Is strong black tea is the secret of longevity? My friend ceramic designer Eva Zeisel, who lived to be 105, thought nothing of adding 5 teabags to a pot of tea. It was so strong it could dye your teeth black on contact. On a tour of Georgia O’Keeffe’s house in Abiquiu, the guide pointed…
Tag: alternative health
Gerson French Fries
On castor oil days Laura usually can’t eat her soup, never mind her baked potato, because she feels bilious and poorly. But we’ve discovered a neat trick, Gerson ‘French Fries’. You bake them in the oven for an hour @ 350 F (absolutely no salt or oil!). Even on her worst day, Laura will happily…
Blood Work Update
Today, Laura had her first phone check-up with Dr Cervantes at the Gerson Clinic in Mexico . He reviewed her blood work and said her urine PH 8.5 is too alkaline (apparently this happens to most Gerson patients after 6 weeks), so he wants her to eat a little animal protein. Her ears perked up…
My Dear Mum
It has been quite the year. First my very dear mum, who has enfolded me in love all her life, had a stroke in the fall of 2012, then my soul mate Laura was diagnosed with melanoma of the cervix in May 2013. And now this Thursday, September 5th, my mum is going to have…
Sniff Sniff..
When I first met Laura she had a terrible sense of smell. It worried me a bit. Diminishing sense of smell can be an early indicator for Alzheimer’s. But since Laura has been on the Gerson diet, her nose is now so sensitive it’s like a super power. If I so much as pull a…
Castor Oil Enema
The castor oil enema is something every Gerson patient dreads. It tastes vile and it is the mother of all detoxes. It strips all 32 feet of your intestine removing parasites, worms, fat deposits, toxins, food residues, dead and malignant tissue and defunct blood cells, according to Dr Ramos. You have to drink a couple…
Charlotte Gerson
Laura, Charlotte Gerson & Lucie Charlotte Gerson came to the clinic yesterday. What an extraordinary woman. She is 91 years old and full of energy and strong opinions. She calls the American FDA (Food and Drug Administration) the ‘Fraud and Death Association’, is vehemently against fluoride in drinking water. ‘It is poison. It says so…
The Gerson Clinic
This is how we spend our days at the clinic… Note the barbed wire – Is it to keep us in or intruders out? Laura in ‘Poo Corner’.
Flare-Ups
Flare ups are supposed to be a good thing, but can be quite violent. 5 minutes after lunch, Laura is projectile vomiting (thank God, some went into the bowl), staggering about like a drunk with a hangover and blasting out dragon’s breath of the kind that can kind singe your eyebrows off at 10 paces. Poor…
Soul Love Forever 