Some people with cancer use macrobiotic diets as a complementary therapy. They think that changing their diet and lifestyle may help them to feel better and more positive. Macrobiotic diets may do this, but they can also have harmful effects.
Some people think that a macrobiotic lifestyle may help them to fight their cancer and lead to a cure. There is no scientific evidence to prove that a macrobiotic diet can treat or cure cancer or any other disease. Some people decide to try alternative therapies when they have been told there is no conventional treatment to cure their cancer. But even when a cancer can’t be cured, conventional medicines can often control the cancer for some time and reduce symptoms.