 prospect
is not encouraging.
    One of the important lessons we should learn from the primitive races is that of the need for
maintaining a balance beween soil productivity, plant growth and human babies. Even in a country7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 248/250with so low a fertility as obtains in the greater part of Australia, the Aborigines for a very long
period were able to maintain this balance. Their system of birth control was very efficient and
exacting.
    A survey made by a committee appointed by the League of Nations indicates the need per
capita of approximately one-half acre of land for wheat, two acres for dairy products, and ten
acres for beef producing pasture for the supply of meat. When we realize that Ohio has been
occupied by our modern civilization for only one hundred fifty years and that it is estimated that
during that time approximately half of the topsoil has been lost through water and wind erosion we
realize that Nature's accumulated vegetable enrichment has been greatly reduced in this area within
a short time from this one source alone. In Chapter 20 I have shown that there is only enough
phosphorus in the top seven inches of agricultural land for approximately fifty crops of high-yield
wheat or one hundred crops of moderate-yield. Other grains make similar drafts upon the land. I
have given data indicating a relationship between progressive soil depletion and progressive
increase in heart disease.
    It is apparent that the present and past one or two generations have taken more than their share
of the minerals that were available in the soil in most of the United States, and have done so
without returning them. Thus, they have handicapped, to a serious extent, the succeeding
generations, since it is so difficult to replenish the minerals, and since it is practically impossible to
accumulate another layer of topsoil, in less than a period of many hundreds of years. This
constitutes, accordingly, one of the serious dilemmas, since human beings are dependent upon soil
for their animal and plant foods, for body-building. The minerals are in turn dependent upon the
nutritive factors in the soil for establishing their quality. The vitamin and protein content of plants
has been shown to be directly related to availability of soil minerals and other nutriments. A
program that does not include maintaining this balance between population and soil productivity
must inevitably lead to disastrous degeneration. Over-population means strife and wars. The
history of the rise and fall of many of the past civilizations has recorded a progressive rise, while
civilizations were using the accumulated nutrition in the topsoil, forest, shrubbery and grass,
followed by a progressive decline, while the same civilizations were reaping the results of the
destruction of these essential ultimate sources of life. Their cycle of rise and degeneration are
strikingly duplicated in our present American culture.
    Various therapeutic measures in use today have come to us from primitive peoples. One of the
greatest scourges of the world is malaria fever. Everywhere it has been fought successfully with
quinine. Indeed, many parts of the world would not have been tenantable for whites without it. Yet
few people realize that quinine was the gift of the ancient Peruvian Indians.
    In Chapter 15 I presented data regarding the treatment used by several primitive races for
preventing and correcting serious disturbances in the digestive tract. This consisted in the use of
clay or aluminum silicate which modern science has learned has the important quality of being able
to adsorb and thus collect toxic substances and other products. Important new light is now thrown
on the probable role of this substance in the primitive diet and its possible application in our
modern problems of sensitization reactions or allergies. In the first volume of my work on "Dental
Infections," I presented data relating toxic sensitization reactions to dental infections. These were
shown in both animals and human beings. I discussed the relation of these reactions to histamine
and emphasized their similarity to the effect produced by inocculation with histamine. An important
new chapter has recently. been added to this problem by the work of Dr. C. F. Code for which he
has received an award by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He reported
his findings before the Association meeting at Richmond, Virginia, in December, 1938. Dr. Code
has apparently discovered that histamine is the actual product responsible for the symptoms of the
various allergies. Its excess accumulation in the blood is the actual cause of the symptoms whether
expressed as asthma, hay fever or skin eruptions such as produced by pollens, various foods, dust
and other sensitizing agents. He has shown that the eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, are the
source of excess histamine in the blood. It is accordingly indicated that the primitive treatment by
the use of kaolin, aluminum silicate, as an adsorbent was used directly for controlling such7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 249/250symptoms. It is now further indicated that this treatment can be helpful for the prevention of
modern allergies. Previous investigations have shown that histamine is produced in the alimentary
tract as a putrefaction product of proteins by the action of certain micro-organisms of the colon
group.
    Modern science boasts the discovery of vitamin C, lack of which took its toll of thousands of
the white mariners through hundreds of years with scurvy. The first recorded cure of that disease
was made by the Indians in Canada when the British soldiers were dying in large numbers. The
Indians taught them to use a tea made from the steeped tips of the shoots of the spruce. When I
was among the Indians of the far north I asked a chief why the Indians did not get scurvy. He then
proceeded, as I have related in Chapter 15, to explain to me how the Indians prevented scurvy by
the use of special organs in the animals. While it is true that we have come to associate the absence
of vitamin C as the causative factor in scurvy, we do not know how many other affections may be
due to its absence in adequate quantity in our foods. Almost weekly, new diseases are being
associated with vitamin deficiencies in our modern dietaries.
   One of our modern tendencies is to select the foods we like, particularly those that satisfy our
hunger without our having to eat much, and, another is to think in terms of the few known vitamins
and their effects. The primitive tendency seems to have been to provide an adequate factor of
safety for all emergencies by the selection of a sufficient variety and quantity of the various natural
foods to prevent entirely most of our modern affections. Their success demonstrates that their
program is superior to ours. An important advance in modern international relationships provides
for exchange of professorships and, thus, interchanges of wisdom. We have shown a most
laudable and sympathetic interest in carrying our culture to the remnants of these primitive races.
Would it not be fortunate to accept in exchange lessons from their inherited knowledge? It may be
not only our greatest opportunity, but our best hope for stemming the tide of our progressive
breakdown and also for our return to harmony with Nature's laws, since life in its fullness is Nature
obeyed.
    As I have sojourned among members of primitive racial stocks in several parts of the world, I
have been deeply impressed with their fine personalities, and strong characters. I have never felt
the slightest fear in being among them; I have never found that my trust in them was misplaced. As
soon as they had learned that I was visiting them in their interest, their kindness and devotion was
very remarkable. Fundamentally they are spiritual and have a devout reverence for an all-powerful,
all-pervading power which not only protects and provides for them, but accepts them as a part of
that great encompassing soul if they obey Nature's laws.
    Ernest Thompson Seton has beautifully expressed the spirit of the Indian in the opening
paragraph of his little book "The Gospel of the Red Man":
    The culture and civilization of the White man are essentially material; his measure of success
is, "How much property have I acquired for myself?" The culture of the Red man is
fundamentally spiritual; his measure of success is, "How much service have I rendered to my
people?"
   The civilization of the White man is a failure; it is visibly crumbling around us. It has failed at
every crucial test. No one who measures things by results can question this fundamental
statement.
    The faith of the primitive in the all-pervading power of which he is a part includes a belief in
immortality. He lives in communion with the great unseen Spirit, of which he is a part, always in
humility and reverence. Elizabeth Odell in the following lines seems to express the spirit of the
primitives,
Flat outstretched upon a mound
Of earth I lie; I press my ear
Against its surface and I hear
Far off and deep, the measured sound
Of heart that beats within the ground.
And with it pounds in harmony7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 250/250The swift, familiar heart in me.
They pulse as one, together swell,
Together fall; I cannot tell
My sound from earth's, for I am part
Of rhythmic, universal heart.
REFERENCES
1. JACOBSON, A. C. Genius (Some Revaluations). New York


 Metabolic Program partially
Median survival time 233.0 days
Mean survival time 302.1 days
Group III
Patients who followed the Metabolic program completely
Median survival time 9.0 years
Mean survival time 8.2 years
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Conclusion I
As described, one extremely ill patient died the day after consulting Dr. Kelley.
Otherwise, based on the evaluation of the medical records, the patients in one group
were not significantly sicker than those in any other group when first seen by Dr.
Kelley.
Dr. Kelley has repeatedly told all cancer patients they should follow the full
program for at least several years to regain good health. Nevertheless, the mean
survival time for those who followed the Metabolic program only partially, and
usually briefly, is 4.8 times greater than the survival time of patients who never began
the Metabolic Program.
Finally, the data allows an estimation of Dr. Kelley's success rate with pancreatic
cancer. In this calculation, only those patients who followed the full Metabolic
program are considered. This is appropriate: in any controlled clinical trial of a
chemotherapeutic drug, subjects who deviate from the protocol must be discounted,
even if they do well.
So, Dr. Kelley's success rate, in this particular series of patients - considering only
those who used the full program, is 100%.
The journalist used a relatively small number of patients. Nonetheless, this is an
impressive outcome; no oncologist in the orthodox or alternative medical
communities anywhere in the world can match these results.
Cancer is the easiest of all the major degenerative disease conditions to properly
treat and cure. It requires the failure of the pancreas from 2 to 4 years to develop a
Malignant Tumor Mass, which the Medical Community in total error calls "CANCER"
Conclusion II
For over 37 years our researchers have had the integrity, discipline and stamina to
thoroughly investigate the parameters of the disease process that is commonly known
as Cancer. They have addressed this, a most serious issue of our times with honesty,
integrity, openness and determination that befits the intelligence and position of
scientific researchers.
The highest honor a true scientific researcher can ever attain has been attained —
that is rejection and condemnation by the Establishment. This honor comes to very
few in the Academic or Scientific Community. No higher honor can be bestowed
upon a mere mortal. They stand tall beside the great of civilization, such as Galileo,
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Louis Pasteur and Gregor Mendel.
Unfortunately, the Orthodox and Alternative clinicians, doctors, and researchers,
for well over the past 100 years have been in serious SCIENTIFIC ERROR when
addressing Cancer. Yes, many of these individuals have observed one little parameter
of Cancer, but they have completely missed the understanding of what Cancer is.
Many of the Alternative researchers and practitioners have fallen into the same
scientific error as the Orthodox researchers. More unfortunately, the Orthodox
researchers and practitioners, have even, with their unlimited funding, fallen into
complete and total Scientific Error when addressing cancer.
1. They see a Malignant Tumor Mass, and in total Scientific Error call it a "Cancer."
It is nothing of the sort. This is exposing their total ignorance of Cancer. A
Malignant Tumor Mass is a Malignant Tumor Mass, and in no way can an
intelligent scientist call it Cancer.
2. Cancer is a simple failure of one's own pancreas to produce adequate activated
pancreatin and deliver it to the site of a stimulated (activated) normal Trophoblast
Cell (Pre-Placenta Cell). This happens to each of us, thousands of times every day.
At this point the pancreatin produced by the pancreas and activated by secretions
from the first six inches of the small intestine, circulates throughout the body. This
activated pancreatin seeks and searches out all manner of defective cells, bruises
and pre-placental tissue cells.
3. These defective cells are digested by the activated pancreatin. The white cells
then pick up this goopy mess and carry it to the LIVER by way of the bloodstream
and lymph system. This mess has to wait its turn to enter into the liver to be
eliminated. Most doctors and cancer victims alike, are so dumb they expect the
liver to do this without their help — and for the most part, the liver must
accomplish this task in spite of their hindrance.
4. All systems of both the Orthodox and Alternative Medical Communities, in total
ignorance dealing with malignant tumor masses are accounted for in Metabolic
Medicine's Paradigm. The success rates of these most unscientific procedures
range from four to at most 30%. Their very few successes are accomplished by
accident and in total ignorance of Metabolic Principles.
5. There are a few sincere, naive, ignorant individuals, who in honesty and
dedication want to help the CANCER VICTIM. However, they do not comprehend
what Cancer is and by hit or miss, stumble onto one little parameter of Metabolic
Medicine's Paradigm.
6. Most individuals associated with the diabolical CANCER RACKET do not want and
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will not allow the proper treatment of Cancer to be known or used. They enlist the aid of the
Political, Legal and Medical Establishments. It is their objective to so deceive the CANCER
VICTIM that he/she will run as fast as they can to the doctor.
7. In their deceptive schemes, these Establishment con artists expect and demand that we
Cancer Victims voluntarily beg the Medical Communities to plunder us and take all our
assets in blind false hope of receiving proper and adequate treatment. What little success is
forthcoming is by accident and in total ignorance.
The Cancer Victim has a Failure of the Pancreas for at least two years before a Malignant
Tumor Mass develops to a point that the physician becomes aware of their condition. Although
these victims have felt that something was wrong for several months and have often gone to the
physician for help, with very little improvement noted.
When Pancreatic failure progresses to a point wherein a Malignant Tumor Mass — A False
Placenta — is found, in ignorance and scientific error, the physician calls this Malignant Tumor
Mass CANCER.
The diagnostic evaluation tools developed by the Unscientific Scientific Community — that is,
Biopsy, Scans, Blood Tests, X-rays, etc. are so crude it is unbelievable. By the time these crude
procedures are used, it is most often too late for any effective therapeutic procedure. Remember
the Medical Communities never, ever, address CANCER, only Malignant Tumor Masses.
Researchers of the College of Metabolic Medicine developed a simple, effective and
inexpensive Self-Examination Procedure for pancreatic failure in the mid-1960's. The
Establishment for obvious reasons has suppressed this Self-Examination Procedure. This Pancreas
Self-Examination Procedure should be used once a year to alert one to possible pancreatic
failure. This simple Self-Examination could put the National Cancer Institute and the American
Cancer Society out of business within a few months.
All persons who have Cancer will die from starvation if they are not killed before, — usually
by their physician.
May our Father God Almighty extend His loving kindness, protection and blessings to you in all
ways — always!
Respectfully,
William D. Kelley, D.D.S., M.S.
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Dietary  Recom m end ations
The Choice: Eat To Live - Or - Live To Eat!
All non-organic grains, are "DUSTED" and stored with anti-mold, anti
fungal and other deadly shelf-life extenders.
One should make every effort to contact the primary source of non
organic grains and discover the system of additives and shelf-life
extenders used.
Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure Diet
About the year 424 BC, Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine, made the
statement, "Your food shall be your medicine and your medicine shall be your food."
Try as we may, we have not been able to improve upon this basic truth. This is
particularly true when it comes to the successful treatment of the cancer patient. At
least 86% of all cancer conditions could be adequately treated and/or prevented by
diet alone.
It never ceases to amaze me at the number of learned as well as ignorant persons
who scoff when diet is mentioned. They all seem to believe that no matter what is
placed into the body, by some magical process, it makes for perfect health. Yet these
same people are very fastidious and concerned about what, how and how much food
is fed to their pedigreed dogs and cats and their registered cattle and horses. It is
ironic that they cannot see that their own health is equally dependent upon a proper
balanced nutritional process.
Metabolic Dietary Support For Health Building
1. Creation
In observing the human body and its self regulation, self building self repairing,
autonomic self adapting instrument is the most complex creation known.
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Objective
We must not use our dietary intake of foods as medications to establish and
provide therapeutic treatment of disease. We can and must use our food as source of
raw materials the body can use in its most complete and competent health-building
laboratory. We cannot comprehend the trillions of biological procedures that must be
accomplished every second of our lives. Your body is much more profound and
intelligent than all the doctors and professors


orientation towards life, to move towards forgiving
ness, and through the desire to understand life out of
compassion. This resolution of negativity requires
recontextualization of perception as exemplified by
the transformative effect of doing the workbook of A
Course in Miracles.
We find that illness requires several components,
including unconscious guilt and a mental belief system.
The mind has to hold a certain belief for the person to
accept that they are subject to it. It is as though uncon
scious guilt looks for something to justify itself. Often a
certain illness gets notoriety on television because a
celebrity shares their experience of it.That is followed
by an epidemic of that illness because of suggestion.
The mind buys into the program, the belief system, and
the specificity of a particular disease. Unconscious
guilt gives it power by expression through the auto
nomic nervous system and the hormonal balance
through all the stress mechanisms within the body, and
through the acupuncture energy system.
With positive attitudes, the acupuncture energy sys
tem is balanced, and the energy flow of health and life
moves directly down through all the energy channels,
stimulating all the organs of the body. With a negative
thought, the energy flow through one of the twelve
main meridians is interrupted and, if done repeatedly,
disease comes about in the affected organ. Negative
emotions potentiate a disease process. Unconscious
guilt gives it energy, and the form the illness takes is a
consequence of mental mechanisms because the body
expresses what is believed.
We also have to look at how experience is actually 116 HEALING AND RECOVERY
experienced. The body itself is insentient, as curious
as that may seem. It has no capacity to experience
itself. The next level of experience comes through
sensations, from the senses of the body, so we do not
experience the body; instead, we experience the sen
sations of the body. Senses themselves have no innate
capacity to experience themselves. They are experi
enced in mind. The senses report what is going on
with the body, so we are several levels removed. Mind
itself is unable to experience its own experience. It
has to be in a greater, larger energy field than itself,
and in this case, it is the energy field of conscious
ness. Because of consciousness, we are aware of what
is going on in mind. Mind then tells us via the senses
what is going on in the body.We can see that percep
tion is several levels removed from the physical body.
Consciousness itself requires something greater than
itself, called awareness. Awareness allows us to know
what is going on in consciousness and reports what is
happening within mind. Mind in turn reports what is
happening about the body via the senses.
That which we call'myself' is many levels removed
from the physical body. It is necessary to understand
that fact because we then see that the mind has power
over the body. We can appreciate the physics of the
energy fields of the 400s, and see that, just by their
sheer power, they are greater than the energy of the
physical body.The physical body (calibration leve1200)
does what the mind tells it to do.Therefore, if the mind
says,"I have this disease," the body complies.
We can thus see the importance of not buying into
programs, all of which are really limitations of the HEALTH 117
truth. We can see the importance of consciously
canceling the limiting programs and instead saying
something that is the truth. The truth is, "I am an infi
nite being not subject to that." So, when people hear
something such as, "Eggs are full of cholesterol, and
cholesterol gives you heart disease," they accept the
thought as the truth and buy into the beliefsystem that
the cholesterol in eggs will raise their blood choles
terol. Their bodies simply agree and raise the blood
cholesterol when eggs are eaten.
One time I had a very high cholesterol level and
began to cancel the belief system. I repeatedly said, "I
am an infmite being; I am not subject to that. I am only
subject to what I hold in mind.This does not apply to
me, and I hereby cancel it and refuse it:' Ifthe mind can
program you with a negative belief system, it can also
reverse itself, can it not? Therefore, we begin telling
ourself that the belief system has no effect on us, that
it is only a belief system, and that we do not have to
buy into it or go into agreement with it.
When ~e go into agreement with a belief system,
we give it the power of the collective energy of that
belief. When we refuse it, we then release ourselves
from the collective energy of the belief system and
count ourselves out. One attitude is to not buy into
agreement with negative belief systems that have to
do with our health. This is very important when it
comes to epidemic suggestion and hysteria. The pro
gramming that comes in is aided and abetted by an
emotional program.
Much is still heard about AIDS, for example, which
is accompanied by constant repetition in the media 118 HEALING AND RECOVERY
that play on fear-fear about this, anger about that,
and, of course, the guilt about this. What better dis
ease to bring up all of man's feelings of sinfulness and
guilt, especially about one's sexuality, which is so
common in all cultures, not just ours? Of course, it
then takes on a negative energy when the coin is
turned over and becomes the lowest.What better area
in which to create an epidemic to ensure the belief in
it? There is the unconscious guilt, not to mention the
conscious guilt about one's. sexuality, the sadness
about it, the grief over it, and the fear about the dis
ease itself.All this contributes to setting the stage for
a mental belief system in an energy field of the 400s.
There is also the negative energy field of fear, which
is the energy field ofthe 1OOs, plus the guilt of calibra
tion level 30. This is the exact set-up for disease
because the mind chooses that with which it is
impressed and uses that as a form of expression.
In the case of the cholesterol experiment, I can
celed the thought every time it came up. After a short
time, the cholesterol level decreased, and now I can eat
three eggs for breakfast every morning, lots of cheese,
even other high-eholesterol foods, yet my cholesterol is
low and sometimes even below normal for my age.
The body will do exactly what the mind believes,
but there is a credibility problem here.The person asks,
"How could just my beliefin that make it happen with
in my life?" It is due to the nature of the unconscious,
which creates the opportunity for that to occur.There
is the person who is 'accident prone' because that
belief has taken hold in their mind. Unconsciously, the
person just manages to get their body in the right place HEALTH 119
at the right time in order to get hit by the fender of a
car, or slip down the stairs, or get hit on the head.There
is no need to worry about it because the mind will fmd
a way. People just slip into a sort ofhypnotic trance and
expose themselves to the correct opportunities to.
make that program manifest in their lives (e.g., extreme
sports, climbing Mt.,Everest, etc.).
There have been many experiments with a cold
virus, for instance, in which one hundred volunteer
subjects were exposed to very heavy doses of a cold
virus. Interestingly, not everyone ended up with a cold,
just a certain percentage. In other words, ifthe power
were in the virus itself rather than within conscious
ness, all one hundred would have gotten a cold
because the virus is so potent. What happens is that
maybe only sixty-five percent will get it because one
third of the subjects do not believe in it.There is suffi
cient doubt within the mind, along with insufficient
unconscious guilt. It is not acceptable to the person to
express it in that form, so nothing is universal.
The same thing can be seen with healing.
Pneumonia or bird influenza does not occur in one
hundred percent of exposed people, just in a certain
percentage of them. Comparably, only a certain per·
centage of people will respond to any medical treat
ment.The difference is because those who do respond
are not dominated by unconscious guilt. Also, a nega
tive belief system is not operative because the particu
lar illness does not fit any specific thought form they
have bought into, so both sides of it-the sickness and
the healing-are reflecting the energy that is put into
a certain belief system. 120 HEALING AND RECOVERY
Health is the willingness to let go of buying into
negativity. Why would a person buy into negativity in
the first place? Why are some people so receptive to
programming? There are people who become fearful
every time they open a magazine that reports about a
current illness, which relates to the amount offear and
guilt they already carry within them. The amount of
f


 enema process has progressed.
The standard mixture for one enema consists of 3 rounded tablespoons of organic, medium or
light roast drip grind coffee, and 32 ounces of filtered or distilled water. The procedure is to bring
the water to a boil, add the coffee, let it boil for three minutes, then turn down the heat and let it
simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Let it cool, then strain through a cloth-lined strainer. (A piece
of clean white linen or nylon can be used.) Check the amount left after straining and replace the
water that has boiled away to restore it to one quart.
For patients on the therapy it is best to prepare the whole day’s requirement at once, rather
than cooking each portion separately every four hours. In other words, a coffee concentrate is
produced, saving much time and effort. This is how it is done: take a pot which holds at least 3
quarts, put in about two quarts of filtered or distilled water, bring to a boil and add 15 rounded
tablespoons of coffee, which will be enough for 5 enemas; then proceed as above. After straining
the liquid, take 5 one-quart jars or juice bottles, and pour the same amount of the concentrate into
each, then add enough water to make up the volume to 8 ounces.
The standard mixture for one enema, i.e., 8 ounces of coffee concentrate and 24 ounces of
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www.thegersonway.comenema bucket, having first clamped the tube shut, to stop the liquid from running out. Before
starting the enema, a small amount of the solution should be released, to clear the tube of air. It is
a good idea to eat a small piece of fruit, to get the digestive system going, especially before the
first morning enema. This will provide a little glucose, to raise the low blood sugar after a night’s
sleep.
The more relaxed the patient is, the easier the enema experience will be. That requires
comfort. Unless a couch or folding camp bed is available, an enema “nest” is made on the
bathroom floor, with a large soft towel or blanket as its base, covered with an enema mat or a soft
polyester shower curtain against accidental leaks or spillage, and a pillow or cushion for the head.
The bucket is placed at approximately 18 inches above the body, hanging from a hook or standing
on a stool. The coffee should not flow in too fast or with too much pressure. About 2 inches of the
tube’s tip is lubricated with Vaseline and gently inserted some 8-10 inches into the anus, and the
clamp on the tube is released, to let the coffee flow in. The patient lies on his or her right side, legs
pulled up in the “fetal position,” relaxed and breathing deeply. When all the coffee is absorbed, it
should be held in for 12-15 minutes, before evacuating.)
Many patients enjoy the relaxed comfort of enema time—“Upside Down Coffee,” as some
call it—and use it to listen to soothing music, meditate or read. One young lady, recovering from
a brain tumor on the Gerson program over some two years, first read all the main classics, then
switched to philosophy, followed by mathematics, and subsequently became so well read that she
won a top scholarship! She also made a full recovery.
How Many, How Often?
Most ‘regular’ patients, i.e., those not pre-treated with chemotherapy, nor very debilitated,
are on a four-hourly enema schedule (6 am, 10 am, 2 pm, 6 pm and 10 pm), concurrently drinking
the prescribed 12-13 glasses of juice. This is absolutely essential. Although the enema reaches
only part of the colon, it inevitably removes some of the minerals from it, so that without the
mineral-rich juices an electrolyte imbalance could result. In general, three juices per enema is a
good guideline.
There are times when the four-hourly schedule needs breaking, adding extra enemas to the
daily routine. Temporarily doing so does not necessitate extra juices. Enemas are excellent pain
relievers: if a patient is in severe pain, there is nothing wrong with taking one before the four
hours are up. Also, Dr. Gerson suggested that in some cases, when very large tumors are broken
down and being absorbed, the patient should take an additional enema during the night, around
2 or 3 am, to avoid waking up in pain, with a headache, or even in a semi-comatose state in the
morning. Some patients even take enemas every two hours to control pain, gas, or other kinds of
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www.thegersonway.comIt is important to remember that coffee enemas do not interfere with the normal activity of the
colon, producing daily bowel movements. Occasionally patients worry about that, yet their fears
are groundless. Once the liver and the digestive system are fully restored, normal elimination
takes over, even in those who had previously suffered from constipation.
The Castor Oil Treatment
As we explained above, the toxins released from the liver by the all-important coffee enema
still have a long way to travel, down the 25-27 feet long small intestine, then through the 4-5 feet
of large intestine, before they can leave the body via the anus. In the course of this evacuation it is
unavoidable that some of the released toxins get re-absorbed. It takes time—sometimes too much
time—to expel from the body the accumulated residues of years of faulty eating, plus the toxic
breakdown products of tumors. Time being of the essence on the program, particularly in the case
of seriously ill patients, Dr. Gerson saw a real need to speed up the elimination process in order
to reduce the re-absorption to a minimum. To achieve this, and also to clear accumulations in the
small intestine, which the enema cannot reach, he added the castor oil treatment to the intensive
therapy.
This consists of taking castor oil by mouth as well as by enema, to speed up and reinforce the
release of toxic residues from the intestinal tract. The patient is awakened at about 5 a.m. to take
2 tablespoonfuls of castor oil, followed immediately by 1⁄2 to 2/3 cup of regular black coffee (not
enema coffee or concentrate), sweetened with 1⁄2 teaspoonful of Sucanat or other organic dried
cane sugar. (Diabetics do not take sugar in this coffee.) People who object to sweetened coffee
need to understand that the sugar is necessary to activate stomach peristalsis and counteract low
blood sugar.. Breakfast is taken as usual. Five hours after the oral administration of the oil, at 10
a.m., a castor oil enema is taken, instead of the normal coffee enema.
This is how the castor oil enema is prepared, using a second enema bucket  exclusively
reserved for this treatment:
Put 4 tablespoonfuls of castor oil into the enema bucket. Add 1⁄4 teaspoonful of ox bile powder
and stir well to mix thoroughly. Prepare the regular enema mixture of 8 ozs of coffee concentrate,
plus 24 ounces of purified or distilled water. Warm to body temperature. Get hold of a cake of
mild toilet soap (NOT detergent), e.g. Lux, Camay or similar, immerse it for a few moments in
the coffee and rub some of the soap, but no soap chips, into it. Next, mix the slightly soapy enema
coffee into the castor oil with the ox bile and stir well, to emulsify the solution as well as possible.
You may use an electric stirrer, but the somewhat emulsified oil will still rise to the top while you
are trying to take the enema. In fact, most patients find it impossible to stir the solution vigorously
enough to keep the oil mixed into the coffee on their own; they need a helper to do that.  When the
coffee plus castor oil is all infused, try to hold the solution for a little while, but you are unlikely Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.comto succeed. It doesn’t matter, release when necessary. This enema does its work very fast.
The castor oil treatment is taken every other day for the first 4-5 months of the intensive
therapy, and then slowly reduced. Please Note: patients pre-treated with chemotherapy must
not use the castor oil treatment.
Patients react to the castor oil treatment in widely different ways. For many it is just a mild
inconvenience—due to the powerful cleansing effect of


Large Salad
2
.
Fruit
3
.
Melon
Salad may consist of any raw vegetables.
(See
 additional salad
suggestions among recipes in
Module 7.9
.)

Snacks
In between meals, snacks must consist of fresh fruits, raw vegetables, and
fruit or vegetable juices only.

Recommended Juices
Vegetable juices:

carrot, spinach, parsley, dandelion greens. (
See

Module 7.7
, which
follows, for more juice combination suggestions.)

Fruit juices:
grape, apple, pear, fresh-squeezed orange or lemon. I do not recommend
pineapple juice (bottled), cranberry juice or prune juice.

MODULE 7.7
Raw Fruit and Vegetable Juices

The highest nutritional and electrical-energy foods on the planet are fresh raw
fruits, vegetables, herbs, seaweeds, nuts and seeds. These are the foods for
humans. It is essential that you eat at least 80 percent of your diet from fresh,
ripe, raw, fruits and vegetables. These foods carry the power of life in them.
They are full of enzymes, vitamins, minerals (tissue salts), amino acids,
antioxidants, simple sugars, water, electricity and much more. However,
being frugivores, the fruits and nuts are more suited for us. Remember, the
human gastrointestinal tract is only twelve times the length of the spine,
whereas an herbivore’s GI tract is thirty times the length of its spine.
Herbivores also have numerous stomachs because vegetable fibers are much
more difficult to break down than fruit fibers.
Fruit fiber is the easiest fiber for our GI tract to handle, consequently it
keeps our intestinal walls clean. Because the energy from fruits is much
higher than that of vegetables, the power to enhance the nervous system is
higher. This increases bowel peristalsis, as well. Vegetables, on the other
hand, have more minerals, chlorophyll and amino acids, which are great in
building up a depleted body. You’ve probably observed that children will eat
fruits long before they will eat their vegetables.
By now in our society practically everyone has heard of, or tasted,
freshly-made vegetable or fruit juice. This is thanks to Norman W. Walker,
Paul Bragg, Herbert M. Shelten, Bernard Jensen, and “The Juice Man,” a few
of the pioneers and practitioners of juicing for health.
If you are weakened or depleted, especially in the digestive tract, or if
you
do
 not want high fiber but do want nutrition, juicing is the answer.
Juicing takes the fiber out of the food and gives you all the rest in a drinkable
form, thus bringing concentrated power to your body. While you might only
eat one whole carrot, you can drink the juice of five or six carrots. Theimportance of this in cancer, injuries, or any disease or depletion issue is
obvious.
When you’re healthy, drinking fresh raw juices just makes you healthier.
It is important to realize, however, that raw roughage from fruits and
vegetables is essential for good bowel health. When refined grains, mixed
with other cooked foods and meats became the staple diet in the U.S., bowel
cancer in this country went from being the fourth highest incidence of cancer
to being the first. Currently it is #2, only surpassed by lung cancer.
Thirty years ago I used to fight the medical establishment over the
importance of fiber. Their claims were that my program damaged and
irritated conditions like gastritis, enteritis, colitis or diverticulitis. They didn’t
realize that the reason for these inflammatory conditions, including the
“pocketing” of the intestines, was from a lack of fiber. Nowadays however,
most doctors realize the importance of fruit and vegetable fiber. Grain fiber,
on the other hand, can be too rough for our GI tract. We learned that by
using too much bran in the 1960s and 70s.
There are many books on the market on vegetable and fruit juices. I
recommend, The
Complete Book of Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices
 by NW.
Walker;
Juicing
 by Michael T. Murray; and
Juicing Therapy
 by my friend
Bernard Jensen, Ph.D. Keep it simple, but do explore and enjoy the
tremendous power of these juices.
I would suggest at least two to four 10-ounce glasses of vegetable or fruit
juice a day, along with a raw food diet. The best time to prepare fresh juice is
just before you intend to drink it. However, in our busy society, I find people
get
tired of juicing because of the clean-up issues. I suggest juicing for the
whole day storing the juice in a glass container, and keeping it in the
refrigerator for no more than two days.
Please refer back to
Chapter 6
,
Modules 6.7
 and
6.8
, and read about juice
fasting for more encouragement about the tremendous benefits of juices.
Remember fruit juices are great brain, nerve and glandular foods. They are
the cleansers of the body as well. Vegetable juices rebuild the structure of the
body especially bone, muscle and connective tissue.
Your body will go through cycles in which you will crave fruit juices
and fruits only. Then there will be a time when your body craves vegetable
juices and vegetables. Listen and flow with these cravings. The body knows
what it is doing and what it needs. One of our greatest shortcomings is that
we don’t listen. People don’t listen to God or to their own bodies. We thinkthat the mind and emotions control us. However, these are only conditioned
tools that we can use to create our lives. Tradition, social belief systems of
right or wrong, our schooling, and the like, are what condition the mind and
the emotions. Today, especially, with major corporations and associations
focusing on money and control, we are taught and sold a toxic way of life.
Become free and return to God’s way of vitality and vibrancy.
Juicing is an art and somewhat of a science. Read, learn and keep it
simple. Enjoy the way these juices rebuild and cleanse the body. You will
find you can’t live without them. Find yourself an easy-to-clean juicer (like
the Champion® brand) and start juicing now.

“
Power House
”
 Juice Suggestions
Two of the best single-fruit juices are grape juice and apple juice. These will
supply loads of calcium, while they clean the liver and kidneys, and feed the
nerves and glandular system.
GRAPE JUICE
Juice the seeds and stems, too.
Effects: Tumor buster; lymph stimulation; free-radical eliminator; toxicity
removal, including heavy metals and minerals.
Strengthens the heart and vascular system.
APPLE JUICE
Effects: Enzyme-rich juice aids digestion; supplies amino acids; a free-radical
eliminator; strengthens the body.
VEGETABLE JUICE COMBINATIONS
The following vegetable juice combinations are power packed for the liver,
kidneys and adrenals. They are also high in electrolytes, including calcium,
magnesium, potassium and sodium. These drinks are rich in chlorophyll
(“plant blood” or “green blood”) for purifying the blood and lymphatic
system. Chlorophyll is one of nature’s best heavy-metal and chemicaldetoxifiers.
Carrot + Beet + Parsley
Carrot + Beet + Spinach
Carrot + Alfalfa Sprouts + Parsley
Carrots + Spinach + Celery + Parsley
Wheat grass + Alfalfa sprouts
Juicing cabbage and the cruciferous vegetables is very beneficial for
cancer cases.

MODULE 7.8
Beans and Grains: Good or Bad?

Beans and grains are dormant foods. Enzyme inhibitors block the
germination process by blocking enzyme action, which allows for long-term
storage without spoilage. Even though beans are more protein-rich and grains
are starches, they are both acid-forming and very hard to digest. I have
always said that it takes more of your body’s systemic energy to digest,
assimilate and excrete these foods than they give back to you. Simply put,
they rob the body of energy in the final analysis.
Why do we give grains to hogs and cattle? To fatten them up. And these
foods will do the same to you. Dried beans and grains are very concentrated,
making digestion long and difficult. It is also possible that the enzyme
inhibitors will affect your body’s enzyme action.
Sprout For Life
If you
sprout beans or grains
 you release the “life force” within them—the
enzymes. Their nutritional content then becomes more balanced and more
usable by the body. They become chlorophyll rich. Chlorophyll has been
called “green blood,” as its composition is close to that of human blood. Not
only does it give you energy, but it also acts like an antioxidant, removing
toxic metals and mucus from the body. Read:
Love Your Body
 and
Survival
into the 21st Century
 by Viktoras Kulvinskas; and
Sprouts
 by Kathleen
O’Bannon, CNC.
If you want true bodily vitality and regeneration, avoid unsprouted beans
and grains. If you must eat them, do so in cold climates and never together, as
you don’t want to combine protein and starch at the same meal. This causes
even greater body


 Zuhr compounded an oxymel syrup made of
raisins and it was very good when made during the
summertime. Its mode of preparation: The dark raisins
should have their seeds remove d. In one liter of vinegar
one should throw half a pound of raisins and soak them
for two days. Afterward he should put them on the fire
and boil them twice and purify them, making oxymel
vinegar. And this compound is made with great care
because the vinegar will withhold the white superfluity
and will prevent the formation of malodorous moistures
and nothing can be equal to it or  like it. It is of a very
subtle substance and has a cooling effect on the
temperament. The oxymel is of great help in all fevers.
But the vinegar hurts the liver very much, it irritates it
and shrinks it and causes its blood to become pale.

THE LIVER'S ROLE IN HEALTH
Galen has already explained that the preservation of
man's health lies in the health  of the liver; it colors the blood and increases its moisture s, but it increa ses its heat,
and if it does that too much, it may burn the blood. While
vinegar weakens his strength, raisins, that are congenial
to the liver, give it fats and nourishment. When the syrup
is compounded of vinegar and raisins as the venerated
[Ibn Zuhr] did, we get the bene fit of the vinegar and we
prevent injury to the liver. We thus obtain the benefit of
the raisins and we are saved from increased heat. This
syrup is so wonderful and good that it should be prepared.
Your servant has already compounded for his master
two syrups and an electuary for the occasions which he
mentioned. One of the syrups he should always take,
every time. Its function is to purify the blood, remove its
turbidity and cleanse it of the gases that come from the
black bile. It will expand the spirit and gladden it. It will
chase away evil thoughts and feelings.
And this is the mode of pr eparation: One should take
rose leaves—one pound; oxtongue —half a pound;
lavender—two ounces; Sodom's apple, fumaterra seed
and citron leaves—one ounce of each. He should soak all
of these in six liters of warm water a day and a night.
Then all of them should be boiled several times, crushed,
cleansed and strained through a sieve. Place them in six
liters of sorrel syrup and put over a small flame until they thicken into a syrup, perfuming it with a quarterweight of
myrrh.

TO STRENGTHEN THE HEART
Your servant has not found any syrup equal to it, to
gladden and strengthen the hear t and give it power. It is
mild and neither raises nor lowers the temperature and
therefore can be taken at any time. And the amount to be
taken is from two to three ounces, in cold water in
summertime and in warm water in wintertime.
But the second syrup which your servant saw fit to
compound will loosen the stool very much and will often
cause a bowel movement twice or three times, depending
upon the preparation. It strengthens the expelling force in
the stomach and in the in testines and removes the
moisture and the black and re d biles with ease, without
harming the organs of digestion. As to the amount to be
taken, that is from three to four ounces of warm water in
which anise has been boiled until it is changed in
appearance. One should not ta ke it constantly, but only
when he needs it to expel the retained superfluities. When
one has accustomed himself to taking it once a week, it
will strengthen the intestines and remove the factor that causes dryness of the stools. The stools will become soft
and return to their normalcy.
Its preparation: One takes shelled polypody, pistachio,
broken and crushed—two ounces; senna Mecca and
oxtongue—one ounce of each; crushed licorice and
crushed althea—half ounce of each; moist fennel—a
handful; and moist roses—twenty flowers. He should
soak all these in four liters  of warm water a day and a
night. In the morning he shoul d boil it, crush it and strain
it over thirty drachmas of ca ssia fistula, purified and
mixed with half an ounce of almond oil, strained and put
away separately. And he shoul d take myrobalan of Kabul
in a polished form and amilegium myrobalanus emblici—
ten drachmas of each. He should macerate the myrobalan
and soak it in a liter and a half of warm water a day and a
night. And in the morning he should squeeze the
myrobalan very well and purify it and add to what he
boiled, the cassia fistula which he prepared separately. He
should mix the two fluids and throw into them four liters
of violet syrup and place over a weak flame, and he
should suspend over it a bundle of soft flaxen cloth or
spikenard and mastic— two drachmas of each—and
crushed rhubarb— three drachmas. And he should not
forget to squeeze the bundle with his hand to bring out
the powers of the ingredient s which it contains. And when the liquid assumes a syrupy thickness it should be
removed from the fire and hidden in a clay vessel lined
with lead. In time of need one should proceed as I
mentioned.

DIGESTIVES, APHRODISIACS, SEDATIVES
The spice hinted by your serv ant is the great electuary
which was prepared by his servant beforehand. It helps
the triple digestion [in th e stomach, the liver and the
organs] and strengthens all th e organs in general and the
heart and brain in particular. It delays aging, liquefies the
white fluid, prevents fumes from rising to the brain,
strengthens the senses, rem oves their tension, helps sex
life and expands the soul.
And this is the mode of preparation: One takes
myrobalan from Kabul and India and belilegium—one
ounce of each; myrobalanus emblici —two ounces; citron
rind, oxtongue, lavender flower, bitter costus root and
aconite—one ounce of each; red rose flowers—one
ounce; ash, cunilla, aspara gus seed, pistachio seed,
hedge-mustard seed, white and red saw-leaved centaury
anise, mastic, balsam bark—half an ounce of each; cubeb,
cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, galingale, long pepper,
ginger, musk, doronicum, aloe wood—one-eighth of an ounce each; the heart of pistachios—three ounces. The
dry ingredients should be ground and sifted through a
sieve until the drugs and the pistachios are thinned out.
The myrobalan should be mixed with half a li ter of sweet
almond oil or pistachio oil, several times. And all this
should be mixed and kneaded in three liters of a syrup
that is made of water and s ugar alone, and two liters of
honey whose foam has been removed, and placed in a
vessel lined with lead. And the amount that is taken from
it is from four drachmas to half an ounce. Wintertime one
should take it in hot water in which anise has been boiled.
And in medium weather one s hould take it as thick as it
comes. But when it is very hot, or in any climate, it
should not be taken habitually, only once a week. These
are the syrups and the electua ries which your servant felt
should be found in the treasury of your honorable and
august kingdom. Let the Lord extend it together with the
long life of its king.

MIND OVER BODY
My lord, let God prolong his days, should know that
emotional experiences cause marked changes in the body
which are clear and visible to all and bear witness in clear
testimony. You see a man strongly built whose voice is powerful and pleasant a nd whose countenance is
splendid. When he is affected  all of a sudden by a feeling
of great disgust, his facial expression falls and loses its
luster. The light of his count enance changes, his posture
becomes low and his voice hoarse and weak. If he wants
to raise his voice with all hi s power, he is unable to do so.
His strength weakens, occas ionally he trembles from
great debility, his pulsating [b lood] vessels become thin
and powerless. The appearance of his eyes changes and
his eyelids are too heavy to move. The surface of his
body becomes cool and the desire for food is lost. The
cause of all of these manifest ations is that the natural
warmth and the blood en ter deep into the body.
You see quite the reverse in a man whose body is
weak, whose appearance is strange and whose voice is
low. When something happens to him which causes him
to rejoice greatly, you will see


ates,andWater25
5FoodsastheSourceofHeatandEnergy32
6TwoEatingProblems36
IITHENEWNUTRITION45
7HowVitaminsWereDiscovered47
8VitaminsandEvolution55
9VitaminsintheBody64
10BiochemicalIndividuality81
via CONTENTS
IIIORTHOMOLECULAR MEDICINE91
11
OrthomolecularMedicineDefined93
12TheImmuneSystem100
13
TheCommonCold107
14InfluenzaandOtherInfectiousDiseases123
15
WoundsandTheirHealing136
16
MuscularActivity141
17TheHeart145
18CardiovascularDisease153
19Cancer163
20TheBrain181
21TheAllergies196
22ArthritisandRheumatism202
23TheEye,theEar,andtheMouth207
24Aging:ItsModerationandDelay212
IVVITAMINSANDDRUGS223
25OrganizedMedicineandtheVitamins225
26VitaminsandDrugsCompared237
27TheLowToxicityofVitamins249
28TheSideEffectsofVitamins257
VHOWTOLIVELONGERANDFEELBETTER269
29AHappyLifeandaBetterWorld271
Bibliography275
AbouttheAuthor307
Index313
,
Introduction
Thisbookdiscussessomesimpleandinexpensivemeasuresthatyoucan
taketoleadabetterandlongerlife,withgreaterenjoymentandfewer
illnesses.Themostimportantrecommendation isthatsomevitaminsbe
takeneverydaytosupplementthevitaminsthatyougetinyourfood.The
bestamountsofthesupplementaryvitaminsandthebestwaytotakethem
arediscussedinthefirstchaptersofthebook,andthereasonsfortaking
themarediscussedinthefollowingchapters.
Iamascientist,achemist,physicist,crystallographer, molecularbiolo-
gist,andmedicalresearcher.TwentyyearsagoIbecameinterestedinthe
vitamins.Idiscoveredthatthescienceofnutritionhadstoppeddeveloping.
Theoldprofessorsofnutritionwhohadhelpedtodevelopthissciencefifty
yearsagoseemedtobesowellsatisfiedwiththeiraccomplishment thatthey
ignoredthenewdiscoveriesthatwerebeingmadeinbiochemistry,molecu-
larbiology,andmedicine,includingvitaminsandothernutrients.Although
anewscienceofnutritionwasbeingdeveloped,theseoldprofessorsof
nutritioncontinuedtoteachtheirstudentstheoldideas,manyofthem
wrong,suchasthatnopersoninordinaryhealthneedstotakesupplemen-
taryvitaminsandthatallthatyouneedtodoforgoodnutritionistoeat
someofeachofthe"fourfoods"eachday.
X INTRODUCTION
Asaresultofthispoorteaching,manynutritionistsanddieticianstoday
stillpracticetheoldnutrition,withtheresultthattheAmericanpeopleare
notashealthyastheyshouldbe.Physiciansalsocontributetothisproblem.
Mostofthemhavereceivedonlyasmallamountofinstructioninnutrition
(mostofit,ofcourse,outofdate)inmedicalschool,andsincethenhave
beenkeptsobusyintheircareoftheirpatientsasnottohavetimetofollow
thenewdevelopmentsaboutvitaminsandothernutrients.
WhenIdiscoveredthatthenewdevelopments inthefieldofnutrition
werebeingignoredIbecamesointerestedthatfortwentyyearsmostofmy
efforthasbeendevotedtoresearchandeducationinthisfield.Ihavebeen
fortunateinthisworktohavehadandtocontinuetohavethecollaboration
ofmanyablescientificandmedicalinvestigatorsinStanfordUniversityand
LinusPaulingInstituteofScienceandMedicine.
Fifteenyearsagomanypeoplewerealreadyconvinced,onthebasisof
theirownexperience,thatanincreasedintakeofvitaminCprovidessome
protectionagainstthecommoncold,eventhoughmostphysiciansandau-
thoritiesinthefieldofnutritioncontinuedtodescribevitaminCashaving
novalueincontrollingthecommoncoldoranyotherdiseaseexceptits
specificdeficiencydisease,scurvy.WhenIexaminedthemedicalliterature
Ifoundthatanumberofexcellentstudieshadbeencarriedout,andthat
mostofthemshowedthatvitaminCdoeshavevalueincontrollingthe
commoncold.Myconcernaboutthefailureofthemedicalauthoritiesto
paythedeservedattentiontotheexistingevidencecausedmetowritemy
bookVitaminCandtheCommonCold.
Whenthisbookwaspublished itreceivedfavorablecommentfromsome
reviewers,butwasquitestronglycriticizedbyothers.Thediscussionthat
followedstimulatedanumberofinvestigators,includingProfessorGeorge
Beaton,headoftheDepartmentofNutritionintheSchoolofHygieneof
theUniversityofToronto,tobegincontrolledtrials.Thesetrialsallsup-
portedtheconclusionthatvitaminChasvalueincontrollingthecommon
cold.Asaresult,themedicalandnutritionalauthoritiesnolongerclaim
thatvitaminChasnovalueinconnectionwiththecommoncold,although
theymaycontendthattheamountofprotectionprovidedbyitisnotgreat
enoughtojustifythebotherandexpenseoftakingthevitamin.
InthecourseofmycontinuedstudiesofvitaminGIlearnedthatthis
vitaminexertsageneralantiviralactionandprovidessomeprotectionnot
onlyagainstthecommoncoldbutalsoagainstotherviraldiseases,includ-
inginfluenza,mononucleosis, hepatitis,andherpes.Thecommoncoldisa
nuisance,butisnotverydangerous.Onlyrarelydoesitleadtocomplica-
tionsthatcausedeath.Influenza(theflu),ontheotherhand,isavery
seriousanddangerousdisease.Inthegreatinfluenzapandemicof
INTRODUCTION xi
1918-1919thediseasewascontractedbyabout85percentofthepopula-
tioninallcountriesandkilledabout1percent,includingmanyhealthy
youngadults—theestimatedtotalnumberofdeathsbeingabout20million.
Anoutbreakofinfluenzainearly1976withavirussimilartothatofthe
1918-1919pandemicalsocausedgreatconcern.Itisimportanttoknow
thatagoodintakeofvitaminCcanimproveyourgeneralhealthinsucha
wayastoprovidesignificantprotectionagainstthesediseases.Inaddition,
goodintakesofvitaminCandothervitaminscanimproveyourgeneral
healthinsuchawayastoincreaseyourenjoymentoflifeandcanhelpin
controllingheartdisease,cancer,andotherdiseasesandinslowingdown
theprocessofaging.Allofthesequestionsarediscussedinthisbook.
Ihopethatthebookwillhelpmanypeopletoavoidseriousillnessand
willenablethemtoleadandtoenjoyhealthierandlongerlives.
IthankMrs.DorothyMunro,Mrs.CorrineGorham,Mrs.RuthReyn-
olds,Dr.EwanCameron,Dr.ZelekHerman,Dr.LinusPauling,Jr.,Dr.
CrellinPauling,Dr.KayPauling,Dr.ArmandHammer,Mr.Ryoichi
Sasakawa,andDr.EmileZuckerkandl fortheirhelp.IamgratefultoDr.
AbramHofTer,Dr.HumphryOsmond,andDr.IrwinStoneforhaving
arousedmyinterestinvitaminsabouttwentyyearsago,andtoLinda
ChaputandherassociatesinW.H.FreemanandCompanyfortheirhelp
inthepublicationofthisbook.IamespeciallygratefultomyfriendGerard
Pielforhiscontinuedencouragementandhiscontributions tothebook.
LinusPauling
LinusPaulingInstituteofScienceandMedicine
440PageMillRoad
PaloAlto,California94306
September 1,1985
HowtoLiveLongerandFeelBetter
I
THEREGIMEN
1
GoodNutritionforaGoodLife
Ibelievethatyoucan,bytakingsomesimpleandinexpensivemeasures,
leadalongerlifeandextendyouryearsofwell-being.Mymostimportant
recommendation isthatyoutakevitaminseverydayinoptimumamounts
tosupplementthevitaminsthatyoureceiveinyourfood.Thoseoptimum
amountsaremuchlargerthantheminimumsupplementalintakeusually
recommendedbyphysiciansandold-fashioned nutritionists.Theintakeof
vitaminCtheyadvise,forexample,isnotmuchlargerthanthatnecessary
topreventthedietary-deficiency diseasescurvy.Myadvicethatyoutake
largeramountsofCandothervitaminsispredicateduponnewandbetter
understanding oftheroleofthesenutrients—theyarenotdrugs—inthe
chemicalreactionsoflife.Theusefulnessofthelargersupplementalintakes
indicatedby


 for that matter, who turns the switch off?

DR. COOPER: Yeah, it’s a fascinating question, the age-old question
of when does life begin, as well as the question you asked before
that: is spirituality in fact dependent on physicality for its expression in
this world?
I want to divert for a minute here, Neale, and then get back to
your question.
What I’d like to chat about for just a moment is genetics...
branching into some new scientific discoveries around somethingcalled epigenetics  (which is basically the expression of our genes...
and we’ll get to that in a minute).
Anyway, basically we have an entire genetic code, and every
single cell in our body has the encoding for the entire body held
within it. That is, the DNA of each cell is identical, and the only
difference between different types of cells is which part of the genetic
code is “active” (or “turned on”) and which part is “inactive” (or
“turned of f”).
The DNA (or genetic code) of a hair cell, to give an example, is
the same as the DNA of a heart cell, a liver cell, or any other cell in
the body. But each of these cells has “chosen” (early on in
embryonic development) to express itself in a certain way, which
results in the unique characteristics of each of them.
This process is called “stem cell differentiation”—which you
explained very well at your last retreat.

NEALE: Thank you, doctor. I was trying to impress you. (Laughs.)

DR. COOPER: What I really want to focus on here is epigenetics —
which is essentially the ability of any individual cell to modify its
expression in subtle ways over the course of a person’ s life.
Cells no longer undergo major changes after the initial
embryonic developmental stages are over—in other words, a heart
cell is not suddenly going to become a liver cell—but they do
continue to undergo minor changes all throughout our lives. In fact,
our cells are continually modifying their genetic expression every
hour!So the genetic  expression within any given cell at any given
time is not “fixed,” as many people think it is. It is not a static thing.
Rather, it is continually adapting to both external and internal stimuli
—meaning that it adjusts to the environment and to any changes in
the surroundings, as well as to any changes within the body itself.
What’ s interesting about this is that there was a groundbre aking
study released by Dr. Richard J. Davidson in 2013 in the Journal of
Psychoneuroendocrinology  talking about the “epigenetic effects of
meditation” on the body—me aning that actual changes can occur  in
our genes  as a result of mindfulness and meditation activities! 4
When I read this study it immediately grabbed my attention, as I
thought:  Here is real live proof that spirituality can impact our day-to-
day on-the-ground physical lives!
There was evidence right there on the page of this Intersection
between physicality and spirituality that we have been talking about.
The study compared a control group of non-meditators to a
group of exper ienced medita tors who were instructed to engage in
eight hours of “mindfulness activities” and, after only eight hours,
there were already measurable genetic changes! These changes
included reduc ed expression  of inflammatory and pro-inflammatory
genes, and reduced production of stress hormones such as cortisol
as a result of altered genetic pathways.
The other interesting thing is that, prior to the eight-hour
experiment, the genes of both the control group and the meditation
group were evaluated and found to be equivalen t. That is, the
meditation group did not start out with an “advantage”; rather, the
benefits of meditation came from doing the activity itself.Anyway, it illustrates the profound link between our spiritual
selves and our physical selves, for if our genetic expression can be
changed in eight hours by a meditative/mindfulness experience,
imagine the impact our “spiritual energy” can have on the body over
an entire lifetime.
So returning to your questio n, Neale: if a person dies of their
heart attack, is this just too bad for their soul, so to speak? Do they
just have to move on and their body is “giving up on them”?
I don’t think so. Extrapolating from studies such as this one, I
would suggest  that the body “giving up” is not done without the
spiritual part interacting and contributing in some way to that
process. It may not be done at a conscious level, but I think the soul
is involved at some level, whether the person is consciously aware of
it or not.
I think the body and the soul are intimately linked to one
another, and that such incidents would occur in concert with the
agenda of both.

NEALE: Interesting thought. And it reflects, absolutely, the
information we were given in HOME WITH GOD in a Life That Never
Ends. In that final book of the CwG  nine-book dialogue series, we
are told that no one dies at a time or in a way that is not of their
choosing. Difficult as this is to believe at a purely physical, human
level, we are invited in CwG  to consider the possibility that nothing
can happen to us—that is, to our body or mind—that is not done in
accordance with the soul.
If we are truly Individuations of Divinity, this would have to be
true, unless we concede that something can happen to God, or toany of God’ s Expressions, that is not Divine.
There are only two conclusi ons we can reach about Divinity
and Humanity: that the two are intrinsically separate, or intrinsically
united; that Divinity and Hum anity are One Thing, or that Divinity and
Humanity are two things—a nd that all of life, for that matter, is
comprised of physical manifestations quite apart and separate from
God.
Conversations with God tells us: “All things are One Thing.
There is only One Thing, and all things are part of the One Thing
there is.”
It is that basis  upon which all else that is contained in the
3,000+ pages of the CwG  nine–book dialogue is based.
But let’s get back to your discussion of stem cells. You appear
to be suggesting, as a doctor, that stem cells differentiate at the
behest of the Spirit. As you said, the mind—or the person ’s state of
being, as you desc ribed in the meditation process—can have an
influence on one’ s genetic and cellular expression.
So it seems to me the same  thing could be happening in an
embryo whose stem cells are in the process of differentiating. The
embryo’ s energy, which could loosely be defined from a spiritual
point of view to be its Essenti al Essence, may also be demonstrating
its choices genetically and cellularly, and that this could happen prior
to the first heartbeat. If those embryonic cells are moving and
combining and forming and differentiating, then life does, in fact,
happen prior to the first heart beat. Because before the first heartbeat
—in the first three to four to five weeks of the embryon ic tissue’ s
existence in the womb of the mother—bodily parts are being formed.Indeed, the heart itself is being  formed! It doesn’t beat before it’s
been formed.
Which means that there is decision-making activity at some
level—that cells are differentiated by some process that begins
before the heart starts beating.
Which invites an extraordinarily fascinating question: When
does life actually  begin?
Is Life Itself, in fact, part of the cellular activity of the sperm  and
the egg when they join together from the father and the mother, and
is it, therefore, a fact that there’ s not an end or a beginning to life, but
just a transfer  of it? Could it be that life (the movement and decision-
making of cells) simply transfers its intelligence from one life form to
another? Is it possible that the tissue—the cellular mass— created by
the mother ’s egg and the father’s sperm joining togeth er to form
embryonic cellular existence, is not the beginning of “new” life, but
simply a continuation  of life, in yet another form, with no “break” in
the line of energy of Essential Essence?
Is it possible that life doesn’t really ever begin, but that it merely
continues?  And isn’t it interesting to think in those terms that we are,
as we’re sitting here on this telephone talking, the continuation of life
from the very, very beginning of physical expression, thousands and
thousands and thousands of years ago!?

DR. COOPER: That is an incredible thought. I think you could be on
to something here, Neale. I wouldn’t be shocked if that’s what
science ends up proving a few years from now.
I think it’ s a remarkable thought.
 NEALE: It requires life to be “pass-on-able”—but then, obviously, it is
pass-on-able, because here we are, the descendants, if you please,
of the very first human beings. Life, through the process of evolution,
has created human beings, and we are the descendants of a never-
ending transfer of Essential Essence, Divine Intelligence, that has
always existed, and always will exist, in physicality


 health, self-image, fitness, personal hygiene, job performance, relationships, and many other things. But what
constitutes our body mass, and how does understanding this aid us in achievi ng our weight goals?
Three elements comprise our total weight: water, lean tissue, and fa t. Water makes up as much as 70% of our total mass. 66
Lean tissue includes our bones, muscle, and other nonfatty mass. Fat cons titutes the rest of our weight. Lean tissue holds more water
and is denser than fat. The high water content of lean tissue easily  transmits electrical signals, a fact underlying the most common
method of measuring body-fat percentage, the bioimpedance monitor. 67
In the not-so-distant past, when virtually everyone carried a relat ively low body-fat percentage and harbored little excess
water weight, weight alone served as a fairly accurate predictor  of a person’s shape. Today, as obesity consumes more than half of
the population, weight alone is no longer an adequate indicator of what we mi ght look like.
In order to better understand the nuances of body composition and the relations hips among water, lean tissue, and fat, we
must look deeper into the science of weight loss and weight gain. Consider t he following:

We Can Gain Water Weight While Losing Fat
Loss of fat is typically accompanied by a loss of weight, but not always. It is  possible to gain muscle and/or water weight while
losing fat. We can very easily gain more in water weight than we los e in fat, yielding a net gain in weight. This is true because water
weighs much more than fat, volume for volume, so that a little gain in w ater weight can equal or exceed the amount lost in
conjunction with a considerable amount of body fat.
Even if you are steadily losing fat, the simple addition of a little extr a salt in the diet can negate any potential weight loss. The
great volume of water that the body must take on to dilute the toxins in s alt, in any form, results in a net weight gain. (See “Is eating
sea salt all right?”)

We Can Also Gain Muscle Weight While Losing Fat
It is possible, but not as common—since muscle growth tends to be fa irly slow—to exercise enough so that you gain more weight in
muscle than you lose in fat, resulting in an overall weight gain. Wh en all other factors remain equal, however, fat loss does result in
weight loss.

W e Can Be “T oo Skinny” and Overfat at the Same Time
When thin people have a desire to gain weight, they usually fail to rec ognize that they need to gain muscle, not fat. Almost every
client who has ever come to me wanting to curtail their weight loss because they thought that they were getting “too skinny” actuall y
still needed to lose some fat. In more than twenty years of advising people on  matters of health, nutrition, and athletic performance, I
have known only two individuals who actually wanted and  needed to gain fat.
What really happens when people begin eating healthfully is that th e fat starts falling off and they think they are losing muscle,
because they never realized how little muscle they actually car ry. People in this situation need to gain muscle while continuing to los e
fat. This requires exercise.
One client, a high-end fashion model, came to me saying she would do whatev er I suggested in order to extend her youthful
beauty, but she could not afford to lose any more weight. She was long and lanky a nd looked skinny to be sure, but she was
undermuscled. When we measured her body fat, she was shocked to discover th at it was almost 29%—at least 10% above what I
would consider healthy. She did not need to lose weight; she needed to lose fat w hile gaining muscle. She did just that, and she
continued her modeling career for many more years.
Gorging on Fat Is Not a Strategy for Weight Gain
Many people who eat a lot of fat lose a great deal of weight. How can this be? Con suming a diet that is low in carbohydrates and
rich in fat can leave people with a depressed appetite, which leads them t o eat fewer calories. 68  Also, although some people can
handle dietary fat fairly efficiently (and still consume many ca lories), most of us do not digest or assimilate it very well. This means
that even when we consume the same number of calories in high-fat f ood as we would on a lower-fat diet, we can experience an
effective net reduction in caloric intake. Of course, the heavy fat i nterferes with nutrient absorption, as well. This is a compound
problem, because a high-fat diet is already nutrient poor.

Overfat People Are Malnourished
We cannot be healthy when we are overfat, since our health cannot be bet ter than its weakest link. To the degree that we are
overfat, we are also typically malnourished: the more fat, the more mal nourished. The obese person who eats only fruits and
vegetables is virtually unheard of; we get fat when we eat foods tha t are less than optimally nutritious—foods that are nutritionall y
poor and impair our assimilation of nutrients. Hence, fatness and malnut rition are inseparably linked.

Overfat People Cannot Be “Perfectly Healthy”
W e like to think of ourselves as perfectly healthy, even when we know t hat we are not. W e say things like, “Except for my diabetes,
I am perfectly healthy,” or “Other than his darned asthma and needi ng to lose 80 pounds, he is perfectly healthy.” W e are shocked
when someone we deemed perfectly healthy dies suddenly from a heart att ack or stroke. But take note: people in perfect health
simply do not drop dead.  While perfect health is our natural state, it occurs only when we ta ke perfect care of ourselves.

How Much Body Fat Is Healthy?
In order to live healthfully throughout a lifetime, we must learn to m aintain both our weight and our body-fat percentage. For
men, a healthy body-fat percentage runs in the single digits. For women, the ideal range is about ten points higher. (It is certainly
possible for women to drop too low in body fat, despite what the glamour magazines wou ld have us believe. Women can develop
infertility, osteoporosis, eating disorders, hormonal imbalances, and other  serious conditions when their body fat drops into the single
digits.)
Most mainstream guidelines from medical or fitness professionals ru n significantly higher than my recommendations, as the
following table illustrates. 69

This discrepancy results from the fact that I equate health with f itness and athleticism, essentially viewing the two as
inseparable. In contrast, government, fitness, and medical “expert s” distinguish the athlete from the healthy individual, giving th em
separate classifications, as if it were possible to be healthy and not athletic.  Although we can indeed feel good and live free of
symptoms for several years as a sedentary individual, this strategy  is sure to fail over time. We should not fool ourselves into
believing that anything resembling true health is possible withou t regular, vigorous exercise.

Strategies for Increasing Muscle Mass
Increasing muscle mass is one way to decrease overall body fat percent age. As the percentage of lean tissue increases, the
percentage of fat tissue automatically decreases. If you are thin bu t still carry a higher-than-healthful body fat percentage, this i s an excellent way to achieve your ideal body composition, because increasing  muscle mass has the secondary effect of facilitating fat
loss. How does this occur? When we add muscle, we increase our body’s calori c requirements. For many of us, there is a time
lapse while we become accustomed to eating more food. During this lag time, our bodies commonly utilize stored fats to make up
for the deficit in calories, reducing our body-fat percentage.
Unfortunately, muscle mass is easily lost. The phrase “use it or l ose it” definitely applies, as muscles must be used on an
ongoing basis in order to grow and maintain size. Day to day, muscle loss rare ly accounts for even one-hundredth of one percent of
our body-weight fluctuations. Muscle loss can account for a fair amount  of weight loss, however, if an active person becomes totally
sedentary, as in the case of the extended bed rest that is required in ins tances of extreme sickness or recovery from a debilitating
accident. We can measure muscle atrophy within twenty-four hours of  the initiation of complete rest. Fortunately, muscles regain
their prior size with relative ease when we resume normal activi ties, even after months of convalescence or weeks of water fasting.
Of course, if we are active and then become unexpectedly sedentary and c ontinue eating as much or more than we did before, we
will gain fat, as the body stores excess calories as fat, not muscle.
Gaining muscle is the only truly healthful way to gain weight an d increase size without running the risk of creating hormonal
imbalances that result from harboring excess body fat. The only wa y to gain muscle weight is by “asking” your body to build through
the demands of strength-training activities. Pure strength tra ining is technically defined as “one repetition maximum,” or “1RM,”
meaning you can lift that particular weight a maximum of one time be fore muscular fatigue results. More often, people train for
strength by lifting weights


 is no original
conscious motivation, such as the hopeless alcoholic who, after being
ordered to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings by the judge,
miraculously rec overs and becomes an inspiration to others by practicing
the s piritual principles of “carry ing the message to others”—that is, sharing
rather than proselytizing.
Spiritual integrity manifests as hope, faith, charity, and inspiring others
by e xample. Integrous spiritual or ganizations that have an open  door grow
by attraction rather than by promotion, and they are devoid of dogma.
Reliance on the power of the field is indicated by the group exp erience that
people “get it by osmosis” instead of by intellectualization.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1Plotinus’ s availa ble writings, as listed in the Great Books of the W estern
W orld, calibrate at 503. Plotinus himself in later life calibrated at 730.
2The Zen  teachin gs of Huang Po  are problematic in that they describe the
Pathway of Negation and mistak enly declare the V oid State (cal.  850) as the
Ultimate Condit ion of Buddhahood (cal. 1,000). Subsequent to his classicalsermons about the V oid, he himself transcended the limitation and
eventually reached consciousness level 960 later in life. Therefore, negate
only the linear, but do not negate the nonlinear Reality of Love. Negate only
special, limited personal attachment, which is a limiting emotionality.
Divine L ove is a universal quality and a nonlinear context that is innate as
the Radiance of the overall context.G L O S S A R Y
Attractor pattern:  See Ener gy field.
Chaos theory:  The science of pr ocess  as opposed to state. This theory
originates in the discovery of pa tterns within a condition of unpr edictability.
The view it pro poses discerns global possibilities rather than local events,
and enta ils a topologic system using patterns and shapes to visualize the
intrinsic form of a complex system, which, though locally unpredictable, is
globally stable. Chaos theory recognizes the capacity of a complex system
to simultaneously give rise to both turbulence and coherence.
In the late 1800s, Jules Henri Po incaré noted that Newtonian physics was
mathematically accurate if the interaction studied was between  two bodies
only, but that t he addition of a third element made Newton’ s equations
unreliable—only approximations could be obtained. This nonlinearity
implied that any system over time could, by feedback and repetition,
become unpredi ctable. Lorenz’ s  1963 article, “Deterministic Nonperiodic
Flow,” provided a new paradigm of science, termed chaos theory  by James
Y orke a nd T ien-Y ien Li in th eir famous paper “Period Three Implies
Chaos.” Chaos theory encompasses such subjects as period doubling,
iteration, fractal s, and bifurcation, and recognizes that within f inite space,
there are  an infinite number of dimensions. The first meeting on Chaos at
the New  Y ork Academy of Scie nce was in 1977, and in 1986, t he academy
had its first meeting on chaos theory in medicine and biology.
Consciousness:  C onsciousness  is the irreduci ble substrate of existence,
formless yet inclusive of all form. It is infinite, with no beginning and no
end. The field of consciousness, in other terminology, is called the Buddha-
nature o r the Mind of God. It ca n be likened to an infinite and a ll-powerful
electromagnetic field. Each thing has its place within that field, similar to
an i ron filing; w here you are in the field depends upon you r “char ge,”which is based on the decisions  that you have made. As you s ay, “W ell, I
for give that person,” you move  up higher in the field. If you say, “I am
going to get eve n with that bad person,” you move down in th e field. It is
clear that one cannot blame anything on God or anyone.
Context:  The total field of observation predicated by a point of view.
Context include s any significant facts that qualify the meaning of a
statement or event. Data is me aningless unless its context is defined. T o
“take ou t of context” is to distort the significance of a statemen t by failing
to identify contributory accessory conditions that would qualify the
inference of meaning. (This is a common trial strategy whereby an attorney
tries to distort a witness’ s te stimony by suppressing the inclusion of
qualifying statements that would alter the implications of the testimony,
demanding that the witness answer only yes or no.)
Cr eation:  A continuous process without beginning or end, through which
the man ifest uni verse of form an d matter is produced by reiteration, starting
from th ree points—all that is required to create by fractals an infinite
variety o f forms. (This is illustr ated by the now familiar comp lex plane of
the Mandelbrot set.) In Sanskrit, the three aspects of origination of all that is
experienceable are called Rajas, T amas, and Sattvas. Th ese are sym bolized
by the Hindu de ities Brahma, Shiva, and V ishnu. In Christiani ty, these are
represented by the T rinity.
Duality:  T he world of fo rm characterize d by seeming separation of objects
(reflected in conceptual dichotomies such as “this/that,” “ here/there,”
“then/now,” or “you/me”). This  perception of limitation is produced by the
senses b ecause of the restriction implicit in a fixed point of vi ew. Science
has finally gone beyond the art ificial dichotomy of observer and observed
characteristic of  17th-century Cartesian duality, and now assumes that they
are one and th e same. The u niverse has no center, but is continually
expanding equally and simultaneously from every point. Bell’ s theorem
helped t o demonstrate that this is a universe of simultaneity rather than
Newtonian caus e and ef fect over distance in an artificial time frame. Both
time and space themselves are m erely the measurable products  of a higher
implicit order.Ego  (or self  with a small s ): The ego is the imaginary doer behind thought
and action. It is believed to be necessary and essential for survival. It can be
thought of as a set of entrenched habits of thought that are the result of
entrainment by invisible ener gy fields that dominate human consciousness.
They be come reinforced by repetition and by the consensus of society.
Further reinforcement comes fro m language itself. T o think in language is a
form of self-programming. The use of the pronoun I  as the subject, and
therefore the implied cause of all actions, is the most serious error and
automatically creates a duality of subject and object.
Emergence:  L ife does not occur out of line ar causal sequence; rather, life
emer ges spontaneously out of the field and is forever one with the field. The
Infinite Field, out of which all phenomenal existence arises, is  the field of
consciousness itself, which is inherently compassionate and jus t, for “Love
is th e Ul timate L aw of the Unive rse” (statement calibrates at 750). The field
and the phenomena are one dy namic whole, simultaneously creation and
evolution. There is no conflict between evolution and creation, because
creation expresses itself as evolution when potentiality becomes actuality.
Energy field:  In this s tudy, a range set by parameters of the phase space of
an a ttractor field whose pattern  operates within the lar ger ener gy field of
consciousness and is observable by characteristic ef fects in human behavior.
The power of ener gy fields is calibrated much like voltage in an electrical
system or the power of magnetic  or gravitational fields. Calibrated levels of
consciousness represent powerful attractor fields within the domain of
consciousness itself, which dominate human existence and therefore define
content, meanin g, and value, and serve as or ganizing ener gies for
widespread patterns of human behavior. This stratification of attractor
patterns, according to corresponding levels of consciousness, provides a
new paradigm for recontextualizing the human experience throughout all
time.
Enlightenment:  A state of awareness that replaces ordinary consciousness
the instant the ego is surrende red. The self is replaced by the Self. The
condition is beyond time or space, is silent, and presents itself as a
revelation. In this state of nonduality, there is the witnessing to life’ s
emer gence in each moment as e verything arises spontaneously and not as aresult of causality. Spiritual purification is a process whereby obstructions
to the light of consciousness are removed and its unity with the Self is
revealed. The state of Enlightenment reveals that the Source of existence—
the L ight, which had been sought elsewhere or later—is shining  at this very
moment.
Entrainment:  A phenomenon illustrated by the principle of “mode
locking.” When a number of p endulum clocks are placed close together,
their pendulums will eventuall y synchronize. In human biology this


 sensitiveness essential
to the discoverer, and, spurred and stimulated by his wonderful health
and vitality, age itself had no power to dull his intellect.
It is no surprise that Pasteur’s crude germ theory should have
displaced Béchamp’s deeper, more complex teaching, which was too
demanding to become the immediate property of ‘the man in the street’.Pasteur, who might have worked with Béchamp, on the contrary
plagiarised and distorted his ideas.
It was Béchamp’s fate to meet with neglect and disparagement.
Pursued, on the one side, by the jealousy of his less gifted but more
successful rival, and, on the other, by narrow-minded men with no
understanding of how the Creator can best be known through the studyof Creation, persecution and bitterness of spirit were the earthly rewards
of his long life of toil.
Pasteur made a wise remark when he called upon the verdict of
time to pass sentence on a scientist. As a matter of fact, Béchamp, with
the assurance of genius, never lost hope in this final judgment. The
Moniteur Scientifique  tells us:
“Those of his acquaintance who cared for him and were about
him know that he never doubted that one day justice wouldbe rendered him.”
It is in this belief, and with this hope, that we have written down
this story of a great plagiarism, and have tried to show the contrastbetween a successful world idol and an ignored genius to whom the
world’s scientists – most of them unaware of the fact – are indebted for
much of their knowledge.
In closing, we hereby submit to the tribunal of public opinion the
claims of Pierre Jacques Antoine Béchamp, embodied in this, a lost
chapter of the history of biology.
THE END352   Béchamp or Pasteur?<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Dry medical Fasting - Myths and Reality
Sergei Ivanovich Filonov
1UDC 615 89 (82)
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Sergei Ivanovich Filonov
With 914 Dry limotherapy - Myths and Reality
SI Filonov - Barnaul:
Univ Ltd. "Five Plus", 2008, - 336.
ISBN 978-5-9900731-7-3
2A doctor by profession Sergei Filonov in the popular and
accessible form tells of medical starvation, which
engaged in more than 17 years. Hundreds of people marched through starvation to
recovery thanks to recommendations, assistance, surveillance
Dr. Filonov. The book is intended for people willing to
in detail and fully acquainted with the method of fasting,
developed as a result of years of practice and effectiveness
which is confirmed by reviews of patients.
UDC 615 89 (82) Dry limotherapy - Myths and Reality
BBK. 51.20 (2ROC)
ISBN 978-5-9900731-7-3
© SI Filonov, 2008
© Publishing House Ltd. "Five Plus", 2008
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3FROM THE AUTHOR
I was born in the Altai family physicians. My mom and sister
- Children's doctors. Therefore, in my childhood I was constantly confronted
to talk about medicine. It would seem that with such a "history" to me
direct route into medicine. Subsequently, it just happened. But...
All my conscious childhood and adolescence I just raved far
not medicine. I wanted to be, probably, as all of our boys
yard pilot. One day my father and I went skiing.
After the walk we went to friends for tea, and there first
time in my life I saw a man, a cancer patient. He was very
thin and suffered severely from pain. To me it made a very strong
impression. When we arrived home, I asked my mother, really
can not cure this disease? She said: "Unfortunately,
son, in this stage of our medicine yet powerless. "
In eighth grade I accidentally fell into the hands of the book, even now
I do not remember what the name. It describes how talented
healer cure cancer in one man Herbs
and hunger. Hence, the body has reserves and forces capable of
treat such a serious and insidious disease like cancer, I thought.
For every poison in nature must necessarily be an antidote. On
each disease in the body should be strength, healing her. After
Animals in nature do not have hospitals, clinics and doctors. They
guided by their natural natural instincts.
They know better than any herbalists, some grass at the moment
they need, or just beginning to starve. since then I have
more interested in natural ways of healing. I became
read books about fasting, hypnosis, herbs, acupuncture. I'm
more began to understand: a man - a natural pharmacy, it has
All for the treatment of any disease, it is only necessary to their work, patience,
will open and force those natural medicines in
the benefit of the organism.
My decision to enroll in medical school was aware, but I
knew that I would be interested to sit in the clinic and to appoint
tablets. I have to find a specialty and to obtain such knowledge,
by which my future patients would be able to use
its huge hidden opportunities to treat diseases. On
fourth year, I got on supervision of patients with bronchial
asthma. When I went to her house, I saw a blooming woman
with a pink blush on the face and sparkling eyes. On asthma
it is quite a hike. I've wanted to apologize and say,
that mixed ward, but then again asked her name,
name. It turned out - that's exactly it. "You do not be surprised -
she said - that I do not like people with asthma, because I was
twenty-day course of fasting, and now I'm at the exit
from starvation. After the tenth day of fasting I have absolutely
seizures stopped and I stopped using an inhaler. " Her
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4view, her breath very impressed me. It's one thing to read books
of starvation, and another thing - to see in practice the results of famine.
After that, I definitely decided that necessarily know all about this
wonderful technique and be sure to get to specialize in it.
Best of all, at the time of limotherapy wrote Professor
YS Nikolaev. His book is written with such enthusiasm and faith
in this natural natural method, that after reading it so
and want to starve. Me starve the entire group. We started
fasting on juices, then tried on the water. Of course, then
Most of my group is all abandoned. I liked it
starve before exams - after fasting head becomes
light, clear, memory is very much improved, and most importantly - by
exams went without any disturbances.
After graduating from medical institute I have distributed to the resort
"Goryachinsk", which was located in the Republic of Buryatia on the shore
sacred Lake Baikal. Nature and beauty of these places have bewitched
me, especially energy and severity of Lake Baikal. While working at the resort,
I was fortunate to meet a very interesting person
- Verbulem Vladimir Romanovich. He was a hard
bronchial asthma, it is the first in Buryatia in the home
conditions of hungry twenty-four days. His staff at work
were amazed at the result of fasting, which they
saw. Together, they decided to invite a professor of Buryatia
YS Nikolaev. When the professor came to the republic, they brought
it to us at the resort Goryachinsk. Here and there was my meeting with this
amazing man. Yuri Sergeyevich liked our
resort and nature. He said: "You have the perfect place on Lake Baikal
and conditions for fasting. " He invited
me to come to Moscow to study at an office of RDT (fasting-
dietary therapy). After studying in Moscow, we have opened branch
RTD is hosting at the resort. Of course, it was hard for me to start - our
the staff was skeptical about the starvation and me even for the eyes
called the "hungry doctor." I remember when my first patient
came into the dining room on their way out of starvation, the nutritionist brought
cold salted millet porridge and said "on, eat", he certainly
remember all my advice and waited for me. And if he ate this
cereal? But then, our team, seeing the good results of medical
starvation, was an entirely different attitude to this method, and
Some even took a course of starvation.
After two years alone, I was lucky to go yet
time to specialize in RTD in St. Petersburg to Professor
Coconut Alexey. There I first learned about the absolute
(Dry), fasting and its application in the treatment of diseases. I
were patients undergoing wet starvation, and during
of starvation all the symptoms disappeared, but the output
from starvation of the symptoms returned. For me it was
unpleasant moments. I really thought long, how to strengthen
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5effectiveness of starvation, while, of course, aware that the
longer period of starvation, the better the result, but, unfortunately,
a time when our treatment has been paid, and not every
could afford to take a serious course of fasting. How could strengthen
effect of starvation in the spa environment? Output I
prompted by my dog??(more detail in Chapter SLG in nature). After
order as it knocked down a motorcycle, she refused, not only from