I think Price did some useful empirical research on diet at probably the last point in time when it could be done. That he turned it into a diet is not surprising - that was what he set out to do. He was looking for something to help with the degeneration (dental carries and facialy deformities) he saw as a dentist that he believed was due to the massive change to processed food (white bread and sugar). At least that was what I got from his book.
When I got the cancer diagnosis the one thing I avoided was obsessing on searching for 'cancer' on the Intertubes. Sure I did a bit of searching main stream information and a few alternate sources. Took every thing with a cow lick sized grain of salt. Mostly it left me feeling my doctors had better track records than anything else I saw. They didn't claim to have all the answers. They didn't put down all of the alternatives but couldn't recommend any as better than a useful supplemental treatments. And a lot of the 'cure' treatments do make good supplemental support treatments for SOME people. Sure the Mayo Clinic might have saved more of my tongue but at what odds and what cost. As it was my retirement was eaten even with fairly good insurance. For me it's worked out fairly well after 9 years. Most even agree that medicine is at least as much magic as science.
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Date: 2018-02-08 12:01 am (UTC)The ONE WAY - to nothingness.
I think Price did some useful empirical research on diet at probably the last point in time when it could be done. That he turned it into a diet is not surprising - that was what he set out to do. He was looking for something to help with the degeneration (dental carries and facialy deformities) he saw as a dentist that he believed was due to the massive change to processed food (white bread and sugar). At least that was what I got from his book.
When I got the cancer diagnosis the one thing I avoided was obsessing on searching for 'cancer' on the Intertubes. Sure I did a bit of searching main stream information and a few alternate sources. Took every thing with a cow lick sized grain of salt. Mostly it left me feeling my doctors had better track records than anything else I saw. They didn't claim to have all the answers. They didn't put down all of the alternatives but couldn't recommend any as better than a useful supplemental treatments. And a lot of the 'cure' treatments do make good supplemental support treatments for SOME people. Sure the Mayo Clinic might have saved more of my tongue but at what odds and what cost. As it was my retirement was eaten even with fairly good insurance. For me it's worked out fairly well after 9 years. Most even agree that medicine is at least as much magic as science.
John