Ketogenic diet

Hi,

I hope you agreed with what was said here about avoiding the Keto Diet to help you beat this cancer. Some people are determined to go their own way with alternative treatments, but they can be counterproductive while in active medical treatment and need to be held until you get that behind you. (emphasis on last bit of that sentence)

We tend to advocate that you check with your oncologist first before "going off the reservation" to improve your odds of a cure causing the opposite of what you are hoping to accomplish. This holds especially true for supplements and, yes, some diets. Alternative Care options to ease your way through chemo (i.e. Complementary Medicine) can be very helpful, though. Just don't put anything in your body without first consulting the doctor managing your chemo and/or radiation.

In the case of this keto diet, it's important to understand that many chemo drugs are designed to function by preferring cancer cells when they are in an active state. It can make them better targets than healthy cells that you don't want to kill. Doctors would rather that you eat a healthy diet, rather than an unconventional one for this reason. Attempting to starve your cancer during active treatment would make chemo less effective rather than more, so you really don't want to do that now.

Another bit of food for thought for you to chew on is that cancer is a complicated beast with many variables to deal with. You want advice from professionals who know what they are talking about, be they a medical specialist or a naturopath that specializes in treating cancer patients. What you read online or get as advice from others who mean well should be used as a starting point for asking questions and learning rather than something you need to hurry up and act on.

Personally, I tend to be skeptical of simple solutions being the answer to complex issues. For medical problems, it feels like they place blame on an individual for not having lived their lives a certain way for the circumstances that they find themselves in and hence why so many look for something that they can control going forward when it's often just not possible because of genetics, environmental exposures, etc. Don't fall into that trap for your cancer. Adopting a healthier lifestyle is never a bad thing, but getting cancer is not your fault.