Jonathan Stegall > Quotes

“Teavigo by Pure Encapsulations. It is standardized to contain 94% EGCG, meaning that it is a highly potent formula. I typically have my patients take one capsule (150 mg) twice daily.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“The problem is that we live in an overstressed society, bombarded with negative news at every possible turn. We are more stressed than ever with regard to our family lives, finances, careers, and personal endeavors. We are also stressed about our health. None of these are the acute stressors we are optimally designed to deal with. Stress experienced in this way becomes chronic, not acute, and our body’s stress mechanisms that were designed for sprinting are now forced to run a marathon, so to speak.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“Beta-1,3D Glucan Beta glucans help form the structural walls of yeast, fungi, and seaweed. They are what we refer to as biological response modifiers, due to their wide range of effects in the body including immunity against infectious agents as well as a reduction in oxidative stress. (1) There is evidence that beta glucan is effective against multiple cancer types. (2, 3), and research is pointing toward it likely being beneficial for most if not all cancers. (4) The beta glucan I use with my patients is Beta Glucan 500 from Better Way Health.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“As we have already discussed, our key nutritional principles are centered around a plant-focused diet, focusing on minimally-processed organic foods, methionine restriction, and intermittent fasting.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“This focus, however, is somewhat shortsighted because it does little to address what still lies at the root of the problem. While we understand that genetic mutations are an important part of how cancer develops, and are responsible for giving cancer cells their aggressive behavior, little has been done to address what causes those genetic mutations to begin with.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“An additional benefit of zinc is that it chelates copper. As we discussed previously, copper is frequently elevated in cancer patients and is required for the production of new blood vessels to feed tumors (angiogenesis). By helping to break down and eliminate copper, the angiogenesis process is negatively affected. I recommend a chelated zinc, as this form tends to be better absorbed than non-chelated versions. I have one manufactured for my patients, and the typical dose is between 40-80 mg daily.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“Food is meant for sustenance and enjoyment, not something on which you base your self-worth. I want you to view nutrition as part of your life, not a part of who you see yourself as.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“Cancer, in the realest way, can cost an individual their quality of life, even with a good prognosis.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How You Can Defeat Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Alternative Therapies

“BMI is calculated by dividing your weight (in kilograms) by your height (in meters) squared. The formula looks like this: kg/m2. If you weigh 90 kg (approximately 200 lbs) and you are about 2 meters tall (about 6 feet), your BMI is 22.5. A BMI under 18.5 is considered underweight. Between 18.5 and 24.9 is considered normal. If you are between 25-29.9, you are considered overweight; anything over 30 is considered obese. Ideally, one should aim to be in the normal BMI range, between 18.5 and 24.9.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“In fact, we should be reminded of what Dave Sackett, MD, considered the father of evidence-based medicine, had to say: “Half of what you will learn in medical school will be shown to be dead wrong or out of date within five years of your medical school graduation.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“If you ask most oncologists if they feel that nutrition is an important aspect of cancer treatment, they will tell you that it is not. Thus, oncologists tend to de-emphasize nutrition because they lack the expertise in it as well as the appreciation for it.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“The tocotrienol forms of vitamin E, namely the delta and gamma tocotrienols, are the correct form for anti-cancer purposes. Studies have shown that the tocotrienols, namely delta tocotrienol, affect multiple growth factors and signaling pathways in cancer cells. (15”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” – Socrates”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“Hypnotherapy Under 10% of our brain activity and thoughts are conscious. The remaining 90% of our brain activity is subconscious thought. Subconscious thoughts exert an enormous influence over our conscious thoughts, actions, and behaviors, as well as the functioning of our bodies.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“A cancer diagnosis often brings feelings of hopelessness, anxiety and despair. Frequently, a diagnosis blindsides otherwise healthy people, who––in an instant––are transported from their normal, healthy lives into the valley of the shadows of illness. The emotional, spiritual, and psychological implications of this are just as profound as the physical implications.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“When we talk about cancer as a metabolic disease, we are referring to cellular metabolism, or the way a cell produces energy.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“This relationship is built upon several key factors, including good communication, compassion, and ultimately, trust.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“Vitamin D3 There have been many studies conducted on vitamin D, and subsequently many theories about optimal levels. When we test for vitamin D, we are testing for levels of 25-hydroxy vitamin D (usually listed as 25-OH vitamin D on a lab report). Some studies have suggested a blood level of 40-60 ng/mL of vitamin D is ideal, while others have suggested 50-70 ng/mL, and still others suggested 80-100 ng/mL. Studies show that for anti-cancer purposes, it is optimal to keep vitamin D levels in the 60-80 range. (11)”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“that patients who have a strong relationship with their healthcare provider have better treatment outcomes.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“Papaya extract is helpful when patients have thrombocytopenia (low platelets). Papaya extract has been shown to help boost platelet production. I like Herbal Goodness’s Papaya Leaf Extract, 600 mg taken twice daily.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies

“Interestingly, however, in recent years, research has pointed toward inflammation as much more important underlying cause of heart disease than high cholesterol. Inflammation, it appears, is what causes cholesterol in the blood to oxidize, forming the plaques that block blood flow. As with many other diseases, including cancer, inflammation lies at the root of the problem.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How You Can Defeat Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Alternative Therapies

“Instilling Mindfulness Because we know that our thoughts and our words have an effect on our minds (and ultimately, our bodies), it is important for all people––not just cancer patients––to cultivate a sense of mindfulness. What this means is simply becoming more intentional about being present, or in the moment. Becoming more mindful entails having a heightened awareness about your thoughts, your mood, and your words.”
― Jonathan Stegall, Cancer Secrets: An Integrative Oncologist Reveals How to Fight Cancer Using the Best of Modern Medicine and Natural Therapies