Did macrobiotics contribute to the death of Steve Jobs?

Macrobiotics is a holistic philosophy of life and healing, adopted by Steve Jobs when he was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, according to his biographer. What exactly does the practice of macrobiotics entail? Macrobiotics advises a balanced diet mainly of whole grains, vegetables and soy products such as miso, individualized according to the constitution and condition of the person. It has helped many people heal from a variety of diseases, including cancer.

However, in Steve Jobs’ case, he may have benefited best from the surgery as soon as he was diagnosed, in addition to following the macrobiotic lifestyle. The problem with alternative healing methods, such as macrobiotics, is that they can delay a person from taking advantage of the latest technological diagnostic and surgical methods, when needed.

Unfortunately, in the last ten years, many esteemed macrobiotic teachers and counselors have died of cancer. Is it because they didn’t get an early diagnosis? Or because they didn’t take advantage of surgery to remove the tumor and then used macrobiotics or other holistic approaches to eliminate the cause and possible spread of their cancer?

The great macrobiotic teacher, Herman Aihara, a student of the founder of macrobiotics, George Ohsawa, was a humble little man who empowered many to heal through a whole food diet and home remedies. Aihara used to tell cancer patients to first have their tumors removed and then to come back for macrobiotic counseling to learn how to change their lives, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and naturally starve cancer cells and prevent a recurrence. . He cared more for the life of each person than to prove that his philosophy was correct.

Alternative healing methods work best when combined with conventional medical diagnosis and treatment. The hope for the future is “complementary medicine,” combining the best of both worlds. I see hope in major medical centers, including meditation and Healing Touch in their repertoire of treatments.

The Chakra Diaries, novel life stories of people on a healing journey, includes the story of Julie, an alternative healer who did not take advantage of allopathic medicine and therefore was not diagnosed with melanoma until she was in Stage 4 and little intervention was available. . It is a dramatized version of a true story, not the same as the Steve Jobs story, but with the same end result. And the same moral … take advantage of both alternative wisdom and medical technology. Combine the best of everything that is available.