S1E19: Sam Apple - How Diet Affects Cancer Growth

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, Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection.

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.

Find a breakdown of this episode below:

00:00 Introduction to the podcast

00:29 Introduction to this episode’s guest, Sam Apple

04:15 What got Sam into researching about metabolism, cancer, keto, and more

07:31 Why was Otto Warburg so passionate about using keto for cancer treatment?

08:48 What led to Otto Warburg’s downfall?

12:48 Did Warburg realize that nutrition was the outlet for solving cancer?

14:36 What really matters when it comes to cancer treatment and prevention

17:60 What Sam saw in the research that had him convinced that elevated glucose and insulin are causative of cancer

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? 

30:23 Do you recommend people to go full keto or use a low carb approach for preventing cancer?

34:29 The most fascinating thing Sam has seen in his research

39:10 Retrospective diet studies that blame meat for causing cancer

41:24 Should people test their glucose every day?

 

Resources from this episode:

Same Apple’s website

Sam Apple’s Twitter and Instagram

Sam Apple’s latest book, Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection