Most of us long time list members ignore Dr. B. entirely.

As to the "victim philosophy", everyone dies, most people get sick. Wally
died from liver cancer, it is said. Paleo living isn't going to prevent you
from getting sick or dying. You may get cancer even if you are strict paleo.
This is a  good opportunity for me to realize that I am not God (or any
similar concept) and that I cannot control my destiny no matter how "good" I
eat.

I had a friend who rode a motorcycle to work. I thought that was dangerous.
He died in his early forties from a metastasized melanoma. All his
motorcycle riding didn't matter, obviously, to his final outcome.

The bad part of paleo eating in general is that we tend to feel that we are
victims of our own bad eating habits if we cheat. Dr. B.'s "victim
philosophy" is a part of my philosophy, in a way.

In reality none of us knows how we will end up, and this is simply more
responsibility than we can realistically assume. In a way I am playing God
when I think "uh oh, I shouldn't have eaten that cookie". I can say in an
abstract sense that cookies are bad because they contain flour, and that
when I eat too many I suffer from allergies, but I cannot really say that if
I get cancer, it was because of the cookies I ate, or that if I am very
strict paleo, I won't get cancer. In that sense, I am playing to the victim
philosophy, something I'd like to work on and eliminate.

I hope this isn't too abstract or poorly worded to understand.

--Richard

> I am new to this list. I did not know Wally Ballou, but I hate the blame
the
> vicitm philosophy of Dr B. If there is anything certain in this world it
is
> that we are mortal and will die of something. There may be things to do to
> lessen our chances of disease but it is impossible to know for each
> individual what the probability of their contracting any given disease was
> in the first place. We all just do the best we can, living the healthiest
> lifestyle possible. The rest is out of our hands.
>
> Jean
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "krosenth" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 11:23 AM
> Subject: "Dr." B. re. Obituary-Wally Ballou/Paleo diet help?
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dr Bernarr" <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > So whenever we are ill with cancer, our inherent intelligence produces
> > cancer symptoms upon
> > > which we should concentrate, meditate on, pay attention to and feel,
> until
> > we are asymptomatic, i.e., until our cancer symptoms completely and
> > permanently disappear. If and when we will do this, our cancer will
always
> > help heal immediately, completely and permanently.
> >
> >
> > Reading the above makes me wonder if "Dr." Bernarr has ever had a
serious
> > form of cancer.  Also wondering if he has ever been sued?  Usually I can
> > blow away his ideas, but I'm so sorry for Wally's death that my ability
to
> > tolerate Bernarr today is weakened.
> >
> > Re. the question someone asked about the fact that Wally was paleo and
> > wondering if that may have helped him, I can only say that liver cancer
> has
> > a very low survival rate.  There are some new non-toxic things that
appear
> > to be effective, but very few people know about them.  The Chinese have
> some
> > interesting new approaches, and the Amazon herbs are helping....   There
> is
> > hope for people with almost any kind of cancer now, but the problem is
> > finding out what is successful and where they are using it.  Not easy
when
> > traditional med. in the U.S. and many other countries focuses on
burning,
> > slashing and poisoning.
> >
> > Kath
> >