Karen,

As a general rule, avoid anything that asks for 2000 bucks. The premise of their two major "discoveries" are things that we are all taught: eat your veggies and balance your electrolytes. There are more concentrated ways to ingest the plant nutrients we need (i.e. phytonutrients). For example, health food stores sell a lot of powdered "greens" that are concentrated antioxidants made the same as Mannatech products only much more cost effective. They make great additions to protein shakes and you don't have to eat a ton of brocolli to get the same nutritional value. Make sure your dad drinks lots of water or even gatorade and his electrolytes will maintain more balance between lab tests. Also, make sure the lab work is closely monitored by you just in case someone gets too busy to call you or your dad. Ask for copies and look for trends. Ask all the questions you need to feel comfortable with the massive amounts of data coming your way.

I bought one of the best juicers available today because I juiced a lot in the past. I spent about as much money as you did, by the way. After radiation, my mouth can no longer tolerate the fresh juices like before and the taste and sensation are less than desirable so there it sits. I learned to avoid any expenses without hearing from a lot of people that it would greatly benefit me.

Another example, I have a "few" boxes of Glutosolve that I believe is a good product and was recommended by the dietician/nutrionist on my medical team. It is supposed to promote faster regrowth of epitheleal cells that should help resolve stomatitis from chemo especially. During my nausea phase (read that as violent vomitting) I just happened to have a bad experience shortly after drinking some Ensure with this stuff and I still don't like to even look at a can of Ensure or a pack of Glutosolve because of the memory even 3 years later.

Ed