This author lays out very compelling informations with regards to alternative treatments to cancer and desease. His observations and hypothoses are way ahead of his time. This book was written in the 50's but is even more relavent today. If you are a cancer patient or have a close friend fighting cancer, this book offers an alternative.
August 28, 2008

Great resource for cancer patients

I used this book religiously, reading it from cover to cover when my husband had cancer. We did the juicing until he could no longer swallow, but the juicing combined with the coffee enemas made a difference in my husband's quality of life. The first coffee enema he did rejuvenated him incredibly and helped alleviate pain. It all comes down to good food and diet. Americans are killing themselves with the canned food and less than fresh foods we consume. Elaine Williams, author A Journey Well Taken: Life After Loss.
May 17, 2008

Awesome book.

Yes, a very interesting book. And I amazed, Dr Gerson wrote it many years ago, and he could see clearly many problems that we are facing right now: soil content, environment and water pollution, too much sodium and processed food....the clue is, whether you have cancer or not: EAT HEALTHY! EAT RIGHT!!
I recommend this book; I don't agree 100% with everything he said, but still is a very good book.
December 18, 2005

This book is like a textbook on health.

Dr. Gerson practiced in the US after coming from Germany during WWII. He was told they treat, not cure, in this country. He had terrible headaches which lead to a high potassium diet approach which started helping turberculosis and cancer patients. This evolved into more and more natural foods high in veggies, devoid of salt, fats and animal protein. His approach has all the things they have been finding as anti-cancer- carrot/apple juice, green juice from lettuce and tops from beets, special soup with potatoes, onions, leeks, celery and parsley root, garlic, tomatoes, slow cooked for 3 hours. The primary focus of it all is strengthening the liver, and also starving and dissolving the cancer. There are hourly juices. The potassium supplement was a result of 100 experiments to get a combination of 4 different potassium compounds, that would go into cells and displace sodium. Cancer in general has a fermentation metabolism that loves sodium and needs little oxygen. The therapy gets blood and potassium in there, as well as the carotenoids and other things that stop the cancer or slow it down. Another key factor is the juices must be very fresh, to not destroy the oxidizing enzymes (your body also oxidizes germs with hydrogen peroxide mfg by immune cells); in fact intravenous hyd peroxide is very effective with cancer supposedly, as well as emphyesema- provides oxygen to cells. Also a juice press is needed, not centrifugal, which strips off the charge on the juice, making it ineffective at getting into the cells. Gerson also talks about studies that measured the electrical potential of organs and how they diminished with poisons. This is still an unexplored area I think. Dr. Albert Schweitzer called Gerson an eminent genius, as he renewed Schweitzer's life who went on to do his best work. The book has 50 cases documented cures. Gerson also took some of his cases before Senator Claude Pepper's commitee in the 50s and was narrowly voted down for the gov't to sponsor research in his methods. Morris Fishbein of the AMA harassed Gerson many years, and Fishbein was forced to retract his slanderous article against Gerson in the AMA Journal. Gerson treated John Gunther in Death Be Not Proud, and he got much better, but other doctors decided to try reverse hormones on him as that was the latest thing, and it worked for a short time, then the cancer came back wildly and he died.
THe book is old, 50s,in fact he had to rewrite it after someone broke into his house and stole his manuscripts. Bizarre. Anyway there is a lot of good info in the book. It will not cure all cancers. And there is more to cancer than diet. It requires other life changes. This treatment is a challenge, and may not be suitable for some that cannot handle the low protein initially ("pot" cheese is added later). I think you still need to adjust it to the individual. But the book is surprisingly prophetic on what will happen with poor diets, poor soil, etc. We are seeing it today. It is worth the money, cancer or not.
Gerson.org has other books/videos about people that have used the diet and are cured, including a woman M.D. I am not affiliated with the Gerson Institute, just interested in natural remedies.
October 06, 2005

This therapy works

I In mid 1998 I was diagonised with prostate cancer and after much research decided to start with the Gerson therapy. I began at a hosipatal that applied the therapy and followed the advise of the doctor throuout the prpgram I did not use any conventional or mainstream treatments.

In 6 months the tumor began to shrink and was gone in about 1 1/2 years. I stayed on the program for a total of 3 years and now follow a maintenance program. It is important to do the complete program and not do just part of it as imbalances could occur.
August 13, 2005

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