Metabolic Therapy: The Future of Cancer Treatment | Dr. Thomas Seyfried

Thomas N. Seyfried is Professor of Biology at Boston College, and received his Ph.D. in Genetics and Biochemistry.

He has over 200 peer-reviewed publications and is author of the book, Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer.

If you or someone you know has cancer, you’ll definitely want to tune in and learn about this alternative way of treating the disease.

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[JesseChappus]

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[sandiegonative]

I was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma last week. I’m 22 and the situation doesn’t look pretty. I am going to be following this method like religion. Currently on my 4 day of fasting. Only consuming water and electrolytes. It’s amazing how much inflammation I have noticed that has disappeared since starting this prolonged fast.. once I feel like I need food, I’ll eat 1 meal a day and then another 36-48 fast after that meal. I will be fasting as much as possible. When eating, I will be eating clean fish and vegetables.. no sugar or carbs of course.

Main issue is not having glutamine inhibiting drugs!!! So all I can do for glutamine as of now is green tea, garlic, and alpha lipoid acid. WE NEED GLUTAMINE INHIBITORS!!

I will try my hardest to avoid chemo and radiation. My family does not agree with my approach but it is my body.. If this method does not show promising results in the near future, then I’ll have no choice but to do chemo.. but based on how I’m feeling compared to last week when diagnosed, I’m confident in this strategy!! Will keep updating on my progress. I believe that I will win!

[charmainekirk]

There needs to be more support for cancer patients who don't want chemo or radiation.😊

[Ingridvieira]

Dr. Thomas Seyfried deserves to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize !!! It’s Absolutely Horrible to know that making $$$ is what’s stopping the world from finally eradicating Cancer. What a burden it must be for Dr. Seyfried and all those around him .. knowing what they have and are unable to provide it to the masses. All because of greed !!!! ✨

[marresorensen]

I was diagnosed with peritoneal cancerous C786 last year. I refused cytostatique or chemotherapy. I’m treating myself and feeling perfectly fine. I believe in you doctor and may God find more ppl gathering so we find a better way to have this methabolic therapy

[edensmith]

Thank you, Profesor Seyfried, for your time and this educational video.

I only wish other doctors would follow your research findings and focus on safer methods of eliminating cancer.

[LTPottenger]

Mice are bred to have long telomeres, which makes their cancer grow faster and make it divide quicker and therefore be easier to treat with meds. This means a lot of cancer meds we think are working are just bunk and don't do much of anything, especially the newer ones that don't look at lifespan at all. The best part here is you can PREVENT the cancer and also it can be added in to other therapies. Some of the many benefits of doing occasional extended fasting: Blood clotting is reduced and blood clots and arterial plaque are reabsorbed into the body. Blood pressure is quickly and dramatically lowered.
Fribrosis/scarring is reversed over time and telomeres are lengthened, which also helps with lung fibrosis.
Fasting increases nitric oxide.

Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion of bacteria, plaques and viruses by the immune system. It will also remove any 'foreign material' that is not supposed to be there.

Reflexes and short term memory are increased.

Fasts from 36-96 h actually INCREASE metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!

After 72 hours or more fasted, your body recycles as much as 1/3 of all immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire immune system.

Vitamin D plasma levels are increased, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy.

Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors!

Thymus is regenerated, which suppresses aging and renews the immune system.

Weight loss from fasting only loses10% lean tissue and 90% fat compared to the typical 25% lean tissue and 75% fat lost when calorically restricting for long periods. The hunger hormone ghrelin lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting.

Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus.

When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state.

What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast, though if the amount is tiny you will go back into ketosis very quickly. Most teas and herbs are OK. Most supplements and meds will either break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many medications are dangerous to take while fasting so you may have to talk to your dr. about discontinuing them during a fast.

Fasts of several days will not affect short term female fertility and may increase long term fertility, especially in women with PCOS.

Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone and helps build muscle by increasing insulin sensitivity!

The hormone Leptin is an immunomodulator that keeps the body from attacking itself and obesity causes leptin resistance. Fasting very quickly reduces leptin resistance and leptin levels and one day of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half and gets your immune system working properly again!

Does the body preferentially prefer glucose as a fuel? No, your body always runs mainly on fat except for brief periods of very intense exercise. Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose.

Fasting stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses and kill cancerous and senescent cells. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses.

Deep ketosis virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more.

It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention!

When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging.

Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers.

In fact, the biochemical regulator of BDNF production is beta-hydroxybutyrate,

Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level.

A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and under 18 g of carb.

Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia.

Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. Those with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast without liberal use of exogenous ketones, depending on severity. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness then simply break the fast and seek advice.

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This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube but feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed!

My channel which will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits on the community tab. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.

[annmarie]

I wish you could inteveiw Dr. Linda L. Isaacs (Gonzalez protocol.)

[pierrejeanes]

Doctor if one country with the support of some health professionals that really cares about real cure would implement a special program with metabolic therapy in some hospitals with volunteers patients and then after confirm the results make this a national health program, then the health industry around the 🌎 world would have to accept thayit works and that they can't make more money from the poor patients anymore

[bcinnz]

The mainstream medical fraternity takes at least 20 years to agree to try new medical treatments. Look at the two Australian doctors who cured heliobacter infections. Re-educating main stream medical practitioners is a very big ask. Good luck and I hope you succeed. After all, finding new ways to attack cancer should be welcomed with open arms, but it is not. Take combinative or adjunctive cancer treatments, big pharma doesn’t like this approach because pharma A wants their drug to be the winner. Really sad!

[MariA-bujv]

Does anyone know the name of the clinic in Istanbul? It’s the 2nd time Ive heard it being mentioned.

[kamenprodanov]

Please write down the name of this Istanbul clinique???

[MarieTerrible-nytc]

What if the tumors done with surgery only?

[ric]

Can Dr Sefried's strategy work on patients with LEUKEMIA??

[MaLu-gcmi]

What exactly is the metabolic therapy?. Can you talk more about it?. Thank you!

[bhaganism]

If I was just diagnosed with liver cancer, what is the best way to get on this protocol as soon as possible?

[deflo]

Oncologists that specializes in Autophagy may be a good start. Unfortunately you are often forced to create your own path forward.

[seadroid]

Jesse please HELP!
How do we organize a march on Washington?

[edwardcdg]

He didn't answer the question about are there clinics outside the US where we could go for treatment? Where in Istanbul?

[clairetimberlake]

Why try to fit into the medical model?