 never go away, but you
don’t have to be a part of them. Just shrug as others go through their
sheep motions. If they want to behave that way, fine for them but
that’s not for you. To make a big fuss is almost always the surest
way to incur wrath and create more obstacles for yourself. You’ll
find scores of everyday occurrences where it is easier to circumvent
the rules quietly than to start a protest movement. You can decide
to be the person you want to be, or the one others want you to be. It’s up to you. Virtually all new ideas which have resulted in change in our soci-
ety were at one time scorned, and many of them were illegal as well. All progress involves flying in the face of old rules that no longer
apply. People ridiculed the Edisons, Henry Fords, Einsteins, and
Wright Brothers—until they were successful.BREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 153You will meet with contempt too as you begin to resist meaningless
policies. Some Typical Should Behaviors
The roll call of “have-to” behaviors could fill an entire book. Here
is a sampling of the more common examples of these actions as they
surface in our culture. • Believing that there is a place for everything and everything
must be in its place. The organization syndrome means you are un-
comfortable if things aren’t in their designated locations. • Asking “What should I wear” on a regular basis, as if there were
only one acceptable mode of dressing and it is determined by other
people. White pants and pastel colors are only worn in the summer. Wool is always  a winter fabric, and other similar “being controlled
by the seasons” musts  that infiltrate your life. (In Hawaii,  James
Michener describes the New Englanders who arrived in the tropical
climate of Hawaii, and when October arrived, even though it was
still eighty-five degrees, they habitually trotted out their winter
clothes and dressed uncomfortably for six months…Why? Because
they were supposed to.) Being a slave to the dictates of fashion critics,
and wearing only “What’s in” because, after all, you have to  fit in. • Assuming that certain drinks must go with certain food. White
wine must accompany fish and fowl. Red wine goes only with beef. Being locked into somebody’s rules on what to eat with what. • Shifting blame for your actions to others. “It’s really her fault,
she made us late.” “Don’t blame me, he’s the one who did it.”
• You must go to a wedding or send a gift, even if you don’t like
them. You just don’t ignore invitations even when you want154 / Your Erroneous Zonesto. You may feel resentful about buying the gift, but go through the
motions anyhow because that’s the way things are supposed to be
done. Conversely, attending funerals that you’d rather not go to,
but do because you’re supposed to. You must attend such formal
functions to show that you grieve or respect or have the appropriate
emotions. • Attending religious services which you dislike and don’t believe
in because it is expected of you and you want to do the right thing. • Giving titles to those who serve you, which elevates them by
implication to a position higher than you. What do you call your
dentist? If it’s doctor, is it really just a vocational title? Do you say
Carpenter Jones, or Plumber Smith? If it is out of respect for his po-
sition, what makes you think his position is loftier than yours? If he
is paid to serve you, why is it that he gets a title and you get called
by your name? • Going to bed when it gets to be bedtime, rather than when you’re
tired. • Having sex only one or two ways because those are the only
acceptable ways, or only participating in sexual activities when all
conditions are met, such as, the kids are asleep, you are not tired,
it’s dark in the room, you’re in your own bed, and on and on. • Selecting roles in daily living because the culture demands it. Women do the dishes, men take out the garbage. Housework is for
the wife, outdoor work is for the husband. Boys do this, girls do
that. • Obedience to silly household rules and traditions that don’t
work for your family, such as asking permission to leave the table,
everyone eating at the same time when it is more inconvenient to
do it that way or bedtimes that are without rationale. • Following the dictates of all signs whether they make sense or
not. No Talking! No Entry! No anything! Never challenging a sign,
or even assuming that it doesn’t belong there in the first place. People
make signs and people also make mistakes.BREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 155• Keeping mattress tags on for years because they say do not re-
move under penalty of law. • Always having Sunday dinner at Mamma’s, although you’d
rather not. After all, it is a tradition, and even if everyone doesn’t
like it, including Mamma, you must preserve tradition. • When reading a book, always starting at page one and reading
every word to the end, even if half of it doesn’t apply. Finishing a
book you don’t like because you’re halfway through it, and, if you’ve
read half, you must read it all. • Women never asking men for dates. After all, that’s the male’s
role. Or never initiating a telephone call, or opening the door for a
man, or paying the bill, or countless other absurd traditions that
serve no real purpose. • Sending out holiday greeting cards and resenting them. Doing
so because you’ve always done it, and it is expected of you. • Striving for grades in school or forcing your children to do so. Learning not for your own satisfaction but for the symbols that will
eventually appear on the transcript. • Always asking: “Is he/she right for me?” and being regularly
perplexed in search of the right person. • Going everywhere with your partner because it is expected,
even though you both would prefer to be in different places at that
particular time. • Consulting a “how-to” book for everything, because every job
must be done a certain way. Not being able to differentiate between
manuals that impart useful information and those that merely tell
you how things ought to be. • Is this the right dress, hat, automobile, furniture, salad dressing,
appetizer, book, college, job, etc. Being anxious over the search for
the right item and as a result being in that indecision and doubt bag. • Making rewards, plaques, titles, honors and all merit badges
more important than your own evaluation of your achievements.156 / Your Erroneous Zones• Saying, “I could never be as great as———
• Applauding in an audience when you didn’t like the perform-
ance. • Tipping for poor service. • Sports-fan behavior in which you go crazy over a home team
victory or loss, and live vicariously through the accomplishments
or lack of accomplishments of athletes. A Look at the Common Payoffs of Musterbation
Some of the reasons you have for hanging onto your shoulds are
detailed below. These payoffs, like those in all erroneous zones, are
mostly self-destructive but nevertheless constitute a certain support
system of their own. • You can take solace in being a “good boy” or a “good girl” by
following all of your shoulds. You can pat yourself on the back for
being obedient. This dividend is a regressive one in which you go
back to an earlier developmental period when you were rewarded
with approval whenever you behaved, which meant relying on
someone else to establish your rules of conduct. • Your obedience to the external should allows you to assign the
responsibility for your standing still to the should rather than to
yourself. As long as the should is the rationale for what you are (or
aren’t), you can avoid the risks involved in trusting yourself to
change. Thus your shoulds keep you from growing. For example,
Marjorie has a should in her head that all premarital sex is a taboo. She is thirty-four years old, and to date she has never had a sexual
experience because of this learned should. But Marjorie has no inner
peace. She would like to have a sexual relationship, and she is very
much dissatisfied with herself in this area. Moreover, it is possible
that Marjorie will never get married, and her should (in this case
should-not) would thenBREAKING THE BARRIER OF CONVENTION  / 157keep her from participating in sex for an entire lifetime. When she
is confronted with this possibility she shudders at the thought, and
yet her should-not is still there. Marjorie has spillover effects from
her should. She can’t even stay overnight in the same house with
her boyfriend out of fear of being judged by others. Thus she is
constantly being inconvenienced because of her shoulds by having
to come home to Mamma at night. Hanging onto them keeps her
from the risky business of testing herself out in the scary act of
sexual involvement. But her response is always, “I shouldn’t do it.”
Plainly, her shoulds work against her own happiness. • Your musts make it possible for


 that you want for them? What do you want for yourself? This is important,
so take the time to reflect. A sample intention for my daughter is: “I really want her to be healthy.”
Another intention could be, “I want to treat my child’s tooth decay in a way that supports his/herhealth.”
A positive intention is reflected by your willingness to constantly search for the best dental solution
relating to your child's health. Pay attention to your intentions. Many people like to focus on positive intention, but it is also important to notice negative intention, as
it can thwart your efforts to stay focused and positive. Negative intention is the intention to be
separate and to act out of fearful places within. Some examples of negative intention are laziness or
avoidance. It is that inner voice that says, “I do not want to give my best because…I don’t have
time…it won’t work…I cannot do it,” and so forth. Each person may have a different voice or inner
belief system which can change from time to time. This negative belief resists that natural flow of life
towards unity, health and healing. In addition to affirming your positive intention, ferret out those
negative places in yourself and acknowledge them so that they will no longer blind you. Peer Pressure
Many parents will meet peer pressure concerning the treatment of their children's teeth. For example,
someone might ask why you are not brushing or taking care of your child's teeth and thus blame you
for your child's tooth decay. I hope you have already come to see that although you were not
completely responsible for their condition because society has taught you false beliefs and incorrect
prevention methods for tooth decay, you must take complete responsibility for it now. Nobody had
educated you on how to prevent tooth decay with good nutrition. You may not have known that
brushing is only a secondary factor at best in preventing tooth decay. After reading this book you now
understand the essential causes of tooth decay and how to treat them. It is important to differentiate blame from responsibility. Blame does not have acceptance laced
within it. It comes with the connotation that someone is at fault. Parents are often blamed for their
child's tooth decay and made to feel as if they are guilty or neglectful. It is important to hold parents
accountable and responsible for their child's health, but in an affirming and positive way. You are
accountable for what you feed your children and for how you nurture and care for them. Everyone
makes mistakes and no one really has the right to blame you. However, you do need to be accountable
for the mistake, educate yourself, and then correct it in the best way possible. Dentists who treat children may also blame, coerce, emotionally punish, and accuse you as parents. This is done to weaken your resistance to the dentist’s demands of an expensive surgical procedure
that you are naturally opposed to. If you feel even the slightest bit of this type of stress, confront the
dentist and request that he stop. Ask him what evidence he has for these accusations. If he continues
this behavior, then please leave and find a better dentist—one who truly wants to help. Remember,
you are paying the dentist plenty of money for his expertise and assistance in healing your child’s
teeth. You are not paying to hear that you are a neglectful parent, nor are you paying him to twist your
arm so he can make money with treatments that are not absolutely necessary. People who tend to blame you will look for anything you are doing that is not in accordance with their
beliefs. Usually what they criticize is that you are breastfeeding too much, or not brushing enough. Neither of these allegations can be determined by the dentist or by your peers as truly causing
cavities. They cannot determine accurately that you were wrong in your behaviors, and besides, suchcondemnation only serves destructive ends. The problem you are facing with peer pressure is a problem of societal ignorance. Many people have
rigid beliefs about dentistry and tooth decay that they learned in childhood. Everyone colludes with
one another in these belief systems. Thus, rather than expanding their thinking to consider new beliefs
that explain how nutritional deficiencies are the primary cause of cavities, people remain mired in the
limited belief pattern of blaming bacteria for cavities. In turn, they then blame you for your children’s
cavities. Blamers hold on to very rigid belief systems, and they are threatened when your behavior
puts into question their narrow thinking. Instead, they should be sharing compassion with you about
such a challenging and frustrating problem. Then there is the opposite of peer pressure, which is avoidance of pressure. Many blame “genetics”
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        Genetics versus Intercepted Heredity
Tooth decay is not a genetic condition. It is a factor of the environment, and usually the primary
environmental factor is poor nutrition. When nature cannot fulfill its ideal potential, we have a
situation called blocked or intercepted heredity. Crooked teeth and wisdom teeth that do not fit (as
well as over- and underbites)
are not genetic traits. These problems occur from the lack of proper
nutritional building blocks. Further documentation of this fact is available in Weston Price’s book,
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. When our bodies lack the proper ingredients for building
bones or there is an alteration in the metabolism of calcium and phosphorous, our bodies will not be
perfectly formed to fulfill our hereditary potential. The structure and mineralization of our jaws and
teeth suffer as a result of deficiencies in our modern nutritional program. This is similar to the growth
of a plant in unfertile soil. The plant will not blossom to its full potential. To grow healthy teeth and
bones requires whole and unrefined foods carefully grown and prepared, and a diet high in fat-
soluble vitamins and phosphorus. Weston Price explains how the Aborigines of Australia had
perfectly developed jaws for untold generations until they changed their diet. It is most remarkable and should be one of the most challenging facts that can come to our modern
civilization that such primitive races as the Aborigines of Australia have reproduced for generation
after generation through many centuries — no one knows for how many thousands of years — without
the development of a conspicuous number of irregularities of the dental arches. Yet, in the next
generation after these people adopt the foods of the white man, a large percentage of the children
developed irregularities of the dental arches with conspicuous facial deformities. The deformity
patterns are similar to those seen in white civilizations. 2
Why Teeth are Crowded and Wisdom Teeth are Misaligned
When physical development is impeded primarily by a poor and deficient diet, Nature’s blueprint of
a fully developed maxilla (palate) and mandible (jaw) remains incomplete. As a result the maxilla
and mandible are not as wide as they need to be and there is not enough space for all of the teeth. When the teeth come in, they appear crowded. Therefore, there is no such thing as teeth that are too
big, but rather it is a jaw that is too small. This condition also makes wisdom teeth come in crooked,
or causes the roots of wisdom teeth to be impacted. Occlusion
: Occlusion is how our teeth come together when we chew and when our mouth is at rest. Healthy Bite and Misaligned BiteYour Bite and TMJ Pain, Night Grinding, and Tooth Decay
The trigeminal nerve is the largest nerve in your head. It has a network of fibers that run throughout
your face in an intricate matrix. The trigeminal nerve has three major branches: the mandibular (jaw)
nerve, the maxillary (upper palate) nerve, and the ophthalmic (eye) nerve. The trigeminal nerve
system fans throughout your entire face, and contains pain, position and movement (sensory and
motor) sensors and control mechanisms. The nerves of each tooth are connected to either the
manidibular or maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve. When you have a toothache, the nerve pain
goes right through the trigeminal nerve and communicates directly to your thalamus and cerebral
cortex. This explains why you feel tooth pain so very intensely. The trigeminal nerve connects with
our limbic brain which is related to emotions and mental functions. 3
 How you bite is directly
connected with how you feel. When your mouth closes, your jaw should be in a relaxed and comfortable position. The correct
positioning of the jaw and teeth is shown in both figure
a
 and in the figure labeled
occlusion. In figure
a
, the molars naturally and comfortably touch on all surfaces when the jaw is in the closed, relaxed
position. When the back molars are touching comfortably, the body’s nervous system is sent a
constant signal of relaxation through the trigeminal nerve. Because of this nerve relaxation, a person
with contacting molars in the comfortable, relaxed position ages more slowly, heals faster, has a
positive outlook on life, and generally feels good. Take a moment and look in the mirror. You can see if your jaw is naturally in position
a. If it is not,
do not be surprised, as 95% or more of the population has a misaligned jaw. The term for a
misaligned bite is
malocclusion. When your jaw is misaligned the sensory system of the trigeminal
nerve is activated. 4
 A classic jaw misalignment is called a
closed bite. When the jaw hinges closed
through its


	in	another	room
for	a	few	weeks. The	result:	The	seizures	stopped,	and	Anne	returned	to	being	a
normal	and	healthy	child. Fight	Back	with	FoodsWhy	isn’t	our	society	taking	more	action	to	protect	us	from	toxins? Why	don’t
our	physicians	routinely	warn	us	about	toxins	and	check	for	them? One
explanation	lies	in	a	1988	report	issued	by	the	National	Academy	of	Sciences
titled,
Role	of	the	Primary	Care	Physician	in	Occupational	Environmental
Medicine,
which	concluded	that	while	toxic	environmental	chemicals	play	an
increasingly	important	role	in	modern	chronic	diseases,	almost	all	physicians	are
ignorant	about	the	degree	to	which	low-level	toxins	affect	health. One	of	the	most	direct	sources	of	our	toxic	exposures	is	the	foods	we	eat. A
meal	that	looks,	smells	and	tastes	good	is	a	wonderful	thing,	but	you	owe	your
body	more. You	need	to	make	sure	your	food	is	free	of	toxins	and	filled	with
nutrients	that	support	your	body’s	natural	ability	to	detoxify. You	need	to	find
out	what	is	in	your	food,	where	your	food	came	from	and	how	your	food	has
been	altered	from	the	way	nature	provided. One	of	the	best	ways	to	minimize	the	toxins	is	to	buy	organic	foods. Organic
is	a	method	of	growing	and	producing	food	free	from	chemical	fertilizers	and
pesticides,	artificial	ripening	agents,	preservatives,	genetic	modification	and
radiation. The	term	“organic”	applies	to	more	than	fruits,	vegetables	and	grains;
organically	grown	animals	are	fed	organic	feed	and	are	produced	without	the
customary	use	of	antibiotics,	hormones	or	other	supplemental	medications. Organic	foods	may	be	more	expensive	and	somewhat	more	difficult	to	obtain,
but	they	almost	always	contain	fewer	toxins	and	better	nutrition. Read	labels;	the
U.S.	Department	of	Agriculture	has	approved	organic	certification	and	the	label
should	bear	the	logo. Unless	a	product	clearly	says	that	it	is	organic,	it	almost
certainly	is	not. If	you	live	in	an	urban	area,	organic	foods	purchased	at	local
farmers’	markets	are	most	likely	the	freshest,	most	nutritious,	least	toxic	foods
you	can	obtain. Despite	that,	almost	90	percent	of	the	food	dollars	spent	in
America	today	are	spent	on	toxic,	processed	foods	that	are	not	organic. To	make
matters	worse,	we	eat	almost	no	fresh	food,	limiting	the	nutrients	available	to
help	us	detoxify	all	the	bad	stuff	we	constantly	take	in. Feeding	into	Behavior	Problems
Several	years	ago,	a	grandmother	came	up	to	me	at	a	break	in	one	of	my
workshops	and	asked	what	to	do	about	her	psychotic	four-year-old	grandson,
Gerald. She	described	the	boy’s	fits	of	uncontrollable	anger	and	said	that	he
would	strike	out	at	everyone	and	everything	in	his	path. Gerald	had	been	taken
to	a	number	of	medical	centers	and	examined	by	numerous	physicians,	who	only
offered	powerful	tranquilizers	to	calm	the	psychotic	behavior. As	is	often	the
case,	the	prescribed	drugs	did	not	solve	the	problem;	they	just	compounded	it.The	drugs	made	Gerald	sick	and	lethargic,	but	did	not	eliminate	his	terrifying
behavior. The	boy	faced	an	uncertain	future. That	Gerald	could	ever	be	able	to	attend	a
regular	school	or	hold	a	regular	job	seemed	unlikely. I	asked	Gerald’s
grandmother	many	questions	but	was	unable	to	find	any	obvious	explanation	for
his	psychotic	behavior. One	thing	I	learned	about	Gerald	was	that	he	drank	a	lot
of	milk	and	apple	juice. Walking	back	to	the	podium	to	continue	my
presentation,	I	told	the	grandmother	that	while	I	honestly	did	not	know	what	was
wrong	with	her	grandson,	I	did	know	that	both	milk	and	apple	juice	contain	a	lot
of	toxic	chemical	residues. Regardless	of	what	was	wrong,	feeding	him	toxins
was	certainly	not	going	to	help	him	improve. I	recommended	a	simple
experiment:	Stop	feeding	Gerald	milk	and	apple	juice. About	six	months	later,	I	was	speaking	at	a	meeting	and,	out	of	the	corner	of
my	eye,	I	spied	Gerald’s	grandmother	running	toward	me	with	an	enthusiasm
and	a	rate	of	speed	that	was	almost	alarming. She	breathlessly	exclaimed	great
news	about	the	health	of	her	grandson. Milk	and	apple	juice	were	completely
eliminated	from	the	boy’s	diet,	and	he	made	a	miraculous	recovery. The
psychotic	behavior	disappeared,	and	Gerald	has	been	well	ever	since. How	the	removal	of	milk	and	apple	juice	(two	presumably	healthful	foods)
from	a	boy’s	diet	could	make	such	a	difference	is	hard	to	imagine. We	have	no
way,	however,	to	know	exactly	how	much	damage	the	toxins	in	our	food	are
causing. Too	many	factors	are	involved,	and	each	person’s	biochemistry	is
unique. Some	people,	like	this	little	boy,	can	be	more	sensitive	to	certain	toxins,
such	as	the	ad	exec	David	may	have	been	to	mercury. The	solution,	regardless	of
individual	biochemistry,	is	to	choose	a	diet	that	is	low	in	toxins. A	diet	should
consist	of	organic,	fresh,	whole/raw/unprocessed	foods,	pure	water	and
avoidance	of	heavily	processed/cooked	foods. Clean	Up	an	Unrecognized	Toxic	Site:
Your	Pantry
The	hard	part	is	to	obtain	accurate	information	about	what	is	good	for	you	and
what	is	not. A	woman	who	had	studied	extensively	in	the	fields	of	health	and
nutrition	reminded	me	of	this	fact	in	a	startling	way. Even	with	her	background,
she	had	little	understanding	of	how	to	select	a	nontoxic	diet. I	met	Cynthia	at	one	of	my	all-day	seminars. By	the	end	of	the	day	she	was
motivated	to	make	major	changes	in	her	life	and	asked	if	she	could	purchase	a
day	of	my	time	so	that	I	could	teach	her	how	to	shop	for	healthful	foods. Despite
all	of	her	previous	study,	she	felt	overwhelmed	with	information	and	confusedabout	how	to	make	healthy	choices. My	day	with	Cynthia	and	her	husband,	Tom,	serves	as	a	general	guide	for	you
to	start	on	a	path	toward	a	life-sustaining,	nontoxic	diet. The	first	thing	I	did	with
the	couple	was	to	clean	out	all	toxic	foods	from	their	refrigerator	and	pantry. We
ended	up	with	several	boxes	filled	with	foods	to	be	discarded;	a	lot	of	it	was
toxin-loaded	breakfast	cereal	that	her	children	would	have	eaten. Then	we	headed	to	the	local	health	food	store. We	went	down	each	aisle	and
examined	foods,	read	labels	and	discussed	how	to	select	foods	that	are	either
nontoxic	or	at	least	less	toxic	than	supermarket	alternatives. For	example,	a
healthy	substitute	for	the	boxed	cereals	was	found	in	the	grain	section	of	the
health	food	store. We	purchased	a	variety	of	organic,	whole	grains	that	could	be
cooked	like	r


ine teeth as do wild carnivores. Our two tiny “canine” teeth will not do the job—that 94
Fruiticultureterm is a misnomer. •  Our mouth is designed to handle water-rich whole foods. We are not designed to drink
water, as meat and grain eaters need. •  Our stomach is designed to gently mix light loads of watery food and release meals un -
noticeably within an hour. •  Our stomach is not designed t o handle diets with hea
vy meals of mostly fatty high-
protein foods, which necessitates hours of secretion of hydrochloric acid and acidic pep -
sin enzyme, and churning. Fatty and high-protein meals are retained in the stomach for
hours, resulting in putrefaction, gas
, acidosis and, in some cases, hyper-acidity, acid re -
flux, inflammation and potentially, cancer. A constantly hyper-acidic stomach engenders coarse emotions, unhappiness and aberr an
t behaviors,
•  Our digestive glands have limited ability to digest foods. Our mineral stores become depleted and we become fatigued if the digestive organs are forced to secrete alkaline and acid digestive enzymes all day long, as necessitated by starchy, fatty, high-protein diets. •  Our small intestine is very long, about 20 feet, and our large intestine (the colon) is
about 5 feet long. They are both convoluted, which makes them suited to handle watery digesta and not dry and bulky food masses. Carnivores have straight and much shorter intestines, enabling the efficient elimination of tough, low water-content, bulky animal parts. Fatty and high-protein meals move through the small intestine of humans very slowly. This leads to fermentation, putrefaction, constipation, toxemia and a host of debilitating and potentially deadly diseases, such as intestinal prolapses, inflammatory bowel diseases, hemorrhoids, cancer, etc. •  Our excrement when eating a simple fruit-based diet is non-offensive and non-toxic, as
it should be with the world’s most highly-developed, elegant beings. And we experience no body odors if we do not overeat or mix nuts and seeds with sweet fruits. Fruitarians who eat correctly have clean bodies. Starch, fat and protein food eaters have dirty bod -
ies with repulsively foul stools. Our pristine senses lead us to enjoy fresh-smelling, clean bodies. •  Ripe fruits off er simple car
bohydrates which require little or no digestion. They are 95
Fruiticultureeasily absorbed for delivery to our cells within an hour. Complex carbohydrate foods
(e. g., grains and white potatoes) require cooking. They take several hours to digest and rarely digest completely, often fermenting and causing illness. They also typically raise blood sugar levels higher than do sweet juicy fruit meals, and they constipate the bow -
els. Because sweet, ripe, water-rich, organic, whole fruits require very little digestive ac -
tion and they are 100% toxin-free, the body does not have to expend much energy to metaboliz e their nutrients and elimina t
e their residues, and we gain energy from them
most efficiently. •  The ideal diet consists of mostly ripe, sweet fruits, rounded out with vegetables and
small amounts of avocado, seeds and nuts. The average caloronutrient ratio that has been demonstrated to be optimal for human health and longevity is 80% carbohydrates (minimum), 10% protein (maximum) and 10% fat (maximum), as revealed in studies by Dr. T. Colin Campbell (former nutrition professor at Cornell University and co-author of Diet, Nutrition and Cancer and The China Study), heart specialist Dean Ornish, M.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the preferred fuel for our cells?,
A: Glucose.
Q: What is the recommended diet for optimal health and longevity?,
A: A fruit-based diet with a caloric ratio of 80% carbohydrates, 10% protein, and 10% fat.
Q: What is the primary source of methane emissions?,
A: Chickens, turkeys, cows, and pigs.
Q: What is the recommended method for remineralizing the Earth's soils?,
A: By applying finely ground rock powder to the soil, which is then digested by soil microorganisms, allowing them to build their protoplasm and enzymes, and then being digested by plant roots to nourish the plants.
Q: What is the recommended way to remineralize the Earth's soils?,
A: By applying finely ground rock powder to the soil, which is then digested by soil microorganisms, allowing them to build their protoplasm and enzymes, and then being digested by plant roots to nourish the plants.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Forty-eight years of ecological education later, we’ve learned much about the effect of our actions on the Biosphere, yet a major -
ity of now 7.3 billion continue living in ecologically unhealthful and destructive ways. Is this rational? Enlightened? Natural to our species, Homo sapiens (which means “Wise man”)? I say NO! We’re now taking about 120% of what the biosphere produces annually. Before we push
irreversibly beyond Earth’s ecological capacity to support us and 10-30 million other spe -
cies, let’s explore what we can do to transform practices and reverse trends now killing us and the Earth. The moral, environmental, and health arguments for adopting vegetarian and vegan di -
ets have been convincingly made in books like John Robbins’ Diet For A New America,  and
Howard Lyman’s Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth From the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat,
and Dr. Will Tuttle’s The World Peace Diet. Yet these valuable books have not explored how raw (uncooked) vegan diets can help propel a great leap forward for those seeking to minimize harm and maximize benefit to the Earth. Books on raw and eco-conscious eating are proliferating, and many teach important and inspirational facts on the con -
nection between a raw diet and a healthier environment. It would take a book to detail all the benefits, so let’s just briefly review the primary problems and the solutions avail -
able now via raw, organic, vegan diet choices. 1. Soil Depletion/Malnutrition/FamineWe can view this as one mega-problem and probably most critical: the cumulative ef -
fects of 11,000 years of depletion of soil minerals and organic matter have been vastly 135
Fruiticultureaccelerated by the rapacious chemical-forcing and fertility-mining practices of “modern”
agribusiness. A raw, organic vegan diet sets new standards for quality and the methods for its attainment! If the majority of people adopted this diet, imagine the drastically in -
creased demand for high-quality organic produce! When farmers remineralize soils with mixed rock powder and plant-derived compost, avoiding the byproducts of animal en-slavement and slaughterhouses, this lays the biological foundation for a truly regenera-tive, abundant, healthful and thriving veganiculture. Visualize the beautiful diversity of gardens, farms, fruitful orchards, and forests rejuvenating so much land now in an ugly, depleted state. This process of regeneration and re-fruition is happening now, insofar as we live as conscious producers and consumers who insist on enlightened care of our small planet–this rare shining jewel in the vast Universe. 2. Human Health: Degeneration/Insanity/Violence/War/Extinction?The worsening cancer epidemic, with 1 of every 2.15 people in America expected to
harvest a crop of cancer in his/her lifetime, stands in stark contrast to Nature’s promise of perfect health. This should inspire us to sow the healthiest seeds possible in every aspect of living. Cancer tops a long list of interconnected physical, mental and spiritual diseases that plague humankind, revealing the extent of our degeneration. Simply ob -
serving most people and the daily “news” also reveals this degeneration. A raw, organic, vegan, fruitarian diet–most wisely as part of a complete system of “health by healthful living”—can supply all the essential nutrients as found in food grown from fertile, min-eralized soils, free of the toxic byproducts of animal-based chemical agribusiness and cooking. It can virtually eliminate all disease—starting now—by removing the primary causes: body toxicity and nutritional deficiency. 3. Deforestation/DesertificationThe primary causes of deforestation and desertification are land-clearing for cattle rais-
ing, use of wood and other biomass as cooking fuel, and the ongoing depletion and dy -
ing of soils. The Fruitarian diet removes these causes and promotes reforestation and orchard plantings by Nature and “Wise man. ”  Remineralizing new orchards and forests is crucial, as is remineralizing the existing acidified, impoverished late-interglacial forests. Evidence shows these forests are increasingly stressed and dying from insect and disease epidemics, climate extremes, and forest fires, thus transferring vast amounts of carbon 136
Fruiticulturefrom land to atmosphere...which brings on more climate extremes, more fires like those
which have been burning much of Southern California and the western US—in short, a cycle of degeneration calling for a generous response of regeneration. See how generos -
ity and regeneration are related? 4. Air Pollution/CO
2 Buildup/Climate Change/Famine
Soil remineralization and reforestation reverses the CO2 flow from soil and plant life! A
Fruitarian diet hugely reduces energy expenditure and CO2 emission by eliminating de -
mand for cooked foods, which also means elimination of demand for most refrigeration,
packaging, and, when we create fertile abundance in bioregions everywhere, most


 They must learn to seek a balanced view and
become considerate and diplomatic in their actions. Kapha
Having the amorphous and docile nature of water,
Kapha types need to be stimulated and sometimes shocked
into changing themselves. They do not take hints. Nor
will they do all the things to which they have agreed. Often they must be confronted or criticized in order to
change bad habits. They must be approached with force,
determination and consistency. Unless they are made
acutely aware of a problem they may try to live with it. It is not enough if one explains their problem to them
and how to rectify it. They need an additional outside
push, which may require regular repetition. A firm warn-
ing may be necessary to make them take heed of what they
are doing. They must be made to see vividly the negative
effects of their wrong lifestyles. Water-types are slow to act and find it hard to imple-
ment things even after they accept them as necessary. They
get bogged down in their own inertia and stagnation and
find it difficult to start anything new. They are prone to
addictions and to depression that prevents them from
developing the proper initiative to improve themselves. They should not be comforted and consoled, though they
may seek it. Their sentimentality about their condition is
one of the factors that sustains it. Most of their problems
arise from excess emotionality and can only be changed by
a higher love or by detachment. Kapha types are slow to respond and have difficulty dis-
cussing their problems. They need to open up slowly but Ayurveda and the Mind
require determination in order to do so. They must be
coaxed out of their complacency. They may be bewildered
by too much information. They respond better to pre-
scriptions to make certain changes that are consistent and
determined. They tend to return to their old habits even if
they know they are bad, particularly if these are reinforced
by the environment around them. They need more frequent appointments with therapists
and more constant interchange to stimulate them to get
started. However, once started, which may take some time,
they will usually continue well on their own accord. They
must break their old deep-seated patterns and establish a
new equilibrium before we can let them continue on their
own. Once this is done, their lives can proceed smoothly
on a peaceful basis. They can be as easily accustomed to a
healthy flow in their lives as an unhealthy flow. The diffi-
culty is in the transition. Vata-Pitta
Vata-Pitta types have the volatility of air and fire com-
bined. Fear and anger mix within them in an unpre-
dictable way. If something does not make them afraid, it
makes them mad. They are apt to be defensive and suspi-
cious and find it difficult to trust anyone. They move from
aggressive to defensive attitudes, from self-justification to
criticizing others. They require a great deal of tact and must strive to be
patient with themselves. At times they may just be look-
ing for someone upon whom they can unload their nega-
tivity. Often their energy reserves and immune system are
not good (their Ojas tends to be low). For this reason, they
may find it difficult to stand any criticism. They require
much nurturing, patience and consideration (water). They Ayurvedic Counseling and Behavioral Modification 163 A
need to create a lifestyle in which they take care of them-
selves, and in which others can help them to do so. They
need a supportive environment and must allow other peo-
ple to share their work. Vata-Pitta types are usually highly intelligent, howev-
er, and once they feel calm and supported they can effec-
tively implement a helpful line of treatment. However,
their volatility can always erupt and must be guarded
against. They must be consistent but gentle in their life-
regimens and avoid excesses of all types. They benefit from
a maternal (Kapha) force that grounds them. Section summary:

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Q: What is the primary goal of the will, according to the text?,
A: To transcend desire and achieve a higher state of consciousness.
Q: What is the main difference between the ego and the true Self, according to the text?,
A: The ego is a process of self-identification with external objects, while the true Self is a state of pure awareness.
Q: What is the relationship between the ego and the outer world, according to the text?,
A: The ego identifies with external objects and causes us to feel a sense of ownership and attachment, leading to unhappiness and conflict.
Q: What is the key to understanding the mind, according to the text?,
A: It is necessary to understand the relationship between the ego and the true Self, as well as the connection between the mind and the environment.
Q: What is the primary function of the soul, according to the text?,
A: The soul provides a sense of unity and connection to the universe, allowing for the transcendence of ego and the development of a higher level of consciousness.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Pitta-Kapha
Pitta-Kaphas have both energy (fire) and stability
(water) and are generally the strongest physically of the
different types. They have good resistance and are general-
ly very healthy. They are strong and content in who they
are and what they do. Psychologically, they are also strong
and they are the least likely to seek out a therapist unless
they have been unsuccessful in life. Pitta-Kapha types lack adaptability and flexibility (air). They prefer to be dominating and controlling and tend to
be conservative and possessive. This leads them to eventu-
al suffering and frustration because most of life must
remain beyond our power. They often break down later in
life after they have failed in some major enterprise. In their
case, such failures are often blessings in disguise and help
them look within. While they may be successful in the outer world, they
may have difficulties in spiritual practices unless they
learn to develop lightness, detachment and surrender. They require more activity, creativity and new challenges
(more Prana). They need to learn to move on from what A164 Ayurveda and the Mind
they have succeeded in and not get caught in power and
control. Once settled in a line of treatment, they do well
unless they get attached to their progress. For this reason
it is best for them to have some variety in their treatment
and not turn their therapy into a new form of achievement
or acquisition. Vata-Kapha
Vata-Kapha types lack energy, motivation, passion, and
enthusiasm. They simply do not have the fire to get going
in life, however much they may want to. They are often
weak, passive, dependent, hypersensitive, and extremely
yin. They will agree with what they are told but will lack
the energy to put it into action. They are both emotional-
ly and mentally (nervously) unstable, easily disturbed and
frightened. They possess amorphous or chameleon person-
alities and will appear as you want them to be. Their judg-
ment and discrimination tends to be poor and they easily
get carried away by wrong associations or emotional influ-
ences. On the positive side, Vata-Kapha types are sensitive,
humble and adaptable. They can be highly artistic, imag-
inative or creative. They are considerate of others. They
have no violence or ill-will toward anyone but blame
themselves. They tend to be naive and need to be more
realistic about other people and their motivations. They
have to be careful not to let themselves be used or con-
trolled. For this they need to be more assertive and chal-
lenge their fears. They respond to warmth and firmness but it is hard for
them to be consistent in their responses. They must learn
to develop clarity, motivation and determination. They are
most likely to develop dependency on their therapists and Ayurvedic Counseling and Behavioral Modification 165
become addicted to their problems. However, once they
turn their deep sensitivity in the right direction, they can
contact inner sources of love and grace and themselves
develop healing powers. Vata-Pitta-Kaph


 few hours of my spending time
talking with rather than at her, and taking an interest in her life from a
nonauthority figure position made a huge dif ference in our relationship. By getting to know someone, by spending time with them, by making a
little extra ef fort to sow some love toward anyone from whom you feel
hatred might be emanating, you create an atmosphere of openness where
love has a chance to bloom. This is not only true of family members. Y ou
can go to lunch with the person who is most disrespectful to you at work,
and in one hour of just being together, you’ll defuse much of the hate. The
word prejudice  comes from a Latin word meaning to prejudge. T o prejudge
is to form an opinion without any contact. It is done before contact. W ith
contact, you embrace the light that you both share, and the “pre” disappears,
as does the judgment. Use a letter as a means of sending love. Very often it seems impossible to
reach someone who is full of hate. The more you attempt to talk with them
about it, the more entrenched they become in their beliefs that they have no
other choice than to be the way they are. These encounters frequently
deteriorate into ar guments, and loud, unpleasant, intolerant exchanges are
often the result. I recommend that you make your feelings known in a letter format, so the
reader is unable to ar gue back with their invested hatred. Even if they
disagree with everything you write in the letter, make an ef fort to let them
know that they are important, worthwhile, intelligent, and most of all, lovedby you and by God. But also include how you feel when their hate is
directed at you, and why you frequently remove yourself from the
immediate vicinity of that hatred. By sending love in a written form you
don’t fan the sparks of hatred, which flare up when words are flying back
and forth in heated exchanges. This is one more opportunity for you to
reach down inside your soul, and sow love where there is hatred. Try being kinder, and still kinder, as your r esponse. One of the best ways
I’ve discovered to sow love where there is hatred is to be generous and
giving in my response. Send flowers to someone who has been verbally
abusive. Mail a box of candy or send a gift certificate in response to hatred. Over the years I have had the experience on many occasions of people
ordering products, sending me a check, and then a week or so later
discovering that the person had insuf ficient funds to cover the costs of the
materials I had purchased and mailed. There was a time when I reacted to
this experience of being defrauded with complaints about how irresponsible
and immoral this was. About five years ago I did an about-face. Every time
this happened to me I mailed the person a free gift of an autographed book,
and requested payment for the bounced check. The response was amazing. About ninety-eight percent of the people who received a free gift in
response to their NSF check, not only returned the money, but took the time
to write a lovely letter of apology as well. This was in contrast to the less
than forty percent who made good on their bad checks previously. The old
saying goes “Kill them with kindness.” I prefer “Connect to them with love
and generosity,” or as Saint Francis would say, “Sow love.”
Forgive yourself and look upon yourself with love. Always remember that
you are connected eternally to God. Y ou are a divine creation, and you do
not want to fear your divinity any longer. You do not have to perform to
anyone else’ s standard to be loved; you are loved unconditionally. You do
not have to be mistake-free; you are always loved. Y ou do not have to win;
you are loved regardless of the outcome or the score. All the reasons that you may have adopted to hate yourself are the result of
a rigid belief that your ego is the dominant force in your life. Y our ego
believes you are what you do, what you have, what others think of you.Your ego believes you are separate from everyone else, and separate from
God. Thus, that ego is always judging, evaluating, and comparing you to
others. When you don’ t measure up, you engage in self-contempt. Then you
review how many times you failed and turn those self-perceived failures
into self-hate. As a spiritual being, you do not have to perform, compare, win, or anything
else. Y our worthiness is a given. Y ou are a piece of God. Always connected. Remind yourself of this truth whenever you resort to any form of self-
hatred. For give yourself and you are sowing love in your ener gy field, as
well as providing yourself with a spiritual solution to the “problem” of self-
contempt. This concludes my suggestions for learning to sow love where there is
hatred. I know in my heart that no person can love another unless he loves
humanity first. The ability to sow love stems from this inner sense of
feeling connected to, rather than separate from all living creatures, all of
humanity and God as well. An emancipated slave who one would think had every reason to be full of
hate exemplifies the message of this chapter and the request of Saint
Francis. His name was Booker T. Washington and he put it this way, “I shall
allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.” Here was a man
who went to work at the age of nine, worked as a janitor to obtain an
education, and later headed up the T uskegee Institute in Alabama. He
refused to hate. Why? Because, as he said, hatred belittles the soul. Sow
love and enjoy the bouquet of respect that adorns your soul. OceanofPDF.com9
WHERE THERE IS INJUR Y,
PARDON
The world is not in need of a new religion, nor is the world in need of a new philosophy: What
the world needs is healing and regeneration. The world needs people who, through devotion to
God, are so filled with the spirit that they can be instruments through which healings take place,
because healing is important to everybody. —JOEL S. GOLDSMITH,
THE ART OF SPIRITUAL HEALING
I find the use of the words injury  and pardon a fascinating way of
expressing the desire of Saint Francis to heal the sick and bring recovery to
the wounded. He uses the word pardon as a way of expressing the desire to
have an injury released, much like a prisoner would be released from
custody by the issuance of a pardon. As you are aware, Saint Francis was
known in his time as a healer of the sick. His presence among the injured
brought about miraculous cures that were inexplicable to the physicians of
his time. He is asking, in this line of the prayer, to reunite himself so
completely with spirit that body and universal mind become one. He prays
for the perfection of God’ s consciousness to permeate his body so he can
convey this spiritual ener gy to those who are less than whole. I am not asking you to become a Saint Francis or a Jesus and perform
miraculous healings, although I am in no way suggesting that this isimpossible either. I am asking you to open yourself to an idea that you may
think of as outrageous or even impossible, but one that you will consider
here, if for no other reason than to merely entertain yourself with some of
“Dyer ’s folly.” Perhaps T ilopa’ s tenth-century definition of enlightenment
will encourage you: “T o have a mind that is open to everything, and
attached to nothing.”
I want to make very clear how I believe we can look at the presence of
illness or injury in our lives and the lives of our loved ones from a
perspective of implementing spiritual solutions. When we have to recognize
and accept a given state of disease in our body, our primary thought ought
to be how to create a solution. This generally implies returning our body to
a disease free state as quickly and as painlessly as possible. When I suggest taking responsibility for any disease and injury, I emphasize
that this should be without any accompanying guilt or shame. By saying to
yourself, “This state of disease or imbalance is mine; I own it and I am in
charge of my attitude toward it,” you acquire a sense of empowerment
because you open yourself to the healing ener gy found in a spiritual
solution. Feeling guilt or anger about arthritis, cancer, heart disease, kidney
failure, or any kind of injury prevents you from approaching the ener gy
levels where spiritual solutions abound. We do live in a carcinogenic world, we have pollutants in our air, food, and
water. Guilt or anger about these conditions or blaming the polluters will
only serve to magnify the “problem.” Seeking a spiritual solution means
letting go of those disempowering ener gies of shame, guilt, anger, and
blame. By saying, “This is mine and I seek the spiritual solution to this
situation,” you move into those higher healing ener gies. Your body is your curriculum to God in this lifetime. Some of us have the
condition of a bald head, a short stature, eyes that don’ t see, ears that don’ t
hear, legs that don’ t walk, and on and on.


 lot of normality into their family life. We are not trained
to be parents. Most of us have no idea how to bring up a child before our
first bundle of joy arrives into our lives. Lucky are those of us who are blessed with a healthy, happy and compliant child. Unfortunately, in the
case of GAP Syndrome parents are blessed with just the opposite. To bring
up a child like that you cannot just rely on parental instincts. You need to
be specially trained! Behaviour modification works on the common sense
premise: the way the parent responds to what the child does will shape that
child's behaviour, Untrained parents unintentionally reinforce their chil
dren's bad behaviours by the way they respond to these behaviours. At the
same time these parents unintentionally ignore good behaviour which
does not encourage the child to repeat that good behaviour. As a result the
child finishes up with a whole bunch of unpleasant and irritating habits
which then receive negative attention from the parents. The child-parent
relationship deteriorates to non-compliance, reprimands and punish
ments. Both sides suffer and the family life becomes a struggle. Being
trained in behaviour modification makes you an effective parent. Effective
parents have happy children and build happy families. In conclusion : children with GAP Syndrome have to receive very tar
geted education from trained people, including trained parents. In those
cases where children receive this kind of education the outcome is much,
much better, than in cases where children's education is left to chance. SELECTED REFERENCES
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 dopamine, and acetylcholine. Neurotransmitters act as chemical messengers and are responsible
for how neurons (brain cells) communicate with one another. They influence memory, mood, alertness, and thinking. Every
single external stimulus perceived through touch, smell, vision,
taste, or hearing results in the release of neurotransmitters. All the hormones discussed in this book—
adrenaline, progesterone, cortisol, and
insulin—have a strong effect on neurotransmitters,
which are responsible for how brain cells
communicate with one another. Brain cell function is affected not only by these chemical
messengers but also by the membranes surrounding the brain
cells. The cell membrane acts as a barrier, or gateway, that
prevents certain harmful substances from entering the cell
and, at the same time, allows necessary compounds inside. As is true everywhere else in the body, the chemical
processes involved in brain function tend to run more smoothly
when things are in balance. For a thorough explanation of
this important subject, I highly recommend the book The
UltraMind Solution by Mark Hyman, M.D., published in
2008. Dr. Hyman explains that low levels of dopamine are
associated with problems of focusing and decreased energy. Low dopamine levels have been noted in people with
ADHD  and agitated depression—an observation that provides
a rationale for treating these conditions with drugs like Ritalin,
which is similar to adrenaline. Needless to say, I disagree with this approach, since, in my
view, these people already have too much adrenaline, which |   129 MANA gINg Ex CESS  ADRENALINE
may be suppressing their production of dopamine. If this is the
case, it would be better to lower the adrenaline level in order
to raise the dopamine level and improve the patient’s focus. Dr. Hyman also points out that some people may be
dopamine resistant. This is a problem that can be reversed
through nutrition and vitamin supplementation. Providing metabolic support for the brain involves a
combination of correct nutritional supplementation for brain cells and correct amino acid intervention to help balance neurotransmitters. A complete discussion of the
nutritional requirements of the brain is beyond the scope of
this book. However, the following sections discuss the key
nutrients needed to support brain function and provide some
fundamental recommendations to help ensure a healthy brain. FATS
Neurons require four essential fats for their cell membranes to function:
DHA, EPA, phosphatidylcholine, and
phosphatidylserine. “Essential” in this context means that the
body cannot manufacture these substances; they must be obtained
through diet or supplements. These fats, or fatty acids, are
necessary for the formation of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter
that is important for our cognitive (learning) abilities as well as memory. Low levels of DHA and the other essential fatty acids
in the brain are associated with a decline in thinking capacity
as well as the development of Alzheimer’s disease. DHA  and EPA can be obtained by eating fish or taking
fish oil. The other two are best obtained as supplements:
a)  Phosphatidylserine—about 300 mg per day
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L-alpha glycerylphosphorylcholine (alpha-GPC),
up to 1200 mg per day in divided doses
Another useful fat for brain cell health is coconut oil. Until recently, sugar, in the form of glucose, was regarded
as the only source of fuel for the brain. It is now known that brain cells also use ketone bodies for energy. In fact,
D-betahydroxybutyrate (DBH), the primary ketone body that
replaces sugar for energy, is called a “brain superfuel.” DBH
is actually a better fuel for the brain than sugar. It acts as an
antioxidant to reduce free radical damage, and it also increases
oxygen levels in brain cells. The best source for DBH  is from
ketone bodies obtained from the metabolism of medium-chain
triglycerides (MCT s) derived from extra virgin coconut oil. Coconut oil benefits the brain in another way, as well. A recent finding is that some people have insulin resistance
limited to the brain cells only—a condition called type III
diabetes that is regarded as a major cause of Alzheimer’s. Indeed, it is not hard to imagine that high levels of insulin
can damage brain tissue similar to the way insulin causes
neuropathies in the lower extremities. Most remarkably, DBH
has been shown to counteract insulin resistance in the brain. Coconut oil can be used in various ways in the diet. It
can be added to a smoothie, used to cook eggs, or combined with vinegar as a salad dressing. The recommended dose is 1
to 1½ tablespoons of coconut oil per day. The dose for treating
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PROTEINS
Neurotransmitters are made up of amino acids, which explains
why eating protein at each meal is so important. However,
supplementation with certain amino acids can sometimes be
helpful, for instance, when the patient is dealing with depression
or anxiety, in which case the aim would be to increase the
serotonin level. Antidepressant drugs such as Prozac and Zoloft
do this by inhibiting the reuptake of serotonin. Serotonin is the neurotransmitter that helps to make us
less anxious and less depressed and also helps with sleep. Foods
that increase serotonin include dates, papayas, and bananas. Foods that lower serotonin include breads, especially whole
wheat and rye. The most common amino acid supplement used to raise
the serotonin level is 5-hydroxytryptophan, or 5-HT P,  the
immediate precursor to serotonin. The dosage is 50–150 mg
in the afternoon and at bedtime. Note, however, that in order to convert  5-HTP into
serotonin, the body must have sufficient levels of vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin C, and magnesium. Four other supplements are also useful in controlling
anxiety and depression, and taking any one of them is an
alternative to taking 5-HTP. They are:
Ashwagandha—200 mg per day
Holy basil—500 mg twice a dayPassion flower—100 mg per dayL-theanine—400 mg per day
GABA, or gamma-aminobutyric acid, is the major
inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. It is produced directly
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known as pyridoxal-5-phosphate. A higher level of GABA
is associated with reduced anxiety and increased relaxation. GABA  can be supplemented in the dosage of 500 mg twice
a day. Prometrium, a form of oral progesterone mentioned
earlier, causes sedation and drowsiness through its effect on
GABA. Excitogens are amino acids that act as neurotransmitters,
but in an adverse way. In large amounts they can actually
lead to the death of brain cells. To avoid excitogen damage
to brain cells, it is wise to limit or eliminate the use of MSG
(monosodium glutamate) in the diet, as well as aspartame (a
sweetener found in diet drinks under the name of NutraSweet,
and on the tables of many restaurants in packets of Equal). OTHER NECESSARY NUTRIENTS
The following additional nutrients for the brain are listed
in random order without any relationship to their level of
importance. Vitamin C – Vitamin C has no known level of toxicity—in
other words, it’s not possible to take too much—and it easily
crosses the blood-brain barrier to get into the brain. Once
in the brain, it helps to neutralize toxic substances, such as
high levels of iron, copper, aluminum, lead, and mercury. It
slows the progression of plaque development in the arteries of
the brain by reducing inflammation, much as it does in the
coronary arteries. I recommend using a liposomal form of this
vitamin at a dose of 1000 mg. In this form of vitamin C, 1000
mg is equivalent to 8000 mg because it does not get oxidized. Glutathione – The powerful antioxidant glutathione (GSH) is
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of free radicals. Just about every serious brain condition—this
includes Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, strokes, Huntington’s, and
traumatic brain injuries—is associated with low levels of GSH. Glutathione is manufactured in the body from precursor
amino acids plus other substances. Supplementation is limited
because the acid in the stomach destroys it. However, there
is an acetylated form (acetyl-glutathione) that is supposed to
be amenable to oral administration. A liposomal preparation,
which protects the GSH from being degraded in the stomach,
is also available. Two other possibilities are a skin patch and intravenous
administration. The latter should be mandatory for the serious
brain conditions mentioned in the first paragraph.


changes in the brain, fluctuations in breathing and blood pressure, galvanic
skin response, dowsing, and even the Huna technique of measuring the
distance that the aura radiates from the body. Some people have a very
simple technique that utilizes the standing body like a pendulum (fall
forward with truth and backward with falsehood). From a more advanced contextualization, the principles that prevail are
that T ruth cannot be disproved by falsehood any more than light can be
disproved by darkness. The nonlinear is not subject to the limitations of the
linear. T ruth is a paradigm dif ferent from logic and thus is not provable, as
that which is provable calibrates only in the 400s. Consciousness research
methodology operates at level 600, which is at the interface of the linear
and the nonlinear dimensions. Discr epancies
Dif fering calibrations may be obtained over time or by dif ferent
investigators for a variety of reasons:
1. Situations, people, politics, policies, and attitudes change over time. 2. People tend to use dif ferent sensory modalities when they hold
something in mind, i.e., visual, sensory, auditory, or feeling. Y our
mother could therefore be how she looked, felt, sounded, etc., or
Henry Ford could be calibrated as a father, as an industrialist, for his
impact on America, his anti-Semitism, etc. 3. Accuracy increases with the level of consciousness. (The 400s and
above are the most accurate.) One can specify context and stick to aprevailing modality. The same team using the same technique will
get results that are internally consistent. Expertise develops with
practice. There are some people, however, who are incapable of a
scientific, detached attitude and are unable to be objective, and for
whom the testing method will therefore not be accurate. Dedication
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opinions and trying to prove them as being “right.”
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, or findingfoult w ith another
person is not giving love. • Y ou have to be happy to receive the happy versions of other people. • The force of love presents you with a whole array of Personal Emotional
T rainers, disguised as everyday  people, but they are all training you to
choose love
• Y ou can stick  everyt hing you love a nd want to you by looking for the
things y ou love in other people, and saying yes to those qualities with all of
your heart. • Y ou can't talk about or hear negativity and have good feelings. • Life is presenting every person and circumstance to you so you can choose
what you love a nd what you don't love. When you react to an ything, you
are reacting with your feelings, and as you do, you are choosing it. • Y ou can't change a negative situation with bad feelings. If you keep
reacting negativ ely, your bad feelings will magnify and m ultiply the
negativity. • If you' re feelin g fantastic, the force of your magnetic field creates a shield
that no negativ ity can penetrate. • Changing the way you feel is e asy compared to running around trying to
change the circumstances o f the outside world. Change your feelings and
the outside circumstances will change. • The more you give love and feel good, the more magnetic your field
becomes and the more it expan ds, drawing everything and everyone you
love to you. The Power And Health

"Natural for ces within us ar e the true healers of disease. " ( Hippocrates
Father Of W estern Medicine Cir ca 460 - 370 BC)

What do es it mean to be healthy. Y ou may think that being healthy means
that you  are not sick, but being  healthy is far more th an that. If you feel
okay, or average, or nothing much at all, you are not healthy. Being he althy is feeling the same way as little children feel. Little children
are bursting with ener gy every  day. Their bodies feel light and flexible;
moving is ef fortless. They're light on their feet. Their minds are clear;
they're happy, and free of w orry and stress. They sleep deeply and
peacefully every  night, and they  wake up feeling completely ref reshed, as if
with a brand-new  body. They fe el passionate and excited about eve ry new
day. Look at li ttle children and you will see what being he althy really
means. It is the way you used to feel, and it is the way you should still feel. Y ou can feel this  way most of the time, because unlimited health is
available to you unceasingly thro ugh the force of love. There is never a
second that anything is withheld from you. Whatever you want is yours,
and that includes unlimited health. But you have to open the door to receive
it. What Do Y ou Believe. "For as he think eth in his heart, so is he. " ( King Solomon in Pr overbs 23:7
- Cir ca 10th Century BC)

These are among the greatest words of wisdom ever given, but what do they
mean, "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he". What you think in your heart is what you believe to be true. Beliefs are
simply r epeated thoughts with strong feelings attached to them l ike, "I catch
colds ea sily," "I  have a sensitive  stomach," "I find it hard to lose weight,"
"I'm alle r gic to that," "Cof fee k eeps me awake. " All these are beliefs, n ot
facts. A belief is when you have made up y our mind, the verdict is in, you
've nailed the door shut and thrown away the key, and  there is no room for
negotiation. But  whatever you b elieve and feel is true will be true for you,
whether your beliefs help you or harm you. Whatever beliefs you give out,
the law of attraction says you must receive back. Many people have more fearful beliefs about disease than they have good
beliefs a bout hea lth. It's not surp rising because of the attention t hat is given
to di sease in the world, and you are surrounded by that every day. In spite
of all the advan ces in medicine, diseas e is increasing because people have
become increasingly fearful of disease. Do you have more good feelings about health than you have negative
feelings about disease. Do you  believe in lifelong health more than you
believe in the inevitability  of disease. If you believe that your body will
deteriorate with  age and that disease is inevitable, you are giving out t hat
belief, a nd the law of attracti on must return it to you clothed as the
circumstances and state of your health and body. "For the  thing that I fear comes upon me, and what I dread befalls me. " (Job
3:25)

The plac ebo ef fect in medicine i s proof of the power of belief. O ne group of
patients is given real pills or treatment, and another  group is given the
placebo - a sugar pill or fake treatment - but neither is told which one is a
cure for their sy mptoms or illness. Y et the group that gets the placebo often
experiences significant improvements and the reduction or disappearance of
symptoms. The startling results of the placebo ef fect regularly demonstrate
the p ower of beliefs on our body. What you continually give to  your body
with your beliefs or strong feelings, you must receive in your body. Every fe eling yo u have saturates every cell and or gan in your entire body. When you have good feelings, you are giving love and you receive the full
force of health through your body at an astounding rate. When you have
bad feelings, the tension causes you r nerves and cells to contract, the vital
chemical production in your body changes, your blood vessels contract, and
your breathing becomes shallow, all of which reduces the force of health in
your or g ans and your entire bod y. Disease is simply the result  of a body's
not bein g at ease over a long p eriod of time, because of negat ive feelings
like stress, worry, and fear. "Y our em otions affect every cell in your body. Mind and body, mental and
physical, ar e intertwined. " (Thomas T utko Sports Psychologist And Author
B 1931)
 The W orld Inside Y our Body
There is an entire world inside you. T o realize the power you have over
your body, you need to know about this world -because all of it is under
your command. All the cells in your body have a role to play, and they  work together for the
sole purpose of giving you life. Some cells are the leaders of particular
regions or or gans, and they manage and direct all the working cells in their
region, like your heart, brain, liv er, kidneys, and lungs. The lead er cell of an
or gan d irects and manages all the other cells working in that or gan,
ensuring order and harmony so the or gan works perfectly. Patrol  cells travel
throughout the sixty thousand miles of blood vessels in y our body to
maintain order and peace. When  there is a disturbance, such as a scratch to
the s kin, the patrol cells immed iately signal the alert, and the appropriate
repair team rushes to the area. For a scratch, the first on the scene is the
blood-clotting team, and they work to arrest the blood flow. After their
work is done, the tissue and skin  teams move in to do the repair work to the
area, mending the tissue, and sealing the skin. If a n intruder e nters your body, like a bacterial infection or virus, the
memory cells immediately take  an imprint (snapshot) of the intruder. The
imprint is checked against their records to see if there is a match with
previous intrude rs. If they find a m atch, the m emory cells immediately
notify the relevant attack team t o destroy the intruder. If there is no match,
the memory cells open up a new file on the intruder, and all the attack teams
are summoned to move in and d estroy the intruder. Whichever attack team
is successful in destroying the intru der is then recorded by the memory cells
in their file s. If the intruder returns, the memory cells will know who they
are dealing with and exactly how to deal with them. If for any reason a cell of your body begins to change its behavio r and cease
to w ork for the good of the body, the patrol cells signal the rescue team to
rush in to repair the cell. If a cel l needs a particular chemical to be repaired,
it is found in side yo ur natural pharmacy. Y ou have a complete  pharmacyoperating inside you that can produce every healing chemical that a
pharmaceutical company can produce. All cells must work as a team, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for their
entire life. Their sole purpose is to maintain the life and health in your body. Y ou have around 100 trillion cells in your body. That's
100,000,000,000,000 cells who are working nonstop to give y ou life. All


 restful sleep, calm anxiety, strengthen
breast tissue, uncover the root of your depression, release
the worries in your mind, relieve pain and muscle spasms
(such as afterpains and cramping), connect to your
“motherly instincts,” and much more. Blue lotus is traditionally an aphrodisiac, used to support
fertility and conception. But its use is dangerous during
pregnancy; only use it prior to conception, during
postpartum, and throughout motherhood.See the pages that follow for two of my blue lotus milk
tea recipes, along with recipes for two ready-to-use herbal
tea blends to keep on the shelf. —Krsna Jivani, clinical herbalist
Mama’ s Mood T ea 1
You can drink this tea as your daily pick-me-up—it boosts dopamine
levels in the brain and gives sustainable energy. Omit the jasmine
green tea in the early postpartum period or when you are choosing
not to consume caf feine. I find jasmine green tea to have a gentle,
uplifting, energizing ef fect that keeps me in balance while still
providing the daily energy I need! Ingredients
1 teaspoon jasmine green tea
1 teaspoon rose petals
1 teaspoon mucuna powder
1 teaspoon brahmi
1 teaspoon blue lotus (omit during pregnancy)
1–3 tablespoons (to taste) honey
milk or nut milk
Moon Milk T ea
During the postpartum window, drink this tea before bed for a deep,
relaxing sleep. Note:  if you are co-sleeping with your babe, be
cautious of overdoing sleep aids. If you sleep too deeply, sharing abed can be dangerous for your newborn. Use your motherly intuition
to do what is best for you and your babe. Ingredients
1 teaspoon blue lotus (omit this ingredient during pregnancy)
1 teaspoon rose
1 teaspoon chamomile
1 teaspoon passionflower (use sparingly during pregnancy)
1–3 tablespoons (to taste) honey milk or nut milk to taste
Instructions for Both T eas
Bring a pot of water to almost boiling on the stove. Leaving out the rose, honey, and milk, steep all the other ingredients
in the near-boiling water for five to seven minutes. Remove the pot from the stove, add the rose petals, and steep for
three minutes. Strain out the tea leaves and petals. Once the tea is cooled enough to sip, add honey (as honey should
not be heated). Enjoy warm, adding milk to taste if you wish (if you are using cow’ s
milk, boil the milk with a pinch of cardamom before adding it). The following recipes suggest blends you can make to have ready-to-use
herbal elixirs on the shelf. Mama’ s Mood T ea 2
This variation on Mama’ s Mood Tea leaves out the blue lotus but
adds ginger, shatavari, and maca. Like the blue lotus version, itboosts dopamine levels in the brain and gives sustainable energy—it
can be taken as an aphrodisiac during preconception, to boost mood
during pregnancy, and to regulate mama’ s hormones postpartum. Ingredients (makes 7–8 servings)
1 tablespoon rose petals or powder
1 tablespoon mucuna powder
1 teaspoon dried jasmine flowers
1 tablespoon dried ginger or powder
1 tablespoon shatavari
1 tablespoon maca
1 tablespoon vanilla powder
Mood Milk T ea 2
This variation on Moon Milk Tea leaves out the blue lotus but adds
ginger and ashwaganda. It can be taken during pregnancy and
postpartum to ease anxiety and aid with sleep. Ingredients (makes 3–6 servings)
1 tablespoon rose petals or powder
1 tablespoon chamomile
1 tablespoon ginger powder
1 tablespoon passionflower (use sparingly during pregnancy)
1 tablespoon ashwagandha
Instructions (for Both T eas)
Mix the herbs and store these tea blends in a jar in your pantry. Use
1 tablespoon of the desired tea steeped in boiled water or simmeredin hot milk as desired. After steeping or simmering in your water or
milk, let the elixir cool down enough to sip and then add 1
tablespoon of honey, or to taste. (Do not add honey to boiling hot
water or milk, as honey becomes toxic when heated.) Enjoy your
elixir or milk tonic while it’ s warm. These tea blends are made with potent herbs, so take them only one
to three times per week rather than daily. You can also alter the
recipes by omitting various herbs and picking and choosing others to
add, switching it up every time you make it. ESSENTIAL OILS FOR SUPPORT
AND HEALING
Mama earth has given us everything that we need to be healthy and to heal. Our world and our food are laden with chemicals. Over one hundred
thousand children in the United States get sick every year from the
chemicals in house cleaners alone. These are toxins that we consciously
invite into our homes. The smell after cleaning your bathroom that makes it
feel “clean”? Those are the chemical constituents of toxic cleaners entering
into your nose, and thus into your bloodstream, transferring into every
organ of your body within minutes. Essential oils work the same way,
though instead of having negative side ef fects, each and every oil carries
side benefits that will help your body heal. Essential oils can be used to make your own nontoxic house cleaners. They can be used to make your own natural bath salts, as well as hair and
skincare products, and they can treat chronic and acute health conditions. They are scientifically proven to heal tissues and or gans, they have
powerful ef fects on your mind and your mood, and they may even mend
broken hearts. Essential oils always seemed a little “woo-woo” to me. As far as I knew,
they were something you used for relaxation or to make your home smellpleasant. Little did I know, essential oils are mama earth’ s most potent form
of medicine. One drop of peppermint oil is equivalent to the medicinal
compounds found in 28 cups of peppermint tea! They are the volatile
compounds (meaning they evaporate quickly—and are absorbed into the
skin just as quickly) found in the bark, resin, seeds, stems, flowers, roots,
and leaves of plants, as well as in the skin of citrus fruits. Each plant, and thus each oil, has distinctive qualities and healing
properties. They are a secondary metabolite of the plant, meaning they are
not needed for the plant’ s survival but are there to fend of f predators and
other threatening influences. They support the entire plant’ s system,
enabling it to thrive. When humans use them, they support us in the same
way. QUALITY IS EVERYTHING
Because essential oil regulation is limited and standards are minimal, many
botanical oil companies can advertise that their oils are 100 percent pure
but, in fact, they may be full of chemical additives and fillers used in order
to save money and time. Unfortunately, when proper testing measures are
not taken, it is impossible to ensure that an essential oil is truly “pure.” For
effective healing to take place, it is important to only use unprocessed oils
that are sourced directly from mama nature with nothing added— especially
when using these oils as a pregnant mama or for your babe. doTERRA  is a company that I have grown to love and feel completely
comfortable advocating for. They have trusted alliances with honest
growers and distillers. They have searched the world for the plants with the
most therapeutic compounds. They have strict standards that verify the
purity of each batch, along with third-party testing to guarantee
transparency. To ensure that each bottle of essential oil is pure and free from
contaminants or synthetic fillers, doTERRA  created the Certified Pure
Therapeutic Grade protocol. The oils and blends that I suggest below are all
from doTERRA  and can be ordered through the link provided in the
resources section of this book.APPROACHES FOR USING OILS
For acute conditions, essential oils can be used every twenty minutes until
symptoms subside, then used every two to six hours as needed. For ongoing
conditions, use two times per day as preventive medicine, typically in the
morning and the evening. You can access the healing properties of essential oils three main ways:
aromatically, topically, and internally. When essential oils are used
ar omatically, they are inhaled, absorbed through the respiratory tract and
lungs, and then circulated through your bloodstream. Aromatic oils can be
used in a scent dif fuser, or you can inhale the scent from your cupped hands
or directly from the oil bottle. Your nose is the most direct route to your
brain, which makes the aromatic use of oils one of the fastest ways to alter
your mood. The scent travels from your olfactory nerve to your limbic
system, and once in the limbic system it triggers a response in your brain
based on memories and experiences, of fering immediate benefits that can
be uplifting, renewing, soothing, calming, or ener gizing. To use oils topically, you put the oils directly on your skin or diluted in
a carrier oil; the oil gets absorbed into your bloodstream and circulates
around your entire body within minutes. ( Note:  There are some “hot” oils—
such as oregano, cassia, clove, thyme, and cinnamon—that you should
never apply directly onto your skin without a carrier