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Natural cancer cures – MacrobioticsAmong natural cancer cures, macrobiotics is the most effective and complete system of alternative cancer healing that I know of. When my father was diagnosed with liver cancer in 1990, I was, at that time, just a beginner in macrobiotics. I had read parts of Michio Kushi's The Cancer Prevention Diet and was pretty much convinced. But as far as macrobiotic practice was concerned, my knowledge and experience was next to zero. I had started to eat a bit of brown rice and reduced my meat and dairy intake, but that was about it. I had no experience with actual macrobiotic cooking. I was determined, however, to help my father with natural cancer cures. I was vaguely familiar with a few other systems of natural cancer cures at that time, including Gerson Therapy and similar systems involving the use of raw vegetables, fruits and sprouts. But I was more convinced about macrobiotics. I also felt that having my 75 year old father switch to eating brown rice and other whole grains, plus cooked vegetables, etc, would be much easier than having him follow other systems of natural cancer cures and eating raw vegetables.
NATURAL CANCER CURES – initial results I got a friend to teach me basic macrobiotic cooking, read my macrobiotic books more closely and started cooking for my father. The results were beyond my – or any body else's – expectations. My father's blood test results for alpha-fetoprotein, a cancer marker for liver cancer, plunged from 2,700 to 150. The level was still high because, for a healthy person without cancer, it is supposed to be less than 15. Still, it was an improvement of nearly 95 percent! His doctor was so surprised, he said "It must be a mistake” and ordered another test. The re- test a week later showed only a marginal increase, to 170. There was no mistake. I never expected natural cancer cures to be that powerful. (The doctor just shrugged it off and never gave any credit to macrobiotics or any other natural cancer cures.)
STOPPING NATURAL CANCER CURES – cancer worsens My father's experiment with natural cancer cures in the form of macrobiotics was short-lived, however. He saw that it was taking too much of a toll on me, as I had to cook for him all his meals. Moreover, I was having heated arguments with several of my brothers, who refused to acknowledge any role played by natural cancer cures such as macrobiotics, and who felt that the best option was to leave everything in the hands of doctors. Thus, my father decided that he had lived long enough and would not want to live longer. He resumed eating so-called “normal” foods that included meat and nyona kueh – local dessert snacks typically made with glutinous rice flour, coconut milk and sugar.
I was hoping that the goodwill of the family gathering might mitigate some of the effects of the rich foods. It did not happen. A few days later, my father was in hospital, in great pain and nearing death. This time, his blood test showed an alpha-fetoprotein level of over 33,000! Previously, a physical examination by my naturopath friend – using the hands to press against the liver – suggested that the tumour had shrunk and softened. Now, there were two large tumours. INTERMITTENT NATURAL CANCER CURES – intermittent results Before that big party meal, I had continued to macrobiotic foods for my father on and off – and the results were clear. One effect of my father's cancer was that he would feel pain in the liver at about 4 pm every day. The pain was very regular, coming at the same time every day. But on days when my father ate macrobiotic foods, he felt no pain! NATURAL CANCER CURES – the whole experience The whole experience lasted just five weeks from the time I started applying macrobiotics for my father to the time he decided to abandon natural cancer cures and died. The entire episode demonstrated to me how powerful macrobiotics was – in spite of it being applied by me who was a novice at that time. NATURAL CANCER CURES – a systems approach I had, early on in this article, described macrobiotics as a SYSTEM of natural cancer cures. It is important to understand macrobiotics from this perspective. Many people think of macrobiotics as a diet. It is much more than that. It is an entire lifestyle that includes exercise and physical activity, fresh air and sunshine, avoidance of negative environmental influences such as radiation from television and computer screens, and so on. Macrobiotics is also a philosophy – a way of viewing the world and understanding life and the universe. The macrobiotic approach to life includes, for example, attitudes of gratefulness, of understanding the role and value of opposite forces and viewing everything as one, integrated whole. This is why I consider macrobiotics to be the most complete system of natural cancer cures. Few other systems of natural cancer cures (that I know about) is as comprehensive in its approach. Others tend to focus on just one or two things, such as detoxification, nutrition, positive thinking, visualisation, energy fields, and so on. These approachs do have value. But on their own, they may not be good enough to bring about recovery from cancer. Cancer is a complex illness and it is usually not enough to tackle it on just one or two fronts. Cancer survivors are usually those who adopt a variety of approaches. This is not to say that macrobiotics, on its own, is enough for everyone. And certainly not that it will guarantee recovery. But among the many systems of natural cancer cures, macrobiotics seems to me to be the most comprehensive. NATURAL CANCER CURES – the difficulties One drawback of macrobiotics, however, is that some people find it hard to understand and also troublesome to put into practice. To understand macrobiotics, one needs to view the universe in terms of energy, or yin and yang. This may seem difficult at first but once you get used to it, it is actually quite easy. It takes only a few minutes to grasp the basics. The rest is just practice. What's needed, however, is that you overcome your mental blocks. Some people, especially those trained in science and chemistry, simply would not open their minds to anything that is “not scientific”. I hope my articles on yin and yang will help you understand the subject better. The other difficult of macrobiotics, and other systems of natural cancer cures, is that they require effrort.
You need to prepare your own meals or have someone prepare them for you. You cannot depend on restaurant and other eat-out meals. You need also to change other aspects of your life, for example, do light exercises, spend more time in nature, watch less tv, and so on. Many people are reluctant to make such changes. But this is what natural cancer cures are all about. They are about you taking responsibility for your health and your life, rather than lying back and letting doctors “fix” you. If you are prepared to make the effort, then I encourage you to reac on and learn more about macrobiotics and other natural cancer cures. |
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