Ketogenic Diets Do Not Generalize: Tissue-Specific Cancer Effects Revealed
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MIT researchers found that a ketogenic diet increases small-intestine tumor formation in mice predisposed to intestinal cancer by boosting fatty-acid oxidation and stem-cell division, while earlier data suggested colon protection; ketone bodies are not the driver, and the colon's response differs, underscoring tissue-specific diet effects and caution against generalizing ketogenic-diet benefits.
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