A diet of grapes alone dissolves malignant growths and cures cancer: Brandt wrote, 'The grape is highly antiseptic and a powerful solvent of inorganic matter deposits, fatty degeneration, morbid and malignant growths. It acts as a drastic eliminator of evil while building new tissue.' She claimed that 'abnormal growths, cancers, tumors, ulcers, abscesses and fibrous masses seem to be dissolved by the powerful chemical agent in the grape.'
Brandt’s central claim, drawn from her 1928 book as quoted by Quackwatch, that grapes contain a chemical agent that dissolves cancerous growths. Brandt’s own account of her diagnosis rested on X-ray examination rather than biopsy; Quackwatch notes it is therefore possible she did not have cancer at all. The American Cancer Society’s repeated professional reviews (1965, 1971, 1974, 2000) found no evidence of benefit against human cancer.
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- The Grape Cure — Brandt J. The Grape Cure. New York: The Order of Harmony / Harmony Centre, Inc., 1928. Copy consulted: Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/grapecure00bran (catalogued 1929 printing).
- The Grape Cure — Barrett S. The Grape Cure. Quackwatch. Revised September 18, 2001. Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20191010092657/https://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/grape.html.
- Grape Diet — American Cancer Society. Grape Diet. CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 1974;24(3):144-146. DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.24.3.144.