The Gerson Therapy ( Dr Max Gerson MD) : The Proven Nutritional Program to Fight Cancer and Other Illnesses

With over 300,000 copies sold, The Gerson Therapy paved the way for alternative cancer treatments and has successfully treated Cancer, Hepatitis, Migraines, Arthritis, Heart Disease, Emphysema, and Autoimmune diseases with a revolutionary all-natural program. For years, the traditional medical establishment has called these chronic or life-threatening diseases incurable. But now, The Gerson Therapy® offers hope for those seeking relief from hundreds of different diseases. One of the first alternative cancer therapies, The Gerson Therapy® has successfully treated thousands of patients for over 60 years and has clinic locations around the country. The definitive natural cancer and chronic illness guide, alternative medicine therapist Charlotte Gerson and medical journalist Morton Walker reveal the powerful healing effects of nutrition, organic foods, food preparation, meal planning, and supplements combined to treat a variety of ailments. The Gerson Therapy® shows you: • How to beat cancer by changing your body chemistry • Special juicing techniques for maximum healing • How to conquer symptoms of allergies, obesity, high blood pressure, HIV, lupus, and other chronic illnesses • Which supplements will strengthen your immune system • How to prepare delicious, healthy foods using Gerson-approved recipes included in the book • And much more! This unique resource will help and inspire everyone who has ever said, "I want to get well. Just show me how." The Gerson Therapy® offers a powerful, time-tested healing option that has worked for others—and can work for you. Title Page Authors’ Disclaimer Dedication Table of Contents About the Authors Preface INTRODUCTION Part One - HOW THE GERSON THERAPY WORKS Chapter One - HOW NUTRITION HEALS HEALING BY A POWERFUL NUTRITIONAL THERAPY THE GERSON THERAPY IS DE FACTO RECOGNIZED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT THE VARIOUS FORMS OF CANCEROUS GROWTHS REASONS FOR CANCER AND OTHER BODY DEGENERATIONS TO ARISE THE MULTIPLE “HITS” OF PRECURSOR CARCINOGENS THE GERSON DIETARY THERAPY FOR FIFTY-TWO ILLNESSES References for Chapter One Chapter Two - A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF DR. MAX GERSON EDUCATION OF A HEALER PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF: GERSON’S FIRST DISCOVERIES GERSON’S “MIGRAINE DIET” OUTSIDE STRACERIES AND DISEASE THE USE OF COFFEE ENEMAS FOR WASTE REMOVAL VEGETABLE JUICE TO ENHANCE THE ENEMAS NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS TO TREAT MULTIPLE HEALTH PROBLEMS WHY PHYSICIANS HAVE FAILED TO TIE DIET TO DISEASES BEFORE NOW Reference for Chapter Two Chapter Three - THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE GERSON THERAPY SUMMARIZING THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF THE GERSON THERAPY PHYSIOLOGICAL UNIVERSALITY OF THE GERSON THERAPY HOW THE GERSON THERAPY ALIGNS WITH CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS LONG-TERM SURVIVAL AND SIDE EFFECTS MANAGING POTASSIUM, SALT, AND WATER INTAKE PROTEIN RESTRICTION METABOLIC SPEEDUP THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS FOR COFFEE ENEMAS THE GERSON TECHNIQUE OF HYPERALIMENTATION References for Chapter Three Chapter Four - THE CORE OF THE GERSON THERAPY PATIENTS LIKE XAVIER NAUDE ARE TYPICAL AN ABSTRACT OF THE GERSON THERAPY THE CORE OF THE GERSON THERAPY THE GERSON THERAPY—IN HIS OWN WORDS REDISCOVERING THE WHEEL References for Chapter Four Chapter Five - REMISSION—HOW IT HAPPENS CURE OF LYMPHOMA BY USE OF THE GERSON THERAPY THERE IS NO “SPONTANEOUS REMISSION” OF CANCER SURVIVING AND THRIVING FORTY YEARS AFTER THE GERSON THERAPY References for Chapter Five Part Two - THE GERSON THERAPY IN ACTION Chapter Six - HEALING MELANOMA WITH THE GERSON THERAPY MRS. DAEL MINTZ ARRIVES WITH STAGE IV MELANOMA STAGE IV MELANOMA REMISSION, REGRESSION, AND ELIMINATION THE MELANOMA RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF FIVE-YEAR SURVIVAL JULIE HEPNER HAS HER MELANOMA ELIMINATED BY THE GERSON THERAPY CAROL ASKHEW HEALS MELANOMA, ARTHRITIS, AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS C KATHLEEN MONAGHAN ELIMINATES THE DEADLIEST FORM OF MELANOMA MELANOMA OF THE EYE CURED BY USE OF THE GERSON THERAPY References for Chapter Six Chapter Seven - SUCCESS WITH OTHER DISEASES EPILEPSY CURED BY SELF-APPLICATION OF THE GERSON THERAPY PERMANENT RECOVERY FROM ADDICTIONS TO STREET DRUGS AND ALCOHOL RECOVERY AFTER STROKE AND HEART ATTACK GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE GERSON DIETARY PROGRAM THE SCIENCE BEHIND DR. GERSON’S ANTI-DEGENERATIVE-DISEASE DIET WHAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE GERSON DIET ADJUNCTS TO THE DIETARY PROGRAM DEVELOPED IN MUNICH References for Chapter Seven Chapter Eight - FOODS ON THE GERSON DIET PLAN FOODS THAT MAY BE CONSUMED IN QUANTITY FOODS PROHIBITED ON THE GERSON MENU PLAN THREE FOOD CATEGORIES: DESIRABLE, OCCASIONALLY ALLOWED, AND PROHIBITED HOW TO PREPARE FOODS ON THE GERSON EATING PROGRAM Reference for Chapter Eight Chapter Nine - THIRTEEN GLASSES THE PATHOLOGY OF VIRAL HEPATITIS PAUL SCHOFIELD BEGINS JUICING ON THE GERSON THERAPY SOME JUICING TIPS OFFERED PREVIOUSLY BY DR. GERSON RENEW WELLNESS BY DRINKING ORGANIC, FRESH-MADE JUICES JUICING HELPED DR. GERSON HEAL HIS PATIENTS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT DRINKING JUICES SOME PERSONAL RULES ABOUT JUICING TYPES OF JUICING DEVICES HOW TO JUICE WITHOUT UNDERGOING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN References for Chapter Nine Chapter Ten - THE GERSON SALTLESS DIET WHY THERE IS NEED OF A SALTLESS DIET ALBERT SCHWEITER SAYS THE WHITE MAN’S SALTED DIET HARMS BLACK AFRICANS THE USEFULNESS OF POTASSIUM FOR HUMAN METABOLISM POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTATION ON THE GERSON THERAPY POTASSIUM COMPOUND FOR ONE’S ENEMA SOLUTION TISSUE DAMAGE SYNDROME FROM CELLULAR POISONING References for Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven - NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS ON THE DIET NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS ADVOCATED BY DR. GERSON THE GERSON HIPPOCRATES SOUP ADJUNCTIVE SUPPLEMENTATION WITH THYROID MEDICATION NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION WITH LUGOL’S SOLUTION POTASSIUM COMPOUND SALTS ACIDOL PEPSIN NIACIN (VITAMIN B3) SUPPLEMENTATION PANCREATIN FLAXSEED OIL BEE POLLEN AND ROYAL JELLY VITAMIN B12 INJECTIONS AND CRUDE LIVER EXTRACT VITAMIN C CHARCOAL TABLETS OX BILE POWDER AND CASTILE SOAP POLARIZING TREATMENT AMYGDALIN/LAETRILE References for Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve - LIVER DETOXIFICATION WITH COFFEE ENEMA ORIGINS OF COFFEE ENEMAS AS GERSON THERAPY THE BENEFICIAL ACTION OF A COFFEE ENEMA COFFEE ENEMAS CAUSE EXCRETION OF CANCER BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS PAIN RELIEF RESULTS FROM TAKING COFFEE ENEMAS COFFEE ENEMAS STIMULATE BILE FLOW SUMMARIZING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF COFFEE ENEMAS References for Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen - COFFEE ENEMA AND HOW TO TAKE THEM ADDRESSING THE TOPIC OF COFFEE ENEMAS DR. GERSON SUMMARIZES THE COFFEE ENEMA PROCEDURE COFFEE ENEMA IMPROVEMENTS OVER HALF A CENTURY PROCEDURE FOR INSTILLING THE COFFEE ENEMA A COFFEE ENEMA FOR THE BEDFAST PATIENT VARIATIONS TO THE COFFEE ENEMA SOLUTION MORE EXPLICIT INFORMATION ON THE CASTOR OIL TREATMENT PHYSICAL FLARE-UPS FROM THE ENEMA TREATMENTS HOW TO MAKE COFFEE CONCENTRATE Reference for Chapter Thirteen Part Three - ADAPTING THE THERAPY FOR VARIOUS DISEASES Chapter Fourteen - STANDARD GERSON THERAPY FOR MOST CANCERS SUMMARIZING THE STANDARD GERSON THERAPY FOR DEGENERATIVE DISEASES THE REASONS FOR AVOIDING WATER AS A BEVERAGE HOW DRINKING FLUORIDATED WATER CAN DAMAGE THE THYROID WHY LUGOL’S SOLUTION IS REQUIRED IN THE GERSON THERAPY TAKING LIQUID POTASSIUM COMPOUND SOLUTION RIDDING YOUR DRINKING WATER OF FLUORINE AND CHLORINE WHY COLD-PRESSED FLAXSEED OIL IS INGESTED SUPPLEMENTATION WITH NIACIN/NICOTINIC ACID (VITAMIN B3) SUPPLEMENTATION WITH PANCREATIN TAKING CRUDE LIVER/B12 INJECTIONS SWALLOWING ACIDOL CAPSULES BEFORE MEALS COENZYME Q10 SUPPLEMENTATION THE LEGITIMACY OF SUPPLEMENTING WITH LAETRILE TAKING WOBE-MUGOS® OR MEGAZYME FORTE® CAUTION IN TAKING BREWER’S YEAST COFFEE ENEMAS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ROUTINE CASTOR OIL TREATMENT CHANGING MEDICATIONS WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF TREATMENT References for Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen - MODIFIED THERAPY DURING CHEMOTHERAPY WHAT CHEMOTHERAPY IS AND WHAT IT DOES THE REDUCED GERSON PROTOCOL FOR CYTOTOXIN-PRETREATED PATIENTS DAMAGED PHYSICAL CONDITIONING AFTER CHEMOTHERAPY CHEMOTHERAPY PRETREATMENT WITHOUT EXPERIENCING WEAKNESS THE REDUCED GERSON PROTOCOL FOR CHEMICALLY TREATED PATIENTS FOLLOW-UP THERAPY FOR THE CHEMO-PRETREATED CANCER PATIENT References for Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen - MODIFIED THERAPY FOR SEVERELY WEAKENED CANCER PATIENTS THE GERSON PROTOCOL FOR A CANCER PATIENT WHO IS WEAKENED JUICE DRINKING BY THE PATIENT LINGERING IN A WEAKENED STATE QUESTIONS ABOUT JUICE-DRINKING GUIDELINES THE MANNER OF JUICE DRINKING BY WEAKENED CANCER PATIENTS MEDICATION AND OTHER PROTOCOL CHANGES FOR THE WEAKENED CANCER PATIENT FIRST-YEAR FOLLOW-UP THERAPY FOR THE DEBILITATED CANCER PATIENT References for Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen - MODIFIED THERAPY FOR NONCANCER PATIENTS THE GERSON PROTOCOL FOR NONCANCER PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT DISEASES THE STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR NONCANCEROUS ILLNESSES FIRST-YEAR FOLLOW-UP THERAPY FOR THE PATIENT NOT ILL WITH CANCER SOME NONCANCEROUS ILLNESSES REVERSED BY THE GERSON THERAPY ADDICTIONS ATHEROSCLEROSIS CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME REVERSIBLE COLOSTOMY DIABETES, TYPES 1 AND 2 GENETIC DISORDERS HEPATITIS A, B, AND C KIDNEY DISEASE METALLIC TOXICITY MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS OSTEOARTHRITIS OSTEOPOROSIS STEROID TREATMENT SYSTEMIC LUPUS EPYTHEMATOSUS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, AND SCLERODERMA ULCERATIVE COLITIS References for Chapter Seventeen Part Four - USING THE GERSON APPROACH Chapter Eighteen - PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES OF THE GERSON THERAPY PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE GERSON THERAPY EMPHASIS ON POSITIVE EMOTIONS AS POWERFUL HEALING TOOLS SOME FUNCTIONS OF A CAREGIVER (FAMILY MEMBER OR FRIEND) TOOLS AND METHODS FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT References for Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen - HOW TO FOLLOW THE GERSON THERAPY ON YOUR OWN AN INTRODUCTION TO SELF-ADMINISTERING THE GERSON THERAPY AT HOME ADJUNCTIVE THERAPIES THAT FIT INTO THE GERSON PROCEDURE References for Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty - GERSON LAB TESTS EXPLAINED THE SERUM CALCIUM LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM PHOSPHATES LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM SODIUM LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM POTASSIUM LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM CHLORIDE LABORATORY TEST THE LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE (LDH) LABORATORY TEST THE ASPARTATE TRANSAMINASE/SERUM GLUTAMIC-OXALOACETIC TRANSAMINASE (AST/SGOT) LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM BILIRUBIN LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM GAMMA-GLUTAMYL TRANSPEPTIDASE (GGT) LABORATORY TEST THE ACID PHOSPHATASE LABORATORY TEST THE ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (AP) LABORATORY TEST THE ALANINE TRANSAMINASE, SERUM GLUTAMIC-PYRUVIC TRANSAMINASE (ALT/SGPT) LABORATORY TEST THE TOTAL SERUM CHOLESTEROL LABORATORY TEST THE LIPOPROTEIN/CHOLESTEROL FRACTIONATION LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM TRIGLYCERIDES LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS LABORATORY TEST THE BLOOD UREA NITROGEN (BUN) LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM CREATININE LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM URIC ACID LABORATORY TEST THE GLUCOSE, FASTING BLOOD SUGAR (FBS) LABORATORY TEST THE SERUM IRON AND TOTAL IRON-BINDING CAPACITY LABORATORY TEST THE ERYTHROCYTE (RED BLOOD CELL, RBC) COUNT THE TOTAL HEMOGLOBIN (HGB) LABORATORY TEST THE HEMATOCRIT (HCT) LABORATORY TEST THE ERYTHROCYTE INDICES LABORATORY TEST THE ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE (ESR) THE PLATELET COUNT THE LEUKOCYTE (WHITE BLOOD CELL, WBC) COUNT THE WHITE BLOOD CELL DIFFERENTIAL THE ROUTINE URINALYSIS Chapter Twenty-One - SUCCESS STORIES BY PATIENTS REVERSING LATE-STAGE LUNG CANCER A TWENTY-YEAR CURE OF INOPERABLE STAGE IIIB LUNG CANCER A FOURTEEN-YEAR RECOVERY FROM OVARIAN CANCER PANCREATIC CANCER REMAINS GONE FOR ALMOST FIFTEEN YEARS A GERSON PATIENT WHO THOUGHT HIMSELF “PERFECT” References for Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two - RECIPES GERSON THERAPY RECIPES PREPARATION OF JUICES JUICERS SALADS AND DRESSINGS COOKED VEGETABLE DISHES SOUPS SAUCES AND DIPS FRUITS AND DESSERT DAIRY BREADS VARIATIONS IN BREAD APPENDIXES SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Copyright Page Notes In this bestselling guide, discover the healing power of diet and nutrition as an alternative therapy to help you heal from cancer and other ailments.With over 300,000 copies sold, The Gerson Therapy paved the way for alternative cancer treatments and has successfully treated cancer, hepatitis, migraines, arthritis, heart disease, emphysema, and autoimmune diseases with a revolutionary all-natural program. For years, the traditional medical establishment has called these chronic or life-threatening diseases incurable. But now, The Gerson Therapy® offers hope for those seeking relief from hundreds of different diseases.One of the first alternative cancer therapies, The Gerson Therapy® has successfully treated thousands of patients for over 60 years and has clinic locations around the country. In this definitive natural cancer and chronic illness guide, alternative medicine therapist Charlotte Gerson and medical journalist Morton Walker reveal the powerful healing effects of nutrition, organic foods, food preparation, meal planning, and supplements combined to treat a variety of ailments.The Gerson Therapy® shows you: • How to beat cancer by changing your body chemistry • Special juicing techniques for maximum healing • How to conquer symptoms of allergies, obesity, high blood pressure, HIV, lupus, and other chronic illnesses • Which supplements will strengthen your immune system • How to prepare delicious, healthy foods using Gerson-approved recipes included in the book • And much more!This unique resource will help and inspire everyone who has ever said, “I want to get well. Just show me how.” The Gerson Therapy® offers a powerful, time-tested healing option that has worked for others—