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Michael Karlfeldt

Naturopathic doctor (ND, PhD) and founder of The Karlfeldt Center in Meridian, Idaho, host of the podcasts Integrative Cancer Solutions, Integrative Lyme Solutions, and The Dr. K Show.

Sep 17, 2026

28:36
And so what are some of the other approaches that you take, some of the other interventions to address cancer? Well,
28:41
Yeah, so we do quite a bit here at the center.
28:45
So I like to address the metabolic pathways.
28:50
So we use things like dichloroacetate, DCA, which interferes with that fermentation cycle.
28:58
And then we push the mitochondria to see if we can either activate it or turn on apoptosis through the mitochondria.
29:07
And that is then using something that's called polyMVA.
29:11
It's a molecule that is quite unique.

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43:28
Even in a lot of natural cancer centers around the world, many don't address the emotional trauma component, which is, you know, for many people, it's a big underlying root cause of cancer.
9:17
What got into your head that you decided, you know what, I'm going to spend months, nights, and days to write this book with Dr. V?
9:25
Yeah, because we always enjoy sacrificing our weekends and evenings to see 20, 30 patients a day.
9:33
This is what we want to do.
9:37
So the and I don't know about the patient population you have a large portion of my patient population are especially breast cancer.
9:46
I would say that that is probably the number one type of cancer set that come into my clinic.
9:52
Number two, prostate and then colorectal and then lymphomas and lung and so forth.
9:59
So and breast tends to be a very emotional.

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34:19
But are there something specific about healing your emotional wounds that could impact cancer outcomes? And what do you mean by emotional wounds here? Like shed some light on that.
5:40
You know, the symptoms present differently, but do you think that, can you talk a little bit more about the blueprint, how it might go awry and how you help people return to balance?
5:51
Yeah.
5:51
So when you're looking then at, you know, let's say cancer, for instance, you know, frequently, I mean, I would say probably at least nine out of 10, you know, when I asked them, so, you know, why do you think you get cancer? You know, it's a common question that I ask my patient.
6:08
And I would say 9 out of 10, it is some stressful event.
6:13
It is some traumatic experience.
6:17
It is some belief system.
6:21
That tends to be kind of what they express just naturally.

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12:34
How do you help them shift emotionally? What tools do you utilize? What's worked well? What do people like the most?
8:24
What types of infections do you commonly see linked to cancer recurrence, and how should patients explore this with their care team?
8:32
And that's becoming more and more common, and I think it is just people are dealing with a lot of stress.
8:38
They're exposed to a lot of chemicals, heavy metals, nutritional deficient.
8:42
Our food is not the same like what it used to be, so our immune system is suppressed.
8:47
And obviously, if you're diagnosed with cancer, then that shows that your immune system is not where it needs to be.
8:53
So we see there's a lot of correlation between different infectious agents and cancer.
8:59
Commonly what I see, things like mold, fungus, parasites, I would say those are very high up on the list.

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15:16
So how do these factors biologically influence cancer recurrence?
4:03
I mean, why all those specialties are actually working together?
4:09
Well, and, and yeah, I, I s- I started when I started, it was back in '87, you know, like clinical practice.
4:16
And so you, you, you start kind of, you start small, and you, you, you see patients in a room, and then you, you know, s- you know, suggest supplements and diet.
4:25
And, but then as I was seeing how health issues became m- became more and more complex with more stressors that we have around us, I just started to, to build gradually what I saw that there was a need and, and bring in then the machines and the therapies and technologies that, that's needed to be able to address these needs that patients were having.
4:49
And cancer is, is, you know, both you and I are very, very passionate about that, just because there, the options, um, very limited for people going through traditional oncology, and integrative oncology, where we then also bring in natural therapies, have really evolved a lot, uh, during the last number of decades, and there's so many really amazing tools that are, that are coming out.
5:18
But cancer essentially is a spectrum.
5:21
It's not like you're healthy one day and you have cancer the next.

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29:08
What are the biomarkers, uh, or clinical indicators you are, y- you look for at your clinic when treating somebody with cancer?

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