ents? chemicals introduced into its
7 lar ge groups totaling 3,293 volunteers
preserving capital while saving enormous
manufacture at that time. There are other
were similarly tested (p <.001) 3) 325
This capacity to instantly dif ferentiate
amounts of rime and ener gy. solutions to smokers’ lung cancer. subjects were tested individually (p <
truth from false is of such extraordinary
It is wise to remember that in the
Research reported in Science in 1995
.001) 4) 616 psychiatric patients were
potential value to society that we have
conventions of commerce, like those of
indicates that one gram per day of
tested in groups and individually (p <
felt it appropriate in our research to
politics, truth has an ambiguous status.V itamin C prevents cell damage from
.01). The conclusion from all the above
document and verify some explicit
There is a universally accepted implicit
smoking. But the real solution is to
was that the null hypothesis was rejected. practical applications. understanding that things said to gain
identify and remove the carcinogenic
T raditional methodologies are inef ficient. advantage are not held to any standard of
Current and Historic Events
chemicals from the manufacturing
personal honesty. A convenient
process. Polities and Government
Because the technique immediately
conscience regarding the exaggerated
Are our leaders telling us the truth? Is a
distinguishes true from false evidence, it
Criminal Justice and Police W ork
claim, the bluf f, the white lie, is as muchpolitical figure upholding the
can resolve factual disputes-the identity
a part of the garb of the marketplace as
T o know whether a witness is lying is of
Constitution of the United States or
of perpetrators, for instance, or the
the business suit and tie. (In fact,
obvious importance in any case under
subverting it for personal gain? Does a
whereabouts of missing persons. The
intriguingly, kinesiological analysis
investigation. But it is equally significant
particular candidate have the unique
truth underlying major news events can
commonly tells us to no longer believe
to discover whether the prosecution is
capacity to rise to the demands of the
be revealed, whether the guilt or
an erstwhile trustworthy person once he
withholding evidence or if a jury has
of fice he or she seeks? Are facts being
innocence of contemporary victims andhas donned a suit and tie!) Therefore,
been tampered with (or, for that matter, is
misrepresented by a government agency
accusers, the validity of historic
numerous applications arise in everyday
even capable of understanding the
or spokesperson? W ill a proposed policy
conspiracy theories or unsolved
business-for instance, to determine
evidence). actually solve the problem for which it is
mysteries, such as the Amelia Earhart
whether a bill or invoice is accurate. A
designed? Such practical issues can now
story, the Lindber gh kidnapping, etc. One of the most interesting applications
padded account will make any
be addressed with more certitude. T estimony before Senate hearings and
of the technique is in crimes where there
investigator's arm go weak as will
Political debates and public addressesmedia reports of events are verifiable in a
are no witnesses, and it is the word of the
inferior quality or workmanship. Fraud
can be analyzed for factuality, and
matter of seconds. By use of this
accuser against that of the accused. The
and bogus imitations are easily
proposed legislation can be assessed
technique, for instance, it will be rash of allegations of sexual crimes
detectable; the technique can quickly
from a clearer perspective. Programs that
discovered that a major sports figure who
against prominent people is an obvious
dif ferentiate a bad check from a good
are worthwhile can be definitely
recently served a prison term is innocent,
example. Public figures are easy tar gets
one, a false diamond from a true gem. identified, and inef fective programs can
and his accuser was lying. In another
for politically motivated character
be dropped.47
48
occasions all the public figur es ar e
recent prominent case, the accuser is
assassination, and in a society where
Commerce
lying.) telling the truth, and the accused is still
defendants are treated by the media as if
It is possible to diagnose an ailing
(96) W ant to tell if that's a good used car to
holding a high of fice. proven guilty merely by virtue of having
business or industry and solve its
buy? Easy. If a salesman is telling the
been accused, they need public protection
problems without risking financial
Health Research
truth? Simple. Y our new romantic
as much as the accusers. resources on experiments. Complete
interest a good bet.? This a reliableThe failure to eradicate certain diseases
analysis of a business starts with
Statistics and Methodology: T ime Saving
product.? That employee trustworthy? or find their cure (97) is often due to the
calibrating the current and past levels of
What is the degree of safety of a new
fact that reason is its own limitation. Great amounts of money and time are
collective motivation and the abilities of
device; will it be successful or a flop? False answers often preclude searching
spent gathering data to document what
all concerned in its operation, Next, one
What is the integrity, skill and for true causes. For instance, it is
could be discerned in minutes. For
may calibrate what level needs to be
competence level of a particular doctor or
currently dogma that tobacco causes
instance, to "prove" the validity of the
reached by the various departments to
lawyer? Who is the best availablecancer; our research, however, revealed
kinesiolocical method (98) itself to the
succeed. Then policies, personnel,
therapist, teacher, coach, repairman, that or ganically grown tobacco tests
skeptical, the following procedures had
products, supplies, advertising, marketing
mechanic or dentist.? What levels of
kinesiolocicalally strong, whereas
to be followed: 15 dif ferent small groups
and hiring procedures can be similarly
consciousness are required to properly
commercial tobacco tests weak. T obacco
totaling 360 subjects were tested with
assessed. V arious market strategies can
dischar ge the duties of specific public
was not noted as a carcinogen before
both positive and negative stimuli then be (99) investigated without
of fices, and what are the levels of the
1957 and it does so now as the result of
(statistical analysis revealed p <_.001) 2)
investment in expensive market analysis,
incumbents?chemicals introduced into its
7 lar ge groups totaling 3,293 volunteers
preserving capital while saving enormous
manufacture at that time. There are other
were similarly tested (p <.001) 3) 325
This capacity to instantly dif ferentiate
amounts of rime and ener gy. solutions to smokers’ lung cancer. subjects were tested individually (p <
truth from false is of such extraordinary
It is wise to remember that in the
Research reported in Science in 1995
.001) 4) 616 psychiatric patients were
potential value to society that we have
conventions of commerce, like those of
indicates that one gram per day of
tested in groups and individually (p <
felt it appropriate in our research to
politics, truth has an ambiguous status. V itamin C prevents cell damage from
.01). The conclusion from all the above
document and verify some explicitThere is a universally accepted implicit
smoking. But the real solution is to
was that the null hypothesis was rejected. practical applications. understanding that things said to gain
identify and remove the carcinogenic
T raditional methodologies are inef ficient. advantage are not held to any standard of
Current and Historic Events
chemicals from the manufacturing
personal honesty. A convenient
process. Polities and Government
Because the technique immediately
conscience regarding the exaggerated
Are our leaders telling us the truth? Is a
distinguishes true from false evidence, it
Criminal Justice and Police W ork
claim, the bluf f, the white lie, is as much
political figure upholding the
can resolve factual disputes-the identity
a part of the garb of the marketplace asT o know whether a witness is lying is of
Constitution of the United States or
of perpetrators, for instance, or the
the business suit and tie. (In fact,
obvious importance in any case under
subverting it for personal gain? Does a
whereabouts of missing persons. The
intriguingly, kinesiological analysis
investigation. But it is equally significant
particular candidate have the unique
truth underlying major news events can
commonly tells us to no longer believe
to discover whether the prosecution is
capacity to rise to the demands of the
be revealed, whether the guilt or
an erstwhile trustworthy person once he
withholding evidence or if a jury has
of fice he or she seeks? Are facts being
innocence of contemporary victims and
has donned a suit and tie!) Therefore,
been tampered with (or, for that matter, is
misrepresented by a government agencyaccusers, the validity of historic
numerous applications arise in everyday
even capable of understanding the


 of the acid may flow into the esophagus when the person is lying down and produce a
type of pain that is often called heartburn. In som e, the laxity of the "valve" in the diaphragm may be such that a portion of the stomach may pass th rough it
into the chest and achieve the title of hiatus hernia. When the valves reverse their mode of operation for the normal
flow of the stomach content, in effect they are preparing for another eventual and unavoidable outcome: the
evacuation of the stomach content through the mouth. If the stomach content cannot go into the intestine and it
cannot indefinitely remain in the stomach, there is only one other way out—through the mouth. For this action to
take place, the intestinal tract is ca pable of reversing the direction of its contractions. The reversal of the
contractions is called "anti-peristalsis." One of the most misunderstood and upsetting conditions that is a complication of sev ere dehydration is bulimia. People who  suffer from bulimia—the most notable of them is Pri ncess Diana, who has been devastated with this
problem and who se marriage to Prince Charles was destroyed because of this antisocial problem—suff er from
constant "hunger." When they eat, they cannot retain the food and have an instant uncontrollable urge to vomit—
thus, their antisocial life-style. In these people, their sensation of "hunger" is, in fact, an indicator of thirst, and their
urge to vomit is the protection mechanism that is explained above. If bulimics begin to rehydrate their body well and
drink water before their food, this problem will disappear. In my opinion, because of the repeated corrosive effect of the regurgitating acid on the unprotected esophageal
tissue, there is a strong relationship between heartburn of early life and eventual cancer of the lower end of the
esophagus. Dyspeptic pain, no matter what other pathological label is attached to it, should be treated by regular intake of water. The current treatment practice and the use of antacids and histamine-blocking agents is not to the benefit of a
chronically dehydrated person whose body has resorted to crying for water. A.B. is herself engaged in the promotion of alternative medicine. She is very strongly into chelation therapy. Sh e has
compiled other people's information and written a popular book on chelation. However, she had herself suffered for
many years from excruciating pains from her hiatus hernia. Her husband, himself a most delightful author, tells me
that A.B. co uld hardly sit through a meal and not suffer from such severe pains as to be able to complete her food
and enjoy sitting down for a chat. At times, they would have to leave the restaurant because the pain would not
allow her even a short respite to finish her meal. A.B. tells me she hardly drank any water. Only after H.B. had by chance come across my book and read it, did they
finally understand A.B.'s problem. She began drinking water. As she increased her water intake, she noticed her
pain was less severe. In a matter of days it disappeared completely, never to come back. The husband and wife
now enjoy going out to eat. My wife and I ate with them a few times. It appears her hiatal hernia and its pain are
ancient history. It is interesting to note that even chelation, her pet treatment procedure for so many conditions,
could not help her. It should become clear that the hidden merits of che lation therapy in most cases is in its required
high-volume water intake during the actual treatment procedure. However in the past, increased water intake was
not a routine recommendation for in-betwee n the treatment sessions. But, as a result of my talks and reviews of my
book in their favorite Journal of Townse nd Letter for Doctors, most practitioners of "Alte rnative M edicine" are now
recommending increased water intake by their patients. Chelation therapy is most effective in extracting toxic m etals
out of the body. In Summary: Dyspeptic pain is a thirst signal associated with chronic or severe dehydration in the human body. It
could also exist in conjunction with other thirst pains of the body. Take a look at Mr. Liguori's letter on page 92. As
you can see, Mr. Liguori had both the pain of hiatal hernia and also anginal pain. With increased water intake, one
pain has disappeared and the other has diminished significantly in only one week of increased water intake. At the
time of the final writing of this page, his pain seems to have completely cleared up. "The worst sin towar d our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of
inhumanity." George Bernard Show, 1897
RHEUM ATOID ART HRITIS PAINS
About 50 million Americans suffer from some form of arthritis, 30 million people suffer from low back pain, millions
suffer from arthritic neck pains, and 200,000 children are affected by the juvenile form of arthritis. On ce any of these
conditions establishes in an individual, it becomes a sentence for suffering during the rest of the individual's life—
unless the simplicity of the root-cause of the problem is ful ly understood. Initially, rheumatoid arthritic joints and their pain are to be viewed  as indicators of water deficiency in the affected
joint cartilage surfaces. Arthritis pain is another of the regional thirst signals of the body. In some arthritis pains, salt
shortage may be a contributing facto r.
The cartilage surfaces of bones in a joint contain much water. The lubricating property of this "held water" is utilizedin the cartilage allowing the two opposing surface s to freely glide over one another during joint movement. Whereas the bone cells are immersed in calcium deposits, the cartilage cells are immersed in a matrix co ntaining
much water. As the cartilage surface s glide over one another, som e exposed cells die and peel away. Ne w cells take their place
from the growing ends that are attached to the bone surfaces on the two sides. In a well-hydrated cartilage, the rate
of friction damage is minimal. In a dehydrated cartilage, the rate of "abrasive" damage is increased. The ratio
betwee n the rate of regeneration of cartilage cells to their "abrasive peel" is t he index of joint efficiency. Actively growing blood cells in the bone marrow take priority over the cartilage for the available water that goes
through the bone structure. In the process of dilating the blood vessels to bring more circu lation to the area, it is
possible that the branch that goes through a tight hole in the bone cannot expand adequately enough to cope; the
cells that depend on these vessels for  an increased water and nutrient supply are under a physically imposed
rationing control. Under such circumsta nces, and unless th ere is blood dilution to carry more water, the "serum"
requirements of the cartilage will have to be satisfied from the blood vessels that feed the capsule of the joint. The
nerve regulated shunting mechanisms (to all the joints) also produce signals of pain. Initially, this pain is an indication that the joint is not fully prepared to endure pressure until it is ful ly hydrated. This
type of pain has to be treated with a regular increase in water intake to produce som e dilution of blood that is
circulating to the area until the cartilage is fully hydrated and repaired from its base attachment to the bone—the
normal bone route of serum diffusion to the cartilage. A look at Figures 6 and 7 will help make the points clear. It is my assumption that the swelling and pain in the capsule of the joint is an indication there is dilation and edema
from the vessels that furnish circulation to the capsule of the joint. Joint surfaces h ave nerve endings that regulate
all functions. When they place a demand for more blood circulation to the area to pick up water from the serum, the
compensatory vascular expansion in the capsule is supposed to make up for the inefficiency of circu lation from the
bone route of sup ply. Because dehydration in the joint surface s will eventually cause severe damage—to the point of making the bone
surfaces bare and exposed until osteoarthritis becomes established—the tissue damage will trigger a mechanism
for remodeling of the joint There are hormone-secre ting cells in the capsule of the joint. When there is damage (also
from dehydration), injured tissue has to be repaired. These "local remodeling hormones" take over and restructure
the joint surfaces. It seems that they cat er to the lines of force and pressure that the joints have to endure. Unfortunately, the repair process seems to produce a deviation of the joints. To avoid such disfigurement, one
should take the very initial pain seriously and begin a strict attention to daily intake of water. Initially, this pain should
be recognized as a sign of local dehydration. If it does not disappear after a few d ays of water intake and repeated
gentle bending of the joints to bring more circulation to the area, one should then consult a professional practitioner
of medicine. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain by recognizing the pain and the non-infecti ous inflammation of a
rheumatoid joint as a thirst signal in your body. You are probably showing other signals for water shortage in your
body, but this particular site is indicating predisposition to a more severe local damage. If we understand the body to have difficulty in recognizing its thirst sta te, it is poss


 Their heads point in opposite directions, and
their legs interact like two pairs of scissors trying to cut each
other. The vertical version is much more athletic: The woman
stands on her head, her torso and legs raised vertically with the
help of the man, who stands between her spread thighs. The
woman supports her upright body with her hands, while the man
thrusts by bending his knees and moving up and down. O�(!cHmic Brit1kmat 1slrip and Multiple Os
COITAl. l)YNAMICS
Inexplicably. ntost contentporary sexology books ignore or deal
cursorily with ntovcntt'nt, angle. speed, and rhythnt in sexual in
tercourse. To learn the art of coital dynamics, one has to consult
the ancient Taoists. The Mystic Master of the (;rotto's Nine Man
ners of ntoving the jade stalk and Six Styles of penetration (sec
chapter R) arc poet ic descri ptions of the motions of sexual union. In today's bcdroont, we can take a few hints front the Mystic Mas
ter's flowery advic e and work out sonte pragntatic techniques. Varied ntotions in sexual intercourse result in varied forms,
degrees, and locations of stintulation. In addition to the stimula
tion of the usual erogenous zones involved in love-play, partners
enjoy having their own genital areas stimulated by their mates'
sexual organs. In sexual union, the partners who know where
and how-to stintulate give the greatest pleasure to their mat es
and then1selves. Nature has endowed men and women differently, so delec
table sex depends mostly on the coital dynamics of the male in
certain intercourse positions, and mostly on those of the female in
others. By experimenting with and controlling the various fac
tors influenci ng coital motion, a couple can personalize their own
pattern of coital dynamics. Male Dynamics
Men need to understand female anatomy, not just their own,
to get the most out of their movement during intercourse. In a
woman, the clitoral area is extremely sensitive, the vaginal rim
only mildly so. The front vaginal wall in most women is acutely
sensitive to friction and deep pressure, while the back wall is much
less so. At the depth of the vagina is the cervix, whose stimulation
during coitus results in ecstatic sensations in women. One brilliant bedroom skill from ancient China is variation in
male thrusting patterns. Many men believe that the best way to
excite a woman is by thrusting deeply, with a regular pumping
rhythm. Occasionally this may be so, just before orgasm for ex
ample. But regular, deep thrusting may bring on male climax too
quickly. Even if the man has enough self-control, the regularity
sometimes has a nu1nbing effect on the wontan. Deep thrusts arc
227 highly stin1ulating to the woman, especially if the tip of the jade
stalk touches the flower heart. On the other hand, shallower thrusts, with the stalk entering
only two or three inches into the moon grotto-to what the an
cients called "wheat bud" and "scented mouse"-may excite a
woman just as n1uch, though differently. The ridge of the stalk
can stimulate the magic spot in the front wall of the grotto. "Nine
shallow, one deep" and "eight slow, two fast" arc more than just
numbers games; in actual coitus such thrusting patterns can excite
more than one sensitive zone in the woman. It is therefore effective to give a series of regular, shallow thrusts
first, then follow with a sudden deep thrust, or a series of slow
thrusts followed by a quick one. The psychosexual thrill for the
woman is all the greater with the element of surprise; a man can
give his partner intense pleasure by varying the depth and tempo
of his thrusts. Other variations: Advance slowly, while exhaling;
then withdraw quickly, while inhaling. Or start by knocking on
the sides of the labia; first thrust only a little; continue thrusting,
progressively deeper each time. Whichever technique you choose, alter the depth, speed, and
rhythm of your thrusts to fit your own brinkmanship capability
and your partner's sensitivity. Verses from a sexology classic give
an idea of how coital thrusts can vary:
Nine shallow, one deep,
Th re e right, three left;
Shake and sway like atl eel,
Advance and crawl/ike a leech. A few favorite sexual positions practiced in ancient China
show what a good male lover can do for his partner. In son1c face
to-face positions, tor cxantple thc aforententioned deflowering
position oftcn uscd on wcdding nights, the angle docs not pcrtnit
dccp pcnetration. llut if the nun dips his stalk downward, he can
stinutlate thc wornan's upper grott0 entrance and indirectly the
clitoral zone. In Wild Horscs Ll·aping. the cdcbrated teet-on-should ers
position frt·quently uscd in ancicnt Chinese bedchantbers, the ini
tiativc lies cntircly with the ntan. The wotnan is in a helpless posi
tion, bent sharply at the hips, with her canal ahnost vertical; she Orgasmic Brinkmanshi p and Multiple 0�
cannot move or even exercise her sexual muscles, and the man
cannot stimulate her clitoral area with his jade stalk. But if it
approaches at a different angle, so that its underside presses against
the back rim of the grotto, the glans can massage strongly the
front wall of her grotto, where it is most sensitive. Also, by
changing the angle of his stalk, the man can penetrate deeply
enough to reach the woman's flower heart or stimulate her clitoral
area with the front of his stalk. The ease in stimulating either the
front vaginal wall or the clitoral area with shallow thrusts or the
flower heart with deep thrusts-th ree of the most sensitive genital
zones in a woman-by varying the stalk angle only slightly ex
plains the popularity of this position with the ancient er oticists. Even more popular was Donkeys of Spring and its variations. In most of these rear-entry positions, the man can stimulate the
woman's three most sensitive zones (clitoris, front grotto wall,
and flower heart) by varying the thrusting angle selectively. The
woman can exercise her vaginal muscles, if she has learned the
exquisite Butterfly Quiver technique (described below). The free-
Stim ulations in feet-on-shou lders posi tions
/)l't'pt·�tthru�t
stimul atin� the.flowt •r hea rt /
A-fan Otl tiptoc-
''ittwlc.llitlg thf' ditor 11l n:l!i"" At,m (rtJu(hi".l! sl�l!lrtly
stimu l,lfi11.1! tlrt' C spM. lm th<'
f;·o,t ll'•l/1 t! ( t/rt' "hltlrl.I!Ylltltl. '\ N < I f N l S f < · R f r S I < ) N M c I I) I U N I < I V I N \
Stim ulations in rear- entr y positions
Deepest thrust
stimul ating the flower heart
230 dom of movement t(>r the man is phenomenal with I )on keys of
Spr ing. Her e the woman kne els on the edge of a bed or chair, rest
ing on her hands or head, while the man stand� beh ind her; the
kneel ing surf ace should be at about the height of the rnan\ knee�. The partners' genitals an: thus at the same level, and the man can
change his angle at each thrust to give the woman various �ensa
tions. If the man makes shallow thrusts from a slightly stooping
position, the underside of his jade stalk rubs against the vagina)
rim nearest the clitoris and stimulates this area. If he makes shal
low thrusts while on tiptoe, his glans can massage the sensitive
front wall of the woman's grotto. If he thrusts deeper, he can jostle
the Rower heart with the tip of his stalk. If he turns his body
slightly left or right he can vary the phallic angle, or even make
corkscrew movements. This may bring the woman to a deep,
shattering orgasm. Femal e Dyn amics
A woman's role in sexual union is not-or should not be-passi ve
at all. Even in most man-above positions she can make move-
Shallow thrust, man on tiptoe
stimul atitJg the G spot Shallow thrust, man
crouching slightl y
stim ulating the clitor al
regwn 0�\!asmic Brinkmanship and Multiple 0�
rnents contrapuntal, reciprocal to her partner's. She can create
varying sensations during the union,


athing	should	only	be	through	your	nose. Do	not	breathe
through	your	mouth. Nature	has	provided	us	with	a	wonderful	instrument,	our
nose,	to	help	make	our	breathing	more	regular,	filter	incoming	air	and	help
retain	moisture	in	the	body. Many	humans	sleep,	walk,	rest	and	work	with
their	mouth	open,	as	if	their	nose	is	nothing	more	than	an	ornament! Mouth	breathing	generates	chaotic	and	upper	chest	breathing	that	stimulates
the	sympathetic	nervous	system. On	the	other	hand,	nasal	breathing	and
correct	posture	help	promote	regular	and	diaphragmatic	breathing,	thus
generating	calmness. Just	watch	a	healthy	baby	breathe	for	an	example	of
good	breathing. Note:

If	your	CP	is	less	than	10	seconds,	then	refrain	from	holding	your	breath	for
too	long. Your	nose	gets	blocked	as	a	result	of	breathing	too	much. Blood
vessels	become	inflamed	and	larger	amounts	of	mucus	are	secreted,	making
breathing	through	your	nose	more	difficult. A	vicious	circle	ensues	because,	as	your	nose	becomes	blocked,	you	switch	to
mouth	breathing. This	involves	an	even	greater	loss	of	CO
2
,	resulting	in	even
more	congestion. The	following	exercise	is	very	effective	for	decongesting	your	nose	in	just	a
few	minutes. Sit	up	straight. Take	a	small	breath	in	through	your	nose	if	possible,	and	a	small	breath
out. If	your	nose	is	quite	blocked,	take	a	tiny	breath	in	through	the	corner
of	your	mouth. Pinch	your	nose	with	your	fingers	and	hold	your	breath. Keep	your
mouth	closed.Gently	nod	your	head	or	sway	your	body	until	you	feel	that	you	cannot
hold	your	breath	any	longer. Hold	your	nose	until	you	feel	a	strong
desire	to	breathe. When	you	need	to	inhale,	let	go	of	your	nose	and	breathe	gently	through
it,	in	and	out,	with	your	mouth	closed. Calm	your	breathing	as	soon	as	possible. If	your	nose	does	not	become	totally	unblocked,	wait	about	30	seconds	until
your	breathing	has	recovered	before	performing	this	exercise	again. You	will
need	to	do	this	exercise	a	number	of	times	before	your	nose	is	completely
unblocked. Doing	this	exercise	many	times	will	unblock	your	nose. You	might	also	feel
warm	and	more	alert	given	the	dilatation	of	your	blood	vessels. This	exercise
is	also	useful	for	shifting	mucus	from	the	airways	and	for	removing
constipation. To	remove	constipation,	perform	this	breath	hold	exercise	many
times	while	sitting	on	the	loo!A	low	CP	indicates	that	you	are	breathing	big,	and	your	nose	will	become
blocked	again. Your	nose	will	remain	clear	only	when	your	morning	CP	is
over	20	seconds. Perform	this	exercise	each	time	that	your	nose	becomes	blocked. Even	if	you
have	a	cold,	make	sure	to	breathe	through	your	nose. You	might	think	that
you	cannot	clear	your	nose	when	you	have	a	heavy	cold,	but	you	can. If	you
do	have	a	head	cold,	close	your	mouth	and	reduce	your	breathing	throughout
the	day. Your	nostrils	are	smaller	and	thus	create	more	resistance	than	breathing
through	your	mouth. As	a	result,	you	may	feel	that	you	are	not	getting	enough
air. This	sensation	will	last	for	a	short	time. In	a	few	days,	your	respiratory
centre	will	become	accustomed	to	the	more	correct	volume	that	you	are
breathing. Whatever	you	do,	keep	your	mouth	closed. Your	body	may	begin	to	play
tricks	and	convince	you	to	breathe	more	by	inducing	yawning,	sighing,
regular	sniffing	or	the	odd	mouth	breath. Do	not	increase	your	breathing	at
this	point. When	you	feel	a	need	to	breathe	big	arises,	for	example	during	a	sigh,
swallow	immediately. If	you	need	to	yawn,	avoid	taking	the	big	breath	that
accompanies	a	yawn. Instead,	stifle	the	yawn	by	keeping	your	mouth	closed
or	by	swallowing. It	takes	just	a	few	days	for	a	habitual	mouth	breather	to	change	into	a
permanent	nasal	breather. Increased	observation	of	your	breathing	and
practicing	to	breathe	less	are	important	elements	to	making	this	change. Nasal
breathing	should	be	enshrined	at	all	times	and	during	every	activity. Remember	that	when	you	mouth	breathe	for	periods	of	time,	you	are	reducing
oxygenation	of	your	brain! Correcting	breathing	volume	(easy	approach)
T
here	are	two	approaches	to	learning	how	to	return	your	breathing	volume
to	normal	levels. The	following	is	the	easier	version. Sit	up	straight. Bring	your	attention	to	your	breathing. Concentrate	on	the	air	flowing	into	and	from	your	nostrils. Feel	the	air
going	in	and	coming	out	of	the	nose. Watch,	feel	and	listen	to	this	for	a
few	minutes. Can	you	feel	the	air? You	might	feel	cold	air	on	the	inner	part	of	your
nostrils	as	it	enters	your	body. You	might	feel	warm	air	leaving	your
nostrils. You	might	feel	the	air	moving	over	the	top	of	your	lip. Just	follow	your	breath. If	a	thought	comes	in,	as	it	will,	just	bring	your
attention	back	to	the	air	passing	through	your	nostrils. Keep	bringing	your	attention	back	to	your	breath,	over	and	over	again. Don’t	get	upset	if	your	mind	wanders. This	will	happen	and	is	the	nature
of	thought. Keep	bringing	your	attention	back	to	your	nostrils,	over	and
over	again.When	you	notice	your	mind	wandering,	you	are	waking	up. Before	this,	you
might	not	have	noticed. You	might	not	have	known	what	thoughts	you	were
thinking. You	might	not	have	known	the	effect	from	these	thoughts. After	a	few	minutes,	proceed	to	the	next	stage. Relax. Imagine	tension	dissolving	from	your	chest	and	tummy	while	you
reduce	your	breathing. As	you	relax,	your	breathing	will	reduce
automatically. When	you	can	follow	your	breathing,	place	your	finger	under	your	nose
in	a	horizontal	position. Your	finger	should	lie	just	above	your	top	lip,
close	enough	to	your	nostrils	so	that	you	can	feel	the	air	flowing	but	not
so	close	that	you	block	the	air	flow. Monitor	the	amount	of	air	flowing	through	your	nostrils. Now,	breathe	air	slightly	into	the	tip	of	your	nostrils. For	example,	just
take	in	enough	air	to	fill	your	nostrils	and	no	more. Breathe	in	a	flicker
of	air	(maybe	1	cm)	with	each	breath. As	you	exhale,	pretend	that	your	finger	is	a	feather. Breathe	out	gently
onto	your	finger	so	that	the	feather	does	not	move. When	you	breathe	out,	the	more	warm	air	you	feel,	the	bigger	you	are
breathing. Concentrate	on	calming	your	breath	to	reduce	the	amount	of
warm	air	you	feel	on	your	finger.


	word	protein	comes	from	the	Greek	word
proteios,
	which
means	“of	prime	importance. ”
In	the	nineteenth	century,	protein	was	synonymous	with	meat,	and	this
connection	has	stayed	with	us	for	well	over	a	hundred	years. Many	people
today	still	equate	protein	with	animal-based	food. If	you	were	to	name	the
first	food	that	comes	to	mind	when	I	say	protein,	you	might	say	beef. If	you
did,	you	aren’t	alone. Confusion	reigns	on	many	of	the	most	basic	questions	about	protein:
What	are	good	sources	of	protein. How	much	protein	should	one	consume. Is	plant	protein	as	good	as	animal	protein. Is	it	necessary	to	combine	certain	plant	foods	in	a	meal	to	get	complete
proteins. Is	it	advisable	to	take	protein	powders	or	amino	acid	supplements,
especially	for	someone	who	does	vigorous	exercise	or	plays	sport. Should	one	take	protein	supplements	to	build	muscle. Some	protein	is	considered	high	quality	some	low	quality;	what	does	this
mean. Where	do	vegetarians	get	protein. Can	vegetarian	children	grow	properly	without	animal	protein. Fundamental	to	many	of	these	common	questions	and	concerns	is	the
belief	that	meat	is	protein	and	protein	is	meat. This	belief	comes	from	the	fact
that	the	“soul”	of	animal-based	foods	is	protein. In	many	meat	and	dairy
products,	we	can	selectively	remove	the	fat	but	we	are	still	left	with
recognizable	meat	and	dairy	products. We	do	this	all	the	time,	with	lean	cuts
of	meat	and	skim	milk. But	if	we	selectively	remove	the	protein	from	animal-
based	foods,	we	are	left	with	nothing	like	the	original. A	non-protein	steak,
for	example,	would	be	a	puddle	of	water,	fat	and	a	small	amount	of	vitamins
and	minerals. Who	would	eat	that. In	brief,	for	a	food	to	be	recognized	as	an
animal-based	food,	it	must	have	protein. Protein	is	the	core	element	of
animal-based	foods. Early	scientists	like	Carl	Voit	(1831-1908),	a	prominent	German	scientist,
were	staunch	champions	of	protein. Voit	found	that	“man”	needed	only	48. 5
grams	per	day,	but	nonetheless	he	recommended	a	whopping	118	grams	per
day	because	of	the	cultural	bias	of	the	time. Protein	equaled	meat,	and
everyone	aspired	to	have	meat	on	his	or	her	table,	just	as	we	aspire	to	have
bigger	houses	and	faster	cars. Voit	figured	you	can’t	get	too	much	of	a	good
thing. Voit	went	on	to	mentor	several	well-known	nutrition	researchers	of	the
early	1900s,	including	Max	Rubner	(1854-1932)	and	W. O. Atwater	(1844-
1907). Both	students	closely	followed	the	advice	of	their	teacher. Rubner
stated	that	protein	intake,	meaning	meat,	was	a	symbol	of	civilization	itself:
“a	large	protein	allowance	is	the	right	of	civilized	man. ”	Atwater	went	on	to
organize	the	first	nutrition	laboratory	at	the	United	States	Department	of
Agriculture	(USDA). As	director	of	the	USDA,	he
recommended	125	grams
per	day	(only	about	fifty-five	grams	per	day	is	now	recommended). Later,	we
will	see	how	important	this	early	precedent	was	to	this	government	agency. A	cultural	bias	had	become	firmly	entrenched. If	you	were	civilized,	youate	plenty	of	protein. If	you	were	rich,	you	ate	meat,	and	if	you	were	poor,
you	ate	staple	plant	foods,	like	potatoes	and	bread. The	lower	classes	were
considered	by	some	to	be	lazy	and	inept	as	a	result	of	not	eating	enough	meat,
or	protein. Elitism	and	arrogance	dominated	much	of	the	burgeoning	held	of
nutrition	in	the	nineteenth	century. The	entire	concept	that	bigger	is	better,
more	civilized	and	perhaps	even	more	spiritual	permeated	every	thought
about	protein. Major	McCay	a	prominent	English	physician	in	the	early	twentieth
century,	provided	one	of	the	more	entertaining,	but	most	unfortunate,
moments	in	this	history. Physician	McCay	was	stationed	in	the	English
colony	of	India	in	1912	in	order	to	identify	good	fighting	men	in	the	Indian
tribes. Among	other	things,	he	said	that	people	who	consumed	less	protein
were	of	a	“poor	physique,	and	a	cringing	effeminate	disposition	is	all	that	can
be	expected. ”PRESSING	FOR	QUALITY
Protein,	fat,	carbohydrate	and	alcohol	provide	virtually	all	of	the	calories	that
we	consume. Fat,	carbohydrate	and	protein,	as
macro
nutrients,	make	up
almost	all	the	weight	of	food,	aside	from	water,	with	the	remaining	small
amount	being	the	vitamin	and	mineral
micro
nutrients. The	amounts	of	these
latter
micro
nutrients	needed	for	optimum	health	are	tiny	(milligrams	to
micrograms). Protein,	the	most	sacred	of	all	nutrients,	is	a	vital	component	of	our	bodies
and	there	are	hundreds	of	thousands	of	different	kinds. They	function	as
enzymes,	hormones,	structural	tissue	and	transport	molecules,	all	of	which
make	life	possible. Proteins	are	constructed	as	long	chains	of	hundreds	or
thousands	of	amino	acids,	of	which	there	are	fifteen	to	twenty	different	kinds,
depending	on	how	they	are	counted. Proteins	wear	out	on	a	regular	basis	and
must	be	replaced. This	is	accomplished	by	consuming	foods	that	contain
protein. When	digested,	these	proteins	give	us	a	whole	new	supply	of	amino
acid	building	blocks	to	use	in	making	new	protein	replacements	for	those	that
wore	out. Various	food	proteins	are	said	to	be	of	different	quality,	depending
on	how	well	they	provide	the	needed	amino	acids	used	to	replace	our	body
proteins. This	process	of	disassembling	and	reassembling	the	amino	acids	of
proteins	is	like	someone	giving	us	a	multicolored	string	of	beads	to	replace	an
old	string	of	beads	that	we	lost. However,	the	colored	beads	on	the	string
given	to	us	are	not	in	the	same	order	as	the	string	we	lost. So,	we	break	the
string	and	collect	its	beads. Then,	we	reconstruct	our	new	string	so	that	the
colored	beads	are	in	the	same	order	as	our	lost	string. But	if	we	are	short	of
blue	beads,	for	example,	making	our	new	string	is	going	to	be	slowed	down
or	stopped	until	we	get	more	blue	beads. This	is	the	same	concept	as	in
making	new	tissue	proteins	to	match	our	old	worn	out	proteins. About	eight	amino	acids	(“colored	beads”)	that	are	needed	for	making	our
tissue	proteins	must	be	provided	by	the	food	we	eat. They	are	called
“essential”	because	our	bodies	cannot	make	them. If,	like	our	string	of	beads,
our	food	protein	lacks	enough	of	even	one	of	these	eight	“essential”	amino
acids,	then	the	synthesis	of	the	new	proteins	will	be	slowed	down	or	stopped. This	is	where	the	idea	of	protein	quality	comes	into	play. Food


own	to	be	as	anticarcinogenic	as	the	isolated
chemical. Translated:	eat	butter	from	cows	fed	corn	oil—it	prevents	cancer!THE	SCIENCE	OF	INDUSTRY
The	CLA	story	is	a	good	example	of	how	industry	uses	science	to	increase
demand	for	its	product	in	order	to	make	more	money. At	the	very	least,
industry	science	often	leads	to	public	confusion	(Are	eggs	good? Are	they
bad? ),	and	at	its	worst,	industry	science	leads	unsuspecting	consumers	to
foods	that	are	actually	bad	for	them,	all	in	the	name	of	better	health. Conflicts	of	interest	abound	in	this	science	of	industry. The	CLA	research
was	created	with	special	interest	money	and	has	grown	and	been	sustained
with	special	interest	money. The	National	Dairy	Council,
20–22
	Kraft	Foods,
Inc.,
20
	the	Northeast	Dairy	Foods	Research	Center,
20,	21
	the	Cattlemen’s	Beef
Board
23
	and	the	Cattlemen’s	Beef	Association
23
	are	groups	that	have
frequently	funded	these	studies. Corporate	influence	in	the	academic	research	world	can	take	many	forms,
ranging	from	flagrant	abuses	of	personal	power	to	conflicts	of	interest,	all
hidden	from	public	view. This	influence	does	not	need	to	be	a	crass	payoff	to
researchers	to	fabricate	data. That	sort	of	behavior	is	rare. The	more
significant	way	for	corporate	interests	to	influence	academic	research	is	much
more	sophisticated	and	effective. As	illustrated	by	the	CLA	example,
scientists	investigate	a	detail	out	of	context	that	can	be	construed	as	a
favorable	message	and	industry	exploits	it	for	all	it’s	worth. Almost	no	one
knows	where	the	CLA	hypothesis	started	and	who	originally	funded	it. Few	people	really	question	such	research	if	it	is	published	in	the	best
journals. Very	few	people,	especially	among	the	public,	know	which	studies
are	“benefiting”	from	direct	corporate	funding. Very	few	people	are	able	to
sort	out	the	technical	details	and	recognize	the	missing	information	that	would
otherwise	establish	context. Almost	everyone,	however,	understands	that
headline	in	my	local	newspaper. I	could	play	this	game,	too. If	I	wanted	to	hurt	the	dairy	industry	and	be	a
little	wild	in	my	interpretation	of	study	results,	I	could	produce	another
headline	to	say,	“New	birth	control	chemical	discovered	in	cow’s	milk.”
Recent	research,	for	example,	showed	that	CLA	dramatically	kills	chick
embryos. 13
	Also,	CLA	increases	the	tissue	level	of	saturated	fats	that	could
(using	our	dramatic	method	of	interpretation)	exacerbate	heart	disease	risk. Of
course,	I	have	taken	these	two	unrelated	effects	grossly	out	of	context	in	my
example. I	don’t	really	know	whether	these	CLA	effects	actually	translate	into
less	fertility	and	more	heart	disease	for	humans,	but	if	I	were	playing	the
game	the	way	industry	enthusiasts	do,	I	wouldn’t	mind. It	would	make	a	great
headline,	and	that	can	go	a	long	way.I	recently	met	with	one	of	the	members	of	The	Airport	Club,	a	scientist
who	has	been	involved	in	the	CLA	effort,	and	he	confessed	that	the	CLA
effect	will	never	be	anything	more	than	a	drug	effect. However,	you	can	bet
that	what	is	known	in	private	will	not	be	told	in	public.INDUSTRY’S	LOVE	OF	TINKERING
Much	of	The	Airport	Club	and	the	CLA	story	is	a	story	about	the	“dark	side”
of	science,	which	I	detailed	in	chapter	thirteen. But	the	CLA	story	is	also
about	the	dangers	of	reductionism,	of	taking	details	out	of	context	and	making
claims	about	diet	and	health,	which	I	discussed	in	the	previous	chapter. Like
academia,	industry	is	also	an	essential	player	in	the	system	of	scientific
reductionism	that	undermines	the	knowledge	we	have	about	dietary	patterns
and	disease. Industry,	you	see,	loves	to	tinker. Securing	patents	based	on
details	leads	to	marketing	claims	and,	ultimately,	to	greater	revenues. In	a	recent	paper
20
	by	several	CLA	researchers	(including	Professor	Dale
Bauman,	a	long-time	friend	of	the	animal	foods	industry),	the	following
sentence	appeared,	revealing	much	about	how	some	industry	enthusiasts	feel
as	we	“tinker”	our	way	to	health:
The	concept	of	CLA-enriched	foods	could	be	particularly	appealing	to
people	who	desire	a	diet-based	approach	to	cancer	prevention	without
making	radical	changes	in	their	eating	habits. 20
I	know	that,	for	Bauman	and	others,	“making	radical	changes	in…	eating
habits”	means	consuming	a	diet	rich	in	plant-based	foods. Rather	than
avoiding	bad	foods	altogether,	these	researchers	are	suggesting	that	we	tinker
with	the	existing,	but	problematic,	foods	to	correct	the	problem. Instead	of
working	with	nature	to	maintain	health,	they	want	us	to	rely	on	technology—
their	technology. This	faith	in	technological	tinkering,	in	man	over	nature,	is	ever-present. It
is	not	limited	to	the	dairy	industry,	or	the	meat	industry,	or	the	processed
foods	industry. It	has	become	part	of	every	single	food	and	health	industry	in
the	country,	from	oranges	to	tomatoes,	from	cereals	to	vitamin	supplements. The	plant	food	industry	got	carried	away	recently	when	another	carotenoid
was	“discovered.”	You’ve	probably	heard	of	it. It	is	called	lycopene,	and	it
provides	the	red	color	in	tomatoes. In	1995,	it	was	reported	that	people	who
ate	more	tomatoes,	including	whole	tomatoes	and	tomato-containing	foods
like	pasta	sauces,	had	a	lower	risk	for	prostate	cancer,
24
	supporting	an	earlier
report. 25
For	those	companies	that	make	foods	with	tomato	products,	this	was	a	gift
from	above. Marketing	people	in	the	corporate	world	quickly	got	the
message. But	what	they	zeroed	in	on	was	lycopene,	not	tomatoes. The	media,
willing	to	oblige,	rose	to	the	occasion. It	was	lycopene	time! Suddenly
lycopene	became	widely	known	as	something	to	eat	more	of	if	you	don’t	wantprostate	cancer. The	scientific	world,	investigating	details,	escalated	its	efforts
to	decipher	the	“lycopene	magic.”	As	of	this	writing,	there	now	are	1,361(!) scientific	publications	on	lycopene	cited	by	the	National	Library	of
Medicine. 26
	A	major	market	is	developing,	with	trade	names	like	Lycopene
10	Cold	Water	Dispersion	and	Lyco	Vit	10%	to	be	used	as	food
supplements. 27
	Judging	by	the	health	claims,	we	might	be	on	the	way	to
bringing	prostate	cancer,	a	leading	cancer	among	men,	under	control. There	are,	though,	a	couple	of	disquieting	thoughts. First,	after	spending
millions	of	research	and	development	dollars,	there	is	some	doubt	whether
lycopene,	as	an	isolated	chemical,	can	prevent	prostate	cancer. According	to	a
more	recent	publication,	six	studies	now	have	shown	a	statistically	significant
de


 bowls. Usually the beverages are served cold,
but if you want an extra cold drink, simply add a half cup of crushed ice to the mixture. The following beverage
combinations are given as samples. They may be alternated with hundreds of others which may be devised at your leisure. ALMOND MILK
1 cup orange juice         ¼  cup almonds
PECAN MILK
1 cup pineapple juice        ¼ cup pecans
WALNUT MILK
1 cup grapefruit juice          ¼  cup walnuts
FILBERT MILK
1 cup pineapple juice        ¼ cup filberts
CASHEW MILK
1 cup orange juice         ¼ cup cashews
COCONUT MILK
1 cup pineapple juice         ¼ cup fresh coconut pieces

DATE MILK
1 pint milk          8 pitted dates
EGGNOG
1 cup milk          1 egg
1 teaspoon honey
PEANUT MILK
1 pint milk          2 heaping tablespoons
6 dates                 peanut butter
½ banana           2 eggs
BANANA-NOG
1 pint milk        1 egg
1 banana          1 teaspoon lemon juice
SUNFLOWER MILK
1 cup orange juice         1 cup milk
6 pitted dates                1/3 cup sunflower seeds
ENERGY COCKTAIL
1 cup orange juice         1 egg
1 teaspoon honey
STRAWBERRY NECTAR
1 cup orange juice          1 cup strawberries
1 tablespoon honey
BAVARIAN CREAM
½ cup cream         ¼ cup orange juice
¼ cup water           1 banana
2 tablespoons lemon juice
COCONUT CREAM
1 cup orange juice         1 banana
¼ cup fresh coconut pieces
STRAWBERRY CREAM
1 pint strawberries         ½  cup milk
½ cup cream APRICOT GLOW
½ cup fresh apricots            1 cup milk
1 tablespoon lemon juice     2 tablespoons honey
GOLDEN CREAM
½ cup sliced carrots           ½ cup raisins
2 cups pineapple juice
PEACH MILK
1 cup milk          1 cup sliced peaches
1 slice lemon
SESAME MILK
1 cup water          1 tablespoon sesame butter
1 tablespoon honey
LIVER COCKTAIL
1 cup carrot juice             1 tablespoon parsley
1 slice onion                    ½  teaspoon vegetable
1 tablespoon beef liver        broth powder
TOMATO COCKTAIL
1 pint tomato juice          1 stalk celery
½ small onion                     sprig of parsley
CRANBERRY COCKTAIL
1 cup cranberries          1 cup water
1 cup orange juice        1 tablespoon honey
LIQUID SALAD
1 cup water                1 small carrot
½ stalk celery            ½  cucumber
½ green pepper          6 almonds
1 tablespoon raisins
BEET COCKTAIL
1 cup beet juice                1 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lemon juice   1 teaspoon honey
1 slice onion

 SALAD  DRESSINGS
   The following recipes for uncooked salad dressings may be
prepared in the electric blender. For recipes containing no oil, simply put all ingredients into the blender, switch on the
motor, and let run until ingredients are perfectly emulsified. For mayonnaise and other oil dressings, mix all ingredients except oil first. Then pour oil into blender very slowly while
mixture is turning. This assures a smooth, fluffy dressing in
which the oil is completely emulsified with other ingredients. Uncooked dressings may be stored under refrigeration in
labeled fruit jars or bottles. Due to the presence of enzymes,
they will not keep as long as ordinary dressings. MAYONNAISE
1 cup sunflower seed oil        1 teaspoon honey
juice of two lemons               1 egg
FRENCH DRESSING
½ cup rice bran oil           ½ teaspoon honey
1 tomato                          ¼ cup chopped onion
1 egg yolk                        1 tablespoon red bell pepper
PECAN FRUIT FRENCH DRESSING
½ cup peanut oil                 ½ cup orange juice
1 tablespoon lemon juice      1 teaspoon honey
¼ cup pecans
ROQUEFORT DRESSING
4 tablespoons crumbled          1 cup French dressing
   Roquefort cheese
COTTAGE CHEESE SALAD DRESSING
1 cup cottage cheese                    ½  cup cream
2 tablespoons chopped chives       2 tablespoons chopped
¼ clove garlic                                  green bell pepper
LEMON CREAM DRESSING
1 cup cream                  ½  cup lemon juice
LEMON BANANA DRESSING
1 banana                   ½  cup lemon juice SOUR CREAM DRESSING
1 cup sour cream                  2 tablespoons chopped chives
TOMATO DRESSING
4 tomatoes                      1 avocado
1 egg yolk                       1 tablespoon honey  1 tablespoon finely          ½  clove garlic
   chopped onion
MINT DRESSING
6 tablespoons finely           1 cup lemon juice
   chopped mint leaves       4 tablespoons honey
ORANGE CREAM DRESSING
1 cup orange juice             ¼ cup pignolia nuts

 S
ALADS
TOSSED SALAD
1 head lettuce, sliced         1 onion, chopped
½ head cabbage, sliced     3 spinach leaves, sliced
1 cup celery, diced            3 watercress leaves, sliced
1 green bell pepper,         1  tomato, sliced
   chopped
   Rub large wooden salad bowl with ½ clove crushed garlic,
and pour ¼ cup sunflower seed oil in bottom of bowl. Add all salad ingredients and toss over bowl, lifting them 3 to 6 inches above bowl and whirling them as they are dropped. Continue, with 15 to 30 tossings, or until all ingredients are
glistening with oil. Add 3 tablespoons lemon juice and toss
again until juice is well mixed with ingredients. Additional dressings are optional. Mayonnaise, French, and Roquefort
dressings contribute to additional flavor. Grapefruit slices,
diced cheese, diced avocado, or other garnishes may be
dropped over finished salad. Ch ill salad in refrigerator and
serve on chilled salad plates or salad bowls. CELERY-NUT SALAD
4 stalks celery, sliced                     2 large tomatoes
1 green bell pepper, minced         ½ cup grated nuts2 watercress leaves
   Cut the tomatoes in small pieces and mix with the celery
and green pepper. Add mayonnaise as dressing. Use lettuce leaves as a bed for this salad and sprinkle with grated nuts. Garnish with watercress. APPLE SALAD
3½ cups diced apples          1 cup diced banana
1 cup sliced celery              ½  cup raisins
   Mix the ingredients and use lemon cream dressing. Serve in
lettuce cups. AVOCADO SURPRISE
1 large ripe avocado          ½  cup sliced celery
3 slices fresh pineapple      ¼ cup chopped almonds
   Dice the avocado and pineapple and mix all the ingredients. Use lemon banana dressing. Serve on spinach leaves and garnish with a few chopped dates. BANANA TREAT
4 bananas                         chopped Brazil nuts
chopped cranberries         whipped cream
   Cut each banana into slices and place on lettuce leaves. Sprinkle with the chopped nuts and cranberries. Top with
whipped cream. BANANA-CELERY SALAD
2 cups cubed bananas            ½  cup chopped black walnuts
2 cups sliced celery                 3 tablespoons pineapple juice
   Mix the ingredients and serve on lettuce or spinach leaves. Top with mayonnaise dressing. AVOCADO-ORANGE SALAD
2 cups diced avocado         1 cup sliced celery
4 oranges
   Slice the oranges and mix with the avocado and celery. Serve on crisp greens with tomato dressing. AVOCADO-PINEAPPLE SALAD
2 sliced avocados             1 sliced pineapple
1 sliced grapefruit             2 sliced apples
   Arrange the fruit slices on lettuce leaves. Garnish with a
few chopped dates or nuts if desired, and top with lemon
banana dressing. BRAZILIAN SALAD
1 cup chopped pineapple            ½ cup Brazil nuts
½ cup sliced celery
   Chop the Brazil nuts into small pieces and mix all the
ingredients. Pile on endive and parsley leaves and top with
mayonnaise. DATE-ORANGE SALAD
2 cups quartered dates            ½ cup sliced celery
4 oranges
   Cut the oranges in small pieces and mix all ingredients. Add mayonnaise as dressing. FIG SALAD
1 cup chopped fresh figs          4 cups oranges cut in
1 cup chopped pineapple            small pieces
   Mix all ingredients together and serve on shredded greens. Pour over a little lemon juice for added flavor. BANANA-DATE SALAD
1 cup chopped dates            ½  cup whole black walnuts
2 cups diced banana
   Mix the ingredients with lemon banana dressing and serve
on fresh green leaves, preferably spinach or lettuce. Cover
with some chopped cranberries if desired. FRUIT COLE SLAW
1 head cabbage, shredded         3 bananas, diced
2 apples, diced                         ½  cup sliced celery
   Mix all the ingredients with mayonnaise and serve on crisp
romaine leaves. SPANISH-ORANGE SALAD
3 oranges                       3 tomatoes
2 green bell peppers      4 young green onions
   Cut the ingredients into small pieces and serve on
watercress leaves. Sprinkle with chopped almonds and top
with French dressing. MANGO DELIGHT
2 mangos          2 oranges
2 bananas         1 cup dates


 environment. Also, antibiotics will cause great damage. Lactobacillus ba cteria
has a symbio tic relationship with the human body. It is a good boarder and always pays the rent in advance, doing more than its
share. When we properly care for the bowel, we are automatically providing a welcome home for those favorable life -giving
bacteria that are essential to good health. Among other things, they provide very valuable nutritional metabolites for the body to
use in rebuilding and maintaining health. Examples are portions of the vitamin B complex, enzymes and essential amino acids, the
increased and more efficient absorption of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium. They are responsible for the synthesis of certain
vitamins. They maintain an antibacillus coli environment. They contribute to good health in many ways we are not scientifical ly
aware of yet. THE VALUE OF LACTIC ACID
Milk, when first secreted from the udder of a healthy cow or other lactating animal, is sterile, but it becomes invaded by ba cteria
almost immediately. Milk is a good medium for breeding bacteria of all kinds, good and bad. Any changes which occur in the milk
after it is secreted are the result of bacterial action converging nutrients into other substances. If bacteria could be prev ented from
contaminating the milk drawn from the udder, it would remain sweet indefinitely; but thi s is an impossibility. John Harvey
Kellogg performed an amazing experiment demonstrating this fact. He immersed a one -pound piece of raw meat, slightly tainted,
in buttermilk. The milk was changed at regular intervals. The meat remained perfectly free of d ecomposition for some 20 years! This demonstrates the efficiency of an acid medium in inhibiting decay producing, putrefactive bacteria. Soured milk is also called
turned, fermented, curdled and clabbered milk. The Bulgarians and Turks called it yogurt; th e Russian calls it Kefir. Among the
essential goods of some Nomadic people is a lump of casein milk curds, wrapped up to prevent its drying. This lump of casein is
put into the milk bag containing the freshly drawn milk and allowed to remain there until th e milk sours. Then the curd ball,
rejuvenated in the process, is returned to its wrapping. Using this process, the Nomad knows his soured milk will not rot nor
putrefy. In this condition, the milk retains its food value until it is used up. In more recen t years, since the studies of Metchnikoff, fermented milk has been in great demand and widely used. It has been
prescribed for better health in general and for a wide range of ailments, particularly those arising from intestinal and meta bolic
disturbances. Metchnikoff is really the father of modern -time fermented milk. He made it popular and as the head of the Pasteur
Institute in Paris stimulated a great deal of scientific study about the remedial value of fermented milk. He was an indefati gable
worker on the subject of longevity. His experiments for attainment of better health and longer life attracted world -wide attention. He maintained that stasis and putrefaction of the bowel shortens life and causes diseases, early senility and premature death  for
whic h he recommended fermented milk as the best neutralizer and antidote. He deduced this from the fact that the Bulgarians,
Turks, Arabs, Jews and others who are addicted to the use of fermented milk as the English are to the afternoon tea, produce more
cente narians than any other nationality, Bulgarians showing 1,500 centenarians out of every million of population. In America,
only nine out of every million reach that age. No doubt the fact that these people use a great deal of fermented milk, and be cause it
contains the very valuable lactic acid and the changed proteins, can be considered as a factor in their longevity. But, lest we forget,
how about their simple fare, simple mode of living, the outdoor life they lead! Are these not just as important, perhaps  more so, as
factors in longevity than just fermented milk? Metchnikoff inferred that their longevity was due solely to the fermented milk. He obtained a microbe which he called Bacillu s
Bulgaricus from the casein ball the Bulgarians used to induce souri ng in freshly drawn milk of their herd, and found it would
indeed induce souring of milk, and very rapidly. He tried to implant this Bulgarian bacillus in the intestinal tract of man, and
thereby induce lactic acid formation, thus eventually to crowd out t he malignant microbe that may be causing putrefaction, but the
experiment was not successful. The Bulgarian bacillus is a milk parasite. Many bacteria produce lactic acid, but relatively f ew
grow well in the alimentary canal. Time, observation and experime ntation have proven that the bacillus bulgaricus is not viable,
which means that when ingested, it does not thrive in the gastro -intestinal tract, but it is digested and destroyed in the stomach and
small intestine and does not reach the large intestine. I t does not get into the colon where it is most needed. The bacillus
bulgaricus, after being ingested, does not appear in the feces when examined. Lactobacillus Bulgaricus preparations have been
omitted because they contain an organism foreign to the intest inal tract of man and incapable of being implanted in the human
intestine. The lactobacillus acidophilus preparations have been retained because this organism is capable of implantation, gr owth
and lactic acid -production in the intestine of man. The presen ce of any bacillus acidi lactici in the feces is the only real proof of
their value as definite remedial agents in colonic disturbances, especially in constipation. Out of the more than one hundred  species
of bacillus acidi lactici, including the bacillus yogurt, streptococcus lacticus, thermophilus, lactobacillus adondolyticus, Boas
Oppler bacillus, lactobacillus lopersici, etc., none thrive or can be implanted in the large intestine, other than the lactob acillus
acidophilus. Rahe made a critical investig ation,of the implantation of L. bulgaricus. His work tends to show that although L. bulgaricus milk is
ingested, it disappears very soon after ingestion has stopped. This investigator also points out a very significant fact - that the
difference between L. bulgaricus and certain acid -forming bacteria, which are known to occur normally in the intestines, is so
slight that they can be distinguished only with difficulty. He suggests that the belief on the part of some investigators tha t L.
bulgaricus becomes established in the intestines was caused by their inability to distinguish between these two types. The only
bacillus acidi lactici that can thrive and can be implanted into the adult large intestine is the lactobacillus acidophilus. Lactobacillus acidophi lus belongs to the aciduric lactobacillus group which is widely distributed in nature. This group of bacteria
contains many varieties of related organisms. Lactobacillus acidophilus and lactobacillus bifidus are found in the gastro -intestinal
tract of man and animals. Lactobacillus bulgaricus usually occurs in the intestinal contents of cattle. It is frequently present in dairy
products, contaminated with fecal material from cows. The lactobacillus bifidus predominates in the infant colon. It keeps th e chil d
from developing many infant diseases, and makes him also immune to many diseases, as long as he is fed on breast milk, for th en
the colon is normally acid in reaction. But as the child grows older and the change of diet takes place, proteins are increas ed at the
expense of carbohydrates and sugar - milk sugar. As a result, unfriendly bacteria begin to enter the colon, such as the bacillus coli,
the B. Welchii, B. putreficus, streptococci fecalis, etc. Putrefaction and fermentation now are in order. Thus t oxic material - indol,
skatol, phenol, ammonia, phenylsulphate, ptomaine, pyrrhol, cadaverin, isoamylamine, ethylamine, idroxyl -phynel, and other
poisons - swarm in the large intestine. Within the past 50 years methods have been developed for changing the  nature of the germs that live in the intestines. Metchnikoff’s original idea that the bacillus bulgaricus was the normal inhabitant and that its presence was synonymous with long
life has been changed to emphasis on another germ called the B. acidophilus. As already hinted, with the exception of the
lactobacillus acidophilus, all other species of bacillus acidi lactici are not viable; that is, when imbibed, when taken by m outh, they
are digested and destroyed in the stomach and small intestine, and, theref ore, do not reach the colon or, if they do, their number is
negligible. L. Acidophilus is a normal inhabitant of the intestinal tract and under the influence of the ingestion of lactose  or dextrin
can be made to predominate the intestinal flora. The ingest ion of L. Acidophilus milk with or without added lactose brings about
the transformation of the intestinal flora more quickly and


 letters of
the Father's name are the first three letters of the Son's name, JOD HE
VAU, then you add a SHIN and an AYIN, making the Son's name read,
JOD HE VAU SHIN AYIN. You have heard what the first three are: JOD HE VAU. JOD means that
you are aware; He means that you are aware of something; and VAU
means that you became aware of being that of which you were aware. You have dominion because you have the ability to conceive and to be -
come that which you conceive. That is the power of creation. But why is a SHIN put in the name of the Son. Because of the infinite
mercy of our Father. Mind you, the Father and the Son are one. But when
the Father becomes conscious of being man he puts within the condition
called man that which he did not give unto himself. He puts a SHIN for
this purpose; a SHIN is symbolized as a tooth. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenA tooth is that which consumes, that which devours. I must have within
me the power to consume that which I now dislike. I, in my ignorance,
brought to birth certain things I know dislike and would like to leave be -
hind me. Were there not within me the flames that would consume it, I
would be condemned forever to live in a world of all my mistakes. But
there is a SHIN, or flame, within the name of the Son, which allows that
Son to become detached from states HE formerly expressed within the
world. Man is incapable of seeing other than the contents of his own con -
sciousness. If I now become detached in consciousness from this room by turning my
attention away from it, then, I am no longer conscious of it. There is
something in me that devours it within me. It can only live within my ob -
jective world if I keep it alive within my consciousness. It is the SHIN, or a tooth, in the Son's name that gives him absolute do -
minion. Why could it not have been in the Father's name. For this simple
reason: nothing can cease to be in the Father. Even the unlovely things
cannot cease to be. If I once give it expression, forever and ever it re -
mains locked within the dimensionally greater Self which is the Father. But
I would not like to keep alive within my world all of my mistakes. So I, in
my infinite mercy gave to myself, when I became man, the power to be -
come detached from these things that I, in my ignorance, brought to birth
in my world. These are the two names which give you dominion. You have dominion if,
as you walk the earth, you know that your consciousness if God, the one
and only reality. You become aware of something you would like to ex -
press or possess. You have the ability to feel that you are and possess
that which but a moment before was imaginary. The final result, the em -
bodying of your assumption, is completely outside of the offices of a
three-dimensional mind. It comes to birth in a way that no man knows. If these two names are clear in your mind's eye, you will see that they are
your eternal names. As you sit here, you are this JOD HE VAU HE, you are
the JOD HE VAU SHIN AYIN. The stories of the Bible concern themselves exclusively with the power of
imagination. They are really dramatizations of the technique of prayer, for
prayer is the secret of changing the future. The Bible reveals the key by
which man enters a dimensionally larger world for the purpose of chang -
ing the conditions of the lesser world in which he lives. A prayer granted implies that something is done in consequence of the
prayer, which otherwise would not have been done. Therefore, man is the
spring of action, the directing mind, and the one who grants the prayer. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenThe stories of the Bible contain a powerful challenge to the thinking ca -
pacity of man. The underlying truth – that they are psychological dramas
and not historical facts – demands reiteration, inasmuch as it is the only
justification for the stories. With a little imagination we may easily trace
the psychological sense in all the stories of the Bible. “And God said, Let us make man in our image, and after our likeness; and
let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the
air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own im -
age, in the image of God created he him. ” (Gen 1:26, 27). Here in the first chapter of the Bible the ancient teachers laid the founda -
tion that God and man are one, and that man has dominion over all the
earth. If God and man are one, then God can never be so far off as even
to be near, for nearness implies separation. The question arises: What is God. God is man's consciousness, his aware -
ness, his I Amness. The drama of life is a psychological one in which we
bring circumstances to pass by our attitudes rather than by our acts. The
cornerstone on which all things are based is mans concept of himself. He
acts as he does, and has the experiences that he does, because of his
concept of himself is what it is, and for no other reason. Had he a differ -
ent concept of himself, he would act differently and have different experi -
ences. Man, by assuming the feeling of his wish fulfilled, alters his future in har -
mony with his assumption, for, assumptions though false, if sustained, will
harden into fact. The undisciplined mind finds it difficult to assume a state which is denied
by the senses. But the ancient teachers discovered that sleep, or a state
akin to sleep, aided man in making his assumption. Therefore, they dra -
matized the first creative act of man as one in which man was in a pro -
found sleep. This not only sets the pattern for all future creative acts, but
shows us that man has but one substance that is truly his to use in creat -
ing his world and that is himself. “And the Lord God (man) caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he
slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman. ”
(Gen 2:21, 22). Before God fashions this woman for man he brings unto Adam the beasts
of the field, and the fowls of the air and has Adam name them. “Whatso -
ever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. ”
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenif you will take a concordance or a Bible dictionary and look up the word
thigh as used in this story you will see that it has nothing to do with the
thigh. It is defined as the soft parts that are creative in a man, that hang
upon the thigh of a man. The ancient story-tellers used this phallic frame to reveal a great psycho -
logical truth. An angel is a messenger of God. You are God, as you have
just discovered, for your consciousness is God, and you have an idea, a
message. You are wrestling with an idea, for you do not know that you
are already that which you contemplate, neither do you believe you could
become it. You would like to, but you do not believe you could. Who wrestles with the angel. Jacob. And the word Jacob, by definition,
means the supplanter. You would like to transform yourself and become
that which reason and your senses deny. As you wrestle with your ideal,
trying to feel that you are it, this is what happens. When you actually feel
that you are it, something goes out of you. You may use the words, “Who
has touched me, for I perceive virtue has gone out of me. ”
You become for a moment, after a successful meditation, incapable in the
act, as though it were a physical creative act. You are just as impotent af -
ter you have prayed successfully as you are after the physical creative
act. When satisfaction is yours, you no longer hunger for it. If the hunger
persists you did not explode the idea within you, you did not actually suc -
ceed in becoming conscious of being that which you wanted to be. There
was still that thirst when you came out of the deep. If I can feel that I am that which but a few seconds ago I knew I was not,
but desired to be, then I am no longer hungry to be it. I am no longer
thirsty because I feel satisfied in that state. Then something shrinks with -
in me, not physically but in my feeling, in my consciousness, for that is
the creativeness of man. He so shrinks in desire, he loses the desire to
continue in this meditation. He does not halt physically, he simply has no
desire to continue the meditative act. “When you pray believe that you have received, and you shall receive. ”
When the physical creative act is completed, the sinew which is upon the
hollow of man's thigh shrinks, and man finds himself impotent or is halt -
ed. In like manner when a man pr


 also attract what you think
about most. The Secret Revealed 9
Your life right now is a reflection of your past thoughts. That in-
cludes all the great things, and all the things you consider not so
great. Since you attract to you what you think about most, it is easy
to see what your dominant thoughts have been on every subject of
your life, because that is what you have experienced. Until now! Now you are learning The Secret, and with this knowledge, you
can change everything. BOB PROCTOR
If you see it in your mind, you're going to hold it in your
hand. If you can think about what you want in your mind, and make that
your dominant thought, you will bring it into your life. MIKE DOOLEY
AUTHOR AND INTERNATIONAL SPEAKER
And that principle can be summed up in three simple
words. Thoughts become things! Through this most powerful law, your thoughts become the things
in your life. Your thoughts become things! Say this over to yourself
and let it seep into your consciousness and your awareness. Your
thoughts become things! JOHN ASSARAF
What most people don't understand is that a thought has
a frequency. We can measure a thought. And so if you're 10 The Secret
thinking that thought over and over and over again, if you're
imagining in your mind having that brand new car, having
the money that you need, building that company, finding your
soul mate... if you're imagining what that looks like, you're
emitting that frequency on a consistent basis. DR, JOE VITALE
Thoughts are sending out that magnetic signal that is
drawing the parallel back to you. "The predominant thought or the mental
attitude is the magnet, and the law is that like
attracts like, consequently, the mental attitude
will invariably attract such conditions as
correspond to its nature." Thoughts are magnetic, and thoughts have a frequency. As you
think, those thoughts are sent out into the Universe, and they
magnetically attract all like things that are on the same frequency. Everything sent out returns to the source. And that source is
You. Think of it this way: we understand that a television station's trans-
mission tower broadcasts via a frequency, which is transformed
into pictures on your television. Most of us don't really understand
how it works, but we know that each channel has a frequency, The Secret Revealed 11
and when we tune into that frequency we see the pictures on our
television. We choose the frequency by selecting the channel, and
we then receive the pictures broadcast on that channel. If we want
to see different pictures on our television, we change the channel
and rune into a new frequency. You are a human transmission tower, and you are more powerful
than any television tower created on earth. You are the most pow
erful transmission tower in the Universe. Your transmission cre
ates your life and it creates the world. The frequency you transmit
reaches beyond cities, beyond countries, beyond the world. It re
verberates throughout the entire Universe. And you are transmit
ting that frequency with your thoughts! The pictures you receive from the transmission of your thoughts
are not on a television screen in your living room, they are the pic-
tures of your life! Your thoughts create the frequency, they attract
like things on that frequency, and then they are broadcast back to
you as your life pictures. If you want to change anything in your
life, change the channel and change the frequency by changing
your thoughts. "The vibrations of mental forces are the
finest and consequently the most powerful in
existence." 12 The Secret
BOB PROCTOR
See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it. It
works every time, with every person. As you think of yourself living in abundance, you are powerfully
and consciously determining your life through the law of attrac-
tion. It's that easy. But then the most obvious question becomes,
"Why isn't everybody living the life of their dreams?" The only reason why people do not have what they want is be-
cause they are thinking more about what they don't want than
what they do want. Listen to your thoughts, and listen to the
words you are saying. The law is absolute and there are no mis-
takes. An epidemic worse than any plague that humankind has ever
seen has been raging for centuries. It is the "don't want" epidemic. JOHN ASSARAF
Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they
don't want, and they're wondering why it shows up over and
over again. The Secret Revealed 13
People keep this epidemic alive when they predominantly think,
speak, act, and focus on what they "don't want." But this is the
generation that will change history, because we are receiving the
knowledge that can free us of this epidemic! It begins with you,,
and you can become a pioneer of this new thought movement by
simply thinking and speaking about what you want. BOB DOYLE
The law of attraction doesn't care whether you perceive
something to be good or bad, or whether you don't want it or
whether you do want it. It's res-ponding to your thoughts. So
if you're looking at a mountain of debt, feeling terrible about
it, that's the signal you're putting out into the Universe. "I
feel really bad because of all this debt I've got." You're just
affirming it to yourself. You feel it on every level of your
being. That's what you're going to get more of. The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is impersonal and it does
not see good things or bad things. It is receiving your thoughts and
reflecting back to you those thoughts as your life experience. The law
of attraction simply gives you whatever it is you are thinking about. LISA NICHOLS
AUTHORAND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT
ADVOCATE
The law of attraction is really obedient. When you think of the
things that you want, and you focus on them with all of your
intention, then the law of attraction will give you exactly 14 The Secret
what you want, every time. When you focus on the things
that you don't want — "I don't want to be late, I don't want
to be late"—the law of attraction doesn't hear that you don't
want it. It manifests the things that you're thinking of and
so it's going to show up over and over and over again. The
law of attraction is not biased to wants or don't wants. When
you focus on something, no matter what it happens to be, you
really are calling that into existence. When you focus your thoughts on something you want, and you
hold that focus, you are in that moment summoning what you
want with the mightiest power in the Universe. The law of attrac-
tion doesn't compute "don't" or "not" or "no," or any other words
of negation. As you speak words of negation, this is what the law
of attraction is receiving:
"I don't want to spill something on this outfit." "I want to spill something on this outfit and I want to spill
more things." "I don't want a bad haircut." "I want bad haircuts." "I don't want to be delayed." "I want delays." "I don't want that person to be rude to me." "I want that person and more people to be rude to me." "I don't want the restaurant to give away our table." "I want restaurants to give away our tables." The Secret Revealed 15
"I don't want these shoes to hurt." "I want shoes to hurt." "I can't handle all this work." "I want more work than I can handle." "I don't want to catch the flu." "I want the flu and I want to catch more things." "I don't want to argue." "I want more arguing." "Don't speak to me like that." "I want you to speak to me like that and I want other people to
speak to me like that." The law of attraction is giving you what you are thinking about
—period! BOB PROCTOR
The law of attraction is always working, whether you believe
it or understand it or not. The law of attraction is the law of creation. Quantum physicists tell
us that the entire Universe emerged from thought! You create your
life through your thoughts and the law of attraction, and every
single person does the same. It doesn't just work if you know about
it. It has always been working in your life and every other person's
life throughout history. When you become aware of this great law,
then you become aware of how incredibly powerful you are, to be
able to THINK your life into existence. 16 The Secret
LISA NICHOLS
It's working as much as you're thinking. Any time your
thoughts are flowing, the law of attraction is working. When you're thinking about the past, the law of attraction's
working. When you're thinking about the present or the
future, the law of attraction is working. It's an ongoing
process. You don't press pause, you don't press stop. It is
forever in action, as your thoughts are. Whether we realize it or not, we are thinking most of the time. If
you are speaking or listening to someone, you are thinking. If you
are reading the newspaper or watching television,


 being thought that the thatched-roof house with its smoke-laden air was
an important contributing factor, notwithstanding the fact that former generations had been free
from the disease. I was told that the incidence of tuberculosis was frequently the same in the
modern homes as it was in the thatched-roof homes. It was of special interest to observe the
mental attitude of the native with regard to the thatched-roof house. Again and again, we saw the
new house built beside the old one, and the people apparently living in the new one, but still
keeping the smoke smudging through the thatch of the old thatched-roof house. When I inquired
regarding this I was told by one of the clearthinking residents that this thatch collected something
from the smoke which when put in the soil doubled the growth of plants and yield of grain. He
showed me with keen interest two patches of grain which seemed to demonstrate the soundness of
his contention. I was particularly interested in studying the growing boys and girls at a place called Scalpay in
the Isle of Harris. This Island is very rocky and has only small patches of soil for available
pasturage. For nutrition, the children of this community were dependent very largely on oatmeal
porridge, oatcake and sea foods. An examination of the growing boys and girls disclosed the fact
that only one tooth out of every hundred examined had ever been attacked by tooth decay. The
general physical development of these children was excellent, as may be seen in the upper half of
Fig. 7. Note their broad faces.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 37/250FIG. 7. Above: typical rugged Gaelic children, Isle of Harris, living on
oats and sea food. Note the breadth of the faces and nostrils. Below:
typical modernized Gaelics, Isle of Bardsey. Note narrowed faces and
nostrils. This is in striking contrast with the children of the hamlet of Tarbert which is the only shipping
port on the Isle of Harris, and the place of export of most of the famous Harris tweeds which are
manufactured on looms in the various crofters' homes. These Tarbert children had an incidence of
32.4 carious teeth out of every hundred teeth examined. The distance between these two points is
not over ten miles and both have equal facilities for obtaining sea foods, being on the coast. Only
the latter, however, has access to modern foods, since it supports a white bread bakery store with
modern jams, marmalades, and other kinds of canned foods. In studying the tragedy of the
rampant tooth decay in the mouth of a young man, I asked him regarding his plans and he stated
that he was expecting to go to Stornoway about sixty miles away in the near future, where there
was a dentist, and have all his teeth extracted and plates made. He said that it was no use to have
any teeth filled, that he would have to lose them anyway since that was everybody's experience in
Tarbert. The young women were in just as poor a condition. Through the department of dental inspection for north Scotland, I learned of a place on the Isle
of Skye, Airth of Sleat, in which only a few years ago there were thirty-six children in the school,7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 38/250and not one case of dental caries in the group. My examination of the children in this community
disclosed two groups, one living exclusively on modern foods, and the other on primitive foods. Those living on primitive foods had only 0.7 carious teeth per hundred, while those in the group
living on modern foods had 16.3, or twenty-three times as many. This community living near the sea had recently been connected with the outside world by daily
steamboat service which delivered to the people modern foods of various kinds, and within this
community a modern bakery, and a supply house for purchasing the canned vegetables, jams and
marmalades had been established. This district was just in the process of being modernized. I examined teeth of several people in the seventies and eighties, and except for gingival
infections with some loosening of the teeth, nearly all of the teeth were present and there was very
little evidence that dental caries had ever existed. The elderly people were bemoaning the fact that
the generation that was growing up had not the health of former generations. I asked what their
explanation was and they pointed to two stone grinding mills which they said had ground the oats
for oatcake and porridge for their families and preceding families for hundreds of years. Though
they prized them highly, the plea that they would be helpful in educational work in America induced
them to sell the mills to me. They told us with great concern of the recent rapid decline in health of
the young people of this district. This one-time well-populated Island, the misty Isle of Skye, still has one of the finest of the
famous old castles, that belonging to the Dunvegan clan. It participated in the romantic life of
Prince Charlie. The castle equipment still boasts the grandeur of a past glory. Among the relics is a
horn which measured the draft to be drunk by a prospective chieftain before he could aspire to the
leadership of the clan. He must drink its contents of two quarts without stopping. Again the
character of that manhood is reflected in the fact that although a bounty of thirty thousand pounds
was placed upon the head of Prince Charlie, none of the many who knew his place of hiding
betrayed it. On my return from the Outer Hebrides to Scotland, I was concerned to obtain information from
government officials relative to the incidence of tooth decay and the degenerative diseases in
various parts of north Scotland. I was advised that in the last fifty years the average height of
Scotch men in some parts decreased four inches, and that this had been coincident with the general
change from high immunity to dental caries to a loss of immunity in a great part of this general
district. A study of the market places revealed that a large part of the nutrition was shipped into the
district in the form of refined flours and canned goods and sugar. There were very few herds of
dairy cattle to be seen. It was explained that even the highland cattle did not do as well as formerly
on the same ranges. As one proceeds from the north of Scotland southward to England and Wales, there is a
marked increase in the percentage of individuals wearing artificial restorations or in need of them. In several communities this reached fifty per cent of adults over thirty years of age. An effort was
made to find primitive people in the high country of Wales, but without success. We were advised
that about the only place that we would be likely to find people living under primitive conditions
would be on the Island of Bardsey off the northwest coast of Wales. This is a rock and storm-
bound island with the decadent walls of an old castle and a community made up largely of recently
imported colonists whom we were advised had been taken to the Island to re-populate it. There is
considerable good farm land, but very limited grazing stock. Formerly the Island had produced the
foods for its inhabitants with the assistance of the sea. These sources of natural foods have been
largely displaced with imported white flour, marmalades, sugar, jams and canned goods. We found
the physical condition of the people very poor, particularly that of the growing boys and girls. Tooth decay was so wide-spread that 27.6 out of every hundred teeth examined in the growing
boys and girls had already been attacked by dental caries. It was even active in three year olds. From a conference with the director of public health of this district I learned that tuberculosis
constituted a very great problem, not only for the people on this island, but for those of many
districts of northern Wales. This was ascribed to the lowered defense of the people due to causes
unknown. It had been noted that individuals with rampant tooth decay were more susceptible to7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 39/250pulmonary tuberculosis. While on the Island of Bardsey, I inquired as to what they thought was the cause of such
extensive tooth decay as we found, and was told that they were familiar with the cause and that it
was due to close contact with the salt water and salt air. When I asked why many of the old
people who had lived by the sea all their lives in some districts still had practically all their teeth and
had never had tooth decay, no explanation was available. This they said was the reason that had
been given in answer to their inquiries. There is a very remarkable history written in the ruins of the island, and in the faces of the
people who live on the Island of Bardsey. The rugged walls of ancient castles bespeak the glory
and power of the people who lived proudly in past centuries. They are testified to also by the
monuments in the cemeteries; but a new era has come to this island. The director of public health,
of this district of Wales, including Bardsey Island, told me the story of the decline and almost
complete extinction of the population due to tuberculosis. He also told how the government had
re-populated the Island with fifty healthy young families, and


 not flowing; and there have been records made in the labora
tory which show that an electrical change in polarity in the
plasmodium vein may occur in the absence of visible protoplas
mic movement. There has not yet been observed, however, any
lack of electrical correlates when protoplasm itself is moving. That changes in the electrical environment have an effect
upon the electrical properties of protoplasm, is well known from
the studies of Lund and his associates, and more recently by
Anderson. In this laboratory, Anderson's experiments were re
peated, using the technique we have employed in our search for
more information, and show that the reversal of polari ty in the
mould, by changing the external electrical environment, mark
edly inhibits the spread of the plasmodium. The direction in
which the plasmodium grows, moreover, can be altered by, again,
imposing an external electrical field on the primitive protoplasm. In every instance, the growing plasmodium could be made to turn
towards the negative side of an imposed electrical environment. In other words, in the slime mould, changing the electrical en
vironment can, under certain conditions, modify the direction in
which energy flows in the protoplasmic system. The third question-w hat is the electrical correlate of an ade
quate stimulus to the plasmodiu m-was studied using a
cathode-ray tube as recording instrument, with photographic re-
77 THE UBIQUITOUS FIELD
production. Here, again, it was demonstra ted that any change in
the physical environment of primitive protoplasm results in an
adeq uate stimulus to the protoplasm itself. For a single vein of the
slime mould, suspended between two silver-silver chloride elec
trodes, showed a remarkable electro-metric response to such a
stimulus as a tap on one of the electrodes. Unlike the nervous system, however, there seemed to be a
fairly close correlation between the strength of the tap and the
electro-metric response of the protoplasm. A weak tap produced a
relatively small change in voltage gradient, whereas a heavier
one increased the magnitude of the electrical response. There was,
however, obviously, a plateau of the response beyond which the
protoplasm showed no further increase in voltage output. This, of
course, is unlike the all-or-none phenomena to he found in neural
protoplasm. Records of this sort reinforce the concept that one of the
simpler forms of protoplasm exhibits properties very like that to
be found in the nervous system. This might be suspected, of
course, since both neurones and the slime mould are built of the
same basic stuff, protoplasm. Even the most primitive protoplasm,
in order to maintain its existence, must be capable of responding
to the changing physical and chemical environment, of transmit
ting the stimuli throughout its extent and after some kind of
correlation or coordinating or integration of all the stimuli, of
producing some kind of describable response. These basic prop
erties of protoplasm, after all, are to be found enhanced enorm
ously, specialized and increased in efficiency through the differ
entiation of the nervous system. No less important are changes in the chemical environment. For example, if a drop of 2 % procain is placed on a vein, the
immediate effect of the application of the drop-and this is true
also of water-is a stimulus response usually in the opposite
polarity to the tap stimulus. After a matter of a few minutes,
however, the tap will produce a much reduced and flattened re
sponse; the magnitude is lessened and a return to the baseline is
slow. If the: procain is washed off with a fine spray of tap water,
within another five minutes a reasonably characteristic response
78 THE UBIQUITOUS FIELD
is obtained, but much enhanced over the pre-test situation. It
should be noted that the vein hangs suspended in the air over a
moist chamber and the pro cain can be either adsorbed to the
surface of the protoplasm or pass through the phase boundary
into the protoplasm itself. The promptness of the recovery act of
washing and the enhancement uf the response would seem to in
dicate that the adsorbtion to the surface was the more probable. These experiments suggest that slime mould could become a
very valuable tool for the study of the elIect of changing chemi
cal environment on protoplasm. In general, the similarity in
electrical response of the slime mould to changes in the physical
and chemical environmen t shows a remarkable similarity to the
properties of neural tissue. * * *
With the experiments described in this chapter we had covered
a wide range of living forms and in all of them we had found
electro-dynamic fields. But our adventure was to lead us to still
further discoveries. 79 CHA PTER FIVE
The Field as a Sign post
1
We had reason to believe that the electro-dy namic field could
serve as a signpost for a variety of conditions because our ex
periments had confirmed our basic assumption. This was that
the organism possesses a field as a whole which embraces sub
sidiary or local fields, representing the organism's component
parts. We assumed, then, that variations in the subsidiary fields
would be reflected in variations in the flow of energy in the
whole system-as we had found in ovulation and malignancy. We decided, therefore, to look for further practical consequen ces
of the theory. Working with Dr. Sam uel Harvey and Dr. Max Taffe., of
the Yale University School of Medicine, we initiated a study of
the relationship between the electro-metrics of the peripheral
nervous system and the physiological state of the system ex
amined. With the coopera tion of Dr. R. G. Grennel, we made a
special study of so-called surface potentials and peripheral nerve
injury. In the course of these experiments, it was demonstra ted that
in experimental animals and man-surface potential differences
do reflect peripheral nerve activities. These potentials are not
affected by pre-gang lionic sympathectomy and seem to be inde
pendent of vascular and sweating responses. We soon found a definite relationship between nerve and tissue
in the form of a potential difference, which can be used in quanti
tative tests of nerve function. These tests are simple enough for
routine clinical application. They show a dear-cut correlation be
tween the integrity of the peripheral somatic nervous system and
potential differences measured on the surface. 80 THE FIELD AS A SIGNPOST
Interference, pharmacological or traumatic, with normal func
tions of ulnar or sciatic nerve is reflected in an altered standing
potential between a reference electrode and a moving electrode in
contact with the area supplied by the nerve in question. The
mechanism by which this correlation is brought about is im
portant. Complicity of the vascular bed might exist but the lack
of any significant change in the pattern following sympathec
tomy makes this unlikely. However, the sympathectomies were
all pre-ganglionic and hence further work must be done in order
to clarify the matter. It has been found that rapidly shutting off the blood-flow in
the forearm and hand by means of a blood pressure cuff on the
arm, as well as a sudden return of flow on releasing the cup, does
not significantly alter the potential difference. In other words,
altering the normal functioning of the vascular bed does not
affect the standing potential. Furthermore, since the microvoltmet er is relatively unaffected
by changes in resistance in the system being measured,'skin re
sistance' and sweating, as reported by Richter and his associates,
are not involved in the potential changes. In the light of these
findings it would seem unlikely that the sympathetic nervous
system is the mediating factor. Nevertheless, the data show that
in unilateral sympathectomy there is a difference in the standing
potential on the operated and unoperated sides. These measure
ments, then, form the basis of a simple, quantitat ive test of
peripheral function, independent of sweating or of vascular re
action. These ventures into the unknown of the electro-metrics of
living organisms were often prompted by a search for answers to
practical questions. An example of this are the electro-m etrics
of wound healing. The late Dr. Samuel Harvey and Dr. Max Taffel had been
studying wound healing in experimental animals and in man;
and had called attention to the fact that the strength of a heal
ing wound is probably caused in large measure by prolifera tioilS
of fibroblast. This means, of course, that there is a great deal of
mitotic activity going on and, since an increase in the number
of cells is a vital biological propert y-and since other experiments
81 THE FIEL D AS A SIGNPOST
to be reported later show a close correlation with growth-these
studjes by Taffe. and Harvey showed an increase in tensile
strength correlated with the passage of time. This inCTcase varies, for the most part, during the first eight or
ten days following the incision. This tends to be modified in
vitamin C deficient animals. But the increase of tensile strength
must involve at least two processes : one of cell proliferation and
one of cell differentiation. In normal