17/04/2026
Can fasting change how your body responds to chemotherapy?
It sounds counterintuitive, but emerging research is exploring whether short-term fasting or fasting-mimicking strategies may help protect healthy cells during treatment, while potentially making cancer cells more vulnerable.
The science comes down to metabolic shifts. Healthy cells and cancer cells respond differently to fasting states, and that difference is what researchers are studying.
Dr. Tucker walks through what the clinical evidence actually shows, who this may be relevant for, and what "medically supervised" really means in practice.
⚠️ Cancer care is always individual. This is for education — not a treatment recommendation.
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