Ravenous

By Sam Apple,

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The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg was widely regarded as one of the most important biochemists of the twentieth century. A Jewish homosexual living openly with his partner, he was also among the most despised figures in the Third Reich. Yet top Nazi officials-perhaps even Hitler himself-dreaded cancer and protected Warburgā€¦

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1 author picked Ravenous as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

My Polish-Hasidic grandfather, Ozer Grundman, survived several Nazi labor and death camps in his teens but succumbed to cancer in his early 70s. Reading about another Central European Jew (Otto Warburg) who outlasted Hitler, albeit through radically different means, made me wish my saba had been familiar with this German biochemistā€™s research. Had he heard the Nobel Laureateā€™s argument that metabolic factors propel cancerā€™s growth and spread, my saba might have cut down on his unchecked sugar consumption. Then again, despite the recent reevaluation and, in many cases, reappreciation of Warburgā€™s work, the jury is still out on sugarā€™s portrayalā€¦

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