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Keto diet raises small-intestine tumors, cuts colon tumors

Published 17 July 2026

A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that a ketogenic diet can have opposite effects on cancer risk in different parts of the digestive tract, accelerating tumor growth in the small intestine while suppressing it in the colon.

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