Fasting for health benefits had been no doubt about. Recent studies indicate hunger or thirst were also helps fight cancer and improve the effectiveness of treatment.
Researchers from the University of Southern California found fasting slows the growth and spread of tumors, as well as cure some types of cancer when combined with chemotherapy.
In experiments using mice, the researchers found that tumor cells have different responses to stress in people who fasted compared to normal cells. The cells continued to grow and divide, which eventually destroy themselves.
"These cells are, in fact commit suicide. Tumor cells are trying to compensate for lack of intake that lost in the blood after fasting," said Professor Valter Longo, as leader of the researchers from the University of Southern California.
On the findings that published in journal Science Translational Medicine, Longo and his team observed the positive impact of fasting on breast cancer, bladder and ovaries in mice.
In fact, fasting without chemotherapy is proven to slow the growth of breast cancer, melanoma skin cancer, brain glioma and neuroblastoma cancer or cancer that forms in nerve tissue.
However, researchers suggest to combine fasting with chemotherapy for cancer treatment more effective. And is not recommended for all patients, especially those patients who have lost a lot of weight due to cancer or other diseases, like diabetes.
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