1031 The Science of Intermittent Fasting (Foods To Live Longer & Reverse Type 2 Diabetes) w/Jason Fung

A lot of people will say that type 2 diabetes is sort of chronic and irreversible and progressive; it's actually a total lie. Type 2 diabetes is a completely reversible disease. It's simply too much sugar. You need to empty that sugar bowl—that's the whole idea, and that's how you reverse it.

There are certain things that get activated during chronic stress, like cortisol ... I think that impacts the immune system. So, the immune system, which, under chronic stress, winds up getting degraded. So, if you're under too much stress, your immune system really doesn't work as well, and the immune system plays a key role in fighting cancer.

Meat is probably one of the most nutritious foods there is.

35% of cancer can be attributed to smoking, and 30% is diet ... Pesticides might be 1%, and radiation might be 2% — it's negligible compared to the diet.

Unfortunately, type 2 diabetes and prediabetes is about 50% of the American population.