Observing a fast twice a week can help boost immunity to combat cancer cells in the body, according to findings of a new study. Published: June 19, 2024 12:19 PM IST By Edited by Fasting entails several benefits and that is common knowledge. Weight loss, enhanced gut health, heart health etc, keeping a fast can help improve bodily functions.
According to a new study, this practice may help to fight against cancer cells, that invade the body, more effectively. A team of researchers have claimed that it can even reprogramme the metabolism of natural killer cells, helping them to survive in the harsh environment in and around tumours while also improving their cancer-fighting ability Study Finds Fasting Can Kill Cancer Cells Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York revealed that fasting may help the body defend against cancer, starving cancer cells of the nutrients they need to grow. The study was conducted on mice.
“Tumors are very hungry. They take up essential nutrients, creating a hostile environment often rich in lipids that are detrimental to most immune cells. What we show here is that fasting reprograms these natural killer cells to better survive in this suppressive environment,” noted Joseph Sun, an immunologist and the study’s co-corresponding author.
According to a report by Science Daily, fasting and other dietary regimens are increasingly being explored as ways to starve cancer cells of the nutrients required to grow and to make.
