Fasting and Cancer.. check it out

Hello,

I did not view the videos and only responding to the title. Being able to consume sufficient liquids and food is extremely common. Nearly every patient under chemo/rad treatment loses weight and often makes a trip or two for a IV saline boost. My own view is work hard trying to eat as much as you can of anything and drink as much fluilds as you possibly can. I can never recollect someone commenting on needing go on a diet while under treatment.

Luvn, I have listened to the podcasts and the theory makes sense. The old school concept has always been to eat lots and use a feeding tube if necessary to maintain your weight during treatment and your body uses and needs lots of calories to maintain weight, fight the cancer with your treatment, and to recover. This is pretty much established and I don't think it will easily be changed, these things take time. Many thousands have defeated their cancer using this approach.

I am also not sure if this concept is tested enough to say that it is the right approach for everyone in every case but certainly, it is an approach to consider.

But Dr. Gregor stated that people doing this didn't lose weight and if they did picked it back up very quickly between treatments. Also, it seems that blood counts were better with fasting. There are studies on this and the theory sounds very good and I would say anyone going into cancer treatment could consider this and see if it is right for them. They can also try it and if they are extremely hungry, don't feel good, or decide not to continue they can change and go with the standard method of care.

I believe you said you did not share with your care team that you were taking this approach but I think it would be better if people would share it with their care team if they go this route that way if there are any problems or situations come up your care team are fully aware of the path you are on so there is not lost time in reacting to it.

I am not necessarily endorsing this but I would say it is something to consider. After all in times past there are things done in certain ways and it does not change quickly.

Also, this may just be a different option from the standard of care in the future, we will see if this is getting more accepted or used as time goes on. As the saying goes, time will tell.

Take Care, May God Bless & Watch Over You

Luvntn, my mistake about you not sharing it with your care team I must have been thinking of someone else or another instance I have read. Anything you can do to defeat your cancer is what you want to do. Interesting story on your dog. I have a recent story of my wife and please "be aware I am not comparing my wife to a dog" but she recently was sick, felt sick and was nauseous, the taste and smell of food made her not want to eat, tired, had no energy and felt bad and she did pretty much the same thing felt bad, knew she felt bad, and just layed around, she ate very minimally and drank mostly water and after about 2 weeks she started slowly feeling better again. We still don't know what was wrong with her but thank God and by the Grace of God, she is better. Sometimes we get these minor illnesses where we feel bad but don't know exactly what is going on but the idea of going to the doctor is not considered too strongly because our symptoms are not of the nature serious and we feel we can handle it ourselves unless it gets to a more serious level.

The big thing to remember in this cancer battle no matter what path you choose or medical facility or exact treatment modality, this is a "One Shot Deal". Make sure the treatment you choose will in all likelihood will eradicate this cancer from your body. You don't want to have to do this again.

Take Care, May God Bless & Watch Over You