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Western diet looses. Causes cancer in mice.

Western diet is heavy on grains. High carb diet caused cancer in mice. Image: Afonin

Western diet is heavy on grains. High carb diet caused cancer in mice. Image: Afonin

In a study published in Cancer Research, researchers compared the development of tumors in mice on the Western diet or on a low carb diet. The Western diet promoted tumor growth.

Plan:

"Since cancer cells depend on glucose more than normal cells, we compared the effects of low carbohydrate (CHO) diets to a Western diet on the growth rate of tumors in mice."

Outcome:

"Strikingly, in a genetically engineered mouse model of HER-2/neu-induced mammary cancer, tumor penetrance in mice on a Western diet was nearly 50% by the age of 1 year whereas no tumors were detected in mice on the low CHO diet."

Learn more: A low carbohydrate, high protein diet slows tumor growth and prevents cancer initiation.

Low-carb ultramarathoner wins at record-breaking pace

Earlier this summer, Steve Phinney and Jeff Volek, authors of The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance, headed to theWestern States 100-mile Endurance Run, to study how runners in this grueling race fared, literally, for they were checking how the athletes performed, AND how they ate.  Steve Phinney says that more and more endurance athletes are choosing low-carb, high-fat. They’re choosing this diet both to get over digestive problems that hit in such a demanding event, and to win the race, and win it BIG!  That’s what Tim Olson did this year.  A self-proclaimed low-carb eater, Tim won the race — with a record-breaking pace.  

Shelley
Me & My Diabetes