I, for one, would like to hear more about Steve Job's diet and what he did
to 'cure himself' before he went the conventional chute to an early death.
-Allan in WV

On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Whenever someone dies from a disease of civilization at a young age, I
> become curious as to the diet they followed. This is what I've been able to
> get from the web: Back in Apple's formative days Steve was a fruitarian/raw
> vegan. After that he was best known for being a vegetarian. Steve was having
> digestive problems along the way, and because of those investigations his
> cancer was diagnosed at an early stage. Immediate surgery was recommended.
> Instead Steve spend nine months trying to cure his cancer with diet. It got
> worse and then he got the operation. This delay was not helpful and probably
> shortened his life some.
>
> Then I find something about a lack of protein. In his later years he was a
> pescatarian. He was very good friends with Dean Ornish. One can presume that
> he followed Ornish's recommendations and avoided all fats.
>