Fruit Curing Cancer? Yeah Right!

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Could Fruit Really Be A Cure For Cancer?

Having received this email recently, the headline immediately got my attention. But then as I read through it – it started sounding like it had not been written by a real Doctor so I decided to conduct a little research of my own on the subject.

The first thing I did was search Google, Yahoo and Bing to see if I could find out more about Dr Stephen Mak. I figured if this guy has found a cure, or at least a potential cure for cancer then surely he would be all over the internet and in particular all over the pages of the reputable Medical journals.

The interesting thing was, I could NOT find any reference to Dr Stephen Mak, anywhere except in relation to this email. No mention of him on ‘World Medical Association’ website, no mention on ‘World Health Organisation’ website; so I present this purely for entertainment only.

I would not recommend taking the claims made in the original email seriously and I think that emails like this can be dangerous in the wrong hands if not questioned and properly researched which is why I’ve also provided information from other sources to try to balance out the argument. You decide for yourself. This is the original email:

Eating Fresh Fruit Could Save Your Life

Dr Stephen Mak treats terminal ill cancer patients with un-orthodox way and many patients recovered. Before he used solar energy to clear the illnesses of his patients. He believes in natural healing in the body against illnesses. See his article below. Thanks for the email on fruits and juices. It is one of the strategies to heal cancer. As of late, my success rate in curing cancer is about 80%. Cancer patients shouldn’t die. The cure for cancer is already found. It is whether you believe it or not. I am sorry for the hundreds of cancer patients who die under the conventional treatments. Thanks and God bless. – Dr Stephen Mak

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruit, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It’s not as easy as you think. It’s important to know how and when to eat. What is the correct way of eating fruits?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH. 

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role in detoxifying your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.

Let’s say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so. In the meantime the whole meal, (the bread) rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil…. So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals!

You have heard people complaining — every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc — actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOT happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

*There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

(*I don’t know about you guys but I’m not sure exactly WHAT he is trying to say in that first sentence above. Hope you can work it out?) Alan

When you need to drink fruit juice – drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don’t even drink juice that has been heated up. Don’t eat cooked fruits because you don’t get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins. But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice.

If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. It’s vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene — the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

  Drinking Cold water after a meal = Cancer! Can u believe this?? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion… Once this ‘sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.
A serious note about heart attacks – HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE’: (THIS IS NOT A JOKE!) Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. Sixty percent of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life.

Read this….It could save your life!!

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While Fruit is Very Enjoyable I Question It’s Ability To Cure

That was the email in it’s entirety and I don’t know about you but I found the grammar made it hard to read in places. Rather than simply leave it at that – I did some further research and learned some interesting things which certainly got me thinking.

Although cancer is increasing at an alarming rate – research suggests that it can be prevented by keeping our body’s immune system healthy. The increasing consumption of improper foods, such as meat, dairy products, white sugar, white flour, white rice, along with the use of liquor, tobacco, coffee, soda and all other non-natural foods appear to be responsible for much of the poisoning of our bodies.

Good wholesome foods build good healthy blood, where as unwholesome foods build a poorer quality of blood. Cancer will not develop where there is a pure blood stream, and the body’s immune system is functioning at its optimum.

For years, the National Cancer Institute held fast to the principal that diet had nothing to do with cancer. However, recent overwhelming evidence has forced them to change their mind.

They are now even recommending that the consumption of certain fresh fruit and vegetables is a viable way to prevent cancer. “Fruit, such as oranges and bananas, and leafy green and yellow vegetables, including carrots and broccoli, all contain cancer preventing vitamins and fiber, and should be a regular part of everyone’s daily diet”, says the National Cancer Institute.

To prevent and increase our chances of curing cancer we must keep our body’s immune system high. There are a number of things we can to improve our resistance to cancer and assist the body in maintaining a healthy immune system, such as;

• Get lots of fresh air
• Drinking lots of pure water
• Eating plenty of wholesome natural foods
• Getting sufficient rest
• Engaging in moderate daily exercise
• Getting outside in the sun everyday
• Being moderate with what we eat and do
• and Having faith.

The reality is, every one of us has cancer cells lying dormant within us. Cancer has to be treated by building the body’s immune system then the body’s white blood cells, etc. will attack and destroy the cancer from within.

Cancer cells are weaker than normal cells and will not get out of control if our immune system is high. Now I’m no doctor so don’t take anything you read in this blog too seriously.

Do your own research; there’s plenty our there and one resource I found interesting was The Cancer Solution Society. I do have to confess though, I really enjoy Fresh Fruit and Vegetables.