I have insulin resistance and my physician recommended time restricted eating, 16 to 18 hours of not eating every day to overcome insulin resistance.
I read that time restricted eating induces autophagy. Then I googled "autophagy and prostate cancer" and found these:
"Effective management of prostate cancer requires a better understanding of molecular mechanisms involved in the onset and progression of prostate cancer. Among various mechanisms, autophagy possesses a dual role in cancer, and can either promote or suppress cancer progression."
"In the early tumorigenesis, autophagy, as a survival pathway and quality-control mechanism, prevents tumor initiation and suppresses cancer progression. Once the tumors progress to late stage and are established and subjected to the environmental stresses, autophagy, as a dynamic degradation and recycling system, contributes to the survival and growth of the established tumors and promotes aggressiveness of the cancers by facilitating metastasis. "
I'm not metastatic yet, so if the above is correct, authopagy may suppress my cancer cells for now.
I would like to have your opinion/ experiences on this subject. Thank you