2min chapter

The Genius Life cover image

302: The Shocking Root Cause of Cancer and How to Starve It Naturally | Thomas Seyfried, PhD

The Genius Life

CHAPTER

The Role of Carcinogens in Cancer

In my book on cancer as a metabolic disease, I looked at a lot of these so-called carcinogens. When you treat tissue with carcinogens, the mitochondria in the cell become fluorescent and bio-luminous. This tells us that the carcinogens are inside the mitochondria and they're causing damage. You can't get cancer if your mitochondria remain healthy. So the carcinogens damaging mitochondria forced that cell now to switch to a fermentation mechanism over time; this is how we induce some of the brain tumors in mice.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode