who willdothecertifying ofproducts. Italso states thatthe
Department ofAgriculture hasno“affirmation obligation” toenforce theregulation. The
regulation does notgointoeffectuntil January 1980, andHarlan expects some adjust-
ments will need to be made as “we get experience.”
Whatever theoutcome oftheMaine regulation andtheproposed federal guidelines
for advertising, it’ s likely that fewer products will carry the term “natural” in the future.
Chicago T ribuneLesson 25 - Selection And Storage Of Most Wholesome
Foods, Part II
25.1. V egetables
25.2. Storage Of Fresh V egetables
25.3. Purchasing And Storing Seeds For Sprouting And Ready-T o-Eat Sprouts
25.4. Selection And Storage Of Dried Grains And Legumes
25.5. Bread—General Information
25.6. Butter And Oil—General Information
25.7. Sweeteners
25.8. Packaged, Frozen And Canned Foods—General Information And Storage
25.9. Questions & Answers
Article #1: W ell! Y ou W anted T o Know By V.V. Vetrano, B.S., D.C.
25.1. Vegetables
25.1.1 How to Judge and Select V egetables
Vegetables areavery important partofanoptimally nutritional diet, andcanbethe
most enjoyable part of a meal if properly chosen and prepared.
Dr.Shelton says, “Alargerawvegetable salad with each dinner isoneofthemost
important elements ofthediet. Asapreventive ofdisease, itisfarsuperior toallthevac-
cines and scrums ever devised.”
Vegetables areanabolic (bodybuilding) foods, yet,unlike most protein foods, they
arealmost consistently alkaline inreaction, have very little fatandcontain adequate
amounts of dietary fiber.
Green leafy vegetables aretherichest source ofchlorophyll, aswell asminerals and
vitamins. They also contain small amounts ofprotein ofhigh biological value, which is
easier to assimilate than concentrated proteins.
Adietcontaining excessive amounts ofprotein andcarbohydrates would notbenear-
ly so harmful if balanced with a generous amount of vegetables.
Vegetables addvariety tothemenu andplay animportant roleinthenutrition ofhu-
mans.
25.1.1 How to Judge and Select Vegetables
General Suggestions:
1.Buy in season when quality is highest and prices lowest.
2.Don’ tbuymore than youwillusebefore they deteriorate. Thesooner youuseyour veg-
etables, the more flavor and nutritional value they will contain.
3.Handle displayed vegetables carefully so you don’ t damage them for others.
4.Buy thefreshest andbestquality available—it willtaste better,youwillhave lesstodis-
card and you will get more usable food for your money.
Vegetables arebest when eaten immediately after they arepicked from thegarden.
Trytoatleast grow some ofyour own lettuce (many vegetables caneven begrown in
crates, ifthere isreally nogarden space available), orfind someone inyour area who
canshare with you. Green leafy vegetables aresoimportant thatitisworth going to
some trouble toassure asupply ofthebest available. Allvegetables have themost to
offer nutritionally andhave thebestflavor when organically grown andeaten intheraw
state immediately after harvesting. Themore time thatpasses after harvesting, themore
chemical changes occur which alter the nutritional composition and the taste.Fresh vegetables areusually transported rapidly from field tomarket inchilled vans
tokeep them atmaximum quality.Ifhandled properly atthewholesale andretail levels,
they canreach youinfairly good condition. Unlike fruit, theconcern isfreshness, not
ripeness. Itisincumbent upon youtolearn topick thefreshest andbest, andtoreject
poor quality vegetables thathave been mishandled orthathave justbeen onhand too
long. Even when youmust depend onconventional sources foryour produce, youcan
become awise, canny,selective, knowledgeable shopper,andyouandyour family and
dinner guests will eat the best food available.
Ifit’sfresh, itlooks fresh—not wilted, wrinkled, drooping orotherwise blemished.
Thecolor should becharacteristic ofthevariety.Thedegree ofmaturity isalso impor-
tant. Most vegetables arebestwhen slightly immature; iflargeandmature, they areusu-
ally tough.
Aswith fruits, most ofthevegetables available inthemarkets have been treated
with heavy doses ofchemical fertilizers andpesticides. Washing cansomewhat decrease
those thatremain ontheoutside surface, though nothing canremove theresidues which
areabsorbed through theroots. Some vegetables canbepeeled, butitissadtohave to
remove the skin and thus lose the nutrients which lie immediately beneath it.
Some vegetables have their own protective coating, like podded peas andbeans.
Vegetables likelettuce canbewashed only lightly toremove dirtandsand, andused “as
is.”Unless yougrow your own, orobtain organically-grown vegetables, that’sthebest
youcando.Youwill stillbehealthier andbetter nourished than nonvegetarians, and,
aspreviously explained, chemical residues inthebodies ofvegetarians areconsiderably
lower than in the bodies of meateaters.
Some vegetables may also bewaxed. Watch forthewax coatings oncucumbers,
tomatoes, peppers, parsnips andrutabagas. Either trytobuyunwaxed vegetables, orpeel
them. Ifyoumust peel, don’tcuttoodeeply.Trytodiscard only thethinskin. Thegreat-
est concentration of nutrients is just beneath the skin.
Red coloring may beadded tosweet potatoes ortosome new white potatoes. Don’ t
buy colored vegetables.
Potatoes andonions arefrequently treated with ananti-sprouting chemical. Ifthe
potatoes look fresh andgood, andafewareshowing signs oftinysprouts, thatwould
seem toindicate thatthey have notbeen treated. Ipick those thatarenotsprouting, of
course.
Tomatoes may bepicked green andgassed inthevanontheway tomarket. Youcan
tellbythecolor andthetaste. Tomatoes thatwere notpicked prematurely willripen toa
deep-glowing red color, the flesh will not be mushy, and the taste will be superb.
Ifyoulocate asource of“organically grown” vegetables, check thesource totryto
find outifthey really areasrepresented. Usually,there arecertain indications, certain
differences inappearance andtaste. Inanyevent, don’taccept vegetables thatarepoor
quality or old just because you have been assured they are or ganically grown.
Keep trying tofind organically grown produce, butinthemeantime these lessons
can help you pick the freshest and best of what is seasonably available.
Specific Varieties of Vegetables (alphabetically):
Artichokes, Globe (or French)
Peak season isMarch through May.Artichokes aregrown inCalifornia and, while
they areshipped allthrough theyear,they arebest from March through May.This veg-
etable isusually cooked. Select firm, compact, tightly closed heads thatareheavy inre-
lation tosize, with green, fresh-looking leaves. Size isnotrelated toquality orflavor.
Youmay sometimes findartichokes with frost discoloration ontheouter leaves. Thein-
nerleaves arestillgood andunaffected. Reject artichokes with brownish softspots near
the stem or on leaf edges.Artichokes, Jerusalem (or ground)
This plant haspotato-like tubers which aredelicious eaten raw.Itiscrisp andtastes
alittle likeafresh water chestnut. Italsohasadelicate flavor when cooked. Dr.Vetrano
hasexpressed theopinion thatthestarch inJerusalem artichokes isnotreadily absorbed
by the body.
Asparagus
Peak season isMarch through June. Asparagus isusually cooked, butitisdelicious
raw.Select deep green, well-rounded spears with compact, tightly closed tips. Theyoung
slim tipsarethemost tender andbest tasting. Avoid wilted, limp, flatorangular stalks.
They areusually tough andstringy.Use asparagus assoon aspossible; itisvery per-
ishable. Dr.Esser says thewild asparagus isarealdelicacy.Healsosays thatcultivated
asparagus isthechoicest ofallspring vegetables andshould beinevery home garden.
However,Dr.Burton hasexpressed theopinion thatthefactthattheeating ofasparagus
causes theurine toemit afoulodor,isindicative ofthisvegetable’ sunfavorable reaction
in the body, and that he would recommend using it sparingly, if at all.
Beans (Fresh)
Snap Beans (Green or Wax), Pole Beans, Italian String Beans
Peak season isMay through October,particularly June andJuly.Available allyear,
butofpoor quality outofseason. Select beans with both ends intact. They should have
apliable, velvety feel, nothard ortough. Thecolor should befresh andbright-looking
andthepods should beyoung andsnap


.Molasses supplies no fatty acids.
One tablespoon ofblackstrap molasses supplies approximately 43calories. Inorder
tomeet ourdaily caloric needs, wewould have toconsume anentire meal ofmolasses.
Molasses cannot berelished byitself byanyone. Aproper food ofhumans canbeeaten
asameal. Forinstance, wecanmake amono meal ofanyoneofthese foods: apples, wa-
termelon, cantaloupes, bananas, grapes, oranges, peaches, apricots, figs, dates, etc.And
youcanmaintain health forseveral weeks justonthese foods alone. However,youcould
never make onemono meal ofmolasses. Itwould berepulsive toeven think ofdoing so
and it could certainly not support life.
Thefactthatmolasses cannot meet anyofthecriteria ofafood automatically puts it
in the category of junk food and it should be eliminated from our diet forever!
35.4. Health Claims For Molasses
35.4.1 Minerals in Molasses
35.4.2 A Rich Source of V itamins
35.4.3 Molasses - A Good Laxative
35.4.4 Carbon Dioxide
35.4.5 Phosphoric Acid
35.4.6 Bone Char
35.4.7 Chlorine
35.4.1 Minerals in Molasses
Dr.Rudolph Ballentine says that, “Since itisaconcentrated residue, molasses con-
tains significant quantities ofminerals such asiron, afairamount ofcalcium andgener-
ous quantities of trace elements such as zinc, copper, and chromium.”
Justbecause these minerals canbedetected inmolasses does notmean thatthey are
inaform thatcanutilized bythebody.Infact, these minerals aremostly resulting from
theresidues from thelime, cattle bones, soil, andother residues leftafter being boiled
formany hours athigh temperatures. Most areinorganic andtotally unusable tothehu-
man body,Even ifthere were anyorganic minerals left,they would berendered useless
after the boiling and chemical treatment.
35.4.2 A Rich Source of Vitamins
Itisclaimed thatthechief value ofmolasses liesinthefactthatitisrichinvitamins
oftheBfamily.Considering theprocess which themolasses hasgone through, thisis
quite impossible. First ofall,theBvitamins arewater soluble. Largequantities ofwater
areadded tothemolasses during itsmanufacture. SotheBvitamins would bedissolved.
Second, Bvitamins aredestroyed byheat ateven amoderate temperature. They arecer-
tainly destroyed bythehigh heat andlong boiling time required intheprocess ofrender-
ing molasses.
35.4.3 Molasses - A Good Laxative
Thefactthattheconsumption ofmolasses results indiarrhea orseems tohave alax-
ative effectisproof thatthebody isattempting todispose ofthisunwholesome food as
quickly and as best it can. It is completely incompatible with bodily needs or functions.
P.E.Noris writes, “Atnight take ateaspoonful ofmolasses inwarm water ormilk.”
Hecautions thatoneshould nottake more than thisasitmay nauseate you. Hisbody is
trying totellhimsomething butheisnotlistening. Thebody knows what isapoison and
what isnot.Takeatablespoon ofanywholesome food such assunflower seeds. Youwill
feelfineandmost likely willwant more. Takeatablespoon ofmolasses andyouwillbe
immediately sick. There will be no craving for more.Do yourself a favor and do not poison yourself.
Youshould also beaware ofthefactthatthispoison isnotonly added tomolasses
butisoften seen inmost dried fruits. Asyouknow,dried fruits arevaluable additions
toourdietwhen they areofgood quality.However,when treated with sulphur dioxide,
these fruits become deadly asthepoisons with which they aretreated andshould never
be consumed.
How canyourecognize sulphur treated fruits? Mostly bythecolor.Ifthefruit’ scolor
isbright andunusually clear,ithasbeen treated. Ifthefruit’ scolor isdull andalittle
brownish, then most likely ithasnot.Also, read thelabels when buying these packaged
dried fruits. Another excellent idea would betodryyour own. Home food dehydrators
arereadily available anddoanexcellent jobofdrying andpreserving fruits. This way
youknow forsure thatthefruit wasofexcellent quality andnopoisons were added to
them during the drying process.
35.4.4 Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide gasisgenerally produced inthecombustion, decomposition, orfer-
mentation ofcarbon oritscompounds, isfound intheairandisexhaled byallanimals.
Itisthefinal product ofcombustion ofcarbon infood, which thebody exhales through
thelungs oreliminates through thekidneys inurine, orinperspiration through theskin.
Although carbon dioxide ispresent intheairwebreathe (uptoabout 5%), ifitisina
greater quantity than this, itproduces anuncomfortable degree ofhyperpnea with men-
tal confusion and will cause death by suf focation.
Carbon dioxide gasisused inthemanufacture ofmolasses, carbonated drinks and
commercially used in dry ice.
Soweknow thatcarbon dioxide isawaste product given offbythebody.Wealso
know that ifinhaled inlargeamounts itcanresult indeath. Wedonotasyetknow
what effects itwillhave when added toourfood insmall quantities. Should wetake the
chance? AsHygienists wecannot condone theuseofproven orunproven poisons. We
may assume, however,thatifitispoisonous inoneform (air), itwillalso bepoisonous
in another (food).
35.4.5 Phosphoric Acid
Phosphoric acid isnotonly used inthemanufacture ofmolasses butisalsoadded to
carbonated softdrinks. Itisasolvent which isused tokeep alltheconstituents inacom-
pound inaliquid form. This acid, according totheMerck manual results incorrosive
burns from inhalation, skin contact, eyecontact, andingestion. Itwillalso cause local
pain. This is another deadly poison.
35.4.6 Bone Char
Inorder tounderstand why thissubstance, which isadded tocertain foods including
molasses, isdangerous, wemust understand what itisthatwearedealing with. Bone
char isthecharcoal remains ofanimal bones. Charcoal isactually thecarbon remains
after burning orheating these bones. Carbon isachemical element which ispresent in
all or ganic substances. These include proteins, carbohydrates, and fats.
When acompound containing carbon combines with oxygen inthebody,energyis
liberated andcarbon dioxide isformed. Carbon hasseveral chemical features thatmake
itunique asafoundation forlife. However,ifthese features arealtered drastically as
they areupon theaddition ofheat, disastrous results may occur.Itisaknown factthat
thecharcoal formed oncharcoal broiled steaks which aresocommonly eaten today are
carcinogens. Itisalsopossible thatthealteration ofthecarbon element inacooked foods
could have adverse consequences onourhealth. Theaddition ofbone char tomolasses
just taking this product one step further down the ladder of the junk food dungeon.35.4.7 Chlorine
Chlorine iscommonly used asawater purifier anbleach. Added toflour at400
parts permillion, itinstantly ages theflour andbleaches itwhite. Formany years a
flour bleach called Agene wasused, until England’ sDr.Mellanby discovered thatAgene
caused running fitsandmental deterioration indogs. The Food andDrug Administra-
tion, under public pressure, finally outlawed thebleach. Butthechlorine bleaches used
today,although regarded assafebytheFDA, arehighly toxic poisons. Nitrosylchloride,
forexample, isavery corrosive reddish yellow gaswhich isintensely irritating toeyes,
skin andmucosa. Inhalation may cause pulmonary edema andhemorrhage. Yetthisis
added to foods.
35.5. Impurities In Molasses
Molasses contains 9%ashand17.5% waste. That consists ofmostly cellulose plus all
ofthewastes leftover after theprocessing ofwhite sugar including soil, residues and
chemical contaminants.
Somolasses isworse than refined sugar asitcarries with itallthebadqualities of
refined sugar plus theadded toxins. AsLife Scientists, weattempt tobuild health and
notdestroy it.When weingest such atotally unwholesome andanti-life product asmo-
lasses, wearetruly destroying life. Doyour body afavor anddonotgive poisons but
give it fuel for life in the form of whole fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.
Instead ofsatisfying ourcraving forsweets with such poisons asmolasses, usefresh
or dried fruits and your sweet tooth will surely be satisfied.
35


ills, powders, liq-
uids) inthevain hope ofsupplying missing nutrients. Itcan’tbedone! Inthelesson
about food supplements, youlearned thatthese products areuseless, andeven damag-
ing.
49.11. Four Methods
There are four methods of gardening:
1.Natural—This method does notpoison thesoil, butdoes deplete it,especially ofnitro-
gen, and its productivity gradually decreases.
2.Chemical—This method increases theproduction thefirst andsecond years, atthecost
offlavor andnutritional value (lower protein content andhigher carbohydrate content)
anddestruction totheenvironment. Theplants must relyonartificial chemicals tostim-
ulate their growth, and, astime goes on,more andmore chemicals areneeded and
problems increase. Insects mutate anddevelop resistant strains, themicroor ganisms and
earthworms inthesoilarekilled bythechemicals, andthefarmer orgardener develops
neurological diseases from inhaling the sprays or absorption through the skin.
3.Organic—This method replenishes thesoil, andisthemethod described andadvocated
inthislesson, toproduce abetter -quality crop, without poisoning thefood, theenviron-
ment, orthegardener.Theorganic gardener uses only organic materials (organized liv-
ing matter).4.Biodynamic—The term “biodynamic” refers to“working with theenergieswhich create
andmaintain life.” This method ofagriculture uses organic methods, including compost,
butalso uses herbal preparations tospray theplants andtrees. Thebasic ingredient of
thebiodynamic spray isaspecially-prepared colloidal clay compound. Thespray flows
into allsmall cracks andcrevices oftheplant andforms aprotective film, tohelp in
healing minor lesions, butdoes notinterfere with therespiration oftheplant. Thespray
also contains very lowpercentages ofsuch insecticides asryania, rotenone, pyrethrum,
andquassia, farbelow customary concentrations, because thespray isnotintended asan
eradicator.These insecticides areplant extractives, butarenotcompletely harmless, as
indicated previously.Therecommendation istowait fourteen days after spraying before
harvesting. Thebiodynamic spray isalso available without theinsecticides. Thebiody-
namic spray isalso said toenable theplants toderive certain nutrients from theatmos-
phere. This system wasoriginally started byRudolph Steiner,anddeveloped byDr.E.
E.Pfeiffer.Thebiodynamic method ismore sophisticated, more complicated, andmore
work than theorganic methods described inthislesson. Wetried biodynamic methods
inIndiana, butfound them more difficult andnomore productive than simpler organic
methods.
Anamusing illustration ofthedifference between natural andorganic methods isa
story toldbyDr.Alec Burton atAmerican Natural Hygiene Society Conventions about
agentleman who came toYorkshire, England, andtook over anextremely dilapidated
property.Hedidagreat deal ofwork onthisproperty,renovating itandgetting itintoa
beautiful condition, and, eventually,people came from miles around toadmire andap-
preciate hisgarden. One daythelocal priest came toseeit,andsaid, “What abeautiful
garden youhave!” Theman said, “Yes,it’sbeen hard work, andI’ve done itallbymy-
self.” “No,” said thepriest, “with thehelp oftheLord.” Theman said, “All right—with
the help of the Lord, but you should have seen it when he was doing it by himself.”
There isquite abitofinformation available fortheorganic gardener who warns to
learn how togetmaximum results. How toGrowVegetables andFruits bytheOrganic
Method byJ.I.Rodale andstaff(mentioned previously) isanexcellent comprehensive
reference book, listing practically allvarieties offood plants, with detailed planting in-
structions for each.
Forthose who want afewsimple rules forgrowing food with aminimum oftime
andenergy,moderate success canbeanticipated bysimply using organic methods, in-
stead of chemicals; and mulching instead of cultivating and weeding.
49.12. No Space For A Garden?
49.12.1 Do The Best Y ou Can
Ifyouliveinanapartment orcondominium anddon’thave space foraregular gar-
den, youcanstillgrow some ofyour own food onyour porch orpatio. Youcanuse
boxes, barrels, ormake awall garden. Small plants likelettuce, squash, cucumbers, or
strawberries need boxes only four tosixinches high. Tomatoes, peppers, cauliflower,
andcabbage need more space fortheir roots, andthese boxes should beatleast tenor
twelve inches high.
Vinebranching plants (cucumbers, squash, melons) canbetrained tospread over
thepatio floor (concrete orwhatever). They require little boxspace. Grapevines canbe
planted along a building wall or fence.
Youcanbuild awall garden anywhere youhave alittle space. Annie Silvan describes
awall garden andhow tobuild it.Shesays thatitislikealargeblock orwall ofsoilwith
plants growing outofallsides. “Youwill need four one-by-six boards twofeetlong,
four one-by-six boards fivefeetlong andatleast 14two-by-two poles four feetlong.”
Make twobottomless boxes outoftheone-by-sixes —aframe forthetopandoneforthebottom. Nail thetwo-by-twos tothese frames, onefootapart. Itwilllook something like
acage with vertical bars. Leave thebottom andthetopopen, butlineallsides (inside)
with open mesh wire andthen black plastic. Secure themesh with wire. Place thewall
initspermanent position, fillwith soil, andwater from thetopsothesoilwillsettle. Use
tomatoes androot vegetables atthetop; lettuce, strawberries, cabbage, cauliflower,or
anyleafy greens onthesides. Make little holes intheplastic toinsert theplants. Water
all around and on top.
Patio tomatoes (inpots) areeasy togrow.Leaf structure iseasy togrow.Ionce grew
some inseveral largeflower pots. Youcangrow sunflower seeds tothegreen leafstage
inflats bypressing unhulled seeds intothesoilandkeeping them moist. They areready
forharvesting inaweek. Buckwheat, adzuki beans, lentils, mung beans, oranyother
seeds orbeans canbegrown thesame way,andwillproduce aproduct which issuperior
nutritionally toseeds sprouted with only water,since they will have thebenefit ofthe
earth, sun and outside air.
When noother way ispossible, sprout your seeds onyour kitchen counter injarsor
other containers. Weusealfalfa sprouts almost daily.Alfalfa isknown tocontain trace
minerals which may belacking inother plants. Theroot system offield-grown alfalfa
reaches down asdeeply asfifteen feetintothesubsoil, picking upminerals notpresent
higher up, and these minerals are, of course, present in the seeds in the sprouts.
49.12.1 Do The Best You Can
Grow asmuch organic food asyoupossibly can. Seek outandshare with other or-
ganic growers. Import organically-grown nuts, seeds, anddried fruits from other areas.
Keep trying to produce or obtain fresh or ganically-grown produce.
Fortherest(ifany) some compromises may benecessary.Getthebest-quality food
obtainable, wash inplain water,peel waxed fruits andvegetables, anddothebest you
can. Trytoobtain foods grown ondifferent soils, indifferent parts ofthecountry,toin-
sure obtaining avariety oftrace minerals which may have been damaged ordestroyed in
certain areas: Ifyoueatmost ofyour food uncooked, youwillstillattain ahigher degree
of health than conventional eaters.
49.13. Harvest Of Pleasure And Health
Ibelieve there willbeafewwho willdispute theenvironmental improvements thatwill
accrue because ofthedeemphasis onchemicals andpoisons, advocated bytheorganic
gardener.Ifyoulearn about, andimplement, organic gardening methods, youwillalso
find them practical, convenient, agreeable, and economical.
And there issomuch personal satisfaction inthecreation ofliving plants incoop-
eration with theforces ofnature—you come toregard your plants andtrees aschildren
whom you love and foster, and who respond by giving you their fruits.
What ismore rewarding andthrilling than seeing thefirstseedlings, ortheblossoms,
orthefruits ready toharvest? But, bestofall,thefood youharvest willbeflavorful and
delicious, bursting with thenutrients youhave helped tosupply; andclean andfreeof
residues of chemical fertilizers and poison sprays.
The, only way toobtain afullcomplement ofallthevitamins, minerals, enzymes,
hormones, chlorophyll, carbohydrates, andother substances (known andunknown) in
ideal combinations, isbye


uppy.Thefurofboth
was interrible condition, thin andvery short anddull looking. Foratime theanimals
were fedonordinary dogfood plus scraps obtained from alocal slaughterhouse. The
Collie wasasad-looking specimen. About three years agowedecided totryavegetarian
dietonthedogs. Wefedthem sweet fruits inthemorning andacombination ofcooked
and raw vegetables in the late afternoon. W e did give them a raw egg every other day.
Theresults were amazing. Inacomparatively short time theDoberman hadashiny
soft coat andtheCollie was araving beauty! WelosttheDoberman, unfortunately,
through anaccidental injury,buttheCollie’ scoat offuristhick, very shiny andofa
beautiful tri-color.
Itwould appear most likely thatbaldheadedness inboth men andwomen istheresult
ofyears ofmalnutrition, andinusing theterm “nutrition,” weinclude allphases ofnu-
trition: absorption, assimilation, elimination, etc., aswell asthefeeding ofappropriate
food inacorrect amount andmanner; plus, associate influencing factors, such astheob-
taining of suf ficient sunlight, etc.
Wehave already observed thatwhen thedietisimproved inhumans, new growth
canoften beobserved butagain weshould point outthatsuch growth would bepossible
only when the hair cells are still viable and not dead.
Many researchers suggest using isolated vitamins tostimulate thescalp andthus im-
prove thecondition ofthehairanditsgrowth. Dale Alexander comments how Dr.Her-
man Goodman, aleading dermatologist, recommends foods which arerich invitaminA,foods such ascarrots. Hygienists, however,know thatthere areno“target” foods,
thatwemust have thewhole spectrum andthatthisisprovided byeating avariety of
foods, buteating them insuitable combinations soastomaximize availability tothebio-
processes of the body.
Itseems thatmost dermatologists have little understanding ofthefactthatwemust
supply the“whole” offood, notbitsandpieces. Dr.Richard W.Muller who practices
inseveral European capitols including Paris andVienna, recommends foods high insul-
furcontent butthen notes thatironandcalcium arealsoimportant haircomponents. We
recently hadaninquiry viathemails from anindividual who hadaproblem related to
nutrition. Shesaid thatshewassitting with aboxofunopened pills andtablets bearing
atotal price tagof$300.00 which hadbeen prescribed forher.These consisted ofall
manner ofvitamin andmineral supplements. Shehadgreat doubt thatdosing herself this
way wastheproper approach. Weadvised hertoreturn thewhole batch unopened and
begin to eat the Hygienic way.
Certainly,impaired digestion andpoor eating habits cancause allmanner ofbody
troubles including disorders ofthescalp andhair; especially abnormal hairloss, eczema,
carbuncles and, nodoubt, complete baldness, too.Most people eattoofastanddonot
chew their food. Inexcess of90to95% ofthefoods they doeatarecooked andeven
these foods arepoorly chosen. Itisnowonder aminimum ofnutrient wealth passes
through thecells ofthemembranes lining theintestinal canal prior toentering theblood-
stream fortransport tohaircells andallother body cells. Theaverage person pays for
food, heeats“food,” butthebody cells failtoreceive thenutrients oflifeinsufficient
quantity andintheir original symbiotic proportions todomore than sustain lifeandthis
for but a brief span!
Itislittle wonder thatthebody begins tosagandthatthehairbecomes lifeless and
lacks suitable pigmentation, orthatscalps flake anditchandthateventually thehairfalls
out.
Werecently didabionutritional analysis andprofile foramother andson.Theresults
were most revealing. Themother hasbeen afaithful follower ofNatural Hygiene foral-
most three years now,thesonafaithful follower ofhispeer group dietofhambur gers,
french fries, andcoke and, isnodoubt, likethevast majority ofhisagegroup, “into”
drugs andalcohol, also. While themother ’stestrevealed almost allreadings within op-
timal (not “average”) lines, the17-year -old son’sreadings were largely either above or
below theoptimal with anumber ofthem registering inthe“dangerous” area. While oth-
erfacts may account, nodoubt, forsome deviations, thecontrasts inthese twoinstances
can rightfully, we believe, be attributed to the dif ferences in nutritional practices noted.
Dr.Lucien Jacques ofParis worked with 71patients who suffered with disorders of
theG.I.tract, allofwhom complained ofrapidly falling hair.Many ofthese patients al-
sodrank excessive amounts oftea,coffee,andalcoholic beverages. Simply bychanging
thedietofhispatients, Dr.Jacques notonly wasable toobserve better digestion inhis
patients, but also remarkable changes in the health of the hair, including the coloring.
White sugar,allmanufactured sweets such asicecream, pastries, candy,softdrinks,
processed foods ofallkinds areacid-producing andnerve-destroying. Ifwewish topos-
sess ahead covered with thick, shiny beautiful hair,wemust payattention tothefood
anddrink. Wemust drink only thepurest ofwater andeatofthose foods towhich wehu-
mans areadapted: luscious ripesweet fruits plus limited amounts ofyoung leafy greens
and fruit vegetables (non-sweet fruits), sprouts, nuts and edible seeds.
Iron isrequired forathick crop ofhair.Raisins, lettuce, strawberries, apples, cher-
ries, and many other luscious fruits are well endowed with iron.
Sulphur,anessential food element, isfound abundantly inmembers ofthecabbage
family, in cucumbers, in potatoes, and figs.
Silicon forstrong filaments isfound inleafy varieties ofgreen lettuce, especially in
romaine; itisalso present instrawberries, incucumbers, andcherries aswell asinthe
skins of apples and other fruits.Healthy hairrequires carbohydrates tosupply carbon andhydrogen forcomposition
andthecarbon forfuel. Ripe, sweet fruits furnish thefinest kind ofpredigested energy-
conserving carbohydrates tobefound. This isespecially trueofthesweet, sweet fruits,
the banana being a prime example of an almost perfect food.
Adequate protein andalltheessential amino acids arefound inmany fruits andveg-
etables. The proteins found in many plant foods are biologically of optimum value.
TheLaw oftheMinimum about which welearned earlier tells usthattheabsence or
short supply ofeven asingle nutrient foranyextended period oftime canlead togen-
eralhealth debilitation regardless ofhow well supplied wemay beinallother nutrients.
Testsonboth animals andhumans have shown thatdeficiencies canalsoreduce thehair
quality andhealth. Itwould appear thatthere isagrand pact innature wherein correct
proportions andadequacy ofallnutrients arethebasic requirements ofmaximum health.
Eating cooked foods, eating foods lacking innutritional content, failing tochew prop-
erly,eating toexcess andeating toooften, thetaking ofisolated vitamin andmineral
supplements, alack ofexercise orsunshine, long continued emotional stress exposure,
indeed, alack ofanyoftherequisites oforganic existence canlead inevitably todimin-
ished health, andanylack ofhealth will bereflected inalusterless, sick-looking hair
which soon starts tolose itscolor,tothin andfalloutinever increasing amounts. No
single food factor oranycombination offood factors puttogether byman andtaken in
isolation canwork hairandscalp magic. Thebody isaunitized functioning entity.The
health of the hair reflects the health status of the totality.
Many excuses areoffered from time totime andbymany “authorities” forthinning
ofthehair,forlossofcolor andsheen, forbaldness, excuses likeinherited badgenes,
wearing hatswhich aretootight andwearing them toooften, shampooing toofrequently,
andmany others. But, these areonly excuses. None arebased ontheknown realities
which define and limit the life process.
More primitive men andwoman have abundant crops ofhair.Whole nations ofpeo-
plewho have lived forthousands ofyears onsimple diets have thick healthy growths
ofhair.Itisonly “civilized” men andwomen who partake ofpoor devitalized heteroge-
neous messes offood inquantities farinexcess ofbody need who sufferhairandscalp
problems associated with malnutrition. Itiscivilized people who show meager crops of
hair and damaged scalps.
Dr.ArtMollen, aPhoenix osteopathic physician andafirm believer inthebenefits
tobederived from regular paced jogging, does notseemuch prospect ofextending the
human lifespan. Pottenger ’sexperiments with catsatYaleshowed thatittakes several
generations towitness theresults ofgood eating aswell asofpo


. Cardiovascular Drugs
74.8.1 Digitalis
74.8.2 Diuretics
74.8.3 V asodilators
74.8.4 Propranolol
Toquote Dr.Shelton, “The broad anddistinct difference between theHygienic sys-
temandthedrug system isthis: Hygiene seeks torestore health byhealthful means and
conditions; drug systems seek tocure disease with agents thatareknown toproduce dis-
ease inthewell. Instead offilling ourbodies with poisons, why notlook torest, sleep,
better food, fasting, exercise, sunshine, emotional poise, cleanliness, andplain andsim-
plewholesome food asthemeans ofrestoring ustohealth? Hygienic care consists in
theuseofsuch means aswhen applied toaman inhealth willkeep himinhealth and
willnottend tomake himsick. Medical treatment ofthesick consists almost wholly in
theuseofmeans which ifgiven toaman inperfect health would unfit himforwork or
business or,perhaps, even killhim. TheHygienist rejects allpoisons andemploys only
beneficial substances and conditions to aid the healing processes of the body.”
Sodrugs arenotrecommended. They donotproduce health butcontribute todisease.
74.8.1 Digitalis
Digitalis isahighly-poisonous substance derived from theleaves ofthefoxglove,
formerly used asan“herb remedy.”Itwasfirst introduced toformal medicine in1785
bytheEnglish physician William Withering, butitsuseinfolk medicine preceded that
date by many years.
Digitals belongs toagroup ofdrugs called thecardiac glycosides. The twomost
commonly-used glycosides aredigoxin anddigitoxin. This drug isknow toresult in
many adverse effects. The most serious toxic effectisadangerous irregularity ofthe
heartbeat, butthepatient may also suffernausea, vomiting, andvarious symptoms of
brain involvement, including drowsiness, headache, andblurred orstrangely colored vi-
sion.
Stimulation from anydrug isavery exhausting action andisalways followed bya
period ofdepression orexhaustion. Digitalis slows theheart action bystimulating the
vagus nerve centers. Theright vagus nerve isdistributed predominantly tothesinoatrial
node, andtheleftvagus affects principally theatrioventricular node. Stimulation ofthe
right vagus decreases heart rate, whereas leftvagal stimulation may induce ventricular
slowing subsequent tothedevelopment ofheart block. Largedoses ofdigitalis oranac-
cumulation ofsmaller doses canresult inheart block. Ifacomplete block oftheheart’ s
electrical conduction system occurs, theheart may beslowed toanextent thatitcannot
sustain life.
Digitalis also results inadisturbance ofthenormal rhythm oftheheart (arrythmia).
Therhythmical projection ofimpulses from thesinus node aredisturbed sothattheheart
rate shows regularly alternating short phases of slowing and acceleration.
Abundle ofmuscular fibers intheheart known astheauriculoventricular bundle or
thebundle ofHis, conducts impulses from theauricle totheventricle. These arecon-
ducted inaway tocause theventricular beat oftheheart tofollow theauricular beat in
about one-fifth ofasecond. Theadministration ofdigitalis retards orprevents thiscon-
duction ofimpulses. Here again theeffectisduetothestimulation ofthevagus center.It
isnotuncommon foraprolongation oftheinterval between theauricular andventricular
beats from three-tenths tothree-fifths ofasecond, when digitalis isgiven inso-called
therapeutic doses.
Theexcretion ofdigitalis isslow sothatcontinued administration oflargedoses of
thedrug easily gives riseto“accumulative poisoning.” Poisoning resulting from anover-whelming dose results indeath inafewminutes. This state ofpoisoning presents four
well-defined states:
1.Vagus andvasoconstrictor stimulation with slowed heart, rapid riseinblood pressure,
and diastolic relaxation indicating diminished tone of the heart muscle.
2.Predominance ofvagus action, with greater lossoftone andheart block, orbrief periods
of vagus standstill, and sometimes premature beats from, muscular irritation.
3.Predominance ofmuscular action with abrupt changes totachycardia, very rapid beating
of the ventricle, usually not in unison with the auricle, high arterial pressure.
4.Weakness andexcessive irritability oftheheart muscle with auricular tremor,ventricular
tremor and death.
74.8.2 Diuretics
High blood pressure with excessive blood volume isoften theresult ofexcessive wa-
terandsaltretention. Thesingle greatest cause ofsaltandwater retention isthedietary
consumption ofinorganic sodium chloride (table salt). Saltaffects thevascular system
intwoways: asanosmotic influence (attracting molecules ofwater) andasachemical
irritant thatsensitizes thevascular smooth muscle tonormally-occurring vasoconstrictor
substances such asadrenalin. Direct interference with kidney function isanother way
that salt use contributes to high blood pressure.
Diuretics aregiven toprevent thereabsorptipn ofsaltandwater bythekidneys and
thus lessen thesymptoms ofcongestive heart failure. There aremany kinds ofdiuretics
butallhave thesame objective toincrease theoutput ofsaltandwater intheurine. One
ofthemajor problems they present isanexcessive lossofsaltandother minerals, espe-
cially potassium. Potassium lossismost common with thewidely-used thiazide class of
diuretics (chlorothiazide andhydrocholorothiazide). Their usecanresult infeelings of
weakness andifdigitalis isbeing taken atthesame time, car,make toxicity even greater.
This lossofpotassium isoften counteracted byadding asecond diuretic—one thatdoes
notcause potassium loss—to thethiazide. However,thecombination ofdiuretics in-
duces another danger: diuretics thatprevent potassium lossdosobyinterfering with the
kidneys toexcrete themineral. This canlead toadangerously high level ofpotassium
inthebody.Thiazides canalsoreduce theelimination ofuricacid andthus aggravate an
existing case of gout and redeposit this highly toxic by-product into the tissues.
74.8.3 Vasodilators
Drugs thatresult inthedilation ofblood vessels areoften given toheart patients.
The vasodilators longest inuse(more than onehundred years) arethenitrates. Nitro-
glycerin isthemost-frequently used andisusually taken intablets thatareplaced under
the tongue and allowed to dissolve.
Thetoxins ofthenitrates result infainting ordizziness, headaches, andpalpitations
resulting from thecompensatory increase inheart rateandthespeed ofheart contraction.
The presence ofthispoison inthesystem requires additional work ofthealready-ex-
hausted heart to eliminate this harmful substance.
74.8.4 Propranolol
Propranolol (Inderal) isadrug thatresults inablock ofsome ofthesympathetic
nerves totheheart. These nerves (thebeta-sympathetic orbeta-adrener gicnerves) carry
messages from thebrain thatcause theheart toincrease itsrateandthespeed ofitscon-
traction. When these messages areblocked, theheart rateslows, thespeed ofcontraction
decrease and the heart’ s demand for oxygen decreases.
One ofthepossible dangers isthedevelopment ofcongestive heart failure because
thespeed andtheforce oftheheart’ scontraction arereduced. However thisposes twomajor problems: thecongestive failure itself; andtheconsequent expanded volume of
blood in the heart, which increases its size and may make the angina worse.
Another toxicity results from propranolol. This drug affects thebeta-sympathetic
nerves throughout thebody,notjustthose oftheheart. Since these nerves areresponsible
fordilating theblood vessels oftheskin, propranolol usecanresult inconstriction of
these vessels, leading topale, cold hands andfeet. Thesame nerves alsocause thebody’ s
airtubes todilate, andwhen thatdilation isblocked, theairtubes become constricted. A
patient with asthma can find the condition aggravated.
Patients who aretaking insulin fordiabetes experience another problem with this
drug. Beta-sympathetic nerves cause anincrease inblood sugar when thelevel drops too
low.Inadiabetic person who istaking insulin, alowsugar level canbeaggravated or
prolonged when propranolol isalso being taken. Propranolol canalso result indepres-
sion, dif ficulty in sleeping, and sometimes, impotence.
Anumber ofother drugs arealso given toheart patients. They areallpoisons. The
result from taking anydrug isenervation andtoxicosis. Itislikepouring gasoline ona
fireinorder toextinguish it.Youarejustmaking matters worse andaggravating


., D.C., eminent professional Hygienist inAus-
tralia: “Afood element isapart ofacomplex food which, intheliving plant orani-
mal, almost invariably,contains some, even ifonly inminute quantities, ofallthevari-
ousfood elements—proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, andvitamins... Thebody is
adapted totheuseoffood asacomplex mixture offood elements. Wedonoteatfood
elements ornutrients inisolation when weconsume anatural food. When weeatthese
items outoftheir natural contexts with other nutrients, …thenutritional impact isdif-
ferent and can lead to unfavorable consequences.”
Thepotential damage andartificial deficiencies thatmay becreated through theuse
ofprotein supplements andother supplements areconsiderable. Justasanexcess ofni-
trogen intheplant willcreate artificial deficiencies ofother elements andprevent fruit-ing,sostimulation tothehuman organism produced bysupplementation willdisturb nat-
uralbalance. This isthe“Law oftheMinimum”: “The development ofliving beings is
regulated bythesupply ofwhichever element isleast bountifully provided.” (This has
been long known inplant life.) Using supplements, bycreating anoverabundance of
some elements, creates anartificial shortage ofother elements, known andunknown,
and the element in shortest supply determines our development.
Avery finedentist andhischarming wife, who arestaunch advocates ofso-called
“natural” supplementation, toldmethatthey know thatsupplements arebeneficial and
necessary, because “if they don’ t take their supplements, they just drag around.”
What better proof could there beofthestimulating effectandaddictive nature of
supplementation? AHygienist canskip meals, oreatfruit only forseveral days, oreat
hisregular dietoffruits, vegetables, andnuts, andcontinue tobehisvital, sparkling, in-
domitable self, with no crutches and no pills.
Manufactured concentrates aresold bycommercial interests who aredetermined, for
their profit, tomaintain theposition thatsubstitute andcompensatory substances can
provide superior nutrition. Supplements areunnecessary,expensive, stimulating, addic-
tive, and create artificial deficiencies and pathological changes in the human or ganism.
The richest sources ofprotein andallother food elements areinliving food: raw
nuts andseeds, fruits andvegetables, anditishere they arefound inideal combinations
with other substances (known andunknown) essential totheir fullutilization. There is
nobetter way: When youeatavariety ofwhole, rawfoods, inaccordance with Hygienic
principles, youneed notbeconcerned about amino acids orvitamins orminerals orany-
thing else—everything will be adequately supplied.Lesson 86 - The Supplement Approach To Nutrition
86.1. Introduction
86.2. The Supplement Approach T o Nutrition
86.3. The Appeal Of The Supplement School
86.4. The Supplementalists
86.5. The Only Safe Source Of Nutrients
86.6. Questions & Answers
Article #1: The Great Supplement Hoax! by T.C. Fry
Article #2: V itamins: A Quarter Billion Dollar Humbug by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
Article #3:Are90% orMore oftheVitamins YouTakeGoing Down theDrain? by
T.C. Fry
Article #4:Resolving theIssue ofSupplementation byDrs. Robert andElizabeth
McCarter
Article #5: The Minerals of Life by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton
86.1. Introduction
One dayinAugust, athirty-three-year -oldwoman went toherdoctor because shehada
water retention problem. Thefamily doctor advised thewoman totake supplements of
vitamin B-6 (also known as pyridoxine ).
Thedoctor didn’ tsayhow much ofthevitamin totake, sothewoman started eating
three orfour vitamin tablets ateach meal. “Istarted taking thevitamin inmegadoses
(largeamounts),” shelater toldreporters. “Ibelieved thatwastheway thatvitamins are
supposed to work. T aking lar ge amounts seemed to be the in-thing for the 1980s.”
After taking theB-6 supplements fortwo months, shestill hadawater retention
problem. “My ankles were swelling, andIwas stillabout twenty pounds overweight
from allthewater Iwasholding.” Soshereturned toherdoctor who toldhertojuststart
taking lar ger doses of the vitamin.
“Ididn’ tbother toaskhimhow largeadose,” thewoman said, “Ijuststarted taking
more.” BylateOctober,shewastaking between sixtotwelve grams ofthevitamin each
day.The minimum daily requirement forB-6isabout twotofour milligrams perday.
This woman was taking 3,000 to 4,000 times the amount needed.
ByDecember,shestarted having aconstant tingling inherfeetanddifficulty walk-
ing.“Icoudn’ tgetdown thesteps tomybusiness,” shetold thenewspapers, “and my
feet felt like there were 50-pound weights tied to them.”
Shestillpersisted intaking huge doses ofvitamin B-6, convinced thatherdoctor
must be right.
Four months later,shecould noteven hold afork inherhand orsign hername. The
megadoses ofvitamin B-6hadsoseverely disrupted hernervous system thatthewoman
was incapable of performing even the simplest routine task.
“The vitamin ruined myhealth,” shesaid, “and itforced metosellmysecond busi-
ness.”
One oftheneurologists who treated thewoman hadthistosay:“There isanexcellent
chance thatthelargedoses ofthevitamin hadacausative roleinherillness. Wemust
assume that megadoses of B-6 can injure both motor and sensory nerves.”
Inthesame newspaper thatthisstory appeared in,there wasalso anadvertisement
forthevitamin byahealth food chain. “Vitamin B-6,” theadstated, “has been used
totreat schizophrenia, water retention problems, and tobuild muscles byathletes.
Shouldn’ t you add this wonder vitamin to your regular diet-supplementation program?”Vitamins. Supplements. Minerals, enzymes, amino acids, brewer ’syeast,
dolomite—all areextracted, artificial, andfragmented dietary additions, andthey have
no place in health-promoting nutrition.
Yettheappeal andlure ofdietary supplements isstrong—so strong thatanumber
ofnutritionists andspokesmen have created anentire dietary school andphilosophy that
prescribes theregular useofpotentially dangerous andutterly worthless nutritional ad-
ditives and aids.
This lesson discusses thedangers ofthesupplementary approach tonutrition and
why such a fragmented view of health is doomed to failure.
86.2. The Supplement Approach To Nutrition
86.2.1 The Supplement School and Its Beliefs
86.2.2 Who’ s to Blame?
Someone once saidthatthere areasmany approaches tonutrition asthere arenutri-
tionists. There isthe“protein school” ofnutrition which emphasizes ahigh-protein diet
andprotein foods over allelse. One group tells uswemust eatmeat anddrink milk;
another group tells uswemust base ourdietongrains andseaweeds. There arevegetar-
ians, fruitarians, sproutarians, andbreatharians. There arenutritionists who defend junk
foods andpromote fastfoods. Justabout every conceivable approach tonutrition hasits
supporters and adherents.
This lesson isabout oneofthemore bizarre cults ofnutritionists: thesupplemental-
ists,orthose who advocate powders, pills, capsules, andsupplements ofvitamins, min-
erals, andproteins. There have already been several lessons telling why wedon’tneed
nutritional supplements inthediet. Youhave already learned about thefallacies ofusing
inorganic minerals, fragmented vitamins, andother worthless powders, pills andpotions.
Yetthesupplement approach tonutrition remains atrapfortheunwary andunedu-
cated. Youneed facts ifyouwish toeducate your clients, friends, family,andpatients
about thefolly offollowing therecommendations ofthesupplementalists. This lesson,
then, focuses ontheschool ofnutritional thought, andthose spokesmen, thatadvocate
the use of supplements as a normal part of a healthy diet.
86.2.1 The Supplement School and Its Beliefs
The supplementary approach to nutrition is based on these erroneous beliefs:
1.The human or ganism can utilize inor ganic minerals, vitamins, amino acids, etc.
2.Elements of nutrition can be fragmented and employed in part instead of in total.
3.Nutritional needs have been accurately determined and totally analyzed.
4.More is better.
All of these beliefs are false. Let’ s briefly examine them one by one.
86.2.1.1 Fallacy #l: We Can Utilize Inorganic Minerals and Vitamins
When mygrandfather was ayoung man, heplowed theclay fields each spring to
prepare forplanting cotton. Hetoldmethatevery year oneofthepoor women who lived
inthearea would come tohisfields


fixed object.
Shetold usthatshehadbeen amazed atfirst tofind outjusthow many times she
was required todoher“deep-knee act,” asshecalled it,during thecourse ofasingle
day.However,shewaswell rewarded forthisonesimple discipline which sheimposed
upon herself. Herback gradually improved andshefound thattheexercise helped herin
other ways, too,since shebegan toenjoy greater vitality than shehadknown prior tothe
injury.
Walking -When walking, oneshould maintain the“Tall,IAM Somebody Look.”
Letthehead touch theskyandtheentire body willhave tofollow.Tuckthechin in,but
keep thehead slightly forward inanunstressed position. Thepelvis should beslightly
forward and the toes should point the way—straight ahead!
Always wear comfortable walking shoes, preferably constructed ofsome sturdy,but
porous material which willlend support butalso permit gaseous toxins toescape. Walkatafastpace, swinging thearms vigorously.This kind ofwalking, asopposed toleisure-
lystrolling, willserve tostrengthen back, side andabdominal muscles aswell asthose
of the extremities.
Lifting -Wehave allheard therules. I’msure, about how toliftheavy objects, but
how often wefailtoabide bythem. Therefore, perhaps itisinorder forustorepeat them
forthebenefit ofourstudents asthey work tocorrect other people’ serrors. Perhaps the
advice ofourhousewife will help ustoremember them. Always bend with theknees,
notwith theback. Keep theback straight. Liftwith your legs andhold theobject close
tothebody.Liftonly totheheight ofthechest. And always seetoitthatyour feetare
firmly planted on an even, non-skid surface.
Ifanobject isheavy,gethelp. Don’ ttrytoprove anything bytrying toliftorshove
heavy loads andavoid shifting thatcanthrow aperson offbalance andcause asudden
twisting of the body which can sprain or tear a ligament.
96.5.4 If There Is a Back Injury, Certain Common Habits Should Be Overcome
1.Ifyoumust liftarather heavy object, make certain thatthedestination oftheobject, i.e.,
where youwillplace thatobject, isdirectly ahead ofyou. This willhelp youavoid twist-
ing the body.
2.Don’ t try to lift anything above shoulder level.
3.Don’ twear high-heeled orplatform shoes. Any sudden throwing offbalance might cause
further injury.Additionally,when such shoes areworn, thecenter ofgravity isthrown
offthenorm, thus rendering anindividual more likely tolose balance. High heels also
tend tocause organs toshift from their normal alignment, astate ofaffairs thatsends
silent stress signals tearing through the nerve pathways.
4.Don’ tforgettohave thecarseatadjust toYOU. Stretching forthepedals orforthesteer-
ing wheel increases the curve of the lower back to cause strain.
5.When sitting inachair,don’tslump. Avoid leaning forward foranyprolonged length of
time. Arching the back in this manner is conducive to more pain.
6.Ifyour mattress isuncomfortably soft, oritsags, orifthecushions inafavorite chair do
notgive fullsupport toyour injured back, make some changes. Without fullsupport, an
aching back will continue to trouble.
96.6. Exercise—General
96.6.1 Exercises Designed to Stimulate Circulation and to Stretch T ight Muscles
96.6.2 Exercises for Balance, Posture, Circulation and Increasing Coordination
96.6.3 Exercise Planning
96.6.4 T eaching the Client How to Get the Most Out of Exercise
96.6.1 Exercises Designed to Stimulate Circulation and to Stretch Tight Muscles
Performed While Sitting —
1.Sitwell balanced onthefloor with both legsstretched outinfront ofyou. Pullknees up
tochest. Relax. Touch head totheknees. Relax. Repeat. Atfirst, youmay notbeable to
bring knees alltheway uportotouch them with thehead. Persistence willsoon payoff.
2.Insame position, place thearms under bent knees. Now,straighten outright leg.Return
to original position. Straighten out left leg. Return. Repeat, alternating legs.
3.Insitting position with legsstretched outonfloor infront, bend forward from hips keep-
ingtheback straight with arms bent atelbows andheld intoside. Hold bent position,
but do not bounce.
4.Insame position asinno.3immediately above, spread legsapart andstretch down first
totheright legandthen totheleft, maintaining thestraight back atalltimes. Hold the
stretch position for the count of 5 each time before relaxing.5.Inthesitting position, place pillow under calfandrotate ankles ofleftleg,then theright
leg.
Performed While Standing —
1.Clasp hands behind theback. Now straighten thearms, shoulders, andback. Breathe in
quickly to the count of 4. Relax and breathe out to the count of 7. Repeat.
2.Raise arms tothefront, breathing inasyouraise thearms andexhaling asyoulower
them—as follows:
1.Raise to shoulder height. Then lower to side.
2.Raise above head, stretch to the ceiling. Let the eyes look at the ceiling. Lower to side.
3.Raise above the head, turn the palms out. Lower to side.
Start this exercise with 3 repeats and gradually add more as you feel comfortable.
3.Place hands onsides directly infront ofhipbones. Now bend forward toahorizontal
position. Keep back straight. Feel thestretch intheback andlegs. Bend knees slightly
and then come up to straight position.
4.Withthefeetslightly apart, elbows bent, rotate shoulders front toback several times.
Reverse and rotate back to front.
5.Deep knee bend. Justbend knees slightly.This willbesufficient toexercise many mus-
cles without attempting the deep knee bend which may traumatize injured parts.
Performed While L ying on the Floor —
1.Lieontheback with legs straight onfloor.Pull right knee uptoward thechest. Hold in
thisposition tocount of10.Besure totuck thechin in,donotlethead fallbackwards.
Repeat with left knee.
2.Pullboth legsuptochest andhold inthisposition with arms clasped around knees fora
count of 10. Don’ t forget to breathe as you count.
3.Insame position asinexercise two. 2,extend right legupandforward intotheair.Lower
slowly.Repeat with right legseveral times andthen perform thesame movement with
the left leg.
4.Turnandlieononeside. Place hand under thehead. Bend thebottom legslightly.Now
raise the top leg up and down, pointing the toes. Repeat several times.
5.Turn and lie on the other side and repeat the same exercise.
Performed on the Hands and Knees —
1.Getinposition onhands andknees andrelax. Now hump theback. Push itupasfaras
is comfortable. Relax. Repeat.
2.Same exercise asabove, except asyouarch theback, bring thehead down. Now bring
right knee intowards thehead, then straighten legoutagain behind youasyouraise the
head andstraighten theback. Repeat several times with right leg,then repeat exercise
using left leg.
3.Sitback ontheheels. Now stretch outyour arms andhead onthefloor infront. Hold for
a few seconds, then return to original position. Repeat several times.
4.Lieonthestomach. Then place theelbows onthefloor andclasp hands together inafist.
Place forehead ontheclasped hands. Now straighten theright legoutbehind andraise it
upwards as high as you can. Lower. Repeat several times. Repeat with left leg.
96.6.2 Exercises for Balance, Posture, Circulation and Increasing Coordination
1.Place feettogether,arms hanging atthesides. Now,liftboth arms over thehead and, at
thesame time, bend theleftknee uptothechest ashigh aspossible. Hold afewseconds.
Return toposition. Repeat with right knee inthesame manner.When comfortable doingthisexercise, client should trytoalternate, using first onelegandthen theother while
maintaining balance.
2.Stand with thefeettogether,onehand onthewall orapiece offurniture tolend support.
Intwoeven counts, swing theleftlegforward andback. Keep theback straight, pull
theabdomen up,andelevate thechest asthelegswings back. Allthemovement should
beinthehip.Keep knee straight andthelegswinging likethependulum inaclock. Re-
peat with other leg.Assistance inmaintaining balance may berequired bypersons with
severely-weakened muscles.
96.6.3 Exercise Planning
Inworking with clients, itisalways advisable topresent theexercises inseries; that
is,thisweek dothese, next week, another set,andsoon.This will sustain interest by
giving variety totheprogram. Clients should beadvised toperform exercises, when pos-
sible tomusic. Thetempo ofthemusic should bevaried according totheageandcondi-
tionofthep


 decide our nationality, our race, our heritage? Someone or
something else does, I think. Get yourself quiet and listen. Perhaps you will
hear a voice speak within you. Then you will learn whether you are to live
or die.”
The end seemed near. Surely it was useless to struggle further. For the first
time in his life the painter was able to give over direction of his destiny to
something other than his own ego. The bitter cold of approaching night
descended on them. Just before dusk a British seaplane swooped out of the
fog with a roar, saw them, landed on the sea, took them aboard. They were
in a London hospital that night.After some weeks of convalescence, our painter once again tried his hand at
his easel. What emer ged from the canvas startled him. It was as if a hand
other than his own guided the brush, chose the colors, as though a mind
other than his own envisaged the scene. V iewing the complete painting he
felt a sur ge of joy. This was the talent he had fought to bring forth, and now
it was flowing! In rapid succession he completed six paintings, packed them
off to a London art dealer, where they were received with open arms. They
were an instantaneous success, launching him on a long and remarkable
career.
Years later he was asked about his early period of struggle and how his
talent happened to mature.
“It didn’ t mature,” he answered. “It was there all the time. I just never could
bring it out because I thought it belonged to me. As soon as I was able to
see that it belonged to a being greater than I, it emer ged of its own accord
and used me, where before I had been trying vainly to use it.”
Mystical, yes, a kind of cosmic perception by the artist of his muse, but a
far greater secret is hidden here. Our painter stumbled upon the
psychological relationship of ego to Secret Self that brooks no failure, that
inevitably leads to success, for it is a relationship in which all thought and
action proceed out of a universal intelligence and omnipotent power that
makes each work absolutely ef fective.

Fall fr om Grace

Our consciousness is anchored falsely in our surface selves, and it is this
delusion that is our fall from grace, for by it we do not know who we truly
are and fancy ourselves as tiny isolated selves in a vast and overwhelming
universe. The gradual opening and unfolding of consciousness to that point
where the vistas within our psyche are revealed is the goal of evolution
itself, as life and intelligence and being manifest out of matter, and
eventually control and dominate matter. As long as we remain chained tothe illusion of the surface self we are but puppets of sensation, reacting this
way or that to every situation that confronts us, little more than absolutely
predictive ciphers in an equation aimed at producing the free, thinking,
omnipotent human. Y et this condition of freedom and omnipotence needs
only perception, for without doubt the mere act of perceiving the Secret Self
is akin to becoming one with the Secret Self. How then shall we see? How
shall our eyes be opened?
Perhaps the most important step in discerning the Secret Self is
disillusionment with the ef fectiveness of the surface self, for how is it
possible to see when we still rejoice in our blindness? So it is that spiritual
awareness, psychic enlightenment, seldom comes to one in youth, for youth
is preoccupied with the senses, pursues all manner of sensual inamorata,
and is for the most part completely oblivious of the prison which the senses
have erected. Passing years bring the disappointments, the frustrations and
inadequacies that cause the seeking soul to cast about within psychic realms
for a new foundation on which to erect a more reliable and ef fective sense
of self. When this comes, eventual enlightenment is assured, for no one
seeks but they find, knocks but the door is opened. The mere act of turning
away from the senses and the surface self seems suf ficient. The veil is
removed, the blinder disintegrated, and an event in psychic life that was
brought about by suf fering and frustration and disillusionment turns out to
be the greatest of blessings in disguise. A new world is revealed. The death
of the surface self actually turns out to be a new birth. Resignation of the
senses from control of the person turns out to be a seizing of the reins of the
life by a new and dominant and ef fective force. When the inner eye of the
soul is opened, there descends upon the whole being a unity of parts and
force, a vitality and serenity that remake that life completely, that lend
magic and grandeur to everything that is touched or taken into
consciousness.

Who sees with equal eye, as God of all
A hero perish or a sparrow fall
Atoms or systems into ruin hurl’dAnd now a bubble burst, and now a world.
— ALEXANDER POPE

Path to Illumination

While it is true that perception of the indwelling Secret Self ordinarily
comes to harassed mortals only after much suf fering and disillusionment,
nevertheless there is a path by which such suf fering may be avoided in the
main, provided that first the soul is dedicated and sincere in its desire to
make the discovery. The Secret Self is never discovered alone within, but at
the same time is discovered in all places, in all beings, and is found to be
the same in all. Dif ferent forms of life are merely disguises donned for the
moment by the single self that underlies all, that truly is all, a play in which
for the moment the Divine is hidden, in which for that moment it actually
has become in entirety each of the things it has become. All the power and
effectiveness of the Supreme is within you, is yours to use, and is also in
everyone and everything else, existing there behind the curtain of ego-
consciousness, waiting to be discovered. Therefore there is a tremendous
underlying equality to all things under the sun. Each is sprung from the
same substance and has inherent within it the same omnipotent being, and
we are not each of us dif ferent and individual and separate except insofar as
we are incomplete. T o be complete is to be the Secret Self, whole and
entire, without reservation or error.
The most painless path to illumination, to perception of the Secret Self, is
thus to arrive at a desire to know the truth that lies behind the surface facade
of the senses and to seek this truth not only within but without, in every
person you meet as well as in yourself. Once this sense of absolute equality
of things and people begins to make itself known to you, then you will
detect a presence in each stone and clod, in each tree and plant, in each
animal and person you meet, locked in a prison dictated by its form to be
sure, but a presence pure and simple of the Secret Self, which has chosenthe masquerade for its own purposes and is not truly locked away from
consciousness of its real self but even now is developing it as we brush at
the veil that separates us from our heritage.
Once you sense the presence of the Divine in all things, you are able to
arrive at a sense of equality that makes you in some secret and inviolable
corner of your being untouched by victory or defeat, pleasure or pain,
position or prestige. Y ou become so intent on doing the work of the Secret
Self that you abandon almost altogether the uses of the ego and so achieve a
kind of selflessness in your appearance to the world. Equality is a perfect
psychic position but is impossible to the ego, which seeks forever to be
better than all the egos around it, and if it is not better it is convinced it is
worse and so either becomes blown-up and blind or wounded and fearful
and thus provides the worst of all psychic bases for dealing with life, love,
and accomplishment. T o be equal is to be unafraid. T o know that there
inhabits all others the same being that inhabits you is to achieve a psychic
confidence that enables you to place your life and hopes and ener gies in the
hands of this being without a qualm, with absolute certainty that you will be
guided to perform that work that you must do, in the best of all possible
ways, at the best of all possible times.

The Phantom Material W orld

It is an established fact that our five senses perceive but the tiniest portion
of the almost infinite spectrum of vibrations that prevails in the universe,
that a million times more remains untold about each thing than can possibly
be perceived by sensual means. Whistles can be made which are
imperceptible to the human ear but are easily heard by certain animals. The
frequency of vibration we know as light is strictly bounded as to the range
that has an ef fect on the human eye, but nevertheless we know there are
variations in what people can see — some are colorblind, others
nearsighted, others farsighted; some have an artist’ s vision, to others
materializations appear, as to Bernadette at Lourdes. In short, materialistswho pride themselves on accepting nothing but the evidence of their senses
are accepting the sketchiest of evidence; they actually pride themselves on
their blindness, accepting things as facts on the basis of knowing a mere


 in the United States of
Ameri ca. With Your Sword of Blue Flame, CUT FREE!  (x3) every force that is not of the
Light!

Encapsulate these energies in Your Cosmic Circle of White Lightning. Lift every electron of
this negativity into the arms of Divine Grace and instantly TRANSMUTE  it cause, core, effect,
record and memory back into Light!

Beloved Ones, expand this Divine Service now into every country, nation, city, province, town
and hamlet on Earth. With Your Sword of Blue Flame, CUT FREE!  (x3) every force that is not
of the Ligh t!

Encapsulate these energies in Your Cosmic Circle of White Lightning. Lift every electron of
this negativity into the arms of Divine Grace and instantly TRANSMUTE  it cause, core, effect,
record and memory back into the Light!

Beloved Legions of Light, in the full Authority of God’s Will on Earth, I COMMAND that in
every location where negativity was removed the Patterns of Perfection for Divine Government
shall be established NOW and FOREVER!

Through the Presence of God I AM,  I ASK  for a special Cosmic Dispensation. Beloved Father -
Mother God and the Legions of Light throughout Infinity, envelop Washington, D.C., the
United States of America and every country on Earth in the full embrace of God’s Will and the
Sacred Flames of D ivine Love, Enlightenment, Wisdom, Truth, Eternal Peace, Justice,
Freedom, Compassion and all of the Infinite Patterns of Perfection associated with Divine
Government!

I make this invocation, this command and this decree through the Power of God, I AM! And so
It is, Beloved I AM!
  Invocation to the Elohim of God’s First Cause of Perfection
Through the Presence of God, I AM, in me and in all of Humanity, I INVOKE  the Mighty
Elohim and the Legions of Light associated with the Sapphire -Blue Flame of God’s First Cause
of Perfection!

Blessed One, come forth now and blaze Your Sacred Flame into the cause and core of all
human miscreation in Washington, D.C., and then ce, through every government capital in the
World! Go forth now with Your Invincible Angelic Legions, and sweep through every
government building, every office and every home in the city of Washington, D.C. and every
state in the USA. Expand this purifying  Activity of Light into every country in the World!
Transmute the human desire to use free will destructively, and replace it with the intense desire
to serve God and Humanity with Reverence for ALL Life!

I ASK  that You permanently station Your Angelic L egions in Washington, D.C., and in all
Government Centers on Earth to ensure that all rates of vibration that tie any individual to
activities of discord or imbalance be quickened to a point where they are set FREE in the Light!

Protect every soul from a ccepting negative human suggestions, and help each one to be a
receiver of the Forces and Inspirational Activities of God. Assist each one to be a willing
participant in the fulfillment of the Divine Plan of establishing Divine Government on Earth: A
Gover nment OF the I AM Presence, BY the I AM Presence, FOR the I AM Presence of ALL
Humanity!

Give added protection to those people who are already manifesting God’s Will through their
Divine Plans, and protect them from all interference that would seek to disrupt the
establishment of Divine Government on Earth.

I consciously accept this done right now, eternally sustained, and all -powerfully active, ever -
expanding and world -encompassing until Divine Government is manifest in every country of
the World! And so It is, Beloved I AM!

The Goddesses of Liberty, Justice, Freedom,
Victory, Glory and Oneness
In the Name of the Almighty Presence of God, I AM, and through the Creative Fire pulsating in
every Heart Flame, I INVOKE  the Goddess of Liberty, the Goddess  of Justice, the Goddess of
Freedom, the Goddess of Victory, the Goddess of Glory and the Goddess of Oneness! I also
invoke the Silent Watcher for Washington, D.C., Beloved Columbia, and all of the Mighty
Guardians and Cosmic Beings who dwell in the Etheric Complex over Washington, D.C.

Blessed Ones come forth now, and assist me with the most powerful cleansing activity
Humanity and the Earth are capable of receiving during this Cosmic Moment! As One Unified
Heart, we now invoke the 5th -Dimensional Crystalline Solar Violet Flame of God’s Infinite
Perfection.  Blaze, blaze, blaze this Sacred Violet Fire in, through and around all inharmonious actions, all lower human consciousness and all obstructions of the Light, that I or any part of
Life have ever placed on the Pathway of Life’s Perfection!

Through the Divine Power of God’s Infinite Perfection, Transmute this discordant energy
cause, core, effect, record and memory —NOW and FOREVER!

BLAZE and SUSTAIN the Violet Flame of a Thousand Suns and the Cosmic Blue Lightning of
Divine Will, Power, Faith and Authority from the very Heart of our Father -Mother God in,
through and around:
• The President of the United States of America and his Cabinet —now and forever!
• The Senate and the House of Representatives for the United States of America —now and
forever!
• The Supreme Court and ALL Courts of Law, and ALL legal procedures —now and
forever!
• The United Nations and ALL of its members —now and forever!
• Through ALL World leaders and those associated with the Governments of Earth at
national, state and lo cal levels—now and forever!

I accept this Victoriously accomplished through the power of God, I AM! And so It is!

The Decree For The Earth And Her Nations
In the Full Power and Authority of the Beloved Presence of God, I AM, we, the Children of
Earth, humbly come to the Heart of our Father -Mother God to invoke into the physical plane of
Earth the most intensified Activity of God’s Will ever manifested in the history of time!

We invoke the Legions of Light serving this blessed Earth to absorb th is Divine Essence into
every fiber of their Beings and project it into the Heart Flame and conscious mind of every
person associated with the Governments of this Planet in any way, shape or form!

Blaze the Cosmic Flame of God’s Will through every one of these people and clear away any
destructive activity of their own free will which might rush in to try and impede their conscious
desire to do God’s Will! Help them to become and remain obedient to the Law of Harmony and
to BE God in action at ALL times.

Seal all Governmental positions, individually and collectively, in the radiance of God’s Will!
Reveal through Illumination’s Flame, the Divine Purpose and Divine Plan for each office and
each individual, and give to each person the Spiritual Courage to fu lfill that Plan perfectly.

Let the Will of God be manifest in, through and around ALL of the Governments of the
World—NOW and FOREVER! Let the LIGHT OF GOD THAT IS ETERNALLY
VICTORIOUS Enlighten and lead ALL Humanity everywhere!

We accept this manifest ing NOW, even as we call! And so It is, Beloved I AM!

For I Demand…  BY THE MIGHTIEST…! (x3) THANK YOU! (x3) ALMIGHTY I AM! (x3)  I AM America Decrees

BELOVED MIGHTY I AM PRESENCE AND GREAT HOST OF ASCENDED MASTERS!
Come forth in all outer activities! Seize possession and control of America, the government,
Her people, and Her resources! Hold them forever in the Heart of Thy Perfection, and bless all
with Thy Happiness and Transcendent Light!

To You, our Beloved United States of America and the Americas, we say: “America, we love
You! America, we love You! America, we love You with a Love that is Infinite, Eternal, and
Almighty! Our Love shall guard You  with Invincible Power forever, forever, and forever,
against everything that is less than the Ascended Masters’ Perfection! ‘The Light of God That
Never Fails’ shall rule forever within the Americas; and so long as the Stars remain and the
Heavens send do wn dew, so long shall the Americas remain the Land of Light and Love,
Freedom, and Justice! We have commanded by the Power of the Unfed Flame, the ‘Three times
Three,’ and the Cosmic Light; so shall it be established to the people of the Americas forever!”

I DEMAND, I COMMAND, AND I AM AN OPEN DOOR through which the Beloved Mighty
I AM Presence, the Great Host of Ascended Masters, the Great Cosmic Beings, and the Great
Angelic Host, can flood our Beloved Land of America with all the Divine Justice which en ables
the Cup of the World to overflow with the Blessings of Life; and dissolve from the Planet all
that has so long denied, defied, and disobeyed the Law of the Perfection of God, the Beloved
Mighty I AM Presence,  and the Ascended Host!

America, we love You! America, we bless You! America, You are the “Cup of Light”


ject	the	statements	after	due	deliberation.

Thus	we	feel	this	volume	should	not	be	considered	a	dangerous	book	for	the

layman	but	a	thought	provoking	treatise.

The	Publisher.

PREFACE

For	the	past	2000	years	physicians	have	been	looking	in	the	wrong	direction	for

the	cure	of	disease.	Their	worse	than	useless	practice	of	killing	germs	with

poison	drugs	has	never—and	can	never—solve	the	problem	of	disease.

During	the	Dark	Ages,	before	the	introduction	of	improved	nutrition	and

sanitation,	the	world	was	intermittently	visited	with	epidemics	of	smallpox.	The
	cause	was	stubbornly	ignored	and	the	seeds	for	more	disease	were	sown	when

vaccination	was	brought	into	popular	use.	This	infusion	of	poison	injected	into

the	bloodstream	of	the	masses	only	served	to	intensify	the	disease	in	some	cases,

suppress	the	symptoms	in	others	and	create	new	and	more	serious	diseases	in

still	others.	So,	with	the	passing	of	years	we	have	seen	this	misbegotten	child	of

ignorance	grow	into	a	Frankenstein	monster	of	immense	proportions	that	moves

relentlessly	forward,	grinding	under	foot	the	multitudes	that	throng	its	path.

Through	the	lethal	power	of	this	poisoned	needle,	the	simple	zymotic

(contagious)	diseases	of	the	past	have	been	devolved	into	the	horrors	of	the

present—our	terrifying	and	expanding	crop	of	"killer	diseases".	Many	of	these

strange	"mystery	diseases"	that	baffle	the	entire	medical	world,	are	the	sordid

products	of	vaccine	poisons	that	disturb	the	chemical	balance	of	the	body	and

interfere	with	normal	functioning.

All	these	medically-made	atrocities	are	far	worse	than	smallpox	or	any	of	the

other	eruptive	diseases	that	nature	provides	as	a	means	of	expelling	the

accumulated	poison	waste	from	the	abused	body.	This	interference	with	the

balanced	economy	of	nature	has	multiplied	the	problems	beyond	the	power	of

science	to	control.

Our	worst	epidemics	now	are	epidemics	of	vaccination	in	which	more	people	are

killed	every	year	by	"vaccinal	diseases"	than	by	the	diseases	that	the

vaccinations	were	supposed	to	combat.

Complete	freedom	from	disease	can	scarcely	be	found	except	in	remote	islands

or	isolated	communities	that	have	not	been	invaded	by	medical	mischief	and

commercialized	products.	Is	our	proud	civilization	to	be	degraded,	corrupted,

and	destroyed	by	its	own	inventions	designed	for	selfish	profit	and	exploitation

of	the	race?

Vaccination,	instead	of	being	the	promised	blessing	to	the	world,	has	proved	to

be	a	curse	of	such	sweeping	devastation	that	it	has	caused	more	death	and

disease	than	war,	pestilence,	and	plague	combined.	There	is	no	scourge	(with	the

possible	exception	of	atomic	radiation)	that	is	more	destructive	to	our	nation’s

health	than	this	monument	of	human	deception—this	slayer	of	the	innocent—
this	crippler	of	body	and	brain—THE	POISONED	NEEDLE.

Eleanor	McBean,	PhD,	ND	CHAPTER	1
THE	POISONED	NEEDLE
"Truth	wears	no	mask,	seeks	neither	place	nor	applause,	bows	to	no	human

shrine;	she	only	asks	a	hearing."

The	increasing	flood	of	evidence	against	vaccination	and	the	growing	for	the

unsuppressed	facts	about	this	"touchy"	subject	have	literally	forced	this	book

into	being.

As	this	work	has	progressed	and	the	extensive	research	has	been	carried	to	trace

down	and	organize	the	material	for	this	manuscript,	other	valuable	long

concealed	records,	that	I	had	not	expected,	have	come	into	my	hands	as	if	by

some	unseen	power.	It	is	to	be	hoped	that	the	information	contained	within	these

pages	will	help	to	sweep	away	the	tragic	errors	that	cloud	the	minds	of	the

people	as	well	as	the	physicians.	It	is	urgent	that	the	living	words	of	TRUTH	or

some	other	force	be	applied	to	abolish	that	deadly	weapon,	THE	POISONED

NEEDLE,	which	has	been	the	menacing	road	block	standing	m	the	way	of

progress	in	the	healing	field	for	these	many	years.

Vaccination	and	the	false	germ	theory	upon	which	it	is	hinged	has	led	mankind

far	astray	and	has	severed	the	fragile	thread	that	offered	medical	theory	and

practice	a	hope	of	becoming	a	science.	Under	the	sway	of	our	present

degenerative	medical	methods	the	health	of	our	people	has	declined	to	the	lowest

point	in	history.	The	1955	survey	showed	that	over	90%	of	our	population	is

below	par	mentally	or	physically.	According	to	life	insurance	records,	army

reports,	hospital	statements,	government	statistics	and	physical	examinations	for

marriage	certificates	and	employment,	etc.,	it	is	revealed	that	there	is	hardly	one

normal,	healthy	person	in	a	hundred.	The	Cancer	Foundation	states	that	one	out

of	every	four	is	marked	for	cancer.	The	figures	on	heart	trouble	are	even	worse

than	that	and	the	other	"killer	diseases"	come	in	for	their	toll.	Practically	all	the

rest	of	the	people	have	symptoms	of	less	serious	diseases;	these	symptoms	being

headaches.	constipation,	weak	eves,	dental	caries,	colds,	pain,	stomach	trouble,

etc.

Most,	if	not	all,	diseases	are	avoidable	and	curable	(at	a	certain	stage)	but	not
	under	the	deceptive	medical	method	of	poisoning	the	well	and	the	sick	with

vaccines	and	drugs	and	mutilating	them	with	unnecessary	operations.

When	socialized	medicine	was	threatening,	a	meeting	of	medical	officials	was

called	to	discuss	just	how	many	and	which	operations	would	really	be	necessary

if	there	was	no	profit	in	it
.	It	was	decided	that	only	3%	would	be	considered

essential	under	those	conditions.	This	information	came	from	a	medical	student

whose	instructor	had	attended	the	meeting.

WHERE	HAVE	THE	"GREAT	STRIDES	OF	MEDICAL

SCIENCE"	TAKEN	US?
After	a	glance	at	the	medical	records	covering	the	past	70	years	of	what

boastfully	called	"our	great	strides	of	medical	science"	we	can	hardly	help

wondering	if	those	seven	league	strides	haven’t	been	in	reverse,	because	there	a

marked	decline	in	our	nation’s	health	and	a	shocking	increase	in	the	killer

diseases	during	those	very	years.	The	acute	diseases	that	were	to	have	been

conquered	by	vaccination	have	only	been	masked	and	"save	face"	or	suppressed

until	the	retained	poisons	corroded	the	internal	organs	and	developed	into

dangerous	chronic	diseases.

The	following	table	gives	us	an	idea	of	what	our	present	faulty	methods	are

doing	to	our	race:

INCREASE	IN	KILLER	DISEASES	DURING	THE	PAST	70	YEARS

(1887-1957)

-Insanity	increased	400%
-Cancer	increased	308%
-Anemia	increased	300%
-Epilepsy	increased	397%
-Bright’s	Disease	increased	65


 be caused by the same mechanism. How severe a disease
becomes may depend on other psychological, energetic and nutritional factors but its nature and location are determined by the
content of the conﬂict shock.
Hamer believes that the correlation between key emotional shock events, the target brain areas and the related organs has
developed as an adaptation of our human evolution from similar programs in the animal world. When we unexpectedly experience
emotional distress, an emergency repair program is set in motion, a biological conﬂict program with the aim of returning the individual
to normal. Such programs can even apply to families or other groups.
Hamer gives the following example. A mother sees her child in a bad accident. In evolutionary terms small children recover faster
when they receive extra milk. Theref ore, the biological conﬂict program tries to stimulate milk production by increasing the number of
breast cells. If the mother is right-handed, that will instantly cause the appearance of a Hamer Herd in a speciﬁc part of her right
brain, which in turn relates to the left breast. When the child is well again, conﬂict resolution begins and extra milk is no longer
needed. The mother gets a benign  form of tuberculosis in that breast which breaks up the excess breast cells. However, if the
mycobacteria required for this are lacking, then the area may just calcify and remain as a dormant tumor.
The same process applies also to animals. A sheep that loses its lamb to a wolf is prone to develop teat cancer; the side depends on
whether it is right or left footed. However, commonly the sheep resolves this conﬂict by bearing another lamb.
The following example may illustrate the original survival value of this mechanism. Lets assume a lion chases an antelope. The
antelope must immediately mobilize all its resources to survive. The sympathetic nervous system takes over and in addition a speciﬁc
brain center becomes active that stimulates lung activity. After the successful escape the animal rests and the parasympathetic
nervous system becomes dominant for a while to normalize body functions.
If instead a human gets a cancer diagnosis, even if the diagnosis is wrong, the same biological program is set in motion by the same
fear of death that helped the animal to escape. The stress level jumps and the brain-lung connection is activated but now there is
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of lung activity, which now takes the form of increasing lung capacity by the incessant division of cells.
This process can only be stopped by switching off the trigger in the brain through defusing the original conﬂict shock. This happens
when the patient subsequently has surgery or natural therapy, which he or she fully believes will lead to a cure. However, the same
procedure in a patient who has doubts about its effectiveness will leave the conﬂict unresolved and the disease to progress. Thanks
to Dr Hamer ’s work, this is no longe r just an unsubstantiated assumption but rather scientiﬁc fact that can be veriﬁed anytime with a
CT brain scan.
The selection of the conﬂict focus occurs by subconscious association. For instance biological conﬂicts involving water but also other
ﬂuids, such as milk or oil, lead to kidney cancer, fear of death to lung cancer and psychologically swallowing a bigger chunk then we
can digest to stomach or intestinal cancer.
Originally, in the animal world, it really was a big chunk of food, but for us it may be a ﬁnancial over-commitment or any other
obligation that we have taken on and cannot fulﬁll. However, the target focus is not determined by the event itself, but rather by the
psychological signiﬁcance that it has for us at the time of the event.
Hamer illustrates this with another example, a woman who ﬁnds her husband in bed with another female. As a sexual frustration
conﬂict it causes uterus cancer. If she instead experiences it as a partner conﬂict, then in a right-handed woman it leads to cancer of
the right breast. If the conﬂict feeling is fear and revulsion then it causes hypoglycemia and with lack of self-worth cancer may
develop in the pubic bone.
If the lack of self-worth had been due to a failure in sportsmanship rathe r than being sexually related, then the problem would have
arisen in an arm or leg instead or possibly in the ﬁngers or shoulder.
Other typical situations that may lead to biological conﬂicts are loss situations, loss of a loved one, of a job, a valued possession or a
territory.
Dr Hamer believes that most metast ases or secondary tumors are cause d by the cancer-fear or death-fear resulting from the patient
given the cancer diagnosis or a negative prognosis. However, also in this case the resulting conﬂict shock may not be fear of death
but rather anger, resentment or a separation conﬂict from partner or children and then tumors would appear in different places. Also a
diagnosis of colon cancer commonly leads to liver cancer because of a subconscious fear of starvation.
Generally hopelessness, despair and meaninglessness create chronic  stress, which prevent the healing from cancer and other
diseases but they are not the cause. According to Hamer the real cause of cancer and other diseases is an unexpected traumatic
shock for which we are emotionally unprepared. The following list shows some of the relationships between conﬂict emotions and
target organs.
Adrenal cortex  - Wrong direction, gone astray
Bladder  - Ugly conﬂict, dirty tricks
Bone  – Lack of self-worth, inferiority feeling
Breast milk gland  – Involving care or disharmony
Breast milk duct  - Separation conﬂict
Breast, left (right-handed)  – Conﬂict concerning child, home, mother
Breast, right (right-handed)  – Conﬂict with partner or others
Bronchials  – Territorial conﬂict
Cervix  – Severe frustration
Colon  – Ugly indigestible conﬂict
Esophagus   – Cannot have it or swallow it
Gall Bladder  - Rivalry conﬂict
Heart   – Perpetual conﬂict
Intestines  - Indigestible chunk of anger
Kidneys  – Not wanting to live, water or ﬂuid conﬂict
Larynx  - Conﬂict of fear and fright
Liver  – Fear of starvation
Lung  – Fear of dying or suf focation, including fear for someone else
Lymph glands  – Loss of self-worth associated with the location
Melanoma  – feeling dirty, soiled, deﬁled10/30/24, 4:56 PM Health-Science-Spirit - The New Medicine of Dr Hamer
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Cancer/The-New-Medicine-of-DrHamer.html 2/6Middle ear  – Not being able to get some vital information
Mouth  - Cannot chew or hold it
Pancreas  – Anxiety-anger conﬂict with family members, inheritance
Prostate  – Ugly conﬂict with sexual connections or connotations
Rectum  – Fear of being useless
Skin  – Loss of integrity
Spleen  – Shock of being physically or emotionally wounded
Stomach  – Indigestible anger, swallowed too much
Testes and Ovaries  – Loss conﬂict
Thyroid  – Feeling powerless
Uterus  – Sexual conﬂict
The conﬂicts for some other diseases are as follows:
Diabetes and hypoglycemia:  A right-handed female develops hypoglycemia from anxiety and revulsion, if left-handed she develops
insulin-dependent diabetes. A right-h anded male develops insulin-diabete s from a conﬂict of resisting or struggling against something,
if left-handed he develops hypoglycemia.
Heart infarct:  ﬁght for territory or its content.
Hemorrhoids:  both, a right-handed woman with an identity conﬂict and also a left-handed man with territorial anger in the healing
phase will get hemorrhoids.
Multiple sclerosis and Paralysis:  inability to escape or continue on or to hold on to or not knowing what to do.
Facial paralysis:  fear of losing face, having been made a laughing stock.
Psoriasis  involves separation conﬂict concerning mother, father, family, home, friends or pets.
Psychoses  of all kinds have one or more active Hamer Herds in each of the two parts of the brain.
Vitiligo, Leukoderma:  ugly or brutal separation conﬂict.
In regard to AIDS Dr Hamer observes that no one ever died of AIDS without having previously been told that they are HIV positive or
believe that they are. The implication is that just as with cancer, it is the negative perception associated with AIDS that causes its


 QUESTIONS • 105 Obviously, none of these harmful substances are advocated in the pro
gram. My reason for discussing them here is to heighten the awareness
among pregnant women of what their effects can be on the unborn child.
In 12 percent or more of all births in our country defects now occur, and
this number is increasing every year as more and more chemicals and
poisons enter our environment and our diet.
Being pregnant is a special time requiring more than any other time a
special consciousness about the body's needs. Following the program will
help insure the right food and the fresh air and sunshine that are integral
factors to a healthy pregnancy. Plenty of rest and regular exercise are also
necessary.
Sometimes individuals have special requirements. All changes in diet
during pregnancy should be made gradually and under the supervision of
your midwife, health adviser, or doctor.
This concludes Part I, in which I have endeavored to give you a clear under
standing of what changes in life-style are necessary for you to overcome your
weight problem once and for all, and why you would want to make these
changes. In Part II Marilyn will give you some important hints on how to
make these changes so that your new life-style will be a lasting one. Drawing
from her understanding of American dietary addictions, from her back
ground as a creative teacher of gourmet home cooking, and from her solid
grasp of the Natural Hygiene principles, she has outlined a four-week pro
gram that will show you how to prepare a variety of delicious, properly com
bined, high-water-content meals. The program has been designed to speed
you toward your goal of weight loss while comfortably initiating the all-
important detoxification of your body.
An effective WEIGHT LOSS AND HIGH-ENERGY LIFE-STYLE is now only one
meal away, so let's turn over a new leaf in our lives by turning the page to
begin....
106 • FIT FOR LIFE PART
Program
BY
Marilyn Diamond ^
INTRODUCTION
_w. hen I first consulted Harvey in
his capacity as a nutritional counselor in 1975, I was going through the
most critical health crisis of my life. I came to him in a very discouraged
frame of mind. I had a strong medical background1 and a long history of
medical treatment, but for as long as I could remember, I had never
really felt well. Excess weight was not my major concern at that time,
although I'm not saying it wasn't one of my concerns. 1 must confess,
though, from my early teens 1 had not been happy with the shape of my
body, and since that time I had always worn high heels to achieve a
thinner look.
My real problem, although I did not know it at the time, was that I was
totally out of energy. I felt terrible, and I was having a great deal of
trouble coping with my life. Actually what I was experiencing was not an
1 During my childhood my father was a biochemist at the National Institutes of Health in Bcthcsda,
Maryland. He subsequently held positions as department head of Microbiology and Molecular Biol
ogy at New York University Medical School and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is pres
ently the dean of the Graduate School of Medicine at Cornell University.
The medical and scientific professions have an all-encompassing life-style in which I was very
much involved as my father's child. I worked in his laboratory during summer vacations, and under
his influence 1 studied biology and chemistry in college.
• 109 • uncommon phenomenon. Conditions of negative energy are the basis of
many of the physical, psychological, and emotional problems being expe
rienced by men, women, and children in this country. My symptoms
were not unusual: stomach pain, embarrassing skin eruptions, depression,
confusion, sudden mood swings, and emotional outbursts. What fright
ened me was that they were becoming progressively worse. After having
been so highly motivated in college that I had been Phi Beta Kappa and
magna cum laude, at the age of thirty-one, with two small children, I
spent much of my time in depression and tears, wondering how I was
ever going to feel well enough to get on with my life. No amount of
drugs, treatment, or therapy that I had had over the years had done any
thing to change or improve my situation. In all the time that I had been
medicated for a nervous stomach and debilitated digestive tract, been
tranquilized for nervous tension, taken injection therapy for pain, and
theorized with the "experts" about my physical, mental, and emotional
"dis-ease," no one ever asked me what I was eating! Harvey did!
Natural Hygiene, as Harvey was teaching it, supplied me with answers
about my health that I had all but given up on finding. What did I learn?
Everything I needed to know to help myself feel well! I learned that I was
in pain and out of energy because for most of my life I had been overtax
ing my system with the wrong kinds of foods. Because for so many de
cades in this country breast-feeding had not been in vogue, I had been
among the millions of babies who never received breast milk, the only
food naturally intended for and suitable to the young of the human spe
cies. In his most recent book, How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of
Your Doctor, Dr. Robert S. Mendelsohn writes, "Breast-feeding lays the
foundation for healthy physical and emotional growth... Mother's
milk, time-tested for millions of years, is the best nutrient for babies be
cause it is nature's perfect food."2
How did we in our society arrive at that place of ignorance where we
actually didn't know what a difference breast-feeding would make in the
future health of our children? Dr. Mendelsohn places the blame firmly
with the commercially motivated formula manufacturers and the pedi
atricians who help them sell their formulas. He faults obstetricians and
pediatricians for failing to emphasize strongly enough the importance of
breast-feeding. As a result, millions of children in our society have been
and continue to be raised on formula and cow's milk, which are over
laden with protein and which some researchers feel contain a coarser and
therefore less absorbable calcium than that found in mother's milk. In
my case, this led to a highly acidic condition in my young body, incredi-
2Robcrt S. Mendelsohn. M.D. How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor. Chicago:
Contemporary Books, Inc., 1984: 46-47. (Italics are Dr. Mendelsohn's.)
110'FIT FOR LIFE bly debilitating bouts of hives, joint problems that ultimately necessitated
surgery in both knees, and a weakened nervous system. As is typical in
our country I had been raised on meat from a very early age. As a natural
vegetarian (although I didn't find this out until the age of thirty-one), my
inability to digest meat resulted in persistent and painful digestive diffi
culties. I had a gourmet background (my mother was a talented hostess
and an accomplished gourmet cook) and had traveled considerably from
early childhood. I was exposed to international cuisine at an early age. As
a college student I had the opportunity to work with a French provincial
cook, Armand Ducellier, in Avignon, France. All of this was very much
part of my identity and my life-style, and at first it was hard for me to see
it as the root of my health problems. But the plain fact was that the foods
I had been eating were wreaking havoc on my body, leaving me with no
energy to cope with anything else in my life.
When I put into practice the principles that Harvey recommended,
which are the same that he has just outlined for you, / lost twenty
pounds! In a matter of only six weeks, and for the first time in my adult
life, I was proud of and comfortable with the shape of my body. That is an
exhilarating feeling that everyone deserves! Even more important for me,
however, was my change in outlook. The cloud of depression under
which I had been living for years began to lift. I began to experience
whole days of tranquillity. Only someone who has suffered the drain of
mental and physical depression can understand what a breakthrough that
can be. As my body worked to put itself back into balance, I could see
that I was going to be able to live the productive and fulfilling life that
had once been my dream. I felt as if I were coming back to the land of
the living!
One thing was apparent from the outset: It would be necessary to shed
my traditional gourmet approach to food preparation if I was determined
to feel consistently well. This became apparent for me during detoxifica
tion? as my taste buds would periodically yearn for past addictions, and
the indulging of those addictions would immediately make me feel un
well again. Working with Harvey, 1 began to focus on what people would
do when they, like me, became aware of the importance of healthy
weight loss. How would they make a comfortable transition from their
traditional eating habits? What I needed and what others would need was
an exciting new approach to delicious yet nutritious food that would


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