Loading ...I know we don’t always agree, but I want to say I completely support you when you say “I just hate to see so many friends get in trouble because they are confused about diet–even the “health-conscious” ones …who when something serious pops up–find that they are panicked and without any real resources to deal with their condition…” I see that happen time and again.
When I found out I had uterine cancer ten years ago, I had the advantage of having been on the macrobiotic diet for a number of years in the 70’s, when I lived and studied the diet at the Kushi House in LA. I always said to myself that if I ever got cancer, I would return to that diet–and that is what I did. Of course I was fortunate to have cancer that was operable, but it was also a rare form that mestastasized in over 80% of cases. My Dr. supported my decision to do the diet, and to NOT do any chemo or radiation.
Today I still generally follow the diet, though with less emphasis on grains. I am working with a Doctor who also studied with Michio Kushi, and who believes that all of our bodies are too yin these days, and that the major forces ravaging our health, like radiation, heavy metals, and chemical pollution are all very yin influences.