My name is john worthy registered nurse attempting some study on lupus, one my patients has it and i have no idea about the illness. i have read one page that says that no one knows how it is developed and another by mark anastati, i would like to know what the general opinion is on mark anastati, i have read his information on the web and i am slightly confused. is this guy a pioneering scientist or a complete hoax, if his story is true then shouldn't we be working on new treatment plans or health promotion tecniques. i am asking as a nurse

I would be _very_ wary of placing my trust in a medical "breakthrough" by a public speaker, author and marketing specialist - this man is just out to sell books. He doesn"t cite any peer reviewed research supporting his idea because there isn"t any, and the only support he can find from a doctor is from someone who specialises in a different field altogether. The primary reason that diseases like those he lists are "less common" in developing countries is that the facilities aren"t available to diagnose them; also, people tend to die too young for some of them to develop. The ninety day guarantee he offers is sufficiently short that an improvement in general health can fool patients into thinking the symptoms of their disease are abating. It"s always a good idea to recommend a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle to your patients, but there is no scientific evidence to suggest that this alone will cure them. People like Mr. Anastasi are simply preying on the desperate.

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