Bøker av Dr. Jason Fung

The author of "The Obesity Code" (which sold more than 70,000 copies in print) turns his attention to Type 2 Diabetes in this paradigm-shifting argument for the occasionally negative effects of conventional treatments, and the essential position of dieting.

Internationally bestselling author:New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Fung's previous books-The Obesity Code, The Diabetes Code, and The Obesity Code Cookbook-have combined salesof over 750,000 copies worldwide. The original intermittent fasting expert: Dr. Fung is seen by many as the founder of intermittent fasting. IF has always been the foundation of his approach, long before the fasting craze began. Dr. Fung was one of the first medical doctors to recommend intermittent fasting and a low-carb, high healthy-fat diet as a method for preventing and reversing type 2 diabetes.100 recipes: to help manage insulin and Type 2 diabetes.Fasting plans and schedules:16, 24, 30, and 36 hour fasts.Simple and delicious: easy to follow recipes are accessible and fun to make and eat.Sought after media personality: Dr. Fung has appeared on/in The Today Show, the Doctors, the New York Times, Forbes, Medium, Toronto Star, The Atlantic, and more than 100 podcasts.Large social following: Dr. Fung has more than 130k followers on twitter and several Facebook fan groups with followers in the hundreds of thousands.

Author of the international bestsellersThe Diabetes CodeandThe Obesity CodeDr. Jason Fung returns with an eye-opening biography of cancer in which he offers a radical new paradigm for understanding cancerand 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.InThe Cancer Code,Dr. Jason Fung offers a revolutionary new understanding of this invasive, often fatal diseasewhat it is, how it manifests, and why it is so challenging to treat. In this rousing narrative, Dr. Fung identifies the medical communitys many missteps in cancer researchin 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. Fungwhose groundbreaking work in the treatment of obesity and diabetes has won him international acclaimsuggests that the primary disease pathway of cancer is caused by the dysregulation of insulin. In fact, obesity and type 2 diabetes significantly increase an individuals risk of cancer.In this accessible read, 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 weve 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.