed growth of tumors.

A high carb, low fat diet may very well be what's fueling cancer.

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some cancer. We already know different cancers use different 'fuel'. A keto diet would likely speed growth of cancers that can use or prefer ketones for instance. But for ones that only absorb glucose, the rats in the article indicate a maybe.