Researcher Thomas Seyfried: Cancer is a metabolic dysfunction

The ketogenic diet was developed in the 1920s as a cure for epilepsy, but when epilepsy medications hit the market, the diet was entirely forgotten. Thomas Seyfried remembers that 35 years ago at Yale University, the challenge was to do something about epilepsy. At that time, it was a prime area of research in neurology. From mapping epilepsy genes, he studied ketogenic diets and how lowering blood sugar and elevating ketones could help manage epilepsy and even cancer.

For years, there has been resistance towards metabolic therapy as it's not a standard of care. However, Thomas is optimistic that this will shift soon due to an increasing body of scientific evidence and testimony from patients who have survived the treatment. He goes into great detail about how the ketogenic diet aids in the management of epilepsy, how metabolic therapies function, and why the diet and lifestyle of today are the cause of the prevalence of cancer. It seems like he squeezed a semester's worth of lessons into this jam-packed episode. You might find yourself wanting to sign up for his class as well.

Quick Guide:
00:59 Introduction
02:03 Getting into the study of epilepsy
11:53 What happens when you saturate your body with fats
20:17 The knowledge transfer and moving the field forward
25:02 How metastasis happens
30:33 Metabolic therapies will soon be the standard of care for managing cancer
37:24 The downstream effect of altered metabolism
44:11 The need to keep the mitochondria healthy
49:32 The protocols and the benefits of metabolic therapy

Get to know our guest:
Thomas Seyfried, Ph.D., is a professor at Boston College and has worked on various research on how metabolic therapy can manage epilepsy and cancer.

“If I develop the drug in my lab that can do what metabolic therapy can do, oh, you'd say you cure cancer. Yeah, this is the best thing in the world. They would be just running over each other to get this drug. But it can happen. But it's not happening from a drug. It's happening from an entire physiological change. And the body is a healing machine. The body can heal itself if you give it the opportunity, don't stand in the way of the body's ability to heal.”

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Episode snippets:
11:13 - 11:48 - Glucose can inactivate a ketogenic diet
14:24 - 15:37 - Ketogenic diet is therapeutic fasting
18:55 - 19:35 - Understand both the mouse and human physiology
31:53 - 32:47 - Metabolic therapy as a standard of care
40:33 - 41:55 - The simple approach that can manage all major cancers
45:25 - 46:28 - The diet and lifestyle problem
49:32 - 50:08 - Medical school says glucose has nothing to do with cancer
52:43 - 53:53 - The body can heal itself if you give it an opportunity to heal

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[pcastonguay]

Seyfried should be made Surgeon General. That would help speed up the acceptance to the metabolic theory of cancer.

[Pamela.B]

“You can’t make somebody understand something if their SALARY depends upon them NOT understanding it.” ~Upton Sinclair @54:15

[violetblue]

We don’t need to be scientists to understand this, metabolic therapy is the key!!! Thank you Dr Thomas Seyfried

[lucvandermeeren]

I hope that metabolic approach to the prevention and treatment of cancer (and diabetes, alzheimers, CVD ....) becomes an accepted standard of care soon. Spread the word and save lives!

[carrotgold]

My oncologist muffled his disgust behind his N95 mask when I told him I was a carnivore. 2 years later having maintained therapeutic ketosis and fasting in conjunction with chemotherapy and immunotherapy my CT scans confirmed I am stage 3 metastasized endometrial cancer free. All tumors RESOLVED and all internal organs UNREMARKABLE!😊😊😊

[larrywuzhere]

The “laymen” between these 2 doctors is instrumental in helping me understand what seyfried is communicating. Well done sir.

[whittlejoe]

Dr Thomas Seyfried is a national treasure. Please share this with everyone. I wish Dr Seyfried would take a look at the high levels of Linoleic Acid(omega-6 polyunsaturated fats that were introduced into the modern diet by the oils from plant seeds.

[SC-bdou]

Thank you Dr. Seyfried!! I and humanity owe you a great deal of gratitude for the work you do and how you spread the word about it!
I found your work a few months into my journey against cancer and I am very thankful for it, come what may. I have read some of the literature about it and feel very strongly about pursuing a metabolic approach to fight cancer. The data are clear and the research more and more solid (which is very difficult to achieve). This “theory” explains cancer behavior better than the mainstream one about the genetic root of it.
After six months of trying, I finally managed to see the oncologist (which was denied to me for a long time since I was not following the standard of care - I wanted to know more and understand the options). I inquired about smaller dosages / strength of radio and chemotherapy, but they would not offer anything but the strongest amount I could bare for my weight. I inquired about accompanying treatments like hyperbaric oxygen therapy (which they occasionally prescribe to mitigate effects of radiotherapy), but the question seemed to be almost offensive. I explained to the “specialist” that in the long time I waited to see her and know about the test results and possible treatments, I researched and found a metabolic approach that can be used -depending on the case- in conjunction with standard therapies. Without even wondering about any of it or asking a single question she told me that none of it has been proven and there is no research about it. To this I responded: “oh, if that’s the issue, I will be happy to bring you plenty of research and information regarding this approach. Should I?” I got one word for an answer: “NO!” These two letters say so much…. Never mind, I have science on my side, so I can confidently follow the more sound and least harmful path. Like with everything, there are no guarantees, but at least now we have a solid and promising approach, and I feel grateful that at least I have this information, which many don’t. Let’s all push this truth forward and help save lives. 🙏🏽

[luciavasile]

I'm watching this wonderful podcast, and i am crying so hard becouse since i almost die last year from toxic meds that the primary doctor put his profits before my health😢😢😢. I turn to Proper Human Diet/ fasting thanks to dr. Ken Berry, dr. Ovadia Philip, dr. Baker Shwan, dr. Chaffee Anthony, dr. Berg Eirick, dr. Sten Berg, dr. Jason Foug, dr. Ali Nadir, dr. Jamnadas, dr. Aseam Madhura. And more doctors that i learn so much from them just by watching there youtube videos. They talk about all those toxic meds, and poison and crappy carbs sugar and nasty grains🤮🤮🤮. So thank you all for what you do💪🧠🙌🧠

[vitormila]

Doc seyfried sir, I learn so much from him, a shame for medical classes around the world, they don't understand anything about cancer pure reality

[canadianloon]

Thanks to Dr. Seyfried I stopped my first toxic Chemo therapy.
Months later with ketogenic diet I feel great and my family Doctor is shocked.
Stay away from Oncologists and Radiation and Chemo please.

[johndormer]

It’s wonderful to see a current podcast with Dr. Seyfried.

[dogphlap]

I try to get others to expose themselves to Dr Seyfried's output but for reasons I fail to understand I meet with a lot of hostility. Why would anybody not want to hear this stuff, beats me. Hopefully more persuasive folks will run with this information and I'll see it take off in my life time.

[ninamgtez]

WOW, You guys are God sent. Thank you, education from you is a blessing. Thank you, thank you, God Bless all three of you

[karenkrista]

I hope you post an update of Prof. Thomas research and scientific data base papers time and again, as a layman, it is an honkr to know the root cause and alternative treatment of cancer, more power to all of you and may you enlighten each patient/caregiver/medical professionals/nutritionist etc. of the new approach to this desease, thank you for all that you do😇

[DaveDemayClips]

Fantastic interview! Been on a Carnivore diet and it’s literally changed my life.

[maryannehill]

This precious information is so vital, we must try to make the governments and people in power to recognise it and implement it. 🙏

[ritajaworski]

How amazing is this guy, people need to hear this

[violetblue]

Everyone knows that this is the answer to cure people from cancer or prevent it! Dr. Thomas Seyfried you are doing an incredible job in spreading the word with plenty of proof! GOD got your back on this one, Dr Seyfried! Be safe❤🙏🏼🙏🏼. Keep humanity informed and hopefully soon we can have this clinics that treat cancer patients with metabolic treatments. Blessings

[sarahb.]

Part of the problem is that those big hospitals cannot make any money off of the keto diet. In fact they loose lots of money! Because people get healthy. And then they don't need the doctor at all. And those doctors want to make money. They want to sell drugs + those other expensive procedures like chemotherapy. And that is why most doctors won't or can't recommend the keto diet.

The other part is that many people will never change their diet. They like their heavily processed foods.

Been doing keto for years. Almost carnivore. Living mainly on grass fed beef. Feel great.