Fasting for Cancer: What About Cachexia?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2022-09-19

What did randomized controlled trials find as the effects of supplemental feeding on clinical outcomes? Might fasting cancer patients accelerate their wasting?

This is part of an ongoing series about cancer and fasting. I previously laid the groundwork in these two videos: How Effective Is Chemotherapy? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-effective-is-chemotherapy) and How Much Does Chemotherapy Improve Survival? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-much-does-chemotherapy-improve-survival).

Stay tuned for three more videos on fasting and cancer: 
• Fasting Before and After Chemotherapy and Radiation (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-before-and-after-chemotherapy-and-radiation)
• Fasting Before and After Chemotherapy Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-before-and-after-chemotherapy-put-to-the-test)
• Fasting-Mimicking Diet Before and After Chemotherapy (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/fasting-mimicking-diet-before-and-after-chemotherapy)

What is the fasting-mimicking diet? I’ve got a video on that: The 5-2 Diet and the Fasting-Mimicking Diet Put to the Test (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-5-2-diet-and-the-fasting-mimicking-diet-put-to-the-test/).

All of my videos on fasting can be found on this topic page (https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/fasting/), or in the recordings of my fasting webinar series (https://drgreger.org/collections/videos/products/fasting-bundle-digital).

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