 frozen for a year. Canned fish is a
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preserves Omega -3 fatty acids from break -up
during the storag e period. By eating a can of sar-
dines in olive oil over 2 -3 days, you will almost
entirely cover your requirements for these fatty
acids. Fish canned in natural juices or in water
contains slightly less Omega -3 fatty acids.

In addition, the following f oods should pre-
dominate in our diet between fasting periods:
• whole- grain cereals made with water and
served with plant oils;
• raw and stewed vegetables;
• beans and mushrooms;
• local nuts and fruit;
• honey;
• sea fish;
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• If you can't forego meat, you should minimize
its consumption, favoring lean boiled meats:
• chicken, turkey, rabbit, veal.
• Don't forget fermented milk products and
fresh juices.
Fasting, at least one - or two -day fasting, is best
conducted during workdays, since during the
weekends there may be guests visiting, etc.

11.4. Home dry fasts up to 5 days
I will attempt to inform you about dry fasts up
to 5 days in length, since conducting longer fasts
at home is not recommended. The following
schedules are prefe rable:
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mended for those well -prepared and self -as-
sured.
Fast for 24 hours (1 day) – eat for 48 hours (2
days)
Fast for 48 hours (2 days) – eat for 72 hours (3
days)
Fast for 72 hours (3 days) – eat for 96 hours ( 4
days)
Fast for 96 hours (4 days) – eat for 120 hours (5
days)
Fast for 120 hours (5 days) – withdrawal from
dry fasting

Schedule 2:  Dry Fractional Fast Light
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themselves or those with a serious pathology.
First period: Fast for 24 hours – eat for 1 week
Second period: Fast for 48 hours – eat for 1
week
Third period: Fast for 72 hours – eat for 1 week
Fourth period: Fast for 96 hours – eat for 1
week
Fifth period: Fast for 120 hours – withdrawal
from dry fasting

This pendulum -like fasting cycle provides an
opportunity to improve the reserve bodily de-
fense forces. How is this effect achieved with this
type of fractional fasting? The additional ad-
vantage provided by this method is that after the
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chance to clean up, restore functionality and
memory volume, the cell's energy potential, and
then we allow it to complete the process with the
second stage of the fast - finish the cleaning,
work on the points missed. It turns out that
cleansing through fasting triggers the super -
compensation principle. Everything that was
previously missed, is being cleaned out. Thus,
the body approaches new positive stresses with
heightened 'combat readiness,' and in this
method one fast somehow overlaps on the other,
and the health benefits are increased. I really ap-
preciate this method, it is beneficial to health,
and the rejuvenating effects are very pro-
nounced, it is endured much more easily, and
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complications.

11.5. How to conduct a dry fractional fast
properly

• Prior to conducting a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 -day dry fast,
enemas and any other laxatives should not be
performed, since the absorption of toxins
from the digestive  tracts is absent due to the
absence of water.
• It's best to eat exclusively fermented milk
products (buttermilk, bacteria -enriched fer-
mented milk, baked yogurt, or, best of all, Bo-
lotov whey) for one day prior to conducting
a dry fast.
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with water refers only to those who want to
obtain the maximal medicinal effect from the
fast being conducted, and it's not at all a strin-
gent requirement. If you have, in fact, wet
your hands, or came under the rain, nothing
terribl e will happen to you. I hope that every-
one has a pair of medicinal or household rub-
ber gloves, which you can use to do all the
household work.
• Fasting should be started gradually, accord-
ing to the schedule. If you have endured 1, 2,
3 or 4 days of fasting,  you can go for 5 days.
A fast that's longer than 5 days is not rec-
ommended at home! If you are conducting a
fast that's longer than 2 days, it's preferable
that it coincides with the weekend. I have
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course, I started gradually.
• The main thing for conducting dry fasts is to
believe in your own huge hidden reserves, in
the great wisdom of your body and to not be
afraid of anything.
• During the fast, all of your diseases may be
exacerbated, you shouldn't be afraid of that –
any natural treatment works through aggra-
vation, especially since a fast can always be
broken without any detriment to health.
• Under no circumstances should the previ-
ously planned dry fasting term be prolonged
in the process of fasting, since it corresponds
to the pre -programmed psychological state.
For instance, if you're set on a 2 -day fast, then
it's unacceptable to prolong it to three days,
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the other hand, if you don't handle fasting
well, you can al ways withdraw from the fast,
according to the stringent rules of breaking
fast.
• The first dry fast should last no longer than
one day, gradually moving forward to 2 -, 3-,
4- and 5 -day fasts according to cascade dry
fasting schedules.
• No medicine should be taken during dry
fasts, you should not alleviate the pain, and
just endure it. If the pain is unendurable, you
can break the fast, adhering to stringent with-
drawal rules.

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fasting

• For starters, spend several days or weeks psy-
chologically preparing for the fast. Read, con-
vince yourself, discuss with yourself –
enough, it's time! Think it over and set a con-
venient day of the week. Don't listen to any-
one or anything after that. Listen to literally
no one: people who can't control themselves
don't want to have someone strong nearby,
and they will be against it. Listen to literally
nothing: the media with their astrological
forecasts and moon phases (tested by me per-
sonally) only break up your rhythm. Don't
offer any one (especially someone close to
you) to fast together. It's a strictly personal
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the 'tortured' relative, and you'll snap. Your
co-workers won't notice, and warn everyone
at home that they shouldn't argue with you


 the number of calories
consumed, not the choice of food or caloronutrient ratio. She went on to assert t hat fruit is like magic food for athletes. The
International Olympic Committee, in its book Food, Nutrition and Sports Performance,  concluded that a diet based on fruits and
vegetables was the healthiest for athletes and would result in the  best possible performance. 57

The Role of Fats
Fats serve a wide variety of functions in our diet and in the human body. It  is wrong to think of fats as being all bad. Fats are a
concentrated source of fuel, providing more than double the calories per gra m of either carbohydrates or proteins. They play an as-
yet not totally understood role in satiation, possibly because they are so dif ficult to digest. The fat in foods serves as the sole
carrier/source of our fat-soluble vitamins. Dietary fat is also the  source of the widely misunderstood nutrients known as essential fatty
acids.
Fat plays many important roles in regulation of various bodily functions. It is essential to our production of hormones, although
too much fat will exert an adverse influence on our hormones. It also hel ps to regulate the uptake of nutrients and excretion of waste
products by every cell. Fat is the primary insulator within the body. It prot ects us against cold and heat, keeps the electricity that
flows through our nerves on course, and protects our vital organs from jarr ing and other types of physical shock.

Types of Fat
Fat is fat, or so a great many people think. Actually, there are many type s of fat. Some are considered good; others are
considered bad, and still others are a mixed bag. Some fats are solid at room tempe rature; others are liquid. Many fats are
indigestible and unusable by the body, while some are indispensable. There a re overt fats and covert fats, short-, medium-, and
long-chain fats, saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fa ts. There are cooked fats and raw fats—and yes, there is a
difference. There is also a big difference between animal-derived fa ts and plant-based fats, at least where our health is concerned.
Yet with all the dietary fats available on the planet, a man walking i n the jungle with nothing more than his bare hands would
have a very difficult time putting his lips to any but a minimal amoun t of fat, and then only if he hit the season exactly right. Animals
that are built similarly to man eat a diet that is very low in fat. T hey rely upon fruits and vegetables for their calories, not fats. Let ’s
look at fat in a little more detail.
Fatty acids comprise the basic structural unit of all “lipids” ( a term comprising oily, water-insoluble substances that include  fats,
oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides). You can think of fatty acids as  the building blocks of fat. They are found, on their own, in all
whole foods. When fatty acids are joined to the other more complex lipid struct ures, the fatty acids are responsible for the
properties demonstrated by that lipid.

Overt and Covert Fats
Overt fats are the fats that you can see, or at least tell, are in our f oods. Since our taste buds cannot distinguish fat, we only detect it
by the greasy feeling on our hands or lips. To us, fat is tasteless. If a food is  fatty, oftentimes people have to be told. Many people
are surprised to find out the actual fat content of the foods they eat.

Typical Fat Content of Selected Foods
(percentage of calories)

Nuts and seeds: 60 to 90% fat
Wieners and sausages: 70 to 85% fat
Beef ribs: 65 to 80% fat
Hamburger patty: 55 to 65% fat
Chicken with skin, roasted: 36 to 63% fat
French fries: 45% fat
Chocolate chip cookies: 45% fat
Apple pie: 40% fat
Swordfish, grilled: 30% fat
Baked potato with ¼ cup of reduced-fat sour cream: 20% fat
Chicken breast, broiled skinless: 20% fat

Flesh, including fish, fowl, and game, as well as eggs and dairy, nuts and s eeds, olives, avocados, and all oils make up the bulk of the overtly fatty foods. Deep-fried foods of all kinds are extremely fatty  and also count as overt fats. Many desserts are also
overtly fatty, such as cheesecake, ice cream, pastries, and nutty can dies. Yet all of these foods account for less than half of the fat
consumed in the typical American diet.
The remainder is often referred to as “invisible” fat. W e will call  it “covert.” Covert fats are more hidden. V egetables, sweet
fruits, and nonsweet fruits like tomatoes and cucumbers contain enough  fat that should you eat them exclusively (in quantities
sufficient to meet your caloric needs) and consume no overt fats whats oever, you will average between 3 and 5% of your total
calories from fat.
Eating primarily low-fat fruits and vegetables—accompanied by a very small amount of nuts, seeds, and fatty fruits such that
total fat does not exceed 10% of calories—provides sufficient fat to cover al l of our nutritional needs.

Solid and Liquid Fats
We readily identify fat when we see it congealed on the top of soup that has  cooled. We have no problem recognizing a stick of
butter, or that white stuff around the edges of our steak, as fat. But many pe ople find it difficult to conceive of liquids as fat.
All oils are fats, but all fats are not oils. What is the difference? Oi ls are fats that tend to be liquid at room temperature. Both
solid and liquid fats function nutritionally as fat. Both oils and fats ex ist within walnuts and avocados. Whereas you can feel the liquid
oil in a pine nut, you cannot separate the oil from the lettuce; they are  one. The 80/10/10  diet does not recommend the consumption
of refined oils, those separated (extracted) from foods; rather, we recomme nd eating foods with oils in them, especially over foods
with solid fats in them.

How Can 2% Milk Be 35% Fat?
Y ou may have heard someone say that “2% milk” is anything but low fat. M ost of us who have not taken the time to learn the
nuances of interpreting food labels find this quite paradoxical. How can it  be?
The answer lies in the distinction between percentage by weight ve rsus percentage by calories. The following macronutrient
calculation example demonstrates this distinction and shows just how  misleading food marketing can be.

100 grams of whole milk contain 60 calories.
Its weight (100 grams) is distributed as follows:
88.3 grams of water
0.7 grams of ash (solid residue)
4.5 grams of carbohydrates ( 4 calories per gram = 18 carb calories)
3.2 grams of protein ( 4 calories per gram = 13 protein calories)
3.3 grams of fat ( 9 calories per gram = 30 fat calories)
100       grams total

As you can see, 88% of the milk’s weight (the water) provides no calories. Among the remainder, 3.3 grams out of the 100
grams are fat, which is why the milk label shows “3.25% milk fat.”
However, protein, fat, and carbohydrates do not all contain similar energy v alue; fat packs more than twice the calories of an
equivalent amount of carbohydrates or protein. In rough numbers, each of the  3.3 grams of fat contain approximately 9 calories,
while the 3.2 grams of protein and 4.5 grams of carbohydrates contain about 4 calori es each.
Thus, in terms of calories, 30 of the 60 calories in whole milk come from fat, a fa ct the dairy industry is very happy to obscure.
The table below summarizes the fat content of the common fluid milk product s:

Interestingly, the “nonfat” milk contains the 2% fat that the dairy  industry would like you to think is in its “2%” product!
The idea that all fats derived from animals are solid while all those f ound in plants are liquid is inaccurate, although this is true in
the majority of cases. The primary exceptions are liquid fish oils in th e animal kingdom and solid coconut oil in the plant world.

Essential and Nonessential Fats
Essential fatty acids 58  (also referred to as EFAs) are so named because they cannot be synthesi zed; we must consume them in our
foods. They play an integral role in the health of our skin, in growth and deve lopment, the stability of our heartbeat, and the clotting
and flowing of our blood. Too much, too little, or the wrong ratio of these vital nutr ients can wreak havoc on our health.
Currently, two fatty acids are thought to be essential: alpha-linole nic acid (ALA), and linoleic acid (LA), omega-3 and omega-
6, respectively. Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids are commonly understood as  synonyms of the term “


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


 daily on the persons. I discovered that the hydrogen cyanide in colloidal form, which is not poisonous, made vitamin C available in a very high amount, and the patients both got well. One was a cancer patient and the other a muscular dystrophy patient.
Many doctors are so afraid of the drug establishment until they are
not at liberty to advise patients, or people who are ill, for fear of hav-ing their license removed. The license of the medical doctor is illegal, 64 it is unconstitutional. Licensing a person does not make him any
smarter or give him any added ingenuity whatsoever.
Any profession that needs law to keep it in existence is opening
the door for that organization to be corrupted. This is true of any pro-fession that is licensed because if the profession was operating 100 percent legitimate it would not need  law to protect it. If it were good
the people would flock to their door, and if it were bad, the practition-er, either legal or medical, or any other profession that was kept in ex-istence by law, would starve to death.
Once any profession becomes legalized then it means that it has to
have law enforcement agencies and these agencies become dictators of the establishment, which has made many of our courts the courts of injustice. Many of our hospitals are now the shortest route to the cem-etery.
When a doctor says that a disease is incurable, he means that he
knows of no drug that will cure that disease. He doesn't mean that God
can't do it. So what we are teaching in our RBTI seminars is God's way of getting people well. In II Chronicles 16: 12-13 we read: "And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great." This was probably diabetes. The verse following this says: "Yet in his disease he sought not the Lord, but the physicians. And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign." God would heal many if we would just obey His rules, instead of depending on drugs.
In the Book of Revelation we are given some very prophetic
words: "Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts" (9 :21). In the Book of Revelation the word sorceries means drugs, drug salesmen, or drug
purchaser, or drug user. It is the only place in the entire Bible that it means drugs. It comes from the Greek word pharmakeia, meaning
drugs.
In Revelation 18:23 we read: "And the light of a candle shall shine
no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the
great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived." 65 For by their "drugs" all nations were deceived. Also, in Revelation 21:
"But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and SORCERERS, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake wh ich burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death." Here we are told what is going to happen to people who use or sell drugs. In Revelation 22: 15 it says: "For without are dogs, and SORCERERS and whoremongers, and murder-ers, and idolaters, and whosoever l oveth and maketh a lie." John, who
was on the Isle of Patmos prophesied about the deceiver of the world by drugs. We are now living in the midst of this generation of drugs and drug abusers. There are even stores that are called "drug" stores.
I'm not speaking against the very fine Christian physicians. They are wonderful men of God, but many are so coerced and le-
galized until they cannot do what they know to be best. This is the ad-vice I give to my readers: Any doctor who cannot give you an im-provement in three days-then it is time to get a new doctor.
Any doctor that claims that cobalt, chemotherapy, or radiation
heals is a deceiver. Please get away from him as fast as you can. None
of these things have ever healed anyone.
Don't keep going to a doctor and get worse and worse because you
can do that at home for nothing.
On January 23, 1977, I was poisoned with laudanum. I was in the
hospital three days and nights and did not know at that time the doc-tors had tested me with practically every instrument they had in the hospital. I was going all hours of the night for tests. I went in on Sun-day afternoon at 5 o'clock and on Wednesday morning two doctors came in and said: "We can't find anything wrong with you."
"I'm dying and I know it," I said. I was waving in and out of con-
sciousness, rather rapidly. When I did come back my mind was as clear as a bell. I found out later that they had run $4,434 worth of tests and couldn't find anything wrong with me. I then said, "I don't need you any longer, if you can't find anything wrong with me when I know I am dying." 66 My former pastor brought in a Korean doctor. I gave him a rather
hard time in and out of consciousness. He said, "Give me 24 hours to
find out what is wrong with you."
The other two doctors refused to let my daughter come in and run
a RBTI test. But Dr.-, to satisfy me, permitted my daughter to come in and run the test. She was working and couldn't come in until seven o'clock that night. She ran the test.
The next morning when the new doctor came in he said, "I can't
find anything wrong with you."
"Doctor," I said, "I have found something wrong," and told him
where it was. He looked there and found it. In two hours I was on the operating table. They took over a pint and a half of pus out of two blisters over the colon. My white blood count (WBC) had risen from 7,400 on Sunday to 19,000 on Thursday morning, indicating that I was in serious shape. I got better then.
This new doctor wanted to take the RBTI seminars. lt was availa-
ble in California. "If you go to California, can I go with you?" he asked.
So we went to California by plane on a Sunday for I was still very,
very weak. On Friday morning I had another bad withdrawal from the laudanum and had to go into the hospital in California for 12 days. Then I went back to Orlando, where I had to go through more surgery in order to correct the damage that was done to this point. It burned so seriously, and yet laudanum is pure opium and alcohol. The mistake made in poisoning me was that they mixed it with wood alcohol. My body rejected the wood alcohol, and I vomited up most of it. Which was such a rare thing for me.
I did exactly what I am recommending you readers to do. If a doctor can't show you any improvement in three days, get an-
other doctor. Let surgery be the last resort.
I do not believe in vaccinating children at all. Give them the prop-
er amount of water to drink (divide their weight by two and call it ounces, and that is how much water a child should have to drink each day, and it should be distilled water), and there will be less illness. If everything else fails use vaccinations as a last resort. If you are in 67 doubt about what I am saying, there is a book in print, The Poisoned
Needle, read it.
I never permitted my children to be vaccinated. When it came time
for them to go to school I was told that they had to be vaccinated. I told the principal, "My child will not be vaccinated, because it is your job to educate and not to medicate. It is a federal law that my child must go to school. And unless that child goes to school I will enter suit against you and the school board for practicing medicine without a license."
"I will call you about it," he replied. In two days he called and said, "S end your children on to school,
you'll never have any problem with us about vaccination."
Today America boasts on having the finest hospitals and the finest
doctors in the world and yet we are 37th in the list of nations having poor health. What a shame to crow about our excellent hospitals, our fine doctors and having the nation 37
th in the list of poor health. It is
like a fellow in his late teens I knew that was a moron. He was having trouble finding a girlfriend. One day he found one and had his first love affair and contacted gonorrhea. He went out boasting to the fel-lows, "I got it, I got it." He had the proof of it-he thought he was sup-posed to have it. Now for us to boast of our hospitals and fine doctors is boasting of our illness. Shame on America.
My goal is to make America the healthiest nation on earth, and for
this reason I am falsely persecuted for telling the truth.
Evidently the truth is not allowed in our courts any more. We are paying


.
Okay, okay. I get it. Boy, You’re relentless,
aren’t You?
That’s the problem with truth. The truth is
relentless. It won’t leave you alone. It  keeps
creeping up on you from every side,
showing you what’s real ly so. That can  be
annoying.
Okay. So I want to find the tools for a long -
term relationship —and you say entering
relationships purposefully is one of them.
Yes. Be sure you and your mate agree on
purpose.
If you both agree at a conscious level that
the pur pose of your relationship is to  create an opportunity, not an obligation —an
opportunity for growth, for full Self-
expression, for lifting your lives to their
highest potential, for healing every false
thought or small idea you ever had about
you, and for ultimate reunion with God
through the communion of your two souls —
if you take that vow instead of the vows
you’ve been taking —the relationship has
begun on a very good note. It’s gotten off
on the right foot That’s a very good
beginning.
Still, it’s no  guarantee of success.
If you want guarantees in life, then you
don’t want life. You want rehearsals for a
script that’s already been written.
Life by its nature cannot have guarantees,
or its whole purpose is thwarted.  Okay. Got it. So now I’ve got my
relationship off to this “very good start.”
Now, how do I keep  it going?
Know and understand that there will be
challenges and difficult times. Don’t try to
avoid them. Welcome them. Gratefully. See
them as grand gifts from God; glorious
opportunities to do w hat you came into the
relationship —and life —to do.
Try very hard not to see your partner as the
enemy, or the opposition, during these
times.
In fact, seek to see no one, and nothing, as
the enemy —or even the problem.  Cultivate
the technique of seeing all problems as
opportunities.
Opportunities to... ...I know, I know —“be, and decide, Who
You Really Are.”
Right! You’re getting it! You are getting it!
Sounds like a pretty dull life to me.
Then you’re setting your sights too low.
Broaden the scope of your ho rizons.
Extend  the depth of your vision. See more
in you than you think there is to be seen.
See more in your partner, too.
You will never disserve your relationship —
nor anyone —by seeing more in another
than they are showing you. For there is
more there. Much more. It is only their fear
that stops them from showing you. If others
notice that you see them as more, they  will
feel safe to show you what you obviously
already see.  People tend to live up to our expectations
of them.
Something like that. I don’t like the word
“expectations” here.
Expectations ruin relationships. Let’s say
that people tend to see in themselves what
we see in them. The grander our vision, the
grander their willingness to access and
display the part of them we have show n
them.
Isn’t that how all truly blessed relationships
work? Isn’t that part of the healing
process —the process by which we give
people permission to “let go” of every false
thought they’ve ever had about
themselves?
Isn’t that what I am doing here, in thi s book,
for you?  Yes.
And that is the work of God. The work of
the soul is to wake yourself up. The work of
God is to wake everybody else up.
We do this by seeing others as Who They
Are—by reminding them of Who They Are.
This you can do in two ways —by remi nding
them of Who They Are (very difficult,
because they will not believe you), and by
remembering Who You Are (much easier,
because you do not need their belief, only
your own). Demonstrating this constantly
ultimately reminds others of Who They Are,
for they will see themselves in you.
Many Masters have been sent to the Earth
to demonstrate Eternal Truth. Others,  such
as John the Baptist, have been sent as
messengers, telling of the Truth in  glowing terms, speaking of God with unmistakable
clarity.
These special messengers have been
gifted with extraordinary insight, and the
very special power to see and receive
Eternal Truth, plus the ability to
communicate  complex concepts in ways
that can and will be understood by the
masses.
You are such a messenger.
I am?
Yes. Do you believe this?
It is such a difficult thing to accept. I mean,
all of us want to be special...
...all of you are special...
...and the ego gets in there —at least with
me it does, and tries to make us feel somehow  “chosen” for an amazing
assignment. I have to fight that ego all the
time, seek to purify and  re-purify my every
thought, word, and deed so as to keep
personal aggrandizement out of it.  So it’s
very difficult to hear what you’re saying,
because I’m aware that it plays to my ego,
and I’ve spent all my life fighting my ego.
I know you have.
And sometimes not too successfully.
I am chagrined to have to agree.
Yet always when it has come to God, you
have let the ego drop. Many is the night  you
have begged and pleaded for clarity,
beseech ed the heavens for insight, not so
that you could enrich yourself, or heap
honor upon yourself, but out of the deep
purity of a simple yearning to know.  Yes.
And you have promised Me, over and over
again, that should you be caused to  know,
you would spend the rest of your life —
every waking moment —sharing  Eternal
Truth with others...not out of a need to gain
glory, but out of your heart’s  deepest desire
to end the pain and suffering of others; to
bring joy and gladness,  and help and
healing; to reconnect others with the sense
of partnership with God  you have always
experienced.
Yes. Yes.
And so I have chosen you to be My
messenger. You, and many others. For
now, during these times immediately
ahead, the world will need many trumpets
to sound  the clarion call. The world will need many voices to speak the words of
truth and  healing for which millions long.
The world will need many hearts joined
together in  the work of the soul, and
prepared to do the work of God.
Can you honestly claim that you are not
aware of this?
No.
Can you honestly deny that this is why you
came?
No.
Are you ready then, with this book, to
decide and to declare your own Eternal
Truth,  and to announce and articulate the
glory of Mine?
Must I include these last few exchanges in
the book?  You don’t have to do anything. Remember,
in our relationship you have no  obligation.
Only opportunity. Is this not the opportunity
for which you have waited all  your life?
Have you not devoted your Self to this
mission —and the proper  preparation for
it—from the earliest moments of youth?
Yes.
Then do not what you are obliged to do, but
what you have an opportunity to do.
As to placing all this in our book, why would
you not? Think you that I want you to be  a
messenger in secret?
No, I  suppose not.
It takes great courage to announce oneself
as a man of God. You understand, the
world will much more readily accept you as
virtually anything else —but a man of  God? An actual messenger? Every one of My
messengers has been defiled. Far  from
gaining glory, they have gained nothing but
heartache.
Are you willing? Does your heart ache to
tell the truth about Me? Are you willing to
endure the ridicule of your fellow human
beings? Are you prepared to give up glory
on Earth for the greater glory of t he soul
fully realized?
You’re making this all sound suddenly
pretty heavy, God.
You want I should kid you about it?
Well, we could just lighten up a little here.
Hey, I’m all for enlightenment! Why don’t
we end this chapter with a joke?
Good idea. You got  one?  No, but you do. Tell the one about the little
girl drawing a picture...
Oh, yes, that one. Okay. Well, a Mommy
came into the kitchen one day to find her
little girl at  the table, crayons everywhere,
deeply concentrating on a freehand picture
she was creating.  “My, what are you so
busy drawing?” the Mommy asked. “It’s a
picture of God, Mommy,” the  beautiful girl
replied, eyes shining. “Oh honey, that’s so
sweet,” the Mommy said, trying


7, 11, and 12 in the presence of DMSO was found significantly reduced following irradiation as calculated by DNA content.
28
These studies suggest that DMSO may exert two viable protective mechanisms
in repairing single and double DNA strand breaks by its ability to capture both the damaging H
+ ions and hydroxyl radicals formed after ionizing radiation.
In a series of studies from Kyoto University in Japan, investigators tested different
concentrations of DMSO on CHO cells irradiated with x-rays. At 1.28 mM DMSO, cells were treated for 2 h before and during irradiation.
29 These studies showed that
DMSO was able to suppress some of the lethal consequences of irradiation such as chromosomal aberrations, but the DMSO dose was found to be toxic.
24,25 Further
studies by this group found that the treatment of CHO cells with 64 mM DMSO for 1 h was nontoxic and suppressed bystander signal between irradiated and nonirradi -
ated cells.
Bystander signals refer to the phenomenon in which unirradiated cells exhibit
irradiated effects as a result of signals received from nearby irradiated cells. This blocking action on bystander signals by DMSO therefore suggested that DMSO sup -
pressed signal transduction in the irradiated cells since they did not appear to emit radiation to unirradiated neighboring cells in the vicinity.
30,31
DMSO has been used as a synchronizing agent in CHO cells, since there are
few methods available that can arrest the cell cycle efficiently and reversibly in the CHO cell line.
32 The reason is that these cells show poor growth inhibition
exerted by confluence. It has been shown that incubation with DMSO induces a G1
cell cycle arrest in adherent Chinese hamster CHO K-1 cells33 (Figure 4.2). These
results indicate that DMSO not only is able to arrest CHO cells in G1 cell cycle but
also stimulates cell differentiation, inducing CHO cells to acquire some features
of differentiated skin cells.32 DMSO exerts its induced growth arrest primarily by
stimulating contact inhibition-dependent growth arrest, which is reported to be
mediated by high levels of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p27.34 Transitions 87 DMSO in Genetics
between cell cycles are catalyzed by a family of cyclic-dependent kinases and
inhibited by a host of proteins purified from arrested cells.34
A more recent study by Kashino and his Kyoto University colleagues revealed an
elegant explanation of how DMSO may exert its radioprotective effects on irradiated CHO cells.
35 Their results put to question the general assumption that the radiopro -
tective effects of DMSO is due to the suppression of DNA damage induced by the indirect action of radiation. Indirect action of radiation can impair or damage cells by creating free radical molecules that are highly reactive due to the presence of unpaired electrons on the molecule. Free radicals that are thus formed are capable of creating chemical reactions within the cell that can induce damage to the genetic code. DNA strand breaks can then encode a mutated protein with oncogenic (cancer) potential. The mutation may be passed on during cell division, perhaps leading to a malignant cell or some other mutation. In some cases, a mutation may remain dor -
mant for years and even forever.
36
The recent findings by Kashino et al.35 concluded that DMSO appears to repair
double-strand DNA breaks, first, by blocking hydroxyl radicals created by the radia -
tion from inhibiting NHEJ. Second, DMSO may protect from DNA double-strand breaks by affecting the conformational change of chromatin where DNA is stored, an action that would allow NHEJ to be activated for DNA repair.
Activation of NHEJ is known to be the major repair pathway of DNA double-
strand breaks caused by irradiation, and any element that prevents the repair process will inhibit DNA repair. Although other mechanisms exist for DNA single-strand breaks, only homologous recombination and NHEJ are able to repair DNA double-strand breaks. This is critical because if genotoxic products generated by radiation can inhibit NHEJ, for example, unrepaired or misrepaired lesions lead to chromo -
somal aberrations and possible carcinogenesis.
If DMSO can prevent the inhibition of NHEJ by genotoxic molecules such as
hydroxyl radicals or by affecting chromatin conformational changes from blocking NHEJ, as the Kyoto studies suggest, the targeted cells stand a better chance of surviv -
ing from radiation damage and from possible mutagenesis leading to malignancies.Cancer stem cell sT umor re gressio n Cancer stem cell
differentiation by DMSOTheoretical treatment of cancer stem cells
by DMSO differentiation therap y
FIGURE 4.2  Cytodifferentiation of cancer stem cells converted to noncancerous growth
by DMSO’s ability to arrest cell cycle at G1 phase. (From Fiore, M. et al., Mutagenesis, 17(5),
419, September 2002; Chang, C.K. et al., J. Surg. Res., 95, 181, 2001; Wang, C.C. et al., PLoS
ONE, 7(4), e33772, 2012.)88 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
A deeper understanding of how DMSO aids DNA repair mechanisms could clar -
ify its potential value as a therapeutic agent in oncology where tumors with DNA
repair defects are the rule.
DMSO IN CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION
Differentiated cells are distinguished from other cells in the same organism by the transition of a cell from one cell type to another, and in that sense, cells of one type never make the products characteristic of another type. Cancer cells, for example, generally synthesize proteins that are not characteristic of the tissue type they come from, and consequently when a tumor makes proteins, those proteins are not nor -
mally made by the tissue that the tumor has invaded. That means that cancer cells can give rise to disturbed patterns of protein synthesis, and some of these proteins can target DNA during replication and create mutagens, such as chemical carcinogens.
In cytopathology, the level of cellular differentiation is used as a measure of cancer
progression. Grade  is a marker of how differentiated a cell in a tumor has become.
To understand how differentiated cancer cells differ from their normal counter -
part, four cellular dysfunctions need to be considered. First, whereas normal cell proliferation is strictly regulated, cancer cells are not. Second, the differentiation process is disturbed in cancer cells. Third, chromosomes are destabilized so that cancer cell growth is rapid and frequent. Fourth, apoptosis or regulated cell death does not work properly in cancer cells.
A useful anticancer agent may target one or several of these cellular dysfunctions
or the mechanisms that promote their disorganized behavior.
There is now considerable evidence that the production of cancer cells is gener -
ally linked to lesions that generate abnormalities in protein synthesis or in nucleic acids that direct the course of protein synthesis and regulate all cell activities. Any genetic disease implies a defect in nucleic acids, and although some genetic dis -
eases are classified as protein abnormalities, there is always an inherent defect in the nucleotides that compose DNA and RNA.
37
It is at the treatment level of chemical carcinogens and mutagens that DMSO
as shown preclinical usefulness as a potential anticancer agent. Many carcinogens including nitrosamines are known to react strongly with DNA to produce strand break lesions in the base pairs or sugar phosphate backbone
38 (Figure 4.1).
In 1956, British scientists Peter Magee and John Barnes reported that dimethyl -
nitrosamine produced liver tumors in rats.39 Nitrosamines are considered to be muta -
gens, and of the more than 300 nitrosamines known, 90% of them have been found to be carcinogenic in a wide variety of experimental animals, a feature that suggests that they are also carcinogenic in humans.
40 Many nitrosamines are organ specific.
For example, dimethylnitrosamine causes liver cancer in experimental animals as shown by Magee and Barnes,
40 whereas some of the tobacco-specific nitrosamines
cause lung cancer.41
In the late 1970s, extensive attention was focused on the use of sodium nitrite
as a preservative for cured meats due to their production of nitrosamines and the potential for inducing cancer. It was found that antioxidants such as ascorbic acid (vitamin C) could inhibit nitrosamine formation, and a law was passed that required 89 DMSO in Genetics
cured meat to be treated with ascorbic acid, or its isomer, erythorbic acid, a cheaper
version of vitamin C. Other antioxidants, like vitamin E, were also found to inhibit nitrosamine formation in cured meats. It is not known whether DMSO, a powerful antioxidant, was considered as an additive to cured meats since its cost and safety would have been a keen attraction to meat manufacturers. The effect of DMSO in inhibiting nitrosamines is reviewed later.
Animals exposed to cancer-producing nitrosamines and treated with several poly -
ene antimycotics combined with DMSO showed marked antineoplastic activity in animals treated with the carcinogenic agent diethyl nitrosoamine. The 5-month sur -
vival of the animals was 76% as compared to 35% with the untreated control group.
42
DMSO has been used to induce differentiation in a variety of human mesenchymal
stem cells.43,44 In one recent


 because
of his obvious prostatic hypertrophy and mild elevation of serum acid
phosphatase. Then, amyloid accumulation was observed by the pathologist in the
biopsy specimen. Subsequent skin biopsies revealed the same result.
The patient’s scalp hair and beard grew and turned to a black color gradually,
several months after DMSO treatment was administered to him. The researchers
came to the firm conclusion that some manifestations of amyloidosis such as show
up in skin, scalp, and hair pathology do respond well to DMSO treatment.
4
Amyloid disease of the liver produces an enlargement of this organ, but rarely
jaundice. Liver function tests usually are normal although an elevated alkaline
phosphatase may be observed. Occasionally, portal hypertension may occur with
varicose veins of the esophagus, and fluid in the abdomen. Massive liver
enlargement with a weight of 7 kg has been reported. Skin lesions as indicated by
the case of hair whitening and hair loss described previously may be waxy or
translucent; purpura may result from amyloidosis of small skin blood vessels.
Cardiac involvement is common and may manifest itself as intractable heart failure
or show up as any of the common heart arrhythmias. Atrial standstill has been
found in several kinships.
Gastrointestinal amyloid may cause bleeding and malabsorption in the bowel.
A firm, symmetric, nontender goiter resembling Hashimoto’s or Riedel’s struma
may result from amyloidosis of the thyroid gland. Amyloid athropathy may mimicrheumatoid arthritis in some cases of multiple
myeloma. Peripheral neuropathy is
seen in a few cases of primary or myeloma-associated amyloid. It is common in
some familial amyloidosis.
With all these amyloid-associated pathologies, DMSO demonstrates a positive
therapeutic benefit. It affects systemic amyloidosis efficaciously.
In August 1986, three Japanese clinicians reported to the American medical
community on the positive response of systemic amyloidosis to dimethyl
sulfoxide. It was a case report of systemic amyloid pathology as a manifestation in
the skin. This sixty-five-year-old woman with systemic amyloidosis was given
DMSO orally for four years without her having experienced any side effects. Her
cutaneous lesions improved markedly after the treatment, and she still survived in
satisfactory condition at the time of the article’s publication.
5
Secondary amyloidosis should be suspected by the doctor when the condition
of his or her patient with a chronic suppurative (pus-producing) disease
progressively deteriorates and the common manifestations of amyloidosis, such as
spleen and liver enlargement and/or albumin in the urine appear. Biopsy of rectal
mucosa is the best screening test. Other useful sites for biopsy are gingiva, skin,
nerve, kidney, and liver. All tissue sections should be stained with Congo red dye
and observed with the polarizing microscope for green birefringence (color
shadings).
A 1982 report in the
Annals of Rheumatic Diseases
 told of continuous oral
DMSO treatment of 7 to 15 g per day that was given to three patients with
amyloidosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), three patients with idiopathic
amyloidosis—amyloidosis having no known cause—and seven patients with
secondary amyloidosis. The medically recognized kidney syndrome and various
degrees of renal insufficiency were the major clinical manifestation in all cases.
Renal function was used as the main parameter for evaluation of the DMSO
therapy. DMSO treatment administered for seven to sixteen months produced no
effect in the FMF patients and in the patients with idiopathic amyloidosis; they all
ran the predictable clinical course of their disease and either died of cardiac
failure or have been maintained on chronic hemodialysis. In the seven patients with
secondary amyloidosis, an unequivocal improvement of the renal function was
observed following from three to six months of DMSO treatment.
The improvement of kidney function was shown by a 30 to 100 percent rise of
creatinine clearance and a decline in the amount of protein in the urine
(proteinuria). This new equilibrium had been maintained for the patients as long as
DMSO was administered. No
serious side effects of DMSO were encountered;mild nausea and an unpleasant breath odor were the patients’ main concern. The
four medical researchers concluded that a therapeutic trial with oral DMSO
definitely is warranted in all patients with secondary amyloidosis. “This treatment
is unpleasant,” they write, “but bears no exceptional risks. It may significantly
prolong life, though its effect on amyloid deposits themselves is doubtful.”
6
In secondary amyloidosis, prognosis depends on successful treatment of the
underlying disease. All forms of amyloid renal involvement carry a poor
prognosis, but with supportive therapy such as the instillation of dimethyl
sulfoxide, patients may remain healthy. Amyloidosis associated with multiple
myeloma has the poorest prognosis, early death within one to two years being
common. However, localized amyloid tumors may be removed without recurrence.
Myocardial amyloidosis may cause death from arrhythmias or intractable cardiac
failure. Prognosis in the familial amyloidoses varies with each kinship.
An early report of the use of DMSO therapy for amyloid deposits and
amyloidosis casts doubt on its value. Writing in the September 1981 issue of
Veterinary Research Communications
, the three clinicians state: “Data from the
literature on DMSO therapy for amyloidosis in laboratory animals and man are
reviewed and found to be inconclusive. In hamsters with casein-induced
amyloidosis, as well as in dogs with spontaneous amyloidosis, therapeutic
experiments with DMSO were performed. In these investigations no effect of
DMSO on amyloid and amyloidosis was found.”
7
Finally, a urologist, Dr. S. Yachiku, writing in the March 1986 issue of the
Journal of Urology
, reported on a case of primary localized amyloidosis of the
bladder that responded well to instillation with dimethyl sulfoxide. Dr. Yachiku
first successfully performed a transurethral resection and then did intravesical
instillation with DMSO. He concluded that the patient’s swift recovery from the
primary localized amyloidosis was directly due to DMSO.
8
CLINICAL STUDIES SHOWING RESPONSE TO DMSO IN
DISSOLVING GALLSTONES
A 1988 report by French clinicians confirmed that DMSO is useful for the
dissolving of cholesterol gallstones. It is known that methyl tert-butyl ether, which
is a powerful cholesterol monohydrate solvent, does not completely dissolve
mixed cholesterol gallstones when directly infused into the biliary tree (the stream
of bile into the gallbladder). In
the current paper, the clinicians compared the effectof various solvents containing different proportions of methyl tert-butyl ether and
dimethyl sulfoxide in anhydrous and aqueous systems on the
in vitro
 solubilization
of human cholesterol stones.
The dissolution rates of cholesterol obtained in the presence of methyl tert-
butyl was markedly decreased when 10 parts were added to 100 parts of water. In
contrast, the addition of 30 parts of DMSO per 100 parts of water (a 30-percent
solution) to the methyl tert-butyl ether-water system enhanced the stone-solvent
contact, improved the cholesterol dissolution rates, and left less gallstone debris.
Better yet, a subsequent dissolution with an alkaline (pH = 8.8) aqueous
dimethyl sulfoxide-ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (DMSO-EDTA) solution
strongly reduced the noncholesterol residues.
In vivo
, nearly complete dissolution of human cholesterol stones implanted in
the gallbladders of rabbits were obtained within eight hours when methyl tert-butyl
ether-DMSO (in a proportion of 70 to 30 parts) solvent was infused at a rate of 0.6
ml/h/kg. With methyl tert-butyl ether, only 84 parts per 100 of the original stone
weight was dissolved.
As for side effects, the infusion of these solvents leads to morphological
changes in the gallbladder wall with some focal ulcerations. These alterations can
be almost completely recovered after two weeks. No histologic evidence of liver,
duodenal, or kidney damage was found.
The four clinicians write: “We conclude that the mixture methyl tert-butyl
ether/dimethyl sulfoxide (70/30) constitutes a good solvent for mixed cholesterol
stones. Compared with pure methyl tert-butyl ether, the mixed system allows for a
more rapid and a more complete dissolution of gallstones.”
9
The above report was a semi-verifier of an earlier Japanese paper that
indicated DMSO is a chelator and dissolver of calcium stones in the gallbladder.
In 1983, hepatobiliary surgeons (surgeons who operate on the liver and
gallbladder) described how they must face the difficult task of treating patients
with intrahepatic gallstones (gallstones derived from the liver) in spite of
considerable progress in operative methods or mechanical techniques. It was tough
for them to remove intrahepatic gallstones completely, and under such
circumstances, the development of


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Introduction
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HERBAL MEDICINE
How Medicinal Plants Work
Active Constituents
Quality Control
Early Origins to the 19th Century
20th Century Onward
Herbal Traditions of the World
Europe
India and the Middle East
China, Japan, and Southeast Asia
Africa
Australia and New Zealand
North America
South America
KEY MEDICINAL PLANTS
A visual guide to 1 00 key herbs from around the world with
details of their habitat, constituents, actions, traditional
and current uses, and information on the latest research.
Also included are key preparations and practical self-help uses.
OTHER MEDICINAL PLANTS
450 other herbs from different herbal traditions with descriptions
of their therapeutic properties and past and present uses.
HERBAL REMEDIES FOR HOME USE
Growing Medicinal Plants
Harvesting & Processing
Making Herbal Remedies
Using Herbal Remedies Safely
Remedies for Common Ailments
Consulting an Herbal Practitioner
Glossary
Bibliography
General Index
Index of Herbs by Ailment
Useful Addresses & Acknowledgments6
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6Introduction
In the twenty years since the first edition of this encyclopedia in 1996, herbal medicine
has gone through unprecedented change. Herbs, which have always been the principal form
of medicine in developing countries, have again become popular in the developed world,  as people strive to stay healthy in the face of chronic stress and pollution, and to treat illness with medicines that work in concert with the body’s defenses. A quiet revolution has been taking place. Tens of millions of people now take herbs such as ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba, p. 100)
to help maintain mental and physical health, and increasingly people consult trained herbal professionals and naturopaths for chronic or routine health problems. Increasingly too, scientific evidence is accumulating to show that herbal medicines can provide treatment that  is as effective as conventional medicines but with few side effects. Sales of herbal medicines continue to grow year after year—by over 50 percent in the U.S. since 2000—and several mainstream pharmaceutical companies now manufacture and market herbal medicines.
Plant Medicines
The variety and sheer number of plants with therapeutic properties are quite astonishing. Some 50,000 to 70,000 plant species, from lichens to towering trees, have been used at
one time or another for medicinal purposes. Today, Western herbal medicine still makes use
of hundreds of native European plants, as well as many hundreds of species from other continents. In Ayurveda (traditional Indian medicine) about 2,000 plant species are considered to have medicinal value, while the Chinese Pharmacopoeia lists over 5,700 traditional medicines, mostly of plant origin.
 About 500 herbs are still employed within conventional medicine, although whole plants are
rarely used. In general, the herbs provide the starting material for the isolation or synthesis
of conventional drugs. Digoxin, for example, which is used for heart failure, was isolated from common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea, p. 202), and the contraceptive pill was synthesized from constituents found in wild yam ( Dioscorea villosa, p. 91).
Ecological Factors
The increased use of medicinal herbs has important environmental implications. Growing
herbs as an organic crop offers new opportunities for farmers, and sometimes, especially
in developing countries, opportunities for whole communities. In northeastern Brazil,  for example, community-run herb gardens grow medicinal herbs that are sold to local hospitals. Doctors at the hospital then prescribe these medicines for their patients. The rise in popularity of herbal medicines, however, also directly threatens the survival  of some wild species. Demand for goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis, p. 105) has become so  great that it now fetches around $140 a pound (£170 a kilo). It was a common plant in the woodlands of northern America two centuries ago, but is now an endangered species, with its survival in the wild threatened by overcollection. This example is by no means unique, and, sadly, many species are similarly threatened across the planet. The extinction of plant species as a result of over-intensive collecting is nothing new. The herb silphion, a member  of the carrot family, was used extensively as a contraceptive by the women of ancient Rome.
US_006-007_Introduction.indd   6 26/02/16   4:42 pm7Silphion proved difficult to cultivate and was gathered from the wild in such large quantities
that it became extinct during the 3rd century ce.
 Today, if herbal medicine continues to grow at its present rate, it is imperative that
manufacturers, suppliers, practitioners, and the public use only produce that has been
cultivated or wildcrafted in an ecologically sensitive manner.
About This Book
In the past, books on herbal medicine have tended to focus either on the traditional and
folkloric use of plants or on their active constituents and pharmacology. The Encyclopedia
of Herbal Medicine, which features over 550 plants, aims to cover both aspects. It discusses
each plant’s history, traditions, and folklore, and explains in simple terms what is known from
scientific research about its active constituents, actions, and potential new uses.
 It is easy when concentrating on the scientific aspect of herbal medicine to forget that
much, in some cases all, that we currently know about a particular plant results from its
traditional use. Moreover, even when a plant has been well researched, herbal medicines are
so complex and variable that what is currently known is rarely definitive, but rather a sound
pointer as to how it works. Sometimes the traditional use, insofar as it is based on the
experience of practitioners, provides an insight into how best to use an herb that is missing
from scientific knowledge alone. Herbal medicine is, after all, both a science and an art.
 In choosing the plants profiled in the Encyclopedia, the aim has been to select herbs that are
commonly used in different parts of the world and are considered to have particular health


 and cholera. In the Anglo-
American Physiomedicalist tradition, blue flag was
used as a glandular and liver remedy. Blue flag is
Quebec’s provincial flower.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Blue flag is
currently used mainly to detoxify the body. It
increases urination and bile production, and has
a mild laxative effect. This combination of cleansing
actions makes it a useful herb for chronic skin
diseases such as acne and eczema, especially where
gallbladder problems or constipation contribute to
the condition. Blue flag is also given for biliousness
and indigestion. However, in large doses blue flag
will itself cause vomiting. The traditional use of blue
flag for gland problems persists. It is also believed
by some to aid weight loss.
Cautions Excessive doses cause vomiting.
Do not take this plant during pregnancy.Ipomoea purga syn. convolvulus
jalapa (Convolvulaceae)
Jalap
Description Evergreen vine reaching about
13 ft (4 m). Has heart-shaped leaves and trumpet-
like purple flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Mexico,
jalap is cultivated in Central America, the West
Indies, and Southeast Asia. The root is unearthed
in summer.
Part Used Root.
Constituents Jalap contains the resin
convolvulin.
History & Folklore Spanish colonizers
learned of jalap’s strong purgative effect from
Mexican native peoples. Introduced into Europe
in 1565, the herb was used for all types of
illnesses until the 19th century.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Jalap is such
a powerful cathartic that its medicinal value
is questionable. Even in moderate doses it
stimulates the elimination of profuse watery
stools, and in larger doses it causes vomiting.
Related Species  I. turpethum, native to Asia
and Australia, is also a drastic purgative. Other
Ipomoea  species, such as the sweet potato
(I. batatas, from South America), are important
food plants. The seeds of morning glory
(I. violacea ), native to Mexico, contain
compounds similar to LSD, and were taken
ritually by the Zapotecs and Aztecs.
 RCaution Do not take jalap under any
circumstances.
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224
Other medicinal plantsJasminum grandiflorum
Jasminum grandiflorum (Oleaceae)
Jasmine
Description  Slender evergreen rambler growing
to 20 ft (6 m). Has dark green compound leaves and
large, sweetly scented tubular white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to northern
India, Pakistan, and the northwestern Himalayas, jasmine is now cultivated as a garden plant and for its essential oil.
Parts Used  Flowers, essential oil.
Constituents  Jasmine’s volatile oil contains
benzyl alcohol, benzyl acetate, linalool, and
linalyl acetate.
History & Folklore  Jasmine was introduced
to Europe in the 16th century, and is mainly used  as a source of perfume.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Jasmine flowers
make a calming and sedative infusion, taken to
relieve tension. The oil is considered antidepressant and relaxing. It is used externally to soothe dry
or sensitive skin. Due to frequent adulteration,
the oil is rarely used in aromatherapy.
Related Species  Actually native to Southeast
Asia, Arabian jasmine (J. sambac) is used
as an eyewash, is added to tea (Camellia sinensis,  p. 181) to produce jasmine tea, and is used in Buddhist ceremonies.
Caution  Jasmine essential oil should not be
taken internally.
Jateorhiza palmata
(Menispermaceae)
Calumba
Description  Creeping vine with a perennial
rootstock, growing to a great height and often
reaching the tops of trees. Has large palm-shaped leaves, small greenish-white flowers, with male
and female flowers on separate plants, and  round, fleshy fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
rainforests of eastern Africa, especially Mozambique and Madagascar, calumba is also grown in other tropical regions. The roots are dug up in dry weather in March and dried.
Parts Used  Bark.
Constituents  Calumba contains isoquinoline
alkaloids (notably palmatine, columbamine, and jatrorrhizine), diterpene bitter principles, mucilage, and volatile oil (about 1%).
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Profoundly bitter,
calumba is an extremely good remedy for underactive or weakened digestion, stimulating stomach acid production and increasing appetite. It is a specific for loss of appetite and anorexia, and by making the stomach more acidic (and therefore hostile to pathogens) helps to prevent digestive infections and improve the breakdown and absorption of foods. It is a useful treatment for chronic intestinal infection such as dysentery.
Research  Calumba’s bitterness is due both to the
bitter principles and the alkaloids. Palmatine and jatrorrhizine reduce blood pressure, palmatine
is a uterine stimulant, and jatrorrhizine is sedative  and antifungal.
Other Species  Calumba has much in common
with gentian (Gentiana lutea, p. 99), although it owes its bitterness to a different range of constituents.
Caution  Avoid during pregnancy.was used to treat a variety of conditions, including rheumatic and arthritic joints, headaches, dysentery, constipation, and wounds.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Used to this
day as a laxative and tonic, butternut is a valuable remedy for chronic constipation, gently encouraging regular bowel movements. It is especially beneficial if combined with a carminative herb, such as ginger (Zingiber officinale, p. 155) or angelica (Angelica
archangelica, p. 168). Butternut also lowers cholesterol levels, and promotes the clearance  of waste products by the liver. It has a positive reputation in treating intestinal worms, and, being antimicrobial and astringent, it has been prescribed as a treatment for dysentery.
Related Species  Black walnut (J. nigra) is used
in the same way as butternut. The bark of the walnut tree (J. regia) is used as a gentle purgative, and is also applied to skin afflictions. The nut is used in Chinese herbal medicine as a kidney tonic. The nuts of both varieties are highly nutritious, lower cholesterol levels, and contain significant quantities of alpha-linolenic acid.
Jasmine flowers are the source of an essential oil that
is used to treat stress and depression.
Juglans cinerea (Juglandaceae)
Butternut
Description  Deciduous tree growing to
100 ft (30 m). Has gray bark, long leaves with
many leaflets, male catkins and female flowers,
and an oval-shaped fruit containing a hard
dark-colored nut.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to North
American forests, butternut is cultivated for its
timber in other temperate regions. The bark is collected in autumn.
Part Used  Inner bark.
Constituents  Contains naphthaquinones
(including juglone, juglandin, and juglandic acid),
a fixed and a volatile oil, and tannins. The naphthaquinones have an approximately similar laxative effect to the anthraquinones found in plants such as senna (Cassia senna, p. 75) and Chinese rhubarb (Rheum palmatum, p. 126).
Juglone is purgative, antimicrobial, antiparasitic,
and cancer-inhibiting.
History & Folklore  Butternut bark was
employed by Native Americans and New World settlers as a laxative and tonic remedy. Butternut Juniperus communis
(Cupressaceae)
Juniper
Description  Coniferous shrub sometimes
growing to 49 ft (15 m). Has slender twigs with
whorls of needle-like leaves, yellow male and blue female flowers on separate plants, and spherical blue-black fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Juniper is found in
Europe, southwestern Asia up to the Himalayas,  and North America, where it grows from southern coastal sites to more northerly moorland and mountainous regions. The ripe fruit (berries) is gathered in autumn.
Parts Used  Fruit, essential oil.
Constituents  Juniper contains 1–2% volatile oil,
consisting of over 60 compounds, which include myrcene, sabinene, alpha- and beta-pinene, and cineole. Juniper also contains tannins, diterpenes, sugars, resin, and vitamin C.
History & Folklore Juniper is the main
flavoring used in gin. Juniper berries are still mostly gathered from the wild. In former times, sprigs of juniper flung into the fire were thought to protect against evil spirits.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Juniper is tonic,
diuretic, and strongly antiseptic within the urinary tract. It is a valuable remedy for cystitis, and helps


 venery is one of the most prominent causes, but lasciviousness when it is in control of
the mind is equally as pernicious. Excessive eating, coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol, and a lack of
poise are among the most common causes. Salt eating undoubtedly contributes to its production,
but to blame high blood pressure on this alone is to ignore all the many other influences in the life
of the patient.
In traditional Alice in Wonderland fashion of starting with a result as a cause, hypertension is
said to cause heart disease, and the hypertension is blamed upon the nerves.
The fact that substances liberated by the kidneys, by the adrenal glands, perhaps substances
liberated by the thyroid and pituitary glands, can also cause high blood pressure, tends to reveal
that the condition may be more than simple nerve irritation—that it is a symptom of a general or
systemic state. This being true, the remedy is not some temporary forced reduction of pressure, but
a thorough removal of the causes of systemic impairment.
Treatment is commonly directed to depressing the nervous system. The surgical procedures of
removing the thyroid gland and portions of the sympathetic nervous system are both based on the
assumption that the organs of the body are causes of disease. The fact that high blood pressure
never develops spontaneously in animals is given as the reason for the thought that the nervous
107system is involved in the cause of hypertension in man.
Drugs given to depress the nervous system, to relax the arterial system, and to depress the heart
are the most common means of reducing blood pressure in cases of hypertension. It hardly needs to
be pointed out that such treatment removes no cause and provides reduction to the pressure only so
long as the drugs are being taken.
Indeed, in most cases, the blood pressure tends to rise in spite of the depressing effects of the
drugs, after they have been taken over a brief period. The drugs all result in more or less annoying
and often serious side effects, so that there is a constant search for new, and it is hope, less
injurious drugs. Certainly the treatments in vogue are not satisfactory, neither to the patients nor to
their physicians.
Multiple causation makes specific treatment a tragedy. The remedy must be as many-sided as the
cause. It will not do, for example, to have the patient discontinue the eating of salt and permit him
to continue to indulge in tobacco. Every element of cause must be removed to achieve certain and
lasting results. We should also recognize the fact that in high blood pressure we deal with a
symptom of a general systematic state that has been years in the making and is the result of many
correlated antecedents.
The whole of the systemic abnormality must be remedied if we are to be successful in our
efforts to provide permanent reduction of blood pressure. Treatment directed at the symptom
cannot do more than provide a brief palliation of the symptom.
The speed with which fasting results in a marked reduction of blood pressure indicates the
importance of rest in reducing systemic tension and excitement. The reduction may be so great in a
very few days as to astonish the patient. As the toxic load is reduced, the nervous system becomes
less irritated, the functions of the kidneys, adrenal, thyroid and pituitary glands are restored to
normal, so that blood pressure falls to new levels, even to normal or slightly below, and tends to
remain down after eating is resumed. Indeed, it will remain at or about the normal level so long as
the patient continues to live in a manner to avoid the redevelopment of toxemia.
All of this is to say that the reduction of blood pressure secured by means of the fast is a genuine
reduction and not a forced state. The organism is not crippled in the process as it is when a gland
or portions of the sympathetic system are removed. If we cut out causes instead of cutting out
organs, we secure a genuine and lasting elimination of effects.
As in all things, the causes that have produced the condition in the first place, will reproduce it
if they are not permanently removed. Fasting is not a substitute for achieving—and holding to a
correct way of life.
10827
The Fast and the Heart
It was formerly widely held by physicians that if one were to go without food for six days the heart
would collapse and death would result. The myth that fasting causes the heart to collapse persisted
in scientific circles, in
spite of the great amount of evidence to the contrary, until after the famous
Cork hunger strike in 1920.
Protesting their arrest following the Easter Rebellion of Irish patriots, Terence Mac Swiney,
Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland, and his co-fasters went without food for periods ranging from over
seventy days to ninety-four days. They demonstrated by their long fasts the fallacy of the “heart
collapse” from the lack-of-food theory.
Today we are foced to recognize the fact that instead of fasting weakening the heart, it results in
strengthening this wonderful organ.
Stunt or exhibition fasters had also shown that man may safely abstain from food for extended
periods and their sensational proofs had received sufficient publicity, even scientific study, to
have dispelled the fallacy. Indeed, fasts by early
Hygienists
 demonstrated the fallacy of this idea
of the early collapse of the heart, years before it was abandoned in the world of science.
On this subject, Hereward Carrington, Ph.D., author of
Vitality, Fasting
 and Nutrition says:
“That the heart is invariably strengthened and invigorated by fasting is true beyond a doubt. I take
the stand that fasting is the greatest of all strengtheners of weak hearts—being, in fact, its only
rational physiological care.” He attributed this improvement to the following three factors:
1.
The added rest for fast provides for the heart.
2.
The resulting improvement of the blood-stream.
3.
The absence of the “stimulants” that patients in general and heart patients in particular are
accustomed to take.
If we consider angina pectoris, a disease of the heart that grows out of constant stimulation with
tobacco, coffee, tea, wrong food combinations and excesses of carbohydrates, and observe the
effects of the fast in these patients, we are amazed at the speed with which the heart recovers from
its difficulties.
Individuals who are inclined to overeat greatly, who have not learned their limitations regarding
quantity and who tend to overdo everything they undertake are likely to develop angina pectoris.
Their mode of living places a heavy and constant strain upon the heart. Rest is its most urgent need.
It is said authoritatively that during the past twenty years more than fifty drugs and surgical
treatments have been advocated for the relief of angina pectoris. At the same time angina has been
called a “self-limited disease,” and some authorities have held the position that their advice tried
during recovery might get the credit.
How do we know that fasting is of genuine value in a case of angina? We do not claim that
fasting
cures
 angina. We state only that it takes a load off the heart so that it may restore it own
normal condition in a more certain and speedy manner.
“The ticker has certainly improved and slowed down; I can’t hear it any
 more,” this was a blind
Canadian discussing his condition with me after a few days of fasting, followed by a few days of
eating. Before beginning the fast he told me that for some time he had been able to hear the beat of
109his heart and that it was especially bothersome at night when he laid his head on the pillow.
There was also rapid heart action, which troubled him considerably. Nothing brings about a
quieting down of a rapid heart and an excited system generally like rest with fasting. This takes a
heavy load off the heart and results in a speedy reduction of blood pressure.
With a reduction of tension and a reduction of the number of repetitions of the heart’s pulsations,
this remarkable organ secures a real rest, something that nothing else can provide. With less work
to do, the heart repairs itself.
The fast, as has been repeatedly emphasized in the preceding pages, is a period of physiological
rest. It does not do anything, it is merely a cessation of doing. The rest provides opportunity for the
body to do for itself, under conditions of rest, what it cannot do under conditions of full-speed
ahead.
It can perform under abstinence what it cannot manage in a state of surfeit. So regular and
uniform is the improvement of the heart in the fast that it cannot be doubted that Carrington’s
statements are true. There are, of course, heart conditions that are beyond any possibility of
improvement and these will not be helped by the fast.
In the hundreds of cases of heart disease that I have watched through fasts of various lengths, all
but a few have developed stronger and better hearts. Many of them, even so-called
incurable
 ones,
have become entirely normal. Rapid hearts have slowed down, abnormally slow hearts have
speeded up, weak hearts have greatly improved in vigor, hearts that were irregular have become
regular in time and frequency, hearts that were missing pulsations (even as often as one pulsation
out of four) have resumed regular pulsation, and many other improvements in heart function have
been observed. (It should not be necessary to say that fasting does not enable the heart to grow a
new valve where one had been destroyed.)
Since fasting relieves the heart of a great burden, improvement should not be surprising. The
heart is nourished from the body’s nutritive reserves just as certainly, and often more adequately,
than from raw


-conscious Intelligence.It will be noted that Mr. Rockefeller, in his
recent pithy, gisty utterance relative to themerits of Fletcherizing, makes no mention ofthe kind of food to be recommended. Happily, asfar as I know, he is not in the food business, hasno connection with any special food supply, andcannot recommend any of the products ofpetroleum as food or drink. He should beabsolutely unprejudiced in his judgment, andseven or eight years of recuperative experience,similar to mine of a longer period, is materialfor judgment and recommendation.
Some years ago there was born in me the
ambition to formulate the rules of economicprocedure in securing optimum nutrition in aspace of not more than ten pages of coarse printthat mothers, teachers, and children of primaryschool age could understand as easy as thenoses on their faces. Mr. Rockefeller has " beatme out " in brevity by several lengths. He hasmade the revelation with the lucky number ofthirty-three words, and left room for a finalremark full of scriptural tone, as is his wont.PROFITABLE  ECONOMY.
There is one argument in favour of a
meatless diet that appeals to everybody, andthat is the economy and cleanliness of it. InProfessor Irving Fisher's classic investigation totest the merits of Fletcherism it was proventhat careful attention to the mastication,insalivation, and enjoyment of food while in themouth, and swallowing only in response to astrong invitation to swallow, and removing fromthe mouth whatever remainder that did notpractically swallow itself, a net gain of
approximately 40 per cent. was achievedwithout any attempt at economy. The savingwas in the money cost alone, and it came frommore and more inclination towards farinaceousand vegetable foods and away from moreexpensive meat.
This form of saving is very telling. Dr.
Francis E. Clark, founder and permanentpresident of the great International ChristianEndeavour organization, noticed a reduction ofone third in the food expenses of his family. Thehealth officer of a suburb of Hamburgaccomplished a saving of two thousand marks a
year in his family of three without otherassistance than careful eating and aninclination towards non-flesh food material. The" Poor White Trash " community in America,before mentioned, saved an average of threedollars a month each, three thousand dollars amonth among a thousand members of thecommunity, and the missionary workers whotaught them to Fletcherize save half of the costof their sustenance. Accompanying all of thiswonderful economy was an immunity from theordinary illnesses that was worth more than themoney saving.
In the Rockefeller family any decrease in the
cost of food is a negligible quantity incomparison with the total expenses, but sevenyears of immunity from indigestion andreplacing the demon with good golf-health formhave been worth more than millions of money.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Soil and Health Library
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FOOD FIT FOR
HUMANS

LONDON
THE C. W. DANIEL COMPANY
First published in Great Britain
by The C. W. Daniel Company Limited
60 Muswell Road, London N10 2BE

© Frank Avray Wilson 1975

ISBN 085207 132 9

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CONTENTS

 1 The Object Defined
 2 In Praise of Beauty
 3 Beauty Pursued
 4 Beauty and the Beast
 5 Flowers, Fruits and Brain Cells
 6 The Life-Giving Seeds
 7 The Sources of Evil
 8 Love, Lust and Aggression
 9 Need or Greed
 10 The Impoverishments of Prosperity
 11 The Unloving Crowd
 12 The Deceits of Lucullus
 13 The Costs of Confusion
 14 Food Fit for Humans
 15 Beautiful People, Beautiful Things
 16  Hints for the Millennium
 17  Notes and Readings

1. The Object Defined

Appearance can be deceptive. Who is happy? Who is healthy?
Assurances can also be false, like the dictum, 'a little of what you
like is good for you'. Even rats, gi ven the chance to eat what they
like, eat the wrong things. Sight, smell and taste have been so
falsified that the native senses are now powerless to distinguish
nature from artifice. Can it be that  some of the things people take
for granted to be harmless, right  and good, are in reality bad?
Not long ago, such a question would have been met with scorn.
But doubt has shattered ancient assumptions. Fat babies, once
believed to be the healthiest of babies, are now known to be more
likely to die than thin ones. If one chooses the largest, showiest
vegetables on a stall, one is all th e more likely to be buying the
products of overfertilized soils, now known to be the source of the
cancer-inducing nitrosamides, as well as a lashing of some insidious
pesticide.
For all its sensational discoveries, science has turned out to be
an unreliable guide. Indeed, it is largely responsible for a planetary
outrage of nature, now threatening human survival. This crisis of
malpractice and of misunderstanding the meaning of nature has
been so well advertised, that no one should be able to delude
himself today that things are not really as bad as they seem, that
they will turn out to be all right in the end.
The sense of betrayal, of hopelessness, felt by many, especially
the young, is understandable, for if the human being is without
reliable guidance, in the artif icial conditions of industrial
civilization, disaster is certain. Having abandoned the gods, and
now discovered the unreliability of reason and science, what hope
remains? This is an attempt to s how that the strongest hope of all,
neglected by a matter-of-fact culture, is to be found in the human
sensitivities—to beauty and purity in particular. It will be seen to be
applicable to life's most important biological activity—eating.
In order to substantiate this cl aim, it will be necessary to begin
by defining what is meant by the human sensitivities. To understand
the meaning of beauty, so out of tune in a world dominated by
materialistic values, will be to provide a basis for an approach to
living radically different from the one taken by most people.
The value of science is not denied. The orderliness of nature
discovered by science is one of the greatest achievements of the
human spirit. But the way this ev idence is used depends on some
sustaining background of thought and belief. The mechanistic,
materialistic ideal of present day science is by no means the only
one possible. That it is inadequate, is indicated by the considerable
amount of evidence which refuses to fit into the official picture of
nature, and which is accordingly neglected.
The vision of nature which sustains this book is one of a
Creation seeking wholeness, harmony, and beauty, and culminating
in a creature able to appreciate these qualities, and to express them, and in so doing, to experience a sense of joyful participation in the
Creation. There is ample eviden ce for such a vision, in the
harmonies of atomic order as in the progressive achievement of
beauty in the course of evolution.
In attempting to account for the human needs in food in calories
and proteins, in minerals and vitamins alone, these other essential
contributions which food can make to the human estate have been
neglected. It is hoped that the subject will confirm that a reliance on
the human sensitivities provides a valid and invigorating guidance
to the way of life able to ensure harmony with nature, wholeness
and health.

2. In Praise of Beauty

The way in which human beings appreciate beauty, and express it in
their lives, and in their arts, depends on the prevailing social
conditions. In harsh, cruel and heartless times, beauty goes out of
living. The appeal of a Negro mask, of a medieval gargoyle, as of
many modern pieces of sculpture, has more to do with excitement,
sexiness, awe, with magic and other strange enticements than with
beauty. In extreme conditions, the human mind becomes so
anguished that it acquires a taste for the hideous and macabre, as in
the cherished skull museums of head-hunters. Beauty in fact
requires sufficiently humanizing, benevolent conditions.
With the Industrial Revolution, the beauty-loving Renaissance
was superseded by a desecration of nature, and the rising of a man-
made environment too often hideous and disorderly. The word
beauty has gone out of fashion even among