Could Papaya Be The
Miracle Cure For Parkinson's?
(It Seems to be Working for the Pope)
by James Le Fanu

Having spent Holy Week in Rome, I am able to confirm the remarkable improvement in the Pope's health. Now 83, he has been increasingly afflicted with Parkinson's in recent years, and has shown all the characteristic symptoms of poor mobility, shaky hands and slurred speech. But there was little evidence of any of these during the Easter blessing he gave from the balcony at St Peter's. His gestures were decisive, the tremor had all but disappeared and his speech was clear and coherent.

Vatican sources attribute this apparently miraculous improvement to Dr Luc Montagnier, who visited the Vatican last year. He suggested that the Pope take a supplement that includes extract of papaya, an anti-oxidant rich in vitamins. Apparently Dr Montagnier has been investigating the therapeutic value of papaya since observing, on a trip to the Philippines, that the locals who consume it in vast quantities 'tend to live long and healthy lives'.

Family doctor Graham Hunter, from Bexhill-on-Sea, who kindly drew my attention to the details of the papal cure, which is available in this country from Holland and Barrett as 'chewable papaya enzyme', tells me that four of his patients with Parkinson's are now taking the supplement and he 'is awaiting the comments with interest'.
Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2003