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Dansvidania on Jan 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: A friend has brain cancer: any bio hacks t...

I wish I had something better to add, but I can add an anecdotal +1 to this.

A relative went keto pretty hard after a bad diagnosis and they are still going strong. As far as I understand it, cancer cells can only function on glucose.

layla5alive on Jan 10, 2025 | [–]

Some types of cancer cells

Dansvidania on Jan 10, 2025 | | [–]

do you have a source for this? not arguing, just would like to read more

circlefavshape on Jan 10, 2025 | [–]

In my life a relative (by marriage) went keto after a bowel cancer diagnosis, and died at age 45

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