Extended fasting during the night may lower your risk of breast cancer or improve your prognosis. Fasting has also been shown to provide a decrease in the risk for other types of cancer, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. In the first study of its kind, researchers analyzed 11 years of data from non-diabetic breast cancer patients, with surprising results. The women who fasted less than 13 hours per night showed a 36 percent increase in breast cancer recurrence compared to those who fasted for 13 or more hours per night. In other words, going at least 13 hours between between … [Read more...]