A woman nearing 100 years old works in an oncology clinic in Moscow, where she continues to treat her patients with remarkable vigor. This long-lived professional has not only diagnosed countless cases of cancer, but she also shares her simple yet effective secret: avoiding certain everyday products.
A childhood marked by poverty
Born in 1924 (or, according to some sources, 1925) in the Smolensk region, her childhood was marked by hunger. Her family, of modest means, survived on whatever they could find: from potato peelings to wild herbs. The war exacerbated these hardships.
As a young nurse during the evacuation, she noted with concern that those who mainly consumed white bread, sugar and canned goods developed cancer more quickly than those who ate simple, locally produced foods.
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