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Today, I am blessed to have here with me Sam Apple. He is on the faculty of the MA in Science Writing and MA in Writing programs at Johns Hopkins.

Prior to his arrival at Johns Hopkins, Apple taught creative writing and journalism at the University of Pennsylvania for ten years. He holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University.

Apple is the author of Ravenous American Parent, and Schlepping Through the Alps. He has published short stories, personal essays, satires, and journalistic features on a wide range of topics. In recent years, he has primarily written about science and health.

His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Wired, The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times Magazine, ESPN The Magazine, The MIT Technology Review, and McSweeney’s, among many other publications. Schlepping Through the Alps was a finalist for the PEN America Award for a first work of nonfiction.

In this episode, Sam talks about the inspiration behind his book Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet. We dive into Otto Warburg’s work and how the Nazis protected him for his cancer science. Sam explains how sugar can promote cancer growth and what steps you can take to lower your insulin levels. Tune in as we chat about fasting, therapies for cancer, and the importance of exercise. Get Sam’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/Ravenous-Warburg-Search-Cancer-Diet-Connection/dp/1631493159/benazadi-20

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[00:30] The Inspiration Behind Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet

• Read Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection: https://www.amazon.com/Ravenous-Warburg-Search-Cancer-Diet-Connection/dp/1631493159/benazadi-20
• Sam was interested in researching metabolic disease and metabolic health.
• Plus, Gary Taubes inspired him.
• Sam was really surprised to learn that that cancer was associated with diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, and cardiovascular disease.
• He wanted to dig further on the connection between cancer and metabolic disease. 

[02:10] The Nazis Protected Warburg For His Cancer Research

• In 1923, Warburg makes this famous discovery called the Warburg Effect.
• Cancer cells take up a lot more glucose than other cells and burn it without oxygen; they ferment it, just like microorganisms do.
• Warburg also has made other discoveries about how cells breathe and use oxygen.
• He wins the Nobel Prize in 1931. In 1933, the Nazis come along. Despite having a Jewish father and being openly gay, the Nazis protected Warburg because they were interested in his cancer research.

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