\"I decided thatI would do everything in my power to thrive in life, in spite of the looming expiration date I'd been given. I learned how to treat myself with absolute kindness & self-respect. I radicalised my diet. I systematically detoxifiedmy body - and mind.\"<\/p>\n
Jess was a devotee of Gerson therapy, a food-based protocol that claims to cure all kinds of serious ailments, most famously cancer, with an all vegetariandiet and a strict regime of fruit and vegetable juices and coffee enemas.<\/p>\n
Sydney GP and author of the book 'Fake Medicine', Dr Brad McKay, says during her treatment, Jess Ainscough built a profile while promoting her belief that food was medicine.<\/p>\n
In Mamamia's Extraordinary Storiespodcast on MPlus, McKay spoke to host Emma Gillespie about what Gerson therapy entails.<\/p>\n
\"Gerson therapy has been a therapy that's been around for many, many years - even from the 60s and 70s. It's a treatment that involves doing lots and lots of juices - so fresh vegetables and fruit, putting them into a big juicer. And it's quite onerous,because you have to have the juice on the hour, every hour, every day for a long time,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"It also involves using enemas, that usually either contain coffee or castor oil. And again, you need to be doing these enemas a couple of times a day at least with the whole principle that you're trying to rid your body of toxins that could be sittingin your lower intestine and evacuating them.<\/p>\n
\"It hasn't been proven to work, and there are practitioners around the world that still do it. But certainly it's not recommended in Australia.\"<\/p>\n
Despite there being no scientific evidence that Gerson therapy cures cancer, Jess persisted.<\/p>\n
She started a website, wrote books, appeared on television and attracted tens of thousands of social media followers, influencing many, many people throughout her journey.<\/p>\n
Over seven years, Jess became a media figure in Australia, and a major proponent of \"natural health\". She was young, likable and media-savvy.<\/p>\n
It started out as a personal journal online and attracted a worldwide family craving this information, she told Fairfax of her blog following.<\/p>\n
Jess had built a wellness empire.<\/p>\n
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