Winning the fight against cancer - Jim Collins story

When a routine medical check becomes a life-or-death wake-up call, one family's unconventional approach to pancreatic cancer challenges everything we think we know about treatment.

In May 2024, Jim Collins discovered more than just a kidney tumor during what should have been a simple bladder check. Surgery to remove the tumor led to a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Jim refused chemotherapy and his son assembled a dedicated team including Keith Tenhundfeld and assistance from Professor Seyfried to tackle the metabolic approach to cancer. The focus? Starving cancer by reducing glucose, since cancer feeds on sugar. Eighteen months into this journey, the cancer is disappearing and even Jim's oncologist supports the non-conventional metabloic approach.

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Key Takeaways:

• Cancer feeds on glucose
  • Dr. Seyfried's research suggests cancer thrives in high-sugar, inflammatory environments rather than being an inevitable genetic fate, challenging the conventional oncology narrative.
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy showed measurable benefits
  • Installing hyperbaric chambers to force oxygen into the body reportedly helped starve cancer cells and dramatically improved breathing and overall vitality in these cases.
• Low-dose chemotherapy microdosing combined with holistic protocols produced better outcomes than full-dose chemo
  • Patients tolerated this integrated approach with minimal side effects while achieving cancer-free status or remission within just a few months.

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Discussion of Cancer as a Metabolic Disease

Cancer might not be the genetic death sentence we've been told it is. Keith Tenhundfeld, Jimbo Collins, and George Brunemann unpack Dr. Thomas Seyfried's research revealing cancer as a metabolic disease—one that thrives on sugar and inflammatory states but can be starved through strategic dietary changes.

The foundation lies in mitochondrial health. Our mitochondria evolved to burn ketones from fats and proteins, not the refined carbohydrates flooding modern diets. By reducing sugar intake, incorporating resistance training (especially for those crucial quadriceps), and utilizing simple therapies like heat exposure, people can restore cellular function and combat chronic diseases from diabetes to dementia to cancer itself.

The core message emphasizes personal responsibility: move regularly, reduce carbohydrates, hydrate. (No doctor's visit required to start.) This isn't about expensive interventions but discipline and education about how dietary choices directly impact health outcomes.

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Key Takeaways:

• Cancer may be primarily a metabolic disease, not a genetic one
  • Dr. Seyfried's research suggests cancer thrives in high-sugar, inflammatory environments rather than being an inevitable genetic fate, challenging the conventional oncology narrative.
• Human mitochondria are optimized for ketones, not carbohydrates.
  • Our cellular energy factories evolved to burn ketones, meaning modern refined carbohydrate diets represent a fundamental mismatch with our biology that fuels chronic disease.
• Lifestyle interventions (diet, fasting, heat exposure) may rival or exceed conventional medical treatments.
  • Personal discipline around metabolic health could prevent and potentially reverse cancer more effectively than expensive pharmaceutical interventions, according to this perspective.

Cancer as a Metabolic Disease

Keith and George talk with Brian about their recent interview with Professor Thomas Seyfried.

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Key Takeaways:

• Cancer may be primarily a mitochondrial energy dysfunction rather than a genetic disease, meaning dietary intervention targeting cellular energy production could be more effective than traditional genetic-focused treatments.
• Intermittent and extended fasting trigger autophagy—a cellular "cleanup" process that eliminates dysfunctional cells, offering a potential preventive mechanism against cancer and other diseases without pharmaceutical intervention.
• Modern processed foods are fundamentally incompatible with human mitochondria evolved over millennia, causing metabolic dysfunction that can be reversed through ketogenic diets and fasting rather than requiring lifelong medical management.

Bottom line:  You are the miracle cure your are looking for!
Diet, exercise, hydration, sleep and attitude bring wellness

Dr. Thomas Seyfried on Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: Rethinking Treatment Through Ketogenic Therapy

What if everything we thought we knew about cancer was fundamentally wrong? Dr. Thomas Seyfried's unexpected journey from epilepsy research to cancer metabolism reveals a startling possibility—that cancer might be a metabolic disease rather than a genetic one.

Dr. Thomas Seyfried, a geneticist and pioneer in metabolic cancer research, challenging conventional oncology with groundbreaking evidence that cancer is fundamentally a mitochondrial metabolic disorder, not a genetic disease.

Dr. Seyfried reveals how dysfunctional mitochondria force cancer cells into ancient fermentation pathways, making them dependent on glucose and glutamine while starving them of oxygen-based energy. His research demonstrates that nutritional ketosis—lowering blood glucose while increasing ketone bodies—can selectively restrict tumor growth without harming healthy cells.

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Key Takeaways:

• Cancer may be primarily a metabolic disease, not a genetic one
  • Seyfried's research challenges the dominant genetic theory of cancer, suggesting dysfunctional mitochondria and altered metabolism are the root cause rather than genetic mutations.
• Ancestral diet patterns hold modern cancer solutions
  • Ketosis and paleolithic-style metabolism may be therapeutic tools for cancer because they starve tumors of their preferred fuel (glucose) while keeping healthy cells intact.

• Address the root cause of chronic disease.
• Clean up the food supply by eliminating harmful pesticides and deregulating local farming.
• Remove harmful chemicals from the system.
  • Get fluoride out of water
  • Eliminate microplastics and forever chemicals
• Eliminate government/lobbyists influence promoting unhealthy choices such as refined carbohydrates, seed oils, high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners.

A medical school professor reveals why he walked away from traditional medicine after discovering the shocking truth about chronic disease. 

Dr. Robert Lufkin, author of "Lies I Taught in Medical School," shares his dramatic transformation from establishment physician to metabolic health advocate. After spending years at major medical schools with millions in research grants, Lufkin became disillusioned with Western medicine's "symptom-pill" approach to chronic diseases that now consume 80% of healthcare resources.

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The turning point came when Lufkin was diagnosed with four chronic conditions and told he'd need lifelong medications. Refusing to accept this fate, he discovered through his own research that all his conditions were actually manifestations of one underlying issue: metabolic disease. He successfully reversed his conditions through lifestyle changes alone.

The conversation reveals alarming trends: one-third of American children are now pre-diabetic, and heart attacks among young athletes are rising post-COVID. Lufkin argues that while Western medicine excels at acute care, it fails miserably at addressing the root causes of chronic diseases affecting increasingly younger populations.

The discussion exposes how financial incentives corrupt healthcare - doctors get reimbursed for managing diabetic patients with medications but not for preventing diabetes through lifestyle interventions. Both doctors and patients prefer the convenience of pills over difficult lifestyle changes, despite diabetes being a progressive disease leading to amputations, blindness, and kidney failure.

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Key Takeaways:

• Four seemingly separate chronic diseases actually had one root cause** - metabolic disease - which could be addressed through lifestyle changes rather than multiple medications, contradicting what he was initially told by colleagues.
• Western medicine's approach may keep patients dependent on the system - doctors can make people "less sick" with medications, but only individuals can achieve true health through lifestyle modifications, suggesting a fundamental limitation in the medical model.
• Chronic diseases now consume 80% of healthcare resources - indicating a massive shift from acute care to managing lifestyle-related conditions, highlighting the urgent need for prevention-focused approaches rather than symptom management.

Discussion of Tylenol, Vaccines, and other "Safe" Drugs

Brian, Keith and George dive deep into controversial medical topics, starting with the potential risks of Tylenol during pregnancy, the Florida initiative to remove all vaccine mandates, and the side effects of commonly prescribed drugs.

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Make our children (and ourselves) healthy again!

George and Keith dive deep into the HHS "Make Our Children Healthy Again" report, revealing how America's health crisis stems from processed foods, environmental toxins, sedentary lifestyles, and over-medicalization. They expose how industrial wheat, high-fructose corn syrup, and chemical additives are undermining our children's health and learning capacity.

The conversation shifts from systemic problems to practical solutions: getting involved in school boards, replacing sugary drinks (but not with diet sodas), implementing more activity like standing desks, and prioritizing grass-fed meat and natural whole foods. They discuss vaccine mandates, heavy metal detox using cilantro and broccoli sprouts, and how pharmaceutical dependence is weakening America.

Real breakthrough in personal wellness comes from demanding personal responsibility through self-care. We often avoid focusing on self-love because of low self-worth and an outward focus on pleasing other people. Keith shares his transformative mirror ritual where he commits to healthy habits despite discomfort, explaining how initial workout dopamine evolves into sustained wellbeing that radiates to family. The discussion offers hope that transformation can begin at any age.

The Improtance of Hydration and the Dangers of mRNA

It's fascinating how many of us confuse thirst with hunger, leading to irritability and fatigue. This often-overlooked connection can deeply impact our daily performance and well-being.  Keith and George share some valueable insights on hydration as well as some background on the issue of mRNA vaccines in this conversation with Brian Thomas.

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