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| diseases of the nervous system. After a natural foods diet cured his migraine headaches, he used the same therapy on patients. Even a case of lupus (cutaneous lupus erythematosus, or skin tuberculosis), which conventional medicine considers incurable, improved. Gerson's treatment of other lupus patients was equally successful, as were his cures of tuberculosis, meningitis, diabetes, cancer, arthritis, rheumatism and other chronic illnesses. In the late 1930s, Gerson left Nazi Germany for the United States, where he refined his program. It consisted of raw fruits and vegetables, freshly prepared juices, raw milk dishes, raw egg yolks, coffee enemas and glandular supplements such as raw liver extract. His success rate in curing cancer was dramatic, yet the medical establishment in the U.S. blocked the publication of his well-documented research and worked to revoke his license for practicing "unorthodox medicine." |
| Today the Gerson Institute, run by Charlotte Gerson, the doctor's daughter, specializes in curing "incurables" who have cancer, heart disease, diabetes, allergies, arthritis, rheumatism, asthma, hepatitis, lupus, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome and other illnesses. Workshops and lectures are given throughout the U.S., Canada and other countries. |
| Another nutritional approach to cancer, the Breuss Cancer Cure, has successfully treated arthritis, rheumatism gout and other inflammatory illnesses. Developed in Germany by Rudolf Breuss and offered by clinics in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada and other countries, the cancer program is a 42-day juice fast |
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