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Author of the internationalbestsellers The Diabetes Code and The Obesity Code Dr.Jason Fung returns with an eye-opening biography of cancer in which he offers aradical new paradigm for understanding cancer—andissues a call to action for reducing risk moving forward.Our understanding of cancer is slowly undergoing a revolution, allowing for thedevelopment of more effective treatments. For the first time ever, the deathrate from cancer is showing a steady decline . . . but the “War on Cancer” hashardly been won.In The Cancer Code, Dr.Jason Fung offers a revolutionary new understanding of this invasive, oftenfatal disease—what it is, how it manifests, and why it is so challenging to treat. Inthis rousing narrative, Dr. Fung identifies the medical community’s manymissteps in cancer research—in particular, its focus on genetics, or what heterms the “seed” of cancer, at the expense of examining the “soil,” or theconditions under which cancer flourishes. Dr. Fung—whose groundbreaking work inthe treatment of obesity and diabetes has won him internationalacclaim—suggests that the primary disease pathway of cancer is caused by thedysregulation of insulin. In fact, obesity and type 2 diabetes significantlyincrease an individual’s risk of cancer.In this accessible read, Dr. Fungprovides a new paradigm for dealing with cancer, with recommendations for whatwe can do to create a hostile soil for this dangerous seed. One such strategyis intermittent fasting, which reduces blood glucose, lowering insulin levels.Another, eliminating intake of insulin-stimulating foods, such as sugar andrefined carbohydrates.For hundreds of years, cancer has been portrayedas a foreign invader we’ve been powerless to stop. By reshaping our view ofcancer as an internal uprising of our own healthy cells, we can begin to takeback control. The seed of cancer may exist in all of us, but the power tochange the soil is in our hands.