Grape Cure (grape diet)

Mono-diet advanced by Johanna Brandt, N.D., "Ph.N.," author of The Grape Cure ((c) 1928). The front matter of the 1967 edition, a paperback published by Benedict Lust Publications, quotes the author: "My discovery of the Grape diet is the direct result of Divine Illumination." The grape diet consists of grapes or grape juice. Brandt held that the mind operated through "magnetism" and that the Grape Cure contributed to the purification and buildup of "magnetism." She recommended it for appendicitis, cancer, diabetes, gout, pyorrhea, rheumatism, scurvy, "sex problems," tuberculosis, "unnatural cravings" (as for alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea, and tobacco), and other conditions. Under the heading "Sex Problems," she stated: "By the magical purification of the blood the nerves are stabilized, self-control is established and our God-given heritage of sense and desire is transmitted into divine creative power."