 those who challenge  this
statement  taste  the Iceni Produce,  grown  from soil treated on the
principle that all that comes from the soil should be put back into the
soil, and they  will soon  be convinced  that the principle is a correct one.
The idea that Nature  is wasteful is erroneous.  She only appears
wasteful  to us because we do not understand  her. The rotting dead
leaves provide the most  valuable mineral  salts  for the soil‐one of the
most  essential  being potash.  Even the ashes of burnt dead leaves and
burnt  wood (charcoal)  are of great value. Therefore  why should a
principle which  applies  throughout  Nature not apply (with  certain
reservations)  to the human  body? This question  is the more readily
answered  if we consider the constituents  of urine.
Yet before doing so, something  should be said about the unreliability  of
urine analysis as a means of diagnosis.  Though urine‐analysis  is still a
practice among orthodox doctors, it has been found that the elements
in and  general condition  of urine depend  far more  on the character  of
the food and  drink taken by the,  patient than on any fancied  or real
disease condition.  Even the presence of sugar  can no longer be
regarded as an infallible sign of diabetes. This I have proved to my own
satisfaction  by taking for a day nothing but drinks made of chemical 17
 sweet powders,  and nothing in the way of  food except a quantity of
heavily sweetened  ices. On such a diet, after twelve to fourteen hours
the urine of an otherwise  healthy person became  charged with sugar
and  suggested  to the doctor that he had  diabetes!  Similar mistakes
have been made with regard to albumen  found in the urine as the
result of an ill‐balanced diet. Some years ago a friend of the writer's
connected  with a Life Insurance  Company  had a number  of "prospects"
turned down owing to heavy deposits of albumen in their urine. Finally
he brought three  of these men along for By dint  of altering their diet, all
the investigation  supposed ‐to‐be indications  of Bright's disease,
nephritis or albuminuria  from which  they  were alleged  to be suffering
very soon vanished,  and at. a subsequent  examination  by the Insurance
doctor they  were  told they  must  have had  "local inflammations"  when
previously  examined  ! Further  comment  seems superfluous.

Urea N. (nitrogen)
Urea
Creatinine  N.
Creatinine
Uric acid  N.
Uric acid
Amino N.
Ammonia  N.  18
 Sodium
Potassium
Calcium
Magnesium
Chloride
Total  sulphate
Inorganic  sulphate
682 1459 36 97.2 12.3  36.9 9.7 57 212 1 37 19.5  11.3  314 91 83
Inorganic  phosphate
pH
Total  acidity as C.C.
N/10  acid
127   6.4   27.8
Dr. G. S. Cotton, of Temple, Texas, writes me that urine also  contains "
Allontain " (c4H6.03.N.4).  No mention of the valuable hormones  to
which  Prof. Jean Rostand refers is made in the above.
This is significant  as showing the amount of valuable mineral salts
contained  in healthy urine; to appreciate  which, one needs to have
studied The Biochemic  System of Medicine.  Even so, as already implied,
there  are wide variations  in urinary composition  according  to the foods
and drinks  consumed.  For instance, taking fifty normal subjects, we find
that whereas with the average. Urea N. amounts  to 682, the maximum  19
 amounts  to 1829, whilst  the minimum  is 298.  As to the volume of urine
passed, it varies greatly according  to diet and  season of the year. Also,
urine passed  at night  is about one  quarter to one half  of that passed
during daytime.
In view of the above  analysis, we may well  ask ourselves  the question  :
If the elements  which  urine reveals are not required by the body, then
why do our food chemists and  biochemists  emphasise  their value and
declare  them to be essential  to the body upkeep?
The idea that urine  contains poisonous  elements  which  the body is
endeavouring  to eliminate  is based upon theory  only, and  is not
demonstrated  by the facts. As survivors in open boats  and  rafts often
drink  their own urine when their water supply becomes deficient,
surely if they were drinking a poisonous  fluid they  would die or become
very ill? Far from this being the case,  the practice of drinking urine is
pronounced  to be harmless,  but  (as the Medical Department  of the
Navy pointed out in a letter to an inquirer) "the benefit obtained  is not
as great as would appear at first sight  because in dehydration  the
output of urine falls to a very low level…" I shall comment  on this later.
Meanwhile,  I may  remark that what may  be a "poison" when separated
from its natural environment  may not act as a poison when The
Medical remaining  in its natural  environment.  Profession  may  have
been impressed  when, at the beginning  of the century,  Charrin  wrote  a
whole book on the "poisons " of urine, but  as Prof. Jean Rostand
(already quoted) has since written: " The time is not far off when it will
be


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
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frThe book was received with great interest in It-
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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 astringent) in each meal. The typical
American diet tends to be dominated by the sweet, sour, and salty tastes (the main
flavors of a hamburger). We do need these tastes, but they can lower metabolism,
especially if eaten in excess.
The pungent, bitter, and astringent tastes, on the other hand, are anti-inflammatory
and increase metabolism. These tastes are found in foods such as radishes, ginger,
mustard, peppers, spinach, mushrooms, tea, lentils, lettuce, and so on.
Along with the six tastes, filling your plate with the colors of the rainbow promotes
a long and healthy life. We can literally ingest the information of the universe into
our biology. Foods that are deep blue, purple, red, green, or orange are leaders in
antioxidants and contain many nutrients that boost immunity and enhance health.
Examples of foods of the rainbow:
• Red: Red tomatoes (particularly cooked), red peppers, red/pink grapefruit,
watermelon, red grapes, beets, red cabbage, apples, strawberries, cherries,
raspberries, cranberries
• Orange/yellow: Squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkin, cantaloupe,
mangoes, papaya, nectarines
• Green: Broccoli, kale, spinach, cabbage, peas, avocado, collard greens
• Deep blue/purple: Plums, blueberries, black raspberries, blackberries, purple
grapes, eggplant (with skin)NURTURE YOUR BODY WITH HEALTHY FOOD7 STEPS TO RADICAL WELLBEING: Step 4
www.chopra.comSTEP 4I rejoice in the miracle of my body by moving, stretching,
and strengthening it every day. 7 STEPS TO RADICAL WELLBEING: Step 5One of the most important ways to grow younger and live longer is regular
exercise. Drs. William Evans and Irwin Rosenberg from Tufts University have
documented the powerful effect of exercise on many of the biomarkers of aging,
including muscle mass, strength, aerobic capacity, bone density, and cholesterol.
Not only does exercise keep the body young, but it also keeps the mind vital and
promotes emotional well-being. In his book Spark: The Revolutionary New Science
of Exercise and the Brain, Harvard University professor John Ratey, M.D. describes
how physical activity sparks biological changes that increases the brain’s ability to
learn, adapt, and perform other cognitive tasks.
A complete fitness program includes exercises to develop flexibility, cardiovascular
conditioning, and strength training. Find an aerobic activity that you can do
regularly—three to four sessions each week for twenty to thirty minutes is usually
enough to give you substantial benefits. After your body is warmed up, spend five
to ten minutes stretching. You will also want to include strength training in your
program to systematically exercise the major muscle groups of your body.
The important thing is to start off slowly, find physical activities you enjoy, and do
them regularly. If the most you can do right now is walk around the block, do that,
and you will be surprised how quickly you increase your endurance and enthusiasm
for moving and breathing.MOVE YOUR BODY EVERY DAY7 STEPS TO RADICAL WELLBEING: Step 5
www.chopra.comSTEP 5I openly give and receive love to those around me.7 STEPS TO RADICAL WELLBEING: Step 6Isolation and loneliness create the conditions for rapid aging. Heart attack and
death rates are known to increase among the recently widowed and among men
who have been suddenly terminated from their jobs without warning and against
their will. The emotional value of social bonding is immense, yet in some countries,
including the U.S., we have moved in the opposite direction for decades. With
increasingly long hours spent working, more time in front of the television, and a
population constantly on the move, social bonding keeps declining. The trend will
be exacerbated as the fastest-growing population, those eighty and older, move
into retirement homes. It’s becoming increasingly rare for older people to be cared
for at home, and there is still a stigma about seniors being a burden to the young
and a drag on society.
The key here is to stay connected and open to new relationships throughout
your life. Resist the impulse to go quietly into semi-isolation because you assume
that society expects that of you. Losing friends and spouses is an inevitable part
of aging, and many people can’t find replacements or lack the motivation to. By
“replacement,” I don’t mean a new spouse and family (though that is certainly a
possibility), but emotional bonds that mean something to you and offer continued
meaning to your existence. No amount of reading and television substitutes for
human contact that nourishes on the level of love and caring. One of the most
effective steps is for older people to become involved with mentoring programs,
education, and youth programs.CULTIVATE LOVING RELATIONSHIPS7 STEPS TO RADICAL WELLBEING: Step 6
www.chopra.comSTEP 6I make time to play and explore each day, approaching
new experiences with the curiosity and openness
of a child. 7 STEPS TO RADICAL WELLBEING: Step 7An ancient Vedic aphorism says, “Infinite flexibility is the secret to immortality.”
When we cultivate flexibility in or consciousness, we renew ourselves in every
moment and reverse the aging process. Children offer the finest expressions of
openness and flexibility. They play and laugh freely, and find wonder in the smallest
things. They are infinitely creative because they haven’t yet built up the layers of
conditioning that create limitations and restrictions.
To maintain a youthful mind, write down two or three things you can do that are
totally childlike. Think of something that evokes childhood for you—eating an ice
cream cone, going to a playground to swing, coloring a picture, jumping rope, or
building a sand castle. Find something that brings back the sense of fun you had as
a child, even if you think you’ve outgrown it, and choose one of these activities to
do today.
As you carry out your childlike activity, let yourself embody the archetypal carefree
and innocent child. The feeling you’re aiming for isn’t a return to childhood, but
something more profound, as expressed by the brilliant therapist A.H. Almaas:
“When we look at a child, we see that the sense of fullness, of intrinsic aliveness, of
joy in being, is not the result of something else. There is value in just being oneself;
it is not because of something one does or doesn’t do. It is there in the beginning,
when we were children but slowly it gets lost.” By re-experiencing our childlike
nature, we not only cultivate a youthful mind, but we also connect to the part of us
that is never born and never dies—our eternal spiritual essence.MAINTAIN A YOUTHFUL MIND7 STEPS TO RADICAL WELLBEING: Step 7
www.chopra.comSTEP 7<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Praise for The 80/10/10 Diet

“Dr. Graham is wise, insightful, and a leading-edge thinker. Read, savor, and use his brilliance, and I hope it serves you as well
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“The 80/10/10 diet as explained and advocated by Dr. Graham in his book, is in my  opinion, the greatest breakthrough ever
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 to marshal its energies, maintain a positive mental attitude and otherwisestay out of the way.
Many people intensely dread missing even one meal. These folks usually are
and have been so toxic that their bodies had been stashing uneliminated toxins intheir fat for years. They are usually so addicted to caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol,and so forth, that when they had fasted, even briefly, their bodies were forced todip into highly-polluted fat reserves while simultaneously the body beginswithdrawal. People like this who try to fast experience highly unpleasantsymptoms including headache, irritability, inability to think or concentrate, blurredvision, profound fatigue, aches, etc. Most of these symptoms come from lowblood sugar, but combined with the toxins being released from fat and combinedwith going through multiple addictive withdrawals, the discomforts are more thanmost people are willing to tolerate. Fasting on juice is much more realistic forcases like this. It is little wonder that when a hygienist suggests a fast to improvehealth, this type of case asserts positively that fasting is quite impossible, they havetried it, it is absolutely terrible and know that they can’t do it.
This rejection is partly due to a cultural expectation (one reinforced by western
medicine) that all unpleasant symptoms should be avoided or suppressed. Tovoluntarily experience unpleasant sensations such as those mentioned above ismore than the ordinary timid person will subject themselves to, even in order toregain health. They will allow surgery, drugs with violent and dangerous sideeffects, painful and invasive testing procedures and radiation—all unpleasant andsometimes extremely uncomfortable. These therapies are accepted becausesomeone else with authority is doing it to them. And, they have been told that itthey don’t submit they will not ever feel better and probably will die in the nearfuture. Also people think that they have no alternative, that the expert in front of
them knows what is best, so they feel relieved to have been relieved of the
responsibility for their own condition and its treatment.
Preventative Fasting
During the years it takes for a body to degenerate enough to prompt a fast, the
body has been storing up large quantities of unprocessed toxins in the cells,tissues, fat deposits, and organs. The body in its wisdom will always choose totemporarily deposit overwhelming amounts of toxins somewhere harmless ratherthan either permit the blood supply to become polluted or to use secondaryelimination routes. A body will use occasions when the liver is less burdened toeliminate these stored toxic debris. The hygienist’s paradigm asserts that themanifestation of symptoms or illness are all by themselves, absolute, unassailableproof that further storage of toxic wastes in the cells, tissues, fat deposits, andorgans is not possible and that an effort toward elimination is absolutelynecessary. Thus the first time a person fasts a great quantity of toxins will normallybe released. Being the resident of a body when this is happening can be quiteuncomfortable. For this reason alone, preventative fasting is a very wise idea.
Before the body becomes critically ill, clean up your reserve fuel supply (fat
deposits) by burning off some accumulated fat that is rich in toxic deposits andthen replace it with clean, non-toxic fat that you will make while eating sensibly. Ifyou had but fasted prophylactically as a preventative or health-creating measurebefore you became seriously ill, the initial detoxification of your body could havebeen accomplished far more comfortably, while you were healthy, while your vitalforce was high and while your body otherwise more able to deal withdetoxification.
Each time you fast, even if it is only one day, you allow your body to go
through a partial detox, and each time it becomes easier and more comfortablethan the last time. The body learns how to fast. Each time you fast it, your bodyslips into a cleansing mode more quickly, and each time you fast you lighten the
load of stored toxins. Perhaps you have already eliminated the caffeine your body
had stored, which frequently causes severe headaches on withdrawal, not tomention fatigue. It certainly helps to have this behind you before you go on to theelimination of other irritating substances. Many people have gone through alcoholor tobacco withdrawal, and understand that it is very unpleasant, and also that itmust be done in the pursuit of health. Why not withdraw from the rest of theirritating and debilitating substances we take into our system on an ongoing basis,and why not grit your way through the eliminative process, withdraw, from foodaddictions such as sugar or salt, and from foods that you may be allergic to likewheat, dairy products or eggs.
It is very wise to invest in your own insurance plan by systematically
detoxifying while you are still healthy. Plan it into your life, when it is convenient,such as once a week on Sunday, or even once a month on a quiet day. Take afew days of vacation, go to a warm, beautiful place and devote part or all of it tocleansing. Treat yourself by taking an annual trip to Hawaii, fasting at a hotel onthe beach—do whatever it takes to motivate yourself. And consider this:vacations are enormously cheaper when you stay out of restaurants.
If you have accustomed your body to 24 hour fasts, then you can work on 48
hour fasts, and over time work up to 72 hour fasts, all on a continuum. You mayfind it becoming increasingly comfortable, perhaps even pleasant, something youlook forward to. Fasting a relatively detoxified body feels good, and peopleeventually really get into the clean, light, clear headed, perhaps spiritually awarestate that goes along with it.
By contrast, fasting when you are sick is much more difficult because your
vitality or vital force is very low, you already have no energy, and probably haveunpleasant symptoms that must be dealt with at the same time. There may be theadded stress of being forced into a cleanse because you are too nauseous to eat.Most people let their health go until they are forced into dealing with it; they aretoo busy living, so why bother.
The truth is that our body does age, and over time becomes less able to deal
with insults; the accumulated effect of insults and aging eventually leads most of usto some serious degenerative illness. Normally this begins happening around age50 if not sooner. Some of us that were gifted with good genes or what I call “agood start” may have reached the age of 60 or 75 or even 90 without seriousillness, but those people are few and far between. Why not tip the scales in yourfavor by preventing or staving off health problems with systematic detoxification atyour own convenience.
Climb into the drivers seat and start to take control and gain confidence in
your own ability to deal with your body, your own health, and your own life.When it gets right down to the bottom line, there is really only one thing in theworld that is really yours, and that is your life. Take control and start managing it.The reward will be a more qualitative life.
Chapter Four
Colon Cleansing
From The Hygienic Dictionary
Autointoxication. [1] the accumulations on the bowel wall become a breeding ground for unhealthy
bacterial life forms. The heavy mucus coating in the colon thickens and becomes a host forputrefaction. The blood capillaries to the colon begin to pick up the toxins, poisons and noxiousdebris as it seeps through the bowel wall. All tissues and organs of the body are now taking on toxicsubstances. Here is the beginning of true autointoxication on a physiological level. Bernard Jensen,Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management.  [2] All maladies are due to the lack of certain food
principles, such as mineral salts or vitamins, or to the absence of the normal defenses of the body,such as the natural protective flora. When this occurs, toxic bacteria invade the lower alimentary canal,and the poisons thus generated pollute the bloodstream and gradually deteriorate and destroy everytissue, gland and organ of the body. Sir Arbuthnot Lane. [3] The common cause of gastro-intestinalindigestion is enervation and overeating When food is not digested, it becomes a poison. Dr. John. H.Tllden, Impaired Health: Its Cause and Cure,  1921. [4] a clogging up of the large intestine by a
building up (on) the bowel wall to such an extent that feces can hardly pass through. autointoxicationis a direct result of intestinal constipation. Faulty nutrition is a major underlying factor inconstipation. The frequency or quantity of fecal elimination is not an indication of the lack ofconstipation in the bowel. Bernard Jensen, Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management.
I am not a true believer in any single healing method or system. I find much
truth in many schools and use a wide variety of techniques. The word for myinclination is eclectic.
The most effective medicine in my arsenal is water fasting followed closely in
potency by other, less rigorous detoxifying diets. Colon cleansing ranks next inhealing power. In fact it is difficult to separate colon cleansing from fastingbecause detoxification programs should always be accompanied by coloncleansing. Further down the scale of efficatiousness comes dietary reform to
eliminate allergic reactions and to present the body with foods it is capable of
digesting without creating toxemia. Last, and usually least in effectiveness in myarsenal, are orthotropic substances (in the form of little pills and capsules)commonly known as vitamins or food supplements.
Interestingly, acceptance of these methods by my clients runs in exact
opposition to their effectiveness. People prefer taking vitamins because they seemlike the allopaths’ pills, taking pills demands


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uids, gases, minerals, and vegetabl es. Chemistry could not exist with-
out mathematics. There would be no need of mathematics were it not for chemistry.
The joining together of chemistry and mathematics is called
PHYSICS. God is a God of PHYSICS. All things that are made by the laws of physics is (and there is nothing made that is made without) adherence to the laws.
IONIZATION is God's laws putting things together and taking
them apart ion by ion. An ion in its singular anionic form is the small-est amount of ENERGY in existence, in fact the smallest thing that
God ever created. All things that are made are formed from IONS.
Man has learned to measure the taking apart or the loss of ENER-
GY. which is any substance going back to its IONIC state.
Horsepower is the measure of harnessed lost energy from a com-
pound or element.
Man has just begun to peep through the keyhole of knowledge,
which God knew from the beginning (how things are put together, how a tree grows, how a seed sprouts, how a black cow can eat green grass and give white milk and yellow butter).
When man thoroughly understands how all things are put together
by following the line of least resistance 'tis then he will truly know
what LOVE is. To me love is following the line of least resistance. It is easier to love than to hate. Hate and revenge burns up much energy unnecessarily because it is following the line of FORCE, which is the line of greatest resistance.
Hate is like pushing a car up a steep hill. Love is like riding it
while it is coasting gently downhill. Pushing up hill causes a great loss
of energy. Riding quietly downhill observing the beauty of God's crea-tion brings about an increase of energy.
This entire book is about God's plan of the use of energy for more
perfect health as recorded in the Bible. 11 God manages the universe and controls all His creatures with
LOVE. Satan rules with force and hate. Force and hate always causes
a tremendously unnecessary loss of energy, and is the fruit that will cause anyone to experience a premature death and to be promoted to the PLACE OF HIS CHOICE.
After all is said and done, Heaven will consume all the ENERGY
of Hell, and God in His greatness will use it to make something beau-tiful from it. It may be a pansy or a violet. Only God knows. He can do no wrong because He is LOVE.
- C. R.
  12 CHAPTER 1
EQUATION NUMBERS

One of the first things most people demand to know of a Reams
tester is, "What is wrong with me?" This is a point that makes it possi-ble for any of the Reams testers to be falsely accused of practicing medicine without a license.
There are biological laws in the Bible pertaining to health which
teach us what is right and what is wrong. Unless the Reams Biological Theory of Ionization tests indicated what was wrong, we would not know what was right. It is absolutely impossible to separate religion and good health; or religion and poor health because we are all created by God.
Man's mind is in two divisions, one is the spiritual mind, or the
subconscious mind, and the other is the conscious mind.
With the conscious mind we think, we learn, we are taught princi-
ples of life, we are taught professional and non-professional duties. But back in the brain there is a subconscious mind, which is the spirit mind. This mind controls and maintains life. This is the involuntary part of the brain that keeps our organs functioning without any thought on our part of how and whether or not they function.
The Bible tells us that upon death the spirit shall return to God
which made it and that the soul shall go down to the grave and return to dust from which it came. In this soul are contained the frequencies, the micronage, the milli- micronage  and the millimilli-micronage, and
these contain our numbers. Here is one of the very important factors
taught by science: pictures of the spirit leaving the body have been taken of people as they passed into eternity and it is recognizable. A camera can pick up the spirit as it leaves the body, ascending like a vapor or like a cloud upward into eternity, but the soul then goes back to dust, waiting the judgment day.
An undertaker who took the RBTI course said to me one day, after
I had told him, "It's my duty to keep people out of your office and place of business as long as I can": 13 "That's why I'm here because I want them to stay out and live to a
ripe old age." Then he added, "I was looking at bodies of adults in the
morgue one day and this thought came to me:
They are here because they wanted to be... a freedom of choice." "What do you mean?" I asked. "They broke every rule of health. They abused their bodies. They
went to physicians instead of going to God for healing. They took drugs instead of minerals to get well. They did not seek to clean the temple of God. What other conclusion could I draw other than they were here because they wanted to be, he answered.
I'm not saying that I agree or disagree with his statement. I'm only
saying that it lies within us to live  to a ripe old age and to be healthy,
or to be sick and die young.
I was in the South Pacific during the war and one of the things I
learned about the natives there was th at they never grow old. They all
die young because their living standards are so low, their food is so poor and the quality of their life is  thinking there is nothing really to
live for. When you see one of these natives 30 years old, they look like 70 or 80. The conditions under which they live burns out their system too quickly.
This is what happens when the wrong foods are used. It releases
too many calories of heat energy, or electrical energy at the wrong time and the body cannot assimilate it. The very fact that it does this, will show in the numbers, and disease will strike in the weakest place. Naturally the excessive heat energy will burn out the weakest place first, so the numbers m the test then  come forth and we can zero in on
the organ, or organs, that are affected.
All diseases start with one or more of the vital organs which are
controlled by the central nervous system, chiefly the liver, but then spreads to other organs because the liver is the one organ that manu-factures the skeleton of the amino acid for all the other organs, and the amino acid is the building block that we live on. The numbers help us to zero in on the location of the loss of energy.
A mineral deficiency is the cause of all diseases. The higher the
specific gravity the less energy you may get out of your food. The 14 lower the specific gravity, below the range A of the Reams Biological
Theory of Ionization test (RBTI), the faster the food passes through
the system and it does not have time to take the energy properly from the food. The numbers show what organs are losing the energy.
Collagen disease is nothing more than old-fashioned scurvy,
caused by a lack of vitamin C, and affects the entire body chemistry from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet. The cells are com-ing apart, and the energy is being lost throughout the system. The be-ginning of this disease is the lack of calciums, which in turn causes a decrease in vitamin C, which in turn permits a weakening of the tis-sues, and a weakening of the gastric juices, which again affects the numbers.
The numbers indicate the state of health and how much reserve
energy you have. The higher the reserve energy the greater liberty you
have in breaking the rules. The lower your reserve energy, the less lib-erty you have in breaking the rules. You would not think of feeding an infant meat or nuts. Many people who are very ill, with a reserve en-ergy rating below 15, their gastric juices are as diluted as an infant, and, therefore, they should live on baby food until their energy is re-stored, or increases.
There are two reasons why body chemistry will not respond to di-
et. One is a brain tumor in the left quadrant of the brain, and the other is unrepairable damage to the main vagus nerve (the vital nerve which
carries the message from the brain) to the vital organs which supply the total daily nutrient (TDN) needed to maintain the maximum
amount of reserve energy.
Suppose you were male, age 25, six feet tall, weight 180, and your
numbers would read:

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The person with these numbers would be in a critical condition,
and the body chemistry in range C. All of the above facts are neces-
sary in order to interpret this equation because a baby six months old 15 could also have these numbers, and therefore the diet would be differ-
ent, or if a female had these numbers the diet would be entirely differ-
ent.
The numbers indicate there are problems in certain areas of the
body regardless of the age of an adult, but in a child under 12 years of age or under age of puberty, it would· have an entirely different mean-ing because there is a change in body chemistry after


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Okay, okay. I get it. Boy, You’re relentless,
aren’t You?
That’s the problem with truth. The truth is
relentless. It won’t leave you alone. It  keeps
creeping up on you from every side,
showing you what’s real ly so. That can  be
annoying.
Okay. So I want to find the tools for a long -
term relationship —and you say entering
relationships purposefully is one of them.
Yes. Be sure you and your mate agree on
purpose.
If you both agree at a conscious level that
the pur pose of your relationship is to  create an opportunity, not an obligation —an
opportunity for growth, for full Self-
expression, for lifting your lives to their
highest potential, for healing every false
thought or small idea you ever had about
you, and for ultimate reunion with God
through the communion of your two souls —
if you take that vow instead of the vows
you’ve been taking —the relationship has
begun on a very good note. It’s gotten off
on the right foot That’s a very good
beginning.
Still, it’s no  guarantee of success.
If you want guarantees in life, then you
don’t want life. You want rehearsals for a
script that’s already been written.
Life by its nature cannot have guarantees,
or its whole purpose is thwarted.  Okay. Got it. So now I’ve got my
relationship off to this “very good start.”
Now, how do I keep  it going?
Know and understand that there will be
challenges and difficult times. Don’t try to
avoid them. Welcome them. Gratefully. See
them as grand gifts from God; glorious
opportunities to do w hat you came into the
relationship —and life —to do.
Try very hard not to see your partner as the
enemy, or the opposition, during these
times.
In fact, seek to see no one, and nothing, as
the enemy —or even the problem.  Cultivate
the technique of seeing all problems as
opportunities.
Opportunities to... ...I know, I know —“be, and decide, Who
You Really Are.”
Right! You’re getting it! You are getting it!
Sounds like a pretty dull life to me.
Then you’re setting your sights too low.
Broaden the scope of your ho rizons.
Extend  the depth of your vision. See more
in you than you think there is to be seen.
See more in your partner, too.
You will never disserve your relationship —
nor anyone —by seeing more in another
than they are showing you. For there is
more there. Much more. It is only their fear
that stops them from showing you. If others
notice that you see them as more, they  will
feel safe to show you what you obviously
already see.  People tend to live up to our expectations
of them.
Something like that. I don’t like the word
“expectations” here.
Expectations ruin relationships. Let’s say
that people tend to see in themselves what
we see in them. The grander our vision, the
grander their willingness to access and
display the part of them we have show n
them.
Isn’t that how all truly blessed relationships
work? Isn’t that part of the healing
process —the process by which we give
people permission to “let go” of every false
thought they’ve ever had about
themselves?
Isn’t that what I am doing here, in thi s book,
for you?  Yes.
And that is the work of God. The work of
the soul is to wake yourself up. The work of
God is to wake everybody else up.
We do this by seeing others as Who They
Are—by reminding them of Who They Are.
This you can do in two ways —by remi nding
them of Who They Are (very difficult,
because they will not believe you), and by
remembering Who You Are (much easier,
because you do not need their belief, only
your own). Demonstrating this constantly
ultimately reminds others of Who They Are,
for they will see themselves in you.
Many Masters have been sent to the Earth
to demonstrate Eternal Truth. Others,  such
as John the Baptist, have been sent as
messengers, telling of the Truth in  glowing terms, speaking of God with unmistakable
clarity.
These special messengers have been
gifted with extraordinary insight, and the
very special power to see and receive
Eternal Truth, plus the ability to
communicate  complex concepts in ways
that can and will be understood by the
masses.
You are such a messenger.
I am?
Yes. Do you believe this?
It is such a difficult thing to accept. I mean,
all of us want to be special...
...all of you are special...
...and the ego gets in there —at least with
me it does, and tries to make us feel somehow  “chosen” for an amazing
assignment. I have to fight that ego all the
time, seek to purify and  re-purify my every
thought, word, and deed so as to keep
personal aggrandizement out of it.  So it’s
very difficult to hear what you’re saying,
because I’m aware that it plays to my ego,
and I’ve spent all my life fighting my ego.
I know you have.
And sometimes not too successfully.
I am chagrined to have to agree.
Yet always when it has come to God, you
have let the ego drop. Many is the night  you
have begged and pleaded for clarity,
beseech ed the heavens for insight, not so
that you could enrich yourself, or heap
honor upon yourself, but out of the deep
purity of a simple yearning to know.  Yes.
And you have promised Me, over and over
again, that should you be caused to  know,
you would spend the rest of your life —
every waking moment —sharing  Eternal
Truth with others...not out of a need to gain
glory, but out of your heart’s  deepest desire
to end the pain and suffering of others; to
bring joy and gladness,  and help and
healing; to reconnect others with the sense
of partnership with God  you have always
experienced.
Yes. Yes.
And so I have chosen you to be My
messenger. You, and many others. For
now, during these times immediately
ahead, the world will need many trumpets
to sound  the clarion call. The world will need many voices to speak the words of
truth and  healing for which millions long.
The world will need many hearts joined
together in  the work of the soul, and
prepared to do the work of God.
Can you honestly claim that you are not
aware of this?
No.
Can you honestly deny that this is why you
came?
No.
Are you ready then, with this book, to
decide and to declare your own Eternal
Truth,  and to announce and articulate the
glory of Mine?
Must I include these last few exchanges in
the book?  You don’t have to do anything. Remember,
in our relationship you have no  obligation.
Only opportunity. Is this not the opportunity
for which you have waited all  your life?
Have you not devoted your Self to this
mission —and the proper  preparation for
it—from the earliest moments of youth?
Yes.
Then do not what you are obliged to do, but
what you have an opportunity to do.
As to placing all this in our book, why would
you not? Think you that I want you to be  a
messenger in secret?
No, I  suppose not.
It takes great courage to announce oneself
as a man of God. You understand, the
world will much more readily accept you as
virtually anything else —but a man of  God? An actual messenger? Every one of My
messengers has been defiled. Far  from
gaining glory, they have gained nothing but
heartache.
Are you willing? Does your heart ache to
tell the truth about Me? Are you willing to
endure the ridicule of your fellow human
beings? Are you prepared to give up glory
on Earth for the greater glory of t he soul
fully realized?
You’re making this all sound suddenly
pretty heavy, God.
You want I should kid you about it?
Well, we could just lighten up a little here.
Hey, I’m all for enlightenment! Why don’t
we end this chapter with a joke?
Good idea. You got  one?  No, but you do. Tell the one about the little
girl drawing a picture...
Oh, yes, that one. Okay. Well, a Mommy
came into the kitchen one day to find her
little girl at  the table, crayons everywhere,
deeply concentrating on a freehand picture
she was creating.  “My, what are you so
busy drawing?” the Mommy asked. “It’s a
picture of God, Mommy,” the  beautiful girl
replied, eyes shining. “Oh honey, that’s so
sweet,” the Mommy said, trying


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 use in scleroderma. Dr. Engel said, “One
sees dilatation of vessels in the upper dermis and perhaps the increase in blood
flow plays a role. DMSO is known to protect cells and tissue from freezing,
thawing, necrotic cutaneous changes, inflammatory and hemorrhagic processes.”
2
This protection may be related to cellular physiological enlargement.
In a two-year study of twenty sclerodermatous patients, Dr. Engel found
beneficial results using DMSO as the exclusive treatment. He said, “They had
increased mobility, rapid relief of pain and healing of persistent ulcers, arrest of
the spread of cutaneous disease, regrowth of hair, and return of sensation and
sweating. There was absolutely no sign of arrest of systemic disease, as shown by
the death of three
patients while on therapy and two in the immediate posttreatment
period, despite evidence of improvement of the cutaneous manifestations of their
disorder.”
Dr. Engel also noted that “the maximal activity of DMSO, after it is
swallowed, is in the organs and the parts of organs primarily involved in the
pathologic changes of progressive systemic sclerosis....  DMSO might halt or
reverse the process of systemic sclerosis.”
As it relates to the following section, what Dr. Engel added is quite significant:
“No evidence of ocular damage was found by funduscopic or slit lamp
examination in any of our patients.”ALLEGED MISREPORTING OF THE SCHERBEL STUDIES
Dr. Scherbel did similar, more extensive studies on patients having scleroderma,
and he performed them under the FDA supervisory investigational new drug (IND)
application number 10-778. This means the investigator and the sponsoring
pharmaceutical company, Research Industries Corporation, were liable to FDA
regulations. Violations of them would be a federal crime.
A statement by Jere E. Goyan, Ph.D., former Commissioner of the FDA, made
before the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, included the
following information:
“We are requiring that eye examinations be conducted as part of any study
involving chronic administration of DMSO in order to obtain additional data to
determine whether the drug causes ocular toxicity. The labeling for the approved
human drug product suggests that patients should receive thorough eye
evaluations, including slit lamp examinations, prior to and periodically during
treatment....  We have issued inspection assignments to audit the data of the
scleroderma studies. In all of these investigations our staff is being asked to pay
particular attention to whether or not these studies included eye examinations.”
Dr. Scherbel did his IND 10-778 studies on eleven patients with severe
progressive systemic sclerosis, using DMSO by oral administration. He had them
undergo eye examinations before, during, and after DMSO treatment, in
accordance with FDA rules, for this IND. The patients received a total daily dose
of DMSO ranging from 21 grams to 84 grams in four divided doses diluted in
concentrated juice and crushed ice. The duration of the treatment ranged from 1
month to 22 months with a mean average of 9.4 months. Its results were reported
to Henry Moyle, President of the Research Industries Corporation, Salt
Lake City,
Utah. In his letter, dated May 4, 1977, Dr. Scherbel advised Mr. Moyle that “in
four of eleven patients reported at this time, nuclear sclerosis or progressive
myopia have appeared during the study.”
This report of lens changes with the development of nearsightedness was
alarming news. It might have caused cessation of the investigation if the FDA had
been aware of the reported eye changes in these patients. Agency officials say that
no one at the FDA knew about them until the information was uncovered, almost
by accident, nearly three years later.
Michael J. Hensley, M.D., of the Division of Scientific Investigations, Bureau
of Drugs, FDA, told Senator Kennedy how this came about: “It was not officially
reported, as far as we can tell. We picked up on this during a routine inspection ofDr. Scherbel....  On April 22, 1980, I was standing there with an inspection
report in my hand of an oral DMSO study—a study of the use of DMSO orally in
scleroderma—a study wherein patients had been given doses very nearly
approaching the animal studies that had showed ocular toxicity, and it appeared
from the material that we had discovered during this very first, initial tipoff
inspection that the eye changes that were being reported in these patients were
identical to those seen in the animal studies back in the 1960s....  It turns out
that the initial report of the oral scleroderma patients had been noted by Dr.
Scherbel to Research Industries on May 4, 1977....  It appeared that Research
Industries had reported to them a possible adverse effect in 1977, and yet had
never reported it to the agency because, in our files, we found none of these
reports.”
From the testimony, Senator Kennedy learned that two inspections of the firm
uncovered correspondence that indicated the Scherbel report was received. A
letter from Moyle was sent in reply to Dr. Scherbel’s report indicating that Dr.
Jacob verbally informed K.C. Pani, M.D., an officer of the Division of Anti-
Infective Drug Products of the Bureau of Drugs, FDA, of this finding. Another
letter dated May 17, 1977, from Moyle to Scherbel implied that the Scherbel
report may have been provided to Dr. Pani. At least it said that “Dr. Jacob and I
showed him your letter of May 4, 1977, and Dr. Pani suggested lowering the
DMSO dosage for these patients affected with eye changes.”
Dr. Pani was interviewed, and denied he had ever been told any of this. He
said he was given no letter for the FDA files. Dr. Hensley said, “We therefore had
the possibility of a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and
also, perhaps, of title 18, section 1001—the making of false reports to the
Government.”
Compounding this alleged misreporting, on September 7, 1978,
Moyle wrote
Merle L. Gibson, M.D., Director, Division of Anti-Infective Drug Products,
Bureau of Drugs, a summarized progress report of IND 10-778 saying: “Our
investigations under this IND are still ongoing but to date our investigators have
reported no abnormalities relating to toxicity of the drug, nor have they reported
any ocular abnormalities. All updated patient reports throughout the year have
previously been forwarded to the FDA under separate cover.”
Commissioner Goyan considered this alleged misreporting extremely serious in
view of the fact that it was the eye toxicity that the FDA was most concerned
about. Under the IND regulations that govern this human experimental work, it is
mandatory that the sponsor shall promptly investigate and report to the FDA and toall investigators any findings associated with the use of the drug that may suggest
significant hazards, contraindications, side effects, and precautions pertinent to the
safety of DMSO. Eye changes in the scleroderma patients clearly fall within this
definition.
It is possible that lens changes are a complication of the disease, but there is
nothing reported in the medical literature indicating that eye symptoms are present
in scleroderma.
From the correspondence found three years later in the Research Industries
corporate files, it appears that Scherbel’s letter is the first DMSO report of human
eye toxicity ever, and that the pharmaceutical company had furnished the report to
Dr. Pani at the FDA. Commissioner Goyan said that if Pani had possessed this
information and not provided it to the FDA, it would be grounds for his dismissal
from the agency.
It looked like the FDA had a real health problem with DMSO—specifically,
eye toxicity in humans. Also, the agency learned that the odor-free DMSO, 87-2,
and another DMSO derivative called Satori, had no IND and no animal testing, but
were being distributed in interstate commerce and being used by the general
public. We saw at the start of this chapter that Jean Puccio almost daily paints on
87-2, which she acquired from Dr. Jacob. Use of this unapproved drug is illegal.
Dispensing it is a violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Dr. Hensley brought all this information to the Inspector General of the United
States. “The Office of Inspector General went to the United States attorney in
Baltimore, because it is the judicial district, and briefed them on what they knew
of it,” said Dr. Hensley. “They interviewed a great many people during that week
[May 12, 1980] and had some very definite impressions as to what they ought to
do.”
The incident with which we opened
Chapter 2
, where FDA officials
holding a
Federal warrant entered Dr. Jacob’s office on November 10, 1980, looking for
documents on eye toxicity, is a direct outgrowth of this discovery and its eventual
public disclosure in the Congressional Record. In fact, one of the investigators
visiting Dr. Jacob’s office was Dr. Alan B. Lisook, who is Dr.


 from the daily fasting
8.00 - drink good quality water, in the first glass to
necessarily add bifidum or lactobacterin (1 sachet per
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317glass of water), or now, a new drug "Linex".
11.00 - compote of dried apricots, prunes, raisins.
14.00 - yogurt, Bifidok or serum Bolotov.
18.00 - vegetable soup (cabbage, carrots, beets, onions, potatoes,
dill, parsley).
22.00 - stewed fruit, herbal tea, honey.
The yield of the 36-hour fasting: the same is just beginning
in the evening.
The yield of the 48-hour fasting: 1-day, both from the daily.
Second day: 8.00 - herbal tea with honey or fruit or yogurt,
buckwheat groats in water, you can add a little vegetable
oil (can be other cereals), always on the second day of fasting
need to drink one quail egg 3 times a day
(Do not worry - quail do not get sick with salmonellosis) on an empty stomach. This
necessary, as quail eggs - this whole periodic table,
and most importantly - natural natural stem cells, which
as required by the body after the dry fasting. Women
You can make masks to the face: quail eggs mixed with cedar
oil, applied at night for 20 minutes.
14.00 - fish soup (the best of the rasp, salmon, pink salmon), can be a bit
sunflower. Salad, any cereal. Tea, juice, yogurt, honey.
18.00 - boiled beets, cereals, tea, juice, yogurt.
22.00 - herbal tea, honey.
The yield of the 3 daily fasting: the first two days are already written.
The third day of the output:
8.00 - Freshly squeezed juices, salads, cereals
14.00 - soup or ear, cereals, salads, tea
18.00 - salad, fish baked in foil, juice, fresh
Fourth day:
9.00 - decoction of dried fruit (raisins, apricots, prunes) - 200,0
12.00 - buckwheat groats - nincompoop - 200,0
15.00 - cabbage salad with 100.0, and fish ear, dairy
Drink - 100,0
18.00 - vegetable broth - 200,0
21.00 - fermented beverage 200.0
Fifth day:
9.00 - porridge "Hercules" with dried apricots - 150,0
Green Tea - 100,0
13.00 - stewed vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage) - 150,0
Juice - 100,0
17.00 - soup (carrot, beet, cabbage, croutons of bread, or gray
bran sticks), apple - 1 pc.
21.00 - sour milk drink - 200,0
Then you can proceed to the usual food, but perfect -
preferably 2 weeks of feeding with a predominance of fresh vegetables
and fruits.
After exiting the fast food must be perfect.
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318Nutrition Program for good digestion (at the outlet of
starvation)
Most people are constantly sick or almost sick because
that are trying to recycle a huge amount of excess food
they absorb. After the famine, you can easily and quickly establish
proper digestion. Make it a rule - is not after 16
hours. If you follow this, you will have a good night's sleep. Morning
you'll feel rested. you will naturally be
be self-cleansing of the body and normalizes fat
stratum. Eat breakfast from 9 to 10 am (you can even earlier). Eat
salad of fresh vegetables on the basis of carrots, cabbage and greens (winter
steamed vegetables). The second dish you will have bread from sprouted
grains with honey or sea cabbage, or whole mess with a little
amount of oil. Along with cabbage, carrots and greens, they
will be a good stimulant for the digestive tract,
cultivation of proper microflora, restore the expense of the inverse
links the endocrine system of the body.
First, eat a salad. This will lead to the fact that activated
a number of processes that underlie normal functioning
organism. For example, stimulates the secretion of digestive
juice, because raw vegetables are rich in natural stimulants.
After several years of such food if you feel that your
organism does not perceive a beginning food. as a result you will be able to
to increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables to 60 percent
their diet. Fresh vegetables, fruits and juices are based on them - is
foods rich in vitality. Their fabrics are rich in energy,
supporting structure of the body tissues, the skin elasticity.
The ideal diet is 50 per cent consists of raw fruits
and vegetables. Cellulose and pectin, contained in most
products of plant origin, called ballast
substances, since they are not absorbed by the body. These substances
necessary, they serve an important role in the process of digestion:
adjust the intestinal hormonal system, and through it - the whole
organism, as regulators of motor function of the intestine;
create a favorable microflora in the gastrointestinal tract,
which is partly used by the body as a full
living protein, 10 per cent is protein foods. Protein
may be in the form of meat, fish, eggs, natural cheese, or grow-
the tangent form, such as nuts and seeds. Brewer's yeast,
bread and soup made from sprouted wheat are also an important part of
protein diet. Especially, they are indispensable as suppliers
vitamins B, E and D.
The remaining products are divided into three parts. One third (30%) - is
natural starch obtained from cereals and legumes. Another third
(Not less than 5%) - natural sugar-containing in dried fruits,
honey, freshly squeezed juices. Last third (no more than 5%) consists of
natural fats such as sunflower, corn, olive
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319oil, natural bacon, butter and ghee. People who are prone
to obesity, should avoid eating sugar, bread,
cereals. Or have them in minimum quantities, and
cereals should be freshly brewed. Chew their
absolutely necessary. While fast food a person consumes oatmeal
3-5 times more than you need. This leads to obesity. If
to use its small quantity, chewing up the status of milk
then it disappears constipation, improves intestinal peristalsis (in
moment of peristalsis chewing speeds up to four times), eliminated
congestion in the gastrointestinal tract.
The recovery period should be two times greater than
lasted starvation. Try at least at this time to eat
correctly. The daily routine in the recovery period remains
approximately the same (walking, physiotherapy,
occupational therapy, recreation), but lean people can add
Special procedures - the oil body massage (especially
loin), hot baths. Persons who are overweight - a sauna,
body massage evaporated urine. Following such a reasonable program
starvation, you'll be filled with vitality, and starvation
become a necessary part of your life. Day after day, watching
the miracle of renovation taking place in your mind and body, you
will enjoy the fact that they had come to the right of life, which
every day makes you a more perfect and healthy.
For a very good rasshlakovki and cleanse the body necessarily
must be taken during the exit mixed turpentine baths
by Zalmanov. Total number of bathrooms 10.
How to prepare serum Bolotov
In a clean 3-liter jar pour cold boiled
wells or spring water.
Dissolve in water 1 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon of the market
sour cream. Half a cup of herb celandine (all the same - dry or fresh,
but be sure to clean, mold) be placed in a gauze bag
and sink to the bottom of the cans by weight.
Bottle opening tie cheesecloth into 3 layers.
Insist kvass two weeks at room temperature in the dark
place. We must follow - to remove the surface mold and strain,
If you see the sediment.
After 2 weeks of 3 - liter jars pours a liter of kvass
a quart glass bottle with a lid. This portion for the reception
about 3 days.
A 3-liter jar topped up with 1 liter of water and add 1 / 3 cup
sugar.
3 days kvass will again be ready. So you can continue without changing the
celandine, up to 2 - months, adding water and sugar.
Take from 1 tbsp. spoon to 0,5 cups for 20-30 minutes. before meals 3 times
a day for 2 - weeks. Then, to secure the effect of taking
within a month 1 time per day.
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320OSLO ZHNENI I when exiting Fasting I
When exiting the dry term fasting is usually serious
complications were observed, but still need to know about them.
Complications occur most frequently with people reckless, which
not aware of his actions. in any case be
treated seriously, and to matters related to personal health,
- Twice. So if you decide to practice independently
Fasting - Take it with attention. Master techniques
gradually, to study the literature, the experience of others and, most importantly, watch
behind him. If, after short-term fasting


 ointment as a soothing remedy for hemorrhoids. The herb may also be used as a douche for treating excessive vaginal discharge. Avens reputedly has a mild quinine-type action in lowering fever.
Dried rootstock
Geranium maculatum (Geraniaceae)
Wild Geranium
Description Perennial growing to 2 ft (60 cm).
Has deeply cleft leaves, pink-purple flowers, and beak-shaped fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to woodlands
of eastern and central North America, the root  is dug up in early spring, and the aerial parts are gathered in summer.Geum urbanum (Rosaceae)
Avens
Description Downy perennial growing to
60 cm (2 ft). Has wiry stems, compound leaves, small, yellow 5-petaled flowers, and fruit covered with hooks.Glechoma hederacea
syn. nepeta glechoma (Lamiaceae)
Ground Ivy,
Alehoof
Description Creeping perennial herb growing
to 15 cm (6 in). Has long rooting runners, notched
kidney-shaped leaves, and purple-blue flowers  in whorls.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe and
western Asia, ground ivy is now naturalized in other temperate regions, including North America. It thrives on the outskirts of woods and alongside paths and hedges. It is gathered in summer.
Parts Used Aerial parts.
Constituents Ground ivy contains
sesquiterpenes, flavonoids, a volatile oil, a bitter principle (glechomine), caffeic acids, and tannins.
History & Folklore Known in parts of
England as “alehoof,” ground ivy was used to flavor and clarify ale, the traditional drink of  the Anglo-Saxons. In Medieval times, it was recommended for fever, and was a popular treatment for chronic coughs. The 16th-century herbalist John Gerard considered it a valuable remedy for tinnitus.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Ground ivy
is tonic, diuretic, and decongestant, and is used  to treat many problems involving the mucous
US_202-223_Digitalis_lutea_Iris_versicolor.indd   216 26/02/16   12:47 pm217 other medicinal plantsGossypium herbaceum
membranes of the ear, nose, throat, and digestive
system. A well-tolerated herb, it can be given
to children to clear lingering congestion and to
treat chronic conditions such as “glue ear” and
sinusitis. Throat and chest problems, especially
those due to excess mucus, also benefit from this
remedy. Ground ivy is also a valuable treatment for
gastritis and acid indigestion. Further along the
gastrointestinal tract, its binding nature helps to
counter diarrhea and to dry up watery and mucoid
secretions. Ground ivy has been employed to
prevent scurvy and as a spring tonic, and is
considered beneficial in kidney disorders.History & Folklore A staple food in much of
Asia, soy has been used in China for at least 5,000
years. Soy was introduced in the United States in
1804 and has become a major crop in the South
and Midwest. It is now one of the world’s most
important food crops.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Although
soybeans and soy produce have little direct
medicinal value, they are highly important as foods,
providing unusually high levels of protein, lecithin,
and essential fatty acids. However, the beans may
have a protective role against cancer, notably
breast cancer. Their significant estrogenic activity
makes them a particularly good medicinal food for
women going through menopause, helping
to relieve symptoms such as hot flashes, and to
protect against osteoporosis. In Chinese medicine,
soybean sprouts (also highly nutritious) are
thought to help relieve “summer heat” and fever.
Research Soybean is a remarkable nutrient, rich
in protein, fats, and estrogenic substances, all of
which make it an excellent food. The isoflavones,
sterols, saponins, and fiber contribute to soy’s
protective activity against cancer, and countries such
as Japan are thought to have lower levels of cancer
because of the great quantity of soy produce eaten
there. The isoflavones, coumestrol, and sterols are
all phytoestrogens. These appear to inhibit estrogen
within the body when estrogen levels are too high
(for example, in menstrual disorders), and to
compensate when estrogen levels are low (such as
during menopause). Unrefined soybean oil
contains high levels of lecithin and polyunsaturated
essential fatty acids, which support healthy levels of
blood fat such as cholesterol.
Ground ivy is useful
for many disorders of
the digestive system. Marsh cudweed is commonly found in damp areas
in Europe, North America, and Asia.
Gossypium herbaceum (Malvaceae)
Cotton
Description Biennial or perennial growing to
about 8 ft (2.5 m). Has lobed leaves, large white
or pink flowers, and seed capsules surrounded by
fluffy white tufts.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to the
Americas, Africa, and Asia, cotton thrives in warm
temperate and tropical climates. It is widely
cultivated for its fiber. The root and seeds of the
plant are harvested in autumn.
Parts Used Root bark, seed oil.
Constituents Cotton root bark contains
gossypol (a sesquiterpene) and flavonoids. Cotton
seed contains a fixed oil, which is about 2% gossypol,
and flavonoids. Gossypol causes infertility in men.
History & Folklore In India and the Middle
East, cotton has been cultivated since the earliest
times for its fiber and medicinal properties. The
plant was particularly valued for its ability to induce
menstruation. Cotton seed oil’s contraceptive effect
in men was first discovered in China when men
became infertile after eating food cooked in the oil.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Cotton root
bark is rarely used medicinally today. It was once
employed as a substitute for ergot ( Claviceps
purpurea ), the widely used labor-inducing herb.
Cotton root bark is both milder-acting and safer
in effect, stimulating uterine contractions and
hastening a difficult labor. It also promotes
abortion or the onset of a period, and reduces
menstrual flow. Cotton root bark encourages
the blood to clot and the secretion of breastmilk.
Cotton seed oil is used to treat heavy menstrual
bleeding and endometriosis.Glycine max (Fabaceae)
Soy
Description Annual growing to 61⁄2 ft (2 m).
Has leaves with 3 leaflets, white or purple flowers,
and pods with 2–4 beans.
Habitat & Cultivation Soy is native to south -
western Asia, and is cultivated in warm temperate
regions. The pods are gathered when ripe.
Parts Used Beans, sprouts.
Constituents Soy contains protein (about
30%), fixed oil (about 17%), including lecithin
(2% or more), linoleic acid, and alpha-linolenic acid,
isoflavones, coumestrol, sterols, saponins, vitamins,
and minerals. Coumestrol and the isoflavones
closely mimic estrogen within the body.Related Species A North American relative,
G. polycephalum, was used to treat respiratory and
intestinal congestion, and was applied as a poultice
for bruises. G. keriense, native to New Zealand, is
also considered a remedy for bruises.
Gnaphalium uliginosum
(Asteraceae)
Marsh Cudweed
Description Annual plant growing to 8 in
(20 cm). Has narrow silver-grey leaves and tiny
yellow flower heads.
Habitat & Cultivation Marsh cudweed is
native to Europe, the Caucasus, and western Asia,
and is naturalized in North America. It prefers damp
areas, and is gathered in summer when in flower.
Parts Used Aerial parts.
Constituents Marsh cudweed contains a volatile
oil and tannins.
Medicinal Actions & Uses While little used
medicinally today, marsh cudweed has astringent,
antiseptic, and decongestant properties. In British
herbal medicine, it is occasionally taken for tonsillitis,
sore throat, and hoarseness, and for mucus in the
throat, nasal passages, and sinuses. Marsh cudweed
is used in Russia to reduce high blood pressure. It is
thought to be antidepressant and aphrodisiac.
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218
other medicinal plantsGrindelia camporum
Research Cotton seeds and seed oil cause
infertility in men, and have been tested as a male
contraceptive in China. However, in addition to lowering sperm count, cotton seed oil causes the degeneration of sperm-producing cells.
Related Species The American species
G. hirsutum was used extensively as a medicinal herb by the Maya and Aztecs, and was also cultivated for its fiber. Columbus carried samples of this species back to Europe from


ates the victory.
There have been so many kinds of treatment for arthritis that it would be needless to try to
enumerate all of them. It can only be said that none of them have proved satisfactory. Spas, springs,
water cures, mud, salt, soap baths, sulphur baths, hot baths, electro-therapy, packs, drugs,
nostrums, and serums have all had their day and have been found wanting. Some of them have
afforded temporary relief in many instances; none has been more than a palliative.
To get well and remain well of rheumatism, lumbago, muscular rheumatism, inflammatory
rheumatism, gout, arthritis, no matter what form it may assume, the sufferer must discontinue all
enervating habits and learn his limitations and respect them. Every normal habit indulged to satiety
and every abnormal habit produces disease. Here is the origin of every so-called disease. The end
is chronic disease and premature death.
Until we learn to recognize the fact that symptoms are the result of toxic saturation and learn the
source of the intoxication, we are left with nothing we can do for the sick except provide a brief
and questionable palliation. The man who can offer his patient nothing more than an
anodyne
 or a
sedative
 can do much harm but he can do no good.
To be truly effective the care of the arthritic case should be directed at the removal of the cause
of the disease. To give drugs, whether aspirin, cortisone or other of the drugs now in use for
arthritis, which are intended to do nothing more than provide the patient with brief periods of
relief from pain, is to remove no cause. Although most of these drugs are given to “relieve” the
pain, it is asserted that cortisone temporarily relieves some of the other symptoms, but it does not
go beyond palliation, while it does build a more difficult condition to remedy.
The body has remarkable recuperative powers and it often succeeds in restoring health in spite
of the remedies. It can do a much better and more speedy job if the remedies and the causes that
have built the disease are removed. The body must be given an opportunity to eliminate its toxic
accumulation by means of a fast and then an opportunity to alter its blood chemistry by means of a
more or less radical change in the plan of eating. This done, the results will be surprising.
We do not restore normal nutrition by removing the effects of impaired nutrition. The proposal
to cut into the arthritic joints and scrape away the deposits of lime is but a proposal to try another
means of spectacular palliation. Even if it could be successfully done, it would be but a short time
95until more deposits would take the place of those scraped away. The cutting and the scraping
would have to be done all over again.
Nothing can more certainly or more rapidly alter the state of the nutrition of the body than a fast.
No other means at our disposal brings about a more rapid change in the chemistry of the body,
especially of its fluids and secretions. Fasting relieves the pains of arthritis, for example, more
effectively than drugs and does it without risk or harm.
The duration of the fast in arthritis will have to depend on individual circumstances and should
never be undertaken except under the personal supervision of one who is thoroughly familiar with
the techniques of fasting.
It is customary to advise the arthritic to exercise the affected joints to prevent these from
becoming fixed. It is asserted that this stays the development of ankylosis or bony union. However
much truth there may be in this claim, the forced activity tends to aggravate the inflammation and
intensify the pain. I find it better to let the affected joint rest until fasting has enabled the body to
remove the deposits and infiltrations from the joint and to clear up the inflammation. In this way
the stiff joint spontaneously limbers up and may be used without pain.
The vast majority of patients with arthritis whom I have been called upon to care for have been
in advanced stages of chronic disease. They have all had months to years of the usual forms of
treatment, including the removal of several “foci of infection,” and they have still suffered. Indeed,
their history shows that they have grown progressively worse under such forms of treatment. They
have been in pain. They were deformed.
They were more or less helpless. Why? I repeat: the
primary cause of their suffering had been neglected.
Recovery from chronic arthritis is a slow evolution out of a state of ill health and into a state of
biochemical dependability. It involves many factors—age, weight, extent of the disease, its
duration, degrees of joint destruction, the amount of ankylosis, previous habits of living and eating,
the amount of nerve energy in reserve, the character of complications that exist (such as heart
disease), the occupation, disposition and environment of the patient. All of these factors determine
the extent of recovery possible and the rapidity with which recovery can take place.
Chief among the requirements of recovery is a willingness and determination to carry out all
instructions. Those who cheat and who balk at restrictions and rules are less likely to achieve the
return of good health. An absolute minimum of sugar and starches should be included in the diet.
Self-control, self-denial, many restrictions, a dogged determination to get well, even if the
restrictions are sometimes irksome and the progress discouraging, help in recovery.
9623
Peptic Ulcer
When, on July 28, 1939, William J. Mayo, M.D., the last of the two brothers who established the
famous Mayo clinic, died, the press carried the story that he died of a sub-acute perforating ulcer,
an abdominal ailment he had specialized in treating. Said one dispatch: “Stricken shortly after he
returned from a winter vacation in the southwest, Dr. Will underwent a stomach operation at the
clinic last April and never fully recovered.”
It was but a few years after Dr. Mayo’s death when it was announced from this same clinic that
operation for ulcer is not good treatment. While operations are still being performed for ulcers,
they are not performed so frequently as formerly.
It is no unusual thing for a specialist to die of the disease in which he specializes. That they
“take their own medicine” attests to their sincerity; that they cannot protect themselves reveals that
the knowledge they possess is not dependable. A man may be a leading surgeon and not know the
cause of the peptic ulcer, and endurated (hardened) pylorus, the fibroid tumor, the gallstone or
kidney stone that he cuts out. This is a very unsatisfactory situation; without a knowledge of cause,
the specialists is working in the dark.
The symptoms of “diseases of the stomach" are many—and often not nearly so clear-cut as the
layman may imagine.
It is true there are a few more or less “fixed symptoms” of stomach ulcer—pain, tenderness at
the pit of the stomach, vomiting and hemorrhage, but these may also be symptoms of cancer or they
may be present in less serious diseases of the stomach. For these reasons diagnosis of ulcer from
the symptoms alone is very difficult. X-ray and fluoroscopic examinations are made to confirm the
examiner's suspicions, but it is only in exceptionally pronounced cases that this means can prove
anything conclusively.
The fact is that the X-ray often indicates ulcer where no ulcer exists and often fails to reveal an
ulcer where one does.
Falsely called an “executive's disease,” peptic ulcer is said to kill 11,000 persons a year in this
country, through hemorrhage and complications. Thirteen million Americans are said to have
peptic ulcer. It may be open to serious doubt that there are that many executives in the nation.
Abuses in eating, drinking, smoking, sex, the emotions, and in other facets of living are the most
likely causes. Tilden says that “the sexually enervated are slow to reproduce tissue. Ulcers refuse
to heal; infections slowly, but surely, take place; chronic diseases are uncontrollable.” In the
sexually abused there is laid the groundwork for the evolution of many diseases.
The prevailing concept is that peptic ulcer, that is, ulcer of the lower end of the esophagus, the
stomach and of the upper end of the duodenum, is due to the action of the gastric juice (the
hydrochloric acid and pepsin) of the stomach digesting and corroding the walls of these parts of
the digestive tube. As the food is carried below the duodenum, bile and other juices render the
content alkaline, so that there is no action of the pepsin and hydrochloric acid, hence no peptic
ulcers below the duodenum.
This concept is far from being as certain as some believe. The membrane of the stomach is
chemically non-corrosive. For untold ages the lining of these organs has been in contact with the
digestive juices and this juice has been digesting the toughest protein foods that man has eaten and,
97normally, throughout all this time, the gastric juice has not digested the delicate lining of the
stomach, esophagus and duodenum.
To say that suddenly the acid and pepsin of the stomach digests and corrodes the lining of these
organs and let the matter rest there is to fail to understand the cause of peptic ulcer.
It is said that something happens to the internal chemistry of the body to cause the gastric juice to
digest the stomach; it is


satisfy a ravenous appetite if all conditions ofingestion and preparation are favourable.
(15) Both quantitive and qualitive supply of
saliva are important factors; but attention tothese fundamental requirements of right eatingsoon regulates the supply of all of the digestivejuices, and in connection with the carerecommended above, ensures economy ofnutrition and, probably, immunity from disease.CHAPTER V
WHAT IS PROPER MASTICATION?
Not Excessive Chewing—Gladstone's Advice—Salival Action on Starch
Foods.
NOTWITHSTANDING  the fact that Fletcherizing
stands for tasting as the important thing toaccomplish before food is swallowed, and thatbiting, chewing, or masticating is merely ameans to secure the end of thorough tasting,nine-tenths of all who know anything about theclaims for Fletcherizing insist on thinking thatit merely means " excessive mastication." TheNational Food Reform Association of England,in a bulletin giving advice concerning thefeeding of school children, intended to be postedin schoolrooms and private dining rooms,speaks of Fletcherizing in its ideal practice as" Excessive Mastication."
This is just what Fletcherizing is not. The
very essence of the method of performing thepersonal responsibility is avoiding excess ofanything, excessive or laboured chewing amongthe rest.There is little if any harm in keeping food in
the mouth as long as possible, and I believe thatit is impossible to have too much saliva mixedwith it when it is swallowed, because when it isproperly tasted and insalivated it is almostimpossible to hold it back from the food gate atthe back of the mouth. There is always suctionthere ready to draw welcome nourishment inwhen it is ready, and readiness touches abutton, electrically relieving the muscularsprings that close the gate tightly duringtasting, and, literally a " team of horses couldnot hold it."
What the mystics of the stomach-diseases
profession called bradefagy, or, in plain English,
excessive chewing, can only be performed withpainful tediousness. It makes work—hardwork—of the act, and that is just as muchopposed to Fletcherizing as it is to common
sense, horse sense, and all of the natural senses.
Now just for one moment please pay
attention to one who is telling you somethingMother Nature wants you to know more thananything else in the whole category ofintelligence. Fletcherizing isNOT EXCESSIVE  CHEWING,
or tedious chewing, or long chewing. The things
that require to be chewed long are not goodfood, and by that sign you may find out theirunprofitableness better than in any other way.Good taste from good food is not long lasting.When the mouth is " watering " for the food insight, or even in thought of it, the coupons oftaste they carry with them are short, butrepresent large figures of satisfaction andnourishment.
MR. GLADSTONE 'S ADVICE.
Now listen to some figures regarding the
number of bites or chews that some foodsrequire under varying circumstances. Mr.Gladstone's advice to his children which hasbecome classic, viz.: " Chew your food thirty-twotimes at least, so as to give each of your thirty-two teeth a chance at it," was a generalrecommendation. Mr. Gladstone was observedonce when he was a guest at " high table " atTrinity College, Cambridge, and the averagenumber of his " bites " (masticatory movements)as far as they could be counted, was aboutseventy-five. That did not speak very well for
Trinity fare, unless Mr. Gladstone happened tochoose food that required that amount ofchewing.
Even if Mr. Gladstone did devote seventy-five
masticatory movements to each morsel, as anaverage, such thoroughness would not haveinvolved an unusual length of time for a heartymeal. If you will try the experiment when youare " good and hungry," having a " working-man's appetite," and disposing of good breadand butter the while, which should have nearly,or quite, seventy bites to the ordinary mouthful,you will find that thirty mouthfuls will prettynearly, or completely, satisfy your working-man's appetite. Mixed foods take much lesstime, usually about half, and still the seventy-five-rhythm act will consume only about twentyminutes to perform with physiologicthoroughness.
SALIVAL  ACTION  ON STARCH  FOODS.
Here are some statements easy to prove or
disprove by anyone, with real compensation inthe way of new revelations relative to thepossibilities of gustatory enjoyment.Starchy foods, such as bread, potatoes, etc.,
require from thirty to seventy masticatorymovements to assist saliva to turn the starchinto " grape sugar," which is the form in whichit can be used as nourishment. *
You will at once think, no doubt, that a range
of numbers extending from thirty to seventy ispretty wide. So it is; but conditions regardingthe qualities of not only breads, but potatoes,and also conditions relative to the strength orsupply of saliva, differ greatly. When theappetite is keen, the mouth watering, as theyare at the beginning of a meal, bread or potatoesmay be negotiated into nutriment ready for the
* Although I have been a close student of the subject for
more than fifteen years in the best physiological-chemicallaboratories for long periods of time—and always emulating the
man from Missouri in demanding of the wise ones in the science
of the laboratories to " Show me! "—I make the statementsrelative to what happens below the guillotine line in Mother
Nature's exclusive territory of responsibility on the authority of
the laboratory experts; but only, mind you, when my personalobservations and business logic approve the conclusion.
Therefore, when I tell you that starch turned into dextrose, or
" grape sugar," is assimilable as nourishment, and that starchwhich is not thus chemically transformed by saliva is not
capable of becoming nourishment, I am not " speaking by the
book," which Mother Nature has opened for me to read—unlessbiological-chemists can be considered to be extra-enlightened
forms of nature.THE AUTHOR  FEELING  HIMSELF  TO BE THE MOST  FORTUNATE
PERSON  ALIVE.
stomach in much less time than later on.
Appetite " peters put," as miners say, gradually,and does not stop with a bang and shut off likean electric light when connection is broken. Itchecks up, slows down, and tapers off gradually,and that is where the canny intelligence of afaithful Fletcherizer stands him in goodusefulness. When Appetite gently says: " Now,really, you are still rather good to my assistant
Taste, and he would not object to a few bitesmore ; but if you stop now and change off tosomething else which I have in mind, and forwhich I have a use in our organism, I will notobject." In plain words: " I have enough for thepresent; switch off on to ——."
The difference between putting on fat in the
case of the person who is disposed or permittedto put on more fat than is comfortable, andlosing some of the surplus carried on theabdomen or elsewhere, is the discriminationexercised in regard to the final satisfaction ofappetite. Those last two, three, or a few mouth-fuls after Appetite has said gently " Enough,"and before the same Appetite says, loudly, "Stop! " are the difference between obesity; anddecency of form.
I really believe, from the results of my
experiences for the past fifteen years in gettingtips from Mother Nature, and trying to inducemankind in general and my friends inparticular to accept them as " straight " fromMother Nature, that persons who have enoughrespect for themselves to be interested inphysical culture must come to the rescue of the
pseudo-scientists who are dulled by their owndope, and who are suffering from the malariawhich collects in the dark ruts they arefollowing in the tortuous complications of thealimentary canal. The physical culturists mustbuild models of normality for the scientists tostudy.
When giving information as to what happens
in the mouth, and as to what happens as aresult of proper head digestion, I feel as if I amsitting on the upper lip of Mother Natureherself, and entrusting her messages to thecurrent of her own sweet breath for distributionamong her human children.CHAPTER VI
WHAT IS HEAD DIGESTION?
My Study of the Subject—The Mouth as a Digestive Organ—Dr.
Cannon's Researches—Pawlow's Proofs
IN the latest comprehensive treatise on
human nutrition, under the title of " Food andthe Principles of Dietetics," by Dr. RobertHutchinson, of London, more than six hundredpages are devoted to the subject. Of these, justfifty lines are given to " Mouth Digestion." In afootnote of sixty-four words Dr. Hutchinson hasstated the case of the importance of carefuleating, with admission of a fact that wouldmean emancipation from most of the humandisabilities if it were repeated in nurseries andprimary schools as religiously as are theordinary rules of " polite conduct," and held bySociety to be the basis of respectability, which itreally is.
When I first took up the study of dietetics in
academic circles, nearly fifteen years ago,physiologists did not concede that there was anymouth digestion at all. Putting food in themouth was for the purpose of mixing it with
saliva so that it could be formed into a "