What’s REALLY Causing Cancer—and What to Do About It: The Cancer Conversation That Could Save Your Life with Dr. Nasha Winters and Joe Polish
Dr. Nasha Winters, an integrative oncology expert and cancer survivor, shares her groundbreaking approach to cancer care, focusing on the importance of metabolic health and environmental factors.
Here’s a glance at what you’ll discover in this episode:
- Why Dr. Nasha Winters says the real cure for cancer has been buried since the 1920s—and the ancient cellular truth modern medicine refuses to face
- 26,500 people die from cancer every day—and that number is projected to double by 2030. What’s causing the explosion? It’s not your genes...
- "I wasn’t fighting to live. I just wanted to understand." What Dr. Nasha did after being sent home to die at 19—and how it led to a global revolution in healing
- If you’ve ever heard someone say, “I was healthy until I got cancer”—Dr. Nasha says that statement is biologically impossible
- The 10 “Drops in the Bucket” That Create Cancer Terrain: From nutrient overload and toxic exposure to emotional repression and mitochondrial breakdown
- What every cancer patient—and doctor—must understand about glucose, glutamine, and the body’s metabolic fuel sources (and why carb restriction isn’t optional)
- Why glyphosate—the pesticide sprayed on nearly everything—is also a patented antibiotic disrupting your microbiome, immune system, and cellular function
- What Happens When Your Mitochondria—Your Cellular Power Plants—Get Jammed With Noise: The root cause of cancer, chronic disease, and disconnection
- Why most hospitals feed cancer patients sugar—and the one thing nearly every major cancer center ignores that fuels tumor growth
- The Emotional Blind Spot: Why cancer won't stay gone if you don’t deal with unprocessed trauma—and how emotional terrain might be more powerful than any treatment
- What Mistletoe Has to Do With Immune Healing: And why 80% of cancer patients in Germany use it as a therapy while most Americans have never heard of it
- "Dogma will kill you, not cancer." How belief systems around food and health create deadly blind spots—even in the most educated patients
- Why you should never rush into treatment after a cancer diagnosis—and what to do instead (step-by-step)
- How COVID and the spike protein may be triggering “turbo cancers”—and what Dr. Nasha is doing to protect herself and her patients
- The Most Overlooked Test That Reveals How Your Body Responds to Stress, Supplements, and Food: And the genetics that tell you if a steak is basically a candy bar
- Dr. Nasha’s Private Protocol: Why she cold plunges, saunas, drinks structured water, and avoids screens before sunrise
- The Unexpected Gift of Cancer: How reframing it as a teacher—not a monster—can transform your mindset, your biology, and your life
- A 10-Year-Old With a Terminal Brain Tumor Defied Every Expectation: Because she said, “We’ll figure it out.” What happens when kids are given agency over their own healing
- Why the war on cancer failed—and what it would look like to actually win, not just survive
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Show Notes:
Shifting the Focus from Traditional Cancer Care:
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Dr. Winters introduces the concept of the "terrain"—the internal ecosystem of the body, and how it relates to cancer development and treatment.
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Rather than focusing solely on cancer as a disease to be eradicated, she advocates for understanding it as a signal that the body’s terrain needs healing.
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She discusses the importance of epigenetics, mitochondrial health, and environmental factors like toxins in shaping one’s susceptibility to cancer.
The State of Cancer and Prevention:
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Cancer is now the leading cause of death in 12 developed countries, surpassing cardiovascular disease.
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Dr. Winters explains that cancer rates are rising, especially among younger populations, with 1 in 2 people expected to be diagnosed in their lifetime.
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The metabolic approach to cancer highlights the critical role of lifestyle, diet, and environment in both prevention and treatment.
Cancer’s Metabolic Roots:
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Dr. Otto Warburg's groundbreaking work showed that cancer cells are driven by malfunctioning mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell.
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The mitochondria’s dysfunction is now recognized as a key factor in cancer development, with environmental and lifestyle factors exacerbating this issue.
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Dr. Winters explains that cancer cells rely heavily on glucose and that metabolic therapies, including glucose restriction and diet changes, are essential for managing cancer.
The Role of Mitochondria in Health and Disease:
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Dr. Winters dives deep into mitochondrial health, explaining how these tiny organelles are integral to the body’s overall well-being.
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Environmental factors such as exposure to glyphosate, seed oils, and antibiotics disrupt mitochondrial function, setting the stage for disease.
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She emphasizes the need for better environmental health practices, including reducing exposure to harmful chemicals and improving food systems.
Emotional Health and Healing:
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Emotional trauma, suppression, and disconnection are key factors in the development of diseases, including cancer.
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Dr. Winters shares her personal story of being diagnosed with cancer and how emotional stress contributed to her illness.
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She highlights the importance of emotional healing, stating that true recovery requires addressing mental and emotional health alongside physical treatments.
The Terrain Approach to Cancer:
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Dr. Winters outlines the 10 main components of the “terrain” that impact cancer development, including genetics, nutrients, microbiome, immune function, and mental/emotional health.
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She stresses the importance of personalized care, as each individual’s terrain is unique and must be understood in depth to guide treatment and prevention.
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Lifestyle choices, including diet (such as carbohydrate and sugar restriction), exercise, and stress management, play a significant role in maintaining a healthy terrain.
Healing the Soil:
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Dr. Winters discusses the connection between human health and environmental health, advocating for regenerative farming practices as a means to improve both the food system and overall health.
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She emphasizes that healing the soil and improving food quality is directly linked to better health outcomes for individuals and communities.
Cancer as a Signal, Not a Curse:
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Dr. Winters encourages people to see cancer as a message from the body, rather than a curse.
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She explains how individuals can take control of their health by focusing on prevention, creating a healthy terrain, and addressing the root causes of disease rather than just the symptoms.
Resources:
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📘 The Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Dr. Naysha Winters