Great episode! Really excited to see quality research looking into diet (and exercise) as part of cancer treatment. As someone fighting this disease I hear all too often patients being told , eat what you want, it doesn't make a difference.Thank you Simon for sharing oncologists Shah and Iyengar's research much needed research. I will be eagerly anticipating the results from these studies!
Great topic! Reiterated what my oncologist said in beginning when I was diagnosed and wanted a specific plan- just eat more fruit and vegetables and limit red meat and alcohol. Also exercise! When I don’t feel like it I’ll remember I’m kicking cancer’s butt when I do. It really helps with treatment side effects like fatigue as well.
Always very thorough as usual! I love these deep dives! They provide so much insight into the mechanisms behind our lifestyle choices and how they impact our body. I would love to get a deep dive into sodium/salt in the diet! I feel like there are so many conflicting views on how much people should have and the "Quality" of some salt vs another. 🙏
Another option to a high meat ketogenic diet in the example given is to consider joining medically managed water only fasting prior to chemotherapy that has shown benefit from research by Alan Goldhamer DC and Valter Longo pHD (USC Longevity Institute).
23:00 Yes, the benefits outweigh the risks when it comes to eating fruits and veggies even with pesticides, BUT PLEASE wash your fruits and veggies very well using warm water/soaking methods before eating.
Why not live with the WFPB lifestyle plus fasting? It seems like the most logical conclusion for cancer prevention. Keto will increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, it is just as dangerous as cancer.
A ketogenic diet that increases mTOR might not (from empirical clinical evidence and mechanism in driving growth) be the most logical approach to a y patient with cancer. Raising IGF-1 has clearly been shown to adversely affect cancer survival.
This is one of your more amazing shows, Simon! Sharing far and wide. Thank you, Doctors.❤❤ Oh, and p.s. Not sure why it is assumed that keto peeps may be too stupid to choose healthy foods within the diet parameters, compared to vegans. I know plenty of plant based ppl who eat crap. I suffered terrible constipation all my life. Being a vegetarian for years did not help. Now low carb and quite regular. So some of these assumptions are a bit off base as far as I'm concerned. Still, a great helpful show.
What a great episode! Their insights and ability to communicate what we do and do not know yet was incredibly informative and helpful. I have a dear friend recently treated for triple negative breast cancer and this helped address many of our ongoing questions.
Great talk! What about phytoestrogens in Flax seeds? Could this be a problem in Estrogen driven Endometrial Cancer? Some say safe to be using 1/2 cup in kale smoothies every day. Good idea for person with Endometrial Cancer or not?
As a plant based retired internist, lipidologist, preventive medicine oriented MD I give accolades as usual to Simon for his efforts in attempting to illicit more than the party line from these two oncologists. My experience from 42 years as a PCP is that oncologists (who earn 60% of their generous income from managing chemotherapy) generally are not at all interested in truly attending to the large body of research that shows in particular a WFPB diet has a clear benefit in prevention, treatment and recurrence of multiple cancers. Getting these two (more open to ‘new’ information than most in their specialty) are hardly doing more than lil service to this natural approach. They’re both happy that their colleagues aren’t watching as they will be ostracized otherwise for straying (as weak as this interview demonstrated they are in a dietary approach) from the current oncology philosophical paradigm.
So far I have not come across anyone who can properly answer the following point about alcohol consumption: Isn't ethanol in moderate amounts of course, good because it is both lipolytic and antibacterial and antiviral?
Nope. Soy milk reduces all-cause mortality as well as cancer incidence. Being processed does not make something unhealthy. It depends on what exactly was done. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mnfr.201900751 link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-021-02724-8
The more time I’ve spent watching this interview the more it is clear that these two highly educated and recognized oncologists are missing much of the rather powerful evidence that whole plant foods without ANY animal products for patients at risk for or with a cancer diagnosis is beneficial. As a retired internist I’ve endured the lip service (at best) that American medicine gives to diet as one of the most powerful factors in whether one develops cancer or survives treatment. The reductionism here is palpable. Simon has a very sophisticated knowledge of this issue. I wasn’t disappointed in spending the time here - just not surprised.
