Dr. William D. Kelley: Developer of Non-Specific Metabolic Therapy

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Metabolic therapy innovator Dr. William Kelley outside his office.
Metabolic therapy innovator Dr. William Kelley outside his office.
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Dr. William D. Kelley during his interview. 
Dr. William D. Kelley during his interview. 

Following this magazine’s interview with Dr. Harold W. Manner, we received innumerable letters and phone calls. Much of that correspondence was from readers who hadn’t known of the healthcare possibilities offered by nutrition therapyuntilthey read about the Manner program in our pages, but a surprisingly large number of folks called to let us know that there areotherrevolutionary researchers who are “curing” degenerative diseases such as cancer. And the greater part of these “tips” suggested that MOTHER EARTH NEWS look into the metabolic therapy work of  Dr. William Donald Kelley at his Winthrop, Washington clinic.

The information that we received from our readers raised a few questions, too: How, for instance, did Dr. Kelley–an orthodontist by training–come to develop the concepts of metabolic subtyping and non-specific metabolic therapy–ideas which won him the International Association of Cancer Victims and Friends “Humanitarian Award ” and recognition from suchlofty“alternative” medical organizations as San Diego’s Price-Pottenger Foundation?

In order to find the answers to these questions–and to learn more about Dr. Kelley’s reputation for providing successful treatments for a number of “incurable” diseases–MOTHER EARTH NEWS contributor Cameron Stauth traveled to the former dentist’s clinic high in Washington’s Cascade Mountains.

The edited transcript that follows summarizes more than three days of discussion. It presents a picture of a man who has made it his life’s work to explore the frontiers of medicine, those unexplored areas where risks must be taken and, sometimes, breakthroughsare made.


  • Published on Sep 1, 1979
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