withdrawal from a fast) ............................................. 363
13.7. How to prepare Bolotov’s whey (serum) .... 369
13.8. What are the potential complications during
withdrawal from fasting? .......................................... 371
14. What’s the ideal scheme for conducting a dry
fractional fast at home? ..........................................  379
15. How many kinds of dry fasting exist? ............  384
15.1. Interesting facts: Secrets of Japanese monks
...................................................................................... 392  15.2. Interesting facts: Dry fasting and dousing
with cold water ........................................................... 399
16. How should you conduct a long dry fast? ...... 401
17. Dry fractional fasting. Who do we recommend it
to?............................................................................  473
18. How to come out of a 9 -day dry fasting course?
.................................................................................  480
A nutritional program for coming out of a fast .. 495
19. What diseases can be cured through dry fasting?
.................................................................................  499
19.1. Dry fasting for acute diseases. ...................... 499
19.1.1. Fasting for acute infections (acute
respiratory diseases, influenza) ........................... 502
19.1.2. Dry fasting for the relapse of gastric ulcer
or duodenal ulcer, chronic pancreatitis,
cholecystitis, colitis, etc. ....................................... 516
19.1.3. Dry fasting for diabetes ......................... 521
19.2. Dry Fasting for chronic diseases .................. 524  19.2.1. Dry Fasting for endointoxication and
atherosclerosis............................................................ 529
19.2.2. Dry Fasting for hypertension .................... 532
19.2.3. Why dry fasting helps fight chronic diseases
...................................................................................... 539
19.2.4. Dry fasting for cystic tumors in the body  543
19.2.5. Dry Fasting for Infertility .......................... 546
19.2.6. Toxemia in Pregnant Women .................. 551
19.2.7. Endometriosis ............................................. 558
19.2.8. Dry Fasting for Benign Tumors ................ 561
19.2.9. Mastopathy ..................................................  566
19.2.10. Prostatitis and benign prostatic hyperplasia
...................................................................................... 568
19.2.11. Dry Fasting for Bronchopulmonary
Diseases....................................................................... 573
19.2.12. Cardiovascular Diseases: Hypertension
and Atherosclerosis ................................................... 591  19.2.13. Neurological diseases: degenerative disc
disease, protrusions, disk herniation, migraine.
................................................................................. 600
19.2.14. Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylos ing
spondylitis, deforming osteoarthrosis, infectious
polyarthritis........................................................... 604
19.2.15. Can dry fasting treat AIDS and hepatitis
C?............................................................................ 627
19.2.16. Dry Fasting against Cancer ................ 631
19.2.17. Dry Fasting against Skin Diseases ..... 637
19.2.18. Functional Nervous System Disorders
................................................................................. 649
19.2.19. Dry Fasting against Obesity ............... 652
20. How does doctor Filonov debunk myths about
dry therapeutic fasting? ..........................................  679
Literature ..............................................................  722

 Foreword by the curator of English and
Italian edition Vera Giovanna Bani
Between 29 June and 13 July 2019 I had the
honor and the privilege of organizing the first
dry fasting practice in Europe (Strunjan - Slove-
nia), with Dr. Filonov and his team of masseurs:
his daughters Olga Kulikova, Anastasiya An-
tonova and nephew Andrey Cherkasskyj. We
worked with a fantastic group of almost thirty
people, all Italians except for one German girl,
one French and one Swiss. The experience was
wonderful, effective and constructive for every-
one (see the p hoto dossier at the end of the
book).  But how did this project of disseminating
dry fasting begin?...
…In October 2016, I began to get interested in
dry fasting without suspecting that this path
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world. I disco vered that in the post -war Soviet
Union, where pharmaceutical lobbies were en-
tirely inexistent, and a strong spirit of innova-
tion and scientific research prevailed, a medical -
scientific approach entailing therapeutic fasting
was formally consolidated. Drawing on a tradi-
tion previously established in Russia, the mech-
anisms of therapeutic fasting had been success-
fully investigated and clinically tested on thou-
sands of patients over the course of 60 years.
This provided the scientific foundation that
eventuall y made it possible for the Ministry of
Health to approve its methodological indica-
tions. Many Russian doctors had the oppor-
tunity to cultivate this approach and even
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defined.
In November 2016, I worked to meet Dr. Fi-
lonov, who is considered the top dry fasting ex-
pert in Russia. I offered him to become the fore-
runner of dry fasting in Italy and he gave me
“carte blanche”. Thus, in March 2017, thanks to
the invitation of the Italian University of Health
heade d by Dr. Valdo Vaccaro, I had the oppor-
tunity to introduce Dr. Filonov to the Italian au-
dience.
In the summer of 2017, I tested this fantastic
method on myself at Dr. Filonov’s headquarters
in Altai Republic (Ust -Sema, West Siberia) and
finally in mid -December 2017 the monograph,
Digiuno secco. Gli ultimi sviluppi della digiuno-
terapia in Russia  (Dry Fasting: the latest
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It’s the first non -Russian book about dry fasting!
This 687 -page volume comprises the al most
complete version of the first book by Dr Filonov,
Suchoe lechebnoe golodanie. Mify i realnost (Dry
medical fasting. Myths and reality) and selected
chapters of his second book, Lechenie organizma
sobstvennymi silami  (Curing the body with its
own strengths)1.

1 Our monograph in italian: Digiuno secco. Gli ultimi sviluppi della
digiunoterapia in Russia  (Dry fast: the latest developments in fasting
in Russia), Macerata, edizioni Simple 2017, brings together the
translation of the two writings of S. Filonov and is composed as fol-
lows:
- Suchoe lechebnoe golodanie. Mify i realnost  - (Therapeutic dry
fasting.  Myths and reality), 2008. This book is reported here in
an almost integral version, separated into the shorter chapters:
Interesnye svedeniya o suchom golodanii (Interesting facts about
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aly: its emergence attracted the attention of the
community of complementary medicine sup-
porters, and many bought it without hesitation,
despite its weight and hefty price.
Nonetheless, we’d like to emphasize, however,
is that the subject of our work has had repercus-
sions outside of a circle of enthusiasts of the al-
ternative medicine scene: today, our website Si-
berika.it receives continuous requests for

dry fasting), Zenshchina, kotoraya ne est  (The woman who does
not eat ), Solntseedy  (The sun -eaters)
- Lechenie organizma sobstvennymi silami (Curing the body with
its own strengths), 2015 - the chapters regarding the vetero -
slavic massage Staroslaviyanskie metody lecheniya  (Vetero -
slavic treatment methods) have been omittedy

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deposits.
-Use vinegar to get rid of any
dried baking soda residue in little
nooks and crannies that might
stick after you clean with it.
-Experiment with scents, and
you know you can always adjust
the amount according to your
preferences.
-Pour a little of your scented
vinegar onto a clean cloth and
wipe a surface-smelling it directly
from the bottle doesn’t always
give the most accurate idea of
what it will smell like when you are
using it.
-Buy vinegar in gallon jugs and
scent the whole thing at once-this
is easy and cost-effective.
315Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingI love the fresh smell of citrus with vinegar; it just adds a little extra something that makes it feel like things are
that much cleaner. The citrus I am referring to is orange, although you can use lemon if you prefer.Citrus Vinegar
-1/2 teaspoon of citrus
essential oil
-1 gallon of white distilled
vinegar1. Drop the essential oil into the vinegar, close the lid, and give it a good
shake. Add more or less if you prefer.
316Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Scented VinegarY ou will need… DirectionsTo add a little extra germ-killing/disinfecting power to your vinegar, mix in some tea tree oil.Tea Tree Oil Vinegar
-3/4 of a teaspoon of tea tree
essential oil
-1 gallon of white distilled
vinegar1. Add the tea tree oil to a gallon of vinegar. Replace the cap on the
vinegar and shake well.
317Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Scented VinegarY ou will need… DirectionsThis relaxing scent is probably my favorite to use when cleaning the bathroom-I think it’s an old association I
have with keeping a little lavender sachet in the bathroom for as long as I can remember.Lavender Vinegar
-1/2 teaspoon of lavender
essential oil
-1 gallon of white distilled
vinegar1. Add lavender essential oil to 1 gallon of vinegar. Replace the cap on
the vinegar and shake well.
318Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Scented VinegarY ou will need… DirectionsIf you like a piney scent, adding fir essential oil to your vinegar is a great way to get it. I enjoy using this to clean
floors.Fir Vinegar
-1/2 teaspoon of fir essential oil
-1 gallon of white distilled
vinegar1. Mix essential oil into vinegar. Replace cap and shake well.
319Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Scented VinegarY ou will need… DirectionsY ou’re being force-I mean happily attending-a wedding. How are you going restore your dusty, scuffed, leather
shoes to the beautiful shiny creations they once were without using something toxic when many commercial
products can contain things like turpentine? Short of painting them or going over them with a permanent black
marker, as I once watched a friend of mine do, it seems hard to naturally restore luster to leather. Luckily, it’s not-
and there are no markers involved.Shoe PolishOlive oil and lemon juice just have a way of restoring the shine to your shoes. Olive Oil & Lemon Juice
-1 tablespoon of olive oil
-2 teaspoons of lemon juice
-Two soft clean cloths1. Mix olive oil and lemon juice.
2. Soak cloth and then wring out extra moisture.
3. Polish shoes. Let the mixture soak into the shoes for a minute or so
and then buff them to a high shine with a soft, clean, cloth.
321Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Shoe PolishY ou will need… DirectionsSame concept as the olive oil in the above recipe, but coconut oil has a slightly different make-up.Coconut Oil
-1 tablespoon of coconut oil
-2 clean soft cloths1. Warm coconut oil to a consistency that is easy to apply to your shoes.
Dip cloth in it and shine, letting the oil soak in before buffing with a dry,
soft, cloth. Y ou can also simply scoop out a solid bit of coconut oil and
rub it in without warming it first.
322Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Shoe PolishY ou will need… DirectionsI know, shoes and banana peels don’t usually go well together, but when it’s on your shoe and not under it, a
banana peel can really be a good thing. The natural oils on the inside of a banana peel can help bring out the
best in our shoes, so don’t throw that peel away yet.Banana Peel
-1 banana peel
-A dry, soft, cloth1. Take a banana peel and rub the inside of it in a circular motion over
your shoes. Let it sit for a minute, and then buff your shoes with a clean
soft cloth. Make sure there is no leftover banana bits on your shoes
when you’re done.
323Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Shoe PolishY ou will need… DirectionsStainless steel looks great in the kitchen-until it gets all smudged up with grease and fingerprints. The cleaners
can get expensive though, especially if you have a lot of steel. The alternative? Vinegar, baby oil/olive oil,
dish soap, and water. The acetic acid in vinegar cuts through anything left behind from the soap (instead of
just smearing it around) while the soap also cuts through the smudges. A few drops of olive oil will give your
appliances a fabulous shine to have them looking new and polished again.Stainless Steel Cleaner
-1/2 cup of water
-1/4 cup of baking soda
-A spray bottle
-2 or 3 good squirts of dish
soap or liquid castile soap
-White distilled vinegar
-A few drops of olive or baby
oil (optional)1. Mix water, baking soda, and several good squirts of mild dish soap or
liquid castile soap in a spray bottle, and give it all a good shake.
2. Spray onto surface and let it sit for a minute.
3. Using a slightly dampened cloth scrub the steel clean.
4. Follow this with a spritz of vinegar to polish it off. A few drops of baby
oil or olive oil on a clean soft cloth rubbed on afterwards will give it a
nice, healthy, glow as well.
324Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Stainless Steel CleanerY ou will need… DirectionsI am going to share a rather embarrassing story with you about chemical
toilet bowl cleaner. Before making the switch to natural cleaners, I had
bought some in a spray can and thoroughly filled my toilet with it. I had
lit a match (one of the best deodorizers in an emergency!) and tossed
it into the toilet, not realizing the implications. With a whoosh flames
erupted all around the rim of the toilet bowl. Frantically huffing and
puffing I blew them out and flushed the toilet. It was a terribly unnerving
experience, not helped by my ever-thoughtful significant other who said
afterwards, “what if you had been sitting on it?!”
Granted this was just an all-around silly situation, and looking back I
really only have myself to blame for being so ignorant, but you live and
you learn. Y our toilet bowl erupting into flames is probably one of the
less-likely scenarios you’ll have to worry about when using the chemical
laden cleaners found in stores, but it still makes you wonder what on
earth you are putting into the environment that makes it so combustible!Toilet Bowl Cleaner
-For a quick touch up sprinkle
scented baking soda in the toilet.
Let it sit for 10 minutes, and then
give the sides a quick scrub and
flush.
-Invest in a good toilet brush-it
makes all the difference in the
world.
-A little elbow grease goes a long
way here. Just remember that.
While cleaning the toilet is not a
fun task, it’s better than keeping
dangerous chemicals around the
house.
-Get gloves that go up to your
elbows if you are squeamish
about the toilet. Check for
punctures before using them.
325Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingThis recipe contains tea tree oil for its disinfecting properties, vinegar, mild liquid soap, and baking soda for odor
and general cleaning. The eucalyptus scented vinegar adds a nice finishing touch and is my preferred one to go
to for this particular task, but it is not added to the cleaner, as the soap will simply break down.Tea Tree Oil Toilet Bowl Cleaner
-1/2 teaspoon of tea tree oil
-2 tablespoons plain vinegar
-1 ½ - 2 cups baking soda
-1/2 cup mild liquid soap
-Eucalyptus scented vinegar
(see Scented Vinegar Chapter)
-1/4 cup of water
-A spray bottle 1. Mix liquid soap and baking soda together, doing your best to get rid of
any lumps that form. Add the water to dilute, and lastly, add the tea tree
oil.
2. Mix the whole solution and then pour into a squirt bottle and give it a
good shake. Spray the inside of the toilet with the mixture and let it sit
for a few minutes. Take a good toilet brush and scrub away as needed,
and finish up by spritzing with eucalyptus scented vinegar (if you want
to give it a little scrub after the vinegar that’s you can, but it’s usually not
necessary.)
326Copyright 2014 everyday


 people would not denature their food and turn it into junk. In this perfectworld everyone would get moderate exercise into old age, and live virtuallywithout stress. In this utopian vision, the average healthy productive life spanwould approach a century, entirely without using food supplements or vitamins. Inthis world doctors would have next to no work other than repairing traumaticinjuries, because everyone would be healthy. But this is not the way it is.
In our less-than-ideal world virtually everything we eat is denatured,
processed, fried, salted, sweetened, preserved; thus more stress is placed on theliver and kidneys than nature designed them to handle. Except for a few highlyfortunate individuals blessed with an incredible genetic endowment that permitsthem to live to age 99 on moose meat, well-larded white flour biscuits, coffee withevaporated milk and sugar, brandy and cigarettes (we’ve all heard of someonelike this), most peoples’ liver and kidneys begin to break down prematurely. Thusdoctoring has become a financially rewarding profession.
Most people overburden their organs of elimination by eating whatever they
feel like eating whenever they feel like it. Or, they irresponsibly eat whatever isserved to them by a mother, wife, institution or cook because doing so is easy orexpected. Eating is a very habitual and unconscious activity; frequently wecontinue to eat as adults whatever our mother fed us as a child. I consider itunsurprising that when people develop the very same disease conditions as theirparents. they wrongly assume the cause is genetic inheritance, when actually itwas just because they were putting their feet under the same table as theirparents.
Toxemia also comes about from following the wrongheaded recommendations
of allopathic-inspired nutritional texts and licensed dietitians. For example, peoplebelieve they should eat one food from each of the four so-called basic foodgroups at each meal, thinking they are doing the right thing for their health byhaving four colors of food on every plate, when they really aren’t. What they haveactually done is force their bodies to attempt the digestion of indigestible food
combinations, and the resulting indigestion creates massive doses of toxins. I’ll
have a lot more to say about that later when I discuss the art of food combining.
The Actual Food Groups*
Starches Proteins Fats Sugars Water y Vegetables
bread meats butter honey zucchini
potatoes eggs oils fruit green beans
noodles fish lard sugar tomatoes
manioc/yuca most nuts nuts molasses peppers
baked goods dry beans avocado malt syrup eggplant
grains nut butters maple syrup radish
winter squash split peas dried fruit rutabaga
parsnips lentils melons turnips
sweet potatoes soybeans carrot juice Brussels sprouts
yams tofu beet juice celery
taro root tempeh cauliflower
plantains wheat grass juice broccoli
beets “green” drinks okra
spirulina lettuce
algae endiveyeast cabbage
dairy carrots
* Standard dietitians divide our foods into four  basic food groups and
recommend the ridiculous practice of mixing them at every meal. This guaranteesindigestion and lots of business for the medical profession. This chart illustrates theactual food groups. It is usually a poor practice to mix different foods from onegroup with those from another.
The Digestive Process
After we have eaten our four-color meal—often we do this in a hurry, without
much chewing, under a lot of stress, or in the presence of negative emotions—wegive no thought to what becomes of our food once it has been swallowed. Wehave been led to assume that anything put in the mouth automatically gets digestedflawlessly, is efficiently absorbed into the body where it nourishes our cells, withthe waste products being eliminated completely by the large intestine. This visionof efficiency may exist in the best cases but for most there is many a slip betweenthe table and the toilet. Most bodies are not optimally efficient at performing allthe required functions, especially after years of poor living habits, stress, fatigue,and aging. To the Natural Hygienist, most disease begins and ends with our food;most of our healing efforts are focused on improving the process of digestion.
Digestion means chemically changing the foods we eat into substances that can
pass into the blood stream and circulate through the body where nutrition is usedfor bodily functions. Our bodies use nutritional substances for fuel, for repair andrebuilding, and to conduct an incredibly complex biochemistry. Scientists are stillbusily engaged in trying to understand the chemical mysteries of our bodies. Butas bewildering as the chemistry of life is, the chemistry of digestion itself is actuallya relatively simple process, and one doctors have had a fairly good understandingof for many decades.
Though relatively straightforward, a lot can and does go wrong with digestion.
The body breaks down foods with a series of different enzymes that are mixedwith food at various points as it passes from mouth to stomach to small intestine.An enzyme is a large, complex molecule that has the ability to chemically changeother large, complex molecules without being changed itself. Digestive enzymesperform relatively simple functions—breaking large molecules into smaller partsthat can dissolve in water.
Digestion starts in the mouth when food is mixed with ptyalin, an enzyme
secreted by the salivary glands. Pylatin converts insoluble starches into simple
sugars. If the digestion of starchy foods is impaired, the body is less able to
extract the energy contained in our foods, while far worse from the point of viewof the genesis of diseases, undigested starches pass through the stomach and intothe gut where they ferment and thereby create an additional toxic burden for theliver to process. And fermenting starches also create gas.
As we chew our food it gets mixed with saliva; as we continue to chew the
starches in the food are converted into sugar. There is a very simple experimentyou can conduct to prove to yourself how this works. Get a plain piece of bread,no jam, no butter, plain, and without swallowing it or allowing much of it to passdown the throat, begin to chew it until it seems to literally dissolve. Pylatin worksfast in our mouths so you may be surprised at how sweet the taste gets. Asimportant as chewing is, I have only run into about one client in a hundred thatactually makes an effort to consciously chew their food.
Horace Fletcher, whose name has become synonymous with the importance of
chewing food well (Fletcherizing), ran an experiment on a military population inCanada. He required half his experimental group to chew thoroughly, and theother half to gulp things down as usual,. His study reports significant improvementin the overall health and performance of the group that persistently chewed.Fletcher’s report recommended that every mouthful be chewed 50 times for half aminute before being swallowed. Try it, you might be very surprised at what abeneficial effect such a simple change in your approach to eating can make. Notonly will you have less intestinal gas, if overweight you will probably find yourselfgetting smaller because your blood sugar will elevate quicker as you are eatingand thus your sense of hunger will go away sooner. If you are very thin and havedifficulty gaining weight you may find that the pounds go on easier becausechewing well makes your body more capable of actually assimilating the caloriesyou are consuming.
 A logical conclusion from this data is that anything that would prevent or
reduce chewing would be unhealthful. For example, food eaten when too hottends to be gulped down. The same tends to happen when food is seasoned withfresh Jalapeño or habaneo peppers. People with poor teeth should blend or mashstarchy foods and then gum them thoroughly to mix them with saliva. Keep inmind that even so-called protein foods such as beans often contain large quantitiesof starches and the starch portion of protein foods is also digested in the mouth.
Once the food is in the stomach, it is mixed with both  hydrochloric acid,
secreted by the stomach itself, and pepsin, an enzyme. Together these breakproteins down into water-soluble amino acids. To accomplish this the stomachmuscles agitate the food continuously, somewhat like a washing machine. Thisextended churning forms a kind of ball in the stomach called a bolis.
Many things can and frequently do go wrong at this stage of the digestive
process. First, the stomach’s very acid environment inactivates pylatin, so anystarch not converted to sugar in the mouth does not get properly processedthereafter. And the most dangerous misdigestion comes from the sad fact thatcooked proteins are relatively indigestible no matter how strong the constitution,no matter how concentrated the stomach acid or how many enzymes present. It isquite understandable to me that people do not wish to accept this fact. After all,cooked proteins are so delicious, especially cooked red meats and the harderfleshed, more flavorful fishes.
To appreciate this, consider how those enzymes that digest proteins work. A
protein molecule is a large, complex string of amino acids, each linked to the nextin a specific order. Suppose there are only six amino acids: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.So a particular (imaginary) protein could be structured: 1, 4, 4, 6, 2, 3, 5, 4, 2, 3,6, 1, 1, 2, 3, etc. Thus you should see that by combining a limited number ofamino acids there can be a virtually infinite number of proteins.
But proteins are rarely water soluble. As I said a few paragraphs back,
digestion consists of rendering insoluble foods into water-soluble substances sothey can pass into the blood stream


 Let it stop here,
today, for you.” His father trembled, nodding almost imperceptibly. “I will
show you how to make this a kingdom of peace,” said Buddha.
No one saw him do anything unusual, but it was as if the clouds passed
away from the face of the sun. The mood of war lifted; the atmosphere
became calm and pure.
As they looked around, the Sakyan soldiers seemed not to recognize
where they were. Many stared at their weapons as if they had never seen
these strange implements.
Buddha leaned closer to Assaji. “I begin this new age so that you can
continue it forever. Remember that.”
Devadatta was cut loose and his unconscious body carried away. He
woke up that night in his bed at the palace. His room was sealed and
guarded for three days while he contemplated what had happened to him.
At first he simply felt hollow and numb. Being dedicated to evil had
supplied him with a ferocious ener gy that he couldn’ t summon back. On the
night of the third day, he tried the handle and found the door to his room
open. Cautiously, Devadatta looked up and down the corridor, which wasempty. Noises came from the great hall, and after considering whether to
run, he felt an impulse to go toward the sound. His whipping at the stake
had been so severe that it befuddled his memory, and Devadatta wasn’ t
even sure how the battle had ended or who was king.
No one saw him lingering at the entrance of the hall. There was a great
celebration under way. The entire court sat at table while servants rushed
back and forth with platters of meat and saf fron rice, ripe mangoes and
honeyed berries. Suddhodana presided at the head. T o one side at a lower
table the five monks were eating rice and lentils with Buddha. The room
was filled with a quiet joy that the palace had not seen in years.
Devadatta paused, examining the festivities, then turned and left.
“Did you see that?” asked Assaji, who was on Buddha’ s right hand.
“Yes.”
“He was your sworn enemy, and now you’re letting him leave?”
“Devadatta is the one person in the world who could never leave me,”
said Buddha. “That’ s his blessing, but he saw it as a curse. He’ s tied to me
by a rope he can never let go of.”
“Then he’ll be back?” asked Assaji, not relishing the thought.
“What choice does he have?” said Buddha. “When you’re obsessed
with hatred for someone, it’ s inevitable that you will return one day as his
disciple.”
“Master, I just hope he’ s better when he comes back,” Assaji said
doubtfully.
“He will still be arrogant and proud,” said Buddha. “But it won’ t matter.
The fire of passion burns out eventually. Then you dig through the ashes
and discover a gem. Y ou pick it up; you look at it with disbelief. The gem
was inside you all the time. It is yours to keep forever. It is buddha. ”
OceanofPDF.comEpilogue
For a storyteller, it would be ideal if Buddha’ s life came to a spectacular
end. W e’re holding our breath for it. First came the fairy-tale beginning as a
handsome prince, then a second act with a wandering monk who goes
through all manner of trials and suf fering, reaching a brilliant climax when
enlightenment is achieved in a single night under the bodhi tree. Where did
this stunning life finally wind up?
Squarely back on earth, as it turns out. Buddha lived quietly for another
forty-five years, traveling throughout northern India as a renowned teacher
before dying at the ripe old age of eighty. The cause of death was eating a
bad piece of pork, an embarrassingly humble and mundane way to depart.
To satisfy our dramatic longings, we have to turn to the incidental
characters in the tale. The ones who were intimates of Siddhartha enjoyed a
warm reunion with him. His wife, Y ashodhara, and son, Rahula, became
devotees of Buddha, which seems fitting enough. They were revered to the
end of their days. Other characters had a more curious fate. The ever -
widening circle of monks around Buddha, known as the Sangha,  came to
include two misfits, his archenemy, Devadatta, and the rough-hewn warrior
Channa. According to tradition, Devadatta remained proud and resentful;
even as a disciple he caused trouble. In one famous episode Devadatta tries
to kill Buddha by starting a rockslide; in another he gets an elephant drunk
on liquor and sends it on a rampage against the Compassionate One.
(Buddha deflects the danger in both cases.) As often happens, the villain of
the piece is too much fun to let go, so there are other stories of political
intrigue with a neighboring prince named Ajatashatru and more mundane
tales of Devadatta objecting to the rules Buddha laid down for his monks. A
storyteller has a hard time making much drama out of ashram politics.Following the rules didn’ t sit well with Channa, either. Having given up
his role as brave charioteer, Channa chafed at being reduced to the status of
a holy monk. His chief sin was pride. He never let anyone for get that he had
been Siddhartha’ s best friend. He treated Buddha with too much familiarity,
causing distress among the other devotees. At a certain point Channa’ s
misbehavior became too much for even Buddha’ s tolerance. The head
disciple, Ananda, who historically was Buddha’ s cousin, was sent to
reprimand him, and from there the road divides. In one version Channa
sullenly takes his scolding and reforms. In the other, he sinks into despair
and commits suicide.
But we would be wrong to be disappointed in our hero. Enlightenment
was just the beginning of Buddha’ s spiritual ascent, which was spectacular
by any measure. Buddhism caused an earthquake in the spiritual life of
India, crushing the privileges of the Brahmin caste and raising even the
despised untouchables to spiritual dignity.
Buddha blew through the temples like a strong wind and with the
simplicity of genius reduced the human predicament to one key issue:
suffering. If suf fering is a constant in every life, he said, then until there’ s
an end to suf fering, enlightenment is pointless. Equally pointless is talk of
God or the gods, heaven and hell, sin, redemption, the soul, and all the rest.
This was reform of the severest kind, and a lot didn’ t stick. People wanted
God. Buddha refused to speak on the subject of whether God even existed.
He adamantly denied that he himself was divine. People wanted the comfort
of rituals and ceremonies. Buddha shunned ceremony. He wanted each
individual to look inside and find liberation through a personal journey that
began in the physical world and ended in Nirvana, a state of pure, eternal
consciousness. Nirvana is present in everyone, he taught, but Nirvana is like
pure water lying deep beneath the earth. Reaching it requires concentration,
devotion, and diligent work.
It’s no wonder that Buddha’ s call to awakening proved so enticing and
so dif ficult. The Middle W ay, which gained its name because it was neither
too harsh nor too easy, proved very appealing, but the journey to Nirvana is
solitary and contains little in the way of entertaining scenery. Yet there was
no ar guing against the teaching. Everything Buddha preached growslogically from the First Noble T ruth, which also happens to be the first
thing Buddha said to the five monks after he became enlightened: life
contains suf fering. The next three teachings sound more like modern
psychotherapy than conventional religion:
FIRST NOBLE  TRUTH : Life contains suf fering.
SECOND  NOBLE  TRUTH : Suffering has a cause, and the cause can be
known.
THIRD  NOBLE  TRUTH : Suffering can be brought to an end.
FOUR TH NOBLE  TRUTH : The path to end suf fering has eight parts.
Now we’ve gone beyond the role of the storyteller, since these four
simple statements created an explosion of theology that spread throughout
Asia and the rest of the world. Thanks to Buddha’ s decades of teaching, a
cadre of disciples totally committed to the Buddhist path crossed the
Himalayas and journeyed everywhere it was possible for sandals to tread.
The list of cultures that these ascetic wanderers revolutionized is
staggering: T ibet, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
Cambodia, Burma, V ietnam, and far into Malaysia and Indonesia. In many
cases a handful of Buddhist missionaries actually created a new culture.
Any outside observer can only stand back in awe.
Why did people accept this new teaching so readily? Because the First
Noble T ruth was undeniable. People knew that they were suf fering, and
instead of showing a way out, their old religions gave them surrogates, in
the form of dogma, prayers, rituals, and the like. At its simplest, Buddhism
walked into the village square and said, “Here are eight things that will
open the way to peace instead of pain


 to it, nothing
unknown. Yet knowing is not enough. The
soul seeks to experience.
You can know yourself to be generous, but
unless you do something which displays  generosity, you have nothing but a concept.
You can know yourself to be kind, but
unless you do someone a kindness, you
have nothing but an idea about yourself.
It is your soul’s only desire to turn its
grandest concept about itself into its
greatest  experience. Until concept
becomes experience, all there is, is
speculation. I have  been speculating about
Myself for a long time. Longer than you and
I could  collectively remember. Longer than
the age of this universe times the age of the
universe. You see, then, how young is —
how new is —My experience of Myself!
You’ve lost me again. Your experience of
Yourself?
Yes. Let me explain it to you this way:  In the beginning, that which Is, is all there
was, and there was nothing else. Yet All
That Is could not know itself —because All
That Is is al l there was, and there was
nothing else. And so, All That Is...was not.
For in the absence of something else,  All
That Is, is not.
This is the great Is/Not Is to which mystics
have referred from the beginning of time.
Now All That Is knew it was all there was—
but this was not enough, for it could only
know its utter magnificence conceptually,
not experientially. Yet the experience of
itself is that for which it longed, for it wanted
to know what it felt like to be so
magnificent. Still, this was impossible,
because the very term “magnificent” is a
relative term. All That Is could not know
what it felt like to be magnificent unless that  which is not showed up. In the absence of
that which is not, that which IS, is not.
Do you understand this?
I think so. Keep going.
Alright The one thing that All That Is knew
is that there was nothing else. And so It
could, and would, never know Itself from a
reference point outside of Itself. Such a
point did not exist. Only one reference point
existed, and that was the s ingle place
within. The “Is -Not Is.” The Am -Not Am.
Still, the All of Everything chose to know
Itself experientially.
This energy —this pure, unseen, unheard,
unobserved, and therefore unknown -by-
anyone -else energy —chose to experience
Itself as the utter ma gnificence It was. In  order to do this, It realized It would have to
use a reference point within.
It reasoned, quite correctly, that any portion
of Itself would necessarily have to be  less
than the whole, and that if It thus simply
divided Itself into por tions, each  portion,
being less than the whole, could look back
on the rest of Itself and see  magnificence.
And so All That Is divided Itself —becoming,
in one glorious moment, that which is  this,
and that which is that. For the first time, this
and that ex isted, quite apart from  each
other. And still, both existed
simultaneously. As did all that was neither.
Thus, three elements suddenly existed:
that which is here. That which is there. And
that which is neither here nor there —but
which must exist for here and there to exist.  It is the nothing which holds the everything.
It is the non -space which holds the  space.
It is the all which holds the parts.
Can you understand this?
Are you following this?
I think I am, actually. Believe it or not, you
have used such  a clear illustration that I
think I’m  actually understanding this.
I’m going to go further. Now this nothing
which holds the everything is what some
people call God. Yet that is not accurate,
either, for it suggests that there is
something God is not —name ly, everything
that is not “nothing.” But I am All Things —
seen and unseen —so this description of
Me as the Great Unseen —the No -Thing,  or
the Space Between, an essentially Eastern
mystical definition of God, is no more  accurate than the essentially Western
practical description of God as all that is
seen.  Those who believe that God is All
That Is and All That Is Not, are those whose
understanding is correct.
Now in creating that which is “here” and
that which is “there,” God made it possible
for God to know Itself. In the moment of this
great explosion from within, God  created
relativity —the greatest gift God ever gave
to Itself. Thus, relationship is the  greatest
gift God ever gave to you, a point to be
discussed in detail later.
From the No -Thing thus spran g the
Everything —a spiritual event entirely
consistent,  incidentally, with what your
scientists call The Big Bang theory. As the
elements of  all raced forth, time was
created, for a thing was first here, then it was there —and the period it took to get
from here to there was measurable.
Just as the parts of Itself which are seen
began to define themselves, “relative” to
each other, so, too, did the parts which are
unseen. God knew that for love to exist —
and to know itself as pure love —its exact
opposite had to exist as well. So God
voluntarily created the great polarity —the
absolute opposite of love —everything that
love is not —what is now called fear. In the
moment fear existed, love could exist as  a
thing that could be experienced.
It is this creation of duality between love
and its opposite which humans refer to in
their various mythologies as the birth of
evil, the fall of Adam, the rebellion of Satan,
and so forth.  Just as you have chosen to personify pure
love as the character you call  God, so  have
you chosen to personify abject fear as the
character you call the devil.
Some on Earth have established rather
elaborate mythologies around this event,
complete with scenarios of battles and war,
angelic soldiers and devilish warriors,  the
forces of good and evil, of light and dark.
This mythology has been mankind’s early
attempt to understand, and tell others in a
way they could understand, a cosmic
occurrence of which the human soul is
deeply  aware, but of which the mind can
barely conceive.
In rendering the universe as a divided
version of Itself, God produced, from pure
energy, all that now exists —both seen and unseen. In other words, not only was the
physical universe thus created, but the
metaphysical universe as well. The part of
God whi ch forms the second half of the
Am/Not Am equation also exploded into an
infinite number of units smaller than the
whole. These energy units you would call
spirits. In some of your religious
mythologies it is stated that “God the
Father” had  many spirit ch ildren. This
parallel to the human experiences of life
multiplying Itself  seems to be the only way
the masses could be made to hold in reality
the idea of  the sudden appearance —the
sudden existence —of countless spirits in
the “Kingdom of Heaven.”
In this i nstance, your mythical tales and
stories are not so far from ultimate reality —
for the endless spirits comprising the totality of Me are, in a cosmic sense, My
offspring.
My divine purpose in dividing Me was to
create sufficient parts of Me so that I could
know Myself experientially. There is only
one way for the Creator to know Itself
experientially as the Creator, and that is to
create. And so I gave to each of the
countless parts of Me (to all of My spirit
children) the same power to create which I
have a s the whole.
This is what your religions mean when they
say that you were created in the “image
and likeness of God.” This doesn’t mean,
as some have suggested, that our  physical
bodies look alike (although God can adopt
whatever physical form God  chooses for a
particular purpose). It does mean that our
essence is the same. We  are composed of the same stuff. We ARE the “same stuff”!
With all the same  properties and abilities —
including the ability to create physical
reality out of thin air.
My purpose in cre ating you, My spiritual
offspring, was for Me to know Myself as
God. I have no way to do that save through
you. Thus, it can be said (and has been,
many times) that My purpose for you is that
you should know yourself as Me.
This seems so amazingly simple, yet it
becomes very complex —because there is
only one way for you to know yourself as
Me, and that is for you first to know  yourself
as not Me.
Now try


 with a high recovery rate (80%) of the cells after thawing.
42 The method has not been tested
clinically on patients yet but promises to provide storage of human pluripotent stem cells easily, effectively, and economically in the future.
The potential of gonadal cryobiology in the conservation of fertility is now fully
realized. Freezing semen to safeguard male fertility is an option available to men undergoing sterilizing chemotherapy.
DMSO is the cryoprotectant most commonly used in many hospitals as a stan -
dard procedure for autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation for the treatment of chemosensitive malignancies.
DMSO IN THE SEA AND THE ATMOSPHERE
A salty sea smell can usually be felt when one is near the ocean but the smell is not from the salt alone. The smell comes from wind-driven white caps and breaking waves, which is composed not only of salt but also of gases that diffuse across the air–sea interface, many of which are synthesized and emitted by microalgae and degraded by bacteria and phytoplankton.
43 One of these gases found to occur in
ocean surface waters is dimethyl sulfide, a DMSO metabolite with a sulfur-based compound that has a strong characteristic odor. While dimethyl sulfide may sound like a noxious pollutant, it is a naturally produced biogenic gas essential for the earth’s biogeochemical cycles.
Sulfur is also an element of the earth and is essential to life. It is the eighth most
prevalent element in the human body, not as sulfur itself but always in combination with other elements, most often, in complex molecules and, less often, in simple
molecules such as DMSO.
DMSO can be found in the atmosphere.
44 Water vapor is transferred to the atmo -
sphere as a gaseous dimethyl sulfide, which is then oxidized to tropospheric sulfate
aerosols, and these particle aerosols condense on cloud particles, forming the water 11 Chemistry of DMSO
droplets that make up clouds.45 Clouds as well as marine life can affect the earth’s
radiation balance and markedly influence its temperature and climate.
Recent findings show that the amount of dimethyl sulfide entering the atmo -
sphere could decrease in the future due to atmospheric oxidation of this DMSO
metabolite by greenhouse gases.46,47 Such oxidation of dimethyl sulfide can lead
to climate changes by increasing cloud albedo, a condition where clouds reflect more solar radiation contributing to the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from the planet’s surface is absorbed by greenhouse gases, such as CO
2 in the atmosphere, and reradiated in all directions,
including back to the earth’s surface where the average temperature is increased.47
As  CO2 levels rise in the atmosphere due to human activities, the ocean pH is
 acidified, an effect that leads to lower plankton production of dimethyl sulfide con -
centrations, with the consequence of less dimethyl sulfide in the atmosphere and more global warming.
48
Dimethyl sulfide makes up 95% of the natural marine flux of sulfur gases to the
atmosphere, and scientists estimate that the flux of marine dimethyl sulfide supplies about 50% of the global biogenic source of sulfur to the atmosphere.
46 Dimethyl
sulfide is oxidized in the marine atmosphere to other sulfur-containing compounds, such as DMSO and its second metabolite dimethyl sulfone, as well as sulfur dioxide, methanesulfonic acid, and sulfuric acid.
49
There is evidence that DMSO and its second metabolite dimethyl sulfone may
be as significantly present as dimethyl sulfide in marine rain and marine air masses. Measures in central equatorial Pacific rain were reported to contain 1–10 µg/L of
both DMSO and dimethyl sulfone, which are near the concentrations found for dimethyl sulfide in marine sulfur transport.
48,49 This observation suggests that a par -
tially reversible loop in the sulfur transport cycle of marine rain and air gases may be operating between DMSO and its metabolites and could play a critical role in climate, temperature, and marine life.
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XICITY IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
TREATMENTIn all of his group’s studies, Dr. de la Torre found no significant toxicity involved
with the drug, even with high intravenous doses. He explained, “We took a series
of rhesus monkeys that are phylogenetically very close to man, and injected high
doses of DMSO intravenously for nine days. Before and after, we tested these
monkeys for their serum chemistries, their cardiovascular responses, their
neurological signs, and their ophthalmological changes, if there were any.
“Following the toxicity studies, which took eighteen weeks, we concluded that
there were no significant changes in the serum chemistry at any time during the
observation period. These changes were compared to a control series of animals.
“There were no changes in the urine, and there were no neurological changes.
There were no changes in the cardiovascular responses. There were no ocular
changes. We were curious to see if there might have been some changes in the
refraction or translucency of the lens, since some years previously this had been
reported to have been a problem in rabbits.
“One of the ophthalmologists reviewed these animals before and after DMSO,
not knowing which animals had received the drug, and it was concluded that there
were no changes at all in the eyes of these animals.
“Then following the experiments, the animals were autopsied and the tissues
examined histologically. No pathologic changes in the histology were found.
“So, our conclusion, then, is that DMSO, at least as far as these events were
concerned, is an effective and relatively nontoxic drug as used intravenously.
“Our results in spinal cord injury, brain trauma, and stroke have been
confirmed by at least three different groups of investigators in other parts of the
country for each project,” Dr. de la Torre said. “We feel that DMSO is a highly
effective drug in central nervous system injuries.”CHAPTER 10
DMSO Therapy for Mental
Disabilities
Melody Clark had her first psychomotor evaluation when she was six months old.
Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Clark of Wenatchee, Washington, learned that
Melody would be so severely retarded that in all likelihood she would never
progress mentally beyond the age of six. She was born with an extra chromosome
21—a total of forty-seven chromosomes instead of the normal human forty-six—
making her a victim of Down’s syndrome or trisomy 21.
Patients with Down’s syndrome are labeled trisomic mongoloids, because of
certain characteristics peculiar to an individual with three of a particular
chromosome rather than the normal pair of homologous chromosomes. Typically,
the affected child is born to an older mother, although the condition may also occur
in babies of mothers of any age. The overall incidence is about 1 in 700 live
births, but there is marked variability depending on the mother’s age. In the early
child-bearing years, the incidence is about 1 in 2,000 live births; for mothers over
age forty, it rises to about 45 in 1,000 live births. Close to 50 percent of infants
with Down’s syndrome are born to mothers over thirty-five years of age.
The babies tend to be placid, rarely cry, and demonstrate lack of muscular
tone. Their physical and mental development is retarded; the mean intelligence
quotient (IQ) is about 50. Facial characteristics differ from the normal: an
unusually small head, flattened at the rear, and disproportionately short; slanted
eyes with folds of skin extending from the root of the nose to the inner termination
of the eyebrow are present. Gray to white spots resembling grains of salt clustering
around the periphery of the iris are usually visible in the period just after birth and
disappear during the first twelve months of life. The bridge of the
nose is flattened,
and the baby’s mouth is often held open by a large, protruding tongue that is
furrowed and lacks the central fissure.
The hands of such children are short and broad, with a single palmar crease
(“simian crease”). Their fingers appear short with incurvature of the fifth finger,
which often has only two phalanges. The feet have a wide gap between the firstand second toes, and a furrow on the foot sole extends backward. X-rays of the
children’s hips disclose decreased acetabular and iliac angles, and prior to the
availability of chromosome analysis this was a major finding in confirming the
diagnosis.
Congenital heart disease is found in about 35 percent of Down’s syndrome
patients. Thus, life expectancy is decreased by the threat of heart disease and by
susceptibility to acute leukemia. However, many youngsters without a major heart
defect survive to adulthood but not to old age.
When Melody Clark was eleven months old, her parents placed her on DMSO
therapy under the supervision of Dr. Stanley Jacob. At that time, she couldn’t
stand because her legs were just like a rag doll’s. She could not roll from her back
to her abdomen. Her eyes were constantly out of focus; she was almost unable to
see. By age eight, Melody had progressed from a severely retarded child to one
who was only mildly retarded—a circumstance that is highly unusual for this
heretofore irreversible condition.
After seven years of treatment with DMSO, Melody ran, jumped, turned
somersaults, and played on a trampoline. She was on a second grade level at
school and excelled in arithmetic. She had an excellent grasp of mathematical
problems and was a good reader and a fine speller. She had worked her way up
from a class for “trainables” to a special education class for educable children.
She attended Sunday school with normal children and also enjoyed camp with
normal children during the summer of 1980. Equally important is that Melody was
quite popular with her classmates—she was very social-minded.
Not only did she advance mentally, but the DMSO therapy brought about
actual physical changes. Her features altered. Melody was born with an extremely
high roof in her mouth, and now it is within the normal range. Her dentist, David K.
Priebe, D.D.S., of the Eye and Ear Hospital, Wenatchee, Washington, testified to
this change. Dr. Priebe wrote:
For the record I’d like to share some observations about Melody Clark’s
oral development. Melody has been a regular patient under my care since
11 August, 1976.
I have been paying particular attention to tooth size and
nature of
dorsal tongue mucosa, all of which have altered developmental patterns in
Down’s syndrome children.
It is my clinical impression that this patient seems to be significantly
more normal in every aspect of the above compared with other Down’ssyndrome children of similar age. Palate development, while high, has
lowered considerably during the time she has been with me. Arch
development and particularly tongue development seem to be becoming
within the range of normalcy.
Behaviorly, Melody has demonstrated that she can handle the stress of
dental treatment as well as children not having Down’s syndrome.
Progress reports on Melody’s functional development in the classroom showed
her able “to read fluently from storybook to teacher and independently complete
comprehension questions on take home,” said Rose M. Mullan, a special
education teacher at the Wenatchee Sterling Middle School. The girl was “able to
compute two-digit, one-column addition and subtraction facts from dictated story
problems.”
When Melody was not yet seven, she could also speak in complete sentences.
Ms. Mullan said, “The first response in a complete sentence was made in
November 1979. When told at recess that all the balls were being used, Melody
responded, ‘Denise will share with me.’” Then, she was able to respond to
personal data and give her full name, age, address, city, state, birthday, phone
number, and parents’ names and was able to name in order the days of the week
and the seasons of the year.
She was accepted by her peers on her personal merit. “Melody socializes with
her peers at recess and in the classroom,” noted Ms. Mullan. “She participates in
classroom games and shares classroom responsibilities. Melody is very
conscientious in completing her school assignments, and she is proud of her
academic accomplishments.”
Another of Melody’s teachers, Marion A. Kennedy, commenting on the girl’s
writing ability, said: “Melody can group letters into words and generally maintains
her letters within the boundary of primary paper. She copies directly from the
chalkboard and many sight words she simply reads and then writes on her paper.
(As opposed to having to copy letter for letter, she spells.) She always reads her
‘boardwork’ independently prior to copying it....  There is no question that
Melody has made great strides in every area of academic and social and physical
development this year. The progress is quite remarkable.”
“All of this progress is because of DMSO,” said Melody’s mother, “so I’m
sure you realize why I would like to see this drug made available for suffering
people. It certainly offers parents like us a lot of hope.”
The little girl is unique in the progress she made. No scientist quiteunderstands how DMSO worked to make changes in her—and in other children
with Down’s syndrome—but that the drug did is undeniable. Don Bonker, a


allows it. Lunch 40-50 minutes: it is necessary
talk, relax, play chess, dominoes, but not
food. It runs parallel, on the move. In 5-10 minutes we were satisfied.
What we eat - anything povkusnee and faster, ie, food has become
for us a pleasure, even a pastime.
And maybe the other way. We can sit for hours at the table,
absorbing the myriad of food and what is bad, we do
like.
We forget that behind this will pay off, sometimes
brutally: Cut 3 / 4 of the stomach, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, and many
other diseases. All living things in nature (except for the modern man)
refers to the digestion process with great attention, trying to
obtained from this process everything that incorporated nature.
Modern medicine defines as digestion
physiological process, as a result of which arrived
ingested food is processed (mechanical
and chemical) that is necessary for its assimilation by the body.
Contained in food proteins, fats and carbohydrates can be
learned only after splitting into simpler chemical
connection. Splitting of these nutrients are
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248in the digestive tract, with the participation of chemical accelerators
reactions - biological catalysts or enzymes that
produced by cells of the digestive glands (salivary,
stomach, pancreas, intestine) and are included in
juices, selected these glands into the lumen of the digestive
tract. After suction of the split products and their
transportation within the body ensure their delivery
needy cells.
Through the efforts of IP Pavlov proved the following:
1. Digestive gland is controlled nervous system.
2. Number of selected juices, their composition and properties depend on
food composition and other conditions (eg, mood).
3. All departments digestive system working in concert,
interacting with each other.
4. Digestive glands changes from
Eating one regime to another.
Processing of food during prolonged chewing occurs
follows. Pulverized teeth food enters the
interaction with the salivating and himioretseptorami cavity
cavity, which send information about the chemical composition of food
in the brain, which in turn receives information on
necessary correction of the chemical composition of saliva to create a
the best conditions for its further processing and learning. Part
adopted in the mouth of food treated with saliva is absorbed into the blood
directly in the mouth. This allows you to recycle a significant portion
carbohydrate component, the fastest of the meet
needs of the body's cells in the diet, eliminating overeating
and create favorable conditions for the processing of food
in the stomach, 12 duodenum, small and large intestines. When
This carbohydrate component (bread, cereal, pasta, potatoes)
processed mainly in the mouth, 12 duodenal ulcer, and protein
component (meat, fish, beans) are processed in the stomach.
Created favorable conditions for separation
digestion and assimilation of the most valuable proteins, carbohydrates
and the other coming from the food nutrients. We get
sense of saturation with food much faster with less
its consumption by 2-4 times. Significantly reduced energy costs
the processing of food and energy saved is used
body for reconstruction and rehabilitation of all links
gastrointestinal tract. and all this can be obtained after
of 5-week-long cycle of therapeutic chewing on
follows.
Scheme of medical chewing
First week - every spoon of food put into his mouth (breakfast,
lunch and dinner), chews per minute.
Second week - two minutes.
Third week - three minutes.
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249The fourth - two minutes.
Five - one minute.
Ideal chew: one chewing on each available tooth
and three - for every missing.
As a result, a conditioned reflex for a long
chewing (30-40sekund). Experience shows that long-term
therapeutic chewing treats almost all diseases, since in
during chewing in this process include all body systems:
digestive, nervous, endocrine, and others. primarily
treat illnesses of the gastrointestinal tract: stomach ulcer, gastritis,
duodenitis, pancreatitis, and even diabetes. Normalized work of the esophagus
(Removes his diverticula) and large intestine. Clean
liver, treated with nerve disease and thyroid disease,
appendicitis. In this case, the process of weight normalization: a
five weeks of extra weight is reduced by 5.10 kg, and underweight
bounces back. Normalizes metabolism.
Consider two examples of the meal.
First. Fast food, attention to the process of food intake
absent, and similar circumstances. Food that is not stopping
mouth, quickly gets into the stomach, where the top is produced
hydrochloric acid. Its impact on the mixture of proteins, fats and carbohydrates
ferment and the formation of mash, a selection of alcohol. From this
mixture may be chasing moonshine. Further, the food should go and alkalify
the duodenum, but it does not let the porter (valve
from the stomach into the duodenum), while pH (a measure of
chemical composition of the food) will not be equal to 7.8 (this pH value
in the duodenum). Healthy doorkeeper waits RN
not reach this magnitude. On an organism expends energy
and resources. But it happens in my youth.
Over the years, due to lower energy capacity of the organism
in fast food is anemia caretaker, and he stops
work. as a result of undigested food goes into the duodenum
intestine, and that either because of inconsistencies RN received food to
PH, which is incorporated in the nature of its work program, returns
it back into the stomach or small intestine, which, if well
(Has the necessary enzymes and vitamins due to presence of the desired
bacteria) can digest this content.
And if the bacteria overgrowth, the food enters the large intestine, where it
sticks to the wall, and the body needs nutrients
sucked out of this mixture. Then, as it should it happen
in the duodenum. As a result, not the walls of the colon
formation of layering in the form of stones, get rid of that very
difficult or impossible. Here you have the source of all ills.
In the part of the large intestine, where they formed sticking
and the rocks dropped him a reflex activity. Zalipli
active points of many authorities. They lost contact with the located
currently there is food. Interrupted relationship management system
250
250digestion, absorption and release of the contents of a thick
intestine. So, if it is in the sigmoid colon, it is generated
prostate, diseases of the genitals, infertility and other Sami
build-up tend to increase and may reach several
pounds, changing the location of the abdominal cavity
and disrupting their work.
Also contained in the mixture of proteins begin
undergo a process of decay, contributing to the death of the necessary
body microflora, reducing immunity, the production
inside the body he needed substances in the right at the moment
quantity. Therefore, among people with this attitude to food
practitioners usually do not meet adults
with a perfectly healthy gastrointestinal tract. Food
- An ancient, very important biological function of the body. When
We read the newspaper, talk, watch TV, eat standing up,
we voluntarily razbalansiruem mental process involved
with the function of power, causing the body harm, which sooner or
may occur late in the gastro-intestinal disorders,
neurological disorders and other, related directly or indirectly
with neural activity and painful manifestations.
Filling in mind the other non-digestive
information, negative emotions lead to a reduction
circulation in the digestive system, creating a chain
diverse, interrelated changes in the activity
endocrine glands and the work of the microflora of the gastrointestinal
intestinal tract. Therefore, people should not be there in the excited
state, and must eat slowly, concentrating
attention on the sensations in tongue and palate.
Second. We strictly follow the a: slow and well
chew food so that it turned into a soft pulp, and how
would itself slipped into your esophagus. Then such food will be
easily digested, and you will not experience any stomach or
in the intestine is no discomfort, no gravity
no pain at different contents of the original food. Adopted
food will be easily absorbed into your body, which digest its
useful components and suck all the blood needed to obtain
muscular strength and power, in short, life. All unnecessary material
and toxins so the body can be derived from itself through the fecal
isolation and urine, providing both digestion and the production of
substances the body needs. All of the microflora of the gastrointestinal
tract will work optimally. Since the digestion
is excellent, then the selection of waste will occur without
any difficulty. Every morning, getting out of bed, you'll experience
a natural need for a bowel movement without the use of
medicines. Your chair has always become a regular, normal
and easy. In this case, you will have an excellent sleep.
During feeding receptors tongue and palate is sent to the nervous
251
251system of impulses that carry information about the character takes
food. this time it is necessary that the language was a long time
in contact with food, increasing food. Distraction
attention to other mental activity prevents
process control diet. Consciousness must ensure that
what happens in the mouth. Meditation (focusing
on the processing of food in


ins.History & Folklore  Caraway seed is
“conducive to all the cold griefs of the head and stomach… and has a moderate quality whereby
it breaketh wind, and provoketh urine” (Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physitian, 1652). The seeds
are commonly used in cooking.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Caraway is similar
in action to anise (Pimpinella anisum, p. 248)
and fennel (Foeniculum vulgare, p. 212). Being antispasmodic, the seeds soothe the digestive tract, acting directly on the intestinal muscles to relieve colic and cramps as well as bloating and flatulence. They sweeten the breath, improve appetite, counter heart irregularity caused by excess digestive gas, and ease cramping period pain. In addition, the seeds are expectorant and tonic and are frequently used in bronchitis and cough remedies, especially those for children. Caraway has a reputation for increasing breast-milk production. The diluted essential oil is useful for scabies.
Research  In a German clinical trial (1999),
patients with dyspepsia were given a combination of peppermint and caraway essential oils. Overall, patients experienced a significant reduction
in symptoms.
Caution  Do not use the essential oil internally
except under professional supervision.Castanea sativa (Fagaceae)
Sweet Chestnut
Description  Deciduous tree growing to a height
of 100 ft (30 m). Has smooth silver-grey bark, lance-shaped dark green leaves, male and female catkins, and spiny yellow-green seed cases containing 2–3 glossy brown nuts.
Caraway is
antispasmodic,
diuretic, and
expectorant. It is
a mild remedy,
suitable for children.Sweet chestnut nuts are a nutritious food and the leaves are
useful for treating coughs.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and the Caucasus,
sweet chestnut grows freely across Europe, including Britain. It is cultivated for its timber and for its nuts, which are collected in the autumn.
Parts Used  Leaves, bark.
Constituents  Sweet chestnut contains tannins,
plastoquinones, and mucilage.
History & Folklore  Tradition has it that the
sweet chestnut tree was carried from Turkey to Sardinia and from there it subsequently spread through Europe, arriving in Britain with the Romans. The nuts are a nutritious foodstuff that can be roasted, candied, or made into a flour.
The flowers are sometimes added to blends of aromatic tobaccos.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  An infusion of
sweet chestnut leaves is taken to treat whooping cough, bronchitis and bronchial congestion. The preparation tightens the mucous membranes and inhibits racking coughs. A decoction of leaves or bark is also valuable as a gargle for sore throats, and may be taken for diarrhea. The leaves are used in the treatment of rheumatic conditions, to ease lower back pain and also to relieve stiff joints or muscles.
Related Species  The Mohicans in North
America used an infusion obtained from American chestnut leaves (C. dentata) to treat whooping cough. In his Natural History of North Carolina (1737), John Brickell reports that the “leaves or bark of the tree boiled in wine are good against the bloody flux [excessive bleeding].”
US_180-201_Brassica_dictamnus.indd   184 26/02/16   12:47 pm185Centaurea Cyanusother medicinal plantsCatha edulis  (Celastraceae)
Khat,
Catha
Description  Tree growing to 49 ft (15 m). Has
reddish twigs, oval leathery leaves, and small yellow
or white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the Middle
East and the Horn of Africa, khat prefers grassland
and arid conditions. It is cultivated in Ethiopia,
Somalia, East Africa, and the Arabian peninsula.
Parts Used  Leaves, twigs.
Constituents  Khat contains alkaloids similar to
those in Ephedra  species—norpseudoephedrine
(up to 1%) and ephedrine, tannins, and a volatile
oil. Ephedrine-type alkaloids strongly stimulate
the central nervous system, are antiallergenic,
and suppress the appetite.
History & Folklore  Khat is taken in some
African and Middle Eastern countries as a stimulant,
tonic, and appetite suppressant. Infused, smoked,
or chewed, khat produces an effect somewhat
similar to that of coca leaves ( Erythroxylum coca,
p. 206). Whether khat is addictive is unclear, but
withdrawal can produce lethargy.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Mainly used as a
social drug, khat is also chewed fresh or taken in an
infusion to treat ailments such as malaria. In Africa, it
is taken in old age, stimulating and improving mental
function. Khat is used in Germany to counter obesity.
 QCautions  Khat may cause headaches, raised
blood pressure, and general overstimulation if used
more than a few weeks at a time. Do not take
during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
Caulophyllum thalictroides
(Berberidaceae)
Blue Cohosh
Description  Upright perennial growing to 3 ft
(1 m) with large, 3-lobed leaves, yellow to purple
flowers, and striking blue berries.
Habitat & Cultivation Blue Cohosh grows
wild in much of eastern North America from
Manitoba to Alabama, preferring woodland valleys
and damp, north-facing slopes. It is mainly wild-
harvested but is also cultivated commercially.
Parts Used  The root and rhizome are harvested
in the autumn.
Constituents  Blue cohosh contains alkaloids,
steroidal saponins, and resin.
History & Folklore  “Cohosh” is an Algonquin
name, and blue cohosh was a popular herb with
many Native American tribes. Though it was taken
by both sexes to treat genitourinary problems, it
was primarily considered a women’s herb.into the skin, it treats congestion, chest infections,
and cystitis. It is used to treat skin wounds and ulcers.
Caution  Do not take essential oil of cedar
internally except under professional supervision.
Celtis australis  (Ulmaceae)
European Nettle Tree
Description  Dome-shaped deciduous tree
growing to 80 ft (25 m). Has lance-shaped leaves,
green flowers, and small round purple-black fruits.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia,
European nettle tree is also planted as a border
tree in Italy and France.
Parts Used  Leaves, fruit.
Constituents  European nettle tree contains
tannins and mucilage.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Due to their
astringent properties, both the leaves and the fruit
of European nettle tree may be taken as a decoction
to reduce heavy menstrual and intermenstrual
uterine bleeding. The fruit and leaves may be used
to astringe the mucous membranes of the gut in
peptic ulcers, diarrhea, and dysentery.
Centaurea cyanus ( Asteraceae )
Cornflower
Description  Annual or biennial plant growing
to 3 ft (90 cm). Has a multi-branched stem, a basal
rosette of leaves, and sky-blue flowers in summer.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to the Near
East, cornflower grows wild in all temperate regions,
often in cornfields. The flowers are gathered just
after they open.
Parts Used  Flowers, seeds, leaves.
Constituents  Cornflower contains flavonoids,
sesquiterpene lactones (including cnicin), acetylenes,
and coumarins. Cnicin is slightly antibiotic.
History & Folklore  Cornflower’s medicinal
properties were first mentioned in the 12th-century
writings of Hildegard of Bingen. Later, the herbalist
Pierandrea Mattioli (1501–1577) recommended it
on the basis of the Doctrine of Signatures, which
held that a plant’s appearance indicated the ailments
it would cure. Cornflower’s deep blue color
symbolized healthy eyes, and for this reason it
became a treatment for eye ailments. (In France,
the plant is called casse-lunette, or “break glasses.”)
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Cornflower is still
used in French herbal medicine as a remedy for the
eyes (the strained infusion is used as an eyewash,
and the petals applied as a poultice), but opinion
differs as to its efficacy. The petals are also taken as
a bitter tonic and stimulant, improving digestion Blue cohosh  is mainly wild-harvested but is also
cultivated commercially.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Current
medicinal uses of blue cohosh are not that
different from the past—the root is still valued
as a women’s remedy. It is often prescribed as
a uterine tonic, bringing relief from uterine and
ovarian pain, while regulating to improve menstrual
blood flow. The herb also has anti-inflammatory


, including our food supply, this step is not certain to provide the perfect
nutrition that was once attainable, but it will give the best nutrition possible within
the framework that exists. While not ideal, this is still sufficient for the purposes in
question. For some patients after fasting, an adequate food stock may be available
and an excellent nutritional basis may be established. Others will doubtless devi-
ate from the optimum nutritional standard, but all can keep the general goals of
scientific nutrition in mind and endeavor to follow them as much as possible.
Though correct diet is important as a permanent phase of living after the fast, it
is especially so for the first few weeks or months, when the body is regaining nor-
mal weight. During this period a very high percentage of nutriment is being ab-
sorbed from the food, and if the new protoplasm being built is to be healthy and
biologically adequate, the source material must be of high quality. If reconstruction
is made entirely from the same foods which rendered the body ill in the first place,
the eventual advantages of the fast may be virtually nullified. Once the body
weight is stabilized, and maintenance is the only requirement, the food will cease
to be so vital a determining factor, though it will still affect the health in a very defi-
nite manner and should be selected with care.
Many are disappointed to learn that permanence of recovery resulting from fast-
ing is very largely dependent upon their manner of living thereafter, with particular
emphasis upon dietary habits. The fast is regarded as a sufficiently trying ordeal in
itself, without having to undertake special restrictions or health measures thereaf-
ter. Upon conclusion of the fast, however, such disappointment is almost entirely
absent. The appetite is sharpened, and pleasure is obtained from consuming   73 foods which may formerly have been avoided. The total uncooked diet not only
becomes a delight to the sense of taste, but usually affords more satisfaction than
a conventional mode of eating did prior to the fast.
These new-found culinary pleasures are of course dependent upon sufficient vari-
ety in the uncooked diet, as well as interesting methods of preparing the foods in
use. And they can be dependent to some degree upon the sources of food prod-
ucts. Although poor quality foods derived from chemically treated soil or artificial
animal feeding practices will provide more flavor in an uncooked diet than they
would in a conventional diet, they still tend to be rather dull and flat tasting in
comparison to foods produced under ideal conditions. It has frequently been
noted, for instance, that fruits, berries, vegetables and nuts produced with suitable
mulching methods of soil care have indescribably more delicacy, richness and
perfection of flavor than do ordinary plant products. For this reason, an uncooked
diet in which properly produced foods are found is a source of particular pleasure
during the post-fasting period, although it is not necessarily indispensable to an
acceptable level of culinary satisfaction.
So long as correct nutrition is maintained after the fast do the proper foods re-
main enjoyable and satisfying. There is generally no desire or craving for highly
refined foodstuffs, and even the want for alcoholic beverages and tobacco may
have disappeared. If change is then made, however, back to a more conventional
mode of nutrition, this ceases to hold true and many of the old desires return. Ap-
petite is chiefly a result of habit, and though it can be normalized by fasting, it can
again be restored to a condition of abnormality and perversion, insofar as the as-
sociated intake of food supplies, in adequate measure, the nutritional needs of the
body.
Fasting thus must be recognized only as a means of promoting the remedy of   74 disease and the creation of health. It is not a method of maintaining health. This
depends, as it always has, with both man and animals, upon the general hygienic
factors of proper nutrition, sunlight, exercise, pure air, etc. The purpose of fasting
is basically therapeutic, and in this sense it not only meets the requirements of
most patients, but is perhaps the most effective measure ever to be employed.
Clearly the extraordinary value of fasting has not been recognized by the pro-
fessions of healing as a whole. In spite of the careful scientific work done with fast-
ing by physiologists, biologists and physicians, and the almost universal recom-
mendation of the method by these people, orthodox medicine has scarcely recog-
nized that fasting even has therapeutic properties or has been used for any other
purpose than a religious rite. The ordinary physician is as completely unaware of
fasting as is the layman. Hence the purpose of this short treatise. Here we have
covered some of the important points of fasting, which may serve to incite inquiry
for further investigation among physician and layman alike, and perhaps to some
degree act as a limited guide in the employment of fasting for therapeutic pur-
poses.

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 in
vegetable steamer, covered, over boiling water for approximately 20 min
utes or until squash is tender. Cool slightly, scrape squash from shell,
and set aside.
In large saucepan, melt butter. Add carrots, shallot, and currants, and
saute briefly. Add water, cover, and simmer until carrots are almost ten
der. Add dill, maple syrup, cinnamon, cardamom, sea salt, and pepper.
Stir in squash and combine well. Simmer, covered, over low heat for 10
minutes, then remove cover and continue simmering, stirring frequently,
until all water is absorbed. Serve with Curried Vegetables or in place
of rice or pasta. Any leftover squash can be added to soups or stews.
Serves 6.
MAIN-COURSE SALAD DAY
DAY THIRTEEN—SATURDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One.
LUNCH:
Continue on fruit and juice throughout the day, or have the Easy Fruit
Salad.*
DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail (see page 152), or 1 papaya, or 1 slice of
watermelon (1-3 inches thick, cut from half melon)
California Tostada4
EASY FRUIT SALAD 10 Min.
2 apples, cored, peeled, and sliced
¥i teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
2 oranges, peeled and sliced, or broken into sections
186 • FIT FOR LIFE 2 bananas, sliced
2 tablespoons currants
'/t-'/i cup fresh orange or apple juice (optional)
In large bowl, toss apples in cinnamon until evenly coated. Add oranges
and bananas. Add currants and juice, and mix well. The currants in this
salad are used to increase the concentration of fruit sugar. Since fruit is
sometimes less sweet than we'd like, adding currants makes the salad
more energizing. You can add currants whenever you feel a fruit salad
needs some extra spark. That extra spark is energy! Serves 2.
CALIFORNIA TOSTADA 45 Min.
1 cup fresh or frozen carrots, diced
1 cup fresh or frozen string beans, cut into!/2-inch segments
1 cup fresh or frozen peas
1 cup fresh or frozen corn
6 cups iceberg lettuce, coarsely chopped
3 cups tortilla chips or 1 cup shredded Jack or Muenster cheese
Vi cup black olives
Fresh Tomato Salsa (see below)
Great Guacamole (see page 176)
Sour cream (optional)
Prepare the vegetables.
Place carrots and string beans in vegetable steamer, covered, over boiling
water for 10 minutes. Add peas and corn, and steam for 5 minutes or
until all vegetables are tender. If using fresh vegetables, you can steam
carrots and string beans whole and then cut them. If using fresh corn,
you can steam or boil it whole for 5 minutes and then cut from cob. If all
frozen vegetables are used, the steaming time will be cut approximately
in half. Combine steamed vegetables in a large bowl, and set them aside.
FRESH TOMATO SALSA:
3 tomatoes
3 tablespoons olive oil
V2 cup red onion, minced
1 small green chili, minced (optional)
I small red pepper, minced
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 187 1 small green pepper, minced
3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced
1 clove garlic, minced (optional)
Vi teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning (optional)
Prepare the salsa.
Plunge tomatoes in boiling water for a few seconds. Remove from water,
and remove skins, chop into very small cubes, and set aside. Heat oil in
small skillet. Add onion, and saute until it begins to soften. Add chili and
peppers, and saute, stirring frequently, until they turn a bright color. Stir
in cilantro and garlic. Allow vegetables to cool slightly, then add to
tomatoes in small bowl. Add sea salt, and mix well. Set aside.
Assemble the tostada.
Mix half of vegetables with lettuce. Add half salsa to vegetable-lettuce
mixture, and toss well. Stir all but 'A cup of remaining salsa into remaining
vegetables. If you are using chips, rather than cheese, place one cup tortilla
chips on each of two plates. Spoon several dollops of guacamole over
chips. Spoon vegetable-lettuce-salsa mixture over chips and guacamole.
Spoon remaining vegetables over top. Add a dollop of guacamole and a
dollop of sour cream, if desired. Spoon 2 tablespoons of remaining salsa
over each tostada. Garnish with black olives and remaining chips. If you
are using cheese, omit chips and sprinkle cheese on top of tostada.
NOTE: If a creamier dressing is desired, combine 'A cup mayonnaise with
2 tablespoons ketchup or Main barbecue sauce, and mix into vegetable-
lettuce mixture before adding it to tostada.
Place 1 peeled banana in an airtight plastic container or plastic bag in the
freezer for tomorrow's Fruit Smoothie.
DAY FOURTEEN—SUNDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One, or Fruit Smoothie. *
LUNCH:
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
The Properly Combined Sandwich (see page 150), or Vegetable
Toastie,* com chips, and celery stalks (Corn chips are optional. Now
188 • FIT FOR LIFE • and then if you wish to have corn chips with a sandwich, it's all right.
Two carbohydrates are an acceptable combination. If you are only
looking for something crunchy to have with your sandwich, try forgoing
the chips and substituting celery or carrot sticks.), or Energy Salad (see
page 149).
DINNER:
Cauliflower-Pea Cream Soup*
Tortilla Boogie, * or baked yam with raw butter
French Green Salad (see page 154)
FRUIT SMOOTHIE 5 Min.
1 cup fresh orange or apple juice
1 frozen or fresh banana
V* papaya, 1 cored apple, 1 peach, or 1 cup strawberries, or 1-2 cups
of any fruit you desire
Place juice, frozen or fresh banana, and fruit of your choice in blender.
Liquefy. Makes 1 large or 2 small Smoothies.
VEGETABLE TOASTIE IS Min.
1 cup mixed steamed vegetables (string beans, carrots, and
cauliflower, for example)
1-2 tablespoons mayonnaise
lA teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
1 tablespoon butter
2 slices whole-grain bread
Vi cup alfalfa sprouts
Mash steamed vegetables with mayonnaise and seasoning. Butter bread.
Spread vegetables on unbuttered side of one slice. Top with sprouts and
second slice of bread, buttered side out. Place in toastie maker (see page
166). Heat 3 minutes each side over high flame. Makes 1 toastie.
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFESTYLE • 189 CAULIFLOWER-PEA CREAM SOUP 35Min.
5 cups water
1 medium white onion, coarsely chopped
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 scallions, chopped
1 medium cauliflower, cored and chopped into 1-inch florets
1 teaspoon sea salt (optional)
1 tablespoon white miso or 1 vegetable boullion
2 cups fresh or frozen peas
1 teaspoon dried dill or 2 tablespoons fresh
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon dried basil
!/» teaspoon dried sage
'/•» cup fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
2 teaspoons butter
Vi teaspoon seasoned salt or salt-free seasoning (optional)
In heavy soup kettle, bring water to a boil. Add onion, celery, scallions,
cauliflower, salt, and miso. Return to boil. Simmer, covered, for 10 min
utes. Add peas, dill, parsley, basil, sage, and cilantro. Return to boil,
cover, and simmer for an additional 10 minutes. Remove cover, and cool
slightly. Puree in blender or food processor until creamy. Return to heat.
Add butter, and stir as you reheat. Adjust seasonings, adding salt if de
sired. Serves 3.
NOTE: If you wish a chunky soup, you can reserve 2 cups of vegetables
from the broth before pureeing and return them to soup as you reheat.
TORTILLA BOOGIE 25 Mm.
This is a perfect meal alternative that should be incorporated into your
new eating life-style. It is fun, delicious, and extremely satisfying. We
have heard from so many people that when they eat the Tortilla Boogie,
they feel great the following day.
6 com tortillas
2 tablespoons butter (optional)
An assortment of steamed vegetables, 6-7 cups whichever you desire:
190 • FIT FOR LIFE Broccoli, cut into 2-inch by '/2-inch lengths including floret
Cauliflower, broken into small florets
Brussels sprouts, halved or quartered
Asparagus, left whole, heavy bottom of stalk removed
Yellow squash, cut into '/2-inch slices
3 cups lettuce, shredded, or alfalfa sprouts
1 avocado, mashed or