E111: Why We’re Fighting Cancer All Wrong – Insights from Dr. Thomas Seyfried
El Podcast15 Dec 2024

E111: Why We’re Fighting Cancer All Wrong – Insights from Dr. Thomas Seyfried

In this eye-opening episode, Dr. Thomas Seyfried dismantles the genetic theory of cancer and reveals how targeting cancer’s metabolic roots—glucose and glutamine dependence—could revolutionize treatment and prevention.

🧠 Guest: Dr. Thomas Seyfried – Professor of Biology at Boston College, pioneering researcher in cancer metabolism, and author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease.

📌 Topics Covered:

  • The core thesis: Cancer is not a genetic disease but a metabolic one rooted in mitochondrial dysfunction.
  • Fermentation fuels: All cancer cells rely on glucose and glutamine; they cannot use ketones or fatty acids for energy.
  • Warburg Effect update: Otto Warburg was correct that cancer arises from defective respiration, but missed glutamine's role.
  • New findings: Succinic acid, a byproduct of mitochondrial-level fermentation, is a second key waste product alongside lactate.
  • Treatment framework: Seyfried’s “Press-Pulse” therapy combines ketogenic diets with strategic, low-toxicity drugs targeting glutamine and glucose.
  • GKI tool: The Glucose Ketone Index (GKI) can guide both prevention and treatment; optimal target GKI ~2.0–5.0.
  • Mainstream failure: The genetic theory dominates academia, pharma, and hospitals despite mounting metabolic evidence.
  • Industry inertia: Cancer treatment is built on profits from gene-targeted drugs, not prevention or metabolic care.
  • Preventative strategy: Emulating a Paleolithic lifestyle—low sugar, fasting, and ketosis—can reduce cancer risk.
  • Stress & environment: Chronic stress, processed foods, sedentary life, and poor sleep contribute to mitochondrial decline.
  • Alternative therapies: Some repurposed drugs (e.g., fenbendazole, metronidazole) show promise by disrupting cancer fermentation pathways.
  • Cultural change needed: Knowledge and lifestyle shifts are essential; convenience and addiction to processed foods are major barriers.

📚 Mentioned Resources:

  • Cancer as a Metabolic Disease by Dr. Thomas Seyfried
  • Keto-Mojo device for GKI tracking
  • BMC Medicine & ASN Neuro – recent publications by Seyfried
  • Travis Christofferson’s Foundation for Metabolic Cancer Therapies

💡 Key Quote:

“You better damn well know what I’m talking about—because this now opens up the strategy for how we can manage cancer.”📺

🔗 Where to Find Dr. Seyfried:

  • ResearchGate and PubMed for his publications
  • Book available via Amazon and major academic retailers

Watch the full episode on YouTube➡️https://youtu.be/jBY5UHubFRg

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