'None of it’s true': wellness blogger Belle Gibson admits she never had cancer

[sufrommich]

Disgraced wellness blogger Belle Gibson, who built an online community and sold a recipe book off the back of claims she cured terminal brain cancer through diet and lifestyle alone, has admitted she never had cancer.

Gibson’s wellness empire, which included a mobile phone app called The Whole Pantry and a website and recipe book of the same name, began to fall apart in March when it was revealed she never made thousands of dollars in charity donations she promised off the back of money raised through her success.

Later that month, Gibson said she had been “wrongly” diagnosed with cancers she claimed to have in her blood, spleen, uterus and liver by a German magnetic therapist, but maintained her terminal brain cancer was real.

She refused to show journalists medical records or any proof to back her claims that by shunning conventional medicine, her brain cancer had been kept in check.Many criticised Gibson for putting cancer sufferers in danger by suggesting dietary approaches alone could successfully treat them.


http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/22/none-of-its-true-wellness-blogger-belle-gibson-admits-she-never-had-cancer

[Romeo.lima333]

1. this should be a lesson to all of us that even if someone says theyre going thru something

terrible it's ok to suspect they are lying about it

[SidDithers]

2. Oh look, another alt-med fraudster...

I wonder how many people neglected proper cancer treatment in favour of "diet and lifestyle"?

She should be in jail.

Sid

[Archae]

4. For fraud. Yes.

[sufrommich]

6. So should the "German magnetic therapist"

Holy shit,that's a mountain of dangerous stupid.

[Archae]

3. I'm not surprised in the least.

Fakes are fakes.

I was just told in another thread that "True Homeopathy" (whatever that is) is valid.
Even though they never have shown any actual evidence it is.

[SidDithers]

5. Oh wow...

"true homeopathy".



PM me the link to the thread?

Sid

[MineralMan]

8. "True Homeopathy" is homeopathetic.

All homeopathy is bogus and worthless.

[MineralMan]

7. Indeed. Just because someone wrote a book or website

is no assurance that the contents of either are correct or should be followed. There is a ton of useless and dangerous information out there. Most people are not knowledgeable enough to recognize what's correct and what's bogus.

This is an excellent example of the danger of relying on these people.