Over the past past year I’ve attracted a lot of vegan rage about the blogs I’ve written on how a high fructose diet may have contributed to the pancreatic cancer that killed Apple founder Steve Jobs.
Today’s news provides some evidence that I might have been “right on.”
Actor Ashton Kutcher, who plays Steve Jobs in the biopic Jobs, says he was rushed to the hospital with pancreatic problems after adopting a fruitarian diet. Kutcher did so to get into the Jobs character as fully as possible.
After the film’s screening at the Sundance Film Festival Friday, Kutcher warned against the dangers of such a diet. “The fruitarian diet can lead to, like, severe issues. I went to the hospital, like, two days before we started shooting the movie. I was, like, doubled over in pain. My pancreas levels were completely out of whack. It was really terrifying, considering everything.”
Jobs, of course, died from pancreatic cancer on October 5, 2011. As my blogs indicated, there is evidence suggesting excess fructose consumption puts stress on the pancreas, and could lead to islet cell carcinoma. Let Kutcher’s experience serve as a warning to those — who like Dr. John McDougall — maintain against all evidence that Jobs “excellent vegan diet” could only have helped.
The biopic opens in theaters this April. Now that Kutcher has dropped the fruitarian diet, let’s hope he returns to excellent health and drops the Jobs-like mannerisms and hunched over posture. With luck, some good fat and protein will — like — improve his talking too!
Sources:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/01/26/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-sundance/1866023/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/28/ashton-kutcher-hospital-steve-jobs-diet
Kaayla Daniel
Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN, is The Naughty NutritionistTM because of her ability to outrageously and humorously debunk nutritional myths. A popular guest on radio and television, she has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, ABC's View from the Bay, NPR's People's Pharmacy and numerous other shows. Her own radio show, "Naughty Nutrition with Dr. Kaayla Daniel," launches April 2011 on World of Women Radio. Dr. Daniel is the author of The Whole Soy Story: The Dark Side of America's Favorite Health Food, a popular speaker at Wise Traditions and other conferences, and recipient of its 2005 Integrity in Science Award. Her website is www.naughtynutritionist.com and she can be reached at Kaayla@DrKaaylaDaniel.com.
You have no idea how many times I’ve referred to Steve Jobs as a sorry example for the fruitarian vegan approach. Don’t forget Jack Lalanne who died of pneumonia and i’m sure his high fruit juicing didn’t help defend his immune system nor his whole wheat consumption.
So, like, what’s wrong with Ashton’s talking? Don’t you “like” it? :-/ Totally … gag me with a spoon…