How Fasting Can Beat Genetics and Control Cancer – Dr. Jason Fung with Dave Asprey : 760
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2020
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Dr. Jason Fung, a Canadian nephrologist known as a pioneer in intermittent fasting in a clinical setting. He’s co-founder and chairman of The Fasting Method.
He’s now turned his attention to cancer with his new book: “The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery.”
A completely new and fascinating concept of cancer has emerged. The evolutionary concept of cancer maintains that cancer already exists buried deep into every cell of every multicellular animal, and its development is driven by Darwinian selection pressure.
Dr. Fung is the site chief of medicine at Scarborough General Hospital; scientific editor of the Journal of Insulin Resistance; and a kidney specialist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
His specialty is in intermittent fasting and low carb, especially for treating people with type 2 diabetes. His groundbreaking work in the treatment of obesity and diabetes has won him international acclaim. He’s the author of several bestselling books on fasting, as well as the “The Obesity Code” and “The Diabetes Code.”
“Obesity related cancers are actually starting to sort of move their way back up, which is of course very concerning,” Dr. Fung says. “Liver cancer has tripled in the last 20 years. And this is directly related to the obesity epidemic, as well as this sort of epidemic of type 2 diabetes that we're getting.”
“And in cancer, it's different because insulin is also a growth factor,” he says. “So, not only is it important for weight gain metabolism, but it's also a growth factor. When you start to have too much insulin, then not only does it lead to the obesity type 2 diabetes, but it's also going to tip the scales in terms of growth, which is going to tip the scale in favor of cancer.”
“There’s something that you can do–stop feeding the growth of cancer. It’s within your control.”
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| 0:00.0 | Good proof radio, a state of high performance. |
| 0:06.0 | You're listening to Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:10.0 | Today's episode is going to be a lot of fun because it is with a guy who is a real expert |
| 0:17.0 | on metabolism. |
| 0:19.4 | And he's a Canadian nephrologist, which means he has a lot of nephews, or they know a lot |
| 0:24.0 | about kidneys, one of the two. |
| 0:26.1 | But he's a pioneer at testing intermittent fasting in clinical settings. |
| 0:30.7 | We have all kinds of information about intermittent fasting that's been out there. |
| 0:34.9 | It's a core part of the Bulletproof diet. |
| 0:37.4 | But it's been around in spiritual traditions for a very long time. |
| 0:41.2 | But the clinical studies of it were lacking, and Jason Fung is the guy who has done a lot |
| 0:47.7 | of that work. |
| 0:49.2 | And he's worked on treating obesity and diabetes. |
| 0:52.3 | He wrote the obesity code, the diabetes code. |
| 0:55.3 | And today he's talking about one of the four big killers. |
| 0:59.4 | The things that you have to avoid if you want to live a long time. |
| 1:02.2 | Cancer is one of the big four things that takes a lot of us out. |
| 1:05.1 | A lot more, by the way, than any viral disease I might add. |
| 1:09.9 | It's a real epidemic. |
| 1:12.0 | And his book is called The Cancer Code. |
| 1:15.1 | I'm really excited for this interview. |
| 1:16.9 | So Jason, thank you for taking the time. |
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