Divina, If we look deeply into the treatment of all above cases- it looks diet changes were not at all first tried & results thereof were not judged. The patients seems to have directly put on medication as is usually common in CMS. Even under CMS treatment of some diseases like diabetes- control on diet & excercise is first adviced/tried. It is seen that the craving of sugar etc. is common in person exposed to diabetes risks or pre-diabetic cases & if diet can be pre-controlled- it may benifit,delay or control the risk to be a diabetic. Some diabetic medicines are prescribed to lessen the absorption of foods even at later stages( indirectly a diet control). One doctor has previously indicated that one regular diabetic medicine prescribed to lessen the absorption may probably avoid pre-diabetes cases to become diabetes. It is also a kind of diet control.

Btw, what can you comment about all animals & birds practicing cutting or discontinuing of diet in case of any disorder?

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First, what is CMS?

Secondly, dietary changes were not made because:

a) not possible--no other food was available, and if it were, the child would still have suffered malnutrition because the problem was not a lack of sufficient food, clearly;
b) not relevant--not important to the case except in a "particular" symptom, which is usually not very important in terms of case analysis;

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c) changes would be suppressive and actually mask the disease, creating further danger for the patient by complicating the disease.

My point? In all cases above, dietary changes were absolutely not necessary to bring about cure.

Since mostly all the information being promoted as "nutritional science" is highly speculative, it is a good conclusion to say that looking first to making dietary changes would be a big effort, with little possible gain.

Making dietary changes in order to increase the variety of foods taken in, to increase the quality of the food eaten, and in order to take advantage of the best quality food ingredients...that is another story entirely, which would fall not into the "treatment" and "cure" area, but more along the lines of "improving the quality of life". Nothing more.

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CMS means current medical science, being the allopathy. Rice is an acid forming food & child may have suffered due to acidosis. It was an abnormal circumstance ( as no other food was available) otherwise it could had also be naturally cured by changing the diet to alkaline forming or by some fasting or reducing the same diet. It looks humans prefer the dependance and are more habituated to be treated by medication being a practice & easy going nature in genral, instead of natural curing systems.

Medication & diet control, both can treat most of the disorders particularily at initial stages. But diet control can be bit troblesome instead a natural & better choice- and so medication is usually accepted- just to avoid the trouble.

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Well, that's all well and good, but David Little does say clearly that in this particular village, RICE was IT for food--everyone ate what they got and that was that.

No one was sweating about its acid-forming or alkaline forming foods.

P. S.: if what you say were at all true, then every single person in that village would have suffered effects from eating the acid-forming rice. That is just not the case.

Once again: diet alone will not cure. It will palliate as long as dietary changes keep taking place, and are maintained. But not longer, once these changes and supplementations are stopped.

Therefore: no cure.

Homeopathy: no dietary changes, just the remedy.
Food and metabolism issues resolve as a result of the remedy...and stay resolved. That is the definition of cure.

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Well said, Divina!

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Every individual is differant, their food habits, constitution, senstivity, suspectibility, resistance etc. may be differant. Some other factors & substances might had also effected the patient alongwith the food. However, doctors usually give medicine to avoid troubles/pain by changing the diet inspite of possible comlications - not mean no treatment possible by change in diet. Truth may be true but may not be practicle with humans. Any way homeopathic remedies can be OK due to its least side & adverse effects-in some way near to natural treatment.

Btw, one question irritate me since long in this respect:-

Suppose a person is seriously ill from some difficult or uncurable disease. Vital force will be trying so save him whereas Opposite forces may be trying to kill him. If he keep complete fast till just before he die, what do you think if OPPOSITE FORCES will die/leave first OR VITAL FORCE will die/leave him first??

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