anchi@hotmail.frand gradually began conducting fasts. I felt bet-
ter after a ten -day fast, my joints were hurting
less, my capacity for movement increased. After
that I star ted walking more. Once after a walk I
had bad swelling in my left knee and horrible
pain. I thought that if I tried fasting without wa-
ter, then my swelling would come down faster.
To my surprise, the pain and the swelling went
away on the third day, which had never hap-
pened during water  fasting. The first time I dry
fasted for five days. Of course, it was harder than
a water  fast, but the results and the effect of dry
fasting impressed me. I realized that you can
achieve better results in a shorter period of time.
After that, I only fasted dry. Every week I dry
fasted for a day, and two times a year – for seven.
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knowledge I had received from other people’s
experience, I achieved a full cure from coxar-
throsis of the hip joints.
Last year I celebrated my 80th birthday as a
practically healthy man.
Reaching this age, which seemed improbable
and inaccessible 30 years ago, not only became a
reality, but a reality full of joy and happiness.
The tests that I conducted and my test results
show that I’m not only healthy, but also that for
me the age of 80 isn’t the time of decrepit old age
and suffering from ailments, on the contrary, it’s
the time of a normal life of a person looking for-
ward to the future. (... ).
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foremost take care of my moral health, and mon-
itor my nutrition regime, which rich in cereals,
vegetables, fruit, without salt or solid fats, and
maintain a high level of physical activity, but the
most important thing is systemic dry fasting.”
Subsequently, this unique example influenced
me greatly, affecting my decision to introduce
dry fasting into my practice.
One of the striking examples of the miracle of
fasting is the author of the homonymous book
Paul Bragg20. He tragically died surfing the ocean

20 Paul Chappuis Bragg  (1895 – 1976) was an American  alterna-
tive health  food advocate and fitness enthusiast.  He wrote on sub-
jects such as  detoxification, dieting, fasting, longevity, natural hy-
giene  and physical culture. His books are very popular in Russia.
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his very death.
Perhaps, one day doctors will accept fasting as
a powerful natural method of body rejuvenation,
which is in many ways superior to manipula-
tions with stem cells or expensive plastic surgery.
It’s important to understand that any effective
rejuvenation of the body is the result of internal
strength and processes working under favorable
conditions, and not of forcible states induced by
exotic actions. Health restoration, in other
words, termination of the pathological state and
rejuvenation are the same process.
If we could see fasting as a method that gives
the body an opportunity to not only free itself of
the load of accumulated toxins, but also  from the
burden of accumulated anomalous changes in its
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for the purposes of rejuvenation with enormous
success.

8.7. Preventive mechanism: protection
against radiation, adverse environmental fac-
tors, preve ntion of oncological diseases
Why does fasting protect from radiation and
why are fasts held on designated days?  In order
to answer this question comprehensively, we
are going to begin with what seems an entirely
different topic — how does radiation damag e
our organism? Radiation is a powerful flow of
energy which, when penetrating the organs,
cannot be assimilated by the cells because of its
power and causes a phenomenon of ionization
in them. Ionization is the tearing off of atoms
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ticles. As a result, a mass of radicals is formed in
the cells. A radical is an extremely biologically
active fragment of a molecule which combines
with DNA molecules and blocks their biological
properties, which start to damage its genetic ap-
paratus. Then a breakdown of the DNA and
RNA double helix takes place. As soon as that
happens, and it usually happens in the quickly
dividing cells of the gastrointestinal tract, the
cells stop dividing and start being destroyed as
foreign by the  organism’s own immune system.
A destructive process develops in the tissues.
Such micro -holes created by the aforemen-
tioned process are easily penetrated by infec-
tions (which are numerous in the gastrointesti-
nal tract) and then sepsis begins, leading to t he
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of interesting experiments on rats. One group
of rats was exposed to radiation or fed food con-
taining radionucleotides, and then starved. For
comparison purposes, a group of absolutely
healthy animals was starved, too. A physiologi-
cal period of starvation for rats is 12 days. All
animals in the healthy control group died after
this period, but the irradiated rats lived for 24
days, started to look even better than before,
and had no intention of dying. The researchers
had to kill the rats and thoroughly analyzed
their tissues, as a result of which they found out
that the rats looked excellent, as young, healthy
animals, and had no radioactive damage! Why
does this happen? It turns out, when fasting
during ad vanced biosynthesis, the body needs
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before, now is fully expended on this. The bad
turns into good! A number of other mecha-
nisms that protect the organism from radiation
during hunger were discovered at the same
time. Here they are:
1. The body restores the cells’ membranes by
increasing alcohol production. Restoration of
the cells’ membranes is nothing but a rein-
forcement of cellular barriers. As a result,
subsequent exposure to radiation will have a
less pronounced damaging effect on the cells.
2. Increased carbon dioxide content in the cells
decreases the ionization caused by exposure
to radiation.
3. The quickly dividing cells of the gastrointes-
tinal tract, which suffer the most from
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After all, they’re forced to divide quickly be-
cause they’re affected by their own digestive
enzymes, get damaged and desquamate. The
organism, owing to high speed of division of
these cells, restores the stomach and intesti-
nal walls. This do esn’t happen during fasting.
The gastrointestinal tract cells rest, and the
energy previously spent on accelerated divi-
sion is now used for restoring internal struc-
tures, repairing torn DNA and RNA helices.
This is also facilitated by enhanced biosyn-
thesis  inside the cell because of the fixation of
carbon dioxide in it, which doesn’t happen
during regular food intake. Owing to that,
they don’t die, don’t get rejected by their own
organism, and when the body switches to
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had happened and perform their former
functions to the full extent. But during regu-
lar food intake, these two processes of divi-
sion and restoration of the inner structures of
the cell can’t be carried out fully, and radia-
tion further exacerbates i t.
4. According to practical research, radiation
and radionucleotides are removed from the
human body in just 12 -14 days of water  fast-
ing or 5 -7 days of dry fasting


 body is designed to get its bes t results from a very specific fuel mixture. Think
about it: Can you find any example in nature of a mammalian species whos e individual members eat foods from completely different
categories, based upon their blood type, their geographical location, their me tabolic type, or any other factor? Can you imagine a
“kapha” bear eating more fat than a “pitta” bear? Or a “fast-ox idizing” monkey avoiding bananas because they are too high in suga r?
This is nonsense.
The fact is, Nature has seen fit to provide the ideal food for every creatu re on Earth, and all creatures of similar type eat
similarly. For example, horses—and all creatures that look like horses  (zebras, donkeys, mules)—eat from essentially the same
category of foods—those for which their biological systems were desig ned. Do not let anyone tell you that humans are the one
exception to this rule (called the Law of Similars) in all of the anim al kingdom, for there are no exceptions: Animals that are
anatomically and physiologically similar thrive on similar foods. Cows  eat grass, leopards eat meat, and hummingbirds eat nectar.
There is simply no need to complicate this simple program, presented in perf ection by nature in thousands of examples.
All of the creatures that are anatomically and physiologically like  us (known as the anthropoid primates: gorillas, orangutans,
chimpanzees, and bonobos) thrive on a low-fat diet that is predominated by frui ts and vegetables. Their caloronutrient ratios closely
approximate 80/10/10. With the exception of the gorilla, whose great weight makes it almost i mpossible to climb the skinny
branches of trees to procure fruit, they get more than 80% of their calorie s from the carbohydrates in fruit. The combined
caloronutrient average for chimpanzees, bonobos, and orangutans is  about 88/7/5. Add in the gorilla’s numbers, which come closer
to 70% carbohydrate, and the average decreases, making the ratio almost exa ctly 80/10/10  for all of our anthropoid relatives.
The actual foods  humans eat differ according to season, geography, availability, personal  preference, etc., but not according to anything pertaining to our physiology. The total number of calories each person needs varies according to many factors, including
gender, size, age, activity level, fitness goals, health status, and s o forth. But the ratio of carbohydrates to protein to fats we need
remains relatively the same. This is true regardless of the dieta ry specifics, food choices, or total volume consumed. As I explain in
Chapter 5, no amount of adaptation or relocation has changed the basic digesti ve physiology with which we have been endowed
since the beginning of time.

Why Percentage of Calories?
In this book, I use “percentage of total calories consumed” as my prim ary model for discussing carbohydrate, protein, and fat
consumption. Although this approach has its drawbacks, it is the best way I  have found to help people gain perspective about,
discuss, and compare the macronutrients they eat.
The scientifically accepted measure of food and nutrient consumption i s mass (weight in grams, ounces, etc.). However,
providing dietary guidelines in those terms requires unnecessary c omplexity that offers no incremental benefit. Many factors combine
to determine the amount of food an individual should eat for optimal health an d body weight, some of which are gender, age, height,
muscle mass, amount and intensity of physical activity, digestive  efficiency, food choices and, to a very limited degree, metabolic
rate.
Using the percentage of calories model allows us to discuss appropriate ca rbohydrate, protein, and fat consumption, despite
our individual differences. For example, both a sedentary woman who eats 1,600 ca lories per day and an athletic man who eats
4,000 calories per day will thrive eating in the 80/10/10  proportion. The only difference is that the former would eat far fewer
calories than the latter.
I realize that most of my readers have never learned how many calorie s are in the foods they eat. And I concede that the
calorie concept has its limitations. More than one person has aptly pointe d out to me that not all of the calories we consume are used
for energy. One person insists (and rightly so) that calorie-equival ent quantities of carbohydrate, protein, and fat cannot be
considered identical (or even reasonably similar) where our digestiv e biochemistry is concerned. Technical detractors sometimes
suggest to me that because we as humans do not actually burn our foods —as is done in a bomb calorimeter in order to determine a
food’s calorie content—we should dispense completely with the notion of c alories.
I agree with these and other objections to thinking in terms of calories  for diet analysis. Yet numerous peer-reviewed
nutritional studies in the finest journals have seen fit to use th e model, including those from top-caliber nutritional scientists like D r. T.
Colin Campbell of Cornell University. The World Health Organization a nd governmental nutritional agencies around the world use
both percentage of calories and absolute amounts in grams to express thei r dietary recommendations. Even with its flaws, the calorie
concept is the only generally accepted model of energy requirements th at relates to everyday activity. With my background in
exercise physiology, I have found the calorie concept particularly use ful in helping athletes perform at their peak and get enough
fuel.

Pros and Cons of the “Percentage of Calories” Model
I am aware of the concern that people could be dangerously misled if they tr y to compare the caloronutrient ratios of foods
with wildly differing caloric densities. Below is an example that hi ghlights this potential confusion, followed by another example that
illustrates why I nonetheless choose to calculate nutrients usi ng the percentage of calories approach.
How Percentage of Calories Can Seem Misleading
Let’s look at some numbers that could be confusing to those new to the cal orie concept:

Spinach contains 30% protein (30% of its calories come from protein).
Macadamia nuts contain “only” 4% protein.

Given just this information, one might be led to believe that a pound of spina ch provided more protein than a pound of nuts.
However, knowledge of total calories, and not just percentages, is required to make sense of this data. A pound of spin ach
contains 104 calories (31 of which are protein) and a pound of macadamia nuts has  more than 3,250 calories (125 of which are
protein). In terms total calories, the nuts yield four times as much prot ein as the spinach.

How the Calorie Model Is Useful
Imagine that a person eats 7 pounds of food in a day, and only 3.5% of that weight consi sts of high-fat food. This sounds like
a low-fat day, right?
Not hardly. Let’s look at a simple example of a “healthful” day’s intake  that comprises 7 pounds of food and only 4 ounces of fatty food:

The nuts and oil in this example weigh only ¼ pound but amount to 740 of the 1,955 t otal calories. Since the nuts are not all
fat, and the plants do contain some fat, the total comes to 693 fat calories, or 35%  of the day’s intake. This is the same percentage
of fat found in the standard American diet. This quantity of fat, of any ty pe, is not “low,” or healthful, by any standard!

Comparing Apples to Apples
Often, when caloronutrient numbers are being bandied about, things can be come extremely misleading. A pint of liquid contains 96
teaspoons. Add just one teaspoon of oil to a pint of water, and you have a fluid that i s 100% fat in terms of calories but only 1% fat
by weight.
It is important to understand the units of measure used by other diet guru s when comparing their carbohydrate/protein/fat
recommendations to those expressed in this book. These teachers sometimes  use different units for different foods, or change units
over time, or use different units when referring to liquids than they  do for solids. Often too, they use numbers in their presentations
that sound good when taken at face value. But if you roll up your sleeves and do t he math, the figures simply cannot add up.
Recognizing that calculating percentage of calories produces a vas tly different caloronutrient ratio than percentage of weight,
percentage of dry weight, percentage of volume, etc., making sure you are c omparing apples to apples (so to speak) is an important
factor when evaluating other programs in relation to the 80/10/10  diet.
For example, one popular author recommends consuming anywhere from 10 to 25% of th e diet from fat (depending upon
one’s body type and level of inner toxicity). But at retreats and other  events where his recipes are served, fat routinely accounts for
30 to 60% of the total calorie content of the meals. How can this be? The seemin g contradiction stems from the fact that this
author’s recommended caloronutrient ratio is based on  volume of food  (cups and spoons), rather than percentage of calories.
Further complicating things, he quotes his ratio guidelines


 nutrients. Few places on earth havenaturally rich soil. Food grown on poor soil is poor in nutrition; that grown on richsoil is high in nutrition. People do not realize that the charts and tables in the backsof health books like Adelle Davis’s Lets Cook It Right,  are not really true. They
are statistics. It is vital to keep in mind the old saying, “there are lies, there aredamned lies, and then there are statistics. The best way to lie is with statistics.”
Statistical tables of the nutrient content of foods were developed by averaging
numerous samples of food from various soils and regions. These tables basicallylie because they do not show the range of possibility between the differentsamples. A chart may state authoritatively that 100 grams of broccoli contains somany milligrams of calcium. What it does not say is that some broccoli samplescontain only half that amount or even less, while other broccoli contains two orthree times that amount. Since calcium is a vital nutrient hard to come by indigestible form, the high calcium broccoli is far better food than the low calciumsample. But both samples of broccoli appear and taste more or less alike. Bothcould even be organically grown. Yet one sample has a very positive ratio ofnutrition to calories, the other is lousy food. (Schuphan, 1965) Here’s anotherexample I hope will really dent the certainties the Linda Clarkites. Potatoes canrange in protein from eight to eleven percent, depending on the soil that producedthem and if they were or were not irrigated. Grown dry (very low yielding) onsemiarid soils, potatoes can be a high-protein staff of life. Heavily irrigated andfertilized so as to produce bulk yield instead of nutrition, they’ll produce two orthree times the tonnage, but at 8 percent protein instead of 11 percent. Not onlydoes the protein content drop just as much as yield is boosted, the amino acidratios change markedly, the content of scarce nutritional minerals drops massively,and the caloric content increases. In short, subsisting on irrigated commercially-
grown potatoes, or on those grown on relatively infertile soils receiving abundant
rainfall will make you fat and sick. They’re a lot like manioc.
Here’s another. Wheat can range from 7 to 19 percent protein. Before the
industrial era ruined most wheat by turning it into white flour, wheat-eatingpeoples from regions where the cereal naturally contains abundant protein tendedto be tall, healthy and long-lived. Wheat-eating humans from regions that producelow protein grain tended to be small, sickly and short-lived. (McCarrison, 1921,1936, 1982; Albrecht, 1975)
Even cows have to pay attention to where their grass is coming from. Some
green grass is over 15 percent protein and contains lots of calcium, phosphorusand magnesium to build strong bodies. Other equally or even better looking greengrass contains only six or seven percent protein and contains little calcium,phosphorus or magnesium. Cows forced to eat only this poor type of grass canliterally starve to death with full bellies. And they have a hard time breedingsuccessfully. The reason for the difference: different soil fertility profiles. (Albrecht,1975)
When people ate local, those living on fertile soils or getting a significant
portion of their diet from the sea and who because of physical isolation fromindustrial foods did not make a practice of eating empty calories tended to live along time and be very healthy. But those unfortunates on poor soils or with unwisecultural life-styles tended to be short-lived, diseased, small, weak, have bad teeth,and etc. The lesson here is that Homo Sapiens can adapt to many differentdietaries, but like any other animal, the one thing we can’t adapt to is a dietarydeficient in nutrition.
So here’s another “statistic” to reconsider. Most people believe that due to
modern medical wonders, we live longer than we used to. Actually, that depends.Compared to badly nourished populations of a century ago, yes! We do.Chemical medicine keeps sickly, poorly nourished people going a lot longer(though one wonders about the quality of their dreary existences.) I hypothesize
that before the time most farmers purchased and baked with white flour and sold
their whole, unground wheat, many rural Americans (the ones on good soil, not allparts of North America have rich soil) eating from their own self-sufficient farms,lived as long or even longer than we do today. You also have to wonder whobenefits from promulgating this mistaken belief about longevity. Who gets richwhen we are sick? And what huge economic interests are getting rich helpingmake us sick?
The Human Comedy
I know most of my readers have been heavily indoctrinated about food
and think they already know the truth about dietetics. I also know that somuch information (and misinformation) is coming out about diet that most ofmy readers are massively confused about the subject. These are twopowerful reasons many readers will look with disbelief at what this chapterhas to say and take no action on my data, even to prove me wrong.
Let me warn you. There is a deep-seated human tendency to put off
taking responsibilities, beautifully demonstrated by this old joke.
A 14 year old boy was discovered masturbating by his father, who said,
“son, you shouldn’t do that! If you keep it up you’ll eventually go blind!” `“But father, came the boy’s quick reply. “It feels good. How about when Iget to the point that I need to wear glasses I’ll do it less often.”
The Organic Versus Chemical Feud
Now, regrettably, and at great personal risk to my reputation, I must try to
puncture the very favorite belief of food religionists, the doctrine that organicallygrown food is as nutritious as food can possibly be. Like Woody Allen’s brown-rice-eating friends, some think if you eat Organic foods, you will inevitably live avery long time and be very healthy. Actually, the Organic vs. chemical feud is in
many ways false. Many (not all) samples of organically grown food are as low or
lower in nutrition as foods raised with chemical fertilizers. Conversely, wisely usingchemical fertilizers (not pesticides) can greatly increase the nutritional value offood. Judiciously used Organic fertilizing substances can also do that as well orbetter. And in either case, using chemical fertilizers or so-called organic fertilizers,to maximize nutrition the humus content of the soil must be maintained. But, raisingsoil organic matter levels too high can result in a massive reduction in thenutritional content of the food being grown—a very frequent mistake on the partof Organic devotees. In other words, growing nutrition is a science, and is not amatter of religion.
The food I fed to my daughter in childhood, though Organic according to
Rodale and the certification bureaucrats, though providing this organic food to myfamily and clients gave me a feeling of self-righteousness, was not grown with anunderstanding of the nutritional consequences of electing to use one particularOrganic fertilizing substance over another. So we and a lot of regional Organicmarket gardeners near us that we bought from, were raising food that was farfrom ideally nutritious. At least though, our food was free of pesticide residues.
The real dichotomy in food is not “chemical” fertilizer versus “Organic,” It is
between industrial food and quality food. What I mean by industrial food is thatwhich is raised with the intention of maximizing profit or yield. There is nocontradiction between raising food that the “rabbis” running Organic certificationbureaucracies would deem perfectly “kosher” and raising that same food to makethe most possible money or the biggest harvest. When a farmer grows for money,they want to produce the largest number of bushels, crates, tons, bales per acre.Their criteria for success is primarily unit volume. Many gardeners think the sameway. To maximize bulk yield they build soil fertility in a certain direction(organically or chemically) and choose varieties that produce greater bulk.However, nature is ironic in this respect. The most nutritious food is always loweryielding. The very soil management practices that maximize productionsimultaneously reduce nutrition.
The real problem we are having about our health is not that there are residues
of pesticides in our food. The real problem is that there are only residues ofnutrition left in our foods. Until our culture comes to understand this and realizesthat the health costs of accepting less than optimum food far exceeds the profitsmade by growing bulk, it will not be possible to frequently find the ultimate offood quality in the marketplace, organically grown or not. It will not be possible tofind food that is labeled or identified according to its real nutritional value. Thebest I can say about Organic food these days is that it probably is no lessnutritious than chemically-grown food while at least it is free of pesticide residues.
The Poor Start
For this reason it makes sense to take vitamins and food supplements, to be
discussed in the next chapter. And because our food supply, Organic or“conventional,” is far from optimum, if a person wants to be and remain healthyand have a life span that approaches their genetic potential (and that potential, itseems, approaches or exceeds a century), it is essential that empty calories arerigorously avoided.
An accurate and quick-to-respond indicator of how well we are doing in terms
of getting enough nutrition is the state of our teeth. One famous dentally-orientednutritional doctor, Melvin Page, suggested that as long as overall nutrition was atleast 75 percent of


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uids, gases, minerals, and vegetabl es. Chemistry could not exist with-
out mathematics. There would be no need of mathematics were it not for chemistry.
The joining together of chemistry and mathematics is called
PHYSICS. God is a God of PHYSICS. All things that are made by the laws of physics is (and there is nothing made that is made without) adherence to the laws.
IONIZATION is God's laws putting things together and taking
them apart ion by ion. An ion in its singular anionic form is the small-est amount of ENERGY in existence, in fact the smallest thing that
God ever created. All things that are made are formed from IONS.
Man has learned to measure the taking apart or the loss of ENER-
GY. which is any substance going back to its IONIC state.
Horsepower is the measure of harnessed lost energy from a com-
pound or element.
Man has just begun to peep through the keyhole of knowledge,
which God knew from the beginning (how things are put together, how a tree grows, how a seed sprouts, how a black cow can eat green grass and give white milk and yellow butter).
When man thoroughly understands how all things are put together
by following the line of least resistance 'tis then he will truly know
what LOVE is. To me love is following the line of least resistance. It is easier to love than to hate. Hate and revenge burns up much energy unnecessarily because it is following the line of FORCE, which is the line of greatest resistance.
Hate is like pushing a car up a steep hill. Love is like riding it
while it is coasting gently downhill. Pushing up hill causes a great loss
of energy. Riding quietly downhill observing the beauty of God's crea-tion brings about an increase of energy.
This entire book is about God's plan of the use of energy for more
perfect health as recorded in the Bible. 11 God manages the universe and controls all His creatures with
LOVE. Satan rules with force and hate. Force and hate always causes
a tremendously unnecessary loss of energy, and is the fruit that will cause anyone to experience a premature death and to be promoted to the PLACE OF HIS CHOICE.
After all is said and done, Heaven will consume all the ENERGY
of Hell, and God in His greatness will use it to make something beau-tiful from it. It may be a pansy or a violet. Only God knows. He can do no wrong because He is LOVE.
- C. R.
  12 CHAPTER 1
EQUATION NUMBERS

One of the first things most people demand to know of a Reams
tester is, "What is wrong with me?" This is a point that makes it possi-ble for any of the Reams testers to be falsely accused of practicing medicine without a license.
There are biological laws in the Bible pertaining to health which
teach us what is right and what is wrong. Unless the Reams Biological Theory of Ionization tests indicated what was wrong, we would not know what was right. It is absolutely impossible to separate religion and good health; or religion and poor health because we are all created by God.
Man's mind is in two divisions, one is the spiritual mind, or the
subconscious mind, and the other is the conscious mind.
With the conscious mind we think, we learn, we are taught princi-
ples of life, we are taught professional and non-professional duties. But back in the brain there is a subconscious mind, which is the spirit mind. This mind controls and maintains life. This is the involuntary part of the brain that keeps our organs functioning without any thought on our part of how and whether or not they function.
The Bible tells us that upon death the spirit shall return to God
which made it and that the soul shall go down to the grave and return to dust from which it came. In this soul are contained the frequencies, the micronage, the milli- micronage  and the millimilli-micronage, and
these contain our numbers. Here is one of the very important factors
taught by science: pictures of the spirit leaving the body have been taken of people as they passed into eternity and it is recognizable. A camera can pick up the spirit as it leaves the body, ascending like a vapor or like a cloud upward into eternity, but the soul then goes back to dust, waiting the judgment day.
An undertaker who took the RBTI course said to me one day, after
I had told him, "It's my duty to keep people out of your office and place of business as long as I can": 13 "That's why I'm here because I want them to stay out and live to a
ripe old age." Then he added, "I was looking at bodies of adults in the
morgue one day and this thought came to me:
They are here because they wanted to be... a freedom of choice." "What do you mean?" I asked. "They broke every rule of health. They abused their bodies. They
went to physicians instead of going to God for healing. They took drugs instead of minerals to get well. They did not seek to clean the temple of God. What other conclusion could I draw other than they were here because they wanted to be, he answered.
I'm not saying that I agree or disagree with his statement. I'm only
saying that it lies within us to live  to a ripe old age and to be healthy,
or to be sick and die young.
I was in the South Pacific during the war and one of the things I
learned about the natives there was th at they never grow old. They all
die young because their living standards are so low, their food is so poor and the quality of their life is  thinking there is nothing really to
live for. When you see one of these natives 30 years old, they look like 70 or 80. The conditions under which they live burns out their system too quickly.
This is what happens when the wrong foods are used. It releases
too many calories of heat energy, or electrical energy at the wrong time and the body cannot assimilate it. The very fact that it does this, will show in the numbers, and disease will strike in the weakest place. Naturally the excessive heat energy will burn out the weakest place first, so the numbers m the test then  come forth and we can zero in on
the organ, or organs, that are affected.
All diseases start with one or more of the vital organs which are
controlled by the central nervous system, chiefly the liver, but then spreads to other organs because the liver is the one organ that manu-factures the skeleton of the amino acid for all the other organs, and the amino acid is the building block that we live on. The numbers help us to zero in on the location of the loss of energy.
A mineral deficiency is the cause of all diseases. The higher the
specific gravity the less energy you may get out of your food. The 14 lower the specific gravity, below the range A of the Reams Biological
Theory of Ionization test (RBTI), the faster the food passes through
the system and it does not have time to take the energy properly from the food. The numbers show what organs are losing the energy.
Collagen disease is nothing more than old-fashioned scurvy,
caused by a lack of vitamin C, and affects the entire body chemistry from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet. The cells are com-ing apart, and the energy is being lost throughout the system. The be-ginning of this disease is the lack of calciums, which in turn causes a decrease in vitamin C, which in turn permits a weakening of the tis-sues, and a weakening of the gastric juices, which again affects the numbers.
The numbers indicate the state of health and how much reserve
energy you have. The higher the reserve energy the greater liberty you
have in breaking the rules. The lower your reserve energy, the less lib-erty you have in breaking the rules. You would not think of feeding an infant meat or nuts. Many people who are very ill, with a reserve en-ergy rating below 15, their gastric juices are as diluted as an infant, and, therefore, they should live on baby food until their energy is re-stored, or increases.
There are two reasons why body chemistry will not respond to di-
et. One is a brain tumor in the left quadrant of the brain, and the other is unrepairable damage to the main vagus nerve (the vital nerve which
carries the message from the brain) to the vital organs which supply the total daily nutrient (TDN) needed to maintain the maximum
amount of reserve energy.
Suppose you were male, age 25, six feet tall, weight 180, and your
numbers would read:

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The person with these numbers would be in a critical condition,
and the body chemistry in range C. All of the above facts are neces-
sary in order to interpret this equation because a baby six months old 15 could also have these numbers, and therefore the diet would be differ-
ent, or if a female had these numbers the diet would be entirely differ-
ent.
The numbers indicate there are problems in certain areas of the
body regardless of the age of an adult, but in a child under 12 years of age or under age of puberty, it would· have an entirely different mean-ing because there is a change in body chemistry after


 it to. Say, “I am the Life and the
Way, follow me.”
This is how to manifest God’s will “on Earth
as it is in Heaven.”
If it is al l as simple as that, if these ten steps
are all we need, why does it not work that
way for more of us?
It does work that way, for all of you. Some
of you are using the “system”  consciously,
with full awareness, and some of you are
using it unconsciously,  without even
knowing what you are doing.
Some of you are walking in wakefulness,
and some of you are sleepwalking. Yet all  of you are creating your reality —creating,
not discovering —using the power I have
given you, and the process I’ve just
described.
So, you’ve asked when your life will “take
off,” and I’ve given you the answer.
You get your life to “take off” by first
becoming very clear in your thinking about
it. Think about what you want to be, do, and
have. Think about it often until you are  very
clear  about this. Then, when you are very
clear, think about nothing else.  Imagine no
other possibilities.
Throw all negative thoughts out of your
mental constructions. Lose all pessimism.
Release all doubts. Reject all fears.
Discipline your mind to hold fast to the
original  creative thought.  When your thoughts are clear and
steadfast, begin to speak them as truths.
Say them out loud. Use the great command
that calls forth creative power: I am. Make
I-am statements to others. “I am” is the
strongest creative st atement in the
universe.  Whatever you think, whatever
you say, after the words “I am” sets into
motion those  experiences, calls them forth,
brings them to you.
There is no other way the universe knows
how to work. There is no other route it
knows to take. The universe responds to “I
am” as would a genie in a bottle.
You say, “Release all doubts, reject all
fears, lose all pessimism” as if you’re
saying “pick me up a loaf of bread.” But
these things are easier said than done.
“Throw all negative though ts out of your mental constructions” might as well read
“climb Mt. Everest —before lunch.” It’s
rather a large order.
Harnessing your thoughts, exercising
control over them, is not as difficult as it
might  seem. (Neither, for that matter, is
climbing Mt. Ev erest.) It is all a matter of
discipline.  It is a question of intent.
The first step is learning to monitor your
thoughts; to think about what you are
thinking about.
When you catch yourself thinking negative
thoughts —thoughts that negate your
highest idea  about a thing —think again! I
want you to do this, literally. If you think  you
are in a doldrum, in a pickle, and no good
can come of this, think again. If you  think
the world is a bad place, filled with negative events, think again. If you think  your life  is
falling apart, and it looks as if you’ll never
get it back together again, think  again.
You can train yourself to do this. (Look how
well you’ve trained yourself not to do it!).
Thank you. I’ve never had the process set
out for me so clearly. I wish it  were as easily
done as said —but now I at least
understand it clearly —I think.
Well, if you need a review, we have several
lifetimes.
  Chapter 5
What is the true path to God? Is it through
renunciation, as some yogis believe? And
what of this thing called suffering? Is
suffering and service the path to God as
many ascetics say? Do we earn our way to
heaven by “being good,” as so many
religions teach? Or are we free to act as we
wish, violate or ignore any rule, set aside
any traditional teachings, di ve into any self -
indulgences, and thus find Nirvana, as
many New Agers say? Which is it? Strict
moral standards, or do -as-you-please?
Which is it? Traditional values, or make -it-
up-as-you-go-along? Which is it? The Ten
Commandments, or the Seven Steps to
Enlightenment?  You have a great need to have it be one
way or the other, don’t you...Could it not  be
all of these?
I don’t know. I’m asking You.
I will answer you, then, as you can best
understand —though I tell you now that
your answer is within. I say thi s to all people
who hear My words and seek My Truth.
Every heart which earnestly asks, Which is
the path to God? is shown. Each is given  a
heartfelt Truth. Come to Me along the path
of your heart, not through a journey of  your
mind. You will never find Me in your mind.
In order to truly know God, you have to be
out of your mind.
Yet your question begs an answer, and I will
not step aside from the thrust of your
inquiry.  I will begin with a statement that will startle
you—and perhaps offend the sensitivities
of many people. There are no such things
as the Ten Commandments.
Oh, My God, there aren’t?
No, there are not. Who would I command?
Myself? And why would such
commandments be required? Whatever I
want, is. N’est ce pas? How is it therefore
necessary to co mmand anyone?
And, if I did issue commandments, would
they not be automatically kept? How could
I wish something to be so so badly that I
would command it —and then sit by and
watch it not be so?
What kind of a king would do that? What
kind of a ruler?  And yet I tell you this: I am neither a king
nor a ruler. I am simply —and awesomely —
the Creator. Yet the Creator does not rule,
but merely creates, creates —and keeps  on
creating.
I have created you —blessed you —in the
image and likeness of Me. And I have  made
certain promises and commitments to you.
I have told you, in plain language,  how it will
be with you when you become as one with
Me.
You are, as Moses was, an earnest seeker.
Moses too, as do you now, stood before
Me, begging for answers. “Oh, God of My
Fathers,” he called. “God of my God,  deign
to show me. Give me a sign, that I may tell
my people! How can we know that  we are
chosen?”  And I came to Moses, even as I have come
to you now, with a divine covenant —an
everlasting promise —a sure and certain
commitment. “How can I be sure?” Moses
asked plaintively. “Because I have told you
so,” I said. “You have the Word of God.”
And the Word of God was not a
commandment, but a covenant. These,
then, are  the...
Ten Commitments
You shall know that you have take n the
path to God, and you shall know that you
have found God, for there will be these
signs, these indications, these changes in
you:
1. You shall love God with all your heart, all
your mind, all your soul. And there shall  be
no other God set before Me. N o longer will you worship human love, or success,
money, or power, nor any symbol thereof.
You will set aside these things as a child
sets aside toys. Not because they are
unworthy, but because you have outgrown
them.
And, you shall know you have taken the
path to God because:
2. You shall not use the name of God in
vain. Nor will you call upon Me for frivolous
things. You will understand the power of
words, and of thoughts, and you would not
think of invoking the name of God in an
unGodly manner. You shall not use My
name in vain because you cannot. For My
name —the Great “I Am” —is never used  in
vain (that is, without result), nor can it ever
be. And when you have found God,  you
shall know this.  And, I shall give you these other signs as
well:
3. Yo u shall remember to keep a day for
Me, and you shall call it holy. This, so that
you do not long stay in your illusion, but
cause yourself to remember who and what
you are. And then shall you soon call every
day the Sabbath, and every moment  holy.
4. You s hall honor your mother and your
father —and you will know you are the Son
of God when you honor your Father/Mother
God in all that you say or do or think


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FIGURE 3.1  The McGill Pain Index is a subjective measure used clinically to compare
pain perception from 0 to 50 in patients and provide a guideline for analgesic efficacy. CRPS
is nearly at the 50-point mark, the highest pain sensation felt by humans. The analgesic least likely to do harm and provide good efficacy in the treatment of CRPS was reported to be DMSO. (From Quisel, A. et al., J. Fam. Pract., 54(7), 599, 2005.)56 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
One of the cardinal features of inflammatory states is that normally innocent
stimuli can produce severe pain. This may be one of the mechanisms targeted by
DMSO as an anti-inflammatory agent. Finally, DMSO has the ability to block C-fiber and small fiber pain fibers after its topical application. These actions may explain to some degree the number of studies that have tested DMSO in hundreds of patients where controlling pain and the consequences of CRPS were achieved.
23,26,51–53
To compare the effects of two free radical scavengers, topical 50% DMSO and
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) were used for the treatment of CRPS-1, in a randomized,
double-dummy controlled, double-blind trial.3 Treatments were conducted in 146
patients over a period of 24 months. Patients were randomized into two treatment groups: one was instructed to apply DMSO 50% five times daily to the affected extremity, and the second was treated with NAC 600 mg effervescent tablets three times daily, and both treatments were compared to each other and to a placebo. Significant differences were found for subscores of lower extremity function, in favor of DMSO treatment.
3 Subgroup analysis showed more favorable results for DMSO
for warm CRPS-1 than for NAC.3
A study by Gaspar et al.54 evaluated the topical treatment of 50% DMSO cream
in type 1 CRPS over a period of 15 days, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year in 29 patients. The evaluation was performed using primarily a visual analogue scale (VAS) as the main efficacy variable that measures the patient’s pain intensity subjectively. Secondary measures of efficacy by DMSO included the quality of life after treatment and the physical mobility of the affected limbs, involving range of motion, strength, and overall limb function. The results showed that topical appli -
cation of 50% DMSO significantly diminished pain intensity approaching absence of pain, according to the VAS score at each period of observation. Secondary measures of efficacy were also recorded as higher scores on the quality of life questionnaire with a general improvement on limb rigidity, mobility, and func -
tion.
54 Thus, this study by Gaspar and his team54 complies with the QFW values
for the quality of easing pain (Q), restoring or significantly improving anatomic–physiological function (F), and general well-being (W) expressed by the patients following treatment.
One of the first studies to recognize the usefulness of DMSO in the treatment
of CRPS was reported by Goris
55 in 1985. Goris55 showed that DMSO as an anti-
inflammatory and free radical scavenger agent could reduce the inflammation
 associated with CRPS and demonstrated, in an open study, a reduction of the CRPS
symptoms using 50% DMSO cream. These results led to a prospective,  r andomized,
and double-blind study on 32 patients following an accidental trauma and the devel -
opment of acute CRPS.56 Patients showed increased temperature,  r edness, and pain
in the affected extremity, coupled to a limited range of motion of the limb. A VAS was used to measure the redness, swelling, and limited active range of motion of  the affected extremity. DMSO 50% cream applied five times daily was com -
pared to a placebo cream for 2 months. After 2 months, DMSO showed significant
(p < 0.01) improvement of the VAS measures as compared to the placebo cream,
and the authors recommended further use of DMSO for CRPS.
56 Side effects from
the DMSO  a pplications were mild scaling of the skin in the affected areas, which
resolved in time.5657 DMSO Clinical Pharmacology
More recently, topical application of 50% DMSO three to five times daily was
given as an anti-inflammatory therapy to 74 patients with CRPS and a mean dis -
ease duration of 17 weeks.57 The DMSO treatment was supplemented with physical
therapy and acetaminophen as an oral analgesic. Of the 74 patients with early CRPS,
55 (74%) patients significantly showed improvement in their pain score. Although no attempt was made to examine whether analgesia was obtained with DMSO or acetaminophen, the authors concluded that this package treatment should become standard therapy for patients presenting with early CRPS.
57
A review of the most promising treatments for CRPS-1 at the present time con-
cluded that early treatment of this syndrome is more likely to respond to treatment.58
Of all the therapies for CRPS considered, including a wide range of analgesics, gan -
glionic blockers, steroids, adrenoceptor antagonists, acupuncture, calcitonin, and the glutamate blocker ketamine, the authors concluded that the therapy least likely to do
harm and supported by evidence of efficacy  was topical 50% DMSO cream
58 (see
Figure 3.1).
In dealing with the subject of pain in humans, it must be remembered that pain is
one of the most subjective of conditions and consequently one of the most difficult to test objectively by any means. Many extrinsic and intrinsic factors such as varying pain thresholds, gender, age, level of stress, culture, health status, mental condition -
ing, and other factors make pain a unique ailment in assessing and successfully treating it.
Pharmaceutical-grade DMSO has been used extensively as a penetration enhancer
over the past 30 years demonstrating a favorable safety and efficacy profile. DMSO enhances the transdermal delivery of both hydrophilic and lipophilic medications that can provide localized drug delivery.
NSAIDs are widely used in the treatment of pain associated with a variety of
indications, including arthritic conditions, but their usefulness is often limited by dose-dependent adverse events, such as gastrointestinal disturbances, cardiovascular events, and renal toxicity. The risk of such effects could be reduced by the use of topical formulations, which offer the potential to deliver analgesic concentrations locally, at the site of inflammation, while minimizing systemic concentrations.
In view that DMSO can potentiate the pharmacological activity of other agents
and carry many of these compounds to a biological system, a number of DMSO mix -
tures have been described for a variety of medical conditions. In managing osteoar -
thritis, a condition with no cure characterized by pain, stiffness in at least one joint, and impairment or loss of function of the affected joint(s), diclofenac sodium topical solution 1.5% in 45% DMSO (TDiclo) was approved by the FDA in 2009 for the treatment of osteoarthritis. This NSAID–DMSO preparation now offers an alterna -
tive to single-use (NSAID) agents by reducing the NSAIDs risk of adverse events through DMSO’s ability to enhance the penetration of diclofenac and thereby lower the dose of diclofenac.
59–61
A recent multicenter, randomized, blinded, Phase III clinical study lasting 4–12
weeks of TDiclo for knee or hand osteoarthritis in 280 patients over the age of 75 reported that TDiclo is an appropriate treatment choice for osteoarthritis, with rela -
tively few patients experiencing gastrointestinal or rarely cardiovascular and renal/urinary adverse events.
62 Results from this study suggest that TDiclo may offer an 58 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
alternative to oral NSAID therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee or hand, particularly
for patients at increased risk for serious systemic adverse events from oral NSAIDs.62
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men. Although it generally affects
older men, it causes significant mortality when it metastasizes. The main therapy for metastatic prostate cancer involves androgen manipulation, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy.
63
Prostate cancer pain is difficult to treat because the pathophysiology of pain in
cancer patients is complex and remains poorly understood, making intractable pain from cancer a challenge for both patients and clinicians.
64
Infusion of DMSO–sodium bicarbonate (DMSO–SB) was used to treat 18 patients
with metastatic prostate cancer.65 After a 90-day follow-up, patients treated with
DSMO–SB showed significant improvement in clinical symptoms, including pain, blood and biochemistry tests, and quality of life.
65 There were no major side effects
from the treatment. This study strongly suggested that therapy with DMSO–SB infu -
sions could provide a rational alternative to conventional treatment for patients with metastatic prostate cancer.
65
Another approach for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer involved
a subcutaneous implanted device that uses DMSO


 took place, a research group in Oxford, England,
investigated the use of a combination of the antiviral drug, idoxuridine, and DMSO
for treating shingles. Although systemic idoxuridine was tried against this viral
nerve disease with equivocal results, the Oxford investigators reasoned that, since
the varicella-zoster virus is related to the herpes simplex virus, and since DMSO-
idoxuridine has been useful against herpes simplex lesions on the skin and mucous
membranes, it was worth a try. The idea was to prevent virus replication, thus
ameliorating the disease and, not incidentally, the pain.
The English investigators’ trick worked. Continuously applied 40 percent
idoxuridine in purified dimethyl sulfoxide clears up the herpes zoster lesions
quickly. The continuous administration is achieved with a piece of lint, soaked in
the drug, placed over the vesicles, and kept on the skin by a gauze bandage. The
lint is resoaked daily.
“The patients were delighted, for the pain disappeared within a median of two
days. Healing also appeared to be accelerated,” the researchers reported in the
British Medical Journal
 of December 26, 1970.
1
 Some skin peeling occurred after
treatment was ended, but only one subject in this uncontrolled trial had asecondary bacterial infection.
Table 12.1
 DMSO Study on Herpes Zoster (H.Z.) and Postherpetic Neuralgia (P.H.N.)

RESULTS
William C. Douglass, M.D.
Patient
Diagnosis
Duration
Location
RX
Good
Fair
Poor
Inconclusive or Unknown
1
Herpes Zoster w/Neuralgia
7
 days
T-10
DMSO 90%
X

2
Post Herpetic Neuralgia
I
1
⁄
2
 yrs
T-5
DMSO 90%

X

3
P.H.N.
14 days
T-10
DMSO 90%
X

4
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
7 days
T-14
DMSO 90%
w/Decadron
X

5
P.H.N.
4 mo.
T-8
DMSO 70%

X

6
P.H.N.
14 days
T-12
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

7
P.H.N.
3 wks
T-5
DMSO 50% w/Decadron
X

8
H.Z.
3 days
5th cranial
DMSO 50% w/Decadron
X

9
H.Z.
7 days
L-5
DMSO 90% w/Decadron

X

10
H.Z.
4 days
L-5
DMSO 90%
X

11
H.Z.
5 days
T-5
DMSO 50% w/Decadron
X

12
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
7 days
T-6
DMSO 9% w/Decadron
X

13
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
4 days
C-5
DMSO 50% w/Decadron
X

14
P.H.N.
6 mo.
T-5
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

15
P.H.N.
30 days
T-4
DMSO 90%
X

16
P.H.N.
5 mo.
5th cranial
DMSO 50% w/Decadron
X

17
P.H.N.
5 mo.
T-4
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

18
H.Z.
5 days
L-l
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

19
H.Z.
2 days
T-3
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

20
H.Z.
5 days
T-7
DMSO 90%

X
21
P.H.N.
8 wks
T-12
DMSO 70%
X

22
Neuralgia Post Traumatic
6 mo.
5th cranial
DMSO 70% w/Decadron
X

23
H.Z.
1 day
L-4
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

24
P.H.N.
4.5 yrs
Left occipital N.
DMSO 70%
X

25
P.H.N.
3 yrs
T-8
DMSO 90% w/Decadron

X
26
P.H.N. w/Neuralgia
3 wks
T-10
DMSO 70%
X

27
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
2 wks
T-7
DMSO 70%
X

28
Neuritis
1 mo.
Dorsum Rt. Foot
DMSO 70%

X

29
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
1 wk
T-4
DMSO 70%

X

30
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
2 wks
T-4
DMSO 70%
X

31
P.H.N.
18 mo.
L-5
DMSO 70%

X

32
P.H.N.
4 mo.
L-l
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

33
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
2 days
Ulmar N.
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

34
P.H.N.
2 mo.
C-7
DMSO 70%
X

35
P.H.N.
2 wks
L-l
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

36
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
1 wk
5th cranial
DMSO 50%

X

37
P.H.N.
l
1
⁄
2
 yrs
T-7
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

38
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
6 days
T-10
DMSO 70%
X

39
P.H.N.
10 days
T-5
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

40
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
2 wks
T-5
DMSO 70%
X

41
P.H.N.
4 mo.
5th cranial
DMSO 50%
X

42
H.Z. w/Neuralgia
10 days
T-8
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

43
P.H.N.
3 yrs
5th cranial
DMSO 50%
X

44
H.Z.
1 wk
T-l
DMSO 90%
X

45
P.H.N.
3
1
⁄
2
 yrs
T-l
DMSO 90%

X

 46
H.Z.
4 days
T-10
DMSO 90% w/Decadron
X

The English investigators tried to do a double-blind study by using the 40
percent combination of drugs against DMSO alone, and against salt solution with
garlic added. The garlic was supposed to simulate the characteristic odor of
DMSO, thus preserving the double-blind feature of the test. I doubt that this can be
done, since DMSO has such a distinct odor. Double-blind or not, either the
investigating clinician or the subject of the test or both are likely to recognize
which solution is the placebo.
This DMSO-idoxuridine treatment worked even better against the simpler virus
infection, herpes simplex. By itself, DMSO is only moderately successful against
the cold sores (fever blisters) of the simplex virus.
Herpes simplex is a viral skin infection causing clusters of red, fluid-filled
blisters on the skin or mucous membranes. The blisters cause burning and itching
sensations for from five to ten days, then dry up and form yellowish crusts that fall
off easily. Herpes simplex is a latent disease that recurs suddenly within months or
sometimes years. It is triggered by exposure to sunlight, emotional upset, intestinal
infections, pregnancy, or sexual intercourse. It is, in fact, a venereal-type
disease,
transferred by personal contact, although it may occur for no apparent reason.
The oral herpes simplex virus type 1 attacks the face, usually near the mouth
or on the lips. The genital type, herpes simplex virus type 2, infects the external
genital organs; in women it often breaks out in the vagina or on the cervix, and it
has been identified as a probable cause of cervical cancer. The type 2 virus is
spread by coitus.
Note to doctors treating the herpes venereal disease: Mixing DMSO with
vitamin C crystals appears to be quite an effective treatment for herpes labialis or
other genital herpes.
In an interview with Orville J. Davis, M.D., formerly in medical practice in


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"Jordan" and you can not control their behavior, in no
If not do long-term fasting.
Thus, the main complications:
Overeating in the first days after fasting. If, however, is
happened after fasting and you're stuffed stomach, you must call
vomiting and stomach wash. After that resume out of the ordinary
scheme. If you have overeaten at a later date, starve a
day and then continue to yield the desired product.
Edema, urinary retention. Fairly common complication. Due to the fact
that during starvation the body uses potassium and salt welcome
food in early recovery contributes to the accumulation
cells, sodium and, consequently, of water. Although there may be a
and at the correct exit from starvation after a long time
and beginners. Usually, it manifests a rapid weight gain.
This decreases the amount of urine may appear swollen
face and swelling of the legs. in case of occurrence of such symptoms should
eliminate salty foods and foods containing salt. Try
to this day does not have to take sorbents to 3 table. spoon into one
glass of water, 4 times a day every three hours, then take 40
Mr. magnesium, diluted in a glass of water, and then starve to
water for two days. Preferably in the days of fasting to take bath, sauna or
hot tub - and then allocated to the excess sodium and water. Very
well help preparations of potassium - or Panangin Asparkam that
should take 1 tablet 2-3 times daily in Tech. 2-5 days. Data
preparations contain magnesium and potassium, which are absolutely safe.
Constipation. Quite common, especially among beginners. When
the absence of an independent chair more than 2-3 days should be
enema. For beginners it is recommended in any case, do an enema
the second and third day out from fasting to get rid of
undigested food residues and to improve health. Can
take a laxative collection. Ingredients: dried apricots, figs, prunes, raisins -
all at 100 grams. All this is to wash out, scroll, add 100 grams
honey, 2 tablespoons vegetable oil. Take 2 tablespoons
spoon at bedtime for 4 - days. Also good to help the bran.
Bloating, flatulence. The main reason - early start
use of heavy meals, lack of chewing on it,
large amount eaten, the lack of purgation in
321
321fasting and to starvation. Recommended moderate yield
from fasting, enemas, early use of garlic, enough
locomotor activity at the output. In addition, these symptoms
very often observed during starvation in the winter and spring.
Restoring only plant food during this period
corresponds to the season and "cool" the body. To avoid this,
should increase the proportion of cereal, use spices, vegetable
and butter (no earlier than the third day). Remember - winter body
need a more dense, warm food, and in the summer and autumn, it is quite possible
long time to live on vegetables.
Weakness, dizziness, fainting. Occur in
time of departure from starvation during the first 3-5 days. They are associated with early
increasing physical regime. With a seeming surge of forces
You can not calculate their physical abilities, which leads
to bouts of weakness, dizziness, even fainting
states. For the prevention of exit from fasting to
comply with more stringent regime than under the most starvation. More
relax, not to take long walks, do not perform
heavy physical work, not overwork. and just hungry
experienced, well versed in the peculiarities of the organism,
can lead a fairly active lifestyle. Because the motor
load at the output of help quick changeover
organism to conventional food.
Exacerbation of underlying disease. If during the fasting you have
started worsening of a disease, it is desirable to continue
fasting until symptoms disappear. If this is impossible,
symptoms may persist and exit. In this case it is necessary
carry out the usual way and not rush to early
using a heavy meal. For the treatment can be used
homeopathic medicines. After a week of release, while maintaining
symptoms may careful application
medicines. It describes the main trouble with that
You can meet at the exit from starvation. The more you have
will own experience in the conduct of starvation, the less you
will be unpleasant symptoms. Each person should be well
themselves felt, and then everything will be just as you so wish. Important - not
hurry, but to constantly increase their own experience.
Now I'll give you an ideal scheme, how to carry out SFG
at home.
REMEMBER:
- Never start cleansing the intestines and liver, without altering
mode and power quality.
- Do not start any starvation, not cleaning the intestines and liver.
- Do not dry fasting, without trying wet.
- In order to obtain maximum benefit from starvation, it is necessary
to starvation were regular periods of fasting and increased
gradually.
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322- Never spend at home, dry starvation
more than five days.
- Exit from starvation - it is 70% of therapeutic outcome, it must be
hold perfectly.
The scheme is designed for three months.
1-st month: 14 days, the natural nutrition;
7 days purgation and liver;
7 days starvation on buckwheat porridge, or who can not, one day
Wet starvation.
2 nd month: Week 1 - Day 1 wet fasting or 2 days for
those who are not starved for
buckwheat porridge;
2 - week - 2 or 3 days moist starvation
3rd week - 3 or 4 days of SH;
4 - week - 5-7 days for all the SH.
Third month: Week 1 - Day 1 SU;
Week 2 - 2 days SG;
3rd Week - 3 days SG;
Week 4 - 4-5 days in SG.
For those who have endured all kinds of fasting, you can do so - it
It is more efficient:
1 day hunger - 2 days of eating;
2 days starvation - 3 days of eating;
3 days starvation - 4 days food;
4 days hunger - 5 days of eating;
5 days of hunger - the output of the SG.
To fix the effect of fasting is recommended
The following schemes of maintenance therapy:
- Undertake cleansing the liver and intestines every quarter before
changing seasons.
In late February, early May (most efficient), at the end of August,
in late November.
- Held once a week 24-36-hour dry starvation.
In this preliminary purgation is not required. But
days before and after fasting should be "half-starved, with
decrease in total calories.
- Held once a month 3-day starvation, the training was not
needed.
- Once a quarter - a five-day dry hunger, preferably after
bowel cleansing and liver.
BOTTOM attention of CI and O TZYVY patients LLC
Altai - the dry hunger in Filonov 7 +5 + (2 on the water)
She feels great - the restoration was still in the Altai
- On a dry hunger happens amazingly quickly. I was
short story, which I address to all comers.
Thus, the detailed story.
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323Hungry, my mother and a total of 14 days - 7 to dry,
then a break in 7 days and 5 days on dry + 2 on the water. I do not thin
much, probably only 5 kilos in the first hunger and the second
only 1 kg 200 g. The people that were with us - with serious
problems such as fibroids, arthritis, hepatitis C and other nasty things in
second time otgolodal already 9 days to dry! True, some 9
Day already had an unusual gleam in his eyes... but it passed all.
We began to starve at home, and came to Altai on the 3rd day
fasting - the whole group (14 people) gathered in Barnaul with all
the former Soviet Union - Ufa, Riga, Ekaterinburg, Russia, Khakassia, St. Petersburg, Tyumen,
Vladivostok, etc. Arrived with serious problems - no match for our
- Hepatitis C. a businessman from St. Petersburg, almost all women - fibroids,
fibroids, cysts, in one - arthritis. Some clients come to
their cars, which drove the same way and during fasting.
We were taken to the base - so the 100 kilometers from Gorno-Altaisk.
Cute little wooden houses, baths, amenities, unfortunately, in
yard + colorful "caretaker" basis - a young man from the story
Evdokimova: "I'm at one end of the village not bothering anyone, and his father
- On the other, with the temperament of a hippopotamus and a very strong nervous
system - I think if he was approached by a bear, he would invite
him to drink tea and smoke a cigarette.
We have settled, have spent two nights and we were taken to chelushmanskuyu
valley about 400 miles from our base - ochchchen beautiful place, but
and down there, I assure you, scary - the length of the saddle 3,5 km
and at an angle of 30-40 degrees. We stood there day, then we
taken to the lake, not far from the valley - three lakes, one


 herb’s aerial
parts added to a bath benefits slow-healing sprains
and fractures, as well as
certain irritable skin
conditions such
as eczema.Cautions Horsetail breaks down vitamin B1
(thiamine) and should generally be taken long
term only in tandem with a B vitamin supplement.
Eriodictyon californicum
(Hydrophyllaceae)
Y erba Santa
Description Sticky evergreen shrub growing
to 8 ft (2.5 m). Its narrow lance-shaped leaves are
shiny green on the upper side and hairy white
underneath. Trumpet-shaped white or blue
flowers grow in clusters.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to California
and Oregon in the U.S., and northern Mexico,
yerba santa flourishes on dry mountain slopes.
It grows at altitudes of up to 3,900 ft (1,200 m).
Parts Used Leaves.
Constituents Y erba santa contains a volatile
oil, flavonoids (including eriodictyol), and resin.
History & Folklore The name yerba santa
(holy weed) was given to this plant by Spanish
colonists who learned of its medicinal virtues
from Native Americans. Traditionally, the leaves
were infused and taken for coughs, colds, sore
throats, mucus, and asthma. The infusion was
also used as a wash to ease fever, and the mashed
leaves were applied as a poultice to treat sores.
Medicinal Actions & Uses An aromatic
herb with a pleasant sweet taste, yerba santa is
a valuable expectorant that can be used to treat
tracheitis, bronchitis, and asthma, and similar
respiratory tract ailments. Dried aerial parts
Horsetail staunches bleeding,
and is astringent and diuretic.Equisetum arvense (Equisetaceae)
Horsetail,
Bottlebrush
Description Perennial plant with a yellowish
fruiting stem growing to 14 in (35 cm), followed
by a sterile segmented and toothed stem growing
to 2 ft (60 cm). The latter has whorls of needle-
shaped leaves.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to
Europe, North Africa, northern Asia, and the
Americas, horsetail is a common plant, preferring
damp soil. The sterile stems are harvested in
summer and carefully dried, all discolored parts
being discarded.
Parts Used Aerial parts.
Constituents Horsetail contains large amounts
of silicic acid and silicates (about 15%), flavonoids,
phenolic acids, alkaloids (including nicotine), and
sterols. Much of the therapeutic effectiveness of
this herb is due to its high silica content, a large
proportion of which is soluble and can be
absorbed. Silica supports the regeneration
of connective tissue.
History & Folklore Horsetail is a primitive
plant that is descended from huge trees that
lived during the Palaeozoic era (600–375 million
years ago). The herb’s high silica content makes it
abrasive, and in the past it was used to polish metal
and wood. Its common name, bottlebrush,
indicates another of its uses. Horsetail was also Ervatamia coronaria (Apocynaceae)
Grape Jasmine,
East Indian Rosebay
Description Perennial shrub growing to 61⁄2 ft
(2 m). Has dark green, elliptical leaves and
strongly perfumed white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Grape jasmine is
grown in India, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
Parts Used Root, leaves, latex.
Constituents Grape jasmine contains alkaloids
and resins.
Medicinal Actions & Uses In Ayurvedic
medicine, the root and the latex are used to
expel worms. The root is also chewed to relieve
toothache. The latex is used to treat cataracts
(especially in the early stages), eye inflammations,
and poor eyesight. The leaf juice makes a soothing
treatment for skin irritations and wounds.
 QCaution Use grape jasmine only under
professional supervision.
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other medicinal plantsEryngium maritimum
Eryngium maritimum (Apiaceae)
Sea Holly,
Eryngo
Description Evergreen perennial growing
to 2 ft (60 cm). Has spiny silver leaves, and tiny
flowers in summer.
Habitat Sea holly is found in coastal areas
of Europe, preferring sandy soils. The root is unearthed in autumn.
Part Used Root.
Constituents Sea holly contains saponins,
coumarins, flavonoids, and plant acids.Erythronium americanum
(Liliaceae)
Trout Lily
Description Perennial growing to 10 in (25 cm)
from a small, bulblike corm. Has two oblong leaves
mottled with purple and a large, bright yellow
lily flower.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to North
America, trout lily is found mainly in the east,  from New Brunswick to Florida. It prefers damp woodland and open ground. The leaves are gathered in summer.
Parts Used Leaves.
Constituents Very little is known about
the constituents of this plant. It contains alpha-methylenebutyrolactone.
History & Folklore Trout lily was little used
by Native Americans. European settlers considered its medicinal properties to be similar to those of meadow saffron (Colchicum autumnale, p. 193). Trout lily was listed in the Pharmacopoeia of the United States from 1820 to 1863 as a treatment
for gout.
Medicinal Actions & Uses An infusion of
the leaves is taken for skin problems such as ulcers and tumors, and for enlarged glands. The leaves  (or the whole plant) may also be applied as a poultice for skin conditions. The fresh leaves are strongly emetic.
 QCaution T ake trout lily only under
professional supervision.Erythraea centaurium
(Gentianaceae)
Centaury
Description Biennial herb growing to 91⁄2 in
(24 cm) with a basal rosette of leaves and
5-petaled pink flowers in clusters.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe
and southwestern Asia, centaury is now found in temperate regions throughout the world. The plant is harvested in summer when just about to flower.
Parts used Aerial parts.
Constituents Centaury contains many bitter
constituents, including secoiridoids, also found in gentian (Gentiana lutea, p. 99).
History & Folklore In classical myth, the
centaur Chiron used this herb to treat a poisoned arrow wound.
Medicinal Actions & Uses One of the most
useful bitter herbs, centaury has a relatively mild bitter action, stimulating appetite as well as digestive
secretions from the salivary glands, stomach,
intestines, and gallbladder. With increased
digestive juices, food is processed and
broken down more effectively, leading
to better absorption of nutrients. For best results, centaury should be taken
over several weeks. The preparation should be slowly sipped so that the
components (detectable at a dilution of
up to 1:3,500) can stimulate reflex activity
throughout the upper digestive tract.
Self-help Uses Weak digestion, p. 306; Gas &
bloating, p. 306.
Sea holly has distinctive silver
leaves and is often seen in  coastal areas of Europe.
History & Folklore In 17th-century England,
sea holly root was candied and eaten as a
sweetmeat. It was also consumed as a means of preventing scurvy. In his Irish Herbal (1735), K’Eogh states that the herb “provokes urination and menstruation, encourages flatulence, and removes obstructions of the liver, kidneys, and bladder.” In K’Eogh’s time, sea holly was a popular medicinal herb, and was considered helpful in the treatment of a wide array of neurological conditions, including paralysis and convulsions.
Medicinal Actions & Uses In contemporary
European herbal medicine, sea holly is used as a diuretic. It is prescribed as a treatment for cystitis and urethritis, and taken as a means to alleviate kidney stones. It is unlikely that the herb actually dissolves established stones, but it probably helps retard their formation. Sea holly is also used
to treat enlargement or inflammation of the prostate gland, and may be of benefit in treating chest problems.Erythrina variegata (Fabaceae)
Indian Coral Tree,
Dadap (Hindi)
Description Deciduous tree growing to 59 ft
(18 m). Has prickly stems, leaves with triangular leaflets, and pea-like red flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Indian coral tree
grows in deciduous forests throughout much  of the Indian subcontinent.
Parts Used Bark, leaves.
Constituents Indian coral tree contains
alkaloids, isoflavonoids, triterpenoids, and lectins. The alkaloids are anti-inflammatory and analgesic, and the isoflavonoids display antibacterial activity.
Medicinal Actions & Uses In Ayurvedic
medicine, Indian coral tree is used to treat inflammatory conditions, period pain


 answer. Each case is different as the condition of
each patient is different. In some cases a fast of ten days to two weeks will prove adequate. In
others much longer fasts may be called for. A short fast is rarely enough to secure the correction of
the defects of the nutritional processes needed to enable the chronically underweight person to gain
weight. Here, as elsewhere, the fast should be taken under competent supervision and the judgment
of the supervisor respected.
Since most cases of underweight with which we deal in this country are due, not to insufficient
food, but to incapacity to digest and assimilate food, it is essential that all causes of impaired
nutrition be discovered and removed. Fasting should not be expected to result in a great
improvement of the body’s ability to digest and assimilate the food eaten, if the patient continues
70with practices that perpetuate the impairment. Rest, in order that nerve energy may be recuperated,
is also vital.
Following the fast, it is not wise to overeat on foods that are commonly thought to constitute a
weight gaining diet. On the contrary, the requirements of good nutrition are best met with a diet
consisting of at least sixty percent fresh leafy vegetables and fresh fruits. Canned vegetables and
fruits are not to be considered as food with which to follow up a fast. The protein and
carbohydrate content of the diet may make up the other forty percent, with emphasis on the better
class proteins.
In addition to a greatly improved diet, every other healthful factor that enables us to build and
maintain high level health should be made an integral part of the daily life of the individual. Daily
exercise, an abundance of fresh air, sunbaths where these are at all possible, an abundance of rest
and sleep, emotional poise and freedom from all devitalizing habits will greatly assist in building
weight and in producing the kind of tissue that is desirable.
It will be noted that this advice is similar to that given to the overweight individual who has
fasted and is desirous of building wholesome flesh. The fact is that a normal life builds a normal
condition. Normal weight has its basis in good health and in first class habits of life. The genuine
needs of both types of patients are the same.
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Should Children Fast?
I am often asked about fasting for infants and young children. Is it safe? Should it be attempted?
The answer is that children often know instinctively when to fast—and for how long.
Let me cite the case of an anxious mother who consulted me about her young son who appeared
to be, so far as he was able to carry it out, on a permanent fast.
"My child simply won’t eat,” the mother told me. “I have to force him. I make him come to the
dining table. I make him eat. Unless I force him, he won’t touch his food.”
“Why not leave him alone until he gets hungry?” I suggested.
“He never gets hungry. He would starve to death.”
Many mothers face this problem with their children. Few subjects are more talked about—with
more misinformation—than the feeding of children. We hear about loss of appetite,
undernourishment, and underweight in children, and the fact that a child may be suffering from
eating too much is rarely guessed. Yet in forty years I have never seen a child “starve to death”
because it refused to eat. I have watched hundreds of them go without food until they become
hungry, and I have never seen one that was not soon raising old Ned for food.
In the case above, I persuaded the mother to give her boy a chance to get hungry to see if he
would not do the same.
“Wait,” I told her. “When he is hungry he will tell you.”
He did. When the food vanished, when he was not forced to swallow more than his body
demanded or required, he soon began to want to eat normally.
In a few days we had a happy mother and a less unruly boy. She reported: “Dick is now the first
one to the table and we no longer have to force him to swallow every mouthful.”
Leave the child alone when he refuses food. It is certain that he will become hungry within a
reasonable time and will demand food. Abstinence from food is the surest and best
appetizer
available. It is better than coercion, which tends to create resistance. It is better than tempting them
with dainty dishes and flavored and sweetened dishes to appeal to jaded appetites. It is better than
feeding vitamins or giving tonics.
Let the child go without food until a natural demand for food is made in the form of hunger and it
will be content with plain fare. There will be no need to tempt it with special dishes. No chocolate
will have to be added to its milk, ice cream will not have to be substituted for wholesome food,
tidbits and palate ticklers will no longer be found necessary. Why should a child, any more than an
adult, be forced to eat? If there is no physiological demand for food, why should it be forced upon
the child?
With the majority of well-meaning adults, when they undertake to coax a child to eat, the food
with which they tempt the child is usually unsuitable. It is commonly the worst possible selection
that is responsible for the loss of desire for food. It is ruinous to the character of the child to bribe
it by offering money, a toy, a trip to the movies, or to hold out other inducements to it to eat when
there is no natural demand for food. Such means of inducing a child to eat lead inevitably to
overeating.
Overeating results in temporary loss of desire for food. Candy or cookies between meals
72destroys the desire to eat. Mothers who permit children to eat between meals should not be
surprised if they are not hungry when meal time arrives. Children often develop “poor appetites”
because of the unsuitable character of their diet. McCarrison who made original study in the field
of dietetics—and later reported on the Hunzas—says: “It seems to me that ‘loss of appetite’ is one
of the most fundamental signs of vitamin deprivation. It is a protective sign: the first signal of
impending disaster.”
After a brief period of abstinence it should be understood that when the amount of food taken is
reduced, the vitamin needs of the body are correspondingly reduced—the diet of the child should
be changed. Give them more fruits and vegetables (fresh and uncooked) and less cereal, bread,
potatoes, cookies, pies and candies. Eliminate all soft drinks. Mothers will no longer have to
worry about vitamins for their children if they supply them with the natural sources of vitamins.
I quote McCarrison again: “There are no more important ingredients of a properly constituted
diet than fruits and vegetables, for they contain vitamins of every class, recognized and
unrecognized.”
Why feed your child a baked apple, when the uncooked apple is more nutritious and far more
tasty? Why give it candy made of white sugar, synthetic colors and flavors, wood glue, and other
unwholesome substances, as long as there are dates, figs, bananas and other sweet fruits, which are
more tasty and more wholesome? There is more vitamin value in a stalk of celery or a head of
bibb lettuce than in all the vitamin pills in the drug store. An orange or a peach will provide
wholesome nutriment for your child. A dish of ice cream is about as unwholesome as anything he
can take. Soft drinks are poisonous and unfit to swallow. More care in feeding
the child will give
it better health and save parents much anxiety and expense.
Children’s diseases are parents’
mistakes.
Children lack desire for food when they are ill. Enervated children, with gastritis, enlarged
tonsils and adenoids, constipation, diarrhea, feverishness, will express no demand for food. They
should be permitted to skip a meal or several meals, as circumstances warrant, and no effort
should be made to force them or coax them to eat.
Any unusual excitement of children, even a trip or a picnic, may use up so much nerve energy
that indigestion is produced. Symptoms of indigestion may range all the way from irritability,
restlessness, tossing during sleep, bad breath, “growing pains,” white lines around the mouth, to
fever, gastric pains, nausea, vomiting and great discomfort evidenced by extreme restlessness.
When such symptoms are present no food should be given. If children with indigestion are fed and
treated in the customary manner, the state of the stomach and intestinal tract is likely to become
putrescent, laying the ground work for possible serious disease.
Infants become enervated from being handled too much, from being carried about, from having
their rest broken, from being subjected to noise—too much commotion in the house—by being
nursed and trundled too much, by being played with and excited too much, by being subjected to
too much heat and cold, by being fed too much, by being drugged for symptoms and inoculated for
disease prevention.
In dealing with the child, of course, competent
Hygienic
 guidance should be sought and
followed. When a baby is enervated, the digestive function falters; indigestion with fermentation
and putrefaction of food results. The putrescence thus evolved irritates the lining membrane of the
stomach and intestine. The membrane of the stomach, bowel or air passage becomes a site of
supplementary or compensatory excretion, the


ERISM
Let Nature Choose the Meals—How many Meals a Day?
—Housewives—Fletcherism—The Financial Economy ofFletcherism—Business People and Fletcherism—The True Epicure.
WHAT do I eat?
When do I eat?How much do I eat?My answer to all these questions is very
simple. I eat anything that my appetite calls for;
I eat it only when it does call for it; and I eat until
my appetite is satisfied and cries " Enough! "
With my New England food preferences, my
range of selection circulates among a verysimple and inexpensive variety, namely,potatoes, corn-bread, beans, occasionally eggs,milk, cream, toast-and-butter, etc. ; andcombinations of these, such as hashed-brownedpotatoes, potatoes in cream, potatoes au gratin,
baked potatoes, potato pats, fish-balls — mainlycomposed of potato; occasionally tomato stewedwith plenty of powdered sugar; oyster stew withthe flavour of celery ; escalloped oysters, etc.The taste for fruits is always suitable to the
season, and is intermittent, strong leaningstowards some particular fruit persisting for atime and then waning to give place to someother preference.
But with all my fifteen or twenty years of
unremitting study of the subject, I cannot nowtell what my body is going to want to-morrow.But Nature knows, and she alone knows.
LET NATURE  CHOOSE  THE MEAL.
Once in Venice a group of experimenters, of
which I was one, subsisted on milk alone.During seventeen days nothing but milk,always from the same cow, and fresh from themilking, passed my lips in the way of food ordrink. I sipped the milk, and tasted it for all thetaste there was in it, and I learned to be so fondof it that it was with some difficulty that I wentback to a varied diet when the experimentcalled for a change. Good, fresh milk is anexception to Nature's dislike for monotony infood. Milk is the one perfectly-balanced foodmaterial; and while it may not be always thebest food for grown persons, it is the mostacceptable as a monotonous diet, and always is
good, sufficient and safe nutriment, if sipped,tasted, and naturally swallowed. I haveforgotten just what the exact quantity was thatI consumed daily during those seventeen days—I believe it was about two quarts. I get away asfar as possible from quantitative amounts,which may influence other persons. Theappetite is the only true guide to bodily need;and if the milk is.tasted
and swallowed only by
involuntary compulsion as required by rightfeeding, the appetite will gauge the bodily needexactly, and cut off short when enough for themoment has been taken.
So I say to all who ask me these questions as
applied to themselves: I cannot advise youappropriately what to eat, when to eat, nor howmuch to eat; neither can anybody else. Trust toNature absolutely, and accept her guidance.
If she calls for pie, eat pie. If she calls for it at
midnight eat it then, but eat it right.Understand the food filter at the back of themouth as I have described it in a previousarticle, and use it in connection with the pie. Ifit is used properly, and all the taste is extractedfrom the pie, and it is swallowed only in
response to the natural opening of the gate, andif the ingredients of the pie that are notswallowed naturally are removed from themouth, nothing will happen to disturb profoundsleep.
Few persons will crave mince pie or Welsh
rarebit late at night. The worker on a morningpaper may do so, and often does. He has earnedhis appetite, and sometimes it is so robust as tocall for mince pie or Welsh rarebit; but if theseare eaten properly they will then be utilised bythe body, eagerly and easily.
I dwell purposely upon this extravagance of
eating. It is to accentuate the fact that we wantto get as far away as possible, when cultivatingvital economies, from the idea of extraneousadvice in the matter of food.
The ordinary person will probably find his
appetite leaning towards the simplest of foods,and away from frequency of indulgence. If thebreakfast is postponed until a real, earnedappetite has been secured, the mid-day or laterbreakfast (remember always that breakfastmeans the first meal of the day, no matter whentaken) will be so enjoyable a meal, and the
appetite will be so entirely satisfied that therewill be no more demand for food until evening,and possibly not even then.
HOW MANY  MEALS  A DAY?
I am often asked if it is true that I eat only
two meals a day; that I never eat breakfast, andwhy I have dropped that meal.
I have two meals a day more habitually than
any other number, but not with any prescribedregularity, for the reason that my activities aremost irregular at times, and my appetiteaccommodates itself to my needs.
When I am doing work under the most
favourable of conditions, one meal a day is therhythm best appreciated by my body. But thequestion of  " How many meals a day? " istantamount to the inquiry as to the amount ofsleep needed : it is a matter of satisfaction of thenatural requirements. The harder one works,the faster one runs, etc., the more air he needs.The same applies to the need for food accordingto the amount of heat eliminated, and the repairmaterial consumed. The really hardest workthat anybody does is done within the body.
Muscular effort in normal conditions is not sowaste-provoking and exacting as getting rid ofexcess of food and the counteraction of worry oranger. Likewise, idleness begets uneasiness,uneasiness begets desire for something (nobodyknows just what), and groping around for" Don't know what " causes the temptation toeat and drink something which the body doesnot need ; and then the really hard work of thebody begins in the attempt of Nature to get ridof the excess. Excess of water can be thrown offin perspiration with comparative ease, but withexcess of food it is different. The kidneys,bacteria and fuel furnaces of the body are allover-worked to get rid of it.
When I am so busy that I have only time to
replenish the real exhausted need of the body,say half an hour at most, I find one meal a dayall that my appetite demands of me. This istaken after I have done my day's work of, say,eight hours of writing, or twelve or thirteenhours of bicycle riding or mountain climbing,and then I do not have appetite for more untilthe next day, after the work is done.When I mention two meals as being the more
habitual, it is because I am not fully,constructively active all the time now, althoughI am usually " snowed under " with things that Imight  do to advantage; and hence I conform to
the social custom and sit down to table sometime in the evening to be social.
The reason I have dropped the habit-hunger
morning meal is because I find that it isunnatural in my case. My experience showedme that omission of the early morning meal ledto desire for a lighter but more satisfactory mid-day meal, and took away the craving for theevening supper. I first came to this realisationduring excessive hot weather and monotonouslytrying environment. The only time I could writecomfortably was before sun-up in the morning.Absorbed in my writing I did not realise thegrowing heat of the day until I actually began torain perspiration, by which time it was nearlynoon. Then came the mid-day meal of breakfastselection with salad and fruit preponderating.The best of feelings followed, the waist-lineshrank, and one meal satisfied.
In order to try the urgency of any habitappetite—the early morning meal, for
instance—take a drink of water instead, andnote if that does not suffice as well as food toallay the craving for " something." A cup of hotwater, with sugar and milk to suit the taste, isamply sufficient. Water will not satisfy a real,earned appetite; but it often will effectuallyallay a purely habit-hunger such as that forearly breakfast.
HOUSEWIVES  AND FLETCHERISM.
A great many women ask: " But how is it
possible to follow such a haphazard way ofeating in a home without upsetting the wholeroutine of the household, disturbing the work ofthe servants? You can't just have your familyeating whenever they like."
My answer is this : The possible disturbance
to domestic regularity and convenience, becauseof the difficulty of supplying different membersof the family only when appetite in each case is"just good and ready," is purely imaginary.Persons of regular occupations willaccommodate themselves to the ordinaryrhythm of meal schedule easily and naturally,with the difference that they may occasionally
skip a meal or two when the ordinary activityhas been lessened.
The general experience has been that
concentration on one particular meal, either atnoon or in the evening, will suit everybody, andother feedings will be "snoopings" from thelarder, or taken at a restaurant in thoseinstances where one's occupation is remote fromhome. The " Fletcherite " at business frequentlyfollows the method of having nuts or plainbiscuits in his desk in case he feels like takingthem ; and the business woman would do well toprofit by his example.
The adoption of Fletcheristic simplicity leads
to the solving of the eternal household problem,and