The following letter has been sent to Vice President Joe Biden.
Dear Mr. Vice President:
I am deeply moved by your show of strength in the face of great personal loss. Your continuing desire to serve inspires us all.
Of particular interest to me is your determination to end cancer, a goal I am sure you will pursue until it is achieved—and perhaps that will be sooner than you think.
What is already known within the scientific community is that cancer is one of a number of chronic diseases most prevalent among populations that consume a diet rich in meat and dairy and deficient in whole plant-based foods. In this connection, the World Health Organization has just released its report on the impact of red and processed meats on cancer development. While this information has been available for decades, unfortunately it has been ignored by the medical community and kept out of the public eye by meat and dairy industry lobbyists. Consequently, the first logical step toward a cure for cancer would seem to be to move this rich trove of suppressed information out of the shadows and into the public domain.
In 2011, after a heart attack, I was inspired by President Bill Clinton’s example to adopt a plant-based diet. I read the books that he read including THE CHINA STUDY by T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D., and books by the following medical doctors: Caldwell Esselstyn; Dean Ornish; John McDougall; and Neal Barnard, founder and President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Not incidentally, Dr. Barnard is based near your home in Washington. These doctors have had years of success demonstrating that what we eat is the key to prevention and reversal of chronic diseases--including cancer. I urge you to seek the counsel of these doctors.
Not only do our food choices dramatically impact our health and the cost of healthcare, but our demand for animal protein is putting an unsustainable burden on our land and water resources, is contributing to global climate change, and is causing large scale animal suffering.
These are issues of profound practical and moral urgency.
Your quest to end cancer is indeed a noble one.
I wish you comfort in your grief and success in your efforts.
Very Respectfully,
Dorothy P. Greet
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Dorothy Greet invites you on a journey to amazing good health and vitality through Plant-Based Eating.
A heart attack turned her life upside down at age 70.
Now, with a Cornell Certificate in Plant-Based Nutrition, this retired clergywoman teaches free classes to community groups upon request.
To contact Ms. Greet, email dgreet@aya.yale.edu.
For more information on plant-based eating go to greetplantbased.blogspot.com.
