 peas, beans, almonds and sunﬂower seeds
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Eat grains whole in preference to ﬂour or meal products. However, coarsely ground grains may be beneﬁcial if eaten raw: immerse
them in water or seed milk and let soak overnight. Rye sourdough bread and rye crispbread may be eaten after allergy testing. Free-
range raw egg yolk may be used as a salad dressing. Other important additions are spirulina (preferably a teaspoonful before or with
each meal), kelp, lecithin, gelatin with vegetables, and fresh green-vegetable juices, especially grass juice or dried grass juice
powder and possibly food yeast. Try coconut oil and freeze-dried liver to increase the energy level.
Nuts, may be used but preferably sprouted or made into seed cheese. Eat cooked sweet vegetables only with a protein meal. Raw
carrots, on the other hand, are good any time.
Reintroduce fruits cautiously and with self-observation. Use any sweet fruits only in the early stages of ripening, before they become
too sweet. This applies, for example, to bananas and papaya, but not to fruit that are sour before ripening. Subacid fruits, such as
apples, cause less problems than sweet-acid fruits, such as oranges. Preferably eat fruits only sparingly and as a snack between
meals and neutralize any fruit acids. However, under-ripe or non-sweet varieties of bananas may also be suitable as a bulk food.
AVOID:
•  Sweet food, initially including all sweet and acid fruit and sweet-vegetable juice
•  Food containing lactose, especially milk products, though butter may be used
•  Do not use vinegar or other fruit acids except neutralized
•  Initially no wheat, later only sparingly after allergy testing
•  No smoking, alcohol, drugs, artiﬁcial sweeteners, highly processed food or with added chemicals
Coffee and tea may be used in moderation but only if not allergic or addicted to it. Lightly salted food may be beneﬁcial. If possible,
eat a protein breakfast and a light evening meal, and take a rest after lunch. The best protein is sprouted legumes as the main part of
a salad. According to the severity of the symptoms, this diet may be followed strictly, or in a more relaxed form, and generally as part
of the High-Quality Diet.
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IN MODERN FOODS
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CONTENTS
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FIRST IMPRESSION
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA I. The Science of Nutrition
11. Common Salt....
111. Refined Grain Products.
IV. Refined Sugar....
v. Meatproducts....
VI. Fish Liver Oil....
VII. Milk.......
VIII. Cheese......
IX. Canned Foods....
x. Condiments.....
XI. Alcoholic Beverages..
XII. Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa.
XIII. SoftDrinks.....
XIV. Drinking Water...
xv. Confections.....
XVI. Ice Cream.....
XVII. The Practical Application
Bibliography....
Index....... PAGE DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS I. 'The Science of Nutrition
A LL HUMAN LIFE CENTERS AROUND
food. For perhaps ninety per cent of the earth's population, the
problem is simply one of getting enough food to survive. For the
remaining ten per cent, including most Americans, the problem
is to select the most appropriate foods from the great abundance
i that is available. It is here that the power of selection may be
instrumental in determining the full course of human life. It may
lead to a condition of vital, vibrant health, or it may lead to
disease and premature death. Unfortunately, this power of selec-
tion usually follows the latter course. Due to careless and indis-
criminate use, without the slightest concern for the science of
nutrition, it has become one of the prime causes of physical
deterioration in man.
If only natural foods were available for human consumption,
the question of selection would not assume such great importance.
But natural foods comprise only a very small portion of the mod-
ern dietary. Our foods are usually deficient in necessary nutri-
tional factors, and they contain excessive quantities of harmful
substances. The deficiencies result largely from current methods
of refining and processing foods, and the presence of harmful
substances is due in some cases to the natural composition of the
original foods, but more often to the addition of poisonous chem-
icals or purified nutrients in the manufacture of food products.
The possible presence of strontium-go or other radioactive ele-
ments in food products is also assuming increasing importance.
The best example of the adulteration and poisoning of our
general food supply may be noted in a report of the U. S. Food
[31 DANGERS IN MODERN FOODS THE SCIENCE OF NUTRITION
and Drug Administration, which has estimated that 704 chem-
icals are presently used in or on foods. Of these, only 428 are
considered relatively safe. The remaining 276 chemicals have
either not been tested sufficiently to assure their safety or they
are considered definitely poisonous by nutritionists and health
officials. However, it must be recognized that even the 428 "safe"
chemicals are designated as such only insofar as they have not yet
been incriminated as specific causes of disease in the amounts
used. In instance after instance, chemicals which had previously
been certified as "safe" are found quite harmful and later banned
from use in food.
It must be understood that no prior clearance or testing is
required for any new chemical additive to be used in food prod-
ucts. Actually a poison may be consumed regularly year after year
by millions of people before its use in food is questioned. Some
chemicals are not even tested until a long series of complaints
from consumers are received. The Food and Drug Administration
may ban use of a poison in food only after it has been proven
decidedly harmful to humans in the amounts used, and that may
require years of investigations, hearings, and trials, during which
time there is no consumer protection. Once the poison is pro-
hibited, there is nothing to prevent the manufacturer from using
another, equally as harmful, for the same purpose. Thus our
protection from toxic chemicals in food products rests upon an
inadequate law which offers limited protection only after one has
been poisoned.
This is very important in the science of nutrition, for the nu-
tritionist believes that the basic causes of most forms of disease
are based upon the chemistry of the body. Deficiencies of essen-
tial chemicals, and excesses of toxic substances, completely upset
the normal physiological activity of the body, lower its basic
efficiency, and induce the development of disease. A proper chem-
ical balance is necessary to assure good health and freedom from
disease. This can only be established through consumption of
foods, which are in themselves complete nutritional units. There
must be adequate amounts of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, min- erals, vitamins, enzymes, and hormones, and these must be com-
bined in a manner which permits the full utilization of all food
factors. At the same time, the foods must be free from toxic
substances which can interfere with digestion, assimilation, and
metabolism, and act as a general barrier to physiological efficiency.
To the degree that the finished food pattern meets all of these
requirements is its biological value rated.
This is the viewpoint of modern nutrition. It is not necessarily
the viewpoint of every branch of medicine. Some theories as to
the nature and


 ozs. vegetable plate*
12 ozs. potatoes or 2 slices whole -grain bread or 4 ozs. of any of the following:
chickpeas, beans, millet or brown rice.
MODIFIED 14 -DAY MENU PLAN
BREAKFAST
8 ozs. fresh vegetable juice
8 ozs. blended salad* (optional, but try for I week if possible)
8 ozs. fresh fruit
1 whole egg* (boiled or poached)
LUNCH
8ozs. fresh vegetable juice*
12 ozs. blended* or tossed salad
8 ozs. fresh fruit
3 ozs. cheese* or 1 cup plain yogurt or 2 ozs. raw, unsalted nuts*
DINNER
8 ozs. fresh vegetable juice
12 ozs. tossed salad
8-12ozs. steamed vegetables*
4 ozs. fish or white -meat (poultry) or meat (broiled or baked without fat)
or "meat substitute": 8 ozs. potatoes or 2 slices wh ole-grain bread or 4 ozs. of any of the following: brown rice, lentils, lima beans or whole -
wheat pasta.
 1 ounce=28.5 grams       6 ounces=171 grams       12 ounces=342 grams

DAILY DIET GUIDELINES

FRESH VEGETABLE JUICE
(celery and carrots, or cucumber and tomato)
Proportions: 6 ozs. celery or cucumber juice
2 ozs. carrot or tomato juice. Use a vegetable juice extractor, if possible. Never peel vegetables: simply scrub with a brush  under cold
running water. Since juices are very sensitive to air, you sho uld drink them immediately after extraction. If you do not own a juicer, you can
add the celery and carrots to your day's blended salad or eat them along with your meals.
BLENDED SALAD
1 each small tomato, red or green pepper
1/2 small cucumber
1 tbsp. nut ritional yeast
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1 tsp. cold -pressed oil (optional)
Juice of ½ lemon or lime 5 -6 leaves romaine lettuce
3-4 stalks celery or  fresh fennel, chopped
Place cut up pieces of tomato, pepper and cucumber along with yeast, oil and lemon juice into blender. (Nutritional yeast, av ailable in
health -food stores, is particularly flavorful.) Blend until smooth and liquid. Add romaine leaves  one at a time. Add celery or fennel; blend
additional 2 -3 minutes. (The consistency depends upon personal taste: some like it smooth and watery, others thick and crunchy.)
EGGS
Eggs should be purchased in a health -food store: You want fertilized eggs from  chickens fed organic feed and not anti -biotics.
To cook: Boil or poach for a maximum of 3 to 4 minutes. Eat only the yolk. (Those on the modified plan may eat the whole egg. )
NUTS
All nuts should be in their natural state -raw and unsalted (almonds, cashew s, peanuts, filberts). You may substitute nut butter (unsalted) for
your daily allowance of nuts using the same weight: 2 ozs. nut butter equals 2 ozs. raw nuts.
CHEESE
Since most cheeses contain large quantities of salt you will have to choose from unsalt ed varieties. The finest of this type cheese - Cheddar
or Muenster - is made by Kutter's Dairy, 857 Main Road, Corfu, N.Y. (716) 599 -3333, and can be ordered directly from them in 5 -pound
blocks at approximately $9.00 (Editor: No longer available). Second best is unsalted, homemade mozzarrella - fresh - available at pasta and
cheese stores or any shop that specializes in Italian products. Another Italian specialty, ricotta cheese, is also an excelle nt-tasting and
nutritious choice.
If you substitute ricotta  for your daily allowance, you are permitted 6 ozs. - twice the amount of hard cheese.
If you are on the modified plan and are unable to make the change to unsalted cheeses, choose from low -salt or mild varieties like
Jarlsberg, Gouda, Swiss, Gruyere, Emma nthaler, Tilsit and Muenster.
VEGETABLES
Vegetables should be bought as fresh and crisp as possible and stored in a cool dark place. Do not soak them - just wash and scrub
thoroughly under cold running water. Do not peel unless absolutely necessary.
To coo k: Steam in just enough water so that little or no liquid is left and vegetables are crisp yet tender.
For a vegetable plate, steam 2 or more of the following: broccoli, string beans, butternut squash, acorn squash, zucchini, eg gplant, green
peas, snow peas, Chinese cabbage, okra, corn, carrots, cauliflower, artichokes, escarole, turnips, rutabaga, beets (roots only).
LEGUMES
These include lentils, lima beans, soybeans and chickpeas. All should be purchased from a health -food store, raw and dried, not ca nned,
jarred or frozen.
To prepare: Soak legumes overnight in cold water.
To cook: Use 12 ozs. water for every 4 ozs. legumes (measured when dry). Bring water to a boil, add legumes, lower heat, cove r pot and
cook slowly (about 15 minutes) until tender.
You may want to use part of your oil allowance mixed with a bit of lemon juice and yeast to make an interesting sauce. You can even toss in
tomato, red pepper or fresh fennel for new tastes. In place of legumes, you may substitute 4 ozs. brown rice or whole -wheat pasta, or 2
slices whole -grain bread or 8 -12 ozs. potatoes.
OIL ALLOWANCE
Use 2 tbsps. (maximum) cold -pressed oil per day. Olive oil is recommended - peanut and corn oil are also acceptable.
Note: This is a carefully developed, fully nutritious food program. It is not necessary to take supplemental vitamins. If you follow the plan
carefully, you will have all the essentials necessary to maintain health while eliminating cellulite and excess weight.
March 1979
Find an interview with Dr. Gian -Cursio here - generations.html.
www.drbass.com/primitive.html
Primitive Man - His Food and His Health
Dr. Bass presents his current project

"As soon as his contact with civilization is sufficient to alter his dieting habits - within one generation of
the use of these foods deficient in minerals and vitamins, he succumbs to disease very readily and loses
all of the unique immunity of the past."

OBSERVATIONS OF EARLY EXPLORERS
Columbus, in his "discovery" of the Western World, was the beginning spark which ignite d the interest of all the leading powers.
This resulted in a series of expeditions sent forth for the purpose of acquiring these valuable lands, their rich natural res ources
and wealth. These countries included France, England, Spain, Portugal etc., who in  competition with each other, explored North
America, the Northlands, Central America, then South America, eventually spreading into Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific
Islands and the entire world. These expeditions were fully outfitted ships with supplies and crew, containing doctors to see after
the health of all. Supplies for trading with the primitive Indians were in the form of white flour, white sugar, canned foods, salt,
pepper, spices and other commodities which were exchanged for native fur s, foods and other goods.
The accounts of early voyagers, explorers and missionaries are considered together with anthropological studies and
knowledge gleaned from various nutritional surveys and medical inspections made in the primitive world. It is draw n from a
literary survey of the people of many lands, including all continents and many islands. It covers centuries of time involving
observations of racial groups living in the early 16th century to those of the modern day.

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SHORTLIVED AND DISEASED - A MYTH?
The common view, that primitive man is generally short -lived and subject to many diseases is often held by physicians as well
as layman, and the general lack of of sanitation, modern treatment, surgery and drugs in the primitive world is thought to
prevent maintenance of health at a high physical level. The average nutritionist feels that any race lacking access to the wi de
variety of foods available, which modern  agriculture and transportation now permit, could not be in good health.

BEAUTY, WHITE TEETH, LONG LIFE
But the facts are known, and they indicate that, when living under near -isolated conditions, apart from civilization and without
access to the foods of  civilization, primitive man lives in much better physical condition and health than does the usual member
of civilized society. When his own nutrition is adequate and complete, as it most often is, his teeth are white without


 often there is a definite
lengthening. Statistics have been published relative to the increase in the height of girls in colleges
during the last few decades. This is probably a bad rather than a good sign as actually it is an
expression of this change in the shape of the body. I am informed by gynecologists that narrowing
of the pelvic arch is one of the factors that is contributing to the increased difficulties that are
encountered in childbirth by our modern generation.
    A typical case illustrating the relationship between the lack of pelvic development and deformity
of the face, is presented in Fig. 134. This girl presented a very marked underdevelopment of the
lower third of the face which produced the appcarance of protrusion of her upper teeth so that it
was quite difficult or impossible for her to cover them with her lips. An operation to improve her
appearance consisted in removing the first bicuspid on each side above and then moving the bone
carrying the anterior teeth backward with appliances, the width of the two removed teeth. This
changed the relationship of the teeth as shown in the two upper views in Fig. 134. The operation
greatly improved her facial appearance and she lost the inferiority complex which had prevented
her from mingling with young people. When she went to the hospital for her first child, there was
special concern because of her weak heart, and every effort was made to obtain a normal birth
rather than one by Caesarian section. This proved impossible and the Caesarian operation was
done. Great difficulty was experienced in saving the life of the mother and child. Her boyish figure,
of which she had been so proud, and which had been a part of her serious deformity, during her
formative period had nearly resulted in her undoing. She nursed her baby for some time but the7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 244/250overdraft of reproduction on her frail body was so great that she aged rapidly, her back weakened
and she stooped forward as shown in Fig. 134, lower right. In the view at the lower left, it will be
seen that the teeth remained in their new position. A point to keep in mind is that her physical
deficiency was probably directly caused by an inadequate nutrition of her mother during the
intrauterine development and prior to conception. It is, of course, possible that the father also
contributed a poisoned germ cell that constituted a disturbance in the architectural design of the
offspring. In this connection, it is important to have in mind the tragic influence of a program of
deliberate starvation of mothers-to-be in order that the bones of the baby may be soft and thus
provide an easy birth. Some literature has been published indicating the foods that would be
efficient in accomplishing this. This means almost certain wreckage or handicapping of the child's
life.
FIG. 134. This girl suffered with a serious deformity of her
face. She also had very contracted pelvic arch. The facial
deformity was improved as shown. She nearly lost her life
with the birth of her first baby which was removed by
Caesarian operation. Note her badly deformed back from the
overload of reproduction.
    Information from many sources may suggest that the expectant mother needs more calcium and
more vitamin D. She may go to the pharmacy with a prescription or on her own initiative obtain
calcium tablets and so-called vitamin D as a synthetic preparation. We are concerned here with
data which will throw light on the comparative value of the treatment the modern mother will thus
give herself with that that the primitive mother would provide.
    Dr. Wayne Brehm who is associated with two Columbus, Ohio, hospitals has recently published
the results (5)  of a study of the effect of the treatment received in 540 obstetrical cases divided into7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 245/250six groups of ninety individuals each, on the basis on which their nutrition was reinforced in order
to study the comparative effects of the different treatments. The reinforcement of the diet consisted
in Group 1 of taking calcium and synthetic vitamin D as viosterol; Group 2, calcium alone; Group
3, viosterol alone; Group 4, calcium and cod liver oil; Group 5, cod liver oil alone and Group 6, no
reinforcement. For those receiving the calcium and viosterol there was extensive calcification in the
placentae, marked closure of the fontanelle (the normal opening in the top of the infant skull) and
marked calcification in the kidneys. For those receiving calcium alone there was no placental
calcification, slight closure of the fontanelle and no calcification of the kidneys. Group 3 receiving
viosterol had moderate to marked placental calcification, moderate closure of the fontanelle and no
calcification of the kidneys. Those receiving cod liver oil alone had very slight placental
calcification, slight fontanelle closure and no calcification in the kidneys. Those receiving no
reinforcement had very slight placental calcification, normal fontanelle closures and no calcification
of the kidneys. The effect on the mother was a prolonging of labor in Group 1 and at birth the fetal
heads were less moulded not being able to adjust their shape to the shape of the birth tube. These
infants had a general appearance of ossification or postmaturity. This strongly emphasizes the great
desirability of using Nature's natural foods instead of modern synthetic substitutes.
    It is a matter of great importance that the most serious disturbances in reproduction and
childbirth are occurring in the most civilized parts of the world. In Chapter 19 I have referred to
the important work of Dr. Kathleen Vaughan entitled "Safe Childbirth." She has not only had wide
experience among several tribes in India and in the British Hospitals but has collected a large
quantity of information regarding the experience of many races throughout the world. Her data
strongly emphasize the necessity that the growing girl shall be allowed to have an active outdoor
life not only until the completion of the building of her body at about fourteen years of age, but
through the child-bearing period. In practically all countries a restricted sedentary indoor life
greatly increases the complications associated with childbirth. She quotes Whitridge Williams to
the effect that: "At the onset of pregnancy the (males) are 125 to 100 (females), and he adds that
sex is determined in the germ cells, primarily or immediately after their union, and is immutable by
the time segmentation of the ovum begins." Notwithstanding this advantage, prenatal and infant
mortality reduces the proportion of boys to a level below that of girls. Dr. Vaughan in her
reference to the data on the annual report of the chief medical officer, the Minister of Health, states
as follows:
    Our infant mortality returns show that over half the number of infants dying before they are a
year old die before they have lived a month (and 6,744 of them before they are twenty-four
hours old), strongly suggesting that their vitality was impaired by the process of birth. The
figures of those who did not survive one month are 20,060, and of these more than half are
males. So we lose over ten thousand boys every year under a month old! (Public Health Report,
No. 55, British). Hear what Dr. Peter McKinley has to say on the subject. "The death rate of
infants in the period immediately subsequent to birth is nine times as high as that which occurs
later in the first years of life." He shows how the difficulty experienced by the mothers during
parturition leads to the death of infants at and just after birth, and says in this connection,
"Infant deaths under a month are significantly associated with the death rates of mothers in
childbearing." He quotes Netherland statistics showing that of stillbirths due to difficulty during
birth, male stillbirths predominate, and says, "These figures might be taken in support of the
view that the greater size of the male head is a cause of some greater difficulty in labour than
there is with a female birth." Here, indeed, in civilized childbirth is the laboratory where the sex
of the population is finally determined-the actual births of boys and girls are nearly equal in
number, but the small ones slip through; the larger children are the ones who are killed during
birth, or so damaged that life is heavily handicapped, and we are left with an enormous surplus
female population. This destruction of male infants, which goes on day by day and year by year,
puts the consequences of the Great War into the shade. Our surplus female population (now
reaching over one and a half million in excess of the male) is directly due to it. We have no need
of Pharaoh's midwives to kill our boys off at birth (Exodus i. 16). Civilization does it unaided, for
all civilized races as they pass their zenith and are on the downgrade have eventually had to
face the same problem, the outnumbering of men by women, and most of them have met it as the
East does to-day by female infanticide. A more intelligent policy would be to prevent the males
dying at birth. We see that difficult childbirth leads to a high maternal mortality, but it is also the
cause of a high infant mortality falling most heavily upon the male infants, and it is also
responsible for the production of mental defectives in ever-increasing numbers.
    Dr. Vaughan's work places emphasis on


than the Aryan race.
Other races have cancer of course, but in proportion to the pancreatic damage
from malnutrition, viruses or infection. In addition, the percentage of cancer within
the other races can be correlated to the percentage of white blood mixed in the
individual's gene pool.
Cancer Recovery
All persons who have cancer die of starvation, unless they are first killed (usually
by their physician). In attempting to find help and in helping others, one must
comprehend these four basic parameters:
1) The stricken cancer victim and their family members have been so deceived by the
Establishment, that they are completely brainwashed and put in extreme fear.
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2) Another parameter we often forget is that once a cancer victim or family member
has awakened from this imprisoned condition, they trust no one. All too often the
mindset of the cancer victim is to demand an immediate, noticeable, positive,
measurable response. When this is not forthcoming, they usually flip (and flounder) in
numerous forms of therapies that are claimed by their promoters as "The Cure."
Most of the individuals who at last turn to my Metabolic Medicine's Cancer
Program are disillusioned, without hope, and have limited funding for recovery. Such
persons must have at least six months of life and follow the Metabolic Program most
carefully. Then, if they survive this six-month time period, there is a chance of
recovery. This recovery period is a long and tedious one, usually lasting at least 2
years. After that, they must take a form of metabolic support for the rest of their lives.
3) Most of these individuals expect and demand immediate results or they go on to
other therapies. This is not the way one recovers from cancer, because it is not the
way they developed cancer. Cancer requires the failure of the pancreas over the
course of two to eleven years to develop a Malignant Tumor Mass, which the medical
community in error calls "Cancer." Consequently, it requires at least the same length
of time to clean up a ravaged body. Only then does the process of rebuilding the
body take place, which usually takes an additional two to four years of hard work and
living right. Then, for the rest of one's life, one must keep a constant vigil to remain
free of malignant tumor masses.
4) One must realize that physicians are forbidden to treat cancer. Our common
enemy controlling the Medical Establishment has several methods and techniques to
prohibit a physician from treating cancer.
Cancer is a "Process"... not an "Object"
Everyone produces malignant tumor cells on a daily basis. At the same time, the
pancreas produces adequate pancreatin to digest the food you eat, as well as
malignant tumor cells. It is when one's pancreas fails to produce the necessary
pancreatin to accomplish both of these tasks that a "Disease Process" takes place,
which we correctly call cancer.
When this disease process occurs, you are not aware of it, as it is so subtle it must
progress for 2 to 4 years before you or your physician realizes you are in trouble. The
objective of my Program is to supply the body with adequate pancreatin to properly
digest food, stop the disease process, and rid the body of any and all malignant tumor
masses. This is the proper, normal, physiological method of taking care of the disease
process called CANCER.
Upon starting my Program, two measurable things occur: 1) White blood cells
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increase in number, which is considered by everyone to be a good sign. 2) Cancer
Markers become temporarily elevated, which often scares both the cancer victim and
his or her doctor. I  consider elevated Cancer Markers to be a good sign. Cancer
markers become temporarily elevated and malignant tumor masses continue to grow
temporarily
Pancreatin digests the Malignant Tumor Masses and Cells into liquid debris. This
debris is then gobbled up by your white blood cells and removed from your body by
way of bile from the liver, which goes into the colon and out, and urine from the
kidneys, which goes into the bladder and out. A small amount of this debris leaves
the body by way of skin perspiration as well as hair and nail growth.
Upon starting Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure Program two measurable things
occur:
1. White blood cells increase in number, which is considered by everyone to be a
good sign.
2. Cancer Markers become temporarily elevated, which often scares both the Cancer
Victim and his or her doctor. Dr. Kelley considers elevated Cancer Markers to be
a good sign for the following reason:
The Malignant Tumor Mass debris consists, in part, of Cancer Marker components.
Until now most of this Cancer Marker material has been held in the tissue
surrounding the Malignant Tumor Mass and usually increases when Malignant Tumor
Masses continue to develop. Upon starting Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure
Program the Cancer Markers are released into the bloodstream as the Masses are
digested. This causes a high volume of Cancer Marker material to appear in the
bloodstream temporarily and is the most misinterpreted part of the Metabolic
Medicine's Cancer Cure Program. The second most misinterpreted part is that often
the Malignant Tumor Masses continue to grow temporarily before one's normal
metabolic function can take over.
Why You'll Feel Bad During Recovery
When the organs of detoxification become overloaded with debris, one feels as if
you were run over by a freight train. This lousy feeling is how you know that my
program is working. If you do not feel bad, one of three things is happening:
1. You are not taking enough pancreatin of the correct quality or quantity.
2. You have a very small amount of malignant tumor cells and/or masses.
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3. You have enzyme inhibitors (blockers) obstructing pancreatic activity.
I  expect all cancer victims taking pancreatin to feel toxic (sore, headaches, no
energy, nauseous, irritable, elevated temperature, flu-like symptoms, etc.). When this
occurs it indicates one's metabolic functions are working well. At this time, I
recommend that you stop taking the metabolic nutrients for five days to allow the
organs that are detoxing to remove this debris from your body.
Many cancer victims have only a small malignant tumor mass and experience only
mild discomfort. Others have very large malignant tumor masses like Steve
McQueen's. If your physician can surgically de-bulk or remove most of these masses,
you often do not become toxic, and your recovery time speeds up.
D O  N O T  THINK YOU ARE CANCER FREE!
Reactions while on the Kelley Program
On occasion, we have found that an area of a malignant tumor mass becomes
tender and swells. This could be a very good sign. As one's body cleans up the
various debris and digested cells it is like hitting your finger with a hammer and
tenderness, pain and swelling occur. It can be very frightening to those who
experience a tingling or "electrical shock" sensation. This is usually caused by
pressure on nerves from malignant tumor growth. But often, it also occurs when the
swelling from clean-up is taking place within the body. Therefore, it could be a good
or bad sign, but one should consider the good possibility of clean-up activity.
Once or twice after some months on our Metabolic Program, a family member has
called me and said "your program didn't work" Bob/Mary died. When questioned,
the individual had not been on the program for the last four to six months. Another
time a call came in saying the individual had died, only to find out she was killed
instantly in a head-on auto accident. Others have died from gunshot wounds while
dear hunting, others from heart attacks. Of course this is not a "Metabolic failure."
Ascites, Cachexia, Fluid Cysts and Diarrhea
Ascites is a collection of fluid in the abdomen, chest, or legs. If the patient with
Ascites has been diagnosed with cancer, the physician calls hospice and writes
multiple refill prescriptions of strong narcotics.
Cachexia in cancer usually implies terminal illness where the body cannibalizes
itself. The liver converts the body protein tissues into glucose which metabolically
supports the cancer (placenta) until death occurs.
51
Winning The Cancer War
Fluid Cysts is a fluid collection in epithelia sacks containing proteins, electrolytes,
minerals, etc.
Diarrhea - in cancer. When standard treatment fails I  have found that the patient's
body uses diarrhea to remove years of toxic substances so that repair and rebuilding
can take place.
Ascites Update
I  would like to bring to your attention some terminal conditions. Cindy is a cute
little ol' heifer from Florida and a flight attendant with a major airline. Unfortunately,
flying on an airplane on a regular basis has its hazards and she was exposed to all
sorts of toxins and germs, which fill the body to the brim with stressful toxins.
Cindy's big problem was playing with two boys; her fiancee Ken, and St. Peter.
When she was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer in April 2001, she immediately
incorporated my program into her life, bypassing "traditional" methods of cancer
therapy such as chemotherapy and invasive surgery.
About a year into my program, Cindy's doctor told her she had "Ascites"; a
cancerous fluid that


 forward in time and see the
unfoldingness, the incredible beauty, and its precision
and become aware of the inner sacredness of all life.
As we talk about these energy fields as levels of
consciousness, it is obvious that they determine how
we experience life.They determine what kind of a God
we think exists in the universe as well as the kinds of
emotions we express.All ofthis expression is a process
going on within consciousness itself. It is now clear
that there is nothing 'out there' that has the power to
create stress, and that we ourselves are the creators of
stress by our positionalities and attitudes. 98 HEALING AND RECOVERY
It becomes obvious that the open-minded, easygo
ing person does not experience severe stress when
somebody backs into their car's fender in the parking
lot. What happens (as you may have experienced
yourself) depends on whether you are in a 'good
mood'.What is stressful in one mood is not stressful
in another. Often the person whose fender was just
bumped is very upset.A peaceful person is concerned
about the upset person and tells them, "You know,
there is nothing to be upset about; it's only a fender.
We both have insurance. It's no big deal. In reality; it's
a little nuisance in that you have to take your car to
the body shop to get it ftxed, but it's really no big
deal." The evolved person desires to heal the upset
that arose in the field of consciousness.
It is not events that send one into self-pity or anger
about an unjust world where people back into a fender.
The wish to punch the guy in the nose arises from so
much anger within oneself. The detached person
would just handle the event with no particular feeling.
One's concern about the feelings of others and the
desire to support life by relieving another's anxiety and
fear arises from what one has become. It does not exist
in the world. The dented fender, therefore, has no
power over one's life. There is no 'cause' of emotions
except from within.To see this fact results in empow
erment, autonomy, and release from the illusion of
victimhood.
Inner peace automatically arises out of our willing
ness to give up certain positionalities, such as judging
others and making them 'wrong'. Willingness stems
from a forgiving, understanding position.]udgmentalism 99 STRESS
does not really solve anything but instead adds to the
problem. Making others wrong results in a world of
lose-lose. This is a world where we lose and the com
pany loses. It is stressful by virtue of the superim
posed context. It is stressful in the very way that it is
set up because even ifwe win, we still go through the
anxiety ofpossibly losing, so that even in winning, we
do not really win.
We know about people, for example, who say that
they want to have a lot of money. What happens to
them when they suddenly win a lot of money? Some
interesting research has been done on people who
have won millions of dollars in the big lotteries. In
follow-up studies of lottery winners, it was found that
within five years, the degree of happiness of the
people in this group was dismal.The rates of suicide,
divorce, sickness, and drug addiction had risen
spectacularly among these people who ostensibly
had gotten the very thing they had wanted. The
reason they played the lottery was to win.
In the win-lose game, to win, in itself, means to
defeat others who lose. To defeat others brings up
guilt.As a result, one cannot even be happy in winning
because in a win-lose context, one wins and others are
defeated, which results in guilt. In competition, there
are unconscious fears, for example, fear of the oppo
nent. There is the fear that the sudden acquisition of
money may mean that friends will be out to get the
money. This can result in reactions leading to a
depressed, paranoid attitude. At the lowest level of
consciousness, everyone loses because it is a hope
less, dismal world. Stress automatically comes out of a 100 HEALING AND RECOVERY
win-lose position.
Positions of great success and power in the world
automatically come to those who think in terms of
win-win because they set up within their own minds a
way ofbeing in the world and a way for others to be in
their life that is mutually beneficiaLWhat kind of stress
does the person experience who sets up everything as
win-win? That person wins if a friend comes over to
their house, and they win ifthe friend does not. Ifthey
visit, what is held in mind is how much one is going to
enjoy their friendship and presence.At the same time,
one knows that if their friend cannot make it, that is
okay, too.As a result, the other person wins either way,
also. If they come over for dinner, we are delighted
with their presence. Ifthey do not come for dinner, we
have given them the free time to do something that we
know will enhance their life.
To hold all of our expectations in business as a win
win situation results in success, which we experience
as an enhancement of life.The better a company does,
the better the employees do. The more a company
does, the more it gives to the world. The better the
product available to the world, the better the world
supports the company. The more it supports the com
pany, the more the company can support the economy.
The more the employees are supported, the more they
can support their families.The more the company sup
ports the families, the more the families support the
company.
The way to become a success is to make our boss a
success. Instead of going into competition with him
(meaning someone has to lose), making our boss a STRESS 101
success moves him up the ladder and creates space for
us to move up as well.When coming from a competitive
position with the intent to defeat the boss, there arises
unconscious anxiety, distress, and the fear of retalia
tion.
The willingness to surrender the adversarial posi
tion and become more easygoing lessens the experi
ence of stress. The easygoing person at the level of
Acceptance is able to accept human nature and the
world as they are and is ready for any alternatives that
arise.
A lot ·of people go into a state of fear at the
prospect of being visited by the IRS. They assume an
adversarial position that brings up all kinds of stress.
As stated previously, stress does not exist in the outer
world but only in our attitude about it. One year, the
computer selected me for an audit. "Well," I thought,
"here's a chance to find out how well I have been
doing." I sort of looked at the prospect happily. I
thought, "Here's a chance to fmd out if I am doing
things correctly, and ifnot, what I can do about it."
I spent a couple of weeks preparing for the audit.
I purchased fancy notebooks, inserted the specific
pages into celluloid sheets that the accountant said
the IRS would be interested in, and labeled every
thing.When the agent arrived, coffee was ready, and I
treated him like an honored guest. I escorted him into
the library, gave him the best desk, the best coffee,
and the best cup and saucer, not for the purpose of
'buttering him up', but out of respect for his position
because I could see how painful it must be to be a tax
auditor. 102 HEALING AND RECOVERY
My heart went out to this guy, and I really wanted
his day to be a good day. He was actually very pleased,
and as the day went on, I had my way of looking at
things, and he had his way of looking at things.We had
a friendly conversation and did a sort of swap. He had
a great day. By making his day a great day, I also had an
enjoyable day. He said,"You know, I really hate to leave
at three o'clock in the afternoon, but frankly, we are all
done."The IRS people are really very friendly, very help
ful, and very positive in their attitudes because that is
how it is being held in consciousness.
To become easygoing is to get out of the habit of
seeing danger. The easygoing person who is really
confident and adequate is able to accept the down
side of or the possibility of the downside of human
nature and therefore does not have to deny it. It is
preparing for the 'what ifs' in life, creating an oppor
tunity to handle the other side and the opportunities
that may arise.An easy way to discover the source of
stress is to take a book along when driving to work
through heavy traffic. This converts the delays into a
pleasant and welcome opportunity. There is the
capacity within us to create an enjoyable experience
when waiting in traffic because there is time to read,
catch up on things, and really enjoy life.
What does it mean when we go into a neighbor
hood and see a zoning sign that says, "No children or


living food from our own organic gardens; unfortunately this is not an ideal world and we must
compromise. The next best thing is to shop frequently for salad and leaf vegetables in smallish
amounts, so there is no need to keep them for any length of time. Apples, pears, oranges and root
vegetables can be stored for a while without significant loss of quality.
The two most important basic rules of food preparation are the following :
1) All foods must be prepared with great care in order to preserve nutrients as much as
possible. Cooking must be slow, using low heat; high temperatures alter nutrients
in vegetables and cause them to be less easily absorbed. Vegetables should not be
peeled—valuable nutrients are contained in or immediately underneath their skins—
only washed or scrubbed well. Except for potatoes, corn and whole beets, which have
to be boiled in sufficient water, vegetables are cooked with the minimum of water
or soup stock (see below), or on a bed of sliced onions and tomatoes, which release
enough moisture to keep the vegetables from burning. Remember that oxidation,
with loss of nutrients, sets in as soon as you cut into a vegetable or fruit: only start
chopping when you are ready to cook.
2) Food must be tasty, varied and enjoyable, to make up for being very different from the
so-called “normal” Western diet. Variety helps to stimulate appetite. It also supplies a
wide range of minerals and trace elements, needed by the body to heal. Remember the
importance of eye appeal! Salads in particular can be made truly tempting by mixing
green leaves with chopped tomatoes and multicoloured peppers, adding radishes and a
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www.thegersonway.comA small vase of flowers on the dining table can work wonders in making the meal taste even
better.
 The Gerson diet strikes a fine balance between raw and cooked foods. The ample main meals
may suggest to some patients that much of their food is cooked. But this is not the case. Meals
begin with huge helpings of raw salad and end with raw fruit, and the daily ration of 13 glasses
of freshly made juice is as raw as can be. Cooked foods are necessary: Dr. Gerson’s experience
showed that patients do not digest well if given only raw foods along with the juices. In fact,
cooked foods provide additional variety and enable patients to eat more than they would on an
exclusively raw diet. They also supply soft bulk, which promotes the digestion of the raw foods
and juices.
The most popular item on the list of cooked foods is the “Special Soup” or Hippocrates
Soup that helps to detoxify the kidneys and is highly comforting, especially in cold weather. All
cooked foods serve as a kind of “blotting paper” in the stomach, helping to deal with the constant
intake of large amounts of juice. Even so, cooked foods only account for some 3 to 4 pounds of
the patient’s daily consumption, while raw foods, mostly made into juices, represent some 17
pounds!
The All-Important Juices
Only four kinds of juice are used in the treatment of all categories of patients, except for   a
few minor exceptions.
The basic juices are:
• Apple/Carrot juice
• Carrot only juice
• Green juice
• Orange juice
Occasionally, for special cases, a different juice may have to be substituted.  For example,
diabetics receive grapefruit juice instead of orange juice, since grapefruit contains less sugar.
Also, sometimes a fruit juice, such as apple juice is given to patients with collagen diseases who
should not drink citrus juice.
Apple/Carrot Juice
Use approximately 8 ounces each of carrots and apples. Wash and brush (do not peal), grind
to a pulp and place in cloth supplied with the press type juicer to press.
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www.thegersonway.comCarrot Only Juice
Proceed as above, but use only carrots.
Green Juice
Use Romaine, red leaf lettuce, endive, escarole, 2-3 leaves of red cabbage, young inner beet
tops, Swiss chard, a quarter of a small green pepper, watercress.  Add one medium apple when
grinding.
Procure as many of these materials as possible.  Do not use substitutes, such as spinach or
celery, if some of the above items are not available.
Grind the material to a pulp and place in cloth for pressing.
This juice must be drunk immediately, since its enzymes die quickly.
Orange (or Grapefruit) Juice
Use only a reamer type juicer, electric or hand operated. Do not squeeze the peal of the fruit.
The aromatic oils contained in the skin are harmful and would interfere with the treatment.
The Daily Routine
The typical average daily menu of the Gerson patient is as follows:
 BREAKFAST: a large plate of oatmeal cooked in distilled water and sweetened with a little
organic honey or pre-soaked unsulphured dried fruit. An 8-ounce glass of freshly squeezed orange
juice. Some additional raw or stewed fruit. Optional: a slice of organic, unsalted, toasted 100%
rye bread.
 LUNCH: a large plate of mixed raw salad with flax seed oil dressing. 8-10 ounces of
the “special soup.” Baked, boiled, mashed or otherwise prepared potato. 1-2 freshly cooked
vegetables. Raw or stewed fruit for dessert.
 DINNER: Follows the same order as lunch but is varied with different vegetables and fruit
for dessert.
 PLEASE NOTE: Either at lunch or dinner, after the patient has consumed the necessary
foods,  he or she may eat a second slice of organic, unsalted, 100% rye bread. However, bread
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www.thegersonway.comBasic Recipes to Start You Off
For a full range of Gerson recipes, please see Chapter 28. The following instructions are only
meant to introduce the most fundamental items of the patient’s essential daily menu.
 BREAKFAST : For one person, put 5 ounces of rolled oats into 12 ounces of distilled water.
Start cold, bring to a boil, let simmer for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Meanwhile squeeze
orange juice, add prescribed medication(s) (see Chapter 14 ). Serve the oatmeal with pre-soaked
unsulphured dried fruit, e.g. apricots, apple rings, prunes, raisins and mango. Or use raw or
stewed apple or stewed plums, or fresh fruit in season, e.g. peaches, nectarines, grapes or pears.
(No berries!) Up to two teaspoons a day of permitted sweeteners (raw honey, maple syrup, spray-
dried cane juices sold as Sucanat and Rapadura, or unsulphured molasses) may be used.
 LUNCH :  For the salad, cut up, slice and mix varied lettuces, such as red lettuce, Romaine,
escarole, salad bowl and endive. Add to the mixture chopped green onions, radishes, a little
celery, some tomatoes, cauliflower florets, slices of green pepper and watercress.  Dressing:  mix
1 tablespoonful of flax seed oil (during the first month of the therapy; afterwards reduce to 2
teaspoonfuls) with apple cider or red wine vinegar, or lemon or lime juice; add garlic to taste.
“Special Soup” or Hippocrates Soup
(to be eaten twice daily throughout the treatment.)
To save time and effort, prepare enough for two days, i.e., 4 portions. It will keep in the
refrigerator overnight for the next day.  These are the ingredients :
1 medium celery root if available. If not, 3-4 celery branches, i.e., pascal
1 medium parsley root (rarely available, may be omitted)
2 small or one large leek (if not available, use 2 small onions instead)
2 medium onions
garlic to taste—may also be squeezed raw into the hot soup instead of cooking it
a small amount of parsley
1 1⁄2 pounds of tomatoes (or more, if desired)
1 pound of potatoes.
To prepare : wash and scrub vegetables and cut into slices or 1⁄2 inch cubes. Put in lar ge pot,
add water to just cover vegetables, bring to the boil, then cook slowly on a low heat for 1 1⁄2 to
2 hours, until all the vegetables are soft. Pass through food mill, to remove fi bers. Let soup cool
before storing in refrigerator.
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 fresh
Currants
Dates
Figs
Grapefruit
Grapes
Guava
Kumquats
Lemons, ripe
Limes
Loquats
Mangos
Melons, all
Nectarines
Oranges
Passion FruitPapaya
Pears
Peaches
Pineapple, fresh
Pomegranates
Prickly Pear
Raisins
Sapotes
Strawberries
Tamarind
Tangerines
VEGETABLES
Alfalfa
Almonds
Artichokes
Asparagus
Avocados
Bamboo shoots
Beans—green, string, wax
Beans, lima
Beets
Bell Peppers, all colors
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage, red and white
Carrots
Celery
Cauliflower
ChardChestnuts
Chicory
Chives
Collards
Corn, sweet
Cucumber
Dandelion
Dill
Dock, green
Eggplant
Escarole
Garlic
Horseradish
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce
Okra
Olives
Onions
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas
Pumpkin
Radish
Rhubarb
Sauerkraut
Sorrel
SpinachSprouts
Squash
Sweet Potato
Tomatoes, orange only
Turnips
Watercress
White Potato
OTHER
Apple Cider Vinegar
Buttermilk, raw
Dulse and Kelp
Grains—Amaranth, Millet, Quinoa
Milk, raw
Miso
Molasses
Olive Oil
Spices, natural
Tea, herbal and Chinese
Whey
Wine, organic
Yogurt, raw
Acid Forming Foods

Alcoholic beverages
Artichokes
Asparagus, tips (white only)
Aspirin
BarleyBananas, green
Beans, dried
Blueberries
Breads
Cakes
Candy
Cereals, breakfast
Cheeses, all
Chocolate and Cocoa
Coffee
Cola and soft drinks
Colorings, artificial
Condiments, all
Corn, cooked
Corn starch
Cranberries
Crackers
Custards
Dairy products
Dressings
Doughnuts
Eggs, whites
Flavorings, artificial
Flour products
Fruits, canned
Garbanzos
Gelatin
Grains, most
GrapenutsGravies
Grits, hominy
Ice Cream
Jams and Jellies
Lentils
Mayonnaise Meats, including fish, shellfish
and fowl
Oatmeal
Oils, processed
Olives, pickled
Nuts
Pasta
Pastries and Pies
Peanuts
Pepper, Black
Plums
Prunes
Rice cakes
Rice, white and brown
Salt
Soda water
Soybeans
Soy products
Spaghetti
Sugar, refined
Tapioca
Teas, Indian
Tobacco
Vegetables, cannedVinegar
Yogurt
Remember
 …
Pleasure, laughter, happiness, rest and sleep are all
Alkaline
 forming.
Worry, anger, hate, envy, gossip, fear and lack of sleep are
Acid
 forming.
MODULE 7.3
The Vital Role of Proper Food Combination

Throughout this book I have taken you on a simplified journey into the body,
its many systems, and how they work. We have covered disease processes
and their causes. You have learned the importance of the pH of the body.
We’ve examined the two pillars of chemistry: alkalies and acids; and we
looked at the role of acidosis in disease. You are learning the power of raw
foods and their effects on tissue. Now it is time to put these factors together
and examine proper food combinations.
According to the American Dietetics Association, it doesn’t matter how
we combine our foods, as long as we eat proteins, carbohydrates, and some
fat at each meal. This philosophy is ridiculous and unscientific, and we have
all suffered with gas, bloating and acidosis as a result. Chemistry does not
support this approach. As a matter of fact, chemistry becomes our friend
when we look into proper food combinations. For a diabetic, particularly, it is
vital to follow proper food combinations if he or she wants to regulate blood
sugars.
Many great books have been written about proper food combinations,
and I would suggest studying a little about this important subject. (See:
Food
Combining Made Easy
 by Herbert Shelton, and
Proper Food-Combining
Works
 by Lee DuBelle.)
Chemistry tells us that when we combine a base (or alkalie) with an acid,
they neutralize each other. Fermentation and putrefaction then become the
digesters, instead of digestive enzymes. This causes improper food
breakdown and many unwanted chemical changes, all leading to
malabsorption, acidosis and cellular starvation. Protein-dominating foods
when mixed with starches fall into this category.The two most important food-combination tips are, first, to never mix
proteins (acid foods) with carbohydrates (alkaline foods), and second, to
separate your consumption of fruits or melons from any other type of food.
These two tips will be discussed in more detail below.
If you observe proper food combinations you will end the acid
regurgitation, ulcerations, bloating and gas commonly caused by violating
these natural rules. Keep in mind that the fewer types of foods you combine,
the better the digestion of your foods will be. If I ask you to think of ten
different things at the same time you would become confused, as the mind
can attend fully to one thing at a time. Remember this when you are planning
to eat ten different foods at one meal. Simplicity is always best. It’s not
how
much
 you eat, but whether you can digest, absorb, utilize and eliminate what
you have eaten.
Keep your diet simple and keep your life simple. Be happy when you eat.
Never eat when you’re angry or upset, as this causes elevated stomach acids
that can neutralize your digestive efforts and create acidosis. Relax and enjoy
what you are eating. Chew your foods well, as the first stage of digestion
takes place in your mouth. Try not to drink with your meals, as this only
dilutes or neutralizes your digestive enzymes.
THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT FOOD-COMBINING TIPS

Do Not Combine Proteins (acid) and Carbohydrates (alkaline)
In chemistry we learn that we cannot combine acid digestive enzymes with
alkaline digestive
enzymes because they will normally neutralize each other,
causing proper digestion to stop and putrefaction and fermentation to begin.
Carbohydrates begin their digestive process in the mouth with amylase,
ptyalin and other alkaline digestive enzymes. Protein-type foods, including
meat and nuts, start their digestive process in the lower stomach with the
release of HCL (hydrochloric acid), which in turn releases pepsin. These
substances are both acidic in nature.
When a predominant starch combines in the stomach with a predominant
protein, you have a clash. You know this by the bloating and the full feeling
you get after you eat a meal like this. Fermentation of sugar creates alcohol.
This alcohol can stimulate or decrease our energy levels, cause over-acidity,mucus congestion, protein toxicity and inflammation of the tissues. The liver,
pancreas and adrenal tissues get hit the hardest. It is difficult for diabetics to
regulate their blood sugars eating this way.
Separate Your Fruits or Melons from All Other Foods
Fruits and melons digest very quickly. When combined with foods that digest
slowly, their sugars are held up in the stomach. This results in the
fermentation of the undigested sugar, which then yields alcohol. This alcohol
from fermentation of food sugars raises blood alcohol levels and has even
caused plane crashes, car wrecks and DWI arrests.
Make a whole meal of fruits or melons by themselves. These are high
energy and cleansing meals that are very important to the detoxification
process.
There are many other important concepts in proper food combinations,
such as, “Don’t combine two different types of proteins at the same meal,” or
“Certain fruits can combine with certain proteins.” The subject can be quite
vast, and the details are beyond the scope of this book. For more information
see the recommended books listed above.
The simpler you eat, the better it is for your digestive processes. The
better your food breaks down, the more energy you will have. The following
chart provides an overview of proper (and improper) food combinations.

Simple Food Combining

MODULE 7.4The Detox Miracle Menus

I created the following dietary program after thirty years of clinical and
personal use. I call it the “Detox Miracle Diet” because I have seen it heal and
rebuild tissue for thousands of people. I also call this “God’s Rainbow Diet”
because it consists of all colors of fruits and vegetables. Each food and its
color feeds, energizes and heals the body in its own special way. Fruits feed
the brain and nervous system, whereas vegetables feed the muscles and
skeletal system. Nuts and seeds are structural foods.
The more raw, uncooked and unprocessed food you eat, the more vital
you become. Challenge your self-discipline. Try a 100 percent raw


 one should never come close to these two
species because they produce moistures that mix with the
blood and make it boil and this is the main cause for the
formation of putrefied fluids and fevers. But dried fruits
like raisins, dried figs, kernels of pistachio and hazelnuts
are not bad, but it is best to us e them only as relishes with
food, especially raisins and pi stachio nuts, because they
are very good for the liver. Gale n said also: The health of
the liver is our life. The part aking of some sweets after a
meal is very good, because it gives the stomach the power
to retain the food and to digest  it. This is all that I have
found proper to mention in this chapter and that is all we
intended.

CHAPTER II

The Care of Patients in the Absence of a
Physician or in the Presence of a Physician Who
Is Not Adequate and Not Experienced in This
Science

According to the prominent medical authorities, medical
science is of extreme importance to man, because he is
disposed to become sick from  most of the foods he eats,
and sooner or later he will n eed the advice of a physician.
Medical science is divi ded into three parts.

THE HEALTHY, THE SICK AND THE CONVALESCENT
The first and most important part: the behavior of the
healthy, and that is the care of  health and its maintenance.
The second part: the care of  the sick; ways and means
of regaining of health that ha s been lost. This is known as
medical advice.
The third part: the care that Galen called "the
restoration." This is the care of health in persons who are neither very well nor very sic k, such as those who are in a
convalescent state or the aged.
As has already been explained, a man needs the
services of a physician in ev ery item of health and at
every time, but his need of a physician during sickness is
especially great and avoiding him is dangerous. Fools
think that a man needs a physician during his sickness
only and at no other time, but it  very often happens that a
man gets sick while traveling or while in a small town
where there is no physician or  only a physician on whose
wisdom people do not rely. This is the place for the
advice of your servant, indi cating what to do on such an
occasion.

THE ANCIENT GREEKS
Galen has already explained to us that the ancient
Greeks, when in doubt as to what to do in a certain
disease, did nothing but left the patient to nature, which
they considered suf ficient to cure all illnesses. And
Hippocrates sang the praises of nature in many places at
great length, considering natu re to be wise, clever and
capable of doing what is necessary for the sick without
resorting to medication. And it is true that the physician should help nature, support it and do nothing else but
follow it.

RAZI'S RULE
And Razi said in one of hi s well-known chapters: If a
disease is stronger than the pa tient, there is no hope that
he will survive and no physician will help him; if the
strength of the patient is gr eater than the strength of the
disease, he will not need a physician, because nature will
cure him; but if the strength of the patient and that of the
disease are equal, then one needs a physician to increase
the patient's strength. Th is can be done only by the
perfect physician, who knows how to strengthen the
patient and take care of him, so that he may overcome the
hurdles of nature. However, most physicians commit
many errors and, while they think they increase the
patient's strength, they really  weaken him and interfere
with his progress.

ARISTOTLE HARSH ON PHYSICIANS
And about this, Aristotle said, in his book De sensu et
sensibili,- that many die from medication because of the
ignorance of physicians in understanding nature. When the physicians say "nature," they mean the power that
rules all living creatures,  whose presence and true
function has been explained in the books of the ancient
sages. For these reasons kings  invite many physicians and
chose from them the most intelligent, wise and
experienced. Through their concilium they may be saved
from error.

USE MILD REMEDIES
From all that I have mentioned in my introduction, it
becomes clear that it is proper to leave the patient to
nature when there is no good physician. And the
expression "leaving to nature" implies that one should not
take a medication which healthy people are not used to
taking and that one should not  forget to take the proper
amount of his food. One should drink when he is thirsty,
and one should eat when he is hungry, as one is
accustomed to do. And one should eat the lightest of the
foods that he is used to ea ting. And it is proper for a man
to know that even if he has with him one or many
prominent physicians, he should not permit himself to
employ drastic medication, unle ss it is upon the advice of
a very, very adequate and experienced physician whose
wisdom has been put to th e test and whose experience cannot be doubted. Otherwis e one should prefer during
illness light rather than strong medications.

AND AVOID THE DRASTICS
I will now explain the ch aracter of the strong
medicaments and name them. They are: venesection with
the loss of much blood, strong and prolonged purgatives
such as colocynth, convolvulus scammonia and cleansing
by strong emetics, like the two types of hellebore and nux
vomica, and strong enemas that contain colocynth,
sagapenum, castor oil and the like. Equally strong
measures are abstaining from food entirely and the
avoidance of drinking and the enduring of thirst. There
are already many prepared medications for various
conditions like the theriac, Th eodoric and Mithridatic and
their like. All these medicaments are powerful and one
should prepare them only upon the advice of a physician
who excels in theory and pract ice. From these things, if
they have a beneficial influence in their place, the patient
will recuperate immediately or a short while afterward or
will, at least, be saved from death. But if they fail, they
will cause immediate death or  an illness that will
ultimately cause the patient's death. And therefore it is
proper to exercise care. THE LIGHT PROCEDURES
The light medical procedures  are: the removal of blood
through cupping and scarification on the thighs or on the
upper part of the body, a purge with manna, pears, plums,
cherries, violets and syrup of roses in a cold state.
Emetics such as barley water, oxymel, horse-radish,
atriplex littoralis seeds or melon roots and others. Also
light enemas, like those of ba rley water, coarse bran
water, honey water or oil and their like.
Also  light  food,  such  as  nourishing  fluids mixed
with sugar, bee honey, barley soup, toasted rusk, soaked
twice, or thin biscuits as  prepared for sick people.
We can also include here su ch medication as is also
taken in good health, like th e drinks used by healthy
people—oxymel, rose and lemon water, violets and the
like—and the syrups that are of equal quality, such as
rose sugar, violet sugar and myrobalan jam.

THE COMPOUND DRUGS
In the same fashion we must take the fluids
compounded out of light and reliable drugs, such as
licorice, coriander, oxtongue, endive seed, eryngo leaves,
panicaut, asparagus root, rind of lettuce root, fennel root, celery, cucumber seed, portulaca, portulaca oleracea,
sugar melon, althea wood and seed and their like. And
other drinks that are compounded from the fruit, seeds
and flowers that healthy pe ople take, and the tamarind
drink. All these medicaments are light. When they reach
the proper place they will re store the health of the
debilitated patient and will cure the stronger one for a
long time. Even if they miss their aim, they will cause no
death or severe injury. Most  of the physicians rely on
such a system, avoiding doubt in search for perfection.

PURGATIVES
The purgatives such as hiera picra, agaricon and
operculina turpethum and their like, such as cassia fistula,
are of medium quality, not t oo strong and not too weak.
Cassia fistula, though it frequently causes tenesmus, has a
sure effect. Agaric is al so a sure purgative, but
occasionally it hurts with its sharpness and its
dehydration, when we have to remove fluids from the
entire body or from one orga n. Equally injurious to men
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 struggle for much of humanity to
really understand how to live our moment-to-moment existence as
not only a physical entity, but also a spiritual entity— and to have a
moment-to-moment spiritua l experience as well. That is, to
understand how to really put these spiritual concepts on the ground
in day-to-day life.
There is a story I would like to insert and share here, Neale...
one that I think is fitting to what we’re talking about.

NEALE: Go ahead.
 DR. COOPER: I would like to describe the moment I first realized we
are “more than our bodies”... because I remember this vividly.
It was the mom ent I entered the anatomy lab in my first year of
medical schoo l. However, this was no ordinary anatomy lab. It was
one where we actually dissected human cadavers over the course  of
two years.
We dissected everything from the heart to the lungs to the
muscles and nerves, and even to the brain and spinal cord. We
delved into the deepest understandings that science and
neuroscience can provide about who we are, actually being able to
see and visualize it right before our eyes. It was one of the most
striking things I ever witnessed in my life. And certainly not an
experience that many people come across at the age of twenty.
I can tell you that prior to this experience I was very attached to
my physical body being Who I Am. However, the time I spent in that
lab dramatically changed my understanding.
What struck me most was the total lifelessness of the bodies
before me. As they were lying on the lab benches and we went to
make the first cut with the scalpel, all I knew without a shadow of a
doubt was that this is not the human being. This is not the person!
And it became  absolutely clear to me that the mere “physical
body” had very little to do with the person who had walked on this
Earth.
Although people may unders tand this conceptually, to actually
see it and experience it is both startling and eye-opening, to say the
least. And the thing is, it wasn’t just a hunch. It wasn’t just a subtle
feeling that there was “something more going on.” It was an
undeniable truth, and I believe that anyone standing in my shoeswould have seen, and known, the exact same thing: that without that
“added presen ce”–that spiritu al quality, if you could call it such–our
bodies have little to do with who we are.
It then poses the question, “ Who are we really?”
And it invites us to consider: how, if at all, does this “extra
presence” play a role in the day-to-day, moment- to-moment
unfolding of our lives?

NEALE: It sure does pose the question. Thank you.

DR. COOPER: You know, Neale, when I was in that lab as a young
student, my mind went to the place of: “My gosh, what if this were
my parent whose cadaver was lying here?” And that thought scared
me! It scared me that the sum total of someone I loved could
disappear at the moment their body “crossed over.”
This is why the revelation that we are more than our bodies
brought me such comfort. Because I could see the truth right before
my eyes that even if that was my mother ’s body lying there, I would
know that it was not her.
Many people have asked me, “How did you know that?”
It’s not an easy thing to expla in, but what I tell them is that the
skin on the cadaver was hardened and rubbery and so pale; the
body was utterly limp. The face was expressionless to the point of
being almost unrecognizable—no smile, eyes closed, and none of
the expressions that previously shone on the face of that person.
I think that when we mistake our loved one’s body for Who
They Are, it is because we are seeing the energy that animates
physical form—the joy sparkling in their eyes, the dance of a smileon their lips, or even the tears of sadness falling upon their cheek.
We’re seeing the human emotions and characteristics, both the
good and the bad, that shape the expression of that body, and give
us the experience of Who They Are. We’re seeing invisible energy
made visible, metaphysical life made physical.
But anyone who would have seen the utter lifelessness of these
cadavers would have known—and would have literally seen— that
when this “presence,” the energy, was gone, the disintegrating
remains had very little, or perhaps nothing at all, to do with the
person who once inhabited that body.

NEALE: What a surreal experience.

DR. COOPER : Yes! I wish you could have been there  to see it,
Neale. In fact, I think it’ s an experience that would profoundly change
almost anyone’ s life.
Here I was, sitting in that lab day after day, with the professors
describing the intricate work ings of the human body from birth to
death and every moment in-between. Yet something about the
purely medica l and scientific theory just didn’t sit right with me.
Intuitively, I felt like it was an incomplete way of looking at life.
The feeling that “there must be more” was most noticeable in
the neuroanatomy portion of the lab, where we spent two months
dissecting the brain and spinal cord. I was literally holding a brain in
my hands, tracing the pathways with my scalpel, and being told:
“These are the pathways of people’ s emotions. This is what creates
who we are. This is our personality,” and so on.Yet all I could think to myself was, “No, this is not who we are! I
don’t believe you. This can’t be who we are!” It just didn’t make
sense.
In my experience, and from what I felt in my heart and soul, this
could not be who we are. But the professors were telling me, “This is
who we are.” It was a very odd, and somewhat disconcerting,
experience...
And it certainly  caused me to have a second thought—to do a
double take—on what was really going on here.

NEALE: Interesting. How interesting.
How does the body remain pliable enough to dissect it? I mean,
wouldn’t it just get, like, rigor mortis?

DR. COOPER: They do preserve it in some way that makes it easy
to disse ct, although I’m not sure the exact chemicals they use, or
how they specifically go about the embalming process.
I do know, from experience, that they drain the blood out of the
body and repla ce it with something that hardens, like plastic, so it is
much easier to dissect that way.

NEALE: I’m almost sorry I asked that! How did you remove such
memories from your mind, and allow your mind to get back to, you
know, seeing people in their real form, without imagining all of those
memories?
I mean, I’m too sensitive; I wouldn’t be able to deal with that for
five minutes.
 DR. COOPER: Well, the professor did ask me in the first session,
“Are you going  to pass out? Do you need to sit down?” It is quite a
shock to be exposed to this sort of thing!
And it’s true that I would go through my life after a lab session
—say we just looked at the lungs—and I would be thinking so much
about people’ s lungs. I guess that’s a weird way to walk through the
world, but I’d be thinking and imagining people’ s lungs  as I was
talking to them, because it was such a strong memory in my mind.
But overall, I really just didn’t believe  what they were teaching
me in that lab—in the spiritu al sense—so I don’t think I took it too
seriously. To me, it simply illustrated that I was connecting with my
family, my loved ones, and every single person whose path I
crossed, at the level of energy. It confirmed the existence of
something beyond the physical.
To me, it made that crystal clear.

NEALE: The body is not by any means the sum total of Who W e Are.
You are very lucky to have gained that insight at such a young age.
There are a great many people who don’t ever get that
“knowing,” that deep unders tanding, in their entire lifetime on the
planet.

DR. COOPER : This was the first occurrence in my life that really
placed the question in front of me: If we are not our bodies, then who
are we?
 It was, in effect, the beginning of an exploration of exactly what
we talked about earlier— the intersection of physicality and spirituality
—and understanding the link between the body and the soul.And Neale, I would like to share one more story that adds to
this one, which made my understanding even deeper. It was the first
open-heart surgery that I attended—a coronary artery bypass
surgery—which is when someone needs the arteries fixed around
their heart.
What caught my attention with this surgery is that it’s an
operation on the heart— one of the most vital organs in the body. It’s
not like the patient has just broken a leg or something, and we have
to fix


 In the back of their minds, they may re call someone having mentioned that these are “transitional” or
“celebration” foods, but today they are still celebrating their tr ansition … and what a party it is!
Can you make raw pizza? Sure, that’s easy. Y ou can find hundreds of pi zza recipes among the dozens of raw websites and
recipe books available today. Virtually any dish from any cuisine can be re plicated using only raw ingredients.
In some parts of the U.S. and abroad, it is becoming easier and easier to jump on th e raw food bandwagon. The raw-curious
can dip their toes into an ever-expanding array of potlucks, food-preparation w orkshops, chef trainings, and prepared food
offerings being presented by local raw chefs, speakers, and food ven dors. Prepackaged raw snacks, desserts, and entrées are
becoming popular in many health-food stores, sometimes meriting a secti on of their own with multiple rows of taste sensations. And
it seems a new raw restaurant, or at least a deli with a few raw options, opens every week in some area of the country.
For those with computer access, virtual communities and online discu ssion boards abound, and it doesn’t take much searching
to find plenty of helpful support (and confusing information) for your new en deavor. And if you can afford the luxury of travel, you
can find raw retreats, festivals, and educational events taking pl ace across the globe year ’round.
Unbeknownst to the new raw food enthusiast, however, virtually every spe aker they are likely to hear and every food they are
likely to taste will lead them down a garden path to a raw diet that at le ast equals—and often far surpasses—the fat content of
mainstream American fare, in terms of percentage of calories cons umed.
Yes, you read that correctly: Almost across the board, raw fooders rank righ t up there with the burgers-and-fries crowd when
it comes to ingesting fat, almost always consuming 50% of their calorie s as fat, usually far more. I see it all the time: raw fooders who
eat a chocolate-coconut-almond shake or a fruit-and-flax-oil smoothie f or breakfast, a nut pâté for lunch with an oil-drenched,
avocado-laden salad on the side, glorious granola bars or slices of fruit sla thered with nut butter as snacks, and tahini-dressed
greens and sprouts for dinner with more avocado, plus a plate of seed cheese on f lax crackers.
Such a regimen can easily top 75% fat and may seem far too heavy for a seas oned raw fooder. Over time, most people who
eat a raw diet refine their menus, eventually ending up eating “s imple meals,” which include more fruits and vegetables and fewer
fats. But it takes precious little in the way of nuts and seeds to equal or e xceed the percentage of fat consumed by the average
American. Even longtime raw fooders who consider their diets massivel y simplified in comparison to their early days are often
astonished to learn that they still consume an average of 40 or 50% fat!

“Don’t W orry, It’s Raw …”
Many leaders of the raw food movement endow raw foods with almost supernatu ral powers, teaching that consuming fat won’t
harm us “as long as it is raw fat.” They tell people that the unst able fats in nuts and seeds can withstand the sustained heat of leng thy
dehydration and subsequent room-temperature storage without degrading or  going rancid. This is wishful thinking on the part of
people wishing to profit from the high-fat raw fad by selling flax cracke rs, granola bars, and other dehydrated prepared foods.
Eating such concoctions within hours of dehydration is safest, but it is  still a far cry from eating fresh, unprocessed whole-food fats
as they occur in nature. Some even pride themselves on eating 80% of calor ies from fat and beyond, recommending such a program
as perfectly safe, which it categorically is not.
The high-fat raw foods that well-meaning raw chefs, teachers, and a uthors promote are very likely to cause in raw fooders
many of the same health issues that plague cooked food eaters, including c andida, chronic and intermittent fatigue, and even heart
disease. These maladies result in large part from excess fat in the  bloodstream, a correlation explained in Chapter 2. Sadly, I
personally know two raw fooders who have undergone open-heart surgery t his decade. Y es … their high-fat raw diets resulted in
the total blockage of their coronary arteries.
Raw fats are without question far better for us than cooked fats—espe cially when they come from whole plants as opposed to
extracted oils or cooked animal products. But do not let anyone mislead you: the h abitual consumption of fatty foods is not a
healthful practice.

Cooked or Raw, Too Much Fat Is Still Too Much Fat
Whether you eat cooked animal fat, cold-pressed plant oil, or whole-food raw f ats, too much fat is too much fat … and we must
recognize its health-destroying potential. Below are a few examp les. (See “Cooking Damages Nutrients” for more information on
the additional  health problems we create by cooking our fats.)
 Cooked or raw, higher-than-healthy levels of fat in the bloodstream for ce fat to “precipitate out” and adhere to arterial walls,
a condition known as atherosclerosis. Hypertension, aneurism, atheroscl erosis, embolism (thrombus), myocardial infarction,
cerebral infarction, and other vascular disorders are all related to ex cessive consumption of dietary fat.
Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream reduces the oxygen-carryin g capacity of red blood cells, predisposing us to
cancer. A lowered blood-oxygen level also adversely affects all cellu lar function, including muscle and brain-cell function.
Reduced oxygen to the brain results in impaired clarity of thought, poor deci sion making, and a dull mind. Some researchers
have suggested that impaired oxygen delivery sets the stage for sen ility, memory dysfunction, and learning disabilities.
Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream requires an increased epineph rine (adrenaline) response in order to drive the
pancreas to produce insulin. Following excess stimulation, adrenal exh austion sets in, as required by the Law of Dual Effect.
Adrenal exhaustion is the precursor for conditions such as mononucleosi s, Epstein-Barr virus, chronic fatigue
syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), post-viral fatigue syn drome, lupus, and myofascial disease, to name just a few.
Cooked or raw, increased fat in the bloodstream results in increased demand f or insulin, known as insulin resistance. As
described in Chapter 2, the resulting continuous drain on the pancreas ev entually leads to pancreatic fatigue and chronically
elevated blood-sugar levels. This predisposes us to a group of lipid (fat) meta bolic disorders, mistakenly referred to as
“blood-sugar metabolic disorders”: hyper- and hypoglycemia, hyperin sulinism, candida infections, diabetes, and others.
Cooked or raw, the excessive consumption of fat has been incontrovertibly li nked to the development of cancer, heart
disease, and diabetes. Future research is expected to continue to support th is statement, as countless thousands of studies
have already done, including the Framingham Heart Study and the Chin a Study, respectively the longest and the largest
nutrition studies ever undertaken. When other lifestyle factors ar e equal, the greater the amount of fat that a population
consumes, the higher the rates of these dreaded conditions. It has been sh own that when we consume more fat than we
require, we almost invariably consume less carbohydrate than we requi re. Insufficient carbohydrate consumption will result in
feelings of fatigue, loss of strength, reduced sex drive, and a general l owering of vigor and vitality.

“Not Me,” Y ou Say?
If you have been following a raw diet, you are probably almost certa in that it does not contain 60% or more fat. “I love my salads. I
eat lots of greens,” you say. “I eat tons of fruit, too, compared to most people. There’s no way I eat that much fat!” Y et fat has a
way of sneaking into the diet, whether it is cooked or raw, and you won’t notice i t unless you understand where it comes from.
I analyze what people eat on an ongoing basis. While I occasionally meet s omeone who both claims to consume a low-fat diet
and actually does so, far more frequently people are shocked at the analysis  they receive. In almost every instance, people discover
that the raw food cuisine they consider the ultimate in health has a ctually become a very high-fat program.

Low-Fat Cooked vs. High-Fat Raw
People often ask whether it is better to eat a low-fat cooked diet or a hig h-fat raw one. Some people ask, “which is worse?”
It is important to differentiate between eating “just to stay ra w” and eating for health. The 80/10/10rv  plan represents the ideal—the
eating program that is optimal


 ca lled the “thymic thump.” The thymus gland
is locate d directly behind the top of the breastbone. W ith clenched fist,
pound over this area rhythmically several times while smiling and thinking
of so meone you love. At each thump, say, “Ha-ha-ha.” Retesting will now
show th e resumption of thymic dominance, and normal test results will
occur.
USE OF THE TESTING PROCEDURE IN THIS STUDY
The testing technique just described is that recommended by Dr.
Diamond in Behavioral Kinesiology. T he only variation introduced  in our
study was the co rrelation of responses with a logarithmic scale  to calibrate
the relative power of the ener g y of dif ferent attitudes, thoughts, feelings,
situations, and relationships. Be cause the test is rapid, actually  taking less
than 10  seconds, it is possib le to process an enormous amount of
information about a variety of matters in a very short time.
The numerical scale elicited spontaneously from test subjects ranges
from the  value of mere physica l existence at 1; up to 600 in the ordinary
worldly realm, which is the ape x of ordinary consciousness; and then from
600 on up to 1,000, which includes advanced states of Enlightenment.
Responses in the form of simple yes-or -no answers determine the
calibration of the subject. For e xample, “If just being alive is one, then the
power o f Love is over 200?” (S ubject goes strong, indicating a yes.) “Love
is ov er 3 00?” (S ubject still goes strong.) “Love is over 400?” (S ubject stays
strong.) “Love is 500 or over?” (Subject still strong.) In this case, Love
calibrated at 500, and this figu re proved reproducible regardless of how
many subjects were tested. W ith repeated testing—using either individuals
or group s—a co nsistent scale emer ged, which correlates well with human
experience, history, and common opinion, as well as the findings of
psychology, soc iology, psycho analysis, philosophy, medicine, and thefamous Great Chain of Being. It also correlates quite precisely with
perennial philosophy’ s strata of consciousness.
The test er must be cautious, however, realizing that the answer s to some
questions may be quite disturbing to the subject. The technique must not be
used irr esponsibly, and the tester must always respect the subject’ s
willingness to participate; it sh ould never be used as a confrontational
technique. In clinical situations, a personal question is never posed to the
test sub ject unle ss it is pertine nt to a therapeutic purpose. It is possible,
though, to pose a question that precludes personal involvement  on the part
of the test subject, who then functions merely as an indicator for the
purposes of calibration research.
The test response is independent of the subject’ s actual physical strength.
It is freq uently d umbfounding to well-muscled athletes when the y go just as
weak as  anyone else in response to a noxious stimulus. The test er may well
be a frail woman who weighs le ss than 100 pounds, and the subject may be
a professional football player who weighs more than 200, but the test results
will be the same, as she puts down his powerful arm with a mere two
fingers.
DISCREP ANCIES
Dif fering calibr ations may be obtained over time or by dif ferent
investigators for a variety of re asons: situations, people, politics, policies,
and attitudes change over time.
Unless a  specific  scale is used as reference, the numbers obtaine d will be
arbitrary. All calibrations in this book were made in reference to the Map of
Consciousness. For instance: “On a scale of 1 to 1,000, where 700
represents Enlig htenment, this _______ calibrates at _______.” If a specific
scale is not spec ified, testers may get astounding numbers ove r 1,000 and
progressively higher numbers with subsequent tests. On this scale, no
person w ho ever  existed on this planet calibrated over 1,000, the  calibration
of all the great A vatars.
People tend to use dif ferent sensory modalities when they hold something
in mind— that is, visual, sensory, auditory, or feeling. “Y our mother” could
therefore be how she looked, felt, sounded, and so on; or “H enry Ford”could be calibrated as a father, as an industrialist, for his impact on
America, for his anti-Semitism, and so forth.
One can specify context and s tick to a prevailing modality. T he same
team using the same technique w ill get results that are internally  consistent.
Expertise develops with practice.
The bes t attitude is one of clinical detachment, posing a statement with
the prefix statement: “In the na me of the highest good, _____ _________
calibrates as true. Over 100? Over 200?” and so on. The conte xtualization
“in the highest g ood” increases accuracy, because it transcends self-serving
personal interest and motives.
There are some people, howe ver, who are incapable of a scientific,
detached attitude and unable to be objective, and for whom the kinesiologic
method will therefore not be accurate. Dedication and intention to the truth
have to be given  priority over personal opinions and trying to prove them as
being “right.”
LIMIT A TIONS
Approximately 10 percent of the population is not able to use the
kinesiologic testing technique for as-yet-unknown reasons. The test is
accurate only if the test subjec ts themselves calibrate over 200 and the
intention of the use of the test is  integrous and also calibrates ov er 200. The
requirement is one of detached objectivity and alignment with truth rather
than subjective opinion. Sometimes married couples, also for reasons as yet
undiscovered, ar e unable to use each other as test subjects and may have to
find a third person to be a test partner.
DISQUALIFICA TION
Both sk epticism (cal. 160) and cynicism calibrate below 200 because
they reflect negative prejudgment. In contrast, true inquiry requires an open
mind an d hone sty devoid of intellectual vanity. Negative studies of
behavioral kinesiology all  cali brate below 200 (usually a t 160), as do the
investigators themselves.That even famous professors ca n and do calibrate below 200 may seem
surprising to the average person.
Thus, negative studies are a consequence of negative bias. As an
example, Francis Crick’ s research design that led to the disco very of the
double-helix pa ttern of DNA calibrated at 440. His last resea rch design,
which was intended to prove that consciousness was just a product of
neuronal activity, calibrated at only 135.
The failu re of investigators who themselves, or by faulty research design,
calibrate below 200 confirms th e truth of the very methodology they claim
to disprove. They “should” get negative results, so they do—which,
paradoxically, proves the accu racy of the test to detect the dif ference
between unbiased integrity and nonintegrity.
Any new  discovery may upset th e apple cart and be viewed as a  threat to
the status quo of prevailing b elief systems. That a clinical science of
consciousness has emer ged tha t validates spiritual Reality is, of course,
going to precipitate resistance, as it is actually a direct confro ntation with
the dom inion o f the narcissistic core of the ego itself, which is innately
presumptuous and opinionated.
Below consciousness level 200, comprehension is limited by the
dominance of lower mind, whic h is capable of recognizing facts  but not yet
able to grasp what is meant by the term truth  ( it conf uses r es interna  with
r es externa ) and that truth has physiological accompaniments dif ferent from
those of falsehoo d. Additionally, truth is intuited, as evidenced by the use of
voice analysis, the study of body language, papillary response, EEG
changes in the brain, fluctuations in breathing and blood pressure, galvanic
skin res ponse, dowsing, and even the Huna technique of measuring the
distance that the aura radiates from the body. Some people have a very
simple technique that utilizes the standing body like a pendulum (fall
forward with truth and backward with falsehood).
From a more ad vanced contextualization, the principles that p revail are
that T ru th cann ot be disproved by falsehood any more than light can be
disproved by darkness. The non linear is not subject to the limitations of the
linear. T ruth is of a dif ferent paradigm from logic and thus is not
“provable,” as that which is  provable calibrates only in the 400s.
Consciousness-research kinesiology operates at level 600, which is at the
interface of the linear and the nonlinear dimensions.A P P E N D I X  B
Calibration Lists for Spiritual Aspirants
Editor ’ s note:  T o serve  as a guidepost for spiritual truth, Dr