Fight Cancer with a Ketogenic Diet, Third Edition: Using a Low-Carb, Fat-Burning Diet as Metabolic Therapy Paperback – January 17, 2017

This book is an excellent source for those who want to know much of the details about a Ketogenic diet for cancer but who need it succinctly. Miriam Kalamian's book has more detail, but I have had friends tell me it was more than they wanted to know. For those people Ellen Davis's book would be best. There were some things I learned from Davis that I did not learn from Kalamian. The only problem with Davis is that there is NO INDEX. That means if you want to go back to something you remember, you have no quick and easy way to find it. Because of that I wound up reading it 3 times, each of which had value. However, I would have appreciated an index. But the book has so much that I did not want to take away a star. When I find something of value in a book, I mark it up. My copy has marks all over.

This workbook-size book is full of practical info for going Keto to fight cancer, but also offers lots of useful info on compatible therapies such as ketone supplementation, calorie restriction, and useful supplements that kill cancer cells or boost the immune system.I'm not doing keto yet, but getting into ketosis by doing intermittent fasting and taking some of the recommended supplements while doing chemo -- so far this approach has kept the side effects to a minimum. Only time will tell if it will keep the cancer from recurring.

I have metastatic disease and learned a lot from this book. It's not as overwhelming as the oncologist office, and gives me something to control....and possibly help myself along the way.

This might be a good beginning book for someone and I am glad it has been so helpful to so many. I had heard Ellen Davis in an interview and I was expecting more in-depth information. I had already read Nasha WInters and Miriam Kalamian whose books had more and better information, and indexes with which to find it.Her use of exchanges to measure food does not make sense when the keto recipe books, the scales, the trackers all use ounces and grams.For someone who has cancer and a big battle ahead, I would recommend Miriam Kalamian's book for getting started, and cronometer.com for tracking what you eat. Then, The Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Nasha WInters, doctor of Naturopathy, is really good - 350 pages from her experience coaching cancer patients. These two women come from a place of their own life-and-death struggles with Keto diet and cancer and it shows in the intensity of their studies. I go back to these two books again and again. They are fine works and for them, I'd pay double what I did if I had to.

Interesting book and I agree with a lot of what she writes but not everything. She also has a very complicated system for figuring out what to eat and how to keep track of it. Instead I use an app on my phone that does all the work for me and is excellent.

This book presents the argument that cancer is a symptom and a mitochondrial process. Well presented argument the many who suffer from cancer should consider. It may also prevent metastasis if you are at an early stage.

Fight Cancer with a Ketogenic Diet is a fascinating look at cancer as a metabolic disease and as an attempt to combat it with diet. Davis takes the position that a ketogenic diet can help fight cancer because it eliminates or drastically resists insulin-activating carbohydrates and sugars, allowing the cells to burn fats for energy rather than sugars. It ties in with other research I have done in the importance of eradicating sugar and slowing the metabolism. Unfortunately this won't work for me because of my gall bladder problems. However, for those without gall bladder problems, the ketogenic diet might be of great assistance in battling cancer. It is straightforward and helpful and includes recommended resources.

I felt much worse following the guidelines in this book.