A Cancer Therapy – Results of Fifty Cases – A Book Review

Even though this book was written in 1958 by Max Gerson, it divulges some very valuable information about the relative abundance of potassium and sodium in our body cells and organs, and the effect of this relationship on our health.

Dr. Gerson discovered that almost all of his cancer patients were Potassium-deficient, so consequently, a major portion of his therapy is to quickly increase the Potassium level of the patients with a multitude of organic apple/carrot and green juices, as well as a solid food diet consisting of potatoes which has a high concentration of potassium. He also discovered that his cancer patients had high levels of Sodium, and that this imbalance of Sodium to Potassium was very significant to the relative health of the patients.

Max Gerson personally discovered the power of a salt-less diet, when he found that diet to be the solution for his debilitating Migraine headaches. By studying his patients, he made several important discoveries about the Sodium and Potassium in the body.
1) Potassium is usually found in the organs and cellular tissues, and thus, an intracellular mineral, while Sodium is an extracellular mineral, usually found in the lymphatic fluids and blood plasma. In normal, or healthy bodies, the potassium to sodium ration is about 2.5:1. So in general, the intracellular body fluids have a high potassium content and a low sodium concentration, and the extracellular body fluids have a high concentration of sodium and small amounts of potassium.

When Dr. Gerson put his cancer patients on salt-less diets the high sodium content in the urine specifically indicated that sodium chloride and water are retained in cancer patients, and that this retention was probably in the internal organs. My understanding of this significant discovery is that the retention of salt and water is reflected in the swelling of various body parts in diseased people. And I would also make the hypothesis that swelling, or the retention of water and/or salt is a direct indication of Potassium-deficiency in almost all cases! Now, Dr. Gerson didn’t make a generalization like that, and even though I am NOT a professional, licensed physician (thank, God!), in my personal opinion – anyone suffering from hands, ,feet, legs, arms, etc. swelling should immediately consider increasing their intake of potassium!

Furthermore, Gerson discovered that when levels of Potassium were in a deficient state, and Sodium in abundance, that the Sodium travels into the cells and organs in which it normally is not present – thus, the beginning of a diseased body! This knowledge is absolutely CRUCIAL in understanding the needs of sick people! The remainder of this book goes into the Diet of the Gerson Therapy, and the detailed review of 50 patients under Max Gerson’s care using the Gerson Therapy.

So, in conclusion, this is what I have learned from reading this book…

When someone’s hands, or feet become swollen,
They most likely are suffering from a Potassium-deficiency!
So, stop all the SALT… increase the Potassium… and GET WELL!

The Gerson Therapy is salt-free and focuses on getting large amounts of Potassium into their patients on a continuous basis, using fresh raw Organic apple/carrot and green vegetable juices, raw salads, and carefully cooked (no water) organic foods, as well as a special concentrated Potassium Salts mixture made from Potassium Acetate, Potassium Monophosphate, and Potassium Gluconate. …And the result has been, for over 80 years, most of the people who are treated with The Gerson Therapy GET WELL!

Too often, I have witnessed people with swollen hands and feet, and their "trusted DOCTORS" don’t know how to reduce the swelling, except to give them "Water Pills" (i.e. MORE DRUGS which further damage their livers), when what these patients REALLY need is MORE POTASSIUM in their DIETS! Don’t let YOUR Doctor send you to YOUR grave with HIS ignorance of NUTRITION!

YOU have just been EDUCATED on how to get well, stay well, and live a healthy life …TELL A FRIEND! (especially your doctor!) ;-)