This means that individuals who eat a paleo or ketogenic diet, which encourages much higher levels of animal product consumption, may experience higher levels of cancer.

When both dairy fat (such as from butter or ghee) and high-glycemic carbohydrates (such as white rice or honey) enter the bloodstream, they provoke an excessive insulin response, which promotes fat storage and excess cell replication and growth. Excess growth promotion in adults is a major contributor to cancer development.