 sources of  monounsaturated fat include avocados, almonds, and other
nuts and seeds and their butters.
Polyunsaturated fatty acids are the least saturated, with room for tw o or more pairs of hydrogen atoms. Polyunsaturated oils
have even lower melting points, meaning they are all liquid at room tem perature. Whole-food raw plant sources of polyunsaturated
fat include walnuts and other nuts and seeds and their butters, as well  as leafy green vegetables.
Generally, the less saturated the fatty acid, the more easily it ca n be utilized by the body.
 S/P Ratio
Nutritionists have recommended a healthy ratio of saturated to polyuns aturated fats for the last fifty years. The ratio is called the
“S/P ratio.” The suggested ratio that is best for health has been  placed at 20/80 (20% saturated to 80% polyunsaturated). This is an
accepted standard in the world of nutrition.
Note that the S/P ratio of most plants, including nuts and seeds, is ideal:  20/80, or extremely close to it. The proportion of
saturated to polyunsaturated fatty acids in most animal foods is 80/20, the ex act opposite of the ratio we require.
When we discuss the health values of different types of fat, it is impor tant to remember the S/P ratio. The structure of the fat
we consume very profoundly affects bodily function. As this number skews  toward saturated fats in the diet, we see increases in
atherosclerosis and other forms of heart disease, the number-one killer  in the westernized world. It is literally impossible to achieve a
healthy S/P ratio while including products of animal origin in our diet s.

How Much Fat Do We Eat?
Americans consume one-third to one-half of their calories as fat. In m y experience, the number tends to gravitate around 42%
for the average fast-food connoisseur. Government national average s tatistics weigh in lower, because they include people who eat
low-fat diets, people who eat massive amounts of refined sugars, and those on  every other conceivable dietary plan.
In 2004, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a repor t entitled “Trends in Intake of Energy and
Macronutrients—United States, 1971–2000,” 65  which highlights an important distinction: although the average  percentage of
calories from fat decreased a few percentage points from 1971 to 2000 (4% for men, from  37 to 33% of calories, and 3% for
women, from 36 to 33%), the total fat consumed shows a different picture.
On average, total fat intake (in grams) increased among women by 6.5 g and de creased among men by 5.3 g, reflecting a
near-zero overall change. This is because a statistically signi ficant increase in average energy (calorie) intake occurred duri ng that
period: men’s calorie intake increased from 2,450 to 2,618 calories per day, and wome n’s calorie intake increased from 1,542 to
1,877 calories per day. (This data includes numbers for men and women from 20 to 74 year s of age; younger people eat more and
older people eat less than these averages overall). The bulk of increase d calories has come in the form of carbohydrates, as
consumption of refined sugary desserts, breads, crackers, pastries, soft dri nks, and alcohol have skyrocketed.
People commonly consume more fat than they need in one of the following thr ee ways:

Some people overeat fat while keeping their total calories at the right  level to maintain their weight. To accomplish this, they
must, of necessity, undereat carbohydrates. The immediate consequence s of eating too few carbohydrates can include
lethargy, cravings, bingeing, and emotional instability.
Other people overeat fat while undereating in terms of total calories. Such a diet produces weight loss, but it falls far short in
some nutrients—while providing potentially fatal overdoses of oth ers. If we minimize one of the caloronutrients from our diets
(carbohydrates), of course we will lose weight; we will have almost ha lved our calorie intake. However, we have to learn to
ignore our natural sweet tooth, while living with an incessant and e ver-growing craving for carbohydrates.
Finally, there are those who overeat fat while overeating in terms  of total calories. The results of this practice are well known.
In addition to all the ill effects which result from a high-fat diet, ov ereating on calories contributes to overweight, obesity,
lethargy, digestive illness, a reduced life-span among other illnes ses.

Whether they realize it or not, most people tend to gravitate toward 42% fat, r egardless of the type of diet that they follow.

Vegetarians
Many people think of themselves as vegetarians even though they eat  at least some flesh food. Their diets are generally skewed
toward fish and fowl, under the false assumption that these are more he althful choices. They consider themselves “on the vegetarian
path,” and they eat flesh “sparingly” compared to the amount they at e in the past.
Lacto-ovo vegetarians, (those who don’t eat flesh) tend to make up for the l ack of meat in their diets by increasing their
consumption of dairy and eggs. Vegetarian options such as cheese sandwic hes, fried potatoes, cheese- and oil-drenched pastas,
and rich fatty desserts often become the focus of their dietary regime ns.
Vegetarians quickly learn to recreate all their old favorite foods in a  style that is acceptable to their new ethics. Vegetarian
pizza may not have meat, but it often has a double portion of cheese and does not la ck at all in fat. Vegetarians are generally happy
that they can eat familiar foods while feeling no sense of deprivation. In the final analysis, the vegetarian diet averages around 42%
fat.

Vegans In addition to eating no flesh of any kind, including seafood, vegans do not consum e dairy, eggs, honey, or any other animal-derived
products. Vegan alternatives to most conventional food items are now sold in  supermarkets. They are also the stock-in-trade of the
larger health-food stores nationwide. Vegan lasagna (using soy chee se) and even vegan milk (from soy, almonds, or rice) are
common today. Vegan chefs abound, and big cities like Los Angeles, New York, an d Seattle boast vegan restaurants featuring the
cuisines of many nations of the world, including India, China, Jamaica, I taly, Thailand, and others.
Margarine, a vegan product, (the health “value” of margarine, eve n compared with butter, is another story altogether) contains
the same percentage of calories from fat as butter: 100%. Oil generally  plays a larger role in the vegan diet than in the standard
American diet, as it replaces many of the animal fats. Vegans often i ncrease their use of nuts, seeds, avocados, and olives, as well.
Essentially, vegans eat their own version of the standard America n diet, with vegan versions of all the same foods that they ate
before. It should then come as no surprise that when we analyze the ca loronutrient ratio of the vegan diet, we find that it doesn’t
change much.
If anything, vegans often allow their dietary fat intake to swell ev en higher than the mainstream. Vegans think that they do not
need to limit their fat intake, because they believe that the an imal products were the only “offenders” in their old program. Even if
their fat intake remains the same, overall calorie intake often drops w hen vegans replace animal foods with plant foods (which
provide fewer calories per bite). Thus, the percentage of the vegan diet t hat comes from fat rises.
The average, however, remains close to 42%, because a good number of vegan s follow “low-fat” programs, as well.
Nonetheless, the vegan diet, with its increased use of fruits and veg etables, and its superior S/P ratio, is overall a far healthier diet
than the standard American diet or vegetarian options. Still, too much f at is too much fat.

Eating Fat: Good or Bad for Us?
More fat than we require is not an asset but a detriment to good nutrition. T he more fat we eat, the further we stray from
meeting our nutritional needs. A steady flow of research comes out reg ularly relating high-fat diets to almost every type of digestive
disturbance, blood disorder, and degenerative disease. Much of this is cau sed by the body’s reduced ability to uptake, transport,
and deliver oxygen to our trillions of cells. (We discussed this at lengt h in Chapter 2. In addition, too much fat reduces the actual
number of viable red blood cells. Excessive fat consumption may be commonplace, but it is nothing short of nutritional disaster.
A high-fat diet not only destroys our health, but it ages us, as well. Due t o our inability to taste fat, we tend to dress our fatty
foods with stimulants and irritating condiments, to give them flavor. T hese very stimulants and condiments accelerate the aging
process. W e pay for every “up” with a subsequent down. All isolated su bstances extracted from whole foods have this effect upon


 that millions of people wouldwant to become addicted to them. Because I make such a point of getting in my
workout every day, my husband has accused me of being an endorphin junkie,
and he is right! I admit it, I’m really hooked on the feeling of well being Iconsistently get from any sustained exercise. I defend my addiction staunchlybecause it is the healthiest addiction I know of.
I have also been accused of carrying exercise to extremes, and I admit to that
also. For a few years I trained for Ironman triathlons. I now think doing ironmandistances is immoderate and except for a few remarkable individuals with “iron”constitutions, training that hard can only lead to a form of exhaustion that is nothealth promoting. I have become much more sensible in my “old” age, and inrecent years have limited my participation to the Olympic distance triathlons. Iwas on the Canadian team at the World Championship in 1992, and intend to doit again in 1995. I do not find the Olympic distance exhausting, in fact I think it isgreat fun and truly exhilarating. I get to see all these wonderful age groupcompetitors from all over the world who look and feel fantastic. It does my soulgood to see a group of people aging so gracefully, not buying into the popularnotion that old age is inevitably disabling, depressing, and ugly. Sport brings adegree of balance to my life after spending so much time in the presence of thesick. I plan to maintain my athletic activities into old age, barring accident or otherunforeseen obstacles to fitness.
To maintain basic fitness it does not matter so much what form of exercise is
chosen, as long as it is not damaging to the skeletal system or connective tissues.Many people are unable to run due to foot, knee, hip, or back problems, butalmost everyone can walk. Walking outside is better than inside on a treadmill,and walking hills is better than walking on flat ground. Exercise machines such asstationary bikes, cross country ski machines, and stair steppers work well for alot of people who live in the city, especially in the winter, or for those who hateexercise. Whatever you choose to do, it is important to at least double the restingpulse for 30 minutes no less than four days a week. This is the absolute minimumrequired to maintain the health and function of the cardiovascular-pulmonary
system. If your resting pulse is 70, you must walk, jog, ski, bike, swim or what
have you, fast enough to keep the pulse at 140 beats per minute for at least 30minutes.
I have a strong preference to exercising outside in isolated places where there
is only me and the forest, or only me and the river. Running along logging roads inthe hilly back country, or swimming in the green unpolluted water of a forest riveris a spiritual experience for me. It is a time to meditate, to commune with nature,and to clear my mind and create new solutions. The repetitive action of running orwalking or swimming, along with the regular deep breathing in clean air, with nodistractions except what nature provides is truly health promoting. Sharing theseactivities with friends or family can also be great fun and some of the best in socialinteractions. It is one of my favorite ways of visiting with people. I don’t expectother people to be as enthusiastic about exercise as I am, but I do hope thateveryone will make an effort to be minimally fit as an ongoing part of their healthprogram into old age.
Diet For A Long, Long Life
Some people not only want to be healthy, but they want to live in good health
long past the normal life span projected by statistical tables for Homo Sapiens.
Dr. Roy Walford, a well-respected medical research gerontologist who has beenactively studying longevity for many years, is one of those. He has scientificallydemonstrated with accepted studies that a qualitative life span up to at least 115years of age is reasonably attainable by the average person if they start workingon it no later than about 50 years of age, though earlier is much better.
Walford’s principles of extending life are very simple. All you have to do is
restrict your caloric intake to about 1,500 per day, and water fast two days aweek. Or alternatively, reduce your caloric intake to 1,200 per day and fast onlyone day a week on water. And make sure that every single bit of food you do eatis packed with nutrition, every single calorie, without exception. You continue this
program for the rest of your life along with moderate daily exercise and high but
reasonable dosages of vitamins, minerals, and also take a few exotic foodsupplements. The supplement program is not particularly expensive nor extreme,Walford’s supplement program is more moderate than the life extension program Irecommend for all middle-aged and older people. The best foods for this type ofprogram is a largely raw food diet (80%) with a predominance of sprouts andbaby greens, some cooked vegetables, and raw nuts and seeds. And make sureyou get 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise every other day.
While Dr. Walford’s focus is on caloric reduction while maintaining sufficient
nutrition, most other life extensionists focus on increasing the nutrition side of theequation for health without bothering to reduce caloric intake. This approach ismuch easier because essentially, it involves gobbling nutritional supplements by thehandfuls without requiring self-discipline, though it can get quite expensive. I’llhave more to say about this approach in the next chapter, which is about vitamins.
In this book I can’t explain all the aspects of prolongation of life through
conscious life-style choice. Those who are interested are referred to theBibliography.
Chapter Six
Vitamins and
Other Food Supplements
From The Hygienic Dictionary
Vitamins. [1] The staple foods may not contain the same nutritive substances as in former times....
Chemical fertilizers, by increasing the abundance of the crops without replacing all the exhaustedelements of the soil, may have indirectly contributed to change the nutritive value of cereal grains andof vegetables.... Hygienists have not paid sufficient attention to the genesis of diseases. Theirstudies of conditions of life and diet, and of their effects on the physiological and mental state ofmodern man are superficial, incomplete, and of too short duration. They have, thus, contributed to theweakening of our body and our soul. Alexis Carrel, Man the Unknown.
I have already explained the hygienist’s view of why people get sick. The
sequence of causation goes: enervation, toxemia, alternative elimination, disease.However, there is one more link in this chain, a precursor to enervation that, forgood and understandable reasons, seemed unknown to the earlier hygienists. Thatprecursor is long term subclinical malnutrition. Lack of nutrition effects virtuallyeverybody today. Almost all of us are overfed but undernourished.
I have already explained that one particular head of broccoli does not
necessarily equal another head of broccoli; the nutritional composition ofapparently identical foods can be highly variable. Not only do different samples ofthe same type of food differ wildly in protein content, amino acid ratios andmineral content, their vitamin and vitamin-like substances also vary according tosoil fertility and the variety grown.
These days, food crop varieties are bred for yield and other commercial
considerations, such as shipability, storage life, and ease of processing. In pre-industrial times when each family propagated its own unique open-pollinatedvarieties, a natural selection process for healthy outcomes prevailed. If the family’sparticular, unique varieties carried genes for high nutrition levels, and if the family’sland was fertile enough to allow those genes to manifest, and if the family kept upits land’s fertility by wise management, their children tended to survive the gauntletof childhood illness and lived to propagate the family’s varieties and continue thefamily name. Thus, over time, human food cultivars were selected for theirnutritional content.
But not any longer! These days, farming technology with its focus on bulk yield
and profit, degrades the nutritional content of our entire food supply. Evencommercial organically grown food is no better in this respect.
Subclinical, life-long, vitamin and mineral deficiencies contribute to the onset of
disease; the malnourished body becomes increasingly enervated, beginning theprocess of disease. Vitamin supplements can increase the body’s vital force,reversing to a degree the natural tendency towards degeneration. In fact, somemedical gerontologists theorize that by using vitamins it might be possible torestore human life span to its genetically programmed 115 years without doinganything else about increasing nutrition from our degraded foods or paying muchattention to dietary indiscretions. Knowing what I do about toxemia’s effects Idoubt vitamins can allow us to totally ignore what we eat, though supplements cancertainly help.
More than degraded nutritional content of food prompts a thinking person to
use food supplements. Our bodies and spirits are constantly assaulted andinsulted by modern life in ways our genetics never intended us to deal with. Todaythe entire environment is mildly toxic. Air is polluted; water is polluted; our foodsupply contains traces of highly poisonous artificial molecules that our bodies haveno natural ability to process and eliminate. Our cities and work places are full of
loud, shocking noises that trigger frequent adrenaline rushes and other stress
adaptations. Our work places are full of psychological stresses that humans neverhad to deal with before.
Historically, humans who were not enslaved have been in control of
determining their own hour to hour, day to day activities, living on their ownlargely self-sufficient farms


 spool of number 40 or 50 thread, you would bring her back a thread one fiftieth of an inch in diameter. If you don't believe numbers talk ju st look at your bank statement the
first of the month. Sometimes they even scream at you!) This is the re-sult of cause and effect, the loss or gain of energy.
The doctors laughed at me for suggesting a heart attack. They ran a test and found that she had had a heart attack, and that
there was slight heart damage. I said, "You know what to do, and in the meantime I am going to suggest something for the hives. Put her on the lemon and water according to the weight, every hour, and water every half hour for ten hours a day. Also, give her asparagus twice a day, with some bread, and for the dinner meal only raw, leafy salads. I will be in to see her with you on M onday, and I think she will be able
to go home."
I was in on Monday and went to see her with the doctors. She was feeling fine and all hives were gone. We gave her a diet
to follow. She got along beautifully. This is an example of cause and effect.   91 CHAPTER 12
TESTING PROCEDURES

One thing about the Reams Biological Theory of Ionization tests
is that they are done so quickly, in less than 30 minutes.
When tests are made no case histories are required and no one has
to be undressed. No questions are asked other than identification, name, address and telephone number for the purpose of getting in touch with the person as needed.
We do look at the eyes to know whether or not the body chemistry
is cooperating, or not cooperating. In each eye, if the blood vessels were stretched out end to end, we are told there would be approxi-mately 80 miles of blood vessels. In the sclera of the eye there are two groups of blood vessels. One running horizontal and one running per-pendicular (upright). The perpendicular blood vessels indicates loss of delta cells that are not being washed out of the system from above the diaphragm and upper extremities. The horizontal blood vessel indi-cates that the loss of cells is below the diaphragm and the lower ex-tremities of the body. The delta cells that are not being washed out of the system will eventually turn to urea and are indicating that a heart attack will be in three hours, days, or years, regardless if in the hori-zontal or perpendicular blood vessel eye dilation, unless something is done.
The sclera of each eye is divided into 60 parts, a total of 120 divi-
sions for both eyes. By writing down the eye numbers of the sclera when it is checked off on our little checkerboard scale form, then the greater the amount of numbers or lit tle boxes we have in the eye that
has dilated blood vessels the greater the number the delta cells, or even omega cells, that should be thrown out of the body.
These blood vessels are so delicate until they are very easily
stretched or expanded, and can also denote a vitamin C deficiency
in the body. This is as much as the eye test tells us. There are certain body conditions in which the body chemistry
cannot accept vitamin C. Vitamin C is the element that knits the cells 92 together. When women are pregnant and have a vitamin C deficiency
they have stretch marks in their skin. Men with vitamin C deficiency
may also have stretch marks. Stretch marks is always a sign of vitamin C deficiency. The RBTI testers do not have to examine a person to know whether or not there are stretch marks. Not the eye numbers, but the lab numbers tell whether or not there is a vitamin C deficiency.
Everyone who has a body chemistry with 4.5 milligrams of vita-
min C per gram of blood has no type of disease. Vitamin C is the po-lice department that keeps the diseases out of the system.
There is a theory that vitamin C cannot be stored. It can be and is
stored in the system!
One of the early signs of a vitamin C deficiency is a cold. A runny
nose or sore throat is a very early sign of a cold. Also, swollen tonsils is a sign of vitamin C deficiency. Swollen tonsils are also a sign that
the person is not drinking enough pure (distilled)
water. I've never seen a case of tonsillitis, regardless of how badly
the tonsils were swollen, that couldn't be brought down normally with-in a week with drinking the proper amount of distilled water systemat-ically, plus taking vitamin C as soon as the body chemistry (pH above 6.40) was ready to accept vitamin C.
The taking of vitamin C does not mean that the body assimilates it
at all. You may take vitamin C by the pound and the body not accept one milligram. One milligram is one thousandth of one gram, and it takes 28.4 grams to equal one o unce (1 ounce = 16 ounces = 1 pound).
So you see that one milligram is a very, very small amount. Vitamin C
has a low pH and if your body chemistry has a low pH it rejects vita-min C. There is one exception, when a cation is added to a cation, it will give off enough vitamin C energy to supply the required amount needed.
We can connect the deficiency in vitamin C to a direct cause of
lack of calciums in the system. The vitamin C is deficient because of the lack of enough varieties of calciu ms in the system, plus the oxygen
that we breathe, plus enough iron and iodine for the liver to function normally. So when we begin to study body chemistry we are going to run into chain reactions. One body action has a reaction upon another 93 body action, and each time there is a reaction then our reserve energy
level changes. Most medical doctors cannot find anything wrong with
our bodies until the reserve energy drops below 30, sometimes to even 25, and less.
Whenever the principles of the RBTI are put into practice, all
stretch marks can be eliminated in the skin. All cavities in the teeth
can be stopped. All heart attacks can be predicted in a matter of minutes, to months, and even completely prevented.
Angina heart attack is not caused by cholesterol (a fatty sub-
stance). Cholesterol is the final effect that brought about the heart at-tack. The angina heart attack was brought about because of cholester-ol, but the cholesterol formed in the blood vessels and in the veins and arteries because the body retained too much salt, causing the vessels to lose their ability to expand and contr act so nature puts grease or oil in
the blood vessels so that the blood can get away from the heart and back to the heart. Otherwise the person would die much sooner if the blood vessels dilated and the cholesterol did not form in the blood vessels. However, it is possible for enough cholesterol to form in the blood vessels, but a piece of this cholesterol can turn loose and plug up the heart, causing it to go into a spasm and cause a fatal heart at-
tack, or damage to the heart. It ma y take years for the heart to repair
itself unless steps are taken to supply the proper mineral needed to ef-fect the healing.
When the doctor tells you that once a heart is damaged by a heart
attack that it will not repair itself, he means that no drug will repair it. But diet will repair a heart that has been damaged by a cholesterol heart attack, or a pectoris heart att ack if the body responds to a tailor-
made diet. A pectoris heart attack is brought about because the system has not thrown out the delta cells, and the salt in the blood has broken the cell down to a urea.
Urea is in two forms-NITRATE NITROGEN and AMMONICAL
NITROGEN.
These two nitrogens cause the heart to beat too hard. Not any fast-
er, but much harder. When this reading of the urea (the last numbers in the equation) gets to 18 to 20, or 23, the person is very, very tired 94 all the time because the heart is beating much too hard, causing the en-
tire body to be tired. This is a very common occurrence with women
because they use seven times more calciums a day than a man. Since the need for calciums is so much greater in females the weaknesses are magnified much more than in the male.
The lack of calciums causes the urea to rise higher and higher. If
this urea rises above 24 to 27, this person is in the zone for a major heart attack. Above 27 anyone would be in the zone for a fatal heart attack, if it was a first reading. It s houldn't be that high even in a sec-
ond reading.
Heart attacks, both angina and pectoris, can be blotted out within
30 days in the United States in a patient any time the people demand it. The quicker they demand it, the easier it will be.
Another thing that causes heart problems is acute indigestion. Fifty years ago a cute indigestion was a very common disease. It generally could be cured in 30 minutes. But today there is no
money in acute indigestion so everybody has "heart attacks” and it takes two or three weeks to get well, even though it is acute indiges-tion. It is very easy to tell if it is acute indigestion, or a heart attack


1
In the 1800s dentists originally used gold in a careful way to fill painful teeth with cavities. But gold
was too expensive for most people to afford; imagine, for example, paying the equivalent of $10,000
for one filling today. Since dentistry was unaffordable for many people in the 1830s the Crawcour
brothers made their way from France to the United States to popularize a low cost gold alternative –
Bells putty. With Bells putty, which consisted of a melted silver coin mixed with mercury, they could
fill teeth in two minutes, and no drilling was required.
2
 While effective in the short term, the mercury
was very toxic and many teeth discolored or died
3
 not to mention the other side effects that were
caused by mercury exposure. Dentists who placed mercury fillings were called quaks (or quacks)
after the old Dutch word for a noisy peddler selling mercury-containing “health” potions and salves:
Quacksalber
.
Dental Fact
In 1845 the American Society of Dental Surgeons banned the use of mercury fillings because of health
concerns.
4
The economics of mercury fillings instead of gold triumphed and the American Society of Dental
Surgeons fell apart by 1856. In 1899 the American Dental Association came into existence to promote
the use of mercury-laden fillings.
5
 In 1896 the fate of our teeth changed forever with the work of
dentist G.V. Black. He reformulated mercury fillings making them less toxic and longer lasting. He
also developed new drilling protocols which are summarized by the principle of “extension for
prevention.” In other words, drill a bigger hole (extension) to give more time before the tooth needs
to be retreated. This technique, although changed to some degree in modern times, is the foundation of
modern dentistry. G.V. Black’s “innovations”

included drilling away all the discolored toothstructure, and then creating a wedge shape within the tooth in order to place a mercury filling that
would remain secure. In plain words, dentists are taught to drill big holes in teeth, because that is
what works best with mercury fillings. This procedure became enshrined in the curriculum taught in
dental schools, and dentists have been enthusiastically drilling parts of our teeth that are not decayed,
or that can remineralize, for the last hundred years. The problem with “extension for prevention” is
that we lose healthy tooth structure. A dental student from India wrote to me explaining this dilemma:
As a dental student I drill teeth every week. I'd rather say that I have to do this to pass
my exams. When I see my patients sitting on the dental chair with their eyes closed, I feel
for them as they are losing their tooth structure forever.
Tooth Filling
Once there is a large hole in your tooth something needs to be put in its place. Alzheimer’s disease
6
,
Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, lupus, and some forms of
arthritis all have one thing in common – mercury.
7
 Mercury is considered hazardous waste in
fluorescent bulbs at the amount of 22 milligrams. A normal mercury filling has approximately 1000
milligrams of mercury. In watching a video teaching mercury filling placement, I saw myself the
messy process of installing mercury fillings as hundreds of shreds of hazardous mercury are spread
all over the mouth.

When a foreign substance, particularly a metal, is implanted in the body, the body
can mount an immune system reaction. This toxic substance can cause or contribute to diseases such
as those just mentioned. The book
Whole-Body Dentistry
by dentist Mark Breiner describes dental
immune reactions in children. For example: one child became sick and unable to walk from mercury
fillings and stainless steel (nickel) crowns, and another child developed leukemia from these same
dental materials.
8
It isn’t just mercury amalgams that are toxic. While less toxic, white composite fillings made up of
ground glass and plastic still cause immune reactions on average in 50% of patients. One of the most
popular composite fillings caused negative immune reactions in 90% of those who received them.
9
Conventional dentists do not check filling compatibility with your body. Composites of plastic and
glue can contain toxic chemicals like bisphenol A. Modern fillings last on average 5-12 years
depending on the material. In the case of amalgam fillings even with all the extra drilling, only 25%
will last 8 years or longer.
10
 While there are some good composites on the market, with such a short
life span, the typical filling is not a long lasting solution for tooth decay.
After the drilling and filling comes our least favorite part – billing.
Drilling, filling, and billing
 is the
model of conventional dentistry and it is also a business model. The dentist with lots of medical
school debt, a family to support, staff to pay and so forth, needs to make a lot of money to stay in
business and enjoy a comfortable lifestyle. The more teeth that are drilled and filled, the more money
is made. There isn’t much incentive in this system for curing and preventing cavities because without
the drilling and filling business model it becomes more of a challenge to turn dentistry into a
profitable career. Because many alternative dentists are afraid of being sued or losing their license,
they don’t want to practice dentistry that is beyond the accepted drilling and filling protocol. The
incredibly strong profit motive has many dentists blinded by dollar signs. People know most dentists
are in business for the money because they can see it and feel it. It is easy for a conventional dentist toget greedy and recommend the least conservative (as in most profitable) approach to treating cavities.
As a result, many people have lost faith in dentistry; with each new dentist they try, the profit-
motivated dentist continues to fail to put the patient’s needs first. Even dentists have lost faith in their
profession. Dentist Marvin Schissel wrote a chilling commentary on the shoddy dental work
performed by dentists trying to maximize profits called
Dentistry and Its Victims
, and dentist Robert
Nara wrote
Money by the Mouthful
, exposing how easy and common it is for dentists to make money
by pushing unnecessary dental treatments.
With all the toxic materials put into people’s mouths causing immune system responses, the short life
span of fillings, the damage caused by high speed drilling, and unnecessarily prescribed filling
treatments, the conventional dentist doesn’t really offer his patients true health care, or a permanent
solution to tooth decay.Micro-organisms
In ancient times, when people were afflicted with various types of ailments and diseases, they
commonly blamed evil spirits. The belief was that the evil spirit had invaded the person’s body and
then caused disease. If one could placate these spirits or induce them to leave then the disease would
be cured.
Many people around the world still maintain this same belief today, except that these evil spirits now
have been identified. Dentists, scientists, doctors, and government officials have decided that
disease-causing “evil spirits” are now real, in the form of micro-organisms (viruses, bacteria, etc.).
The prevalent and accepted theory is that these viruses and bacteria are the basic or primary cause of
disease – including tooth decay. This theory of disease, labeled the germ theory, became cemented in
our minds thanks to the work of Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) who is famous for the invention of
pasteurization. Mr. Pasteur proposed a theory of disease that is now the basis of most forms of
modern medicine. This theory projects the idea that pathogenic bacteria exist outside the body and
that when our body’s defenses are lowered bacteria can invade the body and cause disease. Pasteur’s
“science” has remained the status quo despite a large body of evidence showing that bacteria don’t
invade people, but rather that they evolve and change based upon their environment. The effect of Mr.
Pasteur’s contribution to medical thought has led us to our modern system of dental care in which we
attempt to cure cavities by killing the evil invading force - bacteria.
Conventional Dentistry’s Losing Battle Against Bacteria
When disease like tooth decay is our enemy then we must fight it. We create war and thus inner and
outer conflicts. Conventional dentistry is engaged in fighting this war. Bacteria are the enemy and
your mouth is the battleground. Yet no matter how much money you spend on dentistry, the war
against bacteria never seems to be won.
The modern system of dentistry has evolved from the combination of beliefs that tooth decay is
caused by bacteria (identified as
Streptococcus mutans
) and the belief that bacteria eat foods in the
mouth and produce acid that causes teeth to decay. Dentistry then aims to control bacterial growth in
the mouth for treatment and prevention of tooth cavities. Dentistry’s war against bacteria can be
summarized as follows:

1
.
You must brush your teeth all the time to eliminate these “disease causing” bacteria.
2
.
You must rinse your mouth with chemicals to eliminate more “dangerous” bacteria.
3
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You must floss to eliminate the remaining bacteria and food particles.
4
.
When those three tactics do not work, you must pay a dentist to remove the bacterial infestations
with drilling.
5
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When a dental


, glioblastomas, melanomas, and prostate and colon cancer when combined with conventional cancer therapeutic agents, these reports remain unconfirmed by strategic clinical trials.
These controversial findings suggest that DMSO may have an important role in
anticancer chemotherapy. However, further research is needed, particularly on a larger population that can be studied long term in randomized clinical trials.
CANCER AND RADIATION
Radiation is a well-established carcinogen for humans, and 10% of invasive can -
cers are related to radiation.38 A study was conducted that used high linear energy
transfer (LET) particles, which are used in radiotherapy, to irradiate a human bron-chial epithelial cell line, a stepwise neoplastic transformation of these cells occurred together with a consistent downregulation of the tumor suppressor TGFBI  gene.
39
The irradiated cells showed fragmentation and shrinking of mitochondria, which was 128 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
accompanied by a reduction in mitochondrial functions. The reduced mitochondrial
functions were seen as lowering of cytochrome C oxidase, superoxide production, as well as succinate dehydrogenase activities when compared with nonirradiated con-trols.
39 Cytochrome C oxidase is the last enzyme in the respiratory electron transport
chain of mitochondria and is important in the synthesis of ATP, the energy fuel of all cells. DMSO exposure of the irradiated epithelial cells was able to control the super -
oxide production and the damage caused by this free radical on the mitochondria.
39
A combination therapy using DMSO and sodium bicarbonate infusion was
recently reported by Hoang et al.40 DMSO and sodium bicarbonate were mixed into
a solution and infused daily for 6 months to nine patients suffering from advanced nonresectable biliary tract carcinoma, a highly fatal malignancy that has a poor response to chemotherapy. The treatment was well tolerated by all nine patients, and no adverse effects were recorded. The combined DMSO–sodium bicarbonate infu -
sion was seen to improve pain control, blood biochemical parameters, and quality of life for the patients. Notably, this treatment led to a 6-month period of progression-free survival for all nine patients in the trial, a finding the authors consider signifi -
cant of further research and application for the palliative care and extended survival of patients with this condition.
40
These findings add fuel to the conclusion that more research is needed using anti -
cancer agents mixed in DMSO solutions, a procedure that may provide more effec -
tive penetration and effectiveness in cancer suppression.
Onyx EMBOLIZATION
Onyx is composed of ethylene–vinyl alcohol copolymer dissolved in DMSO and sus -
pended with micronized tantalum powder to provide contrast for visualization under fluoroscopy. Onyx liquid is used as an embolic agent of the vascular endothelium for a number of conditions including carotid-cavernous fistulas and cerebral arteriove -
nous malformations (A VMs).
41,42 Embolization of these vessels may prevent lethal
hemorrhage if they burst or leak.
Onyx has been used with radiosurgery where it was successful in 80% of patients
treated for A VMs, showing safety and efficacy with a low rate (5%) of clinical com -
plications.43 Radiosurgery involves a single high-dose fraction of radiation directed
stereotactically at an intracranial region of interest.44,45
The flow-directed catheters used to deliver the liquid Onyx for embolization can
be coated with DMSO to prevent early polymerization within the catheter.46 It has
not been investigated whether DMSO may serve a secondary role during emboliza -
tion in stabilizing A VMs besides being a vehicle for the copolymer.
Transvenous occlusion of the cavernous sinus in dural arteriovenous fistula
using Onyx embolization has been tried on patients with some success.47 Onyx with
DMSO was injected through the superior pharyngeal branch of the ascending pha -
ryngeal artery where small transosseous feeders to the fistula arising from the supe -
rior pharyngeal branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery could be occluded by this approach especially when more conventional approaches cannot be achieved.
47
Arteriovenous fistula of the spinal dura is also amenable to Onyx endovas -
cular embolization. Although vascular malformation of the spinal cord is a rare 129 DMSO in Malignancy
clinical condition, it occurs when congestion of the spinal cord medullary venous
plexus results in edema and neuronal ischemia.48 If not repaired, axial or radicular
back pain, gait imbalance, weakness of the lower limbs, numbness, and bladder or bowel disturbances can result.
49
Onyx has been tried in order to embolize the abnormal communicating vessels to the
dura and relieve the spinal cord edema that develops with a relatively high rate of suc -
cess.49 However, the neuronal ischemia is not always improved in arteriovenous fistula
of the spinal dura using Onyx, and it is only speculative whether a high dose of intrave -
nous DMSO separate from the Onyx embolization could aid control of this condition.50
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ignment with the wholeness o f life.

***

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

***

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

Suffering is necessary until you realize that it is  unnecessary.

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

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

***

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

***

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

***

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

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

***

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

***

A dialog:

"Accept what is."

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

"Then accept what is."

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

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

***

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

***

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

It is also a sacred symbol, a symbol for the divine. That which seemed to deny the
existence of any transcendental dimension to life, through surrender becomes an
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
Do not try self-diagnosis or attempt self-treatment for serious or long-term problems without first consulting
a qualified medical herbalist or medical practitioner as appropriate. Do not take any herb without first
checking the cautions in the relevant herb entry (see  pp. 56–283) and the Essential Information on
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muscles and joints. A decoction of the leaves
may be added to a bath to ease aching limbs.
Cautions  Never take bay laurel essential oil
internally. An allergic reaction may result from
external use, therefore the oil should only be
applied in very dilute (2%) concentrations.Related Species  Two East Asian species,
L. heterophyllus  (from China) and L. sibiricus
(from Siberia), are both used therapeutically
for the same purposes as motherwort.
L. heterophyllus  appears to lower blood pressure
and to induce menstruation.
Cautions  Do not take motherwort during
pregnancy. It should also be avoided where
there is heavy menstrual bleeding.
Self-help Uses  Menstrual problems—
irregular cycle, p. 315; Panic attacks, p. 302.
Lepidium virginicum (Brassicaceae)
Virginia Peppergrass
Description  Annual herb growing to about
2 ft (60 cm). Has slender lance-shaped leaves
and small white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Virginia peppergrass is
native to eastern North America and the Caribbean, Leonurus cardiaca (Lamiaceae)
Motherwort
Description  Perennial herb growing to 5 ft
(1.5 m). Has toothed, palm-shaped leaves and
double-lipped pink flowers blossoming in clusters.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to central
Asia, motherwort is now naturalized in much
of Europe and North America. It grows wild in
woodlands, in open areas, and along roadsides.
It is also cultivated as a garden plant. Motherwort
is harvested when it comes into flower in summer.
Parts Used  Aerial parts.
Constituents  Motherwort contains alkaloids
(including L-stachydrine), an iridoid (leonurine),
diterpenes, flavonoids, caffeic acid, and tannins.
History & Folklore  As its species name
cardiaca  indicates, motherwort has long been
considered a heart remedy. The herbalist Nicholas
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228Leptandra virginica
syn. Veronicastrum virginicum (Scrophulariaceae)
Black Root
Description  Perennial herb growing to 3 ft
(1 m). Has an erect stem, lance-shaped leaves,
and white flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Black root grows across
North America in meadows and woodlands. The
root is unearthed in autumn.
Part Used  Dried root.
Constituents  Black root contains a volatile oil,
saponins, sugars, and tannins.
History & Folklore  Known to the Native
Americans of Missouri and Delaware as a
violent purgative, black root was used
in moderate doses as a laxative, a
detoxifier, and a remedy for liver
disorders. In the 19th century
Physiomedicalist tradition, black
root was taken to stimulate  bile production.
Medicinal Actions & Uses
Black root is used in small doses
today as a laxative and a remedy
for liver and gallbladder disorders.
The herb also treats flatulence and bloating, and eases the discomfort of hemorrhoids, chronic constipation, and rectal prolapse.
Cautions  Do not use the fresh root. Do not
take during pregnancy. Leptandra Virginicaother medicinal plantsand is naturalized in Australia. The leaves are gathered in spring and are consumed as food. The seedpods can serve as a subsitute for black pepper.
Parts Used  Leaves, root.
Constituents  Virginia peppergrass contains high
levels of vitamin C.
History & Folklore  The Menominee of
eastern North America applied a lotion of Virginia peppergrass (or a bruised fresh plant) to poison  ivy eruptions.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Virginia
peppergrass is nutritious and generally detoxifying. It has been used to treat vitamin C deficiency and diabetes, and to expel intestinal worms. The herb  is also diuretic and of benefit in easing rheumatic pain. The root is taken to treat excess phlegm within the respiratory tract.
Related Species Maca (L. meyenii) is a
low-growing Andean perennial. The root is valued as a staple food and medicine by Andean peoples, notably to support immune function and for hormonal disorders including sterility. Maca is
now commonly available in supplement stores and has acquired a reputation as a tonic, hormone balancer, and aphrodisiac.Levisticum officinale
syn. Ligusticum levisticum (Apiaceae)
Lovage
Description  Perennial growing to 61⁄2 ft (2 m).
Has glossy, toothed compound leaves, greenish-
yellow flowers, and tiny oval seeds.
Habitat & Cultivation  Lovage is found in
southern Europe and southwestern Asia. It thrives on sunny mountain slopes. The leaves are gathered in spring or early summer, the seeds in late summer, the root in autumn.
Parts Used  Root, seeds, leaves.
Constituents  Lovage root contains a volatile
oil (about 70% phthalides), coumarins (including bergapten, psoralen, and umbelliferone), alkynes, plant acids, sterols, resins, and gums. The phthalides are sedative and anticonvulsant.
History & Folklore  The Trotula  texts, written
in Salerno during the 12th century, recommend lovage for skin lightening. The Irish herbalist K’Eogh follows this recommendation: “lovage clears the sight and removes spots, freckles and redness  from the face.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Lovage is a
warming and tonic herb for the digestive and respiratory systems. It treats indigestion, poor appetite, gas and colic, and bronchitis. Lovage
is significantly diuretic and antimicrobial and is commonly taken for urinary tract problems. It also promotes menstruation and relieves period pain. Its warming nature improves poor circulation.
Related Species  The Chinese chuan xiong
(Ligusticum chuanxiong) is used principally as a
means to bring on absent menstrual periods
and to treat period pain. The Chinese gao ben
(Ligusticum sinense) is also used for pain.
Cautions  Do not take during pregnancy. Do
not take if you suffer from kidney disease. Can increase sensitivity to sunlight.
Self-help Use  Heavy menstrual bleeding, p. 315.Parts Used  Leaves.
Constituents  Lippia leaves contain about
0.15% volatile oil with different plant strains, or chemotypes, producing several essential oils with quite a distinct range of compounds, notably citral and carvone. The citral chemotype oil is thought
to have strong anti-Candida activity.
History & Folklore  In many parts of
Central and South America, Lippia is valued for
its ability to resolve common illnesses, such as stomach upset, nausea, gas and bloating, coughs, colds, sore throat, and headache. Its Colombian name, Prontoalivio (meaning “quick relief”) points  to its place in popular Latin American medicine.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Lippia has
pain-relieving, anti-inflammatory, relaxant, and
antispasmodic properties, making it useful in many non-severe health problems. In Brazil, where it is regulated as a medicinal herb, the herb is typically used for upper digestive problems, coughs, colds, and bronchitis, as well as for high blood pressure and as a sedative. The herb has been little researched, though a small clinical trial
in Brazil found it effective in treating migraine headache. The essential oil is increasingly used
in pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations,
for example, within Europe, and has significant  antifungal and antibacterial activity on the skin.
Related Species  The sweet tasting L. dulcis has
broadly similar medicinal use and is found across Central America and the Caribbean. See also Lemon Verbena (Lippia citriodora, following entry).
RootLippia alba (Verbenaceae)
Lippia,
Bushy Lippia, Prontoalivio
Description  Multi-branched, square-stemmed,
aromatic shrub growing to 5 ft (1.5 m), with
opposite leaves and small white or pink flowers close to the leaf axils.
Habitat & Cultivation  Lippia grows
throughout South and Central America from northern Argentina to the southern U.S. It
is a common garden herb, and may be grown
from seed or cuttings, the latter being used for commercial cultivation. Lippia citriodora syn. aloysia
triphylla (Verbenaceae)
Lemon Verbena
Description  Deciduous shrub growing to 61⁄2 ft
(2 m). Has strongly scented lance-shaped leaves and
clusters of tubular, pale green to mauve flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Lemon verbena
is native to South America. It is cultivated in temperate climates as an aromatic, ornamental plant and for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea. The leaves are gathered in late summer.
Parts Used  Leaves.
Constituents  Lemon verbena contains a volatile
oil (mainly consisting of cit


ous colitis. The chronic inflammation has
resulted in hardening and ulceration of the membrane of the colon. Severe ulcerative cases may
evolve out of acute colitis, but this is not the rule. Those who carry out the instructions given for
mucous colitis will not evolve ulcerative colitis.
In a syndicated newspaper article published Oct. 24, 1962, Walter C. Alvarez, M.D., whom I
have already quoted in this work, declared that chronic ulcerative colitis is “unfortunately … a
disease which we physicians do not understand well. We don’t know for sure what causes it.” He
explains that no germ or virus has been found that can be blamed as causing the often severe
diarrhea and says that some cases seem certain to start with a nervous cause, such as an unhappy
marriage. He adds that some physicians are sure that the disease begins and is kept going by “an
allergic sensitiveness to some food or foods.” Then he says: “However it starts, it often ends with
a bad ulceration of the inner lining of the large bowel.”
The patient develops fever, there is diarrhea with blood and pus in the
feces, and, eventually,
the colon shrinks and becomes deformed and shortened. In ulcerative colitis constipation
frequently alternates with diarrhea. This condition may evolve after years of suffering with chronic
colitis or it may evolve immediately after a severe acute inflammation of the colon.
In either case, it is correct to say that when colitis has passed through the successive stages of
irritation, inflammation, ulceration and induration, it is ready for the evolution of cancer, which
needs but the addition of a continuous bath of decomposition from excess and unsuitable food. It is
essential to understand that all chronic forms of inflammation begin with irritation, followed by
inflammation and ulceration. If the location favors stasis—stoppage of the blood flow—induration
and cancer follow. In its origin irritation is absolutely innocent of all taint of malignancy, hence
there is no reason why it cannot be remedied.
When ulcerative colitis is established cancer is not far away. Indeed, the objective symptoms of
cancer and ulcer are far from pathognomic—that is, undeniably proving the presence of either. But
there seems to be no reason to doubt that eating to the point of keeping the colon and rectum
saturated with putrefaction is the one and only way to complete the evolution of cancer of the
bowel. The beginning of the trouble is simply inflammation, which is absolutely innocent of all
taint of malignancy until the diseased membrane of the colon or rectum has been mascerated, so to
speak, in a continuous bath of decomposition.
The care of chronic inflammation of the colon and rectum should be successful at any stage
before the beginning of malignancy. After the malignant stage is reached, hope flies out the
window. This is to say, when colon disease has evolved through irritation, inflammation,
ulceration, and induration to cancer, any remaining possibility of recovery is wrecked by methods
of diagnosis and treatment that set up psychosis or mental depression as deadly as cancer itself.
Operation for cancer of the rectum or colon, making an artificial anus above the cancer, a
questionable palliation, creates a blind pouch out of the cancerous portion of the colon or rectum,
thus producing a miniature gehenna within the patient’s body.
118Alvarez says: “In a few cases, if no medical treatment helps, as the last resort the colon can be
removed surgically.” The drug treatment he describes is purely symptomatic: barbiturates to
enable the patient to sleep, copavin or codeine to “quiet” the bowels and “give rest,” extra fluids,
and “some iron” for his anemia. He recommends antibiotics and cortisone-like drugs for other
symptoms. One gets the idea that “treat the symptoms as they arise” is still
good medicine
.
Reverting to the article by Alvarez, he also says: “… The patient should be kept in bed a while,
on a liberal diet, and one tasty enough so
that he will eat it, and not leave it on his plate. He must
have enough food and vitamins so that he can keep up his nourishment.”
This is a slightly different way of expressing it, but what he says is only a restatement of the old
advice that the patient must “eat plenty of nourishing food to keep up his strength.” Eating prevents
the bowel from healing and keeps alive the disease process. If the fast were instituted at the outset
of the diarrhea, the formation of the ulceration could perhaps be avoided.
The remainder of the advice as to treatment which is given by Alvarez may prove enlightening.
He says: “He will probably need barbiturates so that he can sleep at night, and he should have
copavin, or codeine, to quiet his bowels and give him rest. He may need extra fluids, and he may
need some iron for his anemia. One authority on this disease, Dr. J. A. Bargen of the Scott & White
Clinic of Temple, Texas, gives an antibiotic, Azulfidine, which helps in some cases. Dr. Kirsner,
of the University of Chicago, Dr. Ingelfinger, of Boston, and other authorities get results in some
cases by giving cortisone-like drugs for a while. In a few cases, if no medical treatment helps, as a
last resort the colon can be removed surgically.”
Apparently from this, the authorities are floundering about, trying first one thing and then
another, hoping that something may prove to be of value. But without a knowledge of cause, there
is nothing constructive that they can do. To remove the colon as a last resort certainly does not
remove the cause of the suffering. It seems to be an open confession of failure.
It is essential to understand that irritation is absolutely innocent of the taint of malignancy, hence
there is no reason why it should not be remediable. Malignancy is the ending, not the beginning of
the pathological process. Those who carry out the instructions given for mucous colitis will not
evolve ulcerative colitis.
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Psoriasis and Eczema
A college youth in his twenties—with all the high ambitions of the average young man—found
himself forced to face a situation apparently beyond help. His entire body, his limbs, his neck, his
face were covered with a mass of scaly eruptions. The scientific name for the skin trouble is
psoriasis. He had been afflicted for a number of years; his eye lids were covered
with eruption,
his fingers were covered, even his lips. He had tried all the usual “remedies,” without avail. X-
rays, salves, ointments, cortisone and other drugs had proved to be of only brief help if any at all.
The physician asserted, “We are doing everything we can. There simply isn’t a specific cure.”
Year after year, this patient with psoriasis was treated by skin specialists, otherwise called
dermatologists, and all their treatments led to nothing but more inflammation and disfigurement.
The patient turned at last to a wild non-medical question: Would fasting help? Investigating, he
was told: “It might.” As a result, the youth journeyed to an institution that cares for clients with
fasting and other nutritional measures.
He was placed upon a fast and given daily sun baths. Under such circumstances one may almost
watch the melting away of the skin disease and the restoration of a clean skin. Within weeks this
young man’s skin was clear. He could look in his mirror again; he could face the world happily.
The human skin, the largest organ of the body, ranks with the liver and the brain in the number
and versatility of its functions. A highly complex organ containing nerves, blood vessels, glands,
pigment cells and fat, this waterproof and gasproof structure invests the body like an envelope,
standing between the delicate inner organs and the external environment. It is the body’s radiator
and air conditioner, regulating through sweating, the temperature of the body, and in the same
process helping to maintain water balance in the body.
To a slight extent, it excretes waste. Its pigment protects against an excess of the sun’s rays.
Using the sun in the process, it manufactures vitamin D. It stores fat and blood, and is the largest
sense organ of the body, nerve endings in the skin enabling us to feel heat, cold, pressure, all the
sensations of finger-tip touch.
Commonly abused in a variety of ways, the skin is essentially a vital organ. It is subject to a
wide variety of
diseases
, the greater number of them being inflammations. Inflammation of the skin
is called
dermatitis
.
The skin is fed by the blood, not from any form of exterior feeding. There are no skin foods
other than the blood itself and all money spent for so-called “skin foods” is wasted. The skin as the
body’s protecting envelope, comes in contact with many outside substances and influences that are
harmful. It is damaged in a variety of ways. Fortunately its powers of self-repair are great, so that
few of these damages leave permanent marks. Most skin diseases are due to systemic causes. It is
these that should concern us most.
Dermatitis may appear in myriad forms, giving rise to diagnosis of the various forms of eczema,
psoriasis, dermatoses and a host of others. So far as the layman is concerned


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


 of maltose. Maltose is a double sugar which can not be absorbed
without being split up into monosugars by the enterocytes. In a person
with abnormal gut flora enterocytes are not able to split double sugars, so
maltose goes undigested, unabsorbed and falls prey to the abnormal
microbes. To allow the enterocytes to recover and to stop feeding abnormal
gut flora, starch has to be out of the diet for GAPS children and adults. It
means no grains and anything made out of them and no starchy vegeta
bles. Clinical practice shows that when the gut has been given a long
enough period without double sugars and starch, it has a good chance to
recover. Once this recovery takes place, the person can start having grains
and starchy vegetables again without any ill effects.
Of course, nothing in Nature is black and white. Most fruit, particularly
unripe, contain some sucrose, which is a double sugar. That is why it is very
important to eat ripe fruit. Most vegetables and some fruit contain a little
bit of starch. However, the amounts of sucrose and starch in fruit and non-
starch vegetables are tiny compared to grains, starchy vegetables and table
sugar. In the majority of people with digestive disorders their gut lining can
cope with these tiny amounts of sugar and starch from fruit and non-
starch vegetables.
Proteins
As a result of digestion in the stomach by an enzyme called Pepsin and in
the duodenum by pancreatic protein digesting enzymes, proteins arrive to
enterocytes in the form of peptides. Peptides are small chains of protein,
made of amino acids and normally should not be absorbed until they are
broken down into single amino acids. This process is accomplished by
enterocytes. On their hairy surface (the brush border) healthy enterocytes
have peptide digesting enzymes, called Peptidases. Each peptidase is
specific for a certain peptide chain and even for a certain chemical bond in
this chain. These enzymes brake the peptides down into single amino
acids, which then get absorbed. In a child or adult with abnormal gut flora
enterocytes are sick. They are unable to produce many different peptidases
and to accomplish this last step in protein break down and absorption of
amino acids. At the same time the pathogenic bacteria, fungi and viruses
damage the gut wall, allowing undigested peptides to leak through. We
already know two proteins which do not get broken down properly and get
absorbed as peptides: gluten from grains and casein from milk. There may
be more proteins, which we have not studied yet and which may not be digested properly and absorbed as peptides. Hopefully, future science will
show.
In the meantime, proteins are essential for us to have, particularly for a
growing child. The best sources of easy to digest and very nourishing pro
teins are eggs, meats and fish. For GAPS children and adults it is important
to have easily digestible proteins to make the work as easy as possible for
their digestive systems. The way we cook meats and fish has an effect on
their digestibility: boiled, stewed and poached meats and fish are much
easier to digest, than fried, roasted or grilled. Eggs are one of the nature's
treasure chests of excellent quality protein, most B vitamins, zinc and
many other useful nutrients. Unless the patient shows a clear allergy to
egg, eggs should be an important part of the diet.
Fats
To be absorbed fats require bile. The enterocytes do not have to do much
work in absorbing fats, as far as we know. That is why the clinical practice
shows that people with digestive disorders tolerate fats quite well.
However, there is a problem in a person with abnormal gut flora. The gut
lining is a mucous membrane. Any mucous membrane, when under attack
from pathogens to protect itself produces a lot of mucous. In people with
digestive disorders mucous production is excessive. These large amounts
of mucous interfere with digestion of food including fats. Mucous coats
food particles and does not allow bile and digestive etizymes to get to
them. As a result a lot of fat goes undigested and often comes out as pale
greasy stools. This impaired absorption of fats also causes deficiencies in
fat soluble vitamins: A, D, E and K. Clinical experience shows that when the
starch and double sugars are out of the diet for long enough period, the
production of mucous normalises and as a result the absorption of fats
improves.
To summarise:
A GAPS patient has to avoid:
• All grains and anything made out of them: wheat, rye, rice, oats, corn,
maize, sorghum, barley, buckwheat, millet, spelt, triticale, bulgur,
tapioca, quinoa, cous-cous (some of them are not stricfiy grains, but
are commonly perceived as such, so we listed them here together with the grains). This will remove a lot of starch and all gluten from the diet.
In fact removal of all grains makes the diet truly gluten free.
• All starchy vegetables and anything made out of them: potato, yams,
sweet potato, parsnip, swede, lerusalem artichoke, cassava, arrowroot
and taro.
• Sugar and anything that contains it.
• Starchy beans and peas: soybeans, mungbeans, garbanzo beans, bean
sprouts, chickpeas, fababeans.
• Lactose and anything that contains it: fluid or dried milk of any type,
commercially produced yoghurt, buttermilk and sour cream, pro
cessed foods with added lactose.
For a full list of foods to avoid look in the next chapter.
No processed foods, please!
"Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of?
It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings
you find in pencil sharpeners!"
Roald Dahl,i964,
[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
We live in an era of convenience foods, which are very processed foods.
When Mother Nature made us, humans, she at the same time provided us
with every food we need to stay healthy, active and full of energy. However,
we have to eat these foods in the form Nature made them. It is when we
start tampering with the natural foods we start getting into trouble. Any
processing that we subject the food to, changes its chemical and biological
structure. Our bodies were not designed to have these changed foods! The
more food is processed, the more nutrient depleted and chemically altered
it becomes. Apart from losing its nutritional value, processed food loses
most of its other properties: taste, flavour and colour. So, to compensate
for that various chemicals are added: flavour enhancers, colours, various E
- numbers, additives and preservatives. Many of these chemicals have
been conclusively shown to contribute to hyperactivity, learning disabili
ties, psychiatric disorders and other health problems. Natural foods do not
keep very well, so the industry has to change them to prolong their shelf-
life. So, natural foods get subjected to extreme heat, pressure, enzymes,
solvents and countless number of various other chemicals, fats get hydrogenated and proteins get denatured. Natural foods get changed into
various chemical concoctions, which are then packaged nicely and pre
sented to us as "food". "Food" made to suit commercial purposes where
health considerations never enter the calculation. The manufacturers are
obliged to list all the ingredients on the label. However, if the manufacturer
uses an ingredient, which has already been processed or made from pro
cessed substances, this manufacturer is not obliged to list what that ingre
dient was made from. So, if you are trying to avoid something in particular,
like sugar or gluten for example, reading an ingredient list may not always
help you.
If we look at the supermarket shelves, we will see that the bulk of pro
cessed foods are carbohydrates. All those breakfast cereals, crisps, biscuits,
crackers, breads, pastries, pastas, chocolates, sweets, jams, condiments,
sugar, preserved fruit and vegetables, frozen pre-cooked meals with
starches and batter are highly processed carbohydrates. We will examine
some of them in detail. But first, let's look at them as a group.
All carbohydrates in foods get digested and absorbed as glucose. Nature
provided us with plenty of carbohydrates in the form of fruit, vegetables
and grains. When we eat them in the natural untampered form, the carbo
hydrate part of them gets absorbed slowly, producing a gradual increase in
blood glucose, which our bodies are designed to handle. Processed carbo
hydrates get absorbed very quickly, producing an unnaturally rapid
increase in blood glucose. Blood glucose is one of those factors which our
bodies go to great lengths to keep within certain limits, because both high
and low values are harmful. A rapid increase in blood glucose, called
hyperglycaemia, puts the body into a state of shock prompting it to pump
out lots of insulin very quickly to deal with the excessive glucose. As a result
of this overproduction of insulin, about an hour later the person has got a
very low level of blood glucose, called hypoglycaemia. Did any of you
notice that after eating