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


ate foods by the chemistry of cooking. This potent ch emical killer was found in high concentrations in the food supply in 2002 by a Swedish researcher. High levels of acrylamide are  found most prominently in bread, chips, crackers,
french fries, and other dry-cooked carbohydrates. See the FAQ entitled, “How important is it to eat organically grown food? ” on
page 251 for information about this grave toxin in the food supply.

Fats
All manner of nutritional and health problems occur when fats are hea ted. Heated fats interfere with cell respiration, leading to
cancer and heart disease. Heating fats also reduces the functional  value of their antioxidant properties.
Once fats have been cooked, they quickly go rancid, at which point they become carcinogenic. Thus, it’s important to
understand that while even freshly roasted nuts are harmful for us, they become more so the longer they sit out. The longer fatty
foods are exposed to oxygen, the more their nutrients become deranged. Keeping  raw dehydrated fat-based crackers
unrefrigerated for days or weeks (not to mention months or years!) is not s uch a good idea, either.
Many high-temperature methods of cooking (deep frying, broiling, roasting, barbecuing to a char, etc.) cause fats to produce
carcinogenic substances including acrolein, hydrocarbons, nitrosami nes, and benzopyrene, which is one of the most virulent
carcinogens known to man. Frying temperatures range from about 400 to 1,000  F. When unsaturated vegetable fats and oils are
heated to such temperatures (and especially when polyunsaturated oil s are repeatedly reheated, as in fast-food deep-fry
establishments), their naturally occurring “cis” bonds are con verted to “trans” bonds, creating trans fatty acids. Trans fats are
recognized as one of the most dangerous dietary health hazards of our time.
Food manufacturers “hydrogenate” unsaturated fats to extend shelf l ife and improve food texture by heating them and
exposing them to hydrogen while they are under pressure. Ingested satu rated fats are of no use to us, and they seriously clog arteries
and capillaries, reducing oxygen delivery to every part of the body.
If you must eat heated fats, I implore you to begin reading food labels and stee r clear of foods where saturated fat is more
than 20% of the total fat. Also avoid foods that list any hydrogenated oils (par tially or otherwise) among their ingredients.

Water
In terms of volume, water is our greatest nutrient need—second only t o oxygen. Cooking drives water out of food and alters it
drastically. Dehydration oxidizes the nutrients in food, and their nutr ient value is duly degraded. We cannot eat cooked or
dehydrated foods and then make up for the water and nutrients lost by drinki ng water, juices, or any other “supplement.” Doing so
simply does not compare to eating a daily diet predominated by whole, wat er-rich foods. Fruits and vegetables are nature’s perfect
water filters, and the water within them is the purest availab le on Earth. All efforts to purify or “structure” our drinking water  are
merely attempts to replicate the water we were designed to ingest in  our raw fruits and vegetables.
Ask yourself: Just how whole is  a food that has had its water removed? Soberingly, the water in our foods is vi tal and
definitely not to be considered expendable. We should feel duly concerned if hi gh-water foods do not heavily predominate in our
diet. Dehydrated raw foods and powdered “whole-food” supplements are not whole foods, nor are they as nutritious as their
whole-food counterparts.

Micronutrients
Most other nutrients—vitamins, enzymes, coenzymes, antioxidants, phytonutrients, and fiber are damaged or devitalized by the
heating process, leaving behind “foods” with substantially emp ty calories.

The Lycopene Myth
Applying heat to foods provides no nutritional benefit and is detrimental to t he person ingesting the cooked food. A few
examples exist where, by heating food, certain nutrients are more eas ily released and more bioavailable to our cells. The lycopene in
tomatoes and the iron and beta-carotene in vegetables are often-cited e xamples.
However, taking this viewpoint ignores the fact that hundreds of thousa nds of identified and not-yet-identified nutrients in the
heated foods are damaged by the heat. For every nutrient that becomes more bi oavailable due to the cooking process, countless
other nutrients become less so. W e don’t know for certain, however, that e ven the ones that become more available are doing us
any favors once altered by heat.
More important, this viewpoint assumes that more of a nutrient is bette r, instead of trusting that Nature has provided the
perfect balance of nutrients we need for optimal health in the fresh, r aw plant foods we eat.

Benefits of Eating Raw
If you adopt a natural diet of raw foods, your body can easily cope with cleansing  itself of past toxic accumulations and
normalize its weight. Here are some of the benefits you can expect:
 Maximum nutrition:  Even those who never question the practice of cooking food have to admit havin g heard that we
discard vitamins when we drain our vegetable cooking water. Sadly, vitam ins are not the only nutritional casualty caused by
setting fire to our food. To varying degrees, heating food for any appreciable a mount of time above a comfortable eating
temperature (approximately 105 F) damages most every category of nutrie nts. Western science is only beginning to recognize
the nutritional damage done by the cooking of food.
Detoxification: A major benefit of eating unprocessed raw food is that the body’s vita l energy is freed up for healing and
cleansing. When you stop eating cooked foods, you stop abusing your body at each meal  with toxic, dehydrating residue that
it must work hard to eliminate. When your liver and kidneys do less work detoxif ying you, they are free to keep your system
cleaner, making for a healthier body.
Quick digestion : A proper raw diet eliminates constipation, and the transit time of waste  matter shortens to 24 hours or less,
eliminating the toxemia that occurs as the colon recycles toxins. M ost people on the standard American diet experience transit
times of 72 hours or more, during which time their food ferments and putrefie s inside them. The resulting foul gas and
unpleasant-smelling feces highlight the putrefaction caused by  anaerobic bacteria breaking down undigested proteins in the
colon. These rotting proteins are said to lead to various forms of colon disease, including polyps, colitis, and cancer.
Overall improved health and energy: Many people on a raw diet (even the high-fat way) lose some excess weig ht and
experience clearer sinuses, improved breathing, better sleep, cleare r skin, less mucous discharge, increased energy, and
heightened mental clarity.

Additional Benefits of Eating Raw the Low-Fat Way

Oxygenated cells: Cleaner blood and healthier red blood cells better transport fresh oxygen to a ll the cells in the body,
resulting in heightened mental clarity and allowing subtle heal ing to take place within the body that may not be easily noticed.
Optimal body weight: If you follow the raw vegan version of the 80/10/10  diet to the letter, including the elimination of all
forms of salt and condiments, you will lose any remaining excess fat an d water weight, but not healthy lean tissue. It’s
important to make sure you’re eating enough calories, however, as foods wi th fewer calories per bite require more bites. (See
Chapter 10) If you need to put on weight, this plan supplies you with the fuel t o undertake the weight-bearing exercise that
adds muscle—which is something no food can do (see Chapter 9.  ).
Ultimate well-being and vitality: People who take their diets “all the way” to low-fat raw vegan ( 80/10/10rv ) experience
markedly fewer colds, flus, and aches than people who eat a high-fat diet, ra w or cooked. Acne disappears, and permanent
relief from persistent diabetes and candida symptoms finally occurs. Mor e important, people on this program have the
opportunity (given proper sleep, exercise, sunshine, and so on) to experience  a quantum leap in overall physical, mental, and
emotional health that surpasses the mere absence of disease or symptom s. The ultimate benefit is greater longevity and
improved quality of life.

Making the Transition
The switch from cooked to raw is actually a fairly easy one. It is simply a  matter of increasing the percentage of raw foods in
your diet. Some people find it easiest to begin by simply eating raw for breakfa st while leaving everything else the same as always.
When they get comfortable with that, they add in raw lunches as well. I n time, the raw dinner becomes a realistic challenge. Other
folks prefer to start meals raw but finish with cooked, gradually increas ing the amount of raw food that is eaten at the beginning of
the meal until finally they are eating some meals that are comple tely raw.
Eventually, you will come to love the raw foods and their effects upon the w ay you look and feel. Once you start to
experience the results, your motivation level will rise


 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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OBESITY 103
CHAPTER 15 110
FADS OR FACTS 110
CHAPTER 16 119
MIN-COL 119
CHAPTER 17 123
CASE HISTORIES 123
CHAPTER 18 131
RBTI AND PASTORAL COUNSELING 131
CHAPTER 19 137
OXYGEN 137
CHAPTER 20 144
DIGESTING FOOD 144
CHAPTER 21 152
THE GREATEST LOVE OF MY LIFE 152
CHAPTER 22 158
THE MAN CAREY A. REAMS 158

  5 PUBLISHER'S NOTE

Freedom is a word that has been sounded, spoken, sung from one
end of America to the other for many years.
Freedom of religion. Freedom of choice. Freedom of the press. Freedom to speak, or freedom to be silent. Freedom to promote the progress of science.
America was founded on the principles that all men are created
equal, and that we could each wors hip, serve and obey God as our will
dictated.
Strange how this word called FREEDOM can become so confused
with law, rules and regulations. Such is the case of Carey A. Reams.
I have spent hours, days, and even weeks discussing with Mr.
Reams the health message of the Bible. I have watched him smile and weep as he described how God gave him the formula for perfect health. How God revealed to him in his laboratory the importance of obeying the Scriptures, even when it comes to the way we eat. He has suggested to people the world over the benefits of obeying the holy Scriptures. And for this he has been accused, persecuted, harassed, and yes-imprisoned. Not once, but many times.
Recently I found myself in Riverside, California. To my amaze-
ment this knowledgeable, sweet, gentle, spiritual, God-fearing old man had been placed in the Rivers ide County jail. The charge? Prac-
ticing medicine without a license.
No shots had been given, no drugs administered, no surgery per-
formed, no cobalt, no chemotherapy, no radiation-just minerals, good food, pure water and vitamins.
America, when I realize that God is just, I tremble. As I visited with him at the jail and went into the little cage and
awaited Carey Reams' appearance on the other side I couldn't help asking myself: Why, God? Why? Why would a man in his Seventies, 6 who loves You, loves people, and it is his desire that they be helped,
suffer like this?
I could hear the door creaking on the other side of the cage, and I
looked through the streaked, tear-stained glass and there was "Doc." Our hands lifted to the glass, and our desire was to hold hands but it was impossible.
We looked at each other and our hearts joined by the Spirit of
God.
Doc became very emotional as he saw me, and he kept saying, "Cliff... Cliff..." and held up two fingers. He did this several times
without being able to continue his sentence. Finally, through his an-guish and sobs he completed the sentence: "Two of my fellow inmates have found Jesus, and I'm working on two others." He told me not to worry, "it is all right, the Holy Spirit is in the cell with me."
Our time was soon up and we departed. His last words were:
"Don't worry. No one can lock out fro m my cell the Spirit of the living
Christ."
That was several weeks ago. I have just received word while Carey Reams has been awaiting
trial in the prison he became ill and has now been transferred to the Riverside General Hospital.
America, when I realize that God is just, I tremble.
-Cliff Dudley
  7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I wish to express appreciation to all those who have worked with
me and stood by me in making this book a reality.
- to my children, Laverne Reams, Eugene Reams, and Betty
Brown, who worked diligently with me in my research laboratory from the time they were old enough to help until this day. Some have gone to prison with me and are also still willing to go to prison, if necessary.
- to my wife for putting up with me all these years. It has been her
prayers that have kept me on the battlefront for God. After one of our battles for the Lord she said, "Thank God He only made one like you!"
- to Cliff Dudley, his wife and family.
- to New Leaf Press, Inc., office staff.

* * * * *
 This book is only a book of information for laymen, not intended
for a text book for college graduate biologists, so therefore most col-
lege biologists and biophysicists are going to raise many questions that will not be answered in this book. Seminars are being taught to doctors, chiropractors, and people with degrees, those qualified with common sense to help this nation to be the healthiest on earth.

  8 PREFACE

The purpose of this book is to tell how God has revealed to
MODERN MAN His secret of how to live a long, healthy and useful life.
God desires all of His treasures to be in GOOD HEALTH. God never repairs a damaged cello He throws it away and replaces
it with a NEW CELL. God is not in the secondhand parts business,
and what is more, His charges are very reasonable and not grievous or painful to bear. In fact, His fees can be paid with absolute obedience to the laws He has made and written so plainly in the BIBLE.
This book will permit you to p eek through the keyhole about the
secrets of perfect health and how the fullness and joy may be attained. There are many now in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the world that are sharing this knowledge about the TRUE, God-given BIOLOGICAL THEORY OF IONIZATION (RBTI). It will be neces-sary to go to someone taught in the RBTI in order to know how to at-tain perfect health in what I term the eight-lane highway of physical,
mental, moral and spiritual obedience to perfect health. These tests can be made in minutes.
You may choose what direction you will travel-life or death. The laboratory tests are made with standard, orthodox laboratory
equipment. The tests will reveal secrets about your body chemistry that can be compared to the perfect God-given mathematical equation which will accurately denote the mineral imbalance of anyone's body. You will be instructed what to do about your diet problems indicated
in the laboratory tests. Follow the rules; they are God's way of a long, healthy, useful life. The more obedient you are to these health laws the greater your reward.
Would you like to go on a vacation while you are ill? Really, any-
one living a godly, useful, healthy life is just taking a vacation away from Heaven. Enjoy this vacation span between two ETERNITIES.
Plan on leaving for Heaven and taking your vacation away from
EARTH in perfect health. God never intended for anyone to become 9 so EARTHLY ILL until they were dying to go to HEAVEN, or wher-
ever they planned to go when they leave here.
Do not expect this book to tell you what is good for you and what
is bad for you. This book will tell you how to find out and know the four-lane expressway to PERFECT HEALTH.
HAPPY IS HE WHO KNOWS WHAT TO DO AND DOES IT.
You will know how to choose LIFE or DEATH.
The RBTI test is the measure of excessive loss of ENERGY. As various organs contain more or less of the elements, it is  pos-
sible by analyzing the urine and sa liva to determine which organ or
organs are losing too much energy.
The excessive loss of energy of any organ will cause the analytical
readings of the specimens to arrange the numbers into a range pattern which will denote the exact area where the loss of energy occurs. A loss of ENERGY is the result of a mineral deficiency.
The excessive elementary energy, or the lack of it, is manifest in
the laboratory readings while it pinpoints the extent of the energy. This type of a test takes the guessing out of the practice of health, and also the guessing for those who practice medicine.
The loss of energy from one organ affects other organs. All of our
organs are more or less dependent upon another.
Too often a diagnosis, which according to Black's Legal Diction-
ary,
is only a GUESS limited by experience, only deals with one organ
and that one wherever the pain is greatest. Pain is often the result of a loss of energy in another area of the body and is settling in the weak-est spot, which causes the pain. Doctoring the pain without removing the cause is of no avail.
The RBTI tests analysis often disagrees with diagnosis because
the RBTI test is not a guess, it is an accurate chemical analysis.
Regardless of how many laboratory technicians performed the
RBTI Test, all counselors would come up with the same answer.
It is difficult to find two doctors that will make a diagnosis exactly
alike on the same problem even when made on the same day.
WHY GUESS WHEN YOU CAN BE SURE? 10 LIFE IS TOO PRECIOUS to be guessing.
Please keep in mind as you read this book that God is the author
of mathematics and chemistry. He ma de the laws of life, solids, liq


 will accept that.
Gladly. Because, you see, it eliminates the
need to think.
Now, let’s think about killing. Can there
ever be a justifiable reason for killing  anything? Think about it. You’ll find you
need no outside authority to give you
direction, no higher source to supply you
with answers. If you think about it, if you
look to see what you feel about it, the
answers will be obvious to you, and you will
act accordingly. This is called acting on
your own authority.
It is when you act on the authority of others
that you get yourself into trouble. Should
states and nations use killing t o achieve
their political objectives? Should religions
use killing to enforce their theological
imperatives? Should societies use killing
as a  response to those who violate
behavioral codes?
Is killing an appropriate political remedy,
spiritual convincer, or societal problem
solver?  Now, is killing something you can do if
someone is trying to kill you? Would you
use killing force to defend the life of a loved
one? Someone you didn’t even know?
Is killing a proper form of defense against
those who  would kill if they are not in  some
other way stopped?
Is there a difference between killing and
murder?
The state would have you believe that
killing to complete a purely political agenda
is perfectly defensible. In fact, the state
needs you to take its w ord on this in order
to exist as an entity of power.
Religions would have you believe that
killing to spread and maintain knowledge
of, and adherence to, their particular truth
is perfectly defensible. In fact, religions  require you to take their word on t his in
order to exist as an entity of power.
Society would have you believe that killing
to punish those who commit certain
offenses (these have changed through the
years) is perfectly defensible. In fact,
society must have you take its word for it in
order to exist as an entity of power.
Do you believe these positions are correct?
Have you taken another’s word for it?  What
does your Self have to say?
There is no “right” or “wrong” in these
matters.
But by your decisions you paint a portrait of
Who You Are.
Indeed, by their decisions your states and
nations have already painted such
pictures.  By their decisions your religions have
created lasting, indelible impressions. By
their decisions your societies have
produced their self -portraits, too.
Are you please d with these pictures? Are
these the impressions you wish to make?
Do these portraits represent Who You Are?
Be careful of these questions. They may
require you to think. Thinking is hard.
Making value judgments is difficult. It
places  you at pure creation, because there
are so many times you’ll have to say, “I
don’t  know. I just don’t know.” Yet still you’ll
have to decide. And so you’ll have to
choose.  You’ll have to make an arbitrary
choice.
Such a choice —a decision coming from no
previous personal knowl edge —is called
pure creation. And the individual is aware, deeply aware, that in the making of such
decisions is the Self created.
Most of you are not interested in such
important work. Most of you would rather
leave that to others. And so most of you are
not self -created, but creatures of habit —
other -created creatures.
Then, when others have told you how you
should feel, and it runs directly counter to
how you do feel —you experience a deep
inner conflict. Something deep inside you
tells you that what other s have told you is
not Who You Are. Now where to go with
that? What to do?
The first place you go is to your
religionists —the people who put you there
in the first  place. You go to your priests and
your rabbis and your ministers and your teachers,  and they  tell you to stop listening
to your Self. The worst of them will try to
scare you  away from it; scare you away
from what you intuitively know.
They’ll tell you about the devil, about Satan,
about demons and evil spirits and hell  and
damnation and every fri ghtening thing they
can think of to get you to see how  what you
were intuitively knowing and feeling was
wrong, and how the only place  you’ll find
any comfort is in their thought, their idea,
their theology, their definitions of  right and
wrong, and their concept of Who You Are.
The seduction here is that all you have to
do to get instant approval is to agree.  Agree
and you have instant approval. Some will
even sing and shout and dance and  wave
their arms in hallelujah!  That’s hard to resist. Such approval,  such
rejoicing that you have seen the light; that
you’ve been saved!
Approvals and demonstrations seldom
accompany inner decisions. Celebrations
rarely surround choices to follow personal
truth. In fact, quite the contrary. Not only
may others fail to celebrate, they may
actually subject you to ridicule. What?
You’re  thinking for yourself? You’re
deciding on your own? You’re applying
your own  yardsticks, your own judgments,
your own values? Who do you think you
are, anyway?
And, indeed, that is precisel y the question
you are answering.  But the work must be done very much
alone. Very much without reward, without
approval, perhaps without even any notice.
And so you ask a very good question. Why
go on? Why even start off on such a  path?
What is to be gaine d from embarking on
such a journey? Where is the  incentive?
What is the reason?
The reason is ridiculously simple.
THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO DO.
What do You mean?
I mean this is the only game in town. There
is nothing else to do. In fact, there is
nothing e lse you can do. You are going to
be doing what you are doing for the rest  of
your life —just as you have been doing it
since birth. The only question is whether  you’ll be doing it consciously, or
unconsciously.
You see, you cannot disembark from the
journey. You embarked before you were
born. Your birth is simply a sign that the
journey has begun. So the question is not:
Why start off on such a path? You have
already started off. You did so with the first
beat of your heart. The question is: Do I
wish to walk this path consciously, or
unconsciously? With awareness or lack of
awareness? As the cause of my
experience, or at the effect of it? For most
of your life you’ve lived at the effect of  your
experiences. Now, you’re invited to be the
cause of them.  That is what is  known as
conscious living. That is what is called
walking in awareness.  Now, many of you have walked quite some
distance, as I’ve said. You have made  no
small progress. So you should not feel that
after all these lives you’ve “only”  come t o
this. Some of you are highly evolved
creatures, with a very sure sense of  Self.
You know Who You Are and you know what
you’d like to become.  Furthermore, you
even know the way to get from here to
there.
That’s a great sign. That’s a sure indication.
Of what?
Of the fact that you now have very few lives
left.
Is that good?
It is, now —for you. And that is so because
you say it is so. Not long ago all you  wanted to do was stay here. Now, all you want to
do is leave. That’s a very good  sign.
Not long ago you killed things —bugs,
plants, trees, animals, people —now you
cannot kill a thing without knowing exactly
what you’re doing, and why. That’s a very
good sign.
Not long ago you lived life as though it had
no purpose. Now you know it has no
purpose, save th e one you give it. That’s a
very good sign.
Not long ago you begged  the universe to
bring you Truth. Now you tell the universe
your truth. And that’s a  very good sign.
Not long ago you sought to be rich and
famous. Now you seek to be simply, and
wonderfull y, your Self.  And not so very long ago you feared Me.
Now you love Me, enough to call Me your
equal.
All of these are very, very good signs.
Well, gosh...You make me feel good.
You should feel good. Anybody who uses
“gosh” in a sentence can’t be all bad.
You really do have a sense of humor, don’t
You...
I invented humor!
Yes, You’ve made that point. Okay, so the
reason for going on is that there’s nothing
else to  do. This is what’s happening here.
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heat stroke, etc.
As an example of the fantastically protective effect of DMSO against trauma,
consider the work of Dr. Ramon Linn, an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery. As
I mentioned in the text, Dr. Linn prepared cultures of
glial cells and DMSO, which
he subjected to sonic vibrations. The cells were remarkably protected from injury
and beta-glucoronidase release.
The other many modes of action of DMSO, such as sensory nerve inhibition,diuretic action, membrane penetrability, free radical neutralization, intracellular
water substitution, macrophage stimulation, antigen neutralization, and interferon
production, are all discussed in the text.
THE INTRAVENOUS THERAPY TECHNIQUE USED BY MOST
DOCTORS
For intravenous therapy, other than acute stroke, the dose is 1 g DMSO per kg
body weight given daily for five to ten days with a rest on the weekend after the
first five treatments. A half dose is given the first day to observe the patient’s
response. An indefinite number of two-week blocks of treatment can be given as
long as there is a week’s rest in between.
In one type of clinic setup there are two large rooms with rows of reclining
chairs for the intravenous (IV) patients. No television is provided, as the patients
are encouraged to read nutritional literature and to converse with each other. Also,
television sounds disturb those who prefer to sleep during the easy intravenous
infusion.
On the first day, blood is drawn for chemistries, CBC, and arthritis profile.
Hair analysis, computerized diet analysis, and basal temperature tests are done on
all patients no matter what their disease or complaint. The legal consent form must
be signed prior to treatment.
The DMSO is mixed in 500 ml of any appropriate isotonic fluid. Physicians
usually use D5W. Some clinics use Ringer’s Lactate or 0.45 saline in 2.5 percent
glucose. For reasons explained later in this section, some doctors add 15 g of
ascorbic acid, 100 mg of pyridoxine, 1,000 mg magnesium chloride, 2,000 mcg
cobalamin, and 200 mg vitamin B complex. This is infused over a three- to four-
hour period.
Occasionally nausea will develop. Phenergan suppositories, 50 mg, usually
will take care of it. A good breakfast must be eaten before the treatment to help
alleviate the nausea. Infusion nurses also make snacks available to the patients
during treatment.
Patients may be advised to apply DMSO to affected areas at home. A 50-
percent solution is suggested for the neck and face. Before it was banned by the
FDA, the product 75 percent DEMSO was applied to any other affected parts of
the body; now Domoso is recommended. Application is two to four times a day
depending on skin sensitivity. Oral treatment is
continued by the patient at home(one teaspoonful in juice twice a day) along with topical application after the IV
program is terminated.
CLINICAL STUDIES SHOWING RESPONSE TO DMSO IN
AMYLOIDOSIS
Amyloidosis is the accumulation in the tissues of the fibrillar glycoprotein amyloid
in amounts sufficient to impair normal function. As stated a few times in the body
of this text, amyloid is a glycoprotein, resembling starch, that is deposited in the
internal organs. The cause of amyloid production and its deposition is unknown. A
defect in cellular immunity to a specific antigen is suspected. Amyloid is a
homogeneous, highly refractile substance with an affinity for Congo red dye, both
in prepared tissues and
in vivo.
 It is made up primarily of a well-defined fibril,
distinct from other extracellular structural proteins, which occurs in two forms.
Chemical analyses of the various forms of amyloid causes classification of the
substance as
primary
 when there is no associated disease, and
secondary
 when
it’s associated with chronic diseases, either the infectious form such as
tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, leprosy, and bronchiectasis, or the inflammatory form
such as rheumatoid arthritis and granulomatous ileitis. Amyloid is also found in
association with multiple myeloma, Hodgkin’s disease, and other tumors. It may
accompany aging and may appear in familial forms unassociated with other
disease. Increasing numbers of familial amyloid syndromes with distinctive types
of neuropathy, nephropathy, and cardiopathy have been described in the medical
literature. DMSO has found successful use by clinicians for the treatment of
familial amyloidosis.
A report delivered by a half-dozen Japanese medical scientists to the New
York Academy of Sciences in 1983 indicated that DMSO was therapeutically
administered to patients with familial amyloidosis of the adult onset type. In about
half of the treated people there was some clinical improvement. Urinary proteins
were analyzed biochemically and immunochemically before and after
administration of the dimethyl sulfoxide in seven patients. Increased excretion of
various proteins of different molecular weights in the patients’ urine was observed
by the Japanese investigators, depending on cases and examined organs. The
in
vitro
 effects of DMSO on amyloid proteins were examined. DMSO-degraded
amyloid proteins showed void-volume materials and lower molecular weight
components on a special urine test (the Sephadex G column elution profiles andthe guanidine-degraded amyloid protein
profile). While DMSO is the least potent
in dissolving amyloid fibrils among the various denaturating or reducing agents,
prealbumin-related proteins (proteins that are the source of albumin) were found
from the testing. This proved that scleroderma improves somewhat from oral
ingestion of diluted dimethyl sulfoxide.
1
In another case of familial amyloidosis—only of the polyneuropathic type
(related to a disease of multiple nerves)—two case histories were presented in this
1984 paper from Italy. DMSO produced a positive response for those patients
having peripheral nerve disease.
2
Other patients with the primary type of amyloidosis and the kind associated
with multiple myeloma usually have the immunoglobulin light-chain form of
amyloid fibrils. Patients with secondary amyloidosis have demonstrated the
presence of the unique AA protein that consists of non-immunoglobulin.
In primary amyloidosis, the heart, lung, skin, tongue, thyroid gland, and
intestinal tract may be involved. Peculiar localized amyloid “tumors” may be
found in the involved patient’s respiratory tract or other sites. Parenchymal organs
of the liver, spleen, and kidney and the vascular system are frequently involved, as
well.
Secondary amyloidosis tends to show up in the spleen, liver, kidney, adrenal
glands, and lymph nodes. However, no organ system is spared, and vascular
involvement may be widespread. The liver and spleen are often enlarged, firm, and
rubbery. The kidneys are usually enlarged. Sections of the spleen show large
translucent, waxy areas, where the normal malpighian bodies (normally present
inclusion cells) are replaced by pale amyloid, producing the “sago” spleen.
Amyloid associated with certain tumors such as multiple myeloma and skin
diseases such as lichen planus may be widespread and may show unique sites of
involvement. Amyloid may have a strictly local occurrence in association with
some malignancies such as medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland.
In a 1985 clinical paper, the result of topical treatment by dimethyl sulfoxide in
a patient with lichen amyloidosis was reported. DMSO improved the patient’s
itching within five days of therapy. Remarkable flattening of the papules usually
present in this condition was obtained within two weeks. The clinical result was
confirmed by histological examination, which revealed partial disappearance of
amyloid deposits.
3
Characteristic standard symptoms or signs of amyloidosis are lacking.
Manifestations are nonspecific and usually originate in the organ or systemaffected. Often they are obscured by the underlying disease,
which may be fatal
before secondary amyloidosis is suspected. The kidney’s nephrotic syndrome
(series of signs and symptoms present in a diseased kidney) is the most striking
manifestation. In the early stages only slight proteinuria may be noted; later the
distinctive symptom complex develops with massive swelling of the legs, trunk,
and genitalia due to retention of fluid, hypoproteinuria, and massive proteinuria.
The urine sediment often contains red blood cells. All kinds of strange changes in
the body take place with amyloidosis. For instance, it caused a sudden whitening
and loss of hair, as described in an August 1987 Japanese case report. Yet, as
shown below, for this amyloidosis patient, treatment with dimethyl sulfoxide
solved his difficulty.
Here, a sixty-seven-year-old Japanese man presented himself with rapid
progression of whitening and loss of his head hair within two months. It was
suspicioned by the attending medical specialists that he suffered with
hypothyroidism. He had been told that he had enlargement of the heart, a condition
suspected of being present for three years. Thyroid function for the man was
within normal limits, however. A prostate biopsy was performed on him


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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
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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.
322
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


 infections devised in the 18th century.
Medicinal Actions & Uses A bitter-tasting,
pungent herb with antiseptic and antiviral activity, weeping forsythia is used to treat infections such as colds, flu, sore throats, and tonsillitis. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used to treat
a range of other conditions (including boils, swollen glands, and skin infections). The American herbal scientist James A. Duke recommends it be taken as a warm tea, combined with honeysuckle (Lonicera spp., p. 229) and lemon balm (Melissa
officinalis, p. 113), at the onset of colds and similar viral infections.
Caution Not advisable in pregnancy.Fennel has a long history of use as a remedy for ailments
of the digestive tract.
Medicinal Actions & Uses The primary use
of fennel seeds is to relieve bloating, but they also
settle stomach pain, stimulate the appetite, and
are diuretic and anti-inflammatory. Like anise (Pimpinella anisum, p. 248) and caraway (Carum carvi, p. 184), the seeds make an excellent infusion for settling digestion and reducing abdominal distension. The seeds help in the treatment of kidney stones, and, combined with urinary antiseptics such as uva-ursi (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi,  p. 170), make an effective treatment for cystitis. An infusion of the seeds may be taken as a gargle for sore throats and as a mild expectorant. Fennel is safe for children when taken at a low dose and,  as an infusion or syrup, can be given for colic and painful teething in babies. Fennel increases breast-milk production and the herb is still used as an
Fragaria vesca (Rosaceae)
Wild Strawberry
Description Low-growing perennial herb
spread by runners. Has 3-lobed leaves, white flowers, and small red berries.Ficus religiosa (Moraceae)
Peepal
Description Tree growing to around 26 ft (8 m)
with large, leathery, heart-shaped leaves and purple fruit growing in pairs.
Habitat & Cultivation Peepal grows in
northern and central India, in forests, and alongside water. It is also widely cultivated throughout the subcontinent and southern Asia. The fruit is gathered when ripe.
Parts Used Fruit, leaves, bark, latex.
Constituents The fruit contains fruit sugars,
flavonoids, and enzymes.
History & Folklore Sacred to Hindus and
Buddhists, the peepal is the tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment. It is a long-living tree; a peepal in Sri Lanka is thought to be over 2,000 years old.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Peepal’s uses
are similar to those of the banyan (F. benghalensis,  p. 211). Its astringent bark and leaves are taken for diarrhea and dysentery, whereas the leaves alone are used for constipation. The leaves are applied with ghee (clarified butter) as a poultice to boils and to swollen salivary glands in mumps. The powdered fruit may be taken for asthma and  the latex is used to treat warts.
Related Species See preceding entries, fig
(F. carica) and banyan tree (F. benghalensis).
US_202-223_Digitalis_lutea_Iris_versicolor.indd   212 26/02/16   12:47 pm213 other medicinal plantsFumaria o FFicinalis
Habitat & Cultivation Wild strawberry is
native to Europe and temperate regions of Asia.
The leaves and fruit are gathered in early summer.
Parts Used Leaves, fruit.
Constituents The leaves contain flavonoids,
tannins, and a volatile oil. The fruit contains fruit acids
and a volatile oil with methyl salicylate and borneol.
History & Folklore Wild strawberry appears
to have been little used medicinally until the Middle
Ages. Writing in 1652, Nicholas Culpeper listed its
benefits: “the berries are excellent good to cool
the liver, the blood, and the spleen, or a hot
cholerick stomach … the leaves and roots thereof
[are] also good to fasten loose teeth and to heal
spongy foul gums.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses Wild strawberry
leaves are mildly astringent and diuretic. The plant
is little used medicinally today, but it can be taken
to treat diarrhea and dysentery. The leaves were
used as a gargle for sore throats, and in a lotion
for minor burns and grazes. In Europe, the fruit
is considered to have cooling and diuretic
properties, and has been prescribed as part of
a diet in cases of tuberculosis, gout, arthritis,
and rheumatism.Habitat & Cultivation Common in Europe,
ash thrives in lowland and moorland. The leaves
are gathered in summer, but the bark is gathered
in spring.
Parts Used Leaves, bark, seeds.
Constituents Ash leaves contain flavonoids,
tannins, mucilage, triterpenes, and iridoids.
History & Folklore The ash was the “world-
tree” of Norse mythology, its roots spreading to
the domain of the gods, and its branches extending
to the remotest corners of the universe. In Norse
myth, the first man was carved from a piece of ash
wood. In parts of Europe, ash bark was used as
a cost-free substitute for quinine in the home
treatment of malaria. Such use probably continued
in rural areas into the 20th century.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Ash bark is tonic
and astringent. Little used in herbal medicine today,
it is occasionally taken for fever. The leaves are also
astringent, and they have a laxative and diuretic
effect. They have been used as a mild substitute
for senna ( Cassia senna, p. 75).
Related Species The bark of the American
white ash ( F. americana ) has been used as a bitter
tonic and astringent. Several ash species exude a
nutritious sap, called “manna,” which is used as
a laxative for children. In particular, the manna ash
(F. ornus ), which has antioxidant activity, has been
cultivated in southern Europe for its high yield of
manna sap.Research In one clinical trial (Italy 1976), patients
taking bladderwrack lost much more weight than
the control group. In more recent German
research, the polyphenols and polysaccharides
appeared to have antiviral and anti-HIV activity.
Cautions Do not take if pregnant or
breastfeeding. If suffering from a thyroid illness or
taking insulin, take only under professional advice.
Fumaria officinalis (Fumariaceae)
Fumitory
Description Climbing annual growing to 1 ft
(30 cm). Has compound leaves and maroon-tipped
pink tubular flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe and
North Africa, fumitory also grows in Asia, North
America, and Australia.
Parts Used Flowering aerial parts.
Constituents Fumitory contains isoquinoline
alkaloids and flavonoids.
Medicinal Actions & Uses A notably
bitter-tasting herb, fumitory has a stimulant and
cleansing action on the liver and gallbladder,
and is principally used to treat chronic itchy skin
problems such as eczema. It is also diuretic and
mildly laxative.
Related Species Fumitory is related to
corydalis ( Corydalis yanhusuo, p. 86), and
F. parviflora from central Asia. The latter, like
fumitory, is used as a detoxifying, laxative,
and diuretic herb.
Caution Fumitory is toxic in excessive doses.
Use only with professional advice.Wild strawberry was said
to “comfort fainting spirits.”
Fumitory may be applied externally as a treatment
for eczema.Fucus vesiculosus (Fucaceae)
Bladderwrack,
Kelp
Description Brownish-green alga growing
to 3 ft (1 m) in length. Has flat, usually forked,
fronds containing air bladders.
Habitat & Cultivation Bladderwrack is
native to the North Atlantic shores and western
Mediterranean, and is harvested all year.
Part Used Whole plant.
Constituents Bladderwrack contains polyphenols,
polysaccharides, and minerals, especially iodine
(up to 0.1%). The polysaccharides are
immunostimulant. The iodine may stimulate the
thyroid gland.
History & Folklore Bladderwrack has been
employed as a fuel, as a winter feed for cattle, and
as a source of iodine and potash.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Due to its iodine
content, bladderwrack is taken as an antigoiter
remedy. The plant appears to raise the metabolic
rate by increasing hormone production by the
thyroid gland, though this increase may be limited
to poorly functioning thyroids. Bladderwrack is
reputedly helpful in rheumatic conditions.Fraxinus


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77Should he be fed? Or could he be fed without adding to his discomfort and without danger?
Loss of desire for food is one of the first symptoms of acute disease. Go over the whole list—
smallpox, typhoid fever, typhus fever, pneumonia, diphtheria, measles, cholera, and you realize
that one of the first developments in these crises is the suspension of all desire for food. Wisely,
nature cuts off all demand for food when it cannot be used. Fasting is a means of getting through
such crises.
The fast is a temporary expedient by means of which the body achieves some of its urgently
needed work, an expedient employed by the living organism to help it over many of the
emergencies of life. It is almost correct to say that fasting and surgery are all that are of value in
disease. But we can say this only if we recognize that the regular or ordinary elements of nature’s
great plan of
Hygiene
 are as essential in illness as in health, except that their use must be modified
to conform to the crippled powers of the organism.
Instead of fasting being a
cure,
 it is an essential and integral part of the healing process. When
the digestive system is prostrated and all desire for food is cut off, as it is in acute disease, we
have an expedient that is as much a part of the remedial process, the process of restoration, as the
concomitant prostration of the body as a whole that sends the sick person to bed. To be extremely
precise, the fasting process is an actual part of the
remedial process
 that we call disease.
Including surgery among the useful expedients in disease does not imply approval to all surgery
performed today. Skillfully done, as much of it is, it is performed all too often for purely
commercial motives rather than only
when there is a legitimate reason for it. The fact will
someday be known that fasting will obviate the supposed need for much of the surgery that is
performed today. In stressing the fact that much surgery is without valid reason I am stating no
more than has been repeatedly stated by leading members of the surgical profession itself.
On the plane of instinct this lack of desire for food is duly respected. The sick dog hides. He
will not eat. He refuses a wet compress on his brow. He does not feel sorry for himself and does
not seek for sympathy. He refuses to permit his friends to hold his paws.
All he wants is to be left alone. He wants no food and he takes none. Rest, quiet, warmth, air
and, sometimes, a little water, are all he wants. He will not take juices or diluted milk, if offered
these, nor will he take the juice of flesh. Vitamins, if proffered, will be rejected. Resting in
seclusion, preferably in a dark place, while awaiting the completion of the reparative work done
by his own self-healing power—he recovers.
There is order in the processes of nature; the haphazard nowhere reigns supreme. There must be,
thus, some profound reason for the suspension of digestive processes and the simultaneous
suspension of the desire for food in states of acute illness. The sick man’s dislike of food would
seem to be as significant as his dislike of noise, motion, light, close air and cold. Yet, while these
latter dislikes are commonly respected, we are inclined to disregard the first and attempt to feed in
spite of the most obstinate repugnance to food.
If the patient is chilly, we warm him; if noise disturbs him, we seek to protect him from this; if
light disturbs him, we lower the shades; if the air is close, we open the windows; we respect his
desire to lie quietly and not move about. But we urge him to eat.
There is a story told of Pope Leo XIII, that, in his last illness in his ninety-third year, he said to
his physicians: “Gentlemen, you require me to eat more than I ate in health.”
This practice was all too common and is still responsible for much unnecessary suffering and
death. Going without food in acute disease not only relieves pain, but rests the heart and relieves
the kidneys. The ancients well understood the value of abstinence in acute disease and an
78understanding of its value was carried down even into late times. Fasting in fevers was commonly
employed by Neapolitan physicians over a hundred and fifty years ago. They frequently permitted
their fever patients to go for as many as forty days without food.
It should not be thought, however, that fasting should be instituted only in states of serious
illness, that one should continue to eat so long as any digestive power remains. On the contrary,
missing a few meals at the beginning of the trouble is often enough to prevent the development of
serious trouble. If functional impairment is only slight, as indicated by a coated tongue, headache,
a general malaise, and similar “insignificant”
 symptoms, a short fast will enable the body to
eliminate the systemic toxemia before more formidable trouble evolves.
If, when the first symptoms appear, the patient were put to bed, strict repose enjoined, no good
given, many cases of acute disease would be light and of short duration. The patient should be kept
warm and given all the water demanded by thirst. The room should be light and airy, and visitors
should be excluded. Rest is the important thing.
When the acute sufferer fasts his discomforts are less severe, his pains are less intense, his fever
does not rise so high, complications are rare, loss of weight is often less than in the patient who
does not fast, and the duration of the disease shortened. Less weight loss is almost, if not entirely
due to the fact that the duration of the disease is shortened. Typhoid fever, as an example, lasts in
the average case from eight to twelve days instead of the usual twenty-one days. The courses of
measles, scarlet fever and pneumonia are correspondingly shortened.
Again we reiterate: Fasting is not a
cure.
But, conducted properly, the physiological rest it provides the body’s organs can often help the
recovery forces of nature carry out the healing work.
7918
Fasting in Chronic Disease
“I have lost my appetite.”
“Nothing tastes good to me any more. I eat only as a matter of routine.”
“I suffer with distress after every meal.”
These are some of the complaints of patients who suffer with some chronic form of disease,
such as colitis, chronic gastritis, hay fever, asthma, arthritis, nervousness, stomach ulcer or cancer.
These people eat, only because they honestly think that they must eat—regularly, every day,
three times a day—to stay alive. Some of them are overweight, but great numbers of them are thin
and remain so, although they may be overeating.
Another class of chronic sufferers are, as they put it, “always hungry.”
They eat at all hours of
the day and night. They habitually overeat, whipping up their jaded sense of taste with condiments,
strong flavors, and in other ways. Often they suffer after each meal but they don’t cut down on their
intake. Then there are those among this class who suffer almost as much when they do not eat as
when they do.
“Hunger” here, as we have seen in other cases, is not hunger at all, in a true sense, but a morbid
sensation or set of sensations mistaken for hunger. It may be a “gnawing” in the stomach, pain in
the stomach or some other symptom of gastric irritation. This is the reason the sensation cannot be
satisfied. The fact that eating palliates the discomfort for a few moments, does not prove that food
was actually needed, any more than the need for a cup of coffee is proven when it temporarily
relieves a coffee addict’s headache. The surest, simplest way for those who are “always hungry”
to overcome their supposed hunger is to fast.
Man tends to abstain from food when under great emotional distress. Rejection of food is
frequent among the insane. Although it is the present practice to use force to feed mentally ill
patients, it is doubtful if such enforced feeding is proper. Man instinctively fasts under certain
conditions, as do the lower animals, and the rejection of food by the mentally ill is probably an
instinctive act that will, if not interrupted, prove very beneficial. Indeed, my experience with such
patients has convinced me that this is true.
The most important feature about fasting in chronic disease is the marked acceleration of
elimination that it occasions, thus speedily freeing the body of its accumulated toxic load. The
disappearance of symptoms, sometimes of years standing, when one fasts, is often dramatic.
Fasting provides opportunity for the body to do for itself what it is unable to do under conditions
of surfeit. Surfeit makes impossible the cleaning of the fluids and tissues in a physiological
housecleaning.
A properly conducted fast will enable the chronically ill body to excrete the toxic load that is
responsible for the trouble, after which a corrected mode of living enables the individual to evolve
into a vigorous state of health.
It should not be thought that eating must be continued so long as the body does not vigorously
rebel against food. When there is functional impairment, symptoms of impairment, sluggishness
and unease, then is the time to institute what may be described as a
preventive fast.
 A fast at this
point need not be long. Improvement


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