33: The Metabolic Approach to Cancer | Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO

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When it comes to treating cancer, conventional medicine is good at cutting it, burning it, and poisoning it, but many oncologists fail to address the root cause. Join me as I speak with Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO, about the importance of a terrain-based approach when it comes to treating cancer. Dr. Winters shares the ten key elements of a patient’s “terrain” that are crucial to preventing and managing cancer. We discuss the importance of listening deeply to the cells of the body (with labs, molecular profiling, epigenetic testing, and more), metabolically supporting the body’s terrain (with a therapeutic diet, oxidative therapies, and stress reduction), and recognizing that the body has an inherent ability to heal.
What you'll learn from this episode:

• Why addressing the body’s internal terrain is not only critical in prevention but also in the treatment of cancer
• How to address metabolic dysfunction
• Limitations of conventional cancer treatment
• Lifestyle strategies integral for not only prevention but also better treatment outcomes
• The importance of emotional healing in the cancer journey
• & So much more!

Resources:

• Dr. Nasha Winters | Website | Instagram | Facebook
• The Metabolic Approach to Cancer
• Terrain Advocate Program
• Costs of Cancer Care
• Chronic stress-induced immune dysregulation in cancer
• An Integrative Approach to Breast Cancer - WellnStrong Guide
• Indole-3-carbinol as a negative regulator of estrogen
• Diet, insulin-like growth factor-1 and cancer risk
• Radical Remission
• Remission Nutrition with Jen Nolan

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Chapters

1. 33: The Metabolic Approach to Cancer | Dr. Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO (00:00:00)

2. Dr. Nasha's personal story of how she got into integrative oncology (00:05:51)

3. Reframing the way you meet adversity (00:10:25)

4. Keeping track of where God works (00:11:29)

5. The terrain-based approach to cancer (00:12:44)

6. How imbalances within lead to disease (00:15:01)

7. The Terrain 10 (00:18:48)

8. The most common factors to take charge of up front (00:20:23)

9. Environmental toxicity & how it impacts our health (00:21:41)

10. Stress as the most powerful carcinogen (00:23:53)

11. How stress can promote cancer metastasis (00:25:36)

12. The importance of forgiveness (00:27:46)

13. Thanking your offender (00:29:40)

14. Ketogenic diets & metabolic flexibility (00:32:22)

15. Ketones can't be fuel for cancer cells (00:34:33)

16. The importance of carbohydrate restriction for any cancer patient (00:36:16)

17. Ketone bodies as signaling agents that enhance cancer responses (00:39:47)

18. Methionine-restricted diets (00:40:56)

19. The importance of working with a metabolic oncology expert (00:43:32)

20. How to not compromise plant consumption if you're striving to get into therapeutic ketosis (00:45:14)

21. Nutritional state of ketosis vs a therapeutic state (00:46:39)

22. The average American's GKI (00:46:58)

23. Sugar, stress, & sex (00:48:51)

24. Other causes of elevated blood sugar (00:49:40)

25. Certain foods that Dr. Nasha advocates for (00:50:53)

26. Modifications that Dr. Nasha would have made to her book, The Metabolic Approach to Cancer (00:52:27)

27. The importance of including high-quality fats in your diet (00:54:22)

28. Contention in the diet space (00:55:59)

29. Red meat consumption: good or bad? (00:56:16)

30. Why iron levels are high in cancer patients (00:57:31)

31. Why plant-based doesn't mean vegetarian (01:01:25)

32. The dangers of going carnivore for a cancer patient (01:03:15)

33. The importance of quality dairy (01:03:49)

34. One size doesn't fit all (01:04:25)

35. Some of the most effective integrative therapies (01:05:35)

36. When to use radiation (01:07:14)

37. Dr. Nasha's thoughts on aromatase inhibitors (01:09:29)

38. Treatment resistance (01:10:04)

39. Dr. Nasha's thoughts on off-label drugs (01:14:24)