Dr. Max Gerson emigrated from Germany in the 1930’s and practiced medicine in New York City for more than 20 years. He first began treating tuberculosis patients in Germany in the 1920’s with Dr. Ferdinand Sauerbruch, a thoracic surgeon, and nutritionist Walter Hermannsdorfer, at Munich University Hospital. They conducted a clinical trial on patients with skin tuberculosis, which was considered very difficult to treat at the time. According to the articles published in German medical journals, 446 patients out of 450 achieved complete recovery – that’s 99 percent! German Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer praised the Gerson Diet for curing his wife’s lung tuberculosis. Schweitzer and Gerson became lifelong friends, and he credited the Gerson Diet for curing his own Type II Diabetes. (Gerson Institute 2023)
Dr. Gerson pioneered the radical idea that diet could affect health by emulating Hippocrates’ own theorem, ‘Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.’ Like many great doctors and scientists before him, Dr. Gerson first tried out his diet hypothesis on himself to treat his own migraine headaches. Around the same time in Germany in the 1920’s, the famous Nobel Laureate biochemist, Otto Warburg, was figuring out that cancer cells feasted on sugar. (Ravenous, Sam Apple, 2021) The Gerson Diet would go on to be used to treat many diseases including heart disease, kidney failure, and cancer. In New York, Dr. Gerson successfully treated hundreds of cancer patients who were told no conventional medicine could help them. The Gerson Diet is based on Dr. Gerson’s philosophy that the human body’s immune system can heal itself if given the proper nutrition. Some patients’ illnesses were so far along that changing to a healthier diet would not cure them. But many patients did achieve full remission of diabetes, tuberculosis and cancer.
Journey Juice’s Version of the Gerson Green Drink
Journey Juice’s version of the Gerson Green Drink is three full pounds of fresh, raw veggies with some lemon juice and Granny Smith apples. The vegetables include red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, swiss chard, bell peppers, and red cabbage. These cruciferous vegetables and lettuces contain glucosinolates, which break down into biologically active sulfur compounds called isothiocyanates (e.g., sulforaphane, AITC, indole-3-carbinol). These substances have shown in lab studies to inhibit cancer cell growth in breast, colon, prostate, and cervical cancer. (Palo Verde Cancer Specialists 2024) This juice contains a lot of vitamin C and other potent antioxidants and is anti-inflammatory. Like all of Journey Juices cold-pressed juices, the cold-pressing of the fruits and vegetables make their healthy compounds more bioavailable than cooked or whole raw veggies. The juicing also removes the insoluble fiber which makes your body absorb the antioxidants and phytochemicals faster and with less stress on your digestive system. A study in PubMed showed better absorption of beta carotene from cabbage juice than from whole cabbage. (NIH 2019)
One of Journey Juice’s favorite friends and influencer is Courtney Campbell of Green Drink Diaries fame (anticancermom.com) She and Amy taught school together in Atlanta. Courtney takes green juice drinking to a whole other level. She successfully battled cancer holistically in her 20’s, because she wanted to have healthy babies. She was diagnosed in 2008 at the age of 26. More than 15 years later (and six healthy children!), she is cancer free.
There are many ways to prevent and cure diseases and stay healthy. Eating and drinking clean foods without unpronounceable poisonous ingredients is a great place to start. And incorporating a Journey Juice or two into your daily routine is one of the easiest ways to get many of the healthy ingredients our bodies crave. As Amy always says, ‘Journey Juice will make your cells dance!’
As always, these articles are our personal opinion and should never be interpreted as medical advice.