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By Donald Garrity, RD, CDN, Nutrition Counselor, Integrative Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York  / March 15, 2014

The Ketogenic Diet in Cancer Control

Ketogenic (or very-low-carbohydrate) diets have been employed since the 1920s as nonpharmacologic therapies for epilepsy and, in some instances, have obviated the need for medication for that disease. Since the 1960s, the ketogenic diet has become better known as a means of managing obesity. This...