RAW FOODS

In the 1940's German physician J. Evers, M.D. reported considerable improvement in nearly six hundred M.S. patients on an entirely raw food diet ( Public Deutsche Med. W. , 72:521, September 19, 1947). His patients were to eat only unprocessed and mostly uncooked foods. He said: "My presumption is that the Multiple Sclerosis is a metabolic disease which has its cause in the denaturation of our food."

"I ordered grain fruits, like sprouted rye and wheat, vitamin B-1 (thiamin), some whole grain bread and coarse flakes...everything raw or at least as little denatured as possible." Raw milk, raw eggs and honey were permitted; preserved foods, nicotine, coffee, tea, alcohol, salt, sugar, white flour, spices and condiments were prohibited.

"I refuse on principle any half treatment. You can never do harm. I have not used any other therapy," said Dr. Evers. He also said: "Control examinations of my patients by experienced specialists (neurologists, internists and ophthalmologists) acknowledge remarkable improvements. Patients...entirely without hope have still been improved by diet treatment."

Since then, Dr. Evers went on to found the world's first clinic specializing in multiple sclerosis treatment. Before 1970 he had treated over 10,000 cases. Dr. Evers has written two books: The Changed Aspects of Diseases and Directions For Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis . Both are published by Karl F. Haug, Ulm/Donau, Germany, 1964.