The Beautiful Truth

The following is a documentary on the Gerson Therapy for cancer treatment.

"A troubled 15-year-old boy attempting to cope with the recent death of his mother sets out to research Dr. Max Gerson's claims of a diet that can cure cancer as his first assignment for home-schooling in this documentary from filmmaker Steve Kroschel (Avalanche, Dying to Have Known).

Garrett is a boy who has always been close to nature. He lives on a wirldlife reserve in Alaska with a menagerie of orphaned animals, and over the years he's become especially sensitive to the nutritional needs of the diet-sensitive animals he's charged with caring for. When Garrett's mother suffers a tragic and untimely death, the boy falls into a dangerous downward spiral and nearly flunks out of school. Increasingly concerned for Garrett's well-being and determined to strengthen their bond despite the many challenges on the horizon, his father makes the decision to begin home-schooling the distressed teen.

Garrett's first assignment: study a controversial book written by Dr. Max Gerson, a physician who claims to have discovered a diet that's capable of curing cancer. Is Dr. Gerson's therapy truly the legitimate, alternative cure it appears to be? Fascinated, Garrett embarks in this documentary on a cross-country road trip to investigate The Gerson Therapy.

Why I Don't Race for the Cure

The following is a video from Chris at ChrisBeatCancer.com and it pretty much sums up my perspective on this issue.  I literally cringe when people start talking about how we need to raise money for a cancer "cure", as there are many treatments already available that can help you beat.

The bottom line is just as he says: Many of these "charities" are scams.  The following articles may also be of interest to you.

Cancer Reseach - A Super Fraud?

The Big Business of Breast Cancer (excerpt below)

"Though breast cancer researchers and advocates perpetually plead for more money, the disease is, in fact, awash in it. Last year, the National Institutes of Health, the nation's top agency for health-related research, allocated $763 million to the study of breast cancer, more than double what it committed to any other cancer. The Department of Defense also funds breast cancer research ($150 million this year), as do several states, most notably Texas and California. All that is in addition to the money raised by the roughly 1,400 IRS-recognized, tax-exempt charities in this country devoted to breast cancer. They operate in every state and in just about every major city. The largest of them, Dallas-based Susan G. Komen for the Cure, grossed $420 million last year alone. All told, an estimated $6 billion is raised every year in the name of breast cancer. And the money keeps pouring in...