All meat, sugar must go
SEVERAL OF the persons who have consulted with medical missionary and cancer survivor Debra Williams were diagnosed with cancer, but she said that by changing their diets, they have been able to change their cancer status.
“I take out the meat first. So all the meat goes because the meat causes the body to be built up with uric acid, and then I take out all the sugar products,” she explained.
“All the processed foods have in preservatives, additives, chemicals. It gives them a long shelf life, so those things have got to go. When you bombard the body with all those chemicals, you create a very toxic environment inside the body, and it becomes the perfect environment for cancer to proliferate and grow,” she said.
Williams generally provides a structured programme for her clients. The first step in this programme is to detoxify the body, which can be done using a combination of foods and herbs.
“If somebody wants to start changing their diet, I always recommend a detox first. The Bible says you can’t put new wine in old wineskin, so I put them on a seven-day detox to clean out the liver, kidney, lymphatic system, and flush the blood,” she said.
PLANT-BASED DIET WORKS
Williams, who is finishing up her doctoral programme in naturopathic medicine, said that she knows of many cancer patients who have died from chemotherapy. While she does not offer any guarantees that a plant-based diet is foolproof, she has witnessed how it has worked for her and many others.
“I am not God. I am not giving you any guarantee that if you go natural, you are going to live. You can go natural and die. You can go chemo and die,” she said.
Many traditional doctors and others who provide cancer care are very sceptical of the use of a plant-based diet to treat cancer. Among them is head of the radiology department at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Dr Derria Cornwall.
“We are a predominantly black population, and blacks tend to get more aggressive cancers at an earlier age than whites. In our predominantly black population, anybody who has not accessed treatment for cancer, I have not seen them having a very good five years, or so, survival rate,” she said.
“That does not discount the importance of a healthy lifestyle. Eating right, decreasing fatty foods, getting as much fruits and vegetables, getting your water in, exercise and rest, all these things are important,” she explained.