Early on Weston had experiences involving the health effects of phosphorus which were striking. At the age of six he became ill as a result of inhaling the fumes from phosphorus impregnated matchheads (this is before the days of safety matches). He had unpleasant experiences with phosphorus impregnated rabbit baits on the farm. He saw a school friend collapse in a science laboratory when an experiment involving phosphorus went wrong. These were separate and seemingly unrelated experiences; only later did he realise that phosphorus had been involved on each occasion.

Later, as a farmer, Weston - in common with others in his district - became involved in growing tobacco. This involved very heavy applications of superphosphate fertiliser, at rates as high as a thousand pounds per acre. Subsequently Weston noticed problems with his sheep - an arthritic condition affecting their knees and cancerous lesions on their ears. Plants grown in the soil so heavily treated with superphosphate exhibited strange mutations.

When he moved the sheep onto poorer pasture which had not been treated with superphosphate, Weston noticed to his surprise that they recovered. He moved some of them back onto the treated paddock and they developed the same problems again. He moved them off it and they recovered. The pattern was undeniable and impressive.

Weston has continued his experiments with his low phosphate diet for several decades. Though he has not - to our knowledge - had any experience with ADD, he is absolutely convinced that exposure to and consumption of phosphorus/phosphate can cause very serious adverse health problems. Later still he experienced such effects again as a result of the indiscriminate use of organophosphate sprays in his district. The now infamous Agent Orange, used in the Vietnam War, was an organophosphate herbicide.

His most spectacular success was when he treated his wife with his low phosphate diet and mineral supplements. She had been diagnosed with cancer of the uterus by no less than three doctors, including the top gynaecologist in their state (Victoria, Australia). The specialist had advised an immediate hysterectomy. But following strict adherence to the low phosphate diet the operation, which would have prevented her from ever having children, became unnecessary. Mrs Weston's tumour reabsorbed. Later she became pregnant and went on to have two healthy children. The specialist, advised of these events, commented that he had never known a woman in the condition Mrs Weston had been in when he had examined her to survive for twelve months, let alone have children.

Weston's book is an outstanding read, full of fascinating detail about his experiments and experiences and we strongly recommend it to our visitors. Anyone with a family history of cancer or arthritis would be well advised to read it. Percy Westons's diet is available - he has published a chart showing the phosphorus content of common foods in millegrams per hundred grams. He has published a second book titled Cancer Fighting Foods. A tablet form of his mineral supplement, given the name rhomanga, has received certification under the very strict provisions of the Australian Therapeutic Goods Act and is on the market (see below).