Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

A struggle with illness covered much of Brad’s life until the age of
24. Allergic to milk fat right from birth, he received soy milk until
he was six months old; then he was given cow’s milk. When he
was two, his tonsils were so swollen with infection that they
almost closed his throat necessitating a tonsillectomy. At five he
had a hernia operation. This was followed during the next five
years by most of the usual childhood diseases: chicken pox,
measles, and scarlatina (scarlet fever).

From ages 10 to 17 Brad was in good health — “despite what I
was eating.” Since he grew up on a Minnesota farm, a good deal
of fresh food was available, but most of it was subsequently
cooked, or else preserved by freezing or canning and then stored.
He later noted that raw foods helped him to feel better.

When Brad was 17 years old, a tiny chicken bone got stuck in
his larynx and had to be surgically removed. After that surgery his
throat was always sore. In October 1976, in his second month of
college, he felt tired and had no energy. Diagnosed with mononucleosis,
he rested for a few weeks and then went back to school.
In January 1977, he had a relapse, with a sore throat that
wouldn’t heal. Antibiotics didn’t help, and his health went
downhill. By summer of 1977, during the summer heat he felt
freezing cold, and was losing weight. At 5’9” his normal weight
was about 145, but he was down to 125.

Brad happened to see a copy of Cancer Winner — Jacquie
Davison’s story of her recovery from terminal melanoma by
undertaking the Gerson Therapy. But the book scared him.
Nevertheless, some months later he purchased a copy and began
reading it. He soon started doing coffee enemas, and he bought a
Champion juicer. He had become night-blind, but after some
juicing and coffee enemas, this prob1em disappeared.

Still, every three weeks Brad would get a really bad sore throat,
and for this he was given more antibiotics. In the winter of 1978,
with nothing fresh to juice, his health deteriorated further. By then
his weight was down to 90 pounds. Finally his health food store
ordered a copy of Gerson’s A Cancer Therapy for him, and Brad
started to go in that direction. In the spring, he sold his Mustang
sports car and used the money to buy a water distiller in order to
clear the available water of fluoride and toxic residues, and more
books; he also made a deposit on a Norwalk juicer.

Brad’s sore throat and other symptoms almost completely
disappeared (about 90%), and he started to gain weight. For two
years he did the Gerson Therapy. However, it took eight to ten
years to get his colon back to regular functioning.

Brad continues in good health — but still is careful about his
diet. He is active and working. Now 52 (in 2012), he is an insurance
inspector. At present, his weight is up to a normal 155, and
he feels that he is even a little overweight.