Is there a role for carbohydrate restriction in the treatment and prevention of cancer
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...As described, the activity of the HIF-1 transcription factor plays an important role in every aspect of cancer progression, from tumorigenesis to metastasis [14, 15]....
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...Ketone supplementation can be used, however, to elevate blood ketone levels to a therapeutic range of 2-7mM [6], which is reported to be beneficial in a vast array of disease states, including epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurological disorders [7, 13-19]....
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...It is not surprising, perhaps, that cancer continues to be very rare among hunter-gatherer societies which derive the majority of their calories from animal fat and protein, with only a small contribution from complex carbohydrates such as berries and roots [15, 16]....
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...CR has been shown to slow disease progression in a variety of cancer models [14-18]....
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...As indicated in Figure 2, restriction of dietary CHOs would counteract this signalling cascade by normalizing glucose and insulin levels in subjects with metabolic syndrome, in this way acting similar to calorie restriction/fasting [61,62]....
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