Having recently lost an aunt to cancer, statements like this in medical literature, disappoint: "However, chronic caloric restriction is not a feasible clinica

Having recently lost an aunt to cancer, statements like this in medical literature, disappoint: "However, chronic caloric restriction is not a feasible clinical intervention. Evident difficulties, such as the long period required to be effective, and unacceptable weight loss [10, 11], hamper clinical application in cancer patients." Doctors will fail to offer fasting as a partial solution because it's assumed that patients will reject this option. It would be great for fasting to be presented to the patient as a partial solution. Many would absolutely fast to help survival chances. Generally the lay advice to one who is sick is: "eat, so you can maintain your strength". When in fact, the rule of thumb, "eat to maintain your strength" isn't always true. Sometimes, NOT eating is better for certain diseases, such as cancer. But few doctors will ever explain this because statements like the above cause doctors to conclude, "telling the patient to fast is not practical.."