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by softwarejosh 2196 days ago
where do you get this claim that cancer grows better during fasting, all the data ive found suggests the opposite
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Oops, I could have worded that more clearly.

"Likewise there are bacterial infections that will benefit from fasting, cutting off their food supply greatly - much like why fasting can be beneficial for cancer growth"

The benefit is to the person, not to the bacteria or the cancer - or negative benefit to the bacteria, cancer.