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You can use any diet you want to try to avoid cancer. Some diets and exercise seem to reduce the risk.

But once you get diagnosed with cancer, for god's sake listen to your oncologist. The strategy at that point changes entirely, and diets are not going to reverse your cancer. Steve Jobs might be alive today if he hadn't dicked around with alternative approaches for so long. My mom survived because although she wanted to try alternative approaches, all 3 of her kids insisted that she listen to her oncologist.

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MAHDOOD 1y ago

The price one has to pay to deal with cancer is steep. Chemotherapy is brutal but taking a risk on some natural cure could end badly for you. Don’t put yourself in that position to begin with. Glad to hear your mom is well.

Matt 1y ago

There's a reason cancers are fed sugar to light up on scans. I choose to limit what cancers love most in my diet. To each their own.

I've seen stories of some cancers responding to high fat/protein diets. It's not a huge leap to just listen to your Oncologist AND not eat a diet rich in what your cancer needs to survive

This doesn't have to be an all or nothing approach. I work with many physicians. They have very little training on diet. Anything they know comes almost exclusively from their own research.

Mike Dilger ☑️ 1y ago

Ok sure, if the oncologist says you can do a diet too, go for it. Some diets might make things worse though.

Restricting sugar is one approach. Restricting folic acid is another approach. Restricting protein is a third approach. Different cancers may respond differently to various defecits. I've heard mice given aflatoxen and casein (milk protein) at 15% of their diet get liver cancer, but if protein is restricted below about 8% they don't get cancer even with the aflatoxin in their diet.

If your oncologist doesn't understand dietary impacts on the cancer you have, you should probably find another one.

Matt 1y ago

Yeah, I agree. It's important to choose an Oncologist that focuses heavily on all aspects of the fight (diet, medications/therapies, mental, etc). I would be concerned if a physician only ever focused on medications or just one component though. I think the focus on diet has been growing over the past several years. Listening to only some dude on the internet without consulting professionals is probably a recipe for disaster though.

maverick 1y ago

As an RN, I disapprove of this message.

dluvian 1y ago

Chemo is the last resort. I'd go big on fasting and consult experts on alternative methods and checking regularily with an oncologist on the state of my cancer. No need to poison yourself when the cancer shrinks by doing it your way.