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A - demanifested condition
B - manifestation phase as centripetal vortex
C - manifested high pressure (HP) ﬁeld
D - demanifestation phase
E - demanifested condition
F - manifestation phase as centrifugal vortex
G - manifested low pressure (LP) ﬁeld
H - demanifestation phase
The arrows show the direction of the spiral vector of the
vortex, the dots indicate the distribution of pressure
Fig. 1: Oscillation of a pulson
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 Fig. 2: T win-pulson manifesting within a super LP  ﬁeld (top) and resulting polarities
 H : high pressure (HP) ﬁeld; L  : low pressure (LP) ﬁeld; M : neutral middle-ﬁeld
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H : high pressure (HP) ﬁeld; L  : low pressure (LP) ﬁeld; M : neutral middle-ﬁeld
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.Fig. 6: Materialised ﬁeld with twin-vortices
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Fig. 7: Hydrogen atom (left) and Anti-hydrogen atom (right)
H : high pressure ﬁeld at particle level; L  : low pressure ﬁeld at particle level HA  : high pressure ﬁeld at atomic level; LA  :
low pressure ﬁeld at atomic level; + : positive charge; - : negative charge
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IMMORTALITY
The Electric PanerJ)S of Ufc HAROLD SAXTON BURR
Blueprint for Immortality
The Electric Patterns of Life
LONDON
NEVILLE SPEARMAN Harold Saxton Burr, Ph.D
E. K. Hunt Professor Emeritus, Anatomy
Yale University School of Medicine
Portrait by An:r.yb�sheff. Rcprodu,ed by perm;uion of YOile Uniyer-sily Art GaliN)'
Portrait was,ill offormer students, alumni and colh.aguei of Yal. Unjver�it)' Schaal of Medidne First published in Great Britain 1972
by Neville Spearman Limited
112 Whitfield Street, London WIP 6DP
Copyright © 1972 by Harold Saxton Burr
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
reproduced in any form by any electronic or
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retrieval systems, without permission in writing
from the Publisher, except by a reviewer who may
quote brief passages in a review.
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72-75971
Set in II pt Tuliana, I �'2 pt leaded, and
printed by Northumberland Press Ltd, Gates
head. Bound by Mansell Bookbinders Ltd.
London CONTENTS
Foreword
Part I
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
Chapter 1. An Adventure in Science 11
Chapter 2. The Course and the Compass 26
Chapter 3. The Female Field 45
Chapter 4. The Ubiquitous Field 61
Chapter 5. The Field as a Signpost 80
Chapter 6. Antennae to the Universe 96
Chapter 7. The Continuing Adventure 110
Part II
SELECTED PAPERS 135
Appendix
Bibliography of H. S. Burr 185 ILLUSTR AT IONS
Harold Saxton Burr Frontispiece
Voltmeter recommended by the Author page 86
Measurement of hypnotic conditions page 87 FOREWORD
The Universe in which we find ourselves and from which we
can not be separated is a place of Law and Order. It is not an
accident, nor chaos. It is organized and maintained by an
Electro-dynamic Field capable of determining the position and
movement of all charged particles.
For nearly half a century the logical consequences of this
theory have been subjected to rigorously controlled experiment al
conditions and met with no contradictions.
H. S. Burr PART I
Voyage of Discovery CHAP TER ONE
An Adventure in Science
1
We live in troubled and difficult times. There are wars and
dangers of war. In many parts of the world there are revolts, pro
tests, crime and lawlessness in ceaseless eruption. And over this
age hangs the Sword of Damocles of possible nuclear destruction.
More and more people ask themselves despondently whether
life has any sense or purpose. Many are tempted to believe that
man is an accident, left to grapple with his lonely fate on an
insignificant planet in a harsh and lawless Universe.
In a materialistic, scientific age many find it hard to accept
those religious beliefs that sustained their forefathers in times
which-to them-seemed as troubled and perilous as the present.
They would like to believe that man is no accident and that the
Universe in which he lives is one of law, order and purpose. But,
dazzled by the methods and triumphs of science, they are unwill
ing to take anything on trust; they demand some'scientific' proof
or evidence.
Until some forty years ago this demand could not be met be
cause the necessary electronic instruments and techniques had
not been developed. When these became available, however, an
entirely new approach to the nature of man and his place in the
Universe became possible. For these instruments revealed that
man-and, in fact, all forms-are ordered and controlled by
electro-dynamic fields which can be measured and mapped with
precision.
Though almost inconceivably complicated, the 'fields of life'
are of the same nature as the simpler fields known to modern
physics and obedient to the same laws. Like the fields of physics,
they are a part of the organization of the Universe and are in-
11 AN ADVENTU RE IN SCIENCE
fluenced by the vast forces of space. Like the fields of physics, too,
they have organizing and directing qualities which have been
revealed by many thousands of experiments.
Organization and direction, the direct opposite of chance,
imply purpose. So the fields of life offer purely electronic, in
strumental evidence that man is no accident. On the contrary, he
is an integral part of the Cosmos, embedded in its all-powerful
fields, subject to its inflexible laws and a participant in the
destiny and purpose of the Universe.
This book is an account of the adventure in science-of the
long, step-by-step exploration-that wrested from Nature the
answer to the question which so many in these times are asking
so anxiously.
2
Electro-dynamic fields are invisible and intangible; and it is
hard to visualize them. But a crude analogy may help to show
what the fields of life-L-fields for short-do and why they are
so important:
Most people who have taken high-school science


 you w ill notice you do not tire so easily. You "last" longer during the
day, and you do not become tired so early in the evening. Next, you find you are not
so tired in the mornings. You look forward to the new day and may awaken earlier.
As your sense of well-being increases, you begin to feel more emotionally and
psychologically secure. Little things do not bother you as they once did. Your old
habit patterns begin to change from "grumpy" ones to "happy" ones.
Adverse Reactions
The ideal reaction often occurs, but more frequently there is a multitude of
uncomfortable reactions, which normally come first, as your body chemistry begins
to change. These reactions should not alarm you or cause undue apprehension. Any
one or all of the following reactions may occur:
Toxic Reactions
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After about two or three of weeks eating and taking supplements according to your
metabolic type it is normal to experience toxic reactions. You w ill gradually lose your
appetite, become nauseated and may even develop a "toxic headache."
Occasionally, you may also experience swelling in the various lymph glands
throughout your body. The normal cells cleaning debris from the system faster than
the liver, kidneys, skin and lungs can remove them from the body bring about these
toxic reactions. At this point you can do two things to help:
1. Discontinue the supplements for no more than a five-day period. Continue the
supplements again for ten to 25 days. This cycle of five days off and ten or more
days on may have to be repeated several times, depending upon the depleted
condition of your body and the amount of repair which is needed at the cellular
level.
2. Take a coffee enema to stimulate the excretion of toxins. The procedure for this
is explained earlier in this book. One or two a day may be taken depending
upon the severity of the toxic condition. In an extreme toxic reaction, both the
discontinuance of supplements and the coffee enema should be used.
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Structu r a l &  Neu rologica l Stim ulation
W h ile  the bo dy is being p ro p e rly  d e to x ifie d  and nourished,
th e  nerve supply to  th e  pancreas and liv e r should be considered.
Structural and Neurological Stimulation
While the body is being properly detoxified and nourished, the nerve supply to the
pancreas and liver should be considered.
A specific organ works only when told to by a nerve, chemical, or pressure
stimulation. Upon taking careful histories, we found a number of cancer patients who
had had blows to the head or spine. We feel that such experiences change the nerve
impulses to the various organs. If pressure on a nerve to the pancreas causes it to
cease sending impulses to the pancreas, the pancreas w ill turn off and wait until the
nerve tells it to work again. If the nerve is destroyed, or for some reason never sends a
message, the pancreatic function will be greatly impaired.
Probably the best way to reactivate the nerve enervation is through some form of
manipulative therapy such as osteopathic manipulation, chiropractic adjustments, or
physiotherapy. We have found it advisable to have such a weekly manipulative
treatment, for at least the first nine months of cancer treatment. The regular body
massage that people are familiar with are not a good but also helpful.
Neurological stimulation can sometimes be increased or simulated by hormone
therapy, but this technique must be performed under the direction of a very highly
skilled clinician.
There are a group of dentists who use a method called Mandibular Equilibration
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) equilibration to re-shape the skull, take stresses from
the brain, and in this way effect very profound neurological changes.
The following are brief descriptions of a few highly successful body-aligning
systems.
Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Equilibration
Temporomandibular Joint is such a mouthful that dentists like to use just the
initials. It is the name of the joint just in front of the ear where the lower jaw hinges.
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There is one on the right side, and one on the left. When one or both of them are
forced out of place it may lead to such distressing or painful conditions as earache,
headache, head noises, clicking sounds, dizziness, nervousness and even mental
troubles.
For such ailments as these, doctors may prescribe hot and cold packs, diathermy,
massage vibration, rest, surgery, psychological treatment or drugs. While all of these
remedies are useful at times, they often do not bring permanent relief if stress in the
joint is the real cause of the trouble.
When the cause is stress in this joint in front of the ear, as it often is, a safe and
highly successful dental treatment may be the solution. This treatment is known as
"equilibration" (pronounced ee-quil-i-bray-shun); it simply means equalizing the
muscle forces to restore the lower jaw and its joints to their normal unstrained or
neutral positions.
How do the joints get out of adjustment in the first place? It might be from a blow
on the chin, a muscle spasm, or opening the jaw too wide (as when biting or
yawning). But the most common is chewing with teeth that come together in a wrong
way.
Dentists refer to this condition as "malocclusion."
We close our jaws in chewing food, of course — and most persons also press their
teeth together one or two thousand times a day between meals in swallowing. If the
teeth do not meet properly, the pressures on them during chewing and swallowing
may force the lower jaw into a strained position that pinches the joints in front of the
ears.
If you could see through the skin and get a side view of the TMJ, you would see
how the mandible, or lower jaw, hinges to the skull. The joint consists of a ball-and-
socket arrangement, with the ball being a rounded mass of bone in the back part of
the lower jaw that fits into a socket at the base of the skull. When you open and close
your jaw, this "ball" rotates in its socket, and — if the teeth push the jaw too far in
any direction — the soft tissues between the bones are pinched.
One trouble that sometimes follows this pinching is a slow loss of hearing, says one
authority on TMJ disorders. He cites the case of a man who was losing his hearing
and had been wearing a hearing aid for two years before he learned of equilibration.
He had not noticed any discomfort at the joints in front of his ears, nor that his teeth
were not meeting properly, but suspected that his teeth might somehow be causing
stress. Se he went to his dentist, who made the necessary changes on the chewing
surfaces of his teeth. Three days later, the patient's hearing had improved to such an
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extent that he discarded his hearing aid. He has not needed it since. That was nine
years ago, and his hearing is still good.
Not all patients respond so quickly nor so completely as that, of course, and there
are many other causes of deafness, the authority points out — but pressure at the TMJ
should not be overlooked.
Besides hearing trouble, this authority says, stress in the TMJ can cause neuralgia,
stiff neck, running ears and itching ears. He tells of a woman who suffered from
itching ears so much that in company she often had to excuse herself from the room
to scratch her ears. X-ray pictures showed both Temporomandibular joints to be out
of normal adjustment. After her dentist corrected the chewing surfaces of her teeth,
the itching gradually left. (X-ray pictures showed that the joints are now in proper
adjustment.)
It is not uncommon for stress in the TMJ to bring on head noises. A patient who
wore artificial dentures in which the teeth were out of adjustment, forcing the left side
of his jaw backward until the joint on that side was under considerable stress,
experienced almost immediate relief from roaring sounds in his ears after being
treated by his dentist. This was several years ago, and the roaring sound has not
returned.
Although the connection between stress in the TMJ and the troubles cited is not
fully understood, it is known that there is a connection, because when the condition
in the joint is corrected the troubles often disappear.
How does the dentist restore the joints to a normal condition of equilibrium? As
part of the treatment he may change the slopes of the natural or artificial teeth, or
make the teeth higher or lower to bring the chewing muscles into proper working
relationship. Sometimes he reduces pressure on the front teeth so that the chewing
forces fall more on the back teeth. (If the ball parts of the lower jaw have been
pushed too far up into their sockets, this "pivoting" allows them to settle down again
into their normal relaxed positions.)
As the TMJ authority notes, one advantage of equilibration treatment is that it can
be done in the dental office and, in many instances, saves the patient from the more
radical treatments of surgery or the injection of chemicals into the joints. Quite often,
in fact, equilibration is the only treatment needed.
As with other treatment, preventing trouble is an important aim


 looked at as a source of
pleasure and is held as a pleasurable and enjoyable
experience. As we move towards the highest levels of
consciousness, the experiencing of the body begins to
diminish altogether. There is a pervasive experiencing
of diffuse joy, along with an inner, progressive state of
serenity, accompanied by a peaceful blissfulness.At this
point, the experience of the body may disappear alto
gether into a kind of sublime state in which one is joy
ful aliveness. One becomes loving bliss, and the aware
ness of the body may be almost nonexistent. It is as
though it is present in the room, but it is no more 136 HEALING AND RECOVERY
important than anything else in the room.There is the
loss of identification with the body, and we watch it
from that viewpoint as it happily goes about its busi
ness. We are no more concerned about it than we are
about anything else in the room. It is a loss of identifi
cation with the separate, limited self and the limited
physical. With this, the body is expressing the absolute
truth, the infmite truth that one is included with the
infinite Beingness ofthe universe.Therefore, there is the
value of replacing the space that contained the negative
thought which was canceled with the statement, "I am
an infmite being and I am not subject to that:' Because
our essence is aligned with the Reality ofTruth, we con
sequently have the power to negate falsity.
We replace everything we cancel with the truth. In
place of the negative thought, we put in something
that is positive beca~se we choose to love ourselves
instead.We can say,"1cancelthat;I nolongerbuythat;
I'm not subject to that. Instead, I choose to love myself."
We can see that lovingness is the great healer.We have
within our capacity, within our power, all the abilities of
self-healing.All we have to do is remove the obstacles.
Perfect health is an expression of spiritual aware
ness. It is the willingness to let go of the negative and
allow it to be replaced by that which is loving. The
physical expression of sickness is of the lower energy
field that is given form by what is held in mind.
Physical health is merely an expression of a positive
energy field that is reinforced by our willingness to
commit to compassion and forgiveness. That which I
am includes the body but is not limited to it. That
which I am chooses to love it, to value it, to be appreHEALTH 137
ciative of it, to be grateful for it, and to enjoy the sense
of aliveness.
We eventually get to the level of the 'experiencing
of experience'. We become the awareness of the joy
and the thankfulness for our existence and the exis
tence of our consciousness. The body is then included
within the field of consciousness itself.We come again
to the surprising thought that the body is within the
mind. Most people with a limited belief system think
that the mind is somewhere 'up here' in their head.
Actually, when it is being experienced, it is found to be
everywhere. When a thought is being experienced, it is
being experienced everywhere. The thought that
seems to be occurring somewhere 'in here' is itself a
belief system as it is actually being experienced every
where. It is a thought about a thought. Inner experi
ence will tell us that the experience of the thought and
the experience of the body are occurring nonlocally
everywhere. Thoughts are occurring in consciousness
itself. We understand that the body is sitting in the
chair, but that understanding is being experienced in
no specific place. It is happening within consciousness
itself.Addressing ourselves to health is really addressing
the nature of consciousness and appreciation for our
own existence as the aliveness of life itself.
In this chapter, certain things have been repeated
several times because of the mind's resistance to
accepting the truth of it. Right-brain learning is really
about becoming familiar with and constantly re-expos
ing ourselves to the same viewpoint until it becomes
natural. It is difficult when weare dealing with healing
and health because we are really reversing the mind's 138 HEALING AND RECOVERY
beliefincausality. We are saying thatthephysical is the
expression of the mental, and not vice-versa. The world
would like to say that it is the other way around and
that 'cause' is within the world, within the virus, or
within the bacteria. Even medications work because of
our tremendous belief that they will. It is the belief in
the power of the medicine. This is certainly obvious
with scientific research into the nature of placebos.
Placebos alone will generally cure thirty-five percent of
the people with any given illness. Just the suggestion
that this pill will heal it thirty-five percent of the time
is all that is necessary for it to occur. Realizing that we
are making a major move in consciousness allows us to
value all our knowledge about illness and health and to
use it as a springboard to our own spiritual growth and
development.
As in all spiritual work, it is discovered that the
mind resists letting go ofnegative programs despite the
suffering that it occasions. The source of this resistance
is the secret payoff that the ego gets from negativity.
The ego derives pleasure from 'justified' resentments,
blame, self-pity, and all the rest. Thus, what has to be
surrendered is the gratification the mind gets from the
negativity. To undo the addiction to the payoff, it is only
necessary to ask oneself ifthe suffering ofthe illness is
worth clinging to the pleasure of the negative attitude.
Secretly, people just 'love' to hate, blame, and get even
as well as being 'right' or'superior', and more. Nursing
grievances extracts a cost in being prone to illness as
well as resistance to recovery. Self-honesty is therefore
the key to making progress and increasing well-being.
Despite all the above, it is also important to realize HEALTH 139
that just being a human being means that one has
inherited the limitations and vulnerabilities of proto
plasm itself, and thus, one's days are numbered. "From
dust one has arisen" and "to dust will return" signifies
the value of humility and acceptance of the limitations
of humanness itself.As the Buddha said, "To be born a
human is a great gift for the human has the option of
earning karmic merit and undoing negative karma. CHAPTER 5
Spiritual First Aid
Next, we're going to discuss the need for spiritual ftrst
aid and the various principles we have discovered
through research, including things not so generally
known but of great importance to those involved in
spiritual work and the spiritual aspects of life.
Previously, we have discussed the relationship
between body, mind, and spirit, how the body reflects
what the mind believes, and how the mind then
reflects what is held in consciousness. We have also
talked about handling problems directly within the
area in which they are experienced, which is within
consciousness itself.
As explained earlier, the body is experienced via
the senses in mind. Mind does not experience itselfbut
is experienced in a greater energy fteld called conscious
ness.1bis 'nonlinear' energy fteld is directly related to
spiritual ftrst aid.
It is valuable to create a safe context from which to
approach one's spiritual work, something that is usually
not taken into consideration. For the last thirty-ftve
years, we have been researching the nature of con
sciousness itself. Spiritual research is not common.As a
result, we have learned a great deal because not much
has ever been written about it.
There are many questions the ordinary person has,
for example, what can one bring to the entire fteld?
How can one approach it? How can one create a safe
context for personal investigation of these matters that
are of great importance?
141 142 HEALING AND RECOVERY
As we discuss all of this, we will be referring again
to the Map of Consciousness. It comprises the
research of many individuals and groups over the
years. It is a mathematical model that represents strat
ified levels of consciousness which man commonly
experiences. The levels have been calibrated as to the
progressive power of their energy fields showing, for
example, that Apathy carries much less energy than
Fear. Fear has less energy than the level of Courage,
and so on. These calibrations start at zero, continue
upward to the level of Enlightenment at the energy
field that calibrates at 600, and then on to the highest
fields of Enlightenment at calibration level 1,000,
which is the maximum level for the human domain.
The exact way in which the energy fields were
originally calibrated is a whole field of inquiry in
itself. It is possible to confirm the calibrations by
using the muscle-testing method. As you may already
know, it is a simple method of testing the resistance
of one's arm. The subject holds out an arm and the
tester presses down on the wrist. If anything that is
being held in mind, such as an angry, fearful, or hate
ful thought, is below 200


 warm bed, allowing his or her body temperature
to return slowly to normal.
Hyperthermia should not be used for patients who suffer from cardiac problems, high blood
pressure or breathing difficulties, or who, due to age, have a weak heart and constitution. It should
NEVER be used with fluoridated water.
To enhance the effect of the hyperthermia, some cancer patients are also given an intravenous
injection of Laetrile some fifteen minutes prior to going into the bath. Laetrile, also known as
Vitamin B-17, is derived from apricot pits. It is non-toxic, even though it contains a cyanide
fraction. This substance is not damaging to normal healthy cells (after all, the full name of Vitamin
B12 is cyano -cobalamine!),  for these cells contain an enzyme, rhodanase, that neutralizes the
cyanide fraction. Tumor cells, however, lack this enzyme, hence the laetrile is able to attack
and destroy them. It has also been experimentally established that after a laetrile injection the
temperature of the tumor rises by up to one degree. When the patient’s full body temperature is
raised by the hyperthermia treatment, this additionally helps to attack and destroy tumor tissue.
Oxygen Treatments

Two compounds containing extra oxygen are useful tools of pain control. One is hydrogen
peroxide, H2O2, namely water, H2O, plus an extra oxygen atom attached to it with a single bond.
The other basic compound, oxygen, O2, can also have an additional oxygen atom attached, resulting
in O3, i.e., ozone. Despite ozone’s reputation as an irritant, properly used oxygen treatments are a
powerful aid in pain control and healing.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.comThese are the four benefits of the oxygen treatment:
• It attacks and kills germs and viruses;
• It attacks and destroys tumor tissue;
• It increases oxygenation of the blood stream; and
• It attaches to toxic free radicals and helps the body to excrete them.
H2O2, or hydrogen peroxide, is easily and inexpensively available in drug stores or even
supermarkets. It comes in a 3% solution, which is safe to apply to the skin, or use in a tub of bath
water (NON-fluoridated), adding some 2 quarts to the tub. It is even more effective to rub the
peroxide into the skin after a warm tub bath, to be absorbed through the pores directly into the
blood stream.
It is more difficult to obtain ozone treatment, since this requires a special ozone generating
machine, and that is generally only available to persons trained in its proper use. There are also
machines that generate ozone to mix into the bath water, but these are expensive, require an
oxygen tank, and are not recommended for use in the patient’s home.
Rebounding
A small trampoline for gentle rebounding may sound a surprising choice for pain control,
yet it can serve that purpose extremely well. The patient must be told clearly that he/she must
not jump vigorously up and down on the trampoline, only raise his/her heels as though he was
walking, but staying on the spot. This movement causes an increase of weight on the way down,
and makes the patient feel weightless for an instant on the top of the bounce. This stimulates and
increases the lymphatic circulation, which in turn helps to overcome blockages and pain. The
gentle ‘walk’ on the trampoline may be repeated up to five or six times a day, but each exercise
must not last longer than 30 seconds.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 126Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 16
Understanding Healing Reactions

Healing reactions, also known as flare-ups, are an essential part of the Gerson Therapy. It is
important that patients should understand their nature and function before embarking on the
full treatment, since healing reactions are somewhat paradoxical experiences: although they can
produce a number of unpleasant symptoms, they should be welcomed as evidence that the therapy
has kicked in and is working well.
 So let’s see how and when this necessary process is likely to begin. As a rule, after the first
few days on the full Gerson program the patients feel better, suffering less pain, their appetite
improves, their external or palpable tumors are beginning to reduce; naturally they are greatly
encouraged by these positive developments.  That is the moment to remind patients that a healing
reaction may be on the way, and to explain how it is going to promote detoxification. Without
proper preparation the sudden shift from well-being to its opposite would be hard to bear!
     When the body is first turned around from advancing cancer (or other chronic diseases)
towards healing, what Dr. Gerson called the healing mechanism  is being activated, and the
immune system begins to kick in. What happens is that the body produces a healing inflammation
and releases toxins from the tissues, producing a massive toxic load that has to be eliminated from
the liver. The process is sometimes accompanied by a healing fever and even spells of depression
and panic. On top of all this the patient may also experience nausea, toxic stools, lack of appetite
and even aversion to food or drink, especially to the green juices. There can also be more gas than
usual, plus difficulties with the coffee enemas (due to increased toxic pressure from the liver).
Without advance warning the patients may feel that their condition is worsening; they are weak,
nauseated, uncomfortable, sometimes even the pain that had been reduced returns to some extent.
What with the risk of depression, which is one of the possible side effects, patients may even
wonder whether the Gerson Therapy is causing their condition to worsen. However, the Gerson
doctor or practitioner, who recognizes these symptoms as signaling a welcome healing reaction,
is able to reassure patients and dispel their panic.
       The first flare-up is usually relatively short, since the body is not yet able to carry out
serious healing in its weakened condition and is only just beginning to respond. But even that
early start can produce impressive results. Along with the attack on malignant tissue, the body
also begins to heal old injuries, fractures, lumpy scars, and serious conditions including long-
standing high blood pressure and even age-onset diabetes.  This process cannot be held back or
stopped, since the body is not able to heal selectively! In other words, it does not only heal the 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 127Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.compresent life-threatening disease but also clears up all other damage, whether old or new. That
is what the totality of the Gerson Therapy means. Thanks to it, cancer patients have overcome
allergies, long term migraines, arthritis, fibromyalgia and other conditions that have troubled
them for any length of time.
How do patients react to a flare-up? Only a general answer can be given, based on the
reactions of a majority of cases.  Since each person is different and has a different medical past
with different damages to the body, each healing reaction is also different! Neither is it possible
to give an exact answer to patients who wish to know how long a flare-up will last.  In many
cases the first reaction is mild and only lasts from a few hours to a day or two. The second one
is normally longer and somewhat heavier, since the body and its immune system have to some
extent been detoxified, strengthened with the enzymes and nutrients contained in the raw juices
and supported by the medication, and as a result it is able to respond more powerfully.
In most cases this second flare-up can be expected around the sixth week of the therapy.  The
third reaction occurs usually around 3-3 1⁄2 months into the treatment and is the heaviest one.  But
please remember that this is not a timetable cast in concrete, only what we have observed in a
majority of cases. Reactions are also different in chemotherapy pre-treated patients (see Chapter
18.)
What to do for the patient in a flare-up, who is unwell, upset, dismayed? What NOT to do
is to stop the Therapy, give no coffee enemas or juices, for doing so would drastically stop the
healing process! Yet we must help the patient to endure the discomforts of the flare-ups. Here are
the best ways to do so:
Nausea :  If despite the nausea the patient is able to drink the juices, by all means continue
to provide them. If he or she develops a severe aversion to the green juice, warm it gently
(undiluted) to body temperature by standing the container in a warm water bath, pour the juice in
the enema bucket and infuse it rectally as a retention implant.  This is not an enema and should not
be expelled.  The patient should lie comfortably in bed, with legs pulled up in the fetal


herbs.com
), which is a more comprehensive guide to the
chemistry and use of botanicals. There are also a multitude of books on the
market that are excellent to further your information on herbs and their uses.
Some of these are referenced for you in the Bibliography.
Unfortunately, there are also many books on herbs that are not worth the
paper they’re printed on. These books are written by so-called herbalists or
individuals who know little about the true use of each of these herbs. They
merely contain information that is referenced from other sources. Some of
them copy what the FDA says about herbs, along with the misleading
information being fed to the public from pharmaceutical companies to instill
fear in people about the use of God’s natural foods and medicines. Never fear
nature or its products. Simply learn what others have been using and doing
for hundreds of thousands of years.
Always fight to keep your right to eat and use God’s foods. Estimates are
that over 2 million deaths (some estimates as high as 5 million) occur each
year needlessly as a result of procedures and products supported by the
allopathic medical and pharmaceutical industries. Rarely do we hear of a
death from the use of herbs. When one occurs, it’s almost always from
misuse. Read … Study … Experiment … Lose the fear … Become alive
again.
MODULE 8.2Power Herbs: A Reference Guide

The following herbs are some of the best herbs you can find in the Northern
Hemisphere. As you study this section be sure to check the Glossary for
definitions of unfamiliar terms.
Alfalfa
A great alkalizer of the body.
High in chlorophyll and nutrition.
High in minerals and trace minerals.
A body cleanser.
Enhances the endocrine glandular system, especially the adrenal and
pituitary glands.
Helps eliminate retained water and carbon dioxide.
Helps with alcohol, smoking, and narcotic addiction.
Helps eliminate toxic chemicals and heavy metals (lead, aluminum,
mercury, etc.) from the body.
Bonds (chelation) to inorganic minerals for elimination.
Infection fighter and acts as a natural deodorizer.
Strengthens the body.
High in chlorophyll, helps rejuvenate the blood.
Pulls mucus (catarrh) out of the tissues.
Scientific name
:
Medicago sativ
Parts used
: Whole plant, (leaves, seeds, and flowers).
Actions
: Astringent, diuretic, nutritive.
Aloe Vera
Internally, aloe heals ulcerations and inflammation of the GI tract.
Aloe and Burdock are the “burn botanicals.” First, second, third and
fourth degree burns
all respond to aloe’s tissue-healing and rebuilding
properties.
Used as a bowel mover in heavy constipation cases. (Avoid prolonged
usage for this.)
Aloe Vera is known as the First Aid Plant. It is great for cuts, wounds,
and the like.Scientific name
:
Aloe vera linn
Parts used
: Pulp (gel) from inside leaves and powder of the leaf.
Actions
: Abortifacient (when used in high doses), alterative,
anthelmintic, anti-arthritic, antifungal, antibacterial, anti-
inflammatory antiseptic, astringent, bitter tonic, bitter, cathartic, cell
proliferant, cholagogue, decoagulant, demulcent, depurative,
emmenagogue, emollient, insecticide, laxative, nutritive, purgative,
resin stimulant, stomachic, tonic, vermifuge, vulnerary.
Astragalus
Astragalus is a tremendous cellular proliferator (strengthens cells).
I especially like this herb for its effect upon the adrenal tissues.
Astragalus is a superb immune builder, strengthening the bone marrow,
the endocrine glandular system (thymus, etc.), and the spleen.
Aids in shortness of breath.
Strengthens the nervous system.
Increases energy to cells, especially in the spleen and GI tract (stomach,
in particular).
Strengthens prolapsed conditions, e.g., uterus, stomach, intestines and
bladder.
Has mild diuretic properties and helps tone the lungs.
Brings tone and balance to tissues.
Scientific name
:
Astragalus membranaceus
Parts used
: Roots
Actions
: Anhydrotic (stops sweating), cellular proliferator, diuretic.
Bilberry
Tremendous in strengthening the vascular system (arteries, capillaries,
and veins); great for varicose veins.
Helps reduce inflammation (flavonoids) in the vascular walls, hence
reduces arteriosclerosis (obstruction of the vascular walls with lipids).
Inhibits coagulation of platelets in the blood.
Helps with edema, aids in diarrhea.
Bilberry helps tone the skin.
Helps prevent cataracts and protects eye tissue from effects of diabetes.Used in formulas to help control blood sugar levels.
A great anti-inflammatory for all tissues.
Helps to control stress and anxiety.
A great aid in night blindness or any vision weakness.
Scientific name
:
Vaccinium myrtillus
Parts used
: Leaves and fruits
Actions
: Antidiabetic effect, antidiarrheal, astringent, anti-inflammatory.
Black Cohosh
This herb stimulates estrogen receptors and has estrogenic properties
itself.
Used in female conditions where vaginal dryness, lack of menstruation,
and infertility is present. Stimulates estrogen production.
Not suited for estrogen dominant females, where excessive bleeding and
cysts, fibroids, and fibrocystic conditions exist.
Said to help loosen and expel mucus from the lungs.
Contracts the uterus and increases menstrual flow.
Said to be a tonic for the central nervous system (CNS).
Scientific name
:
Cimicifuga racemosa
Parts used
: Rhizomes, fresh and dried root
Actions
: Alterative, antiseptic, antispasmodic, anti-venomous, arterial,
astringent, cardiac
stimulant, diaphoretic, diuretic, emmenagogue,
expectorant, sedative, stomachictonic.
Black Walnut Hull
Black Walnut Hull is one of my favorite herbs for many reasons.
It’s one of nature’s most powerful antiparasitics.
It will kill microorganisms (bacterium, fungi, yeasts, etc.) to larger
parasites including all worms and flukes.
It is a cellular proliferator (strengthens cells).
It increases the oxygenation of blood cells.
It is a detoxifier used to balance sugar levels and disperse fatty materials.
Black Walnut Hull is excellent for any condition and weakness of the
body.Promotes healing of all tissues and is said to help restore tooth enamel.
Strengthens and stimulates the immune system.
Promotes lymph movement and bowel peristalsis.
Strengthens the bones (high in calcium).
Scientific name
:
Juglans nigra
Parts used
: Inner hull (can use the bark)
Actions
: Alterative (leaves) bitter, Anthelmintic (vermifuge), astringent,
cholagogue, detergent, expectorant, hepatic, laxative, mild cathartic,
purgative, tonic (fruit).
Bugleweed
A specific for the thyroid gland, especially when enlarged or when a
goiter exists.
Said to be a detoxifier, and especially valuable at removing heavy metals.
Bugleweed is said to offer protection against radiation.
Beneficial in irregular heartbeat and palpitations.
Improves thyroid and adrenal function.
Restores tooth enamel.
Possibly enhances neurotransmitters.
Also said to resemble digitalis in its actions.
Has a strengthening effect upon tissue.
Scientific name
:
Copus virginicus
Parts used
: The aerial portions of the herb
Actions
: Antigonadotropic, anti-inflammatory anti-thyrotropic,
astringent, cardiac tonic, diuretic (mild), narcotic (mild), and
sedative.
Burdock
The leaves are considered by many to be one of the top “burn healers” of
all times. This includes first, second, third and fourth degree burns.
A strong blood and liver cleanser and tonic.
Reduces swelling in the body, especially around the joints.
A great aid in detoxification.
Burdock rids the body of toxins and mucus.
Promotes urine flow and perspiration.Number one in skin conditions of all types.
Promotes kidney function and helps remove acid build-up within the
body, especially sulfuric, phosphoric and uric acids.
Scientific name
:
Arctium lappa
Parts used
: Leaves, roots and seeds
Actions
: Alterative, anti-inflammatory, antiscorbutic, aperient, astringent
(mild to medium), demulcent, depurative, diaphoretic, lipotropic,
stomachic, tonic, sedative.
Butcher’s Broom
A great circulatory herb.
Has anti-inflammatory properties (flavonoids and tannins) which help
remove plaque in the vascular system. Used in cases of phlebitis.
Tones and strengthens the vascular walls (arteries, capillaries and veins),
thus used for varicose veins, hemorrhoids and post aneurysms.
Increases circulation throughout the body, especially to the peripheral
areas (e.g., brain, hands and feet).
Antithrombotic (use to prevent postoperative thrombosis).
Strengthens bones and connective tissue.
A


. But whoever wants to reduce his
body weight and lose the fat of  his flesh, should take hot
water and enter it when it is as hot as he can stand it. The
head must never be washed in either cold or luke-warm
water, but only in water that is  so hot that he feels he is
scalding his scalp. Cold wate r will strengthen the brain
but will retain its superfluities. It will chil l it and all the
nerves originating in the brain, and all the movements
will become sluggish. It may cause hemiplegia, spasm or
contracture of the hand, re quiring special care. Luke-
warm water will also cool the brain and soften it, making
the movements and the sensations sluggish, but hot water
hardens the substance of the brain, removes its
superfluities, strengthens its nature and all its movements
and sensations. And it is pr oper that a man should sleep
after leaving his bath.
 SAID GALEN : SLEEP AFTER BATHING
I cannot see a better way to boil what has been readied
to boil, and to melt and heat what has been made ready to
melt, than by sleeping after l eaving the bath. But sleeping
in the bathhouse is very bad. It occasionally causes a
heartache through the contradi ctory effects of sleep and
bathroom heat: the heat of th e bath will draw the natural
heat outward to the surface of the body, while sleep
forces the heat deep inside the body. One must be very
careful to abstain from dr inking cold water soon after
leaving the bath. Galen said : There were men who drank
cold water after leaving the bath and they chilled their
kidneys and swelled up their bellies. Therefore it is
advisable for a man to suffer thirst until his body cools
off and loses the heat that the organs absorb from the bath
and then he should drink. If his thirst does not permit him
to wait, then let him drink water mixed with a syrup of
citron rind, mastic or rose. Th e drinking of barley beer
made with pomegranate seeds and sugar tart, myrrh, aloe
wood and cloves, harms one after the bath. But if he waits
after the bath until its warmth leaves the body he may
take it, and it is helpful. I refer to this beer or to the
previously mentioned syrup.
 DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE
There are many who take lig htly the liquid discharge
from the nose as in their i gnorance they do not understand
what usually develops from it if it goes down to the nose,
or the hoarseness and coughi ng if it goes down to the
trachea. It is best that one be  careful and watchful of such
discharges in winter and summertime and put on his
clothes while he is still in  the bathroom. And one should
always protect his head from the strong cold that comes
with a discharge and also from the strong heat that
liquefies the congealed superf luities in the brain, that
flow down afterward and cause the acute catarrhs. And all
the discharges, the warm and the cold ones, usually run
down into the cavities of the lungs and fill them up,
because of the abundance of the moisture that flows down
and because of the weakness of the receiving organ. They
weaken the expelling force that would remove them by
coughing and thus asphyxiate the man and he dies. Or
they create a pause which is a shortness of breath in the
lying position. Sometimes they flow down to the cavity of
the stomach and cause intestinal irritation and this is a
disease hard to cure. Occasi onally they flow down to the
joints and produce arthritic pain. They may also go down
to the internal organs and their cavities and produce an exudate in the organ, exudate of  the pleura, exudate of the
lungs, exudate of the liver, exudate of the stomach or an
exudate of other organs. This explains how careful we have
to be with these discharges.

STRENGTHENING THE BRAIN
Caution with these discharges consists in being careful not
to overheat or chill the head, as we have mentioned above, and
avoiding to eat that which fills up the head, such as milk or
gas-producing seeds like beans and lentils. One should avoid
sleep right after his meal and especially if he eats at night. One
should avoid taking warm and intoxicating drinks, because
their consumption affects the mind swiftly. One should also
strengthen the brain by smelling balsam and flowers according
to their strength and the season. One of the favorite
medications to strengthen the brain is to grind cloves until
pulverized and place them across half of the forehead during
the winter. One should also anoint his forehead during the
winter with saw-leafed centaury oil, which will strengthen it.
But when it is very warm one should dip his head in rose water
and in nilufar and he should dust his head lightly with nutmeg
powder which has been finely ground.
 FOOD DETERIORATION
One must avoid, at any place and at any time,
partaking of a food which has begun to decompose even slightly or become turbulent, malodorous, slightly warm [if it is naturally cold] or decayed, like fruits prepared in vinegar, small fish in brine, sour milk and like products. They are materials that produce fever and are like deadly poisons. And the good physicians warn against eating food that has remained overnight and meat a day after it has been boiled, because it has begun to deteriorate, even though it does not immediately appear so. And one should eat preferably sweet f oods because it is the sweets
that nourish, according to Galen. One should also prefer drinking water that is sweet and cold. And if the sweet
foods have deteriorated and become inedible, one should improve their taste by making them a little sour with materials that give a salty and astringent taste, like
cooking in gooseberry juice or  acid or lemon or barley
brine, sumac, quince or pomegranates. All these foods, when they are devoid of sweetness, also lack useful nutriments. First of all they  are not nauseating and some
of them liquefy the mucosa in the stomach and increase the appetite, such as a salty  soup. Some fight putrefaction
and cause dryness, like the foods to which vinegar and lemon have been added. Some of them will strengthen the
stomach and close its openi ng, like sumac, pomegranate
seeds, quince and gooseberry ju ice. One can rely on these
foods as much as possible.

AVOID SUDDEN CHANGES
Habit and regularity are great  principles for keeping
well and recovering from illness. It is not proper to
change one's habits in health at once, neither in food, in
drinks nor in intercourse, ba th or exercise. You should
stick to your habits. And ev en if your habit is in
contradiction to medical law,  you must not separate from
it, but adjust to the law gr adually and for a prolonged
time so that the change will not be felt. And a man must
never change his habit all of a sudden. If he does he is
bound to get sick. But the acute ly ill must not deviate
from their habits, during the course of their disease they
must not change their customs, even with the best of
intentions.

GOOD AND BAD GARMENTS
It is well known that there are animals whose meat is
constitutionally contradict ory to the nutrition of men, such as the meat of the wo lf and the fox. And some, like
lamb, is very fit. So it is with the various furs for
garments. The best for human garments are sheep's hides
and the most dangerous are fox's hides. The intelligent
physicians have mentioned it a nd this is the truth. About
this [your] servant noticed that the garment which the
Arabs call kirtas is very bad, but the garment called in
Arabic alsanjab [squirrel] is praised by the physicians.
Then remember that the fur of cats is dangerous to wear,
or even to inhale their odor, therefore beware of them and
their odor. However, it has b een advised to inhale the
aroma of pigeons and to have them always in the house,
because they insure one agai nst neurological afflictions
like hemiplegia, spasms, cramps and tremor of the limbs.
As long as he sees pigeons before him he will be
protected from the above illn esses, provided he removes
their droplets and does not al low the latter to collect,
because they pollute the air and spoil it. Equally good
against neurological diseases is the eating of pigeon meat.

THE GAZELLE, RABBIT AND WILD ASS
The best of game is the gazelle. The rabbit also has
benefits that have been pr oven by experience. Eating its
brain helps against head noise s, and its meat in general helps against head noises and neurological illnesses. The
rabbit's hide warms much and helps in neurological
diseases, particularly in old


meat.Onequarterofa
poundofmeatprovides25gofprotein,abouthalftherecommended
amountperday.IfyourhighintakeofvitaminCkeepsyourserumcholes-
terolbelow200mgperdeciliter(dl),thereisnoneedforyoutotakespecial
caretoeliminateanimalfatfromyourdietortoavoiddrinkingmilkand
eatingeggs,bothofwhicharegoodfoods.
About10percentofadultEuropeansandmostAsiansandAfricanshave
digestiveproblemswhentheydrinkmilk.Attheendofinfancytheystop
makinglactase,whichisanenzymeinvolvedindigestingmilksugar(lac-
tose).Milkisagoodfood,especiallyasasourceofcalcium(about500mg
perpint).Thelactase-deficient personcan,however,eatcheese,whichis
alsohighincalcium.
Eventhoughamajorreasonforeatingfruitsandvegetables istoobtain
vitamins,andthisneedmaybesatisfiedbytakingvitaminsupplements, it
isagoodideatoincludefruitsandvegetablesinthediet.
Amoderateamountofregularexerciseisgood;alsosleepingsevenor
eighthoursanight,avoidingstressfulsituations,havinganoccupationthat
youlike,andingeneral,enjoyinglife.
Itiswisenottorelyentirelyupondietarysupplementsforotheressential
nutrients,althoughtheycanbeobtainedassuchintabletandinother
forms."Essential"inthisusagedesignatessubstancesnotmanufactured in
thebody:certainaminoacidsandfatsandmanyofthevitamins.The
essentialaminoacidsarenotrequiredasadietarysupplement ifanade-
quatesupplyofproteinisingested.Moreover,althoughitisbelievedthat
themostimportantessentialnutrientsforhumansareknown,thereisstill
thepossibilitythatsomehaveremainedundiscovered.ForthisreasonI
agreewiththefirstrecommendation ofthespecialistsinnutritionthat
everyoneshouldeatabalanceddiet,withagoodamountofgreenvegeta-
bles,wellprepared,andfreshfruits,suchasorangesandgrapefruit.
Sincehumanbeingsshowbiochemicalindividuality,thereisthepossibil-
itythatapersonmayrespondinanunusualwaytoanincreasedintakeof
vitaminC.BecausevitaminCisrequiredasanessentialnutrient,andall
ofourancestorstolerated itformillionsofyears,itisveryunlikelythat
anyonewouldhaveaseriousallergicresponsetoit.Thereis,however,a
AREGIMENFORBETTERHEALTH 15
slightpossibilityofallergytothefiller,iftabletsaretakeninpreferenceto
thepowder,whichispurecrystallineascorbicacid.Itis,ofcourse,wiseto
increaseordecreasethedailyintakeofthisnutrientgradually.
Afewmonthsofexperienceshouldbeenoughtotellyouwhetherthe
amountofascorbicacidthatyouareingestingapproximates thedesirable
amount,theamountthatprovidesprotectionagainstthecommoncold.
Thatamountinthenutritionofolderpeoplecanalsoreducethemiseryof
arthritisandcarpaltunnelsyndromeandmanyotherailments.Ifyoutake
1gperdayandfindthatyouhavedevelopedtwoorthreecoldsduringthe
winterseason,itwouldbewisetotrytakingalargerdailyquantity.
Also,ifyouareexposedtoacold,byhavingbeenincontactwitha
personsufferingfromacold,orifyouhavebecomechilledbyexposureor
tiredbyoverworkorlackofsleep,itwouldbewisetoincreasetheamount
ofvitaminCingested.
Itiswisetocarrysome1000-mgtabletsofascorbicacidwithyouatall
times.Atthefirstsignthatacoldisdeveloping,thefirstfeelingofscratchi-
nessofthethroat,presenceofmucusinthenose,ormusclepainorgeneral
malaise,beginthetreatmentbyswallowingtwoormore1000-mgtablets.
Continuethetreatmentforseveralhoursbytakinganadditionaltwotab-
letsormoreeveryhour.
Ifthesymptomsdisappearquicklyafterthefirstorseconddoseofascor-
bicacid,youmayfeelsafereturningtoyourusualregimen.If,however,
thesymptomscontinue,theregimenshouldbecontinued,withtheinges-
tionof10gto20gofascorbicacidperday.ThephysicianEdmeRegnier
haspointedout(1968)thathisobservationsindicatethatwhenacoldis
suppressedoravertedbytheuseofanadequateamountofvitaminCthe
viralinfectiondoesnotdisappearatoncebutremainssuppressed,andthat
itisaccordinglyimportantthatthevitamin-Cregimenbecontinuedforan
adequateperiodoftime.
Itmaybeworthwhiletohelpcontrolacoldbythetopicalapplicationof
asolutionofsodiumascorbate,madebydissolving3.1gofsodiumascor-
batein100milliliters(ml)ofwater.Braenden(1973),whohasreported
successincuringmostcoldsormarkedlyalleviatingthesymptomsbythis
method,recommendsintroducingtwentydropsofthissolutionintoeach
nostrilwithaneyedropper.Hehaspointedoutthatinthiswayalocal
concentration ofascorbateathousandtimesthevalueproducedbyoral
administrationcanbereached.
Ascorbicacidisinexpensiveandharmless,evenwhenitisingestedin
largeamounts.Acommoncold,whenitdevelops,mayinvolveseriousdis-
comfortandsuffering,inconvenience,reducedefficiency,andevendisabil-
ityforsomedays.Moreover, itmayleadtothecomplications ofmore
seriousinfections. Itisaccordinglybettertooverestimatetheamountof
16 CHAPTER2
ascorbicacidneededtocontrolthecoldthantounderestimate it.Itmaybe
desirabletoincreasetheintaketotheboweltolerancelimit,asdiscussedin
Chapter14.Youmustremember,too,tobeonthelookoutforthefirst
symptomsofthecoldandtobepreparedtotakeimmediateaction.Ifyou
waitaday,orevenafewhours,andifyoutaketoosmallanamountofthe
vitamin,thecoldmayreachthestagewhereitcannotbestopped.
Itisfortunatethatvitaminsaresocheapthateventhehigh-potency
supplementscanbeaffordedbynearlyeverypersoninthiscountry.My
ownratherlargeintakecostslessthanacanofsoftdrink,suchasrootbeer,
eachday.
Youshoulddevelopasimpleregimenaboutyoursupplementary vita-
mins,suchthatyoudonotforgettotakethem.Also,youshoulddevelop
goodhabitsaboutmoderateexercise,eatinghealthfulfoodsthatappealto
you,avoidingsucrose,notsmoking,drinkinglargeamountsofwater,and
drinkingalcoholicliquorsonlyinmoderation,insuchawayasnottobea
burdentoyoubutratherapleasure,sothatyouhavenotroubleincontinu-
ingtheregimen.Thegoalistoleadagoodandsatisfyinglife,freetoas
greatanextentaspossiblefromthesufferingcausedbypoorhealth.
Asthevalueoftheoptimumintakesofsupplementaryvitaminsbecomes
known,itmaywellberecognizedthatthelastperiodofthetwentieth
century,aswellasthefirstperiod,hasinvolveddiscoveriesaboutvitamins
thathavenotonlyalreadyledtogreatimprovement inhumanhealthand
well-beingbutalsocanleadtoevengreaterimprovement inthefuture.
3
TheOldNutritionandtheNew
Theworldoftodayisdifferentfromthatofonehundredyearsago.We
nowhaveamuchgreaterunderstanding ofnaturethanourgrandparents
had.Wehaveenteredtheatomicage,theelectronicage,thenuclearage,
theageofjetplanes,television,andmodernmedicineanditswonderdrugs.
Forthegoodofourhealth,weshouldalsorecognizethatthisistheageof
vitamins.
Theworldhasbeenchangedbythediscoveriesmadebyscientists.Some-
timesthechangeshaveoccurredrapidly.Forexample,thefissionofthe
nucleiofuraniumatomswasdiscoveredin1938;andby1945,afteracrash
program,nuclearbombshadbeendevised,constructed,andusedinwar.
InsulinwasdiscoveredbySirF.G.Banting,C.H.Best,J.J.R.McLeod,
andJ.B.Collipin1922,andwithinacoupleofyearsthousandsofdiabetic
patientswerebeingkeptaliveandinreasonablygoodhealthbyinjectionof
thishormone.Sometimes,however,thereisasurprisingdelay.Oneofthe
bestknownexamples ispenicillin.Thisimportantsubstancewasdiscov


 make us
profoundly happy is the one that you’ve just described,  where we
seek to demonstrate the highest and best within us with regard to
how we express our humanity in the world at large, and our State of
Being through that process.
But I don’t think that the two manifestation technique s are
mutually exclusive. That is, I think it’s perfectly okay to visualize and
seek to create, as well, certain physical world outcomes. But the
Master is the one who does it without attachment to results, who
doesn’t require particular desires to be made manifest in the
particular form or shape that has been visualized or envisioned—or
for them to be made manifes t at all—in order to be happy, joyful, and
content in life.
The Master is the one who says, “This, or something better.”

DR. COOPER: What a way to live! And in a sense who you are
being  actually magnetizes certain exterior-world outcomes in your
life, doesn’t it?
Yet my understanding is that the internal must precede the
external...

NEALE: “Seek  ye first the Kingdom of God, and all else shall be
added unto you.”

DR. COOPER: And as you said, Masters, it seems, are able to move
through the world in a way that maintains detachment from results,such that whatever happens they understand is not only okay, but
actually in their best interest.

NEALE: Precis ely. And that is why I said, several minute s ago, that
hope shifts to faith, and faith leaps to knowing, when what we have
come to know is that every outcome is perfect; that perfection is
being made manifest in and through our lives in every moment,
however it is appearing. And that, given Who We Are as Spiritual
Entities, anything other  than perfection would be impossible. Nothing
that happens to us is imperfect in any way. Peace arises out of
seeing and embracing this immutable truth.
I notice that was one of the major spiritual principles in the very
first book, in the very first couple hundred pages of the 3,000 pages
of the Conversations with God dialogues. Book One offered us three
words that I will never forget. They struck me when I saw them the
first time.
“See the perfection.”
Peace comes from seeing the perfection.

DR. COOPER: That’ s beautiful. Those three words.

NEALE: W ell, they changed my life.
And not that I practice it all the time, because there are times
when I simply get into my “local self,” my “smaller self,” and I don’t
see the perfection of what’ s going on right now. I can’t figure it out.
But there are also times when I do—or rather, when I stop trying  to
“figure it out” and just accept it as true—and those times are
increasing, experienced by me more often these days than not.Interestingly enough, some people think of me now as
sometimes being detached and dissociated from what’ s going on
around me, because I don’t get into the “dramas” of life nearly as
much as I used to. I still do now and then, but not nearly as much as
I used to. So people say, “Well, he’s getting older, and he’s become
more ‘detached’.”
Well, it’s not my age, I don’t think. It’s just that I’ve finally come
to clarity—I could have come to this clarity when I was 33 as well.
You don’t have to be 71 to get here, it just took me that long—but I
have come to the clarity that seeing the perfection  of whatever is
occurring is a profound pathway to peace.
But even more  than that, even more than a pathway to peace, it
is as well an extraordinarily effective tool in manifesting the next best
physical expre ssion in my exterior world. Because then I do not
become one who is resisting  what is occurring.
You see, “What you resist persists, and what you look at
disappears. That is, it ceases to have its illusory form, and we see it
for what it really is.” Ah! The perfect opportunity for me to announce
and declare, to express and fulfill, to become and to experience Who
I Really Am.
So I say, Thank Y ou, God.
And I move from anger and frustration and resentmen t and
resistance to gratitude. Actually, to gratitude.

DR. COOPER : You often say the best prayer is one of gratitude in
advance that the perfect solution is already on its way.
 NEALE: Yes. My favorite prayer is: Thank you, God, for helping me
to understand that this problem has already been solved for me. I
have used that little prayer many times in my life.
But it always doubles back to: What am I doing here? What is
my purpose for even being alive?
So what we hope  for, and what we have faith about, and what
we come to know, is that each moment of our life is co-created by
the lot of us, and placed before each of us individually in the perfect
way, allowing Divinity itself to be made manifest through us, and to
be observed through the singular and collective experience of
humanity.
So when we talk about the connection between physicality and
spirituality, we notice that the point of connection between them is
the point where  the agenda of both is identical.
That’ s when we know that the “physical” us and the “spiritual”
us have made a connectio n. It’s when the agenda of both is
identical.

DR. COOPER: Thank you for that, Neale.
Earlier you were talking abou t how we will “know we are on the
right track” when we feel that sense of energetic harmony. That is,
when the path we are on seems to flow a little more easily, if I could
put it that way.
So just to make this applicable to us in a day-to-day, on-the-
ground kind of way, are you saying that we will know we have
reached the “point of intersec tion” when we begin to feel that sense
of ease  in our lives—as oppo sed to a sense of anxiety, or stress, or
the subtle feeling that something is a little “of f”?Are you saying that when we hit this point we will exper ience
smooth sailing? For the most part, anyway. That perhaps, at last, we
will begin to truly see the perfection?
Is this how we will know?

NEALE: That’ s one sure way to know. Another way that we know,
that I know, is when I feel selfless. That is, when I take myself out of
the picture. And I move towar d, and invite the Universe to provide for
me, the highes t and best good for all concerned. And when I remove
myself from the scenario, and wish for, or pray for, or hope for, or
have faith in, or know  that the highe st and best good for all will be
served. That’ s the second way that I can find inner peace within me.
I simply take my personal desires, my personal hopes, wishes,
and dreams, off the table, except to the degree that they serve the
highest good for all concerned.
And I’ve done  that a numbe r of times in my life. I’ve actually
made the prayer, I’ve actually said to God, “If it serves the highest
good for all concerned, may this happen.” Whatever the particular
thing was.
And you know, I can recall a number of key points in my life
when I invoked that prayer, and suddenly all the tension, all the
stress, around  the particular circumstance that I was involved in
melted away. It just melted away as soon as I took myself and my
own personal desires out of the picture.
And I am reminded of—not that I am a saint about it—but I am
reminded of the words, which I thought of later... not before, but later
... I’ve realized, Oh my gosh, that’s exactly what Christ said! In thegarden of Gethsemane he said: “Father, would that this cup pass
from my lips. Y et not my will, but Thine.”
And in that moment he released all opposition to anything that
was happening, and found a place of peace within once again.

DR. COOPER:  What powerful words! It reminds me of the book The
Only Thing That Matters, which comes to the simple, yet profound,
conclusion that the only thing that matters is what one desires.  Yet
this comment must be interpreted with careful attent ion to the
spiritual nuance, for worry it may be misunderstood. This is because
it is not referrin g to the small  personal desires of any individual ego,
but rather to the larger One. It is in this sense that the only thing that
matters is what One desires.

NEALE: That is, what God desires. God being the “One” that we are
talking about.

DR. COOPER: And in truth, We Are All One. This is, in fact, the most
fundamental message that the New Spirituality is seeking to convey
to today’ s people. That everything is One Thing. And that we are all
part of the One Thing That Is. In considering the words “what one
desires


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Malnutrition is also a powerful appetite trigger. 80  When we lack essential nutrients, we crave food. Unfortunately,
malnourished individuals often eat more of the wrong foods in a vain attem pt to control their appetites. For example, obese people,
who are always malnourished due to eating unhealthful foods, generall y seek to satisfy their cravings with the same foods that caused their malady, and they do this over and over again. The nutritional densit y of fruit is yet another factor that makes it so satiating and
all but impossible to overeat.
Satiation, defined as full satisfaction, is what we truly desire from  our food. To fully satisfy yourself at mealtime is a more
challenging task than you might think, for there are many aspects to t his issue. Are we simply talking nutrition, or do we consider
emotional facets as well? Is satiation simply about quantity (bulk), or i s quality also a factor?
W e know one thing for certain: whether you eat in a restaurant, at a fr iend’s house, or at home, typically a dessert is offered as
the last course of any meal. Desserts are known to be satiating; the ca rbohydrates ensure this effect. 81  We can avoid appetite
triggers by choosing the right foods, for the right reasons, for true hung er.

Can Fats Ever Satisfy?
Fat is a very difficult nutrient to digest. It passes through the stom ach and intestinal tract more slowly than other nutrients. Becaus e of
this, it is easy to overeat fat, and in the process, stress your digestive  capacities beyond their limits. A stuffed feeling results, if you
are lucky. The less fortunate end up with digestive ailments of varyi ng severity. Almost every digestive disorder is related to the
overconsumption of fat.

Emotional Eating
One of the primary ways we handle painful emotions is to literall y “eat ourselves numb,” with dense, hard-to-digest foods—
the so-called “comfort foods.” This is effective because of the natur e of our nervous systems. Our bodies have a finite amount of
nerve energy at any given time. The digestion of food and the conduction of e motions each demand so much energy that they cannot
be performed simultaneously.
A classic example to demonstrate this property of our nervous system is a  funeral, where some people are grieving so
intensely they cannot eat at all, while others cannot stop eating.
As we lighten our diets to vegetarian, vegan and eventually raw, we qu ite commonly become more aware of our emotional
selves. When we commit to eating a raw diet, we gravitate toward fatty  foods to provide emotional numbing, as most fresh fruits are
not sufficient sedatives to overcome emotional distress. Usually thi s leads to the consumption of exorbitant amounts of nuts or seeds,
which are easy to overeat, because they do not quickly trigger satiation. Digestive distress and undue suffering result from this
behavior.
The answer to all this lies not in consuming food at all, but in maintain ing emotional poise and developing the ability to fully feel
our emotions.

Fats have several factors working against them when it comes to sat iety. First, fats pack many calories into tiny packages.
Because volume is one of the key factors in experiencing satiation, it  is difficult to eat enough volume of a fatty food to feel satiated,
without feeling sick first.
Second, the brain monitors blood-sugar levels constantly as a method of deter mining hunger. As blood-sugar levels rise,
hunger decreases. No corollary rapid hunger reaction occurs in the cas e of blood fat, and even if it did, dietary fat takes a relatively
long time to reach the bloodstream, often requiring twelve to twenty-fou r hours from the time it is eaten. If you eat an entire meal of
fatty foods, you still won’t be satiated. Y ou will very likely resort to e ating a sweet dessert at the end of the meal to finally satisfy
your appetite. The idea that eating fat keeps you satiated is simply untr ue.

Sweet Fruits Win Every Time!
When we eat sweet fruits, which are rich in simple sugars, the blood-s ugar level rises gently, almost immediately, as we discussed in
Chapter 2. The sweetness of these highly nutritious foods makes them dif ficult to overeat. And because of their copious water and
fiber content, fruits supply relatively high volume in a low-calorie  package, further making it difficult to eat too much of them. We
have all been taught that sweets will satiate us, and we have come t o rely upon this fact by choosing to eat our sweet desserts at the
end of our meals.
When we eat sweet desserts at the end of our meals, it indicates two thi ngs:

No matter how much food we ate, it likely did not satisfy our appetite, or else we  would not have been tempted by a sweet
dessert.
We ate insufficient simple carbohydrates during the meal, leaving  us craving those very carbohydrates at the end of the meal.
This is evidence of our natural and substantial need for simple carbohydr ates.

Had we eaten sufficiently of fruit at the start of the meal, it is li kely that we would not have desired other foods. No other food group matches the ability of fruit to satiate us.

Monomeals: Eating One Food at a Time
Eating a single-ingredient “monomeal” of fruit is an extremely pleasurable experience quite simply because it is so satiati ng and
yet, so uncomplicated. The minimalism of the meal runs counter to our habi tual multiple-food approach, with its accompanying
titillation of the tastebuds, thereby allowing us to avoid addiction to stim ulation and overeating.
Judging from the way most people eat, I feel safe in saying that addiction  stems from variety. Because the mono-fruit meal
does not excite the body, and is easily digested, it does not leave us dulled and fa tigued after eating, but rather engaged and clear of
mind. We are left both perfectly satisfied and mentally poised.
At first attempt, the monomeal may seem “boring,” because we are s o accustomed to the stimulation of eating multi-ingredient
meals. Over time, the simplicity of mono-fruit meals improves digesti on and heightens your senses, so that you can pick up the
nuances of every bite of raw plant foods. As an added benefit, you will be able to better recognize when you are actually satisfied.

Am I Supposed to Feel Full?
Given that the key to eating for fullness while simultaneously con suming the right number of calories for our bodies is to eat high-
volume, nutrient-rich, simple-carbohydrate foods, then which foods should pr edominate? The truth is, the human body has only a
certain capacity. While it is possible to get adequate nutrition from a v ariety of different food sources, it is more easily obtained from
some foods than from others. For instance, lettuce is highly nutritious  in terms of nutrients per calorie, but it would be extremely
difficult—essentially impossible due to the finite nature of our di gestive capacity—to consume sufficient lettuce to meet our calor ic
requirements. (At 50 calories for a 10-ounce head, we would have to eat 40 heads a da y to consume 2,000 calories).
At the opposite end of the spectrum, it is possible to put the micronutrients r equired to meet our total daily nutrient
requirements into a single small pill. (Of course, our macronutrie nt needs—water, fiber, carbohydrate, protein, and fat—do not lend
themselves to consumption in pill form.) Were you to eat such a pill, howeve r, the lack of volume or bulk would result in a
tremendous and unyielding sense of hunger that could only be satisfied by  the consumption of more volume.
How do we get volume, nutrients, and simple sugars, all at the same time?  We eat sweet fruit. Because of its high water and
fiber content, fruit provides more volume with fewer calories than any  food category except vegetables. Hence, we can meet our
caloric needs without exceeding them, while fulfilling our innate  desire to consume foods in large volume. Because of its high volume,
low calories, and abundance of nutrients including simple sugars, eati ng a sweet meal predominated by fruit is bound to be satiating
every time.

Chapter 11. 80/10/10 in Practice

How does your daily diet differ when you learn to eat the low-fat raw vegan  way? On most days, you will eat juicy fruit for
breakfast, sweeter fruit for lunch, and all the acid fruit you care for be fore a vegetable-based dinner. It is really that simple.
Most raw fooders, and anyone else who has been taught to avoid fruit or to eat it  in somewhat limited quantities, are initially
dumbfounded by this formula. Responses range from “I could never do that”  to the full range of nutritional questions that have
already been covered in this text.
For people transitioning from a more mainstream diet, the concept of eatin g fruits and vegetables makes a lot of sense. After
all, fruits and vegetables are the true health foods. With the state  of human health at its absolute all time lowest, isn’t it time that  we
started eating fruits and vegetables as if our very lives depended upon t hem?
While people also


 business under the direction of the infinitely
powerful but exquisitely gentle W ill of the Presence. In that stat e, there was
no need  to think about anyt hing. All truth was self-evident and no
conceptualization was necessary or even possible. At the same time, the
physical nervous system felt extremely overtaxed, as though it were
carrying far more ener gy than its circuits had been designed for.
It was not possible to function ef fectively in the world. All ordinary
motivations had  disappeared, along with all fear and anxiety. There was
nothing to seek, as all was perfect. Fame, success, and m oney were
meaningless. Friends ur ged the pragmatic return to clinical practice, but
there was no ordinary motivation to do so.
There was now the ability to perceive the reality that underlay
personalities: th e origin of emotional sickness lay in people’ s belief that
they wer e  their personalities. And so, as though of its own, a clinical
practice resume d and eventually became huge. People came from all over
the U nited States. The practice had 2,000 outpatients, which required more
than 50 therapists and other employees, a suite of 25 of fices, and research
and elec troencephalic laboratories. There were a thousand new  patients a
year. In addition, there were appearances on radio and network televisionshows, as previously mention ed. In 1973, the clinical research was
documented in a traditional format in the book, Orthomolecular Psychiatry.
This work was 10 years ahead of its time and created something of a stir.
The overall condition of the ne rvous system improved slowly,  and then
another phenomenon commenced. There was a sweet, delicio us band of
ener gy c ontinuously flowing up the spine and into the brain where it created
an in tense sensation of continuo us pleasure. Everything in life h appened by
synchronicity, evolving in perfect harmony; the mirac ulous was
commonplace. T he origin of w hat the world would call mirac les was the
Presence, not the personal self. What remained of the persona l “me” was
only a witness to these phenomena. The greater “I,” deeper than my former
self or thoughts, determined all that happened.
The stat es that were present h ad been reported by others th roughout
history and led to the investigati on of spiritual teachings, including those of
the B uddha, enlightened sages, Huang Po, and more recent teac hers such as
Ramana Mahars hi and Nisar gadatta Maharaj. It was thus confirmed that
these experience s were not unique. The Bhagavad Gita now ma de complete
sense. At times, the same spiritu al ecstasy reported by Sri Rama krishna and
the Christian saints occurred.
Everything and everyone in the world was luminous and exquisitely
beautiful. All living beings became Radiant and expressed this Radiance in
stillness and splendor. It was apparent that all mankind is actually motivated
by i nner love b ut has simply become unaware; most lives are lived as
though by sleepers unawakened to the awareness of who they really are.
People around me looked as though they were asleep and were incredibly
beautiful. It was like being in love with everyone.
It w as necessary to stop the hab itual practice of meditating for an hour in
the morning and then again be fore dinner because it would intensify the
bliss to such an extent that it was not possible to function. An  experience
similar to the one that had occurred in the snowbank as a boy would recur,
and it became increasingly dif f icult to leave that state and return to the
world. T he incre dible beauty of all things shone forth in all thei r perfection,
and whe re the world saw uglin ess, there was only timeless beauty. This
spiritual love suf fused all perception, and all boundaries between here and
there, or then and now, or separation disappeared.
During the years spent in inner silence, the strength of the Presence grew.
Life was  no longer personal; a p ersonal will no longer existed. T he personal“I” had become an instrument of the Infinite Presence and went about and
did as it was willed. People felt an extraordinary peace in the aura of that
Presence. Seekers sought answers, but as there was no longer any such
individual as David, they were actually finessing answers from their own
Self, which was not dif ferent from mine. From each person the same Self
shone forth from their eyes.
The mi raculous happened, be yond ordinary comprehension. Many
chronic maladie s from which the body had suf fered for years disappeared;
eyesight spontan eously normaliz ed, and there was no longer a need for the
lifetime bifocals.
Occasionally, an exquisitely blissful ener gy, an Infinite Love, would
suddenly begin to radiate from the heart toward the scene of som e calamity.
Once, while driving on a highway, this exquisite ener gy began to beam out
of th e chest. As the car rounded a bend, there was an auto accident; the
wheels of the o verturned car were still spinning. The ener gy passed with
great int ensity into the occupants of the car and then stopped of its own
accord. Another time, while I w as walking on the streets of a strange city,
the ener gy started to flow down the block ahead and arrived at the scene of
an in cipient gang fight. The combatants fell back and began to laugh, and
again, the ener gy stopped.
Profound changes of perception came without warning in improbable
circumstances. While dining alone at Rothmann’ s on Long Island, the
Presence sudden ly intensified until every thing and every person, which had
appeared as separate in ordi nary perception, melted into a timeless
universality and  oneness. In the motionless Silence, it became o bvious that
there ar e no “events” or “thin gs” and that nothing actually “happens,”
because past, present, and future  are merely artifacts of percepti on, as is the
illusion of a separate “I” being  subject to birth and death. As the limited,
false self dissolved into the universal Self of its true origin, there was an
inef fable sense of having return ed home to a state of absolute peace and
relief from all suf fering. It is only the illusion of individuality  that is the
origin of all suf fering. When one realizes that one is the universe, complete
and at one with All That Is, fore ver without end, then no further suf fering is
possible.
Patients came from every country in the world, and some were the most
hopeless of the hopeless. Grotesque, writhing, wrapped in wet sheets for
transport from faraway hospitals they came, hoping for tre atment foradvanced psychoses and grave, incurable mental disorders. Some were
catatonic; many had been mute for years. But in each patient, beneath the
crippled appearance, there was  the shining essence of love and beauty,
perhaps so obscured to ordinary  vision that he or she had bec ome totally
unloved in this world.
One day a mute catatonic was brought into the hospital in a straitjacket.
She had  a severe neurological disorder and was unable to stand. Squirming
on the floor, she went into spasms, and her eyes rolled back in her head. Her
hair was  matted ; she had torn all her clothes and uttered guttural sounds.
Her fam ily was fairly wealthy; a s a result, over the years she ha d been seen
by innumerable physicians and famous specialists from all over the world.
Every tr eatment had been tried on her, and she had been g iven up as
hopeless by the medical profession.
A short,  nonverbal question arose: What do Y ou w ant done with her,
God?  The n ca me the realization that she just needed to be loved; that was
all. Her inner self shone through her eyes, and the Self connected with that
loving e ssence. In that second, she was healed by her own rec ognition of
who she really w as; what happened to her mind or body did not matter to
her any longer.
This, in essence, occurred with c ountless patients. Some recove red in the
eyes of the worl d and some did not, but whether a clinical reco very ensued
did not matter any longer to the patients. Their inner agony w as over. As
they felt loved and at peace within, their pain stopped. This p henomenon
can only be ex plained by saying that the Compassion of th e Presence
recontextualized each patient’ s reality so that he or she experienced healing
on a level that transcended the world and its appearances. The inner peace
of the Self encompassed us beyond time and identity.
It was clear that all pain and s uf fering arises solely from the ego, not
from God. This truth was silently communicated to the minds of the
patients. This was the mental block in another catatonic who had not spoken
in m any years. T he Self said to him through mind, Y ou’r e blaming God for
what you r ego has done to you. He jumped of f the


umps and fallen tree trunks
trees, and if you do not find such comfortable apartments, is being met
cracks in the soil. Of particular interest are the Siberian
Triton - salamander inhabiting the vast territory of the Kamchatka
and Sakhalin Island to the Urals. This is the only caudate amphibian
north of the Arctic Circle. Even at 0 ° C, it can still move,
and some individual whales salamander tolerate cooling
(Of course, in a state of torpor) to -37 ° C. Geologists and builders
newts were found, frozen into ice blocks excavated. Often
happened that thawed and put into heated water newts
revived, ate the food offered to them - flies, spiders, aquarium
fishes. In 1956 a team of mining in Magadan
the area found a 14-meter depth newt. When we returned
in a tent and light the fire, the animal gradually thawed frozen
and stirred. His life went on as long as 12 hours. At the same time
hastened to declare this event a great sensation: the alleged
found fossil newt, which, having been in a state of suspended animation
two million years, back to life. In fact, Newt was not
fossil and modern. But the question is how long can
save the life of the frozen amphibians, remains controversial.
Found in another time in Chukotka in a piece of eternal ice of the Siberian
salamander was subjected to radioisotope investigations. Kiev
scientists have concluded that his age is between 75
up to 105 years, while the reptiles were in control
many times younger.
Almost all species of reptiles in northern latitudes fall
winter hibernation. in most northern areas, it extends 7.8
months. South of their sleep is shorter. Lizards burrow into the soil,
arranging themselves burrows on steep dry slopes, which does not threaten
flood. in a good sunny day they wake up in the
few hours to bask in the sun and the hunt again
hiding, falling into a stupor. Land turtles climb on
half a meter deep into the soil in the natural cover or burrows of moles,
foxes, rodents, closing with peat moss and wet leaves.
Sometimes they wake up sometimes for a week. Marsh
turtles spend the winter buried in mud ponds. Snakes do not like
cold. Even in summer, if you put a snake for a few hours
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19in the refrigerator, it can be treated as a piece of rope. Therefore,
winter quarters and carefully picked up the snake oblyubovyvayut
long. Usually it is the underground caves and cavities formed
around a large old tree stumps with rotten roots, or a gap in the rocks.
in such shelters is going to a large number of snakes, even different
species, forming huge balls. they sometimes are between
several tens to hundreds of snakes, which led to the erroneous
belief that snakes are going into the coils to warm up. Between
so the temperature of snakes during hibernation is not very different
ambient temperature, and gather them together
simply from a lack of suitable shelters - some of the "community"
used for decades.
How do animals manage to survive
frozen? Just as in the onset of cold weather
machines are added to the radiator coolant, freezing at minus
37 ° C in the body fluids of some cold-winter form
Antifreeze proteins, which appear in the body when the crystals
ice contact them and block further crystallization
water. in many fish, terrestrial arthropods, including spiders
and mites, the effectiveness of antifreeze proteins is so great
that prevents ice formation even at minus 15 ° C. Except
specific proteins in the body of some cold-blooded
beings produced more and carbohydrates, antifreeze, more
Mitigating the point of maximum exposure. For example,
in the tissues of many insects, winter stored carbohydrate antifreeze
glycerol, successfully preventing freezing. caterpillars
galloobrazuyuschey butterfly to the middle of winter, glycerol 19%
the whole body, allowing the supercool down to minus 30 ° C. A hairy
Arctic butterfly caterpillars in the frozen state
spend up to 10 months a year at minus 50 ° C and more! Originally
adapted to low temperatures, water, some fish
living in the North Atlantic and Arctic
waters - they are changing the composition of the blood. with decreasing temperature
water fall in their blood accumulate salt in a concentration
which is typical for sea water, which enhances cryoprotective
action, making it difficult to freeze the blood. Relatively recently
in the blood of these fish are found and special antifreeze proteins,
lowering the freezing point of solution to an even greater extent,
than salt.
If you have a very harsh winter in, the fall in cold-blooded
animals (particularly insects) before the first frost in the body
accumulate protecting ice cryogenic protectors
which increase the strength of cell membranes and inhibit both
called osmotic stress, when water from the cells tends
leak into the extracellular medium with ice, reducing the amount of cells
and making them vulnerable to ice crystals that pierce the shrunken
cell membranes. Cryoprotectants are moderated, and exchange
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20substances. the frog, for example, has just begun the formation of ice
on the surface of the skin, a rapid synthesis of cryoprotectant
of glucose from liver glycogen. resulting in eight
hours it saturated all the organs, slowing down to a minimum exchange
substances, limited power consumption. Record of such
use of cryoprotectants owned turtles - they
metabolism drops to a level that ensures the survival without
oxygen consumption (!) throughout the winter. Moreover, at high
concentrations of glucose in the body are no phenomena inherent
a person with a high content of glucose in the blood - diabetes
and aging. Frost resistance is always cold-blooded animals
aroused keen interest of scientists.
In anabiotic state fall and some species of higher
plants. Record in this respect, the plant belongs bronets,
appearing before the prairies of the American continent. Put
in the herbarium, this plant has sustained more than 11 years in the dried
state without losing its vitality. Inevitably arises
question: What helps plants endure severe dehydration
and fall into a state of suspended animation in which metabolism proceeds
so slowly that practically almost zero? By
According to scientists, with dehydration in plants that can fall
anabiotic in the state is not disrupted the process of respiration, which
maintains its so-called energy usefulness.
When dehydration in plants continue to be produced rich
energy compounds such as ATP (adenosine triphosphate). Energy
formed in the process of respiration to almost complete drying
these plants is transferred almost all cellular structures and all
cellular content, which is dehydrating, passes
a jelly-like state, and the cells can for years to maintain its
viability.
WHETHER there are BIRDS, ВПАДА ЮЩИЕ in HIBERNATION?
Thus, we found that most of the animals with unstable
body temperature, which depends on the environmental flow
in a state of hibernation. But it is surprising that so many animals
with a constant body temperature, such as birds, can also
fall into hibernation during adverse seasons.
It is known that most birds avoid adverse winter
conditions through the flight. It became clear that some species of birds
may fall into such a state in bad seasons
year. There are observations that some species of swallows
(Village and rocky) also fall into winter hibernation.
State of short-term torpor, which scientists call
torpid, was observed in newly hatched chicks
Swifts, which flow into this state when parents
leave them for several days under adverse conditions
(For example, during the approaching cyclone). able
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21torpor body temperature of chicks from 39 ° C dropped to 20 ° C
and even lower heart rate and breathing slows down, and in this state
They were kept 7-12 days. Reappearing, parents warmed
their own bodies, and the chicks are returned to life. in favorable
time, young swifts flew from the nest after 33-35 days, and
at a disadvantage when they fell into a stupor, they
were needed 40-50 days.
Has long been known that in such a torpid state flow
and chicks of some species of hummingbirds, if the mother will fly for food
delayed by more than ten minutes (the only female hummingbirds
feeding offspring). After her return, warmed
maternal warmth, they come back to life. Established that
adults of several hummingbird species in the Americas
continent are also able to fall into a state of torpor
in a particularly cold nights, when their body temperature drops to
8,8 ° C. Proved that the weight of the different kinds of hummingbirds ranging from 1,7 to
19.1 g, and oxygen consumption in small specimens in a state
rest - 11-16 ml per 1 g body weight per hour during the flight - 70-85 ml, and
in a state of torpor only 0.17 ml. Energy consumption in hummingbirds
high, and there is