2. Regular exercise. Seyfried emphasizes regular exercise as VITAL for preventing cancer by: • Improving mitochondrial function • Lowering blood sugar and inflammation • Supporting autophagy to clear damaged cells Here are some forms of exercise anyone can do: • Walking • Swimming • Strength training Any form of... movement is better than none. Simply moving your body daily is the goal.show more

This is Thomas Seyfried. He's a scientist who's dedicated 30+ years to researching cancer. His message? Cancer IS preventable. It's caused by lifestyle factors, not genetics. Here are Seyfried's 7 MOST important rules for preventing cancer:

7. Maintain stable blood sugar levels. Glucose & insulin spikes can feed cancer cells. Seyfried emphasizes the importance of keeping blood sugar levels stable by avoiding: • Sugar • Refined carbs • Processed foods Diets high in sugar can also lead to chronic inflammation & increase the risk of cancer development.

6. Ketogenic Diet. Seyfried advocates for a ketogenic diet: • High-fat • Moderate-protein • Low-carbohydrate This diet shifts the body from using glucose as its primary energy source to burning fat & ketones. Since cancer cells primarily rely on glucose for growth... Limiting glucose starves cancer cells & supports metabolic health. Foods you'd consume on this diet: • Nuts • Olive oil • Avocados • Low-carb vegetables • Lean proteins (Ex. fish)

5. Reduce Inflammation. Chronic inflammation is linked to cancer. Seyfried advises adopting an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, which includes: • Avoiding processed foods & sugar • Consuming anti-inflammatory foods (turmeric, fatty fish, green tea, etc) • Reducing stress through things like meditation, deep breathing & proper supplements

4. Fasting. Seyfried is a big advocate for both intermittent fasting & longer-term fasting. Fasting reduces blood glucose & enhances ketone production... Which cancer cells cannot efficiently use. This helps inhibit their growth & promotes autophagy (the body’s process of cleaning out damaged cells).

3. Reduce Stress. Chronic stress damages the mitochondria & increases inflammation in the body. As we've learned... These 2 are major drivers for causing cancer. Reducing stress can look like: • Meditation/breathwork • Prioritizing rest & recovery • Taking natural supplements (L-theanine, Cordyceps mushrooms, etc) Here's a video of myself & my partner explaining the dangers of stress:

1. Prioritize sleep. Sleep is when our body recovers & heals itself. Especially our mitochondria. The better & the more sleep we get, we better our body is able to do this. Which means it's absolutely vital for preventing metabolic damage & cancer. Here are 4 sleep hacks from Dr. Eric Berg:

Young adult cancers are up 79% in the last 10 years. People's genetics didn't suddenly get that much worse... So it must be related to our lifestyles: • Processed foods • Too much sugar • Being sedentary It's up to us to fight back. Don't become a victim of the American Healthcare system.

What do you think of Thomas Seyfried's recommendations? Did he miss any? Let me know below. & follow me @morellifit for more like this.

This episode is gold. You can learn a lot about health (and how to conserve it). Love your thread Michael, thank you for this!

If you have the “right” interests, almost all those things naturally fall into place imo. And this is how it should be handled. Ideally. For example a spearfisherman gets the exercise, gets the food, reduces stress, try spearfishing 8 hours and tell me how you sleep etc

Don't forget cycling!

Awesome thread Dr. Seyfried is a legend! Only for diet I would use Dr. @DrGundry diet to protect and boost mitochondrial health even more than just standard keto diet!