Carbohydrate-free diet prolongs the life of men

After experiments with mice, researchers from the United States are inclined to believe that the correct diet can be a powerful tool in the fight against prostate cancer. According to the doctors, the diet based on foods that do not contain carbohydrates, slows tumor growth and prolongs the life of the patient.

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Thanks to earlier studies, specialists from the Medical Center at Duke University became convinced that the growth of tumors in laboratory mice was associated with an increase in serum insulin and a substance known as insulin-like growth factor. Experts reasonably assumed that the reduction of these components in the body can cause a slowing of tumor development.

Since insulin levels affect the use uglevodosoderzhaschih products, medical rodents were divided into two groups, each of which adhered to their diet. In one group of mice ate fed the low carbohydrate, and the second - a low-fat, carbohydrate-rich foods but.

The analysis of rodents, the researchers concluded that a diet based on foods that do not contain carbohydrates, is really able to slow down tumor growth in prostate cancer.

Scientists believe that this study provides reason to believe that glycoprivous diet as effective and for men. However, this statement would still have to be tested in clinical trials. (READ MORE)

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