In the late 1920s, a German man by the name of Max
Gerson presented a cure for cancer. The treatment consisted of a strict regime
of fruit and vegetable juices, complimented with various supplements to support
the body in detoxification. He proposed that by eliminating the toxins in the
body and restoring it to an alkalized state that it would create an environment
in which cancer cells could not survive. Case after case, he demonstrated an
alternative to Western medicine’s approach, which yielded quicker and
longer-term results. When he brought his idea to the United States, however, his therapy
was quickly rejected by the National Cancer Institute, and to this day it is
illegal for a doctor to prescribe his therapy to cancer patients at the risk of
losing their medical license and/or paying a hefty fine. Why, then, after so
many people had been cured by the Gerson therapy, was it made illegal in the
US? If you follow the money trail, you will find the answer. There is no money
in a healthy diet. Chemotherapy costs thousands of dollars a month per person, but fruit
and vegetables are of no gain to the pharmaceutical companies. Who would
profit if we all ate healthy and had no health problems from the poisonous
food in the Standard American Diet (SAD)? There is an Ayurvedic proverb that states, “When
diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is correct, medicine is of no
need.”
McDonalds anyone?
Last week I met with an oncologist to track my
progress and get a few questions answered. When I walked into the waiting room,
it felt like I was walking into a morgue. The energy hung heavy beneath the
buzzing of fluorescent lights and every person had the same glazed over,
forlorn expression. The air was thick with the weight of fear. In the corner of
the room there was tea, coffee, hot chocolate and treats. I was
baffled. Why would there be caffeine and sugar in a waiting room for cancer
patients? Don’t they know that these are the very substances that cancer feeds
on? But then I realized that this is exactly the point. By keeping people sick,
the medical industry keeps money in their pocket. Which explains why almost 1
out of every 2 people gets cancer today, which in the 1940s was only 1 in
every 14. The United States spends more money on health care than any other
country, yet we have some of the highest rates of cancer, heart disease and
obesity in the world. Something is not right about this.
Don’t get me wrong; there are certain things that
the medical world should be praised for. If I got hit by a bus I would get
myself to a hospital. What I am suggesting is that when it comes to curing
serious internal illnesses, I don’t think they have it figured out yet. If they
did, then the ‘war on cancer’ that began over 70 years ago (with the introduction
of chemotherapy drugs), should actually be curing
cancer, right? If you look closely at the numbers, it’s not. The statistics
that they boast for people ‘cured’ from cancer are based on a 5-year condition. This means that if a
person is still alive 5 years after receiving treatment, they are considered
cured. If the cancer comes back in the sixth year, they are still considered cured in the books,
even if they die. Sneaky, sneaky...
When I started on this journey of natural healing, I
didn’t do it in protest of the chokehold that the health care industry has, but
as I become more and more educated on the corruption that exists around the healthcare
in this country, I become stronger in my decision to not support a system that
keeps people sick. I want to get better, so I am doing everything in my power
to do that, which to me means putting my trust in the one person who knows my
body the best: Me. I will not fall for the fear tactics that have brainwashed so
many people to find solace in those sterile waiting rooms. There are other ways
to heal, and I have found them. I am detoxifying my body naturally and seeing
incredible results. Our bodies can renew and rebuild themselves so quickly if
we just give them the opportunity and support. Hippocrates said, “The force
within each of us is the greatest healer of disease.” We all have an incredible
capacity to heal ourselves. We just need to believe that we can.
Sources:
Harter Pierce, T. Outsmart your
cancer: Alternative non-toxic treatments that work. 2. Thoughtworks Publishing, 2009.
Anderson, Mike, prod. Healing Cancer
From the Inside Out. Dir. PB. PBS, 2008. Film.
Kroschel, Steve, dir. The Gerson
Miracle. 2004. Film.
