Exercise and Cancer: Impact of Physical Activity

Cancer has a major impact on our society with approximately 1 in 3 adults in the U.S. diagnosed during their lifetimes. This program looks at the role of exercise and physical activity to overall health, including cancer prevention and the benefits of exercise in cancer patients. Recorded on 05/04/2022. [8/2022] [Show ID: 38192]

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[g.e.boroush]

"Genes load the gun but environment pulls the trigger." Colin Campbell, PhD is credited with this statement. You'll find it in his book, The China Study.

[marynguyen]

I absolutely love this video, no trivias, but straight into very practical information. I really admire this doctor. Thank you!

[bernardofitzpatrick]

Super interesting and very very practical. Scientifically based information. Thank you Dr! I wish there were more medics like you around. 👌

[yay-cat]

I like those exercise snacks. I walk but don’t do any strength training but I could totally do a few reps of the 3 in the slide (dumbbell row, press, squat). Easy to remember and digest thanks!

[jac]

Ah a tip on exercise snacks... I use the free version of Duolingo, I used to get frustrated by the frequency of adverts. Now I use them as prompts to do various physio exercises and stretches.... I also sit on large exercise ball instead of chair at my desk so I'm often mobile/ engaging core ... Didn't stop my colon cancer diagnosis, however seem to be recovering well after surgery...

[ande]

I save this right now and listen to it on the dreadmill tomorrow.

[carrotgold]

Fasting mimicking diet utilizes "metabolic flexibility". I lost 50 lbs of body fat prior to starting chemo. I used a carnivore diet to maintain nutritional ketosis allowing my own body fat to create the ketosis. I had zero nausea or vomiting and the majority of side effects came from the dexmethazone pills afterwards. I stopped both pills since I did not have a need for them. I monitored my own blood tests. 2 infusions were canceled because of low WBC and platelets counts. I had an active tooth abcess and resolved it with a root canal. The second delay was because of "emetic risk". I fixed my WBC and platelets through nutrition, but noticed before my 5th infusion my RBC was low and my RDW% was high. This is the definition of megaloblastic anemia! I have remedied this condition with folate and B12 supplementation. Exercise is great, but only proper epigenetic nutrition repairs the blood. I have the MTHFR mutation and the folate and B12 are the intervention.

[icingcake]

1:01:20 First time I’ve heard the 10 minute rule. Keep going vs stop 👍

[osnatshaibe]

Thank you for this extraordinary presentation 👍. Most helpful 🙏

[wgg]

You are explaining why the current treatment for cancer is completely ineffective. Exercise is a good start. Food should be the next.

[pandeyjeeratan]

Thanks Dr, good knowledge sharing. about the importance of exercise.

[rnkim]

I was ready to drearily listen to same old oncology rhetoric and was pleasantly surprised. thanks for the lecture

[peterz]

Thank you! On prostate cancer, I recall a presentation some years ago which indicated that exericise was protective, in part part due to upregulatiing p53. So puzzled by that. will have to go back and dig that study up.

[tsd]

People who exercise tend to eat a lot healthier than sedentary people, does diet cause some of the reduction?

[jgbivrig]

How exercise can help to treat oral mucosa erythoplakia and leukoplakia ?

[Carl-Ernst-Otto-Kunze]

What about never ending all pervasive systematic cybernetic manipulation such as doxxing, spoofing, knyfing, sniping, Ka Gaming etc. and all the insta and other graming and graphing?

[perryhart]

People who exercise die from cancer too, there is no silver bullet.