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R.B. · 02-15-2012, 04:08 PM

Kayakr01

Can you please post links to any information you considered interesting.

I would be interested to read more to see if and how his protocols may fit into a wider dietary picture. My response is pure curiosity as I had not read / have no significant knowledge about the therapy.

I have seen mention of the use by Gerson of iodine, B12, liver (which is rich in vitamin A B12 and folate, flax oil (with exclusion of other dietary fats), and juicing.

Many of us are deficient in iodine, B12 / folate, have Omega 3 deficits and excess of Omega 6.

There is suggestive trials based evidence that lack of iodine. lack of folate, and lack of Omega 3, individually have a role in an increased risk of breast cancer. Omega 6 in excess / imbalance with Omega 3 is also associated with an increase risk of breast cancer, so these may provide some possible mechanisms for claimed benefits of Gerson Therapy.

Coffee enemas - With all the evidence on the importance of fecal bacteria, I wonder at the wider effects of regular and repeated disruption of fecal bacterial and its part in the digestive process, immune function etc. From a Google search there does not seem much science in favor of coffee enemas, and in contrast reports of adverse outcomes. There are other ways of killing bacteria in the gut if that is the aim.

http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v1...g2009494a.html

On the the other hand there is some really interesting research on the removal of digestive bacteria of a sick person (in this paper C.difficle) followed by a transplant of fecal material (yes human pooo) from a healthy person.

http://www.rheumatologynews.com/news...3f3be76ff.html

They are looking at potential links to all sorts of medical conditions.

http://www.nature.com/nrgastro/journ....2011.244.html

02-15-2012, 04:08 PM	#5
R.B. Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,843	Re: Gerson Therapy: what is your experience with it? Kayakr01 Can you please post links to any information you considered interesting. I would be interested to read more to see if and how his protocols may fit into a wider dietary picture. My response is pure curiosity as I had not read / have no significant knowledge about the therapy. I have seen mention of the use by Gerson of iodine, B12, liver (which is rich in vitamin A B12 and folate, flax oil (with exclusion of other dietary fats), and juicing. Many of us are deficient in iodine, B12 / folate, have Omega 3 deficits and excess of Omega 6. There is suggestive trials based evidence that lack of iodine. lack of folate, and lack of Omega 3, individually have a role in an increased risk of breast cancer. Omega 6 in excess / imbalance with Omega 3 is also associated with an increase risk of breast cancer, so these may provide some possible mechanisms for claimed benefits of Gerson Therapy. Coffee enemas - With all the evidence on the importance of fecal bacteria, I wonder at the wider effects of regular and repeated disruption of fecal bacterial and its part in the digestive process, immune function etc. From a Google search there does not seem much science in favor of coffee enemas, and in contrast reports of adverse outcomes. There are other ways of killing bacteria in the gut if that is the aim. http://www.nature.com/ajg/journal/v1...g2009494a.html On the the other hand there is some really interesting research on the removal of digestive bacteria of a sick person (in this paper C.difficle) followed by a transplant of fecal material (yes human pooo) from a healthy person. http://www.rheumatologynews.com/news...3f3be76ff.html They are looking at potential links to all sorts of medical conditions. http://www.nature.com/nrgastro/journ....2011.244.html Last edited by R.B.; 02-15-2012 at 05:39 PM..