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    The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
    The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
    The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery
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    The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery

    Written by Dr. Jason Fung

    Narrated by Brian Nishii

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    Author of the international bestsellers The Diabetes Code and The Obesity Code Dr. 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.

    Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for the development of more effective treatments. For the first time ever, the death rate from cancer is showing a steady decline . . . but the “War on Cancer” has hardly been won.

    In The Cancer Code, Dr. 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. In this rousing narrative, Dr. 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. Dr. 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. In fact, obesity and type 2 diabetes significantly increase an individual’s risk of cancer.

    In this accessible listen, Dr. 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. One such strategy is intermittent fasting, which reduces blood glucose, lowering insulin levels. Another, eliminating intake of insulin-stimulating foods, such as sugar and refined carbohydrates.

    For hundreds of years, cancer has been portrayed as a foreign invader we’ve been powerless to stop. By reshaping our view of cancer as an internal uprising of our own healthy cells, we can begin to take back control. The seed of cancer may exist in all of us, but the power to change the soil is in our hands.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateNov 10, 2020
    ISBN9780063034297
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    Dr. Jason Fung

    Dr. Jason Fung is a physician, author, and researcher. His groundbreaking science-based books, The Diabetes Code, The Obesity Code, and The Complete Guide to Fasting have sold over one million copies and challenged the conventional wisdom about type 2 diabetes, weight loss, and fasting. Dr. Fung is also the co-founder of The Fasting Method (www.TheFastingMethod.com), a program to help people lose weight and reverse Type 2 Diabetes naturally with fasting. His work on fasting has been cited by CNN, The New York Times, Time, The Atlantic, Forbes, The Toronto Star, and many other media outlets. 

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    • 5/5
      Dr. Fung is a knowledgable and compassionate physician and his book is exemplary.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Amazing information. The author is really great narrator. My highest recommendation.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Excellent book, clear explanation of the paradigm shift and very clearly stated. Some part in the beginning might be a stretch to those with knowledge of cancer, but still a very infomative book .

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Love Dr Fung. He makes the complex easy to understand. Must read!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This book offered great explanations, and did so in an easily digestible manner.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great book to understand cancer and the fight of humanity against ir
    • 4/5
      A very well researched and matter of fact presentation of the elusive and pervasive disease of cancer. Dr. Fung makes a point that despite decades and billions spent on intense research we have made little headway in conquering this prolific killer. He gives a lot of background and history on the research and treatment efforts and finally concludes though we have a long way to go we are slowly realizing this disease is very much integrated into our very life. No cure is proposed but he focuses on a few of the knowns that contribute to the disease such as carcinogens, obesity, and suggests diet could be a significant factor in combating it.

      1 person found this helpful