Episode 230: The Cancer-Diet Connection with Sam Apple

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Welcome to Protecting Your Nest with Dr. Tony Hampton. Sam Apple is on the faculty of the MA in Science Writing and MA in Writing programs at Johns Hopkins. Prior to his arrival at Johns Hopkins, Apple taught creative writing and journalism at the University of Pennsylvania for ten years. He holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Michigan and an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University. He is the author of Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection.

In this discussion, Dr. Tony and Sam talk about:

(00:00) Intro
(02:32) Why Sam is a writer and why he decided to write non-fiction
(04:23) How Sam and his sister, Jessica—the co-founder of The Metabolic Revolution—became interested in metabolic health
(07:00) The book that Sam wrote with Jayson Tatum
(09:31) What got Sam into basketball
(12:55) Why Sam chose to research and write about the cancer-diet connection
(14:34) The Warburg Effect
(17:17) Awareness in culture about how cancer can be prevented with nutrition/diet
(21:15) Why sugar consumption puts you at a higher risk for cancer and how we can use it without running serious health risks
(24:51) Who Sam’s book, Ravenous: Otto Warburg, the Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection, is for
(28:23) The writing process for articles versus books
(30:35) The power of stories and how Sam’s book advances awareness about metabolic health

Thank you for listening to Protecting Your Nest. For additional resources and information, please see the links below.

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Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

The Metabolic Revolution: https://www.metabolicrevolution.org
Petition to Ban Ultra-Processed Foods from School Meals: https://petition.qomon.org/healthy-futures-ban-ultra-processed-foods-from-school-lunches/
Gary Taubes (website): https://garytaubes.com/
Nina Teicholz (website): https://ninateicholz.com/

Sam Apple:

Dr. Tony Hampton:

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/drtonyhampton
Instagram Account: https://www.instagram.com/drtonyhampton/
LinkedIn Account: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtonyhampton/
Ritmos Negros Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ritmos-negros/id1534043495
Q Med: https://qmedcme.com
Symposium for Metabolic Health Lectures: https://www.lowcarbusa.org/smhp-symposiums/san-diego-2022/
How Waking Up Every Day at 4:30 Can Change Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOEB1Fr0_MM

• • Keto Mojo: https://keto-mojo.com/speakers/tony-hampton/

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