Hacking Chemo: Using Ketogenic Diet, Therapeutic Fasting and a Kickass Attitude to Power through Cancer
<h4>Your cancer is hungry all the time. Stop feeding it and start feeding yourself.</h4>Cancer thrives on sugar. Cancer cells need it, unable to grow and multiply without a steady supply of glucose. But after a cancer diagnosis, medical and dietary recommendations from oncology doctors often result in increased blood sugar and insulin levels—the essential elements that cancer cells need to thrive.<br /><br />In <i>Hacking Chemo</i>, Registered Dietitian and cancer survivor Martha Tettenborn uncovers the secrets of cancer metabolism, offering a refreshing new way of treating the disease with minimal side effects and maximum effectiveness. Cancer treatment like chemotherapy doesn’t have to derail your life. You can be your own bio-hacker by decoding how cancer works in your body…and your life.<br /><br />In this guide, you’ll discover:<ul><li>A complete low-carb ketogenic meal plan to stress cancer cells and prevent new cancer growth while providing optimal nutrition to your body.</li><li>The Chemo Cycle Fasting Protocol to boost your healthy cells into stealth mode and minimize chemo side effects.</li><li>Helpful tips for easing “low-carb flu” as you shift from a Standard American Diet into ketosis.</li><li>How to heal from the anxiety and emotional pain of a cancer diagnosis using a positive attitude, knowledge and advocacy, connection to spirit and creating your Circle of Care.</li><li>Sixteen easy, delicious keto-friendly diet recipes to get you through chemotherapy—and beyond!</li></ul>Change how you fuel your body, add in a kickass "take control" attitude, and you’ll have nontoxic but tough tools to power your way back to health. Don’t feed cancer—hack it!