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Why fasting won’t cleanse your body – or beat cancer

By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University

A 21-day water fast won’t ‘starve’ cancer or cleanse your body. Here’s why science says it’s not only a myth, but potentially dangerous

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