Miraculous Diet

"The Miraculous Diet: A New Era in Health & Well-Being" is a book by Larry Ephron about Dr. Max Gerson and his discoveries linking diet and disease-free living. Dr. Gerson's theories include a diet that detoxifies the body to prevent disease and maintain health. The diet is a key part of the Gerson Therapy.

Gerson Therapy

• Specific dietary supplements are a key element in the three-part Gerson Therapy.

  Dr. Gerson's organic diet, referred to by Ephron as the Miraculous Diet, is one part of a three-part therapy, according to the National Cancer Society. The whole Gerson program consists of an organic diet, a specific regiment of dietary supplements and a detoxification process.

Organic Diet

• Gerson's diet encourages eating fruits high in potassium like prunes, plums and bananas.

  The Gerson Institute details Gerson's organic diet as a natural, nontoxic treatment for diseases like arthritis, cancer, diabetes and heart disease -- all considered incurable. The diet was created by Dr. Gerson in the 1920s and features organic fruits and vegetables, whole grains and a reduction in dietary sodium.

Diet Function

• Leafy green vegetables high in chlorophyll are a key part of the Miraculous Diet.

  Healing Daily describes Gerson's regiment of juicing with organic fruits and vegetables high in chlorophyll, vitamins, enzymes and minerals as the first step in flooding the body with nutrients it needs to heal itself. Though currently taught in California at the Gerson Institute, the therapy is not FDA-approved as a treatment for cancer or other diseases.