William Donald Kelley | |
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| Born | November 1, 1925 Winfield, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 2005 (aged 79) Arkansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Orthodontist, writer |
William Donald Kelley (November 1, 1925 – January 30, 2005) was an American orthodontist who developed "non-specific metabolic therapy,"[1] an alternative cancer treatment, now known to be ineffective, which he based on his personal belief that "wrong foods [cause] malignancy to grow, while proper foods [allow] natural body defenses to work."[2]
Kelley received no training in oncology; according to Quackwatch, his ideas are "largely speculative and invalid."[3] His therapy is not only ineffective, Quackwatch notes,[3][4] but also causes people with cancer who take it to die more quickly and have a worse quality of life than those who receive standard treatment, and they can suffer side effects that are serious at the very least and can even actively cause their deaths.[4]
- ^ Wolcott, William (November 20, 2008). The Metabolic Typing Diet: Customize Your Diet For: Permanent Weight Loss. Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony. ISBN 978-0767911399.
- ^ Lerner BH (2006). Chapter 7: Unconventional Healing - Steve McQueen's Mexican Journey. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 139-. ISBN 0-8018-8462-4.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ a b Green S (20 April 2000). "Nicholas Gonzalez Treatment for Cancer: Gland Extracts, Coffee Enemas, Vitamin Megadoses, and Diets". Quackwatch. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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