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Dr. Jason Fung - A Revolutionary New Understanding Of Cancer

Episode 380

Dr. Jason Fung (IG: @drjasonfung) is a physician, author, and researcher. His groundbreaking science-based books about diabetes and obesity have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and challenged the conventional wisdom that diabetics should be treated with insulin.

This conversation is based off of Dr. Fung's latest book, The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery.

In this episode, we discuss:

What is cancer?
The history of cancer
The 3 modern cancer paradigms
Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy aka cutting, burning, poisoning
The Human Genome Project & The Cancer Genome Atlas
What causes genetic mutations?
The 8 hallmarks of cancer
The differences between unicellular & multicellular cells
The environment is responsible for 70-80% of cancers
Types of carcinogens
Chronic sub lethal damage causes cancer
Radiation treatment can cause secondary malignancies
What is immune surveillance?
Why does cancer develop to kill itself?
The truth behind the high price of cancer drugs
How effective are cancer drugs?
Treating cancer with immunotherapy
Nutrition and cancer
Obesity is a big risk factor for cancer
What is hyperinsulinemia?
Insulin is a potent growth hormone
The increased risk of cancer for type 2 diabetics
Metastasis is not a late stage thing, it actually occurs very early on
Treating cancer with adaptive therapy
Intermittent fasting moves your body from growth mode into repair & regeneration mode
Green tea has an anti-cancer effect
The entire cancer field is changing

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Dr. Jason Fung - A Revolutionary New Understanding Of Cancer