In Gerson therapy, diarrhea/nausea are part of the healing process. Also flu-like symptoms, loss of appetite, weakness, dizziness, fever blisters, perspiration, intestinal cramping, and painful tumors.
Side effects of fasting can include weight loss and fatigue. In Gerson therapy, diarrhea and nausea are considered part of the healing process.
Juice therapy can be as simple as extracting the juice from raw produce or as complicated as the Gerson diet. The therapies vary in the amount of commitment involved and the cost.
Critics maintain that dangerous side effects include too much weight loss and poor resistance to disease. The National Cancer Institute recommends chemotherapy. Need supervision of a Gerson practitioner.
The diet was based on the theory that excessive sodium disrupts the function of the immune system, liver, pancreas, thyroid gland. It is a low-salt diet that focuses on raw vegetable and fruit juices.
The raw food diet involves eating uncooked fruit and vegetables. The diet is said to be useful in treating such conditions as heart disease and arthritis.
Research has shown that a diet rich in fruit and vegetables reduces the risk of such diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.
Adding juice to a diet is an effective and healthy way to diet, however, if you have to much juice then the negatives will far outweigh the weight loss. To much juice in the diet leads to hair loss, decaying teeth from the acid, and far worse effects on the stomach lining.
A juice diet is used for weight loss.
The juice weight loss diet basically replaces your meals with juice drinks. This does not sound like a healthy diet, as juice is high in sugar and contains no proteins.
There are a few possible side effects that may be linked to juice fasting. These include not getting a full mix of vitamins and nutrients leading to problems. Also there is a slight risk to those with diabetes due to the high sugar content of the diet.
On the juice cleanse diet, one would restrict their diet to only juice. The purpose is to flush or rid the body of any built-up toxins. Unfortunately, there is no scientific evidence to support the claims of this diet option.
The juice diet works to get rid of pounds, but not stomach fat. It's good if you want to lose some pounds but not for an overall diet. If you want to lose stomach fat, eat healthier and exercise more.
Howard Straus has written: 'Dr. Max Gerson' -- subject(s): Physicians, Biography, Cancer, Diet therapy