Terrain and the Whole Person in Cancer Care - Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO

Cancer Patient Lab Meeting #95 - May 1, 2024
Discussion forum: community.cancerpatientlab.org
“We look at our patients' labs every single month. Then we regroup, plus we check in periodically within that. If something starts to change before that next monthly lab is set, we're going to test sooner than that. This is how we adjust course and then know what therapies are working when and where.
“It's through this methodology: “test, assess, address, don't guess”, that I find that my outcomes might differ from those of my colleagues, because we are following data, not dogma, and we're never guessing in this process.
“Everyone should be worrying about meditation, acupuncture, nutrition, dietary, massage, lifestyle modifications, yoga, exercise. We'd all be served with that, not just the cancer community.
“When you take all type stage 4 cancers, and you put them into a bucket, at the end of five years, the average is 12% of those people are still here. … At the 5-year mark in my patient population, over 60% are still here.” - Nasha Winters
Meeting Summary
Advanced cancer patients are motivated to leave no stone unturned in searching for ways to treat their disease. They may not like their odds in following standard treatments; they may want to know what other combinations of therapies might complement their treatment; or they may have heard stories about "exceptional responders" who defied the odds and beat a terminal diagnosis yet avoided standard treatments. This pursuit can lead them to find treatments that are not (yet) sanctioned by the medical establishment, which go by a number of names: "integrative oncology", "complementary therapies", "non-Western treatments", "holistic medicine", and "alternative care". A common principle is to treat the whole person, not just the disease. Examples of alternative treatments include acupuncture, meditation, intravenous Vitamin C, hyperbaric chambers, massage, drinking green tea, mistletoe, dietary supplements, and the ketogenic diet.
Nasha Winters, ND, FABNO, is uniquely qualified to explore the opportunities and issues in pursuing non-standard cancer treatments. She is an exceptional responder herself, having survived a fatal diagnosis of ovarian cancer when she was 19. She has been working in the healthcare industry for over 32 years. She is a nationally board-certified naturopathic doctor, and is a fellow of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology (FABNO). She is executive director and Co-Founder Of the MetabolicTerrain Institute of Health which promotes the metabolic approach to cancer by treating the root cause and symptoms of each person's unique cancer process through her Test, Assess, Address (TM) methodology. MTIH is making health within R.E.A.C.H. - Research, Education, Advocacy, Community, and Hope - and eventually leading to the creation of a biophilic-designed hospital and research institute on a 1200-acre organic, regenerative farm in Southeast Arizona. She is also CEO of Dr. Nasha, Inc., consulting with physicians and presenting on stages around the world, educating hundreds of professionals in the clinical use of mistletoe, understanding of metabolic oncology, and through her creation of robust educational programs for both healthcare providers, institutions, and the public on incorporating vetted integrative therapies in cancer care to enhance outcomes. Dr. Nasha is a best-selling author of The Metabolic Approach to Cancer - Integrating Deep Nutrition, the Ketogenic Diet, and Nontoxic Bio-Individualized Therapies, co-author of Mistletoe and the Emerging Future of Integrative Oncology, and the host of Metabolic Matters www.metabolicmatters.org podcast, another platform to bring awareness and empowerment to the public.
This session includes discussions on:
Why you should consider integrative/metabolic/naturopathic therapies.
What qualifies as a valuable treatment to consider (or a scam) can depend on your mindset.
This discussion is a companion to a session with Bapcha Murty. • Cancer Patient Lab Mee...
What you can you do to manage your cancer more holistically.
Some promising integrative/metabolic/naturopathic therapies for cancer.
How to know whether an integrative/metabolic/naturopathic therapy might be right for you.
How you can learn more about evaluating complementary treatments
The information and opinions expressed on this website or platform, or during discussions and presentations (both verbal and written) are not intended as health care recommendations or medical advice by Cancer Patient Lab, its principals, presenters, participants, or representatives for any medical treatment, product, or course of action. You should always consult a doctor about your specific situation before pursuing any health care program, treatment, product or other course of action that might affect your health. 
Full transcript: docs.google.co...