By the end of April 1980, the patient traveled to the Gerson hospital once
again for his first six-month checkup. (In all, after November 1979, he
returned to that hospital for semiannual examinations twelve times.) His
cancer markers and blood tests showed a near -normal physiology so that the
Gerson diet was modified by Dr. Arturo Ortuna, who after eight weeks had
included yogurt , rye bread, raw skimmed milk, infrequent meals of fish,
chicken, and a few other items  heretofore forbidden. Senor Lechuga was
feeling better and better , and his mental outlook became optimistic. He told
stories, joked, sang, and became a joy to everyone around him. Having reported  his progress to Charlotte Gerson during the weekend of
October 17 and 18, 1981, he accepted her invitation to participate as aspeaker in San Diego at a “Gerson Survivors’ Conference.” In June 1985,
Dr. Arturo Ortuno traveled with Senior Lechuga to a San Diego diagnostic
center for him to under go a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ) to confirm
that after five years his cancer had completely cleared. It had! Receiving the
affirmative MRI report, Dr. A. Ortuno declared his patient officially cured
of cancer and asked him to return to the Gerson Hospital in one year for
another checkup . Then the doctor suggested that he go back to the very
restrictive Gerson Therapy for just one month more as a kind of “insurance”
toward his cure. This Senor Lech uga agreed to do along with promising that
he would report results of his following the difficult lifestyle for a final
month that’ s demanded by the therapy . When the patient telephoned Dr. Arturo Ortuno that single month later to
report on the experience, he learned that his forty-year -old physician had
just died and was being buried. While Dr. A. Ortuno had been playing hard
at racquetball with Dr. Victor Ortuno the day before, he suffered a massive
heart attack. He succumbed in his cousin’ s arms. Shocked by the terrible news, Senor Lechuga never returned to Tijuana. Also, he markedly reduced his adherence to the Gerson Therapy . Although
he continued to consume a sensible diet, his juice intake fell to about four
glasses daily . During the fourteen years following, Jesus and Dolores
Lechuga lived the good life. They traveled extensively to Hawaii, Canada,
Washington State, New York City, and other places. They flew, cruised,
drove, took train trips, and went places all over North America. Then, from July 25 to August 5, 1999, he enjoyed a cruise to Alaska to
walk on glaciers, hike mountain  trails, and eat the multiple massive meals
served aboard ship. During this Alaskan excursion, the patient felt back
pain just below  the right shoul der blade. Upon his return home, he was
treated in Durango by two medical doctors for a “contracted and knotted
muscle” until the lack of relief caused them to request a biopsy . The
surgeon who did the biopsy in Durango, J. Roberto Salas Gracia, M.D.,
reported that this muscle “knot” actually was a tumor . It was diagnosed as a
malignant pleomorphic fibrotic hystiocytoma in the soft tissue of the right
shoulder blade. Because of insufficient viable tissue surrounding the tumor
unable to be biopsied, it remains undetermined as to whether Senior
Lechuga’ s cancer is a malignant schwannoma.Jesus Lechuga V aldez
The malignant schwannoma  is a sarcoma, one of the slow-growing
tumors that deve lop in soft tissue surrounding the nerve sheaths of smooth
muscles. Some 75 percent of such sarcomas are called leiomyosar comas. Receiving this diagnosis of malignancy in mid-October 1999, Senor and
Senora Lechuga and their daughter Geor gina Potter immediately made
arrangements to admit him as a patient at the Gerson Therapy facility in
Tijuana. On October 25, 1999, he became a resident of the Oasis of Hope
Hospital. The attending clinician there, Jaime A. Martinez, M.D., advised
that such a cancer cannot be completely excised by surgery because the
procedure woul d negatively affect the use of his right arm. Dr. Martinez
conjectured that the new cancer  might be a delayed adverse side effect of
the original radiation therapy that Senor Lechuga had unde rgone some
twenty years before.Three weeks after entering the Oasis Hospital, he left to follow the
Gerson Therapy at home. While the specific diagnosis of disease remained
uncertain, there was no doubt that this eighty-six-year -old man once again
needed to fight for his life—but with a different form of cancer . Then,
during the last week of Novemb er 1999, Senor Jesus Lechuga Valdez died
suddenly of heart failure. (See Illustration 21-2 depicting Senor Lechuga). A F OUR TEEN -YEAR RECOVER Y FROM OVARIAN  CANCER
In Nove mber 1999, while taking maintenance care at the Oasis Hots-
pital, the only official Gerson Therapy facility in Tijuana, Mexico, fifty-
one-year -old Sandra Whitwell, now of Stuart, Virginia, described her
permanent recovery from carcinoma of the ovary . Sandra currently works as
a nanny and nutritionist. Fourteen years ago ovarian cancer had threatened
her life; today she shares her story about using the Gerson Therapy to cure
herself of the most common gynecologic malignancy . As the fourth most frequent cause of cancer death in American women,
ovarian cancer ’s mortality rate exceeds that for all of the other gynecologic
malignancies combined. Every seventieth woman develops it, and 1 in
every 100 dies from the tumorous growth at its primary site or from
metastases. Arising from cells covering the surface of an ovary (epithelial
carcinoma), in 1997 in the United States 26,800 ovarian cancers were
diagnosed, whic h caused 14,200 deaths. Subsequent years have shown even
higher incidence. Despite all of the money invested in research by
American taxpayers, the incidence of ovarian cancer is rising steadily . Cancer of the ovary spreads by a shedding of malignant cells into the
abdominal cavit y and the peritoneum (its covering membrane) and then
implanting on the surface of the liver, the large intestine, the omentum, the
small intestine, the bladder , the diaphragm, or the stomach’ s attached fatty
tissue. Ovarian cancer cells also metastasize to lymph nodes in the pelvis,
aorta, groin, and neck. Talcum powder containing asbestos is suspected as
one of the probable causes.7
Sandra Whitwel l’s ovarian cancer came upon her gradually starting with
the breakdown of her body when she was seventeen years old. Invariably
her menstrual periods were beset with unbearable cramps, and these carried
over to her early twenties when she married Lawrence Whitwell, aNashville, Tennessee, policeman. “My painful menstruation was abnormal
and an indication of ovarian problems to come,” advises Sandra. “By age
twenty-three, cysts had developed on both of my ovaries which were
removed by surgery. Next, endometriosis struck, which required more
surgery to scrape the endometriu m. After each of these two operations I had
been asked by the consulting surgeons as to whether I had ever been
pregnant, and I had not. They never explained why they wanted to know
about pregnancy , but the doctors seemed anxious to perform an
ovariectomy or hysterectomy on me. “I never gave birth to a child. We adopted our son, Aaron, as a baby . But
then, when he was three years old his daddy was killed in the line of police
duty,” she revea ls. “Ovarian cysts formed again, one of them the size of a
baseball, and these were excised. After recuperating from a third operation
for cyst remova l, I had begun running for exercise—at least four miles a
day. I enjoyed the running and thrived on it. This vigorous daily movement
continued for me over an eight-year period. Early in 1985, however ,
running stopped  abruptly for me. I awakened one morning in tremendous
pain and with a distended fluid- filled abdomen [ascites],” describes Sandra. “The operation that followed for removal of a grapefruit-sized cyst also
included a hysterectomy , which left me feeling awful pain. Two days later
my gynecologis t together with the gynecological surgeon told me I was the
victim of ovarian cancer . They wanted to go back in and take biopsy tissue
from the ovaries and several other or gans. “Since blood transfusions were required as well, and this was during the
time when AIDS resulted from  such transfusions, I refused the operation
and three pints of blood that went with it. Simultaneously , my health
insurance carrier did not honor our insurance contract. The insurance
company just outright canceled  my coverage,” Sandra states. “Upon my
contacting a lawyer to enforce reimbursement, he informed me that a
loophole in the policy allowed such cancelation under terms stating that this
ovarian cancer was a ‘preexistin g condition.’ I was just out of luck unless I
had lots of money to pay court costs and legal fees for litigation without any
guarantee I would win. “Having no treatment available to me, I left the hospital after resting for
seven days diagnosed with ovarian cancer . At age thirty-six, I was alone, a
widow , the mother of a seven-year -old son showing diabetic tendencies, and
without income. Except that I owned my Nashville house and some smallcompensation from my husband ’s death, I could not afford the sophisticated
chemotherapy or other toxic modalities being offered by orthodox
medicine. But I do have loving parents living in Stuart, V irginia, who would
do anything to save my life, and they were the people who did just that. “My mother , who has nursed cancer patients, did research and helped me
in decid ing to do nothing rathe r than take toxic therapy . With assistance
from mom and dad in caring for Aaron, I moved in with my parents. Then a
friend from Alaska sent me information about the Gerson Therapy ,” Sandra
says. “Sitting with them in their living room, I remember watching
videotapes showing lectures by Charlotte Gerson. My mom said, ‘This
program makes  so much sense . Feed the immune system and give it a
chance to fight off the cancer itself.’ So not having hospital insurance was a
benefit, because I couldn’ t even consider taking any conventional therapy . “Accompanied by my mother as companion and caregiver , I traveled to
Tijuana’ s Gerso n Hospital. My intent was to receive the Gers on Therapy
and take instructions in following it at home. The trip occurred in
September 1985, exactly one month after my hysterectomy and cancer
diagnosis. Durin g that short period before learning the Gerson program, I
became what looked like a bag of bones,” describes Sandra. “My weight
loss was excess ive, falling from 120 to 92 pounds. With a height of five
feet, six-and-a-half inches, I looked really skinny . I was weak to the point of
collapse, and I did remain bedridden for four months. Only the love and
devotion of my caregiving parents pulled me through that worst period of
my life. “But first spend ing ten days at La Gloria Hospital to learn the Gerson
Therapy , and then returning to my parents’ home to be nursed by them,
saved me. I had rented my Nashville house to fellow church members. Then
bringing my son, I moved in with my mother and dad,” expla ins Sandra. “At the Gerson hospital, I immediately underwent detoxification reactions
—many of them—including emotional depression, many tears, constant
nausea, vomiting, headaches, burning sensations from taking castor oil both
orally and rectally , loss of appe tite, sleeplessness, whole body pain in the
joints, muscles, and bones. And I smelled like permanent-waving solution. It was my habit  to periodically take hair permanents, perhaps five times a
year, and that poisonous liquid  had permeated my body organs to poison
them. The Gerson Therapy pulle d out those accumulated toxins, and I gave
off the stinky odor of permanent-waving solution. I reeked of perm.”A lesson learned from Sandra Whitwell is that a person becomes what he
or she puts into and onto the body . That is, eat garbagelike foods and you
become garbage . Consume carcinogens and you turn into a walking cancer
factory . Bathe a body part in poison as Sandra did to her head, and you
make the entire  body a recepta cle for cancer . To stay healthy , you must
expose yourself only to good stuf f.
“Out of ignorance, I harmed myself with convenience or so-called
‘beauty’ items. In college, I had my room and the halls of that dormitory
smelling really bad from the permanent-waving liquid. Just think of all the
contaminated air I inhaled. Also, before I knew better , it had been my habit
to drink up to three full, six-cup pots of coffee a day,” admits Sandra. “But
instruction in the Gerson Thera py taught me how to live correctly . At my
parents’ home back then, body  weight began to come back from my dad
and mom making juices for me to drink. They used only fresh, organic
vegetables and fruits, which are more expensive than the supermarket
variety . Original ly, my mother was afraid for my life; she truly thought I
was gone, but then she saw that slowly I was improving. “It took nearly two years of detoxifying and nourishing my body before
the immune system kicked in and took over against ovaria n cancer . I
observed it do this when one day my temperature rose to 104°F during a
healing reaction. After that point, I just got better and better ,” Sandra says. “I took no other  medication or nutritional supplementation other than what
the Gers on diet prescribes—the  niacin, coenzymeQ10, thyroid, potassium,
acidol/pepsin, pancreatin, and liver. These simple supplements, the diet
itself, the juices, and the detox  worked for me. I am alive and thriving
today , fourteen years after being  diagnosed with the cancer , because of my
faithfully following the Gerson Therapy [see the photograph below showing
how Sandra Whitwell appears today]. “The detoxification is difficult to take and people should be aware of
what to expect. I kept a diary so that I know what I went through and how
to cope with the flareups. Perhaps you would want some of my suggestions
for achieving a successful Gerson Therapy ,” wonders Sandra Whitwell. “Would you?”Sandra Whitwell
Sandra’ s Suggestions for a Successful Gerson Therapy
Having faithfull y pursued the Gerson Therapy full-time for two years,
and still making it her total lifestyle, Sandra Whitwell affirms that this
procedure has saved her life and restored her health. Durin g that time
almost fifteen years ago Sandra  accepted the Gerson program as her anti-
ovarian-cancer treatment, and nothing else. She still eats, juices, and
cleanses according to the Gerson therapy’ s regulations and occasionally
returns to the nearest Gerson facility for further program updates. She
looked the picture of robust health when we visited with her at the Gerson
hospital for one full week in November 1999. “Two years is not so long to ensure that you will live, and during the
process you are renewing every cell in your liver—the main  portion ofone’s immune system,” says Sandra. “The Gerson method is not for wimps;
however , it takes fighters! This natural and nontoxic treatment is difficult,
because you’re not just popping  a pill or having some health professional
do something to you or for you. Instead, you must help yourself  and call for
personal assistance from famil y or friends when needed, at least in the
beginning. Most of us are too accustomed to eating fast foods, looking for
fast fixes for what ails us, and taking the easy way out. Not so with the
Gerson Therapy; it’ s a life-changing treatment! “From my experience, I put together some suggestions for achieving
success with conquering cancer and other chronic illnesses by use of the
Gerson Therapy . In no particu lar order of importance, my suggestions
follow:
• Keep a diary  to record your emotional swings, healing reactions,
deviations from the Gerson program, responses of outsiders to how you
are eatin g or what you’re doing. You’ll discover what you’ve done to
bring on a flare-up. And from their comments, you’ll learn who are your
real friends. • Try to prepare foods and procedures in advance of the next day after
drinking your last daily juice. Not enough time is left to spare during
each day for making coffee, taking ‘coffee breaks,’ engaging in castor oil
enema days, fixing the medicati ons, taking in organically grown produce
shipments, cleaning the veggies, studying recipes, and planning meals. Being or ganized is a plus for your self-treatment. • Watch the Gerson videos, read the Gerson books, listen to the Gerson
audiotapes. After almost fiftee n years of participating in the Gerson
Therapy , I still do this and learn new information every time. • On castor oil days, start early with drinking the terrible stuff. Use the
little medicine cups as dosage forms. (Use of castor oil is not for anyone
who has been pretreated with chemotherapy .) I always put one
tablespoonful of cranberry juice or apple juice in my cup first and then
add the required  two tablespoonfuls of castor oil. The mixture goes down
more readily with juice added. Then, after swallowing the mixture, I taste
the juice  rather than the oil. Always drink one cup of hot coffee directly
after swallowing the castor oil mixture to speed up the process of the oil
going through your gastrointestinal tract. • Next after drinking the castor oil, eat a piece of fruit and take your first
coffee enema. Undoubtedly this will be a ‘yucky-feeling’ day, buttomorrow you will definitely feel much better! In my opinion,  drinking
the castor oil is easier on the body than taking a castor oil enema. • To prepare the castor oil enema, my suggestion is slightly dif ferent from
the Gerson regulation. Put warm  distilled water in the bucket and run that
water through the tube into the tub or shower . Then shut off the tube
leaving the warm water in it. Pour out the excess water that remains in
the bucket. Put castor oil and ox bile mix (no soap) in the bucket. Now
open the tube and allow water  to flow out into the tub or shower (or
toilet); as the water flows out it pulls the oil mixture into the tube. The
tube should hold the full amou nt of mixture needed. Shut off the tube! Now fill the bucket with the coffee mixture, and you are ready  for your
castor oil coffee cleansing. This enema is usually hard to hold—don’ t
worry! Hold as long as possible  and still benefit from taking a castor oil
cleanse. As it happens, this method which had been recom mended
previously is now discontinued by the Gerson hospital, but I find it still
works well for me. • Chamo mile tea enemas are always welcome to take when you have
released toxins causing you to feel unable to hold the coffee during a
cleansing. Cham omile taken rectally is soothing, and on castor oil days
especially , may be easier to hold. • Never become upset when you can’t hold the coffee enema. Sometimes
you just need to try again or maybe wait until your next coffee-cleansing
time. Just keep trying until you become practiced at doing the enema and
look forward to the good feeling with which it leaves you. • A trick I use for those rare times when I’m having a hard time holding
the coffee enema is to slow down the flow. I feel fewer spasms if it takes
about five minutes to flow in. Slow the flow by lowering your bucket or
closing the valve on the tube and opening periodically . • If you have tried slowing the enema flow but still feel spasms, put a
teaspoonful of potassium into the four cups of coffee solutio n. At the
beginning of using the Gerson approach, your body may well be
potassium-depleted which manifests itself by abdominal spasms. • To reduce or eliminate niacin flush, take this vitamin B3 only on a full
stomach. Alternatively , let the niacin tablet melt in your mouth  or under
the tongue. That’ s what I do. • If you hire help for daily assist ance, employ two or three peop le so that
if someone doesn’ t show for the work shift, you’ll have a backu p personto do a double shift. If the absent person is sick, you won’ t want him or
her around anyway since you’re fighting enough against illness. • Don’t play the mind games thrown at you by your subconscious or by
other people. Think positively , play good music, count your blessings,
think of the troubles others are experiencing, and realize that yours are
surmountable. Self-pity will get you nowhere. As I’ve suggested, your
diary is the place to write down your thoughts to get rid of them from
your head. Then you can dwell on better things. Tomorrow , when you
reread your diary , you will wonder why you were in such a bad state of
mind. • Each phase in this step-by-step process—juices, food, medications,
coffee—is impo rtant. Work hard! Stay with a stick-to-it attitude! Be
disciplined! Succeed! • Finally , remember that God never gives you more than you can handle. There is a reason for going through this tribulation. After coming out
from under your trouble, you may be the one to save someone else’s life
beside your own!”
—Sandra Whitwell, Stuart, V irginia
PANCREA TIC CANCER  REMAINS  GONE FOR  ALMOST  FIFTEEN  YEARS
In Septemer 1985, pneumonia  developed for forty-six-year -old Mrs.
Ronald (Patricia) Ainey of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Despite
her being a cigarette smoker and alcoholic beverage drinker , she had
sustained good general health throughout her life until that 1985 date. Then,
in Janua ry 1986, internist Bennett A. Horner , M.D., F.R.C.P . (C), also of
Nanaimo, using CAT scan guida nce, had a biopsy performed (tissue drawn
out with a fine needle) from a tumor site on Pat Ainey’ s pancreas. The
object of this scan and biopsy was to differentiate pancreatic cancer from
several other conditions: benign pancreatitis, pseudocyst, islet cell
carcinoma, or lymphoma. Dr. Horner confirmed the woman’ s diagnosis by
letter to her family physician in the same town, A. C. Baird, M.B., CH.B,
C.C.F .P. Dr. Horner ’s letter stated: “Mrs. Pat Ainey returned to see me
today , January 28, 1986. I inform ed her that she does have adenocarcinoma
of the pancreas; there is no specific treatment indicated presently ... if she
has a lot of pain or discomfort, we’d be glad to help her any way we can.”Dr. Horner gave the patient and her husband Ron, who were one month
away from celebrating their thirtieth wedding anniversary , more personal
advice too. “The medical specialist told me, ‘Go home, get your life in
order , the cancer is so bad it is inoperable,” remembers Mrs. Ainey . “I went
through all the anguish, the crying, and I finally resigned myself to my own
death.”8
She had learned that the malign ancy had metastasized to her gallbladder ,
liver, and spleen. In just a few weeks she lost more than forty- five pounds
and regularly vomited blood. She was classified as being in cytology class
(stage) III–IV pancreatic cancer (which has a projected five-year survival of
1 percent or less). There were no curative therapies and no proven adjuvant
treatment; only palliation could be offered by orthodox oncologists to
provide some pain control or ascites reduction. She did have ascites,
jaundice, pleura l (chest wall) effusion, alcoholic hepatitis, and pain. Any
chemotherapy probably would kill Pat Ainey faster than the cancer itself.9
“When you’re told by the medical profession that your days are done,
that’s who you believe,” admits Mrs. Ainey . But then she read in the
Nanaimo T imes newspaper about a Victoria, B.C., man who had been cured
of pancreatic cancer by engaging in the Gerson Therapy . “I decided I wasn’ t
going to just bugger around crying and dying. I was going to try to live the
last few months as well as I could for myself and for my family .”
While skeptical  at first, wondering if the Gerson hospital in Tijuana,
Mexico, was a scam designed to bilk desperate people, “It was the only
hope I had. What I needed was a miracle,” the woman says. ‘And my
husband stompe d his foot down and said, ‘Dammit lady, pack your bag,
we’re catching the eleven o’clock boat to the mainland and going to Mexico
to try this damn Gerson thing.’ ”
Ron and Pat Ainey spent two weeks at the Gerson hospital in Playas, a
suburb of Tijuana, where they learned to make her organic juices, what
kinds of foods were appropria te, and how to self-administer five coffee
enemas a day. She explains, “It wasn’ t any fun, especially those ‘coffee
breaks’ as we called them. But what choice did I have except to try?”
The Aineys had reserved two weeks to engage in the treatmen t, and in
ten days she began to feel considerably better than she had in months. Knowing that she would be required to live stringently on the Gerson
program for a minimum of two years, Mrs. Ainey took up the challenge to
conduct the Gerson therapy at home. And it worked well.“In December 1986 my docto r told me he thought I had the cancer
licked.”
A letter Dr. Baird wrote in Febru ary 1990 on another health matter states:
“Mrs. Ainey was diagnosed as having a malignancy of her pancreas. She
received treatment of her disease outside of Canada, and I am pleased to say
that as of the present time she has no evidence of recurrence of the disease,
and what evidence of malignancy was present in 1985 has now gone.”
In a follow-up letter he wrote to an insurance company’ s law firm on that
other matter, Dr. Baird added: “In conclusion, I would like to comment that
Mrs. Ainey has survived what is generally a fatal illness and now lives life
to the full.”
We spoke with Patricia Ainey on November 20, 1999, at which time she
acknowledged, “I feel good, excellent in fact. I’ve had these past fifteen
years to live happily and well, which I was not supposed to have. I’ve
watched my grandchildren grow  up and had a lot of good times in those
years.” While Mrs. Ainey has been free of pancreatic cancer for all of this
fifteen-year period, she still drinks lots of fresh, organic vege table juices
and takes a daily coffee enema. She also has regular blood tests and cancer
markers taken, which she sends to the Gerson hospital for evaluation. Friends and family sometimes ask why she continues these practices if
she is cured. Says husband Ron Ainey: “Pat had been looking for a lifeline
and once you’ve found one it’ s very hard to let go.”
A G ERSON  PATIENT  WHO THOUGHT  HIMSELF  “PERFECT ”
(Retitled from the Gerson Healing Newsletter ,  
vol. 14, no. 5, Sep.-Oct., 1999)  
by Charlotte Gerson
  
It has frequently occurred to me that, in order to really be sure Gerson
patients underst and and follow the Gerson Therapy exactly , I ought to
follow them around their house and kitchen for twenty-four hours. A
situation that arose recently for a particular Gerson patient amply illustrates
this point. Pleas e allow me to tell you of my experience, for it’s my desire
to have you learn from it for doing the Gerson Therapy right. I was
surprised and shocked by certain deviations from the program.The patient in question (whom I’ll call “Phillip”) was not only very much
interested in the Gerson Therapy for his own recovery; he believes so
strongly about spreading the word of healing that he organize d a Gerson
Convention Day. Phillip also invited me to stay at his lovely home
overnight so that I could be spoiled with good, organic Gerson food and
juices. Truly, he is a delightful  person to be around, and Phillip’ s wife is
too. Their house is located in a wooded area, with beautiful huge trees, and
sitting at the edge of a small lake. In other words, the air is clean and fresh
and the atmosphere relaxing—no problem there. This patient’ s business is
organized and runs quite well with minimal attention, allowing him to get a
lot of rest and live on a fine income. There is help in the household, so no
pressures exist relating to juice and food preparations. Even so, there are at
least four major problems in Phillip’ s application of the Gerson Therapy
which I shall describe:
1. The water piped into his home is “hard”; it contains minerals. Like
other people in the area, theref ore, the patient’ s home is equip ped with
“water softener ” equipment. Phillip’ s very warm, concer ned and
cooperative wife is doing everything in her power to help her husband
fully recover from melanoma with metastases to the liver; yet, she told
me that she brings in “sacks of salt” for adding to the water softener! As
part of the proce ss of removing the unwelcome hard water minerals, such
water -softening equipment replaces these with sodium. What happens as
a result is that the patient washes and bathes in “softened water ,” loaded
with salt. Salt is very easily absorbed through the skin and should never be used
by a Gerson patient. The sodiu m in salt is an enzyme inhibitor and the
Gerson Therapy  is designed to remove excess sodium. Salt, in fact, is
needed for fast growth of tumor  tissue. It is also the basis for the “tissue
damage syndro me,” when normal cells lose their ability to hold
potassium while sodium penetrates their protoplasm, causing edema and
loss of function. This tissue damage is, according to my father ’s findings,
the beginning of all chronic disease. Naturally , for a cancer patient,
bathing in salt water (even in the ocean) must be avoided at all costs. 2. At Phill ip’s home we were served a very delicious and attractiv e lunch
which included a lovely salad loaded with avocados. I immediately asked
if the patient, too, was eating them. He was! This was anothe r seriousmistake, since avocados contai n a fairly large percentage of fat. The
reason avocados and other fat-containing foods are forbidden is that fats
tend to stimulate new tumor growth! The lady of the house said that she
thought that avocados were served at the Mexican Gerson hospital, but
she is wrong. They are not! The problem here is that the patient or
caregiver should not rely on memory or rumor alone but should refer to
the published information authorized by the Gerson Institute. All these items are clearly set down in Dr. Gerson’ s A Cancer Therapy
and several other sources; and avocados are the second item on the
“Forbidden Foods” list. 3. As part of the lunch, we had a very nice vegetable soup. It contained
some zucchini, peas, celery , onions, and a few other vegeta bles. The
patient asked me how I enjoye d the “Hippocrates soup.” I had to state
that the soup we were eating was not Hippocrates soup as Dr. Gerson
describes it in his book. The combination of ingredients that are supposed
to be in that soup are clearly described in A Cancer Therapy  as well as
the Gerson Therapy Handbook  (former ly, the Gerson Therapy Primer ),
and the ingredients listed are very specific. Hippocrates (referred to by the medical profession as “the father of
medicine”) understood that this special combination of ingredie nts in the
soup has a beneficial, detoxifyin g effect on the kidneys. For this reason,
Dr. Gerson had made use of them. He concluded that the soup ingredients
were so important he wanted patients to eat the “special soup” twice
daily to benefit the kidneys and help them clear toxins from the body . Occasionally , one can add extra tomatoes to give the soup a different
flavor; or one can cut up and roast some onions on a dry cookie sheet (no
fat, butter, or oil) in the oven. Then these extras can be added to the same
basic soup recipe for a tasty treat. However , the basic recip e should
remain unchanged. 4. Phillip’ s wife also thoughtfully offered me some enema coffee, which I
gladly accepted. When I picked it up for use, however , I seriously
wondered whether it was the proper strength. I have used enemas for
many years and know pretty well what the coffee should look like. The
solution being provided seemed too weak to be considered “concentrate”
for a usual dilution of 4 to 1. The lady “thought” that she used the recipe
in the Handbook  and that it was right, but again she was wrong. My
suggestion is that the caregiver must be sure each enema contains theequivalent of three rounded tablespoons of coffee (see A Cancer
Therapy , p. 247). If a concentrate is prepared, each portion must  contain
the three tablespoonfuls of coffee. The coffee enema, too, is so very
important that it is imperative the mixture or solution be correct. Please
check and recheck the preparation of the coffee concentrate created for
internal cleansing. 5. Somew hat less important than the above four points is another one. Phillip does enjoy eating some bread with his meals—quite acceptable. But it is also important to understand that the main requirem ents for
nutrition are the salads, soup, potato, vegetables, and fruit. If all those
foods have been consumed, it is all right for the patient to also have one
slice of unsalted rye bread. Even  so, be aware that bread should never be
the main part of a meal. I have discussed Phillip’ s type of problem with the most experienced
Gerson Therapy  medical doctors whom I know . They affirmed that subtle
aspects of patient noncomplian ce cause them difficulties. Aside from the
above, there are other problems we have run across. The Gerson doctors as
well as myself (when I talk to patients) meet some serious obstacles to
healing. When we ask various  patients about their compliance with the
Gerson Therapy directives (such as the above patient who made serious
errors), for instance, they will assure us that they’re doing everything
“perfectly .” Such patients don’t seem to realize what is wrong with their
version of the therapy . Phillip, too, thought he was “perfect.”
When Gerson therapists try to help, heal, and direct patient s on the
Gerson Therapy , we are relying on the various tools that we have specially
created to give patients and families every possible help and guidance: the
food preparation  videotape (Tape III); the recipes in the Handbook;  the
other four-hour , two-part workshop tapes (Tape II) discussing in detail as
much of the treatment as we can; and, most important, Dr. Gerso n’s original
book. At this point, I need to stress again that the patient must familiarize
himself very thoroughly with this material and review it over and over
again. As Sandra  Whitwell pointed out in her suggestions, you always learn
something new when restudying the Gerson Therapy information. One problem area that keeps coming up is the food preparation. Just
boiling the vegetables and putting them on a plate is not good enough. The
Gerson Therapy Video: vol. 3: Food Preparation initiates the cook into
various ways to make foods tasty. For example, cooked beets when peeledand sliced can be reheated a little with some freshly made applesauce and
stirred. The vege table then resembles Harvard beets. Or the sliced beets can
be dressed with onions, some green pepper strips, and vinegar with flaxseed
oil dressing for a beet salad. During the summer months, these salads (also
potato salad, string bean or butter bean salad, etc.) are very welcome,
refreshing, and stimulating to the appetite. There are many suggested recipes in the back of the Gerson Therapy
Handbook  that have unfortunately been disregarded by some patients. As a
result, the Gerson Institute occasionally receives reports from caregivers
that the patients are weak, losin g weight, and doing poorly . Almost always,
it turns out that they have “crav ings” for pizza, enchiladas, or some other
greasy , salty, forbidden food. They are simply hungry because they are not
eating well-prepared healing and nutritious Gerson meals. Gerson meals offer a distinct advantage: if the patient (or family  member
for that matter) eats fresh, organic food, it is truly satisfying. Frequently we
hear further reports that patients ’ companions who participate in the Gerson
program lose their personal cravings for sweets or heavy desserts. But the
key to success is eating tasty food that is prepared with imagination and
inspiration from the recipes provided. I must remind patients frequently that when they are on a nutritional
therapy such as this one, they are on nothing if they don’t eat! If patients eat
properly , most will gain weight  if they are emaciated. Those who are too
heavy will lose weight on the same regimen. Fruits that are in season in the summer , such as cherries, apricots,
peaches, nectarines, plums, pears, and grapes, are especially valuable—they
are high in the best nutrients: vitamins, potassium, and enzym es. Not far
behind are apples, which are available virtually all year round. Patients
(unless they are diabetic or suffer from candidiasis) should always eat much
fruit at night, first thing in the morning, and anytime between meals. Yet one summer food presents a problem: corn. It is perfectly fine to eat
fresh corn. The difficulty arisin g with corn is that nearly everyone loves it
and during the season is likely to eat it to the exclusion of other  vegetables. That is a very bad idea. The vegetables should provide variety and a large
selection of special healing plant chemicals (phytochemicals) and trace
minerals. Eating  mostly one vegetable is not acceptable and does not fulfill
the purpose. Let the guiding spirit of the patient be: “I’ll do the bestpossible to help my sick body heal” rather than “I’ll see how little I can do
and still get away with it.”
References for Chapter T wenty-One
1
Batchelder , T. “Qualitative research on patient experien ces and
implications for long-term care facilities.” Townsend Letter  for Doctors
& Patients  196:56-61, November 1999. 2
Diamond, W.J. ; Cowden, W.L. ; Goldber g, B. An Alternative Medicine
Definitive Guide to Cancer . Tiburon, Calif.: Future Medicine Publishing,
1997, p. 212. 3
Kleinman, A.; Eisenber g, L.; Good, B. “Culture, illness and care: clinical
lessons from anthropologic and cross-cultural research.” Annals of
Internal Medicine  88:251–258, 1978. 4
Margolis, L.W; Meyler , T.S. “What happens in radiation therapy .” In
Everyone’ s Guide to Cancer Therapy: How Cancer Is Diagnosed,
Treated, and Managed Day to Day, rev. 3rd ed. by M. Dollinger , E.H.
Rosenbaum, and G. Cable. Kansas City, Mo. : Andrews McMeel
Publishing, 1997, pp. 49-56. 5
Ibid. 6
Ibid. 7
Stern, J.L. “Ovary .” In Everyone’ s Guide to Cancer Therapy: How
Cancer Is Diagnosed, Treated, and Managed Day to Day, rev. 3rd ed. by
M. Dollinger , E.H. Rosenbaum, and G. Cable. Kansas City, Mo. :
Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997, pp. 600-610. 8
Welburn, L. “Alternative medicine.” Nanaimo T imes. April 21, 1992. 9Rosenbaum, E.H.; Dollinger , M. “Pancreas.” In Everyone’ s Guide to
Cancer Therapy : How Cancer Is Diagnosed, Treated, and Managed Day
to Day, rev. 3rd ed. by M. Dollinger , E.H. Rosenbaum, and G. Cabl e.
Kansas City , Mo. : Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1997, pp. 616-622. OceanofPDF .comChapter Twenty-Two
RECIPES
This final chapter contains recipes for dishes prepared only with certified
organically grown fresh fruits, dried fruits, vegetables, grains, and
sweeteners. Especially important here are the following items:
• Hippocrates soup, recommended by Dr. Max Gerson in the first edition
of his book
• Juices as described
• Salads of all types
• Many kinds of salad dressing
• Cooked vegetable dishes of all types
• Potatoes baked or prepared in dif ferent ways
• Vegetarian loaves
• Soups based on the Hippocrates soup
• Many kinds of fruit dishes
• Dairy dishes of several types (when allowed)
• Breads of or ganic rye with little whole wheat, unsalted
• Desserts of many types of fruit, raw or stewed
NOTE 1: The recipes that follow were compiled and edited with the
cooperation of Christeene Lindsay-Hildenbrand to be used in conjunction
with the Gerson Therapy videotape “Charlotte Gerson Demonstrates Basic
Gerson Food Preparation.”
NOTE 2: Recipes marked with a YN were contributed by Yvonne
Nienstadt, director of health services at Cal-a-V ie, Vista, California. Recipes marked with a SD sign were contributed by Susan DeSimone of the
Gerson Institute. Recipes marked with an MZ were contributed by Marisol
Zuniga of the Hospital Meridien in Tijuana, Mexico. Recipes marked with a
GSG were contribute d by the Gerson  Support Group in England. The recipes
marked with RC were contributed by Richard Crowell. Recipes marked
DAIR Y contain restricted dairy ingredients; instructions for their preparationshould be follow ed carefully . The recipes with an asterick (*) can be found
in the Dairy section of the Gerson Therapy Handbook. GERSON  THERAPY  RECIPES
The Gerson Therapy offers a diet containing a large variety of vegetarian
foods ingested in huge quantities. Eating them in the recommended
amounts will enable a consumer to reach an ideal weight level and remain
there. And one’s metabolism will achieve only homeostasis as well. But
these two healthy situations are attained only when ingestion is done under
certain conditions. First, use only certified organically grown fresh fruits, dried fruits,
vegetables, grains, and sweeten ers. We repeat: Use strictly fresh fruits and
vegetables and absolutely no canned fruits or vegetables. Second, the produce should not be peeled or scraped unless indicated. To
clean the foods, use only lukewarm water and a brush. Third, sweeten only with Gerson-approved light honey , maple syrup, or
sugar . Dried organic cane sugar (Sucanat®), which has a molasses flavor ,
may be added in recipes calling for brown sugar . Some cooks may prefer
other sweetening options. Special Soup (Hippocrates Soup)
For one person use a 4-quart pot, assemble the following vegeta bles, then
cover with distilled water:
1 mediu m celery  knob (or 3 to 4 stalks of celery), 1 medium parsley root
(if available), garlic as desired, 2 small leeks (if not available, replace with
2 medium onions), 1½ lbs tomatoes or more, 2 medium onions, 1 1b
potatoes, and a little parsley . Do not peel any of these speci al soup vegetables; just wash and scrub
them well and cut them coarsely ; simmer them slowly for 2 hours, then put
them through a food mill in small portions; only fibers should be left. Vary
the amount of water used for cooking according to taste and desired
consistency . Keep well covered in refrigerator no longer than 2 days. Warm
up as much as needed each time. Note: For recipes that call for soup stock,
use the liquid from this special soup.PREP ARA TION OF  JUICES
Juices are alway s freshly prepared. (As a reference, see the classic book
A Cancer Therapy , p. 240.) Please be aware that it’s not acceptable to
prepare the full day’ s juices in the morning. Carr ot-Apple (8 oz juice)
3 carrots (6 oz) and 1 lar ge green apple (6 oz). Green Juice
Obtain as many  as possible of the following kinds of leaves (no others):
romaine lettuce,  Swiss chard, beet tops (young inner leaves), watercress,
some red cabbage, green pepper (¼ of small one), endive, and escarole. Add 1 medium apple for each glass when grinding. Orange Juice
Squeeze only with a reamer -type juicer made of glass, plastic, or
porcelain. Do not use any juice press into which the orange is inserted with
the skin (if the skin is also pressed out, it will emit harmful fatty acids and
aromatic substa nces contained in its surface). Do not use an aluminum
juicer . JUICERS
Use a separate grinder and a separate press for juicing or a juicer that
incorporates both. Do not use liqueifiers, centrifuges, juice mixers or
masters, and so on. Pressing Pr ocessTake 1 or 2 coarsely woven nylon cloths, 12” square, and place a cupful
of pulp into center of moistened cloth, fold in thirds in both directions, and
press. Rinse cloths in cool water after each juice preparation. Do not allow juice to dry on the cloths. Wash thoroughly each night in warm or hot water; rinse thoroughly . Keep the pressing cloths overnight in a freezer . It is essential to clean the machine and cloths very well. If juice retains the taste of cloth, use a new cloth. Allow 2 cloths per juicing. Have 1 set of cloths for each type of juice. Leftovers of all pressings can be used only for compost or as animal
food. If the patient goes to work again  after healing, apple and carrot juice only
may be taken and kept in a thermos for no longer than 4 hours to drink on
the job. SALADS AND  DRESSINGS
Raw fruit or raw vegetables, when finely grated or shredded,  must be
used fresh, as quickly as possible. Raw living tissues may not be stored after any kind of preparation (please
see A Cancer Therapy , p. 189). The following vegetables are very important to consume (finely grated if
necessary , or chopped; mixed or separate): knob celery , tomatoes, escarole,
cauliflower , romaine, chives, green peppers, apples, carrots, lettuce (all
types), chicory , watercress, radishes, scallions, and endives. Buttermilk Dr essingYN *
1 cup churned buttermilk (not cultured), 
  cup nonfat yogurt cheese
(Quark), ¼ tsp horseradish powder , 2 tsp honey , 1 tsp cider or wine vinegar ,
pinch of dill, and tarragon or savory . Hand beat or buzz in blender until smooth. Leftover dressing may be kept
in a tightly covered jar in the refrigerator for 48 hours.Garlic and Onion Dr essing
½ tsp lemon juice or wine vinegar , 2 tsp water , 1 tsp brown sugar , a little
diced onion, 1 clove garlic, and a small amount of permitted herbs. Mix ingredients together , allow  time for flavors to mingle, and serve on
salad. Herb Dr essing
2
 cup apple cider vinegar , 1 tsp brown sugar , 
 cup water . Mix these three  basic ingredients together and add some or all of the
following herbs  (optional) and leave them to infuse: tarragon (pushed in
stalk first), shallots or spring onions chopped finely , 2 cloves garlic peeled
and crushed with the back of a knife, and 1 fresh bay leaf. Orange Dill V inaigr etteRC
½ cup vinegar , 3 cloves peeled garlic, 1 cup orange juice, ½ cup water , 1
green onion, 2 tbsp honey , ½ tsp dried dill, and ¼ red bell pepper . Blend all ingredients in Osterizer . Makes 1 pint of zesty and sweet
dressing. Variation: Substitute juice of 1 lime or lemon for orange juice; increase
water . Substitute sage or thyme for dill. Spinach Dr essingYN *
1 cup nonfat yogurt, 2 cups spinach chopped raw or 1 cup spinach
cooked, 3 green onions chopped, 1-2 tsp vinegar , ½ tsp dill weed , a pinch of
mace. Place in a blender and spin until smooth. Yoguefort Dr essing*
¾ cup dry, fat-fr ee and unsalted cottage cheese, 1 cup yogurt (or churned
buttermilk), ¼ cup vinegar or lemon juice, 2 tsp honey , 1 clove garliccrushed, ¼ tsp tarragon, marjoram, or dill, ¼ cup chives or green onions
chopped, and 2 tbsp linseed oil (optional). Blend the first 5 ingredients in blender until smooth. Add herbs and chives. To thin mixture, add more yogurt. Chill before serving. Summer Cole Slaw*
1 stalk celery finely chopped, ¼ cup minced red onion, 1½ cups shredded
cabbage, ¼ cup shredded carro t, pinch of fresh dill, and 2 cups nonfat
yogurt. Combine all ingredients in bowl and toss well. Serve chilled. Artichoke Salad
1 purple onion, 1 tomato, 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar , 1 artichoke , 1 green
bell pepper , 2 carrots, and 3 tbsp flaxseed oil. Wash the artichokes well and boil in covered pot for 45 minutes to 1
hour. When ready , peel them until you can see the center . Remove the “chokes” with a spoon and discard. Cut the artichoke heart and other vegetables into bite-sized pieces. Combine and toss with vinegar and oil. Bessarabian Nightmar eSD
2 tomatoes sliced, 1 small onion sliced, 1 red or green pepper (or both)
sliced, 2-3 cloves of garlic crushed, and permitted herbs to taste. Layer each ingredient in a glass Pyrex® baking dish. Bake at 350° until tender . Cool and add flaxseed oil to taste when cool enough.Celery Root (Knob) Salad
Remove loose roots from 2 celery knobs and scrub clean. Boil knobs in jacket about 1 hour; peel and slice. Add: 1 medium chopped raw onion, scallions (green onion). Toss with Herb or Garlic and Onion Dressing. Cold Br occoli SaladYN *
2 lbs broccoli cut into bite-sized pieces. Stew over a low flame in a heavy pan with a tight-fitting cover until
barely tender , about 25–30 minutes. Chill. Add: 1 cup cherry tomatoes, ½ cup shallots or green onions, 1 cup
buttermilk dressing, 2-3 tsp chives, and 2-3 tsp parsley . Combine broccoli, tomatoes, and shallots in bowl. Mix in dressing. Serve on bed of endive and garnish with chives and parsley . Eggplant SaladSD
1 eggplant baked for one hour at 350° F (180°Celsius). Let eggplant cool, then chop into bite-sized pieces. Combine with: 1 small onion chopped, 1 tbsp cider vinegar , chopped
parsley , 2 sliced tomatoes, and flax oil. Fruity W inter Salad  GSG DAIR Y
½ white cabbage, 2 medium carrots, 2 red apples, 1 oz raisins, 1 oz dried
figs, 1 oz dried apricots, 10 tbsp nonfat yogurt, 1½ lemon, and chopped
parsley . Soak dried figs and apricots in bowl of water overnight. The next day, empty water and add finely shredded cabbage, coarsely
grated carrots and apples, and raisins. In a separate bowl, combine yogurt, lemon juice, and parsley . Combine contents of each bowl and toss together until well mixed.Serve chilled. Italian Salad
Cauliflower , broccoli, celery , tomatoes. Wash and cut up all vegetables,  then toss with Herb or Garlic and Onion
Dressing. Peach SaladSD
Mix together the following: 1 tomato chopped, 1 red pepper chopped, 1
green pepper chopped, 1 peach  chopped, ½ cup green and red seedless
grapes, and a few mint leaves. Dress with lemon and garlic dressing: equal parts lemon juice and water . Add a little brown sugar (Sucanat) and crushed garlic. Potato Salad, Basic (#1)
Boil potatoes in jackets until soft (1 hour); peel and slice. Add: onions, scallions, celery , green peppers, Herb or Garlic and Onion
Dressing. Potato Salad, Fancy (#2)
4 potatoes, 1 white onion, ¼ cup celery , 3 grated carrots, flaxseed oil, 2
bay leaves, 1 purple onion, parsley, 3 tbsp apple cider vinegar , and 1 green
bell pepper . Boil the potatoes, in their jackets, with the bay leaves on slow heat. Cut the vegetables and saute with the apple cider vinegar (can use wok). Use no oil! Once the potatoes are cooked, peel and cut them into small cubes and add
the cooked vegetables. Add the flaxseed oil after the mixture is cooled.Rice SaladSD
Mix cooked, organic, brown rice (with bay leaf and a little rosemary)
with plenty of chopped vegetables including tomatoes, celery , zucchini,
radishes, fresh garden herbs, and lemon and garlic dressing (see under
Peach Salad). Rose, borage, or marigold petals look beautiful sprinkled over the salad. Add apricots that have been soaked in water and chopped (if desired). Raw Grated Carr ots and Apples
Grate by putting through food grinder or Norwalk juicer: 2 or 3 carrots, 1
apple peeled. Add ¼ cup raisins, juice of ½ orange or lemon. Red and Gr een SaladYN
Combine the following ingredients and serve with spinach dressing:
1 head romaine lettuce, 2 cups shredded savoy or green cabbage, 3 green
onions, 1 cup sunflower greens,  2 kohlrabi cut in shoestring strips or peeled
broccoli stems, 1 thinly sliced yellow crookneck squash, and 1 pint cherry
tomatoes or 1 lar ge sweet red pepper cut in strips. Sunchoke (Jerusalem Artichoke) Salad
Combine: 2 cups sunchokes (cooked or raw), ½ cup celery sliced
diagonally , ¼ cup green peppers, and ½ cup salad dressing. Tomato and Pepper SaladSD
1 green pepper cut into thin rings, 2 tomatoes firm but ripe and sliced or
chopped. Dress with lemon juice and crushed garlic, fresh herbs, and chopped
celery leaves. Add flax oil to taste.Beet Salad
Boil beets in water for 1 hour . Peel and cut tips of f; slice thin. Add chopped onions and either Herb or Garlic and Onion Dressing. COOKED  VEGET ABLE  DISHES
Preparation of V egetables
All vege tables must be cooked slowly , over low flame, with little or no
added water . In order to preserve the natural flavor of the vegetables and
keep them easily  digestible, the slow cooking process is very important. All
vegetables shoul d be “done” or tender . Valuable components are lost in fast
cooking by excessive heat. Because the components’ cells burst, the
minerals go out of their colloidal composition and become more difficult to
be absorbed. A stainless steel “flame tamer” may be used to prevent
burning. And a little of the Special Soup (see above) may also be used, or
tomatoes, apple slices, or chopp ed onion may be placed at the bottom of the
pan to produce more fluid. In some cases this addition also improves the
flavor . Only spinach water is too bitter , contains too much oxalic acid, and
must be discarded. Tomatoes, leeks, zucchini, and onions should be stewed in their own
juices, as they contain an abundance of fluid by themselves. Red beets
should be cooked like potatoes, in their peel, in water . All vegetables must
be caref ully washed and cleaned. Peeling or scraping is forbidden, because
important mineral salts and vitamins are deposited directly under the skin. The pot (not aluminum) must close tightly , to prevent escape of steam. Don’ t use a pressure cooker . Lids must be heavy and fit well into the pots. Cooked foods (soup and fruit) may be kept in the refrigerator for 48 hours. Baked vegetables should be slow cooked in a “low” oven (180–190° F; use
oven thermometer) for 2 to 2½ hours, in a covered casserole with a tightly
fitting lid. This method of baking is virtually waterless. Use onions or
tomatoes, or sprinkle vegetab les with lemon to add moisture when
necessary .Stewed vegetabl es are cooked in a heavy pot with a tightly fitting lid on
top of the stove over a low flame, slowly with little or no added liquid. Simmered veget ables are cooked on the top of the stove over a low flame
in a tightly cove red pan with a small amount of liquid. The temperature is
kept just at the boiling point. Boiled vegetables (like corn and artichokes) are cooked on the top of the
stove in a heavy pot with a tightly fitting lid. Place 1” of cold water in the
bottom of the pot, add the washed vegetables (do not peel or scrape), and
cover . Cook over medium heat, slowly bringing the liquid to a boil (bubbles
breaking on the surface and steam given off). Lower the flame as much as
possible, keeping the liquid boiling. Note: Bring liquids to a boil only if the recipe specifically calls for it. Tightly Fitting Lids
Saucepans must be tightly covered to prevent steam from escaping. Covers must be heavy and close-fitting. You may have to place wax paper under the lid to aid the seal. Artichokes
Cut artichoke ends and rinse in the center . Bring 2 inches of water to a boil. Add artichokes. Lower temperature, cover , and simmer for approximately 1 hour . Serve with salad dressing on the side as a dip. Asparagus
Bake in covered  casserole with a small amount of soup stock or lemon
juice in low oven 1 hour, or simmer with ½" soup stock for 30 minutes or
until tender . Beautiful BorschtSD1 onion,  3 garlic cloves, 1 cup Special Soup, 6 small beets with tops, 1
large potato, 1 carrot, 4 red cabb age leaves, 2 bay leaves, 3 cups water , and
2 tomatoes. Run all the vegetables through your grinder and add the water and bay
leaves. Cook for 30 minutes on low heat. Serve with a dab of nonfat yogurt. Beets
Bake or boil beets in their jackets. Glazed BeetsYN (serves 6–8)
Scrub 9 large beets and boil in 1” water until tender , approx. 1 to 1½
hours. Peel in cold water . Slice or cut into bite-sized pieces. Glaze for Beets:
Combine: 
  cup fresh orange juice, 1 tsp cornstarch, 1½ tsp cider
vinegar , and 1 tsp honey or crude brown sugar . Cook over low flame until thick. Add beets and mix well. Variation: Use ½ cup apple juice and 3 tsp lemon juice in place of orange
juice. Beets, Cooked and Cr eamedDAIR Y
3 cooked beets, 6 tbsp nonfat yogurt, 1 tbsp fresh snipped chives, 2 tbsp
finely chopped onion, finely chopped parsley . Put cook ed, chopped beets into a saucepan with the yogurt, chives, and
onion and heat gently . Put into serving dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley .Broccoli
Bake in a cover ed casserole in low oven with onions or a small amount
of soup stock for 1–2 hours. Serve with tomato sauce. Broccoli and HerbsMZ
2 bunches of broccoli, 4–6 cloves of garlic, ½ onion sliced, ¼ tsp dill,
and ¼ cup Special Soup broth. Wash broccoli and peel stems. Put garlic and onion in one pot and cook until onion becomes translucent. Add cut broccoli crowns and stems, dill, and broth. Cook on low heat until broccoli is tender . Festive Br occoliYN (or Festive Gr een Beans)
1 large bunch broccoli (or 3½ cups sliced green beans), 1 clove garlic
minced, 1 small onion diced, 1 medium sweet red or yellow bell pepper cut
in strips , 2 tsp lemon juice (optional), and ¼ tsp dried or 1 tsp fresh dill
weed. Select dark green bunch of broccoli with no yellowing. Wash well and cut into spears, peeling tougher stalks at base. Place onion and garlic in pot. Cover and stew on low flame for 45 minutes or until tender . Add pepper strips for last 20–25 minutes of cooking. Add lemon just before serving  (lemon will discolor broccoli if added
during cooking). Sprinkle vegetables with dill and serve. Cauliflower
Wash cauliflower and break into sections. Add 2-3 tomatoes, sliced and cut into chunks. Stew together for approximately 45 minutes (or until tender) on low heat.Cauliflower and Carr ot Sauce
1 small cauliflower , 3 carrots, and flaxseed oil. Separate the cauliflowerets and place in a baking dish with a little water
and cook until soft at 250° F . When ready , drain of f the water . At the same time, simmer the carrots on low heat with enough water until
they are soft. Blend carrots in blender with the oil. Pour sauce over the cooked cauliflower , and place in warm oven (turned
off) for 5-10 minutes, before serving. Carr ots and Honey
Wash carrots, cut of f ends, and slice. Do not peel or scrape. Stew in a small amount of soup stock for 45 minutes or until tender . Last 5-10 minutes of stewing add: ½ tsp honey for slight flavoring. Chard Rolls, StuffedMZ
1 bunch of chard, 6 medium potatoes, 4 carrots, ½ onion sliced, and 3
large cloves of garlic minced. Cook onions and potatoes separately . In another pot, cook carrots and garlic. When done, puree each potful separately , then mix together . Put chard leaves in very hot water , being sure not to overcook. Spread each leaf and remove tough center stem. Then place puree in center of leaf and roll tightly . Display on tray and serve with ketchup (see recipe, p. 85 of the Gerson
Therapy Handbook ). Corn
Corn may be baked in the husk wrapped in foil.Bake in low oven for 1 hour or place in boiling water for approximately 7
minutes. Corn with Mixed V egetables
3 stalks of celery , 2 carrots, 2 ears of corn, and 2 zucchini squash. Wash the corn well and husk it. Cut the kernels of f.
Slice the other vegetables into smaller pieces. Put the corn in a baking dish and add the vegetables. Bake in the oven at 200° F for 1 hour . Creamed Corn
3 ears of corn and 1 green bell pepper . Husk corn and cut of f the kernels. Put kernels from 2 ears in a blender and blend. Add the kernels from the third ear to the blended corn. Place in a baking dish and on the top place sliced green pepper . Bake in the oven 1½ hours at 200–250° F . Corn with Orange Juice
2 ears of corn and 1 glass of orange juice. Wash the corn well, husk, and cut of f the kernels. Put this in a baking dish with a lid and bake in the oven at 250° F until
done. Pour the corn juice of f, and add the orange juice. Let set 5-10 minutes before serving. Dilly BeansYN
3 cups green beans, 
  cup onion sliced in half rings, ½ tsp dill weed, 2
tsp lemon juice, and green or white cabbage.Combine in pan: ½ cabbage, shredded thinly , pinch marjoram, 3-4 tsp
apple cider vinegar , 1 lar ge tomato, chopped sage, and 1 onion diced. Combine and bake in low oven in a covered casserole until tender . Stew approximately 1 hour , until tender . Do not add water . Eggplant, Baked
Put some soup stock in bottom of lar ge covered baking dish. Add in layers: 1 chopped onion, 1 eggplant sliced, plus 2 tomatoes sliced
and skinned. Cover and bake in low oven for 2 hours. Eggplant, Stewed
Combine in a stew pot: 1 eggplant cut into cubes, 2 onions chop ped, and
3 tomatoes (peeled and chopped). Stew approximately 30 minutes (until tender). Do not add water . Eggplant RouladesDAIR Y with Red Pepper Sauce
The Sauce:
1 red pepper quartered and deseeded, 1 onion finely chopped, 2 tomatoes
chopped, 1 clove garlic crushed, and 6 tbsp water . To make the sauce, cook the pepper , onion, tomatoes and garlic in the
water , and simmer for 20 minutes. Put through the food processor or blender . The Roulade:
2 eggplants, 16 oz of cottage  cheese (unsalted, nonfat), 2 tomatoes
skinned and chopped, plus herbs (such as parsley or coriander). For the roulade, cut the eggplants lengthwise into ¼ inch slices. Put in an oven-proof dish and cook a little in the oven to soften them. In the meantime, mix together the cottage cheese and herbs and prepare
the tomatoes.Then spread a little cottage cheese over each partially cooked  piece of
eggplant, scatter with tomatoes and roll up. Place back into the oven-proof dish and cook for 15–20 minutes. Serve hot, garnished with the pepper sauce. Fennel T reatSD
1 bulb of fennel , 1 large tomato  cut into ¼" slices, and 2-3 cloves garlic
peeled and sliced thin. Cut of f stalks and leaves from fennel. Slice bulb in half lengthwise so you have two flat halves. Rinse halves under running water to remove sand and put them in a
baking dish with cut side up. Cover halves with tomato slices and place garlic slices on top of
tomatoes. Cover dish and bake at 250° for 1-2 hours. Serve with a baked potato and a salad of grated carrots on a bed of pretty
greens. Green Chard Rolls
4 leaves  of green chard, 2 carrot s, ¼ head broccoli, 2 cloves garlic, ½ cup
rice uncooked, ¼ head cauliflower , 2 small zucchini squash, 1 ear of corn
(cut kernels of f), and 1½ tomatoes. Wash the vegetables well. Put the chard leaves in hot water long enough to wilt them so they will
bend. Cut the other vegetables into small pieces, and put them in a pan with a
little bit of water to boil on low heat. When cooked, drain the water of f.
Make a sauce in the blender with the tomatoes and garlic, and pour this
sauce on top of the vegetables and raw rice. Place some of the vegetables-ri ce mixture in the center of each leaf and
roll them up. Put these in a baking dish with a lid and bake in the oven for 1 to 1½
hours at 250° F .Green Peppers
2-4 sliced green peppers and 2-4 sliced onions. Stew in tightly covered pot approximately 30 minutes (add no water). Lima Beans and Zucchini
1 large onion, 1 clove garlic, ½ cup soup stock, 1 cup fresh lima beans, 3
cups zucchini, 4 med. tomatoes, ½ tsp cornstarch, 4 sprigs fresh parsley , a
dash of thyme and sage or a pinch of dried parsley . Mix all ingredients except herbs. Simmer about 15 minutes (until tender). Thicken with cornstarch mixed with a little water . Just before serving add herbs. Onions and Raisins
1 onion peeled and chopped plus ¼ cup raisins. Stew in tightly covered pot approximately 30 minutes. Onions, Cheese Marinated*
2 tbsp lemon juice, 3 oz pot cheese (unsalted, nonfat), ½ tsp brown sugar ,
and 2 cups onions sliced thick. Stuffed Peppers  *
1 large green or red pepper , 4 oz pot cheese, ¼ onion, 1 zucchini, 1 small
carrot, 3 tomatoes, 1 small turni p, 1 clove garlic, 1 tbsp fresh mixed herbs,
and 4 oz Special Soup. Put the pepper in a saucepan with a little water and cook over low heat
(covered) until tender . Remove from the pan and leave the pepper upside down to drain and
cool.Finely chop the onion, zucchini, carrot, herbs, tomatoes, turnip, and
garlic. Place in a small saucepan with the soup and simmer over low heat for 45
minutes to an hour . Core the pepper with a sharp knife, removing all seeds. Mix the pot cheese with the cooked vegetables and fill the pepper using a
small spoon. Stand the pepper in a suitable baking dish and bake for 40 minutes at
350° F . Serve with French T omato Sauce, baked potato, and a green vegetable. Potatoes
Potatoes are most often boiled slowly in a covered pot over medium-low
heat approximately 1 hour until tender . Baked Potatoes
Baked potatoes should be thoroughly washed, not scraped or peeled. Bake in a low-heat oven for 2 or 2½ hours or, alternatively , bake for 50
minutes to 1 hour at 350° F
Mashed Potatoes
Peel and cube potatoes. Place in pan with one small onion and enough water to bring to a boil and
simmer until done. When done, there should be no water left. Mash with enough nonfat yogurt to make smooth. Mashed Potatoes and Chard
Take one bunch of chard, green or red, wash and shred, and put in pan. Add small amount (4-5 tbsp) of water or soup stock, and start to boil. When boiling, turn down to simmer .Meantime, peel 3 large or 4 medium potatoes; cube and place on top of
the chard. Let simmer until potatoes are soft and done. Remove water if any remains, and add approximately 6-8 oz of nonfat
yogurt. Mash all together . Add a little more yogurt if the mixture is too dry . The same recipe  can be used with kale. When using kale, remove central
stems by stripping them before shredding into pan. Parsley Potatoes
Boil several potatoes in their skins until done. Remove the peel and roll in some chopped parsley after slightly brushing
with flaxseed oil. Potato Puffs  (Note: this is marginal food; eat rar ely)
Take a baking potato and cut it into thin (½") slices. Place the slices on the oven rack and, without any addition, bake at high
heat (425° F) to puff, turn over, and lower heat to 325° F (with oven door
cracked open). Bake for another 20 minutes. The slices puf f up and become crisp and tasty , almost like fried potatoes. Done when shiny brown on both sides.
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Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        By the end of April 1980, the patient traveled to the Gerson hospital once
again for his first six-month checkup. (In all, after November 1979, he
returned to that hospital for semiannual examinations twelve times. ) His
cancer markers and blood tests showed a near -normal physiology so that the
Gerson diet was modified by Dr. Arturo Ortuna, who after eight weeks had
included yogurt, rye bread, raw skimmed milk, infrequent meals of fish,
chicken, and a few other items  heretofore forbidden. Senor Lechuga was
feeling better and better, and his mental outlook became optimistic. He told
stories, joked, sang, and became a joy to everyone around him. Having reported  his progress to Charlotte Gerson during the weekend of
October 17 and 18, 1981, he accepted her invitation to participate as aspeaker in San Diego at a “Gerson Survivors’ Conference. ” In June 1985,
Dr. Arturo Ortuno traveled with Senior Lechuga to a San Diego diagnostic
center for him to under go a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI ) to confirm
that after five years his cancer had completely cleared. It had. Receiving the
affirmative MRI report, Dr. A. Ortuno declared his patient officially cured
of cancer and asked him to return to the Gerson Hospital in one year for
another checkup. Then the doctor suggested that he go back to the very
restrictive Gerson Therapy for just one month more as a kind of “insurance”
toward his cure. This Senor Lech uga agreed to do along with promising that
he would report results of his following the difficult lifestyle for a final
month that’ s demanded by the therapy. When the patient telephoned Dr. Arturo Ortuno that single month later to
report on the experience, he learned that his forty-year -old physician had
just died and was being buried. While Dr.
By the end of April 1980.
When did Jesus Lechuga have his first six-month checkup at the Gerson hospital?
The text does not explicitly state the outcome of Jesus Lechuga's cancer treatment, but it implies that he died of a new cancer diagnosis in 1999.
What was the outcome of Jesus Lechuga's cancer treatment?
Sandra Whitwell followed the Gerson Therapy, which included a diet and juice intake, and was able to recover from her ovarian cancer.
What was the recommended treatment for Sandra Whitwell's cancer?
Patricia Ainey followed the Gerson Therapy and was able to recover from her pancreatic cancer.
What was the outcome of Patricia Ainey's cancer treatment?
According to the passage, vegetables should be cooked slowly in a covered pot over low heat, without adding water, to preserve their natural flavor and make them easily digestible.
What is the recommended way to prepare vegetables according to the Gerson Therapy?