FALSE CLAIM - Veganism Cures Cancer

I remember when I first saw these stickers popping up all around my home town of Windsor Ontario and how they initially made me feel which was extremely angry. My mother passed away almost 4 years ago from cancer and seeing these stickers was insulting and offensive to me but it also got me thinking about her diet, my diet, and how important a role  healthy diet plays in our overall health. Obviously a healthy diet will affect how our lives play out but can eating a raw vegan diet actually cure cancer? 

As I mentioned, seeing these stickers invoked feelings of anger but they also provoked my thought process a little so I started to use the internet to determine whether something like this could even be possible. Hours upon hours were spent researching and looking into different stories of people who claim that they cured their own cancer through a raw vegan diet and to be honest, there's plenty of people out there who claim this to be true. What's worse is that they often try and profit from it by offering meal plans and tips for example for people if they pay some kind of membership which is always an indication that something fishy is up.

Another thing I noticed was there were video testimonials from people who made these claims, so I started watching them to find out exactly what they did and how it helped them. I spent hours every day researching and in almost every case I found that there was something that just didn't add up with these claims. In fact, there were links to stories about people who made these claims and gained all of this attention only to die of cancer a year or so later. I think deep down I knew all along the cure for cancer wasn't that simple but I believe these stickers are there to invoke a thought process or curiosity about veganism. The problem is, these false claims are offensive to people who have been through cancer or witnessed a family member or friend pass away from it. Frankly, it's a slap in the face to anyone who has suffered at the hands of this disease and it almost trivializes the process someone who gets cancer endures because gosh, it's just so simple to beat cancer.

What I find especially frustrating is that this attempt to promote veganism could actually convince someone who's extremely vulnerable to take this advice only to be faced with a terminal diagnosis in the end. Cancer is such a complex illness which is why we've been fighting to find a cure for decades and taking advantage of someone who's extremely vulnerable and looking for anything to help themselves or loved ones is sickening and so very wrong. If curing cancer was this simple, we'd all already be doing it.

I remember finding out my mother was terminal and the feelings I experienced. I remember going online and doing research, trying to find anything online that claimed to be a cure for cancer and trying to convince my mother to try these things. This diagnosis changes you and it puts you in such a vulnerable state, one that makes you so very desperate and willing to do anything to save your loved on. I bought dandelion tea in droves, considered juicing, and started looking into natural remedies. I was willing to spend anything just for a chance to help her. The fact is, cancer CAN NOT BE CURED by eating vegetables and fruit and nothing else. It's just not that simple.

More and more people are switching to plant based diets in varying degrees and there's no denying that eating more fruits and vegetables is beneficial to us and our bodies. Plant based diets provide more fiber, nutrients and vitamins, and less fat / cholesterol, these are facts, but making claims of being able to cure disease in order to promote the vegan lifestyle is damaging, offensive, and just plain wrong.

What do you guys think? 

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