Yes. That’s how PET scans locate cancer in the body. They give you a radioactive sugar and then scan the body to see where it is located. Since cancer consumes sugar, the radioactive sugar lights up the scan wherever there is cancer.
My brother in law is a Radiologist who is board certified in Nuclear Medicine. I recently attended a radiology conference lecture he did on the history of PET scan development. He is now working with beta testing AI assisted PET scans as they give far more and more accurate detail.
Interesting. The new technology in radiology saved my life, I believe. It detected a very small malignancy in my breast that never would’ve been noticed five years earlier.
I did well on a keto diet for about six months a couple years ago and probably will try to do it again. Strange, though. I lost 25 pounds, but it decreased my glucose number by only 2.
It’s hard considering my love affair with potatoes and pasta.