Anthony Sattilaro

Anthony J. Sattilaro (1931-1989) was an American physician and promoter of macrobiotics as a cancer cure.

Anthony Sattilaro
Born1931
Died1989 (aged 57–58)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPhysician
Known forPromoter of macrobiotics as a cancer cure
Medical career
InstitutionsMethodist Hospital
Notable worksRecalled from Life

Biography

Sattilaro was the Chief Executive Officer of Methodist Hospital in South Philadelphia. He was diagnosed at the age 49 with prostate cancer with multiple bone metastases.[1] In his book Recalled from Life (1982), he described how macrobiotics had cured his prostate cancer.[2] He stated that a follow up examination revealed complete resolution of metastatic bone lesions.[1] Sattilaro went on publicity tours and he appeared in magazines and talk shows. In Living Well Naturally (1984), he made the mistaken claim that a macrobiotic diet had put his prostate cancer into permanent remission.[3]

In 1989 he died from prostate cancer that his books claimed he had been cured of.[3][4][5] According to William T. Jarvis "he eventually died of his disease, but this fact was not mentioned in the macrobiotic press."[6]

Publications
  • Recalled by Life (Houghton Mifflin, 1982, 1989) ISBN 0-395-32524-2
  • Living Well Naturally (Houghton Mifflin, 1984, 1985)

See also

References
  1. Kushi, Lawrence H; Cunningham, Joan E; Hebert, James R; Lerman, Robert H; Bandera, Elisa V; Teas, Jane. (2001). The Macrobiotic Diet in Cancer. The Journal of Nutrition 131 (11): 3056S–3064S.
  2. Barrett, Stephen. (2000). "Miraculous Recoveries". Quackwatch. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  3. Butler, Kurt. (1992). A Consumer's Guide to "Alternative Medicine": A Close Look at Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Faith-healing, and Other Unconventional Treatments. Prometheus Books. p. 23. ISBN 0-87975-733-7
  4. Raso, Jack. (1993). Mystical Diets: Paranormal, Spiritual, and Occult Nutrition Practices. Prometheus Books. p. 24. ISBN 0-87975-761-2
  5. Butler, Kurt. (1999). Lying for Fun and Profit: The Truth about the Media: Exposes the Corrupt Symbiosis Between Media Giants and the Health Fraud Industries. Health Wise Productions. p. 81. ISBN 978-0967328102
  6. Jarvis, William T. (1997). "How Quackery Harms Cancer Patients". Quackwatch. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
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