Moerman Therapy


The Moerman Therapy, also called Moerman Method or Moerman Diet is a purported cancer treatment from the Dutch practitioner . Its effectiveness is supported by anecdote only - there is no evidence of its worth as a cancer treatment.
According to Quackwatch, "The diet prohibited all meats, all fish and shellfish, alcohol, animal fats, artificial colorings, beans, peas, lentils, mushrooms, potatoes, red cabbage,, cheeses with high fat and salt content, and other hydrogenated oils, coffee, cocoa or teas, egg whites, sugar, salt, white flour, and tobacco."
In 2000, Cornelis Moerman's invention of the diet earned him a place at the head of "a list of the twenty biggest quacks of the twentieth century" as decided by the Dutch Union Against Quackery.