My Position on Diet, Natural Healing, and Treatment

Trail descending from Sinbulsan toward Ganwolljae meadow, South Korea

 

I am a Stage 4 Follicular Lymphoma patient, currently on my second relapse.

 

The next treatment option is not covered by Korean national health insurance. The cost is significant. The complete response rate is not high. And for now, I have no symptoms that require immediate intervention — so I am under active surveillance, watching and waiting.

 

In the meantime, I started a low-carb, high-fat diet in March 2026.

 

On Natural Healing

Online — especially on Instagram — there is no shortage of accounts claiming that natural methods cured their cancer. Diet, supplements, mindset. Some say they refused conventional treatment entirely and recovered.

 

I respect those experiences. I am not here to dismiss them.

 

I also believe there are people who have genuinely benefited from whole-food plant-based diets or Mediterranean-style eating. That is real too.

 

But here is my own reality: I tried both. Brown rice and vegetables. Mediterranean-style eating. I followed them carefully. And I relapsed. Then I relapsed again.

 

That does not mean those diets caused my relapses. Cancer is not that simple. There is no single cause, and no single answer. What works for one person does not automatically work for another. I know that.

 

What I am saying is this: I tried those approaches, and for me, they were not enough.

 

What I Actually Think

I follow a low-carb, high-fat diet. I believe it creates a metabolic environment that is harder for cancer cells to thrive in. I am not doing this instead of medical treatment — I am doing it alongside it, to give treatment the best possible conditions to work.

 

But I want to be direct about something.

 

If you are reading this because you or someone you love has cancer — please do not refuse medical treatment based on someone else's positive experience online. That includes mine.

 

Anecdotes are not evidence. A recovery story, however genuine, is one data point. Someone else's outcome is not a prediction of yours.

 

If your treatment options are genuinely limited — financially, medically, geographically — that is a different and deeply difficult situation. But if options exist, please use them. Work with your doctors. Use every tool available.

 

I share my diet journey here because cases like mine exist — a blood cancer patient trying a dietary approach that most people around me think is wrong. I want that perspective in the conversation.

 

I am not recommending my approach to anyone. I am not saying it is correct. I am saying: here is one more data point. Make your own informed decision.

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This blog reflects my personal experience only and does not constitute medical advice. Please consult your oncologist for all treatment decisions.