techniques of practitioners began to use the method
verification research, placing various
successfully been taken for literature,
extensively in his clinical practice and
and data rapidly accumulated showing
substances in plain, numbered envelopes
architecture, art, science, world events,
made the breakthrough discovery that the
kinesiology to be an important and and having a naive second person test
a and the complexities of human strength or weakness of every muscle
reliable diagnostic technique which could
third. The overwhelming conclusion was
relationships. The test space for the
was connected to the health or pathology
accurately monitor a patient's response to
that the body would indeed respond
determination of the data is the totality of
of a specific corresponding body or gan. 3
treatment. accurately, even when the consciousthe human experience throughout all
He further determined that each
The technique found widespread mind was unaware. time. individual muscle was associated with an
acceptance among professionals from The reliability of the testing
experience Mentally, test subjects ranged from what
acupuncture meridian and correlated his
many disciplines, and although it never
never ceased to amaze the public and
the world calls normal to severely ill
work with that of the physician Felix
caught on in mainstream medicine, it was
patients and, for that matter, the
psychiatric patients. Subjects were tested
Mann on the medical significance of the
used extensively by holistically oriented
practitioners themselves. When this
in Canada, the United States, Mexico and
acupuncture meridians. physicians. One of these was Dr. John
author was on the lecture circuit, forthroughout South America and Northern
By 1976, Goodheart's book on applied
Diamond, a psychiatrist who began to use
instance, in audiences of one thousand
Europe. They were of all nationalities,
kinesiology had reached its twelfth
kinesiology in diagnosing and treating
people, five hundred envelopes
ethnic backgrounds, and religions, edition; he began to teach the
technique psychiatric patients. He labeled this containing artificial
sweetener would be ranging in age from children to elders in
to his colleagues and also published
extended use of kinesiology "Behavioral
passed out to the audience along with
their nineties, and covered a wide monthly research tapes. His work was
Kinesiology. "6
five hundred identical envelopes
spectrum (40) of physical and emotional
rapidly picked up by others, which led to
While other investigators were containing or ganic vitamin C. The
health. Subjects were tested individually
the formation of the International College
researching the usefulness of the methodaudience would be divided up and would
and in groups by many dif ferent testers
of Kinesiology, many members of which
in detecting aller gies, nutritional alternate testing each other. When the
and groups of testers. But in all cases,
also belonged to the Academy of
disorders and response to medication, Dr. envelopes were opened, the audience
19
20
reaction was always one of amazement
influence. His refinement of the muscle-
"over 100," then "over 200," then "over
return a "no" answer. This indicates that
and delight when they saw that all had
testing technique, the one used by most
300" until a negative response is one should leave that question alone or
gone weak in response to the artificial
practitioners, was used in this study over
obtained. The calibration can then be
inquire into the reason for the "no. " sweetener and strong in response to the
a period of fifteen years. It wasrefined: "It is over 220. 225. 230. " etc. Perhaps the questioner might have
vitamin C. The nutritional habits of
universally observed by practitioners and
T ester and testee can trade places, and the
experienced psychological distress from
thousands of families across the country
researchers as well as this author that test
same results will be obtained. Once one
the answer or its implications at that
were changed by this simple responses were completely independent
is familiar with the technique, it can be
time. 10
demonstration. of the test subjects' belief systems,
used to evaluate companies, movies,
In this study, test subjects were asked to
In the early 1970s, the medical profession
intellectual opinions, reason or logic. It
individuals, events in history, or for the
focus on a specified thought, feeling,
in general, and psychiatry in particular,was also observed that a test response
diagnosis of current life problems. attitude, memory, relationship or life
was highly resistant-if not forthrightly
where the subject went weak was
The test procedure, the reader will note,
circumstance. The test was frequently
hostile-to the idea that nutrition had
accompanied by desynchronization of the
is to use the muscle test to verify the truth
done in lar ge groups of people; for
much to do with health at all, let alone
cerebral hemispheres. 8
or falsity of a declarative statement. demonstration purposes we first
emotional health or brain function. Unreliable responses will be obtained if
established a baseline by asking the
The T esting T echnique
Publication
(43)
of the bookthe question has not been put into this
subjects, eyes closed, to hold in mind the
Orthornolecular Psychiatry, by this T wo persons are required. One acts
as form. Nor can any reliable result be
memory of a time when they were angry,
author and Nobelist Linus Pauling, test subject by holding out one arm
obtained from inquiry into the future;
upset, jealous, depressed, guilty or
received a favorable reception from a
laterally, parallel to the ground. The
only statements regarding existent fearful; at that point everyone
universally wide variety of audiences, but not from
second person then presses down with
conditions or events will produce went weak. W e would then ask them to
the medical establishment (Interestingly
two fingers on the wrist of the extended
consistent answers. hold in mind a loving person or life
enough, twenty years later the concepts
arm and says, "resist. " The subject then
It is necessary to be impersonal during
situation, and all would go strong;
presented in the book are fundamental toresists (44) the downward pressure with all
the procedure to avoid transmitting typically a murmur of surprise
rippled current treatment of mental illness. ) his strength. That is all there is to it. positive or negative feelings. Accuracy is
through the audience at the implications
The thrust of the book was that serious
A statement may be made by either party. increased by having the test subject. close
of what they had just discovered. mental illnesses such as psychosis, as
While the subject holds it in mind, his
his eyes; there should be no music in the
The next phenomenon demonstrated was
well as lesser ones such as emotional
arm's strength is tested by the tester's
background. that a mere image of a substance held in
disorder, had a genetic basis involving an
downward pressure. If the statement is
(45) Because the test is so deceptively
mind produced the same response as ifabnormal biochemical pathway in the
negative or false, or reflects a calibration
simple, it is well that an inquirer first
the substance were in physical contact
brain, a molecular basis which could be
below 200 (see Map of Consciousness,
verify its accuracy to his own with the body. As an example, we would
corrected on the molecular level. Manic-
Chapter 3), the test subject will "go
satisfaction. Responses can be checked
hold up an apple grown with pesticides
depressive illness, schizophrenia, weak. " If the answer is yes or
calibrates by cross-questioning, and everyone who
and ask the audience to look directly at it
alcoholism and depression, therefore, over 200, he will "go strong. " becomes acquainted with the technique
while being tested; all would go weak. could be af fected by nutrition as well as
T o demonstrate the procedure one might
thinks of tricks to satisfy himself that it is
W e would then hold up an or ganically (46)
medication. In 1973, when the book washave the subject hold an image of
reliable. 9 It will soon be found that the
grown apple, free of contaminants, and as
published, the psychiatric establishment
Abraham Lincoln in mind while being
same response is observed in all subjects,
the audience focused on it they would
was still psychoanalytically oriented; the
tested, and then, for contrast, an image of
that it is not necessary for them to have
instantly go strong. Inasmuch as no one
work was accepted primarily by holistic
Adolph Hitler. The same ef fect can be
any knowledge of the matter in question,
in the audience knew which apple was
practitioners. The suggested treatment
demonstrated by holding in mind
and that the response will always be
which, nor, for that matter, had any
methods and results were frequently someone who is loved in contrast to
independent of the test subject's personal
anticipation of the test, the reliability ofverified with kinesiology. someone who is feared or hated or about
opinions about the question. the method was demonstrated to
However, it was Dr. Diamond


 oral
or written expression to my meaning? In the matter of stopping nerve -leaks, it is easy for me to
say: “Find out in what way nerve -energy is wasted, and
stop it—stop all nerve -leaks,” etc. I am appalled at my
stupidity in saying to a patient to stop enervating himself,
and allowing the matter to end by naming one or two gross
enervating habits; for example: Stop worry; stop smoking;
stop stimulants; control you r temper; stop eating too
rapidly; stop allowing yourself to become excited. Stopping
one enervating habit benefits; but dependable health brooks
no enervating habits at all. The Causes of Enervation

   TO UNDERSTAND disease, it is necessary to know
cause; and, as Toxemia  is the cause of all diseases, and as
enervation —an enervated body and mind —is the cause of
Toxemia,  it behooves those who are sick and want to get
well, and who want to know how to stay well, to know
what causes enervation. A norm al, healthy person is one who is poised (self -
controlled), and who has no nerve -destroying habits. A
self-controlled man is a man who is not controlled, kicked,
cuffed, or driven by habits. Man is either the master of himself, or his appetite and
sensual pleasures master him. If the former, he enjoys
health until worn out; and he should go down at from
ninety to one hundred and fifty years of age. If he is
inclined to the latter, yet has his habits more or less under
control —is moderate —he may live fro m sixty to ninety
years. But if he is a sensualist —is controlled by habits and
passions, sits up after bedtime to take a last smoke or eat a
lunch or gets up in the night and smokes (I knew a
celebrated physician who used tobacco to secure sleep; he
died a t fifty-four years of age), or takes a drink to quiet his nerves and make him sleep, or goes the limit venereally —
he becomes irritable, grouchy, and dies prematurely. Excesses transform a man into a disgusting brute. The
word “brute” is used here to e xpress the state of one being
devoid of self -control. Those of fine constitutions are often
converted into neurotics, who have left health and comfort
far behind. Many know comfort only for short periods, and
then at the instigation of drugs or stimulants. The youths of our country are fast developing a state of
multi-inebriety —jazz, tobacco, alcohol, and petting parties;
are developing a sex -neurosis that will he followed by a
generation of paralytics, epileptics, insane, morons, idiots,
and monstrosi ties, embracing all who do not die of acute
disease. This class live from thirty until the chloroforming age —
sixty years. The majority die early in life. We are fast
coming to an age of impotence. I knew one of superior
mind who died of ataxia at thir ty-five. I quote a few lines
from his own writings concerning his state the last year of
his life:

Could I but crystallize these midnight tears
   And gather from their beaded bitterness     A rosary for burning lips to press,
Some pain -born token of th ese joyless years,
To teach the faith that saves, the hope that cheers;
   Then would I bid these fountains of distress
   Flow fast and free, if their sad floods could bless
Or murmur peace in some poor sufferer’s ears. My world has shrunk at las t to this small room,
   Where, like a prisoner, I must now remain. I’d rather be a captive in the gloom
   Of some damp dungeon, tearing at my chain;
   For then, perchance, my freedom I might gain. Ah God! to think that I must languish here,
   Fet tered by sickness and subdued by pain,
To die a living death from year to year,
Joy banished from my breast and Sorrow brooding
there. I often think how once these stumbling feet,
   That now can scarcely bear me to my bed,
Were swift to follow, a s the wind is fleet,
   That baleful beam that to destruction led;

   Thou domineering power, or love, or lust,
   Or passion, or whatever else thou art,
How have thy crimson roses turned to dust
   And strewn their withered leaves upon this heart! Though through my vitals now they venomed dart
Strikes like an adder’s sting, yet still I feel
   From Egypt’s flesh -pots it is hard to part;
 And my weak, wandering glances often steal
Back to sweet sinful things, until my senses reel. Still o ne retreat is left, to which I flee:
   Dear dreamy draught, in which I often steep
Body and soul, I turn again to thee,
And drift down Lethe’s stream out on Oblivion’s
sea. Thirty -five years is a short life for a brain to live that can
conjure the English language as the above snatches
indicate. Thousands pay the price that this man paid, but
very few can win so much admiration and sympathy with
their swan -songs. Few people can read the psychology of
swan -songs. Often they are an epitome of a lifeti me. ENERVATING HABITS

BABIES

   Babies should not be trundled about too much; should not
sleep in their mothers’ arms; should not be exposed to
bright lights, loud talking, noises, too much heat or cold;
should not be jolted about in baby -buggies, a utomobiles,
trains, street cars. The very young are made sick by too much excitement of
all kinds. Very young children should be kept quiet enough
to favor sleep all the time, except when bathed and when
clothes are changed. They should not he taken u p every
time they do any fretting. All that is needed is to make
them dry and change their positions. Young children should not be fed oftener than every four
hours, and not that often unless they are awake. To awaken
a child for food is very unnecess ary and harmful. A human being is a cerebro -spinal dynamo, and should
be kept as much as possible in a static state, conserving
nerve -energy for future use. Poise or self -control —teaching
a child to be contented alone —must be started at birth. Children need no entertainment. When left alone, they
find entertainment in becoming acquainted with
themselves. Children that are coddled in the matter of being
entertained —dancing attendance on them —develop
discontent and bring on enervation, which fa vors “the
diseases peculiar to children.”

 CHILDREN

   Children of school age are enervated by being urged in
school work, exercise, and all kinds of excitement. Play
should he limited. When hysteria shows up, stop the play. Much study, examinatio ns, exercise without desire,
competitive examinations of all kinds, causes a capricious
craving for food. When a growing child is forced to the
limit of its nervous capacity, nature must conserve in some
way; and as there is no way to sidestep convention’s  eternal
grind, the normal desire for food is lost. Forced Feeding to Increase Weight. —The whole system
of school feeding, is one of destroying health by
enervating, if not killing the child. The federal government is ruining thousands of our
young men, teaching them the sick habit. The government
should give them a pension and turn them loose. The
present coddling is pernicious, not only for the ex -soldier,
but also for those who are interested in keeping their
hospital jobs. Doctors must be  able to detect cunning and craft. The
sick habit often starts as a joke, an experiment —just to see how those interested will take it —and ends in deceiving the
deceiver. A common habit, and one that often leads to a sick habit,
is self -pity—being sorr y for one’s self. Children are
inclined to play sick to buy what they want. Giving even school lunches enervates by building
dissatisfaction. It is disease -building. Children must be
given an independent spirit —pride will save the world. Then, to add to all this routine of nerve -destroying customs
of our schools, teeth must be straightened; which means
pressure on nerve and more or less irritation. The tonsils
and appendix must be removed. This is a pernicious
medical fad. Feed right, and there will be  no excuse for
operations. Vaccine and serums must be used to immunize from
disease that results from the enervation brought on from all
preceding causes. This is another senseless fad, besides it is
disease building. People are sick from wrong l iving. Operations remove
erects. Stop the cause, and disease goes away. Nature cures,
when allowed to do so, by removing the causes of


 is practiced propt·rly
under an experienc ed n1astcr, it can injure the body internally. But
its dcn1entary stage. consisting of rncditativc deep diaphragm
breathing. can be learned safely without a teacher. Instructions arc
found in the following pages. The t'rotic exercises recon1n1cnded here include gymnastics,
therapeutic rnassage, acupressure, and others. They have been
practiced tor centuries to train the sexual muscles; to improve
blood circulation in the pubic region; to stin1ulate the autonomic
nervous systern, which controls many sexual functions; to pro
nlote gonadal secretions; and to heighten sexual sensations. Faith
fully practiced, these exercises may enhance and prolong a man's
erection, and increase his sexual stamina by promoting the secre
tion of semen. They may increase the elasticity and liveliness of a
woman's vaginal orifice and canal, and heighten her orgasmic re
sponse. Such results help bridge the gap between male and female
capabilities, and improve sexual health and pleasure for both. Some Western-style exercises that involve chest, arm, and leg
muscles can be done while one reads, watches television, or pon
ders over the stock market. The exercises described here are more
or less internal: they require some degree of mental concentration
or meditation to be effective. Almost all of them involve directly or
indirectly deep diaphragm breathing. Taoist purists believe that the best times to practice these sex
ual gymnastics are I I :oo p.m. to 1:00 a.m.; s:oo to 7:00 a. n1. ;
I I :oo a.m. to I :oo p.m.; and 5 :oo to 7=00 p.m. People with a busy
lifestyle may do them anytime, except within fifteen minutes be
fore a meal and within an hour after it. The best tirne to do them is
right after getting up in the n1orning, or just before retiring at
night-but not soon after a heavy meal or drinking. Most of the
exercises may be done in loose-fitting clothes such as pajan1as; it is
173 174 better not to do them in tight clothes that n1ay irnpede breath ing
and circulation. Sorne of the exercises arc best practiced in the nude
in the privacy of one's bed room. The following exe rcises were sele cted from Taoist kin esith er
apy, which has been practiced for cen turies in China. Mo st of
them arc taken directly from the Taoists, while some arc slightly
modified. Unless designated otherwise, they are for both sexes. Warning: The recommended exercises, beneficial as they arc,
come with no warranty. Avoid overdoing any of them, as too
much of a good thing could be harmful. If you have any physical
or mental health problem or arc taking any special medicati on,
check with your physician before doing any of the exercises. DEEP DIAPHRAGM BREATH ING
Deep diaphragm breathing is the key to all Taoist mind -body ac
tivities, from health therapy to meditation, from martial arts to
the Art of the Bedchamb er. Unlike thoracic deep breathing, which involves expansion of
the upper chest, Taoist deep breathing is done by moving the di
aphragm, the powerful sheet of muscle separating the chest cavity
from the abdomen. In this form of breathing, the chest moves
very little, while the abdomen alternately bulges and collapses. The advantage of abdominal or diaphragm breathing over chest
breathing is known to every opera singer in the West, and every
kung fu master in the East. It should be known to every bedroom
sportsper son, East or West. Chest breathing, even deep chest breathing, involves the ex
pansion and contraction of the rib cage. This empties the lungs
partially, leaving much stale air inside. Diaphragm breathing is far
more powerful, in that it enables the lungs to take in an amount of
air-including oxygen-four to five times that inhaled in shallow
chest breathing. Besides this aerobic advantage, the pulsing dia
phragm gives a sort of internal n1assage to the vital organs in both
the chest and the abdomen. Studies published by the Chinese in
1958 revealed that respiration therapy actually enlarged patients'
internal organs. You may practice deep diaphragm breathing indoors, or out
doors in mild weather; wear loose clothing, without any tightly
restraining belt around the waist. Sit on the front portion of a stool or stiff chair (not an upholstered sofa or armchair); a slightly
padded dining chair is suitable. Avoid any distraction or noise,
even music. Keep the body straight but relaxed. Put your hands
on your knees, spread about a foot apart. Close your eyes or look
at the tip of your nose. Close your mouth and breathe through
your nostrils, with the tip of your tongue touching the palate or
the roof of your mouth. Expel all extraneous thoughts. Exhale as n1uch stale air as possible by moving your diaphragm
upward and your abdominal wall inward. Keep your lungs emp
tied for a few seconds; then inhale by moving your diaphragm
downward and your abdominal wall outward. Breathe as slowly
as possible in a gentle, steady, silent stream. Concentrate your
mind on the respiration. While inhaling, imagine a stream of life
force entering your nostrils, then your lungs, and going all the
way to the cinnabar field. While exhaling, imagine the vital stream
leaving the cinnabar field and exiting your nostrils. Normally a
man breathes about I6 to I 8 times a minute; a woman slightly
faster. After enough practice, one can slow breathing down to
two times a minute during the exercise. This should be done nat
urally, not forced. After months of practice, any of the following symptoms may
occur during the exercise: quivering of skin and muscle at certain
spots; feeling of radiating warmth in the cinnabar field; sexual
arousal; and even out-of-body sensations. Taoists masters believe
these possible mind-body phenomena are normal reactions; but
they are more likely to emerge-if at all-only during the later,
more advanced stages of chi-kung
Practice deep diaphragm breathing for a minimum of I 5 min
utes daily-again preferably right after arising or before retiring,
never after a big meal or heavy drinking, and never with anger or
grief. If you do this exercise faithfully and correctly, you will feel a
noti ceable difference in a few months. Eventually you may de
velop diaphragm breathing as an unconscious habit -and a big
boost to your health. THE PUBIC SQUE EZE
Cen turies ago, the life-n urtur ing eroticists desi gned an exer cise to
increase mar ital happines s. The pubic squeeze, intendl·d to inject
mor e life into the gen itals, is one of the most valut.·d and effective Recapture the Spring ANCIENT SECRE TS FOR MODERN LOVERS
erotic exercises. The Taoists claimed that with sufficient practice
of this exercise, a man could will an erection, increase his coital
endurance, and bring his partner to orgasm without any bodily
movement; a woman could "nip" or "milk" her partner to ejacu
lation and intensify her own orgasm. There arc two versions: a
quick and a slow. First, the quick squeeze: This can be done in any kind of
clothing, anytime, anywhere. Contract as much as possible the
pubococcyg eus muscles (in the genital and anal region), as if try
ing to hold back or interrupt urination or defecation. You will feel
the anus tightening and the genitals moving slightly. After a few
seconds, relax the muscles completely. Alternately squeeze and
relax, squeeze and relax, 50 times at first. Wh�n you are used to it,
increase this to 100 per session. Each day do a minimum of 300
squeezes-and-r elaxes-better still, 700. Now, the slow squeeze: This version, much more powerful
than the quick one, not only is done much more slowly but is
combined with deep diaphragm breathing and requires mental
concentration. Contract the pubic muscles while inhaling slowly. Hold the squeeze and the breath for several seconds. Then relax
the muscles while exhaling. Do this 300 times daily, but not more
than 100 times per session. If you feel dizzy, stop the exercise and
resume later. The effectiveness of either version of this ancient exercise
is supported by modern knowledge. Although male and tcmale
genitals consist mostly of involuntary (smooth) muscles, they are
surrounded by and intimately linked to voluntary (skeletal) mus
cles in the pubic-coccygeal region. This cotnplex network of mus
cles not only supports the genitals and other, internal organs, but
is directly or indirectly responsible for sexual health and pleasure. Among the muscles benefitting fron1 the pubic squeeze arc the is
chiocav ernosus, which helps in the erection of the penis


 on like this for
the foreseeable future. The first clue that dramatic c hange was once again on
the horizon came when I learned that Systems Plus andmany of the dealers were discussing the possibility of
merging toget her into one c ompany. Apparently, they
felt this  would  help them com pete better at the national
level. S oon afterward, I received a visit from one of our
larger d ealers, John Kang, who was headquartered in
Tampa. He informed me that he had been working on a
proposal to consolidate the Medical Manager dealers
into a combin ed company. He laid out his plan of
initially purchasing Personalized Programming, Systems
Plus, and three or four of the larger dealerships. He
explained that it would take a large initial investment,
but he already had that lined up. John’s presentation was
very professional, but I didn’t see why Personalized
Programming had to be involved. I told him that I would
be willing to legally commit to providing The Medical
Manager software to the new company. He then dropped
the bombshell : any investors in the company would
insist that the foundational software be owned by the
company itself. I was very uncomfortable with the thought of selling
Personalized Programming. But I was even more
uncomfortable thinking that I would be the reason that
all these hundreds of dealers, and Systems Plus, were
unable to get their hard-earned value from their
businesses. I told John I was not interested in selling the
business at any price, but if my reluctance was truly in
the way  of everyone else’s dr eams, I would have to give
his proposal some consideration. I told him he could
come back to s ee me if he succeeded in getting others to
buy in to his p lan. What I w as really hoping, however,
was that the whole thing would just fall through by itself. John returned a few weeks later having obtained buy-
in from  some of our largest dealers as well as Systems
Plus. The handwriting wa s on the wall—this was
becoming like all the previou s times I had to put aside
my strong personal preferences and surrender to what
was ma nifesting before me. I didn’t like it one bit, but Iwas fully committed to seeing where the path of
surrender to life was going to lead me. John Kang made me a persuasive offer for
Personalized P rogramming t hat included both cash and
stock in the n ew company. He then set out on the
difficult journey of merging five businesses into one and
raising the funds needed to  pull the merger off. The
bankers decide d it would be  best to raise the necessary
$150 million by selling shares of the new company
publicly. The date for an initial public offering (IPO) was
set for early 1997, but a lot of work still needed to be
done. What a world to be thrown into. Personalized
Programming had grown g radually from its humble
roots of one employee—me. It was now a very well
organized, highly successful private company. This level
of orga nization was not going to exist when a bunch of
independently run businesses first get thrown into a pot
together. There were going to be the expected power
struggles, deal er acquisition  issues, and constant legal
and financial issues to be ironed out. Nonetheless, I
didn’t allow myself to get cau ght up in all those negative
thoughts. I just remained open and completely intrigued
by what was unfolding. It was decided  that the new company would be called
Medical Manager Corporation. I must admit, I liked that. I flashed back to 1981 when I was finishing the software
and firs t came up with the name “The Medical Manager. ”
Fifteen years later, Medical Manager was now going to
become a public company. Standing at the threshold of
this major event, I was total ly in awe seeing where my
experiment with surrender had managed to lead me. 4 4. M e d i c a l  M a n a g e r  C o r p o r a t i o n — M M G R
W hen the smoke cleared, I was to be the chief executive
officer (CEO); John Kang, the president; and Rick Karl,
the general counsel. Corporate headquarters would be
established in Tampa at John Kang’s facilities, and Rick
Karl and I wo uld work out of the Alachua offices. The
company would trade on the NASDAQ exchange under
the symbol MMGR. As we headed  toward the e nd of 1996, the cadre of
lawyers and bankers was finishing up all the paperwork
to m erge the companies together and simultaneously do
the IPO. I remember that this  was an interesting time for
me in my relationship with my dad. My father had been a
stockbroker m ost of his life, and he had been working at
Merrill Lynch for more than thirty years. His only son
had dro pped out of graduate school in business to live in
the woods and meditate. I ne ver left the woods, yet all of
a sudden I was in my dad’s world. He kept telling me that
he just couldn’t believe that Morgan Stanley, one of the
premiere brok erage houses in the world, was interested
in m y company. He was also  surprised to find out that
Merrill Lynch’s health-care analyst was closely
monitoring our upcoming transaction. My dad was very
interested that my company was going public, and we
talked to each other more during this time than we had
for the previous twenty years put together. It makes
sense—we now had something in common to talk about. I was humbled by this opportunity to get closer to my
father. I  saw it as just another miraculous thing that had
happened as I surrendered t o the flow of life. It wasn’ttoo muc h later  when my dad died. But you can be sure he
enjoyed being able to give his son his lifetime-learned
advice about becoming a public company, the health-
care sector, and Wall Street in general. Despite the amazing sequenc e of events that led up to
this point, nothing could have prepared me for what
happened next. A week or so before the IPO, I received a
list of action it ems from my New York attorney. One by
one I worked through the list, signing required
documents and locating required paperwork. The final
item wa s due the next day, so  I rushed down to my bank
to acces s my safety deposit box. I rarely had reason to
touch th is box I had rented b ack in 1971 to store my only
possession—the deed for my original ten acres. Once I was le ft alone with the storage box, I began
looking for the document my attorney had requested. There wasn’t much in the bo x, but what was there had
the effect of a time machine. I came across the original
deed on my property—how much had happened since
then. N o one in their right mind could have imagined the
flow of events that unfolded since I decided to drop out
and live in t he woods. My trip back in time was
interrupted when I came upon the document I was
looking for. I pulled out the trifolded piece of paper and
opened it up. It was the Personalized Programming stock
certificate sent to me when I incorporated the company
fifteen years earlier. When I had originally dropped the
certificate in my deposit box, it was pretty much
worthless to anyone but me. Then it hit me like a ton of
bricks. The most savvy investors in the world were
valuing this piece of paper at over a hundred million
dollars. My mouth went dry, and tears welled up in my eyes. I
had given everything up, and it kept coming back
tenfold. When I had decided to let go and devote my life
to s erving what was unfold ing in front of me, I was
earning less than five thousand dollars a year. WhenBuilt with Love came together, it grew from tens of
thousands to hundreds of th ousands in revenue. When
Personalized P rogramming came together, it quickly
grew to millions and then mo re than ten million in sales
and royalties. Now I was dealing with a hundred-million-
dollar asset. It wasn’t the mo ney that moved me; it was
the invisible hand of life that blew me away. I stood there
in the bank and offered that piece of paper back to the
universe from whence it had  come. I vowed to serve the
company I had watched life build, brick by brick, and to
use the money entrusted to m e in a way that would help
others. I took a deep breath, closed the deposit box, and
prepared to ship the stock certificate up to New York. 4 5. B e c o m i n g  C E O
M edical Manager Corporation was born out of a
successful IPO  on February 2, 1997. Out here in the
woods o f Alachua, not only di d I maintain my position as
president of our large R&D facility, but I also became
CEO an d chairman of the bo ard of directors of the new
company. I was completely naive as to how much work I
would b e taking on as CEO.


 Rainer Maria Rilke, The Sonnets to Orpheus  1, 13, translated by Stephen Mitchell (Vintage, 2009 ). †  William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell  (c. 1790). the all-pervasive spirit
or person was simply the context in which this enjoyment was invited,
courted and revealed. It was not the party we enjoyed; it was our self that
we enjoyed, that is, our self was enjoying itself. Awareness was tasting or
knowing its own being. The party was a gathering of the senses on the thresh -
old of the divine. Art is a formalisation of this process. The ultimate purpose of art is to provide
access to the sacred dimension of life, without the need for renunciation
or asceticism, but through the very energies of life itself. As the writer
D. H. Lawrence observed, ‘Art is a form of supremely delicate awareness…
meaning at-oneness, the state of being at one with the object’. *
     Nowhere, to my knowledge, is this understanding stated more clearly
than by the painter Paul Cézanne: ‘Everything vanishes, falls apart, doesn’t it? Nature is always the same but nothing in her that appears to us lasts. Our art
must render the thrill of her permanence, along with her elements, the ap -
pearance of all her changes. It must give us a taste of nature’s Eternity.’ †
     All we know of the world are perceptions, and perceptions are intermit -
tent. They fall apart, vanish. And yet in spite of the fact that everything we
know about the universe is constantly changing, we recognise that there is
something that persists through it all that is greater than our self as a person
and beyond the limits of the finite mind through which we perceive it. At the same time, we realise that we too emanate from the universe and that
whatever limitations our finite mind superimposes on it, its essence is the
same as our own. This intuition of the unlimited nature of our being and its interconnec -
tion with all things is always accompanied by joy, ‘the thrill of her perma -
nence’. It restores our original innocence and freedom. The purpose of art,
according to Cézanne, is to use the changing elements of experience – sights
in his case, sounds in the case of musicians, tastes for cooks, textures for
sculptors, words for writers and poets, and so on – and bring them together
in such a way that they take us, not intellectually but experientially, to this
ever-present reality. They give us a taste of nature’s eternity. 165* D. H. Lawrence, ‘Making Pictures’, The Creative Process: A Symposium, Brewster Ghiselin Ed. (Uni -
versity of California Press, 1985). †  J. Gasquet, Cézanne  (1926 ), as translated in: John Rewald, ‘Catalogue’, Cézanne: The Late Work  (1977 ).you are the happiness you seek
restoring the sacred

There are many other occasions when, in the natural course of our everyday
life, a window opens up in the flow of experience, allowing the qualities that
are inherent in our true nature to flow into the situation, informing it with
its innate intelligence. Many people report that the experience of bereave -
ment is often accompanied by a quiet joy. In this case, the immensity of the
loss brings their life, as they know it, to an end. The normal filter of thoughts
and feelings through which experience is filtered collapses, and in that mo -
ment their true nature shines. In other cases, a person’s first glimpse of their true nature is sometimes
preceded by a period of great sorrow or despair. In the hopelessness that en -
sues, all future possibilities are removed and, with nowhere to go, one is
brought back to the sanctity of the now. Such experiences bring the activity
of the ego, which is always invested in future happiness, to an end and thus
provide an opportunity to sink into the vertical dimension of our being. However, through lack of guidance, such invitations are often missed and,
as a result, simply compound our suffering. For others it may be an illness, a failed relationship, the loss of financial
security, the onset of old age or the imminence of death. Unlike normal cir -
cumstances, in which a person usually feels that they can intervene in order
to effect the change that they believe is required for their happiness, experi -
ences such as these, where the intensity of feeling is such that we find ourself
powerless in the face of it, overshadow any such attempt to negotiate. In the spontaneous surrender that ensues, we find ourself open without
resistance to our current experience. The layer of personal psychology, built
almost entirely of resisting, holding on and seeking, which constitutes the
activity of the separate self or ego, has dissolved. No longer able to muster
the strength to resist, we find ourself at one with the experience and, as a result,
our innate peace emerges from the background. The peace was, of course, present in us all along but was veiled, not by
the sorrow, the despair or the loss but by the activity of resisting, holding on
and seeking. This is the quiet joy that can emerge even in the depths of suffer -
ing. It is referred to as ananda  in the Vedantic tradition and as ‘the peace
that passeth understanding’ in the Christian tradition. It is the peace that is
prior to and independent of the content of the experience. 166the all-pervasive spirit
In an emergency, the situation is sometimes so demanding that we do
not have time to refer to the thought processes with which we would nor -
mally respond to such an event. Our response to the situation is, as a result,
not mediated through a layer of past conditioning. It comes sponta -
neously, as a direct response in the moment. This allows the person to
draw on a source of strength that lies behind their conditioned thoughts
and feelings, in the very heart of themselves, and accounts for acts of
courage and compassion that often extend far beyond a person’s normal
capabilities. When the emergency is over, people will often praise the one who
acted in this way. However, the person will not have any sense of having
undertaken or achieved anything remarkable. They will know intuitively
that their actions came not from themselves as a person but from a deeper,
impersonal source within them, and therefore they will not lay claim to
them. Intense fear is another experience that brings one abruptly into the now
and may thus be a natural portal to one’s true nature. In a culture where the
egoic activity of seeking and resisting, and the inevitable suffering and con -
flict that attend it, dominate both individuals and institutions, the possibility
of finding a means whereby one may access the awareness that lies behind
the mind and thus transcend the ego is still relatively rare, although this is
beginning to change. However, in the absence of such guidance, the innate
intelligence that is the essence of each person’s mind will find its own way of
making its presence felt. It may be felt as a person’s yearning for happiness or love, a devotee’s
longing for God, a scientist’s desire for understanding or an artist’s love of
beauty. Or it may find more extreme ways of infiltrating a person’s experi -
ence. When a young man launches himself from a great height with only an
elastic cord tied around his feet, he is, probably without realising it, putting
himself through a self-ordained initiation rite in which he faces and over -
comes the fear of death. As he propels himself into an experience that, on
account of its intensity, brings him into the immediacy of the now, he is di -
vested of the limitations of time – memories, fears, anger, sorrow, resentment,
hope, and so on – and tastes his innate freedom. Another may train for years at a sport, always pushing the edge of her
endurance and capacity, in order to expand beyond the limits which she
167you are the happiness you seek
intuitively knows do not define her. T o expand beyond our limitations is like
a death for the one who is identified with them; for others, it is a rebirth. Divested of the constraints that thought imposes upon her self, she finds
herself in the zone, at one with the flow of the universe, and able to perform
at a level well beyond her normal capacity. Others may marvel at what appear to be super-human accomplishments. Indeed, they are super-human, in the sense that they are inspired by, and an
expression of, an aspect of ourself that is prior to our human limitations. Even as a spectator one partakes of this moment of transcendence, and it is
for this reason that we confer god-like status on highly skilled athletes. And there are quieter ways of inviting our true nature to reveal itself. Consider,
for instance, the poet who sits in front of a piece of paper, the mind open
and receptive, inviting that which lies behind the mind to assume a form
within the mind. As Rilke wrote, ‘I love the dark hours of my being. My mind
deepens into them.’  *
     In his book Pioneer Pottery, Michael Cardew said, referring to the capacity
of a pot to draw the mind into its source, ‘Its presence will fill the gaps be -
tween sips of tea or


	if	we	can’t	see,	if	we	can’t	think,	if	our	kidneys	don’t	work	or	if
our	bones	are	broken	or	fragile. I,	for	one,	hope	that	I	am	able	to	fully	enjoy
not	only	the	time	in	the	present,	but	also	the	time	in	the	future,	with	good
health	and	independence. Part	III
THE	GOOD	NUTRITION	GUIDE
I
WAS	IN	A	RESTAURANT	RECENTLY
,	looking	at	the	menu,	when	I	noticed	a	very
peculiar	“low-carb”	meal	option:	a	massive	plate	of	pasta	topped	with
vegetables,	otherwise	known	as	pasta	primavera. The	vast	majority	of	calories
in	the	meal	clearly	came	from	carbohydrates. How	could	it	be	“low-carb”. Was	it	a	misprint. I	didn’t	think	so. At	various	other	times	I’ve	noted	that
salads,	breads	and	even	cinnamon	buns	are	labeled	“low-carb,”	even	though
their	ingredient	lists	demonstrate	that,	in	fact,	the	bulk	of	calories	are
provided	by	carbohydrates. What’s	going	on. This	“carb”	mania	is	largely	the	result	of	the	late	Dr. Atkins	and	his	dietary
message. But	recently
Dr. Atkins’	New	Diet	Revolution
	has	been	toppled	and
replaced	by
The	South	Beach	Diet
	as	the	king	of	the	diet	books. The	South
Beach	Diet	is	pitched	as	being	more	moderate,	easier	to	follow	and	safer	than
Atkins,	but	from	what	I	can	tell,	the	weight-loss	“wolf”	has	just	put	on	a
different	set	of	sheep’s	clothing. Both	of	the	diets	are	divided	into	three
stages,	both	diets	severely	limit	carbohydrate	intake	during	the	first	phase,
and	both	diets	are	heavily	based	on	meat,	dairy	and	eggs. The	South	Beach
Diet,	for	example,	prohibits	bread,	rice,	potatoes,	pasta,	baked	goods,	sugar
and	even	fruit	during	the	first	two	weeks. After	that,	you	can	be	weaned	back
onto	carbohydrates	until	you	are	eating	what	appears	to	me	to	be	a	fairly
typical	American	diet. Perhaps	this	is	why
The	South	Beach	Diet
	is	such	a	hot
seller. According	to
The	South	Beach	Diet
	Web	site,
Newsweek
	wrote,	“the
real	value	of	the	book	is	its	sound	nutritional	advice. It	retains	the	best	part	of
the	Atkins	regime—meat—while	losing	the	tenet	that	all	carbs	should	be
avoided. ”
1
Who	at
Newsweek
	reviewed	the	literature	to	know	whether	this	is	sound
nutritional	advice	or	not. And	if	you	have	the	Atkins	Diet	plus	some	“carbs,”
how	different	is	this	diet	from	the	standard	American	diet,	the	toxic	diet	that
has	been	shown	to	make	us	fat,	give	us	heart	disease,	destroy	our	kidneys,make	us	blind	and	lead	us	to	Alzheimer’s,	cancer	and	a	host	of	other	medical
problems. These	are	merely	examples	of	the	current	state	of	nutrition	awareness	in
the	United	States. Every	day	I	am	reminded	that	Americans	are	drowning	in	a
flood	of	horrible	nutrition	information. I	remember	the	adage	told	several
decades	ago:	Americans	love	hogwash. Another	one:	Americans	love	to	hear
good	things	about	their	bad	habits. It	would	appear	from	a	quick	glance	that
these	two	sayings	are	true. Or	are	they. I	have	more	faith	in	the	average	American. It’s	not	true	that	Americans
love	hogwash—it’s	that	hogwash	inundates	Americans,	whether	they	want	it
or	not. I	know	that	some	Americans	want	the	truth,	and	just	haven’t	been	able
to	find	it	because	it	is	drowned	out	by	the	hogwash. Very	little	of	the	nutrition
information	that	makes	it	to	the	public	consciousness	is	soundly	based	in
science,	and	we	pay	a	grave	price. One	day	olive	oil	is	terrible,	the	next	it	is
heart	healthy. One	day	eggs	will	clog	your	arteries,	the	next	they	are	a	good
source	of	protein. One	day	potatoes	and	rice	are	great,	the	next	they	are	the
gravest	threats	to	your	weight	you	will	ever	face. At	the	beginning	of	the	book	I	said	my	goal	was	to	redefine	how	we	think
of	nutrition	information—eliminate	confusion,	make	health	simple	and	base
my	claims	on	the	evidence	generated	by	peer-reviewed	nutrition	research
published	in	peer-reviewed,	professional	publications. So	far,	you	have	seen	a
broad	sample—and	it’s	only	a	sample—of	that	evidence. You	have	seen	that
there	is	overwhelming	scientific	support	for	one,	simple	optimal	diet—a
whole	foods,	plant-based	diet. I	want	to	condense	the	nutritional	lessons	learned	from	this	broad	range	of
evidence	and	from	my	experiences	over	the	past	forty-plus	years	into	a	simple
guide	to	good	nutrition. I	have	whittled	my	knowledge	down	to	several	core
principles,	principles	that	will	illuminate	how	nutrition	and	health	truly
operate. Furthermore,	I	have	translated	the	science	into	dietary
recommendations	that	you	can	begin	to	incorporate	into	your	own	life. Not
only	will	you	gain	a	new	understanding	of	nutrition	and	health,	but	you	will
also	see	exactly	which	foods	you	should	eat	and	which	foods	you	should
avoid. What	you	decide	to	do	with	this	information	is	up	to	you,	but	you	can
at	least	know	that	you,	as	a	reader	and	a	person,	have	finally	been	told
something	other	than	hogwash. 11
Eating	Right:	Eight	Principles	of	Food	and
Health
T
HE	BENEFITS	OF	A	HEALTHY	LIFESTYLE
	are	enormous. I	want	you	to	know	that
you	can:
live	longer
look	and	feel	younger
have	more	energy
lose	weight
lower	your	blood	cholesterol
prevent	and	even	reverse	heart	disease
lower	your	risk	of	prostate,	breast	and	other	cancers
preserve	your	eyesight	in	your	later	years
prevent	and	treat	diabetes
avoid	surgery	in	many	instances
vastly	decrease	the	need	for	pharmaceutical	drugs
keep	your	bones	strong
avoid	impotence
avoid	stroke
prevent	kidney	stones
keep	your	baby	from	getting	Type	1	diabetes
alleviate	constipation
lower	your	blood	pressure
avoid	Alzheimer’s
beat	arthritis
and	more…These	are	only	some	of	the	benefits,	and	all	of	them	can	be	yours. The
price. Simply	changing	your	diet. I	don’t	know	that	it	has	ever	been	so	easy
or	so	relatively	effortless	to	achieve	such	profound	benefits. I	have	given	you	a	sampling	of	the	evidence	and	told	you	the	journey	that	I
have	taken	to	come	to	my	conclusions. Now	I	want	to	summarize	the	lessons
about	food,	health	and	disease	that	I	have	learned	along	the	way	in	the
following	eight	principles. These	principles	should	inform	the	way	we	do
science,	the	way	we	treat	the	sick,	the	way	we	feed	ourselves,	the	way	we
think	about	health	and	the	way


 dental enamel of rats which consumed the
fruits. When the cellulose was removed from the fruits
through the process of juicing, with the juices then given to the animals, the erosive effe ct was increased three to
seventeen fold. Experiments at other experiment stations also
reveal the erosive effects of sweetened fruit juices upon
dental enamel, especially when the juices are canned or
otherwise heat-processed. The fact that this is almost entirely prevented when the whole fruits are consumed in their raw
state is considered evidence that the physical contact between
the teeth and the raw cellulose acts as a buffer and prevents
dental erosion. The decay of teeth, as distinct from erosion, is affected by
the physical state of food. Hoppert, Webber, and Canniff
have noted that white rats may be kept on a diet fully adequate in minerals and vitamins and yet suffer from dental
caries if the foods eaten are sufficiently soft to be impacted
around the teeth. Wallace has noted that soft sugars, sweets,
and other carbohydrate foods tend to increase susceptibility to
tooth deca
y in humans, whereas cris p "fibrillar" foods such as raw fruits and vegetable salads tend to prevent decay by
removing harmful bacteria, preventing tartar formation,
inducing mastication, and also promoting the flow of saliva
and oral mucus which is important in oral health. Whereas foods may be softened in various ways, and cellulose may be
removed through different procedures, the most common
contemporary method of promoting such food changes is
through the process of cooking. Not only the teeth but also the gums are affected by
changes in the physical properties of foods. The presence of
sufficient raw cellulose or other food materials in the diet which afford the gums exercise is helpful to the development
of healthy gums. In experiments with more than 200 ferrets,
King and Glover found that animals given rib bone, with the
attached muscle, tendon, and periosteum, which required
much gnawing and chewing with consequent prophylactic action on the gums, were free from gum disease and tartar
deposits at all times. Ferrets gi ven the same foods separately
suffered from gum lesions and tartar deposits, for the animals
no longer had to gnaw the bone to obtain the tendon and
periosteum. Those ferrets which were fed entirely upon soft foods, including powdered bone-meal, all suffered from
severe gingival disease and gum lesions, with heavy incrustations of tartar. Burwasser and Hill conducted similar experiments, using
dogs for their work. Two groups of the animals were fed diets
identical chemically but different physically. The control
animals, given hard foods, maintained normal gingivae during the fourteen months the experiment lasted. Those
given soft foods in the form of a mash all developed marked
pathological changes in the gingivae, similar to those
observed in ferrets. As a result of these experiments with animals, an attempt
was made by J. P King to test the effects of hard foodstuffs
on the parodontal tissues of humans. A number of
institutional and other subjec ts suffering from severely
diseased gingivae were given raw sugar cane to gnaw upon
each day, thus exposing the gums to the friction of the hard food. In all cases where calculus deposits were relatively
slight, there was rapid cessation of bleeding and marked
improvement in the color, texture, and contour of the gum
surface. When heavy accretions of tartar were present,
improvement was noticeable, though limited. In all cases the gum area that was improved was limited entirely to that part
which came in contact with the friction of the sugar cane, the

 inaccessible gum tissue remaining unaffected throughout the
duration of the experiment. At a later period a group of subjects with gum disease were
given the same quantity of sugar cane each day, but this was
softened through a canning process. The results in this case
were almost entirely negative and little or no improvement was noticeable in any case. One group of the subjects was
treated by scaling to remove the tartar deposits, but this
showed no favorable response and only accelerated the rate of
calculus deposition. With or without such dental aid, the
subjects receiving the soft, heated sugar cane failed to
respond to treatment. D
IGESTIBILITY OF RAW FOOD
   The change in physical structure brought about by heat may
be partly responsible for change s in digestibility between raw
and cooked foods. Cooking may impair or improve
digestibility. For milk, most vegetables, and many other foods
there is usually impairment. At the New York State
Agricultural Station, tests were conducted with cooked and uncooked clover, hay, and corn meal, indicating that the
relative digestibility of the albuminoids was more or less
diminished by cooking. Thirteen separate series of experiments have been conducted at agricultural stations in this country on the supposed value of cooking or steaming foods for pigs. In ten of these trials, there was not only no
gain in digestibility; there was a definite loss, and in some
cases the loss was very considerable. The tests showed that a
pig may require up to fifty per cent more food to produce a
pound of gain in weight when food is cooked than when it is raw. Ragner Berg has reported sim ilar results in experiments,
and he points out that a mixture of soy bean, wheat, wheaten
bran, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, and rye meal, which is quite adequate for animals in its crude state, becomes
conspicuously inadequate when it is mixed with water, formed into cakes, and baked. I
MPORTANCE OF CELLULOSE
   While digestibility is important, it should not be assumed
that all foods should be one hundred per cent digestible. Many plant foods contain much cellulose, which is not
readily digested. Yet, the presence of this cellulose in the diet is very important. Well-cooked foods, which lack raw
cellulose, fail to stimulate peristaltic action to the degree
necessar
y to promote ra pid and effective bowel action. The y remain in the intestinal tract much longer than raw foods, and
putrefaction and fermentation are often well advanced before
elimination is made. Usually th e feces have a rich bacterial
flora and an offensive odor as evidence of the putrefaction
that has taken place. The effects of the excessive fermentation and putrefaction
of foods within the body are believed to be an important
cause of disease. A number of distinguished scientists have
held that prolonged putrefaction produces toxins which are
absorbed by the bloodstream. Elie Metchnikoff, of the
Pasteur Institute in Paris, made what is perhaps the most thorough study of longevity and senility ever undertaken, and
he maintained that such putrefaction is a definite source of
poisoning to the body and is the primary cause of the severe
symptoms of senility. He associated the richness of the
bacterial flora in the feces with the length of life and claimed that with both animals and humans the average longevity was
greatest when the bacterial flora was very slight or entirely absent. In this connection it may be pointed out that intestinal
putrefaction is rapidly diminished in the presence of
uncooked foods. The cellulose of raw plants is of vital
importance in maintaining normal peristaltic action in the intestinal tract and thus preventing stagnation in the
movement of foods. On an exclusive raw diet, the movement
of foods is so rapid that putrefaction is very slight; the
resulting feces in such cases are almost free from offensive
odor and contain only a fraction as many bacteria as would otherwise be present. If the viewpoint of Metchnikoff and
others is correct, this would have a very important effect upon
human life and be conducive both to a higher immunity to
disease and a greater duration of life. The physical changes which cooking produces in foods are
clearly marked. They involve primarily the destruction of
cellulose material of plants. Such destruction may result from
different methods of food-processing, of which cooking is
only one. The effects of this change in the physical state of
foods appear to have a definite reaction upon the health of the animal organism, and are particularly detrimental to the
parodontal structures. They have a pronounced effect upon
digestion, assimilation, and the movement of foods through
the intestinal tract. As a cause of disease they rank of possible
importance, and existing evidence would indicate they may be associated to some degree with senility and longevity. 4
RAW FOOD IN EXPERIMENTAL
STUDY
THE THEORETICAL BASIS  for the results of using raw and
cooked foods has been considered from the standpoint of
biochemistry and physiology. It has indicated the manner in
which cooking alters food. It would appear at first glance that
these alterations would lower the value of the food and render
it much less nutritious and valuable to animal life. For confirmation or refutation of this logical assumption, we must
turn to applied science in the fields of nutrition and biology. Here many studies of animals which have used both cooked
and uncooked diets under controll ed experimental conditions
have been made, and they provide rather conclusive evidence on the entire subject. G
ENERAL EXPERIMENTAL DATA
   Among the first scientists to study cooking in its application
to animal nutrition were Weill and Mouriquant of France. In
1912, as they were conducting their celebrated experiments
with pigeons to determine the effects of


 absolute aloneness. T o the ego, the fear of nonexistence was formidable, and it drew back
from it repeated ly as it seemed to approach. The purpose of the agonies
and the dark n ights of the so ul then became apparent. They are so
intolerable that their exquisite pain spurs one on to the extreme ef fort
required to surmount them. Wh en vacillation between heaven and hell
becomes unend urable, the desire for existence itself has to be
surrendered. On ly once this is done may one finally move beyond the
duality of Allness versus Nothingness, beyond existence or nonexistence. This cu lmination of the inner work is the most dif ficult phase, the
ultimate waters hed, where one is starkly aware that the ill usion of
existence one here transcends is irrevocable. There is no returning from
this step, and this specter of irreversibility makes this last barrier appear
to be the most formidable choice of all. But, in fact, in th is final apocalypse of the self, the dissolution o f the sole
remaining dualit y of existence a nd nonexistence-identity itself-dissolves
in U niversal Divinity, and no in dividual consciousness is left to choose. The last step, then, is taken by God. —David R. Hawkins

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7:10, 3-22. Selye, H. 1978. Str ess of Life. New Y ork: McGraw-Hill. Shear, K., et al. 2005. “A T reatment of Complicated Grief. ” Journal of the American Medical
Association  293: 2601-08. Sherwood, R.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: Who is the author of the text?,
A: Dr. David R. Hawkins
Q: What was Dr. Hawkins' experience in World War II?,
A: He was a mine sweeper.
Q: What was the main theme of Dr. Hawkins' work?,
A: To recontextualize the human experience in terms of the evolution of consciousness and to integrate a comprehension of both mind and spirit as expressions of the innate Divinity that is the substrate and ongoing source of life and existence.
Q: What was the outcome of Dr. Hawkins' research on the nature of consciousness?,
A: He discovered a way to discern truth from falsehood, which led to a major breakthrough in his understanding of the nature of consciousness.
Q: What was the outcome of Dr. Hawkins' inner work, the dissolution of the last remaining duality of existence and non-existence?,
A: He became aware that there is no individual consciousness left to make a choice, and it was taken by God.
Q: What was the result of Dr. Hawkins' research on the nature of consciousness and its application to clinical practice?,
A: He developed a technique to heal patients, which led to the recovery of thousands of patients, including those with severe mental illnesses.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Metabolic Solutions Report
Terry Chamberlin, B.Sc., C.N.C., Bioanalyst                Nova Scotia, Canada                  msibio@yahoo.com               902-584-3810

TISSUE CLEANSING THROUGH BOWEL MANAGEMENT

By BERNARD JENSEN D.C., Nutritionist
WITH THE ULTIMATE TISSUE CLEANSING SYSTEM
Co-authored with Sylvia Bell. This book Is Intended for use as an Information source. It Is not Intended as advice for self
diagnosis or a prescription for self treatment. It Is hoped that the information contained here in will stimulate thought and
encourage the adoption of a beneficial llfestyle. DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to those who want to take the higher path, which is the one approved by God, and to those who would be
free and cleansed of the old so as to embrace the coming into the new and higher life. “Cleanse and purify thyself and I will exalt thee to the throne of power.” “Be thou clean.”
The results obtained with the program outlined in this book should command the Interest of every physician who clai ms to follow
a preventive health care philosophy. It is a powerful tool when used to overcome the entrenched effects of chronic diseases, as are
an estimated 80% of those found in this country. It is a most Ideal way to turn such conditions around toward r ejuvenation and
well-being. ABOUT DR. JENSEN
Beginning his career as a chiropractor in 1929, Dr. Bernard Jensen soon turned to the art of nutrition in search of remedies for his
own health problems. He travelled to over 50 countries, to study the lifestyl es of the different cultures in an effort to understand the
principles of long and healthy living. He visited Russia where he studied the long -lived people. The last man he met in Russia was
152 years of age. Dr. Jensen journeyed to New Zealand several tim es, stayed at Sri Aurobindo’s Ashram in India and visited Sai
Baba, one of the masters of India. He met with the Dalai Lama and recently stayed with the King of Hunza Valley. Many of the spas and nature -cure sanitariums in Europe were visited. Many constru ctive ideas were brought back to develop the
Hidden Valley Health Ranch in 1955. It was a place for his patients and guests to come and learn how to live a healthy life. Hidden Valley Health Ranch served as a retreat for people from all over the world. The  Kneipp water baths from Worishofen,
Germany were established; the organic garden provided 60% of the meals served; lectures and demonstrations were given and the
summer classes became a main attraction. Doctor Jensen concluded that the long -lived people l ive a simple life, in a moderate
temperature, eat unprocessed foods, no fried foods, little meat, live a serene, contented life, maintain good posture and con sistently
live close to where the soil is black. Doctor Jensen believes humanity needs a formula f or living successfully, healthfully and
peacefully. He combines the elements of the physical, mental and spiritual in teaching people how to live. Contents
Foreword …….................................................................................................. 4
Introduction to Raising Bowel Consciousness.......................................……. 5
A Brief Discussion of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Bowel............... 12
Autointoxication.............................................................................…………17
Constipation...................................................................................…………. 21
Imbalances of the Large Intestine.....................................................……… 29
Intestinal Flora and Bowel Gardening................................................…….. 47
Natural Methods and Techniques for Bowel Improvement.....................…. 55
Introduction to the Ult imate Tissue Cleansing System..........................…… 66
Case Histories and Testimonials......................................................……… 111
In Conclusion...............................................................................………… 119
Bibliography.................................................................................………… 121
Glossary of Terms.........................................................................…………122
List of Illustrations
Villi of the small Intestine....................................................................... 13
Normal Digestive Tract........................................................................... 16
Passage of meals through the digestive system......................................... 26
Various Bowel Abnormalities................................................................... 30
Normal Colon and Uterus....................................................................... 37
Transverse Colon Prolapsus and Its Pressure Effe cts Upon the Pelvic Uterus.. 37
Iris signs of the Left and the Right iris...................................................... 39
X-Ray Photographs................................................................................ 41
Slant board exercises............................................................................. 59
Photographic Documentary..................................................................... 97 ഊ4

FOREWORD
Publishing this book has been somewhat difficult due to the natur e of the subject matter. Bowel management is virtually an
undiscussed topic in our culture and Western society. It’s not nice to talk about. Somehow the unspoken idea has crept upon u s
which implies that the bowel will take care of itself. Also along with this erroneous belief comes another which implies that
anything we may buy in the supermarket or prepare in our kitchen will be received with gratitude by the gastro -intestinal system. Dr. Tom Spies, recipient of the American Medical Association’s Distingu ished Service Award has said, “All the chemicals used in
the body —except for the oxygen we breathe and the water we drink —are taken in through food.”

Unfortunately, the selection of poor foods and improper preparation methods often lead to bowel problems. Specifically,
researchers have shown that regular use of refined carbohydrates and a lack of fiber in the diet increase the transit time of  bowel
wastes and stimulate production of putrefactive bacteria in the bowel. Both of these factors have been linked  not only to bowel
diseases such as colitis, diverticulosis and cancer but also to chronic disease elsewhere in the body. Fortunately, what medi cal
scientists call the “irritable bowel syndrome” can be prevented or reversed in most cases by following the p rogram described in


 something
significant to happen to them, continuously miss the insignificant, which
may not be insignificant at all. The philosopher Nietzsche, in a rare
moment of deep stillness, rote, For happiness, how little suf fices for
happiness. the least ting precisely, the gentlest thing, the lightest thing,
a lizard's rustling, a breath, a wisk, an eye glance little maketh up the
best happiness. Be still. Why is it the least thing that makes up the best happiness. Because true
happiness is not caused by the thing or event, although this is how it first
appears. The thing or event is so subtle, so unobtrusive, that it takes up
only a small part of your consciousness and the rest is inner space,
consciousness itself unobstructed by form. Inner space consciousness
and who you are in your essence are one and the same. In other words,
the form of little things leaves room for inner space. And it is from inner
space, the unconditioned consciousness itself, that true happiness, the joy
of Being, emanates. T o be aware of little, quiet things, however, you
need to be quiet inside. A high degree of alertness is required.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the key to true happiness, according to the philosopher Nietzsche?,
A: The key to true happiness is not the event or thing, but the subtle, unobtrusive, and gentle things in life.
Q: What is the primary purpose of human life, according to the text?,
A: The primary purpose is to awaken to one's true nature and bring consciousness into the world.
Q: What is the main obstacle to finding inner space, and how can it be overcome?,
A: The main obstacle is the compulsive and unconscious naming of things, and it can be overcome by becoming aware of your breath and the present moment.
Q: What is the relationship between the ego and the universe, according to the text?,
A: The ego is a reflection of the universe, and the universe is a reflection of the ego. The ego's existence is dependent on the universe, and the universe's existence is dependent on the ego.
Q: What is the author's message about the nature of the universe and its relationship to human existence?,
A: The author suggests that the universe is a unified, interconnected whole, and that human existence is a microcosmic reflection of this unity.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>And when your form
dissolves, a world comes to an end one of countless worlds.A New Earth
A W A K E N I N G  A N D  T H E  R E T U R N
M O V E M E N T
The return movement in a person's life, the weakening or dissolution of
form, whether through old age, illness, disability, loss, or some kind of
personal tragedy, carries great potential for spiritual awakening the dis? identification of consciousness from form. Since there is very little
spiritual truth in our contemporary culture, not many people recognize
this as an opportunity, and so when it happens to them or to someone
close to them, they think there is something dreadfully wrong, something
that should not be happening. There is in our civilization a great deal of ignorance about the human
condition, and the more spiritually ignorant you are, the more you suf fer. For many people, particularly in the W est, death is no more than an
abstract concept, and so they have no idea what happens to the human
form when it approaches dissolution. Most decrepit and old people are
shut away in nursing homes. Dead bodies, which in some older cultures
are on open display for all to see, are hidden away. T ry to see a dead
body, and you will find that it is virtually illegal, except if the deceased is
a close family member. In funeral homes, they even apply makeup to the
face. Y ou are only allowed to see a sanitized version of death. Since death is only an abstract concept to them, most people are totally
unprepared for the dissolution of form that awaits them. when it
approaches, there is shock, incomprehension, despair, and great fear. Nothing makes sense anymore, because all the meaning and purpose that
life had for them was associated with accumulating, succeeding,
building, protecting, and sense gratification. It was associated with the
outward movement and identification with form, that is to say, ego. Most
people
cannot conceive of any meaning when their life, their world, is being
demolished. And yet, potentially, there is even deeper meaning here than
in the outward movement.It is precisely though the onset of old age, through loss or personal
tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into
people's lives. This is to say, their inner purpose would emer ge only as
their outer purpose collapsed and the shell of the ego would begin to
crack open. Such events represent the beginning of the return movement
toward the dissolution of form. In most ancient cultures, there must have
been an intuitive understanding of this process, which is why old people
were respected and revered. They were the repositories of wisdom and
provided the dimension of depth without which no civilization can
survive for long. In our civilization, which is totally identified with the
outer and ignorant of the inner dimension of spirit, the word old has
mainly negative connotations. It equals useless and so we regard it as
almost an insult to refer to someone as old. T o avoid the word, we use
euphemisms such as elderly and senior. The First Nation's grandmother
is a figure of great dignity. T oday's granny is at best cute. Why is old
considered useless? Because in old age, the emphasis shifts from doing
to Being, and our civilization, which is lost in doing, knows nothing of
Being. It asks: being? What do you do with it? In some people, the outward movement of growth and expansion gets
severely disrupted by a seemingly premature onset of the return
movement, the dissolving of form. In some cases, it is a temporary
disruption; in others a permanent one. W e believe that a young child
should not have to face death, but the fact is that some children do have
to face the death of one or both parents through illness or accident or
even the possibility of their own death. Some children are born with
disabilities that severely restrict the natural expansion of their lives. Or
some severe limitation comes into a person's life at a relatively young
age. The disruption of the outward movement at a time when it is not meant
to be happening can also potentially bring forth an early spiritual
awakening n a person. Ultimately, nothing happens that is not meant to
happen, which is to say, nothing happens that is not part of the greater
whole and its purpose. Thus, destruction or disruption of outer purpose
can lead to finding your inner purpose and subsequently the arising of a
deeper
outer purpose that is aligned with the inner. Children who have suf fered
greatly often grow into young adults who are mature beyond their years.What is lost on the level of form is gained on the level of essence. In the
traditional figure of the blind seer or the wounded healer of ancient
cultures and legend, some great loss or disability on the level of form has
become an opening into spirit. When you have had a direct experience of
the unstable nature of all forms, you will likely never overvalue form
again and thus lose yourself by blindly pursuing it or attaching yourself
to it. The opportunity that the dissolution of form, and in particular, old age,
represents is only just beginning to be recognized in our contemporary
culture. In the majority of people, that opportunity is stile tragically
missed, because the ego identifies with the return movement just as it
identified with the outward movement. This results in a hardening of the
egoic shell, a contraction rather than an opening. The diminished ego
then spends the rest of its days whining or complaining, trapped in fear
or anger, self?pity, guilt, blame, or other negative mental?emotional
states or avoidance strategies, such as attachment to memories and
thinking and talking about the past. When the ego is no longer identified with the return movement in a
person's life, old age or approaching death becomes what it is meant to
be: an opening into the realm of spirit. I have met old people who were
living embodiments of this process. They had become radiant. Their
weakening forms had become transparent to the light of consciousness. On the new earth, old age will be universally recognized and highly
valued as a time for the flowering of consciousness. For those who are
still lost in the outer circumstances of their lies, it will be a time of a late
homecoming when they awaken to their inner purpose. For many others,
it will represent an intensification and a culmination of the awakening
process.A New Earth
A W A K E N I N G  A N D  T H E  O U T G O I N G
M O V E M E N T
The natural expansion of one's life that comes with the outward
movement has traditionally been usurped by the ego and used for its own
expansion. Look what I can do. I bet you can't do that,says the small
child to another as he discovers the increasing strength and abilities of
his body. That is one of the ego's first attempts to enhance itself through
identification with the outward movement and the concept of more than
you and to
strengthen itself by


 body, and it tends to dis- 1
I appear as soon as the use of salt is discontinued. Many physicians
1 now use a saltless diet for all cases of edema, and when the ail-
I ment is caused in the first place by salt, recovery is the usual rule. The relation of salt to insomnia and nervous ailments has been
studied by Dr. Mickail M. Miller at the U. S. Public Health Nar-
cotics Hospital in Lexington, Ky., a U. S. Marine Hospital, and
the New York State Psychiatric Institute. At these places many
I of the patients suffered from insomnia, "convoy" fatigue (among
1 seamen), drug addiction, and general nervousness. Dr. Miller
1 found that the insomnia tended to disappear according to the! I rate at which he withheld salt from the diet, and then quickly
1 reappeared as soon as salt was again used in large quantities. To
patients who had been sleeping only an hour or two each night
the salt-free diet often brought surcease within just a few weeks. At the same time disturbing dream phenomena tended to dis-
appear. The subjects were able to relax more readily; a decline in the intensity of emotions resulted, and the ability to concentrate
increased. Studies of the chloride content of the brain tissue have
further indicated that there is retention of this mineral in most
cases, which may give some theoretical explanation for linking
the body's salt metabolism with mental disorders. Salt is perhaps the most important single cause of hypertension
(high blood pressure) and its many complications. This was
noted as early as 1922 by Dr. Frederick M. Allen and his co-
workers, who then announced the successful treatment of 280
cases of very severe, otherwise uncontrollable, high blood pres-
sure with a saltless diet. In the following years, up to 1949, Dr.
Allen treated several thousand additional cases of hypertension
with a salt-free diet. Most of the patients were kept active and
improved, with progression arrested and complications prevented
or rendered less severe. "Frequent clearing of the retinitis (swell-
ing of the retina and optic nerve of the eye), congestive failure
(heart failure), headache, dyspepsia (shortness of breath) and
other symptoms is unmistakable:' declared Dr. Allen, in refer-
ence to the effect of the saltless diet for hypertension patients. Dr. Walter Kemper, assistant professor of clinical medicine at
Duke University, has also used a salt-free diet in treating hyper-
tension, and he employed other dietary changes as well. He points
out that his dietary regime usually causes a marked decrease in
blood pressure in three to four months, with an occasional patient
getting results in as little as four days. A few patients had to
remain on the diet for 12 months to secure a sufficient decrease
in pressure. Also observed on the salt-free diet anlong some
patients was a significant reduction in the size of greatly enlarged
hearts, in addition to favorable changes in electrocardiograms and
improvements in the fundus of the eye (retina and optic nerve
head). Numerous other pathological conditions have been attributed
to the use of salt and then treated with a saltless diet. Experi-
ments have shown that salt interferes with the absorption of
chyme by the mucous membrane of the intestinal tract, which
theoretically might lead to various ailments. Dr. Haig of England COMMON SALT DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
showed that the elimination of uric acid is impeded by salt, a
fact which is often pointed to in consideration of the possible
causes of rheumatism. K. De Snoo has described salt as a cause
of the eclampsia of pregnancy, and he advocates a low-salt diet
during the second half of pregnancy. J. 0. Arnold also recom-
mends a limitation of salt in the diet under certain conditions,
in particular when pregnant women are threatened with
eclampsia. Pomerance and Daichman have observed that the
length of labor is apparently reduced by a limitation of salt dur-
ing the latter part of pregnancy. Barker reports beneficial results
in treating patients affected by congestive heart failure with a low-
salt diet, containing no more than ten per cent the usual amount
of salt. Scheinm reports benefit for his cardiac edema patients
by using a similar diet, low in salt content. Wheeler, Bridges, and
White report improvement in 22 of 35 cases of congestive heart
failure by limiting the amount of salt in the diet. Likewise, by
reducing salt intake Walsh and Adson were able to secure com-
plete recovery or improvement of vertigo among 78 of 128
patients affected with Meniere's syndrome. Salt is considered of therapeutic value in treating constipa-
tion and heat fatigue, but the acting principle of salt in these
cases acts as a detriment and may induce the development of
other diseases. When using the substance as a laxative, two
tablespoonfuls are taken with a quart of water in the morning
before breakfast. This induces immediate elimination, but only
at the high cost of irritation to the intestinal tract. The delicate
lining commences to "water" as it comes in contact with the salt,
just as the eye waters when it is irritated. The water quickly
washes away the irritating salt, and the result is a soft or liquid
evacuation such as diarrhea. Peristaltic action is also increased,
as the body quickly acts to expel the irritant. The total effect is
similar to that of many drugs; the artificial and excessive stimu-
lation is eventually followed by corresponding depression and
weakness. To prevent and remedy heat fatigue, heat cramps, and stroke,
salt has been enlployed by the U. S. Army and in many indus- tries, furnace rooms, and mines. Certain physicians and nutri-
tionists have also recommended the procedure as a daily pre-
caution for everyone in hot weather. It is thought that the extra
salt will stabilize the amount of salt in the body at a time when
more salt than usual is lost in the process of perspiration. Actually the loss of salt in perspiration is helpful, and such salt
need not be replaced. Its presence in perspiration is only the
result of elimination of a material the body cannot use, with the
work of the kidneys being lessened accordingly. The loss of water
in perspiration, however, must be replaced, and for those who
drink insufficient water or liquid food during a heat wave, salt
has the advantage of inducing thirst and is of according benefit. This may account for the good results first reported from the use
of salt tablets or extra salt for those working under conditions of
excessive heat. More recently, however, physicians have begun
to realize that the liquid intake can very easily be increased with-
out the use of salt. A number of patients suffering from heat
fatigue have taken salt for relief, only to find later that they
became more allergic to heat and suffered from weakness when-
ever it was present. Others have noted that no amount of salt
had any effect on their ability to withstand heat, and a number
have become ill after taking salt tablets. Indigestion and nausea
are the most common immediate reactions. The eventual after-
effects may be much more severe, involving the development
of such chronic diseases as are known to follow the excessive use
of salt. Many industrial firms have already discontinued supplying
salt tablets for workers, and others will no doubt follow. The
practice was a serious mistake from the beginning, as the liquid
intake can easily be increased by safer means, which have no
adverse side-eff ects. Salt in colloidal form, combined organically with other chemi-
cals and catalytic agents in food, forms an essential non-toxic part
of our food supply. Salt in its purified state, as exists common
table salt, is not necessary for human health or life. It serves no
known useful purpose in the body and tends to act as a toxic
irritant to all body tissues. It is known to be a primary or second- DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
ary cause of certain common diseases, and, by impairing physio-
logical function as a whole, it may be a factor of causation in
the majority of diseases. Its reduction of quantity in the diet is
followed by specific physical benefits, and its complete elimina-
tion from the diet is necessary for the greatest possible benefit
and the most efficient physiological function throughout the
human body. Substitutes for comnlon salt have been offered for sale ever
since the latter product was proven harmful. Some of these con-
tained chemicals more dangerous than salt itself. Lithium chlor-
ide was sold for two years as a salt substitute, until numerous
reports of severe toxic reactions and several deaths caused the
product to be withdrawn from the market. Sea salt has been pro-
moted as a worthy substitute for ordinary rock salt, whereas the
chemistry and effects of the two substances are identical. Others
have mixed sea salt with a little vegetable broth powder and sold
their new product as "vegetable salt? A completely acceptable salt substitute contains no salt what-
soever, and it is free from all harmful chemicals. Such a product
is pure dehydrated vegetable broth powder. This food has lost
some vitamins in processing, but it is still rich in minerals. It
cannot be presented as a completely natural


 goes back still further to defects in the germ plasms as contributed by the two parents. These injuries, therefore, are related directly to the physical condition of one or of both of these
individuals prior to the time that conception took place. A very important phase of my investigations has been the obtaining of information from these
various primitive racial groups indicating that they were conscious that such injuries would occur if
the parents were not in excellent physical condition and nourishment. Indeed, in many groups I
found that the girls were not allowed to be married until after they had had a period of special
feeding. In some tribes a six months period of special nutrition was required before marriage. An
examination of their foods has disclosed special nutritional factors which are utilized for this
purpose. The scope of this work, accordingly, becomes of direct interest in many fields including the
various branches of the healing arts, particularly medicine and dentistry, and the social
organizations that are concerned with betterment of the racial stock. Similarly, the educational7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 9/250groups are concerned directly since, if we are to stem the tide by passing new information on to
the parents of the new generation, it must be done prior to the time the emergency shall arise. This
involves a system of education directed particularly to the high school age pupils. The data that are being presented in the following chapters suggest the need for reorientation in
many problems of our modern social organization. The forces involved in heredity have in general
been deemed to be so powerful as to be able to resist all impacts and changes in the environment. These data will indicate that much that we have interpreted as being due to heredity is really the
result of intercepted heredity. While great emphasis has been placed on the influence of the
environment on the character of the individual, the body pattern has generally been supposed to
require a great number of impacts of a similar nature to alter the design. The brain has been
assumed to be similarly well organized in most individuals except that incidents in the life of the
individual such as disappointments, fright, etc., are largely responsible for disturbed behavior. Normal brain functioning has not been thought of as being as biologic as digestion. The data
provided in the succeeding chapters indicate that associated with disturbances in the development
of the bones of the head, disturbances may at the same time occur in the development of the brain. Such structural defects usually are not hereditary factors even though they appear in other
members of the family or parents. They are products of the environment rather than hereditary
units transmitted from the ancestry. In the light of these data important new emphasis is placed on the quality of the germ cells of the
two parents as well as on the environment provided by the mother. The new evidence indicates
that the paternal contribution may be an injured product and that the responsibility for defective
germ cells may have to be about equally divided between the father and mother. The blending of
races has been blamed for much of the distortion and defects in body form in our modern
generation. It will be seen that these face changes occur in all the pure blood races studied in even
the first generation, after the nutrition of the parents has been changed. The origin of personality and character appear in the light of the newer data to be biologic
products and to a much less degree than usually considered pure hereditary traits. Since these
various factors are biologic, being directly related to both the nutrition of the parents and to the
nutritional environment of the individuals in the formative and growth period any common
contributing factor such as food deficiencies due to soil depletion will be seen to produce
degeneration of the masses of people due to a common cause. Mass behavior therefore, in this
new light becomes the result of natural forces, the expression of which may not be modified by
propaganda but will require correction at the source. Nature has been at this process of building
human cultures through many millenniums and our culture has not only its own experience to draw
from but that of parallel races living today as well as those who lived in the past. This work,
accordingly, includes data that have been obtained from several of Nature's other biologic
experiments to throw light on the problems of our modern white civilization. In presenting the evidence I am utilizing photographs very liberally. A good illustration is said to
be equivalent to a thousand words of text. This is in keeping too with the recent trend in
journalism. The pictures are much more convincing than words can be, and since the text
challenges many of the current theories, the most conclusive evidence available is essential. Owing to the many requests received for slides or the loan of my negatives, provision is being
made for supplying a limited number of slides of the illustrations in either black and white or in
color. Slides of other subjects are available. TABLE OF CONTENTS
 7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 10/250Chapter 1
WHY SEEK WISDOM FROM PRIMITIVE PEOPLES
SOME of the primitive races have avoided certain of the life problems faced by modernized
groups and the methods and knowledge used by the primitive peoples are available to assist
modernized individuals in solving their problems. Many primitive races have made habitual use of
certain preventive measures in meeting crucial life problems. Search for controls among remnants of primitive racial stocks has been resorted to as a result of
failure to find them in our modernized groups or to find the controlling factors by applying
laboratory methods to the affected clinical material. Only the primitive groups have been able to
provide adequate normal controls. In the following chapters, I have presented descriptions of certain peoples and their
environments in primitive state, and, for comparative study, descriptions of members of the
primitive tribes who have been in contact with modernized white races. I have recorded the effects
of that contact as expressed in physical and character changes, and have given a survey of the
factors in the environment which have changed. It has been necessary to study in this way a wide
variety of primitive groups and physical environments. It will, accordingly, be advisable for the
reader to keep in mind the comparative effects of different altitudes, latitudes, temperatures and
races, and to note the similarity of the reactions of these primitive groups when contact is made
with our modern civilization. The purpose is to glean data that will be applicable for use in
correcting certain tragic expressions of our modern degeneration, including tooth decay, general
physical degeneration, and facial and dental-arch deformities, and character changes. These data
will be useful in preventing race decay and deformities, in establishing a higher resistance to
infective diseases, and in reducing the number of prenatal deficiency injuries. These latter include
such expressions as mental deficiencies caused by brain defects in the formative period, which
result in mental disturbances ranging from moderate backwardness to character abnormalities. The data presented show the level of susceptibility to dental caries (tooth decay) in each
isolated primitive group and, contrasted with that, the level of susceptibility in the modernized
natives of the same stock. A résumé of the changes in the environment that are associated with the
changes in immunity and susceptibility will be presented. These data reveal an average increase in
susceptibility of thirty-five fold. Similar contrasts are shown in relation to the relative incidence of
facial and dental arch deformities among primitive natives and modernized natives. It will be easy for the reader to be prejudiced since many of the applications suggested are not
orthodox. I suggest that conclusions be deferred until the new approach has been used to survey
the physical and mental status of the reader's own family, of his brothers and sisters, of associated
families, and finally, of the mass of people met in business and on the street. Almost everyone who
studies the matter will be surprised that such clear-cut evidence of a decline in modern
reproductive efficiency could be all about us and not have been previously noted and reviewed. It is important to preface the observations by constructing a mental pattern of physical
excellence from the pictures of the various primitive groups and, with this yardstick or standard of
normalcy, observe our modern patterns. Certain preconceived ideas may have to be modified, as
for example, that based on the belief that what we see is due to heredity or that deformity is due to
mixing of races. If so, why should the last child in a large family generally suffer most, and often be
different in facial form; or why should there be these changes in the later children, even in pure
racial stocks, after the parents have adopted our modern types of nutrition? Although the causes of
physical degeneration that can be seen easily have been hard to trace, the defects in the
development of the brain, which affect the mind and character, are much more obscure, and the
causes of mental degeneration are exceedingly difficult to trace. Much that formerly has been left to
the psychiatrist to explain is now rapidly shifting to the realm of the anatomist and physiologist.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 11/250    Those contributions of the past cultures which have blended agreeably into our modern
experience have been accepted with too little questioning. Much ancient wisdom, however, has
been rejected because of prejudice against the wisdom of so-called savages. Some readers may
experience this reaction to the primitive wisdom recorded in these chapters. The writer is fully aware that his message is not orthodox;