Thomas N. Seyfried
Thomas N. Seyfried (born 1946[1]) is an American professor of biology, genetics, and biochemistry at Boston College. He received his PhD from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1976. His postdoctoral fellowship studies were in the Department of Neurology at the Yale University School of Medicine where he served as an assistant professor in neurology. He did undergraduate work at the University of New England, formerly St. Francis College, and received a master's degree in genetics from Illinois State University, Normal.
Research and views
His research focuses on mechanisms of chronic diseases such as cancer, epilepsy, neurodegenerative lipid storage diseases, and caloric restriction diets.[2] Thomas N. Seyfried has been published in over 150 peer-reviewed publications.[3] He previously served as chair, Scientific Advisory Committee for the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association and presently serves on several editorial boards, including those for Nutrition & Metabolism, Neurochemical Research, the Journal of Lipid Research, and ASN Neuro. His 2012 book is Cancer as a Metabolic Disease: On the Origin, Management, and Prevention of Cancer. Seyfried is a popular interview guest regarding the metabolic theory of cancer.
Seyfried has been accused of suggesting that cancer patients should reject radiation therapy and chemotherapy. In one interview he claimed these treatments have only marginally improved long-term survival and described them as "medieval," instead favoring a ketogenic diet combined with metabolism-targeting drugs.[4][5][6][7] However, in his peer-reviewed scientific publications, Seyfried has argued that dose-adjusted chemotherapy and radiation should be integrated into ketogenic metabolic therapy.[8][9]
Personal life
Seyfried also served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War, receiving the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal.[10] His father, William E. Seyfried, Sr., served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II and was president and founder of Capeway Paints in Brockton, Massachusetts.[11] His brother William E. Seyfried, Jr. is a University of Minnesota professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences who obtained a PhD from the University of Southern California.[12] Thomas Seyfried and his wife Karen live in Foxboro, Massachusetts.[13][14]
References
- ↑ "Interview with Thomas N. Seyfried on Cancer as a metabolic disease: On the origin, management, and prevention of cancer". Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ "Biology Department Faculty: Thomas N. Seyfried, professor". Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ "An overview of publications and citations of Thomas N Seyfried". Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ The Diary Of A CEO (2024-10-07). The Cancer Expert: "This Common Food Is Making Cancer Worse!". Retrieved 2024-12-17 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ↑ Wilson, Clare (2024-12-13). "Four wildest health claims in Steven Bartlett's Diary of a CEO podcast debunked". The i Paper. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ↑ Ladanie, Aviv; Schmitt, Andreas M.; Speich, Benjamin; Naudet, Florian; Agarwal, Arnav; Pereira, Tiago V.; Sclafani, Francesco; Herbrand, Amanda K.; Briel, Matthias; Martin-Liberal, Juan; Schmid, Thomas; Ewald, Hannah; Ioannidis, John P. A.; Bucher, Heiner C.; Kasenda, Benjamin (2020-11-10). "Clinical Trial Evidence Supporting US Food and Drug Administration Approval of Novel Cancer Therapies Between 2000 and 2016". JAMA Network Open. 3 (11): e2024406. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.24406. ISSN 2574-3805. PMC 7656288 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 33170262 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Seyfried, Thomas N.; Yu, George; Maroon, Joseph C.; D’Agostino, Dominic P. (2017-02-23). "Press-pulse: a novel therapeutic strategy for the metabolic management of cancer". Nutrition & Metabolism. 14 (1): 19. doi:10.1186/s12986-017-0178-2. ISSN 1743-7075. PMC 5324220. PMID 28250801.
- ↑ Duraj, Tomás; Kalamian, Miriam; Zuccoli, Giulio; Maroon, Joseph C.; D’Agostino, Dominic P.; Scheck, Adrienne C.; Poff, Angela; Winter, Sebastian F.; Hu, Jethro; Klement, Rainer J.; Hickson, Alicia; Lee, Derek C.; Cooper, Isabella; Kofler, Barbara; Schwartz, Kenneth A. (2024-12-05). "Clinical research framework proposal for ketogenic metabolic therapy in glioblastoma". BMC Medicine. 22 (1): 578. doi:10.1186/s12916-024-03775-4. ISSN 1741-7015. PMC 11622503 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 39639257 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Seyfried, Thomas (26 June 2012). Thomas N. Seyfried bio at Amazon.com. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470584927. Search this book on
- ↑ "Obituary: William E. Seyfried, Sr., 85". Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ "University of Minnesota: William Seyfried". Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ "Roth, Gregory". Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ↑ "How to Starve Cancer & Heal the Body, Dr. Thomas Seyfried". YouTube. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
Further reading
Christofferson, Travis (2017). Tripping over the Truth: How the Metabolic Theory of Cancer Is Overturning One of Medicine's Most Entrenched Paradigms. Chelsea Green Publishing. Search this book on
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