Healing Your Body with the Gerson Therapy
http://www.gerson.org/g_therapy/default.asp

Throughout our lives our bodies are being filled with a variety of disease
and cancer causing pollutants. These toxins reach us through the air we breathe,
the food we eat, the medicines we take and the water we drink. As more of
these poisons are used every day and cancer rates continue to climb, being able
to turn to a proven, natural, detoxifying treatment like the Gerson Therapy is
not only reassuring, but necessary.

The Gerson Therapy is a powerful, natural treatment that boosts your body's
own immune system to heal cancer, arthritis, heart disease, allergies, and many
other degenerative diseases. One aspect of the Gerson Therapy that sets it
apart from most other treatment methods is its all-encompassing nature. An
abundance of nutrients from thirteen fresh, organic juices are consumed every day,
providing your body with a superdose of enzymes, minerals and nutrients. These
substances then break down diseased tissue in the body, while enemas aid in
eliminating the lifelong buildup of toxins from the liver.

With its whole-body approach to healing, the Gerson Therapy naturally
reactivates your body's magnificent ability to heal itself - with no damaging
side-effects. Over 200 articles in respected medical literature, and thousands of
people cured of their "incurable" diseases document the Gerson Therapy's
effectiveness. The Gerson Therapy is one of the few treatments to have a 60 year
history of success.

Although its philosophy of cleansing and reactivating the body is simple, the
Gerson Therapy is a complex method of treatment requiring significant
attention to detail. While many patients have made full recoveries practicing the
Gerson Therapy on their own, for best results we encourage starting treatment at
a Gerson Institute licensed treatment center.

Please Note: The Gerson Institute does not own, operate, or control any
treatment facility. We maintain a licensing program with clinics to ensure that
patients are receiving true, 100% Gerson care. Be sure your clinic is Gerson
Institute Licensed to provide the Gerson Therapy. Phone the Gerson Institute to
discuss how the Gerson Therapy can help you. We will be happy to answer your
questions. Within the U.S. call 1-888-4GERSON, outside the U.S. please phone
619-685-5353.

The Gerson Therapy is a state of the art, contemporary, alternative and
natural treatment which utilizes the body's own healing mechanism in the treatment
and cure of chronic debilitating illness. When it was introduced to the world
by Max Gerson, M.D., the dietary therapy was so far ahead of its time that
there were almost no rationales available in the scientific literature to explain
how it could produce cures in chronic as well as infectious diseases. But,
because it did cure many cases of advanced tuberculosis, heart disease, cancer
and numerous lesser conditions, the Gerson Therapy was established as a major
contribution to the medical field, through the publication of articles in peer
reviewed medical literature http://cancer-research.net/GersonPubs.html .
Gerson first published on the topic of cancer in 1945, almost forty years before
the adoption of the current official U.S. National Cancer Institute program on
diet, nutrition, and cancer.

Max Gerson treated many hundreds of patients and continued to develop and
refine his therapy up until his death in 1959, at the age of 78. His most famous
patient was Dr. Albert Schweitzer, whom Gerson cured of advanced diabetes when
Schweitzer was 75. Schweitzer returned to his African hospital, won the Nobel
prize, and worked past age 90. Schweitzer wrote "I see in Dr. Gerson one of
the most eminent geniuses in the history of medicine."

Most recently, Dr. Gerson was recognized as a pioneer in his field when he
was inducted into the Orthomolecular Medicine Hall of Fame in Ottawa, Canada on
May 14, 2005. He joined seven other giants of medicine whose seminal work has
been influential in the medical and scientific worlds, and are considered
pioneers in their respective fields.

It is rare to find cancer, arthritis, or other degenerative diseases in
cultures considered "primitive" by Western civilization. Is it because of diet? The
fact that degenerative diseases appear in these cultures only when modern
packaged foods and additives are introduced would certainly support that idea.
Max Gerson said "Stay close to nature and its eternal laws will protect you." He
considered that degenerative diseases were brought on by toxic, degraded
food, water and air.

The Gerson Therapy seeks to regenerate the body to health, supporting each
important metabolic requirement by flooding the body with nutrients from almost
20 pounds of organically grown fruits and vegetables daily. Most is used to
make fresh raw juice, one glass every hour, 13 times per day. Raw and cooked
solid foods are generously consumed. Oxygenation is usually more than doubled, as
oxygen deficiency in the blood contributes to many degenerative diseases. The
metabolism is also stimulated through the addition of thyroid, potassium and
other supplements, and by avoiding heavy animal fats, excess protein, sodium
and other toxins.

Degenerative diseases render the body increasingly unable to excrete waste
materials adequately, commonly resulting in liver and kidney failure. To prevent
this, the Gerson Therapy uses intensive detoxification to eliminate wastes,
regenerate the liver, reactivate the immune system and restore the body's
essential defenses - enzyme, mineral and hormone systems. With generous,
high-quality nutrition, increased oxygen availability, detoxification, and improved
metabolism, the cells - and the body - can regenerate, become healthy and prevent
future illness.

No treatment works for everyone, every time. Anyone who tells you otherwise
is not giving you the facts. We know that when you have been diagnosed with a
life-threatening ailment, choosing the best strategy for fighting your illness
can be a bewildering task. Everyone claims to have either "the best
treatment", "the fastest cure", or "the only therapy that works." In most cases your
trusted family physician only has knowledge of conventional treatments, and is
either unaware of, or even hostile toward alternative options. No matter how
many opinions you receive on how to treat your disease, you are going to make the
final decision on what to do, and you must be comfortable with your decision.
Choose a treatment that makes the most sense to you.

Most therapies, conventional or alternative treat only the individual
symptoms while ignoring what is ultimately causing the disease. The reason the Gerson
Therapy is effective with so many different ailments is because it restores
the body's incredible ability to heal itself. Rather than treating only the
symptoms of a particular disease, the Gerson Therapy treats the cause of the
disease itself. Although we feel the Gerson Therapy is the most comprehensive
treatment for disease, we don't claim it will cure everything or everyone.

Although the Gerson Institute does not own or operate any medical facilities,
we do refer patients to clinics which are fully licensed by the Gerson
Institute to provide the Gerson Therapy. Whether you plan to follow the treatment on
your own at home, would like to schedule admittance to a clinic, or simply
have questions about the Therapy, we encourage you to contact one of our client
service representatives at the Gerson Institute.

Caution: Do not start the Gerson Therapy without the supervision of a Gerson
practitioner if any of the following conditions apply:

- Chemotherapy
- Diabetes
- Brain metastases
- Severe kidney damage

Foreign bodies such as pacemakers, breast implants, steel plates or screws.
Patients must be able to eat, drink and eliminate normally.

The Gerson Therapy cannot be administered to organ transplant recipients.

Juicing is an essential component of the Gerson Therapy. To ensure reliable
results, the Gerson patient will need to purchase an appropriate juicer. Dr.
Gerson's research indicates that cancer patients must have a two- stage juicer
with a separate grinder and hydraulic press. One-step juicers generally do not
produce the same quality of enzyme, mineral or micronutrient content, and some
patients have failed to experience results simply by using the wrong juicer.

We do not recommend the use of any centrifugal-type juicers for Gerson
patients. Other non-centrifugal juicers may be used for health maintenance or
non-cancer diagnoses.

If you are intersted in learning more about the press-type juicers, please
contact the Norwalk Juicer Representatives, Richard Boger or Gisela Summer at
1-800-405-8423/760-436-9684 outside the US.

The Gerson diet is naturally high in vitamins, minerals, enzymes,
micro-nutrients, extremely low in sodium and fats, and rich in fluids.

The following is a typical daily diet for a Gerson patient on the full
therapy regimen:

- Thirteen glasses of fresh, raw carrot/apple and green-leaf juices prepared
hourly from fresh, organic fruits and vegetables.
- Three full vegetarian meals, freshly prepared from organically grown
fruits, vegetables and whole grains. A typical meal will include salad, cooked
vegetables, baked potatoes, vegetable soup and juice.
- Fresh fruit and fresh fruit dessert available at all hours for snacking, in
addition to the regular diet.

All medications used in connection with the Gerson Therapy are classed as
biologicals, materials of organic origin that are supplied in therapeutic
amounts.

- Potassium compound
- Lugol's solution
- Vitamin B-12
- Thyroid hormone
- Injectable Crude Liver Extract
- Pancreatic Enzymes
- Enemas of coffee and/or chamomile

A very important part of the Gerson Therapy is frequent detoxification of the
tissues and blood. This is accomplished through a variety of means, first and
foremost through the use of coffee enemas.

The scientific basis for the use of coffee enemas is well documented, and can
be obtained from the Gerson Institute. Patients report that the enemas
decrease pain and hasten healing. Biologically, enzyme systems of the gut wall and
liver are stimulated, and bile flow is increased. This has been shown to
enhance the body's ability to eliminate toxic residues from environmental,
chemotherapeutic, and other sources.

Tumor and other diseased tissue is also more rapidly eliminated as it is
broken down. Other means of detoxification include castor oil, used as an
additional stimulant of bile flow and as another way to enhance the liver's ability to
filter blood. In addition, digestive enzymes serve to enhance absorption of
nutrients as well as assist in the elimination of damaged tissue.

Patients must have a complete understanding of the Gerson Therapy so that
they may effectively continue the regimen at home after leaving the treatment
center. The following are examples of educational opportunities at a typical
licensed Gerson facility:

- Gerson-trained physicians and/or educators present lectures and instruction
on healing reactions and medication uses.

- Charlotte Gerson and/or other senior Gerson Institute staff members lecture
on the theory and practice of the Gerson Therapy, scientific rationales and
relevant research. - -

- Instruction and demonstration of two-piece, press-type juicers, such as the
Norwalk Juicer.

- Videotapes of lectures by Charlotte Gerson, other Gerson Institute staff,
and Gerson-trained physicians are available for viewing at any time.

- Regular, individualized consultation with your Gerson physician on the
specifics of your condition and any necessary modifications to the treatment.
During this time, any specific questions you have may be addressed.