Is There a Better Cancer Therapeutic Strategy Than Chemo?

Ketogenic diets are forcing the cell to use oxidized fats, which require mitochondria. So you would think then that all things equal, a ketogenic diet would produce favorable cancer outcomes versus exogenous ketones. The reason I say that is because cancer cells also want lipids. They like to build more cells and you need lipids to build some of them. However, normal cells aren't primed to die so anything that's activating your mitochondria isn't going to kill them.

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