 untreated mice the whole tumour and its surrounding tissue were acidic with the lowest pH (6.57) at the edge of the tumour, while
in treated mice the whole tumour and its surrounding tissue were alkaline with the highest pH (7.26) at the edge of the tumour.
Untreated tumours on average doubled in diameter between days 2 and 16 after transplanting, while those treated with sodium
bicarbonate grew slowly up to day 8 and then started shrinking to about half that size, but one of four tumours had already completely
dissolved by day 12. The amount of sodium bicarbonate used was 17 grams per litre of water, and the mice could drink as much as
they liked.
Besides alkalizing tissue and stopping tumour invasion, oral sodium bicarbonate has another beneﬁcial effect. This is an increased
concentration of carbon dioxide in blood and tissues, and is called the Bohr effect. It allows more oxygen to be released from
haemoglobin into tissues, and especially into cancer cells. This would also be important when treating  cachexia, fatigue and muscle
pain.
The Bohr effect explains why tumours shrank in this study at the alkaline side. It is easy to understand why tumours grew at the acid
side which is due to the activation of proteolytic  enzymes. Tumour cells usually die only at a pH above 7.5, and very fast at pH 8. But
in this study the pH inside the tumour remained below 7.3. So why did the tumour shrink at the alkaline side? There are capillaries
inside the tumour. In an untreated tumour or at the acidic side of the tumour the carbon dioxide concentration is very low. Therefore
no or little oxygen is released from the blood in the capillaries. However, in bicarbonate-treated tumours or at their alkaline side the
carbon dioxide concentration is much higher, and a fair amount of oxygen is released which can now normalise the oxygen
metabolism of tumour cells, converting them back to normal tissue cells. This is what causes tumours to shrink at the side exposed to
bicarbonate.
Recently I had a demonstration how different treatment options tend to play out. In October 2012 a woman with whom I was
corresponding was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung cancer (the last stage before dying). She had a large tumour in her right lung, and a
lot of ﬂuid in lungs and heart. At the same time a famous cricket player and commentator, Tony Greig, was diagnosed with Stage 1
lung cancer and a small malignan t lesion in his right lung. He had surgery and other conventional treatment. By January
Tony Greig  had died of cardiac arrest as a result of his treatment, while the woman who used alkalising and antimicrobial therapy had
no more ﬂuid, the heart was in exce llent condition, results of blood tests were extremely healthy, and she felt great. The tumour was
still the same size as when it was originally scanned, but one year after diagnosis she was free of tumours or cancer.
Shrinking T umours Safely
An interesting   presentation by Gershom  Zajicek  (Professor of Experimental Medicine and Cancer Research) “Treatment
accelerates  tumor  growth”  (8) explains recent research showi ng the futility and danger of trying to remove or reduce tumours with
conventional therapies because afterwards either metastases develop or tumours regrow at an increased rate.
Especially  chemotherapy  (9) was found to make tumours metastasize and grow massively in size afterwards. As a result, the
drugs  killed the patients more quickl y. When tumours are stressed they produce stem cells and from these new cancer cells that are
much more malignant and resistant to therapy than they were pre-treatment. Conventional medicine disguises these facts with
statistics by detecting and removing increasingly smaller and harmless tumours that would never have posed a threat but counting
them as cured cancers. Furthermore, deaths after cancer treatment are often assigned to other causes, and this reduces the
statistical cancer death rate.
Unfortunately many natural therapie s create problems as well. This is basically the case with all therapies that destroy tumours and
generate powerful inﬂammations in the process. Examples of this are the Gerson  therapy, hyperthermia, or when destroying breast
tumours with black salve or similar remedies. While these are usually more successful than conventional medical therapies, they also
can lead to disaster, and younger and healthier individuals have the most problems because their immune systems produce the
strongest inﬂammations.
Even destroying tumours by infusion of sodium bicarbonate as with the Simonchini  method is dangerous and can cause inﬂammation
and death. Such problems with natural methods could easily be avoided by using in addition anti-inﬂammatory measures such
as maintaining  oral alkalizing, antimicrobial therapy, and possibly periods of under-eating or fasting.
Even conventional research now shows that fasting  (10) blocks tumour growth, and that periodic fasting  (11) is much more effective
than unrestricted food intake or permanent restriction. The advantage of fasting is that it shrinks tumours without causing
inﬂammation because when the body lacks food it just uses unhealthy tissue and tumours as energy source. An added beneﬁt is that
the food restriction also suppresses microbial activity. Some famous cancer cures such as the Breuss  Cure or the Grape Cure use
this principle.10/30/24, 4:53 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Cancer Therapy - A New Direction
https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Cancer/Cancer-Therapy-A-New-Direction.html 2/4Another way of shrinking and possibly eliminating tumours without creating inﬂammations is by strongly alkalizing, as
with  cesium  chloride or with very high amounts of sodium bicarbonate to keep the urine for several days or weeks above pH 8. But
these therapies can also cause problems, and in most cases I see no need to go to extremes. However, they can be life-saving with
large tumours of the pancreas or brain that obstruct vital functions, and are never cured by surgery.
Proteolytic  enzymes are frequently used in natural medicine as they help to remove protein debris and shrink tumours while at the
same time inhibiting inﬂammations. Favourites are bromelain and papain. In addition the ﬁbrinolytic enzymes nattokinase and
serrapeptase inhibit excessive blood clumping or  hypercoagulation  (12) which is needed for metastases to form.
I believe the most convenient and reliable treatment is to keep tumours initially stable with  alkalizers  (13), e.g. using sodium
bicarbonate and potassium citrate spread out during the day, and subsequently shrink tumours gradually without causing
inﬂammation. This can be done with a combination of alkalizing, antimicrobial therapy, proteolytic  enzymes and periodic raw-food
fasting.
A remaining problem is still the treatment of individuals who used conve ntional treatment and are now dying from  cachexia. Videos
('Humoral  Pathology'and  'Symbiosis or Parasitism ') made with  Grayﬁeld  microscopy  (14) show very clearly that with late-stage
cancer most of the erythrocytes are heavily infested with microbes and unable to function. This obviously calls for antimicrobial
therapy combined with oxygen therapy. Also individuals with AIDS, TB and various autoimmune diseases frequently die
of cachexia which again shows that this condition is not caused by tumours but rather by microbes.
Growth Promoters and Inhibitors
To keep a tumour stable it is also important to minimize growth promoters. The main growth promoter is inﬂammation which can be
controlled with antimicrobial therapy, alkalizing, fasting,  proteolyticenzym es, antioxidants and anti-inﬂammatory herbs. Other common
growth promoters are polyunsaturated oils, phosphates or foods high in phosphorus, and sugar, sweet juices, cereals and grain
products, especially more highly reﬁned varieties, because all of these increase inﬂammation. Easily digestible carbohydrates are so
harmful with cancer because they are the main food for cancer cells and microbes. More glucose means more lactic acid and higher
acidity, and this in turn means more inﬂammation and stronger tumour growth.
Another common growth promoter is insulin-like growth factor-1, or IGF-1, in cow's milk. While it can stimulate the growth of all
tumours, it especially affects those of the breasts, prostate, lungs and colon. It may be no coincidence that these are also the most
frequent cancers. A universal tumour growth promoter is chronic stress of any kind, be it emotional, nutritional or environmental.
Fresh vegetables and their juices, and especially green-leaf vegetables, beetroot and wheatgrass juice have been shown to be able
to improve the oxygen metabolism of cancer cells, and therefore make them less malignant and possibly normal. More recently this
has also been shown for MSM or dimethylsulfone.
MSM is interesting in that it gives another hint of what makes cells malignant.  Melanoma  (15) cells of a particularly aggressive strain
were treated with a 2% MSM solution. After one day of exposure the cells


 be
chewed or swallowed whole, followed by a sip of juice if desired. Some prefer
to allow the liver to thaw and then to place a spoonful at a time in the mouth
and chew it or swallow it whole with a sip of juice.
2. Liver may be placed in the blender with carrot, pineapple, or tomato juice
(and seasoning of one's preference if desired), blended, strained to remove the
fiber if preferred, and used as a morning "pep-up" drink.
Meat
(cooked and commercially produced)
The cancer patient w ill want to give up cooked and commercially produced meat
such as beef, pork, lamb and fowl immediately (except for raw liver — see above).
Cooked meat is harmful for the cancer patient, as the very same enzymes used in its
digestion are needed for fighting and digesting the cancer. All natural, self-made
enzymes your body can produce should be used to fight the cancer. Commercial
meat should be avoided for another reason; it has a high female sex hormone
content. For commercial reasons most animals, especially beef and fowl produced in
the United States have been fed large quantities of hormones. Since an
overabundance of female sex hormones initiate cancer, meat of this type should be
excluded from the cancer patient's diet.
After being on Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure Diet for 9 to 12 months, when
the tumors are under control, one may gradually resume consumption of meat as long
as one's metabolic type requires it. Adequate enzymes and hydrochloric acid are
taken to digest the meat. (see Dr. Kelley's Self Test for the Different Metabolic Types
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— Discovering Your Personal Nutritional Needs ~ available from Crystal @
1.620.221.0370 -  Cost: $25.00) If and when one does go back to eating meat, it will
be extremely wise to make every effort to find a source that can provide meat, which
has been produced without chemical feed, hormones, antibiotics, and pesticide
residues.
P ro te in  A fte r  6 M o n th s  O n  C a n c e r D ie t
After the first six months on Metabolic Medicine's Cancer Cure Diet the cancer
patient must increase the quantity of protein in his diet. At this time not less than sixty
grams of protein daily should be included in the diet. You should, of course, continue
all the above approved protein, but now you may include (or increase) such proteins
as those found in deep sea fish, all forms of seeds, nuts (except peanuts), nut butters,
whole grains, whole grain breads, and homemade, raw (unpasturized) goats' milk
yogurt and/or buttermilk.
Seeds and Sprouts
Raw seeds and sprouts are good foods for cancer patients, and may be eaten after
1:00 p.m. We freely use brown sesame, sunflower and pumpkinseeds. Many people
enjoy sprouted seeds, such as alfalfa and mung beans, buckwheat, wheat and
soybeans.
The most "living foods" are sprouted seeds. When seeds are soaked in water, their
protective enzyme inhibitors are removed and the enzymes, which have been
"asleep," become active, and in three days the nutritional values of the seeds are
increased tremendously. The seeds also become much easier to digest. For the best in
nutrition, be sure to eat your sprouts raw. Eat as many as you desire.
Beans
Dry beans of all types are a good source of food for the cancer patient, and may be
used two or three times a week at anytime of the day. The best way we've found to
prepare them is to cook them at a temperature of 200° F. We place two cups of dried
beans (washed) in a bean pot to which we add five cups of RO filtered or distilled
water, five garlic cloves, two tablespoons of olive oil, 1  teaspoon of sea salt or kelp,
and 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper. We place the pot, (covered), in an oven
overnight at 200° F.
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Phase II
Vegetable Juice and Fruit Juice
(Fresh and Raw)
The second most important phase of our cancer diet is that of fresh raw juices: THE
BODY OF THE CANCER VICTIM MUST B E REBUILT:
The most scientific procedure is based upon the Krebs' Cycle of Human Metabolism.
This SCIENTIFIC procedure was developed by
Dr. Larry Rawdon, D.Ph., N.D.,
680 East Main
Hohenwald, TN 38462
1.931.796.0007
Dr. Rawdon's Metabolic Body Repair and Rebuilding Metabolic Vegetable Juice
Formula:
Daily take 100 oz. raw freshly extracted vegetable juice.
32 oz carrot juice
16 oz celery juice
16 oz apple juice
16 oz tomato juice
8 oz romaine lettuce
4 oz beet juice
4 oz cabbage juice
4 oz green bean juice
Vegetable juices are the builders of the body. Juice is better than the whole
vegetable because so much energy is used to digest the whole vegetable. Juice has a
proper balance of vitamins and minerals in a concentrated solution. We recommend
that the juice be made fresh and used immediately. Fresh raw fruit and fruit juices are
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the cleansers of the body. The cancer patient may eat as much as desired of fresh raw
fruit or fresh fruit juices. Small amounts of dried unsulfered fruit may also be taken.
At least one quart of carrot and one pint of celery juice should be taken each day. As
much other fresh raw vegetable juice in volume may be taken as desired. One should
consider alfalfa, beet, cabbage, cucumber, dandelion, endive, lettuce, parsley, potato,
spinach, and turnip juice. Vegetable juices are the builders of the body. Juice is better
than the whole vegetable because so much energy is used to digest the whole
vegetable. Juice has a proper balance of vitamins and minerals in a concentrated
solution. We recommend that the juice be made fresh and used immediately. Fresh
raw fruit and fruit juices are the cleansers of the body. The cancer patient may eat as
much as desired of fresh raw fruit or fresh fruit juices. Small amounts of dried
unsulfered fruit may also be taken.
Fresh Fruit Salads and Raw Vegetable Salads
The cancer patient may eat, in addition to his fresh raw vegetable and fruit juices,
all the fresh fruit and fresh raw salad he or she can hold. These are good for lunch or
dinner meals. The body needs bulk, as it is necessary to keep the digestive tract in
good working order. For at least the first eight months on Metabolic Medicine's
Cancer Cure Diet, lemon should be used in preference to vinegar on salads.
Unrefined, organic flaxseed oil may be used as salad dressing. Dr. N. W. Walker's
books, Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices  and Diet and Salad Suggestions,  are
recommended reading for every cancer patient.
Ph a s e  III
MINERALS
Trace minerals are absolutely essential for enzyme function. No matter how
skilled we are in the production of mineral supplements, minerals from foods are
better utilized and balanced in unprocessed whole foods. Dr. Kelley daily uses a
multi-grain porridge. Purchase from a health food store organic seeds, one pound of
each grain, seed and/or nut. Mix well in a large container or clean bag. Keep in a
cool (below 80 degrees) or in a refrigerator.
MULTI-GRAIN PORRIDGE
Objective
To obtain as many different nutrients as possible from as many different gene pools
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(seeds, grains and nuts) as possible from as many different sources (fields) as possible.
Measure equal weight of these organic foods:
Barley
Barley Flakes
Brown Sesame Seed
Buckwheat Groats
Corn Grits, Blue
Corn Grits, White
Corn Grits, Yellow
Golden Flax Seed
Kamut
M illet
Oat Groats
Rice, Brown Long Grain
Rice, Brown Short Grain
Rolled Oats
Rye Berries
Rye Flakes
Spelt Berries
Steel Cut Oats
Triticale Flakes
Wheat Flakes
Wheat, Hard Red Spring
Adding almonds, English walnuts, berries, and fruit makes a complete tasty meal.
Directions
Daily at bedtime or upon arising
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A. 1/3 cup porridge - I  prefer whole but it may be ground in a seed mill
B. Add 1  1/3 cup boiling water. Stir well.
C. Let soak at room temperature during the day.
D. 2 to 3 hours before evening meal heat in a double boiler (or on low in a pot) at
low temperature until consistency of oatmeal**
E. For evening meal one should add fresh or frozen berries or fruit.
Options
1). Today I  added 4 tablespoons of frozen pineapple juice concentrate, 1/2 cup of
frozen blackberries, butter and 1/4 cup heavy cream.
2). Yesterday I  added frozen raspberries, frozen grape juice concentrate, butter and
heavy cream.
3). Tomorrow I  w ill add frozen strawberries, frozen orange juice concentrate, butter
and heavy cream.
4). The objective


The handwriting is poor because there is a belief
system that we have poor handwriting, so we then
reverse the whole programming of the mind as far as
cause and effect. We are returning to a principle that
we can demonstrate through our own experience.
It is physical and the expression of the mental, not
vice-versa.
We came to the conclusion that our handwriting is
poor because the cause was in the mind, in the belief
system. It may have been a remark picked up during
childhood. Someone may have said, "Your handWriting
is poor," and from that point forward, the program is
operative. We have to look at the ingenuity of the
unconscious mind to really see it. It would be great if
one had some experience in watching hypnotic exper
iments. It has been shown that if a person is told their
legs will be itching when they awaken, and then
induce amnesia for that suggestion, when the person
wakes up, they are asked how they feel. Instantly the 126 HEALING AND RECOVERY
mind will start creating the most marvelous and
convincing argument of why the person's legs should
itch. The person doesn't just say, "Well, my legs itch."
The mind always gets creative and starts explaining,
"Well, I have wool pants on, and you know I'm allergic
to wool, and the heat in this room is steam heat, and
that always creates the itching:' It is just marvelous to
listen to the inventiveness of the mind as it begins to
create the reasons for the symptoms, which, as stated
above, were placed within the hypnotic subject on pur
pose. The mind will do the same thing without formal
hypnosis, so it is helpful to look at ourselves as though
we have been hypnotized for half of our lives and did
not even realize it.
What is hypnosis? It is suggestibility, is it not? It
means to be in an unguarded, suggestible, relaxed
state, so anytime we have been in that state, we have
picked up all the programming, and whether we
remember it or not, it is still operative. All the times
we were half asleep as we sat in front of the television
set, hour after hour of programming went into the
mind and became unconscious hypnotic programs.
We can discover what we have been programmed
with by watching to see what comes up, such as the
idea that,"I'm no good. Oh, I'm no good, I'm no good.
I never was very good at playing cards."Ifwe have the
belief system of not being very good at playing cards,
that is what is going to operate in our life and also
reinforce that belief system. The belief systems
become self-reinforcing and self-fulftlling prophecies.
A belief that is held unwittingly can manifest in our
life, thus justifying the belief system. By looking at our HEALTH 127
lives, we can tell what beliefs are being held. If we
cannot recall them, then we say they are unconscious
or have been unwittingly picked up from the collec
tive consciousness of society.
Health is the automatic expression of higher ener
gy fields. The fields of 540 and over are the levels of
gratitude, forgiveness, and healing.The willingness. to
be forgiving and grateful in itself automatically begins
the healing process. Becoming a loving being in the
energy field of love is not sentimentality or emotion
alism. What the world calls love is more often about
dependency, control, sentimentalism, and emotional
ism. It is an emotional, sentimental attachment in
which control is going back and forth, and there is the
satisfaction of desiringness on both sides. This is the
Hollywood version of love.
When you hear someone say, "I used to love
George, but 1don't anymore," it means that they never
did love George. What was really meant is that they
had a sentimental attachment, sort of a solar-plexus
kind of a 'hanging onto', which the person romanti
cized and glamorized within their life, pouring a lot of
emotional energy into it so that when that tie was
broken, up came a lot of negative emotion.
Real love is unconditional love. Unconditional love
is a decision we make within ourselves. The process is
one of intention and the decision to be a loving per
son. If1 decide to love you, that is my inner decision.
There is nothing the other perso~ can do about it.
Therefore, one is not the victim of what goes on in the
world because the decision to love creates a stable
energy field of unconditionality. The other person's 128 HEALING AND RECOVERY
behavior may not be pleasing or contribute to what is
desired, but it does not change the lovingness. For
example, the mother who visits her son who is a mur
derer in prison for twenty years still loves the being
ness, the 'is-ness' of who he really is. Of course, his
behavior does not make her happy, but the love is
unconditional, no matter what he does. We see exam
ples in the world of the unconditional lovingness of
the mother, and the lovingness of twelve-step groups,
such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Unconditional love is
not concerned with what you have or with the past.
The people at the lower levels of consciousness are
very concerned with havingness and rate others based
on what they have. In the middle ofthe Map, people
are preoccupied with doingness, and their status rating
depends on what they do and all the titles that go with
that doingness. As they move towards the top of the
Map, people are concerned with what they are, with
what they have become-their 'is-ness', their being
ness, that which they truly are. At that level, there is
concern with a person's stature, their value, and the
kind of person they have become.
The willingness to become a forgiVing person
who nurtures all of life nonjudgmentally automatical
ly brings that about within oneself because of the
very healing nature of that energy field. It is a condi
tion of good health and the beginning of seeing the
perfection of all things and how all things work out
for the good. Illness cannot stem from that context.
For the person who is oriented in the direction of
health, illness merely becomes something that is com
ing up in order to be healed; it is bringing up a lesson. HEALTH 129
The illness is saying, "Look at me. Please heal what I
stand for and symbolize. Please heal the guiltiness, self
hatred, and limiting thought forms. Please move up to
loving me so I can be healed."The illness is a demand
to grow spiritually. It is an incessant gadfly that tells us
that something is 'out' and needs to be looked at.
Something needs to be held in a different way.
It is not the events oflife but how we hold them in
mind that creates our reaction. Events in and of them
selves have no power to affect how we feel, one way or
another. What does affect us is our position and judg
ment about them, and how we decide to be with them.
Our attitude, our point of view, the context, and the
overall meaning give the event the emotional power
over uS.We can see that we are the creator ofthe mean
ing and impact it has on us.
Stress comes from our giving externals power over
our life, which comes from the position of victim, of
putting the source of happiness outside our life and
denying the power of our own mind. The healing
comes about through re-owning that power and realiz
ing that we and we alone create the meaning ofany cir
cumstance, event, place, position, thing, or any person
in our life.We create the meaning, our position, and the
way we hold it.That either becomes a source of heal
ing or a source of illness. We are the ones who deter
mine the outcome.
Eventually we begin to see that the body is like a
pet or a little marionette. It happily goes along its way
as a consequence ofthe energy fields of joyfulness and
gladness. It just sort of does what it does automatically,
without thinking much about it. 'Healthy' means that 130 HEALING AND RECOVERY
we pay less and less attention to the body and enjoy it
out of appreciation. It is an expression of how we are
with that body.
Being healthy means we have re-owned our power
as source and are not giving away the source of the
body's health to the world.The exercising we do is out
of the joyfulness of experiencing the body.We do not
say that swimming causes the body to be healthy, but
we instead come from the position that because we
enjoy the body, we enjoy activities such as swimming.
Those activities that the world considers healthy are
the expression of our inner sense of aliveness. There is
joy in allowing the body's expression in ways that the
world considers healthy, not because they are causal,
but because they are the effect.
The healthy enjoyment of the body is the effect of


 Chapter 14 ) into each enema for a few
days. This will help to release the cramping and/or spasming. Please note:  do not use this method
for more than 2-3 days, to avoid irritating the rectum and the colon.
It is only when they are on the regular enema routine that patients realize how much waste
material their bodies have stored over many years. Once the organism gets a go-ahead in the
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www.thegersonway.comappear in the enema returns, including a wide range of parasites. Experts claim that some 85%
of us harbour parasites in our colon, which are best expelled. So the message is not to panic, if
the enema returns contain unusual substances: they prove that detoxification and cleansing is
progressing well.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For patients who have been pre-treated with chemotherapy, the enema
schedule is reduced. It has become evident that such patients must be detoxified more slowly and
cautiously, so as not to release all the remaining toxic chemotherapy residues too rapidly, which
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Medications
For the general public, “medications” normally mean drugs, used in allopathic medicine in the
treatment of disease. In acute cases and emergencies many drugs are life-saving and highly
valuable. But when it comes to chronic conditions, as a rule the synthetic drugs, which are alien
to the body, can merely alleviate, i.e., suppress symptoms without dealing with the basic cause.
This process is often accompanied by severe side effects, which may require more drugs to
control.
The medications used in the Gerson Therapy belong to a totally different category. Far from
being drugs, they are nutritional supplements, consisting of natural substances present in, and
needed for, the normal functioning of the various body systems. Being natural, they have no
damaging side effects. Their purpose is to make up for the deficiencies of the sick body, until it
recovers sufficiently to cover all its needs. So pure are these substances that even if by mistake
they are incorrectly used, in excessive or insufficient doses, they do no harm—with the exception
of the thyroid/iodine supplementation, which must be correctly adjusted.
Let us take them one by one and explore their purpose.
Potassium Compound
Dr. Gerson found that the basic problem in all chronic degenerative diseases is the loss of
potassium from, and the penetration of sodium into the cells, now known as t he tissue damage
syndrome. The average diet in most countries, especially in the developed world, contains far
too much salt (sodium), which eventually causes the breakdown of the healthy balance within
the body. To correct this, Dr. Gerson added a large amount of potassium (a 10% solution of three
potassium salts) to the already potassium-rich organic vegetarian diet, and observed that this
enabled the sick body to release the excess sodium, together with edema, while also reducing high
blood pressure and, in most cases, pain.
To prepare the compound,  100 grams of three ready-mixed potassium salts are dissolved in
one quart of distilled water and stored in a dark glass bottle, or in a clear one kept inside a large
brown or black paper bag, to keep out all light.
On the full intensive therapy 4 teaspoonfuls of the potassium compound are added to
ten of the freshly prepared fruit and/or vegetable juices. This dosage is reduced after 3-4
weeks to 2 teaspoonfuls in each of ten juices.
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www.thegersonway.comcontent to the essential organs. The serum potassium level, as shown in the blood test result, does
not reflect the potassium status of the cell. Low serum potassium values may signify healing,
because the depleted tissues are reabsorbing potassium, while high figures may be found in
failures, because the tissues lose it.
Thyroid and Lugol’s Solution
It is a fact, known since Dr. Gerson’s day, that most cancer patients are suffering from a low
basal metabolism. Much of the problem is caused by the chlorine widely used in the purification
of the water supply, and—worse still—by fluoride. Both remove iodine from the thyroid gland,
thus reducing its ability to function properly. The thyroid gland regulates the metabolic rate of the
organism, acting as its thermostat, being capable of raising temperature and producing fever; it
also affects the immune system as well as the proper functioning of all hormone systems. When
thyroid and iodine in the form of 1/2 strength Lugol’s solution are added to the patient’s intake,
the immune system becomes reactivated and healing can begin. The patient’s metabolic rate has
to be established for a correct dosage, but most cancer patients start with 5 grains of thyroid and
18 drops of Lugol’s solution (3 drops in each of 1 orange and 5 carrot/apple juices) a day, for
the first 3-4 weeks only. Then the amounts are reduced to 2 or 2 1⁄2 grains of thyroid and 12
drops of Lugol’s, and subsequently adjusted according to the Gerson doctor’s instruction.
Patients suffering from non-malignant diseases use the less intensive therapy (see Chapter 19 ),
with much less thyroid and Lugol’s solution.
Niacin : (common name for nicotinic acid, or Vitamin B-3) Niacin assists in the digestion
of protein and helps to open capillary circulation, thus bringing freshly oxygenated blood (from
the constant intake of fresh juices) to all body tissues. By improving circulation it also works to
reduce ascites (abdominal edema) and pain. The dosage is a 50 mg tablet 6 times daily, taken
during meals. This medication often causes the well-known “niacin flush,” a temporary reddening
of the face and upper chest area, with some itching. This is totally harmless and passes quickly.
(Do NOT switch to non-flushing niacin: it is ineffective.) Niacin should be discontinued during
women’s periods or in case of bleeding of any kind.
Liver Capsules : The severely toxic and damaged liver of the cancer patient needs maximum
assistance to improve its vital functions. The therapy provides this help in the form of liver
capsules containing dried, defatted powdered liver from healthy animals. Two capsules of liver
powder are given three times a day, with carrot-only juice. According to Dr. Virginia Livingston,
the combination of dry liver powder with carrot juice produces abcissic acid,  a precursor of
Vitamin A, which is essential in attacking tumor tissue.
Crude Liver Injections : An additional substance given to aid in the restoration of the liver.
It normally contains a small amount of Vitamin B 12. However, since virtually all cancer patients Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 120Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comare anemic, additional Vitamin B 12 is needed to help restore the hemoglobin content of the blood,
promoting the formation and maturation of red blood cells. It works against different types of
anemia and even against degenerative changes in the spinal cord. As seen in animal experiments,
this vitamin is able to restore a wide range of tissues damaged by age, chronic illness, surgery,
degenerative diseases, or various kinds of poisoning. Intra-muscular Liver Extract (3 cc) with
added 50 mcg of B 12—a tiny amount, a 20th of one cc) is given daily for four or more months.
Later the frequency is reduced to every other day, and still later—sometimes after as much as a
year—to twice a week.
Pancreatin : This is an extract of various pancreatic digestive enzymes, normally needed
to digest fats, proteins and sugar.  Gerson patients don’t consume those substances; however,
these enzymes are vitally important in the digestion and elimination of tumor tissue. The dosage
is 3 tablets of.325mg each four times a day—one after each meal, plus an additional dose in
mid-afternoon. For exceptionally large tumors 2-3 tablets a day of a more concentrated 1200mg
pancreatin may be added to the patient’s medication. Some patients cannot tolerate pancreatin and
have to do without it. Dr. Gerson also omitted pancreatin for sarcoma cases.
Acidol Pepsin : These tablets supply digestive stomach juices, badly needed by patients
suffering from chronic diseases, who tend to have insufficient


1/4 tsp of nutmeg

1/2 tsp of cinnamon

Place all ingredients into a blender and blend on a high speed for three
minutes. For a smoother consistency, strain through a large strainer layered
with a piece of cheesecloth.
Almond milk is a protein and should not be combined with starches. Use
rice milk if you wish to combine with a starch.
Banana Ice Cream
4 to 6 bananas

1 to 11/2 cups of apple juice

1 tsp. of vanilla

1/2 cup of raw almonds

To make any frozen treat you will need some frozen fruit and fresh fruit
juice. Organic fresh juice and fruit is always preferred. However, glass-
bottled organic juice may be substituted.
Peel 4 to 6 bananas and freeze overnight in a zip-lock baggie. Put about 1
to 11/2 cups of apple juice and 1 tsp of vanilla in a blender. Break off piecesof frozen banana and add to the apple juice as you blend them (a few pieces
at a time) until you get a creamy consistency. If you want a thicker blend
simply add more frozen banana, or, first add 1/2 cup of raw almonds to
blender and blend to small pieces or powder, then add your apple juice,
vanilla and frozen bananas.
Date/Coconut Rolls
2 cups of dates

1 cup of raisins

1/4 cup of coconut

1 cup of nuts—pecans or almonds (optional)

Remove pits from the dates. Put dates and raisins through a food grinder.
Chop nuts to medium size. Mix all ingredients together and then form into
balls. Roll in grated coconut or finely ground nuts. Keep in the refrigerator.
Frozen Bananas
Bananas

Sesame seeds

Honey

Melted carob (optional)

Peel your bananas and roll them in the honey, then roll them in the sesame
seeds or drizzle with or dip into melted carob. Place the bananas on a plate,
cover and freeze.
Smoothies1/2 cup Blueberries

2 Bananas

4 Dates

Organic Grape Juice (fresh or bottled)

Chopped Ice (4 to 6 cubes)

Add your juice, dates, ice, bananas and blueberries to a blender and blend to
desired texture. Any fruit and fruit juice combination can be used. Fruit
smoothies are like milkshakes, but very healthy.
COOKED MENU

Vegetable Soup
Carrots

Sweet corn

Pearl onions

Green beans (optional)

Peas

Garlic (optional)

Cauliflower
 Potatoes (sparingly)

Use a water base when making this delicious soup. You may add any herbal
spice like Herbamare® or Spike® toward the end of the cooking process or
after the soup is cooked. Fresh raw spices are preferable. No salt or pepper of
any type because they are irritants and mucus-forming.
Cauliflower Soup
2 cups chopped cauliflower

3 cups of distilled water

1 large sweet onion

2 Tbs. of olive oil

1/2 cup bell pepper (red or yellow)

Sauté onion in olive oil until translucent. Bring water with cauliflower and
pepper to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add sautéed onion, stir. Take out
2 cups of soup and blend in blender. Add back to pot, stir and enjoy!
Carrot/Squash Soup
1 sweet onion, chopped

3 lbs butternut squash chopped (peeled, with seeds removed)

10 chopped carrots

4–5 chopped garlic cloves

3–4 tablespoons of olive oil
 1/3 bunch parsley, chopped

Sauté onion until translucent in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, set aside. Add the
squash and carrots to water (make sure that they are covered) and bring to a
boil. Cook over medium heat until carrots and squash are slightly soft. Add
the cooked onion. Add the chopped garlic and parsley and boil for 1 minute
longer. Remove from heat. Serve.
Steamed Veggies
Broccoli

Cauliflower

Bell peppers (all colors)

Onions

Asparagus

Pea pods (optional)

Green beans (optional)

Place your desired veggies into a stainless steel steamer, and steam for 5 to 7
minutes. You may wish to put these steamed vegetables over whole grain
brown rice with an onion or veggie sauce.
*Stainless steel “leaf” steamers are inexpensive and can be purchased at any
department store that carries kitchen utensils. They are made to fit down into
saucepans. Avoid all aluminum cookware.
Stir-Fried Veggies
3 tablespoons olive oil
 Chopped vegetables of your choice (including bean sprouts)

Add olive oil to skillet. Heat oil and add chopped vegetables (the sky is the
limit where your choices are concerned). Stir-fry for approximately 5–10
minutes, but don’t overcook. Season to taste with your favorite herbal spices.
Short-Grain Whole Brown Rice
1 cup of short-grain brown rice

2 cups of water

Rinse rice and put into a pot with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, cover and
cook on low heat for 45 minutes until all water is absorbed.
Millet Cereal
Use this once a week only.
 Prepare according to package directions, or as you
would oatmeal. Use rice milk only. Sweeten with honey, molasses or maple
syrup.
Your food determines in a large measure how long you shall live – how
much you shall enjoy life, and how successful your life shall be.
— Dr. Kirschner,
Live Food Juice

CHAPTER EIGHT
The Power of Herbs
W
hen I started using herbs and herbal formulas over twenty-seven years ago,
my success in my clinic skyrocketed. I began to see much deeper cleansing
and healing—true regeneration and vitality—in tissues. Previously, with
supplements, I would see
some
 improvement, and maybe some symptoms
eliminated. However, these symptoms would return when the
supplementation was stopped.
Today, the use of herbs (botanicals) is vital to the restoration of the
human race. Their power to invoke the cleansing and regeneration process
can’t be equaled by manufactured supplements or chemical medications.
Where chemical medications suppress and hold toxins in the body, herbs pull
and clean these toxins out as well as strengthen the cells. Because herbs
haven’t been hybridized they haven’t lost their powerful nutritive and
electrical properties.
From a spiritual viewpoint, herbs carry the “original awareness” with
which they were created. When an herb’s “consciousness” or awareness
unites with the consciousness of a human cell, this empowers the cell to
function as
it
 was originally created. As DNA and cellular activity changes,
this yields greater vitality to cells, tissues, or glands. With their powerful
cleansing actions, herbs empower the body to clean itself out of all
obstructions, thereby enhancing blood, lymph, and neuro (energy) flow to
the cells.
The original power (consciousness), nutrition, and active ingredients that
herbs have can make the difference between life and death. We have come to
a point genetically in our cellular patterns where treatment is no longer
effective. The chemical toxicity levels in our air and from our foods is so
high that acidosis and deterioration is affecting everything—our buildings,
statues, water supplies, animals, and especially ourselves. In the last 100 years
humans have done what no other animal has ever done in billions of years:
we have destroyed the earth. If you wish to survive this, changing your
approach from treatment to detoxification is essential. If you
do not alkalize
and clean out the poisons that are killing your body, your chances of getting
healthy remain very low.This book is aimed at changing your viewpoint about treatment. It has
been my life’s work not to treat, but to detoxify and regenerate. This is
especially true in chronic and degenerative disorders, such as diabetes (type
I), cancer, arthritis, and MS. One cannot just treat these conditions. The
tissues (organs and glands) that are failing must be restored.
Herbs have been used for ages by humans and animals for the treatment
of disease as well as for nutrition. Herbs are non-hybrid vegetables. Their
nutritional, electrical, and medicinal content is much greater than most hybrid,
garden vegetables. The uniqueness and superiority of herbs lies in their
strong medicinal compounds, or what I call their restorative properties, which
include acids, alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, coumarins (clotting factors),
tannins, (astringent properties), antioxidants (immune), bitter principles and
much more. A list of many of these herbs and their effects upon tissues will
be found in
Module 8.2
,
Power Herbs.
The restorative principles in herbs can enhance, cleanse and provide
nutrition to cells and tissues, thus affecting cell and tissue response. Herbs
increase the blood and lymph flow within tissues, which increases nutrition to
cells and allows them to eliminate their wastes.
Herbs are “tissue-specific” in that each herb was designed by God to
affect a specific type of tissue or part of the body. The beauty of God’s herbs
is that they can and do affect many different types of tissues at the same time.
Examples of this would be Licorice Root, Saw Palmetto Berries, and Chaste
Tree Berries. These herbs not only affect the endocrine gland tissues but


 future lends itself
to the following observation: Whatever a man fears may
happen to him is only a matter of probability—either it will happen or it will not ha ppen. And just as it is
possible that something painful, worrisome and fearful
may happen, it is also possi ble that, because of his
reliance on God, the reverse of what he feared may
happen. Because both what he feared and its reverse are
possible.
This is all that your servant felt is needed in this
chapter.
CHAPTER IV

Helpful Hints in General, and in Particular, for
the Healthy and for the Sick, in Every Place
and in Every Season

ON AIRS AND WATERS
To begin with, let us discuss the improvement of the
air and then the improvement of the water and then the
improvement of food. What th e physicians call winds are
delicate fumes that are f ound in living bodies. Their
origin and main substance is derived from the air that is
inhaled from outside. And the fume that is found in the
blood of the liver and in the blood vessels that sprout out
of it is called natural wind. And the fume which is found
in the blood of the heart and in the pulsating vessels is
called the vital wind, and the fume which is found in the
ventricles of the brain and wh ich is spread in the vacuum
of the nerves is called the wi nd of the soul. Their origin
and their substance is derived from the air that is inhaled
from the outside. And if this air is malodorous, ill-
smelling and turbid, the winds change and assume the opposite character of what th ey should have been. Said
Galen: One must pay attention to the type of air that one
inhales into his body, that it should be perfectly balanced
and pure of everything that might contaminate it. Said the
author: The lighter the wind, th e greater it is affected by
changes in the air. The natural wind is thicker than the
vital wind, and the vital wind is  thicker than the wind of
the soul. With the slightest change in the air, there is a
marked change in the soul. And this is why in many
people the amount of loss in th eir soul's function is equal
to the contamination of the air, i.e., they develop a
constant fear and incapac ity of concentration and
defective memory, even though their vital and natural
functions suffer no perceptible change.

SUNSHINE AND FRESH AIR
The quality of urban air co mpared to the air in the
deserts and forests is like  thick and turbulent water
compared to pure and light water. And this is because in
the cities with their tall buildings and narrow roads, the
pollution that comes from their residents, their waste,
cadavers, and offal from thei r cattle, and the stench of
their adulterated food, makes their entire air malodorous,
turbulent, reeking and th ick and the winds become accordingly so, although no one is aware of it. And since
there is no way out, because we grew up in cities and
became used to them, we can at least choose a city with
an open horizon, especially on the northeast and toward
high mountains with limited forestation and outside
water. And if you have no choice and you cannot move
out of the city, try at least to  live in a suburb situated to
the northeast. Let the house be tall and the court wide
enough to permit the northern wind and the sun to come
through, because the sun thins out the pollution of the air
and makes it light and pure. And one should place the
privy as far as possible from his permanent residence and
he should try to improve the air by drying it and
perfuming it with balsam a nd fumigation to bring about a
change. And this is most important in the care of the body
and the soul.

LEAVE IT TO NATURE
In spite of your caution a nd carefulness, you will not
be able to prevent minor things from developing in the
human body. For example: Now th e stool will be soft and
now hard, one day one may find a change in his digestion
or experience a slight headach e or an ache in another part
of his body, and many similar things. And be very careful not to begin treating it medi cally, rushing to take a
medication that is supposed to remove this minor ailment.
The Prince of Physicians [Hi ppocrates] warned us against
it. Nature takes care of all th ese things and one does not
have to have recourse to  medication, but should follow
healthy and good behavior. B ecause if you undertake to
medicate these minor conditions, there are two
possibilities: Either your act  will be erroneous, the
opposite of what nature intends, and you will lose and
suffer injury, or your action will be correct and you will
restore to nature its natural function, but at the same time
train your body to lag behind and to do the normal only
with outside help. This has b een compared to a beast of
burden which has been trained to move with a bridle and
so stands in its place until urged to go. You may likewise
find that the stool become s soft without any other
changes in behavior. This may persist for two or three
days without any feeling of pain or weakness. You rush
to dry it up and prevent dia rrhea and to regulate it with
the help of medication. But it was all due to nature,
impelled by the evacuating urge to expel what had to be
expelled, making the stool soft for that purpose. We cause
injury by interfering with na ture's right function and we
cause retention of what had to be expelled and ill health
develops. Often one develops loose stools because of the weakening of the retentive pow er. If let alone, it would
return to a normal state and to normal activity. But
because this power has always been helped and
strengthened whenever it became weak, it becomes a
habit, and when it stops, it is necessary to move it from
the outside. It has already been explained that it is best to
leave this to nature. And so it should be in everything that
holds no danger.

ALFARABI ON HEALING, SAILING AND AGRICULTURE
Abu Nassar Alfarabi mentioned that the arts of
healing, sailing and agricultu re do not bring full results
for the effort exerted. The physician, for example, does
everything that he has to do in  the best possible way, with
no error either on his part or on the part of the patient;
nevertheless he does not atta in the desired result of
restoring health. And the reason is that what affects us is
not medicine alone, but medici ne together with nature,
and nature is not always su ccessful in removing all the
causes that have been mentioned in this chapter. The tiller
of the soil also does everything that is required, yet has no
success in sowing. And equall y, the sailor guides his boat
the best he can and builds it in  the best structure and sails
it in the proper place and ye t he suffers shipwreck. And the cause of this is that the results are due to two factors,
one of which may do everything necessary while the
other fails in its activity.
When you observe what we have said in the previous
chapter, you will know that occasionally a disease is
light, but the disposition to it is strong. If you try to
remove the disease and do everything for the patient,
while the physician or the patient fails in medication,
nature's function will be interfered with. And herein lies
most of the mistakes that are made in every place and
every time.

AL RAZI: THE PATIENT AND HIS DISEASE
Al Razi said in one of hi s books: "When the disease is
stronger than the patient, the physician will not be able to
help him at all, and if the stre ngth of the patient is greater
than the strength of the dis ease, he does not need a
physician at all. But when both are equal, they need a
physician who will support the patient's strength and help
him against the disease. Said the author: From the
statement of this perfect pr actitioner it is implied that
avoiding a physician is often better than engaging one, if
all the events of th e illness are taken into consideration.
This rule applies only if the physician is wise and can help nature and should not err in his way and deviate
from his right habit.

SURPRISING MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS
Many physicians treat their patients with criminal
neglect; nevertheless the patie nts do not die but are saved.
And I have seen those who have prescribed asparagus, a
strong purgative, for one who did not need even a mild
one, causing the loss of much blood from below. And
they persisted in it many days bringing about tense
tenesmus and diarrhea—yet the patient got well again.
And I have also seen one who suffered of indigestion and
was treated unknowingly by phlebotomy and he became
helpless from pain in his heart and loss of strength


stitutionsandenter-
prisesinthiscountryhavetakentocallingthemselvesthehealthprofession,
healthcenters,andhealthcompanies.Thisisamisnomerforwhatisreally
thesicknessindustry.Ilikethedefinitionofhealthsetoutintheconstitu-
tionoftheWorldHealthOrganization,whichstates"Healthisastateof
completephysical,mental,andsocialwell-beingandnotmerelytheab-
senceofdiseaseandinfirmity."
TheWorldHealthOrganizationconstitutiongoesontosay"Theenjoy-
mentofthehighestattainablestandardofhealthisoneofthefundamental
rightsofeveryhumanbeingwithoutregardtorace,religion,politicalbelief
andeconomicorsocialcondition."Thisisarightthatonlyaminorityofthe
worldpopulationcanyetenjoy.Itisarightopentotheluckypeopleofthis
countrywhohavethematerialwealthtomakeitreal.Itisarightthatis
opentoyou.Allthatyouneedtodoistoassertitbysensiblebehavior.
Whatismore,thankstothenewscienceofnutrition,youcantodaymulti-
plythebenefitsofhealthyhabitsbytaking,everyday,theoptimum
amountsoftheessentialvitamins.
Nooneknowsthestateofhealthofapersonbetterthantheperson
himselforherself.Itisimportanttothinkaboutone'shealthandtoactin
suchawayastoimprove it.
2
ARegimenforBetterHealth
Themeasuresthatyoutaketoimproveyourhealthandprolongyourlife
shouldnotbesoburdensomeanddisagreeableastointerfereseriouslywith
thequalityofyourlifeandmakeitdifficultforyoutocontinuewiththe
regimendayafterday,yearafteryear.Compliance isveryimportant.The
regimendescribedinthefollowingparagraphs isofsuchanaturethatyou
shouldbeabletoadheretoitrigorously,dayafterday,fortherestof
yourlife.
TheregimendoesnotincludeeveryhealthmeasureofwhichIhave
knowledge.Moreover, itdoesnottakeintoaccountthespecialnutritional
needsofindividuals.Forexample,personswithatendencytowardarthritis
mightbenefitbyincreasesinvitaminC,niacinamide,andvitaminB6.The
regimenisinsteadanaverageorbasicone,whichshouldbenefitnearly
everypersonintheUnitedStates.Additionalbenefitsmayresultfrom
changesmadeinresponsetobiochemicalindividuality.Thestepsofthe
regimenareasfollows:
1.TakevitaminCeveryday,6grams(g)to18g(6000to18,000milli-
grams[mg]),ormore.Donotmissasingleday.
2.TakevitaminEeveryday,400IU,800IU,or1600IU.*
*IUstandsforInternationalUnit,thequantityofavitamin(orothersubstance)specifiedin
accordancewithaninternationalconventionadoptedbytheWorldHealthOrganization.
AREGIMENFORBETTERHEALTH
3.TakeoneortwoSuper-Btabletseveryday,toprovidegoodamounts
oftheBvitamins.
4.Takea25,000IUvitaminAtableteveryday.
5.Takeamineralsupplementeveryday,suchasonetabletofthe
Bronsonvitamin-mineral formula,whichprovides100mgofcalcium,
18mgofiron,0.15mgofiodine,1mgofcopper,25mgofmagne-
sium,3mgofmanganese,15mgofzinc,0.015mgofmolybdenum,
0.015mgofchromium,and0.015mgofselenium.
6.Keepyourintakeofordinarysugar(sucrose,rawsugar,brownsugar,
honey)to50poundsperyear,whichishalfthepresentU.S.average.
Donotaddsugartoteaorcoffee.Donoteathigh-sugarfoods.Avoid
sweetdesserts.Donotdrinksoftdrinks.
7.Exceptforavoidingsugar,eatwhatyoulike—butnottoomuchof
anyonefood.Eggsandmeataregoodfoods.Also,youshouldeat
somevegetablesandfruits.Donoteatsomuchfoodastobecome
obese.
8.Drinkplentyofwatereveryday.
9.Keepactive;takesomeexercise.Donotatanytimeexertyourself
physicallytoanextentfarbeyondwhatyouareaccustomed to.
10.Drinkalcoholicbeveragesonlyinmoderation.
11.DONOTSMOKECIGARETTES.
12.Avoidstress.Workatajobthatyoulike.Behappywithyourfamily.
Themainfeatureofthisregimenisthevitaminsupplements.Taking
themneednotbeburdensome. Itiseasytogetinthehabitoftakingyour
vitaminseveryday,anditisimportanttodoso.
Thegreatadvantageofthisregimenoverotherproposedmethodsof
prolonging lifeandimprovinghealthisthatitisfirmlybasedonthenew
scienceofnutritionthathasbeendevelopedonlyduringrecentyears.The
greatestdifferencebetweenthisnewscienceandtheoldnutritionisthe
recognitionthatvitaminstakenintheoptimumamountshavefargreater
valuethanwhentakenintheusuallyrecommendedsmallamounts,shown
intheillustrationonpage10.Moreover,withtheoptimumintakeofsup-
plementaryvitaminsthereisnolongersomuchneedtostressotherdietary
measures,suchasdecreasingtheintakeofanimalfatandnoteatingeggs.
TheregimenthatIrecommendpermitscompliance,dayafterday,year
afteryear.Aburdensomeordisagreeableregimenwillnotbefollowedby
manypeople.Thequalityoflifeisenhancedwhenoneisliberatedfrom
thesedietaryrestrictions.
10 CHAPTER2
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100
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20
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500
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100
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1000fxg
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1V<gWater
Carbohydrates, starch
Fats
Protein
Chlorine
Sodium
Potassium
Leucine,methionine,phenylalanine
Lysine,valine,isoleucine
Threonine
Calcium,phosphorus
Tryptophan
Magnesium
Ascorbicacid(vitaminC)
a-Tocopherol(vitaminE)
Niacin
Pantothenicacid
Iron
Pyridoxine(vitaminB6)
Copper
Riboflavin(vitaminB,,)
Fluorine
VitaminA
Thiamine(vitaminB,)
Folicacid
Biotin
Iodine
Cyanocobalamin (vitaminB,,)
Recommended dailyallowances(RDA)Theseallowances,setbytheFoodand
NutritionBoardoftheU.S.NationalAcademyofSciences-National ResearchCouncil,
specifyforadultmalestheamountsofthirty-threenutrientsneededforpreventingovert
manifestationofdeficiencydiseaseinmostpersons.Thelistincludesfourmacronutrients—
water,carbohydrates, fats,andprotein—andtwenty-ninemicronutrients tobetakendaily
infoodandsupplements.TheRDAforvitaminstypicallyfallshortoftheoptimumintakes
requiredforthebestofhealth.Othernutrients,probablyorpossiblyrequired,notshown
here,aretheessentialfattyacids,para-aminobenzoic acid(PABA),choline,vitaminD,
vitaminK,selenium,chromium,manganese,cobalt,nickel,zinc,molybdenum,vanadium,
tin,andsilicon.
AREGIMENFORBETTERHEALTH 77
Thediscoveryofvitaminsthreequartersofacenturyagoandtherecog-
nitionthattheyareessentialelementsofahealthydietwasoneofthemost
importantcontributions tohealthevermade.Ofequalimportancewasthe
recognitionabouttwentyyearsagothattheoptimumintakesofseveralof
thevitamins,farlargerthantheusuallyrecommended intakes,leadto
furtherimprovement inhealth,greaterprotectionagainstmanydiseases,
andgreatvalueasanadjuncttotheappropriateconventionaltherapyin
thetreatmentofdiseases.TheprincipalwayinwhichvitaminCandother
vitaminsfunctionisbystrengtheningthenaturalprotectivemechanismsof
thehumanbody,especiallytheimmunesystem,andbyincreasingthe
effectivenessofenzymesincatalyzingbiochemicalreactions.
Theoptimumdailyamountsofvitaminsarefarlargerthantheamounts
thatcanbeobtainedinfood,evenbyselectingfoodsfortheirhighvitamin
content.Theonlywaytoobtaintheamountsofvitaminsthatputyouinthe
bestofhealthistotakevitaminsupplements.Forexample,toobtainthe
18,000mgofvitaminCthatItakeeachdayIwouldhavetodrinkmore
than200largeglassesoforangejuice.
Tosecuremyrecommendedintakesofsupplementaryvitaminsandmin-
erals,showninthetablebelow


 I must not be doing it right.” Or,
worse, they’ll go to a place of “This is all hogwash. I should have
known from the beginning it was too good to be true!” So they’ll
throw the baby out with the bathwater. Because they don’t fully
understand the process of manifestation, and what it is that we are
trying to know.
Through my 71 years on this planet I have come to under stand
that what we are well-advised to seek to know is not that whatever
we call forth and whatever we command of the Universe will
magically show up in our lives, whether it’s that new red convertible,
or the perfect life mate, or the exact income that we need, or any
other occurrence or miracle that we are seeking to creat e. Not that
that outcome will occur without fail in our lives, but rather, what we
are well-advised to know is that the right and perfect outcome —
whatever it is— will occur.
Those are two entirely different things.
And most of the New Thought Teachers do not teach what I’ve
just said. Rath er, they try to convince people that if they can move
from hoping that something will be made manifest, to having faith
that something will be made manifest, to knowing  that something will
be made manifest, then it will be  made manifest. Even if it should be
not in harmony with the Agenda of your Soul.
To use my own life as a partic ular example, a couple of times in
my life—three or four times, actually—I have earnestly wantedparticular things to occur. I think two or three of those four times had
to do with my career.
I absolutely had the talent to become a nationally syndicated
newspaper writer. And when I was working for a local newspaper in
Annapolis, Maryland, I watched people in the newsroom being
offered jobs at larger newspapers—at the Baltimore and Washington
major metropolitan newspapers—and one person was even offered
a job at the New York Times. He went right from our small paper
straight to the big time. And I couldn’t believe—not that these others
had gotten the offer—I mean fair enough, God Bless ‘em— but that I
hadn’t. And that they were, in a sense, passing me by. Especially
since I had fervently hoped that I would one day get to be a reporter
for the New York Times. I was a young man then, in my twenties,
and I thought I deserved to have that kind of a break. It didn’t
happen.
The second time that I had that experience was when I was a
talk show host on the radio and, likewise, I felt that I should be able
to rise to the ranks of the best and highest paid and most widely
known radio talk show hosts in America. The left wing version of the
right wing guy, Rush Limbaugh, and I could be, you know, his left
wing counterpoint. But I never got that opportunity, either.
And I could speak of other opportunities that didn’t come to
fruition in my life. But the point I’m making now is this: at 71, I
realized that if any of those  things had occurred, I wouldn’t be here
now.
So what I’m clear about is that my soul takes a very clear-eyed
look, if I could put it in human terms, at what it is that my mind is trying
to manifest. And if it’s not in harmony with what my soul is awarewould be a perfect physical manifestation, given my soul’s
individualized expression—given the possibilities, I should say, for the
most dramatic and powerful individual expression of my soul’s
agenda (which has nothing to with a specific occupation, but with a
state or states of Being)—if it’s not in harmony with that, the energies
in my life will work against that occurring.
But I noticed that as soon as I began doing things, and even
hoping for things, that served  the highest expression of the state of
being that reflected my soul’s agenda—that is, as soon as what my
mind and heart wished for and sought to make manife st fell into
energetic harmony  with my soul’s knowing of the highest possibility
—everything fell into place.
I mean, literally, everything fell into place!
I sent a book to a publisher, and the odds of a totally
unpublished, unheard of author sending a book to a publisher with
the unbelievable title of Conversations with God— talk about
pretentious!—the odds of a publisher saying, you know, “We gotta
get this thing out, this guy’s talking to God!”... you’ve heard me say
this in my speeches before, but the odds are one in a million—much
less that the book would be published and begin selling so quickly,
so rapidly, that within weeks of its publication it was on the New York
Times  Bestseller List, and stayed there for two and a half years. So
everything began falling into place, and it’s been falling into place
ever since.

DR. COOPER: Yes, I know. So, Neale, I have a question about this..
.You talk about your soul taking a very “clear-eyed look” at the
circumstances in front of you to determine how it could best serve its
agenda moving forward.
Many spiritual people would pose the question, “Is there a
larger plan in place for us before we get to the planet? And, in
moments such  as these, is our soul ‘redirecting us’ toward  some sort
of ‘larger plan’?”

NEALE: My understanding is that the answer is no. There’ s no
“larger plan,” in terms of an occupation or career. No larger plan
that’s been put into place for us, in the sense of: butcher, baker,
candlestick maker. Our souls do not say, “You will be first baseman
for the New York Yankees, you’re going be a civil rights attorney in
Alabama, and you’re going be a doctor in Canada.”
No. That kind of a plan does not exist, in my understanding.
The metaphor that I was given in Conversations with God is
that we are given the paints on the palette that we choose from
lifetime to lifetime. That is, aspects of Divinity that we wish to
express, if you please. Purple, green, yellow, blue, red. But we are
not told how to paint the picture of our lives.
So the canvas  is ours, on which to paint the picture that we
choose to paint. We have Free Will in that regard. But we are given
the paints. So in this particular lifetime, it’s pretty clear the gifts I’ve
been given—what’ s been “put on my palette”—and also the
challenges that have been placed before me. Patience, and so forth.
So all the colors were put on my palette, but God does not say,
“This is what you shall paint, and you will paint it. It has to be a
meadow, with the sun in the upper right corner, an orange flower inthe lower left, and a tiny child off in the grass in the distance.” So no,
there is no plan.

DR. COOPER: I get it. So, when your soul “corrects course,” so to
speak—because you mentioned opportunities that you felt you
should have had, based on your skill level, in writing and in radio talk
show hosting that did not pan out—are you saying that you can see
now, in retrospect, how perhaps this diversion was serving the truest
expression of your soul’ s agenda?

NEALE: Not necessarily the truest expression of my soul’s agenda,
Everyone’ s soul agenda is identical.
It wasn’t my soul’s agenda that I would be the writer of a
bestselling series of spiritual books. Everyone’s soul agenda is
identical, that’s made very clear in The Only Thing That Matters. So
it’s not my soul’s agenda that we’re talking about here, but the best
qualities, the energetic expression, that would most easily and rapidly
and most powerfully facilitate the placing into the world of my soul’s
agenda through a particular avenue that would allow me to
experience certain aspects—certain colors on my palette—that I
came here to experience. To explain this more fully... I’m sure that
two of the colors on my palette that I wanted to experience are
wisdom and clarity. I’ve talked about this often.

DR. COOPER: Yes, I get that ... But Neale, I’m still stuck on one
point.
You mention that those paths you were interested in pursuing,
be it in writing or in radio talk show hosting, did not pan out as you’dhoped, and that—if I heard you correctly—that this relate s to it not
being the optimum avenue to express those qualities (of wisdom and
clarity, among other things) that your soul has come here to express
in this lifetime.
So how does your soul know that that’s not what you should be
doing? How is it that those opportunities—you know, one might say
they “failed to come to fruition,” in the way you initially hoped they
would—how does that relate to your soul “knowing” what you should
be doing?

NEALE: Oh! Not what I “should” be doing, but what I have an
opportunity to do—“this” as opposed to “that.” How does the soul
know anything?
The soul knows everything.
How do you know when you meet


 must le arn to do so. Let me explain. In nature, at various times
throughout the day, many animals will visit the “water hole” to drink. S ome animals, especially the grazers, are notorious for drinking
huge quantities of water. The anthropoid apes, however, (biologically, huma ns are classed as anthropoid apes) are rarely observed to drink water, but they can do so if necessary. Their tongues are not design ed to lap water the way carnivores do, so they have to
suck water if they must drink. Imagine the position they would have to ass ume in order to drink: essentially, they would be blinded to
enemies as they held down their heads and shoulders while vulnerably e xposing their private parts.
Drinking water is simply not necessary for the anthropoids. Except for hu mans, they do not cause their own thirst. They do not
participate in the activities, nor do they eat the foods, that result in t hirst. Remember, these animals live in the tropics, often in intense
heat, where we would expect that they would need to drink copious quantities of  water. It is certain that the anthropoids get plenty
of exercise and are quite fit; we have all seen films of them climbin g straight up and down trees and vines effortlessly. In fact, pound
for pound, they are about five times stronger than humans. They spend most of  their day in the shade. They rest during the midday
heat. They eat a low-fat raw diet composed primarily of whole, fresh, ripe, org anic, fruits and vegetables. (About 1% of the
anthropoid diet is composed of insects, small reptiles, and other flesh foods.)

Increased Endogenous Toxin Production
The third way we become dehydrated is when our “endogenous” toxin produc tion rises relative to our water intake. Every cell in the
body produces toxic waste products as a result of its own metabolism, and many ti ssues, glands, and organs also produce toxins as
a result of their metabolism. These internally produced toxins are ref erred to as endogenous toxins. (In contrast, toxins that come
from outside the body are referred to as exogenous toxins. These are the ones  that come from our food, the air, and other aspects
of our environment.)
As our levels of physical activity or stress rise, so does the quantity of  endogenous toxins we produce, as cellular output
increases. This is one of the reasons that we are told to drink water bef ore, during, and after exercise and other physical pursuits—
to dilute the toxins we produce.

High Water Output
When we lose water more rapidly than we replace it, we can also become dehy drated. Altitude, heat, sunshine, wind, humidity, and
exercise are among the primary factors that can cause us to lose wat er. Sometimes, these water losses are not obvious to us. For
instance, in conditions of high heat and low humidity, especially if the  wind is blowing, our perspiration can evaporate as rapidly as
we produce it (compared to conditions of high humidity, where dripping sweat gr abs our attention). In low humidity, our skin and
clothing remain cool and dry, even though we are perspiring freely.
We can lose far more water than we realize in an airplane, where the  air is pressurized  to an altitude of 6,000 feet and
incredibly dry. Such insidious water loss is sometimes considered more dan gerous than the overt sweating incurred with exercise in
conditions of high humidity. 71  In both instances, however, we must replace the water that we lose.
We do not have a high tolerance for variations in our ratio of water to toxin s. The average American experiences symptoms of
dehydration after losing just 1% of body weight as water (about 2% of normal wa ter volume). 72  For a two-hundred-pound man,
that equates to just two pounds, or one quart, of water. Medically diagnosable mi ld dehydration begins at the level of 5% fluid loss,
and 15% is considered severe. 73
In many major fitness competitions, contestants are weighed periodica lly throughout the event. Since all rapid weight changes
almost exclusively represent water weight, fairly accurate le vels of dehydration can be assessed simply through the weighing process.
Should an athlete show a 5% loss of weight, he or she is considered to be so danger ously dehydrated as to be removed from the
competition. For the one-hundred-pound female triathlete, a five-percen t weight loss amounts to only five pounds (equal to five
pints, or ten cups) of water.
The medical community tells us that we should drink 8 to 12 eight-ounce gla sses of water daily. Although they don’t express it
as such, this recommendation is necessary to make up for the dehydration c aused by the toxins in our foods. Interestingly, the
example above shows us that an athlete will be removed from competition for  being as dehydrated as the average American! If this
degree of dehydration is so hazardous to conditioned athletes (people who spend mu ch of their lives adapting to extremes), imagine
how dangerous it is to the less-fit individual.
It makes much more sense to remove the cause of the problem, rather than t o continue the cause and introduce a remedy.
Drinking huge quantities of water after causing extreme dehydrat ion is not the healthiest option. It does not matter whether the cause
is the consumption of cooked, salted, or dehydrated foods or exogenous toxins. Althou gh “the solution to pollution is dilution,”  it is
far better to avoid the pollution in the first place.
People can become dehydrated when making dietary changes if they are not  aware that such a problem could arise.
Troublingly, some dietary programs include such dehydrating practices  as consuming a lot of salt and drinking minimal water. It
should be stressed that dehydration is dangerous,  and it impairs all other functions in the body. Avoid any dietary regimen  that
induces a state of dehydration, at all costs.

Are You Dehydrated?
Approximately 75% of the population is chronically dehydrated and simp ly doesn’t know it, because their symptoms seem normal to them. 74  Having lived with their symptoms for so long, they do not even know what a hea lthful level of hydration would feel
like. When they finally achieve normal, healthy levels of hydration  as a result of improvements in lifestyle, people sometimes think
there is a problem; they have never before experienced proper hydration.
Although dehydration has many symptoms, one of the most common is fatigue. O f course, many factors can result in fatigue,
but if you are fatigued, consider whether dehydration might be the cause. Other clear indicators of dehydration include the following:

Your urine is deep yellow or dark, rather than almost clear.
You urinate fewer than six times in twenty-four hours. Eight to twe lve times per day is considered a healthy frequency.
Y ou would describe the volume of urine that you void as “scanty” rather t han “satisfactory.”

If you are curious about the effects of chronic dehydration, the table below  outlines some of the consequences of fluid loss on
the body: 75

Chapter 10. Overcoming the Challenges of Going Raw

Only a few people have continually maintained a completely raw diet ove r a period of years or decades. For many folks, the
raw diet is an experiment that fails rapidly. Initial results are de emed positive, when a person has weight to lose, but for those who
are already thin, the first response tends to be very negative, due to rapi d weight loss and subsequent fatigue. Of course, everyone
blames the diet, ignoring how they actually applied it. The old adage “pr actice makes perfect” rings true, but it should be amended to
say, “perfect practice makes perfect,” for those who fail early t end to give up rather than persist and pull through.

Calories Per Bite
A crucial stepping stone for success in a healthy raw diet is unders tanding the concept of “calories per bite,” or caloric density.
Raw fruits and vegetables yield far fewer calories per bite than cooked f oods or fatty foods, so we must eat more bites in order to
consume sufficient calories. Just as a bodybuilder trains to lift more w eight or a runner trains to run longer races, in order to succeed
on the 80/10/10  diet, we must train our bodies and minds, over time, to eat the kind of volume we wou ld eat in our natural
environment.
Every once in a while, we hear an isolated fact about what an animal in  the wild eats. The volume is always staggering to our
imagination. Animals such as sea otters eat 30% of their weight in f ood each day. 76  Lions have been known to eat eighty pounds of
meat in one meal. 77  I have watched little capuchin monkeys (the type that organ grinders  used to train) eat banana after banana after
banana. Our perspective of “normal” volume has been skewed by th e low-water, low-fiber, high-fat meals we have been eating all
our lives.

Cooking Reduces Volume
Due to the reduced water and fiber found in cooked foods, we are accustomed to eatin g small-volume meals. By eating cooked
foods our


 and activated by love and
devotion and its willingness to surrender. Love is without form  and is that
capacity through  which one bec omes willing, out of that love, to surrender
one’ s positionalities to God. The surrender of willfulness/positionality
brings peace in all circumstances.
Right-brain:  Genera lly meaning “holistic”; enabling such functions as
evaluation, intuition, and comprehension of significance, meaning, and
inference. Nonlinear; operating from patterns and relationships rather than
through the logical sequences of Newtonian causality. The ri ght brain is
assumed to deal with wholes rather than parts. Like an analog computer, it
deals with processes and is g enerally capable of operating without the
necessity of time reference. Rig ht-brain perception detects essence within a
complex field of data that mig ht not otherwise lend itself to meaningful
cognitive analysis—such general phenomena as “falling in love” or
creativity. (The terms left-brain  and right-brain  originated in reference to
dif ferent styles of perception once thought to be localized to certain cerebral
areas, but as Ka rl Pribram has s hown, the brain acts holographically rather
than by precise anatomic localization.)
Scientific:  The method of inquiry into nature specifically designed to
derive predictable laws of physical properties. Modern scientific theory
began in the 16th century with René Descartes’ s Discourse on Method,
followed by Francis Bacon’ s inductive inquiry and Isaac Newton’ s
Principia. J ohn Locke f irst used the te rm scientific  and proposed that
certainty about the interaction of physical events was based on data arrived
at by physical sensation. These concepts resulted in a m odel of a
mechanical, predictive universe, but this view was upset by a modern
quantum theory,  which states tha t at the subatomic level, the laws of chance
replace deterministic laws.
History has noted that science does not advance by an extension of
established theo ries, but instead takes leaps by a shift of par adigm. The
inference is that science is mere ly a reflection of a point of view, and there
is n o real sepa ration between observer and observed. Relativity theory
further states that matter equals ener gy, depending on one’ s point of
reference. David Bohm’ s holographic model predicates an explicit order
based on  an implicit order. For m becomes the consequence of inference,space and time are nonlocalize d, and there is no “here” or “there” (the
nonlocality of quantum wholeness). The universe thus described contains
an infinite number of dimensions and higher -dimension realities.
Self  (capital S ): The Self is beyond, yet innate in, all form—timeless,
without beginning or end, changeless, permanent, and immortal. Out of it
arises awarenes s, consciousnes s, and an infinite condition of  “at home-
ness.” It is the ultimate subjec tivity from which everyone’ s sense of “I”
arises.
Strange attractor:  A term coined by David Ruelle and Floris T akens in
1971, in a theor y that stated that three independent motions ar e all that is
necessary to produce the entir e complexity of nonlinear patter ns of the
universe. A strange attractor is a  pattern within a phase space. The pattern is
traced by  the dynamic points in time of a dynamic system. The c entral point
of an attractor field is analogous to the center of an orbit. Attractors are
fractal and therefore of infini te length. The graphics of at tractors are
depicted by taking a cross se ction of a so-called Poincaré map. The
topographical shaping of phase  space creates an attractor such  as a torus,
like a folded donut.
Universe:  The re m ay be seen to be an infinite number of dimensions to ou r
universe. The familiar three-dimensional universe of conventional
consensus is only one, and is merely an illusion created by our senses. The
space be tween planetary bodies is not empty but filled with a se a of ener gy;
the potential ener gy in one square inch can be said to be as great as that of
the whole mass of the physica l universe. David Bohm has p roposed the
model of enfolded/unfolded sta tes of being, with an explicit order and an
implicit order of reality, comparable to the manifest/unmanifest states of
reality th at have been described for centuries by those who have achieved
Enlightenment and experienced nonduality.
In the causality model...... the A
 B
 C is  the unfolded, explicit, man ifest, discernible universe
of form. The ABC is the enfolded, implicit, unmanifest potential beyond,
which is the for mless, infinite matrix of both form and nonform—which is
omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent.R E S O U R C E S  F O R  F U R T H E R
S T U D Y
Chapter 1
Power vs. For ce: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, Author ’ s
Of ficial Authoritative Edition (Hay House, 2013)
Success Is for Y ou: Using Heart-Center ed Principles for Lasting Abundance
and Fulfillment  (Hay House, 2016)
Healing and Recovery  (Hay House, 2015)
Letting Go: The Pathway of Surr ender  (Hay House, 2014)
Chapter 2
Power vs. For ce
Letting Go
Chapter 3
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness: The Stairway to Enlightenment
(Hay House, 2015)
Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man  (Hay House, 2015)
T ruth vs. Falsehood: How to T ell the Differ ence  (Hay House, 2013)
Book of  Slides: The Complete Collection Pr esented at the 2002–2011
Lectur es with Clarifications  (V eritas Publishing, 2018)Chapter 4
Healing and Recovery
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness
Letting Go
Chapter 5
Success Is for Y ou
Chapter 6
Healing and Recovery
Power vs. For ce
Chapter 7
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness
Book of Slides
Chapter 8
Discovery of the Pr esence of God: Devotional Nonduality  (Hay House,
2013)
The Eye of the I: Fr om Which Nothing Is Hidden  (Hay House, 2016)
T ranscending the Levels of Consciousness
Chapter 9
I: Reality and Subjectivity  (Hay House, 2014)
The Eye of the I
T ranscending the Levels of ConsciousnessDiscovery of the Pr esence of God
Book of Slides
Conclusion
T ranscending the Levels of ConsciousnessB I O G R A P H I C A L  A N D
A U T O B I O G R A P H I C A L  N O T E S
BIOGRAPHIC SUMMAR Y
After serving in the U.S. Navy during W orld W ar II, Dr. Hawkins
graduated from the Medical Col lege of W isconsin in 1953. For  the next 25
years, he lived in New Y ork, where his pioneering work as a psychiatrist
brought major clinical breakthroughs, especially in the treatment of
schizophrenia and alcoholism. His research findings were published widely
in medical, scientific, and psyc hoanalytic journals. As medical director of
the Nor th Nassau Mental Health Center (1956–1980) and director of
research at Brunswick Hospital  (1968–1979) on Long Island, he had the
lar gest p ractice in New Y ork. Dr. Hawkins also served as a psychiatric
advisor to Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist monasteries. In 1973, he co-
authored Orthomolecular Psychiatry  w ith Nobel La ureate chemist Linus
Pauling, initiating a new field w ithin psychiatry and leading to appearances
on the T oday  show, television interviews with Barbara W alters, and The
MacNeil/Lehr er NewsHour.
Dr. Hawkins spent the last three decades of his life in Arizona, working
to correl ate the seemingly disparate domains of science and spirituality. In
1983, he established the Inst itute for Spiritual Research, a nonprofit
or ganization dedicated to consciousness research. During the 1980s, his
lectures at such events as the Fi rst National Conference on Addictions and
Consciousness ( 1985) and Whole Life Expo (1986), both held in  California,
recontextualized addiction by illuminating the underlying spiritual drive for
inner pe ace and how to cultivate it apart from substances. During the 1990s,
he serve d as the chief of staf f at Mingus Mountain Estate ResidentialT reatment Center for adolesce nt girls in Prescott V alley and was the
consulting psychiatrist for several recovery houses in Arizona.
In 1995, at the age of 68, he received a Ph.D. in Health an d Human
Services. That same year saw th e publication of his book, Power vs. For ce,
translated into 25 languages,


animals or humans. Rather, even helped, as healthy
body, they are absolutely not harmful, and their production is only
that turneth away from natural life. Time to understand that it is not
in microbes, but in our own vices, and against the direct
all efforts.
In today's highly toxic environment, the average man to 40 years
- Is intrinsically ill man who for at least one-third
its weight is made up of toxins, that is, salts, poisons dumped
wise inert in the body tissue of the body, mainly
in adipose tissue. The human body - is an amazing mechanism
which protects against toxins your most important organs - the brain
and heart. How? The main way in which the body gets rid
from toxic products - toxins, is to neutralize their
in the liver and excretion by the kidneys. Water-soluble toxins are derived
the kidneys, and fat-soluble bile (a substance
bilirubin) in the intestine and then out with the feces. For other
Substances mechanisms of excretion of the lung
(CO2) and the important role played by the skin. However, the amount of toxins
in the environment of modern civilization than all
permissible norms by hundreds and thousands of targets. Due
This body can not cope with the avalanche of modern toxins,
breaking on the body (I almost said - the man, but
in modern life, this applies to animals). Everyone can
observe dead pigeons on city streets. People - the same patients
pigeons. and every dog??lover will tell you that now the dogs are sick
the same diseases of civilization, as humans. Where does the excess
toxins? Excess toxins wise body "carries a landfill for
town "that is lays inert, peripheral tissues,
lesion which bears no direct threat to life.
These tissues is adipose tissue, the largest number of
which is located subcutaneously and in the retroperitoneal space along the
spine, causing a big belly in men and sediment
fat in the pelvis and hips in women, as well as salt deposits
toxins in the osteo-ligamentous, locomotor. Deposits
toxins in the form of calcium salts in the motor unit causing
notorious osteochondrosis.
9
9Over the years - by the age of forty - the "graveyard" of salts of toxins in the tissue
and ligaments are already extremely full, and then the process of deposition
salts, toxins goes to the vital organs in which
gradually begin to accumulate pathological (painful)
changes. The first well-known example: atherosclerosis,
which basically has the same degenerative origin, that
and osteochondrosis of the ligaments and joints, but there is a vital
transport vessels, narrowing their lumen and disrupting circulation
vital organs. And this is the reason that
cardiovascular heart disease and brain - angina and stroke
- Are the first and the second cause of death for all
including those not elderly.
The cause of the major killers of our time are the heart
cardiovascular disease and cancer, which also has major
samointoksikatsii cause in the body. There have been various theories
cancer: infectious and genetic. But forget to pay
attention to the fact that a hundred years ago, when the environment was not so
toxic, cancer, as well as cardiovascular disease, was
a rare disease, but now he is the third death
place.
Which part of the most polluted environment? Air.
and lung cancer in the world comes first among the cancers.
Interestingly, of the cancers of digestive system in the first place
U.S. colon cancer. And in Russia? in Russia in the first place
cancer of the stomach and duodenum. How can
interpret these data? It is obvious that in Russia the most
the cancer has spread at the entrance to the digestive system and in the U.S.
output. What is infectious or genetic theory is
explain? It is obvious that this is due to dietary
population of both countries. It can be assumed that the Americans
food is more malignant in terms of chronic, that is, providing
its malignant effect by the end of the digestive tract,
and in Russia, food is more cancerous in the acute term, ie
exerts its malignant effect directly and immediately
if it enters the stomach. Perhaps this is due to the peculiarities
nutrition of the population of Russia, namely alcoholism and
communication with the northern climate, lack of fiber
food, lack of fresh fruits and vegetables and the prevalence of
consumption of cooked food starch, corn, potatoes and sausage
products consisting of relatively malignant components.
in the U.S. because of their northern border is located at a latitude of our
Crimea, low-quality vegetables and fruits are present throughout the
year, but they consume a lot of hormones into the meat and dairy
products and pesticides, and food prepared from
semis, will be accurate to say that Americans are eating out
boxes and bottles.
In the U.S., according to statistics, prostate cancer and breast cancer
10
10diagnosed after the age of 50 every second
men and women, respectively. This is due to the consumption of
Hormonal meat and dairy products. How did they live at the same time?
Constantly take toxic cytotoxic drugs
and live. What kind of life at the same time? You understand what a life.
The body of this category of people severely intoxicated. It represents
a kind of a slop bucket inside which the particles are stored
dead cells and protein mass (it littered with intercellular
space and literally stuffed sometimes lymph
vessels). This "garbage" interferes with the normal functioning
body, interferes with "communication" of cells with each other, reducing the force
electrical signals transmitted by cells to each other. from the point
view naturopathic body of people (again, that we
talking about the majority of the population) is in the so-called third
state. This means that these people are not visibly ill,
however healthy they also did not name. This category
primarily exposed to colds, flu and various other
Diseases. This happens because the body is not littered
resist disease, and, conversely, takes her with
open arms, seeing microbes as liberators, which can be
feed your trash.
Conclusion? If you do not want to get into the characteristic statistics
Modern mortality, then you should take
additional and conscious effort to cleanse the body
of constantly accumulating toxins. However, this name
has a technical connotation and therefore does not reflect the tragedy of
consequences associated with defeat slags vital
bodies. Organism - it is not just a pan in which the deferred
some neutral slags - an organism fatally damaged
these slags. Therefore, here to speak about chronic
poisoning of food, household and industrial toxins,
ie, toxins that are medically called chronic
toxemia. Strictly speaking, the main issue is not so much increased
concentrations of toxins in the blood, and increased concentration
toxins in tissues and organs and as a consequence of their rising
damage that would be more correct to call toksikogistiey,
because the root "GIST" means "cloth".
It was a very interesting survey conducted in Yekaterinburg:
exposed hair 24 Uralians spectral analysis and found
in the body Hg, Li, Cr in toxic concentrations. Absolutely
certain that these elements are carcinogenic, so do not
be surprised that we are sick with cancer.
The most radical and, consequently, the most effective
way to clean toxins from the chronic - is a therapeutic fasting,
natural way to cleanse the body from accumulating
harmful substances. It is useful in terms of mental, spiritual
and physical cleansing. The emergence of medical
11
11fasting is rooted in antiquity. Please
note - no animal when it gets sick, will not eat.
Unfortunately, people act differently, not realizing that the lack of
appetite during illness said that to combat it come
body's defenses. Such is the reaction of the organism to
disease. Loss of appetite during illness - this is the inclusion of the fight
the body's defenses. If the temperature rises, so
is mobilization of the body. Of the thousand-year experience
After numerous experiments and careful clinical
study, it became clear that limotherapy (now
it is more commonly referred to by RDT - fasting-diet therapy)
- Sole therapeutic agent. It promotes
radical cleansing and all that purifies - heals. By
speed and effectiveness of getting rid of various ailments method
has no equal, especially when the drug treatment of one
disease exacerbates the other. Or when the patient's intolerance
medicines. We can say that any kind of fasting
benefit, since in this period in an organism occurs
a cleansing of toxic contamination and provides
rest of the central nervous system and digestive organs.
When you starve vital energy performs cleaning
work in your body. The organism is self-cleaning, samolechitsya
and self-healing. When you stop eating, your
organism there are wonderful things! If you want to support
the body clean, you have to starve! Try to starve
a few times - you feel that never before felt:
internal cleansing, which leads you to health! Live not aging
impossible, but to extend years of active longevity may be even
in environmental change.
Fasting serves two functions. First - prevention:
fasting for about three days the body goes
powered by internal reserves (


	the	body	of	pain	increases.
This	means	that	any	negative
emotion	that	is	not	allowed	to	pass	only	strengthens	over	time,	and	leaves	a
lasting	impression.
These	remnants	live	on,	making	up	the	body	of	pain.

To	avoid	strengthening	the	body	of	the	pain	that	prevents	us	from	living	fully,
we	must	learn	from	the	example	that	nature	gives	us.
Those	who	have
observed	a	duck	fight	will	have	seen	that	when	the	fight	ends,	the	ducks
immediately	separate	and	go	in	opposite	directions	as	if	nothing	had
happened,	as	if	to	let	go	of	any	negativity	that	appeared	during	the	fight.

Many	humans	do	not	act	like	this.
After	a	fight,	people	continue	to	think,
wallowing	in	their	anger,	allowing	it	to	take	over	their	minds,	where	it	only
continues	to	generate	negative	thoughts	and	ideas.

To	alleviate	the	body	of	pain,	it	is	necessary	to	let	go	the	effects	of	negative
events	and	to	eliminate	all	traces	of	them	in	ourselves.
We	need	to	bring
ourselves	into	the	present,	where	we	may	find	peace.

The	suffering	and	pain	that	we	are	exposed	to	in	life	are	"evolutionary
supports;"	impulses	for	the	progress	of	our	consciences.
The	experiences	that
we	have	in	each	moment	are	the	ones	that	we	need	at	precisely	that	moment.

A	serious	mistake	to	which	the	ego	leads	us	is	the	belief	that	if	not	for	a
certain	occurrence,	we	would	not	have	to	suffer.
This	is	not	true.
The
suffering	that	we	experience	is	what	drives	the	change	of	consciousness	that
is	essential	to	our	liberation.

We	must	accept	suffering	as	a	process	that	favours	our	enlightenment.ACCEPTING	THE	PRESENT

People	spend	their	lives	locked	up	in	thoughts	that	bind	them.
In	order	to
achieve	happiness,	it	is	necessary	to	learn	to	accept	the	present	as	it	is.
Either
we	accept	life	as	it	is,	or	we	suffer.
The	true	cause	of	unhappiness	is	not	the
situation	that	we	are	in,	but	our	attitude	toward	it.
We	must	become	observers
of	our	own	thoughts,	constantly	aware	of	them.
Situation	and	thought	are	two
different	entities.
The	situation	simply	is;	it	is	objective	and	neutral.
Our
thoughts	are	the	only	thing	with	the	power	to	make	us	suffer.
	THE	SHADOW	LIVING	IN	YOU

We	react	when	we	see	other	people	behaving	in	a	way	that	bothers	us.
Surely
those	behaviours	and	patterns	are	also	within	ourselves,	but	we	simply	do	not
identify	them.

What	bothers	us	of	others	is	just	a	mirror	of	what	exists	in	us.
This	is	a	very
powerful	concept.

Carl	Jung	designated	it	as	the	Shadow:	"Unfortunately,	there	can	be	no	doubt
that	man	is,	in	general,	less	good	than	he	imagines	or	wants	to	be.
Each
carries	a	Shadow,	and	the	less	it	incarnates	in	the	conscious	life	of	the
individual,	blacker	and	If	he	is	repressed	and	isolated	from	conscience,	he	is
never	corrected,	and	if	he	is	repressed	and	isolated	from	conscience,	he	is
never	corrected	and	Is	prone	to	explode	suddenly	in	a	moment	of
unconsciousness,	but	in	any	case,	it	forms	an	unconscious	obstacle,	frustrating
our	more	intentional	intentions.
"

How	can	we	identify	our	very	own	Shadows?
By	observing	other	people	and
analysing	what	bothers	us	about	them	more	from	other	people,	we	can
recognise	ourselves	in	them.
	HARMONIZING	EXTERNAL
AND	INTERNAL	OBJECTIVES

Generally,	we	all	have	an	outer	goal	that	is	linked	to	material	possessions,
such	as	making	more	money.
We	assume	that	if	we	succeed	and	live	more
comfortably,	we	will	be	happy	forever.

On	the	path	of	change,	we	also	experience	the	inner	need	to	separate	thought
from	consciousness.
We	intend	to	separate	thought	from	consciousness	to
attain	the	state	of	enlightenment,	a	state	in	which	we	are	aware	but	do	not
think.

This	purpose	is	fundamental	to	life.
Enlightenment	means	overcoming	the	ego
and	being	able	to	remove	our	consciousness	from	our	thoughts,	and	by	doing
so,	finding	our	True	Selves.

Any	external	goal,	such	as	being	famous	or	having	possessions	and	money,
will	bind	you	to	external	factors.
Such	goals	are	motivated	and	effected	by	the
outside,	and	so,	will	surely	cause	you	eventual	unhappiness.

Let's	look	at	an	example.
Suppose	you	define	the	purpose	of	your	life	as
raising	your	children.
This	purpose	involves	depending	on	whether	your
children	permanently	need	you	or	not.
As	your	children	grow,	they	will
emancipate	themselves	and	stop	needing	you.
Your	life	will	lose	its	purpose
because	it	was	linked	to	factors	external	to	you,	as	your	children	are.

The	same	thing	happens	if	your	goal	is	to	be	the	best	in	your	profession.
The
concept	of	better	implies	that	there	are	worse.
Again,	this	depends	on	factorsoutside	of	you.

In	fact,	it	is	not	the	intentions	themselves	that	can	be	dominated	by	the	ego,
but	rather	the	state	of	consciousness	from	which	they	come.
For	example,	a
person	who	is	dedicated	to	helping	homeless	people	may	be	driven	by	the
outward	purpose	of	being	praised	or	of	feeling	superior	to	others.
Outwardly,
their	task	will	appear	to	supportive	and	disinterested	in	selfishness,	but	in
essence,	it	is	the	ego	that	drives	it.
	ACCEPT	AND	ENJOY:	TWO	KEY
ACTIONS	FOR	LIGHTENING
LIFE

Enjoying	life	implies	feeling	one	with	it,	marching	in	unison	with	the	universe
and	all	the	beings	that	inhabit	it.
It	is	accepting	reality	without	resistance.

Imagine	that	you	are	relieved	from	the	pressures	and	constraints	of	everyday
life,	and	that	you	achieve	peace	and	experience	enlightenment.

The	only	way	this	can	happen	is	you	accept	life	as	it	is	and	enjoy	it.

On	the	path	of	overcoming	the	dominance	of	ego,	of	freeing	yourself	from
your	shadow,	of	dissipating	the	body	of	pain,	and	of	separating	thoughts	of
consciousness,	you	will	begin	to	enjoy	every	moment	of	every	day.
You	will
live	the	present,	willing	to	do	what	is	necessary	at	the	moment	when	you	live
peacefully,	without	pressure	or	stress,	even	if	the	task	at	hand	is	thankless.
You	will	simply	do	things	because	they	are	part	of	your	present,	which	you
accept.
Your	mental	state	will	be	liberated,	at	peace	with	life	and	the	people
around	you.

You	will	enjoy	the	activities	that	you	do;	you	will	be	reaching	a	state	of
enlightenment	that	will	bring	you	satisfaction	and	happiness.
Your	motivation
to	act	will	be	generated	by	enjoyment	and	not	by	desire.

Never	lose	humility,	do	not	let	the	ego	get	out	of	hand	and	impel	you	to	boast
about	success.
Keep	it	contained.
Remember	that