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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
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Subject: Re: Unconventional Cancer Therapy
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Date: Tue, 26-Feb-85 09:01:11 EST
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> Re: Unconventional Cancer Therapy______________________________________________
> 
> 	The original article mentions both the curing and preventative effects
> of a macrobiotic diet.  The flame that followed seemed to notice only the pre-
> ventative effect.  A pity.
> 	There are many people who have cured cancer with a macrobiotic diet.
> That doctor was one of the more recent to come to the media's attention.  An-
> other famous person was Dirk Benedict.
> 	I personally know another person who did this.  His name is Tinker.
> He had a bad case of cancer, including at least one tumor the size of an or-
> ange.  He went on a macrobiotic diet and was *completely* cured in less than
> two years!
> 	I'd say there's something more to this than our flaming friend would
> care to believe.

Although a number of people are making claims about the effectiveness of
the macrobiotic diet in curing cancer, it is worthwhile to note that
Ruth Carter Stapleton died of pancreatic cancer while taking no treatment
except the macrobiotic diet. I have also heard that a substance in the
rhizomes of violets will cure or abate cancer.

jcpatilla