A ketogenic diet promotes tumour growth in the small intestine in susceptible mice. In people, diet advice might need to be tailored to individual cancer risks.

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    3 days ago

    So these mice were on a high carb diet with exogenous ketones? 6% energy from fat isn’t ketogenic

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      3 days ago

      6% from soybean oil, total energy from fat was about 80%, except they didn’t count fibre in the diet as carbohydrates… if you do that its a 15% carb diet.

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        3 days ago

        I don’t tolerate sugar or fibre well, and I’ll avoid plant oils in general