We’ve all heard about the Fast Diet – characterized by the 5:2 rule, where we eat normally for five days and then a very restricted diet for two days – but one of the inspirations behind the concept thinks it not only helps us lose weight, but could also be the key to beating cancer. Simply put, we starve cancer by not eating. Valter Longo, professor of gerontology (the study of aging) and biological sciences at the University of Southern California, estimates that cancers lose their primary food source if we fast for four days. In itself, that’s not enough: people who don’t eat for four days … [Read more...]