{"podcast":{"title":"The Ben Azadi Show","slug":"the-ben-azadi-show-743725","podcast_index_feed_id":743725,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/KETOKAMP7343763832","website_url":"http://www.benazadi.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/631d2d26-e074-11ee-a258-d728fb977b2b/image/f3668206ff316bf95b52040006e5b7d0.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Ben Azadi","episode_count":1350,"summary":"Ben Azadi, NYT best-selling author of Metabolic Freedom, is the host of The Ben Azadi Show. We bring on the thought leaders in this space to have life-changing conversations so you can apply them and upgrade your metabolism. The topics we cover include biohacking, ketosis, carnivore, fasting strategies, mindset and metabolic health. Discover how to cut through all the noise in the health and nutrition space so you can finally get the results you want, and keep them; whether it's fat loss, more energy, better sleep, or focusing on general health and longevity. As a former obese man, Ben took his pain of being extremely unhealthy, and turned it into a purpose by transforming his health and now he is on a mission to educate 1 billion people. Ben brings you the thought leaders in the world of health, including Dr. Eric Berg, Ben Greenfield, Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Will Cole, Mark Sisson, Dr. Ken Berry, Dr Mindy Pelz, Cynthia Thurow, Dr. Daniel Pompa, and many others. You'll discover everything you want to know about the keto diet, ketosis, paleo, fasting, intermittent fasting, block fasting, fasting mimicking diet, bulletproof fasting, dry fasting, water fasting, and everything that works…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T20:21:28.912238+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725"},"episode":{"title":"There Are 7 Levels of Fasting and Level 6 Creates the Exact Environment Cancer Cells Cannot Survive In: The Full Breakdown With Ben Azadi | #1335","slug":"there-are-7-levels-of-fasting-and-level-6-creates-the-exact-environment-cancer-cells-cannot-survive-in-the-full-breakdown-with-ben-azadi-1335","published_at":"2026-06-18T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/there-are-7-levels-of-fasting-and-level-6-creates-the-exact-environment-cancer-cells-cannot-survive-in-the-full-breakdown-with-ben-azadi-1335","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/KETOKAMP3111901437.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/KETOKAMP3111901437.mp3","summary":"Get your Myoscience Fasting Berberine Accelerator here: https://bit.ly/4aVZxcl Pre-order Keto Flex Revised and get free bonuses at: https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM 7 Levels of Fasting Nobody Talks About, Including the One That Starves Cancer Cells There are seven levels of fasting, and most people never get past level two. Ben breaks down each level, what organ it heals, and why most fasting advice stops way too early to unlock the real benefits. From the 12 hour fast that frees up your pancreas, to the 16 hour fast that triggers autophagy (the Nobel Prize winning process where your cells clean out their own junk), to the 24 hour fast that flips your liver into fat burning mode, Ben walks through the science level by level. Then things get interesting. At 36 hours, inflammation markers drop and the immune system starts clearing out dysfunctional cells. At 48 to 72 hours, growth hormone floods the body, up to 2,000% in men, to protect muscle while burning fat. And at 5 days, the metabolic environment shifts into one that researchers have shown cancer cells cannot survive in. Key takeaways: 16 hours triggers autophagy, the cellular cleanup process that won a Nobel Prize in 2016 24 hours flips your liver from sugar burning to fat burning, producing ketones that can boost mitochondrial energy by up to 400% 36 hours drops inflammation markers and triggers an immune system reset 48 to 72 hours floods the body with growth hormone (up to 2,000% in men) to protect muscle while burning fat A 2019 German study followed 1,422 patients fasting 4 to 21 days, with 84% reporting health improvements and under 1% adverse effects 5 day fasts create a metabolic environment, backed by USC research and a 2022 Cancer Discovery paper, that cancer cells cannot survive in 7 days shifts something psychol…","meta_description":"Get your Myoscience Fasting Berberine Accelerator here: https://bit.ly/4aVZxcl Pre-order Keto Flex Revised and get free bonuses at: https://bit.ly/4wKG1sM…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1346,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/episodes/there-are-7-levels-of-fasting-and-level-6-creates-the-exact-environment-cancer-cells-cannot-survive-in-the-full-breakdown-with-ben-azadi-1335/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ben-azadi-show-743725/there-are-7-levels-of-fasting-and-level-6-creates-the-exact-environment-cancer-cells-cannot-survive-in-the-full-breakdown-with-ben-azadi-1335.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}