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For people who are trying to treat their own cancers, who are not from a medical background, concentrating on articles like this to extract what WE need from them can be hard. My new best friend - that provides the brain power I no longer possess to do this for myself - is ChatGPT.

My question to ChatGPT: In simple layman's terms, in no more than three paragraphs, please explain the difference between Somatic Mutation Theory (SMT) and The Metabolic Theory Of Cancer.

ChatGPT: "Somatic Mutation Theory (SMT) and the Metabolic Theory of Cancer offer two different explanations for how cancer starts and grows. SMT suggests that cancer begins when the DNA in a cell gets damaged or mutated. These mutations cause the cell to lose control over its growth, leading to a tumor. According to this theory, cancer is primarily a genetic disease, where the focus is on the changes in the cell's DNA.

"On the other hand, the Metabolic Theory of Cancer proposes that cancer starts not from genetic mutations, but from problems in how cells process energy. This theory suggests that when a cell's metabolism—its way of converting nutrients into energy—gets disrupted, it can lead to cancer. Instead of relying on oxygen to produce energy, cancer cells start using a less efficient process called fermentation, which doesn't need oxygen. This change in energy production is believed to drive the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells.

"In simple terms, while SMT views cancer as a result of damaged DNA, the Metabolic Theory sees it as a disease of energy production gone wrong. SMT focuses on genetic mutations as the cause, while the Metabolic Theory emphasizes the cell's energy processes as the root of the problem."

Me again. I have landed on the idea of I should treat the mitochondria to treat whatever caused my body to develop two different post-covid cancers simultaneously - at 73. I found, while investigating "treatments" I was already using for a range of health issues, that many of those "treatments" is ALSO part of a nutritional regime to help the mitochondria perform correctly. Good one. I am on the right path. Let's hope I learn enough before the cancer overtakes my entire body, to stop that happening. Can you point me to a mitochondria repair protocol?

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