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What Everyone Needs To Know About Cancer with Professor Thomas Seyfried #385

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Sep 19, 2023
Professor Thomas Seyfried, a noted expert in biology and cancer research, sheds light on the skyrocketing cancer rates and their connection to lifestyle and diet. He reveals how cancer cells revert to primitive energy processes due to mitochondrial malfunction, and discusses the critical role of glucose in fueling cancer growth. Seyfried advocates for dietary changes, particularly ketogenic diets, as powerful tools for cancer prevention. He also emphasizes holistic treatment approaches, integrating lifestyle interventions with conventional therapies for better patient outcomes.
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ANECDOTE

Cancer in Indigenous Populations

  • Albert Schweitzer found no cancer in 40,000 Africans living traditionally.
  • Modern Inuits have cancer, unlike their ancestors, highlighting lifestyle's impact.
ADVICE

Targeting Cancer Metabolism

  • Target cancer by limiting glucose and glutamine, its fermentable fuels.
  • Transition the body to ketones and fatty acids, which cancer can't use.
INSIGHT

Genes and Cancer

  • Inherited gene mutations like BRCA1 increase cancer risk by disrupting mitochondrial function.
  • Somatic mutations, caused by damaged respiration, are effects, not primary causes of cancer.
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