 for yourself. Contributing to your daily intake of fruits and vegetables
Many health professionals and institutions tell you how many
fruits and vegetables to eat in a day, and as long as their
minimum numbers are no less than ﬁve, they aren’t exactly
wrong. It’s just that, in their desire to get you to eat more than
the average two vegetable servings most Americans eat in a
day, they’re happy just to see you increase that less-than-
adequate number. What they may not explain is that if you eat at least seven and
closer to ten servings of fruits and vegetables daily, the
antioxidants and other phytonutrients will help reduce the risk
of modern diseases such as cancer, obesity, heart disease,
stroke, arthritis, asthma, macular degeneration, and
diverticulosis. But man, that’s a lot of fresh fruits and
vegetables! That’s where juicing comes in. A juice may consist of one apple,
two carrots, one beet, a piece of ginger, and half a lemon. It
delivers a full serving of fruit, along with three servings of
vegetables — all in one drink. You can dramatically increase your daily intake of fruits
and vegetables by drinking smoothies and juices. Pr eventing modern diseasesPeople don’t get scurvy nowadays, but from as far back as
Hippocrates in 400 b.c., it was a dreaded and fatal disease. Long-
voyage sailors ate fresh lemons or limes to prevent scurvy
(hence the name “limeys” for Englishmen). Jacques Cartier, a
16th-century North American explorer relied on native people,
who gave them a boiled tea of juniper needles and saved his
small group that had tried to overwinter in what is now Nova
Scotia. The action of preventing scurvy was called antiscorbic
long before anyone knew about vitamin C.
The discovery of vitamin C around the turn of the 20th century
was a major turning point for food research. We’ve come a long
way in understanding just what’s in the foods we eat. Today we
know the science behind what the ancients knew from
experience: that fruits and vegetables actually prevent diseases. We also know that we need to eat a wide variety of them to
ensure that we get the full spectrum of the nutrients they have
to offer. Here’s a quick highlight (see Chapter 6 for more):
 Fiber: Only fruits and vegetables contain soluble and
insoluble ﬁber, which controls blood glucose levels to
prevent diabetes, reduces cholesterol and the risk of heart
disease, and reduces the risk of diverticulosis and a
variety of cancers. Antioxidants: Found mostly in fruits and vegetables (along
with red wine and dark chocolate), antioxidants reduce the
risk of coronary heart disease, reduce cell damage, and
prevent aging and cancers. Phytonutrients: The phytonutrients in fruits and
vegetables prevent a variety of human ailments, including
arthritis, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Vitamins and minerals: More than any other foods, fruits
and vegetables are high in these essential nutrients that
build and repair cells and tissue, protect against colds andﬂu, and keep the organs and glands functioning at their
best. Phytonutrients and trace elements are like keys opening
the door for vitamins and minerals to be taken up by the
body. They’re missing from manufactured supplements, so
the body misses out on all the beneﬁts from the vitamin or
mineral you thought it was getting. (See the nearby sidebar,
“The synergistic value of complete nutrients” for more.) The synergistic value of complete nutrients
Juices and smoothies are made from whole fruits and veget ables, so they
contain all the particular nutrients found in those foods  — including other
vitamins and minerals, enzymes, trace elements, phytonut rients, and even
some active components that haven’t yet been discovered. Commercial
supplements isolate one or two major nutrients like vitamin B or calcium,
and they fail to include all the more subtle phytonut rients that make it
easy for the body to assimilate and use the larger ones. Foods are synergistic. The interaction of the nutrients found in fruits and
vegetables, as well as all whole natural foods, has a sum total beneﬁt  that
outweighs the beneﬁt of each food’s individual  nutrients. That ’s why you
can’t isolate just one vitamin or mineral in a suppl ement for optimum
nutrition. Eating the whole fruit or veget able is synergistic, meani ng that
those foods work together to provide the optimal level of vitamins and
other nutrients for optimum health. Quite simply, natural whole foods and the nutrients found in them  are best
adapted to the human digestive system. The body  know s what to use and
what to discard. Only by consuming the whole fruit or veget able can yoube sure that the vitamins and minerals you know  are in those foods  will be
taken up by the bloodstream and used by your cells. As the American Cancer Society says, “Available scientiﬁc evidence does
not support claims that taking phytochem ical suppl ements is as helpful as
consuming the fruits, vegetables, beans, and grains from which they are
taken.”
Raw, live enzymes and phytonutrients
According to the American Cancer Society, phytochem icals are “a wide
variety of compounds produced by plants.” They  include nutrients that
are called antioxidants, ﬂavones, isoﬂav ones, catechi ns, anthocy anins,
isothiocyanates, carotenoids, allyl sulﬁdes, and polyphenol s, among
others. Only a small number have actually been discovered, nam ed, and studied,
and that’s the main reason why nutritionists urge us to eat a wide variety
of whole natural foods, including fruits and veget ables. In Chapt er 6, you
ﬁnd a list of some of the most widely studied phytonut rients and an
explanation of what they do for the body. Although they have many beneﬁts, perhaps  the most important funct ion of
phytochemicals is that some of them  help prevent the formation of
carcinogens (substances that cause cancer); they block the action of
carcinogens or they act on cells to suppr ess cancer  developm ent. Many
experts including the American Cancer  Society sugges t that peopl e can
reduce their risk of cancer signiﬁcant ly by eating more fruits, veget ables,
and other foods from plants that cont ain phytochem icals. One of the main reasons why raw food proponents  claim the advantages
of fresh juice and natural, uncooked whole foods  is that they cont ain“live” active enzymes. Enzymes are minute com ponent s of plant foods
that work with vitamins and other nutrients to facilitate digestion through
chemical reactions in the body. Heating by cook ing and pasteurization
kills enzymes, so by drinking raw fresh juice, the enzy mes in the juice
actually save the body from using its own enzy mes. This allows ener gy to
be shifted from digestion to other body  funct ions like cell repai r,
protection, and rejuvenation. Building a str onger immune system
Immunology (the study of the immune system) is a growing and
dynamic ﬁeld. The immune system includes the lymphatic
organs (thymus, spleen, tonsils, and lymph nodes) and white
blood cells, along with other specialized cells. Its prime function
is to protect the body against infection and diseases. Factors that cripple the immune system are stress, free radicals,
nutritional deﬁciencies, sugar, obesity, fats in the blood, and
alcohol. So it makes sense to eliminate those factors from your
life. You’ve taken the ﬁrst step in building a stronger immune system
by becoming interested in your health. Optimal immune
function requires a healthy diet (including juices), exercise, and
a positive mental attitude. Impr oving memory
Memory and cognition problems can be a result of many things,
including poor nutrition and amino acid balance, allergies,
candidiasis (yeast infection), thyroid disorders, low blood sugar,
and poor circulation to the brain. However, a general decline in
mental performance is caused most often by free radical
damage. Juicing with fruits and vegetables that are high in
antioxidants (see Chapter 20) protects all the body’s cells,including the brain, from the ravishing effects of the unstable
oxidizing free radicals. Table 2-1 lists some brain-boosting nutrients that you can get in
juices. Incr easing energy
It’s incredible to think that the process of digestion, something
most of us never think about, can be so complex and take so
much energy. Digestion involves chewing and grinding food, as
well as chemical processes that require enzymes to release
small nutrients into your system to break food into smaller
molecules. Proteins, carbohydrates, and fats all require a
different set of enzymes to unlock their key components. And
the whole process takes energy. When you present your digestive system with pure raw fruit or
vegetable juice, there is no digestive process that has to takeplace because the nutrients in the water have already been
extracted from the carbohydrate and ﬁber. So you give your
digestive system a break and allow the energy that would have
gone into breaking down the food go to repairing and protecting
cells


 best not to heat Goat's milk to more
than 118°F. When Goat's milk is overheated, boiled, or pasteurized, it
is better poured down the drain than fed to children. If pasteurized
goat's milk is fed to the kids of the goat, they will likely be dead
within six months. NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
Baby Eric slipped into the World with a squawk. This is the detailed account of what Diane Vallaster Folton did
during the period of her pregnancy and how Baby Eric has been
thriving on RAW FOODS. No "Baby Formulas. " Read it, and in the
future: GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE. Here are Diane's own words:
There it was, June 1966 and I was pregnant. I was due to have my
first baby at the age of 33. What an astounding and sobering thought. 1 had one month of school still to go. Keeping thirty grade one students
busily occupied, and at the same time attempting to handle the endless
end-of-the-year forms, left me feeling limp. Suddenly the vegetable salads I had been enjoying so much, felt
like sawdust in my mouth — my diet formed a completely new pattern. Roughly, it went as follows:
1,2 and 3 months pregnant: Nothing appealed to me but grapefruit,
and freshly cracked hazelnuts (filberts) eaten three times a day. 4, 5 and 6 months: Though grapefruit was still a staple, I found
myself back to enjoying a wide variety of fruits. By this time we were
in September and the wild blackberries were at their tangy best. We
also managed to find delicious plums, prunes, pears and apples all
69 grown without chemicals. We had read that raspberry leaf tea was
good for pregnancy, so early in September we visited our neighbors'
raspberry field and picked bags of leaves which we dried on trays
and then stored. From September until March first, I consumed at
least a pint of this tea daily. It was difficult to find good carrots, but
we managed to obtain enough for a pint of the precious juice a day. Because I was exhausted after a busy school year, I felt 1 needed a
few supplements to boost me along, so I took daily:
6 kelp tablets, 6 natural calcium tablets,
100 I. U. of Vitamin E,
2 teaspoons of cod liver oil, because we are just not out in the
sun this time of the year in British Columbia, Canada,
and natural Vitamin C in varying quantities. If ever there was any retention of water in my system, I
immediately hunted for a fresh pineapple, if none was available I
found that the unsweetened pineapple juice worked also. I was feeling so wonderful that I never saw a doctor until the
sixth month. Friends were becoming so alarmed that I finally
consented to see one. The doctor could not get over the strong heartbeat
the baby had, that I had no weight gain, and that I had no toxicity. He
believed in natural childbirth so he was pleased with my simple natural
diet. I hiked miles every day. We had two puppies so I always had an
excuse to be out. I took a course in prenatal exercises for natural
childbirth and did them daily in addition to my housework. Then at last March first, Eric slipped into the world with a squawk
and a head of thick, long, curly, black hair. This was remarkable
because most babies today are born with little or no hair. His glowing
color was the talk of the doctors and nurses—no milky white skin for
him. To the amazement of everyone, I was able to breast feed Eric, and
though the milk was slow in coming, I persevered, and soon there
was an ample supply of rich creamy milk, although I had always been
told that such milk is usually blue and watery. The hospital diet was rather dead after the live foods that I had
been eating, but I ordered every live or living food that was offered
on the menu. The nurses were constantly worried that my protein
intake was inadequate, so I was bombarded with huge glasses of
pasteurized milk every three hours. These I fed to the sink and replaced
them with water. My husband and my sister brought a quart of fresh
70 carrot juice to me each day, plus bags of freshly shelled hazelnuts to
supplement my meager diet. The tray of sun-dried fruits that I was
presented with was pronounced "dangerous" as—they said—it would
give the baby diarrhea. I could not see how it could hurt baby or me,
as I had eaten them for ten years and baby had done a beautiful job of
growing on it for nine months already. How wonderful it was to return home to an abundance of all the
foods 1 was used to. I could no longer resist the tray of dried fruits
and, as we expected, there were no ill effects. With all the raw food I was eating (at least 60% of which was
fruit) I was horrified after Eric was born, that he went day after day
without a bowel movement. Finally, on the fifth day home, he produced
a completely normal small stool—no constipation. No diarrhea. Where had the stool been so long. We were mystified, but this
was to be the pattern. How often I wondered if I should give him
enemas. The mystery continued until, by chance, we found an old
baby book on breast feeding, stating that the food was sometimes so
completely utilized that it was not unusual for a wee babe to go up to
seven days without a bowel movement. This pattern continued as long as he had no solid foods. At six
months of age he sipped a little fresh carrot juice, but it was not until
he was nine months old that he had any solid food. Very ripe banana
and a wee bit of avocado, both pressed through a fine strainer, made
up his first solid meal. Thereafter there was no waiting five days for his bowel movement. In the space of a few hours after eating, he produced a stool full of
tiny black threads. I was horrified. Now (I thought) he must have
worms. The public health nurse was due in our area that day. I tearfully
met her at the door and presented the diaper for her inspection. She
immediately wondered what he had eaten, and when I told her just a
bit of banana, she laughed and said: "Well, there are your worms:
banana cellulose. " To this day I find it hard to believe that a soft
banana is so full of cellulose. Eric had only these two foods-banana and avocado — plus a little
carrot juice until he was more than one year old. Slowly, then we
added the pulp of strained soaked raw prunes, dates, and apricots,
usually accompanied by avocado, to his diet. Soon he was having
blended fresh fruits as they came in season. Eric was the chooser of his food, we soon learned. Sometimes he
had only apples for days at a time. Then he would switch to avocado,
and so it went. He loved and still loves, to chew on dried dulse leaves. 71 The only milk he received was breast milk for two and a half
years. Now he drinks carrot juice, nut milk, and we hope to start him
soon on raw goat milk. He has never had a stuffy head, no mucus, no puffiness, no
distended stomach and no swollen glands. Most of my friends were busy feeding their babies pablum, and
from bottles. The pablum supposedly to keep them sleeping all night. Since their babies were unable to digest the starch, it was a never
ending round of colds, flu, pneumonia, diaper rash and allergies. Thankfully we have escaped all of these by following the simple but
rigid laws of Nature. One thing that bothered me about nursing was the fact that I
required more sleep and did not have my usual extra bounding
energy—but I had a happy contented baby instead. I also noticed that
my stomach did not go flat as I had expected, but after Eric stopped
nursing it resumed its normal proportions. Now it is May, 1970,—Eric is three years of age. His diet consists
of raw and dried fruits, fresh raw vegetables and their juices, nuts,
seeds and honey. He is well balanced mentally, well developed
physically, and full of energy and curiosity. My many thanks to Dr. Walker's Program. DO JUICES HELP BONES TO HEAL. HERE'S THE ANSWER. This is the letter I received from Adelle Vallaster, a Home
Economics Teacher, in Kamloops, B. C. Canada:
Finally, after years of planning, Mom and Dad left for Europe,
while we attempted to look after their Health Shop. The postmen
went on strike at this time, a further complication to our situation. AH
communication was at a standstill until that fateful telegram arrived
ten days before Mom and Dad were due home. We were instructed to
send extra money, to have "Bob" meet the plane with his car, and for
us to start planting boxes of wheat grass. Something was radically wrong. There was no way of knowing
what—until they arrived home. Ten anxious days: we learned that a
motorcycle had bumped into Mom as she was crossing a street in
Austria having all but severed her leg.


 test. Not everyone in every city has easy and af fordable access to
blood testing. But if it’ s available in your town, it can be a real help. Imagine how good you will feel when you see that after only two weeks of
being on the E2 Diet, your cholesterol has dropped 20, 30, maybe even 40
percent. Your lethal LDL  is falling. And your blood pressure is dropping. Your weight will be dropping, too. What better way to tell of f the naysayers
than by showing them hard-and-fast numbers? (Y ou can read more about
benchmarks and measurements in Engine 2 Vital Signs, page 97.) Keep healthy options handy. You don’ t want to find yourself craving a
snack only to discover there’ s nothing in the cupboard. Carry something to
nibble with you at all times, and keep healthy food handy in your of fice or
car. One of the participants in the Engine 2 Pilot Study, Paul Koeningsman,carried a small cooler containing baby carrots, bell pepper slices, fruit,
healthy crackers, and Fig Newtons everywhere he went. It paid of f: His
cholesterol went from 199 to 143, and his LDL  from 98 to 35, and he tells
me his painful diverticulitis came to an end. ON JUL Y 28, 2003, CYCLIST  LANCE ARMSTRONG  won his fifth and most dif ficult
Tour de France—the world’ s most prestigious cycling event—by just under
one minute over his great rival, Jan Ullrich of Germany. In so doing, Lance
tied four other cyclists who had won the Tour de France five times. On August 12, I received an e-mail from Lance asking if I would help
him with his diet. I wrote back saying I would be happy to help. I also asked, “Y ou want to
win number six, don’ t you?”
“Do I want number six?” he replied. “Why do you think I’m asking you
about this? Hell yeah, I want number six. More than I wanted number five
actually. This year was not acceptable.”
Not only do I love Lance’ s kick-ass attitude, but I also love that less than
two weeks after his fifth victory, he was already thinking about the next
one. Is there something you’d like to improve in your life? Your
performance? Your health? Your ener gy? Your longevity? Your weight? Make these goals a reality. Think about the sweet taste of success, and how
good you will look and feel, inside and outside, in four weeks! OceanofPDF.com2
E2 VITAL SIGNS
How many people know their height and weight? Probably almost
everyone. But how many know their total cholesterol, LDL  cholesterol,
HDL  cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose, blood pressure, and BMI? Probably very few. I want this situation to change. You should be able to rattle of f these
numbers as easily as you do your address and phone number. These
signposts are important clues as to the current state of your health and
potential for disease. Though we’ll be talking about each of these markers individually,
understand that all of them af fect the others. If you see improvement in one
area, more than likely you’ll see it in others as well. WEIGHT
One of the best parts of the E2 Diet is that you will lose weight in a
sustainable, healthy, and permanent way. You will not be depriving yourself
of any nutrients. Far from it—you will consume more nutrients than you
ever have in the past. And you won’ t be hungry, because you can eat as
many plant-happy foods as you wish. However, this wonderful weight loss may not happen immediately—
sometimes it can take up to two weeks for your body to transition to
burning these cleaner fuels. Unlike some of the trendier diets that eliminate
carbohydrates so you’ll lose 10 to 15 pounds of water weight in the first
two weeks, on E2 you’ll lose real weight—i.e., fat, not just water—
honestly and naturally.So while you may lose only a few pounds or so a week for the first two
weeks, the next two weeks should give you something to cheer about. Check your weight regularly while on the plan; besides the joy you will
feel as you watch the pounds drop, there is another advantage: If you are
not losing as much as you’d like, it’ll give you a chance to make a course
correction. Pay careful attention to see if you are consuming too many
calorie-dense foods, such as olives, avocados, peanut butter, nuts,
smoothies, and fruit juices. These items can impede weight loss, and should
be minimized or eliminated, depending on your goals. For example, when thirty-six-year -old E2 Pilot Study participant
McClaine Sampson complained that she wasn’ t losing weight, I asked her
to send me a one-week food log (see box, opposite), and I quickly saw that
she was eating peanut butter, olives, and guacamole at almost every meal;
i.e., she was simply substituting plant-based fats for animal ones. When we
took these items of f her menu, McLaine lost 8 pounds over the next two
weeks. If you’re trying to lose weight, but not succeeding as rapidly as you’d
like, I recommend at least three cardiovascular exercise sessions, along with
two E2 Functional Training sessions, a week (see The Engine 2 Exercise
Program, page 69). This will increase your resting metabolic rate (as noted,
the rate at which you burn calories at rest). By exercising regularly, you can
replace lazy fat with ener getic muscle, burning calories at your desk or in
bed as well as at the gym. Some people actually lose too much weight on the E2 Diet—particularly
men. At six feet, six inches, Jef f Brinker weighed 225 pounds when he
started the diet. Over the next six months, he dropped down to below 185
pounds. So one night he called me, saying that he didn’ t want to lose any
more weight (although he was thrilled that his cholesterol had dropped from
185 mg/dl to 1 11 mg/dl). I told him to consume more of the calorie-dense,
plant-based foods McClaine had been eating, and to drink smoothies and
fruit juices and eat more whole grains and cereals. Soon enough, his weight
was back to normal. THE E2 FOOD LOG
A food log is a daily journal in which you write down every single
thing you eat and drink during the day—breakfast, lunch, dinner,
dessert, and especially snacks, as snacks are what often kill a diet.My father first introduced me to the concept in 1985; he insisted
that every one of his patients keep one, and every two weeks he
would go over it with them to make sure they were correctly
implementing the diet. These people kept this routine going for five
years, so when you think twenty-eight days is a long time to keep a
food log, think again. Here’ s the way I like to do it: In a notebook, write in six columns
that you fill in daily with your breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, daily
activities, and observations. Find a time at the end of the day to write
everything down, or better yet, make notes throughout the day so you
don’t forget anything. For your convenience, feel free to sign up and keep one online at
www.theengine2diet.com. Keep the food log for the entire twenty-eight days and it will give
you some very valuable feedback—Am I eating enough leafy greens? Am I overdosing on breads and grains? Am I getting into a rut with
my food choices? Am I skipping meals? Do the packaged foods I’m
eating meet the E2 labeling standards? I can’ t emphasize enough the importance of keeping a log for the
whole twenty-eight days. Everyone in the Pilot Study—and I mean
everyone —remarked on what an eye-opening process it was and how
much junk they were unconsciously throwing into their systems. For example, one participant remarked how the food log kept him
honest; he knew if he drank a Coke or ate a piece of chicken he’d
have to write it down, and that was the one thing that kept him from
caving in. Another E2 participant ate oatmeal for breakfast, peanut
butter and jelly for lunch, pasta for dinner, and a scoop of sorbet for
dessert the entire first week. I told her I wanted her to diversify her
foods; eat more fruits and more vegetables from every color of the
rainbow. She agreed, started eating a lar ger variety of foods, and
immediately enjoyed the dif ferent flavors and textures she hadn’ t
even realized existed. BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE FOUR-WEEK E2 DIET, please consider having the
following tests done so you can track the dramatic changes that will occuras your body becomes healthier. And of course, talk to your physician about
them. TOTAL CHOLESTEROL
The average American has a total cholesterol above 200 mg/dl. The
average American will also die of cardiovascular disease. I’d like to see you aim to get yours below 150, even though your doctor
may tell you that below 200 mg/dl is good enough. It can be done, and done quickly. At the start of the E2 Pilot Study,


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mind-body types. V A YU :  W ind or air. V ISHUDDHA :  The fifth chakra; V ishuddha  translates as “purity.”
Y AMAS :  Moral, ethical, and social guidelines for the practicing yogi; the
first limb of yoga, outlined in the first of the Y oga Sutras of Patanjali. YOGA :  Derived from the Sanskrit word yuj,  which means “to yoke” or “to
join together.” In yoga, we join together our mind, body, soul, and spirit. Y OGA  S UTRAS OF  P A T ANJALI :  The basic philosophical writings of
yoga, compiled around 400 CE, containing four chapters or books
separated into 196 sutras, or aphorisms. It outlines the eight limbs of
yoga: yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana,
samadhi.N O T E S
Intr oduction
Page 5, “and br eathed into his nostrils the br eath of life” : Genesis 2:7, New International V ersion. 1. The Root Chakra
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set, Simon & Schuster Audio/Nightingale-Conant, 2006. Page 30, Can all your worries : Matthew 6:27, New Living T ranslation. 2. The Sacral Chakra
Page 43, Chr onic lifestyle diseases such as diabetes : Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, “The
Growing Crisis of Chronic Disease in the United States,”
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        W ith the knowledge that
your time is limited, why not make the best use of it by working with
universal ener gy instead of against it. When you make the decision to
accept this spiritual aspect of who you are, you will see yourself grow by
leaps and bounds. Healing Ajna
DAIL Y AFFIRMA TION
I follow the path of truth. Healing the Physical Body
T o h elp relieve blockages or im balances in the sixth chakra, it’ s important
to choose life-af firming foods, clean water, and a healthy, toxin-free living
environment. Move your body daily and practice meditation. Living in this
manner is essential as you awaken each of the chakras. However, if you
wish to experien ce the physical lightness that brings to you the gifts of the
sixth chakra, you must keep you r body free of toxins. Of course, you can’ t
control everything in your environment, but try to control what you can. Y ou wil l have increased ability to access your intuition if you spend
time in nature. Y our body will s ync up with the rhythms of nature, and you
will experience more flow in your life. Y OGA  E YE  E XERCISES
Great for strengthening the cone s and rods in the eyes as well as stimulating
the brain, these yoga eye exerc ises take only two to three minutes to do. Remove your glasses or contact lenses. Sit tall with your palms on your lap
facing up. Keep your head steady. Repeat each of the follo wing three
exercises ten times:
Look up to the right and down to the left. Then look up to the left and
down to the right. Look side to side, as if you were trying to look at each ear. Look up between your eyebrows, and look down toward your chin. Finally, look toward your nose, and hold for twenty to thirty seconds. When y ou’re finished, rub your hands together to create frictio n and heat. Place the heels of your hands over your eyes, and hold for about thirty
seconds. Still holding your hands over your eyes, gently move the heels of
your han ds in a circular motion over your eyes to massage t hem. When
you’re finished, remove your hands and open your eyes. L IGHT  T HERAPY
In additi on to eye exercises, you  can strengthen your sense of sight and help
heal a whole hos t of diseases by  using light therapy. The best source of light
therapy, of course, is the sun. N ever stare directly at the sun. However, you
can stare at the sun with your eyes closed. Y ou can also try circular eye
motions: with your eyes closed,  look toward the sun and trace its shape by
moving your eyes in a clo ckwise motion and then switching to
counterclockwise. Do this sunn ing therapy for ten minutes daily. In the
winter you can achieve a similar ef fect by using a full-spectrum light box
designed for light therapy. According to a M ayo Clinic article,  t he ligh t box
should provide an exposure to 10,000 lux of light and emit as little
ultraviolet light as possible to av oid skin and eye damage. In the same waythat you wouldn’ t look directly at the sun for your eye exercises, avoid
staring d irectly at the light box. Consult your eye doctor befor e using any
type of light the rapy for your ey es if you have glaucoma, cataracts, or eye
damage from diabetes. Y OGA  A SANAS AND  P RANA Y AMA  E XERCISES T O  H EAL THE
S IXTH  C HAKRA
Practice these breathing techni ques and poses to help balanc e the Ajna
chakra. T o view a video demo of these exer cises, go to
www. youtube. com/c/MichelleFondinAuthor. Click on the Playlists tab, and select
Chakra Healing Asanas & Pranayamas. Scr oll down the list until you find the one you’r e looking for. Alternate-Nostril Br eathing — Nadi Shodhana :  The practice of nadi
shodhana synchronizes the hemispheres of the brain. Begin by sitting with
your back straight and your eye s closed. Place your left hand on your lap,
with you r palm facing up. T ake  your right hand and place your index and
middle fingers on the third eye in between your eyebrows. Gently rest your
right thu mb on your right nostri l. Rest the inside of your folded ring finger
on your  left nostril. T o begin, inhale through both nostrils and exhale
through both nostrils with your lips closed. Block your right nostril with
your thumb, and inhale through your left nostril for the count of two. Block
both nostrils and hold for six. Th en exhale through your right nostril for the
count of four. In hale through your right nostril for two, hold both for six,
and then  exhale through your le ft nostril for four. Keep the same counts as
you alternate. Repeat this breathing pattern for two to five minutes. Bee Br e ath — Bhramari :  This breathing technique helps clear sinuses,
alleviate headaches, and calm nerves. Sit in a comfortable position with
your spine tall, and close your eyes. Gently press the middle and  ring fingerof each hand a gainst your eyes, covering them completely. Press your
thumbs into your inner ears to close of f your hearing. Rest your pinkies on
your up per cheeks and your in dex fingers slightly above your eyebrows. T ake a deep bre ath through your nose and into your belly, and exhale by
saying HUM  or OM, em phasizing the mmmmm  sound and prolonging it for
the entire exhalation. Y ou will feel the vibration throughout your head. Repeat for at least ten breaths. Y ou will feel invigorated after  completing
the bee breath. Eagle Pose — Garudasana :  Eagle pose is great for cultivating focus and
one-pointed attention. Begin b y standing on your mat with


ymosin, w hich regulates the imm une level. The thymus is responsible for the
initiation and maintenance of the immune
response, underlying the importance of the heart chakra’s role in health
maintenance. Thymosin is responsible for the production and programming
of T-cells (a type of white blood cell), which can distinguish between thebody’s own protein and that of foreign origin such as invading germs and
bacteria or genetically mutated cells. When the system identifies such foreign
proteins it can mobilise resources to destroy and remove them. Thymosin is
also involved in the maintenance of T-cell function; malfunction or
maldevelopment of T-cells leads to overwhelming infection or the
uncontrolled multiplication of mutated cells, which may manifest as cancer
or auto-imm une disease or HIV/AIDS. Thyroid gland
The thyroid gland is shaped like a butterfly or a bowtie and is located across
the front of the upper part of the trachea (windpipe). It is associated with the
vishuddhi (throat) chakra. The thyroid is responsible for the manufacture of
hormones, which are released into the bloodstream to control the rate of
metabolism (the process of oxygen uptake and subsequent production of
energy and hea t within the bod y) in all the other tissues and or gans. While all
other endocrine glands produce their secretions when required, the thyroid
stores within itself almost three months’ supply of its hormones. In most
people thyroid production is controlled within fairly narrow limits, but severe
stress exposure may result in increased production. The vishuddhi chakra,
which is related to communication and self-expression, is easily affected by
emotional stress and bottled emotions, which may have a direct or indirect
effect on the th yroid gland as well as the sacral and heart c hakras. Pineal gland
This small organ (6 mm x 4 mm) lies deep within the brain and appears at
around the 36th day of gestation. It gains maximum development at around
seven years of age and undergoes involution by the age of 14. Pinealocytes,
the main cells contained in the pineal gland, are responsible for theproduction of melatonin, which regulates sleep and wakefulness in synchrony
with the dark/light cycle. The balance of this delicate rhythm is easily upset
by events such as changing time zones, going on night duty and stress,
causing sleep disturbance. Pinealocytes are necessary for the development
and functioning of gonads, pituitary and thyroids. Although considered to be a part of the brain, the pineal gland is outside
the brain blood barrier and lacks true nerve cells. It is associated with the
sahasrara (cr own) chakra. OceanofPDF.com5
Lymphatic system
As mentioned ear lier, vital ener gy or pranas cir culate in the bod y through the
nervous system, the circulatory system and the nadis. The circulatory system
has two aspects: the blood circulatory system and the lymphatic system. Blood moves through the body in closed vessels, arteries and veins, while
lymph moves via lymphatic vessels, which are like open channels in the body. While the movement of blood is regulated by the pumping of the heart,
lymph movement is mainly due to muscle activity. A sedentary lifestyle
adversely affects our lymphatic flow and makes it sluggish. However, other
factors that affect our lymphatic system adversely are emotional blockages
and stress. We have observed this over a period of time while working with
clients with lymph-related issues. We could establish an interesting
correlation between emotional blockages, lymphatic blockages and chakra
health. The lymphatic system has not been given enough attention by the
medical world, nor has there been any significant study or research to
analyse lymphatic movement and the causes of lymph blockages. Medical
doctors are sometimes clueless in understanding the causes of and treatment
for lymphatic blockages and swollen lymph nodes, which can often be
cleared simply by manual lymph drainage, a technique used by massage
therapists. As explained in the section on vayus (the role of the energy in each
chakra), there are five variants of energy associated with the different
chakras. The energy associated with the swadhisthana (sacral) chakra isvyana vayu, which controls fluid circulation in the body. The swadhisthana
chakra is associated with the water element, an element that represents all
the fluids in the body, including lymph. Therefore, it can be concluded that
the swadhisthana c hakra influences lympha tic flow in the bod y. To understand this concept, we need to understand the lymphatic system
and lymph nodes. In short, lymph is all the interstitial fluid, or the fluid
between the cells. This fluid basically oozes out from the arteries at the
extremities. Our arterial b lood carries oxygen, nutrients and hor mones for all
the cells in the body. To reach the cells at the extremities lymph leaves the
small arteries and flows into the tissues, filling the space between the cells. This fluid delivers its nourishing products to the cells then leaves the cells,
taking with it toxins and waste products. It is composed of 97 per cent water
and almost 3 per cent of white blood corpuscles and lymphocytes. Lymph
contains less proteins and oxygen than blood plasma and doesn’t have any
red corpuscles (erythrocytes). Our lymphatic system is a secondary
circulatory system that supplies nutrients and drains the tissue fluids and
toxins from the tissue spaces. The lympha tic system is mainly r esponsible for the following functions:
◼removing excess fluid and waste products from the interstitial spaces
between the cells
◼aiding the imm une system b y removing and destr oying waste, debris,
dead blood cells, pathogens, toxins and cancer cells
◼absorbing fats and fat-soluble vitamins from the digestive system and
delivering these n utrients to the cells of the bod y. Lymph moves in the interstitial spaces up to the subclavian veins at the
base of the neck. Approximately 70 per cent of these veins are superficialcapillaries located near or just under the skin. The remaining 30 per cent,
which are known as deep lymphatic capillaries, surround most of the body’s
organs.Lymph nodes generally occur in groups at various parts of the body, such
as under the knee, groin or inguinal area under the arm or neck. The task ofthe lymph nodes is to control the lymph transported to it. Every lymph node,
which is only a few millimetres in diameter, consists of lymphatic tissue
enclosed in a co vering of connectiv e tissue. All lymph nodes ha ve the primar y
function of the production of lymphocytes, which help defend the body
against microorganisms and harmful foreign particles and remove debris
from lymph bef ore it is returned to the b loodstream. The major lymph nodes ar e mainly f ound in six ar eas:
◼ Cervical region: nodes in this area are grouped along the lower
border of the jaw, in front of and behind the ears, and deep in the
neck along the larger blood vessels. They drain the skin of the scalp
and face, the tissues of the nasal cavity and the pharynx. This area is
associated with the vishuddhi (thr oat) chakra. ◼ Axillary region: these nodes are in the underarm region and
receive lymph from vessels that drain the arm, the walls of the
thorax, the breast and the upper walls of the abdomen. This area is
associated with the anaha ta (heart) c hakra. ◼ Inguinal region: the nodes in this area receive lymph from the
legs, the outer portion of the genitalia and the lower abdominal wall. This area is under the influence of the swadhisthana (sacral) chakra. The health of these lymph nodes and the health of the sacral chakra
are interrelated as both affect each other. The sacral chakra is the
one that indirectly controls lymphatic circulation as the energy
associated with it, called vyana vayu, regulates fluid circulation in
the body. ◼ Pelvic cavity: the nodes here appear mostly along the paths of the
blood vessels within the pelvic cavity and receive lymph from thelymphatic vessels in the area. This area is also associated with the
swadhisthana and m uladhara (base r oot) chakras. ◼ Abdominal cavity: within this area, nodes occur in chains along
the main branches of the arteries of the intestine and the abdominal
aorta. This area is associated with the manipura (solar plexus)
chakra. ◼ Thoracic cavity: these nodes occur between the lungs and along
the windpipe and bronchi, and receive lymph from this area and
from the internal wall of the thorax. This area is also associated with
the anaha ta (heart) c hakra. The idea tha t ‘our issues ar e in our tissues’ is indeed true, as all emotional
issues get stuck and are stored somewhere in the body. Our minds tend to
forget bitter experiences over time but they remain imbedded somewhere in
the body’s memory. Over the years of our chakra healing practice we have
noticed these issues show up as knots in the muscles in the inguinal area, just
above or below the inguinal lymph nodes


 than
morphine and other opiates. Inspired by this breakthrough, Silvers
found that she could get long-term suerers of migraines, arthritis,
and lower-bac k pain to produce highly eective pain relief on
command. This may seem like a simple application of the body’s painkillers,
which all of us call upon. But our use is not voluntary, and few if
any researchers in the eld claim to know how endorphins are
actually switched on. They are highly unpredictable chemicals. Under certain circumstances, such as being wounded in battle or
being injured in a highway collision, the body may feel no pain for
hours, while at other times a minor headache or dental pain may be
impossible to suppress. Faced with this baing unpredictability, Silvers devised a
disarmingly simple approach. She told her patients in an
authoritative voice that the brain’s inner pharmacy could  treat any
disorder. She would be giving them a simple technique for tapping“brain drugs” that would successfully deal with the most intractable
chronic pain. Next, she told each patient to close his eyes and to
imagine that he was creating  a supply of endorphins inside his head
but without releasing it. The painkilling dose had to be built up to
the appropriate  level. For the next few minutes she kept her patients
in suspense as they felt the dose becoming bigger and bigger, until
nally she gave a signal, and each person mentally injected a ood
of endorphins into his bloodstream. At this point, almost everyone felt a surge of pain relief sweep
over them, as if morphine were being fed into them through an IV
needle. Chronic pain that had resisted all previous treatments
improved dramatically or disappeared entirely. When the patients
were sent home to use the “brain drug” technique on their own,
many were able to wean themselves completely o prescribed
painkillers. Remarkably, Silvers made the further observation that if
a patie nt with chronic pain was also a drug addict, using the
technique seemed to sweep away all drug cravings along with the
pain. This occurred even among patients who had been abusing
drugs for twenty years, and there seemed to be no withdrawal
symptoms. By 1986 Silver s was condent enough to test her
methods on a group of hard-core addicts. She selected twenty adults who had spent from ve to forty years
hooked on cocaine, alcohol, Valium, or heroin, either alone or in
combination. They were desperate people, almost all of whom had
gone far beyond getting any satisfaction from their xes. They
continued on drugs basically  to escape their deep feelin gs of guilt
and to alleviate the constant  physical pain that their abused bodies
were aicted with. Most had completely ruined their family life and
career. Silvers taught the group her standard technique, but after telling
them that the brain produces  its own painkillers, she went on to say
that it produce s the exact equivalent of any drug sold on the street. Besides giving an addict a lifetime supply of pure drugs with no side
eects, the brain’s pharmacy  would make it unnecessary for him to
feel guilty. Silvers told the group: “You have been using drugs for a
very good reason. The drugs that get abused are precisely  those thatmimic the natural substance s which the brain uses to make people
feel normal. When we say that we feel a certain way, our mood is
always produced by one brain chemical or other—there is no state
of mind without a biochemical foundation. “In the brains of an addicted  person, the internal drugs for feeling
normal—happy, calm, balanced, and in control—are in short supply,
either because of a hereditary or spontaneous shortage, or because
taking outside drugs lowers the brain’s ability to produce its own
supply. “Your addictive cravings have been telling you that your brain
was having a problem, and your habit was a way of solving it. Although drug abuse has dangerous consequences, it is nothing to
be ashamed of in itself. You were just medicating yourself, like a
diabetic taking insulin.”
Here Silvers was mixing astute therapy, the power of suggestion,
and rather tenuous science. Neuroscientists have not yet proved that
the brain produces the equiv alent of some addictive drugs (alcohol,
nicotine, and cocaine, for example), much less that such substances
can be deliver ed on command. But there is no doubt that our cells
are outtted to latch on to street drugs. That undeniable fact implies
that addictive substances must fulll some purpose that is closely
matched by a chemical we make inside ourselves; otherwise, we
would have to assume that nature gave us a receptivity  for street
drugs millions  of years before they arrived on the scene, which
seems highly improbable. After Silvers delivered her talk, the members of the group closed
their eyes, mentally built up a massive dose of their favored drug,
and released it when she gave the signal. What followed was
astonishing. The eyes of the subjects glazed over; each person was
lost on a dierent trip, according to the kind of drug he was
addicted to. The cocaine addicts felt a rush that left them
speechless. They laughed quietly and later said that they had relived
childhood memories. The Valium addicts became so tranquilized
that they stuttered at the beginning of words. The alcoholics
sprawled in dreamy relaxatio n and lost their inhibitions; they talkedcalmly about threatening subjects that had arouse d massive
defensiveness before. In every instance the drug x was so strong that Silvers had to
wait twenty minutes before  the group was coherent enough to
describe their experiences. All were elated and convinced by what
had happened, although they had approached the session quite
skeptically. “For years the drug has been in control of you,” Silvers
assured them, “now it will be the other way around.”
I nd this a superb example of how awareness can heal. When
Silvers told addicts that their guilt was unfounded, she set the stage
for an outlook  most of them  had not entertained but were eager to
accept. Once a plausible tool was oered, the mind allow ed itself to
break out of an old bounda ry. My explanation assumes that the
brain acted as a neutral agent here; having no will of its own, the
brain would have been capable of continuing the addiction or
abandoning it. The brain cannot free itself; it needs instructions
from the mind. Silvers follows the current trend to seek explanations within the
brain’s chemistry, but she admits that the exact brain mechanism
she has been tapping is unknown. She places great weight on the
notion that feeling like a normal person depends upon a proper
balance of many interconnected neurochemicals. This seems
undeniable, but it bypasses the mystery of how a single  technique
could tap into brain chemicals that are not even know n to exist. Besides, could  an addict’s brain, so grossly impaired by outside
substances, really cure itself through chemical means? As I see it,
the wound of addiction was cured instead by a new ingredient in
awareness. The brilliance of her whole method was that it gave the mind-
body connection credit for doing anything it wanted to, even in the
face of people ’s enormous conditioning. As support for the view
underlying Silvers’ method, consider the power of the placebo
eect. If you give a dummy drug to a group of cancer patients,
telling them that they are receiving a potent form of chem otherapy,
a large  percentage will exhibit the typical side eects of
chemotherapy. They will feel intensely nauseous after taking thedrug; their hair will begin to fall out and sometimes  falls out
completely. Clearly we were not born with a xed brain mechanism for losing
our hair at will; nor do chemotherapy drugs mimic natural
substances in the brain. In order for the placebo to work, the mind
created someth ing new—it was not dependent on the brain’s known
abilities. Rather, the brain was the mind’s innitely resourceful
servant, able to carry out what it was told to do. When Silvers
oered these addicts a drugle ss x, they discovered on the spot that
addiction was not a prison but an illusion. Years of pain, frustration,
and demolishe d self-esteem were suddenly irrelevant. “Curving back
upon myself,” Lord Krishna expounds to Arjuna, “I create again and
again.” This is not only a transcendent god speaking, but the creator
inside each person. OceanofPDF.com11
The Field of Power
In India, if a person appears to be living in a state of grace,
people will admiringly say, “Let him walk where he likes, owers
will grow under his feet.” I’m sure Sidney has never heard this
poetic saying, but it could easily apply to him, now that he has
stepped into a wonder world. “I was the last person who should have started performing
miracles,” he began, talking in a soft, musing voice. “In my circle,
you know, religion means next to nothing. I abhor ‘the gradual
descent into woolly mysticism,’ as Stephen Hawking so aptly put it,
and I agree with Freud that people who pray to an all


asable like vitamins, because, as with
many prescription drugs, supervision is usually necessary for their successful use. If th e FDA ever succeeds at making
protomorphogens unavailable to me, I could still have very good results. (At this time the Canadian authorities do not allow
importation of protomorphogens for resale, though individuals can usually clear small shipments throu gh Canada Customs if for
their own personal use. ) But protomorphogens do facilitate healing and sometimes permit healing to occur at a lower gradient of
handling. Without them a body might have to fast to heal, with the aid of protomorphogens a person migh t be able to get better
without fasting. And if protomorphogens are used (chewed up --ugh. ) while fasting, healing is accelerated. Protomorphogens are made from freeze -dried, organically -raised animal organ meats (usually calf or lamb) combined with ver y
specific vitamins, herbs and other co -factors to potentiate the effect. I view protomorphogens as containing nutritional
supplementation specific for the rebuilding of the damaged organ. Doctor Royal Lee, a medical genius who developed protomorphogen s therapy in the 50s and who spent several stints in prison
in exchange for his benevolence and concern for human well -being, also founded the company that has supplied me with
protomorphogens. After decades of official persecution and denial of the effica cy of protomorphogens by the power structure, it
looks like they are about to finally have their day. As I write this book cutting -edge medical research companies are developing
therapies using concentrated animal proteins (protomorphogens) to treat arthri tis, multiple sclerosis, eye inflamations and juvenile
diabetes. The researchers talk as though they are highly praiseworthy for "discovering" this approach. Unfortunately, this development is likely to cut two ways. On one hand, it vindicates Dr. Lee; on the other, when these drug
companies find a way to patent their materials, they may finally succeed at forcing protomorphogens (currently quite inexpens ive)
off the non -prescription market and into the restricted and profitable province of the MD. I divide clients into two basic types: simple cases and complex ones. When I was treating mental illness, occasionally I had a
client who had not been sick fo r too long. I could usually make this client well quite easily. But if the person had already become
institutionalized, had been psychotic for many years, had received much prior treatment, then their case had been made much m ore
difficult. This sort had a  poor prognosis. A very similar situation exists with physical illnesses. Many people get sick only because
they lack information about how to keep themselves healthy and about what made them sick. Once they find out the truth, they
take my medicine withou t complaint and almost inevitably get better very rapidly. Some of these people can be quite ill when they
first come to me but usually they have not been sick for very long. Their intention when coming into my office is very positi ve and
have no counter i ntentions to getting better. There are no spiritual or psychological reasons that they deserve to be sick. If this
person had not found me, they almost certainly would have found some other practitioner who would have made them well. This
type of person ho nestly feels they are entitled to wellness. And they are. However, some of the sick are not sick for lack of life -style information; they suffer from a mental/spiritual malady as well, one
that inevitably preceded their illness by many years. In fact, their physical ailments are merely reflections of underlying problems. This patient's life is usually a snarl of upsets, problems, and guilty secrets. Their key relationships are usually vicious o r unhealthy. Their level of interpersonal honesty may be poo r. There are usually many things about their lives they do not confront and so, can
not change. With this type of case, all the physical healing in the world will not make them permanently better because the m ental
and emotional stresses they live under se rve as a constant source of enervation. Cases like this usually do not have only one thing wrong with them. They almost always have been sick for a long time; most
have been what I call "doctor hoppers," confused by contrary diagnoses and conflicting M D opinions. When I get a case like this I
know from the first that healing is going to be a long process, and a dubious one at that. On the physical level, their body will only
repair one aspect of their multiple illnesses at a time. Simultaneously, they m ust be urged to confront their life on a gentle gradient. There is usually a lot of backsliding and rollercoastering. The detoxification process, physical and psychological, can take several
years and must happen on all the levels of their life. This kind of case sees only gradual improvement interspersed with periods of
worsening that indicate there remains yet another level of mental unawareness that has to be unraveled. Few medical doctors or holistic therapists really understand or can help this ki nd of case. To do so, the doctor has to be in touch
with their own reactive mind and their own negative, evil impulses (which virtually all humans have). Few people, including
therapists, are willing to be aware of their own dark side. But when we deny it in ourselves, we must pretend it doesn't exist in
others, and become its victim instead of conquering it. Anyone who denies that they have or are influenced by their own darke r
aspects who seem to be totally sweet and light, is lying; proof of this is that  they still are here on Earth. All this generalizing about diagnostic methods and clinical approaches could go on for chapters and more chapters, and writin g
them would be fine if I were teaching a group of health clinicians that were reading this book  to become better practitioners. But
I'm sure most of my readers are far more interested in some complaint of their own or in the health problem of a loved one, a nd are
intensely interested in one might go about handling various conditions and complaints, what types of organ weaknesses are
typically associated with them, and what approaches I usually recommend to encourage healing. And, most importantly, what kin d
of success or lack of it have I had over the past twenty five years, encouraging the healing o f various conditions with hygienic
methods. In the case studies that follow I will mostly report the simpler, easier -to-fix problems because that is what most people have;
still, many of these involve life -threatening or quality -of-life-destroying illn esses. I will tell the success story of one very
complicated, long -suffering case that involved multiple levels of psychological and spiritual handling as well as considerable
physical healing. Arthritis
    Some years back my 70 years old mother came fro m the family homestead in the wilds of northern British Columbia to visit me
at the Great Oaks School. She had gotten into pathetic physical condition. Fifteen years previously she had remarried. Tom, h er
new husband, had been a gold prospector and general  mountain man, a wonderfully independent and cantankerous cuss, a great
hunter and wood chopper and all around good -natured backwoods homestead handyman. Tom had tired of solitary log cabin life
and to solve his problem had taken on the care and feeding of  a needy widow, my mom. He began doing the cooking and menu
planning. Tom, a little older than my mother, had no sense about eating but could still shoot game. Ever since their marriage  she
had been living on moose meat stews with potatoes and gravy, white  flour bread with jam, black tea with canned milk, a ritual
glass of brandy at bedtime, and almost no fresh fruit or vegetables. In her youth, my mother had been a concert pianist; now she had such large arthritic knobs on all of her knuckles that her  hands
had become claws. Though there was still that very same fine upright in the cabin that I had learned to play as a child, she had long
since given up the piano. Her knees also had large arthritic knobs; this proud woman with a straight back and long,  flowing strides
was bent over, limping along with a cane. She was also 30 pounds overweight and her blood pressure was a very dangerous 210
over 140, just asking for a stroke. Instead of a welcoming feast, the usual greeting offered to a loved one wh o has not been seen for a few years, I immediately
started her on a juice fast. I gave her freshly prepared carrot juice (one quart daily) mixed with wheat grass juice (three o unces
daily) plus daily colonics. She had no previous experience with these tech niques but she gamely accepted everything I threw her
way because she knew I was doing it because I loved her and wanted to see her in better condition. She also received a daily full
body massage with particular attention to the hand and knees, stimulatin g the circulation to the area and speeding the removal of
wastes. Every night her hands and knees were wrapped in warm castor oil compresses held in place with old sheeting. I did not use any vitamins or food supplements in her case. I did give her fla vorful herbal teas made of peppermint and
chamomile because she needed the comfort of a hot cupa; but these teas were in no way medicinal except for her morale. In three weeks on this program, Grannybelle, as I and my daughters called her,


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common duct is obstructed by a stone, there is persistent jaundice, paroxysms of pain, with the
occurrence of ague-like periods of chills and fever. Often called a gall-valve condition, this may
persist for months or years. Pain killing drugs and operations are the common modes of treating this condition, but neither of
these remove basic causes. To remove a gallstone and pronounce the patient
cured
 is tantamount to
saying that the gallstone is its own cause. Failure to remove the cause results in the formation of more stones. Unfortunately, it is assumed
that the cause of gallstone is unknown, so that the operation leaves the patient still sick and still
manifesting many of his symptoms. What is wrong with the person who has gallstones. He has a general state of irritation and
inflammation of his digestive tract, involving the gallbladder and the liver, with impaired
digestion. He is enervated and toxemic. His bile is not of normal constitution and this permits the
preciptation of its mineral elements. There develops a functional impairment of the liver. This persists until there is enough alteration of the normal secretion (bile) so that the mineral
elements contained in this are not held in suspension, but are precipitated, forming gravels or
stone. Gallstones and kidney stones are basically the same. The symptoms differ as the organs in
134which the stones form differ. Organs lend individuality to symptom-complexes. Imprudent eating and heavy eating of carbohydrate foods by the enervated and toxemic, and a
lack of exercise, are chief among the causes that produce gastrointestinal and biliary irritation
leading to stone formation. They do not develop in healthy individuals, but in those who have
broken down their health by years of wrong living. Nobody would ever have gallstones from
infancy and throughout his life if he lived right. There can be but one way to restore health and this is to remove all causes of disease and
restore the liver to good health, after which normal bile will disintegrate the stones. The proper
care is to go to bed and relax, keep the feet warm and abstain from food until there is a distinct
demand for food—until the return of hunger. When eating is resumed, it should be restricted to uncooked fruits and vegetables for a week or
two weeks. The patient should be carefully restricted to proper food combinations when regular
eating is resumed. Eating proteins and starches at the same meal is a prolific source of gastro-
intestinal irritation. In my opinion there is no necessity to operate for gallstones. Normal nutrition is not restored by
removing an effect of impaired nutrition. The great and growing army of postoperative invalids
attest to the fact that operations on organs of the body do not restore health. Too many organs are
removed that could be saved by the simple expediency of draining them by means of the fast. Instead of surgically draining the gall bladder, a fast will enable the body to perform an
excellent job of drainage and do it in a way to leave the gall bladder intact and unharmed. For days
and nights, often, these patients will pass bile through the bowels and by vomiting. The patient has not been restored to health when his gallstones have been removed. The
observing individual knows that he is still sick and still manifests many of his old symptoms and
often many new ones. The purpose of correct care of the patient with gallstones is to restore
normal liver function so that bile chemistry may become normal again and cease precipitating the
mineral elements and thus end the making of stones. In a few weeks then, the normal bile will cause a disintegration of the stones already formed, the
sand will pass into the intestines and will be voided. As the liver cannot be restored to health
without restoring the whole body to health, no treatment directed at the liver will serve these ends. A general or systemic housecleaning followed by a genuine health-building program is essential. Perhaps I can do no better than end this chapter with a quotation from Geo. S. Weger, M. D.,
who had an extensive experience with gallstones, both as a regular physician and as a
Hygienist. He says: “Given proper assistance, the chemistry of the body can be so altered that stones soften,
disintegrate, and pass out with but slight discomfort. We have treated many cases and seldom have
we found it necessary to resort to surgery. It is a remarkable fact that this softening occurs very
rapidly on a complete fast. Frequently patients coming for treatment for different ailments develop
hepatic colic from the eighth to the tenth day of fasting. “In these, the presence of gallstones may never have been suspected. The same is true of stones
in the kidneys. In recurrent attacks there is no treatment in the intervals to equal a diet restricted to
fresh fruits, salads, and cooked non-starchy vegetables. It can be safely predicted that there will be
no recurrence in those patients who follow instructions as to diet and exercise. In most instances if
the gall stone is not larger than a small olive it will become soft and pass out without resort to
surgery and its consequent risks. The exceptions are in those run-down people who have no
reserve vitality or courage left to sustain them for a reasonable time, while nature is establishing a
normal chemical balance. 135“Extreme caution and conservatism on the part of the physician is
necessary in determining the
proper course in a given case. The process of recovery may seem slow but it is in reality
marvelously rapid compared with the long time it takes for the stones to form. While most cases
can get well by fasting and dieting and while such treatment is always in order, it must be borne in
mind that atrophy or gall bladder disease may be the result of longstanding, unrelieved cases. Without recourse to olive oil, bile salts, and the hundred and one remedies that are generally
prescribed, our percentage of non-surgical recoveries is so high as to warrant a favorable
prognosis if the patient cooperates in the removal of first causes. It should be borne in mind that
while surgical interference is often the only recourse, this procedure does not remove the cause of
gallstones nor prevent recurrences. Therefore correct diet and other accessory health measures are
just as necessary after operation as they were before. ”
13635
Tumors of the Breast
One of those rare young women, possessed of great beauty of form and features, just married and
alarmed about a growth of her left breast—a lump nearly as large as a billiard ball—had for four
months suffered considerable pain. She had not consulted a physician for fear he would pronounce
it cancer and want to remove her breast. It was 1927 and that year the country went through the first “cancer week. ” New York’s
newspapers carried columns each day about cancer and urged all people to see their physicians for
a check-up. Lumps, moles, bleeding, loss of weight and other such symptoms were indicative of
possible cancer. The propaganda was deliberately designed to frighten the public. The young woman, whose home was in White Plains, New York, was duly frightened. She
consulted a physician. He told her that she had cancer and that the breast would have to be
removed immediately. She did not want to lose her breast—she did not want to be disfigured. She consulted a second physician. He made the same diagnosis and urged immediate removal of
her breast. A third physician rendered an identical verdict. A fourth was consulted with the same
outcome: “The breast must come off at once. ”
But there was one paper in New York that did not carry the scare
propaganda that was being
distributed from some central source. The New York
Evening Graphic
, a Macfadden publication,
often assailed for many reasons, right and wrong, refused to join in the effort to frighten everybody. The present writer had a daily column in the
Graphic. I devoted a column to the cancer propaganda and pointed out that many people who did not have
cancer were being frightened into operations. I denounced the fear program as a crime against the
welfare and sanity of the public. The young woman read my column and came in to see me. It was eight o’clock on a Friday evening when she entered my office. I examined her breast and
decided that she did not have cancer, but that she was suffering from an enlarged gland. I advised
her to fast. She took the advice. I instructed her to return to me at the same time on the following
Monday evening. When she came in on Monday evening she was a very happy woman, her face
wreathed with smiles. I invited her to sit down and without questioning her or waiting for her to
say anything, I said, “Go ahead and tell me the story. ”
It was a simple story, but it was a happy one. I have listened to similar stories many times
through the years that have since elapsed. ‘‘When I awoke this morning,” she said, “there was no
pain in my breast. There has been no pain all day. This evening at five o’clock, when I went to take
a bath, I said to my sister: ‘I would like to feel my breast to see if the lump is still there, but I’m
afraid to …’ My sister said: ‘Don’t be a child, go ahead and find out. ’ I investigated nervously and
it is gone. ”
I listened to the story with great satisfaction and took the note of her elation and relief. I
examined her breast and found no trace


es chemical changes when the plan is cured
or the grain is milled. Besides, as the biochemists have learned, the
chlorophyll which gives the wheat blade or the leaf its green color
plays a vital role in the plant's food factory. No chlorophyll, no food. While Dr. Price was here I took hi m out to Ira Ott's poultry farm. Soon after we arrived Mr. Ott drove up with a batch of day-old baby
chicks. Immediately, Dr. Price gave the poultryman a trade secret:
"Would you like to have every one of those baby chicks live, Mr.
Ott? Well, here is what you do: for its first ration, give each chick a
few drops of cream from cows which have grazed on a lush green wheatfield." It was on that visit the dentist-explorer confided his "hunch" to
me: "Your Deaf Smith County soil, Dr. Heard, contains an element
which never has been named. When taken up in wheat and other food
plants that element is very powerful. I call it 'activator X'." CHAPTER 32. ON DENTISTRY AND FOOD THERAPY
 I have often wondered if we dentists were perfectly honest with
ourselves, we would not have to acknowledge that we are following a
repair trade rather than a professi on. To be sure it takes skill and a
certain precision with tools to drill out a cavity in a tooth and fill it with gold or alloy. But I say that dental science hardly has begun to
solve the problems which challenge it. There remains a vast unexplored field of research in which a few
bold pioneers like the late Dr. Weston A. Price of Cleveland have
blazed trails. It is my fond belief that one day my profession will
follow out those trails to their in dicated goal. In his great book,
"Nutrition and Physical Degeneration," that ought to be in every
dentist's working laboratory, Dr. Price tells how he restored
supposedly incurable cases to health simply by feeding the patients the
foods which they required for perfect nutrition. For example, Dr. Price tells the case history of Freddie S., 8
years old, suffering from convulsions and a broken leg that for three
months had refused to knit together again. As he relates, Dr. Price put
his small patient on a diet of fresh  cream from Bonnie Brumley's dairy
farm near Hereford, Texas. Mr. Brumley's cows, pastured on lush
green wheat producing milk rich in vitamins and minerals. It was Dr.
Price's theory that the milk cont ained an added element (which he
called 'activator X') that enabled the child to assimilate the minerals in
his food. In addition he gave the patient a gruel made from freshly
ground Deaf Smith County whole wheat and served with whole raw
milk. The wheat had to be ground fresh because the flour in a few
days oxidizes and thereby loses esse ntial minerals. The milk had to be
consumed raw because the 140 degrees essential temperature for
pasteurizing, which kills vitamins and puts the food elements out of
balance. Soon 'after he was put on the diet, the child's convulsions stopped. Before long, the broken bone began knitting together. Six weeks after this treatment Freddie S. climbed a waterspout at the
corner of the house. Then, on pages 272-3 of his book, Dr. Price describes Johnnie F.,
5 years old, and bed-ridden with supposedly incurable arthritis
rheumatism and heart lesions. Dr. Price began feeding that boy
butterfat from Bonnie Brumley's dairy, and on the same diet of wheat
gruel and raw milk he had given Freddie S. within a year Johnnie
could leave the hospital in sound health. Evidently enough, both those childre n were suffering from a lack
of correct nutrition to supply their small bodies and keep them
working properly. In plain terms, th e children were being starved. All
the elements which the human body contains, including the trace
elements, must be in the food we eat. If a single item is missing the
delicate balance of nature is upset and the body suffers. It follows that most sick people derive their troubles from the
dinner table. They do not get a balanced diet. For that very reason, I
contend, almost 40 per cent of the young men called by the selective
draft during World War II were rejected as physically defective. Those
young men had been starved all their lives. A person can starve on a
full stomach when the vitamins and minerals which his body needs are
not in the food he eats. Hence, tooth decay, tuberculosis, arthritis, heart disease and about 150 other common maladies may be traced to
vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the patient's diet. Food therapy is still an infant branch of the healing art. I say that
it deserves more attention from both the medical profession and the
public than it has received up to now. Food therapy, indeed, promises
a new era for healing and when that comes, great credit will be due pioneers in the field, like Dr. Pri ce. That practitioner demonstrated
how dentistry could use food therapy to prevent, and also to help
repair, tooth decay. During my 30 year study of dental conditions in
Deaf Smith County, I found evidence a plenty to that effect. Note
what Dr. Edward Taylor says in his report:
"People moving here (into Deaf Smith County with the usual
number of cavities... ceased to develop further cavities... and in
teeth brought there five years previously... the cavities had acquired
hard-glazed surfaces." All decay did not glaze over because the foods
grown here were not consistently used. What forces had stopped those
teeth from decaying further and star ted to repair th e damage already
done? The same, I say, that had mended Johnnie's broken bone and Freddie's heart lesions from Dr. Pric e's direction. Both decayed teeth
and ailing tissue will heal when the cause of the trouble is removed. That cause is malnutrition... the lack of properly balanced diet. Invariably, there is talk at our dental conventions about
"educating the laity" in mouth care. I felt like getting up and asserting: Better educate the profession first. It seems to me that dentists generally are still very much in the
dark as to the cause of tooth decay, toothache, pyorrhea and other
diseased conditions which they are called upon to treat. There is a
difference between treatment and cure, but prevention is the ideal way. To be sure, when it comes to repairs on decayed teeth or
replacing teeth with bridgework and plates, our American dentists
rank with the world's best. But our dental theories concerning the causes and prevention of
tooth decay simply will not hold water. For example, a writer in the Journal of the American Dental Association recently asserted :
"I would not be challenged were I to say that tooth decay were
the result of bacterial invasion." Well, I challenge him. I say that "bacterial invasion" is invariably
and quickly overcome by the normal resistance of a healthy mouth. Those bugs, the Lacto bacillus acidophilus, that the dental scientists
charge with causing a tooth to decay, are found in everybody's
mouths; but, when food is correct the tissues are immuned. Why is it, then, that the rate of tooth decay varies from zero (as
in certain Deaf Smith County familie s) to above 95 per cent? Not the
bacteria count in the patient's mouth, but the food he has lived upon
makes the difference. The mouth must be correct when the food is
correct. When the mouth is correct, the bacteria do no damage. CHAPTER 33. IN WHICH I GO TO THE HOSPITAL
 Some years ago I went to Baylor Hospital in Dallas for an
operation to remedy a condition which had arisen from my advanced
years, an enlarged prostate gland. Before the operation the hospital
staff went over me with a fine tooth comb. Excepting that one difficulty, the doctors found that my bodily organs were sound and
were functioning surprisingly well fo r a man in his early 80s. They
said, in effect, that I possessed a young body. After the operation I had to lie still for a day or two, I had
temporarily acquired a tube—one end in my bladder and the other end
in a bottle under my bed. When the tube came out, I felt like I was
plenty able to go home. Every day I would walk down the hall to the
scales and weigh. When I found my self gaining in weight, that was
lots of fun. To begin with I would not eat what was brought me. The
hospital food was nutritious enough, but not healing. There was not a
vitamin or healing mineral in th e whole platter-full. Then, the
nutritionist asked me what I wanted for supper. I answered:
"I do not know what you have, but bring me anything in the
pantry that has not been changed from its natural state. I will eat it, be happy and say nothing about it." As the nurse had never heard of 'natural food,' I hit her on the
blind side. She did not understand me and so my diet was not
decidedly improved. It so happened that Grady Wilson of Hereford
was loafing in the hall. His wife was a patient in the hospital


 acclimatize yourself
to the movements of your diaphragm and your breath. If y ou are find ing this exercise dif ficult, you may find it e asier to
activate abdominal breathing w hile lying on your back in a semi-supine
position. T ry the following exe rcise lying on a mat with a s mall pillow
under your head and your knees bent, as shown on the following page. •  Place a relatively lar ge book on the area just above your navel. •   As you breath e in, bring your  breathing into your abdomen b y
gently guiding your abdomen to move the book upward. •   As you breathe out, gently allow the abdomen to move back to
its original position. •   The inhalation is the active phase, and the exhalation is passiv e,
as you allow the  air to leave the body naturally and ef fortlessly. While breathing in, imagine inflating your tummy with a light
amount of air and watch the book rise. While breathing out,
imagine a balloon slowly deflating of its own accord. Stage 2 in Brief
•  Breathe in. Gently guide your abdomen out. •  Breathe out. Gently draw your abdomen in. When yo u are confident that you are able to match your breath ing with
the movements of your diaphragm, proceed to Stage 3. Stage 3: Reducing Br ea thing V olume Using A bdominal
Br eathing
If you have tried Stages 1  and 2  but still  find you are unable to switch from
upper -chest to abdominal breath ing, don’ t be concerned—it can take time to
readjust to a new  way of breath ing after years of breathing from the upper
chest. Y ou can still proceed to Stage 3 —simply keep practicing all three
stages u ntil it becomes easier. The more you use these exercises, the greater
your tolerance of carbon dioxide will become. Reducing your breathing is about lowering the amount of air you take
into you r lungs during each minute. As you reduce your breathing, there
will be a slight a ccumulation of  carbon dioxide in the blood, assisting with
the relaxation of the diaphragm. If you have already mastered
diaphragmatic breathing through the first two stages, then you will find that
it is  a lot easier to reduce your breathing volume toward nor mal as you
practice Stage 3. There are two main approaches to reducing breathing volume using
diaphragmatic b reathing. The first is to bring a feeling of relax ation to the
body, to gently a llow your breathing movements to slow down and become
softer. As your body relaxes, y our breathing will automaticall y reduce in
response. The second approach  is to tune in to your breathing pattern,
noting the size of each inhalation and exhalation. By concentrating on the
rhythm o f your breathing for a m inute or two, you will gain a se nse of how
much ai r you are taking into y our body. As you follow you r breathing,
gently e ncourage it to slow d own so that your breathing movements
gradually reduce to the point where you feel a subtle need for air. This ur g e to breathe is the core of reduced breathing exercises and is a
sign tha t you are actively altering your breathing habits toward a healthier,
more ef f ective l evel. When you first attempt reduced breathing exercises,
you may find the sensation of air shortage dif ficult to maintain, but it is
essential to keep practicing if yo u want to bring about changes to your body
and imp rove your sporting performance. The following sentence is the most
important point of this entire book, and something I explain to my students
daily:
The only way to know you ar e r educing your br eathing volume is
feeling as if you would like to take in a bigger br eath. The nee d to take a bigger breath  is similar to the feeling you w ill have
experienced dur ing your measurement of BOL T. This ur ge for air should
not b e s tressful, but should be s imilar to what you might experi ence during
a normal walk. In Stage 3,  we will bring abdominal breathing and reduced breathing
together. T o practice this exercise, it can be very helpful to sit in front of a
mirror to observe and follow your breathing movements:
•  Sit up straight. •  Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your abdomen. •   Im agine a pie ce of string guiding you upward from the top of
the back of you r head. Imagine the space between your ribs
gently widening. •   As you breathe in, gently guide your abdomen out. Keep your
chest movements to a minimum. •   As you breathe out, gently guide your abdomen in, still keeping
your chest movements small. •  Follow each breath in and out through your nose. •   T une in to the amplitude of each inhalation and exhalation. T ry
to get a sense of the size and frequency of each breath. •   A s yo u breathe, exert gentle pressure with your hands against
your abdomen and chest. This should create extra resistance to
your breathing. •  Breathe against your hands, concentrating on making the size of
each breath smaller. •   W ith e ach bre ath, take in less air than you would like to. Mak e
the in-breath smaller or shorter. •   Breathe out with a relaxed exhalation. Allow the natural
elasticity of your lungs and diap hragm to play their role in each
exhalation. Imagine a balloon slowly and gently deflating of its
own accord. •   Whe n the in-breath becomes smaller and the out-breath is
relaxed, visible breathing movements will be reduced. Y ou may
be able to notice this in a mirror. By using a simple exercise lik e this you can reduce your breathing
movements by 20 to 30 percent. If your stomach muscles start to feel tense,
contract, or jerk, or if your bre athing rhythm becomes disrupte d or out of
control, then the air shortage is too intense. In this situation, a bandon the
exercise for 15 seconds or so and return to it when the air s hortage has
disappeared. The mo st common mistake is t o deliberately tense the muscles of the
chest or abdomen to restrict breathing movements. If yo u find this
happening, then take a break from the exercise for 15 seconds or so. When
you retu rn to it, encourage yo ur breathing to reduce by exerting gentle
pressure on your chest and abd omen with your hands, encouraging your
breathing to slow and diminish using relaxation rather than force. Do not be concerned about the number of breaths you take per minute. Ideally, this should not increase. However, if your BOL T score  is less than
20 seco nds, you may find tha t your breathing rate increases during the
exercise. If this happens, try to slow down your breathing and k eep it calm. As y our BOL T score increases it will become much easier to maintain
control of your breathing during reduced breathing exercises. At fi rst, you may only be able to  maintain an air shortage for 20 seconds
before the ur ge to breathe is too  strong. W ith practice, you will be able to
maintain an air shortage for longer periods. Remember, you a re trying to
create an air shortage that is tolerable but not stressful. Aim to m aintain this
tolerable air hunger for 3 to 5 minutes at a time. Practicing 2 sets of 5-
minute exercise s is enough to help you reset your breathing center and
improve your body’ s tolerance of carbon dioxide. During reduced breathing exerc ises it is vital that you create a hunger
for air in order to bring about an accumulation of carbon dio xide in the
blood. W hen thi s happens, the re spiratory center in the brain is reset toward
a calmer and more normal breathing volume. In order to reset the
respiratory cente r by just a little, it is necessary to experience an air hunger
for abou t 10 minutes. Y ou can d ivide most of the exercises in this book into
2 sets of 5-minute sessions, or, if you feel you are confident and
experienced in reduced breathing, you may practice for 10 minutes straight. The Oxygen Advantage: Encompassing Many Factors to Impr ove
Health and Fitness
G e n e r a l  P r o g r a m  B a s e d  o n  B O L T  a n d
H e a l t h
P lease note: Oxygen Advantage exercises that involve holding t he breath
to creat e a medium to strong air shortage during walking, jogging, or
running create a similar ef fect to high-intensity training. As a result, they
are not suitable if you are elderly, pregnant, or have high blood pressure,
cardiovascular disease, type 1 diabetes, kidney disease, depression, cancer,
or any serious health concern. Instead, practice nasal breathing and the
gentle Breathe Light to Breathe Right exercise  until these conditions are
resolved. Similar to physical exercise, it i s recommended to practice the Oxygen
Advantage exercises at least two hours after eating. P r o g r a m  f o r


by many people even though it is easily obtainable in healthfood stores. It is an
emulsifier, breaking fats down into small separate particles, keeping blood
cholesterol emulsified to prevent arterial deposits. Taken persistently, lecithinpartially and slowly eliminates existing cholesterol deposits from the circulatorysystem. In our cholesterol-frightened society lecithin should be a far more popular
supplement than it currently is. It is easy to take either as a food in the granularform or when encapsulated. Lecithin granules have very little flavor and can beadded to a homemade vinegar and oil salad dressing, where they emulsify the oiland make it blend with the vinegar, thickening the mixture and causing it to stick tothe salad better. Lecithin can also be put in a fruits smoothie. A scant tablespoona day is sufficient. Try to buy the kind of lecithin that has the highest phosphatidylcholine content because this substance is the second benefit of taking lecithin. Phosphatidyl choline is another precursor used by the body to build acetylcholineand helps maintain the nervous system. Algae. Spirulina or sun dried chlorella are also great food supplements. Both
make many people feel energized, pepped-up. It is possible to fast on eitherproduct and still maintain sufficient energy levels to take of minimal workresponsibilities. Algae reduces appetite and as a dietary supplement can assist inweight loss. It contains large amounts of highly-assimilable protein due to it’s highchlorophyll content, as well as a large amount of beta carotene. It also assists indetoxification of the lymphatic system. It can be purchased as tablets or powder. Take a heaping teaspoon daily, or at least six tablets. Chapter Seven
The Analysis of Disease States:
Helping the Body Recover
From the Hygienic Dictionary
Diagnosis. [1] In the United States, making a diagnosis implies that you are a doctor duly licensed to
engage in diagnostic function. The making of a diagnosis is reserved only for doctors. The term“analysis” does not have such an explicit legal definition. Thus, it is the term of choice of iridologistsand the one most often used by them. It is essential for the survival and promotion of iridology thatthose who choose to engage in its practice avoid naming any disease condition. As we have seen, to doso is to infringe on rights reserved exclusively for doctors and can land the iridologist, sooner or later,in a snarl of legal troubles. It is better for the iridologist to refrain from suggesting to a person that he has any particular
disease, letting such diagnostics remain the province of licensed doctors. In so doing, the iridologistwill avoid transgressing the law and stepping on the toes of those who are legally qualified todiagnose. It is indeed unfortunate that one of the greatest pitfalls awaiting the iridologist is the temptation
to name diseases. The feelings of satisfaction and power resulting from conferring a name are deeplyrooted in the human psyche. For example, the Bible tells us that man’s first task on Earth was to namethe 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 have come to expect, and doctors have been trained to make, a diagnosis. “After all,” the patient may reason, “how can you hope to deal with my condition if you aren’tknowledgeable enough to call it by name. ”
It is not necessary to name diseases in order to exercise dominion over them. Dr. Bernard Jensen,
Visions of Health. In self defense, I must make it very clear from the first word that hygienists and
most other naturopaths of various persuasions, and especially I myself, have neverin the past, never., and do not now, diagnose, treat or offer to cure, disease orillness. 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 sofrom the State. Should an unlicensed person diagnose, offer to treat or attempt tocure disease or illness, they will have committed a felonious act. With bigpenalties. 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 says they have somedisease or other, and I never dare say that they don’t. Or even confirm on myown 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, looking for weaknesses and apparent allergies. I can lawfully state that Ithink their liver tests weak, the pancreas appears not to be functioning well interms of handling meat digestion, that the kidney is having a hard time of it. I cansay I see a lump sticking out of their body when one is obviously sticking out oftheir body; I can not say that lump is cancerous but I can state that the cells in thatlump test overly strong and that if I myself had a mass of growing cells testingoverly strong and if I believed in the standard medical model, then I would berushing my overly-strong-testing cells to an oncologist. But I don’t dare say theperson has a cancer. Or diabetes. Or is getting close to kidney failure. That is adiagnosis. 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 thatsecret name, performs the correct rite and ritual to cast that demon out. I don’tknow why people are made so happy knowing the name of their condition. Doesit really matter. Either the body can heal the condition or it can’t. If it can, you willrecover (especially if you give the body a little help). If the body can’t heal a
condition you will die or live 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 asuperior way that the physician rarely does. By discovering that the body with thelump of overly strong cells also has a weak spleen, liver and thymus gland, I cantake actions to strengthen the spleen, liver and thymus. If the body can strengthenits spleen, liver and thymus, then the overly strong cells miraculously vanish. But ofcourse what I did did not cure any disease. Any improvements that happen Iassign (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 healthhistory, various clues such as body and breath odor, skin color and tone, andespecially, biokinesiology, the applied science of muscle testing. Biokinesiologycan 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. Specificacupuncture points can be tested in conjunction with muscle strength to indicatethe condition of specific organs or glands. The strength of the arm’s resistance todownward pressure could be calibrated with a spring scale and precisely gauged,but experienced practitioners have no need for this bother, because they are ableto pick up subtle changes in the arms resistance that are not apparent to thetestee. Thus muscle testing becomes an art form, and becomes as effective as theperson using it is sensitive and aware. Biokinesiology works because every organ and gland in the body is
interconnected with other parts of the body through nerve pathways and nervetransmissions, which are electrical and can be measured through muscle testing. This may seem too esoteric for the “scientific” among you, but acupuncture pointsand 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. Kinesiology utilizes the same acupuncturepoints (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 difficultto test because they are either too debilitated, lack electrical conductivity, or theirstate of mind is so skeptical and negative about this type of approach that they putup an impenetrable mental barrier and/or hold their body so rigidly that I canhardly determine a response. A skilled tester can overcome the obstacle of aweak body that can barely respond, but the person who is mentally opposed anddetermined to prove you wrong should not be tested. If you proceed on someonelike this it is sure to have an unsatisfactory outcome for all concerned. For even ifI manage to accurately analyze the condition of a skeptical client, they will neverbelieve 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 demonstrateshow people with similar symptoms and complaints do very well on a particulardietary regimen and supplements. This type of person will sometimes followdietary recommendations to the last letter, because their scientific background hastrained them to be obedient. When a client comes to me, I like to take a real