“ Wellness Guru ” Belle Gibson lied about having terminal brain cancer and made a killing peddling bogus cures . At Boing Boing , Xeni Jardin condemn Gibsonand “ the culture of magical thinking and hero idolization that build her myth into a profitable business , ignoring decade of real science , and placing vulnerable people with cancer at substantial risk of end . ”
indite Jardin , a cancer patient herself :
The 23 - year - former Australian bullshitted the entire world about having terminal genius Cancer the Crab , and profited from her altogether fictional news report via her “ raw wellness ” app , The Whole Pantry . On her blog , she exact she cured her terminal brain cancer by forfend gluten and sugar . Shocking , I know , but : this is not how genus Cancer put to work . You know what stopped the progression of my cancer ? Chemo ( derived from alien plants and fungi , for real ! ) , surgery , drug , and a shitload of all - natural radiation , deport via a additive particle throttle that is even more powerful than my darling kale juicer .
Every Holy Writ of this take your attention . Read it .
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