m ents that must be obeyed without question.
The more authoritarian any system is, the more outlaws will appear.
On the other hand, when children are encouraged to explore and exercise
their inquisitive ness, they’re inspired to be their best with little need for
regulation. So when you change the way you view the need for rules, family
members will tend to make decisions based on what’ s best for everyone
rather than themselves. See what happens, for instance, if you drop an
absolute curfew time for your teenagers, asking them to just be sensible
about when they come home and to notify you if they’re going to be later
than normal. You may find that because you didn’ t impose yourself on
them, they end up coming home even earlier than when they had a strict
curfew governing their conduct.
Examine the restrictions that you enforce in your family. Reme mber that
effective parents  don’t want to be leaned on; they want to make leaning
unnecessary. After all, you want your children to be responsible, healthy,
successful, and honest—not simply because you’re there to monitor them,
but because it is within their nature to do so. So set an example and let them
see that it’s possible to be self-suf ficient and enormously successful. Allowthem to learn to trust in their highest nature, rather than having to thumb
through a rule book to decide what’ s right.
Change the way you look at the need for edicts, laws, and prohibitions,
and see yoursel f as someone who doesn’ t need to rule with an iron fist.
Then enjoy taking this revised view of your leadership abilitie s into every
area of your life where you’re considered to be “the boss.”
What follows is some 21st-century advice based on this verse that was
written 2,500 years ago:
Practice the art of allowing yourself.
Begin by letting yourself be more spontaneous and less regimented in
your daily life: Take a trip without first planning it. Go where you’re
instinctively guided to go. Tell the authoritarian part of you to take a break.
Introduce a different side to yours elf and the world by affirming: I am free
to be myself. I do not have to live by anyone else’s rules, and I release the
need for laws to r egulate my behavior.
Practice the art of allowing others.
Catch yourself when you’re about to cite a rule as a reason for saying no
to a child or someone you supervise, and instead consider the ramifications
of saying  nothing and just obser ving. When you change the way you look at
your role as a leader, you’ll find that very few edicts are necessary for
people to condu ct the business of their lives. Everyone has a strong sense of
what they want to do, 57th Verse what limits they have, and how to
actualize their dreams. Be like the Tao—allow others, and enjoy how your
nonauthoritarian leadership inspires them to be themselves.
Do the T ao Now
Make time to do something you’ve never done before—it could be
walking barefoot in the rain, taking a yoga class, speaking before a group at
a Toastm asters Club, playing a game of touch football, jumpin g out of an
airplane in a parachute, or anything else you’ve always wanted to do.
Recognize that you’ve created restrictions for yourself that keep you from
new and expanding experiences, and find the time now to close your
personal rule book and plunge in where you’ve never before wandered.
Also, make time to give those in your charge an opportunity to do the same,enjoying how much they accom plish with minimal or no action on your
part.
OceanofPDF.com58th Verse
When the ruler knows his own heart,
the people ar e simple and pur e.
When he meddles with their lives,
they become r estless and disturbed.

Bad fortune is what good fortune leans on;
good fortune is what bad fortune hides in.
Who knows the ultimate end of this pr ocess?
Is ther e no norm of right?
Yet what is normal soon becomes abnormal;
peoples’ s confusion is indeed long-standing.

Thus the master is content to serve as an example
and not to impose his will.
He is pointed but does not pier ce;
he straightens but does not disrupt;
he illuminates but does not dazzle.
OceanofPDF.comLiving Untroubled by
Good or Bad Fortune
The world of the 10,000 things is also called “the world of the changing.”
You see it in your ever-alterin g life, even as you want everything to be
stable and predictable. Howeve r, all things on our planet are in constant
motion. As Albert Einstein once observed, “Nothing happens until
something move s.” This 58th verse of the Tao Te Ching stresses that there’ s
another way to see the world, one that virtually guarantees that you’ll  be
untroubled by good or bad fortu ne. Instead of only noticing the constantly
shifting energy pattern of the material world, this verse invite s you to let
yourself focus on the unchanging Tao.
Like most humans, you probably want your surroundin gs to be
permanent, stead y, reliable, secure, and predictable. However, your reality
unequivocally insists that you take into account the opposite and
unpredictable that are present in every experience you have. After all, even
the landscape that surrounds you is far from orderly: Mountain ranges go up
and then down into valleys. Trees tower over shrubs, and cloud formations
are ominously black at times and fluffy white at others. In every perfectly
sunny day, there’ s a storm hiding, and in every rainstorm lies a drought
waiting its turn. Up and down and the unexpected are the norm of nature;
hills and dales are the way of the 10,000 things.
Change your view of the peaks and valleys of all of life to an attitude that
allows you to discover what’ s hidden in both of those experiences. Begin to
see wholeness rather than good or bad fortune.  See opposites as parts of
oneness, rather than disrupting surprises. In a world of pure Taoist unity,
there’ s no good or bad luck; it’s indivisible. What you’re calling “bad”
fortune has “good” just waiting to emer ge because it’ s the other half.
Lao-tzu’ s advice for applying the 58th verse to today’ s world would
probably include the following:
See wholeness in place of good or bad fortune.When anyone is in the midst of an experience you believe is fortunate,
such as a blissful relationship, financial success, excellent health, a great
job with a new promotion, or children excelling in school, know that all is
subject to change. Accumulated wealth has poverty hidden in it; popularity
has nonrecognition camouflaged in it, too. And, of course, the same is true
during the periods that are generally thought of as unfortunate.
Your life itself is the perfect place to personalize your ability to live
untroubled by good or bad fortune, for you have the oppo rtunity at every
stage to see wholeness. So rather than calling youth an aspect of “good
fortune” and old age a mark of “bad fortune,” know that the youth you were
is part of the wholeness of your old age. The elderly individual you may
become is part of the wholeness of your development through the levels of
change that are your physical existence. Life has death concealed in it. So
know your own heart and let your conduct be consistent with the Tao by not
imposing your will—be pointed, straight, and illuminating without piercing,
disrupting, or dazzling.
When bad fortune feels so tr oublesome that you can’t get unstuck, see
good fortune leaning on it.
When you feel overpoweringly discouraged during a trip through the
valley of despair, it can feel as if that’s all there is. If you’re unable to see a
circumstance or situation as part of a larger picture, remind yourself that
good fortune is leaning on this bad one, just as morning  follows the darkest
night. With wholeness as a backdrop, rely on your knowledge of day
following night at these times. Keep 58th Verse in mind that when you’v e
reached the valley floor, the only direction you can go is upward. Things
definitely will get better; your luck must change; scarcity has to turn into
abundance. This is because good fortune is invisib ly there in all moments of
despair, and you want to learn to live untroubled by them both.
Do the T ao Now
Spend a day noticing what aspects of life fall into the categories of
“fortunate” or “unfortunate.” List them under their titles at the end of the
day, and then explore each of them when you won’ t be interru pted. Allow
yourself to either feel each one physically in your body or see it as an image
that presents itself to you. Without trying to change it in any way, allowyourself to observe the subject with your eyes closed. Just as if it were a
kaleidoscope (or life itself), watch it and permit it to flow through you—the
way the clouds drift in the sky, night turns into day, rain evaporates... and
how confusion comes and goes when you’re living untroubled by good or
bad fortune.
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 that your very existence is built. It is this fact that is the
foundation of every chapter of this book. No, you cannot know this intellectually, you cannot debate it, you
cannot substantiate it. You can only feel it. You can only be aware of it.
Becoming aware of it, one great emotion permeates your being. You live with a perpetual feeling of
reverence. The knowledge that your creator is the very self of yourself and never would have made you had
he not loved you must fill your heart with devotion, yes, with adoration. One knowing glimpse of the world
about you at any single instant of time is sufficient to fill you with profound awe and a feeling of worship.
It is when your feeling of reverence is most intense that you are closest to God, and when you are closest to
God, your life is richest.
Our deepest feelings are precisely those we are least able to express, and even in the act of adoration,
silence is our highest praise.
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A Spiritual Theory of Matter
by W alter Last
Introduction
Our society is strongly divided between those who believe that matter is primary and consciousness is only a side effect of matter,
and those who believe that consciou sness is primary and created matte r. Mainstream science favours matter as the primary force,
while the opposite “spiritual” belief dominates in religion, popular culture, and with scientists who work at the borders of ofﬁcial
science. They see consciousness as the leading force in our universe. Even Albert Einstein was convinced of the dominance of
consciousness over matter; he called it a “cosmic religion”. For our society to unite and move towards a common goal we need to
overcome this sharp division. What makes this task especially difﬁcult is the lack of any common ground between these opposite
belief systems.
This article aims to narrow this gap and enable a dialog by presenting a spiritually based and testable theory of matter. Particle
physics tends to be the Holy Grail of science. Physicists may light-heartedly refer to their zoo of extremely short-lived particles
derived from smashing the few long-lived particle species at extreme speeds into each other. Here I want to present a different kind
of particle zoo revealed by using spiritual tools, commonly called extrase nsory perception (ESP). Unfortunately, the number of useful
ESP sources on this subject is very small. I found only two that are sufﬁciently detailed, but on the plus side, they provide coherent
information and complement each  other. Further, this information far surpasses the understanding of particle physics and,
importantly, is scientiﬁcally testable.
This theory can be useful not only for particle physicists but also for those working in borderland science, such as parapsychology,
free energy research, and energy medicine, and for those philosophically trying to unite science and religion. I also expect that it will
allow the uniﬁcation of classical physics with quantum mechanics, and uniting the four fundamental forces. Further, I hope that this
theory enables science to advance, and also to ﬁnd common ground with those who believe in a universe based on consciousness.
The Indivisible Matter Particle
Both of my ESP sources, L&B (1) and GPS (2), agree that at the bottom of the particle zoo is an indivisible elementary particle.
Originally (about 1900) L&B called this clairvoyantly investigated particle ‘ultimate physical atom’  (UPA), but later changed it to “Anu”.
Fig.1: The two states of the Anu (L&B)
Left: yang, male or positive; right: yin, female or negative
Psychic attempts to dissociate an Anu caused it to disappear from physical reality. The Anu exists as mirror image in a positive and
negative form, which differ in the spin direction of their vortices and in the direction of energy pouring through them. The energy
always enters the wider end at the top and ﬂows out at the narrower bottom end. In the positive Anu, also called yang or male, the
force ﬂows clockwise (looking down) from the astral level into the physic al/etheric level, while in its negative shape, also called yin or
female, it ﬂows anticlockwise (also looking down) from the physical/etheric level through the Anu and into the astral level. Therefore,
the positive Anu increases our energ y and the negative Anu decreases it. Similar but bigger vortex structures may appear in plasma
physics.
The Anu is the same in all observed  cases. It has a highly complex body, and only its main characteristics are shown in Fig.1. It is
composed entirely of spirals; each spiral in turn is composed of spirillae, and these again of even smaller and smaller spirillae. The
force pouring into the heart-shaped depression at the top of the Anu rushes through every spiral and every spirillum, thereby
producing different colours. This passage changes the character of the energy. Fig.2 (left) shows the three main energy coils inside
the Anu, while in Fig.3 we see the toroidal windings of the smallest spirillae.
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A positive and a negative Anu attract and revolve around each other, forming a stable and neutral entity. Combinations of three or
more Anu are positive, negative or neutral, depending on their internal arrangement. The neutral entities are stable, while the positive
and negative combinations are continually searching for their opposites.
Fig.3: The toroidal windings of the smallest spirillae (L&B)
In the system described by GPS the indivisible matter particles are called “Uniform Matter Particles” or UM. Originally, they probably
formed as mental energy structures that gradually densiﬁed. When they reached the density of physical matter, our physical universe
was born in what physics calls the Big Bang. The various combinations of UM form our atomic and subatomic particles.
The Spiritual Particle Zoo
The most basic composite particle is the Eltron. GPS called it the saturated or resting electron (Fig.4). “Saturated” means that it has a
nucleus with 6 UM (or Anu) surrounded by a shell with another 6 UM. “Resting” means that it does not have a speciﬁc speed like
other particles, but is the basic building block of protons and neutrons. It is electrically neutral.
Fig.4: The Eltron or Saturated Electron (GPS)
Each UM spins very fast around its own axis and also rotates around the nucleic centre.The nucleic UM rotate in the opposite
direction to the shell UM. These UM are arranged so that positive and negative charges alternate. The eltron may be regarded as the
mother of the other elementary particles. These are formed by progre ssively removing UM ﬁrst from the shell and then from the
nucleus.
By losing one positive UM from its shell in a collision the eltron becomes an electro-active Electron with a negative charge. This is the
well-known electron of physics and chemistry. With only 5 shell UM these can now rotate much faster than 6 shell UM. The faster
rotation causes a higher vibration and makes the electron more energetic. This is expressed in a high speed and a much greater
mass compared to the eltron. Mass is mainly a product of the speed of rotation of the shell UM at the vibration level of physical
matter.
The Graviton comes into being when 2 shell UM are torn off simultaneously in a collision. With only 4 shell UM these rotate even
faster than those of the electron, again increasing vibration, speed and mass. The graviton is electrically neutral but has magnetic
properties. It accumultes in material objects in proportion to their density.
Gravitons can also be formed by cosmic radiation, or by particle collisions caused by the rotation of the planet. These gravitons line
up to cause the magnetic ﬁeld of the Earth. The gravitons in stellar objects also create their gravitational ﬁelds which curve any
arriving radiation as theorised by Einstein. With suitable technology base d on cold fusion, 2 UM can be pulled off saturated electrons
and stored separately from the formed gravitons. These gravitons can then be beamed ahead and above transport spacecraft for lift
off, while the 2 UM Duton particles can be used to deﬂect cosmic objects approaching the planet. Duton particles will unite with the
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(1*) Particle speeds in various matter radiations relative to the speed of light
Photons have only 3 shell UM, and therefore spin faster than gravitons, but their higher vibrations also lift them above the density
level of physical matter. They have now been shown to have the properties of physical particles as well as of waves.


n’t	Need	Healing

Carolyn	A.	Bratton:

Grateful	Reflections

Lee	Carroll:

Patty

Alan	Cohen:

I	Love	My	Wall

Lee	Coit:

The	Gifts	That	Gratitude	Offers	Us

Terah	Kathryn	Collins:

The	Circle	of	Gratitude

Dr.	Tom	Costa:

Gratitude
—
The	Vital	Ingredient	in	Our	Lives

Sri	Daya	Mata:

Words	of	Gratitude

Amy	E.	Dean:

Gratitude	Is	Awareness

Dr.	Wayne	W.	Dyer:

Gratitude:	One	of	Life’s	Miracles

Nicholas	Eliopoulos:

The	Meaning	of	True	Gratitude

James	Eubanks:

The	Awesome	Design	of	Life

Sylvia	Friedman:

Gratitude	Feels	Good!

Shakti	Gawain:

Being	Grateful	During	Life’s	Challenges

Michele	Gold:

Gratitude	Is	a	Sanctuary

Karen	M.	Haughey:

Gratitude:	It	Can	Make	Your	Day!

Christopher	Hills,	Ph.D.:

An	Appreciation	of	Gratitude

Sharon	Huffman:

Gratitude:	The	Key	to	a	Happy,	Healthy,	Successful	Life

Laura	Archera	Huxley:

“Gratitude	Is	Heaven	Itself”

Dr.	Gerald	G.	Jampolsky/Diane	V.	Cirincione:

“Love	Is	the	Way	I	Walk	in
Gratitude”

Susan	Jeffers,	Ph.D.:

Noticing	the	Abundance

lone	Shockey	Jenson:

“In	Everything	Give	Thanks”
Elizabeth	A.	Johnson:

Grateful	Is	Good

Patrice	Karst:

Great	Days

Julie	Keene:

Bless	It	All!

Kimberly	Lockwood:

Gratitude:	One	of	Life’s	Most	Important	Lessons

Sir	John	Mason:

So	Many	Blessings

Emmett	E.	Miller,	M.D.:

Gratitude:	A	Healing	Attitude

Dan	Millman:

Transcendental	Gratitude

Mary-Margaret	Moore:

Falling	into	Gratitude

Rev.	Nancy	Norman:

My	Own	“Gratitude	Book”

Robert	Odom:

The	Gift	of	Gratitude

Daniel	T.	Peralta:

Gratitude:	The	Natural	Expression	of	a	Loving	Heart

Marcia	Perkins-Reed:

Gratitude:	A	Lifestyle

John	Randolph	Price:

Gratitude:A	Powerful	Force

Rev.	Michael	C.	Rann:

A	Shortcut	to	a	Miracle

Dr.	Frank	Richelieu:

Gratitude:	Its	Healing	Properties

Murray	Salem:

Thank	You,	God

Dr.	J.	Kennedy	Shultz:

In	All	Things	Give	Thanks

Ron	Scolastico,	Ph.D.:

The	Power	of	Gratitude

Bernie	S.	Siegel,	M.D.:

Gratitude:	A	State	of	Mind

Rev.	Christian	Sorenson:

Looking	Through	the	Eyes	of	Gratitude

Hal	Stone,	Ph.D.,	and	Sidra	Stone,	Ph.D.:

The	Manifestation	of	Gratitude

Dr.	Sharron	Stroud:

Gratitude	As	a	Way	of	Being

Angela	Passidomo	Trafford:

Being	Authentic	Sets	Us	Free

Rama	J.	Vernon:

Gratitude:	A	Silent,	Unspoken	Prayer

Doreen	Virtue,	Ph.D.:

Unconditional	Gratitude

Stuart	Wilde:

Step	to	the	Infinite	Self	Within

Margaret	Olivia	Wolfson:

The	Most	Amazing	Day
__________________________________________________

GRATITUDE	PRAYER	BY	LOUISE	L.	HAY
MY	OWN	THOUGHTS	ON	GRATITUDE
INTRODUCTION

by	Louise	L.	Hay
I
	am	so	pleased	to	be	sharing	this	very	special	book	with	my	friends	…	and
the	world.	All	of	the	profits	from	this	book	will	benefit	my	charitable
organization,	The	Hay	Foundation,	which	diligently	works	to	improve	the
quality	of	life	for	many	people,	including	those	with	AIDS,	and	battered
women.
As	you	read	through	the	lovely,	inspirational	thoughts	in	this	book,	I	hope	that
you	will	take	the	time	to	think	about	all	the	things	that	you	have	to	be	grateful
for	in
your
	life.
Thanking	the	Universe
Louise	L.	Hay
Louise	L.	Hay

is	a	metaphysical	lecturer	and	teacher	and	the	bestselling
author	of	numerous	books,	including	YOU	CAN	HEAL	YOUR	LIFE	and
LIFE!	REFLECTIONS	ON	YOUR	JOURNEY.	Since	beginning	her	career	as	a
Science	of	Mind	minister	in	1981,	she	has	assisted	thousands	of	people	in
discovering	and	using	the	full	potential	of	their	own	creative	powers	for
personal	growth	and	self-healing.	Louise’s	works	have	been	translated	into	29
different	languages	in	35	countries	throughout	the	world.	She	is	the	owner
and	founder	of	Hay	House,	Inc.,	a	publishing	company	devoted	to
disseminating	books,	audios,	videos,	and	other	materials	that	help	heal	the
planet.
I	have	noticed	that	the	Universe	loves	gratitude.	The	more	grateful	you	are,
the	more	goodies	you	get.	When	I	say	“goodies,”	I	don’t	mean	only	material
things.	I	mean	all	the	people,	places,	and	experiences	that	make	life	so
wonderfully	worth	living.	You	know	how	great	you	feel	when	your	life	is
filled	with	love	and	joy	and	health	and	creativity,	and	you	get	the	green	lights
and	the	parking	places.	This	is	how	our	lives	are	meant	to	be	lived.	The
Universe	is	a	generous,	abundant	giver,	and	it	likes	to	be	appreciated.
Think	about	how	you	feel	when	you	give	a	friend	a	present.	If	the	person
looks	at	it	and	her	face	falls,	or	she	says,	“Oh,	it’s	not	my	size,	or	not	my
color,	or	I	never	use	anything	like	that,	or	is	that	all	there	is,”	then	I	am	sure
you	will	have	little	desire	to	ever	give	her	a	present	again.	However,	if	her
eyes	dance	with	delight,	and	she	is	pleased	and	thankful,	then	every	time	you
see	something	she	would	like,	you	want	to	give	it	to	her,	whether	you	actually
do	so	or	not.
Gratitude	brings	more	to	be	grateful	about.	It	increases	your	abundant	life.
Lack	of	gratitude,	or	complaining,	brings	little	to	rejoice	about.	Complainers
always	find	that	they	have	little	good	in	their	life,	or	they	do	not	enjoy	what
they
do
	have.	The	Universe	always	gives	us	what	we	believe	we	deserve.Many	of	us	have	been	raised	to	look	at	what	we	do	not	have	and	to	feel	only
lack.	We	come	from	a	belief	in	scarcity	and	then	wonder	why	our	lives	are	so
empty.	If	we	believe	that	“I	don’t	have,	and	I	won’t	be	happy	until	I	do…,”
then	we	are	putting	our	lives	on	hold.	What	the	Universe	hears	is:	“I	don’t
have,	and	I	am	not	happy,”	and	that	is	what	you	get	more	of.
For	quite	some	time	now,	I’ve	been	accepting	every	compliment	and	every
present	with:	“I	accept	with	joy	and	pleasure	and	gratitude.”	I	have	learned
that	the	Universe	loves	this	expression,	and	I	constantly	get	the	most
wonderful	presents.
When	I	awaken	in	the	morning,	the	first	thing	I	do	before	I	even	open	my
eyes	is	to


 oxygen and nutrition to all the cells of
the body and tries to remove any poisonous substances.
The trouble is that the average person is pouring
inorganic minerals and toxic poisons into the body so
fast that the blood finds it impossible to purify itself,
much less the body. Nothing could be mor e important
than this “life blood” of ours. If we do not get enough
oxygen and nutrition and if toxic materials are not
removed regularly, they will stockpile and we will die.
And that, we are sorr y to say, is why most die long
before their time. People do not take the time to learn
how to get more oxygen into the body; they do not take
time or interest in good nutrition. Death comes from
accumulated toxins that actually poison and clog up the
bloodstream, brain, organs and ner vous system. The
heavy concentrations of inorganic minerals, salt, fat and
toxic poisons which are a burden to the body are the
vicious killers! Years are not your enemies!  It’s what
you put into your body that does the terrible damage
to your health and erodes your future longevity!
88
Many people go through life committing partial suicide –
destroying their health, youth, talents, energies and creative
qualities. Indeed, to learn how to be good to oneself is harder
than learning how to be good to others. – Joshua Liebman
The human body has one ability not posessed by any machine
– the body has the ability to repair itself – George W. Crile
Health is not quoted in the markets because it is without price. Chapter 5
Organic Minerals
Iron, the Oxygen Carrier of the Blood
Organic iron is indispensable to the formation of
chlorophyll and hemoglobin. Because of its great
affinity for oxygen, iron plays an important part in
the organic world. It has a ver y close relationship to
the fundamental processes of biological transformation
of matter known as metabolism.
The plant or tree takes the inorganic iron from the
soil. It carries the iron to the leaves where it takes part
in the formation of chlor ophyll granules ( this gr een
matter is the blood of plants ). The amounts of organic
organism is equipped with structures enabling it to use
the materials in its environment to satisfy and meet its
needs. Animals, with their power of locomotion, are
able to hunt for food. Plants, lacking this ability, must
have some way of procuring food
from their immediate surroundings.
In highly developed plants, the
structures particularly fitted for this
purpose are the root, stem and leaf.
The root, besides anchoring the
plant in the soil, takes in water and
minerals. The leaf, being rich in
chlorophyll ( it’s blood ), carries out
the process of photosynthesis by
uniting the water absorbed by the
roots with carbon dioxide gathered
from the atmosphere. This miracle process produces
simple sugar, an organic rich food for the plant.
89 iron and chlorophyll var y in different parts of the plant.
For instance, the green outer leaves of cabbage contain
four times as much iron as the inner leaves.
How Plants Do Their Miracle W ork
In order to carr y out their life processes, ever y
The stem is an intermediate structure which
conducts the water from the root to the leaf. It holds
the leaf in the best position for it to receive maximum
sunlight. The stem also carries the newly manufactured
sugar from the leaf to various places in the plant where
it can be stored for future use. Plants are miracles!
Iron Ser ves Four Distinct Purposes
In Plants, Animals and Man
90 1. Iron produces the chlorophyll (blood) of the plant,
principally contained in the green leaves, and the
hemoglobin of the red corpuscles in man.
2. Iron enables the plant to take carbon dioxide and
nitrogen from the air and to synthesize them into
organic matter using chlorophyll and sunlight.
3. Iron assists in the processes of respiration in man
and animals. It is the hemoglobin that carries the
oxygen to all parts of the body, reaching ever y cell
through the capillaries. Here the carbon of the
ingested food, stored in the cells of the tissues, is
oxidized and changed into carbonic acid. This in turn
is combined with the alkaline elements of the blood
and eliminated through the lungs.
4. Iron generates a magnetic blood current and an
electromagnetic induction cur rent in the ner ve spirals
which pass through the walls of the arteries and veins,
helping to build and nourish the tissues.
The total amount of iron in the human body is
comparatively small. Under normal conditions, it does
not exceed 75 grains. Of this quantity, about 50 grains
are contained in the blood, with the remainder being
distributed throughout the marrow of the bones, in the
liver and principally in the spleen. Iron is the most active
mineral in the system, and therefore needs to be renewed
more frequently than the more stable elements of
calcium and potassium in the bones and tissues.
The treatment of diseases should go to the root cause.
Most often it is found in severe dehydration from lack
of sufficient water and living an unhealthy lifestyle! 91 Organic V egetables and Fruits are
Good, Heathy Sour ces of Iron
The best or ganic iron sour ces are organically grown
green leafy vegetables, raw spinach (raw is best since
cooked spinach has some oxalic acid), parsley, water cress,
sprouts, raw squash, Swiss chard, dandelion and mustard The quantity of blood in a 160 pound normal adult
man is about 12 pounds (7.5% of body weight) and
contains appr oximately 50 grains of iron. W ith ever y
pulse beat, nearly 6 ounces of blood ar e forced from the
heart into our major ar tery, the aorta. Ever y 30 seconds,
that blood passes from the heart into the lungs. Then
the blood travels from the lungs into the arteries and
capillaries throughout the body. Consequently, these 50
grains of iron pass through the heart and lungs 120 times
per hour, or 2,880 times per day. Within 24 hours under
normal conditions, the 50 grains of iron have to perform
the same function as 2,880 x 50 grains, or more than 20
pounds! For that reason alone, a daily supply of organic
iron in our food is essential to the body.
greens, green cabbage, leeks, sorrel, Bibb lettuce, green
lettuce, the skins of unwaxed cucumbers, avocado,
horseradish, beet greens, artichokes, asparagus, carrots,
tomatoes, beets, corn, black radish, pumpkin and corn.
Many fresh organically grown fruits and their juices
have a high content of organic iron. Leading the list are
blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, gooseberries, and
grapes, cherries, oranges, peaches, strawberries and pears.
Natural sun-dried fruits are high in iron – with apricots
being highest ( our favorite ), followed by black figs, prunes,
peaches, dates and raisins. Many other foods have a high
content of iron: blackstrap and Barbados molasses, raw
wheat germ, soy beans, raw and unsalted sesame,
pumpkin, sunflower and squash seeds, Br ewer’ s yeast,
whole barley, dried beans of all kinds (pinto, kidney,
lima, lentils, garbanzos), raw and unsalted nuts, natural
brown rice, dried peas, rice bran, wheat bran, rye, whole
grain cereals and millet. All these foods will have a higher
Only I can change my life. No one else can do it for me.  – Carol Burnett 92 content of iron if grown organically with no chemical
fertilizers and absolutely no poisonous sprays. Let us
again impress upon you that your body needs organic
iron – not the iron that comes from inorganic sour ces.
Can our bodies get ir on from water? Y ou often hear
about a certain well or spring containing large amounts
of iron. Some water does contain inorganic iron. But
your body cannot use this inorganic iron – in fact, this
iron is dangerous to your body! It can cause all kinds of
stones to form in your vital organs, cement your joints
and could turn your blood vessels to stone. Again we
caution you: Stay away from inorganic minerals!
Every Mineral Matters
The body contains 19 essential mineral elements, all
of which must be derived from live foods. Calcium,
phosphorus and magnesium are vital for the growth and
maintenance of bone; potassium and organic sodium
give your body fluids their composition and stability.
Phosphorus, calcium and sulphur are the essential
constituents of the body cells from which all organs and
tissues are composed. Magnesium, iron and phosphorus
are important to help
with the release of energy
from your food. Iodine
(seaweed and kelp) is
important to the thyroid
gland, which controls
growth and the rate at
which energy is used.
Copper and iron minerals
are needed in forming the
red blood cells.
Other minerals like
s


ritional aspects only.
When these are at fault, asthma—especially in the case of children—is easily cured with
a relatively minimal change of diet and lifestyle. For any age group, the best-known potential
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www.thegersonway.comtriggers of an attack, namely cheese, chocolate, citrus fruits and wheat, must be eliminated one by
one, to see which one has to be excluded for good. For children, it is essential to omit all milk and
milk products. This flies in the face of conventional medical advice, as mothers discover when
they consult their pediatrician about their child’s asthma. They are told to make sure that the child
gets adequate milk, which is essential for growth and development—yet over many months, even
years, the prescribed medications are unable to cure the condition. However, it disappears readily
if milk is excluded from the child’s diet.
In adults recovery takes a little longer since as a rule, having been treated with drugs and
inhalants for years, they have suffered more severe damage. Therefore, instead of just dropping a
few food items, they need to follow the less intensive form of the Gerson Therapy, which excludes
animal proteins. Asthma is curable irrespective of age, with one warning: if the patient has been
treated for a long time with prednisone, healing becomes difficult.
In many other diseases long-term treatment with prednisone produces the same degree
of excessive damage and takes longer to overcome.
Case History : D.B. ’s problems, as recalled by her mother, started when she was six months
old and suffered her first asthma attack. By her second birthday she had an attack every two
months, each one lasting seven days. The little girl was tested for forty different allergens, then
given drugs and immune shots every three weeks. This regimen went on for six years.
The shots made her sick. Her arms swelled up and her eyes became puffed. Later her mother
discovered that the drugs her daughter was taking caused liver damage. When she asked her
doctor about this, he declared that in view of the severity of D’s asthma, the liver damage caused
by the drugs was the lesser evil.
Searching for a better answer, D’s mother accidentally found out that nutrition could have
something to do with her daughter’s problem. She found out about the Gerson therapy when D.
was nine years old, and changed the entire family’s eating habits. Although D. did not take coffee
enemas, having adopted the complete Gerson dietary approach, she never had another asthma
attack. She is now 38 years old, able to have a golden retriever and play with it without any
allergic or asthma attacks.
Allergies and Food Intolerance
According to one authoritative definition, allergies are acquired or inherited abnormal immune
responses to a substance (allergen) that does not normally cause a reaction. These reactions do
not always occur after the first exposure and may need a second or later occasion to be triggered.
Allergens can be foodstuffs, pollen, house dust, detergents, indoor mold, household chemicals,
and a multitude of other substances. They cause a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from skin
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www.thegersonway.comredness, itching, swelling of tongue and throat, to difficulty in breathing, diarrhea, abdominal
cramp and vomiting. The most severe reaction to a food allergen, anaphylactic shock, is sudden,
intense and potentially fatal, involving various parts of the organism and needing immediate
medical help.
Food intolerance is a much milder reaction to certain edible substances. It does not involve
the immune system and its symptoms are limited to gas, bloating and abdominal pain. The
obvious answer to this and to stronger food allergies is to monitor the body’s reactions and avoid
the harmful substances.
Probably due to increased all-round pollution and the malfunctioning immune system of
the general population, allergies of all kinds are more widespread than ever. According to one
estimate, one in three people are affected by some kind of allergy, and more than 50 million
Americans are believed to have nasal allergies. Orthodox medicine treats allergies with symptom-
suppressing drugs, which may bring relief but invariably have undesirable side ef fects.
By contrast, Gerson patients generally overcome most of their food allergies on the pure
organic foods they consume. The improvement often arrives surprisingly quickly. For instance,
one patient’s severe allergy to carrots disappeared in one day. Another person’s allergy to onions
ended within the first week of treatment. On the other hand, hard-to-digest foods, which are
actually forbidden for Gerson patients, such as seafood, soy, milk, nuts and peanuts, would
continue to cause them allergic reactions.
Many patients who suffer from migraines, which they believe are of allergic origin, find
almost immediate and lasting relief after starting the therapy. Even intractable allergic reactions
to inhaled items, such as pollen or certain smells, are reduced by the therapy; in some cases, they
even cease for good. And while Dr. Gerson banned the consumption of berries at the start of the
treatment, since they often cause allergic reactions, after 18-24 months on the protocol patients
may eat them without suffering adverse reactions.
Addiction
Addictions of all kinds are the plague of our times. They come in many forms and, if they
persist, invariably lead to ill health and even death.  People become addicted for many reasons.
The young start experimenting with street drugs, because it is trendy. Others try to soften their
psychological/emotional problems by getting drunk or taking hard drugs. Indeed, people can
become addicted to almost any substance, such as alcohol, tobacco, sleeping pills, sugar, milk,
tranquilizers, painkillers, prescription drugs, and of course food—the major addiction behind the
alarming spread of obesity.
Yet apart from all other factors, most addictions are caused—or at least aggravated—by
nutritional deficiency. The body actually craves nutrients, not drugs or drink and certainly not
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www.thegersonway.comjunk food. But the addict does not realize this and keeps consuming the wrong substance, leading
to ever-stronger craving.
In the many cases of addiction we have seen, the newly arrived patient, on being given an
hourly glass of freshly pressed organic juice, loses the craving almost immediately. However,
withdrawal symptoms may appear almost at once, since the body is now able to release the
large amount of toxic residues it has stored for a long time. These are carried to the liver via the
bloodstream and must be eliminated.
The coffee enema fulfils that task very efficiently, so much so that addiction, even to the
heaviest street drugs, and the ensuing withdrawal symptoms, have been overcome on the Gerson
therapy in as little as three days. Medical morphine, in some cases of severe pain administered
for many months, takes longer to clear out.
Case History: Some nine years ago E.H., a young man aged 34 was admitted to the Mexican
Gerson Hospital. He told a sad story: All his friends who had been using street drugs were dead!
He was aware of displaying ominous symptoms himself and frankly believed that if the Gerson
treatment could not help him, he too would also be dead in about three months’ time. E.H. was
not only seriously addicted to cocaine, he was also a heavy smoker, and the combination of those
two poisons caused him severe breathing difficulties and chest pain.
As most people with substance addiction, he too was terrified of withdrawal symptoms.
Indeed, these are sometimes almost unbearable if the patient is unable to get his “fix.” Fortunately,
tackling drug addiction by the Gerson method makes it possible to deal easily with the problem.
As E.H. was drinking his 13 glasses of freshly prepared organic juices, he immediately noticed
that his cravings were almost completely gone. When the withdrawal symptoms set in almost at
once, he also realized that the coffee enemas dealt with them very well. As a result he enjoyed
very good days, filled with fresh nutrients that overcame all cravings, and coffee enemas that
cleared withdrawal symptoms.
However, the nights were a different matter. At the Gerson clinic the last juice arrives
around 7 p.m. and the last enema is usually taken around 10 p.m., after which the patient goes
to sleep; that means that for some eight hours his body receives no support. Sure enough, E.H.
was wakened by heavy nightmares some four hours after retiring: the tissues were releasing the
accumulated toxins into his blood stream, with no means to evacuate them. In such cases, E.H.
was told, a coffee enema had to be taken in the middle of the night. He was provided with some
fruit in order to replenish his blood sugar and a little herb tea for fluid. A coffee enema cleared


ofranchi@hotmail.frIf someone decides to autonomously tend to
their own healing using the dry fasting method,
then they must do it correctly, in order to obtain
the maximum benefit and make use of all its po-
tential. My book is dedicated to this category of
people. I tried to illustrate the method as clearly
and completely as I can, providing highly relia-
ble information, based on the results of decades
of practice and confirmed by my patients’ feed-
back. Remember: a man can bear anything if he
knows why and for what pur pose he is doing it.
 Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, MD4

4 Taken from  the first book by dr Filonov, Suchoe lechebnoe go-
lodaniye. Mify i realnost  - (Therapeutic dry fasting. Myt hs and real-
ity), 2008.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr1. What is dry fasting?
An absolute fast  or dry fasting  (DF) is nor-
mally defined as abstinence from any food or liq-
uid over a particular time frame.  Russian doctors
recommend a practice from 1 day up to a maxi-
mum of 5 in domestic conditions (3 days for
people affected by illness) and from 6 to 11 days
strictly under medical assistance (see question
10).
This type of fasting requires abstaining from
water not only for internal use, but also for ex-
ternal use. For maximum therapeutic effect, in
fact, it is advisable to totally refrain from any
contact with water; this results in the greatest ex-
perience of rejuvenation and restructuring of the
cells through the detoxification process stimu-
lated by DF.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frIt is necessary to also avoid brushing teeth;
while fasting the saliva composition changes and
acquires the ability to "dissolve" the enamel.
Throughout the fasting practice a special organic
layer usually coa ts the teeth and protects them
from decaying. If the wish to brush one’s teeth is
too strong it is possible to do it, but only once a
week.
Regarding contact with water for domestic
use, it will be sufficient to use a pair of rubber
gloves.
It must be said that in the case of certain pa-
thologies doctors allow patients to wash them-
selves with cold water (less than 11 degrees) or
swim in natural water basins. The contrast in
temperature experienced by the body enhances
the thermal reaction triggered by DF wi thin the
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frorganism, which is considered one of the main
mechanisms of self -healing.

Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr2. Is dry fasting a natural method?
Nowadays dry therapeutic fasting is consid-
ered one of the most advanced healing methods,
but in fact this approach is “as old as the world”.
It was born at the dawn of humanity. It can be
affirmed with certainty that since the beginning
of the evolution of animal life forms existing to-
day, dry fasting was frequently used by all their
representatives.
As humanity progressed this archaic method
has been mostly forgotten and only in recent
decades, thanks to the growing popularity of hy-
gienism and water and water  fasting, there has
been a return of interest in this ancient practice.
Dry fasting is an absolutely natural process, in-
corpor ated into the genetic code of man and an-
imals: it is well known that when animals fall
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mediately refuse food and water.
When the body gets ill, it begins to mobilize
all its forces to protect itself and it starts using its
reserves, if they exist. Therefore, with the intent
to save energy from processing external water
and food, the body triggers a rescue program,
which involves an automatic "refusal" to intro-
duce them.
Similar situations also occur in respons e to
adverse environmental conditions: to protect
themselves from extreme cold (winter hiberna-
tion) or from extreme hot (aestivation) animals
do not eat and do not drink for long periods and
enter a state of inactivity and metabolic depres-
sion characterized by low body temperature,
slow breathing, slow heart rate and low
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frmetabolic rate. The function of hibernation -aes-
tivation is to conserve energy when sufficient
food is unavailable.
This phenomenon can affect animal and
plant species, both in the adult form and in the
intermediate forms of development (eggs, lar-
vae, chrysalises, seeds, spores, pollen, buds, tu-
bers, bulbs, etc.) and may depend on seasonal
environmental phenomena, as in the case of
winter hibernation or from accidental external
causes (drough t, temperature changes, lack of
nourishment). In all these situations we speak of
anabiosis, or apparent death or latent life5.

5 Cryptobiosis (latent life) is the collective name for a state of life
used by some organisms to overcome periods of unfavorable envi-
ronmental conditions such as desiccation, freezing, and  oxygen  de-
ficiency. Cryptobiotic organisms are known from both the plant
and animal kingdom (mainly among invertebrates). Cryptobiosis
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frAnabiosis is a temporary state during which the
organism, in the absence of nourishment, slows
down its vital functions, which resume perfectly
as soon as the external conditions normalize.
Therefore, fasting is a natural adaptive mecha-
nism, an organism’s automatic self -defense reac-
tion genially developed by Mother Nature and
incorporated into the vital strategies of animal
and pl ant organisms to survive environmental
conditions.

may be entered either within a specific life stage (for example larvae
and eggs, spores of various fun gi and bacteria, and pollen and seeds
of some plants) or over the entire life cycle (in species of Protozoa,
Nematoda, Tardigrada, Arthropoda, mosses, lichens, and algae, as
well as some higher plants). In the cryptobiotic state, all measurable
metabolic processes are interrupted. When environmental condi-
tions return to being hospitable, the organism will return to its  met-
abolic  state of life as it was prior to the cryptobiosis.
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dications and contraindications for fast-
ing and dry fasting.

Main indications:
• hypertension, stages 1 and 2;
• neurocirculatory dystonia, hypertensive or
mixed (there are limitations regarding hypo-
tonic neurocirculatory dystonia since there is
a chance of orthostatic collapse);
• ischemic heart disease, angina pectoris of
classes I, II and III;
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD);
• bronchial asthma;
• pulmonary sarcoidosis, phases I and II;
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr• chronic gastritis with secretory insufficiency
and hyperacidity, gastroduodenitis;
• pancreatitis and chronic cholecystitis with-
out gallstones;
• biliary dyskinesia
• irritable bowel syndrome (IBS);
• diseases of the  musculoskeletal system of in-
flammatory and dystrophic origin;
• neuroendocrine disorders in chronic
salpingoovaritis;
• prostate adenoma;
• alimentary -constitutional obesity, dience-
phalic obesity;
• resistance to drug therapy;
• skin allergies (chronic allergic der matosis,
neurodermatitis, psoriasis, eczema); food al-
lergies and (or) from drugs.
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personality disorder.

Contraindications

1. Absolute contraindications:
• marked body mass deficit (more


int	and	Lavender	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	cup	mint	leaves

1.
2	tablespoons	dried	lavender

1.
2	tablespoons	agave	nectar

Directions

1.
Mix	all	ingredients	together.	Pour	in	4	cups	of	boiling	water.

2.
Serve	chilled	or	at	room	temperature.	Enjoy!Strawberry	Green	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1.
4	cups	boiling	water

1.
4	bags	green	tea

1.
1/4	cup	lemon	juice

1.
1	cup	fresh	strawberries

Directions

1.
Pour	boiling	water	over	tea	bags	into	a	heat-proof	pitcher;	leave	for	about	5
minutes.

2.
Remove	your	tea	bags;	you	can	sweeten	tea	to	taste.	Add	lemon	juice	and
transfer	to	a	fridge	in	order	to	cool	completely.

3.
Puree	strawberries	in	a	food	processor	or	a	blender.	Then,	you	should	sieve
them	to	remove	the	strawberry	seeds.

4.
Lastly,	add	the	strawberry	puree	to	the	chilled	tea.	Keep	this	tea	in	a	fridge
until	serving	time.	Enjoy!Raspberry	Chamomile	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1.
6	cups	boiling	water

1.
6	bags	chamomile	tea

1.
1	vanilla	bean,	sliced	lengthwise

1.
1	pint	fresh	raspberries

Directions

1.
Put	tea	bags	and	vanilla	bean	into	a	heat-proof	pitcher;	add	boiling	water
and	let	it	stand	for	about	5	minutes.

2.
Remove	tea	bags	and	transfer	your	drink	to	a	fridge	in	order	to	cool
completely.

3.
Meanwhile,	puree	raspberries	in	your	blender.	Then,	sieve	them	to	remove
the	seeds.

4.
Add	the	raspberry	puree	to	your	tea.	Serve	well	chilled	and	enjoy!Russian-Style	Beverage
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	20)

Ingredients

1.
1/4	cup	orange-flavored	drink	mix

1.
1/4	cup	lemon-flavored	instant	tea	powder

1.
1/4	teaspoon	ground	nutmeg

1.
1	teaspoon	ground	cloves

Directions

1.
In	a	large-sized	bowl,	combine	all	the	above	ingredients.	Transfer	to	a
pitcher

2.
Pour	simmering	water	over	it.	Use	3	teaspoons	per	serving	size.	Serve	hot
or	chilled!Limeade	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	10)

Ingredients

1.
3	cups	simmering	water

1.
4	tea	bags

1.
1	cup	mint	leaves,

loosely	packed

1.
4	cups	cold	water

1.
1	(6-ounce)	can	key	lime	concentrate

Directions

1.
Pour	simmering	water	into	a	saucepan.	Then,	add	tea	bags	and	fresh	mint
leaves.	Cover	and	steep	for	about	10	minutes.

2.
Then,	discard	tea	bags	and	mint	leaves.	Sweeten	with	natural	sweetener	of
choice.

3.
Add	4	cups	cold	water	and	lime	concentrate.	Serve	over	ice	cubes.Chinese	Spearmint	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	tablespoon	loose	Chinese	green	tea

1.
5	cups	boiling	water

1.
2	bunches	fresh	spearmint,	rinsed	and	drained

1.
1/3	cup	honey

Directions

1.
Combine	Chinese	green	tea	and	5	cups	boiling	water	in	a	teapot;	steep	for	2
to	4	minutes.

2.
Add	spearmint	and	honey,	stirring	until	well	combined.	Steep	for	4	minutes
more.	Strain	your	tea	and	chill	until	ready	to	serve;	enjoy!Orange	and	Apricot	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
3	(11.5-ounce)	cans	apricot	nectar

1.
2	quarts	brewed	tea

1.
1/4	cup	fresh	orange	juice

1.
Agave	nectar,	to	taste

Directions

1.
Stir	all	the	above	ingredients	in	a	pitcher.	Then,	transfer	prepared	tea	to	a
refrigerator.

2.
Serve	well	chilled	over	ice	cubes.	Garnish	with	orange	wedges.Raspberry	Grape	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	8)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	raspberries

1.
4	cups	water

1.
2	family-size	tea	bags

1.
3	cups	grape	juice

1.
1	lime,	sliced

1.
1	(16-ounce)	bottle	orange	soft	drink,	chilled

Directions

1.
Process	raspberries	in	your	food	processor	until	smooth.	Pour	raspberry
puree	through	a	fine	strainer	into	a	large	container	in	order	to	discard
raspberry	seeds.

2.
Bring	4	cups	of	water	to	a	boil	in	a	large-sized	saucepan.	Remove	from	heat
and	add	tea	bags.	Then,	cover	and	steep	for	about	5	minutes.

3.
Discard	tea	bags.	Add	raspberry	puree,	grape	juice,	slices	of	lime,	andorange	soft	drink.	Stir	to	combine.	Sweeten	with	some	natural	sweetener
such	as	agave	nectar,	stevia,	or	honey.

4.
Cover	and	chill	overnight.	Serve	well	chilled.Raspberry	Hibiscus	Refresher
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	8)

Ingredients

1.
4	cups	boiling	water

1.
8	hibiscus	tea	bags

1.
1/2	cups	agave	nectar

1.
2	cups	sparkling	apple	cider,	well-chilled

Directions

1.
Pour	boiling	water	over	tea	bags.	Cover	and	steep	for	10	minutes.	Now
discard	tea	bags.

2.
Stir	in	agave	nectar.	Now	chill	until	ready	to	serve.	Pour	in	sparkling	cider;
serve	over	ice	cubes.Ginger	Orange	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	8)

Ingredients

1.
4	tea	bags

1.
6	cups	boiling	water

1.
4	orange	tea	bags

1.
1/2	lemon,	juiced

1.
1/2	cup	honey

1.
1-inch	ginger	root,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
Cold	water,	as	needed

Directions

1.
Place	tea	bags	and	boiling	water	in	a	large-sized	jar;	then,	steep	about	30
minutes.

2.
Remove	tea	bags	and	stir	in	remaining	ingredients.
	3.
Lastly,	allow	to	chill	in	the	refrigerator.	Serve	well	chilled	over	ice	and
enjoy!Cherry	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	8)

Ingredients

1.
3	(11.5-ounce)	bottles	cherry	nectar

1.
2	quarts	brewed	green	tea

1.
1/4	cup	fresh	lemonade

1.
Agave	nectar,	to	t


’ s not more air. What we need is more
carbon dioxide.•       •       •
More than a century ago, a baggy-eyed Danish physiologist named
Christian Bohr discovered this in a laboratory in Copenhagen. By his early
30s, Bohr had earned degrees in medicine and physiology and was working
at the University of Copenhagen. He was fascinated with respiration; he
knew that oxygen was the cellular fuel and that hemoglobin was the
transporter. He knew that when oxygen went into a cell, carbon dioxide
came out.
But Bohr didn’ t know why  this exchange took place. Why did some
cells get oxygen more easily than others? What directed billions of
hemoglobin molecules to release oxygen at just the right place at the right
time? How did breathing really work?
He began experimenting. Bohr gathered chickens, guinea pigs, grass
snakes, dogs, and horses, and measured how much oxygen the animals
consumed and how much carbon dioxide they produced. Then he drew
blood and exposed it to dif ferent mixtures of these gases. Blood with the
most carbon dioxide in it (more acidic) loosened oxygen from hemoglobin.
In some ways, carbon dioxide worked as a kind of divorce lawyer, a go-
between to separate oxygen from its ties so it could be free to land another
mate.
This discovery explained why certain muscles used during exercise
received more oxygen than lesser -used muscles. They were producing more
carbon dioxide, which attracted more oxygen. It was supply on demand, at a
molecular level. Carbon dioxide also had a profound dilating ef fect on
blood vessels, opening these pathways so they could carry more oxygen-
rich blood to hungry cells. Breathing less allowed animals to produce more
ener gy, more ef ficiently.
Meanwhile, heavy and panicked breaths would pur ge carbon dioxide.
Just a few moments of heavy breathing above metabolic needs could cause
reduced blood flow to muscles, tissues, and or gans. W e’d feel light-headed,
cramp up, get a headache, or even black out. If these tissues were denied
consistent blood flow for long enough, they’d break down.
—
In 1904, Bohr published a paper called “Concerning a Biologically
Important Relationship—The Influence of the Carbon Dioxide Content ofBlood on Its Oxygen Binding.” It was a sensation among scientists and
inspired a flurry of new research into this long-misunderstood gas. Soon
after, Y andell Henderson, the director of the Laboratory of Applied
Physiology at Y ale, began his own set of experiments. Henderson too had
spent the last several years studying metabolism, and, like Bohr, he was
convinced that carbon dioxide was as essential to the body as any vitamin.
“ Although clinicians still find it hard to believe, oxygen is in no sense a
stimulant to living creatures,” Henderson would write in the Cyclopedia of
Medicine. “If a fire is supplied with pure oxygen instead of air, it burns with
enormously augmented intensity. But when a man or animal breathes
oxygen, or [air] enriched with oxygen, no more of that gas is consumed, no
more heat is produced and no more carbon dioxide is exhaled than when air
alone is breathed.”
For a healthy body, overbreathing or inhaling pure oxygen would have
no benefit, no ef fect on oxygen delivery to our tissues and or gans, and
could actually create a state of oxygen deficiency, leading to relative
suf focation. In other words, the pure oxygen a quarterback might huf f
between plays, or that a jet-lagged traveler might shell out 50 dollars for at
an airport “oxygen bar,” are of no benefit. Inhaling the gas might increase
blood oxygen levels one or two percent, but that oxygen will never make it
into our hungry cells. W e’ll simply breathe it back out. *
T o prove his point, over the years Henderson conducted a number of
awful experiments on dogs that are about as dif ficult to read about as
Harvold’ s awful experiments on monkeys.
He placed individual dogs on a table in his laboratory and inserted a
tube into their throats, fitting their faces with a rubber mask. At the end of
the tube was a hand bellows. The contraption allowed Henderson to control
how much air each dog took in and how often. He’d connected the tube
from the dogs’ throats to a bottle of ether, which would anesthetize them
during the course of the experiment. A suite of instruments recorded heart
rate, carbon dioxide, oxygen levels, and more.
As Henderson pumped the bellows faster and faster, he watched heart
rates of the animals quickly increase from 40 up to 200 or more beats per
minute. The dogs would eventually have so much oxygen flowing through
their arteries, with so little carbon dioxide to of fload it, that muscles,
tissues, and or gans began failing. Some dogs would spasm uncontrollablyor drift into a coma. If Henderson kept pumping more air in, the animals
became so full of oxygen and so deficient in carbon dioxide that they died.
Henderson killed dogs with their own breath.
W ith the dogs that survived, he would pump the bellows slower and
watch as their heart rates immediately decreased to 40 beats per minute. It
wasn’ t the act of breathing that sped up and slowed the dogs’ heart rates; it
was the amount of carbon dioxide flowing through the bloodstream.
Henderson then forced the dogs to breathe just slightly  harder than
normal, just above their metabolic needs, so that their heart rates were
mildly elevated and carbon dioxide levels a little deficient. This was a
condition of mild hyperventilation common in humans.
The dogs grew agitated, confused, anxious, and glassy-eyed. The slight
overbreathing was inducing the same confused state that occurred during
altitude sickness or panic attacks. Henderson administered morphine and
other drugs to slow the animals’ heart rates closer to normal. The drugs
worked partly because, as Henderson observed, they helped raise carbon
dioxide levels.
But there was another way to restore the animals to health: let them
breathe slowly. Whenever Henderson lowered the respiratory rate in
accordance with the dogs’ normal metabolism—from breathing 200 times a
minute to a normal rate—all the twitching, stupors, and anxiety went away.
The animals stretched out and relaxed, their muscles loosened, and a
peacefulness washed over them.
“Carbon dioxide is the chief hormone of the entire body; it is the only
one that is produced by every tissue and that probably acts on every or gan,”
Henderson later wrote. “Carbon dioxide is, in fact, a more fundamental
component of living matter than is oxygen.”
•       •       •
I spent three days with Olsson in Stockholm. W e pored over tables and
graphs and talked about Bohr and Henderson and other storied pulmonauts.
By the end of my trip, I finally understood how my own view of breathing
had been so limited, and so wrong, for so many years. And I finally
understood how Olsson had become so obsessed with this line of research,
why he’d given up his life as a software tycoon and downgraded to a tiny
apartment, surrounded by shelves of biochemistry textbooks, sleep tape,and carbon dioxide tanks. Why he’d spent so many months recording how
carbon dioxide levels changed inside his body with each new breathing
technique, how it af fected his blood pressure and his ener gy and stress
levels.
I understood why only one person showed up for the first conference he
held on breathing, in 2010, and why, after honing his message and building
his research base, he was now something of a Swedish media star who
filled auditoriums, his grinning, perpetually tanned, rom-com face popping
up on newspapers, magazines, and nightly news shows. In these interviews,
he championed the therapeutic ef fects of nasal breathing and beseeched
audiences with the same message of slow breathing.
I returned home to San Francisco, and Olsson and I kept in contact.
Every few weeks I’d get a new email or a Skype call about some new long-
lost scientific discovery he’d just unearthed in a medical library. He’d
continued his self-experimentation too, always seeking to use his own body
to prove the power of breathing and wonders of the “metabolic waste
product,” carbon dioxide.
This is how Olsson ended up, a year after our first meeting, in my living
room in San Francisco with a face mask V elcroed to his head and an EKG
electrode clipped to his ear.
•       •       •
“Could you hand me the oximeter, please?” Olsson says again across the
table.
W e’ve just finished our afternoon testing, and Olsson is restrapping
himself into the BreathIQ, a prototype of a device that measures carbon
dioxide, ammonia, and other elements in the exhaled breath. He clips a
pulse oximeter on his finger and starts counting down the seconds.
Maybe it’ s the carbon dioxide and nitric oxide boost from nasal
breathing, but we’re feeling punchy today. In addition to the five grand we
dropped to take before-and-after X-rays and blood and pulmonary function
tests at Stanford, Olsson and I also managed to amass several thousand
dollars’ worth of equipment at the home lab. W e’ve spent two weeks
running tests and have yet to push the throttle on


 fuels used, wasteful packaging, factory farming, irradiation, genetic
engineering, food safety, pesticides, animal welfare and the accumulated
ef fect th ese factors are having on  the health of both the environment and the
individuals consuming factory food.
But for me, it is simple: get to know the guy who raises the turnips and you
will eat better and probably be healthier.
An apple is an apple, right?
In a wor d: no. Y ou don’ t have to know the genealogy of plants to eat well,
but you do need  to know that every fruit and every vegetable yo u eat is one
of perhaps dozens, hundreds or even thousands of varieties that we have to
choose from. For example, some estimates put the number of apple varieties
worldwide at a whopping 7,500; there is a unique variety of Greek fava
bean tha t clings to life nowhere else in the world but on the island of
Santorini; and Prince Louis Albe rt de Broglie grows more than 600 kinds of
heritage tomatoes at his château in the Loire V alley. W e definitely need to
know that there is more out there than Granny Smith and Delicious.
So why is our choice in apples  limited to four or five varieties? Factory
farms, distributo rs and lar ge chain supermarkets are only interested in
narrowing the choice to what is easy: easy to grow, harves t, transport,
purchase, display and sell. Their concerns run counter to our concerns. By
becoming more aware of the pla nts we might enjoy, we can start asking for
a wider variety of plant food and, perhaps more importantly, we will
become engage d in the issues surrounding the preservation of diversity
along with heritage varieties.In my view, genetically altered seeds or copyrighted seeds or plants bred to
produce sterile seeds are not in our best interest—in fact, they only reward
the chemical companies that invent them.
There is  one more reason to search out local, seasonal varieties: it forces us
to exper iment w ith plants and v arieties we may not have taste d. The first
time I bit into a wedge of green Zebra tomato, I was instantly  transported
back 40 years to  the front porch  of my parents’ home on a sweltering late-
September even ing. The true tomato essence of that one bite communicated
the s mell of slig htly burnt toast spread with old nippy cheddar c heese (from
a fo il-lined wooden box, not a plastic tub), the sound of a W orld Series
game on  the radio and the aromatic flavour of my father ’ s  purple-red
beefsteak, carved into thick slabs and sprinkled with salt and pepper. Up
until tha t mome nt, I had for gott en the fragrance and taste of real tomatoes
and the sound of baseball on a transistor radio.
—Pat Cr ockerA b o u t  t h e  P h o t o g r a p h s
Like the recipes in this book, all  of the food photographs are of real food in
real reci pes. They were shot in  my kitchen either prior to, during or just
after a recipe was tested. If a spoon is askew, it is because I dropped it to
grab the camera. If the raspberry curd in the tiramisù is starting to ooze out
of the layers, it is because I didn’ t thicken it and pipe it into the layers using
a pastry bag in o rder to get a perfectly straight line. Y ou would n’ t resort to
the things that food stylists do in order to capture the one perfect slice,
scoop o r slab, so I have not employed artificial styling techni ques in the
photographs on these pages. Instead, what I hope has been transferred
through both the recipes and their photographs is a love for the integrity of
the food and a desire to preserve its essence.P r e s e r v i n g  B a s i c s
FOOD SPOILS BECAUSE OF BACTERIA,  yeasts or moulds in the soil,
in the food, in the air or on kitchen tools and equipment surfaces. This is a
natural p rocess t hat happens even if fresh fruit and vegetables are stored in
the refrigerator. The goal of preserving is to control moisture, acid, nutrients
and war m temperatures so that deteriorating agents are deprived of what
they need to work their destruction.
Preserving methods such as salting or immersing in vinegar or heavy sugar
syrups have been used for centuries, but the canning process was
discovered as a result of the N apoleonic W ars in the early 1 9th century.
Canning does two things: it sterilizes both the container and the food by
using he at, and it hermetically s eals the container so that micro-or ganisms
do not contaminate the food after it has been sterilized.
Essential:  I t is im portant to wash produce  (even or ganic produce) because
that is the first step in reducing bacteria, yeasts and moulds, as well as in
keeping food fresh. W ashing removes contaminants, including dust, soil,
lar ge numbers of micro-or ganisms and or ganic matter, and it is a critical
first step in the sterilization process.
Pr eserving the Harvest
Produce does not improve wit h preserving, so use only fres h, just-ripe,
blemish-free fruit and vegetables. I try to clear my kitchen and my work
schedule before going to marke t so that I have the rest of the day (perhaps
even the  next day as well) to enjoy the preserving ritual that comes with
seasonal produce.
Essential:  H arvest  or purchase fruit and vegetables at the peak of ripenes s,
and eat or preserve immediately or, at the most, within one or two days.If yo u c an’ t pre serve immediate ly, chill produce right away an d keep it in
the refri gerator at 32°F (0°C). B ring a cooler or insulated bags and a block
of ice for transp orting ingredien ts home from the market or pick-your -own
farm. Al l produce is heat sensitive, but berries, asparagus, green s and other
tender fruit and vegetables are particularly vulnerable.
Fruit and vegetables (zucchini in particular) all produce a glut—they ripen
all at once—and  flood the gard en and markets, begging to be  dealt with
immediately. Kn owing what is “in season” each month is the k ey to being
able to drop everything in order to preserve at the peak of harvest.
Acidity of Foods
Fruit and  vegetables are considered to be either high or low in acid, and it is
the a cid content that determines  the method used to process them for long-
term storage.
High-acid foods  can be safely heat processed in boiling wate r. High-acid
foods ar e foods with a pH of 4.6  or lower. Most fruits, jams, jellies and fruit
spreads are high-acid. Some f ruits, such as figs, and some vegetables,
notably tomatoe s, are not quite  acid, but when vinegar or lemon juice is
added, they may be safely processed in a boiling water canner for a
specified length of time.
Low-acid foods must be heat processed in a pressure canner because the
bacteria that thrive on them are resistant to the temperature of boiling water
processing (212 °F/100°C). V eg etables, meats, poultry and seafood soups,
stews, sauces, dips and vegetable spreads, or any foods with a pH higher
than 4.6 are low-acid foods.
Pectin
All land  plants contain pectin in their cell walls. Pectin is m ade up of a
complex set of polysaccharides (carbohydrate) essential to binding cells
together. Due to the gel-like nature of some forms of pectin, they are
considered to be a soluble fibre that has been shown to re duce blood
cholesterol levels in humans.Apples and crabapples, quinces, plums, currants, gooseberries, cranberries,
oranges and other citrus fruits (r ind and pips) contain high levels  of the type
of pectin  perfec t for jelly makin g. Soft fruits, like cherries, raspberries and
strawberries, have relatively low pectin levels.
Pectin in  the high-yielding plant s is the substance that makes preserves jell,
or firm up. In the past, the fir st step in making a fruit preserve was to
extract t he pecti n from one or a combination of the high-pectin  fruits. This
extraction process involved boiling high-pectin fruits to a mash and then
straining the juice in a couple o f stages. Pectin in the juice was then added
to low-p ectin fruit like strawberries to make jam, jelly, spreads and other
fruit preserves.
Commercially made pectin is available in powder and liquid for m, and now
“low sug ar” pectin is sold, which allows for a reduced amount of sugar to
be u sed in jams and other traditionally sweet preserves. Made from apples
or citrus fruits, commercial pectin (there are several brands available) is
similar to homemade pectin, except that it


 decision, and while I don’t like it, I’m still import-
ant.” R. D. Laing’s Knots  sums up the process of internalizing others’
thoughts and equating them with one’s self-worth.
My mother loves me.
I feel good.
I feel good because she loves me.FIRST LOVE  / 31My mother does not love me.
I feel bad.
I feel bad because she does not love me.
I am bad because I feel bad.
I feel bad because I am bad.
I am bad because she does not love me.
She does not love me because I am bad.*
The habits of thought of childhood are not easily outgrown. Your
own self-image may still be based upon others’ perceptions of you.
While it is true that your original self-profiles were learned from the
opinions of adults, it is not true that you must carry them around
with you forever. Yes, it is tough to shed those old shackles and
wipe clean those unhealed scars, but hanging onto them is even
tougher when you consider the consequences. With mental practice
you can make some self-loving choices that will amaze you.
Who are the folks who are good at loving? Are they self-demolish-
ing in their behavior? Never. Do they put themselves down and hide
in the corner? Not so. Getting good at giving and receiving love
starts at home, with you, with a vow to end any low self-esteem
behaviors that have become a way of life.
Tuning into Self-Acceptance
First you must destroy the myth that you have one single self-
concept, and that it is either positive or negative all of the time. You
have many self-images, and they vary from moment to moment. If
you were asked, “Do you like yourself?” you might be inclined to
lump all of your negative self-thoughts together into a collective
“No.” Breaking down the areas of dislike into specifics will give you
definite goals to work on.
*R. D. Laing, Knots  (New York: Vintage Books, 1970), p. 9.32 / Your Erroneous ZonesYou have feelings about yourself physically, intellectually, socially
and emotionally. You have an opinion about your abilities in music,
athletics, art, mechanical undertakings, writing and on and on. Your
self-portraits are as numerous as your activities, and through all of
these behaviors there is always YOU, the person that you either ac-
cept or reject. Your self-worth, that friendly ever-present shadow,
your consultant for personal happiness and personal mastery, must
be unrelated to your self-assessments. You exist. You are human.
That is all you need. Your worth is determined by you, and with no
need for an explanation to anyone. And your worthiness, a given,
has nothing to do with your behavior and feelings. You may not like
your behavior in a given instance, but that has nothing to do with
your self-worth. You can choose to be worthy to yourself forever,
and then get on with the task of working on your self-images.
Loving Your Body
It all begins with the physical you. Do you like your body? If you
answered no, try breaking it down into its component parts. Make
a list of the items that you find objectionable. Starting at the top:
your hair, your forehead, eyes, eyelids, cheeks. Do you like your
mouth, nose, teeth and neck? How about your arms, fingers, breasts
and stomach? Make a long list. Include the innards as well. Your
kidneys, spleen, arteries and femurs. Now go to the obscure ingredi-
ents that make up you. How about your Rolandic fissure, cochlea,
pinna, adrenal glands and uvula? You’ve got to make a very long
list to check yourself out thoroughly. You don’t have a nice body;
you are your body; and disliking it means not accepting yourself as
a human being.
Perhaps you do have some physical attributes you dislike. If they
are parts of your body which can be changed, make changing them
one of your goals. If your stomach is too big or yourFIRST LOVE  / 33hair the wrong color for you, you can see them as choices you made
in an earlier present moment, and make new present-moment de-
cisions about them. Those parts which you disapprove and which
cannot be changed (legs too long, eyes too narrow, breasts too small
or too large) can be viewed in a new light. Nothing is too anything,
and long legs are no better or worse than hair or non-hair. What you
have done is bought contemporary society’s definition of beauty.
Don’t let others dictate what will be attractive to you. Decide to like
the physical you and declare it as worthy and attractive to you,
thereby rejecting the comparisons and opinions of others. You can
decide what is pleasing and make nonacceptance of yourself a thing
of the past.
You are a human being. Human beings have certain odors, make
certain sounds and have certain growths of hair. But society and
industry send out certain messages about the human physical con-
dition. Be ashamed of these human characteristics, they say. Learn
masking behavior—especially if you mask the real you with our
product. Don’t accept yourself; hide the real you.
You can’t get through an hour of television without getting the
message. The advertisements that bombard you daily tell you to be
contemptuous of the way your mouth, underarms, feet, skin and
even genitals smell. “Change to our product and feel real and natural
again.” As if the way you are is unnatural and you should go around
sending out cosmetic odors in order to like yourself better. So you
deodorize each orifice with the right smelling stuff, because you
don’t accept a part of yourself that exists in all human beings.
I know of a thirty-two-year-old man, Frank, who has learned to
reject all of his bodily functions labeling them as disgusting and
unmentionable. Frank is compulsively clean about his body to the
point of being uncomfortable whenever he sweats, and he expects
the same kind of starchy-clean behavior from his wife and children.
He rushes for the shower to rid himself of any of-34 / Your Erroneous Zonesfensive odors after mowing the lawn or playing a set of tennis.
Moreover, he cannot have sex unless both he and his wife shower
before and after. He cannot tolerate his own normal body odors, nor
can he live with anyone who is more accepting of himself. Frank
sprays his bathroom, uses a multitude of cosmetic products to keep
himself smelling good, and he is concerned about anyone else dis-
liking him when he becomes human and begins smelling like one.
Frank has learned to reject his natural body functions and odors. He
has adopted attitudes that reflect personal self-rejection, by either
being embarrassed or apologetic whenever he allows his body to be
natural. But being human means having many natural odors, and
the person who is working at self-love and self-acceptance is in no
way offended by his natural self. In fact, if Frank were to be totally
honest about himself, and wiped out the learned messages of self-
rejection, he might even be able to admit to enjoying his own body
and all of the glorious odors it is capable of producing. While he
might not wish to share those odors with others, he would at least
be able to accept them in himself, tell himself that he, in fact, likes
them, and experience no shame around others.
Self-acceptance means liking the entire physical you, and elimin-
ating those cultural impositions to be proper or to merely tolerate
your body when it behaves other than in a cosmetic fashion. This
doesn’t mean you have to go around flaunting yourself, but it does
mean that you can learn to take private pleasure in being you.
Many women have accepted the cultural dispatches and behave
in ways that they are supposed to when it comes to their own bodies.
Shave your legs and underarms, deodorize yourself everywhere,
perfume your body with foreign odors, sterilize your mouth, make
up your eyes, lips, cheeks, pad your bra, spray your genitals with
the appropriate bouquet and falsify your fingernails. The implication
is that there is something unpleasant about the natural you, the es-
sentially human you, andFIRST LOVE  / 35only by becoming artificial can you become attractive. That’s the
saddest part, that the end product is a fraudulent you that takes the
place of the natural self you carry around with you for most of your
life. You are being encouraged to reject that beautiful you. That ad-
vertisers would encourage you to do this is understandable in light
of profits to be made, but that you would buy the products is less
easy to understand in view of the fact that you’re choosing to throw
away the real you. You can stop hiding the beautiful, natural you.
Thus if you choose to use cosmetic aids of any kind, it will not be
based on disliking what you are covering up, but for reasons of
novelty or personal fulfillment. Being honest with yourself in this
realm is not easy, and it takes time to learn to distinguish what
pleases us from what the advertising business says should please
us.
Choosing More Positive Self-Images
It is possible to make the same kind of choices with all of your
self-images. You can choose to think of yourself as


 the mother's body
and the father’s seed often lack the resources of vitamins and nutrients to create a strong and robust
child. After the child is born, during his or her first few years of life, he or she goes through very
rapid stages of growth. This growth occurs in spurts and during these growth spurts there is an
additional need for vitamins and minerals. The body stores nutrients for these growth spurts, and then
grows quickly as it uses nutrient stores. During these rapid growth spurts, if nutrients are missing in
body, the needed minerals and building blocks are pulled from the teeth. Another cause of tooth decayis when children are fed too many sweet foods and their body chemistry falls out of balance, resulting
in tooth destruction.
Weak Teeth from Birth
Dr. Mellanby’s experiments on canine teeth reveal the effect of a pregnancy diet on children’s teeth..
Weak, or hypoplastic, teeth in young children is a common problem which is related to the diet of the
mother during pregnancy. Female dogs that were fed a good diet during pregnancy had puppies that
even when given a poor diet, were highly immune to cavities because they had been born with well-
built teeth. When female dogs were fed a poor diet during pregnancy, and their puppies were given a
poor diet, the puppies usually formed cavities because the teeth were weak since birth.
17
 This
demonstrates that the conditions before and during pregnancy can substantially affect how susceptible
your child is to tooth decay now. The good news is that even weak teeth can be made strong, but the
diet of a child with weak teeth will need to be more closely monitored than that of a child born with
strong teeth.Dietary Keys for Remineralizing Tooth Decay in Young Children
Healing children’s cavities is essentially the same as healing adult cavities.

Add fat-soluble vitamins into the diet, particularly vitamins A, D and Activator X.
Increase dietary minerals particularly calcium and phosphorous.
Balance blood sugar with low sugar meals and adequate levels of protein throughout the day.
Avoid toxic and denatured foods; avoid whole grain foods with bran.
One nutritional requirement for infant health is iron. Many times mothers who are vegan, vegetarian,
or eat little meat, are the mothers of children who have severe childhood tooth decay. In considering
the cause of my daughter's tooth decay, I point to the mostly vegetarian diet followed by Michelle and
myself, before and during pregnancy. Thankfully, we occasionally ate fish. Breast milk does not have
any viable amount of iron and after six months of age the infant has exhausted her body’s iron stores.
Not by coincidence, this is the age when infants can eat their first foods. Most likely, feeding infants
and toddlers mashed vegetables and fruit does not provide adequate absorbable iron. As a result,
their blood does not remain strong and they lose their ability to grow healthy teeth.
Feeding young children pre-chewed or blended grass-fed liver, grass-fed lamb, grass-fed beef, or
fresh clams from clean waters will help provide them with adequate amounts of utilizable iron. How
you prepare the food for your child is your choice. A majority of people will want to offer their
children cooked vegetables and cooked proteins. This is fine, especially in the form of soups and
stews with bone broth. Just as with adults you will want to avoid feeding your child too many raw,
cellulose-rich vegetables. You can do this by cooking vegetables or juicing them (provided you
understand which vegetables are low in anti-nutrients when raw like celery, cucumber, parsley and
cilantro). A few parents like to go the raw or rare route for dairy and animal proteins; this is also
fine. Use your best judgment and the feeding principles that you feel comfortable with. As long as
your child can digest the food properly, it will add to his health.
A Food guide for Halting Childhood Tooth Decay
Young children can be finicky eaters. I follow the principle of never forcing children to eat anything.
However sometimes they need strong encouragement to eat certain foods we know are good for them
to help shift their metabolism and body chemistry in a new direction. Encouraging children to drink
milk for strong bones and good health used to be a habit in the United States when the milk was farm
fresh and usually raw. That habit died as the quality of milk deteriorated.
Fat-Soluble Vitamins Every Day
You will want to ensure that your child receives the important fat-soluble vitamins for teeth every day
as discussed in chapter three on fat-soluble vitamins. I recommend the Blue Ice™ Royal Blend
because it is so easy to give the fat-soluble vitamins they need. The amount of Blue Ice™ Royal
Blend from Green Pasture (can be purchased at
codliveroilshop.com
) you give to your child depends
on the health, nutrient deficiency, and weight of your child. You will need to use your best judgment
based upon the dosage of a teenager. For severe cavities a teenager or adult dosage is ½ of ateaspoon of a mixture of cod liver oil and butter oil 2-3 times per day to comprise a total of 1 to 1½
teaspoons per day.
You will need to adjust these daily doses based on your intuition or with the guidance of a health
practitioner. These are based upon weight of your child.
Estimated daily dosages of the butter and fermented cod liver oil mixture:

25 pounds: ¼ teaspoon per day
35 pounds: 1/3 teaspoon per day
45 pounds: ½ teaspoon per day
55 pounds: 2/3 teaspoon per day
If you want or need to use other sources of fat-soluble vitamins then you will want to give your child
as much as they like to eat of vitamin A-rich foods like liver, vitamin D-rich foods like egg yolks and
lots of oily fish, and Activator X-rich foods like yellow butter. Bone marrow and fish eggs also are
excellent sources of fat-soluble vitamins for healing children’s cavities. For added fat-soluble
nutrient support my family uses fermented skate liver oil. Skate liver oil offers some unique vitamins
that seem to strengthen the overall health of many children.
Excellent Foods

Feed these foods to your children in proportion to their appetite for them. You can also take
advice from the tooth decay healing food suggestions in chapter five. Below is a summary of
some foods that can be especially helpful to have in your diet.
Bone broths or homemade soups and gravies made with them are excellent for children.
Raw grass-fed whole fat milk, butter, cream and cheese. Cheese is particularly dense in calcium
and phosphorous.
Soft-boiled pastured eggs or yolks, or raw eggs in a smoothie.
Cooked or raw fish is especially potent in reducing tooth decay. Include oysters and clams.
Delicately cooked grass-fed beef and/or lamb.
Tallow, duck fat, or lard from grass-fed animals.
Wild-caught fish eggs.
Balancing Foods

Feed your child fermented foods such as fermented sweet potatoes, sauerkraut, yogurt and kefir
to help balance digestion.
Cooked vegetables, such as zucchini, string beans, kale, and chard. Add plenty of butter and/or
cream.
Seaweeds of every sort; they are high in macro and trace minerals.
Vegetable juice if you know which vegetables do not contain anti-nutrients or the Ayurvedic
green cooked vegetable soup or smoothie.Foods to Avoid

Avoid all packaged food and processed baby and children’s food. Make all of your baby food at
home.
Do not serve any processed foods on the “avoid list” in chapter 6.
Avoid infant formula. Use raw milk or bone broth formula instead.
Whole grains, oatmeal, breakfast cereals and granola.
Refined sweeteners containing fructose.
Vaccines and pharmaceuticals.
Foods to Limit and Be Aware Of
How strict you need to be with your child’s diet really has to do with how severe their cavities are.
For children with active and severe decay, limit sweet foods to one meal per day or omit altogether.
Make sure the sweet food is natural…like fruit. When they are healthy, more fruits are acceptable, but
you must pay close attention to how fruit consumption affects their health. Do not give your child
sweetened foods and fruits throughout the day, as this will cause excess blood sugar fluctuations. You
will notice that many store-bought baby foods are made with fruits that are very sweet.
Natural sweets that can promote tooth decay.
 Any natural sweetener such as cane sugar, stevia,
maple syrup, unheated honey, bananas, sweet apples, oranges, grapes, peaches, pineapples, cherries,
dates, raisins, dried fruit, and other very sweet fruits that are not listed here.
Potatoes.
 Potatoes that are not fermented may contribute to tooth decay.
Beans.
 It is unclear whether beans in the diet of young children supports their health.
Safer sweet fruits.
 Cooked fruit seems to be better than raw fruit in terms of sugar content. We use
fruits like berries, pears, kiwis, and apples sparingly. If you have been feeding your child sweet
foods frequently, such as maple syrup at breakfast, honey at lunch, and fruit and ice-cream at dinner,
then your child might have a detoxification response to having the sugar removed. As with quitting a
powerful drug, he will have to experience some discomfort and may protest as his body adjusts to a
healthier diet.
Vegetables.
 While vegetables are a balancing food, never force your child to eat vegetables. Cooked
and raw vegetables may have nutrients that are difficult for some children to utilize


	Prior	to	the	test,	although	I	had	some	serious	allergy	problems,	I
was	still	able	to	function	relatively	normally;	afterward,	I	was	seriously	ill	and
almost	completely	dysfunctional.
Years	later,	another	physician—one	considerably	better	informed—gave	me	a
meaningful	description	of	what	had	happened	to	me.	He	described	my	state	ofcompromised	health	as	rather	like	standing	on	the	edge	of	a	precipice.	My
allergist	did	not	recognize	my	vulnerability	and	the	need	to	work	initially	with
nutritional	support	and	conservative	treatments	to	back	me	away	from	that	edge.
The	allergist’s	decision	to	administer	a	provocative	test	pushed	me	off	the
precipice	and	into	an	abyss	of	catastrophic	health	decline.
Ten	months	later,	I	was	still	in	that	abyss	of	illness	and	anxiety,	with	my
health	in	a	downward	spiral.	In	the	past,	whenever	I	had	been	sick,	I	had	always
recovered	in	a	matter	of	days	or	weeks.	This	time	was	different	indeed.	I
experienced	chronic	fatigue,	multiple	chemical	sensitivities	and	allergic
reactions	to	almost	everything.	I	also	developed	several	autoimmune	syndromes,
including	Sjogren’s	syndrome,	Hashimoto’s	thyroiditis	and	lupus.	In	these
syndromes,	the	immune	system	attacks	the	body’s	own	tissues,	causing	a
cascade	of	serious	problems.	In	my	case,	my	immune	system	was	attacking	my
salivary	glands,	lachrymal	glands,	thyroid	gland,	kidneys	and	connective	tissue.	I
had	an	extensive	list	of	debilitating	symptoms	including	dizziness,	impaired
memory,	depression,	heart	palpitations,	blurred	vision,	muscle	and	joint	pain,
diarrhea,	bloating,	nausea,	numbness	and	even	seizures.	I	was	unable	to	perform
any	meaningful	activity.	My	health	was	gone,	and	life,	as	I	had	known	it,	was
over.
During	those	ten	nightmarish	months,	I	visited	thirty-six	medical	doctors.	I
had	so	many	different	symptoms	that	I	was	referred	to	specialists	for	each	one,
including	ophthalmologists,	gastroenterologists,	neurologists,	endocrinologists,
cardiologists,	allergists,	rheumatologists,	psychiatrists,	internists	and
immunologists.	Being	bounced	from	one	specialist	to	another,	sometimes	seeing
two	or	even	three	in	a	day,	was	very	frustrating.	I	certainly	heard	plenty	of
second,	third	and	fourth	opinions,	often	conflicting,	but	none	particularly
helpful.	My	multitude	of	symptoms	totally	baffled	those	learned	specialists.
(How	much	easier	it	would	have	been	had	they	known	what	I	know	now:	that
there	is	only	one	disease	and	that	symptoms	are	not	important.)	They	performed
many	expensive	diagnostic	tests,	which	served	little	purpose	other	than	to	give
fancy	names	to	my	symptoms,	such	as	neuropathy,	colitis,	arrhythmia,
arthralgia,	keratitis	sicca,	thyroiditis	and	others.
They	were	merely	describing	my	symptoms	with	a	technical	name,	the	usual
diagnosing,	and	then	sending	a	bill.	A	few	suggested	that	I	was	a	hypochondriac,
imagining	ill	health.	Many	physicians	assume	that	if	they	do	not	understand
what	is	wrong,	the	patient	must	be	imagining	his	illness.	At	the	time,	I	thought
all	of	my	doctors	were	baffled	because	my	case	was	so	complex.	In	the	end,
however,	the	answers	proved	to	be	simple.	The	answers	had	been	there	all	along.One	just	needed	to	know	where	to	look.
From	Bad	to	Worse
As	sick	as	I	was	after	ten	months	of	illness,	things	were	about	to	become
much	worse.	One	of	the	last	physicians	I	went	to	see	made	a	decision	that	nearly
killed	me.	He	prescribed	an	antiparasitic	drug,	metronidazole,	which	turned	out
to	be	heptatoxic	(poisonous	to	the	liver).	I	suffered	a	severe	reaction	to	the	drug.
In	my	weakened	and	chemically	sensitive	condition	I	should	never	have	been
given	this	drug,	as	I	would	later	learn	from	the	medical	literature.	Perhaps	I
should	have	known	better,	given	my	prior	experiences	with	medical	doctors,	but
trusting	the	doctor	and	knowing	of	no	other	options,	I	took	the	drug.
Metronidazole	is	known	to	be	stressful	to	the	liver,	and	my	liver	was	already
under	a	lot	of	stress.	I	could	not	handle	the	additional	toxic	load.	My	liver	failed,
and	I	was	at	death’s	door.
As	I	lay	in	bed,	deathly	ill	with	chemical	hepatitis,	my	weight	dropped	from
an	already	trim	160	pounds	(at	6-foot-2)	to	a	positively	skeletal	120.	I	was	too
weak	even	to	lift	my	head.	My	vital	signs	were	failing,	and	my	physicians
doubted	that	I	would	survive.	Death	appeared	certain.
Had	I	continued	to	rely	on	conventional	medicine,	I	would	not	be	here	today,
and	you	would	not	be	reading	my	story.	As	weak	as	I	was,	something	inside	of
me	was	not	ready	to	let	go—not	without	a	fight.	But	I	did	not	know	where	to
turn	for	help.	As	I	look	back,	I	am	amazed	at	the	chain	of	events	that	saved	my
life	and	allowed	me	to	regain	control	of	my	health.
My	brother,	bless	his	heart,	started	the	process.	During	my	illness,	he	had
flown	across	the	country	to	be	with	me.	He	gave	me	a	book	that	proved
instrumental	in	saving	my	life:	Norman	Cousins’s	bestseller,
Anatomy	of	an
Illness.
In	1964,	Norman	Cousins,	a	layman	with	no	medical	or	scientific
training,	was	diagnosed	with	ankylosing	spondylitis,	a	connective	tissue	disease
that	deteriorates	collagen	(the	“glue”	that	holds	our	cells	together).	Cousins’s
disease	was	literally	causing	his	body	to	fall	apart.	His	illness,	like	mine,	was
deemed	by	his	physicians	to	be	incurable	and	fatal.	Unwilling	to	accept	such	a
prognosis,	Cousins	sought	whatever	knowledge	he	could	to	help	himself.	He
succeeded.	Not	only	did	he	find	ways	to	save	his	own	life;	he	later	became	a
professor	of	medicine	at	UCLA.
Cousins	took	action	in	four	areas.	First,	like	myself,	Cousins	recognized	that
he	was	being	harmed	by	his	medical	treatment.	He	concluded	that	the	drugs	his
physicians	were	prescribing	were	so	toxic	that	they	were	accelerating	hisdecline.	He	stopped	taking	the	drugs.	Second,	he	discovered	the	enormous	power
of	the	mind	over	the	body.	The	excruciating	pain	he	was	experiencing	was
affected	by	his	attitude	toward	the	pain.	By	learning	to	change	his	attitude,	he
could	reduce	his	pain.	Third,	he	found	laughter	to	be	helpful;	ten	minutes	of
genuine,	hearty	laughter	would	cause	his	pain	to	go	away	for	hours.	He	start