癌症密码 – The Cancer Code by Dr. Jason Fung

作为人类疾病史上最古老的医学奥秘，癌症备受世人关注。所有的癌症都起源于人体正常细胞，这是癌症特别令人恼火和反常的地方——它最初来自我们自身。癌症不是外敌入侵，而是一场内部叛乱。抗癌战争实为一场与我们自己的战争。

《癌症密码》汇集了医学博士杰森·冯关于癌症的研究结晶。冯博士结合大量实例与数据，指出了癌症研究史上前两种理论范式的不足之处，并以进化论的视角提出第三种范式，回答了最根本的问题：什么是癌症？是什么导致了癌症？癌症治疗的希望在何处？

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.