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You can cure cancer with diet, along with generally healthy living. "Cure" perhaps isn't the best word though, because bad diet (combined with other things like

by dougk16 14y ago

You can cure cancer with diet, along with generally healthy living. "Cure" perhaps isn't the best word though, because bad diet (combined with other things like stress, lack of exercise, etc.) is frequently the cause of cancer in the first place. EDIT: I didn't mean to say that changing to a healthy diet/lifestyle after being diagnosed will magically cure you (if that's why I'm being downvoted) but I believe it certainly can in some cases. If it's for lack of references, well, when it comes to cancer, you can find a study to support just about any view you want.

pifflesnort 14y ago
No, you can't. This is quack science.
- jlgreco 14y ago
  Dangerous quack science. Convincing people of it has the very real potential to kill people.
- dougk16 14y ago
  Well, I could link you to a bunch of studies that say otherwise, but then you would tell me all the reasons that those studies are bogus, and then show me a bunch of studies that show there is no connection (probably sponsored by those peddling chemotherapy et al.), so I guess we'll just avoid the rathole and stay convinced of our own opinions :)
  - deleted 14y ago
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  - Volpe 14y ago
    Link the (peer-reviewed) articles, rather than guessing peoples responses to the hypothetical articles.
  - lupatus 14y ago
    Don't worry, I've got your back; I'll do it for you, dougk16. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=turmeric+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=turmeric+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=piperlongumine+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=piperlongumine+canc... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=bromelain+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=bromelain+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=frankincense+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=frankincense+cancer
  - DaemonXI 14y ago
    Link me to some peer-reviewed studies that show that cancer can be cured with only dietary changes.
  - robotresearcher 14y ago
    "peddling chemotherapy" This is the most stupid and obnoxious thing I've ever seen on HN. Chemotherapy saves lives every day. You can believe that good diets are healthy and helpful for sick people without insulting people that sell nasty but powerful medicine that is proven to work.
    - dougk16 14y ago
      Agreed. Posting those two comments was a mistake.
robotresearcher 14y ago
Steve Jobs observed very strict diets which he believed would keep him super healthy. Result: dead at 56 despite essentially unlimited resources.
- Stratoscope 14y ago
  It didn't work out that well for Ashton Kutcher either: https://www.google.com/search?q=ashton+kutcher+fruitarian+diet https://www.google.com/search?q=ashton+kutcher+fruitarian+di...
- zwischenzug 14y ago
  His cancer was caused by his diet? Or are you saying that choosing diet over medicine killed him earlier than could otherwise have been the case.
  - chousuke 14y ago
    His diet probably wasn't the cause for his illness, but as far as I understand, he refused ordinary medical procedures (surgery) that had a good track record against his particular type of cancer, in favour of observing a special diet. The diet didn't help and the cancer progressed to the point where surgery was no longer an efficient treatment.
  - cbennett 14y ago
    From the article stratoscope (one comment tree down) links to: "My pancreas levels were completely out of whack, which was really terrifying … considering everything.” (Jobs died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer in October 2011) Food for thought..

by dougk16 14y ago

pifflesnort 14y ago

No, you can't. This is quack science.

jlgreco 14y ago
Dangerous quack science. Convincing people of it has the very real potential to kill people.
dougk16 14y ago
Well, I could link you to a bunch of studies that say otherwise, but then you would tell me all the reasons that those studies are bogus, and then show me a bunch of studies that show there is no connection (probably sponsored by those peddling chemotherapy et al.), so I guess we'll just avoid the rathole and stay convinced of our own opinions :)
- deleted 14y ago
  [deleted]
- Volpe 14y ago
  Link the (peer-reviewed) articles, rather than guessing peoples responses to the hypothetical articles.
- lupatus 14y ago
  Don't worry, I've got your back; I'll do it for you, dougk16. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=turmeric+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=turmeric+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=piperlongumine+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=piperlongumine+canc... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=bromelain+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=bromelain+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=frankincense+cancer http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=frankincense+cancer
- DaemonXI 14y ago
  Link me to some peer-reviewed studies that show that cancer can be cured with only dietary changes.
- robotresearcher 14y ago
  "peddling chemotherapy" This is the most stupid and obnoxious thing I've ever seen on HN. Chemotherapy saves lives every day. You can believe that good diets are healthy and helpful for sick people without insulting people that sell nasty but powerful medicine that is proven to work.
  - dougk16 14y ago
    Agreed. Posting those two comments was a mistake.

robotresearcher 14y ago

Steve Jobs observed very strict diets which he believed would keep him super healthy. Result: dead at 56 despite essentially unlimited resources.

Stratoscope 14y ago
It didn't work out that well for Ashton Kutcher either: https://www.google.com/search?q=ashton+kutcher+fruitarian+diet https://www.google.com/search?q=ashton+kutcher+fruitarian+di...
zwischenzug 14y ago
His cancer was caused by his diet? Or are you saying that choosing diet over medicine killed him earlier than could otherwise have been the case.
- chousuke 14y ago
  His diet probably wasn't the cause for his illness, but as far as I understand, he refused ordinary medical procedures (surgery) that had a good track record against his particular type of cancer, in favour of observing a special diet. The diet didn't help and the cancer progressed to the point where surgery was no longer an efficient treatment.
- cbennett 14y ago
  From the article stratoscope (one comment tree down) links to: "My pancreas levels were completely out of whack, which was really terrifying … considering everything.” (Jobs died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer in October 2011) Food for thought..