316: Professor Brian Peskin Tells ‘The Hidden Story of Cancer’

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Hello and welcome back to The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show With Jimmy Moore!

In today’s episode, Jimmy speaks with former Texas Southern University adjunct professor Brian Peskin. Brian is the author of The Hidden Story of Cancer: Find Out Why Cancer Has Medical Science on the Run and How a Simple Plan Based on New Science Can Prevent it. His work is primarily influenced by the research of German Nobel Lauriate Otto Warburg, whose studies posit that:

“Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar.”

Listen in for a wild ride of a conversation that covers everything from Diabetes prevention and why commercial fish oils are bad for you, to how pharmaceutical companies fudge their numbers to make Statins look good. All this and much, MUCH more can be heard in today’s don’t-miss episode!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 316
- Professor Brian Peskin bio
- The Hidden Story of Cancer: Find Out Why Cancer Has Medical Science on the Run and How a Simple Plan Based on New Science Can Prevent it
- BrianPeskin.com

  • Ragnar Danneskjold

    * by “unprocessed” I mean cold-pressed.

  • Sid Aust

    no they are not…supermarket brands are heated so they will last longer on the shelf of the store..organic oils are cold pressed without any heat and will ruin if left out…not sure I follow your line of reasoning…get and read his books and read

  • sss

    3%?? that’s a start. the paper to read is mary enig’s “the oiling of america.” if not there i recall somewhere encountering the figure of 1/2 of 1 percent for omega sixes as opposed to the modern diet that on account of plant oils (other than olive) is about 20%.

  • Vadim

    Sid Aust, what a difference one comment makes! I really appreciate your calm, collected and respectful response. It trully makes a difference. We might diagree on few things, but we do agree on the general concept of nutrition. I do sincerely appologize for saying you are full of fecal matter. i might have not explained myself correctly but I meant more metaphorically than anything else and I aimed more at your conviction rather than personality or substance. Again, i hope no hard feelings. I am an emotional person and the most annoying trait of personality I cant accept in people is intolerance. Be it intolerance to their beliefs or anything else. Thats why the whole man history is full of blood.

    Sid, I am not saying Brian is a charlatan. I am not saying Brian is wrong. I am not saying Brian is not credible. I am saying I dont know! But it is my nature to question everything and everyone! There is absolutely no harm in experimenting on Brian’s healing protocol. Having 2.5 to 1 of cold pressed organic sunflower oil mixed with organic flax oil is not a bit dangerous at least for a long time no matter if you believe him or not. off course some people do stupid things and fry in flax oil which completely defyes the purpose and makes flax oil dangerous. Sid I am happy that you are so enthusiastic about Brian and his approach but you cant claim he is right beyound reasonable doubt. We can inteligently discuss this subject matter without resorting to name calling and intolerance. And in the spirit of christmas I invite you with open arms.

    Ok, now to few points you made. You are incorrect in claiming that none of the current medical protocol is working when it comes to treating and curing cancer. As bad as chemotherapy drug infusion is it doesn help people. I do agree with you that side effects from chemotherapy might be detrimental but it is benefit vs the risks in medicine. And in the past 10 years oncology and pharmaceutical companies leaped much further in improving chemotherapy and making it much more tolerant than before. I am not defending drug industry here but it is too naive to vilify all of them either. Not all drug companies are evil. Yes, the bottom line is making money but money money is bottom line for all. Brian too made a lot of money selling his products, otherwise he wouldnt settle wityh state of Texas in the amount close to a million dollars. Thats his God given right to make money and sell his products. But saying that all drug companies are driven by pure profits and nothing else is not 100 percent true. There are true scientist out there who work for drug companies that are decent and wonderful people who pursue a dream to one day heal people. i work in world’s renowned medical instituition called Suny Downstate Medical Center. We have two Nobel Prize Winners here. We did creat first ever MRI machine and first ever portable dialysis center. Say what you may it counts for something. Dr Friedman, who I happen to know personally discoverd world’s first portable dialysis in 1960 and saved millions of life. He is in his 70′s and he still works hard hours trying to save people lives. And he does work for pharmaceutical company too creeating new agents for kidney treatment. If you want I can personally invite you or anyone else out there who happen to be in NYC for a personal tour of Suny and Dr Friedman lab where you will discover amazing man working his magic in savings millions of other people. When it comes to cancer not a lot of progress has been made but to say none was made is simply not true. it is not my opinion it is fact! People who are diagnosed with cancer live longer lives and yes better quality too despite what others might claim. its a fact. Even as recent as 5 years ago having been diagnsoed with stage 4 cancer was automatic death sentence. Now some even are expected to live normal life with it. Yes, minority still, but progress has been made. There are cancers that are still automatic death sentense such as pancreatic( tail protion especially) and lung and brain cancers. But even on that front there is progress. Sid with all due respect if a person is diagnosed with cancer the first line of defense is chemo, unfortunately in some cases and fortunately in others. omega 6 unadulterated will not heal stage 4 cancer. There are many people who declined chemo in favor of alternative medicine and lost their lives becuase of it. There is a time and purpose for everything. Yes alternative medicine is great but if you are shot or wounded with a sharp knife you wouldnt want to be treated with ginseng leaves. Some claim natural treatment is the way to go for everything and thats where I mostly disagree. Thats why millions of people died from simple infection as recent as 100 years ago before Penicilin was discoverd by those eveil pharma. And millions of people died from what is not existent any more before vaccination came along. Am I saying vacinations is great for everything, no. But saying vaccination is evil for everything is wrong too.

    If Big Evil Pharma theory was true and if your theory of conspiracy was true what I am about to say wouldnt make sense. I was raised and grew up in Soviet Union. Soviet Union hated United States with passion. My mom was a pediatrician for more than 30 years. Doctors in Russia made less money that security guards and they still do. Pharmaceutical companies were government owned and were non-profit. drugs were free for all Soviet people.

    Here is my punch line. So I just took all money profiting out of Soviet medical system and Big Pharma in Soviet Union. Do you know what was the standard protocol of treatment for cancer patients in Soviet Union? I will make it easy for all. No guess necessary. Yes, it was evil chemotherapy. We had wonderful, bright doctors and scientists in former Soviet Union who worked for almost free so money was never a motivating factor. And they did have access to many discoveries and theories, Sid, including what Brian discoved. And yet chemo was still the only way to go. I pray to great Lord that Brian is correct and it is as simple as omega 6 to omega 3 ratio( yes unadelterated organic cold pressed). But I doubt it is Sid. I tend to be a very spiritual person, Sid. If you study universe and its creation it is all balance not simplicity. And not the balance of essential omega oils but balance in general.

    Everything counts. One of my favorite spiritula teachers La Tzy once said that the most important things in live are our mistakes. Sid, taking right proprotion of omega 6 to omega 3 wont heal or prevent cancer in the absense of other things being in balance. i am talking about life in general. A person is a very complicated machine and so is his or her health. Its about many factors and many choices. From lifestylte to diet to stress to sleep to relationships, everything counts! If a person is full of love striving for a righteous live he or she is half way of living cancer free in my humble opinion. The other half is still a mystery, may be its just Universe at work. Sid, I wish you nothing but happiness and Happy Holidays! And may you and Brian be correct in your choices. I am all for it. I will even try that myself in the spriti of being open-minded. i will buy high lignan organic cold presses flax oil and mix it with sunflower oil. It surely wont hurt! thanks!

  • Sid Aust

    If no one is satified with any answer here…email Brian with that question and tell them you hear him on Jimmys problem. I assure he will gladly answer your question….www.brianpeskin.com
    Not sure of his hours during the holidays…

  • Sid Aust

    A response to Vadim
    Thank you very much for your great and sincere responce and it is much appreciated. I too sometimes get carried away with what I believe and I suspect you do also. You may work at a great hospital and patienet receive great care there, but it is not that way all over the country, some hospitals one receive poor care. And in the spirit of the holidays please except my humble apology also and I reach my hand to yours in this computer exchange and say thank for your understanding and great post.
    One more thing please purchase the book The Hidden Story of Cance and read with an open mind and let your doctors that you know read it also.
    Brian will be glad to answer anyone email with any question you may have even about the lawsuit he had with Texas..It was more about nothing in my opinion…Have a nice holiday season with lots cheer, good friends….Again…please accept my humble apology ….you sound really dedicated to what you do and am sure an asset to the employer..
    Best to you
    Sid Aust

  • Kim

    Sid – Do you work for Brian Peskin, by any chance?

  • Vadim

    Lol, thanks! I love to make up, isnt it great. And i feel healther doing it. I dispise fighting even though I love arguing. I think there is a big difference! I suggested to Jimmy Moore to have two guests who disagree with each other have an open forum on his podcast show to make it exciting and intrersting. In arguments the truth is born. If it wasnt for opposite views we would still live in barbaric society. Democracy is a great teacher of that. it allows for freedom of speech and freedom of speech allows for difference of opinion which leads to progress. i would love to have Dr Eades for example debate Brian. Dr Eades is very collected, respectful, tactful and intelligent man who loves science and knows a thing or two about it. Hope Jimmu can pull it off one day. And look, we still all agree on low carb lifestyle arent we? I think it counts for more than something. Again, have a wonderful holidays and happy and healthy New Year! Thanks for your comments. I truly appreciate it. You not only created what might be one of the most commented podcast but stimultate people to think, read, research and question. And that is always a good thing!

  • Billy

    Seems like the one big unanswered question in this thread is this one:

    Ragnor wrote:
    <<>>

    After reading Peskin’s book, “The Hidden Story of Cancer,” maybe I can shed some light on this . . .

    First of all, the question assumes that you need LOTS of nuts and seeds. Why do you assume that?

    Second of all, as Peskin’s book points out, animal-based protein is a foundational nutritional anticancer protection. In fact, he has a whole chapter titled, “Animal-Based Protein — The Most Important Food”

    From the book:
    “with animal-based protein, your body can make all the homglobin that is required for maximum anticancer protection.”

    Ragnor’s question assumes you can only get essential fatty acids through nuts and seeds. But think about the Eskimos, who were found in 1960 to have virtually no cancer. (Page 232 of Peskin’s book on cancer. Documentation of the 1960 findings are included.)

    Page 233: “The Eskimos eat mainly meat — NOT lots of fish — and virtually no fruits or vegetables, because of the long, harsh freezing conditions. Their diet consists mainly of caribou, bear, seals, whale and walrus blubber, and some fish. Lots of protein consumption along iwth consumption of unprocessed natural fats, high in EFAs, are the number one reason for the absence of cancer in their society.”

    I don’t see any mention of nuts and seeds there. It also sounds similar to the diet of the Paleolithic man in terms of getting animal-based protein.

    Okay, onto the issue of the ratio of Omega 6 vs. Omega 3 . . .

    The reason Peskin recommends a ratio weighted toward Omega 6 is because so much of the Omega 6 that we currently get in our diet is ruined through processing.

    Obviously, Paleolithic man did not have that problem. That might answer Ragnor’s question right there.

    From page 190 of Peskin’s book:

    <<>>

    Peskin then goes on to explain the mathematical formulation for coming up with the recommended ratio of omega-6 vs. omega-3.

    Page 191:
    <<>>

    I could be wrong, but that seems to adequately address Ragnor’s question.

  • Billy

    Sorry, but it looks like the material I quoted from Peskin’s book did not show up in my last post. Looks like a formatting issue . . . I made the mistake of using these characters: <<>>, which created html/formatting errors.

    I don’t want to retype it all for fear of clogging up this thread, but I can do that if you want.

  • Sid Aust

    Response To Kim,
    I do not work for Brian…I am a big supporter of Brian and his science…Nobody has ever come close to what he has done and discovered and connecting the dots…The fact that he did not come from the medical profession and an outsider also…It is safe to say he has stirred Jimmy’s comments section up for sure…
    Also I just want to say in the Spirit of the Season I do apolize for anything I have said on these comments to offend anyone. I get a little carried away sometimes if I believe something deeply. So Please everyone..I am sorry….

    We are all here for a reason and listen to Jimmy’s show.. We all want to be healthy, live a disease free life and we learn all we can from these interviews that come to this show. We hope that the life that we live will influence our friends and family to live a healthy life also…

    Best to everyone here for a happy, healthly holiday season…..
    Sid

  • Rosemarie

    Great debate! I have a couple of comments as well.
    I have of course listened to Jimmy Moore’s excellent interview with Brian Peskin and then went to Brians’s website for more info. There I came upon several other interviews of which I liked the following the best because he greatly expanded on his theory and talked about related subjects such as saturated fat etc.
    http://www.brianpeskin.com/video-audio.html
    (it is the third one down titled “Hidden Story of Cancer Interview” (the link comes from his website under ‘Audio/Video’ on the left. The others are good as well)

    So…it seems to me that the omega 6 issue – as Billy just said – comes down to the fact that our modern day omega 6 is mostly damaged in processing (and most Americans eat ‘processed’ food) and therefore the omega 6 and 3 ratio is out of balance. Adding more omega 3′s makes matters worse.

    In thinking about this I was wondering: what’s wrong with just eating a small handful of raw sunflower seeds every day? Mr. Peskin does recommend sunflower oil – well I’ve always heard that eating the ‘whole’ is better than its’ part’.

    Any thoughts?

  • Sid Aust

    From Brian’s Web site ….www.brianpeskin.com
    Just thought everyone would enjoy reading if you have not been to his web site…..He is sincere about what he does and tells the truth as he finds it for the benifit of everyone…

    Brian has always had one goal – to help people — regardless of personal sacrifice. But despite his integrity, Brian has suffered a lot of criticism and even slander as reward for his hard work.

    Brian is not alone. Many other health researchers have also spoken the truth and were chastised for it. These men were called “quacks” until they were finally vindicated when their discoveries were proven true years later:

    • Penicillin ­ discovered by the Nobel Prize-winner Alexander Flemming.
    • Ulcers caused by bacteria, NOT “stress.” The discoverers were finally awarded a Nobel Prize in 2005.
    • The importance of sanitizing hands before surgery and childbirth to prevent infections ­ discovered by Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis in 1848 ­ no one listened for 50 years. Click here to read the sad story of Dr. Semmelweis.
    • Citrus to prevent scurvy – discovered by James Lind and called “witchcraft” at the time

    Joining the ranks of these proactive men is Brian Peskin. Brian’s great genius is “connecting the dots” between established sciences that usually remain separated, and coupling his findings with real-life results. He combines theory with practicality in a very unique way. Even thought Brian does not always take credit for the science he has studied – he is often only the messenger of the information already published in leading medical textbooks and medical journals — he has also been called a “quack.

    ”Brian attended the world’s leading engineering institution, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he studied highly complex mathematics, engineering and physics, along with probability and statistics. He has also studied biochemistry and physiology. Brian’s various fields of study give him a unique systems perspective when applied to health and nutrition. Electrical engineering is an exact science. There is no room for guesses, assumptions or errors. Brian’s findings with regards to health have a firm foundation based on incredibly high scientific standards, which are, unfortunately, often nonexistent in the field of nutritional research. That’s why so many studies keep getting reversed and no one knows what to believe.

    Applying exacting science and experiment to further our health is the approach Brian uses in his search for the truth. There is no one else in the world who applies this approach to the nutritional field! Brian has been called by Dr. Robert Nemer, – cosmetic physician, “The most insightful quantum nutritionist of our age.”

    In formulizing his nutritional recommendations, Brian often relies on complex systems analysis tools, which emphasize the entire system and not isolated effects or results. Borrowing from his MIT engineering background, this systems analysis allows Brian to view the issues without the subjective bias that years of conventional medical training often imposes on even the most open-minded of doctors and nutritionists. Because a scientist is trained from the beginning to think “inside the box” in their field – rarely do they think outside of that box, or frequently compare their “knowledge” to other fields that may cross over. Brian doesn’t constrict himself to these confines.

    Despite the fact that all of the science Brian bases his discoveries on is found in the world’s leading medical textbooks and medical journals, Brian has been slandered and ridiculed for his recommendations. But as Brian himself has said all along, it’s not HIS science – he’s simply the messenger. Brian utilizes established proven scientific discoveries already tested by the world’s greatest minds. This science rarely makes it to the popular press, radio, or television. Making others aware of this science a major part of Brian’s calling in life!

    What sets Brian vastly apart from popular health researchers is that he’s the FIRST to bring all of the vital information together, “connecting the dots,” and develop state-of-the-art practical application to maximizing your health and well-being.

    In 1995, Brian created the new science of maximizing desired results by working cooperatively with the natural processes of living systems. He termed this discovery Life-Systems Engineering Science. Dr. James Douglas, former President of Texas Southern University (1998) said, “[H]is nutritional discoveries and practical applications through Life-Systems Engineering [Science] are unprecedented.”

    Brian found that his destiny was not to be in electrical engineering, although his scientific training as an engineer would be his greatest asset in his research. He researches all health and nutritional sciences so thoroughly because he views an input called “food” with an associated output called “health.” These are standard systems engineering concepts. He looks at our biological systems and how they worked together, with the precise mind of an engineer.

    How did Brian get started on his groundbreaking research? Back in 1990 Brian’s wife Debra became diabetic, despite always taking good care of herself and doing everything “right” – eating low fat foods and exercising constantly.

    Debbie went to a clinic to help her with her diabetes, but instead of making her better, she got worse! She’d been there for an entire week being told to consume plenty of “complex carbohydrates” like brown rice, and her sugar levels had worsened! This angered Brian and he decided then that he was going to get to the bottom of the problem and do whatever he could to help her by doing his own scientifically based research.

    Brian went to the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library – with over 300,000 monographs and 1,000 journals on-line, considered to be one of the best in the country. He spent long hours studying everything he could find from leading medical textbooks and medical journals. He avoided reports and articles based on opinion as well as those that might have been biased or inherently incomplete or inconclusive, or stating statistically incorrect recommendations. The popular press doesn’t understand how they’ve been misled. Being schooled in statistics, Brian can quickly determine which experiments and studies have been correctly analyzed and which conclusions are incorrect. Unfortunately, most studies are improperly performed and their stated conclusions are incorrect and that is why recommendations are frequently reversed years later. Brian’s recommendations have never been reversed because they are scientifically correct to begin with. To the contrary, his mission is to “leads the pack,” and never follow “politically correct” yet wrong recommendations.

    During his initial studies, it didn’t take long for Brian to realize that he’d found his true destiny! He took no salary for 2 years while his wife supported him. He spent years researching information about health and nutrition. The more he researched, the more astounded he was to find that everything he thought he knew about health and nutrition was WRONG!

    Just like the rest of us, Brian had always believed what he’d heard or read in the popular press:

    • Low-fat diets are healthy
    • Calorie restriction alone will keep you thin
    • Exercise keeps you healthy
    • Saturated fats will kill you
    • Following popular nutritional recommendations keep diabetes away…

    As you can imagine, when he learned that almost all popular nutritional advice was WRONG and had NO scientific basis, he was SHOCKED! Opinion – not science was rampant. Immediately he felt the burning desire to bring the truth to as many people as he could.

    Brian has compared his discoveries to being “woken up from the Matrix” (as in the movie). This information was so vitally important and would make a huge impact on the health of everyone. He decided that he had to get the word out any way possible. His desire has always been to help others lead healthier and fuller lives.

    Brian’s intense research is still going on to this day! Because of this, Brian is considered by many to be the foremost authority on human nutrition.

    Early in his research Brian discovered that due to modern growing methods and food processing, essential nutrients were missing from our food. He researched these nutrients intensely, then tried to find a way to get enough of them either in food or supplements, but had little success. No one was formulating and manufacturing the nutrients we need in the proper bio-available form. Brian found outlets to get the ingredients and even started making some of the supplements in his own kitchen.

    Not only are our foods missing essential nutrients, but the foods recommended for better health are often more harmful that good. According to the best, most accurate scientific research Brian continues to study, the nutritional recommendations made over the previous 50 years or so have been completely backwards to what is right. Knowing what he knows now, Brian is not surprised by the deplorable state of our health in America. It’s no wonder our health care system is on the verge of collapse. The frustrating thing is that most everyone who is suffering so much with ill-health has believed they’ve been doing the “right” things over the past 30-50 years. The recommended “health solutions” have actually been the cause of our ill-health.

    Eventually Brian started his own company, Maximum Efficiency Products, where he could publish the science he’d discovered and also sell his unique nutritional supplements. He compiled the information he discovered in his research into his first landmark book titled Radiant Health: Moving Beyond the Zone (out of print), which sold 125,000 copies between the years 1996 – 2002.

    Brian’s message spread and his business grew quickly. The Radiant Health supplements and educational material eventually reached both television and radio “infomercial’s.” Interested parties overseas were moved by his years of hard work and exceptional products and Brian has continued to make contacts around the world who’ve benefited through his nutritional research.

    Brian is now working as an independent nutritional consultant, with corporate clients around-the-world, continuing his research and educating others. Brian has written the definitive EFA report titled, The Scientific Calculation of the Optimum Omega 6/3 Ratio. This groundbreaking, scientific analysis – the world’s first – sets the record straight on purely scientific grounds, what the parent omega 6/3 ratio should be. Unfortunately, too few are getting this correct information and unknowingly harming themselves!

    Brian has helped millions of people around the world with his hard work and dedication. His life revolves around state-of-the-art scientific research coupled with tremendous, original insights. His research is ongoing, so you can be assured that he will bring you the very latest and best in sound nutritional advice always based strictly on science – not opinion. A growing number of physicians around the world trust Brian because of this.

    With all of the confusion about health and nutrition prevalent in our world today, we need someone who can read between the lines, “connecting the dots,” and making sense out of what is true versus opinion. Brian has made it his life’s work to be that most trusted authority.

    Brian Peskin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in 1979. He received an appointment as an Adjunct Professor at Texas Southern University in the Department of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (1998-1999). The former president of the University said of Brian’s discoveries: “…His nutritional discoveries and practical applications through Life-Systems Engineering are unprecedented.”

  • Ragnar Danneskjold

    I have summarized the part of Brian Peskin’s paper on “PEOs” http://www.brianpeskin.com/reports/scientificPEOcalculation.pdf which relates directly to our discussion. Note that Peskin uses the terms omega 3 and 6 parent EFAs or PEOs to refer to the EFAs linoenic acid (ALA) and linoleic acid (LA), respectively.

    Based on an analysis of the ratios of LA to ALA in human tissues and the mass of each tissue mass (footnote on pg. 28 for sources), Peskin concludes that “the majority of
    cells in the body require a ratio of at least 6.5 to 1 [of LA to ALA].”

    Typical western diets contain an estimated omega 6 to 3 ratio of about 12 to 1. If the damaged LA, i.e. LA which has been “hydrogenated into transfats or adulterated with chemicals and preservatives” and thus “ruined as to their oxygen transfer ability,” is not counted and at least 50% of it is assumed to be damaged, western diets are providing at best a ratio of 6 to 1 (LA to ALA). Supplemental EFAs–at least 1 to 1 and at most 2.5 to 1 (LA to ALA)–are therefore recommended to make up the difference and account for certain other factors, particularly the intake of the damaged LA.

    “You may be wondering why the animal protein that we consume from beef, other red meats, poultry, eggs, pork and fish doesn’t give us enough of the required [LA]?” The reason is basically that the sensitive LA and ALA are significantly destroyed by cooking.

    ————————————-

    No idea what Peskin recommends in terms of absolute amounts of LA and ALA. Does anyone have this information?

    In relative terms, it would seem that Peskin recommends a dietary intake of at least 6.5 to 1 (LA to ALA) assuming we are not consuming any processed Western foods with damaged oils.

  • Ragnar Danneskjold

    sss,

    Regarding LA intake in healthy non-industrial (hunter-gatherer) cultures, see the following Stephan Guyenet quote:

    “As usual, the most important line of evidence comes from healthy non-industrial cultures that did not suffer from modern non-communicable diseases. They invariably consumed very little omega-6 LA (3% of calories or less), ate a roughly balanced amount of omega-6 and omega-3, and had a source of long-chain (animal) omega-3. They did not eat much omega-3 from plant sources (such as flax), as concentrated sources are rare in nature. Dr. Weston Price observed that cultures throughout the world sought out seafood if available, sometimes going to great lengths to obtain it.”

    http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2008/12/polyunsaturated-fat-intake-practical.html

    A primary source would be more helpful, but Stephan usually has his facts straight. That being said, 3% of calories is indeed an upper bound and I don’t doubt that a lower intake was common (and optimal?) among hunter-gatherer cultures.

    I’ll check out the Enig article.

  • Ragnar Danneskjold

    Billy,

    The only sources of omega 6 (LA) available to paleolithic humans and modern hunter-gatherer groups in the quantity/ratio Peskin seems to be recommending (via plant oils) are nuts and seeds, and these were not readily available for daily consumption.

    You write (quoting from Peskin’s book):
    Page 233: “The Eskimos eat mainly meat — NOT lots of fish — and virtually no fruits or vegetables, because of the long, harsh freezing conditions. Their diet consists mainly of caribou, bear, seals, whale and walrus blubber, and some fish. Lots of protein consumption along iwth consumption of unprocessed natural fats, high in EFAs, are the number one reason for the absence of cancer in their society.”

    It is difficult to respond to this point without knowing exactly what Peskin means by “high in EFAs.” Based on his recommendation to supplement with (organic, cold-pressed, etc.) omega 6 plant oils, his definition of “high” in this context must be pretty high (much higher than the Eskimo diet could provide).

    Furthermore, if Eskimos on this diet were cooking their food most of the time (and I believe they were?), then this quote would contradict the statement he made in his “PEO paper” (see above post) that cooking destroys too much of the sensitive EFAs LA and ALA in meats, etc. that supplementing with plant oils becomes necessary.

  • Boudi

    A few point/observations.

    I am married to an engineer, from a family of engineers, and have worked in a “think tank” with engineers doing investigations into medical devices and information. My experience, as a generalization, is that engineers tend to have limited social skills. They can be brilliant thinkers, with deep insights, and wonderful at making science practical; however, they often are offensive in the social realm. I love them. Without engineers the world would be far less interesting; however, you have to move past their abrupt, often seemingly arrogant, approach to teaching.

    1. Brian Peskin may be right, but he needs a good consultant to help him appear to be more credible. Calling yourself “Professor” after one year as an adjunct just seems ridiculous and silly. If the intention of this is to appear more credible, I’d say it backfires. So, Brian, ditch the “professor” shtick. It just makes you look needy and pompous.

    2. His website also reduces one’s ability to take him seriously. (Frankly, so does Dr. Graveline’s); however, I understand he is asking us to look at his science and not his website. With that in mind, one should set aside our emotional response t his marketing methods. (Yuck).

    3. He seems more than willing to support his hypothesis with sound evidence. He also seems willing to teach and guide people, for minimal fees (the cost of a book). I’m willing to listen and then decide, based on evidence and my own research.

    I’m with other poster who asked for one-on-one debates with sane people who won’t degrade into name calling nonsense. So, who would we ask Brian to debate? I’m sure he and Dr. Carlson and he would have a great discussion and possibly tease out the topic in a way we could all learn from.

  • http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes Jimmy Moore

    Boudi, thanks for your insights on this. Hmmmm, a Peskin vs. Carlson debate. Intriguing…

  • floris times

    I’m a mechanical engineer. Some years ago I got intrigued by the subject of food in relation to health. Like Brian I studied a lot on the subject. Also I’ve read all Brians stuff, listened to his podcasts and saw his videos. Brian knows the theories he is talking about. In knowledge and words he can beat most physicians with one arm on his back.

    At the end of the day however my conclusion is that Brian is a smart guy who conquers the diseases of civilization in disguise (i.e. via his parent essential oils) by indirectly advocating the following therapy:
    . Eat a (very) low carb diet (he knows a high carb / low (saturated) fat / low cholesterol diet devastates the body)
    . Limit your intake of poly unsaturated fats (his advice is only 3grams/day) (he knows pufa’s oxidize easily a cause a lot of trouble)

    My opinion is that you can safely follow Brian’s recommendations. They are harmless and for most of you they will work.

  • vadim

    This comment is in response to Rosemarie and her question about eating small amounts of sunflower seeds vs supplementation.

    Rosemarie, if we to are to accept Brian’s hypothesis that the correct ratio of omega 6 vs omega 3 essential fatty acid will stop cellular oxidation and therefore prevent cancer, we are looking at therapeutic levels vs preventive .

    Lets assume for a second and say Brian is 100 % correct in his discoveries. Then you would need his recommended supplemetation doses vs eating sunflower seeds. Here is why. One tablespoon of pure, that is unadelterated, unprocessed organic sunflower seed oil contains approximately 7000 to 9000 mg of omega 6 essential oi if my memory serves me correctly. You would need to eat a ton of sunflower seeds every day to reach that level and unless you are a baseball player who plays extra innings every single day I dont think its possible.

    But here is my other concern. even if we are to accept Brian’s theory or as he sais his connecting the dot work, it is very difficult to control the ratio and make sure you are getting pure, unadelterated oil. Sunflower oil once exposed to processing gets very rancid and therefore harms you more than heals you. There is nothing more detrimental to your tissues then rancid oxidative omega 6 oils. So how do companies get organic, unadelterated omega 6 without having it being exposed to oxygen to begin with? They still need to extract it out of the seeds. That would require an intricate process in doing so and expensive too. I am not saying its not possible, I am saying its hard. And even when you do buy it through retailers who claim its organic you dont know the process of extracting anyway. It could very well be organic and still harm you more than if you didnt take it. So there are more questions to be answered. I appreciate some people who can trust scinetist based on what they wrote. I am too old and cynical I guess to do that. I have been burned way too many times to learn my lesson. Some theories are fantastic in theory but once you start applying them, boom, no results. I am sure German Nobel Prize winner whos work Brian cites was genious enough to figure out correct omega 6 vs omega 3 ratio back in his days too. Its much easier to discover cancer is caused by cellular oxygen deprivation than finding ways to feed them oxygen and prevent oxydation. Anyone who is a car mecahnic knows pretty well what oxidation can do to a metal for example. But our bodies are intricate, complicated machinery. Many factors can strike it out of balance and cause oxidation not just the improper omega 6/omega 3 ratio. Again, in my own humble opinion.

  • clay

    I would like to hear Peskin debate Loren Cordain or Robb Wolf. They will both agree on Low Carb, but their O-3 to O-6 recomendations are vastly different as far as ratio and source. I would actually love to here those guys debate this subject.

  • Roger

    I haven’t read his book, but the guy’s whole overall tone was a big turn-off. “I’m right, they’re wrong.” A little humility would go a long way. There are a huge number of folks investigating these matters, and they’re not all bought off by Big Pharma. Science is a consensus, and clearly we haven’t reached it on many issues. It’s clear he’s done a lot of reading. What else, isn’t particularly clear. He does feel he is qualified to denigrate about 99% of the published medical literature.

    One red flag raised for me, a mere amateur in these matters, was when he relayed how his radiologist “just about fell off his chair” when his heart scan score was a zero.

    In fact, a zero is an extremely common score. About 50% of people who take the test will score a zero. I’m older than Peskin, and I scored a zero on my scan. I understand Jimmy did as well. So implying that this is a rare event is bogus.

    http://www.trackyourplaque.com/library/fl_02-007zeroscore.asp

    I don’t know what else he is selling is bogus, but that anecdote should be retired immediately…it proves nothing.

    I look forward to reading all the comments.

  • Rosemarie

    This response is for BOUDI.

    1. I too am married to an electical engineer and have an engineer son. And boy did you hit the nail on the head….talking about lack of social skills and (seeming) arrogance!!! They just like to get right to the point of the matter.

    2. You mentioned his website. I agree. When I first saw it, It hit me like one of those “seen-on-tv” websites. When you combine that with his sales pitch like talking it’s no wonder people become suspicious and distrustfull. The only thing that keeps me hanging in here is that I see enough truth and common sense in what I have heard so far (having tried a lot of things myself over the years) that I’m sufficiently curious to get the book ….in order to ‘get the rest of the story”.

  • Ben Wheeler

    Robb Wolf Vs. Brian Peskin Debate would be epic. Epic in the sense that Wolf would crush him!!

  • Sid Aust

    THIS IS A RESPONSE TO ROGER:
    I think you sort of mistated Brian on the scan part of his talk. First off we all want a score of 0…I have never had a scan myself, but I certainly would want a score of 0. I do follow Brian’s recomendations to the letter and a low carber. Dr Kagan who made the scan in Florida is a cardiolist asked Brian what his age was at the time and Brian said 52 and Brian told him what his diet was(high protein, high fat etc. and bet his score would be 0 and Dr Kagan stated the odds of that is very small. Now on the tract your plaque site it did not say it was extremely common to have a score of 0 as I read the article…Where the rare part came in is he was talking about a patient Dr Kagan had in his 60′s and a smoker had a 22% decease in plaque. The Dr Kagan said plaque RARELY decreased in a smoker. This smoker was followering Brian’s recomendations. I would guess you are a non smoker and a low carber also.
    According to Brian’s research into this is that a plaque free scan almost never happens because the average person develops 30% additional volume of plaque in the arterial walls each year. So that being said If you have 10% plaque this year then 8 years later you’ll have a typically 75% hard plaque volume and as Brian said A BIG PROBLEM AND A BIG RISK FOR A HEART ATTACK. So it is very easy to inject something else into what he was saying and just not be correct. Brian was not wrong about this as one just has to study what it was that he said and was relating it too. Anyway enjoy all these comment. I think if you had the book you would see all of this come together. The way I see Brian is that he is very confident in himself. Thats what comes across to me, not I am right you are wrong as everything once again can be backed up by his research…Really enjoying all the great comments by everyone. I could care less if he is a janitor or doctor and someone gets people thinking about pre-concieved thinking that is a good thing…I like that….

  • Billy

    Wow, some really great comments in this discussion. This is exactly the kind of dialogue I’ve been looking for, ever since I read Peskin’s books earlier this year.

    I’m willing to look past Brian’s hubris, but geez, doesn’t he realize how much that hurts his cause? If he had a more easygoing manner, he’d be on Oprah, like, yesterday. But no matter — my hat is off to him, regardless.

    His hard work and hard science deserve nothing less than a national discussion and rigorous testing.

    He’s got a great quote in his “Hidden Story of Cancer” book from legendary physicist Max Planck: “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”

  • floris times

    Peskin versus Chris Masterjohn would be very interesting!

    Jimmy had Chris on his show just recently. Chris is a modern thinking scientist who knows a lot about pufa’s and artheroscleroses.

  • Steve L.

    Regarding Brian Peskin’s trumpeted zero heart scan score, Roger said:

    “In fact, a zero is an extremely common score. About 50% of people who take the test will score a zero. ”

    Quoted from a super-credible source, Dr. William Davis.

    Roger also said:

    “I don’t know what else he is selling is bogus, but that anecdote should be retired immediately…it proves nothing.”

    I have to VERY respectfully disagree, Roger ;) . It does prove something. It proves that someone who trumpets as one of his key bonafides an engineer’s intelligence and attention to detail has a glaring omission in his marketing material that blows a hole in his credibility.

    Sid’s response to Roger quotes extensively from Brian’s website about Brian’s heart scan score, and revealingly disconnects from Roger’s point and fails to address it. Lots of words, but serving only to obscure. The score of another guy with heart disease has nothing to do with how common and utterly banal a zero heart scan score is in a 52-year-old Brian Peskin. Same as my score. While I’m pleased to be at zero, it’s proves nothing about the benefits of my low carb diet, as the vast majority of my peers would be expected to also have a zero score (and we all know that most of them are NOT livinlavidalowcarb). The omission of this perspective, by an MIT engineer, and worse yet in marketing materials intended to sell his stuff, is a huge blow to credibility.

    Ditto the Professor moniker that a previous commenter noted.

    Still haven’t seen anyone tackle the hunter-gatherer aspect here either. Has nothing to do with processed oils. Those hominids didn’t have access to processed oils. They thrived with much lower 6 to 3 ratios than Brian advocates. Where’s the evidence that we need more? Address that directly.

  • Sid Aust

    Response to Steve L….

    Once again he did not say a zero score was an extremely common score…This is what he said…

    “A score of zero is not a rare thing: Approximately 50% of people who get a CT heart scan have a score of zero—no detectable calcified coronary plaque. It’s the best score you can get, since heart scan scores never go below zero. By age 65, only 25% of people will maintain a score of zero.

    Where does he say extremely common score…show me…

    Also…a quote…
    “Still haven’t seen anyone tackle the hunter-gatherer aspect here either. Has nothing to do with processed oils. Those hominids didn’t have access to processed oils. They thrived with much lower 6 to 3 ratios than Brian advocates. Where’s the evidence that we need more? Address that directly. ”

    For food that were free range animals and probably ate a variety of grasses etc. today animals are feed grain based corn,wheat, etc and is processed and hense makes them fatter for the market.. Why would they need processed oils back then?? The meat we eat today are not corn or wheat feed…

    Also you may recall Brian’s Doctor almost fell out of the chair (as a matter of speaking) because his score was 0 when he told him what his diet was
    high fat,high protein, and low carb…
    He has MDs(Highly Aclaimed ones at that) followers all over the country and they follow his methods. Brian lectures to cancer and heart doctors all over the cournty. Do you think they are that stupid and would not be able to seen through this if it was not creditable? ? I know sure he has some that are highly critical of him same as here on the comment section. Do you really have to understand gravity to know it works if you jump off a tall building…you are going to be dead just the same…I think the bottom line here is most think it is just too simple to work…
    Great posts here and was to be expected a lot of disagreement…if anyone here wants to email Brian and address some of the questions that do not meet your approval…please do….and also post them here on the forum…I would love to see what he has to say…he will respond to you…..mention expecially the heart scan and the web site…
    Happy holidays to everyone..

    Best to everyone, happy holidays

  • Steve L.

    I’m a little sheepish that I’m even continuing to be drawn into this, but I’ll invest 5 more minutes.

    For Sid: My question was “where’s the evidence we need more?” [omega-6]

    Your response talks about grass fed vs. corn fed animals and asks why ancient man would need processed oil. How is that remotely responsive to my question? Unfortunately, is emblematic of some of the stream-of-consciousness stuff on Brian’s web site. I can’t even tell where you’re going with that.

    Regarding the heart scan score, yes, I do consider 50% of people having a zero heart scan score to be an extremely common finding. 50% of the people I see walking around in the world are female, so I consider them to be extremely common (in a good way). Brian needs to find something else to hang his hat on to prove the efficacy of his approach, as any MIT engineer should have realized.

    Now, I’m sure he’s spent tons of time reading about omega-6, and I don’t want to denigrate that effort, but the lack of clarity in the way he attempts to connect the dots, along with the distractions of the marketing techniques, cause me to have to spend more time deciphering the message than I can justify, to say the least.

    So I’ll bow out and give Sid the last word on this.

  • Sid Aust

    I say email Brian and tell him of your concern for this. He will be glad to answer your question and his stance on this issue. I had questions also when I heard him and has always answered my question. I do not think you will find and answer that suits you here…Get it as they say from the horses mount …
    info@brianpeskin.com

  • Sid Aust

    And that goes for anyone else whose questions were not answered by Brian. Please email Brian email on the the last post…This has been a great descussion as we can all learn from each other…
    best,

  • Hannah Gruen

    Frankly, I fail to understand why any of you would take Mr. Peskin very seriously. Other than an obvious propensity for self-promotion, he doesn’t seem to have any obvious credentials. A BS (not a masters, not a PhD) in electrical engineering doesn’t make you a scientist, not does some diligent self-study in the stacks on physiology and biochemistry. To me, his writing reeks of non-scientism, to coin a word.

    Honestly, I’m up to here with engineers who think because they took a little lower-level science along with their engineering courses, voila… a little reading and now they, too, can do science. Mostly, they do it very badly, because… surprise… they aren’t trained as scientists. Even many actual scientists don’t do it well, of course, especially the older ones who become overly-invested in theories that need to be retired (we can all think of a few of those, can’t we?)

    Engineers are trained to USE the results science provides. Few seem to understand that limitation. In particular, it’s unusual for an engineer working on a highly-complex non-closed system to really grasp the implications of that situation to how he must go about developing and testing his hypotheses. Unfortunately, there’s a lot more to it than “connecting the dots,” although that phrase in itself is emblematic of an engineering-style solution paradigm, as opposed to a science-based one.

    Yes, Mr. Peskin is entitled to his opinions. Using such unproven opinions to part a lot of unsuspecting folks from their money, as he was called out for by Texas authorities, may not be so benign.

  • http://www.brianpeskin.com brian peskin

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  • Sid Aust

    Concerning Track your plaque….
    Talking about who wants to make a million $$$
    William Davis MD charges ……$39.95 to join which is find but $19.95 per quarter thereafter…Is he about helping people or making more $$$$$$…compared to The Hidden Story of Cancer a one time cost of $39.95 for a education you will not receive anywhere else…

  • Sid Aust

    Response to Steve L
    I did not quote extensively from Braian’s Peskin’s web site I quoted from his book The Hidden Story Of Cancer, big difference.

  • Kim

    Brian:

    I think it would be far more effective if you’d simply address the specific questions that have been asked (in particular, the questions re: the evolutionary compatibility of your O6 recommendations), rather than attempting to fluff up your credibility by quoting testimonials from your website. As I’m sure you will agree, the medical profession is literally bursting at the seams with doctors and nutritionists who haven’t a clue, so random testimonials are not especially helpful.

    Thank you!

  • donny

    Sid Aust wrote;

    =============================================
    Concerning Track your plaque….
    Talking about who wants to make a million $$$
    William Davis MD charges ……$39.95 to join which is find but $19.95 per quarter thereafter…Is he about helping people or making more $$$$$$…compared to The Hidden Story of Cancer a one time cost of $39.95 for a education you will not receive anywhere else…

    UN:F [1.7.5_995]
    =========================================

    Does that come with a Ronco turnip twaddler?

    Maybe you don’t work for Brian Peskin… but you sure do read like spam. The question isn’t the money. It’s the value of the product, and whether or not the product is honestly represented.

    cough.

  • Wendy

    I commend Mr. Peskin for attempting to understand a complex problem outside his field. However, as a biochemist, I see at least four red flags:

    1. Touting “adjunct professor” as a credential. Adjuncts are hired under all sorts of circumstances, ranging from “we landed a former Prime Minister to teach a course in government” to “we have an emergency and we need a warm body.” Claiming the title “professor” for the rest of one’s life on the basis of one guest lectureship is not exactly humble nor is it valid.

    2. What about all the evidence to the contrary? To dismiss the conclusions of the people who did the experiments and were trained in research design and interpretation as well as the fundamentals of the biochemistry as “wrong” is a bit broad. Whenever I see the contrary evidence ignored or insufficiently dissected, it’s a red flag for me. And there is a LOT of evidence to support the benefits of EPA and DHA in fish oils. Some of these studies seemed pretty straightforward to me. Maybe I’m “wrong” in interpreting them but I’m not convinced.

    3. Endorsements from physicians are unconvincing. Physicians know an awful lot, but they are not usually as well-versed in biochemistry as are people who do biochemistry full-time, who attend meetings, who have a historical perspective, and who keep up with the literature. I’d be more convinced by endorsements from biochemists who understand fatty acid metabolism.

    4. This is a complex problem and is probably not reducible to something as simple as the position of the double bond (which is the difference between omega-3s and omega-6s). Many PhDs who have studied these things for years are quite forthcoming in expressing ignorance and of the gaps in knowledge.

    I am always willing to have an open mind but the above four things narrow it as far as Mr. Peskin’s theories are concerned.

    I see Mr. Peskin is responding to this forum here. I apologize for having to take my skepticism public and for having skepticism in the first place, but perhaps this will give him the opportunity to make his case more strongly.

  • http://www.brianpeskin.com brian peskin

    My work is bulletproof, but as a human being I am flawed. So feel free to make attacks of a general and personal nature, other than SPECIFIC SCIENCE.

    Yes, you are wrong; very wrong. For example, regarding DHA and EPA: how much of these substances are in the tissue? How much in the plasma, and how much of the parent ALA naturally converts into these derivatives? Compare this to what is in fish oil supplements and you will be horrified at their pharmacological overdoses.

    You see, you know none of these answers or you would not have made the statements you did. You confuse”studies” with experiments….big mistake as this is why so often “findings” gets reversed with “new research.” Wrong conclusions are abundant because experiments only varying one variable were not done.

    What seems “straightforward to you” and many others is anything but, and making wrong assumptions and drawing wrong conclusions is why biochemistry will NOT lead you to the solution.

    The solutions to cancer and cardiovascular disease are in physiology — and that’s why the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons published my peer-reviewed article (there were multiple biochemists which i had to overturn their beliefs with strong science because they were in disbelief, too) which you will learn much from. The reviewers’ quote: “This is an important paper that should see the light of day in a medical journal. It follows a path via physiology rather than biochemistry, which is the path that we tend to follow…. we think physicians will be more interested in the physiological approach.”

    Although, as you stated, comments by physicians (who are also biochemists) don’t count for much…

    I have no more time defending anything, so if you want answers, you’ll need to spend your time reading my work instead of criticizing it without understanding nearly enough to be intelligent in the subject.

    I find this is an unfortunate consequence of questioning the prevailing orthodoxy.

  • JD

    Wow. After reading this last comment from BP all I can say is what a sanctimonious a.. Can you say shades of Anthony Colpo? I realize that this is an ad hominem comment but that is my reaction to holier than thou persons. No one in science says they have THE answer as science in time humbles many scientists. Reminds me of the claims about climate change where there is definitely room for argument and discussion IMO.

  • Kim

    “Wow” was exactly my thought too. It’s a shame he spent so much time dodging questions – I was kinda hoping to be enlightened by his genius.

    “Screw you guys, I’m going home.”
    -Eric Cartman

  • http://healthcorrelator.blogspot.com/ Ned Kock

    One of Dr. Warburg’s main hypotheses, as I understand it, was that cancer cells consume large amounts of glucose, and in fact need to do so to grow.

    The connection between that and the recommendation to consume Omega-6 fatty acids is unclear to me. But I guess I need to read more about Dr. Warburg’s work, and the extrapolations from that work by your guest.

    Also, at some point your guest said that Omega-3 consumption causes diabetes. Yet, diabetes is associated with high levels of triglycerides, and those go down with consumption of Omega-3 fat acids.

    An interesting interview though.

  • Sid Aust

    Response to Kim…
    Why in heaven sacks don’t you email Brian and ask him whatever question you want to ask personally from your email address? Is that so hard to understand. He is not going to come in here and spoon feed and baby people like you.

    (“Wow” was exactly my thought too. It’s a shame he spent so much time dodging questions – I was kinda hoping to be enlightened by his genius.)

  • Kim

    Sid:

    Brian had multiple opportunities to answer the burning question repeated over and over again by quite a few different people on this board. He chose not to. He just tap danced around the issue a few times before he packed up his toys and went home mad.

    Why would I expect to get a different response had I repeated the question though a different venue?

  • greg

    when you take the correct ratio of o mega 6 and 3 your consumption of sugar will go away because the parent essential oils will make the sugar cravings go away. thats the connection. you will starve the cancer if you have it. people say they love sweets not admitting its an addiction. i know ive been taking these oils for one year.

  • greg

    when people are over educated then the world around them is complicated. they believe this because they paid alot of money for their education. it would be horrible for them to see this all crumble down from something so simple. i hate to say this but too much education can make a person so smart that they are stupid.

  • greg

    p.s. im not talking about brian peskin

  • floris times

    I begin to think that Sid Aust = Brian Peskin.

  • greg

    maybe u should read instead of think. you can think what you want but to do something is different. oh and greg doesnt equal brian peskin. i dont have any degrees. if i can do it anyone can do it. as brian said earlier, he wont comment anymore. i remember in baseball when there was no pitch count. if you look at pictures of people 100 years ago there where no fat people. they had poor living conditions but no fat people. when i was in 5th grade in the 60s there was maybe one chubby kid in the class and everybody picked on that poor kid. look what you got today. now everybody envys thin people. if you want to think, think what kinds of food people ate 100years ago compared to today. i did read somewhere i dont remember but look at all the people who live to be 100. they all eat and smoke and drink. the one common denominator in each 100 year old is that they all had a stable blood sugar. there is the secret to longivety. i hope i spelled that word right. its a tough one a little too big of a word. i go by what i see and try.





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