minor components and change unsaturated fatty acids into harmful trans-
fatty acids. It is best to cook with fully saturated fats, like ghee (clarified
butter), butter, coconut oil, goose and duck fat, pork dripping and lard,
because they do not alter their chemical structure, when heated, and in
small amounts are beneficial to health.
Animal fats have received a great deal of bad publicity in the last few
decades. They have been blamed for all sorts of ills, and yet they are an
integral part of our anatomy and physiology. They are not called essential,
but we cannot live without them. Fat on meat does not just contain satu
rated fatty acids, it contains very important short-chain fatty acids,
monounsaturated and polyunsaturated essential fatty acids. Pork, for
example, contains 10% or LA (omega-6) and 34% of monounsaturated fatty
acids, which are abundant in our skin and arteries, keeping them supple
and soft. Native people in the north of Japan have a very high percent of
pork in their diet while being free from heart disease, arteriosclerosis and
other health problems, which fats are commonly blamed for. Native people
in Mongolia largely live on lamb and lamb fat and yet they are not known
for being afflicted with any of the diseases of the western world. We forget
that the fatty tissue of animals is not just made of fat, it has got many other
substances in its structure, which our bodies need. We do not know every
thing about these fats yet by a long way. What we do know, however, is that
if we try to separate meat from the fat, we get sick. Nature put fat into meat
for a purpose and that is how meat should be consumed, together with the
fat, collagen and cartilage in it; that is the form our bodies have been
designed to take up dietary meat - as a whole. It has been shown in many
clinical studies that the protein from meats has to come with the fat to be
properly digested and used by the body, when the two are separated vari
ous health problems develop. Animal fats contain mainly saturated fatty
acids which do not change their chemical structure when heated and are
the best fats to cook with.
A rich source of saturated fats is coconut. Coconut and products made
out of it (coconut oil and butter, coconut milk, coconut cream, etc.) have been out of favour in the last decades. Based on ill-founded research and
commercial interests coconut and other tropical fats have been blamed for
raising blood cholesterol and the risk of atherosclerosis, which made them
very unpopular. And yet tropical fats have been used by indigenous people
for thousands of years. These people generally are known for very low
incidence of atherosclerosis and heart disease.
About 50% of fatty acids in coconut is lauric acid. Recent research shows
that in the body lauric acid gets converted into a highly potent anti-viral,
anti-bacterial and anti-fungal substance, called monolaurin. Such
pathogens as Candida Albicans, Helicobacter Pylori, HIV virus, measles
virus, herpes virus, cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, influenza and
many others are susceptible to monolaurin. Lauric acid is also one of
the natural ingredients of human breast milk, protecting the baby from
infections.
Other fatty acids, found in coconut, are caprylic and myristic acids,
which also have a pronounced anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal
properties. For example, caprylic acid has been in use as an anti-fungal,
anti-candida supplement for decades in the form of capsules and tablets.
It is a good idea for GAPS patients to have coconut on a regular basis.
Coconut can provide a natural source of anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and
anti-viral substances for these patients as well as many other nutritional
factors. The question is - in what form?
People in the tropics use coconut in its natural state. The nut and juice
inside are very rich in saturated fats, fibre, vitamins, minerals, vitamin E,
tocotrienols, carotene and many other micro-nutrients. Fresh virgin
coconut oil, full of flavour, contains most of these useful substances and is
used extensively in the tropical countries for cooking, and because it con
tains saturated fats, it virtually does not change its chemical structure
when heated. Unfortunately, coconut oil available in the West is very differ
ent from its natural virgin tropical counterpart. It has been hydrogenated
to make it harder and to increase its shelf-life. In the process of hydrogena
tion trans-fatty acids are formed, which are well known to cause
atherosclerosis and heart problems. The hydrogenation process requires
the use of aluminium and nickel, traces of which would stay in the hydro
genated coconut oil. At the same time the process of hydrogenation
destroys vitamins, including vitamin E, carotene, tocotrienols and many
other useful nutrients. And as if that is not enough many brands of coconut
oil and coconut butter in the West go through a refining process which uses heat and solvent chemicals; Not surprisingly, studies with this sort of
coconut oil show that it does increase blood cholesterol.
As usual, the best thing is to follow nature and have coconut in its natu
ral form. You can get fresh coconuts in most supermarkets. Please, look in
the recipe section for different ways of serving it.
In conclusion
The important point is that we should consume natural fats in their
natural state without processing them. It is processed foods, which con
tain masses of unnatural adulterated fats, that should be blamed for our
modern health problems: the crisps and chips, margarines and butter
replacements, breads and pastries, biscuits and cakes, sweets and choco
lates, our TV dinners and other pre-prepared lazy meals, our cooking oils
and spreads, our salad dressings and mayonnaise, our sauces and condi
ments, etc. Eat fats in the form that Nature provided and you will not go
wrong! For example, butter is much healthier than any so-called "healthy"
synthetic substitutes. I would like to emphasise, that GAPS children and
adults need plenty of natural fats. Let them eat the fat on the meat, the skin
on the poultry, pour plenty of cold pressed virgin olive oil on their served
meals, give them good cod liver oil and fish oil on a daily basis. Supplement
their diet with good quality blends of nut/seed oils with 2:1 ratio of omega-
3:omega-6 fatty acids (LNA, LA, GLA). As well as olive oil, you can use these
oils as a dressing on their salads and ready served meals. Contrary to pop
ular belief, fat is the preferred source of energy in the human body and
remember, the brain and the rest of the nervous system are largely made
up of fats.
There are some added benefits of supplying your GAPS patient with gen
erous amounts of natural unprocessed fats. The more natural fats the GAPS
person has with his/her meals the less he/she will crave sweet and pro
cessed carbohydrates, which will make it easier to remove these harmful
foods from the diet. And as you get processed foods out of the diet, you will
automatically get the bulk of harmful hydrogenated fats and trans-fats out
as well.
A good supply of natural dietary fats has another benefit, important for
GAPS patients, it stimulates bile production. Secreting bile is the natural
way for the liver to rid itself of toxins. GAPS children and adults are very
toxic people. The bulk of detoxification in the body happens in the liver.
Allowing the liver to drain itself on a regular basis will help the patient to
detoxify quicker. We live in a world of fat phobia, created by commercial interests and
funded by them research Fats constitute a large part of our bodily struc
ture and functions. That is why every health problem can be linked to
abnormalities in fat consumption: too much unnatural fats and deficien
cies in natural fats. Stick to the natural fats and make sure that your GAPS
patient gets plenty of them. You will see the results for yourself. 3. VITAMIN A
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, which means that it comes as a part of
dietary fats. It exists in many biochemical forms. The parent vitamin A is
called retinol. Common dietary sources are organ meats like liver and
kidneys, dairy products, eggs and oily fish, like herring, sardines and tuna.
However, the richest sources are liver oils from marine fish, such as cod,
halibut and shark and from some mammals, such as the polar bear. The
most accessible liver oil available to us is cod liver oil.
Cod liver oil has been around for a very long time. Our parents remem
ber how their parents gave them a spoon of this oil every day to build up
their immune system. Cod liver oil contains omega-3 essential fatty acids
and vitamin D, but its most important asset is probably the vitamin A in its
natural pre-formed biochemical shape. Unfortunately, due to digestive
problems, GAPS children and adults usually cannot absorb or use other
forms of vitamin A, commonly found in supplements


 (green beans)
small onion, chopped
flaxseed oil
apple cider vinegar  (or lemon juice)
parsley
chives
Cook the beans gently until just tender.  Drain and add the chopped onion.  Put into a serving
dish and toss in the flaxseed oil and apple cider vinegar  (or lemon juice).  Add herbs and serve.
Fruited Red Cabbage
Preparation time: 10 minutes (does not include soaking)
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
4 oz. raisins
4 oz. dried apricots
1 small red cabbage, shredded
2 dessert apples, cored and chopped
apple cider vinegar
a little sugar
Soak the raisins and apricots overnight.  Shred the red cabbage and sweat in a little water until
slightly softened.  Add raisins, chopped apricots and cored, chopped dessert apples.  Toss in apple
cider vinegar, to which a little water and sugar ha ve been added.  Pile into a bowl and serve with
a baked potato.
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www.thegersonway.comGerson® Gardener’s Pie*
*A bit like Shepherd’ s Pie but with vegetables instead of meat
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 2-1/2 hours
Serves 2-3
Topping:
1 lb. potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
12 oz. celery root (or sweet potato or onion), peeled and cut into chunks
Peel the potato and other vegetable and cut into small chunks. Add water but only about 1/2 to
2/3 the height of the vegetables. Bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook slowly until all
the water is gone and the vegetables are soft, and mash. If there is a little water left in the pan,
beat it into the mash mixture.
Filling:
1 small onion (or a few shallots)
2 cloves garlic, crushed
8 oz. carrots, sliced, or chipped or diced (but not diced too thickly)
8 oz. zucchini, cut into half slices, not too thin
8 oz. leeks, trimmed and sliced
2 tomatoes, skinned and chopped
1-2 tbsp. chopped parsley
herbs to taste
2 oz. bread  crumbs
Prepare vegetables and put them into a saucepan in the order listed above. Cook the vegetables
very gently. You may need to use a simmer plate. This could take 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Prepare
topping and bread crumbs. When vegetables are cooked, stir in bread crumbs and pour the
mixture into a pie plate. Top with mashed potatoes. Drag a fork over the top to decorate and
bake for about 45 to 60 minutes at 350° F (180° C). Place pie plate on baking sheet in case of
leakage. Serve with green vegetables and salad.
 Variations:  Change the contents of the pie by adding green beans, peas and/or corn when
in season. Jerusalem artichokes would be also good. You could leave the leeks out of the pie and
purée them to add to the topping instead of the sweet potato, onion or celery root.
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www.thegersonway.comGerson® Roast Potatoes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
1 baking potato
Cut a baking potato in half (or, if very large, into quarters).  Score across the cut surface with a
knife.  Put into a casserole dish with a little water to just cover the bottom.  Put lid on and bake
in a hot oven at 400-425°  F (204-218° C)  for 1 hour.  Before serving, remove the lid and leave to
slightly brown.
Glazed Beets
Serves 6 to 8
Scrub 9 large beets and boil in 2 to 3 inches of water until tender for 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Add more
water if needed. Peel in cold water. Slice or cut into bite-sized pieces.
Glaze:
2/3 cup fresh orange juice
1 tsp. cornstarch
1-1/2 tsp. cider vinegar
1 tsp. honey (or sugar)
Combine ingredients for glaze. Cook over low flame until thick. Add beets and mix well.
 Variation:  Use 1/2 cup apple juice and 3 tsp. lemon juice in place of orange Juice.
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www.thegersonway.comGlazed Carrots and Turnips with Garlic
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
8 oz. carrots
8 oz. turnips
Dressing :
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 clove garlic, crushed
flaxseed oil
Gently cook the carrots and turnips.  Cut into thin slices and put into a serving dish.  Pour on the
dressing and garnish with cilantro  or dill.
Glazed Carrots with Herbs and Lemon
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. carrots
1 tsp. sugar
a little water
1 tbsp. lemon juice
mint
rosemary
parsley
flaxseed oil
Gently cook the carrots whole.  When beginning to soften, remove from pan and cut into 2 -inch
sticks.  Return to the saucepan with the sugar and a little water.  Heat until the sugar is dissolved,
the water has been absorbed and the carrots are cooked.  Add the lemon juice and herbs and
heat for an additional 2 minutes. Place o n a warm serving dish, add flaxseed oil and serve
immediately.
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www.thegersonway.comGlazed Carrots with Orange and Parsley
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. carrots
1 tbsp. sugar
juice of 1/2  orange
flaxseed oil
Gently cook the carrots whole.  When beginning to soften, remove from the pan and cut into
2-inch sticks.  Return to the saucepan with the sugar and orange juice.  Heat until the sugar has
been dissolved and the orange juice absorbed.  Turn onto platter, a dd flaxseed oil and serve.
Green Beans in Honey and Tomato Sauce
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. fine green beans
Sauce:
1 medium onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 lb. tomatoes, roughly chopped
1 tsp. honey
herbs
Cut ends off the beans and cook until just tender.  Drain, refresh in cold water and drain again.
To make the sauce, chop the onion and crush the garlic.  Cook them both in a little water until
just tender.  When the onion is soft, add the roughly chopped tomatoes and bring to a boil.
Simmer gently until sauce becomes fairly thick.  Stir in the honey and herbs.  Add the beans and
allow to cool.  Serve at room temperature.
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www.thegersonway.comGreen Chard Rolls
4 leaves of green chard
2 carrots
1/4 head broccoli
1/4 head cauliflower
2 small zucchini squash
1 ear of corn (cut kernels off)
1/2 cup rice uncooked
Sauce:
1-1/2 tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
Put the chard leaves in hot water long enough to wilt them so they will bend. Cut the broccoli,
cauliflower, squash and corn into small pieces and put them in a pan with a little bit of water to
simmer. When cooked, drain the water off. Make a sauce in the blender with the tomatoes and
garlic, and pour this sauce on top of the vegetables and raw rice. Place some of the vegetables/
rice mixture in the center of each leaf and roll them up. Put these in a baking dish with a lid and
bake in the oven at 250° F (121 ° C) for 1 to 1-1/2 hours.
Green Peppers
2-4 green peppers, sliced
2-4 onions, sliced
Stew in tightly covered pot for approximately 30 minutes. Do not add water.
Grilled Eggplant
Pre


when
we
drink
urine.
With
regular
intake
of
urine
over
several
years,
a
similar
saving
will
have
a
significant
effect
on
the
overall
extension
of
life.
There
are
48
types
of
water
in
nature.
These
include,
for
example,
so-called
heavy
water,
or
deuterium,
which
is
used
in
nuclear
reactors.
There
are
about
150
grams
of
it
per
ton
in
ordinary
water.
This
naturally
does
not
add
to
our
health.
From
this
comes
the
simple
conclusion
that
the
human
body
works
best
when
using
only
certain
types
of
water.
Scientists
have
found
that
the
longer
the
lifetime
of
a
liquid
crystal,
the
more
useful
it
is
for
the
body
and
the
more
it
resembles
the
vital
fluids
in
the
human
body.
Therefore,
the
human
body
spends
energy
on
creating
the
optimal
type
of
water
from
what
we
drink.
If
the
liquid
crystals,
necessary
for
sustaining
life,
enter
the
body
already
in
a
structured
form,
then
this
greatly
saves
our
energy.
Scientists
have
also
determined
that
where
sourcesare
similar
to
structured
water,
people
live
longer
and
are
less
sick.
In
addition,
each
organ
in
the
body
takes
additional
liquid
crystals
and
uses
them
for
its
activity.
If
he
loses
this
ability
to
take
the
necessary
crystals
for
him,
illness
sets
in.
Tibetan
healers
knew
this
long
ago
and
treated
people
with
liquid
water
crystals
in
precise
mixtures
and
doses
corresponding
to
the
type
of
illness.
And
it
was
the
intake
of
urine
that
helped
successfully
solve
these
problems
as
well.
See
the
chapter
on
meltwater
in
my
book
Doctor
Yourself.
The
water
that
passes
through
our
body
stores
complete
information.
This
occurs
as
a
result
of
the
interaction
of
the
information-ener gy
essence
of
a
person
and
the
fluid.
Just
remember
the
statement
from
the
Bible,
according
to
which
man
is
born
of
the
Spirit
and
water.
As
a
result
of
this
of
mutual
interaction,
the
structures
of
liquid
crystals
of
water
change
according
to
the
energetic
action
of
man.
Various
pathological
conditions
are
also
"recorded".
If
we
use
"described"
like
this
or
coded
urine,
the
information-ener gy
essence
of
the
recorded
pathology
will
find
itself
the
focus
from
which
it
arose
and,
thanks
to
the
interference
effect,
eliminates
it.
It
is
this
effect
that
is
the
basis
of
homeopathy,
or
the
treatment
of
like
with
like.
In
this
direction
there
is
a
proper
urine
an
irreplaceable
liquid,
naturally
loaded
with
all
the
information
about
your
body,
able
to
destroy
various
foci
of
pathology
according
to
the
above-mentioned
principle
and
thus
cleanse
the
organism
of
various
ailments
and
harmful
substances.
Freshly
excreted
urine
has
an
acidic
reaction,
its
pH
is
approximately
6.0.
The
acidic
reaction
of
urine
is
itself
a
powerful
healing
factor.
Let's
talk
more
about
this
unique
healing
mechanism
of
urine.
It
is
known
that
there
are
two
types
of
cells
in
nature
-
plant
and
animal.
Plants
can
only
exist
in
an
alkaline
environment
and
create
it
by
their
activity
(e.g.
by
rotting
fallen
leaves
under
trees).
Animal
cells,
on
the
other
hand,
exist
in
an
acidic
environment
and
produce
them
during
their
life
processes
(skin,
urine
and
faeces
have
an
acidic
pH).
It
follows
that
animals,
and
thus
man,
can
become
ill
if
their
normal
acidified
environment
becomes
alkaline,
which
promotes
putrefaction.
A
putrefying
environment
is
favorable
for
the
multiplication
of
plant
cells,
which
further
intensify
the
putrefactive
processes.
It
turns
out
that
the
basis
of
the
vast
majority
of
diseases
is
one
and
the
same
cause
-
an
increase
in
the
alkalinity
of
the
human
organism
and
the
resulting
putrefactive
processes.
To
avoid
them,
it
is
necessary
to
reliably
acidify
the
body
with
substances
containing
safe
acids.
Obviously,
this
is
best
achieved
with
the
help
of
your
own
urine.
After
all,
it
is
a
liquid
produced
by
the
organism
itself
from
its
own
blood!
As
a
result
of
such
acidification,
we
rid
any
pathological
or
disease-causing
process
of
its
basic
premise
-
alkalinity
and
putrefaction
-
and
thus
achieve
rapid
and
permanent
healing.
This
property
of
urine
is
confirmed
by
the
observations
of
sages
of
all
ages,
from
which
it
follows
that
urine
is
the
basis
of
all
medicines!
In
a
few
words,
it
is
necessary
to
explain
the
terms
"acidification"
and
"increasing
the
alkalinity"
of
the
body.
A
distinction
must
be
made
here.
In
my
book
"Myself
a
Doctor",
for
example,
I
claim
that
the
second
killer
of
a
person
is
overacidification
of
the
body,
and
that
the
detoxification
peel
according
to
Dr.
Walkera
will
help
us
remove
up
to
12
liters
of
acidified
lymph
from
the
body
in
three
days
and
replace
it
with
12
liters
of
alkaline
juice
full
of
enzymes
and
vitamins.
However,
these
are
completely
different
bases
and
acids.
Acidification
carried
out
with
the
help
of
substances
that
increase
the
concentration
of
positive
hydrogen
ions
is
beneficial
for
the
body
(fruits,
vegetables),
acidification
with
the
help
of
substances
that
create
acidic
waste
substances
in
the
body
-
proteins
and
carbohydrates
-
which
begin
to
rot
in
the
body
and
generally
increase
its
alkalinity,
is
bad
for
the
body
and
destruction.
Urine
has
the
highest
acidity
in
the
morning
and
the
lowest
after
eating.
Hence
the
conclusions
of
the
ancient
healers
that
morning
urine
is
most
useful
.Due
to
the
special
structure
of
molecules
and
individual
liquid
crystals,
our
urine
differs
from
ordinary
water
in
terms
of
surface
tension,
viscosity
and
electrical
conductivity.
We


you	will	learn	the	actual	procedure	to	rid	your	body	of	gallstones.	Chapter	6,
“What	Can	I	Expect	from	the	Liver	and	Gallbladder	Cleanse?”	covers	some	of	the
possible	health	benefits	of	this	profound	self-help	program.	In	Chapter	7,	you	will	find	out
what	others	have	to	say	about	their	experiences	with	the	liver	cleanse.	The	frequently
asked	questions	section,	Chapter	8,	deals	with	many	queries	you	may	have	about	thecleanse.	So	you	can	reap	the	maximum	benefit	from	this	procedure,	I	strongly	encourage
you	to	read	the	entire	book	before	starting	with	the	actual	liver	cleanse.

I	wish	you	the	greatest	success	on	your	journey	to	achieving	a	perpetual	state	of	health,
happiness,	and	vitality!
	CHAPTER	1

Gallstones	in	the	Liver:	A	Major	Health	Risk

Think	of	the	liver	as	a	large	city	with	thousands	of	houses	and	streets.	There	are
underground	pipes	for	delivering	water,	oil,	and	gas.	Sewage	systems	and	garbage	trucks
remove	the	city’s	waste	products.	Power	lines	deliver	energy	to	the	homes	and	businesses.
Factories,	transport	systems,	communication	networks,	and	stores	meet	the	daily
requirements	of	the	residents.	The	organization	of	city	life	is	such	that	it	can	provide	all
that	it	needs	for	the	continued	existence	of	the	population.	But	if	a	major	strike,	a	power
outage,	a	devastating	earthquake,	or	a	major	act	of	terrorism,	such	as	the	one	we	witnessed
in	New	York	City	on	September	11,	2001,	suddenly	paralyzes	city	life,	the	population	will
begin	to	suffer	serious	shortcomings	in	all	these	vital	sectors.

Like	a	city’s	infrastructure,	the	liver	has	hundreds	of	different	functions	and	is
connected	with	every	part	of	the	body.	Every	moment	of	the	day,	it	is	involved	in
manufacturing,	processing,	and	supplying	vast	amounts	of	nutrients.	These	nutrients	feed
the	60	to	100	trillion	inhabitants	(cells)	of	the	body.	Each	cell	is,	in	itself,	a	microscopic
city	of	immense	complexity,	with	billions	of	chemical	reactions	per	second.	To	sustain	the
incredibly	diverse	activities	of	all	the	cells	of	the	body	without	disruption,	the	liver	must
supply	them	with	a	constant	stream	of	nutrients,	enzymes,	and	hormones.	With	its	intricate
labyrinth	of	veins,	ducts,	and	specialized	cells,	the	liver	needs	to	be	completely
unobstructed	in	order	to	maintain	a	problem-free	production	line	and	frictionless
distribution	system	throughout	the	body.

The	liver	is	the	main	organ	responsible	for	distributing	and	maintaining	the	body’s
“fuel”	supply.	Furthermore,	its	activities	include	the	breaking	down	of	complex	chemicals
and	the	synthesis	of	protein	molecules.	The	liver	acts	as	a	cleansing	device;	it	also
deactivates	hormones,	alcohol,	and	medicinal	drugs.	Its	task	is	to	modify	these
biologically	active	substances	so	that	they	lose	their	potentially	harmful	effects—a	process
known	as	detoxification.	Specialized	cells	in	the	liver’s	blood	vessels	(Kupffer	cells)	mop
up	harmful	elements	and	infectious	organisms	reaching	the	liver	from	the	gut.	The	liver
excretes	the	waste	materials	resulting	from	these	actions	via	its	bile	duct	network.

A	healthy	liver	receives	and	filters	3	pints	of	blood	per	minute	and	produces	1	to	1.5
quarts	of	bile	every	day.	This	ensures	that	all	the	activities	in	the	liver	and	in	the	rest	of	the
body	run	smoothly	and	efficiently.	Obstructive	gallstones	greatly	undermine	the	liver’s
ability	to	detoxify	any	externally	supplied	and	internally	generated	harmful	substances	in
the	blood.	These	stones	also	prevent	the	liver	from	delivering	the	proper	amounts	ofnutrients	and	energy	to	the	right	places	in	the	body	at	the	right	time.	This	upsets	the
delicate	balance	in	the	body,	known	as	“homeostasis,”	thus	leading	to	disruption	of	its
systems	and	undue	stress	on	its	organs.

A	clear	example	of	such	a	disturbed	balance	is	an	increased	concentration	of	the
endocrine	hormones
estrogen
	and
aldosterone
	in	the	blood.	These	hormones,	produced	in
both	men	and	women,	are	responsible	for	the	correct	amount	of	salt	and	water	retention.
When	stones	congest	the	gallbladder	and	the	liver’s	bile	ducts,	these	hormones	may	not	be
sufficiently	broken	down	and	detoxified.	Hence,	their	concentration	in	the	blood	rises	to
abnormal	levels,	causing	tissue	swelling	and	water	retention.	Most	oncologists	consider
elevated	estrogen	levels	to	be	the	leading	cause	of	breast	cancer	among	women.	In	men,
high	levels	of	this	hormone	can	lead	to	both	excessive	development	of	breast	tissue	and
weight	gain.

Over	60	percent	of	the	American	population	is	overweight	or	obese.	Men,	women,	and
children	in	this	condition	suffer	mainly	from	fluid	retention	(with	relatively	minor	fat
accumulation).	The	retained	fluids	help	trap	and	neutralize	noxious	substances	that	the
liver	can	no	longer	remove	from	the	body.	This	helps	the	overweight	or	obese	person	to
survive	a	major,	possibly	fatal,	toxicity	crisis	such	as	a	heart	attack,	septic	poisoning,	or
massive	infection.	The	side	effect	of	fluid	retention	in	the	tissues,	however,	is	that	it
causes	these	toxins	and	other	harmful	waste	matter	(metabolic	waste	and	dead	cell
material)	to	accumulate	in	various	parts	of	the	body	and	further	congest	the	pathways	of
circulation	and	elimination.	Wherever	in	the	body	the	storage	capacity	for	toxins	and
waste	is	exceeded,	symptoms	of	illness	begin	to	occur.

Cleansing	the	liver	and	gallbladder	from	all	accumulated	stones	(see
Figures	1a
	and
1b
)
helps	to	restore	homeostasis,	balances	weight,	and	sets	the	precondition	for	the	body	to
heal	itself.	The	liver	cleanse	is	also	one	of	the	best	precautionary	measures	you	can	take	to
protect	yourself	against	nearly	every	kind	of	illness,	known	or	unknown.
	Figure	1a
:	Flushed-out	gallstones

Figure	1b
:	Flushed-out	gallstones

If	you	suffer	any	of	the	following	symptoms,	or	similar	conditions,	you	most	likely
have	numerous	gallstones	in	your	liver	and	gallbladder:
Low	appetite
Food	cravings	Digestive	disorders
Diarrhea
Constipation
Clay-colored	stool
Hernia
Flatulence
Hemorrhoids
Dull	pain	on	the	right	side
Difficulty	breathing
Liver	cirrhosis
Hepatitis
Most	infections
High	cholesterol
Pancreatitis
Heart	disease
Brain	disorders
Duodenal	ulcers
Nausea	and	vomiting
A	“bilious”	or	angry	personality
Depression
Impotence
Other	sexual	problems
Prostate	diseases
Urinary	problems
Hormonal	imbalances
Menstrual	and	menopausal
disorders
Problems	with	vision
Puffy	eyes
Any	skin	disorder
Liver	spots,	especially	those	on
the	back	of	the	hands	and
facial	area
Dizziness	and	fainting	spells
Loss	of	muscle	tone
Excessive	weight	or	wasting
Strong	shoulder	and	back	p


 literally putting our feet up and reversing the ﬂow of gravity.
How-to:  Sit on a folded blanket with the right hip ﬂush against
the wall and your mat perpendicular to the wall. Have another
folded blanket toward the top of the mat for your head to rest on.
Slide your left arm and the left side of your torso down the length
of the mat and roll onto your back, allowing the right leg, followed
by the left leg, to ﬂoat up against the wall. Adjust your sacrum so
that the sit bones rest against the wall and the sacrum evenly
releases into the support of the blanket. Slide the folded blanketunderneath your head. Float your arms wide, with the elbows bent
at a 90-degree angle, palms facing up, and ﬁngertips relaxed. Rest
here, allowing the weight of your body to release onto the ﬂoor for
up to 10 minutes.
Benefits:  Physically, Legs Up the Wall pose releases the backs of
the legs, the lower back, the chest, the shoulders, and the back of
the neck. It brings the deoxygenated blood back to the heart and
helps to reduce swelling in the feet.
Energetically, this pose is calming, quieting, and deeply
replenishing. It activates the ﬁfth and sixth chakras, facilitating a
state of silence, introspection, and inner vision. It also helps us to
perceive the world from a new perspective.
Engage jalandhara bandha. Stimulates apana vayu.
Therapeutic applications:  Legs Up the Wall pose alleviates
edema, varicose veins, menstrual discomfort, and swollen ankles.
Helpful with jet lag and insomnia.
Helpful tips: Wrap a belt or a strap around your thighs to keep
your legs together. Place a weighted cushion on your feet to help
release the thigh bones into the hip socket. For a hip-opening
alternative, bring the soles of your feet together and spread your
knees wide apart. If you don’t have wall space, practice this pose
with a block underneath your sacrum and your legs toward the
ceiling.
OceanofPDF.comCORPSE POSE: SAVASANA
Overview:  Corpse pose is one of the most important poses of
the Hatha Yoga practice. It is ritualistically practiced at the end of
each sequence, representing the ﬁnal cycle of life, which is
destruction. In Corpse pose, we are dismantling our attachment to
our body, mind, thoughts, and identity, and learning how to rest in
our true essence, which is inﬁnite and unbounded. It transitions us
from the act of doing into the art of being.
How-to:  Lie on your back with your legs a little wider than hip-
distance apart, your feet rolling open, and your arms at a 45-
degree angle alongside your body. With your palms facing up,
allow your ﬁngertips to curl in toward the palms of your hands
naturally. Allow the entire weight of your body to surrender into
the support of the ﬂoor. Relax each muscle in your body from your
toes up to the crown of your head. Rest here for at least 5 minutes
in complete stillness.
Benefits:  Physically, Corpse pose elicits the parasympathetic
nervous response, which, as mentioned earlier, is physiologically
healing. It lowers blood pressure, slows down the heart rate, brings
blood back to the heart, aids in digestion, and bolsters the
immune system.
Energetically, this pose reduces anxiety and facilitates a deep
sense of surrender. It activates the seventh chakra, promoting asense of spiritual awakening and connection to universal
intelligence.
No bandhas engaged. Stimulates prana and apana vayu.
Therapeutic applications:  This pose is healing for various
physical and mental conditions. It aids in blood pressure reduction;
alleviates anxiety, lower back pain, fatigue, and chronic pain; and
eases overall tension in the body.
Helpful tips: Place a cushion or a rolled-up towel or blanket
underneath your knees if you have any lower back pain. If your chin
is higher than your forehead, place a folded blanket underneath
your head.
OceanofPDF.comAFTERWORD
By Deepak Chopra
Where Do You Go from Here?
Royal Yoga has inspired spiritu al seekers for many centuries. To help
inspire you, we’ve tried to clear  the path of complications and obstacles. I
strongly believe  that everyday experiences give a glimpse of what it is like
to live in the light. I base this belief on one of the most basic principles in
Yoga: Consciousness is whole, and we all share in this wholeness. Everyone
starts on a level playing field when it comes to awareness. At every
moment, you are either aware or not. This is a choice that excludes no one.
The light of awareness is universal.
Royal Yoga is more than a set of practices for making you more aware.
It offers a vision of the ideal life. This vision also excludes no one because
the ideal life is based on consciousness. You can’t change what you aren’ t
aware of, and the more aware you are, the greater the chang es you can
achieve. Humans are the only creatures who can consciously evolve. Yoga
is the handbook that shows you how to evolve. The handbook is complete,
and whoever you are, its instructions apply to you.
So, if someone asked, “What do I do now?” the one-word answer is
“Evolve.” We commonly speak of spiritual seekers, but in reality, there areonly spiritual evolvers—or not.
Right now, and in the recent past, I’ve encountered more people than
ever before who have set out on their own spiritual path. They have become
inspired by higher consciousnes s; they’ve gotten excited about the notion of
“Follow your bliss.” But a cynic would point out that we have been hearing
about the emer gence of higher consciousness for at least fifty years, and
collective enlightenment still isn’ t in sight.
Yet there is no reason to be discouraged once you accept a simple but
profound truth: Consciousness evolves in a way that fits every individual.
Nothing is more individual and fluid. Yet along the path you should be
prepared for some highly peculiar, even unique qualities. Here are just a
few:
You can’t see the goal in advance.
You therefore cannot make reliable plans on how to
reach the goal.
Because your inner life is constantly shifting, you never
know if your attitude is correct or even if you are
equipped for the next phase of the journey.
Your ego-personality, which supports you in every other
activity, is of little use when addressing consciousness.
Typically, the ego-personality is an obstacle to, or pulls
you away from, any drastic change, particularly if old
habits, beliefs, and conditioning are challenged.
Even though you think and act as an individual,
consciousness isn’t personal: It’s universal, holistic, and,
in the end, inconceivable.
All these points have come up in this book, but by gatherin g them
together in one list, I’m giving you the essence of what it feels like to live
the vision of Royal Y oga.Once you recognize that your own evolution must come to terms with
everything on this list, the picture changes. The self is transforming the self.
You are like a surgeon who wants to perform surgery on himself, which is
obviously an impossible task. How can an individual—guided by the ego-
personality, which will only sabotage real personal transform ation—ever
evolve? The answer is not found at the level of the ego or the active mind.
Instead, you increasingly let your true unbounded nature come to light; you
hold on to the desire to meet your true self, exchanging a series of
provisional selves along the way for something everlasting.
These provisional selves, from birth to death and conforming to every
situation in between, feel like “I, me, and mine.” We own them;  we assume
we are them. But from  a Yogic perspe ctive, these selves are just garm ents
to clothe  the ego, a superficial covering that masks the true self. Because
the true self is the only part of us that knows what is really going on, it
invisibly manages our evolution.
Think about an infant facing stages of development that are controlled
invisibly from a level of life it has no knowledge of. Ahead lie baby teeth,
adult teeth, puberty, the formatio n of the immune system, the maturation of
the brain, and so on. The controller of these processes, we say, is our DNA.
But, in fact, the controller is the invisible knowledge encoded in DNA, not
the chemical amalgam of a gene, which consists of very ordinary carbon,
hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen, for the most part.
If there is a similar controller of our conscious evolution, it, too,
consists of knowledge. And just as DNA unfolds a child’ s development on
schedule, with a definite time line that puts baby teeth ahead of puberty, the
evolution of consciousness unfolds according to a specific time line. But
because the whole person is involved, with the inclusion of every personal
trait that makes us unique individuals, this silent unfoldment is dynamic,
shifting, responsive to life situations, and impossible to predict in advance.
Because the evolution of consciousness is about the entire person at


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even with the most expensive machinery as the  MRI etc., which have their percentage of inaccuracies also?

TREATING SYMPTOMS
In all diagnostic systems there is never total accuracy, but a varying percentage at best. While there may be some
value in each of the systems after the diagnosis is made, esp ecially by the leading medical institutions, after the
pronouncements and names of disease are given, what will they tell you to do to get well?
They haven't the slightest idea, and, according to the most authoritative medical textbooks on Symptomatology a nd
Pathology, the majority of diseases listed are stated to have causes which are "unknown." So all they can do is what
they have been trained to do - to treat symptoms, to use drugs, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, etc. None of these
are aimed at removing causes, but rather directed at removing bodily parts and consigning them to surgical garbage
pails.

EASY REVERSAL OF ILLNESS
Once the truth of how to live is understood, the process of illness can be reversed more or less painlessly by
intelligen t living, and good health can then be easily maintained by persistence in good habits.

UNDERSTANDING BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DISEASE AND HEALTH
As Dr. Shelton said, once the basic principles of disease and health are understood, diagnosis takes a position of
secondary importance. Once we know what the body requires for good health, if symptoms of illness arise, you know
where to begin and what to do, and the healing power of Nature takes over and does the rest.
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Many times in my personal life symptoms appeared which were baffling, but I would always begin with physical and
physiological rest (fasting or a juice program) and I always became well.
In my many years of practice, there were times that the symptoms presented by patients were so contradictory and
baffling, but trusting nature, I would advise bed rest and reduction or cessation of food during acute phases, and after
a few days improvement would follow. And most of these patients had come from medical treatments which hadn't
helped them. There are emergencies due to injuries which require medical and hospital care, also conditions
requiring hormones, such as diabetes, etc., but, barring these emergencies, the great majority of symptoms will
respond to a simple, natural approach, one known to primitive races and cultures.

DIET ADVICE RESPONSE
About 18 years ago, I wrote a booklet entitled, "Achieving Superior Nutrition through Progressive Weekly Diets." This
was written for beginners in nutrition coming from a conventional diet. I designed 7 progressive weekly diets,
beginning with moderate changes in diet for the first week. Each successive week was more advanced, and b y the
7th week they were on a high -quality maintenance diet, laid out in proper food -combining and sequence.
The book had a wide circulation, was translated into French by the Canadian Natural Hygiene Society, and into
Hebrew and Greek by Natural Hygienist s. After several months, I began to receive letters stating how conditions of
arthritis and high blood pressure cleared up and became normal, how acne and psoriasis improved, weight loss,
energy increase, disappearance of infections, tumors decreasing in s ize, reversal of glaucoma and changes occurring
in a wide variety of conditions and diseases.
Now these were people I had never seen, diagnosed, or consulted with. All these changes had occurred just by
upgrading their diets - by following a booklet I had written. To repeat, without any diagnosis available to me, from
people unknown to me, all these remarkable changes occurred just by improving their diets.

FASTER HEALING IF CHEERFUL
What price diagnosis? How important is it if you know how to eat properly? The true key to understanding health and
disease is to know what food substances and amounts the body needs for optimal health, and once known, healing is
only a matter of time and energy available.
The greater the energy, the quicker the healing - the more cheerful the state of mind, the more energy is conserved
and utilized for healing. In Chinese literature, there is a saying that, "The art of the Healer is to amuse the patient
while Nature does the healing."

BEST WAY TO TREAT PATIENTS
So what is the  conclusion to all this? The best way to treat patients is to use whatever diagnostic knowledge is
available, but not to be overly concerned with the accuracy of it.
Next, to reduce drugs slowly by increments as the patient improves by the removal of poor quality food and replacing
it with the best quality available. Organic food should be used if available, and the meals should contain all the
important and necessary proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals, etc.
The total daily amount of food consumed shou ld be the minimal amount the appetite can be happy with (to avoid toxic
accumulation and energy loss) for maximum longevity.
Luigi Cornaro, who lived in Padua, Italy in the 1400's, who was dying at 35 years of age, reduced his food to a total of
12 ounces per day, divided into 2 meals of 6 oz each, and 7 ounces of grape juice. In one year's time, he was
completely recovered from all illness and lived in vigorous health to 102. When he died, he fell asleep in his rocking
chair and painlessly left his body, i n a state of total peace.

MOST KNOWLEDGE IS STILL UNDISCOVERED
The final factor to consider is this - all the knowledge we have of the human body from most ancient times to the
present represents but a tiny amount compared to that which is unknown, myster ious and undiscovered.
Most of what we know is based upon experiments conducted on cells and tissues studied in a laboratory, in a dying
state, far removed from what happens in the living state in which the Life Force is active with thousands of enzymes
constantly being manufactured, constantly affecting each cell. This is not seen in the laboratory.
Finally, all our discoveries are theories which every few years become obsolete and have to become revised, showing
how far we are from final truths.

TRUST IN  NATURE
Isn't it much wiser to trust in the best intelligence present in Nature, who has mastered and successfully used all the
principles of Life and used them successfully to maintain all life forms from the beginning of time?
An attitude of humility and  openness is clearly indicated if we are to learn how to live more intelligently, hopefully and
joyfully, so that we may fulfill our destiny and evolution in accordance with Nature's grand plan for man's highest
happiness.

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How to Solve Problems Objectively
from "Overcoming Compulsive Habits"
"What you will see with this method will prove to be a literal revelation. Perplexing incidents
which have occurred in the past will reveal their solutions with a clarity that will startle you as you
become adept at this technique."

HOW SEE OUR PROBLEM AS ANOTHER PERSON WOULD?
How often do we find it necessary to seek out a good friend whose judgement we trust, who will listen to us as we
discuss a problem which we are unable to solve? How easy it is for another person to see where we are in error and
to give us sensible advice and guidance.
Why do they see things that we cannot see? The  answer is because we are emotionally involved and the intellect has
become obscured by our strong emotions which make objective analysis most difficult if not impossible. Since the
emotions represent the chief barrier to logical and intelligent analysis w hich may lead to a successful solution of the
problem, how is it possible to be able to see our problem as another person would? How are we to obtain an objective
view?

ANCIENT METHOD
The following method, ancient in its origin, has been practiced by several civilizations dating back for thousands of
years. It is a technique which should be practiced by every person who is desirous of putting order, meaningfulness
and sanity in his everyday existence. With it he will learn to solve all problems ultimat ely which may arise, if he
persists daily in this method.
It is the method which I have used for over 25 years and it has never failed me, whenever I used it properly.

COMPLETE MAKEOVER TECHNIQUE
What is even more important, with this technique, one can m ake himself or herself completely over, changing
personality and even character at will.
You will be able to see your errors in thinking and behavior as clearly and objectively as if you were studying another
person's behavior. As the truth about yourself unfolds, your thinking will become clear and your actions will be correct.

DON'T WASTE TIME AND ENERGY
When faced with a nagging problem, it is important to avoid trying to solve it during working hours, where your
attention is required elsewhere. Do not allow your mind to flit back and forth, time and time again on the problem. It is
wasteful of energy and if continued with deep emotional involvement, it leads to tension, irritability, worry and finally
exhaustion.
To try to solve a problem when other dut ies are pressing in, prohibits us from gathering our thoughts together


caused	by	modern	medical	practice.	The	most	recent	annual	estimate
of	hospital-caused	deaths	is:
•	106,000	deaths	from	“properly”	prescribed	drugs.•	80,000	deaths	from	hospital-caused	infections.
•	12,000	deaths	from	unnecessary	surgery.
•	7,000	deaths	from	medication	errors.
•	20,000	deaths	from	other	errors.
These	numbers	total	225,000	deaths	per	year,	but	the	real	total	is	far	greater.
These	numbers	do	not	include	unreported	medically	caused	deaths.	Why	take
responsibility	for	a	death	if	another	plausible	explanation	can	be	given?	Even	in
good	hospitals,	only	one	“adverse	event”	out	of	four	is	reported;	some	studies
have	placed	the	reporting	as	low	as	one	out	of	twenty.	Medicine-caused	deaths	in
outpatient	settings	have	been	estimated	as	an	additional	200,000	per	year.	Again,
this	figure	is	conservative.	Perhaps	one	of	the	biggest	problems,	though,	is	X
rays.
The	Threat	of	X	Rays
One	of	the	most	serious	threats	to	our	health	may	be	caused	by	one	type	of
medical	testing:	medical	and	dental	X	rays.	There	is	no	safe	radiation	level;	any
amount	of	radiation	can	cause	our	cells	to	malfunction.	The	radiation	levels	from
medical	and	dental	X	rays	(though	supposedly	within	“safe	limits”)	contribute	to
both	cancer	and	coronary	heart	disease.	Evidence	was	published	in	1999	by	John
Gofman,	a	medical	doctor	and	a	Ph.D.	nuclear	physicist,	who	is	one	of	the
world’s	leading	authorities	on	radiation	damage.	Dr.	Gofman’s	book,
Radiation
from	Medical	Procedures	in	the	Pathogenesis	of	Cancer	and	Ischemic	Heart
Disease,
presents	a	compelling	argument	for	reconsidering	how	we	understand
disease	and	death	rates	in	our	society	and	modern	medicine’s	responsibility	for
them.	Gofman’s	research	caused	him	to	conclude	that	medical	radiation	was
probably	the	single	largest	cause	of	cancer	mortality	in	the	twentieth	century.
Gofman’s	evidence	suggests	that	medical	X	rays	are	a	necessary	cofactor,
meaning	that	while	other	factors	are	involved,	the	X	ray	is	necessary	for	both
cancer	and	heart	disease	to	develop.	Dr.	Gofman	found	that	more	than	60
percent	of	deaths	from	cancer	and	more	than	70	percent	of	deaths	from	coronary
heart	disease	involved	X	rays.	To	cite	just	one	example,	Gofman	found	that	in
1990,	medical	X	rays	were	a	necessary	causal	factor	in	83	percent	of	all	breast
cancer.	In	other	words,	chest	X	rays	and	mammograms	are	the	leading	cause	of
breast	cancer.
Fortunately,	thermography	is	a	safe	and	effective	alternative	to	mammograms.
Thermography	measures	temperature	and	appears	to	be	a	far	more	accurate	way
of	detecting	tumors	at	a	much	earlier	stage.	A	cancerous	tumor,	as	it	begins	to
receive	its	own	blood	supply,	is	warmer	than	the	surrounding	tissue	and	can	bediscerned	when	the	temperature	of	the	breast	is	measured.
Modern	medicine	is	responsible	for	about	90	percent	of	our	exposure	to	man-
made	radiation,	and	about	90	percent	of	that	exposure	is	the	result	of	diagnostic
X	rays.	A	level	of	radiation	less	than	that	produced	by	ten	bitewing	dental	X	rays
can	produce	thyroid	cancer,	and	not	surprisingly,	an	epidemic	of	thyroid	cancer
is	now	being	found	in	people	who	had	upper	chest,	neck	and	head	X	rays
decades	ago.
Nevertheless,	X	rays	are	performed	with	alarming	frequency.	Gofman
estimates	that	more	than	half	are	not	necessary.	Other	researchers	have	placed
the	percentage	of	X	rays	of	“little	to	no	medical	value”	as	high	as	90	percent.
Even	low-level	X	rays	are	capable	of	inflicting	genetic	damage,	presenting	a
hazard	to	both	existing	and	future	generations.	For	example,	correlations	have
been	found	between	the	number	of	abdominal	X	rays	a	mother	had	received	in
her	lifetime	and	the	birth	of	a	baby	with	Down’s	syndrome.
The	public	worries	about	radiation	from	nuclear	power	plants,	yet	a	more
common	hazard	is	radiation	from	medical	X	rays.	Decline	X	rays	unless	they	are
absolutely	necessary,	which	is	not	often.	Children	are	especially	vulnerable	to
radiation	and	need	to	be	protected	by	their	parents.
Applying	Dr.	Gofman’s	data	on	medical	X	rays	to	60	percent	of	the	deaths
from	cancer	and	70	percent	of	the	deaths	from	ischemic	heart	disease	in	this
country,	I	calculated	that	X	rays	cause	about	650,000	deaths	every	year.
Combining	these	deaths	with	the	acknowledged	number	of	medicine-caused
deaths	(250,000	inpatient	and	200,000	outpatient	per	year)	reveals	an	estimated
total	of	more	than	1	million	deaths	per	year	caused	by	modern	medical	practice.
This	figure	amounts	to	about	half	of	all	deaths	in	America,	making	modern
medicine	our	leading	cause	of	death.
Should	You	Have	Medical	Testing?
Among	the	treatments	that	cause	patients	harm	are	diagnostic	tests,	everything
from	ultrasound	to	X	rays,	from	blood	tests	to	barium	enemas.	Many	of	these
tests	are	inaccurate,	present	more	risk	than	benefit	and	alternatives	often	are
safer	and	more	effective.	The	only	time	these	tests	are	justified	are	when	safety
is	clearly	in	question	and	only	when	the	results	of	the	test	would	require	action.
Avoid	tests	that	simply	provide	information.	For	example,	avoid	ultrasounds
during	pregnancy,	which	do	little	more	than	inform	parents	about	their	child’s
development	and	rarely	lead	to	any	meaningful	action.	Always	question	your
doctor	carefully	about	whether	a	particular	medical	test	is	necessary,	especiallyif	the	test	is	invasive.	All	tests	need	not	be	avoided,	but	ask	about	potential	risks
as	well	as	benefits.	Be	aware	that	most	doctors	downplay	risks.	Remember,	a
diagnostic	test	precipitated	my	own	health	crisis.
Most	often	doctors	order	tests	to	measure	symptoms	in	order	to	make	a
diagnosis.	Such	testing	is	not	especially	useful	because	it	is	not	designed	to
measure	the	causes	of	disease:	deficiency	and	toxicity.	Doctors	should	be
ordering	tests	that	measure,	directly	or	indirectly,	levels	of	deficiency	and
toxicity	and	what	is	causing	them.	If	the	tests	are	not	for	these	purposes,	they
may	be	unnecessary.	Many	diagnostic	tests	are	ordered	solely	for	defensive
purposes,	so	that	physicians	can	prove	they	considered	every	possibility	in	the
event	of	legal	action.	Decline	tests	if	the	doctor	is	unable	to	explain	how	it	will
help	to	measure	and	correct	your	cellular	deficiency	and	toxicity.
Every	invasive	test	poses	some	risk.	Even	a	simple	blood	test	poses	the	danger
of	an	infection	developing	at	the	puncture	site.	Punctures	for	removal	of	fluid
from	the	joints,	bone,	spinal	column	and	womb	pose	greater	risks.	Be	especially


. There was a time
when I was in so much pain that just getting out of bed was torture, and walking
up the stairs left me ready to collapse and absolutely needing to lay down.
Reaching the peak of mountains around 4000M was something I would never
ever believe I could do ever again. With the results of omad orin looping this is
exactly what I have done again and plan on many more even higher expeditions.
Now I can do 600 full life salutes (burpies) in one hour. Believe me this is really
something that many people who consider themselves extremely fit could not
do. It’s only 10 per minute which doesn’t sound like much but try to keep this up
for an hour and you will see how impressive this is.
My previous best at the height of my fitness was 450 in an hour, and that was
when I was in my 20s when I was in heavy training. I always wanted to get into
the 500 club, and dreamed of the 600 burpies in an hour club. Back then my
training got overtaken by other things in life and I never thought I would get
back to it again. Now 20 years later I'm thinking about trying to get up to the 700
or even 800 club because of omad orin looping. This would have been absolutely
unbelievable to me just before I started omad orin looping. I couldn't even do
one push up let alone full burpies due to my poor health and constant pain. Now
I'm in the best shape of my life even got my beach bod and six pack abs back, I’m so full of energy and I now understand why. Most incredible change is that I
now get so much more enjoyment out of good food and drink. My overall joy out
of life has gone up and I have eventually found happiness. You can too, believe
me, this is the secret that you will learn from this book. If I can do it then you
definitely can. I'm nothing special; it’s the omad orin looping programme that is
something very special.
Chapter 1.
What is the omad Orin looping protocol? Omad stands for one meal a day. Orin is
better name for urine. Looping means you keep drinking it again and again,
round and round it goes getting cleaner and better every time. There is more to
the programme which I will cover later. I know this is shocking to most people
who are new to urine therapy, but it is absolutely true. Urine is not a waste
product at all, it is an excess good stuff product and we are supposed to be
drinking it.
This programme is based on nature’s principles. The body seems to like omad
orin looping more than anything else. Sure other diets and fads may work for you
in the short term, you may lose weight. You can make yourself thin by all sorts of
unhealthy ways. Just remember most heroin addicts are thin.
What I'm trying to say here is that finding a good healthy system that you can
make a lifestyle choice, an eating lifestyle that you will want to keep doing for
the rest of your life. None of these fads that work initially but then make you put
on even more weight and are more unhealthy after it’s finished.
Yes once you experience it you will want to continue. It will be something you
really want to do for the rest of your life.
No more serial dieting. No more juice fasts, or calorie counting. No more losing
weight only to find it all comes back and then some. No more needing to cut out
any food at all. You can eat whatever you like on omad. Obviously the better
choices will have better results. But the point is you don’t have to worry about
ingredients, absolutely anything is ok occasionally on this programme. This is
something that can be done long term, and you will enjoy it, you will not feel it’s
a sacrifice or hardship.
Keto diets and the like work in the short term, but the problem is if you ever go
back to eating carbs the body puts on even more weight. Same with juice fasts,
yes you lose weight but go back to normal eating and you put even more back
on. It’s too hard to keep going on these routines. But omad is not hard to keep
going and going for the rest of your life, because you can eat whatever you like
on omad, no need to refrain from any particular food. No need to worry about if
you go back to normal then you will put back on even more weight. This can be
your new normal for the long term. You can have as many cheat days as you like
as long as you follow the programme. It’s a tool you have forever. You can
indulge on holiday, enjoy any special occasion or party with good food and drink.This is the ultimate eating plan for the long term. It’s easy, enjoyable and it
works better than anything else.
I’m not completely against blending or juicing, far from it, they both have their
place. After many years of experimenting and experiencing both juicing and
blending I have come to the conclusion that any foods that are good for humans
to eat are great in a smoothie. I now think it's a bit of a waste to juice them and
throw away all the pulp. As for food that can’t be eaten and digested by humans,
then juicing the water out of it is a great idea. Especially in a survival situation, I
have a hand crank juicer in my emergency go bag. You can wring out pure water
from almost any green vegetation. Yes all grasses and leaves, as long as they
are not too dry. If you look out the window and can see greenery, trees bushes
anything, then yes it can be a supply of water for you in an emergency.
Even things that may be poisonous may (and I do mean may) be able to juice the
water out it and consume. There are always exceptions to every rule. But
something’s mildly poisonous that you certainly could not eat, are perfectly fine
to juice. The reason is because of what Dr Norman Walker discovered that most
of the toxins stay in the pulp and 95% of the goodness goes to the juice.
So I am not completely opposed to juicing, far from it. I have been juicing for
many years. I am however opposed to juice fast diets, which are not really
fasting, you don’t get the advantages of fasting and you can’t stay on only liquid
for the rest of your life. It can’t be done long term like Omad Orin Looping. As
soon as you go back to solid food you put back on even more weight than you
lost. I will go into the reasons for this later. So juicing can be good but I only
consume in my eating window and only really juice plants that can’t be eaten,
it’s a waste to juice really good fruit that you could eat or blend. I would rather
stick them in my smoothie and consume all the pulp as well. I have seen friends
in my local Waitrose buying a trolley full of organic fruit and veg, only to throw
90% plus of it away when they juice it all.
But I can see the logic, juicing fresh plants is very beneficial in many ways. Most
of the toxins stay in the pulp, and most of the goodness goes into the liquid. So I
have come to the conclusion that juicing plants that are not really edible for
humans is a great idea. Wheatgrass and other grasses and leaves are prime
examples; other animals have multiple stomachs and different digestive systems
to humans. We can't digest certain grasses and leaves by eating or even
blending them, but we can juice them and drink the juice. This is the second best
water in the universe after your own orin. This is not a waste to then throw away
the pulp because your body could not digest it properly anyway.
There are many advantages to juicing no doubt, but on omad you don't want to
start your digestive system off until you’re eating window. The four 1's rule
allows for one drink with you one meal. This could either be a large juice, or a
smoothie. Remember juice fasts where your drinking juice multiple times per day
will not get your human growth hormone and other amazing substances to
increase by thousands of percent, as you have when you don't start your
digestive system for over 20 hours a day. But to have your juice or smoothie once every 23hours will still increase your human growth hormone and
testosterone by hundreds to thousands of percent. At the same time reducing
cortisol and other undesirable hormones. Plus all the other advantages when
intermittent  fasting for 23hrs a day; your body can cleanse and heal to a full
extent without having to stop to process something every few hours.
If you compare a water only fast with juice fasting then the advantages of water
only is the digestive system has a rest and you don't need to come out of fasted
state every time you drink as you do with juicing. So water only fasting is
excellent, you still get the thousands of percent increase in beneficial hormones.
You still get the full extent of the body being in a fasted state which mean the
body can clean and repair, another way of saying cleanse and heal which is what
happens when in a fasted state.
But then you are not getting any nutrients at all with water fasting. With so
called juice fasts you


 common experience of having the pain
threshold rise and fall, no mechanism had ever accounted
for it. Now medicine could explain it by using these internal
painkillers, the endorphi ns and enkephalins, which every
neuron in the body is able to produce at will. Very quickly
the general public was told that the brain produces
narcotics up to two hundred times stronger than anything
you can buy on the street, with the added boon  that our
own painkillers seemed to be nonaddictive. Perhaps in the
future a physician would anesthetize his patients by
stimulating some region in their brains, giving Western
medicine a scientiﬁc form of Chinese acupuncture.
Morphine and endorphins both block pain by ﬁlling a
certain receptor on the neuron and preventing other
chemicals that carry the message of pain from coming in.
Without these chemicals, there can be no sensatio n of pain,
no matter how much physical provocation is present. Using
this model, a molecule of endorphin is like a speciﬁc word,
the word painkiller. One can imagine that whenever the
word pain comes to the brain’s attention, it has the option
of sending painkiller  back as its answer. Unfortunately, this
simple picture was clouded over by later research.It was found that levels of endorphins in the body do not
correspond on a one-to-one basis with how much pain is
being felt. This can be proved with placebos, or dummy
drugs. Patients who are in pain can often be relieved by
receiving a placebo, usually a coated sugar pill, which they
are told is a powerful painkiller. Not everyone will respon d
to this, but generally between 30 percent and 60 percent
will report that their pain went away. This result, called the
placebo eﬀec t, has been noted for centuries, but it is highly
unpredictable. The doctor cannot tell in advance which
patients will beneﬁt or to what extent.
Why should a totally inert sugar pill relieve pain in the
ﬁrst place, even the stabbing pain of peptic ulcers or
traumatic surgery? Endorphins, it was now discovered,
must hold the answer. A drug called naloxone acts as a
chemical antagonist to morphine, meaning that it has the
ability to knock morphine  molecules out of a receptor site.
When naloxo ne is administered on top of a paink iller, the
sensation of pain instantly ﬂoods back. As it turns out, the
same thing will happen  with the placebo. The patients
whose pain went away from the sugar pill reported that it
returned again after they took naloxone. This implied that
endorphins and morphine must basically be the same drug,
the diﬀerence being that one is manufactured by the body
and the other by the opium poppy.
But once again, it was only a certain percentage of
patients who showed this result. Naloxone made the pain
return in full force for certain patients; for others, the
placebo eﬀec t still worked totally; and for still others, only
a little of the pain came back. Researchers found
themselves in a state of renewed confusion, where they
remain today. Endorphins are certainly internal painkillers,
but uncovering these new molecules was not the whole
answer.Pain studies have now shown that morphine is not
chemically identical to endorphins, that endorphins interact
in a more complex way than narcotic drugs, and that any
form of treatment for pain relief—morphine, endorphins,
acupuncture, or hypnosis—is highly variable in its
eﬀectiveness. It was also discovered  that endorphins
cannot be made into satisfactory pharmaceuti cals: our
internal painkillers are just as addictive as heroin if given
by injection.
Soon, the same frustrating complications that scientists
ran up against with the endorphins and enkephalins spread
to all the other neuro-transmitters. It turns out that a
neuron does not simply catch a signal from a neighboring
nerve cell and pass it along untouched to the next synapse.
That is only one of its choices. Although no one can
describe exactly how neurons receive their chemical
messages or how they transport them down their own
axons, or trunks, it is known that the process must be very
ﬂexible. The nerve cell can change the message en route,
turning the chemical it received at point A into a diﬀerent
one at point B. The receptor sites on the ends of nerve cells
can also modify themselves to receive diﬀerent types of
messages; the sending station on the other side of the
synapse is equally versatile.
For our purposes, this confusion is actually a highly
encouraging state of aﬀairs, because it proves that the
body cannot be understood without the missing ingredient
of intelligence. The physical makeup of endorphins, or any
other neurochemical, is not nearly as important as their
know-how—how they choose their sites, what trigg ers them
to act, how they “talk” to the rest of the body in precise
coordination, and so on. Even in the midst of a genuine
chemical revolution, mind is superior to matter. In fact, it
now appears that the molecular structure of any neuro-transmitter is completely secondary to the brain’s ability to
employ it.
It came as a tremendous  surprise to cell biologists that,
as far as molecules go, neurotransmitters are nothing
special. All of the protein in our bodies is built up from
chains of twenty basic amino acids, and these chains can be
further arranged into longer strands called peptides.
Neuropeptides have their own signature, making them
distinct from the other peptide chains in the body, but the
same factory, our DNA, makes all of them. DNA is the
source for all the proteins that repair cells, build new ones,
replace missing or defective pieces of the genetic code,
heal cuts and bruises, and so forth.
Without bothering to invent a new class of chemic als, the
DNA has ﬁgured out another use for its familiar raw
materials, the amines, amino acids, and peptides. Once
again, it is just the ability  to make these diﬀerent products
that is crucial. There is nothing special about the molecules
themselves, even though their discovery by a molecular
biologist may be special to science.
Where does the ability to make the neurotrans mitters
come from, then? Perhaps we should look to the
contribution made by the mind. After all, it is not really the
adrenaline molecule that makes a mother rush into a
burning building to save her child or an endorphin
molecule that protects her from feeling the ﬂames. Love
makes her rush in, and single-minded determination
protects her from pain. It just happe ns that these attributes
of her mind have found a chemical pathway that the brain
can follow to talk to the body.
Now we have arrived at the heart of the matter. Mind by
any deﬁnition is nonmat erial, yet it has devised a way to
work in partnership with these complicated comm unicator
molecules. Their association is so close, as we have seen,that mind cannot be projected into the body without such
chemicals. Yet these chemicals are not mind. Or are they?
The whole paradoxical situation was wittily summ arized
several years ago when the eminent English neurologist
and Nobel Prize winner Sir John Eccles was asked to
address a conference of parapsychologists, who were
discussing the usual topics of ESP, telepathy, and
psychokinesis—the ability  to move physical objects with the
mind. If you want to see real psychokinesis, he told his
audience, then consider the feats of mind-ov er-matter
performed in the brain. It is quite astonishing that with
every thought, the mind  manages to move the atoms of
hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, and the other particles in the
brain’s cells. It would appear that nothing is further apart
than an insubstantial thought and the solid gray matter of
the brain. The whole trick is somehow done without any
apparent link.
The mystery of mind-over-matter has not been explained
by biology, which prefers to push on to more and more
complicated chemical structures operating at ﬁner and
ﬁner levels of the physiology. It is still obvious that no one
is ever going to ﬁnd a particle, however minute, that nature
has labeled “intelligence.” This is all the more apparent
when we realize that all the matter in our bodies, large or
small, has been designed with intelligence as a built-in
feature. DNA itself, although ackn owledged as the chemica l
mastermind of the body, is made up of essentially the same
basic building blocks as the neurotransmitters it
manufactures and regulates. DNA is like a brick factory
that is also made out of bricks. (The great Hungarian
mathematician John von Neumann, besides being a founder
of the modern computer, was interested in robots of all
types. He once invented, on paper, a truly ingeniou s
machine, a robot that could build robots identical to itself—
in other words, a self-reprodu


you	creating	the	stress?
Are	you	reacting	to	stress	from	the	outside?
Are	you	helping	to	reduce	and	heal	the	stress?
Some	of	the	stressful	behaviors	on	the	list	may	seem	very	ordinary	to	you.
But	that’s	generally	a	sign	of	denial.	Each	of	these	behaviors	puts	pressure	on
you	or	someone	else,	and	with	pressure	the	mind-body	system	reacts	stressfully.
Stress	experts	often	refer	to	how	ancient	the	stress	response	is,	because	the
chemical	triggers
for	it	are	located	at	the	base	of	the	skull	in	the	oldest	section
of	the	brain,	known	as	the	reptilian	brain.	The	reptilian	brain	doesn’t	think
about	what	is	causing	a	sense	of	threat.	The	example	is	often	given	of	someone
stuck	in	a	traffic	jam	on	the	way	home	from	work.	The	frustration	of	the
situation	causes	the	secretion	of	the	same	fight-or-flight	hormones	as	our
ancestors	experienced	at	the	approach	of	a	saber-toothed	tiger.	The	lower	brain
doesn’t	register	the	difference,	which	means	that	our	response	is	primitive	and
chemical,	not	intelligent	and	rational.
Therefore,	even	when	you	think	you	are	doing	something	quite	harmless	and
necessary,	such	as	criticizing	another	person	for	poor	performance,	the	lower
brain	doesn’t	register	anything	reasonable—it	just	feels	threatened.	The	same
holds	true	outside	the	workplace	in	how	we	behave	with	our
family	and	friends.
It’s	often	said	that	modern	life	is	stressful	because	we’re	exposed	to	so	much
noise,	speed,	and	complex	tasks	compared	with	our	grandparents’	generation.
Those	are	stressful	factors,	no	doubt,	but	the	worst	stress	is	psychological.	We
fall	into	the	careless	habit	of	putting	pressure	on	others	without	realizing	it.
Psychological	Stress—It’s	All	in	the	Family
The	stressful	habits	of	everyday	life	include	the	following:
Constant	teasing,	putting	others	down,	picking	on	the	weak
Blaming	someone	else
Harping	on	someone	else’s	faults	and	mistakesNot	listening
Not	letting	everyone	have	their	say
Being	disrespectful
Using	verbal	or	emotional	abuse
Resorting	to	physical	violence
Refusing	to	take	responsibility	for	your	own	actions
Putting	pressure	on	children	to	perform
Making	seniors	feel	old,	useless,	and	unwanted
Creating	an	atmosphere	of	resentment	and	complaint
Filling	the	air	with	constant	arguments
Repeatedly	rehashing	old	grievances
Imposing	rigid	rules
Making	someone	feel	inferior	or	unwanted
Being	a	harsh	authority	figure,	or	living	under	one
Creating	an	atmosphere	of	emotional	repression,	where	genuine
feelings	cannot	be	expressed
Unloving	behavior	in	general
As	before,	when	you	read	over	this	list,	you	need	to	ask	the	following
questions:
Are	you	creating	the	stress?
Are	you	reacting	to	stress	from	the	outside?
Are	you	helping	to	reduce	and	heal	the	stress?
Millions	of	people	would	say	that	they	have	a	loving	family	while	the	reality
is	that	stressful	behavior	is	going	on	under	their	roof.	It’s	easy	to	forget	that	the
family	is	a	place	that	should	be	as	stress-free	as	possible.	It’s	not	the	place	where
you	go	to	dump	your	“stuff”—the	complaints,	negativity,	anger,	and	frustration
accumulated	during	the	day.
We	hate	to	say	it,	but	many	people	who	sincerely	believe	that	they	are	on	a
spiritual	path	remain	oblivious	to	the	stressful	behavior	they	exhibit	or
encourage	in	others.	They	lack	self-awareness,	which	is	what	the	spiritual	path	is
really	all	about.
Once	you	understand	how	low-level	stress	is	affecting	you	and	those	around
you,	you’ll	want	to	break	the	cycle.	You	don’t	have	to	adopt	the	role	of	victim.
At	the	same	time,	you	don’t	have	to	adopt	the	opposite	role	of	abuser	oraggressor.	The	cycle	of	stressful	behavior	affects	everyone	equally.	Ultimately,
your	goal	is	to	find	your	inner	love,	truth,	and	beauty,	letting	them	shine	all
around	you.	Stress	is	incompatible	with	this	goal,	leaving	aside	all	the	other
damage	it	creates.
How	to	Be	a
Healer	of	Stress
If	stress	can	go	viral,	so	can	beauty.	Radical	Beauty	is	about	radiating	your
beauty	so	that	it	uplifts	those	around	you.	This	is	a	form	of	spiritual	healing.
Stress
	and
spiritual
	aren’t	two	words	you	see	together	very	often—one	seems	very
worldly	while	the	other	is	very	unworldly.	But
healing,	whole
,	and
holiness
	come
from	the
same	root	word.	When	you	are	healed	of	the	damage	created	by	stress,
you	find	your	wholeness	and	your	holiness.
To	become	a	healer	of	stress,	you	stop	pressuring	others—and	yourself—at	the
psychological	level.	Thinking	psychologically	doesn’t	come	easily	for	most	of
us.	Let’s	return	to	the	workplace	again.	If	you’ve	been	taught	that	a	hard-boiled
attitude,	confrontational	tactics,	and	constant	pressure	are	good	for
productivity,	studies	in	the	workplace	do	not	bear	this	out.	The	best	workplaces
give	workers	their	personal	space,	encourage	creativity,	allow	flexible	work
hours,	assign	tasks	according	to	everyone’s	unique	strengths,	and	create	an
atmosphere	of	general	respect.	This	is	basic	psychology	turned	into	practice.
If	you	don’t	put	much	stock	in	psychology,	look	around	you.	If	you	are	the
focus	or	cause	of	stress	in	other	people,	the	following	things,	either	a	few	or	a
lot,	will	be	evident:	People	don’t	look	happy	around	you	or	working	for	you.
They	avoid	direct	eye	contact.	They	seem	nervous	in	your	presence.	The
atmosphere	grows	quiet	and	tense	when	you	enter	a	room	or	give	orders.	There
is	silent	resistance	to	giving	you	what	you	ask	for—you	have	to	ask	a	second
time,	and	even	then	there	are	delays.	People	under	you	make	excuses,	or	else
they	have	lost	their	motivation	to	perform.
The	real	eye-opener,	however,	is	to	take	the	same	look	around	the	family
setting.	Instead	of	workplace,	substitute	the	home.	In	place	of	workers,
substitute	children	or	spouse.	You	may	be	shocked	at	how	viral	the	stress
around	you	actually	is.	Society	sends	us	messages	about	rebellious	teenagers
who	won’t	do	what	they’re	told,	who	act	uncomfortable	around	adults,	slack	off
at	school,	and	exhibit	a	sullen,	resentful	attitude.	These	behaviors	fit	a
stereotype,	but	that	doesn’t	make	them	normal.	They	are	signs	of	stress.	We
aren’t	saying	that	adolescence	doesn’t	have	its	special	challenges,	because	it
certainly	does.	The	point	is	that	adding	to	those	challenges	with	stressful
pressures	at	home	is	just	as	damaging	as	if	the	pressure	was	applied	at	work.It	is	generally	futile	to	approach	someone	else	and	say,	“I’m	sorry,	but	your
behavior	is


 tion. Wit h continued practice you will be able to extend and
contract your abdomen quite easily while breathing very slowly. In
the beg inning your hands act as guid es to help you learn the exercis e.
Once you have learned the breathing, it is not nece ssary to continue
using your hands. Breathing must be very slow. So slow, in fact, that
a hair in front of the nose will not move either during inhalation or
exhalation.
NOTE 8: Once you have mastered the Crane Exer cise, you may
combine the anal lock as described in the Deer Exerc ise with the
Crane b reathing. This will increase the strength of the exercise.
NOTE C: Always concent rate on what you are doing.
NOTE D: Women should not perform the Crane Exerc ise during
preg nancy as the in and out motions of the abdomen may create
unplea sant feelings within the abdomen.
The best time to do the Crane Exercise is in the morning, while facing the
sun, if possible. As you inhale, feel the energy of the sun come into your
body, and feel as you exhale the toxins and wastes leave your body.
When done before re tiring at night, the Crane Exercise gives a gentle
mas sage to the inner organs which helps calm the body, relaxing it for
proper and restful sleep.
One organ whi ch benefits greatly from the Crane is the lung. As it is one
of the three filter systems of the body-it filters out gaseous wastes and
carbon diox ide-it must function perf ectly for good health. The simplest
way to good respir atory and circula tory health is through nourishing,
relaxing, and comforting breathing. The Crane will help us re-le arn this
kind of breathing, as it was once used natural ly when we were babies.
Except for singers, most of us lose this knowle dge as we grow older.
Eventually you will want to learn to do the Crane breathing so slowly that
one breath will take you 10 minutes to complete. Many people have more
trouble taking long inhala tions than long exhalations, but with training both
can be done. In accomplishing this, we learn to control every cell in our
bodies, to help it follow the mind. Achieving this first stage will facilitate
the our progress to next stage, wherein every mental movement follows
the way of God.
Like the Deer Exercise, the Crane must be mastered as it is also the basis
for future meditative and advanced breathing techniques.
105 The Internal Exercises
THE STANDING CRANE
This exercise is similar to the sitting Crane Exercise, only it is perfonned
while standing. It helps develop balance, stimula tes the nervous system,
strengthens the inner organs, and increases the flexibility of the knee,
ankle, and hip joints. It also increases the circulation in the legs and feet and
reverses tendencies toward cramps in the legs and feet, varicose veins, and
cold feet.
I. Stand with your feet together, toes and heels touching.
2. Pick up one foot and rub the sole of that foot on the opposite calf.
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a. b.
Figure 47a and 47b. The Stand ing Crane.
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3. Gradual ly work your foot up the leg. stopping every few inches or
so to continue the rubbing motion, until your foot rests on the outside
thigh of your opposite leg. The heel will be in toward the pelvis, and
the toes will extend past the thigh near the hip joint.
4. Now massage the sole of your foot with your hands and manipu
late the toes to stimulate the nerves and circulation in your foot.
5. Then slowly raise your arms over your head sideways as you
inhale, and bring your palms as close together as possible.
6. Breathing normally, balance in this position for as long as you feel
comfortable.
7. Exhaling, lower your arms and foot and repeat the exercise with
your other foot.
8. Do this exercise once with each foot.
It may not be possible to balance in the full position at first, but with
continued practice the pose will open up, and you will find yourself
perform ing it with ease. The increased ability to balance will have enor
mous beneficial effects on your everyday life.
SOLAR PLEXUS EXERC ISE
The ancient Taoists believed that the human body was controlled and
operated by two brains instead of one. Besides the familiar brain in the
head, there is also a ''brain'' in the abdomen. We know that the entire body
is operated by nerves. But whenever the subject of nerves is brought up, we
invariably link in the cerebral brain while never venturing further beyond
that point. The ancient Taoists went one step further by linking the nervous
system to another ''brain'' and maintaining that that nervous center existed
in the abdomen and was at least equal in importance to the cerebral brain.
The modem anatomical term for this abdominal nervous center is ''solar
plexus''. A mass of nerve cells, the solar plexus is found in the center of the
torso, beneath the heart and behind the stomach. Being in closer proximity
to the abdominal organs than the cerebral brain, the solar plexus has nerves
radiating out directly to the organs. One can say that the relationship of the
107 The Internal Exercises
solar plexus to the abdominal organs is even more direct and intimate than
that of the cerebral brain. That is why Taoists call the solar plexus the
''abdominal brain''.
Respons ibility for maintaining and balancing internal organ functions
lies in the abdominal brain. Its presence can be clearly felt when a person in
daily life feels anger, happiness, distress, sorrow, love, hate, and other
emotions, all arising from within the internal organs. Feelings arise when
an organ is disturbed or dysfunctioning, but they are felt at the solar plexus
and later surface as physiological reaction s. When a feeling is generated,
the solar plexus must reestablish balance among the organs and correct
organ dysfunctions-a struggle that can be painfully felt at the solar
plexus.
In the minds of Taoists, the generation and sensation of feelings are
functions of the abdominal area, not the cerebral brain. The cerebral brain
is like a library where all data (life experience, education, knowledge, etc.)
is stored. In modem terms, it functions exactly like a computer center.
The function of the solar plexus actually involves every organ in the
abdomen. To the Taoist, excitement is related to the heart; anger, liver;
worry, spleen-panc reas; sorrow, lungs; and fear, kidney. According to the
Five Element Theory, excessive excitement hurts the small intestin es,
sexual organs, heart and blood vessels; excessive anger, the nervous
system, liver and gallbladder; excessive worry or consideration, muscle
tone, stomach and spleen-pallcreas;--:exce-ssive sorrow or sadness, die
Tungs, large intestines, skin ·imd.. hair; excessive fear, the bones, kidneys
and bladder. This is not to say that feelings are bad for the organs. They are
God-given antagonists that temper the solar plexus. And when the solar
plexus benefits, everything else along the cyclical chain of influence,
including the organs, benefits. Therefore, if the internal organs are healthy
and balanced, the feelings will naturally be balanced and peaceful. Peace
ful feelings cannot be forced by thoughts or reasoning from the cerebral
brain. Peaceful attitudes come from internal peace, not thoughts.
When the solar plexus is healthy, organs can immediately recover from
stress and tension and resume proper functioning. It is when its balance is
lost that the following problems arise: insomnia, hypertension, car
diovasc ular diseases, heart weakness, heart attack, stroke, chronic bron
chitis, duodenal infection, ulcer, gastroe nteritis, gastriti s, constipation,
diarrhea, lack of absorption (small intestine), menstruational cramps and
related problems, impotence, etc.
How can the balance of the solar plexus be lost? According to the
108 The Internal Exe rcises
Two-Brain Theory of Taoism, nonnal newborn ba bies have more abdo
minal brain functions than cerebral brain functions. Their cerebral brains
are blank, without infonnation that adults deem critical for survival, yet
they hardly ever suffer from the health problems that plague or kill adults.
With gradual absorption of living experience and artificial education, their
cerebral brains gradually develop. Because som e cultures value huge
memory stores of facts and subsequently stress continuous cerebral (ration
al) development over inner development (true feeling), the abdominal
brain functions are gradually forgotten or surpressed. Then the results of
this direction of emp hasis are a great library of recorded information (the
cerebral brain gets bigger and bigger) and a great succession of physical
and mental problems, the so called modem diseases listed above. In other
words, human beings, in denying their true feelings, are misguidedly
cutting off the functions of their solar plexus, causing their organs to
become inoperati ve, and shortening their lives. The basic outward sign of
an atrophied solar


 additional water through the cheesecloth three or
more times each day, and remove it by inverting the jar.
Between watering the seeds, leave the jar partly inverted to permit continuous drainage of water and entry of air.
   As a rule, wheat, rye, and barley seeds are preferred when
they have just begun to sprout or when the sprouts are no longer than the seeds; mung bean sprouts are preferred about
one and one-half to three inches long; alfalfa sprouts may be
taken when one to two inches long, while soy bean and pea sprouts are good either long or short. The sprouts are eaten
with the seeds, and they may be taken alone or mixed with
salads and liquefied drinks. Th e sprouted cereal grains are
usually preferred when served with honey and milk or cream as a breakfast cereal.

D
RYING AND FREEZING FOODS
   Raw foods are most appropriate for human nourishment
when used in their fresh state. Yet, there is some reason for preparing certain foods by the process of drying. While
refrigeration has been an enormous aid in preserving fresh
foods longer, it has its limitations. Thus the extra supply of
seasonal foods may be preserved by drying in the sun. There
is unquestionably some loss of vitamin C and other nutrients in the drying process, but this is far less damaging than the
chemical changes brought about by heat. Farm animals are
forced to live during winter months on dry feed, and whereas
the
y do not maintain the fine condition of green-fed animals, they are far superior to those given cooked foodstuffs. It may
be added that animal feeding experiments have shown that
sun-dried alfalfa meals are far superior to dehydrated meals,
and we may expect the same to be true of most dried foods. The excessive heat used in artificial dehydration makes the
method less desirable.
   We are all accustomed to the use of dried apricots, raisins,
and prunes. Yet few people realize the large number of other
foods which lend themselves well to the drying process.
Apples, peaches, pears, bananas, raspberries and many other
fruits may be dried in the sun. Sun-dried sweet corn is a delicious food. Meat may be cut into thin slices and dried in
the sun. The early North American Indians were well known
for their sun-drying of foods, and we might well take a few
lessons from their experiences. The Indians cut much of their
buffalo meat into slices one-half inch thick and sun-dried these without the addition of salt or smoke. They made cakes
weighing from fifteen to twenty-five pounds from dried
berries. In civilization we can utilize an even wider variety of
sun-dried foods, and, as with the Indians, we can do so
without the use of salt, smoke, sulphur, and other harmful
preservatives.
   Along with sun-drying, freezing is a method of giving
variety to the diet and aiding in the storage of extra foods.
Nutritive losses in frozen foods are very slight and confined
to the thawing period. However, it cannot be said that frozen
foods are equal in all respects to fresh foods. The commercial
practices of bleaching vegetables, heat-processing fruit juices, and saturating fruits with refined sugar syrup prior to freezing
eliminate these frozen foods from the raw diet. The home
deep-freeze is adapted to storing some foods, but not all foods. All frozen vegetables are inferior in flavor and texture
to fresh vegetables when consum ed in their raw state. Fruits
are much better adapted to the freezing process. Ordinarily,
home-frozen fruits are treated with refined sugar syrup, just
as commercial fruits are, in order to delay enzyme action and thus assure better preservation. But the practice is entirely
unnecessary. All fruits may be frozen with complete
satisfaction without added sugar, the only requirement being
that honey be used as a substitute. Fruits frozen with honey
preserve their original color and flavor every bit as well as those frozen with sugar, and they are far more healthful.
Either the whole berries or s liced tree fruits may be frozen,
or, if preferred, the juices may be extracted and frozen. All
foods should be consumed as soon as possible after thawing.
In addition to the regular deep-freeze, the refrigerator freezer
 compartment and the ice cream freezer may be used in
preparing certain frozen foods.

RECIPES
   With a basic knowledge of the many foods that may be
used in an uncooked diet, as well as some of the techniques of
preparing such foods, you will be in a position to utilize
recipes and menus for your own enjoyment and physical benefit. Here you will find recipes designed for the use of a wide variety of raw foods, as may be available under good conditions in regions favored with the widest production and
marketing of food products. They represent an ideal to work
for as far as the general circumstances permit, but that is all. Don't become disturbed if you cannot obtain all of the foods
mentioned; substitutions can always be made and the dietary
may be adjusted to fit in with the selection of foods you find
available.
The fundamental need in utilizing raw foods is to make your
meals as tasty and appetizing as possible. If you apply
imagination and good judgment in the techniques of food preparation, you will find yourself enjoying your foods far
more than you ever did in the past. The food combinations
that may be developed in beverages, dressings, salads, confections, desserts, etc., are almost endless. Hundreds in each category may be devised at will. Here you will find a limited number to start with, and as you proceed to work and
experiment with raw food preparations, you will doubtless
find many new ones which may also suit your individual
taste.

V
EGETABLE JUICE COCKTAILS
POTASSIUM COCKTAIL
2 cups carrot juice      ½  cup spinach juice
1 cup celery juice       ¼cup parsley juice
RHUBARB COCKTAIL
1 cup pineapple juice       1 cup rhubarb juice
RADISH COCKTAIL
2 cups pineapple juice       ½cup radish juice
 BEET LEAF COCKTAIL
2 cups tomato juice        ½ cup beet leaf juice
1 teaspoon lemon juice
VITALITY COCKTAIL
1 cup celery juice        1 cup orange juice
IRON COCKTAIL
1 cup beet juice        1  cup blackberry juice
1 cup spinach juice
APPETIZER COCKTAIL
1 cup pineapple juice        1 cup dandelion juice
BEAUTY COCKTAIL
½ cup celery juice            ½  cup watercress juice
½ cup cucumber juice      ¼ cup parsley juice
½ cup tomato juice
CARROT-COCONUT COCKTAIL
2 cups carrot juice         ½cup coconut juice
PINEAPPLE-COCONUT COCKTAIL
2 cups pineapple juice        ½ cup coconut juice
CARROT-CELERY COCKTAIL
1 cup carrot juice         1 cup celery juice
REFRESHER COCKTAIL
½ cup celery juice         ½  cup pineapple juice
½ cup spinach juice
CUCUMBER COCKTAIL
1 cup cucumber juice         1 cup grapefruit juice
STRAWBERRY COCKTAIL
1 cup strawberry juice         ½ cup rhubarb juice

 APPLE COCKTAIL
1 cup apple juice         1 cup carrot juice

BEVERAGE COMBINATIONS PREPARED IN THE
ELECTRIC  BLENDER
   The beverages that can be made in the electric blender
number in the thousands. For all beverages you need at least two parts of liquid to one part of solid. Fruits, vegetables, and coconut should be cut into small pieces before blending. Raw nut butters can always be used in place of fresh nuts, and they
will reduce the time required for mixing. If a rather thick
beverage is to be made, it is best to pour in the liquid first and then add the solid ingredients slowly while the mixture is
turning. Many of the beverages may be converted into soups
simply by warming (but not cooking) them over a fire and
serving in soup 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


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Sprains,FirstStage,withswellingintheRepertory
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nottomoveit,somakeupastrongsolutionofArnica
tinctureandsoakthebandagefromtheoutside,in-
structingMaiytokeepitdampforatleast24hours.
ThisexternalapplicationofArnicaplustheinternal
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swellingveryquickly.
Youwillneedtocontinueprescribingforthesprain
itself,bothinternallyandexternally,foraslongas
necessary,asitcantakeseveralweeksforasprainto
healinanelderlvperson.
Hadyourauntfracturedherankle,Arnicawould
stillhavebeenyourfirststep,untiltheswellinghad
gonedown.Anelderlypersonwillusuallyneeda
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weeksandisextremelyanxious.Hehasbeenworking
vervhardallyearandisinastateofpanic.Hesaysthat
themoreheworksthelessheknows.Hisbrainwon't
retaininformationandheisexhausted.Hehasstarted
havingdiarrhoea,dueinpartperhapstoallthesweets
hehasbeeneating(hehasevenbeenraidingthesugar
bowl).Heisalsogettingsomeindigestionaftereating
(heboltshisfood)andthisisbetterforburping.He
pacesabouthisroomandhasthewindowswideopen,
despitethecoldweather.Hisbiggestcomplaintabout
schoolisthecentralheating:'HowamIsupposedto
learnanythinginthisheat?'hesays.Hefeelsdriven
butissureheisgoingtofail.Hewasinasimilarpanic
whenheactedintheschoolplaytheyearpreviously
andhadalotoflinestolearn.
Youchoosethefollowingsymptoms:
1Examnerves(Emotional'mental)
2Anticipatorvanxiety(Emotionalmental)
3Panic(Emotionalmental)
4Hurried(Emotionalmental)
5Forgetful(Emotionalmental)
6Exhaustion(Physicalcomplaint)7Diarrhoea(Physicalcomplaint)
8causedbyanxiety(Relatedsymptom)
9Indigestion(Physicalcomplaint)
10betterforburping(Relatedsymptom)
11Likessweetthings(General)
12Cravessugar(General)
13Worseforheat(General)
14Betterforfreshair(General)
Argentinanitricumislistedundereverysymptom.
Therearenoothetremediesthathavemanyormostof
thesymptoms.Lycopodium istheclosest.
TurntoArgentumnitricumintheMateriaMedica
andreadthroughtheremedypicture.Youwillfind
thatitcorrespondsaccuratelytohisproblems;the
picture'fits'well.
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Case4
Cough/cold
Yourthree-vear-oldhasacoughandcold.Itstarted
fourdavsago.Thedavpreviously,shehadbeen
caughtintherainandgotdrenched.Hernosestarted
runningthateveningandshecoughedinthenight.In
themorningshewasverypaleandpatheticanddidn't
wantanvthingtoeatordrink.Shejustwantedtositon
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andisvervlistless.Hernoseisrunningwithlotsof
thick,vellowcatarrh.Hercoughislooseinthemorn-
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atnightandwakesherduringthenight,whenshehas
tosituptocough.Thecoughisworseifherroomgets
over-heated;shelikesthewindowopen.Oddly
enough,whenvouhadtotakeheroutyesterdaytodo
someshoppingshewasabitbetter.Shehasnofever
andisn'tsweatybutshefeelshotandcomplainsof
beingeithertoohotortoocold.
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4loosemornings(Relatedsymptom)
5dryatnight(Relatedsymptom)
6worselyingdown(Relatedsymptom)
7Whines(Emotional/mental)
8Tearful(Emotional/mental)
9Wantstobecarried(Emotional/mental)
10Thirstless(General)
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