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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.
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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.
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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 referring to
Charlotte Gerson's Book, "Healing the Gerson Way", or without
the supervision of a Gerson Doctor 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.
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