Dr. Matthew Phillips - 'Metabolic Strategies as Therapies in Cancer and Neurodegeneration'

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it in threads on fasting, cancer and Alzheimer's as a clinician's overview of metabolic therapy.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Low Carb Down Under

Topic

metabolic therapy for neurodegeneration

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• >> The mystery behind the astronomical rise in neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s could be caused by exposure to environmental toxins that are omnipresent yet poorly understood, leading doctors warn. Keto/low carb/and especially fasting+lowcarb was shown to help in many of these diseases. …

• This talk by an actual neurologist intersects much of what you're speaking to, but not through a "type 3 diabetes" lens. More of a "tumor growth and neurodegenerative diseases are caused by mitochondrial dysfunction, and fasting is our most powerful tool for straightening out misbehaving …