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dteresa wrote:But lauding only the positive results gives people false hope that a cure is always possible and might tend to make them give up what is probably the most healthful diet because he or she is not one of the "cured".
dteresa wrote:Sometimes people write and say that they have tried the wfpb no fat diet and have not shown improvement in whatever area they were seeking improvement. (Someone wrote in that his or her MS has not improved after several months on this woe. And dr. Wahls claimed she greatly improved her MS to the extent of now being wheel chair free with a high organ meat and certain type of fat diet plus nine cups of vegies per day) Others will answer that they are doing something wrong or should tweak their diet or offer some other good advice. However, reading a link in one of the McD newsletters about the Kempner rice diet, it is apparent that even with the best of diets, things do not always improve.
In at least one of his talks, dr. McD shows photos of great improvement in retinopathy of one patient whose problem was of an 18 year duration, and who greatly improved after following the rice diet. But reading the whole article you find that out of 44 patients with retinopathy, exudates etc., and over a period of about 22 months, only 13 showed reversal in both eyes, 7 in one eye, 9 showed PROGRESSION, and 15 showed no change.
The results we read or hear are based on statistics. In wfpb talks one only hears about the great improvements. No one stands up and says that in 20% of the patients the condition got worse or that an additional 30% showed no change. I can't think of a better diet. Certainly meat and fat and dairy are very unlikely to produce any positive results (I don't think). But lauding only the positive results gives people false hope that a cure is always possible and might tend to make them give up what is probably the most healthful diet because he or she is not one of the "cured".
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