Again, recommendations from a health guru book and not an actual doctor, that I'm just copying here in case it helps. I have no experience with cancer other than a close relative passing away when I was much younger.
Again, recommendations from a health guru book and not an actual doctor, that I'm just copying here in case it helps. I have no experience with cancer other than a close relative passing away when I was much younger.
Encouraging them to stop eating seems like it would just accelerate death.
Did it make a difference in effectiveness? I actually have my follow up scans tomorrow to find out. As you can imagine, I really really hope so.
There are studies on fasting with chemo.. and depending on the type of cancer its either effective or ineffective. My comment was specifically about the end stages where cachexia is common (from my link above):
"Cachexia is associated particularly with cancer where the prevalence can reach 50–80% in advanced malignant cancer."
And all of the advice Ive found says fasting is not recommended for patients with cachexia.
It sounds like it was fine in your case though because you were able to regain the weight. Best of luck with your scans.
In the context of chemotherapy, couldn't that be a quantitatively useful benefit?
"Fasting improves therapeutic response in hepatocellular carcinoma through p53-dependent metabolic synergism"
I did upvote you.