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Sugar Was the Silent Killer: Elissa Goodman Cancer Survival Story | DSH #1575
17 Oct 2025
Chapter 1: What inspired Elissa Goodman's cancer survival story?
It was my diet and stress. Stress was a killer. I lived high stress.
Chapter 2: What are the hidden dangers of sugar in our diet?
I was very hard on myself. A lot of anxiety, we were talking about before. I just, you know, really wanted to be perfect. And that caused my immune system to downregulate.
Chapter 3: How can holistic approaches aid in cancer recovery?
I was constantly sick as a kid growing up because I was so hard on myself.
Chapter 4: What benefits does fasting provide for cancer patients?
I was a sugaraholic. I just, because my energy levels were so low because I was always tired.
Chapter 5: How does stress impact the immune system?
So I was always going for a sugar fix. Sugar was really a killer. The food system is crappy. I mean, stress, sleep.
food system it's not rocket science here you're constantly taking care of your liver taking care of your gut that's another area those are things that can help you really stay healthy and in five days you can reset your body completely i'm 64 and i feel the best i've ever felt in my life at this age
All right, guys.
Chapter 6: What lifestyle changes can enhance overall well-being?
Alyssa Goodman here. We're going to talk health, talk cancer. Thanks for coming on.
Thanks for having me.
Absolutely. How's your year been so far?
It's been awesome. Well, you know, LA's kind of had a bad year, so maybe I shouldn't say so awesome. That's being not so, you know, representative of what's going on with the people here.
But we got the Maha movement at least.
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Chapter 7: How does trauma relate to physical health?
Right. I'm excited about that. They're already implementing some changes, right? Which is exciting. Yeah. Are you excited about food dyes being banned?
Yes, very, very. Just did a post on that today. I mean, you know, we're probably going to talk about cancer, I'm sure. But yeah, I mean, it took a very long time for that ban to take place. Too long. Way too long. Yes.
Because they probably known this earlier.
Chapter 8: What actionable health hacks can listeners implement today?
Right. It's not like it's groundbreaking information.
They have known this forever. I've been talking about this when I had cancer at 32, to like get dyes out of your diet, you know, to avoid them.
Was that a big part of the reason you think you got cancer was your diet?
It was my diet and stress.
Stress. Wow.
Stress was a killer. I lived high stress, was very hard on myself. A lot of anxiety. We were talking about it before. Just, you know, really wanted to be perfect and like the perfect child. And that caused my... my immune system to downregulate. So it just really, I was constantly sick as a kid growing up because I was so hard on myself. Wow.
I can relate so much to that. When I was in high school and college, I got sick once a week.
Yeah, it's not fun, is it? No. You just kind of think that's part of your routine.
You get normalized to it.
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