A 2016 study from Clinical Cancer Research suggests that a low carb, high fat diet can have similar anti-tumor, metabolic effects as the ketogenic diet (KD). However, this diet is less restrictive and more palatable than the KD, so it could offer an alternative for glioblastoma patients.

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