If you have any illness, rather than believing that you are cured by taking symptom-relieving medication, I hope you will focus on restoring your body's healthy metabolism.
The human body and mind already have that ability.
It is designed to be less susceptible to disease.
--- p.10

However, surprisingly many people think that cancer is a family history.
As family members get cancer one by one, it is natural to feel anxious.
In fact, such a phenomenon does not occur due to genetics or family history, but rather because of shared eating and lifestyle habits.
Cancer is a metabolic disease caused by poor diet, lifestyle, and stress. It's not caused by DNA.
… Omitted … If we apply this definition (of metabolism) to the proposition that cancer is a metabolic disease, it means that ‘cancer is caused by the body not being able to properly expel toxic substances accumulated in the body, or in other words, by poor metabolism.’
--- pp.30-31

Born in Germany in 1881, Gerson suffered from migraines so much that he began researching dietary therapies to help him manage them.
He experimented with how different foods affected his migraine symptoms, finding that eating apples instead of salted sausages and bread reduced his migraines.
After various experiments, Gerson realized that food and the sodium in it were the problem, and he perfected the Gerson diet, which consisted of apples, vegetables, and a unique detoxification treatment called coffee enemas.
--- p.40

Genetic mutations found in cancer cells can range from thousands to millions, but not all of them directly cause cancer.
Rather, genetic mutations are likely a result of the cancer development process.
This is because the root cause of cancer may be factors such as environment, lifestyle, abnormal cell signaling, and increased toxins in the body before genetic mutations.
… (omitted)… Disease is a dysfunction of cells.
This fact cannot be overemphasized.
In particular, to cure cancer and chronic diseases, efforts must be made to restore the state of cells to health.
Even in your 70s or 80s, when cell function is restored, pain and other symptoms disappear.
--- p.44

These seemingly diverse diseases have one common cause.
Each disease is a result of an imbalance in metabolism.
When metabolism is imbalanced, liver function is impaired.
It gets worse after that.
Gerson, famous for his cell metabolism therapy, claimed that 98% of people who die from digestive cancer die not from the cancer but from liver dysfunction.
--- p.46

Cancer cells arise from lack of oxygen metabolism.
Professor Seyfried of Boston University, who has been in the spotlight for his cancer treatment through fasting, revealed the metabolism of cancer cells that breathe anaerobicly in his book, “Cancer is a Metabolic Disease.”
--- p.64

After this experiment, scientists began to focus on restoring mitochondrial function.
This is why research papers related to mitochondria are pouring out these days.
The increase in cancer patients is not simply due to increased life expectancy, but rather to damage to mitochondria caused by various toxins, nutritional imbalances, hormonal imbalances, and stress.
--- pp.76-77

'Mental illness' is by no means less important than the six causes of cancer cell growth mentioned above.
Rather, experienced medical professionals do not hesitate to cite peace of mind as the first factor in curing cancer.
I consider forgiveness, reconciliation, and peace to be the most fundamental way to heal cancer, replacing anger, conflict, and regret.
It's like the principle that the water upstream must be purified in order for the water downstream to become clear.
The impact of peace of mind on the health of the body is just as fundamental and important.
do.
--- p.85

There are also studies showing that a plant-based diet improves the health of breast cancer patients.
A research team from the University of Rochester Medical Center and Wilmot Cancer Institute analyzed 30 stage 4 breast cancer patients for eight weeks and compared the results after consuming a plant-based diet.
People on a plant-based diet lost an average of 6.6% of their body weight without exercise, and had lower cholesterol and insulin resistance.
They felt less tired and felt mentally better than those in the control group who did not eat a plant-based diet.
Their plant-based diet consisted of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, potatoes, nuts, and seeds.
--- p.91

“We all need to realize that most cancer research is largely a fraud.
“The major cancer research institutions have failed in their duty to their volunteers.” The above sentence is from Linus Carl Pauling, an American who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962).
Pauling's sharp criticism of cancer research institutions for being more focused on profit than on developing cancer treatments.
--- p.106

“My grandmother is taking her diabetes medication regularly, but why isn’t it getting better?”
“Medicine is not a cure.
The goal is symptom relief.
When your blood sugar level is high, taking medicine will lower it.
The medication only lowers elevated blood sugar levels and has a temporary effect.
You have to keep taking the medication because it doesn't address the cause.
“The fundamental solution is to correct blood sugar metabolism and insulin metabolism.”
--- p.123

What's even more serious is that the link between diabetes and dementia continues to emerge.
50% of dementia patients have diabetes or pre-diabetes.
Blood vessel damage and inflammation caused by diabetes can lead to poor blood flow to the brain, preventing brain cells from receiving adequate oxygen and nutrients.
It can be a direct cause of vascular dementia.
--- p.143

“Typical Korean food is mostly cooked with fire, except for some dishes.
In order to digest food, the pancreas must secrete a lot of digestive enzymes.
If you eat something sweet, like ice cream or cookies, as a snack or dessert after a meal, your blood sugar level will rise more quickly.
In order to lower high blood sugar levels, the pancreas must secrete more insulin, so it is inevitable that the pancreas will be overworked.
“You could say that the diet that my grandmother has been eating all this time is a pancreatic overwork diet that makes her pancreas work hard.”
--- pp.146-147

“What exactly is a simple meal?”
“Simple eating literally means reducing the number of foods you eat at one time.
A Korean meal with 10 or 20 dishes would be a very 'complex meal', the opposite of a simple meal.
Buffets are more complicated.
--- p.151

“Why are we so afraid of and attack the fructose in fruit?”
“You could say it’s because of the difference in perspectives on fructose.
People who believe that fructose is bad for your health equate chemically processed liquid fructose with natural fruit fructose.
Interpretation tends to vary depending on one's perspective.
It's not just the fructose issue, but also the basic way we look at food.
My point is that there is a clear difference between natural products and factory-made products.”
--- p.160

To prevent chronic disease, it's important to fill your diet with healthy fats from nuts and seeds.
A 2015 experiment conducted by researchers at Maastricht University in the Netherlands on 120,000 adults found that consuming just 10 grams of nuts per day reduced the mortality rate from cancer and cardiovascular disease.
--- p.167

If you have diabetes, you need to make sure you get enough micronutrients, especially.
When looking at the blood health of diabetic patients, they show a severe mineral imbalance.
Deficiencies in minerals such as chromium, zinc, manganese, potassium, magnesium, and selenium can make diabetes worse.
--- p.169

In particular, the gut-brain axis is receiving more attention due to its link to neurodegenerative brain diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's.
Most Parkinson's patients have poor gut health and an imbalance of gut microbes.
The recent increase in the number of young dementia patients can be attributed to various factors that affect brain health due to deteriorating intestinal conditions.
--- p.196

A state in which the balance of intestinal microorganisms is disrupted is called dysbiosis.
When this condition occurs, leaky gut syndrome becomes more severe and bacterial toxins flow into the bloodstream, causing various diseases.
Symptoms associated with dysbiosis are numerous and include abdominal pain, cramps, bloating, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, brain fog, emotional imbalances, acne, and bad breath.
--- p.215

Staying healthy isn't that difficult.
Even now, if you eat fruits, vegetables, seeds, and whole grains rich in natural microbes, you can greatly improve not only your digestive health but also your overall health.
--- p.222

The reason people age and become sick is because the enzymes that help life functions gradually decrease.
Chronic diseases, in particular, are a state in which metabolic problems have occurred over a long period of time, and disease and aging can be seen as meaning that the enzymes in our body are not functioning smoothly.
--- pp.248-249

“Enzyme deficiency has nothing to do with genes or family history.
It has to do with the food we eat every day.
In fact, it can be said that the modern diet contains almost no food enzymes.
What rice, bread, and cooked meat have in common is that they do not contain enzymes.
The same goes for processed foods like sausages, hamburgers, pizza, and soft drinks.
“In the process of cooking with fire, the original food, or more precisely, the living organism, has its enzymes destroyed.”
--- p.261

The human body is designed not to get sick.
A body that doesn't get sick is the default.
Even now, if you eat a diet rich in food enzymes, it can be of great help in escaping from chronic diseases and metabolic disorders.
--- p.262

If the condition of the organs that metabolize fat deteriorates and there is a lack of fat-decomposing enzymes, the body becomes prone to gaining weight.
The bodies of obese patients are generally deficient in enzymes.
--- p.279

Overeating fruits and vegetables is much more difficult than overeating rice and meat.
However, do not forget that to absorb the enzymes in the fruit well, you should eat it before a meal, not after.
--- p.282

In conclusion, various immune diseases can be improved with an enzyme-rich diet.
If you have an autoimmune disease or cancer, or are concerned about developing one, it's a good idea to practice ways to provide your white blood cells with an adequate enzyme arsenal.
Eat foods rich in enzymes.
--- p.295

If a monkey, with the same anatomical structure as us, were fed a 10-course Korean meal, a hamburger, or chicken, what would happen to its health? Whenever I ask this question to my audience during lectures, they all give the same answer.
I think my health is going to get worse.
--- p.317

The first reason is that I feel regretful that if only we had known a little more about our body's metabolism, we wouldn't have had to go through such a difficult situation.
That regret was the biggest motivation for me to write this book.

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