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From: abc@brl-tgr.ARPA (Brint Cooper )
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Unconventional Cancer Therapy
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Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 17:51:41 EST
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Reply-To: abc@brl-tgr.ARPA (Brint Cooper (CTAB) )
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I have already put more time into this than is profitable for anyone,
but some things need to be said.  

First, it is not necessarily true that because a Physician prescribes it
and a Pharmacist sells it that it is not "natural."  Many of our
standardized medicines were first discovered in nature.

Second, the seed of a fruit is not necessarily a good thing to eat.  The
dangers of cyanide poisoning from Laetrile have already been documented
in this group.

Third, I am as interested in "wellness" as anyone.  So is my physician.
But "wellness" has become a buzzword for do-it-yourself medicine
practiced by people who haven't the foggiest notion of what's going on.  

Sure!  Less red meat; less animal fat; less cholesterol; less sugar; far
less sodium; more veggies; more balance; etc; are not harmful for
healthy people and do a great deal of good in preventing cardiovascular
disease and many cancers.  But when you're sick, genuinely ill with a
life-threatening disorder, it's no time for the amateurs.

Brint