Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

In 1970, Deanna was a high school athlete. Her trainer suggested
that she drink a lot of milk to strengthen her muscles and give her
a good supply of calcium. Within a year, when she was not yet 20
years old, she started to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis.

Deanna’s joints became progressively more inflamed and
swollen, then developed lumps and calcifications. In spite of
treatments with gold and prednisone, by 1976 she was bedfast. In
constant pain, she had stiffness and bony deformities in all her
joints—fingers, knuckles, wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles.
Additionally suffering from heart palpitations and labored breathing,
she had great difficulties in walking. She was pale, anemic,
and hypoglycemic. Though she took 15 to 20 aspirins daily
because they took the sharp edge off her pain, she was still in
constant pain, and had insomnia. “I feel like a prisoner in my own
body,” she stated.

Deanna started the Gerson Therapy at the Mexican hospital in
May 1979. Within six weeks, she was virtually free of pain, most
of her lumps were dissolving, and her frozen wrists had started to
move. Eventually, all her problems were resolved, except for a few
joints that were not quite clear.

By 1981, she was water skiing. Fourteen years later, in 1995,
she had excellent energy, was active, had gotten married and had
started a family.

It may be assumed that the high calcium content in the milk she
was urged to take was causing the problem. But that is not so.
Milk, overloading the body with excess animal proteins, produces
high levels of uric acid, which, in turn, irritates and inflames the
delicate membranes lining all joints. The body then tries to
encapsulate the inflammations, and produces calcifications,
stiffness and lumps.