Denny Waxman and Susan Waxman - The Ultimate Guide to Eating for Longevity

The Ultimate Guide to
Eating for Longevity

The macrobiotic way to live a
long, healthy, and happy life

DENNY WAXMAN
and SUSAN WAXMAN

FOREWORD BY T. COLIN CAMPBELL

PEGASUS BOOKS

NEW YORK LONDON

This book is dedicated to all people past, present, and yet to come who share our dream of personal, social, and planetary health and abundance for all.

The information contained in this book is intended solely to provide guidance and to increase the readers awareness about the dietary and lifestyle practices that can create lasting health. If you suspect that you have a medical problem, we urge you to seek competent medical help and be aware that a second medical opinion is often the best course to achieve the best outcome for any particular condition.

No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

Maimonides

He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.

Arabic Proverb

FACTS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM GUIDING DR. ANTHONY SATTILARO TO HEALTH FROM TERMINAL PROSTATE CANCER.

Dr. Anthony Sattilaro was the president of Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia. In May 1978, he was diagnosed with terminal prostate cancer that had spread to his whole body. In August 1979, the cancer was gone. After further medical tests in 1981, his doctors declared him to be in complete remission.

My first client, Mona Schwartz, was at my house when Dr. Sattilaro came for a consultation with me. He had found out about me by accident after picking up some hitchhikers who were cooks at my summer camp. When he left, Mona urged me to look after Dr. Sattilaro the same way that I had looked after her. I invited Dr. Sattilaro to eat at my house every day and guided him with food recommendations: more of this, less of that, focus here, etc. I helped him to develop the skill to make decisions that support health.

He attended lectures and seminars about macrobiotic eating and never missed a cooking class. The macrobiotic community in Philadelphia at the time also fully supported and encouraged him throughout the recovery process. I introduced him to Michio Kushi, who also became a part of his recovery.

Dr. Sattilaro documented his recovery at every step. His story was published first by the Saturday Evening Post and Life magazines and later in his book Recalled by Life, which became an international best seller. The articles are available to read on my website.

I learned many lessons about what it meant to me to be a counselor through guiding Dr. Sattilaro. I gained a deep confidence in my own ability to help people create lasting health, especially when I had the ability to guide them closely. Terminal illness means modern medicine does not have the understanding or the technology to help or reverse it. I have personally observed hundreds of people reverse terminal illness. My lifes work has evolved into doing what medicine cant. Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, recommended diet and lifestyle practices as the best medicine.

Macrobiotics is about the cultivation of spiritual, mental, and physical health. Even in sickness, the emphasis is still on the cultivation of health. As we increase health, sickness naturally diminishes in our life. Recovery in macrobiotics is a spiritual revolution in which we learn how to guide and create our own health and life.

Active participants in their own recovery always do better. They take the time to find out what to do and get involved with creating their own health. The journey toward health is an energizing adventure, and education is a very important part of the process.

Proper support is vital for any recovery; support is more than approval, it is a collaboration. Real support means lets do this together and moves us toward our goal of health.

In my experience, there are three common points that lead to recovery. The first is finding good guidance. The second is education through books and seminars. The third is putting together a good support team. People who make recovery their number one priority are the ones who recover.

The following testimonials are from some of my clients. People accomplished seemingly miraculous transformations after accurately and vigorously applying the principles in this book. Some people have chosen to combine these principles with traditional medical treatments while others have used them alone. In either case, please consult with your medical professional before making these dietary and lifestyle modifications. It is also important to find a medical professional who will support you in your healing journey. I am sure you will be inspired from these experiences. Our bodies have amazing healing abilities when we treat them with love, care, and respect.

Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.

Norman Cousins

THE STORY OF JOHN AND TOINI WILLIAMS, SENIOR MAINTENANCE REPAIR

Four days after our wedding, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. In support of my desire to try a natural healing approach, my wife Toini got some books on macrobiotics. We discovered Denny Waxman through Recalled by Life by Dr. Anthony Sattilaro. We went to see Denny and began a journey that transformed our lives and how we view health.

I strictly followed Dennys dietary recommendations for two years. The tumor shrank, and the pain went away. I felt so good, I went off the diet and the cancer spread fast and suddenly. Cat scans and other tests revealed that I had stage 3 testicular seminoma. To my great fortune, two doctors on staff at Methodist Hospital in Philadelphia (where Dr. Sattilaro worked) were macrobiotic themselves and were a great encouragement to me as I underwent the chemo and radiation that was to follow. Once the chemo and radiation halted the cancer, I was told that any more chemo would kill me. After surgery, I decided to seriously return to the diet to heal. One huge side effect of all the treatment was that I would not be able to father children.

When we told Denny about it, he assured us that within two years of following his dietary and lifestyle recommendations, I could eliminate all the toxins and reverse the effect of the chemo and radiation. In just a little over two years' time, our first son was born on Christmas morning. Another son and two daughters were to follow, our youngest born to us when we were forty-four years old.

At a newborn-baby checkup with our third child, the doctor asked about my medical history. When I told him about my bout with stage 3 testicular cancer and the treatments, he looked confused. He thought I had undergone treatment AFTER my wife was pregnant, and when he found out he was amazed. He stated that men who go through the treatments for this cancer cannot father children.

Although healing from cancer and fathering children when I was told I wouldnt be able to are dramatic aspects to this story, the everyday benefits are what make up a life of transformation.

Dennys intuition and recommendations, even over the phone, are invaluable for health crises. It is uncanny how he can recommend a drink or dish that will eliminate physical problems. Our seventeen-year-old daughter recently said she feels confident she can deal with most everyday illnesses herself using her knowledge of the diet. I feel truly blessed to know Denny Waxman, and grateful that he dedicated his life to the study of macrobiotics and strengthening health.

THE STORY OF NANCY WOLFSON-MOCHE, NOURISHMENT EDUCATOR, COUNSELOR, AND BLOGGER

Prior to getting married, I sought help from Denny for a few different conditions that were completely resolved after following his recommendations. When I got married at forty-two, I began trying to conceive. After several months, and after learning I was not eligible for any high-tech fertility treatments due to my elevated FSH level, I went to see Denny. I worked closely with him, and over the course of a year my FSH dropped by 25 points. Soon after that, I became pregnant at age forty-four. Denny guided me through a healthy pregnancy and I worked closely with him during the first few years of my daughters life. He was always responsive, open, and highly professional. Over the following five years we worked closely to tweak and fine-tune my diet and lifestyle. With Dennys guidance and support, I was able to have a second baby at the age of fifty-one.