Impact of a ketogenic diet intervention on body composition changes during radiotherapy: Preliminary results of the KETOCOMP study
Klement, R.; Schäfer, G.; Chwola, S.; Ok, I.; Ok, S.; Sweeney, R. · Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin · 2018 · Heft 3 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background: Preclinical data indicate that ketogenic diets (KDs) act synergistically with radiation therapy (RT) against tumor cells while protecting against fat free mass loss. We therefore started a phase I trial to study KDs during the course of RT in patients with rectal, head and neck (HN) and breast tumors assigned to one of three groups: (i) a standard diet group; (ii) a ketogenic breakfast group taking up to 50 g MCT oil and 10 g essential amino acids; (iii) a complete ketogenic diet group. Here we report our first preliminary results on body composition changes of all patients prospectively followed usi…