The truth about seed oils (PUFAS) is finally coming to light. We’ve been falsely told that the surge in skin cancer is solely due to the sun and to slather up with toxic sunscreens, despite the fact that natural light is an essential nutrient.
In the following article you will learn that linoleic acid is extremely unstable and prone to oxidation. But the switcheroo is complete because a society once heavily reliant upon animal fats has been duped into believing seed oils are healthier. They are now embedded in more than 70% of packaged foods.
According to AMD, the switch is all due to a 1980s public relations campaign by a struggling dermatology profession which rebranded itself as cancer fighters. After all, skin cancer is very lucrative.
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Historical Rise of Cancer and Dietary Linoleic Acid — Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies
- October 14, 2025Download PDF
Story at-a-glance
- Cancer now affects 30% to 50% of Americans, a massive increase from just 5% in 1900, reflecting how modern diets and lifestyles have reshaped your body’s internal terrain
- Excess linoleic acid (LA) from seed oils triggers toxic byproducts, chronic inflammation, and mitochondrial breakdown, all of which weaken your body’s defenses and fuel tumor growth
- Lowering LA intake from 7% to around 2% to 3% of daily calories has been shown to cut oxidative stress markers by 20% in as little as 12 weeks, giving your body a chance to recover
- A four-phase terrain restoration strategy uses seed oil elimination, staged carbohydrate reintroduction, gradual fiber restoration, and metabolic supports like intermittent fasting and exercise to rebuild resilience
- Simple daily steps — avoiding seed oils, rebuilding gut health, supporting mitochondria through movement and sleep, and tracking progress — give you control over your risk and long-term health
I recently published a landmark paper in the World Journal of Clinical Oncology, an internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journal known for advancing cutting-edge cancer research.1 In this work, I call for nothing less than a paradigm shift in how cancer is approached — moving away from patchwork symptom management and toward restoring health at the cellular level.
The framework I outlined challenges the current standard of care and instead focuses on correcting the metabolic imbalances, mitochondrial dysfunction, and inflammatory triggers that make your body more hospitable to disease. My paper lays the scientific foundation for practical, everyday strategies you can begin applying right now to reclaim your terrain.
By targeting root causes instead of chasing downstream effects, you put yourself in the best position to strengthen your defenses and lower your risk of cancer in a meaningful way. The next step is to unpack the key findings of this research and show you how restoring balance inside your cells changes the trajectory of your health. (See link for article and video)
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SUMMARY:
- The rise in LA tracked closely with cancer incidence
- High LA levels are repeatedly associated with greater risks of breast, prostate, colorectal, and melanoma cancers.
- High LA increases toxic byproducts in the body which overwhelm your body’s repair systems and tricks your body into acting like it’s oxygen starved which flips on cancer-promoting switches.
- The biological damage includes oxidative stress, inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction, suppressed autophagy, and gut dysbiosis.
- Minimizing LA removes the core trigger of metabolic damage, along with eating easy-to-digest carbs to restore energy without overwhelming the gut, gradually restoring fiber, and including adjunctive metabolic supports such as intermittent fasting, exercise, and various supplements are a four pronged approach to reversing cancer.
Minimizing LA is tough since it is embedded in more than 70% of packaged foods. It could also take months to see a change in tissue levels of LA.
I would be remiss if I did not mention here that another very real reason cancer rates are through the roof is due to the COVID shots. World renowned oncologist Professor Angus Dalgleish has issued a grave warning that there is an irrefutable link between the deadly disease and mRNA “vaccines,” and that the signal is impossible to ignore. He’s also seeing turbo cancers skyrocketing in his own vaxxed patients as well as stabilized cancer patients suddenly relapsing aggressively after getting a booster.
Just today, a peer-reviewed study has shown direct molecular evidence of mRNA ‘vaccine’ genomic integration.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/what-to-know-about-raw-milk-seed-oils-and-the-food-pyramid-sally-fallon-morell Video Here (Approx. 42 Min)
What to Know About Raw Milk, Seed Oils, and the Food Pyramid
Sally Fallon Morell
“Animal fats are good for you. They’re not going to give you heart disease. Quite the opposite—they’re very stable, and they support good health. They support heart health,” Morell says. “Our mission is to bring people back to these foods, to get people to eat butter again, whole milk. By the way, egg yolks are a sacred food as well, very rich in nutrients and fat-soluble activators.”
“Follow the money. I mean, it’s much less expensive to use soybean oil or corn oil than butter. Butter is a very expensive fat, or lard or tallow. Those are the three main ones. And then there’s also what I call the fruit oils: just palm oil, coconut oil, and palm kernel oil. These are much healthier than the seed oils because they’re more saturated. And you know the saturated fats have been demonized, but the saturated fats are the good fats. They’re the stable fats that don’t break down. And the fats that traditional people prized and always made sure they ate with their food.” ~ Sally Fallon Morell
- PUFAS integrate into skin cell membranes
- PUFAS oxidize rapidly when exposed to UV light
- This oxidation generates inflammatory compounds which damage skin cells and amplify UV-induced harm
- Result: increased sunburn and higher oxidative stress which could very well yield more skin cancers
Saturated fats on the other hand are stable and resistant to oxidative damage and UV radiation.
Logic would indicate that cancer rates (melanoma, particularly) would be highest in regions with high UV exposure and yet reality shows that melanoma is more common in areas with low sun-light like Scandinavia, Canada, and the Northern U.S.
- Animal studies with diets high in linoleic acid have dramatically higher incidences of UV-induced skin tumors.
- Linoleic acid promotes angiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels) and suppresses apoptosis (programmed cell death) – two processes that may facilitate cancer
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Next, my doctor told me about CURADERM BEC5, an eggplant based cream that targets and destroys cancer cells and salicylic acid sloughs off the dead skin eventually leaving new virgin skin. This process, I’m not going to lie, can be very painful. Think of burning acid ….. but it does not involve removing skin from vulnerable places or leaving scars because it kills the cancer cells but allows new skin to come from the bottom up, to replace the cancer. This can take time depending on how deep the cancer goes. There can also be pus and sores until the cancer cells are all removed. Depending upon the size of the area you can also really go through the tiny tubes which are $200 a pop.
Since this self-experiment using CURADERM I’ve read some promising testimonials on Dr. Makis’ Substack where people are using ivermectin paste successfully on cancers that are topical. I’ve now been using the ivermectin cream and it is working wonderfully. I still use CURADERM about once a week to slough off the old skin so I can physically see what I’m dealing with. This has been particularly helpful for a large patch on my inner thigh. The edges are becoming white, which is all new skin and the redness is becoming lighter and lighter over time. I also don’t have any painful sores or pus anymore. I’ve been working on it for nearly a year.
If you have a scab or skin area that will not heal, have it checked out. All of my basal cell carcinomas where little areas that wouldn’t heal over time. In nearly every case the cancer was deeper and wider than the initial spot. Now, if I have a suspicious spot, I simply apply a tad of CURADERM and wait. If it becomes red and inflamed I know I’m dealing with cancer. Adding the ivermectin to the mix has reduced the costs substantially. I will add that it takes a while to dry so I will cover with gauze and use medical tape to hold into place until it’s dry. You apply twice a day and make sure to scrub off any paste before reapplying. Again – I’ll eventually write up a complete article but for those of you who need some intel now, you got it!
I strongly believe that seed oils are behind my skin cancers. Neither of my parents had skin cancer and were in the sun continually being born and raised on the Mississippi River. But my generation grew up on Country Crock, the plastic-like substance that replaced butter which they told us was ‘bad.’ I believe my body is inundated with the stuff and now am on a mission to rid it of this highly manufactured toxic substance. Sadly, I know this will take time.
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