The Cancer Prevention Diet: Michio Kushi's Macrobiotic Blueprint for the Prevention and Relief of Disease [Paperback]

Michio Kushi (Author), Alex Jack (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 15, 1994

Michio Kushi's macrobiotic blueprint for the prevention and relief of disease.

Revised and updated with the latest research, new recipes, and practical suggestions for relieving 25 types of cancer.

Drawing on the most up-to-date cancer and heart research, Michio Kushi presents a ground-breaking dietary program that can be implemented safely and simply in the home at a fraction of the cost of usual meals and medical care.

As the risk and incidence of cancer increases, The Cancer Prevention Diet continues to be essential reading for anyone seeking to maintain or regain optimum health through natural means.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"One case does not prove a theory, but my own favorable experience with macrobiotics opened my eyes to the accumulating evidence that a whole-grain, leafy vegetable, and bean diet can often prevent, arrest, and even reverse deadly degenerative diseases such as cancers, coronary heart attacks, and strokes. All Americans should get their eyes opened by reading Kushi's Cancer Prevention Diet."--Benjamin Spock, M.D.

"I have prescribed Michio Kushi's dietary approach for everything from uterine fibroid tumors to menopausal symptoms-- with great success. I eagerly await the day when people don't wait until they have cancer to start eating this way."--Christiane Northrup, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

"This is a powerful anticancer prescription, and one that I heartily recommend."--Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

About the Author

Michio Kushi, founder of the East West Foundation, is the acknowledged leader of the international macrobiotic community and natural-foods movement. Well known and widely respected among both the medical community and the public at large, he is the author of numerous books and articles on the food-health connection. Alex Jack, a journalist and author, is a former editor of the East West Journal. Together, they are the authors of Diet for a Strong Heart.

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; Revised edition (December 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312112459
• ISBN-13: 978-0312112455
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #641,857 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

89 of 90 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a very good book to own. November 30, 1998

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

The Cancer Prevention Diet, by Michio Kushi, outlines the causes and cures for cancer, according to a macrobiotic philosophy. This philosophy, posited on yin-yang (as male-female) is about excess, imbalance (sickness) and balance (health) and how to bring this about in our lives and our diets. It is a wonderful book - very thorough on background, filled with testimonies from cancer survivors, outlining the different types of cancers, and detailing information on menus, cooking, healing tactics, etc. Even if one does not fully embrace the macrobiotic philosophy, I think this is a wonderful book, and gives sound advice on healthy eating and lots of other things associated with cancer. I highly recommend this book as a reference book for health, and a book of hope.

69 of 69 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The most thorough treatise on the subject November 14, 2002

By L. Seplow

Format:Paperback

This book does an excellent job of summarizing and organizing all of the work done by Michio Kushi and others over the span of decades working with cancer patients. Though Macrobiotics is based on much Japanese culture, this book is geared to the westernized/American reader so there is very little in the way of cultural chasm to jump over.

Many of the reviews up here are rather ill-informed. Though Macro has been around for decades, most of modern medicine now accepts its precepts, including the AMA, WHO, National Institute of Cancer Research and others. Most of the major natural lifestyle books that have been published in the last 30 years acknowledge learning much from Michio--some are direct carbon copies of Michio's works!

In any case, I have used it and seen first hand my family members recover directly from changing the diet and lifestyle. The changes to body and health happen within a few weeks. My family and I looked and felt better within 6-8 weeks, and the member that had been diagnosed with cancer and given 6 months to live, had the cancer go into remission and lived a number of years longer--and did not die from cancer. I make no claim it will work in every case, but it is a tremendous aid in re-establishing ones good health. If I were to come down with cancer or other serious illness I would go strict Macro. It not only effects your chronic health, but your more general weight and energy levels as well. It is a bit hard to stay on for the long haul with our modern lifestyles, but you do the best you can--and you do it seriously if you are sick.

There has NEVER been any serious and backed up accusation that anything on the diet is in any way dangerous to your health, so there is zero downside to trying it....

As to the sad passing of members of Michio's family from cancer, what can one say. There appears to be a weakness in their genetic make-up that allows this. Nobody knows if they would have died at a much earlier age, and for all we know Michio was attracted to the study of health and cancer due to this family predilection. This is a common reason people get into the study of health.

I am forever grateful for the work this man has done and shared with us. Read more ›

35 of 37 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars If you have cancer, this is the diet! November 13, 2001

By Joe Lim

Format:Paperback

I read the book and am fully convinced of the diet prescribed by Michio. I've just completely switched to a macrobiotics diet and feel healthier and more energetic. My blood pressure is back to normal so is my diabetes. I've read several of his books where there are testimonies of cancer cases where doctors have given up hope and given them months to live, they've survived for years and have proven western medical opinion wrong.

I've heard from people who have met Michio that he's a chain smoker and not surprisingly as mentioned in another review that he died of lung cancer. Does that prove that what he preach is not true? I don't think so. If not for his diet, he might have died much earlier but he live to a ripe old age of 70 plus.

I'm all for brown rice, miso soup, sea vegetables, sea salts etc.They are the healthiest food around and very delicious too. Incidentally I've just been diagnosed with prostate cancer and my doctor told me decide within a week on prostatectomy before it spreads. I'm not going to do that BUT put my faith in a wholesome and healthy diet. I'm sure I've many more good years without the suffering the possibility of impotence that comes with surgery.

Good luck to all with cancer! And don't try to convince your doctor about macrobiotic. Western medicine is like a religion, it does not accept other beliefs. You got to make the leap of faith. God bless you!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Well-Written March 31, 2007

By Eileen M. Lonergan

Format:Paperback

Once again, Mischio Kushi has written an informative and precise book on how to maintain your health, even when facing a diagnosis of cancer.

Like so much of the macrobiotic diet, this is a healthy and great diet to begin to feel great and regain your health.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a must have, if you have cancer and are going to try Macrobiotics September 6, 2009

By feemeister VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

This book is different, because it is divided up by the different types of cancer. It tells you the SPECIFICS of what you need to add to or subtract from the normal Macrobiotic diet for dealing with your specific kind of cancer. He also gives you a rundown of what the dietary causes are for your cancer. You also need a good general Macrobiotic book that explains the diet/lifestyle. But you definitely need this book. The normal Macrobiotic diet is not what is recommended for specific kinds of cancers, according to this book. I went on the diet for breast cancer about 15 years ago, when I found a lump the size of a small egg. I followed the diet in this book for breast cancer to the letter, and in two weeks the lump was a third the size as it was originally, and in 3 weeks it was gone. I stayed on the breast cancer diet (from this book) for another week, and then went on the regular Macrobiotics for a while. I was able to add lots of things in when I went off the specific breast cancer diet, as it is pretty restrictive, even for macrobiotics. I don't know that I had cancer. I didn't go to a doctor and have anything done to find out. But I DO know that my lump went away, I felt great, and I had more energy than I ever had in my life. And I have never had a lump come back. This book is extremely good. I can only think some of the other reviewers did not realize exactly what this book was about and/or understand how to apply it.

If you are already using another book and have cancer, just keep on the regular macrobiotics until you get this one, to see the specifics for your kind of cancer. I recommend this book very highly! IF YOU DO NOT HAVE CANCER and are trying Macrobiotics in general, this book is good to have, but I would not think it would be really necessary for you.... It would probably be good to have on hand if you were going to give help to someone who DID have cancer though. Read more ›