Heh. There is a
paper* which has this in the abstract:
Quote:
In this review, we discuss how the remarkable changes in the levels of glucose, IGF-I, IGFBP-1 and in other proteins caused by fasting have the potential to improve the efficacy of chemotherapy against tumors by protecting normal cells and tissues and possibly by diminishing multidrug resistance in malignant cells.
However I'm not so inclined to chuck $31 dollars at it.
I get suspicious about claims made on or around dieting and such, as I consider tehre to be too much bullshit floating about, and even proper scientific dieticians can't really get their heads around what a human needs. it's a personal prejudice.
*If you are so inclined, you can search that site using the box at the top (lastname, initial) and see what papers I gone and done some time back.