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“Vegan Shui” in the War on Cancer
The Tao of Prevention and Cure.
Recently an oncologist was interviewed about their daily work with cancer patients. It was a tough, heartfelt discussion on how this professional faces the death of patients on a weekly basis, how this affects the professional’s own psyche, and if we could ever win the “war on cancer”. The societal trauma of this disease is not limited to the patients, but clearly extends to health practitioners.
But are the practitioners on the frontline fully armed? Throughout the interview there was no mention of diet, vegetables or fruit, despite the evidence and even rising awareness of the health benefits of a vegan diet. Although there are a spectrum of perspectives, many health professionals and scientists still view food as an idle globule of nutrition incapable of eliciting the precise or potent medicinal benefits attributed to drugs. Even when asked on the prospect of “defeating cancer”, the interviewee’s discussion on the philosophy of the “war” analogy replaced the recognition that multiple studies show a lowered risk of the majority of cancers and mortality by cancer is achieved by a plant based diet.
