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the gerson therapy

The Gerson Therapy
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. This is a powerful, natural treatment that boosts the body’s own immune system to heal cancer, arthritis, heart disease, and allergies. Dr. Max Gerson initially developed the Gerson Therapy in the 1930s as a treatment for his own debilitating migraines, and since has expanded to treat many degenerative diseases.

What conditions can the Gerson Therapy treat?
The Gerson Therapy has had repeatedly good results with: melanoma, lymphoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, infertility, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE). There are conditions that do not respond well or at all to the Gerson Therapy, including acute leukemia, ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), Parkinson’s disease, pancreatic cancer after treatment with chemotherapy, brain cancers, organ or stem cell transplants, and kidney dialysis.
How long will I have to be on the Gerson Therapy?
Though Dr. Gerson specifies about 18 months in his book, A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 Cases, in the modern day two-to-three years is recommended for most cancer diagnosis. Non-malignant diseases fall on the shorter end of that scale, while advanced cases of cancer fall closer to the three-to-five year range.

When will I see a noticeable improvement from the Gerson Therapy?
The time it takes to see results on the therapy varies greatly from patient to patient. Melanoma and lymphoma cases, swift tumor reduction has been observed, while bone cancers and metastases have been observed to require a longer duration of treatment. Some conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) can take several months to respond, and the symptoms often appear worse before they improve.
This is not to say that when patients see improvement they are ready to discontinue the treatment. It is of utmost importance that patients continue the full therapy according to their doctor’s instructions for the full length of time, not just until symptoms improve.

Can the Gerson Therapy be applied before, during or after conventional treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation?
There isn’t a simple yes or no answer to this question, because it wholly depends on the needs of the individual patient. Radiation therapy is often effective for relief of bone pain or to shrink a tumor to facilitate surgical removal. While it does have some negative effects, radiation, used judiciously, can be an appropriate intervention while on the Gerson Therapy. The decision of whether or not it would be appropriate to combine the Gerson Therapy and chemotherapy is a complex one, and should only be made on a case-by-case basis with guidance and supervision of your local physician and Gerson practitioner.

I am not sick myself, but I am interested in the principles of the Gerson Therapy for preventative health. Can I still follow the Gerson Therapy if I am not ill?
It is important to note that Dr. Max Gerson developed the Gerson Therapy specifically as a treatment for cancer and other chronic degenerative diseases after extensive research on those who were chronically ill.
Following the intensive Gerson Therapy protocol is not necessary or advisable for overall health, but many of the components and principles can be beneficial to enhance or support overall health and wellness. These components include: nutritional principles of the therapy, juicing, eating organic produce, non-toxic cleaning and personal care, and detoxification methods such as coffee enemas.

Gerson THERAPY meals

Whilst not having a conventional 'disease' and having greatly improved digestion from FMT I decided to do a modified Gerson therapy to detoxify and repair. I started on ten juices a day in March 2023. It has been very rewarding. Have been tapering down in 2024. I have plenty of delicious food to eat as well.

The Gerson Therapy

Photography project: Medical anthropology, discovered in a dusty tomb buried underneath a hospital car park.
Images of a bygone era when life and nature were in harmony. The body processes, stores, releases and renews.