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Fasting That Destroys Cancer | Bridger Pennington

21 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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In this short video, the speaker references a study claiming that a 7‑day water fast—consuming only water for a week—could lower a person’s lifetime risk of developing cancer by roughly 75%. The speaker explains the study’s proposed mechanism: during a fast, cells lack external nutrients, become more metabolically efficient, and the first cells to die are dormant cancer cells. He adds his personal view that individuals willing to undertake such an extreme fast are likely already health‑conscious, and he emphasizes that the study concluded the fast would kill cancer cells.

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So there's a really cool study I saw that showed if you did a 7-day water fast, meaning you just drank water for 7 days, your reduction in cancer over your life would reduce about 75%. The research at least concluded that what would happen during a water fast is your cells don't have food and so they become more efficient. And what they do, the first cells to die off are the dormant cancer cells in your body. In my opinion as well, is if you're the type of person that will do a 7-day water fast, I feel like you're generally more of a healthy person. But at least the study showed that their conclusion was it would kill the cancer cells if you did a 7-day water fast.