MADRID, Spain - Actor Tom Cruise said Scientology teachings helped him overcome childhood dyslexia, a Spanish magazine reported.
"Cruise was quoted by Spanish magazine XL Semanal as saying he was diagnosed with the learning disability when he was 7 years old.
Cruise said he was often anxious, frustrated and bored as a youth and couldn't concentrate in class, the magazine reported on its Web site Sunday.
The magazine quoted Cruise as saying he was functionally illiterate when he graduated from school in 1980, but learned to read perfectly as an adult through Scientology technology.
XL Semanal said the interview was conducted in Los Angeles, but did not say when. A transcript of Cruise's original comments in English was not available.
The Church of Scientology was established in 1945 by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, and claims 10 million members around the world. Cruise and fellow actor John Travolta among its more famed followers."
A functional illiterate joins "religion" that believes aliens inhabit our bodies that can cure most brain diseases.
Meanwhile, diet tips from Gwyneth Paltrow. Do NOT try this at home or on Yom Kippur:
Gwyneth Paltrow: How I'm Losing Those Holiday Pounds
By Us Magazine January 5, 2009"I need to lose a few pounds of holiday excess. Anyone else?" she says. "I like to do fasts and detoxes a couple of times during the year, the most hardcore one being the Master Cleanse I did last spring. It was not what you would characterize as pretty. Or easy."
See how Gwyneth Paltrow's style has changed over the years.
So she is not stuck subsisting solely on lemon water this winter, she has asked her doctor, a detox diet specialist, for the guidelines he uses to achieve a good detox that is not as hallucinogenic.
"What it came down to was this: you can detox easily and effectively while you continue to eat as long as you are cutting out the foods and other substances that interfere with the detoxification process," Paltrow writes.
See photos of famous weight winners.
She is cutting out dairy, grains with gluten, meat, shellfish, anything processed (including all soy products), fatty nuts, nightshades (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant), condiments, sugar and alcohol, caffeine or soda.
Instead, her diet will consist of salads, fruit smoothies, chicken, soups and lots of water.
Sounds non-hallucinogenic to me. I am sure the doctor is following the DeTox Doc Society practice guidelines.
