Naturopathic oncologist Dr. Jessa Landmann joins Kicking Cancer's Ass to make the case that most cancer-treatment side effects, from fatigue to joint pain to poor sleep, are easier to prevent than to fix.
She explains why cancer-related fatigue lingers long after chemotherapy ends, the role of inflammation and mitochondrial dysfunction, and why her head-to-toe approach starts with nutrition and movement before sleep.
Dr. Landmann breaks down high-dose IV vitamin C, including the difference between oral and pharmacological vitamin C (building on Dr. Lise Alschuler's earlier episode) and the first 2025 meta-analysis showing improved survival alongside chemotherapy and radiation.
She covers acupuncture for the joint pain caused by breast cancer medications like Tamoxifen, an approach endorsed by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and shares how one patient doubled her energy through a simple change in meal timing.
Host Joelle Kaufman, a multi-generational cancer survivor, adds the prevention-first strategy she used during her own Stage 2A breast cancer treatment, and connects the exercise-and-recurrence research from Dr. Jay Harness's episode.
A practical conversation for anyone navigating chemotherapy, radiation, hormone therapy, survivorship, or life after treatment.
Dr. Landmann's book, Beyond Cancer Fatigue: A Path to Reclaiming Energy, arrived April 2026 and its available to buy!
In this episode, they dive into:
- Why fatigue outlasts the chemo that caused it
- Nutrition and movement before sleep, on purpose
- High-dose IV vitamin C, minus the myths
- The 2025 survival data, finally enough to pool
- Acupuncture for joint pain, endorsed by ASCO
- The meal-timing fix that doubled one patient's energy
- Why "just rest" is bad medicine
- Prevention during treatment, not rehab after it
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