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Re:Cancer Is Striking More Young People, and Doctors Are Ala... by yreg on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:13PM (#38955194)
I think fasting is probably healthy, but kind-of presenting it in context of being a solution to elevated cancer rates seems like a stretch.
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Re:Cancer Is Striking More Young People, and Doctors Are Ala... by ssivark on Thursday January 11, 2024 @12:20PM (#38955298)
Why? I’ve seen arguments (highly simplified) that cancerous cells are more resource hungry than healthy ones, and fasting might help (selectively) starve them to death — leaving only the healthiest cells surviving.
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