Two years ago I read The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, and while the book was fascinating and elegantly written it was also a difficult read with some complicated science thrown in. The seed of cancer may exist in all of us, but the power to change the soil is in our hands.
By reshaping our view of cancer as an internal uprising of our own healthy cells, we can begin to take back control. Another, eliminating intake of insulin-stimulating foods, such as sugar and refined carbohydrates.įor hundreds of years, cancer has been portrayed as a foreign invader we’ve been powerless to stop. One such strategy is intermittent fasting, which reduces blood glucose, lowering insulin levels. Fung provides a new paradigm for dealing with cancer, with recommendations for what we can do to create a hostile soil for this dangerous seed. In fact, obesity and type 2 diabetes significantly increase an individual’s risk of cancer. Fung-whose groundbreaking work in the treatment of obesity and diabetes has won him international acclaim-suggests that the primary disease pathway of cancer is caused by the dysregulation of insulin. Fung identifies the medical community’s many missteps in cancer research-in particular, its focus on genetics, or what he terms the “seed” of cancer, at the expense of examining the “soil,” or the conditions under which cancer flourishes. Jason Fung offers a revolutionary new understanding of this invasive, often fatal disease- what it is, how it manifests, and why it is so challenging to treat.
but the “War on Cancer” has hardly been won. For the first time ever, the death rate from cancer is showing a steady decline. Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for the development of more effective treatments. Jason Fung returns with an eye-opening biography of cancer in which he offers a radical new paradigm for understanding cancer- and issues a call to action for reducing risk moving forward. Author of the international bestsellers The Diabetes Code and The Obesity Code Dr.
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