NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/ba/seminars/759

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From: [e-mail] (Robert Hartman)
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Subject: Re: kushi institute
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Date: 28 Dec 92 20:49:12 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Sanjay Gajare) writes:
>
> The Kushi Institute - Its' internationally known teachers and authors
> of macrobiotic food - is coming to the S.F. Bay area for the first time.
>
> Beginning in January '93, the Kushi Institute Extension program
> will offer level 1, the first of three levels of macrobiotic studies,
> beginning with its balanced vegetarian diet - well known not only
> for creating and maintaining excellent health, but also for
> reversing degenerative diseases such as cancer, high blood pressure
> and heart disease.

I really do take exception to the claim with regard to degenerative
diseases.  Of the two people I know personally who have adopted a
macrobiotic diet in the hopes of reversing disease, neither were
helped, and one died in part because she delayed standard medical
treatment.  While I can understand the enthusiasm involved in any
spiritually- motivated diet regimen, it is not helpful to pass on
promises that cannot be personally verified.

If you know of someone who attributes her or his own cure to a
macrobiotic diet, I'd be interested in hearing about it.  But insofar
as it is anecdotal evidence, it's still not strong enough to justify
delaying standard treatment for such things as cancer.

Actually, if you'd supply a caveat of this sort in future, I'd have no
problems with this ad.

-r