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Should you starve cancer cells to death by fasting?
There is a long history of belief that fasting can improve mind and body, but there is not enough evidence about whether this practice can help fight cancer
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Wong Seng Weng
Have you come across this one? Eating food high in nutrition will feed cancer cells in the body and accelerate their growth, adding fuel to fire.
In contrast, fasting starves cancer cells.
