102: Martha Tettenborn – Hacking Chemo

Martha Tettenborn  Martha Tettenborn RD is a Registered Dietitian and certified Primal Health Coach with over 30 years of experience working in many areas of nutrition. She currently works in long term care with a focus on nursing homes and gerontology. Her private health coach practice, The Cancer Doula, promotes a low-carb, whole-foods-based approach to disease prevention and cancer symptom management. When diagnosed with Stage 1 ovarian cancer, Martha began exploring the research of the disease and discovered the science of cancer metabolism. This led her to develop and use a protocol of ketogenic diet with targeted therapeutic fasting to significantly impact her response to chemotherapy. Inspired by her own journey, Martha wants to help others see cancer differently – as an experience that will give you strength, wisdom, and more love for your body and life than ever before.  Her experience, strategies and resources, plus the science behind them, are outlined in her book Hacking Chemo: Using Ketogenic Diet, Therapeutic Fasting and a Kickass Attitude to Power Through Cancer.  A featured speaker at the Low Carb Long Weekend Summit and on numerous podcasts, Martha shares her knowledge as a dietitian and experience as a cancer patient to inform others about the power of metabolic interventions to support conventional cancer treatment. Martha also instructs courses teaching the ketogenic approach to cancer treatment for the Nutrition Network and Udemy.  A cancer survivor since 2018, Martha is an avid hiker, cyclist, live theatre backstage crew member and a wannabe world adventurer. She lives on the beautiful Bruce Peninsula in central Ontario, Canada with her husband Mike, a noisy cockatiel named Ziggy, and a flock of backyard chickens.  Martha’s Top Tips Eat locally and seasonally. Support regenerative agriculture. Love yourself. Martha’s Book Hacking Chemo: Using Ketogenic Diet, Therapeutic Fasting and a Kickass Attitude to Power through Cancer – Martha Tettenborn https://amzn.to/3QHuvsU Resources Mentioned The Shangri-La Diet: The No Hunger Eat Anything Weight-Loss Plan – Seth Roberts https://amzn.to/3CbQe7M Dr Valter Longo Dr Thomas Seyfried00 Keto for Cancer: Ketogenic Metabolic Therapy as a Targeted Nutritional Strategy – Miriam Kalamian The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: A simple, effective way to banish clutter forever – Marie Kondo Blood Marker for Ovarian Cancer CA125 Quotes by Martha Tettenborn “I am a registered dietician and I trained in the era of low fat and cholesterol being the devil” “My identity was wrapped up in being that healthy” “Ovarian cancer is called the cancer that whispers” “One of the things about getting a cancer diagnosis is that you have to tell everyone else.” “They are still stuck in the gene theories to the exclusion of all else.” “There’s no money to be made on making pe