20251107 - Brian Thomas

Cancer as a Metabolic Disease

Keith and George talk with Brian about their recent interview with Professor Thomas Seyfried.

• Cancer may be primarily a mitochondrial energy dysfunction rather than a genetic disease, meaning dietary intervention targeting cellular energy production could be more effective than traditional genetic-focused treatments.
• Intermittent and extended fasting trigger autophagy—a cellular "cleanup" process that eliminates dysfunctional cells, offering a potential preventive mechanism against cancer and other diseases without pharmaceutical intervention.
• Modern processed foods are fundamentally incompatible with human mitochondria evolved over millennia, causing metabolic dysfunction that can be reversed through ketogenic diets and fasting rather than requiring lifelong medical management.