  s i z e  o f  i t  a l l. F o r  t h e r e i n  l i e s  t h e  o n l y  r e a l
h o p e  f o r  h u m a n k i n d. R e s u r r e c t i o n

I t  i s  t h e  c o n s c i o u s n e s s  o f  p e a c e,  n o t  t h e  b e h a v i o r  o f  w a r,
t h a t  w i l l  u l t i m a t e l y  t u r n  b a c k  t h e  t i d e s  o f  f e a r. A n d  i t  i s
i n c u m b e n t  u p o n  e a c h  o f  u s  t o  f o s t e r  t h a t  c o n s c i o u s n e s s. I
a m  n o t  r e f e r r i n g  t o  j u s t  m a k i n g  t h i n g s  b e t t e r ;  I  a m  r e f e r r i n g
t o  t r a n s c e n d i n g  a l l  p h y s i c a l  l a w s,  b e n d i n g  t h e  r u l e s  o f  t i m e
a n d  s p a c e,  a n d  c o m i n g  a l i v e  w h e r e  w e  w e r e  p r e v i o u s l y
d e a d. I t ’ s  t i m e  t o  s e e  m i r a c l e s  i n  o u r  o w n  l i v e s,  t o  b e
r e s u r r e c t e d  f r o m  t h e  l i t t l e n e s s  o f  o u r  f o r m e r  s e l v e s. T h r o u g h  G o d,  t h e s e  t h i n g s  a r e  p o s s i b l e. T h e s e  m i r a c l e s  a r e
a v a i l a b l e,  a n d  t h e y  a r e  n e c e s s a r y  n o w. I t  d o e s n ’ t  m a t t e r  w h a t  s o m e o n e  s a i d  w h e n  y o u  w e r e  a
c h i l d ;  y o u  k n o w  n o w  t h a t  y o u ’ r e  s m a r t  a n d  a t t r a c t i v e. I t
d o e s n ’ t  m a t t e r  w h a t  h a p p e n e d  b e f o r e ;  y o u  c a n  r i s e  u p  n o w
a n d  s t a r t  o v e r. I t  d o e s n ’ t  m a t t e r  w h a t  t h e y  d i d  t o  y o u ;
f o r g i v e n e s s  h a s  w a s h e d  y o u  c l e a n. B o y s  w h o  h a v e  b e c o m e  m e n  w i l l  n o w  b e c o m e  g r e a t
m e n ;  g i r l s  w h o  h a v e  b e c o m e  w o m e n  w i l l  n o w  b e c o m e  g r e a t
w o m e n. W e  w i l l  g i v e  b i r t h  t o  o u r  b e t t e r  s e l v e s. T h o s e  w h o
r i s e  t o  t h e  h e i g h t s  o f  t h e i r  p o t e n t i a l  w i l l  n o t  b e  t h ee x c e p t i o n ;  t h e y  w i l l  b e  t h e  r u l e. T h r o u g h  t h e m — a n d  b y
t h e m,  I  m e a n  u s — a  p l a n  w i l l  e m e r g e  f o r  t h e  s a l v a t i o n  o f  t h e
w o r l d. A  n e w  w o r l d  a w a i t s  a l l  o f  u s,  a s  o u r  m i n d s  a r e  h e a l e d  b y
l o v e. C H A P T E R  T E N
F r o m  Y o u r  P l a n t o  G o d ’ s  P l a n

A n  u n d e r g r o u n d  r e v o l u t i o n  i s  s w e e p i n g  t h e  h e a r t s  a n d
m i n d s  o f  t h e  p e o p l e  o f  t h e  w o r l d,  a n d  i t  i s  h a p p e n i n g
d e s p i t e  t h e  w a r s  a n d  t e r r o r  t h a t  c o n f r o n t  u s. T h i s  r e v o l u t i o n
i s  a  f u n d a m e n t a l  c h a n g e  o f  w o r l d v i e w,  a n d  i t  c a r r i e s  w i t h  i t
t h e  p o t e n t i a l  t o  r e o r g a n i z e  t h e  s t r u c t u r e  o f  h u m a n
c i v i l i z a t i o n. I t  b r i n g s  a  b a s i c  s h i f t  i n  t h e  t h o u g h t s  t h a t
d o m i n a t e  t h e  w o r l d. I t  w a g e s  a  p e a c e  t h a t  w i l l  e n d  a l l  w a r. I t  i s  a  g l o b a l  p h e n o m e n o n  t h a t  w i l l  c h a n g e  t h e  c e l l u l a r
s t r u c t u r e  o f  t h e  h u m a n  r a c e. T o  t h o s e  w h o  a r e  p a r t  o f  i t,
w h o  f e e l  c a l l e d  t o  i t,  i t s  r e a l i t y  i s  a  g r o w i n g  i f  n o t  o b v i o u s
t r u t h. T o  s t i l l  o t h e r s,  i t ’ s  a  l o f t y  b u t  r i d i c u l o u s  n o t i o n,  a
p r e p o s t e r o u s  a n d  s i l l y  i d e a. Y e t  n o  s o c i a l  r e v o l u t i o n  o f  a n y  i m p o r t  e m e r g e d  b e c a u s e
e v e r y b o d y  w o k e


500: Love
a career or self-employment for from within. and fine distinctions: and of expert
Love as depicted in the mass media is not
themselves. They de not feel demeaned
Acceptance is not to be confused with
manipulation of symbols as abstract
what this level is about. What the world
by service jobs or by starting at the
passivity, which is a symptom of apathy. concepts become increasingly important,
generally refers to as love is an intense
bottom. They are helpful to others and
This farm of acceptance allows
This is the level of science, medicine and
emotionality combining physical
contribute to the good of society. They
engagement in life an life's own terms,of generally increased capacity for attraction, possessiveness, control, are
also (69) willing to face inner issues
without trying to make it conform to an
conceptualization and comprehension. addiction, eroticism and novelty. It is and do not have major learning blocks. agenda. W ith acceptance, there is
Knowledge and education are here usually evanescent and fluctuating,
At this level self-esteem is high and is
emotional calm and perception is
sought as capital. Understanding and
waxing and waning with varying
reinforced by positive feedback from
widened as denial is transcended. One
information are the main tools of conditions. When. frustrated, this
society in the forms of recognition,
new sees things without distortion or
accomplishment, which is the hallmark
emotion often reveals an underlying
appreciation and reward. W illingness is
misinterpretation; the (70) context of
of the 400 level. This is the level of
anger and dependency that it had
sympathetic and responsive to the needsexperience is expanded so that one is
Nobel Prize winners, great statesmen,
masked. That love can turn to hate is a
of others. W illing people are builders of
capable of "seeing the whole picture." Supreme Court justices. Einstein, Freud
common concept, but what is being
and contributors to society. W ith their
Acceptance has to do essentially with
and many other important figures in the
spoken about then, rather than Love, is
capacity to bounce back from adversity
balance, proportion and appropriateness. history of thought calibrate here. likely an addictive sentimentality. Hate
and learn from experience, they tend to
(71)
stems from Pride, not Love; there
The individual at the level of Acceptance
The shortcomings of this level are
become self-correcting. Having let go of
probably never was actual love in such ais not interested in determining right or
failure to clearly distinguish the
Pride, they are willing to look at their
relationship. wrong, but instead is dedicated to
dif ference between symbols and what
defects and learn from others. At the
resolving issues and finding out what to
they represent, and confusion between
The 500 level is characterized by the
level of W illingness, people become
do about problems. T ough jobs do not
the objective and subjective worlds that
development of a love which is
excellent students. They are easily cause discomfort or dismay. Long-
term limits the understanding of causality. At
unconditional, unchanging and
trainable and represent a considerable
goals take precedence over short-term
this level it is easy to lose sight of the
permanent. It(72) does not fluctuate
source of power for society.ones; self discipline and mastery are
forest for the trees, to become infatuated
because its source within the person who
prominent. with concepts and theories and end up
loves is not dependent on external
Ener gy Level 350: Acceptance
missing the essential point. factors. Loving is a state of being. It is a At
the level of Acceptance we are not
At this level of awareness a major
Intellectualizing can become an end in
way of relating to the world which is
polarized by conflict or opposition; we
transformation takes place with the
itself. Reason is limited in that it does not
for giving, nurturing and supportive. Love
see that other people have the same rights
understanding that one is oneself the
af ford the capacity for the discernment of
is not intellectual and does not proceed
as we do and we honor equality. While
source and creator of the experience ofessence or of the critical point of a
from the mind; love emanates from the
lower levels are characterized by rigidity,
one's life. T aking such responsibility is
complex issue. heart. It has the capacity to lift others and
at this level social plurality begins to
distinctive of this degree of evolution,
accomplish great feats because of its
emer ge as a form of resolution of
Reason does not of itself provide a guide
characterized by the capacity to live
purity of motive. problems. Therefore this level is free of
to truth. It produces massive amounts of
harmoniously with the forces of life. 33
34
At this level of development the capacity
source. 540 is also the level of healing
Ener gy Level 600: Peace
Great works of art, music andto discern essence becomes predominant;
and of spiritually based self-help groups. This ener gy field is associated with the
architecture which calibrate between 600
the core of an issue becomes the center of
From level 540 up is the domain of
experience designated by such terms as
and 700 can transport us temporarily to
focus. As reason is bypassed there arises
saints, spiritual healers and advanced
transcendence, self realization and God-
higher levels of consciousness and are
the capacity for instantaneous recognition
spiritual students. Characteristic of this
consciousness. It is extremely rare, universally recognized as
inspirational of the totality of a problem and a major
ener gy field is a capacity for enormous
attained by only one in ten million
and timeless. expansion of context, especially patience and the persistence of a
positive people. When this state is reached the
(75)
regarding time and process. Reason dealsattitude in the face of prolonged
distinction between subject and object
only with particulars, whereas lave deals
adversity. The hallmark of this state is
disappears, and there is no specific focal
Ener gy Levels 700-1,000: Enlightenment
with wholes. This ability, often ascribed
compassion. People who have attained
point of perception. Not uncommonly,
This is the level of the Great Ones of
to intuition, is the capacity for this level have a notable ef fect on others. individuals at this level remove history who originated the spiritual
instantaneous understanding without They are capable of prolonged open
themselves from the world, as the state of
patterns which multitudes have followed
resort to sequential symbol processing. visual gaze which induces a state of love
bliss that ensues precludes ordinary
through the ages. All are associated with
This apparently abstract phenomenon is,
and peace. activity. Some become spiritual teachers;divinity, with which they are often
in fact, quite concrete; it is accompanied
At the high 500s the world one sees is
others work anonymously for the identified. It is the level of powerful by
a measurable release of endorphins in
illuminated by the exquisite beauty and
betterment of mankind. A few become
inspiration; these beings set in place
the brain. perfection of creation. Everything
great geniuses in their respective fields
attractor ener gy fields which influence all
Love takes no position and thus is global,
happens ef fortlessly, by synchronicity,
and make major contributions to society. of mankind. At this level there is no
rising above the separation of and the world and everything in it is seen
These people are saintly and may longer the experience of an individual
positionality. It is then possible to be
to be an expression of love and divinity. eventually be designated of ficially as
personal self separate from others; rather,
"one with another" as there are no longerIndividual will mer ges into divine will. A
saints, though at this level formal religion
there is an identification of Self with
any barriers. Lave is therefore inclusive
Presence is felt whose power facilitates
is commonly transcended, to be replaced
Consciousness and Divinity. The
and expands the sense of self phenomena outside conventional
by the pure spirituality out of which all
Unmanifest is experienced as Self
progressively. Love focuses on the expectations of reality, termed
religion originates. beyond mind. This transcendence of the
goodness of Life in all its expressions
miraculous by the ordinary observer. Perception at the level of 600 and above
ego also serves by example to teach
and augments that which is positive. It
These phenomena represent the power of
is sometimes reported as occurring in
others how this can eventually be
dissolves negativity by re-contextualizingthe ener gy field, not the individual. slow-motion, suspended in time and
accomplished. This is the peak of the
it rather than by attacking it. evolution of consciousness in the human
One's sense of responsibility for others at
space-though nothing is stationary; all is
This is the level of true happiness, but
realm. this level is of a dif ferent quality from
alive and radiant. Although this world is
although the world is fascinated with the
that shown at the


 the following rules to guide you in
“when to eat, when not to eat, and how to eat”:
    Rule No. 1. —Never eat unless you have been absolutely
comfortable in min d and body from the previous mealtime. Rule No. 2. —Thoroughly masticate and insalivate every
mouthful of starchy food, and give the rest of your food
plenty of attention. Rule No. 3. —Never eat without a keen relish. If the bowels do not move  during the day, before retiring
at night use a small enema —a pint of warm water. Put it
into the bowels and allow it to remain for five to ten
minutes; then solicit a movement. Proper mastication, right
combinations of food, and plenty of tensing exercise  to the
abdomen will bring about proper bowel action. As to what to eat —For those in ordinarily good health the
following rules will serve as a guide:
Fruit Breakfast
Starch Lunch
Regulation Dinner

or

 Starch Breakfast
Fruit Lunch
Regulation Di nner
   The regulation dinner may be taken at noon in place of
the lunch, if it is more convenient. Fruit Breakfast. —Any kind of fresh fruit or berries
followed with either milk, fifty -fifty (half warm milk and
half hot water), or teakettle tea (hot w ater with two or three
tablespoons of cream to the cup). Starch Breakfast. —Toast, Shredded Wheat, Triscuit, Rye
Crisp, well -baked muffins, corn bread or biscuit, griddle -
cakes, waffles, cooked cereal (any one of foregoing),
followed with fresh or cook ed fruit, without sugar. The dry
starches should be eaten with a little butter, and not soaked
up with milk or cream. This insures thorough mastication. The cereals should be taken with a little cream and salt —no
milk or sugar. The griddle -cakes and waffle s may be
accompanied with honey and butter, followed with teakettle
tea. If desired, the starch breakfast may be followed with
fresh fruit instead of a beverage. Starch Lunch. —The same as the starch breakfast. Occasionally a piece of plain cake a nd ice -cream. Fruit Lunch. —The same as the fruit breakfast. Occasionally a piece of fruit pie and a piece of cheese, or
some form of dessert, followed with fresh fruit. Regulation Dinner. —No. 1: Meat, two cooked non -
starchy vegetables, and a com bination salad. No. 2: Starch, two cooked non -starchy vegetables, and a
combination salad. Meat: Any kind of fresh meat, cheese, nuts, eggs, bacon,
fish, or fowl. Starch: Potatoes (sweet or Irish), macaroni, rice, Hubbard
squash, dry beans a nd peas, tapioca, pumpkin, or any of the
starches listed above. Cooked Non -starchy Vegetables: Beets, carrots, parsnips,
cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, green corn,
green beans and peas, asparagus, onions, eggplant, salsify,
tomatoes,  cucumbers, celery, spinach, greens, summer
squash, etc. Combination Tilden Salad: Lettuce, tomatoes, and
cucumber; lettuce, celery and apple; lettuce, apple, and
orange, or any other fruit. Dress with salt, oil, and lemon
juice. Regulation Dinne r No. 1 —should be taken every other
day, and Dinner No. 2 the alternate days. Of course, there are many variations and additions to the
above suggestions, but details cannot he gone into in this
book. Those who wish to have more detailed suggestions
should read the monthly periodical, Dr. Tilden’s Health
Review and Critique, and his Cook Book. DR. Tilden’s Tensing Exercises

   Begin by tensing the leg muscles from the toes to the
body, as follows: First extend the toes as far as you can;
then grip, as it were, by forcing the toes forward toward the
heels, and at the same time make the muscles of the legs
hard to the body. Completely relax. Do not repeat the
tension again until muscles are soft; then tense again,
repeating the contraction and e xtension. Tense the hands and arms in the same way. Extend the
fingers as far as possible, making the muscles hard to the
shoulders; then grip the fingers and shut the fist, hardening
the muscles to the shoulders. Do this five times; then tense
the le gs five times; then the hands and arms again. Fold a pillow and put under the shoulders, so that when
the head drops back it will not touch anything. Lift the head
forward, the chin to the chest; drop the head back again as
far as it will go; then lif t. Do this four or five times. Then,
with the pillow still under the shoulders, lock the fingers
under the head, allowing the head to rest in the hands. Swing the head from side to side, up and down, and rotate,
carrying each movement as far as possible. Then push the folded pillow down under the hips and go
through the leg movements of riding a bicycle. Then, with
legs extended in the air, move each leg from side to side,
allowing one to pass the other, scissor - fashion; changing,
however, each time t hey pass, having first one leg forward
and then the other. Tense the abdomen, making the muscles as hard as
possible, and at the same time kneading the muscles with
the hands. This exercise is necessary for overcoming
constipation. In women, the uteri ne ligaments will be
strengthened, lifting and overcoming falling and misplaced
positions of the womb. The muscles of the bladder and
rectum will be improved by these exercises. Piles —
prolapsus of the rectal mucous membrane —will be
overcome. An irritable b ladder and prostate enlargements
will be benefited by these exercises. Then sit up and turn the face to the right as far as
possible; then to the left as far as possible; then allow the
head to drop over, so as to bring the ear close to the
shoulder, and then carry it over to the opposite shoulder. These movements of the head and neck are necessary to
remove deposits that take place between the vertebrae, and
in grooves and openings in bones where the nerves and arteries pass. If the hearing is ba d, these movements will
improve it. If the sense of smell is not so acute as it should
be, by keeping up the exercises the olfactory nerve will be
freed and the power of smell will be improved. The taste,
too, will be bettered. All the nerves of special se nse will be
invigorated. The pneumogastric nerve and all the vital
nerves controlling vital organs are invigorated by this
exercise. When nerves are pressed upon by organic
deposits, the movements above described will cause the
deposits to be absorbed. The  muscles of the neck will
develop; the muscles of the face will develop, one will
grow to look and feel younger. These exercises must be gone through with, not only
before getting up, but every three or four hours during the
day. You may think that th is is very laborious, but it is the
price you must pay to get well. So begin at once, and be
faithful! Sit on the edge of the bed, and sway the body from side
to side as far as possible, then follow with a twisting
movement, attempting to look behind over the shoulders. Sit up in bed, and sway backward and forward, compelling
the spine to bend from the small of the back up to the head,
forward and backward. This loosens up the spine and  invigorates the nerves that are sent off to the lower part of
the body. Get on the knees and elbows; then push the body forward
as far as possible without falling upon the abdomen; then
push back as far as possible. Go back and forth, while in
this position, until tired, then drop on either the left or right
should er while the hips are highly elevated. This is called
the knee -shoulder position. The knee and elbow position,
with the movements described, I call the “Irish Mail
movements.” It is necessary to practice both these
movements and positions in overcoming con stipation,
prolapsus of the bowels, rectum, or womb, and piles. Place the forefingers over the closed eyes, and rub gently
from side to side. Then remove the fingers and rotate the
eyeballs, reversing the movement to relieve the tire. Place the f orefingers on the wings of the nose; press
together and move from side to side. When the weather is nice, it is well to walk in the open
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        The entire organism is more or
less infected by the protein decomposition. A feast -day
comes along; an excess produces a crisis; and th e organism,
which is enervated and toxemic to the


 and chi- kun g are used for health and sex
uality. The latter has been practiced in China for more than three
thousand years, by Taoists, Buddhists, and Confucians. Specially
geared to sexuality arc chi exercises of the southern Taoist school,
which rely on pluck-and- nurture techniques, and the eastern Tao
ist school, which ain1 at dual training for shared pleasure. After diligent and sufficient training. a chi-krmg practitioner
of either sex often discovers that sexual arousal is heightened and
quickened, and sexuJl vigor greJtly increased. Anecdotes testify
to the disappear ance or dirninution of such problcn1s as irnpo
tencc, pren1ature ejaculation, and frigidity. And rnany n1en clain1
to have achieved total orgasrn control; if required, they could
carry on sexual intercourse as long as they want without ernitting. ()f course, dogged endurJnce tor a rnan dot.'s not necessarily
rnean sexual pleasure t"lH his partner, but it is useful if net. ·ded. Many of the arnorous ernpcrors of the past learned thest.'JS
pects of the Art of Bl·lkharnber, to their ddight. And quite a few
ancient Chincsl' royal wonll 'll were known atkpts of n1ind-body
cont rol for sexual pkasurc. Two an1ong then1 were Chao Fci-yi,
who successfully nusqucraded Js a virgin for three nig hts for the Sexu al Vitality from the Sea of Chi
Han emperor Cheng, and Hsia Chi, the femme fatale whose lov
ers flaunted her underwear in the royal court. By devotion to chi
kung practices such as contracting the rectum while breathing in,
and mentally willing the chi to sink into the sea of chi and the cin
nabar field for regeneration and enrichment, they and others
reaped bountiful rewards in bed. For sexual purposes, chi also can be manipulated externally
with various techniques. Ancient Chinese erotic massage, for
example, combines traditional therapeutic massage with acu
pressure, to treat frigidity and impotence, strengthen sexual
stamina, or arouse sexual desire. The theories of chi and acu
pressure are intriguing. The ear, for instance, is said to have 120
acupoints. Theoretically, a lazy person can avoid all those ex
hausting gymnastics and still enjoy the benefits of whole-body
exercises by simply pressing and massaging specific points on
his ear. By massaging the top and middle cavities and the front wall of
the ear canal with a finger daily, one can strengthen sexual vitality. A woman who massages her breasts daily stimulates production
of sex hormones, thus heightening her sexuality and facilitating
her milk production if she is nursing. Massaging the groin at the
juncture of the lower abdomen and thighs is a recommended
mind-body sexual therapy. Male masturbation, however, has al
ways been discouraged in Chinese sexology, because of the loss of
semen. There is yet another esoteric but effective practice of manip
ulating chi for sexual purposes. A number of acupoints, when
stimulated in the proper way, can effectively treat impotence,
premature ejaculation, insufficient erection, frigidity, menstrual
irregularity, and other dysfunctions. Most of these points are in
volved also in strengthening sexual stamina and arousing desire. These sexually sensitive areas might be termed "sex points,"
or better, "love points. " Some of them are in the so-called erog
enous zones, while others arc not; most are on the lower torso and
legs. The mor e effectiv e ones, including the sea of chi, are imtne
diatdy adjacent to the cinn abar field. When they arc stimulated
with adroit acu pressu re and massa ge as part of love-play, a con
summat e bedch amb er artist can do wonders with these love points. These arc not simple push- butt ons of lust, however: if some of
the love poi nts arc pressed too heavily, or jabbed t(lrn:fully. scri-
,,� THE ART OF THE BE DCHAM BER
ous injury or even death may result. Specific instructions on love
points are given in chapter 15. All ancient Chinese mind-body practices to invigorate sex
uality are intitnately linked to the life-energy stored in the myste
rious cinnabar field and the elusive sea of chi. This inner region of
the lower torso is the fountainhead of life-force which benefits
health and longevity in general, and sexual vitality in particular. Ancient Chinese physicians and sexologists emphasized the im
portance of health tonics and mind-body practices. They believed
they had found the Fountain of Youth somewhere in the cinnabar
field. Whether this was wishful thinking or not remains to be
s�n. Either way, in the spirit of scientific experiment, it is enjoy
able to contemplate the navel and exchange chi with a beloved
partner in a bedroom. Part Three
AN CIE N T SEC RETS
FOR MODE RN LOVERS
THE COLORFUL SEXUAL MANNERS AND MORE S of a bygone age and
the mystique of the ancient sexology classics deserve more than
casual attention. Their universal themes may contain valuable hints
for modern men and women. It should be noted that many of the
"revolutionary" ideas of contemporary sexologists, including
Masters and Johnson-so different from the traditional ones in
the West only decades ago-appear to echo some of the tenets ad
vocated by ancient Taoists. The relentless pursuit of sexual vitality in ancient China was
inspired by the Taoist belief in physical itnmortality, and sustained
by a pragmatic desire to satisfy all the spouses of a polygan1ous
159 AN CIENT SECR ETS FO R MODERN LO VERS
husband. These are not the goals of our times. The Art of the
Bedchamber does, however, have a message for us. To nurture our
life-energy and sexual chi with certain foods and herbs, to train
our sexual muscles and nerves with exercise and therapy, and to
use n1ind-body erotic techniques to make sexual unions benefi
cial and pleasurable: these purposes and practices are universal
and timeless. Modern lovers with a monogamous lifestyle can spice up their
sex life immensely if they borrow some of the erotic techniques
taught by the Taoists. These ancient secrets can be used directly or
modified for one's own lifestyle. They need no proof in the mod
ern laboratory. To sophisticated modern lovers, every bedroom is
a laboratory for love. 12
The Mystic Master
of the Grotto,
and Masters and Johnson
Where Ancient Taoists
and Modern Sexologists Meet
SOME OF THE LATE ST THEORIE S of modern sexologists agree with
those propounded by Chinese Taoists one to two thousand years
ago. This is all the 1nore ren1arkable when we compare the evolu
tion of the two groups. The Taoists advanced their theories in a
tolerant milieu for a thousand years; then they were swept away
by the nco-Confucian tidal wave which covers China to this day. In the West, early sexologists had to contend with the Victorian
social-religious attitude, which was extremely uneasy about hu
man sexuality. Only in recent decades have sexologists been able
to conduct their studies with relatively n1ore science and less so
cial pressure. It is enlightening to view the similarities and differences be
tween the observations of the ancients and those of the moderns. The basic pren1ise of the Taoists was that good sex pron1otes
health and lon gev ity. Regular and enjoyable sexual activiti es hring
health and long life to men and wom en. The 'T. 1oists advocated the
golden 1nean, frowning on both celibacy and sexual excess. Early
I(, I. N ( · I I' N l S f. ( R I' I S I I I R M I I I I I' R N I (I V t: f� S
Taoists may have linked sex to immortality, and later pluck-and
nur ture extremists may have been obsessed with one partner's ex
trac ting orgasmic secr etions from the other without ejaculating,
but mainstream Taoists advoca ted another golden mean �ex for
health, youthfulness, and longevity. Thei r intuiti ve attitude ap
pears to be confirmed by the latest findings of modern scientists
about the link between sex on the one hand and health, aging, and
longevity on the other. Admittedly, there is little direct laboratory proof, but proliferat
ing indirect evidence has shown a strong correlation between sex
and healthy longevity. Increasing numbers of sexologists and ger
ontologists today are aware of such a correlation. SEX AND AGING
In I635, when the English longevity champion Thomas Parr died
at the reputed age of I 52, the celebrated English surgeon William
Harvey performed an autopsy on him. Harvey reported that Parr
had unusually heavy, well-developed testicles for his age. The
twentieth-century Swiss ger


 terrible decisions, and you will
lose. You might as well take y our bumps up front and at
least be in control of your destiny. Who would have
believed that just a few mo nths later, one of Marty’s
senior executives would move the development of the
website to New York and relaunch it with a team of less
than fo rty developers. That new website became the
foundation for WebMD’s entire future. Again and again I was seeing that each of these
intensely chal lenging business experiences was very
beneficial for my spiritual gro wth. I just kept letting go of
whatever disc omfort got stirred up within me, and
inevitably, a stronger flow of spiritual energy took its
place. This growing strength helped prepare me for life’s
next growth experience: what happened when Marv’s
reorganization team finally got around to taking aim at
my division. Medical Mana ger Practice Services Division, as we
were known at the time, was  one of the largest divisions
in WebMD. We had grown to almost two thousand
employees, and that made us very ripe for cost cutting. With that in mind, Marv brought the reorganization
team do wn to Alachua for two  days of meetings. The firstday was devoted to presenting our business plan and
vision for the future. Fortunately, we were well prepared
to take Marv through our current products with their
highly successful revenue generation, as well as the
products and services we were working on for the future. It certa inly didn’t hurt when Sabrina was able to present
the tremendous growth of Medical Manager Network
Services from a few hundred thousand dollars a year to a
fifty-million-dollar-a-year business in just over three
years. It was during these presentations that it really hit me
what had happened. John Ka ng and I had set out to be
sure that Medical Manager was not left behind by the
enormous potential of Internet companies like
Healtheon and  WebMD. At th e same time, Sabrina and I
had bee n strug gling to find a  way to get Envoy, or some
other cl earinghouse, to evolve  enough to be able to fulfill
our vision for Network Services. Despite all the negative
issues we were facing, the am azing reality was that when
the smo ke had cleared, we en ded up owning all three of
these compani es—WebMD, Healtheon, and Envoy. Just
a short time ag o, no one cou ld have even imagined how
such a thing c ould ever take place. It was like so much
else I had experienced; the unimaginable had actually
happened. The presentations to Marv and his team went very
well. There was palpable excitement in the room
throughout the day. Nonethe less, when I returned later
that evening, I was shocked t o see what had happened to
the meeting room. Stretched around the walls of the
room w ere com puter printou ts with the names of all the
Medical Manager Practice Services Division’s two
thousand employees. Hanging like wallpaper, they
foreshadowed the day plan ned for tomorrow: every
name o n the list would need to be justified. I was aghast,
especially since we had recently requested additional
employees to keep up with our growth.Returning home that evenin g, I was very concerned
about the fate of my employees. Tomorrow could turn
out to be a very ugly day. At the same time, I knew that
Marv h ad to cut costs, and it  was my job as a corporate
executive to help him. This could have created a lot of
inner t ension, but I decided to just surrender to the
reality of the s ituation and be open to balancing these
two areas of co ncern. I came to peace that night knowing
my hea rt was in the right place, and when tomorrow
came, I would do the best I could. The next morning when I e ntered the room, I was
again shocked  by what I saw. The printouts had been
taken down, and the walls were back to normal. Before I
could inquire what was going on, Marv’s second in
command walk ed me out to the hall. He told me that he
and Marv had met last night,  and the decision was made
to s kip the “bloodletting” and allow us to continue the
fine work we were doing. He told me they were very
impressed with  what we had achieved and with our plans
for t he future. As they saw no  need for the second day of
meetings, Mar v had taken an  early flight out. His team
packed up, shook our hands, and went on their way. I
have no  idea to this day if the rest of my management
team ever saw the ominous sight of those wallpapered
walls. I realized just how extraord inary these events were
when a few hours later I rece ived a call from the head of
HR at corporate headquarters in New Jersey. He was
completely beside himself. He playfully asked me what I
had us ed to drug Marv wh ile he was down here in
Alachua. He went on to say th at he doubted that such an
event had ever taken place in the annals of corporate
history. We were all well aware that Marv’s purpose in
life was to cut costs. That he w ould come down here with
that int ention, and simply walk away, is a tribute to both
the quality of our division a nd to Marv as a manager. Medical Manager and I received a number of tributes in2000, but none was more meaningful to me than
receiving such a vote of confidence from someone I
respected so much.4 9. H a n g i n g  O u t  i n  W a s h i n g t o n
T he year  2000 not only ushere d in a new millennium, it
brought with it a flurry of rec ognition for the pinnacle of
success that The Medical Manager had achieved. To me,
who wa s just on the magic c arpet for the ride, it was all
simply a tribute to the perfection of life’s flow. I had not
sought any recognition; I had just thrown myself into
life’s wind to see where it would take me. I w as invited by one of our previous board members,
Ray Kurzweil, to join him at the White House in March
where he was to receive the National Medal of Honor in
Technology. Ray is credited with many major inventions,
including the first microchip that allowed an electronic
keyboard to sound like a g rand piano and other real
instruments. He is also considered one of the fathers of
speech recogn ition software. Ray had been on Medical
Manager Corporation’s board, and I had sat on Kurzweil
Education System’s board. Through it all we had become
good friends. He even stayed with us at the Temple a few
times and showed a serious interest in Eastern
philosophy. I would have to wear a tuxedo to the While
House, which was far from m y normal attire, but I was
excited about joining Ray for this honor. Like many others, I had been to the White House as a
tourist but certainly not as  a guest of the president. There was a cocktail party a fter the ceremony, and we
were al lowed t o walk freely t hroughout the rooms of the
first flo or residence. I gazed out a window in the Green
Room t hat ove rlooked the Washington Monument and
thought about how many presidents had taken in thatview. Getting used to actually sitting on the antique
furniture in those rooms was difficult enough, but then I
kept realizing that the people I was having conversations
with were all N ational Medal of Honor winners in some
field of science. President Clinton joined the mix, and I
even ran into S tevie Wonder  in the hallway. All in all, it
was one of tho se “what am I doing here” moments. I’m a
yogi w ho mo ved out to t he woods to meditate. I
surrendered to the flow of life, and I end up here—
unbelievable. That was not my only trip to Washington that year. The ve ry next month I came back to represent The
Medical Manager when it was installed into the archives
of t he Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian was
sponsoring an  effort to d ocument the Information
Technology Revolution for future generations. In much
the same way as we now look at the Industrial
Revolution, someday people will be fascinated by the
time pe riod in  which computers revolutionized how we
live. Each year a panel of CE Os of the world’s leading IT
companies did a search for organizations that had done
extraordinary work in the field. Because of our work in
the are a of electronic health -care transactions, Medical
Manager was one of the com panies selected in the year
2000 to  have its story preserved in a time capsule for the
future. There was a grand ban quet the night before and a
ceremony at the museum the  next day. I brought a few of
the old- time employees with me, as well as Donna and
Durga. Reflecting back twenty years to when I was sitting
in that


 which the observer
and the observed condensed in a reciprocal and mutually sustaining rela -
tionship. Little did I know at the time that this confrontation was to put an end
to my incipient desire to study medicine, or that five years later I would
spend the last two years of Michael’s life living and working with him at his
pottery in Cornwall. Suffice it to say that I left with a simple desire, ‘I want
to learn to make pots like that’. At the time I could not have known that such objects are ‘born, not
made’. Michael’s pottery was more laboratory than studio, where the energies
of nature were harnessed and condensed. One did not make things; one par -
ticipated in their emergence. And should one ever forget this, one could be
certain that Michael’s anger would re-establish the balance. On one such occasion, after being at Wenford Bridge for about six months,
I had been making bowls all day and was beginning to feel that I was gaining
some mastery over the medium. Michael came into the workshop at one
end and made his way slowly through the long, narrow room, once used as
a skittle alley, attached to the former inn which he and Mariel had converted
into their home and the pottery. Michael surveyed the shelves of bowls for
an alarmingly long period of time and, turning to me with a withering
expression on his face, exclaimed, ‘You haven’t begun to take that shape into
yourself’. And with no further discussion he left. It was the first time that I was to experience the restorative power of im -
personal anger. Such outbursts were not infrequent, and no explanation was
ever offered. One was expected to take the medicine and make the necessary
changes. It was in this way that I gradually came to understand that the mak -
ing of a good pot involved a kind of sacrifice. How naïve of me to have im -
agined that the price of beauty was anything less than oneself. Later on, whenever I found myself in a foreign city, I would spend hours
in the ceramics department of the national or archaeological museum. Looking at the pots there, I would often have the feeling of experiencing
them from the inside, as if I knew what it was like to be that object. I felt
its body as my own body. This capacity was no doubt partly due to a natural
affinity, but it had also been refined over the many years I had spent making
such objects. 161you are the happiness you seek
     It was as if my own understanding of the materials and processes that are
gathered together in the making of a bowl had given me access to the inner
life of the object I was contemplating. Over the years, I noticed that this
capacity extended beyond my chosen medium of ceramics and included,
to a greater or lesser degree, other art forms, such as painting, music, sculp -
ture, architecture and dance. The Greek philosopher Plotinus referred to this when he said, ‘In this
state of absorbed contemplation, there is no longer any question of holding
an object in view; the vision is such that seeing and seen are one; object and
act of vision have become identical’. *
     The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer referred to the same
experience when he said, ‘Aesthetic pleasure in the beautiful consists, to a
large extent, in the fact that, when we enter the state of pure contemplation,
we are raised for the moment above all willing, above all desires and cares;
we are, so to speak, rid of ourselves’. †

the taste of nature’s eternity

Everyone experiences this collapse of the subject–object relationship many
times in their lives, although it is not always recognised as such. In fact, when
we seek an experience, we invariably do so not for the sake of the experience
itself but for its capacity to bring to an end the subject –object relationship,
and the inevitable feeling of separation that attends it, thereby giving us a
taste of the unity of being. In sexual intimacy, all one’s disparate energies are gathered together in
the intensity of the moment, suspending the thinking process which habit -
ually divides the intimacy of experience into the subject –object relationship,
and through which the apparently separate self escapes the now. There is just
the moment, no self and no other, no body and no world, no lover and
no beloved. Not even a moment, for without reference to thought, there is
no experience of time. We are taken to eternity. For the apparently separate self, this collapse of the distinction between
itself and the other feels like a death. Of course, in reality, an illusion cannot die. 162* Plotinus, The Enneads  v. 1–8. †  Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation, Vol. 1, Sect. 68 (1819). the all-pervasive spirit
It simply ceases to veil its reality. However, the ego does not know this. Thus,
what it experiences as death is, in reality, the shining forth of our shared
being. It is the experience of love. This is why love and death are so closely
related in art and literature. It is for this reason that the poet Kathleen Raine wrote, in ‘Woman to
Lover’, ‘I am the way to die’. * Little does the separate self realise that in all
of its desires, and perhaps especially in its desire for sexual intimacy, all that
it is really seeking is to bring itself to an end, like the moth that seeks to
unite with the flame. When the separate self is reconstituted after its dissolution in eternity,
it emerges ‘trailing clouds of glory’, † still shimmering with peace and joy,
which, at least until it fades, it will bestow on everything and everyone with
whom it comes in contact. It is the experience to which writer W. B. Yeats
referred when he said, ‘I felt that I was blessèd and could bless’. ‡

Many people enjoy walking in the countryside because, in the absence of
any sense of separation in nature, they access their shared being, which is
prior to the arising of ego. For the same reason, many people love to live
with animals because they model the quality of just being, wordlessly
awakening the same being in us through sympathetic resonance. For others food may be a portal into their true nature, although it is
usually not recognised as such, not least because it is more often appropriated
by the ego to satiate its voracious sense of lack. Little do we realise that, when
eating a delicious meal or savouring a fine wine, we are literally tasting our
self. Stephen Mitchell’s rendition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s  Sonnets to Orpheus
illustrates how just the taste of an apple has the power to divest reality of the
limitations that the mind confers upon it, revealing its nature of beauty. What miracle is happening in your mouth. Instead of words, discoveries flow out
from the ripe flesh, astonished to be free. 163* Kathleen Raine, Collected Poems, Counterpoint Press ( 2001 ). †  William Wordsworth, ‘Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood’, Poems, in
Two Volumes  (1801). ‡ W.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What was the occasion for the writer to visit the Camden Arts Centre in London?,
A: The writer attended the retrospective exhibition of Michael Cardew's pottery at the Camden Arts Centre in London to celebrate his 75th birthday.
Q: What was Michael Cardew's approach to pottery, according to the writer?,
A: According to the writer, Michael Cardew's approach to pottery was not about making things, but about participating in the emergence of the objects. He believed that the mind and the object were one, and that the maker and the thing made were the same.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the concept of "I" and "me"?,
A: The author suggests that the concept of "I" and "me" is an illusion, and that the true nature of our being is prior to and independent of our thoughts and feelings.
Q: What is the author's view on the relationship between the ego and the universe?,
A: The author argues that the ego is an illusion and that our true nature is not separate from the universe, but rather an integral part of it. The author suggests that this understanding is the foundation of all the great spiritual traditions.
Q: What is the main theme of the book "You Are the Happiness You Seek"?,
A: The main theme of the book is that the pursuit of happiness is an illusion, and that true happiness can only be found by recognizing that our true nature is the same as the universe, and that we are already the happiness we seek.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>PRAISE	FOR
THE	CHINA	STUDY
“
The	China	Study
	gives	critical,	life-saving	nutritional	information	for	every
health-seeker	in	America. But	it	is	much	more;	Dr.	Campbell’s	exposé	of	the
research	and	medical	establishment	makes	this	book	a	fascinating	read	and
one	that	could	change	the	future	for	all	of	us. Every	health	care	provider	and
researcher	in	the	world	must	read	it.”
—-J
OEL
	F
UHRMAN
,	M.D. Author	of	the	Best-Selling	Book,
Eat	To
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	released	for	publication. In	a	personal	conversation	McGovern
told	me	that	he	and	five	other	powerful	senators	from	agricultural	states	lost
their	respective	elections	in	1980	in	part	because	they	had	dared	to	take	on	the
animal	foods	industry. At	the	end	of	the	1970s,	the	McGovern	report	succeeded	in	prodding	the
government	to	produce	its	first-ever	dietary	guidelines,	which	were	rumored
to	promote	a	message	similar	to	that	of	McGovern’s	committee. At	about	thesame	time,	there	were	widely	publicized	government	debates	about	whether
food	additives	were	safe,	and	whether	saccharin	caused	cancer.PLAYING	MY	PART
In	the	late	1970s	I	found	myself	in	the	middle	of	this	rapidly	changing
environment. By	1975	my	program	in	the	Philippines	had	ended,	and	I	was
well	into	my	experimental	laboratory	work	here	in	the	United	States,	after
having	accepted	a	full	professorship	with	tenure	at	Cornell	University. Some
of	my	early	work	on	aflatoxin	and	liver	cancer	in	the	Philippines	(chapter
two)	had	garnered	widespread	interest,	and	my	subsequent	laboratory	work
investigating	nutritional	factors,	carcinogens	and	cancer	(chapter	three)	was
attracting	national	attention. At	that	time,	I	had	one	of	only	two	or	three
laboratories	in	the	country	doing	basic	research	on	nutrition	and	cancer. It	was
a	novel	endeavor. From	1978	to	1979	I	took	a	year-long	sabbatical	leave	from	Cornell	to	go
to	the	epicenter	of	national	nutritional	activity,	Bethesda,	Maryland. The
organization	that	I	was	working	with	was	the	Federation	of	American
Societies	for	Experimental	Biology	and	Medicine,	or	FASEB. Six	individual
research	societies	made	up	the	federation,	representing	pathology,
biochemistry,	pharmacology,	nutrition,	immunology	and	physiology	The
FASEB	sponsored	the	annual	joint	meetings	of	all	six	societies,	and	upwards
of	more	than	20,000	scientists	attended. I	was	a	member	of	two	of	these
societies,	nutrition	and	pharmacology,	and	was	particularly	active	in	the
American	Institution	of	Nutrition	(now	named	the	American	Society	for
Nutritional	Sciences). My	principle	work	was	to	chair,	under	contract	to	the
Food	and	Drug	Administration,	a	committee	of	scientists	investigating
potential	hazards	of	using	nutrient	supplements. While	there,	I	also	was	invited	to	be	on	a	public	affairs	committee	that
served	as	liaison	between	the	FASEB	and	Congress. The	committee’s	charge
was	to	stay	on	top	of	congressional	activity	and	represent	our	societies’
interests	in	dealings	with	lawmakers. We	reviewed	policies,	budgets	and
position	statements,	met	with	congressional	staffs,	and	held	meetings	around
big,	impressive	“boardroom”	tables	in	distinguished,	august	meeting	rooms. I
often	got	the	feeling	I	was	in	the	citadel	of	science. As	a	prerequisite	to	representing	my	nutrition	society	on	this	public	affairs
committee,	I	first	had	to	decide,	for	myself,	how	nutrition	is	best	defined. It’s
a	far	more	difficult	question	than	you	may	think. We	had	scientists	who	were
interested	in	applied	nutrition,	which	involves	people	and	communities. We
had	medical	doctors	interested	in	isolated	food	compounds	as
pharmacological	drugs	and	research	scientists	who	only	worked	with	isolated
cells	and	well-identified	chemicals	in	the	laboratory. We	even	had	people	who
thought	nutrition	studies	should	focus	on	livestock	as	well	as	people. Theconcept	of	nutrition	was	far	from	clear;	clarification	was	critical. The	average
American’s	view	of	nutrition	was	even	more	varied	and	confused. Consumers
were	constantly	being	duped	by	fads,	yet	remained	intensely	interested	in
nutrient	supplements	and	dietary	advice	coming	from	any	source,	whether
that	source	was	a	diet	book	or	a	government	official. One	day	in	late	spring	of	1979,	while	doing	my	more	routine	work,	I	got	a
call	from	the	director	of	the	public	affairs	office	at	the	FASEB	who
coordinated	the	work	of	our	congressional	“liaison”	committee. Ellis	informed	me	that	there	was	yet	another	new	committee	being	formed
within	one	of	the	FASEB	Societies,	the	American	Institute	of	Nutrition,	that
might	interest	me. “It’s	being	called	the	Public	Nutrition	Information	Committee,”	he	told
me,	“and	one	of	its	responsibilities	will	be	to	decide	what	is	sound	nutritional
advice	to	give	to	the	public. “Obviously,”	he	said,	“there’s	a	big	overlap	between	what	this	new
committee	wants	to	do	and	what	we	do	on	the	public	affairs	committee.”
I	agreed. “If	you’re	interested,	I	would	like	to	have	you	join	this	new	committee	as	a
representative	of	the	public	affairs	office,”	he	said. The	proposal	sounded	good	to	me	because	it	was	early	in	my	career	and	it
meant	getting	a	chance	to	hear	the	scholarly	views	of	some	of	the	“big	name”
nutrition	researchers. It	also	was	a	committee,	according	to	its	organizers,	that
could	evolve	into	a	“supreme	court”	of	public	nutrition	information. It	might
serve,	for	example,	to	identify	nutrition	quackery.A	BIG	SURPRISE
At	the	time	that	this	new	Public	Nutrition	Information	Committee	was	being
formed,	a	maelstrom	was	developing	across	town	at	the	prestigious	National
Academy	of	Sciences	(NAS). A	public	dispute	was	taking	place	between	the
NAS	president,	Phil	Handler,	and	the	internal	NAS	Food	and	Nutrition	Board. Handler	wanted	to	bring	in	a	group	of	distinguished	scientists	from	outside	of
the	NAS	organization	to	deliberate	on	the	subject	of	diet,	nutrition	and	cancer
and	to	write	a	report. This	did	not	please	his	internal	Food	and	Nutrition
Board,	which	wanted	control	over	this	project. Handler’s	NAS	was	being
offered	funding,	from	Congress,	to	produce	a	report	on	a	subject	that	had	not
been	previously	considered	in	this	way. Within	the	scientific	community	it	was	widely	known	that	the	NAS	Food
and	Nutrition	Board	was	strongly	influenced	by	the	meat,	dairy	and	egg
industries. Two	of	its	leaders,	Bob	Olson	and	Alf	Harper,	had	strong
connections	to	these	industries. Olson	was	a	well-paid	consultant	to	the	egg
industry,	and	Harper	acknowledged	that	10%	of	his	income	came	from
offering	his	services	to	food	companies,	including	large	dairy	corporations. 3
Ultimately	Handler,	as	president	of	the	NAS,	went	around	his	Food	and
Nutrition	Board	and	arranged	for	a	panel	of	expert	scientists	from	outside	of
his	organization	to	write	the	1982	report
Diet,	Nutrition,	and	Cancer
. 4
	As	it
turned	out,	I	was	one	of	thirteen	scientists	chosen	to	be	on	the	panel	to	write
the	report. As	could	be	expected,	Alf	Harper,	Bob	Olson	and	their	Food	and	Nutrition
Board	colleagues	were	not	happy	about	losing	control	of	this


 damage may vary to some degree with different animals, but in no instance have large quantities of
heat-processed foods been consumed over a long period of
time without some harm being observed. The contrast is
clearly observed in all cases, a nd the many different animals
used in the experiments show that the results do not apply to only certain kinds of experimental animals, but may be
accepted as a general principle in all such nutritional work. 5
RAW FOOD IN NATURE
MODERN NUTRITION has given the experimental aspect of the
use of raw foods, as applied to various animals. Other
biological sciences give another, and equally important,
aspect to the same subject. They show, through careful and
detailed observation of animals beyond the confines of
controlled experimentation, exactly how animals thrive in
states of captivity, complete domestication, less-restrictive domestication, and wild nature. In the former state the diet
may be primarily cooked or primarily raw, depending upon
animal species; in the next it is primarily cooked; in the third it is mainly or entirely raw, and in the latter it is exclusively
raw. These provide the contrasts that may be studied. C
APTIVE ANIMALS
   In the modern zoological garden, we find evidence of
disease, though this is markedly less than formerly. The
captive animals, particularly the carnivora, were once fed
mainly upon cooked foods. The death rate was then very high
and the animals were valued accordingly. With the introduction of raw meat for the carnivora, the death rate
sharply dropped; the animals lived longer and reproduced
more successfully, with a proportionate drop in animal cost. Yet some of the animals are still fed largely upon cooked foods, and they suffer from much disease. Included among these are the primates. Forbes has pointed out that "the gorilla
is very delicate and rarely lives long in captivity, even in his
own land." A life span of 19 or 20 years is considered very
long for a typical zoological gorilla fed some cooked
foodstuffs. The orangutan is given canned fruit, bread, and even tea and coffee in captivity, and its life span is then very
short and it is subject to all of the diseases common in
civilization. The captive baboon, given cooked foods, is
subject to many respiratory diseases and often dies before
maturity is reached. The chimpanzee in captivity is probably better accustomed to a cooked diet than is any other primate. Typical diseases under these conditions are listed as follows:
bronchial pneumonia, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, measles, cholera, grippe, colds, ulcers, colitis, tuberculosis, peritonitis,
hypertrophied liver, debility, and loss of hair. DOMESTIC PETS
   The ordinary house pets—dogs, cats, etc.—represent
domestic animals which are fed chiefly upon cooked foods, and they display a long series of physical defects. The
degeneration of the modern dog is so severe that it is
receiving national attention from dog breeders and dog lovers. Pure-bred dogs are developing poor eyesight,
impaired hearing, and such dulln ess of the sense of smell that
they are no longer useful for hunting purposes. One of the
most frequent symptoms of degeneration in dogs is weakness
of the hindquarters. This is well marked in the German shepherds, great Danes, and Boston terriers.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

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OF LIFE

By ARNOLD  DE VRIES

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COPYRIGHT 1952, 1958
BY
ARNOLD DE VRIES

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CONTENTS
Raw Food in Modern Nutrition
Raw Food in Chemical Composition
Raw Food in Physical Structure
Raw Food in Experimental Study
Raw Food in Nature
Raw Food in Human Experience
Raw Food in Limiting Circumstances
Raw Food in Selection
Raw Food in Preparation and Use
Bibliography

      1
RAW FOOD IN MODERN
NUTRITION
THE "ELIXIR OF LIFE" is defined as an aromatic, sweetened
substance containing great medical properties, embodying the quintessence or inmost principle of life, which will quell the
pains of disease, preserve the characteristics of youth, and
prolong life indefinitely. For ages sorcerers and alchemists dreamed of and searched for the elixir of life, and in more
recent history scientists and philosophers have speculated as
to its possible existence. There have been some diligent
scientific attempts to find some substance that would induce
rejuvenation in human glands and tissues and thereby restore or prolong youth. But failure has followed failure and the
hope for an elixir of life has dwindled into a tragic dream, as
each succeeding generation sees the constant and ever
increasing degeneration of man. As disease progresses, as
senility slowly but surely grinds away human happiness, as death approaches, so does the desire for a magic elixir persist,
but without any real expectation of fulfillment. Today we
have relegated the elixir to a superstitious world of the past—
a world of imagination—which can have no place in the reality of modern life. There is no magic medicine, no panacea nor cure-all for all
human ailments. There is no method of prolonging youth or life indefinitely. But in a limited sense there is an elixir of
life, embodying most of the qualities which an elixir is
expected to possess. Its physical properties are well known to science and it is within the reach  of everyone. It is aromatic
and sweet, contains definite medical properties, possesses the
vital principle of life, tends to prevent and remedy disease,
prolong youth, and increase the span of life. Its effects are
rapid in development, high in intensity, and widespread in area of influence. It is capable of producing a profound
biological change in human life within a single generation. These statements are backed by  scientific evidence in the
fields of biochemistry, physiology, biology, and medicine,
and they are subject to direct verification through the
accepted methods of science. The elixir of life is so very common, so easily available,
that it has constantly been forgotten in the search for more
elusive and m
ysterious substances. Man is not prone to look into the simple nutritive substances of nature for the possible
solution to his physical troubles. Yet, that is precisely where
the elixir of life is to be found. In natural foods, unchanged
by the hand of man, are the life-giving factors which determine the state of human health. The raw material of
nature provides the answer to the biological problems which
confront us. It becomes important, then, to consider the
science of nutrition as the medium through which these factors may be considered and analyzed. The science of nutrition embraces the total relationship
between food consumption and human health. The nutritionist looks upon the human body as a chemical
laboratory whose efficiency of function depends almost
entirely upon the chemical balance of the body cells and
tissues. Chemical action supersedes bacterial action and
controls the latter in both its normal and pathological state. The correct amounts of all chemicals and chemical
compounds, properly balanced and combined, assure
effective physiological function and prevent the development
of disease. They furnish the fuel to yield energy for bodily
activities; they supply the structural material for the growth of all tissues, and they serve to maintain the body's self-
regulatory system and the physico-chemical conditions within
all cells, tissues, fluids, and body parts to directly or
indirectly control the processes of life. Up to the present time most nutritional research has
centered upon a study of the effects of different modes of
food processing and preparation. Studies have been made on the effects of dividing foods into fractions—consuming some
of the fractions and discarding others—as constitutes the
process of refining. The preparation of different grains and sugars has thus come under close scrutiny. Many
recommendations have been made in virtue of according
discoveries, and refined foods have thus come under strong
criticism in the field of nutrition. A mode of food preparation, employed both in certain
refining processes and in the culinary art of the kitchen, is the
application of heat to foods. This was first considered on a theoretical basis, as pertains to the loss of certain nutritive
factors under exposure to heat. Later nutritionists followed a
less narrow line of research and studied the question of
cooking from its practical aspects. They carried out animal
experiments, and their conc lusions were


 in the stomach. Protein s are broken down into short chains of amino acids (the essential ingredients of protein formation) in the stomach, while
further reduction takes place in the small intestine until the molecules can be properly absorbed. When chyme has been thorou ghly
mixe d and broken down by the stomach, the pyloric sphincter muscle valve opens and allows the food to enter into the uppermost
portion of the small intestine or duodenum. Here in the duodenum, the first of three portions of the small intestine, the chy me is
again thoroughly mixed by the contraction of the muscular walls. The longitudinal and circular muscles of the intestinal walls are
capable of performing three different types of movements, each serving a different purpose. The tube of the small intestine i s
divided by the circular muscles. These contract, segmenting the food as it passes. Further contraction of the muscles between  these
segments occurs, making smaller segments, then the first set of muscles relax. This action results in a sloshing motion call ed
rhythmic segmentation and takes place 12 to 16 times a minute. As a result of these movements, the chyme is thoroughly mixed
with digestive juices. A wave of contraction known as peristalsis flows from the duodenum through the jejunum, or middle port ion
of the small intestine, all the way to and through the ileum, third and final portion. Peristalsis is the motion caused by th e rhythmic
co-ordination of the muscles and propels the chyme through the small intestine. Normal muscular activity of the intesti ne is not
usually felt, although toxin -producing bacteria may cause violent and painful spasms to be felt. Diarrhea and vomiting are both
reactions to irritations of the stomach and bowel. THE DIGESTIVE JUICES
Chyme entering into the duodenum from the stomach is highly acidic. It contains a concentration of hydrochloric acid and
enzymes which are required to break down the larger molecules so that absorption becomes more prolific. The small intestine
secretions contain bicarbonate, an alkaline substance  which causes a neutralization of the stomach acid. Special cells in the
intestinal wall secrete these substances and are combined with juices flowing from the gall bladder (bile) and pancreatic jui ces
which flow by way of the pancreatic duct into the duod enum. Bile salts, produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder, once
in the intestine act like a detergent to emulsify the fatty acids and glycerides, making very small particles to be absorbed into the
walls of the intestine. By way of hormonal se cretions, the small intestine is able to control the digestive processes. HOW ABSORPTION PROGRESSES
The small intestine is so constructed that nutrient absorption is most efficient. A large inner surface area is provided by t he
accordion -like folds of the  intestinal wall. Lining the wall are finger -like structures called villi. They project into the interior of the
tube from all directions. The average adult has a small intestinal area of approximately 200 sq. ft. The small molecular part icles
of the broke n down food are able to pass into the cells lining the villi and are taken up by the tiny blood capillaries and eventually
find their way into the hepatic portal vein where they are carried to the liver and reduced even further. From the liver, dig ested
food substances are delivered to other cells in the body to support life -giving cellular activities. VILLI ARE FINGER -LIKE STRUCTURES THAT LINE THE WALL OF THE SMALL INTESTINE:
Fatty food products do not enter the bloodstream as do other foods. They are ta ken up from the intestine through ducts in the villi
called lacteals. Lacteals connect with the lymphatic system whereby these fatty molecules eventually drain into the thoracic duct. The thoracic duct empties into the vena cava in the neck area. This proc ess allows the fats to enter the bloodstream where they pass
through the liver for metabolic rearrangement. In the ileum of the small intestine are found the nodules of lymphoid tissue k nown
as Peyer’s patches. These lymph tissues contain scavenger cells o r lymphocytes which have a protective function by attacking and
destroying unfavorable bacteria that find their way into the intestines. The small intestine averages 20 to 22 feet in length  and is
from 1 -1/4 to 1 -1/2 inches wide throughout this distance. T he ileum terminates at the base of the large intestine in the right lower
section of the abdomen. THE LARGE INTESTINE OR COLON
Within 8 to 10 hours of eating, the food has passed through the small intestine and is mostly digested. It then enters the la rge bowel
for the final digestive processes and elimination. The colon is divided into the following sections: the cecum, ascending col on,
transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid and rectum. Altogether it is approximately 5 feet long and 2 -1/ 2 inches in diameter. The cecum is a blind pouch whose open end joins the ascending colon as it ascends upward toward the first bend called the hep atic
flexure. Here at the cecum is found the ileocecal valve, a sphincter muscle which controls the flow of food material s from the
small intestines into the large intestine. Situated at the extreme end of the cecum is the worm -like sac called the appendix. It is
about 3 inches long and is often the sou rce of inflammation resulting in a condition known as appendicitis. The colon, unlike the
small bowel, has a mucous lining or membrane which is smooth and void of villi. Surrounding thus mucous layer is a muscular
coat consisting of circular internal muscles and longitudinal external muscles as found in the small bowel. The co lon is shaped into
bulbous pouches called haustras. These haustras are made up of muscles which contract to gather the colon up into a puckered
appearance and which allow considerable expansion. The colon terminates in the rectum and anus, the exterior ope ning. The anus
is held closed by the anal sphincter muscle. The mucus membrane inside the rectum is striated in length -wise segments giving it a
fluted appearance. Generally the nerve supply to the colon is sparse and therefore sensory impulses are very w eak. Colonic
muscular activity is largely unfelt as a result. An exception is found in the rectum where nerve endowment is greater and thu s there
is the pain associated with hemorrhoids or other rectal disturbances. HOW THE LARGE INTESTINE FUNCTIONS
Throu gh the ileo -cecal valve, chyme is passed into the cecum from the small intestine. At this stage, the chyme consists of
undigested or undigestible food substances, secretions from the liver, pancreas, small bowel and water. In the cecum, the wat er is
mostly  removed, reducing the chyme to a semi -solid consistency which is now called feces. To provide lubrication for the passage
of the feces, numerous cells line the walls of the bowel and secrete a mucus substance. As a result of haustral churning, a c onstant
sloshing effect finishes the digestive process of the chyme. Under mass peristalsis, the feces are pushed toward the rectum a nd
anus where they are eventually eliminated from the body. This movement is caused by the presence of food in the stomach. This
activity empties the cecum and makes it ready to receive new chyme from the small intestine. BACTERIAL ACTION IN THE BOWEL
When the bowel is healthy there is very little bacterial action in the small intestine. The large intestine, however, literal ly swarms
with billions of these microscopic organisms. Bacterial action in the large intestine plays a major role in nutrition and dig estion. These friendly bacteria synthesize valuable nutrients by digesting portions of the fecal mass. Among others, vitamin K and
portions of the B complex are produced. This aspect of digestion is not completely understood and is undergoing further study. Any remaining proteins are broken down by the bacteria into simpler substances. By products of bacterial activity are numerou s,
such as indole, skatole, hydrogen sulfide, fatty acids, methane gas and carbon dioxide. Some of these substances are very tox ic and
odorous, hence the accompanying smell of feces. The brown color of feces is a result of bile pigments coming from the liver. When feces are not brown, but have a chalky appearance, there is a problem in bile secretion and digestive ability. When fece s
reach the rectum they are about 70% water; 30% by weight of the mass represents bacteria while the remainder is made up of fo od
residues, cellulose, undigestible materials and dead cells discarded by the body. The time it takes for chyme at the cecum to  turn
into feces and travel to the rectum depends upon the amount of roughage in the food and the water content. Bulkier feces trav el
faster as they provide substance for the bowel muscle to work upon. Otherwise a soft, fiberless stool becomes very difficult for the
colon to move along. The longer it takes, the more water is ab -sorbed, making feces compacted and hard so that it become s
difficult to eliminate them. Neglecting the urge to eliminate, as well as eating foods low in roughage, will lead to const


 only existence the future actually has is as a thought form in your
mind, so when you look to the future for salvation, you are
unconsciously looking to your own mind for salvation. Y ou are trapped
in form, and that is ego. And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, writes the biblical prophet. the
foundation for a new earth is a new heaven the awakened consciousness. The earth external reality is only its outer reflection. The arising of a new
heaven and by implication a new earth are not future events that are
going to make us free. Nothing is going to make us free because only the
present moment can make us free. That realization is the awakening. A wakening as a future event has no meaning because awakening is the
realization of Presence. So the new heaven, the awakened
consciousness, is not a future state to be achieved. A new heaven and a
new earth are arising within you at this moment, and if they are not
arising at this moment, they are no more than a thought in your head and
therefore not arising at all. What did Jesus tell his disciples? Heaven is
right here in the midst of you. In the Sermon on th Mount, Jesus makes a prediction that to this day few
people have understood. He says, Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth. In modern versions of the Bible, meek is translated as
humble. Who are the meek or the humble, and what does it mean that
they shall inherit the earth?The meek are the egoless. They are those who have awakened to their
essential true nature as consciousness and recognize that essence in all
others, all life?forms. They live in the surrendered state and so feel their
oneness with the whole and the Source. They embody the awakened
consciousness that is changing all aspects of life on our planet, including
nature, because life on earth is inseparable from the human
consciousness that perceives and interacts with it. That is the sense in
which the meek will inherit the earth. A new species is arising on the planet. It is arising now, and you are it!<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        And when your form
dissolves, a world comes to an end one of countless worlds. A New Earth
A W A K E N I N G  A N D  T H E  R E T U R N
M O V E M E N T
The return movement in a person's life, the weakening or dissolution of
form, whether through old age, illness, disability, loss, or some kind of
personal tragedy, carries great potential for spiritual awakening the dis. identification of consciousness from form. Since there is very little
spiritual truth in our contemporary culture, not many people recognize
this as an opportunity, and so when it happens to them or to someone
close to them, they think there is something dreadfully wrong, something
that should not be happening. There is in our civilization a great deal of ignorance about the human
condition, and the more spiritually ignorant you are, the more you suf fer. For many people, particularly in the W est, death is no more than an
abstract concept, and so they have no idea what happens to the human
form when it approaches dissolution. Most decrepit and old people are
shut away in nursing homes. Dead bodies, which in some older cultures
are on open display for all to see, are hidden away. T ry to see a dead
body, and you will find that it is virtually illegal, except if the deceased is
a close family member. In funeral homes, they even apply makeup to the
face. Y ou are only allowed to see a sanitized version of death. Since death is only an abstract concept to them, most people are totally
unprepared for the dissolution of form that awaits them. when it
approaches, there is shock, incomprehension, despair, and great fear. Nothing makes sense anymore, because all the meaning and purpose that
life had for them was associated with accumulating, succeeding,
building, protecting, and sense gratification. It was associated with the
outward movement and identification with form, that is to say, ego. Most
people
cannot conceive of any meaning when their life, their world, is being
demolished. And yet, potentially, there is even deeper meaning here than
in the outward movement. It is precisely though the onset of old age, through loss or personal
tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into
people's lives. This is to say, their inner purpose would emer ge only as
their outer purpose collapsed and the shell of the ego would begin to
crack open. Such events represent the beginning of the return movement
toward the dissolution of form. In most ancient cultures, there must have
been an intuitive understanding of this process, which is why old people
were respected and revered. They were the repositories of wisdom and
provided the dimension of depth without which no civilization can
survive for long. In our civilization, which is totally identified with the
outer and ignorant of the inner dimension of spirit, the word old has
mainly negative connotations. It equals useless and so we regard it as
almost an insult to refer to someone as old. T o avoid the word, we use
euphemisms such as elderly and senior. The First Nation's grandmother
is a figure of great dignity. T oday's granny is at best cute. Why is old
considered useless. Because in old age, the emphasis shifts from doing
to Being, and our civilization, which is lost in doing, knows nothing of
Being. It asks: being. What do you do with it. In some people, the outward movement of growth and expansion gets
severely disrupted by a seemingly premature onset of the return
movement, the dissolving of form. In some cases, it is a temporary
disruption; in others a permanent one. W e believe that a young child
should not have to face death, but the fact is that some children do have
to face the death of one or both parents through illness or accident or
even the possibility of their own death. Some children are born with
disabilities that severely restrict the natural expansion of their lives. Or
some severe limitation comes into a person's life at a relatively young
age. The disruption of the outward movement at a time when it is not meant
to be happening can also potentially bring forth an early spiritual
awakening n a person. Ultimately, nothing happens that is not meant to
happen, which is to say, nothing happens that is not part of the greater
whole and its purpose. Thus, destruction or disruption of outer purpose
can lead to finding your inner purpose and subsequently the arising of a
deeper
outer purpose that is aligned with the inner. Children who have suf fered
greatly often grow into young adults who are mature beyond their years. What is lost on the level of form is gained on the level of essence. In the
traditional figure of the blind seer or the wounded healer of ancient
cultures and legend, some great loss or disability on the level of form has
become an opening into spirit. When you have had a direct experience of
the unstable nature of all forms, you will likely never overvalue form
again and thus lose yourself by blindly pursuing it or attaching yourself
to it. The opportunity that the dissolution of form, and in particular, old age,
represents is only just beginning to be recognized in our contemporary
culture. In the majority of people, that opportunity is stile tragically
missed, because the ego identifies with the return movement just as it
identified with the outward movement. This results in a hardening of the
egoic shell, a contraction rather than an opening. The diminished ego
then spends the rest of its days whining or complaining, trapped in fear
or anger, self. pity, guilt, blame, or other negative mental. emotional
states or avoidance strategies, such as attachment to memories and
thinking and talking about the past. When the ego is no longer identified with the return movement in a
person's life, old age or approaching death becomes what it is meant to
be: an opening into the realm of spirit. I have met old people who were
living embodiments of this process. They had become radiant. Their
weakening forms had become transparent to the light of consciousness. On the new earth, old age will be universally recognized and highly
valued as a time for the flowering of consciousness. For those who are
still lost in the outer circumstances of their lies, it will be a time of a late
homecoming when they awaken to their inner purpose. For many others,
it will represent an intensification and a culmination of the awakening
process. A New Earth
A W A K E N I N G  A N D  T H E  O U T G O I N G
M O V E M E N T
The natural expansion of one's life that comes with the outward
movement has traditionally been usurped by the ego and used for its own
expansion. Look what I can do. I bet you can't do that,says the small
child to another as he discovers the increasing strength and abilities of
his body. That is one of the ego's first attempts to enhance itself through
identification with the outward movement and the concept of more than
you and to
strengthen itself by diminishing others. It is, of course, only the
beginning of the ego's many misperceptions. However, as


 years. The lactobacillus
count was found to be exceptionally low. To test the effects of
refined sugar upon dental caries, fifty-one of these children were
then given three pounds of candy a week over a period of five
months. In eighty per cent of the cases, the lactobacillus count
rapidly rose, and forty-six of the children developed active dental
caries, compared to an incidence of only seven cases prior to the
dietary change. When the candy was again omitted from the diet,
the lactobacillus count returned to its former low level, and three
months after the discontinuance of sugar feeding, there was no
extension of dental caries seen in any case. Schour and Massler studied people of various age groups in
Italy during 1945, and found the incidence of dental decay to
be two to seven times lower than observed in the United States. This was considered due in part to the reduced sugar intake dur-
ing a period of general scarcity of food. Guttrom Toverud made
similar observations while studying 8,000 Norwegian children
during the years 1940-47. Toverud noted a 35 to 60 per cent
reduction in decayed and missing teeth during the period of
[ 28 I REFINED SUGAR
wartime occupation, when the intake of refined sugars and other
refined carbohydrate foods was severely restricted. Similar reduc-
tions in caries incidence were reported for other Scandinavian
countries, with the percentage of reduction varying in direct
relationship with the severity of wartime dietary restrictions and
intake of refined sugars. The rate of dental decay among primitive racial groups having
no access to refined sugar or refined sugar products has always
been extremely low. For some groups, several hundred teeth have
to be examined in order to find a single sign of dental caries. Many
of the primitive people live from birth to death without ever hav-
ing a single decayed tooth. Such conclusions have been established
by studying thousands of skulls from natives living in a pre-
civilized era, and by contemporary studies of primitive people
living today or in a recent era..Yet, the primitive teeth decay
every bit as rapidly as do those of civilized man when refined sugar
and refined sugar products are introduced into the diet. This does
not mean that the absence of refined sugar was the sole reason
for the presence of good primitive teeth, or that the presence of
refined sugar is the sole reason for poor primitive teeth. A number
of dietary factors enter the picture, but the absence or presence
of refined sugar is the most important of these. If the adverse effects of refined sugar upon the teeth were all
that we had to contend with, we would still have sufficient reason
for discarding this food from our diet. But there is evidence that
refined sugar harms much more than the teeth. Many dentists
believe that the food causes gingivitis as well as dental decay,
and medical authorities have long known that it tends to produce
acne and other skin diseases in sensitive individuals. Sugar which
is not utilized as energy is turned into fat in the body, which
accounts for the fact that people who are especially fond of
candy and other sweet foods tend to be obese. As obesity is
associated with the high incidence of heart disease and other
pathological conditions, and results in a mortality rate fully 74
per cent above normal, this reaction from refined sugar may be
even more important than that concerning dental decay. It is
[ 29 1 DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS
well known that refined sugar is the most dangerous of all foods
for the diabetic patient. According to Drs. Hutchinson and
Mottram, sugar is a very strong irritant which causes abnormal
production of mucus "and the pouring out of a highly acid gas-
tric juice:' Accordingly, many people are forced to reduce or
eliminate their use of sugar in order to avoid digestive disturb-
ances. Dr. Otto Meyerhof, of the University of Pennsylvania Med-
ical School, has called attention to "the appetite of tumors for
sugar:' and Dr. Fisher-Wesels, of the University of Frankfort,
reported that "Cancer may be linked to the food you eat, partic-
ularly sweet foods that produce high blood sugar levels17
Dr. Melvin E. Page has studied the relationship of refined
sugar consunlption to the calcium-phosphorus ratio of the blood. When no refined sugar is consumed, the normal ratio is two and
one-half to one, or two and one-half times as much calcium as
phosphorus. With the intake of refined sugar, this ratio was
found to be greatly distorted. This could affect the health in
various ways, and one of these is by making the body more liable
to insect bites. J. I. Rodale, after following Dr. Page's advice
on eliminating all refined sugars from his diet, found that he
was practically immune to mosquito bites during the following
summer. E. S. Bayard noted in Peru that the native Indian
women were rarely bitten by mosquitos, which also was attributed
to the fact that they ate no sugar. It is known that different dietary
habits of racial groups in various parts of the earth are associated
with marked differences in the liability to be bitten by blood-
sucking insects. While this is a subject on which much additional
research is needed, some of the evidence does apparently indicate
that the changes produced in the blood as a result of refined sugar
consumption render the body more subject to insect bites. Do all of these facts mean that we must live upon a sugar-free
diet in order to have good health? Most assuredly not. A sugar-
free diet would not be desirable even if it were possible. The
culprit is not sugar, as such, but only refined sugar which is too
highly concentrated and deprived of all traces of minerals and
vitamins. Natural sugar-containing foods have been used with
[ 30 I REFINED SUGAR
success by racial groups throughout the earth. The ancient
Samoans, and many other Polynesian groups in the South Seas,
! were very fond of raw sugar cane, and they had some of the finest
pearly-white teeth in the world. The Indians in all of New
England were fond of maple syrup and maple sugar, and though
! their teeth were not quite equal to those of the Great Plains
Indians, they were remarkably sound by modern standards. Many
of the pastoral nomads of the Near East and North Africa have
been known to include liberal amounts of sugar-rich dates in
their diet, but they possess teeth far superior to those of people
in Western countries. Honey is perhaps the most universal sweet-
ening agent of the entire primitive world, and its use has been
associated with fine teeth and excellent physique and health. In modern life, it has been used with remarkable success for
therapeutic purposes and is very well tolerated under normal I conditions. Even many diabetic patients, who cannot handle
refined sugar at all, tolerate moderate quantities of honey with-
out difficulty. The desire for sweet foods is a natural craving which can be
utilized to supply the body with an easily assimilable source of
I energy and a valuable source of minerals, vitamins, and other
nutrients. This does not mean that no natural sugars can be
taken to excess. Most primitive people had a single important
source of sugar -honey, or maple sugar, or dates, or sun-dried
I fruits - rather than a combination of all of these sources. With
I many kinds of sweets in modern life, we have to go easier on
each one, particularly if these are heat-processed. But we do not
have to follow the advice of those who recommend a sugar-free
diet for good teeth and good health. We can have our sweeten-
ing agents and we can still have good teeth and good health. All
we need do is choose our sweets with care and discretion and
use them in moderate quantities. MEAT PRODUCTS
V. Meat Products
A SERIOUS IMPAIRMENT IN THE QUALITY
of meat results from the current practice of injecting hormones
into food animals with the object of fattening them more rapidly
and rendering their flesh more tender. After the hormone injec-
tions, the weight of a chicken shoots up from 25 per cent to
50 per cent at about a tenth of the cost of the feed normally
necessary to achieve the same gain. A steer will rise from 600 to
900 pounds within a month after the injections begin. As early
as 1950, approximately 30 million chickens in this country
received implantations of silbestrol, a synthetically produced
hormone having activity similar to the natural female sex hor-
mone. Today the practice continues on an even wider scale. Half of the beef cattle in this country have already been given
silbestrol. The result has been an increment of hormones and
hormone-like substances in the diets of those who consume meat
products. The human body produces both male and female sex hor-
mones. The action of these hormones determines the sex char-
acteristics of the individual and affects, among other things, sex
drive, development of the sex organs, breast development, growth
of hair on the face and body, pitch of voice, and height. When
hormone pellets are implanted in chickens, the results are similar
to those obtained by castrating the male bird. When the hormone
substances are then consumed as part of the animal flesh by
humans