Wed, Apr-04-18, 05:28
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Plan: P:E/DDF
Stats: 225/150/169
BF:45%/28%/25%
Progress: 134%
Location: NC
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After USnews ranked the Ketogenic dead last in their list of Best Diets, Elaine Howley writes this:
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Can a Keto Diet Slow the Growth of Breast Cancer?
A diet that removes nearly all carbohydrates has shown some success in shrinking cancer tumors faster.
By Elaine K. Howley, Contributor |April 2, 2018
Remember way back in the 1980s and 1990s when fat was the enemy and doctors and nutritionists espoused the virtues of a high-carb, low-fat diet? When a plain baked potato was considered a healthy lunch and eggs, bacon and butter were bad? The food industry jumped on the bandwagon, stripping products of fat and cramming them full of sugar to keep them palatable just so they could label them as low-fat and thus boost sales.
By the early 2000s, though, that approach had turned completely on its head. The Atkins Diet, which promotes high protein and fat and low carbohydrate consumption, is often credited with leading the way toward the low-carb revolution. It gave way to the paleo diet movement, where people eat like our hunter-gatherer ancestors. And other fad diets have come and gone in between, each branding carbs and sugar as the enemy.
[See: The 10 Best Diets for Healthy Eating.]
More recently, the ketogenic or keto diet has begun garnering attention among ultra-endurance athletes and those seeking to lose weight. People following this diet eat no more than 10 percent of their calories from carbohydrates, about 20 percent from protein and the remaining 70 percent from healthy fats. Maintaining this ratio of macronutrients for a period of time (typically between two and seven days) causes your body to go into ketosis, a state in which the liver produces ketones – energy molecules derived from fatty acids produced by the liver as a byproduct of breaking down fat for fuel. The idea is that by depriving your body of carbohydrates, which it can more easily burn for energy, you force it into a fat-burning mode that torches reserved fat stores and bingo, you lose weight or can run, swim or bike nearly endlessly on minimal food.
Long article with links to studies continues....
https://health.usnews.com/health-ca...f-breast-cancer
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Hysterically the link to 10 best diets does not include Keto, but with luck, people will read this article for content, not USDA influences. |