David Rasnick is a biochemist with many decades of research in AIDS and cancer.
He knows his stuff.
Cancer is an extremely complex subject, so I recommend reading his summary article (below), where he outlines the foundation of his argument in fairly simple language. It provides an excellent overview and basis for his conversation with me.
In a nutshell
David challenges the common belief that cancer is mainly caused by genetic mutations or viruses.
He puts forward the aneuploidy theory, which suggests that changes in the number of chromosomes in cells can lead to cancer. This is different from the usual somatic mutation theory, which blames cancer on specific gene mutations.
I kinda had to copy and paste that because it’s above my pay grade, but in really, really simple terms, it means that cancer is caused by messed-up chromosomes and not faulty genes.
Interestingly, David adds that cancer is a relatively new phenomenon in human history. Further back than a few centuries, there is pretty much no evidence of cancer.
How interesting is that?
Meanwhile, cancer is on the rise everywhere. Why?
Perhaps, like other diseases, it’s related to environmental factors?
David advocates for a different approach to cancer treatment that does not rely on aggressive methods like chemotherapy (something with which Thomas Seyfried agrees). Chemo is extremely toxic.
The Chromosomal Imbalance Theory Of Cancer videos, to which David refers, can be found here. They’re definitely worth watching.
Conversation
This is a paradigm shift of note.
As an aside, I recommend listening to my conversation with Danny Carroll about why, he argues, cancer is a misdiagnosis. It is equally fascinating.
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
Galileo Galilei
