It may seem odd to many that a therapy that has been around for almost 100 years, and is still not very well-known or embraced by the conventional (allopathic) medical world, insurance companies, government agencies, hospitals or health professionals in most of the world should hold such a fascination for your host, or even be relevant to today's culture. Haven't medicine and science advanced so far as to make it irrelevant? Why is it important in the world of wonder drugs, high tech medicine, and genetic engineering? Why bother with this obviously outdated method? The answer is, unfortunately, simple. Incurable illnesses abound, and cures recede into the distance. Medical treatment becomes more expensive as it loses effectiveness. A NEW direction is imperative, and, surprise, it is an OLD direction: the Gerson Therapy.

There are many details about the Gerson Therapy that are counter-intuitive, and we'll talk about those in this hour. Why, for instance, is drinking water on the forbidden list? Aren't we supposed to stay hydrated? What about the millions of people around the world who tote around their clear plastic water bottles? And why are berries and pineapple on the list as well? Shouldn't natural, organic fruit be good for us? I thought that avocado would be a good thing. It's on the list, too! These, and other oddities will be discussed and demystified. Listen in.

This show will be an overview of the Gerson Therapy, as it has been a long time since we have concentrated on the Therapy itself. What is it? Where did it come from? Why does it seem to work, despite all the calumny from the conventional, allopathic medical industry? Most people by now understand that the Therapy is based on a vegan, organic diet, complemented by juices and detoxification, but that seems a bit simplistic an approach for a disease like cancer, with all its complications and variants. What is the real story here?

If this therapy really can affect the progression or reversal of chronic illnesses, then why is it not more widely known and accepted? And why should we adopt this labor-intensive lifestyle, when we have modern medicine?

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.

There has been much discussion lately (ongoing now) about mental health issues. From skyrocketing teen suicide rates to violent psychotic episodes, school shootings, people going apparently nuts for no reason at all, it's happening in our cities, towns, and in rural areas, in poor and rich neighborhoods, schools and streets nationwide. At some point, the discussion always turns to the fact that the perpetrator of whatever atrocity just happened (and they keep happening) was disturbed and was under treatment for psychological problems. Where is all this weirdness coming from?

When I asked frequent guest of the show Dr. Andrew Saul, Ph.D. if he would like to discuss mental illness on The Power of Natural Healing, he responded, I'd be crazy not to! Tune in for this interesting and delightful conversation about serious topics, and how you can save your family from the awful plague besetting our population.

This was the tag line for a commercial for pain killers. The question is a bigger one, though. Why are we, as a culture, in so much pain all the time. If you think about it, we are terribly prone to addiction, constantly self-medicating with toxic substances (alcohol, tobacco, drugs). Why is this the case? The best-selling class of OTC (over the counter) pharmaceuticals sold in the US is analgesics (pain killers). Most of the opioid abuse that is sweeping the country starts out coming from licensed physicans and hospitals treating injury or post-operative patients. Why are so many succumbing to it?

We'll talk about the roots of addiction, source of chronic pain, and ways to prevent pain, removing the sources rather than putting a band aid on it. This program can save your life, and more importantly, that of your children!

There is an epidemic of mass shootings in the United States. It has spawned anger, a movement by students that puts adults to shame in their resistance to the NRA and easy availability of powerful weapons of mass destruction, marches, and threatens the political careers of politicians who are corrupted by the gun lobby. But is the flood of gun availability the culprit? It is surely a factor, but the evidence doesn't bear it out. Other countries in the world have similar rates of gun ownership, some more, some less. But the United States is UNIQUE in the flood of mass shootings. We will discuss the one factor that makes us vulnerable, and that our corrupt government and mass media absolutely refuse to talk about. Tune in, and protect your family from this scourge!

In the past decade, we've seen many changes in our government, as corporations and the ultra-wealthy have found more and more ways to have their voices heard to the virtual exclusion of the voters who put them in office. Even that process has been warped beyond recognition by the corrupting influences of money, special interests and power, so that today, candidates and parties pick their voters as opposed to the ideal where voters pick their candidates. The result of this distortion has been that the government seems to work only for the monied interests, and the concerns that the rest of the population are essentially ignored.

Our food, medicine, educational system, administration of justice, electromagnetic spectrum, communications (telephone, Internet, TV, radio) are all being used as weapons against us, as cudgels to force our participation in systems that put us at a disadvantage. We'll be discussing the implications on our health, wealth and survival. Join us!

Join us in a conversation with Nicolette Richer, an energetic and powerful entrepreneur, committed to showing the world that plant-based nutrition can be delicious and fun in addition to being healing and life-sustaining, good for you, your family, your community and your children, and eventually, the Earth. Nicolette will tell us about her upcoming book (I can't wait) and her latest projects. She will share with us why her plant-based food restaurant became so popular that she had to branch out, starting a total of five more, and getting a wide reputation for great food. You'll enjoy the bubbling enthusiasm and high energy of this powerful woman!

Dr Sherry Rogers, noted author and natural health advocate, will discuss the roles of potassium, magnesium and other substances in keeping the heart healthy, in this Heart Month, appropriately named as Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Having recently attended a symposium full of cardiac specialists, Dr. Rogers was appalled at the level of ignorance of basic physiological information exhibited by these benighted specialists. Time to dispel myths and give the audience some REAL information, not driven by Big Pharma's need to keep everyone addicted to their deadly chemical concoctions!