Archived from Charlotte Gerson's booklet

Story

   Liz had a first asthma attack - it was rather a severe shortness of
breath - when she was about 48 or 49 years old. It resulted from
a serious and prolonged cold that had turned into a bronchial
infection. Her first indication of any problem had been in her
early 40's when she occasionally suffered shortness of breath. The
only prior problem with allergies happened when she was about
6 and had some eczema on the inside of her elbows.

   After that first attack, Liz went to see her regular doctor, who
sent her to an allergist. He diagnosed asthma. She was given
sprays to use as needed. She took prednisone only twice, once for
a week and the second time for only a few days. For about two
years, she used her "inhaler" only on an "as needed" basis, but
otherwise she was not on regular drugs.

   Liz started to investigate alternatives. First she found that
cutting out eggs and dairy products improved her problem.
Further, weekly massages were extraordinarily beneficial: they
seemed to open up her airway as well as relax her chest and back
muscles. Then she added some supplements, Vitamin B & C and
activated Quercetin, which gave her further improvement. However,
her attacks did not stop completely. Whenever an attack
came, it irritated those vulnerable passages, provoking further
attacks. Then she found a chiropractor who was able to adjust her
spine which helped her to interrupt the cycle of attacks.

   Under these beneficial treatments, for the most part of 10 years
Liz was doing quite well having only sporadic attacks. Then more
serious problems developed: she suffered from very low energy
and poor digestion. Finally, she felt that she was "seriously
impaired." A sinus infection lasting three months caused her to be
profoundly tired. Antibiotics didn't work at all. Finally one
antibiotic drug caused her such severe side effects that she landed
in the emergency room with an allergic reaction. It became clear
that each drug taken had actually worsened her condition.

   From previous nutritional studies, Liz recalled the "Bieler
broth" (a vegetable broth, proposed by Dr. Bieler, a nutritionist
physician). Drinking it regularly made her feel much better. Then
she met Howard Straus (Dr. Gerson's grandson) and his wife Sally,
and they talked about the Gerson Therapy. Its promise of improving
her health sounded right to Liz, since she had already experienced
that foods could help her. So in March of 2000 she went to
the Gerson Hospital in Mexico. She stayed for about three weeks
getting a start on the Gerson Therapy.

   Liz who is now 60, says that she is "more than happy with
what it has done" for her health, energy, and digestion. She also
lost 50 pounds altogether, looks great, and feels well. She is still
doing a partial Gerson Therapy; she adds fish and even some
"forbidden" things. She feels that she will soon go back to a
stricter treatment to clear up the last remnants of her problems.