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Stories about: fasting

Chemotherapy Enhanced by Fasting Researchers have recently announced in a new study that fasting for a little while before beginning cancer treatment could boost the effects of chemotherapy considerably. They say that doing this could protect healthy cells, and make them stronger, while at the same time leaving cancerous cells more vulnerable to the... 18 February 2010 05:58 GMT Fasting May Adversely Affect People with Metabolic Disorders Doctors point out the fact that fasting may become dangerous for some people if proper control measures are not employed. This refers to a regulatory process that needs to be set in place before and after fasting periods. When deprived of its usual source of energy, which is glucose extracted from food, the brain see... 6 October 2008 04:05 GMT Fasting Can Prevent Jet Lag As part of our very busy, modern lifestyle, many of us find themselves in a position that imposes frequent traveling, often to very distant, overseas destinations. One of the most common and troublesome side effects of frequent flying is jet lag - a common physiological response of our bodies to the disruption of the... 23 May 2008 06:29 GMT