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Cases, Cases, Cases
T
o give you some idea of what can be achieved, here are some case
histories from my clinical notebooks. These are not even the most
sensational recoveries I know of. The ones included here are typical
of a wide variety of conditions and are chosen because they show ordinary
people with ordinary, though in some cases severe, diseases – the kind you
might be suffering from. These are not medical reports of the kind that
I would supply to a fellow medical practitioner, just plain stories, told in
everyday English that illustrate the point. The scientific and technical basis
of these recoveries are fully covered later in the book. Each case was put
through the diet wise plan and the results are summarized. Long before the
final chapter you should be able to achieve the same success for yourself.
The trick is to work out what your own personal ideal diet is.
Case no. 1: Severe arthritis
Mac was a friendly 50-year-old Scot, lively, intelligent and well educated
- everything the emigré from north of the border of Britain is traditionally
noted for. He was hard-working and successful too, one of the army of quiet
businessmen of the type who once helped Britain build and maintain her
empire across the globe. At the peak of his career he was senior executive
in a Far Eastern company, traveling the world and enjoying the respect of
colleagues from Manchester to Tokyo. He had earned his status and was
entitled to be proud of it.
Then arthritis struck. At first it was no more than an uncomfortable
periodic ache, but unfortunately it soon progressed and began to worsen
with relentless speed. Within a few years he was a very sick man and his way
of life had become very restricted. The pain was severe, but the main enemy