Predictions of TST
Any good theory should make testable predictions. TST predicts that, if a chemical would produce large amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in normal cells, then cancer cells will try to sequester, store, or process that chemical.
So let’s test the theory! I highly encourage readers to test it for themselves, as follows:
Pick a chemical that you think is a toxin.
Do a search to see if that chemical produces ROS in the body. If the answer is “Yes”, then you’ve verified that your chemical is a toxin.
Next, do a search to see if your chemical is sequestered, stored, or processed by cancer cells. If the answer is “Yes”, then you’ve found evidence that further supports TST.
In my independent research, I have gone through this process for dozens of different chemicals, some of which are listed in this figure above. So far, everything seems to support the theory. So now I’d like to share with you some of the results I’ve found.
I have been piecing together the puzzle of cancer, one toxin at a time. Many different stressors can create ROS in the body and contribute to cancer, as this figure shows.
Examples of toxins that cancer cells sequester and store
(1) Damaged oils
One of the clearest examples of the body’s brilliance under TST is how it handles damaged (or oxidized) oils, such as the highly unstable fats in safflower oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, canola oil, and soybean oil. These oils, ubiquitous in modern processed foods, readily oxidize and generate massive amounts of ROS through a chain reaction called lipid peroxidation.
Rather than allowing these toxic molecules to circulate freely and destroy cell membranes, the body redirects them into tumors. Notably, cancer cells dramatically upregulate the fatty acid transporters in their cell membrane to pull in these damaged oils.
Inside cancer cells, damaged oils are stored in lipid droplets. Each droplet consists of a neutral lipid core (where the damaged oils are stored) that is surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer.
In addition, cancer cells upregulate lipid droplet formation — structures that are rare in most healthy adult tissues but abundant in many tumors. These droplets serve as intracellular “toxic waste storage vaults,” safely sequestering damaged oils and other lipophilic toxins away from sensitive tissues. This mechanism explains why tumors are often loaded with lipid droplets and why damaged oil consumption correlates so strongly with cancer progression. Far from being a random defect, the tumor is performing a critical protective service: it acts as a dedicated storage depot for the very fats the body cannot safely metabolize or eliminate through normal pathways.
(2) PFAS
PFAS, the notorious “forever chemicals,” are among the most persistent and problematic toxins of the modern era. These man-made compounds are extraordinarily stable and accumulate relentlessly in the liver, kidneys, lungs, and testes. Because they resist normal breakdown and excretion, they create a chronic internal burden that primary detox systems eventually cannot handle. Once again, the body demonstrates its remarkable intelligence by activating its last-resort protective mechanism.