Milk linked to cancer

BREAST cancer and its “cure”. The article titled “New dawn after breast cancer” by Lisa Isaacs (Cape Times, September 4) sparked a memory of an e-mail which was being circulated a few years ago. It was written by Professor Jane Plant, herself a survivor of advanced breast cancer.

In her research as a scientist she discovered that women in China rarely get breast cancer (1 in 10 000 compared to 1 in 12 in the UK).

With her scientist husband who had visited China and had noted that Chinese people are not able to tolerate milk, she came to the conclusion that giving up all dairy products could cure her cancer (Plant had already had several radiotherapy treatments). She eliminated from her diet cheese, butter, milk, yogurt, ice cream and even some soups, biscuits, cakes – any product that contained milk.

Within days she noticed that the cancerous lump which had developed on her neck had started to shrink. After about six weeks of excluding all dairy products from her diet, all trace of the lump was gone.

She went to her cancer specialist who had been treating her, and who had not expected her to survive as the cancer had clearly spread to the lymphatic system. He examined her thoroughly and declared that he could not find any tumour. She was cured.

She admitted it was difficult for her to accept that a substance as natural as milk might have such ominous health implications. She considers herself a living proof that it works and she shares the realisation widely. Monica Shanley

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