Brian Clement

Brian Clement grew up in New York and initially pursued a music career before becoming involved in the raw food and alternative health movement in the 1970s. He holds credentials only from the University of Science Arts and Technology (USAT) in Montserrat, a diploma mill whose own president stated that Clement is not a naturopathic doctor from USAT and should not be making such claims.

Despite lacking any legitimate medical license, Clement and his wife Anna-Maria have long represented themselves as doctors and directed a commercial health resort charging tens of thousands of dollars per multi-week stay. They claim their raw food, wheatgrass, supplement, and detoxification programs can reverse cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other serious diseases.

In 2014 and 2015, the institute came under intense international scrutiny when two First Nations girls from Ontario, Canada, with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, attended Hippocrates after their families rejected chemotherapy. Makayla Sault, who had a 72% survival probability with chemotherapy, died in January 2015 after choosing Clement's treatment.

In February and March 2015, the Florida Department of Health issued cease-and-desist orders against both Brian and Anna-Maria Clement for unlicensed practice of medicine. The institute continues to operate and market unproven cancer treatments to desperate patients worldwide.

“Hippocrates treatments can reverse cancer with the highest success rate on the planet”

Clement has claimed thousands have reversed cancer through his institute's approach. No peer-reviewed studies, controlled trials, or independently verified outcomes support these claims.

“Raw food and wheatgrass therapy can treat cancer and multiple sclerosis”

While a plant-based diet has general health benefits, there is no evidence that raw food or wheatgrass juice can treat cancer or MS. Clement's claims extend far beyond the evidence and divert patients from evidence-based treatments.