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ketogenic diet will also reduce your risk of other chronic diseases and

extend your lifespan.

How Therapeutic Ketosis Fights Cancer

Cancer cells cannot use ketones for fuel because of their mitochondrial

defects. They require an
✓ INCREASING CANCER CELL OXIDATIVE STRESS
abnormally higher amount ✓ BEING ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS

of glucose than normal cells ✓ LOWERING INSULIN LEVELS
and have 20 times more ✓ REDUCING INFLAMMATION

insulin receptors than ✓ PROMOTING APOPTOSIS (PROGRAMMED

normal cells. The increased CELL DEATH)

amount of insulin receptors and hyperactive glucose consumption of
cancer cells leads to continued stimulation of cancer development and

growth. Being in a state of Therapeutic Ketosis deprives cancer cells of
glucose, while protecting and strengthening normal cells, which can use

ketones for energy. Cancer cell glycolysis and proliferation are

thereby inhibited.

Now to get a bit more scientific, additional anticancer effects of

nutritional ketosis include:
▪ Acts as an inhibitor of histone deacetylases (which reduces the ability of

cancer cells to proliferate).
▪ Activates the AMPK (Adenosine Monophosphate-activated
Protein Kinase) pathway. AMPK is an energy-regulating molecule

that signals ATP production. Studies show that AMPK is involved

in cancer cell growth and survival and its activity is decreased in
cancer. By upregulating the AMPK pathway, nutritional ketosis

deprives cancer cells of glucose. Therefore, evidence shows
AMPK inhibits cancer cell growth and tumorigenesis via regulation

of mitochondria‐mediated metabolism.

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