diff --git a/lib/fetch/body.js b/lib/fetch/body.js
index 14af1251785..3fa70297948 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/body.js
+++ b/lib/fetch/body.js
@@ -258,6 +258,29 @@ function cloneBody (body) {
   }
 }
 
+async function * consumeBody (body) {
+  if (body) {
+    if (isUint8Array(body)) {
+      yield body
+    } else {
+      const stream = body.stream
+
+      if (util.isDisturbed(stream)) {
+        throw new TypeError('disturbed')
+      }
+
+      if (stream.locked) {
+        throw new TypeError('locked')
+      }
+
+      // Compat.
+      stream[kBodyUsed] = true
+
+      yield * stream
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function bodyMixinMethods (instance) {
   const methods = {
     async blob () {
@@ -267,27 +290,10 @@ function bodyMixinMethods (instance) {
 
       const chunks = []
 
-      if (this[kState].body) {
-        if (isUint8Array(this[kState].body)) {
-          chunks.push(this[kState].body)
-        } else {
-          const stream = this[kState].body.stream
-
-          if (util.isDisturbed(stream)) {
-            throw new TypeError('disturbed')
-          }
-
-          if (stream.locked) {
-            throw new TypeError('locked')
-          }
-
-          // Compat.
-          stream[kBodyUsed] = true
-
-          for await (const chunk of stream) {
-            chunks.push(chunk)
-          }
-        }
+      for await (const chunk of consumeBody(this[kState].body)) {
+        // Assemble one final large blob with Uint8Array's can exhaust memory.
+        // That's why we create create multiple blob's and using references
+        chunks.push(new Blob([chunk]))
       }
 
       return new Blob(chunks, { type: this.headers.get('Content-Type') || '' })
@@ -298,8 +304,46 @@ function bodyMixinMethods (instance) {
         throw new TypeError('Illegal invocation')
       }
 
-      const blob = await this.blob()
-      return await blob.arrayBuffer()
+      const contentLength = this.headers.get('content-length')
+      const encoded = this.headers.has('content-encoding')
+
+      // if we have content length and no encoding, then we can
+      // pre allocate the buffer and just read the data into it
+      if (!encoded && contentLength) {
+        const buffer = new Uint8Array(contentLength)
+        let offset = 0
+
+        for await (const chunk of consumeBody(this[kState].body)) {
+          buffer.set(chunk, offset)
+          offset += chunk.length
+        }
+
+        return buffer.buffer
+      }
+
+      // if we don't have content length, then we have to allocate 2x the
+      // size of the body, once for consumed data, and once for the final buffer
+
+      // This could be optimized by using growable ArrayBuffer, but it's not
+      // implemented yet. https://github.com/tc39/proposal-resizablearraybuffer
+
+      const chunks = []
+      let size = 0
+
+      for await (const chunk of consumeBody(this[kState].body)) {
+        chunks.push(chunk)
+        size += chunk.byteLength
+      }
+
+      const buffer = new Uint8Array(size)
+      let offset = 0
+
+      for (const chunk of chunks) {
+        buffer.set(chunk, offset)
+        offset += chunk.byteLength
+      }
+
+      return buffer.buffer
     },
 
     async text () {
@@ -307,8 +351,17 @@ function bodyMixinMethods (instance) {
         throw new TypeError('Illegal invocation')
       }
 
-      const blob = await this.blob()
-      return toUSVString(await blob.text())
+      let result = ''
+      const textDecoder = new TextDecoder()
+
+      for await (const chunk of consumeBody(this[kState].body)) {
+        result += textDecoder.decode(chunk, { stream: true })
+      }
+
+      // flush
+      result += textDecoder.decode()
+
+      return result
     },
 
     async json () {