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Grape Cure
Author Johanna Brandt shares a personal journey of living with cancer and her discovery of how the beneficial properties of grapes cured her disease by refreshing and purifying cell structures. The virtues of naturopathy are extolled, and readers are encouraged to detoxify their bodies and prevent disease (namely cancer) through a combination of fasting and a diet of grapes.
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First published June 1, 1971
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March 9, 2021
I've deeply enjoyed this book. It's a quick read and I was completely engaged with how the author explained her story and discovery of the Grape Cure in cancer treatment (although she mentions other ailments). The one thing that set me back was her recommending foods like cheese and buttermilk after completing the grape detox knowing it contributes to acidity in our bodies - feels counterproductive. Even so, I recommend this book as much as it was recommended to me.
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March 26, 2013
Excellent book! The Grape Cure is a clean and healthy alternative to chemotherapy for cancer patients and a great way to keep one's self healthy.
January 24, 2026
I wasn't going to give this a proper review, but it has 4.31 stars on Goodreads at present so I feel compelled to say something to stop lost souls looking for recommendations in future. This is a book by a racist Afrikaner woman writing in the mid-1920s about how you can cure and prevent cancer by eating nothing but grapes for months, and also giving yourself an enema up to 3 times daily. If there were a single negative review already I'd end it here. But on we go.
Putting the health stuff aside, it's an absolute chore to read. Brandt struggles to expand the three pages of instructions into a book, and once you get to about page 50 the constant repetitions of phrases, sentences, and even whole paragraphs gets exhausting. Maybe this is intentional, to prevent you from noticing the inconsistencies? Regardless, it's poorly written, not helped by more typos than I'd like to see in something claiming to hold the secret to the end to all wars.
About that. Brandt doesn't stop at the medical benefits of the Grape Cure (each word capitalised every time, including in isolation), which include seemingly all chronic illnesses (but not acute ones, except when it does, who can say~?), but goes into the spiritual and metaphysic benefits. Apparently, if everyone in the world becomes Fruitarians, we'll stop having extra-marital sex, and also never go to war again, as our brains become enlightened to the word of God and Nature through the Grape.
Except that she says the Grape won't change your religion. But again with the inconsistencies. Is it one enema daily if you have Grape-induced constipation, or two to three? Can a healthy man thrive eating nothing but grapes, or do grapes not contain everything you need to live, except for a short while? And why on earth does steaming veg not count as cooking it? Why are hard-boiled eggs introduced before "cooked foods"? Mrs Brandt, please!
I think the answer is honestly "So if someone dies I can always find something in the book to point at to say they just did the diet wrong", as the rather chilling response to readers section makes pretty clear.
Also there's a bit where, incongruously with the Christianity espoused elsewhere, she says that students of the occult will understand perfectly well why the grape is so powerful. Grape leaves are triangles, you see, and so is the shape of a bunch of grapes - but the grapes themselves are circles. This makes them especially good at absorbing "cosmic magnetism" from the sun.
I don't have the strength to go further into this. I read it out of morbid fascination, and it still managed to shock me. Don't eat nothing but grapes, especially if you're dying from a late-stage cancer. And if the diet stuff isn't bad enough, especially don't put grape-poultices on your skin until the acid eats down to "glistening bone".
Putting the health stuff aside, it's an absolute chore to read. Brandt struggles to expand the three pages of instructions into a book, and once you get to about page 50 the constant repetitions of phrases, sentences, and even whole paragraphs gets exhausting. Maybe this is intentional, to prevent you from noticing the inconsistencies? Regardless, it's poorly written, not helped by more typos than I'd like to see in something claiming to hold the secret to the end to all wars.
About that. Brandt doesn't stop at the medical benefits of the Grape Cure (each word capitalised every time, including in isolation), which include seemingly all chronic illnesses (but not acute ones, except when it does, who can say~?), but goes into the spiritual and metaphysic benefits. Apparently, if everyone in the world becomes Fruitarians, we'll stop having extra-marital sex, and also never go to war again, as our brains become enlightened to the word of God and Nature through the Grape.
Except that she says the Grape won't change your religion. But again with the inconsistencies. Is it one enema daily if you have Grape-induced constipation, or two to three? Can a healthy man thrive eating nothing but grapes, or do grapes not contain everything you need to live, except for a short while? And why on earth does steaming veg not count as cooking it? Why are hard-boiled eggs introduced before "cooked foods"? Mrs Brandt, please!
I think the answer is honestly "So if someone dies I can always find something in the book to point at to say they just did the diet wrong", as the rather chilling response to readers section makes pretty clear.
Also there's a bit where, incongruously with the Christianity espoused elsewhere, she says that students of the occult will understand perfectly well why the grape is so powerful. Grape leaves are triangles, you see, and so is the shape of a bunch of grapes - but the grapes themselves are circles. This makes them especially good at absorbing "cosmic magnetism" from the sun.
I don't have the strength to go further into this. I read it out of morbid fascination, and it still managed to shock me. Don't eat nothing but grapes, especially if you're dying from a late-stage cancer. And if the diet stuff isn't bad enough, especially don't put grape-poultices on your skin until the acid eats down to "glistening bone".
July 21, 2017
I really liked this book. It had some gems in it that clarified a few things for me and inspired me to eat grapes only for a couple days. I'm only on day 2, so not sure how it will turn out. But I like this book.
September 10, 2022
great healing book to read
I believe everyone should cleanse yearly at the least and this book gives some of the best advice to heal your body naturally of all diseases. A must read
I believe everyone should cleanse yearly at the least and this book gives some of the best advice to heal your body naturally of all diseases. A must read
October 10, 2019
Exxellent. Eat your grapes.
March 31, 2022
Good buck.
June 9, 2022
I don't really know why I read this book. I don't have cancer.
August 21, 2024
A good understanding of how we can heal ourselves.
September 19, 2024
Recommend to people who need
It seems strange that medical doctors know little about this. This book saves lives. Arnold ehrets book is a good companion to this.
It seems strange that medical doctors know little about this. This book saves lives. Arnold ehrets book is a good companion to this.
October 23, 2024
Do no go down this rabbit hole.
June 7, 2025
Love this book! It's short but packed with a lot of information. I can't wait to start my grape cure soon.
June 17, 2025
An Incredible short gem.
The alkaline way to cure cancer in the body. vs the acidic allopathic way.
The alkaline way to cure cancer in the body. vs the acidic allopathic way.
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August 17, 2008Interesting read, but little that is new.
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