Metabolic Optimization

This episode features cancer researcher Thomas Seyfried. Dr. Seyfried has constructed a new theory of cancer contending that cancer originates from metabolic dysfuction rather than genetic mutations. He summerized his theory in his 2012 book Cancer as a Metabolic Disease. His ideas may someday completely reconfigure cancer therapy as we know it -- for the better.

This episode features Dr. Adrienne Scheck. Dr. Scheck's lab has been involved in investigating the affect of the ketogenic diet on brain cancer. Her lab's outstanding research led to the development of an ongoing clinical trial combining the ketogenic diet with traditional standard of care; including chemotherapy and radiation in brain cancer patients.

This Episode centers on Aubrey de Grey. An article is posted to accompany the interview explaining Dr. de Grey's mission---that focuses on achieving exceptional human longevity. If you aren't familiar with Dr. de Grey, read the article first. As Dr. de Grey will explain, with the explosion in biotechnology, and incredibly powerful tools now at researchers disposal, it's not nearly as far off as most think.

This episode features the iconic nutrition scientist Dr. Bruce Ames. Dr. Ames is a unique hybrid, a melding of biochemist and geneticist. Somehow the combination adds up to more than just the sum of the parts. In this episode we bob and weave through the minefields of nutrition science, dispel commonly held assumptions and provide nutritional guidelines based on rock-solid evidence.