Cancer Metabolism and Sugar: How Keto and Carnivore Diets Target Cancer’s Weakness

Introduction
Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be daunting, but taking control of your diet offers a proactive way to impact your health. Sugar, a primary fuel for cancer cells, exacerbates cancer progression through multiple biological pathways.

Here, we explore how reducing sugar intake and adopting Keto or Carnivore diets can be pivotal, backed by scientific insights, and introduce a forthcoming comprehensive cancer protocol aimed at maximizing your body's natural defenses.

Understanding Sugar's Role in Cancer Progression
The link between sugar consumption and cancer is increasingly clear in scientific research:

• Metabolic Manipulation: Cancer cells prefer glucose for energy, a process known as the Warburg effect, which helps them grow and invade healthy tissue. Reducing sugar intake can deprive cancer cells of their preferred fuel. [Seyfried, T.N., & Mukherjee, P. (2005). Targeting energy metabolism in brain cancer through calorie restriction and the ketogenic diet. Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics, 1(3), 208-223.]
• Inflammation and Immunity: High sugar diets induce chronic inflammation, undermining the immune system's ability to combat tumor growth. [Mantovani, A., et al. (2008). Inflammation and cancer: back to Virchow? Lancet Oncology, 9(2), 356-370.]
• Hormonal Disruption: Excess sugar leads to elevated levels of insulin and IGF-1, promoting cancer cell proliferation and survival. [Giovannucci, E. (2001). Insulin, insulin-like growth factors and colon cancer: a review of the evidence. Journal of Nutrition, 131(11), 3109S-3120S.]