Does fasting during treatment make it work better? Does overnight fasting stave off recurrence? How does fasting affect cancer in general? Tina & Leah talk about the benefits (and risks!) of limiting food intake during and after cancer treatment. 

Links we mentioned on this episode and other cool stuff:

Fasting alongside neoadjuvant chemotherapy in those with breast cancer (2013) 

Clinical trial on fasting during chemo, currently enrolling those with breast cancer (currently recruiting) 

Review of the “effect of fasting on cancer” (2022)

Clinical trial that provides all meals and uses amino acid deprivation for those with colorectal cancer (FAETH) (Currently recruiting)

Prolonged overnight fasting in breast cancer (2016) Conclusion: “Prolonging the length of the nightly fasting interval (>13 hours) may be a simple, nonpharmacologic strategy for reducing the risk of breast cancer recurrence.”

Overnight fasting improves blood sugar control (2015) 

The chemo trial (10 patients) that started it all: fewer side effects with fasting! (2009)

Into mechanisms? Here’s some fasting biochemistry (2015) 

Glioma (glioblastoma) and fasting- you’ll lose weight, but it could help too. (2021)

Stage III low-grade follicular lymphoma regressed with fasting (2015)

Protein restriction improves immunotherapy (2018)

Amino acid depletion as therapy for cancers (2021)

Potential metabolic targets in triple-negative breast cancer (2020)

Rebecca Katz’s Magic Mineral Broth recipe

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