, and the work of defense
mechanisms improves so strongly that even the
most severe infections subside rather fast. The
microbes are simply consumed by the body.
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gets angry, manifests pride or boasts about fast-
ing.

10.16. What to do if menstruation occu rs
during a dry fasting practice?
Continue with the fasting practice, without
problems; in fact, the occurence of the period is
a sign of good functioning of the organism. It is
possible to get washed, taking care, however, to
prevent any water from entering the mouth.

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fast?

11.1. Before fasting
After you've cleansed your intestines and liver
and performed a water  fast, you may proceed
with dry fasting. One of the crucial things that
allow dry fasting to go well is  the consumption
of polyunsaturated fatty acids prior to fasting.
During the preparation for winter and summer
hibernation, an important characteristic of the
animals' diet is an enhanced consumption of
fatty acids, which increase the organism's ro-
bustness  to prolonged dry fasting. The term 'fats'
denoted substances that contain glycerin and
fatty acids, connected by etheric bonds. In more
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tain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. They are di-
vided into two major groups according to the de-
gree of fatty acid saturation – solid fats (lard, an-
imal fat, butter), which contain saturated fats,
and liquid fats (sunflower, olive, nut, seed oils,
etc.), which mostly contain polyunsaturated
fatty acids. Scientists have been long aware that
during hibernation, particularly in the winter,
the water in all of the examined animals' blood
was replaced with glycerin. It's a polyatomic al-
cohol produced by the body by oxidizing fatty
acids as a required element. It does not dry out,
does not freeze when chilled, does not expand or
contract during temperature variations; basi-
cally, it preserves all of the body's liquid ele-
ments, wherever they are – in the blood, in the
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blood, freezing when c hilled and expanding, or
increasing in volume, would mechanically rip
these cells and blood vessels to pieces. Of course,
a person does not hibernate when dry fasting,
but there are many similar physiological mecha-
nisms that resemble those of hibernating a ni-
mals.

11.2. Essential benefits of fatty acids con-
tained in fish
The chief characteristic of fish oil fatty acids is
the fact that they participate in the synthesis of
energy by the body. Omega -2 is a structural sub-
stance of the brain and the retina of the eye, and
is required for normal brain activity, since it pro-
vides a fast input of energy that assists in impulse
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to another. It helps us think better, retain infor-
mation in memory and retrieve it when re-
quired. These fatty acids, as they bond to oxygen
molecules in the body, transport the electrons
and provide the body with energy for an entire
range of chemical reactions. There is a number
of practical observations that prove that con-
sumption of food rich in fish oil promotes the
relief of general fatigue, clears up thou ghts and
brain activity, increases physical activity.
Omega -3 fatty acids increase human energy en-
durance and activity, and also improve concen-
tration and memory to the same degree. The
statement that fish is the food of the genius is, in
fact, rather scientific, since the main bonds
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acids, which contain docosahexaenoic acid.

11.3. The importance of fish oil fatty acids in
sustaining health and vessel health
Omega -3 fatty acids, which fish oil is rich in,
thin the blood, lower the risk of blood thickening
and of formation of cholesterol plaques and
blood clots. The speed at which blood moves
through a healthy person's vessels is  60 km/hr,
blood's normal viscosity, its thickness, amount
and speed of flow throu gh the vessels are the
most important health indicators.
The greatest danger for our organism is the in-
creased blood coagulation and lowered viscosity
of blood in the vessels (although blood
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acids don't allow the thrombocytes (blood cells
that coal thickening and coagulation of blood
during bleeding) in the blood to adhere to each
other, thus thinning the blood and increasing its
flow speed.
An increase of thrombocyte count in the blood
and the lowering of blood viscosity is dangerous
for the functioning of all vital organs. In this
case, the heart, the brain, vision and the kidneys
suffer from insufficient oxygen intake, and these
organs' functioning is impeded by insufficient
blood delivery, which may, wit h time, lead to a
full loss of all vital functions by these organs.
For instance, due to increased blood coagula-
tion, an artery may slowly fill with stagnant
blood, and severe illness may develop in the
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as an infarction, a vascular accident, etc.
Omega -3 fatty acids play an important role in
the body's production of hemoglobin molecules,
which are responsible for transporting oxygen in
erythrocytes, participate in controlling the nutri-
tional elements that pass through the cell mem-
brane, and lower the negative effect of the dan-
gerous fats on the organism.
Recent medical research clearly testifies to the
efficiency of Omega -3 fatty acids in not only
fighting heart disease and preventing infarc-
tions, but in res olution of problems linked to bad
mood, frayed nerves, postpartum depression,
menopause symptoms, psychological crisis, and
other reasons that lead to depression.

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daily before meals. It is also advisable:
• Rapeseed, sunflower, corn, soybean, walnut
oil - 1 tablespoon of any oil from this list once
daily;
• Sunflower, sesame, poppy, pumpkin seeds,
walnuts;
• Wheat sprouts;
• Many other plant and animal products that
contain these acids in various degrees of con-
centration: flax oil, soybean oil - 1 tablespoon
once daily.
• Flax seeds and walnuts
• Fish and seafood
• Soybeans
• Dark green leafy vegetables

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of Omega-3 fats, use the following advice:
• Use rapeseed, sesame, nut or at least olive oil
as salad dressing.
• Regularly consume 100 -150g. of fatty and
semi -fatty fish (salmon, mackerel, herring,
sardines, trout, tuna, etc.) 3 -4 times a week. It's
best to choose fresh rather than frozen fish, as
well as fish caught in th e wild, rather than one
that was grown at a fish farm, since the amount
of Omega -3 fatty acids in fish depends on the
type of the food it consumes, and fish is fed
mostly flour and compound feed, rather than
plankton.
Curing and salting leads to a loss of a certain
part of Omega -3 fatty acids, up to 50% are lost if
the fish is


 at the helm of t he most comprehensive study of health and nutrition ever
conducted. His blockbuster book will leave you with no doubt that 5% protein, exclusively from plant foods, is more than enough.

Protein from Fruits and Vegetables Only
On a diet of fruits and vegetables only, it is likely that your total protei n intake will average about 5% of calories or slightly
lower. Adding a small quantity of nuts or seeds results in a slight inc rease in protein intake percentage. For example:

A meal of 10 peaches (420 calories) yields 7 grams of protein.
Another meal of 10 bananas (1,085 calories) supplies 12 grams of protein.
A bowl of soup made from 3 tomatoes blended with 2 cucumbers (150 calories) supplies mor e than 7 additional grams of
protein.
A pint of fresh-squeezed orange juice (225 calories) offers nearly 3.5 gram s of protein.
One medium head of lettuce (about 50 calories) provides about 5.5 grams of protein.
Though we have only eaten 1,930 calories so far, the total protein consumed is 35 g rams (over 6% of calories).

My recommendations for total calorie consumption are somewhat higher t han most official recommendations. I do this not
because I wish to see people gain fat, but because I know that an  increased calorie intake— when accompanied by a
commensurate increase in fitness activities—results in an ov erall higher level of fitness and health. It is this rise in calori e
consumption, from an increased intake of fruits and vegetables, that ass ures the consumer of nutritional sufficiency.
In nature, we would have to be fit in order to survive. We would also eat fruit s and vegetables, the most nutritious of all foods.
In order to be well nourished, we are designed by Nature to consume the signi ficant quantities of fruits and vegetables that would be
eaten by a fit, active person.

 Protein Deficiency Does Not Exist
On a whole-food diet that provides sufficient calories, there is no such c ondition as a protein deficiency. A brochure from the
V egetarian Society of Colorado says, “Studies in which humans have b een fed wheat bread alone, or potatoes alone, or corn alone,
or rice alone, have all  shown that these plant foods contain not only enough protein, but enough of all  of the essential amino acids,
to support growth and maintenance of healthy adults.” 48
A 1999 journal article entitled “Optimal Intakes of Protein in the Hum an Diet” confirms this fact, saying “… the true minimal
[protein] requirement is likely to be so much lower than the amounts provi ded by natural diets (which are providing sufficient energy
and other nutrients) that its magnitude becomes to some extent an i ssue of scientific curiosity only.” 49
In developing nations where insufficient food is available and people are  literally starving to death, protein/calorie malnutrition
conditions known as marasmus and kwashiorkor do exist, but these do not occur in  developed countries. The symptoms—extreme
emaciation, lassitude, and muscle wasting—resolve equally as well  by the introduction of high-carbohydrate or high-fat foods as they
do from the consumption of concentrated protein, and usually better. Protein de ficiency, it turns out, just is not the cause of these
problems. It is simply a shortage of food, a chronic severe deficiency of calor ies, that causes people to literally digest their own
muscle tissues for fuel.
It is much more likely however, that a person would run into a huge host of oth er social, health, and nutritional problems long
before developing the dreaded protein deficiency. Protein deficiency simpl y is not part of our reality. This is the main reason that this
book focuses on just two of the three caloronutrients: only our fat and carbohy drate consumption rates tend to vary appreciably. As
one goes up, the other, fairly reliably, goes down.

Chapter 7. Fat: 10% Maximum

Nutritionists have told us what to do in order to be healthier: increase ou r carbohydrate consumption and eat less fat. But
knowing what to do does not mean that we will do it, of course. A prime example is qu itting smoking. We have known for decades
that smoking is killing us, yet according to the World Health Organizat ion, more than a billion people continue to smoke. In order to
make successful long-term changes, we must not only anticipate hea lth as an outcome, we must also be happy about it.
Apparently we have not found a way to be happy while eating less fat. We cer tainly have not implemented this relatively
simple change into our diets. Even the recent threats of morbid obesity, epi demic diabetes, bovine leukemia, and mad cow disease
have not gotten us to reduce our intake of meat, dairy, poultry, fish, oils, or fat s in general.

How Much Fat Do We Need?
In its 2002 Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs, which replaced the 1989 Recomm ended Dietary Allowances, or RDAs) the
U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that 20 to 35% of our calories be con sumed as fat. 50  This advice is significantly
skewed to the high side by the financial and lobbying influence of the U.S. da iry and meat lobbies.
In his book The China Study, Dr. T. Colin Campbell sheds some light on this longstanding problem. In 1982, while  serving
on a National Academies of Science expert panel, Campbell coauthored a re port entitled Diet, Nutrition and Cancer. This was
the first public scientific panel to openly question the wisdom of certai n widely accepted nutritional standards. In particular, the panel
recommended a substantial reduction in fat intake.
Campbell writes, “The first guideline in the report explicitly s tated that high fat consumption is linked to cancer, and
recommended reducing our fat intake from 40% to 30% of calories.” The report ackn owledged that the 30% goal was an arbitrary
cutoff point that represented a “moderate and practical target,”  but the data could easily have justified a greater reduction in
recommended fat intake.
A more healthful “greater reduction,” however, was not to be. As Camp bell describes, “The director of the USDA Nutrition
Laboratory told us that if we went below 30%, consumers would be required to reduce  animal food intake and that would be the
death of the report.” 51
In spite of such continuous industry pressure, some public agencies hav e succeeded in publishing lower guidelines. For
example, a 2003 report on diet and chronic disease, commissioned by the World Health Organi zation and the Food and Agriculture
Organization recommends a diet consisting of 15 to 30% fat.
Private sources offer an even more conservative perspective on heal thful levels of fat consumption:

Udo Erasmus, author of Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill, has extensively researched the topic of fat consumption and
health. What’s more, he sells fat for a living. Y et in his book he recom mends we eat just 15–20% of our calories as fat. 52
The Pritikin Longevity Center, a facility that holds the finest heart disease reversal record of an y such organization in the
U.S., recommends a dietary fat consumption of 10%. 53
Dr. Dean Ornish, a renowned cardiologist and author, also guides his heart patients to grea ter health and disease reversal
through his near-vegetarian dietary program that includes not more  than 10% fat. 54
Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, surgeon at the famed Cleveland Clinic and author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, also
recommends a low-fat cooked vegan diet where approximately 10% of calories com e from fat. 55
Dr. Neal Barnard, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and aut hor of several books on vegan
nutrition, is another proponent of approximately 10% fat for health. 56

Many other doctors and PhDs famous for their work in nutrition have writt en extensively on the health benefits that predictably
accompany a drastic reduction in dietary fat consumption. These include  John McDougall, Michael Klaper, Alan Goldhamer,
William Harris, Ruth Heidrich, Michael Greger, and Matthew Lederm an and Alona Pulde, among others. All of these professionals,
as well as many dietitians, nutritionists, sports scientists, and oth er health experts agree that the magic percentage could be as high a s
the teens, but not much higher. Only industry-influenced governmen t bodies recommend that we should limit fat consumption to 30%
of our total calories. I would steer clear of any health “professional” or  diet plan that claims that consuming 20% or more of our
calories from fat is healthful (or even acceptable).
Several years ago, I read an interview in an airline magazine wit h the then-current director of nutrition for the U.S. Olympic
Team. In it, she stated that the relative percentages of fat, prot ein, and carbohydrates in an athlete’s diet should not vary, regardlessof whether the athlete runs the mile or the marathon, lifts weight s or plays table tennis, shoots skeet or puts the shot. She stated that
without a doubt, the only nutritional change she would recommend from athl ete to athlete would be


 thirties should also take
nutritional supplements even though young people usually feel so good that theyfind it impossible to conceive that anything could harm them or that they evercould become seriously sick or actually die. I know this is true because Iremember my own youth and besides, why else would young people so glibly ridemotorcycles or, after only a few months of brainwashing, charge up a hill into thebarrel of a machine gun. Or have unsafe sex in this age of multiple venerealdiseases. Until they get a little sense, vitamin supplements help to counteract theirinevitable and unpreventable use of recreational foods. Vitamins are the cheapestlong life and health insurance plan now available. Parents are generally verysurprised at the thought that even their children need nutritional supplements; very
few healthy children receive them. A few are given extra vitamin C when acutely
ill, when they have colds or communicable diseases such as chicken pox.
Young people require a low dose supplement compared to those of us middle-
aged or older, but it should be a broad formula with the full range of vitamins andminerals. Some of the best products I have found over 25 years of research andexperimentation with young people are Douglas Cooper’s “Basic Formula” (lowdose and excellent for children) and “Super T Formula” (double the dose of BasicFormula, therefore better for adolescents and young adults), also from DouglasCooper Company; Bronson’s “Vitamin and Mineral Formula for Active Men andWomen” and Bronson’s “Insurance Formula.” “Vitamin 75 Plus;” and “Formula2” from Now Natural Foods are also good and less costly.
Healthy very small children who will swallow pills can take these same
products at half the recommended dose. If they won’t swallow pills the pills canbe blended into a fruit smoothie or finely crushed and then stirred into applesauce. There are also “Children’s Chewable Multi-Vitamins + Iron” (1-5 yearsold) from Douglas Cooper that contains no minerals except iron, Bronson’s“Chewable Vitamins” (make sure it is the one for small children, Bronson makesseveral types of chewables) and a liquid vitamin product from Bronson calledMultivitamin Drops for Infants. These will be a little more costly than cutting pillsin half.
There is also an extraordinarily high quality multivitamin/mineral formula for
children called “Children’s Formula Life Extension Mix” from Prolongevity, Ltd.(the Life Extension Foundation), it is in tablet form, and slightly more expensive.
I hope that my book will be around for several generations. The businesses
whose vitamin products I recommend will not likely exist in twenty years. Evensooner than that the product names and details of the formulations will almostcertainly be altered. So, for future readers discovering this book in a library ordusty shelve of a used book store, if I, at my current level of understanding, weremanufacturing a childrens and young adults vitamin formula myself, this is what it
would contain. Any commercial formulation within 25 percent of these figures plus
or minus would probably be fine as long as the vitamins in the pills were of highquality.
Vitamin C 500 mg B
1 30 mg
Vitamin E 50 iu B 2 30 mg
Vitamin A 500 iu B 3 niacinamide 100 mg
Vitamin D 25 iu B 5 50 mg
Magnesium 100 mg B 6 30 mg
Calcium 400 mg B 12 30 mcg
Selenium 10 mcg Chromium 20 mcgManganese 2 mcg Biotin 30 mg
Zinc 5 mg Iodine (as kelp) 5 mg
PABA 20 mg Bioflavinoids 100 mg
Vitamins For An Older Healthy Person
Someone who is beyond 35 to 40 years of age should still feel good almost all
of the time. That is how life should be. But enjoying well-being does not mean thatno dietary supplementation is called for. The onset of middle age is theappropriate time to begin working on continuing to feel well for as long aspossible. Just like a car, if you take very good care of it from the beginning, it islikely to run smoothly for many years into the future. If on the other hand youdrive it hard and fast with a lot of deferred maintenance you will probably have totrade it in on a new one after a very few years. Most people in their 70s and olderwho are struggling with many uncomfortable symptoms and low energy lament, “ifI’d only known I was going to live so long I would have taken better care ofmyself.” But at that point it is too late for the old donkey; time for a trade in.
Gerontologists refer to combating the aging process as “squaring the curve.”
We arrive at the peak of our physical function at about age eighteen. How highthat peak level is depends on a person’s genetic endowment, the quality of thestart they received through their mother’s nutritional reserves, and the quality oftheir childhood nutrition and life experience. From that peak our function begins todrop. The rate of drop is not uniform, but is a cascade where each bit ofdeterioration creates more deterioration, accelerating the rate of deterioration. Ifvarious aging experiences were graphed, they would make curves like those onthe chart on this page.
Because deterioration starts out so slowly, people usually do not begin to
notice there has been any decline until they reach their late 30s. A few fortunateones don’t notice it until their 40s. A few (usually) dishonest ones claim no losses
into their 50s but they are almost inevitably lying, either to you or to themselves,
or both. Though it might be wisest to begin combating the aging process at age19, practically speaking, no one is going to start spending substantial money onfood supplements until they actually notice significant lost function. For non-athletes this point usually comes when function has dropped to about 90 percentof what it was in our youth. If they’re lucky what people usually notice with thebeginnings of middle age is an increasing inability for their bodies to tolerate insultssuch as a night on the town or a big meal. Or they may begin to get colds that justwon’t seem to go away. Or they may begin coming home after work so tired thatthey can hardly stay awake and begin falling asleep in their Lazy Boy recliner infront of the TV even before prime time. If they’re not so lucky they’ll beginsuffering the initial twinges of a non-life-threatening chronic condition like arthritis.
The thinnest line demonstrates the worst possible life from a purely physical
point of view, where a person started out life with significantly lowered function,lost quite a bit more and then hung on to life for many years without the mercy ofdeath.
If one can postpone the deterioration of aging, they extend and hopefully
square the curve (retard loss of function until later and then have the loss occurmore rapidly). Someone whose lifetime function resembled a “square curve”(thethickest, topmost line) would experience little or no deterioration until the veryend and then would lose function precipitously. At this point we do not know howto eliminate the deterioration but we do know how to slow it down, living longerand feeling better, at least to a point close to the very end.
Vitamin supplements can actually slow or even to a degree, reverse, the aging
process. However, to accomplish that task, they have to be taken in amounts fargreater than so-called minimum daily requirements, using vitamins as though theywere drugs, a therapeutic approach to changing body chemistry profiles andmaking them resemble a younger body. For example, research gerontologists likeWalford reason that if pantothenic acid (vitamin B
5, in fairly substantial but quite
safe) doses can extend the life and improve the function of old rats, there is every
indication that it will do a similar job on humans. Medical researchers andresearch gerontologists have noticed that many other vitamin and vitamin-likesubstances have similar effects on laboratory animals.
Some will object that what helps rats and mice is in no way proven to cause
the same result on humans. I agree. Proven with full scientific rigor, no. In fact, atpresent, the contention is unprovable. Demonstrable as having a high likelihood’sof being so, yes! So likely so as to be almost incontrovertible, yes! But provableto the most open-minded, scientific sort—probably not for a long time. However,the Life Extension Foundation is working hard to find some quantifiable method ofgauging the aging process in humans without waiting for the inarguable indicator,death. Once this is accomplished and solidly recognized, probably no rationalperson will be able to doubt that human life span can be increased.
Experiments work far better with short-lived laboratory animals for another
reason; we can not control the food and supplement intakes of humans as we canwith caged mice. In fact, there are special types of laboratory mice that have beenbred to have uniformly short life spans, especially to accelerate this kind ofresearch. With mice we can state accurately that compared to a control group,feeding such and such a dose of such and such a supplement extended the life-span or functional performance by such and such a percent.
A lot of these very same medical gerontologists nourish their own bodies as
thoroughly as the laboratory animals they are studying, taking broad mixes of foodsupplements at doses proportional to those that extend the life spans of theirresearch animals. This approach to using supplementation is at the other end ofthe scale compared to using supplements to prevent gross deficiencies.


 or things you put on a potato, we wouldn't even eat it. We did use potato buds in our home occasionally for thickening of gravy, it was used very sparingly.
We most often used eggplant to thicken the gravy. We put egg-
plant in small containers in the freezer, and when we needed to thick-en the soup we would use the eggplant.
We ate our high carbohydrates for breakfast. We had the biggest
meal in the middle of the day. Even when the children were in school they took their big meal in the middle of the day.
We gave them breadless lunches. Only one day in the week were
they given bread in their lunches. At night we would have soups, and maybe a slice of tomato, a piece of toast, a cup of herb tea, or yogurt. Mostly plain, homemade yogurt.   60 CHAPTER 7
CAUSE OF DISEASES

The first day that anyone, after the age of 18 to 20 fails to take in
as much reserve energy as they burn up in regular energy.
this is the first day of illness. This first day of illness is caused by
mineral deficiency.
Parents should pay very dose attention to children's complaints. One little boy was sent to me by a medical doctor, crying because
of a stomachache. The boy was in the first grade in school. He had cried and cried for months about his stomachache.
The doctors couldn't find a thing wrong with his stomach. When the child was brought to me he was in the zone for a fatal
heart attack. It was his heart hurting him and not his stomach.
He was having chest pains and he thought it was his stomach. When given a diet to correct this condition there was no more
problem.
One of the sad things about America is that over 16,000 children
drop dead on the school grounds every year because the proteins and the foods they are eating are too rich for their bodies.
It builds up to the point that it puts the body chemistry in a zone
for a heart attack.
A heart attack just doesn't jump upon anyone. An electrocardio-
gram (EKG) does not tell you if you are going to have a heart attack. It only tells if you have had one. A pectoris heart attack is caused by
the diet being too rich for the child, and a child cannot digest the pro-teins. The undigested proteins turn  to urea and it causes the child's
cells to be exchanged too rapidly.
The child is not drinking a suffici ent amount of water to wash out
the excess urea solids and it causes the heart to beat too hard.
In a stethoscope it sounds like a drum, it is beating so hard. Because the heart beats so hard so long until it gets so tired it takes
a rest. More children die with cardiac arrest than a heart attack. It is very difficult for the doctors to find out why the child died. We don't 61 know how many children get to a hospital and die, and how many get
home and die later because of cardiac arrest. All of this can be pre-
vented by the RBTI tests that I have developed.
Ninety-five percent of the crib deaths could be prevented because
many times the proteins in the mother's breast milk are too high for the child and his little heart beats too hard- and the heart just stops, and the mother finds the baby dead in the crib.
I have tested many babies under the supervision of doctors and
found that they were all in the zone for a fatal heart attack. This can all be prevented. But it has to be handled through the dietary. process of ionization. At the present the doctors do not have any of these tests available to them, unless they have taken the seminars that we teach for those in the healing arts.
On adults tests have been made that indicated that they were in the
zone for a fatal heart attack. We had one case in which we told the man he was in the zone for a fatal heart attack and asked him to drink four ounces of water every half hour for eight hours while lying down and doing absolutely nothing and then return for another test. He made all manner of fun of us and said he wasn't even sick. This test was made between nine and ten o'cloc k in the morning by a medical doc-
tor. At five o'clock that afternoon his wife called saying he was pro-nounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
We have made tests and predicted heart attacks anywhere from 30
days to six months and missed it by just a matter of hours. We pre-
dicted one three years away and missed it by less than three weeks. That was when the man would do nothing about it. Energy can be measured and we can know when it is going to drop below what we call the PNR line-the point of no return-and once it drops below that
line it is just a matter of hours, or even minutes, until death will take over.
There is only one cause of death, and that is old age. It doesn't
matter if a baby is born dead, or if it lives to be 150.
Old age is nothing more than that the body does not have enough
energy to maintain life. In mathematical terms this is all death is. You can bring it on early, or you can delay it. 62 There are also some factors that are very important in diet.
At age 20 it takes x amount of reserve energy divided by time to
make a cell in the body if there is reserve energy behind it. At age 40, if the reserve energy is still 100 it takes two times the amount of re-serve energy divided by time to make the same cello At age 60 if it is still at 100 it takes three times the amount of reserve energy divided by time to make the same cello At age 80 it takes four times the amount of reserve energy divided by time to make the same cello So aging is how long it takes nature to make a cell, and how much re-serve energy it takes.
I find people who are 60 years old and only use 1½ amount of re-
serve energy, or 2, or maybe only three times the amount of reserve energy. I found one 80-year-old who used two times the amount of re-serve energy. He was like a 40-year-old man.
The process of aging can be delayed by an intelligent diet, proper
exercise, and proper thinking. Diet has more to do with thoughts than thoughts do with dieting because the weaker one is, the more difficult it is to think intelligently, the more incapable one is of deciding what is good and what is bad for them.
The weaker one becomes the less thoughts they have about facts. This is in agreement with the Bible because in it we read: "Faith
without works is dead." People who are sick have less faith than those who are well, because they can't work. The healthier you are the greater the possibility for faith or self-confidence, and the greater your works. It is very important to relate the Scriptures throughout the en-tire Bible to diet.
Can you imagine Jesus getting up in the morning with a bad cold
and sneezing all over heaven, or have the lumbago, or arthritis in the joints? We are created in His image. He is in perfect health and He wants us to be in perfect health also. And we must be if we are to be like Him someday, as Adam was in the Garden of Eden before the fall.
It is very easy to stay healthy. But if you get sick you really have
to work at it. You have to break all the rules. You have to use your stomach for a garbage can. You have to work like a machine, never 63 stop and never rest. You have to have hate in your heart. You have to
break the Golden Rule. You have to really make a jackass out of your-
self.
Three years ago I bought a very good set of medical books. I paid
$800 for my daughter to use them in helping me teach the seminars in the RBTI. This would help her to know something about the names of diseases and problems of people. After reading the first book she said, "Daddy, all it tells you in here is how to name the disease. They don't tell you what to do for it."
"Honey, I know that," I said, "then you have to look in the PDR
(Physician's Desk Reference) in order to find out what to do for the disease."
Today the drug manufacturers tell the medical doctors what to do
for the disease. All the doctor has to do is to name it, and it is his hide if he doesn't do what the PDR says to do.
Naming the disease doesn't cure anything. Diseases are caused by
mineral deficiencies, and no drug will cure anything. For example, the swine flu epidemic was predicted three years ago by the drug manu-facturers. Consequently, the swine flu vaccine was completed, never tried or tested by HEW, or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and it was given to many, many people. It killed some, crippled oth-ers. Yet laetrile has been invented now for I 5 years or more, and it is being condemned by the FDA because they didn't think of it, and any-thing they don't think of isn't any good. They never tested it, neither
has the American Cancer Society done anything about it. I have had two definite cases wherein laetrile was recommended by medical doc-tors and given under their supervision, wherein I had the privilege of doing the tests


this “there are no
rules” kind of religion. That’s spir itual
anarchy. I  don’t see how that can work.
There is no way it cannot work —if you are
about the business of creating your Self.  If,
on the other hand, you imagine yourself to be about the task of trying to be what
someone else wants you to be, the
absenc e of rules or guidelines might indeed
make things difficult.
Yet the thinking mind begs to ask: if God
has a way She wants me to be, why didn’t
She simply create me that way to begin
with? Why all this struggle for me to
“overcome” who I am in order for me  to
become what God wants me to be? This
the probing mind demands to know —and
rightly so, for it is a proper inquiry.
The religionists would have you believe
that I created you as less than Who I Am so
that you could have the chance to become
as Who I Am, working against all odds —
and, I might add, against every natural
tendency I am supposed to have given you.  Among these so -called natural tendencies
is the tendency to sin. You are taught that
you were born in sin, that you will die in sin,
and that to sin is your nature.
One of your religions even teaches you that
you can do nothing about this. Your own
actions are irrelevant and meaningless. It is
arrogant to think that by some action of
yours you can “get to heaven.” There is
only one way to heaven (salvation) and that
is through no undertaking of your own, but
through the grace granted you by God
through acceptance of His Son as your
intermediary.
Once this is done you are “saved.” Until it
is done, nothing that you do —not the life
you live, not the  choices you make, not
anything you undertake of your own will in
an effort to improve yourself or render you worthy —has any effect, bears any
influence. You are incapable of rendering
yourself worthy, because you are  inherently
unworthy. You were created that way.
Why? God only knows. Perhaps He made
a mistake. Perhaps He didn’t get it right.
Maybe He wishes He could have it all to do
over again. But there it is. What to do...
You’re making mock of me.
No. You are making mock of Me. You are
saying that I, God, made inherently
imperfect beings, then have demanded of
them to be perfect, or face damnation.
You are saying then that, somewhere
several thousand years into the world’s
experience, I relented, saying that from
then on you didn’t necessarily have to be
good, you simply had to feel bad when you were not being good, and accept as your
savior the One Being who could always be
perfect, thus satisfying My hunger for
perfection. You are saying that My Son —
who you call the One Perfect One —has
saved you from your own imperfection —
the imperfection I gave you.
In other words, God’s Son has saved you
from what His Father did.
This is how you —many of you —say I’ve set
it up. Now who is mocking whom?
That is the second time in this book you
seem to have launched a frontal attack on
fundamentalist Christianity. I am surprised.
You have chosen the word “attack.” I am
simply engaging the issue. And the issue,
by the way, is not “fundamentalist
Christianity,” as you put it. It is the entire nature of  God, and of God’s relationship to
man.
The question comes up here because we
were discussing the matter of obligations —
in relationships and in life itself.
You cannot believe in an obligation -less
relationship because you cannot accept
who and what you rea lly are. You call a life
of complete freedom “spiritual anarchy.” I
call it God’s great promise.
It is only within the context of this promise
that God’s great plan can be complete d.
You have no obligation in relationship. You
have only opportunity.
Opport unity, not obligation, is the
cornerstone of religion, the basis of all
spirituality.  So long as you see it the other
way around, you will have missed the point.  Relationship —your relationship to all
things —was created as your perfect tool in
the work of the soul. That is why all human
relationships are sacred ground. It is why
every personal relationship is holy.
In this, many churches have it right.
Marriage is a sacrament. But not because
of its  sacred obligations. Rather, because
of its unequalled oppo rtunity.
Never do anything in relationship out of a
sense of obligation. Do whatever you do
out of a sense of the glorious opportunity
your relationship affords you to decide,  and
to be, Who You Really Are.
I can hear that —yet over and over in my
relations hips I have given up when the
going gets  tough. The result is that I’ve had
a string of relationships where I thought, as a kid, that I’d  have only one. I don’t seem
to know what it’s like to hold onto a
relationship. Do you think I  will ever learn?
What d o I have to do to make it happen?
You make it sound as if holding onto a
relationship means it’s been a success. Try
not to confuse longevity with a job well
done. Remember, your job on the planet is
not to see how long you can stay in
relationship, it’s t o decide, and experience,
Who You Really Are.
This is not an argument for short -term
relationships —yet neither is there a
requirement for long -term ones.
Still, while there is no such requirement,
this much should be said: long -term
relationships do hold r emarkable
opportunities for mutual growth, mutual expression,  and mutual fulfillment —and
that has its own reward.
I know, I know! I mean, I’ve always
suspected that. So how do I get there?
First, make sure you get into a relationship
for the right reasons.  (I’m using the word
“right” here as a relative term. I mean “right”
relative to the larger purpose you hold in
your life).
As I have indicated before, most people still
enter relationships for the “wrong”
reasons —to end loneliness, fill a gap, bring
thems elves love, or someone to love —and
those are some of the better reasons.
Others do so to salve their ego, end their
depressions, improve their sex life, recover
from a previous relationship, or, believe  it
or not, to relieve boredom.  None of these reasons will work, and
unless something dramatic changes along
the way, neither will the relationship.
I didn’t enter into my relationships for any
of those reasons.
I would challenge that. I don’t think you
know why you entered your relationships. I
don’t think y ou thought about it in this way.
I don’t think you entered your  relationships
purposefully. I think you entered your
relationships because you “fell in  love.”
That’s exactly right.
And I don’t think you stopped to look at why
you “fell in love.” What was it to which  you
were responding? What need, or set of
needs, was being fulfilled?
For most people, love is a response to
need fulfillment.  Everyone has needs. You need this,
another needs that. You both see in each
other  a chance for need fulfillment. So you
agree —tacitly —to a trade. I’ll trade you
what  I’ve got if you’ll give me what you’ve
got.
It’s a transaction. But you don’t tell the truth
about it. You don’t say, “I trade you very
much.” You say, “I love you very much,” and
then the d isappointment begins.
You’ve made this point before.
Yes, and you’ve done this thing before —
not once, but several times.
Sometimes this book seems to be going in
circles, making the same points over and
over again.
Sort of like life.  Touché.
The process he re is that you’re asking the
questions and I’m merely answering  them.
If you ask the same question three different
ways, I’m obliged to continue  answering it.
Maybe I keep hoping You’ll come up with a
different answer. You take a lot of the
romance  out of it when I ask You about
relationships. What’s wrong with falling
head over heels in  love without having to
think about it?
Nothing. Fall in love with as many people
as you like that way. But if you’re going to
form a lifelong relationship with them, you
may want to add a little thought.
On the other hand, if you enjoy going
through relationships like water —or, worse
yet, staying in one because you think you “have to,” then living a life of quiet
desperation —if you enjoy repeating these
patterns from your pa st, keep right on  doing
what you’ve been doing


 ROS. ROS can target mitochondria by creating intracellular oxidative stress damage.
6
Although cells can adapt to mild forms of radiation damage, especially if only
one strand of DNA is damaged, heavy doses of radiation can overwhelm the defen-sive process that cells possess to fix DNA from ionizing damage. However, cells have trouble fixing the DNA double-strand breaks due to the two DNA ends generated by the breaks becoming physically dissociated from one another, making the repair dif -
ficult to perform. Cells that cannot fix the DNA double-strand breaks by themselves and do not undergo apoptosis can become cancerous.
Mammalian cells have two methods to repair DNA double-strand breaks, by
homologous recombination or by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). The first method uses a duplicate set of DNA as a template to repair the damaged DNA, and
the second method (NHEJ) is able to repair the break directly without outside influ -
ence.
7 The first method of DNA repair, homologous recombination, is more accurate
than NHEJ because it uses the undamaged DNA strand from its template to make
sure the repair is done correctly and no nucleotides are lost in the transaction as it 84 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
often happens with NHEJ. How the cell determines whether homologous recombina -
tion or NHEJ will be used to repair a break is not entirely clear.
It is estimated that one DNA double-strand break in a key gene is enough to
kill the cell outright or cause the cell to trigger the more complex process of
apoptosis.8
The double-stranded DNA breaks can be repaired by the mammalian cell using
powerful methods to repair this damage as soon as it happens.9 To understand how
DMSO may help repair double-stranded DNA breaks, a review of the mammalian cell’s response to this type of genotoxic damage is in order. In the first place, the pathologic forms of double-stranded DNA breaks are repaired by NHEJ because they often occur when a nearby homology donor is not available.
10 Common causes
of double-stranded DNA breaks are ionizing radiation (Figure 4.1) and ROS from an overactive oxidative metabolism.
11
Ionizing radiation from x-rays and gamma rays passes through human bodies
every day at a rate of 300 million ionizing particles/h, and as they do, they create free radicals from water along their path. Radiation damage can strike DNA inside the living cell in two ways: first, by ionizing the DNA atoms and changing them to ions, and second, by ionizing water molecules to produce free radicals that can react with and damage DNA molecules. Free radicals formed in this manner can damage DNA by inducing single- and double-strand breaks. These breaks are easily fixed by the cells using NHEJ, which requires specific enzymes such as a nuclease to resect the damaged DNA, a polymerase to fill in new DNA, and a ligase to restore integrity to the DNA strands.
10 When these repair enzymes are unavailable, repair agents such
as DMSO can be used with relative success, as discussed later.
A second major cause of double-stranded DNA breaks occurs when ROS are
formed. ROS can form from environmental pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are industrial chemicals used as dielectrics in capacitors, as lubricants, and as flame retardants in cooling fluids.
12
Despite the fact that PCB production in the United States was halted in the late
1970s, it is estimated that more than a million tons of PCB particles have escaped into the environment worldwide where they persist and accumulate through the food chain in animal tissues, including humans.
13 Studies have reported a causal link
between exposure to PCBs and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a frequently fatal form of cancer
14 as well as other cancers, including liver and biliary cancer,15 breast cancer,16
and skin cancer.17
Double-stranded DNA breaks have also been linked to malignant brain tumors
such as gliomas, meningiomas, and medulloblastomas.18
These findings are of intense interest with respect to the properties DMSO is
observed to exert as an agent that can help repair DNA double-strand breaks and its potential as a therapeutic and chemosuppressor of various forms of cancer arising primarily from DNA damage.
The radioprotective properties of DMSO have been known for a long time and
were first reported by Ashwood-Smith
19 in 1961 following the work on the ability of
some sulfoxides to suppress the effect of irradiation. A series of other reports soon followed showing that the application of DMSO to newborn rat skin protected them from damage from x-ray exposure.
2085 DMSO in Genetics
A study on the fruit fly ( Drosophila melanogaster ) given DMSO via the abdomen
showed a significant reduction of x-ray-induced mortalities and sex-linked recessive
lethal mutations of male sperm.21 That report concluded that DMSO provided radio -
protection to the fruit fly at both the whole-body and genetic levels.21 However, that
conclusion was at odds with another experiment that showed DMSO did not protect mouse testes subjected to x-irradiation.
22
A common malady among elderly people exposed to solar radiation was shown
to have been completely prevented in mice after x-ray radiation (1000 radians) when DMSO was prophylactically applied topically to the eyes.
23
These early studies were rarely followed up by pharmaceutical firms or academic
institutions with human trials even when the therapeutic potential to neutralize or
lessen ionizing radiation damage from solar, nuclear reactions, radioactive  m aterials,
x-rays, and other external sources of beta and gamma rays to human and animal body parts seemed not only obvious but also medically warranted. This was par -
ticularly baffling especially because the sources for radiation damage were strongly linked to many types of cancer even in the early 1950s following the nuclear bomb -
ings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 and a study of the populations affected by this radiation exposure.
To our knowledge and perplexity, the military forces in the United States, who
would have an extra interest in protecting its more vulnerable personnel from radia -
tion exposure and damage from any source, never showed an interest in either funding extracurricular investigations with DMSO or employing its own research facilities to study radiation prevention and treatment.
The exact explanation for the radioprotective effects of DMSO on tissue exposed
to ionizing radiation remains unclear, but the effects are generally attributed to the suppression of DNA damage caused by the indirect action of radiation and the for -
mation of hydroxyl radicals, which DMSO is able to scavenge and neutralize.
1,2,20
However, this conclusion was questioned by more recent experiments on golden
hamster embryo cells treated with DMSO after exposure to gamma rays. Although gamma ray damage to DNA single-strand breaks yielded hydroxyl radicals, the prin -
cipal protective effects of DMSO were observed to be not due to the scavenging of hydroxyl radicals, but rather due to the scavenging of H
+ atoms or other ions, which
created protective DMSO radicals.24,25
The finding that DMSO may act to protect golden hamster embryonic cells from
radiation damage by scavenging H+ ions does not negate that in other models, using
other conditions to produce DNA strand breaks, DMSO can also be effective in its protection of DNA strand breaks through the inhibition of free radicals, includ -
ing those cytotoxic molecules known to damage DNA including ROS and hydroxyl radicals.
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells are a cell line derived from the ovary of the
Chinese hamster used routinely in biological and medical research in genetic studies and gene expression.
CHO are the preferred host cell lines in biological research and mutagenesis
studies because of their rapid growth, ease of manipulation, and high production of recombinant therapeutic proteins such as monoclonal antibodies, growth factors, hormones, blood factors, interferons, and enzymes.
2686 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
Ionizing radiation-sensitive mutants of CHO cell lines that are deficient in DNA
repair of single- and double-strand breaks are a preferred model to unravel the com -
plexities of DNA repair and to screen potential therapies that can aid in the DNA
repair process.
DMSO was tested for its protective effects against the induction and rejoining of
DNA double-strand breaks and inactivation using CHO cells exposed to both high- and low-linear energy transfer (LET) radiations.
27 The cells were exposed under
aerobic conditions as monolayers to either low-LET photons or high-LEt alpha par -
ticle radiation. Gamma irradiation in the presence of 0.5 mol/dm3 DMSO, 90%, was
observed to be rejoined within a 3 h incubation. It was inferred that this action by DMSO was due to the scavenging of free radicals near the double-strand breaks after gamma radiation, but this was not the case after alpha particle radiation.
27 It seemed
likely that the severity of damage reduced by DMSO was due to minimizing the formation of hydroxyl-induced sugar/base assault forming near the vicinity of the double-strand breaks.
27
The frequency of human chromosomal aberrations induced by irradiation was
examined in the presence of 0.5 M DMSO.28 The number of aberrations of human
chromosomes 1–4,


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heat stroke, etc.
As an example of the fantastically protective effect of DMSO against trauma,
consider the work of Dr. Ramon Linn, an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery. As
I mentioned in the text, Dr. Linn prepared cultures of
glial cells and DMSO, which
he subjected to sonic vibrations. The cells were remarkably protected from injury
and beta-glucoronidase release.
The other many modes of action of DMSO, such as sensory nerve inhibition,diuretic action, membrane penetrability, free radical neutralization, intracellular
water substitution, macrophage stimulation, antigen neutralization, and interferon
production, are all discussed in the text.
THE INTRAVENOUS THERAPY TECHNIQUE USED BY MOST
DOCTORS
For intravenous therapy, other than acute stroke, the dose is 1 g DMSO per kg
body weight given daily for five to ten days with a rest on the weekend after the
first five treatments. A half dose is given the first day to observe the patient’s
response. An indefinite number of two-week blocks of treatment can be given as
long as there is a week’s rest in between.
In one type of clinic setup there are two large rooms with rows of reclining
chairs for the intravenous (IV) patients. No television is provided, as the patients
are encouraged to read nutritional literature and to converse with each other. Also,
television sounds disturb those who prefer to sleep during the easy intravenous
infusion.
On the first day, blood is drawn for chemistries, CBC, and arthritis profile.
Hair analysis, computerized diet analysis, and basal temperature tests are done on
all patients no matter what their disease or complaint. The legal consent form must
be signed prior to treatment.
The DMSO is mixed in 500 ml of any appropriate isotonic fluid. Physicians
usually use D5W. Some clinics use Ringer’s Lactate or 0.45 saline in 2.5 percent
glucose. For reasons explained later in this section, some doctors add 15 g of
ascorbic acid, 100 mg of pyridoxine, 1,000 mg magnesium chloride, 2,000 mcg
cobalamin, and 200 mg vitamin B complex. This is infused over a three- to four-
hour period.
Occasionally nausea will develop. Phenergan suppositories, 50 mg, usually
will take care of it. A good breakfast must be eaten before the treatment to help
alleviate the nausea. Infusion nurses also make snacks available to the patients
during treatment.
Patients may be advised to apply DMSO to affected areas at home. A 50-
percent solution is suggested for the neck and face. Before it was banned by the
FDA, the product 75 percent DEMSO was applied to any other affected parts of
the body; now Domoso is recommended. Application is two to four times a day
depending on skin sensitivity. Oral treatment is
continued by the patient at home(one teaspoonful in juice twice a day) along with topical application after the IV
program is terminated.
CLINICAL STUDIES SHOWING RESPONSE TO DMSO IN
AMYLOIDOSIS
Amyloidosis is the accumulation in the tissues of the fibrillar glycoprotein amyloid
in amounts sufficient to impair normal function. As stated a few times in the body
of this text, amyloid is a glycoprotein, resembling starch, that is deposited in the
internal organs. The cause of amyloid production and its deposition is unknown. A
defect in cellular immunity to a specific antigen is suspected. Amyloid is a
homogeneous, highly refractile substance with an affinity for Congo red dye, both
in prepared tissues and
in vivo.
 It is made up primarily of a well-defined fibril,
distinct from other extracellular structural proteins, which occurs in two forms.
Chemical analyses of the various forms of amyloid causes classification of the
substance as
primary
 when there is no associated disease, and
secondary
 when
it’s associated with chronic diseases, either the infectious form such as
tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, leprosy, and bronchiectasis, or the inflammatory form
such as rheumatoid arthritis and granulomatous ileitis. Amyloid is also found in
association with multiple myeloma, Hodgkin’s disease, and other tumors. It may
accompany aging and may appear in familial forms unassociated with other
disease. Increasing numbers of familial amyloid syndromes with distinctive types
of neuropathy, nephropathy, and cardiopathy have been described in the medical
literature. DMSO has found successful use by clinicians for the treatment of
familial amyloidosis.
A report delivered by a half-dozen Japanese medical scientists to the New
York Academy of Sciences in 1983 indicated that DMSO was therapeutically
administered to patients with familial amyloidosis of the adult onset type. In about
half of the treated people there was some clinical improvement. Urinary proteins
were analyzed biochemically and immunochemically before and after
administration of the dimethyl sulfoxide in seven patients. Increased excretion of
various proteins of different molecular weights in the patients’ urine was observed
by the Japanese investigators, depending on cases and examined organs. The
in
vitro
 effects of DMSO on amyloid proteins were examined. DMSO-degraded
amyloid proteins showed void-volume materials and lower molecular weight
components on a special urine test (the Sephadex G column elution profiles andthe guanidine-degraded amyloid protein
profile). While DMSO is the least potent
in dissolving amyloid fibrils among the various denaturating or reducing agents,
prealbumin-related proteins (proteins that are the source of albumin) were found
from the testing. This proved that scleroderma improves somewhat from oral
ingestion of diluted dimethyl sulfoxide.
1
In another case of familial amyloidosis—only of the polyneuropathic type
(related to a disease of multiple nerves)—two case histories were presented in this
1984 paper from Italy. DMSO produced a positive response for those patients
having peripheral nerve disease.
2
Other patients with the primary type of amyloidosis and the kind associated
with multiple myeloma usually have the immunoglobulin light-chain form of
amyloid fibrils. Patients with secondary amyloidosis have demonstrated the
presence of the unique AA protein that consists of non-immunoglobulin.
In primary amyloidosis, the heart, lung, skin, tongue, thyroid gland, and
intestinal tract may be involved. Peculiar localized amyloid “tumors” may be
found in the involved patient’s respiratory tract or other sites. Parenchymal organs
of the liver, spleen, and kidney and the vascular system are frequently involved, as
well.
Secondary amyloidosis tends to show up in the spleen, liver, kidney, adrenal
glands, and lymph nodes. However, no organ system is spared, and vascular
involvement may be widespread. The liver and spleen are often enlarged, firm, and
rubbery. The kidneys are usually enlarged. Sections of the spleen show large
translucent, waxy areas, where the normal malpighian bodies (normally present
inclusion cells) are replaced by pale amyloid, producing the “sago” spleen.
Amyloid associated with certain tumors such as multiple myeloma and skin
diseases such as lichen planus may be widespread and may show unique sites of
involvement. Amyloid may have a strictly local occurrence in association with
some malignancies such as medullary carcinoma of the thyroid gland.
In a 1985 clinical paper, the result of topical treatment by dimethyl sulfoxide in
a patient with lichen amyloidosis was reported. DMSO improved the patient’s
itching within five days of therapy. Remarkable flattening of the papules usually
present in this condition was obtained within two weeks. The clinical result was
confirmed by histological examination, which revealed partial disappearance of
amyloid deposits.
3
Characteristic standard symptoms or signs of amyloidosis are lacking.
Manifestations are nonspecific and usually originate in the organ or systemaffected. Often they are obscured by the underlying disease,
which may be fatal
before secondary amyloidosis is suspected. The kidney’s nephrotic syndrome
(series of signs and symptoms present in a diseased kidney) is the most striking
manifestation. In the early stages only slight proteinuria may be noted; later the
distinctive symptom complex develops with massive swelling of the legs, trunk,
and genitalia due to retention of fluid, hypoproteinuria, and massive proteinuria.
The urine sediment often contains red blood cells. All kinds of strange changes in
the body take place with amyloidosis. For instance, it caused a sudden whitening
and loss of hair, as described in an August 1987 Japanese case report. Yet, as
shown below, for this amyloidosis patient, treatment with dimethyl sulfoxide
solved his difficulty.
Here, a sixty-seven-year-old Japanese man presented himself with rapid
progression of whitening and loss of his head hair within two months. It was
suspicioned by the attending medical specialists that he suffered with
hypothyroidism. He had been told that he had enlargement of the heart, a condition
suspected of being present for three years. Thyroid function for the man was
within normal limits, however. A prostate biopsy was performed on him


ignment with the wholeness o f life.

***

True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had
completely chosen whatever you feel or experience a t this moment. This inner
alignment with Now is the end of suffering.

***

Is suffering really necessary. Yes and no. If you h ad not suffered as you have, there
would be no depths to you as a human being–no  humi lity, no compassion. You
would not be listening to this now. Suffering crack s open the shell of ego. And then
comes a point where it has served its purpose.

Suffering is necessary until you realize that it is  unnecessary.

***

Unhappiness needs a mind-made me with a story, the conceptual identity. It needs
time, past and future. When you remove time from yo ur unhappiness, what is it that
remains? The “suchness” of this moment remains.  It  may be a feeling of heaviness
of heaviness, agitation, tightness, anger or even n ausea. That is not unhappiness
and it is not a personal problem.
There is nothing personal in human pain. It is simp ly an intense pressure or an
intense energy you feel somewhere in the body. By g iving it attention, the feeling
doesn't turn into thinking and thus activate the un happy me. See what happens
when you just allow a feeling to be.

***

Much suffering, much unhappiness arises when you ta ke each thought that comes
into your head for the truth. Situations don't make  you unhappy. They may cause
you physical pain, but they don't make you unhappy.  Your thoughts make you
unhappy. Your interpretations, the stories you tell  yourself make you unhappy.
“The thoughts I'm thinking right now make me unhapp y.” This realization breaks
you unconscious identification with those thoughts.

***

“What a miserable day.” “He didn't have the decency  to return my call.” “She let
me down.” Little stores we tell ourselves and other s, often in the form of
complaints. They are unconsciously designed to enha nce our always deficient sense
of self through being right and making something or  someone wrong. Being right
places us in a position of imagined superiority and  so strengthens our false sense of
self, the ego. This also creates some kind of enemy. Yes, the ego needs enemies to
define its boundary. And even the weather can serve  that function. Through
habitual mental judgment and emotional contraction you have a personalized
reactive relationship to people and events in your life. These are all forms of self-
created suffering but are not recognized as such be cause to the ego they are
satisfying. The ego enhances itself through reactiv ity and conflict. How simple life
would be without those stories.  “It is raining.” “ He did not call.” “I was there, she
was not.”

***

When you are suffering, when you are unhappy, stay totally with what is now.
Unhappiness or problems cannot survive in the Now.

***

Suffering begins when you mentally name or label a situation in some way as
undesirable or bad. You resent a situation and that  resentment personalizes it and
brings in the reactive me. Naming and labeling are habitual but that habit can be broken. Start practicing not naming with small thin gs. If you miss the plane, drop
and break a cup, or slip and fall in the mud, can y ou refrain from naming the
experience as bad or painful? Can you immediately a ccept the “isness” of that
moment.

Naming something as bad causes an emotional contrac tion within you. when you
let it be without naming it, enormous power is sudd enly available to you. The
contraction cuts you off from that power, the power  of life itself.

***

They ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Go beyond good
and bad by refraining from mentally naming anything  as good or bad. When you go
beyond the habitual naming, the power of the univer se moves through you. When
you are in a nonreactive relationship to experience s, what you would have called
bad before, often turns around quickly, if not imme diately through the power of life
itself. Watch what happens when you don't name an e xperience as bad and instead
bring an inner acceptance, an inner “yes” to it, an d so let it be as it is.

***

Whatever your life situation is, how would you feel  if you completely accepted it as
it is, right now?

***

There are many subtle and not so subtle forms of su ffering that are so normal, they
are usually not recognized as suffering and may eve n feel satisfying to the ego.
Irritation, impatience, anger, having an issue with  something or someone,
resentment, complaining. You can learn to recognize  all those forms of suffering as
they happen and know at this moment I am creating s uffering for myself.

If you are in the habit of creating suffering for y ourself, you are probably creating
suffering for others too. These unconscious mind pa tters tend to come to an end
simply by making them conscious, by becoming aware of them as they happen.
You cannot be conscious and create suffering for yo urself.

***

This is the miracle. behind every condition, person  or situation that appears bad or
evil, lies concealed a deeper good. That deeper goo d reveals itself to you, both within and without through inner acceptance of what  is. “Resist not evil” is one of
the highest truths of humanity.

***

A dialog:

"Accept what is."

"I truly cannot. I am agitated and angry about this."

"Then accept what is."

"Accept that I am agitated and angry? Accept that I  cannot accept?"

"Yes. Bring acceptance into your non-acceptance. Br ing surrender into your non-
surrender. Then see what happens."

***

Chronic physical pain is one of the harshest teache rs you can have. Resistance is
futile is its teaching. Nothing could be more norma l than an unwillingness to suffer.
Yet, if you can let go of that unwillingness, and i nstead allow the pain to be there,
you may notice a subtle inner separation from the p ain, a space between you and
the pain, as it were. This means to suffer consciou sly, willingly. When you suffer
consciously, physical pain can quickly burn up the ego in you since ego consists
largely of resistance. The same is true of extreme physical disability. “You offer up
your suffering to God,” is another way of saying th is.

***

You don't need to be a Christian to understand the deep universal truth that is
contained in symbolic form in the image of the cros s. The cross is a torture
instrument. It stands for the most extreme sufferin g, limitation, and helplessness a
human being can encounter. Then suddenly that human  being suffers willingly,
consciously, expressed through the words, “not my w ill, but thy will be done.” At
that moment, the cross, the torture instrument show s its hidden face.

It is also a sacred symbol, a symbol for the divine. That which seemed to deny the
existence of any transcendental dimension to life, through surrender becomes an
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to 3 ft (1 m), hoodia has multiple spiny, grey-green stems and light purple flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to the Kalahari
desert, hoodia is now extensively cultivated in Namibia and South Africa. The plant is grown from seed or cuttings. Trade in the hoodia plant is legally restricted due to its threatened survival in the wild.Barley has been
eaten since  Neolithic times.Hippophae rhamnoides
(Elaeagnaceae)
Sea Buckthorn
Description Thorny deciduous shrub growing to
16 ft (5 m). Has narrow silvery leaves, male or female
flowers, and clusters of brownish-orange berries.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe and
Asia, sea buckthorn grows mainly in sandy coastal areas and in dry riverbeds in mountainous regions. The berries are harvested in the autumn.
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History & Folklore The Cherokee used
hydrangea as a remedy for kidney and bladder
stones. The 19th-century Physiomedicalist
herbal movement used a formula comprising
hydrangea, couch grass ( Agropyron repens, p. 162),
and hollyhock ( Althaea rosea ) to treat serious
kidney disorders, including nephritis.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Western
herbal medicine considers the diuretic
hydrangea as being particularly helpful in
the treatment of kidney and bladder stones.
It is thought both to encourage the expulsion
of stones and to help dissolve those that
remain. The herb is given for many other
troubles affecting the genitourinary system,
including cystitis, urethritis, enlarged prostate,
and prostatitis.
Cautions Do not take during pregnancy or
while breastfeeding. Wild hydrangea is best taken
on professional advice.
Hygrophila spinosa
(Acanthaceae)
Gokulakanta
Description Thorny, red-stemmed annual
growing to 2 ft (60 cm). Has bright blue flowers
and small, flat, dark red seeds.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to India,
gokulakanta is now widely distributed throughout
tropical regions. It is gathered when in flower.
Parts Used Aerial parts, root.
Constituents Gokulakanta contains mucilage,
fixed and volatile oils, and an alkaloid.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Commonly used
as a remedy in India, gokulakanta is taken chiefly
for its reputed aphrodisiac properties. Both the
aerial parts and ash of the burned plant are strongly
diuretic, and are used to flush water from the body
in cases of excess fluid retention.
Related Species The South American
H. guayensis  is bactericidal and has been used as a
local treatment for the tropical disease, leishmaniasis. History & Folklore Barley has been
consumed for many thousands of years.
Dioscorides (1st century ce) recommended
it “to weaken and restrain all sharp and subtle
humours, and sore and ulcerated throats.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses An excellent
food for convalescence in the form of porridge
or barley water, barley is soothing to the throat
and provides easily assimilated nutrients. It can
also be taken to clear mucus. Its demulcent quality
soothes inflammation of the gut and urinary tract.
Barley aids in the digestion of milk and is given to
babies to prevent the development of curds within
the stomach. It is commonly given to children
suffering from minor infections or diarrhea, and it
is particularly recommended as a treatment for
feverish states. Made into a poultice, barley is an
effective remedy for soothing and reducing
inflammation in sores and swellings.
Research The fiber in barley, like that in oats,
has an established action in reducing fat absorption
from the gut, aiding lower cholesterol levels. In
common with other fiber foods, it may also help
to stabilize blood sugar levels and to prevent
bowel cancer.therapeutic use in parts of Europe, including
England, and in North America. The leaves and
flowers are picked just after the plant has
flowered, in the first year for the annual variety
and in the second year for the biennial.
Parts Used Leaves, flowering tops.
Constituents Henbane contains 0.045–0.14%
tropane alkaloids, especially hyoscyamine and
hyoscine, and flavonoids. Hyoscyamine and hyoscine
are common to other members of the Solanaceae
family, but henbane’s relatively high hyoscine content
gives it a more specifically sedative action than its
relatives thornapple ( Datura stramonium, p. 200)
and deadly nightshade ( Atropa belladonna, p. 69).
History & Folklore Henbane has been used
as a medicinal herb for thousands of years.
Babylonian accounts and the Egyptian Ebers papyrus
(c. 1500 bce) record that henbane was smoked to
relieve toothache. In Greek myth, the dead were
adorned with henbane when they arrived in Hades.
Writing in the 1st century ce, Dioscorides
recommended henbane for insomnia, coughs,
congestion, heavy menstrual bleeding, eye pain,
gout, and as a general pain reliever, and advised
that the herb should be used within a year as it
deteriorates quickly. In the Middle Ages, henbane
had the Latin name dentaria, denoting its use as a
remedy against toothache. Henbane reputedly
produces a sensation of lightness, as though one
were flying, and it was one of the chief
components of witches’ “flying ointments.”Hydrangea arborescens
(Hydrangeaceae)
Wild Hydrangea
Description Woody-stemmed deciduous shrub
growing to a height of about 10 ft (3 m). Has oval
leaves and clusters of small, creamy-white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to the eastern
U.S. from New Y ork to Florida, wild hydrangea
grows in woodlands and on riverbanks. The root
is dug up in autumn.
Part Used Root.
Constituents Hydrangea is thought to contain
flavonoids, a cyanogenic glycoside (hydrangein),
saponins, and a volatile oil.
Wild hydrangea  is used to treat kidney and bladder stones.Hyoscyamus niger (Solanaceae)
Henbane
Description Annual or biennial herb growing
to 3 ft (1 m). Has delicate, slightly lobed leaves
and bell-shaped flowers, pale yellow in color
with fine purple veining.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to western
Asia and southern Europe, henbane is now
found across much of western and
central Europe, and North and
South America. It is cultivated for Henbane has distinctive
yellow flowers veined with
purple. The plant was
used in classical times
as a general painkiller.
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222Hyssopus officinalisother medicinal plantsMedicinal Actions & Uses Henbane is
used extensively in herbal medicine as a sedative
and painkiller. Its specific use is for pain affecting  the urinary tract, especially pain due to kidney stones, though it is also given for abdominal cramping. Its sedative and antispasmodic effect makes it a valuable treatment for the symptoms  of Parkinson’s disease, relieving tremor and rigidity during the early stages of the illness. Henbane  has also been used to treat asthma and bronchitis, usually as a “burning powder” or in the form  of a cigarette. Applied externally as an oil, it can relieve painful conditions such as neuralgia, sciatica, and rheumatism. Henbane reduces mucus secretions, as well as saliva and other digestive juices. Like its cousin deadly nightshade, it dilates  the pupils. Hyoscine is commonly employed as  a pre-operative anesthetic and in motion  sickness formulations.
Related Species Other Hyoscyamus species
are used in a similar way. The North African  H. muticus is traditionally smoked by Bedouins  to relieve toothache. See also deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna, p. 69).
 RQ Cautions Use only under professional
supervision. Potentially toxic in overdose,
henbane is subject to legal restrictions in
some countries.
Hyssopus officinalis (Lamiaceae)
Hyssop
Description Semi-evergreen shrub growing
to 2 ft (60 cm). Has narrow leaves and clusters  of blue double-lipped flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to southern
Europe, hyssop grows freely in Mediterranean countries, especially in the Balkans and Turkey.  wood fire, ground, and then stored in sacks for  a year before being sold.
Parts Used Leaves.
Constituents Maté contains xanthine
derivatives, including about 1.5% caffeine, about 0.2% theobrom


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


 eat in order to be as many kinds ofa fam dool as he can be at the moment.
This is not an unreasonable or fantastic
illustration of the menace of a multiple menuand a colossal appetite in convenientconjunction. It is said that an amorous lover hasneither conscience nor discretion. This maysometimes be the case ; but it is always a surebetting proposition that an opulent, ravenously-hungry person will measure off with his eagereyes much more than his tummy can possiblyhold.
Then follows the inclination of the average
human being to " get his money's worth," even ifhe " must die for it." This is not alone a humancharacteristic exaggerated in sumptuously-civilized communities, but it is an animal traitas well. If a racehorse is turned out in a field ofclover that stands as high as his neck, he willvery likely eat himself to death. Likewise, if alittle child, with the animal characteristicsuppermost, is given a bag of sweets, he will besure to want to put himself securely outside ofthe whole bag-full in the shortest time possible,
so that he will make certain that no one willtake it away from him
.
GLUTTONY  AND AVOIRDUPOIS.
The menace of the munificent menu also
leads to the uncomfortable acquisition ofsurplus avoirdupois. On some persons it hasquite the opposite effect, however. The writerremembers that it was a tradition in his collegethat the thinnest man of a class was always thebiggest glutton. Each year, a prize of acombination knife, fork, and spoon, was given tothe grossest eater of the junior class. Within mymemory the recipient was always a very thinand cadaverous fellow.
As a matter of fact, the hardest work done by
the body is performed within the body. It is thework of digestion, general metabolism, and theconstant and never-ceasing pumping of theblood through hundreds of miles of veins andarteries. If this work is measured in terms ofheat units thrown off (calories) the internalactivity of the body is as two to three parts ofthe whole heat energy released into thesurrounding air.It is quite possible to increase this heat
expense by 20 to 50 per cent. by merelyoverloading the stomach a little, and crowdingthe mechanism of metabolism to its utmost.Sometimes the crowding is carried so far thatthe organism cannot stand it; somethingbursts ; and, there you are—dead.
CONTENTMENT.
The supremest felicity is not wanting
anything. If one cannot think of a single thingin the wide, wide world, not even oblivion, thatthey would have in addition to what they areenjoying at the moment, their cup ofcontentment is full.
In regard to eating, to have Fletcherized a
few morsels of the finest food that anyone'smother ever made, until there is no desire formore, and yet the contentment is of that calmsort that indicates that there is no overloadingof the stomach, is gastronomic Heaven, and itcarries with it a blanket of general contentmentthat covers the universe.
On the other hand, to have eaten unwisely,
as the result of animal voracity, over-estimate ofcapacity, and greed of getting outside of all that
must be paid for, or, in slavish deference toaggressive hospitality, is Hell from the finish ofthe meal until the finish of the " spell ofsickness " that may follow the gorge. It werealmost impossible to sink into the depths ofsuch gluttony on any one, two or three of thebest dishes possible to imagine; only a modernmultiple mixed menu is liable to bring thisdegradation, and hence the menace of it.
Suppose, again, you are framing up a
business deal, and have a customer " on thestring." The best way to get at his heart andpocket-book is through the sociabilityaccompanying a sumptuous meal.
You seek a Princess' Restaurant, a Ritz-
Carlton or a Waldorf, and make a spread of yourEpicurean generosity, your bank account, andyour business web or net. If you insist on fillingyour guests full of everything, you must set theexample. Results: Similar in all cases.
Science is not even secure against the
temptation of the monumental menu. Thewriter has known the citadel of scientificconservatism to be captured by five-dollar still-wine and fifty-cent. cigars, as accompaniments
of six-course dinner-dreams. This, too, in theinterest of an Epicurean Economy that put all ofthe academic teachings in the back-number list,and favored fifty-cent. banquets with nary acigar to top off the feast.
FLETCHERISM  AND POLITICAL  ECONOMY.
It may be argued that the waste attendant on
sumptuous living is the most prolific means ofkeeping money in circulation : of putting breadinto the mouths of the servant class: and thatSpartan simplicity would throw the world backtwo thousand years in the civilized progress ithas made.
That might be true of some forms of
sumptuousness, but not as to the wanton wasteof food through the temptations of magnificentmenus. Food is the realest of all forms ofwealth. Scarce ever a grain of wheat or kernelof corn is wasted. The story of the Englishmanwho visited Kansas, and from there took hometo London a colossal joke at the expense of cornand Kansas, illustrates the permanence andindestructibility of food wealth.Riding through the State, with a native
Kansan, an English globe-trotter wondered atthe endless fields of yellow " maize." He called itmaize, but the Kansan called it " corn."
" What in the world do you do with all this
maize? " said the mobilized Cockney. " Oh, thatis easy," replied the native: " We eat what wecan and we can what we can't."
In due season this strange answer was
interpreted to the visitor and he determined tocan the joke for serving up at his club inLondon.
Arriving in England, the joker made
deliberate preparations to open his can ofKansas corn to the best effect. He invited a setof chappies to dine with him and the pièce de
résistance was Kansas canned corn.
Having engineered the matter to the right
point of curiosity, the host told the story of hisvisit to Kansas and finally exploded his finale in
this wise : " Do you know, these Americans outin the West are a jolly lot. They have a dry sortof wit, too. I was travelling in company with oneof them through the State of Kansas, which isthe great maize State of the country. They don'tcall it maize, however, they call it corn, and
what we call corn they call wheat. Well, I wasamazed at the miles and miles of maize—no punintended and no apology needed—and asked mycompanion whatever in the world they did withit all. And what do you think he said : He said,' We eat what we can and the rest we put up intins!'"
It took the perpetrator of the joke another
week to find out why no one laughed, andspoiled everything by still waiting for the pointafter the real explosion took place : and nointernational incident is recorded in the historyof that day.
Yes, the really most vital wealth is stored in
the food treasuries. Profusion of it carries downthe prices and this raises wages by comparison.There is always a spot-cash market for food atsome price, which is not the case with manyother forms of property.
But the waste of the food material itself is
insignificant compared to the waste of energythat must take place to get rid of it, the momentit is swallowed and beyond personal respons-ibility. The transportation of a car-load of wheatby rail from Saskatchewan to the Atlantic
seaboard by rail and across the ocean bysteamer is small as compared with the expenseof getting a mouthful of bolted bread through,an alimentary canal that is congested withindigestion.CHAPTER XIV
THE CRUX OF FLETCHERISM
The Value of Occasional Fasting—The Power of Freedom from
Indigestion—Muscles have Memories.
ALMOST  everybody eats with sufficient care
most of the time ; otherwise, all would be on thesick-list all the time and the death-rate would
be increased enormously.
Whatever sickness, depression, weakness and
other illnesses there are now are the result ofoccasional carelessness only.
The remedy for lapses from carefulness is
knowledge of what the natural requirementsare, and training the muscles and functionsemployed in nutrition to work always withcareful deliberation and never allow themselvesto be hurried with their work.
It should also be made a habit
NOT TO EAT ANYTHING
without a keen appetite. This involves knowinghow to recognise a true appetite and also how todetect a false craving. Waiting for a healthful
call for food, for any length of time, can do noharm, and should not cause any discomfort orinconvenience ; but exciting a false desire andtaking food before the body is " good and ready "for it, starts trouble brewing at once.
If the worst results of premature or hurried
eating were immediately felt, no one would getin the habit of sinning in this manner. Likeauto-intoxication from excess of alcohol,poisoning from unnecessary or unwelcomefood—either an excess of it or when takenuntimely—is an aftermath of unhealthystimulation or exhilaration.
The crux, then, of