Now Charles backs coffee cure for cancer
Prince Charles has never made a secret of his love affair with alternative medicine. Now he has infuriated the medical profession by backing a controversial cancer treatment which involves taking daily coffee enemas and drinking litres of fruit juice instead of using drugs. Charles gave an enthusiastic endorsement last week to the Gerson Therapy, which eschews chemotherapy in favour of 13 fruit juices a day, coffee enemas and weekly injections of vitamins.
Cancer specialists have told The Observer that there is no scientific basis for the theory and that it can be dangerous because patients who are seriously ill often come off their normal treatment to try something unproven which may leave them badly dehydrated.
Speaking to a room of 200 healthcare professionals at a conference, Charles said: 'I know of one patient who turned to Gerson Therapy having been told she was suffering from terminal cancer and would not survive another course of chemotherapy. Happily, seven years later, she is alive and well. So it is vital that, rather than dismissing such experiences, we should further investigate the beneficial nature of these treatments.'
Charles's spokesmen last night refused to say whether the patient he referred to is a close friend or someone he met in his role as patron of four cancer charities. What has become clear is that a tight network of friends and associates are advocates of the therapy. Dudley Poplak, an interior designer who has a client list of the great and the good, is the man who is thought to have first alerted Charles to the treatment. Poplak redecorated Highgrove House for Charles and Diana and designed their apartment in Kensington Palace. He gave Charles a copy of the book A Time to Heal: My Triumph over Cancer - Beata Bishop's story of how she beat malignant melanoma 23 years ago by following the strict dietary regime.
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