sight,
activity
and
energy,
healthy
skin
color.
(I
am
55
years
old
and
for
prevention
and
immunity
it
is
enough
for
me
to
drink
a
glass
of
morning
urine
and
do
an
enema
with
the
urine
that
I
collect
within
24
hours.
I
do
not
do
urine
massages,
I
just
add
decoctions
of
herbs,
salt
and
part
of
the
collected
urine
to
my
bath
every
day.
Now
also
seaweed
decoction.)
After
regaining
health,
it
is
necessary
to
continue
to
take
urine,
alternate
walking
with
a
gentle
jog,
engage
in
water
procedures
and
hardening,
and
occasionally
starve
as
a
precaution.
Example:
The
patient,
51
years
old,
who
had
been
dependent
on
aerosol
preparations
for
eight
years,
cured
his
asthma
in
3
months
with
the
above
method.
Now
he
works
as
a
driver.
With
bronchial
asthma,
it
is
necessary
to
understand
the
very
essence
of
the
disease
-
the
accumulation
of
a
large
amount
of
mucus
and
a
significant
shift
towards
an
alkaline,
putrid
environment.
To
heal,
a
return
to
an
acidic
environment,
exclusion
of
pathogenic
alkaline
influences
of
the
internal
environment
and
mucus
is
necessary.
When
treating
asthma,
it
is
necessary
to
eat
a
lot
of
dried
fruit,
bread
from
sprouted
grain
or
dried
sprouts,
stewed
vegetables
without
butter.
Such
a
diet
together
with
urinotherapy
and
fasting
brings
100%
success.
Urinotherapy
and
venereal
diseases
John
Armstrong
describes
the
cure
of
syphilis
and
psoriasis
in
a
young
man
in
a
few
weeks
by
the
method
of
urine
therapy
and
starvation.
In
any
case,
any
treatment
with
the
help
of
self-miracle
drugs
will
not
be
successful
if
the
internal
environment
does
not
shift
from
alkaline
(putrefying)
to
acidic.
Without
cleansing
the
body,
any
medicine
has
only
a
temporary
effect.
In
the
same
way
(drinking
urine,
massages,
poultices,
fasting),
Armstrong
cured
in
26
days
the
inflammation
of
the
testicles
and
the
swelling
that
was
the
result
of
the
infection.
Urine
therapy
and
gangrene,
non-healing
wounds,
bruises,
burns,
bites
and
similar
casesFor
simpler
problems,
it
is
enough
to
drink
urine
once
a
day,
do
a
massage
and
compresses
with
evaporated
quarter
urine
on
the
affected
area.
Acidification
of
a
given
part
or
the
whole
body
brings
positive
results,
leads
to
healing.
Wounds
heal
better
during
the
day.
Example
from
John
Armstrong's
book:
"The
doctor
insisted
on
amputating
the
leg
two
years
ago.
The
patient
received
treatment,
but
her
condition
did
not
improve.
She
suffered
from
constipation,
hemorrhoids,
eczema,
anemia,
insomnia,
general
depression,
her
tongue
hurt,
the
corners
of
her
mouth
cracked,
gangrene
in
her
leg
was
spreading.
The
woman
was
strong-willed
and
I
easily
convinced
her
to
drink
her
own
urine
and
up
to
1.5
liters
of
cold
water
a
day.
After
the
first
five
days,
the
skin
cracks
started
to
disappear.
At
the
end
of
the
week,
the
colon
and
kidneys
started
to
function
normally,
the
hemorrhoids
disappeared.
After
four
months
there
was
no
sign
of
the
gangrene.
The
swelling
on
the
leg
disappeared,
new,
healthy
skin
appeared
on
the
affected
areas.
After
fasting
for
a
month
on
water
and
urine,
the
patient
ate
grapes,
bananas
and
tomatoes
in
small
quantities
for
the
first
week,
freshly
milked
milk
was
added
during
the
second
week,
and
the
woman
began
to
eat
a
normal
diet
during
the
third
week.
Comment
and
recommendation:
Constipation
poisoned
the
entire
organism
and
shifted
it
towards
an
alkaline,
putrid
environment.
This
woman
began
to
slowly
decompose,
anemia,
eczema
(trying
to
eliminate
harmful
substances)
appeared.
The
colon
was
very
badly
affected
by
the
putrefaction,
and
from
there
came
the
depression
and
problems
in
the
mouth.
It
was
also
possible
to
start
the
treatment
with
enemas,
with
the
aim
of
normalizing
bowel
activity
and
generally
ridding
the
body
of
poisons,
and
continue
with
urine
massages
and
drinking
a
quart
of
urine
twice
a
day.
Starvation
must
be
started
only
after
cleansing
the
main
organs
(intestines,
liver,
kidneys),
then
it
is
better
tolerated.
Ending
the
hunger
strike
in
our
conditions:
drink
fresh
carrot
juice,
decoctions
of
herbs
with
honey
prepared
from
melt
water,
eat
sprouted
wheat,
which
will
immediately
supply
the
body
with
the
necessary
trace
elements
and
vitamins
in
such
a
huge
amount
that
is
not
found
in
all
the
foods
listed
by
Armstrong.
Later,
switch
to
vegetables
(steamed
in
winter),
seasonal
fruit,
whole
grain
porridge,
sprouted
grain
bread.
Armstrong's
recommendation
to
drink
water
is
important.
During
fasting,
the
amount
of
urine
decreases
considerably
and
it
is
then
highly
concentrated.
This
can
be
prevented
by
drinking
a
large
amount
of
water,
if
possible
melted,
and
by
cleansing
the
body
organs
beforehand.
Example:
"I
damaged
my
liver
after
falling
off
a
horse.
The
doctor
said
that
they
were
all
cracked
and
he
was
surprised
that
after
1
month
of
urine
therapy
I
was
healthy
again."
Comment
and
recommendation:
Urine
that
is
absorbed
through
the
digestive
tract
(especially
during
enemas)
immediately
enters
the
liver.
The
healing
occurred
mainly
due
to
the
fact
that
urine
is
a
fluid
saturated
with
gravitational
energy,
which
quickly
brought
the
damaged
parts
together.
Its
acidity
supports
biosynthesis,
the
salts
and
other
substances
contained
in
it
form
a
kind
of
"cement"
that
quickly
strengthens
everything.
Example:
"In
two
days,
I
healed
a
burn
from
an
open
fire
on
my
hand


 thin needles to  pierce the
body at specific points. These n eedles were made classically of various metals
depending on their intended ef fect; gold, for example, has a tonifying ef fect,
while sil ver tend s to sedate. In modern times more durable stain less steel needles,
which have a neutral ef fect, are  most commonly used. The ef fect of needling is
also dete rmined by the method of insertion and manipulation o nce in place, the
breathing sequen ce of the patient, the intention of the practition er, as well as the
specific therapeu tic qualities of the Meridian and point selected. Needless to say,
acupuncture is a precise technic al science as well as an art tha t requires a great
deal of skill and experience to master.
Moxibustion is an application o f heat to the chosen focal point. Mugwort
(artemisia vulga ris) is the herb of choice, even though others are also used. A
small po rtion of the dried ignited herb is placed on the skin  directly or held
slightly above the surface. The patient feels warmth at the fo cal point, and in
cases w here necessary the skin may sometimes be cauterized producing a
powerful ef fect to stimulate the flow of Qi and to tonify the body’ s Y ang. Other
adjunctive techn iques such as m icro-bloodletting on the acupu ncture points, or
cupping—a type  of localized su ction technique, may also be u sed under special
conditions.
Interestingly, the written form of the term for Chinese medicine, “zhong
yi", is composed  of two charact ers, the first is “zhong"
    mea ning middle, as
in the Middle Kingdom, what we call China. The second  character “yi"
  s tanding  for medicine is, howev er, again composed of two, a root and a phonetic
character. The root character “yu"
    shows a jar which is used for keeping
fermented liquors (which could  be medicinal wines or cordials). The phonetic
character “yi"
    m eans to take out arrows “shu"
  _ from the quive r “yi"
  r efe rring to the practice of acupuncture and possibly ancient sorcery (killing the
demons that cause disease). The written expression for “medicine” thus reflects
the nature of the therapeutic approaches that medicine embraces.
Therapeutic massage is widely practiced for all manner of illne sses, and is
especially preferred over acupuncture for treating children. T echniques of
massage include  manually activating the points and Meridians, kneading and
rubbing the soft tissues, manipulating the joints, bonesetting and massaging the
viscera. In the field of reme dial exercise both ritualized calisthenics andbreathing techni ques such as Qi Gong and T ai Qi Quan are used  to promote self-
healing and to prevent disease.
In the modern e ra many impressive new procedures have been developed,
some in  conjunction with modern medicine, such as acupuncture anesthesia,
which is  useful in some types of  sur gery. New medicines using a combination of
western and oriental pharmaceutical substances and techniques have also been
introduced. Another important d evelopment has been the theory and practice of
various acupuncture microsystems. One such is auricular acupuncture, through
which the whole body can be t reated via the ear alone. Qi Gong, a method of
directing the Qi in the body via the breath, has also grown popular for self-
healing in conditions such as cancer, arthritis and chronic painful disorders.
Often a practitioner specializ es in one field of therapeutics, like
acupuncture or massage, or in a branch of medicine, such as pediatrics or
gynecology. Nev ertheless, the higher vision of educating and in spiring everyone
to live in harmony with nature has always been an important goal of Chinese
medical practitioners.P A R T  T W O
A Y U R V E D A1
O r i g i n s  a n d  D e v e l o p m e n t
T he  w ord “A yurved a,” which comes from the V edas, the ancient sacred I  books
of the Aryans, m eans “the Lore of Life.” A yurveda, whose or igins go back at
least fiv e thousa nd years, began as an appendix to the youngest of the V edas, the
Atharva V eda.  Most of the V edic healing lore occurs in the Atharva V eda,  which
is basic ally a manual of magic (see illustration 8). After its incantational
medicine evolve d into empirical medicine, the most important  of all A yurvedic
texts, the Charaka Samhita,  appear ed, possibly between the 8th and 10th
centuries B.C. A yurveda’ s most famous sur gical text, the Sushruta Samhita,  was
also com piled a round this time. While these texts may have had single authors
they are more likely to be compilations of material from many sources.
A yurvedic medi cine was already extensively developed by the time of
Gautama Buddh a, and the Budd ha supported both the study an d the practice of
medicine. Since  the days of Charaka and Sushruta, A yurvedic students started
dissecting human corpses, pra cticing the arts of sur gery on dummies, and
learning other practical arts such  as cookery (since diet was an essential aspect of
treatment), the collection and preparation of herbs, horticulture, and the
purification and preparation of mineral medicines. Each student usually
specialized in one of A yurveda’ s eight “limbs": Internal Medicine, sur gery, eye-
ear -nose, gynecology-obstetrics-pediatrics, psychology, toxicology, rejuvenation,
and virilization.  At the end of the period of study, the disciple was thoroughly
tested, and after graduation was given a license to practice by the king.
After A shoka, the emperor of most of North India about three centuries
before th e birth of Christ, embraced Buddhism, he furnished extensive support to
medicine and built charitable hospitals including specialized sur gical, obstetric
and mental facilities throughout his realm for both humans and animals, and his
emissaries spread Buddhism a nd Indian sciences in far -of f lands including
Central Asia and Sri Lanka. Du ring the later Indian empires o f the Guptas and
the Mauryas, the government expanded this active support for medicine by
planting gardens  of medicinal herbs, establishing hospitals and maternity homes,
posting physici ans in villages, and punishing quacks who tried to practice
medicine without proper learning and imperial license.During this era A yurveda was ta ught in lar ge Buddhist universities like the
one at Nalanda, established during the fourth century A.D. and which flourished
for a bout eight hundred years. S tudents came from all over the world to study at
these universities. More texts appeared, including V agbhata’ s Ashtanga Sangraha
(Collected T eachings of the Eight Limbs)  and Ashtanga Hr daya {Heart of the
Eight Limbs).  These are condensations of Charaka and Sushruta’ s teachings, and
Madhava’ s Madhava Nidana {T ext on Diagnosis).  A yu rveda was not limited to
humans; texts on the treatment o f trees, horses and elephants st ill exist, and may
have exi sted for  such varied ani mals as cows, goats, sheep, don keys, camels and
hawks.
The Gol den Age of Indian cultu re ended when Muslim invaders inundated
Northern India after the tenth c entury. They slaughtered the Buddhist monks as
infidels, destroyed the universi ties and burned the libraries. Those who could
escape f led to Nepal and T ibet, and hence some A yurvedic texts whose originals
were lost at th at time survive solely in the T ibetan translation. Though the
Muslim conquerors imported their own system of medi cine into India,
fortunately A yu rveda did survive as did the Hindu culture. In the thirteenth or
fourteenth century a treatise on A yurvedic pharmacology, the Sharngadhara
Samhita,  a ppeared, and during the sixteenth century all Indian medical
knowledge was collected and compiled by the order of the Mughal Emperor
Akbar.
The con quests of the Europeans, however, were nearly fatal to A yurveda,
especially after 1835 when the British decided neither to recognize nor support
Indian s ciences in their Indian dominions. While the Germans, and later other
W esterners developed plastic s ur gery from Sushruta’ s operation for repair of
damaged noses and ears, it took the upsur ge of Indian Nationalism at the
beginning of this century to reawaken interest in the native  Indian arts and
sciences in India itself. A yurveda began its renaissance then, an d today it is one
of the six medical systems in India which is of ficially recognized by India’ s
government, the others being Allopath


 in
upscale r estaurants—and yet they ar e so simple. W ith this lightly sweetened
and spiced purée in the fr eezer, I always have a quick side dish or tasty bed
for lamb shanks, beef stew or poached fish.
MAKES 8 CUPS (2 L)
8 to 10 medium parsnips (2 lb/1 kg)
2 tbsp (25 mL) olive oil
1 onion, coarsely chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp (15 mL) Five-Spice Blend  (stor e-bought), gr ound
1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
3 cups (750 mL) chicken or vegetable stock, divided (appr ox)
1. Blanc h the parsnips. S hred or chop  parsnips and se t aside. In a Maslin
pan or heavy-bo ttomed saucepa n, heat olive oil over medium heat. Reduce
heat to medium -low. Add onions and cook, stirring frequently for 5 or 6
minutes or until soft and slightl y translucent. Add garlic and co ok, stirring
constantly for 1 minute. Add pa rsnips, Five-Spice Blend and salt. Cook and
stir for 1 minute to lightly coat in oil and spices.2. Add enough stock to cover the vegetables (the amount depends on the
depth of  your pot). Cover and bring to a light boil. Reduce heat and simmer
gently for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally Add more stock to the pot
if necessary to keep vegetables from scorching. V egetables should be soft.
3. Let vegetables cool. Using a food processor or blender, purée in batches,
adding stock to the food process or as needed to blend to a soft consistency.
Measure 2- or 4-cup (500 mL or 1 L) amounts and pack into freezer
containers, leavi ng a 1/2-inch (1  cm) headspace. Remove air, lab el and seal.
Freeze for up to 9 months.
Use: Th is purée  is brilliant! N ot only is it a stand-alone vegetable dish,
but it can be added to soup or stew. Be sure to freeze some in 1- or 2-cup
(250 or 500 mL) amounts to make it easy to use in other dishes. Add 1 cup
(250 mL) thawed Parsnip Purée to risotto for a creamy result. A recipe for
using this amazing purée in soup follows.
m o r o c c a n  p a r s n i p  s o u p
Having fr ozen cooked and spiced parsnip purée makes this soup easy,
convenient and delicious. I serve it with lavash or pita  points. If
pomegranates a r e in season, the y make a beautiful garnish, alo ng with the
homemade Pom egranate Pepp er Jelly. I like mango, apple  or peach
chutney with it as well.
MAKES 8 CUPS (2 L)
4 cups (1 L) Mor occan Parsnip Purée, thawed
1 pint (2 cups/500 mL) or 1 can (14 oz/398 mL) crushed tomatoes with
juices
1 cup (250 mL) chicken or vegetable br oth 1 can (14 oz/398 mL) lentils
or chickpeas, drained and rinsed
1/2 tsp (2 mL) gr ound nutmeg sea salt and fr eshly gr ound pepper
1/2 cup (125 mL) Pomegranate Pepper Jelly  (stor e-bought), optional1/2 cup (125 mL) pomegranate seeds, optional
In a saucepan, combine Parsnip Purée, tomatoes and juices, chicken broth,
chickpeas and nutmeg. Bring to a simmer over high heat, stirring frequently
T aste and add salt and pepper as needed. Garnish with pomeg ranate jelly
and seeds, if using.
P e p p e r s
THE WHOLE PEPPER F AMIL Y ( CAPSICUM)  of sweet and ho t fleshy
pods is fascinating and complicated at the same time. Most popular for
preserves and pickling mixtures are the sweet green, red, yellow  or orange
bell peppers (Capsicum annuum),  which are lar ge and thick fleshed, with a
sweet, crisp taste. A variety of sweet bell peppers are on display at the San
Francisco Ferry Building Farmers Market, left.
Some hot chiles are pickled on their own or with other vegetables, and some are used in sweet herb
and fruit jellies and other preserves.
Chile pe ppers, w hile still of the  Capsicum  gen us, may be sweet or hot an d
are native to M exico and tropical America. Both sweet an d hot chile
peppers are preserved in salsa and jelly or pickled whole. There are many
cultivars of chile peppers available, and many are sold under a confusing
variety o f names. Hot chile peppers are rated for their degree of  heat by the
amount of the capsaicin they contain.Colour is not so much an indication of the cultivar as it is of maturity. Most bell peppers mature
green to red, although some hybrids mature yellow, orange and even purple or chocolate colour. Here
(left) we see one pepper beginning to ripen red in the basket full of green bell peppers.
Good Pr eserving V arieties
The big question in deciding w hat variety of pepper to use in preserves is
this: do you wan t sweet or heat?  The following is a short list of some sweet
pepper cultivars.
Sweet Peppers
Godfather Hybrid:  A classic Italian pepper that is excellent for grilling and roasting because of its
flat, elongated shape, which also makes it good for pickling.
Chocolate Belle:  A hybrid tiny sweet bell pepper that is the colour of chocolate. The colour does
fade when pickled, but the size makes it a good pickling choice.Golden Baby Belle:  A bright yellow, sweet little bell pepper that is perfect for stuf fed hors
d’oeuvres. The size and colour are ideal for pickling.
Cubanelle:  Sweet Italian banana-type pepper with superb flavour; thick skinned and good for
grilling; for sweet pickles and other preserves where heat is not desire.
Biscayne Sweet:  Ripens from light yellow-green to red (above, we see all three stages of ripening);
excellent for grilling, pickling and preserving.
Carmen Sweet:  Delicious sweet taste when ripe red; excellent for roasting, grilling, canning and for
red pepper sauce.Orange Grande:  A sweet bell pepper that matures to a glossy bright orange.
Redstart:  Most sweet bell peppers are picked when green, those that are left on the plant to mature
to red being more expensive. This cultivar ripens to red early, giving it the advantage over most
sweet bell
Super ette Sweet  (left) and Sweet Savannah  (right) are two sweet banana-type peppers that have
been developed by Stokes to grow to a size that fits canning jars.
Pur chasing/Storing
1 lar ge bell pepper yields 1-1/4 cups (300 mL) chopped.
Y ou will need ab out 8 lar ge ban ana chile peppers for 1 quart
(1 L).
Select firm, plump fruits with clear, bright skin. There should be no touch
of damage or bruising.
Good W ithSpicy herbs such as rosemary, basil, bay, thyme, chervil,
tarragon.
Cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg (hot chiles).
Other vegetable s, such as oni ons, potatoes, leeks, garlic,
tomatoes, fennel.
Cucumber and yogurt, which can be cooling for dishes
containing hot chile peppers.
Peaches, pears, plums, raisins.
Chocolate.
Pr eparation
W ash peppers in a sink full of c ool water to which a drop of foo d-safe soap
has been added. Rinse well, drain and pat dry. Roast peppers for canning.
Essential: Use Gloves When Handling Hot Chiles
The active components that give chiles their heat are the
capsaicinoids. T hese irritating elements transfer easily from
the chile s to your hands, the basket or harvest container, the
knife and the cutting surface—anything that they come in
contact w ith. T o avoid painful b urning of your eyes, lips and
other mucus areas, use disposable gloves to harvest and
prepare hot chiles for recipes and don’ t touch your face.
In their Big Book of Herbs  (se e Resources), Arthur
T ucker and Thomas DeBaggio recommend that if you get
capsaicin on your hands, you should wash with a small
amount of chlorine bleach o r ammonia because these
household produ cts change the irritants into water -soluble
salts. Capsaicin is also alcohol s oluble, so for burning in the
mouth, “cheap vodka makes a good mouthwash.”
T ucker and DeBaggio go on to clear up the
misinformation about what parts of the chile pepper are
hottest. Some sources claim th at the seeds are the hottestpart, but that is not quite the case. As T ucker and DeBaggio
note, “


 high in iron and other trace minerals. It is also is usually paired with significant
amounts of sugar. The sugar mixed with the chocolate will contribute to tooth decay. Cocoa powder
is extremely high in phytic acid and tannins (an anti-nutrient).
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 To stop tooth decay, chocolate
consumption should be greatly limited or eliminated. Healthy people can eat moderate amounts of
chocolate and not have tooth decay. The most ancient preparation of chocolate is a fermentation
process that converts the chocolate into beer.
Sugar is a highly addictive drug-like substance in our modern diet. While a little bit of natural
sugar is safe to eat, too much sugar produces a numbing effect. Too much sugar can offer a glimpse of
pleasure and a feeling of relaxation in an otherwise stressful life. Some people feel justified in the
excess intake of stimulating substances because of the pain-numbing euphoria it can produce.Prescription Drugs, Recreational Drugs and Your Teeth
Drugs, including over-the-counter medications usually alter your glandular system and will
affect your calcium and phosphorous ratios. Prescription and recreational drugs, along with
cigarettes, may alter your body’s ability to utilize nutrients from food. Many people in the western
world have lost their ability to digest and utilize fat and protein due to damage caused by western
drugs.
Maverick physician Dr. Henry Bieler, author of the bestselling
Food Is Your Best Medicine
,
wrote:
As a practicing physician for over fifty years, I have reached three basic conclusions as to
the cause and cure of disease.
The first is that the primary cause of disease is not germs.
The second conclusion is that in almost all cases the use of drugs in treating patients is
harmful. Drugs often cause serious side effects, and sometimes even create new diseases.
The dubious benefits they afford the patient are at best temporary.
My third conclusion is that disease can be cured through the proper use of correct foods.
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Many western drugs over-stimulate our glands, poison our livers, and produce the illusion of
health. The long-term effects of many drugs are not known. They rarely offer long-term cures for
diseases because the cause of disease is never addressed. These assertions are also directed towards
the use of vaccinations. Documented evidence has shown that vaccines cause disease. Vaccines will
be discussed more thoroughly in the children’s tooth decay section. Birth control pills increase one’s
risk of developing gum disease, which illustrates how hormones and medications can alter our
mineral metabolism.
29c
Many recreational drugs also cause harm to our bodies. While prescription drugs usually aim to
treat symptoms of physical disease, recreational drugs are used to numb people overwhelmed by
emotional distress. Recreational drugs add a stimulating way to give relief to emotional pain that
people feel. Like prescription drugs, regular use of recreational drugs does not cure the problem, but
rather puts off dealing with life. Drugs for recreation are not in harmony with Nature’s laws and
principles.Thanks Giving
Together we have just looked at some of the best and some of the worst of foods modern society
has to offer. Too many processed and refined foods will lead to diseases and tooth decay. This was
illustrated by Weston Price’s photographs and research. Seeing the problems in the foods you may be
eating can be challenging. Here I just want to give thanks for having food. Whether it is good or not, I
am thankful that I have enough food to eat. Many people in the world do not even have the luxury of
choosing their daily menu. Giving thanks for our food is a way to honor and respect Nature’s gifts.
When the positive vibration of thankfulness fills our lives and our culture, we will no longer have
foods that will destroy our health.
Chapter 4 Part C References
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of Legumes and some Effects of Processing
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2c
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Diet Dictocrats
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3c
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6c
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Food Phytates
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22 Aug. 2010. <http://www.westonaprice.org/abcs-of-nutrition/172-vitamin-a-on-trial.html>.
10c
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It's All in Your Head: The Link Between Mercury Amalgams and Illness
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1993. Print:147.
11c
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Food is Your Best Medicine
. New York: Vintage Books, 1965: 202.
12c
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13c
 Smith, Garret. "Nightshades:oblems from These Popular Foods Exposed to the Light of Day."
Wise Traditions
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14c
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Key to Wellness Have Been Overlooked--and It's Right under Your Nose! Fullerton, CA:
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15c
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Journal of Food
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J. Agric. Food Chem
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18c
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Environmental Health Perspectives
, Vol. 108, No. 6 (Jun., 2000), pp. 515–520
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Nourishing Traditions
. Washington, DC: New Trends; 1999:13-14.
20c
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21c
 Fallon, Sally, and Mary Enig. "The Great Con-ola." The Weston A. Price Foundation. 28 July 2002. Web. 01 Sept. 2010.
<http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/559-the-great-con-ola.html>.
22c
 Enig, Mary, and Sally Fallon. "The Skinny on Fats." The Weston A. Price Foundation. 01 Sept. 2001. Web. 02 Sept. 2010.
<http://www.westonaprice.org/know-your-fats/526-skinny-on-fats.html>.
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Sept. 2010. <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32765018/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/>.
24c
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25c
 Fallon, S.
Nourishing Traditions
. Washington, DC: New Trends; 1999:51.
26c
 Huggins, Hal A..
It's All in Your Head: The Link Between Mercury Amalgams and Illness
. 1 ed. New York: Avery Publishing,1993. Print:154.
27c
 Hallberg L, Hulthen L. Prediction of dietary iron absorption: an algorithm for calculating absorption and bioavailability of dietary iron.
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29c
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M etabolic Supplem entation
W e m ust p ro vid e  the p ro p e r m e ta b o lic s u p p o rt o f in d ivid u a ls
w hose physicians have diagnosed m a lig n a n t tu m o rs.
These in d ivid u a ls should have th e  p ro p e r vita m in s,
m ine rals, a n ti-o xid a n ts and enzym es.
W e  m ust n o t o ve rlo a d  th e  bo dy w ith  excessive n u trie n ts
th a t w o u ld  p ro d u ce  to xin s beyond th e  ca p a city
o f th e  bo dy to  rem ove such to x ic  debris.
The 1994 Hatch Act
Allows Individuals and Physicians
to Support the Metabolic Needs of the Body
Since 1994 and the passage of the Hatch Act, individuals and physicians may
legally support human metabolism by diet, nutritional supplements and certain
procedures as long as they are not harmful. In fact, for many years it has been
accepted that one must add vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, amino acids, etc. to
the human diet to support and maintain health. We are bombarded daily with the
advertising of many "fortified" products that inform us of the necessity of supplying
the body's metabolic needs.
Missing Nutrients
The modern diet is quite deficient in certain foods that have in the past been
mainstays of good nutrition and the support of health. The most outstanding missing
group as a whole is the organ meats, such as kidney, liver, stomach, intestinal tract
tripe, and lung. These health-building foods are unheard of and unavailable in
today's society. To get these today one must obtain them in the form of nutritional
supplements.
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Sweetbreads
Pancreas tissue, or sweetbreads, without question is the most deficient item in our
food chain. It should be noted that the pancreas is the most needed of all the missing
organ meats from our diets. It must be supplied in our diets or serious deficiencies
result.
Low temperature processed pancreas gland enzymes are available to the public in
various metabolic formulas. These nutritional products are designed to support the
normal metabolic processes of human metabolism.
Metabolic Nutritional Supplementation
Dr. Kelley's Metabolic Formulas are produced under his direct supervision. These
very Formulas are the ones his counselees have taken and used over the past 42 years
and have proven to be helpful to thousands. His metabolic Supplements are listed at
www.DrWDKelley.com, Dr. Kelley's web site. They are also available in a separate,
downloadable, E-book format.
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Dr. Kelley's
METABOLIC SUPPORT PROGRAM
Metabolic Nutritional Support For Health
Objective
We must provide the proper metabolic support of individuals whose physicians
have diagnosed malignant tumors. These individuals should have the proper vitamins,
minerals, anti-oxidants and enzymes. We must not overload the body with excessive
nutrients that would produce toxins beyond the capacity of the body to remove such
toxic debris.
Time Commitment
It takes a minimum of four years of proper metabolic support in addition your
physician's protocol to reduce the malignant tumor mass to the point health can be
attained an the body rebuilt. This is the beginning. Following the strict procedure Dr.
Kelley developed must become one's life style for years to come. Health and well
being is the goal and reward for diligence. It has taken him 40 years of constant vigil
and maintenance to remain "cancer free"
Fear
The most difficult obstacle to overcome for one afflicted with a malignant tumor
mass is the advanced technology of evaluation and monitoring of one's condition.
Scans, MRI's, Cancer Marker Tests of all kinds, shapes and expenses can not treat one
malignant tumor cell. As wonderful and advanced as they are, they have caused more
damage and fear than can ever justify their existence or use.
The use of such technology programs is the source of calamitous control of the
patient's actions of choosing the process of remission and real cure for pancreatic
failure. Many times this technology instills "giving-up" and produces acceptance of
death and loss of hope within the mind of the cancer victim. It would have been
much better if the medical community used the already proven scientific evaluation
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systems, instead of developing such instruments of doom and disaster.
"Why do I have to take so many pills?"
Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure Program has succeeded with a high percentage
of former cancer patients because it reverses the process of degeneration. You have
cancer because you allowed your overall general health to degenerate; Metabolic
Medicine's Cancer Cure Program helps you to regenerate.
Dr. Kelley does not deny that his approach applies extreme measures. He
maintains that extreme measures are required when you have allowed your health to
fall so low that your have left yourself vulnerable to cancer. He has identified four
major lines of defense against cancer: the pancreas; the immune system; mineral
balance; calcium metabolism. All of them depend heavily on nutrition for their
strength.
You take so many pills because Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure Program leaves
nothing to chance.
You take so many pills in order to be sure that your glands w ill be totally
supported, your immune system highly stimulated, and your body chemistry properly
balanced.
You take so many pills because the objective of Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure
Program is to turn your degeneration into your regeneration.
For the curren t up-dated Program List of
M e ta b o lic  N u tritio n a l Supplem ents
approved & recom m ended by Dr. Kelley,
please go to:
h tt p ://w w w.D r W D K e lle y.c o m
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Metabolic Nutritional Support Program
Cancer is  essentially a deficiency disease; a deficiency of the pancreatic enzymes.
This is  a deficiency of the free, active pancreatic enzymes in the tissues of the body.
Special Note
All persons, people, creeds and inhabitants of today's state of so-called
'civilization' with a diagnosis of "cancer" are without question "thyroid deficient",
and your thyroid gland is defective, damaged, destroyed and/or inhibited. Since the
1930's it has been one of the major techniques of our common enemy, the medical,
pharmaceutical, dental and political communities, to use this technique to decrease
the population by using their very effective weapon: Cancer.
"Cancer" has progressed since the 1930's from one in 8,000 to "nine out of ten"
today, and it is planned by The Establishment to increase substantially. Cancer is the
establishment's goose that lays "Golden Eggs".
Since my bout with terminal pancreatic cancer in 1962 I  have taken 3 grains of
Armour Natural Thyroid each morning. Your physician must give you a prescription
for this medication. Remember, the use of synthetic thyroid does not work. Neither
does the hundreds of defective, altered thyroid preparations sold by the alternative
health care physicians and nutritional supplement companies.
You must regulate the dosage of natural thyroid with the help of your doctor.
You should maintain a temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit each day upon
jumping out of bed. If you are too nervous or can't sleep, reduce the dosage of your
Thyroid intake to 2 grains or even 1  grain daily.
You may also be iodine deficient. Test by painting a 3 inch area of iodine on
your skin - stomach, arm or leg. If it is absorbed into the body in less than 24 hours
you are iodine deficient and you should take an iodine supplement.
May our Father Yahweh, I  AM that I  AM, Almighty extend His loving kindness,
protection and blessings to you in all ways - always!
Respectfully,
Dr. William D. Kelley, D.D.S., M.S.
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Metabolic Nutritional Supplementation
Dr. Kelley's m e tabo lic form ulas are produced under his d ire ct
supervision. It is these form ulas that Dr. Kelley's counselees have taken
and used over the past 40 years. They have been helpful to thousands o f
his m e ta b o lic counselees.
Additional Metabolic Supplement Formulas
Dr. Kelley uses and recommends various additional metabolic formulations which are
manufactured under his supervisions. Please see the end of this chapter for more
information.
Timing of Metabolic
It is far more important than one can possibly realize to take the Metabolic Formulas
at the proper time. The Metabolic Formulas should be taken when the body is in the
proper acid/alkaline balance.
Metabolic Formula Cycles
All Met


,	M.D.,	and	Francis	Taylor,	M.A.,	are	excellent
resources	for	those	wishing	to	find	natural	alternatives	to	toxic	prescription
drugs.
Unfortunately,	when	drugs	cause	disease,	we	have	all	been	trained	not	to	call
it	disease.	Instead,	we	use	the	deceptive	term	“side	effects.”	In	1984,	the	drug
industry	attempted	to	obtain	a	legal	exemption	from	the	liability	laws	that	apply
to	virtually	all	manufacturers.	Why?	Because	even	the	people	who	make	the
drugs	know	they	are	not	safe;	“all	prescription	drugs	are	unavoidably	unsafe”
argued	the	Pharmaceutical	Manufacturers	Association.	Of	course,	this	wording
is	not	used	in	drug	advertisements	aimed	at	the	public.
A	hospital	patient	receives,	on	average,	twelve	different	drugs.	Yet,	often
when	as	few	as	three	are	prescribed,	absolutely	no	one	understands	all	the
dangerous	interactions	between	the	drugs.	Bad	enough	taken	one	at	a	time,
combinations	of	drugs	can	be	particularly	toxic.	Prescription	drugs	are	notorious
for	causing	many	adverse	effects	in	the	elderly,	including	memory	loss,
depression,	confusion,	constipation,	Parkinson’s	disease,	falls	and	urinary
incontinence.	All	too	often,	a	second	drug	is	prescribed	to	suppress	the
symptoms	caused	by	the	first,	then	another	to	suppress	the	symptoms	of	the	first
two,	and	so	forth.	Many	illnesses	of	the	elderly	really	are	manifestations	of
adverse	drug	reactions.	A	1991	study	in	the
Journal	of	the	American	Medical
Association
showed	that	14	percent	of	in-hospital	cardiac	arrests	followed	a
complication,	usually	because	of	a	medication.	Well-known	combinations	of
commonly	prescribed	drugs	can	kill,	and	alert	pharmacists	have	saved	many
lives.
Up	to	29	percent	of	all	hospital	admissions	are	caused	by	adverse	reactions	to
drugs,	according	to	a	1995	study	in	the
Archives	of	Internal	Medicine.
Many
reactions	result	in	liver	damage,	long	hospital	stays,	permanent	disability	and
even	death.	In	1990,	an	estimated	659,000	Americans	aged	sixty	years	and	older
were	hospitalized	due	to	adverse	drug	reactions.	In	addition	to	toxicity,	drugs
also	can	cause	deficiency	by	depleting	the	body	of	essential	nutrients.	Diuretics
cause	excessive	loss	of	potassium	and	other	essential	minerals.	Anticonvulsants
cause	loss	of	vitamin	D.	Antibiotics,	non-steroidal	anti-inflammatory	drugs	and
steroid	hormones	can	indirectly	cause	numerous	vitamin	and	mineral
deficiencies	by	causing	digestive	damage.	Because	of	the	complexity	of	the
human	organism,	predicting	the	effects	of	drugs	in	each	individual,	especially
with	combinations	of	drugs,	is	impossible.	Other	facts:•	A	January	1997	study	in	the
Journal	of	the	American	Medical	Association
stated	that	drug-related	morbidity	and	mortality	costs	more	than	$136
billion	a	year—more	than	the	cost	of	cardiovascular	disease,	our	leading
cause	of	death.
•	In	1995,	Duke	University	researchers	showed	that	drugs	commonly
prescribed	for	stroke	patients	actually	hampered	their	recovery.	Even	after	a
single	dose,	the	negative	effects	could	be	long-lasting.
•	A	1994	study	in	the
Journal	of	the	American	Medical	Association
concluded	that	inappropriate	and	potentially	dangerous	drugs	are	prescribed
for	one	in	four	older	Americans	every	year.
•	A	1994	study	published	in	the
Journal	of	the	National	Cancer	Institute
and
The	Journal	of	the	Federation	of	American	Societies	for	Experimental
Biology
warned	that	antihistamine	and	antidepressant	drugs	(including
Prozac)	contain	chemicals	known	to	accelerate	tumor	growth.	While	these
drugs	do	not	cause	cancer	directly,	they	can	speed	its	growth.
Three	Classes	of	Common	Drugs	Are	of	Special	Concern
Nonsteroidal	anti-inflammatory	drugs	(NSAIDs):
NSAIDs	include	over-the-
counter	drugs	such	as	aspirin,	ibuprofen	and	acetaminophen,	and	prescription
drugs	such	as	Indocin,	Feldene,	Naprosyn	and	others.	Use	of	NSAIDs	is	a
significant	national	health	problem,	causing	long-term	damage	to	large	numbers
of	people,	particularly	the	elderly,	who	are	the	largest	users	of	these	drugs.
According	to	data	published	in
Hospital	Practice
in	December	1996,	up	to	two
hundred	thousand	Americans	are	hospitalized	every	year	for	problems	caused	by
NSAIDs,	and	as	many	as	twenty	thousand	people	a	year	die	from	the	damage.
NSAIDs	usually	are	prescribed	for	a	noble	purpose,	to	relieve	pain,	and	they
are	among	the	most	commonly	pres-cribed	pharmaceuticals	in	the	world.	About
60	million	NSAID	prescriptions	are	written	every	year	in	America,	and	an
estimated	14	million	people	take	these	drugs	for	symptomatic	relief	of	arthritis
alone.	These	drugs	relieve	pain,	but	at	a	cost.	About	one	third	of	chronic	NSAID
users	experience	noticeable	gastrointestinal	discomfort,	which	is	only	the	tip	of
the	iceberg,	indicating	that	digestive	damage	is	occurring.	In	most	people,
NSAID-inflicted	damage	to	the	digestive	system	is	asymptomatic	(no	obvious
symptoms	to	warn	of	the	damage	being	done).	By	the	time	the	stomach	or	gut	is
in	pain	from	NSAIDs,	massive	damage	has	already	occurred.
Most	physicians	think	it	is	acceptable	for	people	to	take	NSAIDs,	believing
that	they	cause	minimal	and	acceptable	damage.	Virtually	everyone	who	takes
these	dangerous	drugs	has	their	health	damaged,	and	the	longer	they	are	taken,the	worse	it	becomes.	People	who	take	NSAIDs	for	arthritis	for	years	suffer
worse	joint	damage	than	those	who	take	nothing.	NSAIDs	have	been	linked	to
kidney	failure,	cognitive	dysfunction,	hearing	loss,	ringing	in	the	ears,	macular
degeneration	and	hormone	disruption.	Examples	include:
•	In	a	1992	study	published	in	the
Scandinavian	Journal	of	Rheumatology,
long-term	NSAID	users	were	hospitalized	six	times	more	often	than
nonusers.	Deaths	from	gastrointestinal	causes	occurred	twice	as	often,	and
half	of	all	patients	who	died	of	ulcer-related	complications	had	reported
recent	use	of	NSAIDs.
•	A	1996	study	in	the
Archives	of	Internal	Medicine
found	that	patients
taking	NSAIDs	were	four	to	seventeen	times	more	likely	to	suffer	acute
kidney	failure.
•	A	1996	study	in
Physiological	Behavior
showed	NSAIDs	interfere	with
melatonin	production,	with	a	75	percent	nighttime	reduction.	Decreased
melatonin	production	has	been	associated	with	sleep	disorders	as	well	as
promotion	of	cancer.
•	A	1996	study	in
Lancet
showed	that	aspirin,	in	any	form,	such	as	buffered
or	coated,	causes	gastrointestinal	bleeding.	As	few	as	one	aspirin	can	cause
bleeding.
NSAIDs	cause	intestinal	bleeding	by	block


next chapter on the mind and the elements.
The mind is very sensitive. It is the very organ of sen-
sitivity underlying all the senses. Everything affects or col-
ors the mind. Everything that we see or feel leaves some
imprint or residue upon it. Hence the mind must be treat-
ed with care, particularly in children. The mind can be
easily hurt, in which case it places barriers around itself
and dulls its sensitivity. The mind is easily affected and
disturbed, excited, depressed or distracted.
The mind takes the form of the objects it perceives.
Hence it is very difficult to see the mind. When our aware-
ness has withdrawn from the senses, our minds remain
filled with thoughts and feelings. Only when we empty
the mind of thought can we see the mind and recognize its
basic insubstantiality, like a screen that has no meaning
apart from the images projected on it.
Dualistic Nature of the Mind
The mind, like all matter, is dualistic in nature. It con-
sists of opposite forces in various degrees of interaction. It
is prone to dualistic reactions of like/dislike, love/hate and The Nature of the Mind
so on. Whatever we chink about also creates its opposite.
To assert one thing, we must also suggest the contrary.
This is why it is important not to train the mind with
negativity, sin and guilt. For example, if we tell a person
not to think of a monkey, he or she will naturally think of
a monkey. If we tell a person not to do something, we have
first asked them to think about doing it. If we assert the
thought that we are happy, it suggests the idea that we are
sad. Thought always reinforces its opposite.
The mind moves between opposites and is prone to
ambivalence or extremes. It can easily become caught in
opposites or become the victim of its own tendency to
reverse itself. For this reason we should not try to force the
mind in any particular direction, but seek to calm it from
any extremes.
Difficulty in Controlling the Mind
Because of its volatile, point-like, subtle and dualistic
nature, the mind is hard to grasp and almost impossible to
control. It has a nature and movement of its own, which it
tends to impress upon us or make us vulnerable to. Indeed,
there is nothing more difficult to control than the mind.
Human life is nothing but a struggle to learn to control
the mind. If we have accomplished this, we have done
everything and accomplished the most difficult thing in
the entire universe. Inability to control the mind causes
sorrow and is behind the disease process.
Mind and Thought
The mind is nothing but thought, which is the process
of the mind. The mind is the entity made up by our
thoughts. Take away the thoughts of the mind and the
mind will disappear. As are our thoughts, so moves our Ayurveda and the Mind
mind, and so we become. Thought fonns are also material
and affect us like small, almost imperceptible, point-like
electrical shocks. Our minds are constantly giving out and
taking in thought forms, which either elevate or depress it.
As we become more aware, we learn to consciously project
positive thought forms and avoid those which are negative.
Much of healing consists of changing the thought forms
that dominate our lives. We must learn to project
thoughts of peace, love, and harmony to counter those of
conflict, unhappiness and disturbance that weaken our
physical and mental vitality.
However, thought is of many types and occurs on many
layers. Only if we change our deepest thoughts can we
really change ourselves and get beyond the limitations of
the mind. This is much more than changing our ideas
about things; it means altering our deepest feelings and
instincts. It requires deep prayer and meditation, pro-
foundly energized and concentrated higher thought forms
to counter deep-seated habits and addictions.
A Practical Experiment with the Mind
Examine for yourself the nature of your mind. Take an
object, preferably one in the natural world, like a tree.
Direct your attention to it. Note how your attention
changes from instant to instant as you attempt to observe
it. Note how, through a series of shifting perceptions, you
construct the idea or total form of the tree, which you
never perceive all at once. Try to hold your attention on
one point of the tree. Notice how your attention cannot be
held in one place but constantly moves around of its own
accord.
As a further experiment, examine your emotions. See
how your mind functions when you are angry or sad. Note The Nature of the Mind
the changing nature of emotions, how the stronger the
emotion, the shorter it is likely to last. See how closely like
and dislike, love and hate are bound together, and how
emotions fluctuate like waves on the sea.
Next look at your thoughts. See how one thought fol-
lows another in rapid succession in a compulsive and errat-
ic flow. Examine the habits of your thinking pattern. Note
that much of what you think about has little practical
value, but is merely the mind moving obsessively in its
own memory grooves.
Finally examine the ego or "I-thought." See how this is
the root of the other thoughts and how the mind is basi-
cally self-enclosed in its function. Try not to think the
thought "1." See that this is not possible. The "I" is the
inherent referential point, the center of the mind.
Learn to use your mind like a tool, develop various such
experiments or observations, and, in this way, you will
cease to be the victim of this subtle instrument. Once we
learn to observe the mind, we will cease to be the victims
of what goes on in our minds. Gaining control of our
minds, we will no longer be dominated by the impulses
coming from the senses and the conditioning of the exter-
nal world. We will be able to be who we really are and cre-
ate what is in harmony with the aspirations of our hearts. 5. The Five Elements and the Mind
ave you ever looked at the workings of your
Hmind the way you would observe the world of
Nature around you? According to Ayurveda,
if we want to understand how our mind works, the best
way is to look at how Nature operates. We must see how
wind, fire and rain function in the psyche. We must learn
to observe the storms of emotion, the light or half-light of
reason, and all the rhythms through which not only our
body, but also our mind and senses move. The mind is a
formation of Nature, created according to her marvelous
organic intelligence. The mind has the same basic struc-
ture as the universe and follows the same immutable laws.
We live in a multi-level cosmos, including matter, energy,
and mind on parallel and interdependent levels, like a
magnificent crystal or gigantic lotus. Each level helps us
understand the others and, through the outer, we gain the
key to the inner.
The five elements are one of the main themes of
Ayurvedic thought, and of related spiritual and healing
systems. They are a great analog for all existence. Most of
us do not think of the mind in terms of the elements, how-
ever. Yet, as a part of Nature, the mind also reflects the
great elements through which Nature functions. To intro-
duce the Ayurvedic view of the mind, we can approach it
according to the elements. Ayurveda and the Mind
Mind and the Elements
The mind transcends all the five gross elements
because, through the mind, we can perceive all the ele-
ments and their interrelationships. We can observe, imag-
ine and contemplate all the forms of earth, water, fire, air
and ether. Yet the elements do provide a key to how the
mind works. Though the elements in the mind are more
subtle than those in the body, they retain the same basic
attributes and actions. We can understand the mental ele-
ments through the analogy of the physical.
The mind is a creation primarily of the ether element of
Nature. In substance, the mind is like space — expansive,
open and all-pervading. Like space, it can hold innumer-
able forms and not be exhausted by them. The more
evolved the mind becomes, the greater becomes its space.
The less evolved the mind, the less expansive its space.
Sorrow is nothing but a constricted mind space, like a bird
in a cage. Bliss is an unlimited mind space, like a bird fly-
ing free in the sky.
In movement, however, the mind is like the wind. Air
is its secondary element. There is nothing faster in move-
ment than the mind. It is faster even than the speed of
light. Look at your mind. It is always busy coordinating
the body and senses, gathering information, making judg-
ments, reacting emotionally, and endlessly thinking. This
ongoing movement occurs because of the mind's connec-
tion with the air element.
Though ether and air are the main elements relating to
the mind, the other elements have their place in the mind
as well. The mind has its fire or light through which it can
perceive things. This gives the


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without whose support and encouragement this book would never
have been written. REVIEWS
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride is to be congratulated on putting together
such a well-researched and provocative book. From the over-use of anti
biotics to the promotion of breast-feeding and healthier diets,
Dr. Campbell-McBride writes with the authority of a practising doctor and
with the warmth and feeling of a mother of a child with autism. Every
parent with a child who has autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity dis
order, dyslexia or dyspraxia will find much to value in this book, which in
turn delights and shocks the reader. I warmly recommend it.
Dr Basant K Puri,MA, PhD, MB, BChir, BSc MathSci, MRCPsych, DipStat,
MMath, Head of the Lipid Neuroscience Group, MRI Unit, Hammersmith
Hospital, Imperial College, London; and author of the books The Natural
Way to Beat Depression; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; and Natural Energy.
Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride has done an excellent job of summarising
the nutritional biochemical connections with pyschiatric and neurological
disorders and gastrointestinal  function. She has done an admirable job in
relating specific digestive disorders in conditions such as schizophrenia,
autism, attention deficit disorder and other problems of child develop
ment. The book is full of valuable and interesting facts that can be used by
people to optimise the health of themselves and their children.
Dr. William Shaw, PhD., Great Plains Laboratories, Kansas, USA
Dr. Campbell-McBride's book provides important information and great
insight into the understanding and treatment of gastrointestinal disorders
in those with developmental disabilities and other disorders. The book
contains basic information for the beginner as well as in-depth infor
mation for those at an advance level. Thank you Dr. Campbell-McBride for
writing this book.
Dr. Stephen M. Edelson, Ph.D., Center for the Study of Autism,
Oregon USA. This book is fantastic and will become a classic. Every medic should have
one.... No, every household should have one!
An invaluable resource for patients with'syndrome diseases' and
so-called'mental health problems'. The medicine of the future already in
practice.
Martina Watts BA(Hons) DipION MBANT,
practising nutritionist and journalist
This book presents the case for investigating the nutritional aspects, how
the gut works and how poor gut function seriously impacts not only
physical health but also brain function, for all children with learning and
behaviour difficulties.
Countless parents seeking help from The Hyperactive Children's Support
Group find their children benefit greatly from dietary and nutritional
interventions. Vitamin, mineral and essential fatty acid deficiencies are all
too frequently discovered.
This book offers an insight to how the digestive system affects the brain.
Sally Bunday, Founder Director,
The Hyperactive Children's Support Group, UK WICKEN FEN
The old wooden gates swinging wide open
leaving room for a path of wood stretching out in front of you.
The heavenly scent of the clean fresh air.
The whistling sound of the grass and the trees
swaying left and right in the breeze.
At night you stare at the wonderful sight.
The path leading over the moist soft grass.
You walk on the bridge over a gently flowing river.
The hill reaching so high, almost touching the sky.
The windmill still stands as you walk the stairs
which have been there for years.
The buzzing of the bees busy in their hive.
All the sounds surround you.
The warm feeling of welcome is quick to arrive.
The sun shining bright on the grass
as green as the leaves in summer.
The way forward getting thinner leaving the feeling that lasts.
The adventure is over.
Feeling warm inside.
Farewell until next time.
Nicholas Campbell-McBride, 11 years old,
Cambridge, UK CONTENTS
To the Parents of Autistic Children - an Open Letter 1
Introduction 5
Part One: What Is Going On?
1. All Diseases Begin in the Gut 9
2. The Roots of a Tree 15
3. Immune System 25
4. What Can Damage Gut Flora? 31
5. The Opportunistic Flora 37
6. The Gut-Brain Connection 45
7. The Families 53
8. Vaccinations. Does MMR Cause Autism? 59
9. Schizophrenia 63
Part Two: Treatment
Diet
1. The Diet - A Discussion 71
2. The Appropriate Diet for GAP Syndrome 93
3. Recipes 119
4. It's Feeding Time! Oh, No! 157 Supplementation for Children and Adults with GAP Syndrome 163
1. Probiotics
165
2. Fats: The Good and the Bad
3. Vitamin A 187
4. Digestive Enzymes
5. Vitamin and Mineral Supplementation
Detoxification for People with GAPS
Part Three; Different Issues
1. Ear Infections and Glue Ear
2. Top Ten Influences, which Boost Immunity 221
3. Top Ten Influences, which Damage Immunity 223
4. Constipation 225
5. Genetics
229
6. A Few Words About Education
235
Selected References
243
Index 261 To THE PARENTS OF
AUTISTIC CHILDREN - AN OPEN LETTER
Not many people would choose to become parents of an autistic child. Yet
it is happening to more and more of us in our modern world. There is an
unmistakable epidemic of autism going on across the globe. If this can
possibly be of any comfort for a parent, then I would say that you are
certainly not alone!
Autism used to be a rare disorder, so that the majority of doctors never
saw it in their practice and most people had never heard of it. Fifteen years
ago in western countries the incidence of autism used to be on average one
child in 10,000. Now according to the UK Department of Health 1 in 166
children in Great Britain are diagnosed with autism. According to the USA
Centre for Disease Control (CDC around 1 out of 150 American children are
diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorders now and the numbers are
growing every day. Similar numbers are reported by the Autism Canada
Foundation. A Finnish study published in the European Journal of Child
and Adolescent Psychiatry (2001, volume 9) reported an incidence rate of 1
child in 483 diagnosed autistic in Finland. In Sweden a rate of 1 child in 141
was reported.
So, what is happening? Why do we have such a dramatic increase in
numbers of children falling prey to this terrible disorder, deemed incurable
by orthodox medicine?
Is the reason for this epidemic genetic? The truth is - we don't know!
However, what we do know, is that genetic disorders do not show such a
sudden increase in incidence. Genetics just don't work that way. This kind
of increase in new diagnosis of autism cannot be explained by genetics. On
the contrary, it provides a strong argument to support the statement, that
genetics may not play an important part in the development of autism
after all.
Is this epidemic due to better diagnosis? That is what some very well-
established British medical experts are trying to tell us. So, in effect are they
saying that 10 years ago doctors in the UK were so bad at recognising and
diagnosing autism
case, where are all these children today? They would by now be teenagers with autism, because we know that this disorder does not disappear with
age. We clearly do not have 1 in 166 teenagers in the UK with autism. So, this
argument does not convince anybody. Something else is going on.
Something that cannot simply be explained away and something that
cannot be fixed with a pill.
Most parents of autistic children can clearly recall that traumatic
moment of the diagnosis of "Autism" being announced to them by a doctor
followed by the statement "There is nothing that can be done." Well, being
a doctor myself, I have to say that your doctor is wrong, there is a lot that
can be done! I would even go further, depending on your commitment and
certain circumstances, you have a good chance of bringing your child as
close as possible to normality! Hundreds of autistic children across the
globe, appropriately treated and educated become almost indistinguish
able from their typically developing (normal) peers. The sooner the treat
ment starts - the better are the results, because the younger the child is, the
less damage there is to undo and also because they have less catching up to
do in their development with normal children of their age. Thankfully, the
medical professionals, though often being unhelpful as far as treatment is
concerned


 nausea, etc., as your body
regulates and expels undesirable elements. If you're only using a
few oral drops of urine or ingesting one or two ounces once a day,
your meat intake can remain normal as long as your usual intake
is moderate. As studies on urea and the kidney have shown (Dr.
C. Giordano), urea helps your body break down proteins more
efficiently,, which may mean that when using urine therapy, you
can get the increased benefits of protein intake even. though you
are eat-ing less meat and other sources of protein. This
information will probably also be of value to vegetarians who rely
on mach less concentrated protein sources in their foods than
regular meat eaters. Decrease or elinrunate meat in your diet
while ingesting large amounts of urine or preparing for a fast, as
combining intensive urine therapy and high meat intake may lead
to excess add levels in the body.
9. Detoxifying Symptoms
When you first begin urine therapy, you may initially experience
symptoms such as headache, nausea, diarrhea, tiredness, or skin
rashes. In many of the research studies in Chapter 4, the doctors
often observed such symptoms in their patients, which are the
body's natural responses as stored toxins from illness and
disorders are excreted and removed from the body. These
symptoms normally disappear within 24 to 36 hours. Also, by
starting your therapy with a few oral drops, you may avoid or
lessen the severity of detoxificadon. If you. have begun your
therapy with larger amounts, and are experiencing unpleasant
symptoms, decrease the amount you are ingesting and continue
with smaller doses. Homeopathic remedies and simple herbs can
also be used and are often of great help during detoxificarion to
relieve headache, nausea, diarrhea, etc.
10. Children
Several research studies, such as those done by Drs. Krebs,
Piesch, Duncan, Lewis and Dunne, deal specifically with the
treatment of children with urme therapy. The easiest internal
form of the therapy for children is oral drops of the child's own
freSh urine. As mentioned in the studies, for acute flu, colds, viral
infections, measles, mumps, chicken pox, etc., small frequent oral
193doses of 1-10 drops during illness have been shown to be very
effective. For allergies, the research studies indicate that several
drops of fresh urine should be given orally before and after meals
containing aller- genic foods, or when allergic symptoms are
present. Drs. Dunne and Lewis give very specific, simple
instructions for using urine therapy for treating allergies in
children which are included in their reports. Another very effective
method recommended by Dr. Dunne is to prepare a homeopathic
dilution of the child's urine for use throughout the illness or
allergy attack. Collect urine at the onset of symptoms and
prepare according to the instructions given in the section
Homeopathy and Urine Therapy. Research studies also indicate
that symptoms of illness may temporarily increase immediately
following the first few doses of urine therapy, but, in all cases,
these symptoms dissipated within 24 - 48 hours. For ear
infections, fresh, warm urine drops in the affected ear can give
excellent and often instantaneous results. Repeat as needed.
DOSAGE
Maintenance Dose
A daily mamtenance dose is usually considered by those who use
urine therapy regularly to be one to two ounces of morning
midstream urine. but this dose may also be as little as 5-10 drops
per day, or every other day, depending on your individual
condition and needs. Many lifetime users of urine therapy such as
the former prime minister of India, have commented that regular
use of urine therapy noticeably assists in main-taining energy
levels, reducing aging and in preventing illness.
Severe, Acute And Chronic Illnesses
For those with chronic or severe illnesses such as cancer, some
urine therapy users such as John Armstrong strongly recommend
ingesting as much urine as you pass or as much as possible
during the day for several days, however, much smaller doses
have also been reported to be effective. If you are ingesting large
amounts, fasting or sharply decreasing your solid food intake
during this time reduces the burden on the.kidneys and allows
the body to use more energy for healing, rather than digestion. It
194would be extremely unadvisable for most people to undertake the
kind of prolonged urine fast that John Armstrong suggests, and
short urine and water fasts of one to three days can be very
effective. Stop ingestion shortly before bed at night so that the
body can rest, and resume when you awake in the morning. If you
do not want to fast, but feel that you need to ingest larger
amounts of urine, eat small, simple, light meals, preferably, fresh
home-made unseasoned vegetable soups. If you leci you need a
grain, use plain millet or rice, or whole grain, salt-free crackers.
There is more information on fasting. Long-standing, difficult
conditions naturally may require a longer period of treatment.
What I discovered in my own treatment was that I needed to
ingest a large amount initially (about 2 ounces 4-5 times/day)
every day, for about two weeks, at which point, I switched to
small frequent doses (one to two ounces) three to four times a
day for another two weeks and then tapered off to 1-2 ounces
twice a day, then every other day, etc. The maintenance dose is
5-10 drops per day. This was my approach, but you may find that
your individual require-ments or more or less than these amounts.
If you are suffering from an acute illness such as an infection, the
traditional treatment is to fast completely or to eat only light
meals such as homemade, unseasoned vegetable broth while
ingesting frequent doses of urine for at least one day, or until you
feel that your improvement is complete and stable. I have found,
as have many others, that eating heavily too soon after
recovering from a viral or bacterial infection may produce a
relapse, so make sure that you're feeling stable before starting to
eat normally again. Always break your fast by slowly
reintroducing light foods, homemade fresh vegetable soups, then
crackers, grains, etc.
Rest, Rest, Rest
Once you have healed.a serious illness and achieved improved
health, continue the practice of a daily maintenance dose of urine
therapy and a good diet. Also, never allow yourself to become
consistently exhausted or overtired. Consistent proper rest is
much more crucial to health than most people realize. And once
you have recovered fit>m a majorillness, you must be extremely
vigilant in getting abundant rest and relaxation. I have seen many
195instances in which people completely cure them-selves of even
'incurable' diseases through urine therapy and natural healing
and remain well far a number of years, only to completely undo
all the good they've accomplished by over-confidently pushing
themselves to extremes in their work or recreation. One of the
saddest examples of this error that I know of was the case of a
young, bright, determined AIDS patient who had completely cured
himself of all visible and clinical evidence of the disease, but
subse-quently consistently and relentlessly overworked at his
demanding corporate job. Eventually, he fell ill, relapsed and was
not able to recover. However, in another case, a person who had
recovered from a seriousillness experienced a relapse from
overexertion, but complete rest and intense urine therapy led to
an excellent recovery. But why put your-self through that ordeal
and risk the chance of seriously undermining your body's hard-
won repair work?
Assiduous urine therapy can give you such renewed vigor and
energy, that it's easy to become overconfident and overdo, which,
is not a huge problem for normal people. But for people
recovering from major illnesses, exhaustion can pose a life-long
threat, so protect your new-found health and your natural
immune defenses with lots of rest, fresh air, moderate exercise
and minimized stress.
Kidney Disorders
If you have a history or presence of a kidney infection, limit the
initial amount of oral urine therapy you take to small doses such
as 1-5 drops once or twice a day, or use a homeopathic dilution as
described in the section on. Homeopathy and Urine Therapy in
this chapter. Decrease or eliminate meat ingestion. and acid-
forming foods before beginning the therapy. Also, check your
acidity levels with pH strips, and begin urine therapy when your
acid levels have normalized or decreased substantially.
Allergies
In the clinical research studies done on urine therapy and
allergies, practitioners such as Dunne and Wilson used oral drops
with excellent' results. Refer to these studies for directions and
196again, begin with one or two drops and then gradually increase
the number of drops, or as Wilson suggests, take the drops until
you can no longer sense the urine taste or temperature. If you
know what your allergies are, take the drops before eating a food
that you're allergic to; if you don't know what you're allergic to,
take several drops of fresh urine immediately upon the
appearance of symptoms, and repeat this method each time the
symptoms reoccur. Homeopathic urine preparations,


 have prevented it from
happening. Unless it is relinquished, the guilt can then recycle and refuel
the anger and rage. The unacknowledged and unrelinquished rage may be
projected onto others in the environment in the form of blame. Blame
projected onto other relationships may, then, compound the loss by bringing
about further loss.
This happens frequently between marital partners as a result of the
death of a child. It has been reported that the divorce rate among parents
who have lost children is as high as 90%. Because of the projection of
blame, a severe loss is then compounded by another severe loss—that of a
marital partner. An example of this type of reaction is the case of a forty-
year -old woman. She had an excellent marriage for twenty years with an
attentive, dutiful husband. Her youngest son developed leukemia. When he
died, she went into grief and mourning and, more importantly, developed a
rage reaction. It took the form of hatred. She hated the doctors; she hated
the hospital; she hated God; she hated her husband and the existing
children. Her rage became so uncontrollable that she became physically
violent and threatening. Several times the police had to be called to control
her violent behavior. Finally the other children left home out of fear of the
chaos, physical abuse, and menacing emotional states. Her husband left no
stone unturned in trying to help her with the rage, but she vented her fury
upon him as well, violently attacking him on several occasions. Finally, in
desperation and despair, he was driven from the home. The chaotic situation
ultimately ended in a divorce in which the woman lost her home. It was
almost five years before the rage subsided, at which time the woman had
destroyed her whole life and now had to start over from scratch, rebuilding
a new life.
When all the negative emotions have been worked through,
surrendered to and let go of, relief finally occurs, and the former suf fering isreplaced by acceptance. Acceptance is dif ferent from resignation. In
resignation there are still residuals of the previous emotion left. There is
reluctance and a delaying of the true recognition of the facts. Resignation
says, “I don’ t like it, but I have to put up with it.”
W ith acceptance, resistance to the true nature of the facts has been
relinquished; thus, one of the signs of acceptance is serenity. W ith
acceptance, the struggle is over and life begins anew. The ener gies that were
bound up in the previous negative emotion are now freed up, so that the
healthier aspects of the personality are now re-ener gized. The creative
aspects of the mind develop opportunities for new life situations and further
options for growth and experience, accompanied by a new sense of
aliveness. A well-known and widely-practiced teaching is the Serenity
Prayer of the 12-Step groups:
God, Grant me the
Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the
Courage to change the things I can, and the
W isdom to know the dif ference.
Failure to work through any of the various emotions associated with
mourning and loss can result in chronic stuckness in any of its components.
Thus, it can result in prolonged depression, and prolonged states of denial
in which the death of the person is actually denied. Chronic guilt or refusal
to work through the emotions associated with loss can result in delayed
grief reaction and physical disease. The mechanisms behind this process are
explained in a later chapter on the relationship between mind and body. The
suppressed ener gy of the unrelinquished emotions reemer ges through the
body’ s endocrine and nervous system as an ener getic imbalance, which
impairs the flow of life ener gy through the body’ s acupuncture meridians.
This results in pathologic changes in various or gans. It is a well-known fact
that the death rate among the bereaved is much higher than that of the
general population, especially in the first year or two following the death of
a spouse.
One source of grief-related guilt is anger at the loved one for departing.
This is often suppressed because it seems irrational to the conscious mind.
The virtues of the departed loved one are enhanced and exaggerated in
fantasy, and this discrepancy compounds the guilt. How could we be angryat such a wonderful person? There is guilt about being angry at God, the
author of the universe, for having allowed the tragic event to take place.
A sixty-year -old woman came into the of fice with multiple physical
complaints. She had asthma attacks, aller gies, bronchitis, frequent episodes
of pneumonia, and all kinds of breathing dif ficulties. During psychotherapy,
it was revealed that her mother had died 22 years previously, and she stated
that, curiously, she had had no reaction to her mother ’ s death. Oddly,
although it was her responsibility, she had not ordered a head stone to be
placed on her mother ’ s grave. From information given, it was obvious that
she had had an extremely dependent relationship with her mother, about
whom she was ambivalent because of the mother ’ s refusal to fill all of her
dependency needs.
It took many months for her to work through her massive denial, which
was associated with guilt over her anger at her mother for leaving her. That
anger was directed inwardly at herself in the form of disease, which also
expressed her helplessness and her wish to cry out for her mother. The
suppressed desire to cry for the mother -loss led to a constant feeling that
she could not breathe. She hated herself for the love/hate feelings for her
mother, and the sum total of all her repressed emotions had reemer ged in
the form of her multiple respiratory symptoms and complaints
(“psychosomatic” illness). As she worked through the delayed mourning,
the reaction to grief and loss began to surface. The extent of her resistance
to working through these emotions and how that resistance had resulted in
her physical symptoms became very clear to her. Eventually, she went for
additional professional training to become a therapist working with the
dying in a hospice program.
Pr eventing Grief
From the nature of the processes we have described, it becomes apparent
that severe mourning, loss, and the pathological reactions that may ensue
can be prevented by early recognition, and by preemptive surrender of the
associated feelings while they are still mild and can be handled without
excessive suf fering.
As we have seen, the basis of all mourning and loss is attachment, plus
the denial of the transitory nature of all relationships. W e can begin by
looking at our lives, identifying those areas of attachment, and asking
ourselves: “What internal needs are they satisfying? What feeling wouldcome up if I were to lose them? How can my inner emotional life be
balanced so as to decrease the extent, degree, and number of attachments on
external objects and people?” The greater our attachment to that which is
outside of ourselves, the greater is our overall level of fear and vulnerability
to loss. W e can ask ourselves why we feel so incomplete. “Why am I so
empty within myself that I have to search for solutions in the form of
attachment and dependency on others?”
W e can begin to look at our own inner areas of immaturity.
Specifically, we need to examine: “Where am I looking to get love rather
than to give it?” The more loving we are, the less vulnerable we are to grief
and loss, and the less we need to seek attachments. When we have
acknowledged and let go of all negative feelings, and we have graduated
from smallness to the recognition of our greatness so that our internal joy
comes from the pleasure of giving and loving, then we are really
invulnerable to loss. When the source of happiness is found within, we are
immune to the losses of the world.
When we take a critical look at our life, we see all of the attachments
and escapes into which we have fallen. Each one represents a potential
future source of pain and suf fering. The really important areas should be
closely examined. Let’ s take, for example, the failure to face these issues in
the commonly seen, so-called retirement syndrome. T raditionally, this may
occur in women when the job of raising young children comes to an end
with their maturity and leaving home (“empty nest syndrome”), and with a
man when he reaches retirement age or loses his job, or through some
physical disablement is unable to carry on his previous work. The reaction
that typically occurs in middle age is due to the many years of pre-existing
denial. There is often a lack of facing the inevitable and making plans for
other life activities that would gratify the same inner needs which, in these
cases, are feelings of self-esteem, importance, the wanting to feel needed
and significant, and the need to make a contribution and be productive.
Anticipation of the inevitable and preparing for it now bring relatively
minor discomfort compared to traumatic grief and loss at a later date. W e
can look at our major love relationships and honestly examine them. T o
what degree do they subserve our selfish inner needs? T o what degree are
we really using the other person to exploit them for our own gain? T o what
degree are they merely subserving our happiness? T o find out, all we need
to do is ask ourselves: “If their happiness were


 For this
reason sudden and violent ailments often follow the most apparently
robust health.  It is the same delusion that tempts the physician to
dose his patient with violent poisons until exhaustion and death close
the scene.  It is the basis of alcoholic medication, just as it is thecause of the fearful and monstrous drunkenness, whether by alcohol,
opium,  or  tobacco,  which  deluges  the  land.   Increased  action,
apparently  increased  strength,  supposed  improved  function,  the
result of the use of irritants, deceive both physician and patient, and
cause them to become victims of a monstrous delusion.
The  delusion  pervades  all  ranks  of  society,  and  is  the  chief
explanation of the frequent diseases and sudden and untimely deaths
that are everywhere chronicled.  When we consider the immense
quantities  of  irritants  which  are  being  introduced  into  human
organisms in the guise of food, drink, medicine, etc., the only wonder
is that the human constitution endures as long as it does.
But  irritation  produces  a  secondary  effect,  which  is  quite  as
important as the primary one, and this is increased flow of blood to
the part irritated.  Normal exercise does the same thing.  Thought
induces increased flow of blood to the brain, and labor, to the feet or
hands.  If this flow be beyond the power of the vessels to send it
forward,  as  in  the  case  of  irritation,  the  blood  accumulates,  the
vessels relax, and we have congestion.  This increase of blood at one
point of course necessitates a decrease at another point, and hence,
unbalanced  circulation  is  a  concomitant  of  all  diseases.   But  the
difficulty does not end here.  A second and more important effect
follows—namely,Faulty Nutrition.  It is a mistake to suppose that the nutrition of the
organism takes place in the stomach.  The nutrition of the system no
more  occurs  in  the  stomach  than  the  heat  of  the  organism  is
produced in the lungs.  In the circulation all these important effects
take place.  “All nutrition takes place in the capillary circulation,” the
physiologists declare ; and the capillary circulation is a part of the
general circulation, and hence the  quality of a man’s nutrition is
decided precisely by the quality of his circulation.  Too much blood in
a part, as all experience shows, obstructs the nutrition of that part ;
while too little in another part equally prevents the performance of
this most important function.
Another  and  most  important  cause  of  irritation,  unbalanced
circulation  and  consequent  innutrition,  is  depression  of  the
circulation at some point, usually the surface or extremities, causing
accumulation of blood and irritation at some other point.  The effect
of cold upon the body is a familiar and important illustration ; as,
when  the  circulation  is  checked  at  familiar  and  important
illustration ; as when the circulation is checked at the surface by
exposure, the internal organs become overburdened and irritated,
and serious diseases, such as colds, croup, pneumonia, congestion of
lungs,  liver,  stomach,  etc.,  ensue.   These  diseases  are  primarily
diseases of obstruction ; but if the obstruction continues, the disease
assumes  the  chronic  form,  and  we  have  depletion,  or,  possibly,
exhaustion.   Unbalanced  circulation,  therefore,  means  obstructed
nutrition ; and hence from irritation, congestion, and faulty nutrition,
depletion, perhaps exhaustion and death follow.Obstruction  or  Depletion.  Diseases  are  dependent  upon  and
represent either or both of these conditions.  Acute diseases are, in
general terms, diseases of obstruction, while chronic ailments are the
same  diseases  continued  until  depletion  has  followed.   Irritation,
congestion, inflammation, and fever are the great representatives of
the  former,  while  chronic  diseases  are  essentially  the  same,
continued  until  partial  exhaustion  and  consequently  subdued
symptoms  have  taken  place.   In  all  cases,  irritation,  congestion,
innutrition are the incipient stages ; while the inflammation or fever
is  active,  and  perhaps  violent  in  the  acute  cases,  but  passive,
subdued and continuous in the chronic.  These facts are important to
remember when we  undertake to treat diseases,  for the  plans of
treatment  must  correspond.   The  acute  disease,  representing
vigorous vital action, will bear vigorous and prompt treatment, while
the chronic disease must be treated by more careful and precise
methods.
The Nutritive Cure has already attained to a decided reputation, even
among physicians, for the treatment of chronic ailments, but we are
led to infer that patients and physicians would seek more vigorous
measures  in  acute  cases.   “Desperate  diseases  need  desperate
remedies,” they say ; violent morbid conditions are to be met by
violent processes.  They seem to forget that the acute disease is the
simple, uncomplicated, and easily managed one, and consequently
readily  responds  to  natural  processes;  while  the  chronic  ailment,
being complicated and continued, the result of exhaustion, requiresmore careful and prolonged methods.  The Nutritive Cure is quite as
well  adapted  to  the  treatment  of  acute  diseases  as  to  chronic
ailments.  It is no more restricted to slow and cautious methods of
operation than any other system, while it has this advantage over all
others, that its processes may be graduated to meet the feeblest
possible  conditions  and  the  most  complicated  ailments  ;  or  they
maybe made the most vigorous and effective, whereby to meet the
wants of vigorous organisms and acute diseases.
In the treatment of chronic cases the greatest care and the nicest
manipulation are required, for want of which the ordinary methods
are total failures, while these are indifferently successful with acute
cases.  The  success of the Nutritive Cure, on the other hand, in
chronic  cases,  has  been  demonstrated  and  admitted  ;  while  our
experience with acute diseases has been even more encouraging, as
a single illustration, found elsewhere, will show, in which the most
serious case of congestion of lungs was entirely relieved and the
patient restored in one hour.
Chronic Diseases, or Diseases of Debility.  Let us now turn our
attention more particularly to diseases of depletion—the continued,
persistent, and more aggravated forms of disease—those in which the
irritation and congestion have so obstructed the nutritive processes
that  depletion  is  accomplished,  and  slow  processes  of  dying
inaugurated.   These  diseases,  popularly  termed  chronic,  are
altogether more important and frequent than the acute, and in thegreat majority of cases are the result directly or indirectly of the cure
of  acute  diseases  by  subduing  the  symptoms  with  violent  or
poisonous applications.  Vigorous health is almost unknown in this
country.   Depletion has come to be the  normal  state.   Debilities,
dyspepsias,  torpidities  of  the  various  organs,  and,  indeed,  partial
exhaustion of the vital forces, is about universal.  Incapacity is no
longer the result of poverty or ignorance, but lack of physical vigor.
Well may the American say, “Give me health, and I will accomplish
wealth ; give me physical power, and I will achieve fame ; give me
vital vigor, and I will consider myself the peer of any man.”  The
Nutritive Cure is destined to accomplish all these.  If it is valuable for
the cure of disease, it is all the more valuable for the preservation of
health.  If it restores health to the sick, it all the more invigorates,
strengthens, and vitalizes the well.  Its principles are applicable to all
conditions of physical well-being on the earth.  Let us, therefore,
continue our investigations with special reference to invigoration of
the physical powers, and the cure of chronic diseases and debilities.CHAPTER III
ACCUMULATION OF VITAL POWER
The Second Principle  of this system is logically deduced from the
first, and maybe stated in these words : The rapidity and certainty of
cure depend upon the amount of vitality ; in other words, the vigor of
the  vital  principle,  as well  as  upon  its  mode  of distribution.   All
human experience goes to show that a man’s power to live or to
recover does not depend upon the ailment from which he may suffer,
half as much as upon the vigor of his constitution.  Some men will
recover from almost any disease or injury.  Bullets have been shot
through the lungs, stomachs have been partly carried away


In early labor, you will begin to experience contractions that typically last
thirty to forty-five seconds, though they might be shorter, and may be
regular or irregular. They can be spaced ten or twenty minutes apart with no
regular rhythm. Early labor contractions are sometimes hard to distinguish
from irregular Braxton-Hicks contractions. Real labor contractions will get
closer together with a more regular pattern as time goes on.
During early labor, you might experience any of the following labor
signs:
backache (constant or with each contraction)
menstrual-like cramps
lower abdominal pressure
indigestiondiarrhea
sensation of warmth in the belly
mucus plug discharge
water breaking (though rupture of the amniotic sac is more likely to
happen sometime during active labor)
You may feel excitement or fear, relief or anticipation. You might feel
totally relaxed and ready or tense and apprehensive. All of these feelings are
normal: your journey has begun! Say a prayer, create an intention, perhaps
sit at your altar or in nature and connect with your Self, with your baby, and
with the Divine. Sometimes early labor contractions are quite intense, but
usually they will be mild enough for you to talk through them, move around
the house, or stay resting in bed.
Relax as much as you can, since you may have a long day or night
ahead of you. If you are tired, try to doze of f between contractions, even if
it is just for a few minutes at a time. If you are having a home birth with an
attending doula or midwife (or both), let them know that things have
started. They will likely tell you to reach out again as things progress or if
anything changes.
You should contact your practitioner right away if you experience any
of the following:
Your discharge becomes bright red (actual bleeding could indicate a
problem with the placenta, such as placenta previa or another
condition that needs to be addressed as soon as possible).
Your water breaks and the amniotic fluid is greenish.
You feel no fetal activity (though any activity may be hard to notice
because you are distracted by contractions—in which case have a
snack or some juice, walk a bit, even jiggle your belly, then lie down,
relax, and see if the baby moves).ACTIVE LABOR
During the phase of active labor, your cervix dilates to 7 centimeters. This
is when you will head to the hospital or birthing center or call your midwife
to come to your home, depending on where you are planning to give birth.
Some caregivers prefer a call sooner, so clarify this ahead of time.
Your contractions will become more powerful. They become longer,
typically lasting sixty seconds with a distinct peak halfway through, and
more frequent, coming every three to four minutes though the pattern may
not be regular.
One wave at a time;
Rest in between.
Do not waste those precious moments of ease
complaining about the past (the last contraction)
or dreading the future (the next).
Allow yourself to drop deeply
into the present moment.
Soften your jaw,
allow the weight of your body to be held by the bed,
the water, the wall, the pillows.
Relax your arms
your thighs
your belly.
Be
in your breath.
Then the next wave will begin to rise.
Prepare yourself to meet it.
Ride it.
Experience it,
and then it falls.
You have another moment to rest.ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEED
Before labor, practice asking for what you need.
The journey is yours, and at some point you must realize that it is your
work, and your surrender, that will birth your baby. Still, having the total
presence and support of your birth team will allow you to feel that you are
not in it alone.
Stay connected with your little one.
Breathe deeply.
Stay hydrated. This can be one of your birth partner ’s roles; to keep
offering you drinks and light snacks without asking if you want it…just
offer, and mama will either take it or not.
TRANSITION
During the transition from the first phase of labor (early and active labor) to
the second phase (pushing), the cervix will dilate from 7 centimeters to its
final 10-plus centimeters. Transition is the shortest stage, generally lasting
from fifteen minutes to an hour (though it can sometimes last longer).
A person in labor may experience more space between contractions
during this time and think that labor is slowing down or stalling. This is a
portal where mama is between worlds. She has climbed a tall mountain and
is given a moment to rest and reflect, though mostly to listen. It is said in
this gap, the time right before baby comes, mama can receive messages
about her little one—almost like she is downloading a manual about who
they are and how to care for them. This space should be honored. Rather
than having mama change positions, walk around, or start pushing,
encourage her to be in the receptive space—until the ur ge to push comes on
strong.
In the transition phase, a woman in labor is likely to be feeling intense
sensations:Strong pressure in the lower back or perineum, rectal pressure, or
both, with or without an urge to push
An increase in fluid discharge
Feeling warm and sweaty or chilled and shaky
Crampy legs that may tremble uncontrollably
Nausea or vomiting (or both)
Drowsiness between contractions
Fatigue or exhaustion
Relief or anticipation
PUSHING AND THE BIRTH OF YOUR BABE
At the beginning of the second phase of labor, the pushing stage, your
contractions may be a little further apart, giving you the chance for much-
needed rest between them. With each contraction, the force of your uterus
exerts pressure on your baby to continue to move down through the birth
canal. The descent may be rapid or gradual. When a contraction is over and
your uterus is relaxed, your baby’ s head will recede slightly in a “two steps
forward, one step back” kind of progression.
With each contraction, more and more of your baby’ s head becomes
visible. You may notice a strong burning or stinging sensation as your
vaginal and perineal tissue begins to stretch. Your little one is almost here.
At some point, you may have the natural ur ge to breathe quicker and more
shallow breaths through your mouth in order to slow down the expulsion of
your little one; this allows your baby’ s head to more gradually stretch out
your vaginal opening and perineum. A slow, controlled delivery can help
keep your perineum from tearing.
Your baby’ s head continues to advance with each wave until it
“crowns”—the widest part of the head is finally visible. Generally, if the
baby is in the common birth position, the head will emer ge facing yourtailbone. After the full head is out, the baby then turns to the side as its
shoulders rotate inside your pelvis to get into position for their exit. In the
same contraction, or perhaps the next, the shoulders emer ge, one at a time,
followed by the body.
A warm compress on your forehead or back may feel comforting.
You did it, mama.
You did it, little babe.
Welcome to the world, little angel.
You are safe.
You are so loved and so, so wanted.
Welcome, little one.
Welcome.
DELIVERY OF THE PLACENTA
The third and final phase of labor is the delivery of the placenta. Minutes
after giving birth, your uterus begins to contract again. The first few
contractions usually separate the placenta from your uterine wall. When
your caregiver sees signs of separation, they may ask you to gently push to
help expel the placenta. This is usually one short push that is not at all
difficult or painful.
THE GOLDEN HOUR
The golden hour is the hour immediately following birth where mama and
baby have uninterrupted skin-to-skin contact. It is a time for deep bonding
and deep connection for both mama and baby and allows for a gentle
welcome into the world where baby feels safe and at home—as this tiny
person stays close to the only home they’ve ever known. There is no one
poking or prodding mama or baby, and the environment stays as still andquiet as possible. If it is not possible for mama to hold baby skin to skin at
this time, then the partner can take this role.
During this hour the baby’ s heart rate stabilizes, temperature regulates,
and mother ’s good bacteria is passed onto baby from her skin. Signs of
stress will decrease from baby as the instinctual close contact is maintained
between mama and babe. Oxytocin is in plentiful supply right after birth,
and this hormone—more commonly known as the “love hormone”—allows
for deep bonding.
Mothers who honor this time are shown to have more successful and
ease-filled breastfeeding journeys. Baby can be on mama’ s belly with a
blanket over them to initiate the “breast crawl.” All mammals (if
unmedicated, meaning no drugs at all during labor), if given the chance,
will slowly make their way to mama’ s breasts to feed. Babies are born with
a “stepping reflex” that allows them to scoot up mama’ s chest toward the
breast. Babies will try to align themselves with the nipple, and allowing
them to do this on their own actually improves the chances of a successful
latch. Having the baby directly on