In this compelling segment of the KetoAde Simple Podcast, Dr. Eric Westman engages in an enlightening discussion with Dr. Thomas Seed, a prominent figure in the biological and cancer research community. Dr. Seed provides insights into his academic and scientific journey, which respectively comprise nearly four decades at Boston College and notable strides in understanding epilepsy and cancer through the lens of metabolic science.

Dr. Seed explains his early research career, which began with epilepsy studies at Yale University. It was suggested a ketogenic diet could benefit those with epilepsy—a contention initially met with skepticism but eventually underpinning research into the correlation between blood sugar levels and seizure management.

Through research, Dr. Seed realized the potential of fasting and ketogenic diets to imitate some conditions of caloric restriction, offering promising control over cancer proliferation. Tumors were found to exploit glucose and glutamine pathways to survive which were seemingly vulnerable to strategies like ketogenic therapy that altered the glucose/ketone ratio.

• Ketogenic diets maintain critical thinking in managing tolls immunosuppressive treatments impose.
• Important research must reexamine hypotheses made decades by scientists like Dr. Warburg on cellular metabolism.
• Dr. Seed's partnership revealed unforeseen generative insights about obliging cognition surrounding disabling glucose reliance, engaging hope int