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Bill,
Really interesting about the fasting. My Radiation Oncologist told me to avoid anti-oxidants before and during the WBRT, then for a few weeks after. So I did not dose up on Vitamin C, obviously, but also avoided fruits and vegetables. This is supposedly because the radiation generates free radicals that hit the cancer, and you don't want the free-oxygen scavengering of anti-oxidants. Then the anti-oxidants could promote DNA repair in all cells, but especially to be avoided in the cancer cells.
He also told me to have a cup of coffee before the radiation, because there are some reports that caffeine helps the free rads stick around. Said he would not reccommend this to other patients for fear they would be up all night hugging the coffee pot.
Tried to do some Internet research about the caffeine thing, but mostly found rat studies that showed caffein was contraindicated. (Remember I'm the 30 year grunt Molecular Biologist, pretty good at MedLine.)
I wonder if the fasting causes ketosis at just a few days?
Carla
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