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When I started medical school in 1995, we were taught that one in four people were at risk of developing cancer in their lifetime. Today, that figure has risen to one in two – a rapid increase that cannot be explained by genetics. But if our diet and modern lifestyles are the cause, we have more control than we think.
This is the message that my guest, Professor Thomas Seyfried, has worked tirelessly to prove and communicate during his four decades of cancer research. Professor Seyfried is Professor of Biology, Genetics and Biochemistry at Boston College, Massachusetts, and author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, as well as the 2012 book Cancer As A Metabolic Disease.
Through his research and in this conversation, he attempts to explain how a dysfunction of our mitochondria – the energy plants of each of our cells – is at the origin of all the cancers he has studied. Normally functioning mitochondria, he explains, use oxygen to produce energy. In cancer, this process is disrupted. Cancer cells cannot use oxygen and so resort to a primitive form of energy creation called fermentation.
It therefore follows, explains Professor Seyfried, that if we can stop this fermentation process, the cancer cells will die. Cancer uses glucose and glutamine to fuel fermentation. Although we don't want to block glutamine because it has other uses in the body, we can significantly lower our glucose levels to stop cancer growth.
We discuss some of the ways we can start to achieve this – for example, using specific low-carb diets and nutritional ketosis. Professor Seyfried also tells us about his revolutionary “metabolic therapy” protocols to treat cancer – sometimes in addition to conventional treatments like chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Professor Seyfried has spent decades researching and proving a metabolic cause for this devastating disease. This is a compelling and optimistic conversation, filled with actions we can all take to reduce our risk of not only cancer, but all chronic diseases caused by metabolic disturbances.
PLEASE NOTE: This podcast discusses ketogenic diets and water-only fasting. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before making any drastic changes to your diet or going without eating for extended periods of time.
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Professor Seyfried's book:
Cancer as a metabolic disease: on the origin, management and prevention of cancer https://amzn.to/3Znx60a
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