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Ketogenic Diet May Be Key to Cancer Recovery
To some, a ketogenic diet amounts to nothing less than a drug-free cancer treatment. The diet calls for eliminating carbohydrates, replacing them with healthy fats and protein.
The premise is that since cancer cells need glucose to thrive, and carbohydrates turn into glucose in your body, then cutting out carbs literally starves the cancer cells. Additionally, low protein intake tends to minimize the mTOR pathway, which accelerates cell proliferation.
This type of diet, in which you replace carbs with moderate amounts of high quality protein and high amounts of beneficial fat, is what I recommend for everyone, whether you have cancer or not. It’s simply a diet that will help optimize your weight and health overall, as eating this way will help you convert from carb burning mode to fat burning.
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So, when you alter your diet and become what’s known as “fat-adapted,” your body starts using fat for fuel rather than carbs. When you switch out the carbs for healthy fats, you starve the cancer out, as you’re no longer supplying the necessary fuel – glucose – for their growth. As D’Agostino explains:
"Your normal cells have the metabolic flexibility to adapt from using glucose to using ketone bodies. But cancer cells lack this metabolic flexibility. So we can exploit that.”
I’ve previously discussed ways to “starve” cancer, and eliminating sugar/fructose and grains (ie carbohydrates) is at the very top of the list. It’s the most basic step without which few other dietary strategies are likely to succeed. In order to be effective, you must first STOP doing that which is promoting cancer growth (or poor health in general), and then all the other preventive strategies have the chance to really have an impact.
Read full Dr Mercola article Ketogenic Diet link...
1 hour track work, Maffetone Method
180 minus age = target heart rate
do not go above this for endurance (fat burn) training
BASELINE
1 hour - 4.05 miles
average heart rate: 135
average pace: 14:48
best pace: 8:43
394 calories
POTENTIAL (CALIFORNIA) TEXAS RACES TO CONSIDER:
Nov - Ft Worth
Nov - RnR San Antonio
Nov - Gobble Gobble, Quadzilla, etc.
Dec - Dallas
Dec - Operation Jack (Dockweiler State Beach, CA)
Dec - New Years Double Day One
Jan - New Years Double Day Two
Jan - Texas Marathon
Jan - Houston
Feb - Austin
10:00am
1 coffee w/half and half
11:45am
shake: 1 cup beet kvass, spinach, cilantro, 1/2 cup blueberries, chocolate protein, fiber, 1 Tbsp chia, 1 Tbsp walnuts, 1 tsp coconut oil, spices, water, ice cubes.
32 oz water - done!
3:30pm post run
spicy hot greens (turnip, mustard, collard, cilantro, beet greens), 1/2 cup beans, 3/4 cup sprouted lentils, diced red onions, sliced mushrooms, cooked with 2 Tbsp chicken stock, 1 tsp coconut oil
1 cup kimchi
32 oz water - done!
6:00pm
green bean chicken salad
kombucha
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Alkaline Minerals
food sources:
POTASSIUM:
Avocado
Spinach
Soy sprouts
Lentils
Swiss Chard
Tomatos
Broccoli
Cucumber
Beetroot
Greens
Carrots
MAGNESIUM:
Pumpkin Seeds
Spinach
Soy sprouts
Swiss Chard
Broccoli
Cucumber
Sunflower Seed sprouts
Pumpkin seeds
Tomatoes
Celery
Quinoa
Almonds
CALCIUM:
Basil
Turnip
Thyme
Spinach
Greens
Broccoli
Swiss Chard/Silverbeet
Romaine Lettuce
Kale
Celery
Cabbage
Green Beans
Asparagus
Brussel Sprouts
Garlic
SODIUM:
Avocado
Carrots
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Kale
Lettuce
Greens
Parsley
Peppers
Radish
Sunflower Seed sprouts
Turnip
Note on Sodium:
We are talking about proper, pure sodium, not table salt or the salt added to refined foods.