380: Dr. Jason Fung - A Revolutionary New Understanding Of Cancer

<p>Dr. Jason Fung (IG: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/drjasonfung/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">@drjasonfung</a>) 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.</p> <p>This conversation is based off of Dr. Fung’s latest book, <a href="https://geni.us/uIU1B9A" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">The Cancer Code: A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery</a>.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li>What is cancer?</li> <li>The history of cancer</li> <li>The 3 modern cancer paradigms</li> <li>Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy aka cutting, burning, poisoning</li> <li>The Human Genome Project & The Cancer Genome Atlas</li> <li>What causes genetic mutations?</li> <li>The 8 hallmarks of cancer</li> <li>The differences between unicellular & multicellular cells</li> <li>The environment is responsible for 70-80% of cancers</li> <li>Types of carcinogens</li> <li>Chronic sub lethal damage causes cancer</li> <li>Radiation treatment can cause secondary malignancies</li> <li>What is immune surveillance?</li> <li>Why does cancer develop to kill itself?</li> <li>The truth behind the high price of cancer drugs</li> <li>How effective are cancer drugs?</li> <li>Treating cancer with immunotherapy</li> <li>Nutrition and cancer</li> <li>Obesity is a big risk factor for cancer</li> <li>What is hyperinsulinemia?</li> <li>Insulin is a potent growth hormone</li> <li>The increased risk of cancer for type 2 diabetics</li> <li>Metastasis is not a late stage thing, it actually occurs very early on</li> <li>Treating cancer with adaptive therapy</li> <li>Intermittent fasting moves your body from growth mode into repair & regeneration mode</li> <li>Green tea has an anti-cancer effect</li> <li>The entire cancer field is changing</li> </ul> <p><strong>Show sponsors:</strong> </p> <p><a href="https://u