Podcast: Fasting and Cancer (Part I)

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[@michaelclarke8397]

I Had bladder removed 10 years ago (cancer). The cancer returned last year,in september,. I was told that it was very agressive and chemotherapy was necessary,to shink the cancer so that it could be able to be operated on. Was advised that it would need 6, possibly 8, cycles of chemotherapy. After 1 cycle it had shrunk by half.Ater 2nd cycle it was almost gone. I stopped chemo there and had kidney and lymph nodes removed. During chemo I fasted 24 hrs before treatment and 20 hours after; drank plenty of water only. I am told I am completely cancer free. Thanks to you and other doctors on utube who advocate fasting. Ifeel I have escaped the bone yard and maybe years of chemo sickness. Good luck everybody.

[@BAR-ct7ti]

God bless you, my friend!

[@JS-zn1zp]

Thank you so much for sharing!

[@Prodigious1One]

THANK GOD!

[@luvinjc7]

Wow that fast? NOT 20 DAYS?! GOD BLESS YOU!

[@Etaoinshrdlu69]

You should still fast once a week or even twice.

[@Rose_Ou]

There are a few substances cancer can thrive on: glucose, ketone bodies (not every cancer) and glutamine (all cancers). Even if you deprive yourself of all foods, glutamine is always there (we all have muscles) because your immune cells cannot survive without it either. Fasting is miraculous in that it facilitates autophagy which is a fantastic tool to clear the field of all the damaged DNA and tissue and allow the immune system to work more efficiently. There is a French cancer survivor active on YT (Guy Tenenbaum) who at the time of his prostate cancer diagnosis already had some bone metastases to his ribs. He is pretty well off so he traveled to the US and spoke to best specialists he could find but they all agreed that even chemo was not an option in his case any more and that he had max 3 months to live. He started water fast and kept going for approx. 41 days and then slowly reintroduced foods but adapted OMAD lifestyle. It's been years and he's cancer free. Fasting is powerful indeed.

[@kanchows1168]

You can temporarily block glutamine with DoN and expect the cancer die before you, need to be supervised by doctor of course

[@Rose_Ou]

@@kanchows1168 definitely. Beautifully described by Prof. Seyfried as press pulse therapy.

[@darolrjohnson6096]

Spouse did this. Cancer “healing” md said they never say cured. Continuing with IF, ketogenic diet,VitC infusions,etc.Elated with results.

[@robinsardini4869]

@kanchows1168 what is DoN, please?

[@jerseytony1]

TRUE NORTH HEALTH in Santa Rosa CA treats diseases with water Fasting

[@TylerTolmanTT]

Appreciate this video. I’ve been fasting people with Cancer for 12 years with great success. Clinically monitoring and still hard to get people to open their minds to this truth 🙏🏻❤️

[@emmanuelking9988]

Do you provide supervised fasts but virtually? Or virtual consultations on fasting? Thanks in advance.

[@TylerTolmanTT]

Yes. We have been doing this since 2020 when covid hit

[@emmanuelking9988]

@@TylerTolmanTT Ok, thank you. Do you have a website to sign-up or apply for consultation?

[@chalixetrevonsandoval8985]

@@TylerTolmanTT hello sir

[@TylerTolmanTT]

My name . Com

[@JamesCrook-bh6iz]

Fasting even stops me getting a cold and somehow stopped my back pain, amazing how I also have more energy than ever, Mainstream media really want people fat and reliant on sugary cheap food, best wishes fellow fasters and great video, peace

[@petecordoni7534]

Right on James ❤

[@GerardKieran]

It blows my mind that people don't water fast with chemo these days. Extreme circumstances (having cancer) calls for extreme measures (fasting)

[@zaidxdesign4744]

What is the exact protocol? Do we have to fast through all the chemo sessions at once or we have to fast day before and after of each chemo session?

[@user-wb4bt7yr4i]

@@zaidxdesign4744 fast 1 day befor completely no food what so ever then after for 12 hours then eat some fruit as your first meal then eat normal for few days or 5 then do that same routine again ect each week

[@user-wb4bt7yr4i]

Water or juice ect do more water fasts

[@Tangodawg55]

And once used to it, it isn’t extreme. At least like a 72 hours fast or so

[@jamesworth6778]

Everything happens to & from a cellular level. We all have good & bad cells. When we fast , our body searches for some nutrients & when they can’t find food , they good cells start eating the bad cells, weak cells & defected cells. I am a 40 yr old male going into a 40 hr water fast. I was diagnosed at a young age that I have hypopituitarism. I take Prednisone & Levothyroxin daily. I’m praying that someday I can be medication free. I seen a video on KZbin , it was talking about fasting and in the comments section I seen a man put he has the same cancer/disease I have that he Intermittent fasted for 2 weeks. He went to his doctor and they told him “ you don’t need to take anymore medication.”!! 😮. I was shocked I seen that. 😳

[@daimsaeed]

You can easily do a month water fast, kick cancers ass, just be sure to take minerals, add some antioxidants like herbs, turmeric, a little black seeds and youll be factory reset

[@aynuraagayeva9817]

try prolonged fasting and do a week a fresh home made juices. I read that beetroot juice beats cancer

[@sistagalsistagal8136]

What a beneficial read! I'll be saving this! THANK YOU 🙏

[@KJSvitko]

Hospitals, doctors offices and schools should be places where good nutrition is taught and provided not places that contribute to disease and obesity. It is crazy the hospitals are feeding people the very food that caused the heart disease, high blood pressure or cancer that they are treating. Every person in the hospital should receive some nutrition education before being released. Every doctor visit should be an opportunity to educate patients about how food choices impacts their health outcomes. The fact that doctors do not get nutrition training as part of their training makes no sense. Medicare and Medicaid should require nutrition education as part of patient care. Focus should be on food choices. Fasting should be investigated as a treatment for disease.

[@TylerTolmanTT]

I’m creating this around the world now. 😊

[@jerseytony1]

The problem with Fasting is that it's cheap and the Cancer industry makes No money

[@RogerMiller-td5yc]

When Rockefeller took over the industry. E. C. Mullens book Rockefeller medicine

[@kardste8114]

Thank you for covering this Very important and puzzling problem.

[@ClintSevilla]

I was feeling extreme fatigue and weight gain at the end of 2015. I switched to a Whole Foods Plant Based Diet in 2016 after watching videos from Dr. Greger. I was Whole Food Plant Based for about 98% of my calories until the beginning of 2021. I started to eat more vegan junk food and miss key foods like selenium, garlic, and iodine. I felt extreme fatigue in 2022. I went to an Endocrinologist in 2023 and they found a tumor, which was later declared a grade 4 through a biopsy in June 2023. During this time I started to eat more vegan junk, especially during chemo. In February 2024, they found more tumors in my brain. After that, I switch back to a completely WFPB diet, which specifically targets cancer growth such as leeks, Garlic, broccoli, and kale. My energy has returned dramatically. I walked 7 miles easily the yesterday. The energy I feel is similar to the energy I felt when I first went Whole Food Plant Based vegan. I have been eating significantly less during this recent change back to a stricter WFPB diet, because my appetite has decreased dramatically. This worries me, but it could be a beneficial effect as Dr. Greger is saying.

[@Monnknight]

I'm sorry for what you're going through, you'll be fine, be strong

[@Mikathedog100]

How are you doing now? I know your post was written a little while ago, but I'm really hoping you're well.

[@dreamstarworld1]

"We are fearfully & wonderfully made..." (Psalms 139:14)

[@beepbeepnj2658]

Psalms 137:9 - 2 Kings 6:29

[@Ultra4]

the biblie is not very vegan at all

[@alekseyvalentinov9361]

@@Ultra4 not true, we were made in the Garden of eden and were only allowed to eat plants. God only gave us permission to eat meat after the flood because there were no plants anywhere

[@elaineateoate1020]

@@Ultra4 Some of it is. You can search up vegan bible verses peta.

[@elaineateoate1020]

@@Ultra4 and i see what you did there... biblie

[@andrewthacker114]

I think fasting would be the way to go, from cancer patients I’ve heard of.

[@petecordoni7534]

Worked for myself, Andrew ❤

[@jurijnabukov9123]

@@petecordoni7534 what type of cancer you had? I have prostate cancer . But i did not have any surgery or terapy. Starting now with food change and after with fasting drinking baking soda. and my pain is not hurt anymore

[@petecordoni7534]

@@jurijnabukov9123 HI, it's a Leukemia blood Cancer named CLL - chronic lymphatic leukemia, a blood cancer. It's with a person for life. I'm fortunate to have already to have practiced I F, intermittent fasting since HS, and college, and I went through 24 rounds of chemo, fasting the day before the treatment through, to the day after. Best scientific research indicates that, at worst, I'll be on a weak chemo tablet daily for the rest of my life. I attribute my relative successes with treatment with I F, even my local GP is convinced to utilize I F, himself. I hope you are doing well and that I F, as well as necessary medical intervention heals your prostate diagnosis. I learned the predominant knowledge of I F,, from Gin Stephen's podcasts called ' intermittent fasting stories', found on Any podcasts platform. The best of luck to you, my friend. Please, feel free to keep me apprised of how you progress, or, if you have Any questions l can answer you may have. ♥️

[@Monnknight]

​@@jurijnabukov9123how are yo now?

[@LTPottenger]

It's amazing how many benefits fasting has! Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered. Fribrosis/scarring is reversed over time and telomeres are lengthened, which also helps with lung fibrosis. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting. Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy! Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release! Reflexes and short term memory are increased. Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system. Fasting increases nitric oxide. Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. Losing weight through intermittent fasting shows greater reduction in waist size and increase in insulin sensitivity for the same weight lost and alternate day fasters were shown to lose fat while gaining muscle at the same time over a six month period. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many medications are dangerous to take while fasting so you may have to talk to your dr. about discontinuing them during a fast. Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS. The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again! Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, your body always runs mainly on fat except for brief periods of very intense exercise. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate, which is the same ketone the body produces to nourish the brain while fasting. Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level. A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and under 18 g of carb. Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice. 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My channel which will always contain an updated list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health and wellness and make a little commentary on health and fitness as well.

[@emmanuelking9988]

Thank you very much for your post! It has been extremely helpful 🙏 You need thousands of more views. Will be checking out your channel 👍

[@LTPottenger]

@@emmanuelking9988 Thanks for your support!

[@indiea5588]

Thank you for the details ! Will check your channel for more info. I need motivation to get back into fasting. I was able to do 2 day fasts before. These days, struggling to do a 1 day fast ! I barely make it to 18-20 hrs. It’s like I have lost mental strength! 😢

[@LTPottenger]

@@indiea5588 A little neutralized vinegar will help with cravings. I talk about it in my last video.

[@FotofabrikCh]

I would be interested to know why people with pancreatic cancer can not fast 🙏

[@TrangNguyen-ns2uo]

Went through chemo fasting at least 48 hrs before no dizziness or vomiting symptoms.

[@petecordoni7534]

Myself too Trang, it was easy, but I've been if-ing since college. The developed World is not accustomed to being without a snack, let alone meals over days, or weeks. Good luck to you ❤ 12:28

[@finallyretired3623]

I've recently read that all cancers are methionine dependent. Low meth. Duets are very restricted and difficult to maintain but FASTING not only deprives cancer of energy from all sources but especially methionine its main food preference.

[@kanchows1168]

Not all sources, glutamine in made in the body and cancer live on that

[@androz38]

Thank you

[@AzerPaul]

Great info. Thanks.

[@skpjoecoursegold366]

thanks Dr. G.

[@liamporter1137]

Informative. Thanks for sharing.

[@CancerRemission]

I’ve recommended IF to several of my cancer patients, and they’ve had great results in terms of decreased inflammation and side effect relief from chemo. Great video!

[@petecordoni7534]

I enthusiastically concur. I just did 24 rounds of an older chemo Rx, as I was allergic for the first time ever with Rotuxamab. I've been successfully practicing IF since college. I recommend it to anyone who'll listen. Do you follow Dr Jason Fung of U of Toronto? He's been really successful with treating diabetes, and has books and articles published in applicable journals. He's on this platform, and he's a guest on most IF podcasts. Cheers ❤

[@franky.378]

Very interesting

[@Veegan4theanimals]

Beautiful work

[@beepbeepnj2658]

I hope you have good health insurance. "Nutrient intakes in 94 Japanese centenarians investigated between 1972 and 1973 showed a higher proportion of animal protein to total proteins than in contemporary average Japanese. 2. High intakes of milk and fats and oils had favorable effects on 10-year (1976-1986) survivorship in 422 urban residents aged 69-71. The survivors revealed a longitudinal increase in intakes of animal foods such as eggs, milk, fish and meat over the 10 years." 1992, Hiroshi Shibata.

[@pierremenard6629]

I'm currently going through 3 weeks of BEAM radiation therapy 4 days a week while water fasting during radiation days. I was really excited to see this video especially the reference to radiation treatment. Alternate day fasting can be as effective as radiation? Wow, I need to see more of that research.

[@emmanuelking9988]

I wish you all the best on your health journey 🙏 Look into Valter Longos' research on fasting.

[@prudenceseales735]

Dr Eric Berg has a couple of interviews here on KZbin, with people who had stage 3 or 4 cancer, but healed themselves with long term and intermittent fasting, but also avoiding sugar and keeping carbs to a minimum.

[@jorislaureys9224]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWWoimyNjNqGiJo

[@AshleyBohaa]

How are you doing now?

[@ns1extreme]

@@prudenceseales735Eric Berg (c. 1972-)[1] is an American quack, antivaxxer, chiropractor, cholesterol denialist, conspiracy theorist, scientologist and ketogenic diet advocate. Berg promotes pseudoscientific health advice and quackery.[2][3] Berg is not a medical doctor.[4] Berg practiced chiropractic for 29 years and is now a full-time KZbin blogger who has made thousands of videos offering health advice.

[@nickseccombe1357]

All very Valter Longo, hope its widespread use is adopted during chemo to improve efficacy, and ideally also periodically by everyone as a preventative measure

[@Joseph1NJ]

Yes but we're not worms or rodents. Getting out ahead of the science is irresponsible.

[@harbingerbk9778]

@@Joseph1NJ Dr. Longo follows what he calls "the 5 pillars" approach: basic research, epidemiological studies, randomized controlled clinical trials, study of centenarians, and studies of complex systems. His book, The Longevity Diet, goes into detail on all these points. I think the science for fasting, in particular in relation to cancer survival, is more robust than you are giving it credit.

[@Joseph1NJ]

@@harbingerbk9778 IDK, the science is still too young. Besides, I'm dubious that his $200.00 dried soup autophagy fasting protocol makes any significant difference in longevity. There's been no RCT on that. But, because of your comment I will look into his book, so thank you for that.

[@conisalgado1294]

@@Joseph1NJ Valter Longo has done studies on cancer patients which shows the benefits of chemo are enhanced when patients are fasted and that the negative effects are highly minimized. These are humans not rodents lol

[@Joseph1NJ]

@@conisalgado1294 interesting, thanks.

[@taichiroward5770]

Doc, this explains my 3 day hunger strike I apparently went on after awaking from coma. I don’t remember it but I was told after returning from rehabilitation that the doctors threatened me with a feeding tube in order to get me to eat anything & I’d only eat fruits & vegetables. I noticed that I can’t eat when I’m stressed out.

[@JennifertxCarnivore]

When done fasting go zero carb carnivore!

[@Tangodawg55]

Or before, the carb withdrawals being gone would make it so easy

[@MrGreatpersian]

My solution to Cancer treatment and cancer avoidance is to do intermittent fasting, 5 days a week, 18:6 and 90% adherence to plant based diet (the rest of the week, allowing for consumption of one meal of chicken and one meal of Salmon, moderate amount, preferably non-fried), no sugar/sucrose (moderate amount of fruits, going mostly with low level fructose fruits (berries), good sleep and good management of stress.

[@knockingseeker]

Skipping a meal is not fasting, it is time restricted eating should not be called intermittent fasting. to get the benefits you want you would need to go at least 36 hours, depleting all glycogen and entering fasted ketosis where the autophagy starts ramping up. Best is a 3-5 day fast every quarter.

[@MrGreatpersian]

@@knockingseeker once you utilise the majority of your body fat, 16-18 hour intermittent fasting is ideal to clean up and detox, otherwise you start to break down muscles to produce the required glucose to feed your brain. I have done 5 day water fasting but it is not what you can sustain or I can sustain as I lost muscle mass. Once beyond 12 hours for sugars and 14 hours for protein, our body efficiently search for these, hence detoxing and starving cancer so eager for extra sugar iron and protein to synthesise.

[@knockingseeker]

@@MrGreatpersian if you you have such little body fat where a 5 day fast causes significant muscle loss then you don’t have enough body fat to be optimally healthy. It is healthy to be lean but not extremely lean. Yes if you are lean and do not eat many calories 16 hours every would be sufficient though if your glycogen stores are already low. But a full reserve of glycogen takes more than that to deplete 24 hours at least. For a healthy individual whom has adequate fat reserves to be healthy, 3-5 days is not enough to cause any significant muscle loss and has many metabolic benefits that will delay the aging process that you can never get through time restricted eating. only a few times a year.

[@petecordoni7534]

​@@knockingseekerYou're right, but you didn't compliment the foods suggested. It's almost bang on. I hope you agree with that ❤

[@knockingseeker]

@@petecordoni7534 Yes I agree. If it’s ocean caught salmon not farmed and 2 salmon meals instead of one chicken one salmon.

[@TraceyMush]

Mind blown

[@Satrina777]

What is being considered alternate day fasting here, what were the hours of fasting in that study mentioned? 24 hours of not eating I assume, but what was the eating window?

[@petecordoni7534]

My apologies for the extra T in your name. It's a Cool name!

[@marthas8108]

This is great and I'd love to try it. I have Essential Thrombocythemia and possibly Myelofibrosis. These are blood cancers, not tumors. Anybody know how to structure a fast for this over a year+ timeframe? One day a week? Some other pattern? Thanks to anyone who can shed light!

[@elaineboone8567]

I’m also interested in this. I have thrombocythemia as well as invasive lobular carcinoma in both breasts and several other assorted cancers. I would love it if fasting could attack all of them at once.

[@petecordoni7534]

Hi Martha, l as well have a blood cancer. A congenital leukemia that l have fasted for the 24 rounds of chemo. I'd check with Dr Jason Fung of U of Toronto and he's curing type 2 diabetes. He's on this platform and has books and published medical journals out. He's considered the best in his field, I'd also check out Dr Mindy Pelz, also on this platform. I just did a 5 day Zoom and KZbin course last week with 100K people around the World. I just broke my fast today. My thoughts are that mixing it up is apparently more efficacious. I've been if-ing since college and through 24 rounds of chemo for congenital leukemia, and I'm doing well, Good fasting to you, Martha ❤

[@siddharthgupta2715]

Hi sir. Is Fasting mimicking diet or prolonged fasting effective in advanced(stage 4) TNBC breast cancers as well? There were some studies which say TNBC can fuel from fats/ketones. Can you please educate on this before we make such radical shifts? Thanks 🙏🏻

[@lb3598]

Is it true that melanoma is one of the cancers that even accelerates growth with increased levels of ketone bodies (which occurs during fasting) ?

[@CarlosVasconcelosCanada]

I am doing a 16:8 fasting for almost 2 months … already lost 11kg(24lbs). My breakfast is a carrot juice, green juice with half pear around 11am….lunch is mushrooms, carrots, sweet potato, zucchini…and blueberries in the afternoon. I am also taking Cq10 and magnesium tri…. some green tee in between. I had my prostate removed a week ago. Tomorrow I start a 18:6 fasting … trying to push it ! Any advices !?

[@RogerMiller-td5yc]

Keep doing what your doing, and see if you can start to go for longer than 24 hours. For me if can get close to 48, im not really even hungry, and didnt feel weak or tired.

[@HiddenHandMedia]

Skip breakfast. You're spiking your insulin by drinking juice. Fruit is only good for you with it's natural fiber.

[@user-qg7rw4kr6e]

😊

[@petecordoni7534]

Yes Carlos, keep going, and if cleared by your GP, move on to 1 to 3 days and beyond occasionally. I've done a lot of research on IF, and nutrition, and your current diet is good, but I'm getting almost unanimous professional opinions about fructose is unrefined Sugar. I'm also in Canada, Vancouver. I've been if-ing since college and through my 24 rounds of chemo for congenital leukemia and I'm doing really well Check out Dr Jason Fung of U of Toronto, he's the World authority on if-ing. He reverses diabetes 2, you can find him on KZbin. Good luck to you ❤

[@xeropunt5749]

Please do one on the cancer fighting potential of *graviola/soursop* leaf (claim is stronger effect than chemo). And or *lemongrass* (just the odor causes apoptosis in colon cancer cells).

[@drnatesw]

Graviola has shown significant results in lab studies so far, but it's not yet been studied in humans...

[@presterjohn1697]

wow many thanks for sharing

[@presterjohn1697]

add papaya leaf extract as well. powerful remedy

[@xeropunt5749]

@@presterjohn1697 Thank you!!

[@emmanuelking9988]

Yes, I've also read graviola can help fight ♋ and Essaic Tea too.

[@georgeduncan8946]

The body wisdom vs the brains that seem to know it all 💥💥bidy heals better when food us limited....fasting always helps me with infections & strict limiting foods during coviid 🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@aynuraagayeva9817]

Spelling and grammar are very important in our lives. Learn!

[@georgeduncan8946]

@@aynuraagayeva9817 ...y..i l .w. 🫠

[@adiposerex5150]

Why isn't fasting encouraged? This is the headquarters of junk food. Big Food and Big Pharm would never allow it.

[@muhumuzaemmanuel8854]

They can't allow you to even miss your toxic junkies for a day's worth of fast 😭😭

[@Joseph1NJ]

Because the science is week, and there's no real medical consensus yet.

[@markrieke8753]

Hippocrates , the father of modern medicine, wouldn’t look at a patient until they had fasted first

[@drnatesw]

Fasting has several benefits - weight loss, blood sugar control, cardiac benefits, etc. but at the same time staying hydrated is also kinda important.

[@Joseph1NJ]

@@drnatesw drinking water does not break a fast.

[@ceeemm1901]

Ever tried to feed a sick dog? a cat? a pet bird?...maybe all mammels if not animals, give up food as a way to use energy to fight illness...instinctively. Takes a lot of energyto digest food, try running a marathon after a 5 course meal...Blerk!!!!

[@samiryan214]

Digesting meat is more worse and harder than plant foods, and no it isn't about the body want to use that energy to fight the illness. it's about to stop you from filling up the body with toxins, like those morons who're sick and ill and keep eating sugar and junk foods while taking antibiotics.

[@ff-pw8yw]

Getting food in nature takes a lot of energy too! Maybe thats a factor

[@rustenberg3994]

@@ff-pw8yw Nice observation

[@drnatesw]

Exactly, even we feel sleepy after a heavy meal. Digesting food drains our energy lvls.

[@LTPottenger]

Very true! Just give them some salted grass fed butter

[@maxhuber4556]

Guy Tenenbaum did a fast for 21 and 54 days.

[@thog210]

Could you please talk about how we can refeed safely after fasting if we're on a vegan diet?

[@jimmy-jamesolivier-mccutch2126]

look up refeeding protocol of Dr. Goldhamer of the TrueNorth Health center, he have a clinic that does 40day water fasts since the 80's

[@drnatesw]

You can try increasing your calorie intake gradually by eating good carbs :)

[@lukeweaver9287]

Fresh veggie juice or watermelon are good as well as organic vegetable broth.

[@TylerTolmanTT]

I teach these details in many of my web events and it depends on the length of the Water Fast. 🙏🏻

[@jamesworth6778]

Bone broth is good I heard. Also MTC oil is good.

[@anascancerjourney9922]

How about fasting in stage 4? I've read and heard that autophagy is an issue in stage 4 as the broken down cells get used by the cells that remain alive to get stronger.

[@UnpredictableAri]

It’s disheartening that no one has answered your question

[@petecordoni7534]

Hi Anam I've not heard that before, but I've fasted since college, and through 24 rounds of chemo for congenital leukemia and I am doing well. Cheers ❤

[@wengmun7806]

@@petecordoni7534 congratulations, let’s fight this sh*t

[@Richard-jw6ee]

Look at Fasting mimmicing diet prof Valter Longo

[@YD-uq5fi]

But what fasting protocol? Frequent 36-hour fasts? A 10-day water fast once a year? What?

[@knockingseeker]

36 hours every 1-3 weeks and a 3-5 day fast every quarter

[@elispapaep]

I am trying to fast only drinking water for 5 days and 2 days eating and back on 5 days fasting again. Please let me know if its ok

[@petecordoni7534]

It's working for myself Elis, I've been practicing IF since college, and throughout my 24 chemo sessions for congenital leukemia 2 years ago. I just did an enlightening course of Dr Mindy Pelz, who's on this platform. Good Fasting ❤

[@katalinafarfan]

Aren't the Spanish captions activated? I thought they were always available. I like to share with family and friends, but they don't speak English.

[@petecordoni7534]

It's working fine now Katalina❤

[@edwardbanegas2153]

How so lower Lpa Actually lower it I've adjusted diet, high dose vit c , etc No changes, sky high 500 range. Terrifying

[@cmerighe2]

I would expect a pure water fast is the best weapon against cancer, but I would think it needs to be done as soon ad possible. Once the patient is down to skins and bones….

[@tumbleweedmoon777]

I wonder if this will help GIST PATIENTS

[@kimberlykimmie1728]

Yeah, what was the fasting ratio?

[@bethanydueweke7492]

How does fasting affect womens hormones?

[@supersteveize]

Check out Dr. Mindi on KZbin

[@drnatesw]

hey, fasting can actually cause hormonal imbalances in women, which may lead to fertility problems!

[@bethanydueweke7492]

@@drnatesw I'm 40, so past infertility being a problem, but I mean, menopause is coming up sometime in the next decade, I dont need to go into that with whacked hormones.

[@stephaniehenderson6631]

@@bethanydueweke7492 Dr Mindy Pelz has a book which does go into the right way to fast during perimenopause and post menopause. I am waiting for it to arrive, but there are lots of videos on You Tube.

[@ucmogatewayvids]

@@stephaniehenderson6631 Dr. Greger has another video if you stating that fasting might cause breast cancers to grow. I get so confused.

[@proudchristian77]

Because, we in pacarious times , we had to fatten up every one , so when the earth shakes like never before, they will be stuck, no water to wash it down , no food to feed it , unless you abandon your tummies needs , hard to do if u over stuffed, y u dont do that ! 💝🚴‍♀️

[@kimberlykimmie1728]

I heard nothing but good things about fasting and healing cancers. I believe that pharmaceuticals can’t make money off of it and it’s pretty sad because it’s peoples lives. I am currently doing treatment for leukemia and the stuff that they feed you in a hospital is junk and they don’t talk about eating healthy or do they talk about fasting? And everything there feeding everything that they feed you has sugar and Lots of carbs. There’s not many options to accommodate so it’s very helpful to do meal preps but if you’re stuck in the hospital they don’t have accommodations where they can store food or help you in that sense. Anyways, it would be nice to know if you’re only supposed to eat one meal a day or what the hours are to spread out or you’re not supposed to eat I’m very, very curious

[@petecordoni7534]

Hi Kimberly, I agree with our shared hospital experience. I've been if-ing since college and I fasted throughout my 24 chemo treatments for congenital leukemia. Research and a good GP are integral to get deeper into fasting. I go 3 days a week again, and I feel well. So much so that I have gone as long as 3 weeks. One meal a day is OMAD the acronym. To enter into a state of autophagy takes the body several hours, we're all different, just like DNA for instance. Your window of feeding is longer at first, ie- 16 to 8 is a easy, and common start. Your dietary knowledge is much better than average, and I gave 93 times at the Canadian Red Cross heck for having factory cookies and Coke, and I refused the OJ too, water and an apple were fine for myself. I've been if-ing since college and through my 24 rounds of chemo for congenital leukemia. I'm assuming you are finished with the chemo now. I hope you did as well as I, kimmie, work to shrink the eating window as small as you feel comfortable. I'm eating in a 2-3 hour period unless I'm out socializing. Dr. Mindy Pelz is an expert, l did a course because that's Mindy's forte, I'm embarrassed that I wasn't totally taught as an Aquatic and Yoga therapist, that Women absolutely have to work around their 28 Day cycle because if-ing only allows for 2 of the 3 hormones whilst in a state of autophagy. I forgot the precise ratios, so I unfortunately can't help you in this panel. I cand direct you to Mindy, she's on this platform and has a newest book titled... FAST LIKE A GIRL. Awesome double ontondra sp., I'd send you my PDF link that summarizes the aforementioned book. Listen to her episodes on KZbin, and I also recommend a Podcast called... INTERMITTENT FASTING STORIES for a wide spectrum of Doctors and fasters on Any Podcast App., Dr Jason Fung of U of Toronto is the World expert on fasting to cure type 2 diabetes, he's working on type 1, Jason is also on the KZbin platform. Also, the latest advice seems to favor a variable daily window, and a Long Fast once or twice a year. I'm comfy with 3-4 days a week, even as I train slowly for recertification of my Life Guard license. You can absolutely do this, caveat being that you don't have an underlying condition. Although m not much can preclude fasting. I Love the sounds of water gurgling noisily through my G I track as it reboots the entire body including the mind. Good luck Kimmie ❤ cfn...

[@georgeduncan8946]

Ensure 😫🥵 full of sugar 💥💥💥💥💥

[@YogaBlissDance]

And they LOVE TO PUSH THAT cr#p. There are other ways to keep folks weight up withuot the sugar, not sure why it has so much sugar.

[@georgeduncan8946]

@@YogaBlissDance to create ill health ..big Pharma$$$$$

[@MuhammadAfzal-xh6gs]

Pmvyl 😊

[@kennyr7153]

My brother just got diagnosed with high grade osteosarcoma they cut a tumor out under his jaw , do you think fasting is a option for him?

[@dontbeaturd763]

Is there any evidence that fasting helps with breast cancer?

[@pychow13]

Would fasting cause cancer patients to lose more weight than they already do from the dreadful disease? I want to start my mum (diagnosis: lymphoma) on a fast but I think there will be huge pushback from her and the rest of family as they will see it as detrimental to her already shrinking size. It took me a lot of effort to even convince her to go on a whole food plant based diet, and I have only achieved 80% success to-date. A fast will be suicidal in their minds.

[@user-wb4bt7yr4i]

So a water fast 1 day a week ect and try eating way way more veg and add some raw into it like carrots raw and few outhers

[@ruthannlewis6471]

I got off of the vegan diet I started feeling like I was aging and I looked back at most of the vegans and they are not aging well McDougall looks awful so does his wife God bless them, Gregor the same thing I wish you all luck but it’s not for me❤

[@cyndijohnson5473]

80 calories a day?!?!!!!! Plus electrolytes?

[@barefootlumberjack]

Fast, and eat meat, almost exclusively.

[@shazadWahid-xw2np]

O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, even as it was prescribed for those before you, that ye may ward off (evil)

[@olyav5819]

If this true, why cancer patients, who cannot eat food and throw up if they eat, basically they are becoming very thin because luck of food, still dying?

[@Joseph1NJ]

good point.

[@drnatesw]

that's because no particular diet or food grp can actually cure cancer, though it may reduce its chances.

[@alekseyvalentinov9361]

He's not saying fasting is a cure, he's saying it helps. Doesn't mean every cancer patient will survive if they fast

[@Bpp2020]

Because the chemo (poison) destroys them along with some of the cancer cells. Fasting during chemo purportedly protects regular cells and makes cancer cells more vulnerable.

[@Eddie-cc6py]

eating less, or cannot eat, is completely different from fasting. Fasting means a duration of absolutely no food; whereas, patients who cannot eat will eat a little whenever they can. They are completely different and please do not comingle the two. Fasting will allow your body to generate ketone. When a patient cannot eat, he still eats a little bit that will turn into glucose to feed the cancer. Cancer cells cannot digest ketone and can only digest glucose. Fasting will starve the cancer cell but eating very little cannot. I have been doing IM for 3 years and this is the part that many people are confused so I do not blame you.

[@elliot8967]

Lent is a joke. Ramadan is healthcare.

[@atmanand5802]

🪔🥗Dhanyavaad Ji🥥📿

[@tarekkamal8893]

Al Quran chapter 2 verse 183: O you who believe! Observing As-Saum (the fasting) is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you, that you may become Al-Muttaqun (the pious - see V. 2:2).

[@abmcd9381]

finally some content thats actually true from this channel.

[@talyah23]

All information on this channel is true, it's just that this one falls in line with your own beliefs.

[@Dindonmasker]

But what about MY believes!! My reality is not the same as your's clearly! lol

[@janask7]

best channel about nutrition for years, you probably heven't seen other videos...

[@michaeldowner2337]

The bots never rest

[@mattdonalds9996]

I'll look forward to your videos debunking the journals and articles cited... 🤭

[@jackschitt6235]

I delivered many meat lover's pizzas to this guy during the quarantine.

[@sdavidleigh6642]

Who?

[@jackschitt6235]

@@sdavidleigh6642 What? When? Where? Why?

[@ThoreHLackebo]

Nice one troll.

[@StanDupp6371]

My friend Mike Oxsmall is working for free at a high paying job serving health food.

[@unguidedone]

why would you do that the guy is a hero for providing free information to the public

[@mikehamalo7406]

So u mean we need to fast for 21 days without food

[@petecordoni7534]

It's not difficult Mike. Just a general health clearance is prudent for a fast that long. I take a non flavor No sugars or dyes on the long fasting...

[@user-nk1gl6ck7x]

​@@petecordoni7534 wow 21 day no feed only water thats a long time I have only have done for 4 days 96 hours and its already dificult but 21 days i would i could do it would be awesome

[@jamesworth6778]

People are literally eating themselves to their graves. 🪦