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The main benefit of fasting generally is autophagy (forcing your body to eat dead/old/mutated cells) and increased HGH secretion. Given that cancers are litera
by tempsy 3y ago
The main benefit of fasting generally is autophagy (forcing your body to eat dead/old/mutated cells) and increased HGH secretion.
Given that cancers are literally mutated cells, forcing your body to do an occasional cell cleanup seems potentially like a good idea.
- ac29 3y agoI looked briefly into this and it seems that while there is evidence that intermittent fasting may be useful in preventing cancer and may be useful as an adjunct cancer treatment (in addition to chemotherapy and/or other treatments), the effect is largely from weight loss, not other mechanisms. Review article here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9530862/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9530862/ From the conclusion: "There is presently little evidence that intermittent fasting, without any reduction in body weight and proper balanced diet and exercise, can enhance cancer outcomes." So, while the details in this review are interesting, the conclusions seem to come down to basic health advice: maintain a healthy weight, eat a healthy diet, and get exercise. Seems like good advice for pretty much everyone.
- tempsy 3y agointermittent fasting isn't long enough to trigger autophagy autophagy takes at least a few days. wouldn't really considered IF to even really be "fasting" at all. it's just a fancy term for skipping breakfast.