★ A letter received from a patient ★

A sincere plea to the entire medical profession:

As I approach the end of my life I feel so much anger and sadness inside me. The greater part of my life has been riddled with ill health and countless medications. I have been burdened both emotionally as well as financially from my health issues, and so has my family. I have seen multiple medical professionals from all walks -- doctors, nurses, nutritionists, specialists, etc., but ultimately, I accepted that I would just have to live with my rather frustrating and worrisome life.

Then, a nurse who I will be forever grateful to, told me to read "The China Study" and "Reversing Heart Disease." I felt like someone had given me a chance; a chance to take control of my life, of my health, and heck...what harm could it do? I immediately changed to a whole-foods plant-based diet while I continued to do research on the subject, and that is when it hit me.

You knew. You all knew. If you didn't, you should have. The evidence is everywhere, the science is clear, and has been clear for some time.

Why? Why is the medical profession letting people die quietly? They could have changed my life. Why did they keep giving me more medications instead?

With my new lifestyle I feel better than I have in many, many years; I have lost weight without even really trying, and have actually come off of several of my medicines. I regret every year that I abused my body by following the misguidance of the medical profession.

We spend our lives believing in you. We trust you. You are failing us. Yes, I should have found it sooner; I was ignorant and did not think past what my medical team recommended, and now I have much regret, sadness, and anger over what could have been.

The medical community used to do advertisements and give prescriptions for cigarettes, too; until a brave few began to fight the lies and mass death...what kind of medical person do you consider yourself? A truth-teller or a slave to Big Pharma?

We need more truth-tellers and responsible people in medicine. Please be strong to fact.

"When you fail to inform someone about the importance of lifestyle medicine, then you steal that person's right to live free from sickness and medication." -- Dr. John McDougall, MD

Thank you very much for you time. I have enclosed some complimentary copies of the books I referred to, and there are also some wonderful DVDs if you were interested. The facts found within them are both well-known and documented as successful time and time again for preventing, managing, or completely curing disease.

Save lives.

(Enclosed with this letter were copies of the book, "The China Study," along with other books, DVD, & research papers that conclusively demonstrates the amazing health & environmental benefit of whole-food, plant-based diets.)