	tea	recipes.	Add	delectable	seasonal	fruits,	fresh	herbs	and	great	spices	to
your	tea	in	order	to	add	nutrients	and	natural	flavors.	Then,	you	can	chill	it	in	a
fridge,	add	some	ice	and	enjoy!
Here	are	health	benefits	of	drinking	iced	tea:
1.
Reduce	sugar	intake.
	Unsweetened	iced	tea	is	lower	in	sugar	than	most	of
the	other	refreshing	drinks.	It	is	very	important	for	diabetics	as	well	as
for	those	with	weight	problems.	This	recipe	collection	encourages
healthy	lifestyles	and	promotes	healthy	no	sugar	added	iced	teas.
Therefore,	we	don’t	use	sweeteners	or	we	use	natural	sweeteners

if	we
have	to.

1.
Prevent	diseases.
Drinking	black	tea	might	help	prevent	heart	attack.
Green	tea	may	lower	a	risk	of	cancer.	Tea	might	help	prevent
neurological	disorders	and	heart	diseases.

1.
Boost	our	mental	performance
.	Tea	can	improve	learning	and	memory
because	of	caffeine,	which	can	improve	our	mental	alertness.

Anyway,
there	are	herbal	teas	that	have	no	caffeine.

1.
Antioxidants
.	Iced	tea	is	loaded	with	antioxidants	which	are	beneficial	for
our	overall	health.

1.
Source	of	minerals
.	Black	tea	contains	a	significant	amount	of	manganese.
Green	tea	leaves	contain	potassium,	calcium,	and	manganese.	Further,
drinking	iced	tea	provides	beneficial	flavonoids.

Therefore,	iced	teas	arenot	only	delicious,	they	are	also	very	healthy!Herb	&	Fruit	Infused	Water	for	Your	Body,	Mind,	and	Soul
When	it	comes	to	hydration,	the	simplest	combinations	are	the	best.	If	you	are
sick	and	tired	of	drinking	water,	but	you	want	to	avoid	sugar-loaded	sodas,
please	consider	homemade	infused	waters	and	flavored	waters.	This	is	a
completely	new	experience	of	water	drinking.	Infused	waters	are	easy	to	make,
refreshing,	delicious,	and	full	of	nutrition.
The	general	rule	is	that	there	are	no	rules.	Try	new	combinations	you	haven’t
tried	before.	This	book	contains	one	hundred	infused	water	recipes,	which	can
help	you	get	started	making	these	amazing	beverages	right	now!
Making	infused	water	is	simple.	Choose	your	favorite	fruits	and	vegetables	that
can	infuse	into	water	easily.	For	extra	flavor	burst,	add	some	herbs	and	spices.
That’s	it!	However,	if	you	want	these	beverages	on	a	regular	basis,	you	should
follow	a	few	general	tips.

1.
Tools
.	It	is	good	to	purchase	a	special	fruit	infusion	bottle	or	pitcher
	to
make
the	whole	process	easier.	However,	regular	containers	work	just	as	well.
Further,	you	might	need	masher	or	muddler	for	the	fruits	and	vegetables.

1.
Ingredients
.	The	possibilities	are	endless;	you	can	choose	any	ingredient
you	like.

Just	make	sure	the	fruits	are	ripe	and	the	vegetables	are	soft.
Fruits	are	more	popular	than	veggies,	as	you	can	see	in	the	recipes
below.	Further,	citrus	fruits,	berries,	melons,	and	tropical	fruits	are	the
most	popular.

1.
Patient
.	This	is	key	to	success.	The	whole	process	takes	some	time.	These
infused	waters	have	to	sit	for	at	least	2	hours	in	a	refrigerator.	You	will
get	detailed	instructions	within	each	of	recipe.
Drinking	infused	water	has	many	health	benefits.	It	is	an	easy	way	to	increase
your	water	intake.	It	can	help	you	stay	hydrated	and	detox	your	body.	It	keeps
our	skin	elastic	and	improves	our	good	mood.	Then,	fruit	infused	waters
naturally	boost	our	metabolism	and	they	have	almost	zero	calories,	so	it	is
beneficial	for	weight	loss.
These	three	hundred	recipes	will	nourish	your	body	and	soul.	These	amazingbeverages	are	inexpensive	and	full	of	flavor	and	colors,	so	it’s	impossible	to	get
bored.

So	raise	your	glass	and	stay	healthy!JUICE	RECIPESEvery	Day	Garden	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
2	leaves	Tuscan	cabbage

1.
1	stalk	broccoli

1.
1/2	yellow	squash

1.
1	apple

1.
3	carrots

Directions

1.
Wash	all	the	above	ingredients	thoroughly.

2.
Add	juice	ingredients	through	a	juicer.	Divide	among	2	glasses	and	serve
right	away!

3.
This	juice	contains	amazing	raw	ingredients	that	our	bodies	need	for
optimum	health.	Enjoy!Apple	and	Pumpkin	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
2	medium-sized	apples

1.
1	½	cups	mixed	berries

1.
2	cups	pumpkin

1.
1	teaspoon	cinnamon	powder

1.
1/4	teaspoon	grated	nutmeg

Directions

1.
Simply	juice	apples,	berries,	and	pumpkin.

2.
Then,	sprinkle	with	cinnamon	powder	and	nutmeg.	Pour	the	juice	into	two
glasses	and	serve	immediately.

3.
Inspired	by	the	flavors	of	autumn,	this	juice	is	full	of	vitamins	and	minerals.
Enjoy!Refreshing	Spicy	Juice
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	cucumber

1.
1	whole	lime

1.
1/4	cup	kale	leaves

1.
1	jalapeño	pepper,	seeded

1.
3	celery	ribs

1.
1/2	teaspoon	allspice

Directions

1.
Peel	cucumber	and	lime.	Transfer	them	to	your	juicer	along	with	the
remaining	ingredients.

2.
Press	all	ingredients	through	your	juicer.	Serve	right	away	with	bendy
straws	and	enjoy!Orange	Apple	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	lime,	peeled

1.
2	oranges,	peeled

1.
1	Granny	Smith	apple,	quartered

1.
1/2	teaspoon	cinnamon,	ground

1.
1/4	teaspoon	ground	cloves

Directions

1.
Process	lime,	oranges,	and	apple	through	a	juicer	according	to
manufacturer's	directions.

2.
Add	cinnamon	and	cloves	and	pour	into	two	serving	glasses.

3.
This	aromatic	juice	contains	an	array	of	delicious	ingredients	in	their
natural	state.	Enjoy!Spinach	and	Carrot	Delight
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
2	handfuls	spinach

1.
2	carrots

1.
1	bunch	parsley

1.
2	apples

Directions

1.
First	of	all,	wash	all	ingredients	thoroughly.

2.
Add	all	above	ingredients	through	your	juicer	and	serve.

3.
This	green	juice	is	loaded	with	many	important	minerals	including
magnesium,	iron,
etc.Amazing	Pear	and	Cabbage	Juice
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2


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c u l t u r e.  T h a n k  y o u  f o r  b u y i n g  a n  a u t h o r i z e d  e d i t i o n  o f  t h i s  b o o k  a n d  f o r  c o m p l y i n g  w i t h  c o p y r i g h t  l a w s  b y  n o t  r e p r o d u c i n g,
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c o n t i n u e  t o  p u b l i s h  b o o k s  f o r  e v e r y  r e a d e r.
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p r o c e d u r e s,  a n d  s u g g e s t i o n s  c o n t a i n e d  i n  t h i s  b o o k  a r e  n o t  i n t e n d e d  a s  a  s u b s t i t u t e  f o r  c o n s u l t i n g  w i t h  y o u r  p h y s i c i a n.  A l l  m a t t e r s
r e g a r d i n g  y o u r  h e a l t h  r e q u i r e  m e d i c a l  s u p e r v i s i o n.  N e i t h e r  t h e  a u t h o r  n o r  t h e  p u b l i s h e r  s h a l l  b e  l i a b l e  o r  r e s p o n s i b l e  f o r  a n y  l o s s
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t h e  t i m e  o f  p u b l i c a t i o n,  n e i t h e r  t h e  p u b l i s h e r  n o r  t h e  a u t h o r  a s s u m e s  a n y  r e s p o n s i b i l i t y  f o r  e r r o r s,  o r  f o r  c h a n g e s  t h a t  o c c u r  a f t e r
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 of milk.In the Ramayana,  the revered Hindu scripture, a city is mentioned whose
Sanskrit name was “ginger” it w as an important ginger trading center of the time.
Ginger has been shipped since a t least the second century B.C. from South India’ s
Malabar Coast by both sea and land to Egypt, Arabia, Rome and the
Mediterranean. G inger is highly prized not only as a spice but also as a medicine;
A yurveda calls it “vishwabhesa ja,” the “universal medicine.” It is considered one
of the best and most Sattvic of herbs, and alleviates V ata and Kapha while only
slightly aggrava ting Pitta. Generally, dry ginger is hotter and drier than the fresh;
dry ging er reduc es Kapha and p romotes the digestive fire, while fresh ginger acts
primarily on V ata but may be more aggravating to Pitta.
In A yur veda ginger helps to regulate the whole alimentary tract, and is
regarded such a strong digestive aid that it is given in such varied conditions as
constipation, indigestion, vomiting, belching, flatulence, and dry hemorrhoids.
Ginger has an equally beneficial ef fect upon the lungs, especially in respiratory
infections, dyspn ea, sore throat a nd cough, and edema. It is also applied externally,
in certa in types of rheumatic pains and headaches. One traditional A yurvedic
medicinal pill is made by mixing fresh ginger juice with ginger powder and rolling
the combination into pea-size balls. This type of ginger pill, which thus combines
virtues o f both the dried and fresh forms, can control Kapha if it is mixed with
honey, subdue V ata if combined  with rock salt, and reduce Pitta if given with rock
candy.
Ginger h as been  known and use d in China since antiquity; Conf ucius is said
to ha ve eaten fre sh ginger with e ach meal to improve his digestion. Many consider
the plan t to have come from the north, possibly Mongolia, on the basis of the
etiology of the original charac ter for ginger in the written language. Later on
ginger became a commodity  imported from India, as mentioned in the
Compendium of Materia Medica  under the name “celestial drie d Indian ginger”
(tian zhu gan jiang).
Chinese medicin e teaches that both fresh and dried ginger have a powerful
warming ef fect,  with the dried form being slightly hotter tha n the fresh (which
concurs with A yurvedic opinion). Therapeutically, both forms of ginger are used to
disperse coldnes s and promote sweating (as in the common cold or influenza),
remove cold-phlegm lodged in the lungs (for coughs with thin sputum), alleviatecoldness in the Middle Burner (which may cause stomach pai ns, chronic colitis,
vomiting, indige stion, and so o n), and dispel coldness trapped in the limbs (in
cases of  cold extremities and w eak pulse). Fresh ginger is also used to reduce the
toxicity of certain mushrooms a nd other herbs, such as aconite and pinellia, while
dried ginger is used to stop chronic bleeding of various types (especially uterine
hemorrhage).
Chinese medicine also uses ginger whose surface has been charred. This
form of ginger has a bitter and astringent taste, and is slightly cooler in temperature
than either the f resh or dried fo rms. This charred ginger mainly acts on the liver,
and helps to relieve abdominal pain and discomfort due to coldness.In China, there is a tradition which says that the second Em peror of the
legendary era, the mystical Shen Nong who taught the people to cultivate the
mulberry tree for raising silk worms, also taught them to cultivate hemp. Every
part of the hemp plant was used medicinally in China: the male flowers to treat
menstrual disorders, wounds and numerous other disorders that result from injury
by the wind; the oil for hair loss, sulfur poisoning and throat dryness; the stalk as a
diuretic and to expel urinary t ract stones; and the juice of the root to expel a
retained placen ta or for post-partum hemorrhage. Although the leaves were
considered poisonous, their freshly expressed juice was used to expel intestinal
parasites and to neutralize the bi te of a scorpion. The resinous female flowers were
also con sidered poisonous; used  in moderation they were held  to calm the spirit,
but, as Li Shi Z hen warns, when used in excess they “will produce hallucinations
and unsteady the gait."
Currently the seeds are the most commonly used part of the plant in Chinese
medicine, and the other parts are rarely employed. The seeds, which are considered
to posse s the sweet taste and to have a neutral temperature, a re used mainly to
moisten and nourish the intestin es. They are thus useful in constipation, especially
when th e body’ s  Y in becomes depleted (as it does with advancing age) or in cases
of blood -deficiency (as seen in post-partum or sur gical recovery). The seeds are
used as an antid ote to aconite and vermilion poisoning, and are said to help in
maintaining the firmness of one ’ s flesh. Externally the seeds are  used to clear heat
from sores and ulcerations.
That the  ancient  Chinese master of medicine Hua T uo used a ca nnabis drink
as a  sur gical an esthetic suggests, along with his remarkable sur gical techniques
which re semble those of the In dian sur geon Jivaka, that his k nowledge came at
least in part fro m Indian sources. India’ s most ancient book o f healing lore, the
Atharva V eda,  mentions bhanga (Cannabis sativa) as one of five sacred
(psychotropic) p lants; another Sanskrit name for hemp is v ijaya ("conquest"),
because hemp grants victory to  those who consume it. Of the three parts of the
plant wh ich are  commonly used today in India (bhang, which is made from the
leaves of both the female and male plants, and possibly from the male flowers also;
ganja, which is the flowering tops of the female plants; and charas, the resin), only
bhang and ganja are used in medicine. Bhang is often associated with seekers of
religious ecstas y, and has been popularly used in temple celebrations and
ceremonies sinc e at least medieval times. One af fectionate folk-name for LordShiva, t he god of transformation, is in fact Bhangeri Baba ("Bhang-exhilarated
Father").
In A yur vedic medicine hemp is considered to be bitter and sweet, while
having a slight heating quality. In small doses it can mildly aggravate Pitta while
alleviating Kapha and V ata, but in lar ge doses or when used ov er a long period of
time it aggravates all Doshas. Hemp is rarely used alone in medicine, and its
ef fects on the b ody vary according to the other herbs administered with it. W ith
digestive herbs hemp can increase appetite, reduce nause a and abdominal
distension, control diarrhea or relieve constipation; with aphrodisiac substances
hemp its elf beco mes aphrodisiac ; and when smoked with tobacco it suppresses the
appetite and becomes anti-aphrodisiac. Given with V ata-controlling herbs hemp
becomes an analgesic for headaches, abdominal spasms an d neuralgia. More
recently hemp has been found u seful in alleviating the nausea and pain in cancer
patients, and to reduce conditions of blood pressure and inter -ocular pressure (as in
glaucoma). In such cases, A yur veda recommends oral administration rather than
inhaling smoke for greatest therapeutic ef ficacy.Licorice is one of the most important and frequently used plants in Chinese
pharmacology b ecause of its sw eet taste and neutral temperature which gives it an
ability to moderate and harmonize the characteristics of other herbs. Licorice is
frequently utilized to modulate excessively hot or cold substances, and to mitigate
or n eutralize the violent prop erties of certain toxic substances. Furthermore,
licorice is believed to help other substances penetrate to their appropriate
destination in the tissues, with many an ancient and modern te xt claiming that it
can enter all or gans and Meridians. So common is the use of licorice that it appears
in almost all prescriptions.
Chinese medicine teaches that licorice by itself strengthens both Qi and
blood, and uses it to treat such symptoms as palpitations, shortness of breath,
irregular pulse, and fatigue. Lic orice is specific for most lung complaints (such as
wheezing, sore throat, and cough), be they accompanied by either heat or cold
symptoms. It is also specific for spasms in the abdomen or legs, in which case it is
administered in the honey-fried form (which is considered th en to be warm in
temperature).
A yurveda has long used licorice, and good-grade licorice was im ported from
Northern China  and Mongolia during their long periods of contact. A y


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http://www.cog.ca
Canadian Organic Gr owers:  Canada’ s national information network
for or ganic farmers, gardeners and consumers.
http://www.ota.comOrganic T rade Association:  A  membership-based business
association that promotes awareness and understanding of o r ganic
production, and provides a unified voice for the industry.
Pr eserving Equipment & Supplies
http://www.homecanning.com/can/
The Bernardin website of fer s solid, dependable home canning
information and illustrated step-by-step guides for canning both high-
and low -acid foo ds, as well as recipes. There is an online order service
for home preserving products, and F AQs for instant help with
preserving questions.
http://www.leevalley.com/
Lee V alley T ools is a catalogue business (with retail outlets in major
Canadian cities)  that of fers high-quality canning equipment, inc luding
the Mas lin pan I recommend for most of the preserves in this  book.
Online and free catalogue available.
http://www.kitchenaid.com
W e all know w hat a stand m ixer or food processor does, b ut the
KitchenAid web site has video clips of how to use the attachments,
which helped me understand why I needed them for preserving.
http://www.richters.com
Richters Herb Specialists is a nursery and mail-order business
dedicated to growing and selling herb plants, seeds, dried herbs, books
and herb-related products. O nline and free catalogue available;
worldwide shipping of plants and seeds.
http://www.gilbertiesherbs.com
Gilbertie’ s Herb  Gardens is the lar gest herb plant grower in the United
States, supplying more than 400 varieties to nurseries and garden
centres.B i b l i o g r a p h y
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2001.G l o s s a r y
Acidulate:  A meth od of preventing the oxidation of white-fleshed fruits
and vegetables (oxidation causes the cut flesh to turn brown). T o acidulate,
immerse the flesh in water with  vitamin C, made by mixing 1 tsp (5 mL)
crystalline ascor bic acid or six 500 mg vitamin C tablets in 1 gallon (4 L)
cool wa ter. Acid ulate a small am ount of fruit or vegetables by brushing or
tossing them in lemon juice.
Aggr egate fruit:  Fruit that grows in clusters around a core. Raspberries,
blackberries and strawberries are examples of aggregate fruit.
Blanching:  A technique tha t slows down or  halts the deteriorating action of
enzymes. T o blanch fruit, vegetables and nuts, small amounts are scalded by
immersing them  in boiling wat er for a short period of time. T his process
makes it very easy for the skins of some fruits and veget ables to be
removed.
Brine:  A salt and water solution used to soak foods.
Chutney:  A swee t-sour c ondiment made from a mixture of fruit and/ or
vegetables that is cooked until s oft or until it forms a cohesive pulp. Sugar,
spices, salt and vinegar are key ingredients, along with the fruit /vegetables.
Nuts, seeds, raisins, dates, figs and other ingredients may be added. Long,
slow cooking thickens chutneys and softens the mixture.
Clingstone:  A type of peach, nectarine or ap ricot whose flesh grows tightly
around the stone, making it dif ficult to remove.
Compote:  A stew-like product made by poaching one or several dif ferent
fruits in a spiced liquid.Cone colander:  A cone-shaped sieve used for separating clear juice from
fruit.
Conserve:  A  preserve of whole or chopped pieces of fruit suspended i n
thick syrup. Conserve is chunk ier than jam and often includes  more than
just the fruit. The addition of nuts, raisins, liqueur or brandy, figs or
currants, and herbs takes a mixture from a jam to a conserve.
Fr eestone:  A type of peach, nectarine or ap ricot whose flesh does not grow
tightly around the stone, making it easy to remove.
Fr eezer burn:  D ry white patch es on frozen food, caused by exposure to the
dry air of the freezer; moisture is sucked out when the packaging is thin or
torn. Prevent freezer burn by using freezer -quality bags and packages that
provide a good seal, and only fill containers to the designated headspace so
that air is not sealed in.
Fruit butter:  Smooth and thick, butters are concentrated, soft, spreadable
fruit and sugar mixtures that tend to be less sweet than jams and jellies.
Fruit cheese:  A mixture simil ar to a fruit butter but thicker, fruit cheese is a
semi-sweet conc entrated fruit spread often served with a cheese  tray. Use it
like peanut butter.
Fruit curd:  Usually  made from citrus juice (lemon is the most popular, but
berry juice can b e used), curd is a softly thickened sauce-like mixture that is
used as a tart filling, as a sauce f or desserts and fresh fruit, and as a base for
trifle or other cake desserts. Curd is thickened with eggs and b utter. Keeps
in sterilized jars in the refrigerator for up to 1-1/2 months.
Fruit syrup:  A syrup  made from sugar and juice, boiled until it is slightly
thickened. Syru ps are used to flavour and sweeten drinks and gelatin
desserts, as dessert sauces for puddings and cakes, and to sweeten sliced
berries or fruit.
Hard boil:  During the making of jam and jelly, the fruit and sugar mixture
is brought to a rolling boil that cannot be stirred down.Headspace:  Th e space bet ween the top o f the food or liquid and the
underside of the canning lid. This is the space that allows for swelling of the
food as it is processed. Pay attention to the space as directed in the recipe—
it is essential for helping to create a vacuum seal.
Hermetic seal:  The seal that results when the jar is completely airtight,
protecting the sterilized food from recontamination by airborne mould,
yeast or bacteria.
High-acid foods:  Foo ds o r recipe s with a pH of 4.6 or lower. Most fruits,
jams, jellies and fruit spreads are high-acid. Some fruits, such as figs, and
some vegetables, notably toma toes, are considered to be high-acid when
vinegar or lemon is added.
Hull:  (Noun) the crown or cap of a strawberry; (verb) to remove the crown
or cap of a strawberry.
Jam:  A dens e prese rve of mashed, sliced or whole fruit that has  been
sweetened and jellied. Jam has a soft, spreadable consistency. Often lemon
juice and pectin are added to help jams set. Sugar is important to the jam-
making process to help pectin set and to retard bacteria growth. W ith the
introduction of no-sugar -needed  pectin (see Resources ), sugar is no longer
essential to jam making as lo ng as the manufacturer ’ s instructions are
followed for making and sterilizing the jam.
Jelly:  A  translucent, clear mixture made from fruit juice or strained fruit
pulp. A jelly hol ds its shape when turned out of its container an


 Swiss of the Loetschental Valley, who ate approximately 800 calories per day of properly
prepared rye bread, had little evidence of tooth decay (0.3%- 5.2% of all teeth affected). The 5.2%
figure comes from the Visperterminen region where both potatoes and wine were used; the other
isolated Swiss, with higher immunity to cavities, did not use wine and may not have used potatoes.
The isolated Swiss, with near total immunity to tooth decay, did not even use toothbrushes, and had
typical deposits of food on their teeth all the time without any tooth decay.
Indigenous people throughout the world did not typically brush or floss. Dr. Price comments on the
impossibility of keeping teeth clean by brushing and flossing:
Among the difficulties in applying this interpretation is the physical impossibility of keeping teeth
bacteriologically clean in the environment of the mouth. Another difficulty is the fact that
many
primitive races have their teeth smeared with starchy foods almost constantly
 and make no effort
whatsoever to clean their teeth.
In spite of this they have no tooth decay.
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 (Emphasis added.)
The theory that bacteria in our mouth produce acids, which then cause tooth decay, is a false
conclusion. Saliva has a basic pH and will neutralize acids in the mouth rather rapidly. The digestive
enzymes in our saliva rapidly dissolve carbohydrates in our mouths. For example, bread can turn into
liquid after being chewed several times. By the way, this section was not written to encourage people
to abandon cleaning their teeth and mouths. The practice of dental and oral hygiene has many social
benefits.Tooth Care
Healing Tooth Pain
When the nutritional program is successful, tooth pain will decrease and teeth will feel firmer in your
mouth. In some cases your teeth will need extra help as fast as possible. The following treatments are
not full remedies, but rather intermediate treatments that help stop tooth pain. Here are seven of the
most successful treatments for halting tooth pain. Each treatment can stand alone, or you can try
several of them together.

Place clove oil or powdered cloves on the painful tooth.
Swish organic sesame seed or coconut oil in your mouth for 5-10 minutes and then spit it out.
This is called oil pulling and is also a good method for cleansing the body and improving oral
health.
Place goldenseal powder on or near the painful tooth.
Place oil of oregano on the tooth.
Dissolve a moderate amount of natural salt in a small amount of water and swish it in your mouth
for at least one minute. Repeat several times throughout the day.
Echinacea, also known as the "toothache plant," can be applied topically on the tooth and/or
taken internally using the tincture or powdered form.
Supplementing with vitamin B 5, pantothenic acid. Food sources rich in B 5 include: liver,
sunflower seeds, shiitake mushrooms and eggs.
Dental Sealants
Many dental sealants contain hormone-altering chemicals, including bisphenol A.
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 There are two
purported less-toxic approaches; one is a resin sealant made by Ultradent, and the other is a glass
ionomer sealant. The problem with resin sealants is that they do not allow minerals or fluids to pass
through the surface of the tooth, thus inhibiting the dentin fluid flow. Glass ionomer sealants do allow
the fluid to flow through the sealant. Due to the curing time needed to set the sealant, they are difficult
to place properly and ideally should be done one tooth per visit. If a tooth already has a cavity, then
putting a sealant on top of the tooth cavity will not help. This means that each tooth has to be carefully
tested with a device such as a Diagnodent™ to search for small hidden pockets of tooth decay.
Sealants do not block out decay completely but merely slow the process down, assuming they are
placed properly. My conclusion is that sealants will benefit people in special situations as long as
they avoid ones with hormone altering chemicals. In general, unless you feel really inspired to get a
sealant, it seems unnecessary.
Teeth Cleaning at the Dentist
One of the most common questions people ask me is if they need to get their teeth cleaned at the
dentist. As to many of the questions people ask me, my response is that it is your choice. There is
nothing you ever
have to
 do. The question to start asking yourself is, “Is this in the best interests of
my health?” The purpose of a teeth cleaning done by the dentist or hygienist is to remove the plaqueand deposits on and around the tooth. My personal experience is that having my teeth scaled with the
metal probe is extremely uncomfortable.
A better question is whether tooth cleaning improves dental health, or if positive aspects of tooth
cleaning outweigh the negative. In my personal experience, after having my teeth cleaned with an
ultrasonic cleaner, my body felt lighter. Since I am now using an oral irrigator and the blotting
technique, along with continued improvements in my digestive health I hope to not need any cleanings
in the future. I personally avoid the metal probe teeth scraping and cleaning. Any type of cleaning,
scaling or ultrasonic, has the potential to hyperstimulate the nerves in your teeth and jaw.
30
There is clear evidence that tooth brushing may cause slight wear to teeth in some cases even without
toothpaste. The abrasiveness of toothpaste in combination with tooth brushing can definitely cause
damage to the tooth enamel.
31
 So the concept that enamel is as hard as diamonds and nothing can
damage it is false. If small amounts of grit in toothpaste can damage tooth enamel, then it would seem
absolutely clear that tooth cleaning using force and sharp metal probes will definitely in some cases
scratch tooth enamel. At this time I am unable to locate specific evidence in the dental literature to
prove that tooth cleaning with a metal probe is either safe or dangerous.
Teeth Whitening At the Dentist’s and At Home
Healthy indigenous people had naturally white teeth, even without brushing. One reader after reading
my book went off of sugar for one year. By the end of that year time period, the reader’s teeth went
from yellowish to bright white. Not everyone gets very white teeth from following the advice in this
book. Teeth are discolored for two key reasons. One reason is foods eaten can stain the teeth, for
example, herbs, black tea or coffee. Another type of tooth discoloring is yellow teeth. I believe this is
a form of tooth jaundice. This basically means that your body is a bit toxic, and your liver is not
functioning optimally. As your liver gets healthier with a healthier diet, exercise, and therapeutic
treatments like herbs, your teeth may gradually get whiter.
There are a variety of teeth whitening treatments available at your dentist. Some of them are relatively
safe, while others remove healthy tooth structure. Based on the principle of choosing the least
invasive treatment to your teeth as possible, you should avoid any tooth whitening material that
contains any type of acidic or etching compound, and avoid all types of porcelain laminates. Avoid
any whitening procedure that involves any drilling or removal of healthy enamel. Request your
dentist, before submitting to any tooth whitening procedures, use no acid or etching materials.
Natural Tooth Whitening
Dab a small amount of organic peppermint essential oil on your finger (much less than a drop), rub
your finger on your toothbrush, and then brush normally. Some people might find that organic tea tree
oil provides wonderful benefits. Another suggestion is charcoal. Keep in mind some of these methods
are slightly abrasive to teeth.
Dental Tip for Whiter TeethTo naturally remove stains and whiten teeth polish your teeth using a wet cotton swab dipped in
baking soda. With a bit of pressure, rub the tooth enamel only, avoiding the gums.
Brushing, Flossing and Toothpaste
When the tooth surface is weak, then keeping the oral environment clean definitely is a good idea. My
personal experience has been that a clean oral environment is helpful in reducing the impact of tooth
decay. Cleaning your teeth helps prevent cavities when the dentinal fluid is flowing in the wrong
direction. In this situation of demineralization, substances from within your mouth can enter into the
tooth. Cleaning teeth will change the environment of your mouth and it can help slow down the
problem, but it does not stop the original cause of tooth decay. If cleaning teeth did stop cavities, then
why does 90% of our population get cavities?
Toxic Toothpaste
Many brands of toothpaste contain the following warning. “WARNING: Keep out of the reach of
children under 6 years of age. If you accidentally swallow more than used for brushing, seek
professional assistance or contact a Poison Control Center immediately.” If something is that
dangerous where more than a tiny amount is considered poison, then I do not want to be putting it in
my body every day.
Toothpaste is regulated as a cosmetic product, and not as a food. I suppose the rationale behind this is
that toothpaste is not swallowed and that it does not get absorbed into your body. As a result the
standards of safety for toothpaste are much lower than our already very low safety standards for food
additives. Since toothpaste is not a food, almost anything goes as far as ingredients are concerned.
Toothpastes usually contain ingredients like hydrated silica, sorbitol, sodium saccharin, titanium
d


for a long time to come.
When I  finally worked out the total nutritional support program, I  thought
everything would be wonderful and I  would recover without further difficulties. But I
had still another lesson to learn. Recovery can be worse than the disease itself. I  not
only had to destroy the cancer, but I  had to rebuild a badly damaged body also.
At first, I  was anxious to destroy the cancer as quickly as possible, but I  found that
the toxic poisons made me extremely ill. I  had to learn how to be sure the cancer was
dissolving, but not too fast. At the proper rate, one would feel sick, but not violently
ill.
As the body absorbs the cancer, it overloads the blood and liver with toxic poisons,
making one feel constantly sick. This, for me, lasted about eight months after the
cancer growth was stopped. All the while, the mental depression remains and the diet
leaves you with cravings. One has been accustomed to all the tasty "junk" and it is
very hard to give it up forever.
As one begins to get over the "goopy" sick feeling, he w ill notice that he has a
good day when he feels wonderful, then several bad days when he feels "goopy" sick
again. He enjoys the good days so much that the bad ones seem much worse than
they really are. Now he can realize how sick he has been.
About the time one is having a few more goods days than bad, he starts having
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muscle cramps — very bad ones. This condition goes on for a minimum of nine
months, and often much longer, while one is rebuilding muscle protein that was
taken out of the tissue during the early stages of the cancer. This stage is similar to the
severe growing pains one might have experienced as a child or youth.
There is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow — one's good health! If all the steps
have been faithfully carried out, one's body is in better condition than ever before in
many cases. That wasn't true in my case, at least it hasn't been yet. Although my
"incurable" cancer is cured, it did a lot of damage and it was five years before I  was
free of pain and felt really good. Nevertheless, I  was given years of precious,
productive living. And if you can first find hope and then health through Metabolic
Medicine, I  w ill not have lived in vain.
Pancreatic Cancer Study
The most outstanding study in medical history is of Pancreatic Cancer. At the
request of Robert A. Good, Ph.D., M.D., former president of Memorial Sloan-
Kettering Cancer Center of New York City, Nick Gonzalez, a medical student,
reviewed thousands of Dr. Kelley's patient's records selecting 22 patients with
Pancreatic Cancer. Although Dr. Kelley had many more patients who were diagnosed
with Pancreatic Cancer, only these 22 met the rigid standards required in this study:
i.e., Biopsy diagnosed at a major medical institution.
Dr. Good requested this study, which is called a numerator/denominator. In this
study, a single form of cancer was chosen. Gonzalez chose pancreatic cancer since
the five-year survival rate in orthodox medicine is virtually zero.
In this study, a total of 22 Kelley pancreatic cancer patients properly diagnosed by
the orthodox medical community were broken down into three groups based on their
level of following Kelley's protocol. The median survival of the three groups is shown
as:
Unit One: Ten patients never followed the protocol; average survival 67 days.
Unit Two: Seven patients followed the protocol partially; average survival 233 days.
Unit Three: The five patients who followed Dr. Kelley's protocol completely achieved
an average of nine years survival.
In fact, all five were still alive at the time the study was made except one patient
who had died (of Alzheimer's) after 11.5 years, cancer free.
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(Circa 1982)
W h a t I n o tice d  o ve r th e  years was a disappearance o f a ll m y sym ptom s,
th e  re tu rn  o f energy, endurance, and interest...
D r. John R hine ha rt (M e d ica l D o c to r)
Dr. John Rhinehart (Medical Doctor)
I  first met Dr. Kelley six years ago. I  had taken a seriously ill member of my family to
him for an evaluation and a "nutritional" program. What I  got was a fascinating and
provocative experience about a new way to live healthfully, and a whole new
concept of what physical and spiritual health is all about. This was all in addition to a
nutritional program. While I  did not understand at that point exactly all the
ramifications of his approach, I  was so intrigued that I  decided to go on a program
myself. Part of doing this was to test for myself whether it really was possible that Dr.
Kelley had developed a method for applying his theories.
My own physical problems resolved around long-term exhaustion of what I  now
know as my sympathetic nervous and glandular systems. Medically, this
encompassed several diagnoses including irritable colon and mucus colitis, severe
low blood sugar, intermittent episodes of high blood pressure, depression, and very
erratic and low energy patterns. These are all called: "burn-out."
What I  noticed over the years was a disappearance of all my symptoms, the return
of energy, endurance, and interest, which I  could count on. I  knew something vitally
important had happened in my body and did not quite understand how that had
been accomplished and so decided to study with Dr. Kelley in order to find some
answers to that apparent riddle. What I  discovered was a simple theory that
addressed an extremely sophisticated piece of machinery — our bodies — in a new
and comprehensive as well as therapeutically effective way.
Over the last two years I  have incorporated the program in my practice and have
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seen all types of people responding well, providing they commit themselves to doing
the program thoroughly. I  would also like to emphasize that the program is a dynamic
and ever developing one, so much so that the changes incorporating new knowledge
make year-old programs seem like ten years old.
Over all, I  believe that Dr. Kelley's program is sparked by a special sort of genius
decades ahead of its time, and w ill be a paradigm of medical care in the future.
John Rhinehart, M.D.
Newton, CT
Dr. Douglas M. Baird (Osteopathic Surgeon)
An open letter to my Colleagues, April 1982. The prevailing orientation of the
traditional medical community over the past 150 years, with regard to cancer and
other degenerative disease processes, has been largely a destructive, anti
symptomatic phenomenon. Admittedly, these approaches have some absolute
applications for limited, short-term therapy, but in my strong opinion anti
symptomatic therapies have no validity in the treatment of long-term disease. What is
and has been needed for some years is a major re-evaluation of the medical scientific
doctrine and the establishment of a more appropriate model for the understanding of
health and disease. Hopefully, this new model could redirect the investigative
energies of the research community on to more rewarding horizons.
I  feel that the time has come from both the scientific and humanistic viewpoints, for
a change in emphasis from the disease process itself to the person who has the
disease and from a position of fighting against disease to one of re-establishing and
preserving good health. One of the major contributors to the proposed changes in
medical thought has been Dr. W illiam Donald Kelley, a dentist by profession, who
developed a self-sustaining, cohesive model which largely explains and properly
categorizes volumes of seemingly divergent scientific information, theories,
observations and experiences. The key is biological individuality. Dr. Kelley's genius
is in developing an entire scientific model beginning with the individual and his
inherent uniqueness.
A major reorganization of thought and practice is required of the medical
community to utilize the tools, which have become available as a result of his model.
I  have used Dr. Kelley's Metabolic Medicine program for several years and the
results, I  can assure you, are most gratifying.
Douglas M. Baird, D.O.
Palm Beach, F L
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Dr. Sanford C. Frumker (Doctor of Dentistry)
As a periodontist, I  soon became convinced that to treat those things in the mouth
that cause gum disease is only partial treatment. Based on a great deal of evidence, I
was convinced that if the body of the patient was well nourished and the machinery
in the mouth was working properly the patient w ill not have gum tissue breakdown.
As a result of this thinking over many years, I  have taken several nutrition courses.
Thanks to time spent with Dr. Roger Williams, and a great deal of reading and
studying, I  had established specific criteria for a nutritional program. With no
exception, (and that was not a program I  could easily use in my practice) none of the
nutrition courses satisfied my criteria.
International Health Institute's (Dr. Kelley's) program was the first program I  saw
that at least on paper appeared both to be practical and to


 also cider vinegar can be
helpful.
If the blood sugar level remains elevated or problems remain with clogged arteries and the blood circulation system in general, go for
several days on a lemon juice fast: ten to twelve times during the day in hourly intervals drink a large glass of puriﬁed water or herb
tea with the juice of a quarter of a lemon, no other food. This is a good way to restore sensitivity to insulin, or normalise the blood
sugar regulation, or if you want to lose weight. However, it will be more effective if you combine it with a program of intestinal
sanitation: ﬁrst thing in the morning take a tablespoon of Epsom salt and crushed garlic in a glass of water, and an hour later some
acidophilus culture with your ﬁrst lot of lemon juice. If you cannot use the Epsom salt and garlic, then take instead a teaspoon of
psyllium hulls in a large glass of water once or twice a day to ensure continued bowel movements during the fast.
Citric acid reacts with fatty acids to produce energy. As long as you have fatty deposits, you can easily live on lemon juice. This is not
fanciful as basically all of our food is internally converted into citric acid before it is converted into energy. However, to convert citric
acid completely into energy, it needs  to react with the breakdown products of fatty acids, see The Cellular Energy Metabolism for a
diagram of this process. The late Dr Carey Reams reputedly cured thousands of diabetics of both types with a 3-week lemon juice
fast that cleared the body of unhealthy fat deposits. Every hour or ten times daily patients would drink a glassful with one part of
lemon juice and 9 parts of water, followed after 3 weeks by an allergy-tested natural diet. For more information on restoring the blood
circulation system to good health also see Cardiovascular Disease and the Cholesterol Saga.
Jerusalem artichoke in small amounts has a beneﬁcial effect on liver, pancreas and kidneys. If available, eat one about the size of an
egg grated in salad every other day or less with mild diabetes. In larger amounts it may cause wind due to the indigestible, fructose-
based polysaccharide inulin. Store J. artichokes in moderately dry soil, they quickly deteriorate in the refrigerator.
Liver can be helpful for lowering the sugar level. Possibly try eating several slices of liver (not fried) a week and see how you react.
Type 2-diabetes can usually be normalised within weeks on a temporary raw-food diet.
Generally have small meals only. When the blood sugar level remains normal try additional varieties of fruit and vegetables but
continue to avoid or minimise grain products. Do not cook in aluminium or with microwave, even stainless steel is not really good.
Glassware is best, otherwise enamel. Eat your food freshly cooked and not reheated from the refrigerator, do not fry or otherwise heat
food to more than 100°C.
If blood sugar levels become again elevated while normalising the diet, which may also be due to stress or an infection, return again
to the basic diet, possibly with Epsom salts and garlic followed by acidophilus.
Restricted Food
Initially avoid the following foods completely and after the blood sugar level has become normal, minimise their use.
•  Sweeteners, sweetened foods, including fruit juice, soft drinks, dried fruit, honey, artiﬁcial sweeteners. Avoid 'diet' foods,
   such as 'diet marmalade' or 'diet drinks'. About health problems associated with Aspartame (Nutrasweet) or other artiﬁcial
   sweeteners see: http://www.holisticmed.com/aspartame.
•  Breakfast cereals, oats, bread and other grain or ﬂour products.
•  Processed yeasts such as vegemite, initially avoid all yeast products (except selenium yeast), also hydrolysed proteins.
•  Fried food, commercial chicken, smallgoods and other manufactured meat.
•  Margarine, shortenings and other hydrogenated products such as some brands of peanut butter, commercial polyunsaturated oils
   and especially canola oil.
•  Tinned, preserved or highly processed food or food with added non-biological chemicals (colours, ﬂavours, preservatives),
   frozen vegetables.
•  Read food labels to avoid processed food with suspect additives.10/30/24, 3:11 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Holistic Diabetes Treatment
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Diabetes/Holistic-Diabetes-Treatment.html 3/5•  Chlorinated or ﬂuoridated water.
•  Tobacco, alcohol and drugs, ﬂuoridated toothpaste, test any cosmetics before use.
•  Restrict soy products as they are high in enzyme inhibitors and other anti-nutrients, except lecithin or if they are properly
   fermented such as Miso or Natto.
In regard to sweeteners, the best solution is to forget your sweet tooth, and learn instead eating and loving savoury food. However, if
you cannot do that, then small amounts of xylitol or the herbal sweetener Stevia may be used.
Type 2 diabetics generally need to be less strict than Type 1 diabetics. Therefore, after normalising the blood sugar level, they may
test and use potential problem foods in small amounts much sooner than insulin-dependent diabetics.
Be cautious with restaurant food, even normally harmless food may have been prepared with ingredients that drive the sugar level up.
Minimise the use of non-organic fruit and vegetables, especially those most heavily sprayed, such as tomatoes, fruits and leaf
vegetables. The best commercial bread is organic spelt or rye sourdough bread. The least harmful grains, which may be used
combined with legumes, are millet, buckwheat (not really a grain) and brown rice.
SUPPLEMENTS
The following supplements may help and can be taken in the indicated amounts, usually during meals, until the blood sugar is normal.
Then reduce them gradually. Also introduce and increase high levels of supplements gradually with testing to assess their effect on
the blood sugar level.
During each meal take a medium potency multi-vitamin-mineral tablet, preferably providing a high level of chromium, at least 10 mg of
vitamin B6 and 5-10 mg of zinc. Otherwise take additional zinc and chromium. The best form of chromium is as Glucose Tolerance
Factor or as picolinate. Except where the soil is high in selenium, take 100 - 200 mcg of selenium. Try freeze-dried liver and MSM.
Cod liver oil is recommended in all cases. To emulsify shake a tablespoonful with some lecithin and diluted lemon juice in a jar. During
periods when you have much sun exposure use other ﬁsh oils instead (except if you frequently eat cold-water ﬁsh).
Normally 500 mg (2 x 250 mg) of natural vitamin E in tablet form are sufﬁcient per day but with problems from poor circulation to the
legs try 3x500 mg; better than the common d-alpha tocopherol are mixed tocopherols.
Take 1-3 g of vitamin C with meals, e.g. half a teaspoonful of sodium or calcium ascorbate or mixed ascorbates 3 or 4 times daily with
food or drink (vitamin C may cause non-speciﬁc urine tests to show a false positive).
If sugar levels remain elevated, try up to 5 x 500 mg of nicotinamide. This is recommended for most Type 1 diabetics. Plenty of
antioxidants are beneﬁcial in all conditions. In addition to vitamins C and E, you may use grape seed extract or pycnogenol, lipoic
acid, Microhydrin, electrolytically reduced ionised water or air (Geomed) as well as fresh juice of grass and green vegetables, as well
as foods that yield purple juice (eg beetroot, blueberries).
Approximately 500 mg of additional magnesium will be beneﬁcial, more if the blood pressure is high. Mix one quarter of a teaspoon of
magnesium chloride with most meals, or alternatively stir one quarter to one half of a teaspoon of magnesium carbonate (from a
chemist) with twice that amount of ascorbic acid in some water or juice for a ﬁzzy drink. If the blood pressure is low, below 120/80,
(especially for children and young women) take dolomite powder dissolved or neutralised with lemon juice instead of magnesium.
Gymnema is an Indian herb that has been shown to regenerate the insulin-producing pancreas cells when used for 2 years. It also
helps to prevent the onset of diabetes and to lower elevated blood sugar levels. Shortly before every meal that is likely to elevate the
blood sugar level take an extract of about 200 mg or 1-2 g of powdered leaves.
Calcium arginate, the calcium salt of the amino acid arginine, effectively  transports glucose into cells and helps to normalise type 2
diabetes. Also magnesium arginate may help. Daily doses of calcium arginate range from 2.5 to 3.5 g and of magnesium arginate
from 2 to 2.5 g.
Use plenty of freshly ground linseed (keep frozen or refrigerated) and take 1 teaspoon of lecithin granules with meals. With poor
circulation try 100 mg of niacin after meals. Even better is a niacin ﬂ


pist what he or she should do for them. They are the most
likely to respond with anger or criticism if the treatment
does not go as well as they expect. 160 Ayurveda and the Mind
Pitta types, being natural leaders, like authority and are
impressed with important credentials. Yet the people who
can really help us inwardly are not always those who are
most prominent in social status. To find real help, Pitta
types need to be more receptive or they can get trapped in
their own judgments, which have caused their problems in
the first place. They should not look to those who can
impress or dominate them, but to those who can help
them in a kind but firm manner, and who do not get
drawn into their competitive dramas.
Pittas are highly intelligent and expect to be convinced
of the validity of the treatments they are taking. They need
to use their critical insight to understand the cause of their
problems, which reside in their own behavior, not to
struggle with others or with themselves. They must awak-
en their discrimination in order to take control of their
own lives. To do this they have to learn the right use of
intelligence and self-examination.
Fire-types must be approached with tact and diploma-
cy. They do not like to be given directions or told what to
do. One must appeal to their native intelligence and logic,
letting them see for themselves the truth of things. Oppos-
ing them encourages their basic aggression and will not
help them learn. They like to work in friendship or in
common alliance toward a particular goal. Cool, calm and
pleasant circumstances mitigate their fiery nature. They
need helpful friends and work well with a person or prin-
ciples they respect.
Once Pitta types know what they need to do and under-
stand the efforts they must make, they are usually the best
of the three types in implementing behavioral changes.
However, they can be excessive or fanatic and must be
moderate in their actions so that they do not bum them- Ayurvedic Counseling and Behavioral Modification 161
selves out by attempting too much. They tend to be either
for or against something and see things in black-and-
white. They must learn to seek a balanced view and
become considerate and diplomatic in their actions.
Kapha
Having the amorphous and docile nature of water,
Kapha types need to be stimulated and sometimes shocked
into changing themselves. They do not take hints. Nor
will they do all the things to which they have agreed.
Often they must be confronted or criticized in order to
change bad habits. They must be approached with force,
determination and consistency. Unless they are made
acutely aware of a problem they may try to live with it.
It is not enough if one explains their problem to them
and how to rectify it. They need an additional outside
push, which may require regular repetition. A firm warn-
ing may be necessary to make them take heed of what they
are doing. They must be made to see vividly the negative
effects of their wrong lifestyles.
Water-types are slow to act and find it hard to imple-
ment things even after they accept them as necessary. They
get bogged down in their own inertia and stagnation and
find it difficult to start anything new. They are prone to
addictions and to depression that prevents them from
developing the proper initiative to improve themselves.
They should not be comforted and consoled, though they
may seek it. Their sentimentality about their condition is
one of the factors that sustains it. Most of their problems
arise from excess emotionality and can only be changed by
a higher love or by detachment.
Kapha types are slow to respond and have difficulty dis-
cussing their problems. They need to open up slowly but Ayurveda and the Mind
require determination in order to do so. They must be
coaxed out of their complacency. They may be bewildered
by too much information. They respond better to pre-
scriptions to make certain changes that are consistent and
determined. They tend to return to their old habits even if
they know they are bad, particularly if these are reinforced
by the environment around them.
They need more frequent appointments with therapists
and more constant interchange to stimulate them to get
started. However, once started, which may take some time,
they will usually continue well on their own accord. They
must break their old deep-seated patterns and establish a
new equilibrium before we can let them continue on their
own. Once this is done, their lives can proceed smoothly
on a peaceful basis. They can be as easily accustomed to a
healthy flow in their lives as an unhealthy flow. The diffi-
culty is in the transition.
Vata-Pitta
Vata-Pitta types have the volatility of air and fire com-
bined. Fear and anger mix within them in an unpre-
dictable way. If something does not make them afraid, it
makes them mad. They are apt to be defensive and suspi-
cious and find it difficult to trust anyone. They move from
aggressive to defensive attitudes, from self-justification to
criticizing others.
They require a great deal of tact and must strive to be
patient with themselves. At times they may just be look-
ing for someone upon whom they can unload their nega-
tivity. Often their energy reserves and immune system are
not good (their Ojas tends to be low). For this reason, they
may find it difficult to stand any criticism. They require
much nurturing, patience and consideration (water). They Ayurvedic Counseling and Behavioral Modification 163 A
need to create a lifestyle in which they take care of them-
selves, and in which others can help them to do so. They
need a supportive environment and must allow other peo-
ple to share their work.
Vata-Pitta types are usually highly intelligent, howev-
er, and once they feel calm and supported they can effec-
tively implement a helpful line of treatment. However,
their volatility can always erupt and must be guarded
against. They must be consistent but gentle in their life-
regimens and avoid excesses of all types. They benefit from
a maternal (Kapha) force that grounds them.
Pitta-Kapha
Pitta-Kaphas have both energy (fire) and stability
(water) and are generally the strongest physically of the
different types. They have good resistance and are general-
ly very healthy. They are strong and content in who they
are and what they do. Psychologically, they are also strong
and they are the least likely to seek out a therapist unless
they have been unsuccessful in life.
Pitta-Kapha types lack adaptability and flexibility (air).
They prefer to be dominating and controlling and tend to
be conservative and possessive. This leads them to eventu-
al suffering and frustration because most of life must
remain beyond our power. They often break down later in
life after they have failed in some major enterprise. In their
case, such failures are often blessings in disguise and help
them look within.
While they may be successful in the outer world, they
may have difficulties in spiritual practices unless they
learn to develop lightness, detachment and surrender.
They require more activity, creativity and new challenges
(more Prana). They need to learn to move on from what A164 Ayurveda and the Mind
they have succeeded in and not get caught in power and
control. Once settled in a line of treatment, they do well
unless they get attached to their progress. For this reason
it is best for them to have some variety in their treatment
and not turn their therapy into a new form of achievement
or acquisition.
Vata-Kapha
Vata-Kapha types lack energy, motivation, passion, and
enthusiasm. They simply do not have the fire to get going
in life, however much they may want to. They are often
weak, passive, dependent, hypersensitive, and extremely
yin. They will agree with what they are told but will lack
the energy to put it into action. They are both emotional-
ly and mentally (nervously) unstable, easily disturbed and
frightened. They possess amorphous or chameleon person-
alities and will appear as you want them to be. Their judg-
ment and discrimination tends to be poor and they easily
get carried away by wrong associations or emotional influ-
ences.
On the positive side, Vata-Kapha types are sensitive,
humble and adaptable. They can be highly artistic, imag-
inative or creative. They are considerate of others. They
have no violence or ill-will toward anyone but blame
themselves. They tend to be naive and need to be more
realistic about other people and their motivations. They
have to be careful not to let themselves be used or con-
trolled. For this they need to be more assertive and chal-
lenge their fears.
They respond to warmth and firmness but it is hard for
them to be consistent in their responses. They must learn
to develop clarity, motivation and determination. They are
most likely to develop dependency on their therapists and Ayurvedic Counseling and Behavioral Modification 165
become addicted to their problems. However, once they
turn their deep sensitivity in the


, chemical substances to prevent it
absorbing moisture, colour and flavour improvers, softeners, just to men
tion a few. Then the bakerymakes breads, pastries, cakes, biscuits, etc., out
of these chemical cocktails for us to eat. The producer is quite happy to
take the gluten out of these mixtures and make gluten-free products. So,
you will get all the processed carbohydrate with all the chemical additives
in it, but this time without gluten. Once swallowed, a piece of white bread
turns into a glue-like mass, which feeds parasites and pathogenic bacteria
and fungi in the gut, contributing to the general toxic overload a GAPS
patient already has got Being a staple in the western world, wheat is also a
number one cause of food allergies and intolerances.
Sugar and anything made with it
Sugar was once called a "white death" It deserves 100% of this tide. The
consumption of sugar in the world has grown to enormous proportions in
the last century It is estimated that an average western person consumes
about 160-200 lb. of this highly processed substance per year. Sugar is
everywhere and it is hard to find any processed food without it Apart from
causing the blood-glucose roller coaster and having a detrimental effect on
the gut flora, it has been shown to have a direct damaging effect on the
immune system, which is already compromised in GAPS patients. On top
of that, to deal with the sugar onslaught, the body has to use available min
erals, vitamins and enzymes at an alarming rate, finishing up being
depleted of these vital substances. For example, to metabolise only one
molecule of sugar the body requires around 56 molecules of magnesium.
Consumption of sugar is a major reason for widespread magnesium defi
ciency in our modern society leading to high blood pressure, neurological,
immune and many other problems. A GAPS patient is already deficient in
magnesium and many other vital nutrients and should not have sugar in
any form. Cakes, sweets, and other confectioneries are made with sugar
and wheat, as the main ingredients, plus lots of chemicals like colours,
preservatives, flavourings, etc. It goes without saying that they should be
out of the diet (with or without gluten).
Soft drinks are a major source of sugar in our modern diets, not to men
tion all the chemical additives. A can of soda can contain from 5 to 10 tea
spoons of sugar. Fruit juices are full of processed fruit sugars and moulds.
Unless freshly pressed, they should not be in your diet either. Aspartame, a
sugar replacement in so-called "diet" drinks, has been found to be carcinogenic and neurotoxic and most definitely should be avoided by
GAPS children and adults.
Sugar and wheat are so insidious that it can be very hard to find any
processed food on the supermarket shelves without sugar and wheat.
To summarise, any GAPS patient, be it autistic, schizophrenic, hyper
active, dyslexic, asthmatic, etc., should have no processed foods at all in
his/her diet. All foods should be bought fresh, as close to the way Nature
made them as possible, and prepared at home. A digestive tract is a long
tube. What you fill that tube with has a direct effect on its well being. A
GAPS digestive system is damaged and very sensitive. You cannot trust any
food manufacturer to fill it in. You have to fill your GAPS child's (or GAPS
adult's in your care) digestive system yourself by freshly cooked nourishing
food, where you are in control and in charge of what the exact ingredients
are and how they are processed.
No Soya, please!
Soya is a very big business, particularly in the USA. A large percent of the
industry uses genetically modified soya. Soya is cheap to produce and fol
lowing some research showing that it can be beneficial for menopausal
women, the whole market has exploded with soya products. It can be
found in many processed foods, margarines, salad dressings and sauces,
breads, biscuits, pizza, baby food, children's snacks, sweets, cakes, vege
tarian products, dairy replacements, infant milk formulas, etc. Is there a
problem with that? Let us have a look at some facts.
1. The benefits to menopausal women, seen in Japan and other eastern
cultures are due to the form in which soy is traditionally used: as a
whole bean or fermented as a soy sauce, tofu, miso and tempeh. The
form in which soya is used in the west is called soy protein isolate.
How is it made? After removing the fibre with an alkaline solution the
soybeans are put into large aluminium tanks with an acid wash. Acid
makes the soybeans to absorb aluminium, which will remain in the
end product. Aluminium has been linked to dementia and Alzheimer's
disease and indeed there has been a lot of publicity recently linking
soy consumption with these mental disorders. After the aluminium-
acid wash the beans are treated with many other chemicals including
nitrates, which have been implicated in cancer development. The end
product is an almost tasteless powder, easy to use and add to any food. Up to 60% of processed foods including soya milk and soya infant
formulas contain this powder.
2. Soya is a natural goitrogen. What does it mean? It means that soya has
an ability to impair iodine absorption and reduce thyroid function.
Due to various toxins found in GAPS patients they are, almost without
exception, hypothyroid, which means that their thyroid function is
already impaired. Low thyroid function has very serious implications
for a growing child, including abnormalities in brain development
and maturation. Having soya in the diet will reduce the child's thyroid
function even further.
3. Soya beans have a very high concentration of phytates, These are sub
stances, found in all grains as well, particularly in their bran. Phytates
have a great ability to bind to minerals and not allow them to be
absorbed, particularly calcium, magnesium, iron and zinc. We already
know that GAPS children and adults are deficient in these vital min
erals. Adding soy to their diet would make these deficiencies even
worse.
4. Great Plains Laboratory, which have performed allergy testing on a
large number of autistic children, found that almost every child had
extremely high allergies to soy. Based on their experience the head of
the laboratory Dr W. Shaw directly advises against the use of soy in
autistic children.
5. Soy has gained its popularity as a treatment for menopause because it
contains natural oestrogens or phytoestogens. These substances may
be useful for menopausal women, but not for small children. There is
a growing concern among health professionals on the amount of phy
toestogens infants and small children might be getting from soya milk
and infant formulas. Again, due to toxicity in their bodies the whole
hormonal balance is already upset in GAPS children. Adding another
interference in the form of phytoestogens does not seem like a good
idea.
What about soy in the natural traditional form as a soy sauce, tofu, tempeh,
etc.? It is very common among people with Candida overgrowth to be aller
gic to fermented foods. Traditional soy products are fermented. So,
whichever way you look at soya it is best to be avoided by GAPS patients. A letter from a parent (23 November 2003)
Walker was 3V 2 years old [when he] was diagnosed with moderate-severe autism and
dyspraxia. He was non-verbal and the specialists were telling us that he may never speak.
We followed the advice of researchers and put him on a strict gluten/casein (gf/cf) free
diet. We did have success with this, but felt there was more that could be done. It wasn't
until I consulted with you about a nutritional plan for Walker that I realised we had a long
way to go in terms of eating healthy and healing Walker's gut! The ironic thing was that
we always considered ourfamily as being relatively health-conscious. Upon analysing our
diet, I quickly realised that we had fallen into the trap of eating nothing but processed,
chemically-treated, convenience food. We began to follow your advice by eating foods in
their natural, raw state and saw almost immediate changes in Walker. Within a few
weeks, Walker spoke his first sentence and the rest is history!
The nutritional advice you gave us was invaluable to Walker's recovery.
I use the word "recovery" here because as of today, my son (who is now 5 years old)
is attending mainstream school and has many friends. In fact, he's a social butterfly! He
is learning at a normal rate and his autism and dyspraxia are almost undetectable!!
Anyone who knew Walker 2 years ago cannot believe the "transformation" which has
taken place. How could a boy who was completely emotionless and cut off from the
world be the same boy he is today? It's just amazing.
When I talk to people about "diet and nutrition" today, they don't quite understand
how food can affect a person in that way. After all, it is quite difficult for someone who
hasn't seen what we


aturewouldbetoomuchlowered.Thisis
adestructivefallacy.
Toattempttokeeparoomwarmattheexpenseofmakingthe
sickrepeatedlybreathetheirownhot,damj),putridatmosphere
isacertiiinwaytodelayrecoveryortodestroylife.
Doyouevergointothebed-roomsofanypersonsofanycla.ss,
whethertheycontainone,two,ortwentypeople,whetherthey
holdsickorwell,atnight,orbeforethewindowsareopenedin
themorning,andeverfindtheairanythingbutunwholesoniely
closeandfoul?Andwhyshoulditbeso?Andofhowmuch
importance isitthatitshouldnotbeso?Dun'ngsleep,the
humanbody,evenwheninhealth,isfarmoreinjuredbythe
infiuenceoffoulairthanwhenawake.Whycan’tyoukeepthe
airallnight,then,aspureastheairwithoutintheroomsyou
sleepin?Butforthis,youmusthavesufficientoutletfortlie
impureairyoumakeyourselftogoout;sufficientinletforthe
purecairfromwithouttocomein.Youmusthaveopenchim-
neys,openwindows,orventilators;noclosecurtainsroundyour
beds;noshuttersorcurtainstoyourwindows,noneofthecon-
*Kote.—PeliriouafevercascB,wherethereisanydanjjcrofthepatientJumping
outofwindow,arcofcourse,exceptions. Itisabsolutelynecessarythatsuchciises
shouldbekeptcoolandwell-aired. Iwouldundertake,withfourgimblets,tosave
sJlriskofaccidents,bymerelypreventingthesashes,bothupperandlower,from
be*ngopenedmorethanafewinches.
ventilationandwarmino. 11
(rivancesbywhichyouundermineyourownhealtliordestroy
thechancesofrecoveryofyoursick.
Openthewindowabove,notbelow.Ifyourwindowsdonot
openabove,thesoonertheyaremadetodosothebetter.An
inchortwowillbeenoughfortwopeopleinamoderately-sized
bed-roominwinter.Inachildren’snm’seryorbed-roommore
willberequired,accordingtothenumber.I'heworstplaceto
admitair,eitherintoasickroomorhospitalward,isatornear
thelevelofthefloor.Ilikecasementwindow'sbetterthansash
windows,forthisreason,thatyoucannotopenacasementor
FrenchwindowasIseeallwomendoing—aninchandahalfof
thelowersash—justonpurposenottoairtheroomandtogive
youtherheumatismbythedraught.Airadmittedinthissitua-
tioncoolsthefloorandthelowerstrataofair;andifthepatient
isabletostepoutofbed,thecoldairmaygivehimadangerous
chill.Duringmildweatherandsummertimeyourwindowsmay
bewideopen.Inthis,asinotherthings,commonsensemust
beused.Ventilationofabed-roomorasickroomdoesnotmean
throwingthewindowuptothetop,ordrawingitdownasfar
asitwillcome;stilllessdoesitmeanopeningthewindowsat
intervalsandkeepingthemshutbetweentimes,therebysubject-
ingthepatk'uttotheriskoffrequentandviolentalternations
oftemperature. Itmeanssimplykeepingtheairfresh.
Thetruecriterionofventilationistostepoutofthesitting-
room,bed-room,orsickroom,inthemorning,intotheopenair.
If,onreturningtoit,youfeeltheleastsensationofcloseness,
theventilationhasnotbeenenough,andthatroomhasbeen
unfitforeithersickorw'elltosleepin.
Itisveryoddhowmuchmoreregardgardenershavefortheir
plantsthanwomenhavefortheirchildrenorjiatients.Ifyou
wereagardener,youw'ouldknowthat,ifyouadmittedairinto
yoiu-green-houses,asalmostallwomendointotheirrooms,viz.,
byachinkatthebottomofthewindow,theplantsoppositethat
chinkwoulddiefromthecuttingair,andtheplantsabovethe
chinkwoulddieforleantofair.Theairthroughoutaroomis
neverchangedbyadraughtinthelowerpartoftheroom.But
itischangedbyanopenwindowintheupperpart.
Ihaveobservedfiftytimesthedeathofpoorunfortunate
plantstransferredtoroomsabedafterthisfashionbythecareof
stupidwomen.Whatmustitthenbefortheirchildrenorpatients1
Itisacui-iousfachwhichyoumayanydayobserveforyour-
Ifi VOTESOSHORSIHO.
self,thattheairadmittedfromacliiiikatthetop'ofyourwindow
willcirculatethroughouttheroom—willkeepitperfectlyfresh
withoutadraught,while,withamuchwiderchinknearthe
bottom,itwillbebothcloseanddraughty.
Dogiveyourselfthetroubletoopenthewindowfromthetop.
Itisnothingbuthizinesswhichpreventsyourdoingso.Addto
thisyoucangenerallymakeabadchimneysmokebythechink
below—rarelybythechinkabove.
Again,youmayanydayobserveforyourselfhowsmellsdrift.
Ifthereisacornerinyourroomwherethereisnowdndow,or
whereyouneveropenthewindow,especiallyifitbeattheend
ofanarrowroom,anysmellfromanymessordirt,fromany-
thingdoingonthefire,willbestrongertherethanatthespot,
oratanyotherspotintheroom.Nay,itwillevenremainthere
longafterthedirtisremoved,andthesmellgonefromthespot.
Yetsuchacornerasthisistheonegenerallychosenforasick
bedtostandin.Youcaneiisilysiitisfyyourselfbyactualexperi-
mentofwhatIsay.Itistrueevenwithregardtothescentof
flowers.Itisthiswhichmakesitsodangeroustoleavethebed-
roomdooropenintoapassage.Youarequitesuretohavethe
smellofanysmoking,ofanygasorcandle,ofanywater-closetor
sink,driftingintothejdaceyousleepin,orworsewhereyour
sickpersonlies.
Ofallplaces,publicorprivateschools,whereanumberof
childrenoryoungpersonssleepinthesamedormitory,require
sometestoffreshne.sstobeconstantlyapplied.Ifitbehazardous
fortwochildrentosleeptogetherinanunventilatedbed-room, it
ismorethandoublysotohavefour,andmuchmorethantrebly
sotohavesixunderthesamecircumstances. Peoplerarely
rememberthis;yet,ifparentswereassolicitousabouttheairof
schoolbed-roomsasthey.areaboutthefoodthechildrenareto
eat,andthekindofeducationtheyaretoreceive,atschool,
dependuponitdueattentionwouldbebestowedonthisvitally
importantmatter,andtheywouldceasetohavetheirchildren
senthomeeitherill,orbecausescarletfeverorsomeother“cur-
rentcontagion”hadbrokenoutintheschool.*Thereareschools
whereattentionispaidtothesethings,andwhere“children’s
epidemics”areunknown.
•Notk.—NineteenextesoutofeverytwentyofScarlatina,inoneLomlonparish,
weretracedtothestateofthepublicschools.Inordertopreventsuch“schools
fromheinKthehot.hedsofepidemicdisease,”theresbouidbemorespaceforeach
child,“properventilation,"Ac.,Ac.
VENTILATIONANDWARMING. 13
Howmuchsickness,death,andmiseryarcproducedbythe
presentstateofmanyfactories,warehouses,workshops,andwork-
rooms!Theplaceswherepoordressmakers, taifors,letter-press
printers,andothersimilartradeshavetoworkfortheirliving,
aregenerallyinaworseconditionthananyotherportionofour
worsttowns.Manyoftheseplacesofworkwerenevercon-
structedforsuchanobject.Theyarebadlyadaptedgai-rets,
sitting-rooms,orbed-rooms,generallyofaninferiorclassofhouse.
Noattentionispaidtocubicspaceorventilation.Thepoor
workersarecrowdedonthefloortoagreaterextentthanoccurs
withanyotherkindofover-crowding. Inmanycases100cubic
feetwouldbeconsideredbyemployersanextravagantextentof
spaceforaworker.Theconstantbreathingoffoulair,saturated
withmoisture,andtheactionofsuchairupontheskin,makes
theinmatespeculiarlyliabletocold,winchisasignindeedofthe
dangerof


comprehension of the words that are being spoken. But it’ s the wave of
ener gy and not the words that are the catalytic element. V ia silent
transmission, the ener gy from the advanced teacher or saint is incorporated
into our aura, our brain function, and our whole being.
It’ s because this ener gy of peace is transmitted outward into the world
that mankind is still alive. It would have destroyed itself a long time ago
without this ener gy to counterbalance it. That’ s why our own inner
evolution serves all of mankind. By reaching these higher states of
lovingness and peace within ourselves, we become a saving presence in the
world.
Surr ender to Ultimate Reality
The hallmark of this level is desirelessness. There is no need to want for
anything because everything manifests in our life spontaneously and
automatically, without conscious will or ef fort. Thoughts held in mind at
this level are very powerful and tend to manifest rapidly. The phenomenon
of synchronicity is continuous. The mechanisms of cause and ef fect and the
inner working of the universe stand forth clearly revealed, as we are now
witnessing the very basis of Reality itself.
These very high states of awareness happen spontaneously and
unexpectedly, and they tend to recur and stay for longer and longer
durations. Once this has been experienced, our intention automatically
becomes to make the state of peace permanent.
How this state occurs and what it is like is demonstrated in the
following account, which describes what happened after three and a half
years of continual surrender.
It was a cold winter day. Surrender was continuous for eleven straight
days at a level of consciousness that had never been reached previously, not
even during psychoanalysis. It had to do with the ego’ s very basis of
survival and its identification as an individual. It had to do with how weexperience our own existence and the desire to experience our own
beingness.
As the days went by, the process seemed endless. A doubt surfaced,
“W as this attempting the impossible?” It became clear that the purpose of
that doubt itself was a defense mechanism; it was relinquished, and the
surrender continued at great depth.
Then, entering a restaurant on that cold rainy Sunday afternoon, sitting
down alone at the table, suddenly the world was miraculously transformed.
A profound sense of inner stillness and peace occurred. It was greater than
anything imaginable. The experience was beyond time. In fact, time had no
meaning whatsoever, nor did space exist in the way in which we commonly
experience it. All things were connected. There was only one life
expressing itself with one Self through all living things. There was no
identification with the body and no interest in it. It was no longer any more
interesting than any other body in the room. All emotions and events were
interconnected, and all phenomena occurred because each thing was
manifesting its own inner nature spontaneously, as though movement and
growth were the spontaneous unfolding of potential. There was a rock-like
quality to the imperturbable stillness. It was obvious that the real Self was
invisible—without beginning, without end—and that there had been only a
transitory identification with the body and the story that went with the
identification as an individual.
It seemed very strange that one could previously have thought that one
was an isolated body separate from others, with a limited beginning and a
finite ending. The thought seemed absurd. There was no longer any feeling
of a separate self, and the pronoun “I” disappeared and became
meaningless. Instead, there was the awareness of being all things. It had
always been and always would be. T rue beingness stood outside of time.
The period of time that the body had been on earth seemed like a split
second during which the truth of timeless identity had been for gotten, due
to being blinded by the smaller self. Then how it had happened revealed
itself. There had been a wishful thought to experience separate existence,
and this wishful thought had manifested itself as the individual person with
an individual identity and a physical body to go with it.
The inner connectedness of all things was starkly obvious. It was the
holographic universe as described by the Buddha and by modern advanced
theoretical physics, both of whom agree as to the intrinsic nature of theuniverse. Because everything was perfect, there was nothing to wish for,
nothing to desire, nothing to create, and nothing to become. There was only
That, the very essence of Beingness out of which existence arises. That
Beingness is the Source of existence, yet curiously not its Cause.
There was a profound familiarity to the awareness. It was as though
one had always known it, as if one were home at last. There were no
emotions or feelings. There was an unawareness of sensations. Even though
they seemed to go on, they were no longer personal or of concern.
By way of experimentation, a thought was held for a split-second to see
what would happen. Almost instantly there was an ef fect in the physical
world. The thought of butter or cof fee, for instance, resulted in the waiter ’ s
coming over immediately with the items, and yet no word had been spoken.
No words seemed necessary. Communication occurred with anyone on a
level of silence.
The body drove the car to a meeting that evening where no one noticed
anything dif ferent. Everyone seemed to be intensely alive. Their aliveness
shown forth from their Beingness, and the Self, which was the same for all,
shone forth through their eyes. The body spoke to others, spontaneously
carrying on normal conversations and behaving in its usual way. At the
time, the body seemed like a karmic wind-up toy run by all of its
accustomed patterns and programs, not needing any attention in the
slightest. It seemed to know what to do and did it very ef fectively and
ef fortlessly. All conversations and interactions were merely witnessed as
phenomena, not directed. It seemed like a strange vanity to have once
believed that there had been a small self as the author of the body’ s actions.
In reality, the body was at the ef fect of the universe, and there had never
been a doer of its actions. Phenomena were as vibrations of the mind that
had no separate existence or reality. There was Allness only. Only that
Oneness actually existed.
The next afternoon a thought arose. Now that the way to Reality had
been revealed, there could be a return to the consciousness of being that
individual person, which had formerly been accepted as real. Just as the air
in the room does not experience the contents of the room, there was no
longer an “I” that experienced “my own existence.” In that space, there was
no “I” to experience the “I am.” T o return to individual consciousness
meant that a choice would have to be made. In truth, the choice made itself
for there was no “I” to make a decision. The desire to experience theindividual self became re-ener gized on its own. The option of letting it go
was present, but there was the return of memory of things yet to be finished
in the world. As the sense of “I”-ness returned, the choices were witnessed,
not actively decided. The process of returning was taking place. It could be
allowed or it could be let go. It was allowed, and so the process of return
continued. When the next morning dawned, the return was complete, but
now with a dif ferent sense of personal identity. The truth of the Self had
been revealed. The responsibility for having chosen to experience life once
again as an individual was accepted, yet without being at the ef fect of a
belief in individual existence. In fact, by conscious choosing, there was
complete responsibility for it. Experientially, all of this happened
autonomously.
At one time, such states of consciousness as the above were considered
to be solely the province of the mystic. At the present time, however,
investigation of these states, and the information obtainable from them, is
considered to be the leading edge of science, especially that branch of
physics concerned with quantum mechanics and high-ener gy subatomic
particles. Investigations of these particles indicate that they are not things in
the usual sense but are actually events that occur as a result of ener gy
frequencies. Science now postulates a transcendent frequency beyond space
and time. An impressive body of research in many laboratories has
demonstrated that the brain perceives by sophisticated mathematical
analysis of frequency patterns. These findings have resulted in the so-called
holographic paradigm, which states that everything in the universe is
connected with everything else, including the human mind. In the
hologram, each part contains the whole. Consequently, each individual
mind is capable of reflecting the entire universe. This relationship between
consciousness and science constitutes a whole field in which there is rapidly
growing interest, as is indicated by the publishing of such books as The
Holographic Paradigm, Wholeness and the Implicate Or der, The T ao of
Physics, The Dancing W u-Li Masters, Mindful Universe, Psychoener getic
Science  and the publication of articles with titles such as “Field
Consciousness and the New Perspective on Reality,” “The Enfolding-
Unfolding Universe,” “The Holographic Model,” “Physics and Mysticism,”
and “The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist.”
Leading among these researchers are


 turn for five years.  In justice to them I must
say that they cured the ulceration, but by means which brought on what
was  worse—namely,  retroversion,  prolapsus,  and  nervous  debility,
which-culminated in spasmodic hysteria.  Such was my condition in the
spring of 1877, when I was reduced so low that many thought I could not
live much longer.  My home physician said he could do nothing for me,
and I went to your place about the 1st of June, 1877, and remained six
and one half months, when I returned greatly improved, and am still
improving, able, with the assistance of my two little girls, aged nine and
eleven, to do the housework for a family of seven, thanks to Nutritive
cure treatment. If any one desires further information, I shall be pleased
to respond.
“Mrs. M. E. Little, Venice, WashingtonCo., Pa.’’ Case of Mrs. Fanny Wasson.
This lady’s case  is a splendid  exemplification  of the  value  of the
principles  of  the  Nutritive-cure.   Five  years  ago  she  became  an
inmate  of  our  institution,  suffering  from  ulceration  of  bowels,
retroversion of uterus, and a general prostration of the vital system,
which truly may be said to have rendered her incurable by any of the
ordinary methods.  She had indeed exhausted the skill of the schools
before coming to us.  She gained 17 pounds of flesh in a few weeks.
On returning home, she soon reported a gain of 23 pounds, and very
soon  thereafter  had  gained  39  pounds  of  good,  solid,  substantial
flesh, and health correspondingly.  The following letters explain her
thought with reference to the Nutritive-cure :
“Bulger, Washington Co., Pa., April 5, “ 1877.
Dr. Robert Walter :
“Dear Sir: I  have  received and perused with glad interest your  new
Mountain Home circular, and do most heartily congratulate you on your
success.  Knowing the many inconveniences and disadvantages under
which you have labored, from the incompleteness of the old institution,
and knowing also your thoroughness in everything which you undertake,
I am confident you will leave nothing undone in the construction of your
new  Home  which  will  secure  the  comfort  and  speedy  restoration  to
health of every one who may come under your care (and I hope they
may be legion).
About twenty-one months ago I came under your care a poor despairing
invalid, weighing 91 pounds.  Having been ailing for a number of years,
and for sixteen months previous to my coming under your care treated
by four of the most eminent physicians, whose skill seemed of no avail, I
had about given up all hope of recovery ; but having often spoken oftrying Water-cure, as it was termed, my husband and friends thought
best to leave nothing untried.  So from among numerous institutions I
selected your Mountain Home.  That choice I shall never regret, for to
you, Drs. Walter, the instruments of God, I owe my life and health.  As I
was more particularly under Mrs. Walter’s care, I would gladly speak a
word in her praise, but I find language inadequate to express my high
appreciation of her noble qualities. In those dark, dreary, and almost
despairing hours, it was her cheerful, loving words that dispelled the
gloomy clouds and caused a ray of hope to dawn once more, and, like a
loving mother, leave a warm good-night kiss on my poor, wasted cheek.
These precious memories can never be recalled but with the deepest
and tenderest emotion.  May Heaven’s choicest blessing be hers!  After
five  months’  stay  under  your  personal  care,  I  returned  home  in
comparatively good health, to carry on the good work already begun. My
friends were surprised at the change ; some gravely shook their heads
and said, “that as soon as I got to work, I would break down again,” but I
had all faith in your teachings and strictly adhered to your prescription,
and here I am to-day, enjoying good health, weighing 130 pounds,which
is more than I have weighed at any time in the last fifteen years, and
doing all my house-work without any help.  People now believe there is a
reality in hygiene.  The leaven is working slowly but surely.  Considering
the complications of my disease, and my weak and debilitated condition,
I think my cure has been effected in a remarkably short time.  The spirit
of  brotherly  love  and  true  generous  sympathy  which  pervades  your
institution,  the  lasting  attachments  formed,  the  affectionate,  tearful
farewells,  all  bear  strong  testimony  to  its  high,  religious,  and  social
influences.  Every new arrival is at once made to feel at home and a
member of Drs. Walter’s numerous family.  Some of the happiest days of
my life were spent at Mountain Home, and I hope that at no distant day I
shall have the pleasure of visiting you in your own Mountain Home,
under entirely different circumstances from my former visits.
‘‘That your lives may be long spared to disseminate the true hygienic
principles, and prove a blessing to mankind, and that the blessing of God
may rest on you and all you undertake, is the wish and prayer of
“Your ever-grateful friend,
Fannie E. Wasson.”
“Bulger, Washington Co., Pa., December 3, 1880.
“Dr. Walter :“Dear Sir: Your kind letter has been received, for which please accept my
sincere thanks. You wish to know what are my feelings in regard to your
treatment.  From my personal experience of nearly five years, I find it
both safe and reliable.  My health has been good ever since I left your
institution, with the exception of about two months in ’79, when I had a
very severe cold which threatened my lungs.  But by putting in practice
my knowledge of hygiene, obtained in your institution and from your
excellent journal, “The Laws of Health,” I have been, by God’s blessing,
restored to usual health.  That you and your excellent wife  may be
spared long to teach and practise those true hygienic principles which
have brought health and happiness to myself and numbers of other
afflicted, despairing mortals, is the sincere wish of
“Your ever-grateful friend, Fannie Wasson.”
PARALYSIS, DEFORMITIES, ETC.
The Nutritive-cure has had perhaps a more remarkable success in the
treatment of these ailments than in the ordinary diseases.  In no case
have we failed to produce decided relief.  The mention of one or two
cases may not be amiss.
Case 1.
Mrs. E. E. H. L.—This was a lady fifty years of age, suffering from
paralysis.  Had completely lost both motion and  sensation in the
lower extremities.  Was unable to maintain her position in a chair if
she were set therein.  In two or three months’ treatment, however,
she  was  enabled  to  walk  by  the  aid  of  assistants,  when  she
relinquished treatment, but continued to improve after leaving our
institution.
Case 2.J.  C.—This  gentleman  is  at  present  under  treatment  for  a  like
difficulty.  When he came to us, four months ago, he was unable to
turn himself in bed.  Had entirely lost all use of the lower extremities,
and was about as helpless as a new-born babe.  At the present time
he is able to walk about with the assistance of two canes, and is still
under treatment, with the full expectation of entire recovery.
Case oj Dr. Fuller,
Dr.  Fuller,  one  of  the  physicians  of  the  institution,  is  an  equally
remarkable case of the wonderful value of Nutritive-cure methods.
For three years she had lost the use of the right leg, consequent,
primarily, upon dislocation of the hip-joint, which had been badly
treated.  Immediately previous to coming to us, a noted professor of a
Philadelphia  medical  college  had  diagnosed  destruction  of  the
acetabulum, or socket of the joint, which, if true, would have forever
prevented the use of her limb.  She came under treatment three or
four years since, able to move about only by the use of two crutches.
After three months’ treatment she was able to dispense with her
crutches, and has at the present time entirely recovered the use of
her limb, and walks about as well as ever she did.  When we consider
that this lady had been for three years under medical treatment, and
had failed of benefit, the value of Nutritive-cure principles becomes
enhanced by contrast.
HAY FEVER.Our success in the treatment of this