The Metabolic Approach to Cancer: Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet, and Nontoxic Bio-Individualized Therapies Hardcover – May 11, 2017

I've been on a healing journey with breast cancer for awhile now. I am one of many YOUNG women in a trend of cancer.I have assembled my team using an integrative approach and tools from both conventional and alternative therapies. I have found the most hope, support and LIFE, within my naturopathic, functional and integrative doctor offices - which has made all the difference. Our bodies are ONE being - they are not compartmentalized. Cancer is a process and apart of a larger terrain. Cancer didn't just happen and it isn't going to heal fully without looking at the whole terrain that created the process that allowed it to grow in the first place.I found this book and Dr Winters and Jessica's work a year and half into my journey. I have searched wildly for a root cause for my body's terrain issues because I knew I had to heal the root and reverse the cancering process to remain well.This book and this work have been pivotal in my healing journey. It has changed the trajectory and completely solidified the intuitive knowing that I have always had - that the body has to heal as a whole. I knew I needed to do more than just kill cancer. If cancer is a "process" - then we have some power in that space to reverse the "process". In that one statement - rests a mountain of hope and possibilities.I completed the terrain 10 questions and identified my weaknesses and started the process. I overhauled some thinking in regard to the ketogenic diet. The way keto is used therapeutically with this approach is SO VERY different from the mainstream keto diets. This is important to understand. The way food and diet is approached in this book - is clean, nutrient dense, and therapeutic. So put down your preconceived notions about what you "thought" you knew and read on and learn.If you or someone has cancer - please read this book. If you are a human breathing - please read this book. We could turn the tsunami of the cancer trends around if people would look at their terrain BEFORE their body is in the full cancering process. We all have cancer in our bodies - but what we do and how we live will influence if we are cancering or NOT cancering within our terrain. Let that sink in a bit.This book is easy to read and implement. It is not just well researched, but LIVED by Dr Winters who has been in the healing trenches herself for over 25 years after receiving a stage 4 diagnoses at 19. She hasn't just been a clinician, she has been walking her own healing and stopping her own cancering process. There is such power and hope there.Both authors bring a wealth of rich knowledge from clinical application and real life experience. This book is a game changer. A HEALING PATH changer. It puts pieces together so you can address the underlying terrain and begin repairing what needs to be repaired. It opens up a dialogue between you and your body and allows you to advocate for yourself on one of the hardest journeys many of us will walk. The book is dripping with hope and that - in and of itself - is a vital therapy!This approach has shifted my healing approach and strategy and given me tools that had been missing.On every healing journey there are defining moments - the kind that draw a line in the sand and change everything into a "before and after". This book and this work and approach - has been one of those moments for me.Buy several copies and read and implement for yourself and family first. Then pass them out to anyone you care about. And to those in the healing trenches with cancer. We have to shift the cancer tends! And it starts with taking care of our terrain!! Cancer doesn't just happen, it's a process and we CAN intervene in the process! I am living proof of that!Fingers crossed this will come out in a audible version soon :-)

Since my breast cancer diagnosis, I was trying to eat vegan / vegetarian and things just weren’t working. I wasn’t feeling good. I was sluggish and just really low despite trying everything that experts in those diets suggested.I have been opposed to what I know as “keto” for many years because the few times I tried it, I had terrible reactions: unexplained hives, digestive issues and horrible “bounce-back weight” when I’d come off the diet.Well, this book explains a LOT. First of all, it educated me on what a medical “ketogenic diet” should look like.She discusses the need for deeply nutritious food, explains a LOT about food cravings, and even gives a few recipes to get you started.The explanation about mitochondrial factors and how the process of cancer can begin (and end) is informative, but worded in such a way that we of average intelligence can clearly understand.One caveat is that the information is overwhelming…which she freely admits and touches on several times in the book. As a matter of fact, the entire book is sprinkled with “don’t panic, just take a step” encouragements.(If you want to dive deeper, you can read all citations on sites such as PubMed or NIH. They’re available for the public - but remember, you need to read the entire papers and not just the conclusion.)As I said, the information can be overwhelming, she lists testing that are not (but should be) covered by insurance, encourages an “organic only” diet as well, with the understanding that not all of us are privileged enough to go throw out all of our groceries and start fresh with only organic foods. She recognizes that some of us may have to save up to invest in tests and doctors outside our insurance coverage. It sucks, but it’s a fact of life in our healthcare system right now. (Would be nice to have these tests and invest in PREVENTATIVE medicine, but whatever.) Baby steps!She also touches on the emotional factors, childhood traumas, mental-wellness, etc. and their contributions to disease in general.Since starting a diet outlined in this book, I’ve lost some of the belly fat that crept in after starting my AIs, I have more energy (the first week was rough, though, but I adapted quickly) and no digestive issues whatsoever. This way of eating has made my “Smooth Move” tea obsolete. (Hey, elimination is a sign of good health!)I have yet to get new blood tests, but they are scheduled in two months. I’ll happily come back and report and changes - positive or negative.Lastly, if you get this book and have trouble getting through, scour the internet for podcasts featuring Dr. Winters. Hearing her talk about certain things brought about a few “ah ha” moments while reading.Overall, it’s an encouraging book that offers us some semblance of control over this wretched illness.