There are studies, but very limited of course that show efficacy with the things you mentioned though. There's limited interest in it though because most of those things simply have no profit potential.
No there are not. There are studies in mice (like this one), studies in vitro, etc.
> There's limited interest in it though because most of those things simply have no profit potential
This is not true. There is a lot of interest in the Keto diet, it has been well-studied and has uses in treating epilepsy. The reason it's not prescribed more generally is because of those studies, which show it doesn't work. Not everything is a conspiracy.
It’s not accurate to call keto well studied wrt cancer or that it doesn’t work. It’s an active area of research and there are many studies showing positive effects, but most/all study designs are limited. It’s also true that without a clear path to making a drug, big expensive studies like large scale human trials are not likely to be funded.
Additionally, any result suggesting a new approach has profit potential. If fasting was effective then a pill giving the same benefits would have a big market.
Sort of, the time restricted eating the article is about would require something different, like a pill that stops your body from absorbing some nutrients for 12 hours or something like that.
>There's limited interest in it though because most of those things simply have no profit potential.
A cancer researcher could rely on charities, academic institutions, and government grants to fund experiments. There is a lot of cash available to cancer research. If the researcher shows a cheap and effective method to combat even a specific type of cancer, that researcher will get tenure, book deals, and fame. So that's a rich researcher.
Big pharma can be a cutthroat industry that prioritizes profit over public health. But they're not a shadowy cabal behind every bad thing in the world.
> There's limited interest in it though because most of those things simply have no profit potential
This is not true. There is a lot of interest in the Keto diet, it has been well-studied and has uses in treating epilepsy. The reason it's not prescribed more generally is because of those studies, which show it doesn't work. Not everything is a conspiracy.