Healthy Living: Functional medicine and cancer
Dr. George Moricz, from Naples Center for Functional Medicine, joined ABC7 to discuss how functional medicine can help with cancer treatment
Updated: 10:03 AM EDT Oct 15, 2024
ACCURATE FORECAST FROM ABC, 7. >> AND 2024 ALONE. ABOUT 2 MILLION PEOPLE WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN THE U.S. THE MOST COMMON DIAGNOSIS WILL BE CANCER AND HAS CANCER CONTINUES TO IMPACT SO MANY FAMILIES. IT’S SO MANY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TREATMENT. PREVENTION IS IMPORTANT CARE CAN BE OVERWHELMING WHEN TRYING TO SEEK IT. TO THIS MORNING, WE HAVE BESTSELLING AUTHOR DR JORGE MORITZ FOR THE NAPLES CENTER FOR FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE. BACK WITH US. GETTING MORE ON HOW FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE CAN HELP WITH CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DOCTOR GREAT TO BE BACK IN JUST A INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. NOW THIS IS HIS BOOKLET CAUSE MEDICINE. AND THIS IS THE PERFECT KIND OF BOOK FOR WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. EFFECTIVE A WHOLE THE WHOLE CHAPTER IN HERE TALKING ABOUT CANCER AND SOME OF THE MISNOMER IS THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT HOW YOU GET IT TO BEGIN WITH. GENERALLY WHEN YOU TAKE POLLS FROM PEOPLE. >> UP TO 80% WILL SAY, OH, IT’S UP TO GENETICS. LIKE A LIGHT SWITCH OR ENVIRONMENT RIGHT? IN REALITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAUSES, MOST OF THEM ARE RELATED TO LIFESTYLE AND DIET. OK? SO. >> GUESS WE KNOW THAT YOU NEED TO EAT BETTER. YOU NEED TO HAVE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE. BUT THERE ARE SOME KEY THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT REALLY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE TALK ABOUT THE SLUDGE THAT BUILDS UP IN THE BODY, RIGHT? SO ONE OF THE MOTIVATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN CHAPTER 8 WHITE PEOPLE GET CANCER IS. >> THERE IS AN IMBALANCE IN THE SO YOUR BODY BUILDS UP SLUDGE TALK SON’S MEDALS, MICHAEL TOXINS, OLD BREAKDOWN AND THEN THE OTHER HAND, WE DON’T GET ENOUGH OXYGEN. YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH ANTIOXIDANTS, VITAMIN C YOU DON’T. THE TALKS A FIGHT. SO WHEN THESE 2 THINGS DON’T WORK TOGETHER, YOU DON’T RID YOURSELF OF THE BODY OF THE THINGS THAT CAUSE CANCER. SO WHAT IS CANCER ANYWAY, WHEN CELLS CONTROL? UNCONTROLLABLY DIVIDE? OKAY. SO THEY JUST KEEP GOING AND THEN SPREAD. SO THAT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. SO OUR BODY IS FIGHTING OFF TUMORS EVERY MINUTE. WELL, NOW, IF IT’S OVER ACTIVITY TO TAX ITSELF, THAT’S CALLED AUTOIMMUNE RETURNED TO TALK ABOUT SHARED. BUT LET’S SAY IT DOESN’T RECOGNIZE THAT THESE ABNORMAL CELLS ARE MULTIPLYING. >> WELL, IT’S A FAILURE IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. OKAY. HOW DO YOU BOOST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND HOW DO YOU WIN YOUR PATIENTS COME TO SEEKING HELP REGARDING FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE. HOW DO YOU TEST THEM FOR THEIR LIKELIHOOD OR OR THERE? YOU KNOW, I GUESS PREDESTINATION FOR CANCER, RIGHT? SO THERE IS AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY THIS LOOKING AT GENETICS, YOU KNOW, LIKE ARE YOU, ESPECIALLY? WE MENTIONED LIKE CANCERS RACK. >> YOU KNOW, 10, 15% CHANCE. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY HAS THAT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THERE’S SOMETHING CALLED EPIGENETICS. OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE CERTAIN GENES, BUT THEN THE ENVIRONMENT TURNS IT ON IN CERTAIN SO THERE’S BETTER STUDIES ON IT. WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND THE WORLD, PEOPLE USED TO THINK, OH, IF YOU LIVED IN THE CERTAIN ZONE OF A PLACE, YOU WOULDN’T GET CANCER. WELL, WHERE PEOPLE DO GET CANCER IS WHERE THE END UP MOVING. SO ANOTHER REGIME MIGRATE. SO IF YOU TAKE PEOPLE FROM THE VERY AND I’LL SAY PRIMITIVE NOT IN PEJORATIVE WAY, BUT LIVE IN A VERY SIMPLE CULTURE ISOLATED AND THEN YOU PUT THEM IN OUR MODERN SOCIETY LIKE NEW YORK CITY. SURE, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS, POLLUTION AND NOISE. THEY DEVELOP CAN CERTAIN. SO YOUR ENVIRONMENT DOES MATTER. GOING BACK TO EARLIER POINT. SO WE DO TESTS FOR THINGS, BUILD-UP OF TOXINS AND METALS AND BOLD. THAT’S ONE THING. AND THEN I LOOK AT HOW WILL YOUR BODY’S DETOXIFYING? >> WHAT TYPES OF TESTS ARE THOSE? THAT’S INTERESTING. GENERALLY THEIR BLOOD TEST THE BLOOD TEST STIMULATION TEST TO TRY TO SEE WHAT’S IN YOUR BODY BECAUSE YOU NEED A BASELINE. SURE. ONCE YOU HAVE A BASELINE THAT IS ALARMING TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, WHAT DO YOU DO? IS THERE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES YOU CAN MAKE THE CAN REVERSE EXACTLY SO KIND OF TO THE EARLIER POINT WHEN YOU TELL PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE REASONS PEOPLE REALLY TO CANCERS, LIFESTYLE AND DIET REALLY START THINKING, WELL, YOU KNOW, AM I GETTING THE RIGHT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES? YOU KNOW, DO I GET RESVERATROL? DO I GET THAT ARROW STILL BEING? SO YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS GRAPES BERRIES AND SO FORTH. SO YOU START LOOKING AT LIKE WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING OR READY OR NOT IMPROVING ON THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE MAY BE PREVENTATIVE. AND THEN YOU START LOOKING AT THESE DETOXIFICATION PATHWAYS. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE THIS ACCUMULATION OF METALS AND MOLDS AND SO FORTH WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MOVE THROUGH THE BODY? >> INTERESTING. AND IT’S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE AT LEAST REVERSE, MAYBE NOT QUICKLY, BUT AT LEAST A IN A GRADUAL YOU CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. SO THE LIFESTYLE IS THE OBVIOUS. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED SLEEP SLEEP DISRUPTION, FOR CANCER. IMMUNE PROBLEM, RENT. >> AND THEN WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO DO IS ROAD MAP THEM OUT AND SAY, OK, THIS IS THE FORMULA FOR WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO TO RESET YOUR BODY. SO I CALL IT YEARLY BLUEPRINT WHERE I WOULD LINE UP WHERE THEY WANT TO GO. NOW, IF THEY ALREADY HAVE CAN THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT PEOPLE OF CANCER IS THEY’RE ACTUALLY AT THE SAME RISK OF GETTING ANOTHER CANCER. SADLY, YES, IT COULD BE A DIFFERENT TITLES ARE HERE. MODERN MEDICINES YOU’VE GIVEN YOU’VE DONE ALL THESE THINGS. THEY ARE WORKING ON THINGS BEYOND OUR DISCUSSION CALLED IMMUNOTHERAPY, WHERE YOU TRY TO USE THE BODY TO TRY TO FIGHT OFF THE THINGS THAT TRIGGER CANCER. THERE’S RESEARCH AND BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE SAME RISK THEY WERE AT THE TIME THEY ACTUALLY HAD THEIR FIRST CANCER. SO JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE A REAL RING, THE BELL, UNFORTUNATELY, EXACTLY IN AN ALTERNATE THERE. WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO PEOPLE WHO MAY BE? >> HAVE FOUGHT CANCER ARE FIGHTING CANCER RIGHT NOW IS IT’S STILL A TIME TO GO IN AND CHANGE ENTIRE LIFESTYLE. OR ARE YOU ALREADY CAN DEFINITELY. AND IT DEPENDS ON THE CANCER. SO IF YOU’RE BREAKING DOWN, IF I TOOK AND PROSTATE. >> SOME OTHER GYNECOLOGIC DISORDERS, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THINGS LIKE DAIRY, FOR INSTANCE, CAN REALLY FEED THOSE CAMPS. WELL, YOU KNOW, SO THERE ARE SOME OBVIOUS THINGS YOU COULD AVOID RIGHT AWAY. AND THEN THE OTHER THING ABOUT CANCER. SO WHAT DOES CANCER LOVE IT? LOVE SUGAR INSULIN AND A CONSTANT SUPPORT SUPPLY OF FOOD. SO WHEN YOU INTERRUPT ME, THERE’S 2 CALORIC RESTRICTION, FASTING, DISRUPT CELLS. DON’T LIKE THAT. SO WHAT DO YOU DO TO DISRUPT CELLS? YOU MOCK SIJAN. I GIVE THEM EXERCISE. HUGHES FAT, YOU BREAK DOWN FATS IN YOUR BODY FOR ENERGY RATHER THAN FEEDING THEM SUGAR? I SAY SO IF YOU START THAT WEIGHT LOSS REGIMEN, IT MIGHT MAKE A BIG JUST SO THAT’S A BIG DEAL. SO WHEN LOOK AT ALL THE STUDIES AND YOU’RE LOOKING AT MAJOR CANCERS, OBESITY BEING OVERWEIGHT IS A RISK FACTOR. WOW. SO IT’S NOT JUST A VANITY THING IS THAT WHEN YOU REDUCE PEOPLE’S LOTE OF INFLAMMATION THEN YOU ACTUALLY ARE REDUCING THEIR CHANCE OF CANCER. I KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY SO MANY OF HAVE CANCER IN OUR FAMILY ARE DEALING WITH ILLNESS. YOU DO HAVE THE SUMMER. IT’S COMING UP THIS WEEK. THAT CORRECT. CHING ON THE CANCER. BUT CANCER IS A WHOLE EXACTLY. YEAH. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD HAVE AVAILED THEMSELVES BASICALLY TO GET STARTED THINKING ABOUT YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY IN A PROACTIVE WAY. OKAY. AND THAT SAYS THAT THIS FRIDAY THIS FRIDAY, OK, PERFECT IN OUT OF THE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. HOW COULD THEY RIGHT WHEN CALL THE NUMBER BELOW THEY’LL REGISTER THEM FOR THIS FREE AND VERY VALUABLE SEMINAR, MAN FOR ANYBODY ELSE. THEY SHOULD CHECK OUT MY BOOK, ESPECIALLY THE CHAPTER ON. WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE GET CANCER IN THE FIRST PLACE DR. THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS BOOK IS CALLED THE ROOT CAUSE MEDICINE. WE HAVE IT HERE. WE’LL PUT A LINK TO ARMORED SAYS PRACTICE HOW YOU CAN FIND OUT MO
Healthy Living: Functional medicine and cancer
Dr. George Moricz, from Naples Center for Functional Medicine, joined ABC7 to discuss how functional medicine can help with cancer treatment
Updated: 10:03 AM EDT Oct 15, 2024
In 2024 alone, about two million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States. The most common diagnosis will be breast cancer. As cancer continues to impact so many families, sorting through the myriad details of treatment, risks, prevention and care can be overwhelming. Dr. George Moricz, an anti-aging expert from the Naples Center for Functional Medicine, joined ABC7 to share insights into the prevention-based science of functional medicine and how it can help with cancer treatment, care and prevention.Functional medicine takes a root-cause approach. Rather than putting a bandage over the symptoms, professionals at the Naples Center investigate and treat the cause of the ailment and create a custom treatment plan that treats each patient as an individual. They will focus on pillars like sleep, diet, health, digestion, hormones, toxins, stress, exercise, genetics, medications and supplements to create a healthier you.For more information, check out the website for Naples Center for Functional Medicine. Viewers can also attend one of the free information events. The next one is Friday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. Dr. Lina Sakr will provide additional information about a functional medicine approach to breast cancer treatment.WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW ABOVE!
In 2024 alone, about two million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the United States. The most common diagnosis will be breast cancer. As cancer continues to impact so many families, sorting through the myriad details of treatment, risks, prevention and care can be overwhelming.
Dr. George Moricz, an anti-aging expert from the Naples Center for Functional Medicine, joined ABC7 to share insights into the prevention-based science of functional medicine and how it can help with cancer treatment, care and prevention.
Functional medicine takes a root-cause approach. Rather than putting a bandage over the symptoms, professionals at the Naples Center investigate and treat the cause of the ailment and create a custom treatment plan that treats each patient as an individual. They will focus on pillars like sleep, diet, health, digestion, hormones, toxins, stress, exercise, genetics, medications and supplements to create a healthier you.
For more information, check out the website for Naples Center for Functional Medicine. Viewers can also attend one of the free information events. The next one is Friday, Oct. 18, at 11 a.m. Dr. Lina Sakr will provide additional information about a functional medicine approach to breast cancer treatment.
WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW ABOVE!
