EDIT: I had a misled belief. Here's a better source: https://www.cancer.org/trea... | Hacker News

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maerF0x0 on Sept 15, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fasting improves chemotherapy results and protects...

EDIT: I had a misled belief. Here's a better source: https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects...

Ignore below...

Wasn't the whole impetus for getting "medicinal" marijuana for the snacking? Seems like someone is talking out both sides of their mouth.

Nonetheless glad to see additional evidence for fasting's multiple benefits.

bitdizzy on Sept 15, 2020 [–]

The use of marijuana for chemo patients is to manage the extreme nausea that accompanies the treatment. It's not about the munchies per se.

maerF0x0 on Sept 15, 2020 | [–]

Noted, thank you

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