Sugar, Keto, and Cancer: Acknowledging the Metabolic Connection

Sugar, Keto, and Cancer: Acknowledging the Metabolic Connection | TARGET: Cancer Podcast | Ep. 55
Dr. Sanjay Juneja interviews Dr. Christy Kesslering about the impact of metabolic health and diet on cancer, how cancer cells upregulate insulin and glucose receptors, and how a ketogenic diet can starve cancer cells by reducing glucose levels. They also explore the potential of ketosis and the importance of optimizing mitochondrial health. The conversation touches on the role of growth hormone, the potential benefits of exogenous ketones, and the need for personalized cancer therapies.
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00:00 Introduction
01:18 Insulin and IGF-1 in cancer
05:22 Preventing invasive cancer through metabolic health
15:17 Potential use of exogenous insulin for metabolic control
28:11 The impact of prolonged ketosis on the immune system
45:27 Challenges with protein and fat ratio in ketogenic diets
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- ABOUT DR CHRISTY KESSLERING -
Dr. Christy Kesslering is passionate about working with patients on diet and lifestyle interventions to help them optimize their health.
She started out in conventional medicine as a Radiation Oncologist. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from UCLA and attended medical school at Loyola University Chicago-Stritch School of Medicine. She finished her Radiation Oncology Residency at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2000 and has been treating patients in the Chicagoland area since that time. She realized that something was missing from conventional medicine and did additional studies to improve outcomes with cancer but also saw many other diseases improve.
She has done additional studies in the fields of Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and the Terrain-Theory of cancer. She is a Terrain Certified Practitioner trained by Dr. Nasha Winters and is a founding member of the Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners. She has been actively incorporating metabolic health practices into the care of oncology patients for many years. She has been named a Top Doctor multiple times by Castle Connelly and Chicago Magazine.
She is now focusing her efforts on working with cancer and non-cancer patients to optimize cancer outcomes, improve quality of life, and reverse chronic diseases.
- ABOUT DR SANJAY JUNEJA -
Dr. Sanjay Juneja is a triple board-certified Hematologist & Medical Oncologist serving as Chief of Oncology Service at Baton Rouge General Hospital, a social & news media personality known as the 'TheOncDoc' with over half a million followers, and one of fifteen social media doctors participating in the Healthcare Leaders in Social Media Round Table Series for the White House.
He has been featured by The Washington Post as well as dozens of national podcasts and regional news channels (PBS, CBS, NBC, NPR), and has given keynote speeches and partnered with American Cancer Society, BeTheMatch, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Harvard University, Louisiana Department of Health and several others.
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[@TargetCancer]

For those interested in Dr. Christy Kesslering, be sure to check out her website at www.kessrx.com/

[@lisaduncan6410]

Dr Kesserling is amazing! I highly recommend her! 🩷

[@LordStanley94]

Could you tell me how do you assess raw honey?

[@inthevortex-de1rh]

​@@LordStanley94puré sugar! Don't eat that

[@LordStanley94]

@@inthevortex-de1rh Thanks for your input

[@nellosnook4454]

My IF (Intermittent Fasting) OMAD (One Meal A Day) Carnivore Diet regimen: 1. Weekdays 18-23 2. Weekends 42-46 3. Monthly 66-70 4. Only 5 lbs. to go for my target BMI! 5. Feel FANTASTIC! 💪

[@toni4729]

I would like to see this education going to the hospital staff. When they're giving cookies and sugar to the patients. This really is beyond a joke.

[@kakilong]

YESSSSSS!!!!!

[@sanjayjuneja5241]

some hospitals are establishing changes to this!

[@judyfreeman5193]

I heard from friends they come around and offer them coca cola as well

[@josemama1]

Its the fats causing insulin resistance not the sugars

[@toni4729]

@@josemama1 You live on sugar and see what your glucose A1c goes up to. I live on animal fats and my glucose level is 3.8. There's nothing wrong with me.

[@willemvanriet7160]

I healed myself from prostate cancer with keto and intermittent fasting over 6m. The diagnoses gave me all the motivation I needed. Cut all sugar, alcohol, bread, pasta, rice. Only used stevia in bullet proof coffee. It works!

[@legacybenefits]

Broccoli Sprouts

[@dms8504]

Thats great it worked but everyone is different. What may work for some wont work for others, especially with a horrendous disease like cancer.

[@pinotwinelover]

I was just diagnosed with prostate cancer. I used to do keto a lot when I was more into the fitness world but I went right back to it and it's not hard for me to do but for most people it's brutally hard one of the problems I see and that's amazing. If that was your result is that the cancer cells in the prostate typically I thought of the feed of fat more so than carbohydrates at least that's the literature I'm reading, which would mean that you need to not to use much fats on a ketogenic diet but fats are the only place you get your calories me being extremely lean, it starts taking too much weight off me I'm one of the rare people that doesn't have obesity might be a nice 22 at 62 years of age and it's always been there.

[@pinotwinelover]

What was your Gleason score because that makes a huge difference to if it was 3+3 many don't even consider that cancer anymore

[@beerman204]

More details on your medical recovery could be useful to others with prostate cancer. This is all quite serious....​@@pinotwinelover

[@felipefrio9091]

As a 36 yr old guy who got diagnosed with stage 2a bladder cancer, I've been doing keto diet for almost 1 months now and hoping my CT scan in mid Jan 2024 comes clean... I would really like to keep my bladder rather than cut it out

[@videoartsproductions1]

Do you have muscle invasive bladder cancer T2a? What was your occupation? I was in the printing industry so I'm fairly positive that chemical exposure is the cause of mine. Your very young and it's extremely rare for someone your age to have bladder cancer that's why I'm asking. 90% of bladder cancer is found in people over the age of 55 I was 60 when I was first diagnosed.

[@BubbleBurster-nv1vl]

I have bladder cancer in remission thanks to BCG. BCG forces your immune system to work! BCG is an immunology treatment - not chemo! BCG works for most people and of course, I'm on a KETO diet. Hoping your scan comes up clean too!

[@TerriblePerfection]

Best wishes! Maybe go full carnivore?

[@terrymcnee3568]

Hang in there friend

[@lynlawley8903]

Xfinger keep us I formed and also hope you feelgood

[@lorettacaputo6997]

Dr. Keserling is the type of MD I would like to see more often in the current health care system. Thank you for having this interview.

[@voicevamp]

I was treated for cancer at a holistic medical institute in Mexico. The food was all organic & mostly grown on site. Each patient's meal plan was individually planned by a nutritionist for them specifically. The entire facility was toxin free as organic as possible, right down to the clothing you wore. I was appalled when I had to be admitted to my local hospital here in Las Vegas. The food was hardly a step above McDonalds‼️ I could not eat it. The amont of added suger alone was toxic & everything was artificial & highly processed. The housekeeping was appalling & most of the staff had no idea of what bedside manner was. 😢 I could go on forever. I'm just mentioning some of the ways the Ametican System needs to be rethought. The Medical Mafia & Big Pharma are truly making a KILLING‼️

[@MeMe-dw1sm]

Europe is following the American model, 3rd world healthcare system.

[@sabreecarpenter4285]

Definitely about profits.

[@amytucker6142]

There are good doctors but they risk their licences by treating the healthy way. The ama and big pharma own their souls

[@born4thstime]

Big pharma is not just about profits . The Lord showed me in 2008 the higher ups in these pharmaceutical CO’s are Luciferians. They r practicing satanists. They hate Gods creation.

[@debbiec6216]

That's funny you had said it ... I heard this yesterday from a person, saying *The medical doctors and Big Pharma doesn't care for patients and the Entire USA Citizens* . *You hear this almost on a daily basis. *CANCER THRIVES ON SUGAR , SUGAR ADDICTIVES , etc*

[@lisa-eg8nx]

I am so excited. I live in Illinois and she actually is at the Cancer Center that I go to. I have stage four metastatic breast cancer with bone mets I’m so excited that she is local. I’m definitely making an appointment with her to try to get on a keto diet! Thank you so much for this interview.❤

[@TargetCancer]

We are glad it was helpful. Wishing you all the best.

[@NaomiAldort]

Keto is helpful. Carnivore or lion diet is more likely to provide full cure. It is Zero carbs that makes all the difference.

[@ronnapierson7178]

Start that diet before you even get to see her! Don’t wait! It’s pretty darn easy, just stop eating carbohydrates all carbohydrates are sugars. May I repeat, all carbohydrates are sugars. There are no essential carbohydrates and eating only animal sourced foods like beef, butter, bacon, eggs, fish Will get you into ketosis. Please just do it now!❤

[@odetterobitaille5545]

Watch the video with Thomas Seyfried on cancer and fasting

[@110951jg]

Check out Dr. Ken D Berry and Dr. Annette Boswell.. all about how to get into Ketosis and wonderful humanitarians!

[@suzannehutnick3170]

I was diagnosed with HER-2 positive, hormone negative breast cancer at 53 years old in 2019. Throughout 2 years of treatment, not one provider asked me what I ate or told me what I should eat. I’ve now been doing keto for one year and find it very easy. I’ve lost 45 lbs., reversed diabetes, high bp, fatty liver, GERD and sleep apnea. Went off all meds after 4 months. Never looking back!

[@carlschneider689]

Glad to see that more doctors are coming around to the idea that cancer is a metabolic disease. Hard to find a disease that isn't...

[@markiemark911]

She is so smart and down to earth. She really knows how to communicate and paint the picture without the hype and excitement.

[@gioxpfr]

Great video. Very good information. I'm so glad to see doctors like this trying ketogenic/carnivore diet to enhance cancer treatment. Thank you!

[@blahblah6725]

Excellent video about cancer and carbohydrate consumption. I am forwarding to my friends.

[@josemama1]

Cancer is from excess fats. You blaming the carbs for what the fat did.

[@aurapopescu1875]

Always great to see Dr. Kesslering ❤❤❤

[@BeijingBuzzz-China-Travel]

The following natural compounds can inhibit the use of glutamine as a fuel by cancer cells : curcumin, EGCG, berberine, quercetin and resveratrol. They do so in different ways so could be more effective stacked. They also exert other benefits such as down regulation of angiogenesis and inflammation. Berberine also can act rather like metformin. Combine these (~1g of each / day) with no carb diet in a two hour feed window with some longer fasts is what I would do.

[@telthatruth7533]

That's exactly what I needed to know. Thank you!!

[@lorettacaputo6997]

Prior to changing my dietary lifestyle by following a low carb ketogenic diet, I had a colonoscopy and 5 "benign" growths were removed from my colon. 3 years later with a follow up colonoscopy there were none. How about that!

[@sanjayjuneja5241]

I love this!! i'm so proud of you, and hope you are of yourself too!!

[@lorettacaputo6997]

@@sanjayjuneja5241 Yes I am. I also noticed that on my yearly dermotological visit, I didn't need any liquid nitrogen treatments of facial pre cancerous spots.

[@lf7065]

That's fantastic! Congrats! 👏🙂

[@deniseragona2383]

One of the best doctors ever. Dr. Christy Kesslering was my radiologist in Chicagoland area. ❤❤❤

[@CancerOutsideTheBox]

I was eating too many nuts and dark chocolate, and my tumor markers spiked. Too much arginine. Despite what Dr. Kesserling says, I think it's important to remove certain amino acids and potentially block them. Boy, I'd love to get some new mitochondria. I exercise, but now I"m adding in 30 minutes of Zone 2 a day. But honestly, all those nuts really did spike my CEA and the tumor grew.

[@wengmun7806]

What type of nuts u r eating ?

[@CancerOutsideTheBox]

@@wengmun7806 tree nuts. Walnuts, almonds, pecans. Not eating them now. Tumor markers immediately dropped once I stopped eating them

[@lf7065]

​@@CancerOutsideTheBoxThanks for sharing! Hope you continue to improve! I'm going through chemo right now. What is your diet like? What foods work for you?

[@CancerOutsideTheBox]

@@lf7065 obviously no carbage, nothing high glycemic. I do eat carbs for fiber because it really helps with pooping. I think that in my case amino acids are proliferative.

[@deva190]

​@@CancerOutsideTheBoxI've been reading that many cancers are fueled by methionine more so than glucose.

[@shawnmarieVnutrition]

Best diet in the world -- been keto for 20 years! On no meds, optimal labs and at my high school weight!

[@Leanlifestyle7]

They only talk about glocose, but what about glutamine? Thomas Seyfried talks about that too.

[@melissadd7597]

YES!!!! I have breast cancer. Getting tumor removed. Will not do radiation after. Just thinking that if I avoid high gluclose that I will be fine is FALSE. There is high glutamine in animal meat and eggs and even nuts seeds dark leafy greens... Dr Seyfried has explained that cancer cells use the same pathway to get their fuel as does a parasite and fungi! Thats why people report success with fendbendazole and menbendazole because that drug blocks that pathway. How about that?! Wow. Also natural glutamine blockers are berberine, quercetin, green tea and ashwaganda.

[@chamuuemura5314]

I’ve seen Dr. Seyfried talk with another doctor, talking about periodic “FMD” fast mimicking diet for a week or so. He also said dietary glutamine isn’t as correlative as expected. What’s frustrating is 7-8 minutes in he tried bring up “pulsing” a diet, but the conversation went on a tangent.

[@johnj9267]

Excellent class, so much valuable information, thanks for sharing.

[@TargetCancer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@motivo-academy]

A great conversation and inspiring to all of us on a keto diet. Thank you.

[@tammyday9389]

I'm binging on Christy interviews! Thanks for this one. 😊

[@TargetCancer]

Thank you for dropping by 😊

[@goliathonscave9834]

I'm a physician, keto for 6 years, and frequently have lunches brought in for my practice. I simply avoid the carbs, it's not hard... unless it's from Olive Garden... LOL!

[@CancerOutsideTheBox]

Yuck. I have cancer, but even before then I couldn't tolerate Olive Garden. Fake oils. Not good taste. Glad to hear you're avoiding carbage these days.

[@davinawonderling9361]

Right?! Good ole Olive Garden 😅

[@darrellwong4097]

Awesome interview! Super informative. Thanks and happy new year to you both! 👍👍👍

[@TargetCancer]

Thank you 😊

[@brutebiz82]

Great information. The only thing I'd like to hear expounded upon is the use of exogenous hormones and the increased risk of cancer. Specifically, I'm interested to know if this includes exogenous forms of Vitamin D? I take Vitamin D3/K2 supplements in the Winter, (as I reside in the northern latitudes) to strengthen my immune system and preserve my mental function.

[@c.smilem8t369]

Fantastic interview! Keep these expert interviews coming... Especially loved when she started talking about anti nutrients such as oxalates. This info is slow coming to the public and needs more attention! 🌟😍👏👏👏

[@TargetCancer]

Thanks a lot for your comment!

[@carlloeber]

Man Sanjay she is the best. I love her. I want her to teach my doctor

[@inasmal3996]

Smart doctor that care for people. Thanks.

[@deborahjones6066]

SO INFORMATIVE. I'LL GO BACK AND WATCH AGAIN! ENJOYED. THANKS FOR THIS INTERVIEW. LOOKING FOR A PHYSICIAN LIKE HER IN MY AREA. HARD TO FIND THEM! 😊

[@buckmurdock2500]

Yea because most doctors want to avoid malpractice suits.

[@lynlawley8903]

​@@buckmurdock2500what does that mean that the things she is telling us isn't accepted by our medical directors and big pharma sales or it doesn't get accepted as not enough trials or cancer is a political hot potato just like ivamectin was ?

[@lynlawley8903]

And is a money making job dependant system that isn't in any rush to cure when jobs are hard to come by and science is dependent on trials and is also work dependent so how is this going to be sorted ?

[@jgpsp5]

Interesting that any exogenous hormones can be considered to increase cancer risk. Does this include Cholecalciferol supplements which function as a hormone, necessary in Northern latitudes.?

[@johanlofcrantzramsay2753]

Wow! Great intevju, thank you!

[@TargetCancer]

Glad you liked it!

[@cindydee5609]

Does anybody have any advice on how to find drs like Dr. Christy Kesslering in Wisconsin? I know so many people with cancer that need a dr to help them with this.

[@K2blades2]

Great Info! Thank you!

[@TargetCancer]

Glad it was helpful!

[@petercyr3508]

Great talk. But need to understand ketones and glucose are not opposites. Both are produced by the liver under the action of glucagon, moderated by insulin, as fuel. If you are making ketones, you are making glucose. She is wrong when she says peeing out glucose by using a (dangerous) drug will put you in ketosis. What puts you in ketosis is simply not blocking it by consuming alcholol, sugars and starches. The body will/must burn or store consumed glucose before it can begin to burn fat. Ketones come from body fat breakdown. Right now, I have been fasting for 48 hours. My beta hydroxy butarate level is 1.1. I am in ketosis. My liver is making ketones. My liver is also spewing glucose. My BG level is 197! I ate poorly over the holiday. I have no ability to handle carbs at this point. I have been diabetic for 26 years. Yes, I produce the correct amount of insulin. That is checked frequently. It will be days more of zero carb eating for my blood glucose to return to normal. My liver also spews glucose when I am under stress or distress.

[@jellybeanvinkler4878]

This is interesting to me. Thanks for your post. I have friends who are terrified of keto diet because of ketoacidosis. I wonder how high BG has to be to produce ketoacidosis. My one friend said her husband died of this condition. I can't even mention keto diet in front of her without her becoming grief-stricken. 😢

[@LifeIsWonderful675]

This all gets very confusing & I never know who to listen to or believe. I have been doing the keto diet for 1yr by myself waiting at present to speak with a Dietician for help. I am trying to stop seizures with this diet which were started in 2004 after a head injury, I stopped meds in 2012. I have been doing urine tests to check Ketones & have been taking MCT oil for help with ketosis. I just noticed that my Glucose urine test shows 0 which cant be right, but it must be low? I am still having seizures & need to get the rest of my info sorted for the dietician.

[@LifeIsWonderful675]

This all gets very confusing & I never know who to listen to or believe. I have been doing the keto diet for 1yr by myself waiting at present to speak with a Dietician for help. I am trying to stop seizures with this diet which were started in 2004 after a head injury, I stopped meds in 2012. I have been doing urine tests to check Ketones & have been taking MCT oil for help with ketosis. I just noticed that my Glucose urine test shows 0 which cant be right, but it must be low? I am still having seizures & need to get the rest of my info sorted for the dietician.

[@CancerOutsideTheBox]

No diabetes here. I get to 5 in ketones after 48 hours but BG seldom drops below 60. I'm an old fart, too, 70 yo female. But food, any food, even looking at food, kicks me out of ketosis. Sad.

[@acfanter]

@@jellybeanvinkler4878 ketoacidosis primarily impacts diabetics - IF YOU ARE NOT A DIABETIC its probably not an issue.

[@paulreesor8200]

If you eat too much protein your insulin can go up . If you eat plenty of nutritious saturated fats your appetite will dwindle and you will have to force yourself to eat it and not likely put on much fat. Don't eat too much protein with insufficient fat. Eat them together until satisfied.

[@ZeeshanKhan-ij4qs]

True

[@biodivers5294]

Healthcare is rather easy and cheap. Sick-care is more difficult and, for some, very profitable. Every person can make his/her choice…

[@Pinkorchid72]

100

[@LifeIsWonderful675]

I am presently waiting to see a dietician at The Charlie Foundation, I am just getting all my info together. I started Keto 1yr ago to try to stop seizures started from a head injury in 2004. I have only recently noticed in a urine test I did to check my ketones that my Glucose looked like 0 although there must be something there in a Urine test. I hear this Dr say Glucose can be 80 -100 which is low which seems to be good. I had Bowel Cancer in 2012 & worry about that at times & have a Colonoscopy every 2-4yrs. People are questioning her ?

[@heywoodjakissme6939]

Thank you.

[@sophiepoint6270]

How low carb are you Dr Kesserling? 0g, 5g? 20g?

[@andrewemery7459]

Well done video. You are changing the world. Helping people

[@TargetCancer]

Thank you for your comment

[@JennifertxCarnivore]

I have said this before- but I truly feel that colon cancer is NOT silent at all! Our bodies are warning us up to that point in stages when people eat plant based foods, processed or whole (raw or cooked) - doesn’t matter which type you digest- does the same to your colon! These are stages that our colon warns us that we are damaging it before we hit colon cancer: Stage 1: IBS symptoms- (Cramping, gas, bloating, constipation, diarrhea, extended bellies!) Stage 2 if you ignore stage one: Diverticulitis, diverticulosis, crones, celiac, ulcers, polyps, leaky gut, lactose, and so on. Stage 3: colon cancer! We need to be listening to our bodies! Doctors say it’s normal to have IBS- but NO it is not! It’s not normal at all- it is a warning that if we ignore, our guts will get damaged over time! There is no silence with colon cancer- your body has done so much to warn you but you just didn’t listen! Remove plants from your diet and go the human ancestral way of eating- the carnivore lifestyle! It is not a fad- it’s is the human way of eating!

[@sheilacollins9384]

Thank you so much for this comment! I was high fiber plant based for 25 years. Suffered eventually from most of what you describe. Had 12 old polyps removed last year. Have changed my diet drastically. Feel much better. Have another colonscopy in 2 years. We'll see how it goes.

[@JennifertxCarnivore]

@@sheilacollins9384 you are welcome! ☺️

[@CancerOutsideTheBox]

IDT it's that simple. Rectal cancer Stage IV here. My digestion goes to hell if I go carnivore. High fiber keeps things moving and my tumor doesn't bleed when I'm high fiber. But but but.... caveats needed: High fiber to me means avocados and cruciferous vegetables, and a little dairy in the form of 36-hr fermented high fat yogurts with specific microbes the way William Davis says. Some beans, but not many. I posted further up that I gave up nuts bc they had too much arginine and made my tumor markers spike. How do I know it was dark chocolate and arginine? Bc CEA turned around and went down, much to my delight, as soon as I ditched the nuts. CEA dropped 20% in three weeks. Fish and chicken have higher methionine and arginine than does red meat. Tumors can't make their own arginine and therefore require exogenous sources. Interesting to note that the conditionally non essential amino acids are the ones most implicated in cancer, and this could be why vegan diets have success.... assuming, of course, that they're non-carbage vegan diets. Who knows. I certainly don't, but I know that no one else does either, otherwise some doc out there somewhere would have a 100% survival rate among his/her patients. I've got horrible scanxiety bc they just did a PET and it will measure whatever progression took place bc of the nuts and chocolate. And there wasn't much sugar in the chocolate, altho now I'm much stricter.

[@JennifertxCarnivore]

@@CancerOutsideTheBox it is that simple!

[@JennifertxCarnivore]

@@CancerOutsideTheBox plant damage the body. If you go carnivore watch Dr. Baker, Dr. Chaffee, and Dr. Berry’s channels!!

[@juiceboxboy8143]

Great interview! So much fun!

[@TargetCancer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-uv1eo9nb1p]

This was so good

[@mpoharper]

I have mucosal melanoma diagnosed by pathology in April 2021 after removal of a nasal polyp. I started keto in July 2019. Have done well with immunotherapy and keto, but did have a small recurrence in April 2023. Currently NED but got pancreatitis from opdualog in August and have been on and off prednisone, which elevates my glucose. Still eating keto but the elevation worries me. I am close to weaning off and all will be well, but it would be great to have advice on how to deal with elevated glucose when on steroids.

[@2brntb]

Try intermittent fasting also help.

[@mpoharper]

@@2brntb I do time restriction but also outright full day fasting. Unfortunately steroids elevate glucose regardless.

[@Fasttimes95]

Berberine or metformin will help .

[@mpoharper]

@@Fasttimes95 I couldn’t use them with pancreatitis but was a part of my anti cancer regime before I got pancreatitis. I have weaned prednisone but have a small recurrence now that I have to address. My glucose is now controlled. My insulin was low with pancreatitis anyway. Still low. But pancreas enzymes helped me stop the pain and improve digestion. Doing mostly better but being super strict with diet now.

[@user-zu4jz1hx2w]

Please use :Sour Soap tea,Apricots Kernel and black seed oil.You’re going to thank me.

[@goliathonscave9834]

BTW, some women in menopause, come OUT of it when they start keto.

[@Fasttimes95]

I love your show 🙏 wanted to ask are you from Oakland California?

[@TargetCancer]

Thank you for your comment. Dr. Juneja is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

[@andrewrivera4029]

This is so stupid, we the KETO, carnivore and fasting community are ALL ready to enter a nutritional trial!

[@sandymutert8495]

Just overthinking it all! Sigh! I’m medium keto…not carnivore …now have a small pancreas at 55 ugh! Meds to help digest foods to nutrients and still need to do more search. Staying on Keto the best I can…..💯

[@andrewrivera4029]

@@sandymutert8495 gonna take the full carnivore challenge in January, I’ve benefited tremendously from the OMAD diet mostly KETO but some cheat months the last 6 years but I feel worse and worse when I do cheat both physically and mentally.

[@zinnia20207]

Diet doesn't make drug companies money.

[@buckmurdock2500]

there is all ready plenty of evidence to support why fad diets like keto, low carb and carnivore should be avoided.

[@acfanter]

@@zinnia20207 NAILED IT!!

[@hoodfamilyhomestead537]

What about keto for melanoma??? Do you have any videos with research on this?

[@avlasting3507]

Yes, we're seeing more cancers in younger people too, presumably diet / lifestyle related.

[@jellybeanvinkler4878]

​@@andyc7747throw in C-sections, too, which deprive the baby of microbiome, right off the bat. So many scheduled out of convenience.

[@chrishynes6091]

Not to mention the arm ticket.

[@clintcarter]

Powerful guest. 💪🙏

[@TargetCancer]

Indeed! Thanks for dropping by!

[@wendywaterson8733]

Ketogenic diet is not hard to do. Particularly when your life is on the line.

[@pacificislandgirl]

Just love these presenters - very low? very high? Really give actual numbers!

[@danielheitman3726]

Does this apply to prostate cancer? They use a lipid soluton for the tracer in the PMSA scans and not glucose.

[@Pinkorchid72]

PSMA is not a metabolite substrate like glucose. PSMA receptors are highly expressed in prostate cancer and the PSMA agent targets that receptor. It’s not being metabolized by the prostate cancer for energy.

[@JennifertxCarnivore]

All cancers feed on sugars!

[@-aprilsavvi2nd]

The other day, I threw away every bit of sugar from my kitchen

[@tracibuccino4500]

Yup. Cancer cells thrive on sugar. Fasting and keto is my go to

[@quatta1969]

I have a question for the doctor. I heard that if you have a BRAF V600 mutation the keto diet is not working because that particular mutation also thrives with ketones. Is that true? if true what can you do if you have that type of mutation

[@Pinkorchid72]

Dr. Seyfried has stated that there is no cancer cell type that uses ketones. Cancer cells are primitive and survive by fermentation or glucose, fructose and glutamine. To make energy using ketones, it takes a LOT of intracellular machinery and mitochondria, which cancer cells lack to the same degree as normal cells. switch to ultra low carb or ZERO carb diet and fast 48 to 72 hours spread before and after chemo/radiation treatment day. Your normal cells will survive and the cancer cells will die. For example, you have chemo on wednesdays…fast for 24 hours before, the day of and the day after chemo. I know an esophageal cancer patient who is cured now for 2 years doing this method.

[@JennifertxCarnivore]

No- watch Dr. Thomas Seyfried! All due to metabolic disease!!

[@buckmurdock2500]

I guess you're like that poor bastard that wants to be vegan but has a body type designed to eat meat, lmao . .

[@Tttttttw]

See dr. Seyfried talk on cancer. He said absolutely not true

[@skipmcelhenny7325]

Healthcare should be renamed Sickcare.

[@BubbleBurster-nv1vl]

Yup, all they do is treat symptoms instead of trying to head off diseases and heal you through diet and moderate exercise.

[@acfanter]

Big Pharma & Fauci have had far too much power for to long!!

[@seniordockman2946]

What is the bottom line? What do I eat to avoid cancer? What does she eat and drink? Is she advocating a Keto diet? Is a low carb diet similar to a Ketogenic diet? How do I lower my insulin?

[@marygallagher3368]

I have the same questions!

[@TargetCancer]

It is best to check with a doctor such as Dr. Kesslering to get proper guidance and professional advice

[@Tardyrover]

does ketosis help with blood cancers, like MPN (ET)???

[@ranias76]

liked and subscribed

[@jamesgordon8867]

How do we get docs to want to think like this?

[@2brntb]

money $$$

[@debbiec6216]

good luck on that . If it doesn't profit $$$$$ , then they don't care.

[@nooks12]

My 10 yr old son takes growth hormone as he has kidney disease and his growth is stunted. Is he also at risk for cancer?

[@jellybeanvinkler4878]

Good question for nephrologist, Dr Fung. This is a highly specific question. Most kids are loaded with growth hormones. I would keep sugars out of his diet as much as possible. Stick to complex carbs, maybe.

[@RichBudski]

How many are vaxxed and boosted?

[@brendaandrandyking4126]

What about no gallbladder...can we still utilize a fat diet cause my vitamin d levels are always too low no matter 50,000 vitamin d3 or sunshine ......im think8ng about getting some ox bile for this

[@rgomoffat]

Has Kesslering written a book on this?

[@lisadodds9918]

Buy Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Dr. Nasha Winters I found Dr. Kesserling mentioned and am seeing her now and feel good on Keto Started on her program tailored to me before 2nd surgery now starting 3 more rounds of chemo taking supplements....remember what she prescribes is tailored to your type of cancer and your markers

[@JamesSteven-mb8zf]

Totally right. Thank you.

[@sandrastone4088]

Why are we doing Pet scans to a stage 4 cancer patient? Isnt it a sugar bolus?

[@francescoulson2605]

After almost 3 years in ketosis my friend was diagnosed with neuroendocrine pancreatic cancer. Please help me understand how this happened if cancer is metabolic and ketosis is protective.

[@aprilek6003]

I have a friend who had this happen as well after being keto for 5 years. Before the cancer, this friend had an autoimmune disease and several tragedies (saw her baby sister killed in front of her at age 11 and lost her 26 year old daughter from a rare heart caner) Being in ketosis can only do so much for our bodies.

[@francescoulson2605]

@@aprilek6003 thank you for the reply. So sorry for your friend.

[@gabekindo]

Its because what she saying is wrong, ketogenic diets are good for reducing inflammation and can help with some cancers. But cancer can use other sources for fuel, especially in advanced cancers. I personally would never go to this doctor, look up the book How to Starve Cancer by Jane McLelland if you wish to learn more

[@petertownsend252]

34:30. With respect to the potential for inappropriate carb consumption (i.e., falling off the wagon), why not continuously monitor diet/food compliance with a CGM as component of the "standard of care" to evaluate the effectiveness and adherence to a prescribed ketogenic diet?

[@felipearbustopotd]

CGMs aren't cheap.

[@petertownsend252]

@felipearbustopotd False statement with respect to the cost of cancer treatment. I have a CGM (Freestyle Libre 2). I pay for it out of pocket with no insurance. The retail price is $240 for a 3-month supply ($80 / month). Within the relative context of cancer treatment, this is a deminimus, trivial cost. Compare the cost of a CGM to the cost of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy that are the current standard of care. A CGM is a highly effective compliance monitoring tool that can quickly and easily detect inappropriate (addiction related) consumption of sugar and starchy carbohydrates that are the root cause of the problem. Presumably, a cancer patient wants to get well and is thus highly motivated to do what is necessary to succeed. A CGM provides the doctor with hard data for the purposes of further educating the patient, providing counseling support services, and/or additional medical interventions related to sugar addiction. The CGM connects by bluetooth to my CGM phone app in real time. The app can be optionally set to upload data to the cloud and shared in real time with your doctor, support group, friends, family, etc. The app can also be set to send alarms or push notifications when blood glucose data is outside of set ranges. In this regard, a CGM has the potential to be a timely, affordable, and highly effective monitoring device that goes directly to the primary root cause of cancer.

[@marianwest3525]

Wow! Interesting. With Christmas comes nuts. Despite eating fairly well, wondered about sore guts.

[@mariama163]

Is a little bit of stevia okay to use in coffee?

[@willemvanriet7160]

It's the 60% grain diet that our so-called health agencies are advising us to eat along with highly processed store bought food.

[@jeffsilverman105]

I do like the idea of being ketogenic, but wouldnt one be subject to higher levels of insulin like growth factors vs. a whole food/plant based diet??? Trying to mitigate the damage.

[@lf7065]

I'm thinking plant based keto mostly would be good for us...🤔

[@ildikomolnar8437]

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[@anewlifestirring]

As a physician myself I have been through a chemotherapy for a generalised lymphoma whilst on a low carbohydrate and IF diet for a successful reversal of a T2D. With the approval of my oncologists I continued my diet with an exceptional tolerance and results. Ketone levels should be maintained so as to avoid fatigue linked to loss of sodium no longer retained by insulin. My taking is that it is not so much the fluctuating level of blood sugar or the ketone level that is important for cancer, but the lowering of insulin levels so as to trigger autophagy. This is important both for prevention and treatment of cancer.

[@elkiton]

As a cancer patient I can agree with you. After an unsuccessful prostatectomy I studied Warburg's Hypotheses and later developments, went cold turkey into a strict ketogenic diet, 48 hour weekly fasting, daily intermittent fasting with the minimum calories needed to live, plus daily weight training at the gym. Complete lifestyle change. I was given a 5 year prognosis as it was in the lymph nodes. Now in year 6 and 30 kg lighter, and the fittest I have ever been at 77 my Oncologist has just scheduled a PET Scan to see what has been going on, and why. I know why..... Keto diet, marginal calories, minimal carbs and heavy exercise. Once you break the carb addiction, that took 6 months at least, the rest is easy!

[@michaell7060]

​@elkiton please share results from scan

[@suuzq02]

Truth about cancer series -- Ty & Charlene Bollinger

[@kakilong]

Is a keto diet appropriate for a cancer patient who is very low weight?

[@rutcut2822]

Yes - There are several videos on YT about women who were underweight and started a Keto diet to fix their gut issues and/or mental health issues. Their weight went up, and they had more energy, and were able to regain muscle, and their weight stabilised at a normal level.

[@KBeMaybe]

@@rutcut2822 I'm in that category and Keto has been a life changer for me. I've actually put on healthy muscle weight (with minimal exercise) and cured my leaky gut issues. I moved to Ketovore about 6 months ago (less than 10 gr of carbs daily, usually none) and my inflammation markers keep getting better. The osteoarthritis in my knees rarely bothers me now, all other body aches/head aches are gone, brain fog is gone and I sleep much better and longer. I've been able to gradually increase exercise and add weight training with no pain. I've also broken my sugar addiction and don't crave snacks, because the carnivore-based diet keeps me sated and fulfilled. I'm enjoying all the health benefits and even saving money on food!

[@ronnapierson7178]

Absolutely!

[@TerriblePerfection]

Fatty meat is your friend!

[@buckmurdock2500]

keto was designed to help people with epilepsy. That's it. For everyone else, it's a fad diet that hasn't been proven healthy, hasn't been shown to be effective for long term weight loss.

[@felytakahari8794]

I want to watch up to the end but audio is abnormally very fast. Sorry.

[@kenadams5504]

How many eat plant based diets for health conditions , without awareness of oxilates/lectins in plants that can drive their conditions !?

[@Bookstorewalla]

Re Dr. Kesslering's comment on high triglycerides, she should investigate the paradox of Lean Mass Hyper Responders. (LMHR).

[@jmc8076]

According to other sources incl an interventional oncologist who’s done talks on nutrition and cancer at U of Cal not all cancers can be treated with ketones. The bal of what I’ve learned is you need to be careful. Also women in particular need to be cautious with IF. Physionic has a video on cancer as a metabolic disease.

[@larryyoung9590]

Where is your office?

[@TargetCancer]

Please reach out to Dr. Kesslering directly at www.kessrx.com/

[@drdaveyjones6216]

I would love to hear her take on the carnivore diet to fight cancer.

[@claudiarousseau1932]

Some other videos on youtube also mention that the keto diet for cancer patients is not the high animal fat diet that we tend to associate with the keto diet that our friends are on for weight loss. What she/they are talking about is doing mostly organic greens and low carb vegetables, with the fat coming from avocados, salmon and NOT fatty bacon and sausage. This diet is more vegetable based and very low carbs and no sugar.

[@DL-oc1cu]

What kinds of food do you eat how about recipes?

[@MarilynRoper-ob1nj]

We have to stop thinking in terms of calories. It’s a physics principle in a bio/chem body.

[@73adinutza]

What if your liver is damaged? Does Keto works??

[@ruthhorowitz7625]

You can do everything right, and still get cancer. But doing things right lowers the odds. The main reason to do these things is healthspan.

[@onecompass7290]

What about carbs? The breads, pastas and grains affect all the people that are eating 'healthy' and no one ever addresses this. They say sugar. The average person and all vegans eat a ton of carbs via breads, grains etc.

[@charlesincharge3404]

She gets it

[@ketolomics]

28:11 Sanjay asks whether "long term" ketosis impairs or "slows" immune function. One of the inherent challenges in dietary work is defining in a precise way the dietary composition. There are two sets of effects: one set driven by the metabolic state itself (sustained FAO/ketone metabolism and epigenetics); the second set of effects derives from food selection. In animal models, in particular, "ketogenic" chow can be a dreadfully synthetic combination of fats never found in a wild-foods setting, or the chow can be a fairly well balanced blend, but is never a whole-foods derived diet. This is only one aspect of the problem, but when we get to keto effects on particular systems, innate or adaptive immune function, say, we need to evaluate the evidence with a clear view of potential methodological confounds. Mechanistically, it is difficult to pose a hypothesis that says immune function might become impaired when what we see at every junction is epigenetically based immune enhancement, owing in very large part to persistent euglycemic eu-insulinemia. I am not aware of any evidence across human clincal cases or trials where sustained nutritional ketosis associated with impaired immune function. If you could post a PMID or ISBN, I'd be very curious to take a look. Nice interview. Would be great to hear Lew Cantley from Harvard if you could get him (I know, big fish, but leader in the insulin signalling/keto/cancer space).

[@gaypreator8547]

The allow the guest to speak. This topic is very important.

[@franmcdonald4702]

Prior to the 60s and 70s people ate what is now being called a ketogenic diet . we didn't have tons of candy bars and soda and junk food all the time.

[@beatstime7727]

our patient is at 4 stage breast cancer the cancer has spread in liver and body she is young and her position is serious no doctor is ready to cure her in this position plz plz what should i do we are from Pakistan

[@johnannaburke1625]

I heard a surgeon say the cancer patient does not die from cancer but the surgery

[@madjack8893]

Yes, because when they remove it, they are inadvertently allowing the cells to spread and metastasize. Needs to be a way to isolate the tumors from allowing the cells cut away to spread into the body. (freezing? Containing it somehow? Idk but must be a way) before removing it

[@wetguavass]

Corn, beans, cactus, etc. ..... best food you can eat

[@williambuckley6128]

I'm surprised you didn't mention blocking glutamine is the other half of Dr. Seyfried's solution.

[@kerryjean2223]

My younger brother was in hospital with cancer and they fed him coloured sugar water through a tube in his neck. He has no chance.

[@buckmurdock2500]

you're a real braniac. Why don't you file a malpractice suit?

[@2brntb]

Hospitals are compromised by food industries thus they feed patients horrible food which are opposite from healing.

[@madjack8893]

Advocate for him, you’re his sister.

[@sambenson8288]

911 quick question! Vegetables high in carbs ok??