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| Gerson therapy was designed as a cancer cure, but the Gerson Institute, which meticulously documents every case it accepts, has successfully treated heart disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses with the same schedule of freshly pressed, raw organic juices and coffee enemas. |
| In the 1920s and 30s, Johanna Brandt, a native of South Africa, toured the world promoting her Grape Cure, the mono-diet that cured her of cancer. Brandt, who discovered her therapy by accident, influenced generations of natural healers by repeatedly proving, with her own case and hundreds of others, that a fruit or vegetable mono-diet can thoroughly cleanse the body, cure disease and nourish the patient, even during prolonged treatment. Brandt documented many cases like her own, in which a cancerous tumor grew on "normal" food but shrank and eventually disappeared if the person ate only grapes or other single fruits. |
| In Austria, Rudolf Breuss, a businessman and self-taught healer, theorized that cancer is fed by protein and that by going without protein for six weeks, one can starve the body's cancer cells. His theory became the: Breuss Cancer Cure, a 42-day program of fresh, raw juices and herbal teas. Offered at clinics in Europe and North America, the Breuss fast has an impressive record of cures, not only of cancer but of many chronic and "incurable" illnesses. |
| Bernard Jensen, a leading figure in natural health circles, has treated thousands of patients with nutrition and high colonics, which are lengthy water rinses of the intestines. Jensen often relies on a mono-diet, such as raw apples, to begin the cleansing response. In one case, he had a patient drink only raw carrot juice for an entire year; this therapy cleared the |
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