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I wonder if this is why fasting may be healthy: it flushes marginal cells.

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Interesting, but do you have any evidence that fasting is healthy?

https://news.usc.edu/82959/diet-that-mimics-fasting-appears-... (via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9741137)

There's lots, if you search, e.g.:

https://news.usc.edu/63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regene...

https://news.usc.edu/29428/fasting-weakens-cancer-in-mice/

https://news.usc.edu/78953/fasting-and-less-toxic-cancer-dru...

Thank you, I have looked into it before and will continue to do so. However, the articles you linked were studies done in mice and those undergoing chemotherapy treatment. I am hesitant to extrapolate that up my myself.

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