019: Sam Apple - How Diet Affects Cancer Growth

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Apple is a faculty member in the Science Writing and Writing programs at Johns Hopkins University and he’s the author of the book,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He comes on the show to discuss cancer prevention strategies through dietary changes, Otto Warburg and what he got right, Otto’s downfall and what he did wrong, keto for cancer prevention, if going low-carb is just as good as keto, whether meat is connected to cancer, and more.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find a breakdown of this episode below:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:00 Introduction to the podcast</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:29 Introduction to this episode’s guest, Sam Apple</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">04:15 What got Sam into researching about metabolism, cancer, keto, and more</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">07:31 Why was Otto Warburg so passionate about using keto for cancer treatment?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">08:48 What led to Otto Warburg’s downfall?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">12:48 Did Warburg realize that nutrition was the outlet for solving cancer?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">14:36 What really matters when it comes to cancer treatment and prevention</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">17:60 What Sam saw in the research that had him convinced that elevated glucose and insulin are causative of cancer</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">23:36 What makes the keto diet superior to a low carb one? Can you still get the health benefits just by being low carb? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">30:23 Do you recommend people to go full keto or use a low carb approach for preventing cancer?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">34:29 The most fa