 showc:.d some appetite. On the sixth day, she
asked for food twice and began to sit without any support. On the
ninth day, she insisted on the third meal also and began ·to walk in
the courtyard of the house. On the twelfth day, she asked for more
food, but it was not allowed. On the sixt,enth day, drinking of urine
was stopped. Now she was healthy and used to walk ouside the
courtyard. Thus in 15 days' urine treatment, Miss K. R. Shah
regained her health. In addition, she recovered appearance, colour,
appetite, weight and vigour, normal for her age."
"I have given an account of two cases which were declared by
doctors as incurable. These two cases were treated by me between
summer and rainy se'aspns of 1958. Urine th~rapy is useful both
according to principles of homoeopathy as well as of biochemistry.
It is a successful cure of all the incurable and chronic diseases. I
hold this belief on the basis of my own experience. Urine therapy,
properly applied, could be of great service to humanity.
"If nature, habits, strength, appetite, season, economic conditions
and other factors are taken into account, and if treatment is TUBERCULOSIS : 91
undertaken, under supervision of an experienced person I am sure
that 95% of the so-called incurable cases would disappear by urine
treatment."
AFTERMATH OF CASES
1. Shri Bachubhai G. Shah (Gangasadan, Vithalwadi, Marvey
Road, Malad West, Bombay), submitted orally in the seminar on
urine therapy 011 15-6-61, his own experience of this therapy. He
had anattack of T.B. but doctors could not diagnose it and so a
cavity developed on the left-side 'tung. The right-side lung also
showed some effect. Under X-ray, the trouble was traced out at last
He was admitted to the Sarvodaya Hospital at Ghatkoper. On an
advice from Kunverji Mehta of Malad, he took recourse to urine
therapy and could cure himself completely buy auto-urine..
2. Shri, Mohanlal Gupta (Sanchalaka, Sarvajanik Chikitsalaya,
Sarvodaya'-gram, Mujjaffarpur, Bihar) had informed in writing that
he was at death's door due to T.B. but.could experience wounderful
change for the better only in three days by urine therapy.
3. Shri Madhubehn Thakar (Patel Mahad, Siddhapur) aged
twenty-eight, had a cavity on the left-side lung. She was vomiting
blood and had fever and cold and gasping. She took to urine the
rapy and in 13 days blood-vomit stopped without any reaction.
Gasping and cold also vanished and she could feel far better. She
could eat as appetite increased. She used to take Khakhara and
vegetables prepared in ghee. Ultimately she cured herself
completely from this fatal malady.
4. Shri Gopal Shah (Sevashram, Bhopoli, Nainital, Uttar Pradesh)
had T.B. for the last 4 years. Doctors got qespaired of his case. He
started urine therapy on 15-1-62 and continued it for three months.
During the time, he never fasted but used to take cow's milk, bread,
Dal and vegetables without any condiments.. He could cure himself
completely and could walk two miies easily with vigour.
5. Shri Dhirajilal A. Desai (Gajendra Store, Ghee Bazar,
Nandarbar, West ~handesh) applied this therapy on different 92 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
persons for T.B., ulcer, cold, asthma, kidney trouble and other small
or big maladies and could cure them without any failure.
6. Shri Harishchandra Desai from Baroda has informed that he
could cure his brother's T.B. by this therapy. In addition he could get
rid of his spectacles and piles too I He gained 15 lb. in one and a
half month's experiment.
7. Shri jashbhai M. Patel (Daresaalam, British East Aftica), Shri
Jamased N. Merchant (from Poona), Shri Rambhai H. Patel, Shri
Makanji B. Desai, (Kadhghar Kesot), Shri Ravajibhai Artist and Shri
Krisna, have stated that they were cured of T.B. and other maladies
by urine therapy. Their case histories were published in issues of
Bharat Sevak in 1962 and some of them orally related their. stories in
seminars on urine therapy.
CHAPTER V
COUGH AND COLD
Eosinophilia: I wish to have an account of the experiences of a
seasoned Vaidya who might have applied urine therapy. For this
purpose, I contacted Shri Bapalal Garbaddas, the well-known
Vaidya. As a good social worker, he experimented urine treatment
on himself and sent me the following report on the 70th November
1958:
"Nowadays the disease of Eosinophilia has become very
pervalent. In this disease, the number of red corpuscles is reduced,
and that of white increased. Its symptoms are cold, cdugh,
weakness and indigestion, etc. Sometimes it appears like an attack of
asthma. An examination of the blood, however, readily reveals the
disease. Arsenic injections or some medicines with arsenic to be
taken by mouth are prescribed for it as a sure remedy.
"I suffered from this disease, which still persists and troubles r.1e
to some extent. All of a sudden, the nose begins to discharge sticky COUGH-AND COLD : 93
water and phlegm, appetite is lost and body becomes pale. This
attack is feared in the cold season. It occurred to me that 1 shoud
have an experiment on urine treatment. I began the same on the
15th October 1958 and it still continues. I have been carrying on
this experiment for the last five weeks.
"Early in the morning whi:m I go for stools, I collect the entire
urine, leaving a little of it passed in the beginning in a glass-pot and
drink about 6 oz. of it after cleaning the hands, feet and mouth. The
remaining is rubbed on the face as I see some darkness there. It is
thousand times better to drink auto-urine than that of a cow. The
latter is ill-smelling and scarcely available fresh. The ~uta-urine is
pure and ready at hand. It does not give my distaste and ill-smell.
"The experime11t has been so successful that since then I am fre€
from cough and cold, motions are clear and the body is full of
vigour and strength. During the present winter, there is no trouble so
far. The non-recurrence of cold is really a big gain. According to
Sushruta, 'human urine' is a tonic and a poison killer. I strongly
recommend this treatment for cold and cough.
"Armstrong, the original writer, has advised urine treatment along
with fast.!n case of indigestion, obesity and loss of appetite fasting is
advisable. If absolute fast is not possible, diet must be reduced and
auto-urine should be taken. It is highly beneficial. The most effective
urine treatment is to sustain on urine alone.
"I feel thatthis experiment can be undertaken by all. I can assure
that there is absolutely no fear of any ill effect. 1 do not write as a
propagandist, but being a physician I write this with full sense of
responsibility."
Infantile Cold and Cough : My grandson Prashant, at the time of
birth weighed 4 112 lb. only. The normal weight of a baby is 7 lb. He
continually suffered from cold and cough since birth. It can be said
that doctor Ankleshwaria kept him alive by skill and injections. Up
to the age of three, his cold and cough continued in all the seasons
and so he grew up.
U.T.-9 94 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
In spite of the belief in the efficacy in urine, he was not prepared
to drink it. He used to turn away his face and say, "Who can drink
urine? 11 I asked his mother tG rub urine on his body. The mother
continued rubbing regularly. As a result of it he was free from the
attack of cold, cough and fever in the last monsoon in spite of heavy
rains and is also free from the trouble during the cold season too.
There was a general improvement in his health also.
Now to make him drink auto-urine, I made a small
demonstration! I showed him a glass full of my urine and asked him
what it was. He looked at the glass and said, 11lt is urine.11
11See now, I drink it myself. There is nothing


eliefs	take	us	to	a	subtler	level	of	the	mind.	Beliefs	allow	one
experience	but	forbid	another	to	enter.	They	are	like	judges	deciding	whether
an	experience	is	positive	or	negative,	right	or	wrong,	desirable	or	undesirable.
The	universe	is	doing	a	continuous	dance	with	your	beliefs.	What	you	believe
is	reinforced	by	what	you	experience,	but	what	you	experience	also	alters
what	you	believe.	Anyone	who	has	wrestled	with	the	question	“Does	he	(or
she)	love	me?”	knows	what	it	feels	like	to	have	tiny	things	like	a	glance	or	a
casual	word	or	an	unreturned	phone	call	confirm	or	destroy	your	belief	in
being	loved.
Beliefs	are	cleared	by	being	aware	of	the	sticky	quality	they	possess.
Beliefs	aren’t	static;	they	result	in	behavior.	So	when	you	watch	your	own
behavior,	you	are	seeing	your	beliefs	at	play.	If	a	poor	black	homeless	person
asks	you	for	a	handout	at	night	and	your	response	is	to	say	nothing	and	walk
away,	consider	all	the	beliefs	that	could	be	at	work:	“Black	is	dangerous,	the
night	is	fearful,	strangers	can’t	be	trusted,	any	response	will	get	me	entangled,
poor	people	are	lazy	or	crazy	or	weak,	to	associate	with	them	means	I	will	be
one	of	them	one	day.”	When	you	stop	defending	the	behavior	of	your	beliefs,
they	become	less	sticky.	You	regain	freedom	to	think	and	believe	in	a	new
way.
Structure:
	Structure	is	the	foundation	of	the	personality.	It	includes	your
vision	of	life,	your	purpose	for	being	here,	your	deepest	goals,	your	view	of
physical	existence,	and	your	attitude	toward	pleasure	and	pain.	These
profound	things	are	overlooked	because	people	are	too	overwhelmed—and
too	convinced—by	their	beliefs	and	energies.	Only	after	you	start	clearing
energy	and	beliefs	can	you	look	at	the	“Why?”	that	is	at	the	bottom	of	your
participation	in	Maya,	or	external	appearance.	Why	are	you	alive?	What	is
your	overall	purpose?	To	what	higher	values	have	you	offered	your
allegiance?	These	are	structural	questions,	and	when	you	can	see	them	clearly,
they	bring	their	own	answers.
Structure	isn’t	cleared	the	way	stuck	energy	is,	and	it	can’t	be	challenged
the	way	beliefs	can	be.	Structure	is	your	vehicle	for	this	lifetime.	It’s	the	boatyou	use	to	sail	across	the	ocean	of	space	and	time.	Without	it	you	would	have
no	identity	at	all;	you	would	be	a	cloud	of	energy	without	a	center.	All	you
can	do	with	your	structure	is	to	“witness”	it.	In	that	moment	of	witnessing,
you	reduce	the	“I”	to	its	first	principles.	In	other	words,	you	stand	at	the
threshold	where	the	person	meets	the	soul.	This	is	an	enormously	liberating
moment	of	recognition.
When	you	build	any	new	structure	in	your	mind—for	example,	deciding
to	see	your	life	in	spiritual	terms	or	learning	parenting	skills	after	a	baby	is
born	or	replacing	the	perspective	of	a	victim	with	the	perspective	of	someone
who’s	in	control—you	are	choosing	to	evolve.	You	are	taking	advantage	of
certain	subtle	qualities	that	pertain	to	mental	structures	as	revealed	by	the
rishis:
Structures	in	the	mind	organize	energy	so	that	it	serves	the	highest
purpose.
They	interface	this	lifetime	with	universal	experience.
They	open	you	to	the	higher	self	and	its	transmissions.
They	expose	you	to	the	force	of	evolution.
To	the	extent	that	you	are	working	on	the	three	levels	of	energy,	beliefs,
and	structure,	you	are	connecting	yourself	to	the	field	directly	and
consciously,	which	is	how	an	open	mind	is	achieved.	How	can	you	tell	that
your	work	has	paid	off	and	you	have	gained	an	open	mind?	You	know
yourself	as	wholeness	once	and	for	all.15
T
HE
	M
ECHANICS	OF
	C
REATION
AS	MUCH	AS
	we	try	to	explain	it,	what	happens	when	we	die	remains	a	miracle.
We	move	from	one	world	to	another,	we	shed	our	old	identity	to	experience	“I
am,”	the	identity	of	the	soul,	and	we	assemble	the	ingredients	of	a	completely
unique	life	in	our	next	body.	Science	supports	the	claim	that	the	field	is
capable	of	creative	leaps	and	endless	transformation.	An	oxygen	atom,	if	it
could	tell	its	own	story,	would	feel	that	a	miracle	has	occurred	when	it	bonds
with	hydrogen	to	form	water.	Its	old	identity	was	gaseous,	its	new	one	is
liquid.	Its	old	world	was	in	the	atmosphere,	its	new	one	is	in	oceans,	rivers,
and	clouds.	And	what	if	this	water	molecule	happens	to	become	part	of	the
human	brain?	Would	oxygen	suddenly	experience	being	conscious?
This	question	is	the	final,	most	mysterious	leap	we	have	to	explain.
Oxygen,	like	every	other	atom	in	the	brain,	participates	in	consciousness	as	it
courses	through	every	neuron.	Yet	to	say	that	oxygen	itself	is	conscious	goes
too	far.	So	how	did	consciousness	creep	in	somewhere	between	oxygen	atoms
and	the	cerebral	cortex?	This	is	crucial	in	determining	whether	or	not
consciousness	survives	death.	As	I’ve	already	argued,	the	answer	doesn’t	lie
in	the	brain.	The	brain	is	an	inert	object	formed	of	organic	chemicals.	Those
chemicals	can	be	broken	down	into
more
	basic	molecules	and	atoms.	Those
atoms	can	be	broken	down	into	subatomic	particles,	which	can	in	turn	be
broken	down	into	energy	waves	that	have	their	source	in	an	invisible	field.
Taking	these	steps	one	at	a	time,	we	get
further	away
	from	consciousness
rather	than	closer.	The	brain	is	aware,	but	we	cannot	say	that	energy	waves
are	aware,	even	though	the	brain	is	ultimately	nothing	but	energy.	To	solve
this	enigma,	materialists	argue	that	consciousness	has	no	reality	in	itself;	it	is
just	a	trick	of	the	brain.	Does	this	mean	that	if	we	could	download	a	person’s
complete	memory	into	a	supercomputer,	we	would	achieve	life	after	death?
Would	the	living	self	continue	to	feel	intact,	experiencing	the	world	just	as
before	but	from	inside	a	machine?
This	is	a	perfect	example	of	how	we	can	be	victimized	by	our	own
explanations.	Awareness	can’t	be	found	in	information.	The	fact	that	a	billion
zeros	and	ones	are	loaded	into	a	computer	won’t	make	it	conscious	unless
each	zero	and	one	is	conscious	already,	which	leads	to	the	absurd	conclusion
that	the	numbers	printed	in	a	math	textbook	are	thinking	about	themselves.You	cannot	explain	consciousness	at	any	level	of	nature	without	running	into
the	same	contradiction.	So	do	we	have	to	give	up	on	scientific	explanations	or
is	science	ready	for	insights	that	will	force	it	to	explain	Nature	differently?
Creative	Leaps
One	property	we	cherish	in	ourselves	is	the	ability	to	create	something	new


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always true.
Manasamitra Vataka – used for the treatment of epilepsy, seizure, mania,
depression, tension headache, insomnia and schizophrenia.
Vyoshadi Vataka/Vyosadi Vatakam –
Reference: Sahasrayogam, Vati prakarana, Yogagrantham
Contains herbs like pepper, long pepper, ginger, cumin, cinnamon,
cardamom, jaggery etc.
All the above ingredients are ground in jaggery base to prepare tablets or
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Useful in Ayurvedic treatment of cold, cough, rhinitis, asthma,
anorexia, hoarseness of voice.
Dose: 3–6 grams once or two times a day after food or before food, or as
directed by Ayurvedic doctor.
It is administered along with honey or warm water.
Usually this medicine is available in granule or tablet form.
Gulika
Vilwadi Gulika/Bilvadi Gulika/Bilvadi Gutika
It is used in Ayurvedic treatment for bites from cobra, scorpion,
rodents, insects, spiders, gastro enteritis, dyspepsia, fever, toxic and
psychological conditions.
Ashtangahrudayam Uttarasthana 36/84–85
Vati/Bati – Chandraprabha Vati
Urinary tract infection, diﬃculty in urination, urinary calculi.
constipation, bloating, abdominal colic pain, low back pain.
cold, cough, rhinitis, bronchitis, asthma and such other respiratory
diseases.
eczema, dermatitis, pruritus and allergic skin conditions.
Piles, liver, spleen diseases, anaemia and stula.
Teeth problems like caries, eye infections.
Semen defects and gynaecological problems.•
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aging Ayurvedic medicine.
Vati/Vataka – Here Vataka is bigger than Vati weighing more than ½ gram.
Gutika/Gulika – Are smaller in size.
Pindi – Are pills of pea size.
Guda – e medicine in bolus form.
Modaka – Rounded lump (Ladu) weighing between 20 t o 100g .
Varti – Elongated with tapering ends. (suppositories)
Varti Types
Guda Varti/Phala Varti – administered through anal route
Yoni Varti (Vaginal Suppositories).
Shishna Varti. (Urethral Suppository).
Vrana Varti – wounds
Netra Varti – eyes (Rasanjana – Aqueous extract of Berberis aristata
(Tree turmeric – Daru Haridra) – vick and applied over eyes for
infective eye disorders.
Dhuma Varti (Medicated Cigars).
Nasa varti (nasal Suppositories).
Agnisiddha Vati (Vahnisiddha Vati) – re is involved in tablet preparation
Reference: Sharangdhara Samhita Madhyama Khanda 7.
Agni Siddha (Agni = Vahni = Fire)•
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water in a vessel to prepare their Paaka.
e ne powder of all the drugs is added to it and stirred well to attain
required consistency of rolling the pills of desired size & shape.
e prepared pills are dried in shade and stored in airtight containers.
Tests for correct heat –
Tablets should be soft and smooth
Should not stick to ngers
Should be rolled into pills between ngers
Should leave nger prints when pressed between ngers
Avahni Siddha Vati – Anagni Siddha Vati
No re is involved
Preparation of Vati without re
Base drugs like Guggulu, Guda are pounded well by adding little by little ne
powder of medicinal drugs & when the mixture attains the required
consistency of rolling the pills, the pills of desired size & shape are rolled.
OR
e ne powder of medicinal drugs is triturated well in a khalwa yantra with
any liquid preparation like Swarasa, Kwatha etc until it attains the required
consistency and pills are rolled.
Ratio of Gum Agents –
In relation with Churna of medicinal drugs:
Sita (sugar candy) – 4 times the herbal powders•
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Guggulu – Commiphora mukul – equal to herbal powders
Madhu (honey) – equal to herbal powders
Jala (water) or any other liquid preparation (Kashaya, hot infusion,
cold infusion, juice extract etc) – 2 times to herbal powders.
General Procedure
e vegetable drugs are dried and powdered
Mineral drugs are converted into bhasma or sindura
Animal products are puried, if necessary
All the drugs of vegetable, metallic and animal origin are transferred
into khalwa yantra separately and ground to a homogenous mixture
is mixture is ground to ne paste by adding prescribed decoctions
If there are more than one liquid mentioned in the formula, they are
added in succession one after the other
If no liquid is mentioned, water is added
When soft paste is obtained and matra paka is achieved, sugandha
dravyas like musk, camphor etc are added and ground again
At the end, mass is rolled into pills of diﬀerent sizes as per the
requirement
If sugar and jaggery are mentioned in the formula, they are prepared in
the syrup and the powders of the drugs are mixed in it and ground to
matra paka•
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stability of the drug obtained to various degrees. Hence their shelf life
varies from two years to 10 years basing on the degree of dehydration
Dose
12 Grams per day is the general dose.
Dose depends on Bala (immunity + Agnibala – digestion strength) of
the patient
High Dose eory of Ayurvedic Medicine
Because we use raw herbs usually the dose of Ayurvedic medicine is high, when
compared to chemical components used in allopathy or other medicinal
systems.
For avalehas – 1 pala/2 pala 48 g – 96 g rams per day
For tablets – 1 tola – 12 grams
Kashaya – herbal decoctions – 2 pala – 96 m l
Herbs – act very well in higher doses
Herbs are usually safer even in higher doses.
Guggulu tablets – 2–2 – 2–2
Essential Ingredients
Base drugs or Binding agent.
Guda, Sharkara, Guggulu, Madhu etc.
Drava dravya.
Swarasa, Kwatha, Jala etc.•
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Herbal/Metal & Mineral drugs.
Saveeryata Avadhi – Shelf Life
Sharangdhara Samhita Prathama Khanda 1.
Traditional Reference: tablets and avaleha hold their qualities till 1
year. After 1 year, they usually lose their qualities.
As per Drugs and Cosmetics Act
Ayurvedic tablets/Vati/Gutika / Kashayam tablets –
Tablets prepared from herbal ingredients – 3 years
Tablets prepared with herbal and mineral ingredients – 5 years from
the date of manufacturing.
Tablets prepared from mineral ingredients – 10 y ears
Guggulu tablets – 5 years
Advantages of Vati Kalpana
Can be swallowed easily.
Bitter taste & irrita ting odor can be masked.
Volatile principles of the drug can be retained for a longer duration.
More shelf life.
Fixation of dosage is quick & easier.
Easy to pack & dispense.
Tablets are tamper proof dosage forms.•
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Product identication is possible.
Variety products can be brought out with added benets.
ey suit better for large scale production.
Disadvantages
Drugs of slow dissolution property can’t be brought in this form.
Drugs of Amorphous nature (without a clearly dened shape or form)
cannot be compressed into dense compacts.
Drugs sensitive to moisture, oxygen & other gases may require
encapsulation.
Lower shelf life compared to Asava, Arishta, Taila, Ghrita.
Example for Tablet at You Can Make
Drakshadi Vati – Reference Yoga Ratnakara Amlapitta Chapter (gastritis,
dyspepsia)
Draksha –


nectar or brown rice syrup to sweeten it to taste.
Vary It! Blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, acai
berries, and even cherries work well in this mixer.
Don’t speed
The key to preserving your blender and making great smoothies is to start
at a low speed in order to get the blades  moving, and then turn up the
speed to medium and watch as the larger chunk s of ingredients begi n to
break up. When the pieces of fruits and veget ables are liquidizing and
being forced up and around the sides of the cont ainer, ease the dial up
toward High. If you increase the speed too quickly, a large air bubbl e will
form, and the blades will just spin around inside it.Chapter 16
Vegetable Smoothies
In This Chapter
 Drinking your veggies throughout the day
 Getting the party started with savory smoothies
Recipes in This Chapter
 Green Energy Breakfast
 Vita-E
 Tomato Energizer
 Red Vitality
 Beans and Carrots
 Spiced Parsnip
 Berry Broccoli
 Coconut Green
 Lentil Soup
▶ Vegetable Soup
▶ Bean Soup
 Cabbage Slaw
 Minted Carrot Mocktail
 Spicy Tomato Mocktail
 Carrot Mock Mimosa
 No-jito
 Red Velvet
 Grape Cocktail Crème de Cocao
 Cucumber Gin
Let’s face it: We just don’t eat enough vegetables. A 2007 study
from Johns Hopkins University showed that among U.S. adults,
fruit consumption is holding steady, but vegetable consumption
is headed down.
So, how many do you need? Some experts say ﬁve fruits and
vegetables a day. If you’re not eating ﬁve fruits and vegetables
every day, this is an excellent goal to set to start. However, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) actually recommends
two to four servings of fruit and three to ﬁve servings of
vegetables every day. For optimum health and disease
prevention, aim for as many as ten or more servings of fruits
and vegetables per day.
What can you do if you’re part of that group of people who
aren’t eating enough veggies? You can start drinking them!
Because they include the carbohydrate and ﬁber along with the
nutrients, smoothies give you a feeling of fullness that stays
with you longer than juices. The average vegetable smoothie
will supply two to three servings of vegetables (or fruit and
vegetables), so you get a double or triple hit of these valuable
foods with every drink.
Br eakfast and Snack Smoothies
Vegetables at breakfast? Why not? Although the traditional
breakfast drink is orange juice, a raw vegetable or green
smoothie provides antioxidants and phytonutrients in a
convenient and much more digestible form, because the
blender has done all the work of breaking down the plant
cellulose. You wake up in the morning dehydrated, with your blood
slightly acidic, so raw vegetable smoothies not only feed
and nourish your cells, but also rehydrate and help to
balance your pH levels.
For morning vegetable smoothies, leafy greens such as spinach,
kale, Swiss chard, and fresh herbs are a good choice to blend
with carrots, zucchini, or tomatoes and one fruit, such as
pineapple, mango, kiwi, banana, berries, or cherries.
Yogurt or cottage cheese is a good addition at breakfast,
because the protein takes longer to digest. Combining yogurt or
cottage cheese with non-starchy vegetables is usually tolerable
for people with very sensitive digestive systems, too — so even
if you can’t tolerate fruit and protein together in the same meal
or drink, you may be able to consume vegetables like summer
squash, cucumber, tomatoes, broccoli, green beans, and sweet
peppers along with yogurt or cottage cheese in a cool vegetable
smoothie.
Foods to avoid if you’re prone to yeast or
viral infections
If you have a yeast infection, you’ve recent ly taken antibiotics, or if you’ve
recently suffered a viral infection (like a cold), avoid the following foods
— they feed yeast, bacteria, and viruses:
 All sweet foods: Sugar, candy, syrups, toppings, ice cream,
sweetened desserts, and sweetened breakfast cereals
 All reﬁned grains: White bread, cakes, cookies, tarts, pies, and
baked goods
 Pasta: Wheat and gluten-free noodles, rice, lasagna,  and spaghet ti Fruits: All fruits except sour fruits, such as pomegranate, acai
berries, cranberries, and lemon
 Root vegetables: Beets, carrots, parsnips, and potatoes
G r e e n  E n e r g y  B r e a k f a s t
Prep time: About 3 min • Blending time: 1 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
1 cucumber
2 cups fresh or 1 cup frozen spinach
1/2 cup almond milk
1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
2/3 cup plain low-fat yogurt
1 tablespoon ground hemp seeds or ﬂaxseed
Dir ections
1 Peel the cucumber and cut into chunks.
2 Chop the spinach into cubes (if using frozen).
3 Combine the milk, cucumber, spinach, basil, yogurt, and hemp
seeds or ﬂaxseed in the blender container.
4 Secure the lid on the container.
5 Starting on a low speed and gradually easing toward high, blend
the ingredients for 45 seconds or until smooth and there are no
visible pieces of vegetable in the mixture.
6 Pour the smoothie into 2 glasses, and enjoy!Per serving: Calories 94 (From Fat 22); Fat 2g (Saturated 0g); Cholesterol 2mg; Sodium 116mg;
Carbohydrate 14g (Dietary Fiber 3g); Protein 6g.
Vary It! For a slightly sweeter version, use fresh apple juice or
orange juice in place of the almond milk and add 1 peeled and
quartered kiwifruit.
Tip: To make thick, Greek-style yogurt, strain plain yogurt through
cheesecloth.
V i t a - E
Prep time: About 4 min • Blending time: 1 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
1 red or green bell pepper
1/2 avocado
11/4 cup fresh carrot juice
2 cups fresh chard pieces or spinach
3 tablespoons chopped raw almonds
2 tablespoons rolled oats (large-ﬂake oatmeal)
1 tablespoon ground ﬂaxseed
Dir ections
1 Cut the pepper in half. Remove the seeds and membrane, and
cut it into chunks.
2 Peel the avocado, remove the stone, and cut into chunks.
3 Combine the carrot juice, chard or spinach, pepper, avocado,
almonds, oats, and ﬂaxseed in the blender container.
4 Secure the lid on the container.5 Starting on a low speed and gradually easing toward high, blend
the ingredients for 45 seconds or until smooth and there are no
visible pieces of vegetable or nuts in the mixture.
6 Pour the smoothie into 2 glasses, and enjoy!
Per serving: Calories 213 (From Fat 116); Fat 13g (Saturated 2g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 156mg;
Carbohydrate 23g (Dietary Fiber 8g); Protein 7g.
Tip: Vitamin E prevents cell damage from free radicals and helps
protect against prostate cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
Vary It! If you’re juicing the carrots for this smoothie, try adding a
parsnip or half a beet to vary the juice.
T o m a t o  E n e r g i z e r
Prep time: About 4 min • Blending time: 1 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
2 small zucchini
1 red or green bell pepper
3/4 cup fresh tomato juice
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves
2 tomatoes, quartered
1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
Dir ections
1 Peel the zucchini and cut into chunks.
2 Cut the pepper in half. Remove the seeds and membrane, and
cut it into chunks.3 Combine the tomato juice, lemon juice, parsley, zucchini,
tomatoes, pepper, and ginger in the blender container.
4 Secure the lid on the container.
5 Starting on a low speed and gradually easing toward high, blend
the ingredients for 45 seconds or until smooth and there are no
visible pieces of vegetable in the mixture.
6 Pour the smoothie into 2 glasses, and enjoy!
Per serving: Calories 95 (From Fat 8); Fat 1g (Saturated 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 23mg;
Carbohydrate 21g (Dietary Fiber 5g); Protein 5g.
Vary It! Red pepper adds color and easily substitutes for the green
pepper.
R e d  V i t a l i t y
Prep time: About 4 min • Blending time: 1 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
1 pear
2 small beets, lightly steamed
3/4 cup fresh carrot juice
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 cup fresh spinach
2 tomatoes, quartered
Dir ections
1 Peel the pear (if not organic) and cut into quarters. Remove the
core and seeds.
2 Peel the beets and cut into


stone was laid for modern
biomedicine's basic formula with its monocausal-microbial starting-point and its
search for magic bullets: one disease, one cause, one cure," writes American
sociology professor, Steven Epstein.79 From the end of the 19'" century, the hunt for
microbes increasingly provided the thrill, and the same admiration th�t physicists
and chemists had earlier garnered (as in Paris in 1783, when the brothers Montgolfier
performed the "miracle" of launching a hot air balloon into the sky). 80
But as fascinating as this conception of a single cause is, it has very little to do
with the complex workings of the human body. A significant majority of diseases
have far more than just one cause, so the search for the single cause of disease, and
by extension for the one miracle -pill, will remain for them a hopeless undertaking. 81
This is particularly true in microbiology, a "scientific No Man's Land,"82 as the
American magazine The New Yorker fittingly described it. The field is becoming
ever more complex and incomprehensible, as further research penetrates the
seemingly infinite microcosmic mini-worlds of cellular components, molecules and
microbes.
Bacteria, fungi and viruses are omnipresent-in the air, in our food, in our mucous
membranes-but we aren't permanently sick. 83 When a disease generally held to be
contagious "breaks out,'� only some individuals become sick. This is clear evidence
that microbes, whatever potential they may have to make you sick, cannot be the
lone cause of disease.
Pasteur himself admitted on his deathbed: "The microbe is nothing, the terrain is
everyth ing."84 And indeed, even for mainstream medicine, it is becoming increasingly
24 Society Under the Spell of a One-Dimensional Microbe Theory
clear that the biological terrain of our intestines-the intestinal flora, teeming with
bacteria-is accorded a decisive role, because it is by far the body's biggest and most
important immune system. 85 A whole range of factors (in particular nutrition, stress,
lack of activity, drug use, etc.) influence intestinal flora, so it has a decisive influence
on all sorts of severe or less serious illnesses.86 87 88 89
But it is not just this large oversimplification that calls for opposition to the
microbe theory.9 0 Under closer examination, fundamental assumptions of microbe
theory also emerge as pure myth. Edward Kass, professor of medicine at Harvard
University, made this the subject of his opening address at a conference of the
American Society for Infectious Diseases in 1970. US citizens were becoming
increasingly critical of the Vietnam War and many people in the USA began to rebel
against the establishment. Maybe this zeitgeist spurred Kass to address these issues
openly, although they may have stood in glaring opposition to the views of most of
his listeners.
Kass argued that medical scientists and microbe hunters were not the ones to be
praised for stemming the flow of mass diseases like tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles,
whooping cough or pulmonary infections. The data unquestionably shows that
death rates for these so-called infectious diseases had noticeably decreased from the
middle of the 19'h century; long before microbe hunters and the medical establishment
became active (see diagram 1). The monumental accomplishment of pushing back
diseases and raising life expectancy is primarily due to an improvement in general
standards of living (improved nutrition, construction of water purification plants,
etc.), which gained momentum in industrialized countries precisely in the mid-19 th
century.91
This also explains why deaths from so-called infectious diseases have become a
rarity in affluent societies (in wealthy countries, they make up less than 1% of all
mortalities).92 Yet, in poor third-world regions like Africa, where every third person
is malnourished,93 these same diseases (tuberculosis; leprosy, etc.) that wealthy
countries fought during times of recession run rampant.94 The excessive panic-lik e
fear, which so easily consumes members of affluent societies when the media stokes
the flames of the viral-epidemic panic, can in this context, only be described as
irrational.
Recently, headlines on avian flu and the SARS virus have dominated global
reports, but the world is also exposed to horror scenarios about hepatitis C, AIDS,
Ebola and BSE. These shocking media reports totally overlook the fact that the
existence and pathogenic effects of all these allegedly contagious and even fatal
viruses-avian flu, HSNl, HN etc.)-have never been proven. A glaring paradox is
that very few people actually die from these purported large new epidemics. Strictly
speaking, these epidemics are not epidemics whatsoever.
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No scientists have even seen the avian flu virus HSNl in full (with its complete
genetic material and virus shell); we don't even know if it could be dangerous to
humans, or if it could trigger the already widely reported global pandemic; something
that mainstream researchers also admit.95 And despite this Jack of proof, Reinhard
Kurth, director of Germany's Robert Koch Institute, which is responsible for microbe
epidemics, does not shy from warning that HSNl "potentially threatens all of
humanity."9 6 There is also discrepancy between speculation and existing facts in the
BSE "epidemic," which has yet to present us in Germany with a single clinical case
of the disease, only animals that have tested positive for the virus.97
With regard to hepatitis C, we are still waiting for the predicted epidemic of liver
cirrhosis (serious liver damage).98 Since the 1980s, no more than a few hundred
people die in Germany each year from so-called AIDS, according to official statistics.
And what about the horrifying figures of x-million "infected with HIV'' in Africa and
other developing countries? This is primarily due to the redefin ition of patients who
suffer from conventional diseases like tuberculosis or leprosy as AIDS patients.99 The
threat of SARS is similarly over hyped: In the first nine months (November 2002 -
July 2003) after the aJJeged discovery of the SARS virus at the end of 2002, the
World Health Organization found only 800 "probable SARS deaths."100
"Years from now, people looking back at us will find our acceptance of the HIV
theory of AIDS as silly as we find the leaders who excommunicated Galileo, just
because he insisted that the earth was not the center of the universe," predicts Kary
26 Society Under the Spell of a One-Dim ensional Microbe Theory
Mullis, one of the most significant Nobel laureates of the 20'h century. "It has been
disappointing that so many scientists have absolutely refused to examine the
available evidence in a neutral, dispassion ate way, regarding whether HIV causes
AIDS."101 This breaking of the fundamental principles in scientific research also
applies to other new alleged epidemics like hepatitis C, SARS, avian flu, cervical
cancer, Ebola, and BSE.
Mullis' words come from his article titled, 'The Medical Establishment vs. the
Truth." In it, he discusses how the entire virus-busting industry plies its dogmas,
declaring them to be eternal truths, without the support of factual evidence. Of
course, this helps to secure the gigantic research budgets and profits of pharmaceu
tical groups and top scientists.
Between 1981 and 2006, US taxpayers alone shelled out $190 billion for AIDS
research focused almost exclusively on the deadly virus hypothesis and the
development of treatment drugs.102 Yet the growing list of medications haven't
demon strably extended the life of a single patient, and a "cure" is nowhere in sight.103
The same strategy has been employed with Tamiflu flu medication, which has
serious side effects, yet, thanks to skillful public relations work, support of the WHO
and the media's avian flu fear mongering, this drug mutated in a short time from
shelf warmer to cash cow. 104
While pharmace utical groups and top researchers cash in and the media drive
their circulation ratings sky high with sensationalized headlines, citizens must foot
a gigantic bill without getting what is necessary: enlightenment over the true causes
and true solutions. "So what are dedicated clinicians to do?" asks John Abramson of
Harvard Medical School. "The first step is to give up the illusion that the primary
purpose of modern


 fruits, whole grains, vegetables, and beans.
If at any point you feel as though your new eating habits and health are
starting to slip away, find true north again. Repeat as much of the four -week
diet as you can to recover your bearings. (The end-of-the-year holidays
might be all it takes to throw you of f-kilter. I know, I’ve been there.)
Experiment with what works best for you over the course of a year or
two, and you’ll be set for life.
E2 POP  QUIZ
Q: If there are 4 grams of sugar in 1 teaspoon, and 39 grams of sugar
in a 12-ounce can of Coca-Cola, how many teaspoons of sugar are
in one can?
A: Each can of Coke contains 39 grams of sugar, or about 10
teaspoons full.
VICES AND VIRTUES
A good friend’ s father, a prominent neurosur geon, always used to tell
me, “If you have your health, you have everything.” As a ten-year -old, I was clueless about that. It meant about as much as “the check is
in the mail.”
Now that I’m in my mid-forties, his words make sense. Your health
is one of your greatest assets. That is why, during your four weeks on
the E2 Diet, I encourage you to go the extra mile and give up your
unhealthy vices. It’ s worth it. Go whole hog. Jump in with both feet.
If you drink cof fee, give it up, or switch to decaf. Same with tea.
And if you don’ t give them up, remember not to add milk or cream.
Instead, go for soy milk (look for the vitamin-fortified or the nonfat
versions), or try various other nondairy substitutes, such as almond,
oat, or rice milks.
You should restrict rich desserts, but you don’ t have to avoid
sweets entirely. If you have a serious sweet tooth, try any of the
Engine 2 dessert recipes or indulge in 70 percent or more dark
chocolate. But avoid those egg- and cream-filled cakes!
I also encourage you to try giving up alcohol, at least for the full
four weeks. Alcohol possesses no nutritional value, it inhibits your
body’ s ability to burn fat by more than 30 percent, and it’ s loaded
with empty calories. However, if you just can’ t go without, keep it
down to one serving a day. Some recent evidence suggests that one
glass of wine a day may even benefit your health—if you can limit it
to one.
Remember, I am only talking about four weeks. The extent to
which you stick with the program will determine your success at
losing weight, lowering your cholesterol level, improving your
gastrointestinal tract, and perfecting your overall health—as well as
losing your cravings for the foods you thought you couldn’ t live
without. At the end of the four -week period, you can return to your
old habits if you wish. But my bet is the majority of you will continue
down the pure path of healthy eating because you love the newfound
you too much.
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CRAZY  MYTHS ABOUT  FOOD
Jack LaLanne, the ninety-five-year -old vegetarian and fitness guru,
recalls that when he started lifting weights in the 1930s, “The doctors were
against me—they said that working out with weights would give people
heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.”
Similarly, doctors didn’ t think smoking was bad for our health until the
1960s; in fact, they actually endorsed it until the 1950s. And there have
been times when medical professionals thought cocaine was a legitimate
medicine, when drilling a hole in the skull was considered a remedy for
many diseases, and when a frontal lobotomy was thought to be sound
therapy.
In many ways, things haven’ t changed. There’ s still a ton of
misinformation out there, and much of it concerns plant-based eating. To
make matters worse, doctors are seldom schooled in nutrition, and the ones
who are tend to follow the antiquated food pyramid created by lobbyists
and special-interest groups that are less interested in your health than in
keeping their jobs and taking your money.
I can’ t believe all the incredible things I hear about diet and nutrition,
spoken by people who don’ t have a clue but who talk as if they did. An all-
protein diet is good for you! All carbs are terrible! God put animals on the
planet for people to eat! Alcohol is a health tonic! Vegetarians are weak
wusses who can’ t play sports!
So beware: Once you start eating the healthy, plant-based E2 way,
people will begin to tell you all kinds of ridiculous “facts” about food. One
course of action is to ignore them. But if you feel like getting into a debate,
here’ s some information to help you shut ’em down.Myth 1
You can’ t get enough pr otein eating a plant-based diet.
Reality:  Not only will you get all the protein you need, for the first time
in your life you won’ t suffer from an excess of it.
Ample amounts of protein are thriving in whole, natural plant-based
foods. For example, spinach is 51 percent protein; mushrooms, 35 percent;
beans, 26 percent; oatmeal, 16 percent; whole wheat pasta, 15 percent; corn,
12 percent; and potatoes, 1 1 percent.
What’ s more, our body needs less protein than you may think. According
to the World Health Or ganization (WHO), the average 150-pound male
requires only 22.5 grams of protein daily based on a 2,000 calorie a day
diet, which means about 4.5 percent of calories should come from protein.
(WHO recommends pregnant women get 6 percent of calories from
protein.) Other nutritional or ganizations recommend as little as 2.5 percent
of daily calories come from protein while the U.S. Food and Nutrition
Board’ s recommended daily allowance is 6 percent after a built-in safety
margin; most Americans, however, are taking in 20 percent or more.
Doctors from my father to Dean Ornish to Joel Fuhrman, author of the
bestselling Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained
Weight Loss (Little, Brown), all suggest that getting an adequate amount of
protein should be the least of your worries.
Look around you and tell me the last time you saw someone who was
hospitalized for a protein deficiency. Or look around in nature, where you
will notice that the lar gest and strongest animals, such as elephants, gorillas,
hippos, and bison, are all plant eaters.
Also, the type of protein you consume is as important as the amount. If
you are taking in most of your protein from animal-based foods, you’re
getting not only too much protein, but also an acid-producing form that
wreaks havoc on your system.
Why is protein so potentially harmful? Because your body can store
carbohydrates and fats, but not protein. So if the protein content of your diet
exceeds the amount you need, not only will your liver and kidneys become
overburdened, but you will start leaching calcium from your bones to
neutralize the excess animal protein that becomes acidic in the human body.
That’ s why, in the case of protein, the adage “less is more” definitely
applies. The average American consumes well over 100 grams daily—adangerous amount. But if you eat a plant-strong diet, you’ll be getting
neither too much nor too little protein, but an amount that’ s just right.
Myth 2
Plant pr oteins ar en’t complete pr oteins.
Reality:  Plant proteins are as complete as complete can be.
The myth that they’re not, or are of a lesser quality than animal proteins,
dates back to experiments performed on rats in the early 1900s. For get the
fact that rats aren’ t humans, have dif ferent nutritional requirements, and
need more protein than humans to support their furry little bodies. The
meat, dairy, and egg industries have marketed the hell out of this ancient
research, and even in the year 2009 most every Dick, Tom, and Jane thinks
the only way to get complete protein is through meat, eggs, or dairy.
In reality, proteins are composed of chains of roughly twenty dif ferent
amino acids. Of those, eight are found outside our body and must be
absorbed from our food. These eight are the “essential” amino acids. The
remaining acids are “nonessential” because they can be synthesized by our
bodies themselves.
Plants supply all the essential and nonessential amino acids. All of them.
While some plants may be low in (not missing) one amino acid and other
plants may be higher in another, your brilliant body sorts it all out and, at
the end of the day, complements your amino-acid profile so it is perfectly
balanced. In so doing, it creates a high-quality protein that is healthier,
safer, and better than animal protein.
Thus, there is absolutely no need to combine certain plant proteins at
each meal in an attempt to achieve an optimal amino acid balance.
Unfortunately, the protein-combination myth continues to be perpetuated
by any number of respected or ganizations. But the American Dietetic
Association gets it right. Its position statement reads


 the house, compete
with oxygen.
4.Increase the oxygen delivery system to the brain by rais ing
hemoglobin  levels. Cure anemia  and low iron  levels.
5.Raise oxygen saturation of blood by keepin g body acidity
down.
6.Correct a slow and irregular heart  beat.
Niacin
Open blood vessel s wider by giving niacin. Give it early in
the morning, upon rising, as soon as the feet are set on the floor.
Keep it at the bedside, use small capsules or tablets and com bine
this chore with water drinking. The water should not be cold and
should have nothing added to make it a beverage. (Drinking
water within minutes of sitting upright may also move the bowels
soon.) A 250 mg. time-release niacin tablet (see Sources ) is a
good choice. The elderly have little side ef-THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
280fects. Even the niacin-flush, which reddens the face  and neck  is
welcomed since it gives a sensation of warmth.
The flush is intensified by giving hot liquids or acids (even
vitamin C ) to drink. The flush is reduced by giving cold liquids.
The opening of blood vessel s by niacin  only lasts a few hours. If
you see it has a good effect on your loved one, give several a
day. Do not use a prescription variety, since they are polluted
with heavy metals; use only the brand in Sources, or a brand that
you have tested pure. You can freely experiment with nia cin to
find the best dosage and variety; it is not toxic in this amount; but
the size of the tablet should not turn it into an un pleasant chore.
Reduce it if it seems too large to swallow. Don't cut tablets in
half, the rough edges can scratch the throat.
Hawthorn berry  is an herb that opens blood vessel s, par-
ticularly to the heart. Carefully watch the effect on blood pres-
sure when using it.
Food mold, particularly er-
got, has the opposite  effect of
niacin. Brain blood vessel s are
made narrower, cutting down
the oxygen supply. Ergot is a
common contaminant of grains:
don't provide rye or
pumpernickel breads or crack-
ers. Don't provide wine  or
other alcoholic beverages; they
are too contaminated with er-
got and aflatoxin. Narrowing
the blood vessels in the brain
can lead  to stroke. If you no tice
an attack of dementia  coming,
try a niacin tablet (100 mg, not
timed release) immediately.
Fig. 34 Alcoholic beverages
contain ergot and aflatoxin.
Add vitamin C (1/8 tsp.) upon
opening and wait 10 minutes
for it to act.PUSHING BACK AGE
281TIA’s, Strokes and Purpura
Sometimes, the elderly person is aware of the onset of a
brain attack; they may see stars or peculiar shapes or lose vision
temporarily. These are called temporary ischemic attacks
(TIA's). Immediately give a 100 mg tablet of niacin, 1 gram vi-
tamin C, and a B-complex in this order of importance.
TIA’s are caused by spasming in the brain blood vessel s. If
this causes them to spring a tiny leak somewhere, a part of the
brain will not get its usual oxygen and nourishment. A stroke
results.
The spasming was probably caused by sorghum  molds.
Cooking during the manufacturing of sorghum syrup kills the
mold but its toxic byproducts (mycotoxins) are still present.
Other syrups may have sorghum added, polluting them. Brown
sugar is also polluted with sorghum molds, but fortunately you
can detoxify this mold with vitamin C  as usual. Mix well ¼ tsp.
powdered vitamin C with each new (1 lb.) box of brown sugar.
Purple patches, like bruises, on the hands or arms of an eld-
erly person are called purpura, and is also caused by sorghum
molds. It weakens blood vessel s so they break easily.
When an elderly person has purpura  or TIA’s and the mold
source isn’t obvious, you must track it down. Test in a saliva
sample for all the sweetenings used recently (at least an hour
ago). At the very least, keep notes on all the sweeteners being
used. Look for a common one at the next attack. Never let the
trigger food be eaten again.
Blood Pressure
Increase  blood pressure  if it is habitually too low. Blood
pressures below 110 may prevent strokes but ruin the quality of
life. Low blood pressures are often due to toxins from foods. But
severe salt deprivation in the diet can also cause this. If the
adrenal glands  are not conserving salt properly, too much so-THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
282dium is allowed to leave the body with the urine, resulting in low
sodium  levels in the blood and a blood pressure drop. Ad renal
performance is improved by taking the kidney herb recipe.
The kidney herbs (page 549), at half dose level (½ cup a day
instead of a whole cup) can be given daily for three weeks and
then on alternate days indefinitely. Be very careful to keep the
herbal tea sterile by reheating. Elderly people seem to sense the
improvement given by kidney herbs. Try other kidney herbs from
time to time: shave grass, cedar berries, juniper berries,
butcher’s broom, corn silk. None interfere with drugs. Re-
member, they also have a diuretic  effect. Be prepared to use ex-
tra paper padding in underwear to help catch the extra urine
output. The first few nights may be disturbed by extra urination.
Interpret this positively.
After the blood pressure  comes up to 115 (systolic) mental
performance will be greatly improved. Don't try to bring it up to
120 since this raises the stroke  potential without giving you much
improvement in performance. Use an electronic device to
measure blood pressure, one with a finger  cuff, not an arm cuff
which can itself induce broken blood vessel s. Purchase a device
that needs no adjustments of any kind and has automatic cuff
tension control (see mail order catalogs if your pharmacy does
not have one).
Air Pollution
Improve the quality of the air by lowering the pollution level.
Check into carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, fumes from a gas
stove pilot light, auto exhaust  from an attached garage or nearby
highway, arsenic  from household pesticide, PVC  from new
plastic curtains or carpeting, formaldehyde  from wearing new
clothing before washing it, asbestos  from hair dryer s, freon from
a refrigerator, fiberglass, and chlorine  from running tap water.
Some of these displace oxygen, some are simply toxic toPUSHING BACK AGE
283the body and lungs. Clean up the air according to the general
principles of environmental cleanup (see Four Clean-ups, page
409).
For the elderly pay special attention to chlorine  in the air.
Shower water puts a lot of chlorine into the bathroom air which
then distributes itself through the rest of the house. Notice
whether your elderly person goes into the bathroom in  fair shape
mentally but comes out confused, unreasonable. Not every day's
chlorine exposure will have the same effect. Trust your judgment.
Attach a carbon filter  to the shower head  (see Sources ). Purchase
a variety that has very simple-to-replace cartridges. Figure out
how long it should last and write the date for replacement on the
outside of it for your own convenience.
Washing hands and face  in chlorinated water can give off
enough chlorine  to trigger a manic episode in a manic-depressive
person. Certainly, it is enough to cause mental ef-
When into and out of the bathroom is a different performance
suspect chlorine. Put a filter on your faucets.
Fig. 35 Chlorinated water can cause mental problems.THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
284fects in an elderly person. Of course, the chlorine bleach  bottle
should not be kept under the sink. It should be kept in a closed
plastic bag in the garage. It should not be used while the elderly
person is in the house and never for his or her laundry. Use
chlorine-free bleach.
Don't pollute the air with fresh flowers, potpourris, or room
freshener s. These can induce a dizzy spell.
Room air conditioner s may have a fiberglass  filter! This fills
the house with tiny particles of glass to be breathed by every-
body. The body makes tumors out of them in order to stop them
from cutting through your tissue. Replace the filter with a foam
sheet. This sheet is 1/8 inch thick and washable. I have not found
these types of foam filter s to emit formaldehyde.
Room air filter s are not the answer to polluted air. Remov ing
the pollution source  is. Air filters may remove some of the toxic
elements but by blowing the air (and dust) around vigor ously the
remaining toxins are made much more vicious in their effect. The
noise of a filter motor and fumes it may put out itself adds misery
to the simple job of breathing. Using a non-fiberglass  filter at the
furnace is a better idea.
Make sure all fragrances are


 up to every person to actually give birth.
But before embarking on the love stories in this book, let me tell a bit of
my own. Spirit is always leaving clues about its existence, although we may
not be on the lookout for them, and I remember the first clues given to me
by my cosmic grandmother. She was my paternal grandmother, married to
an old sergeant  in the Indian army who had blasted his bugle from the
rooftops the morning I was born. To look at her, this tiny woman didn’ t
appear cosmic. Her idea of contentment was to pat flour dough into
perfectly round bread for my breakfast or to wend her way before dawn to a
dim temple where the thousand  names of Vishnu were chant ed. But one
day, as I sat waiting by the charcoal stove for my breakfast paratha  stuffed
with potatoes and spice, she let me in on a piece of cosmic wisdom.
We had a neighbor down the street in the cantonment of Poona, a Mr.
Dalal, whom nobody liked. He was stooped and gray, very thin, and he
greeted everyon e with a sour, pained expression. Curiously, he had a small,
vivacious wife—his exact opposite—who adored him. They were always
together, and if I happened to pass them on the way to school, Mrs. Dalal
would wave to me from underneath her blue sari, all the time keeping aloving eye on her husband, who would be tapping his way down the
sidewalk with his cane.
“They are like Rama and Sita,”  my grandmother said admiringly behind
their backs. This I very much doubted, since Rama and Sita were divine
incarnations of man and woman, and the most perfect lover s in Indian
mythology. Whe n Rama strung his bow it caused lightning and thunder,
while Sita was beauty itself. Being eleven and obsessed with cricket, I had
little time for either Rama and Sita or the Dalals, until a shadow passed over
our household. Mr. Dalal lay dying just a few doors away from us.
My grandmother paid a visit to his bungalow and came back looking
somber and pale. “Only a few hours,” she told my mother. Small boys can
be callous about death, and I resented Mr. Dalal for the time he had poked
his cane at me and ordered me to pick up a package he had dropped on the
sidewalk. Years later, when I had entered medical school, I realized that Mr.
Dalal had been suffering from angina, and his weak heart had not permitted
him even to bend over. Severe chest pain accounted for the twisted
expression on his face, and now it had brought him to death’ s door.
Of course Mr. Dalal’ s dying was the talk of the neighborhood. That day
my grandmothe r informed us that Mrs. Dalal had decided to die in her
husband’ s place. She was praying fervently for this wish. Our family was
stunned, except for my father, who was a cardiologist. He kept quiet, only
assuring us that Mr. Dalal had no hope of recovery from his infarction. A
week later this prediction was confounded when an extremely frail Mr.
Dalal and his wife appeared again on the street. Mrs. Dalal, very much
alive, waved from beneath her blue sari, looking as cheerful as ever, if
somehow changed.
My grandmother waited, and only a few months passed before Mrs. Dalal
fell sick. A minor cold turned to pneumonia, and in those days when
penicillin was not so readily available or believed in by common people,
she died, suddenly, in the middle of the night.
“Like Rama and Sita,” my grandmother murmured, wearing a look on
her face that could be mistaken for triumph. She described the last scene
between husban d and wife, when Mr. Dalal took off his prayer beads and
laid them  tender ly around his wife’ s neck before she passed. “That is a real
love story,” she said. “Only love can work such a miracle.”“No,” I proteste d, standing impatiently by the stove. “Mrs. Dalal is dead.
You call that love, but now they both have nothing.” My father had already
told me, in his measured, clinical voice, that Mr. Dalal’ s survival had been a
fluke, not a miracle. He could be expected to die within the year.
“You just don’t understand,” my grandmother reproached me. “Who do
you think gave Mrs. Dalal her wish? When she loved her husband, she was
loving God, and now she is with him. Every real love story is a love story
with God.”
An old woman with a cosmic mind is a good place to begin to talk about
love. For this story isn’t about Mrs. Dalal. A Westerner would be skeptical
that she had achieved anything of value by dying for her husban d, assuming
that was what  had happened. The point of the story lies in my
grandmother ’s deepest beliefs:
A man and a woman can r eflect divine love in their love for each other.
Loving your beloved is the way you love God.
Human love survives death.
If you could hold the same beliefs, your love would contain a profound
power and meaning. Actually, I shouldn’ t deprive Mrs. Dalal of her own
meaning. The neighbors whispe red that she was murmuring “Rama” when
she died. Anyon e who can say God’ s name at such a moment might well be
wooing her lover. Looking back, I now realize that for her, death itself was
a healing. How many modern people in the W est can say the same?
Despite the fact that love is important to everyone, few of us could deny
that love is in a crisis—no deeper crisis exists. Either love isn’t a powerful
enough force to save us from our darker nature or something has happened
to turn us away from love. Perhaps love was never the answ er we were
looking for.
Any of these possibilities could be true. If they are, however, to be
human is truly tragic. In his last major work, Civilization and Its
Discontents,  Sigmund Freud painted a picture of human nature that is
grimly unloving. Humans, he asserted, are motivated by an instinct for
sexual gratification that society can barely keep in check. They  are born to
take sadistic satisfaction in the plight of enemies; they will use ruthlessviolence to obtain money, powe r, and sex; and only the threat of retribution
from someone more powerful keeps this violence in check. According to
Freud, Christ’ s injunction to love thy neighbor as thyself is a psychological
impossibility.
Every adult has seen enough of life to agree at least partially with this
devastating assessment, and modern psychology, by and large, is based on
it. The famous Milgram pain experiments from Yale in the 1950s
demonstrated that when ordere d to give electric shocks to strangers in a
laboratory settin g, average people would follow such orders willingly, even
when the subjects screamed in agony and begged them to quit. Where is
love in all of this?
The dir ect experience of spirit is the only lasting foundation for love.
Despite all the evidence to the contrary, in some profound way we were
created for love to the very depths of the human soul. This spiritual vision
of huma n nature  has prevailed against all odds. Its roots go back in India
more than two thousand years to the Vedic scriptures. Veda is Sans krit for
“truth” or “know ledge.” The hymns of the Rig Veda are considered to be
humanity’ s oldest devotional expression, but as it expanded into thousands
and thousands of scriptures, Veda continued to emphasize the same point:
the human being is a mirror of God. Our being and God’ s Being are one.
In the Vedic view we are not passive observers of reality but creators, as
God is. The mask of matter disguises our true nature, which is pure
awareness, pure creativity, pure spirit. Like light streaming from a bonfire,
reality streams from us, and our choice is to emanate love or non-love.
Contrary to Freud’ s dark view, the Vedas say that it is much more natural
for us to create from love than non-love. They declare that humans “are
born in bliss, sustained in bliss, and return to bliss again after death.” This is
a drastic shift in perception from modern psychology, and yet to be truly in
love always brings a new perception—everyone can validate the sudden
ecstasy and bliss that makes romance so sweet. But to have a complete
vision of love means being willing to under go a much more total shift of
perception.
When you per ceive yourself as spirit, you will not simply feel love—you will be love.In spiritu al terms, to be love is only natural. It is our departure from love
that is unnatural. The ancient scriptures recognized man’ s violence and saw
it clearly : one of the most important teachings of Veda is the Bhagavad-
Gita, which is set on a battlefield before a murderous war. Yet in the Vedic
tradition an unbroken successio n of saints, seers, masters, and sages have
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 has gone to great pains to keep this power hidden.One could spend a lifetime not knowing that it exists, were it not for
those people who are too innocent or too mad to keep their inner
world a secret.
One way to approach magic al thinking may be to set aside the
mind-body connection, at least for the moment, and concentrate on
the magical thinker’s own idea of what he is doing. I would propose
that he operates dierently  from most people, according to a
principle called “self-referral.” Self-referral means that I gauge
reality not by externals but by internals, by my own feelings and
intuitions. If I am living according to this principle, there is no
mystery when  a shift in awareness causes a change in my body,
because all reality begins with such a shift and keeps on changing as
I do.
Things appear to be happening to me, but in fact I am
participating in each and every event. If I were alert enough, I
would see my thoughts radiating like light from a candle or a star.
Thoughts surge up from their invisible source and lap against the
world like waves against the shore. They strike everything in my
vicinity—oak trees, clouds, skyscrapers, other people, even the most
random atoms and bits of atoms. These things are basically
reections seen in the mirror of my awareness. And the mirror is
vast—my thoughts roll on as far as the edge of the universe,
beginning at a nite source but spreading out to innity.
The opposite of self-referral is object-referral, which means giving
primary importance to externals instead of to myself.  A person
whose thinkin g is based on object-referral automatically assumes
that his mind has no inuence over things in the outside world. A
thought is a subjective event that ricochets around inside a mental
bubble, never able to break out. For all practical purposes, this
means that object-referral awareness is mercilessly dominated by
things. Compared to the ghost of a thought, the hard, solid objects
of this world seem much more real and therefore much more
powerful. This is the position almost all of us nd ourselves in.
Even if you cannot imagine a reality centered entirely on yourself,
however, another person could be living that way very successfully.A friend of mine was traveling in Kashmir and brough t back the
following tale:
“Holy men are a common sight in Srinagar, the capital of
Kashmir, becau se of its proxi mity to the Himalayas. One day I saw a
holy man making his way down the street. He was an old ascetic
with a long beard, but very tall and vigorous lookin g. He was
dressed in a saron robe, and by his side he carried a three-pronged
sta called a trishul, or Shiva’s trident. The god Shiva is looked upon
by many ascetics in India as their patron.
“As this imposing gure neared me, he was suddenly accosted by
a gang of jeering boys. They were rough, and in a minute their
taunts turned to shoves. They pulled the old ascetic around, while
he showed not the slightest  irritation. One of the boys stole his
trident and ran away with it. Still the old man walked on, smiling as
if nothing had happened. That stick was all he had. No doubt it had
been ceremonially presented to him by his guru decades ago, and all
his possessions were in the cotton bag that was tied around its neck.
“All at once another boy dashed up and grabbed the trident back.
He ran up behind the ascetic, and just as he was holding out the
stick, the old man, who couldn’t see the boy behind him, gracefully
reached backw ard to receive it. He was still walking straight ahead
at the time and didn’t even turn his head. It was as if hand and stick
were fated to meet again, or had never been separated. Then he
disappeared.
“I walked on, absorbed in my thoughts. How could the old man
have remained so unperturb ed? Did he know that the stick would
come back to him? At the next block, I looked up, and there he was,
crossing my path again. He gravely turned his eyes in my direction
and gave me a slow, conspiratorial wink. I didn’t even realize that
he knew I had been watching. Then in English he said, ‘May I buy
you a cup of tea?’ The words sounded faintly ludicrous, but
immediately I felt drawn into his seamless, unshakable reality, and I
marveled at its security.”
What this story tells me is that the self and the world do not have
to be separate entities. The whole incident was not necessarily a
contest betwee n an old man and a gang of boys; it was a divertingplay within the old man’s awareness that took on outward shape. He
stood at the center of the event, certain of its outcome, and his hand
found the stick again because it was meant to. Some people see
more of this magic than the rest of us. As Robert Frost wrote in one
of his shortest poems: “We dance round in a ring and suppose, / But
the Secret sits in the middle and knows.” My friend went and had
tea with the holy man, but he found it hard to get any more words
out of him. The ascetic had exhibited enough of the Secret for one
day.
People who learn to live on the basis of self-referral need not lose
sight of the objective world; even the most austere ascetics require
food, water, and shelter. Also, we should not hastily assume that
worldly pleasures are the enemy of the self. It is just a matter of
reorienting one’s perspective, seeing the self as primary and
outward things as seconda ry. Unfortunately, to someone who
denes himself through outside objects, the prospect of trusting in
himself as the linchpin of reality can be quite disturbing. For every
desirable word in our vocabulary like self-reliant, self-motivated,
and self-sucient, our object-referral culture has found an
undesirable one: self-centered, introverted, withdrawn, narcissistic,
solipsistic, egocentric.
Although subjectivity is supposed to be changeable and
untrustworthy, it seems no less treacherous to rely psychologically
upon exterior objects. I remember a fable I used to hear in India:
Once there was a poor villager who possessed only two things of
any value—his  son, who was sixteen, and a handsome gray pony.
The villager loved these two above all else in creation. One day the
pony vanished and could not be found. The villager was plunged
into deep dejection. No one could lift his spirits until three days
later, when the pony returned, followed by a handsome black
Arabian stallion. Overjoyed, the man embraced the pony and
quickly bridled the stallion.
His son eagerly asked if he could ride the wild horse, and since he
could deny him nothing, the father consented. An hour later, news
came that the boy had been badly thrown while riding on the beach.
He was carried  home in a litter, bruised and battered, his right legshattered in two places. At the sight of his injured son, the father’s
happiness again turned to utter sorrow.
He sat in front of his hut wailing, when a contingent of the king’s
soldiers swept by. War was imminent, and their duty was to drag o
conscripts from the village. They ruthlessly seized every eligible son,
but when they came to this man’s house, the soldiers saw that his
son was maimed, and they left him behind. The father’s tears again
turned to joy, and he gave fervent thanks to heaven for the tragedy
he had bewailed the moment before.
What’s peculia r about this fable is that it has no ending, and that
is its moral. The rise and fall of the villager’s spirits goes on and on,
bound to the fate of a boy and a pony. In real life, people have more
than two things they cherish, but the result is the same. So long as
our happiness depends upon objects “out there,” we are their
prisoner. We have given our freedom away to things.
Sad Love Stories
Although medicine is not yet prepared to admit that self-referral
plays the major part in either the onset or the cure of disease, a
large number of patients are very open to the possib ility. They
instinctively refer to the feelings that surround their illness. If there
is a great deal of denial or self-blame present, their feelings will
usually be turbulent and therefore misleading. But they can also be
startlingly clear, giving the patient a truer understanding of his
situation than anyone could objectively supply from the outside.
In this regard, there is a fascinating account from the popular
writer Michael Crichton, who was trained as a doctor at Harvard
Medical School twenty-ve years ago. In his book of
autobiographical sketches, Travels, Crichton remembers the months
he spent on the cardiac ward of a Boston teaching hospital. It is
routine for third- and fourth-year students to rotate briey through
all the


 at it or how well insured you may be against it, being sick is expensive (not to mention what it
does to one's quality of life), and by far the best thing to do is to prevent it from happening in the first place. However, most people
do not do anything about their health until forced to by some painful condition. If you are already sick there are a number o f
supplements you can take which have the potential to shorten the duration and severity of the illness, and hopefully p revent a
recurrence.
    The sicker you are, the more supplements you will require; as health is regained, the dosage and variety of substances can be
reduced. In chronic illness, megadoses of many nutrients are usually beneficial. Any sick adult should b egin a life extension
vitamin program unless they are highly allergic to so many things already that they can not tolerate many kinds of vitamins a s
well. In addition to the life extension program, vitamin C should be taken by the chronically ill at a dose  from 10 to 25 grams
daily, depending on the severity of the condition.
    Many people want to know whether or not they should take their regular food supplements during a fast. On a water fast most
supplements in a hard tablet form will not be broken dow n at all, and often can be seen floating by in the colonic viewing tube
looking exactly like it did when you swallowed it. This waste can be avoided by crushing or chewing (yuck) the tablets, befor e
swallowing. Encapsulated vitamins usually are absorbed, b ut if you want to make sure, open the capsule and dump it in the back of
your mouth before swallowing with water. Powdered vitamins are well absorbed.
    On a water fast the body is much more sensitive to any substance introduced, so as a general rule it  is not a good idea to take
more than one half your regular dose of food supplements. Most fasters do fine without any supplements. Many people get an
upset stomach from supplements on an empty stomach, and these people should not take any during a water f ast unless they
develop symptoms of mineral deficiencies (usually a pre -existing condition) such as leg cramps and tremors, these symptoms
necessitate powdered or well -chewed -up mineral supplement. Minerals don't taste too bad to chew, just chalky.
    The same suggestions regarding dosage of supplements for a water fast are also true for a juice fast or vegetable broth fast. O n a
raw food cleansing diet the full dose of supplements should be taken with meals.
    There exists an enormous body of data abou t vitamins; books and magazine articles are always touting some new product or
explaining the uses of an old one. If you want to know more about using ordinary vitamins you'll find leads in the bibliograp hy to
guide your reading. However, there is one "old " vitamin and a few newer and relatively unknown life extending substances that are
so useful and important to handling illness that I would like to tell you more about them.
    Vitamin C is not a newly discovered vitamin, but was one of the first ever id entified. If you are one of those people that just hate
taking vitamins, and you were for some reason willing to take only one, vitamin C would be your best choice. Vitamin C would be
the clear winner because it helps enormously with any infection and in i nvaluable in tissue healing and rebuilding collagen. If I
was going on a long trip and didn't want to pack a lot of weight, my first choice would be to insure three to six grams of vi tamin C
for daily use when I was healthy (I'd take the optimum dose –ten g rams a day –if weight were no limitation). I'd also carry enough
extra C to really beef up my intake when dealing with an unexpected acute illness or accident.
    When traveling to far away places, exposed to a whole new batch of organisms, frequently hav ing difficulty finding healthy
foods, going through time zones, losing nights of sleep, it is easy to become enervated enough to catch a local cold or flu. If I have
brought lots of extra vitamin C with me I know that my immune system will be able to conqu er just about anything –as long as I
also stop eating and can take an enema. I also like to have vitamin C as a part of my first aid kit because if I experience a
laceration, a sprain, broken bone, or a burn, I can increase my internal intake as well as app ly it liberally directly on the damaged
skin surface. Vitamin C can be put directly in the eye in a dilute solution with distilled water for infections and injuries,  in the ear
for ear infections, and in the nose for sinus infections. If you are using the acid form of C (ascorbic acid) and it smarts too much,
make a more dilute solution, or switch to the alkaline form of C (calcium ascorbate) which can be used as a much more
concentrated solution without a stinging sensation. Applied directly on the skin C in solution makes a very effective substitute for
sun screen. It doesn't filter out ultraviolet, it beefs up the skin to better deal with the insult.
    I believe vitamin C can deal with a raging infection such as pneumonia as well or better than antibiot ics. But to do that, C is
going to have to be administered at the maximum dose the body can process. This is easily discoverable by a 'bowel tolerance test'
which basically means you keep taking two or three grams of C each hour, (preferably in the powdere d, most rapidly assimilable
form) until you get a runny stool (the trots). The loose stool happens when there is so much C entering the small intestine t hat it is
not all absorbed, but is instead, passed through to the large intestine. At that point cut ba ck just enough that the stool is only a little
loose, not runny. At this dose, your blood stream will be as saturated by vitamin C as you can achieve by oral ingestion.
    It can make an important difference which type of vitamin C is taken because many people are unable to tolerate the acid form
of C beyond 8 or 10 grams a day, but they can achieve a therapeutic dose without discomfort with the alkaline (buffered) vita min
C products such as calcium ascorbate, sodium ascorbate, or magnesium -potassium asco rbates.
    Vitamin C also speeds up the healing of internal tissues and damaged connective tissue. Damaged internal tissues might includ e
stomach ulcers (use the alkaline form of vitamin C only), bladder and kidney infections (acid form usually best), ar thritic disorders
with damage to joints and connective tissue (alkaline form usually best). Sports injuries heal up a lot faster with a therape utic dose
of vitamin C. As medicine, vitamin C should be taken at the rate of one or two grams every two hours (d epending on the severity
of the condition), spaced out to avoid unnecessary losses in the urine which happens if it were taken ten grams at a time. If  you
regularly use the acid form of vitamin C powder, which is the cheapest, be sure to use a straw and di ssolve it in water or juice so
that the acid does not dissolve the enamel on your teeth over time.
    And this is as good a point as any to mention that just like broccoli is not broccoli, a vitamin is not necessarily a vitamin.
Vitamins are made by chemi cal and pharmaceutical companies. To make this confusion even more interesting, the business names
that appear on vitamin bottles are not the real manufacturers. Bronson's Pharmaceuticals is a distributor and marketer, not a
manufacturer. The same is true of every vitamin company I know of. These companies buy bulk product by the barrel or sack; then
encapsulate, blend and roll pills, bottle and label, advertise and make profit. The point of all this is that some actual vit amin
manufacturers produce very hi gh quality products and others shortcut. Vitamin distributors must make ethical (or unethical)
choices about their suppliers.
    It is beyond the scope of this book to be a manual for going into the vitamin business. However, there are big differences in  how
effective vitamins with the same chemical name are and the differences hinge on who actually brewed them up.
    For example, there are at least two quality levels of vitamin C on the market right now. The pharmaceutical grade is made by
Roche or BAS F. Another form, it could be called "the bargain barrel brew," is made in China. Top quality vitamin C is quite a bit
more costly; as I write this, the price differential is about 40 percent between the cheap stuff and the best. This can make a big
differe nce in bottle price and profit. Most of the discount retail vitamin companies use the Chinese product.
    There's more than a price difference. The vitamin C from China contains measurable levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, iron and
other toxic metals. Th e FDA allows this slightly contaminated product to be sold in the US because the Recommended Daily
Allowance for vitamin C is a mere 60 milligrams per day. Taken at that level, the toxic metals would, as the FDA sees it, do no
harm. However, many users of vitamin C take 100 -200 times the RDA. The cheap form of C would expose them to potentially
toxic levels of heavy metal poisons. The highly refined top -quality product removes impurities to a virtually undetect


 about diet
and its value in the prevention and
management of serious diseases such as
cancer. In this context
Healing Foods,
Healthy Foods
 is a welcome and
progressive addition to the self-help
health literature. This valuable book
provides for both those who already have
a serious disease, such as cancer, as well
as for individuals who are looking for a
dietary scheme that will help prevent them
from falling prey to that or other illness.
What is so refreshing about Gloria’s book
is that it focuses on the nutritional value of
a wide variety of foods; rather than
providing a litany of vitamin and mineral
supplements for each and every disease.The value of this approach cannot be over
stated as it emphasizes the importance of
selecting a core group of nutrient-rich
foods that provides a full range of dietary
compounds known to be essential for good
health.
I was even more impressed to see that the
super foods chapter focuses on widely
available and affordable fruits,
vegetables, pulses, herbs and spices.
Thankfully Gloria has avoided the
temptation to include in this chapter a
preponderance of rare and expensive
foods that are obtainable only from
specialty outlets.
Gloria saves the best part of
HealingFoods, Healthy Foods for the final
section of the book where she provides us
with a wonderful selection of mouth
watering recipes. These recipes bring her
previous chapters to life and show that,
with the right advice, healthy eating
should also be a gourmet experience.
Moreover her liberal use of herbs and
spices in all of the recipe categories will
warm your heart, delight your taste buds
and give your health a considerable boost.
Healing Foods, Healthy Foods
 is a book
that is exactly what is needed at this time.
We should all be grateful to Gloria for
devoting herself and her resources to the
research and effort required to produce
such a wonderful publication.Dr Keith Scott
Medical doctor and author of
Medicinal
Seasonings, The Healing Power of Spices
Cape Town, South AfricaAbout Samantha
Russo
Samantha Russo, who wrote Chapter 5,
who is a qualified Nutrition Advisor and
swimming coach. In her early career she
worked in television in South Africa and
then relocated to Israel for a few years
where she owned her own juice bar. She
wanted to provide people with their own
choices when cleansing their bodies.
There isn’t a lot Sami doesn’t know about
the benefits and properties of most fruits,
vegetables, grains and seeds, herbs andspices. She is an avid believer in juicing –
to get as much nutrients in as possible in
the quickest, tastiest (sometimes not-so-
tasty) way possible!
After moving to England she decided to
put a certificate to her knowledge and
studied at The Institute of Optimum
Nutrition – and then obtained a Nutrition
and Weight Management diploma from
Future Fit. She consults on a one to one
basis or with groups of people who want
to lose weight and get fit and healthy.
Being a swimmer herself, she is qualified
to consult with athletes as well as adults
and children with allergies and eating
disorders.Introduction
I would like to begin with two quotes by
Wayne Dyer: ‘You don’t know the value
of good health until you lose it’ and
‘Change the way you look at things and the
things you look at change’. Illness has the
tendency to change the way you view life
and yourself.
About two years ago, I was diagnosed
with breast cancer. I was at the peak of my
career as an IT consultant, enjoying my
work, living the city life in London and it
all came to a screeching halt when I wasdiagnosed. I couldn’t help trying to figure
out what the culprit was – did bad diet
play a part in it or was it down to genes? I
obviously cannot change the latter but
right then I wished I had been more
careful with what I ate. Looking back, I
realised that my diet was quite bad, in fact
so bad that I had started to call myself the
‘junk food queen’. My vice was sugar. I
have a sweet tooth so at any given
opportunity I ate chocolate, cakes of any
kind, ice cream – if it was sweet I ate it. I
didn’t eat too much fast food and I have
always eaten fruit as part of my diet so I
remember thinking that as long as I ate
fruit, drank loads of water and did the odd
bit of exercise here and there, even though
I drowned myself in loads of sweet foodsI would be fine. How wrong I was. I have
since found out that cancer cells feed on
sugar to multiply; boy, did I have a lot of
sugar in my system. I’m not saying that
was the main reason for why I got cancer,
but it might have been one of the factors
that contributed to it.
During the course of treatment, I carried
out extensive research on good foods
(herbs, spices, grains, fruits, vegetables,
seafood, etc.) that boost health and energy
(as chemo really got the best of me…). At
the time, food was revolting to me and
tasted really bad as you lose your taste
buds during treatment. They tell you that
you need to eat to keep your strength up
which was easier said than done. I foundthe only foods I could stomach were
salads and sometimes soups, which
wasn’t often. It’s all about going back to
basics and nature: cutting out fast foods,
junk and processed foods. I came up with
some really good recipes (yes, tasty too),
which helped boost my immune system
and increase my energy levels. I also tried
a lot of good recipes from the
Mediterranean and Asian regions, which
have been highlighted as the healthiest
diets in the world, as well as from the
African region. I made some of these
recipes my own by changing some of the
ingredients and sometimes cooking
methods to suit my taste. I chose these
recipes because of the ingredients – the
use of a lot of herbs, spices and superfoods.
This book includes these recipes as well
some from family and friends who have
kindly loaned them to me as I loved them
so much. Eating in this way has worked
and is still working for me. I have also
noticed that my attitude has changed for
the better. Hence, good food = fab health
= positive attitude. I decided to put this all
in one book because, during my research, I
ended up with a lot of different books
containing information about super foods,
spices and oils, as well as recipe books.
As I couldn’t find one single book that
consolidated all the information and
recipes, I wrote this book, which I cannot
wait to share with you.In Chapter 5, Acid to Placid, you will find
information on the benefits of keeping
your body in an alkaline state. This
material has been contributed by Samantha
Russo, who has been a nutritionist for
over ten years, and it has been tried and
tested by her and her clients.
Even if you are not a cancer sufferer or
survivor, this book will help you on your
way to healing and improving your overall
health. This is by no means an alternative
to modern medicine and I don’t claim to
know the ins and outs of the medical
profession or terminologies. I would add
that you also need to exercise. Your body
needs physical tuning; you take your car
for a service, so why not service yourbody? I started yoga which I think is
fantastic as there are different types and
strengths; you just have to find the one
which best suits you. I also walk a lot and
swim. It’s all about understanding and
listening to what your body is telling you.
Treat your body with love and it will love
you back and try to keep stress at bay. The
point is trying to look at ways to change
your lifestyle to be healthy and less
stressed out. I am now doing what I’ve
always loved as a hobby (Interior Design)
and also working on designing a lingerie
line for women who have been through
breast cancer which I find very fulfilling
as I feel like I’m making a difference in
my own little way. Most of all I thank God
every day for the abundance and goodhealth He brings into my life. Without
Him, I would not be sharing this book
with you.
I hope you enjoy it!Chapter 1
Super Foods
Super foods are rich in
vitamins, minerals and
antioxidants. They are usually
best eaten in their raw form
(e.g. apples, berries, broccoli
when juiced, etc.) or steamed to
prevent loss of nutrients. Below
is a list of super foods, along
with their nutritional content and
dietary uses. This can be used
as a guide to help treat anyailment you may have or simply
to keep your body healthy by
providing it with a balanced
diet.Almonds
Almonds are a great source of vitamin E,
with 25g providing 70 percent of the
recommended daily allowance. They also
contain good amounts of magnesium,
potassium, zinc, selenium, copper,
potassium, phosphorus, biotin, riboflavin,
niacin


 xide is produced inside the nasa l cavity and
the lining of the thousands of miles of blood vessels throughout the body.
Scientific findings have shown that this extraordinary molecule is
released in the nasal airways and  transferred to the lower airway s and lungs
through nasal breathing. In the respected medical journal Thorax,
researchers Jon Lundber g and Eddie W eitzber g from the world-famous
Karolinska Insti tute in Sweden state, “Nitric oxide (NO) is released in the
nasal air ways in humans. During inspiration through the nose, t his NO will
follow the airstream to the lower airways and the lungs.”
Recognizing the  importance of t he role of nitric oxide in oxygenation of
the b ody, Dr. Mehmet Oz recom mends inhaling from the diaphragm as it
“brings nitric oxide from the back of your nose and your sinus es into your
lungs. This short-lived gas dilates the air passages in your lungs and does
the same to the blood vessels.”
Nasal breathing is imperative for harnessing the benefits of nitric oxide,
working hand in hand with abd ominal breathing and helping to maximize
body oxygenation. Think of the nose as a reservoir: Each time we breathe
gently a nd slow ly through the n ose, we carry this mighty molec ule into the
lungs and blood, where it can do its work throughout the b ody. Mouth
breathing bypa sses this special gas, missing out on the important
advantages that nitric oxide provides for general well-being.
Nitric oxide plays an important role in vasoregulation (the opening and
closing of blood vessels), ho meostasis (the way in which the body
maintains a state of stable physiological balance in order to stay alive),
neurotransmission (the messaging system within the brain), immune
defense, and respiration. It hel ps to prevent high blood pres sure, lower
cholesterol, keep the arteries young and flexible, and prevent the clogging
of arteri es with plaque and clots. All these benefits reduce your risk of heart
attack and stroke—two of the top three killers in America.
As we age, blood vessels lose flexibility and reduce blood circulation
throughout the body. It is no coi ncidence, therefore, that as men grow older,
conditions relate d to reduced blood flow—including erectile dy sfunction—
become more prevalent. The p otency of nitric oxide in ope ning bloodvessels becomes clear when you realize that this simple gas plays a
significant role in erection of th e penis. This discovery, in fact, led to the
production in 1998 of V iagra, a  very popular drug that received thousands
of h ours of free media time and generated sales of billions of do llars for the
manufacturer, Pfizer.
There are many causes of habitu al mouth breathing, including swelling
of the tissue in the nose to form nasal polyps. In a study of a group of thirty-
three me n with nasal polyps, the authors found that erectile dysfunction was
significantly higher in this group. Furthermore, when the men underwent
sur gery to remove the polyps and allow restoration of nose breathing,
erectile dysfunction was significantly ameliorated.
And women can benefit from n itric oxide in this way too, as the gas
plays a similar role in the female genitalia, helping to increase libido. Could
it be that nose breathers have more desire and better sex lives than mouth
breathers?
In addit ion to improving your sex life, this unique gas also a cts as a
defense mechan ism against microor ganisms through its an tiviral and
antimicrobial activity, potentially reducing the risk of illness and  improving
overall health.
Most important for athletes wishing to optimize their sports
performance, nit ric oxide plays a central role in dilating the smooth muscle
layer embedded in the airways. Open airways allow for a better transfer of
oxygen to and fr om the lungs du ring exercise, while tight airways create an
uncomfortable and inef ficient experience that ultimately af fects
performance.
The production of nitric oxide in the nasal sinuses can be increased by
simply humming. In an article published in the American Journal of
Respiratory and Critical Car e Medicine,  Doctors W eitzber g and Lundber g
described how humming increased nitric oxide up to fifteenfold in
comparison with quiet exhalation. They concluded that hummi ng causes a
dramatic increase in sinus ventilation and nasal nitric oxide release.
W ith this knowledge, it comes as no surprise that humming  is also
practiced during  certain meditation techniques. The breathwor k technique
called B rahmari involves slow, deep breaths through the nose, humming on
each exh alation to generate a so und similar to a bee buzzing, and while the
exact science may have been a  mystery to the creators of this meditationmethod, the associated feeling o f calmness of the mind is a clea r indication
of its benefit.
Nose Unblocking Exer cise
Breathing throu gh the mouth c auses blood vessels in the nose  to become
inflamed and enlar ged. This, al ong with an increased secretion of mucus,
creates the uncomfortable fee ling of nasal stuf finess. When the nose
becomes blocked it is much m ore dif ficult to breathe through it, thus
perpetuating the habit of breathing through the mouth. Continued mouth
breathing results in a more p ermanent state of nasal congestion, thus
completing the vicious circle.
Nasal ob struction is one of the  main symptoms of rhinitis and af fects
many people throughout the W estern world on a daily basis. The most
common treatme nts include the avoidance of triggers (such as pollen) and
the use of decongestants, nasal steroid sprays, antihistimines, or aller gy
shots, bu t while these of fer symptomatic benefits, they are ef fective only as
long as treatment continues.
A numb er of years ago, ear, nose, and throat specialist Professor John
Fenton f rom the  University of L imerick took an interest in my  work after
his patients reported a signif icant reduction in their nasal symptoms
following attendance of my course. At his behest, a study was
commissioned t o further investigate the ef fects of reduced bre athing. The
results were an amazing 70 percent reduction of symptoms su ch as nasal
stuf finess, poor sense of smell, s noring, trouble breathing through the nose,
trouble sleeping, and having to breathe through the mouth.
On the followi ng page is on e of the exercises that I taught to
participants in the study. (Please  do not practice this exercise if your BOL T
score is less than 10 seconds, o r if you have high blood pressure or other
cardiovascular issues, diabetes, or pregnancy, or have any o ther serious
health concerns.) Like all breathing exercises, the Nose Unblocking
Exercise should not be practiced right after eating.Nose Unblocking Exer cise
•   T ake a small,  silent breath in  through your nose and a small,
silent breath out through your nose.
•  Pinch your nose with your fingers to hold your breath.
•   W alk as many  paces as possible with your breath held. T ry to
build up a medium to strong air shortage, without overdoing it.
•   When  you resume breathing, do so only through your nose. T ry
to calm your breathing immediately.
•   A fter resumin g your breathing, your first breath will probably
be b igger than n ormal. Make sure that you calm your breathing
as soon  as possible by suppressing your second and third
breaths.
•   Y ou s hould be able to recover normal breathing within 2 or  3
breaths. If your breathing is erratic or heavier than usual, you
have held your breath for too long.
•   W ait 1 or 2 minutes before repeating the breath hold.•   In order to prepare yourself fo r the longer breath holds, go easy
for the first few repetitions, increasing your paces each time.
•   Repea t for a total of 6 breath h olds, creating a fairly strong nee d
for air.
Generally, this exercise will unb lock the nose, even if you have a head
cold. However, as soon as the ef fects of the breath hold wear o f f, the nose
will likely feel b locked again. By gradually increasing the num ber of steps
you can  take with your breath held, you will find the results continue to
improve. When you are able to  walk a total of 80 paces with  the breath
held, your nose will remain decongested. Eighty paces is actually a very
achievable goal, and you can expect to progress by an additional ten paces
per week.
Each w eek I teach this exerc ise to groups of five- to ten-year -old
children, many of whom have p retty serious breathing dif ficulti es. W ithin 2
or 3 weeks, most children are a ble to walk 60 paces with their breath held,
with som e child ren quickly achieving up to 80 paces. T ry it y ourself, and
see how you do.
If yo u regularly suf fer from na sal congestion, you