Has anyone tried this Gerson therapy?

I'm only familiar with this as an alternative treatment for cancer. It is an intensive juicing diet, essentially, with lots of supportive detox steps in between.

My mom was diagnosed out of the blue with stage IV lung cancer exactly 2 years ago. (She never smoked or drank in life, we grew up eating organic, she was a ballerina until she had me, her 4th child, she walks the beach everyday,etc. Very healthy. But we did grow up a couple of acres away from miles of pineapple fields that were sprayed with chemicals...) Long story short, she was given 3 months to live and here she is 24 months later, amen! She has done 2 rounds of very low dose chemo and radiation, as well as a version of this Gerson therapy. (The strict version is too intense for her to follow.) Hard to determine what's keeping her alive, but we believe this constant juicing and alkalized diet is very helpful. Please share what you may learn about it helping with lyme. Thanks!

That's great your mom beat cancer.

In case you didn't notice, you don't have to buy a Norwalk juicer. You can get a used Champion juicer pretty cheap and then get a press or make one to extract all the juice.

Utahgal,

I know several people personally who have had amazing recoveries with the Gerson diet. Although I don't know anybody personally with Lyme who has done it, I have seen its effects in healing MS, chronic fatigue, and cancer.

If you want to try this therapy, my suggestion would to either go to the Gerson clinic in Mexico and truly commit to the regimen overseen by a doctor there, or I would try slowly incorporating different aspects of the diet by yourself at home- I would not commit to the therapy 100 percent without medical supervision.

That being said the coffee enemas are increcibly healing and detoxifying for the liver, and the emphasis on vegetables which are raw, juiced or appropriately cooked can transform the acid alkaline balance within the body+restore depleted micronutrients which often get depleted with continuous antibiotic use.

Personally, I have found castor oil compresses on the liver, daily or 3x a week to be really helpful in starting the detoxification process. The key is to apply the compress at the same time every day, preferably after lunch, as the liver is the master organ of biorhythms and can utilize the castor oil best in this way.

Happy Healing!

p.s have been stopping by these forums for years and finally decided to join in the conversation