“Metabolic Factors of Brain Cancer Management” Discusses Glioblastoma

An associate professor at the University of South Florida and a scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Dominic D’Agostino maintains a particular clinical interest in ketone ester, ketone supplementation, and general ketone research. Dominic D’Agostino is also the force behind the informative website KetoNutrition.org.

Published on KetoNutrition.org in January 2023, “Metabolic Factors of Brain Cancer Management” by Karina Noboa draws upon more than dozen peer-reviewed research articles to discuss metabolic causes and metabolic-based treatments for glioblastomas. Glioblastoma is an exceedingly aggressive form of terminal brain and spinal cord cancer. The average life expectancy of a glioblastoma patient is less than 15 months after diagnosis.

The article cites studies that draw various connections between glioblastoma cell growth and metabolic factors that range from fermentation metabolism to blood glucose and glutamine. It also highlights metabolic therapies for glioblastomas that include keeping to a ketogenic diet and engaging in water-only fasting to decrease levels of glucose in the blood.