Cancer is classically relegated to a “disease of the immune system,” but new research suggests that “metabolic imbalances are upstream of many imbalances characteristic of cancer.”

A researcher in the field, Angela Poff, PhD, discusses more.

She explains how common metabolic imbalances favor cancer cell growth. 

Read the show notes: http://highintensityhealth.com/174

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uKsoKtkvChA?list=PL0ovt_TbvVmYvrI48Tzs1vhe4o2eUn8qU

Here are a few points we discuss in more depth:

- Widespread mitochondrial dysfunction in cancer - How lactate increases the invasive capacity of the tumor and the ability to metastasize - The role of oxygen and hypoxia in cancer cell growth