The Great American Health Hoax: The Surprising Truth About How Modern Medicine Keeps You Sick—How to Choose a Healthier, Happier, and Disease-Free Life

by Raymond Francis

In 1908 Dr. Eli Jones, in his book Cancer: Its Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, said that stress is the number-one cause of cancer. Modern studies support his thinking. Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., in his book Beating Cancer with Nutrition, said, “In my years of experience, about 90% of the cancer patients I deal with have encountered a major traumatic event 1–2 years prior to the onset of cancer.” The mind and the immune system are so intertwined that negative thinking depresses the activity of the immune system. When a person gives up and feels that life is no longer worth living, the immune system gives up as well.