I just saw a new Italian study that suggested fasting (350 calories a day) 36 hours before and 24 hours after greatly improved chemo outcomes. The study was small, but found 3 of 5 had a complete or almost complete response to chemo with fasting and only 1 in 5 had a similar response without fasting. The study involved carboplatin and paxlitaxol. I did not fast and there are obviously dangers in fasting when our bodies are so depleted, but if you are doing chemo every three weeks it might be worth the effort. Apparently these aren’t the only studies showing a benefit.