--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunshine@... wrote:
On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:22 PM, Vaj wrote:
On Nov 2, 2011, at 5:08 PM, Bhairitu wrote:
Interesting article on Steve Jobs dietary quirks (not too unlike some
quirks people have here) and comments by nutritional experts:
http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/02/8598251-the-strange-eating-habits-of-steve-jobs
Yeah, Jobs (whose strange health habits were fairly well known) reminds me
a lot of TM Org and other New Ages faddists: weird diets, odd
supplementation regimes, unusual approaches to disease and avoidance of
modern mainstream healthcare. Often these are taken to obsessive and
excessive levels: worrying about the latest-greatest supplements or dosing
up on Indian or Chinese herbs to the point of heavy-metal overload.
It was the carrots-and-apples-for-weeks that
kind of got to me. Besides overload, really
boring. Probably explain his shifting
moods too. Not such a great idea being CEO of a
major company, holding meetings, etc while you're
basically starving yourself. Wonder what his
wife's take on all of that including his
unconventional ideas on his cancer treatment was.
Jobs clearly signed his own death certificate with the strange idea that he
could force a rare form of pancreatic CA into remission through diet.
Occasionally you'll see someone who gets lucky with such an approach, but
almost invariably these types just suddenly disappear. Gone.
His sister said his last words were Oh Wow. Oh Wow, Oh Wow as he looked past
his family surrounding him, into the broader expanse of the room. Like he saw
something not apparent to the bystanders. Reminiscent of other death, near
death reports. Something roughly parallel when my dad died. And my mom said
similar when her mom died.
( I know. Sometimes I slip out of rational, empirical mode into sentimental
spiritualism state. Damn, slap me.)
