A new Nature study in cancer-prone mice found that a ketogenic diet boosted small-intestinal tumors while suppressing colon tumors, and the culprit was dietary fat burning in stem cells, not ketones.
A ketogenic diet -- which provides 99% of calories from fat and only 1% from carbohydrates -- produces health benefits in the short term, but negative effects after about a week, Yale researchers found in a study of mice. The... Continue Reading →
A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet like the Keto regimen has its fans, but influenza apparently isn't one of them. Mice fed a ketogenic diet were better able to combat the flu virus than mice fed food high in carbohydrates, according to... Continue Reading →