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Brief Quasi-Fasting Diet Boosts Breast Cancer Chemo Response

In Clinical Studies News by Barbara Jacoby

By: Mike Bassett From: medpagetoday.com A fasting mimicking diet (FMD) – a low-calorie, low-protein, plant-based, intermittent meal plan with the metabolic benefits of fasting — used over several days was a safe and effective adjunct to chemotherapy in women with early breast cancer, a randomized trial showed. FMD significantly boosted the effects of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on the radiological and pathological …