Can We Starve Cancer Cells Using the Ketogenic Diet, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and Resistance Training?

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

4.7 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Bon Charge and Cowboy Colostrum. For decades, we’ve been told that cancer is mostly a genetic disease—something determined by fate or random mutations. But what if that’s only part of the story? What if, instead, cancer is deeply tied to how our cells produce and use energy? Today on The Dhru Purohit Show, we’re revisiting one of our most talked-about moments with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino. He shares how and why the ketogenic diet can be therapeutic for cancer, why maintaining optimal blood glucose levels is essential before using hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and how exercise and lean muscle mass play a powerful role in both prevention and treatment. Dr. Dominic D’Agostino is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology, where he develops and tests metabolic therapies, including alternative energy substrates and ketogenic agents for neurological disorders, cancer, and wound healing. While studying the effects of gases on the brains of Navy SEAL divers, he developed an approach for metabolically starving cancer cells through diet and compressed oxygen, replacing chemotherapy, surgery, or radiation. In this episode, Dhru and Dr. D’Agostino dive into: Why a ketogenic diet can be therapeutic (2:21) Lowering blood glucose to the optimal range (13:32) Exploring the potential role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in cancer care (15:44) The role of exercise and muscle in cancer prevention (20:01) Final thoughts and takeaways (23:18) Also mentioned: Full episode with Dominic D'Agostino Try This: How Exercise Helps Fight Cancer This episode is brought to you by Bon Charge and Cowboy Colostrum. Right now, Bon Charge is offering my community 15% off. Just go to boncharge.com/DHRU and use code DHRU to save 15%. Right now, Cowboy Colostrum is offering my listeners 25%. Just go to CowboyColostrum.com/DHRU and use code DHRU to save 25% today. Sign up for Dhru’s Try This Newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone, Drew Proitt. You know, for a long time, when it came to the conversation of cancer,
0:04.9	we've heard that it's mostly genetic. Case close, story shut, or just bad luck. But what if
0:13.0	there's more to the story? What if there's actually more in our control than we were ever told?
0:19.8	In today's episode, we're diving into a powerful idea
0:22.9	that's starting to gain some real traction. The notion that cancer may actually be a disease
0:28.2	that is heavily connected to metabolic dysfunction. This concept, championed by researchers
0:34.3	like Dr. Thomas Seafreed and explored in today's segment for my
0:38.1	conversation with Dr. Dominic Di Agostino challenges the conventional view by looking at how
0:43.6	muscle, metabolism, and mitochondria intersect with the latest research on cancer biology
0:49.1	and metabolic therapies. Now, a little bit more about Dr. Dominic Diagostino. He's an assistant
0:54.1	professor at the University
0:55.6	of South Florida College of Medicine, molecular pharmacology and physiology, where he develops and
1:00.8	test metabolic therapies, including alternative energy substrates and ketogenic agents for
1:07.1	neurologic disorders, cancers, and wound healing. While studying the effect of gases on the
1:12.8	brains of Navy-sealed divers, Dr. Diagasino also developed an approach for metabolically
1:18.2	starving cancer cells through an experimental approach using primarily hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
1:25.3	Again, this is an experimental approach primarily shown in the lab,
1:29.1	but in our conversation today, we discuss how the ketogenic diet, resistance training,
1:33.4	and even hyperbaric oxygen therapy could play a role in changing the metabolic environment
1:38.3	of the body and helping us starve cancer cells of the fuel they rely on while supporting
1:43.8	healthy cells at the same time.
1:45.6	We also touch on the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in amplifying the effects of
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