Fasting Cancer - by Valter Longo (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A groundbreaking guide to how fasting and nutritechnology are revolutionizing the prevention and treatment of cancer, from the bestselling author of The Longevity Diet"--

Book Synopsis

A groundbreaking guide to how fasting and nutritechnology are revolutionizing the prevention and treatment of cancer, from the bestselling author of The Longevity Diet

Despite all our scientific advances, which have allowed us to prevent and treat so many deadly diseases, almost one in two people will develop cancer in the U.S. In Fasting Cancer, Dr. Valter Longo, one of the leading scientists in the field of nutrition and cancer, reveals the results of decades of research on the fasting and nutrition technology-based studies to defeat cancer in the body, making only tumor cells much more vulnerable to therapy while protecting the healthy cells.

Fasting Cancer creates a new path in which the patient is an active codriver of the therapy by turning on the body's ability to fight cancer. Dr. Longo's studies show that the fasting-mimicking diet is beginning to make cancer therapies potentially more effective and less toxic to patients, thus providing an evidence-based complementary approach to mainstream treatments. The book also describes how the everyday Longevity Diet and plant-based ketogenic diet can support cancer therapies.

Rich in patient stories and clinical data, Fasting Cancer is a read that invites everyone--doctors, healthcare professionals, patients, and family members--to understand the extraordinary potential of a new approach to help fight cancer.

Review Quotes

"In this revolutionary book, Dr. Valter Longo provides a road map to understand and treat cancer in a new way, an approach that has the potential to change the landscape of cancer therapy forever. It is a must read for all those who are about to start treatment, who have cancer, or who have loved ones with cancer."--Mark Hyman, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Young Forever

"Dr. Longo provides a better understanding of the interactions between cancer, metabolism, and immunity and opens up opportunities to integrate fasting into therapeutic strategies for cancer."--Heinz-Josef Lenz, MD, professor at USC's Keck School of Medicine

"Dr. Longo's elegant yet straightforward description of the effects of nutrition and energy balance provides an eye-opening understanding of the potential of fasting on cancer, the immune system, and longevity."--Debu Tripathy, MD, chairman of the breast medical oncology department at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

About the Author

Valter Longo is the director of the Longevity Institute at the School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He studies basic and clinical research on nutrition, aging, and diseases, with a focus on cancer, autoimmunities, Alzheimer's disease, and cardiometabolic diseases. Dr. Longo received the 2010 Nathan Shock Lecture Award from the National Institute on Aging, the 2013 Vincent Cristofalo Rising Star Award in Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research, and the 2016 Glenn Award for Research in the Biological Mechanisms of Aging. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 50 most influential people in health care, and in 2021 Science magazine called him a pioneer in the nutrition and cancer field. He is the author of The Longevity Diet.