The Ripple Effect Podcast

The Ripple Effect Podcast #159 (Dr. Thomas Seyfried | Keto & Cancer: Manage & Prevent Disease)

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Dr. Thomas Seyfried joins us to talk about his book Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer, and also to talk about his research at Boston College which focuses on mechanisms by which metabolic therapy manages chronic diseases such as epilepsy, neurodegenerative lipid storage diseases, and cancer. The metabolic therapies include caloric restriction, fasting, and ketogenic diets. This new concept has implications for the development of new non-toxic cancer therapies including the ketogenic diet, and experts in the cancer research field have praised this comprehensive study as one of science's hottest topics.Thomas N. Seyfried received his Ph.D. in Genetics and Biochemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana, in 1976. He did his undergraduate work at the University of New England, where he recently received the distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. He also holds a Master’s degree in Genetics from Illinois State University. Thomas Seyfried served with distinction