 It is a bitter tonic
and carminative.
It is bitter in taste, possesses light and dry nature and hot in potency.
Due to the potent action of this herbal drug it is used as home remedy in
several ailments and important ions are mentioned here below –
Caraway Remedies
Traditional Anti Emetic Pill
10 Grams of slightly fried black cumin seeds,
5 Grams cumin seeds,
5 Grams of jaggery and2.
3.
4.
5.3 Grams of tamarind fruit pulp are taken together and pounded well.
is is made into the pills (bolus) of 1 gram each and dried under
shade.
is is taken by chewing in the conditions of vomiting, nausea,
abdominal pain, etc.
Black Cumin (Caraway) Powder in Bilious Head Ache
2–3 Grams of ne powder of black cumin seeds are taken along with
butter milk or lemon water (5 ml lemon juice and 100 ml
water/Sharabath). is pacies bilious head ache. In all pitta aggravated
conditions this is benecial. In jaundice also this can be used.
Kalijiri Taila in Alopecia
Readymade caraway oil is available in the market and this is applied
over the hair loss area of alopecia. Constant application helps to regain
the hair in the lesion.
Or else the oil can be prepared by cooking 50 grams seeds with 100
ml oil and water till complete evaporation of water.
Black Caraway Decoction in Diarrhoea
For diarrhoea, instant relief is found if the decoction of caraway is
administered 2–3 times in the dose of 15 ml, hourly. e abdominal
pain, distension, vomiting sensation etc are also relieved and good
appetite is observed.
Krishna Jeeraka Powder with Honey in Kidney and Liver
Dysfunctions
2–3 Grams ne powder of Caraway is administered with little honey in
chronic liver disorders as well as renal problems. It strengthens the
organs and keeps the vitals stable.6.Papaya Seed and Caraway Powder in pinworms
Equal quantity of both the above said herbs are taken and ne powder
is made. is is administered daily in empty stomach in the dose of 2–
3 grams along with warm water. is relieves the long persisting
problem of pinworms in children. In adults decoction has to be
prepared from the above herbs and to be administered.1.104. 6 Durva Grass
Remedies for Burning
Urination, Nasal Bleeding
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
Y
Durva grass (Cynodon dactylon) is also known as Bermuda grass and it is
considered as a sacred plant in India. Hindus worship Lord Ganesha with this
grass.
Durva grass is rich in calcium, phosphorus, bre, potassium proteins,
carbohydrates, magnesium etc. It is sweet in taste and works as an astringent
tonic and coolant of both body and mind.
e studies have revealed that constant intake of leaf juice promotes the
immunity at the large. It has cooling eﬀect as well as antiseptic property and
hence useful in several gynaecological disorders too.
Several health benets can be derived out of this grass and are discussed here
below –
Leaf Juice in Burning Urine, Bleeding from Urethra, Acid Peptic
Disorders etc
A stful of leaf or whole plant is taken and washed thoroughly. is is
crushed well and fresh juice is obtained. is is administered in the
dose of 5–10 ml three times a day. is pacies all kind of burning
problems, bilious conditions and acid peptic disorders.2.
3.
4.
5.
6.Decoction (Kashaya) of the Whole Plant in Bilious Headache,
Debility, Fatigue
Whole plant of Durva grass is collected – powdered. 1 tablespoon is
added to 2 cups of water, boiled and reduced to half a cup. Filtered.
is is administered in a dose of 30–50 ml, along with half teaspoon of
sugar or jaggery. It relieves headache, debility and lethargy.
Durva Oil in Skin Diseases and Dandruﬀ
25 Grams of durva grass is crushed and ne paste is made. To this 100
ml sesame oil and equal quantity of water is added and oil is cooked till
only 80–90 ml of oil remains.
is is ltered and stored.
is oil is very much useful in itching skin lesions, dandruﬀ, eczema
etc.
Durva Juice with Milk in Acid Peptic Disorders and Gastric Ulcers
Fresh Bermuda grass is taken and crushed well with cow’s milk,
Filtered. Juice is collected. is is administered in empty stomach in a
dose of 10–20 ml, once or twice a day before food. is is used as a
remedy for gastritis, hyperacidity, gastric ulcer and heart burn.
Durva Grass for Allergic Rashes in Children
A stful of Burmuda grass is taken and crushed a little. is is soaked
in water for 1–2 hour and ltered. is is administered to children in a
dose of 5–01 ml, once or twice a day, to treat allergic rashes, tinea
infection and such other skin disorders associated with itching etc.
Fresh Juice with Ghee in Nasal Bleeding
Fresh juice of durva grass is taken by crushing the leaves. Filtered.
Mixed with little ghee. is is used as nasal drops 2–5 drops to eachnostril. is is useful to stop nasal bleeding.105. 6 Elephant Yam Home
Remedies for Fatty Liver,
Foot Corn, Obesity
By Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy MD (Ayu), Ph.D.
Y
Elephant yam is an excellent vegetable. Ayurveda prescribes it for many
diseases such as piles, dysentery, asthma, swelling of lungs, obesity, intestinal
disorders, vomiting, blood borne diseases, menstrual disorders and abdominal
cramps.
e paste of the tubers is applied externally to reduce pain in arthritis and to
heal the gangrenous skin lesions.
Elephant foot yam botanical name is Amorphophallus paeoniifolius or
Amorphophallus campanulatus.
Common names: Stanley’s water – tub, Konjac
Elephant foot yam, also called Konjac has a rich nutritional prole. It provides
appropriately 330KJ/100g energy. Potassium, Phosphorous and Magnesium
are the key minerals found in elephant yam. It also contains trace minerals like
zinc, copper, calcium, zinc and selenium.
It has omega – 3 fatty acids which are known to increase the good
cholesterol levels in the blood; simultaneously it decreases the bad cholesterol
and hence acts as a regulator of good and bad cholesterol. e scientists have
identied Diosgenin, a molecular hormone which has potential anticancer
eﬀects.1.
2.
3.
4.It is widely used in the treatment of obesity, haemorrhoids, ssure,
constipation, stula, blood borne disorders.
Few of the important simple remedies are compiled here and presented below
–
Elephant Yam (Konjac) for in Obesity and Hyper Cholesterol
Conditions
Obese people who cannot control hunger are advised to use this
vegetable in their diet.
Suran Kand tubers are cooked well and as per ones need tamarind,
turmeric powder and salt are added and kept ready. Whenever one feels
hungry, 1 bowl of this sabji dish is consumed along with a cup of
buttermilk. is is also useful to reduce bad cholesterol.
Tuber Dry Powder in Haemorrhoids and Fissure in Ano
Mature Suran tuber is taken, washed well and sliced. Dried under
shade. It is powdered and stored in an air tight container.
is can also be soaked in turmeric water (1 tablespoon turmeric + 1
mug of water) or buttermilk, dried.
is powder can be consumed in the dose of 3–5 g rams per day. is
is very useful in relieving haemorrhoids, ssure and constipation.
Tuber for Prostate Enlargement
e Surana Kanda – 100 grams is boiled with 2 cups of buttermilk and
2 cups of tamarind juice along with 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder.
is is consumed in a dose of 2–3 grams, once or twice a day, before
food for 4–6 weeks for the treatment of BPH (prostate enlargement).
Elephant Yam Powder in in Fatty Liver5.
6.In case of fatty liver, elephant foot tuber powder is administered in the
dose of 3–5 grams along with


Every cell in the body is constantly bathed in a solution of saline
water, and if this is not maintained at its required level dehydration
sets in.
In the commercial production of TABLE SALT extremely high
temperatures are used running around 1500°F to solidify the salt with
additives and adulterants to coat the salt crystals to cause the salt to
pour readily under nearly all conditions.
Such salt is not completely water soluble.
To overcome this handicap, whenever we need to use salt, we use
ROCK SALT, the pure Rock Salt used in water purifiers.
Rock Salt is obtained from soil sodium rock formations and is
not subjected to heat. This salt we have found to be soluble in water
and its use, in moderation of course, is found to be compatible and
satisfactory. In order to use it, we grind it to the fineness we desire, in
a small nut or coffee-grinder, such as the Moulinex or any of the
similar grinders sold by Health Food Stores.
Such Rock Salt is a natural catalyst which the enzyme's in the
body can cause to be utilized constructively.
Rock Salt will usually be found to contain the following elements:
Sodium Chloride 90% to 95%
Calcium Sulphate.05% to 1%
Magnesium Sulphate.05% to 1%
Magnesium Chloride.05%tol%
The moisture content may run from 2Vi% to 6%, while occasionally
there is a trace of "insoluble matter."
The "regular Table Salt" is likely to contain in addition to the
above elements in quite different proportions:
Potassium Chloride Sodium Sulphate
Potassium Sulphate Barium Chloride
Magnesium Bromide Strontium Chloride
Calcium Chloride
Most of these elements tend to inhibit the dissolving of the salt in
water.
35 During hot, dry weather, we have found it most soothing and
comforting to drink a tumblerful of fresh-raw celery juice during the
morning, and another in the afternoon between meals. This has the
effect of normalizing the body temperature, with the result that we
are perfectly comfortable while those around us are drenched in
perspiration and sweltering in discomfort.
Sodium is one of the important elements in the elimination of
carbon dioxide from the system. Deficiency of vital organic sodium
results in bronchial and lung troubles, which are aggravated by the
presence of extraneous matter in the lungs, such as tobacco smoke.
Such deficiency is one of the concomitant causes of premature aging,
particularly in women. As a matter of fact, women who smoke age
about 15 years during every 5 years in which they smoke.
Nicotine is to a great extent the cause of so-called "frayed nerves."
Smoking does not in any way alleviate, but rather aggravates this
condition. The use of tobacco creates only a temporary state of mental
well-being at the cost of more or less permanent degeneration of
tissues, though of course, advertising speaks falsely to the contrary.
Tobacco smoke has the effect of inhibiting the taste buds.
The combination of celery with other juices is generally beneficial,
and certain formulas have been used to help clear up deficiency and
other conditions in the body, with almost phenomenal results. When
combined with other juices, the proportion of the elements in each
individual juice is of course changed to correspond to the sum total
of the similar elements in the other juices. Thus we get a totally
different formula when juices are combined than we have in any one
of the juices individually. It is the discovery of the effect of these
combinations and formulas that has proved of such immeasurable benefit
to ailing humanity from the cradle to the grave.
In the case of nervous afflictions resulting from the degeneration
of the sheathing of the nerves, the abundant use of carrot and celery
juice has helped to restore these to their normal condition and thus
alleviate or remove the affliction.
Celery is very high in magnesium and iron content, a combination
which is invaluable as a food for the blood cells. Many diseases of the
nervous and blood system are due chiefly to the inorganic mineral
elements and salts taken into the body by means of dev italized foods
and sedatives.
If there is an inadequate supply of sulphur, iron, and calcium in
the diet, or even if there is an abundant supply of these, but in
36 devitalized inorganic form, then asthma, rheumatism, hemorrhoids,
and other disturbances may result. Unbalanced proportions of sulphur
and phosphorus in the diet may create conditions of mental irritability,
neurasthenia, and even insanity. Also, many diseases hitherto ascribed
to excessive uric acid in the system may really be caused by the
consumption of foods too rich in phosphoric acid and deficient in
sulphur.
The combination of carrot and celery juices furnishes a balance
of these organic minerals in excellent combination to combat
tendencies toward these diseases and help to restore the body to
normalcy where these afflictions have started or taken root.
CUCUMBER JUICE
Cucumber is probably the best natural diuretic known, secreting
and promoting the flow of urine. It has, however, many other valuable
properties, for example, as the promotion of hair growth, due to its
high silicon and sulphur content, particularly when mixed with carrot,
lettuce, and spinach juice. It contains more than 40% potassium, 10%
sodium, 1XA% calcium, 20% phosphorus, and 7% chlorine.
The addition of cucumber juice to carrot juice has a very beneficial
effect on rheumatic ailments which result from an excessive retention
of uric acid in the system. The addition of some beet juice to this
combination speeds up the general process.
The high potassium content of the cucumber makes this juice
very valuable in helping conditions of high and low blood pressure. It
is equally helpful in afflictions of the teeth and gums, such as in
pyorrhea.
Our nails and our hair need particularly the combination of
elements which fresh vital cucumber juice furnishes, helping to prevent
the splitting of the nails and falling out of the hair.
Skin eruptions of many kinds have been helped by drinking
cucumber juice to which the juices of carrot and lettuce have been
added. The addition of a little alfalfa juice in some cases has helped
to speed up their efficiency.
DANDELION JUICE
This juice is one of our most valuable tonics. It is useful to
counteract hyperacidity and to help normalize the alkalinity of the
system. While exceedingly high in potassium, calcium, and sodium,
it is our richest food in magnesium and iron content.
37 Magnesium is essential for giving firmness to the skeleton and
preventing softness of the bones. A sufficient quantity of vital organic
magnesium and calcium in the food during pregnancy will help prevent
the loss or degeneration of teeth due to childbirth, and give firmness
and strength to the bones of the child.
Vital organic magnesium in proper combination with calcium,
iron, and sulphur, is essential in the formation of certain ingredients
of the blood. Such magnesium has great vitalizing powers and is a
constituent as builder of body cells, particularly the tissues of the
lungs and the nervous system.
Vital organic magnesium can be obtained only from live, fresh
plants and must be used fresh and raw. It must not be confused with
manufactured magnesium preparations which, as inorganic minerals,
interfere with the proper healthy functions of the body.
All chemical magnesium preparations, whether powdered or in
so-called milk form, result in deposits of inorganic waste matter in
the system. While they may give the more or less immediate results
claimed for them, such results are purely temporary. The aftereffects
of the deposit of such inorganic matter in the body may have
repercussions of a more or less devastating nature in the future. We
prefer to follow in the footsteps of the sage whose principle was to be
safe now rather than to be sorry later.
Vital organic magnesium, as obtained raw from vegetable juices,
is a nourishing element of inestimable value to the human system.
Raw dandelion juice obtained from the leaves as well as the root,
and combined with carrot and turnip leaves juice, will assist in
remedying spinal and other bone ailments, as well as give strength
and firmness to the teeth, thus helping to prevent pyorrhea and decay.
ENDIVE JUICE
Endive is the curly vegetable resembling lettuce, and known also
as escarole and chicory. In our east coast markets the curly endive is
usually known as chicory, the word endive being usually reserved for
the winter-grown heads of the Witloff or Brussels Chicory, which
consists of only the long, more or less straight, thick creamy-white
leaves, 5 to 6 inches long by one or two inches wide, pressed closely
together. This is not as rich as the green varieties of endive, as its
large leaves are cut off and the roots set in cellars in sand to bleach
them. Thus, this type is deficient in chlorophyll and in some of the
essential minerals of which the full-grown vegetable is so rich.
38 Endive is closely allied


 600,000. Even taking the aging of these populations
into consideration, these numbers are staggering. For this reason, experts like
George Miklos, one of the most renowned geneticists worldwid e, criticized
mainstream cancer research in Nature Biotechnolo gy as "fundamentally flawed" and
equated it with "voodoo science."214
By the late 1970s, medical experts lobbed damning critiques against mainstream
cancer research. Medical scientists "had credited the retroviruses with every nasty
thing-above all the triggering of cancer-and have to accept constant mockery and
countless defeats," Der Spiegel pointed out in 1986.215
And the concept that viruses are the great trigger factors failed with other
diseases, besides cancer. One notorious example is the swine flu disaster of 1976.
During a march, David Lewis, a young American recruit, collapse d. Epidemic experts
swooped in with their "magic wand" of clustering in their hands and claimed that
they had isolated a swine flu virus from his lung. At the behest of the medical
establishment, and particularly the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC), US
President Gerald Ford appeared on TV and urged all Americans to get vaccinated
against an imminent deadly swine flu epidemic. 216 Just like today's avian flu fear
mongers, Ford used the great Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 to scare the public into
action.
Approximately 50 million US citizens rushed to local health centers for injections
of a substance hastily thrown on the market. It produced strong side effects in 20%
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to 40% of recipients, including paralysis and even death. Consequent damage claims
climbed to $2.7 billion. In the end, CDC director David Spencer, who had even set
up a swine flu "war room" to bolster public and media support, lost his job. The
ultimate bitter irony was that there were no, or only very isolated reports of swine
flu.217
Conseque ntly, at the end of the 1970s the US National Institutes of Health (NIH)
came into unsettled political waters- just like the CDC, which was extensively
restructured at the beginning of the 1980s. As a result, at the CDC and NIH, the
most powerful organizations related to health politics and biomedical science, the
great contemplation began. To redeem themselves, a new "war" would, of course,
be the best thing.
Despite perpetual setbacks, an "infectious disease" remained the most effective
way to catch public attention and open government pockets. In fact, Red Cross
officer Paul Cumming told the San Francisco Chronicle in 1994 that "the CDC
increasingly needed a major epidemic" at the beginning of the 80s "to justify its
existence. "218 And the HIV 1 AIDS theory was a salvation for American epidemic
authorities.
"All the old virus hunters from the National Cancer Institute put new signs on
their doors and became AIDS researchers. [US President Ronald] Reagan sent up
about a billion dollars just for starters," according to Kary Mullis, Nobel laureate for
Chemist ry. "And suddenly everybody who could claim to be any kind of medical
scientist and who hadn't had anything much to do lately was fully employed. They
still are. "219
Among those who jumped over from cancer research to AIDS research, the best
known is Robert Gallo. Along with Montagnier, Gallo is considered to be the
discoverer of the "AIDS virus," enjoys worldwide fame, and has become a millionaire.
In his previous life as a cancer researcher, on the other hand, he had almost lost his
reputation, after his viral hypotheses on diseases like leukemia imploded. 220 "HIV
didn't sudden ly pop out of the rain forest or Haiti," writes Mullis. "It just popped
into Bob Gallo's hands at a time when he needed a new career. "221
90 Chapte r 3
AID S: From Spare Tire to
Mult ibill ion- Dollar Business
"If there is proo f that HN is the cause of AIDS, there should be
scienti fic document s which either singly or collect ively
demons trate that fact, at least with a high probability. There is no
such document. "1
Kary Mul lis
Nobel Prize for Chem istry, 1993
"Eve n with the greats of the AIDS establi shment, Gallo does not
hold back on psychia tric diagnoses. [According to Gallo,] one is a
'control freak', the next is 'uncreative' and has a 'complex'
because of it, a third is-'ca n I be hone st?'-:just plain 'crazy.'
[Gallo' s] impetuous anger is real when he speaks of the fight for
power in the AIDS business, the fight for the mone y pot, the
spite ful jealous y of prestige. With AIDS a lot of mone y is at
stake-and above all fame. ''2
Der Spiege l, 29/1995
"[Fre edom fighter John] Milton and Galileo would back the British
Medical Journal on free speech [on HN/A IDS]. We should never
forget Galileo being put before the inquisition. It would be even
worse if we allowed scienti fic orthodoxy to become the
inquisition. ''3
Richard Smith, Editor in Chief of the British Medical Journal
from 1991-2004, in a published letter to Nature
Whoever experienced the 1980s will still clearly remember: The AIDS panic
picked up so quickly that there was no time for a survey of the facts. The media
stimulated fear of viruses had left behind such "traces in society," as the German
weekly newspaper Die Zeit wrote in 1990, that "social psychologists even trace the
imminent comeback of men's white underwear [as a symbol of HN-and with that
sterility right into the most intimate zones] back to the AIDS effect."4
In 1984, Der Spiegel5 announced that, by the middle of the 1990s, the last German
would become ill from AIDS, dying from it two years later (in other words: by the
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mid-1990s, AIDS would wipe out the entire German population). The magazine Bild
der Wissenschaft6 made the same deadly predictions the following year (1985). In
comparison, a 1986 forecast in US magazine Newsweek sounded moderate : by 1991,
five to 10 million Americans would be infected by HN. 7
In reality, yearly, no more than a few hundred Germans die from AIDS. 8 Moreover,
these people actually die from traditional diseases (like lymphatic cancer or
tuberculosis), which are then redefined as AIDS (see below: "What is AIDS?"). And
as for Newsweek's visions of horror: its prognosis was around ten times the 750,000
HN cases identified by US authori ties.9
750,000 is actually a cumulative number, since AIDS cases aren't tracked yearly,
meaning that number represents the total numbers since official AIDS records were
started in the early 1980s. Obviously, with such a method of measurement, the figures
appear many times scarier than they actually are. Additionall y, logic dictates that such
numbers can only increase, even if the number of new cases had gone down in a given
year. Incidentall y, only AIDS cases are counted cumula tively. Have you ever heard the
evening news give the number of traffic accident deaths since the beginning of
statistical records (and not just' the deaths for a given year)? Certainly not.
Strangely, the Robert Koch Institute even admits that they proceeded this way:
"To catch the public's attention and encourage a political readiness to act, large
numbers were naturally more suitable. A trick in the presentation of AIDS cases,
applied internationally at the time, served to do this: in the first years, in contrast to
other diseases where the number of new cases each year is given (incidence), AIDS
cases were accumulated from year to year (cumulat ive incidenc e)."10
Anyone who impartially dives into the topic of HN I AIDS, perpetually trips over
such oddities, inconsistencies and contradictions-and searches in vain for scientific
proof of the theory's basic hypotheses: that a virus called HN, causes AIDS. At the
same time, we are dealing with a very complex topic, so to make the controve rsies
around the study of the cause of AIDS understandable, we will begin with a section
which compactly explains why doubts that HN exists and causes AIDS are justified
and why it makes sense to name.factors like drug consumption or malnutrition as
causes of AIDS, or better: of the many diseases grouped together under the term
AIDS.
AIDS: What Exactly Is It?
Even the definition of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is anything
but coherent. In contrast to other diseases, there is no universal definition of AIDS
that could be used as a basis for sound statistics. 11 For developing nations, for
92 AIDS: From Spare Tire to Multibillion-Dollar Business
instance, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the "Bangui Definition"
in 1986, with which many patients have


 and muffin mixes:  Again, I like Arrowhead
Mills, which of fers several varieties to which you just add water or a milk
substitute, including Multigrain, Blue corn, Buckwheat, or Oat-Bran.
Hodgson Mill is also a reliable source for whole grain goodness.
Dried and canned legumes:  It’s always nice to have a variety of beans
readily available: black beans, butter beans, cannellini beans, northern
beans, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, lentils, split peas, black-
eyed peas, and red beans, to name just a few. Look at the label to avoid
added no-no’ s, especially fat. For example, Eden Or ganic brand makes
beans with no added salt. Whenever buying canned beans, I suggest rinsing
them of f with a strainer before using to get rid of any excess sodium.Canned tomatoes:  Look for no- or low-salt, from brands such as Eden
Organic or Health Valley. Del Monte can also be a good choice.
Pasta sauces:  Always look for a sauce that has minimal to no added oils.
Some good ones: Muir Glen’ s Mushroom Marinara or Portobello Marinara;
Whole Foods brand 365 Roasted Red Bell Pepper; Light Ragu Tomato
Basil; Trader Joe’ s Organic Spaghetti with Mushrooms; Walnut Acres
Organic Low Sodium Tomato and Basil.
Vegetable stock:  Added sodium is a danger here as well, but these
brands tend to be low in it: Kitchen Basics Roasted Vegetable stock (330
milligrams sodium); Health Valley Fat-Free Vegetable Broth (360
milligrams); Trader Joe’ s Fat-Free Or ganic Vegetable Broth (330
milligrams); Pacific Or ganic Fat-Free Vegetable Broth and Fat-Free
Mushroom Broth (530 milligrams), and Pacific Or ganic Low Sodium
Vegetable Broth (140 milligrams).
Soups:  Soups are a wonderful thing to have on hand—you can use them
as appetizers, main courses, sauces, and more. Here are just a few of the
good-tasting, low-sodium, low-fat soups at most supermarkets: Health
Valley makes over a dozen varieties like Mild Three Bean Chili, Split Pea &
Carrots, and Or ganic Lentil; Westbrae Natural Foods makes several
including Louisiana Bean Stew, Alabama Black Bean Gumbo, Spicy
Southwest Vegetable, and Rich Mediterranean Lentil.
Imagine and Pacific make soups in a carton, such as Sweet Potato,
Creamy Tomato, Creamy Butternut Squash, Creamy Roasted Carrot, French
Onion, and Roasted Red Bell Pepper and Tomato.
Another great brand is Dr. McDougall’ s, whose light sodium soups come
in convenient traveling cups and include Lentil Couscous, Split Pea, White
Bean and Pasta, Tomato Basil Pasta, and Chicken Flavor Noodle. You can
order Dr. McDougall’ s soups at www.rightfoods.com  if you can’ t find them
in your store.
Crackers: Be careful with crackers—as you now know, you can’ t
believe everything you read on the labels. Here are some brands that I like:
Kavli crackers (Golden R ye, Crispy Thin, and 5-Grain); R yvita crackers
(Dark R ye, R ye and Oat Bran, Fruit Crunch, and Light R ye); and San-J
cracker snaps (T amari Rice, Sesame Brown Rice, and Black Sesame).
You might also want to try Hol-Grain Brown Rice Crackers,
Manischewitz Thin Tea Matzos, Edward and Sons Brown Rice Snaps (these
come in a variety of flavors, such as vegetable, black sesame, tamarisesame, and tamari seaweed, but be sure to read the ingredients list
carefully because some contain too much added oil).
Chips: There probably isn’ t a single home in America that doesn’ t have
chips, so stock your pantry with the healthiest ones possible. These include
Frito-Lay Baked Tostitos, Guiltless Gourmet No Oil Chips, Barbara’ s
Bakery Basically Baked Or ganic Tortilla Chips—and many others. Check
the labels for added salt, fats, and oil: The less of each, the better.
Dried fruits:  Raisins, apricots, pineapples, strawberries, dates, figs,
mangoes, bananas, nectarines, and cranberries are all great choices. Avoid
dried fruits with added sugar and look for ones that are sulfite-free. Use
caution when you see sulfites, a preservative that has been implicated as an
asthmatic enhancer.
Jams, jellies, and syrups:  When we do eat jams, jellies, and syrups, we
want them to be as unprocessed and pure as possible. Some products we
like at the station are Knudson and Sons Fruit Spreads, Polaner All-Fruit
Jams, and Smucker ’s Simply Fruit as well as low-sugar jams. Some syrups
we like are Westbrae Natural Foods Brown Rice Syrup and Maple Creek
Farm Pure Maple Syrup.
Sauces:  Use any of these sauces to give your stir -fry or vegetables added
flavor and kick: Kame Hoisin Sauce, Lang Naturals sauces such as Ginger
Stir Fry, Honey Mustard and Indian Curry, Annie Chun’ s Fat Free
Mushroom Sauce or Oil Free Teriyaki Sauce, and Ayla’s Organics
Szechwan, Thai, or Cajun Sauces.
Sweeteners:  Sweeteners can do a lot for homemade salad dressings,
pancakes, or desserts. Here are some E2 favorites: agave nectar, blackstrap
molasses, pure maple syrup, turbinado, honey, Sucanat, and xylitol.
Condiments:  The right condiment can be a tremendous addition to food.
Here are some E2 favorites: mustard, Muir Glen or Heinz Or ganic ketchup,
Mrs. Renfro’ s Barbecue Sauce, Bragg Liquid Aminos, low-sodium tamari
(such as San-J), lite soy sauce (Kikkoman makes a good one), B. F.
Trappey’ s Sons Red Devil Louisiana Hot Sauce, Edward and Sons Stir
Crazy Vegetarian Worcestershire Sauce, Lea & Perrins Steak Sauce,
balsamic vinegar, red wine vinegar, rice vinegar, brown rice vinegar, and
mirin wine.
Spices: Cracked pepper, paprika, crushed red pepper flakes, cumin,
garlic powder, rosemary, thyme, sage, chili powder, cayenne pepper, curry
powder, oregano, basil, turmeric, and allspice.Fat-fr ee skillet sprays:  Yes, a spray such as Pam has fat, but when used
sparingly, it serves its purpose.
Baking powder  and baking soda:  We all know these two necessities
have dozens of uses, but I particularly love them for making pancakes,
muffins, and cookies as well as household cleaning and deodorizing.
E2-APPROVED FOODS TO KEEP  IN YOUR FRIDGE
Meat substitutes:  These include tofu, seitan, wheat gluten, tempeh,
meal-starter crumbles, and TVP (textured vegetable protein). This is a
rapidly growing market, and there are many brands out there, such as White
Wave, Yves, Morning Star, Boca, Litelife, Amy’ s, and Fantastic Foods.
Milk substitutes:  Soy milk is the first substitute most people encounter,
but there are plenty of others, including rice, almond, hemp, and oat milk.
Read the ingredient list and watch for added oils!
If your goal is to lose weight, and you like soy milk, go with a fat-free
variety from Westbrae or Health Valley Foods. A few other preferred brands
are Eden Or ganic, Pacific Foods of Oregon, WestSoy, and Silk.
Soy yogurts:  Look for containers from Silk or WholeSoy. We use these
frequently as desserts, on top of fruit or plain. The less sugar, the better.
E2 salad dr essings:  I prefer the E2 homemade versions, but if you want
to buy bottled dressings, always look at the ingredient list carefully and
watch out for sodium, fat, and high-fructose corn syrup. One brand that
often meets E2 standards is Annie’ s. Pritikin Systems makes some good,
oil-free dressings as do Rising Sun Farms. Hain Pure Foods makes a Fat
Free Salad Dressing Mix in Italian and Herb.
Salsa:  Homemade or E2 approved, salsa is an E2 all-star condiment.
Some winners are Garden of Eatin’  (many varieties), Pet’ s Old El Paso
Salsa, Nabisco’ s Ortega Green Chile Salsa, and Nature’ s Harvest.
Cooked br own rice: It’s always nice to have some brown rice in the
fridge to add to lunch, dinner, and snacks. Brown rice will usually keep in
the fridge for up to one week.
Cooked beans and legumes: Also great for quick meals or snacks, to
add to salads, or blend into a dip. Beans and legumes such as split peas and
lentils should keep in the fridge up to one week


 possibly other antiseptics in the bag itself. When
you get them, store them in their original double plastic bag.
These herbs are so fresh, you'll only need half as much to make a
cup of tea. Use a bamboo strainer (non metal). Bake the strainer
occasionally or put through the dishwasher to keep it sterile.
It comes as a surprise that pure, genuine maple syrup  has the
deadly aflatoxin  and other molds. You can often see mold
yourself, as a thin scum on the surface or an opaque spot on the
inside of the glass after the syrup has stood some time, even in
the refrigerator. Some mold spores were in it to begin with.
Others flew in. After some time they grew enough to be visible.
In my testing, aflatoxin can be cleared with vitamin C  but sterig
and others need to be treated with a high temperature as well.
Fortunately, this is easy to do with a syrup. Heat to near boiling
Fig. 52 Packaged herb tea  is moldy and polluted with solvents.
Get yours in bulk from an herb company.BODY WISDOM AND WHY BAD FOOD TASTES GOOD
391while in the original jar with the lid removed. Keep refrigerated
afterwards.
Artificial maple flavor
did not have benzene, pro pyl
alcohol or wood alco hol,
nor molds. Turbinado sugar
had none of these
contaminants either. Brown
sugar  had sorghum  mold.
White sugar  had propyl
alcohol pollution. You can
make your own syrup,
safely, with artificial flavor
and turbinado sugar. Of
course, you'll be missing the taste and nutritional minerals pro-
vided by the natural maple product but in a contest between nu-
tritional value and toxicity, always choose the safe product.
The mold in our hot cereals  can be spotted. Pick out all dark
colored, shriveled bits. This represents most of it. Add honey,
and salt while it's cooking—this raises the boiling tem perature
and detoxifies more. At the end, turn off heat and add a sprinkle
of vitamin C  powder. Rolled oats never showed molds in my
testing, although they have their characteristic fungi, too. Don't let
grains mold on your shelves simply from aging. Nothing should
be more than six months old. Remember you can't see or smell
molds when they begin. Molds must have a degree of moisture.
As soon as you open a cereal grain, put the whole box in a
plastic bag to keep moisture out. This keeps out Weevils too, so
you won't have to put the box in the freezer later to kill them.
Anything that is put in the refrigerator or freezer and then
taken out develops moisture inside. Store cereals in kitchen
cupboards or the freezer.
Fig. 53 Three safe flavorings.THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
392No government agency can test for all of these mycotoxins in
all of our foods. Production and storage methods must be better
regulated so as to be fail-safe. Simply sending inspectors out to
look into the bins at grain elevators is not sufficient. Crusts of
mold, sometimes several feet thick, that form on top of grain bins
can be simply shoveled away before the inspector arrives. The
humidity and temperature of stored grain should be regulated,
requiring automated controls. This would soon be cost effective,
too, in terms of reduced spoilage losses and higher quality prices
earned. I believe that zear, aflatoxin  and ergot  require special
regulations. Products that are imported should be subjected to the
same tests as ours. Test results should be on the label.
Getting Away From Grains
In view of the many molds that are grain-related, and be cause
these cannot be seen or smelled in pastas, breads, cold cereal s, it
would be wise to steer away from grain consumption. Always
choose potatoes, because it is a vegetable instead of a grain, if
you have a choice. The potato appears on your plate the way it
was harvested. Whereas grain was hulled, stored for quite a long
time, perhaps degerminated (the bran and germ picks up
Fig. 54 Don’t eat the green on the potato.BODY WISDOM AND WHY BAD FOOD TASTES GOOD
393mold the fastest). Then it was mixed with assorted chemicals
(fumigation, anti oxidants), each polluted in its own way, pack-
aged again and stored again. Grains have a more tortuous his tory
than potatoes that simply get sprayed.
The spray isn't simple, of course. Scrub it off under the tap. If
potatoes weren't heavily sprayed they'd be sprouting in the
stores. The spray accumulates in the eyes. Cut away all the eyes.
By the time you have done this you may as well have peeled
them. But no blemish, no cut, no dark spot inside may be  left for
you to eat. Don't buy potatoes that show a tint of green on them
(the green color is due to scopolamine ; it is toxic). Red potatoes
have different chemistry that doesn't produce the green toxin, buy
these often. Store potatoes out of the light, to slow down the
greening process. They are still a nutritious, vitamin C -rich
food—provided you don't fry them in benzene-polluted,
hydrogenated grease!
Potatoes have their
molds but they are
nicely visible. And
washing and peeling
does away with them.
Old literature advises
that potatoes should be
harvested by
moonlight so the green
drug isn't pro duced in
the white varieties.
With mod ern
mechanized har vesting
this should pose no problem. But perhaps this must await the age
of robots.
Fig. 55 Potato harvest of the future.THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
394Pets Teach Health Lessons
Dogs don't eat hay and cats don't eat fruit. This is not simply
due to their inability to digest them. Nor to training. Their body
wisdom guides them. But we can trick them into eating  corn and
soybeans by adding the flavors they like and thereby defeat their
wisdom the same way we defeat ours. A concoction is made for
them that is called “complete nutrition” and we feed this meal
after meal, day after day, a most unnatural situation. The liver is
deluged with the same set of pollutants time after time and never
gets a rest. Humans still obey their body wisdom about varying
their meals. This gives the liver a chance to catch up with
detoxifying one pollutant while the new one builds up. If the liver
is absolutely unable to handle something, you are informed quite
quickly with an allergic reaction to the food.
Cats and dogs with their monolithic diet get no opportunity to
reject food (except by vomiting  or starvation). It is not sur prising
they are getting cancer with increasing frequency, a situation
where the liver can no longer detoxify isopropyl alco hol, a
common pollutant in their food.
Should we go back to the old days and make their food for
them? Yes, they deserve pure food, they deserve variety. Table
scraps would be much less toxic for them than their commercial
feed. But what if they like and prefer their monolithic
“scientific”, “complete”, polluted diet? If our food was doused
with sugar for breakfast, lunch and supper, we wouldn't care
much about what was under the sugar either. And we'd continue
wanting sugar, sugar, sugar the way a pet  might  want  its favor ite
food and nothing else. Such is the deception of flavorings.
All change should be brought about slowly and with kind ness
for animals and humans alike. Learn what makes a good pet diet.
Cats and dogs are both meat eaters. Cook chicken  in a pressure
cooker to kill all parasites. Put portions in the freezer. Add table
scraps, dressed with a little butter, cheese or lard.BODY WISDOM AND WHY BAD FOOD TASTES GOOD
395Don't wash the pet dishes with your own—dishwashers don't
reach the boiling point. Serve fresh water daily. Standing water
picks up bacteria. Don't let food get more than a day old in the
dishes. It picks up molds. Don't feed pets at the table, keep them
outdoors during mealtime.
After your pets have stopped eating propyl alcohol polluted
food and are not getting propyl alcohol in their shampoos, there
is no way they can get cancer. Whatever cancer they have will
clear up by this change in diet and by giving them the pet para site
program.
Now they are back to a natural state and do not host human
flukes. What a relief it is not to worry about reinfection from
your pets.397Easy Lifestyle
Improvements
None of us likes to change a habit. But once it is changed you
are back to an automatic way of doing something. By se lecting
wise habits your improved lifestyle pays you back  for the rest of
your life.
Living Hand To Mouth
Hands do everything. They pick up things from the floor.
They handle money. They touch other peoples' hands. They clean
up bottoms. They touch all kinds of door knobs. And then they
pick up food to eat. Some people even lick their fingers when
they're sticky or


earlessness of a newborn. When courtship asks us to commit ourselves to
another person, we unconsciously see this as a decision that could affect our
survival—that is what giving up your defenses feels like. Your doubt and
mistrust toward someone you love is a mirror of your own belief that fear is
necessary, that survival isn’ t possible without defenses.
SEPARA TING TRUE FROM  FALSE
Courtship allows trust to grow despite old wounds. Given how many years
we’ve all spent building our defenses, this healing doesn’ t happen quickly.
In fact, the first phase of healin g brings up old wounds to be felt afresh.
Only when you begin to feel safe does your psyche permit you to look at
fears that were too intense to confront before. It is common for either
partner to relive, in contemporary form, the traumas and survival threats of
childhood. It isn’t surprising, then, that a man and woman may not permit
themselves to be in a healing relationship at first. They need the courage to
see that the doubt and fear that surface at odd moments is comi ng up to be
examined and released, not blindly acted on.
The most destructive effect of feeling threatened is to cut off the flow of
love. If you were not taught about love from childhood, being able to beundefended with another perso n is much more difficult. Loving parents
must teach their children that reality isn’ t simply harsh.
All of us wer e imprinted one of two ways: either the world is danger ous with moments of safety, or
the world is safe with moments of danger.
No matter how hostile the world appears, a loving family remains secure
as a place of nurturing and protection. Children don’t need to trust
everyone, only someone who will never let them down—thus the original
balance between love and need is established. A strong positive imprint
from infancy can last a lifetim e. Even though only two paren ts taught a
child to love, it is as if the whole world loved that child, and the belief “I
am loved” endures as part of his or her reality. When you have a rock-
bottom belief that you are loved, your needs won’ t be so desperate; there
will be room to allow another person into your inner space.
The worst impri nt you can have  from childhood is that your models for
love were also models of betrayal. This happens in cases of abuse—
physical, sexual, or emotional. With any sort of abuse in your background,
you will secretly regard every lover as an enemy. The gentlest caress
contains the possibility of being struck; the softest endearment resonates
with potential degradation.
Ironically, it is just these childr en who grow up to crave love the most,
but being insecure, feeling the need for defense beyond what is reasonable,
they also pull away from commitment the fastest. Such people are not
certain deep down that they can feel love, despite their craving for it. Even
the most intoxic ating romance will not be able to overcome a history that
places ego needs much higher than those of relationship.
Getting to true love is a growth  process, and the first requirement is to
become aware of when you are not being true. Courtship provides an
opportunity for creating this awareness, since this is when a couple work
out their own definition of what being in love means. Many things pass for
love that are something else. These forms of false love can be behaviors,
beliefs, expectations, or conditi oning from the past. We all tend to accept
versions of “love” that we are used to, without stopping to examine their
validity. Much unloving behavior gets past us in this way.Perhaps no sentence in the English language contains as many hidden
meanings as “I love you.” Very often we say these words and silently add
expectations that underline them. What we really are saying may be
I love you as long as you stay the way you are now.
I love you if you love me.
I love you if you don’ t scare me too much.
I love you as long as you do what I want.
Because these sentences all carry expectations, they are not really about
love. “I love you” is often not a simple declaration but with unspoken
conditions—“I love you if.” People who make conditional promises are not
wrong, they are usually doing the best they can. No doubt someone in their
past said, “I love you,” when what they really meant was “I love you if.” To
a greate r or lesser degree we all place expectations upon the people we
love. But these expectations, however reasonable they may seem to us,
inject an element of falseness that true love doesn’ t contain.
False love can also take the form of lack of realism. Some one who
expects to be swept away by a mysterious stranger and rescued from all
problems is indulging in unreality. Unreality has many disguises, of which
fantasy and projection are the two most prevalent. Fantasy creates a false
image that love is expected to live up to. We fantasize about an ideal lover,
and anyone who does not match this ideal becomes unfit for our love. Being
too old or too young, too tall or too short, too dull, too poor, too
unprofessional—too anything that does not pass the test—this is how other
people come to be seen as lacking potential for love. The root of this
unreality clearly lies in the perceiver, however, not the perceived. The
fantasy that supposedly pictures our ideal in fact puts on blinders.
Projection disto rts our perception in a different way: it attaches our
beliefs to other people. Someon e who believes that no one will ever love
him is projecting  his own lack of acceptance onto others. The internal belief
“I’m not lovable” is so painful that it cannot be faced, and one way to
lessen that pain is to stop claiming it as your own. Instead you decide that
other people are at fault. They  have let you down, they don’t think you are
good enough, they have no wish to love you. In reality there is no they, only
projection.False love can take more forms than active fantasy or projection. It may
simply be expressed as something missing in one’s experience. If you have
not been shown loving behavior, you will have no positive images to fill the
heart. The cruelest impression that can be made on a young child is
indifference, and it may be the most common. To ignore a child’s need for
love conveys to the heart that its need is not essential. Upon growing up
such a child will find it very difficult to express real love. In place of a
warm outflow of feeling, he or she will feel a cooler, more  moderated
emotion that too easily flickers and fails. Indif ference has a long legacy.
All these versions of false love are extremely common. We exhibit false
love whenever we pretend to love someone beyond what we actually feel,
whenever we fail to trust or be honest, whenever we push away someone
else’s offered emotions. Like the thousand-headed serpent, false love has
too many heads  to name. Defea ting it requires that we discove r what true
love is. It takes the real to drive out the unreal. Recognizing a fantasy or
projection puts distance between  you and it; once you have obtained some
distance, you can begin to renounce the power of the false.
If in the past you haven’ t experienced love’ s purity and unde rstood its
innocence, then the foundation of relationship hasn’ t been laid. Longfellow
spoke truly when he said, “Love gives itself; it isn’t bought.” If a man or
woman feels there is a price to pay for being loved, their whole sense of
love is damage d. It has beco me confused with a transaction between
winners and losers in a game of competing needs.
Our society makes the problem worse by claiming that selfishness is
justified, for the easiest disguis e for fear and doubt is selfishness. What
good do “higher” values really bring the “me” who has a hard enough time
surviving as it is? A cynic might say, “When people fall in love, they
indulge in an escapist fantasy. There is a much more powerful force than
love, called desire. Desire comes down to the pursuit of sex, money, power,
security, and comfort. These are what people really want.”
On the surface the cynic appear s to be absolutely right. Life doesn’ t lie,
which means that although all of us may espouse love, we don’t live it.
Selfishness has too strong a claim. Too often courtship serves to lay the
groundwork for mutual selfishn ess. A man and woman bypass the pain of
exposing their deepest fears and insecurity. Instead of pursuing the delicatework of weaving  the threads of love into a fabric that will be strong enough
to hold, they concentrate on what the relationship will do for “me.”
The courtship phase succeeds to the extent that a man and woman can dismantle their defenses; it
fails to the extent that they build new defenses together.
How many couples bond together by forming a “we” that is just a
stronger, tougher version of “me”? We can’t be surprised when this
happens. If survival is paramount in a dangerous world, two are better at it
than one. Like an individual, a couple can pursue power and


 chief focus was to bring her to terms with her
ordinariness. This meant that he had to strip away her sense of
feeling protected against death.
Here we are confronted with the ambiguous role of the psyche’s
need for self-pr otection. To feel safe from death is not something we
can easily do without; on the other hand, if the fear of death is
being forcibly suppressed in the depths of our subconscious, it could
be spreading underground terror that we ignore at our peril. As
Yalom goes on to say, “The part of our mind whose task it is to
mollify death terror genera tes the irrational belief that we are
invulnerable—that unpleasant things like aging and death may be
the lot of others but not our lot, that we exist beyond law, beyond
human and biological destiny.”
I grant that it is a worthwhi le goal to dispel delusions and even
more worthwh ile to rid the mind of hidden fear, but beyond the
goal of mental  health lies the goal of freedom. Where is freedom to
begin if not in “that sense of specialness, of being charme d, of being
the exception, of being eternally protected” that psychiatry wants to
stamp out? All of these feelings are ones that Yalom labels as self-
deceptions. However, to think that they are illusions may itself be a
greater illusion—or so the yogis declare.
The starting point for Yoga is just this sense of being special or
charmed or protected. Witho ut it, the only sane course in life would
be to come to terms with the solid, sensible world before our eyes,
complete with its burden of pain, aging, and death. At best one
would put up an “ironica l struggle,” in a famous phrase by
Montaigne, ghting the enemy who is destined to win from the rst
moment of combat.
Many people, perhaps all, would leap at the chance to feel special
again, but their conditioning atly closes o that possibility.
Lawrence LeShan is a highly regarded psychologist who more than
thirty years ago pioneered the startling theory that cancer has a
personal component. He argued that becoming a cancer patient is
the end product of neurotic mechanisms that go back to childhood.LeShan was also among the rst to use psychotherapy as a means to
revive the cancer patient’s buried instincts, particularly the instinct
to heal.
LeShan found that he had to begin by turning the methods of
conventional therapy on their head. If a breast cancer patient goes
to a conventi onal therapis t, he would focus primarily on her
symptoms. Confronted with her psychological pain, he would try to
identify the precise source of that pain and reduce it. LeShan, on the
other hand, attempts to make cancer a turning point, with the aim,
not of reducing symptoms,  but of pushing the patien t to new
heights. He focuses on the patient’s uniqueness and individuality: a
breast cancer patient coming  to him would be told that she has “a
special song to sing in life,” a source of joy that belongs only to her.
On the rst day of therapy, when LeShan looks at his patients and
announces this goal, he very often gets a blast of hostility and
rejection in return. The following are some typical responses, taken
from his book Cancer as a Turning Point:
“If I found my own music, it would be so discordant that I
wouldn’t like it, and no one else could stand it either. My
own ‘natural’ way of being is ugly and repellent. I learned a
long time ago not to express it if I wanted to have any
relationships with others or to be able to live with myself.”
“If I found my own song and tried to sing it, I would nd that
there is no place in the world for anyone like me.”
“My own song would have such contradictions built into it
that it would be impossible.”
In their acute distress, these patients feel the therapist’s helping
gesture as a huge threat. They reject his “impossible” goals and hold
on desperately  to the “unselsh” values they were taught as
children. These  values include being modest and polite, never losing
one’s temper, deferring to the wishes of others, and so forth. In our
society, every good child has learned them. Yet from the mouths of
LeShan’s patients, these values sound dreadful, as if someone’s soul
has been stied.Most of us accept the same values, however, and to some extent
we, too, do not feel that the world wants to hear our music—our
most personal expressions of feeling and desire—just because it is
ours. A profound lack of self-acceptance is being revealed in this
attitude. But since we are healthy enough to stay out of therapy or a
cancer ward, we have no occasion to defend our vulnerability quite
so nakedly as these women.
Whenever people actually nd their own song to sing, their deep-
seated sense of self-doubt begins to be released, leaving a space for
creativity to ll. The song turns out to be beautiful; people nd that
they can sing it without being punished and even earn a living being
themselves. “In addition,” LeShan notes, “in every case the song was
socially positive and acceptable. I have never seen an exception to
this.” Beneath the fear of being unique, each of us has a powerful
craving for as much uniqueness and specialness as possible.
In essen ce, LeShan is simply asking his patients to be themselves.
Why is that prospect at rst so horrifying? Deep down, as much as
we might deny it, all of us have been hurt by having our childhood
wishes trample d on, but we accepted it “for our own good.” A child
needs and demands to be respected as a unique person,  but being
small and helplessly attached to his parent’s approva l, he will
sacrice his own feelings to win the reward of their love. For most
of us, our parents fed us their own concept of “being good,” and we
conformed to that even if it rankled our still-selsh childi sh egos. As
the noted Swiss psychoanaly st Alice Miller points out, we were all
taught to be good before we wanted  to be good.
This may sound like a ne distinction, but in later life it makes all
the dierence between freedom and slavery. As an adult, I may be
rmly habituated to being good. Whenever I give to others, I feel
superior for being able to give and sorry for anyone who cannot. Yet
the acid test is how I feel when I am doing the giving. Am I joyful
about it or merely self-righteous? Do I expect something  in return,
such as gratitude, deference, and respect? Or do I let the other
person feel what he feels, whether it is anything or nothing? Giving
can be a mark of genuine freedom, the willingness to do with less so
that someone else may have more. But a person who has learned toput on a mask of giving is in total slavery. To what? To the memory
of what he must do to make his parents happy.
Beginning with our desire to please our mothers, we have learned
to read like perfect scholars the faintest hints of acceptance and
rejection in other people. As we subtly mold ourselves to this
outside pattern, it becomes second nature, a kind of false self. A gap
is created between true and false emotions, between what I should
feel and what I actually feel. The process is subtle but treacherous. If
it goes on long enough, one forgets what it is like simply to be, to let
happiness and sadness come when they will, to give or keep as the
moment dictates. For the false self does not really feel; it calculates.
A life lived truly is the joining of heart and mind. As feelings
come, the mind approves and delights in them. It is not dicult to
test if someone is leading such a life, because he will readily tell you
that the best time he has ever spent is the present. This is a sure sign
that the mind is not running ahead of the heart in anticipation or
lagging behind in nostalgia. The Chinese poet Wu-Men counsels:
Ten thousand owers in spring,
the moon in autumn,
A cool breeze in summer,
snow in winter—
If your mind is not clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.
If the balance between heart  and mind is disturbed, especially if
the subtle feeling level has been destroyed, there begins a process
we call rationalization. Why am I not happy at this very moment?
“I’m too busy now. I’ll be happy when I’m successful.”
“Today’s not a good day; I’ll be happy tomorrow.”
“I can’t be happy with you, you’re not up to my standards.”
“Others need me so much that I have to be responsible.”
“Life is less risky if you are good and measure up to the
norm.”
“I’ll be happy when I get what I want.”In each phrase  one hears the victory of the head over the heart.
Being happy is no longer immediate; it has become a distant or near
prospect, an idea rather than a feeling. In meditation the yog


; His
voice, and not the fear-based ego’s, is the voice we can listen to and learn to
follow. Each of us is meant to channel the spiritual realities of talent,
creativity, and intelligence. This is nothing to take personal credit for, but
nothing to apologize for either. As a child of God, you just happen  to be the
recipient of endless power and possibility. Whether or not you’ve always
known this, or practiced it, there lies within you in this very moment the
latent ability to create and achieve beyond your wildest dreams.
And this never changes. No mortal condition diminishes the power of
God. It doesn’ t matter what your résumé is, or how many degrees you have.
It doesn’t matter what mistakes you’ve made, or how the economy is doing.
It matters only where you place your consciousness now. Know who youare and Who lives within you, and moving mountains will seem small
compared to what you can do.

THIS RECOGNITION  OF God’s infinite power, and infinite love for us, is
important in relation to another negative self-concept that weighs heavily
on many people: the thought that we’re too old to manifest work or money.
Once again, we are challenged to think as God thinks. The body ages, but
the spirit does not. Never at any point does the universe give up on us,
consider us not good enough, or consider us has-beens. Only if you think of
yourself in such ways can you block the flow of miracles to your door.
Women particularly are tempte d to believe that our value declines with
our physical beauty. Yet somet imes it’s when our outer beauty begins to
fade that our inner beauty shines most brightly. In the words of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, “As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.” To the
universe, we are never invisible.
It’s true that in youth we have some wonderful things that we lose when
we’re older, but it’s also true that when we’re older we have some
wonderful thing s we didn’ t have when we were young. The gifts of age
aren’ t quite as tangible as the gifts of youth, but they are no less real. As we
claim them—fully appreciating the nonmaterial gift of wisdom that comes
from accumulated life experience—the universe will follow our lead,
reflecting back to us the value we first accorded to ourselves. As Emily
Dickinson wrote, “W e turn not older with years, but newer every day.”
Yes, if you’re older, there migh t be people who won’ t want to hire you
because of it; but the miraculo us universe doesn’ t care about that. The
universe is flexible, and if we’re open to infinite possibilities, then
possibilities will appear. Accord ing to A Cours e in Miracles,  “Miracl es are
natural. When they do not occur, something has gone wrong. ” There are
examples in the world today of hot and happening octogenarians! If Betty
White can be the hottest mam a in Cleveland, then surely anything is
possible. I don’ t think anyone believes that she can’ t find work.
So how do we quit the negative self-talk, the chronic repetition of
thoughts and feelings that cause us to emot ionally spiral downward? It’s not
always as easy as simply saying, “I won’ t think that way anymore.”
Entrenched thought forms are like a buildup of plaque on ourconsciousness. But we’re not asked to be our own transformers; we’re
asked only to surrender the thoughts and feelings that need transforming.
According to A Course in Miracles,  “Through prayer love is received, and
through miracles love is expressed.”

Dear God,
I feel myself falling into the hole of self-pity, self-obsession, and negativity.
I know I shouldn’ t think this way, but I’m afraid and I cannot stop.
Please r eplace my thoughts with Y ours, dear God.
I am willing to see myself and all things differ ently.
Please send me the miracle of new eyes and ears, that I might know my
greater good.
Amen.
OceanofPDF.comChapter 5
Releasing Anger
Anger is a second category of thoughts that deactivate the power of the
Law of Divine Compensation. Anger is an emotional impurity that hardens
the heart and closes the mind.
I am not denyin g that there are many understandable reasons why we get
angry. Perhaps you find yourself in debt, underemployed, or unemployed
through no fault of your own. Someone may have unfairly fired you, lied
about you to a superior, stolen money from you, or exploited you for
financial gain. Despite trying to be as responsible as possible, you were
simply swept aside by circumstances beyond your control.
Those things do happen. And it is natural to feel angry when they do.
Even then, howe ver, love is the answer. Without love, the unive rse cannot
program itself to compensate for whatever might have been taken from us.
If we do not let go of our anger, it can block the miraculous universe,
empowering the idea that we were victimized and then recreating the
scenario in which we are.

We forgive, then, out of self-inter est. I forgive you
because I want out of my pain. I forgive you so that I can
be fr ee of what you did. I see beyond your  mistake to the
love in you so that I can see beyond the mistake to the
love in me—because only then can I have a miracle.
 We were  not created to be at the effect of lovelessness either in ourselves
or in others. As it says in A Course in Miracles,  “The Christ in you cannot
be crucified.” The material self can be wronged, but the spiritual self cannot
be. Feel your feelings, yes, but be self-aware enough to know the difference
between processing and spewin g. Feeling your feelings is healthy; holding
on to them longer than you need to is self-indulgent. Express your anger in
a safe environment, and then know when it’s time to stop verbalizing your
pain.
It doesn’t matter if someone tells you that you “deserve” to be angry—you
deserve,  of course, to feel whatever you want to feel! But the only way to
experience miracles is to think about situations in a miracle-minded way.
Holding on to anger hurts no one but yourself. As it says in A Cours e in
Miracles,  “Do you prefe r to be right or to be happy?” Is your goal to
summon co-complainers who join with you in the thought that you were
victimized, or would you prefer spiritual companions who join you in
knowing that as a child of God you can’ t be victimized?
The universe knows if you were hurt and is already on the case to make
right whatever wrong occurred. Your anger, if it lingers, throws a wrench in
the machine of the miraculous universe.
Let’s say your financial good was blocked by someone, or by forces
outside your control. You were not necessarily the cause  of what  happened
to you, but you are responsible for how you contextualize it. Yes, whatever
happened, happened; but what happens now is up to you. You can respond
from ego, ensuring pain; or you can respond from spirit, ensuring a miracle.
The level of woundedness is the level of illusion. By identifying with this
level, we experi ence effects at this level. Something has the power to hurt
us to the extent to which we believe in its power. If we believe in the reality
of a wound, then we will feel really wounded. The healing lies in
remembering what is real.
Lovelessness is not ultimately real. It exists within a three-dimensional
reality, but you are more than merely a being of the mortal plane. In
remembering this, you rise above the chronic suffering that plagues this
world. You are lifted into the immortal realms, where anything that isn’t
love falls away from you naturally, and you suf fer no more.
Will this take time to express itself? Yes, perhaps. But how quickly your
thinking changes helps determine how quickly your mortal circumstanceschange.
This doesn’t mean we’re foolishly denying that something bad occurred;
we’re simply denying its power to ultimately affect us. Anger, if it exists,
must be acknowledged by all means, but acting on it dysfunctionally is
precarious at best and destructiv e at worst. We should feel our anger, accept
that it is there, and then surrend er it to the Holy Spirit for transformation.
Then, instead of putting our energy into deriding what is, we become
capable of affirming and creating what could be. Something miraculous
happens when we say, “I am angry but I am willing not to be. Dear God,
help me see this situation dif ferently. Amen.”
Sometimes we’re angry with people we don’t even know. Many feel
understandable anger at banks, politicians, Wall Street, and all those who
have grown rich—or served only the rich—at everyone else’s expense.
There is legitimate moral outrage regarding today’ s economic environment.
But moral outrage does not have to include personal anger.
Martin Luther King Jr. was outraged by legalized segregatio n, but his
nonviolent temperament lifted him above personal anger. Mahatma Gandhi
was outraged by the British colonization of India, but his nonviolent
temperament lifted him above personal anger. Notice


 soya, imitate human
oestrogens
 and help to reduce
menopausal symptoms and
osteoporosis.
Stimulation of enzymes – Indoles,
which are found in cabbage, stimulate
enzymes that make oestrogen less
effective and could reduce the risk of
breast cancer. Other phytochemicals
which interfere with enzymes are
protease inhibitors (soya, beans) and
terpenes (citrus fruits, cherries).Interference with DNA replication –
Saponins, found in beans, interfere
with the replication of cell DNA,
thereby preventing the multiplication of
cancer cells. Capsaicin, found in hot
peppers, protects DNA from
carcinogens.
Anti-bacterial effect – The
phytochemical, allicin, found in garlic,
has
anti-bacterial
 properties.
Physical action – Some phytochemicals
bind physically to cell walls thereby
preventing the adhesion of pathogens to
human cell walls. Proanthocyanidins
are responsible for the anti-adhesion
properties of cranberry. Consumptionof cranberries will reduce the risk of
urinary tract infections and will
improve dental health.Recipes
Some of these recipes are mine
and some are from around the
world. I found that some recipes
are made differently in certain
regions. That’s not to say they
don’t taste good – having a
variety of different cooking
methods makes it more fun. I
have adjusted some of the
ingredients in the recipes to my
own taste; you can do the same,
but have fun with them. Enjoy!Oven Temperature
Conversions
This is an approximate conversion chart
between gas mark and electric ovens. It
should be accurate enough for all your
cooking needs, though keep in mind that
temperatures will vary between different
types, brands and sizes of ovens, and also
in relation to your location’s altitude,
temperature, humidity, etc.Chapter 7
Salads
I usually eat salads for lunch but
you could serve any of these
recipes as part of a dinner menu
as a starter. If you eat any of the
salads that contain fruit as a
starter, wait at least 20 minutes
after eating the salad, allowing
time for it to be digested, before
having your main meal.Arabic Salad
This salad is simple, healthy and
especially ideal for spring.
Serves 2
 2 tomatoes, diced
 1 courgette, peeled and chopped
 ½ red onion, finely chopped
 1 tsp cumin
 1 tsp coriander, finely chopped
 ½ tsp cayenne pepper
 1 lemon, juiced
 1 tbsp water
 1 tbsp olive oil
 1 tsp flaxseed oil ½ tsp sesame oil
 Parsley to serve
1. Add the tomatoes, courgette and onion
in a salad bowl.
2. Mix the spices, lemon juice, water and
oils together and pour over the
vegetables.
3. Toss and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve
with a few sprigs of parsley.
Cucumber Salad
A cool, refreshing salad recipe –
delicious any time of the year.
Serves 2–4 2 medium cucumbers
 1 red onion
 1 tomato, chopped
 5 sprigs of parsley, chopped
 2 tbsp fresh basil
 2 tbsp fresh mint
 1 tsp flaxseed oil
 1 tbsp olive oil
 1 garlic clove, minced
 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1. Slice the cucumbers and onion thinly
and place in a bowl. Add the chopped
tomato and parsley.
2. Chop the basil and mint and toss them
in.
3. Mix the oils, garlic and vinegar. Pourover the cucumber and toss together.
Refrigerate for 1 hour and serve.
Fruited Rice Salad on
Avocado Halves
The flavours of the rice, raisins, apricots
and avocado tossed with the dressing
makes this salad taste just exquisite.
Serves 4
 225 g brown rice
 5 mm fresh ginger, finely chopped
 285 ml water
 3 tbsp white wine (add a bit more if
required!) 50 g raisins
 50 g dried apricots, chopped
 50 g almonds, chopped
 2 avocados
Dressing
 2 tbsp olive oil
 1 tbsp flaxseed oil
 1 lime, juiced
 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
 1 tsp maple syrup
 ¼ tsp curry powder
 ¼ tsp dry mustard
1. Mix all the dressing ingredients
together and set aside.
2. Put the rice, ginger and water in a smallsaucepan and boil for 15 minutes or
until the rice is just cooked.
3. Add the wine. Cover tightly and simmer
for 10 minutes on a low heat.
4. Add the raisins, apricots and almonds.
Cover and let sit with the heat off for
15 minutes.
5. Mix in the dressing and refrigerate for 1
hour.
6. Just before serving, halve, seed and
peel the avocados. Fill each half with
the rice salad. Spoon extra rice salad
onto each plate and set the avocado
half in it.
Grapefruit and Avocado
SaladThis versatile salad combines classic
flavours with a fresh twist. I
occasionally use an orange instead of
the grapefruit – it’s still yummy!
Serves 2
 1 grapefruit
 1 small red onion, finely chopped
 1 tbsp dill, chopped
 1 tbsp olive oil
 1 tsp flaxseed oil
 1 lime, juiced
 1 head romaine lettuce
 1 ripe avocado
1. Section the grapefruit into a salad bowlwith the chopped onion, dill, oils and
lime juice. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
2. Chop the lettuce into bite-sized pieces,
cube the avocado and add to the
grapefruit mix just before serving.
Mixed Vegetable Salad
I sometimes add a teaspoon of honey to
the dressing to give the salad a bit of a
twist.
Serves 2–4
 1 head broccoli, chopped into florets
 1 head cauliflower, chopped
 2 carrots, sliced 1 red onion, chopped
 1 (200g) bag bean sprouts (mung bean
or mixed)
 Bok choy, chopped
 1 red bell pepper, chopped
 50g raisins
Health dressing
 1 clove garlic
 ¼ tsp mustard (optional)
 ¼ tsp parsley stalks, finely chopped
 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
 1 tsp flaxseed oil 1 tsp balsamic
vinegar
1. Crush the garlic, mustard and parsley
together, and then mix with the liquidingredients.
2. Place all the vegetables and raisins in a
salad bowl and toss with the health
dressing.
Salat Katzutz (Chopped
Salad – Israeli Salad)
This is a signature dish, used mostly in
Israeli breakfasts. The vegetables should
be as fresh as possible.
Serves 4
 1 cucumber, chopped
 2 firm and ripe tomatoes, chopped
 ½ red onion, finely chopped ½ red bell pepper, chopped (optional)
 4 sprigs of parsley, chopped
Dressing
 1 tbsp olive oil
 1 lemon, juiced
 Salt and pepper
1. Put the chopped vegetables in a salad
bowl. Peel the cucumber before
chopping if it is not organic, but this is
not essential. Chop the onion slightly
finer than the other vegetables.
2. For the dressing, mix the olive oil,
lemon juice, salt and pepper together
and pour over the vegetables. Toss and
refrigerate.African Fruit Salad
This combination of greens and fruit is
served in all parts of Africa.
Serves 4
 200g spinach (preferably baby
spinach)
 2 heads romaine lettuce
 1 head lettuce
 1 fresh pineapple, cut into fingers
 2 fresh mangos, cut into strips
 1 fresh coconut, cut into strips
 1 orange, cut into strips with the skin
left on
 2 avocados, cut into strips and dippedin lemon
 1 lemon, juiced
 2 bananas, cut into chunks
 2 tbsp hazelnuts, chopped
 225g strawberries, halved
 3 limes, zested and juiced
 280ml mayonnaise
 150ml whipped cream
 2 tbsp honey or agave nectar
1. Stem, wash and tear into
medium-sized
pieces all the greens and place in a
salad bowl.
2. Cut the pineapple into fingers and the
mangos, coconut and orange into strips,
leaving the skin on the orange. Cut the
avocados into strips and dip them inlemon juice. Cut the bananas into
chunks, dip them in mayonnaise and
coat with chopped hazelnuts. Cut the
strawberries in half.
3. Grate the limes and add the rinds and
lime juice to the mayonnaise, cream
and honey or agave nectar.
4. Mix the fruit together with the greens
and serve.
Mango Salad
Serves 4–6
 2 mangos
 ½ fresh pineapple
 1 orange, juiced 1 lemon, juiced
 4 avocados (optional)
 225g strawberries
1. Cut the mangos and pineapple into


, and health, while a mind full of
incessant though ts and distractions will blunt your ability to reach your full
potential.
It is especially important to observe your thoughts w hen an
undercurrent of negative thou ght takes over. Don’ t let yourself be
overwhelmed by self-doubt and  worry. The mind is unable to dif ferentiate
between an imagined and a real event; to the body, both are the same. If you
are experiencing  pregame nerves or overthinking the decision o f a coach or
worrying about being dropped f rom the team or anxious that you won’ t be
able to complete that charity fun run, your body will react as if the event
has alrea dy taken place. As soon as you become aware of an anxious train
of thought, take notice of its ef fect on your body. Does your head or
stomach feel tense? Is your b reathing getting faster? Are negative and
repetitive thoughts causing y ou to feel nauseated? How you think
determines how you feel, and how you feel feeds back into how you think.
A feeding frenzy of negative thought and emotion will inevitab ly result in
poor performance and health.
Each tim e you find your head fu ll of internal chattering, ask yo urself if
all th is t hinking and analysis is a ctually helpful. Is it getting you  anywhere?
Is it helping to s olve the problem? If you continue thinking in th is way, will
it do  any thing to address the situation, or is it just a never -ending merry-go-
round of  habitual anxiety? Asking these questions provides an insight into
the nature of repetitive thought and the way it af fects your life. The
realization that these negative thoughts serve no purpose to you can of fer
the impetus you need to escape from the clutches of your mind.Be patie nt with your observation. At first, your thoughts may continue
unabated as you start to notice t he tension created within your body—your
heart beats faster, butterflies flut ter in your stomach, and your mind refuses
to cease  its activity. In time, an d with practice, you will learn to still your
mind an d take back control. O bserve your thoughts as many times as
possible throughout your day, especially when faced with a challenge.
There w ill be times when you can quiet your mind ef fortlessly; at other
times th e buildup of emotions may make it more dif ficult. Either way,
observe how negative thinking af fects your body and ask your self if these
types of thoughts are useful to you. Simply asking yourself th is question
will bring awareness to your life and allow you to know yourself better.
In time, if you commit to observing your thoughts and the ef fect they
have on your b ody, you will find you spend less ener gy on fruitless
thinking. Y our mind will be clearer, your body more relaxed, and life will
become easier. Y ou will notice more of what takes place around you and
miss less.
Repetitive, regur gitating thought is extremely draining, causin g stress,
tiredness, and headaches. The less headspace you give to negative thinking,
the more room you have in your life for positivity and improvement.
Consider the following example:
Michael is driving his car to an important training session, well aware
that he is likely  to be late. As he projects his mind into the  future, he
imagines and rehearses the rea ction from his coach and team mates. He
cannot stop these thoughts circ ling around his head, worrying about the
outcome, getting  frustrated with traf fic, and generally winding himself up.
His body  feels tense, a headache begins to take hold, and he probably starts
to drive faster than he should.
Alan is also driving on his way to a training session. It is likely  that he
too will be late. Knowing that he is doing the best he can to get there on
time and that no amount of worrying is going to get him there any faster,
Alan brings his attention to his b reath, observing the flow of air as it enters
and leaves his body. Every now  and again the thought of being late enters
Alan’ s mind. As he notices the  thoughts, he asks himself whether these
thoughts are helpful. Knowing only too well that anxiety will only serve to
make hi m tense and distract him, he takes his attention back to  his breath,
keeping himself calm and relaxed.Now im agine bo th Michael and Alan are cut of f by another car,  forcing
each of them to apply the brake s. How do you think each one reacts to the
situation? Most likely, Michael is engulfed in rage and soun ds the horn
angrily. Alan, on the other han d, chooses not to react and does not get
sucked into the situation.
In this example, the two drivers were presented with the same
challenge, but while one immediately reacted to the challenge, the other
responded by choosing to let i t go. There is no doubt that a  stressed or
anxious person reacts more str ongly to a dif ficult event than a relatively
calm person. Keeping a quiet mind enables you to consider a situation more
objectively and choose how to respond rather than being consumed by the
moment. Alan had the choice to respond or not. Michael’ s instincts took
over before he could make a conscious decision.
In a ddition to observing your t houghts, it is just as vital to be  able to
quiet yo ur mind. T ogether, these skills will magnify your ability  to enter the
zone du ring spo rts. When you f irst practice taming your mind it is normal
to fi nd distracting thoughts ente ring your head every few seconds. In fact,
you sho uld expect them to appear. Do not be dishear tened—this
bombardment o f thoughts has built up through years of condi tioning and
will take time to strip away. Layer upon layer of thoughts have been added
by every  influen ce in your life : education, religion, society, relationships,
and wor k. The mind has simpl y developed a bad habit; it knows how to
think but is unable to stop thinking.
When yo u first begin practicing meditation, try not to become frustrated
when the mind wanders, becaus e it inevitably will. Many peop le abandon
meditation too quickly when they find it isn’ t an instant fix. Y ou may feel
discouraged if your thoughts do n’ t switch of f as quickly as you had hoped,
but try to view t he practice as ju st that: practice, not as a fixed outcome or
goal.
Y our intention while meditating  should be to make a dedicated ef fort to
become aware of your own mind, to observe your thoughts, and to practice
simply being still and present. T houghts will enter. Thoughts will go. That
is th e nature o f the human mind. Each time you notice your mind
wandering, all you need to do is gently bring your attention b ack to your
breath or bring your awareness to your inner body.All throughout my time at school, college, and my early years of work,
my m ind was ex tremely active. I believed that thinking was a po sitive thing
but had no wa y of dif ferentiating practical thoughts from  repetitive,
unnecessary, or negative ways of thinking. Most of the time I li ved stuck in
my h ead, on aut omatic pilot, without realizing just how constantly thoughts
were streaming through my min d. Having such an active mind  diminished
my concentration—to achieve good grades it was ne cessary for me t o spend
many hours studying, and I found it dif ficult to retain information as there
simply w asn’ t any room left in  my head. For one university exam I spent
three mo nths studying in the B erkeley Library at T rinity College Dublin.
An hour before t he examination  I headed there again with all my notes for a
last-minute recap and was joined by my friend T erry, who hadn’ t prepared
at al l. W hile the rest of us had been studying business, T erry had devoted all
of his time setting up a tax recla mation service. He borrowed my notes and
studied them for a mere 15 m inutes. As I observed his unw avering and
ef fortless concentration, I could not help but notice that T erry had
something I did not. My concentration at that time was so poor that I was
easily di stracted, and the little a ttention I had was forced. Whe n the exam
results c ame back, I was somewhat scandalized to discover tha t T erry had
secured the very same mark as me. What he achieved in 15 m inutes took
me three months. This is exa ctly the dif ference between a productive,
focused, and concentrated mind and one that is out of control.
T o g et through university I c ontinued my long hours of s tudying,
experiencing str ess, fatigue, and severe respiratory problems in the process,
completely unaw are that my mind was working against me. T w enty years
later, it comes a s no surprise th at T erry’ s company employs one thousand
people, winning countless awards in business and customer service.
A s kittering mind, jumping from thought to


 extraordinarily useful and simple tools for at-home
allergy detection. My clients have succeeded at using this approach withoutsupervision. Coca’s test works on this simple principle: pulse elevations arecaused by any allergic reaction. If you know what your normal range of pulserates are, you can isolate an offending food or substance and eliminate it. Successwith Coca’s Pulse Test requires only motivation and a little perseverance, becausein order to test for food allergies, the diet must be restricted for a few days andyour pulse must be accurately taken at specific intervals during the testing period.
The test is based on measurement of the resting pulse rate, something most
people have no difficulty learning how to do. The resting rate is how fast the heartbeats after a person has been sitting still, comfortably relaxing for three to fiveminutes. When a person is active the heart beats faster than the resting rate. Onemeasure of aerobic fitness is how quickly the heart is able to return to its restingrate. Well-trained athletes’ hearts can adjust from working very hard to a restingrate in only a minute or so; those who are deconditioned can take three to fiveminutes for their heart to slow from even mild exertion to its stable, resting pace.Those who cannot readily find their own pulse on their wrist or throat caninexpensively purchase a digital watch that gives a pulse reading; this kind ofwatch is used by athletes to make sure their training pulse is in an acceptablerange.
Preparatory to doing Coca’s Pulse Test it is necessary to as much as possible
eliminate allergic food reactions. This requires the application of discipline for afew days before testing begins. Allergic reactions can go on for several days after
a food has been eaten and if you are having a reaction to something eaten many
hours or several days previously, it may obscure a reaction to a food just eaten.
1. Stop smoking entirely for at least five days before you do a cigarette test;
allergies to cigarettes can take five days to clear. Besides, you shouldn’t smoke,anyway!
2. For the first three days, count your resting pulse immediately after
awakening in the morning (for one entire minute), and record the reading.
3. During the first three days, take your resting pulse half an hour and again
one hour after each meal. It if has elevated more than 12 beats above the restingrate you found upon arising that morning, you may assume that some food at themeal you just ate was an allergen. Temporarily, eliminate from your diet all thefoods eaten at the previous meal until you can check them one-by-one a few dayslater. At the end of these first three days you may not have many foods left thatyou can eat. That is okay and to be expected; it is time to begin adding foodsback to the diet.
4. Most people who are allergic to foods are allergic to one or more of the
following: corn, wheat, milk and cheese, yogurt, meat, alcohol, tobacco. It wouldbe very wise to eliminate these foods too for the first three days, until they aretested.
After three days on this regimen, you can assume that many of your usual
allergic food reactions have ceased or at least diminished significantly and that youprobably can get reasonably accurate testing results on individual foods. A goodindicator of having problems with food allergies in general can also show upduring these initial days. If you have eliminated a large number of foods and yourresting pulse upon awakening has slowed down by several beats, you can assumeyou are allergic to foods you were eating.
I would not be at all surprised that by the end of the third day you were only
eating a very few fruits and vegetables and had eliminated everything else. A moreeffective variant of the testing procedure calls for a three or four day water fast to
clear all allergies with absolute certainty, and then to introduce foods one at a time
as described below.
On the fourth and subsequent few days, take your resting pulse upon arising
and then eat a modest quantity of a single food: for example, eat a slice of bread,or a medium sized glass of milk, or an orange, or two tablespoons sugar indissolved in water, or a few dried prunes, or a peach, or an egg, or a medium-sized potato, or a cup of black coffee without sweetener, or a few ounces ofmeat, or a stick of celery, or half a cup of raw cabbage, or an onion, or a date, ora few hazelnuts, etc. Count the pulse one half hour later and again one hour aftereating the test item.
If any food raises the resting pulse over 12 beats per minute above your
morning resting pulse, that food should be eliminated; you are certainly allergic toit or can’t digest that much of it. If your pulse has not returned to its morningresting rate one hour later, you are still having an allergic reaction to the food youate previously and cannot get a decent result on another food until either yourpulse slows again or until the next morning. You may, however, continue to eatother foods that you know do not provoke allergic reactions. Because reactionsto a food may not clear for many hours, it is wise to eat only small quantities ofindividual foods if you wish to test many of them in a single day. If a food causesno acceleration of pulse (at least 6 beats above your estimated normal maximal)that food can be tentatively labeled non-allergenic.
After a few days of testing one food an hour, you will become weary of the
routine and wish to eat more normally. It may also occur that you cannot testmore than one or two foods a day from the very first day because allergicreactions do not clear quickly enough. No problem, the testing period can go onat a lower level of intensity for many weeks, trying one new food each morningupon arising. As you eliminate allergens from your diet one by one, your restingpulse should drop somewhat and it should be easier to discern allergic reactions.After you have worked through all the items in your normal dietary, it would be
wise to retest the foods a second time, breaking your fast with one different test
item each morning. This second testing round may reveal a few more allergicreactions that were obscured by other allergic reactions the first time through.
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