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THERE'S A LINK BETWEEN CANCER AND FASTING?

September 01, 2025 / 01:30

This episode discusses the health benefits of fasting, including its effects on high blood pressure, insulin resistance, cognitive function, and mental health. Dr. Jason Fung, a leading expert in fasting, explains how fasting can help reduce visceral fat and combat diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Dr. Fung emphasizes the importance of fasting in a society where many people are overweight or dependent on medications for health. He argues that fasting can lead to significant health improvements and that everyone has the ability to fast.

The conversation also touches on the chemical changes that occur during fasting, which are similar to those from exercise, and highlights the success of water fasting for patients with conditions like polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Overall, the episode presents fasting as a powerful tool for improving health and wellness, encouraging listeners to consider incorporating it into their daily routines.

TLDR

Dr. Jason Fung discusses the health benefits of fasting for weight loss and disease prevention.

Episode

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This is the most effective treatment that's ever been shown in treating the leading cause of death and disability,
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which is high blood pressure. It also reduces insulin resistance. It can enhance cognitive capacities, and you
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also see it affecting things like depression and anxiety. It's called fasting. And there's more. Fasting
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introduces not just a chance to lose weight. It also mobilizes visceral fat which is the fat around the belly and
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the organs which is giving off inflammatory products that's causing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and many
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people are maintaining higher visceral fat than what they should be. So I've spent 40 years helping people get
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healthy and I can tell you that I think you should be fasting every day. So tell me about that then. But also
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isn't the game here just to not eat as much? Well, here's the problem. We live in a
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world designed to make you fat, sick, and miserable. Where 76% of people are overweight or obese, and where people
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think that health comes from pills, potions, and powders. And yet, most of us are ignorant of the proven health
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benefits of fasting. In fact, if you look at all the chemical changes that happen with exercise, they also happen
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with fasting. Things like increasing EDNF, a neurochemical protecting the brain from Alzheimer's disease.
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And what about water fasting? So people that have not been successful resolving their conditions with medications,
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including patients with polycystic ovarian syndrome, have been profoundly affected by water fasting. And we'll go
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through fabulous research. But one thing you want to realize is that all human beings have the capacity to fast. Okay.
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So let's run through the unique selling points versus any other diet or intervention. Let's do it.

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Episode Highlights

  • The Power of Fasting
    Fasting not only aids weight loss but also combats high blood pressure and enhances mental health.
    “It's called fasting. And there's more.”
    @ 00m 13s
    September 01, 2025
  • Fasting vs. Diets
    Fasting introduces unique health benefits that surpass traditional diets and interventions.
    “Let's run through the unique selling points versus any other diet or intervention.”
    @ 01m 24s
    September 01, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • We live in a world designed to make you fat, sick, and miserable.
    THERE'S A LINK BETWEEN CANCER AND FASTING?
  • Most of us are ignorant of the proven health benefits of fasting.
    THERE'S A LINK BETWEEN CANCER AND FASTING?

Key Moments

  • Health Crisis00:42
  • Fasting Benefits00:51