Low Carbohydrate Diets in Cancer Therapeutics: Current Evidence

Christopher Haskins; Justin Cohen; Rupesh Kotecha; Rupesh Kotecha; Adeel Kaiser; Adeel Kaiser; Adeel Kaiser

doi:10.3389/fnut.2021.662952

Frontiers in Nutrition (Nov 2021)

Low Carbohydrate Diets in Cancer Therapeutics: Current Evidence

Christopher Haskins,
Justin Cohen,
Rupesh Kotecha,
Rupesh Kotecha,
Adeel Kaiser,
Adeel Kaiser,
Adeel Kaiser

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Christopher Haskins: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
Justin Cohen: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
Rupesh Kotecha: Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health, Miami, FL, United States
Rupesh Kotecha: Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States
Adeel Kaiser: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
Adeel Kaiser: Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health, Miami, FL, United States
Adeel Kaiser: Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.662952
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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Low carbohydrate diets have a promising mechanistic rationale in the treatment of cancer with favorable preclinical data. The strongest data suggest synergistic effects of dietary interventions with traditional cancer therapies. Recent prospective clinical trials suggest that low carbohydrate diets are safely and feasibly added within a busy oncology clinic, with hopeful additive effects in treatment enhancement.

Published in Frontiers in Nutrition

ISSN: 2296-861X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Home economics: Nutrition. Foods and food supply
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/

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