Cancer: The Metabolic Disease Unravelled (The Real Truth About Cancer)

I write very few book reviews, but I’d be remiss to not do this one; it’s that good. I’m not saying everything in it is 100% accurate or true, nothing is that perfect. However, there is enough mind-blowing information for even the very well-read health seeker. I follow a good number of health researchers on the net and I’ve read enough books over many years to say that I’m not just a guy in a candy store. I don’t have the time to read hundreds of PubMed articles on a single subject. I rely on a few dozen extremely intelligent people to do that for me. I research the researchers. I could mention 3 neurosurgeons, a collection of MD’s and Ph.D’s that I follow and read. I even read a lot of material from folks I completely disagree with. When you read enough, you can learn a lot. Then you can do your own N=1 experiments to see what works for you and what doesn’t. The author, Mark Sloan, is now on my list of highly regarded researchers. There is plenty of good information that is valuable for health in general and not just for cancer. The part dealing with polyunsaturated Omega 3 fatty acids is in close agreement with what Brian Peskin, Ph.D. and Dr. Robert Rowan have been saying for years. That is, exogenous Omega 3’s may be far more detrimental to your health than beneficial. That Omega 6 polyunsaturated fats are dangerous (beyond the necessary amounts) should be common knowledge to well read health seekers. (Ancel Keys was one of the most detrimental figures in all of the history of health research.) Also, the information provided about Buteyko breathing is extremely valuable. What Mr. Sloan didn’t mention is that Buteyko breathing can lower your deuterium levels. (That is a VERY good thing. It can increase your health and your longevity, and it is used by some to prevent, or treat cancer.) Kudos to the author, Mark Sloan, for this book. It is GOLD! (P.S. I just bought his book on red light therapy.)

Mark’s book was so compelling that I read it twice. He also influenced me to include oranges and pectin in my diet. (Still not a fan of orange juice for glycemic reasons-- my preference is the whole fruit.) I am also considering preparing a daily cocktail of sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water to raise my blood pH since acidic conditions seem to favor the disease processes. Mark has compiled a masterpiece of research studies. For decades cancer has been pigeonholed into a hereditary genetic envelope. Mark makes a strong case that cancer results from aberrations of metabolic processes in the cellular environment. These aberrations cause malevolent expressions of some genes. By the same mechanism, an optimal or healthful environment may repress these tragic gene expressions. Mark hypothesizes that cancer is a disease of the mitochondria and the tumor microenvironment. He believes that cancer results from cell injury. This injury then gets compounded in a toxic microenvironment. Any number of factors can cause cell injuries such as trauma, chemicals, nutritional deficiencies, viruses, bacteria, radiation, or cell anomalies. Three common factors that cause extensive damage to the tissue area surrounding tumors are 1) acidic or low pH, 2) lack of adequate oxygen, and 3) reduced CO2 levels. When suboptimal conditions like these are present, the Glycolysis/Krebs Tricarboxylic Cycle/Oxidative phosphorylation Cycle aborts in favor of the first stage, Glycolysis. A cell metabolism using only Glycolysis for energy produces an abundance of lactic acid and less energy than the full Oxidative phosphorylation The excess of lactic acid further lowers the pH of the toxic microenvironment producing a snowballing or cascading effect. The medical profession and the public have generally ignored diet as it relates to health and cancer growth. For the last forty years, nutritional guidance is that foods high in carbohydrates were ideal for human health and longevity and that saturated fats were just plain unhealthy. Mark has pointed to numerous experiments that have shown that it’s not the saturated fats (coconut oil, beef fat, lard) but rather the unsaturated oils that fuel tumor growth (corn oil, soybean oil, safflower oil). He has shown that natural medicines like oranges, coconut oil, sodium bicarbonate, and aspirin are game-changers. Alternate natural therapies and wound care need to incorporate these ingredients; instead of the corrosive chemo and radiation that compound tissue damage. Mark believes that the CO2 levels in the blood and the body have a strong correlation to health. CO2 is typically in abundance in successful oxidative phosphorylation since CO2 is one of the byproducts of the Glycolysis/Krebs Tricarboxylic Cycle/Oxidative Phosphorylation Cycle. Mark’s over-exuberance, however, include some dubious findings. Some of these seem more anecdotal than clinical. Two examples stand out: 1) While expounding on the virtues of Sodium bicarbonate. Mark included the following bullet point: “Sodium bicarbonate significantly increases punches landed during 4 rounds of boxing.” (Who cares and how can this be measured reproducibly—way too many variables.) 2) While enumerating the virtues of Lauric acid (which I applaud), I found this quote: “Lauric acid enhances absorption of medication through shed snake skin.” (Who outside the reptile community cares—no sick cobras to speak of.) Some of the conclusions may be in research papers but not relevant or insightful to the overall theme of this work. Also, his strong advocacy for CO2 leads him to some bizarre comments on the global environmental crisis concerning greenhouse gases. To paraphrase: Mark believes so much in CO2 that any elevation in CO2 is both beneficial to man and plants. This belief seems to ignore the apparent effect of global warming by trapping heat and melting of the polar ice caps with the concurrent rise in sea level and massive weather turbulence and instability. (If he lived in a coastal region, he would literally be all wet.) Before reading this book, I assumed that metastasis means that the cancer cells are rapidly dividing. Mark cast doubts on that conclusion by showing experiments demonstrating an influx of stem cells get caught in the toxic microenvironment and succumb to the metastasis by mutating. Some of the fascinating studies cited include the cloning of mice from tumor cell DNA, frog egg tumor transplants, and cell cytoplasm-swapped ‘cybrids’. It is interesting how cancer cells utilize vast amounts of glucose at first but then later switch to catabolizing muscle tissue, which results in the awful wasting away of muscle tissue called cachexia. This is the emaciation we see in the final stages. Wouldn’t it make sense to switch the patient’s diet to a diet higher in fat? Specifically, one infused with more medium-chained triglycerides like coconut oil or MCTs since the body prefers these molecules for energy? Could it possibly prevent the terrible wasting of vital muscle tissue and give the patient a better chance at recovery? Clearly, our high carbohydrate diet doesn’t make sense for staying healthy. Mark has a thought-provoking excellent read.

I just finished reading the last page and starting back for a second read. Mark wrote the book to be an amazing simple read (easy to understand) for those of us unfamiliar with medical knowledge / terminology. I am not a reader but I couldn’t stop myself. I was captured and wanted more. This small paperback book bulges with proven historical research, trails, tests, evidence and references. More amazing than the proven researched statics noted are the years they were verified. Mark provided the references by which you can perform your own research then make your own choices for your health. I actually gave this book to my primary doctor and asked him to read it. If he doesn’t read it someone in the office will. Pass it on…Marks love for humanity and his struggle for the TRUTH to be made know is extremely felt. I can’t emphasize enough the importance that this book be passed on. Buy it for yourself or buy it for someone else. It makes a perfect “LOVE” gift.

The book is well researched and dispels the theory that cancer is attacking and traveling in our bodies. I’m treating my breast cancer as a metabolic deficiency and I have not had my breast removed for a coffee bean sized tumor. I did take an Aromatase inhibitor 22 months to stop the estrogen receptor tumor growth while I increased consumption of oranges, raspberries, green tea, olive oil and coconut oil. Thank you for supporting my choice to refuse surgery and invasive treatment.

This is a good book full of awesome insite. I wish there was a guide how to use these thing though

Cancer is not what the medical industry tells us it is. For a better understanding of of true health, you need the knowledge contained in this book and not the expensive, dangerous, life changing treatments the medical industry push on us.

I read many books on ealth and this is the best book and a must read book to everyone because very deep information is present in this book that the author of the book had researched into very deep that no other author has researched this much on health so far from the books I read and to know about the speciality of this particular book entire book should be read for sure and I am very very happy that I found this book based on ratings and it's worth to read as very deep information related to body cells diseases, complete information on cancer, saturated, unsaturated fatty acids, oils , oranges, coconuts, sodium bicarbonate, how oxygen and co2 is used by the body and lots and lots more were present in this book the content in this book is very depth but not just for naming the things on health as soo many other books did, I really need to thank the author of this book in personal because I felt like most of the information in this book is written for me as I am suffered from health for more than 2 years and now I know on how to repair my health and the diet I take, I really don't know what happened to my health and I managed my health by doing much research by me and read many books to get my health into normal as no doctor helped me and now by following my own medications as before now I understood what actually happened to my health on how I neglected my health and now I will even follow some procedures from this book and hoping that I must completely become normal after some months as I totally understood about my health. Thank you Amazon for this book and the author for having that much deep research on health you saved my life......

Methylene Blue is amazing! I'm using it for my prostate cancer.

Very good and interesting book if cancer is not well understood you could discover the real hidden cause!

I've been doing research on fatty acids and health and this book showed me that they really are what I thought, just a burden to the metabolism. Thanks for the research.