Has anyone heard about the Keto diet helping to fight tumours?

@KylieG @CRM The topic of "What foods can help fight cancer" is something most of us ponder during & after treatment. I am not overweight & am a fitness freak. I am a vegetarian & maintain a well balanced diet & am very interested in health & nutrition generally. After the dust had settled following my treatment, i too, went looking for books on the "magic" foods to eat following cancer. I did find brochures & info on the BCNA website, Cancer Council SA website & also material in the medical waiting rooms which i found very helpful & I knew these sources would be correct.
A couple of months after my treatment, I was invited by Cancer Council SA to participate in a Healthy Living After Cancer programme that ran for around 12 months. It was done over the phone & run by Cancer Council SA in conjunction with the University of Queensland so I knew the info & advice would be correct & genuine. One section of this course focused on food & i remember asking the consultant "Are there any foods you can eat that will help you fight cancer or stop it coming back?" & she said NO. The recommendation: A healthy diet with more fruit, veggies & wholegrain was best & also a reduction in fat & sugar intake. Limit portion sizes & make healthy food choices. Another thing we can do for ourselves which is proven, is exercise & limit stress which go hand in hand.
Try not to obsess over it & as long as you follow normal healthy eating & exercise, you will do the best you can for your body!! Good luck xx

Take it slowly! If the worst you ever do is worry about what your food might  be doing to you, you are doing well! Even without bc, the food laws are bizarre. Eggs or not? Dairy is good for you or not? Variety has the benefit of limiting anything that next week might be discovered to be a Bad Thing. Having lost my taste buds during Taxol, I am still grateful for flavours I enjoy. A little of what you fancy is not a bad thing either. As you know, none of this is likely to have ‘caused’ anything, just as, sadly, it’s unlikely to cure anything. Best wishes.

Thanks @Afraser and @kmakm for your logic.  I've developed major post treatment food anxiety, which I am sure a lot of people do after any serious illness. I'm obsessive/ neurotic about what my partner and I eat and end up in tears if I think I've eaten something 'bad' for me. I'm completely aware of how irrational my thinking is at the moment... just need to work on it!

@KylieG 
Agree with others be careful of Google as it is sometimes an opinion from a user not a professional!
BCNA website has information on diet and exercise

https://www.bcna.org.au/health-wellbeing/physical-wellbeing/healthy-eating/

Hi Kylie. My understanding is the only connection between food and breast cancer is that if you are overweight it increases your risk. And I think that's because fat cells produce estrogen and as 70% of breast tumours are ER+ being overweight provides a cancer with a steady supply of food.

At a basic level, all food we put into our body is broken down to glucose, and all our cells use that to grow. Doesn't matter if it's a chocolate eclair or a celery stick, it all ends up as glucose.

I'm open to hard evidence, so am happy to learn otherwise. If doing a particular diet makes you happy, go for it, but at this stage I wouldn't put too much tumour fighting store in any diet. K xox

PS also tried and true, beware of Dr Google. Anyone can put anything on the internet. 

My understanding is that while there has been some work with a ketogenic diet in relation to brain cancer, it’s as yet inconclusive. As is a ketogenic diet and losing weight! This all gets a bit close to Paleo Pete for my taste. I understand the desire to do anything that will help, but personally I am quite keen on some clear evidence. The standard at the moment seems to be the tried and true - a balanced diet, lots of vegetables, fish, some fruit and dairy, some carbs, nuts, lighter on meat, light on alcohol and sugar. Best wishes.