Thomas Seyfried on Cancer Is a Metabolic Disease

Published: Feb. 1, 2023, 10 a.m.

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Episode Highlights With Thomas Seyfried

  • What cancer actually is and why it isn\\u2019t just genetic
  • How mitochondria function is a big factor in the cancer equation
  • What the Warburg study is and what it shows us about how cancer happens
  • Why cyanide kills healthy cells but not tumor cells
  • Cancer cells don\\u2019t use oxygen for energy, and what they use instead
  • Warburg: cancer cells replace oxygen energy with fermentation energy
  • How cancer cells use oxygen, not for energy but to create reactive oxygen species
  • The only two fuels cancer cells use: glucose and the amino acid glutamine (both fermentable)
  • His opinion: target the glucose and the glutamine simultaneously while transitioning the body to ketones
  • The biggest cancer breakthrough in the last few decades? Reduction in smoking
  • What are the root causes of cancer as a metabolic disease
  • Provocative agents that increase the risk of cancer: chronic inflammation, age, carcinogenic chemicals, viruses, age, genes (like BRCA1)
  • How to keep your mitochondria healthy to reduce the risk of cancer \\u201cOur genes are supremely capable of preventing cancer\\u201d
  • Why he recommends periodic water fasting for mitochondria health
  • How exercise helps support mitochondria
  • What ketones are and why they are a super fuel for the body
  • How to address the glutamine side of cancer cells
  • What glutamine-targeting drugs are
  • Why his approach is getting rid of cancer without the toxicity
  • The reason that traditional cancer treatment like chemo and radiation can be more effective when used with metabolic therapies
  • What he would do if he had cancer
\\u201cWe can reduce the death rate by 50% if you view the tumor as a metabolic problem rather than a genetic problem\\u201d \\u2013 Thomas Seyfried

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