 to age and are not
its important components. A 70 -year-old can be
young according to their physical and mental
state, and a 40 -year-old can be old, languid and
depressed. And yet the first person is already 70,
while the second is only 40. Knowing this, we
can ignore the widespread assertion, that ‘we’re
trying to turn back time’. The age -related
changes happening in the organism that are
called ageing, aren’t so much linked to the pass-
ing of time, as to the factors, absolutely unrelated
to time per se.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frIf there were a causal link to ageing, then a per-
son at 70 should have all the indications of old
age, inherent in this period of life, and a person
at 40 – all the indications of youth, found at this
age. The fact that the case is often the opposit e
makes us doubt the assumption that the state of
the body is irreversibly linked with the number
of years lived. We shouldn’t find it difficult to
understand that although age is expressed in
time, time isn’t the cause of the ageing process.
For example, let’s take a stone being washed by
water. It changes over time, but it’s not time that
polishes it, it’s water. The ageing process re-
quires time, but time isn’t the cause of polishing.
Two stones, polished by water in the to the
same extent, abrade at different speeds, depend-
ing on their hardness and density. Due to the
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identical destructive factors age at a different
speed, depending on their individual resistance
to the destructive factors.
A stone abrades faster or slower depending on
the amount of water flowing around it: if it’s
small, the stone abrades slowly, if there’s a lot of
water, the abrasion happens faster. A person also
ages fast or slowly depending on the number of
destructive influences this person is affected by.
Let’s expand our example somewhat: let’s im-
agine a self -restoring rock. At first it was being
polished by water, then the water stopped wash-
ing it. The rock begins ‘repairing’ itself and re-
storing the larger part of the lost matter. In the
human body, a natural process will take place
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the causes of ageing are eliminated.
The body is capable of destroying some of the
damaged structures, replacing them with fresh
ones, and renewing the cells  by dumping the
‘loads’ accumulated in them and ‘repairing’ their
damaged parts. Figuratively speaking, the hu-
man body can actively handle its business on its
own in a constructive manner.
Humans can live longer and better than they do
now. They should liv e much longer than now,
and enjoy absolute health and energy. They
shouldn’t waste away at 60 or earlier. But in fact,
excluding deaths from accidents and homicides,
people die from diseases. If we lived in a way that
prevented the development of diseases,  not only
could we live longer than what’s considered
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physical and mental powers.
Aging is defined as an ‘accumulation of
changes in the organism, increasing the proba-
bility of death of a given individual over th e
course of time.’ This simply means that aging is
a slow accumulation of pathological (unhealthy)
changes in the organs and tissues, injuries in the
structures of the body and a slow deterioration
of its vital functions. Old age is just another
chronic disease. And this is the reason why we
can age sooner or later, and some people at sev-
enty look younger than some 40 -year-olds.
Aging happens over time, but time is not its
cause. Consequently, it doesn’t matter, what
method we should use to precisely determ ine
human physiological age, what matters is that we
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ing. Eliminate the cause of aging, and let the
physiological age take care of itself. Nobody
knows for sure what the changes of the organism
leading to agi ng are, or what sort of changes they
are exactly. Let’s examine the experiments of a
well- known French scientist Dr. Alexis Carrel16,
author of the book Man, The Unknown. Keeping
separate fragments of a chicken heart alive over
the course of many years, he  found out that they
aged, unless they got rid of the waste accumu-
lated in their cells. In other words, they aged

16Alexis Carrel  (1873 – 1944) was a French surgeon and biologist
who was awarded the  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine  in
1912 for pioneering vascular   suturing  techniques.  He wrote the
book Man, The Unknown.  New York and London: Harper and
Brothers, 1939.
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by their own metabolism in the culture medium
where they were placed. If this waste was regu-
larly removed, preventing the cells from getting
poisoned by it, the chicken heart didn’t age. This
is very important proof that aging is the result of
chronic saturation with toxic substances. Unfor-
tunately, the important discovery attracted too
little attent ion, perhaps, because a way to use it
was not discovered.
Carrel’s experiments and many other similar
ones helped scientists conclude that cells are po-
tentially immortal. In their normal state, they
keep dividing over and over again, but they
don't’ die. Death turns out to be an abnormal
phenomenon. Nevertheless, under the regular
life conditions we observe that cells actually age
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indefinitely, all the conditions have to be favora-
ble.
If cells are potential ly immortal, as scientists
currently think, and the body as a system gets
older, then it’s obvious that one of two things is
true. Either the functional specialization of cell
groups / body organs is mismatched, or there’s
no coordination of cell groups in  the organism.
Perhaps, both of these factors are true. If one or
both of these assumptions are true, this poses a
question:  is the discrepancy of specialization or
the discrepancy of coordination a primary (ini-
tial) condition of life or is it (the mismat ch) a re-
sult of established and resolvable causes? If it’s a
primary condition, then we cannot hope to pre-
vent the aging process for more than a short
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But if it’s induced by causes that can be avoided
or el iminated, which seems likely enough, then
we’re capable of doing a lot to prevent aging.
At least countless experiments on many lower
forms of life have demonstrated that it’s not only
possible to delay the aging process for an infi-
nitely long time, but also to reverse it, restoring
youth.
For more than 15 years, professor C. M. Child17
from the University of Chicago researched ani-
mal ageing. His results revealed that periodical
fasting usually promotes bodily rejuvenation.

17 Charles Manning Child  (1869 – 1954) was an American zoologist
noted for his work on regeneration (especially
on Coelenterates  and flatworm s) at the  University of Chicago.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frIn his research of some insect species, he found
out that, when given abundant food, the insects’
life lasted for 3 -4 weeks, but if the amount of
food was decreased or the insects were forced to
fast, they would stay active and young for at least
3 years. Here’s his conclusion: “Partial fasting
prevents aging. The fasting person


 dramatica lly, and it will become ever easier to continue increasing the
percentage of raw foods that you eat.
At some point, you may begin to question why you are still eating the cooked foods a t all. Sure, you love them; the question is,
do they love you back? Cooked foods eventually show themselves for what they tr uly are: health destroyers. Though you may find
that you have many emotional attachments to your cooked food, in due time you wi ll come to no longer look at cooked food as a
“treat.”

“Detox” Symptoms: Cause for Celebration
Many people experience temporary symptoms of detoxification when they beg in a raw diet, as the body is no longer being
overloaded each day with so much toxic residue. The symptoms arise as the body  cleanses and heals naturally, releasing toxins into
the bloodstream that may have been buried deep within tissues and organs f or many years. The body is wise, however, and it
always eliminates toxins in a way that requires the least effort  and does itself the least harm.  Detoxification symptoms are generally mild but can range from uncomf ortable to downright miserable. They are really a cause
for celebration, however, as any discomfort in the present is sure to be les s severe and of shorter duration than the dis-ease it would
have become in the future.
Such symptoms often include tiredness, runny nose, headaches, digestiv e challenges, weight loss, skin conditions, and drops in
blood pressure. Less common but not unusual are diarrhea, vomiting, and all ma nner of retracing phenomena (reexperiencing past
symptoms to complete a healing process that was interrupted by medical in tervention or other forms of treatment). All of these and
other symptoms are indications that the body is making healthy adjustme nts.
Initially, intestinal gas problems may arise in people who have damage d digestive tracts. The intestines can hold food in little
“outpockets,” out of the main flow. There, stagnant foods may ferment or pu trefy and cause gas. Over time, the gas will diminish as
the intestines heal. Long-term gas problems on the raw vegan diet are  generally corrected by being attentive to proper food
combining.
Most of what is called “detox” is actually just the reaction of a body t hat is no longer being irritated or stimulated—effectively
“forced” to function. The secondary effect of stimulation is sedation. Th us it is common to feel tired when a person first attempts the
raw diet. It is not that the raw diet is making them tired; it is that th ey are actually “coming down” off of the influence of coffee,
refined sugars, meats, and other stimulating foods.

The Law of Dual Effect
The Law of Dual Effect states that those substances, influences, f orces, and conditions to which the body is subjected result in
two responses by the body:

The primary effect is the more acute of the two, and the shorter lastin g.
The secondary effect is less intense, but it lasts longer.

When we drink coffee, for instance, the primary effect is one of stimula tion. The secondary effect is only visible after the
primary effect has worn off. In this instance, the secondary effect of  coffee is to leave us even more tired than we were before
drinking the coffee. With our fractured view of health, we tend to look only at  the primary effect or acute influence of such a
substance while ignoring the secondary effect or chronic influenc e.
Each person is unique; therefore, the duration and degree of detoxificati on will vary. Detox can be intense or mild, and can last
from a few days to several years, depending on the individual’s health, v itality, environment, and the degree to which one follows a
healthy lifestyle.
We must also remember that we live in a constant state of retoxifyin g and detoxifying. In the course of our day, we absorb
environmental toxins, and the body works to eliminate them. We ingest foods, e ven the best sort, and the body creates toxic waste
as a result of its cellular metabolism. This toxin production is not caus e for worry, however, because we are equipped with kidneys
and a liver—eliminative organs designed to rid ourselves of these toxi ns. Should these organs become overloaded, the skin, lungs,
bowels, mucous membranes, and other areas of the body are equipped to help handle th e toxic load.

Which Road Do You Choose to Travel?
Eating raw poses many challenges, of that there is no doubt. But the benef its of this way of eating so far outweigh the negatives
that little room exists for argument against eating raw.
If we are honest with ourselves, there is simply no room for cooked food if we desi re a vibrantly healthy existence. It is like
any other journey. If you are going down the road that is taking you where you  want to go, you will likely continue to follow it. If you
find yourself going down a road that will not bring you to your desired destinat ion, of course you will switch roads.
At your chosen speed, cooked food can increasingly become a thing of your past. The re is no hurry; you can cross that bridge
when you come to it. Even then, you are not making an irreversible decision. In any case, I guarantee that after a year of eating low-
fat raw vegan food, should you choose to revert to your old style of eating, the hi gh-fat cooked foods will still be available.
But don’t be surprised if you discover that the 80/10/10  raw vegan diet is the sweet road to well-rounded health and
happiness.

Our Natural Diet: A Summary
In this age of junk food, manufactured foods, and agrochemicals, the issue of f ood quality has become increasingly important
for those who seek long, productive, vital lives. The relationship of health  to diet is becoming ever more profoundly obvious, and
more and more people are looking to increase the quality of their food than ever  before. The market for organically grown foods is
growing rapidly, and farmer’s markets are proliferating like neve r before as more and more of us are waking up to the necessity of a high-produce lifestyle for health and longevity.
Many years ago, the great health educator T.C. Fry, organized his though ts on how to make the finest food choices and came
up with these four excellent guidelines. I have reproduced these time less words of wisdom here, as a fitting summary to this chapter.

Criteria for Selecting the Highest-Quality Foods
By T.C. Fry
First Criterion
Can the food be eaten in its natural state? Is the food palatable, that is, delectable or delicious? Can it be e aten with keen
relish in its natural state?
If a food cannot be eaten with joy and delight to individuals in normal good heal th who have an unperverted sense of taste,
then the food must be considered to be of low quality. Eating should be a gustatory  delight. If a whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic food
is a taste delight, it is perfect. Its quality is reduced commensurate  with the reduction in taste.
If the food cannot be ingested in its natural state—that is, uncooked, un processed and otherwise untampered with—it does
not belong in the human diet. We humans were for millions of years adapted t o a diet obtained directly from nature in its fresh raw
natural state. There have been no adaptations noted in human physiology t o the consumption of cooked, processed, or otherwise
devitalized foods. This determines the character of our diet and also the m anner in which we were accustomed to ingesting it.
Therefore, cooking and processing foods to make them palatable is unacceptable  to the health enthusiast. Cooking destroys
enzymes totally. While a healthy individual will synthesize some  1,000 enzymes required for digestion, assimilation, and utilization of
foods, the body is, nevertheless, dependent upon the enzymatic action of the foods  for the most perfect digestion. Consequently, it is
absolutely essential that our foods have their full complement of enzy mes intact.
Cooking is the worst “health” practice that humans have ever adop ted. It destroys not only the enzymes but deranges and
destroys almost all known food factors. Cooking disorganizes, oxidizes and makes n onusable a food’s mineral content. It
deaminates the food’s protein content, thus rendering it worthless i n human nutrition. Cooking reduces the value of a food from its
wholesome state all the way down to worthless ashes, depending on the degre e of cooking to which it has been subjected.
To the extent that a food has been cooked––reduced to inorganic minerals, c aramelized sugars and starches, coagulated and
deaminated proteins, poisonous acrolein-laden fats, devitalized vit amins, and the like––it is not only worthless, but the ash becomes
toxic debris in the body.
That cooked foods are poisonous in the body is easily demonstrable. White blood cells f unction as janitors in the blood. A
normal white count is around 3 million. If toxic substances enter the bloods tream, the white blood cell count will rise, rapidly and
dramatically, in order to clean up the blood. After eating a cooked meal, the wh ite count typically rises as high as 15 or even 18
million, and even higher. After eating


 vegetables. I started my spa when my daughterwas about five years old and from that point she was, like it or not, a raw fooder.And all that raw food was Organic and much of it from Great Oaks School’shuge vegetable garden.
For my daughter to develop cavities on this diet is reminiscent of Woody
Allen’s joke in his movie “Sleeper.” Do you recall this one, made about 1973?The plot is a take off on Rip Van Winkle. Woody goes into the hospital for minorsurgery. Unexpectedly he expires on the operating table and his body is frozen inhopes that someday he can be revived. One hundred and fifty years later he isrevived.
The priceless scene I always think of takes place in his hospital room
immediately after he comes to consciousness. The doctor in charge of his case isexplaining to Woody what has happened. Woody refuses to believe he died andwas frozen, asserting that the whole story is a put on. Woody insists that the“doctor” is clearly an actor hired by his friends! It absolutely can’t be the year2123. “Oh, but it really is 2123,” insists the doctor. “And it is no put on by hisfriends; all his friends are long dead; Woody knows no one at all in 2123 and hadbetter prepare himself to start a new life.”
Woody still insists it is a put on. “I had a healthfood store,” he says, “and all
my friends ate brown rice. They can’t be dead!”
And my perfectly nourished daughter couldn’t have developed cavities! But
she did. And if she cheated on her perfect diet, bad food could not haveamounted to more than two percent of her total caloric intake from birth to ageten. I was a responsible mom and I made sure she ate right! Now my daughterwas demanding to know why she had tooth decay. Fortunately, I now know theanswer. The answer is rather complex, but I can give a simplified explanation.
The Confusions About Diets and Foods
Like my daughter, many people of all ages are muddled about the relationship
between health and diet. Their confusions have created a profitable market forhealth-related information. And equally, their confusions have been created bybooks, magazine articles, and TV news features. This avalanche of data is highlycontradictory. In fact, one reason I found it hard to make myself write my ownbook is that I wondered if my book too would become just another part of theconfusion.
Few people are willing to tolerate very much uncertainty. Rather than live with
the discomfort of not knowing why, they will create an explanation or find someanswer, any answer, and then ever after, assert its rightness like a shipwreckedperson clings to a floating spar in a storm. This is how I explain the genesis ofmany contemporary food religions.
Appropriately new agey and spiritual, Macrobiotics teaches the way to perfect
health is to eat like a Japanese whole foods vegetarian—the endless staple beingbrown rice, some cooked vegetables and seaweeds, meanwhile balancing the“yin” and “yang” of the foods. And Macrobiotics works great for a lot of people.But not all people. Because there’s next to nothing raw in the Macrobiotic dietand some people are allergic to rice, or can get allergic to rice on that diet.
Linda Clark’s Diet for a Small Planet  also has hundreds of thousands of
dedicated followers. This system balances the proportions of essential aminoacids at every, single meal and is vegetarian. This diet also works and really helpssome people, but not as well as Macrobiotics in my opinion because obsessedwith protein, Clark’s diet contains too many hard-to-digest soy products andmakes poor food combinations from the point of digestive capacity.
Then there are the raw fooders. Most of them are raw, Organic fooders who
go so far as to eat only unfired, unground cereals that have been soaked in warmwater (at less than 115 degrees or you’ll kill the enzymes) for many hours tosoften the seeds up and start them sprouting. This diet works and really helps a lot
of people. Raw organic foodism is especially good for “holy joes,” a sort of
better-than-everyone-else person who enjoys great self-righteousness by owningthis system. But raw fooding does not help all people nor solve all diseasesbecause raw food irritates the digestive tracts of some people and in northernclimates it is hard to maintain body heat on this diet because it is difficult toconsume enough concentrated vegetable food in a raw state. And some rawfooders eat far too much fruit. I’ve seen them lose their teeth because of fruit’slow mineral content, high sugar level and constant fruit acids in their mouths.
Then there are vegetarians of various varieties including vegans (vegetarians
that will not eat dairy products and eggs), and then, there are their exactopposites, Atkins dieters focusing on protein and eating lots of meat. There’s theAdelle Davis school, people eating whole grains, handfuls of vitamins, lots of dairyand brewers yeast and wheat germ, and even raw liver. Then there’s the Organicschool. These folks will eat anything in any combination, just so long as it isorganically produced, including organically raised beef, chicken, lamb, eggs,rabbit, wild meats, milk and diary products, natural sea salt in large quantities andof course, organically grown fruits, vegetables grains and nuts. And what is“Organic?” The word means food raised in compliance with a set of rulescontrived by a certification bureaucracy. When carefully analyzed, the somewhatillogical rules are not all that different in spirit than the rules of kashsruth or kosher.And the Organic certification bureaucrats aren’t all that different than the rabbiswho certify food as being kosher, either.
There are now millions of frightened Americans who, following the advice of
mainstream Authority, have eliminated red meat from their diets and greatlyreduced what they (mistakenly) understand as high-cholesterol foods.
All these diets work too—for some—and all demonstrate some of the truth.The only area concerning health that contains more confusion and
contradictory data than diet is vitamins. What a rats nest that is!
The Fundamental Principle
If you are a true believer in any of the above food religions, I expect that you
will find my views unsettling. But what I consider “good diet” results from myclinical work with thousands of cases. It is what has worked with those cases. Myeclectic views incorporate bits and pieces of all the above. In my own case, Istarted out by following the Organic school, and I was once a raw foodvegetarian who ate nothing but raw food for six years. I also ate Macrobiotic forabout one year until I became violently allergic to rice.
I have arrived at a point where I understand that each person’s biochemistry is
unique and each must work out their own diet to suit their life goals, life style,genetic predisposition and current state of health. There is no single, one, all-encompassing, correct diet. But, there is a single, basic, underlying Principle ofNutrition that is universally true. In its most simplified form, the basic equation ofhuman health goes: Health = Nutrition / Calories. The equation falls far short ofexplaining the origin of each individuals diseases or how to cure diseases butHealth = Nutrition / Calories does show the general path toward healthful eatingand proper medicine.
All animals have the exact same dietary problem: finding enough nutrition to
build and maintain their bodies within the limits of their digestive capacity. Rarelyin nature (except for predatory carnivores) is there any significant restriction onthe number of calories or serious limitation of the amount of low-nutrition foodsavailable to eat. There’s rarely any shortage of natural junk food on Earth. Exceptfor domesticated house pets, animals are sensible enough to prefer the mostnutritional fare available and tend to shun empty calories unless they are starving.
But humans are perverse, not sensible. Deciding on the basis of artificially-
created flavors, preferring insipid textures, we seem to prefer junk food andbecome slaves to our food addictions. For example, in tropical countries there isa widely grown root crop, called in various places: tapioca, tavioca, manioc, oryuca. This interesting plant produces the greatest tonnage of edible, digestible,
pleasant-tasting calories per acre compared to any other food crop I know.
Manioc might seem the answer to human starvation because it will growabundantly on tropical soils so infertile and/or so droughty that no other food cropwill succeed there. Manioc will do this because it needs virtually nothing from thesoil to construct itself with. And consequently, manioc puts next to nothingnourishing into its edible parts. The bland-tasting root is virtually pure starch, asimple carbohydrate not much different than pure corn starch. Plants constructstarches from carbon dioxide gas obtained the air and hydrogen obtained fromwater. There is no shortage ever of carbon from CO
2 in the air and rarely a
shortage of hydrogen from water. When the highly digestible starch in manioc ischewed, digestive enzymes readily convert it into sugar. Nutritionally there isvirtually no difference between eating manioc and eating white sugar. Both areentirely empty calories.
If you made a scale from ideal to worst regarding the ratio of nutrition to
calories, white sugar, manioc and most fats are at the extreme undesirable end.Frankly I don’t know which single food might lie at the extreme positive end ofthe scale. Close to perfect might be certain leafy green vegetables that can beeaten raw. When they are grown on extremely fertile soil, some greens develop20 or


 that
complications resul ting from  infection remained a major probl em for hem odialysis catheters, wi th
significant num bers of catheters be ing rem oved due to catheter-related sepsis. Num erous strategies had
been employed to reduce the occurrence of infection and i mprove l ong-t erm outcomes, wi th vary ing
degrees of success. One prom ising approach was coating the external surface of cathe ters with silver using
physical vapor deposi tion processes. This article reviewed results of anim al and clinical experim ents
conducted to assess efficacy a nd biocom patibility of silver-coated dialys is catheters. It is concluded that
silver coatings can reduce bacterial colonization and occurrence of i nfection associated with these devices
(Tobi n, 2003).

Discussion
Even t he history of si lver col loid(s) appl ication in medical appl ication has been over 6000 years and
the m edical effects are clear for the silver colloid(s), when we checking the Index Medline we can see that
most publicatio ns on the silv er co lloid(s) are th e topics to  show the applicatio n of silver co lloid(s) in  the
analytic techniques, rather than in the m edical practice. It needs m ore scien tific research es on the silv er
colloid(s) medicine. Most report s on the clinical silver studies are about  silver coat ing rat her than col loidal
silver.
There are d ebates o n the topics if silv er co lloid(s) is  toxic or not. For t he medical appl ication of si lver
colloid(s), the toxic needs further e xplores. Silver is a heavy m etal. It needs m ore cell culture studies,
anim al studies, and also hum an studies, in cluding clinical trials.
Atomic absorpt ion, t ransm ission el ectron m icroscopy  (TEM ) and ultraviolet-visible absorpt ion
spect roscopy  are wi dely used i n the silver det ection (Pergol ese, et  al, 2005).
As C hairman of Nat ural-Immunogeni cs Corp. St ephen L. Qui nto, emphasi zed at  the 3rd International
Silver C onference (C hangsha, C hina, Oct ober 20t h-21s t, 2004):  “There i s an urgent  need for wi der
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Journal of American Science, 3(3), 2007, Ma Hongbao, Horng Dengnan, Cherng Shen, Colloidal Silver

 77research into silver now, for it brings with it a timely lifesaving promise. You see, we have not only
inherited a daunting quagmire of crises; we are also re sponsible for them. We were taught that Nature had
only to be conquered! in a belief system that got it ve ry wrong. And actually continues to believe that these
threats can, and will be, solved th rough an ever-developing technology….. For those who cling to this
belief, consider the problem of nuclear waste…. An issue that was raised 60 years ago, and is no closer to being solved today then it was then. How long are we going to pursue empty belief? Where is the desire, let alone the will, to protect us  from the increasing danger of expos ure to technology?”  (Quinto, 2004).
“China is the fifth largest primary silver producer and one of the largest secondary silver makers in the world”. The 3rd International Silver Conference was held in Changsha of China on October 20th-21st,
2004 (Quinto, 2004).

Correspondence to:
Cherng Shen
Department of Electrical Engineering
Chengshiu University
Niaosong, Taiwan 833, Republic of China
Email: cherngs@csu.edu.tw
Telephone: 011886-7731-0606 ext 3423

Received: August 25, 2007

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LIFE OR DEATH

Carey A. Reams with Cliff Dudley

The
Reams
Biological
Theory
of
Ionization

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Life or Death

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE 5
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
PREFACE 8
CHAPTER 1 12
EQUATION NUMBERS 12
CHAPTER 2 21
DISCOVERY 21
CHAPTER 3 32
CREATION 32
CHAPTER 4 37
HOMO SAPIENS 37
CHAPTER 5 46
SOME OF THE CHEMISTRY OF FOODS 46
CHAPTER 6 50
APPLICATION, WHY AND WHEREFORE 50
CHAPTER 7 60
CAUSE OF DISEASES 60
CHAPTER 8 68
CAUSE AND EFFECT 68
CHAPTER 9 78
REAMS BIOLOGICAL THEORY OF IONIZATION 78
CHAPTER 10 84
RANGE A – E 84
CHAPTER 11 87
HOW A NEW CELL IS DEVELOPED 87
CHAPTER 12 91
TESTING PROCEDURES 91  4 CHAPTER 13 96
LOW BLOOD SUGAR 96
CHAPTER 14


 t is time to leave the body.
The body and the mind —ever servants of
the soul —hear this, and the process of
extrication begins. Yet the mind (ego)
doesn’t want to accept. After all, this is the
end of its existence. So it instructs the body
to resist death.  This the body does  gladly,
since it too does not want to die. The body
and the mind (ego) receive great
encouragement, great praise for this from
the outside world —the world of its  creation.
So the strategy is confirmed.
Now at this point everything depen ds on
how badly the soul wants to leave. If there
is no great urgency here, the soul may say,
“Alright, you win. I’ll stick around with  you a little longer.” But if the soul is very clear that
staying does not serve its higher  agenda —
that there is no furth er way it can evolve
through this body —the soul is  going to
leave, and nothing will stop it —nor should
anything try to.
The soul is very clear that its purpose is
evolution. That is its sole purpose —and its
soul purpose. It is not concerned with the
achievements of the body or the
development of the mind. These are all
meaningless to the soul.
The soul is also clear that there is no great
tragedy involved in leaving the body. In
many ways, the tragedy is being in the
body. So you have to understand, t he soul
sees this whole death thing differently. It, of
course, sees the whole “life thing”
differently, too —and that is the source of much of the frustration and anxiety one
feels in one’s life. The frustration and
anxiety comes from not listening to one’ s
soul.
How can I best listen to my soul? If the soul
is the boss, really, how can I make sure I
get those memos from the front office?
The first thing you might do is get clear
about what the soul is after —and stop
making judgments about it.
I’m making ju dgments about my own soul?
Constantly. I just showed you how you
judge yourself for wanting to die. You also
judge yourself for wanting to live —truly live.
You judge yourself for wanting to laugh,
wanting to cry, wanting to win, wanting to
lose—for wanting  to experience joy and  love—especially do you judge yourself for
that.
I do?
Somewhere you’ve come across the idea
that to deny yourself joy is Godly —that not
to celebrate life is heavenly. Denial, you
have told yourself, is goodness.
Are you saying it is bad?
It is neither good nor bad, it is simply denial.
If you feel good after denying yourself,  then
in your world that is goodness. If you feel
bad, then it’s badness. Most of the  time,
you can’t decide. You deny yourself this or
that because you tell your self you  are
supposed to. Then you say that was a good
thing to do —but wonder why you  don’t feel
good.  And so the first thing to do is to stop making
these judgments against yourself.  Learn
what is the soul’s desire, and go with that.
Go with the soul. Wha t the soul is  after is —
the highest feeling of love you can imagine.
This is the soul’s desire. This is  its purpose.
The soul is after the feeling. Not the
knowledge, but the feeling. It  already has
the knowledge, but knowledge is
conceptual. Feeling is exp eriential.  The
soul wants to feel itself, and thus to know
itself in its own experience.
The highest feeling is the experience of
unity with All That Is. This is the great return
to Truth for which the soul yearns. This is
the feeling of perfect love.
Perfect love is to feeling what perfect white
is to color. Many think that white is the
absence of color. It is not. It is the inclusion of all color. White is every other color  that
exists, combined.
So, too, is love not the absence of an
emotion (hatred, ang er, lust, jealousy,
covetousness), but the summation of all
feeling. It is the sum total. The aggregate
amount. The everything.
Thus, for the soul to experience perfect
love, it must experience every human
feeling.
How can I have compassion on that which
I don’t understand? How can I forgive in
another that which I have never
experienced in Myself? So we see both the
simplicity and the awesome magnitude of
the soul’s journey. We understand at last
what it is up to:  The purpose of the human soul is to
experience all of it —so that it can be all of
it.
How can it be up if it has never been down,
left if it has never been right? How can it  be
warm if it knows not cold, good if it denies
evil? Obviously the soul cannot choose  to
be anything if there is not hing to choose
from. For the soul to experience its
grandeur, it must know what grandeur is.
This it cannot do if there is nothing but
grandeur. And so the soul realizes that
grandeur only exists in the space of that
which is not grand. The soul, therefore,
never condemns that which is not grand,
but blesses —seeing in it a part of itself
which must exist for another part of itself to
manifest.  The job of the soul, of course, is to cause
us to choose the grandeur —to select the
best of Who You Are —without con demning
that which you do not select.
This is a big task, taking many lifetimes, for
you are wont to rush to judgment, to call  a
thing “wrong” or “bad” or “not enough,”
rather than to bless what you do not
choose.
You do worse than condemn —you actually
seek to do harm to that which you do not
choose. You seek to destroy it. If there is a
person, place, or thing with which you do
not agree, you attack it. If there is a religion
that goes against yours, you make it  wrong.
If there is a thought tha t contradicts yours,
you ridicule it. If there is an idea  other than
yours, you reject it. In this you err, for you
create only half a universe. And  you cannot even understand your half when you have
rejected out of hand the other.
This is all very profoun d—and I thank you.
No one has ever said these things to me.
At least,  not with such simplicity. And I am
trying to understand. Really, I am. Yet some
of this is  difficult to grapple with. You seem
to be saying, for instance, that we should
love the “wrong”  so that we can know the
“right.” Are you saying we must embrace
the devil, so to speak?
How else do you heal him? Of course, a
real devil does not exist —but I reply to you
in the idiom you choose.
Healing is the process of accepting all, then
choosing bes t. Do you understand that?
You cannot choose to be God if there is
nothing else to choose from.  Oops, hold it! Who said anything about
choosing to be God?
The highest feeling is perfect love, is it not?
Yes, I should think so.
And can you find a better des cription of
God?
No, I cannot.
Well, your soul seeks the highest feeling. It
seeks to experience —to be —perfect  love.
It is perfect love —and it knows this. Yet it
wishes to do more than know it. It wishes
to be it in its experience.
Of course you are seeking to be God! What
else did you think you were up to?
I don’t know. I’m not sure. I guess I just
never thought of it that way. There just seems to be  something vaguely
blasphemous about that.
Isn’t it interesting that you find nothing
blasphemous abou t seeking to be like the
devil, but seeking to be like God offends
you—
Now wait minute! Who’s seeking to be like
the devil?
You are! You all are! You’ve even created
religions that tell you that you are born in
sin—that you are sinners at birth —in order
to convince yourselves of your own evil.  Yet
if I told you you are born of God —that you
are pure Gods and Goddesses at  birth—
pure love —you would reject me.
All your life you have spent convincing
yourself that you are bad. Not only that you
are bad, but tha t the things you want are bad. Sex is bad, money is bad, joy is bad,
power is bad, having a lot is bad —a lot of
anything. Some of your religions have  even
got you believing that dancing is bad, music
is bad, celebrating life is bad.  Soon you’ll


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Although dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) was first synthesized by the Russian  s cientist
Alexander Zaytsev in 1866, it took another century for its pharmacotherapeutic
properties to be discovered by Jacob et  al.,1 beginning in 1964. Discovering the
pharmacotherapeutic activities of DMSO is a lesson in how good science works, involving a keen observation, the hypothesis that was formulated, testing, and the conclusion.
Stanley Jacob, a surgeon and, at the time, the head of the Organ Transplant
Program at Oregon Health Sciences University, had observed that besides the cryo -
protective properties exhibited by DMSO in the preservation of frozen organs, its topical application seemed to quickly penetrate the skin without damaging it, result -
ing in a garlicky taste in the mouth within seconds after its application. Intrigued by this suspected cause-and-effect reaction, Jacob and his colleagues
1 began a research
journey to find out what else this simple molecule could do and, in so doing, set off an explosion of publications worldwide that would culminate in more than 45,000 scientific articles, which continue growing to this day.
The use of DMSO as a pharmacotherapeutic agent for clinical maladies dis-
cussed in this chapter has, in some cases, not been clinically exploited to its full extent despite consistent evidence of its safety and efficacy in a host of medical conditions. It is hoped that this review can aid the reader to better understand the unusual properties of this simple molecule and help dispel both unfounded negative notions and positive expectations that have emerged during the history of DMSO and which are either anecdotal in content or unsupported by scientific evidence.
Some of the useful features that characterize DMSO use are as follows:
 1.  I t can be administered intravenously, orally, topically, or intravesically.2,3
 2.  W hen combined with other selected compounds, it can enhance their  t issue
penetration, enhance their pharmacological activity synergistically, and reduce their toxicity by lowering their dose.
4
 3.  I t is relatively nontoxic at a wide range of concentrations and routes of
administration.550 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
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7 The
likely explanation for this curious absence of pain sensation in those organs is that they lack a network of sensory nerves for the transmission of nociceptive signals to the brain.
8 Similarly, viscera, such as gut and urinary tract, can elicit pain following
ischem


ematoxylon-dextrose solution should have
kidney function tests of their urine (creatine clearance and BUN) performed
biweekly. They should always drink plenty of fluids. If swelling occurs, the
physician should prescribe Diuril or some other diuretic.
Taking vitamin supplements, especially vitamins A, C, E, and D, is essential.
Carrots should be eaten every day, in particular for the treatment of liver cancer.
Absolutely no liquor, wine, or beer should be consumed. And, realize that smoking
not only retards healing but may have been a contributing source of causing the
condition initially.
The DMSO-hematoxylon-dextrose solution should be administered to the
cancer victim daily until a reasonably low CEA test reading is obtained.
CASES OF CANCER CURED WITH HEMATOXYLON AND
DMSO
I mentioned that Dr. Tucker had not published the results of his research and
treatment since 1968 because of peer pressure and fear of
being removed from
medical practice. But this didn’t completely deter him from attempting to heal
those few who made appeals to him for help. For example, two more patients were
successfully treated for large-cell lymphosarcoma. One lived for eight years after
treatment and finally died from a heart attack, as had a previous lymphosarcoma
case. The other is still alive and well today.
In the latter case, Alva Ruth Wilson of Porter, Texas, then age thirty-eight,
learned that she was the victim of disseminated large-cell lymphosarcoma in
January 1972. She had sizeable tumors in her lungs, the common iliac arteries, and
the lymph nodes around her aorta.
Patients with lymphosarcoma (the kind of cancer that killed the Shah of Iran)
experience a malabsorption syndrome, a clinical state resulting from impaired
assimilation of nutrients from the small bowel. The victim becomes chronically ill
and emaciated, with pale mucous membranes and dry scaly skin that becomes dark
in color. Blood pressure drops. Fluid accumulates in the abdominal cavity, which
swells disproportionately. Anemia develops, and the cancer cells infiltrate thebone marrow. The patient suffers destruction of normal lymph node architecture
and invasion of the node capsules and adjacent fat by characteristic
lymphosarcoma cells. Death in a relatively short time is predictable.
Mrs. Wilson had the maximum amount of chemotherapy she could take for one
month and then chemotherapy and radiation together for another month. Still, the
tumors continued to spread and chemotherapy had to be discontinued because of
its awful side effects. One of these was the development of dangerous leukopenia,
a condition in which the total number of white blood cells in the patient’s
circulating blood was far less than normal. She practically lost her immunity to
infection. As a life-threatening chemotherapeutic side effect, Mrs. Wilson’s white
blood count dropped too far below the lower limit of 5,000 per cubic mm.
One year later Tucker began hematoxylon and DMSO injections intravenously
for the woman. They were given every other day from January 1973 through
January 1974. All evidence of her tumors disappeared, and they have not recurred
to the present time. Tucker followed Mrs. Wilson’s progress continually; she is
perfectly well today with no side effects from the treatment or from the tumor.
In another case, Elroy Guerro of Houston, forty-one years old, had a
lymphosarcoma of three years duration. After full treatment with maximum
radiation and chemotherapy, the opinion of the radiologist was that the patient had
no chance to survive longer than a few more months. He had involvement of the
mediastinal lymph nodes.
This patient was treated by intravenous injections of hematoxylon and DMSO,
2.015 g every other day from December 1971 to March 1972. By the end of the
injection therapy, the tumor had disappeared and Mr. Guerro quit the treatment.
Tucker last heard from him in December 1978 and learned that the man was in
excellent condition. There was no evidence of recurrence and no side effects from
the medication.
Eventually, when Tucker asked about the patient from his former employer, the
Ideal Engineering Company, the personnel office advised him that Guerro had died
of a heart attack in April 1980, eight years after he had completed the DMSO
treatment for deadly lymphosarcoma.Figure 11.1
 Photograph of Frank T. Guiddy, age 44; note large tumor
lymphosarcoma of the neck.
A third patient was less fortunate. Frank T. Guiddy of Kennedy, New York,
age forty-four, was admitted to Memorial Baptist Hospital in Houston in a terminal
lymphosarcomatous state. He had an obvious tumor, entirely surrounding his neck,
lying just under the skin (see
Figure 11.1
). Mr. Guiddy had been treated five years
previously with maximum radiation and chemotherapy. The traditional cancer
treatments
had brought on severe side effects, mainly absence of white blood cells
in the blood stream.
Every day for three weeks, 2.015 g of hematoxylon and DMSO combination
solution was injected intravenously into the patient. The tumor in his neck
decreased in size from 22.5 inches (in) to 18.75 in (see
Figure 11.2
), returning
Guiddy’s neck to normal appearance.
Unfortunately, this man was so riddled with lymphosarcoma, his body was
totally assaulted by the process. He died at the hospital September 23, 1980.
Autopsy showed that he suffered with cancer in almost every organ of his body.Lymphosarcoma involved the man’s cervical lymph nodes, retroperitoneal and
abdominal nodes, membranes around his heart, pancreas, left and right lungs,
spleen, the entire gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, adrenal glands, and especially his
liver, which weighed an immense 3,400 g. He died in bed from liver failure a week
after the photograph shown in
Figure 11.2
 was taken. His liver was a solid mass of
dead lymphosarcoma. The DMSO-hematoxylon material had enough anti-tumor
quality to destroy the enormous
masses of lymphosarcomatous growth permeating
the man’s body. If Guiddy had had near-normal organs or at least a functioning
liver, it’s likely he would have survived. But he did not.
Figure 11.2
 Frank T. Guiddy after receiving three weeks of hematoxylon and DMSO
treatment. Note the marked decrease in the size of the lymphosarcomatous tumor.
MODES OF ADMINISTERING DMSO AND HEMATOXYLON
Cancer of the cervix in the preterminal stage receives the greatest benefit only
from local application. The symptoms become less severe. There is very little
local regression of the tumor itself in advanced squamous-cell carcinoma of the
cervix. However, the patient feels marked relief of pain and a diminution ofbleeding and odor, especially when the DMSO-hematoxylon solution follows local
radiation treatments.
Vaginal packing with a 15-percent concentration of the Tucker solution has
been found to be most effective in controlling hemorrhage and odor from
irradiation slough. A small saturated pack is placed against the cervix and left for
three hours and then removed.
Topical application has been used in many open lesions of malignancies with
encouraging results. A 15-percent solution of hematoxylon and DMSO is made
fresh and applied over the sloughing malignancy. Tucker suggested that the doctor
should dab the liquid onto the lesion with cotton-tip applicators and, if possible,
not cover or dress the area. Often a dressing with the solution causes an irritation
of the growth and some increase in its size. No toxicity has been noted by this
method’s use.
In the administration of the solution intravenously or intra-arterially, the
parenteral liquid agent carrying the hematoxylon and DMSO into the blood vessels
that Tucker preferred is 5 percent dextrose in saline. This parenteral agent should
be started first and when the desired rate of drip is established, then the DMSO-
hematoxylon solution is instilled directly into the bottle—not into the tubing. The
resultant infusion solution should be a pale yellow to green. In the event the
solution turns red, this means hematoxylon has oxidized and should be discarded.
A fresh solution must be made up for the infusion.
The intravenous rate of injection should not exceed forty drops per minute.
Care must be taken to prevent any of the solution from escaping into the
subcutaneous tissue. Otherwise the patient is likely to feel a burning sensation
from activation of the underlying nerve endings. Also, such poor technique
invariably causes a periphlebitis (inflammation of a vein), which damages the vein
for future use. Incidentally, even if the solution has escaped into the underlying
tissue, it has never caused a slough (death of tissue).
Too rapid administration results in the patient experiencing shortness of breath
and frequent rapid breathing. In the case of large tumor masses, a fever reaction
often occurs. Tucker believed that this feverishness is due to rapid absorption of
dying tissue. If fever does come on, the treatment should be discontinued and
restarted at a later


 is not all. There are people who almost do not suffer from the cold.
They suffer great famine in the winter and summer. But more still
starving to feel cold. They are worth more than a walk, take hot
bath (preferably conifers) and... pour cold water. Spill over oneself
long, only to "strike" on thermoreceptors.
If, despite all efforts, people continue to freeze, then
he can try to reduce the amount you drink or drink
hot water. Figuratively speaking, the water absorbs the element of fire, without water as
Fire erupted in full force.
Very often chilly spontaneously replaced by a fever. When
Strong tides, respectively, can be exposed and drink water.
Generally, chill and fever during the famine - the most ordinary phenomena.
But if the fever is not dangerous, then freeze during fasting is still
undesirable, and must somehow keep warm.
Breath
On the second or third day breathing becomes repulsive
smell (if the body is not clean enough). That smell allocated
oxidized compounds. Usually dominated by the smell of acetone,
but often is mixed into putrid, filthy, and other equally
"Pleasant" scents.
For those who are hungry to crisis for the first time, the breath can become so
smelly, that person will even be hard to be in the same
room. Imagine the amount of toxins he had worn
in my body! As the cleansing smell weakens and somewhere after the 12-18-th
the day is hardly noticeable.
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300It is very important to help throw light as much as possible
toxins. The methods we already know: walking, physical
activity, water and other stimulating exchange procedure.
Darkening of the eyes, dizziness
This often happens when a sharp rise from a lying or sitting
provisions (the so-called gravity or orthostatic
collapse). After a few seconds, usually a darkening, but
During this time a person can manage to fall. Consciousness, as a rule,
all at the same time does not disappear.
Such a condition caused by a sharp redistribution of blood
volume is reduced by famine. There is no danger here
No, but get up everything, it should be quietly, holding on to
chair or the wall (especially in the bathroom, after a warm
bath).
Darkening of the eyes more frequently and clearly expressed
a lean tall people. Significantly less susceptible to these
trouble those who have a lot happens on the street, not lying in bed,
who are engaged in interesting work!
Headache
Headache - a sign of a very dirty blood. Most often, the pain
bother to crisis. After the crisis headaches come when a person
spends much time in a stuffy room in the transport, ie
When toxins can not normally be removed during respiration.
Headaches disappear if oxygen to help burn and
excretory system - to bring the slag. That is, should be more
walk, do not forget about enemas, water treatment, can be taken
sorbents. Stir in 1 cup water 3 tbsp. spoon sorbent.
Drink this solution. Small portions of the sorbent put in the mouth,
as tablets, and drink boiled water.
Of course, this method does not provide a sustainable and deep
detoxifying effects on the body, as in so
short period there is no significant adjustment in the
structures of the gastrointestinal tract and detoxification systems.
The main objective of a single dose of the sorbent - a solution
relatively simple household tasks. In this way we help
the body more quickly and efficiently get rid of toxic substances.
depending on whether you have achieved the desired result can be
again taking 2 - 3 times.
If severe pain can make an additional enema.
No medication will be taken hunger.
Sleep Disorders
Often, when hunger rolls irresistible sleepiness. Resist
she especially should not, sleep better as much as you want. But not
forget about cleaning and walking.
But sometimes the opposite, when sleeping with the hunger disappears. If it is not
delivers serious trouble, you can not sleep as much as necessary.
If the inability to sleep is seriously depressing, it is possible that
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301after 3-4 days of insomnia, having exhausted conventional means of (long-term
4-5 hours a day, walks, bathtub, shower), fasting is interrupted,
and 2-3 months to repeat the course. in severe cases, it is desirable
looked to the expert.
Pain in different parts of the body
Most frightening, when hunger begins to hurt something. Here
appropriate to recall the introduction of the law of order: the introduction of new
order is always a temporary mess. If you start with him
to fight the order and will not be introduced. All the symptoms of hunger
often short-lived and quickly pass. Symptom shows
that the body now reached the next purge of damaged tissues.
This - the only meaning of the symptom, and not look for other
explanations. If you hunger for ill - means the body seized
into it and started correcting. Dogolodal to something rannedetskogo -
Cleaning is nearing completion. During the famine of all of the disease appear
for a short time in reverse time order. Extremely rare
for a long time something hurts. Of course, it's frightening, but it should be easy to survive
it. I do not know of cases that someone has been harmed by ignoring the "hungry
symptoms. More likely to suffer, stopping starvation sooner than necessary.
Usually a few days pass without a trace of pain, but
sometimes after a while they return again. It depends
on in what order is updated. Guess here is that-
something difficult, because the set of diseases is always different. Usually follows
rely on the work of our subconscious, and to wait patiently.
Instinctive mind better than we know what and in what order should
"Fix".
Often quite unexpected pain, not associated with exacerbation
existing illnesses. Then burned yet manifested themselves
disease. For example, a distinguished painful joints indicates
Prevention of impending arthritis. Disturbing pancreas
iron indicates frustrated pancreatitis.
One lady was tortured so severe headaches that she was
compelled to 5 times clysterize and take sorbents. Scientific
approach has won, and the pain is gone.
Severe pain is when moving away from kidney stones. in such cases
You can take the no-silos and make a hot bath. But it happens that
stones disappear completely unnoticed, apparently dissolved.
Toothache
Before the beginning of prolonged fasting is recommended
seal up all the teeth, which are required to by them
There were no hassles. Severe pain, however, when
Famine is usually no, but still better teeth lead advance
in order. During the famine enough other worries.
If, however, the teeth "itch", there is pus, tenderness and other
discomfort, you can rinse your mouth slightly diluted
dry white wine.
Very often, during fasting there is a desire to clean
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302teeth. Many say that there is literally unstoppable
need for their purification. However, do not be so
as in starvation alters the composition of saliva, which becomes
ability to dissolve the enamel. Teeth, however, normally covered by plaque,
protects them from damage. However, with a strong desire to again
a week, teeth can be cleaned. If this is done too often,
Teeth can be lost.
Exit pus
In some diseases of gums, as well as sinus during
Hunger can be allocated to the pus entering the mouth. This
normally, and no special measures taken do not. Pus
better to spit and rinse your mouth with water, diluted with white wine
or a weak solution of lemon juice.
Nausea, retching and vomiting (required to use sorbents)
When the rolls weakness, nausea, and wants to quit hunger
knock out a wedge a wedge: a lot of walking and moving. Activity
makes us work all the organs and muscles, driving the blood and accelerates
cleaning. Dullness becomes smaller and goes faster after
three-hour walk. On the contrary, the weakness of indulgence strengthens
its cool and delays the process of cleaning the body. We must know that
the need for fresh air during the famine increases in several
times. Walk!
People with an upset stomach during the first fasting
often brash. When you see a burp
need to wash the stomach (drink water and induce vomiting), so as not to
self-poisoning occurred and the disruption of internal
supply. in the most severe cases, when a belch is added
and persistent heartburn, and washing (2-3 times a day) do not provide adequate
effect, we can gradually drink heavily dilute mineral
water (without gas) with the addition of sorbents.
When the liver is sick and vomiting green or even black
content. V omiting began talking about cleansing the liver. at this time
can worsen mood, irritability appear.
Sensible is simply to endure a few days.
Additionally, you can wash the stomach with warm or even hot
water and applying a heating pad to the liver.
When the discomfort will pass, gastric lavage
stop. Just because this procedure to do absolutely nothing
to anything.
Heartbeat
This in itself is not dangerous heartbeat. Heart rate during starvation may
falling to 40 and jump to over 100 beats per minute. If it is not
accompanied by severe weakness or pain, no special measures
not needed. otherwise, it is best to lie down and relax.
You can also receive warm soothing bath. In the first
week


 cardenolides  alpha-acetyldigitoxin, acetyldigitoxin, and
lanatoside). All act to strengthen the beating  of a weakened heart.
History & Folklore Unlike the closely
related common foxglove (D. purpurea,  following entry), yellow foxglove does not  appear to have played a significant role in  European herbal medicine.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Y ellow foxglove
is little employed in herbal medicine, but in fact
it is a less toxic alternative to purple foxglove and woolly foxglove (D. lanata). It has similar medicinal actions but its alkaloids are more readily metabolized and flushed out by the body. Like other foxgloves, this plant supports a weakened or failing heart, increasing the strength of contraction, slowing  and steadying the heart rate, and lowering blood pressure by strongly stimulating the production  of urine, which reduces overall blood volume.
Related Species Common foxglove
(following entry).
 RQ Cautions Excessive doses of yellow
foxglove can prove fatal. Use only under professional supervision. This plant is subject
to legal restrictions in some countries.Dittany flowers were formerly used to make a preparation
that was sniffed up the nose as a treatment for head colds.
Constituents  Dittany’s potent volatile oil
contains estragol and anethole, and a toxic
alkaloid, dictamnin.
History & Folklore  Dittany exudes such large
amounts of volatile oil that in hot, dry conditions, a match held close will cause the whole plant to burst into flames. The plant has been used to flavor liqueurs and has been brewed as a tea in parts  of Siberia. In European folk medicine, dittany was considered an antidote to poison, pestilence, and  the bites of all types of venomous animals.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Very rarely used
by herbalists today, dittany has an action similar
to that of rue (Ruta graveolens, p. 265), in that
it strongly stimulates the muscles of the uterus, inducing menstruation and sometimes causing abortion. By contrast, its effect on the gastrointestinal tract is antispasmodic. Dittany relaxes the gut and acts as a mild tonic for the stomach. The plant has also been used as a treatment for nervous conditions.
 RQ Cautions  This herb is toxic. T ake only
under professional supervision. Do not take  during pregnancy.Digitalis purpurea
(Scrophulariaceae)
Common Foxglove,
Purple Foxglove
Description  Perennial growing to 5 ft (1.5 m).
Has a single erect stem, broad lance-shaped leaves,
and bell-shaped, purple-pink or white flowers in long spikes.
Habitat & Cultivation This herb is native to
western Europe. Though it is also cultivated, the wild plant is considered superior. The leaves are picked in summer.
Parts Used Leaves.
Constituents Foxglove contains cardiac glycosides
(including digoxin, digitoxin, and lanatosides), anthraquinones, flavonoids, and saponins. Digitoxin
US_202-223_Digitalis_lutea_Iris_versicolor.indd   202 26/02/16   12:47 pm203 OTHER MEDICINAL p LANT sEchium vulgar E
Dipsacus fullonum  (Dipsacaceae)
Teasel
Description Perennial with a spiny ridged stem
growing to 61⁄2 ft (2 m), lance-shaped leaves, and
lilac-colored flowers blooming from hooked heads.
Habitat & Cultivation Common throughout
Europe and western Asia, teasel thrives on open
areas, roadsides, and banks. It is cultivated only on a
small scale. The root is unearthed in late summer.
Part Used Root.
Constituents Teasel contains inulin, bitter
substances, and a scabioside.
History & Folklore Traditionally, the root
was used to treat conditions such as warts, fistulas
(abnormal passages opening through the skin), and
cancerous sores. The water that collects in the leaf
was called “Venus’s bath” by early herbalists, and was
thought to be very beneficial for the eyes.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Teasel root is
little used medicinally today, and its therapeutic
applications are disputed. It is thought to have
diuretic, sweat-inducing, and stomach-soothing
properties, cleansing the system and improving
digestion. Due to its apparent astringency, teasel is
considered helpful in diarrhea. It is also thought to
increase appetite, to tone the stomach, and to act on
the liver, helping with jaundice and gallbladder
problems. A new application of teasel, so far
unsubstantiated, is in the treatment of Lyme disease.Sundew was once considered a refreshing herb because
it maintained its “dew” even in full sun.
Dorema ammoniacum (Apiaceae)
Ammoniacum
Description Very large perennial herb growing
to a height of 10 ft (3 m), with a stout stem,
compound leaves, and umbels of white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Ammoniacum is native
to central Asia, Iran, and northern Russia. When
pierced, the stem exudes a milky gum, which is
pressed into blocks and then ground into a powder.
Part Used Oleo-gum-resin.Constituents Ammoniacum contains a resin
(60–70%), gum, volatile oil (including ferulene and
linalyl acetate), free salicylic acid, and coumarins.
History & Folklore Ammoniacum’s medicinal
value has been appreciated since ancient times, and
is mentioned by Hippocrates (460–377 bce). The
herb’s common name reputedly derives from
the Temple of Jupiter Ammon in Libya, in an area
where it was commonly collected.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Used in both
Western and Indian medicine, ammoniacum is still
listed in the British Pharmacopoeia  as an antispasmodic
and as an expectorant that stimulates the coughing
up of thick mucus. It is a specific treatment for
chronic bronchitis, asthma, and persistent coughs.
Ammoniacum is also occasionally used to induce
sweating or menstruation.
Other Species Ammoniacum is medicinally
similar to asafoetida ( Ferula assa-foetida, p. 210)
and galbanum ( Ferula gummosa, p. 211).Habitat & Cultivation Sundew grows in
Europe, Asia, and North America, and is found
in marshy ground at altitudes up to 5,900 ft
(1,800 m). Formerly it was picked while in flower
in summer. As it is now rare, it should not be
gathered from the wild.
Parts Used Aerial parts.
Constituents Sundew contains naphthaquinones,
enzymes, flavonoids, and volatile oil. The
naphthaquinones are antimicrobial, antispasmodic,
and also cough-suppressing.
History & Folklore In the 16th and 17th
centuries, sundew was thought to be a remedy
for melancholy. In his Irish Herbal  (1735), K’Eogh
advised using sundew to “eat away rotten sores.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses Sundew is of
greatest value in the treatment of spasmodic chest
conditions such as whooping cough, bronchial
asthma, and asthma. In relaxing the muscles of the
respiratory tract, the plant eases breathing, relieves
wheezing, and lessens the spasms of whooping
cough. Commonly mixed with thyme in a syrup,
sundew is a helpful remedy for coughs in children.
The herb is also prescribed for gastric problems.
Teasel  was traditionally used to treat warts and fistulas.
Drosera rotundifolia
(Droseraceae)
Sundew
Description Evergreen, insectivorous perennial
growing to 6 in (15 cm). Has small white flowers.
The hinged, spoon-shaped leaves edged with spines
secrete a sticky fluid (“sundew”), which traps
insects. They are digested when the leaf closes. Echium vulgare (Boraginaceae)
Viper’s Bugloss
Description Abundantly hairy perennial growing
up to 3 ft (1 m). Has narrow prickly leaves and pink
to violet clusters of flowers in dense spikes.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe,
viper’s bugloss is commonly found on uncultivated
land, by roadsides, and in low-lying and coastal
regions. The flowering tops are gathered in
late summer.
Parts Used Flowering tops.
Constituents Viper’s bugloss contains
pyrrolizidine alkaloids, allantoin, alkannins, and
mucilage. In isolation, pyrrolizidine alkaloids are
toxic to the liver. The alkannins are antimicrobial
and allantoin helps wounds to heal.Dorstenia contrajerva (Urticaceae)
Contrayerva
Description Stemless perennial herb growing
to 1 ft (30 cm


 question the assumption that the condition of the body is irrevocably related to the number of
years we have lived. We should not find it difficult to understand that we “age” in time, but time is
not the cause of the “aging” process. Think of the stone worn away by water. It changes in time, but
time does not wear it away. The water wears it away. The process of wearing away the stone
takes time—time is not the wearing process.
Two stones subjected to the same amount of water-wearing, will wear away at different rates,
depending on their respective hardness and density. For this same reason, two men, under the same
amount of impairing influences will “age at different rates,” depending on the resistance each
offers to the causes of impairment.
A stone will wear faster or slower depending on the amount of water that flows over it; wearing
slowly if only a small amount of water washes its surface, wearing faster if much water flows over
it. In the same way, a man will “age” slowly or rapidly, depending on the amount of impairing
influence to which he is subjected.
Carrying our comparison a bit further: if we can conceive of a self-repairing rock being worn
away and then having the water cease flowing over it, we’d see the rock repair itself and restore
much of its former substance, and would witness a process similar to that which takes place in the
human organism (which is self-repairing) when the causes of “aging” are removed.
The body is capable of tearing down some of its damaged structures and replacing these with
new structures; it is capable of renewing its cells, of casting off its accumulated burdens and of
65repairing much of its damages. Unlike the lifeless rock, the living organism is capable of taking an
active hand in its affairs and doing something constructive.
Man is constituted for longer and better life than he now enjoys. He should live considerably
many more years than he now does. And he should enjoy the possession of full health and vigor.
He should not fall apart at sixty or earlier. The fact is that, barring death by accident or killing, as
in war, human beings die of disease. If we live in such a manner as to prevent the evolution of
disease, we not only may live much longer than is now thought possible, but we may live in full
possession of all our mental and physical powers.
Aging has been defined as “the accumulation of body changes that increase one’s chances of
dying with the passage of time.” This simply means that aging is the slow accumulation of
pathological (diseased) changes in the organs and tissues of the body. It signifies the accumulation
of damages to the structures of the body and a slow impairment of the functions of life. Old age is
simply one more chronic disease. This is the reason we may
age
 early or late, and why some men
are younger at seventy than others are at forty.
Age takes place in time but is not caused by time. It is not important, therefore, that means be
found of determining accurately one’s physiological age. What is important is that we find and
recognize the causes of the aging process. Remove the cause of aging; and the physiological age
takes care of itself.
It is claimed that no one knows precisely what the body changes that constitute aging consist of,
or what exactly the changes might be. The experiments of the noted French scientist. Dr. Alexis
Carrell, author of
Man, the Unknown,
 in keeping fragments of a chicken heart alive for many
years, revealed that they aged when not kept free of their own cell waste. In other words, they aged
as a consequence of the accumulation, in the culture medium in which they were kept, of their own
metabolic waste.
If these wastes were regularly washed away, so that the cells were not poisoned by them, the
chicken heart did not age. We have indications again that aging is the result of chronic toxic
saturation. This important finding has received all too little attention, perhaps because there was
no way to exploit it.
Carrell’s experiments and many more like them have led to the conclusion by some authorities
that the cells are potentially
immortal.
 Normally they continue to divide and redivide, but they do
not die. From this viewpoint death would seem to be abnormal. What we observe, however, under
all ordinary conditions of life, is that the cells do age and they do die in great numbers. To go on
living indefinitely, all conditions must be favorable.
If the cells are potentially ageless, as is now believed by scientists, and the complex body ages,
then it is evident that one of two things is true. Either the functional specialization of cell groups—
the organs of the body—is inadequate, or there is some lack of coordination of the cell groups in
the body. Perhaps there may be both. If one or both of the propositions is true, the question
becomes: is the inadequacy of specialization or the inadequacy of coordination a primary state of
life or is it a result of ascertainable and removable causes? If it is primary, we cannot hope to
prevent, for more than a brief span, the aging process, which seems to set in, in most cases, rather
early in life. If it is due to avoidable and removable causes, as seems likely, we should be able to
do much to prevent aging.
At least in many of the lower forms of life numerous experiments have
demonstrated that not
only can the aging process be indefinitely held off, but also that it can be reversed and youthfulness
restored.
66For more than fifteen years. Professor C. M. Child of the University of Chicago did research on
aging in animals. His results revealed that periodic fasting is generally conducive to
rejuvenescence.
In certain species of insects he found that, with abundant food, insects pass through their whole
life-history in three to four weeks, but when the food is greatly reduced or the insects are forced to
fast, they may continue active and young for at least three years. His conclusion was that “partial
starvation (fasting) inhibits senescence. The starveling is brought back from an advanced age to the
beginning of postembryonic life; it is almost reborn.”
Child pointed out that in the organic world generally, rejuvenescence is but the regular or
ordinary process of cell renewal that is in continuous operation throughout the life of every
organism.
The failure to maintain youthfulness is due to causes that prevent the ideal operation of the
regular renewal process. Any removal of these hindering causes, at any age, results in a movement
in the direction of renewed youthfulness.
Professor Child’s experiments led Anton J. Carlson, Professor of Physiology in the same
university, to experiment for years with both fasting and feeding, in an effort to determine how
much rejuvenation could be brought about in man by the same means that result in rejuvenation of
lower forms of life. He was convinced that he found evidence of the rejuvenating effects of fasting
in man. Unfortunately his experiments with human subjects were all too few and most of them were
performed on more or less youthful subjects.
Frederick Hoelzel, who did much of the fasting that Professor Carlson observed, thinks that the
possibilities of rejuvenescence progressively decrease as age advances and that little rejuvenation
may be expected after the age of thirty-five. On this I am compelled to take issue with him. I think
that his observations in this field have been too narrowly limited to justify setting any such
arbitrary limit to the possibilities of human rejuvenation. Thirty-five is not a fixed landmark in
human life. It is not an age in which irreversible changes have been made in human tissues.
It must be recognized that there exist sharply defined limits to the possibilities of human
rejuvenation. There are irreversible changes in the tissues of man’s body and trying to undo them is
like attempting to grow a new leg after one has been lost. In many of the lower forms of animal
life, some of them very complex animals, the ability to grow new members or internal organs
(even new heads, brains and eyes) is possible, and the possibilities of rejuvenation are much
greater in such organisms than in the higher forms. But a greater degree of rejuvenation is possible
in man than we have heretofore thought.
We may accept as true the claim that the greater the amount and extent of pathological changes
that have taken place in the body of man, the less are his possibilities of rejuvenation. We may
agree with Hoelzel that the older one grows, the less are his possibilities of renewing
youthfulness. Yet some of the most remarkable examples of rejuvenation I have witnessed have
been in men and women past sixty. Without the least desire to discount the value of the work done
by laboratory experimenters with fasting, I think that I am justified in saying that these observations
have been too narrowly restricted to enable the laboratory workers to give us the final word.
Yet I do not think the greatest possibilities of the fast are in the rejuvenation of old men and
women. Its possibility for reversing the process of senescence in younger men and women so that
the aging process is slowed down, represents an equally important role. If we can employ fasting
to prevent damaging changes in vital organs, by periodically freeing the body of its toxic load, and
by giving the organs of life much needed rest, we should be able to accomplish far more lasting
67good in preventing aging than in seeking rejuvenation of the aged.
Some investigators stress the evanescent character of the rejuvenating effects of fasting and have
taken the position


 rest.
For five months I went on patiently
observing, and I found out positively in thattime that I had worked out my own salvation. Ihad lost upwards of sixty pounds of fat: I wasfeeling better in all ways than I had for twentyyears. My head was clear, my body felt springy,I enjoyed walking, I had not had a single coldfor five months, " that tired feeling " was gone!But my skin had not yet shrunk back to fit myreduced proportions, and when I told friendswhom I met that I felt well and a new man,their retort was that I certainly " did not lookit! " *
The more I tried to convince others, the more
fully I realised from talking to friends how futileand well-nigh hopeless was the attempt to getcredence and sympathy for my beliefs,scientifically well founded as I felt they were.
* NOTE :—Some of these same friends, fifteen years later,
when I was sixty-four years of age, as positively declared : "You
never looked so well: Fletcherizing has certainly done well for
Fletcher!"For years it proved so ; and I faced the fact that
to pursue  the campaign for recognition meantspending much money, putting asideopportunities to make profit in other and moreagreeable directions, and no end of ridicule.Sometimes, during the daytime, when I was "sizing up " the situation in my mind, treating itwith calm business judgment, it seemed nothingless than insane to waste more time or money intrying to prove my contentions.
Fully three years passed before I received
encouragement from any source of recognisedauthority. I went first to Professor Atwater,*who received me most politely, but when I toldhim my story he threw cold water on myenthusiasm. In our correspondence afterwardshe was most cordial but in no way encouraging.
The frost became more and more repellent
and benumbing.
Still I persisted. At last I got hold of my first
convert : a medical man, ill and discouraged ;amember of a family long distinguished in the
* Professor W. A. Atwater, of Connecticut, U.S.A., was, in
his time, a respected authority in the field of human nutrition,
and, as such, was selected by the editors of the Encyclopedia
Britannica to write the chapters on Nutrition for the
Encyclopaedia.medical profession. He was Doctor Van
Someren, of Venice, Italy, where I had made myhome and where I lived for some years. Iinduced him to organise an experiment with me.We enlisted a squad of men and induced themto take food according to my ideas. We also werefortunate enough to secure the co-operation ofProfessor Leonardi, of Venice.
In less than three weeks the sick physician
found himself relieved of his acute ailments,and it would have taken several teams of horsesto hold him back from preaching his discovery.*A little later, we transferred the field ofexperiment to the Austrian Tyrol, and testedour endurance qualities, only to find a capacityfor work that was not before consideredpossible. Then Doctor Van Someren wrote hispaper for the British Medical Association, whichexcited the interest of Professor Sir MichaelFoster, of the University of Cambridge,England, and the first wave of scientificattention was set in motion.
* Dr. Van Someren's testimony is given as an Appendix to
the American edition of this volume; taken from The A.B.—Z.
of Our Own Nutrition,CHAPTER II
SCIENTIFIC TESTS
First Critical Examination at Cambridge University, England— My
Endurance Test at Yale University in America.
ONE result of this powerful interest was a test
of our theories made at Cambridge University,England, organised by Sir Michael Foster, whowas then Professor of Physiology at theUniversity, and conducted by Professor FrancisGowland Hopkins. The test was successful,proving our most optimistic claims, and thereport of it was published.
The scientific world now began to turn its
attention to my discoveries. Doctor HenryPickering Bowditch, of Harvard Medical School,the dean of American physiologists, put the fullweight of his respected influence into the workto secure for America the honour of completingthe investigation; but it was not until theexperiments at Yale University, in New Haven,that the first wide publicity was accorded. Thestory of this and subsequent experiments andtheir results is this : Professor Russell H.THE AUTHOR  TESTING  HIS ENDURANCE   BY MEANS  OF THE KELLOGG
MERCURIAL  DYNAMOMETER. DR. ANDERSON, DIRECTOR  OF THE
YALE GYMNASIUM, IN THE BACKGROUND.
Chittenden was at the time President of the
American Physiological Association, Director ofthe Sheffield School of Yale University, and therecognised leading physiological chemist ofAmerica. He invited me to the annual meetingof the Physiological Association at Washington,where I described the results in economy andefficiency, and especially in getting rid offatigue of brain and muscle, obtained up to thattime. But evidently to little purpose, asProfessor Chittenden revealed to me at the closeof the meeting. He said, in effect:
" Fletcher, all the men you have met at our
meeting like you immensely, personally; but noone takes much stock in your claims, even withthe endorsement of the Cambridge men ; thetest there was insufficient to be conclusive. If,however, you will come to New Haven and letus put you through an examination, our reportwill be accepted here. You will be eitherjustified or disillusioned ; and—I want to befrank with you —I think you will bedisillusioned."
MY EXAMINATION
by Dr. Chittenden showed a daily diet averageof 44.9 grams of proteid, 38.0 grams of fat, and
253 grams of carbo-hydrates, with a totalaverage calory value of 1,606 (compare this with
the Voit Diet Standard, page 88), and careful
and thorough tests made at the YaleGymnasium proved that, in spite of thisrelatively low ration, I was in prime physicalcondition.
Previously, as before stated, in the autumn of
1901, Dr. Van Someren had accompanied me toCambridge for the purpose of having our claimsclosely investigated, with the assistance ofphysiological experts. The Cambridge and theVenice findings were fully confirmed at NewHaven, and striking physical evidence wasadded by Doctor William Gilbert Anderson'sexaminations of me in the Yale Gymnasium.This latter test, described on page 19, was morepractically important as an eye-opener to bothdoctors and laymen than were the laboratoryreports. I personally showed endurance andstrength in special tests superior to theforemost among the College athletes. This waswithout training and with comparatively smallmuscle ; the superiority of the muscle lying inthe quality and not in the amount of it.Professor Chittenden then became intensely
interested in the matter, as did also ProfessorMendel; and the former suggested organising anexperiment on a sufficiently large scale to proveuniversality of application or the reverse. Hevolunteered his services and the use of hislaboratory facilities.
At this time, too, I became acquainted with
General Leonard Wood * and Surgeon-GeneralO'Reilly, of the United States Army. I foundboth open to my evidence; and, in the case ofGeneral Wood, I learned that it was confirmedby his own experience while chasing Indians inthe Western wilds. Through them PresidentRoosevelt and Secretary Root becameinterested, and carte blanche was given General
O'Reilly to use the War Department facilities,including the soldiers of the Hospital Corps, forassistance in the proposed experiment.†
One of the revelations of our experiments
worthy of mention here was that occasional long
* Now Chief of Staff.
† The full repost of this famous experiment may be found in
Professor Chittenden's book Phsological Economy in Nutrition ;
but such small mention of indebtedness to Fletcdherism was
made, that Professor Irving Fisher, in the interest of practical
Political Economy, organised a supplemental experiment, moreabstinence from food, say two or three weeks,
with water freely available, is comparativelyharmless, if " Fletcherizing " is carefullypractised when food is again given to the body.Nature prescribes accurately what is to be eaten(often the most unexpected sort of food); and ifthe food selected by appetite is carefullymasticated, sipped, or whatever other treatmentis necessary to get the good taste out of it, andthe mental state at the same time is clear offear-thought or worry of any kind, the justamount that the body can use at the moment isprescribed by appetite, and the restoration tonormal weight is accomplished with epicureandelight, well worth a spell of deprivation.
THE IRVING  FISHER  EXPERIMENTS.
The tests of endurance, which were
conducted by Professor Irving Fisher, of Yale,now President of the Committee of OneHundred on National Health of the American
normal than the first, to test the economic effects of
Fletcherism, pure and simple.
A brief account of this investigation is given on page 78.
Professor Chittenden made amends, later on, by composing a
physiological prose poem on the benefits and delights resulting
from careful chewing and tasting of nutriment, which I quote in
full in Chapter VII.Association for the Advancement of Science, and
with the co-operation of the famous athleticcoach, Alonzo B. Stagg, formerly of Yale, butnow of the University of Chicago—on Collegeathletes, students of sedentary habits, and onmembers of