[contravariant]

If you stop eating for a few weeks it probably does lower your chances of getting cancer significantly.

[mamon]

Not only that, enough time without food can free you of all the worries that are common to mere mortals :)

[agumonkey]

that's what I meant, since it seems all types of food are linked to cancer, fasting is the best of them

[copperx]

I remember reading a few studies where malnourished individuals and with certain nutritional deficiencies had lower cancer incidence. There could be some truth to it. Time to dig into PubMed.