We Missed the First Step — What 50 Years of Cancer Research Got Wrong w/ Dr. Loren Nations

About this episode

Dr. Loren Nations discusses the misconceptions in cancer research and the importance of metabolic health in disease treatment.

For 50 years, we thought we knew what caused cancer. Billions of dollars in research, the entire human genome sequenced, all of it built on one assumption: cancer is a genetic disease. And then the data came back. And the data said we got it wrong. Dr. Loren Nations is a board-certified veterinary practitioner with almost 35 years in internal medicine, oncology, and cardiology. He's pioneered hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ketogenic nutrition, mistletoe therapy, and microbiome medicine in veterinary care. But what makes his story powerful isn't the credentials. It's the moment that changed everything. After three decades of practicing conventional medicine with tremendous success, he lost his wife to triple negative breast cancer. Five weeks from diagnosis to her passing. In the wake of that loss, he started asking questions the entire medical system had stopped asking: Why did the genetic theory fail? What's actually driving disease at the cellular level? And what would happen if we stopped treating symptoms and started optimizing the body's own metabolism instead? We talk about the health continuum from optimization to disease, why most wellness appointments aren't actually about…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Lily Chen

Guest: Dr. Loren Nations

Topics covered

• cancer research
• metabolic disease
• veterinary medicine
• oncology
• health optimization

Keywords

• cancer
• genetic disease
• metabolic dysfunction
• oncology
• hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• ketogenic nutrition
• microbiome medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: human genome

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