65. The Power of Alternative Medicine in Fighting Cancer with Dr. Lucas Tims
The Primal Kitchen Podcast
Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti
4.4 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Lucas, a dedicated medical professional with a profound journey into the realm of cancer care. Inspired by a deeply personal experience, Dr. Lucas shares his transition from focusing on gut health to immersing himself in the complexities of cancer treatment and prevention. Throughout the conversation, we delve into the significance of fasting, the impact of traditional cancer treatment methods, and Dr. Lucas's unique approach to integrating conventional and alternative therapies for optimal patient outcomes.
Dr. Lucas offers a candid look into the limitations and challenges faced within the conventional healthcare system, emphasizing the importance of personalized treatment plans that address the root causes of cancer. He highlights various innovative therapies, including the use of IV vitamin C, mistletoe injections, and the potential of immunotherapy drugs, while also stressing the critical role of diet, lifestyle changes, and detoxification in cancer prevention and recovery.
With a story of hope and resilience, Dr. Lucas recounts a remarkable case of a patient with stage four pancreatic cancer who, against all odds, experienced a miraculous recovery through an integrative treatment plan. This episode is not only a testament to Dr. Lucas's dedication to his patients but also serves as a source of inspiration and a call to consider a more holistic approach to cancer care.
Relevant points from episode:
00:00:00 Fasting for 24 Hours
00:00:58 One doctor's journey through thyroid cancer
00:05:51 Ex-Cancer Treatment Centers of America doctor on the transition
00:10:07 Chemotherapy and integrative support for cancer patients
00:10:57 Mixed messages of mistletoe in cancer treatment
00:17:08 Vitamin C for cancer treatment
00:21:20 In the Elevator With Your Valentine
00:21:45 Root Cause Medicine
00:28:07 Fighting cancer with a low-tech approach
00:28:57 Do you test for cancer if you don't have cancer?
00:29:27 Chemotherapy and Metformin
00:34:17 Fasts and sleep
00:34:57 Antiparasitics for cancer, side effects
00:39:32 on nutrition for cancer patients
00:41:54 Carcinoma Survivor's Tips For Preventing the Cancer
00:45:09 How to Detox After Drinking Too Much Alcohol: Vitamin C and?
00:46:28 How to Deal with a Cold and Flu?
00:49:03 Ozone Therapy
00:51:26 Cancer: The science of biohacking
00:52:23 How to Sleep Better With a Headache?
00:55:50 Immunity Therapy for Cancer
00:58:01 Proteins and the Future of Medicine
00:59:53 Obesity is a big problem, says surgeon
01:00:44 "Who's Inspiring You?"?
01:00:55 One patient's miraculous treatment for pancreatic cancer
01:05:36 One pancreatic cancer patient's miraculous story
01:07:50 Dr. Lucas on His Love of Crosswords
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| 0:00.0 | Before we get started, a brief reminder that any and all opinions and views shared by hosts and guests on this podcast are the speaker's own and do not represent the views of Primal Kitchen or its affiliates or parent company. |
| 0:08.9 | I do a 24-hour fast every week. Sunday mornings, I get up and I eat a big breakfast and I don't eat again until Monday breakfast. |
| 0:14.1 | Interesting. It's our self-cleaning mode. That's why fasting goes back thousands of years as part of just normal cultures around the world. So I could eat like dinner Sunday night and then just not eat again until Monday. |
| 0:23.9 | I am more of a fan and I think the studies are really starting to show this that you're better |
| 0:27.7 | off skipping dinner rather than breakfast. |
| 0:29.5 | You're better off eating breakfast lunch and then not eating until breakfast the next day. |
| 0:33.5 | Interesting. |
| 0:46.7 | Hey, so excited to have you here. Welcome, Dr. Timms. Is that what I'm supposed to call you, Dr. Tims? Dr. Lucas or Dr. Tim? Okay. I'll go Dr. Lucas, and I'm more of an informal person. |
| 0:52.4 | When you have a double first name syndrome, |
| 0:54.9 | you can go both ways. I hear you. I love it. Well, welcome. We're so excited to have you. |
| 0:58.8 | I want to know how you got into this whole cancer thing. Yeah. Well, I was in medical school. |
| 1:08.6 | And as life happens, I met a girl. And we, you know, hit it off and started |
| 1:14.7 | dating and became pretty serious. And about a year into that relationship, boom, she got diagnosed |
| 1:20.5 | to cancer. No way. What kind? She had thyroid cancer. She had a particularly aggressive form of |
| 1:25.4 | thyroid cancer. She had her thyroid removed. She thyroid cancer. She had thyroid removed. She had |
| 1:28.0 | surgery. And she, you know, this was, I was in the middle of medical school, so I still didn't |
| 1:32.8 | really know much about medicine. I was still cutting my teeth, obviously. But that girl would go on to |
| 1:39.1 | later become my wife, obviously. And so that's sort of my origin story is, you know, being in medical school, |
| 1:45.7 | not really knowing like if I wanted to specialize in something. I thought maybe I wanted to, |
| 1:50.4 | you know, focus on just gut health and things like that. But here comes this like almost this |
| 1:56.7 | omen. It was like, okay. And from that moment on, it was just i couldn't get enough information in terms |
| 2:02.9 | of like how to how does you know what is cancer first of all i feel like there's not a lot of great |
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