Welcome to our ‘Keto for Cancer’ resource page!
This page is a compilation of resources related to keto for cancer. We hope this is helpful to you as you search for information about this topic. Please keep in mind that this page is a work in-progress and we will be constantly adding new resources as we discover them. If you would like to submit content to the resource page, please e-mail us the details and we will add it. Disclaimer: the resources below are intended as educational information only, not meant to replace a consultation with a medical professional. Please discuss any changes in your diet or other concerns with your medical doctor.
Website/Blogs
(When in doubt, start here)
- Keto Nutrition Resources (Dr. Dominic D’Agostino)
- Dietary Therapies (Miram Kalamian)
- Charlie Foundation Keto for Cancer Page
- Dr. Nasha Winters – Master the Metabolic Approach to Cancer
- MaxLove Project – Has served more than 20K kids fighting cancer
- Patricia Daly (Patricia Daly)
- Ketogenic Diet Resource (Ellen Davis)
- Cancer Decisions (Dr. Robert Moss – Moss Reports)
- KetoPet – Helping dogs fight cancer with keto
- Diet Doctor – Could Ketosis Help with Cancer Treatment? (Dr. Angela Poff)
- PaleoMedicina (Dr. Zsofia Clemens)
- Whole Food Plant-Based Keto Diet for Cancer
Books
- Keto for Cancer: Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy as a Targeted Nutritional Strategy by Miriam Kalamian
- The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet, and Nontoxic Bio-Individualized Therapies by Dr. Nasha Winters
- Tripping over the Truth: How the Metabolic Theory of Cancer Is Overturning One of Medicine’s Most Entrenched Paradigms
- Ketogenic Diet and Metabolic Therapies by Susan A. Masino
- Fight Cancer with a Ketogenic Diet by Ellen Davis
- The Ketogenic Kitchen: Low Carb. High fat. Extraordinary health. By Domini Kemp and Patricia Daly
- Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Prevention, and Prevention of Cancer by Thomas N. Seyfried
- Fat for Fuel: A Revolutionary Diet to Combat Cancer, Boost Brain Power, and Increase Your Energy by Dr. Joseph Mercola
- Keto Clarity by Jimmy Moore
- The 30-Day Ketogenic Cleanse: Reset Your Metabolism with 160 Tasty Whole-Food Recipes & Meal Plans by Maria Emmerich
- Ketogenic Diet and Metabolic Therapies
Online communities
- KETO DIET: GUIDANCE FOR CANCER PATIENTS
- Ketogenic Diet for Cancer Patients
- Membership – Keto For You
- Ketogenic Diet for Cancer (Archived group but can still view helpful posts)
- Metabolic Cancer Therapy and Nutritional Ketosis Clinical Registry
- Ketogenic Forums
- r/keto (Reddit)
Practitioners
- Metabolic Terrain Institute of Health directory of Terrain Network of Advocates and Practitioners
- Patricia Daly
- Allison Gannett
- Remission Nutrition
- List of Low Carb/Keto Doctors (Diet Doctor)
- Marsden Centre (Integrative Oncology)
- Beth Zupec-Kania (Nutrition Consultant & Training)
- Charlie Foundation resources on finding a professional
- KetoNutrition (Doctors supporting metabolic therapies and/or HBOT)
Podcast episodes
- Dom D’Agostino, Ph.D.: Ketosis, N=1, Exogenous Ketones, HBOT, seizures, and cancer (Peter Attia’s The Drive)
- Ketogenic Diet and Cancer: Neurosurgeon Dr. Kris Smith (Dave Asprey – Bulletproof Video)
- Dom D’Agostino on Fasting, Ketosis, and the End of Cancer (The Tim Ferriss Show)
- Biohackers LabEp27: Ketogenic Diet Brain Cancer Success Story & Tumor Tips with Alison Gannett
- Zsofia Clemens on reversing type 1 diabetes, Crohns and cancer (Dr. Paul Saladino)
- Keto Geek Podcast (Interview with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino)
- Ketovangelist (KetoCon2017 – Neuro-Cancer Panel)
- Ellen Davis Translating Dr. Thomas Seyfried’s Research on Keto Diets and Cancer (LLVLC-Jmmy Moore)
- Refined Sugar and Its Effects On Mortality, the Brain, Cancer, Hormones, and More (Dr. Rhonda Patrick)
- N=1 Experiment: Using Ketosis to Fight a Brain Tumor (with Andrew Scarborough on The Quantified Body podcast)
Videos
- Cancer and Ketogenic Nutrition (Miriam Kalamian)
- Joe Rogan Experience: Dom D’Agostino
- Miriam Kalamian – Keto and Cancer
- Treat Cancer with Diet? Professor Thomas Seyfried Makes a Compelling Case
- Dr. Adrienne Scheck – Tumor Metabolism and the Ketogenic Diet
- Beating Cancer with a Ketogenic Diet (Allison Gannett)
- Cancer as a Metabolic Disease – What You Need to Know: Professor Thomas Seyfried
- An Alternative View of Cancer ft. Thomas Seyfried
- Carbohydrate Restriction in Cancer Therapy (Dr. Dawn Lemanne)
- Fasting, Ketosis & The Metabolic Approach to Cancer (Nasha Winters)
- Modified Atkins Diet, Keto-Adaptation, Ketosis & More
- Cancer’s Ketogenic Kryptonite with Patricia Daly
Published research
- The glucose ketone index calculator: a simple tool to monitor therapeutic efficacy for metabolic management of brain cancer
- A ketogenic diet combined with melatonin overcomes cisplatin and vincristine drug resistance in breast carcinoma syngraft
- Treatment of glioma patients with ketogenic diets: report of two cases treated with an IRB-approved energy-restricted ketogenic diet protocol and review of the literature
- Ketogenic Diet in Children With Malignant or Recurrent/Refractory Brain Tumor (ClinicalTrials.gov)
- Press-pulse: A novel therapeutic strategy for the metabolic management of cancer
- Is there a role for carbohydrate restriction in the treatment and prevention of cancer?
- Ketogenic diet cancer trials currently in the works
Articles
- Diet and Cancer: What We Know and What We Don’t (Diet Doctor)
- What Do We Know About the Keto Diet? (Dr. Jethro Hu)
- What Is The Origin of Cancer? (Robb Wolf)
- Cancer as an Endocrine Disease (Dr. Jason Fung)
- RHR: The Ketogenic Diet and Cancer (Chris Kresser)
- Ketogenic Diet and Cancer: Coconut Oil or Snake Oil? (Alix Hayden via KetoDiet)
- Keto and Cancer (Keto Mojo)
People who have used keto for cancer
- Josh Perry (Brain Cancer Survivor and Keto Consultant)
- Cancer Diet: How Keto and the Glucose Ketone Index Helped Us
- Adrianna Stephenson’s son Parker (podcast interview with FatFueled Family)
- Stephanie Person helped her mother with cancer
- Ketogenic Diet Brain Cancer Success Story & Tumor Tips with Alison Gannett
- About Me and My Cancer Story – Patricia Daly
- Ketogenic Diet and Cancer Coconut Oil or Snake Oil?
- IT REALLY IS IN YOUR BLOOD: GLUCOSE TO KETONE RATIOS
- Keto and Surviving Cancer
- My Brain Cancer Story (Andrew Scarborough)
- KetoTherapy (Website coming soon)
- Treating Cancer with a Keto Diet (John Mahoney)
- Adam Sorenson and Pablo Kelly
Conferences
- Metabolic Health Summit
- Best Answer for Cancer
- Global Symposium on Medical Ketogenic Dietary Therapies
- KetoCon
- Low Carb USA
- Low Carb Denver
- Low Carb Universe
- Emerging Science of Carbohydrate Restriction and Nutritional Ketosis
- Keto Fest
- Health Optimisation Summit
- Biohacker Summit
- PaleoFx
- Upgrade Labs Annual Biohacking Conference
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