 yang essence with her
every cell.
THE FOUR ATTAINMENTS OF THE JADE STALK
In order to harmonize fully with a woman who is going through the
nine stages of arousal, the man will naturally pass different phases
of arousal before entering her. The Yellow Emperor is said to have
asked: "If I wish to make love but fail to gain erection, is it wise to
force intercourse?"
The Mysterious Lady replied, "No, it is not wise. The Jade
Stalk (penis) should first pass the Four Attainments before inter-
course will be proper." Naturally the Emperor asked, "What are
the Four Attainments?"
"If the Jade Stalk is not able to erect", she replied, "the yin
and yang energy is not in harmony. Firmness is the first attain-
ment. If the Jade Stalk erects, but is not swollen, the chi is insuffi-
cient in the blood. Swelling is the second attainment. If the man's
Jade Stalk is swollen, but not hard, his chi has not penetrated to his
bones. Hardness is the third attainment. Finally, if the Jade Stalk is
hard but not hot, the vital energy has not reached the man's spirit.
Heat is the fourth attainment.
It is far more important to have a small but hard penis than it
is for a man to have a large but semi-soft penis. That is why no man
has any true biological advantage over another in sex. Anyone can
cultivate his internal energy to a high level of intensity regardless of
the outer appearance of his body. Other practices like Iron Shirt
Chi Kung, Tai Chi Chi Kung, and meditation all help develop a
high level of chi cultivation where energy can be passed or ex-
changed with a woman without using a penis as the channel of
transmission. A light touch of your hand, a glance, or a thought will
suffice to send the energy. But even this would not make the penis
obsolete, as there are always more refined levels of love-making to
be enjoyed.
You can observe your own penis to know the level of your
arousal. What if you have not reached the highest level of having a
rock hard penis radiating tremendous heat, but the woman is ready
to receive you? I suggest you enter her and pass the other attain-
ments of the Jade Stalk while making love. You can do this110 Taoist Secrets Of Love
safely—without ejaculating—while inside her by using the Power
Locking or Big Draw. However, it is very tempting to release your
seed when your penis reaches this degree of arousal, so in the
beginning you may need to lock your seed in before reaching the
fourth attainment.
THE NINE SHALLOW/ONE DEEP THRUSTING METHOD
There are a great number of thrusting methods. The Kama Sutra
alone offers many different ones. We suggest a powerful method,
which we consider among the "cream of the crop." Our method is
based on the number, NINE, a figure of great importance in Taoist
practice considered a powerful yang energy.
The essence of this thrusting technique is to go nine shallow
and one deep. The one deep thrust, besides varying sensory stim-
ulation, forces the air out of the vagina. This allows you to create a
vacuum inside her with the nine shallow thrusts which follow. You
never withdraw completely: this would break the vacuum seal.
Rather, you hover at those outermost inches of the vagina which
are covered with a dense net of nerves.
The nine shallow, one deep rhythm delights your partner. The
vacuum has tremendous effect: she feels empty then full, empty
then full. This pause pleases because you constantly refresh her
senses with change. When we eat our fill, we want no more. But
one delicious taste (the deep thrust) increases desire. We satisfy
then stimulate desire. We create desire than renew satisfaction.
The other reason that shallow thrusts satisfy is that the
woman's most sensitive area is about one inch inside her vagina on
the upper wall. This point connects a vast network of nerves in the
sexual organs with the rest of her body. This is known as the G-
spot, after Graffenberg, the scientist who discovered it, and is also
the site from which females ejaculate a fluid when highly aroused.
The Taoists consider this fluid also to be highly charged with her
essence that is absorbed directly into the head of the penis glans.
Continue going nine shallow, one deep until accomplishing
nine full sets. The number of short thrusts thus totals 81, another
potent number. At first you may go 3, then 6 cycles before building
up to the 9. This potency will be increased if you swallow her saliva
every time you pause for a deep thrust. This fluid is highly charged
with her yin essence and will balance your expanding yang energy.Polarity is the Key To Transforming Sex Energy
DIAGRAM 22
SHALLOW THRUST:
THE 3, 6 OR 9 SHALLOW THRUSTS STIMULATE
THE PLEXUS OF NERVES BY THE G SPOT
& IS BEST FOR EXCHANGING SEXUAL ENERGIES.Ill
DEEP THRUST FORCES AIR OUT OF THE
VAGINA TO CREATE A VACUUM DURING THE SHALLOW
THRUSTS THAT FOLLOW. THIS VACUUM HAS STIMULATING
EFFECT ON A WOMAN.112 Taoist Secrets Of Love
On reaching this goal, you may rest or use the more sophisticated
techniques found in Chapter 8, The Secret of Semen Retention.
Once you have relaxed and removed surplus electricity from
the testes, recommence active thrusting. You are in an extremely
pleasurable state, calm yet able to keep the seminal fluid and erec-
tile power through another series of thrusts. Then rest again.
You may prefer to thrust in slowly and to depart more
quickly. This way is well adapted to woman's deep-seated nature.
Enter slowly because she grows aroused more slowly than man.
Untaught man is quick to begin and quick to finish.*
Since she must make life, she naturally begins and ends over a
greater period of time. Man must consciously accommodate him-
self to woman's primoridial rhythm. With reverence light the sa-
cred candles in her thighs.
If she is taken too abruptly, the flush of pleasure has insuffi-
cient time to spread over her entire nervous system, Sensation
remains fixed in the genitals. Think of it this way: when you pinch
yourself for a second or two, only the spot actually between your
fingers feels the sensation. But if you hold on for a long time, the
sensation spreads over a wider area, eventually flowing to remote
limbs. As with pain, so with pleasure.
Therefore, thrust slowly: each thrust is itself an act of love.
Woman wakes according to her own mysterious cycles. To defy
the laws of creation is to suffer sure disappointment.
You may prefer to thrust out somewhat more quickly. You
have already stimulated her: she needs some particularly poignant
sensation to fling her toward greater heights. Extra thrill may be
provided by quicker retreat after slow penetration. Do not thrust
all of the way out: pull back to a 1" or 2" depth. This movement
away from the woman flicks your up-bowed penis into strong con-
tact with the woman's clitoris. This is a seat of her erotic sensitiv-
ity. Suffuse her with pleasure, then sting with a hot surge.
*She needs less instruction than you: Man is God's secret, Power is man's secret, Sex is
woman's secret.CHAPTER 8
THE SECRETS OF SEMEN RETENTION
"Reject all reasoning about sex; practice special exercises. To be
able to make love and not emit is the secret of returning the semen.
Increasing and aiding the semen is the way of the life-force."
—Plain Woman's advice to the Yellow Emperor 2nd century B.C.
In the centuries past, the Emperor of China invariably called in the
court sages, usually Taoist, to get advice on his sex life. Before
accepting the advice of any sage, so the story goes, the Emperor
required any prospective master to prove his sexual control. He
did this by offering the would-be advisor a full glass of wine and
demanding the sage insert his penis into it. If he was truly a master,
he could absorb the wine into his penis, and then release it back
into the wine glass. This was taken as absolute proof that the sage
could also absorb a woman's sexual fluids, her yin essence, and
therefore knew the secrets of Immortality.
This practice of absorbing fluid into the penis is quite real, and
can still be seen on the streets of India today. One enterprising yogi
in Bombay sucks up oil into his penis in private and then publicly
lights it on fire as he urinates it out, claiming it is divine fire.
Amusing, but not very inspiring as a model for the transformation
of sex energy. This yogic suction technique is one that many peo-
ple confuse with the true practice of semen retention.114 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Drawing any fluid into the urethra of the penis is accom-
plished by creating a vacuum in the bladder through certain phys-
ical exercises. It is a dangerous practice because it is easy for the
male prostate or bladder to become infected by the inhaled fluid,
especially female sexual fluids drawn during love-making from the
highly bacterial culture of


 to your mental image of the
person who won you over by stooping and remaining low. You’ll
immediately find your way, as if that individual were directing you to
overcome the struggle, addiction, or ego-dominated thoughts that seem to
take you away from your feminine, T ao nature.
OceanofPDF.com62nd Verse
The T ao is the tr easur e-house,
the true natur e,
the secr et Sour ce of everything.
It is the tr easur e of the good man
and the r efuge of the bad.

If a person seems wicked,
do not cast him away.
Awaken him with your wor ds,
elevate him with your deeds,
repay his injury with your kindness.
Do not cast him away;
cast away his wickedness.

Thus when a new leader is chosen,
do not offer to help him
with your wealth or your expertise.
Help him to meditate on the principle;
offer instead to teach him about the T ao.

Why did the ancients make so much of the principle?
Is it not because it is the Sour ce of all good,
and the r emedy for all evil?
It is the most noble thing in the world.OceanofPDF.comLiving in the
Treasure-house
of the Tao
Imagine having access to a very special place where we could retreat and
commune with the sacred Source of everything. Here we’d find “the
treasure of the good man” and a space where the bad man goes to be
forgiven. This is where great rulers and the wisest among us would meditate
for guidance to carry out awesome responsibilities, where we’d be given the
secret for casting out all wickedness without personally needing to cast out
anyone ourselve s. In this wonde rful locale, we would absolutely know the
Source of good as well as the remedy for evil.
As I studied and contemplated this passage, I began calling it the “Count
your blessings” verse. It reminds me that I can access a sacred treasure-
house deep within me, as can you and all other conscious beings. It reminds
me to change the way I see the appear ance of darkness in our world today.
It remin ds me that within me is the wondrous wellspring of the Tao. It
reminds me to be willing to chan ge the way I view myself and my role here
as one of the 10,000 things.
You can modify your conditione d way of viewing most things by looking
at all that appe ars to be weighted with hatred, wickedness, and evil.
According to Lao-tzu, no one is evil or wicked; rather, those who live in
contradiction to the Tao’s teaching only appear to be so. Instead  of casting
them aside, you must reconnect them to the Great Way. So stay centered by
thinking and behaving in ways  that harmonize with the all-loving, all-
knowing Tao, keeping in mind that this Source doesn’ t inflict harm on,
exclude, or judge anyone—it just gives life.
Where you perceive negativity, alter your view to see pure love and
kindness that’s mistakenly being directed to seek a sacred place in the
material world. That energy is powerful, and it’s moving away from its
Source instead of returning and replenishing in the spiritual cycle that is itsoriginating point. When you’ve succeeded in changing how you perceive
so-called wickedness, invite others to see the differenc e as well. Thanks to
your new point of view, you’ll be quite comfortable discussing the
difference between material-world satisfactions and the riches of the Tao.
And if requested, you’ll even be able to offer a map or path to the sacred
treasure-house of the T ao.
In a translation of the Tao Te Ching by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, the
62nd verse concludes with the following words:
Why does everyone like the T ao so much at first?
Isn’t it because you find what you seek and ar e forgiven when you sin?
Therefore this is the gr eatest tr easur e of the universe.
Here’ s what Lao-tzu offers you in this “Count your blessings”  gem of a
verse:
Practice seeing the door of the treasur e-house opening to you.
See yourself as a Divine creation  of the eternal Tao, with the entrance to a
sacred space always available to you. Know that what you’ve thought of as
negative can never be if it’s able to enter the treasure-filled Tao. Visualize a
house that’s opening its front door to you and welcoming you to bask in the
sacred warmth of its interior, and imagine leaving all angst and fear behind
as you walk in. Make this home  of the Tao a private retreat that you’re free
to enter with this meditative visualizing technique. It is divinity itself, and it
can be your sanctuary at any time.
Practice forgiving, and avoiding judgment, when you see r eprehensible
or evil-minded ways.
Take Lao-tzu up on his advice for dealing with those who appear to be
wicked people by mentally separating the individuals from their toxic
behavior. Remem ber that they are Divine creations of the Tao who simply
believe that ego should control life. In your thoughts, erase the vileness, the
wrongdoing, and the addictive or harmful actions; and allow those folks to
just be there apart from their malevolent behavior. See the unfolding of the
Tao in them, and picture them as innocent children who are overstimulated
by ego’s temporary stronghold. In your mind, forgive the evil conduct, andmake every effort to wrap loving arms around the children you see before
you.
Lao-tzu urges you to treat yourself in a similar manner: Cast out any
behavior you dislike about yourself, allow your pain to be felt, and absolve
yourself. With these behaviors removed, visualize embracing yourself, and
notice the radiant being of light who is yourself in your imagination.
Practice elevatin g yourself with your Tao deeds and doling out kindness to
others as well as yourself. This is how you apply this verse of the Tao,
which is indeed the remedy for all evil.
Do the T ao Now
Today, make the decision to help one other person, if only for a few
moments, to meditate on this verse’ s principle. But do so without
mentioning the Tao Te Ching or this book. Possibly send out an expression
of love where you might have chosen anger. Or mail a greeti ng card with a
particularly meaningful verse of the Tao to someone who’ s assumed a new
position of leadership. Whatever you do, your motivation is to help that
man or woman unlock the door to his or her treasure-house by offering keys
in the form of your own T ao-centered thoughts and behaviors.
OceanofPDF.com63rd Verse
Practice nonaction.
Work without doing.
Taste the tasteless.
Magnify the small, incr ease the few.
Rewar d bitterness with car e.
See simplicity in the complicated.
Achieve gr eatness in little things.

Take on difficulties while they ar e still easy;
do gr eat things while they ar e still small.
The sage does not attempt anything very big,
and thus achieves gr eatness.

If you agr ee too easily, you will be little trusted; because the sage always
confr onts difficulties,
he never experiences them.
OceanofPDF.comLiving Without
Difficulties
This verse conve ys so much with an economical use of words. Every time
I read what Lao-tzu is saying here, I feel that it’s impossible for me to
experience difficulties in my life if I’m willing to accept his sage advice. He
counsels that we learn to think in moments, rather than in days, weeks,
months, years, decades, or a lifetime. All we ever get is right now—that’ s it.
So we must avoid the inclination to magnify tiny events or worry about a
future that may never arrive. It’s the little things that make all the differenc e
in our world, and keeping life simple replaces chaos. As Lao- tzu reminds
us, “See simplicity in the complicated... do great things while they are still
small.”
I’ve followed that advice while working on this book. As you might
imagine, writing  individual essays on the 81 verses of one of the most
revered and enduring spiritual texts has been a daunting task! A project like
this involves at least a year of daily researching, reading, writing, and
revising. Yet instead of focusing on the challenges of this project, I choose
to “see simplici ty” and “take on difficulties while they are still easy.” I
immerse myself in a single verse in the morning, allowing the words to
flow through my heart and onto the page. I feel like I’ve mastered the ironic
conclusion of this 63rd passage, which says that difficulties are not
experienced when they’re confronted.
This, then, is the wisdom of this verse: There’ s no such thing as difficulty
when you live in the present moment, doing only what you can right now.
So examine your thoughts about what you call the troubles in your life. Can
you shift to thinking of every undertaking as not only manageable, but easy
and small as well? After all, how do you pursue a difficult course of study
that will take several years to complete? By not projecting yourself into the
future or using your present mom ents to worry. How do you get through the
long, difficult process of giving birth to a child? Moment by moment. I’ve


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Optimal DMSO Dose for Traumatic Brain Injury ........................... 214
Comparing DMSO Doses, Duration of Treatment, and Use as a First- or Second-Line Treatment for Traumatic Brain Injury
.......... 216
DMSO in Intracranial Aneurysm Hemorrhage ................................ 221
DMSO Compared to Progesterone for Traumatic Brain Injury .......224
DMSO + Fructose-1,6-Disphosphate (FDP) for Ischemic Stroke ....227
References ........................................................................................ 231ix
Foreword
I have personally known Dr. Stanley W. Jacob and Dr. Jack C. de la Torre over a
period of many years. My first encounter with Dr. Jacob occurred when I was a surgi -
cal intern at the Boston City Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. It was my first month as an intern working in the emergency room when Dr. Jacob seemingly appeared out of nowhere. I was treating a patient, and he began to drill me with questions as to what I was doing and for what reasons. At the time, I believed he was a presumptu-ous medical resident from another service trying to show off his knowledge at my expense and so I told him to “shove off.” Dr. Jacob, in his neatly starched white lab coat, looked at me and softly asked, “Do you know who I am?” and then proceeded to inform me that he was the chief resident in the Harvard Surgical Service, a position revered by all who were training in surgery in Boston. I immediately apologized and told him anything he could teach me would be most welcome.  Dr. Jacob and I have shared a good laugh over the years recalling this amusing case of mistaken identity.
I was introduced to dimethylsulfoxide, also known as DMSO, by Dr. de la Torre
many years ago, who told me of the unusual properties of this drug in central nervous system injuries. I have since used DMSO successfully in my research on spinal cord trauma.
Drs. Jacob and de la Torre have written a book that encompasses the extensive
and unique biological actions of DMSO, a drug that was first synthesized in 1866, when it became an important and ubiquitous solvent in most chemistry laborato -
ries. Although the multiple uses of DMSO have been explored and reported over the past half century, this book explains and discusses the diverse areas of research and therapy that have been generated directly and indirectly by the use of DMSO. The book is filled with insights on the physiological and biochemical actions of DMSO in mammalian tissue and presents a highly accurate account of these actions using evidence-based research derived from thousands of studies performed by scientists around the world.  One must wonder if many in the medical community are aware of DMSO’s potential as a treatment for a number of medical problems.
The clinical possibilities of DMSO were revealed in 1964, when a chemist
observed to Dr. Jacob that after DMSO had touched his skin, he rapidly felt a garlic-like taste on his tongue. Although many individuals over the years may have had the same experience when handling DMSO, it was Dr. Jacob who realized that after contact with the chemist’s skin, the DMSO must have penetrated his dermis and entered his bloodstream with rapid transportation to his tongue. This observation led to years of study of the cell biology of DMSO and its potential for clinical uses, which has resulted in the publication of thousands of scientific and medical papers.
Dr. de la Torre’s reporting on the basic and clinical uses of DMSO for traumatic
brain injuries, stroke, and dementia is compelling, especially regarding the favorable
effects of the drug for decreasing intracranial pressure, increasing cerebral blood
flow, and stabilizing respiration. x Foreword
The chapters of the book are organized to introduce the reader to the structure
and chemical actions of DMSO followed by its basic and clinical pharmacology and
medical actions on pain, inflammatory disorders, infection, DNA damage, cancer, stroke, brain trauma, and spinal cord injury. A substantial number of references lend support to the evidence presented.
Drs. Jacob and de la Torre are renowned investigators in their respective fields,
surgery and neuroscience, and have devoted large portions of their academic lives to the study of DMSO. These authors have produced the first evidence-based collec -
tion of data on this unusual molecule. It is reasonable to expect that this book will become a standard reference on DMSO and that readers will refer to it in the future for research and treatment of a host of clinical conditions that may be improved with the use of this drug. Although the book is aimed at professionals in the health-care system, it should appeal to lay readers who have used DMSO as an off-label medication.
Harry S. Goldsmith, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Neurological Surgery
University of California, Davis
Davis, Californiaxi
Authors
Dr. Stanley W. Jacob, MD, is the discoverer of
the  medicinal properties of dimethylsulfoxide
(DMSO). This discovery has led to more than 20,000 publications in such areas as pain, inflam -
mation, scleroderma, interstitial cystitis, arthritis, resistant tuberculosis, cancer, cryobiology, free radicals, stroke, and neuroprotection. Dr. Jacob received his MD from Ohio State University and completed his surgical training at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. He was chief resident in sur -
gery at Harvard Surgical Services and instructor in
surgery at Harvard School of Medicine before he was appointed to the faculty at Oregon Health Sciences University, where he became director of the Organ Transplant Program and later rose to the rank of Gerlinger professor of surgery. Dr. Jacob received many honors during his career, mainly for his research on DMSO, including the Kemper Foundation Research Scholar, Markle Scholar in Medical Sciences, Governor’s Award for Outstanding Northwest Scientist, and Humanitarian of the Year from the National Health Foundation.
Dr. Jacob has chaired or cochaired 16 international research conferences on
DMSO held throughout the world. He is the author of a dozen medical textbooks including the classics Elements of Anatomy and Physiology (WB Saunders, 1989)
and Structure and Function in Man (WB Saunders, 1978). His publication list
includes more than 170 peer-reviewed articles, dozens of book chapters, and entries in the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Dr. Jacob is presently professor emeritus of sur -
gery at the Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr. Stanley Jacob passed away on January 17, 2015. His legacy lives on.
Jack C. de la Torre, MD, PhD, began his work on
dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) in the early 1970s shortly after his appointment as assistant professor in neurosurgery at the University of Chicago. Dr. de la Torre’s research revealed DMSO’s ability to quickly reduce intracranial pressure, restore cerebral blood flow, and stabilize respiration in nonhuman primates sustaining lethal traumatic brain injuries. For the next eight years, he extended his brain trauma findings and showed that intrave -
nous administration of DMSO was effective in
treating primary and secondary damage following experimental ischemic stroke and spinal cord trauma. These neuroprotective properties of DMSO have been broadly confirmed by other investigators in the last three decades.xii Authors
A host of other ailments amenable to DMSO therapy were reported at the inter -
national conference “Biological Actions and Medical Applications of Dimethyl
Sulfoxide” in 1983, chaired by Dr. de la Torre and sponsored by the New York Academy of Sciences.
Besides his first faculty appointment at the University of Chicago, Dr. de la Torre
has held professorial appointments in neurosurgery and neuroscience at Northwestern University in Chicago, the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Case Western University in Cleveland. He was visiting professor at the University of California, San Diego, University of Valencia, Spain, and the Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Cerebrovasculaire, Paris, France. Dr. de la Torre has published more than 180 peer-reviewed research articles and has written or edited a dozen medical texts on pathology, neurotransmitters, and Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. de la Torre’s training in neuroanatomy and neuropathology has led him to specialize in disorders of the brain, including stroke, cerebral trauma, and dementia. He continues his research as an adjunct professor of psychology at The University of Texas in Austin.xiii
Introduction
First isolated as a peculiar chemical compound by the Russian chemist Alexander
Saytzeff in 1866, dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) first proved to be a near-perfect solvent for decades until its other remarkable attributes became known to researchers and to millions of people around the planet.
DMSO is one of the most remarkable agents ever to come out of the world of
drug development. Its wide range of biological actions involving plants, animals, and humans has led to tens of thousands of articles written in the scientific literature from all parts of the planet since its medicinal discovery in 1964 by Jacob and Hershler.
1
These investigators first pointed out DMSO’s clinical applications and, in so doing, opened a Pandora’s box of medical and scientific research into the alleviation of dis -
ease, pain, and trauma.
 The earliest and most impressive observation made by Jacob
and Hershler1 was the ability of DMSO to penetrate the skin without damaging it.
A few drops of DMSO spilled on the skin would quickly cause a distinctive garlic
taste on the tongue, indicating its


	was	dying,	and	yet	her	eyes	sparkled	with	hope,	and	her	words
were	always	cheerful.	Even	in	the	midst	of	my	most	painful	times,	she	smiled
and	winked	that	special	wink	that	said,	“Stop	all	this	self-pity	stuff,	and	come
up	to	my	level	to	meet	me.”	Oddly	enough,	I	did—each	time.	It	wasn’t	hard
to	do	when	I	had	a	vibrant	human	being	in	front	of	me	who	cared	about	my
last	days…like	it	mattered.	I	dreaded	the	visiting	relatives—the	awkward
silence,	the	downcast	eyes,	and	the	sorrow	they	broadcast	every	time	they
visited.	It	was	more	than	I	could	take.	Patty	was	different.
She	wasn’t	a	trained	nurse	or	even	one	of	those	special	workers	who	went	to
classes	to	aid	the	terminally	ill.	She	was	simply	a	regular	volunteer,	but	one
who	had	decided	to	spend	each	afternoon	of	her	life	with	a	book	in	her	hand
reading	to	me.	She	loved	books,	and	I	can	remember	looking	at	her	for	hours,
seemingly	without	even	blinking	as	she	read.	She	would	read	all	the	stories	I
loved	to	hear	with	great	expression.	Sometimes	she	would	cry	or	laugh	to
illustrate	the	story	better.	Every	so	often	she	would	look	up	to	see	if	I	was	stillwith	her	or	if	I	needed	anything.	I	never	did.	Her	presence	was	enough	to	send
the	pain	and	fear	fleeing	into	a	special	hiding	spot	for	the	moments	that	she
sat	by	my	side.
The	mornings	were	the	worst.	Again	I	was	served	a	meal,	much	to	my
disgust.	Why	bother?	Sometimes	my	body	would	feel	like	it	was	being	eaten
from	the	inside	out,	with	all	the	accompanying	pain	that	went	with	that	vision.
Sometimes	I	begged	to	be	released	from	what	I	knew	was	coming.	I	prayed	to
whoever	would	listen,	crying	out	that	I	was	weary	of	all	this	trouble	and
expense…then	Patty	would	show	up,	and	everything	would	change.	We	never
spoke	of	my	impending	death.	She	treated	me	like	I	was	going	to	spring	up
and	run	the	next	track	meet	any	minute!	There	was	never	the	pity	that	I	so
often	saw	in	the	eyes	of	almost	everyone	else	that	came	in.	I	knew	the	names
of	her	children	and	her	husband,	and	even	once	got	to	meet	them	all.	What	a
family!	None	of	them	seemed	to	mind	that	they	were	in	the	presence	of	a
dying	person—like	they	all	took	an	angel	course	or	something!	Patty	told	me
the	secret	later,	and	it	was	the	only	time	she	ever	mentioned	her	spirituality	or
anything	to	do	with	God.
She	told	me	that	all	humans	have	a	path	that	is	known	to	God	and	that
somehow	I	was	right	where	I	had	agreed	to	be,	and	with	all	of	it	there	was
honor	for	some	reason.	I	laughed	at	her	as	I	looked	around	at	my	surroundings
and	saw	my	bedpan,	my	half-full	urine	bag,	and	the	tubes	that	were	connected
to	my	wrists.	My	eyes	had	grown	more	red	with	each	passing	day,	and	my
complexion	had	turned	to	ash.	I	motioned	with	my	tube-laden	hand	and	said
out	loud,	“Some	honor,	huh?”	We	had	a	good	laugh,	but	she	continued.	She
told	me	that	she	and	her	family	believed	that	I	had	selected	a	special	thing	to
do	for	the	planet,	and	that	my	situation	was	somehow	appropriate	in	the
scheme	of	God’s	love.	I	didn’t	understand	that	at	all,	but	it	comforted	me
anyway.	Hours	after	she	left,	I	thought	a	lot	about	what	she	had	said.
The	inevitable	happened,	and	I	received	a	major	answer	to	my	most	often
prayed-for	request.	I	had	asked	God	(whom	I	never	spoke	to	before	I	got	sick)
to	let	me	go	in	the	presence	of	my	angel	Patty—and	I	got	my	wish!
It	was	far	easier	than	I	had	thought…this	dying	thing.	Patty	was	just	getting
into	my	favorite	part	of
The	Lord	of	the	Rings
	when	my	heart	stopped.	There
was	a	moment	of	fear	when	I	realized	what	was	happening,	and	Patty	stopped
reading	as	though	I	had	sent	her	a	mental	message	or	something.	She	looked
at	me	in	a	way	I	had	never	seen	her	do	up	till	now,	and	then	I	realized	she	had
seen	this	before.	A	faint	knowing	glint	in	her	eyes	said,	“Go	peacefully	in	thearms	of	God.”	She	placed	her	hand	on	my	chest,	we	looked	at	each	other	in
silence,	and	blackness	took	over	for	a	moment	or	two.
There	was	tremendous	light!	I	was	free!	I	felt	a	grand	release	from	my	pain
and	began	floating	above	my	body	while	watching	everything	in	the	entire
room.	I	saw	my	tired,	frail	body	lying	still	on	the	bed	with	Patty’s	hand	still
on	my	chest.	She	closed	her	book	slowly	and	remained	still.	Only	then	did	she
cry	a	bit,	but	she	shed	tears	of	joy	at	my	freedom…and	her	countenance
seemed	filled	with	honor	for	my	life.	I	was	watching	the	whole	thing!
As	I	gently	floated	further	away,	I	saw	her	astral	wings	and	realized	that	just
as	I	had	somehow	honored	the	Earth	with	my	passing,	she	was	honoring	the
Earth	with	her	angelic	service.	Her	body	literally	glowed	with	the	role	of	who
she	was,	as	if	there	was	a	rainbow	all	around	her	head.	My	angel	really	was
an	angel…or	at	least	an	Earth	angel!	As	the	room	faded,	I	realized	that	I
hadn’t	told	Patty	that	I	appreciated	her	hours	of	service	and	work	making	my
dying	bearable.	My	gratitude	towards	her	flooded	over	me…but	perhaps	too
late!	Did	she	know	of	my	thanks	for	how	she	had	comforted	me?	I	was
overwhelmed	with	emotion	to	think	that	the	one	human	being	who	had	helped
me	the	most	in	my	entire	life	had	never	verbally	heard	me	tell	her	I	was
grateful.	Then	I	saw	the	others	around	me	and	understood	everything.	I	was
peaceful	now.	She	knew.	Don’t	ask	me	how,	but	Patty	knew.	She	knew	how
grateful	I	was	even	as	I	moved	away.	I	saw	her	raise	her	open	hand	and	lift
her	face	to	me	as	if	she	could	actually	see	me!	Was	she	waving?	The	surreal
scene	was	beginning	to	fade,	and	my	new	surroundings	were	starting	to	take
shape.	It	was	time	to	leave.
Patty	sat	for	a	moment	silently	next	to	the	body,	with	her	hand	and	face
uplifted	to	the	ceiling.	She	had	been	here	and	done	this	before.	She	felt	the
essence	of	life	leave	her	friend	on	the	bed,	then	she	waited	for	a	moment	for
what	always	came	next.	She


 only in the water that
we drink by itself, but water mixed with coffee, tea,
alcohol, colas and other soft drinks, plus canned, frozen
foods, catsup, mustard and other seasonings with high
salt concentrations. Our poor kidneys and liver! What a
terrible beating they take! No wonder most people sicken
and die long before their time. Man doesn’ t die: he kills
himself by his faulty, unthinking and unhealthy lifestyle!
The W orld’s Greatest Health Secret
The “secret” of health lies
in inter nal cleanliness! To
be 100% healthy, a body
must be free from deposits
of inorganic minerals that
come from drinking city tap
water and waters from lakes,
101 rivers, wells and springs.
The body is contaminated
by inorganic minerals from
these sour ces. Encrustations
form that clog and obstruct
the body’ s pipes and impair the vital organs.
The body needs absolutely pure H2O. W ater that
comes from raw, organically grown fruits and vegetables
is the best life-giving water. It is water that has been
charged with solar energy, health-building vitamins,
organic minerals and mar velous enzymes! Enzymes can
help you build up a natural resistance to any ailment as
they help to flush out the accumulated deposits of
inorganic minerals and work to dissolve the toxins that
are buried deep in your tissues and organs.
Stomach pains, migraines, allergies, asthma, angina, arthritis, back
and joint pains; may all be symptoms of severe dehydration –
which can easily be helped by drinking 8 glasses of pure distilled
water everyday! Start increasing your water intake! Play it Safe
– Be Water Wise and Health Safe! – Paul C. Bragg. N.D., Ph.D. 102
Fresh Juices are the Magic Cleansers
The raw juices of organic fruits and
vegetables are internal cleansers and blood
purifiers. These are what we call “the waters
of perpetual health and youthfulness”. The
rays of the sun send billions of atoms into
plant life. W e can use this solar energy to
attain vigorous health, unlimited vitality
and physical endurance.
The miracle solar energy from fruits and vegetables
can fight the accumulation of inorganic minerals and
toxic poisons you have allowed to be deposited in your
body. Fruit and vegetable juices ar e the natural detergents
for the human body. Try to get a quart or more of solar
energized (freshly-squeezed) fruit and vegetable juices
into your body ever y day.
Go to your Health Stor e and pur chase a juicer and
blender. Both of these appliances are important tools in
your program of ridding your body of inorganic minerals
and toxic wastes. It will probably be the best investment
you’ve ever made! Using a juicer, you can make many
varieties of juices. Carrot, celer y and raw spinach is a
wonderful combination. Car rot, beet and celer y make a
cocktail rich in organic sodium. Apple and cucumber is
a great health cocktail. Green pepper and tomato is a
real internal cleanser. Raw spinach, beets and water cress
will flood your bloodstream with organic iron. Parsley,
celer y and carrot juiced together is a delicious, healthy
combination. Cabbage juice (Stanford University
Medical School discovered helps heal ulcers), onion,
garlic, pea-pods, turnip-tops, lettuce, kale, dandelion and
endive juices ar e all packed with vital solar energy,
vitamins, organic minerals, trace minerals and enzymes.
Fruit juices play an important role in building a clean,
healthy bloodstream and energized body. Organic apple,
pineapple, cherr y, blackberr y, orange, grapefruit, prune
and apricot juices are the “nectar of the gods”.
Healthy, healing dietary fibers are found in fresh organic vegetables,
fresh fruits, salads and whole grains and their products. These
health-builders help to normalize blood pressure, weight and
cholesterol levels and promotes healthy elimination and super health. Let Natural Food Be Y our Medicine
What does food really do in the human body? What
relationship does it have with long life and vigorous
health – and to disease, miser y and physical suffering?
How can it be of influence in cleansing the body of
inorganic minerals and toxic poisons?
We must have a fundamental, deep understanding
of these questions before we can fully appreciate the
role diet plays in the health maintenance of the living
processes, the prevention of human diseases, the
restoration of health and the prolongation of life.
A balanced diet gives the body nourishment, energy and
power. It’s made up of 60% to 70% organic raw fr uit and
vegetables; 20% protein fr om vegetable sour ces or, if you
insist, animal sour ces; and equal par ts of natural sugars ( honey,
stevia ), natural star ches ( whole grains, br own rice, etc. ) and
103 unsaturated fats ( Bragg organic olive oil, soy, safflower, flaxseed,
and hempseed oils ). This balanced diet puts your body on the
alkaline side and helps to keep the body inter nally cleaner.
Healthy Plant-Based Daily Food Guide
● VEGETABLES
2/3 raw 1/3 cooked
6 - 8 Servings daily
● WHOLE GRAINS,
CEREALS, PASTA &
BROWN RICE
3 - 4 Servings ● CALCIUM - RICH FOODS
(page 130)
4 - 6 Servings ● OMEGA - 3 FATTY ACIDS
FLAX SEEDS
      V ITAMIN D
VITAMIN B-12
● BEANS, LEGUMES
NUTS & SEEDS
& ALTERNATIVES
2 - 3 Servings daily
● FRUITS
4 - 6 Servings daily
8 Glasses Daily Pure Distilled W ater ● WATER
8 glasses
daily
You are what you eat, drink, breathe, think, say and do! – Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D. Start Health Educating Y our T aste Buds
It will take strong willpower to change old habits of
eating the average dead foods to eating healthy, live foods.
For a while there will be a craving for the unhealthy foods
which you have probably eaten all your life. But if you
will be positive in your selection of natural foods, soon
the old desire for devitalized foods will leave you!
In time, you will find an added pleasure in enjoying
the true tastes of the healthy, live foods you eat! Y ou will
be able to discern when your 260 taste buds have
recovered from salt paralysis and have come alive again!
Eliminating Meat is Healthiest
104 Most uninformed nutritionists call meat the #1 sour ce
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 these
animals consume! They are also pumped full of
hormones, antibiotics, growth stimulators and all kinds
of drugs to fatten them up and keep them from dying
from the extremely unhealthy conditions most of them
live in! This is not to mention the admitted fact many of
them are fed dead, ground up car casses of other feed lot
fallen animals who, for a variety of reasons, did not
make it to the slaughterhouse. ( visit www.mad-cow.org)
Speaking of the horrors of the slaughterhouses, 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 in front of you wer e beheaded one by one? W ell,
your body would be pumped so full of adrenaline from
all that fear you wouldn’ t know what hit you! Unused
adrenaline is extremely 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! 105 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 the
waste 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 true, where do you
suppose farm animals, especially horses, get their
protein? They are vegetarians! They get their protein
from the grains and grasses that they eat. Y ou are no
different. Y ou can get all the pr oteins you need, and
then some, from the organic grains, nuts, seeds, beans,
fruits and vegetables that God put on this planet for
you to enjoy eating to stay healthy (see chart page 106).
Meat is also a major sour ce of toxic uric acid and
cholesterol, both harmful to your health. If you are going
to include meat


 of food will make up for the missing essential nutrients.
The average American diet leaves children not only hungry but also with low energy, so they
spend a lot of their free time lounging around, doing nothing. Yet they would also like to play, win
at games, run, and eventually ‘show off to the girls.’ To make up for their low energy, they start
to ‘look for something,’ and unfortunately find it, too. What they find are cola drinks containing
caffeine and sugar stimulants, cigarettes full of toxic substances, and eventually alcohol and street
drugs, giving a brief ‘high’ and leading to addiction.
The same vicious circle affects adults, too. Since the conventional American diet is devoid
of live nutrients, the body remains unsatisfied and craves more—not quantity but quality, proper
nutrition that it needs to function smoothly and well. Sadly, people don’t know or understand this,
and so they try to satisfy their craving with rich desserts, ice cream, cakes and cookies. These
don’t satisfy, either, but they do create weight gain, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and
eventually diabetes and worse. Obesity is a morbid condition indeed, and can only be overcome
by changing to a junk-free, nutrient-rich wholesome diet.
One doesn’t need a degree in nutrition to know that all kinds of sugar are fattening, and that
the modern Western diet with its vast range of convenience foods is over-rich in sugar. However,
when it comes to official policy concerning nutrition, such basic facts are often swept aside for
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www.thegersonway.comcommercial reasons, which frequently clash with the interests of public health. One such recent
clash concerned the upper safe limit of sugar added to food, as recommended by the WHO (World
Health Organization). Professor Colin Campbell reported on this event in his book, The China
Study,  and with his permission we quote his account:
“The recommendation on added sugar is as outrageous as the one for protein. When this FNB
(Food and Nutrition Board) report was being released, an expert panel put together by the WHO
(World Health Organization) and the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) was completing
a new report on diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases. Professor Philip James
was a member of this panel and a panel spokesperson on the added sugar recommendation. Early
rumors of the report’s findings indicated that the WHO/FAO was on the verge of recommending
an upper safe limit of 10% for added sugar, far lower than the 25% established by the American
FNB group.
“Politics, however, had early entered the discussion, as it had done in earlier reports on added
sugars. According to a news release from the director-general’s office at the WHO, the US-based
Sugar Association and the World Sugar Research Organization, who ‘represent the interests of the
sugar growers and refiners, had mounted a strong lobbying campaign in an attempt to discredit
the WHO report and suppress its release.’ According to The Guardian newspaper of London,
the US sugar industry was threatening to ‘bring the WHO to its knees’ unless it abandoned these
guidelines on added sugar. WHO people were describing the threat as ‘tantamount to blackmail.’
The US-based group even publicly threatened to lobby the US Congress to reduce the $406
million US funding of the WHO if it persisted in keeping the upper limit so low at 10%. There
were reports that the Bush administration was inclined to side with the sugar industry.
“So, for added sugars, we now have two different upper ‘safe’ limits: a 10% limit for the
international community and a 25% limit for the US,” is Professor Campbell’s wry conclusion.
Clearly, despite official claims, the obesity epidemic hitting the American people is not solely the
result of insufficient exercise!”
Osteoporosis
Also known as ‘brittle bones,’ this progressive loss of bone mass is unfortunately becoming
very common. It causes fractures or breaks at the slightest impact, such as a fall or other
accident. Fractures are immensely painful and heal slowly—or, in old people, not at all. A serious
break, necessitating weeks of bed rest, can lead to infected bedsores and other, potentially fatal
complications.
More women than men suffer from osteoporosis, so it is assumed to be caused by ageing, post-
menopausal loss of the female sex hormone estrogen, lack of exercise, and smoking. However, we
have seen a 28-year-old man suffering from this condition!  The conventional medical treatment
prescribes female hormones, calcium, Vitamin D, and regular exercise. The best that these can
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www.thegersonway.comachieve is to slow down the disease process, not reverse it. Moreover, female sex hormones can
cause cancer of the breast, the ovaries or the uterus; the body is unable to utilize the calcium and
the synthetic Vitamin D; this treatment does not restore bone mass.
In the course of worldwide research it was found that women in SE Asia, who regularly bear
six to eight children and nurse them all, do not suffer from osteoporosis. In fact it is virtually
unknown in those parts. Referring to this fact, the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible
Medicine (PCRM) reports: “The average calcium intake in Singapore is 389 mg/day, less than
half of the recommended daily allowance in the U.S. Yet the fracture rate in Singapore is five
times lower than that of the U.S., where the calcium intake is much higher.” Further on the report
comments: “Dietary and lifestyle factors that encourage the loss of calcium include: Animal
protein, sodium, caffeine, phosphorus, tobacco and sedentary lifestyle.” In one study it was found
that “Eliminating meat from the diet cuts the urinary calcium losses in half.” Also, “Cutting
sodium intake by half can reduce calcium requirements by 160 milligrams per day. Avoiding
tobacco has demonstrable effects: smokers have 10% weaker bones than non-smokers.”
Despite clear scientific proof that calcium is not the answer to osteoporosis, in January of
1997 a new advertising campaign promoting milk consumption was launched, sponsored by
the National Fluid Milk Processor Promotion Board. Among other things the publicity claimed,
“With calcium galore, milk is one of the best things around.” The ads featured female or male
celebrities sporting the new ‘celebrity milk moustache,’ The PCRM lodged a complaint with the
Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., pointing out that “increasing milk consumption
is one of the weakest possible strategies for protecting the bones, and to suggest otherwise is
dangerously misleading.”
The PCRM also stated that since calcium was needed in the diet, the kind provided by green
vegetables appeared to be of greater bio-availability (was better assimilated) than the calcium
found in milk To underline their claim, they added: “Excessive calcium intake does not fool
hormones into building much more bone, any more than delivery of an extra load of bricks will
make a construction crew build a larger building.”
As the evidence accumulates, it becomes increasingly clear that osteoporosis, like so many
chronic degenerative complaints, is largely the result of wrong eating habits. Further confirmation
comes from best-selling author John Robbins, considered to be a world-class expert on the dietary
link with the environment and health. He writes, “One long-term study found that with as little
as 75 grams of daily protein (less than three quarters of what the average meat-eating American
consumes), more calcium is lost in the urine than is absorbed by the body, establishing from the
diet a negative calcium balance.” 5 Every study came up with the same result: The more protein
was taken in, the more calcium was lost. Dr. John McDougall, one of the nation’s leading medical
authorities on dietary association with disease, adds: “I would like to emphasize that the calcium-
losing effect of protein on the human body is not an area of controversy in scientific circles.
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www.thegersonway.comThe many studies performed during the past 55 years consistently show that the most important
dietary change that we can make if we want to create a positive calcium balance that will keep our
bones solid, is to decrease the amount of protein we eat each day.” 6
All the above serves as yet another proof that the Gerson Therapy not only maintains the
calcium balance of the body, but that it is also able to reverse osteoporosis by restricting animal
protein, salt and smoking, while flooding the body with calcium from vegetable sources, along
with the proper enzymes to lodge this calcium in the bones. In fact, in numerous patients bone
mass has been increased and the discomfort or pain of osteoporosis has been cleared.
Case History:  After stumbling and falling on an uneven pavement, long-term recovered
Gerson


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vantage of them for his best interest.
He began to experiment on himself with var-
ious procedures to temper the body: he would go
out without headgear and jacket in the winter
frost, he walked barefoot all year, and poured
buckets of frozen water over himself.
Soon he developed phenomenal abilities. In
addition to a robust health, he gained consider-
able bioenergetic power and extra-sensory abili-
ties, which helped him  to heal patients with
complex diseases. He lived in a period and in a
country that did not allow the manifestation of
such extraordinary abilities. He was arrested
many times, he spent overall 12 years in prison
and in psychiatric hospitals, but nothing c ould
break him down. He had hundreds of followers
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ists of such doctrine hold attitudes close to ne-
opaganism, Buddhism and yoga.
Detka  is summarized in 12 simple and practi-
cal guidelines and one of the fundamental rec-
ommendations concerns dry fasting. According
to this system, in order to keep in shape, have
strong health, a clear mind and a heart open to
others it is mandatory to practi ce dry fasting for
a minimum of 42 hours a week: eating should
stop around 18:00 on Friday, absolute fasting be-
gins on Saturday during the day and Sunday un-
til about 12noon, then it is recommended to go
out for a walk in the open air, possibly on the
grass and barefoot, return home and only then
eat.
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42 hours? Because over this period an important
substitution of sodium with potassium occurs at
the cellular level. Sodium contributes to the
preservation of organic substances in the cell
and this can end up obstructing it, while, on the
contrary, potassium contributes to its purifica-
tion and therefore improves metabolism. The
Ivanov system, in addition to dry fasting, in-
cludes long daily walks, possibly barefoot on t he
grass and in winter on the snow, buckets of ice
water on the feet and then on the whole body,
steam baths, baths in natural water basins (sea,
rivers, lakes, streams) twice a day; all this allows
to strengthen the energy body, freeing it from
external negative energies and restore the body’s
natural defense system.
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Comment by dr. Filonov
A major drawback to the Ivanov rehabilita-
tion system is certainly the orientation towards
a rural way of life. For inhabitants of modern cit-
ies, however willful and diligent, walking bare-
foot on the ground and pouring buckets of cold
water is difficult to practice every day. The cold
ablutions could be reserved to the weekends and
holidays, but the procedure requires daily prac-
tice and should be executed with the feet  touch-
ing the soil. An alternative would be a cold
shower, but it is a completely different process.
Nonetheless, those who can follow the Ivanov’s
technique with fasting, walking and ablutions,
will quickly obtain amazing results.

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(CDF) of 7 -9-11 days
A great contribution to the development of
dry fasting method was advanced by Leonid Ale-
ksandrovich Shchennikov (1932 -2019), author
of the book Tselebnoe vozderzhanie ot zhidkosti i
pishchi  (Therapeutic abstinen ce from liquids
and food - Moscow, 2003) and owner of the pa-
tent n. 2028160 for the approach called "Method
of body rehabilitation " (1993).
Shchennikov was an expert in non -traditional
medicine, a naturopathic doctor and a healer.
For over 40 years, has d emonstrated the benefits
of therapeutic abstinence from food and water at
the cellular level.
In his book L. A. Shchennikov tells how he
elaborates the technique of dry fasting. The
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kov requires a practice of minimum 7, 9 days,
but ideally 11 days. Here are the benefits and ad-
vantages of the CDF:
• effective ly stimulates the internal resources of
the body responsible for increasing the body's
resistance to external, internal and external -
internal negative factors;
• helps to resolve different pathological condi-
tions and chronic diseases;
• total renunciation of fluid intake inhibits or in-
terrupts the decomposing fermentation pro-
cesses of the gastrointestinal system;
• it is an effective way to reduce overweight in
obese people (on average 1 kg per day);
• reduces the high level of metabolism found in
patients with lon g-term chronic diseases;
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr• improves blood circulation to the skin, opens
the skin -pores and improves the process of cu-
taneous respiration, increases the threshold of
cold perception, facilitates the assimilation of
condensed moisture through the skin and res-
piratory organs during outdoor walks, espe-
cially in evening and night hours;
• improves the body's utilization processes of
abnormal cells and pathologically modified
cells, cholesterol deposits in artery walls, sof-
tens tartar deposits in the oral cavity and  cal-
culi in tissues and internal organs (gallbladder,
kidneys, joints);
• normalizes blood pressure as well as the activ-
ity of the central nervous system and the auto-
nomic nervous system, improving respiration
and tissue metabolism;
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body utilizing the body's reserves and internal
resources;
• improves conductivity and permeability of
nerve impulses (including trophic impulses)
towards various tissues and organs;
• activates the processes of toxin removal (em-
powers the bo dy to remove toxic metabolites,
exotoxins and endotoxins);
• stimulates the immune system;
• the CDF can be practiced in nursing homes
and specialized sanatoria or even in domestic
conditions, but under the supervision of CDF
specialists;
• it can be used in case of infectious diseases
(acute and chronic viral hepatitis, chronic hep-
atitis), oncological diseases (prostate adenoma
and uterine fibroids), severe somatic diseases
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eases of the nervous system, ischemic heart
disease), inflammatory diseases (prostatitis,
myocarditis, and many others);
• strengthens the person's willpower and faith in
themselves and in their abilities;
• the CDF helps to joyfully perceive the sur-
rounding world and work creatively for the
sake of themselves and humanity;
• The CDF, unlike other fasting systems, can be
interrupted at any stage of its implementation,
without compromising the health of patients.

Comment by dr. Filonov
The main advantage of this method lies in the
fact that, if you succeed to do an 11 -day CDF,
you reach the second most curative acidotic cri-
sis. As a consequence, the therapeutic result is
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practiced in places im mersed in nature, in eco-
logically clean locations, with fresh air, near run-
ning water courses and under the strict supervi-
sion of a CDF specialist.
However, the organism of today's human be-
ings is so full of toxins and waste products that
there is a risk t o die not so much of hunger, but


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Directions

1.
Pour	water	into	a	medium-large	stock	pot.	Then,	bring	water	to	a	boil.	Add
the	tea	bags	and	let	sit	for	about	30	minutes.	Discard	tea	bags.

2.
Now	transfer	tea	to	the	large	pitcher.	Add	pomegranate	juice	and	stir	to
combine.	Lastly,	sweeten	your	tea	as	desired.	Serve	garnished	with
strawberries	and	ice	cubes.Sparkling	Apple	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1.
2	green	tea	bags

1.
1	cup	boiling	water

1.
3/4	cup	apple	juice

1.
1/4	cup	sparkling	water

1.
2-3	mint	sprigs

1.
Ice	cubes

Directions

1.
Steep	tea	bags	in	boiling	water	about	5	minutes.	After	that,	remove	tea
bags.

2.
Add	the	rest	of	ingredients.	Serve	well	chilled.Blueberry	and	Lavender	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1.
6	cups	boiling	water

1.
6	tea	bags

1.
1/2	cup	blueberry

1.
2	tablespoons	dried	lavender

1.
1	tablespoon	lemon	juice

Directions

1.
In	a	pitcher,	place	a	boiling	water	and	tea	bags.	Let	stand	for	a	few	minutes.

2.
Gently	squeeze	tea	bags	and	discard	them.	Add	the	rest	of	the	ingredients.
Enjoy!Citrus	and	Rosemary	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
4	cups	boiling	water

1.
2	green	tea	bags	of	your	choice

1.
1	orange,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
3	small	sprigs	rosemary

1.
Juice	of	1	fresh	lime

1.
2	tablespoons	agave	nectar

Directions

1.
Place	all	the	above	ingredients	in	a	large	pitcher.

2.
Stir	to	combine	and	serve	over	ice	cubes.	Enjoy!Smoothie	recipesGrape	Guava	Shake
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	grapes	of	choice

1.
1	cup	watermelon

1.
1	cup	raspberries

1.
1	guava,	peeled

1.
1/2	cup	coconut	milk

1.
Coconut	flakes	for	garnish

Directions

1.
In	a	blender,	process	grapes,	watermelon,	raspberries,	guava	and	coconut
milk	until	nice	and	smooth.

2.
Pour	into	the	glasses	and	sprinkle	the	coconut	over	the	top.Fruit	Mint	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	cherries,	pitted

1.
4	sprigs	mint

1.
1/2	small	cucumber,	quartered

1.
1	cup	raspberries

1.
1	apple,	cored	and	quartered

1.
1/2	cup	coconut	water

Directions

1.
In	a	blender,	combine	ingredients	and	purée	until	the	mixture	develops	the
desired	consistency.

2.
Serve	immediately,	poured	into	tall	glasses	and	garnished	with	cherries.Detox	Vegetable	Juice
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
6	carrots

1.
3	large	tomatoes

1.
2	green	bell	peppers

1.
2	cloves	garlic

1.
4	stalks	celery

1.
1	cup	watercress

1.
1	cup	loosely	packed	spinach

Directions

1.
Blend	all	ingredients	until	smooth.

2.
Drink	immediately.Exotic	Mango	Breakfast
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	mango,	pitted	and	peeled

1.
3	sprigs	mint

1.
1	cup	pomegranate	seeds

1.
1/4	papaya,	seeded	and	peeled

1.
1/2	cup	almond	milk
Directions

1.
Blend	all	five	ingredients	together.

2.
Pour	into	two	glasses	and	sprinkle	chopped	almonds	on	top	(optional).Vitamin	Berry	Lemon	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	cherries,	pitted

1.
1	cup	blueberries

1.
1	cup	raspberries

1.
1/2	lemon,	peeled

Directions

1.
In	a	blender,	process	berries	and	lemon	until	the	mixture	is	nice	and
smooth.

2.
Pour	into	the	glasses	and	enjoy.Fizzy	Cherry,	Apple	and	Mint
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	apple,	cored	and	quartered

1.
1	cup	sour	cherries,	pitted

1.
2	sprigs	mint

1.
2	ounces	seltzer	water

Directions

1.
Blend	the	apple,	cherries,	and	mint.

2.
Add	the	seltzer	water	to	the	blender,	and	pulse	once	or	twice.

3.
Pour	into	the	glasses	and	serve.Avocado	Gazpacho	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	cup	water

1.
2	cloves	garlic,	peeled

1.
1	cucumber,	quartered

1.
1	avocado,	pitted	and	peeled

1.
1	green	bell	pepper,	seeded

1.
1	medium	zucchini,	quartered

1.
2	scallions

1.
Salt	to	taste

Directions

1.
Add	the	water,	garlic,	cucumber,	and	avocado

to	the	blender.

2.
Pulse	a	few	times	and	then	add	the	pepper,	zucchini,	scallions	and	salt.
3.
Blend	until	the	mixture	is	smooth	and	thick.	Pour	into	4	glasses	and	serve.Carrot	Orange	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1.
4	medium	carrots

1.
1	medium	orange,	peeled

1.
1	cup	kale

1.
1/2	medium	avocado

Directions

1.
Toss	all	ingredients	into	the	blender.	Cover	and	blend	till	nice	and	smooth.

2.
Pour	into	a	glass	and	drink.Asparagus	Vitality	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
4	stalks	asparagus	tips,	tender	halves	only

1.
1	apple,	cored	and	quartered

1.
1/2	cup	water

1.
2	cups	romaine	lettuce,	chopped

1.
1	cup	grapes

Directions

1.
Add	the	asparagus,	apple,	and	water	to	the	blender,	and	process	until	the
ingredients	are	broken	into	small	chunks.

2.
Then	add	remaining	ingredients	and	p


 one night in October, Buteyko was standing alone in a
hospital room, looking out from a window into a black autumn sky. He
turned his focus to his reflection in the glass—a gaunt and haggard facedrawing heavy breaths through an open mouth. His eyes roamed down to
the white robe covering his chest, to his shoulders flexing and lifting with
each labored inhale and exhale. This was the same respiratory rate he’d
seen in terminally ill patients. Buteyko wasn’ t exercising, and yet he was
breathing as if he’d just finished a workout.
He tried an experiment. He started breathing less, to relax his chest and
stomach and sip air through his nose. A few minutes later, the throbbing
pain in his head, stomach, and heart disappeared. Buteyko returned to the
heavy breathing he’d been doing minutes earlier. W ithin only five inhales,
the pain returned.
What if overbr eathing wasn’ t the  r esult  of hypertension and headaches
but the cause?  Buteyko wondered. Heart disease, ulcers, and chronic
inflammation were all linked to disturbances in circulation, blood pH, and
metabolism. How we breathe af fects all those functions. Breathing just 20
percent, or even 10 percent more than the body’ s needs could overwork our
systems. Eventually, they’d weaken and falter. W as breathing too much
making people sick, and keeping them that way?
Buteyko took a walk. In the asthma ward, he found a man stooped over,
fighting suf focation, gasping for air. Buteyko approached and showed him
the technique he’d been using on himself. After a few minutes, the patient
calmed down. He inhaled a careful and clear breath through his nose and
then calmly exhaled. Suddenly, his face flushed with color. The asthma
attack was over.
•       •       •
Back in Golden Gate Park, Olsson and I are jogging deeper into the foot
trail. The bucolic scene of dappled sunlight and A vatar  trees has morphed
into a more urban mess of wheel-less shopping carts and suspicious mounds
of toilet paper. W e realize the path less traveled may be less traveled for a
reason. A quick left, and we’re on our way back to the coastal route.
W e jog past an old hippie sitting on a tree stump playing the Jeopar dy!
theme song on a trumpet with one hand and reading a dog-eared paperback
with the other. In front of him, an impeccably dressed man goads an old dog
into a beat-up Mercedes 300SD, and a woman with waist-length dreadlocks
and Mork-from-Ork suspenders whizzes by on an electric scooter. It’ s a
quintessentially San Francisco scene. Olsson and I fit right in.W e’ve been practicing an extreme version of the techniques Buteyko
used on himself and in the asthma ward: limiting our inhales while
extending exhales far past the point of what feels comfortable, or even safe.
W e’re sweating and red-faced and I can feel veins bulging in my neck. I’m
not exactly out of breath, but I don’ t feel satisfied, either. Even when I sip a
little more air, I feel like I’m being mildly strangled.
The point of this exercise isn’ t to inflict unnecessary pain. It’ s to get the
body comfortable with higher levels of carbon dioxide, so that we’ll
unconsciously breathe less during our resting hours and the next time we
work out. So that we’ll release more oxygen, increase our endurance, and
better support all the functions in our bodies.
“T ry to extend the exhales even more,” Olsson says as he takes tiny nips
of air through his nose. “Breathe out twice as long for each inhale, three
times,” he chides me. For a moment, I feel like I’m going to puke.
“Y es!” he says. “Even slower, even less!”
•       •       •
By the late 1950s, Buteyko left the hospitals of Moscow and headed to
Akademgorodok (“Academic City”), a cluster of 35 concrete-block research
facilities located in central Siberia. The distant location was by design. For
the past few years, the Soviet government had sent tens of thousands of the
finest space engineers, chemists, physicists, and others to live in secrecy
among the laboratories. Their job was to develop cutting-edge technologies
aimed at ensuring the Soviet Union’ s dominance. In many ways it was a
Soviet Silicon V alley, but without the fleece vests, kombucha, sunshine,
T eslas, and civil liberties.
Buteyko had moved there at the request of the USSR Academy of
Medical Sciences, the Soviet equivalent to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. After his epiphany in the asthma ward, he’d pored over
research papers and analyzed hundreds of patients. He’d become convinced
that breathing too much was the culprit behind several chronic diseases.
Like Bohr and Henderson, Buteyko was fascinated with carbon dioxide,
and he too believed that increasing this gas by breathing less could not only
keep us fit and healthy. It could heal us as well.
At Akademgorodok he set out to conduct the most exhaustive breathing
experiments that science had ever attempted. He collected a staf f of morethan 200 researchers and assistants in a sweeping city hospital called the
Laboratory of Functional Diagnostics. Subjects would come in and lie on a
gurney, sandwiched between stacks of machines. Phlebotomists would plug
catheters into their veins while other researchers stuck hoses into their
throats and electrodes around the heart and head. As the subjects breathed
in and out, a primitive computer recorded 100,000 bits of data per hour.
The sick and healthy, young and old—more than a thousand of them
came to Buteyko’ s lab. The patients with asthma, hypertension, and other
ailments consistently breathed the same: too much. They often inhaled and
exhaled through the mouth, packing in 15 liters or more of air per minute.
Some breathed so loudly they could be heard several feet away. The
readouts showed that they had plenty of oxygen in their blood, but much
less carbon dioxide, about 4 percent. Resting heart rates were up to 90 beats
per minute.
The healthiest patients breathed alike, too: less. They’d inhale and
exhale about ten times a minute, taking in a total of about five to six liters
of air. Their resting pulses ranged from around 48 to 55, and they had 6.5 to
7.5 percent carbon dioxide levels in their exhaled breath.
Buteyko developed a protocol based on the breathing habits of these
healthiest patients, which he’d later call V oluntary Elimination of Deep
Breathing. The techniques were many and they varied, but the purpose of
each was to train patients to always breathe as closely as possible to their
metabolic needs, which almost always meant taking in less air. How many
breaths we took per minute was less important to Buteyko, as long as we
were breathing no more than about six liters per minute at rest.
W ithin a few sessions of practicing these techniques, patients reported
tingling and heat in their hands and toes. Their heart rates would slow and
stabilize. The hypertension and migraines that had debilitated so many of
them would begin to disappear. Those already in good health felt even
better. Athletes claimed big gains in performance.
—
Around this time, a few thousand miles east, in the industrial factory town
of Zlín, Czechoslovakia, a gangly, five-foot-eight-inch runner named Emil
Zátopek was experimenting with his own breath-restriction techniques.
Zátopek never wanted to become a runner. When the management at the
shoe factory where he was working elected him for a local race, he tried torefuse. Zátopek told them he was unfit, that he had no interest, that he’d
never run in a competition. But he competed anyway and came in second
out of 100 contestants. Zátopek saw a brighter future for himself in running,
and began to take the sport more seriously. Four years later he broke the
Czech national records for the 2,000, 3,000, and 5,000 meters.
Zátopek developed his own training methods to give himself an edge.
He’d run as fast as he could holding his breath, take a few huf fs and puf fs
and then do it all again. It was an extreme version of Buteyko’ s methods,
but Zátopek didn’ t call it V oluntary Elimination of Deep Breathing. Nobody
did. It would become known as hypoventilation training. Hypo, which
comes from the Greek for “under” (as in hypodermic needle), is the
opposite of hyper, meaning “over.” The concept of hypoventilation training
was to breathe less.
Over the years, Zátopek’ s approach was widely derided and mocked, but
he ignored the critics. At the 1952 Olympics, he won gold in the 5,000 and
10,000 meters. On the heels of his success, he decided to


 n g  V e g e t a b l e s
( a n d  l o w - a c i d  f r u i t )
Choose firm, crisp vegetables at the peak of ripeness and try to use them the
same day. If tha t is not possible,  store for as short a time as possible—up to
three days in a cool place or slightly longer in the refrigerator. Directions
for preparing each vegetable a re found in the preparation n otes. What
follows are some general comments about preparing produce for pressure
canning.
1. W ash
Swish tender vegetables in water to which a drop of food-safe soap has been added. Scrub root
vegetables using a vegetable brush. T rim vegetables according to the individual type and the recipe.2. Keep Light Flesh fr om Br owning
Light-fleshed fruit and vegetables (like artichokes and carrots) will darken when exposed to oxygen
in the air. Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) prevents oxidative browning in most fruit and vegetables.
3. Make a Brine or use Br oth or W ater
Prepare brine according to the recipe. V inegar helps to lower the pH and adds flavour to vegetables.
When vinegar or lemon juice brine is added to vegetables, the food can be processed using the
Boiling W ater Method. When canning vegetables in water or broth, they must be processed using a
pressure cooker.
4. Pack V egetables into Jars
V egetables can be packed raw into jars (Raw Pack) or preheated and packed hot (Hot Pack). Some
recipes call for a specific method; in other recipes, the decision to hot- or raw-pack is left up to you.
Not only do I use the Raw Pack Method with fruit, but also with tender vegetables like asparagus.Raw Pack:  Arrange cold, raw vegetables in clean, hot jars, shaking the jar to pack tightly. Cover
with boiling brine, water or juice, leaving 1 inch (2.5 cm) of headspace. Run a thin non-metallic
utensil around the inside of the jar to release air and recheck the headspace, adding more hot liquid if
necessary.
Hot Pack:  Precook vegetables in brine, juice or water. Pack hot vegetables and brine loosely into
clean, hot jars, leaving 1 inch (2.5 cm) of headspace. Run a thin non-metallic utensil around the
inside of the jar to release air and recheck the headspace, adding more hot liquid if necessary.
5. Cap with Lids and Bands
W ipe the jar rims and threads with a clean damp cloth or towel to remove any syrup or bits that might
prevent a proper seal.
Centre a flat lid on each jar. Screw on the metal band as firmly as you can.
6. Pr ocess
Process in a pressure canner  according to directions in given recipe.Pr essur e Canner Method, Step by Step
Use for processing low-acid vegetables, fruits, meats, poultry and seafood,
as well as soups, stews, sauces, dips and vegetable spreads.
1.  W ash jars and lids in hot soapy water or dishwasher. Arrange jars on a rack in the pressure canner.
Add 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) water and heat to a simmer over medium-high heat.2.  Set screw bands aside. Heat flat lid tops in simmering (not boiling) water (180°F/82°C). Also heat
lifters, funnels, ladles and tongs. Keep tops hot until ready to use.
3.  Prepare and fill jars according to recipe. Leave a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Using a flat, non-
metallic utensil, remove air bubbles by sliding utensil around the inside of the filled jar. Adjust
headspace if necessary. W ipe jar rim clean using a clean, damp cloth.
4.  Centre a flat lid on top of each jar. Apply the screw band, using only hand strength to tighten until
resistance is met.
5.  Place filled jars back in pressure canner and adjust water level as directed by canner manufacturer.
Lock canner lid in place and turn heat to high. Follow manufacturer ’ s directions to vent canner
(allow steam to escape) for the specified time (usually 10 to 15 minutes of strong steam venting
through vent port or petcock).
6.  If using a weighted gauge, place the correct weight over the vent port. Follow recipe chart or
manufacturer ’ s chart and count processing time from the time the pressure for your elevation reaches
the required level.
7.  When processing time is complete, turn of f the heat. Let canner stand undisturbed until pressure
drops to zero. Allow 2 minutes longer before removing the canner lid (tilt lid away to avoid escaping
steam).
8.  Using a jar lifter, lift jars straight out of canner. Cool jars upright and undisturbed for 24 hours. Do
not tighten screw bands.
9.  Check seals: jars are sealed safely if the lids curve downward and do not move when pressed with
fingertips. Y ou can remove the screw bands, cleaning and storing them for the next use, or leavethem on the jars. W ipe jars, label and store in a cool, dark place.
F r e e z i n g
Freezing fruit and vegetables in order to preserve them is convenient, easy,
fast and  general ly suitable. Most frozen foods remain true to their original
form with minimal loss of colour and flavour. Perhaps most importantly,
nutrient loss is minimal. Having a separate upright or chest freezer is ideal
for accommodating lar ge quantities of produce, along with extra pies and
baked goods, leftovers, supermarket meats purchased on special, and
holiday cooking.
Essential:  A free zer mus t maintain a minimum constant 0°F or -18°C.
Look for a freezer that is adjustable to -20°F (-28.8°C) so th at you can
quick-freeze an initial batch to prevent lar ge ice crystals from  forming in
the food.
Chest versus upright Fr eezers
Chest fr eezers c ome in a wide variety of sizes, from 5 to 25 cubic feet (0.14
to 0. 70 cubic me tres) or more. They keep the cold in when the door is open
because the cold air settles downward. Chest freezers are hard to or ganize,
and it is hard to  locate small packages in them. Furthermore, t hey take up
more floor space. (However, I have a narrow model that I use as an extra
counter in my pantry, so it is perfect for my needs.)
Upright freezers  generally provide 16 to 21 cubic feet (0.45 to  0.59 cubic
metres) of space, and because much of the food is at eye level, packages are
easier to  or ganiz e and find. Cold spills out every time the door is opened, so
the u nit requires more ener gy, m aking upright freezers slightly more costly
to run.
Essential:  S trive to keep the freezer at no less than three-quarters full at all
times. That way it will operate ef ficiently, using less power than when fullystocked. Fill it with bags of ice in summer months when it may not be full.
Packaging for the Fr eezer
A wide array of containers—pliable and rigid plastic, heavily waxed
cardboard, or glass containers—are available for freezing preserves safely,
but the key to re taining the highest quality in your foods is a material that
provides a moisture-vapour bar rier. That means that drying frig id air must
be sealed out and the liquids in your preserves sealed in.
Fr eezing Essentials
 If using bags, be sure to purchase heavy-duty plastic bags specifically
labelled for use in the freezer.
 Make sure lids fit securely for an airtight seal.
 Use only Mason jars, leaving the headspace specified in the recipe, and
allow the food to cool completely before freezing. Rigid containers with straight sides and stackable tops and bottoms save
freezer space.
 Pack food in 1-cup (250 mL), 2-cup (500 mL) or 4-cup (1 L) portions,
depending on recipe requirements or how you will use the preserves.
 Label packages with the food name or recipe title, as well as the date, and
keep rotating older packages to the front/top for use before more recent
additions.
 Although frozen fruit and vegetables can last longer, it is wise to use
frozen fruit within eight months of freezing, and frozen vegetables and
herbs within six months.H o m e m a d e  P e c t i n
Extracting Pectin fr om Apples
Any v ariety of tart cooking apple, crabapple, quince, plum, gooseberry or citrus fruit
may b e boiled down to make a mash in the first step of pectin making. T o boil apples :
W ash and chop fine, i ncluding cores, pips and stems. W eigh and add 2 cups (500 mL)
water and 1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice for e very 1 lb (500 g) of apples. Cover and boi l
rapidly for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
The apple mash is st rained in two stages. The first press is through a rough cone
strainer wi th a cone-shaped wooden pusher. Specialty stores may still carry the cone


 better.
• Join an organization, or sign up for an activity that you will en-
joy. Perhaps you’ve been putting this off because you have so many
responsibilities that you just don’t have the time. ByFIRST LOVE  / 45choosing to love yourself, and partaking of the slices of life that you
want, those others that you serve will begin to learn some self-reli-
ance of their own. And you will find yourself with an absence of
resentment toward them. You will be serving them out of choice,
rather than obligation.
• Eliminate jealousy by recognizing it is a put-down of yourself.
By comparing yourself to some other person and imagining you are
loved less, you make others more important than you. You are
measuring your own merit in comparison to another. Remind
yourself that (1) Someone can always choose another without having
it be a reflection on you, and (2) whether or not you are chosen by
any significant other is not the way you validate your own self-worth.
If you make it that way, you are doomed to eternal self-doubt, be-
cause of the uncertainty of how a particular someone out there is
going to feel at any precise moment of any given day. Should he/she
choose another, that choice reflects only the other, not you. With
practice at self-love, any circumstances in which you’ve previously
found yourself to be jealous will be reversed. You’ll believe so much
in you that you won’t need the love or approval of others to give
you value.
• Your self-love activity might also include new ways of treating
your body, such as selecting good nutritional foods, eliminating
excess weight (which can be a health risk as well as an indication of
self-rejection), taking regular walks or bicycle rides, choosing plenty
of healthy exercise, getting outdoors to enjoy fresh air because it
feels good, and in general keeping your body healthy and attractive.
Provided you want to be healthy. Why? Because you are important
and are going to treat yourself that way. Any total day spent cooped
up or inactive in boring routine activities is a vote for self-enmity.
Unless you actually prefer being cooped-up, in which case you make
that choice.
• Sexually, you can practice greater self-love. You can stand naked
in front of a mirror and tell yourself how attractive you46 / Your Erroneous Zonesare. You can get in touch with your body. Explore yourself sensually,
give yourself goosebumbs of shivery pleasure. With others, you can
also choose sexual fulfillment for you, rather than making your
partner’s pleasure more important than your own. Only by choosing
gratification for yourself can you give pleasure. If you aren’t happy,
generally your partner is disappointed. Moreover, when you choose
yourself, others are more able to choose happiness for themselves.
You can slow down the whole process of sex, teaching your lover
what you like with words and actions. You can choose orgasm for
yourself. You can make yourself achieve the ultimate physical exper-
ience by believing that you are worth it, and then getting lost in the
excitement of verifying it for you. Why? Because you are worth it!
• You can stop equating your performance in anything with your
own self-worth. You may lose your job, or fail a given project. You
may not like the way you performed this or that task. But that doesn’t
mean that you are without worth. You must know for yourself, that
you are worth something regardless of your achievements. Without
this knowledge, you will be persistently confusing yourself with
your external activities. It is just as absurd to make your self-value
depend upon some outside accomplishment as it is to tie it in with
some external person’s opinion of you. Once you eliminate this
confusion, you will be able to set about all kinds of undertakings,
and your final score—while it may be interesting to you—will in no
way determine how valuable you are as a person.
These, and many like them, are the actions of those who love
themselves. They may often challenge the lessons that you’ve learned
as you’ve grown-down. At one time, you were the epitome of self-
love. As a child, you knew instinctively that you were worthy.
Now look back at the questions in the introduction to this book.FIRST LOVE  / 47•Can you accept yourself without complaint?
•Can you love yourself at all times?
•Can you give and receive love?
These are the issues that you can work on. Setting personal goals
to be in love with the most beautiful, exciting, worthy person
ever—you48 / Your Erroneous ZonesIII
YOU DON’T NEED THEIR
APPROVAL
Needing approval is tantamount to saying, “Your view of me is more
important than my own opinion of myself.”
You may be spending far too many of your present moments in
efforts to win the approval of others, or in being concerned with
some disapproval that you have encountered. If approval has become
a need in your life, then you have some work to do. You can begin
by understanding that approval-seeking is a desire rather than a
necessity. We all enjoy applause, compliments and praise. It feels
good when we are mentally stroked. Who would want to give this
up? Well, there’s no need to. Approval in itself is not unhealthy; in
fact, adulation is deliciously pleasurable. Approval-seeking is an
erroneous zone only when it becomes a need rather than a want.
If you want the approval, you are simply happy to have the en-
dorsement of other people. But, if you need it, you are going to col-
lapse if you don’t get it. That’s when the self-destructive forces move
in. Similarly, when approval-seeking becomes a
49need, you give up a chunk of yourself to the “outside person” whose
advocacy you must have. If they disapprove, then you are immobil-
ized (even in a small way). In such a case, you have chosen to wear
your self-worth on your sleeve for someone to rub or not rub as they
see fit. You feel good inside only if they decide to administer some
praise to you.
The need for approval of another person is bad enough, but the
real trouble comes with the need for the approval of everyone for
every act. If you carry around such a need, then you are bound for
a great deal of misery and frustration in your life. Moreover, you
will be incorporating a wishy-washy non-person self-image that will
result in the kind of self-rejection that was discussed in the previous
chapter.
The need for approval must go! No question marks here. It must
be eradicated from your life if you are to gain personal fulfillment.
Such need is a psychological dead end, with absolutely no benefits
accruing to you.
It is impossible to go through life without incurring a great deal
of disapproval. It is the way of humanity, the dues you pay for your
“aliveness,” something that simply cannot be avoided. I once worked
with a middle-aged man who fit into the classic approval-needing
mentality. Ozzie had a set of beliefs on all controversial subjects,
including abortion, birth control, war in the Middle East, Watergate,
politics and everything else. Whenever he encountered scorn he
came unglued. He spent a great deal of his energy in getting every-
one to sanction him for everything that he said and did. He related
an incident with his father-in-law, in which he stated that he firmly
believed in mercy killing, and he noticed his father-in-law wrinkling
his brow in censure. Instantly, almost reflexively, Ozzie modified
his position…. “What I meant was, if someone is conscious and ac-
tually asks to be killed, then mercy killing is O.K.” He noticed his
listener was in agreement and Ozzie breathed a little easier. With
his boss he also declared his belief in mercy killing, but here he re-
ceived a vociferous disagreement…. “How can50 / Your Erroneous Zonesyou even say such a thing? Don’t you know that’s playing God?”
Ozzie could not tolerate such repudiation, he quickly shifted into a
new stance…. “What I meant was, only in extreme cases, when a
patient is declared legally dead, then it’s all right to pull the plug.”
Finally, his boss acquiesed, and Ozzie was once more off the hook.
With his brother he announced his position on mercy killing and he
received an instant concurrence…. “Whew.” That was easy for Ozzie,
he didn’t even have to change in order to get his brother to approve
of him. All of these examples were provided by Ozzie as he related
his normal way of interacting with others. Ozzie travels in his social
circles with no mind of his own, and his need for commendation is
so strong that he constantly shifts his position in order to be liked.
There is no Ozzie, only the happenstance reactions of others which
determine not only how Ozzie feels, but also what he thinks and
says as well. Ozzie is whatever others want him to be.
When approval-seeking is a need, the possibilities for truth are
all but wiped away. If you must be lauded, and you send out those
kinds of signals, then no one can deal with you straight. Nor can
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tribute to tooth decay. A diet which includes fat-soluble vitamins will help to balance this
condition. Healing cavities with nutrition during pregnancy or lactation provides an added health
benefit: your child will be more robust and healthy from the extra nutrients you provide. Your birth
recovery will also be enhanced because your body will have a greater storage of nutrients to utilize
during and after the birth. Your life as a new mother will—one hopes—proceed more smoothly,
because you will have more energy to care for the new baby. Soups are particularly nourishing for
pregnancy and after birth.
Tooth decay often occurs during pregnancy because the mother’s body is engaged in the borrowing
process. The borrowing process is illustrated in next photo. You can compare two mothers, one with
widespread tooth decay and the other with none. The difference is that the mother with extensive tooth
decay consumed a modern diet, and the mother without tooth decay ate her native diet which in this
case was rich in sea food.
Tuscarora Native American mother from New York who ate a modernized diet.
Copyright © Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, www.ppnf.orgA typical mother was studied at her home. She had four children. Her teeth were ravaged by dental
caries. She was strictly modern, for she had gold inlays in some of her teeth. The roots of the missing
teeth had not been extracted. Twenty of her teeth had active dental caries. Her little girl, aged four,
already had twelve badly decayed teeth.
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Mother on native diet of seafood with no tooth decay.
Copyright © Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, www.ppnf.org
These pictures tell an interesting story. The grandmother shown in the lower right knew the
importance of seafood for her children and grandchildren and did the fishing herself. Note the
beautiful teeth and well formed faces of her daughters.
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The young mother above is free from tooth decay.When your body does not receive enough nutrients during pregnancy, it will borrow minerals from
your teeth. It is important to emphasize that this problem is usually dietary and there is nothing
inherently wrong with the woman herself. Her body is simply responding to a set of particular
circumstances.Breastfeeding and Cavities
Breast milk provides protection from cavities, so night-time nursing does not cause or promote tooth
decay. The claim that night-time nursing causes tooth decay is simply anti-breastfeeding propaganda
and is not scientifically based.
The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD) presents contradictory positions on
breastfeeding. They support both day and night breastfeeding in their official policy, stating that
“breast-feeding ensures the best possible health as well as the best development and psychosocial
outcomes for the infant.”
22
 Their recommendation formerly advised avoidance of on-cue night time
breastfeeding after the first teeth erupt, but that no longer is the official policy. The AAPD policy
suggests
 that mothers not breastfeed a child on cue after the first teeth erupt to reduce cavities,
morning and night for all children.
23
 I disagree with this idea. This concept is also not supported by
studies provided on their own website. In fact, AAPD published a press release about a study which
states, “breast milk prohibits acid and bacterial growth in the mouth.”
24
 This would imply that you
would want to breastfeed your child to prevent cavities. An interesting note on this report is that
breast milk by itself was not shown to contribute to cavities, but when breastfeeding was alternated
with sweet foods it did promote cavities. This sounds a lot like what W.D. Miller reported in 1883
when he stated that a healthy tooth resists acid or other substances, but that a weak tooth succumbs
quickly to tooth decay. In the case of a child with very weak teeth from too much sugar or grain bran
and germ, it might appear that breast milk promoted cavities since anything with any sweetness at all
would promote cavities at that point.
Night-time nursing helps protect against tooth decay. Children under the age of three who grow during
the night need breast milk on cue to provide their bodies with the nutrients they need for health.
Children over the age of three may need less breastfeeding at night, but still some to help them sleep
well. Many children breastfeed at night and do not have cavities. Studies do not show a link between
long-term breastfeeding and a higher number of cavities.
25
 It is important to be clear about this.
Commercial formulas usually have sugar added. The use of these formulas or the use of fruit juices,
for nighttime bottle feeding, will increase the likelihood of tooth decay. Breast milk is the best food
there is for your baby. If your child is experiencing decay, then one must examine what other foods in
the diet may be causing this decay, and not condemn breast milk or avoid breastfeeding.
Many breastfed children have tooth decay even though breast milk protects against bacteria in the
mouth.
26
 How, then, can we say that tooth decay is caused by bacteria, when children constantly have
naturally antibacterial milk in their mouths to retard the decay?
Recently I've learned of an important and overlooked factor regarding breastfeeding and cavities.
Some young children who have cavities are being breastfed regularly over an extended period of
time. We know that cavities occur when the body chemistry is out of balance. How could it be that
breast milk would seem to unbalance a child's body chemistry, considering it is the ideal food? As the
child feeds for an extended period on the same breast, the milk becomes thicker, and the fat content
increases. If the mother mistakenly and consistently feeds her child too much of the foremilk, which is
sweet and lower in fat, then this could hypothetically create a body chemistry imbalance over time.
Other factors, such as the mother not drinking enough fluids, or the intake of other inharmonioussubstances, can also cause imbalances in the breast milk. A nourished child drinks plenty of hind
milk, which is higher in fat. The baby will digest this milk more slowly, due to its higher fat content.
If there is stress associated with breastfeeding, or the mother doesn't allow full breast feeding
sessions, then again the child may be receiving excessive amounts of the sweeter fore milk, which
may contribute to the formation of cavities. Attentive breastfeeding techniques will give your child
the best potential to be free of cavities.
I know breastfeeding is a delicate subject. I support breastfeeding children on cue for long extended
periods, even for 4-7 years. I discuss this in greater detail in my book on early childhood and health,
Healing Our Children
,
www.healingourchildren.org
 If a parent is not careful then breast milk can
become an incomplete food for her child. As a child ages she needs more and more nutrients from
food. The amount of nutrients from food and from breast milk need to be balanced based upon the age
and physical development of the child. Weaning is not the answer, but rather simply finding the
balance of enough breastfeeding and enough supplemental solid foods.
Finally, having the highest amount of vitamins and minerals possible in the breast milk will help your
young child grow strong and prosper. The breastfeeding mother of a child with significant tooth decay
should supplement her diet with many of the special foods described in this book, including high
vitamin butter and liver or cod liver oil, along with food-source vitamin C and adequate calcium.
Close Your Baby’s Mouth at Night
When I first read about this principle it sounded peculiar to me. Of course our bodies are designed to
primarily breathe through our noses. Otherwise why do we have noses? Yet some children and adults
are primarily mouth breathers. The syndrome of breathing through the mouth when asleep is
associated with a smaller jaw size, bed wetting, ear infections, heart disease, hypertension, and
snoring.
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 How your child’s jaw grows and develops may even be connected to how he breathes at
night. George Catlin’s book,
Shut Your Mouth and Save Your Life
, describes practices of Native
Americans with whom Mr. Catlin lived during the mid 1800s. Mothers always made sure that from
birth, their children slept with their mouths closed. An open mouth at night can, among other things,
affect the substance P level in the body and affect the trigeminal nerve which could possibly have
adverse repercussions on the child’s growth and physical development. After you breastfeed at night,
make sure your baby’s mouth is removed from the nipple and closed so that she is breathing through
her nose.
Fathers and Tooth Decay
I have talked with many mothers who are struggling with their child’s tooth decay. The problem
seems to be related to the relationship between the father and the mother, or between the father and
the child. Single moms can easily feel particularly stressed because they do not have the support that
they need to take care of their child. Many mothers also have to deal with fathers who do not care as
much as is necessary to provide their child with healthy food. There appears to be a connection
between the lack of nourishment in a child, and the absence—either physically or emotionally—of the
father, since part of the father’s primal role is to provide nourishment for the family. For couples who
are together, fathers of children with cavities need to play an active role in supporting the mother. Forsingle mothers, notice how the absence of the father is affecting you.Final Thoughts on Remineralizing Your Child’s Tooth Decay
Dental treatments only address the symptoms of tooth decay. They were not designed for children, nor
are these treatments proven to