Does anyone heard about Gerson therapy?

I've seen the movie "The Beautiful Truth" - well worth watching if anyone is concerned about truly understanding the many various influences on health that we are actually able to control. Discusses issues relating to Flouride, MSG, oral health as an indicator for total body health, Mercury, and of course Gerson Therapy as a cure for all types of diseases...

 As well, a close friend cured himself of Cancer (prostrate) at age 80, and is living a healthy life in which his doctors claim that he is in better condition than most 25 year olds - his high blood pressure and cholestrol problems gone, amongst other things.

 Another friend also cured herself of autoimmune disease and diabetes symptoms, including reversing her eye sight to the point where she no longer needs to wear glasses.

If you want to speak to either of these people, please email me and I'll connect you with either of these amazing people.

To health and happiness,

Nicky

Hi Everyone, 

• Yes, thank you for recommending the movie. I downloaded it along with other information by Charlotte Gerson here:
• http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Andy+Lopez+has+made+Charlotte+Gerson's+webcsasts+available.-a0191350757   My Nat Doc recommended coffee enemas along with Bentonite which I was reluctant to do......but I did them until 3 days ago. There is also a radio show where Howard Strauss, who is Charlotte Gersons son was a guest. Very interesting......you can download it here: The Kentroversy Tapes - The Gerson Anti-Cancer Therapy (2007-07-29) http://kentroversytapes.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html
• Scroll almost to the bottom of the page. 
• I read about the coffee and understood it's efficacy but I was still...well you know...

I got the documentary in called:  Dying To Have Known, some more about the Gerson Therapy and how Japanese Dr's are very impressed.  They are studying patients now who come into their hospital and they put them on the diet.  They show films of how one man's tumor is shrinking before their eyes.  One of the Dr.s himself has been on the juicing plan and has been in remission for 15 years from colon cancer that metastasized.  He's impressed.  I'm still waiting for the book. 

I went to look for it on line, and put a search in and nothing came up.  I hope the Mayo Clinic has nice things to say.  Here at BC.org, they aren't saying nice things about the therapy.

"Gerson therapy

Gerson therapy is a metabolic therapy, meaning it focuses on the chemical functions of the body. Gerson therapy uses a combination of special diets and other elements to try to remove so-called "toxins" from the body that are supposedly causing the disease. Gerson therapy practitioners believe that women with breast cancer have too much sodium in their bodies - so much so that it outweighs the potassium. Gerson therapy involves a very strict low-salt, low-fat, vegetarian diet, and includes drinking juice from approximately 20 pounds of freshly squeezed fruits and vegetables per day. It also includes coffee enemas. There is no scientific evidence that Gerson therapy effectively reduces breast cancer progression or improves survival. Harmful side effects may include malnutrition, severe dehydration, and electrolyte imbalances. Regular enemas can also cause trauma to the anus and rectum (the last two parts of your bowel)."

Keep in mind, that's the BC.Org retort to the Gerson therapy.  I haven't received the book yet to know if any of the above is true.  It doesn't even sound correct because of the malnutrition comment.  A person with that many pounds of vegetables and fruits won't be malnourished.  I would think the exact opposite would be taking place inside our bodies.

How does one dehydrate by drinking juices?  Vegetables contain minerals, so there would be an electrolyte imbalance just by watching salt?  Then I have an imbalance going on already.

From the little bit I know so far, a lot of people seek out this therapy because medical science couldn't heal them.  They were sent home to make out their wills.  If I were on my last legs, I can drink a juice every hour and do an enema.  What the hey.

I haven't seen the video, but am curious if digestive enzymes that support the liver and pancreas might be a better alternative than coffee enemas.  Does Gerson mention digestive enzymes? 

Seems like juicing 13 times a day could be a full-time job.  

An enema would release toxins from the 26 feet of bowel. How does that help the liver? I would have thought it had passed the liver by that point. Or do they worry about what transfers by osmosis back into your system as it sits in your bowel?

I have IBS so NOTHING sits in my bowel. Not even a cup of tea! My liver is already compromised due to years of pain meds, so this is definitely a diet I would have to pass on!

Interesting Rosemary, I`ll have to re-look up IBS as it`s been years since I`ve checked on it. Thanks. Didn`t know about the raw food thing....

Now you know why I don`t drink coffee!

As I recall, coffee is used for enemas because it stimulates the liver into producing bile, which helps move the toxins in the digestive tract as a result of drinking all that juice.  Drinking coffee is stressful for the adrenal glands, and the liver is generally overloaded in detoxing all the chemicals we encounter in everyday life.  The coffee used for enemas is brewed in a much stronger strength than what anyone would drink.  The internal organs are spared the chore of processing the coffee through normal channels, yet spurred into the necessary action needed for moving out anything sitting in the colon. 

As an aside, I think it's important to comment on a potential side effect of detoxing, whether by gerson or other methods.  It's common for people to feel nauseated or weak during a detox.  It could be a signal that toxins are not being expelled fast enough and got reabsorbed, or it could just be a result of feeling yucky because toxins have moved from one place to another in the body. 

We walk around with all kinds of toxins stored in our tissues and muscles.  For those toxins to exit our bodies, they must be dislodged and moved into the colon for explusion.  Feeling queasy is common during this process.  I recently started on new supplements and felt really queasy the next day.  Fortunately, I knew this is not uncommon, or I would've felt very discouraged at feeling ill after doing something I thought would bring improvement.  

Hi Everyone, 

Rosemary * I purchased the Gerson Book "A Cancer Therapy" along with the video tapes before my surgery but have yet to read it. The tapes are in route. Here are the titles:

TAPE 1 = HEALING INCURABLE ILLNESS

TAPE 2A & 2B = CANCER HOME WORKSHOP

TAPE 3 = GERSON THERAPY FOOD PREPARATION

I will try to start reading tonight. Did you have a chance to view the links I posted? Very interesting. The audio by Charlotte Gersons' son explains in detail why the coffee enemas are useful. He also explains that juicing is extremely work intensive. 

If anyone is in need of a juicer Jack La Lane has a deal going for $25.00 plus shipping. I purchsed one on sale for $79.99 but the clean-up was annoying so I purchased the Health Master. I also negotiated a deal and purchased it for $9.99 shipping (instead of $29.99) and  3 payments of $49.99 instead of 4. Doesn't hurt to ask.....

Barbe1958 * You and others sent me virtual hugs when I was newly dx and walikng a tightrope. You helped to reel me in and I am forever grateful. Thank you.......

As always, 

Grace 

"The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival."

Morris K. Udall 

Grace,

I'm a foodie, I believe in food over vitamins.  The problem is, it's impossible to eat all the foods necessary to heal something.  So when I found out about Gerson's juicing plans.. Oh happy Days.   I'm on chapters 3 & 10 talking about salt and potassium.  I also liked the beginning chapter on how Gerson came up with the idea of food being able to heal. 

For those who don't have the book, he suffered for  3 days in every week from migraines and decided to go to the med library to look up anything on it.  He found this one blurb from a Dr. in Italy who mentioned one of his patients cured her migraines with food.  It didn't say any more.

So he decided to test himself on foods to see if it actually worked.  He started with only drinking milk, nothing else.  That didn't work.  Then he tried only eating apples and the migraines went away.  He then added other foods to see what would trigger the migraine and what didn't, and the rest is history.  He found a food formula for curing migraines.  Then on to accidental finds about his formula curing other diseases. 

He'd fall over today if he saw the ingredients in some in our foods, and how they managed to deaden our natural foods by chemical use in the soils, pasturizing, for our good, and the food becomes worthless, or even harmful to us.  To say the least, I'm enjoying the book. 

I wish modern medicine could have helped a friend of mine who really suffered from migraines.  This was back in the late 70's.  If they knew anything about avoidance of certain foods, or adding in different kinds, they didn't pass it along to her.  She would have done anything.

Barbe,

It sounds like had you known about Gerson's therapy back then, you might have tried that too. I'm happy they went away for you.

I'm thinking of giving the high potassium diet and no salt a try for the next 3 days to see if it works to get rid of excess fluids that I know I'm holding. 

I do know the same thing happens on a high protein diet, no carbs, and drink loads of water.  Those first couple of days is all fluid loss.  I'd rather do it the Gerson way though.  High potassium foods are much healthier to eat.

We usually don't get enough potassium.  I'm going to keep it to the recommended amount of 5000 milligrams a day, either through foods or pills.  I've read that in too many places, we tend to overlook our potassium needs and thus get into trouble, hold water, have heart problems, bone problems, etc.  Muscle cramps are usually fixed with magnesium that I take anyway.  Thanks.