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I've read in multiple places that biohackers are using Intermittent fasting as a way of preventing cancer. By making sporadic (eg. once a month) fasting period

I've read in multiple places that biohackers are using Intermittent fasting as a way of preventing cancer. By making sporadic (eg. once a month) fasting periods of 12h to 24h, they expect to starve cancer cells in their very early stages (basically using the underlying principle of the article). I would be extremely interested in seeing a study of the incidence of cancer in people doing Intermittent fasting vs general population.

sergioisidoro 10y ago
Edit: Found one study, but this is likely to be a confirmation bias effect: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26094889 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26094889 "Bi-monthly FMD cycles started at middle age extended longevity, lowered visceral fat, reduced cancer incidence and skin lesions, rejuvenated the immune system, and retarded bone mineral density loss." This study shows not so promising results: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20733612 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20733612 Points to "Overall, there was no difference in mouse survival (P=0.37) or tumor volumes (P ≥ 0.10)" (mice that already had prostate cancer) tl;dr: There might be some potential benefits of fasting in the prevention of cancer, might not be the case for treatment of cancer...
tremon 10y ago
By making sporadic (eg. once a month) fasting periods of 12h to 24h Uh, any adverse effects if you increase that frequency? Because I reach a fasting period of 12h almost every day...
- nommm-nommm 10y ago
  Most people do I imagine. If you eat dinner at 6pm and breakfast at 8am that is a 14 hour fast.
  - oliv__ 10y ago
    Mmmh... lunch?
    - nommm-nommm 10y ago
      Lunch isn't usually eaten in the middle of the night.
      - oliv__ 10y ago
        This was edited. It used to be in this order: breakfast at 8am and dinner at 6pm.
sethammons 10y ago
Should be easy enough. Just looks at cancer rates of Mormons vs the general population. Mormons fast the first Sunday of every month.

sergioisidoro 10y ago

Edit: Found one study, but this is likely to be a confirmation bias effect: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26094889 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26094889 "Bi-monthly FMD cycles started at middle age extended longevity, lowered visceral fat, reduced cancer incidence and skin lesions, rejuvenated the immune system, and retarded bone mineral density loss." This study shows not so promising results: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20733612 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20733612 Points to "Overall, there was no difference in mouse survival (P=0.37) or tumor volumes (P ≥ 0.10)" (mice that already had prostate cancer) tl;dr: There might be some potential benefits of fasting in the prevention of cancer, might not be the case for treatment of cancer...

tremon 10y ago

By making sporadic (eg. once a month) fasting periods of 12h to 24h Uh, any adverse effects if you increase that frequency? Because I reach a fasting period of 12h almost every day...

nommm-nommm 10y ago
Most people do I imagine. If you eat dinner at 6pm and breakfast at 8am that is a 14 hour fast.
- oliv__ 10y ago
  Mmmh... lunch?
  - nommm-nommm 10y ago
    Lunch isn't usually eaten in the middle of the night.
    - oliv__ 10y ago
      This was edited. It used to be in this order: breakfast at 8am and dinner at 6pm.

sethammons 10y ago

Should be easy enough. Just looks at cancer rates of Mormons vs the general population. Mormons fast the first Sunday of every month.