At this time, the crude liver for injection is no longer available. It is not known when or if it will be available from another source in the future. For now we are making the following recommendations.

Take an extra desiccated liver capsule per dose, if one's stomach tolerates it. In total, a patient may take three caps of dessicated liver, three times a day. If this causes stomach upset, the liver caps can be taken with meals, when the digestive enzymes are taken. B-12 can be taken orally or sublingually at 1000 mcg daily or alternatively a 1 cc injection per week.

Crude liver for injections is available at some compounding pharmacies in the US, but requires a doctor's prescription. If you can obtain this, it will be of a higher concentration, so check with the Gerson Institute to see if the dosage needs to be adjusted.

Milk Thistle, an herb which is hepatoprotective and hepatorestorative, can be taken periodically at 250 mg twice a day between meals. It should be an extract standardized to 80% silimarin. This can provide extra support for the liver.

Kayla Smith, ND
Medical Director, Gerson institute

Wish List

Don't miss these new documentaries that showcase the power of a plant-based diet.

100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope. FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe's personal mission to regain his health. With doctors and conventional medicines unable to help long term, Joe turns to the only option left, the bodyʼs ability to heal itself. He trades in the junk food and hits the road with juicer and generator in tow, vowing only to drink fresh fruit and vegetable juice for the next 60 days. Across 3,000 miles Joe has one goal in mind: To get off his pills and get healthy.

While talking to more than 500 Americans about food, health and longevity, itʼs at a truck stop in Arizona where Joe meets a truck driver who suffers from the same rare condition. Phil Staples is morbidly obese weighing in at 429 lbs. He is a cheeseburger away from a heart attack. As Joe is recovering his health, Phil begins his own epic journey to get well.
What emerges is nothing short of amazing - an inspiring tale of healing and human connection. Part road trip, part self-help manifesto, FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD defies the traditional documentary format to present an unconventional and uplifting story of two men from different worlds who each realize that the only person who can save them is themselves.
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FORKS OVER KNIVES examines the profound claim that most, if not all, of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled, or even reversed, by rejecting our present menu of animal-based and processed foods.

The major storyline traces the personal journeys of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional biochemist from Cornell University, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former top surgeon at the world renowned Cleveland Clinic. Inspired by remarkable discoveries in their young careers, these men conducted several groundbreaking studies. Their separate research led them to the same startling conclusion: degenerative diseases like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and even several forms of cancer, could almost always be prevented-and in many cases reversed-by adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet. Despite the profound implications of their findings, their work has remained relatively unknown to the public.

Bringing these scientific concepts to life, cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes, and are taught by their doctors to adopt a whole foods plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments. The film features leading experts on health and tackles the issue of diet and disease in a way that will have people talking for years.
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The Gerson Institute receives many requests for referrals to Gerson trained practitioners.  Many Gerson patients want trained Gerson practitioners to guide them on the therapy in an out-patient basis. There is an especially high demand for Gerson practitioners in the United States. We offer yearly training courses, to train and officially certify doctors in the Gerson Therapy. If you know of anyone who is a naturopathic doctor (ND), doctor of osteopathy (DO), medical doctor (MD) doctor of chiropractic (DC), physician assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP) who is seriously interested in becoming a Gerson Practitioner, tell them about the next annual Gerson Institute Module I Practitioner Training.

Date: May 15-19, 2011

Location: Downtown San Diego, California

Fee: $2,000

For more information and to download the screening application visit: gerson.org/Programs/professionals.htm

April Special
How To Grow More Vegetables and Dirt! The Movie

In honor of Earth Day we are offering the land lovin' tale of Dirt The Movie bundled with the big book on mini farming How To Grow More Vegetables. All the information you'll need to please mother nature at a price that will please your wallet even more.
Regular $39.90 this month $29.95

 

A Time to Heal in French 

Beata Bishop's book A Time to Heal has been translated into French, and is now available under the title Guérir l'Incurable: Mon cancer guéri par la nutrition. To order Guérir l'Incurable from

 Amazon.fr click here.

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