 dark, being insensitive to
pain, etc., since the age of 15 they were sent to
advanced training with the Yamabushi. Ascetics
and hermits, living high in the mountains,
taught the Ninjas hypnosis and psychic powers,
recipes for poisons and balms, acupuncture,
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time, methods of preservation of health and pro-
longation of life and more. Their secrets were
passed down orally, it was forbidden to write
them down.
But let’s try to lift the veil from their secrets,
and specifical ly the secrets of preservation of
health and prolongation of life. What do you
think the word ‘Yamabushi’ means? Nothing but
‘those who sleep in the mountains!’
A lot of people live, and, accordingly, sleep high
in the mountains. Statistics tell us that t heir av-
erage life expectancy is longer than that on the
plain, but it’s not just that. After all, the name
‘Yamabushi’ emphasizes that they aren’t just
people in the mountains, they are those who
sleep there, i.e. their sleep is somehow different
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But you can’t just sleep for a long time, you need
a state of hypnosis, self -hypnosis, influence of
soporific herbs, and they had a complete com-
mand of this.
Lengthy sleep high in the mountains is the
combination of mo untain hypoxia, sleep and ab-
solute fasting (naturally, we don’t eat or drink
during sleep). Every one of these influences has
a powerful stimulating effect on the adaptation
reserves of the organism, and just imagine how
powerful their combination must be.
The effects of long mountain hypoxia:
- New capillaries begin forming in all the or-
gans, first of all, in the vital ones. Every cell of
our organism starts receiving more nutrients
and oxygen.
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result of hypertrophy of the lung tissue and an
increase in the diffusive surface of the pulmo-
nary alveoli. Moreover, the respiratory muscles
increase their mass.
- The blood becomes capable of transporting a
larger amount of oxygen owing to an increase in
the number of  red blood cells and an increase of
hemoglobin. There’s also an increase in the level
of the hormones of the adrenal cortex — the ad-
aptation hormones – in the blood. In this regard,
the blood of donors who are mountain climbers
or people living high in the  mountains, and
preparations made from it, are especially valua-
ble for weakened patients.
- An intense training of the cardiovascular sys-
tem takes place, since the reaction to hypoxia is
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tions and the volume o f cardiac output.
- There’s an increase in myoglobin content.
Myoglobin is a protein that provides a reserve of
oxygen in muscles.
- The general energy level, which drops during
aging or as a result of illnesses, increases signifi-
cantly. This happens, firs t of all, due to an in-
crease in the activity of mitochondria. Under
normal circumstances, a part of these miniature
power plants is dormant. Secondly, it occurs ow-
ing to an increase in the number of the mito-
chondria, as they begin multiplying.
- During dry  fasting the organism imposes a
water -saving regime, this manifests in a decrease
in perspiration, drying of the nasal mucosa, a de-
crease in the amount of moisture in the mouth,
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tion and then dryness appears.

15.2. Interesting facts: Dry fasting and dous-
ing with cold water
There are different opinions on whether you
should douse with cold water during dry fasting.
Based on my experience, 80% of my patients
can’t continue dry fasting for 9 -10-11 days, if
they start dousing with cold water or bathing.
They experience highly increased dryness in the
mouth, increased thirst, they lose their spirit and
motivation, and they end the dry fast. We cer-
tainly understand that every organism is unique,
which is why, during short -term dry fasts you
can try dousing with ice -cold water (whil e keep-
ing your mouth closed). The reason you have to
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lows: if the temperature of the water is lower
than 11 degrees Celsius, then for a period of time
your body’s own temperature rises to 40 degrees.
This has  a powerful health benefit due to the ac-
tivation of the immune system and the increase
of the internal temperature. If the temperature
of the water is higher than 11 degrees C this
won’t happen. That’s why during short -term dry
fasts you have to try dousing, and if this helps
you, you can douse during long dry fasts as well.

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16. How should you conduct a long dry
fast?
(The method of conducting of a 9 -day dry fast
and the description of the principal medical
mechanisms during this type of fast).
 ATTENTION!  – LONG- TERM DRY
FASTING (from 5 days on) HAS TO BE
CONDUCTED IN THE PRESENCE OF A
MEDICAL SPECIALIST and preferably in
a group.
 Remember that for beginners long dry fast-
ing is a very intense stress on their mind
and organism. You have to be morally pre-
pared for serious challenges. And not only
morally. You need to conduct a cleansing
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rything a beginner has to know. And only
then should you begin 24 -hour dry fasts.
 And now I would like to list the basic cri-
teria, which, if they apply to you, mean you
should not conduct a fast under any cir-
cumstances:  If you do not follow the rec-
ommendations and do not conduct proper
preparations, a heavy intoxication of the
organism could occur (usually this hap-
pens on the 5th -10th day). The excretory
organs can’t neutralize the toxins and get
rid of them fast enough. A blockade oc-
curs, the organism doesn’t adapt to fasting.
The fasting person stops losing weight,
they experience increased weakness, nau-
sea, headaches, hear t weakness and
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ceeds 120 beats per minute. These are the
principal indications of a blockade (heavy
intoxication). In such cases you have to
cease fasting immediately.

Day 1.  You need to get in the right mindset.
Think that everything is going to be great, at the
very least, you’ll be able to stop fasting without
any harm. If you are well prepared for dry fasting
and you have things to do, then the first day usu-
ally just flies  by. You may, of course, experience
thirst, slight weakness. It is ideal to lie down to
rest and try not to speak. You can conduct Old
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usually 1- 2 kg.
Even if you are systematically going to conduct
24-hour long  dry fasts, it will beneficially affect
your organism. Why are weekly one -day fasts ef-
fective? Under certain circumstances, the effect
of even a one -day fast, conducted once a week,


 us  to eat
cooked foods.
If you eat cooked foods, you stand the risk of becoming an emotional vegetable— someone who becomes evermore
dependent upon their cooked food “fix.”

Another One Bites the Dust …
The following is an excerpt (slightly edited for space) from an actual post to my online discuss ion group on
VegSource.com. It exemplifies the stories I hear every time I meet someone who tr ies try to go raw without eating fruit.
Predictably, such people experience constant hunger, disordered eating, digestive problems fr om overeating nuts,
intense sweet cravings, a sense of needing to "fill the void” with poorly combined dehydrated sweets, ma ssive overdosing
on fats, guilt, low energy, and general dissatisfaction with food—and often bingein g and purging, as well.
See if you recognize yourself or someone you know as you read this candid account of a high-fat raw fooders who is
desperate to find a program that works. Especially take note of the second paragraph, where the author descr ibes her
conception of “a healthy, simple way of eating.” The diet she outlines probably  totals about 1,600 calories, and a minimum
of 40% fat … and her program devolves from there.

There is much I love about being raw. It makes a lot of sense to me and for the m ost part I feel much better than I ever did
eating cooked foods. What I do not love about the raw food lifestyle is the effect n uts and dehydrated foods have on my system. It
is very hard for me to find the right balance. When I do feel like I have f ound “the right way to eat” for me, an old inner demon
creeps in and pushes me off my center, which throws me into a tailspin.
When I began this second stint with 100% raw, it was very easy for me to go bac k to a healthy, simple way of eating. My diet
consisted of apple lemon ginger juice in the morning with powdered green f ormula, [with four large apples this might be 450
calories—DG]  lunch was usually a green salad with avocado and some kind of cultured veg etables, and dinner was some version
of the same or maybe a prepared raw meal from the market. [Two large salads combined would likely contain not more than
1,000 calories: 600 from two avocados and up to 400 from vegetables—DG]
I experimented with flaxseed and other dehydrated crackers to find they c ongested me (I would eat too many and get bloated
and constipated.) I started running more in April, and for a while I seeme d to find my groove with the food and exercise. I noticed
that I started to crave sweets, so I started adding more fruit to my diet li ke oranges and nectarines. But I am afraid the sugar in the
fruit had a negative affect on my body because now I can’t get off of t he raw sweet snacks. If I have a bag of dates I can easily go
through a pound of them, so I stay clear of those as best I can.
I also have a hard time controlling the quantity of nuts I consume. I tri ed my darnedest to not buy raw dehydrated nuts, nut
treats, and raw desserts. But the problem is that now that I allowed mysel f the sweet fruits and raw desserts I tend to want more.
I feel a bit ashamed to admit this, but I pretty much finished off an entir e jar of cashew nut butter in one sitting. My willpower
feels so small right now. It is amazing how different my personality a nd attitude can be. It feels like old cooked food demons are
creeping in. There is no way for me to keep fun foods in my home for fear that I w ill consume them all. I know the simpler the diet
the better, but often the will is weak and my body suffers.
About a month ago, my attitude went from enthusiastic and cheery to irri table. I felt very fatigued and hot tempered, and my
diet started going from clean to not so clean. My running decreased and was n’t as consistent as it had been, and my sleeping habits
started getting bad; I can’t wake up early anymore. My attitude has  not been very positive, and I feel depressed most of the time.  Concerned, I have started adding B 12  supplements and hemp seed oil. I can’t seem to get back to a clean way of e ating. I
almost feel like I need to get some sort of blood test to see if I am deficient in  any areas or to measure my level of candida. I do not
want food to be the deciding factor for how I feel. I really want food to be uni mportant. I want to remain raw … but eating to live,
not living to eat. I know that raw can work for me as long as I am able to either  stay away from those foods that are difficult to
digest or simply consume them in smaller quantities.

Isn’t it hard to go raw?
Learning how to eat a raw food diet properly takes time, patience, and yes, effor t. Although I provide a blueprint for doing it
healthfully, most people find it challenging to adopt the raw diet 100% the fi rst time out, unless they get professional guidance. It
seldom occurs overnight, and in fact, can take years to accomplish.
Because our taste buds have been exposed to, and our brains have experienced t he excitement of salt, sugar, and spices, we
may miss those tastes initially when they are no longer part of the da ily diet. However, most people find that the tradeoff for good
health and longevity is more than worth living without a few of the ha rshest flavoring agents.
Once the taste buds are no longer exposed each day to these stimulants an d excitotoxins, they once again develop an
appreciation for the taste of fresh fruits and vegetables. You can becom e an extremely discerning person, with taste buds that can
easily recognize the differences among various qualities of fruit.
Of course, it is far more pleasant to be healthy than it is to be sick, and far  less expensive, too. Weighing all factors with a
longer-term perspective, I would say it is easier to eat raw than eat c ooked.

What advice do you have for new raw fooders?
Those new to the raw food diet often fall victim to their own innocence, coupl ed with their inquisitive nature. Most people,
when trying a new diet, want to find out as much about it as possible, and often  as quickly as possible. The raw food diet, which is
so radically different from the others, often leaves people bewil dered about “what to do.” Nutritional and other health concerns can
overwhelm them, especially when social pressures about their diet fr om peers, family, and friends beset them.
Fortunately, there is a huge amount of information available about raw  foods on websites, in books, and from counselors. But
beware: most of the “leaders” who offer this information have little  education, experience, or professional training in nutrition or
health creation.
Newcomers do not have enough perspective to be able to discern the valid infor mation from the dangerous or the sound
science from the well-marketed infomercial. We can quickly end up with  a situation where the blind are being led by the semi-
sighted.
My advice is to be certain that you seek guidance from someone who has reac hed stability in his or her own food program. I
recommend increasing the consumption of whole fruits and vegetables a nd minimizing any use of supplements, super foods, or
condiments of all types. Eat simply at each meal, reducing the total num ber of ingredients while obtaining variety in your diet
throughout the seasons.

Do fruits and vegetables have enough nutrients?
The very best quality water, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phyton utrients, enzymes, coenzymes, fiber, protein,
carbohydrates, and fats all  come from organically grown fruits and vegetables grown in highly com posted, living soils. They are
complete nutritional packages and provide all the nutrients we need, in t he proportions and ratios our bodies require for proper
functioning. No man-made vitamin tablet or other supplement can com pare with Nature’s handiwork.
Of all foods, fruits are richest in vitamins and water, and second riche st in minerals and fiber, while vegetables and leafy greens
are richest in minerals and fiber, and second richest in vitamins an d water. Vegetables supply minerals and fiber so far in excess of
our needs that the quantity supplied in fruit actually comes closer to m eeting our needs. (As I have stated elsewhere, consuming
more than we need of any nutrient is not better, and in fact creates nutritional imbalances, despite marketin g hype to the contrary).
Fruits, being far higher in calories than vegetables and thus capabl e of fueling us adequately, should comprise the majority of
our diets. Some fruits, however, do actually fall short in terms of minera ls, so it is important to include some vegetables in our diet to
make up for the eventual lack that could develop on a fruit-only diet. Nonethe less, in every category, the nutrient content of fruit
comes closer to matching human nutritional needs than that of any oth er food group.
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BY MIKE ADAMS
BY MIKE ADAMS
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The true story of the coming inﬂuenza pandemic:
how it may infect 30% of the world’s population,
and what you can do to survive the outbreak even
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ITable of Contents
The Coming Inﬂuenza Pandemic ............................................................................................................ 1
Conventional Medicine Offers No Real Defense ..................................................................................... 2
Primed for Infectious Disease ................................................................................................................. 3
Take Charge of Your Own Defense ......................................................................................................... 4
The Top Twelve Herbs ............................................................................................................................. 4
One Source Agrees to Manufacture It..................................................................................................... 4
What This Product Can Do ...................................................................................................................... 5
You Can Taste the Potency..................................................................................................................... 6
Don’t Wait Until the Pandemic Strikes to Prepare ................................................................................... 6
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The Government Won’t Save You........................................................................................................... 7
Reference ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Summary of Top Items............................................................................................................................. 27
Why the World Isn’t Ready for the Coming Inﬂuenza Pandemic, World Health Organization Warns..... 28
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Beat the Bird Flu Virus
1The Coming Inﬂuenza Pandemic
In the fall of 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) held a meeting of scientists, researchers, and
vaccine manufacturing company representatives. In that meeting, the World Health Organization reached some startling conclusions that many people still have not fully grasped. The organization stated that the next global ﬂu pandemic is fast approaching. There is a strong chance it may become an epidemic as soon as next year, and if that happens, literally 30% of the world’s population will become infected with inﬂuenza.
The particular inﬂuenza strain being watched is the H5N1 bird ﬂu virus. Should an outbreak occur, the total
deaths expected around the world, according to the WHO, numbers in the tens of millions of people. Further
-
more, the WHO says that the United States currently has no vaccine to distribute to the population  that
might offer protection from this ﬂu epidemic. In their own words, “...the H5N1 strain has demonstrated its ca -
pacity to infect humans and cause severe disease, with high fatality, on three separate occasions beginning in 1997. The disease in humans has no vaccine to confer protection and no speciﬁc treatment once illness
becomes severe.” Source: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_inﬂuenza/assessment2004_05_14/e n
Even with this clear threat to public safety, the United States currently has no plans to manufacture any vaccine whatsoever. Even if a vaccine theoretically existed, the U.S. doesn’t have a system in place to distribute it to citizens. And waiting for the ﬂu pandemic to appear will undoubtedly be too late. “Vaccines and antiviral agents are unlikely to meet demand, even for industrialized countries able to purchase them,” explains an investigative medical article entitled, The Next Inﬂuenza Pandemic: Lessons from Hong Kong,
1997  by René Snacken, Alan P. Kendal, Lars R. Haaheim, and John M. Wood, published by the Centers for
Disease Control, http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no2/snacken.ht m
It goes on to explain, “Waiting until a pandemic strikes to determine access to [vaccines and medicines] inevitably contributes to inequities in supply for countries lacking facilities to produce antiviral agents or vaccines or lacking resources to competitively purchase supplies at a time of scarcity. The issue of equity
cannot be resolved by individual governments or manufacturers.”
We should have learned that lesson many times over, but still the vaccine problems persist. The winter of
2004 saw a complete breakdown in the U.S. vaccine infrastructure when the winter ﬂu vaccine experienced a severe shortage because the vaccine manufacturer Chiron was found to be producing contaminated
product.
That left the entire country without adequate ﬂu vaccine, creating an instant shortage. Now imagine what
would happen if there were truly a global killer ﬂu, an inﬂuenza virus that mutated and made the cross-spe -
cies leap from birds to humans. Imagine that this virus is spreading around the world from city to city, being carried by travelers in airplanes, and then being spread from person to person in those cities through cough
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ing, shaking hands, touching doorknobs or just from being in the same elevator with another person.
Beat the Bird Flu Virus
2Now imagine 30% of the United States population getting infected with this ﬂu. The result would be nothing
short of a national crisis. As the World Health Organization explains, “Vaccines, antiviral agents and antibi -
otics to treat secondary infections will be in short supply and will be unequally distributed. It will take several months before any vaccine becomes available.” They also explain, in their own words, that:
• Medical facilities will be overwhelmed.
• Widespread illness may result in sudden and potentially signiﬁcant
shortages of personnel to provide essential community services.
• The effect of inﬂuenza on individual communities will be relatively prolonged
 when compared to other natural disasters, as it is expected that outbreaks will reoccur.
Source: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/inﬂuenza/pandemic/e n
Incredibly, the above description may actually be the good news. A Russian scientist, Dr. Dmitry Lvov, head
of the Ivanovsky Virology Institute, estimates that this particular strain of the ﬂu is so aggressive and deadly that as many as one billion people around the world could die from it. He estimates that in the United
States alone, we could be looking at 700,000 dead. Granted, his estimates may be high, but this man is no stranger to infectious disease. In any case, it does give you an indication of the seriousness of this next
global outbreak.
Conventional Medicine Oﬀers No Real Defense
As I have been discussing these points with a few people, I’ve been met with looks of utter confusion. Peo -
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As the World Health Organization explains on their site, “Although health care has improved in the last de -
cades, epidemiological models from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA project
that today a pandemic is likely to result in 2 to 7.4 million deaths globally. In high income countries alone, accounting for 15% of the worlds population, models project a


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352  AcknowledgmentsReﬂexology for life … the phrase conjures up the
many possibilities of reﬂexology’s beneﬁts. It
connotes the potential to have an impact on
health and quality of life; one’s own, and that of
others. It suggests the use of reﬂexology’s
techniques throughout one’s life, from the earliest
days of infancy to the golden years of aging.
 As we look at our own use of reﬂexology over
the past 30 years, we see that we have indeed
used reﬂexology personally throughout our lives.
At the conclusion of one lecture, Barbara was
surprised to be asked, “Have you used
reﬂexology for your own health?” You see,
reﬂexology is not just a theoretical exercise. For
ourselves and quite literally millions of others
around the world and throughout history,
reﬂexology gives the sense of being able to do
something. At your ﬁngertips lies an ability that’s
always there. It empowers you to positively
address the challenges and stages of life.
 Reﬂexology for life  speaks to reﬂexology
applications for the different times of our lives.
On a personal note, it seems that reﬂexology has
been there with us to calm and to cope, to ease
and to help. From one bride’s prewedding jitters
to another’s postwedding tired feet; from one
niece’s pregnancy to another’s sports injury,
reﬂexology has smoothed the way, lending a
helping hand to people special to us.  The ability to use reﬂexology has helped in
challenging times as well. The opportunity to
do something to help lessen that feeling of
powerlessness when contending with a loved
one in distress. It can help a newborn infant and You can change your life
with reﬂexology…
 Prefacea 96-year-old, as well as address allergies,
menstruation, constipation, colic, kidney stones,
heart problems, pregnancy, accident injury, ﬂesh-
eating bacteria, swollen ankles, back and foot
problems… we could go on and on.  As you apply reﬂexology in your own life,
you’ll ﬁnd that one success leads to another, and
another, and another. Then you’ll see the
inﬂuence of your work well beyond your hands-
on application. As one niece observed, “I grew up
with this stuff. I’ll bring it out and use it when I
need it. And, I’ve shown others how to do it.”
You enable others to address the moments of
their lives with healthy, natural solutions.  As professionals, we’ve spent hours, days,
weeks, months, and years researching the tides of
history, issues of professionalism, legislative ins-
and-outs, and physiological effects of reﬂexology.
However, we always come back to reﬂect on the
hands-on work; our own and that of the
reﬂexologists we’ve met around the world. The
common thread that runs through us all is the
sense of possibility, that yes, you can change
your life with reﬂexology. Even more, you can
change the lives of others. While French author
Antoine de Sainte-Exupery once noted “...there is
no gardener for man,” we tend to think he never
met a reflexologist.
Preface “At your fingertips lies an ability
that’s always there. It empowers you
to positively address the challenges
of life at all its different stages.”There’s something special about reﬂex


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Avoid white flour or denatured grain products including organically labeled ones:
crackers,
cookies, doughnuts, pies, breakfast cereals, granola, muffins, pastries, flour tortillas, bagels, noodles,
pasta, pizza, couscous, bread that is organic but not made from freshly ground and fermented grains,
and nearly every packaged product that contains grain products. Watch out for sprouted whole grain
products and gluten-free foods made with brown rice.
Avoid whole grains
 that are not soured according to guidelines presented in this chapter including
whole wheat, rye, kamut, spelt, brown rice, and quinoa.
Acceptable grains
 – Sourdough bread made with unbleached flour (bran and germ removed),
partially milled rice that is soaked with a starter (white rice is acceptable), grains properly soured
based upon indigenous preparation methods.
Avoid raw nuts and nut butters –
including all raw nuts, as well as peanut butter, raw almond butter
and raw tahini.
Acceptable nuts and butters
 – Nuts and nut butters should be roasted or otherwise cooked. Low
temperature dehydrated nuts and nut butters are acceptable in moderation.
Avoid hydrogenated oils
 – such as margarine or other butter substitutes.
Avoid low quality vegetable oils
 – such as vegetable, soybean, canola, corn and safflower oils.
Avoid potato chips, Crisco®, and any food not fried in a natural fat. Unfortunately most restaurants
use these cheap vegetable cooking oils which make their food unhealthy for regular consumption.
Acceptable fats
 – are all natural, organic and ideally from small producers. They include coconut
oil, palm oil, olive oil, butter, lard, tallow, chicken, duck and goose fat.Avoid pasteurized, homogenized or grain-fed milk and ice cream
. Also avoid low-fat dairy
products and powdered milk along with anything that contains it.
Avoid store-bought rice milk, soy milk and nut milks like hemp and almond.
Acceptable dairy products are raw and grass-fed from any type of ruminant
 and whole fat, not
skimmed.
When you have only grocery store options for dairy products
 – then choose pasteurized, but grass-
fed dairy products from smaller producers. Yogurt, butter and grass-fed cheese that are pasteurized
are the best of the pasteurized dairy products. There are some nice pasteurized grass-fed cheeses
from Australia, Ireland and New Zealand that are reasonable in cost.
Avoid table salt
 – Many foods have commercial, refined salt added. Table salt seems highly
irritating to the body.
Acceptable salts
 – Himalayan salt, Celtic Sea Salt®, and other sea salts are good to use. Celtic Sea
Salt® seems the best out of these options.
Avoid conventional fast foods and junk foods.
 – These foods are usually high in
trans
 fats, food
additives and sugar.
Avoid stimulants.
 – Do not drink coffee, sweetened drinks, sports drinks, or alcohol. Do not smoke
cigarettes. Reduce or avoid chocolate.
Avoid unfermented soy
 including isolated soy protein, tofu, soy / veggie burgers, soy “meat” and
soymilk.
Acceptable soy products are traditionally fermented.
 – You can have small amounts of
unpasteurized soy sauce, miso, and natto.
Avoid green powders
 – most green powder supplements have sugar added and contain questionable
ingredients. There are a few exceptions to this rule, which would be 100% food-based dried
powders with no sweeteners added.
Avoid factory farmed meat, fish, and eggs.
 These offer inferior quality proteins.
Acceptable proteins are grass-fed or wild
. These offer superior quality and bolster health.
Avoid too much fruit.
 Even though fruit is natural, people often eat too much. Be very careful with
sweet fruits like as oranges, bananas, grapes, peaches, blueberries and pineapple.
Avoid prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and vaccines
. These alter your glandular
balance and many are causative factors in tooth decay.
Avoid food additives
 like MSG, nitrates, and nitrites.Avoid commercially processed foods, such as TV dinners and packaged sauce mixes.
Avoid synthetic vitamins and any foods containing them.The “One-Amazing-Meal-a-Day” Protocol
This is a useful introductory protocol for people who want to make a good dent against tooth decay
(pun intended), but who have difficulty instituting a complete dietary overhaul. How well your teeth
remineralize is a factor of the mineral and fat-soluble vitamin density of your diet, along with the
avoidance of foods that deplete your body of nutrients. This program is designed for someone who is
very busy, does not like to prepare his own food, or in other situations when it is too difficult to have
three or more solid meals per day. This program is not recommended for people who have severe
cavities, tooth infections, or who are trying to heal highly sensitive teeth. This program will not be as
effective as the balanced program discussed later on, but it will be effective for most people who
want to prevent cavities, or heal small cavities naturally. This program is based on Weston Price’s
one-good-meal-per-day diet for poor children that we described in chapter two. The goal of this
program is to get most of your daily supply of vitamins and minerals from one superlative meal. In the
other meals of the day you will need to watch out for the foods that cause the most havoc on your
teeth, but you will be able to eat a wide variety of foods that are convenient for you. Reduce to the
best of your ability other foods on the just-mentioned “avoid” list.
Food Intake Suggestions

½ teaspoon two or three times per day of Green Pasture’s™ Blue Ice™ Royal Blend
2 cups of grass-fed, whole-fat raw milk, kefir, clabber, or yogurt or 4 ounces of raw grass-fed
cheese. For non-dairy alternatives you will need about 3 cups of a variety of cooked green
vegetables.
Nourishing meat and/or fish stew made with a gelatin-rich broth prepared by simmering animal
bones. Many of the ingredients listed below can be included in your stew.
2-8 ounces of high-quality land or sea protein.
Vitamin C-rich foods such as broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, mustard greens, cabbage,
sauerkraut, kohlrabi, liver and adrenal glands.
Plenty of other vegetables.
Twice per week choose one shellfish or other organ of land animals to include with your meals.
Examples:
Oysters, clams, crab or lobster (consumed with innards), whole crayfish
Fish eggs
Bone marrow added to your soup, or liver, animal tongue or kidneys from any animal
If you cannot have a meat or fish stew, you will want to have a cup gelatin-rich bone broth on the side
with tender cuts of your favorite meats, or rich seafoods. Have plenty of healthy fats with your meals.
During your other meals you will need to avoid foods that are especially harmful to your teeth
including highly sweetened drinks, foods with high fructose corn syrup or other high intensity
sweeteners, whole grains that are not thoroughly soured, oatmeal, breakfast cereals and soy products.
If you choose to eat bread, make it sourdough whenever possible. Choose white rice (or white rice
products), or partially milled rice over brown rice (or brown rice products) in this introductory
program since brown rice takes more care to disable the substantial amounts of phytic acid itcontains. Consider replacing sweetened desserts with fruit.Tips for Going out to Eat
Many of us go out to eat, especially those of you who are busy and will be following the one-
amazing-meal-a-day plan. The minimal goal of restaurant eating is to enjoy nourishing and tasty foods
that will not set you back in your tooth or gum healing process. The restaurants that are thoroughly
engaged in whole-food, nutrient-dense cooking with high quality ingredients tend to be the most
expensive. The style of their cuisine typically has at least some inspiration from traditional French
cooking. These restaurants do not use excess grains to fill you up with low-cost calories, and you can
expect local ingredients, grass-fed meats, and wild caught fish. Many of them understand the value of
organ meats and serve sweetbreads, liver, oysters and clams. Expect to pay $20-30 or considerably
more per adult. I recommend that you avoid pasta or grain-based dishes from these restaurants. If you
are the type of person who can afford to dine this way regularly, why not take care of yourself and
give your body what it needs by eating at the best restaurants?
Before going to restaurants I usually look at the menu to see if there is some type of high-quality
protein such as a wild caught fish, or grass-fed meat. Restaurants offering catfish, tilapia, shrimp, and
salmon are usually serving the farm-raised variety. Most of the other types of fish in restaurants are
usually wild caught. We also call restaurants in advance to see what type of cooking oil they use.
Some restaurants cook food by smoking or grilling, in which case the cooking oil becomes much less
of an issue. Depending on the dish or restaurant you might be able to request that your food be fried in
butter or lard, as compared with the unhealthy vegetable oil too many restaurants use. We avoid deep
fried dishes fried in vegetable oil. Do not be afraid to sneak your favorite butter into the restaurant.
Many restaurants try to fill you up on bread. I generally avoid this bread although my family will eat a


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 blocks excavated. Often
happened that thawed and put into heated water newts
revived, ate the food offered to them - flies, spiders, aquarium
fishes. In 1956 a team of mining in Magadan
the area found a 14-meter depth newt. When we returned
in a tent and light the fire, the animal gradually thawed frozen
and stirred. His life went on as long as 12 hours. At the same time
hastened to declare this event a great sensation: the alleged
found fossil newt, which, having been in a state of suspended animation
two million years, back to life. In fact, Newt was not
fossil and modern. But the question is how long can
save the life of the frozen amphibians, remains controversial.
Found in another time in Chukotka in a piece of eternal ice of the Siberian
salamander was subjected to radioisotope investigations. Kiev
scientists have concluded that his age is between 75
up to 105 years, while the reptiles were in control
many times younger.
Almost all species of reptiles in northern latitudes fall
winter hibernation. in most northern areas, it extends 7.8
months. South of their sleep is shorter. Lizards burrow into the soil,
arranging themselves burrows on steep dry slopes, which does not threaten
flood. in a good sunny day they wake up in the
few hours to bask in the sun and the hunt again
hiding, falling into a stupor. Land turtles climb on
half a meter deep into the soil in the natural cover or burrows of moles,
foxes, rodents, closing with peat moss and wet leaves.
Sometimes they wake up sometimes for a week. Marsh
turtles spend the winter buried in mud ponds. Snakes do not like
cold. Even in summer, if you put a snake for a few hours
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19in the refrigerator, it can be treated as a piece of rope. Therefore,
winter quarters and carefully picked up the snake oblyubovyvayut
long. Usually it is the underground caves and cavities formed
around a large old tree stumps with rotten roots, or a gap in the rocks.
in such shelters is going to a large number of snakes, even different
species, forming huge balls. they sometimes are between
several tens to hundreds of snakes, which led to the erroneous
belief that snakes are going into the coils to warm up. Between
so the temperature of snakes during hibernation is not very different
ambient temperature, and gather them together
simply from a lack of suitable shelters - some of the "community"
used for decades.
How do animals manage to survive
frozen? Just as in the onset of cold weather
machines are added to the radiator coolant, freezing at minus
37 ° C in the body fluids of some cold-winter form
Antifreeze proteins, which appear in the body when the crystals
ice contact them and block further crystallization
water. in many fish, terrestrial arthropods, including spiders
and mites, the effectiveness of antifreeze proteins is so great
that prevents ice formation even at minus 15 ° C. Except
specific proteins in the body of some cold-blooded
beings produced more and carbohydrates, antifreeze, more
Mitigating the point of maximum exposure. For example,
in the tissues of many insects, winter stored carbohydrate antifreeze
glycerol, successfully preventing freezing. caterpillars
galloobrazuyuschey butterfly to the middle of winter, glycerol 19%
the whole body, allowing the supercool down to minus 30 ° C. A hairy
Arctic butterfly caterpillars in the frozen state
spend up to 10 months a year at minus 50 ° C and more! Originally
adapted to low temperatures, water, some fish
living in the North Atlantic and Arctic
waters - they are changing the composition of the blood. with decreasing temperature
water fall in their blood accumulate salt in a concentration
which is typical for sea water, which enhances cryoprotective
action, making it difficult to freeze the blood. Relatively recently
in the blood of these fish are found and special antifreeze proteins,
lowering the freezing point of solution to an even greater extent,
than salt.
If you have a very harsh winter in, the fall in cold-blooded
animals (particularly insects) before the first frost in the body
accumulate protecting ice cryogenic protectors
which increase the strength of cell membranes and inhibit both
called osmotic stress, when water from the cells tends
leak into the extracellular medium with ice, reducing the amount of cells
and making them vulnerable to ice crystals that pierce the shrunken
cell membranes. Cryoprotectants are moderated, and exchange
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20substances. the frog, for example, has just begun the formation of ice
on the surface of the skin, a rapid synthesis of cryoprotectant
of glucose from liver glycogen. resulting in eight
hours it saturated all the organs, slowing down to a minimum exchange
substances, limited power consumption. Record of such
use of cryoprotectants owned turtles - they
metabolism drops to a level that ensures the survival without
oxygen consumption (!) throughout the winter. Moreover, at high
concentrations of glucose in the body are no phenomena inherent
a person with a high content of glucose in the blood - diabetes
and aging. Frost resistance is always cold-blooded animals
aroused keen interest of scientists.
In anabiotic state fall and some species of higher
plants. Record in this respect, the plant belongs bronets,
appearing before the prairies of the American continent. Put
in the herbarium, this plant has sustained more than 11 years in the dried
state without losing its vitality. Inevitably arises
question: What helps plants endure severe dehydration
and fall into a state of suspended animation in which metabolism proceeds
so slowly that practically almost zero? By
According to scientists, with dehydration in plants that can fall
anabiotic in the state is not disrupted the process of respiration, which
maintains its so-called energy usefulness.
When dehydration in plants continue to be produced rich
energy compounds such as ATP (adenosine triphosphate). Energy
formed in the process of respiration to almost complete drying
these plants is transferred almost all cellular structures and all
cellular content, which is dehydrating, passes
a jelly-like state, and the cells can for years to maintain its
viability.
WHETHER there are BIRDS, ВПАДА ЮЩИЕ in HIBERNATION?
Thus, we found that most of the animals with unstable
body temperature, which depends on the environmental flow
in a state of hibernation. But it is surprising that so many animals
with a constant body temperature, such as birds, can also
fall into hibernation during adverse seasons.
It is known that most birds avoid adverse winter
conditions through the flight. It became clear that some species of birds
may fall into such a state in bad seasons
year. There are observations that some species of swallows
(Village and rocky) also fall into winter hibernation.
State of short-term torpor, which scientists call
torpid, was observed in newly hatched chicks
Swifts, which flow into this state when parents
leave them for several days under adverse conditions
(For example, during the approaching cyclone). able
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21torpor body temperature of chicks from 39 ° C dropped to 20 ° C
and even lower heart rate and breathing slows down, and in this state
They were kept 7-12 days. Reappearing, parents warmed
their own bodies, and the chicks are returned to life. in favorable
time, young swifts flew from the nest after 33-35 days, and
at a disadvantage when they fell into a stupor, they
were needed 40-50 days.
Has long been known that in such a torpid state flow
and chicks of some species of hummingbirds, if the mother will fly for food
delayed by more than ten minutes (the only female hummingbirds
feeding offspring). After her return, warmed
maternal warmth, they come back to life. Established that
adults of several hummingbird species in the Americas
continent are also able to fall into a state of torpor
in a particularly cold nights, when their body temperature drops to
8,8 ° C. Proved that the weight of the different kinds of hummingbirds ranging from 1,7 to
19.1 g, and oxygen consumption in small specimens in a state
rest - 11-16 ml per 1 g body weight per hour during the flight - 70-85 ml, and
in a state of torpor only 0.17 ml. Energy consumption in hummingbirds
high, and there is a danger that hummingbird with body temperature
44 ° C can not survive without food for a period when they sleep, so
as they do not have enough energy stocks. When such a situation
their bodies with excessive cooling at night from exhaustion
lose the opportunity to warm up again early in its active phase.
Meanwhile, as you know, night on the South and Central American
High Plateau, home to hummingbirds, cold. That is why hummingbirds
possess a protective mechanism - fall night in torpid
state, the temperature of their bodies compared with the temperature
environment, so that they do not give up their heat
and conserve


malaria worldwide, and is still the treatment of choice in
many acute cases of the illness.
Habitat & Cultivation
Sweet Annie grows in grasslands and
in open areas in Vietnam, Japan, China,
Russia, and North America. It is
cultivated in eastern China. The herb
is propagated from seed in spring
or by dividing the rootstock in
autumn. It is harvested in summer
before flowering.
Related Species
The related A. apiacea  is used
interchangeably with sweet Annie
in China and is employed as a
general tonic in Vietnam. Many
other Artemisia  species are used
medicinally: A. abrotanum  (p. 172);
A. absinthium  (p. 66); A. capillaris  and
A. cina  (p. 172); A. dracunculus  and A.
vulgaris  (p. 173).
Key Constituents
■ Artemisinin (sesquiterpene
 lactone)
■ Essential oil (abrotamine, beta-
 bourbonene)
■ Flavonoids
■ PolyphenolsKey Actions
■ Bitter
■ Reduces fever
■ Antimalarial
■ Antiparasitic
■ Anti-cancer
Research
■ Chinese research  Sweet Annie
was extensively researched in China
in the 1980s, and studies have
demonstrated that its key active
constituent is an effective antimalarial,
having a powerful action against the
malaria parasite Plasmodium, a
protozoan introduced into the body
by the mosquito.
■ Artemisinin  Clinical trials,
notably in Thailand, show that it can
provide vital treatment in the acute
stages of malaria, proving up to 90%
effective in countering the infection.
Artemisinin has a lesser role to play
in chronic malaria and prevention of
the disease.
■ Anti-cancer potential
Laboratory studies suggest that
sweet Annie has marked anti-
cancer activity, promoting
programmed cell death and inhibiting
blood vessel growth. No clinical
trials have so far been undertaken,
but sweet Annie is claimed to be
useful particularly in breast cancer
and leukemia. Synthetic molecules
modelled on artemisinin are also
being researched as potential anti-
cancer drugs.
Traditional &
Current Uses
■ History  The first mention of
sweet Annie was in a Chinese text of
168 bce. Traditionally, it was seen as Sweet Annie
A perennial growing to
about 3 ft (1 m), with
green feathery leaves
covered in fine hairs.
an herb that helped “to clear and
relieve summer heat.”
■ Cooling properties  Sweet
Annie has a cool, bitter taste and is
used for conditions brought
on by heat, especially with symptoms
such as fever, headaches, dizziness,
and a tight-chested sensation. It is
used to treat chronic fevers, night
fevers, and morning chills and is a
traditional remedy for nosebleeds
associated with heat. Sweet Annie  has bright green, saw-toothed
leaves. It is used widely around the world as
an effective antimalarial.Parts Used
Key Preparations & Their UsesLeaves  contain
artemisinin, which
is a powerful
antimalarial.
■ Antimalarial  Sweet Annie has
been used to treat the fevers
and chills of malaria for thousands
of years, and artemisinin is now used
in many countries as an antimalarial.
Artemisinin reduces the risk of
developing malaria and aids a quick
recovery, though drug resistance to it
is now being seen. The whole plant
may also be used to treat malaria and
act as a preventative, though large
doses are required.  RCautions  Only take sweet Annie under professional supervision.
Do not take during pregnancy. Dried leavesFresh leavesLeaves are
harvested
in summer
Tablets  containing artemisinin, which is extracted from the herb, are taken for
malaria throughout the tropics.
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68AstrA g A lus membrA n A ceus Key medicinal plantsAstragalus membranaceus (Fabaceae)
Astragalus, Milk Vetch, Huang Qi (Chinese)Astragalus
A perennial growing  to 16 in (40 cm) with hairy stems and leaves divided into 12–18 pairs of leaflets.
Astragalus is a typical member of the pea
family and is closely related to liqorice.
Habitat & Cultivation
Astragalus is native to Mongolia
and northern and eastern China.  It is grown from seed in spring or autumn and thrives in sandy, well-drained soil, with plenty of sun.  The roots of 4-year-old plants are harvested in autumn.
Key Constituents
■ Triterpene saponins
 (astragolosides)
■ Isoflavonoids (formonentin)
■ Polysaccharides
■ Phytosterols
Key Actions
■ Adaptogenic
■ Immune stimulant
■ Diuretic
■ Vasodilator
■ Antiviral
Research
■ Chinese investigations
Investigations in China indicate that astragalus is diuretic and that it lowers blood pressure and increases endurance. A 2012 clinical trial  found that 5 g a day of astragalus root helped to stabilize kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease, delaying the need for dialysis.
■ Western research Recent
American research has focused on the ability of astragalus to restore normal immune function in cancer patients. Clinical evidence suggests that, as with a number of other  herbs, cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy recover faster and live longer if  given astragalus concurrently.
Traditional &
Current Uses
■ T onic & endurance remedy
Astragalus is a classic energy
tonic, perhaps even superior to ginseng (Panax ginseng, p. 118)  for young people. In China, it is believed to warm and tone the  wei qi (a protective energy that circulates just beneath the skin), helping the body to adapt to  external influences, especially to  the cold. Astragalus raises immune resistance and manifestly improves physical endurance.
■ Control of fluids Though a
vasodilator (encouraging blood to flow to the surface), astragalus is  used for excessive sweating, including night sweats. It is also helpful in both relieving fluid retention and reducing thirstiness. It supports normal kidney function and is thought to protect the kidneys from damage.
■ Immune stimulant Not an
herb for acute illness, astragalus is nonetheless a very useful medicine for viral infections such as the common cold.■ Other uses Astragalus is used to
treat prolapsed organs, especially  the uterus, and it is beneficial for uterine bleeding. Astragalus is often Parts Used
 Key Preparations & Their UsesRoot is a traditional tonic remedy
in China, improving energy levels and helping the body to resist cold.
Chinese
angelica
CinnamonAstragalusDried rootDespite the fact that astragalus is one of the most
popular tonic herbs in China, it is not that well known in the West. In China, the root, known as huang qi, has been used for thousands of years. It has a sweet taste and is a warming tonic particularly suited to young, active people, increasing stamina and endurance, and improving resistance to the cold. It is often combined with other herbs as a blood tonic.
 QCautions Do not take astragalus if suffering from skin disorders,
or during acute illness.
Decoction For anemia, make a decoction
(see p. 291) with 12 g root and 12 g Chinese angelica. T ake 1
1⁄4 cups (300 ml) daily.
Dry-fried root As a stimulant tonic,
each day fry 5 –10 g root by itself
or with 1 tsp of honey and eat
with meals.
Remedy For cold and numbness, make  a decoction (see p. 291) with 20 g root and 5 g cinnamon. Drink
3⁄4 cup (150 ml)
twice a day.
used in combination with dong
quai (Angelica sinensis, p. 63) in  order to act as a blood tonic for treating anemia. Tincture (to make, p. 292). For night sweats, take 1 tsp with water
1 –2 times daily.
US_068-069_Astragalus_Atropa.indd   68 26/02/16   3:58 pm69 Key medicinal plantsAtrop A bell Adonn A
Tincture,  made from the leaves or the root,
is a strong relaxant. It is prescribed by herbal
practitioners to relieve colic and to treat
Parkinson’s disease.Atropa belladonna  (Solanaceae)
Deadly Nightshade, Belladonna
Although deadly nightshade conjures up images of
poison and death, like many plants it is an important
and beneficial remedy when used correctly. Some of
its constituents are employed in conventional medicine,
for example to dilate the pupils for eye examinations
and as an anesthetic. In herbal medicine, deadly
nightshade is


iaceae)
Cacao,
Cocoa
Description  Evergreen tree growing to 26 ft
(8 m). Has pale brown bark, glossy oval leaves, clusters of small yellow flowers, and large, pear-shaped, red-yellow seed pods.Constituents  Arborvitae contains a volatile
oil (up to 60% thujone), coumarins, flavonoids (including procyanidin), tannins, and polysaccharides.
History & Folklore  Many Native American
peoples prized arbor-vitae as a medicine for fever, headaches, coughs, swollen hands, and rheumatic problems. The herb was burned as a smudge (smoky fire) for its scent and to ward off evil spirits. The 19th-century Eclectic herbalists
used arbor-vitae as a remedy for bronchitis, rheumatism, and uterine cancer. Arborvitae has also been used to treat the side-effects of the smallpox vaccination.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Arborvitae has
an established antiviral activity. It is most often used to treat warts and polyps, being prescribed both internally and externally for these conditions. It is also used as part of a regime for treating cancer—especially cancer of the uterus. Arborvitae makes an effective expectorant and anti-congestion remedy, and may be used to treat acute bronchitis and other respiratory infections. It induces menstruation and can be taken to bring on delayed periods, though this use is inadvisable if menstrual pain is severe. Arborvitae is diuretic and is used to treat acute cystitis and bed-wetting in children. Extracts of the herb may be painted on painful joints or muscles as a counterirritant, improving local blood supply and easing pain and stiffness.
 QCautions  T ake only under professional
supervision. Do not take arborvitae during pregnancy or while breastfeeding.
Self-help Use Warts, p. 304.
Thymus serpyllum (Lamiaceae)
Wild Thyme
Description  Tuft-forming evergreen herb
growing to a height of 3 in (7 cm). Has square stems, small aromatic oval leaves, and spikes of bright mauve flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Europe,
thyme prefers heaths, moorland, and barren places. The herb is collected when in flower in summer.
Parts Used  Flowering tops.
Constituents Wild thyme contains a volatile oil
(with thymol, carvacrol and linalool), flavonoids, caffeic acid, tannins, and resin. The volatile oil’s properties are similar to, but less potent than, those of thyme oil (from Thymus vulgaris, p. 143).
History & Folklore  The 17th-century
herbalist Nicholas Culpeper advised taking wild thyme to treat internal bleeding, coughing, and Cacao is cultivated in tropical regions around the world.
The seed pulp is the source of cocoa.Arborvitae twig
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to Mexico
and Central America, cacao is now a major crop
throughout the tropics. The seed pods are harvested several times a year and are cut directly from the trunk of the tree (where they grow). One pod contains up to 50 beans, with roughly 900 weighing 2
1⁄4 lb (1 kg). According to the World Cocoa
Foundation, world production of cacao in 2012 was more than 3.8 million tons. Parts Used  Seeds.
Constituents  The unprocessed seed pulp
contains high levels of polyphenols (mostly proantocyanidins and catechins), xanthines (including caffeine), a fixed oil, and many constituents responsible for chocolate’s flavor. Due to fermentation and the processing involved, chocolate has significantly reduced levels of polyphenols. Minute quantities of endorphins (powerful painkillers that occur naturally within  the body) are also present in cacao.
History & Folklore  The word “chocolate”
derives from chócolatl, the name given to this  tree by the Aztecs. In 1720, Cotton Mather, an American preacher and natural historian, praised cacao, writing that the plant “supplies the Indian with bread, water, wine, vinegar, brandy, milk, oil, honey, sugar, needles, thread, linen, clothes, caps, spoons, besoms, baskets, paper, and nails; timber, coverings for their houses; masts, sails, cordage for their vessels; and medicine for their diseases; and what can be desired more?”
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Though cacao is
most often used as a food, it also has therapeutic value as a nervous system stimulant. In Central America and the Caribbean, the seeds are taken  as a heart and kidney tonic. The plant may be used to treat angina, and as a diuretic. Cacao butter (the fixed oil) makes a good lip salve and is often used as a base for suppositories and pessaries.
Research  The potent mix of polyphenols in the
unprocessed seed pulp has been the main focus of research into cacao. These have a protective activity on the heart and blood vessels, particularly supporting the capillaries or microcirculation. Cacao consumption is linked with lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, as well as a reduced risk of coronary heart disease and stroke. It also appears to have an antidiabetic activity, stimulating the pancreas to regulate blood sugar levels more effectively. Other potential uses of cacao that have been investigated include the prevention of tooth decay, as an aid to weight loss, as a cancer-preventative food within the diet, and as a treatment for chronic fatigue.
Thuja occidentalis (Cupressaceae)
Arborvitae
Description  Evergreen tree growing to 33 ft
(10 m). Has scale-like leaves, male and female flowers, and small, egg-shaped cones.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to the
northeastern U.S. and also known as white cedar, arborvitae flourishes in wet, marshy ground and along riverbanks. It has become a popular ornamental tree in Europe. The leaves are gathered in summer.
Parts Used  Leaves.
US_266-283_Sanguinaria_Ziziphus_jujuba.indd   276 26/02/16   12:48 pm277 other medicinal plantsTrigonella foenum-graecum
vomiting. He noted that “it comforts and
strengthens the head, stomach, reins [ureters] and
womb, expels wind and breaks the stone.” Carolus
Linnaeus, the 18th-century Swedish naturalist, used
the plant to treat headaches and hangovers.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Like its close
relative thyme ( Thymus vulgaris, p. 143), wild thyme
is antiseptic and antifungal. It may be taken as an
infusion or syrup to treat flu and colds, sore
throats, coughs, whooping cough, chest infections,
and bronchitis. Wild thyme has anticongestion
properties and helps clear a stuffy nose, sinusitis,
ear congestion, and related complaints. It has been
used to expel threadworms and roundworms in
children, and is used to settle gas and colic. Wild
thyme’s antispasmodic action makes it useful in
relieving period pain. Externally, it may be applied
as a poultice to treat mastitis (inflammation of the
breast), and an infusion may be used as a wash to
help heal wounds and ulcers. Wild thyme is also
used in herbal baths and pillows.
Related Species  See thyme ( T. vulgaris, p. 143).
Caution  For worms in children, use only under
professional supervision.
Tilia spp. (Tiliaceae)
Linden,
Lime
Description  Deciduous trees growing to a
height of 100 ft (30 m), with smooth gray bark,
heart-shaped leaves, and clusters of pale yellow
flowers with winglike bracts.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe,
linden is found in the wild, but is also much planted
in gardens and along roads. The flowers are
collected in summer.
Parts Used  Flowers
and bracts.
Constituents  Linden
contains flavonoids
(especially quercetin and
kaempferol), caffeic and
other acids, mucilage
(about 3%), tannins, volatile
oil (0.02%-0.1%), and traces
of benzodiazepine-like
compounds. The flavonoids
improve circulation.
History & Folklore
Greek myth recounts how
Philyra, a nymph, was
raped by the god Cronus
in the guise of a horse,
and eventually gave birth
to the famed centaur,
Chiron. Philyra was so
devastated that she Linden  flowers from
several species,
including Tilia
europaea, are used
in herbal medicine.Red clover is a common wayside plant, but it is also
cultivated as a fodder crop.falling estrogen levels, but also to exert a protective
effect on the heart and circulation in menopausal
women with low estrogen levels. Early-stage
research points to the isoflavones countering bone
loss, making them potentially of use in
osteoporosis. Due


	world
with
	us,	we	need	to	step	up	and
take	our	part	seriously.
Baba	believed	that	there	is	a	divine	plan,	but	God	isn’t	showing	us	the
blueprint,	much	less	himself.	So	how	are	we	meant	to	cooperate	with	his
plan?	Baba	taught	me	that	God	is	here	in	spirit.	When	I	contact	my	spirit,	I
am	helping	the	divine	plan.	Creation	keeps	going;	it	didn’t	happen	just	once.
When	I	have	a	creative	idea,	God	is	having	it	through	me.	God’s	work	is	not
like	a	final	blueprint	that	no	one	is	allowed	to	touch.	“If	you	really	want	to	see
your	maker,”	Baba	said,	“become	a	maker	yourself.	It’s	like	catnip.	God
won’t	be	able	to	resist	helping	you.”
The	more	you	stretch	your	mind	into	the	unknown,	the	more	help	your	soul
will	offer	(this	whole	book	is	one	long	mind	stretch,	and	I	hope	you	will
receive	a	flood	of	spiritual	help	from	now	on).	I	have	learned	to	live	by	apiece	of	advice	I	read	many	years	ago:	“Start	a	great	project,	and	with	the	first
step	you’ll	be	amazed	at	the	invisible	forces	that	will	come	to	your	aid.”	What
this	means	is	that	when	you	have	a	new	thought,	you	are	actually	causing
invisible	forces	to	go	on	the	alert;	they	notice	you	and	try	to	help.	Your	choice
is	either	to	block	them	or	to	go	with	the	flow.	Here’s	what	it	takes	to	go	with
the	flow.
A	Game	Plan	for	Accomplishment
Focus	on	what	you	want	to	accomplish,	let	it	sprout	and	grow	in	your	mind.
Ask	your	soul	for	help	and	encouragement.
Let	go	and	allow	the	results	to	take	shape.
Act	when	you	feel	clear.
Don’t	take	any	action	when	you’re	in	doubt.
Don’t	spread	confusion;	have	faith	in	your	purpose.
Don’t	act	on	anger,	anxiety,	or	other	negative	impulses.
Expect	the	best.
Accept	every	result	as	the	best	you	can	do	at	that	moment.
Don’t	blame	yourself	for	setbacks	and	obstacles.
Don’t	shrivel	up	and	go	tight	inside	when	something
goes	wrong.	Be	open	to	the	lesson	that	every	setback	contains.
Don’t	blame	others.
Know	any	outcome	is	possible.
Put	the	past	behind	you.	Trust	in	a	better	future.
Don’t	accept	bad	outcomes	passively—change	whatever	has	to	be	changed
within	yourself.
Don’t	force	or	control	the	situation.Don’t	go	off	in	fantasy.	Try	to	be	as	present	as	possible,	without	distraction.
Feel	safe	and	centered	inside.
Check	all	around	you	for	signs	that	you	are	on	the	right	path.
Be	responsible	for	your	own	destiny.
The	flow	comes	down	to	one	thing:	Spirit	can	accomplish	anything	once	you
get	out	of	its	way	When	you	are	truly	in	the	flow,	there	is	much	less	struggle
and	stress.	You	don’t	have	to	try	so	hard.
Yet	I	mostly	go	back	to	this	list	when	I’m
not
	in	the	flow,	when	I	need	a
reminder	of	all	the	blocks	that	make	life	difficult,	such	as	negativity,	criticism,
losing	trust,	getting	tense	and	tight	inside,	and	so	forth.	These	are	just	the
opposite
	of	what	the	list	tells	me	to	do.	When	you	stop	blocking	yourself,	you
can	get	back	to	your	calm	and	confident	center.	When	you	run	into	problems,
turn	them	into	spiritual	lessons,	such	as	learning	to	be	patient	and
	courageous.
Nobody	grows	if	everything	comes	too	easily	all	the	time.	But	you	shouldn’t
consider	struggle	to	be	the	normal	or	right	way.
God	is	asking	for	cocreators,	not	soldiers.	As	spirit	grows	with	you,	you	will
find	that	being	a	creator	is	much	easier	and	hugely	more	fun	than	winning	any
fight.Pure	Gold
D
o	you	talk	to	God?”	I	asked	Baba.	“Does	he	talk	to	you?”
“In	a	way,”	he	said.	“I	don’t	hear	his	voice,	but	I	know	what	God	wants
anyway.	That’s	the	easiest	thing	in	the	world.”
“Really?”
Baba	had	decided	that	we	could	rest	for	a	while	from	our	tramping.	He	found
a	stream	deep	in	the	woods,	and	we	were	dangling	our	feet	in	it	to	cool	off.
“Nobody	seems	to	think	it’s	easy	to	figure	out	what	God	wants,”	I	said.	I
wondered	if	Baba	had	another	of	his	tricky	answers	up	his	sleeve.
“No	tricks	this	time,”	he	said.	“Who	could	fool	God?	Although	everyone	tries
to,	all	the	time.”
I	thought	he	was	going	to	launch	off	on	that	subject,	but	he	gazed	into	the
water	for	a	long	time.	“This	whole	situation	is	muddy,”	he	said.	“So	maybe
you	can	tell	me,	what	could	God	want	if	he’s	all-powerful—not	to	mention
that	he’s	not	talking?”
“He	could	want	a	lot	that	I	haven’t	figured	out	yet.”
“Don’t	look	so	nervous,”	Baba	said,	smiling.	“Maybe	God	isn’t	like	a	tough
boss	who	demands	more	than	you	can	give,	even	working	overtime.”
“That	would	be	a	relief,”	I	admitted.	“But	I’d	rather	hear	what	you	were	going
to	tell	me.”
“God	can	want	only	one	thing,”	said	Baba,	who	then	told	me	the	following
story:
One	day	in	a	rich	man’s	house	nobody	was	home,	and	all	his	expensive	things
started	an	argument.
“I’m	the	most	precious	thing	here,”	a	gold	ring	declared	proudly.“No,	you’re	not,”	a	gold	necklace	said	even	more	haughtily.	“Look	how
complicated	and	beautiful	I	am.	No	simple	little	ring	can	compare	with	me.”
“You’re	both	wrong,”	said	a	gold	watch	with	disdain.	“I’m	ten	times	more
complicated	than	any	necklace,	and	besides	that,	I’m	useful,	too.”
The	argument	only	got	worse,	until	a	grandfather	clock	in	the	corner	broke	in.
“You’re	all	wrong,”	he	said.	“A	ring	isn’t	the	same	as	a	necklace,	and	a
necklace	isn’t	the	same	as	a	watch.	But	you	are	all	made	of	the	same	pure
gold,	and	that	makes	you	equal.”
Baba	looked	at	me	when	he	finished	his	tale.	“Do	you	see	what	it’s	about?”	he
asked.	“God	is	like	the	grandfather	clock,	who	sees	everyone	as	spirit,	but	we
go	around	seeing	differences.	We	think	that	what	we	look	like,	what
	we	say
and	do,	determines	who	we	are.	That’s	why	God	wants	only	one	thing:	He
wants	us	to	drop	our	disguises.	Once	you	see	yourself	as	he	sees	you,	there	is
nothing	more	that	God	could	ever	want.”
W
HAT
	I	L
EARNED
This	lesson	made	me	breathe	a	sigh	of	relief.	I	used	to	worry	a	lot	about	what
God	wanted	me	to	do,	and	even


ply (salivary amylase) would be speedily exhausted.   This would amply prove to you that we were not starch ea
ters in nature when we had not mastered fire.  Instead of being a
palate-tingling delight, starches are a torturesome affair.
When humans can freely eat starchy roots, grains and tubers such as cassava, taro, po -
tatoes and wheat in their raw state to satiation and proclaim the experience a gourmet
treat, then both y ou and I migh
t accede that we’re starch eaters.
Are We Omnivores, That is, All of the Foregoing?
Of course, humans are
omnivores in practice with the aid of condi -
ments, taste excitants, dena turalization b y

cooking, camouflag -
ing seasonings, spices and so on.  But, in Natur e
, we could not
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Fruiticulturedo more than eat foods in season, and we’d have to eat them in the raw state on their
own merits with our tastebuds. In nature we were frugivores only.
Humans & Fruit: Symbiotic Partners in LifeWhile few biology books proclaim symbiosis and none that I’ve encountered pro -
claim our own symbiotic role in nature, we are symbionts as are thousands of species.
Symbiosis is coopera tion bet
ween dissimilar organisms for mutual benefit.  Symbionts
are cooperators in symbiotic living.  While the word symbi -
ont is supposed to apply only to the lesser of two c ooper
at-
ing organisms, I prefer to call both of the c omplementary
c
ooperators symbionts for
that is the only nomencla -
ture that makes sense.  Let’s obser ve this phenomenon in
natur
e.
We see flowers bloom and put forth tons upon tons of pollen for fertilizing the ovaries of female flowers.  Both male and female flowers secrete nectar at their inner base to at -
tract consumption by bees and other insects. In taking such a large reward the bees and insec ts become con tamina
ted with pollen in the male flowers only to have it removed
when they take the nectar of female flowers.  The ovaries of female flowers secrete a sticky substance which the bee or insect must come in contact with in taking their nec -
tars.  Instances of symbiosis abound in nature.
The above is cit ed t
o demonstrate natural cooperativeness or symbiosis.  In this case we
see that the flowers of plants, both woody and nonwoody, attracted bees and insects to
take the free meals provided.  This is the way that plants uncannily solved the problem of fertilization, attesting to a high order of intelligence in plant life (which is perceived by few).
Humans do not collect nectar.  Even if they did, it would be a very poor food though it
sustains bees and insects well.  Fertilization in this manner is necessary to certain forms
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Fruiticultureof plant life to insure that seeds be created with which to propagate the species.  As we
know, plant life is stationary.  Once it has created its seed progeny, a new problem arises, that of scattering the seeds so they will flourish. How did this uncanny wisdom in nature accomplish this?
Among the many solutions was that of creating yet another food around the seed or
seeds.  In attracting consumption of this food by mobile creature, there was the inci -
dental distribution of its seeds to areas where they would not compete for space and raw mat er
ials with the parent plant.  Of course, that same immense wisdom dictated
the creation of seeds that were unappetizing so they would be discarded rather than consumed.
But the greatest wisdom of all, perhaps, was that which created the food package to pro -
portionately meet the precise needs of its eaters:  Those creatures which, in taking and
bec oming dependent on these foods, became the fruit plan
t’s biological symbiont.  That
this method of seed distribution was successful is evidenced by the thousands of kinds
of fruits created around seeds in nature.  Fruits attract human senses in nature and are gourmet delights in their natural ripened state, which ensures their sur -
vival.  Also, fruits contain no poisons in the fresh ripened state wher
eas almost
all plants and seeds contain components which we cannot metabolize, hence are toxic directly or indirectly.
Fruits in nature are in a predigested form when they ripen.  Fruits ripen when their seeds are at a mature stage ready for reproduction. When fruits ripen, they change to brilliant colors and emit seductive fragrances to attract consumption from a biological symbiont.  The tree, stalk or vine is rewarded in that its seeds are distributed, thus perpetuating its kind.  They are beautiful to behold and emit captivating aromas and fragrances.  This makes them irresistibly attractive to their biological symbionts. If all the water and fiber are removed from most of these fruits, the predigested carbohydrates are almost all the same, about 350 calories per 100 grams on average, more than enough to meet the en -
ergy needs of biological symbionts.  This is about 88% of solids.
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FruiticultureIn like manner, fruits supply from 4 to 8 grams of amino acids per 100 grams, almost ev -
ery one of them with all the essential amino acids in about the proportions that humans
require, plus, of c
ourse, other amino acids.  The average amino acid content is about the
same as mother’s milk for a growing baby.  The average is about 6% of solids.  When suf -
ficient calories have been consumed to meet caloric needs, intake is almost double our actual daily amino acid shortfall from r ec
ycling.
Furthermore, the fatty acids from almost all fruits other than avocados and olives consti -
tute about 1% to 5% of solids other than fiber. These fatty acids are liberal in their supply of the essential fatty acids.
The average fatty acid content of fruits is about 2%.
But, importantly, fruits are rich in mineral matter in the most utilizable form in all Nature!  Of its solids, about 3% are minerals including, of course, ample calcium to meet our needs if we do not eat more than 20% acid-forming foods and if we do not cook and derange fruit nutrients.
Of the labeled macronutrients, there are vitamins
which are really micronutrients; so little as not to be ordinarily measurable.  A year of the RDIs for vita -
mins would not fill a sewing thimble! Yet fruits sup -
ply many multiples of the RDIs of vitamins in almost every instance. F
or instance, vitamin C in fruits suffi-
cient to meet our caloric needs is about ten times as much, on a verage, as the RDI f
or it.
Those on the fruit diet have 60% to 70% less need for water than those on the conven -
tional diet, primarily because pathogens require inordinate amounts of water to hold them in suspension and carry them out of the body. Fruits supply ample w
ater in its pur -
est form to meet our needs.  Fruitarians do not normally drink water but make as many trips to the urinal as an y
one.
As a last consideration, fruits are alkaline in their metabolic end-products.  The body readily excretes excess alkalis whereas it must neutralize objectionable acids and excrete them if able. (Arthritis, bursitis, rheumatism, gout and yet other problems are caused by
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Fruiticulturethe body’s inability to excrete base salts from acid neutralization, usually calcium salts.
For instance the uric acid of meats are neutralized into calcium urate crystals because we do not secrete the enzyme, uricase, as carnivores do.  These salts have an affinity for cartilage in joints. Also having this affinity are the acid end-products of grains, oxalic ac -
ids in vegetables like spinach, chard, beets and lamb’s quarter, most cooked foods, and mea ts.)
Are w
e a species of fruit eaters?  I’m sure that you will agree through your own senses
that fruits would be your primary food in a state of nature.  Would you, in nature, rel -
ish ripe grapes, peaches, melons, bananas, apples, plums, oranges, mangoes, avocados, tomatoes, figs
, berries and the thousands of other fruits?  Would fruits attract your eye,
tantalize your sense of smell, and be a gustatory delight in their raw natural ripe state?  Would you prefer anything that occurs in nature to a juicy sweet watermelon?  Man has always had a love affair going with fruits.  Even through all his perversions, he has con -
tinued to relish fruits.
Fruits are the natur al f
ood of humans and the
only food category ideally suited to all their faculties. This does not mean we should eat fruits totally and exclusively in our present circumstances, but it does mean that, in na -
ture, that’s all we ate as attested to by anthro -
pological evidence scientists have uncovered, notably Dr. Alan W alker of Johns Hopk
ins
University.
Fruits really have it all; all that it took to make
us into superb human beings; all that is re -
quired to sustain us in a healthy state insofar as food contributes to this condition;


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camembert cheese 111
Candida 33,37-42,55,76-78,167
canellini beans 115
canned fish 111
canned vegetables and fruit 115
cauliflower 111
capers 111
carrots 111
carob 115
carrageenan 115
casein 21, 49-51,71-73
cashew nuts 111
casomorphines 21,49-51,72
cayenne pepper 111
celery 111
celeriac 111
cellulose 111
cellulose gum 115
cereals 85-87,115
cheddar cheese 111
cheeses processed 116
chelation 199,202-204
cherimoya (custard apple or sharifa) m
cherries 111
chestnuts 112
chestnut flour 116
chevre cheese 116
chewing gum u6
chicken 112 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) 176-179,
181
diethanolamine (DEA) 209
digestion 9-14,21-24, 59-6i
digestive enzymes 50,191-196
dill 112
docosahexaenoic acid, see DHA
Dohan, EC. 13,64
dopamine 74
doxycycline 32
drinks 116
drugs, anti-schizophrenic 63-68
dry curd, seeuncreamed cottage
cheese
dysbiosis 15-30,28,34-36,55
dyslexia 5-7, 63
dyspraxia 5-7, 63
E
ear infections (glue ear) 213-220
E. Coli 17-25,31-36,168
eczema 5-7,25-30,56-58
edam cheese 112
edu cation 235-242
EFAs (essential fatty acids) 175-186
eggplant 112
eggs 102-103,112
eicosapentaenoic acid, see EPA
endoscopy 11-12
enema 226-228
enterococci 15,32
enterocytes 18-20,50,79-81
environment, impact of 207-211,231
enzyme 21,191-196
EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) 175-186
epilepsy 49,208
epithelium 17-18
erythromycin 32
essential fatty acids 175-186
evening primrose oil 175-186
F
faba beans 116
fats 82,108,173-185
fatty acids 173-185
feeding problems 157-160 Feingold diet 74
feta cheese 116
fibre 21-22
filberts 112
fish 112, n6
fish oils 175-186
flour 116
fluoride 209
foetus 57
folic acid 63,73
food allergies 38-39
foods to avoid 115-118
formaldehyde 208
FOS (fructooligosaccharides) 116
fructose 116
fruit 104,116
G
gallic acid 74
game fresh or frozen 112
gamma-linolenic acid, see GLA
garbanzo beans 116
garlic 112
ghee 98,112
genetics l, 229-234
gentamycin 32
gin 112
ginger root fresh 112
gjetost cheese 116
GLA (gamma-linolenic acid) 175-179
glucose 46
gluten 21,49-51,71-73
gluteomorphines
(gliadinomorphines) 21, 49-51,72
glue ear, see ear infections
glycerol 174
gorgonzola cheese 112
gouda cheese 112
grains 82-83,116
grapefruit 112
grapes 112
gruyere cheese 116
H
ham 116
havarti cheese 112 hazelnuts 112
heavy metals 202-204
hemolysis 204
herbs 112
herbal teas 112
herpesvirus 43
histadelia 39
histamine 39,74
Hoffer, Abram 13, 63
hot dogs 116
hydrochloric  acid  191-195
hyperactivity, see ADHD
hyperglycaemia 84-86
hypoglycaemia 84-86
I
IBS (irritable bowel disease) 13,38
ice-cream 116
IgA (immunoglobulin  A) 26-27
IgE (immunoglobulin E) 28
immune  system  25-30,48,221,223
immunoglobulins 25
inflammation 11-12,213-220
interferon 16
interleukin 28
iodine 23
iron 23-24
J
jams 116
jellies 116
Jerusalem artichoke 116
juices 112,204-206
K
kale 112
kanamycin 32
ketchup 117,122
kiwi fruit 112
kumquats 113
LA (linoleic acid) 175-176,179-181
lactobacilli 15-24,31-36,53,167
lactose 22, 80,117
lamb 113
lanolin 209 lead 209
lemons 113
lentils 113
lettuce all kinds 113
lima beans 113
limburger cheese 113
limes 113
linoleic acid, see LA
linseed 175
liqueurs 117
liver 47,119,120,124,137-138
lymph nodes 11-12
lymphocyte 11-12,25-26
M
macrophage 26
magnesium 23-24,63,202
manganese 23-24, 63,202
mangoes 113
manic-depression, see bipolar
disorder
margarines and butter
replacements 117
measles virus 12,42
meats 113,117
melons 113
mercury 202-204
metals, see heavy metals
microvilli 18-20
miEet 117
milk  cow,  goat  95-99,117
milk coconut 107,117
milk soy 117
milk rice 117
milk dried 117
minerals 197-199
MMR vaccination 12,59
molasses 117
monterey (jack) cheese 113
mozzarella cheese 117
muenster cheese 113
mungbeans 117
Muramil Dipeptide 25-26
mushrooms 113
mustard 113
myelin 48 N
nectarines 113
Neufchatel cheese 117
neurotoxins 41,46-52
neurotransmitter 47-48,51, 74
neutrophils 26
niacin, see vitamin B3
niacinamide, see niacin
nutra-sweet, see aspartame
nuts 105,113,117
nut flour (ground nuts) 113
nutmeg 113
Nystatin 33,38
O
oats 117
OCD(obsessive compulsive disorder)
5-7, 63
okra 117
olive oil 108,113,182
olives 113
omega-3 fatty acids  24,175-179
omega-6  fatty acids  24,175-181
onions 113
oranges 113
organ meats 100-102
P
pantothenic acid 23
papaya 113
parenteral feeding 35
parmesan cheese 113
parsley 113
parsnips 117
pasta or any kind 117
peaches 113
peanuts 113
peanut butter 113
pears 113
peas 113
pecans 113
pectin 117
pellagra 67-68
peppers 111, 113
pepsin 49,191,195
peptides 21,51 Pfeiffer, Carl 13,39, 64
phenylalanine 74
phospholipase A2, see PLA2
pickles 113
pineapple 113
PLA2 (phospholipase A2) 179-180
port du salut cheese 114
pork 113
postum 117
potato white 83,117
potato sweet 83,117
poultry fresh or frozen 117
primost cheese 117
propylene glycol 209
prostaglandins 25-30
protein 49,81-82
prunes 114
psychiatric conditions 5-7, 21,63
pumpkin 114