Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026
by nick-a on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:53AM
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Look into fasting, I'm seeing a growing number of people claiming success with fasting activating autophagy, give it a few 48 hour stints and see what happens.
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Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026
by Phoney2123 on Thursday October 15, 2026 @02:55AM
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Not only fasting, but also as little sugar as possible. That also includes sugars from carbs. Also I would stay away from everything that is ultra processed. Including seed oils.
I have heard about more success stories where people did a 180 on their diet, than those who just keep eating like they did before their diagnosis.
The boring part about this, is that if it does not work, you spent the last part of your life eating really restricted.
Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026
by redanddead on Thursday October 15, 2026 @05:34AM
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There’s a mental clarity and purity in fasting
Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026
by jcims on Thursday October 15, 2026 @02:46AM
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This was six years ago, but I found it somewhat unbelievable that there was absolutely no therapeutically relevant guidance from the hospital regarding nutrition.
Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026
by lotsofpulp on Thursday October 15, 2026 @01:59AM
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I would have thought many, if not most, cancer patients go through periods of not eating at all or even drinking for much longer than 48 hours due to mucositis from chemotherapy.
Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026
by denom on Thursday October 15, 2026 @10:26AM
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Treatments like hormone therapy for estrogen positive breast cancer are meant to attack the cancer's metabolic signaling mechanism. Intermittent fasting, like taking 12 hour breaks with no food every day, is something else that you can do to try and stress cancer cells.
Re:Things to know if you get cancer in 2026
by keithwarren on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:57PM
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Well the good news is the fasts a lot because her digestive system has been nuked by the cancer itself so she cant really eat.
She is ER+ and they removed her ovaries and put her into early menopause to prevent it from getting its fuel.