Wisdom of Charlotte Gerson (why people get cancer)

So, what is the underlying problem? Dr. Gerson says disease starts in the soil. The foods we eat have to have both the minerals and the enzymes – but particularly the minerals – that our bodies need. I’m told that for a normal, healthy plant to supply our body’s needs, it requires something like 30 to 34 minerals. I’m also told that artificially fertilized foods will only provide 3 to 4 minerals. So clearly, the artificial fertilizers produce mineral-deficient food. When the plants are deficient themselves, then the human body is deficient as well, and it is then attacked by disease. Furthermore, certain things, such as pesticides, pests and rust can cause plant disease. Now, in order for the farmer not to lose his crop from 
plant disease, what does he do? He sprays. Now, in addition to these plants being planted in artificially fertilized soil, you’ve got insecticides on them. Often this poison will be placed in the soil next to a plant that is already planted, like a potato for instance. And, the potato picks the poison right up. It absorbs the poison, and you can’t wash it off. Often the plants are sprayed when they’re in 
blossom. Then, the poisons are in the plant and in the fruit. You can’t wash it off. You can’t peel it off. Thus, what we are getting largely, with our commercial growth, is deficient, damaged plants sprayed with toxins. In turn, what we are getting is a deficient, damaged, toxic body. And that’s what will grow cancer....