Because my prognosis was so poor and my type of cancer is technically "incurable," I decided there was nothing to lose by trying several different things simultaneously in order to have, perhaps, a chance at living long term. My thinking was this: just because something isn't proven to be helpful, doesn't mean that it isn't helpful. It just means that no one has gone to the tremendous expense and effort of proving that it is. And after all, while everyone "knows" that good nutrition is important for health, who would actually go to the huge expense required to put on clinical trials and prove, to the satisfaction of the FDA, that something works, when there's nothing exclusive that can be sold at the end of the study to recoup the investment. So that's why things like nutrition, or organic food, or herbal supplements will never be proven to be helpful in the treatment or cure of cancer. But it certainly stands to reason that a healthier body is just stronger in general, and is therefore more able to fight any disease, including cancer. This is especially logical when we consider the fact that oncologists become very concerned if a patient drops a great deal of weight, either due to the cancer, or due to the treatment of it. That's because these people, statistically, tend to do worse in terms of longevity than people who don't lose a great deal of weight. (Note, as always, that YOU ARE NOT A STATISTIC. This is in general, but not always so.) And since cancer itself is highly metabolically active and wastes some of the fuel a person ingests, and since the illness, or the treatment of it, can cause a reduced appetite, it makes sense that every effort be made to give your body the best quality food possible.