Show Notes
Kriben Govender (Honours Degree in Food Science and Technology) and James Shadrach (Honours Degree in Psychology) have a groundbreaking discussion with Dr Gabor Somlyai on the role that the hydrogen isotope, deuterium plays in the growth of cancer cells and using deuterium depleted water as a cancer treatment. We also discuss using deuterium depleted water as a cancer prevention strategy and other benefits like improved gut health and athletic performance.
Bio:
Dr Gábor Somlyai graduated as a biologist from the University of Szeged in 1982. Between 1982 and 1990 he worked for the Department of Plant Pathology, Plant Protection Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He had a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences while studying for his PhD and defended his thesis in molecular biology in 1988. Dr Somlyai spent six months at the Georg-August University in Göttingen on a DFG scholarship after receiving his PhD. He followed that with a postdoctoral fellowship in the field of genetic engineering and gene mapping at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. In the wake of the Hungarian, Nobel-prize winning scientist Albert Szent-Györgyi – who said that the true cause of cancer should be looked for at the sub-molecular level – Gábor began his examining the biological importance of naturally occurring deuterium as a senior research fellow at the Hungarian Institute of Oncology in 1990. In 1993 Gabor established HYD Ltd. for Research and Development (now HYD LLC. for Cancer Research and Drug Development) to carry out cancer research and drug development based on the proprietary procedure called deuterium depletion. Dr Somlyai served as the scientific director of HYD Ltd. between 1993 and 1997 before becoming the CEO of the company. In 2012 he also began serving as the General Director of HYD's parent company, HYD Pharma Inc. His book, Defeating Cancer!, was published in Hungary in 2000. It has since been published in Romania, Japan, China, South-Korea and the U.S.A. Gábor is a holder of numerous international patents, an author of more than 40 scientific publications, and is a highly sought-after speaker at international conferences.
Topics discussed:
Explanatory journalism in a world full of new information
New Science of the Microbiome
The Ecology of the body
The Human Microbiome Project
Definition of the Microbiome
Hydrogen/ Deuterium Ratio and Cancer Growth
Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Could Solving the Cancer riddle be sub-molecular?
What is Deuterium?
The Origin of Deuterium in Biology
Deuterium and Hydrogen Descimitnation
Deuterium Depleted water and Cancer Cells/ Tumour Growth
Sodium Hydrogen Antiport Signalling
Mitochondria, Deuterium Depleted Metabolic Water and Cancer Growth
What are Mitochondria?
Mitochondrial Nanomotors and Energy Production
Carbohydrate and Fat Dietary Source and Deuterium Content
Diet, Movement and Deuterium Level in the Body
Glucose and Fat Metabolism and Modification of Biochemical Pathways
Deuterium Depleted water and athletic performance
Deuterium and Mitochondrial Damage
Deuterium Content of Drinking Water
Deuterium Content in the Body
Cancer Formation and Growth
Modifying the probability of getting Cancer
Deuterium and rate of Cancer Growth
Periodic Replenishment of Mitochondria using Deuterium Depleted Water
Cancer Prevention using Deuterium Depleted Water
Deuterium Content of Australia Water
Integrating Deuterium Depletion into Conventional Cancer Therapies
Effect Dose of Deuterium Depleted Water for Cancer Treatment
Deuterium Depleted Water for Veterinary Cancer
Preventa Deuterium Depleted Water
Deuterium and Gut Health
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