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From: marathe@fortune.UUCP (Avinash Marathe)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.veg
Subject: Re: Unconventional Cancer Therapy
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Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 13:02:30 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 22 13:02:30 1985
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Although this is a followup to an article in net.med I'm also posting
it to net.veg as I feel it might be of interest to that newsgroup also.

Lately there have been many articles about unconventional cancer therapy
in net.med, but none has mentioned the "macrobiotic diet" as one
such therapy.  I've been reading a lot about the macrobiotic diet and how 
many people have cured their cancers after getting on this diet.  Even
people in advanced stages of cancer and people with cancers with low
cure rates (such as cancer of the pancreas) have been cured.  There was 
a story on TV recently about a medical doctor who cured his cancer of 
the lungs by going on this diet.  They showed X-rays of his lungs before
he went on the diet and the cancerous tissue was clearly visible.  Then
they showed X-rays of his lungs after he had followed this diet for a
certain length of time and the cancerous tissue had completely 
disappeared.  While he was on the macrobiotic diet he did not use any
conventional therapies (such as chemotherapy and rediation) for 
treatment.

The macrobiotic diet is really a very ancient diet that has been followed
by traditional cultures for centuries.  It is not some new invention.
Even today there are communities in the world that follow this diet
without knowing that they are following the macrobiotic diet.  These
communities have been known to be very healthy and free of the common
degenerative diseases (such as cancer, heart disease, arthritis etc.).
An example of these communities are the Hunzas (who live in the 
Himalayas in India) and the people of Vilcabamba in South America.
These communities basically follow a diet which is high in complex
carbohydrates, low in fat (especially animal fat) and low in protien.
Not only is the incidence of degenerative diseases rare among the
elderly but also there are no signs of obesity or undernutrition.
Also it is common to live to be a hundred (100) years old.  There is 
a description of these people in the National Geographic Magazine,
Vol. 143, No. 1, Jan. 1973, "Every Day Is A Gift When You
Are Over 100" by Alexander Leaf, M.D.



Avinash Marathe
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