Alison’s therapeutic ketogenic diet is adjunct support to prevent, manage, or conquer cancer.
Here are just a few things it can do for you:
- anti-angiogenic – thru reduction of IGF-1 pathway and AKT signaling (Dr. Thomas Seyfried)
- pro-apoptotic, promotes autophagy- stimulates cancer cells to die a natural cell death (Dr. Thomas Seyfried)
- anti-inflammatory thru NFKb signaling (NF Kappa Beta) (Dr. Thomas Seyfried)
- up-regulate AMPK to upregulate insulin, stimulate gylcolysis, fatty acid oxidation and mitochondria building/repair while inhibiting anabolic pathways (source)
- inhibition of MROR which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and many types of cancer (source)
- increases cellular signaling – NFKb – NF Kappa Beta – (Dr. Thomas Seyfried)
- reversal of cancer growth (American Nutrition Association)
- combats high levels of oxidative stress (American Nutrition Association)
- hyperacetlyation and stabilization of p53 tumor suppressor which can repair DNA and mitochondrial damage (American Nutrition Association)
- lowers pro-inflammatory cytokines (hyperinflammation related to almost all diseases including heart disease, cancer, diabetes, ALS, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s (American Nutrition Association)
- reduces oxidative stress (American Nutrition Association)
- creates a metabolic “chokehold” on cancer cells (American Nutrition Association)
- lowers glutamine intake via protein restriction, as glutamine can drive cancer cell growth (glutamate excitotoxicity )(American Nutrition Association) – can assist with many diseases and migraines
- lowers methionine intake via protein restriction
- lowers arginine intake via protein restriction
- 95% of cancers are not inherited, but driven by glycolytic pathways
- inhibits MTOR
- lowers blood glucose, lowers insulin, lowers insulin resistance
- Activation of ATP-sensitive potassium channels by mitochondrial metabolism
- improved mitochondrial function by reduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) – (source) which is also implicated in neurological disorders including: Alzheimer’s, MS, Parkinson’s, ALS
- blocks NLRP3 inflammasome (blocks inflammation) – lowers cytokine storm (Dr. Dominique D’Agostino)
- Inhibition of the mammalian target of rapamycin pathway – lowering depression (source)
- anti-seizure by reduced glutamic excitatory synaptic transmission (source)
- can prevent and repair mechanisms for Alzheimer’s (source)
- can assist reversing root causes (insulin resistance) of PCOS, hypertension, gout, erectile disfunction, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, fatty liver (American Nutrition Association)
- suppresses COX-2 pathway, reducing inflammation (source) (like a COX inhibitor without the side effects)
- inhibits mTOR cellular signaling to maintain/create intestinal homeostasis (source)
