Keto Diet & Metabolic Therapy for Cancer | Dr. Thomas Seyfried

Dr. Thomas Seyfried challenges the existing paradigm that says cancer is a genetic disease. He says that instead cancer is caused by damage to the mitochondria. Understanding this completely overturns the management and prevention of cancer.

He is a Professor of biology, genetics, and biochemistry at Boston College. He has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and is also the author of books such as, ‘Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer’.

WE DISCUSS:

- Why cancer is not a genetic disease

- Why cancer is a metabolic disease originating from damage to the mitochondria

- How metabolic therapy, management of glucose and glutamine, can be used to manage cancer

- His December 2024 paper outlining a proposal for ketogenic metabolic therapy in glioblastoma

Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/tseyfried Find me: https://x.com/aasthajs

TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Cancer is not a genetic disease

5:04 Origins of somatic mutation theory of cancer

8:04 Mitochondrial damage causes cancer

13:42 Is mitochondrial dysfunction involved in every cancer

16:14 Mitochondria in cancer cells ferment

21:52 Target glucose and glutamine to manage cancer

28:51 Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy for cancer

31:04 December 2024 study: Role of glutamine in cancer

33:35 Can metabolic therapy be done at any stage of cancer

36:44 Combine chemotherapy with metabolic therapy

38:05 Drugs to target glutamine

40:30 People will say “I want metabolic therapy”

44:04 “Failure to understand biology”

47:48 National Cancer Institute’s take on Dr. Seyfried’s theory

49:34 Why does Peter Attia think cancer is a genetic disease

53:09 “I think about this 24/7; we’re right!”

55:56 Glioblastoma treatment protocol study

59:22 Resistance to breakthrough ideas in science

1:01:40 Radiation fuels cancer!

1:04:52 Current standard of care is responsible for poor survival rate in glioblastoma

1:07:14 Metabolic therapy for epilepsy, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s

1:12:22 How to prevent cancer

1:13:49 Young, healthy individuals in their 20s, 30s with cancer

1:15:05 Resources on following metabolic therapy

1:17:43 How to support Dr. Seyfried’s research

1:18:51 New cancer questions Dr. Seyfried is researching

1:21:32 Closing thoughts AASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD: X: https://x.com/aasthajs Newsletter: https://livelongerworld.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/ DR. THOMAS SEYFRIED: X: https://x.com/tnseyfried Bio page: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/morrissey/departments/biology/people/faculty-directory/thomas-seyfried.htmlCancer as a Metabolic disease book: https://amzn.to/3WBF31D

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