‐ treatment  for thyroid
trouble.
(Reported  by the Naturopath,  Mr. 0. Warnock‐ . Fielden.) Lady aged 40.
Long history of drug treatment  since she was 15. In early  life she had
had  injections  during a number of years for over active thyroid, and
also for colds. More  recently she had  had  an operation  with a view to
improving  the circulation,  seeing that when the weather was cold, and
even at other  times, her hands  would go blue.  No improvement  was
noticed  after the operation.  Before  I was called  in, the local doctor had
retired from  the case,  pronouncing  it to be hopeless.  I found her hands
a ‐mass  of pus, moist  gangrene,  and  almost skinless. The necessity for
amputation  of both hands  had been mooted and feared. After making a
start with less  severe measures  such as hot fomentations,  cold
compresses,  urine‐packs, urine drinking in small quantities,  and  an
antiseptic  ointment  to relieve the intense " drawing " pains, I finally
advocated  a complete  fast on urine and  plain water only, at the same
time continuing  the packs. The fast lasted  three weeks, but even after  a
fortnight,  the patient could use her hands and  could knit. Granted that
the urine‐drinking and  the urine‐dressings  were of much value  to the 87
 treatment,  I none the less consider that the' three  weeks'  fast was the
decisive factor in this case,  since it enabled  the drugladen  system to be
drained  of its impurities.
Rash on the arms. Mrs. C. suffered for over three years from an
irritating eruption  on her arms. Had tried  various ointments  and lotions
without  any relief. Wa.; finally induced to try the effect of urine,  which
she dal bed on every  night. The rash disappeared  completely  within a
few weeks. In this  case  no fasting was resorted to or any other
measures.
Large wart on face. Mrs.  C. reports that she employed  the same
treatment  for an unsightly excrescence  on her face, which  in a short
time shrivelled  up and  then fell away, leaving no scar. (All three  of
these cases were supplied by Mr. Warnock‐Fielden.)
Lump on arm. A correspondent  reports the case of a lady who
developed  a nasty blue looking lump about j inch  high, which  she
feared might become malignant.  She was advised  by an acquaintance
to treat it with urine‐compresses,  and in less than three weeks it fell off,
leaving the skin healthy and clean.
A mysterious  case. Male patient about 58. Had been in the hospital for
several weeks for observation  and  treatment,  but  at the end of the
term was  said to be incurable,  and  was sent home to die, but enjoined
to keep in touch  with his local  doctor.  He was given a particular  drug to
take with him which was calculated  to dissolve any food he ate. When,
at the request of a gentleman  I was treating,  I first saw the patient, I
reckoned  he was dying sure  enough, but not from the disease so much
as from the powerful drug (poison) he was being given.  I noticed that 88
 his eye‐balls were much distended,  that he was thin, but not to the
extent of emaciation.  He told me he had  been a careful  eater,  a hard
outdoor  worker, had  kept regular hours, had  never been subject to
colds, had never been bilious or constipated  and  had  never had
diarrhoea.  His  only vice had  been the use of snuff, but he had
discontinued  the habit  a year previously.  I only stayed with him a few
minutes at my first  visit, told him to fast  and  to drink  nothing but cold
water and every drop of urine that he passed  both day and night.  I also
told him (and his wife) not to be surprised  at any symptoms  which
might occur  in the process of elimination.  His stools and ejecta were to
be kept for my inspection.  Three  days later  I called  again, to be shown
two large buckets  full of the foul matter he had  vomited‐ the vomiting
having started 24 hours  after he had taken his first draught of urine.
There  had also been great looseness  of the bowels, and much catarrhal
discharge  from the nose. In fact he had  been obliged  to use a dozen
handkerchiefs,  which  were not only soiled with ropy mucus  but also
with SNUFF ! The fast  was continued,  and  in a week all discharge
ceased. The penance was broken in 10 days‐and the patient  was cured.
At the time of writing he is over 70. This case is interesting  as it serves
to show that with urine‐therapy  it is quite unnecessary  to know  the
name of the disease in order to treat it. It is further interesting  as
showing that a foreign substance ‐snuff in this case‐ may  be lodged in
the tissues for months  after the taking of it has been discontinued,  only
to be eliminated  during a body‐cleansing  fast. Which reminds  me that
the eminent German naturopath,  Louis Kuhne,  relates of a case  where
during the eliminative  treatment  the sweat of the patient had  smelt of
drugs the allopaths had  previously  used to c


 so-
dium absorption. As for drinking pure water,
there are no restrictions, because it is absorbed
quickly, but it’s still better not to drink any water
in the 30 minutes prior to the procedure.
In our opinion, the optimal and most conven-
ient period for cleansing is the time after a
night’s sleep, since the delay in food intake in
this case is natural and doesn’t require psycho-
logical and physiological efforts. You can carry
out the procedure at any  other convenient time
of day, but you have to observe the above -men-
tioned conditions.
Besides that, provide for: free access to the
bathroom and toilet and 3-4 hours of free time.

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The fluid for the irrigation of the digestive tract
(working solution) is prepared as follows. Use a
container that can hold at least 3 liters of liquid.
Pour 2 liters of boiled water into it, and without
covering it, put it in a clean dry place at room
temperature. This water has to stay in it for the
whole night.
Prepare the salt solution immediately before
the procedure. For this purpose, measure exactly
1 liter of pure water with a measuring jug and
add 1 level tablespoon of regular salt. The solu-
tion should be boiled thoroughly in a separate
vessel (bo iling time should be around 30 sec-
onds). After that, without letting the solution
cool down, add this liter to the two liters
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it is ready to use.
Make sure that all the salt has dissolved. The
solution should  be warm, but not hot. If you fol-
low the sequence of actions, it’s going to have
just the right temperature.
If you took the sorbent beforehand, you can
begin the cleansing procedure. Don’t let the so-
lution get cold, start taking it right away.

Fluid intake
As we’ve already mentioned, the solution has to
be consumed in its entirety over the course of
40-60 minutes. This condition is also crucial and
has to be observed rigorously.
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stalsis of the digestive tract, a sufficient pressure
on its walls has to be created. A more extended
intake will allow the fluid to distribute over the
different segments of the intestines, lessening
the pressure on their walls.
Second, the processes of moving the liquid
along the digestive tract have to get ahead of the
processes of dilution and absorption of the liq-
uid. A 40 -minute period allotted for consuming
the working solution conforms to all these con-
ditions.
This elucidates the need to consume a certain
amount of cleansing f luid — 2.5-3 liters. If you
stop and interrupt the working solution intake
for a long time, then the volume of the con-
sumed fluid won’t be sufficient to effectively
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course, the taste of salt water isn’t very pl easant
or habitual to us. Here, first of all, you need a
certain positive attitude and an awareness of the
need to carry out the procedure. Besides, you
have to firmly believe that the cleansing proce-
dure will help your body get rid of harmful tox-
ins and will prevent the emergence and develop-
ment of many diseases.
We can give a few practical recommendations
to those who carry out the intestinal sorbent
cleansing procedure for the first time:
•take small sips;
•don’t keep the solution in the mouth;
•try not to  swallow air;
•don’t force the intake of the fluid;
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ness in the abdomen or light nausea, you
should stop and take a 2 -3-minute break.
Our experience tells us that as you repeat the
intestinal sorbent cleansin g procedure, all the
troubles completely disappear the second or
third time around. Moreover, an experienced
person acquires a desire and an ability to drink
the entire volume much faster than in 40
minutes. However, we have to warn you: striving
to drink the cleansing solution as fast as possible
may lead to a painful stretching of the stomach
walls. Is it worth causing yourself suffering and
enduring unnecessary pain to save 10 -15
minutes?

Intestinal cleansing
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quired period of time. Now arm yourself with
patience and wait — all the mechanisms are
started. Immediately after you complete the fluid
intake and during the subsequent waiting you
can notice your abdomen swelling and feel the
fluid mo ving inside of it. These phenomena are
normal in the given situation.
Usually, during the first attempt of carrying out
this procedure, 60 -80 minutes pass from the mo-
ment you finish taking the working solution un-
til the moment you feel the first urges to d efe-
cate. If the urges are absent at that time, don’t
worry. If this is the case, do the following:  walk
for a while; carefully do some squats; while
standing alternately lift bent legs up to your
stomach, but do it calmly, without any fuss or
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couple of minutes.
When you acquire a certain experience in con-
ducting intestinal sorbent cleansing, you’ll no-
tice that the first urges to defecate will appear as
early as 10 -15 minutes after you complete the in-
take of the working solution. You need to make
yourself comfortable on the toilet and make sure
that the splashes of the cleansing fluid coming
out of you don’t scatter every which way.
After the first act of defecation, be on guard and
don’t go far from the toilet  — repeated urges
may appear at any time. Sometimes during the
urges to defecate, an act of urination can happen,
after which the desire to defecate disappears.
Don’t rush to leave the toilet, wait for 1 -1.5
minutes.
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tion can increase under the influence of the de-
scribed method of intestinal sorbent cleansing
— this is a normal phenomenon, which is linked
to partial penetration of sodium and water into
the bloodstream.
According to observations, abundant stool d is-
charge is repeated 4 -6 times, though it may hap-
pen a greater number of times. During the first
act of defecation, a doughy mass comes out, and
during the subsequent acts a dirty liquid with
sorbent particles comes out, becoming lighter
and clearer with e very time.
As your intestines are being emptied, the feel-
ing of heaviness and stretching in the abdomen
decreases, along with the bloating. After you feel
complete relief, repeat the above -mentioned
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if yo u don’t have the urges). Generally, some re-
sidual amount of the liquid lingering in the co-
lon will come out.
I wrote about this method because Epsom salt
isn’t sold everywhere. In our practice, we use in-
testinal cleansing with the aid of Epsom salt.

Finishing the procedure
At that, the intestinal sorbent cleansing proce-
dure per se is seemingly finished. However,
we’ve noticed the following. If you drink some
plain, fresh water (1 -1.5 liters, optionally, in sev-
eral steps), then the discharge of liquid from the
bowels resumes. At the same time, the liquid
coming out of the bowels takes the form of
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the body, even if they are promoted as supplements, beauty or rejuvenation ai ds, or other types of health builders. Combine the
influence of these food additives with the extra work the body performs to proce ss high-fat meals, as well as the compromises in
blood function that plague people in the habit of eating heavy, fatty diets, a nd you have the perfect recipe for the early onset of aging
and health decline.

Oil Is Not Health Food
While we have learned and repeatedly demonstrated that whole foods are th e only source of balanced nutrition, many health
advisors tell us that refined, isolated fats and oils should be considere d “health foods.” They almost all sell some type of “food-
grade” oil, which seems like a fairly strong endorsement. Are we jus t supposed to ignore the obvious contradiction?
Some  vendors promote the consumption of oil as part of an internal “cleans e” program. I have even heard oil referred to as
“juice,” with the suggestion that we drink it as a daily health pra ctice. This is the stuff that draws ridicule from mainstream scie ntists
and nutritionists, and, at least according to many health experts, is wh y the raw movement is being laughed out of the scientific
community.

Oils … Empty Calories at Best, Carcinogenic Junk Fo od at Worst
Across the board, refined oils (including coconut, flax, olive, hemp, almon d, borage, and the like, which are touted as “pure”
or “special” because of their source or careful processing meth ods) are essentially empty calories, not fit for human consumption.
They are stripped of the fiber, protein, and carbohydrates that accompanied th e whole foods from which they were derived, leaving
an imbalanced fractional product that is 100% fat.
In contrast, whole-food  fats eaten sparingly  (fresh nuts, seeds, avocados, or young coconut flesh) provide some useful
nutrition and are not automatically detrimental to health. Using su ch intact sources of fat in salad dressings and other dishes with thei r
full complement of macro and micronutrients is by far preferable to usin g refined oils.
Although oil vendors tout a wide variety of health benefits to be gained fr om the phytochemicals contained within cold
expeller-pressed oils, there can be no doubt that these delicate micronut rients are more potent when left untouched within the whole
foods. Maximum nutrition occurs when our teeth  are the first thing to break Nature’s package … rather than a ma chine, an
appliance, or even a knife.
Further, the fiber contained in whole plant foods helps keep fats from going r ancid. Shortly after extracting any oil from its source and discarding the fiber, early-stage rancidity (and therefor e potential carcinogenicity) ensues, even if we cannot detect it. A s
rancidity begins to set in, micronutrients become deranged.
If calling refined oil “empty calories” doesn’t sit well with you, ch alk it up to good marketing—because oil (pure fat) fits the
description of empty calories perfectly, as do protein powder (pure protein) and t able sugar (pure carbohydrate). These include
commodities popular among raw fooders such as evaporated cane sugar (Rapadur a) and hemp protein. Empty calories invariably
provide less nutritional value than their whole-food counterparts.
If we think only in terms of symptoms, we may indeed perceive some benefits  from consuming oil. But when we extract the oil
from nuts and seeds in a vain attempt to maximize their anticancer pr operties and concentrate other nutrients, we create (often
undetectable) imbalances within the body that inevitably produce unin tended health problems. Adding oils into the diet to treat
symptoms such as dry skin, eczema, dandruff, candida, joint aches, etc., which  were not caused by a lack of oils (no known
symptom is actually caused by a lack of oil), is totally nonsensical.
Rather than treat or suppress the symptoms of any condition, it is always  a healthier strategy to remove the causes of the
condition. True health is created from the inside out, not through lotions, pot ions, or other aids. Increasing the amount of high-water-
content fruits and vegetables while reducing fat consumption to a hea lthful range is the foundation for creating a healthful life.
Eating for health requires a shift in thinking, from “is this good for me ” to “what am I designed for?” No matter how we look at
it, oil is simply not necessary in our diet and should never be considered a he alth food (or even a food, in my opinion).

10% Fat for Health
If you are relatively new to the idea of monitoring your caloronutrient  ratio, bringing your total fat consumption down to the
teens (under 20%) is an excellent initial goal. You can accomplish th is by just calculating the fat in your nuts/seeds/avocados/etc.,
without factoring in the covert fats in your low-fat fruits and vege tables. These foods add only a negligible amount of fat to the daily
intake—just a few percentage points total.
As eating a greater volume of fruits and vegetables gets easier, you  may decide that it is worth your effort to track the covert
as well as the overt fats for a short time, in order to get a more realisti c view of your total fat consumption. You may find that you
need to be vigilant in monitoring fat intake, at least at first, because  fat calories are more concentrated than carbohydrate or protein
calories and therefore, are easy to miss.

The Caloronutrient Seesaw
A truly healthy diet is well balanced in nutrients, but the balance i s not the one we have been taught. Eating 80% + of calories
from carbohydrates, with fat and protein in the upper single digits, a ctually balances what I term “the caloronutrient seesaw” quit e
nicely.

In the graphic above, protein is the fulcrum, and fat weighs so heavy on our  system that just a little bit goes a very long way. A
balanced caloronutrient seesaw would be 80% + carbs, with single-digit (less than 10%) protein and fats.  When this ratio comes from
whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic, plants, all the rest of your food-related nut rients will be consumed in the optimum quantities for
human health.

Chapter 8. The Big Surprise: Raw Fooders Average 60 %+ Fat!

As is true of new vegetarians or vegans, when people initially begin i ncorporating raw foods into their diets, they almost
automatically gravitate toward foods of similar composition to the ones th ey are used to, in order to feel satisfied. With delight and
abandon, they eat their fill of luscious raw concoctions that are treme ndously rich and difficult to digest, certain that they have
reached “nutrition nirvana.” In the back of their minds, they may re call someone having mentioned that these are “transitional” or
“celebration” foods, but today they are still celebrating their tr ansition … and what a party it is!
Can you make raw pizza? Sure, that’s easy. Y ou can find hundreds of pi zza recipes among the dozens of raw websites and
recipe books available today. Virtually any dish from any cuisine can be re plicated using only raw ingredients.
In some parts of the U.S. and abroad, it is becoming easier and easier to jump on th e raw food bandwagon. The raw-curious
can dip their toes into an ever-expanding array of potlucks, food-preparation w orkshops, chef trainings, and prepared food
offerings being presented by local raw chefs, speakers, and food ven dors. Prepackaged raw snacks, desserts, and entrées are
becoming popular in many health-food stores, sometimes meriting a secti on of their own with multiple rows of taste sensations. And
it seems a new raw restaurant, or at least a deli with a few raw options, opens every week in some area of the country.
For those with computer access, virtual communities and online discu ssion boards abound, and it doesn’t take much searching
to find plenty of helpful support (and confusing information) for your new en deavor. And if you can afford the luxury of travel, you
can find raw retreats, festivals, and educational events taking pl ace across the globe year ’round.
Unbeknownst to the new raw food enthusiast, however, virtually every spe aker they are likely to hear and every food they are
likely to taste will lead them down a garden path to a raw diet that at le ast equals—and often far surpasses—the fat content of
mainstream American fare, in terms of percentage of calories cons umed.
Yes, you read that correctly: Almost across the board, raw fooders rank righ t up there with the burgers-and-fries crowd when
it comes to ingesting fat, almost always consuming 50% of their calorie s as fat, usually far more. I see it all the time: raw fooders who
eat a chocolate-coconut-almond shake or a fruit-and-flax-oil smoothie f or breakfast, a nut pâté for lunch with an oil-drenched,
avocado-laden salad on the side, glorious granola bars or slices of fruit sla thered with nut butter as snacks, and tahini-dressed
greens and sprouts for


 In the lifeextension approach, vitamins and vitamin-like substances are used as a therapyagainst the aging process itself.
Will it work? Well, some of these human guinea pigs have been on heavy
vitamin supplementation for over thirty years (as of 1995) and none seem to be
suffering any damage. Will they live longer? It is impossible to say with full
scientific rigor? To know if life extension works, we would have to first determine“live longer than what?” After all, we don’t know how long any person might havelived without life extending vitamin supplements. Though it can’t be “proven,” itmakes perfect sense to me to spend far less money on an intensive life extensionvitamin program than I would certainly lose as a result of age-related sickness.
Besides, I’ve already observed from personal use and from results in my
clinical practice that life extension vitamin programs do work. Whether I and myclients will ultimately live longer or not, the people who I have put on theseprograms, including myself and my husband, usually report that for several yearsafter starting they find themselves feeling progressively younger, graduallyreturning to an overall state of greater well-being they knew five or ten or fifteenyears ago. They have more energy, feel clearer mentally, have fewer unwantedsomatic symptoms.
Sometimes the improvements seem rather miraculous. After a few months on
the program one ninety year old man, an independent-minded Oregonian farmer,reported that he began awakening with an erection every morning; unfortunately,his 89 year old cranky and somewhat estranged wife, who would not takevitamins, did not appreciate this youthfulness. A few months later (he had a smallfarm) he planted a holly orchard. Most of you won’t appreciate what this meanswithout a bit of explanation, but in Oregon, holly is grown as a high-priced andhighly profitable ornamental for the clusters of leaves and berries. But a slow-growing holly orchard takes 25 years to began making a profit!
A few older clients of mine reported that they noticed nothing from the life
extension program, but these are unique people who have developed the ability todominate their bodies with their minds and routinely pay their bodies absolutely noattention, driving them relentlessly to do their will. Usually they use their energiesto accomplish good, Christian works. Eventually, these dedicated and high-tonedpeople break down and die like everyone else. Will they do so later on life
extending vitamins than they would have otherwise? I couldn’t know because I
can’t know how long they might have lived without supplementation and sincethey refuse to admit the vitamins do them any good, they won’t pay for them.
Many on life extension programs experience a reverse aging process for
awhile. However, after the full benefit of the supplementation has worked itselfthrough their body chemistry, they again begin to experience the aging process. Ibelieve the process will then be slowed by their vitamins compared to what itwould have been without supplements. But I can’t prove it. Maybe we will havesome idea if the program worked 20 to 40 years from now.
At this time I know of only two companies that make top quality life extension
vitamin supplement formulas. One is Prolongevity (Life Extension Foundation),the other, Vitamin Research Products. I prefer to support what I view as thealtruistic motives behind Prolongevity and buy my products from them.Unfortunately, these vitamin compounders can not put every possibly beneficialsubstance in a single bottle of tablets. The main reason they do not is fear of thepower-grabbing Food and Drug Administration. This agency is threateningconstantly to remove certain of the most useful life-extending substances from thevitamin trade and make them the exclusive property of prescription-writingmedical doctors. So far, public pressure has been mobilized against the FDAevery time action was threatened and has not permitted this. If some productwere included in a mix and that product were prohibited, the entire mixed, bottledand labeled batch that remained unsold at that time would be wasted, atenormous cost.
Were I manufacturing my own life extension supplement I would include the list
shortly following. By the way, to get this all in one day, it is necessary to take 6 to12 large tablets daily, usually spread throughout the day, taken a few at a timewith each meal. If you compare my suggested formulation to another one, keep inmind that variations of 25 percent one way or another won’t make a significantdifference, and adding other beneficial substances to my recommendations
probably is only helpful. However, I would not want to eliminate anything in the
list below, it is the minimum:
Beta-Carotene 25,000 iu Selenium 100 mcg
Vitamin A 5,000 iu T aurine 500 mg
B1 250 mg Cyctine 200 mg
B2 50 mg Gluthaianone 15 mg
B3 niacinamid 850 mg Choline 650 mg
B5 750 mg Inositol 250 mg
B6 200 mg Flavanoids 500 mg
B12 100 mcg Zinc 35 mg
PABA 50 mg Chromium 100 mcg
Folic Acid 500 mcg Molybdenum 123 mg
Biotin 200 mcg Manganese 5 mg
Vitamin C 3,000mg Iodine (as kelp) 10 mg
Vitamin E 600 iu Co-Enzyme Q 10 60 mg
Magnesium 1,000 mg DMAE 100 mg
Potassium 100 mg Ginko biloba 120 mg
Calcium 1,000 mg V itamin D 3 200 iu
Please also keep in mind that there are many other useful substances not listed
above. For example, every day I have a “green drink,” an herbal preparationcontaining numerous tonic substances like ginseng and also various forms of algaeand chlorophyll extracts. My green drink makes my body feel very peppy all day,so it certainly enhances my life and may extend it. It costs about $25.00 a monthto enjoy that. I also use various pure amino acids at times. Phenylalanine willmake me feel more aggressive whenever I am feeling lackluster; this nutrient hasalso been used as an effective therapy against depression. Melatonin taken atbedtime really does help me get to sleep and may have remarkable life-extending
properties. Other amino acids help my body manufacture growth hormones and I
use them from the time I begin training seriously in spring through the end of thesummer triathlon competition season. Pearson and Shaw’s book (seeBibliography) is a good starting point to begin learning about this remarkablyuseful subject.
The Future Of Life Extension
I beg the readers indulgence for a bit of futurology about what things may look
like if the life extension movement continues to develop.
Right now, a full vitamin and vitamin-like substance life extension program
costs between $50 and $100 dollars per month. However, pharmaceuticalresearchers occasionally notice that drugs meant to treat and cure diseases, whentested on lab animals for safety, make these animals live quite a bit longer andfunction better. Though the FDA doesn’t allow any word of this to be printed inofficial prescribing data, the word does get around to other researchers, togerontologists and eventually to that part of the public that is eagerly looking forlonger life. Today there are numerous people who routinely take prescriptionmedicines meant to cure a disease they do not have and plan to take thosemedicines for the rest of their long, long life.
These drugs being patented, the tariff gets a lot steeper compared to taking
vitamins. (Since they are naturally-occurring substances, vitamins can’t bepatented and therefore, aren’t big-profit items. Perhaps that’s one reason theFDA is so covertly opposed to vitamins.) Right now it would be quite possible tospend many hundred dollars per month on a life extension program that includedmost of these potentially beneficent prescription drugs.
As more of life-extending substances are discovered, the cost of participating
in a maximally effective life extension program will escalate. However, those whocan afford chemically enhanced functioning will enjoy certain side-benefits. Theirproductive, enjoyable life spans may measure well over a century, perhaps
approaching two centuries or more. Some of these substances greatly improve
intelligence so they will become brighter and have faster reaction times. With moretime to accumulate more wisdom and experience than “short livers” these folkswill become wiser, too. They will have more time to compound their investmentassets and thus will become far more wealthy. They will become an obvious andrecognizable aristocracy. This new upper class will immediately recognize eachother on the street because they will look entirely different than the short-livedpoorer folk and will probably run the political economic system.
And this new aristocratic society I see coming may be far more pleasant than
the one dominated by the oligarchy we now have covertly running things. For withgreater age and experience does really come greater wisdom. I have long felt thatthe biggest problem with Earth is that we did not live long enough. As GeorgeBernard Shaw quipped when he was 90 (he lived to 96), “here I am, 90 yearsold, just getting out of my adolescence and getting some sense, and my body isfalling apart as fast as it can.”
Vitamin Program For The Sick
No matter which way you look at it or how well insured you may be against it,
being sick is expensive (not to mention what it does to one’s quality of life), andby far the best thing to do is to prevent it from happening in the first place.However, most people do not do anything


 un-derstand the beauty of creation.
Many people think that Adam and Eve were naked in the Garden
of Eden. They were not naked until the fall. They were clothed in light we are told in the Book of Psalms. One of the interesting things about Adam and Eve as they were clothed in the light, was that they were in the image of God, and the Word says God is "a flaming fire, a flaming torch," and in the Book of Revelation it says when we are translated we shall be "like Him, we shall shine as the sun."
One thing about man being created in God's image, we were cre-
ated without any blood in our veins, or we were created without the need to breathe oxygen. If we had breathed oxygen we would have exploded and would have caught fire. According to the mathematics of the frequency upon which we live, the temperature of Adam and Eve's body in the Garden of Eden before the fall was 980 degrees cen-tigrade, because their bodies were anionic.
Adam needed a helpmate so God gave him Eve. The word ADAM means "red," for Adam was made from the dust
of the earth, and it was red. Eve was taken from the rib of Adam, and male and fern ale created He them.
Some believe that the tree in the midst of the Garden was the tree
of sense. I believe it was a fruit. As Eve partook of this fruit she was tempted by the king of all beasts, the dinosaur (serpent) and he was commanded to crawl on hi belly because he deceived Eve. The dino-saur became the snake after he lost his legs and was not in the Ark, so we are led to believe that the flood completed the extinction of the di-nosaur.
Adam had a choice of either eating the fruit and having a wife, or
he had a choice of not eating the fruit and losing his wife. He chose to partake of her sin and have a wife. Adam's sin was: he listened to his 138 wife, instead of listening to God. God made man the head of the
house, the prince, the high priest of the home.
I've never seen a happy home when the father was not the high
priest of that home. It is his duty to lead his family to the Lord. That's why Abraham was such a great man for he led his family in the ways of the Lord.
After Adam partook of the fruit he realized that they were naked,
and a change had taken place in th eir body chemistry. It changed from
anionic to cationic. There was now blood in their veins and there was sweat, they would earn their bread by the sweat of their brow, and there was death and they began to die.
Any day that one breathes oxygen that day they begin to die. Oxy-
gen is known as the element of time. It is the element that brought time into existence because where there is no time, there is no oxygen or death. You might ask: "If there was day and night is that not time?" No. You can have rhythm without time, but you cannot have time
without rhythm. Adam had lost his anionic body and was living in the
age of time, which denotes an end. Time denotes a death. Have you ever had an appointment and somebody didn't show up? This created a problem. Time denotes problems. So here then is another proof that Adam and Eve breathed oxygen because oxygen is known as the sword of all elements. Everything that comes in contact with oxygen begins to break down. Metals begin to  rust and deteriorate. Apples cut
open begin to turn brown.
Man cannot live without oxygen. What did Adam and Eve breathe
before they breathed oxygen? The Word tells us when God breathed into man the breath of life he became a living soul, and this was while he was still in the Garden. God breathed into Adam the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Love, the Spirit of Divine Supremacy of something that is greater than we can express in any human language. Adam's dominion never used oxygen, neither did the fish of the sea or the animals, nor did the trees need carbon dioxide. They lived on the atmosphere of God. So when Adam fell his whole dominion fell. Before that trees never died and never shed their leaves. 139 Adam was the largest farmer that ever farmed the earth, that is, be-
fore the fall. His farm was approximately five times the size of the
United States and in Adam's anionic body he was not limited by time or space. He could go great distances instantaneously. This is hard for us to conceive of now. Suppose you wanted to make a telephone call from where you live to the farthest opposite city on the North Ameri-can Continent. You could go there and tend to the business and come
back quicker than you could get a telephone call through. This gives an idea of how fast the anionic body can move. An anionic body could be all over the Garden of Eden each day.
When Adam and Eve began to breathe oxygen their body chemis-
try changed and they had cations, which meant a loss of mineral, which meant a loss of energy. When the earth was young there were minerals everywhere and the people lived to an old age. Adam lived 920 years and Methuselah lived 969 years.
When the three Hebrew children, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-
nego refused to bow to the golden image set up by King Nebuchad-nezzar, they were bound and cast into a burning, fiery furnace. It had been heated "seven times more than it was wont to be heated." The flame of the fire slew the men who placed them in the furnace, yet when the king looked, he said, "Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have  no hurt; and the form of the fourth
is like the Son of God." When they came out their clothes were not burned, or even smelled of smoke.
When Elijah was taken up to heaven in a flaming chariot-a chariot
of fire-bears out what I'm saying about the temperature of God, the Father and the Son.
When Jesus was crucified a sword was thrust in His side and His
blood and water ran out. He shed the last drop of blood He had for your sins and my sins and then was buried, and on the third day He arose again. He went down in a cationic body and He arose in an ani-onic body like Adam and Eve had in the Garden of Eden before the fall.
Let's compare the cationic body we have and the anionic body our
first parents had. Whenever we eat food it has to be mixed with the sa-140 liva in our mouth, then it goes to the stomach where it is digested by
the gastric juices manufactured by the liver and the pancreas, and we
live off of' the energy of the food we eat, and the excess of this food is passed out of our system, excreted from our body, and there is decay. This food that passes out of the body is in the state of decay.
Leaves fall from the trees and decay. When animals die they de-
cay. This is because we are living in the oxygenic age. But in the Gar-
den of Eden, before the fall, Adam and Eve ate fruit, but the fruit was digested by the heat of their own bodies and the energy, or heat and electrical energy, went right out of their bodies. They had absorbed the total amount of energy that was in their food and therefore there was no decay. Like putting wood into a stove and the stove giving off heat, and yet there was no smoke. There were no bowel movements. They didn't have to urinate. There were no tears. There was no death. They were living in the age of eternity, in which there was no time.
Jesus, after He arose from the dead met with some of the disciples
and ate fish. That fish He ate went off as heat energy and electrical energy because He had no blood. There is no constant frequency in the blood, it is only our cationic flesh that has frequency. I Corinthians 15:50 tells us that flesh and blood shall not inherit the Kingdom of
God. Therefore, it cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven. So we will have a flesh but not the cationic flesh. We will have an anionic flesh, and we too will again be clothed in light which will appear as a white raiment.
There is another important factor that bears out this biological sci-
ence of the resurrection given in the Bible. Hell is fire and brimstone.
Any high school student who has studied chemistry knows that brim-stone is sulphur, and that sulphur bums at 720 degrees centigrade, and that sulphur casts off heat fumes which displaces oxygen, which would make it impossible for anything that breathes oxygen to live.
Let us draw a conclusion now that heaven is hotter than hell, but
the saints can walk through hell and not even need a fan as their body temperature is 980 degrees, and hell only has a temperature of 720 de-grees. So we will then have become like the Father again, as Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden. 141 Satan tries to make everyone fear death. He tells big lies about
death. He tells you that when you ar e dead you are going to be dead a
long time. That is not so. In death there is no time. The person that died in Abraham's day, or before, will not have been dead any longer than the person who dies one hour before Jesus comes, because out there,


origines was zero percent, which means that they had total immunity to tooth
decay. In contrast, he found that the average decay rate of all teeth of modern Aborigines, living on
reservations and eating modern foods, was 70.9 per cent.
a
His poetic words paint an important picture:
It is doubtful if many places in the world can demonstrate so great a contrast in physical
development and perfection of body as that which exists between the primitive
Aborigines of Australia who have been the sole arbiters of their fate, and those
Aborigines who have been under the influence of the white man. The white man has
deprived them of their original habitats and is now feeding them in reservations while
using them as laborers in modern industrial pursuits.
I have seldom, if ever, found whites suffering so tragically from evidence of physical
degeneration, as expressed in tooth decay and change in facial form, as are the whites of
eastern Australia. This has occurred on the very best of the land that these primitives
formerly occupied and becomes at once a monument to the wisdom of the primitive
Aborigines and a
signboard of warning to the modern civilization that has supplanted
them
.
25
 (Emphasis added.)
Dr. Price explained the importance of nutritious food to our overall health. He observed that the
Australian Aborigines, who for thousands of years maintained near-perfect physical forms, have lost
their ideal beauty and health with the foods of modernized society.
Those individuals, however, who had
adopted the foodsof the white man
,
suffered extremely
 from
tooth decay as the whites did. Where they had no opportunity to get native food to combine with the
white man's food their condition was desperate and extreme.© Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, www.ppnf.org
Wherever the primitive Aborigines have been placed in reservations and fed on the white man's
foods of commerce dental caries has become rampant. This destroys their beauty, prevents
mastication, and provides infection for seriously injuring their bodies. Note the contrast between
the primitive woman in the upper right and the three modernized women.
26
 (Original caption.)
[Referring to the figure] Note the contrast with the upper right. It is quite impossible to
imagine the suffering that these people were compelled to endure due to abscessing teeth
resulting from rampant tooth decay. As we had found in some of the modernized islands
of the Pacific, we discovered that here, too,
discouragement and a longing for death
had taken the place of a joy in living in many.
 Few souls in the world have experienced
this discouragement and this longing to a greater degree.
27
 (Emphasis added.)
Diet of Native Aborigines
The Aboriginal diet was a hunter-gatherer diet.For plant foods they used roots, stems, leaves, berries and seeds of grasses and a native pea eaten
with tissues of large and small animals. The large animals available are the kangaroo and wallaby.
Among the small animals they have a variety of rodents, insects, beetles and grubs, and wherever
available various forms of animal life from the rivers and oceans. Birds and birds' eggs are used
where available.
28
Modernized Aboriginal Diet
The modernized diet of the Australian Aborigines was very similar to the other modernized diets
listed in this book. Imported foods included sugar, flour, packaged milk, tea leaves, and meat in
tins.
29
A dire warning from Dr. Price:
It should be a matter not only of concern but
deep alarm
 that human beings can
degenerate physically so rapidly by the use of a certain type of nutrition, particularly
the dietary products used so generally by modern civilization.
30
Nutritive Values of Diets Compared
Weston Price performed nutrient analyses of the foods eaten by many of the isolated and modernized
groups he studied. In the case of the Swiss, he found that the isolated Swiss diet contained 10 times
more fat-soluble vitamins and activators, 4 times more calcium, and 3.7 times more phosphorus than
the modern diet. The isolated Gaelics ate 10 times more fat-soluble vitamins, 2.1 times more calcium,
and 2.3 times more phosphorus than their modernized counterparts, who lived sometimes just a few
miles away. The Aborigines of Australia lived along the eastern coast where they had ample access
to seafood. Compared to the modernized food, their native diet contained 4.6 times the calcium, 6.2
times the phosphorus and ten times the amount of fat-soluble vitamins.
31
The Dramatic Difference in Dietary Nutrients Discovered by Dr. Price.
Dr. Price determined that tooth decay in modern civilization is due to a lack of nutrients in our
modern diet. Therefore Dr. Price concluded that tooth decay was not genetic but that:
Tooth decay is not only unnecessary, but an indication of our divergence from Nature's
fundamental laws of life and health.
32Fat-soluble Vitamins and Activators
The components most lacking in our modern diet are the fat-soluble vitamins, particularly those found
in animal fats. By restoring the fat-soluble vitamins to our diets, we will regain our health and
immunity to cavities. Fat-soluble vitamins are vitamins A, D, E, and K and they are found in fat. Fat-
soluble vitamins are essential for our physical health, not just because they provide nutrients to the
body, but precisely because they are activating substances that help our bodies utilize the minerals
present in our diets.
Dr. Price found that the indigenous groups, which had the highest immunity to tooth decay, ate daily
from at least two of the three following principal fat-soluble vitamin sources:

Dairy products from grassfed animals.
Organs and head meat from fish and shellfish.
Organs of land animals.
In a rarely reviewed 1936 article from the
Journal of the American Dental Association
, Dr. Price
reveals this little known secret for 100% immunity to tooth decay.
On the basis of the fat-soluble activators or vitamin content of the foods used, I found
that those groups using at least two of the three principal vitamin sources had the
highest immunity to dental caries. Those using the lowest amount of fat-soluble
activators had the greatest amount of dental caries. On this basis, namely, the fat-
soluble activator content of the diet, those groups using the fat-soluble activators in
liberal quantity had not more than 0.5 per cent of the teeth attacked by dental caries;
while those using fat-soluble activators less liberally had up to 12 per cent of the teeth
attacked by dental caries. All groups having a liberal supply of minerals particularly
phosphorus, and a liberal supply of fat-soluble activators, had 100 per cent immunity to
dental caries.
33
I specifically bring in the
Journal of theAmerican Dental Association
( ADA) quote because I
believe that the public needs to know that what is promoted by the ADA such as the acid / bacterial
theory of cavities and what is taught in dental schools is contrary to material published in its own
journal. I want to criticize the ADA for ignoring earlier research published in its own journal, by its
own former head of research, Dr. Price. Because the ADA masks this critical information about
insuring immunity to tooth decay through diet, hundreds of millions of people have developed cavities
that could have been prevented.
Eggs also count as a special source of fat-soluble vitamins. Most store-bought eggs, however, come
from chickens that are solely grain fed, even organic ones. Eggs from grain-fed chickens do not
possess enough vitamins and nutrients to merit consideration as a food capable of preventing tooth
decay. It is precisely due to the lack of fat-soluble vitamins and activators in the vegan diet that makes
it difficult for vegans over time to remain immune to cavities and the effects of physical degeneration.
Insects could be added as a fourth category but this source of nutrition is not heavily utilized in ourculture. The “yuck” factor seems to be our biggest obstacle to taking advantage of this category of
food. On the other hand, my children love eating grasshoppers, so taste wise, insects can be excellent.
Why Tooth Decay with Modern Civilization?
Our modern diet rarely utilizes the special foods that isolated indigenous people ate, which made
them immune to tooth decay. How often do you eat fish with the heads? Or how often do you eat liver,
bone marrow, heart and blood curd? While we do use dairy products in our country, most are of
inferior quality, and even can produce poor health due to factory farm practices.
A typical adult needs to eat approximately the following nutrients, daily, to be healthy:
Calcium
Phosphorus
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Percent Calories from Fat
1.5 grams
2 grams
4,000 - 20,000 IU
1,000 - 4,000 IU
30-70%
Note: never use synthetic vitamins to obtain these nutrients; they are not effective.
The figures for calcium and phosphorus come from Dr. Price himself. The figures for the vitamins A
and D and the calories from fat are based on my analysis of several different interpretations of healthy
diets as well as recommendations from the
Weston A. Price Foundation
. These figures are simply
guidelines and may not be suited for all readers. You will need to modify these guidelines depending
on your level of health, your weight, and


 in the control of lethal ICP and subsequent brain edema using a rabbit model.
42 All animals were monitored for EEG activity, ICP, central venous
pressure, systemic arterial pressure, and water content in the brain. Animals had a circular area of the parietal cortex frozen for 90 s using a probe previously cooled in liquid nitrogen. This lesion created a consistent localized area of necrosis and hem -
orrhage at the surface and a few millimeters below the cortex. When animals were injected with Evans blue, the dye was observed to extravasate just beyond the lesion site only in the cryogenic lesion group, allowing the measurement of the dye spread following each treatemnt.
42 It was found that EEG activity after 1 g/kg of a 10%
DMSO solution given 24 h after the cryogenic lesion was an improvement in volt -
age and the number of slow waves in five of six animals treated when compared to untreated lesioned animals. The ICP was significantly reduced 5 min after DMSO with no changes seen in the central venous pressure, which rose only in untreated lesioned animals.
Brain water content was significantly reduced after DMSO in both hemispheres
and was increased in the untreated cryogenic lesioned animals. This study concluded that after a cryogenic lesion, DMSO stabilized systemic arterial pressure, water con -
tent in the brain, and central venous pressure and reduced ICP while increasing cerebral perfusion when compared to untreated lesioned animals.
42
This cryogenic lesion study led to a second study by the San Diego group to
further test DMSO’s ability to reduce toxic brain edema at variable doses that
could be effective and still maintain electrolyte and fluid balance.43 The same rab -
bit model and cryogenic lesion was used, and the findings suggested that a 1 g/kg
of a 10% DMSO solution given as an intravenous bolus was as effective in reducing ICP as a 1 g/kg of a 40% DMSO bolus, a dose that could create red cell hemolysis. 142 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
These authors found that while a 10% bolus of DMSO would avoid red cell hemo -
lysis, it would also increase central venous pressure and fluid overload. However,
the authors determined that the central venous pressure increase and fluid overload side effects could be avoided when 2 g/kg of a 20% DMSO infusion was given continuously over 1 h. This approach seemed as effective as the 10% bolus injec -
tions.
65 Since the study was terminated 1 h following all treatments, it was hard
to judge whether a bolus or slow infusion was preferable in a patient developing a rapid extradural hematoma following a closed head injury. The optimal dose of intravenous DMSO would become a controversial stumbling block in subsequent clinical and experimental studies examining how best to treat a brain injury.
This impasse of DMSO given as an intravenous bolus or slow infusion at an opti -
mal concentration was finally solved, as we shall see in Chapter 9, in two clinical pilot trials performed by Turkish investigators treating severe closed head injury patients using DMSO.
44,45
The third study carried out by the San Diego researchers43a focused on extending
the infusion time of DMSO from 1 to 3 h using the same cryogenic rabbit model of brain trauma used in the first and second studies. This experiment examined whether DMSO at a dose of 2 g/kg 20% infusion given 24 h after the cryogenic lesion would still lower ICP and reduce other side effects when given over 3 h rather than over 1 h as reported in the second study.
The results indicated that DMSO infused over a 3 h period was able to signifi -
cantly lower ICP from 12.9 mm Hg before treatment to 7.3 torr after 45 min and to 4.2  mm torr after 3  h. Systemic arterial pressure and central venous pressure remained unchanged during and after DMSO infusion.
43a Brain electrolyte levels of
sodium and potassium showed a reduction of both electrolytes in the lesioned and unlesioned contralateral hemispheres after DMSO, which was similar to untreated lesioned animals.
The San Diego studies determined an optimal dose of DMSO at 2 g/kg in a 20%
solution given over a 3 h period as a more optimal approach to lessen DMSO possible side effects such as volume overload, a rise of potassium brain levels, and red blood cell (RBC) hemolysis.
65 We now know that the optimal dose of DMSO in human
patients sustaining a severe brain injury is 1 g/kg in a 28% solution mixed with 5% dextrose in water.
44,45
It should be noted that the gross hemolysis seen after a rapid bolus of high intra -
venous doses of DMSO has been shown to be a temporary side effect that does not involve organ damage, including the kidneys.
66 Hemolysis after high rapid doses
of DMSO is a reaction that always disappears after the discontinuation of DMSO. This was demonstrated in a pathologic study monitoring blood chemistry, hema -
tology, urine, ocular, neurological, and cardiovascular systems in rhesus monkeys given repeated high doses of DMSO (3 g/kg 40%) for 9 days and followed up for 4  months.
65 At the end of the study, all animals underwent postmortem analyses,
including gross and microscopic pathological examinations. No significant or long-
lasting changes were recorded in any of the parameters studied when these data were
compared to those animals given normal physiological saline.66
The three-part study by the San Diego group also showed that DMSO could sig -
nificantly reduce ICP without affecting systemic pressure or central venous pressure 143 DMSO in Basic Neuroprotection
while lowering the brain water content in the lesioned hemisphere. These studies
also suggested that a slow infusion of 2 g/kg of a 20% DMSO solution over a 3 h period was as effective in lowering ICP as 1 g/kg of a 40% DMSO bolus but without the gross hemolysis seen with the bolus.
42–44
Although this conclusion is probably valid for a cryogenic lesion to the cortex
where local necrosis and hemorrhage develop immediately and remain a nonexpand -
ing lesion, it is not the case with a relatively slower-building epidural hematoma (also called extradural hematoma) that results from a severe blunt trauma to the skull and meninges.
An extradural or epidural hematoma occurs when there is a rupture of a blood
vessel, usually an artery, which then bleeds into the space between the dura mater and the inner wall of the skull. An epidural hematoma is generally an expanding mass that can reach its peak in 4–8 h and is capable of stripping the dura apart and threatening the formation of malignant brain edema as well as inducing secondary brain damage and death. This means that a brain trauma patient’s arrival at the emer -
gency department requires quick evaluation and if an expanding epidural hematoma is found, rapid surgical evacuation is mandatory. Drug treatment is generally con -
sidered when refractory high ICP is detected.
67,68 This implies that if brain edema is
present, rapid intravenous infusion (fast drip or bolus) of an antiedema drug should be applied to control rising ICP and failing cerebral perfusion.
66
The cryogenic lesion model was again used by the San Diego researchers who
compared the acute effect of DMSO and pentobarbital, an agent used to reduce ICP often by creating barbiturate coma, on the development of brain edema in rabbits.
69
DMSO was given 1 mg/kg in a 10% solution by intravenous bolus, and pentobarbi -
tal 40 mg/kg was administered intravenously over a 30 min infusion. It was found that ICP was quickly lowered by both DMSO and pentobarbital with central venous pressure unchanged. Where the treatments differed was in the lowering of systemic arterial pressure by pentobarbital but not by DMSO, an outcome that likely produced a reduction in cerebral perfusion by the barbiturate.
To find out the physiological basis for DMSO’s action in lowering ICP and reduc -
ing brain edema after a cryogenic brain lesion in rabbits, cerebral blood flow was measured before and after 2 g/kg/h DMSO 20% infusion for 2 h or 1 g/kg DMSO bolus preceded by a bolus of 20 mg indomethacin, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agent and a nonselective prostaglandin (PG) synthase inhibitor.
65 The results sug -
gested that following the DMSO bolus injection in the absence of indomethacin, an immediate rise in cerebral blood flow was followed by a decrease 30 min later despite a constant lowering of ICP.
These rise and paradoxical dip of cerebral blood flow were not observed when
DMSO was given as a slow infusion where ICP was still lowered and cerebral blood flow rose consistently throughout the infusion. When indomethacin was given 15 min prior to DMSO infusion, cerebral blood flow failed to increase immediately until 60 min had passed, an action not observed when indomethacin was admin-
istered prior to a DMSO bolus. The authors concluded that the action of reducing
ICP immediately after DMS


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Adhemar E. Hart, M.D


, encouraging a holistic
approach to treatment.
 In the 1960s, China also established a system of “barefoot
doctors.” After a period of basic medical instruction that
blended herbal medicine, acupuncture, and Western practices,
these practitioners were sent out to provide health care
for the millions of rural Chinese too remote from cities
to benefit from the facilities available there. The barefoot
doctors in the late 1960s became a model for the World Health Organization, which created a strategy of including
traditional herbal practitioners in planning for the health care
needs of developing countries.
Western Medicine & Herbal Practices
Further to the initiative by the World Health Organization,
experience has shown that traditional (usually herbal) and
Western medicine can indeed work well in tandem, although
the relationship is often quite complex. J. M. Janzen’s The Quest
for Therapy in Lower Zaïre  (University of California Press, 1978)
describes one such interaction in Africa:
 “The people of Zaïre recognize the advantages of
Western medicine and seek its surgery, drugs, and hospital
care, but contrary to what might have been expected, native
doctors, prophets, and traditional consultations among
kinsmen do not disappear with the adoption of Western
medicine. Rather a [working relationship] has developed
in which different forms of therapy play complementary rather
than competitive roles in the thoughts and lives of the people.”
 The high cost of Western medical treatment is another
factor that has encouraged people and governments to
re-examine traditional healing. In China, Mexico, Cuba, Egypt,
Ghana, India, and Mongolia, to give but a few examples, herbal
medicines are being cultivated in greater quantities, and are
being used to some degree by conventional as well as
traditional practitioners.
 Likewise, different types of treatment have evolved
to meet the variety of needs within a population. India offers
an extraordinary example of the kind of choices available
in types of medical care. Alongside physicians trained in
conventional Western medicine, there are medically trained
Ayurvedic practitioners, traditional Ayurvedic practitioners,
local healers, and homeopaths.
Changing Attitudes
Perhaps the most important factor behind the growing
interest in complementary medicine is the poor state of
health in Western societies. Conventional medicine has by
and large brought serious infectious diseases under control,
although there are worrying signs that infectious organisms
are becoming resistant to antibiotic treatment, largely as a
result of their indiscriminate use. Chronic illness, however,
seems to be on the increase. Probably around 50 percent
of people in Western countries daily take one or more
conventional medicines—for conditions as diverse as high
blood pressure, asthma, arthritis, and depression. Many
Western countries such as the U.S. and France spend
astronomical sums on health care, yet despite this massive
investment, much of the population remains demonstrably
unhealthy. Even the significant increase in life expectancy in
developed countries is starting to go into reverse, perhaps
a result of environmental pollutants and toxic accumulation
within the body.“Slash-and-burn” farming in the rainforest of Brazil results in the eradication of native
medicinal plants. Efforts are now under way to provide local farmers with alternative
means of profiting from the land.
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The developmen T of herbal medicineOver the years, changes in public awareness have led to a
renewed interest in herbal medicine. In fact, some herbal preparations are now so commonly used that they are accepted as a part of everyday life. One of many possible examples is evening primrose oil, which is used by hundreds
of thousands of women in Britain to help relieve premenstrual syndrome. It is extracted from the seeds of Oenothera biennis
(p. 241), a North American plant. Peppermint oil ( Mentha x
piperita, p. 114), prescribed for irritable bowel syndrome and other gut problems, is another example, while senna (Cassia senna, p. 75), a simple, effective treatment for short-term constipation, is one of the most frequently used medicines throughout the world. The growing awareness of how our lives as human beings are interwoven with the fate of our planet also reinforces the value of herbal medicines. As long as care is taken to prevent overharvesting, herbal medicine is ecologically in tune with the environment.
Herbalism & Holism
The “germ theory of disease,” which holds that illness
springs from contact with an infectious organism, remains
the dominant view in mainstream medicine. Many people, however, recognize that this is only part of the picture. While illnesses such as cholera and typhoid are highly infectious and are indeed likely to be caught by almost anyone, many infectious diseases are not transmitted automatically from one person to another. The question arises, therefore, what weakness in the patient has allowed the “seed” of infection to find fertile ground? Unlike much conventional medical practice, which focuses on eradicating
the “bug” or abnormal condition, herbal medicine seeks to treat the weakness that gave rise to ill health, and sets this
in the context of the patient’s life as a whole. A complex
web of factors may lie behind the onset of illness. While bodily signs and symptoms are the most obvious indicators, dietary, emotional, and spiritual factors may be of
equal importance.
 Our bodies contain over one hundred trillion cells, which collectively must function in harmony if good health is to be maintained. Used wisely, herbs work in tune with our bodies, stimulating, supporting, or restraining different sets of cells in their allotted tasks within the body, encouraging a return to normal balanced function. Remedies aim to strengthen the patient’s own resistance, improve the vitality of weakened tissue, and encourage the body’s innate ability to return to good health.
 Of course, for people with severe acute illnesses, it may  be too late to use an herbal approach to treatment. In these circumstances, strong-acting conventional medicines such  as heart drugs, antibiotics, and painkillers, as well as surgery, can all be lifesavers. However, a health-care system that
is carefully attuned to the needs of the patient might well provide herbal remedies as a first line of treatment, with conventional medicines held in reserve to be used only  when necessary.
Evidence in Support of Herbal Cures
Many medical scientists still find it hard to accept that natural medicines, with their complex chemical makeup and variable constituents, can be as good as chemical cures in treating illness. However, as more and more research reveals that herbal medicines can be as effective as conventional medicines—and are far safer—this thinking is beginning to change.
 This is well illustrated by the change in attitude toward  St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum, p. 106)—a European plant commonly taken as an antidepressant. Extracts of the herb are now scientifically recognized as having value in mild to moderate depression. Since the 1980s, over 30 clinical trials have found extracts of St. John’s wort to be as effective as conventional antidepressants and to have far fewer side effects. In 15 of these trials, the herbal extract produced fewer side effects than the placebo (or inert “medicine”) used as a comparison. Other investigations suggest that St. John’s wort may have a role in countering viral infections, promoting wound healing, and helping withdrawal from addiction, especially from alcohol.
 As is so often the case, research has confirmed traditional views. In the 16th century, Paracelsus (see p. 23) had this  to say about the herb: “Nothing chases away disease like strength. Therefore, we should seek medicines with power and strength to overcome whatever illnesses they are used against. From this it follows that God has given to Perforatum [St. John’s wort] the strength to chase [away] the ghosts of nature…and all downheartedness.” As a result of scientific research, today’s practitioners have an important advantage—how the plant works in the body is Evening primrose is native to North America and has been used to treat a wide range
of conditions, including premenstrual syndrome, asthma, whooping cough, digestive disorders, and eczema.
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about dosages, aware of side effects, and confident in what
form the herb should be taken as a medicine.
 All over the world research is now being directed into
plants with a traditional use as medicines, in the hope of
finding new treatments for all manner of health problems.
To give but two examples: the Indian gooseberry ( Emblica
officinalis, p. 204) appears to protect the liver against cancer,
lowers blood cholesterol levels, and may prove valuable
for acute pancreatitis; while thyme ( Thymus vulgaris, p. 143),
better known as a culinary herb, is a potent antioxidant that
may prevent the breakdown of essential fatty acids in the
brain and slow the aging process.
Medicinal Herbs & Big Business
The major pharmaceutical companies have realized that
rainforests, grasslands, and even along roads and fields are
sources of potentially invaluable medicines. As a result, the
industry has invested vast resources into screening the active
constituents of medicinal plants from all over the world.
The drug taxol, first extracted from the Pacific yew ( Taxus
brevifolia ), and one of


 and  small yellow fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation American mandrake
is native to northeastern North America. It is commonly found in damp woodland and pastureland. The rhizome is unearthed in autumn.
Part Used Rhizome.
Constituents The rhizome
of American mandrake contains lignans (especially podophyllotoxin), flavonoids, resin, and gums.  The lignans are responsible for  the rhizome’s purgative action.
History & Folklore
American mandrake was much  used as a purgative, emetic, and worm-expelling herb by Native Americans. In the U.S. in the  19th century, both herbal and conventional medical practitioners regarded the plant as  the safest and most readily available purge.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Despite
19th-century beliefs in its safety, American mandrake is no longer taken internally on account of its cytotoxic (cell-killing) action. However, applied externally as a poultice, lotion, or ointment, the root can be an effective treatment for all kinds of warts.
Research The lignans in American mandrake—
podophyllotoxin in particular—act against tumors and have been extensively researched for their anticancer potential. Semisynthetic derivatives of podophyllotoxin appear to be the most promising, having minimal toxicity.
Related Species The Himalayan P. hexandrum
may have similar actions.
 RCautions Do not take internally. The plant
is subject to legal restrictions in most countries.Seneka is the most powerful and efficacious antiphlogistic [fever- and inflammation-reducing substance] attenuant among the Galenical medicines.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses In North
American and European herbal medicine,  Seneca snakeroot is used as an expectorant to treat bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, and whooping cough. The root has a stimulant action on the bronchial mucous membranes, promoting the coughing up of phlegm from the chest. Seneca snakeroot is also thought to encourage sweating and to stimulate the secretion of saliva.
Related Species Yuan zhi (P. tenuifolia), native
to China and Japan, has similar constituents. Yuan zhi is taken to treat congestion in the chest and to “calm the spirit and quieten the heart.” See also milkwort ( P. vulgaris, following entry).
Cautions Do not take if pregnant. Causes
diarrhea and vomiting in excessive doses.
Polygala vulgaris (Polygalaceae)
Milkwort
Description Short perennial with pointed
lance-shaped leaves and spikes of small blue, mauve, or white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Milkwort is common
in grassy and moorland areas in much of western and northern Europe. It is gathered from the wild when the plant is in flower in summer.
Parts Used Aerial parts, root.
Constituents Milkwort contains triterpenoid
saponins, a volatile oil, gaultherin, and mucilage.
History & Folklore Milkwort has been most
often used to treat chest problems such as pleurisy and dry coughs. In larger doses, the plant acts as an emetic. In his Irish Herbal (1735), K’Eogh states that “it has a hot dry nature, and it encourages the production of milk in nursing mothers.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses While milkwort
is infrequently used in European herbal medicine today, it—like Seneca snakeroot (P. senega,  see preceding entry)—is a valuable herb for the treatment of respiratory troubles such as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, and convulsive coughs, including whooping cough. Milkwort is also thought to have sweat-inducing and diuretic properties.Constituents Patchouli contains a volatile oil
comprising mainly the sesquiterpenes patchoulol (35%) and bulnesene.
History & Folklore Patchouli has been used
extensively in Asian medicine, featuring in the Chinese, Indian, and Arabic traditions. Its most common use has been as an aphrodisiac. The essential oil is widely employed in India as a fragrance and as an insect repellent.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Patchouli is
used in herbal medicine in Asia as an aphrodisiac, antidepressant, and antiseptic. It is also employed for headaches and fever. Patchouli essential oil is used in aromatherapy to treat skin complaints. It  is thought to have a regenerative effect on skin tone and to help clear conditions such as eczema and acne. The oil may also be used for varicose veins and hemorroids.
Caution Do not take essential oil internally.
American
mandrake
Pogostemon cablin syn. P. patchouli
(Lamiaceae)
Patchouli
Description Hairy, aromatic perennial growing
to 3 ft (1 m). Has square stems, oval leaves, and
spikes bearing whorls of white to light-purple flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Malaysia and
the Philippines, patchouli is now cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions around the world. The shoots and leaves are picked 2 or 3 times a year.
Parts Used Y oung leaves and shoots, essential oil.Patchouli is the source of an essential oil.
Polygala senega (Polygalaceae)
Seneca Snakeroot
Description Perennial growing to about 16 in
(40 cm). Has narrow lance-shaped leaves with toothed edges, and spikes of whitish-pink flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Seneca snakeroot is
native to North America, and found in dry stony open ground and woodland. It is cultivated in western Canada. The root is unearthed in autumn.
Part Used Root.
Constituents Seneca snakeroot contains
phenolic acids, methyl salicylate, triterpenoid saponins (including sengins), polygalitol, and plant sterols. The triterpenoid saponins promote the clearing of phlegm from the bronchial tubes.
History & Folklore This plant’s name refers
to the Seneca tribe of North America, who employed the root as a remedy for snake bite. Seneca snakeroot was highly valued as a medicine by both Native Americans and European settlers. In 1768, Dr. Alexander Garden of Charleston wrote that “The Polygonatum multiflorum
(Liliaceae)
Solomon’s Seal
Description Perennial growing to about 20 in
(50 cm). Has arching stems, alternate elliptical
leaves, delicate greenish-white, bell-shaped flowers, and blue-black fruit.
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Habitat & Cultivation
Native to Europe and to
temperate regions of Asia and
North America, Solomon’s seal is
quite rare in the wild. However, it is a
common ornamental garden plant. The
rhizome is unearthed in autumn.
Part Used Rhizome.
Constituents Solomon’s seal contains steroidal
saponins (similar to diosgenin), flavonoids, and
vitamin A.
History & Folklore Solomon’s seal has been
used in Western herbal medicine since classical
times. In China, the herb’s first recorded use
stretches back to the Divine Husbandman’s Classic
(Shen’nong Bencaojing ) of the 1st century ce.
In North America, the species P. biflorum  was
known to various native tribes. The Penobscot
used Solomon’s seal as part of a formula for
treating gonorrhea.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Like arnica
(Arnica montana,  p. 172), Solomon’s seal is believed
to prevent excessive bruising and to stimulate
tissue repair. The rhizome, which is mainly used
in the form of a poultice, has astringent and
demulcent actions that undoubtedly contribute
to its ability to accelerate healing. Solomon’s seal
has also been recommended for tuberculosis, as
a remedy for menstrual problems, and as a tonic.
In Chinese herbal medicine, it is considered a yin
tonic, and is thought to be particularly applicable
to respiratory system problems—sore throats,
dry and irritable coughs, bronchial congestion, and
chest pain.
Related Species Angular or scented Solomon’s
seal ( P. odoratum ) is used in much the same way as
P. multiflorum.
 QCaution Do not take internally except under
professional advice. The aerial parts, especially
the berries, are harmful if eaten. Polygonum bistorta
Polygonum bistorta
(Polygonaceae)
Bistort
Description Perennial growing to 12 in (30 cm).
Has long basal leaves, dense spikes of small pink
flowers, and dark nutlets.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe,
Asia, and North America, bistort prefers damp
conditions. The leaves are gathered in spring, the
rhizome in autumn.
Parts Used Leaves, rhizome.
Constituents Bistort contains polyphenols
(including ellagic acid), tannins (15–20%),
phlobaphenes, flavonoids, and a trace of the
anthraquinone emodin.
History & Folklore Bistort rhizomes have
long been employed for their astringency. As the


	a	large
handkerchief	from	his	pocket.	When	he	opened	it,	I	was	surprised	to	see	some
flatbread	wrapped	around	curried	potatoes,	with	even	a	bit	of	mango	pickle
packed	inside	to	give	it	tang—not	too	sour,	not	too	bitter.	He	broke	the	bread
in	half,	and	we	began	eating	contentedly.
“What	kind	of	messages?”	I	asked.
“You	never	can	tell,”	said	Baba.	“The	soul	likes	to	be	unpredictable.	It	likes	to
keep	you	excited	about	turning	the	next	page	of	your	life.	So	you	have	to	keep
an	open	mind.	That’s	the	key	to	the	second	way.”
“I	have	an	open	mind,	but	I	don’t	get	any	messages,”	I	protested.
“Ah.”	Suddenly	Baba	clapped	his	two	hands	together,	and	when	they	came
apart,	the	right	one	held	a	bright	gold	coin.	“Would	you	like	to	have	this?”
“Sure,”	I	said	quickly,	wondering	why	he	had	changed	the	subject.
“I’ll	give	it	to	you	if	you	can	count	backward	by	threes	from	a	hundred,”	he
said.
“That’s	all?”	I	asked	suspiciously	The	coin	looked	large	and	valuable;	it
reminded	me	of	pirate’s	gold.
“All?	If	you	can	do	this,	you	will	prove	that	you	have	mastered	the	way	of	the
mind.”	Baba	raised	his	forefinger	in	the	air	like	a	starter’s	pistol	at	a	race.
“Starting	now.”
There	was	no	time	for	hesitation.	“All	right,”	I	said.	“One	hundred,	ninety-
seven,	ninety-four,	ninety-one	…”	Baba	let	me	go	on	for	a	while,	just
watching.	But	when	I	got	to	seventy-six,	he	leaned	toward	me	and	began	to
whisper	in	my	ear.He	was	whispering	numbers	at	random:	“Twenty-seven,	five,	forty-eight	…”	I
tried	to	pay	attention	to	what	I	was	doing,	but	it	was	hopeless,	and	I	lost
count.
“Too	bad,”	he	said.	“You	got	distracted.”	He	slipped	the	gold	coin	into	his
pocket.
“Let	me	try	again,”	I	entreated.	“I’ll	really	concentrate	this	time.”	Baba
nodded,	and	I	started	counting	backward,	only	this	time	I	put	my	hands	over
my	ears	and	closed	my	eyes	to	shut	out	any	distractions.
“One	hundred,	ninety-seven,	ninety-four—ow!	What	are	you	doing?”
I	hadn’t	gotten	more	than	three	numbers	when	Baba	reached	his	hand	toward
my	head	as	if	he	were	going	to	pluck	out	a	hair.	I	stumbled	and	lost	count.
“Sorry,”	he	said.	“I	guess	I	made	you	nervous.”
“How	do	you	expect	me	to	get	this	right	when	I	have	to	worry	about	you
snatching	my	hair?”	I	said.
Baba	rose	to	his	feet.	“I’ll	stand	over	there	so	you	won’t	have	any	distractions
or	worries.	Good	enough?”
“All	right,”	I	said	warily,	thinking	he	probably	had	another	trick	up	his	sleeve.
“No	more	tricks,”	said	Baba,	reading	my	mind.	He	walked	three	paces	away.
“Just	begin	where	you	left	off.”
“I	don’t	remember	where	I	left	off,”	I	said.
He	looked	pleased.	“Now	you	know	why	people	don’t	receive	the	messages
being	sent	by	the	soul.	They	are	too	distracted	or	too	worried	or	too	forgetful.
Only	when	you	become	free	of	those	obstacles	will	you	have	an	open	mind.
Then	you	will	be	master	of	the	second	way.”
He	took	the	coin	from	his	pocket	and	flipped	it	toward	me	in	a	slow,	high	arc,
and	to	my	credit	I	caught	it	on	the	first	try,	despite	all	the	trouble	Baba	had
put	me	through.
W
HAT
	I	L
EARNEDThis	lesson	surprised	me	because	I	assumed	that	the	way	of	the	mind	was
about	thinking.	But	Baba	told	me	he	himself	didn’t	have	a	head	full	of
thoughts,	not	even	wise	thoughts.	His	mind	was	open,	which	means	awake,
alert,
	ready	for	anything.
That
,	he	told	me,	is	the	only	way	to	tune	in	to	the
soul’s	messages.
The	way	of	the	mind	gave	me	three	things	to	do,	or	rather	to
stop
	doing.	I
should	stop	being	distracted.	I	should	stop	worrying.	I	should	stop	forgetting.
These	three	things	block	the	mind	by	putting	people	in	a	kind	of	fog.	Later	on
I	could	practically	see	this	fog,	for	everyone	has	friends	who	wander	around
distracted	all	the	time,	those	who	worry	all	the	time,	and	those	who	never
seem	to	remember	anything,	especially	when	it’s	important.	If	you	lose	track
of	your	soul,	Baba	said,	how	can	you	expect	it	to	help	you?
1.	B
EING
	D
ISTRACTED
Distractions	are	everywhere,	and	it’s	easy	to	get	caught	up	in	them.	You’ll
hear	that	kids	today	are	addicted	to	computer	games	the	way	an	earlier
generation	was	addicted	to	talking	on	the	phone.	But	either	way,	the	reason
for	any	distraction	is	usually	the	same:	The	mind	finds	it	hard	to	focus.
Talking	to	your	friend	is	more	pleasant	than	mowing	the	grass.	Almost
anything	on	the	computer	is	more	fun	than	homework.	A	distraction	is
basically	a	sidetrack	or	detour,	and	kids	usually	take	them	on	purpose	(adults
do	too!).	Billions	of	dollars	are	spent	every	year	to	provide	us	with	movies,
TV	shows,	games,	and	amusement	parks—we	are	willing	to	pay	a	lot	to	be
distracted.
As	much	fun	as	these	things	are,	you	might	ask	yourself,	“Do	I	really	want	to
be	detoured	from	who	I	am?”	The	soul	is	part	of	you.	It	wants	to	give	you
everything.	Should	you	pay	to	lose	touch	with	it?	This	is	a	choice	every	kid
must	think	about.	When	you’re	totally	focused	on	a	computer	game,	what
happens	if	your	dad	wants	to	talk	to	you?	You	probably	can’t	pull	yourself
away	very	easily,	and	when	you	do,	you	feel	put	upon	and	annoyed.
Now	consider	this:	Your	soul	speaks	a	lot	softer	than	your	parents,	and	it
never	pounds	on	the	door,	as	frustrated	parents	will	do	if	they	can’t	get	your
attention.	A	little	distraction	is	all	it	takes	to	lose	track	of	the	soul.	Baba
taught	me	that	a	moment	of	real	attention,	when	you	truly	listen	to	what’s
inside	you,	is	worth	an	hour	of	wandering	down	the	long	detour	road	of
distraction.2.	W
ORRYING
Every	kid	knows	the	dreaded	words	“Wait	until	your	father	gets	home.”	They
weren’t	said	too	often	in	my	house	growing	up,	but	it	takes	only	a	few	times
to	understand	how	worry	works.	You’re	on	pins	and	needles.	Nothing	bad	has
happened	to	you	yet,	but	you’re	sure	it’s	going	to.
Your	soul	doesn’t	want	you


elles, or capes, it would amount to cowardice to resist them.

Leafy foods. As already indicated, it is not the more mature
leaves, but the tender shoots which are intended to feature in moderation in the human diet. Since these are scarce, population
pressure has encouraged the use of harder leaves, like the brassicas,
which usually need cooking. It is not therefore surprising that
various contradictions have been discovered. The brassicas, for
instance, contain substances which interfere with thyroid function.
The already mentioned poisonous oil,  from rape seed, is the product
of a member of that plant family. They should therefore be looked upon as emergency rather than regular foods.
Members of the lettuce family, the cruciferae such as the cress,
and many other tender green leaves, appear satisfactory. A
neglected green food is the tender green shoots of grass.
 Onions and garlic. Both contain extremely irritating and toxic
substances which can induce serious anaemias and in large amounts,
can possibly be fatal. They also  often result in hypersensitivity
reactions of the mucosae and skin, and in some people appear to affect the mind, inducing lethargy and stupour. They should only be used sparingly.

Roots, tubers. Here also, the ability to be eaten raw is a good
test, which allows carrots, and celeriac to pass, while casting doubt on many others. Those members of the mustard family with roots, such as radish, contain strong irritants and are suspect.
 Tropical fruits. Many people who have lived in the tropics have
become upset from eating tropical fruits, or at least developed a
certain antipathy for particular fruits, longing for the more temperate apple. It is the high growing fruits which are usually involved. The ground living prehumans would not have had ordinary access to them. An example known to contain toxic
substances, injurious to the liver, is  the Avocado. It has surprisingly
been found to induce mastitis in mammals! Another is the mango, beautiful, but frequently nauseati ng and containing a milk which
tends to irritate the lips and mouth. Low growing tropical and semi-tropical fruits, on the other hand, such as the banana, the pineapple, the citrus family, are pleasant and wholesome. But many attractive
low growing berries and fruits of tropical regions are also extremely
poisonous.
Man's ideal dietary can eviden tly be extended, but care is
needed, for many things commonly consumed and lightly assumed to be wholesome and good turn out to be suspect. Even beauty and
attractiveness are no longer a reliable guide when one moves into an
environment very different from that  of one's genetic wombing, or
is exposed to apparently edible products from a foreign environment. Evidently, many foods which carry a relatively light risk, such as the potato, have a role as an emergency item, and at the present, the entire planet is in an emergency. But even if one is
likely to be obliged to trespass the narrow limits of the ideal set by
the very particular perimeters of humanization, one should at least appreciate how extremely narrow these limits happen to be, and realize that a levy is inevit able for the common sloppy and
insensitive approaches to eating. Those coming the closest to the
ideal human diet are the vegans, and, somewhat less close, the
vegetarians. These people are usually above average in sensitivity, in an awareness of self and of others, of things and creatures, which is one reason why many of them come to differ from the common
patterns in the first place. There can be no doubt that the subjective rewards are considerable, providing a sense of compassion and
purpose, a zeal for what is whole and natural, and a delight in
simplicities, rarely met in the genera l modern confusion. It is this
cleansing of the doors of perception which no doubt accounts for the fact that many of the more sensitive people in the arts are attracted to vegetarianism while the more tough minded tend to go in an opposite dionysian direction of booze and beef.
One does find in the ranks of vegetarians persons with a
tendency to anxiety neurosis above the usual, as one does in any sensitivity demanding pursuit. Their condition is usually improved or cured, thanks to the sense of purpose and an effective life-pattern and idealism which vegetarianism can provide. But there are the
few health-kick vegetarians who may not rise beyond a self-centred
preoccupation. If that was all there was to vegetarianism, it would be a shallow concern, even if the pursuit of health is a primordial duty.
The great advantage of vegetarianism today is not only its
practice, but the philosophy it offers regarding other human beings,
living creatures and nature generally. As the help in these directions
which past religions could provide is now minimal, vegetarianism is
particularly well suited to offer a life-pattern ideally adapted to
modern conditions, restoring a sense of purpose and participation in the natural world, without which human beings are only too
obviously alienated and distraught, the reason probably why an
increasing number of young are being attracted to the vegetarian ideology.
With regards the bodily advantages, one can be less definite. In
the first place, some people become vegetarians as a result of
chronic ill-health, when all else has failed, a fact which tends to
falsify any comparative study. It is a sad fact that many people are congenitally less robust than othe rs, disadvantages all too often
intensified by wrong feeding in infancy and childhood. Such people are certain to' be better off as vegetarians, but they may remain handicapped compared with the more genetically robust, living so
called normal lives.
But vegetarianism by itself may not be enough. A person giving
up meat and fish but indulging in eggs and dairy produce may be no better off. Indeed, it is possible that  a person having some lean meat
and fish, but no eggs and dairy pr oduce, would be less exposed to
the long-term disasters of cholesterol, saturated fats and uric acid,
what ever other insidious physical and mental effects attend. Vegetarian children eating the usual amounts of sweets, jams and sugar have teeth in every way as bad as the general population.
As already mentioned, veganism without a supplement of
vitamin B
12 is dangerous. With this supplement, it is probably as
close as one can get to the ideal human diet, but perhaps for
economic reasons, fruits may not feat ure sufficiently. It is probably
as far as one can get practically in avoiding the usual long-term infirmities, gout and arthritis, colds and constipation, and the common afflictions of daily living. This should also apply to
vegetarians, provided a sufficienc y of uncooked foods and fruits is
the rule. In this context, the importance of activity cannot be
overemphasized. The human body, and mind, are only optimally adaptable in terms of a certain pattern of activity. This pattern must
have been originally set by the demands of ground living and food-
gathering, and has certainly not changed since, no matter how sedentary human beings have b ecome in urban conditions. This
pattern is characterized, not by bursts of violent activity, but rather by prolonged moderate activity. For a ground-living primate to be able to fulfil its environmenta l and social obligations, would
demand at least the equivalent of three hours walking a day.
Medicine has now realized the importance of this kind of activity, of the risks of inactivity to the h eart, as those of excessive activity
which entails athletism, or the weekend violent games of tennis or squash. One must insist, that no matter how ideal the diet, optimal
physiological conditions will not be met unless this basic activity
pattern is simultaneously met. Life must simply be arranged to meet
it, an arrangement facilitated by the energy crisis.
There are the half-hearted vegetarians, keen on keeping in with
the 'normals' in their smoking and drinking habits and not averse to
some meat and fish occasionally, 'for social reasons'. Such people
are often less well than most, the victims of fatigue, of disturbed sleeping and of petty inconveniences, which should not be the lot of vegetarians. The high levels of protein and vitamin B complex on a mixed dietary do undoubtedly protect, to some extent, from the damage of alcohol and other poisons. Vegetarians, particularly those
living on largely refined cereal foods, using sugar, are very
vulnerable. Although very modera te amounts of non-distilled drinks
like cider, beer and the lighter wines, are probably beneficial when consumed in the right circumstances, as we shall see, vegetarians are not equipped to keep up with common bad habits.
People who become vegetarian in later life often do so as the
result of some dire warning or health disaster for which medicine can do little or nothing. Usually, such a change of diet brings much benefit, but it would be expecting too much to suppose that the unbiological trespass of many years can be completely annulled. It is the young who especially benefit from a vegetarian diet, the best
possible assurance that the developi ng tissues of brain and body are
formed under the most ideal conditions. To cut out breast feeding, and to feed infants on animal foods, is not only likely to lead to mental disquiet, but, in maturity, to a higher incidence of degenerative disease.

15. Beautiful People, Beautiful Things

The Creation is a whole, all isolation is disintegration. In the
making of the human, nature has attained its highest expression