Dr. Nelum Dharmapriya shares the powerful and heartbreaking story of her brother's battle with stage 4 lung cancer and how it opened her eyes to potential adjunctive treatments like ketogenic diets.

Dr. Nelum explains how her brother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in December 2021 despite having no history of smoking. He had multiple metastases to his brain that caused severe symptoms like dizziness and blurry vision. Though he was started on steroids to reduce brain swelling, he developed a severe manic episode likely due to the high steroid doses.

After many challenges getting him proper mental health care, Dr. Nelum advocated for him to be hospitalised. Though his lung cancer had a specific mutation making it amenable to immunotherapy, he was not informed of potential complications like medication-induced lung disease which he tragically developed. Within 2 months of his initial diagnosis, he passed away from this immunotherapy side effect.

This experience showed Dr. Nelum first-hand the gaps in conventional cancer care. She discusses emerging research on metabolic therapies like ketogenic diets and fasting which deprive cancer cells of glucose, their preferred fuel. The mitochondrial metabolic theory of cancer highlights the potential of these lifestyle therapies. Dr. Nelum argues they should be offered alongside conventional treatments to empower patients and potentially improve outcomes.

Dr Nelum can be found @wholefoodrevolution on instagram and facebook

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