 andbags from rake-out fastfood
places.
Here were thousands ofluscious fruits allaround us—the natural food forman,
andthebest available, justforthepicking. What were people doing? They were
bringing inbags ofjunk food andthrowing theremains ontheground. They had
become soblinded anddesensitized bytheir addiction tojunk foods thatthey could
noteven recognize wholesome foods thatwere literally hanging before their very
eyes.
Notonly that, butafter eating such foods, their consciousness wassodeadened
thatthey threw thetrash andgarbage from these foods allaround them. It’ssad,but
people thateatjunk andtrash foods often acttrashy.There isnoway thatyoucan
claim tobeconcerned about theenvironment orecology andstilleatjunk foods.
It’sacontradiction, andjunk foods areasignificant partofthepollution affecting
our planet.Myproblem isother people. They allthink Inever have anyfunbecause Iwon’t
eattheir “fun” foods, likepotato chips and cookies. They tellmethat I’mcheating
myself out of some simple enjoyments. What should I say in return?
Themain problem with junk food isthatsomany people seeitasaharmless
pleasure orasalegitimate form ofentertainment. Food should bepleasurable toeat,
buttoooften itisused justassocial entertainment. Why people think thatyoumust
eathealth-destroying foods tobesociable isamystery.Often youwillfind people
thateatjunk foods doindeed know better.They realize thatthey aremaking poor
andincorrect food choices, andnodoubt they unconsciously resent itwhen youdo
not “join in” and give your support to their bad habits.
Probably thebest thing tosaywhen offered junk foods isapolite andsmiling,
“No, thank you” without anyfurther explanation. Ifyou’re pressed, simply saythat
youfeelmuch better when youdon’teatsuch foods. Make itsound likeyour rejec-
tions of these foods is a personal choice and not an attack on their dietary habits.
People dislike being toldthatthey aredoing thewrong thing—especially when
they already suspect it.Byremaining pleasant andexhibiting awell-balanced at-
titude toward such foods, youmay make apositive impression ontheperson and
thereby encourage them toalsogive upjunk foods. Bynomeans should youlecture
totheperson orpoint outhow much better youarethan them. Awell-balanced,
healthy person isusually astrong enough argument fortheavoidance ofjunk foods.
Myfriends always tellmethat fastfoods areacheap way toeatdinner, andthat
they really couldn’t afford toeatjust fresh fruit and vegetables. Now yousaythat
these foods are actually costly. What’s the truth?
Fast foods aredeceptive. Certainly youcanfillyour stomach upforevery little
money,butthis“full” feeling isbecause oftheheavy amounts ofgrease andfatpre-
sent in these foods as well as the cheap white bread and filler that they use.
Junk foods may seem likeacheap way tofillup,butthey areanexpensive
way togetnutrition. Proper eating isnotjusthaving your stomach full.When these
same people who getacheap meal atafastfood place later have topayhundreds
ofdollars ondental ormedical care, they don’tseetheconnection. When they later
have cancers, heart problems, kidney failure andpremature aging, they never sus-
pect that they are results of too many “cheap” meals.
Youcannot cheat your body ofthenutrients andfoods itneeds byjust“filling
itup”with cheap, greasy bulk. Thebest way toeatinexpensively istoselect those
foods thatpromote thehighest level ofhealth—regardless offinancial costs. You
see,even ifyouspend twice asmuch forgood foods than forjunk foods, you’re
avoiding the much greater expenses of pain, suf fering and ill-health.
Junk foods arenutritionally worthless andhealth-destroying. Yetthey stillmake
up,half oftheaverage person’ sdiet. Why? Because theeconomics ofjunk food
production and promotion make them a high-profit and a highly visible item.
People arefirst manipulated bythemanufacturers intobuying junk foods, and
then they arecontrolled bytheir psychological addictions tocontinue eating the
foods.
Eliminating junk foods from aperson’ sdiet depends upon athree-fold ap-
proach. First, intensive nutritional education. This istherational appeal. Next, a
concrete illustration ofhow much money canbesaved ifjunk foods areeliminated
(actual costs ofthefoods, expensive sicknesses caused bysuch foods, etc.). This
isthematerial appeal. Finally,anexplanation ofthepsychological factors ineating
junk foods (how they serve asanemotional substitute, how they areused to“re-
ward” or“punish.”) This istheemotional appeal. Aneducation program ofthissort
is effective in breaking the junk food addiction.Article #1: Control Through Clear Thinking by A.D. Andrews, Jr.
Ihave aMaster ofScience Degree inHealth Education. Also Ihave been certified (for
life) bytheState ofMissouri toteach classes inHealth. This presentation ofpersonal
achievement issupposed toimpress you. Itisimportant thatImake abigimpression on
youatthebeginning ofthisarticle because Iamgetting ready tomake some highly un-
usual statements inthevery next paragraph andIwant youtopayclose attention tothe
statements and to follow the advice which I of fer.
Ifyouaregoing toeatanything besides rawfoods, namely fruits, nuts andpalatable
vegetables, then eatthejunkiest foods youcanget.Eatcanned foods, processed foods.
When youcook athome cook outofaluminum utensils. Peel allvegetables andboil
them thoroughly.Fryfoods incastironskillets athigh temperatures using saturated fats
andoils. Apply salt, pepper andother condiments freely.Paynoattention tocombina-
tions. Eatasmuch asyoucanstuffdown. Have richdesserts anddrink liquids with your
meals.
Now myearnest advice isforyoutoeatnocooked foods, only rawfoods. However,
ifandwhen you“slip” eatallthings badandnothing good. Iamcompletely earnest.
Here iswhy.Itwillmake youquite ill,quite soon andshake youup.Itwillbring you
back toyour senses, putyouback onthestraight andnarrow.Youmay even decide to
fastforadayortwotokeep your wits about youforanextended period oftime. Itwill
precipitate orstimulate symptoms ofacute disease. Youwillhave nodifficulty relating
cause and ef fect.
Ithelps clear thinking ifwelearn tothink through analogies. Anumber ofyears ago
friends ofmine were “busy-busy” working fortheenactment ofa“humane” slaughter
lawinthestate ofMissouri. They were disgruntled thatIfought against thisbill. (It
passed, bytheway.)Why didIfight against it?People already aretoofarremoved from
theactofslaughter andwhat itentails. Theattractively arranged meat platter with gar-
nish andcolor seldom isconnected with theviolence ittook initially tobring thatpleas-
ingplate tothetable. Those appealing prepackaged meats ondisplay inthelocal super-
market areafarcryfrom theappalling brutality oftheslaughter house. Sothevery thing
thatisneeded iswhatever isathand tomake people seeflesh eating forwhat isreally is,
abarbarous, gruesome, ugly,cruel practice thatdestroys human morality assurely asit
destroys theanimals wekill.Flesh eaters need toseetheir flesh instark reality ascorpse
rather than prime rib,ascarcass ofadead animal instead ofK.C. steak, ascesspools of
putrefaction rather than assources ofcomplete protein. Already people aremired and
bogged intheslough ofavilepractice. Thelastthing they need isfurther lulling with
thoughts thatitallhasbeen accomplished “Humanely.”And thelong-range effects of
anypractice thatbenumbs man’ snoble instincts ofkindness andconcern forcreatures
lessable than himself aremore dangerous anddevastating tohisfinal demise than the
damage done by the pathological effect of meat-eating on his body.
People arerather fooled intheir minds with theseriousness ofanoffense (inany
area) inrelation totheoverall harm thatisdone. They assume, forexample, thatar-
senic ismore “dangerous” than, say,fluorides inpublic drinking water.They assume this
because they seeanarsenic victim agonize anddieonthespot. The fluoridated water
drinker seems to go on day after day and live out his “normal” life.
Thetruth ofthematter isthatoneman takes arsenic anddies. Many people seethe
result ofthis, seeitquite clearly.They understand what they sawandnooneever consid-
erstaking arsenic purposefully oraccidentally.Hefears andruns from arsenic, arsenic
compounds or anything


may never realize how dangerous
household chemicals canbeuntil itistoolate. This lesson tells youabout themost com-
mon household pollution hazards and how you can avoid them for better health.
Youmay think thatyouaresafe inyour own home. After all,theairpollution ison
thefreeways, andthepoisoned waters areintheindustrial rivers. Butthefoul airand
water arealso inyour home, andmuch ofitisbrought inbyyour family.Here isone
area where anatural andhygenic lifestyle canprovide immediate benefits toallfamily
members.
51.1.2 The Household Chemical Problem
Just forastart, look around you andcount thevarious chemicals found inyour
house. Over thecourse ofayear,theaverage home willcontain forty-five aerosol sprays,
another two dozen nonspray chemical cleansers, several insect killers andrepellents,
paints andpaint thinners, spot removers, room fresheners, natural gasleakages, andso
on.
Inside your house alone aremore chemicals (infloor polishes, oven cleansers, de-
tergents, etc.) than were found inanymajor chemistry labofacentury ago! Worse yet,
wedonotunderstand anything about these chemicals, how they should beused, andthe
toxic ef fects that accompany their use.
Labels listdozens ofunpronounceable andunrecognized chemicals inallsorts of
household products. Itisfoolish tobelieve thatallareharmless andthatthey canbe
safely used.
Anexperienced homemaker cannot handle most chemicals properly.Forexample,
onewoman dragged hersmall oven outside toclean it.Shedidnot,quite rightly,want
thefumes from oven cleaners inherhouse. Unfortunately,while spraying theoven out-
side in the wind, the spray blew back into her eyes and permanently blinded her.
Housewives andchildren areallowed tohandle dangerous chemical compounds that
experienced chemists would nottouch unless they hadonprotective gloves. Notonly
that, butthetoxins andpollution from these common household products caneventually
poison all the members of a family without their knowledge.
Afamily inarural area hadaproblem with flies intheir house while they were eat-
ing.Tocombat theproblem, they hung a“No-Pest” insecticide strip over their table tokeep theinsects away.After afewweeks, three ofthefour family members were hospi-
talized foracute pesticide poisoning. Theanti-pest strip they hadthought wassafe had
nearly killed them with its “fallout” over their food.
Besides thesheer quantity ofnew chemicals inthehome environment, another prob-
lemarises from themultiple useofthese products. Forexample, cleansers may bemixed
orother chemicals may beused together.When combined, these household chemicals
canproduce deadly byproducts. This combination ofoneormore household chemicals
produces what iscalled asyner gistic effectwhich means thatthetotal effectofthemixed
chemicals is greater than the individual chemicals used separately.
Homemakers donotactually have toeven mixvarious cleansing agents, etc., togeth-
ertocreate thisdangerous syner gistic effect. Simply having thevapors from oneclean-
inglingering intheairwhich may then combine with other chemical vapors canhave a
toxic effectontheindividuals. Infact, within theaverage American home, atleast once
adaytwoaerosol sprays areused within ahalf hour ofeach other.These sprays can
combine in your house to form toxic fumes.
Weoften improve ourdietandourhealth, butwemay neglect thesource ofpotential
health problems: thechemicals inourown home. This lesson identifies themore com-
mon household chemicals inuse, and how you canavoid them byadapting anew
lifestyle along the teachings of Life Science.
51.2. The Chemicals In Your Home
51.2.1 Aerosol Sprays
51.2.2 Hair T oday—Gone T omorrow
51.2.3 Does Y our Nose Smell—Or Do Y ou?
51.2.4 Home, Sweet Home?
51.2.5 How Clean Is Y our Kitchen?
51.2.6 Oven Cleaners
51.2.7 Other Household Cleaners
51.2.8 Whiter Than White And Other Laundry Lies
51.2.9 Other Sources Of Household Chemicals And Pollutants
Dangerous household chemicals areusually disguised incommon products. Every-
thing from underarm deodorants tofrying panspray contains toxic ingredients. Almost
allofthese chemical products caneither becompletely eliminated byfollowing a
healthy,hygienic lifestyle orbyusing amore natural substitute. This portion oftheles-
son lists most common household chemicals and how you can avoid them.
51.2.1 Aerosol Sprays
Thefirst living creature todiefrom anaerosol spray wasamosquito in1942. Since
then, much more than justinsecticides have appeared inspray cans. Antiperspirants,
feminine hygiene sprays, underarm deodorants, oven cleaners, spot removers, floor wax,
varnish, andanti-fogging agents have appeared inthousands ofaerosol andspray prod-
ucts.
Aerosol sprays areamajor source ofairpollution within thehome. The sprays
spread outintothesurrounding airandmake itunfit tobreathe. This isespecially truein
closed spaces (like the bathroom) where the sprays are used most often.
Astudy byDuPont Laboratories revealed thattheamount offreon propellant in
front ofthefaces ofusers ofhairspray anddeodorant tobedangerously high even when
these rooms were heavily ventilated byanexhaust fan.Youcanimagine theserious in-
jury that results from years of breathing these fumes in an enclosed house.
Theparticles andchemicals inaerosol sprays areoften sosmall thatthey canpen-
etrate thelung tissue andbedirectly absorbed into thebloodstream. Thus, achemicalwhich might berelatively harmless ifused externally quickly becomes aninternal poison
when sprayed in easily inhaled particles.
Just how harmful arethese fumes from theaerosol sprays? Dr.William Good of
Montrose, Colorado, made astudy of200people. The only thing these people hadin
common wasthatthey were allheavy users ofsprays intheir homes. Without exception,
every person in the group had precancerous lung cell changes.
51.2.2 Hair Today—Gone Tomorrow
Perhaps themost dangerous ofallthese sprays isthehairspray.These sprays areal-
ways used inclosed quarters (like thebathroom orbeauty parlor). They areemitted near
the face, and the air breathed is heavily contaminated.
The hair spray itself contains shellac, starch, andplasticizers which may betoxic
enough toform enlar gedlymph nodes. TheFDA reported ontwenty-three women who
were daily users ofhair spray.Alloftheir Xrays showed precancerous lung changes.
After sixmonths ofstopping theuseofhairsprays, fifteen ofthewomen completely re-
covered.
Hair sprays also contain silicone which isdamaging totheeyes and cannot be
washed away bythenatural eyefluids. Anirritation ofthecornea often develops inusers
of hair sprays.
Ofcourse there isnovalid reason tousehairsprays except forreasons of“beauty”
orappearance. Freshly-washed andcombed hair should beenough tomake ahealthy
person truly beautiful, butifyouareattached tohaving “set” hair,then youshould usea
setting gel or lotion instead of a spray.
These gels andlotions also contain noxious fumes andchemicals, butthedanger is
lessthan when using hairsprays. Thesincere health seeker,however,willabandon all
such artificial haircare products. Clean airishealthy andattractive. Amore natural man-
ner of wearing the hair will end the need for all such artificial products.
51.2.3 Does Your Nose Smell—Or Do You?
Americans stink. Atleast that’swhat theadvertisers would have usthink. Underarm
deodorants, antiperspirant sprays, feminine hygiene deodorants, airfresheners, androom
sprays areaggressively promoted andadvertised. Buthow necessary aresuch odor dis-
guisers, and more importantly, how safe are they?
Most anti-odor sprays andchemicals aretotally unnecessary concoctions thatserve
nopurpose. Themost blatant example ofthisisthefeminine hygiene deodorant sprays.
Inatrade magazine forsuch spray manufacturers, anarticle states: “Such istheAmer-
ican way ofadvertising andpersuasion thateven thebest smelling ladies began tofeel
insecure and wonder if they were of fending—and so another new market was born.”
While these feminine sprays may make themanufacturers rich, they also contribute
tohealth problems. Thesprays areirritants andoften contain talcthatiscontaminated
byasbestos, aknown cancer -causing agent. Many gynecologists have reported cases of
vulvar irritation by their patients who used such sprays.
Sprays arealso used tofight badbreath andother body odors. Allofthese contain
chemicals which areboth breathed and


thelate1700s and
early 1800s. Samuel Thomson iscredited forthewide spread ofthispractice during
thattime inhistory.During thattime, theregular medical practice included harsh bleed,
purge,andblister methods. Thepopularity oftheThomsonian sectarose notnecessarily
from their success incuring patients’ illsbutfrom thefactthey seemed tokillfewer pa-
tients than didtheir entrenched competitors—the regular medical practitioners. Thom-
son’s empirical system was based lar gely on the use of steam and herbs.
Many people opposed theregular profession, butthey hadnomore knowledge of
how toremedy itsdeficiencies than didtheregular physician. They found many aspects
ofregular medicine repugnant butthey didnotknow why orhow they were undesirable.
The public could only choose among the alternatives available at the time.
Thomson sawhismother dieofmeasles inspite ofthecare ofseveral local physi-
cians (orwasitbecause oftheir treatment?); earlier,hefelthehad“cured” himself ofthe
same disease through theuseofbotanies. Theillusion isthatwhat appeared to“cure” did
not.Atbestitwaslessharmful than theregular mode oftherapy andtherefore thebody
wasable toovercome thisdrug obstacle andachieved thepurposes forwhich itinstitut-
edthehealing crises. Ayear after hismother ’sdeath, Thomson’ swife became severely
illfollowing childbirth. Several local physicians treated her,buthercondition continued
toworsen. Assheneared death, Thomson wisely dismissed thetraditional practitioners
andtheir poisonous treatments. Hethen called inthelocal “root doctors.” One daylater,
hiswife appeared “cured.” Ofcourse, theherbs didnot“cure” butthebody promptly set
about the process of healing when the deadly drugs were removed.
Onanother occasion, Thomson badly lacerated hisankle with anaxewhile clearing
some virginland with hisfather.After anumber oftreatments, including soaking itin
turpentine, henaturally became worse. Hethen ended upatthehome ofoneDr.Kit-
teridge who treated thewound with herbs andwascredited with healing him. Thebody
cannot heal ifitiscontinually assaulted with toxins. When toxic herbs areremoved,
healing andrepair areaccelerated. Dr.Kitteridge orhisherbs didnotassume healing ob-
viously.Herbs cannot help. They present lessofanobstacle tothebody than theharsh
treatment of medical practitioners.These incidences were enough toconvince Thomson thatherbs hadthepower to
“heal” andtheThomsonian Sect began toemer ge.Thomson became convinced thatall
disease arose from onegeneral cause andthatoneremedy could effecta“cure.” The
cause wascold andthecure, heat. He,liketheGreeks believed, “allanimal bodies are
formed offour elements, earth, air,fire,andwater.”Any imbalance among these four el-
ements which reduced thepower oftheheat resulted inillness. Toeffect acure, onemust
restore thebalance. Thomson sought torestore thebalance through theuseofpurga-
tives, enemas andsweat producing botanicals. Thechief ingredient waslobelia, anemet-
icwhich grew wild inmuch ofNorth America. Tothishemight addcapsium, hem-
lock, bayberry,ginger,orpepper,andcloves tomake aconcoction often referred toas
“Composition Tea.”What Thomson didnotrealize isthatyoucannot poison anyone in-
tohealth. Buthekilled fewer people with hismethod than theregular practitioners and
was therefore considered successful.
Thomson patented hissystem andmarketed itthrough representatives who traveled
about thecountry selling copies ofhistwo volume work, New Guide toHealth; or
Botanic Family Physician.
The treatment thatThomson advocated was rather harsh. Aswith theregular ther-
apeutics, ifthepatient recovered, itwasinspite ofthetreatment andnotbecause ofit.
Thefollowing isonepatient’ saccount oftreatment thathereceived (Frank G.Halstead,
“Afirst-hand account ofatreatment byThomsonian medicine inthe1830’ s”Bulletin of
the History of Medicine 10 (1941): 680-687.):
“The Thomsonian treatment isasteam bath 30minutes induration. When the
sweat rolls offasthick asyour finger thebody iswashed with cold water andthe
patient isstraight-way puttobedwith hotbricks tobring back hisheat. Then a
powerful vomitive isadministered, composed ofbayberry,ofcayenne (redpepper)
andlobelia, which suffernaught impure toremain inthestomach, andallthese
herbs aremixed in40proof brandy,after which warm water isdrunk until there has
ensued themost extraordinary vomiting. Next, thepatient rises andtakes asecond
bath, likethefirst. Hetakes again tohisbed, after having been laved with cold wa-
terandissurrounded with hotbricks andremains inbedforanhour.Attheendof
thistime hetakes twoinjections (enemas) ofpennyroyal, cayenne pepper andlobe-
lia and the treatment is over for the day.”
Thefactthatthissystem wasofnovalue isobvious. Itisremarkable thatthebody
could withstand such atreatment. Yetsome individuals recovered toacertain extent and,
asharsh asthistreatment was, itwasstilllessharmful than theheroic treatment thatit
supplanted.
Withthedeath ofSamuel Thomson in1843, hisorganization (already split three
ways) disintegrated. Theprincipal contending factions came tobeknown asTrueThom-
sonians, the Physio-pathists, the Physio-medicals, and the Eplectics.
65.2.2 Herbal Medicine Today
Herbal medicine isstillpracticed today butnotonthatformal basis. However,there
areseveral misleading books, organizations, andschools thatadvocate andteach about
herbal “cures.” Wecondemn herbs because, first ofall,they have noability toheal arid
secondly, they are very dangerous due to their toxicity.
Some authors have been known toadvocate theuseoftheherb squill which isan
ingredient often found inratpoison. Mark Bricklin listssome ofthemost toxic herbs in
his book Natural Healing.
“Ingeneral, itissafetosaythatyoushould never usethefollowing herbs forahome
remedy: Jimson weed, daffodils, spurge,arnica, wormwood, mandrake, hellebore, squill,
poison hemlock, tobacco, tonka beans, aconite, white bryony,nuxvomica, calabar bean,camphor,ergot,ignatius beans, bittersweet, gelsemium; henbane, celandine, belladonna,
foxglove, and may flower.”
Tansy isanarcotic andmay result inabortion. Valerian inexcessive doses may result
inheadache andeven delusions. Goldenseal isextremely toxic iftaken instronger doses
than one-quarter ofateaspoon toacupofwater.Even inthisdose, thepoisoning effects
are present but they are not immediately noticeable.
65.2.3 Comfrey (Symphytum Officinale)
Comfrey root willproduce ahigh amount ofgummy substance andtheroot andthe
leafareboth high inallantoin andpyrrolizidine, substances thatareclaimed tohelp with
cellproliferation. Anincrease ofcells will occur duetoaninflammatory response to
thepresence ofthisforeign agent against theskin. Comfrey hasnopower toheal skin
wounds butwillinterfere with proper healing initiated bythebody.When thissubstance
isapplied externally toawound, theoutside oftheabrasion willclose faster than itnor-
mally would. This isaresponse onthepartofthebody toprotect itself sothatforeign
matter does notenter into thesystem. Asaresult, proper healing, from within, isim-
paired.
Itisalso claimed thatcomfrey will help broken bones toknit. This isimpossible
since healing canonly take place from within thebody andnoagent applied externally
or ingested can promote this process.
Many herbalists advocate theuseofcomfrey asateaortobeused rawinsalads.
However,recent studies have proven thatthispractice may beharmful. According to
Dian Dincin Buchman (Herbal Medicine,New York: Gramercy Publishing Company,
1979). “Comfrey isinthesame plant family asseveral other plants (Senecio, Crotolaria,
Heliotropium), andthese plants, investigation now indicates, contain some natural poi-
sons intheform ofpyrrolizidine alkaloids. These plants have been implicated invarious
accidental human and animal poisonings.
“The young leaves ofcomfrey,thought tobeedible andrichinchlorophyll, andused
inmany natural green drinks, may contain upto0.15 percent (1,500 parts permillion)
of the alkal


 During cooking, theETU presumably isformed from residues
oftheparent fungicides thatarepresent onthefood. The amount ofETU formed in
thecooked produce varies with theparent fungicide andultimately depends upon the
amount offungicide residue thatremains ontheharvested crops. Although theamount
ofETU may drop tovery lowlevels in14days, thatisnoreflection oftheamount of
this carcinogen that may be found in the cooked produce.
Inaddition, degradation products ofunknown toxicity,forinstance ethylene thiuram
monosulfide, areformed from theEBDC fungicides inthefield. Several toxicological
studies have shown thatETU wascarcinogenic inthethyroid ofrats, tumorigenic inthe
liver ofmice, andteratogenic inpregnant rats. Studies have also suggested aneffect of
ETU on the liver.75.18.6 Dieldrin
Dieldrin isaneurotoxin (atoxin thatdestroys nerve tissue). First introduced bycot-
tongrowers inthe1950s, when thechemical wasfound tobemore effective than aldrin,
dieldrin hasalsobeen used asaninsecticide oncrops, forpublic health pestcontrol, and
formothproofing woolen goods. Thetests showed thatthere wasasignificant increase in
theincidence ofliver cancers inhigh-dose male ratsandincancer oftheadrenal glands
in low-dose female rats. T umors occurred in the pituitary and thyroid glands in tests.
75.18.7 Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbons inwhich oneormore ofthehydrogen atoms have been replaced
bychlorine arecalled chlorinated hydrocarbons. Many members ofthegroup have
been shown tocause cancer inanimals andsome ofthem tocause cancer inhumans.
Among thedesignated carcinogens, chloroform, vinyl chlorides bischloromethyl ether,
trichlorethylene, aldrin, chlordane, dieldrin, heptachlor,lindane, methoxychlor,
toxaphene, terpene polychlorinates, andcarbon tetrachloride. Concern about thepoten-
tialhazard ofcertain chlorinated hydrocarbons isbased ontheir ubiquity; their persis-
tence intheenvironment; their capacity toaccumulate inliving organisms, including
humans andthehuman fetus; andtheexperimental evidence ofapotential carcinogenic
effect.
75.18.8 Chlordane
Anorganochlorine pesticide, chlordane wasintroduced in1945 andwasamong the
first tobedeveloped forinsect control. Because ofitspersistence intheenvironment,
most ofitsuses were suspended byorder oftheEPAin1975. Several specified uses
arestillpermitted including pest control onpineapple, strawberries, andFlorida citrus
crops; it is also used for a number of other pest control problems.
Chlordane andheptachlor were once used attherateof14to16million pounds per
year.Current legal usage accounts for6to8million pounds peryear.Chlordane causes
cancer oftheliver inmice. Itislesstoxic than other similar pesticides, butacute expo-
sure hastheeffectofstimulating thecentral nervous system. Ithasalsobeen implicated
inacute blood abnormalities, such asaplastic anemia. Itissaid tobeabsorbed through
theskin. Ithasbeen found tobemutagenic. Eventually,itwillprobably bebanned en-
tirely.
75.18.9 Atrazine
One ofthemost widely-used pesticides intheUnited States, atrazine reacts under
acidic conditions such asthose found inthestomach, toform apotential carcinogen. It
isused asaweed-control agent forcorn andfornoncrop andindustrial sites. Found in
drinking water supplies inIowa andLouisiana, atrazine reacts with nitrite toform N-ni-
trosoatrazine, asuspected carcinogen. Sodium nitrite isused asameat preservative and
may also be present in acid soils because of the lar ge amounts of nitrite fertilizers used.
75.18.10 Amitraz
Amitraz isapesticide used onpears inWashington, Utah, Oregon, Michigan, New
York,andPennsylvania since 1975 onanemer gency basis tocontrol anaphid-like insect
called pear psylla. Itisclaimed thatthere isnoeffective alternative pesticide available
tocontrol thepear psylla, which iscapable ofdamaging both thefruit andthetrees. The
EPAclaims thatwithout amitraz theeconomic losses togrowers could beashigh as$33
million forthree years. OnJanuary 15,1979, theEPAproposed toapprove thepesticide
onthecondition thatcertain restrictions beimposed “toreduce potential risks tohumanhealth.” They said thatamitraz could beused onpears forfour years, pending comple-
tionofadditional laboratory tests bythemanufacturer.Theproposal follows afull-scale
review oftheriskversus benefits ofusing thepesticide onpears. There issome evidence
thatitmay cause tumors inlaboratory animals andtherefore might present “asmall risk
ofcancer tohumans.” Asaresult, EPAwould require application only bytrained users
wearing protective clothing. Toreduce residue levels onthefruit before itismarketed,
EPAwould require longer time periods from thetime acrop issprayed tothetime itis
harvested. Amitraz isdistributed inthiscountry byUpjohn ofKalamazoo, Michigan. It
is estimated that about 120,000 pounds of it might be used on pears each year.
Thefacts stillremain thatthispesticide isextremely toxic andeven insmall doses
are definitely harmful.
75.19. Environmental Carcinogens
75.19.1 Chemical Carcinogenesis
Over thepast 100years, there hasbeen asignificant riseinlifeexpectancy,particu-
larly inthedeveloped portions oftheworld. Since 1950, there have been noappreciable
changes inlifeexpectancy intheUnited States. Thetwoleading causes ofdeath inthe
United States, heart disease andcancer,have increased since 1900 ataratemuch higher
than may beaccounted forbypopulation growth andbyaging ofthepopulation. Envi-
ronmental influences may already befactors inlifeexpectancy andhealth intheUnited
States.
Cancer hasmore than doubled since theturn ofthecentury.Much oftheincrease
may beattributed tocigarette smoking, butoverall cancer rates exclusive oflung cancers
are also rising.
Cancer hasalong latency period. Inhumans there isusually a15-to40-year period
through theprogressive stages thateventually terminates incancer.Increased levels of
exposure toacarcinogen carry with them anincreased riskofdeveloping cancer,asin-
gle exposure to a chemical may also result in a cancer.
About twomillion chemical compounds areknown, andeach year thousands more
arediscovered bytheU.S. chemical industry andhundreds areintroduced commercially.
Weknow very little about thepossible health consequences ofthese new compounds.
The sheer number ofchemical compounds, thediversity oftheir use, andtheadverse
effects already encountered from some make itincreasingly probable thatchemical con-
taminants inourenvironment have become asignificant determinant ofhuman health
and life expectancy.
Itmust beremembered thatcancer isadisease ofthewhole organism. Itpossesses
attributes ranging from unrestricted growth to invasiveness.
Itistruethatmany agents thataremutagenic, thatis,responsible forcellular muta-
tion, arealso carcinogenic, capable ofinducing cancer,butadirect correlation between
mutagenic andcarcinogenic occurs within thecellandmay initiate cancer.First, fora
mutation tohappen, anagent foreign tothecellconstituents isneeded. Anumber of
agents are capable of resulting in cellular mutations and sometimes ultimately cancer.
We can thus distinguish three steps in the development of cancer:
1.Initiation (or the first change).
2.Promotion (from the dormant to the visible stage).
3.Progression (leading to the irreversible state).
Allnormal cells have afinite lifespan. Thenormal celldivides intwoataconstant
rate, then thetwodaughter cells intofour,andsoon,butalong theroad ofreproduction
some ofthecells dieataconstant rateequal totherateofreproduction. Balance isthere-fore maintained. Butnotsoforcancer cells. They donothave afinite lifespan. Nordo
they die in the same proportion as those that reproduce.
Uncontrolled growth, orgeometric, notlinear,reproduction occurs, theoutstanding
characteristic ofcancer cells. Thevolume ofthegrowing tissue continuously increases,
andbalance innumber andvolume isnotmaintained. Inthisfirststeptoward cancer the
transformed cells have escaped the controls and balances which govern normal cells.
Once aneoplastic cellhasreached thestage ofprogression, thethird, stage incar-
cinogenic growth, itisacancer cellforever.But, before thatstage, theneoplastic trans-
formation may bereversible. Thefirst step, initiation, ormutagenesis, does notneces


 issue, aswell asadietary andhealth prac-
tice. Although people may come tothevegetarian way oflifeforavariety ofreasons,
there aretwomajor categories ofvegetarianism: 1)Ethical Vegetarianism,and2)Di-
etary V egetarianism.
88.2.1 The Moral and Ethical Aspects of Vegetarianism
Some people practice vegetarianism because oftheir religious beliefs orpersonal
morality.These people simply feelthatitis“wrong” tokillandslaughter animals for
food. Often, they alsobelieve thatanimals should notbeexploited, abused, ormistreated
inanyway.This means thatanethical vegetarian would object tovivisection, theskin-
ning ofanimals forfursandleather,animal experimentation, hunting, fishing, andany
other practice in which animals are hurt or murdered.
Vegetarianism isalso atenet ofmany religious teachings. TheHindus inIndia and
various Christian sects inthiscountry,such astheSeventh Day Adventists andChurch
ofLatter Day Saints, often avoid allmeat eating. Inthese religions, theprohibition
against theeating ofanimals isrelated tothetaking oflife.They simply believe thatitis
wrong to murder or kill anyone, whether it be a human, a cow, or chicken.
Many Buddhists who preach nonviolence generally practice vegetarianism, butthey
will also eatmeat thatisoffered tothem bytheir hosts. They donotkillanimals for
food, butwill often eatsuch animals thathave already been killed byothers. Buddha,
the founder of Buddhism, was a strict vegetarian.
Infact, many founders oftheworld’ sgreatest religions were originally vegetarians
orbecame soafter their period ofenlightenment. There areagoodly number ofserious
Biblical scholars who also think that Jesus Christ was a vegetarian.
Vegetarianism aspartofareligion hasalways existed, andwillalways continue to
do so as long as there are proscriptions against the taking of life.Other ethical vegetarians, however,may refuse toeatmeat onmoral principles, yet
notbeassociated with anyreligion ordogmatic belief. Percy Bysshe Shelley,anEnglish
poet ofthenineteenth century,wasboth anatheist andanethical vegetarian. In1813, he
stated inatreatise ondietthat“man’ sdigestive system wassuited only toplant food”
and that he abhorred the killing and slaughter that goes hand in hand with meat eating.
Youmay beconsidered anethical vegetarian ifyoubelieve thatallkilling, including
animals, ismorally wrong. There arethose who never eatanymeat, notbecause they
consider itunhealthy oreven unnatural, butbecause themurder ofanyliving creature is
morally repugnant to them.
88.2.2 The Dietary and Health Aspects of Vegetarianism
Besides theethical vegetarian, there isthedietary orhealth-minded vegetarian. This
type ofvegetarian may ormay notbelieve itismorally wrong totake ananimal’ slife.
Infact, thequestion ofmorality orethics really does notenter intothistype ofperson’ s
decision to eat meat or not.
Meat isavoided because ofthehealth problems itcreates. Itisnotincluded inthedi-
etbecause ofitspast association with cancer,heart attacks, kidney failure, arthritis, and
other debilitating diseases.
Inthepast, most vegetarians were sobecause ofethical ormoral beliefs. Now with
allthescientific findings about theharmful effects ofmeat andanimal products, more
people are becoming vegetarians for dietary or health reasons.
88.2.3 What Type of Vegetarian Are You?
Most people arevegetarians forboth ethical andhealth reasons, andthisisprobably
the best balance.
Ethical vegetarians, forexample, often tend tobesomewhat sickly andlesshealthy
than those who are vegetarians for health reasons. Why is this?
Ethical vegetarians avoid meat formoral reasons; they may ormay notbeconcerned
with their health.
Consequently,they may indulge inwhite sugar,pastries, poor food combinations,
andbizarrely concocted “meat substitutes.” Theonething youcanbesure of,however,
isthatthose who areethical vegetarians formoral reasons tend tobemore consistent
intheir vegetarianism. They rarely revert back tomeat eating because they have strong
convictions.
Ontheother hand, those thatcome tovegetarianism forpurely health reasons may
goback toeating meat iftheir health does notimprove orshould fail.They areusually
willing totrythevegetarian dietforayear ortwo, ormaybe forfiveorsixyears. Yetall
toooften they may start including fishorchicken back intotheir diet. They seenothing
“morally” wrong with eating meat.
Thebestapproach tovegetarianism isboth anethical andhealth-minded one. Ifyou
arenotonly convinced thatvegetarianism isasuperior way tohealth, butthatkilling
animals ismorally unacceptable, then youaremore likely tobesteady inyour practice.
Vegetarianism without ethics cannot last; vegetarianism without ahealth-minded andra-
tional attitude isineffectual. Weshould imbue ourvegetarian practice with both morality
and a practical concern for health.
88.2.4 How Many Vegetarians Are There?
Ifyouareavegetarian, youarenotalone. Atleast oneoutofthree people inthe
world today arevegetarians. Forsome ofthese people, however,vegetarianism isnota
moral ordietary choice: itisapractical necessity.Meat may notbeavailable oritmay
simply be too expensive to buy.InAmerica, there areafewpeople who arevegetarians foreconomic reasons, but
themajority ofpeople who avoid meat intheUnited States (second highest percapita of
meat consumption in the world) do so out of ethical or health concerns.
In1978, anextensive poll was conducted bytheRoper organization todetermine
how many vegetarians there are in the United States. Here are their findings:
Class Percent of the Total U.S.
Population:
Strict vegetarians—those that never eat any meat,
fish, or fowl0.5%
Mainly vegetarians—those that eat meat less than
once or twice a week2.6%
People who say they are “careful” about how much
meat they eat17.0%
People who eat meat less often than they once did 75.0%
Inother words, about oneoutof200people inthiscountry practice vegetarianism
orapproximately 1,150,000 Americans donoteatmeat. Ofcourse agoodly number of
these vegetarians also eatmilk, eggs, cheese, honey,andother animal products. Infact,
about nine outoftenvegetarians stilleatdairy products andeggs, itissomewhat en-
couraging, however,thatthegreat majority ofAmericans areatleast consciously cutting
back on their tremendous meat consumption.
Thereasons thatthese vegetarians gave theRoper organization forbecoming aveg-
etarian arealso revealing. Over halfofthose people who practice vegetarianism doso
purely forhealth reasons (56%). About oneoutofsixvegetarians (16%) donoteatmeat
forhumanitarian ormoral reasons. Saving money andthehigh costofmeat arethemain
reasons that25% ofallvegetarians follow their diet, andtheremaining twoorthree per-
cent vegetarians avoid meat because ofthewishes oftheir family,spouse, parents, or
children.
88.3. The Types Of Vegetarian Diets
88.3.1 The Unrestricted V egetarian Diet
88.3.2 The Lacto-Ovo-V egetarian Diet
88.3.3 The Lacto-V egetarian Diet
88.3.4 V egan Diet
88.3.5 The Macrobiotic Diet
88.3.6 Raw Food Diets
Although wecanstrictly define what avegetarian is,there isnotastandard vege-
tarian diet. Some vegetarians eateverything butmeat; others eatcheese andeggs. There
arevegetarians who eatonly rawfoods andvegetarians who eatstrictly cooked foods.
There areeven vegetarians thatnever eatvegetables, andthose thateatfishandstillcall
themselves vegetarians.
Clearly,there isnoonevegetarian dietandthere areseveral dietary approaches to
vegetarianism. Theonly thing common toalltruevegetarian diets isastrict avoidance
offlesh. Since vegetarian diets aresopopular among health seekers, youshould know
the dif ferent types and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Forthesake ofconvenience, vegetarian diets have been divided intosixgeneral cat-
egories. Each category of diet is explained, and its strengths and weaknesses are noted.
88.3.1 The Unrestricted Vegetarian Diet
This particular form ofvegetarianism issimple todescribe: itsadherents eatevery-
thing butmeat. Vegetarians who follow anunrestricted diet consume dairy products,eggs, andeven animal fatintheform oflardoccasionally.They eatsugar,white flour,
salt, fried foods, fast foods, and junk foods.
They eatjustabout anything thatcannot crawl, swim, orrun.And they areoften very
unhealthy.
Imetaman and


. Once thistoxicity isde-
creased orremoved, theorganism normalizes andthesexdrive isconsequently lowered.
Inthepasture abull canbewith 25cows andpaythem nomind. However,ifone
cow comes intoestrus (heat), there’ shardly afence thatwillrestrain thebull. Inhumansliving naturally rather than under thecondition ofsexual acculturization where sexis
recreation rather than procreation, libido inthemale becomes attuned tofemale recep-
tivity which, as a rule, is accentuated only by the ovulatory period.
Inyour practice, you’ll come across many who areimpotent, andeven young men
who aresterile. While Idonotadvise thatyoutryto“deculturize” their intellectual dis-
position toward sex, Idosuggest thatyouguide them towellness andfitness inwhich
case sexual faculties areusually rejuvenated—often with avengeance! But, astheir con-
ditions improve andtheir ability toperform improves, there isalessening ofsexdrive
fortheabnormal conditions thatgave risetoagnawing “urgetomerge”nolonger exist.
There isfrequently renewed bliss inmarriages where oneorboth partners have pre-
viously become incapable and/orindifferent tosexual interaction. Just asalow-ener-
gyindividual tends todefensive mechanisms that make him aslouch, agrouch, and
unaltruistic—ener gy-conserving measures—so, too, does asexually-crazed (accultur-
ized) individual tend torefrain from actshedesires, butfears hecannot execute success-
fully.
Youdonothave tobow totheabnormal sexual compulsions thatinhere inourcom-
mercial world andinatoxic populace. Isuggest thatyouguide everyone tothehighest
level ofhealth andfitness possible andletnature take itscourse. It’stherareperson who
is fit and healthy that will exhaust himself in pursuit of the pleasures of sex.
98.2.14 Those Who Render Themselves Healthy and Fit Have a Better Self-image
and More Pride, But Tend to Less Ego Exhibition
Asachess player I’ve metmany self-styled chess experts who “talk agreat” game.
When Iattended myfirstchess tournament, Iwasintimidated byonewho talked such a
fine game that I was sure he’d take the tournament.
Imagine mysurprise that, inthefourth round wewere paired asundefeated players.
Ifeltbeaten inadvance tohave drawn thisplayer.However,when wesatdown toplay,
Ifound thatwewere playing intheopen with visible pieces andequal opportunities.
Weplayed along standard book lines forperhaps fifteen moves when hemade amove
Ideemed extraordinarily weak. However,notbeing sure, Ipondered mynext move for
nearly tenminutes under such side(and snide) remarks bymyopponent toobservers and
passersby that“that move hashim floored”. Icould find nomerit inthemove despite
myextensive considerations. SoImade themove thatoccurred tomealmost immedi-
ately when hemade it,having explored allthelines hecould muster inresponse. Asa
result, hisgame collapsed andheresigned within tenmoves. This game proved tobean
illuminating lesson to me:
People who talkagood game arebragging. Ifthey canplay agood game, they let
performance speak for them rather than wor ds.
Inmyfourteen years inthehealth field, Ifindthatbraggarts andboasters frequently
fallflatontheir faces under firing lineconditions. Ihave employed hundreds ofpeople
andthose who doasnow jobontelling youhow great they areusually donotbegin to
live up to their self-billing.
Thepoint isagain, thatperformers lettheir works speak forthem, whereas jawboners
substitute words and snow jobs for performance which is often mediocre.
Once you’ve achieved ahigh level ofcapability,thatwillbecome well-known. You
don’thave to“blow your horn” about it.Withgreater capability youdevelop more self-
reliance. Withself-reliance youhave abetter self-image andthis“pride ofself” radiates
toothers asdignity andself-respect. Youdon’thave to“put onafront” forself-aggran-
dizement. Y ou can enhance your situation in all aspects by honest effort.
Exercise inconjunction with ahealthful regime willstrikingly upgrade your perfor-
mance levels. Once youhave theconfidence thatyoucanmore than hold your own with
others, you’ll letyour deeds speak foryourather than vain braggadocio. Yourimage ofyourself willbesogood thatyou’ll becontent toimpress others with theresults youget
through performance rather than with words.
Improve your image through vigorous activity.Implore your chargestodolikewise
for the benefits of physical activity are innumerable and, as yet, still uncharted.
98.2.15 Vigorous Activity Results in Better Functioning of All Faculties Including,
Most Importantly, Mental Faculties and Emotional Well-Being
Aself-assured person iscalmer,more self-disciplined and hasgreat emotional
poise. That well-being andsharper thinking comes from anexercise program isnot
new—research hasshown thatexecutives who regularly exercise vigorously,aremore
decisive andeffective indirecting others. Mental sharpness underlies theability tothink
things through logically and formulate better courses of action.
Ithasbeen said thatasick body hasasick mind. Likewise, animproved body im-
proves its mind also!
Yourgreat thrust istoarouse inyour patrons adesir eforexceptional betterment.
Inspire inthem anenvisagement ofanideal condition forthemselves. Build inthem a
belief that they can realize the ambition thus engendered.
Then goad them intoaction toundertake thecourse necessary torealize their wishes.
You’d be surprised how ef fective you can be with others.
Thekeytoachievement istheability toperform theactsrequisite totheresult envi-
sioned. Exercise (and theLife Science mode oflife) willexcellently equip your clients
emotionally and mentally to realize the high goals you’ve inspired in them.
98.2.16 Regular Exercise Begets Perpetual Feelings of Exhilaration and Well-
Being
Without inferring that, exercisers orthevigorously active aretranquilized zombies,
I assure you that the regularly active do live in perpetual highs!
Ithasbeen well established that, after aperiod ofrunning orvigorous andcontinuous
activity,thebody secretes noradrenalin ornorepinephrine. This secretion occasions what
isroughly theequivalent ofwhat ispopularly termed “second wind”. Inmyown case I
must runatleast amile orcarry onsteady work foratleast tentotwelve minutes before
Iget“warmed up”andmywork becomes effortless. Isortoffloat along atmywork,
being almost indefatiguable. Further,Iammore sensitive tothose around meandtend
to be more cognizant of their needs. My thinking is sharper and more facile.
IfIfailtoexercise foraday,arelative dullness setsinthough I’mstillenergetic. The
second daywithout exercise does notcause untoward circumstances, buttheinspired
high isgone. Still energetic asusual, Inolonger have thefloating sensation. After two
days oflapse without exercise, itisachore todomychinups, weight lifting, pushups,
and other routines until I’ve “warmed up” again.
Recently anarticle appeared inmost newspapers nationwide asfollows: PUMPING
IRON CAN HELP SHED THOSE BLUES! “Nonaerobic exercise, such asweight train-
ing,isjustaseffective asaerobic exercise inlifting theblues away,according toanew
University ofRochester study.Forty-one moderately-depressed women were randomly
assigned tothree treatment groups. Inthefirst, participants ranonanindoor track four
times aweek for30minutes. Inthesecond, they worked outwith weights onaUniver-
salgym forthesame amount oftime. Inthethird, they didn’ texercise. Attheendof
theeight-week program, running andweight training were significantly more effective
than noexercise inrelieving depression, says assistant psychiatry professor Elizabeth
Doyne.”
Exercise, asyoucansee,causes thebody to“drug” itself harmlessly,buthelpfully,
tobetter enable ittoperform. Thebenefit ofdaily exercise for20to30minutes isthus
established.98.2.17 A Vigorous Exercise Program Builds Greater Mental Powers and
Alertness
Increased problem-solving ability results from exercise. More oxygen tothebrain
helps it function better. Less toxins in the brain enable it to function at a higher level.
While Ihave stated thatallfaculties improve when anexercise program isobserved,
I still feel it wise to enumerate as many of those improvements as possible.
Experiments conducted byfasting students inaclass resulted insharply-improved
mentation, class participation andhigher grades. Likewise, experiments with students
who were given anexercise program slowly improved their grades over control students
who didnotparticipate. Both experiments were conducted inChicago, onebyDr.Anton
Carlson and the other by Thomas


 inner consciousness. W e can, in final
analysis, choose to think only those thoughts which we want to think, and it
is this power of mental choice that gives us our freedom. By it we are giventhe power to remake ourselves into any image we can envisage. W e can
heal our body, heal our soul, alter and exalt our own personality, enhance
our willpower, and produce hypnotic states, ecstasy. We can change
ourselves from the lowliest of idlers into the most accomplished and
effective of people, and all this not because we hustle about in the world but
because we gather our own inner being around us, take thought, alter the
quality of our own mind. All the power of each of us individuals lies in our
disciplining our own consciousness, and all our ef fectiveness consists of our
being able to produce faith within ourselves. For it is only faith that is able
to develop in us a mental image contrary to the one we have been
entertaining.

Evidence of Things Unseen

“Faith,” wrote Saint Paul, “is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things unseen.” Through faith we are able to act as if we know.
When we have actual knowledge, we proceed with confidence; when we
doubt, we are unsure of ourselves, apprehensive. This is the contrast
between the person of great faith and the person of little faith: the former
goes through life as if they had a special genie at their side, a supernatural
power upon which they can call in every circumstance, while the latter acts
out the blurred and distorted vision within, cautiously, doubtfully, fearfully.
The substance of things hoped for is a real substance, formed from pictures
in the mind as concrete and detailed as in the world itself. The evidence of
things unseen is an inner evidence gleaned through the image-making
power of the imagination. It is absolutely impossible for us to act against
our knowledge. A person will not step in front of a speeding automobile
because they know they will be killed; they will not walk upon the water
because they know that they will sink; sometimes they will not even
venture into a new business because they believe that they will fail. No
amount of persuasion can change their reaction to what they know. But
what they know can be changed, and the most direct and ef ficacious manneris through changing the images within their consciousness. If they learn to
visualize their goal clearly, one day they will be able to embark upon a new
venture and be successful. The emotional content of the image in their mind
will seep down into deeper regions of consciousness and provoke them into
right action.
If we think of ourselves as being strong we eventually become strong. If we
think of ourselves as determined we eventually arrive at tenacity. If we
think of ourselves as endowed with power we eventually achieve
ascendancy over circumstances. The mind has infinite power to influence
us, for we act in accordance with its conceptions as it casts up before us
inner images that stimulate us into action and attitude. Eating, appetite,
sexual activity, motor response, intellectual activity are all triggered by the
images we entertain in our minds. W e are stimulated into all things by
ideas. The world itself is an idea, and we react to it. W e can change the
world’ s influence upon us, however, by originating ideas in consciousness
and thereby stimulate ourselves and cease reacting.

Idea and Action

Dr. José Delgado, the late Y ale University sur geon and neurophysiology
professor, reported that the behavior of animals and presumably humans can
be drastically changed by painless electric char ges to the brain. In
experiments, monkeys ate seven times more food than normal or suddenly
became amorous or abruptly ferocious, and tests on humans brought on
fear, affection, giddy laughter, and remarkable feats of memory, all
depending upon which area of the brain was stimulated. It seems obvious
that in these experiments electrical stimulation is simply substituted for
what normally would be nervous stimulation, and when we recognize that
nervous stimulation is always brought about through reaction to the ideas in
our consciousness, then we become acutely aware how important it is to
control our thoughts and to treat the image-making power of the mind with
care.We always tend to become that which occupies our thoughts. In the long
run a person is not so much a body as they are the sum total of the ideas
within their consciousness. Y ou need only meet someone for a moment to
know many of those ideas. If the person is genial, you know that they
regard the world as a warm and comfortable place. If they are cold, then
you know that they find hostility around them. If they are indif ferent, then
you know that they are afraid of being hurt. Excess always provides the
clue. Someone who laughs too much may be hiding their tears, like
Pagliacci. W e eat too much as a substitute for love, or drink too much to
still our fears, or play too hard as an escape from the responsibilities of life,
or overwork to accumulate security in a changing world. But always our
response is to the image in our minds, the ideas that occupy us, the ghosts
we envisage, the demons that pursue us, the fancied pots of gold that lie
beyond the rainbow.
We must learn to take up our positions with a steadfast belief in the
rightness of our stand. Doubt casts a pall of indecision over everything. W e
must shut out doubt from our minds and crystallize the images there so that
we can take positive action on all our problems.

He who doubts from what he sees
Will ne’er believe do what you please.
If the sun and moon should doubt,
They’d immediately go out.
— WILLIAM BLAKE

Designers of Life
 To start visualizing things clearly is not nearly so dif ficult as might be
imagined. Each of us has a deep psychological tendency to use our
imagination to envisage not only our present surroundings but also their
potentiality. We are deterred from this proper use of the imagination
because of an overreliance on material things. W e see, for example, the
established form of an automobile; we accept this form and no longer allow
ourselves to visualize anything dif ferent. Thus we give our creative
imagination an opiate and shut of f an important corner of our nature. Not
the designers, however. They cannot af ford to visualize the automobile in
its presently accepted form. For them, there must always be a new form.
Their envisaging of it is their livelihood.
We are all innately designers of life, and insofar as we accept the creative
power of our imagination, we are able to influence life’ s shape and
substance and its ef fect upon us. W e change events and people not by
altering them intrinsically but by changing our perception of them. Each
thing, each event, each person has infinite potentiality. We see in each only
that which our consciousness is capable of perceiving. When we learn to
look longer and with eyes of wonder, we develop a kind of insight that
enables us to penetrate into depths we hitherto had not suspected. Because
we then see dif ferently, we then react dif ferently, and our lives are changed
accordingly.
To many people mental power implies such legerdemain as moving objects
by willpower or materializing or dematerializing things, or leading others
around by their mental noses, but in actual fact, mental adepts work on no
one but themselves. Theirs are the eyes through which all things are seen,
and only insofar as they are able to influence their own perception are they
able to influence the world. The greater their knowledge, the closer they are
to the heart of truth, and the closer they are to the heart of truth, the more
they identify themselves with other persons and other things. Through this
inner identification, they achieve understanding of the law of each person’ s
secret nature and their own lives and the world they live in.

Change Y our Thinking and Change the W orld
If there is a problem in your life that you would solve, do not set your will
to work on it. Y ou will conquer this problem in the end, not by fighting it,
but by understanding it. The reason it exists in the first place is because of
lack of understanding. Y ou must allow yourself to be convinced of this
simple premise, that all problems reside in ignorance, that they represent a
block in the understanding of the person who has them. As long as that
block exists, so long will the problem remain. There is absolutely no
possibility of ever solving a problem without gaining insight into its nature.
Life is a constant movement by which simplicity is resolved into
complexity and complexity is resolved into simplicity, and the alchemy that
causes the natural growth of things is simply widened consciousness. The
most complex problem in the world yields to understanding, and once it has
been solved it becomes simple.
To achieve the ascendancy of mind over matter you must accept the basic
premise of there being one animating presence residing in all persons and
all things. Behind all form is a basic unity, an essential oneness that is never
destroyed despite all dif ferentiation. When we are able, through higher
consciousness and increased insight, to penetrate the many masks behind
which the all-encompassing one mind and one life is hidden, then we
achieve ef fectiveness in all


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47. Kuthumi's Retreat at Shigatse, Tibet
48. Four Himalayan retreats: Maitreya's Retreat, P alace of White Marble, Retreat of the Blue
Lotus & Vaivasvata Manu's Retreat
49. The Temple of Good Will, Darjeeling, India
50. The Temple of Comfort, Sri Lanka
51. The Sacred Retreat of the Blue Flame, Island Northeast of Viti Levu, Fiji Islands

12 SOLAR HIERARCHIES
Aries  (3/21 to 4/19): Beloved Aries - Cosmic Virtue of Wisdom; Purifying Power; Temple of
Sylphs and Devas of the Air

Taurus  (4/20 to 5/20): Beloved Hercules - A radiating Center of Faith, Strength, Courage and
Power

Gemini  (5/21 to  6/20): Beloved Maitreya - Lord Divino - The Focus of Love - The Christ -man
working through personality

Cancer  (6/21 to 7/22): Beloved Vista  - All the Power of Concentration and Power of
Consecration

Leo (7/23 to 8/22): Beloved Apollo - Temple of Royalty, of Courtesy, Dignity and of Princely
Charm; Drawing mankind upward, nearer to the consciousness of the Ascended Host.

Virgo  (8/23 to 9/22): Beloved Virgo - Balance of Virgo, The Solidity, The Assurance And The
Confidence

Libra  (9/23 to 10/22): Beloved Alexa, the Goddess of Liberty - A Focus of Liberty and
Freedom to this Earth

Scorpio  (10/23 to 11/21): Beloved Victory - Radiation and Power of the Momentum of Victory
and Accomplishment

Sagittarius  (11/22 to 12/21): Beloved Zar athustra - Spirit of Fire and of Enthusiasm, Home of
the Salamanders and Fire Elements

Capricorn  (12/22 to 1/19): Beloved Minerva  - Discrimination, Discretion, Perception and
Intuition

Aquarius  (1/20 to 2/18): Beloved Aquari us -  Momentum of Progress - Stimulation of the
Intensification of Spiritual Growth, Motivating power to progress

Pisces  (2/19 to 3/20): Beloved Neptune - Purifying Power of Water Element Training of
Undines and Water Element s

KEYNOTES
AKSHOBHYA: Beethoven —Beginning of 4th movement from  Symphony  #9
AMARYLLIS: Anon —"Londonberry Air"
AMITABHA: Bach —Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
AMOGHASIDDHI: Mahler —Symphony #2, Resurrection  (Finale)
ANGEL OF RESTORATION: Novello—"Rose of England"
ARCHANGEL GABRIEL: Pietro Mascagni —Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL: Dykes —Eternal Father
ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL: Handel —"Messiah" Overture
ARCHANGEL URIEL: Johannes Brahms —"Lullaby"
ARCHANGEL ZADKIEL: Wagner —"Magic Fire" Music
ASCENSION FLAME: Giuseppe Verdi —Triumphal March from  "Aida"
BUDDHA OF THE RUBY RAY: Wagner—Transformation music from Parsifal
CAUSAL BODIES OF THE MESSENGERS:  Franck—All Music  CHAKRA: BASE OF THE SPINE (Drum sounds): Charles Gounod—"Angels' Chorus"
CHAKRA: BASE OF THE SPINE (Drum sounds): Charles Gounod —"Apotheosi" from
"Faust"
CHAKRA: BASE OF THE SPINE (Drum sounds): Giuseppe Verdi —Triumphal March —
"Aida"
CHAKRA: CROWN (String sounds): Giacomo Puccini —"One Fine Day" ("Un Bel D i")
CHAKRA: THOUSAND -PETALED LOTUS — Fryderyk Chopin —Etude in A Minor "Winter
Wind"
CHAKRA: HEART (Harp sounds): Franz Lehar —"Thine Is My Heart Alone"
CHAKRA: SEAT OF THE SOUL (Woodwind sounds): Johann Strauss —"Blue Danube"
CHAKRA: SECRET CHAMBER OF THE HEA RT: Chopin —Piano Concerto #1, Coda
CHAKRA: SOLAR PLEXUS (Organ sounds): Romberg —(Mario Lanza sings) "One Alone"
CHAKRA: THIRD EYE (Piano sounds): Sergei Rachmaninoff —Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor
CHAKRA: THROAT (Brass sounds): Edward Elgar —"Pomp and Circums tance #1"
CHAKRA: THROAT (Brass sounds): John Philip Sousa —"Sousa Marches"
CLARA LOUISE: Bohm —"Calm as the Night"
CONFUCIUS: Vaugh Williams —The Lark Ascending
DJWAL KUL: Bach —"Air on A G: String"
EL MORYA: Edward Elgar —"Pomp and Circumstance #1"
ELIZABETH CLARE PROPHET: Stephen Foster —"Beautiful Dreamer"
ELOHIM ASTREA: Greig —Piano Concerto in A
ELOHIM HERCULES: Beethoven —Symphony #5
ETHERIC RETREAT: ARCHANGELS:  Wagner—Bridal Chorus
ETHERIC RETREAT: ASCENSION TEMPLE:  Franz List —"Liebestraum #1"
ETHERIC RETRE AT: BANFF:  Gounod—Soldiers' Chorus
ETHERIC RETREAT: CAVE OF SYMBOLS: Johan Strauss —Radetzky March
ETHERIC RETREAT: DARJEELING: Rimsky Korsakov —Song of India
ETHERIC RETREAT: ERIEL RETREAT FOR CHILDREN: Mc Dowell—"To a Wild Rose"
ETHERIC RETREAT: RAKOCZY MAN SION: Strauss Jr. —"Tales From the Vienna Woods"
ETHERIC RETREAT: RESURRECTION TEMPLE: Bach —Come Sweet Death
ETHERIC RETREAT: RESURRECTION TEMPLE:  Bach—Sleepers Awake
ETHERIC RETREAT: ROYAL TETON: Richard Wagner —Evening Star from "Tannhauser"
ETHERIC RETREA T: SHAMBALLA: Beethoven —Symphony #6 (5th Movement)
ETHERIC RETREAT: TEMPLE OF GOD'S WILL:  Franck—Panis Angelicus
ETHERIC RETREAT: TEMPLE OF HOPE: Wagner —"Parsifal" Prelude Act 1
ETHERIC RETREAT: TEMPLE OF ILLUMINATION:  Pachelbel —Canon in D Major
ETHERIC RE TREAT: TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN LOTUS: Rimsky Korsakov —Invisible
City of Kitezh
ETHERIC RETREAT: TITICACA: Romberg —Golden Days
FIVE SECRET RAYS: Fryderyk Chopin —Etude in G -flat Major 'Black Keys' Op. 10, No 5
GAUTAMA BUDDHA: Beethoven —"Ode to Joy ” from Symphony  #9
GNOMES: Grieg —In the Hall of the Mountain King
GOD HARMONY: Giuseppe Verdi —Anvil Chorus
GOD OF DIVINE ORDER: Albinoni —Adagio
GODFRÉ : Elgar—Nimrod Variation
GREAT DIVINE DIRECTOR: Franz Liszt —Rakoczy March, Hungarian Rhapsody #15  HELIOS: Nielse n—Helios Overture
HIERARCHS OF AQUARIUS: Mendelssohn —"War March of the Priests"
HILARION: Sullivan —"Onward Christian Soldiers"
HIMALAYA: Bizet —Intermezzo from "Carmen"
HOLY SPIRIT: "Homing," words: Arthur L. Salmon, music: Teresa del Riego  and
"At Dawning," words: N. Richmond Eberhart, music: Ch. W. Cadman
JESUS CHRIST: Handel —Hallelujah Chorus from "Messiah"
JESUS CHRIST: Handel —"Joy to the World"
KUTHUMI: Finden —Kashmiri Song
LANELLO: Ralph Vaughan Williams —"Fantasia On Greensleeves"
LETO: Loewe —"Heather on the Hill"
LIBERTY: Berlioz —La Marseillaise
MAITREYA: Herbert —Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
MEDITATION: CENTRAL TEMPLE OF ASCENSION FLAME: Liszt —"Benediction of God
in the Solitude"
MEDITATION: CIRCLE & SWORD OF ELOHIM ASTREA: Edvard Grieg—Concerto #1 in
A Minor
MEDITATION: CRE


inated	with	the	same	batch	of	vaccine	but	some	had	developed	smallpox	and

others	did	not,	he	told	them	that	those	who	were	unfortunate	enough	to	get

smallpox	must	have	been	vaccinated	too	soon	or	too	late	after	exposure	to

smallpox.	But	he	never	was	able	to	determine	just	when	was	the	right	time	to

vaccinate.	As	many	of	the	casualties	were	among	his	own	patients	it	was	clear

that	the	whole	procedure	was	operated	on	a	basis	of	guesswork.

ENGLISH	GOVERNMENT	SUPPORTED	JENNER	IN	HIS	VENTURE
In	spite	of	the	obvious	failure	of	vaccination,	Jenner	applied	to	the	English

Government	for	money	to	promote	his	scheme.	It	was	on	the	strength	of	the

dairymaid’s	story	and	his	groundless	promise	of	lifetime	immunity,	and	his

unscientific	experiment	on	James	Phipps	that	Parliament	gave	him	10	000	in

1802.	Either	Jenner	had	an	unusual	gift	of	persuasion	or	the	English	government

was	a	victim	of	"wishful	thinking"	for	in	1807	Jenner	talked	them	out	another

20,000	pounds	which	amounted	to	30,000	pounds	in	all,	($150,000)	public	funds

with	which	to	propagate	his	vaccination	diseases	and	death	throughout	the

world.

When	Jenner	made	the	statement	that	one	vaccination	would	give	lifelong

protection	against	smallpox	he	seemed	to	expect	that	people	would	regard	him	as

some	great	Oracle	whose	words	would	never	be	questioned.	Even	after	deaths

had	occurred	from	vaccination	he	brazenly	submitted	a	manuscript	to	the	Royal

College	of	Surgeons	entitled,	"An	Inquiry	into	the	Causes	and	Effects	of	Variolae

Vaccine"	in	which	he	again	stated	his	theory,"	...What	renders	the	cowpox	virus

so	extremely	singular	is,	that	the	person	who	has	been	thus	affected	is	forever

after	secure	from	the	infusion	of	smallpox;	neither	exposure	to	the	various

effluvia	nor	the	insertion	of	the	matter	into	the	skin	producing	the	malady."

The	complaints	continued	to	pour	in	but	Jenner	ignored	the	facts	and	like	one

possessed	by	an	obsession	he	wrote	in	his	third	publication	an	answer	to	the

objectors	as	follows:

"Some	there	are	who	suppose	the	security	(Immunity)	obtained	through	the

cowpox	will	be	of	temporary	nature	only.	This	supposition	is	refuted,	not	only

by	analogy	with	respect	to	the	habits	of	disease	of	a	similar	kind,	but	by

incontrovertible	facts,	which	appear	again	its..."	(Baron	1,	p.	490)

Where	(we	ask)	are	these	incontrovertible	facts?	No	one	has	seen	them	and

Jenner	never	did	bring	them	forth.	But	Jenner	and	a	certain	class	of	doctors	had

discovered	that	vaccination	could	be	a	paying	business	even	if	they	couldn’t

make	it	work;	so	from	then	on,	the	colossal	advertising	program	was	set	up	to

propagandize	the	population	into	believing	in	vaccination.

Lord	Lyttleton	must	have	had	a	stake	in	this	multi-million	dollar	enterprise	when

he	stated	in	the	House	of	Lords:

	"It	is	unnecessary	to	speak	of	the	certainty	of	vaccination	as	a	preventive	of

smallpox,	that	being	a	point	on	which	the	whole	medical	profession	has	arrived

at	complete	unanimity."

This	statement	was	not	quite	true	because	all	the	enlightened	doctors,	(of	which

there	were	not	a	great	many)	condemned	vaccination.	But	the	words	of	Lyttleton

had	their	desired	effect	on	the	people	and	that	was	the	purpose	of	the	speech.

Everything	possible	was	done	to	suppress	the	facts	that	revealed	the	dismal

failure	of	vaccination.

According	to	Thomas	Morgan	in	his	Medical	Delusions	(p.	48-49)	"Jenner	soon

discovered	that	vaccination	did	not	give	immunity	from	smallpox,	including

some	who	had	been	vaccinated	by	himself	and	had	died	from	it.	Not	wishing	to

bring	vaccination	into	disrepute,	he	endeavored	to	suppress	reports,	and	in

writing	to	a	friend,	said,	‘I	wish	my	professional	brethren	to	be	slow	to	publish

fatal	results	after	vaccination.’	and	in	1810	he	wrote:

“When	I	found	Dr.	Woodworth	about	to	publish	his	pamphlet	relative	to	the

eruption	(smallpox)	cases	at	the	Smallpox	Hospital,	I	entreated	him	in	the

strongest	terms,	both	by	letter	and	conversation,	not	to	do	a	thing	that	would	so

disturb	the	progress	of	vaccination.’	(Barron’s	Life	of	Jenner)

"The	foregoing	plainly	proves	that	Jenner	himself	was	aware	of	the	utter

uselessness	of	vaccination;	but,	having	received	the	bounty	from	the	government

he	preferred	to	resort	to	all	kinds	of	schemes	rather	than	acknowledge	its	failure.

"From	its	inception	until	the	present	day,	the	vaccination	scheme	has	been	an

endless	record	of	lies,	deception,	fraud,	juggling	statistics,	and	falsifying	death

certificates	in	order	to	preserve	vaccination	from	reproach	and	to	secure	its

continuation...and	all	this	after	more	than	a	century	of	terrible	experience,	which

has	demonstrated	that	vaccination	has	killed	more	than	smallpox,	besides

crippling	and	disfiguring	millions	more."

EVEN	JENNER	RECOGNIZED	THE	FAILURE	OF	VACCINATION

In	his	work	on	The	Value	of	Vaccination	(pp.	68-69)	Dr.	William	Winterburn

says	that	even	"The	Royal	Jennerian	Society"	(under	Jenner’s	direction)	in	its

second	report	in	1806,	"Admitted	having	seen	a	few	cases	of	smallpox	in

persons	who	had	passed	through	the	cowpox	in	the	usual	way."	He	says	further:
"In	the	same	year	the	Royal	College	of	Surgeons	issued	a	circular	letter	to	1,000

of	its	members	asking	their	experience	with	vaccination.	They	received	426

answers,	with	the	information	of	56	cases	of	smallpox	in	the	vaccinated,	66

cases	of	eruption	and	24	bad	arms."

The	London	MEDICAL	OBSERVER,	(VoL	VI,	1810)	published	particulars	of

"535	CASES	OF	SMALLPOX	AFTER	VACCINATION—the	operation	having

been	performed	in	some	of	them	by	Jenner	himself—including	their	names	and

the	authorities	reporting	them;	and	similar	details	of	97	FATAL	CASES	OF

SMALLPOX	IN	THE	VACCINATED,	with	150	cases	of	serious	injury	arising

from	vaccination	among	whom	were	10	medical	men—with	their	names	and

addresses—including	two	professors	of	anatomy,	who	had	suffered	from	the

operation	in	their	own	families."	(Medical	Voodoo—Hale	p.	85)

Winterburn	gives	additional	proof	of	the	failure	of	vaccination	to	protect	from

smallpox,	in	a	report	of	a	"Severe	epidemic	in	Marseilles	when	2,000	vaccinated

persons	were	stricken	with	smallpox;	and	the	epidemic	of	1831	in	Wurttemberg

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longer. In soup kettle, bring water to a boil. Add husked corn, and boil
for exactly 5 minutes. Remove to platter. Add butter and sea salt. Serves
2-4.
MAIN-COURSE SALAD DA Y
Remember, for any dinner you may substitute the main-course salad of your
choice.
DAY ELEVEN—THURSDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One.
LUNCH:
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
Continue on fruit with a fruit salad or the Vegetable-fruit Platter (see
page 156)
Have raw vegetables, if desired.
DINNER:
1 whole grapefruit
Steak-lovers' Salad * (the Texas Salad)
180 • FIT FOR LIFE STEAK-LOVERS' SALAD 40Min.
3 cups Garlic String Beans (see page 154)
10-12 ounces steak—porterhouse, filet mignon, flank, or whatever cut
you prefer
2 teaspoons safflower oil
1 small red or white onion, sliced
4 cups butter lettuce, washed, dried, and broken into bite-size
pieces
2 cups spinach, stems removed
3 large mushrooms, sliced or cut into matchsticks
Prepare the salad.
Prepare Garlic String Beans. While beans are cooking, broil steak accord
ing to taste. Cut into thin diagonal strips and set aside. Heat oil in small
skillet. Saute onion in oil until tender and beginning to crisp. Place let
tuce and spinach in large bowl. Add steak, string beans, onion, and
mushrooms.
DIJON DRESSING:
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
'A teaspoon Dijon mustard
Vi teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning (optional)
lA teaspoon Spike (optional)
Fresh ground black pepper
Prepare the dressing.
In small bowl, whisk until frothy oil, lemon juice, and mustard. Add sea
salt and Spike, if desired. Pour over salad. Add pepper to taste. Toss well.
Serves 2.
Have a fruit snack before bed, as long as four hours have elapsed since dinner.
DAY TWELVE—FRIDAY
BREAKFAST:
Same as Day One.
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS UFE-STYLE • 181 LUNCH.
Fresh fruit or carrot juice (optional)
Energy Salad (see page 149) or Stuffed Pita Sandwich *
DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail (see page 152)
Curried Vegetables* and Cucumber Raita,* or Broiled Fish Steaks"
and Dilled Cucumbers*
Sweet Spaghetti Squash *
STUFFED PITA SANDWICH 15 Min.
Whole-wheat pita bread, which is readily available, is a great substitute
for regular bread. Warm pitas briefly in oven. Do not toast, because then
they are impossible to stuff. Cut off a thin strip along the top of the pita
and stuff with whatever filling you prefer. Any salad you make, using
fresh or steamed vegetables, or a combination of the two, can be an excel
lent filling for a pita sandwich. Use thicker dressings rather than drippy
ones, which will soak through the bread. Eight years ago, when I was first
testing new recipes, we sold pita sandwiches at our community produce
store. At a time when this type of sandwich was uncommon, these were
extremely popular.
Several leaves of lettuce, washed and dried
Several leaves of spinach
1 small tomato (optional) (If you are not going to eat your pita
pocket immediately, you may want to omit the tomato, which has
a tendency to make the pita soggy.)
I stalk celery
Vi small cucumber or 1 small pickling cuke
1 small carrot
Vi avocado (optional)
2 cups alfalfa sprouts (optional)
1-2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Vz teaspoon mustard or tamari
Squeeze of fresh lemon juice
Sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning (optional)
2 whole-wheat pita breads
182'FIT FOR LIFE Finely chop lettuce, spinach, tomato, celery, and cucumber, and com
bine in small bowl. Grate carrot and cube avocado, and add to
vegetables. Add sprouts. Add mayonnaise, mustard or tamari, a squeeze
of lemon, and sea salt to taste. Mix well. Stuff salad into slightly warmed
pita pockets. Wrap in plastic, and store in refrigerator until you're ready
to eat. Serves 2.
CURRIED VEGETABLES 30 Min.
Basic Indian cooking is actually quite easy. This is an authentic recipe I
learned from a dear friend and enormously talented culinary artist from
Bombay, Mrs. Vasant Ullal. This is a dry curry. A wet curry variation
follows the recipe.
2 teaspoons safflower oil, butter, or ghee (clarified butter)4
Vz teaspoon mustard seeds (optional)
Pinch of asafetida (hingf (optional)
1 tablespoon green chili, minced, bell pepper, chopped (Use green
chili if you like a hot curry.)
1 small cauliflower, cored and cut into small, fine florets
V4—V2 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon coriander powder
YH teaspoon turmeric
1 tablespoon water
1 Vi cups frozen petite peas
3 tablespoons coconut, finely grated
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, finely chopped
Juice of Vi small lime
Prepare the vegetables.
In a large saucepan with lid, heat oil, butter, or ghee. Add mustard seeds,
asafetida, and green chili or bell pepper. Add cauliflower. Cover and dry-
steam over very low heat, adding sea salt, coriander, and turmeric as
vegetables cook. Stir frequently. Add water if vegetables begin to stick.
Cook 5-10 minutes, stirring frequently until cauliflower is tender. Add
4Ghee can be purchased in Indian markets, or you can make it yourself by melting sweet butter and
straining it through cheesecloth. Clarifying removes milk solids and makes butter more digestible.
'Indian spice used as a digestive aid in Indian cooking, available at Indian markets. Use only a
pinch, a little goes a long way. Hing is another Indian name for asafetida.
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 183 peas, mix well, and cook for 3-4 minutes longer. Stir in coconut,
cilantro, and lime juice. Mix well and heat gently for a few minutes.
Serves 3-4.
Wet curry variation.
Place grated coconut in blender with [A teaspoon cumin, a small slice of
fresh ginger, 1-2 cloves garlic, 1 teaspoon coriander, Vs teaspoon tur
meric, and water to cover. Liquefy. Add coconut sauce at end of cooking
when adding peas. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Add cilantro and lime juice.
CUCUMBER RAITA 10 Min.
This is Vasant UHal's recipe for a cooling raita that is traditionally served
with curry. Since it is made from yogurt, it makes a heavy accompaniment
to any carbohydrate, such as the traditional rice or chapatis, so for this
curry meal we substitute Sweet Spaghetti Squash (see page 185) to com
plement the Curried Vegetables and the Cucumber Raita.
1 small cucumber, peeled and coarsely grated
1 Vi cups plain yogurt
2 teaspoons safflower oil
Pinch of asafetida (hing) (available at Indian markets)
Vz teaspoon mustard seeds
1 tablespoon Kari leaves (neam) (available at Indian markets)
lA teaspoon sea salt (optional)
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
In small bowl, combine cucumber with yogurt. You may want to
squeeze excess water from cucumber before you add it to the yogurt. In
small saucepan, heat oil. Add asafetida, mustard seeds, and curry leaves,
and sizzle briefly. Pour into cucumber-yogurt mixture. Add sea salt and
cilantro. Mix well. Serves 4.
BROILED FISH STEAKS 10 Min.
2 8-ounce cuts svvordfish, halibut, salmon, shark, yellowtail, or any
thick fish steak
2 tablespoons butter, melted, or olive oil
184 • FIT FOR LIFE Dash of Tabasco or cayenne pepper
Vt teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning
Fresh ground black pepper (optional)
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Preheat broiler. Wash fish steaks and pat dry. Combine all other ingre
dients in a small bowl. Brush both sides offish with sauce so fish will not
stick, and place in broiler, 4 inches from flame. Brush steaks frequently
with sauce. Broil 3-4 minutes on each side. Be sure not to overcook fish
steaks. They should be soft and moist. Serves 2.
DILLED CUCUMBERS IS Min.
1 cucumber,6 peeled, seeded, and sliced thin with carrot peeler,
then julienned
V2—V4 cup sour cream, depending on size of cucumber
2 tablespoons fresh


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