The Medical Advisor

Introduction Cancer remains one of the most challenging diseases to treat, despite advances in targeted therapies, immunotherapy, and precision medicine. As patients seek alternative and complementary treatments, drug repurposing has gained significant attention. Among these repurposed drugs, fenbendazole (FBZ) —a broad-spectrum anthelmintic commonly used in veterinary medicine—has emerged as a potential anticancer agent. Initially anecdotal, reports of its effectiveness in various cancer types have sparked interest in its mechanisms and possible therapeutic role. Several patients, including Joe Tippens , have publicly shared their experiences of tumor regression and disease stabilization after integrating fenbendazole into their cancer treatment regimens. Encouraged by these cases, further investigations have explored its microtubule-disrupting, apoptosis-inducing, and glucose-metabolism-inhibiting properties, which resemble the mechanisms of e...

NAC – An Over-The-Counter Supplement That Works Better Than Medications While I don’t believe there will ever be a pill you can take that will make you stop skin picking or hair pulling, there is a supplement that might help you reduce the behaviors, if you are one of the lucky ones for whom it works. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is an amino acid and a precursor to glutathione, the master antioxidant in the body. Low levels of glutathione in the body are implicated in numerous mental and physical health conditions and diseases. It is possible that glutathione is the most important molecule we need to stay healthy and prevent disease. Functional medical doctor Mark Hyman, MD says nearly all his chronically ill patients are deficient in glutathione and that the ability to produce and maintain high levels of glutathione is necessary for recovery from chronic illness. While glutathione is expensive to deliver in an effective manner, NAC is readily available  in capsule form . Besides in...

Approximately 15% of Americans who took a COVID-19 vaccine have some new medical illness and regret the shot. Many are looking to nattokinase in formulations of Spike protein support supplements asking is it safe, and what is the track record for this Asian discovery? Chen et al reviewed human studies before the pandemic on the use of nattokinase with this introduction: “Natto, a cheese-like food made of soybeans fermented with Bacillus subtilis, has been consumed as a traditional food in Asian countries for more than 2000 years. Natto consumption is believed to be a significant contributor to the longevity of the Japanese population.  Recent studies demonstrated that a high natto intake was associated with decreased risk of total CVD mortality and, in particular, a decreased risk of mortality from ischaemic heart diseases. Before the 1980s, very little was known about the mechanism by which natto consumption led to overall cardiovascular health. In 1987, Sumi et al discovered tha...

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Vegetable oils, more accurately called seed oils, are likely the most important metabolic toxin in your diet. They are the unifying mechanism behind westernized chronic diseases like heart disease, obesity, cancer and diabetes Heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity were virtually unknown in the 19th century but have skyrocketed today; the introduction of processed foods with sugar, refined flour, trans fats and, primarily, industrially processed seed oils, are the culprits Seed oils, also misleadingly known as “vegetable oils,” are industrially processed, proinflammatory and driving oxidation in your body that drives chronic disease and obesity While ancestral populations have had their health protected by not consuming seed oils, other populations, like Japan and ancient Egypt, have had declines in health that correspond to increasing consum...

When it comes to health and disease prevention, your mitochondrial health and function simply cannot be overstated. If your mitochondria are not functioning well, nothing else will either. Optimization of mitochondria is also a central key for life extension. Dr. Lee Know, who is a naturopathic physician, has written a must-read book on this topic called " Mitochondria and the Future of Medicine: The Key to Understanding Disease, Chronic Illness, Aging, and Life Itself ." Lee Know has been a passionate student of mitochondria for quite some time. "I've always been interested in antiaging and longevity, but that was not the motivation behind the book," he says. That motivation grew out of an interest in Coenzyme Q10. Animal research was showing that age-related female infertility was closely linked to mitochondrial dysfunction and aging mitochondria, and could be reversed through CoQ10 supplementation. Fertility clinics in Canada started to use CoQ10, and...