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Surviving Uterine Cancer:Sandra Rapps story of focus and determination

by Diane Ake

Sandra Rappwas diagnosedwith breast

cancer in 1997 at theage of 62. She had alumpectomy, chemo-therapy and radiation.She considered it theworst year of her life.Fifteen years later, shewas diagnosed withstage III uterine serouscarcinoma, an uncom-

mon and aggressiveform of endometrialcancer, and had a com-plete hysterectomy.

Her surgeons werenot able to remove allthe cancer, and saidshe might live threemore years if she alsodid abdominal radia-tion and chemothera-

py. She researched thenegative side effects ofabdominal radiation and felt she couldnt face it all again.I am not going to be tortured to death, she said. Thereare things worse than dying and I have been there. I wouldrather die of carrot juice than chemotherapy. If she onlyhad three years to live, at least she would live healthily. Shegot approval from her oncology surgeon to take six monthsto try something elsebefore doing chemo andradiation.

The previous fall,

when her daughter tooka Gerson training pro-gram, Sandra first foundout about the Gerson

Therapy. She contact-ed Dr. Donato, a Gersonpractitioner in Oregon,and got started on thetherapy.

Sandra got a Norwalkjuicer and started out by having 10 juices a day, 3-4 enemas

and castor oil treatments once a week, then reduced to

every other weekShe loved how thecastor oil packs madeher feel, but swallowing the castor oiwas difficult. BuI decided that I amgoing to do all of thisand that I am goingto get well, Sandrasaid. Dr. Donatomonitored her progress and test results

and made modifications to her protocoas needed over thetwo-year period shewas on the Gerson

Therapy.

Sandra provided some tips on howto organize time andspace while doing thetherapy. Every other

day, Sandra made twodays worth of coffeeconcentrate and stored it in the refrigerator. She made theHippocrates soup on the alternate days. Her kitchen issmall so she placed the Norwalk juicer on a utility tableYou make do with what you have. If you are determinedyou will find a way to do it. You can put things on the backporch if you need to. She already had an extra refrigerator

which was very usefufor storing produce. Shewashed her greens eachmorning. She put upher ironing board to use

as extra counter spacecovered it with towelsand used the surface tosort the greens into bagsso she could easily grabthem to make the green

juices. Time is a hugeconcern. I made microhourly schedules. I hada timer in the kitchenone in the bathroom and

a small one I hung around my neck.

Dont let someone else dothe treatment to you. Be theboss of your own treatment.

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Sandra loves to cook, so she enjoyed getting creativewith the Gerson recipes. For example, she made zucchi-ni spaghetti to give variety to her meals. She made saladdressing from lemon juice, garlic and flax oil, and some-times added carrot juice or chopped tomatoes. She usedany leftover dressing on her baked potato. Sandra advised,Look at what food you have and figure out what you canmake out of it. It keeps you from getting bored. I madetabouli salad with steel cut oats and parsley. I even put

onions on my oatmeal once. She also used Hippocratessoup as gravy. I just told myself it was gravy and it tastedlike gravy. I was never hungry while on the therapy. I wasfull all the time.

Sandra already had a garden so she grew parsley, chardand beets and she ate shredded raw beets in salad. Sheplanted the beet roots with about one inch of beet topsremaining and they continued to grow more leaves that sheused in her daily green juices. For this reason, she suggestsbuying beets with the roots intact, since some stores cutthem off. She also grew tomatoes, eggplant, onions, garlicand potatoes. Sandras husband started to eat the Gerson

food little by little, and grew hair on his bald head!

The program isnt hard, said Sandra. Your hairdoesnt fall out and you are not throwing up! The thera-py isnt a quick fix, but two years is pretty quick to get myhealth back compared to how long it took me to get sick.I wasnt afraid on this program. It was my body and I amthe boss of it. Once you decide to do something, dont letsomeone else do the treatmenttoyou. Be the boss of yourown treatment.

She had great support from her friends and family. Onefriend volunteered to buy and deliver organic carrots to herfrom Costco twice a week. I saw people who didnt recog-nize me and told me that I looked so good, Sandra remem-bers. They wanted to know all about what she was doing.The best moment was when my daughter told me, Youlook like my mom again.

Sandra lost weight she hadnt been able to lose foryears. She weighed 218 pounds at her heaviest after the hys-terectomy. After doing the Gerson Therapy, she weighed129 pounds.

Go into it with the idea youare going to win.

Sandra did not have any major healing reactions but sherecalls that her tongue got sore; she had headaches behindher eyes and had fungus in her nails. She was often verytired and needed to lie down and rest a lot. You havetrest! she stressed. I was concerned that I wasnt able todo everything during the day and I worried when I missed a

juice that I was compromising the therapy. But I told myselto just do the best I can, and that each day is a new day.

After the initial two years on the therapy, the doctorwho did the surgery said her lab results were fantastic. She

had a CT scan and the doctors found nothing. You justrejoice she said, because its working!

Sandras surgeon kept asking for information on theGerson program. I got a call from a lady in Eugene referredfrom that doctor. The woman ended up going to Dr. DonatoI started corresponding with her to give her tips on foodprep and give her encouragement.

Sandras maintenance plan consists of one enema perday and four juices. She sticks to the diet pretty closelybut occasionally indulges in non-Gerson foods. I dont

cook beef anymore. I make vegetarian burgers with beans,or oats, nuts and vegetables, and have salmon occasional-ly, she explained. I feel great all the time and my mentaenergy is also good. I am back to clog dancing and swimming twice a week. I breathe more easily and dont havesleep apnea anymore.

Sandra advises new patients to do their homework, dotheir own research and talk to people who have done thetherapy. When you go into it, you have to own it. Go intoit with the idea you are going to win. Attitude is the wholething. And whatever you have to do, just do it.

We all are not taking care of ourselves the way weshould. People arent willing to change from their comfortable way of living, even if they are in pain and misera-ble. They arent willing to make that big life change unlessit is life and death. Get your body back into balance and ingood health before it becomes a life and death matter. Doit to fend off that situation.

Diane Ake has worked for the Gerson Institute for 10 yearsShe is the Director of Training, Volunteer Coordinator and

Newsletter Editor.

The best moment was whenmy daughter told me, You

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At 49, Falconer Abraham is a family man withthree children and a job teaching singing toyoung people. He started suffering from unex-

plained sinus congestion in 2002. Each year, his symptomsbecame worse. Every change of season brought extremecongestion, and throughout the year it wasnt unusual forFalconer to have sinus headaches two or three times a week.

As his condition worsened, he began losing his senseof smell and felt a tightness in his chest that made evenbreathing through his mouth laborious. It became so bad

that at one point Falconer went two weeks without gettingany consistent sleep, and woke up every 15 to 30 minutesunable to breathe.

In 2011, he was diagnosed with nasal polyps and chron-ic rhinitis. Allopathic medicine suggested that surgery,steroids and salt rinses were the only way to treat nasalpolyps. Having read horror stories online about the returnof polyps and surgeries gone awry, Falconer decided to trythe Gerson Therapy, which he had learned about from oneof his students.

He watched videos online, ordered educational mate-rials and began what he refers to as a lazy mans versionof the therapy. The enemas helped with the headachesand a bit with the breathing, but Falconer wasnt seeingthe results he hoped for, so he turned to another treatmenthe had found online. His condition worsened and, in 2013,he talked to his doctor about an operation. Once again,his doctor said that the polyps would likely return, requir-ing multiple surgeries, and that he would need to stay onPrednisone for the rest of his life.

Falconer decided he would try the Gerson Therapyagain but more fully this time. If he still couldnt find

relief, he could reconsider surgery.

Beginning the therapy was a challenge. Figuring outhow to set up a Gerson home and which foods to purchasewasnt easy. Falconer was the only one in his family eatingthe strict Gerson diet. The hardest part was overcoming thenegative opinions of his doctors and friends, who said thetherapy wouldnt work.

However, Falconer read stories from people who hadsuffered through repeated surgeries, which reminded himof the dangers a conventional approach might involve, andFalconers family supported him in his decision to try the

Finding Relief from Nasal Polyps:The Institutes Telephone Coaching Service helps patients heal at

home

by Mikhaela Payden-Travers

Gerson Therapy. Although he did most of the therapy himself, his eldest son helped out with juicing, and his wifestarted making Gerson-style dinners. His father bought hima second juicer for work and gave the family a second refrig-erator. His mother listened to the frustration, rants, andwild talk that came out on occasion when doing the thera-py felt extra difficult.

Having already discovered that the therapy needed to beimplemented fully to work, Falconer turned to the GersonInstitute for support. He found Gerson Basics Onlineto be an excellent resource; it became his TV when he

was having difficulty sleeping. He also took part in theTelephone Coaching Service, working with a Gerson coachand his doctor to monitor his progress.

In talking about the Coaching Service, Falconer saidBlanca [his coach] was awesome. She gave me a feeling ofstability and confidence that I had made the right choice. Ifelt well supported. My first consultation with her helpedme move to the point of getting the supplements. Theweek Falconer started the supplements, he experiencedhis first sign of progress: after experiencing anosmia forseven entire months, he regained his sense of smell for twohours.

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A year later, Falconer is doing much better. His senseof smell is back. The nasal polyps have shrunk to the pointwhere he can sleep comfortably, and the eczema on his footseems to be gone. His last visit to the naturopath showedthat his liver was functioning well.

Following the Gerson Therapy has been tough at times.The Gerson Institute granted Falconer a scholarship to help

cover the costs of his coaching sessions. However, cover-

ing the other costs of the therapy was tricky. Even thoughFalconer still has polyps, he decided he couldnt keep onthe full therapy protocol, but he has continued incorporat-ing aspects of Gerson into his life. He remains a vegetarianand does as much juicing as he can afford to.

While he isnt fully recovered, Falconer has the follow-ing message for those considering the therapy for chronicconditions like his: Its worth a try. Dont cheat. And geta lot of positive understanding people around you. Youllneed them.

We at the Gerson Institute are grateful that we have a lot of posi-tive, understanding people around us as well. Without the supportof our donors, we wouldnt be able to offer coaching scholarships for

patients like Falconer who need all the resources they have simply tostay on the Gerson Therapy. Many thanks to all of you Gerson persons for making the coaching program and especially the scholarship option available for Gerson patients.

What is the Gerson Telephone Coaching

Service?The Gerson Institutes Telephone (or Skype) Coaching Service

was started five years ago to help meet the needs of the many

patients who found that starting the therapy at a certified Gerson

clinic wasnt an option for them due to financial or logistical rea

sons. After an initial intake and screening, coaching patients have

phone consultations with a trained Gerson coach, who aids them

in developing their own personalized treatment plan. Meanwhile

they continue working with a doctor at home for medical moni

toring and tests. Our coaches have extensive training and expe

rience in providing non-medical assistance to people doing the

Gerson Therapy.

Coaching scholarships provide patients struggling to meet thecosts of the therapy with free monthly sessions for six months.

For more information on the Coaching Service, visit www

gerson.org or email Blanca Ayala at [email protected].

Happy New Year from the Gerson Institute


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You may remember that the Institute planted

the Charlotte Gerson Legacy Orchard, anorganic fruit tree orchard, at Wild Willow

Farm in San Diego in 2012, to celebrate Charlottes90th birthday. The orchard contains a variety of apri-cot, cherry, apple and almond trees. In November,Gerson staff visited the farm. We enjoyed eating a tastyorganic lunch, playing with some adorable baby goats,and generally having some time to relax, unwind andbe together in the sunshine.

In Southern California, were almost always guar-anteed sunshine, though the current drought condi-tions have made water an increasingly scarce commod-ity. Luckily for Charlottes orchard, Wild Willow hasa new irrigation system that ensures that as the trees

enjoy sunshine, they also enjoy water and get somerelief from the drought conditions our farms have expe-rienced the last two years.

Our continued thanks goes to all the volunteerswho helped us plant the orchard, the many Gerson

supporters who donated both to support the orchardand our ongoing educational programs, and the staffof Wild Willow for taking care of these beautiful trees.In another few years, the fruit will be ready to harvest,and to provide more healthy organic food to our localcommunity.

To learn more about Wild Willow Farm, visit www.sandiegoroots.org/farm.

The Legacy Orchard:Still blooming despite the Southern California drought

Gerson staff plant fruit trees in 2012 tohonor Charlotte on her 90th birthday.

Two years later, the trees in the Legacy

Orchard have grown.

Tell us your Gerson Therapy tips

We are collecting tips from Gerson patients and any of you who have done juic-ing, coffee enemas, prepared Gerson food, shopped for organic produce, set upa Gerson home or helped a Gerson patient do the therapy. We are especiallyinterested in learning about your methods for saving time and making the workeasier. Please send your tips to Diane Ake at [email protected].


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Last month, Eric and I had the privilegeand delight of attending the lovelywedding of Michelle Abraminko and

Mike Harder. Michelle has been involved withthe Institute as a volunteer for many yearsand we are thrilled that her husband Mike is

joining her in supporting us. Michelle is aholistic health coach.

One of the ways in which theychose to show their support was byencouraging the guests to make dona-

tions to the Gerson Institute insteadof giving them traditional weddinggifts. When asked why she didnt gothe more conventional wedding giftroute, Michelle laughed and respond-ed I already have everything I need!She was more interested in supporting acause she truly believes in than receiv-ing duplicate kitchenwares.

In the spirit of healthful-ness for their guests and life

ahead, Michelle and Mike choseto do their champagne toastwith a glass of green juice. Thiswas followed by the throwing of

A Unique Way to Support theGerson Instituteby Kelly Lahtov

Michelles lovely bouquet, which consisted of a colorfularray of rainbow Swiss chard. We asked Michelle therewas anything she wanted to say for this article. Shereplied, Our most sincere gratitude for all your juiceand love. My wedding would not have been the same

without your touch. Well we feel the same wayabout her, her family, and all their support

We are always in need of unique waysyou can raise funds for the GersonInstitute. Donations like Michellesmake it possible for us to run our

programs and support services forGerson patients. Please contactMikhaela Payden-Travers with

your ideas at [email protected].

Kelly Lahtov and Eric Freemanare Gerson Institute chefs whoteach Gerson cooking classes andtrain volunteers to help prepare

food and juice at events and atour office.

Wish List External hard drives

Free printing of flyers

Handmade cards

Organic carrots

Organic green apples

Norwalk or Champion juicers

Poster-size photos of vegetables,

fruits and nature

Postage stamps

Projector screen

Reams of copy paper

If you can donate any of these items, please contact Mika Payden-Travers at

[email protected]

Michelle Abraminko with her Swiss

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which is why sleep is so important for learning new infor-mation.2 If youve felt groggy from too little sleep, youvexperienced the obvious impact of serious sleep deprivationon your mental alertness. New studies, however, suggesthat mild chronic sleep deprivation can also have a seriousimpact certain mental functions, especially in the areas ofcreativity and innovation.3

There is also growing evidence of a connectiobetween adequate sleep and mentahealth. Although the exact natureof the relationship is still beingexplored, psychiatrists at Harvard

suggest that a good nights sleephelps foster both mental and emotional resilience, while chronic sleepdisruptions set the stage for negativethinking and emotional vulnerability.4A lack of sleep is also associatewith greater risk for depression andother serious psychiatric conditions

Getting enough sleep is alsoimportant for our physical healthWhile we sleep our bodies produce

cytokines and other antibodies thaare pivotal to our immune systemsability to fight off dangerous bacte-ria and viruses. In addition to direct

ly affecting our ability to protect ourselves against infec-tious disease, chronic sleep deprivation is associated withincreased risk of numerous chronic diseases including heartdisease, irregular heartbeat, high blood pressure, diabetesas well as heart attack and stroke.5

Finally, sleep actually ends up relating to our healththrough nutrition, as how much we sleep may have animportant impact on what we decide to eat. Studies have

found that sleep deprivation increases the levels of thestress hormone cortisol, while at the same time decreasingthe hormone leptin (which lets your brain know youve hadenough to eat) and increasing ghrelin (an appetite stimu-lant). Thus getting more sleep may be an important factoin helping you make healthier eating choices.

As I consciously began focusing on getting at least eighhours of sleep a night, I noticed significant changes in mymood and my ability to regulate my emotions. Everythingreally does seem better after a good nights sleep.

Need a New Years Resolution?Make sleep your medicine in 2015

by Mikhaela Payden-Travers

If youre like me, you like to make a New Years res-olution that puts you on the path to better health. Iwanted to share with other Gerson supporters what

Ive learned about sleep just in case you, like me, focus onnutrition but dont always remember the other factors thatimpact your health and well-being.

While sleep is important for everyone, it is especial-ly important for Gerson patients, who may need more thanthe standard 7-9 hours. Rest is a vitalpart of the therapy. Without ade-quate rest the body does not havethe energy it needs to heal. Its good

to remember that food is medicine but so is sleep!

During my first two yearsof graduate school, I probably sleptabout six hours a night on average,but there were some especially pain-ful days when I tried to function on

just three or four hours.

Im not alone. A 2013 Gallup pollfound that Americans sleep an aver-

age of 6.8 hours a night, similar tonumbers from the 1990s but far lesssleep than Americans got in 1974when the Gallup poll found the aver-age American sleeping 7.9 hours per night.2Unfortunately,a lack of sleep and especially chronic sleep deprivation has serious health consequences.

First, sleep is incredibly important for optimal mentalprocessing. While we sleep, our neurons get a chance torest, and the brain actually constructs new neural pathways,

Its good to remember thatfood is medicine but so issleep!

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If you already get your 7-9 hours a night withoutfail, congratulations! Keep up the good work. If you dont,here are some helpful hints that I used to work on settingand maintaining a healthier sleep regime.

Six Tips for Getting More Sleep

1. Make sleep a priority.Simply deciding that getting at least 8 hours of sleep a nightis going to be one of your health priorities can go a long way.Resist putting work or household chores - or even a goodbook - ahead of sleep.

2. Develop a sleep routine.Try to go to bed and wake up at the same time each day,

even on the weekends. Studies suggest that going to sleepat 10 pm and waking up at 6 am works the best with ourbodys natural rhythms.

Developing a ritual that you follow each night beforegoing to sleep (e.g. journaling, paced breathing, and drink-ing chamomile tea) can also help prepare your body for rest.

3. Make the bed a space for sleep only.

Sometimes it is easy to convert your bed into an all-purpose area especially if you live in a small apartment.Eating in bed, watching TV in bed, or even working in bed,can make it more difficult for you to sleep at night.

4. Avoid eating and exercise within threehours of going to sleep.

This can be hard for night owls, but it is important toremember that eating and exercise both get your body ener-gized, not ready for a good nights sleep. Although regularexercise can make it easier for you to sleep eventually, youshould make sure to leave your body plenty of time to winddown afterwards.

5. Turn off lights.Make sure that the area where you sleep is dark and

quiet (although some people will find they sleep better witha white noise machine). The hormone melatonin is pro-duced in total darkness, and the longer you stay in the dark,the more melatonin the pineal gland produces. Melatoninregulates our sleep and wake cycles, destroys free radicals,suppresses the development of breast cancer, increasesthe immune systems killer lymphocytes and more. Somepeople use black-out shades or eye masks to block out lightwhen they sleep and/or turn off or move anything out of theroom that emits even dim light in their bedroom (e.g. LED

lights in TVs, clocks or night lights). If you need a nightlight, a dim red light is the best choice.6

Additionally, blue wavelength light emitted fromTVs, computer screens and cell phones suppresses mel-

atonin production more than other wavelengths, so it iswise to avoid exposure to them 2-3 hours before bedtime.However, exposing your eyes to lots of bright natural lightduring the day can help you sleep better at night.

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6. Listen to your body and get rid of thealarm clock!

After starting to get into a sleep routine, seeif your body can awaken naturally without thehelp of an alarm clock. Listening to your bodyis the best measure of whether youre gettingsufficient rest.

References

1 http://www.gallup.com/poll/166553/less-reecommendedamount-sleep.aspx

2 http://www.healthline.com/health/sleep-deprivation/effects-on-body

3 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21075236

4 http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mental_Health_Letter/2009/July/Sleep-and-mental-health

5 http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/excessive-sleep-

iness-10/10-results-sleep-loss

6 www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Health_Letter/2012/May/blue-light-has-a-dark-side

7 http://chriskresser.com/how-artificial-light-is-wrecking-your-sleep-and-what-to-do-about-it

Mikhaela Payden-Travers is the Development Coordinatorfor the Gerson Institute. She recently received her Mastersdegree in Non-Profit Leadership and Management from theUniversity of San Diego.

How much we sleep mayhave an important impacton what we decide to eat.


10/2010

Kayla Smith, ND

Dr. Gersons book,A Cancer Therapy: Resultsof Fifty Cases is a masterpiece. As manytimes as I have read this book, each time I

pick it up, I find some pearl of wisdom that had escapedmy memory or that I had not totally integrated intomy understanding of his brilliant rationale for his treat-ment approach.

I would like to share with you some of his quotesand concepts that reflect the deep philosophical basisunderlying his approach to restoring health, his great

reverence and respect for nature and living in accor-dance with natural law. I believe that it was this per-spective on life that provided the foundation for thedevelopment of his system of restoring health.

Chapter I is entitled The Secret of My Treatment.His first sentence is Of course, there is none!! Heexplains that he used this heading because he is askedthis question so often by reproachful physicians. Heexplains that the harmony in the metabolism of allthe internal organs and systems must be maintained;it reflects the eternal mystery of life expressed in our

health and continuance.This statement reflectshis belief in the con-cept of totality, a themethat runs throughout hisentire book. He pointsto the fact that we cantsimply address the iso-lated parts of the body,such as a tumor or thesymptoms it produces.What is essential is notthe growth itself or the

visible symptoms; it isthe damage to the wholemetabolism including theloss of defense, immunityand the healing power.Dr. Gerson realized that the foundation for restorationof the entire body can take place only by addressing theentire body, starting at the cellular level.

Dr. Gerson studied the works of many doctorsand scientists who were interested in nutrition in

relation to treatingcancer. In Chapter Ihe quotes Dr. WernerKollath, one of thepioneers of the healthfood movement inGermany in the late1920s and 30s, whostated: Symptomatictreatment is harmfulwherever in nature

it is applied to thesoil, plants, animals,human beings, or inmedicine. Each partis important, but the

whole in its infinitely fine order is more important. InChapter V, Dr. Gerson reveals, the living being, wheth-er large or small, plant or animal, is in every respect per-fectly created or developed, in all its functions and allits parts, best in its totality. I would propose that Dr.Gersons work was the embodiment of the now-popu-lar term, holistic medicine. He certainly was in align-

ment with the princi-ples of naturopathicmedicine, the field ofmedicine in which Iwas trained, which hasas its basis the idea ofnature as healer and tofirst do no harm.

He continuallyadvocates for living inharmony with nature.In Chapter II, he puts

forth: In the nutri-tional field, observa-tions for centuries haveshown that people wholive according to natu-

ral methods in which plants, animals and human beingsare only fragments of the eternal cycle of Nature do notget cancer. On the contrary, people who accept meth-ods of modern nutrition on an increasing scale becomeinvolved in degenerative diseases, including cancer, ina relatively short time. He refers to the Hunzas, who

We cant simply addressthe isolated parts of thebody, such as a tumor or

the symptoms it produces.

Gems and Pearls of Wisdomfrom Dr. GersonBy Kayla Smith, ND


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live on the slopes of the Himalaya Mountains and whouse only food grown in their own country and fertil-ized with natural manure. This, he says, is similar toEthiopians who also have (or did have) natural agricul-ture and living habits, which appears to keep people freeof cancer and most degenerative diseases. Conversely,he notes that Eskimos started developing degenera-tive diseases and cancer in those parts of their territory

where canned food and unnatural nutrition were intro-duced and accepted.

This leads us to his views on the importanceof healthy soil. InChapter XXIV, TheSignificance of theContent of the Soil toHuman Disease, hewrites, The famil-iar expression motherearth is justified.When we take from and

rob the earth we dis-turb the natural equi-librium and harmony,producing sickness ofthe soil, sickness of theplants and fruits, andfinally sickness of bothanimals and humanbeings. He attributesthe cause of many ofthese diseases to thedecrease in the impor-

tant potassium-groupminerals of the fruitsand vegetables grownon such poisoned soil.Lets look at one of hisvery famous quotes in reference to this topic:

We must conclude from these and many otherobservations that the soil and all that grows in it is notsomething distant from us but must be regarded as ourexternal metabolism, which produces the basic sub-stances for our internal metabolism. Therefore, the soilmust be cared for properly and must not be depleted or

poisoned; otherwise these changes will result in seriousdegenerative diseases, rapidly increasing in animals andhuman beings.

If he were alive today, he would sadly witness thefulfillment of this prediction. However, I think he wouldbe encouraged by the current movements to supportorganic farming and restore the soil, and by the resur-gence in back yard gardening, composting our wasteand community-supported agriculture. This work - toreconnect with the earth, take care of our soil and grow

healthy food - is the underpinning of food as medicine.

Dr. Gerson studied the works of many of the ancientphysicians and philosophers. He writes: I found theideas of totality more profoundly developed in theancient work of Paracelsus and many of other physiciansof long ago. He devoted Chapter VII to Paracelsusdietary regime. Paracelsus believed that what he called

Great Nature governs the human being.

The human being has to acquire knowledge of whatto eat and drink and what he has to weave and wear

because nature gavehim the instinct for self-preservation...If some-one eats what is usefulfor his health and avoidsother things that mayshorten his life, then heis a man of wisdom andself-control. All that we

do should serve to pro-long our life.

I would like to addthat as we detoxifyand nourish ourselvesproperly, these naturalinstincts will return tous, and we will be drivenby self-preservationrather than cravings.

This is just a briefjourney through Dr.Gersons book,A CancerTherapy, highlighting hisfoundational ideas about

the theory of totality, Mother Nature and healing. I hopeit stimulates an interest for those of you who have notread his book recently to re-acquaint yourselves withthis tremendous body of work.

If you would like a copy ofA Cancer Therapy, go tostore.gerson.org. If you are a medical professional, wecan gift you a copy at no charge. We also donate the

book to libraries. If you know of a library that wouldlike to carry this book, email Mika at [email protected].

Dr. Smith is the Director of Medical Education for theGerson Institute. She has been a licensed naturopathic

physician for the past 20 years and has 10 years of expe-rience as a Gerson practitioner.

The soil and all that growsin it is not something dis-

tant from us but must be re-garded as our external me-tabolism, which producesthe basic substances for our

internal metabolism.


12/2012

October 18, 2014was the 133rdanniversary of

Dr. Gersons birthdayand in that same monthwe received seven pallets(5,000 plus books a yearssupply) of Dr. Gersonsbook A Cancer Therapy:

Result of 50 Cases deliveredright to our office ware-house door. This deliverywas history in the making,

since before that the bookshad been delivered to astorage unit and had to betransported to the office afew boxes at a time. Whatan improvement in efficien-cy to match our new state-of-the art e-commerce plat-form NetSuite (our newunified software and data-base that manages finan-cials, e-commerce, con-

tacts, inventory and more). And we just added a POS system(Point of Sale hardware and software designed to accepton-site payments) for events and people who walk into ouroffice who want to make purchases. This system will allowus to process sales much more quickly, both inside and out-side of the office.

Harrison Reid, on the left, Gerson Inventory

Specialist, helps unload pallets of Dr. Gersons

book.

History in the Making:Dr. Gersons book today

by Anita Wilson

The Gerson Institutewas founded by CharlotteGerson 37 years ago, withthe primary intent of keep-ing Dr. Gersons book inprint and distributed. Itnow sells on Amazon, isbeing field tested by Barnesand Noble, has dozens ofwholesale vendors world-wide and thousands ofretail sales each year. Whenyou order the book from the

Gerson Institute, you aresupporting our programsand services for Gersonpatients. You can get a copyat store.gerson.org.

The case studies in thebook are of high value andgive important insightsinto Dr. Gersons workOur Education Departmentstaff recommend this book

for all Gerson patients. We look forward to many more yearsof sharingA Cancer Therapywith the world.

Anita Wilson has been the Executive Director of the GersonInstitute since 2003.

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Myracle HarrisHi my name is Myracle Harris. I am 13 years old.

Last year when I was 12, on November 18th my motherVenus Gibson passed away from skin cancer. I think thatif I would have found your website before she passedaway we could have saved her life. I think the doctorsdidnt do enough to save her. But thanks for having thiswebsite.

Dra Kovcs - Melanoma

I was 37 years old when, in the spring of 1990, a tiny mole

began to grow fairly quickly on my right leg. I underwentsurgery in July and the resulting histology showed thatI was suffering from melanoma malignum (a malignanttumor of pigment cells), hence chemotherapy was sug-gested. I was scared and asked the advice of two natu-ropaths about changing my lifestyle. During the threemonths of receiving chemotherapy I followed the naturo-paths suggestions. After the chemotherapy I felt unwellfor several days, but then my life returned to normal andI followed the usual advice of doctors: Go home and liveas if nothing had happened; dont even think or worryabout your disease.


13/2013

Special Apple

Dessert

Ingredients:

1 Red Delicious apple

1/4 cup rolled oats

2 tbsp apple sauce

1 tsp plump raisins

1tbsp raisin syrup* + some for spooning over apple

1/4 tsp allspice

Directions:*Put raisins in a mason jar, pour boiling water to

cover them, close the lid and let them sit for an hour.

The liquid becomes the raisin syrup.

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Core apple and take out some of the flesh to replace

with filling.

3. Combine oats, apple sauce, raisins, raisin syrup and

allspice into a bowl.

4. Fill the apple with the mixture and place in a glass

baking dish with 1/4 cup water under the apple.

5. Bake in preheated oven for 34-45 minutes.

6. Five minutes before the apple is done, drizzle raisin

syrup over baked apple.

7 Let cool and serve.

You can find more recipes inHealing the GersonWayand theRecipe Book, available online at store.gerson.org.

Dra Kovcs

Ten months later, inNovember 1991, meta-static melanoma cellswere found in the lymphnodes of my right thigh.

After a second oper-

ation I began to havedoubts about the effi-cacy of conventionalcancer treatments andI collected informationto find out what mayhave caused my cancer

and how I could be healed. I questioned oncologists,immunologists, psychologists, medical scientists andnaturopaths. Without exception, each one mentionedthe importance of the immune system in sickness andhealth; this gave me food for thought. Around thistime, I came across the Source of Health Foundation

in Budapest, where I was given a book,A Time to Heal,by Beata Bishop.

I readA Time to Healand felt that a new future hadopened for me and that I would follow the methodBeata Bishop had used, the Gerson Therapy, describedby the author. With the help of my family, I was able totravel to the Gerson Clinic in Tijuana, Mexico for tendays. I immediately embarked on the therapy underthe supervision of my Gerson doctor, and I learned agreat deal about the method. Having had chemother-apy recently, my doctor put me on a reduced version

of the Gerson protocol. I followed this protocol fortwo years. Later, my doctor made modifications to myprotocol every six months. I finally came off the thera-py at the end of 1996. Today, I still strive to follow theGerson lifestyle with daily coffee enemas and freshlymade juices. I normally eat chemical-free organic food,often practice yoga and run.

Some doctors considered me cured after five years,and others declared me symptom-free after ten years.In the meantime, another twelve years have passed. Iam still fine, doing much active work, and I feel thatI have been reborn.

Dra Kovcs from Hungary

Editors note: Beata Bishop is a 30-year malignant melano-ma survivor, thanks to the Gerson Therapy, and a longtimeGerson activist who was instrumental in founding the UKGerson Support Group and the first licensed Gerson clinic in

Europe: the Gerson Health Centre in Hungary. She wrote abook about her recovery, calledA Time to Heal, and co-wrote Healing the Gerson Way with Charlotte Gerson.

Both of these books are available at store.gerson.org. To learnmore about licensed Gerson clinics, visit www.gerson.org.


14/2014

There are a variety of ways to clean a Norwalk juicerand juice cloths. We have assembled some tips we havelearned from years of using the Norwalk juicer that can

help you save time, prevent contamination, and extendthe life of your juice cloths, but feel free to revise to bestmeet your needs.

Tips from the Gerson KitchenHow to Clean Your Norwalk Juicer and Juice Cloths

How to clean your juicer

1.Carefully disas-semble each juicerpart after each use(A).

Remove the cutterwith a damp towelto protect yourhands from theblades (B). Tilt the housing on an angle to remove it toprevent damaging the wing nuts.

Tip: Pulling out thejuicer grid while thejuicer is still running

allows more of theextra pulp left in thehousing to fall out.

2. Remove excess pulp from the housing with a spatulaor wooden spoon (C). If a large amount of pulp is leftbehind, press the extra pulp. Put the housing back onto be able to operate the press.

3. The feed pan can be easily removed by inverting thehousing with the feed pan attached, and gently tappingall around the bottom of the feed pan until it falls off. Do

this over the sink to catch the feed pan when it falls (D,E).

4. Immediately rinse all juicer parts with cool tapwater to avoid excess bacteria on the food con-tact surfaces and to prevent mineral deposits fromforming. Tip: Use a sprayer hose.

5. Wipe off all the dirty areas of the juicer with a wetsponge, including the top of the press plate and justbelow the press plate.

Grip the press plate from both sides and carefully liftup in order to clean below. (F) Dry with a clean towel.Repeat this process between each juicing session.

6. At the end of the day, clean each part well with asponge and a safe soap, such as Dr. Bronners castilesoap. Use a long brush to scrub the inside of the hous-ing and smaller brushes for the blade, grid and gridholders. Rinse parts well and then let air dry or dry

with a clean cloth (G, H, I, J, K ).

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15/2015

Eric Freeman is a Gerson Chef and has worked for the GersonInstitute for the past four years.

L

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Eric Freeman toasts with

juice

7. Wipe down the exterior of the juicer with a soapysponge, followed by a clean damp cloth, then dry witha towel (L, M).

How to clean juice cloths1. Rinse the cloths with cool tap water after each juic-

ing session (A). Lightly scrub them with a stiff brush toloosen and remove pulp particles (B).

This helps unclog the pores of the fabric and makesthem last longer. Then rinse again in a bowl of distilled(or non-fluoridated) water. You can store the cloths sub-merged fully in a clean stainless steel bowl of distilledwater in between juicing sessions so any remaining pulp

particles dont oxidize. Be sure to wring out the clothsbefore they are used again.

2. When you are done with the cloths for the day,clean and fold, put in a glass or plastic container or plas-tic bag, and store in the freezer. The next day, removefrom the freezer and thaw them in distilled (or non-fluo-ridated) water before use. If you dont have space in yourfreezer, store the cloths in the refrigerator in a mason jarsubmerged in distilled water with a few squirts of hydro-gen peroxide. Then rinse with clean water before using.

3. Use separate cloths for the two different juices(carrot/apple and green).

A B


16/2016

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17/2017

ISHI MEDICAL

Why place severalorders when you canget everything at the

same place? We now supply ALL

the Gerson supplements

(including the crude

liver and B12 [through

our office in Mexico]).

We accept credit and

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money orders.

If you have a question

please give us a call.

1-866-LAB-ISHIPhone: 619-428-6085

Fax: 619-428-6095

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Your purchases help fund our training,

education and patient support services.


18/2018

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Many thanks to all our donors, volunteers and supporters.You make our work possible!

To learn more about donations, please visit

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19/2019

Hungary - Gerson TherapySessions

Anita Wilson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Executive Director

Mikhaela Payden-Travers. . . . . . . . .Development CoordinatorStephanie Raddatz. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Finance Coordinator

Scott Stobbe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IT/Marketing Coordinator

Mallory Crowley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multimedia Specialist

Kayla Smith, ND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Medical Education

Amanda Onken. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Medical Director Assistant

Taylor Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Follow-up Specialist

Diane Ake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Training

Carol Beard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coach/Training Specialist

Blanca Ayala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Coach/Training & Administrative Assistant

Silvana Procopio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Education

Ally Bacaj. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Communications SpecialistBarbara Conde. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education Specialist

Barbara Garcia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education Specialist

Kayla Courtney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education Specialist

Eleni Patterson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education Specialist

Nicole Ferrer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Education Specialist

Brenda Arntzen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Information Specialist

Harrison Reid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inventory Control Specialist

John Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Receptionist

Eric Freeman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chef

Kelly Lahtov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chef

Liz Cook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chef/Development Assistant

Anna Maria Aliano. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gerson Chef/Event Specialist

Board of Directors

Carol Beard, President

Conni Spancake, Secretary-Treasurer

Paula Bambic, Director

Bob Lichtenberger, Director

Mary Magro, Director

DeAnn Waggoner, Director

Rachel Hiner, Director

Honorary Board of Directors

Charlotte Gerson Straus

Carolyn Dean, MD, ND

Dr. Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D

Copyright 2015, The Gerson Institute.

Diane Ake, Editor Ally Bacaj, Copy Editor

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Gerson Basics

Gerson Basics is a 3-day class that covers all the essential practical information that Gerson patients andtheir caregivers need before embarking on their healing journey. This class includes:

Overview of the Gerson Therapy

Coffee enema instructions

Gerson supplements and protocols Dietary guidelines, food preparation and juicing instruction

Coping with healing reactions

Recovered Gerson patient testimonials

Thank you! Your support makes it possible for us to offer scholarships to people who wantto do the Gerson Therapy, but are on a tight budget.

To apply for a scholarship or to learn more about this class, visit www.gerson.org.

Documents

2015 Gerson RevisWinter