Biology, Cancer, and Macrobiotics.

At present, there are numerous iterations of "macrobiotic diet," most of which don't align with the potassium-sodium teachings of George Ohsawa. The most common and least balanced of these iterations is the high potassium/low sodium version (on both coasts, as well as in the plant-based, vegan, and vegetarian communities). That diet reflects the grossly inaccurate belief that potassium in any amount is benign whereas sodium may be harmful. At the other end of the spectrum, some macro individuals are following a ketogenic diet in which food is dominantly sourced from the animal kingdom. That diet is a great counterbalance to the high potassium/low sodium approach, i.e., it radically increases sodium intake while radically decreasing potassium. In the short term, practitioners will inevitably feel energized, tumors may disappear, etc. However, in the long term, it has its limits. Both of the above extremes lack the long-term utility of Herman Aihara's biochemical/ biological approach to the prevention or treatment of cancer, an approach for which there is an overwhelming body of evidence as referenced in this article. You will find the information divided into "biologically logical" segments. It goes from the composition of Intracellular Fluid to the pumps and channels/Transmembrane Proteins that control the passage of solutes into and out of the cell to the Cell Membrane to Extracellular Fluid (as dominantly divided between blood/Intravascular Fluid and the fluid between the cells/Interstitial Fluid). Then it gets into the nitty-gritty of the Immune System. You will be astonished to learn that doctors treating autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis have known for decades that a high sodium diet activates the immune system whereas a high potassium diet disables it.