Artist Betsy Heilman was diagnosed with end-stage ovarian cancer by the Mayo Clinic, and sent to hospice after unsuccessful chemotherapy treatment. She did not accept that verdict, instead opting for the Gerson Therapy. This was a hard task, since she lived in remote Alaska, near Denali, over 100 miles north of Anchorage. But Betsy is a tough lady, and 11 years later, she is full of life and energy, living in Hawaii, and active in both her artistic life and in civic causes, centering on sustainable living and environmental causes. She is working on her own Gerson-oriented cookbook, and travels far and wide to share her message with laymen and medical personnel alike. Hear her remarkable story on The Power of Natural Healing.

Howard’s guest on The Power of Natural Healing, Monday, March 17, 2014 will be Gaétan Chevalier, Ph.D., a meticulous researcher and faculty on the staff at several institutions including the California Institute for Human Science, UC Irvine and the Earthing Institute, who has been doing careful research on Earthing for the past 10 years, and publishing his findings in respected peer-reviewed journals from the start. Dr. Chevalier started out as a strong skeptic, but approached the project with an open mind and a commitment to the most meticulous, painstaking research to avoid any doubt as to his findings. What he found surprised him, delighted him and opened up a whole new field of research that is bringing scientific light to the ancient and powerful healing technique. This interview, in Dr. Chevalier’s laboratory, was also filmed for the upcoming sequel to the film “The Grounded,” and will appear in the film.

Around this time of year, specifically (in the US) between Thanksgiving feasts, Christmas parties and treats, and New Year's celebrations, it is an unfortunate side effect that there will be many more calories coming in to our bodies. At the same time, because of the inclement weather, cold, rain and snow, we'll be spending less time outdoors walking, hiking, exercising. The net result? Many of us will pack on extra pounds that will be difficult to get rid of in the coming months.

Yet, your body gets rid of over 100 pounds of fat each and every year! If we didn't keep pumping fat into our systems, it would dump all the weight it needed to in order to return to a healthy and sustainable weight.

The opportunity this represents is that we don't have to work hard to maintain a healthy weight; our body will do it for us!

Join us for your guide to maintaining a healthy weight effortlessly.

It is a very sad statistic that today, over 10% of all Americans have suffered at least one bout of severe depression, often clinical depression. Lest you think that sadness is the only effect, and that it is not all that dangerous, remember that antidepressants and antipsychotics are some of the most dangerous pharmaceuticals that there are. Virtually all, if not all school mass shootings are perpetrated by people who are being treated with one or more of these drugs, and the shooter often ends up dead, or in prison for the rest of his life. These drugs have expectable side effects of violent psychotic episodes and suicidal ideation and actions. So it would be ever so much easier to simply avoid, or repair the dysfunction, rather than deal repeatedly with schools and universities turned into graveyards. We'll talk about what depression really is, and how you can avoid the factors that put you in that state.

If there is time, we'll talk about a linked problem: migraines.

When Jesse Yu, a young engineer and management consultant, was diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2013, he was in shock. Only 31, and he thought he ate healthy food, took care of himself, and yet he suddenly found out he might not live another year! He scheduled surgery, but his mother begged him to instead try an alternative therapy she knew of: the Gerson Therapy. He knew nothing of it, but trusted his mother. Jesse then set out to find out as much about the results and science behind the Therapy, and became convinced that it was the right way to go. Today, five years since his diagnosis, he is healthy, married to a wonderful and supportive woman, and they have a 7-month-old boy, whose middle name is Gerson.

I am sure that many of you have experienced the unpleasant time in late January and early February when you are down with sniffles, fever, cough and worse. Most people attribute it to the stress of the holiday season, the cold winter weather, the financial stress we subject ourselves to in order to provide gifts and parties to our families, travel, and other causes. But I don't believe it! Over the years, I have often worked in close proximity with a work group of six or eight others, all of whom suffer during this period from the flu that's going around. Since everyone has it, the assumption is that it is inevitable, universal and must be borne.

NOT TRUE! Listen in and find out how to stay healthy during this period, and far beyond it. Illness is NOT inevitable. Our bodies are more than capable of keeping us healthy even in the worst winters, under the most stresses. We'll talk about that and more.

Friend of the show Nicolette Richer, founder of the Green Moustache restaurants, Richer Health Consulting and author of Eat Real to Heal, will tell us about her most recent projects. Eat Real to Heal has been the number one Amazon new release for months, and is a powerful argument for eating whole, organic, plant-based foods, with an eye towards good health through nutrition. She bases her deep knowledge on the Gerson Therapy, plus her years of health consulting with her Canadian neighbors. Nicolette is now launching a crowdfunding campaign to bring this healing food to hospitals, schools, universities, and other organizations, and has given TEDx talks on Canadian television. She is a dynamic, brilliant young woman with a healthy family and a drive that just does not quit. Nicolette just returned from a trip to her ancestral homeland, Malawi, and was highly impressed by the natural and healthy people she met. Join us for a dynamic hour with Nicolette Richer.

Friend of the show Nicolette Richer, founder of the Green Moustache restaurants, Richer Health Consulting and author of Eat Real to Heal, will tell us about her most recent projects. Eat Real to Heal has been the number one Amazon new release for months, and is a powerful argument for eating whole, organic, plant-based foods, with an eye towards good health through nutrition. She bases her deep knowledge on the Gerson Therapy, plus her years of health consulting with her Canadian neighbors. Nicolette is now launching a crowdfunding campaign to bring this healing food to hospitals, schools, universities, and other organizations, and has given TEDx talks on Canadian television. She is a dynamic, brilliant young woman with a healthy family and a drive that just does not quit. Nicolette just returned from a trip to her ancestral homeland, Malawi, and was highly impressed by the natural and healthy people she met. Join us for a dynamic hour with Nicolette Richer.

This last weekend, I spent in Dayton, Ohio, attending the first public performance of The Man Who Killed the Cure, a play by noted Los Angeles playwright, Luke Yankee, about the suppression and eventual assassination of Dr. Max Gerson. I'll tell you about the play, the audience, and the reaction to the information. It's a dramatic story, and one that we hope will ignite curiosity and research into the reaction of the American medical community to alternative medicine in general, and the Gerson Therapy in particular.

Renowned theater critic Rex Reed has penned a glowing review of the play, particularly focusing on the information presented, saying, Everyone should see this play, at least twice!

Amy Johnson was a dynamic young woman who suffered from a number of minor ailments, and thought of herself as being in relatively good health. So it was a total, and devastating shock to be diagnosed in 2013 with clear cell ovarian cancer in her right ovary. When she went for surgery to remove the ovary, it was discovered the cancer was spread to both. She made the harsh decision to have a total hysterectomy, since she had hoped to have children one day. However, despite the warnings of the conventional medical community (including her mother, a nurse), she declined chemotherapy, and instead, in extensive research, found the Gerson Therapy, which resonated with her core beliefs. She and her mother attended the Gerson Therapy clinic in Mexico in October, 2013. Today, Amy is a high energy, healthy, active young woman who acts and looks decades younger than her chronological 48 years, has her own design business, and takes every opportunity to tell others about her journey.