What is this diet that’s supposed to help starve out cancer? Am asking for a family member with stage 3 stomach cancer.
I don’t know if it works or not, though I have heard claims of both yes and no. It’s in the book mentioned in the OP, How to Starve Cancer by Jane McLelland. It’s more than just diet, but I believe it centers on a ketogenic diet and fasting, claiming some cancers require glucose to grow. Again I have no expertise here, and most western oncologists would probably consider it quackery and put her on chemo and radiation...
The article never got to the “cure” did it?
I would guess its a no carb or sugar diet since cancer can only feed off glucose and not protein.
But I haven’t read the book so that is only an educated guess.
I have that book. :(
My wife died four months ago from cancer. We went very low carb, as cancer feeds primarily on glucose. But your body always makes enough to keep the cancer alive.
Most cells in the body can run on an alternate fuel called ketones, which are produced by the liver when fat is broken down. Cancer cells cannot use ketones. In the late ‘60’s, Dr. George Cahill fasted a group of volunteers for forty days. He showed in starvation, the brain runs on two thirds ketones, one third glucose. He then infused insulin, forcing glucose to a very low level. Normally, this would be fatal, but the subject had no ill effects, as the brain actually prefers ketones to glucose.
Adam Kapelner, a math professor, has proposed a cancer treatment based on Dr. Cahill’s research. He was a guest on the Keto Savage podcast. I think it’s about an hour long. Very interesting:
https://ketosavage.com/adam-kapelner-killing-cancer-via-ketogenesis-extreme-hypoglycemia/
His paper is here:
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1407.7622.pdf
“What is this diet that’s supposed to help starve out cancer? Am asking for a family member with stage 3 stomach cancer.”
Dr. Fung wrote a book on just that subject, so he’s convinced of it.
You might want to check out essiac tea. https://www.cancertutor.com/essiac/
More information on essiac tea: https://draxe.com/nutrition/essiac-tea/
A search will give more sites with information.