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LIFESTYLE GUIDELINES • 145 DO NOT OVEREAT! If you tend to overeat, it is helpful to understand the physiology behind
overeating. Putting aside psychological causes for this discussion, there
are two main physiological causes for overeating. They are important in
that they are sometimes easier to deal with and correct than the psy
chological causes. Correcting them frequently makes correcting the
psychological causes much easier. One of the reasons that we frequently overeat is that our bodies are not
absorbing nutrients. Nutrients are absorbed through the intestines. If the
tiny villi, or filaments, through which nutrients are absorbed are clogged,
no matter how much we eat, our bodies are not nourished. These villi
can be easily clogged by the waste products of foods that our bodies are
unable to metabolize and utilize efficiently. When no nutrients are being
absorbed as a result of clogging, the body sets off an alarm that it has not
been fed, and even though we have just eaten, we want to eat more. Another reason for overeating is the consumption of nonnutritious
foods such as common junk foods, children's processed cereals, and other
highly processed foods. Our bodies set off the alarm once again for more
food, because they are literally starving... NUTRITIONALLY. There is
no better way to malnourish your body than to eat processed foods and
junk foods excessively. A malnourished body will cry out for food even
though the individual is eating large quantities. If they are large quan
tities of junk food, the body experiences slow starvation. One might say
that the reason over 60 percent of our population is overweight is that we
are overeating as we slowly starve ourselves on American junk food. This new life-style will help you deal with both causes of overeating. The large amount of high-water-content food will help cleanse the intes
tines and unclog the villi so that the body can begin to absorb nutrients. Since only wholesome, fresh foods brimming with nutrients are included
in the program, your body will begin to be nourished from the foods it is
eating. In short, your body will no longer need to sound the alarm for
more food, since it will be regularly receiving food that will cleanse it and
nourish it. If initially you still feel the need to overeat, don't be upset. Stay on the
program and allow your body to cleanse itself. Eat juicy raw fruit and raw
vegetables when the inclination to overeat surfaces. Raw vegetables will
be particularly helpful. As you continue to eat these foods that are brim
ming with nutrients, the physiological basis for overeating will be re
moved. Eventually, like so many others, you will be able to say, "I used
to overeat." 146'FIT FOR LIFE A
Rxir-week
Example of
the Fitness
Life-style DAY ONE—MONDAY
BREAKFAST:
Always the same: fresh-squeezed juice, as much as desired, up to 14
ounces;
fresh juicy fruit in a satisfying quantity, or a fruit salad;
bananas when you are particularly hungry. If it is convenient, it is sometimes most comfortable to stagger one's
fruit intake throughout the morning. LUNCH:
Fresh fruit juice, or fresh carrot juice, 4-8 ounces, if desired. Energy Salad * with any raw vegetable additions you prefer and Light
Dressing, *
or The Properly Combined Sandwich * with cucumber
or celery spears
DINNER:
Fresh Vegetable Juice Cocktail'
Perfect Creamy Cauliflower Soup *
Potato Boats,* or Easy Roast Chicken*
Garlic String Beans*
French Green Salad*
ENERGY SALAD 15 Mm. "i cups lettuce—iceberg, butter, romaine, red leaf, or salad bowl (or
any combination of these), washed, dried, and broken into bite-
size pieces
1 cup spinach, coarsely chopped (optional)
1 small cucumber or 2 pickling cukes, peeled and sliced
1 medium tomato, cubed or sliced
1-2 cups sprouts—alfalfa, red clover, mung bean, lentil, sunflower, or
buckwheat (or any combination of these)
Any raw vegetable additions such as carrots, celery, mushrooms,
red or green cabbage, jicama, radishes, beets, zucchini,
cauliflower, broccoli, or Jerusalem artichokes (optional)
A FOUR-WEEK EXAMPLE OF THE FITNESS LIFE-STYLE • 149 'A cup olives or several slices avocado (optional)
Vi cup beans or V* cup raw sunflower or sesame seeds (optional)
In large bowl, combine all ingredients. Add '/t-'/i cup Light Dressing
(see below) or dressing of your choice. Toss well. You can be as flexible
as you like with this salad and vary the amounts of each ingredient ac
cording to your preference. The tomatoes and cucumbers are important
and useful, because their extra water content will help in digestion of the
more fibrous greens. Serves 1-2. LIGHT DRESSING: 5 Mia. 1 clove garlic, halved
3 tablespoons olive, safflower, or unrefined sunflower oil
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
'/•» teaspoon sea salt, seasoned salt, or salt-free seasoning containing no
MSG or other chemicals
Fresh ground black pepper (optional)
Place all ingredients in measuring cup, and allow to sit for 15 minutes or
longer so garlic flavors oil. Pierce garlic with fork, and whip ingredients
together with garlic fork. Discard garlic. Pour dressing over salad, and
toss well. Enough for I large or 2 small salads. THE PROPERLY COMBINED SANDWICH 5 Min. The very nature of the typical sandwich is that it combines a protein and a
carbohydrate, and therefore it wastes a great deal of digestive energy. Prop
erly combined sandwiches on whole-grain bread, using tomato, avocado,
and cucumber, with lettuce or sprouts as fillings, are delicious and ener
gizing. Always toast your bread lightly to break down the glutens and
make it more digestible. Use whatever condiments you desire so that you
will really enjoy your sandwich. If you are using tomato and are not going
to eat the sandwich immediately, place layers of lettuce or sprouts between
the tomato and the bread so the bread will not become soggy. Let's take a minute here to have a better understanding of the avocado. Avoid depriving yourself of this unique and delicious food. Its reputation
as "fattening" is unfounded, since it is a natural fat that the human body
is biologically adapted to digest with great ease, as long as it is properly
combined. Avocado, a vegetable fruit, combines well with starches, such
150'FIT FOR LIFE as bread or chips, with all cooked or raw vegetables, and with fruit such as
papaya, mango, bananas, and oranges. Blended with these fruits it makes
a terrific natural baby food. I have even seen avocado used on baked
potato instead of sour cream and butter. Avocado is ripe when the fruit yields slightly to pressure from the
thumb. If the avocado is too soft, its oil will be rancid, so avoid buying
soft, mushy ones at reduced prices, thinking they will make great
guacamole. To work with an avocado most effectively, simply cut the fruit
in half the long way. Remove the seed and scoop out the flesh with a
spoon. Or you can slice the seeded avocado and peel each slice separately. If you are mashing the avocado but not using it immediately, return the
seed to the bowl or add some lemon juice (to keep the mixture from dis
coloring), cover tightly, and refrigerate. Cut avocado must be wrapped
tightly with the seed to store so it will not discolor. Avocado is such an exquisite food. Once people find that they can have
it, they sometimes go overboard, eating many avocados a day. We recom
mend no more than one half to one large avocado per person on any given
day, because until you are accustomed to avocado in your diet, you may
too easily overeat it. Another important point about avocados is this: Even
though they are a vegetable fruit, they should not be combined with a
protein, because they inhibit digestion of proteins. Remember, they may be
combined with a starch, such as chips (with guacamole) or bread (for an
avocado sandwich). Please note that whatever concerns you may have
associating avocado eating with increased cholesterol


, harmony
and mutual understanding, and the elements
will respond to the greeting — all you have to do
is feel it.
However, generally, a certain weakness is nor-
mal, and one simply needs to be prepared for it.
Usually, a person begins to get tired on the sec-
ond day, and there may be subsequent periods of
time w hen one may have a difficult time even
getting up. But none of that is a reason to worry.
At any time when strong fatigue is felt, it's best
to sit or lie down, and rest. It's not, however,
good to lie around for too long, it's best to take a
walk in the f resh air after resting, and you will
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lief, when a person no longer wants to stay in one
place, he feels like walking and communicating.
Many remain in excellent spirits up until the
completion of fasting.

10.3. Chilliness or fever (more typical of dry
fasting)
During the cold season, many fasters feel very
chilly. This is not a reason to worry either, you
should simply dress warmer. It's typical of many
to put on 2 -3 pairs of warm undergarments, sev-
eral swea ters, etc.
However, not everyone feels chilly. There are
people who merely suffer from the cold. They
endure hunger easily well both in the summer
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chilly. They should take more walks, take hot
baths (pine baths are best) and … pour cold wa-
ter over themselves. Short dowsing is recom-
mended, just for the impact on the thermorecep-
tors.
If, despite all the efforts, a person is still chilly,
he or she should try to decrease the water intake
volume or drink hot water. Figuratively speak-
ing, water extinguishes the fire element, while
without water, the fire flares up full-force.
Very often the chilliness spontaneously trans-
forms into fever. If the flushes get strong, one
can undress and drink water. In fact, chillin ess
and fever are very typical during fasting. But
while fever is not dangerous, chilliness is actually
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warm up in one way or another.

10.4. Bad breath
On the second or third day, the breath acquires
a foul smell  (if the body is not sufficiently
cleansed). This is the smell of the insufficiently
oxidized compounds being released. Usually the
acetone smell prevails. However, putrid, malo-
dorous, and other similarly 'pleasant' smells are
sometimes mixed in. In those who fast up to a
crisis for the first time, the breath may become
so foul that it may be difficult to remain in the
same room with the person. Imagine how many
toxins he or she may have carried in their body!
In the course of the body cleansing, the smell
grows weaker and after day 12 -18 it becomes
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release as many toxins as possible. The methods
are those already familiar to us — walks, physical
activity, water and other procedures that stimu-
late metabolis m.

10.5. Dimmed vision, vertigo
Often happens after a quick rise from a sitting
or a supine position (the so -called gravitational
or orthostatic collapse). A few seconds later, the
dimmed vision sensation usually passes, but the
person may fall during thi s time, while con-
sciousness is not typically entirely lost.
This state is caused by a sharp re -distribution
of blood, the volume of which decreases during
fasting. There is no danger in this, yet getting up
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chair or a wall (particularly in the bathroom af-
ter a warm bath.
Dimmed vision is most often encountered and
most clearly pronounced in tall thin people.
Those who spend a lot of time outdoors, don't
stay in bed for excessive periods of time, and are
engag ed in interesting activities are far less
prone to these unpleasant symptoms.

10.6. Headache
A headache is a sign of severely contaminated
blood. Most often headaches are present prior to
the crisis. After the crisis, headaches occur when
a person spends a lot of time in stuffy spaces or
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through brea thing.
Headaches pass if we assist oxygen in burning,
and waste removal systems in removing waste.
Thus, it's best to take more walks, perform ene-
mas and water treatments, resorting to sorbents
is also possible. Dissolve 3 tablespoons of
sorbent in 1 glass  of water and drink the solu-
tion. Place the sorbent in your mouth, like pills,
and wash down with boiled water.
Of course, this method does not have a deep
and persistent detoxifying effect on the body,
since no meaningful reconstruction takes place
in such a short time in the work of the gastroin-
testinal tract and detoxification systems. The
main goal of single -time sorbent intake is the
resolution of relatively simple daily tasks. Thus,
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substances. Depending on whether the desired
result has been achieved, the intake may be re-
peated 2 -3 times.
In the presence of strong pain, an additional
enema may be done. No medicine should be
taken when fasting.

10.7. Sleep disturbances
Overpowering sleepiness often comes over
people during fasting. There's no reason to com-
bat it, it's best to sleep as much as you want. Just
don't forget about cleansing and walks.
Sometimes, on the contrary, the desire to sleep
disappears when fasting. If it does not impose se-
rious discomforts, you can stay awake for as long
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of ability to sleep, then, after 3 -4 days of insom-
nia, after depleting the regular range of methods
(4 to 5 -hour daily walks, baths, shower), the fast
should be broken, and should be repeated in 2 or
3 months. In serious cases, a specialist's consul-
tation is necessary.

10.8. Pain in various parts of the body
Pain during a fast may often be frightening. It's
high time to remember the law of introducing
order, namely, the fact that when new order is
introduced, it always begins with a temporary
disorder. If you start to combat it, the new order
will not be introduced. All the symptoms during
fasting are usually short -lived and pass quickly.
The symptom demonstrates that the  body has
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tissues. This is the only meaning of the symp-
tom, and there is no point in searching for other
explanations. If something begins to hurt during
fasting, it means that the body is grasping onto it
and the restoration has begun. If you've fasted up
to a problem rooted your early childhood, the
cleansing is close to completion. During fasting
all the diseases emerge for a short time in reverse
temporal order. It is extremely rare for the pain
to persist f or a long time. Of course, that's fright-
ening, yet one simply has to live through it.  I
don't know of any cases of someone suffering
from ignoring the 'hunger symptoms.' There are
more afflictions from breaking fast before time.
The pain usually subsides without a trace several
days later, but sometimes returns. It depends on
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 a slightly sweet taste—like some lettuces, gar den-fresh baby peas and corn, and young roots—also contain simple
carbohydrates, but they are so low in calories that chewing them may ut ilize more fuel than they provide.)

Think Fruit Meals for Health
Fruit is considered “health food” by almost everyone in the health fi eld. A director of nutrition for the U.S. Olympic teams
once called fruit “magic food.” All the major organizations of health a nd disease, from the government to private businesses, from the
National Heart Foundation to the American Cancer Society, agree th at we should increase our consumption of fruit.
As a category, fruits are our least toxic food choice. They digest cleanl y, leaving only water as residue, which is easily expelled
from the body. I see no healthful reason to look anywhere else for the vast ma jority of our calories. The health, nutrition, energy, and
human performance results available on a high-fruit, low-fat, raw v egan program eclipse even the proven, consistent benefits of low-
fat, starch-based diets.

Fruit As a Staple: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
The practice of eating enough fruit to make complete meals of it is alie n to most of us. Yet it is an idea whose time has come.
Fruits are designed to be our staple; they contain everything require d to be the source and mainstay of our nutritional sustenance.
We have been trained to think of fruit as a treat, something to eat at the  end of a meal, or perhaps as a snack between meals
when nothing else looks good. But I invite you to begin thinking of fruit as re al food, and even as a meal unto itself.
If fruit is to become a primary food source for us, we must be willing to explore  new avenues, think new thoughts, and ask
new questions like the ones below. The consumer has a lot to learn—as we  literally have no frame of reference for such a concept
—and now is the time to get started. In this book, I answer some of these ques tions and many others:

How do we know when fruit is fresh?
How many blueberries (or oranges, or mangos, or bananas) does it take to make a me al?
How can I tell if I ate enough fruit?
Is there such a thing as eating too much fruit?
Which fruits provide us with the most carbohydrates per bite?
Which fruits provide the least?
Which fruits are best at the different seasons of the year?
Where does each fruit come from?

Eating 80% of our calories in the form of uncooked simple carbohydrates can becom e easy and natural once we learn to eat a
moderate amount of nuts and seeds, all the green leafy vegetables we ca re for, and great quantities of whole, fresh, ripe, in-season
fruit.

We Are Designed for Tropical Fruit
As a species, humans originated in a warm climate and eventually s pread throughout the “tropical belt,” the warm zone that
extends through most of the thousand-mile range above and below the equator. This is the environment where tropical fruits
abound.
Some folks suggest that wherever they live, they should eat food that is  locally grown, as “logically” that must be the best for
them, at least, that is what they have heard. In the U.S. and Europe, people oft en argue that since they live in a northern climate, it is
only appropriate that they should eat foods of northern origin.
Think about this: If you have a goldfish, cat, or dog, do you change the very natu re of their diet every time you move? Do zoo
animals get entirely different classes of food, depending on the latitu de of the zoo that houses them? Viewed in this way, it becomes
obvious that we must honor the unique dietary requirements of each speci es, based on its particular digestive physiology.
Further, many people live in climates that only produce food for a few months  of the year. What should they eat the rest of the
year? Humans are anatomically and physiologically adapted to the food of th e tropics, predominantly fruit, as are almost all of the
tropical creatures. In Central America, for example, all mammals w ith the exception of the river otter and the jaguar are known to
eat fruit, as are most of the birds, many of the amphibians, and quite a few of t he reptiles.
No logical or scientific reason exists to conclude that simply because  we have moved away from the tropics, we should therefore change what has been our natural food for the great majority  of our time on Earth. Regardless of where we go on this
planet (or even whether we ever venture off of the planet to other worlds ), tropical fruits remain our natural foods, the only cuisine
for which we are perfectly designed.

Our Own Private Tropics
Historically, it was only the population explosion caused by the advent of tool s and hunting, and exacerbated by the introduction of
farming, that resulted in humans being forced to move into what would othe rwise have been considered inhospitable and even
uninhabitable areas. We effectively took the tropics with us, though, as  we had no other choice.
Every one of us lives almost every minute of our lives in a miniature  tropical environment, keeping ourselves in the tropics by
the judicious use of clothing, bedding, and heat. Even the Eskimos surround th emselves with enough clothing and keep their homes
warm enough so that they can spend almost all of their time “in the tr opics.”
We have been trained from early childhood, and have learned through repeat ed experience, that it is extremely uncomfortable
and can be potentially dangerous, even lethal, for us to leave the safety  of our own private tropics, and early in life accepted the
wisdom and seriousness of this warning. We go through the rest of our live s without ever questioning that we must maintain
ourselves in the warmth of a tropical environment.

Fruit Is a Natural
Fortunately, most people love fruit. Children are naturally inclined t o eat it. Our ever-present sweet tooth is a signal from nature that
drives us to eat enough fruit to provide the simple carbohydrates that fue l every cell of our bodies. Whenever I introduce someone
to a delicious tropical fruit that they have never tried, it is met w ith delight. It doesn’t seem to make any difference what the fruit is,
people almost always “connect” with it immediately. Almost inva riably, I hear something like:

“W ow, this is the best thing I have ever tasted!”
“I just found my new favorite food!”
“I could live on this!”
“Where can I get this at home?”
“Do you know of any mail-order catalogs that can ship some to me?”
“Is this expensive? I want to buy lots of it!”
“How do I learn more about other fruits like this?”

The entire conversation points to the fact that people not only love fruit, they are designed for fruit. Wherever humans have
chosen to venture on planet Earth, they have carried this physiologica l predilection for tropical fruit with them. People who live in
temperate areas still require the foods for which they were designed, j ust as zoo animals that are geographically relocated still retain
their physical requirements.
In fact, it may be even more important for people who live in a cool climate to obt ain tropical fruits, as these people often must
do without other essential healthful-living conditions that are com mon to the tropics (warm temperatures, clean air, rural living, year-
round sunshine, sounds of nature, pure water, etc.). If you live in an area w here tropical fruits are scarce, it may be well worth your
while to consider which other environmentally essential factors y ou are also doing without, and to supply them to the best of your
ability.
Training ourselves to once again eat fruit, a practice that held us i n good stead for thousands of generations, is as rewarding for
our health as it is delicious.

Chapter 6. Protein: 10% Maximum

Of the three caloronutrients, protein is certainly the most discuss ed, and the most misunderstood. I begin with a discussion of
protein in order to clear the air about this vital nutrient, with the in tention of not discussing it again in the remainder of this book.
The need for protein has been greatly exaggerated by market forc es, and protein’s functions have been misrepresented. This
chapter discusses why we need protein and where we obtain protein on a low-f at 80/10/10  diet. We put the protein issues to rest
and then get to the heart of the 80/10/10  diet, carbohydrates and fats.

How Much Protein Do We Need?
I often respond to the question, “where do you get your protein?” with seve ral questions of my own: “How much protein do
you think we need?” “How much protein do you think you currently eat?” “W hat exactly is the function of protein?” “Have you ever
met anyone with a protein deficiency?”
Although I have met many people who have begun to or are considering vector ing their diets away from animal foods, I rarely
meet anyone who has a reasonable response to these queries. Usually the y tell me that we need large quantities of protein for
energy, or to stay strong, or to keep us from getting sick. Nothing could be f urther from the truth. Protein’s primary function is
growth, which is negligible in adults,


 healing methods. It is always desirable to quit all addicting substances,start a whole foods diet, (as light as possible), and add meganutrition(supplements) to the medical doctor’s treatments. Few medical doctors are soarrogantly partisan as to assert that natural measures will do any harm as long asthe MD is still allowed to prescribe as they please.
Holistic support will not only lessen the side effects of the medical treatments
but will speed up healing and often reduce the required dose of prescribed drugs.I have had several clients with cancer who chose to have surgery, radiation andchemotherapy, but stayed on a raw food diet and took high doses of supplementsthroughout the treatment. These people amazed the attending physician by feelinggood with little if any fatigue, no hair loss, or flu symptoms. The same can be trueof other conditions.
Ethyl always comes to my mind when I think of how much healing power can
still be left in a dying body. She (accompanied by her husband for support) cameto Great Oaks School with terminal cancer, heart failure, advanced diabetes,extreme weakness, and complete inability to digest. Any food ingested just cameback up immediately. Ethyl had large tumors taking over the breast, sticking outfrom her skull, and protruding from her body in general. The largest was the onein the left breast which was the size of a big man’s fist.
She did have one crucial thing going for her, Ethyl was a feisty Irish red head
who still had a will to live, and a reason to do so. She and her husband, who had
just retired, had dreamed their whole life of touring the US and Canada in their
own RV the minute he retired. The time had finally arrived but Ethyl was too ill tosupport her own weight (only 90 pounds) and to top it off was blind from diabeticretinopathy. The doctors had done everything they could to her, and now judgedher too weak to withstand any more surgery (she had already had her right breastremoved). Radiation or chemotherapy were also considered impossible due toheart failure. They sent Ethyl home to die, giving her a few days to a month atmost.
Any sensible hygienist trying to stay out of jail would have refused to take on
this type of case because it was a cancer case where death was likely. Treatmentof this highly lucrative disease is considered the AMA’s exclusive franchise, evenwhen the medical doctors have given up after having done everything to a bodythe family can pay for or owe for. Whenever a person dies under the care of anyperson who is not a licensed M.D. there must be an autopsy and a criminalinvestigation in search of negligence. If the person dies under the care of an M.D.the sheriff’s assumption is that the doctor most assuredly did everything he couldand should have done and death was inevitable. By accepting Ethyl I had areasonable likelihood of ending up in trouble; but being foolish, brave and(stupidly) feeling relatively immune to such consequences (I was under 40 at thetime), it seemed important to try to help her. So, undaunted by the task,regardless of the outcome, I proceeded logically, one step at a time. Today, withmore experience and a modest net worth I wouldn’t want to have to defend in alawsuit, and at age 55. possessing no spare five to ten years to give to the State to“pay” for my bravery, I would probably refuse such a case. Fortunately I have notbeen confronted with this problem lately.
Since Ethyl was unable to digest anything given by mouth, she was fed rectally
with wheat grass juice implants three times a day. She was carried to the colonictable for a daily colonic. Wheat grass and clay poultices were applied to hertumors three times a day. She received an acupressure massage and reflexology
treatments during the day, plus a lot of tender loving care. This program continued
for a month during which the tumors were being reabsorbed by the body,including the large, extremely hard tumor sticking out the flesh of the right breast.
Ethyl complained of severe pain as the large tumor in her breast shrank. While
it had been getting larger and pressing ever harder on all the nerves, she had littleor no sensation, but as it shrank, the nerves were reactivated. Most people thinkthat a growing tumor would cause more pain than a shrinking one. Often theopposite is true. Pain can be a good sign that the body is winning, an indicator toproceed.
By the second month, Ethyl, gradually gaining strength, was able to take wheat
grass and carrot juice orally, and gradually eased into raw foods, mostly sproutsand leafy greens such as sunflower and buckwheat greens grown in trays. Shestarted to walk with assistance up and down the halls, no longer experiencing theintense pain formerly caused by a failing heart, and most surprising of all, hereyesight returned, at first seeing only outlines, and then details.
The third month Ethyl enlarged her food intake to include raw foods as well as
the carrot and wheat grass juice and sprouts, plus vitamin and mineralsupplements to help support her immune system and the healing process. All thetumors had been reabsorbed by her body and were no longer visible, her heartwas able to support normal activity such as walking, and nonstrenuous householdchores, and her diabetes had corrected itself to the point that she no longerrequired insulin and was able to control her blood sugar with diet.
Her husband was then instructed in her maintenance and they went home to
continue the program. The last I heard from them they had made two lengthy tripsaround the US in their RV and were enjoying their retirement together after all.
My treatment worked because the most important factor in the healing of the
critically ill person is not give them more nourishment than their body is able toprocess. The moment the digestive capacity of the sick person is exceeded, thecondition will be exacerbated and in a critically illness, the person is likely to die.
If the body still has sufficient organ integrity and vital force to heal itself, it will do
so only if given the least possible nourishment that will support life–provided noessential organs are hopelessly damaged. If the liver and kidneys are functional,and the person has done some previous dietary improvement and/or cleansing,success is likely, especially if the person wants to live.
A person in critical condition does not have time to ease into fasting by first
spending a month or two on a raw foods diet. This means that the person who istaking care of the critically ill person must be experienced enough to adjust theintensity of the body’s healing efforts and accurately assess the ability of theperson to process toxic waste products clamoring for removal so the ailing bodyis not drowned in it’s own poisons. It is often necessary to use clear vegetablebroth, vegetable and wheat grass juices, and fruits juices, or whole sprouts toslow down the cleansing gradient and sometimes, to resupply the tissue’sexhausted nutritional reserves.
I wish all cases of critical illness had such a positive outcome as Ethyl’s, but
unfortunately they don’t. I had Marge on the same program at the same time. Shealso had cancerous tumors all over her body and had similarly been sent home todie. In some ways Marge’s body was a more likely candidate for survival thanEthyl’s. Marge did not have heart failure or diabetes and was still able on arrivalto at least take small amount of water orally and walk to the bathroom. Put on asimilar program, her tumors also shrunk and were reabsorbed and she too wenthome.
But Marge did not really have a strong reason to live. Although her husband
was by her side throughout the treatment program, Marge was deeply upsetbecause she was estranged from one of her sons who she had not seen for over10 years. When she went home from Great Oaks, the son finally consented to seehis mother, went to the effort of trying to work things out with her, and finallyconfessed that under it all he still loved her.
At that point Marge died in peace. She had accomplished the last thing she
wanted to take care of and her will to live did not extend beyond that point. Hadshe died several months earlier as predicted by the medical profession, Margewould have been unable to resolve this relationship. This was what Marge’s lifewas pivoting on at the end. I was glad to assist her in doing what she needed todo. Her husband and other family members found it difficult to understand, andthey were hurt that Marge did not wish to continue her life with them.
Diet For The Chronically Ill.
The chronically ill person has a long-term degenerative condition that is not
immediately life threatening. This condition usually causes more-or-less continuoussymptoms that are painful, perhaps unsightly, and ultimately will be disabling oreventually capable of causing death. To qualify as “chronic” the symptoms musthave been present a minimum of six months, with no relief in sight. People withthese conditions have usually sought medical assistance, frequently have hadsurgery, and have taken and probably are taking numerous prescription drugs.
Some examples of chronic conditions are: arthritis, rheumatism, diabetes, early
onset of cancer and aids, asthma, colitis, diverticulitis, irritable bowel syndrome,some mental disorders, arterial deposit diseases, many of the itises(inflammations).
Before fasting, the chronically ill often do have time to prepare the way with
limited dietary reform, and frequently begin to feel relief quite quickly. Beforeactually fasting they should limit their diet to raw foods and eliminate all toxicfoods like alcohol, coffee, tea, salt, sugar and recreational drugs for two months if


 our doctors to keep us sick rather than to keep us
well. You might ask why this exists. The reason is that there is no money in good health. America, where is your sense of values? Do you take pride in poor health, or do you take pride in good health? If enough of our people become ill our nation will become endangered because sick soldiers cannot win battles.
Neither can sick people resist temptation, and the family is weak-
ened and the nation is destroyed, all because of poor diet-which can be corrected by the Reams Biological Theory of Ionization.   68 CHAPTER 8
CAUSE AND EFFECT

Biological things, or everything that has life that moves or grows
is because of the harnessing of energy. Energy has to be harnessed in order to accomplish the desired results.
We have established a cause and effect way of measuring energy
in human beings. That is how the reserve energy is determined, by re-sistance, as all other energy is calculated.
Without resistance energy cannot be created. Resistance is be-
tween anions and anions, cations and cations, or anions and cations, or we can say, between acids and alkalies, or negative and positive elec-tricity. It is the resistance that makes it possible for a potential syn-chronization, or a levelling point which will establish the frequency in a human being. God created us with this frequency. We cannot do an-ything whatever to change this frequency. Even when a body is burned to an ash, the ash will still bear that frequency.
We are dealing in this chapter with adult, healthy people only and
not sick people. We are dealing with rules that if disobeyed will lead to illness. Anyone can be well, but in order to be sick you have to work at it-here then is the basic reason for cause and effect.
No one can break the biological laws of physics, or disobey the
laws of God without bringing themselves to grief, illness and an early grave. One of the things that never ceases to astonish me is the great number of people that are in such a hurry to get to the cemetery. They just can't wait. They break every known biological rule of health, of physics, and of theology.
Even if you are in perfect health, and have a reserve energy rating
of 100, and you break the Golden Rule, you then have made the first step toward illness. DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU. Healthy people are happy people. You are not healthy if you are continually seeking revenge, or breaking the Golden Rule. If you break the Golden Ru le you first must have to hate
yourself. Hate is the finest cancer seed in the world. Hate leads to 69 greed, and greed leads to revenge, and all of these things have an ef-
fect on the digestive system.
The food doesn't digest as it should. Consequently, your rest is
disturbed at night. The next thing you notice is that you are more irri-table than is normal and you wonder what is happening.
The first thing that hate does is to prevent the liver from taking in
oxygen to assimilate the calciums and other minerals in our food, and the lack of calciums is the beginning of a diluted gastric juice, which decreases our energy.
In dealing with diets we have to deal with the whole man, the
whole woman, the whole boy, the whole girl.
Another sign of ill health is when people lose their desire to sing.
Healthy people sing. Therefore they breathe deeply from the bottom of their lungs. The Bible tells us to sing, or at least to make a joyful noise unto the Lord. lt didn't say carry a tune, so the tune is not im-portant. But singing is a sign of happiness. And happiness is a sign of good health.
There are many facets and telltale things that denote that we are
losing energy, or that our reserve energy is not as high as it should be.
The lower our reserve energy, the more ill we become. Now this is
cause and effect.
Mineral deficiency is one cause of loss of energy. Mineral defi-
ciency can result because of hate, revenge, the breaking of the Golden Rule, the lack of proper digestion. Ill health does not result from one single event in our daily life, but a combination of things, plus lack of minerals in our dietary program.
When we fail to think positive thoughts, wallow in the mire of
gossip, refuse to forgive and forget, then our bodies are becoming a mental garbage can and it cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit. Things that do not exalt, things that do not lift up, but tend to tear us down should be avoided. If we are to be he althy we must first follow not one
example of living, but many.
I have seen people that were very ill put on the diet and for two or
three weeks their bodies did not re spond, yet there was no genetic rea-
son in the test made on the urine and saliva as to why their bodies 70 should not respond. I would go to these people and ask, "Tell me
about your childhood. Tell me about the people that you loved most,
tell me about the people that you hated." After some thought they would begin to tell me about the people they liked most and the peo-
ple they hated. And they STILL hate d those people, even after 50, 60,
70 years. Hate, even though it is almost forgotten, still affects the di-gestive system.
We must choose the foods recommended by our counsellors, doc-
tors, and chiropractors who have studied the RBTI in order to increase our energy.
If you would look at the atomic chart of the specific gravity of the
elements you will find that hydrogen ha s the specific gravity of one; (I
am giving these figures in whole numbers) but helium has a specific gravity of four; lithium has a specifi c gravity of six; nitrogen 14; oxy-
gen 16; phosphorus 30; potassium 39; calcium 40; manganese 54; iron 55, etc. All of these elements and many more are necessary to main-tain life.
The higher the specific gravity of an element the stronger the gas-
tric juices must be (the bile from th e liver), in order to extract and as-
similate from our diet the heavier elements, or elementary energy, from the food. The higher the specific gravity the greater the weight of molecule, or the greater the weight of any given amount. For example: one cubic inch of iron would weigh a little bit more than one cubic
inch of manganese. Iron would weigh much more than calcium. Cal-cium per one cubic inch would weigh more than potassium, and much more than phosphate. Oxygen would be heavier than nitrogen. Nitro-gen is heavier than helium. Rememb er, we do not live on the foods we
eat, we live off the energy from the foods we eat.
The energy is created in various organs at a varying ratio of differ-
ent elements. For instance, the brain contains more potassium, that is, it is higher in the brain cells. The liver contains more calciums than anything else. The liver contains the greatest amount of calciums but the next highest is iron and iodine. The heart contains much calciums
but the next very essential element is arsenic. (If there is enough arse-nic in colloidal phosphate form in the diet you will not have heart 71 valve trouble, heart weaknesses or heart skips, which develop in later
life.) The total sex organs, male and female, contain more manganese
than any other elements. The manganese is the one element that con-tains the power of life. Without manganese there would be no life up-on the earth. It is the key factor of all the elements which is responsi-ble for life to continue. An excellent example of manganese deficien-cy can be seen when you open a peach seed and the seed spreads open. But if it is a severe manganese deficiency there will not be any seed inside of the stone or pit. It will be decayed, or just a bit of pulp with no life in it. Another example is a peanut which has a shell but
has nothing in it (called pops), or a pecan with the meat of it greatly dehydrated, or half of it is black, or has no meat in it at all.
Whenever people do not get enough manganese from the food
they eat then it is the first sign of the beginning of a loss of energy, and delta cells and omega cells (carcinoma, or cancer) are beginning to occur in these organs. In the medical books there are no terms for perfect cells, only terms for carcinoma, or cancer cells. We have made some new terms of names for cells in order to say more accurately what we mean. An ALPHA cell is a cell with 100% of its reserve en-ergy. A DELTA cell is an in between cell that has lost some of its re-serve energy, it is wearing out, but has not yet worn-out. An OMEGA cell is a cell with no reserve energy, it is worn-out like a tire that is ab-solutely impossible to use any more, cannot be patched up, is beyond use.
In this way we can zero in on the exact loss of energy because the
delta cells are losing energy but the omega cells are not losing reserve energy, they are already dead.
A deficiency in potassium over a period of time could lead to a
brain tumor.
A deficiency in iodine and iron in the liver, as well as calciums,
and deficiency of oxygen in the lungs could


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Cure Tooth Decay Book Description
Foreword By Timothy Gallagher D.D.S. President of the Holistic Dental Association
Introduction

100% Real Dental Healing Testimonials
Leroy from Utah
Ms. Steuernol from Alberta, Canada
Mike from Ashland, Oregon
Pioneering Tooth Cavity Remineralization
CHAPTER 1
DENTISTRY'S INABILITY TO CURE CAVITIES

Reaffirm Your Choice to Cure Your Cavities
The Real Cause of Cavities
Remembering Your Connection
Fear of the Dentist
How Conventional Dentistry Works
Micro-organisms
Conventional Dentistry’s Losing Battle Against Bacteria
The Failure of Conventional Dentistry
Chapter 1 References
CHAPTER 2
DENTIST WESTON PRICE DISCOVERS THE CURE

Lack of Nutrition is the Cause of Physical Degeneration
The Healthy People of the Loetschental Valley, Switzerland
Modern Swiss were Losing Their Health
The Healthy People of the Outer Hebrides
Gaelics on Modern Foods are Losing Their Health
Genetics and Tooth Decay
Aborigines of Australia
Nutritive Values of Diets Compared
Fat-soluble Vitamins and Activators
Why Tooth Decay with Modern Civilization?Weston Price's Tooth Decay Curing Protocol
Dr. Price's Protocol Summarized
Chapter 2 References
CHAPTER 3
MAKE YOUR TEETH STRONG WITH FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS

How Teeth Remineralize 101
Hormones and Tooth Decay
Cholesterol
The Miracle of Vitamin D
Vital Fat-Soluble Vitamin A
Cod Liver Oil Heals Cavities
Weston Price’s Activator X
More Fat-Soluble Vitamin Sources: Bone Marrow, Brain, Kidneys, and Glands
Organs from the Water
Fat-soluble Vitamin Summary
Chapter 3 References
CHAPTER 4
REMINERALIZE YOUR TEETH WITH WISE FOOD CHOICES

The Town without a Toothache
Deceptive Labeling
Pasteurization Kills Milk
Obtaining Raw Milk
Good Soup Heals Your Teeth
Blood Sugar
Sweeteners
Protein for Your Teeth
Protein Assimilation
Low Quality Proteins
Fermented Foods & Enzymes
Vegetables for Minerals
Are Grains the Hidden Reason for many Modern Diseases including Tooth Cavities?
The Anti-Scorbutic Vitamin and Your Teeth and Gums
The Effect of Oats on Children’s Teeth
Problems with Unfermented Grains
The Effects of Soaking and Sprouting on Phytic Acid
Grain Bran and Fiber
Indigenous People’s Fermentation of GrainSafe Grains Guidelines
Eating Grains At Home
Beans
Breakfast Cereals and Granola
Nuts and Nut Butters
Trace Minerals Repair Cavities
Do Multi-Vitamins Fight Tooth Decay?
Soy Products
Fake Milks
Nightshades
Organic Food Is Better
Healthy Fats
Hidden Monosodium Glutamate
Health Food Bars, Energy Bars and Tooth Decay
Addictive Substances
Prescription Drugs, Recreational Drugs and Your Teeth
Thanks Giving
Chapter 4 Part C References
Chapter 4 Part B References
Chapter 4 Part A References
CHAPTER 5
NUTRITION PROTOCOLS THAT REMINERALIZE AND REPAIR
CAVITIES

Nature’s Rules for Healing Teeth
Remineralize Your Teeth with Diet
Balanced Tooth Decay Remineralizing Program
Food Intake Suggestions
Foods to Avoid in All Protocols
The “One-Amazing-Meal-a-Day” Protocol
Food Intake Suggestions
Tips for Going out to Eat
Advanced Tooth Decay Healing
Daily Food Intake
Healing Tooth Cavities on a Vegetarian Diet
Daily Food Intake
Self Care
Common Mistakes Made By People Who Think They Are Eating a Healthy Diet
Cleansing and Fasting
Heal Your Teeth in Six Weeks or Less
Chapter 5 ReferencesCHAPTER 6
STOP CAVITIES WITH YOUR NEXT MEAL

Tooth Decay Healing Diets that Worked
Recipes for Healing Your Teeth
Bone Broth Recipe
Bieler’s Soup
Eggnog Tooth-Strengthening Formula
Spicy Steak Tartare for Fighting Tooth Infections
Fish Head Soup
Ayurvedic Green Drink
Poke (pronounced POH-kay) Fish Salad
Cooking Suggestions
Preparing Grains So That They Do Not Cause Cavities or Disease
Phytase Content of Grains
Vibrant Sourdough
Oat Preparation
Quinoa Preparation and Phytic Acid Removal
Chapter 6 References
CHAPTER 7
HEALTHY GUMS LEAD TO HEALTHY TEETH

Dental Plaque and Gum Disease
Gum Disease, Bleeding, Swollen Gums and Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Gum Disease, Vitamin C, and Scurvy
The Amazing Blotting Technique and Healing Gum Disease Naturally
How to Blot at Home
Sea Salt for Your Gums
Herbal Treatments for Gum Disease
Oil Pulling for your Teeth and Gums
Healing Gum Disease Program
Chapter 7 References
CHAPTER 8
DENTISTRY AND ITS HIGH PRICE

Toxic Dentistry
Diseases and MercuryWhat to Do About Current Mercury Fillings?
Mercury Fillings Lead To Crowns and Root Canals
More Dental Dangers from Toxic Dentistry
Safer Filling Materials
Finding a Good Dentist
Finding a Dentist to Work with Diet
Minimally Invasive Dentistry
Getting a Second Opinion
Taking Charge at the Dentist’s Office
Cavities and X-rays
The Dental Code of Silence
Root Canals
Focal Infections
Dental Implants
Dental Abuse
Do I Have a Cavity? Understanding Tooth Decay
Monitoring Tooth Decay and Tooth Remineralization
Understanding Tooth Remineralization
How to Treat Your Decayed Tooth
Still not Sure? Talk to Your Tooth
The Vicious Cycle and Tooth Decay
The Hidden Need to Be Sick
Busting the Myth that Food-Stuck-On-Teeth Causes Cavities
Tooth Care
Healing Tooth Pain
Dental Sealants
Teeth Whitening At the Dentist’s and At Home
Brushing, Flossing and Toothpaste
Tooth Brushing
Tooth and Gum Healing
The Fluoride Deception
Tooth Decay is Not an Infectious Disease
Moving Beyond Painful Dentistry
Chapter 8 References
CHAPTER 9
YOUR BITE: A HIDDEN CAUSE OF CAVITIES AND A FRESH LOOK AT
ORTHODONTICS AND TMJ

Your Ideal Jaw Position and Enjoyment of Life
Genetics versus Intercepted Heredity
Why Teeth are Crowded and Wisdom Teeth are Misaligned
Your Bite and TMJ Pain, Night Grinding, and Tooth DecayThe “Feel Good” Substance P
Profound Effects of TMJ Dysfunction and a Bad Bite
Orthodontics
Dental Orthopedics Focuses on Normal Development
Conventional Orthodontic Practices Damage Faces
Orthodontics Does Not Address the Physiological Cause of Crooked Teeth
Functional Orthopedics
Craniopathy
Functional Appliances and Practitioners
Functional Dental Appliance Goals
Finding a Functional Orthopedist
Regaining Your Dental Health
Chapter 9 References
CHAPTER 10
YOUR TEETH CAN HEAL NATURALLY

The Evidence and Proof That Cavities can Remineralize and Heal
Curing Tooth Decay — Parting Words
Get Support
Give Support
Healthy Teeth Are Your Birthright
Chapter 10 References
BONUS CHAPTER
REMINERALIZE AND REPAIR YOUR CHILD'S TOOTH CAVITIES
NATURALLY

From Fear to Faith, From Suffering to Peace
Children's Tooth Decay is Not an Easy Road for Most
Treating Children's Tooth Decay Naturally
Surgery on Children for Tooth Decay?
Toxic Dentistry in Children’s Mouths
England’s Dentists say, “No Benefits, no Proof, and


2
Multidrug-resistant TB is defined by resistance to the two most effective first-line
drugs, isoniazid and rifampicin.3 When bacteria are resistant to second-line antibi -
otics, they are called extremely resistant. Recently, strains of M. tuberculosis  have
been identified that are resistant to all available antibiotics. This is representative of the major problems of antibiotic resistance and the cause of considerable concern if these strains begin to quickly spread worldwide.
Approximately 3.3% of new multidrug-resistant TB cases are resistant to both
isoniazid and rifampicin, so other drug combinations must be tried. However, most of these drug combinations fail to fully treat TB, and consequently, there is a fun -
damental need to explore alternative anti-TB agents that can kill strains resistant to currently available drugs and for new drugs that are better tolerated and will shorten treatment regimens.
4
DMSO IN MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS
Researchers working in the field of microbiological pharmacotherapeutics are looking to find ways to make first-line antibiotic therapies effective against drug-resistant strains of bacteria. Part of this research is to search for adjunct therapy that can help current antibiotics function more effectively, even in multidrug-resistant strains of bacteria.
Many of the early studies examining the role of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in
multidrug-resistant TB were done by Russian and Polish scientists in the mid-1970s. A summary of these studies details some of the properties observed when DMSO was used as an adjuvant to antibiotics against M. tuberculosis –resistant bacteria or by itself.
In one study, isoniazid-resistant TB bacteria were inoculated into guinea pigs that
were divided into two groups: the first group underwent isoniazid treatment and the second group was treated with a single oral dose of DMSO and isoniazid 2 weeks after inoculation with tubercle bacilli.
5 When control animals died from the bacterial
inoculation after 80 days, samples were taken from liver, lymph nodes, and spleens and cultured and examined microscopically.
5 All guinea pigs treated with DMSO–
isoniazid survived beyond 1 year. Animals not treated with DMSO yielded tubercle bacilli in the collected organs and appeared entirely resistant to isoniazid treatment.
5
These findings indicated that reversion to isoniazid sensitivity by DMSO permitted a cure of the experimental animals infected with an isoniazid-resistant strain of tuber -
cle bacilli, suggesting that this drug combination may be clinically useful in human
 antibiotic-resistant TB.117 DMSO in Clinical Microbiology
A subsequent study by the same investigators replicated the guinea pig experiments
in vitro  by isolating isoniazid- and rifampicin-resistant tubercle bacilli from patients
with pulmonary TB.6 This study consisted of cultures containing 61 strains of tubercle
bacilli resistant to isoniazid and 19 strains resistant to rifampicin. DMSO 5% exposure
to the cultures resulted in 19/61 strains resistant to isoniazid reverted to sensitivity and all 19 rifampicin-resistant strains also reverted to sensitivity after DMSO exposure.
6
The data showed that complete reversion of rifampicin sensitivity was obtained with DMSO and also reversion of some isoniazid-resistant tubercle bacilli strains indicated support for a clinical study of these antibiotics combined with DMSO.
DMSO has also been reported to stabilize rifampicin for periods of up to 8 months
without any loss of potency by this antibiotic.
7
Aside from its preservation of shelf life for many drugs, a common use for DMSO
is its ability to act as a safe and versatile solvent for many antibiotics, including those used for antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
8 There are no data relating to DMSO acting
or synergistically potentiating antibiotic activity when it is used as a solvent.
These findings created much interest among investigators interested in antibiotic-
resistant therapy, and reports soon appeared in an attempt to further examine the ability of DMSO to restore sensitivity to chemotherapeutic compounds used to treat various resistant bacterial strains.
M. tuberculosis  strains, resistant to rifampicin, isoniazid, streptomycin,
paraminosalicylic acid, thioacetozone, ethambutol, and prothionamide, were grown in cultures containing these drugs together with either DMSO at 1% concentration or water.
9 Susceptibility tests were applied, and resensibilization
to ethambutol, streptomycin, and thioacetozone was observed only in DMSO-treated cultures.
9 Moreover, many M. tuberculosis  strains resistant to isoniazid
and all strains resistant to rifampicin became sensitive to these drugs when com -
bined with DMSO.9
The ribosomal subunit 30S is considered a site of action of streptomycin and also
a site of resistance for certain strains of Escherichia coli  and other bacteria. These
mutant germs show an impermeability to streptomycin that confers resistance to the drug’s action.
10 The use of DMSO to overcome E. coli  resistance to streptomycin in
cultures showed that these pathogens decreased their permeability and increased their uptake of streptomycin, thus allowing a killing effect by the antiobiotic.
11 The
effect by DMSO on E. coli  cell membrane with respect to enhanced streptomycin
uptake can only be surmised.
Drug-resistant isolates of Mycobacterium avium–Mycobacterium intracellulare
were isolated and cultured in vitro  in the presence of single drugs alone and in com -
bination with 2.5% DMSO.12 Bacterial isolates were exposed to first-line antibiotics
used for the treatment of TB, including rifampicin, streptomycin, ethambutol, and isoniazid, and all showed a degree of killing power that varied depending on the bac-terial strain, but with the addition of DMSO to each antibiotic, a 26%–30% increase in inhibitory bacterial growth was observed.
12
Thirty-two patients with destructive pulmonary TB were treated with strep -
tomycin and penicillin in 10% and 25% solutions of DMSO through inhala -
tion. Fourteen of the patients showed absence of M. tuberculosis excretion.
Most patients showed improvement, including a decrease in manifestations of 118 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
nonspecific endobronchitis, a decrease in the perifocal infiltration, and a decrease
in the dimensions of destruction of lung tissue.12a
These early studies showing the ability of DMSO to enhance antibiotic sensitivity
to drug-resistant pathogens partly introduced the concept of the adjuvant, defined as a compound that could increase the killing power of antibiotics and antimicrobial agents that by themselves failed to inhibit bacterial growth in vitro  or in vivo.
No longer would magic bullets like penicillin create their magic on a growing list
of superbugs; now, it was necessary to find adjuvants that could help fight germs and postpone the day when first-line antibiotics would no longer work.
The superbugs have devised ingenious ways to evolve in order to elude and weaken
antibiotic drug action. The first of these is to increase their membrane permeability, thus preventing the antibiotic to accumulate to toxic levels within the cell. A second way is to make the drug less toxic using special enzymes to reduce drug potency, a third way is to inactivate the antibiotic, and a final way is to follow a metabolic pathway not targeted by the drug.
13
One strategy to get around these neutralizing techniques used by superbugs on
antibiotic monotherapy is to combine two to four different antibiotics in a shot-gun approach. However, the downside produced by multiple drug administration is seri -
ous side-effects and the real possibility of generating more multidrug-resistant bacte -
ria, a therapeutic nightmare. Adjuvants to antibiotics may be more useful if they can either target the bacterial membrane, be more toxic to pathogens, or follow bacte -
rial pathways that can be targeted by antibiotics. This is where DMSO, and similar agents, may become clinically useful, especially in drug-resistant TB.
Globally, an estimated 8.7 million people fell ill due to TB and 1.4 million died
from this disease in 2011.
TB is second only to HIV/AIDS as the greatest killer worldwide due to a single
infectious agent.
Thus, with almost 9 million new cases each year, TB remains one of the most
feared diseases on the planet. Despite a reduction in incidence in several regions of the planet, TB remains a pandemic of worldwide significance. There is an urgent need to develop better regimens, to shorten treatment, and to effectively manage both drug-sensitive and drug-resistant disease.
TB is spread from person to person through the air. When people with lung TB
cough, sneeze, or spit, they propel the TB germs into the air. A person needs to inhale only a few of these germs to become infected.
When a person develops active TB, the symptoms they develop, cough, fever,
night sweats, weight loss, chest pains, and weakness, may be mild for many months. This mild beginning of TB can lead to delays in seeking care and may result in
 transmission of the Mycobacterium  to others.
It is estimated that persons who develop TB can infect a dozen other people
through close contact


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Edward W. McDonagh, D.O., F.A.C.A.M.
(DIPL)
2800-A Kendallwood Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64119
(816) 453-5940
FAX (816) 453-1140
CD,CT,DD,FP,HO,PM
James Rowland, D.O.
(P)
8133 Wornall Road
Kansas City, MO 64114
(816) 361-4077
AC,CT,DD,GP,HYP,OSM
Charles J. Rudolph, D.O., Ph.D., F.A.C.A.M.
(DIPL)2800-A Kendallwood Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64119
(816) 453-5940
FAX (816) 453-1140
CD,CT,DD,FP,HO,PM
Springfield
William C. Sunderwirth, D.O.
(P)
2828 North National
Springfield, MO 65803
(417) 869-6260
CT,DIA,GP,OSM,PM,S
St. Louis
Harvey Walker, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.A.M.
(DIPL)
138 North Meramec Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63105
(314) 721-7227
CT,DIA,HGL,IM,NT,PM
Stockton
William C. Sunderwirth, D.O.
(P)
307 South Street
Stockton, MO 65785
(417) 276-3221
CT,DIA,GP,OSM,PM,S
Sullivan
Ronald H. Scott, D.O.
(P)
750 Pascal Street
Sullivan, MO 63080
(314) 468-4932
GER,GP,GYN,NT,OSM,PM
Union
Clinton C. Hayes, D.O.
(D/C)
100 West MainUnion, MO 63084
(314) 583-8911
CT,GP
NEBRASKA
Omaha
Eugene C. Oliveto, M.D.
(P)
Suite 208
8031 West Center Road
Omaha, NE 68124
(402) 392-0233
CT,HYP,NT,P,PM,PO
Ord
Otis W. Miller, M.D.
(D/C)
408 South 14th Street
Ord, NE 68862
(308) 728-3251
CT,FP,NT,P,YS
NEVADA
Incline Village
W. Douglas Brodie, M.D.
(D/C)
848 Tanager
Incline Village, NV 89450
(702) 832-7001
DD,FP,GP,IM,NT,PM
Las Vegas
Ji-Zhou (Joseph) Kang, M.D.
(P)
5613 South Eastern
Las Vegas, NV 89119
(702) 796-2992
A,AC,GP,IM,NTPaul McGuff, M.D.
Suite 903
3930 Swenson
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(Retired)
Robert D. Milne, M.D.
(P)
Suite 446
501 South Rancho
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(702) 385-1999
A,AC,CT,FP,NT,PM
Terry Pfau, D.O.
(P)
Suite 446
501 South Rancho Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(702) 385-1999
A,AC,CT,OSM
Robert Vance, D.O.
(DIPL)
Suite F2
801 South Rancho Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89106
(702) 385-7771
A,CT,HO,MM,OSM,PM
Reno
David A. Edwards, M.D.
(P)
Suite A7
6490 South McCarran Boulevard
Reno, NV 89509
(702) 827-1444
A,AC,CT,DD,PM,YS
Michael L. Gerber, M.D.
(DIPL)
3670 Grant Drive
Reno, NV 89509(702) 826-1900
CT,MM,OME
Donald E. Soli, M.D.
(D/C)
708 North Center Street
Reno, NV 89501
(702) 786-7101
A,AR,CT,HGL,HO,PUD
Yiwen Y. Tang, M.D.
(P)
380 Brinkby
Reno, NV 89509
(702) 826-9500
A,CD,CT,HGL,HO,PM
NEW JERSEY
Bloomfield
Majid Ali, M.D.
(D/C)
320 Belleville Avenue
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Cherry Hill
Allan Magaziner, D.O.
(DIPL)
1907 Greentree Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
(609) 424-8222
FAX (609) 424-1832
CT,NT,OSM,PM
Denville
Majid Ali, M.D.
(D/C)
Institute of Preventive Medicine
95 East Main Street
Denville, NJ 07834
(201) 586-4111
FAX (201) 743-1354A,PM,Pathology
Edison
C.Y. Lee, M.D.
(DIPL)
952 Amboy Avenue
Edison, NJ 08837
(908) 738-9220
FAX (908) 738-1187
A,AR,AU,CT,DD,OME
Ralph Lev, M.D., M.S., F.A.C.A.M.
(DIPL)
952 Amboy Avenue
Edison, NJ 08837
(908) 738-9220
FAX (908) 738-1187
CD,CT,S
Richard B. Menashe, D.O.
(D/C)
15 South Main Street
Edison, NJ 08837
(908) 906-8866
A,CD,CT,HGL,NT,YS
Elizabeth
Gennaro Locurcio, M.D.
(P)
610 - 3rd Avenue
Elizabeth, NJ 07202
(908) 351-1333
A,AC,AU,CT,FP,HYP
Ortley Beach
Charles Harris, M.D.
(P)
1 Ortley Plaza
Ortley Beach, NJ 08751
(908) 793-6464
A,BA,CT,DD,FP,GER
RidgewoodConstance Alfano, M.D.
(P)
74 Oak


 a nd the outer, between your
external circumstances at that moment–where you are, who you are with, or what
you are doing–and your thoughts and feelings. Can y ou feel how painful it is to
internally stand in opposition to what is?
 When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this
futile conflict, this inner state of war.

***

How often each day, if you were to verbalize your i nner reality at that moment,
would you have to say, “I don't want to be where I am?” What does it feel like
when you don't want to be where you are–the traffic  jam, your place of work, the
airport lounge, the people you are with?

It is true, of course, that some places are good pl aces to walk out of–and sometimes
that may well be the most appropriate thing for you  to do. In many cases, however,
walking out is not an option. In all those cases, t he “I don't want to be here” is not
only useless but also dysfunctional. It makes you a nd others unhappy.

It has been said: wherever you go, there you are. I n other words: you are  here.
Always. Is it so hard to accept that?

***

Do you really need to mentally label every sense pe rception and experience? Do
you really need to have a reactive like/dislike rel ationship with life where you are
in almost continuous conflict with situations and p eople? Or is that just a deep-
seated mental habit that can be broken? Not by doin g anything, but by allowing this
moment to be as it is.

***

The habitual and reactive “no” strengthens the ego.  “Yes” weakens it. Your form
identity, the ego, cannot survive surrender.

***

“I have so much to do.” Yes, but what is the qualit y of your doing? Driving to
work, speaking to clients, working on the computer,  running errands, dealing with
the countless things that make up your daily life–h ow total are you in what you do?
Is your doing surrendered or non-surrendered? This is what determines your
success in life, not how much effort you make. Effo rt implies stress and strain,
needing to reach a certain point in the future or a ccomplish a certain result.

Can you detect even the slightest element within yo urself of not wanting to be doing what you are doing? That is a denial of life,  and so a truly successful
outcome is not possible.

If you can detect this within yourself, can you als o drop it and be total in what you
do?

***

“Doing one thing at a time.” This is how one Zen Ma ster defined the essence of
Zen.

Doing one thing at a time means to be total in what  you do, to give it your complete
attention. This is surrendered action–empowered act ion.

***

Your acceptance of what is takes you to a deeper le vel where your inner state as
well as your sense of self no longer depend on the mind's judgment of “good” or
“bad.”

When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when yo u accept this moment as it is,
you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you tha t is deeply peaceful.

On the surface, you may still be happy when it's su nny and not so happy when it's
rainy; you may be happy at winning a million dollar s and unhappy at losing all
your possessions. Neither happiness nor unhappiness, however, go all that deep
anymore. They are ripples on the surface of your Be ing. The background peace
within you remains undisturbed regardless of the na ture of the outside condition.

The “yes” to what is reveals a dimension of depth w ithin you that is dependent
neither on external conditions nor on the internal conditions of constantly
fluctuating thoughts and emotions.

***

Surrender becomes so much easier when you realize t he fleeting nature of all
experiences and that the world cannot give you anyt hing of lasting value. You then
continue to meet people, to be involved in experien ces and activities, but without
the wants and fears of the egoic self. That is to s ay, you no longer demand that a
situation, person, place, or event should satisfy y ou or make you happy. Its passing
and imperfect nature is allowed to be.
And the miracle is that when you are no longer plac ing an impossible demand on it,
every situation, person, place, or event becomes no t only satisfying but also more
harmonious, more peaceful.

***

When you completely accept this moment, when you no  longer argue with what is,
the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness. You are fully
conscious, yet the mind is not labeling this moment  in any way. This state of inner
nonresistance opens you to the unconditioned consci ousness that is infinitely
greater than the human mind. This vast intelligence  can then express itself through
you and assist you, both from within and from witho ut. That is why, by letting go
of inner resistance, you often find circumstances c hange for the better.

***

Am I saying, “Enjoy this moment. Be happy?” No.

Allow the “suchness” of this moment. That's enough.

***

Surrender is surrender to this moment, not to a sto ry through which you interpret
this moment and then try to resign yourself to it.

For instance, you may have a disability and can't w alk anymore. The condition is as
it is.

Perhaps your mind is now creating a story that says, “This is what my life has come
to. I have ended up in a wheelchair. Life has treat ed me harshly and unfairly. I don't
deserve this.”

Can you accept the isness of this moment and not co nfuse it with a story the mind
has created around it?

***

Surrender comes when you no longer ask, “Why is thi s happening to me?”

***
Even within the seemingly most unacceptable and pai nful situation is concealed a
deeper good, and within every disaster is contained  the seed of grace.

Throughout history, there have been women and men w ho, in the face of great loss,
illness, imprisonment, or impending death, accepted  the seemingly unacceptable
and thus found “the peace that passeth all understa nding.”

Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest sour ce of grace in this world.

***

There are situations where all answers and explanat ions fail. Life does not make
sense anymore. Or someone in distress comes to you for help, and you don't know
what to do or say.

When you fully accept that you don't know, you give  up struggling to find answers
with the limited thinking mind, and that is when a greater intelligence can operate
through you. And even thought can then benefit from  that, since the greater
intelligence can flow into it and inspire it.

Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to under stand and becoming
comfortable with not knowing.

***

Do you know of someone whose main function in life seems to be to make
themselves and others miserable, to spread unhappin ess? Forgive them, for they too
are part of the awakening of humanity. The role the y play represents an
intensification of the nightmare of egoic conscious ness, the state of non-surrender.
There is nothing personal in all this. It is not wh o they are.

***

Surrender, one could say, is the inner transition f rom resistance to acceptance, from
“no” to “yes.” When you surrender, your sense of se lf shifts from being identified
with a reaction or mental judgment to being the spa ce around the reaction or
judgment. It is a shift from identification with fo rm–the thought or the emotion–to
being and recognizing yourself as that which has no  form–spacious awareness.

***
Whatever you accept completely will take you to pea ce, including the acceptance
that you cannot accept, that you are in resistance.

***

Leave Life alone. Let it be.

Chapter 7
Nature

We depend on nature not only for our physical survi val. We also need nature to
show us the way home, the way out of the prison of our own minds. We got lost in
doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating–lost in a maze of complexity and a
world of problems.

We have forgotten what rocks, plants, and animals s till know. We have forgotten
how to be–to be still, to be ourselves, to be where  life is: Here and Now.

***

Whenever you bring your attention to anything natur al, anything that has come into
existence without human intervention, you step out of the prison of conceptualized
thinking and, to some extent, participate in the st ate of connectedness with Being in
which everything natural still exists.

To bring your attention to a stone, a tree, or an a nimal does not mean to think about
it, but simply to perceive it, to hold it in your a wareness.

Something of its essence then transmits itself to y ou. You can sense how still it is,
and in doing so


 and cholera. In the Anglo-
American Physiomedicalist tradition, blue flag was
used as a glandular and liver remedy. Blue flag is
Quebec’s provincial flower.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Blue flag is
currently used mainly to detoxify the body. It
increases urination and bile production, and has
a mild laxative effect. This combination of cleansing
actions makes it a useful herb for chronic skin
diseases such as acne and eczema, especially where
gallbladder problems or constipation contribute to
the condition. Blue flag is also given for biliousness
and indigestion. However, in large doses blue flag
will itself cause vomiting. The traditional use of blue
flag for gland problems persists. It is also believed
by some to aid weight loss.
Cautions Excessive doses cause vomiting.
Do not take this plant during pregnancy.Ipomoea purga syn. convolvulus
jalapa (Convolvulaceae)
Jalap
Description Evergreen vine reaching about
13 ft (4 m). Has heart-shaped leaves and trumpet-
like purple flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Mexico,
jalap is cultivated in Central America, the West
Indies, and Southeast Asia. The root is unearthed
in summer.
Part Used Root.
Constituents Jalap contains the resin
convolvulin.
History & Folklore Spanish colonizers
learned of jalap’s strong purgative effect from
Mexican native peoples. Introduced into Europe
in 1565, the herb was used for all types of
illnesses until the 19th century.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Jalap is such
a powerful cathartic that its medicinal value
is questionable. Even in moderate doses it
stimulates the elimination of profuse watery
stools, and in larger doses it causes vomiting.
Related Species  I. turpethum, native to Asia
and Australia, is also a drastic purgative. Other
Ipomoea  species, such as the sweet potato
(I. batatas, from South America), are important
food plants. The seeds of morning glory
(I. violacea ), native to Mexico, contain
compounds similar to LSD, and were taken
ritually by the Zapotecs and Aztecs.
 RCaution Do not take jalap under any
circumstances.
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Other medicinal plantsJasminum grandiflorum
Jasminum grandiflorum (Oleaceae)
Jasmine
Description  Slender evergreen rambler growing
to 20 ft (6 m). Has dark green compound leaves and
large, sweetly scented tubular white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to northern
India, Pakistan, and the northwestern Himalayas, jasmine is now cultivated as a garden plant and for its essential oil.
Parts Used  Flowers, essential oil.
Constituents  Jasmine’s volatile oil contains
benzyl alcohol, benzyl acetate, linalool, and
linalyl acetate.
History & Folklore  Jasmine was introduced
to Europe in the 16th century, and is mainly used  as a source of perfume.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Jasmine flowers
make a calming and sedative infusion, taken to
relieve tension. The oil is considered antidepressant and relaxing. It is used externally to soothe dry
or sensitive skin. Due to frequent adulteration,
the oil is rarely used in aromatherapy.
Related Species  Actually native to Southeast
Asia, Arabian jasmine (J. sambac) is used
as an eyewash, is added to tea (Camellia sinensis,  p. 181) to produce jasmine tea, and is used in Buddhist ceremonies.
Caution  Jasmine essential oil should not be
taken internally.
Jateorhiza palmata
(Menispermaceae)
Calumba
Description  Creeping vine with a perennial
rootstock, growing to a great height and often
reaching the tops of trees. Has large palm-shaped leaves, small greenish-white flowers, with male
and female flowers on separate plants, and  round, fleshy fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
rainforests of eastern Africa, especially Mozambique and Madagascar, calumba is also grown in other tropical regions. The roots are dug up in dry weather in March and dried.
Parts Used  Bark.
Constituents  Calumba contains isoquinoline
alkaloids (notably palmatine, columbamine, and jatrorrhizine), diterpene bitter principles, mucilage, and volatile oil (about 1%).
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Profoundly bitter,
calumba is an extremely good remedy for underactive or weakened digestion, stimulating stomach acid production and increasing appetite. It is a specific for loss of appetite and anorexia, and by making the stomach more acidic (and therefore hostile to pathogens) helps to prevent digestive infections and improve the breakdown and absorption of foods. It is a useful treatment for chronic intestinal infection such as dysentery.
Research  Calumba’s bitterness is due both to the
bitter principles and the alkaloids. Palmatine and jatrorrhizine reduce blood pressure, palmatine
is a uterine stimulant, and jatrorrhizine is sedative  and antifungal.
Other Species  Calumba has much in common
with gentian (Gentiana lutea, p. 99), although it owes its bitterness to a different range of constituents.
Caution  Avoid during pregnancy.was used to treat a variety of conditions, including rheumatic and arthritic joints, headaches, dysentery, constipation, and wounds.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Used to this
day as a laxative and tonic, butternut is a valuable remedy for chronic constipation, gently encouraging regular bowel movements. It is especially beneficial if combined with a carminative herb, such as ginger (Zingiber officinale, p. 155) or angelica (Angelica
archangelica, p. 168). Butternut also lowers cholesterol levels, and promotes the clearance  of waste products by the liver. It has a positive reputation in treating intestinal worms, and, being antimicrobial and astringent, it has been prescribed as a treatment for dysentery.
Related Species  Black walnut (J. nigra) is used
in the same way as butternut. The bark of the walnut tree (J. regia) is used as a gentle purgative, and is also applied to skin afflictions. The nut is used in Chinese herbal medicine as a kidney tonic. The nuts of both varieties are highly nutritious, lower cholesterol levels, and contain significant quantities of alpha-linolenic acid.
Jasmine flowers are the source of an essential oil that
is used to treat stress and depression.
Juglans cinerea (Juglandaceae)
Butternut
Description  Deciduous tree growing to
100 ft (30 m). Has gray bark, long leaves with
many leaflets, male catkins and female flowers,
and an oval-shaped fruit containing a hard
dark-colored nut.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to North
American forests, butternut is cultivated for its
timber in other temperate regions. The bark is collected in autumn.
Part Used  Inner bark.
Constituents  Contains naphthaquinones
(including juglone, juglandin, and juglandic acid),
a fixed and a volatile oil, and tannins. The naphthaquinones have an approximately similar laxative effect to the anthraquinones found in plants such as senna (Cassia senna, p. 75) and Chinese rhubarb (Rheum palmatum, p. 126).
Juglone is purgative, antimicrobial, antiparasitic,
and cancer-inhibiting.
History & Folklore  Butternut bark was
employed by Native Americans and New World settlers as a laxative and tonic remedy. Butternut Juniperus communis
(Cupressaceae)
Juniper
Description  Coniferous shrub sometimes
growing to 49 ft (15 m). Has slender twigs with
whorls of needle-like leaves, yellow male and blue female flowers on separate plants, and spherical blue-black fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Juniper is found in
Europe, southwestern Asia up to the Himalayas,  and North America, where it grows from southern coastal sites to more northerly moorland and mountainous regions. The ripe fruit (berries) is gathered in autumn.
Parts Used  Fruit, essential oil.
Constituents  Juniper contains 1–2% volatile oil,
consisting of over 60 compounds, which include myrcene, sabinene, alpha- and beta-pinene, and cineole. Juniper also contains tannins, diterpenes, sugars, resin, and vitamin C.
History & Folklore Juniper is the main
flavoring used in gin. Juniper berries are still mostly gathered from the wild. In former times, sprigs of juniper flung into the fire were thought to protect against evil spirits.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Juniper is tonic,
diuretic, and strongly antiseptic within the urinary tract. It is a valuable remedy for cystitis, and helps


headaches, of course, she had no reason to disbelieve further. But in most of these cases, the
sufferers have no ground in their past experience to give them hope that permanent relief can be
achieved.
Certainly none of the mere palliative treatments in vogue have given any confidence.
Ergotamine and other “pain killing" drugs, as well as coffee freely used, to damage and fail to
remove any causes.
It is rarely necessary for a sufferer with migraine to have more than a few headaches after she is
started on a
Hygienic
 program. Indeed, she is most likely to get rid of her aches while she is still
fasting and they are not likely to recur when eating is resumed.
There are long-standing cases where the nervous systems have been badly impaired by nerve-
depressing drugs. Here an extended period of strict self-discipline and a strong determination to
stick to a healthful program is required if the individual is to recover fully.
Aside from such rather infrequent cases, most women can get well of
their migraine by resort to
a relatively short fast. But this must be followed by a genuine correction of living habits
afterwards. Ten days to three weeks of fasting under experienced supervision, will suffice in most
cases.
After-care also, in both the breaking of the fast and in the general return to good living habits,
should be equally well supervised.
10425
Hay Fever
The woman was an invalid. She had to be carried from bed to chair and from chair to bed. She
was too weak to walk more than a few steps at a time. Among her several complaints was hay
fever with which she had suffered each season for a number of years. It was 1918, and we were
busy making the world safe for democracy.
Every Sunday she was taken by her husband to a Bible class. He would bring along a reclining
chair for her to use during the class. It was at this Bible class that she met a
Hygienist
 and was
induced to try
Hygiene
 as a means of recovering health. Weak as she was, she underwent not one
but several short fasts.
Today as I write her story she has reached what many would consider old age, 73 years. She is
in good health. She has been able to work through these decades. For more than forty years she has
had no recurrence of hay fever. She has lived all of this time in southern climates where the air is
filled with pollens almost all the year.
She has no allergies and eats any wholesome food that she desires. She is, however, but one
among thousands who have recovered from hay fever by the unloading of toxins and correcting the
mode of life.
In hay fever the Schneiderian membrane (a mucous membrane) of the nose becomes highly
sensitive as a consequence of a state of chronic irritation (inflammation) for a lengthy period of
time. Particles of dust, lint, and pollen, easily add to the irritation and cause it to “water” and
become congested. The excited, irritated and inflamed state of the mucous membrane of the eyes,
nose and throat seen in hay fever is but a state of what was formerly known as catarrh. To put this
very simply: the sensitive condition of those membranes is due to the fact that they are sick—
inflamed.
Today hay fever is said to be an allergy or to be caused by an allergy. Precise descriptions of
allergy vary greatly. In general it is defined as “a
 condition of unusual or exaggerated specific
susceptibility to a substance which is harmless in similar amounts for the majority of members of
the same species.”
Yet it seems to me to define allergy as an unusual sensitivity is to beg the question—and to
explain nothing.
The baffled expert hides behind the brilliant obscurity of his definitions. Allergy is now said to
be due to failure of one of the normal defense mechanisms of the body. If there is truth in this, it
must not be permitted to blind us to the fact that the symptoms that are called allergic reactions
represent the calling into play of another of the body’s normal defense mechanisms. If one means
of defense fails or is inadequate, there are other modes of defense at the command of the living
organism which it may call upon. It is not left helpless because of the failure of one mechanism.
Whatever else we may think of allergy, we must recognize that it is not a self-caused state. Why
is one man allergic and another not? Or, take the theory that allergy represents the failure of a
defense mechanism, why does the defense mechanism of one fail while that of another does not?
To answer this question, we return to our basic cause of disease—toxemia.
What is the cause of hay fever? It is a chronic inflammation of the nasal passages growing out of
a pronounced toxemic condition that commonly has lasted for years. Toxemia is the basic cause of
105all inflammations of the lining membranes of the hollow organs of the body. So long as the toxemic
state is maintained by enervating habits and so long as overeating is persisted in, there is no
possibility of recovering from hay fever.
Anyone can test this statement for himself. Abstain from food for a time and watch the nasal
discharge and other symptoms of hay fever clear up. There is simply no need for any one to go on,
year after year, suffering with hay fever. Let the sufferer bear in mind that the pollens, the hair of
animals, and other substances to which he is sensitive of allergic, are normal elements of his
environment and he will realize that his sensitivity of them must be due to something within
himself, rather than in those perfectly normal things that do not trouble other people. All of these
elements are sources of allergic annoyance only to the sick. The healthy are not allergic.
The hay fever sufferer will cease to be troubled as soon as he is restored to health. He will not
again be affected by them so long as he maintains a state of high level health. There are numerous
means of palliating the symptoms of hay fever, but as none of these remove any causes, none
restore the patient to health.
Each season he is forced to return to the means of palliation, to rush off somewhere to escape
the source of his irritation. This is expensive, time-consuming and—futile.
The hay fever sufferer should take a real vacation: he should go to bed and abstain from food.
This will be both less expensive and more effective than sea voyages or junkets to pollen-free
mountains. Once the sufferer has been freed of his toxic load and the irritated state of the
membrances of his eyes, nose and throat has been corrected, all symptoms of hay fever come to an
end and they do not recur if he lives healthfully. Any return to enervating habits and to overeating
will result in a recurrence of the hay fever.
The period of fasting required in hay fever is commonly longer than that required for the more
simple ailments. The time will run, in the average case, from ten days to four or even five weeks.
Overweight individuals will require a longer fast than those of average weight or less.
Allergy in hay fever, as well as in migraine headache, is not a cause but a symptom.
The answer in both instances lies in disintoxication by fasting, by cleansing, by proper modes of
living.
10626
High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is said to be second to hardening of the arteries as a cause of heart disease in
this country. By high blood pressure in this instance is meant that form of increased blood pressure
that is called hypertension. Due to a narrowing of the arteries, pressure builds up behind the
constricted vessels, thus adding to the work of the heart.
Blood pressure may be understood if we think of a water hose through which water is flowing.
The water flows through the unobstructed hose with a certain degree of pressure. If a nozzle is put
onto the hose, so that there is some obstruction to the flow of the water, there is an increase in
water pressure. If the opening of the nozzle is reduced, the water pressure increases still more. The
smaller the opening of the nozzle, the more water pressure is built up behind it.
The same thing occurs in the arteries, in what is known as
essential hypertension
. The aorta, the
largest artery in the body, may be compared to a tree trunk. The main arteries branch off from this
and other arteries branch off from these, like the branches of a tree. The branching continues, until
some of the branches are so small that they may be regarded as the twigs of the arterial tree.
It is the narrowing or constriction of these arterioles that results in the
 building up of blood
pressure. Far from being disease of old age, hypertension is frequently seen in the young, even, in
rare instances, in babies.
It is estimated that today five million Americans suffer with some degree of hypertension. As the
standards of normal blood pressure are not valid, the probability is that a far higher number of
Americans than this figure indicates have high blood pressure of the hypertensive type. Perhaps in
the vast majority of instances, the pressure is not high enough to constitute an annoyance or a
hazard, but its tendency is to increase with time. In no case should its causes be neglected.
It is essential that we recognize the fact that high blood pressure is an ending in a chain of
causes and effects that extend back in the life of the patient for years—tensions in business and
personal affairs over-taxing the nervous system.
Excessive