Steve Jobs, the Apple co-founder who died at 56 last week after an eight-year battle with pancreatic cancer, would likely be living now had he immediately embraced “conventional treatment” instead of seeking out alternative remedies, according to Dr. Ramzi Amri, a researcher at Harvard Medical School.

According to CNN, the Apple exec spurned traditional treatment for nine months following his October 2003 diagnosis. The outlet said Jobs took this tack “hoping to avoid the operation through a special diet.”

Not the best move, said Amri.

“Let me cut to the chase: Mr. Jobs allegedly chose to undergo all sorts of alternative treatment options before opting for conventional medicine,” Dr. Ramzi Amri, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, wrote on Quora, a popular online forum among Silicon Valley bigwigs.