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In mice with systemic metastatic cancer, a ketogenic diet fed ad libitum lowered serum glucose, slowed tumor growth and extended survival by 57%. Pairing it with hyperbaric oxygen therapy extended survival by 79.9%, while the oxygen therapy alone did not slow progression.

A case report on a woman diagnosed in August 2015 with stage 4 ER+/PR+/HER2-negative invasive ductal carcinoma who declined surgery, chemotherapy and radiation for an alternative protocol costing about $2,000 a month. The article says doctors confirmed her cancer had gone after 10 months.

An explanation of monosodium glutamate: proteins broken down by cooking release glutamic acid, which combines with sodium to give the savory umami taste, so MSG forms naturally in cooked, salted food. Cheese, meat, fish, soybeans, mushrooms, ripe tomatoes, broccoli and peas are rich in it.

A raw relish of fresh cranberries, Fuji apple, red onion, lime zest, jalapeño and cilantro, pulsed in a food processor and left 20 minutes for the flavors to marry. Makes eight quarter-cup servings at 36 calories each; serve with whole grain crackers.

A comment piece citing studies by Nobuto Yamamoto that report GcMAF, a vitamin D3-binding protein tied to macrophage activation, cured all 16 metastatic prostate cancer patients in a Translational Oncology paper with no recurrence for seven years. It argues immunotherapy avoids drug resistance.

A study in Cancer Research found long-term exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons was associated with higher breast cancer risk: 20% for a spouse's tobacco smoke, 30% for synthetic firelogs, 45% for ingesting PAHs and 46% across all sources combined.

Edward & Sons Trading Company is promoting winter items across its brands: Let's Do...Organic shredded coconut, flakes and flour, Miso-Cup instant soup mixes, Native Forest organic coconut milk, and Edward & Sons organic croutons and mashed potatoes.

A year-end fundraising letter from the Organic Consumers Association, arguing that regenerative agriculture can feed the world and cool the planet, and noting that Mercola.com and Dr. Bronner's will match the first $250,000 raised by December 31.

An Organic Consumers Association newsletter essay on the House vote of 306-117 to kill Vermont's mandatory GMO labelling law, which the group says will leave the 90% of consumers who want to know what they are eating with what amounts to no labelling at all.

Abbi Lane-Cordova and colleagues gave 11 healthy non-obese adults three test drinks. Only the high-trans-fat one reduced brachial artery flow-mediated dilation 3 to 4 hours later, and insulin sensitivity improved after the saturated-fat and placebo drinks but not the trans-fat drink.

The 62nd Texas A&M Beef Cattle Short Course runs August 1-3 in College Station, with sessions on production, management and market outlooks, a Cattleman's College of workshops, and demonstrations of fence building, cattle working and carcass quality.

Ten years after Chai Vang shot eight hunters in northern Wisconsin, the piece revisits the state's chronic wasting disease scare. Officials said venison was safe if hunters avoided brain, spinal cord and lymph nodes, but two medical reports raised doubts and hunters feared cross-contamination.