This dish works particularly well with wild salmon. Because the fish is
not cooked all the essential fatty acids and other nutrients are preserved.
Refrigerate and consume within two days.
Baked beans or French Cassoulet
soog white (navy) beans
1 duck
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoons tomato puree
cayenne pepper and black pepper
5-6 bay leaves, a sprig of rosemary, a teaspoon of thyme
Soak the beans in water for 12-24 hours, drain, rinse well in cold water and
drain again.
Cut all the meat from the duck: the legs, wings, breasts and all the fat.
Cut the meat into chunks and the fat into small pieces. The carcass of the
duck and the giblets you can use for making meat stock later.
In a large pan put 2 litres of water, cider vinegar, sea salt, tomato puree, a
pinch of each cayenne pepper and black pepper, bay leaves, rosemary and
thyme. Mix in the beans and the duck pieces (the meat and the fat). Cover
the pan with a lid and put it into an oven. Cook at i2o°C (25o°F) for 4-5
hours. Check occasionally. If the beans are getting dry, add more water.
Serve hot. The baked beans left from this meal will keep in the fridge for
a long time and can be served with other dishes. Casserole with turkey legs
2 turkey legs
11 of water
l heaped tablespoon of tomato puree
1 teaspoon of salt
6-io pepper corns
a pinch of cayenne pepper
fresh or dried herbs: oregano, rosemary, bay leaves
a combination of available vegetables: choose from carrots, winter squash,
pumpkin, courgette, marrow, peeled small/medium onions, cauliflower,
broccoli, peppers, aubergine and Brussels sprouts
In a large oval casserole put the water, salt, tomato puree, pepper corns,
cayenne pepper and herbs. Mix well. Put the turkey legs in. Brush the parts
of the turkey legs, which are not covered with the water, with some goose
fat (or duck fat, ghee, pork dripping or lard). Do not cover the casserole
with the lid, leave it open. Cook in the oven at i5o°C (3oo°F) for 2-2*4 hours.
About 5ominutes before the end of cooking add available vegetables, cut
into large chunks. Mix them well into the sauce and leave cooking. When
the vegetables are cooked so a sharp knife goes through them easily, take
the casserole out. Serve the meat and the vegetables with some freshly
chopped parsley and garlic.
Liver pudding
loog liver (calf or lamb)
2 tablespoons of butter (or ghee, goose/duck fat)
l medium-size onion
salt
parsley
Soak the liver in water with some lemon juice or home-made yoghurt for a
few hours to remove any bitter taste. You can also soak the liver in the
liquid left from draining your home-made yoghurt. Wash the liver, dry with
a paper towel and blend in the food processor into a pulp. Put through a
sieve to remove any hard bits. Add salt, egg yolk, butter, finely chopped
parsley and finely chopped onion. Whip the egg white stiff and fold into the
mixture. Put the mixture into a suitable dish, cover with a sheet of baking paper and cook with steam. You can use a steamer or a large pan. To steam
in a pan put some water at the bottom of the pan and place the dish in it.
Make sure that you don't have too much water in the pan, so it does not get
into the dish with the liver. Cover the pan with a lid and put it on the stove.
Steam for about one hour. Serve with cooked vegetables or vegetable
risotto.
Liver in a clay pot
loog liver (calf or lamb)
loog lamb's hearts
1 large onion
10 dried prunes with stones
i large pot of natural yoghurt or soured cream (you can useyourhome-
madeyoghurt or replace with lh cup of butter I ghee)
a pinch of allspice, salt, pepper
Soak the liver in water with some lemon juice or home-made yoghurt for a
few hours to remove any bitter taste. You can also soak the liver in the
liquid left from draining your home-made yoghurt. Wash, dry and cut into
small pieces using scissors. Cut lamb's hearts into small pieces using
scissors. In a suitable size clay pot put the liver and lamb's heats, finely
chopped onion and prunes. Into the yoghurt add salt, pepper, allspice and
mix well. Add into the clay pot and mix with the meats. Cover the pot with
the lid or foil. Bake in the oven for about l hour at i6o°C (320°F),
Quick liver recipe
loog liver
I large onion
6-7 cloves of garlic
'/2 cup ofbu tterlghee (use goose/duck fat if avoidingbutter)
fresh parsley or dill
Soak the liver in water with some lemon juice or home-made yoghurt for a
few hours to remove any bitter taste. You can also soak the liver in the
liquid left from draining your home-made yoghurt. Wash and dry the liver
and cut into small pieces using scissors. In a frying pan melt the
butter/ghee, add the sliced onion and finely chopped garlic. Fry slightly
until the onion and garlic start turning golden. Add the liver, salt, pepper and stir-fry for about 4-5 minutes. Sprinkle chopped parsley or dill on top
and drizzle with olive oil. Serve immediately.
6. Vegetables
Cooked vegetables are nourishing, warming and easy to digest, they are
gentle on the gut lining and should be a regular part of the diet. You can
cook your vegetables by steaming, stir-frying, stewing, roasting, grilling or
as a soup. Instead of boiling vegetables I recommend steaming them as
boiling removes a lot of nutrients into the water which then gets thrown
away. The best vegetables to steam are broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels
sprouts, fresh green beans (runner beans, string beans, etc.) carrots,
asparagus, French artichokes and beetroot.
If diarrhoea is not present raw vegetables should also be a normal part of
every meal, they would provide a lot of active enzymes, which will help you
to digest your food. Carrots, cucumber, tomato, greens, cabbage, onion,
garlic, lettuce, baby spinach, celery, cauliflower can all be served as salads
or cut into rosettes and sticks to eat with a dip (mayonnaise, guacamole,
liver pate, aubergine dip, etc).
Sauerkraut
Sauerkraut is a fermented white and/or red cabbage, commonly con
sumed in Germany, Russia and Eastern Europe. It is a wonderful healing
remedy for the digestive tract full of digestive enzymes, probiotic bacteria,
vitamins and minerals. Eating it with meats will improve digestion as it has
a strong ability to stimulate stomach acid production. For people with low
stomach acidity I recommend having a few tablespoons of sauerkraut (or
juice from it) 10-15 minutes before meals. For children, initially add 1-3
tablespoons of the juice from the sauerkraut into their meals.
Slice thinly a medium-size white cabbage and add two shredded carrots.
You can use red cabbage or a mixture of white and red. Add salt to taste.
Knead the mixture well with your hands until a lot of juice comes out. Pack
this mixture into a suitable glass or stainless steel bowl, press it firmly so
there is no air trapped and the cabbage is drowned in its own juice. Place a
plate on top of the cabbage, which is about lcm smaller in diameter than
the bowl. The gap will allow the fermentation gases to escape. On top of the
plate place something heavy enough to keep the cabbage constantly sub
merged in its juice. Cover the whole thing with a kitchen towel to keep it in the dark. It should take 5-7 days inside the house for the sauerkraut to be
ready, (it will take two weeks in a cool place, like a garage). Sauerkraut is
delicious with any meal and it can be added to your homemade soups and
stews.
A nice way to cook cabbage
V 2 a cabbage finely sliced
1 large carrot finely sliced
1k onion finely chopped
1 tomato finely chopped
1 tablespoon of chopped garlic
salt and pepper to taste
Cover the bottom of the pan with home-made meat stock and bring to the
boil. Add cabbage, carrot, onion, salt and pepper. Cover and cook on a low
heat for 30 minutes. Add the chopped tomato and garlic, mix, cook for
another 3 minutes and take off the heat. Mix in lk cup of home-made
yoghurt or soured cream. Serve with meat.
Quick vegetable risotto
2 courgettes or a quarter of a medium-size marrow
1 large onion
10 cloves of garlic
1 pepper red, yellow or green (


 was biopsied and found to be metastasized melanoma. The oncologist at the Borgess
Medical Center of Kalamazoo, Michigan, told N.P., “I’ve treated several cases like yours and lost
them all.” He then proposed an experimental treatment that might possibly extend the patient’s
life from the six-month prognosis to nine months. N.P. refused.
At that stage he received a letter from the widow of an acquaintance, a man of his own age,
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www.thegersonway.comwho had received all available conventional treatments for metastatic melanoma and died five
months later. This persuaded N.P. to go to the Gerson hospital in Mexico, where he arrived with
his wife in May 1991. At the time another tumor appeared, but vanished in six weeks. At the end
of the therapy N.P., aged 67, was in perfect health and regularly competed in the Senior Olympic
Games in Michigan and Florida, winning Silver twice and Gold once in the Racewalk.
In time he eased off the Gerson type of food, and abandoned the diet completely while
traveling in South America. In 1994 another lymph node had to be removed from the original
site; it proved to be melanoma. N.P. immediately resumed the strict intensive Gerson Therapy,
and again made a full recovery. At present he remains well and active.
Colo-Rectal Cancer with Liver Metastases
C.T. was 58 years old when he noticed signs of rectal bleeding. The treatment he was given
for suspected hemorrhoids proved useless, so he was sent to Shand Hospital in Gainesville, FL.,
for thorough tests and diagnosis. The resulting surgery report showed that C.T. was suffering
from a colon malignancy, with metastases throughout his body. The hospital doctors told the
patient that because of his widely spread cancer chemotherapy would be of no use, and gave him
a prognosis of three to six months of life. C.T.  embarked on the Gerson Therapy, using no other
treatment, and over a period of two years achieved a complete recovery. Twenty-five years later,
aged 81, he remains well and active.
Y.H. In 1992  the Japanese Professor of Medicine Y.H. found himself unable to have a bowel
movement. Surgery, combined with a liver biopsy, disclosed colon malignancy, which had already
spread to the liver. Prof.Y.H. agreed to four mild chemotherapy treatments, but these resulted
in the growth of the liver metastases. Upon this the patient abandoned the chemotherapy and
embarked on the Gerson Therapy, following the directions in Dr. Gerson’s book. Fourteen years
later he is fully recovered, with a clean liver, and has successfully treated many cancer patients
with the same method. He described his experience in his book (only available in Japanese) and
has trained a few of his colleagues in the Gerson Therapy. At present he is following up some 500
cancer cases, which have shown positive responses to the Gerson protocol he now uses.
Pancreatic Cancer
L.K. went to see his doctor, as he was feeling poorly, and was prescribed a medicine to
reduce his stomach acid. Unfortunately this remedy caused him severe pain and other problems.
In November of 1994 he was given a CT scan, which showed “an abnormal irregular mass at
the head of the pancreas, contiguous ( adjacent)  with the superior mesenteric artery and superior
vein.” L.K.’s doctor stated, “You have pancreatic cancer and surgery is impossible, while neither
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www.thegersonway.comradiation nor chemotherapy would work for you.”  After talking to recovered Gerson patients, and
without any treatment on offer, the patient decided to go to Mexico and start the Gerson treatment.
After 20 months of strictly adhering to the protocol, a second CT scan showed no sign of disease,
everything came up as normal. L.K. points out that the regular severe migraine headaches that had
plagued him for many years disappeared almost at once after he started the Therapy. After more
than 10 years he remains fit and well and active.
P.A. Having lost some 25 pounds, in January of 1986 P.A. was sent to a hospital in Victoria
(B.C., Canada) for a CAT scan, whose results were verified by a needle biopsy. The diagnosis
was pancreatic cancer. The specialist told her to get her affairs in order, because her cancer was
inoperable and added that the malignancy had spread to her liver, gallbladder and spleen. By
then the patient had lost 45 pounds and was vomiting blood. With no other option, she decided
to try the Gerson Therapy, having heard about a local man who claimed to have recovered on it
from pancreatic cancer. In March of 1986, she arrived at the Mexican Gerson clinic and started
the intensive therapy. By December of that year, a mere 11 months later, according to her doctor
the patient had the cancer licked. In February of 1990, her family doctor stated that “As of the
present time, she has no evidence of recurrence and what evidence of malignancy was present
in 1985 has now gone.” P.A. continues in good health and leads an active life, 20 years after
being diagnosed with an apparently incurable and life-threatening disease.
Prostate Cancer
P.S. was 69 years old in 1991, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had several
needle biopsies, three of which showed the presence of malignant cells, while three others were
negative. His PSA (prostate-specific antigen) stood at 6—not very much elevated, but above
normal.
P.S. started the Gerson Therapy at the Mexican Gerson clinic in 1991 and—as we often
note—at first his PSA rose, reaching 14 at the end of three months. The patient was somewhat
alarmed by this increase, but he persevered with the treatment. And indeed after 18 months his
PSA went down to 0.3.
Now in his eighties, P.S. is perfectly well, as shown by his regular annual check-ups. His
prostate is normal and his present PSA stands at 2.1. (Latest report: October 2006.)
Prostate & Bone Cancer, and a case of Lung Cancer
E.T, of Cairo, IL, presents the most remarkable case history. In 1966, aged 69, he was
advised by his doctors to put his affairs in order, as he was dying of prostate cancer with extensive
spreading into his bones, and a large mass in his groin. He had been treated with hormones, but
his doctors realized that those treatments were no longer effective, and that there was nothing
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www.thegersonway.commore they could do.
E.T. had dropped out of school after the sixth grade and had received no further education.
He had spent all his life working in a junkyard, sorting various metals.
When his doctors gave him what amounted to a death sentence, he remembered reading
something about the Gerson Therapy. He contacted Dr. Gerson’s eldest daughter, asking for help.
She pointed him to her father’s book, A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases, but after a short
while he called her back and stated that he couldn’t understand the book. So she told him simply
to follow the chart on P.235.
E.T. obeyed her instructions, but having lost his wife years before, he found that pursuing the
therapy at home was “the hardest thing he ever did.” One day, leaning over the arm of a chair, he
broke one of his ribs, weakened by metastases. He was in severe pain and felt tempted just to stay
in bed. However, he forced himself to get up and prepare the food and juices, since he knew that
without helping himself he would die. In a short time he was free from pain. After a month his
doctor could no longer feel the large mass that he had found in the patient’s groin. E.T. soon felt
well and had much greater energy.
One day he received a call from a friend in Kentucky, the chiropractor Dr. G.D., who told him
that he was dying of lung cancer that had spread through both his lungs. Could E.T. come and help
him? E.T. traveled to G.D.’s home and set up the Gerson Therapy for him.
Amazingly, both these terminal patients recovered! Fifteen years later, in 1981, both were
alive and well. E.T. was 84 years old. Dr. G.D. was a good deal younger and lived for many more
years. Eventually we heard from his son that he had passed away.
Astrocytoma
N.K. In 1987, just weeks before her tenth birthday, this young girl, living in North Liberty,
Indiana,


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2
.
Take 50mg of iodine/iodide (Iodoral®) with a glass of water.
3
.
Collect 24-hour urine. Include the first morning sample at the end of the 24-hour collection.
4
.
Send a sample of the 24-hour urine for evaluation of iodine status.
The principle behind using the iodine-loading test has been well established. If the body was saturated with iodine, one would
expect that most of the 50mg of iodine ingested for the loading test would be excreted. If, on the other hand, there was an iodine
deficiency present, then more of the iodine would be absorbed.
Research has shown that a 90% excretion (or 45mg of iodine) of a 50mg iodine-loading test would indicate an iodine-
sufficient state. Levels below 90% (or <45mg) would indicate an iodine-deficient state. In this case, iodine supplementation can
begin and retesting can be performed in the future. To find out more about iodine testing, I refer the reader to FFP Labs or
Hakala Labs (see Appendix).
Once an iodine-deficient state is determined, iodine supplementation can be implemented. I recommend using a combination
of iodine and iodide. This can be found in liquid or tablet form. The Appendix will provide you more information on how to find
an iodine supplement.
Chapter 1
 established that iodine concentrates in all of the trillions of cells in the body. Not only does it concentrate in the
thyroid and breasts, it also accumulates in the prostate, salivary glands, skin, intestines, and all the red and white blood cells
throughout the body. Proper iodine supplementation needs to address all of these issues. Approximately 12mg of iodine has been
established as the optimal daily dose of iodine/iodide for the breast and thyroid gland. However, this may not be adequate to
address the needs of the rest of the body.
Also, due to the contact with so many goitrogenic substances such as bromide, fluoride, and chlorine, the daily iodine
requirements may be elevated for some. Depending on the iodine status of the body, my experience has shown that the RDA for
iodine–150μg/day–is inadequate not only for the thyroid gland, but for the rest of the body as well.
We live in a toxic society, and are continually exposed to
increasing amounts of goitrogens in our environment. The increased
toxic load and goitrogen exposure will necessitate an increased ingestion of iodine. Although the dose should be individualized,
my experience has shown that the dose can vary from 12-50mg/day for most adults. This is the daily dose that Dr. Guy Abraham,
my mentor on iodine, recommended. Some may need higher doses, particularly those with cancer or disease of the thyroid,
ovaries, uterus, breast, and prostate. This higher iodine dose can easily be followed by periodically checking an iodine-loading
test. A proper history and physical exam can also help guide dosing of iodine.
If using Lugol’s solution, keep in mind that 2 drops provides 12.5mg of a combination of iodine and iodide.
IS IODINE SAFE DURING PREGNANCY?
The World Health Organization claims that iodine deficiency is the world’s greatest single cause of preventable mental
retardation. In the United States, iodine levels have fallen over 50% during the last 40 years.
16
 Recent studies show that nearly
60% of U.S. women of childbearing age are deficient in iodine.
17

Chapter 2
 reviewed the reasons why iodine levels are falling.
The consequences of iodine deficiency during pregnancy are severe. For the fetus, iodine deficiency can result in neurologic
deficiencies and a lowered IQ. The worst case scenario
is death. Iodine deficiency during pregnancy has been associated with
other illnesses in neonates and children including cretinism, dwarfism, depression, and ADHD. Researchers have shown thatneonatal mortality declines over 50% when iodine deficiency is rectified. It is important to ensure that a woman has adequate
iodine intake before she becomes pregnant.
Researchers at the University of Texas have reported their concern about iodine deficiency during pregnancy. “I think it is
quite likely we’ve had subtle neurological deficiencies in babies born in the U.S. (to mothers with iodine deficiencies),” claimed
one scientist.
18
 The same researchers have called on the U.S. government to boost Americans’ iodine intake.
Japanese women are estimated to ingest a minimum of 12mg of iodine per day—nearly 100x the RDA for iodine in the U.S.
This amount of iodine has not resulted in widespread reports of problems to Japanese newborn babies. In fact, the Japanese have
a much lower infant mortality rate as compared to the U.S.
It is vital to ensure that women of childbearing age ingest sufficient amounts of iodine. How much iodine is this? No one truly
knows the answer. Proper testing and monitoring of iodine levels can help answer this question.
However, since Japanese women ingest a minimum of 12mg of iodine/day without reports of adverse effects, this may be a
starting dose for women of childbearing age. My experience
has shown this dose to be extremely safe. If you are pregnant, I do
not suggest adding iodine to your regimen without consulting your doctor. Remember, the best results with any therapy will be
obtained by working with an iodine-knowledgeable healthcare practitioner.
SALIVA/SERUM IODIDE LEVELS
When iodine is taken orally, it is absorbed into the bloodstream. Iodine is transported into the target cells of the body by an
energy-dependent process. One atom of iodine is transported into the cells and two atoms of sodium are transported out of cells
via the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS).
19

20
 Recently a second mechanism for transport of iodine into the cells has been
observed—the chloride/iodide transporter known as pendrin.
21
Iodine may be absorbed through the intestines resulting in an elevated serum level of iodine, but the target cells are unable to
uptake the iodine. This can occur if the NIS and/or the pendrin transporter systems are damaged. Certain goitrogens, such as
bromide, can bind to the NIS causing damage to the transport system. The end result of this damage would be iodine deficiency
in the target cell. Dr. Abraham and I reported a case history of my nurse, Denise, who had a transport defect of iodine.
22
Upon taking iodine orally, the iodine is absorbed in the intestine. As serum levels of iodine increase, iodine is transported
into
the target cells via the NIS or pendrin. One way to determine if the transport mechanism for iodine is working is by measuring the
saliva/serum iodide ratio. If the transport mechanisms for iodine are properly functioning, the saliva levels of iodine will
significantly increase relative to the serum. A saliva/serum iodide level has been used in neonates to diagnose a congenital iodide
symporter defect.
23
We (Drs. Abraham, Brownstein, and Flechas) have been evaluating saliva/serum iodide levels in a series of patients. Initial
results show that the normal saliva/serum iodide level is approximately 42. That means that when iodine is being properly
transported into the cells, the salivary fluid should have 42 times the iodine level that is found in the serum. If the saliva/serum
levels are low, especially less than 20, a thorough search for a reason for the poor transport of iodine must be undertaken.
Goitrogens can bind to and damage the NIS and result in a lowered amount of iodine being transported into the target cell.
24
Examples of these goitrogens include: fluoride, perchlorate, bromine, and thiocyanate (from cigarette smoke). In the near-future,
saliva/serum iodine levels will be used to diagnose an iodine transport defect.
Bob, a 42-year-old accountant, had been taking 12.5mg of iodine/iodide for two years. Bob could not tell a difference
upon taking the iodine. Although he generally felt well, he complained
of being fatigued. His initial salivary/serum level
was low at 9.3. Bob’s testing also showed that his serum bromide levels were elevated—147mg/L (normal <5mg/L). I
increased Bob’s iodine dosage to 50mg/day. Immediately, he felt a boost in his energy. “I thought I was feeling pretty
good until I increased the iodine. Then I really felt good. After work I wasn’t so exhausted,” he said. Bob’s follow-up
testing showed that his salivary/serum iodide levels improved to a healthier 48.6 and his bromine level fell to 28.7mg/L.
Bromine is a toxic halide that has no known therapeutic value in the human body. Bromine, being part of the halide family
(along with iodine and fluoride) can not only compete and bind to the iodine receptors in the body, it can also damage the NIS
and block the target cells’ ability to absorb iodine. Due to our increasing exposure to the toxic halogens (i.e., bromine and
fluor


	alternate	Christ	story	that	doesn’t	end	with	suffering	and	dying	on	the
cross.
For	anyone	who	wishes	to	read	every	single	word	attributed	to	Christ	in
any	gospel,	official	or	unofficial,	an	invaluable	source	is	Ricky	Alan	Mayotte,
The	Complete	Jesus
	(Steerforth	Press,	1997).	It	is	usefully	arranged	by	topics,
such	as	Commandments,	Parables,	Jesus	Speaking	About	Himself,	etc.
Chapter	5:	The	Path	to	Hell
One	of	the	major	points	I	emphasize	throughout	this	book	is	that	the	afterlife
is	still	evolving,	as	it	must	since	life	as	a	whole	is	always	evolving.	This	is
true	of	hell,	too,	as	described	in	Alice	K.	Turner,
The	History	of	Hell
	(Harvest,
1995),	a	readable	survey	compiled	by	a	freelance	journalist.	Similar	surveys
on	both	heaven	and	hell	have	appeared	regularly,	but	a	more	in-depth
reference	is	Elaine	Pagels,
The	Origin	of	Satan
	(Vintage,	1996).	Her	approach
is	to	trace	Satan,	not	as	a	real	personage	but	as	a	concept	whose	basis	can	be
found	in	anthropology,	psychology,	and	literary	analysis.	Such	a	humaneapproach	appeals	to	me	because	it	shows	so	clearly	and	in	detail	how	the
devil	can	be	considered	our	own	creation.
A	similar	approach	can	be	taken	to	Christ,	who	is	boldly	explained	in
mythic	terms	by	Timothy	Freke	and	Peter	Gandy,
Jesus	and	the	Lost
Goddess:	The	Secret	Teachings	of	the	Original	Christians
	(Harmony	Books,
2001
),	which	puts	Jesus	in	the	context	of	the	ancient	world	and	its	belief	in
the	Goddess.	Here	the	attempt	is	to	fill	in	how	early	Christians	used	Jesus	for
the	archetypal	purpose	of	fulfilling	the	myth	of	God-as-man	that	exists	in
every	ancient	culture.
Chapter	6:	Ghosts
Akasha	is	the	subtlest	of	the	five	Mahabhutas,	the	five	elements	from	which
creation	is	constructed	(the	others	being	earth,	air,	fire,	and	water).	Readers
who	want	to	study	the	system	of	Mahabhutas	might	begin	online	at
http://ignca.nic.in/ps_04012.htm
.	For	traditional	Indian	beliefs	in	Akasha	and
how	they	affected	Western	spirituality,	see	the	online	discussion	at
http://www.saragrahi.org/
.
There	are,	of	course,	many	popular	books	on	ghosts	and	communicating
with	the	dead.	Mary	Roach’s
Spook
	gives	a	readable	survey	of	these	topics,
told	from	a	skeptical	and	amused	point	of	view	that	will	either	immediately
appeal	or	irritate.	Popular	books	by	psychics	that	have	reached	millions	of
readers	include	James	Van	Praagh,
Talking	to	Heaven:	A	Medium’s	Message
of	Life	After	Death
	(Signet,	1999)	and	Allison	DuBois,
Don’t	Kiss	Them
Good-Bye
	(Fireside,	2005).
The	phenomenon	of	psychic	communication	has	been	researched	at	the
university	level	by	psychiatrist	Gary	Schwartz,	whose	experiments	have
engaged	me	personally.	The	same	research	brought	Allison	DuBois	to	light
and	resulted	in	a	television	series	on	NBC,	as	recounted	in	Gary	E.	Schwartz
and	William	L.	Simon,
The	Truth	About	Medium
	(Hampton	Roads	Publishing,
2005).	Schwartz	gives	a	thorough	account	of	his	academic	research,	the
leading	findings	in	the	field,	in
The	Afterlife	Experiments:	Breakthrough
Scientific	Evidence	of	Life	After	Death
	(Atria,	2003),	for	which	I	wrote	the
introduction.
Chapter	7:	The	Invisible	Thread
Readers	who	are	interested	in	the	historical	perspective	of	the	afterlife	may
want	a	survey	like	Harold	Coward,	editor,
Life	After	Death	in	World	Religions
(Orbis,	1997),	which	collects	essays	on	each	faith	by	various	experts.	I	came
up	with	my	own	synthesis,	relying	heavily	on	a	classic	work,	Huston	Smith,The	World’s	Religions:	Our	Great	Wisdom	Traditions
	(HarperSanFrancisco,
1991),	which	is	still	a	model	of	fairness	and	ecumenical	tolerance,	not	to
mention	graceful	writing	and	valuable	insights.	If	there	is	one	book	that	every
person	interested	in	religion	should	begin	with,	this	is	it.
T
EXT	NOTE:
p.	105
	“There	is	no	salvation	for	those	outside	the	Church	…”	is	quoted	from	a
press	interview	with	Mel	Gibson,	cited	online	at
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4224452/
.
Chapter	8:	Seeing	the	Soul
The	subject	of	spiritual	materialism	is	incredibly	important	because	so	many
people,	especially	in	the	West,	are	driven	by	ego	needs	even	when	it	comes	to
spirituality.	We	turn	spiritual	to	gain	things	from	the	world	that	we	otherwise
couldn’t	through	work	and	struggle,	and	thus	we	transform	work	and	struggle
into	spiritual	processes.	The	book	that	started	me	thinking	along	these	lines
was	Chogyam	Trungpa,
Cutting	Through	Spiritual	Materialism
	(Shambhala,
2002),	which	is	told	from	a	Buddhist	perspective	but	with	a	Western	audience
in	mind.
Chapter	9:	Two	Magical	Words
It	goes	without	saying	that	eternity	is	indescribable,	but	the	Vedic	rishis	were
comfortable	living	in	unbounded	awareness.	Therefore	their	descriptions	are
the	most	reliable	that	we	possess	in	the	world’s	wisdom	traditions.	It	helps	to
have	someone	who	continues	to	have	similar	experiences.	I	would	point	to
Nisargadatta	Maharaj,	a	humble	Indian	farmer	who	became	a	renowned	guru
in	Bombay	after	enlightenment.	His	book,
I	Am	That
	(Acorn	Press,	1990),	is
one	of	the	purest	spiritual	testimonies	we	have	in	modern	times.	Not	only	is	it
completely	unspoiled	by	any	trace	of	the	guru	game,	which	has	been	played
in	India	for	centuries,	but	Sri	Nisargadatta	seems	to	be	witness	to	a	very
expanded	state	of	awareness,	fully	comparable	to	the	ancient	rishis.	This	is
another	of	the	few	books	I’ve	kept	by	my	side	for	years.
T
EXT	NOTES:
pp.	122–26
	My	account	of	Mellen-Thomas	Benedict’s	journey	into	the
afterlife	comes	from	online:
http://www.near-
death.com/experiences/reincarnation04.html
.
pp.	135–36
	The	story	of	Dawn	J.,	the	woman	who	healed	with	miraculous	oil,
is	told	in	Cheri	Lomonte,
The	Healing	Touch	of	Mary
	(DivineImpressions,	2005),	which	contains	dozens	of	similar	firsthand	accounts.
Chapter	10:	Surviving	the	Storm
Readers	who	are	interested	in	theories	of	consciousness	face	a	bewildering
number	of	choices,	and	in	the	context	of	science	almost	all	those	choices	are
materialistic.	That	is,	they	assume	that	mind	arises	from	matter.	Since	I
disagree	with	the	assumption,	I	am	halfhearted	about	recommending


issues, keep your gaze forward and your head in a neutral position.
OceanofPDF.comCHAIR POSE: UTKATASANA
Overview:  We often refer to Utkatasana as “Chair pose” when, in
fact, the actual translation of the word from Sanskrit is “Fierce
pose.” This shape teaches us how to endure challenging situations
with a sense of patience, tolerance, and curiosity, tapping into the
truly powerful nature of our being, which is required for growth
and transformation.
How-to:  From Tadasana, walk the inner edges of your feet in to
touch one another. Inhale, stretch your arms up alongside your
ears, shoulder-distance apart, and extend through your ﬁngertips.
As you exhale, bend your knees, and allow your sit bones, or the
lower area of your pelvis, to move back toward the wall behind
you. At the same time, lift your hip bones away from your thighs
and feel the engagement of your lower abdominal muscles. Keep
the head and neck neutral and relax your jaw.Benefits:  Physically, Chair pose strengthens the ankles, the legs,
the buttocks, the lower abdomen, the upper back, and the upper
arms. It opens the chest and shoulders. Chair pose also stimulates
the abdominal organs, the diaphragm, and the heart.
Energetically, Chair pose creates a strong sense of grounding
and stability. It enables us to explore our tolerance for discomfort
and how we respond to challenging situations. It activates the ﬁrst
chakra.
Engage mula bandha and slight uddiyana bandha to help lift
udana. Stimulates samana vayu.
Therapeutic applications:  Helps reduce ﬂat feet; promotes the
rehabilitation of ankle and knee injuries.
Helpful tips:  If your shoulders are tight, keep the arms parallel to
the ﬂoor, shoulder-distance apart. To help stabilize the legs, place
a block in between the knees. If balance is an issue, practice this
pose with your sacrum against the wall.
OceanofPDF.comBLOWN PALM POSE: PARSVA URDVA HASTASANA
Overview:  Blown Palm pose is a graceful embodiment of the
palm tree, which can sway in the wind while remaining rooted at
the base. This pose teaches us how to be ﬂexible and ﬂuid, yet
steady and unwavering, to literally bend but not break.
How-to:  From Mountain pose, stretch your arms overhead and
bring your palms together to touch. Interlace your last three
ﬁngers and thumb, keeping your index ﬁngers pointing straight up
toward the ceiling. As you inhale, lengthen through the side body,
and as you exhale, side-bend your torso over to your right,
pressing into your left foot. Keep your abdominal muscles
engaged to protect your lower back. Stay here and breathe,
lengthening both sides of your waist evenly. On your next inhale,
come back to center, keeping your arms overhead. As you next
exhale, side-bend to your left, pressing into your right foot. Inhaleand come back to center. On your exhale, lower both arms down
alongside the body.
Benefits:  Physically, Blown Palm pose opens the outer hips. It
stretches the lower back, the waist, and the intercostal muscles
between the ribs. It also opens the shoulders and tones the
oblique abdominal muscles.
Energetically, Blown Palm pose opens the ﬁrst and fourth
chakras. This pose helps to stimulate the body’s solar and lunar
energy channels, known as pingala and ida nadis, located on the
right and left sides of the body.
Engage mula bandha and slight uddiyana bandha. Stimulates
prana vayu.
Therapeutic applications:  Blown Palm pose helps with asthma
and upper-respiratory congestion. It relieves sciatica and scoliosis
and can reduce the effects of ﬂat feet.
Helpful tips: If your shoulders are tight, hold on to the wrist of
the opposite side from the one you are leaning toward. You can
also keep one hand down alongside your body while the opposite
arm reaches up and overhead, side-bending toward the side of the
lowered arm.
OceanofPDF.comSTANDING HIP OPENERS
The greatest number of postures that we see in
modern yoga fall under this category. When done
correctly, these poses can simultaneously strengthen and
stretch most of the major muscle groups in the body.
These poses are most beneﬁcial in building the muscles
of the quadriceps, which helps to prevent conditions such
as lower back pain and poor posture. The standing hip
openers also teach us the qualities of balance, strength,
empowerment, and perseverance.
OceanofPDF.comLOW LUNGE POSE: ANJANEYASANA
Overview:  Low Lunge is sometimes called “runner’s lunge”
because it is the same position you’ll see track runners take just
before they are about to make a sprint. Overall, this pose is a safe
and effective way to begin opening the iliopsoas muscle, which is
the muscle that connects the lower body to the upper body. The
muscle’s primary function is to enable you to bend at the hip, and
it’s an integral part of our ability to stand, walk, and run.
How-to:  From Standing Forward Bend, inhale and lengthen your
chest forward, reaching toward the wall in front of you. As you
next exhale, step the left foot back toward the back edge of your
mat. Align your front knee directly over your ankle and press the
back heel straight back toward the wall behind you. Keep your
back thigh straight and strong. Draw the right hip back, so it’s even
with the left hip, and lengthen evenly through both sides of your
torso. Reach through the center of your chest and keep the back ofyour neck long. Relax the tops of your shoulders and gaze toward a
ﬁxed point in front of you.
Benefits:  Physically, Low Lunge both strengthens and stretches
the quadriceps and the hip ﬂexors. It tones the lower abdominal
muscles and the muscles along the spine, and is a mild chest
opener.
Energetically, Low Lunge is both grounding and releasing at
the same time. It is a simple yet profound embodiment of sthira
and sukha, which in Sanskrit mean “steadiness” and “ease.” It opens
the ﬁrst and second chakras.
Engage slight treta bandha. Stimulates samana vayu. Engage
vajroli mudra to create length in the back of the body.
Therapeutic applications:  Can be helpful in relieving pain from
sciatica and scoliosis, and may help with the rehabilitation of ankle
and knee injuries.
Helpful tips: Lower the back knee down, either onto the mat or
onto a blanket for a deeper stretch in the psoas. Use blocks
underneath each hand to help lengthen the spine and open the
chest.
OceanofPDF.comWARRIOR 1 POSE: VIRABHADRASANA 1
Overview:  As the ﬁrst of the three Warrior poses, Warrior 1 pose
invokes the qualities one needs for battle: perseverance, strength,
and commitment. In the case of the asanas, the battleground is not
on a ﬁeld, per se, but within the self. The strength we cultivate from
the Warrior poses helps us break through our own limiting patterns
to a state of freedom and transcendence.
How-to:  From Low Lunge pose, place your back left heel ﬂat on
the ﬂoor, slightly left of center. Continue to root down into the back
foot as you lift your torso into an upright position, drawing your left
hip and left rib cage forward toward the front of your mat. Draw
your navel back toward your spine and raise your arms overhead,
lifting from the lower ribs toward your ﬁngertips. Bring your palms
together to touch and gaze toward the hands, keeping the back of
your neck long.Benefits:  Physically, this pose strengthens the ankles, the legs,
the arms, and the back, and stretches the Achilles tendons, the
calves, and the hip ﬂexors. It also opens the chest and the lungs.
Energetically, Warrior 1 pose helps to improve balance, focus,
and concentration. It is grounding and increases the qualities of
the earth element within us. It works on the ﬁrst chakra.
Engage mula bandha and slight uddiyana bandha. Stimulates
prana vayu. Engage vajroli mudra to create length in the back of
the body.
Therapeutic applications:  This pose is helpful in alleviating
sciatica and lower back pain and can help ease asthma and
indigestion symptoms.
Helpful tips: To allow more mobility in your pelvis, widen the
distance between your feet and make your stance slightly shorter.
If balance is an issue, anchor your back heel against the wall. If
your shoulders are tight, keep the hands shoulder-distance apart
or slightly wider.
OceanofPDF.comWARRIOR 2 POSE: VIRABHADRASANA 2
Overview:  Warrior 2 pose is one of the


 to Overcome Temptations  27
If you don’t want to change your diet, but still become
healthier, read: If you are suffering from depression, read:
Sequential Eating  9 Energy, Feeling and Thought  41
How to Live 100 Years  22 Energy in the Body  30
Energy, Feeling and Thought  31
Energy in the Body  30  If you are trying to overcome an addiction, read:
Causes of Addiction to Habits  24
If you expect or have children, read:  The Power of Habit Explained  33
Birth Defects can be Avoided!  40 How to Overcome Temptations  27
What You do when You Vaccinate  42 Energy, Feeling and Thought  31
How Diseases are Cured  32

If you are looking for the ultimate veg etarian diet, read:
With Three Generations of Vegetarian Hygienists   44
In Search of the Ultimate Vegetarian Diet  48
The Ideal 100% Raw Diet  52
Natural Hygiene Vegetarian Diet & Food Plan  58
Sequential Eating  9
What Symptoms to Expect when Improving Your Diet  5

If you are looking for a non -vegetarian diet that will give superior health:
Primitive Man - His Diet and Health  62
The High -Carbohydrate Diet and Related Health Problems  74
Insulin's Metabolic Effects (Why eat less carbohydrates?)   79
New Concepts in Nutrition, Health and Rapid Healing of Illness  55
Primitive Diet Example  64
Sequential Eating  9
What Symptoms to Expect when Improving Your Diet  5

If you are new to Natural Hygiene, read  :
How Diseases are Cured  32
The Time -factor in Recovery  38
How Important is Diagnosis?  17
My First Water Fast  4
New Concepts in Nutrition, Health and Rapid Healing of Illness  55
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How to Live 100 Years  22
Causes of Addiction to Habits  24
The Power of Habit Explained  26
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Energy in the Body  30
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Laws of Life -  excerpt   87
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IN SEARCH OF THE ULTIMATE VEGETARIAN DIET
With Thr ee Generations of Vegetarian Hygienists   44
In Search of the Ultimate Vegetarian Diet  48
The Ideal 100% Raw Vegetarian Diet  52
New Concepts in Nutrition, Health and Rapid Healing of Illness  55
DR. GIAN -CURSIO Natural Hygiene Vegetarian Diet & Food Plan   58

IN SEARCH OF THE ULTIMATE NON -VEGETARIAN DIET
Primitive Man - His Diet and Health  62
AAJONUS VONDERPLANITZ INTERVIEW: Primitive Diet Example  64
DRS. EADES  The High -Carbohydrate Diet and Related Health Problems  74
DR. ROSEDALE  Insulin's Metabolic  Effects (Why eat less carbohydrates?)   79

INTERVIEWS WITH DR. BASS
What is important to know before ones first fast?   5
How well -known is it that all -vegetarianism (veganism) can cause health trouble? (About Essene vegetarian having veganism
troubles; B12, D vitamin, Fats and Brain Size; ethical vegan diet with no supplements)   46
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So you were a fruitarian, and a raw vegan, and finally came to the conclusion that those diets will cause deficiencies? (About
Mahatma Gandhi, and Hallelujah diet followers)   51
What is the "Paleolithic Diet"?  64
How can vegetarian natural hygienists use this information?  79

CONTACT AND CONSULTATION
How to Contact Dr. Bass  86
Telephone consultation with Dr. Bass
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Books  84
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INTRODUCING...
Dr. Stanley S. Bass, N.D. D.C. Ph.D.,
Natural Hygiene doctor, whose research about the best human nutrition for optimal health and freedom
from disease has great interest for anybody concerned about their health and eating habits.
Beginning in 1936 by testing a disease/recovery theory on himse lf, at the age of 19 -- making it today
more than 65 years of study and writing
-- Would it be possible to test what the best nutrition is for superior health and long life? -- What is the
key to having lots of energy? Can low energy cause depression? -- Which might be the healthiest of the
so-called "healthy diets"? -- How could one TEST the many nutrition theories in existence? -- What
would an optimal diet look like? -- Is it possible to put together an all -raw vegan diet that does not cause
deficiencies? -- How can you recover from any disease on your own?
Some of his fascinating conclusions you will find on these webpages.  Others in books and booklets written by Dr. Bass.
Stanley S. Bass began the study of nutrition in 1936 (see "My First Water Fast").  In his late 20's he was introduced to Natural
Hygiene by Dr. Christopher Gian -Cursio and worked closely with him for over 40 years.
He graduated from The American School of Naturopathy in 1955, from Columbia Institute of Chiropractic in 1959, and in 1953 he
graduated from the N.Y. Institute of Dietetics as Dietician. Dr. Bass earned a Ph.D. in Public Health & Nutrition from Trinit y Hall
College & Seminary in Springfield Illinois. Dr. Bass is IAHP -certified as a "specialist in fasting supervision and hygien ic care".
Dr. Bass has been a Natural Hygiene doctor since the 1950's in the New York area, supervising thousands of fasts and health
recoveries using diet. He also had a hygienic retreat in the Catskill Mountains,  the Life Science Health Haven . Currentl y he does
not have an in -patient clinic, but is still giving personal advice and assistance over the phone. Due to his healing success and
knowledge he is  Knight of Malta .

Dr. Bass is currently working on a book on indigenous people, nutrition and health. "What were the changes in health patterns
after the introduction of modern staple foods to indigenous people living under primitive conditions?"
Dr. Bass is interested in correctly updating our understanding of drug -free nutritional healing with modern scientific findings.
Also, Dr. Bass is one of very few Natural Hygiene doctors who is not restricted to vegetarian diets.
Why is it so hard to change eating habits? - Why do I feel sick when I start eating
healthier? - How can I overcome temptations?
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Dr Bass' Dog & Cat Food tip:
If you feed your dog raw meat/chicken scraps and intestines, plus up to 25% uncooked leafy greens (lettuce, kale etc.,for
minerals), plus raw bones to chew on - your dog has a good chance to live 50% longer than on dry food - with fewer vet bills.
How to get your dog to eat the leafy greens? - blend it to almost liquid, then mix it with a little  ground or chopped -up raw meat
(chicken, fish) or an egg. - The same applies to cats, and other carnivore pets.
(If you want to know more, read this book: Schultze's “Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats: The Ultimate Diet” http://www.pri ce-
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	eyeball	itself.	Thus,	vision	deteriorates.
To	maintain	or	improve	your	natural	vision,	corrective	lenses	are	not	the
answer.	Corrective	lenses	cause	damage	to	eye	tissues,	forcing	them	to	work	in
unnatural	ways.	This	“fix”	creates	a	vicious	cycle;	as	vision	deteriorates,
stronger	prescriptions	are	needed.	Corrective	lenses	address	the	symptoms	of
vision	loss,	doing	nothing	to	solve	the	underlying	problems.
By	contrast,	vision	improvement	techniques	address	the	causes	of	vision
problems.	Losing	your	vision	and	wearing	corrective	lenses	can	often	be
avoided.	You	can	learn	eye	exercises	that	prevent	vision	loss,	and	improving
vision	after	it	is	impaired	also	is	possible.	Vision	maintenance	techniques
enhance	the	strength	and	flexibility	of	the	muscles	and	tissues	of	the	eye,
improving	focus	and	clarity	of	vision	at	any	distance:
•	When	reading	or	working	at	a	computer,	occasionally	take	a	minute	to
look	out	the	window	at	a	distant	object,	studying	the	details	of	that	object.
This	activity	allows	the	eye	muscles	to	relax.	(Blankly	gazing	out	the
window	does	not	make	eye	tissues	return	to	their	natural	shape,	whereas
focusing	on	distant	details	does.)	Do	this	once	every	thirty	minutes	or	so	for
about	a	minute	at	a	time.	The	exercise	takes	very	little	effort	and	helps	to
preserve	your	vision.
•	If	you	wear	corrective	lenses,	be	sure	to	take	them	off	whenever	they	are
not	needed,	thus	giving	your	eyes	an	opportunity	to	work	naturally,
especially	when	you	are	outdoors	where	the	eyes	can	also	receive	full-
spectrum	light.•	For	more	tips	on	eyesight,	see	appendix	E.
Reading,	writing	or	sitting	at	a	computer	all	day	damages	your	eyesight,
unless	you	take	the	time	to	rest	and	exercise	your	eyes—another	important
aspect	of	damage	control	on	the	physical	pathway.
Heat	Treatments	Get	Rid	of	Toxins
Not	only	do	saunas	feel	good,	they	are	good!	Saunas	get	your	heart	beating
and	your	blood	circulating,	helping	the	body	to	detoxify	in	unique	and	important
ways.	Toxins	do	the	damage,	and	saunas	help	with	damage	control.	Saunas	or
other	heat	treatments	help	to	accomplish	detoxification	in	the	following	manner:
A	layer	of	fat	and	oil	exists	just	below	the	surface	of	the	skin.	Heat	from	the
sauna	increases	skin	temperature,	causing	those	fats	and	oils	to	“melt”	and	ooze
out	of	the	skin’s	oil	glands.	As	sweat	and	oil	are	secreted,	the	toxins	dissolved	in
them	are	secreted	as	well.	By	excreting	these	toxins	and	then	washing	them	off
your	body,	your	toxic	load	is	lowered	and	cellular	health	improves.
Anything	that	raises	the	temperature	of	your	skin	for	an	extended	period	of
time	is	helpful,	including	sweat	wraps,	steam	rooms,	hot	baths	and	spas.	Choose
a	temperature	that	can	be	tolerated	for	an	extended	period	of	time—thirty
minutes	to	an	hour	or	more.	The	point	is	not	to	sweat	out	a	lot	of	water,	but	to	rid
your	body	of	oil-soluble	toxins.	Our	skin	contains	sweat	glands	and	oil	glands,
both	of	which	help	us	detoxify.	Sweat	gets	rid	of	water-soluble	toxins,	and	even
helps	to	eliminate	toxic	heavy	metals	such	as	mercury	and	cadmium.
Oil	glands	help	remove	oil-soluble	toxins	that	the	body	would	otherwise	have
a	difficult	time	eliminating.	We	have	created	a	world	filled	with	oil-soluble
toxins	such	as	gasoline,	solvents,	pesticides	and	ingredients	in	toothpaste	and
personal	care	products,	and	the	body	is	not	able	to	dispose	of	them	efficiently.
The	longer	the	skin	is	heated,	the	more	oil-soluble	toxins	are	eliminated.
Be	careful	not	to	overheat!	The	challenge	is	finding	an	environment	where
you	can	keep	your	skin	temperature	up	for	an	extended	period	of	time	without
overheating	or	dehydrating.	Overheating	and	perhaps	feeling	dizzy	can	happen
easily	if	you	stay	in	a	steam	room,	a	hot	tub	or	the	top	bench	of	a	hot	sauna	too
long.	Choose	a	“low	temperature”	sauna	(110–120	degrees),	and	use	it	for	an
extended	period	of	time—an	hour	or	more	is	best—though	you	may	have	to
work	up	to	this	duration	gradually.	In	a	commercial	sauna	(which	is	usually	too
hot),	try	lying	flat	on	the	lowest	bench.	Remember:	Drinking	adequate	amounts
of	water	before,	during	and	after	your	sauna	is	essential	in	order	to	prevent
dehydration.
Every	time	I	go	to	the	gym	to	exercise,	I	spend	an	hour	or	more	in	the	sauna,lying	prone	on	the	lowest	bench	to	keep	the	temperature	moderate.	Sitting	on	the
top	bench	in	a	high	temperature	for	a	short	period	of	time	does	not	aid	in	the
elimination	of	oil-soluble	toxins;	effective	elimination	of	these	toxins	takes	time.
A	good	supplement	program,	containing	fat-mobilizing	vitamins	and	essential
fatty	acids	makes	the	sauna	even	more	effective	(see	appendix	B	and	C).	Be	sure
to	shower	afterwards;	prevent	those	toxins	from	reabsorbing	back	into	your	body
by	washing	with	a	nontoxic	Castile	soap	(see	appendix	C).	Taking	saunas	or
other	“heat	treatments”	is	not	a	luxury,	but	like	exercise,	is	a	physical
responsibility	and	an	important	element	of	the	physical	pathway.	Incorporating
saunas	after	exercise	is	even	better.	Exercise	begins	to	mobilize	toxins	and
saunas	continue	the	process.	You	may	need	to	make	a	few	sauna	visits	before
you	can	tolerate	extended	periods	of	time,	but	the	benefits	of	these	heat
treatments	are	incredible.	These	treatments	feel	good	for	very	good	reasons;	they
provide	beneficial	physical	stimulation—including	increased	lymphatic	and
cardiovascular	circulation,	as	well	as	the	removal	of	toxins—	all	of	which	are
good	for	the	health	and	function	of	your	cells.
EMFs:	Environmental	Assault	and	Battery
Some	forms	of	physical	damage	are	obvious;	others	are	invisible	to	the	naked
eye,	such	as	electromagnetic	radiation	from	sources	such	as	medical	X	rays,
microwaves,	cell	phones,	TVs,	power	lines,	broadcast	antennae	and	other
electrical	items.	Electromagnetic	radiation	can	affect	and	damage	our	cells,
leading	to	a	variety	of	diseases	including	cancer.
The	two	kinds	of	electromagnetic	radiation	are	ionizing	and	non-ionizing.
Ionizing	radiation	(atom	bombs,	medical	radiation,	X	rays)	is	the	horrifying	kind
of	radiation	that	we	already	know	can	injure	and	kill.	Non-ionizing	radiation
(microwaves	and	electromagnetic	fields)	is	easily	overlooked	and	often	labeled
“benign.”	Non-ionizing	radiation	has	measurable	effects	on	cells	and	is	therefore
important	to	consider.	Some	scientists	have	made	ominous	statements	about	the
effects	on	human	health.	The	introduction	of	man-made	e


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Ocean Grown is a company that provides concentrated ocean minerals for farmers and organic gardeners,
allowing them to produce mineral-rich crops and vegetables that support peak human health. In this
interview, Mike Adams talks with Ocean Grown president John Hartman, who discusses mineral
deficiencies in soils used for crops as well as the serious implications for human health.
Mike : Hello, everyone. This is Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, and today I’m joined by John Hartman,
the president and cofounder of Ocean Grown, a harvester and marketer of ocean minerals for enhanced
health that can be accessed online at OceanGrown.com. Thanks for joining me today, John.
Hartman : It’s a pleasure to be here.
Mike : You’re joining us from Florida today. Can you please tell us what your product does, what it’s
for, and how it might benefit people?
Hartman : What we do is go out to sea on the east coast of Florida, because that’s where the clean water
is. We have a proprietary process, and what we do is extract the minerals out of seawater. Seawater
has all 90 natural minerals in a very particular proportion, and I’m sure that proportion will come up
several times in this chat—and it’s terribly important. That proportion is used by anything that grows,
whether it’s vegetables, flowering plants, trees or grass.
Mike : So these are minerals that people can put on their home gardens?
Hartman : That’s right.
Mike : Are any commercial growers using the product as well?
Hartman : Yes, we have quite a few commercial growers, because our intent and our mission at the
company is to reinvigorate the food supply, because it’s terribly lacking in minerals that are so important
for health. We’ve predominantly gone after commercial growers, because we really want to do that in a
quick fashion. However, we do have a loyal following of wheatgrass growers and home gardeners that
also use it. It can be used anywhere.
Mike : What happens to people’s produce yield when they put this product on their garden? What kind
of results do they typically see?
Hartman : Well, that brings up an interesting point. What we do, as a company, is promise equivalent
yields, although, generally, our yields are higher. The point is, when you sit down with an agronomist
and growers, the last thing they want to talk about—the last thing that crosses their mind—is the
quality of the food. All they talk about is yield and disease resistance. Are we going to be able to
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harvest in 90 or 91 days? These are the kinds of things that interest farmers. It’s what the commercial
marketplace has brought everything to, and people have forgotten why they grow food.
Mike : So what’s in the food when it’s raised on Ocean Grown minerals is very different from what’s
in food that is conventionally grown. Is that what you’re saying? So, what can people expect? I mean,
how many more minerals are in a tomato grown in a garden with Ocean Grown minerals? How much
greater mineral density will it have, compared to a conventionally grown tomato?
Hartman : Well, typically, if you go to a grocery store and buy a tomato, it looks lovely. It can be blemish
free, bright red and look so nutritious. But typically, those tomatoes—from a hothouse or even out of
the ground—have 12, 14 or 15 elements. Tomatoes are genetically disposed to pick up 56 elements,
and it’s always the same 56 in a certain proportion. That’s what tomatoes pick up. Every vegetable and
fruit is different, but that’s what tomatoes want. When people buy fruits and vegetables, and take them
home and taste them and they taste like cardboard, people say, “What happened?” What happened is
that they were completely depleted. They are like virtual food.
Mike : It’s really just a shadow of the original tomato that people should be eating.
Hartman : That’s right, and it brings up an interesting point made first by Dr. Murray, who was really
the discoverer of how to use ocean water and minerals to grow food. When you sit down and think
about what commercial agriculture has come to and what modern cultivation techniques have come
to, you’re not really looking at somebody growing food. What you’re really looking at is a strip-mining
operation, because when you grow a crop of corn or wheat or whatever it may be, and you ship that to
market, you ship some quantity of elements in a certain proportion and quality off to market. What
current practice calls for is that you put back three elements, even though you might have shipped 56
or 74 elements off to market.
Mike : To be specific, when you say “elements” here, you’re using that in a sense of the table of
elements?
Hartman : Yes. I’m using that in the chemical sense, but people use the word interchangeably with
mineral elements.
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Commercial fertilizers provide only three elements to crops
Mike : When you say they put three back into the soil, these are the three common components of
every commercial fertilizer on the market, right?
Hartman : That’s right: nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus.
Mike : So, farmers can grow something that looks like food, but they’re only putting three elements or
minerals back into the ground.
Hartman : That’s right. Even if they were growing cattle for beef, the same thing would be going on.
Cattle are fabulous foragers. They raze the grass and pick up the elements, and they become part of
their body. Then the cows get shipped to market. It’s a strip-mining operation with no easy solutions,
and putting back three elements is not going to do it.
The health consequences of mineral depletion of crop soils
Hartman : One of the things that we quote from time to time is that the United Nations has come to
a realization that I give them a lot of credit for: Two billion people out of the six billion inhabitants
of the planet are suffering from micronutrient malnutrition. Personally, I would quarrel with them
slightly, but the fact that they recognize this is impressive. I believe that six billion people—all the
people on the planet—are suffering from micronutrient malnutrition, and many doctors have done
a lot of work with how DNA replicates itself. One of the things they’ve come to understand is that
many millions of replications happen every day, but every replication needs a mineral to catalyze it.
On a given day, because minerals are not in our food, there’s something like 250,000 transactions that
can’t happen because there is a missing element—whether it be cobalt, selenium, gold, tin or platinum.
They’re missing.
Mike : The long-term result of the mass demineralization of the population is that we end up with
chronic disease acceleration, right?
Hartman : Absolutely. You know, people think we’re living longer, but


rough self -care, a higher state of wellbeing is
attainable. Self-care makes daily use of the mind-body
feedback loop.
7.Ultimately, the evolution of future humanity depends
on internal balance (homeostasis) that is balanced with
the whole ecology of the planet.
There’s much more to say about each of these points, as
we’ll discover in coming chapters. But the general
conclusion is that “normal” isn’t as far from “miraculous”
as both camps, believers  and skeptics, used to think. The
choices you make today are the key to your wellbeing for
life. Every cell in your body is eavesdropping on your
thoughts. Consciousness research is constantly gaining
new ground, so it’s best to assume that your potential for
mind-body mastery is much greater than anyone now
supposes.
OceanofPDF.comWhen I said that no one can honestly claim to know the
cure for breast cancer, I was telling a half-truth. If a patient
could promote the healing process from within, that would
be the cure for cancer. Healing episodes like Chitra’s come
about when a radical shift takes place inside, removing fear
and doubt at the same time as it removes the disease. Yet,
the exact location of this shift opens up profound mysteries.
It deﬁes medical wisdom to answer even the most basic
question: Was the shift in Chitra’s mind, in her body, or
both? To ﬁnd out, Western medicine has recently begun to
move away from drugs and surgery, the mainstay  of every
doctor’s practice, toward  the amorphous, often perplexing
ﬁeld loosely known as “mind-body medicine.” The move
was almost a forced one, because the old reliance on the
physical body alone had begun to crumble.
Mind-body medicine makes many doctors extremely
uneasy. They feel it is more a concept than a true ﬁeld.
Given a choice between a new idea and a familiar chemical,
a doctor will trust the chemical—penicillin, digitalis,
aspirin, and Valium do not need any new thinking on thepatient’s part (or the doctor’s) to be eﬀective. The problem
comes in when the chemical isn’t eﬀective. Recent surveys
taken in England and America have shown that as many as
80 percent of patients feel that their underlying complaint,
their reason for going to the doctor, was not satisfactorily
resolved when they left his oﬀice. Classic studies going
back to the end of World War II showed that patients left
the Yale Medical School hospital sicker than the day they
arrived. (These are paralleled by similar studies that
showed that patients with psychiatric complaints improved
more while they were on the waiting list to see a
psychiatrist than after they actually saw him—so the
situation isn’t simply one of exchanging a body doctor for a
head doctor.)
A miracle cure, then, simply throws into high relief the
need to reexamine some of medicine’s basic concepts. Our
current logic  of healing can be impressive, or at least good
enough, as when we apply penicillin to cure an infection,
but nature’s logic can be awe-inspiring. Many physicians
have stood in wonder witnessing such cures as Chitra’s
without having a clue how to explain them; the standard
term for them is spontaneous remission, a convenie nt tag
that says little more than that the patient recovered by
himself. Spontaneous remissions are quite rare—one study
in 1985 estimated that they occur once in every twenty
thousand diagnosed cancer cases; some specialists believe
they are much rarer (fewer than ten per million), but no
one knows for sure.
Recently I spent an evening with a leading oncologist, or
cancer specialist, from the Midwest, a doctor who treats
thousands of patients every year. I asked him if he knew of
any spontaneous remissions. He shrugged and said, “I feel
uncomfortable with that term. I have seen tumors
completely regress. It’s very rare, but it happens.”Did these regressions sometimes happen totally by
themselves? He admitted that they occasionally did. He
thought for a moment and mentioned that certain kinds of
melanoma—an extremely lethal skin cancer that kills very
quickly—are known to disappear by themselves. He
couldn’t explain why this happened. “I don’t stop to think
about these rare incidents,” he said. “Treating cancer is a
matter of statistics—we  go with the numbers. A huge
majority of patients respond to certain lines of treatment,
and there just isn’t time to ﬁnd out about the inﬁnitesimal
minority who recover for some unknown reason. Besides, it
is our experi ence that many of these regressions  are only
temporary.”
Did he think complete regressions were rarer than one in
a million? No, he answered, not that rare.
Then, as a scientist, didn’t he want to ﬁnd out the
mechanism that lies behind them, even if the odds are one
in a million, or one in ten million? Again he shrugged. “Of
course there must be a mechanism behind it,” he conceded,
“but my practice is not set up to look into that. Let me give
you an example: eight years ago, a man came to see me
complaining of a painful chest cough. We X-rayed him, and
it turned out that he had a large tumor between his lungs.
He was admitted to the hospital, we took a biopsy, and the
pathologist’s report diagnosed the tumor as oat-cell
carcinoma. This is an extremely deadly, very fast-growing
malignancy.
“I told my patient that he must have immediate surgery
to relieve the pressure that his tumor was creating,
followed by radiation and chemotherapy. He was quite
disturbed by the prospect of treatment and refused. I
completely lost track of him after that. Eight years later, a
man came to see me with an enlarged lymph node in his
neck. I took a biopsy, and it turned out to be oat-c ell
carcinoma. Then I realized that it was the same man.“We took chest X rays, and there was no trace of lung
cancer. Normally, 99.99 percent of untreated patients
would have died in six months; as many as 90 percent
would not live ﬁve years even with maximum therapy. I
asked him what he had done for the earlier cancer, and he
told me he hadn’t done anything—he had just decided he
was not going to let himself die of cancer. And he may
refuse treatment again with this second cancer.”
By deﬁnition, scientiﬁc medicine deals in predictable
results. Yet, whenever spontaneous remissions appear,
their behavio r is completely unpredictable. They can occur
without the presence of any therapy, or they can
accompany conventional cancer treatment. The myriad
alternative approaches to cancer available in the United
States today may each have distinct merits, but no one has
proven that they prom ote spontaneous remissions any
better than standard radiation and chemotherapy, nor are
they apparently any worse. How advanced the cancer is
seems not to matter, either. Both tiny tumors and extremely
large masses of malig nancy can disappear, virtually
overnight. Because of their rarity and because they happen
as if by chan ce, spontane ous remissions have so far taught
us very little either about  the cause of cancer or about how
an “impossible” cure is achieved.
It seem s reasonable to suppose that the body is ﬁghting
cancer all the time and winning a huge majority of the
battles. Many kinds of cancer can be induced, either in test
tubes or in laboratory animals, using toxic substances
(carcinogens), fatty diets, radiation, high doses of stress,
and viruses, among other  things. Since we are subjected to
all of these at a furious rate, they must be causing  damage
inside us. DNA is known to break down under these
extreme conditions; usually, however, it knows how to
repair itself or to detect the damaged material and discard
it.This means that early  cancers are probably  being
detected and combatted in the body on a regular  basis. If
you take this process and step it up in intensity, you have
the “miracle” of a spontaneous remission. It is no miracle
at all, in fact, but a natural process that has yet to be
explained, just as curing  pneumonia with penicil lin would
be a miracle  if you could not explain it through the germ
theory of disease. The point is that the mechanism behind
miracle cures is not mystical or random—and it deserves to
be investigated.
—
In ordinary practice, once the miracle is over, the doctor
goes back to his routine, including his routine concepts.
Even these, however, the stock -in-trade of medical school,
have buckled. To give just one example:  Since its inception
as a ﬁeld of rational scien tiﬁc study, medicine has accepted
the degeneration of brain function in elderly people as a
natural occurrence. This deterioration was thoroughly
documented with “hard” ﬁndings—as we age, our brains
shrink, grow lighter, and lose millions of neurons every
year. We have our full complem ent


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16	ounces	Glowing	Green	Smoothie	(
this	page
):	6	grams
Apple:	:	1	gram
Coconut	yogurt	with	¼	cup	gluten-free	granola:	4	grams
LUNCH
Gluten-free	veggie	and	quinoa	wrap	(wrap	made	from	teff):	6	grams
SNACK
Power	Protein	Smoothie	(see
kimberlysnyder.
com
):	24	grams
*
*
Could	be	more	or	less,	depending	on	protein	powder	used
DINNER
Lentil	and	Kale	Soup	(
this	page
):	9	grams
Grilled	portobello	mushrooms	with	large	mixed	green	salad:	6	grams
Almond	milk-based	hot	chocolate:	2	grams
DAILY	TOTAL:	58	GRAMS	OF	PROTEIN
A	study	from	the
Journal	of	Applied	Physiology
	showed	that	it	is	best	to
consume	amino	acids	and	carbs	up	to	3	hours	post-workout	to	increase	muscle
synthesis.
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	The	other	macronutrient—
fat—was	not	found	to	be	part	of	this
equation,	perhaps	because	fat	can	slow	the	uptake	of	the	key	nutrients.	If	you	are
engaging	in	endurance	sports	or	workouts,	some	research	has	shown	that
consuming	fat	before	exercise	helps	improve	results	of	conserving	muscle	glycogen
levels,	or	fuel	needed	to	supply	your	muscles	with	energy,	for	these	longer	exerciseperiods,
39
	but	it	should	be	forms	of	fat	that	are	easy	to	digest,	such	as	avocados
and	chia	seeds,	and	consumed	with	enough	time	to	allow	for	digestion	(ideally	at
least	2	hours	before	workouts).
So	exactly	how	much	do	you	need?	Though	it	really	depends	on	your	size	and	the
type	of	workout	you	do,	around	20	grams	of	protein	should	suffice	post-workout
(research	has	shown	that	for	the	average	adult,	muscle	protein	synthesis	saturates
at	20	grams	of	protein	and	increasing	to	40	grams	does	not	make	a	difference,
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which	would	be	at	least	as	much	as	you	get	in	the	Power	Protein	Smoothie	or	in	a
typical	shake	made	from	almond	milk	and	vegan	protein	powder).
SHIFT	17:
Practice
Breathing	and	Yoga
Exercises	for
Beauty
Pranayama:
	Secrets	to	Breathing	for	Beauty
Breath	is	perhaps	the	subtlest	form	of	movement	that	we	engage	in	minute	to
minute,	even	while	we	sleep.	Since	we	all	breathe	automatically,	many	of	us
don’t	pay	attention	to	our	breath	and	take	it	for	granted.	Yet	one	of	the	secrets
to	youthfulness	and	energy	is	proper	breathing.	There	are	specific	breathing
techniques	that	can	be	used	to	enhance	the	efficiency	of	your	exercise	and
movements	and	circulate	oxygen	and	vitality-enhancing	energy,	or
prana
,	more
efficiently	around	your	body.	This	increases	your	Radical	Beauty.
Pranayama
,	which	in	a	very	simplified	definition	translates	to	“breathing
exercises,”	is	really	a	deeper	concept	that	has	to	do	with	consciously	controlling
your
prana
.	It	is	one	of	the	most	beneficial	and	effective	techniques	to	help
dissipate	stress	and	balance	your	mind.
Prana
	is	the	universal	life	energy	that	permeates	the	entire	universe.	By
becoming	aware	of	it	and	working	with	it	deliberately	through
pranayama
techniques,	you’ll	be	able	to	expand	your	energy	beyond	any	perceived
limitations.	Your	rejuvenation	will	expand,	as	will	your	magnetic	energy	and
true	beauty.	A	grounded,	calm,	yet	tangibly	magnetic	energy	is	possible	to	attain
through	regularly	practicing
pranayama
	(and
meditation,	which	we’ll	talk	about
in
Pillar	6
).	These	are	among	the	most	powerful	practices	available	to	us.
Pranayama
	is	considered	alkalizing	and	cleansing	since	it	promotes	efficient
elimination	of	toxins	through	the	lungs.
Pranayama
	practices	work	best	in
tandem	with	a	cleansing,	alkaline	diet	(see
Pillar	1
).	This	helps	open	up	the
channels	for	more
prana
	to	enter.	Deep	inhales	and	exhales	can	move	toxins
through	the
lymph,	acting	as	a	pump	for	the	lymphatic	system.	Tibetan	yogis
demonstrate	the	extreme	power	of	breath	and	mind	control.	Using	these
dynamic	practices,	they	can	generate	such	intense	heat	that	they	are	comfortablein	cold	temperatures	and	can	even	melt	the	snow	around	them.
Breathing	techniques	can	certainly	ramp	up	your	beauty	potential.	Imagine	if
you	breathed	improperly	day	after	day,	year	after	year.	You	wouldn’t	get	the	full
potential	of	nourishing	oxygen	to	all	of	your	cells,	which	can	accelerate	aging.
Deeper,	more	efficient	breathing	that	results	in	improved	circulation	equals
better	distribution	of	oxygen	and	nutrients.	This	in	turn	will	help	create	more
glowing,	youthful	skin	and	help	you	feel	more	naturally	energized.
The	first	step	to
pranayama
	is	to	become	aware	of	your	breath	in	the	first
place	and	start	to	slow	it	down.	When	you	slow	down	your	breath,	you	tend	to
breathe	more	fully.	This	helps	you	become	more	efficient	at	ingesting	oxygen
and	expelling	waste.	You	will	also	feel	calmer	and	more	balanced	as	you	release
stress	and	absorb	fewer	of	its	toxic	effects.
States	of	Breathing
There	are	three	states	of	breathing	we	all	naturally	do	throughout	the	day	and
night.
PURAKA:
	This	is	the	state	of	inhalation,	when	your	lungs	are	filled	with	air.
Work	to	take	deeper	inhales,	filling	your	upper	and	lower	lungs	to	pull	in	the
maximum	amount	of	oxygen	possible	and	allowing	your	stomach	to	expand
like	a	balloon.	Also	take	care	to	breathe	in	slowly,	probably	much	more	slowly
than	you	are	used	to.	You	can	even	try	counting	to	four	as	you	inhale	to
consciously	slow	down	your	breath.
KUMBHATA:
	This	is	the	state	of	retention.	In	normal,	everyday	breathing,	this
equates	to	the	very	subtle	pause	between	your	inhales	and	exhales.
Prana
	and
oxygen	from	the	lungs	enter	the	bloodstream	to	be	delivered	to	all	of	the	cells
in	your	body	as	gases	from	the	cells	enter	the	lungs	and	prepare	for	expulsion
out	of	the	body.
RECAKA:
	This	is	the	state	of	exhalation	of	toxic	substances	from	the	body.	It’s
important	to	exhale	very	deeply,	perhaps	even	more	deeply	than	you	inhale,	to
ensure	that	you	fully	expel	wastes	and	by-products	of	the	breath	out	of	your
body.	Your	belly	should	pull	in	slightly	toward	your	spine.
Basic
Pranayama
	Techniques	That	Promote
Beauty
These	practices	are	ideally	performed	at	the	specific	times	that	are	noted	for
each	technique.	Practicing	these	in	the	open	air	is	ideal.	Otherwise,	find	apeaceful	environment	where	you	can	sit	with	your	spine	straight.	It	might	be
more	comfortable	for	you	to	sit	cross-legged	on	a	firm	pillow	or	to	sit	in


 freedom and this
inner vitality will we be able to create a fertile ground upon which our true
spiritual nature can unfold. And only then can we attempt to reach out for
the transformation of our material bodies into the eternal.
A state of hannony brings with it a feeling that there is n o good or bad,
positive or negative, Yin or Yang, disease or fear. When a shoulder heals,
one often has to be reminded that at one time it suffered great pain. When
one reaches this point, it is easy to stop practicing all exercises. Thus one
may inadvertently fall back into weakness and disease. One needs, then, an
outer sense of discipline at first to continue to pursue this, as is nece ssary in
any endeavor. I hope, however, that an inner sense of discipl ine will
develop within the practitioner to carry him or her forward on a contin ual
movement of interest. This movement arises from the understand ing,
growth, and feeling of well ness that comes from following these exercises.
The Internal Exercises are easily performed, require no strenu ous activ
ity, and do not require a great deal of time to perform. They are a gift to
the world from the ancient Taoists, and when used wisely and with a feeling
of appreciation, will be well worth the time and energy invested in practic
ing them. They have been developed around natural laws of heal ing, and
therefore one need not be in a hurry to ''master''them. Take your time in
developing a feeling for each exercise and you will be rewarded with ample
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treasures.
The proper use of imagination plays an important part in some of the
Intern al Exerc ises. It has been recognized for centuri es that a thought is as
much a reality as a material object, and in fact, that they are one and the
same. They are both fonns of energy, the distinguishing difference being
that they exis t at differen t frequencies and wave lengths of vibration.
Ima gina tion is used, in some cases, to bring together the mind and the body
so that they function as a unit. By using our imagination, we may begin to
explore our min ds and bod ies through the Internal Exercises, and in time
we will discover extra ordinary levels of health existing within us.
The ancient prog ression set down centuries ago for practicing the Inter
nal Ener gizing Exercises will be closely followed. One begins with the
Five Anima l Exerc ises, the Eight Directional Exercises and the Twelve
Zodia c Exercis es, and proceed s with the other exercises which work to heal
the internal and external systems of the body. Once these initial exercises
are mastered, one goes on to the meditative and breathing techniques. The
spec ial pres cription s for healing may be used whenever necessary. One
may achieve proficien cy and freedom from many previous weaknesses and
diseases within three to six month s after beginning to practice the initial
exercis es. Profi ciency in the meditative and breathing techniques may take
long er. Benefits accrue throughout the process however, and this allows us
to observe their move ment fro m time to time. We hope the growing sense
of vitality and wellness which you feel upon following these exercises will
be sufficient to keep you on the path toward physical, men tal, and spiritual
enrichm ent.
FIVE ELEMENT THEORY
The ancient Taoists, by observing and contemplating the workings of the
univ erse, dev ised a theo ry to explain the balance of the complim entary and
antag onistic units of which it is composed. The characteristics and rela
tion ship s of these dynamic units are explain ed in the Five Elem ent
Theory.
In this theory, the life force in all of its myriad manifestations com es into
and goes out of existence through the interplay of five elements : fire, earth,
metal, water, and wood. This five-element model is unique to Taoism,
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because ancient Western and Indian philosophy used a four-element
model, which consists of the elements earth, air, water, and fire. In
Taoism, air is included in the concept of frre, for without air, frre would not
bum.
There are two cycles that illustrate the interaction between these ele
ments. In the first cycle-t he cycle of generation-ea ch element generates
or produces the succeeding element: wood produces fire, fire produces
earth, earth produces metal, metal produces water, water produces wood
the cycle begins again. In the second cycle-the cycle of destructio n
each element destroys or absorbs the succeeding element: fire destroys
metal, metal destroys wood, wood absorbs water, water absorbs fire, fire
destroys metal-the cycle begins again.
Figure 3. Cycle of Generation. Figure 4. Cycle of Destruction.
Because the universe maintains balance through the interplay of the five
elements, our bodies, a microcosm of the universe, are thought to achieve
mental and physical harmony in the same way. Energy flows through the
body via the meridians and their respective organs and bowels in well
defined cycles. The cycles depicting the flow of energy within the body
mirror the two cycles which depict the interaction between the five ele
ments. Taoism identifies each of the viscera with one of the elements in the
following manner:
52 The Inte rnal Exercises
Table 2. The Element s as Assigned to the Organs and Bowels.
Fire-heart
small intestine
Triple Heater
(endocrines)
Heart Constrictor
(blood vessels)
Earth-spleen-pancreas
stomach
muS'Cie Metal-lungs
large intestine
skin
Water-kidneys
bladder
bones
Wood-liver
gallbladder
nerves
Identifying each of the organs with its respective element in the first
cycle results in: the heart (fire) supporting the spleen-pancreas (ea rth), the
spleen-pancreas (earth) supporting the lungs (metal), the lungs (metal)
supporting the kidneys (water), the kidneys (water) supporting the liver
(wood), and the liver (wood) supporting the heart (fire). The bowels also
follow the same cycle: the small intestine (fire) supports the stomach
(earth), the stomach (earth) supports the large intestine (metal), the large
intestine (metal) supports the bladder (water), and the bladder (water)
supports the gallbladder (wood).
If the energy within an organ is not balanced, that organ, rather than
being able to effectively support the organ succeeding it on the meridian
circuit, will adversely affect, or will be adversely affected by, another
organ. This pattern has been depicted in the second cycle of interaction
between the elements in which each element destroys or absorbs the other.
Thus, when the energy within the heart (fJ.re) is imbalanced, it (heart, fire)
will adversely affect the lungs (metal); the lungs (metal) will adversely
affect the liver (wood); the liver (wood), the spleen-pancreas (earth); the
spleen-pancreas (earth), the kidneys (water); and the kidneys (water), the
heart (fire). This pattern also applies to the bowels: imbalanced energy
within the small intestine (fire) will cause it to adversely affect the large
intestine (metal); the large intestine (metal), the gallbladder (wood); the
gallbladder (wood), the stomach (earth); the stomach (earth), the bladder
(water); and the bladder (water), the small intestine (fire).
In showing that the cyclic interaction between the organs and bowels is
53 The Internal Exercises
identical to the interctction between the elements, the Taoists not only
provided a means by which the sayings, • 'That which is above is the same
as that which is below'' and ''The microcosm reflects the macrocosm,''
can be realized and understood, but they also provided a means whereby
the interaction of energy between the organs and bowels can be accepted as
fact, in that the basis for that interaction is founded upon the very same
logic whereby the interaction of the five elements is instinctively realized to
be ttue.
THE FIVE ANI MAL EXERC ISES
Taoists modeled five exercises after five animals whose movements
were proven effective for the healing of human beings. They were the
dragon, tiger, bear, eagle, and monkey. By imitating their characteristic
movements human beings can alleviate the imbalanced functioning of their
organs, specifically, the five major organs and their related minor organs.
That is possible because the movements of a particular animal stimulate a
particular five-element organ.
For anyone who is basically healthy, any of the Five Animal Exercises
can be used whenever circumstances permit to maintain a balanced phy s
ical and emotional state. If a specific problem exists, then one may choose
the exercise that deals with the affected organ group or apply what in
Taoism is called the Mother and Child Law.
The Mother and Child Law, as it applies to the human body, is based
upon the interaction between the five elements. Each element is the
"mother" of the succeeding element and, at the same time, the "child" of
the element that precedes it in the cycle


, as "tremendously powerful" being capable of
undergoing great physical exertion over long periods of time
"without showing the slightest signs of fatigue." Another such
case reported March 3, 1935, involved a girl found in a
remote region of the Carpathian mountains of Europe, where
she had subsisted for several years upon flowers, plants,
grass, and other raw foods which were available. Upon
capture, she was said to exhibit "superhuman strength" as
may well have been required to sustain her difficult existence.
Similar cases have been re
ported in past years, one as recently as 1950, in which children were forced to subsist
upon raw foods in wild nature, and such observations as have
been made in these instances revealed superior physical
condition of the children involved, with the strength and
endurance above average.

THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF RAW FOOD
   Individual raw food histories are important, but even more
so is the applied clinical work in the field of science. Here also we find strong evidence of the value of raw foods. In America this was noted as early as August of 1907, when an
announcement was made by the New York Post Graduate
Hospital that a cure for long-standing and obstinate cases of consumption was found in certain raw foods. Under the
supervision of Dr. John F. Russell, eleven patients were given
four ounces of raw vegetable juices each day in addition to
their regular meals. The juices were extracted from such
vegetables as potato, rhubarb, summer squash, beet, turnip, cabbage, celery, carrot, parsnip, radishes, string beans, and
peas. Later fifty additional patients were placed on the same
dietary regime. Within seven months the eleven patients were
discharged as fit subjects for a life insurance risk, and the
fifty patients who started later were described as well on the
road to recovery.
   At a later period, in California, raw vegetable juices were
again used in the treatment of tuberculosis. In this instance,
Dr. H. E. Kirshner was placed in charge of 200 tuberculosis
patients for the county of Los Angeles at the Olive View
Sanatorium. Some of the patients had spent as long as nine
years on their backs with very little progress towards recovery. The diet was composed largely of spaghetti,
macaroni, and other cooked foods. Dr. Kirshner added a glass
of "green drink" consisting of the raw juices of alfalfa, spinach, and parsley, to the diet of each of these patients
every day. Results were highly favorable, and the course of
the patients was changed to recovery. Some of the patients
who had been considered hopeless were able to get out of bed
within six to eight months. In Dr. Kirshner's private practice, raw carrot juice, in addition to the green juice mixture, was
included in the diet of tubercular patients, which brought about more rapid recovery than did the green juice alone.
   Dr. Kirshner has also reported that other chronic ailments
can be treated very successfully with raw vegetable juices,
taken in some cases in amounts exceeding two quarts per day.
He has cited recoveries from heart disease, prostrate gland disease
, cancer, neuritis, arthritis, and hemorrhoids throu gh the use of raw juices. In one diabetic case, remarkable
improvement was noted within the first 21 days of treatment,
and the insulin dosage was reduced from 15 to 5 units per
day. The most remarkable case history cited by Dr. Kirshner, however, was that of a severe case of splenic leukemia. The
patient in this instance was given raw carrot juice—small
quantities at first, with gradual increases to very large
quantities—and her weight increased from 65 to 135 lbs.
Recovery was complete within 18 months, and at no later
time was there any recurrence of the disease.
   The famous cancer specialist, Dr. Max Gerson, has
employed a diet containing large amounts of raw vegetable
juices as part of his treatment for cancer. Some of Dr.
Gerson's patients are given as much as 16 glasses of raw juice
each day, but most of them are given somewhat smaller
amounts, including daily doses of 4 glasses of carrot and apple juice, 4 glasses of green leaf juice, 2 to 3 glasses of
calf's liver juice, and 1  glass of orange juice. About 75 per
cent of Dr. Gerson's cancer diet, including all juices, is
uncooked; the balance consists of vegetable broths and other
foods which are cooked by the least destructive methods. Dr. Gerson has reported gratifying results in about 50 per cent of
his cancer cases, with many complete recoveries. Indeed, Dr.
Gerson's experience in treating cancer at the Gotham Hospital
in New York was so successful that he was called upon to
testify before a subcommittee in the U. S. Senate in 1946. In Canada, Dr. Gerson's counterpart may be found in the person
of Dr. J. R. Davidson, formerly of the University of Toronto,
who has also reported curing a number of cancer patients on diets which consisted of raw foods and foods subjected to a
minimum of cooking. Among other foods, Dr. Davidson
prescribes rare meats, raw milk, raw vegetables, and raw
vegetable juices made from ca rrots, celery, and lettuce.
   In Great Britain, physicians have been equally successful in
utilizing freshly-extracted raw juices for therapeutic purposes.
The Ministry of Health and Public Health Service Laboratory has issued a report pointing out the value of using the juices
of cabbage, kale, parsley, and other uncooked vegetables in
the treatment of a wide variety of diseased conditions. The
report states: "Juices are valuable in relief of hypertension,
cardiovascular and kidney diseases and obesity. Good results have also been obtained in rheumatic, degenerative and toxic
states. Juices have an all-around protective action. Good
results can be obtained in treatment of peptic ulceration, also
in treatment of chronic diarrhea, colitis and toxemia of gastro and intestinal origin."
   The dental scientist
, Dr. Harold F. Hawkins, has re ported that correct dietary control, with at least half of all foods used
in their raw state, is of much value in treating the symptoms
of pyorrhea, including infection of the alveolar bone which
supports the teeth and gums. According to Dr. Hawkins, in caring for the pyorrhea patient, it is "essential to work out a
plan of eating that will include food that can be eaten raw
such as raw milk, raw eggs, oysters on the half shell, raw
vegetable salads and raw fruit." Dr. Hawkins states that when
an adequate dietary is followed, "the gum tone usually shows a definite improvement in 60 or 90 days, and the X-rays show
an improvement in bone density in about a year."
   During the years 1929, 1930, and 1931, Dr. Milton T.
Hanke, working through the facilities provided by the
University of Chicago and the Chicago Dental Research
Club, studied hundreds of school children in the city of
Mooseheart, Illinois, to determine the effects of adding the uncooked juices of citrus fruits to a conventional diet. During
the first year the children were studied as controls; the second
year was the test period, and the third the recheck period.
Approximately 16 ounces of freshly extracted raw orange
juice, plus the raw juice of one lemon, was added to the diet
of each of 341 children on each day of the test period. This
brought about a sharp increase in growth rate over the control
period, as well as a 50 per cent reduction in the incidence of
dental caries and the almost complete disappearance of
gingivitis. During the recheck period, when the quantity of
juice was reduced to three ounces a day, the accelerated
growth was maintained, though dental decay again increased and most of the gingivitis reappeared.
   Other fruits and juices also have therapeutic qualities. The
"grape cure" is well known in parts of Europe and has found extensive employment in the sanitariums and resorts of
Merano, Italy, parts of France, and southern Germany. The
patients of these institutions are fed almost exclusively upon
raw grapes for four to six weeks at a time, starting with about
a pound a day and gradually increasing the amount to five to eight pounds a day. Johanna Brandt reported a number of
cures from cancer through the employment of the raw grape
diet, and others have used it successfully in the treatment of
constipation, rheumatism, catarrh, gallstones, exzema,
jaundice, malaria, hemorrhages, and other ailments. Grape
cures are even recommended in certain mental disturbances
and in weakened conditions of the entire muscular system, including the heart.
   Raw cabbage juice has been used with remarkable success
in treating ulcers. Dr. Garnett Ch aney at Stanford University
treated 63 ulcer
patients with one quart of raw cabba ge juice per day, and 60 of these showed pronounced healing. In most
cases, the pain disappeared within a few days and recovery
was complete within three weeks or less. Six patients with
"huge" ulcers required 56 days of treatment. The three patients who failed to respond had dense scar tissue in the
stomach and liver