Peter Attia· MD
And then you want to target glutamine because uh cancer cells will use in you know you could take glucose out of cell media and put in glutamine and maintain cancer cells in glutamine without glucose.
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And then you want to target glutamine because uh cancer cells will use in you know you could take glucose out of cell media and put in glutamine and maintain cancer cells in glutamine without glucose.
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Yes - glutamine can be a fuel for cancer but so can glucose and even ketones (certain cancers).
In animal studies, you showed that because of the fasting lowers glucose levels, and... Like you mentioned, cancer cells love glucose, that's called the Warburg effect, where they're predominantly using glucose, of course, they also use glutamine and amino acids.