The Cancer Code

A Revolutionary New Understanding of a Medical Mystery

De: Dr. Jason Fung

Narrado por: Brian Nishii

Author of the international best sellers 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.

©2020 Jason Fung (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers

Paradigm Shift

Of course, I prefer Dr. Fung narrating, but Brian Nishii does a nice job, with good infection, tone and pacing. I played it at about 1.4 speed.

Dr. Jason Fung goes on a deeper dive with this, his third “Code” book. This time he travels a slightly different path than his previous books, taking he readers on an interesting, detailed journey into the history and rational of the many treatments for cancer, explaining where we came from and where we are going with regards to this terrible disease.

Along the way he covers the familiar questions: What causes it? How does it develop? What makes it progress? What are the old and new treatments? Alas, finally coming to the one we need to understand now, before we can more forward: Do we understand it at its core?

In getting to its core, he reacquaints us with an old nemesis - hyperinsulinemia. For insulin is not just limited to our blood sugar levels, but plays a significant role in cell growth. He reveals for the last ten years we have been in another paradigm shift, now giving us the theory of evolution and a new turn of “seed” and “soil” concept. So, we get to ask ourselves a more critical question: How do our nutrition and environment, as well as how frequency we eat, affect not only our insulin levels and obesity, but our risk of cancer?

I love Dr. Fung’s lack of adherence to traditional “scientific beliefs” and his willingness to look beyond scientific studies, while gaining insight from them. There are some nice diagrams and explanatory charts and a detailed “Notes” section of all referenced research articles at the back of the book. While he speaks easily to the layperson, I’m sure he’ll also hold the scientific and medical communities equally fascinated.

And best of all, as always, in the end he gives us hope. ❤

excellent book on cancer

Well written book on the understanding of cancer and treatments. Accessable to those without a science degree but an interest in understanding cancer and cancer treatments/strategies.

Reader was excellent.

Scares the &)(;#%> out of me

I’ve always thought, I can reverse heart disease, diabetes type 2 by diet. But, there is no way to make Ca reverse. It gets to a stage and once it can invade and metastasize, reversal is rare. This book explains why what we put in our body helps Cancer and makes it plainly obvious why you should be different.

Cutting to the chase

I went through this book three times, as many important points were not fully grasped the first time around. I have read most of Dr. Jason Fung's books and dropped twenty pounds and have kept it off for over three years. I am a type II Diabetic that lowered my A1C to 5.6 from what was an A1C of 9.3 plus dumping the insulin shots and medications prior to getting the knowledge to repair my health by studying what the good doctor had to say concerning fasting and diet. My point is simply that every individual is the person that is responsible for their own health, but it is hard to get good information that you can take action on. Dr. Jason Fung is a reliable source of good information. This book goes a long way in explaining the mysteries of cancer and why it will not be taken down with a single silver bullet. Cancer as the primeval single cell life form as an ancient default setting that may be switched on when over stressed is an interesting theory.

Super-informative

Interesting how far public knowledge lags behind research. Still, when lives are at stake, it’s a thin line to walk.

An easy way to understand the nature of cancer

in a layman's terms! Powerful book on how to take charge of your own destiny!

Very good

Very good written book with great examples. Easy to follow and well documented with research.

I really enjoy Dr. Fung! Great book.

good information, however I wish it had some more recommendations from the author. Does keto and fasting work to reduce the chance of getting cancer?

Excelente Listen

Very informative. Author is very knowledgeable about the history of cancer and its early treatments, and our understanding of cancer and treatments of today. I loved it and recommend it to anyone wanting to learn.

Wow, Just Wow!

I teach biochemistry, so some of this material is likely easier for me to assimilate, but most anyone will understand the narrative he so aptly weaves. Listen to it! You or someone in your tribe you love has or will have cancer. I had purchased this but finally gave it a go when my mother's cancer returned. It is f'kn phenomenal! I bought it for her after finishing it.