Re:The Power of the Body to Return Itself To Health---Budwig/Gerson

[Guest guest]

well said elliot...why indeed are we surrounded by a

scientific/medical priesthood that believes that only

what it knows and prescribes is the truth and nothing

else!

--- breathedeepnow wrote:

> Dr. Mercola, a fairly well-known alternative MD, was

> recently castigated by the media for saying that he believes

> the body has the capability to restore, regenerate and heal itself

> from degenerative dis-ease if given the chance.

> Such a statement is hardly outrageous. It is in fact intelligent, and shows a

proper respect for the body, which is the most marvelous machine in existence.

This machine, this body, can be afflicted with thousands upon thousands of

serious disorders, yet for most of their lives, the majority of human beings

wake up healthy each morning.

> That miracle---I consider it a miracle---is accomplished by the body's immune

system, a system so resilient, so fantastic, that only 18 percent of heavy

smokers, people who abuse their bodies terribly, get lung cancer.

> Given what a fantastic mechanism the body is, why should it not make good

sense that the gentle methods of Gerson or Budwig protocols--- protocols that

give the body what it needs---that

> are designed to regenerate and to bolster the natural workings of

> the human mechanism---will help the body to cease " cancering, " ---to

> dissolve and absorb tumors and to return to healthful, normal

> functioning?

> And, if one believes in the intelligence and integrity of the body, why would

one suppose that maintaining the status quo of

> the Standard American Diet while pouring carcinogenic poisons

> into the blood would result in any significant percentage of cancers

> being cured? Elliot