From The Archives: Howard Straus – The Beautiful Truth0

by Tamara Palmer

“Your trade secret is that you’re killing people?”
– Howard Straus

In the 1920s, Dr. Max Gerson developed the Gerson Therapy, a methodology of boosting the immune system largely led by an organic diet that has been at controversial odds with conventional medicine for decades — despite a difficult-to-ignore track record of helping people survive cancer and other terminal illnesses.

The Beautiful Truth is a documentary which explores this treatment regimen. It was directed and shot by Steve Kroschel, an accomplished wildlife cinematographer and natural history filmmaker. This is his third film about the Gerson Therapy, but this time his subject hits closer to home; Garret, the 15-year-old boy who serves as the film’s central figure, is Kroschel’s son.

Garret’s research for a home school project leads him to learn about the Gerson Therapy. The film documents his real life quest to learn why the therapy has been systematically suppressed. The camera follows Garret as he meets with those charged with the Gerson Therapy legacy: Charlotte Gerson, daughter of Dr. Max Gerson, and her son Howard Straus, who is Max’s official biographer as well as the founder of the Cancer Research Wellness Institute.

Speaking with Howard Straus illuminates not only the people behind and in front of the camera in The Beautiful Truth, but also how we are quick to put our trust into corporations and agencies that might not exactly have the public health as their top priority.

Read our exclusive interview with Howard Straus on SuicideGirls.com/.