A Controversial Yet Promising Approach to Cancer: Is This The Future of Cancer Treatment?

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Levels, Bon Charge, and Ollie, For years, many have believed that cancer is primarily genetic or just bad luck, but emerging research suggests we have far more control over our risk than previously thought. Dr. Thomas Seyfried's groundbreaking work reframes cancer as a metabolic dysfunction, focusing on its root cause rather than just treating symptoms. While controversial, this approach offers new hope for both practitioners and patients seeking alternative strategies for prevention and treatment. Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, we’re bringing you a special compilation episode featuring Dhru’s conversations with Dr. Thomas Seyfried and experts from the Hippocrates Research Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to continuing Dr. Seyfried’s work by educating cancer patients on metabolic-based treatment approaches. Dr. Seyfried explores the role of oxidative stress, mitochondrial health, and glucose in cancer development and progression, along with his research on ketogenic diets as a promising solution to correct these imbalances. Den Stacey shares his journey of seeking guidance from the Hippocrates Research Foundation—ultimately becoming cancer-free. The Hippocrates Research Foundation team—Daniel Orrego, Dr. Gregory Howard, and Dr. Michelle Howard—discuss their research and their approach to guiding cancer patients by implementing a protocol designed to starve cancer while fueling the body. Dr. Thomas Seyfried is an American professor of biology, genetics, and biochemistry at Boston College. With over 150 peer-reviewed publications, his research focuses on the mechanisms driving cancer, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as the role of calorie-restricted ketogenic diets in their prevention and treatment. He is the author of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer and serves on the editorial boards of Nutrition & Metabolism, Neurochemical Research, Journal of Lipid Research, and ASN Neuro. In this episode, Dhru and his guests dive into: The role of mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer (04:05) The promise of the ketogenic diet and its impact on cells (09:58) How the ketogenic diet cuts off cancer’s fuel sources (20:37) Den Stacey’s email about his experience with Dr. Seyfried’s protocol (26:54) The Press-Pulse protocol used in Den’s treatment (30:25) The role of stress reduction as a key part of the protocol (35:31) The benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (38:53) Why pharmaceutical drugs and diet should be used in concert (40:47) What an ideal cancer treatment team looks like (46:31) Testing and evaluating the protocol in real-world cases (56:39) Recognizing the success of the case study and the next steps (59:42) Final thoughts (01:02:01) Also mentioned: Full episode with Dr. Thomas Seyfried Full episode with Den Stacey This episode is brought to you by Levels, Bon Charge, and Ollie, Right now, Levels is offering my listeners an additional 2 FREE months of the Levels annual Membership when you use my link, levels.link/DHRU. Make moves on your metabolic health with Levels today. Right now, BON CHARGE is offering my community 15% off; just go to boncharge.com/DHRU and use coupon code DHRU to save 15%. Want to give your dog the best in clean eating? Take the online quiz and introduce Ollie to your pet. Right now, Ollie is offering 60% off your first box of meals when you subscribe today! Just head to Ollie.com, use the code DHRU and you’ll get 60% off your first box of meals in your subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, Drew Brode here. There has been a ton of traction in the last several years when it comes to the early detection of cancer and a lot of ongoing research on cancer prevention.
0:09.7	And yet the scary truth is that almost 50% of us at some point in time of our life will get a cancer diagnosis.
0:17.7	In today's compilation episode, I share a segment from my conversation with cancer
0:21.9	researcher and scientist Dr. Thomas Seyfried, whose groundbreaking research approaches cancer
0:27.2	as a metabolic dysfunction and addresses its root cause. Although extremely controversial,
0:33.3	Dr. Seyfried's approach and his science and studies that he's done with this team has provided
0:38.9	hope for practitioners and cancer patients all over the world, including one of our guest
0:45.1	featured on today's podcast, Den Stacy, who after being diagnosed with stage four cancer,
0:50.8	embarked on a journey inspired by Dr. Safefried's research to ultimately become
0:55.1	cancer-free. I had the opportunity to sit down with Den and his team from the Hippocrates
1:00.0	Research Foundation, a nonprofit that continues Dr. Thomas Safreid's work by helping cancer patients
1:05.9	combat their disease through the education on the metabolic approaches to the treatment of the root
1:11.6	causes of cancer.
1:12.7	I'll also be sharing a portion of my conversation with them in today's episode.
1:16.7	Now, quick disclaimer, before we jump into our conversation with cancer researcher and
1:21.0	scientist, Dr. Thomas Safreed, as always, the information provided on this podcast and in my
1:27.4	content is for general knowledge and information
1:30.2	purposes only. It does not constitute medical advice. Cancer is very complicated and everybody's
1:37.9	situation is unique and different. I know this firsthand. My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer
1:43.0	almost 10 years ago and And we had to work
1:45.3	with a team, which also included a functional medicine doctor, her oncologist, and a few other
1:51.2	holistic practitioners to come up with the right approach for her. I've talked about this in the
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