Here are some of my impressions after reading the link:
It states the premise is to starve cancer cells by restricting carbohydrates because carbs turn into glucose and it is glucose that feeds cancer. By lowering glucose levels the Ketogenic diet claims you can starve cancer into "oblivion".
In that case, you would also be starving your brain into oblivion becasuse your brain needs glucose to function properly. You can't have it both ways, if you're starving one you're starving the other too.
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Dr. Mercola mentions "high quality protein" but doesn't define it.
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Sugar Restriction: I'm all for it. I don't eat anything with added sugar. But this is what most people are against. They usually say it's no fun and call for "all things in moderation".
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He describes intermittent fasting as "eating less of everything, period." No grain and no sugar basically means no baked goods, pizza, pasta etc. So what's left? Vegetables, fruit, nuts, legumes and seeds. Telling people to eat less of everything means eating less of all the healthy foods too, starting with vegetables. It doesn't make sense.
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Eat less protein: The doctor suspects that protein may play a role in promoting cancer. Does this mean he read The China study?
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The doctor recommends eating plenty of good quality fats for energy. If you don't eat grain you need to get your calories from somewhere. That's fine but it represents a contradiction to calorie restriction. Fat is the most calorie dense food of any food.
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Ristricting Grain: It's doubtful that restricting grain will prevent cancer. The Okinawan elders eat 7 servings of grain per day. That makes up 32% of their diet by weight. Americans eat about 11%. The Okinawans eat far more grain than Americans yet have far less cancer, about 3 to 4 times less. I don't believe in eating 7 servings of grain per day like the Okinawan elders (I eat 3 servings per day). Seven servings of grain per day is extreme, in my opinion, but it's also extreme to eliminate it.
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