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| body reacts to takes time and effort, but freedom from pain and inflammation is a powerful incentive. |
| To test for food sensitivities and to overcome digestive problems that may be linked to arthritis, rheumatism and other inflammatory illnesses, see my book Herbs to Improve Digestion |
| The Rraw and The Cooked |
| Just as vegetarians consider arthritis a meat-eater's illness, raw-food enthusiasts call it a cooked-food disease. Experiments with the healing effects of raw food are practically unknown in the United States, but the biological clinics of Europe have repeatedly shown that raw foods cure disease. In Scandinavia, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and other countries, physicians treat cancer and every other illness, including arthritis and rheumatism, with raw foods, herbs and other natural therapies. Reports of their success and of related laboratory research and clinical trials are widely published in medical and scientific journals. |
| Special Diets For Arthritis |
| In addition to raw-food regimens, several special diets have been created for the treatment of arthritis, rheumatism and related illnesses. Most have other applications as well, but their effectiveness in the treatment of inflammatory diseases is well documented. |
| In the 1920s and '30s, Max Gerson, M.D., practiced medicine in Germany, where his specialty was |
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