Product Description
Michio Kushi’s macrobiotic blueprint for the prevention and relief of disease.
Revised and updated with the latest research, new recipes, and practical suggestions for relieving 25 types of cancer.
Drawing on the most up-to-date cancer and heart research, Michio Kushi presents a ground-breaking dietary program that can be implemented safely and simply in the home at a fraction of the cost of usual meals and medical care.
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Tags: Blueprint, cancer, Diet, Disease, Kushi's, Macrobiotic, Michio, Prevention, Relief
Here I am searching for a positive book to send a friend who is still in shock having heard she has lung cancer. She is about to embrace the microbiotic diet and fight for her life. I’m sure the book is great – but the title doesn’t reflect the positive sounding content. If they’d called it something like ‘Win with Microbiotics’ I’d feel happier buying it.
Rating: 1 / 5
Sadly, both Michio Kushi’s wife and one daughter have died of cancer. Being that they were Japanese, the healthiest and longest lived people in the world, this doesn’t really speak well for the diet. However, macrobiotics, when taken with common sense, have been known to help cancer patients, some say to the extent of “curing” them. Follow your own instincts… and keep in touch with a trusted doctor!
Rating: 1 / 5
This book is so far the more comprehensive reference manual I could find in the market for anti-cancer treatment diet. The title is mis-leading, maybe because the author does not want to take the pressure of responsiblity to teach what kind of food an existing cancer patient can eat and which are to be avoided. But it is indeed a pratical manual for theses poeple and their relatives who must prepare food for them. The draw back is the tongue – too assertive to be believed, and lack of scientific evidents/experiements proof. Everyone who has a little knowledge in the medication market knows that what so called ‘patient’s testmonies’ are nothing but BS. You can always find a patient whose situation could be used to support any theory you present, if you are so honest that you do not distort the content by the way the words are organized.
However, for many people includes me, we need a guidance. And I think over-all the books is very helpful. After browsing the book in a B&N store for two consecutive nights, I bought the book from half.com.
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is informative, but since cancer patients have to see a nutritiionist and eat whatever their body allows them to eat, this can be difficult. But, if the the patient can eat whatever they need to, this book has lots of good advice and suggestions.
Rating: 4 / 5
This book is different, because it is divided up by the different types of cancer. It tells you the SPECIFICS of what you need to add to or subtract from the normal Macrobiotic diet for dealing with your specific kind of cancer. He also gives you a rundown of what the dietary causes are for your cancer. You also need a good general Macrobiotic book that explains the diet/lifestyle. But you definitely need this book. The normal Macrobiotic diet is not what is recommended for specific kinds of cancers, according to this book. I went on the diet for breast cancer about 15 years ago, when I found a lump the size of a small egg. I followed the diet in this book for breast cancer to the letter, and in two weeks the lump was a third the size as it was originally, and in 3 weeks it was gone. I stayed on the breast cancer diet (from this book) for another week, and then went on the regular Macrobiotics for a while. I was able to add lots of things in when I went off the specific breast cancer diet, as it is pretty restrictive, even for macrobiotics. I don’t know that I had cancer. I didn’t go to a doctor and have anything done to find out. But I DO know that my lump went away, I felt great, and I had more energy than I ever had in my life. And I have never had a lump come back. This book is extremely good. I can only think some of the other reviewers did not realize exactly what this book was about and/or understand how to apply it.
If you are already using another book and have cancer, just keep on the regular macrobiotics until you get this one, to see the specifics for your kind of cancer. I recommend this book very highly! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE CANCER and are trying Macrobiotics in general, this book is good to have, but I would not think it would be really necessary for you. It would probably be good to have on hand if you were going to give help to someone who DID have cancer though.
Rating: 5 / 5