
#64 - Dr. Jason Fung
Diet Doctor Podcast
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The Future of Fasting as a Treatment for Cancer
Fasting is an appropriate indication for trying to prevent cancer. Unfortunately, there's not a lot of evidence. The problem is that it's actually much more broad than fasting. If you are overweight, then you can use fasting to lower your weight. Or presumably that will lower the risk of these obesity related cancers. Same with type 2 diabetes. And if you use fasting to reverse your type 2 diabetes, which you can, then you're going to be at lower risk of developing those cancers. I think it's very useful tool.
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