 Clinical Nutrition article referred to above reports that meat, compared to the amount of
blood sugar it releases, seems to cause the most insulin secretion of an y food tested.
A study done at Tufts University, for example, presented at the 2003 Americ an Heart Association convention, compared four
popular diets for a year. Out of the four (W eight W atchers, The Zone Di et, the Atkins Diet, and the Ornish Diet), Ornish’s
vegetarian diet (almost all carbohydrates) was the only one to signi ficantly lower insulin (27%), even though that’s supposedly what
The Zone and Atkins (very little carbohydrates) diets were designed t o do. 17

Eating a high-fat diet, cooked or raw, contributes not peripherally, but directly and causally  to all of the misleadingly named
“blood-sugar metabolic disorders.” Given this new perspective, one m ight more accurately classify these diseases as “lipid metaboli c
disorders.”
 But What About Those Live Blood Analyses?
It is true. Raw food experts give lectures, write books, and travel with conv incing stories, slide shows, and videos that support their
stance against fruit. How can it be denied? Right there before our eyes, they show us pictures from their dark-field microscopes. We
can see for ourselves the misshapen, cloudy, fungus- and yeast-infec ted blood cells of real patients who were so misguided as to eat
a diet high in fruit!
Their “scientific” information seems conclusive: Fruit is cle arly the culprit in blood-sugar problems for raw fooders. But let’s
step back for a minute: Take a look at the high-fat recipes in the books, newsle tters, and websites of those so quick to tell you to
avoid fruit. Note the fat-laden foods they serve guests at their insti tutes, retreats, and rejuvenation centers. Pay attention to the ric h
tasty morsels they serve up at food demos and festival booths.
Nuts, seeds, and avocados all run 75% fat or more, as a percentage of their calor ies. Oils are 100% fat. It takes very little of
these foods to push us way over the edge in terms of blood fat. And raw fooders, as I will demonstrate, do not eat “very little” of
these foods.
Are you starting to see your raw diet and your intolerance for fruit in a new light?

Timing Is Not Everything
Unfortunately, taking care to avoid sugar/fat combinations at the sam e meal is not sufficient to alleviate blood-sugar problems. Eating
a high-fat diet creates elevated blood sugar whenever fruit and oth er sweets are eaten, regardless of timing. Here’s why:
Sugars require little time in the stomach. Immediately upon putting  a simple sweet fruit into your mouth, some of the sugars are
absorbed into the bloodstream from under the tongue. Fruit eaten alone or in si mple, well-chosen combination on an empty stomach
requires only a few minutes in the stomach before passing to the small  intestines, where the sugars can be quickly absorbed. Most of
the sugar from fruit travels from the intestines, to the bloodstream, a nd then to the cells where they are needed within minutes of its
consumption.
Fats, however, require a much longer period of time, often twelve to twenty -four hours or more, before they reach their
destination, the cells. In the stomach, fats are subjected to a digestiv e process that usually takes several hours. When they finally do
proceed to the small intestine, they are absorbed into the lymphatic syst em, where they often spend twelve hours or more before
passing to the bloodstream. Most important, fats linger in the bloodstream  for many hours longer than do sugars.
On a high-fat diet, therefore, the bloodstream always contains an exce ssive quantity of fat, and more is coming in at almost
every meal. Essentially, even when you eat a fruit meal alone and wa it hours before eating fat, those sugars are likely to mix in your
bloodstream with the fats you ate the day before.
This is the primary reason raw fooders experience digestive diffi culties, malaise, “spaciness,” and blood-sugar disorders
whenever they eat fruit. When your diet is predominated by nut pâ tés, seed cheeses, and flax crackers, it’s no wonder you’re told
not to eat fruit. Whether or not we eat fruit in the presence of such tremendously high levels of fat, we set our selves up for
health problems and inability to remain raw.

Sugar + Fat = High Blood Sugar
Too much sugar in the blood is as life threatening as too little, and both are  dangerous for human health. Unfortunately, the fruit-
phobic “experts” focus on the wrong portion of the equation, keeping ra w fooders so busy avoiding fruit that they somehow miss the
fact that they are eating more  fat than our friends who eat standard American fare. In Chapter 8, I out line just how much more.

Fruit and Chronic Fatigue
“How could the consumption of fruit be connected to chronic fatigue,” I w ondered years ago, after hearing about the millionth
person tell me that is what they had heard. After all, fruit is consi dered “energy food,” isn’t it? I researched the physiology of chronic
fatigue a little more deeply and was intrigued by what I found.
When pancreatic function is sluggish, as happens when the pancreas  is fatigued or overused, the adrenal glands serve as a
backup mechanism. The adrenals produce the hormone epinephrine (adrenali ne), which stimulates pancreatic function and effectively
increases insulin production.
As I described in the previous section, abnormally high fat exists in th e blood for several hours every time we eat a high-fat
meal. As blood-fat levels rise, the “normal” level of pancreatic  function is simply insufficient to clear sugars from the bloodstr eam.
Eventually, if we eat a high-fat diet for a long enough period of time, the  pancreas begins to fail at producing sufficient insulin to
maintain healthy blood-sugar levels. Rather than the typical gent le rise-and-fall fluctuations in blood sugar, we begin to experience
increasingly higher peaks and deeper valleys. Blood-sugar levels becom e unstable due to the overconsumption of fat in the diet.
This sets up a situation where most of us rely upon adrenal-assisted pan creatic function virtually every time we eat, placing
constant excessive demands upon both our pancreas and adrenals. This adren al/pancreas relationship was designed for what is
known as the “fight-or-flight” response, an appropriate reaction t o potentially life-threatening conditions. This response would rar ely
be called upon if we lived in a natural setting, where, for example, we mig ht occasionally reach the top of a hill at the same time as a bear with cubs, but from opposite sides.
In today’s world, however, we experience more adrenal-triggering res ponses than we did in yesteryear. They seem to come
hourly instead of weekly. Almost every time we drive a car in the city, we experience at least one close call worthy of some degree
of adrenal response.

W e’re a Society of Adrenaline Junkies
As a society, we have very much become adrenaline junkies. W e are a ddicted to stimulation, and rely upon our next “fix”
constantly. From the shock of the alarm clock and our morning coffee, to the ne wspaper headlines and the extreme behavior on
daytime talk shows, to movies, spectator sports, and “reality” televisi on shows designed to evoke intense emotions, to restaurant
meals that are promoted more for their excitement value than for th eir nutrition, straight through the day till the eleven o’clock news
that is filled with stories of death and destruction, we just keep call ing for more adrenaline. Should there be a gap in the “action” we
feel sleepy, a sure sign of exhaustion. We are literally living in a  state of constant adrenal fatigue.
This excessive adrenal demand, coupled with the high stress of our Ame rican lifestyle, result in such extreme overuse of the
adrenals that they eventually begin to fail.
The symptoms of severe adrenal failure are referred to collectivel y as “chronic fatigue” in the United States, or ME (myalgic
encephalomyelitis) in Europe. Of course, many signs and symptoms usual ly lead up to chronic fatigue; it rarely comes as a complete
surprise. Lack of motivation, malaise, reliance upon stimulants, exces sive need for sleep, and bouts of mononucleosis are all
indications of varying degrees of adrenal fatigue.

The Sugar Highs of Children
The adrenal response also plays a key role in what commonly happens to childr en at birthday parties. They eat generous portions of
extremely sugary foods, and shortly thereafter they are running abou t wildly, literally out of control and almost out of their minds.
What happens, and why doesn’t it happen to adults?
The answer is rather simple. Young children do not drink coffee, smoke ciga rettes, use alarm clocks, or watch the eleven
o’clock news. Life for them is interesting, full, and never dull. They ha ve a higher level of vitality than most adults, meaning that their
adrenal glands still function well. They are, however, on the same hig h-fat diet as adults.


 approached with anenema. But by repeating the enema three times in close succession a satisfactorycleanse can be achieved. Persisted with long enough, enemas will clean the colonevery bit as well as a colonic machine can.
Enemas given at home take a lot less time than traveling to receive a colonics
at someone’s clinic, and can be done entirely at you own convenience—a greatadvantage when fasting because you can save your energy for internal healing. Butcolonics are more appropriate for some. There are fasters who are unable to givethemselves an enema either because their arms are too short and their body is toolong and they lack flexibility, or because of a physical handicap or they can’tconfront their colon, so they let someone else do it. Some don’t have themotivation to give themselves a little discomfort but are comfortable with someoneelse doing it to them. Some very sick people are too weak to cleanse their owncolon, so they should find someone to assist them with an at-home enema or havesomeone take them to a colonic therapist.
Few people these days have any idea how to properly give themselves an
enema. The practice has been discredited by traditional medical doctors asslightly dangerous, perhaps addictive and a sign of psychological weirdness. YetNorthamericans on their civilized, low fiber, poorly combined diets suffer widelyfrom constipation. One proof of this is the fact that chemical laxatives, with theirown set of dangers and liabilities, occupy many feet of drug store shelf space andare widely advertised. Is the medical profession’s disapproval of the enemarelated to the fact that once the initial purchase of an enema bag has been madethere are no further expenses for laxatives? Or perhaps it might be that once aperson discovers they can cure a headache, stop a cold dead in its tracks with anenema, they aren’t visiting the M.D.s so often.
The enema has also been wrongly accused of causing a gradual loss of colon
muscle tone, eventually preventing bowel movements without the stimulation of anenema, leading finally to flaccidity and enlargement of the lower bowel. Thisactually can happen; when it does occur it is the result of frequent administrationof small amounts of water (fleet enemas) for the purpose of stimulating a normalbowel movement. The result is constant stretching of the rectum without sufficientfluid to enter the descending colon. A completely opposite, highly positive effectcomes from properly administered enemas while cleansing.
The difference between helpful and potentially harmful enemas lies in the
amount of water injected and the frequency of use. Using a cup or two of waterto induce a bowel movement may eventually cause dependency, will notstrengthen the colon and may after years of this practice, result in distention andenlargement of the rectum or sigmoid colon. However, a completely emptyaverage-sized colon has the capacity of about a gallon of water. Whenincreasingly larger enemas are administered until the colon is nearly emptied offecal matter and the injection of close to a gallon of water is achieved, beneficialexercise and an increase in overall muscle tone are the results.
Correctly given, enemas (and especially colonics) serve as strengthening
exercises for the colon. This long tubular muscle is repeatedly and completelyfilled with water, inducing it to vigorously exercise while evacuating itself multipletimes. The result is a great increase in muscle tone, acceleration of peristalsis andeventually, after several dozens of repetitions, a considerable reduction of transittime. Well-done enemas work the colon somewhat less effectively and do notimprove muscle tone quite as much as colonics.
Injecting an entire gallon of water with an enema bag is very impractical when
a person is eating normally. But on a light cleansing diet or while fasting theamount of new material passing into the colon is small or negligible. During thefirst few days of fasting if two or three enemas are administered each day inimmediate succession the colon is soon completely emptied of recently eaten food
and it becomes progressively easier to introduce larger amounts of water. Within a
few days of this regimen, injecting half a gallon or more of water is easy andpainless.
Probably for psychological reasons, some peoples’ colons allow water to be
injected one time but then “freeze up” and resist successive enemas. For thisreason better results are often obtained by having one enema, waiting a half hour,another enema, wait a half hour, and have a final enema.
A colonic machine in the hands of an expert operator can administer the
equivalent of six or seven big enemas in less than one hour, and do this withoutundue discomfort or effort from the person receiving the colonic. However, theAMA has suppressed the use of colonics; they are illegal to administer in manystates. Where colonics are legal, the chiropractors now consider this practicemessy and not very profitable compared to manipulations. So it is not easy to finda skilled and willing colonic technician.
Anyone who plans to give themselves therapeutic enemas while fasting would
be well advised to first seek out a colonic therapist and receive two or threecolonics delivered one day apart while eating lightly and then immediately beginthe fast. Three colonics given on three successive days of a light, raw food dietare sufficient to empty all recently eaten food even from a very constipated,distended and bloated colon, while acquainting a person with their own bowel.Having an empty colon is actually a pleasant and to most people a thoroughlynovel experience. A few well-delivered colonics can quickly accustom a personto the sensations accompanying the enema and demonstrate the effect to beachieved by oneself with an enema bag, something not quickly discoverable anyother way.
How To Give Yourself An Enema
Enemas have been medically out of favor for a long time. Most people have
never had one. So here are simple directions to self-administer an effective enemaseries.
The enema bag you select is important. It must hold at least two quarts and be
rapidly refillable. The best American-made brand is made of rubber with aboutfive feet of rubber hose ending in one of two different white hard plastic insertiontips. The bag is designed for either enemas or vaginal douches. It hangs from adetachable plastic “S” hook. When filled to the brim it holds exactly one-halfgallon. The maker of this bag offers another model that costs about a dollar moreand also functions as a hot water bottle. A good comforter it may make, but thedual purpose construction makes the bag very awkward to rapidly refill. Irecommend the inexpensive model.
The plastic insertion tips vary somewhat. The straight tubular tip is intended for
enemas; the flared vaginal douche tip can be useful for enemas too, in that itsomewhat restrains unintentional expulsion of the nozzle while filling the colon.However, its four small holes do not allow a very rapid rate of flow.
To give yourself an enema, completely fill the bag with tepid water that does
not exceed body temperature. The rectum is surprisingly sensitive to heat and youwill flinch at temperatures only a degree or two higher than 98 Fahrenheit. Coolerwater is no problem; some find the cold stimulating and invigorating. Fastershaving difficulty staying warm should be wary of cold water enemas. These candrop core body temperature below the point of comfort.
Make sure the flow clamp on the tube is tightly shut and located a few inches
up the tube from the nozzle. Hang the filled bag from a clothes or towel hook,shower nozzle, curtain rod, or other convenient spot about four to five feet abovethe bathroom floor or tub bottom. The higher the bag the greater the waterpressure and speed of filling. But too much pressure can also be uncomfortable.You may have to experiment a bit with this.
Various body positions are possible for filling the colon. None is correct or
necessarily more effective than another. Experiment and find the one you prefer.Some fill their colon kneeling and bending forward in the bathtub or showerbecause there will likely be small dribbles of water leaking from around the
nozzle. Usually these leaks do not contain fecal matter. Others prefer to use the
bathroom floor. For the bony, a little padding in the form of a folded towel underknees and elbows may make the process more comfortable. You may kneel andbend over while placing your elbows or hands on the floor, reach behind yourselfand insert the nozzle. You may also lie on your back or on your side. Some thinkthe left side is preferable because the colon attaches to the rectum on the left sideof the body, ascends up the left side of the abdomen to a line almost as high as thesolar plexus, then transverses the body to the right side where it descends againon the right almost to the groin. The small intestine attaches to the colon near itslower-right extremity. In fact these are the correct names given for the parts of thecolon: Ascending, Descending and Transverse Colon along with the SigmoidColon or Rectum at the exit end.
As you become more expert at filling your colon with water you will begin to
become aware of its location by the weight, pressure and sometimes temperatureof the water you’re injecting. You will come to know how much of the colon hasbeen filled by feel. You will also become aware of peristalsis as the water isevacuated vigorously and discover that sensations from a colon hard at work,though a bit uncomfortable, are not necessarily pain.
Insertion of the nozzle is sometimes eased with a little lubricant. A bit of soap
or KY jelly is commonly used. If the nozzle can be inserted without lubricant itwill have less tendency to slip out. However, do


. O ne t easpoon is t he dose at w hic h people g et g r eat benef it. L ar g er doses
c ause
un w ant ed s y mpt oms. It is best t o f eel bett er eac h d a y w it hout un w ant ed
s y mpt oms.
Q. I bur p the tur pentine and I do not li k e the t ast e. What c an I do?
Q. M y head or tummy hurt s af t er I t ak e tur pentine. What should I do?
A. T ak e tur pentine w it h f ood or t ak e t he tur pentine l at er in t he d a y,
per haps an hour or 2
bef or e bedtime. T his w a y, y ou ar e asleep w hi le y ou
ar e bur ping and it does not int er f er e
w it h y our d ai l y ac ti v ities.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>A. If y ou’r e ha v ing tumm y pain, t his means y our w at er int ak e is not
enoug h, or y our bo w els
ar e not mo v ing br isk l y enoug h. S t op t he
tur pentine and inc r ease y our eff ort s w it h st eps 1
t o 4 out lined abo v e.
Y ou
should espec i al l y tr ac k t he number of bo w el mo v ement s t hat y ou ha v e
and measur e
y our w at er as y ou dr ink it t o be sur e y ou ar e ha v ing 3 bo w el
mo v ement s a d a y and
dr ink ing 1 quart of w at er per 60 pounds of bod y
w eig ht.
O nc e y ou ha v e ad just ed y our bo w el mo v ement s and w at er int ak e,
y ou ma y r esume
tur pentine and t ak e w it h f ood.
Q. What k ind of w at er should I
dr ink, and ho w much and
when?
A. T he r ec ommended w at er is
disti l led or r e v er se osmosis, and
t he amount is 1 quart per
60
pounds of bod y w eig ht. D r ink
t he d ai l y amount af t er noon and
bef or e 6 pm. Y ou c an
spac e it
out f r om t he time y ou g et up
unti l 6 pm.
2 5
C ensor ship is so se v er e t hat it is dif f ic ult t o f ind inf or mation on tur pentine
in pr int.
N o w t hat y ou k no w w hat t his C andid a C leaner c an do f or y ou, it is up
t o y ou t o
dec ide t o t ak e it. If y ou dec ide it' s f or y ou, f ine; if y ou dec ide it is not
f or y ou, t hat’ s
f ine, t oo. M an y people c hoose t o k eep t his inf or mation hand y
unti l t he y f eel t he
moment is r ig ht.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>E it her w a y, t he C andid a C leaner is a f ant astic piec e of hist or y and an
eff ec ti v e and
po w er f ul r emed y t hat w as used b y our g r andpar ent s and
g r eat-g r andpar ent s, and
is sti l l used in man y r ur al ar eas. I hope t hat y ou f ind
t his inf or mation usef ul and
helpf ul.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Y our s in g ood healt h,
D r. J ennif er D anielsI nformation on T urpentine
16
S o, what do w e kno w about tur pentine?<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>First of all, there is a company calle d Merck. It is a pharmaceutical company, and Merck
produces something calle d the Merck Manual. The Merck Manual discusses all diseases
that ha v e be en identifie d or the diseases it fe els are most important, and talks about
v arious types of ther apies that are appropriate and accepte d for them.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>The Merck Manual w as first publishe d in 1899. If y ou look up
turpentine in the 1899 Merck
Manual, it will let y ou kno w that
turpentine ther ap y is effe ctiv e for the follo wing:b’fiT
b’Tf Gonorrheb’Tr
b’Tf Meningitib’na
b’Tf A rthritib’na
b’Tf Abdominal difficultieb’na
b’Tf Lung diseasb’Tk
b’Tf
The list goes on and on and on.
Fast forw ard to the 1999 e dition of the Merck Manual (a much thicker book), and look up
turpentine. All y ou will find is discussion of turpentine poisoning. It talks about the dire
effe cts of turpentine poisoning, and it talks about ho w such poisoning causes
destruction of the kidne ys and destruction of the lungs.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>I can sa y that to my observ ation, I ha v e be en taking it no w for a good 20 y ears and ha v e
observ e d at least 100 pe ople taking it. I ha v e certainly not se en any of those effe cts, and
neither has any one I’m a w are of who has chosen to a v ail themselv es of turpentine. The
reason ma y be the dose. The dangerous dose of turpentine in me dical liter ature is 1
tablespoon. The dose I use d—with great results and minimal side effe cts—is 1 teaspoon.
Turpentine is out there. It has be en use d with great success certainly in the 1800s, and
someho w, in the 21st century, there is no kno wle dge of it.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>There is another pharmaceutical company calle d Parke Da vis. Back in 1901, Parke Da vis
publishe d a similar compendium of a v ailable me dical ther apies and their uses, and y ou
se e turpentine liste d in the Parke Da vis compendium of me dical ther ap y. I am not a w are
that Parke Da vis is still in the publishing business in terms of a comprehensiv e me dical
manual.
Nonetheless, these are the areas where turpentine and sugar, as a treatment, has a
definite
tr ack re cord.So, w e ha v e quite a few publications with publishe d
information in the 1800s by the
pharmaceutical companies
themselv es, indicating that turpentine has be en use d to
benefit
in v arious afflictions.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>N o w, what other inf ormation is a v ai l able about tur pentine?<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Well, it se ems that turpentine w as in great use in the
v eterinary field, espe cially in the area
of horses. If y ou ga v e a
horse turpentine—and it w as gener ally turpentine and sugar—
then
the horse w ould be faster and w ould ha v e a shinier coat. If
y ou ha v e a sho w horse, for
e x ample, turpentine w ould be of
great adv antage to it—but again, I am not familiar with
turpentine dosing in horses.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Real Pancakes

2-½ -cups Spelt Flour
1-cup Buckwheat Flour
½ cup Rye Flour
½ cup rolled Oats
2-cups Chia Seed Gel
1-cup organic raisins
1-cup raw, organic English Walnuts, chopped
1 Tbsp Baking Powder
1 Tbsp Sesame Seed or Hazelnut Oil
1 egg
A pinch of Sea Salt
¼ teaspoon white Stevia powder
3 ⅓ cups of clean water

Cover raisins with clean water and soak for about 30 minutes before draining
off the juice and adding them to the batter.

Mix dry ingredients and stir well, add wate r, stirring gently, then add egg, Chia
Seed Gel, and oil. Add the raisins and nuts last and allow the batter to age for
15 to 20 minutes. The batter will be a bit on the thick side.

If you like your pancakes to have the traditional golden brown finish, add a ripe banana by smashing it and mixing it thoroughly with a small amount of water,
then adding it to the pancakes. This gives the batter enough sugar to get the
golden brown color.

I use a ⅓-cup measure for pouring the batter into the skillet. This give me
about a


 they can get out of  them,
rather than what they can put into them.
The purpose of a relationship is to  decide
what part of yourself  you’d like to see “show
up,” not what part of another you  can
capture and hold. There can be only one
purpose for relationships —and for all  of life:
to be and to decide Who You Really Are.
It is very romantic to say that you were
“nothing” until that spec ial other came
along,  but it is not true. Worse, it puts an
incredible pressure on the other to be all
sorts of  things he or she is not.
Not wanting to “let you down,” they try very
hard to be and do these things until they
cannot anymore. They can no long er
complete your picture of them. They can no
longer fill the roles to which they have been assigned. Resentment builds. Anger
follows.
Finally, in order to save themselves (and
the relationship), these special others
begin to reclaim their real selves, ac ting
more in accordance with Who They Really
Are. It is about this time that you say
they’ve “really changed.”
It is very romantic to say that now that your
special other has entered your life, you  feel
complete. Yet the purpose of relationship is
not to h ave another who might  complete
you; but to have another with whom you
might share your completeness.
Here is the paradox of all human
relationships: You have no need for a
particular  other in order for you to experience, fully, Who You Are,
and...without a nother, you  are nothing.
This is both the mystery and the wonder,
the frustration and the joy of the human
experience. It requires deep understanding
and total willingness to live within this
paradox in a way which makes sense. I
observe that very few peop le do.
Most of you enter your relationship -forming
years ripe with anticipation, full of sexual
energy, a wide -open heart, and a joyful, if
eager, soul.
Somewhere between 40 and 60 (and for
most it is sooner rather than later) you’ve
given up on your grand est dream, set aside
your highest hope, and settled for your
lowest expectation —or nothing at all.  The problem is so basic, so simple, and yet
so tragically misunderstood: your  grandest
dream, your highest idea, and your fondest
hope has had to do with you r beloved other
rather than your beloved Self. The test of
your relationships has had  to do with how
well the other lived up to your ideas, and
how well you saw yourself  living up to his
or hers. Yet the only true test has to do with
how well you live up t o yours.
Relationships are sacred because they
provide life’s grandest opportunity —
indeed,  its only opportunity —to create and
produce the experience of your highest
conceptualization of Self. Relationships fail
when you see them as life’s grandest
opportun ity to create and produce the
experience of your highest
conceptualization  of another.  Let each person in relationship worry about
Self—what Self is being, doing, and  having;
what Self is wanting, asking, giving; what
Self is seeking, creating,  experiencing, and
all relationships would magnificently serve
their purpose —and their participants!
Let each person in a relationship worry not
about the other, but only, only, only about
Self.
This seems a strange teaching, for you
have been told that in the highest form of
relationship, one worries only about the
other. Yet I tell you this: your focus upon the
other —your obsession with the other —is
what causes relationships to fail.
What is the other being? What is the other
doing? What is the other having? What is
the other saying? Wanting? Demanding? What is the other thinking? Expecting?
Planning?
The Master understands that it doesn’t
matter what the other is being, doing,
having,  saying, wanting, demanding. It
doesn’t matter what the other is thi nking,
expecting,  planning. It only matters what
you are being in relationship to that.
The most loving person is the person who
is Self -centered.
That is a radical teaching...
Not if you look at it carefully. If you cannot
love your Self, you cannot love another.
Many people make the mistake of seeking
love of Self through love for another. Of
course, they don’t realize they are doing
this. It is not a conscious effort. It’s what’s
going on in the mind. Deep in the mind. In what you call the subconscious. They  think:
“If I can just love others, they will love me.
Then I will be lovable, and I can  love me.”
The reverse of this is that so many people
hate themselves because they feel there  is
not another who loves them. This is a
sickness —it’s when people are  truly
“lovesick” because the truth is, other
people do love them, but it doesn’t matter.
No matter how many people profess their
love for them, it is not enough.
First, they don’t believe you. They think you
are trying to manipulate them —trying to  get
something. (How could you love them for
who they truly are? No. There must be
some mistake. You must want something!
Now what do you want?). They sit around trying to figure out how
anyone could actually love them. So they
don’t believe you, and embark on a
campaign to make you prove it. You have
to prove that you love them. To do this, they
may ask you to start altering your  behavior.
Second, if they finally come to a place
where they can believe you love them, they
begin at once to worry about how long they
can keep your love. So, in order to hold
onto your love, they start altering their
behavior. Thus, two people literally lose
themselves in a relationship. They get into
the relationship hoping to find  themselves,
and they lose themselves instead.
This losi ng of the Self in a relationship is
what causes most of the bitterness in such
couplings.  Two people join together in a partnership
hoping that the whole will be greater than
the sum of the parts, only to find that it’s
less. They feel less than when they were
single. Less capable, less able, less
exciting, less attractive, less joyful, less
content.
This is because they are less. They’ve
given up most of who they are in order to
be—and to stay —in their relationship.
Relationships were never meant to be thi s
way. Yet this is how they are experienced
by more people than you could ever know.
Why? Why?
It is because people have lost touch with (if
they ever were in touch with) the  purpose
of relationships.  When you lose sight of each other as
sacred souls on a sacred journey, then you
cannot see the purpose, the reason,
behind all relationships. The soul has come
to the body, and the body to life, for the
purpose of evolution. You are evolving, you
are becoming. And you are using your
relationship with everything to decide what
you are becoming. This is the job you came
here to do. This is the joy of creating  Self.
Of knowing Self. Of becoming, consciously,
what you wish to be. It is what is  meant by
being Self-conscious.
You have brought your Self to th e relative
world so that you might have the tools  with
which to know and experience Who You
Really Are. Who You Are is who you  create
yourself to be in relationship to all the rest
of it. Your personal relationships  are the most important elements in this process.
Your personal relationships are  therefore
holy ground. They have virtually nothing to
do with the other, yet, because  they involve
another, they have everything to do with the
other.
This is the divine dichotomy. This is the
closed circle. So it i s not such a radical
teaching to say, “Blessed are the Self -
centered, for they shall know God.” It might
not be a bad goal in your life to know the
highest part of your Self, and to stay
centered in that.
Your first relationship, therefore, must be
with yo ur Self. You must first learn to  honor
and cherish and love your Self.
You must first see your Self as worthy
before you can see another as worthy. You  must first see your Self as blessed before
you can see another as blessed. You  must
first know your Self  to be holy before you
can acknowledge holiness in  another.
If you put the cart before the horse —as
most religions ask you to do —and
acknowledge another as holy before you
acknowledge yourself, you will one day
resent it. If there is one thing none of you
can tolerate, it is someone being holier  than
thou. Yet your religions force you to call
others holier than thou. And so you do  it


 on patients with recurrent ulcer -
ative colitis and reported that 51% of patients receiving sulfasalazine and predniso -
lone alone showed good symptomatic control after 2 weeks of this regimen, and when DMSO was added to this treatment, 84% of patients showed similar symp -
tomatic benefit.
90 This author concluded that oxygen-derived free radicals may be
involved in the pathologic process of ulcerative colitis and that blocking these free radicals promoted the protection of the colon against recurrence of attacks.
90
AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
In 1980, Pestronk and Drachman91 reported that humoral immune mechanisms play
an important part in the development of myasthenia gravis (MG). MG is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which circulating antibodies cause progressive weakness of the skeletal muscles by blocking acetylcholine receptors at the postsynaptic neuro -
muscular junction. The disease most commonly begins by weakening the muscles that control eye movements and eyelids, an effect that produces blurring, double vision, and eyelid drooping. In time, other muscle groups are affected, making chew -
ing, swallowing, and breathing a life-threatening situation.
In the 1980 report, Pestronk and Drachman
91 noted that in the course of testing
immunosuppressive drugs that could treat experimental autoimmune MG, they dis -
covered that DMSO used as a vehicle to dissolve some of these agents itself produced
a rapid and sustained fall of anti-AChR antibody titer. This observation led to their
confirmation of this finding when DMSO was used on an experimental rat model of MG. It was seen that DMSO suppressed anti-AChR antibody levels by an average of 53%–76%, an effect that was similar whether DMSO was given by oral, rectal, or 62 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
intraperitoneal routes.92 DMSO treatment also suppressed the anti-AChR antibody
response to a weak primary antigenic stimulus in the MG rat model.92
More recent studies on experimental autoimmune cystitis reveals that DMSO
can impair effector T cells in a dose-dependent manner in vitro.93 Effector T cells
secrete inflammatory cytokines such as interleuli-6 in the bladder, which is con -
sidered to be responsible for the development and propagation of painful bladder
symptoms in IC.94
There have been no human trials using DMSO for any autoimmune disorder,
including MG.
RESPIRATION
DMSO has been shown to be an effective respiratory stimulant in experimen -
tal hypoxic states and following brain trauma in nonhuman primates95,96 (see also
Chapter 2). These findings led Klein and his colleagues97 to use DMSO in patients
with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ARDS is a severe lung syndrome characterized by inflammation and edema of the lung parenchyma causing hypox -
emia that can lead to multiple organ failure and death.
98,99 Most often, ARDS can
result from sepsis or trauma, but shock and substances that will damage the alveolar epithelium can bring about a reaction.
98
Klein et al.97 reported that based on the properties that were known at the time
for DMSO, such as a mucolytic respiratory stimulant, and its ability to lower tis -
sue oxygen requirements, 10% DMSO was given intravenously to three near-death patients who had not responded to conventional treatments. All three patients responded to the DMSO administration within an hour, showing a significant rise in paO
2 from the 60s to high 80s and 90s and oxygen saturation increasing sub -
stantially to 95% within 8 h. The authors concluded that DMSO as a treatment for ARDS merited further investigation in view of the difficulty in treating this syndrome.
AMYLOIDOSIS AND SCLERODERMA
Primary systemic AL is characterized by the deposition of insoluble amyloid pro -
teins in various organs contributing to the dysfunction of these organs. The median survival of patients with AL is 12 months, and if heart failure is present, mean sur -
vival is 6 months after the onset of symptoms.
99 Thus, the ability to dissolve the amy -
loid deposits or block their production would be expected to improve the affected organ function and extend survival.
The beneficial effects of DMSO on amyloid deposition were first reported by
Isobe and Osserman
100 in 1976, and since then, a number of reports have confirmed
the usefulness of DMSO therapy on organ damage caused by AL.89,101 There has
been some controversy that DMSO may inhibit amyloid production or act principally
as an anti-inflammatory agent or free radical scavenger in organ damage associated
with AL rather than a dissolver of amyloid fibrils.102
By contrast, single-case studies, though anecdotal, are occasionally of interest
because they can provide clues as to the effectiveness of DMSO in disorders such as 63 DMSO Clinical Pharmacology
AL, where a major clinical trial is not feasible. Such a case study was described of a
patient with multiple myeloma who developed pulmonary infiltrates caused by AL and was given transdermal DMSO for 8 weeks, which resulted in a dramatic regres -
sion of the pulmonary infiltrates shown by x-ray analysis together with the stabiliza -
tion of arterial blood gases.
103
This report received confirmation in another case study of pulmonary AL treated
with 10 mL DMSO per day for 2 years 104 (sutani). In a disorder that is known to progress rather aggressively within months of symptom onset, DMSO treatment resulted in significant reduction of pulmonary nodules and slowdown of disease progression.
104
Similarly, it was reported that seven patients with secondary AL showed an
unequivocal improvement of renal function following 3–6 months of 7–15 g/day of continuous oral DMSO treatment, which resulted in a 30%–100% rise of creatinine clearance and a decline in amyloid subunits in the urine that suggested breakdown or mobilization of the amyloid fibrils out of the tissue into urine.
105 This improvement in
renal function was maintained as long as DMSO treatment was continued.105
Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease that involves changes in the skin, blood
vessels, muscles, and internal organs, and it is thought to be caused by the accumula -
tion of collagen.106 It should be noted that DMSO application has been reported to
reduce collagenous fibers in animals and in scleroderma patients.107,108
Scherbel109 reported that cutaneous ulcers in scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) were
seen to resolve after 2 weeks following topical applications of 35% DMSO applied three times daily. Patients receiving 35% DMSO had the topical dose increased to 46% after 2 days, and DMSO applications were reduced as ulcer healing appeared. As ulcers healed during a 6-month observation period, joint motion, grip strength, and skin softening were recorded to improve in 19 of 22 patients who participated in the study.
109
However, a prospective, randomized, double-blind trial that compared topical
therapy using 0.85% normal saline, and 70% DMSO for the treatment of digital ulcers in 84 patients with systemic sclerosis failed to show any difference between saline control and DMSO application with respect to total number of open ulcers, total surface area of open ulcers, average surface area per open ulcer, and the number of infected or inflamed ulcers.
110
THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS
Myocardial infarction (MI) and ischemic stroke are leading causes of death and dis -
ability worldwide. Both conditions share a common pathologic process that results from unstable and vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques that form on the inside walls of coronary, peripheral, and cerebral arteries.
111 These plaques can rupture from
high shear stress and trigger a thromboembolic event leading to an MI or ischemic stroke.
112
Atherosclerotic plaques are composed mainly of extracellular lipid-rich material
inside and outside of cells together with connective tissue components such as cho -
lesterol and accumulated macrophages from the bloodstream. Coronary artery dis-ease (CAD) generally precedes MI sometimes by decades, but the harm results when 64 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
the coronary arteries become partially or totally blocked by atherosclerotic plaque
formation. Rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque can activate platelets to form a clot that can dislodge and travel to a coronary or a cerebral artery where partial coronary occlusion can induce anginal pain, and a total occlusion can result in an MI or an ischemic stroke.
Thus, apart from their role in primary hemostasis, platelet activation is also criti -
cal in atherothrombosis where platelet adhesion and aggregation in the local micro -
environment stimulate the release of their own inflammatory mediators to promote life-threatening cardiovascular and cerebrovascular thrombotic events.
113
In addition to their role in acute thrombus formation, platelets are able to foster
a complex inflammatory response that influences atherosclerotic lesion progression and induces plaque rupture.
114 Platelets involved in vascular inflammation appear
to interact with endothelial cells, macrophages, and smooth muscle cells to create a pathologic fibroproliferative state.
115
The route of entry of platelets into the atheroscl


1979, another package of data was submitted to
the agency by Research Industries. This package contained not fifteen patients of
Dr. Stewart, but forty.”
“We have looked at that data, and it is apparent that a good many of those
patient reports had been available prior to the NDA submission and were
contemporary with Dr. Stewart’s other patients,” said Dr. Hensley. “It appeared,
therefore, that a selective submission of data had been made to the original NDA.”
Thus, the researcher chose certain patients to represent his clinical trials and
sent them for submission by RIC to the FDA. Or, RIC did the selecting from the
whole group of fifty-five patients and sent along just fifteen.
What of the newly introduced batch of forty people who used DMSO and
whose cases weren’t revealed until three years later? Dr. Hensley said, “Many of
the patients—in fact, I guess the majority of those that are truly interstitial cystitis
—had either fair or poor responses to the treatment.”
So there have been definite questions raised about both of the studies that were
the basis for the NDA approval of DMSO employment against interstitial cystitis.
No wonder the FDA has been so stubborn about giving approval for DMSO
medical usage in general.
Following the Kennedy hearings, the FDA appointed a DMSO “Steering
Committee.” This committee brought in a new group of investigators—
pharmacological, toxicological, chemical, and medical professionals—who had
nothing to do with the initial approval of DMSO for interstitial cystitis. These new
investigators were paid for their work by the FDA. They reviewed the entire
matter, and their conclusion was that Drs. Shirley and Stewart were quite sloppy inrecording their data. Because of this they were disqualified as investigators for the
FDA thereafter.
However, the FDA, even after this thorough review of the entire matter,
allowed the approval of DMSO for use against interstitial cystitis to stand. They
found that the two physicians had been careless rather than dishonest in their
reporting.
Such carelessness in medical research is simply an expression of human error,
particularly in relation to the employees one depends upon. As interstitial cystitis
is a rare disease and difficult to find, the FDA physician-investigators in
Cleveland or Birmingham, Alabama, had patients come in for checkups from all
over the country. (The FDA requires a minimum of fifty patients from two
investigators to approve a drug for prescription use in a specific condition.) On the
approval sheets, the FDA had listed various parameters for the investigators to
follow and fill in. Certain employed research associates—frequently college
students—filled in the answers to questions that they asked the participating
patients.
One of the questions on the approval forms concerned ophthalmology. The
research associates (dental students) would ask the patients, “Have you had your
eyes checked?”
The patients most often said, “Yes!”
The next question was, “Have you had any problems with your eyes?”
The patients replied, “No!”
The research associates then wrote on the approval forms: “Ophthalmology
negative.”
These patients had been examined by ophthalmologists in areas far distant
from the research facilities in Cleveland or Birmingham. The physician-
investigators did not have those eye examination records as part of the patients’
files. Thus, upon “for cause” evaluation of the records, the FDA declared the
investigators’ record response for vision unsubstantiated. Later, despite being
disqualified as FDA investigators, Drs. Shirley and Stewart were able to show that
these ophthalmologic examinations were, in fact, carried out. And as the FDA
found that the interstitial cystitis protocol was correct, DMSO remains an
approved medication for treatment of this bladder problem.
Senator Kennedy emphasized that there were a series of collective failures
among the several people involved with this NDA procedure. The FDA found
failures by the investigators doing the clinical work, the sponsor supplying the
drug, the physician-monitor checking methods, and the FDA medical officer actingas liaison for the NDA. There was a failure to write up accurate case histories, a
failure to keep adequate records of drug accountability, a failure to obtain
institutional review committee approval, and a failure to maintain documentation
of informed patient consent. In questioning the patients, the FDA believed that
most of the required eye and laboratory examinations possibly were never
performed at all and they found the lack of records just sloppy reporting. In some
of the cases report forms were, in fact, altered between the first and second FDA
inspections so that FDA officials remain suspicious. They still think that there was
insufficient reporting or alleged misreporting of toxicological ophthalmic effects in
the patients.
Looking at just one of the people who failed in all this, Kennedy wondered
whose responsibility at RIC it was to detect the various DMSO problems that
apparently went undetected right through the NDA approval process. “Senator, I
believe that the ultimate responsibility, certainly, lies with me,” said Henry Moyle.
“I signed the documents that went into the FDA.”
Here we see a businessman who had protected his investment. Kennedy asked
Moyle, “What would be the impact on Research Industries if, as a result of these
problems, the FDA determined that it could no longer maintain the approval of
DMSO for treatment?”
“Well, Senator, we are a small company,” answered Moyle. “We believed
when we started with this application that it would not take nearly this long, and
we have stretched it out. On our marketing, we are not yet breaking even. So, we
would have real problems. I suppose we would have to dispose of our subsidiary,
Terra; that would be too expensive an operation to be able to continue with. If we
did that, we would no longer have a lab approved for good manufacturing
practices, and it took us three or four years to get that approval at the FDA. So
that would be an impossible burden; I do not know what we would do.”
CLEARING UP POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR
DR. JACOB
Surgeon Stanley Jacob has treated tens of thousands of patients at his modest
office at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center. He now sees more than
200 people a week, some with the most serious health problems such as spinal
cord injuries, Down’s syndrome, stroke, spondylitis, burns, cancer, scleroderma,
herpes zoster, and worse. Dr. Jacob has become known nationwide and overseasfor the excellence of his work in making known the new and varied uses for
DMSO. The weight of his discovery of the medical properties of dimethyl
sulfoxide is enough to plant him firmly in the medical history books. He is an
admirable scientist.
Still, with all these patients coming to his office door and the reputation he has
established, Dr. Jacob’s annual salary was only about $45,000 ten years ago. With
raises in steady increments, his salary probably doubled by 1992. The University
of Oregon doesn’t pay its research physicians on a par with industry, whose
physicians average around the $200,000 a year level. Moreover, Dr. Jacob’s
current salary is probably 25 percent of what he could earn as a surgeon in solo or
group private practice.
Why, then, does he do it? And why has he continued taking DMSO himself
since 1963? Dr. Jacob says “not for any medical problem but because if any side
effects are going to develop, it’s better that they raise their ugly head in my body
than anyone else’s.”
His dedication and sacrifice are undeniable. For almost twenty years Stanley
Jacob has been struggling with the FDA and the scientific community to get
dimethyl sulfoxide approved for national distribution and generally accepted for
medical use. The father of five children ranging in age from fourteen to thirty-nine
years, Dr. Jacob believes that the failure of his three marriages may be attributed
to his total involvement with the legalization of this pharmaceutical solvent. He
says it is his “obsession.”
The doctor expects to devote the rest of his working life proving the worthiness
of DMSO in the pharmacopeia of every physician for a vast array of health
problems. Retirement is not for him. “I might spend a little more time with family,”
Jacob says, “but my research interests wouldn’t change. I couldn’t begin to scratch
the surface of DMSO’s uses in the years remaining to me.”
All this sounds highly idealistic; he is a magnanimous individual, the image of
a truly good man. And this really may be the case—unless you gain access to
certain other facts that don’t generally get broadcast.
During Senator Kennedy’s devastating cross-examination of Research
Industries Corporation President Moyle, the Senator learned that Jacob was the
physician-monitor for those series of studies on DMSO for scleroderma and
interstitial cystitis, mentioned earlier. Errors in accuracy related to the clinical
trials may be Jacob’s responsibility rather than Moyle’s, as Dr. Jacob was
obligated to inspect the trials in progress and check the records being kept.
While the royalties Jacob receives on the patents for DMSO medical uses arestill relatively small, as DMSO’s popularity in medicine increases, the royalties
could become huge. At present he turns over royalty money to the University of
Oregon Health Sciences Center for the Department of Surgery and for DMSO
research, but at any time Jacob could retain the money for himself. It is not held in
trust


 (before the crisis) as much disturbing heartbeats can
drink half a cup of hot water with 1 / 4 teaspoon of honey.
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303Heart pain
If persistent pain in the heart, or arrhythmias should be increasing
restore the heart chakra is sometimes necessary to remove
magic with the heart, etc. If this is not best done
cardiogram. In some cases, starvation has
interrupt. Tolerant same pain usually go away by themselves, their
You can calm down, as in the heartbeat, as well as methods
acupressure. Sometimes good help self-hypnosis, the total
relaxation and contemplation. There are also special mudra, fully
removes a heart attack. In the East it is called "Mudra,
saving lives. "
To perform the index finger to bend and touch
to the palm as low as possible. Thumb to put on top, pressing
of the index. Connect together pads large, medium
and ring finger, little finger is rectified. Same
thing to do with your other hand. Mudra to hold for 2-3 minutes or more.
Heart pain usually starts to go at the first minute.
Mudra, of course, apply not only hunger, but in any
time and for any attacks. If a person is unconscious
state, the fingers puts aid. and wise
completely justifies its name - "saving lives". When I
so many times taken out of the serious human attacks -
and bluish, greenish face in a few minutes took on
normal form, the pain went away and the body function more or less
restored.
Muscle pain from overload
Such pains are when a person is severely overdoing
with exercises, stretches muscles, or a forced busy
hard work. During fasting the background of general weakness, they
particularly unpleasant. You can, of course, nothing is done,
but the hunger pains they go very slowly. If they are serious
disturbed, it is recommended to rub in a small painful areas
amount of ointment with snake or bee venom (apizatron
and analogues) or ointment from the mummy. Rubbing usually one with strong
pain twice a day until cured. But we must bear in mind
that during starvation the body literally eats all fats and creams
skin contact, even lipstick.
Colds
Extremely rare, but still it happens that when hungry people get cold.
In this case, it is recommended to avoid cooling drink less water
(You can even a day or two to fast dry) and patiently wait
cold will pass. Potential bio during the famine so
increases, and protective forces work better so that even
severe infection quickly subside. Microbes are simply
consumed by the body.
Colds happen if a person who is criticizing, is outraged
or showing arrogance or showing off her starvation.
304
304DRY FRACTIONAL Starvation
Once you have cleaned the intestines and liver, do wet
starvation, you can start dry fasting. One very important
moments for a good passage of dry fasting is to
starvation consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
in preparation for the summer and winter hibernation important feature
animals is the increased consumption of fatty acids, which
increase the body's resistance to a prolonged dry starvation.
The term "fat" means a substance consisting of glycerol
and fatty acids, ester bonds. in a more accessible
for us the terminology - are substances composed of carbon,
hydrogen and oxygen. By saturated fatty acids are
divided into two groups: solid fats (tallow, lard, butter
oil), which contain saturated fatty acids, and liquid
fats (sunflower oil, olive oil, nuts, seeds, and because of
below), containing mainly polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Scientists have long been known that at the confluence of sleep, especially
in winter, all animals studied the water in the blood was
replaced by glycerol. This is a polyhydric alcohol as a necessary
part of the body is produced in him by the oxidation
fatty acids. It does not dry out, does not freeze upon cooling, no
expands and shrinks in volume when a temperature difference -
in general, includes keeping all the liquid part of the body where
whatever they were: in blood, joints, brain. Water is also in the cells
in the blood, turning into ice during freezing and expanding at the same time,
that is increasing in volume, mechanically severed at least part of these
cells and blood vessels. Of course, people with dry fasting does not fall
in hibernation, but it has many similar physiological mechanisms
which is in the animals during hibernation.
The vital benefits of fatty acids contained in fish
The main feature of fatty acids of fish oil is
that they are involved in the production of body energy. Omega-3
is a structural matter of the brain and retina and is essential
for normal brain activity, as it provides
rapid influx of energy, helping to transfer pulses, which
carry signals from one cell to another. This helps us better
think, to store information in memory and retrieve it from there on
as needed. These fatty acids, joining in the body
to oxygen molecules, the transport of electrons
and provide energy for a number of chemical
reactions. There are a number of factual observations,
proving that the consumption of food rich in fish oil
promotes removal of the general fatigue of the body, enhances clarity
thoughts and mental activity, enhances the physical
activity. Omega-3 increase the energy
endurance and activity of man, but in the same degree of increase
305
305concentration and memory. The assertion that the fish - it is the food
genius is quite scientific, as the primary connection
fats in the brain are dekozageksaenovuyu containing acid
omega-3.
The value of fish oil fatty acids in maintaining healthy
Heart and Vascular
Omega-3, which is so rich fish oil,
thin the blood, reduce the risk of condensation, the risk of
plaque and blood clots. Velocity of blood in vessels
healthy person is 60 km / h; normal flow of blood,
its density, the number and rate of flow in blood vessels - is the most
important health indicators.
The biggest danger to our body - an increase
blood clotting and reducing stress in the blood vessels
(Blood clotting, however, is very important when an
bleeding). Acids of fish oil do not give blood platelets
(Blood cells, causing thickening and clotting
blood in case of bleeding) are glued to each other,
thereby liquefying blood and increasing the speed of its flow.
The increased content of blood platelets and decrease stress
blood is dangerous for all the vital organs. in this
situation due to insufficient production of oxygen affects the heart,
brain, eyes and kidneys, the functioning of these bodies is hampered
due to lack of blood flow, which may eventually
lead to complete loss of these bodies of all vital
functions.
For example, because of increased bleeding artery
gradually filled with stagnant blood, and at the junction of the vessel
with the bodies can begin the development of serious diseases: heart disease,
stroke, and so on.
Omega-3 play an important role in the production
the body of the hemoglobin molecule, which is responsible for transporting
oxygen in red blood cells and are involved in controlling nutrient
elements that pass through the cell membrane, reduce harmful
effects on the body of dangerous fats.
Recent medical research has clearly indicated that
omega-3 not only effective in the fight against heart
diseases and the prevention of heart attack, but the solution
problems associated with low mood, shattered nerves,
postpartum depression, symptoms of menopause,
psychological crises and other causes of
to depression.
Fish oils should be taken 2-3 capsules 2 times a day before
meal.
• Rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, corn oil, soybean
oil, walnut oil, any of these oils to 1 tablespoon
1 time per day;
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306• Sunflower seeds, sesame, poppy, pumpkin, and walnuts
nuts;
• wheat germ;
• Many other plant and animal products, which
these acids are present in varying degrees of concentration:
linseed oil, soybean oil, 1 teaspoon 1 per day.
• Flax seeds and walnuts;
• Fish and seafood;
• Soybeans
• Dark green leafy vegetables;
In addition, to increase the intake of omega 3 fats,
use a few tips:
• For salad dressing use canola, sesame,
nut or even olive oil.
• routinely given in their menu of fatty fish and semi
(Salmon, mackerel, herring, sardines, trout, tuna, etc. - 3-4
a week for 100-150 g), as well as seafood and eggs. Naturally,
best to choose fresh, not frozen fish, as well as
caught in the wild, not grown in fish farms,
as for the maintenance of fish omega-3 fats affect the form of food,
and on fish farms fish feeds mainly flour and feed,
rather than plankton.
When smoked and salted fish is losing some of the omega-3 fats,
when frozen for a year - up to 50%. Canned fish -
another matter. Especially that oil keeps well
omega-3 fats from decay during canning. After eating one
tin of sardines in olive oil for 2-3 days, you practically
fully provide themselves with these fats. in fish, canned
in its own juice or in aqueous solution, omega-3 fats a few
less.


, and problems related to eating and digestion, including anorexia, flatulence, colic, and worms. The bark is used to treat skin problems and fever. A paste made from the leaves is applied to heal wounds.Erythroxylum coca
(Erythroxylaceae)
Coca
Description Evergreen shrub growing to
10 ft (3 m). Has alternate oval leaves, small white
flowers, and small red berries that each contain  a single seed.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Peru and
Bolivia, coca grows in high-rainfall areas of the eastern Andes to altitudes of 4,900 ft (1,500 m).
It is mostly cultivated for the illegal market. The leaves are picked when they begin to curl.
Parts Used Leaves.
Constituents Coca contains cocaine and
various other alkaloids, a volatile oil, flavonoids, vitamins A and B
2, and minerals. The plant’s
stimulant and anesthetic action is due largely  to cocaine.
History & Folklore The indigenous peoples
of the Andes carry pouches containing coca leaves and lime, which they chew throughout the day. Early European travelers noted that individuals chewing coca never had tooth or gum problems, other medicinal plants
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and local folk medicine traditionally considered the
plant a treatment for toothache. Coca leaf extract
is still used as a flavoring for cola drinks—but
cocaine has long been banned from the formulas.
Medicinal Actions & Uses In Bolivia and
Peru, coca leaves play an important part in the
culture and herbal medicine of the indigenous
Aymara and Quechua peoples. High altitudes,
cold, and an impoverished diet place great physical
demands on the population. Coca leaves, chewed
with lime or ashes, release small amounts of the
active constituents, which act as a tonic and help
block the effects of cold, exhaustion, and poor
nutrition. Coca leaves are also used in South
American herbal medicine to treat nausea,
vomiting, and asthma, and have been used to
speed convalescence. Cocaine extracted from
coca leaves is used legally in conventional medicine
as a local anesthetic. It is also taken illegally as a
narcotic, stimulant drug. As an isolated chemical,
cocaine is extremely addictive.
 QCautions T ake only under professional
supervision. Coca is subject to legal restrictions
in most countries.
History & Folklore Native American
peoples were known to use the sap of California
poppy for its pain-killing properties, particularly
for toothache. The leaves were also eaten as a
vegetable. Early settlers used California poppy
for sleep problems, especially in children, and for
whooping cough. It is California’s state flower.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Though the
California poppy is a close relation of the opium
poppy ( Papaver somniferum, p. 244), it has a
significantly different effect on the central
nervous system. California poppy is not a
narcotic. In fact, rather than disorienting the user,
it actually tends to normalize psychological
function. California poppy’s gently antispasmodic,
sedative, and analgesic effects make it a valuable
herbal medicine for treating physical and
psychological problems in children. The herb
may prove beneficial in attempts to overcome
nervous tension and anxiety, bedwetting, and
difficulty in sleeping.Research A French study confirmed the
traditional usage of California poppy by showing
that extracts were sedative, reduced anxiety levels,
and were non-toxic.
Eucalyptus smithii (Myrtaceae)
Gully Gum
Description Aromatic evergreen tree growing
to 165 ft (50 m).
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Australia,
eucalyptus now grows in temperate and subtropical
zones across the globe. It prefers moist soil, and so
is found in swamps, gullies, and at the foot of slopes.
Part Used Essential oil.
Constituents The volatile oil contains about
70% eucalyptol (1, 8-cineole), as well as pinene,
limonene, alpha-terpineol, and linalool. While it is
similar to the oils of related species, this oil appears
to be better tolerated by the skin.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Eucalpytus smithii
oil is an antiseptic and decongestant, and is used
for inhalations as well as aromatherapy massages.
See eucalyptus ( Eucalyptus globulus, p. 96) for
further details.
Cautions Though less toxic than the oils of other
eucalyptus species, E. smithii  essential oil should be
used with care. Follow the label instructions, or take
on professional advice.
Coca is cultivated in the Andes and chewed as a tonic to help
counter the effects of cold.California poppy contains a
latex that has sedative, pain-
killing, and antispasmodic
properties. It is a gentle
remedy, suitable for children.
Eschscholzia californica
(Papaveraceae)
California Poppy
Description Annual or perennial growing to
2 ft (60 cm). California poppy has finely cut leaves
and bright orange, yellow, pink, or red flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation California poppy
is native to western North America. Widely
cultivated as a garden plant, it prefers sandy soils.
Parts Used Aerial parts.
Constituents California poppy contains iso -
quinoline alkaloids (including protopine, crypto -
pine, and chelidonine) and flavone glycosides.Eucommia ulmoides
(Eucommiaceae)
Eucommia Bark,
Du Zhong (Chinese)
Description Deciduous tree growing to 65 ft
(20 m). Has elliptical leaves, with male flowers in
loose clusters and solitary female flowers in the
leaf axils.
Habitat & Cultivation Eucommia bark grows
in temperate zones in China. It is cultivated, but
only in small amounts.
Part Used Bark.
Constituents Eucommia bark contains gutta-
percha, alkaloids, flavonoids, iridoids and other
glycosides, and phenolic compounds.
History & Folklore The herb is mentioned
in the Chinese herbal, the Divine Husbandman’s
Classic  (Shen’nong Bencaojing ), which was written
in the 1st century ce.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Eucommia bark
is considered an excellent tonic for the liver and
kidneys. Eucommia bark is said to “tonify the yang,”
to improve the circulation, and also to prevent
miscarriage in women who are weak or suffering
from back pain.
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other medicinal plantsEuonymus atropurpurE us
Research Much interest has been aroused
by eucommia bark’s ability to reduce high blood
pressure, which it is thought to do by increasing nitrous oxide levels within the arteries. In a clinical trial in China involving 119 people, 46% of those treated with the herb showed a significant blood pressure reduction. However, eucommia bark appears to have little effect in cases of severe hypertension. Recent studies indicate that eucommia bark is an antioxidant and may help to prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes. A small clinical trial in Japan published in 1996 concluded that an infusion of eucommia bark reduced the body’s exposure to mutagen-forming compounds naturally present within the diet.
Euonymus atropurpureus
(Celastraceae)
Wahoo Bark
Description Deciduous tree growing to
26 ft (8 m). Has smooth branches, serrated
elliptical leaves, clusters of purple flowers,
and 4-lobed scarlet fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to eastern
North America, wahoo bark thrives in damp woods and close to water. The bark is gathered in autumn.
Parts Used Stem bark, root bark.
Constituents Wahoo bark contains
cardenolides (cardiac glycosides) similar
to digitoxin, asparagine, sterols, and tannins.
History & Folklore The Sioux, Cree, and
other Native American peoples used wahoo  bark in various ways, for example as an eye lotion, as a poultice for facial sores, and  for gynecological conditions. Native Americans introduced the plant to early European settlers, and it became very popular in North America as well as in  Britain in the 19th century.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Wahoo
bark is considered a gallbladder remedy with laxative and diuretic properties. It is prescribed for biliousness and liver problems, as well as for skin conditions such as eczema (which may result from poor liver and gallbladder function) and for constipation. In the past, it was often used in combination with herbs such as gentian (Gentiana lutea, p. 99) as a fever remedy, especially if the liver was under stress.


 will have no need to add mineral concentrates and vitamin pills to his diet. These
raw properties are the normal or natural sources of such food factors and nothing has yet been
produced by the food chemists that can take their places.
Minerals are as essential to the formation and preservation of the body as proteins. They are
important to the formation and maintenance of the blood, bones, teeth, muscles, glands, nerves.
There is a continuous demand for these substances by the active organism. Each day some of the
minerals are used and excreted and each day they must be replenished. But we are not able to
supply the body with minerals by eating lime and scrap iron.
We are able to make use of minerals only in certain forms as these are prepared for our use by
the processes of plant life. The drug store cannot supply us with any just-as-good minerals to
replace those that are removed from our foods in the refining processes. Nor do we get our best
supply of minerals from powdered egg shells and bone meal. From the vegetable kingdom comes
our best mineral supply.
Proteins are abundant in nature and there is rarely an excuse for protein deficiency in this
62country. Every food that grows contains proteins so that in eating natural foods one receives these
from several sources each day. Whatever essential amino acids may be lacking in one protein is
sure to be compensated by other amino acids in the other proteins of the diet.
Nuts are one of the finest sources of the best and most adequate proteins. Green leaves contain
small quantities of most excellent proteins. There are proteins in bananas, dates, figs, legumes,
cereals and in a hundred other foods eaten daily.
After a fast, when the body’s food reserve has been somewhat depleted, the three food
essentials that are most needed are proteins, minerals and vitamins. These are best secured from
the sources indicated.
Canned foods, preserved foods, processed and refined foods, adulterated foods, sulphured
fruits, white flour, white sugar, white rice, constitute poor materials with which to build healthy
tissue.
Man’s need for fats or oils is not as great as may be supposed, but he does require a small daily
amount of these and he instinctively seeks such foods. In many seeds, such as sunflower seed,
peanuts, soy beans, nuts and in the avocado, olive, and other fruits, nature has packaged an
abundant supply of the finest and tastiest oils. We do not need to seek for refined oils in order to
supply the fat needs of our body. Indeed, the oils stored in natural foods are associated with
minerals and vitamins, so that they are far superior to the refined fats and oils on the market.
What I have written here of fats and oils applies with equal force to sugars and starches. In their
natural state, these food factors are ideally associated with minerals and vitamins and they are best
eaten in the unrefined state. Syrups and refined sugars are devoid of minerals and vitamins and are
poor foods. The sweet fruits: dates, figs, raisins, sweet grapes, well-ripened bananas,
persimmons, and similar products are the finest and best sources of sugars and should be eaten as
fruits rather than as fragmented food particles produced by manufacturers of refined products—out
of a tin can.
In summarizing, any return to the overeating that may have characterized the pre-fasting way of
life will quickly build a state of ill health. Learn to be moderate in eating habits. One of the best
aids to moderation is the eating of whole natural foods. We are practically forced to overeat when
we try to live on a diet that is composed predominantly of processed and refined foods. We do this
in an effort to secure the food needs that are lacking in these foodless foods.
Fasting cannot keep you well. Only sound habits will do so.
6314
Rejuvenation through Fasting
She was sixty years of age and had suffered for years with a minor heart ailment. I put her on a fast
of three weeks. She rested in bed while the fast was in progress. At the end of her fast she
remarked: “My heart feels so rested! It is so quiet I hardly know I have one in my body.”
This represented an improvement in the condition of the woman that was genuine and lasting.
Overweight when she started, with high blood pressure, she lost twenty pounds and her blood
pressure was greatly reduced, lifting a great burden from her heart.
Her general feeling of vigor and well-being matched the improvement of her heart. Her former
sleeplessness had given way to restful nightly repose. The improvement in her bowel action was
as marked as that of her heart function. Certainly her improved youthfulness of appearance and the
brightness of her eyes, spoke volumes for the rejuvenating effects of her physiological rest.
Anyone experienced with fasting has seen great numbers of such instances of physical
rejuvenation achieved by means of the fast. The mental improvements commonly match the
physical improvements. Occasional restoration of hearing in ears that have been deaf for years,
improved vision, discarding glasses that have been worn for years (but rarely restoration of sight
to blind eyes), increased acuteness of the senses of taste and smell, restoration of ability to sense
delicate flavors, recovery of the sense of feeling in instances of sensory paralysis, stepped-up
vigor, increased mental powers, loss of weight, greatly increased functional vigor, with better
digestion and better bowel action, clear sparkling eyes, clearing of the complexion with a
restoration of youthful bloom, the disappearance of some of the finer lines of the face, reduced
blood pressure, better heart action, reduction of enlarged prostate, sexual rejuvenation—these and
many other evidences of rejuvenation are seen by everyone who has a wide experience with
fasting.
Fasting can bring about a virtual rebirth, a revitalization of the organism. As the fast progresses,
all of the cells of the body undergo refinement and there is a removal from the protoplasm of the
cells of stored foreign
substances (metaplasmic materials) so that the cells become more youthful
and function more efficiently.
Some of these stored materials are highly toxic and have long remained in the fatty cells and in
the cells of the connective tissues which have been appropriately termed the “dumping ground of
the body” to get them out of the circulation. Freeing the tissues of such materials renders the body
more efficient as a physiologic mechanism. Besides the renovation that fasting enables the body to
undergo, there is created a potential for better function which continues long after the fast has been
broken.
Wear and waste with repair and replenishment are continuous and almost simultaneous
processes in all living structures. The one is a building up, the other a tearing down. The two
processes have received the technical name of
metabolism
 as described above, and are called
respectively,
anabolism,
 the building up, and
catabolism
 which is the tearing down. Catabolism
predominates during periods of activity; anabolism during periods of rest and repose.
Anabolism may be defined as the process by which the body is repaired, reinvigorated and
prepared for renewed activity. It is the dominant process during periods of active growth; it is
somewhat slowed down in age.
64Fasting has been shown to result in an accelerated metabolism, with the emphasis after the fast
is broken, on the anabolic, or constructive phase. This is to say: the general cleansing of the body
renews the building-up process of life. It is true that under experimental conditions, this
improvement of the process of life is not lasting. But this has been due, in great measure, to the
failure of experimenters to follow up the fasts with anything other than a speedy return to
conventional modes of living.
A man’s age is the duration of his life. When we use the term age to mean several aspects of that
life, the stage of one’s development (physiological age), the mental development attained
(psychological age) or any other such term or phrase which signifies something other than
chronological age, we are confusing age with body condition or with stages of growth and
development.
When we say that a man is old at forty and that another man is young at seventy we actually refer
to the physical and mental states of the two men and not to their ages. The suggestion that we use
the phrase “functional age” in speaking of an individual and make no reference to his birthdays is
based on the same confusion.
It is true that birthdays do not tell the condition of one's body, nor do they tell how well
developed the mind may be, but conditions are related to age only incidentally and are not
essential parts of age. A man of seventy may be youthful in physical condition or in mental outlook,
or a man of forty may be old in condition, flaccid and depressed, but the first is still seventy years
old and the other is only forty years of age.
Knowing these things, we may ignore the objection often offered that we are “trying to set the
clock back.” The changes called “aging” that take place in the body are not related so much to the
clock of time as to causes totally unrelated to time as such.
If the clock had casual relation to “aging,” we should expect the man of seventy to show all the
signs of “aging” that are common to this time of life, and the man of forty to present all the signs of
“youthfulness” that are common then. That we so frequently see these facts in reverse should cause
us to


, 129, 144
Barbecued
238 • INDEX for New York Coodwich, 159-60
for Tortilla Soup. 196
Orange(s), 114. 124
Easy Fruit Salad, 186-87
Strawberry-Kiwi Salad, 170
Orange juice, 104
Berry Smoothie, 201
Fruit Smoothie, 189
Osteoporosis, 68
Osterholm, Dr., 83
Ostcr juicer, 119
Overeating
avoiding, 115, 145-46
reasons for, 146
Panasonic juicer, 119
Pancreatic cancer, 95
Papaya, 126
Breakfast Fruit Platter, 220-21
dried, 127
Parham, Barbara, 68
Parsley Patch, Inc., 136
Parsnips, 129
"Passion to Protect," 70n.
Pasta(s), 133, 179-80
Salad, Marinated, 192-93
Pavlov, Ivan, 37
Peaches, 124 ^
Blueberry-Cantaloupe Supreme, 204
dried, 127
Peanuts, 74
Pears, 124
dried, 127
Breakfast Fruit Platter, 201
Peas, 74. 129
California Tostada, 187-88
Cream Soup, Cauliflower-, 190
Curried Vegetables, 183-84
French, and Lettuce, 202
Snow, see Snow peas
Split Pea Soup, Blue Ribbon, 177-78
Yam Stew. 211-12
Penicillin, 76, 83
Peppers, 127
Perfect Corn on the Cob, 180
Perfect Creamy Cauliflower Soup, 152-53
Perfect Sautced Mushrooms, 198
Persimmon, 126
Perspiration, 75-76
pi I balance, 96, 97
Phosphoric acid, 97
Physiology of the Body (Guvton), 72n., 73
Pickles, 136
Pineapple, 114, 124
dried. 127
Pion. Dr. Ron. xiin.
Pionier, 138
Pita
Sandwich, Stuffed, 182-83
Toasts, 220
Pizza, 85
"Playing Antibiotic Pool," 83n.
Plums, 124
Poisoned Needle. The (McBean), 97
Pomegranate. 126
Pork, see Meat
Positive outlook, 92-94
Positive Power People (Gross), 7
Potatoics). 74
Boats. 153
Carrot Hash Browns, 168
Country Corn Chowder, I 58- 59
Crusty Roastcds, 221
Harvcsi Soup, 167
-Lovers' Salad, Award-Winning, 174-75
Shepherd's Pie, 171-72
Soup, Golden, 213-14 Stew for Two, 162
Pottcngcr, F. M„ 81
Poultry, see Meat
Pregnancy. Fit for Life program during. 103-106
Presco Food Products, 136
President's Council on Physical Fitness, 81
Pribram, Dr. Karl, xiiin.
Principle of correct fruit consumption. 48-60, 102
digestive process, 50-51, 53, >9
instinctive cravings, 48-49
when to eat fruit, 51-52, 54-55, 56-57, 59, 115,
143
Principle of high-watcr-content food, 28-36, 58
Principle of proper food combining, 37-47, 84
digestive process and, 37-43
increased energy resulting from, 38, 43, 45, 46,
47
weight loss resulting from, 43-44, 46-47
Processed foods, 25, 105
Properly Combined Sandwich.Thc, 150-51
Protein, 67-79, 1 30
animal, 69-79
assimilation of, 68
combining proteins and, 43
combining starches and, 41, 43, 46, 141
overconsumption of, 49-50, 67, 68-69
plant, 69-74, 78
requirements, 68-69
see also Amino acids
Protein and Amino Acid Functions (Bigwood), 75n.
Protein Metabolism and Biological Function
(Bianchi and Hilf). 73n.
Protein Nutrition (Brown), 73n.
"Protein Supplements and Body Building
Programs," 77n.
Prunes. 86, 127
Ptyalin, 75
Pure & Simple, Inc., 136
Putrefaction, 40-41, 42, 43, 58, 78
Pyle, Dr. Walter L., 79n.
Questions and answers about Fit for Life program,
95-106
Radishes, 1_29
Raisins, 127
Rebounding, 89
Renin, 82, 103
Respiratory ailments, 81
Restaurants, eating in, 46-47
Reuben, Dr. David, 17
Rice, 132
Salad, Mediterranean, 156-57
Rice Cakes—Arden Organics, Inc., 133
Richmond, Dr. Julius, xiiin.
Ringing in the ears, 95
Robbie s Natural Products, 136
Rodin, Judith, 50
Romaine Roll-ups, 208
Rombouts, 138
Rutabagas, 129
Salad(s)
Blueberry-Cantaloupe Supreme, 204
Caesar, 163
Cantonese Seafood. 216-17
Celeriac, 212
Curried Chicken, 164-65
Curried Corn, 210-11
Energy, 149-50
Farmer's Chop Suey. 200
French Green, 154-55
Breakfast, Platter, 220-21
Easy, 186-87
INDEX • 239 Salad(s) (con!.)
the main-course, 159-42, 143
Marinated Pasta, 192-9?
Mediterranean Rice, 156-57
Parisicnne with Asparagus, 17?
Potato-Lovers', Award-Winning, 174-75
Spinach-Sprout, 161
Steak-Lovers', 1S1_
Strawberry-Kiwi, 170
Stuffed Pita Sandwich, 182-83
Summer Greens with Creamv Avocado Dressing,
222
Salad bars, 140-42
Salad dressing^), 135, 141, 144
Cantonese, 216-17
Creamy, 175
Creamy Avocado, 222
Curried Mayonnaise, 165
Dijon, 181
French, 173-74
Garlic Herb. 157
Light, 150
see also Sauce(s)
Salade Parisienne with Asparagus, 173
Saliva, 75
Salsa, Fresh Tomato, 187-88
Salt, 101
seasoned, 137
substitutes, 136
Sandwich(es)
New York Goodwich, 159-60
The Properly Combined, 150-51
Stuffed Pita, 182-83
Sapote, 126
Saturated fat, 75
Sauce(s)
llcrbcd Butter, 210
Lemon Butter, 206-207. 213
see also Salad dressings)
Savory Cabbage Strudef. 205-206
Scharffenbcrg, John A., 68
Schell, Orville, 68
Seafood Salad, Cantonese, 216-17
Sea salt, 101
Seasonings and condiments, 136—37
Sea vegetables, 129
Seeds, 86, 103, 104
butters, 131
shopping list, 130
Scclcct Inc., 138
Semmelweis, Ignaz, xii
Sesame seeds, 74, 85, 86
Shakc(s)
Banana, 221
Berry Smoothie, 201
Date or Strawberry, 194-95
Fruit Smoothie, 189
Shallots, 129
Shelton, Dr. Herbert M. 15, 37, 41, 52, 68, 81,
85n., 87. 103n., 104
Shelton Farms Poultry. 135
Shepherd's Pie. 171-72
Shopping list, 122-38
Sidhwa. Dr. K. R„ 15
Skeletal system, 17
Skin. 17. 52, 86
Smith, Dr. Ccrard, 44
Smoking, 105
Snap beans, 129
Snodgrass, Beth, 87
Snow peas.


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 circumstances the
only way forward is juicing, since almost every patient is able—and normally willing—to drink
a freshly prepared glass of organic juice every hour. Once that routine is established, the nutrients
the body so desperately needs are in constant supply.
A few extremely debilitated patients, who cannot cope with the usual hourly 8-ounce glass of
juice, are given 4- or 6-ounce portions at the beginning of the treatment. To their surprise, after
only a few days of juicing and intensive detoxification they are able to eat three full vegetarian
meals a day, prepared from fresh organic produce, and drink 13 standard size glasses of juice,
besides snacking on fruit. Once they reach that stage of hyper-alimentation, each patient consumes
approximately 20 pounds of food a day.
Critics of the Gerson Therapy, who find the hourly preparation of fresh juices onerous, (which
it certainly is!) often suggest the use of vitamin and mineral supplements instead. What they
don’t realize is that the sick body is unable to assimilate and utilize pharmaceutically prepared
substances; which would simply pass through the organism without doing any good. Only live,
fresh, raw vegetables and fruits are absorbed, and exclusively in the form of juice, which bypasses
the digestive process and is immediately assimilated.
Detoxification : As soon as the body is being flooded with live nutrients, these are rapidly
absorbed and force accumulated toxins from the cells into the blood stream, which in turn
transports them to the liver, the body’s chief organ of detoxification. However, the patient who
embarks on the Gerson Therapy after a lifetime of living on a so-called normal modern diet has
already accumulated considerable amounts of food additives, residues of pesticides and other
agrochemicals, plus toxins from many sources that block his or her liver. As a result the liver is
unable to deal with the newly arriving toxins, driven from the tissues by the live nutrients.
Unless quickly shifted, this logjam of toxins could lead to life-threatening self intoxication
and liver coma; hence the vital role of the rapidly detoxifying frequent coffee enemas which
are a cornerstone of the Gerson treatment. There are several cancer therapies which use various
methods to kill tumor tissue, but without removing dead toxic material from the liver. In order to
allow the liver to discard its toxic load slowly and gradually, the treatment has to be interrupted,
which diminishes its impact. However, the Gerson method with its constant regular detoxification
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www.thegersonway.comis able to work continuously, which explains its effectiveness—and also why the coffee enemas
are an indispensable part of the protocol. Without them, the additional load of newly released
toxins could even cause new liver damage. Whoever wants to embark on the Gerson Therapy
must include the required practice of coffee enemas.
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www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 8
Why Does The Gerson Therapy Work?
So far so good. The basic principles of the Gerson protocol are simple and clear and
obviously its practice has been yielding remarkable results over more than sixty years. But the
question remains: is there any current scientific research to confirm the methods Dr. Gerson
developed partly intuitively, partly through constant study and clinical observation, but without
sophisticated research facilities, all those decades ago? Putting it simply: has anyone discovered
just why this therapy works?
The answer is yes. Since Dr. Gerson’s death in 1959, a series of eminent scientists and
researchers have made discoveries that confirmed one or another of Dr. Gerson’s insights and
methods. It is the sum total of these piecemeal discoveries that explains why his protocol, used
in its entirety, is so effective. In the following we present a sample of the most striking scientific
endorsements.
In the late Seventies the physicist, mathematician and biophysicist Dr. Freeman Widener
Cope, M.D., wrote in a paper, “the high potassium, low sodium diet of the Gerson therapy has
been observed experimentally to cure many cases of advanced cancer in man.”1 In another paper
he stated that in cell damage of any kind, the same responses may occur in cells throughout the
body: “First the cell will lose potassium, second the cell will accept sodium, and third, the cell
will swell with too much water (cellular edema). When the cell has swollen with too much water,
energy production is inhibited, along with protein synthesis and lipid (fat) metabolism. Gerson
was able to manipulate tissue damage syndrome, which he recognized clinically in the 1920s,
by his dietary management, eliminating sodium, supplementing a high potassium diet with
additional potassium amendments and finding a way to remove toxins from the body via
the liver.”2 (Added emphasis.) This is a remarkably concise justification of all of Dr. Gerson’s
methods, including the strict restriction of protein and fat, which the damaged cell cannot handle,
the reason for increased potassium intake, and the need for liver detoxifi cation.
In 1988, Patricia Spain Ward, Ph.D., campus historian of the University of Illinois, Chicago,
presented an excellent monograph on the Gerson Therapy, under contract to the US Office of
Technology Assessment (OTA). Although her study is not based on new research, it is worth
including for its thoroughness and clarity.  Describing Dr. Gerson as “ a scholar’s scholar and a
superlative observer of clinical phenomena,” Dr. Ward reported his observation that patients
on a high potassium, low sodium diet excreted enormous amounts of sodium in their urine, and
that by eliminating animal protein from the diet, this amount was increased.  She added, “ The
medical insistence on large quantities of protein, Gerson showed, was wrong and he stopped
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www.thegersonway.comthe administration of dietary animal proteins for at least six to eight weeks.”3
Important research justifying Dr. Gerson’s withholding of animal protein from his cancer
patients was carried out by Dr. Robert A. Good, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota and
known as “the father of modern immunology.” He set up a guinea pig experiment, feeding one
group of animals protein-free lab chow, while the other group received the normal variety of food.
Dr. Good expected to see failure of the animals’ immune system on the protein-free regime, but
the opposite happened. The guinea pigs’ thymus lymphocytes became tremendously active and
remained aggressively so for a long time. Dr. Good realized that he had stimulated immunity
by the dietary restriction of animal protein, thus confirming the rightness of the Gerson
protocol’s identical insight.
Perhaps this is the place for pointing out that Gerson patients do receive adequate amounts
of easily absorbed plant proteins contained in the fresh vegetable juices, potatoes and oatmeal
that are essential parts of their diet. It is a widespread mistake to believe that only animal foods
contain protein. On the contrary: food animals, such as cattle, pigs and sheep are vegetarians!
The Canadian scientist, Dr. Harold D. Foster,4 of the University of Victoria, British Columbia,
approached the problem of cancer mortalities from the angle of mineral deficiencies in soils
and water supplies. He also carried out an initial computer analysis of 200 cases of so-called
“spontaneous” regressions of a wide variety of cancers, spontaneous regression having been
defined as “a partial or complete disappearance of a tumor in the absence of treatment capable
of producing a regression.” The result of Professor Foster’s painstaking research was that far
from being “spontaneous,” most of the regressions were due to a combination of conventional
treatments with drastic lifestyle changes and various complementary therapies. Of 200 patients,
10 followed the Gerson diet, and many more used parts of the Gerson protocol, e.g. raw
juices and detoxification.  Further dietary regimes mentioned in the sample were partly
or largely based on the same protocol, raising the percentage of those whose recovery was
to some  extent due to the Gerson treatment. The most important conclusion Professor Foster
was able to draw from his research was that cases of so-called spontaneous regression were far
from being spontaneous; and were only categorized as such by orthodox medicine because
they were the results of unconventional—alternative and complementary—therapies.
One of the most important techniques of the Gerson Therapy is detoxification via the liver/bile
through the use of coffee enemas. Dr. Gerson knew that these dilute the bile ducts, thus allowing
the liver to release toxic accumulations. His discovery was confirmed more recently by three
scientists, Wattenberg, Sparmins and Lam, from the Department of Pathology, University
of Minnesota, who showed that rectal coffee administration stimulates an enzyme system—
gl