all fired up—so much so that I came out of the 2.4-mile swim tied for
first with three others, then took the lead biking up Palani Hill, which
comes about a quarter of a mile after the swim. I was still leading for
about forty miles on the Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway when the
forty-year -old triathlete legend, plant-powered Dave Scott, passed
me, looking awesome. I had been racing for close to three hours, and
amid all the excitement and action, what with the NBC cameras,
helicopters, and motorcycles, I was having a dif ficult time controlling
my pace and heart rate. By the fifty-six-mile turnaround in the little town of Havi, I was
still in the top ten overall. Then, at about mile seventy, it felt as if a
pack of monkeys had jumped on my back. By mile one hundred I was
in big trouble. I finished the bike leg of the race by falling from 1st
place to 224th. The thought of now having to run a marathon in the
100-plus-degree heat was nauseating, and I set out on what now felt
like a death march. I ran and walked and suf fered like a sick dog. Just
remaining vertical was a chore. My feet swelled up in my shoes (the
radiant heat of f the black asphalt had reached 125 degrees) and I lost
seven toenails. When I finally crossed the finish line, I looked up to
see that I was the 567th overall finisher. And yet I did cross that finish
line. The lesson I learned: Always finish. I’ve competed in more than
three hundred triathlons over the course of my career, and I’ve never
failed to finish one. I remember Scott Tinley, one of the sport’ s
legends, saying that he never quit in the middle of a race, because
then it would be that much easier to quit the next time when things
weren’ t going his way. It’s the same with this diet. Try not to surrender to your bad habits
and temptations. Over the four -week period, the more you remain true
to these guidelines, the less likely you are to fall back into your old
ways later. Besides, you will soon see dramatic benefits, lose your
cravings, and set up a successful pattern for life.When Brenda completed the diet, her fasting blood sugar had decreased
from over 200 to under 100, her A1C had dropped from 1 1.5 to 7.5, and she
was able to stop taking all of her medications except one, a dose she now
cut in half. She also lost 20 pounds, while Reggie and Ashley both lost 30—
as a family, they lost a combined total of 80 pounds! The Thomson family E2 partnership was a huge success because of
teamwork and the unwavering support they showed one another. They are
now eager to conquer the Hill of Life with their newfound weight loss and
good health. Your friend can be anyone in your life. For example, over at Station 3,
Captain Craig Walker works with firefighter Arty Vasquez, who, when he’ s
not at the station, manages Segovia Produce, one of Austin’ s best produce
companies. Each week Craig compiles a list of all the fruits and vegetables
he wants, and Arty brings them to the station for him—some of the best
produce in town at the best prices. Now that’ s a real E2 friend! If you can’t find a friend, find a book. Several E2 Pilot Study
participants told me that though they had no social support, they found help
in books. Obviously, there’ s no book I’d recommend more than the one
you’re currently reading, but for more support, check out my dad’ s book,
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Joel Fuhrman’ s Eat to Live, Dr. Neal
Barnar d’s Program for Reversing Diabetes, or T. Colin Campbell’ s The
China Study. Also, almost any book by Dr. John McDougall is of great help. If you don’t like books, go online. My site, www.theengine2diet.com,
is up, running, and ready to help you on your path to healthy eating. Sear ch out a support gr oup in your  community. Almost every
community has its share of vegetarians, vegans, and health-conscious
eaters; start aligning yourself with the like-minded. Find them through the
Internet, classifieds, or just by hanging around the local health food store. Reframe your  pictur e. I’ve been eating healthy for so long it’ s second
nature. But for someone who’ s just starting out, it can be daunting to see
your entire future consisting of food you don’ t know well. Instead, take it
one meal at a time. Then, before you know it, that one meal will turn into
two, two into four, four into eight, and boom! Soon you’ve finished the
four-week program and realize, “W ow, that wasn’ t so hard. I love how I feel
and I love the results!”
Cindy Fr ost, 31Firefighter
I knew when I signed up for the Engine 2 plan that the men at the fire
station would give me a lot of crap. Many of them have big bellies
and they’re kind of proud of them—if they weren’ t, they’d have to do
something about it. So they razzed me. But when no one else was
around, many of them would come over and ask, “Did you really
drop your total cholesterol forty points in two weeks? Would that
happen to me?”
Be pr epar ed to forgive yourself. We’re all tempted by dietary devils
now and then. So let’ s say that one day you can’ t resist temptation and you
munch on a piece of devil’ s food cake. Don’ t beat yourself up over it. During the E2 Pilot Study, one of the participants, firefighter Aaron
Brooks from Station 23, went out one night with friends and ended up
eating a big ol’  cheesebur ger. The next day she e-mailed me to say how
sorry she was, how much she felt she had let me down, and that if I wanted
to pull the plug on her participation, she would understand. I wrote back and told her she had no reason to feel so bad. So you crave a cheesebur ger. If worst comes to worst, you eat it, then
understand why you ate it, and then think about how it made you feel
(bad!). The farther along you are into the four weeks, the more likely it is
that, after eating that bur ger, you won’ t feel very good. Two other E2 Pilot Study participants, Donna and John, occasionally fell
into temptation. They were very successful on the diet (and both saw their
LDL  drop below 80), but every once in a while they knew they’d have to
cheat, so they called it their “entertainment.” If they decided to eat a
cupcake, that was an entertainment. Instead of feeling guilty, they felt
momentarily entertained. Play to your  strength. Some of you may already be really good cooks. If so, learn to be a great plant-based chef, like Craig Walker, the captain at
Station 3. When Craig went on the E2 Diet, I told him to use his culinary
skills to his advantage—and boy did he, whipping up all kinds of dishes
such as grilled Portobello mushroom and roasted red pepper sandwiches,
black beans with Creole stir -fried cabbage, and fresh corn stir -fry with
grilled BBQ tempeh. THE ENGINE 2 RAZZWe plant eaters at Engine 2 are ridiculed, berated, and teased
mercilessly by firefighters from other stations. They say things like,
“You guys don’ t eat food, you eat what food eats,” or “Y ou all have it
easy, you don’ t have to cook. All you have to do is go out back and
get some twigs and berries,” or “V egetarian is just an old Indian name
for poor hunter.”
In fact, after the media first spread the news about the plant-eating
firefighters at Engine 2, we were inundated with mail from people all
across the country; fans sent us cookbooks, chefs sent us food, several
local vegetarian restaurants dropped of f complimentary meals. However, since few people understand the way the shifts work at a
fire station, many of our new admirers visited us when the B shift,
entirely composed of meat eaters, was present. Those firefighters
grew tired of people telling them how wonderful they were for doing
something they weren’ t doing. To get revenge on us, B shift called The American Beef Council,
which happily sent them an avalanche of brochures, posters, caps, T-
shirts, and postcards, which the guys hung all over the station—and
some of this meat-eating memorabilia is still around. Take str ength fr om knowing how healthy you ar e becoming. Remember, in this country, one out of every three people is obese, and one
out of every two will die of heart disease. You are now eating in such a way
that you need never fear becoming a statistic—and will be free of the grip
of the Western diseases that are debilitating so many Americans. Take a


 isn’ t working. W e meet in the i nfinite field
when m editating. Our ener gy extends outward to you. Remain open to
receiving. Stay strong, flexible, and rooted. Y our light is needed so we can
reach cr itical ma ss and raise the  consciousness of the world. Lo ve and light
to you always. Om shanti, shanti, shanti. Namasté.MA C K N O W L E D G M E N T S
y heartfe lt gratitude goes to Geor gia Hughes, New W orld Libra ry’ s
editorial director. Y ou took a huge leap of faith with an indie author
after meeting me at Book Expo  America in 2014, and now we’re on our
second book together. Thank you for believing in me. A b ig thank-you goes to Krist en Cashman and Emily W ichland for
patiently and graciously editing my work. Thank y ou to New W orld Library publicists Kim Corbin, M onique
Muhlenkamp, and T risty T aylo r for lining me up with great interviews,
reviews, and press. A big shout-out goes to Foreign Rights Manager Danielle Galat. W e did
it for The Wheel of H ealing with A yurveda  — five languages and counting
— and here’ s to getting even more translations this time. And finally, thank you to Marc Allen for founding and running such a
great pu blishing firm. It’ s hard for a new author to know all the work that
goes into publishing a single title, and New W orld Library does a great job
of it.G L O S S A R Y  O F  S A N S K R I T  T E R M S
ABHY ANGA :  Daily oil massage. AGNI :  Fire; in A yurveda, digestive fire. A JNA :  The sixth chakra; Ajna  translates as “to perceive or command” or
“beyond wisdom.”
AKASHA :  Space or ether. AMA :  A toxic residue caused by undigested food, experiences, and
emotions. The term translates as “toxins in the body and mind.”
A NAHA T A :  The fourth chakra; Anahata  translates as “unstruck” or
“unhurt.”
AR THA :  Material wealth, gain, or prosperity. One of the four goals in life
that are known, in V edic morality, as the purusharthas. ASANA :  Physical postures; the third limb of yoga. A YUR VEDA :  The science of life; the name is derived from the Sanskrit
words ayus, meaning “life,” and veda, meaning “science or knowledge.”
BANDHA :  Bond or arrest; in Hatha yoga, translated as “body locks.”
BIJA :  Seed; or the seed syllable contained within a mantra. BRAMACHAR Y A :  Celibacy or sexual restraint; the fourth of the yamas in
the Y oga Sutras of Patanjali. CHAKRAS :  The ener gy centers in the body. There are seven main chakras
from the base of the spine to the crown of the head. DHARANA :  One-pointed attention or fixed concentration on something
internal or external; the sixth limb of yoga. DHARMA :  An individual’ s purpose in life.DHY ANA :  Meditation; the seventh limb of yoga. DIRGHA :  Also called the three-part or complete breath, a yogic breathing
exercise that trains the body to breathe from the diaphragm. DOSHA :  The three main psychophysiological principles of the body (V ata,
Pitta, Kapha), which determine a person’ s individual mind-body
constitution. DRISHTI :  T o view or gaze; in relation to yoga, it means “focal point.”
GHEE :  Clarified butter. GUNAS :  The three fundamental forces or qualities of nature: sattva, rajas,
and tamas. GURU DARSHANA :  Auspicious sight given to a devotee by an
enlightened teacher (guru). I DA NADI :  The left subtle channel, which is feminine and lunar in nature. JALA :  W ater. K APHA :  One of the three doshas, it combines the elements water and
earth. It is responsible for bodily structure. KARMA :  Action or deed. It is also the principle of causality, in which a
person’ s intent in taking an action in the present equals a particular
result in the future. K UNDALINI :  Divine female ener gy that lies latent at the base of the
spine. K UNDALINI  S HAKTI :  The awakening of Kundalini as it uncoils and
makes its way up the spine toward Shiva (male) ener gy. MAHABHUT AS :  The great elements: space, air, fire, water, and earth. M ANIPURA :  The third chakra; Manipura  translates as “lustrous gem.”
MANTRA :  Derived from two Sanskrit words: man, meaning “mind,” and
tra, meaning “instrument.” This instrument of the mind is a sound or
series of sounds used to connect body, mind, and spirit. MOKSHA :  Liberation or freedom. M ULADHARA :  The first chakra; Muladhara  translates as “root” or
“support.”
NADI :  A subtle circulatory channel running through the body that carries
ener gy and information. The three main nadis are Ida, Pingala, and
Shushumna. NASY A :  Method of administering oil or herbalized oil to the nostrils. It is
one of the five parts of panchakarma.NIY AMAS :  Internal observances or duties; the second limb of yoga. OJAS :  Healing chemicals in the body that are by-products of properly
digested food, emotions, and experiences. P ANCHAKARMA :  “Five Actions”; a program of detoxification of the
body in A yurvedic medicine. P INGALA NADI :  The right subtle channel, which is masculine and solar
in nature. P ITT A :  The dosha in A yurveda composed of the elements fire and water. PRAKRUTI :  Physical matter; also, the biological constitution of an
individual, determined at conception and composed of certain
proportions of the three doshas: V ata, Pitta, and Kapha. PRANA :  V ital life ener gy, or life force. P RANA  V A T A :  One of the five subdoshas of V ata in A yurveda; controls
inhalation, consumption, perception, and the intake of knowledge. PRANA Y AMA :  Y ogic breathing techniques; the fourth limb of yoga. PRA TY AHARA :  W ithdrawal of the senses; the fifth limb of yoga. PRITHIVI :  The earth element. PURUSHA :  The cosmic Self (soul), cosmic consciousness, or the universal
principle; unbounded universal ener gy that has not yet taken form into
prakruti. RAJAS :  Activity, ener gy, passion, restlessness; one of the three primary
qualities of nature in yoga philosophy. RISHIS :  Ancient sages, or seers, from India. S AHASW ARA :  The seventh chakra; Sahaswara  translates as “thousand-
petal lotus.”
SAMADHI :  An advanced state of meditation, marked by oneness or
absorption of the self; the eighth limb of yoga. SA TTV A :  Purity, one of the three primary qualities of nature in yoga
philosophy. S HAKTI :  Ener gy, power, movement, or change; the female principle of
divine ener gy, especially in mythology when referring to a deity. SHUKRA :  Lucid, clear, bright. SHUKRA DHA TU :  In A yurvedic medicine, reproductive tissue in both
men and women. S HUSHUMNA :  The central nadi in the body aligning along the spine;
translates as “very gracious” or “kind.”SIDDHI :  Supernatural power; realization, attainment. SUBDOSHAS :  The five subdivisions of each of the three doshas in
A yurveda with physiological structures in the human body. S UR Y A  N AMASKAR :  Sun Salutations, a series of yoga poses that
coordinates with the breath. S V ADHISTHANA :  The second chakra; Svadhisthana  translates as “the
dwelling place of the self.”
T AMAS :  Inertia, lethar gy, darkness, or dullness, one of the three primary
qualities of nature in yoga philosophy. T ANMANTRAS :  Subtle elements. In A yurveda, refers to the five senses:
hearing, touch, taste, sight, and smell. T ANTRA :  An ancient set of esoteric texts originally from Hindu or
Buddhist tradition dating from the sixth to the thirteenth centuries of the
common era; translated as “to weave.”
TEJAS :  Fire. TRIPHALA :  A rejuvenating herbal remedy in A yurvedic medicine
composed of three herbs: amal


 The reactions of sympathetic nerves are mass reactions
such as a constriction of arteries, acceleration of heart rate and slowing of
gastric movement. Sushumna is the central canal of the spinal cord; it continues into the
cavities of the brain and is in direct contact with the hypothalam us and
pineal gland. The spinal cord lies only in the upper two-thirds of the
vertebral column. In the lower third of the spine it tapers off abruptly into a
conical extremity. From the apex to this conical extremity a delicate non-
nervous filament called the filum terminale descends to the coccyx, the
lowest bone of the vertebral column. The lower part of the filum terminale is
in the vicinity of the inferior hypogastric plexus. There are various other
autonomic nerve plexuses situated on the two sides of the vertebral column;
these are the lotuses associated with our chakras. The suggested anatomical
sites for the chakra lotuses ar e as follows:
◼ muladhara (base root) chakra: inferior h ypogastric (pelvic) ple xus
◼ swadhisthana (sacral) chakra: superior h ypogastric plexus◼ manipura (solar plexus) chakra: coeliac or solar ple xus
◼ anahata (heart) chakra: car diac plexus
◼ vishuddhi (throat) chakra: plexuses connecting the superior, middle
and inferior cervical g anglia
◼ ajna (third eye) chakra: inter nal carotid plexus
◼ sahasrara (crown) chakra: pineal bod y.
Glands of the endocrine system
The holistic approach to health fully acknowledges the integration of mind
and body; the well-being of one depends on the good health of the other. Human bodies consist of two kinds of glands: exocrine and endocrine. Exocrine glands are the glands that release their secretions through ducts
such as the liver and gall bladder. Endocrine glands do not have ducts and
release their secretions, known as hormones, directly into the bloodstream. These glands are responsible for our bodies’ physiological functioning. The
hormones secreted by the endocrine glands are chemical messenger s, and
together with the autonomic nervous system they maintain the parameter s
for optimum growth. Since the nervous and endocrine systems are
interconnected, then functionally an imbalance in one will af fect the other. Each of the seven main chakras is associated with a particular endocrine
gland. Chakra health is affected by the functioning of the endocrine glands
and vice versa: any imbalance  in the chakras may affect the associated
endocrine g land, manifesting in ter ms of physical or ph ysiological symptoms. The hypothalamus gland
The hypothalamus gland is a small region of the brain that activates and
regulates that part of the nervous system responsible for controllinginvoluntary body functions, the hormonal system and many other body
functions such as sleep regulation, body temperature and appetite. With
complex interconnections with the cerebral cortex and the other parts of the
brain that are little understood, it links emotions with the body’s autonomic
nervous system. It is r egulated by the ajna (thir d eye) chakra. The pituitary gland
The pituitary gland is a pea-sized structure that looks like an upside-do wn
mushroom; it hangs by a stalk from the undersurface of the brain. This vital
gland influences growth and metabolism and stimulates the activities of other
glands. It orchestrates the secretion of hormones from other endocrine
glands by producing a range of controller hormones such as human growth
hormone, follicle-stim ulating hormone, prolactin and thyroid-stimulating
hormones (vasopressin and oxytocin). The hypothalam us gland controls the
pituitary gland and indir ectly master minds its or chestration. The pituitary gland has two lobes — anterior and posterior — that
release a wide range of different hormones, including those responsible for
contractions during childbirth and those that regulate the release of breast
milk by a nursing mother. It is interesting to note that the intuition of a
mother is at its peak while nursing. The process of nursing and intuition are
also associa ted with the thir d eye chakra. Adrenal glands
The adrenal glands are attached to the top of each kidney. They are
associated with the muladhara (base root) chakra. Each of the adrenals has
two parts: an outer corte x and an inner medulla. In response to the release of adrenocorticotr opic hormone (ACTH,
which stimulates the release of cortisol) from the pituitary gland, the cortexsecretes a number of steroid hormones that directly affect
the balance of salt, water and glucose in the body. Cortisol is usually secreted by the adrenal cortex and
affects glucose metabolism according to our daily sleep
and wake cycle; its concentra tion in the blood is much
higher during the day than it is at night. During a stress
response, cortisol secretion rises in proportion to the
degree of stress; this is mor e marked when the str ess arises
from physical injury. Cortisol increases the concentra tion
of glucose in our body by breaking down proteins, fats
and carbohydrates. As a result, stress increases the level of
blood sugar, an appropriate response to acute stress to
ensure adequate energy supply for both the brain and
skeletal m uscles at a time w hen immedia te physical activity ma y be required. Besides ACTH, the pituitary produces endorphins and other related
compounds. The precise mode of operation of these compounds is still not
completely clear; however, it is assumed their pain-relieving properties, along
with other postulated effects on mood and perception, may combine to allow
life-saving exertions by a person despite serious injury, which is similar to acts
of heroism in extreme danger situa tions. The adrenal medulla is intimately associated with the sympathetic
nervous system. Its main secretion — adrenaline — is related to
noradrenaline, one of the most important neurotransmitter s of the
sympathetic system. Adrenaline secretion is initiated by direct stimulation of
the adrenal medulla b y the sympa thetic nerv es. Exposure to a stressor produces an immediate increase in sympathetic
nerve activity, which in turn results in the release of significant quantities of
adrenaline from the adrenal medulla into the bloodstream, therebypreparing the body for fight or flight. Once this hormone is released into the
blood it can quickly permeate the tissues of the body, augmenting the activity
of sympathetic nerv es. The effects of this ar e well known: increased heart ra te
and breathing rate, palpitation, trembling, hair rising and so on. Along with
these predominantly physical responses, the feedback to the brain arouses an
emotional response to stress that is normally manifested as some degree of
fearfulness and anxiety, therefore impacting the base root, solar plexus and
heart chakras. Gonads
The gonads, including testes and ovaries, are associated with the muladhara
(base root) and swadhisthana (sacral) chakras. The physical aspect of sex and
sexuality is connected with muladhara, while the physiological aspect is
connected to swadhisthana. Adrenal fatigue or depletion of physical energy
affects physical relationships. The gonads play an important role as hormone-producing endocrine
organs, responsible for producing sperm and egg cells. The manufacture and
release of sex hormones in both the sexes during reproductive life is
controlled by the hypothalam us and pituitary glands, in much the same way
they control other endocrine organs. Acute and chronic emotional stress can
affect the balance of the female reproductive system, leading to hormonal
imbalances and irregularities of the menstrual cycle along with a disturbance
or inhibition of ovulation. This is quite common in the presence of both
physical and emotional stressors. Men are also affected by emotional and
physical stress, which can lead to common sexual dysfunction such as
difficulties with erection and premature ejaculation and sometimes affect
sperm production, causing infertility.Pancreas
Most of the pancreas is non-endocrine in nature, being concerned with
producing digestive juices for the gut. Its function is regulated by the
manipura (solar ple xus) chakra. The pancreas is situa ted behind the stomac h.
Embedded within the bulk of its tissue lie numerous clusters of endocrine
cells called islets of Langerhans that secrete insulin and glucagon, two
substances with essentially complementar y actions in the maintenance of
normal glucose levels. Insulin lowers blood sugar levels by encouraging body
cells to absorb more glucose, and raises blood sugar levels by mobilising the
sizeable store of carbohydrates present in the liver and converting it to
glucose. Thymus gland
The thymus gland, which is regulated by the
anahata (heart) chakra, is called a gland
although it is now accepted that its primary
function is regulatory, mainly for the immune
system. It is most active before birth and
during early life, after which it reduces in size. Despite its size in adult life it continues to
secrete significant volumes of the hormone
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 eventually took
us so far into the diversity of creation that the source of creation—
our own awareness—was lost sight of. Inner experiences of bliss and
innite expan sion, of complete freedom and boundle ss power,
became “mystical.” No one has such experiences as a matter of
course; indeed, it seems to take years of meditation to get back to
the state of awareness where these experiences become remotely
possible. By now, the hard reality “out there” has become so
compelling that spirit is allowed little if any power at all. Perhaps
the existence of spirit was a superstition all along. As dismal as it may sound, the current state of spiritual atrophy
does not have to become permanent; the “mistake of the intellect”
can be corrected. In fact, there is cause for tremendous optimism
here. To narrow our problems down to a single cause is a
breakthrough in and of itself. How then do we correct our mistake?Not by giving up the intellect altogether, which would only result in
mindlessness. The intellect must be restored to its proper place in
the total balance of awareness. Repeated experience of pure
awareness allows this healing to take place. When all its aspects are in balance, human awareness nds itself
living both halves of life, the absolute state of the Self and the
relative state of the self. By remaining in contact with our core of
pure awarenes s, we can fully appreciate the beautiful and diverse
world “out there.” The mirror of nature will give us back the
reection of our own inner joy. The poet W. B. Yeats wrote, “We are
happy when for everything  inside us there is a corresponding
something outside us.” The word “correspondence” means a ow of
communication as well as a similarity between two things. When
awareness is completely balanced, communicating with the outside
world is instantaneous and automatic. It happens with the touch of
thought. The South African writer Laurens Van der Post recalled a day
when he went traveling among the natives in the bush country. He
came to their camp and found the men sitting around an old
tribesman whom Van der Post particularly liked. The old man was
sitting still with his eyes closed, deeply absorbed. When Van der
Post asked what he was doing, one of the onlookers said, “Ssh, he’s
doing something important. He’s making clouds.” The rishis say that
you and I were born to be cloud-makers, too. But until we regain
control of our inner nature, we will never solve the imbalances that
have been inicted on nature as a whole. The Circular Trap
I nd it signi cant that so many people are currently involved in
the issue of addiction. To me, addictions stand for the deeper
conict between maintaining one’s old conditioning and breaking
free. The addic t’s “habit” is but an exaggerated version of all habits,
which cling to outworn realities rather than allowing new life to
ow in. The root causes of addiction are hotly debated, but one
aspect of the syndrome is that it brings pleasure to people whocannot nd it any other way. As Alice Miller observes, “People who
as children successfully repressed their intense feelings often try to
regain—at least for a short time—their lost intensity of experience
with the help of drugs and alcohol.”
I think it is obvious that many people have anesthetized a huge
portion of their feeling self. To show strong emotions is rarely
considered an acceptable form of behavior in our society, while
paramount importance is placed on self-control. As a result, many of
us may reach the point where we panic at the rst sign of emotion
starting to well up. Repeatin g the denial of emotion imposed upon
us in childhood, we now exert enormous pressure to deny ourselves. Addiction “solves” this problem by permitting pleasure while at
the same time insuring that the pleasure is furtive and guilt ridden. One of my patients, whose facade of correct deportment is
impeccable, for many years  led a secret life haunting the worst
heroin dens in Boston. “I played various characters when I went to
the shooting galleries in the ghetto,” he said. “Sometimes I drove my BMW  and wore a three-piece suit; other
times I had on army fatigues or the rags a street person would wear. I saw people die, begging for heroin to the very end. I was under
close surveilla nce by both the police and the pushers, neither of
whom could gure me out. I slept in abandoned houses with other
junkies and walked the streets with ten-year-old kids who had
orders to shoot on sight anyone who tried to rip o their stash of
crack. “You won’t be able to really grasp what it means when I tell you
that I had a twenty-bag-a-day heroin habit,” he said with an
unfathomable look in his eyes. “The common junkie has a two- to
ve-bag habit,  maybe ten. When a person is hooked on that much,
his chances of recovery are less than one percent. I shot twenty bags
for over a year and survived.”
This man is very frank about the enjoyment that his addiction
brought him, at least at the outset. From the moment he rst
injected heroin, long-lost pleasure ooded him. Being able to play
various characters as he moved through the junkie’s shadow world
gave him a secondary source of forbidden pleasure. By having to bereal to no one, he could temporarily forget his massive self-doubt,
which told him that he might not be real to begin with. Although lurid on the outside, his addiction was not essentially
dierent from that of the cautious alcoholic who sneaks a shot of
whiskey before brushing his teeth in the morning. Both are hooked
on the alluring combination of enjoyment and guilt. The essence of
any form of compulsive behavior is helpless repetition, which
pleasure alone would not be strong enough to incite. Alcoholics and
heroin addicts,  food bingers and compulsive thieves all return again
and again to the very behav ior that they would judge shameful in
another person. Often it is pleasure itself that they nd shameful; therefore, they
have no alternative but to seek pleasures that have built-in
dissatisfaction. As one psychotherapist put it, “You can never get
enough of what you don’t want in the rst place.” Even the most
intense pleasur e is not addict ive as long as the person indulging in it
has a clear idea of what pleasure is. But a certain kind of personality
has no choice but to mix feeling bad with feeling good. A guilty
pang accompa nies the jolt delivered by the drug, and without the
guilt, the jolt would lose its allure. Addicts are pitied and revile d in our culture, and society has not
decided whether they are to be considered sick, deviant, or both. There is a deeper ambiguity as well. To contemplate the helpless
loss of self-con trol represented by fullblown addiction is horrible but
secretly tempti ng. Who would not have a ood of pleasur e coursing
through his body if he did not have to pay too high a price? This is
not sheer escapism on our parts. At the heart of addictio n, I would
propose, lies a deep nostalgia for pleasure that echoes a legitimate
need. Despite what our conditioning might tell us, to seek pleasure
is not bad. Everyone’s life is driven by the spur of desire. But hardly
anyone can enjoy deep satisfaction untainted by feelings of guilt,
selshness, or a vague premonition that “this is too good to last.”
If addicts are indeed playing out a fantasy we all share, then they
may be neither  sick nor deviant. I would like to apply the diagnosis
provided by the rishis and say that addiction is basically  the result
of a mistake. The addict is caught in a circular trap of his owndevising; he cannot get enough pleasure to nally abolish his guilt;
he cannot suer enough guilt to keep him from the next x. Rather,
the two impulses circle each other in an endless dance. What we have here is another example of the mistaken intellect—
the circular trap depends upon the addict’s belief that his divided
awareness cannot heal itself. Yet the rishis maintain that awareness
is all-po werful, which means  that it should be able to heal anything,
including itself. Let us see if a solution to addiction might lie in this
direction. Evelyn Silvers, a Los Angeles therapist who specializes in drug
addiction, has learned to create a remarkable phenomenon with her
patients that releases them from the bondage of their cravings. Using the simplest sort of suggestion and guided thinking, she
induces her patients to manufacture “brain drugs” that appear to act
exactly like the heroin, alcohol, cocaine, or tranquilizers  that they
have been ruining their lives to buy or steal. Earlier, in 1976, Silvers had focused on a dierent problem,
chronic pain. Widespread excitement had been generated by the
recent discovery of the body’s internal painkillers, or endorphins,
which were analyzed as being many times more powerful


 troubles. It is better for the iridologist to refrain from suggesting to a person that he has any particular dise ase, letting such diagnostics
remain the province of licensed doctors. In so doing, the iridologist will avoid transgressing the law and stepping on the to es of
those who are legally qualified to diagnose. It is indeed unfortunate that one of the grea test pitfalls awaiting the iridologist is the temptation to name diseases. The feelings
of satisfaction and power resulting from conferring a name are deeply rooted in the human psyche. For example, the Bible tell s us
that man's first task on Earth was to name the animals, thus giving him power and dominion over them. Strong is the temptation to name diseases because nearly everyone has come to expect that his malady has a name. Patients hav e
come to expect, and doctors have been trained to make, a dia gnosis. "After all," the patient may reason, "how can you hope to
deal with my condition if you aren't knowledgeable enough to call it by name. " It is not necessary to name diseases in order to exercise dominion over them. Dr. Bernard Jensen, Vision s of Health. In self defense, I must make it very clear from the first word that hygienists and most other naturopaths of various persuasi ons,
and especially I myself, have never in the past, never., and do not now, diagnose, treat or offer to cure, d isease or illness. Diagnosis and curing are sole, exclusive privileges of certified, duly -licensed medical doctors and may only be done with a grant
of Authority to do so from the State. Should an unlicensed person diagnose, offer to treat or attempt to cu re disease or illness, they
will have committed a felonious act. With big penalties. Therefore, I do not do it. When one of my clients comes to me and says that a medical doctor says they have some disease or other, I agree that the
medical doctor say s they have some disease or other, and I never dare say that they don't. Or even confirm on my own authority
that I think they do have some disease or other. What I can legally do for a client is to analyze the state of their body and its organs, looki ng for weaknesses and apparent
allergies. I can lawfully state that I think their liver tests weak, the pancreas appears not to be functioning well in terms  of handling
meat digestion, that the kidney is having a hard time of it. I can say I see a lump sti cking out of their body when one is obviously
sticking out of their body; I can not say that lump is cancerous but I can state that the cells in that lump test overly stro ng and that
if I myself had a mass of growing cells testing overly strong and if I be lieved in the standard medical model, then I would be
rushing my overly strong testing cells to an oncologist. But I don't dare say the person has a cancer. Or diabetes. Or is get ting close
to kidney failure. That is a diagnosis. To me, diagnosis is a form of magic rite in which the physician discovers the secret name of the devil that is inhabiting one's
body and then, knowing that secret name, performs the correct rite and ritual to cast that demon out. I don't know why people  are
made so happy knowin g the name of their condition. Does it really matter. Either the body can heal the condition or it can't. If it
can, you will recover (especially if you give the body a little help). If the body can't heal a condition you will die or liv e a long
time being  miserable. No "scientific" medical magic can do better than that. By describing a disease in terms of its related organ weaknesses, instead of pinning a Latin name on it, I am able to assist the
body to achieve recovery in a superior way that the phys ician rarely does. By discovering that the body with the lump of overly
strong cells also has a weak spleen, liver and thymus gland, I can take actions to strengthen the spleen, liver and thymus. I f the
body can strengthen its spleen, liver and thymus, the n the overly strong cells miraculously vanish. But of course I and what I did
did not cure any disease. Any improvements that happen I assign (correctly) to the body's own healing power. The way I analyze the organic integrity of the body is through a  number of related methods, including the general appearance of
the body, the patient's health history, various clues such as body and breath odor, skin color and tone, and especially,
biokinesiology, the applied science of muscle testing. Biokinesiology c an be used to test the strength or weakness of specific
organs and their function. A weak latissimus dorsi muscle indicates a weak pancreas, for example. Specific acupuncture points  can
be tested in conjunction with muscle strength to indicate the conditio n of specific organs or glands. The strength of the arm's
resistance to downward pressure could be calibrated with a spring scale and precisely gauged, but experienced practitioners h ave
no need for this bother, because they are able to pick up subtle chan ges in the arms resistance that are not apparent to the testée. Thus muscle testing becomes an art form, and becomes as effective as the person using it is sensitive and aware. Biokinesiology works because every organ and gland in the body is intercon nected with other parts of the body through nerve
pathways and nerve transmissions, which are electrical and can be measured through muscle testing. This may seem too esoteric
for the "scientific" among you, but acupuncture points and energy manifestations  around and in the body –are now accepted
phenomena, their reality demonstrated by special kinds of photography. Acupuncturists, who heal by manipulating the body's
energy field with metal needles, are now widely accepted in the western hemisphere. Kinesiol ogy utilizes the same acupuncture
points (and some others too) for analytic purposes so it is sometimes called "contact reflex analysis. " I have studied and used Kinesiology for 25 years with the majority of my clients with very good success. There are  some few
people who are very difficult to test because they are either too debilitated, lack electrical conductivity, or their state o f mind is so
skeptical and negative about this type of approach that they put up an impenetrable mental barrier and/or ho ld their body so rigidly
that I can hardly determine a response. A skilled can overcome the obstacle of a weak body that can barely respond, but the p erson
who is mentally opposed and determined to prove you wrong should not be tested. If you proceed it is  sure to have an
unsatisfactory outcome for all concerned. For even if I manage to accurately analyze the condition of a skeptical client, the y will
never believe the analysis and will not follow suggestions. The "scientific," open -minded, "reasonable"  client can be better approached using an academic -like discussion based on
published literature that demonstrates how people with similar symptoms and complaints do very well on a particular dietary
regimen and supplements. This type of person will someti mes follow dietary recommendations to the last letter, because their
scientific background has trained them to be obedient. When a client comes to me, I like to take a real good look at who is sitting in front of me. I take my leisure to find out al l about
their history, their complaints, their motivation to change, their experience with natural healing, their level of personal
responsibility, whether or not they have to work, whether or not they can take time out to heal, will they fast or take suppl ements,
do they have sufficient finances to carry a program through to a successful completion, do they have people closely connected  to
them that are strongly opposed to alternative approaches, can they withstand some discomfort and self -denial, do they hav e toxic
relationships with other people that are contributing to their condition, are they willing to read and educate themselves in greater
depth about natural healing, etc. I need to know the answers to these questions in order to help them choose a prog ram which is
most likely to succeed. Even though fasting is the most effective method I know of, it is not for people who are compelled to keep up a work schedule,
nor is it for people who are very ill and do not have anyone to assist them and supervi se them. Nor is it for people who do not
understand fasting and are afraid of it. People who have associates that are opposed to it, and people who do not have a stro ngly-
functioning liver or kidneys should not fast either. Seriously ill people that have b een on a meat -heavy diet with lots of addicting
substances need a long runway into a fast so as to not overwhelm their organs of elimination. Does the person in front of me have
an eating disorder, or an otherwise suicidal approach to fasting, etc. Clearly  fasting is not for everyone, and if I recommend it to
the wrong person, the result will be a bad reputation for a marvelous tool. Given that many clients can not fast without a lot of preparation, the majority of my clients start out with a gentle de tox program
that takes considerably more time, but works. These gradients have been outlined under the healing programs for the chronical ly
ill, acutely ill, etc. To help rebuild poorly functioning organs, I sometimes use a specialized group of food su pplements called protomorphogens. These are not readily available to the general public and perhaps should not be casually purch


—movements requiring skill
rather than strength in their performance—as soon as they are off their fast. 13133
Nephritis
“Your child has six weeks to live; we can do no more for her. ” The voice was that of the physician
who acted as spokesman for several physicians who had taken part in a consultation. The place: a
modern hospital. The little nine-year-old girl who was the subject of the decision was suffering with nephritis. She had been in the hospital for about two weeks and was bloated from head to foot with an
accumulation of water (dropsy), a development that is characteristic of advanced stages of this
disease. As far as they were concerned she was finished—a nine-year-old nothing. The parents of the child were not willing to give up. People are like that; they cling to hope, and
do not always accept a death sentence of this kind as final. The mother suggested taking the girl
from the hospital and trying
elsewhere. The physician said: “You are free to take her anywhere you
wish and try whatever you think may help. We can do no more. ”
The girl was removed from the hospital, but no other physician was found who would take
charge of the case. Taking the child on her lap, the mother sat in the back seat of the car while the father drove a
hundred-and-twenty-five miles to a
Hygienic
 institution. Arriving there, the father carried the child
inside and presented the hopelessness of the case to the director. “I cannot promise much,” said the
Hygienist
, “but we’ll try. ” After fully going over the history
and symptoms of the case, he told the desperate parents, “We are going to give her a chance to
recover. I believe she can. ”
The suffering child was put to bed and all food withheld. Water was given in infrequent sips. Almost over night the edema began to decline. It passed out in the urine and in watery stools, and,
after a few days, some of the solid matter contained in it was expelled by means of skin eruptions. Soon wrists and ankles that were as large, or larger, than her legs were down to normal size. A
little girl who looked like a rubber baby blown up to oversize was down to “skin and bones. ”
After two weeks of fasting, feeding was resumed. She was fed on fruits and vegetables at first,
with starches, sugars and proteins added after a few days of juicy fruits and leafy vegetables. From
this time forward her progress, although slow, was satisfactory. At the end of nine months the little
girl was dismissed. After the passage of several years the same little girl, now married, again visited the
Hygienist
and was in a state of splendid health. She had developed into a beautiful young woman and was
proud of her exuberant health. There had been no more trouble with her kidneys; indeed, she never
experienced sickness of any nature and was holding down a responsible position. Can we say that this recovery is typical. No. Most cases of Bright’s disease or nephritis, are in
older men and women and the deterioration of the kidneys is greater than in the case of this young
girl, so that all patients do not recover so readily or so quickly—and some of them do not recover
at all. But this case does reveal that death is not always inevitable because the case has been
declared to be
incurable. It reveals the amazing things the body can do for itself in the way of restoration of structure and
function when it is given a fair opportunity. This dying child was not “treated” into good health;
she made her own spontaneous recovery without the dubious assistance of any therapeutic
132measure. Richard Bright, a British physician prominent in the first half of the nineteenth century, noted that
the last illness of many men was attended by the appearance of albumen in the urine or uremic
poisoning. He
investigated the condition of the kidneys in these cases and discovered a
degenerated state that was responsible for the symptoms. Although this condition is technically
known as nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys) the disease has long been called Bright’s disease
after the man who first described it. Actually, from a practical point of view, we are not so much concerned about the degenerative
changes that take place in the kidneys, when albumen and granular and bloody casts appear in the
urine or when there is suppression of the urine. When we are confronted with evidences of uremic
poisoning, instead of worrying about the nature of the changes in the kidneys, we need first to think
of the living habits of the patient. Faulty, excessive practices may have caused the degeneration of
kidneys and all the other organs that are involved in the deterioration. Few chronic diseases arouse so much fear and apprehension in the patient’s mind as chronic
Bright’s disease. Yet there is no chronic disease that so quickly improves, and from which the
patient is so likely to make a full recovery as a consequence of a fast, proper feeding and general
Hygienic
 care. These simple changes, however, in the way of life must be made before the
deterioration to the kidneys has reached an irreversible stage. The reason for the terror that a diagnosis of Bright’s disease commonly causes is based on the
fact that the cause of the disease is not removed. Nephritis or Bright’s disease does not develop, neither in the acute nor in the chronic form, in
those of abstemious habits of living. It is a disease of high livers and continuous stuffers. Many
drugs produce inflammation of the kidneys and those who are always drugging themselves may
have to pay for their folly by evolving a serious degenerative change in the kidneys that will
shorten their life. It is well known in professional circles that today the possession of typically healthy kidneys is
rare in adults. Great numbers of people who die of other diseases have been made liable to these
other diseases by the impaired state of their kidneys. A fast in this condition need not always be a lengthy one. Ten days, two weeks, sometimes three
weeks, are usually enough. The condition of the kidneys quickly clears when fasting is instituted. The albumen disappears from the urine, casts and blood clear up. The symptoms of urine poisoning
—headaches, vertigo, frequent and copious urination, bed wetting, getting up frequently at night,
suppressed urine, and scanty urine—soon cease. The urine becomes normal in color and odor and
everything points to the resumption of normal excretion. The regeneration of the kidneys that takes place after the fast is broken will be more thorough,
more complete and more rapid if the diet is abstemious and composed of fresh fruits and leafy
vegetables with but moderate quantities of the heavier foods. Onions, garlic, chives, shallots, leaks, mustard, radishes, cress and other foods containing
mustard oil, which irritate the kidneys, should be omitted from the diet. Grain products are also
best omitted. Flesh, meat extracts, alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, tea, coffee, cocoa and
chocolate are not to be thought of for the man whose kidneys are seriously impaired. Excessive
water drinking can serve no useful purpose. Give the kidneys a chance to repair themselves and
they will not disappoint you. 13334
Gallstones
Cholelithiasis
 is the term applied to the formation of stones in the gall bladder and bile ducts. These are derived either partly or entirely from the constituents of the bile, the principal element
being cholesterin which precipitates in crystalline form and combines with inspissated mucus. Although the stones can be a source of much discomfort, and in passing, may be the occasion for
excruciating pain their presence is frequently unrecognized and man may live for years and die of
some other disease without ever knowing he has them. They are found at autopsy in people who
never complained of symptoms that led to a suspicion of stones. Some individuals have what is termed the
lithemic diathesis
, by which is meant that they have a
tendency to build concretions in the form of kidney or bladder stones or biliary calculi when their
health is markedly impaired. Stones may form, in fact, in almost any part of the body—in the
pancreas, in the muscles, in the eyelids, on the valves of the heart, even around the heart, and in the
arteries. Gallstones seem to be more likely to form in the obese than in thin subjects, perhaps
because there is a greater tendency of these obese individuals to overeat. What is called hepatic colic is excruciating pain in the abdomen, in the region of the liver or
gall bladder occasioned by the passage of a stone. Calculi may be so small that they easily pass
through the gall duct, in which case they are expelled without the patient ever knowing that he has
any stones. They may be too large to move into the gall duct, in which case they are not passed. Or they may
be of a size that they are passed through the duct
with great difficulty, and cause intense pain. The
pain starts suddenly at the instant the stone begins to be passed from the gall bladder into the cystic
duct. Agonizing in character, it is transmitted to various parts of the abdomen and chest, often
being felt in the right shoulder. Or the duct may be obstructed by a stone and a few symptoms result, even jaundice being absent. Disease of the gall bladder itself may eventually result from the presence of the stone. If


?" What Mr. Hurme has written, it seems to me, bears out my
questioning if inorganic fluorine, a poison, should be taken into the
human body at all. On the other hand, people consume organic
fluorine at the rate of several hundred, not just one or two, parts per
million, when they consume Deaf Smith County wheat and milk. Spectograph analysis shows that the fluorine is there —but the body tolerates the organic fluorine, takes what it needs and discards the rest
and no harm is done. That is my theory; but it, too, will have to be
verified by study and tests. Fluorine  in water is not compatible with
health. Again, I say that the principal factor in preventing tooth decay is
not fluorine in the water, but a well-balanced ration of tooth-building minerals in children's diet that prevents tooth decay. It may be
fluorine, but it must be organic if assimilated. I do not doubt that investigation would show those 60 per cent of
Hereford school children who, according to Dr. Taylor's survey had no
decayed teeth in their mouths, had plenty of raw milk to drink,
especially during their one to eighth year. The 40 per cent who had
some decayed teeth did not get enough raw milk during their tooth-
formative ages. When Dr. Weston Price of Cleveland fed cream from a Deaf
Smith County dairy to children whose teeth had begun to decay
prematurely, the decay soon stopped. Read his book, "Nutrition and
Physical Degeneration" (pp.260-75)
What did it? Not fluorine in the drinking water, but the sum total
of food elements, including vitamins or activators contained in that
cream. Those cows had grazed on lush green wheat growing in our
Deaf Smith County mineralized soil. Undoubtedly, cow's milk
provides the mineral elements needed to build sound teeth in the form
easiest assimilated; but Dr. Price also fed his patients on our Deaf
Smith County whole wheat, freshly ground. CHAPTER 30. FALLACY: A CLEAN TOOTH NEVER
DECAYS

When I was a young dentist back in Alabama, many a practioner
would display in his waiting room a sign which ran something like this:
"A clean tooth does not decay." Somehow I never got around to hanging up one of the signs in
my office at Albertville. About that time, the makers and distributors
of tooth powder, tooth paste and mouth wash took up the slogan. "They played it up in advertising and still do. As a result, you hardly
ever encounter the sign in a dentist's office today. Most dentists, I
suspect, took down the sign because they could not brook the
advertisers' extravagant, unfounded claims. Even so, the profession
still sanctions the theory that a toot h which is kept constantly clean—
by brushing after every meal— will be free of the germs which bore into the enamel and cause decay. Consequently, a new licensed technologist has entered the
profession—the dental hygienist. Her job is to keep the patient's
mouth clean and thereby, theoretically, prevent tooth decay. I say that
cleaning teeth has nothing to do with whether they decay or not. Don't get me wrong, reader. I believe in clean mouths as strongly as
anybody; but for social and hygienic reasons, not to prevent tooth
decay. That requires body-building, which means tooth-building, food. To cite an instance. Some years ago a patient came into my office
from 20 miles west. The old fellow had never used a tooth brush in his
life. He had the dirtiest mouth I ha d ever seen. His teeth were thickly
covered with tartar, scales and caked food particles. Mr. G. P. was not
in trouble when he came to see me. His wife had persuaded him that
he ought to have his teeth cleaned whether they needed it or not. When I had cleared that lifetime accumulation of foreign matter off
his teeth—a full day's work—to my astonishment, I had uncovered as
fine a set of teeth as I had run across in 50 years' practice. My
questioning brought out that during his?? odd years, Mr. G. P. had
lived mostly off of the land. He at e fresh vegetables out of the home
garden, beef and bacon from off the range and wild game whenever he could shoot it. He ate a lot of his vegetables raw and raw fruit when he
could get it. G. P. was also a heavy milk drinker. He told me that he
was particularly fond of  buttermilk and clabber. For contrast, a lady from a distant city stopped in Hereford one
day on her way to California and called at my office. Mrs. N. had just
about the cleanest mouth I had ever found in a patient. She told me
that from early girlhood she had religiously kept the old textbook rule:
"Brush your teeth after each meal." For all that, my patient had a
mouthful of fillings, three or four to every tooth, between the teeth,
near the base and all around. There was more gold than enamel
showing in her mouth. What Mrs. N. told me about her eating habits bore out my theory
completely. All her life she had lived on pastry, cakes, pies, jams and
jellies. She had eaten but little meat, raw or cooked vegetables or fruit. She drank tea instead of milk. CHAPTER 31. AN EXPLORER COMES TO TEXAS HIGH
PLAINS

For the better part of a lifetime, Dr. Weston A. Price, Cleveland
dentist, was exploring Africa and Amazonian jungles, South Sea Islands and other out-of-the-way places where primitive people live with little or no contact with civilization. Dr. Price summed up his findings in his book, "Nutrition and
Physical Degeneration." That manual is a "must" for every dentist who
would understand the role that a person's food and drink plays in
building sound teeth. The evidence which he gathered in his
explorations, evidence that he sets down in great detail, had led Dr.
Price to conclude that the primitive would be free of tooth decay, and
at the same time be free of "white man's diseases," so long as he lived
out of contact with modern civilization and its refined foods but lived
where he could obtain sea food. In his book, Dr. Price proves his point with any number of case
studies; but even more convincingly with photographs. Conversely,
this manual shows as strikingly that when the white man introduces
his refined starched fo ods, the primitive man who drops his raw diet
for "civilized" foods speedily pays the penalty. His teeth decay and he
suffers all sorts of aches and pains. Now, my findings here in Deaf Smith County convinced me
beyond a shadow of a doubt that the white man himself, right in the
middle of his civilization, with no contact with sea, and even without
imported sea foods, can have perfect teeth as long as he lives. What is
more, the same factors that give a man sound teeth can assure him long life free of disease. Of course, Dr. Price knew about my findings, and until his death
a few years ago, an incalculable loss to the profession, showed a
friendly interest in them. While he  maintained his great experimental
laboratory at Cleveland, Dr. Price would send to various parts of the
country for cream which he would feed to patients to test the effects of
the vitamins and minerals which it contained on the building of teeth. For some years Dr. Price used cream from Bonnie Brumley's
farm in Deaf Smith County. He l earned to work seeming magic with
the butterfat which cows grazed on  Mr. Brumley's green wheat had
produced. For example, when he fed that cream to an arthritis patient
for a while, the arthritic pains disappeared. But when Mr. Brumley would take his cows off green wheat Dr. Price would immediately
notice the difference in the type of cream he was getting: "You have changed your feed," Dr. Price would write. "The last
lot of cream which you shipped me does not measure up to your usual
standard. It is short on vitamins and various minerals which my
patients require." Mr. Brumley would protest that he was feeding the same
scientifically balanced ration that he had been feeding his milk cows
right along. The green wheat which the cows had grazed on made the
difference. The native grass might have been as good but Bonnie did
not have this. Later on, Dr. Price came to Hereford and I drove him out to
Bonnie Brumley's place. Then and there, the nutrition expert set the
dairy farmer right on the relative values of dry and green feed:
"The butterfat that you get from co ws on dry feed, Mr. Brumley,
is of value only as grease." Then Dr. Price explained that the curing of hay and fodder, the
milling of corn, oats, rye, grain sorghum, alfalfa and other crops
vitiated and so largely destroyed the vitamins which grass and grain
contained. In like fashion the proteins, calcium, phosphorus,
magnesium, iron, iodine and the numerous trace minerals that are found in the fresh green and growing plant is in organic and
assimilable form, undergo


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in lunch bag,” claims teammate T yler Hamilton. Sunday T imes. September 2, 2012. 98      Summed up in the statement: USADA. Statement from USADA CEO
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        •   Place one hand on your chest and one hand just above your
navel. At this po int, do not concern yourself with how you are
breathing. •   B ring your attention to the movements of your lower han d. While s itting up straight, gently guide your hand outward by
pushing your abdomen outward, just enough to feel the
movement. The re is no need to make any changes to your
breathing at this point—this stage is primarily to encourage
abdominal movement. •   Now draw in your abdomen and watch your hand move gently
inward. •   Perform this simple exercise for a few minutes to help activate
a “stif f” diaphragm. •   Alternatively, you could perform this exercise while lying on
your back with both knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Stage 1 in Brief
•   Gently push your abdomen out. W atch your hand move
outward. •  Gently draw your abdomen in. W atch your hand move inward. If your diaphragm is particularly stif f due to years of breathing with the
upper c hest, the following additional exercise will help to activate the
muscle and encourage better breathing:
•  T ake a gentle breath in through your nose. •  Allow a gentle breath out through your nose. •   Hold  your nose with your fingers and close your mouth to
prevent air from flowing. •   Now try to br eathe in and ou t, while at the same time holding
your breath. •   A s you try to  breathe in and  out, you may feel your stomach
move in  and out as your breathing muscles contract to help
relax the diaphragm. •   When you feel a medium desire to breathe, let go of your nose
and resume breathing normally through your nose. •   Practice thi s exercise 2 or 3 times to help to relax the
diaphragm. When you feel you can move y our abdomen in and out easily  at will,
proceed to Stage 2, which incorporates these abdomen movements with
your breathing. Stage 2: Merging Abdominal Movements with Br eathing
•  Sit up straight. •   Place  one hand on your ch est and the other hand on yo ur
abdomen. •   As you breath e, allow your sh oulders to relax into their natur al
position. •   Gentl y encou rage chest movements to reduce as you breath e,
using the guidance of your mind and your hand. •   At the  same time, try to coordinate your abdomen movemen ts
with your breathing. •   As you bre athe in, gently guide your abdomen outward. Imagine you are breathing into your tummy. (T ry not to make
the movement too big, as doing so may cause dizziness. ) •  As you breathe out, gently draw your abdomen in. •  Y our breathing should be gentle, silent, and calm. •   Perform this exercise for a few minutes to


ze. John miraculously kept up with this party for a few months and then, while
scuba diving, got some small coral scratches on his leg. These got infected. Theinfections got worse. Soon he had several huge, suppurating, ulcerous sores onhis legs and worse, the infections became systemic and began spreading rapidly.He was running a fever and was in considerable pain. So John booked anemergency ticket home and fled to find Doctor Isabelle. When I met his plane hewas rolled out in a wheelchair, unable to walk because of painfully swollen legs.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        But to do that, C is going to have to be administered atthe maximum dose the body can process. This is easily discoverable by a ‘boweltolerance test’ which basically means you keep taking two or three grams of Ceach hour, (preferably in the powdered, most rapidly assimilable form) until youget a runny stool (the trots). The loose stool happens when there is so much C
entering the small intestine that it is not all absorbed, but is instead, passed through
to the large intestine. At that point cut back just enough that the stool is only alittle loose, not runny. At this dose, your blood stream will be as saturated byvitamin C as you can achieve by oral ingestion. It can make an important difference which type of vitamin C is taken because
many people are unable to tolerate the acid form of C beyond 8 or 10 grams aday, but they can achieve a therapeutic dose without discomfort with the alkaline(buffered) vitamin C products such as calcium ascorbate, sodium ascorbate, ormagnesium-potassium ascorbates. Vitamin C also speeds up the healing of internal tissues and damaged
connective tissue. Damaged internal tissues might include stomach ulcers (use thealkaline form of vitamin C only), bladder and kidney infections (acid form usuallybest), arthritic disorders with damage to joints and connective tissue (alkalineform usually best). Sports injuries heal up a lot faster with a therapeutic dose ofvitamin C. As medicine, vitamin C should be taken at the rate of one or twograms every two hours (depending on the severity of the condition), spaced out toavoid unnecessary losses in the urine which happens if it were taken ten grams ata time. If you regularly use the acid form of vitamin C powder, which is thecheapest, be sure to use a straw and dissolve it in water or juice so that the aciddoes not dissolve the enamel on your teeth over time. And this is as good a point as any to mention that just like broccoli is not
broccoli, a vitamin is not necessarily a vitamin. Vitamins are made by chemicaland pharmaceutical companies. To make this confusion even more interesting, thebusiness names that appear on vitamin bottles are not the real manufacturers. Bronson’s Pharmaceuticals is a distributor and marketer, not a manufacturer. Thesame is true of every vitamin company I know of. These companies buy bulkproduct by the barrel or sack; then encapsulate, blend and roll pills, bottle andlabel, advertise and make profit. The point of all this is that some actual vitamin
manufacturers produce very high quality products and others shortcut. Vitamin
distributors must make ethical (or unethical) choices about their suppliers. It is beyond the scope of this book to be a manual for going into the vitamin
business. However, there are big differences in how effective vitamins with thesame chemical name are and the differences hinge on who actually brewed themup. For example, there are at least two quality levels of vitamin C on the market
right now. The pharmaceutical grade is made by Roche or BASF. Another form,it could be called “the bargain barrel brew,” is made in China. Top quality vitaminC is quite a bit more costly; as I write this, the price differential is about 40percent between the cheap stuff and the best. This can make a big difference inbottle price and profit. Most of the discount retail vitamin companies use theChinese product. There’s more than a price difference. The vitamin C from China contains
measurable levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, iron and other toxic metals. TheFDA allows this slightly contaminated product to be sold in the US because theRecommended Daily Allowance for vitamin C is a mere 60 milligrams per day. Taken at that level, the toxic metals would, as the FDA sees it, do no harm. However, many users of vitamin C take 100 to 200 times the RDA. The cheapform of C would expose them to potentially toxic levels of heavy metal poisons. The highly refined top-quality product removes impurities to a virtuallyundetectable level. I buy my C from Bronson who ethically gives me the quality stuff. I know for a
fact that the vitamin C sold by Prolongevity is also top quality. I’ve had clientswho bought cheaper C than Bronson’s and discovered it was not quite likeBronson’s in appearance or taste. More importantly, it did not seem to have thesame therapeutic effect. The distributors I’ve mentioned so far, Bronson, NOW, Cooper, Prolongevity
and Vitamin Research Products are all knowledgeable about differences between
actual manufacturers and are ethical, buying and reselling only high quality
products. Other distributors I believe to be reputable include Twin Labs, Schiffand Plus. I know there are many other distributors with high ethic levels but I cannot evaluate all their product lines. And as I’ve mentioned earlier, businessescome and go rather quickly, but I hope my book will be read for decades. I doknow that I would be very reluctant to buy my vitamins at a discount departmentstore or supermarket; when experimenting with new suppliers I have at timesbeen severely disappointed. Co-enzyme Q-
10. This substance is normally manufactured in the human body
and is also found in minuscule amounts in almost every cell on Earth. For thatreason it is also called “ubiquinone. ” But this vitamin has been only recentlydiscovered, so as I write this book Co-enzyme Q-
10 is not widely known. Q-10 is essential to the functioning of the mitochondria, that part of the cell that
produces energy. With less Q- 10 in heart cells, for example, the heart has less
energy and pumps less. The same is true of the immune system cells, the livercells, every cell. As we age the body is able to make less and less Q-
10,
contributing to the loss of energy frequently experienced with age, as well as thediminished effectiveness of the immune system, and a shortened life span. Q-
10 was first used for its ability to revitalize heart cells. It was a prescription
medicine in Japan. But unlike other drugs used to stimulate the heart, at anyreasonable dose Q-
10 has no harmful side effects. It also tends to give people the
extra pick up they are trying to get out of a cup of coffee. But Q- 10 does so by
improving the function of every cell in the body, not by whipping exhaustedadrenals like caffeine does. Q-
10 is becoming very popular with athletes who
measure their overall cellular output against known standards. Besides acting as a general tonic, when fed to lab animals, Co-Enzyme Q- 10
makes them live 33 to 45 percent longer. DMAE  is another extremely valuable vitamin-like substance that is not widely
known. It is a basic building material that the body uses to make acetylcholine, the
most generalized neurotransmitter in the body. Small quantities of DMAE are
found in fish, but the body usually makes it in a multi-stage synthesis that startswith the amino acid choline, arrives at DMAE at about step number three andends up finally with acetylcholine. The body’s nerves are wrapped in fatty tissue that should be saturated with
acetylcholine. Every time a nerve impulse is transmitted from one nerve cell to thenext, a molecule of acetylcholine is consumed. Thus acetylcholine has to beconstantly replaced. As the body ages, levels of acetylcholine surrounding thenerves drop and in consequence, the nerves begin to deteriorate. DMAE israpidly and easily converted into acetylcholine and helps maintain acetylcholinelevels in older people at a youthful level. When laboratory rats are fed DMAE they solve mazes more rapidly,
remember better, live about 40 percent longer than rats not fed DMAE and mostinterestingly, when autopsied, their nervous systems resemble those of a youngrat, without any evidence of the usual deterioration of aging. Human nervoussystems also deteriorate with age, especially those of people suffering fromsenility. It is highly probable that DMAE will do the same thing to us. DMAE alsosmoothes out mood swings in humans and seems to help my husband, Steve,when he has a big writing project. He can keep working without getting writersblock, fogged out, or emotionally rollercoastering. DMAE is a little hard to find. Prolongevity and VRP sell it in powder form. Since the FDA doesn’t know any MDR and since the product is not capped up,the bottle of powder from Life Extension sagely states that one-quarterteaspoonful contains 333 milligrams. Get the hint. DMAE tastes a little like soursalt and one-quarter teaspoonful dissolves readily in water every morning beforebreakfast, or anytime for that matter. DMAE is also very inexpensive consideringwhat it does. A year’s supply costs about $20. Lecithin  is a highly tonic and inexpensive food supplement that is underutilized


 something that
attacks us. We say things like I’m having an anxiety attack as if anxiety is a
combatant. But the stress in your body is rarely the result of external forces
or entities attacking you; it’s the result of the weakened connecting link to
intention caused by your belief that ego is who you are. You are peace and
joy, but you’ve allowed your ego to dominate your life. Here’s a short list of
stress-inducing thoughts that originate in your ego self:
• It’s more important to be right than to be happy. • Winning is the only thing. When you lose, you
should be stressed. • Your reputation is more important than your
relationship with your Source. • Success is measured in dollars and accumulations
rather than in feeling happy and content. • Being superior to others is more important than
being kind to others. The following lighthearted way to stop taking yourself so seriously is
from a book by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander (he’s the conductor of the
Boston Philharmonic) titled The Art of Possibility. It illustrates in a
delightful way how we allow ego to create many of the problems we
encounter that we label stress and anxiety. Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs
of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, apoplectic with fury,
shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk. The
resident prime minister admonishes him: “Peter,” he says,
“kindly remember Rule Number 6,” whereupon Peter is
instantly restored to complete calm, apologizes, and withdraws. The politicians return to their conversation, only to beinterrupted yet again twenty minutes later by an hysterical
woman gesticulating wildly, her hair flying. Again the intruder
is greeted with the words: “Marie, please remember Rule
Number 6.” Complete calm descends once more, and she too
withdraws with a bow and an apology. When the scene is
repeated for a third time, the visiting prime minister addresses
his colleague: “My dear friend, I’ve seen many things in my
life, but never anything as remarkable as this. Would you be
willing to share with me the secret of Rule Number 6?” “Very
simple,” replies the resident prime minister. “Rule Number 6 is
‘Don’t take yourself so goddamn seriously.’ ” “Ah,” says his
visitor, “that is a fine rule.” After a moment of pondering, he
inquires, “And what, may I ask, are the other rules?”
“There aren’t any.”
As you encounter stress, pressure, or anxiety in your life, remember
“Rule Number 6” at the moment you realize you’re thinking stressful
thoughts. By noticing and discontinuing the inner dialogue that’s causing
stress, you may be able to prevent its physical symptoms. What are the
inner thoughts that produce stress? I’m more important than those around
me. My expectations aren’t being met. I shouldn’t have to wait, I’m too
important. I’m the customer here, and I demand attention. No one else has
these pressures. All of the above, along with a potentially endless inventory
of “Rule Number 6” thoughts are from the ego’s bag of tricks. You aren’t your work, your accomplishments, your possessions, your
home, your family... your anything. You’re an aspect of the power of
intention, dressed in a physical human body intended to experience and
enjoy life on Earth. This is the intention that you want to bring to the
presence of stress. Bringing intention to the presence of stress. In any given day, you have
hundreds of opportunities to implement “Rule Number 6” by bringing the
power of intention into the moment and eliminating the potential for stress. Here are a few examples of how I’ve employed this strategy. In each ofthese examples, I activated an inner thought that was in vibrational harmony
with the universal field of intention, and I fulfilled my personal intention to
be tranquil. These examples occurred in a three-hour period of a normal
day. I offer them to you to remind you that stress and anxiety are choices
that we make to process events, rather than entities that are out there
waiting to invade our lives. — I’m dropping off a prescription at the drugstore and the person ahead
of me is talking to the pharmacist, asking a series of seemingly inane
questions—all of which, my stress-producing ego tells me, are intended to
deliberately delay and annoy me. My inner dialogue might go like this: I’m
being victimized! There’s always someone just ahead of me in line who
fumbles with money, can’t find what’s needed to prove participation in some
kind of an insurance plan, and has to ask silly questions designed to keep
me from dropping off a prescription. I use those thoughts as a signal to change my inner dialogue to: Wayne,
stop taking yourself so goddamn seriously! I immediately make the shift
from pissed to blissed. I take the focus off of myself, and at the same time, I
remove resistance to my intention to live a stress-free and tranquil life. I
now see this person as an angel who’s ahead of me in line to assist me in
reconnecting to intention. I stop judging, and actually see beauty in the
slow, deliberate gestures. I’m kind in my mind toward this angel. I’ve
moved from hostility to love in my thoughts, and my emotions have shifted
from discomfort to ease. Stress is absolutely impossible in the moment. — My 17-year-old daughter tells me about her disagreement with a
school official who’s taken action against some of her friends, an act she
considers totally unfair. It’s Saturday morning and nothing can be done until
Monday. The choice? Spend two days in misery replaying the details of her
story, and have a weekend of inner stress, or remind her how to activate
thoughts that will make her feel good. I ask her to describe her feelings. She
responds that she’s “angry, upset, and hurt.” I ask her to think about “Rule
Number 6” and see if there’s any other thought she could activate.She laughs at me, telling me how crazy I am. “But,” she admits, “it really
doesn’t make any sense to be upset for the entire weekend, and I’m going to
stop thinking thoughts that make me feel bad.”
“On Monday we’ll do what we can to rectify the situation,” I tell her. “But for now—and now is all you have—put ‘Rule Number 6’ into play
and rejoin the field of intention where stress, anxiety, and pressure don’t
exist.”

To fulfill the intention of this chapter, to live a stress-free and tranquil
life, you must become conscious of the need to activate thought responses
that match your intention. These new responses will become habitual, and
replace your old habit of responding in stress-producing ways. When you
examine segments of stress-producing incidents, you always have a choice:
Do I stay with thoughts that produce stress within me, or do I work to
activate thoughts that make stress impossible? Here’s another easy tool that
will help you replace the habit of choosing anxiety and stress. Five magic words: I want to feel good! In an earlier chapter, I described
how your emotions are a guidance system informing you of whether or not
you’re creating resistance to your intentions. Feeling bad lets you know that
you’re not connected to the power of intention. Your intention here is to be
tranquil and stress free. When you feel good, you’re connected to your
intentions, regardless of what goes on around you or what others expect you
to feel. If there’s a war going on, you still have the option to feel good. If
the economy goes further into the toilet, you have the option to feel good. In
the event of any catastrophe, you can still feel good. Feeling good isn’t an
indication that you’re callous, indifferent, or cruel—it’s a choice you make. Say it out loud: I want to feel good! Then convert it to: I intend to feel good. Feel the stress, and then send it the love and respect of the seven faces of
intention. The seven faces smile and say hello to what you label as feeling
bad. It’s that feeling that wants to feel good. You must be to your feelings as
your Source is to you, in order to counteract the desires of your ego.Many events will transpire in which your conditioned response is to feel
bad. Be aware of these outer incidents, and say the five magic words: I want
to feel good. In that precise moment, ask yourself if feeling bad is going to
make the situation any better. You’ll discover that the only thing that feeling
bad accomplishes in response to outer situations is to plummet you into
anxiety, despair, depression, and of course, stress. Instead, ask yourself in
that moment what thought you can have that will make you feel good. When you discover that it’s responding with kindness and love to the bad
feeling (which is quite different from wallowing in it), you’ll begin
experiencing a shift in your emotional state. Now you’re in vibrational
harmony with your Source, since the power of intention knows only peace,
kindness, and love. This newly activated thought, which allows you to feel good, may only
last a few moments, and you might go back to your previous way of
processing unpleasant events. Also treat that old way of processing with
respect, love, and understanding, but


 under the guise of
being true bath salts, since the crystals can look the same. Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s get on to the wonderful benefits of
homemade bathing salts! Normally the salts are inorganic, developed
to mimic the experience one might have in a mineral bath or hot spring. They can soften water, relieve aches and pains, and sometimes utilize
aromatherapy. Generally speaking, they just make bathing a more
enjoyable and relaxing experience, and we could all use some time
relaxing every now and again. The downside to buying them is that you
don’t know what kind of additives may have been included, and you can
pay through the nose for them. This never ceases to amaze me because
they are probably one of the easiest things to make at home, and you
get essentially the same results, customized to your liking.Bathing Salt
-Epsom salt is the best salt to
use here. The magnesium it
contains helps keep your body
running smoothly and feeling
top-notch. It is also notoriously
good at relaxing tense muscles
and relieving aches/sprains/
general pain. Epsom salt will also
soften skin and relieve discomfort
from certain conditions, such as
psoriasis. -Set up a relaxing environment;
don’t just throw yourself in the tub. Dim the lights, play relaxing music,
and above all else, breathe deeply
and slowly. -Y ou can use either actual herbs/
flowers, essential oils, or a
combination of the two in your
salts. The following recipes have
a bit of everything. If you are
giving these as a gift they look
particularly attractive when the
whole herbs/flowers are included. If you do use any loose herbs, use
a screen cover in your tub to catch
any solid matter before it goes
down the drain, or put the salt in a
little muslin or cheesecloth pouch. -Feel free to add more oil to your
salt-the minimum amount is just
so it can act as carrier oil for the
essential oil. -Stir before use if any oil has
settled. 223Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingLavender is one of the most utilized scents when it comes to relaxation and aromatherapy, having the incredible
ability to calm the body and, just as importantly, the mind. It depends on the mood I am in, but I generally like to
use dried lavender buds for this one with a drop or two of lavender essential oil. Y ou can disperse the lavender
throughout the salts, layer it throughout, or layer it just the top or bottom. Baking soda is added as an additional
skin soother.Relaxing Lavender
-1 cup of Epsom salt
-1/4 cup of baking soda
-1/4-1/2 cup of dried lavender
-1 tablespoon of jojoba oil or
any liquid oil
-1-2 drops of lavender oil1. Mix Epsom salt with baking soda. In a separate bowl, mix essential oil
with your carrier oil. Add the oils to the salt mixture, mashing out any
lumps with a fork. 2. Stir the lavender buds thoroughly into the mix and then sprinkle a thin
layer on top. Pour into an airtight jar and leave the top open to let the
mixture dry overnight. Close tightly in the morning. Add 1/3-1/2 cup to
warm bath water, relax, and enjoy. 224Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Bathing SaltY ou will need… DirectionsJust like lavender helps you unwind, rosemary has a refreshing scent that will give you a boost of energy and
clear your mind. If you are using fresh rosemary, use this within 1-2 weeks.Invigorating Rosemary
-2 sprigs of fresh rosemary
-1-2 drops of rosemary oil
-1 tablespoon of jojoba oil or
any liquid oil
-1 1/2 cups of Epsom salt1. Mix your oils and then stir them into the salt. 2. Put 1 sprig of rosemary in your container and fill it about halfway with
salt before adding the second sprig and topping off. Pour into an airtight
container and let the salt dry overnight, closing off tightly in the morning. To use, add 1/3-1/2 cup of salt to warm bath water. 225Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Bathing SaltY ou will need… DirectionsCitrus is another invigorating scent. It’s fresh, somewhat sweet, and has the marvelous ability to clear a cloudy
mind. This recipe calls for only a few drops of orange essential oil as well dried orange peels, which are
incredibly easy to make on your own. If you plan on taking a morning bath to get ready for the day, this is one of
my favorites. Y ou can replace the orange peel and orange essential oil with lemon if you prefer.Citrus Morning
-The peel of 1 orange
-1 tablespoon of jojoba or any
liquid oil
-2-4 drops of orange oil
-1 1/2 cups of Epsom salt1. Peel your orange, getting as little of the pith (the white part) as
possible. Too much of the pith attached to the peel makes it difficult to
dry them out. Cut into thin slice lengthwise. 2. Place on a baking sheet in a 250 F degree oven for 15-20 minutes, or
until the edges are curling. At this point you can either store some in the
fridge for up to 2 weeks, or you can use all of them. While the peel is
drying, mix orange oil into jojoba oil, and stir into the Epsom salt. 3. When the peels are done you can place them right in the salt, or
grind them up. I think when you grind them up it imparts more scent,
especially since you get the powder in the bathwater along with the salt. Use a mortar and pestle to grind the peels, or a food processor. Stir into
salt. 4. Let the mixture dry overnight. Use  1/3-1/2 cup in a warm bath. If you
are giving this as a gift, decorate the top with a few whole slices. 226Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Bathing SaltY ou will need… DirectionsFor an extra special touch, get good quality Dead Sea salt, which contains an extra boost of magnesium,
potassium, and sulfate. It is also wonderful for softening skin, and helps relax muscles. The baking soda soothes
skin, reduces itchiness, and the Epsom salt adds a little bit of extra body so you don’t have to use all of your
dead sea salts at once.Dead Sea Salt Softener
-1 cup dead sea salts
-1/2 cup Epsom salts
-1/2 cup baking soda
-Essential oils (optional)1. In a large bowl stir together your salts and baking soda. Stir in the oil
now if you are using any, being careful to mix your essential oil with a
carrier oil beforehand. 2. Pour into an airtight container and leave the lid open to let them dry
overnight, if any oils were added. To use add ¼ cup to warm bath water. 227Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Bathing SaltY ou will need… DirectionsI love this bath salt for two reasons, the first being that it reminds me of the holidays, and the joy of taking a
warm bath on a freezing winter night. The second is that it overall lifts the mood and enlivens the senses. Y ou
can use liquid soap coloring to make it look like crushed candy canes, or a bit of red food coloring. The problem
with the latter is that it can stain if not used carefully, so I don’t generally recommend it-although there are
people who use it and are fine. Baking soda is added to this recipe since it’s a wintertime one for me, when skin
is usually dry and itchy.Peppermint Pep
-1 cup of Epsom salt
-1/2 cup of baking soda
-10-15 drops peppermint oil
-1 tablespoon of jojoba or any
liquid oil
-Red coloring (optional)1. Mix together the Epsom salt and baking soda. In a separate bowl mix
your carrier oil with the peppermint essential oil. Stir the oils into the salt
mixture. 2. Drop bits of liquid red coloring in and stir to make it look like crushed
candy canes if you like. Let the mixture dry overnight with the lid open. To use, add ¼ cup to warm bath water. 228Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Bathing SaltY ou will need… DirectionsBody scrub is another beauty skin care product that is incredibly
expensive in stores but is so easy, and a lot cheaper, to make at home. Body scrub is great for exfoliating your skin and leaving it refreshed and
smooth, scrubbing away dead skin cells and built up oils. These scrubs
are similar to the bathing salts; however they use more oil to make them
less abrasive. As wonderful as these are, don’t overdo the use of them. Y ou can end
up drying out your skin and irritating it if you use too much scrub too
often. I suggest keeping the use to a maximum of 2-3 times a week. I
know, it takes some self-control