Obviously, if youre on Dr. Seyfrieds ketogenic diet you most likely wont be drinking carrot juice because that diet cures cancer through a different pathway. You should adopt a protocol that resonates with you. Stem cells are very adaptable; cancer stem cells diabolically so. Happy Marching to Type 1 diabetes to you!! Though our normal cells do just fine in the absence of carbohydrates, cancer cells, Dr. Seyfried claims, do not. Something similar happened about five years ago with a substance called interferon, the magic bullet of cancer research, featured on magazine covers and in articles with titles like To Save Her Life And Yours. But by 1984 the magic bullet had misfired; now the articles were called The Myth of Interferon.. No frightfully expensive sanatoriums needed. The traditional Pritikin diet was literally a mirror image of the Atkins Diet, with about 70-75% of all calories derived from carbohydrates, 15-20% from protein, all from plant sources, and 8% or less from fat, again all plant-derived. Our normal healthy cells, be they situated in the brain or the skin of our feet, do prefer glucose as their primary energy source, obtained from the sugar circulating in the blood. Having first read Dr. Prices book during my journalism days, I knew that according to his exhaustive work, humans were a varied species, in the past living in and adapting to all ecological niches excepting the Antarctic, offering a variety of food sources. Thanks for posting this video. I had graduated medical school by that point and was living in Florida, finishing my immunology fellowship under Robert A. It FAT the problem not, carbohydrates, or insulin, since the problem is not ABLE TO GET CARBOHYDRATE TO BE USED FOR ATP CELLULAR ENERGY. Cancer cells, working in concert with Inflammation, stimulate the production of too many lymphokines, cytokines, etc. absolutely Yvonne, the low carb ketogenic and paleo diets has done wonders for countless people. [6,8] Dr. As an aside note: nearly 30% of cancers are diagnosed as a consequence of follow-up to a blood clot diagnosis (especially pulmonary emobolus) and probably 50% of cancer patients actually die of a catastrophic blood clot event since cancer predisposes one to blood clotting problems. Directly relevant laboratory or animal data concerning the anticancer potential of the Gonzalez regimen are limited. His rib lesions were causing him so much misery his doctors did suggest a course of radiation for palliative pain control. The three from my practice include the stage IV 25-year survivor of metastatic inflammatory breast cancer, my 15 year survivor of stage IV pancreatic cancer, and my three and a half year survivor of stage IV lung cancer that has totally regressed on my therapy. He was given 6 12 months to live. He just got his blood work from his last doctor visit and he is now NOT type 2 diabetic. [2] According to the report, 70 patients were evaluated for the study and 55 were enrolled: 23 in the gemcitabine arm and 32 in the enzyme treatment arm. Information about using the illustrations in this summary, along with many other cancer-related images, is available in Visuals Online, a collection of over 2,000 scientific images. He makes the case, using the contemporary basic science data, to support Warburgs belief that cancer cells depend solely on glycolysis for survival, with his claim regarding the uncoupling of this sugar-fueled, oxygen-independent process from the citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain. I do include a case of multiple myeloma treated by Dr. Kelley in my monograph, a woman diagnosed with extensive cancer throughout her skeleton with evidence of multiple fractures. Images in this summary are used with permission of the author(s), artist, and/or publisher for use within the PDQ summaries only. I meet natural survivors constantly and evenshare their stories on this site. But over the past 15 years, gradually, a new, more productive, and I believe more truthful hypothesis has emerged, spearheaded particularly by Dr. Max Wicha at the University of Michigan. Any ideas, Chris? I know is a bit late but please, may you send me that document? He read one of Max Gersons books on diet and changed his diet forever. But of course, he will let you post your own email address into a subscribe box with zero encryption (clear-text) so that you can be subject to a one way marketing approach. The eggs caused inflammation to help something that needed healing. Paul Jaminet wrote some nice articles about the harm of long term KD. Our syndication services page shows you how. His monograph has been greeted with much acclaim, though not yet at the level reached at the height of the interleukin-2 hysteria in 1985. To me, his work offered a solution to the conflicting dietary advice even then being offered to the world. There are several studies where researchers implanted human gliomas into the bodies of rats (a completely unrealistic scenario) and reported that the rats put on a ketogenic diet lived longer. At the end of this piece, the writers did include a brief section titled Interferon: A Cautionary Tale, reminding readers of the hoopla five years earlier over that other immune modulator, which too had been all the rage in the cancer research world. Dr. Gonzalez Dismantles The Diet | Headline News, START HERE! The idea is to try to starve the cancer cells, without starving the patient. Our therapy involves, oftentimes, diets high in carbohydrates, which proponents of the ketogenic diet would predict should fuel, not stop, cancer. In another study, rats with human brain cancer implanted in their bodies achieved complete remission when fed a keto meal replacement shake called KetoCal and treated with radiation. The tumor volume was 0.42 cm3 in the treatment group and 0.91 cm3 in the control group. Though in subsequent years her compliance with her nutritional regimen would waver and her disease would in turn recur, invariably when she resumed Kelleys treatment the myeloma would go into remission. !Georgie, MS, NS. In the first posting appearing on his site June 16, 2013, based on an interview with Dr. Seyfried, Dr. Mercola writes in his introductory paragraph: Could a ketogenic diet eventually be a standard of care drug-free treatment for cancer? But the primary inducer of cancer is HYPOXIA which Im talking about over and over in my posts, caused by STRESS and ARTERIOSCLEROSIS. Oncologists see patients with well-established cancers. They treated a lot of pancreatic cancer patients. He says that. Oh and by the way there is no evidence of disease! I think it is too quick to blame the diet for a tumor, need to do more proper research to establish the cause.. Dr. Kelley and Dr. Gonzalez recommends pancreatic enzymes. There may be various diets and nutritional plans that result in tumor reduction and long term survival. I knew Bob quite well, and considered him a friend. WebThe Gonzalez regimen is a complex treatment plan based on the role of enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and other dietary factors. He was also a very driven and very smart physician, who clearly saw in cancer, and not in obesity, the ultimate challenge in medicine. Nonetheless, with the NCI and NIH on board, the media, large and small, local and national, seemed transported into a state of frenzy. Thirty-one years later, she is alive and well, having seen her children and now her grandchildren graduate college. As a telling point, under the name Dr. While you may have some novel information about cancer treatment, you detach yourself from the rest of the world by creating the barrier to communication. Dr. Seyfried makes the case that normal stem cells, like cancer cells, are obligatory glucose consumers, relying solely on anaerobic glycolysis for the energy needed for survival. As I wrote in my book, Nevertheless on the therapy [Kelleys] he slowly began to improve, to the point his mental status normalized and over a period of a year, he progressed from a wheelchair to a walker to a cane. When I completed my study in 1987, he had survived 5 years and was in excellent health, with no evidence of cancer in his brain or spinal canal. I choose to LIVE! The Gonzalez regimen is a complex cancer treatment that is tailored by the practitioner for each specific patient. Though told her situation was dire and her cancer incurable, she underwent surgery to remove the large pelvic tumor, to avoid an impending intestinal obstruction. : http://www.extremehealthradio.com/facebookTWEET ME! I remember one of the first, from 1980 when I was a first year medical student at Cornell; in this case, it was, according to the press and the journals, the magic of interferon, an immune stimulant destined to bring cancer to its knees. As the body detoxifies, the cancerous tumors tend to shrink. Also, the potato can be toxic and was not eaten by our earlier ancestors. Bob wasnt the only physician, his clinic not the only place, where the ketogenic diet has been applied in modern times. Judah is going to cure cancer in two years, Watson told Kolata. In normal mammalian cells, glycolysis represents the starting point of energy synthesis. This summary contains the following key information: Many of the medical and scientific terms used in this summary are hypertext linked (at first use in each section) to the NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms, which is oriented toward nonexperts. Last year I was at deaths door in a wheelchair and on oxygen with metastasis to bones, lymph, and lungs. In both laboratory and preliminary human trials, interleukin-2 like interferon before it, a natural product secreted by lymphocytes that stimulates other cancer-fighting immune cells into action had performed almost magically against even the most aggressive of cancers, such as metastatic melanoma and metastatic kidney cancer. As the project grew in scope, I continued my Kelley Study in my spare time during the last two years of medical school, and ultimately brought it to completion while pursuing my immunology fellowship training under Dr. Good at All Childrens Hospital in St. Petersburg. : Oral enzyme therapy and experimental rat mammary tumor metastasis. For instance, if you or I tried to mimic the Eskimos diet from the early 20th century, wed die in months, as the animal products we consumed would be even more nutrient and mineral deficient than we are, because they would be fed the same garbage that our crops have become. Supplements- Individualized supplement programs with vitamins, minerals, trace elements, as well as glandular extracts from animals such as liver and thymus, help to help repair the patients damaged organs. Though most of our cells can utilize fatty acids of all stripes via beta oxidation to create ATP energy, our central nervous system is at somewhat of a disadvantage. You can start saving others I was unable to saved. I dont know if Atkins was doing this. In times of need and if deprived of dietary carbohydrates, our liver and muscle cells can break down glycogen into glucose for release into the bloodstream. Yes, Fasting certainly is one of the quickest way to lower blood glucose and strength training. This is something that has troubled me for quite some time. He also naively calls the keto diet all meat and fat. She has used it in her practice. Congradulation to your dad..He has prevented all the ugly complications that accompany Type 2, and is free to live a quality life. You couldnt buy better publicity than this. No one has ever found one treatment that works in all cases (except for surgically removing it before it spreads, if you can). After death, the pancreas was removed and measured for volume and weight. The developer of the Gonzalez regimen has reported the following adverse effects associated with the regimen: intestinal gas; occasional bloating and indigestion, apparently related to ingestion of porcine pancreatic enzyme; and flu-like syndromes, allegedly associated with detoxification, including low-grade fever, nonspecific myalgia (muscle aches), and nonspecific skin rashes. Med Rec 163 (7): 149-74, 1950. Why? If you would like to reproduce some or all of this content, see Reuse of NCI Information for guidance about copyright and permissions. To summarize her nearly 26 years of treatment with me, she has been disease-free for years as per bone scan studies, continues on her nutritional program, and continues leading a normal, cancer-free life. In retrospect, it makes sense that in the Arctic the Eskimos, in order to survive, would have adjusted to their high fat, moderate protein, no carb diet. Here is a short interview with Jonathan Landsman of Natural Health 365, in which the late Dr. Nicolas Gonzalez MD explains why a ketogenic diet doesnt work for cancer. Hi Sophia thank you so much for sharing your experience. then, next to eat all that fat, triglycerides is the muscles and lastly the liver and then out to your BRAIN.Yes, refined carbo do help FAT TISSUE get to eat more FATsince it GLUT 4 TRANSPORTER for Fat tissue, Glut 4 NOT ACTIVATED with low glycemic food LIKE FRUITS AND PLANT., so no fatty acids in food, no activation of GLUT 4, no storage of fatty acid, triglyceride in fat tissue. Have you read Dr Ralph Mosss review of the Kelley/Gonzalez protocol? And Atkins diet has a lot of protein. According to the Ketogenic diet drinking juices should just ignite the Cancer like pouring kerosene on a bonfire. I also created a coaching program for cancer patients, caregivers and anyone who is serious about prevention called SQUARE ONE. Patients in the experimental arm received proteolytic treatment under the care of a practitioner familiar with the regimen; those in the chemotherapy arm received treatment by the oncologist they selected. For me, it is an endless merry-go-round of opinions, self-interest ( Gonzalez mentions Atkins net worth but does not mention how prohibitive his treatment is) and contradicting information, In the end, I believe this to be the truest thingbe your own best doctor. So one could be on Atkins diet for a long time and still have glucoe and insulin levels that are not that low. The resulting two scores are then combined to produce an overall score. Three months into the diet I had great numbers in terms of cholesterol, triglycerides, blood pressure and blood sugar levels. Dr. So even if a doctor takes this apart and says it does not work, I am a living example that ketogenic diets are the best for metabolically challenged, insulin resistant, diabetic and/or cancer patients. That is, liver stem cells will create new liver cells as needed, bone marrow stem cells will create new bone marrow clones as required, intestinal stem cells will form, as necessary, intestinal lining cells. Not too long after, the trial lawyers got involved, orchestrating a series of lawsuits against various insurance companies on behalf of women wanting a BMT. The Gonzalez regimen was developed by Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez, who became interested in the use of pancreatic enzymes and dietary protocols as a possible treatment for cancer as a second-year medical student when he learned of a cancer treatment approach developed by a Texas dentist, William Donald Kelley, D.D.S. The results of this study were reported in the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Oncology. Nicholas Gonzalez practices medicine in New York City, treating primarily cancer patients with a nutritional approach known as the Kelley Therapy. All the rats in studies that show a delay in cancer while on the ketogenic diet still eventually died of cancer. Isaacs is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. In a further ironic turn, in December 2010, after approving the drug for treatment of women diagnosed with breast cancer, the FDA rescinded its blessing of Avastin for this indication when clinical trials failed to show any significant benefit. Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), The Trophoblast and the Origins of Cancer, Nutricology Pancreas, Natural Glandular Enzymes, One Man Alone An Investigation of Nutrition, Cancer, and William Donald Kelley, What Went Wrong: The Truth Behind the Clinical Trial of the Enzyme Treatment of Cancer. Notice he used the word effective twice. There may be other health professionals who have seen improvement or whose patients have success stories but we are only provided this one skewed view from someone who couldnt even get their own alleged success stories accepted by their medical peers. Folkman too, has passed on, never to realize his hope of an anti-angiogenesis, cancer-free world. This website contains links to various affiliate programs and may earn commissions from purchases made through these links. The quality of life as measured by the FACT-PA was also better in the chemotherapy arm. Dr. Atkins, famed for his all-encompassing emphasis on ketosis during his early years as a diet doctor, insisted his patients routinely check the levels of ketone bodies in their urine several times a day, using special ketone strips.. Its still being used, though increasingly rarely, and no one I know talks about it with much enthusiasm. Do you agree with Dr. Gonzalez stating sugar doesnt feed cancer? We could compare notes on this theory since we are in the same category. All the food was, of course, locally grown, locally harvested, or locally hunted, since these isolated groups lacked access to the industrialized food of modern civilization.. I have heard and read about people who were basically told that they were about to die, who went on and cured themselves with a ketogenic diet; these people do exist. It was late 1985 when the media broke the story about the next cancer miracle. Pancreatic enzymes are beneficial for all cancer patients. Until Dr Gonzalez acknowledges the differences between her diet and the one hes trying to disprove, he really cant say the Ketogenic Diet doesnt work for cancer. Fortunately, when in 1987 Dr. Atkins offered me a job, I had already found what I thought represented a solution to the dilemma of dueling dietary dogma. Natural killer are lymphocytes of the immune system that control several types of tumors and microbial infections by limiting their spread and subsequent tissue damage. No white rice, no white flour, no white bread, no white spaghetti. After a lung biopsy confirmed adenocarcinoma, his doctors discouraged chemotherapy, telling him and his wife conventional treatments would only ruin his quality of life while offering no benefit. The very small bits that actually address keto dont dismantle it in the least. Great information is given in the YouTube talk by Lisanti here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssoAou8Ll6w. And beyond that, were still learning. One of these patients, a woman from Appleton, Wisconsin, had been diagnosed in the summer of 1982 with stage IV pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the most aggressive form of this most aggressive disease. Plant-based diets can include lots of anti-clotting and fibrolytic compounds that can help prevent this so there inclusion should be benefitial in this regard as well. ?/, I dont believed you; I suspect you are an IMPLANT for the meat industry. And yes I agree that we all need to be our own doctor and decide what is best for us. Any comments or questions about the summary content should be submitted to Cancer.gov through the NCI website's Email Us. The preferred citation for this PDQ summary is: PDQ Integrative, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies Editorial Board. To assist readers in evaluating the results of human studies of integrative, alternative, and complementary therapies for cancer, the strength of the evidence (i.e., the levels of evidence) associated with each type of treatment is provided whenever possible. And I just want if someone has data on both treatment make comment with links but real data . An example of the Gonzalez regimen for a patient with pancreatic adenocarcinoma would be the following: The total number of capsules taken per day by each cancer patient on the Gonzalez regimen typically ranges from 130 to 160, taken with and away from meals. Now intrigued, I asked why he would want to change jobs, since our practice was by design slower paced, whereas Bob ran a very busy clinic and active IV unit which would seem perfectly suited for this nurses expertise. All mice in the control group showed steatorrhea, hyperglycosuria, hyperbilirubinuria, and ketonuria in the early stages of tumor growth, whereas in the treated group only a few mice showed these abnormalities in the final stages. : Dr. Nicholas Gonzalez and His Fight for a New Cancer Treatment, is a riveting account of the life and work of a dedicated and remarkable physician who fought for the acceptance of a nutritional approach to cancer and other degenerative diseases. He says that these nutrients serve to improve the overall metabolic function of his patients. Joy, We are in the same category.. the blood cancers. Some ten years ago or more, a number of alternative physicians began promoting artemesinin, an herb from Africa long used as a treatment for malaria, as a natural anti-angiogenesis supplement. Such cells do fine in the absence of oxygen, since the metabolic machinery of glycolysis doesnt require it. Dr Dom DAgostino is doing some amazing research in ketosis and cancer as well. Good that he was asked to review the work of William Donald Kelley, a controversial dentist/ alternative practitioner who had cured himself of pancreatic cancer and was said to be successfully treating other cancer patients. 2nd glaring issue is he only focuses on Atkins (which, as I already stated is NOT a keto diet). For this particular indication, in adults as well as children, the diet works quite well. It contains the step-by-step strategies used by myself and everyone I know who has healed cancer.. The prescribed diets vary, ranging from nearly vegetarian to diets requiring red meat 2-3 times a day. For the FDA, PPE falls under the category of a new prescription drug that is under investigation. The antioxidant/fibre ratio in carrots might well be more beneficial than in cabbage. Warburg claimed that in these abnormal cells glycolysis actually uncouples from the citric acid cycle and electron transport, leaving the cells dependent solely on this rather inefficient mechanism for survival. Rochelle, That is what I am doing until I know otherwise that my plan is not working. The famed Arctic explorer Stefansson first documented the traditional Eskimo diet, which was later studied in some detail in the early 1930s by a research team from McGill University in Montreal. The Masai flourished on a rather extreme diet consisting, for an adult warrior, of a gallon of raw milk a day with some blood and occasional meat, but no fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, or grains. New York, NY, 2009. She also wrote a book on the metabolic approach to cancer and keto is the main focus with the caveat that it comes down to the individual. It was during a postgraduate immunology fellowship under the guidance of Dr. Robert A. Eventually, in 1975 she developed a palpable mass the size of a grapefruit in her pelvis, thought by her doctors finally taking her seriously to be an indication of obvious recurrent disease. Dr. Atkins diet was not really a ketogenic diet. Please share this episode with anybody you know who might have cancer!STAY UP TO DATE! The only way to get information from Dr. Gonzalez is to buy it. Hi Nancy, thank you for sharing your experience thus far. Describe clinical findings in sufficient detail that a meaningful evaluation can be made. Because I know lots of survivors, myself included, who have healed cancer with that exact dietary strategy. The gemcitabine treatment patients received various gemcitabine-containing regimens, with 19 of the 23 patients receiving a combination of gemcitabine, capecitabine, and docetaxel. Type 1 diabetic does well on HIGH carbohydrate diet (not refined sugar or flour). Im determined to stay low-carb, but would like to follow as closely as possible what Dr. Gonzalez thinks myeloma patients should be eating. I found a typical response to Seyfrieds book in a review on Amazon, written by the esteemed conventional oncologist Dr. Stephen Strum: I am a board-certified medical oncologist with 30 years experience in caring for cancer patients and another 20 years of research in cancer medicine dating back to 1963. Through blood work you can find out what your genetic diet is and how your body responds to food. Blessings to you! Though she returned to her primary care physician repeatedly, he dismissed her complaints as nerves, suggesting only a tranquilizer. The Diet Plans for various cancers- there are ten basic diets that range from largely plant-based, raw foods diet to an Atkins-type red-meat diet where people may be eating fatty red meat two or three times per day depending upon the type of cancer that the patient is suffering from and their metabolic profile. Been there, done that. To put his case in perspective, I know of no similar case with documented stage IV pancreatic cancer that had spread at the time of diagnosis into multiple organs who survived 15 years after diagnosis with confirmed total resolution of his disease. have yet to see anything here showing dr. Gonzalez dismantling anything in this article. However, I become somewhat doubtful about the theory, and the use of ozone as a treatment for cancer. It is Inflammation we have to control. This article was not well written and left me with more questions and skepticism than answers. In this same chapter, there are also two case reports, neither very impressive. If his theory is true, then the addition of pancreatic enzymes could play a role in either limiting or eliminating them elsewhere in the body. to publish a study with say 50 people on it & see what happens. I think it was still hard for him to accept that many cancer patients, and many humans without cancer, did best on a plant-based, high carb diet, so foreign to his way of thinking. One of the first patients who consulted me had been diagnosed two years earlier, after a series of mishaps, with inflammatory breast cancer, the most aggressive form of the disease. In this topic, you said Survivors trump science, what I do understand. PDQ Gonzalez Regimen. I cant just make pronouncements with an MD or PhD to give me credence. More information about contacting us or receiving help with the Cancer.gov website can be found on our Contact Us for Help page. My husband had myeloma too. According to the developer of the Gonzalez regimen, most OTC preparations or other commercially available pancreatic enzymes are not effective against cancer.[3]. What is your opinion? Thats the most confounding factor. Pancreatic enzymes sold as OTC dietary supplements are regulated as foods, not drugs. They warned a diet lacking sufficient fat (or as a corollary in Western scientific terms, high protein), would lead to sickness and eventually death. Blake Donaldson, MD, who ran a general practice for decades on Long Island, New York, began prescribing a ketogenic diet in the 1920s. Their inclusion should not be viewed as an endorsement of the content of the websites, or of any treatment or product, by the PDQ Integrative, Alternative, and Complementary Therapies Editorial Board or the National Cancer Institute. Kolata quoted no less an authority than Dr. James Watson, the Nobel Laureate in 1962 for his discovery, with his colleague Frances Crick, of the structure of DNA, the basic genetic material.