Hi! My name is Scott Porter and I’m a medical doctor. My goal is to provide research and evidence based information on:
Cancer and Metabolic Therapies
Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis and recent dietary therapies
Information on a Proper Human Diet
How to lose weight properly (Hint - It’s not eat less and exercise more)
Information on Statin medications and if you should be taking them (Benefits and Side Effects)
Information on “cholesterol” and why your doctor feels that Total Cholesterol level along with HDL and LDL matters
That information is provided here along with published peer reviewed studies to provide a basis for what is stated. Does being an MD qualify me to give you this information? No! MDs are given very little nutritional training in medical school. But I do have the background in the sciences to understand the research and question what we have been told on nutrition. We are one of the sickest societies in the world with the best health care system, yet we continue to be obese, diabetic and cancer ridden. The answer is PROPER NUTRITION! What we eat determines our health.
Here is my perspective. Our diet has massively changed over the last 100 years. The amount of “vegetable oils” (seed oils) which are polyunsaturated fats, has risen dramatically while the amount of saturated fats has declined. The amount of sugars and carbohydrates that we consume has risen exponentially. Fructose, a simple sugar contained in table sugar and all sweetened beverages is a massive part of our diet. Processed foods, which make eating cheaper and easy, are massively abundant but contain polyunsaturated fats and sugars, making them very unhealthy. Our fruits and vegetables have been dramatically altered. They contain much more carbs and simple sugars and are available all year round. And the grains and other agricultural products are covered in chemicals.
My goal is to demonstrate, through the peer reviewed research, that a massive change in our dietary patterns are needed. Saturated fats are GOOD FOR YOU, seed oils are bad. Red meat is the most nutritious component of one’s diet and does not hurt you. Fruits should be eaten sparingly because of their fructose content. One should be wary of vegetables as they contain plant defense chemicals that many cannot tolerate (lectins, oxalates, phytates and anti-nutrients that block absorption of the vitamins and minerals they contain). Scott B. Porter MD
Keto4Cancer
Cancer is primarily a metabolic disease. There are genetic components, but virtually ALL cancers share the same metabolic defects. This was discovered by Dr. Otto Warburg and is known as the “Warburg Effect”. Cancer cells rely on sugars to survive. In technical terms they up-regulate glycolysis to make energy and down-regulate oxidative phosphorylation. Cancer cells exhibit damaged and far fewer mitochondria.
Since the discovery of DNA, research has focused on genetic therapies. For over 30 years this approach has been tried and failed. It is my goal to focus on research and therapies on the one common link among all cancers - their fundamental use of sugar as their energy source.
I do not advocate stopping the cancer therapies that have been developed. I wish to add adjuvant therapies to enhance those being used. This is where the “KETO” is involved. A ketogenic diet is a high fat, medium protein, low carbohydrate diet. It starves cancers of their primary fuel source.
There has been research on using “sugar substitutes” involved in the glycolytic pathway (sugar breakdown pathway). The most successful has been 3-Bromopyruvate.
Cancer can survive on glutamine as well, which is an amino acid. But, the easiest strategy for the layperson with cancer to do is to get on a ketogenic diet!
Glutamine-Blocking Drug Slows Tumor Growth And Strengthens Anti-Tumor Response
Low Carb 4 Metabolic Health
What is metabolic health? It encompasses the overall processing and utilization of energy from the cellular to systemic levels in the body.
It can be “measured” in a number of ways like blood sugar levels, lipoprotein counts, blood pressure, weight, inflammatory markers, etc.
What I wish to delve into is how the macronutrients one eats (fats, carbs and protein) affect the cellular machinery and those systemic effects. In other words, how does diet affect one’s health? What is the proper human diet? Why are Americans one of the sickest people in the world? I will hope to define these by looking at what we eat and why…what have been the social forces leading Americans in this direction.
And yes, this includes big food, big pharma, big sugar, big agra and their relationships with our government. Good metabolic health helps to put in remission and prevent chronic diseases and cancer.
Processed foods, sugars and seed oils have destrroyed health in America. I believe low carb diets are our solution. Whether it is carnivore, ketogenic or vegetarian, keeping carbohydrates low and reducing the amount of Omega-6 fatty acids in our diet will make us healthier.
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