nothing to do but convince yourself of the truth
which you desire to see manifested." JACKCANFIELD
It's OK to notice what you don't want, because it gives you
contrast to say, "This is what I do want." But the fact is,
the more you talk about what you don't want, or talk about
how bad it is, read about that all the time, and then say how
terrible it is—well, you're creating more of that
You cannot help the world by focusing on the negative things. As
you focus on the negative events of the world, you not only add to
them, but you bring more negative things into your own life at the
same time. When the pictures have appeared of something you do not want,
it is your cue to change your thinking and emit a new signal. If it
is a world situation, you are not powerless. You have all the power. Focus on everybody being in joy. Focus on abundance of food. Give
your powerful thoughts to what is wanted. You have the ability to
give so much to the world by emitting feelings of love and well-
being, despite what is happening around you. The Secret to the World 145
When I discovered The Secret I made a decision that I would not
watch the news or read newspapers anymore, because it did not
make me feel good. The news services and the newspapers are
not in any way to blame for broadcasting bad news. As a global
community, we are responsible for it. We buy more newspapers
when a huge drama is the headline. The news channels' ratings
skyrocket when there is a national or international disaster. So the
newspapers and news services give us more bad news because, as
a society, that's what we are saying we want. The media is effect,
and we are cause. It is just the law of attraction in action! The news services and newspapers will change what they deliver
to us when we emit a new signal and focus on what we want. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
Learn to become still, and to take your attention away from
what you don't want, and all the emotional charge around it,
and place the attention on what you wish to experience....
Energy flows where attention goes. "Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's
famine feed." JAMES RAY
So many times people say to me, "Well, James, I have to be
informed," Maybe you have to be informed, but you don't
have to be inundated. 146 The Secret
Are you beginning to see the phenomenal power you have in this
world, just through your existence? As you focus on the good
things you feel good, and you are bringing more good things to the
world. At the same time, you are bringing more good things into
your own life. When you feel good you uplift your life, and you
uplift the world! The law is perfection in operation. LISA NICHOLS
It's not your job to change the world, or the people around
you. It's your job to go with the flow inside of the Universe,
and to celebrate it inside the world that exists. You are the master of your life, and the Universe is answering
your every command. Don't become mesmerized by the pictures
that have appeared if they are not what you want. Take respon-
sibility for them, make light of them if you can, and let them go. Then think new thoughts of what you want, feel them, and be
grateful that it is done. DR. JOHN DEMARTINI
I always say, when the voice and the vision on the inside
become more profound, clear, and loud than the opinions
on the outside, you've mastered your life! The Secret to the World 147
DR. JOE VITALE
One of the questions I get asked all the time is if everyone uses
The Secret, and they all treat the Universe like a catalogue,
aren't we going to run out of stuff? Won't everyone just make
a run for it and bust the hank? MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
What's beautiful about the teaching of The Secret is that
there's more than enough to go around for everyone. There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of
humanity. And that lie is, "There's not enough good to go
around. There's lack and there's limitation and there's just
not enough." And that lie has people living in fear, greed,
stinginess. And those thoughts of fear, greed, stinginess,
and lack become their experience. So the world has taken a
nightmare pill. The truth is that there's more than enough good to go around. There's more than enough creative ideas. There's more than
enough power. There's more than enough love. There's more
than enough joy. All of this begins to come through a mind
that is aware of its own infinite nature. 148 The Secret
To think there is not enough is to look at the outside pictures and
think that everything comes from the outside. When you do that,
you will most surely see lack and limitation. You now know that
nothing comes into existence from the outside, and that everything
first comes from thinking and feeling it on the inside. Your mind is
the creative power of all things. So how can there be any lack? It's
impossible. Your ability to think is unlimited, and so the things you
can think into existence are unlimited. And so it is with everyone. When you truly know this, you are thinking from a mind that is
aware of its own infinite nature. JAMES RAY
Every great teacher who has ever walked the planet has told
you that life was meant to be abundant. "The essence of this law is that you must think
abundance; see abundance, feel abundance,
believe abundance. Let no thought of limitation
enter your mind." JOHN ASSARAF
And so just when we think that resources are dwindling, we
find new resources that can achieve the same things. The true story of a Belize oil team is an inspiring example of the
power of the human mind to bring forth resources. The directors The Secret to the World 149
of Belize Natural Energy Limited were trained by the eminent
Dr. Tony Quinn, who specializes in Humanistic Physiology train
ing. With Dr. Quinn's mind power training, the directors were
confident that their mental picture of Belize being a successful oil-
producing country would be achieved. They took a brave step
forward to drill for oil in Spanish Lookout, and in one short year
their dream and vision became a reality. Belize Natural Energy
Limited discovered oil of the highest quality, in abundant flows
where fifty other companies had failed to find any. Belize has be-
come an oil-producing country because an extraordinary team of
people believed in the unlimited power of their mind. Nothing is limited—not resources or anything else. It is only
limited in the human mind. When we open our minds to the un-
limited creative power, we will call forth abundance and see and
experience a whole new world. DR. JOHN DEMARTINI
Even though we say we have lack, it's because we don't open
up our vision and see all of what is around us. DR, JOE VITALE
You know when people start to live from their heart and go for
what they want, they don't go for the same things. That's the
beauty of this. We don't all want BMWs. We don't oil want
the same person. We don't all want the same experiences. We
don't all want the same clothing. We don't all want... (fill in
the blank). 150 The Secret
You are here on this glorious planet, endowed with this wonder-
ful power, to create your life! There are no limits to what you can
create for You, because your ability to think is unlimited! But you
cannot create other people's lives for them. You cannot think for
them, and if you try to force your opinions on others you will
only attract like forces to You. So let all others create the life they
want. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
There's enough for everyone. If you believe it, if you can see it,
if you act from it, it'll show up for you. That's the truth. "If you have any lack, if you are prey to poverty
or disease, it is because you do not believe or
do not understand the power that is yours. It is
not a question of the Universal giving to you. It offers everything to everyone—there is no
partiality." The Universe offers all things to all people through the law of
attraction. You have the ability to choose what you want to ex-
perience. Do you want there to be enough for you and for eve-
ryone? Then choose that and know, "There is abundance of all
things." "There is an unlimited supply." "There is so much mag-
nificence." Each of us has the ability to tap into that unlimited
invisible supply through our thoughts and feelings, and bring it The Secret to the World 151
into our experience. So choose for You, because you're the only
one who can. LISA NICHOLS
Everything that you want—all the joy, love, abundance,
prosperity, bliss— it's there, ready for you to grab ahold of
it. And you've got to get hungry for it. You've got to be
intentional


 the other tribes, in addition to goats' milk. An examination of 2,196 teeth of seventy-seven individuals revealed 160 teeth with caries, or
7.2 per cent. Fifty-three per cent of the individuals had caries. Kasenyi Port, Lake Albert, Belgian Congo. These natives were members of several tribes
surrounding this district who were for the most part temporary residents as laborers. The people
had been living largely on a cereal diet and now during their temporary residence at the port had
had fish. An examination of 1,940 teeth of sixty-three individuals revealed 120 teeth with dental caries, or
6.1 per cent of the teeth. Fifty and eighttenths per cent of the individuals had dental caries. Wanande Tribe, Belgian Congo. This tribe is located at Lubero in Belgian Congo. Their diet
consists largely of bananas, sweet potatoes, cereals and goats' milk. In an examination of 368 teeth of thirteen individuals, there were eight teeth with caries, or 2.2
per cent. Fifteen and four-tenths per cent of the individuals were affected. Baitu Tribe, Nyunge, Ruanda, Belgian Protectorate. This district lies south of Uganda and
east of Belgian Congo proper, northwest of Tanganyika. It lies just east of Lake Kivu. When we
learn that Lake Kivu was only discovered in 1894, even though it is one of the important sources
of the Nile waters, we realize the primitiveness of the people of this and adjoining districts. This
group lives largely on dairy products from cattle and goats, together with sweet potatoes, cereals
and bananas. In a study of 364 teeth of thirteen individuals, not a single tooth was found to have been
attacked by dental caries. Native Hotel Staff at Goina, Belgian Congo. This group consisted of the inside and outside
servants of a tourist hotel on Lake Kivu. An examination of 320 teeth of ten individuals revealed twenty teeth with caries, or 6.3 per cent. It is significant that all of these carious teeth were in the mouth of one individual, the cook. The
others all boarded themselves and lived on native diets. The cook used European foods. Where the members of the African tribes had attached themselves to coffee plantations aad
were provided with the imported foods of white flour, sugar, polished rice and canned goods,
tooth decay became rampant. This is typically illustrated in Fig. 44.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 93/250FIG. 44. Wherever the Africans have aidopted the foods of
modern commerce, dental caries was active, thus destroying
large numbers of the teeth and causing great suffering. The
cases shown here are typical of workers on plantations
which largely use imported foods. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan has an area approximately one-third that of the United States. It is
traversed throughout its length from south to north by the Nile. There are several tribes living along
this great waterway, which are of special interest now owing to their close proximity to Ethiopia. There are wonderful hunters and warriors among them. In hunting they use their long-bladed
spears almost entirely. The shores of the Nile for nearly a thousand miles in this district are lined
with papyrus and other water plants to a depth of from several hundred yards to a few miles. Back
of this area the land rises and provides excellent pasturage for the grazing cattle. These tribes,
therefore, use milk, blood and meat from cattle and large quantities of animal life from the Nile
River. Some of the tribes are very tall, particularly the Neurs. The women are often six feet or
over, and the men seven feet, some of them reaching seven and a half feet in height. I was
particularly interested in their food habits both because of their high immunity to dental caries which
approximated one hundred per cent, and because of their physical development. I learned that
they have a belief which to them is their religion, namely, that every man and woman has a soul
which resides in the liver and that a man's character and physical growth depend upon how well he
feeds that soul by eating the livers of animals. The liver is so sacred that it may not be touched by
human hands. It is accordingly always handled with their spear or saber, or with specially prepared
forked sticks. It is eaten both raw and cooked. Many of these tribes, like the Neurs, wear no clothing and decorate their bodies with various
designs, some of them representing strings of beads produced by putting foreign substances under
the skin in definite order. They have maintained a particularly bitter warfare against the Arab slave
dealers who have come across from the Red Sea coast to carry off the women and children. In
isolated districts even to this day they are suspicious of foreigners. We were told that in one district
adjoining Ethiopia all light skinned people are in danger and cannot safely enter that territory
without a military escort. Terraizeka, Upper Nile, Sudan. These people are tall and live largely on fish and other animal
life. This part of Sudan consists of many districts of great marshland called the sudd. It is covered
with rank papyrus to the height of fifteen to thirty feet. This jungle of rank marsh growth swarms
with a wide variety of animal life, large and small. An examination of 548 teeth of eighteen individuals revealed that not a single tooth had been7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 94/250attacked by dental caries, or 100 per cent immunity. Neurs, Malakal, Sudan. The Neurs at Malakal on the Nile River are a unique tribe because of
their remarkable stature. Many of the women are six feet tall and the men range from six feet to
seven and a half feet in height. Their food consists very largely of animal life of the Nile, dairy
products, milk and blood from the herds. A study of 1,268 teeth of thirty-nine individuals revealed only six teeth with dental caries, or 0.5
per cent. Only three individuals had caries, or 7.7 per cent. Dinkas, Jebelein, Sudan. This tribe lives on the Nile. Its members are not as tall as the Neurs. They are physically better proportioned and have greater strength. They use fish from the Nile and
cereals for their diet. They decorate their bodies profusely with scars. An examination of 592 teeth of twenty-two individuals revealed only one tooth with caries, or
0.2 per cent. Arab Schools at Khartoum and Omdurman, Sudan. The Arabs are the chief occupants of
the territory of Northern Sudan. Omdurman on the west bank of the White Nile opposite
Khartoum is the largest purely Arab city in the world. It has been but slightly influenced by modern
civilization. Khartoum, on the contrary, just across the river from Omdurman and the capital of
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, has districts which are typically modern. These include the government
offices and administration organization. The Arab section of Khartoum has been definitely
influenced by contact with the Europeans. This makes possible a comparative study of similar
groups in the two cities-modernized Khartoum and primitive Omdurman. A study of 1,284 teeth of fifty-two individuals in an Arab school at Khartoum revealed that 59
teeth or 4.7 per cent had been attacked by dental caries, or 44.2 per cent of the individuals
studied. In Omdurman a study of 744 teeth in thirty-one individuals, revealed only nine teeth that had
been attacked by tooth decay, or 1.2 per cent. In this group only two or 6.4 per cent of the
individuals had dental caries. The groups examined were selected with the assistance of the government officials and
consisted of the higher grade pupils in two advanced native schools, one in Khartoum and one in
Omdurman. It is of interest that of the two boys in the Arab school at Omdurman with dental caries one was
the son of a rich merchant and used liberally sweets and European foods. Native Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan. The individuals studied in this institution were from quite
remote areas distributed through Sudan. Some had traveled many days on camels to obtain the
help that the hospital provided. A study of 288 teeth of ten individuals revealed that thirteen had been attacked by tooth decay,
or 4.5 per cent. Ikhlas School, Cairo, Egypt. This is a native school in which the individuals are comparable in
many respects to those in the native schools at Khartoum and Omdurman. Their nutrition is highly
modernized by living in a modern city. A study of 2,092 teeth of eighty-five individuals revealed that 353 teeth or 12.1 per cent had
been attacked by tooth decay. Seventy-five per cent of the individuals of this group had dental
caries. The total number of teeth examined in the preceding groups was 28,438. Of this number, 1,346
were found with dental caries or 4.7 per cent. This represents a total of 1,002 individuals7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
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 I and II,
and two with ovarian carcinoma, one of which was recurrent,
the other, involving both ovaries with marked ascites. The diag
nosis of malignancy was clinically apparent in all five of these
patients. The fact that a negative potential was found in all of
the cases diagnosed as intra-epithelial or preclinical cancer of the
cervix except one, would seem to be of real significance. Disregarding the exceptions noted above, the results suggest
that the technique may be of value as an aid in the early detec
tion of malignancy in the cervix uteri, or in selecting those
patients in whom further study to exclude the presence of malig
nancy seems indicated. 140 1
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TABLE II
T ABLE SHOWING ELECTRO-METRIC FlNDINGS IN BENIGN CONDITIONS
WITH AGE DlSTlU 13UTION
D1AGNOSIS AGE AGE AGE AGE AGE AGE
10-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61 :lI,d over
POS NEG POS NEG POS NEG POS NEG POS NEG POS NEG
Fi[noids 0 0 17 3 59 6 35 6 2 4 1 2
Pid 17 1 58 2 28 2 3 0 0 0 0
Nogyn Pathology 5 0 4 3 0 14 0 7 I 3 2 2 1
Pregnancy 7 1 38 7 18 4 2 I 0 0 0 0
Cervicit is 2. 0 22. 3 2.9 5 33 7 7 5 0 2
Ilcnign Ovarian Cysts 3 1 8 2 6 I 2 1 0 I 0 I
Proliferative or Sec-
retory Endometrium 2 I 20 1 22 2 17 1 I 2 0 0
Hype rplasia of
Endometr ium 2 0 4 1 3 0 7 2 3 1 0 0
Endomet ritis 0 I 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Post Menopausal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 1
Cervical Polyps 0 0 2 2 I 0 3 0 0 1 0 3
Lnd ometrial Polyps 2 0 3 0 4 2 2 1 2 2 0 0
Omlat ion 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 I 0 0 0 0
lndo mctriosis 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Gr,IlHllolUil of External
Genitalia 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fistulae 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Granuloma of Cervix 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atrophic Vaginitis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
: iematrometria 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Leu(oplakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
In considering the findings in patients with benign conditions,
Table II, it should be understood that the diagnosis in all cases
was based on histological examination of tissue. Attention has
been called to the findings of negative potentials similar to the
observations in cancer, which have been observed in women with
post-menopausal bleeding in whom no morphological evidence of
cancer was found. The next most frequent finding of negative
potentials occurred in patients with chronic cervicitis where
squamous metaplasia, marked in some, was reported. It is signi
ficant that in this group of patients, as in post-menopausal bleed
ing cases, the recording of neg] tive potentials was more frequent
in the older age groups where the incidence of cancer is greater. Increasing knowledge of the behaviour of various types of
tissue indicates that invasive cancer does not result from a sudden
141 TABLE III
ELECTR O-METRIC OBSERV ATIONS AFTER OPERATION OR TREATMENT
PATI ENTS WITH FOLLOW-UP
ORIGINAL
No. EMF FINDING
FW 1. '2/5/48 Neg. 41
ES '2. 7/'23 /47 Neg. 34
HH 3. 1/'28/47 Pos. 36
AH 4. 10/'20/4 7 Neg. 48
BM 5. 10/16/47 Neg. 43
KC 6. 10/'27/47 Neg. 46
MG 7. 3/4 /47 Neg. 34
LT 8. 1l/ 19/47 Neg. 51 DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT
Chr. cystie eery. with '2/16/48 Vag. Hyster. squamous metap. Chr. eery. with squamous
metap. Chr. endocerv. with squa
mous metap. Chr. endoce rv. Carcinom a of Cervix 7/15/47 Total Hyster. Bilat. Salpingo-oophor. 1131 /47 Total Hyster. Bilat. Salpingo-oophor. 10/ '2'2/4 7 D&C Removal of
Stump
10/ 17/4 7 Radical Hyster. Bilat. Salpingo-oophor. Wer theim
Radium 67'20 hr. EMF FOLLOW-UP
6/'2'2/4 8 Pos. 1'2/16/4 7 Pas. n/ 11/47 Pos. 5/'2'2/4 7 Neg. 6/23/47 Neg. Squamous cell carcinoma. Stage III 11/ 1'2/4 7 1800 Units 1'2/4 7 6/'23/4 8 Neg. Radium 3360 mg. hr. Carcinom a of cervix Stage
II-III
Squamous cell carcinoma. Stage II Wertheim 5/'26/47 X-ray 1800
Units. Radium colpostals and
cork. 4320 ng. hr. Total Hyster. Post radiation. Atrophy of cervix. 1/'2 '2/47 5/1 /47 Neg. 7/714 7 Neg. 9/1'2/47 Neg. 2/ '26/48 Neg. '214/47 Neg. (12 days after compo
hyster.) MT 9· 1/20/48 Neg. 50
BM 10. 10/8/48 Neg. 48
AT II. 8/'1.1/48 Neg. 28
AS n. n/22./4 7 Pos. 33
RP 13. 5/6/48 Neg. 50
MW 14. 4/19/47 Neg. BL 15. 4/8/48 Neg. CA of Fundus
Sarcoma of Uterus Total Hyster. Bilat. Salpingo- 5/13/48 Neg. oophor· 4/2/48
Supra-cerv. Hyster. Bilat. Sal-12/10/48
pingo-oophor 10/15/48
Intra·epithelial CA of X·ray 8/18/47 6900 R. units. 9/29/47 Pas. Cerv. Stump following Radium '1.760 mg.
Supra-cerv. Hyst. Bilat. Salpingo-oophor 6/28/47
Fibroids
Intra-epithelial CA
Intra-epithelial CA
Intra·epithelial CA Total Hyster. Left Salpingo
oophor. 5/l'l./48
Total Hyster. Bilat. Salpingo
oophor. 5/14/48
Total Hyster. 4/25/4 7 5/18/47 Pas. 6/16/47 Pos. 5/26/48 Pas. Total Hyster. Left Salpingo- 2/10/49 Pas. oophor. SEL ECTED PAPERS
metamorphosis, but is the result of a developmental process. The
relationship squamous metaplasia has to carcinoma of the cervix
uteri is currently controversia l, so that the evaluation of the
electro-m


protection and blessings to you in all ways - always! Respectfully,
Dr. William D. Kelley, D.D.S., M.S. 106
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Metabolic Nutritional Supplementation
Dr. Kelley's m e tabo lic form ulas are produced under his d ire ct
supervision. It is these form ulas that Dr. Kelley's counselees have taken
and used over the past 40 years. They have been helpful to thousands o f
his m e ta b o lic counselees. Additional Metabolic Supplement Formulas
Dr. Kelley uses and recommends various additional metabolic formulations which are
manufactured under his supervisions. Please see the end of this chapter for more
information. Timing of Metabolic
It is far more important than one can possibly realize to take the Metabolic Formulas
at the proper time. The Metabolic Formulas should be taken when the body is in the
proper acid/alkaline balance. Metabolic Formula Cycles
All Metabolic Formulas, except Formulas Mg, must be cycled on and off. The
raw materials for the repair and rebuilding of the body must be cycled. Taking the
Metabolic Formulas during the "O n " cycle provides a saturation of needed nutrients. Stopping the Metabolic Formulas during the "O ff" cycle provides the necessary time
for the body to repair, rebuild and detoxify. "On" Cycle
Take the Metabolic Formulas for 10 or more days, until one becomes toxic, but
no longer than 15 days. Stop If You Feel Sick! If you become Toxic (a 'goopy' sick feeling), ill, nauseated, crabby, have an
elevated temperature, or violent headache Stop taking the Metabolic Formulas. It is
best to stay On your Metabolic Formulas for 10 days. However, when you suffer
negative symptoms anytime after the third day you may Stop taking them at that
point. It is best to continue for 10 days or until toxicity forces one to Stop. 107
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"Off" Cycle
Remain O ff the Metabolic Formulas for 5 days. You must give the body time to
detoxify. Stay O ff the Metabolic Formulas the full 5 days even if you feel well enough
to continue. Give your body time for repair and rebuilding. You must continue your
detoxification program during the "O ff" cycle. You should take one or two enzymes
with meals to assure digestion of food. While "Off" You May Feel Worse
If you feel worse while you are cycling O ff the Metabolic Formulas it means your
body needs them (this is not a toxic reaction) so you should go back On them until
you feel toxic (like you have the flu) and try to go O ff them again in 10 days or when
you become toxic. How Do Enzymes Work? by
Professor Kathy P. Fairbanks, Ph.D. (Em bryology)
Enzymes are normally produced by the pancreas to help digest the food that enters
the small intestine from the stomach. Different kinds of enzymes work on protein, on
fats, or on starch and sugar. By the action of these powerful enzymes, large particles
of protein, fat or starch are broken down into smaller and smaller pieces, until they
are small enough to pass through the wall of the small intestine and be used in the
human body for nourishment. Enzymes remaining in the small intestine serve there to
digest food coming into the intestine from the stomach. These enzymes in the
intestine also can be absorbed through the wall of the small intestine into the body,
and travel in the blood stream to distant locations in the body where they are needed. Why don't these powerful enzymes start dissolving the very tissues that they are
passing through? How can these enzymes travel to the tumor and only digest the
cancer, without harming the person's body in which the cancer is growing? The
secret to how the enzyme can tell the difference between "good tissues and bad
tissues" lies in a difference as small as the difference between your right hand and
your left hand. Almost all the billions of tiny molecules in the body are either right
handed or left-handed. As an example of right and left handedness, let's look at a pair
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of mittens. In a pair of mittens you find one for the right hand and one for the left
hand. They are mirror images of each other, but if you tried to put the right-handed
mitten down on top of the left-handed mitten, they would not match. In a mysterious
way, the human body uses only right-handed sugar molecules but only left-handed
protein molecules. The above paragraph has discussed right-handed sugar molecules and left
handed protein molecules. Logic raises the question where are the mirror image
substances? Where are the left-handed sugar molecules and the right-handed protein
molecules? These are found within the placenta, which is made of trophoblasts. These are also found within the trophoblast-like tumor cells. What difference does
this make for the enzyme trypsin? We know that the enzyme trypsin acts on cooked left-handed proteins and living
(non-cooked) right-handed proteins. Normally, when we eat a meal, the cooked left
handed proteins, which we eat, are digested in the small intestine by the trypsin
released by the pancreas. Trypsin does not act on the organs of the human body,
because these are living left-handed protein. However, trypsin is very effective at
breaking down living right-handed proteins. And where did we say living right
handed proteins could be found? These living right-handed proteins are the substance
comprising the cancerous tumor. So, the trypsin can travel via the bloodstream to the
tumor, and its action there is on the protein mass that makes up the tumor. It breaks
down the protein mass of the tumor and "liquefies" it. As further explanation, this cancerous tumor needs an enzyme with which it can
digest the organ or tissue of the human where the tumor is located. It uses human
tissue as food. To obtain its needed enzyme, the tumor itself makes the enzyme! This
tumor-made enzyme is called "malignin" which does digest human protein. Malignin
is a cancer growth stimulator. Malignin stimulates growth of a cancerous tumor,
thereby producing more malignin, causing increased tumor growth which makes
further malignin in a progressively expanding growth sequence. Thus, a growing cancer tumor continually makes increasing amounts of its own
growth stimulator in a progressively expanding sequence. This malignin is the mirror
image enzyme to trypsin. In other words, trypsin and malignin are mirror images of
each other, as your right hand and left hand are mirror images of each other. As
trypsin acts on living right-handed protein, namely the tumor mass, so malignin acts
only on living left-handed proteins, namely human tissue. Trypsin in sufficient quantities can begin to break down the cancerous tumor but
not fully digest the cancerous tumor. During the breakdown process, trypsin produces
some intermediate proteins and needs a second enzyme to complete their digestion,
i.e. "liquefaction". Therefore, to be successful, the enzyme treatment for cancerous
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tumors must include both of these enzymes in sufficient quantities to render the
products of tumor digestion harmless. These enzymes work by traveling through the bloodstream to the site of the tumor
and digesting the specific protein of the tumor mass, without harming the body's
tissues at all. This fascinating story of the matching right and left handed molecules,
trypsin and malignin, was explained almost a century ago by a Scottish professor by
the name of John Beard, D.Sc. He published his work in London in 1911. His
revolutionary book was entitled, The Enzyme Treatment of Cancer and Its Scientific
Basis. At that time some cancers were treated by direct injection of the enzymes near
the cancer mass. Now, we realize that injecting the enzymes is unnecessary, since
swallowing capsules containing the enzymes will also work. Trypsin w ill only digest
the protein of the tumor, thus it can safely travel through the body. The ability to
target the tumor in such a specific and successful manner makes the use of surgery,
radiation, and chemotherapy obsolete. To read more by
Professor Kathy P. Fairbanks, Ph.D.,
please refer to her article;
"The Scientific Basis of the Kelley Metabolic Cancer Cure"
in chapter XII, For Doctors Only
Healing Crisis
Many people are caught off guard and fail to understand and frequently
misinterpret the symptoms and changes, which follows a change to a healthier
metabolic life style. Many of these symptoms and changes are unpleasant but they are
short in duration and sporadic and are a necessary part of the healing process. There
are several reasons why this happens:
1. The body and mind begin to show changes, because the quality of nutrients
coming into the body are of a higher quality than the tissues of which the
body is made of. The body then begins to discard the lower grade materials
to make room for the superior materials
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2. Indigestion, heartburn and burping usually start soon after you are on the
program. This often indicates that you have been deficient of these nutrients
for a long time. The body's digestion almost always improves


 coloring everything else. It is as if
we put on colored glasses and then experience every
thing as being colored by this energy field. People dominated by fear perceive this as a world
of danger, a threatening, frightening world that is in
constant jeopardy. When walking down the street in
that energy field, they see danger all around them.They
see threats and muggers everywhere; they think there
is a rapist under the bed; and when they open the
newspaper, they see the frightening conditions of life 34 HEALING AND RECOVERY
with its jeopardy and danger. They live inside their
house, lock their car in their own garage, and then lock
the garage that is attached to the house, which is
locked and inside a fence, which is also locked. (Fear
can be transformed into a more positive expression as
caution.) Having more police really does not help because
where will the police be when one's house is robbed? Of course, they are going to be at the other end of
town, so that does not help.Trying to change the world
does not assuage the fear energy because it is really
coming from within one's own energy field. The field above Fear is that of Desiringness (cal. 125), which represents a frustrating world of endless
wantingness. The people dominated by this field are
said to have a'solar plexus' fixation, so they walk down
the street seeing all the things they want.They see the
car they want; the beauty they want; the status, posi
tions, and buildings they want. They are frustrated
because their endless desires and cravings and more
and more millions of dollars do not bring happiness. The fact of having fifty million dollars does not help
because the desiring and wanting for more power are
insatiable. The person in these energy fields cannot be satis
fied and becomes frustrated and angry. The angry per
son then sees a competitive world, a world of conflict
and war, of'me against you'. This person looks out in
the woods and thinks the tall trees are competing with
the small trees for sunlight. This is the matrix of the
political/social view of cultural perpetrator/victim. This
concept is projected onto a field where no such thing A MAP 0 F CONSCI0 USNESS 35
as competition is even happening. This person lives
in a world of endless possibility of war and conflict and
sees everything as competition, not as cooperation. People who are ftxated at the level of Pride would
see this as a world of social ranking, so when walking
down the street, they would notice the Gucci shoes,
name tags, clothing labels, status, the kind of car they
would want, or the house they would like to live in. Everything is classified in terms of status, and they are
preoccupied with a social-image positionality. When one reaches the level ofTruth and Courage
(cal. 200), the world now appears to be a place of
opportunity. It is an exciting, challenging place with
opportunities for growth and expansion. That person
opens the newspaper and sees the endless opportuni
ties for man to grow, to meet those challenges and even
go beyond them, and to learn in the process.That per
son is excited about life. At the level of Neutral (cal. 250), life and the world
is 'okay' due to one's being nonattached. Everything
just becomes okay. One moves into an easygoing view
of the world and begins to say, "Well, that's human
nature.That's the way it is. It's serving some kind ofulti
mate purpose." The people who move on up to the level of
Willingness (cal. 310) experience the world as friendly. They walk down the street, see endless friendliness,
and think the universe is friendly no matter what they
have.The world is harmonious, benign, and supportive. The persons who have moved on up to the level of
Acceptance (cal. 350) really begin to experience the
harmony of life and discover synchronicity and how 36 HEALING AND RECOVERY
everything just sort offlows together. They experience
a world of cooperation because they are holding coop
eration as their own energy field. This helps them to
move up to Enthusiasm (cal. 390), and into Lovingness
(cal. 500) and the experience ofendless loving support
and the endless presence of that lOVing energy in the
universe. The states of illumination (cal. 600 and up) reveal
the incredible beauty and perfection of life, the
absolute perfection of Creation, the actual experience
of the Divine essence and nature of all life, and the
incredible beauty of all its expressions. It is not just aes
thetic beauty, which is pleasing to the senses, but the
intrinsic beauty of Creation. When one walks down an
alley, which, to the eye of the unenlightened would
look ugly, one experiences the incredible perfection
and beauty of the aliveness of life and begins to see all
life as unfolding. One does not see imperfection but
process. That person sees the entire universe as the
unfoldment of that perfection. Correlated with each of these various energy fields
are the concordant view and depictions ofDivinity. For
example, the person in apathy and hopelessnessexpe
riences God as uncaring or nonexiStent. The person
who is in this energy field sometimes says,"I believe in. God, but 1 feel he wouldn't have anything to do with
me because 1 am just a worm and worthless. 1 am so
worthless that God just ignores me:'
The person who lives in fear projects a punitive,
frightening, terrifying image of God. The person who
lives in frustration feels separated from God.That is the
God who constantly withholds from them that which A MAP OF CONSCIOUSNESS 37
would allow them to be happy; therefore, God is non
supportive. The person in anger expects a retaliatory,
punishing God, and because these things go together,
this is the God who is really demonic, the God who
really hates us and threatens to throw us into hell. He
is the ultimate destroyer, the punisher, the God who is
revengeful and jealous.It is an anthropomorphic depic
tion of a God who is fitfully jealous,'hates sinners', and
is given to emotional extremes of destructiveness. When we get up to the level ofPride, there are two
directions to take because of the arrogance of the
inflated ego.The atheist is on one side and the zealot,
bigot, and unbalanced extremist is on the other. As we move up to Courage, which is the level of
Truth, God can primarily be a question mark. For the
first time, because we are now approaching the level of
Truth, we can then have an open mind and say,
"Actually, I really don't know about God. It's only
hearsay that comes from all I've read and heard, and all
that religion teaches. It is really other people's experi
ences in other times and places. On the witness stand,
frankly, I would have to say I don't know anything
about God," so there is the question mark.The spiritual
seeker really begins at this level.The person says,"I, of
my own self, would like to know what is the truth of
this." The person is then free to move into the God of
one's own inner experience and understanding. At the level of Neutral, one begins to experience a
world of okayness and God as freedom. One begins to
discover that there is no punitive, hateful, negative
God at all because one has moved out of those ener
gy fields. Instead, there is a God of absolute, infInite 38 HEALING AND RECOVERY
freedom allowing one to expand, explore, become, and
fulfill one's potential. At the friendly level of Willingness, one begins to
experience God as something that is perhaps helpful,
promising, hopeful, and now positive. Down at the
bottom of the Map, it was negative, but at this level, it
opens to candidness and freedom and now begins to
look optimistic. The person on this level experiences
life as harmonious and realizes that God is all merciful. The person in lOVingness then begins to experience
the God of unconditional love and the ever presence
of the love of God as the source of one's happiness
and life. As we move into joy and the awareness of beauty
and perfection as the divine essence of all things with
in the oneness and unity of God, we move up to the
top of the Map, with God as Beingness, Isness, Reality,
Truth, and the Eternal Source of Existence. There is now a context that will give a background
and a way to see one's spiritual work and progress
from a different perspective.We can see healing from a
different viewpoint and also how to approach that
great enigma called the ego.The energy fields of com
passion are at 540 and up; the people here are forgiv
ing and benign. Students of spiritual work are often those who are
perfecting the levels of the 400s, where they have
acquired a dedicated learningness and knowledge
about spiritual matters. They then


will this take. It may take a total of thirty minutes on
the ftrst day. You will notice that if you do nothing
about the hunger sensation and really let go of resist340 HEALING AND RECOVERY
ing it, it will disappear in a matter of minutes. After
doing this a number of times, the sensation will disap
pear in a matter of seconds. We will know that if we
sit down and let go of resisting the sensation, it is over
in seconds, and we are no longer at the effect of the
appetite. We are no longer driven by it and can be
absolutely free of it. In place of this pattern, we may feel a sort of
blankness or emptiness. Where there once was
hunger and the drive to eat, along with an appetite,
enthusiasm about it, and then the satiation, it now
seems like nothing is going on in that space in our
life. Now we can do some other pleasurable activity,
such as rewarding ourself by taking the time to read
the book we have been wanting to read and never
had the time. Now that we are not out in the kitchen
eating all the time, there is time to read for enjoyment
instead of feeling guilty because we have more impor
tant things to do. We can discover something we really
enjoy doing. One thing to do, for instance, is to take a nap. All
the time spent shopping for food, preparing it, eating
it, and cleaning up afterward can take up a great part
of the day. With this new pattern, it gives us time for a
short nap. After a twenty-minute nap, we feel fantas
tic. After a twenty-minute hunger engorgement, we
usually do not feel fantastic; instead, we feel horrible. We just had four Milky Ways, a caramel sundae, and
finished off a piece of cheese and now, instead of feel
ing happy, we feel guilty. The way off the guilt trip is to really know that
there is a very simple technique. It sounds so simple, 341 LOSING WEIGHT
but that is why it works. The things that are extraordi
narily complicated are generally far from the truth. The truth is usually amazingly simple. As people at
Alcoholics Anonymous have discovered, they stay
away from one drink one day at a time. It sounds too
simple. The intellect says,"Nonsense. I know that. "The
intellect knows this but the self does not know that. We only know a thing from personal validation
through our own inner experience. It usually takes exactly one day to get off eating,
hunger, and appetite if we allow ourself to be repro
grammed. We will notice that as time goes on, weare
beginning to look forward to meals and starting to get
into the habit pattern of getting hungry and satisfying
the feeling. It is very simple to back off and just
release ourself by using this technique a few times. AlI
we have to do is allow that feeling of hungriness to
come up, be with it, welcome it, and wait till it runs
out, which handles it (usually five minutes or less). We
might have to do it again if we have really gotten into
holiday indulgence for a number of years. There is another thing that happens as we do this. There is a center in the hypothalamus at the base of
the brain called the 'appestat'. It sets our degree of
satiety and the amount of satiety that we search for. The less we eat, the more we turn down the setting
on the appestat. Satiety is something else that is not
really understood by traditional scientific medicine. Scientific medicine talks about calories as though one
calorie were the same as any other calorie. However,
we know that satiety plays a great role in our hunger
and weight problems. Satiety is more important than 342 HEALING AND RECOVERY
calories; therefore, the diet I follow would make most
people who follow diets faint. However, I know what
creates a feeling of satiety within myself, such as a
hamburger smothered in onions. By the time I finish
that, I am totally filled up, satisfied with meat, cheese,
and similar foods. Cheese is not on anybody's reduc
ing diet. We know that cheese has a satiety factor, so
once one has eaten a certain amount of it, the
appetite is satisfied. We also know that calories are released at differ
ent rates. Fats, for instance, are released at one rate
and protein at another. We know that it takes a certain
number of calories to burn up every gram of protein,
so. one of the tricks we can use to speed up the
process of weight reduction is to go for a high-protein
diet. This is not about diet, but I will just throw in a
few tricks that I have observed clinically. Eating sugar on an empty stomach is seriously
deleterious to the goals of the program. Why. The
body takes sugar in so fast that it is absorbed very rap
idly and cannot be metabolized quickly so it just has
to be stored as fat within the body. One thing to do for
our own sake as part of caring and loving ourselves is
to avoid sugar and sweets when introducing this pro
gram into our lives. In the beginning, we want to see
a fast result. I believe we should have the satisfaction
of doing this now and seeing some returns and
rewards, including seeing the image that we have
been holding of ourself coming into manifestation. It is. best to avoid things that have a high sugar
content, especially on an empty stomach, because
sugar stimulates the production of insulin, which 343 LOSING WEIGHT
then brings the blood sugar down rapidly, thus recre
ating the hunger sensation. In contrast, one-third of
the calories of protein are burned up just by the
process of metabolizing protein. Therefore, one hun
dred calories of sugar equal one hundred calories of
fat, whereas one hundred calories of excess protein
converts t<,> only sixty-six calories' worth offat. A high
protein diet results in a thirty-three percent discount
(not recommended for people with gout). Notice that
carnivores are slim. But what about vegetarians. They
can also avoid sugar and starch and yet stick to a high
protein diet. The technique is to let go of resisting and to dis
appear hunger and appetite. We then live in a world
where we are no longer in the cycle. We get used to
an eating cycle of overeating, feeling guilty about the
overeating, and then trying to control it. Then up
comes hunger, and with the hunger come guilt, then
appetite, then the expectation of satiation, followed
by overindulgence, and guilt again, so there is an end
less self-defeating cycle. The only way to beat it is to
rise above it, transcend it, and be beyond it. By disap
pearing it, one will find that appetite and hunger actu
ally disappear, and there is the experience of never
being hungry. The next thing the mind says is, "I don't want to
give up the pleasure of eating. " Quite the contrary. What happens to the enjoyment of eating once we
use this technique is that the appetite arises only out
of the act of eating itself rather than anticipatory
appetite. I can sit down with no hunger or appetite at
all, but the minute I begin to eat, it creates appetite, 344 HEALING AND RECOVERY
and the pleasure of eating is greater than it ever was. I enjoy food now more than I ever did. Eating is no
longer accompanied by guilt or self-blame. There is no
anxiety about eating too many calories or gaining
weight from eating. AlI that is gone, so we do not give
up the pleasure of eating at all. We fmd that when we
are not hungry, the food is considerably more enjoy
able. We start enjoying the cheese sandwich the
minute we take that first bite. We are not even hungry. We pick up the cheese sandwich, bite into it, and the
enjoyment is there. There is no loss of enjoyment. I do
not believe in letting go of enjoyment and pleasure;
on the contrary, I believe in increasing it. So now
there is the enjoyment and pleasure of eating as well
as the enjoyment, pleasure, and justified pride in hav
ing a body that is more appropriate to our aesthetic
ambition-how we would like to look. The first thing to handle is the cycle of eating and
getting hungry. We are the victims of a behavioral
pattern, a conditioning that has nothing to do with
will power or morality. We can condition any kind of
animal in this way. What has happened is a sort of
Pavlovian-dog conditioning that has nothing to do
with our personality or self-worth. It has nothing to
do with being self-indulgent, with oral narcissistic
needs, or with whatever the psychoanalytic theory
might be, such as oral aggression or oral passivity. It
merely has to do with a simple, very primary type of
conditioning that has been favored in our society. We picked up those patterns in our social condi
tioning as children, that is all. We will


. The sodium ion (Na+) is the major extracellular cation, and it
influences both chloride and potassium blood levels. Sodium is absorbed by the intestines and is excreted primarily by the kidneys; a small amount
is lost through the skin by sweating. This mineral aids the kidneys in regulating body water,
for decreased Na+ promotes water excretion and an increased level promotes water retention
(edema). Testing for Na+ aids in evaluating fluid electrolytes, acid-base balance, and certain disorders
of the kidneys, adrenals, and neuromuscular system. The sodium blood test also determines the
effects of drug therapy such as diuretics on the body. For an adult, normally serum sodium levels
range from 135 to 145 mEq/L (mmol/L). For Gerson patients, a level of 127 is still acceptable. Sodium imbalance comes from either a change in water volume intake or variation in how
much sodium gets consumed. Elevated serum sodium levels (hypernatremia) may be caused by
inadequate water intake, diabetes insipidus, impaired renal function, prolonged hyperventilation,
severe vomiting, or severe diarrhea. Sodium retention also comes from consuming excessive
salt. The signs and symptoms of hypematremia are thirst, restlessness, dry mouth, sticky mucous
membranes, flushed skin, oliguria, diminished reflexes, hypertension, dyspnea, and edema. Ingesting too little sodium mineral for serum Na+ (hyponatremia) is rare and doesn’t even
happen on the low-sodium dietary program encouraged by the Gerson Therapy. There is always
some sodium coming from food. Still, hyponatremia can occur, and its indications appear
as apprehension, lassitude, headache, decreased skin turgor, abdominal cramps, tremors, or
convulsions. It can come on from profuse sweating, gastrointestinal suctioning, diuretic therapy,
diarrhea, vomiting, adrenal insufficiency, bums, and chronic renal insufficiency with acidosis. If
you do have testing for serum sodium performed, make sure to get a urine sodium determination
simultaneously. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 180Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comThe Serum Potassium Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for serum potassium, a quantitative analysis, is the measurement of blood
potassium for regulation of homeostasis, osmotic equilibrium, muscle activity, enzyme activity,
acid-base balance, and kidney function. Potassium (K+) is the body’s major intracellular ion (a
cation); small amounts of it are also found in the extracellular fl uid. Since the kidneys excrete nearly all the ingested potassium, a dietary intake of at least 40
mEq/day (mmol/d) is essential. A normal diet usually includes 60 to 100 mEq/day of this mineral. In the blood, normal K+ levels range from 3.8 to 5.5 mEq/liter (mmol/L). Vital to maintaining electrical conduction within the cardiac and skeletal muscles, K+ is
affected by variations in the secretion otadrenal steroid hormones and by fluctuations in pH,
serum glucose levels, and serum sodium levels. A reciprocal relationship exists between K+ and
Na+; the substantial intake of one causes a corresponding decrease in the other. Although the
body readily conserves sodium, potassium deficiency may develop rapidly and is quite common,
because there is no efficient method for conserving potassium. The laboratory test for serum potassium is used to evaluate clinical signs of either potassium
excess (hyperkalemia) or potassium depletion (hypokalemia). It also monitors kidney function,
acid-base balance, and glucose metabolism, and evaluates arrhythmias, neuromuscular disorders,
and endocrine disorders. Hyperkalemia is common in patients with excessive cellular K+ entering
the blood as in cases of burns, crushing injuries, di:Ibetic ketoacidosis, and myocardial infarction. It will also be present where there is reduced sodium excretion from renal failure that causes an
abnormal Na+-K+ exchange and in Addison’s disease caused by the absence of aldosterone, with
consequent K+ buildup and Na+ depletion. Note: Although elevated serum potassium is uncommon in Gerson Therapy patients, if it
does occur, supplemental potassium should be reduced or temporarily discontinued. Then the
consulting Gerson-trained physician should immediately be consulted. The signs and symptoms of hyperkalemia are weakness, malaise, nausea, diarrhea,
colicky pain, muscle irritability progressing to flaccid paralysis, oliguria, and bradycardia. An
electrocardiogram (EKG) reveals a prolonged PR interval; wide QRS; tall, tented T wave; and
ST depression. Indications of hypokalemia are decreased reflexes; rapid, weak, irregular pulse;
mental confusion; hypotension; anorexia; muscle weakness; and paresthesia. The EKG shows
a flattened T wave, ST depression, and U wave elevation. In severe cases of hypokalemia,
ventricular fibrillation, respiratory paralysis, and cardiac arrest could occur. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 181Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comThe Serum Chloride Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for serum chloride, another quantitative analysis, is a measurement of
blood levels of the chloride ion (Cl-), the major extracellular fluid anion. Interacting with Na+,
Clhelps maintain the osmotic pressure, blood volume, arterial pressure, and acid-base balance. Chloride is absorbed from the intestines and is excreted primarily by the kidneys. By evaluating the body’s fluid status, the serum chloride laboratory test detects two
types of fluid imbalances, acid-base (acidosis and alkalosis) and extracellular cation-anion. Normally serum chloride levels range from 100 to 108 mEq/liter (mmol/L). Maintaining a
normal amount of chloride in the blood reflects acid-base balance by its inverse relationship to
bicarbonate. Excessive loss of gastric juices or other secretions containing chloride may cause
hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis or excessive chloride retention. Ingesting it may lead to
hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis. Elevated serum chloride levels (hyperchloremia) can come on from severe dehydration,
complete renal shutdown, head injury (which produces neurogenic hyperventilation), and
primary aldosteroism. Manifestations consist of stupor, rapid and deep breathing, and weakness
that leads to coma. A situation of low chloride levels in the blood (hypochloremia) is associated with reduced
blood sodium and potassium levels coming from prolonged vomiting, gastric suctioning,
intestinal fistula, chronic renal failure, or Addison’s disease. Congestive heart failure, or edema
resulting in excess extracellular fluid, can cause dilutional hypochloremia. The indications are
hypertonicity of muscles, tetany, and depressed respirations. The Lactic Dehydrogenase (LDH) Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) is a measurement of five specific
isoenzymes which catalyze the reversible conversion of pyruvic acid present in all muscles of the
body into lactic acid. Many common diseases—myocardial infarction (MI), pulmonary infarction,
anemias, liver disease, kidney disease, erythrocytic damage, and others—cause elevations in total
lactic dehydrogenase, and the LDH laboratory test is useful for dif ferentiating between them. The five identified isoenzymes in lactic dehydrogenase are LDH1 and LDH2 appearing in the
heart, red blood cells, and kidneys; LDH3 in the lungs; and LDH4 and LDH5 in the liver and the
skeletal muscles. Testing for these enzymes is especially appropriate for the delayed measurement
of creatine phosphokinase (CPK) associated with MI and for monitoring patient response to some
forms of chemotherapy. Total LDH levels normally range from 48 to 115 U/L. Normal distribution
of the five isoenzymes is as follows: Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 182Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.com LDH1: 17.5% to 28.3% of total
 LDH2: 30.4% to 36.4% of total
 LDH3: 19.2% to 24.8% of total
 LDH4:   9.6% to 15.6% of total
 LDH5:   5.5% to 12.7% of total
Since a vast number of illnesses involve the enzymes of LDH, this laboratory test for lactic
dehydrogenase is broadly employed for establishing diagnoses. The Aspartate Transaminase/Serum
GLUTAMIC -OXALOACETIC  TRANSAMINASE  (AST /SGOT


 to know what to eat, but
how to mix
 these foods properly
to get the optimum benefit from them—the art of food combining. Here, too, we will offer a series of menus that you can begin to use
immediately to start yourself in the direction of detoxification and
regeneration. These menus will address your needs, whether you consider
yourself a timid beginner or a bold adventurer. Further topics covered will include the amazing health value of raw fruit
and vegetable juices, and the subject of beans, soybeans and grains as they
relate to detoxification and regeneration. In the concluding pages of this chapter you will find a number of
excellent recipes for both raw and steamed foods that will strengthen you on
your journey and make your meals more varied and delightful. MODULE 7.1
What Foods to Eat

The following is a list of acceptable raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Always buy organic if possible. Most Fruits and Berries

GrapesBananas
Strawberries
Mangoes
Oranges
Grapefruit
Apples
Peaches
Pears
Pineapple
Dried fruits of all kinds (unsulphured)
Flowers are acceptable
Avoid
–Cranberries, Prunes and unripe fruits
VEGETABLES

Romaine Lettuce
Spinach
Carrots
Celery
Green Peppers
Cucumbers
Sprouts
Avocados
Green Leafy Vegetables
Squash
Green Beans
Peas
Raw Tomatoes
Kelp, Dulse and other Sea VegetablesOTHER RAW FOODS

Pecans
Almonds
Sunflower Seeds
Sesame Seeds
Pumpkin Seeds
Coconuts
Pine Nuts
Note
–Eat moderately of this category. Too many of these foods can be acid-
forming, energy robbing, and will slow or stop the cleansing process. MODULE 7.2
Acid/Alkaline Food Chart

All foods contain both acid-forming and alkaline-forming elements. It is not
the organic matter of foods that leave these acid or alkaline residues in your
body. It is the inorganic matter or minerals that determine the acidity or
alkalinity of the body fluids and tissues. Potassium, sodium, magnesium and
calcium are considered the alkaline-forming electrolytes. Phosphorus, sulfur
and manganese are the acid-forming elements. Several processes can be used to determine whether a food is more acid-
forming or alkaline-forming. Generally, if a food has dominant acid-forming
elements over alkaline-forming elements it’s considered acid-forming. Thereverse is also true. If a food has dominant alkaline-forming elements, then
the food is considered to be alkaline-forming. Titration
 is the laboratory method used to measure acidity vs. alkalinity. There are two stages to this process. First, the appropriate amount of food is
burned to ashes. This takes the place of digestion. Secondly, we add
approximately one liter of distilled water to 100 grams of these ashes, which
now makes a solution. The solution is then tested for its acidity or alkalinity. Another method of determining the acidity or alkalinity of a food is its
nitrogen or proteid (chemical compounds comprising a protein structure)
content. Since nitrogen has an acidic influence, all protein-rich (nitrogen-rich)
foods are considered acid-forming. This, however, is an older method and is
not as accurate because it has been determined that vegetable matter supplies
more available nitrogen and proteid material than meats do. The following Acid/Alkaline Food Chart is based upon a combination of
the above methods, and will help you on your journey toward alkalization. Remember, a diet of 80 percent alkaline and 20 percent acid-forming food is
essential for greater health. A diet of 90 percent or more of alkaline-forming
foods means vibrant health. Keep it simple. People always ask me: “What can I
add
 to my diet?” My
response is: “What can I take away?” Believe it or not, the simpler you eat the
healthier you’ll be. This statement drives nutritional scientists nuts. That is
because the focus has been on deficiencies, leading to the use of high dosages
of amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Mega-dosing like this can make some
symptoms disappear, but they will only reappear when these supplements are
stopped. This is not true regeneration or healing, but treating symptoms while
ignoring the causes. It is not the high level of nutrients consumed that is the
key. It is the power and syner-gistic action of ripe, raw, whole food. The
power of raw food to clean and rebuild the physical body is little understood
in our pharmaceutical scientific communities. Look at the diets of most wild herbivores, e.g., elephants, horses, or
cows. They eat predominantly grass and leaves. Look at the wild silver-back
apes. Their diet is very simple as well, consisting of sweet things including
fruits, sweet tubers, berries and flowers. Seventy percent or more of the diet
of a grizzly bear is grass. These are among the strongest animals on this
planet. I can tell you from my own personal experience that when I fasted for six
months on organic navel oranges, I never felt better and more in tune withGod and nature. Always trust nature, God and your inner intuition to know
the truth. The Alkaline/Acid Food Chart shows what foods are alkaline-forming
and what foods are acid-forming. It is best during detoxification to eat ALL
raw fruits and vegetables only. Alkaline Forming Foods

FRUITS
Apples
Apricots
Bananas
Berries
Cherries
Coconut, fresh
Currants
Dates
Figs
Grapefruit
Grapes
Guava
Kumquats
Lemons, ripe
Limes
Loquats
Mangos
Melons, all
Nectarines
Oranges
Passion FruitPapaya
Pears
Peaches
Pineapple, fresh
Pomegranates
Prickly Pear
Raisins
Sapotes
Strawberries
Tamarind
Tangerines
VEGETABLES
Alfalfa
Almonds
Artichokes
Asparagus
Avocados
Bamboo shoots
Beans—green, string, wax
Beans, lima
Beets
Bell Peppers, all colors
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage, red and white
Carrots
Celery
Cauliflower
ChardChestnuts
Chicory
Chives
Collards
Corn, sweet
Cucumber
Dandelion
Dill
Dock, green
Eggplant
Escarole
Garlic
Horseradish
Kale
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce
Okra
Olives
Onions
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas
Pumpkin
Radish
Rhubarb
Sauerkraut
Sorrel
SpinachSprouts
Squash
Sweet Potato
Tomatoes, orange only
Turnips
Watercress
White Potato
OTHER
Apple Cider Vinegar
Buttermilk, raw
Dulse and Kelp
Grains—Amaranth, Millet, Quinoa
Milk, raw
Miso
Molasses
Olive Oil
Spices, natural
Tea, herbal and Chinese
Whey
Wine, organic
Yogurt, raw
Acid Forming Foods

Alcoholic beverages
Artichokes
Asparagus, tips (white only)
Aspirin
BarleyBananas, green
Beans, dried
Blueberries
Breads
Cakes
Candy
Cereals, breakfast
Cheeses, all
Chocolate and Cocoa
Coffee
Cola and soft drinks
Colorings, artificial
Condiments, all
Corn, cooked
Corn starch
Cranberries
Crackers
Custards
Dairy products
Dressings
Doughnuts
Eggs, whites
Flavorings, artificial
Flour products
Fruits, canned
Garbanzos
Gelatin
Grains, most
GrapenutsGravies
Grits, hominy
Ice Cream
Jams and Jellies
Lentils
Mayonnaise Meats, including fish, shellfish
and fowl
Oatmeal
Oils, processed
Olives, pickled
Nuts
Pasta
Pastries and Pies
Peanuts
Pepper, Black
Plums
Prunes
Rice cakes
Rice, white and brown
Salt
Soda water
Soybeans
Soy products
Spaghetti
Sugar, refined
Tapioca
Teas, Indian
Tobacco
Vegetables, cannedVinegar
Yogurt
Remember
 …
Pleasure, laughter, happiness, rest and sleep are all
Alkaline
 forming. Worry, anger, hate, envy, gossip, fear and lack of sleep are
Acid
 forming. MODULE 7.3
The Vital Role of Proper Food Combination

Throughout this book I have taken you on a simplified journey into the body,
its many systems, and how they work. We have covered disease processes
and their causes. You have learned the importance of the pH of the body. We’ve examined the two pillars of chemistry: alkalies and acids; and we
looked at the role of acidosis in disease.


 cattle were slaughtered regularly,so killing has always been repulsive to me! I have never
been a hunter or a fisherman because I do not like to
take another life. I have made
 13 expeditions to distant
lands and I have found many robust, healthy people
living on a vegetarian diet. On the other hand, I have
found people in other cultures who also enjoyed higherhealth and yet included animal products in their diets. I roamed the South Seas for over a year at one time and
in those far flung islands I found supermen and wonderwomen. They not only lived on an abundance of fresh
fruit and vegetables, but they included fish, fowl and
some meat in their diet. So you see I have tried to be asfair as I could about this question of Vegetarianism versus
Meat Eating. I feel that as we cleanse and purify our
bodies we develop a keen sense of what is healthiest
and best for us to eat. Keep a daily journal and see. Nutrition directly affects growth, development, reproduction, well-being
and an individual’s physical and mental condition. Health depends uponnutrition more than on any other single factor. –  Dr. Wm. H. Sebrell, Jr.94Eliminating Meat is Safer and Healthier
Most uninformed nutritionists call meat the #1 source
of protein. Those proteins coming from the vegetable
kingdom are referred to as the #2 proteins. This is a sad
and terrible mistake. It should be the other way around! In this day and age, almost all meat is laden with
herbicides, fungicides, pesticides and other chemicals
that are sprayed on or poured into the feed which theseanimals consume. They are also pumped full of
hormones, antibiotics, growth stimulators and all kinds
of drugs to fatten them up and keep them from dyingfrom the extremely unhealthy conditions most of them
live in! This is not to mention the admitted fact that
many of them are fed the dead, ground up carcasses ofother feed lot animals who, for a variety of reasons, didn’t
make it to the slaughterhouse. Speaking of the slaughterhouse, what kind of
chemical reaction do you suppose would occur in your
body if somebody put a choke chain around your neck
to keep you in line, shoved you onto a conveyor belt,and made you watch in horror as all of those in line infront of you were beheaded one by one? Well, your body
would be pumped so full of adrenaline from all that fear
you wouldn’t know what hit you! Unused adrenaline isextremely toxic. If you think for a minute that most of
the meat that you consume is not packed with this toxic
substance, you’re sadly mistaken! Also, consider the fact that cattle, sheep, chickens,
etc., are all vegetarians. When you eat them, you are
just eating polluted vegetables. Why not skip all thewaste and toxins and just eat healthy, organic vegetables? And what about that myth that you have to eat  meat
to get your protein? If that were so true, where do yousuppose farm animals, especially horses, get all their
protein? They are vegetarians! They get their protein
from the grains and grasses that they eat. You are nodifferent. You can get the proteins you need from the
large variety of whole grains, tofu, raw nuts, seeds, beans,
fruits and vegetables that God put on this planet for
your health. See Vegetable Protein
% Chart, page 233.95Meat Has Toxic Uric Acid and Cholesterol
Meat is the major source of toxic uric acid and
cholesterol, both harmful to your health. If you insiston eating meat, it should be an organically fed sourceand not eaten more than 2 to 3 times weekly. Fresh fishcan be the least toxic of the flesh proteins, but bewareof fish from polluted waters. They can be loaded withmercury, lead, cadmium,
DDT  and other toxic
substances. If you are unsure of the waters the fish comefrom, don’t risk eating it. Avoid shellfish – shrimp, lobsterand crayfish. They are garbage-eating bottom-feeders(the rats and flies of the water world). They eat decayingscum and refuse off the bottoms of the oceans, lakesand rivers. Chickens and turkeys are a sick bunch andcommercially mass fed and heavily drugged withantibiotics and hormones. Be selective and cautious inyour eating; seek only the healthiest food choices. It’s best people should not eat pork or pork products. The pig is the only animal besides man that developsarteriosclerosis. This animal is so loaded with cholesterolthat in cold weather, unprotected pigs will become stiff,as though frozen solid. Pigs are often infected with adangerous parasite which causes the disease trichinosis. Patricia and I enjoy being healthy vegetarians and
not polluting our bodies with unhealthy meat, fowl andfish proteins. It’s safer and healthier getting our proteinsfrom organic vegetables, beans, legumes, nuts, etc. Please
refer often to the Vegetable Protein
% Chart, page 233. My Beloved Health Teachers and Mentors
One of the greatest teachers and physicians in the
science of body purification and nutrition was Dr. JohnTilden,
M.D.,  of Denver. This great scientist will surely
go down in history as one of the finest physicians. Hisprogram included fasting and an abundance of freshfruits and vegetables. He lived into his
90s and was active
to the end of his life keeping his patients healthy. Another of the finest doctors who specialized in
nutrition was the famed Dr. John Harvey Kellogg,  M.D. He was the director for 60 years of the famous Battle
Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.96Dedicated Great Health Healers
Dr. Kellogg’s Sanitarium specialized in a vegetarian
diet and people from around the world were restored to
radiant health by following his health program. I hadthe privilege of studying under Dr. Kellogg and it was
one of the outstanding experiences of my early career. In my early career, I was associated with Bernarr
Macfadden, Father and Founder of the Physical Culture
Movement
(pg 145). Macfadden tried vegetarianism for
a time, but gradually went back to a mixed diet whichincluded meat and fish. He lived healthy and active to
nearly
 88 years of age and he believed in mixing proteins. Over my many years in the health field, I have met
many famous men and women who restored thousands
of people to health through natural methods. In the
1920s I worked with Dr. St. Louis Estes, D.D.S., who was
a pioneer and strict believer in the raw food diet. I saw
many broken, weak, sick people restored to health by
changing to his raw food diet. (I feel it’s best to have ahealthy balance of
60% to 70% raw foods. – P.B.) Dr. Benedict Lust, M.D., N.D.,  was Father and Founder
of Naturopathy in America. He established in New York a
great school of Naturopathy which educated and
graduated thousands of Natur opathic Doctors who have
used and spread his health teachings around the world. Dr. Henry Lindlahr, M.D., was a famous drugless
physician who lobbied for the return to natural methods
in the modern treatment and prevention of disease. Professor Arnold Ehret was one of the world’s greatest
food scientists. He was the discoverer and creator of “The
Mucusless Diet Healing System,” which is a strictly vegetarian
regime. I knew many of Professor Ehret’s students who,in their
80s and 90s, were still enjoying vigorous, robust
health by following his vegetarian health program. Fasting Credo of the famous Buchinger Clinics in Germany and Spain:
     We must restore fasting to the place it occupied in an ancient hierarchy of
values “above medicine”. We must rediscover it and restore it to honor becauseit is a necessity. A beneficial fast of several weeks, as practised in the earliest daysof the Church, was to give strength, life and health to the body and soul of allChristians who had the faith, dedication and courage to practice fasting.9797Your Tongue Never Lies –
It’s Your Inside Magic Mirror
Your tongue – your inside magic mirror – reveals how
much toxic material is stored in the cells and vital organsof your body. The tongue ( a spongy organ ) is mirror of
the stomach and the entire mucos membrane system. In your body there is a hose-like tube that averages
30 feet long, extending from the mouth to the anus. It
has the body heat of 98.6 °, plus body moisture. Through
this tube passes all the food you eat. Now, different foodstake different times to pass through the tube. Sad facts –
most people eat an unhealthy, refined, concentrated,
acid-forming diet. They eat large amounts of refinedwhite flour, white sugar, salt and saturated fats. Most ofthese commercial foods lack sufficient bulk, moisture
and lubrication to pass quickly through the
30 foot tube. I believe that there is a common factor that precedes
or is coexistent with most body ills that afflict us. This
common denominator is constipation. Definitions may
differ but it is logical that if outgo does not equal intake– either in terms of quantity or in frequency – then
constipation will occur and it can be the beginning
of more serious physical problems. Most people are brainwashed to believe there is no
h


 fonn  a single  proccss. Now  thcre  havc  bccn  manr  theorics  abom  the
unity  o( thc uniYcrse. But che)'  have  not delivercd
human  beings  from  the isolinion  oí cgotism. from
conílict, and  from  thc fear of lifc. bccausc  thcrc  is a
world of diITcrcncc bctwccn an  infercncc anda fccl-
ing. You can rcason that thc 11nivcrsc is a unity with -
out fccling it  w be so. You  can cstablish  thc thcory
that your body is a movcrncnt  in an unbrokcn  proc -
ess which  includcs  al. suns  ancl  stars,  and yet con-
tinuc  to (ce. scparatc  and loncly. For thc fccling  will. Ofj TIIE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
not correspond  to Lhe theory  umil  you have  also
discovered the unity of inner experience. Despite
all theories, you will fcel that you are isolated
from life  so long  as you are divided  within. Bue you will ceasc to fecl isolated when you
rccog - nize,  for example,  thaL you do not have a
sensation  of che  sky: you are that sensation. For all
purposcs of  feeling, your scnsation of the sky is
che sky, and there  is no "you"  apart  from  what  you
sense,  fcel,  and know. This is why the myslics and
many of the pocts  givc frequent uttcrance to thc
fecling that they  are "onc wilh the Ali," or "unitcd
with  God," or, as Sir Edwin  Arnold  cxprcssed  it-
Foregoing  sel{,  the universc  grows  l. Sometimes,  indeed,  this feeling  is purcly  senti -
mental,  the poet  being  "onc  with  ature"  just so
long as  she is on her best  behavior. J live 1 1 o t i 1 1 myself,  but I  l 1 l'C o 1 1 1 e
Porlio11  o/ thal a r o 1 1 1 1 d  me; and to
me
I-Iigh niotwtains  are II f eeling,  but the hum
Of huma11  cities  torlllrc:  I can see
Nothing to loalhe  i11 nature,  saue  to
be A /inh  reluctant  i11 a (leshly  chai11,
Classcd  amo11g  creat11rcs,  when  t11e  soul ca11
fice, And with  thc sky, the peah,  thc heaui11g  plain
0/ occan,  or thc stars,  mi11gle  1 a 1 1 d nol in v a i 1 1. This rural rapturc  from  Byron  is quite bcsidc  the
point. He has only come to tcrms with nature to
the extent  that  he has bcfricnded  his own  human
nature. 110  THE  TRANSFORMATION  OF LIFE
The fly likes  thc sweecness  of the honey,  but not its
stickiness,  which  makes  him
A link reluclanl in a fleshly chain,
Classed  amo11g  crealures. The  sentimentalist  does  not look  into  the depths  of
nature  and sec
Sluggish  existences  grm:ing  lhere,  suspended,  or
slowly  crawling  clase  lo the botlom:. The leaden -eyed  shark,  the walrus,  lhe turtle,  the
hairy  sea-leopard,  an(l  the stíng -ray,
Passio11s  there,  wars, p11rsuits,  lribes -sight  in lhose
ocea11  depths -breathing  thal  thick  breathing  air. Man has to discover that everything which he be -
holds in naturc -the clammy foreign -feeling world of
the ocean's depths, che  wastes of ice, the reptiles of
the s,vamp, thc spiders and scorpions, the deserts of
lifeless  plancts -has its countcrpart within  himself. He is not, then, at onc with himsclf until he realizes
that th is "undcr  sidc"  of nature  and thc fcel ings  of
horror  which  it gives  hirn  are also  "I. " For ali the qualities which we admire or loathe in
che world aronnd us are reflections from within -
though from a within that is also a beyond, uncon -
scious, vast, unknown. Our fcclings abouL the crawl -
ing world of thc wasps' nest and thc snakc pit are
fcclings about hiddcn aspccts of our own bodics and
brains, and of ali thcir potcntialities for unfamiliar
crceps and shivers, for unsightly diseases, and un -
imaginable  pains. 1 1 1 TIIE  WISDUl \l OF JNSECURITY
1 do not  know,rhether it is true,  but it is said  that
sorne of the great sages and "holy men" havc an ap•
parently supernatural power over beasts ancl reptiles
which  are always  dangerous  Lo ordinary  monals. lf
this is true. it is ccrtainly because they are able  to livc
at pcace with thc "beasts and reptiles" in themselves. They need  not call the wild  elcphant  Ilehcmoth  or
the sca-monster  Leviathan;  they  address  them  fa-
miliarly  as "Long -Nose"  and "Slimy. " Thc sense of unity with  the "J \11" is not,  however,
a ncbulous  state  oí mind, a son  of trance,  in which
all íorm and dis1 inction  is abolishecl, as  if man ancl
the universe  merged  into  a luminous  mist  of pale
mam·e. Justas process ancl  form, energy and mattcr,
myself ancl  experience,  are names  for, an<l  ways  of
looking at. the same  thing -so one and many,  unity
and multiplicity,  idcntity  and differencc,  are not
mutually  exclusive  opposites:  they  are ench  othcr,
much as  thc body  is its vnrious organs. To discover
that  the mnny are  the one, and  that  1he one  is thc
many,  is to realize  that  both  are words  and noises
repn:scnting  what  is al once  obvious  to sense  and
fecling. ancl  an enigma  10 logic  and description.,\ young  man  in search  of spiritual  wisdom  pul
hirnscl f  u nder  thc instruction  o( a cclcbrated  holy
man. Thc sage madc him his personal auendant, ancl
aftcr sorne  months  the young man  co,nplained  that
thus  far he had received  no instruction. •·,vhat  do
you mean. " exclaimcd  the holy  man. "Whcn  you
11. THE  TRANSFORMATION  OF LIFE
brought  me my rice,  didn't  I eat it. When  you
brought me my tea, didn't 1drink it. Whcn you made
salutations to me, didn't l return  them. vVhen  havc
I ever ncglected to give you instruction. " "I'm afrai<l
1 don't  unclerstand,"  said  thc young  man,  totally
mystified. "When you want to see into it," answcrcd
the sage,  ··see into it dircctly. When you  begin  tO
think  about  it, it is altogether  missed. " Plucki11g  chrysa11them11ms  along  the East fence;
Cazing  i11 silence  al tite sot1lhern. hil/s;
The birds  {lying  home  in pairs
Through  the soft mou11tai11 airo/ d u s k -
[11 these  thi11gs  there  is n deeJJ  meaning,
But when  we are ab


 in quiet or listening to soft music, to poetry, the
eyes closed, while the muscles of th e lids are increasingly relaxed,
so that often one reaches a condition when the eyes are half closed, without any effort. One can think of pleasant things, or attempt to cut out stray thinking altogether, to think of darkness, of colour, of light, of smoke, or non corporeal things. Cutting out sound, in noisy environments, by ear-lugging duri ng periods of relaxation or
meditation, is indispensable. The universe is a creative enterprise; in its lapses of destruction,
it cannot be said to exist. So the human place in the cosmos is a creative one; all whole, human thinking is creative, and it is only when humans are properly human that they can be said to exist fully
as far as the Creation is concerned. The creative attitude becomes
the measure of cosmic fitness, the qualification for belonging meaningfully in the scheme of things, the only assurance against alienation. Although there are some activities patently destructive
and antihuman practised in most societies, the majority of living functions and activities have a creative potential. If this is realized,
it can be developed in many of the common tasks of living, in many
hobbies and interests, individually and socially. But the amateur practice of some art, of any art,  of any activity with an aesthetic
content, is the supreme means of exercising the creative obligation. Although it is possibly more helpful to become involved in artistic expression, no matter how amateur, to be engaged in the
appreciation of any art is in itself a creative experience, whether it
be the simple act of reading, of listening to poetry or music, of appreciating nature, of looking at pa intings or sculpture, of trying to
sense the possible aesthetic content in  any situation by removing the
clutter and confusion, the hi deous and the obstructing. By
developing the aesthetic sensitivities, as this book has from the start
emphasized, one becomes all the mo re effectively human; while this
can be exercised in the most important arena of food and feeding, it should clearly become an all-reconciling life-attitude. 17. Notes and Readings

An account of the evolution and significance of the humanizing and
the aesthetic sensitivities can be found in my books, Art into life
(London 1958) and Art as understanding (London 1963). Human
History (London 1954), by the great anatomist and anthropologist,
Sir Elliot Smith, remains the most convincing scientific support for
an Arcadian' view of man, for a natural goodness and decency. The
role of mother-love in the evolution of the mammals, the prelude to
the humanizing sensitivities, is dealt with by F. Alverdes in his,
Social Life in the Animal World (London 1927). See also M.
Burton's, Animal Courtship (London 1953). For the innate urge to beauty  in matter, made evident in
crystals, minerals and molecular structure, and for the resulting sustaining aesthetic theme in nature's creativity generally, in art as in mysticism, see my, The Crystalline Theme (Academy Books,
1975), Sir Alister Hardy's, The Living Stream (London 1965) is an
inspired biologist's account of th e aesthetics and the directiveness of
evolution, culminating in the human being. Support for the significance of the human sensitivity to beauty
comes from an unexpected quarter, the renowned physicist P. A. M. Dirac, who contends in a very readable article in the Scientific American May 1963, p. 45, that beau ty in a scientific theory is the
best assurance to its validity. Ugly theories are wrong theories. Support for the natural sensitivities fro m the arts, especially poetry,
and for the Arcadian view of man, come in a delightful book, The
Golden Feast, by R. Walker (London 1952). Scientists no longer insist that animal foods are necessary. Although it is rarely admitted that man is not properly adapted to
such foods, many authorities accept that a vegetarian dietary can be quite adequate, as does the eminent pathologist Rene Dubois, in his, Man Adapting (Yale 1965). Recently, the protein controversy has flared up again, with
increasing insistence that previous estimates have been far too high. As Drs Miller and Payne point out (Strategy for a hungry world. Nature, Vol. 25, 20 Sept 1974), there is no shortage of protein for the poor peoples of the world as long as there is enough cheap cereal available. To attempt to fill the so called protein gap by increasing the availability of animal protein at the sacrifice of
primary food production is illogical. P. V. Sakhatme (Nature, Vol. 248, March 1974), claims that protein standards are in excess by nearly 60 per cent. In a recent study in New Guinea, good health was found to be maintained, on essentially vegetable foods, 53 per
cent less than the standards usuall y considered necessary. Fish was
plentiful, but was not sought or eaten by the inhabitants (New
Scientist, Monitor, 25 June 1973). Dr D. McLaren also criticizes the nutritionists attempts to make available more animal protein at the expense of primary cereals (Lancet, 1974). The conclusion that the fantastic creative pilgrimage of cosmic
evolution has mind as its destiny, finds support from scientists, as in Nature, Vol. 249, p. 208, 17 May 1974. See also W. H. Thorpe's
Biology, psychology and belief (Cambridge 1962). For a
combination of science and sensitivity in an approach to nature, see V. F. Weiskopf's brilliant little book, Knowledge and Wonder
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        It is a complex amine, nitr ocobolamine, containing an atom
of cobalt in its molecule, the only use known of this metal in
biological processes. It is only needed in unimaginably minute
amounts, a few millionths of a gram being sufficient. If this minute amount is not supplied, however, the most serious, possibly irreparable damage is done to the nervous system, besides serious ill
effects on the blood-forming tissues. One can go a considerable time without any of this vitamin in
the food, weeks or months, for the liver stores considerable amounts of it. As vegetable foods only c ontain fractional amounts of it, and
many none at all, even when grown on natural soils—fruits do not have a trace of it—the body can evidently absorb amounts so small that they can easily pass chemical de tection. Since so little is needed
by the tissues, even in such small amounts, the liver can presumably
build up a reserve—under ideal conditions. Primates like the gorilla, who are strictly vegetarian, and th e other vegetarian animals, must
accumulate their needs of vitamin B
12 in this way, and even on
deficient soils, cattle for instance, appear to derive sufficient
vitamin B 12. It is probable that the micro-organisms which abound
in the digestive tracts of these an imals produce some of their needs
of this vitamin. In the human being, traces of vitamin B 12 are probably also
supplied by micro-organisms in the gut, but these microorganisms require the kind of fermentative conditions typical of a vegetarian
dietary. Experiments on Vegans have shown that while some evidently derive enough of the vitamin, others do not do so, and the
explanation of this difference is not yet understood. It is evidently
not only a matter of raw food; probably the quality of the food comes into it. Owing to this uncertainty, and given the worldwide disturbance of the soil, it would be well for strict vegetarians to take a few micrograms of vitamin B
12 periodically, for instance, for one
week per month. With this one exception, the ideal human requirements from
food can undoubtedly be met by a preponderantly raw vegetarian diet. If fruits are eaten several times a day—the one item which can be eaten between meals—the high levels of vitamin C can be satisfied. Although in normal conditio ns of health, much of this
vitamin C is excreted in the urine,  it should not be looked upon as a
waste, for the human tissues seem to function best when continuously bathed with this vitamin. If always sufficiently present, passing infections are likely to be resisted, although when infection does occur, truly enormous amounts of this vitamin
become necessary, which can only be met by large amounts of fruit
juice, or the taking of vitamin C as a supplement. This should not be looked upon as a substitute for fruits, for there are many things in fruits, ponderable and imponderable, apart from their beauty and flavour, which are necessary, but it would be shortsighted to refuse to make use of this synthetic vitamin, in order to raise the vitamin C
level when this becomes necessary. In the cooler regions, fruits are seasonally scarce and
expensive. Provided sufficient raw vegetable food is eaten, there should be no harm in taking smalle r amounts of vitamin C daily in
pill form. The complete non-toxicity of this vitamin has been amply
proven; indeed, apart from water, it is about the only substance
whose range is so wide as to be non-toxic even in amounts several hundred times the normal requirement.


 coauthor Mark Victor Hansen, and actress Demi Moore. Dr. Graham is the author of several books on raw food and health, including The High Energy Diet Recipe Guide, Nutrition
and Athletic Performance, and the forthcoming Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries. He has shared his strategies for
success with audiences at more than 4,000 presentations worldwide. Recogni zed as one of the fathers of the modern raw
movement, Dr. Graham is the only lecturer to have attended and given key note presentations at all of the major raw events in the
world, from 1997 through 2005. Dr. Graham is a founder of and is currently serving his third term as president of Healthful Living International, the world’s
premier Natural Hygiene organization. He is on the board of advisors of Voic e for a Viable Future, the Vegetarian Union of North
America, Living Light Films, and EarthSave International. He ser ves as nutrition advisor to the magazine Exercise, for Men Only
and authors a column for Get Fresh! and Living Nutrition magazines. Dr. Graham is the creator of “Simply Delicious” cuisine and director  of Health & Fitness W eeks, which provide Olympic-
class training and nutritional guidance to people of all fitness leve ls in beautiful settings around the world. He is living proof that eatin g
whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic food is the nutritional way to vibrant heal th and vitality. Endnotes
1. “Trends in Intake of Energy and Macronutrients—United States, 1971–2000,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
February 6, 2004, pp. 80–82. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers  for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed
at www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/
mm5304.pdf. ♠
2. U.C. Berkeley News  press release by Sarah Yang, June 1, 2004, as quoted in U.C. Berkeley News, accessed at
www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/06/01_usdiet.shtml. Reprinted by  permission. ♠
3. A widely publicized report from the Centers for Disease Control an d Prevention lists obesity as the nation’s second leading cause
of preventable death, responsible for 320,000 to 400,000 annual deaths and predicted to soon overt ake tobacco as the number-
one cause. The number is being adjusted due to a statistical error, but reg ardless of the actual number, there is no doubt that obesity
is a devastating health issue in our nation. See “CDC: Obesity Dea ths Overstated,” by the Center for Consumer Freedom, dated
November 23, 2004, available online at www.consumerfreedom.com/news_detail.cfm?headline=2691. ♠
4. Tanner, Lindsey. “Americans Eat Themselves to Death,” Associate d Press: March 9, 2004. Accessed at
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/09/health/main604956.shtml. ♠
5. “American Heart Disease,” from the Franklin Institute Online w ebsite: http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/healthy/stats.html. ♠
6. Arias, Elizabeth and Smith, Betty L. “Deaths: Preliminary Data  for 2001,” National Vital Statistics Reports. V ol. 51, No. 5,
March 14, 2003. Accessed at www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr51/nvsr51_05.pdf. ♠
7. “Cancer Basics: What Is Cancer and Why Does It Occur?” May 13, 2004. Acce ssed at The Mayo Clinic website:
www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=CA00003. ♠
8. “Diabetes: Disabling, Deadly, and on the Rise,” April 7, 2004. Centers for D isease Control and Prevention. Accessed at
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/aag/aag_ddt.htm. ♠
9. Saxe, John Godfrey (1816–1887). “The Blind Men and the Elephant.” This version  of the famous Indian legend is in the public
domain. ♠
10. Greger, Michael. Atkins Facts. This 47-page eBook, which contains 487 source references, is available onlin e at
www.atkinsfacts.org. Quoted with permission. ♠
11. For information on canine caloronutrient requirements, visit  www.m ercola.com/2005/feb/5/pets_grains.htm. ♠
12. Visit www.pcrm.org/health/veginfo/dairy.html for a tremendous amoun t of information about the toxicity of animal milk for
humans of any age. ♠
13. If you wish to learn more about glycemic index versus glycemic load, vis it www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm. The creator of this
website, David Mendosa, is coauthor of What Makes My Blood Glucose Go Up...And Down? (New York: Marlowe & Co.,
August 2003). ♠
14. “Evidence-Based Nutrition Principles and Recommendations for the  Treatment and Prevention of Diabetes and Related
Complications,” Diabetes Care  25:202–212, 2002. Accessed at http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/
content/full/25/1/202. In addition to making a clear statement in favor of wh ole-fruit sugar for diabetics, this article from the
American Diabetes Association recommends that Type 2 diabetics c onsume a “very large” amount of fiber—so much, in fact, that
they predict most people will not enjoy consuming it. The 80/10/10  diet, which consists of essentially 100% high-fiber foods, aligns
with this guideline perfectly. Here is the quote: “In subjects with type 2 diabetes, it appears that ingestion of very l arge amounts of
fiber are necessary to confer metabolic benefits on glycemic control, h yperinsulinemia, and plasma lipids. It is not clear whether the
palatability and the gastro-intestinal side effects of fiber in  this amount would be acceptable to most people.” ♠
15. You can read more about the role of dietary fat in blood-sugar metabolic disorder s in The Pritikin Program for Diet and
Exercise (New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1979), by Nathan Pritikin with Patrick M. McGr ady, Jr. I also recommend Health and Survival in the 21st Century  by Ross Horne (Sydney, Australia: Harper Collins, 1997), an out-of-print Nat ural Hygiene book. It
is now available only on the Web, at www.soilandhealth.org/02/02
01hyglibcat/020122horne.21stcentury/020122toc.html. See chapters 6 and 16 for informati on specific to fat and diabetes. ♠
16. The information in this sidebar comes from Michael Greger’s Atkins Facts. ♠
17. Dansinger, Michael L., et al. “One Y ear Effectiveness of the Atki ns, Ornish, W eight W atchers, and Zone Diets in Decreasing
Body W eight and Heart Disease Risk.” Tufts University, New Englan d Medical Center, Boston, Mass. ♠
18. “Major Increase in Diabetes Among Adults Occurred Nationwide B etween 1990 and 1998,” press release dated August 23,
2000 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Accessed at www.cdc.gov/
diabetes/news/docs/000823.htm. ♠
19. Joslin, EP. “Atherosclerosis and Diabetes.” Ann Clin Med 1927;5:1061. ♠
20. Breneman, Carol J. “Type II Diabetes…Self-Induced Disease?” Mill ersville University (1997). This article also cites studies by
Felber, Anderson, Burkitt, and others, all demonstrating the correlation  between dietary fat and diabetes. Accessed at
http://home.judson.edu/academic/spinner/diabetes.html. Also, a 2001 Science News article briefly describes Dr. I.M. Rabinowitch’s
work. Entitled “Diabetic Patients Can Eat Sugar If Fats Are Elimin ated,” the article can be found online at
www.sciencenews.org/articles/20010915/timeline.asp. ♠
21. V an Eck, W. “The Effect of a Low Fat Diet on the Serum Lipids in Diabetes  and Its Significance in Diabetic Retinopathy. Am J
Med. 1959; 27:196-211. ♠
22. Anderson, J.W. and W ard, K. “High Carbohydrate, High Fiber Diets for insul in-Treated Men with Diabetes Mellitus. Am J
Clin Nutr,  1979; 32:2312-21. ♠
23. “Low-Fat Diet Alone Reversed Type 2 Diabetes in Mice,” press rel ease dated September 10, 1998 from the Duke University
Medical center. Accessed at http://dukemednews.duke.edu/news/artic le.php?id=519. ♠
24. Yiamouyiannis, John. Fluoride the Aging Factor: How to Recognize and Avoid the Devastating Effects of Fluoride. (Delaware, OH: Health Action Press, 1993). ♠
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