Vegan YouTuber Who Claimed Raw Food Cured Her Cancer Dies From Disease

On her YouTube channel, Mari Lopez claimed that her raw, vegan lifestyle “cured” her of breast cancer. But when the disease spread to her blood, liver and lungs, she decided to try chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

It appears, however, the intervention was too late, as her niece Liz Johnson has revealed that Lopez died of breast cancer in December 2017.

Lopez told viewers of her YouTube channel Liz & Mari, which she hosted with Johnson, that her faith in God and diet consisting entirely of plant-based products rid her body of cancer in four months. She also claimed in one video that she was “healed by God" and "used to live a gay lifestyle," according to the website Babe, where Johnson confirmed her aunt's death. Neither claims have any medical or scientific basis.

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Since launching the arguably niche channel in 2015, the duo amassed 11,761 subscribers and their videos garnered almost 1 million views. In a video entitled Cancer Transformation FAQ, Lopez recounted her experiences of a so-called “90-day juice cleanse” and explained her rejection of science-based medical treatment.

Source: newsweek