How to Starve Cancer: ...and Then Kill It With Ferroptosis Paperback – September 1, 2021

This is an absolutely fantastic book, and I gave it 5 stars, even though it has some caveats. It is a real page turner, thanks to the author's prodigious writing talents, and she stays on point 98% of the time, offering pearls of advice and information on killing cancer, even though it relates her personal story. The main caveat is that, even though the first 300 pages are an easy read and utterly engaging, dispensing vital information throughout, at the same time, the last 100 pages suddenly become exponentially more technical, and somewhat difficult to decipher, at first. You may want to read some sections here more than once to get it clear. Secondly, it becomes so technical regarding "fine tuning" your program, which requires your own research ( she offers basic guidance how to do it) and diagnostic tests which only a trained physician would know what to utilize, such that, ultimately, you will need to seek out a holistic MD/oncologist focused on cancer. But, she does, to her credit offer an exhaustive list of medical references. Another minor complaint is that there are a huge number of "broad spectrum", completely natural nutraceuticals such as modified citrus pectin, fermented wheat germ, saffron, resveratrol etc, etc which are invaluable in killing both cancer stem cells and fast dividing daughter cells which she ignores. Also. she relies exclusively on off-label drugs such as statins, which she vociferously defends, stating that they have received a "bad rap, and that their serious side effects take a year to manifest whereas she employs it only short term, but she brings no reference to support her claim. All in all, these criticisms are relatively minor, and this is an indispensable reference book to have. I would suggest to anyone interested in the subject to subscribe to Dr. Ralph Moss's website which is truly exhaustive and offers invaluable information which will broaden your horizons and offer additional, crucial strategies (I get no commission!)

This book is a must read for anyone battling cancer; in particular for anyone looking for an alternative route beyond the western standard of chemo and radiation. Jane McClelland writes a very detailed but also very readable book for the average non-medical person, explaining the many pathways cancer is prone to take if it runs into a road block such as chemo. Rather than just having a single approach to fighting the disease, she offers a multi-pronged metabolic approach in which one blocks other pathways before the cancer even heads down them explaining that most often, chemo will reach a point at which it will stop working. Hence the need to block other pathways before that happens. As a survivor of stage 4 cervical cancer herself, she has walked the walk and is now educating others on what she researched and learned and what she recommends. in her own words, her process in a nutshell is "starve it, stop it spreading, THEN snuff it out," which she writes in her intro. She offers a ten-step process to accomplishing this which she lays out in the book as well.HIGHLY recommend! Her book also contains many resources including a website rich with information, podcasts, courses, and websites to help you find a doctor in your area that follows her methodologies. Not sure? I'd say get the book and read what she has to say. Might not be for you, but I think it's an incredibly sensible approach that I intent to pursue. I've read a lot of books about cancer treatment; books on what to eat, what supplements to take, etc. I've read more articles than I can count about promising testing and approaches, etc. But this by far offers the most in terms of how I can help myself put forth my best effort toward fighting this disease with *specific* things I can do to help myself. It offers hope as well - and while it is no cure, it helps you make it another day and another and another in the hopes that one has an opportunity to see actual progress and perhaps even success.