Dr. Georgia Ede slogged through Dr. Thomas Seyfried's new book entitled "Cancer as a Metabolic Disease," which convinced her that cancer is not caused by genetic mutations. His summary of the research makes it clear that mutations are caused by cancer, not the other way around. She says that the very fact that so many (hundreds of thousands) different types of (unique) mutations are (loosely and unreliably) associated with cancer is just one clue that we have been barking up the wrong (and most expensive) tree. Dr. Seyfried proposes that cancer is a mitochondrial disease, not a nuclear (DNA-based) disease.
Mitochondria are the cell's power generators, and when they become damaged (by radiation, poor diet, viruses, chemicals, etc), the cell has to resort to a primitive process of energy production (fermentation) which is wasteful and messy and (long story short) damages DNA. The upshot of the book is that cancer is best treated using a metabolic (i.e. nutritional) approach that reduces mitochondrial stress--ketogenic diets. Ketogenic diets are specially formulated diets that force the body to burn fat instead of glucose for energy. His work gives people with cancer (and those who want to prevent cancer) real hope.
She says the book is a tough read, but for anyone who is curious, she wrote a series of 4 short blog posts that attempt to summarize his incredibly important work in plain (and hopefully entertaining) English. The book left a lot of questions about ketogenic diets and she has information about Ketogenic Diets for Cancer and Beyond.
http://diagnosisdiet.com/ketogenic-d...er-and-beyond/
http://diagnosisdiet.com/what-causes-cancer/
http://diagnosisdiet.com/what-causes-cancer-part-ii/
http://diagnosisdiet.com/dietary-treatment-of-cancer/
http://diagnosisdiet.com/cancer-hope/