 considered to be a folk remedy for
digestive problems.
4. Fats for cooking
Cooking (roasting, frying, etc.) should be done with fully saturated fats,
because these fats do not alter their chemical structure when heated.
These fats are: pork dripping, goose fat, duck fat, natural lard, lamb fat,
coconut oil, butter and ghee. You can purchase many of these fats in shops.
It is also easy to make many of these fats at home which has an advantage:
you know exactly what is in it. For more information on this subject please
look in the chapter: Fats: the good and the bad.
Ghee
Ghee is a clarified butter. It is traditionally used in many cultures around
the world for cooking and baking. Butter can be used for cooking very
effectively. However, small amounts of whey in the butter often burn. Also
whey contains lactose and some milk proteins, which many GAPS patients
have to avoid in the initial stages of the diet. Ghee on the other hand does
not contain any whey, milk protein or lactose at all, just milk fat, and does
not burn.
Preheat your oven to around 6o-i20°C (250°F). Put a large block of
organic, preferably unsalted butter into a metal dish or pan. Leave it in the
oven for 45-60 minutes. Take it out and carefully pore the golden fat from
the top (ghee), making sure that the white liquid at the bottom stays in the
pan. Discard the white liquid. Keep in glass jars and refrigerate.
Goose or duck fat
Roast a goose or a duck in the oven in the usual way. Take the bird out and
pour the fat through a cheese-cloth or a fine metal sieve. Keep in glass jars and refrigerate. Use for cooking meats and vegetables. These fats give a
nice flavour to roasted vegetables in particular.
Pork, lamb or beef fat (lard)
You can collect these fats in much the same way as the duck and goose fats.
You need any bits of fat from the animal. It is particularly good to use internal
fat layer from the animal, which the butcher often gives away almost free.
You will be amazed how much cooking fat you will collect from a fairly small
piece. It is wise to use organic animals for this purpose, as fat is a natural
body storage for various toxins. Investing in a small piece of organic fat once
or twice a year will not cost you much and will last for many months.
Roast the fat on a fairly low heat (i2o-i30°C) for 2-3 hours depending on
the size of the piece. Pour the fat through the cheese-cloth or a fine metal
sieve. Store in glass jars and refrigerate.
Coconut  oil is very good for cooking. It contains largely saturated fats and
hence does not change its chemical structure, when heated. However,
make sure that you buy good quality natural coconut oil, as a lot of brands,
sold in the west have been hydrogenated to increase shelf-life.
5. Main dishes
An Italian meat casserole
This is an alternative way of making an excellent meat stock as well as
preparing a meal for the whole family. You can use any of the following: a
leg or a shoulder of lamb, a joint of pork, a joint of beef, a pheasant, 2-4
pigeons, 2 quails, a joint of venison, a whole chicken, turkey legs. You need
a large casserole with a lid for this dish. Put your meat joint or a whole
bird(s) into the casserole, add water to fill % of the casserole, add some salt,
pepper corns, dried herbs to taste, bay leaves and a sprig of rosemary.
Cover with the lid and put into the oven for 5-6 hours on low heat
(125-140°C or 250°F). Add various vegetables 40-50 minutes before your
dinner time into the casserole: rosettes of broccoli and cauliflower, whole
peeled small red or white onions, Brussels sprouts and large pieces of
carrots. When ready take the meat and vegetables out and serve to
your family. Put the meat stock through a sieve and serve it in bouillon
cups with the dinner. Meat stock left from this dinner will keep well in the
refrigerator and can be used for making soups or warming up as a nourish
ing drink. Stuffed peppers
6 large peppers (a combination of green, red, yellow and orange)
7* kg of minced meat (a mixture ofL pork and lL beef is best)
2 medium-size carrots
I large onion
salt and pepper
Grind the carrots and chop the onion. Mix them well together with the
minced meat adding salt and pepper to taste.
Cut off the tops of the peppers and take out the seeds. Fill the peppers
with the mixture of the meat and vegetables. Place the stuffed peppers
upright into a pan. You will need the correct size pan to fit all the peppers,
so they stand upright and support each other. Add 3-4 cups of water to the
bottom of the pan and cover it with the lid. Bring up to boil, reduce the heat
to a minimum and simmer for an hour. Serve a pepper per person with a
ladle of the stock from the bottom (best to serve in a soup bowl}. Put a
tablespoon of your home-made yoghurt (if well tolerated) with a clove of
crushed garlic mixed into it. Garnish with chopped parsley.
Meatballs
500g of minced meat (a mixture of pork and beef is best)
1 large onion
lh red pepper
1 courgette
2 tablespoons of chopped fresh garlic
1 tablespoon tomato puree
salt, pepper, 2-3 bay leaves
To make the sauce cover the bottom of the pan with water 3-4 cm high. Mix
into the water tomato paste, salt and pepper. Bring to boil. With your hands
shape balls out of the mincemeat about 4 cm in diameter. Put the balls one
at a time into the boiling sauce. Make sure that you use a large enough pan
to fit all the balls in one layer. Cover with the lid and simmer on low heat for
30 minutes.
In the meantime prepare the vegetables. Finely chop the onion and red
pepper. Cut the courgette into small cubes. Chop the garlic.
After cooking the meatballs for 30 minutes add the chopped onion,
pepper and courgette, mix with the sauce gently in order to preserve the shape of the meatballs. Cover and cook for another 25 minutes. Add the
bay leaves and garlic. Cover and turn the heat off. Let it sit for 10 minutes
before serving. Sprinkle with finely chopped coriander and serve with
cooked vegetables.
Meat cutlets
5oog of minced pork
5oog of minced beef or lamb
1 large onion, finely chopped
salt and pepper
Mix all the ingredients well and make oval shaped cutlets. In a frying pan
warm up some pork dripping (goose or duck fat) and fry the cutlets slightly
on both sides. Place the cutlets into a greased baking tray add 7 2 a cup of
water and bake in the oven for 40 minutes at 150-170*0 (300-350 oF). Serve
with cooked vegetables and a salad.
Fish cutlets
2-3 fairly large freshwater or sea fish, a mixture of
different fish works very well
3-5 tablespoons of butter (ghee, goose fat, duck fat,
pork dripping or coconut oil)
1-2 cups of shredded coconut
salt and pepper
Cut all the meat off the fish, remove skin and large bones. Use the bones,
heads and skin for making a very nourishing fish stock (recipe in the soup
section). Alternatively you can buy fish fillets already without skin and
large bones.
In the food processor put the meat of the fish, one egg, butter, salt and
pepper to your taste and grind it to make mince. If you have a meat mincer
it will do the same job for you. With your hands make oval-shaped flat cut
lets about 2 cm thick, roll them in shredded coconut and slightly fry them
on both sides. Use coconut oil (or butter, ghee, pork dripping, lard, goose
fat or duck fat) for frying. Move the cutlets into a large oven tray, greased
with any of the mentioned fats. Add half a cup of water and put into pre
heated oven. Bake for 20-30 minutes at iso°C (300T). Swedish Gravlax - the best way to eat fresh salmon
skinless and boneless salmon fillet
11 water at room temperature
th tablespoons of salt
1 tablespoon of honey
fresh dill and coarsely ground black pepper
The fish has to be very fresh. Cut the fish into 0.5cm thick slices and place
in a dip tray (any baking tray will do). Sprinkle with finely chopped dill
and black pepper. Dissolve the salt and the honey in the water to make
a brine. Cover the fish with the brine and leave at room temperature for
l-i'A hours. Pour the water out and serve the fish with some lettuce and
mayonnaise.


 energy and was able to continue working as a church artist. He did construction and
decoration work, designed stained glass windows, and mounted an art exhibition in San Diego.
In 1983 W.S. wrote: “I am looking back on 33 years, eight children, twelve grandchildren and a
wonderful productive life.” In 2006, aged 88, he appeared in “Dying to Have Known,” Stephen
Kroschel’s Gerson documentary film, still functioning well and working in his artist’s studio with
several of his children.
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www.thegersonway.comEndometriosis Turning into Cervical Cancer
The endometrium is the mucous membrane lining the uterus. During the fertile years of a
woman this lining is shed every month, if the secreted ovum is not fertilized and implanted in the
tissue.
When the organism or the hormone system is malfunctioning, the endometrium can spread to
various sites throughout the pelvic area, including the abdominal wall. As the condition worsens
and the menstrual cycle does not get regulated, endometrial tissue may spread throughout the
body, becoming a malignancy “resembling metastatic pelvic carcinoma,” according to Taber’ s
Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary.
The case of S.T. illustrates this progression perfectly. This patient had gynaecological
problems at the very start of her menstrual periods. Thirty-five years later she was diagnosed
with endometriosis and had a number of D & C’s ( scraping of the uterus)  to remove endometrial
plaque. In the end she had a partial hysterectomy, yet her problems continue, and finally, in 1979,
a Pap smear showed cancer of the cervix, with atypical ( irregular, not conforming to the normal)
cells in her blood. She also noticed lumps in her breast, but these were not further investigated. A
hysterectomy was arranged for her, but she declined the operation and changed her diet.
She began to investigate alternative treatments, changed her diet and fasted. Then she
remembered a lecture she had heard many years before by Charlotte Gerson and decided to go
on the Gerson Therapy. Having done so, she was surprised to experience severe healing reactions
with nausea and vomiting, but then recalled being told that she had a great deal of scar tissue in
her abdominal area, probably caused by earlier ulcers.
S.T. stayed on the Therapy for two years and declares, “Never once did a bite of food enter
my mouth that I should not have eaten.”
She remains well (last report November of 2006), and is busy taking care of her aged parents
and in-laws who are in their nineties, and occasionally also of her grandchildren.
Breast Cancer
In 1988 K.B., aged 70, noticed redness and swelling in the nipple area of her breast. Her doctor
at Modesto, CA, took a biopsy that proved that she had a malignant tumor; he also confirmed that
he “hadn’t got it all,” and urged the patient to have a mastectomy. She refused. A second opinion
by a physician at Stanford confirmed the original diagnosis, and K.B. was advised to undergo
surgery, followed by chemotherapy and/or radiation. Again she refused.
Rejecting any conventional treatment, K.B. embarked on the Gerson Therapy at home, at
first eating only raw foods and having six enemas a day, for eight months. Then she added some
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www.thegersonway.comorganic vegetarian cooked foods. After 1 1⁄2 years the cancer was gone, but she still had some
scar tissue which she chose to have removed. A biopsy showed that the tissue was clear of any
malignancy.
The Tumor Board noted in her medical records that the patient was “Cured by Diet.” K.B.,
now in her late eighties, shows up every year at a Los Angeles Health Convention! She still drinks
juices but eats “a little meat.”
This case is all the more remarkable because the patient pursued the Gerson Therapy on her
own, at home, without staying at the Gerson Hospital or having a Gerson doctor to consult.
Breast Cancer with Liver Metastases
E.B.,  aged 43, reported to her doctor with a lump in her breast in January 2002, was biopsied
and told that she had breast cancer. She took no action. In January 2004 she reported to Loma
Linda University Medical Center and was diagnosed as suffering from Stage 4 breast cancer with
liver metastases. According to the medical report, her liver was ‘covered with tumors and was
shutting down; her skin and the whites of her eyes were yellow.’
E.B. was offered chemotherapy and, not knowing otherwise, she accepted one treatment. Her
oncologist stated that in view of her advanced condition he was not sure she could survive for two
months, but he hoped that chemotherapy would give her a year of life. That was when the patient
began to look for other options and found out about the Gerson Therapy. From her research she
knew that with conventional medical treatment cases of breast cancer with liver metastases had
less than a 1% two-year survival rate, so her only hope was to try an alternative protocol.
After completing two years on the Gerson Therapy, E.B. was well enough to go skiing in
Tulluride, CO, one of the steepest mountains in the US. Now, after three years, judging by her
PET/CT scan of August 2006, she has a fully functioning liver and no malignancy or metastases
anywhere in her body.
E.B. enjoys skiing in winter and water skiing in the summer, rock climbing, playing golf, and
riding her motorcycle. She also travels frequently.
Breast Cancer Recurrence After Chemo and Radiation
A.F. discovered a lump in her breast in September of 1985. She had a biopsy and a
lumpectomy, followed by radiation and chemotherapy at the Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle.
By 1989 the cancer had spread to her throat. She had more surgery, followed again by radiation.
Five months later more recurrences occurred ‘all over,’ and more radiation was offered. Due to
the extreme suffering caused by the earlier radiation, she refused the treatment and went instead
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www.thegersonway.comto the Gerson Therapy hospital in Mexico. Before long she was getting better, and after about a
year was told that she didn’t have cancer any more.
Seven years later, the radiation damage causing A.F. severe dryness in her throat cleared at
last and her health was truly excellent. When she returned to her original doctor and told him
that she was on the Gerson Therapy, he simply walked out of the office. A.F. continues in good
health.
Melanoma
M.H. Aged 40, she was diagnosed with melanoma in her vaginal wall. This was confirmed
by biopsy and subsequent surgery, followed by 25 radiation treatments and a four-month course
of Interferon. During this treatment the cancer spread to her liver. The oncologists treating her
thought that with chemotherapy the patient might live up to nine months. Although M.H. was
extremely weak and in serious pain, she refused that option and in November of 1996 embarked
on the Gerson treatment, in spite of her oncologist’s warning against it. In September of 1997, a
scan showed that M.H. was clear of melanoma. Ten years on she remains fit and well.
W.E., born in 1943, is a registered nurse. In 1996 she discovered a large mole growing on
her arm. The surgeon who removed it remarked that he had had to go very deep in order to obtain
clear margins. The diagnosis was Stage 4 melanoma.
The patient’s condition deteriorated and some months later, in 1997, at UCLA spots were
found on her hip as well as a large tumor in her liver; both were biopsied and confirmed to be
melanoma. Her doctor advised her to get her affairs in order, since she didn’t have long to live.
W.E. started the Gerson treatment in July of 1997, made a full recovery and remains alive and
well (last report 2006).
Recurrent Melanoma
N.P. had a 5 mm mole on his back, which began to bleed in October of 1990. He consulted
skin cancer specialist Dr. Richard Ferderspiel, who was sure that the lesion was not melanoma.
But the biopsy proved him wrong, and on October 30, at the Berrien General Hospital in Michigan
a large area of skin was removed from the patient’s back.
Six months later, in April of 1991, an enlarged lymph node was discovered in N.P’s right
axilla. It


 been useful in some of my patients to help them overcome an allergy to iodine. More information on NAET can be found in
the Appendix.
Joan, age 62, suffered from hypothyroidism for 20 years. Although Joan’s symptoms improved on a holistic treatment
plan (detoxification, vitamins and minerals, and dietary changes), she still was not feeling like she wanted to feel. When
she was diagnosed with an iodine deficiency, I recommended that she supplement with iodine. Joan was given an
iodide/iodine supplement (Iodoral
®
) and immediately felt better. “It was like waking up from a nap. Within one week, my
head felt clearer and my energy level improved. I have a busy job and I was having trouble keeping up with it,” she said.
Approximately two weeks after starting Iodoral
®
, Joan called me complaining of a rash on her body. I told her to stop
the iodine immediately. Joan told me, “I don’t want to stop it. This is the first time in years that I have
felt wonderful.” I
had Joan come into the office and treated her with NAET. Joan’s allergy symptoms abated within 24 hours and she is
currently taking iodine without any problems. She continues to feel well today.
AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE
Some researchers and endocrinologists believe that autoimmune thyroid problems are caused by iodine intake in excess of
the RDA. However, before the adoption of radioactive iodine to treat the side effects of autoimmune thyroid illnesses, the use of
higher doses of iodine was the treatment of choice for these illnesses. There are numerous reports in the literature, some dating
back well over 100 years, showing the benefits of using iodine in excess of the RDA to treat autoimmune thyroid illnesses.
2

3

4

5
Chapters 4
-
6
 point out that autoimmune thyroid disorders are associated with low iodine levels, not high levels.
As previously stated, in the United States, iodine levels have fallen more than 50% over the last 40 years while, at the same
time, autoimmune thyroid disorders have been rapidly increasing.
6
 If iodine was the cause of autoimmune thyroid illnesses, these
illnesses should have been decreasing over the last 40 years. The opposite has occurred.My clinical experience has shown that in an iodine deficient state, higher doses of iodine are an effective and safe way to treat
autoimmune thyroid illness without appreciable side
effects. Remember, the best results are achieved as part of a comprehensive
holistic treatment plan.
It is important to restate this: My partners and I have not seen AIT disease caused by iodine supplementation. On the
contrary, it is iodine deficiency that causes AIT disease.

DETOXIFICATION REACTIONS
In
Chapter 11
, it was established that iodine could compete with the toxic halides, bromide and fluoride. The study I
undertook showed that the use of iodine resulted in the release of the toxic halides from the body. If the body’s detoxification
pathways are overloaded when the toxic halides are being released, a detoxification reaction can be triggered. A detoxification
reaction can take the form of fatigue, muscle aches, fever, diarrhea, and brain fog, among others.
A detoxification reaction to iodine usage does happen--about 5% of the time. A detoxification reaction can be minimized by
using a comprehensive holistic treatment program including: nutritional support (vitamins and minerals), balancing the hormonal
system, getting the body’s pH balanced, eating healthy foods, and other holistic treatments. One of the best ways to minimize a
detoxification reaction is to ensure adequate use of unrefined salt as well as supplementation with magnesium and vitamin C.
IODINE-INDUCED HYPOTHYROIDISM AND GOITER
When animals or humans that are iodine deficient are given large doses of iodine, there is a transient decrease in thyroid
hormone production (approximately 26-40 hours) until the body reestablishes its equilibrium with iodine.
7

8
 After that time,
thyroid levels adjust to normal and signs of hypothyroidism do not develop.
Many researchers point out the dangers of iodine by describing the goiter problems of the residents of Hokkaido, Japan. A
report in 1960 described how a significant portion of the population of Hokkaido, Japan had developed goiter. Goiters were
more common in seaweed fishermen and in villages where seaweed was eaten in large quantities. The residents of Hokkaido, as
well as other areas of Japan, were found to be ingesting large amounts of iodine. The Japanese authors did not think that iodine
was the causative factor of the goiters since residents of inland areas had the same iodine intake as the residents in Hokkaido, and
they had no signs of increased goiter. Clearly, some other factor must have been involved. However, many Western physicians
seized on the Hokkaido data and erroneously claimed that excess iodine ingestion was the cause of the rise in the goiter rate.
Some still make this ridiculous assertion today. Although no testing was done, goitrogens (such
as bromide) could have caused
the elevated goiter picture. A follow-up study 27 years later found a similar iodine intake in Hokkaido residents but no signs of
excess goiter, therefore ruling out iodine as the cause.
I have spoken with other doctors who have used higher doses of iodine in the treatment of their patients; they also report no
increase in hypothyroid or goiter problems.
9
 More about this concept will be discussed in
Chapter 16
.

IODINE-INDUCED HYPERTHYROIDISM
The use of iodine in a previously iodine-deficient population may result in a transient increase in thyroid hormones. Studies
have shown that the increase in thyroid hormones, which could lead to hyperthyroid symptoms (e.g., palpitations, nervousness),
will gradually decrease.
10
 These side effects can easily be monitored by routine lab tests and adjustments in dosages. Also,
ensuring adequate amounts of unrefined salt minimizes any side effects from iodine supplementation.
Researchers from Switzerland found that the correction of iodine deficiency not only decreased the incidence of
thyrotoxicosis, it also lowered the incidence of goiter, cretinism, and minor deficiencies of intellect.
11
 My experience has shown
that iodine-induced hyperthyroidism is not a common occurrence.
IODISM
Iodism occurs when the dose of iodine is too high and results in a metallic taste in the mouth, increased salivation, sneezing,
headache, and acne. Also, sinus headache, especially headache in the frontal area, and a sense of fever may be present. Iodism
occurs in a small minority of patients and is easily rectified by adjusting the dosage of iodine used.
Dr. Sherry Tenpenny claims that chlorophyll tablets will eliminate the metallic taste of iodine. Dr. Flechas has reported similar
results with chlorophyll. I have found that unrefined salt and vitamin C powder also minimizes iodism.
THYROID CANCER
Thyroid cancers are a small minority of cancers in the United States representing 1% of all cancers.
12
 Women are affected in
larger numbers than men, approximately 3:1.
There have been some reports in the literature that iodine supplementation can be associated with an increased incidence of
thyroid papillary cancer.
13
 If iodine usage were the cause of thyroid cancer, then the falling iodine levels would be expected to
lead to lowered thyroid cancer levels. However, this has not been the case. During the past several decades, when iodine levels
have declined, the incidence of thyroid cancer has markedly
increased.
14
 Perhaps iodine deficiency is the cause of the elevation in
thyroid cancers.
Iodine supplementation has been shown to significantly improve the prognosis of thyroid cancer by shifting the type of cancerto a more easily treatable (i.e., differentiated) form.
15
Radiation exposure has been positively correlated with thyroid cancer for more than 50 years. Over the years, numerous
studies have confirmed this link, including the problems at Chernobyl. One of the treatments for exposure to radiation is iodine.
Potassium iodide was given to residents of Poland and Russia after the Chernobyl accident and has been hailed as a success in
preventing more cases of thyroid cancer.
In an iodine-deficient state, when exposed to radioactive iodine (such as in Chernobyl), the thyroid gland will absorb large
amounts of the radioactive iodine. This will lead to thyroid cancer. However, if the thyroid gland is saturated with iodine,
radioactive iodine will be absorbed in much smaller amounts and the problems with thyroid cancer will be lessened.
As compared to the people surrounding Chernobyl, I predict the Japanese will have less adverse effects from the Fukushima
disaster because the Japanese, as a population, have a higher iodine intake.
It makes perfect sense to have the body sufficient with iodine before being subjected to a toxic exposure of radioactive
iodine.
HOW MUCH IODINE SHOULD YOU TAKE?
Now we are back to the question above. There is no perfect dose for everyone. The best way to properly dose iodine is to
test the body for its iodine status. This can easily be accomplished with an iodine-loading test. The instructions for the loading test
are detailed below.
Iodine-Loading Test
1
.
First morning urine is discarded


	tells	his	young	pupil	all	the	Vedantic	knowledge	about	death,
reincarnation,	and	the	projection	of	all	worlds	from	the	Self.	I’ve	kept	this
book	at	my	side	for	many	years.
T
EXT	NOTE:
p.	25
	Modern	attempts	to	weigh	the	soul	at	the	moment	of	death	are	discussed
online	at
http://www.snopes.com/religion/soulweight.asp
.
Chapter	2:	The	Cure	for	Dying
The	story	of	the	Tibetan	delog	Dawa	Drolma	is	recounted	by	her	son
Chagdud	Tulku	in	his	introduction	to	her	book,
Delog:	Journey	into	Realms
Beyond	Death
	(Padma	Publishing,	1995).	This	is	the	best	entry	into	personal
experiences	of	the	Bardo	that	I’ve	found.	The	classic	work	on	death	and	dying
in	the	Tibetan	tradition	is	the	now-famous	Tibetan	Book	of	the	Dead.	It	may
strike	many	Westerners	as	too	exotic	and	detailed	in	its	Buddhist	ritualism,
which	is	the	product	of	many	centuries	of	religious	practice.	More	accessible
is	Sogyal	Rinpoche,
The	Tibetan	Book	of	Living	and	Dying
(HarperSanFrancisco,	1993),	which	covers	the	same	ground.
Near-death	experiences	were	introduced	to	the	public	in	the	1970s	through
several	bestsellers,	one	of	them	being	the	immensely	popular
Life	After	Life
by	Raymond	Moody	(Mockingbird	Books,	1975),	a	quick	read	that	still
retains	the	excitement	of	a	physician	who	has	just	discovered	a	remarkable
phenomenon.	Since	then	the	literature	on	NDEs	has	grown	enormously.	A
great	deal	of	it	is	summarized	and	updated	on	a	Web	site,
www.near-
death.com
.	This	site	gives	details	of	some	of	the	most	prominent	and	widely
publicized	experiences,	but	it	branches	much	further	into	almost	every	aspect
of	death	and	the	afterlife.
The	near-death	experiences	of	children	are	particularly	fascinating
because	they	are	considered	to	be	innocent,	unbiased	witnesses.	Of	the	several
books	on	the	subject,	I	turned	to	another	physician’s	book,	Melvin	Morse,
Closer	to	the	Light:	Learning	from	the	Near-Death	Experiences	of	Children
(Ivy	Books,	1990).	Dr.	Morse	has	several	other	titles	in	the	near-death	field.
Another	notable	writer	is	P.	M.	H.	Atwater;
the
	book	of	hers	I	read	was
Beyond	the	Light:	The	Mysteries	and	Revelations	of	Near-Death	Experiences
(Avon	Books,	1994).	The	mainstay	of	such	books,	of	which	there	are	dozens,
are	real-life	stories	told	firsthand	by	those	who	have	come	back	fromclinically	dying.
The	best	clinical	study	on	NDEs	was	conducted	in	Holland	by	Dr.	Pim
van	Lommel.	It	is	well	described	in	Mary	Roach,
Spook:	Science	Tackles	the
Afterlife
	(W.	W.	Norton,	2005),	a	book	told	from	the	perspective	of	a	bemused
journalist.	An	even	more	detailed	account,	told	without	the	bemusement,	can
be	found	online	at
www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4207&l=en
.
T
EXT	NOTES:
p.	37
	The	percentage	of	Americans	who	tell	pollsters	they’ve	had	a	near-death
experience	is	cited	in	the	online	article	“Religious	Interpretations	of	Near-
Death	Experiences”	by	David	San	Filippo:
http://www.lutz-
sanfilippo.com/library/counseling/lsfnde.html
.	The	doctoral	essay
contains	many	other	academic	references	to	the	NDE	phenomenon	as
well.
p.	38
	The	story	of	the	historical	delog	Lingza	Chokyi	is	told	at
http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/info-theory/course.html
.
p.	42
	“Science	isn’t	about	knowing	the	mind	of	God	…”	is	quoted	from	“What
Was	God	Thinking?	Science	Can’t	Tell”	by	Eric	Cornell	(
Time
,	Nov.	14,
2005,	p.	100).
p.	43
	“At	that	moment	these	people	are	not	only	conscious	…”	is	quoted	from
an	online	interview	with	van	Lommel	at
http://www.odemagazine.com/article.php?aID=4207&l=en
.
Chapter	3:	Death	Grants	Three	Wishes
Religious	belief	is	a	vast	topic,	but	for	a	thumbnail	sketch	of	where	religion	is
headed	in	modern	America,	I	consulted	a	leading	poll,
The	Next	American
Spirituality:	Finding	God	in	the	Twenty-First	Century
,	by	George
Gallup
	Jr.
(Cook	Communications,	2000).	The	Gallup	organization	is	dedicated	to
documenting	the	actual	beliefs	of	every	faith	around	the	globe,	which	is
especially	needed	in	the	Islamic	world,	where	reliable	data	has	been	scarce,
even	in	recent	years.	You	can	do	your	own	browsing	of	opinions	across	the
board	on	Google,	entering	topic	phrases	like	“church	attendance”	or	“believe
they	will	go	to	heaven.”
T
EXT	NOTE:
p.	49
	Figures	about	church	attendance	in	the	United	States	come	from	an
online	article:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/rel_rate.htm
.
Chapter	4:	Escaping	the	NooseI	didn’t	rely	on	any	specific	book	for	the	Christian	conception	of	heaven,	but
for	official	theological	answers	I	consulted
The	Catholic	Encyclopedia
,	which
“proposes	to	give	its	readers	full	and	authoritative	information	on	the	entire
cycle	of	Catholic	interests,	action	and	doctrine.”	The	home	page	for	the
encyclopedia	is
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
.	I	did	not	explore	the
thicket	of	contrasting	beliefs	stemming	from	Protestant	theology,	although	as
always	there	were	many	helpful	articles	at	Wikipedia.
For	anyone	who	wants	to	browse	the	religious	landscape,	the	easiest	way
to	begin	is	to	take	a	question	like	“Where	is	heaven?”	or	“What	is	heaven
like?”	and	enter	it	at	Google—innumerable	results	crop	up.	One	can	browse
the	beliefs	of	various	denominations	online	at
http://www.religioustolerance.org/heav_hel.htm
.
The	vagaries	of	the	Old	Testament	God,	with	his	many	faces	and	changes
of	mood,	are	thoroughly	covered	in	Jack	Miles,
God:	A	Biography
	(Vintage,
1996).	The	book	is	nonreligious,	treating	the	Old	Testament	as	source
material	in	the	life	of	a	fascinating,	captious,	mercurial	person	who	happens
to	be	God.
When	I	contend	that	Jesus	often	sounds	like	a	Vedic	rishi,	I	have	in	mind
the	Book	of	Thomas	and	other	Gnostic	gospels.	The	fascinating	history	of
how	these	seminal	Christian	writings	came	to	be	unearthed	accidentally	by	a
wandering	Egyptian	shepherd	in	1945,	and	their	subsequent	suppression	by
the	Church,	is	told	best	by	Elaine	Pagels	in
The	Gnostic	Gospels
	(Vintage,
1989).	Hers	is	one	of	those	exceptional	books	on	religion	that	hugely
influence	public	opinion;	it	came	as	a	revelation	that	the	Christian	tradition
had	an	early,	authentic	mystical	tradition	that	allowed	women	full	status	and
told	an


 we are
relaxed and at peace. Our breat h directly reflects how we feel, but we can
also change how we feel by changing our breath.
The breath is also the carrier of prana, the life force energy that enlivens
and animates us. Prana is the electricity that rides on oxygen. It feeds all the
functions in our body and works directly with the mind. Prana is an
electrical current that travels through the subtle ener gy channels in the body,
known as the nadis.  We say that where your awareness goes is where the
prana flows. When the prana flows freely through the nadis, we experience
sukha, or ease. When there is an obstruction to the flow of prana, we
experience dukha,  or suf fering.
What is a full, complete breath?
Many of us have  imbalances in our breath because we do not know how
to breathe. As Deepak mentione d earlier, the yogis measure life not by the
number of years we live but by the number of breaths we take. By
extending our breath, they believe, we are also extending our life span and
the quality of our life.Anatomically, this is what happens on a full, complete breath:
On inhalation, the brain triggers the diaphragm muscles
to contract. This ﬂattens the diaphragm as the intercostal
muscles between the ribs lift the rib cage out and up.
The muscles along the spine contract to lift the sternum.
The upper abdominal muscles relax, allowing the
abdominal organs to press down into the abdominal
cavity. All of this creates a vacuum in the chest, which
makes air suck into the lungs. For a full, complete breath,
the third, fourth, and ﬁfth ribs are lifted by the pectoral
muscles, and the scalene muscles lift the ﬁrst two ribs on
either side of the neck. These accessory breathing
muscles are there for us to take in more air when we
need it.
On the exhalation, the reverse of this process happens.
The neck, pectoral, intercostal, spinal, and diaphragm
muscles all relax. This allows the ﬂow of air out of the
chest cavity. The lower abdominal muscles pull back in
toward the body’s center for the ﬁnal expulsion of air.
When practicing  asanas, we want to ensure that the architectur e of the
pose facilitates the anatomy of the breath. Some poses will compress the
diaphragm, rib cage, belly, or chest. In each posture, we want to adjust our
body to accommodate a full complete breath. This ensures the circulation of
prana throughout the body.
Ujjayi Breath
It is optimal to breathe in and out through the nostrils to keep the breath
long, slow, and controlled when practicing asanas. Ujjayi, or “victorious”
breath, is a techn ique that involves narrowing the vocal cords at the back of
the throat. This process slows down the passage of air in the pharynx, whichlengthens and extends the breath. It also creates a warming effect on the
breath, which helps build mental heat and focus. Ujjayi  makes a whispe ry-
like sound that stimulates the vagus nerve (the longest and most complex
cranial nerve, a central part of the parasympathetic nervous system). Ujjayi
gives our mind something audible to anchor to in each pose.
How to practice ujjayi  breath:
Inhale through your nostrils.
As you exhale, open your mouth, and breathe out as if
you were fogging up a mirror. Listen to the ocean-like
sound of the breath and go to the very bottom of the
exhalation.
Now inhale and engage those same muscles at the back
of the throat as you did on the exhalation, keeping your
mouth open.
Exhale again as if you were fogging up a mirror. Close
your mouth halfway and breathe out through the
nostrils, listening for that whispery-like sound of the
breath. It should be audible just to you.
Keep your mouth closed as you inhale through the
nostrils.
Continue to breathe slowly in and out like this, engaging
the ujjayi breath.
The Vayus
The vayus  are winds or directions of energy that govern the healthy
functioning of our body. Each asana has a particular vayu  or vayus  that are
dominant when we experience it. Each vayu  has an element associated with
it, a pattern of movement, and a specific function that it carries out. For
example, when we practice an asana that activates the core, we elicit the
qualities of digestion or conversion, which is samana vayu. When we openthe chest, we encourage oxygen absorption into the body, which is prana
vayu. The five vayus  and their qualities are:
Vayu Element Function Area of the Body
Apana Earth Elimination;
downward ﬂowFeet, legs, pelvis
Vyana Water Circulation,
distributionAll over
Samana Fire Conversion,
metabolismNavel
Prana Air Absorption,
inspirationChest and head
Udana Space Projection, upward
ﬂowThroat
The Bandhas
The Sanskrit word bandha  means to “lock.” When we perform
bandhas, we are rechanneling our energy, the way a dam may redirect the
flow of a river. We usually practice the bandhas  on breath retentions,
especially during pranayama. However, bandhas  can be used in the asanas
as well. They help us to create a dynamic state of grace that can empower
us in our everyday life.
Here are the four bandhas  and their functions:
Mula bandha is the “root lock,” located at the pelvic ﬂoor
between the tailbone and the pubic bone. When we
engage mula bandha, we lift the muscles of the pelvic
ﬂoor, like an elevator, toward the navel. Mula bandha
inhibits the downward ﬂow of apana so that the upward
energy—udana—can be integrated into the body. This
helps us to feel our own presence and power in the
postures.Uddiyana bandha means to “ﬂy upward.” It is the act of
drawing the lower abdominal muscles back and up
toward the spine, usually at the bottom of the exhalation.
Uddiyana bandha stimulates samana vayu, and
encourages energy to ﬂow upward to the crown,
especially during breath and meditation practices.
Engaging a slight uddiyana bandha in the asana helps us
engage our core, enabling us to contain our energy,
rather than dispersing it.
Jalandhara bandha means “net lock,” and it is located at
the neck and throat. When we perform jalandhara
bandha, we draw the chin gently down toward the chest.
This can be done on the retention of the inhalation or
the exhalation during pranayama and meditation
practices. Jalandhara bandha allows the upward energy,
udana, to be directed back down along the central
channel of the spine. Jalandhara stimulates the
parasympathetic nerves at the brain stem, which
cultivates a sense of calm and tranquility when practiced
with the asanas.
Treta bandha means “triple lock,” and it involves the
engagement of all three bandhas simultaneously. When
the downward energy of apana moves up in mula
bandha, and the upward energy of udana moves down
in jalandhara bandha, they create friction, or samana, at
the center of the spine, which helps to break our mental
patterning and false identities. Treta bandha is useful
when practicing arm balances, four-limbed poses, and
inversions, as we seek to become more compact and
buoyant. Treta bandha helps us to defy both gravity and
the limited beliefs that weigh us down.MUDRA
A mudra  is a seal or a gesture that creates a circuit of energy in the
body. Mudras  are typically performed with the hands; however, they can
also be done with the head, perineum, and through different  shapes we
create with the entire body. These gestures are powerful tools to shift our
consciousness. Two mudras  that we will explore in the asanas are ashvini
mudra  and vajroli mudra, both of which are performed in the perineum.
Ashvini mudra involves engaging the anal sphincter
muscles, which we use when we are inhibiting ﬂatulence.
When we perform ashvini mudra during forward bends,
it creates a natural lift in the front of the body, which
lengthens the spine and takes us out of tamas into satva
guna.
Vajroli mudra works the urethral sphincter muscles,
which are the muscles we use to restrain the act of
urination. When we perform vajroli mudra during
backbends, it lifts the back of the body and takes us out
of rajas into satva guna.
KRIYA
A kriya  is an act to purify our consciousness. Many types of kriya  are
used in various methodologies for varying purposes.


7. - On Vacation

If you suffer from hay fever, then you will be readily aware that the types of pollens produced differ from region to region,  and
from country to country. And it is possible that you yourself may  notice asthmatic and allergy symptoms if you travel to a very
different environment. This is especially likely for those with a history of hay fever. Your bodies' immune system may well n eed
to adjust to coping in a different country, or region. Please be ar this in mind when you travel.

So long as you keep ingesting regular amounts of vitamin B17 in your diet, you should find that after just a few days or so, your
body readjusts to its new environment and different pollens. Any wheezy ness, sniffing, nose  blowing, itchy skin and so forth
should die away, leaving you back to normal and symptoms free (having completed my program in chapter 3). And if you holiday
back to the same destination again next year, in all likelihood you will have little to no adjust ment problems second time around.

Nonetheless, to assist in combating the risk of an onset of asthmatic/allergy symptoms when on vacation I have at times used a
simple breathing technique.

The technique takes about ten minutes and I perform it once dail y, four or five days before travelling, if I am going somewhere I
have not been before with lush flowers etc. That's the only time I do such exercises. They are very simple. I simply hold my breath
for approximately forty to fifty seconds (or whatever is c omfortable), and then breathe normally for about twenty seconds. Then I
hold my breath again for another forty to fifty seconds, and then breathe normally again for about twenty seconds, and so on...

After ten lots of holding my breath for forty to fifty  seconds with twenty seconds of normal breathing intervals the exercise is
complete.
Reading this now, many of you may think, no way will I ever be able to hold my breathe for forty or fifty seconds. However, y ou
haven't completed my program in chapter 3 yet, and experienced significant improvements in your asthma and allergies, which I
am expecting of you! By the way even if after completing the B17 program in chapter 3, you still might have difficulty in hol ding
your breathe for forty or fifty seconds, b ut do not worry. Simply hold your breathe for a length of time that is comfortable for you,
even if it is only ten or fifteen seconds. With practice you will find yourself getting better at this technique. Never hold your breath
for a length of time that m akes you feel uncomfortable, always use your common sense.

I have simply included this breathing exercise for those of you that travel to various parts of the world. Many of you may ne ver
feel the need to try it. But I'm simply bringing it to your attenti on, as it can help smooth out any adjustment period. I strongly
recommend you take your normal medication with you for your asthma and allergies when travelling! You never want to be caught
off guard. The same is advisable at home too. Keep your normal med icine at hand, wherever you go, as this provides peace of
mind.

Chapter 8. - Dealing With Success

When you find these techniques, as described in chapter 3 working, with your asthmatic condition and allergy symptoms on the
retreat, it may take you a while to fully register what is going on. This is only natural. You will want to make sure that it  is really
happening. And week after week your condition, I believe, will continue to improve.

As time goes by you will become more and more accustomed to dealing with a new sensation of being. Change takes time to get
used to. You've probably been suffering f rom asthma and allergies for years, perhaps even decades. Of course it will take time for
you to get used to not having to deal with your old symptoms. It takes time also to learn to believe that nature really has i ts
remedies there at hand, for us to use.

By the way, if you ever run short of apricot seeds, then don't forget you can eat prune/peach/nectarine/cherry/plum/apple see ds, or
bitter almonds/macadamia nuts, lentils, butter beans and so on...to provide you with vitamin B17. You could even make your  own
bread using millet grain and or adding linseed if you like.

What is contained within our diets has changed so much over the last sixty years or so. Just adding vitamin B17 back into you r diet
on a regular basis, and I hope honey too, brings you that  much closer to nature!

You may find yourself benefiting in other ways from taking vitamin B17 in your diet. Myself, and others have commented how
life seems less stressful.
I would just like to point out here that, if your asthma and allergies do totall y disappear as a result of this program (and I really
hope they do), you have shown a susceptibility to asthma and/or allergies. Thus, if at some stage in the future you stop taki ng the
B17 rich food your body requires, for a prolonged period of time, your  asthma and/or allergies could return.

It is also worth you being well aware that vitamin B17 is also an alternative therapy for healing cancer. There are various c linics
that report extremely high success rates, treating all forms of cancers; with B17 a vitally important component of their cancer
remedies. Cancer it seems may also be strongly linked to a lack of vitamin B17 within ones' diet!

If you know of anyone with any form of cancer I recommend that they take a look at the website www.1cure4cancer.c om as soon
as possible!

Look after yourselves, and best wishes.

Graeme

If you wish to e -mail me to let me know how you get along I would be pleased to hear from you. Unfortunately I cannot promise a
reply if I get completely over -run by e -mails.

This b ooklet is based solely upon my own opinion; others may choose to disagree as they so wish. Various sources were consulted
in the writing of this booklet. The book,' World Without Cancer' by G. Edward Griffin, and statistics from Asthma in America a
landmar k survey, were also consulted.

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How Diseases are Cured  32                                             (about low -carb diets as the correct strategy:)
The High -Carbohydrate Diet and Related Health Problems  92 The Time -factor in
Recovery  38
Insulin's Met abolic Effects (Why eat less carbohydrates?)   98 How Important is
Diagnosis?  17
How to Live 100 Years  22                                               (about overcoming the physical ‘sugar’ craving:)
Causes of Addiction to Habits  24 What Symptoms to Exp ect when Improving
Your Diet  5
What Symptoms to Expect when Improving Your Diet  5 My First Water Fast  4
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	sensible	precautions.	Here	are	some	ways	to	protect	yourself.
Sunbathing	Isn’t	Always	a	Bad	Thing
The	body	needs	sunshine	just	as	it	needs	food,	although	one	must	avoid	too
much	of	either.	Sunlight	(full-spectrum	light)	is	necessary	for	good	health	and	an
important	part	of	the	physical	pathway.	Those	warming	sun	rays	feel	good
because	they	are	good;	they	help	your	body	produce	vitamin	D,	an	essential
nutrient	for	building	strong	and	healthy	bones.	The	common	belief	that	you
should	protect	yourself	from	the	sun	with	toxic	sunscreen	is	distorted	and
misguided.	Sunlight	is	not	the	problem;	the	problem	is	sunburn.
Sunburns	only	happen	from	excessive	and	inconsistent	exposure	to	sunlight,
such	as	when	you	stay	in	the	sun	too	long	or	when	your	body	is	not	used	to	it.
Regular,	controlled	exposure	to	sunlight	helps	the	body	produce	vitamin	D	and
adapt	to	the	sun.	If	your	body	is	not	used	to	it	(and	especially	if	your	skin	is	fair),
do	not	spend	all	day	under	the	hot	sun.	Start	out	with	ten	or	fifteen	minutes	of
sun	per	day,	gradually	increasing	your	exposure	as	your	body	adapts	to	it.	Also,
beware	of	the	intensity	of	the	sunlight,	when	the	sun	is	most	directly	overhead
(approximately	10	A.M.	to	2	P.M.).
If	you	want	to	protect	your	skin,	using	coat	after	coat	of	toxic	sunscreen	is	a
bad	idea.	Some	of	the	chemicals	in	sunscreen	can	break	down	when	exposed	to
sunlight,	forming	carcinogenic	compounds.	In	other	words,	sunscreen	may	cause
skin	cancer,	rather	than	preventing	it.	Perhaps	it	is	not	a	coincidence	that	as
sunscreen	use	has	increased,	so	have	skin	cancer	rates.
Safer	alternatives	are	available	to	sunburn	and	toxic	sunscreen:	Get	regular
sun	exposure,	so	that	your	skin	can	adapt.	Dietary	nutrients	are	helpful,
including	magnesium,	antioxidants	(vitamins	A	C,	E,	selenium),	and	especially
carotenes,	which	sometimes	are	referred	to	as	“nature’s	sun	umbrella.”
Carotenes	protect	the	skin	from	sunlight;	these	nutrients	are	found	in	colorful
vegetables	and	fruits,	such	as	carrots,	sweet	potatoes,	bell	peppers	(red,	yellow
and	purple),	squash	and	others.	Also,	try	the	ancient	custom	of	rubbing	olive	oil
on	the	skin	to	help	protect	it	from	sunburn,	provided	the	oil	is	of	high	quality	and
still	contains	its	natural	antioxidant	chemicals.	(Olive	oil	also	is	good	if	your
skin	is	already	burned.)	People	in	Mediterranean	countries	still	use	olive	oil	for
sun	protection	today.	If	you	must	have	a	sunscreen,	consider	one	of	the	toxin-
free	sunscreens	(see	appendix	C).Loud	Noise	Takes	a	Toll
Ever	notice	a	ringing	in	your	ears	after	listening	to	loud	music	or	being	around
loud	noises?	That	is	physical	damage,	both	permanent	and	cumulative.	A	study
in	the	January	2001
Audiology
found	that	people	who	engaged	in	noisy	leisure-
time	activities,	ranging	from	rock	concerts	to	disco	dancing	to	woodworking,
have	increased	risk	of	hearing	loss	for	each	five-year	period	of	participation.
Choose	to	spend	your	time	in	less	noisy	places	or	wear	hearing	protection	such
as	earplugs.	Hearing	loss	is	now	epidemic	in	America.	The	hearing	aid	business
grows	every	year,	which	is	not	just	a	result	of	the	population	growing	older.
Noise	causes	other	problems,	too.	Do	you	ever	“jump”	when	somebody	rings
the	doorbell,	when	a	car	alarm	goes	off,	or	when	the	music	suddenly	is	turned
louder?	In	many	ways,	noise	can	be	stressful,	causing	both	physical	and
psychological	problems.	A	study	in	the	March	2001
Journal	of	the	Acoustical
Society	of	America
found	that	children	chronically	exposed	to	transportation
noise	from	road,	rail	and	air	traffic	had	elevated	blood	pressure	and	elevated
levels	of	stress	chemicals.	A	similar	study	in	the	February	2001
Psychological
Medicine
found	that	children	exposed	to	chronic	aircraft	noise	have	impaired
reading	comprehension.	Noise	also	causes	nutritional	deficiency;	a	study	in	the
February	2001
Occupational	Medicine
measured	significant	losses	of	calcium
and	magnesium	in	the	urine	of	factory	workers	chronically	exposed	to	loud
noise.	Noise	studies	on	laboratory	animals	have	shown	other	damaging	effects,
ranging	from	impaired	lymphatic	drainage	to	increased	intestinal	permeability.	A
study	published	in	the	May	2001
Behavioral	Physiology
concluded	that	even
what	we	would	consider	mild	chronic	noise	can	cause	changes	in	the	lining	of
the	intestines,	making	them	leakier,	which	can	lead	to	allergies	and	many	other
chronic	health	problems.
While	music	and	other	sounds	are	good	for	the	spirits,	avoid	living	in	an
environment	of	never-ending	noise.	Peace	and	quiet	are	great	for	the	psyche.
Consider	how	noise	affects	you	and	make	your	choices	accordingly.	If	you	know
you	are	going	to	be	exposed	to	loud	noise,	wear	ear	protection.	Diet	also	helps	to
prevent	hearing	loss.	Especially	if	you	are	genetically	predisposed	to	hearing
loss,	proper	nutrition	can	have	a	significant	effect	on	whether	such	loss	will
happen	or	not.
Eye	Muscle	Exercises	Help	Save	Sight
Most	people	do	not	realize	the	amount	of	influence	they	have	over	their
eyesight.	Ability	to	see	is	greatly	dependent	on	how	one	uses	and	exercises	their
eyes.	Like	all	the	muscles	in	the	body,	the	ones	that	control	eyesight	must	beexercised	in	order	to	keep	them	supple	and	strong.	Call	it	“vision	maintenance.”
Modern	life	requires	using	the	eyes	in	ways	very	different	from	those	under
which	we	evolved.	Now	we	must	make	special	choices	in	order	to	protect	and
maintain	our	natural	vision.
The	main	reason	we	lose	our	vision,	believe	it	or	not,	is	literacy.	Reading	and
writing	are	new	skills	in	the	scope	of	human	evolution.	During	most	of	human
evolution,	our	eyes	were	primarily	used	to	gaze	afar—to	locate	food,	shelter	and
threats	to	safety.	When	focusing	off	at	a	distance,	the	muscles	that	control	the
shape	of	the	eye	and	the	shape	of	the	lens	remain	in	a	relatively	natural	and
relaxed	state.	However,	in	order	to	focus	on	something	close,	such	as	a	book	or	a
computer	screen,	the	muscles	that	control	the	shape	of	the	lens	and	the	eye	must
contract.	For	brief	periods	of	time,	this	reshaping	of	the	eye	tissues	does	not	pose
a	problem.	However,	we	now	spend	most	of	our	time	focusing	on	nearby	objects
such	as	books,	papers,	televisions	and	computer	screens.	We	place	our	eye
muscles	under	constant	tension	for	hours	every	day,	causing	a	permanent
distortion	of	the	lens	and	the


 appointed by the League of Nations indicates the need per
capita of approximately one-half acre of land for wheat, two acres for dairy products, and ten
acres for beef producing pasture for the supply of meat. When we realize that Ohio has been
occupied by our modern civilization for only one hundred fifty years and that it is estimated that
during that time approximately half of the topsoil has been lost through water and wind erosion we
realize that Nature's accumulated vegetable enrichment has been greatly reduced in this area within
a short time from this one source alone. In Chapter 20 I have shown that there is only enough
phosphorus in the top seven inches of agricultural land for approximately fifty crops of high-yield
wheat or one hundred crops of moderate-yield. Other grains make similar drafts upon the land. I
have given data indicating a relationship between progressive soil depletion and progressive
increase in heart disease.
    It is apparent that the present and past one or two generations have taken more than their share
of the minerals that were available in the soil in most of the United States, and have done so
without returning them. Thus, they have handicapped, to a serious extent, the succeeding
generations, since it is so difficult to replenish the minerals, and since it is practically impossible to
accumulate another layer of topsoil, in less than a period of many hundreds of years. This
constitutes, accordingly, one of the serious dilemmas, since human beings are dependent upon soil
for their animal and plant foods, for body-building. The minerals are in turn dependent upon the
nutritive factors in the soil for establishing their quality. The vitamin and protein content of plants
has been shown to be directly related to availability of soil minerals and other nutriments. A
program that does not include maintaining this balance between population and soil productivity
must inevitably lead to disastrous degeneration. Over-population means strife and wars. The
history of the rise and fall of many of the past civilizations has recorded a progressive rise, while
civilizations were using the accumulated nutrition in the topsoil, forest, shrubbery and grass,
followed by a progressive decline, while the same civilizations were reaping the results of the
destruction of these essential ultimate sources of life. Their cycle of rise and degeneration are
strikingly duplicated in our present American culture.
    Various therapeutic measures in use today have come to us from primitive peoples. One of the
greatest scourges of the world is malaria fever. Everywhere it has been fought successfully with
quinine. Indeed, many parts of the world would not have been tenantable for whites without it. Yet
few people realize that quinine was the gift of the ancient Peruvian Indians.
    In Chapter 15 I presented data regarding the treatment used by several primitive races for
preventing and correcting serious disturbances in the digestive tract. This consisted in the use of
clay or aluminum silicate which modern science has learned has the important quality of being able
to adsorb and thus collect toxic substances and other products. Important new light is now thrown
on the probable role of this substance in the primitive diet and its possible application in our
modern problems of sensitization reactions or allergies. In the first volume of my work on "Dental
Infections," I presented data relating toxic sensitization reactions to dental infections. These were
shown in both animals and human beings. I discussed the relation of these reactions to histamine
and emphasized their similarity to the effect produced by inocculation with histamine. An important
new chapter has recently. been added to this problem by the work of Dr. C. F. Code for which he
has received an award by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He reported
his findings before the Association meeting at Richmond, Virginia, in December, 1938. Dr. Code
has apparently discovered that histamine is the actual product responsible for the symptoms of the
various allergies. Its excess accumulation in the blood is the actual cause of the symptoms whether
expressed as asthma, hay fever or skin eruptions such as produced by pollens, various foods, dust
and other sensitizing agents. He has shown that the eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, are the
source of excess histamine in the blood. It is accordingly indicated that the primitive treatment by
the use of kaolin, aluminum silicate, as an adsorbent was used directly for controlling such7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 249/250symptoms. It is now further indicated that this treatment can be helpful for the prevention of
modern allergies. Previous investigations have shown that histamine is produced in the alimentary
tract as a putrefaction product of proteins by the action of certain micro-organisms of the colon
group.
    Modern science boasts the discovery of vitamin C, lack of which took its toll of thousands of
the white mariners through hundreds of years with scurvy. The first recorded cure of that disease
was made by the Indians in Canada when the British soldiers were dying in large numbers. The
Indians taught them to use a tea made from the steeped tips of the shoots of the spruce. When I
was among the Indians of the far north I asked a chief why the Indians did not get scurvy. He then
proceeded, as I have related in Chapter 15, to explain to me how the Indians prevented scurvy by
the use of special organs in the animals. While it is true that we have come to associate the absence
of vitamin C as the causative factor in scurvy, we do not know how many other affections may be
due to its absence in adequate quantity in our foods. Almost weekly, new diseases are being
associated with vitamin deficiencies in our modern dietaries.
   One of our modern tendencies is to select the foods we like, particularly those that satisfy our
hunger without our having to eat much, and, another is to think in terms of the few known vitamins
and their effects. The primitive tendency seems to have been to provide an adequate factor of
safety for all emergencies by the selection of a sufficient variety and quantity of the various natural
foods to prevent entirely most of our modern affections. Their success demonstrates that their
program is superior to ours. An important advance in modern international relationships provides
for exchange of professorships and, thus, interchanges of wisdom. We have shown a most
laudable and sympathetic interest in carrying our culture to the remnants of these primitive races.
Would it not be fortunate to accept in exchange lessons from their inherited knowledge? It may be
not only our greatest opportunity, but our best hope for stemming the tide of our progressive
breakdown and also for our return to harmony with Nature's laws, since life in its fullness is Nature
obeyed.
    As I have sojourned among members of primitive racial stocks in several parts of the world, I
have been deeply impressed with their fine personalities, and strong characters. I have never felt
the slightest fear in being among them; I have never found that my trust in them was misplaced. As
soon as they had learned that I was visiting them in their interest, their kindness and devotion was
very remarkable. Fundamentally they are spiritual and have a devout reverence for an all-powerful,
all-pervading power which not only protects and provides for them, but accepts them as a part of
that great encompassing soul if they obey Nature's laws.
    Ernest Thompson Seton has beautifully expressed the spirit of the Indian in the opening
paragraph of his little book "The Gospel of the Red Man":
    The culture and civilization of the White man are essentially material; his measure of success
is, "How much property have I acquired for myself?" The culture of the Red man is
fundamentally spiritual; his measure of success is, "How much service have I rendered to my
people?"
   The civilization of the White man is a failure; it is visibly crumbling around us. It has failed at
every crucial test. No one who measures things by results can question this fundamental
statement.
    The faith of the primitive in the all-pervading power of which he is a part includes a belief in
immortality. He lives in communion with the great unseen Spirit, of which he is a part, always in
humility and reverence. Elizabeth Odell in the following lines seems to express the spirit of the
primitives,
Flat outstretched upon a mound
Of earth I lie; I press my ear
Against its surface and I hear
Far off and deep, the measured sound
Of heart that beats within the ground.
And with it pounds in harmony7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 250/250The swift, familiar heart in me.
They pulse as one, together swell,
Together fall; I cannot tell
My sound from earth's, for I am part
Of rhythmic, universal heart.
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1. JACOBSON, A. C. Genius (Some Revaluations). New York, Greenburg, 1926.
2. BRASH, J. C. The etiology of irregularity and malocclusion of the teeth. Dental Board of
United Kingdom, London, 1930.
3. Waverly researches in the pathology of the feeble-minded (Research series, cases XI to
XX). Mem. Am. Acad. Arts & Sci., 14:131, 1921.
4. DRUMMOND, J. C. The Medical Aspects of Decline of Population. J.A.M.A., 110:908,
1938.
5. BREHM


 is new, the process itself is not. There
have always been patients who do not follow the normal
course of healing. A tiny minority, for example, do not
waste away from cancer; others have tumors that grow
much more slowly than what the statistics for their
diseases predict. Many cures that share mysterious origins
—faith healing, spontaneous remissions, and the eﬀective
use of placebos, or “dummy drugs”—also point toward a
quantum leap. Why? Because in all of these instances, the
faculty of inner awareness seems to have promoted a
drastic jump—a quantum leap—in the healing mechanism.
Consciousness is a force that most of us undervalue.
Generally we do not focus our inner awareness or use its
real power, even in the most diﬀicult moments of crisis.
That may account for why “miracle” cures are greeted with
a mixture of awe, disbel ief, and reverence. Yet, everyone
possesses consciousness. Perhaps these miracles are
extensions of normal abilities. When your body mends a
broken bone, why is that not a miracle? As a healing
process, it is certainly complex, far too complex for
medicine to duplicate; it involves an incredible number of
perfectly synchronized processes, of which medici ne knows
only the major ones and those imperfectly.
The reason why curing cancer by yourself is a miracle but
mending a broken arm is not comes down to the mind-body
connection: The broken bone seems to mend itself
physically, without the intervention of your mind; yet, a
spontaneous cure of cancer—so it is widely believed—depends on a special quality of mind, some deep will to live,
a heroically positive outlook, or some other rare capacity.
This implies that there are two kinds of healing, one that is
normal, the other abnormal, or at least exceptional.
I belie ve that this distinction is false. The broken arm
mends because consciousness makes it mend, and the same
holds true for the miraculous cancer cure, the long-term
survival of AIDS, the healing by faith, and even the ability
to live to a great old age without falling prey to disease.
The reason why not everyone manages to take the healing
process as far as it can go is that we diﬀer drastically in our
ability to mobilize it.
We can see this in the way that diﬀerent people react to
disease. A minute fraction, far less than 1 percent, of all the
patients who contract an incurable disease manage to cure
themselves. A larger fraction, but still under 5 percent, live
much longer than average—this is conﬁrmed in the 2
percent of AIDS patients who have survived longer than
eight years, while the vast majority do not survive beyond
two. These ﬁnding s are not restricted to incurable disea ses.
Studies have generally shown that only 20 percent of
patients with serious but treatable disorders recover with
excellent results. That leaves nearly 80 percent who either
do not recover or only partially recover. Why is
unsuccessful healing so far out of proportion? What marks
a survivor as opposed to a non-survivor?
Apparently the successful patients have learned to
motivate their own healing, and the most successful have
gone much further than that. They have found the secret of
quantum healing. They are the geniuses of the mind-body
connection. Modern medicine cannot even begin to
duplicate their cures, because no cure that relies on drugs
or surgery is so precisely timed, so beautifully coordinated,
so benign and free of side eﬀects, so eﬀortless as theirs.
Their ability springs from  a level so deep that you cannotgo any deepe r. If we knew what their brains were doing to
motivate their bodies, we would have the basic unit of the
healing process in our hands.
—
As yet, medicine has not taken the quantum leap, and the
word quantum  has no clinical application. Because
quantum physics works with ultra-high-speed accelerators,
you may think that quantum healing uses radioisotopes or
X rays. But that is the opposite of what it means. Quantum
healing moves away from external, high-technology
methods toward the deepest core of the mind-body system.
This core is where healing begins. To go there and learn to
promote the healing response, you must get past all the
grosser levels of the body—cells, tissues, organs, and
systems—and arrive at the junction point between mind
and matter, the point where consciousness actually starts
to have an eﬀect.
The quantum itself—what it is, how it behaves—takes up
the ﬁrst half of this book. The second half then blends the
quantum into Ayurveda, making a marriage of two cultures
while trying to arrive at one answer. The scientiﬁc
worldview of the West surprisingly supports the vision of
the ancient sages of India. This is a journey that breaks
down barriers and ignores cultural fences. To me, the
whole story has to be found out. Chitra asked  me for it, and
so I am writing for her and all patients like her. Until they
ﬁnd an answer, their lives still hang in the balance.
EXPANDING THE TOPIC
Much can be said in favor of consciousness aﬀecting the
body, to the extent that the gap between “normal” healingand “miraculous” healing has closed even more over the
past few decades. The main obstacle, as far as mainstream
medicine is concerned, is a ﬁxed belief that the body
operates entirely like a physical machine. If that were so,
the following experiment would have failed.
The experiment was the brainchild of the pioneering
work of Harvard psycholo gist Ellen Langer, who as far back
as 1981 was testing the possibility that aging has a major
mental component. (The notion is actually ancient in origin.
The medieva l Indian philosopher and sage Adi Shankara
declared that people grow old and die because they see
other people grow old and die.)
In 1981, Langer took eight men in their seventies, all in
good health but exhibiting signs of age, and immersed
them for ﬁve days in an environment that was like time
travel going back to 1959, including the music and
television of the period, along with the movies and events
in the news. The men were told to act as if they were their
younger selves, becau se Langer had alrea dy done
experiments in which memory loss in the elderly could
sometimes be reversed by giving subjects an incentive to
remember. In other words, the mind was being motivated
to aﬀect the body.
Before enter ing the time-capsule environment, the men
were tested on various markers of aging such as grip
strength, dexterity, and how well they could hear and see.
At the end of the ﬁve days, the group had improved on
seven out of eight measures, including better vision, a
startling ﬁnding. They looked  younger as assessed by
outside judges. Thirty-three years ago Langer was
proceeding more or less intuitively, without the knowledge
into gene expression and neuroplasticity that we can turn
to today (more on those breakthroughs in later “Expanding
the T opic” sections).In another startling experiment, Langer went into a
retirement home and divided her subjects into two groups.
Both were given some houseplants for their room. One
group was told that they were responsible for keeping the
plants alive, and that they could make choices in their own
daily schedule. The other group was told that the staﬀ
would tend the plants, and in addition they were given no
choice in their ﬁxed daily  schedule. At the end of eighteen
months, twice as many subjects in the ﬁrst group were still
alive compared with the second group. (The same rationale
lies behind the accepted practice of giving the elderly a pet
to take care of. At the very least it improves their mood and
quality of life. It may prolong their lives as well.)
Aging and healing have in common that they have long
been viewed as ﬁxed processes based on strict physical
limitations. An invisible factor like making your own
choices abou t how to spend your day never ﬁgured into the
calculation. This bias has been shifting for quite a while,
but only the beginning signs were evident when Quantum
Healing  appeared. Today what’s important isn’t the
acceptance of conscious ness as a factor in healing—that
battle has been won, more or less. Instead we need a set of
new assumptions about how far consciousness can go to
alter healing and aging, not to mention intractable chronic
pain, addictions, dependency on prescription  drugs,
recovery from surgery, and so on.
Here are the basic assumptions I’d suggest:
1.Mind comes before matter.
2.Mental choices originate the messages that change
organs, tissues, and cells.
3.The body is ﬂuid and dynamic, not ﬁxed and
determined.4.Genes express whatever a person desires. They
operate through switches that the mind can access.
5.The mind-body system is a feedback loop where input
and output have many determinants, including
lifestyle, environment, behavior, beliefs, and past
conditioning.
6.Th


ither	for	digestion	or	exercise.
Space	your
meals	and	workouts	out	so	you	have	energy	for	your	beauty-
building	movement	practices.	Ideally,	heavy	foods	should	be	consumed	at	least
2	hours	before	exercise	to	allow	for	enough	energy	to	break	them	down,
although	as	discussed	previously,	a	gentle	15-minute	walk	after	eating	is	highlyrecommended.	Here	are	some	specific	tips	for	workouts	at	various	times	of	the
day.
MORNING	WORKOUTS
BEFORE:
	Depending	on	how	early	your	workout	is,	it	might	feel	better	on	an
empty	stomach	(especially	for	a	yoga	practice).	Or,	if	you	need	something	in
your	stomach,	a	banana,	some	berries,	or	a
Glowing	Green	Smoothie	(see	recipe
on
this	page
)	are	light	choices	that	digest	well.	Fruit,	an	easy-to-digest	carb,
consumed	prior	to	exercise	could	be	beneficial	and	would	not	limit
fat
burning.
35
AVOID:
	Anything	very	heavy	like	a	big	breakfast	of	eggs	and	bacon	right
before	a	workout	requires	a	great	deal	of	energy	to	digest.	You’ll	have	a	less-
than-efficient	workout	and	less-than-efficient	digestion.	Beauty-wise,	you	lose
out	on	both	sides.
AFTERWARD:
	If	you	didn’t	have	it	before	working	out,	this	is	a	great	time	for
your	Glowing	Green	Smoothie.	If	you’re	still	hungry	after	the	GGS,	follow	it
with	some	oatmeal	or	a
Power	Protein	Smoothie	(see
kimberlysnyder.
com
	for
recipe).	If	you	did	a	high-resistance	workout	and	are	interested	specifically	in
building	lean	muscle	tone,	follow	your	GGS	with	a	simple	mix	of	coconut
water,	banana,	and	spirulina.	This	is	low	in	fat	but	provides	the	carbs	and
amino	acid	spectrum	needed	for	recovery.	Since	spirulina	is	an	algae	that	breaks
down	and	digests	easily,	you	could	also	add	spirulina	to	your	Glowing	Green
Smoothie	(though	concentrated	protein	powders	are	not	recommended	in	your
GGS;	save	them	for	shakes	later	in	the	day).
AFTERNOON/EVENING	WORKOUTS
BEFORE:
	Get	fuel	in	the	form	of	carbohydrates	and	protein	during	the	day.
There	is	research	indicating	the	importance	of	consuming	amino	acids	and
carbohydrates	before	resistance	exercise	to	help	build	muscle.
36
	Try	having
some	quinoa	for	the	carbs	and	protein	at	lunch	or	some	mushrooms	or	baked
veggies,	an	avocado	or	sunflower	seed	kale	salad,	soup,	or	a	protein	shake,	or
chia	seed	pudding	so	you’ll	be	fueled	up	and	ready	to	go	a	couple	hours	later.
The	Glowing	Green	Smoothie	would	also	fill	this	need	as	a	snack,	as	greens	are
high	in	amino	acids	and	the	banana	and	other	fruit	in	the	recipe	supply	some
carbs.
AVOID:
	Eating	heavy	foods	within	2	hours	of	your	workout,	whatever	time
that	might	be.	If	you	end	up	getting	really	hungry	and	needing	something,	a
banana	or	another	Glowing	Green	Smoothie	are	two	good	ideas.AFTERWARD:
	If	you	are	hungry	before	dinner,	a	banana	can	also	be	good
post-
workout,	as	it	has	complex	carbs,	potassium,	and	fiber.	Having	some	protein	is
important	to	rebuild	your
muscles	after	a	strengthening	workout,	so	a
Power
Protein	Smoothie,	veggies	and	hummus,	nuts,	seeds	(chia	seeds	are	especially
beneficial),	protein-rich	veggies	such	as	Brussels	sprouts,	or	some	legumes	like
lentils	are	good	choices,	if	eaten	3	to	4	hours	before	bed.
AVOID:
	Don’t	eat	a	late,	heavy	dinner	at	all	costs.	If	you	do	have	to	exercise	in
the	evening,	a	light	kale	salad	with	some	avocado	(remember,	greens	have
protein,	too)	or	a	smoothie	are	two	great	choices.
ALL	DAY:
	Hydrate	well	before	and	after	exercising	to	prevent
de
hydration.
Drink	adequate	liquids	between	meals	so	you	aren’t	tempted	to	drink	a	lot
during	meals,	which	would	dilute	your	digestive	enzymes.	If	you	sweat	a	lot
during	your	workouts,	coconut	water	is	a	great	natural	sports	drink.
DO	YOU	NEED	MORE	PROTEIN	TO	BUILD	MUSCLE?
There’s	a	general	belief	that	if	you	are	an	athlete	or	even	someone	who	wants	to
increase	strength	and	muscle	tone,	you	need	to	eat	more	protein.	Is	this	true?	And
when	exactly	should	you	consume	it?
Research	from	the
Journal	of	Sports	Sciences
	shows	that	even	elite	athletes	in
training	need	only	about	0.59	to	0.82	grams	of	protein	per	pound	(or	1.3	to	1.8
kilograms)	of	body	weight	for	optimum	performance.
37
	So	a	male	weighing	180
pounds	in	training	would	not	need	much	more	than	106	grams	of	protein	a	day
(remember	more	protein	is
not
	necessarily	better;	see
this	page
).	This	amount	is
easily	obtainable	with	a	vegan	protein	shake,	nuts	or	seeds,	and	a	moderate
protein-containing	meal,	plus	a	variety	of	other	whole	foods	during	the	day—and	of
course	if	you	are	not	an	elite	athlete	and	weigh	less	you	would	need	less.	If	you	are
a	woman	and	are	not	an	elite	athlete	in	training,	40	to	60	grams	of	protein	a	day
should	be	plenty	for	your	daily	needs	and	keeping	toned.	This	can	easily	be
acquired	from	a	plant-based	diet	that	includes	some	seeds,	nuts,	legumes,	lots	of
veggies,	especially	green	veggies,	and	protein	shakes.
PROTEIN	INTAKE	IN	A	DAY	(IN	GRAMS)	WITH	A	PLANT-BASED	DIET
With	these	two	sample	meal	plans,	you	can	see	how	easy	it	is	to	get	the	average
daily	protein	requirements	for	women	with	a	plant-based	diet.	For	men,	larger
portion	sizes	or	some	extra	nuts	and	seeds	would	also	easily	fulfill	protein
requirements.
(Approximate/estimated	grams	of	protein	for	foods	listed;	some	variations	may
occur.)
SAMPLE	MEAL	DAY	#1
MORNINGHot	water	with	lemon:	0	grams
16	ounces
Glowing	Green	Smoothie	(
this	page
):	6	grams
Steel-cut	oatmeal	(¼	cup	dry)	made	with	water:	4	grams
LUNCH
Large	kale	salad	topped	with	¼	cup	sunflower	seeds:	13	grams
Collard	green	wraps	with	nut	pâté	(see
this	page
):	11	grams
SNACK
Chia	pudding	(
this	page
):	5	grams
DINNER
1	cup	of	cooked	quinoa	with	1	cup	of	broccoli;	side	of	green	salad:	11	grams
1	ounce	dark	chocolate	(at	least	72%	cacao):	1	gram
DAILY	TOTAL:	51	GRAMS	OF	PROTEIN
SAMPLE	MEAL	PLAN	#2
MORNING
Hot	water	with	lemon:


 what appears to be a small hole or indentation.
1. The pineal gland, or the House of Spirit, directly affects the other
40 l The Seven Glands Theory
glands through its secret ions. Located at the level of the third eye, in
the center of the head, it is the psychic and spiritual center of our
body. Only hum an bein gs have th is glan d; only human beings
worship God and hav e the desire and need to do so. Intuition and
con scienc e are assoc iated with this gland.
I 1
l
A l Pineal Gla nd
Pitu itary Gla nd
•
0 •
••• Thymus Gla nd
Pancrea s Gla nd
Adrenal Gla nd
' I
V Sex ual Gla nds
I, I, I, I, I,
J I I
8 c D E F G
Figures 2a and 2b. The Seven Glands System.
41 1
J The Seven Glands Theory
These seven glands may be visualized as vessels that are attached to one
another by a series of arteries or tubes. Each vessel (gland) is dependent
upon all the others for its supply of liquid (energy). If vessel A (the sexual
glands) is supplied with liquid, this fluid will slowly disperse through the
arteries to the remaining six vessels. Similarly, if vessel C (the pancreas)
were to be drained excessively of its fluid (through a leak of some sort),
each of the other vessels would give up a portion of their supply to
reestablish an equilibrium within the system. This is similar to how energy
flows within our bodies.
(The modem anatomical term for the seven glands is endocrin es. Endo
crinology is a relatively new branch in medical science, and much remains
to be discovered by modem scientists. Yet, the ancients have already
furnished us-with a great deal of information about the structure, nature,
and purpose of the endocrine system and the immune system.)
A state of weakness or susceptibility to disease arises when one system,
or in this case a gland, is for some reason deprived of energy. Our task
becomes then one of not only reestablishing the balanced flow of energy to
overcome this weakness, but of also stimulating the flow of energy, so that
we raise the level of energy within our bodies to its maximum.
Balancing and raising the energy to its proper level through the Seven
Glands System with the Internal Exercises is the Taoist way of strengthen
ing the immune system. Through this method, we can then reverse our
existing weakness and heal ourselves, as well as utilize the higher order of
energy to open up our spiritual centers. And it is said that if one has strong
sexual glands, one may never grow old.
Dr. Alexis Carrel, a Nobel prize winner, stated that the glands system
was a "wheel of life". If the wheel of life turned smoothly, problems
would not arise or interfere with the cellular processes, which were perpet
ual. Dr. Carrel, from his extensive experimentation s, concluded that every
cell was originally immortal. It was immortal if it were not poisoned by
polluted air, lack of oxygen, polluted food, and too much acid in the body.
(As acid can destroy even stainless steel, it is not hard to imagine its effects
on our bodies. Acids accumulate in our bodies when we eat sweets, as they
tum into acids in our bodies. Also. a great deal of acid-enough to last
through five hours of active digestive activity-must be produced to digest
red meat-esp ecially barbecued meat.) Human beings die because of
improper care and poisonings.
Therefore, detoxification is the key to longevity, and Internal Exercises
are the keys to strong glandular systems that support detoxification.
42 The Seven Glands Theory
The sexual glands form the base of the glandular complex, and they
support each other in an ascending order. If the first six glands are not filled
to their capacity, then the seventh or spiritual house will not be filled either.
We may quickly realize that if one were to surgically remove one of the
glandular systems, there would be a permanent depletion or disequilibrium
within the body. This is why, within the Taoist system of disease preven
tion, all available routes are explored before surgery is performed, espe
cially if it involves the sexual glands (hysterectomy or prostatectom y), as
these compri se the basic foundation that supports all the rest. (In Western
medicine, the seven glands are viewed as individual and independent, and
are therefore separable. In Taoism, cutting out a gland is viewed as a crime,
since doing so would throw the entire body out of balance and open a
Pandora's box of health problems. Furthermore, cutting out a part of the
body when it is inflamed is like removing a fire detector because one does
not like to hear it ring every time there is a fire. The tonsils, the front line of
defense for our bodies, are just such a warning system. Because they are
attacked by genns first and become inflamed, they are surgically removed,
perman ently terminating their services as warning systems.) In such a case
as the remova l of a gland, however, the Internal Exercises would still be
important in providing a continued supply of energy and hormones to the
body, to prevent the body from weakening further.
The specific Internal Exercises for these purposes would be the Deer
Exercise, Dragon Exercise, and one of the Twelve Zodiac Exercises. The
Deer Exercise serves to build up the sexual energy (''fire'') which then
supplies the rest of the glands and body with energy (heat). The Dragon
Exercise serves to alleviate imbalanced functioning of these glands. The
Zodiac Exercise serves to recharge these glands with the electtica l energy
of the universe, or electromagnetism.
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43 The Seven Glands Theory
Illustration I. The Deer.
44 5
The Nerve Theory
The brain, spinal cord, and nerves are all important parts of the nervous
system. According to Taoist theory, many people develop nerve weakness
es because of toxins in their environment and in their food. These toxins
accumulate in the liver and the nerves, placing an unnecessary stress on
them. This strain weakens the nerves and causes mental imbalance and
mental illness, including depression and nervous breakdown. Psychiatric
or psycholo gical treatme nts are not employed by Taoists because they
attribute all mental imbalances to nerve weakness, which is a physical
imbalance. Taoists believe that once the nervous system is strengthened
with the Twelve Nerve Exercises, Crane, Deer and Turtle Exercises, and
Liver Exercise, the psycholo gical disturbances will be relieved. N rve Theory The e
.
The Turtle. Illus tratton 2. PART II
LIVING
WITH THE
WHOLE BODY 6
The Internal Exercises
The Internal Exercises were arrived at by ancient Taoists through careful
study and application of the physical laws of nature and the natural
principles of healing. Their conformit y to these physical laws-the same
laws that govern the human body-co nfer upon the Internal Exercises the
special power to coax the diseased bodily parts back to its natural order, to
health. When combined the Internal Exercises make up a wonderful
self-healing system that suits every individual's healing needs. When
followed daily, they promote not only freedom from disease and pain, but
also a wonderful sense of well-being that springs from the heart of the
individual. They represent a step which any conscientious person can
easily take toward a transformation of the body from the material to the
eternal. The Taoists recognized that not everyone would undergo such a
transformation during their existing lifetime. However, they emphasiz ed
that one still needed to follow these exercises on a daily basis so that one
could at the very least obtain perfect health and happiness during one's The Internal Exercises
lifetime. They felt that each man and woman had the right to live a life free
of physical pain, mental dishannony, and spiritual selflessness. At a time
when most people can only look forward to growing old with a sense of
trepidation, this system of Internal Exercises represents an exciting turni ng
point.
Stress-environmental, social, and internal-breeds fear and disea�� Pr�irowi.ng-old conjures up images of.liigli" blood pressure·� arte
riosclerosis, embolisms, cancers, and diseases of all imaginable types.
Until recently, westerners have been given few alternatives for dealing
with these stresses. We have allowed our bodies and minds to weaken with
only cursory hopes of slowing the aging process and preventing disease for
a time. However, the main emphasis of the Internal Exercises is on
strengt hen ing our bodi es and minds. They aim to tone all the internal
systems, including the emotional and the spiritual. By performing these
simple exercises on a daily basis, we can look forward to growing old with
a sense of ease and excitement, knowing we carry with us from year to yea,
an inner sense of vitality and alertness which comes only from living a life
free from the anxiety of future illnesses and the weakness due to present
diseases. Only when we have developed th is sense of


 given heat-processed milk showed thin and fragile bones, abnormal mineral deposits, narrow chests, and
underdeveloped dental arches.
   Dr. Kirkpatrick ascribes the development of enlarged
hearts, with valvular involvement, in many cases to the use of
pasteurized milk. Some of the children are said to rapidly
recover if raw milk is substituted for the pasteurized milk.
"Without raw milk, recovery does not occur" declares Dr. Kirkpatrick "and those who reach the age of 10 or 15 will,
upon examination, show chronic heart diseases which are
usually diagnosed as rheumatic fever; so the patient usually goes through life a semi-invalid. I personally know of many
children, who were suffering from heart complications, who
have made complete recovery in a few months by drinking
raw milk along with other wholesome food, and with no direct treatment to the heart."
   Contrary to popular belief, raw milk affords greater
resistance to both undulant fever and typhoid fever than does pasteurized milk. Undulant fever is today more common in
large cities where pasteurization is a requirement than in rural
areas where some raw milk is used. Madsen of Denmark has
indeed stated that "no case (undulant fever) has ever been
observed in the hospitals and asylums for children in Copenhagen or elsewhere where raw milk is used in large
quantities." The famous epidemic of typhoid fever in
Montreal during 1927, in which there were 5,353 cases and
400 deaths
, was restricted entirel y to families who purchased milk from the Montreal Dairy and its associated National
Dairy Company, both of which distributed only pasteurized
milk.
   Tuberculosis is also more prevalent in areas requiring the
pasteurization of milk products. An interesting example of
this is afforded by a letter printed and signed by eight members of parliament in England, in which important
statistics on this question are referred to. The letter states:
"May we here adduce certain facts relating to a single county
as recorded in the last report of  the Medical Officer of Health
for Hertfordshire: This county has a population of 420,000 souls, and all the milk drunk by them is produced in the
county. During 1932 there were 45 deaths in all from surgical
tuberculosis, of which 33 were children under 15. In 13 rural
districts, where the whole supply is in the hands of small
retailers of raw milk, there were no deaths at all during the year from surgical tuberculosis. The highest death rate was in
an urban area where the population lives under model
conditions and practically all the milk supply is pasteurized."
A further study of the relationship between milk and
tuberculosis was made by Dr. MacDonald, Medical Officer to Dr. Barnardo's Homes in England. Dr. MacDonald reported
that, among 750 children who were given pasteurized milk
along with other food for a period of five years, 14 cases of
tuberculosis developed. Another 750 boys were given raw
milk for an equal period of time, with the other conditions, including the rest of the diet, the same as with the other
group. During this time, only one case of tuberculosis
developed, which represents a 1,400 per cent advantage for the unpasteurized group. It was also reported that chilblains
were absent among the boys of this group, whereas they were quite common among those receiving pasteurized milk.

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ENERAL RAW FOOD EXPERIENCES
   The effects of consuming heat-processed fruits, vegetables,
nuts, honey, eggs, meat, and other foods are probably as
pronounced, if not more so, as those of consuming
pasteurized milk. The heat used in the pasteurization process ranges from 145 to 160 degrees F. for regular milk, and up to
186 degrees F. for homogenized milk, which is a lower
degree of heat than is used in treating many other foods. Nor
does the application of heat extend for a longer period of time
than is so applied in different cooking methods. Thirty minutes is the period of time in pasteurizing milk at 145
degrees F., and homogenized milk is pasteurized by the flash
method. The frequent losses of minerals into cooking water
(then discarded ) in ve getable cooker y are perhaps even more damaging to the respective foods than pasteurization is to
milk.
   So we may expect to find that the use of cooked foods of all
kinds induce physical impairment, corresponding in
accordance with quantity of intake, to those of pasteurized
milk. Likewise, we may expect the use of raw foods of all kinds to give physical benefits, corresponding in accordance
with quantity of intake, to those of raw milk. Examples of this
in actual practice are found in non-institutional medical cases
and in various human experiences not associated with direct
medical supervision. They are also found in a number of scientific institutions and medical clinics and sanitariums
where raw foods are used in the treatment of specific
diseases.
   The non-institutional cases involving the exclusive use of
raw foods are relatively few in number but important. Over a
hundred years ago Sylvester Graham of America called
attention to the advantages of raw foods, and he stressed the fact that, "the artificial process of cooking is decidedly and
often exceedingly inimical, not only to the physiological
interests of the alimentary organs, but also to the whole
human system." The many thousands of followers of Graham
in the eighteen-thirties and forties did subsist largely upon raw foods, and their complete freedom from cholera during
the widespread cholera epidemics of that time is of peculiar
historical interest. Since the days of Graham, the raw food
diet from time to time has found enthusiastic advocates in the
persons of Thomas, Drews, Christian, Estes, Richter, Gibbon, and others, who arrived at the same conclusions through
empirical observation that we now do through scientific
analysis. At one time (1900) there were estimated to be three thousand people in Chicago living upon the raw food regime,
and during a later period a special cafeteria operated in Los Angeles which served only foods in the uncooked state.
   Many years ago Prof. Jaffra, of the University of Southern
California, made a study of a number of families, who, for
religious, ethical, and scientific reasons, subsisted almost
entirely upon raw fruits and raw nuts. Prof. Jaffra found these people to be in excellent health, with unusual freedom from
colds and other ailments. Both children and adults were
below average in weight, and in addition the children were
below average in height. This was attributed by Prof. Jaffra to
the limitation of food types consumed, in particular to the complete lack of all animal food products. Subsequent
observations of families living upon raw foods have indicated
much the same. Many have reported a rapid improvement in
health after ado
pting the raw diet, with the remed y of severe and long-standing diseases. Height and weight of children, as
well as the dental condition, have appeared to depend upon
the number of food types being consumed; when these have
been adequate, favorable results in every particular have been
the common rule.
   A raw food experience of worthy note is that of the
scientist, Dr. Ferd L. Stone, who conducted research into the
mysteries of anabolism in his strange laboratory near the
Scottish village of Wick on the North Sea. Dr. Stone stated
that "biological constructive metabolism changes by which
staple food becomes complex living material in a cell" are ended, with rapid nutritive losses, when the flesh of animals
is exposed to oxygen through cooking and storage. He
believed that man's health would improve if he consumed
only flesh from animals instantly after their slaughter. Using
his own body for experimental purposes, Dr. Stone lived exclusively upon the raw flesh of animals for over 25 years to
determine its effects upon his own constitution. In his
laboratory he obtained his flesh from live goats, sheep, dogs,
lion cubs, and other animals which were clamped to cutting
blocks. Moving later to a jungle area of Kenya province in Africa, he subsisted upon the raw flesh of lions, giant hogs,
and other wild animals which abounded in this region. At one
time he visited Nairobi for a medical examination, and some
ten years later he appeared in Voi to check up on his weight
and general physical condition, where he was found to be a "fine physical specimen in spite of his advanced years." Dr.
Robert Gunther, the examining physician, declared: "The
remarkable thing about Dr. Stone is that, although he is now approaching 70, he has the youthful and robust health of a
chap of 25 or 30." Dr. Stone's unique experiment came to an
end in 1943, when he was fatally wounded by wild animals
during a hunting expedition. Another instance involving the
exclusive use of raw foods over a long period of time is seen in that of an African boy who subsisted for 13 years in wild
nature upon raw foods, and then lived 6 years in civilization
"on raw vegetables and fruits, raw fish and eggs, and such
flies and bugs as he catches and eats alive." The press report
of December 7, 1930, described the individual, then a young man