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HOW DOES FASTING AFFECT CANCER?

July 26, 2026 / 01:02

This episode discusses fasting, its effects on the body, and its potential benefits for chronic disease management. Key topics include the challenges of prolonged fasting, the impact of glucose addiction, and dietary adjustments for cancer patients.

The conversation begins with a personal account of fasting experiences, highlighting the difficulties faced after three days without food. The guest describes physical discomfort, including insomnia and restlessness.

The discussion shifts to the benefits of a zero-carb diet for cancer patients, emphasizing how it helps the body readjust. The guest compares glucose to an addictive substance, noting the withdrawal symptoms that can occur when fasting.

Strategies for easing into water-only fasting are shared, focusing on the importance of preparing the body beforehand to minimize discomfort. This approach is suggested as a way to assist those looking to overcome chronic health issues.

TLDR

Fasting's challenges and benefits for chronic disease discussed.

Episode

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Fasting is a Okay? Do you ever try it? Yeah. What do you think? You liked it? >> It depends how long you're talking
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about. >> Okay, let's go a week. >> Uh I know I've not fasted for a week before.
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>> After about 3 days of not eating, just drinking water, you hit this wall and it's like, "Oh
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man, I'm just I can't deal with it anymore." It's just a terrible feeling in my body.
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I can't sleep at night. I got the Jimmy legs. I got all kinds of problems. Screw
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it. I'm not doing this. Just tiny amounts of a grape juice you can get get through the wall. What we do for the
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cancer patients, we do a zero carb diet for about a week while the body is readjusting. You can't
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believe the power of glucose is an addictive drug on the brain. It's unbelievable. It's like cocaine. And you
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know that when you start you start shaking and you're going but if you don't eat carbs and just eat meat or
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whatever, then when you jump off to the water only fasting, it's much less dramatic to the brain. You've gone
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through the wall the gate, so to speak. So, once you know how to get through the
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gate, you make this whole process a lot a lot easier. And that helps people enormously, especially those people that
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want to get rid of their chronic disease.

Episode Highlights

  • The Struggles of Fasting
    Fasting can lead to intense physical and mental challenges, especially after a few days.
    “After about 3 days... it's like, 'Oh man, I can't deal with it anymore.'”
    @ 00m 11s
    July 26, 2026
  • Glucose: The Addictive Drug
    Glucose can be as addictive as cocaine, impacting the brain significantly.
    “You can't believe the power of glucose is an addictive drug on the brain.”
    @ 00m 36s
    July 26, 2026

Episode Quotes

  • You can't believe the power of glucose.
    HOW DOES FASTING AFFECT CANCER?
  • It's like cocaine.
    HOW DOES FASTING AFFECT CANCER?

Key Moments

  • Fasting Frustration00:23
  • Glucose Addiction00:36
  • Overcoming the Wall00:49