 cells have the ability to
quickly process damaged structures remaining
from the old cells and use them to build new or-
ganelles or replenish energy.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frUnfortunately, as cells age, they lose this ability,
which leads to the accumulation of damaged or-
ganelles and aging of the entire body. The exper-
iments on animals carried out by scientists prove
that fasting increases the ability of heart muscle
cells to self -detox in old animals up to 120%, and
it barely affects the state of cells in young ani-
mals.
The resistance of microorganisms and plants to
the effects of harsh external factors (high and
low temperatures, droughts, etc.), which make
them fall into a state of rest or anabiosis, should
be considered a protective mechanism devel-
oped during a long evolutionary process. Ironi-
cally, the most effective methods from the vari-
ety of tested and identified means of prolonging
life turned out to be the simplest ones: a body
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fasting and low -calorie diets in warm -blooded
animals.
These simple methods can lead to a two -or
three -fold increase in life expectancy. All the
data suggest that with aging or diseases, the most
important body systems, including regulatory
ones, have to be kept clean to allow them to func-
tion normall y. The increase in human life expec-
tancy brought on by periodic dry fasting or low -
calorie diets is similar to a prolongation of life in
animals achieved by hibernation when the body
nourishes itself with its own reserves at low body
temperature. It’s established that the higher the
total duration of hibernation in animals (during
their whole life), the longer their life expectancy
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr– both the whole life and the part that they spend
in their waking state.
After mastering the method of placing people
in anabiosis (hibernation) artificially, it’s possi-
ble to obtain powerful means to fight the most
severe pathological conditions and diseases,
many of which are difficult or simply impossible
to cure now.
I believe that any type of fasting is one of the
most affor dable methods of preventing diseases
and maintaining your health. It’s important to
understand that you can’t stay completely
healthy only by fasting, but it can significantly
reduce the likelihood of diseases. Therefore, the
best option is preventative fasting along with
proper nutrition and regular exercises.

Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr17. Dry fractional fasting. Who do we
recommend it to?
In my practice, there were patients who under-
went 11 -day, 12 -day, and even 13 -day dry fast-
ing treatments. Of course, this is a “between life
and death” option, since it’s recommended to
patients with serious pathologies after undergo-
ing powerful medical therapy. Besides, their vital
energy was lowered. Therefore, taking into ac-
count our experience and mistakes, we devel-
oped a milder and more phys iologically suitable
method, namely, dry fractional fasting, which
has the same effectiveness as long -term dry fast-
ing.
The essence of this method is that it stipulates
for several (usually two or three) consecutive dry
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7 days, the second one lasts 7 -9 days, and the
third one lasts 9 days. Restorative nutrition is
carried out according to a special method be-
tween these courses.
The first part of fasting is detoxing, and it lasts
as long as the patient can withstand; one may
swim in waterfalls and mountain rivers during
this period for better body detox. The first aci-
dotic crisis occurs during the first fasting course.
It’s characterized by effective body detox, and
patients realize what it is. Following the  crisis,
they come out of fasting through a special course
of Altai herbal medicine that provide the body
with a lot of energy.
The second dry fasting course is curative. It
should last as long as possible to go through the
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frmost curative acidotic crisis ( the second one).
The second fasting course is much easier than
the first one, both physically and psychologi-
cally.
Sometimes, a third (final) dry fasting course is
required for patients with very serious diseases.
The most important thing is that every f asting
course entails an increasingly faster transition to
endogenous nutrition and high -quality biosyn-
thesis. The fractional method is good because it
doesn’t allow obese people to gain weight.
Weight is lost progressively. As a result, obese
people not only lose their weight, but it also
drops 2 -3 kg below the norm. It activates their
bodies in a very powerful manner, and they
don’t gain weight subsequently, rather, it stays at
the same level. Besides, excessive fat cells die,
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frwhich means that their number is reduced.
Therefore, fat cells gain their content during re-
storative nutrition, but their number is lower,
and patients don’t feel weak. Fat cells only begin
to be destroyed following an acidotic crisis. After
a full fractional fasting course, the number of fat
cells in the body is normalized. There are as
many of them, as at a young age, and patients
look slim and youthful. The destruction of fat
cells is possible only during fasting. All kinds of
diets only deplete fat cells. As soon as people
start e ating normally, they quickly recover, and
patients gain weight again.
Fractional fasting is very effective in treating
obesity. This pendulum -like fasting cycle makes
it possible to improve the reserve defenses of the
body and its detoxification increasing ly more
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crease during fractional fasting? An additional
benefit of this method is that we gave the cell a
chance to detox, restored the functionality,
memory capacity, and cell energy potential after
the first detox stage, and then the second fasting
course provides it with the opportunity to com-
plete the started process - to find and fix what-
ever was missed. It’s just like switching on the
super -compensation mechanism in detoxifica-
tion through fasting. Everyt hing that was over-
looked to an extent is fully detoxed. It turns out
that the body approaches new positive stresses
with increased readiness each time. In this
method, one fasting course is followed by an-
other, and the therapeutic effect is increased.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frThis is the main difference from dry fasting ac-
cording to L.A. Shchennikov: he conducts dry
fasting for a maximum duration of 9, 10, 11 days
at once.
Cascade fasting by V.P. Lavrova. Patients un-
dergo dry fasting courses, with equal periods of
fasting and non -fasting, in cascades (one/one,
two/two, five/five). This fasting method is very
effective, but it must be conducted for a very
long time to reach the second therapeutic aci-
dotic crisis. In our method, the duration of dry
fasting increases with every cycle, so the second
acidotic crisis occurs in a shorter period of time.
I really like this method as it has powerful heal-
ing potential, and the effects of rejuvenation and
weight loss are quite evident. Most importantly,
patients undergo it with much greater eas e, and
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frthere are almost no complications. Ideally, you
can try this method after preparing for fasting
(healthy nutrition, bowel and liver detox, water
fasting, 5 -day dry fasting course). Undergo a 7 -
day dry fasting course followed by 2 -3 weeks of
coming out of fasting, and then a 9 -day dry fast


 the rings on a tree, life is about growth, which often requires  change. The 80/10/10 diet may seem like a huge shift in your
lifestyle in the beginning, but as the rewards for taking care of your body  unfold, you will come to see that the benefits of living this
way far outweigh the cost. Developing 80/10/10 as a lifestyle will enhance every moment of your life to come. I applaud y ou for
taking the first step to the new you.

Appendix A. Sample Menu Plans

This appendix contains four seasonal sample menus for the 80/10/10  lifestyle, broken into one-week sections (seven days of
meals for summer, autumn, winter, and spring). Each two-page spread i ncludes a day’s worth of recipes on the left-hand side and a
corresponding caloronutrient analysis chart on the right.
Each day’s menu plan includes a breakfast, lunch, and three-cours e dinner, hand-selected for seasonal freshness and designed
to total approximately 2,000 calories. You can easily increase or decrease t he quantity of any ingredient, to adjust the recipes in the
direction of your desired caloric intake.
The smoothies, fruit salads, soups, dressings, vegetable salads, and slaws  in this section demonstrate the abundance of whole
fruit and vegetable meals available on the 80/10/10  plan. This guide emphasizes fruits in season, when they are freshes t and least
expensive. The 80/10/10  motto is, “simplicity at mealtime, variety throughout the year.” A s you become accustomed to this lifestyle,
you will discover the joy of eating seasonally and anticipating the ta ste sensations each new bounty of fruits brings. Feel free to
experiment! Use this guide as an inspirational tool to help you discover y our own favorite combinations.
Some recipes contain additional information, indicated by a dagger sym bol (†), to help answer your questions and smooth
your transition to this way of eating. These include helpful tidbits abou t fruit varieties and their availability, ideas for recipe variati ons,
and tips on buying, preparing, and eating the foods.
Don’t worry about your caloronutrient ratio at each meal, or even each da y. The 80/10/10  guideline (at least 80% of calories
from carbohydrates and at most 10% fat and protein) is intended as an aver age—something to strive for over time. Thus, as you
page through the menu plan, you will see higher-fat days and lower- fat days … but by the end of the week, the numbers all come
out to 80/10/10, more or less.
The best way to really understand the caloronutrient ratio and get a tr ue sense of the level of fat in your own diet, is to weigh
your food and enter numbers in an online diet-analysis program for about a we ek. We used Nutridiary.com as a basis for creating
this recipe guide.
Note that no two fruits are nutritionally identical. Each crop of produce ( sometimes even each piece) differs in caloronutrient
ratio from the next, depending on such factors as ripeness, soil quality, sh ipping environment, and time since harvest.
In addition, any attempt to standardize measures like “one apple” or “one h ead of lettuce” (although we do so in the upcoming
ingredient conversion charts) is subjective at best, given the reg ional variability of produce. Thus, the only way to accurately
compare food quantities is to list ingredients by weight, rather than by t he piece. All weights refer to edible portions only,  so be
sure to remove peels, stems, cores, seeds, and pits before you weigh your food.
Remember that each individual’s digestive capacity is differen t, as is their level of exercise. Both of these factors affect our
ability to absorb nutrients efficiently. As you mature in this l ifestyle, your natural digestive “fire” will increase.
For these reasons and others, the numbers in these charts are rough appr oximations at best. Use them to steer your diet in a
low-fat direction, but track your numbers in the aggregate, and don’t g et too hung up on the details.

Seasonal Availability of Produce
The following table offers an overview of domestic availability for comm on fruits and vegetable fruits. It is a broad, general list,
showing the greatest number of months these foods are commonly obtainable  at market nationwide, regardless of variety or where
they are grown.
For example, the papaya, shown to be available all year, includes several v arieties, from Florida, California, Hawaii, Mexico,
and Central America—each of which produces papayas at differe nt times. Modern distribution and storage technologies allow us
access to many of these foods throughout the year (sometimes at great c ost to our pocketbooks, our health, and our natural
resources).
In the following table, the dark-gray boxes represent a food’s peak dome stic seasonal distribution. The light-gray boxes
represent the onset and decline of the season. During this time, you may  be able to find these foods domestically grown, but they
tend to come at a higher price and reduced quality. To achieve maximum fre shness, I strongly encourage you to choose locally
grown, organic produce in season whenever possible.

 If Y ou Don’t Own a Scale…
We have listed the ingredients in the menu plan in terms of ounces an d pounds, in order to provide an accurate caloronutrient
breakdown. If you do not have a scale at home, the charts below can help you measu re out the quantities called for. Eventually you
will become proficient in estimating weights and average caloric c ontent of various foods, a skill that will pay dividends in saved
kitchen time.

Summer Menu Plan: Day One

BREAKFAST
Watermelon
4 lbs. watermelon
Directions: Slice melon in half and sit outside and bask in summer’s  glory while you spoon this delightful fruit!

LUNCH
Peachy Keen
1 lb. bananas
1 lb. peaches
Directions: Blend with 16 oz. water. Adjust water for desired consistenc y.

DINNER
Course One: Mango Lime Delight!
1 lb. mangos
Juice of ½ a lime
Directions: Peel and slice mangos into a bowl. Drizzle with lime juic e.
† 300 varieties of mangos are cultivated and studied in Florida alone. The U.S. m arket sees roughly six varieties widely
distributed: Haden, Tommy Atkins, kent, keitt, ataulfo (also called honey, ch ampagne, Manila, Asian, or yellow), and Haitian
mangos.

Course Two: Sweet Tomatoes
8 oz. mango
8 oz. heirloom tomatoes
Directions: Blend ¾ of the mango with ¾ of the tomato. Cut the remaining ma ngo and tomato into small chunks, toss in and
stir.

Course Three: Mango Red-Pepper Salad
1 lb. romaine lettuce
8 oz. each: cucumbers, mangos, and red peppers
4 oz. tomatoes
Directions: Chop the lettuce into a large bowl. Peel the cucumber if you  prefer. Thinly slice the cucumber and slice tomato into
wedges; toss with salad greens. Peel and pit the mango, core the pepper, and ble nd together as a dressing.

Summer Menu Plan: Day Two

BREAKFAST
Watermelon
4 lbs. watermelon
Directions: The other half of the large watermelon awaits you! Spoon t he fruit into a blender for a refreshing morning drink!
Seeds can be avoided, as they will sink to the bottom of the glass.

LUNCH
Just Bananas!
2 lbs. bananas
Directions: Blend into a smoothie with 16 oz. water, or enjoy them as they ar e.
† If you have a hard time eating very many bananas, it is likely they  are not at peak ripeness. The common variety of banana,
the cavendish, is ripe when it is generously speckled with brown spots and s mells sweet. Prior to this state, they contain more starch
and are harder to digest. Proper fruit ripeness is essential to adequate n utrition and assimilation.

DINNER
Course One: Summer Berry Salad
4 oz. blueberries
4 oz. raspberries
8 oz. peaches
Directions: Mix in a bowl and enjoy!

Course Two: Peach Heirloom Tomato Soup
8 oz. peaches
8 oz. heirloom tomatoes
Directions: Blend ¾ of the peaches with ¾ of the tomato. Thinly slice th e remaining ingredients and stir them into the soup for
added texture.

Course Three: Blackberry Sesame Salad
1 lb. lettuce
4 oz. tomatoes
8 oz. blackberries
2 tbsp. raw, mechanically hulled tahini.
Directions: Finely chop the lettuce into a large bowl. Slice the tomat o into wedges and toss with lettuce. Dress with a blend of
blackberries and tahini

Summer Menu Plan: Day Three

BREAKFAST
Honeydew Melon
3 lbs. honeydew melon

LUNCH
Figgy Delicious
1 lb. figs
1 lb. bananas
Directions: Blend with 16 oz. water, or to desired consistency.

DINNER
Course One: Mango and Raspberry
8 oz. mango
8 oz. raspberries
Directions: Slice or cube the mango into a bowl and sprinkle with rasp


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<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Beat the
Bird Flu Virus
The true story of the coming inﬂuenza pandemic:
how it may infect 30% of the world’s population,
and what you can do to survive the outbreak even if there’s no vaccine.
BY MIKE ADAMS
BY MIKE ADAMS
The Health RangerBeat the
Bird Flu Virus
The true story of the coming inﬂuenza pandemic:
how it may infect 30% of the world’s population,
and what you can do to survive the outbreak even
if there’s no vaccine.
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Beat the Bird Flu Virus
ITable of Contents
The Coming Inﬂuenza Pandemic ............................................................................................................ 1
Conventional Medicine Offers No Real Defense ..................................................................................... 2
Primed for Infectious Disease ................................................................................................................. 3
Take Charge of Your Own Defense ......................................................................................................... 4
The Top Twelve Herbs ............................................................................................................................. 4
One Source Agrees to Manufacture It..................................................................................................... 4
What This Product Can Do ...................................................................................................................... 5
You Can Taste the Potency..................................................................................................................... 6
Don’t Wait Until the Pandemic Strikes to Prepare ................................................................................... 6
Most People Will Wait Until It’s Too Late................................................................................................. 7
The Government Won’t Save You........................................................................................................... 7
Reference ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Summary of Top Items............................................................................................................................. 27
Why the World Isn’t Ready for the Coming Inﬂuenza Pandemic, World Health Organization Warns..... 28
The pandemic can be beat with nutrition ................................................................................................. 29
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Beat the Bird Flu Virus
1The Coming Inﬂuenza Pandemic
In the fall of 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) held a meeting of scientists, researchers, and
vaccine manufacturing company representatives. In that meeting, the World Health Organization reached some startling conclusions that many people still have not fully grasped. The organization stated that the next global ﬂu pandemic is fast approaching. There is a strong chance it may become an epidemic as soon as next year, and if that happens, literally 30% of the world’s population will become infected with inﬂuenza.
The particular inﬂuenza strain being watched is the H5N1 bird ﬂu virus. Should an outbreak occur, the total
deaths expected around the world, according to the WHO, numbers in the tens of millions of people. Further
-
more, the WHO says that the United States currently has no vaccine to distribute to the population  that
might offer protection from this ﬂu epidemic. In their own words, “...the H5N1 strain has demonstrated its ca -
pacity to infect humans and cause severe disease, with high fatality, on three separate occasions beginning in 1997. The disease in humans has no vaccine to confer protection and no speciﬁc treatment once illness
becomes severe.” Source: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_inﬂuenza/assessment2004_05_14/e n
Even with this clear threat to public safety, the United States currently has no plans to manufacture any vaccine whatsoever. Even if a vaccine theoretically existed, the U.S. doesn’t have a system in place to distribute it to citizens. And waiting for the ﬂu pandemic to appear will undoubtedly be too late. “Vaccines and antiviral agents are unlikely to meet demand, even for industrialized countries able to purchase them,” explains an investigative medical article entitled, The Next Inﬂuenza Pandemic: Lessons from Hong Kong,
1997  by René Snacken, Alan P. Kendal, Lars R. Haaheim, and John M. Wood, published by the Centers for
Disease Control, http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no2/snacken.ht m
It goes on to explain, “Waiting until a pandemic strikes to determine access to [vaccines and medicines] inevitably contributes to inequities in supply for countries lacking facilities to produce antiviral agents or vaccines or lacking resources to competitively purchase supplies at a time of scarcity. The issue of equity
cannot be resolved by individual governments or manufacturers.”
We should have learned that lesson many times over, but still the vaccine problems persist. The winter of
2004 saw a complete breakdown in the U.S. vaccine infrastructure when the winter ﬂu vaccine experienced a severe shortage because the vaccine manufacturer Chiron was found to be producing contaminated
product.
That left the entire country without adequate ﬂu vaccine, creating an instant shortage. Now imagine what
would happen if there were truly a global killer ﬂu, an inﬂuenza virus that mutated and made the cross-spe -
cies leap from birds to humans. Imagine that this virus is spreading around the world from city to city, being carried by travelers in airplanes, and then being spread from person to person in those cities through cough
-
ing, shaking hands, touching doorknobs or just from being in the same elevator with another person.
Beat the Bird Flu Virus
2Now imagine 30% of the United States population getting infected with this ﬂu. The result would be nothing
short of a national crisis. As the World Health Organization explains, “Vaccines, antiviral agents and antibi -
otics to treat secondary infections will be in short supply and will be unequally distributed. It will take several months before any vaccine becomes available.” They also explain, in their own words, that:
• Medical facilities will be overwhelmed.
• Widespread illness may result in sudden and potentially signiﬁcant
shortages of personnel to provide essential community services.
• The effect of inﬂuenza on individual communities will be relatively prolonged
 when compared to other natural disasters, as it is expected that outbreaks will reoccur.
Source: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/inﬂuenza/pandemic/e n
Incredibly, the above description may actually be the good news. A Russian scientist, Dr. Dmitry Lvov, head
of the Ivanovsky Virology Institute, estimates that this particular strain of the ﬂu is so aggressive and deadly that as many as one billion people around the world could die from it. He estimates that in the United
States alone, we could be looking at 700,000 dead. Granted, his estimates may be high, but this man is no stranger to infectious disease. In any case, it does give you an indication of the seriousness of this next
global outbreak.
Conventional Medicine Oﬀers No Real Defense
As I have been discussing these points with a few people, I’ve been met with looks of utter confusion. Peo -
ple tell me things like, “I thought we overcame infectious disease, I thought these ﬂu epidemics were things that just happened in history, they shouldn’t happen today, we have modern medicine...” Unfortunately, they
are dead wrong about conventional medicine.
As the World Health Organization explains on their site, “Although health care has improved in the last de -
cades, epidemiological models from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, USA project
that today a pandemic is likely to result in 2 to 7.4 million deaths globally. In high income countries alone, accounting for 15% of the worlds population, models project a


 small c ity in Florida. "My wife is having
a heart attack and is almost unconscious. Please help me quickly," he begged. I got my bathrobe and bedroom slippers on and went with him to the car.
His wife was a rather large woman. There was no way at this time
that any tests could be made, but I quickly examined her hands and feet and found that they were cold, and by this I determined that it was not a heart attack, however, she was having some severe chest pains, the heart had lost its rhythm, and had dropped down into the lower 40's. The nearest hospital was 15 miles away and I was afraid that she would not last to get to the hospital, so I made up an ordinary drink for the purpose of relieving gas on the stomach and told her to sip it slow-ly for 30 minutes. Within 10 minutes the gas began to burp out of her system. In a half hour she had perfect relief, the heart rhythm was back to normal, her feet and hands warmed up, and she felt as if she
had never been sick. I asked them to come to the lab and I tested her to see what caused the attack of acute indigestion. Her calciums were very, very low, which is one of the causes of acute indigestion.
I said to the husband, "You need a test also because there may be a
problem here that involves both of you." She was in her mid-thirties,
and in menopause, and he was 38. His test indicated very low calci-ums also. The reason I thought he would have low calciums was that the wife did the cooking and if she was low in calciums then probably he was too. This is what we can call deduction in mathematics. If you
find one problem in one member of the family, then you should look for it in other members of the family, especially if you find it in the mother and she's the one who does  the cooking. There are exceptions 133 to this rule. Nevertheless, it is ab solutely necessary to go by the num-
bers. 00 not try to draw any conclusions without scientific facts.
After I found him low in calciums I said, "Most people that have
your numbers would have a very difficult time living with a wife be-cause you would be at each other’s' throats every minute," and both of them looked as if lightning had struck them. Then they admitted they were on the verge of a divorce because they couldn't get along with each other. They had three children. I said, "It is very easy to fix this so that you can get along with each other." I had the calciums they needed and gave it to them to take, and in two weeks the nervousness had completely left them and they were deeply in love with each other again. Now whenever either one gets the least bit cross the other runs for the calcium bottle and says, "Here, honey, take your calciums!" I also told the wife what to do so she would not have acute indigestion.
So you can see how important it is for people to have a dietary test
made that will correct the mineral deficiencies in the body.
A young married couple can have the same problems with low
calciums and their life becomes upset and it leads to divorce because the low calciums had so upset the wife's nerves she cannot forgive and forget as quickly as a man, and neither can the man when his calciums are too low. When calciums are normal and all of the numbers sub-stantiate that they are normal, it is very easy to forgive. The lower the
calciums, the more difficult it is to forgive and forget.
During the act of intercourse there is an electrical charge that
passes between the male and female. Many times when the young couples get married, it takes up to five or six months to learn the real art of intercourse to get the maximum amount of ecstasy that is nor-mally due each other. There are conditions wherein the calciums are too low in one or the other and the sex act is a trying experience, and yet the grace of God keeps them from being irritable.
We now come to the problem that the Bible speaks of as fornica-
tion.
Those who engage in sex without marriage have problems. There
is a guilt feeling because they are not married, and they have not had enough practice in the act in order to reach the heavenly harmony that 134 was intended by God for the man and his wife. Sex acts without love
is very bad because it leaves each tom down rather than built up. It
causes the sex organs to refuse to accept enough manganese to keep the prostate in a man from having too many delta cells. It also causes a larger count of delta cells in the vagina area and sometimes the breasts of women, and it upsets the entire nervous system because it tears down the calcium contents of the system rather than build up the re-serve energy, and decreases the reserve energy greatly.
God made men to have one wife, the wife to have one husband,
and any breaking of this law is an attempt to break the biological laws made by the Lord Himself. In reality no one can break these laws, they only break themselves on these laws. Consequently, those wom-en that seIl themselves to prost itution far money, or any other reason,
simply look old at 30. They have burned themselves out for a few un-known reasons, sometimes money. These acts cannot be stopped by legislation. They can only be forced on the black market conditions, and it is up to the ministers to teach the young people the dangers of fornication, and not for the state to try to punish them for their acts.
If more young people were taught how much damage is done by
fornication they would listen and obey the laws because they want to be healthy. I'm not saying that fornication is to be avoided in all cir-cumstances from a biological viewpoint. There are women and men that are said to be over-sexed, and for some reason they do not marry, or their calciums are too low, and consequently they cannot find a partner that suits them enough to be married and live an honorable Christian life. The passion drive is so great in some that it upsets the calcium balance and the more the calci um balance. is upset the weaker
they become, and the weaker they become, the less faith they have, and the less faith they have, the more undesirable they become as a prospective partner. Many women are in an insane asylum because of this very condition of sinning. They do not even understand their problem.
Here again if a pastor knew how to counsel (biological church
problems) such people instead of telling them they are going straight to hell and would teach them to go to someone who can build up their 135 calciums, probably have them take a Dale Carnegie Course to improve
their personality, and to have a class in which the facts of life were
presented to them in a Christian way that many converts could be won to God's Kingdom.
, This does not mean that the pastor or the church is condoning the
illicit use of sex. The Bible says there is none perfect, no not one. It also says that he who does not keep the commandments and teaches man to do so is least in the kingdom of heaven. But he who keeps the commandments and teaches others to keep them is called great in the kingdom of heaven. The church is a hospital for sinners and not a
clubhouse for saints.
Jesus asked the woman when she was accused of adultery as he
wrote in the sand, "Where are thine accusers?" Then said to her, "Go,
and sin no more." Jesus did not condemn this woman, neither do I condemn her, but I put these people on the top of my prayer list. Any-one that would put such a person down, does not deserve to be in the kingdom of heaven. It is our sole dut y as Christians to labor until these
souls are born into the Kingdom. Every soul that is born into the Kingdom is there because of somebody's prayers and never because of somebody's gossip.
Please do not say, or quote me as saying, that I condone fornica-
tion or adultery. I do not condone it. However, it does exist so there must be a way that God has to solve these problems' and I believe that much of it can be solved with God's love, our love and biological means. In another chapter you were informed that women use seven times more calciums every day than a normal man, and for every time that the husband goes home and his wife is in a very bad humor and punishes him by refusing him the love, the bed life that he is entitled
to, that is when he is going to go to someone else and he's going to say, "My wife doesn't understand." (How fortunate he is that his wife doesn't understand or she would throw him over the sandy bank.) Now this does not justify him whatsoever, but it is a pastor's duty to know how to counsel and to take care of his sick sheep. And these people are sick and any shepherd that does not know how to care for his sick sheep is not going to have them very long. 136 The pastors' seminars are to teach the pastor how to feed his sheep
and how to care for his well and sick sheep so that souls can be Won
to Christ, and so that the young saints can grow up to be strong, ma-ture saints of God.   137 CHAPTER 19
OXYGEN

Creation begins with the Garden of Eden and ends with a Garden.
As long as anyone tries to bring God down to his size, he will not


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 over the course of a year. Without proper and immediate treat -
ment, up to two-thirds of people with TB will die.
Multidrug-resistant TB is a type of TB caused by mycobacteria that do not
respond to isoniazid and rifampicin, the two most powerful, first-line, and standard anti-TB drugs. When bacteria fail to respond to first-line antibiotics, second-line antibiotics must be used.119 DMSO in Clinical Microbiology
As bad as drug-resistant TB can become, an even worse outcome is the develop -
ment of more severe drug resistance. This severe resistance to antibiotics can lead to
extensively drug-resistant TB, a form of multidrug-resistant TB that responds to even fewer available medicines, including the most effective second-line anti-TB drugs.
Multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis  and extensively drug-resistant TB are rec -
ognized as a one of the most serious challenges to global health with no solution in sight.
14
A strategy to alter cell membrane permeability to overcome multidrug-  r esistant
M.  tuberculosis  strains, using a combination of DMSO at varying doses and
ethambutol, was explored by Jagannath and colleagues.15 This group was aware of
DMSO’s ability to penetrate biological membranes16 and reasoned that combining it
with a membrane detergent such as ethambutol would enhance the delivery of anti-
tuberculous drugs at subminimum inhibitory concentrations.15
M. tuberculosis  bacilli contain an unusual lipid-rich outer layer, containing
mycolic acids, a unique characteristic among Gram-positive bacteria. This powerful lipid-rich layer in M. tuberculosis  represents a formidable barrier for antibiotics to
penetrate, although the synthesis of its cell wall has become a target of several effec -
tive antibiotics, such as isoniazid and ethambutol, which presumably interfere with cell wall mycolic acid production.
In the study by Jagannath and colleagues,
15 three multiple-drug resistant strains
of M. tuberculosis  resistant to rifampicin and ethambutol were suspended in broth
and incubated for 3–5 days with ethambutol and 2%–5% DMSO. Bacilli were then washed to remove traces of ethambutol–DMSO and exposed to isoniazid, streptomy -
cin, and rifampicin. It was found that combining DMSO with ethambutol resulted in a 16–64-fold increase for rifampicin inhibition of M. tuberculosis  strains, a 16–33-fold
increase for streptomycin, and a 4–16-fold increase of sensitivity to isoniazid.
15
Moreover, DMSO or streptomycin by themselves showed no significant inhi -
bition of M. tuberculosis  when compared to untreated controls, but combining
DMSO–streptomycin completely eliminated the cultured bacilli after 7 days incu-bation.
15 This study indicated that the action of DMSO combined with the effect of
ethambutol had a significant effect on delaying or damaging cell wall biosynthesis in M.  tuberculosis multidrug-resistant strains and may have altered the bacilli’s
cell wall permeability to enhance antibiotic delivery of rifampicin, isoniazid, and streptomycin (Figure 6.1).
15
This experiment has not been replicated in vivo, despite its clinical implications
in drug-resistant TB.
Another possibility that has not been explored as far as DMSO’s adjuvant action
to make multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis  bacilli more sensitive to antibiotic treat -
ment is the effect of DMSO on inner membrane protein synthesis associated with energy metabolism in microorganisms such as E. coli.
17 All cells are bound by a cell
membrane, but although the membranes of all cells are quite similar, those of bacte -
ria differ from eukaryotic cells.
Bacterial cell membrane differences allow for selective action of antimicrobial
agents. This little-studied action by DMSO on bacterial proteins responsible for energy metabolism would classify DMSO as a bacterial antimetabolite. Bacterial antimetabolites function in two ways: (1) by competitive inhibition of bacterial 120 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
enzymes and (2) by erroneous incorporation into bacterial nucleic acids, where
proper base pairs cannot form during DNA replication and transcription (Figure 6.1).
It is unlikely that DMSO would act on bacterial cell membrane disruption by the
second mechanism, since it lacks a structure and stereochemistry similar to purine and pyrimidine nucleotides found in microorganisms. This is not the case with some antibiotics, which have a similar chemical structure to purine and pyrimi -
dines in microorganisms and are able to disrupt these pathogens by damaging their DNA.
18
The mechanism involved in DMSO’s ability to alter bacterial cell membrane
remains unclear although it is known that DMSO affects the permeability of the cell membrane to facilitate the uptake of DNA,
19 and it is reported that DMSO destroys
or damages the integrity of various bacterial membranes by increasing their mem -
brane permeability.20
DMSO may act to facilitate transfection by opening transient pores or holes in the
bacterial cell membrane, a process that would allow increased uptake of antibiotics or nucleic acids isolated from bacteriophages, which are harmful to bacteria and are otherwise kept from entry into the inner bacterial membrane (Figure 6.1).
19
Recently, some support for this concept gained ground when it was reported that
DMSO can induce water pores in biological membranes, which in turn promotes the transport of active substances across cell membranes.
Such membrane transport activity by DMSO could have significant clinical appli -
cation for multidrug-resistant microorganisms.Action by DMSO in bacterial resistance to antibiotics
Protein synthesis inhibition by DMSO
Transcription Translation
Protein
Inhibition of ener gy metab olite s
Mycobacte rium tu bercu losismRNACell wall synthesis inhibition by DMSO
FIGURE 6.1  Potential inhibition of multidrug-resistant M. tuberculosis  by DMSO when
used as an antibiotic adjuvant, based on in vitro  studies.15,17,19–21 DMSO may act to delay or
damage cell wall biosynthesis, thus allowing a greater concentration of first-line antibiotic penetration of the bacterial cell, a process that can alter transcription of mRNA and transla -
tion of protein synthesis impacting on the production of energy metabolites needed for bacte -
rial cell growth and function.121 DMSO in Clinical Microbiology
In summary, DMSO has two important qualities that can facilitate the treatment
of antibiotic-resistant organisms. The first is its potential as a powerful and safe sol -
vent of many water-insoluble compounds; this ability can diminish the final toxicity
of the antibiotic or antibacterial compound.
The second quality shown by DMSO is its ability to potentiate the penetration of
antibacterial drugs by either punching a hole  in the invading organism’s cell wall,15,21
for example, that of M. tuberculosis, to enhance antibiotic drug penetration and
concentration inside the cell wall. Another mechanism by DMSO may involve its inhibition of the growth of pathogens through its blocking action on the pathogen’s protein synthesis, which can impact the reduced production of the organism’s energy metabolites and pathogenic potential.
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 of the doshas. If the balance is upset, illness, ryadhi, results. The disruption may  be manifested in physical discomfort and pain, or in mental and emotional suffering, including jealousy, anger, fear, and sorrow. While our balance of doshas influences vulnerability to certain kinds of illness, the principles do not work in a vacuum. The effect our lifestyle has on our prakruti— vakruti—has a strong effect
on overall health, and it may easily disrupt dosha balance. Illness may also result if the flow of energy, prana, around the body
is interrupted. The flow is relayed via the seven chakras (psychic energy centers), which are situated at various points along the spinal column, from the crown of the head to the tailbone. If the energy flowing between these centers is blocked, the likelihood of ill health increases.
Visiting an Ayurvedic Practitioner
An Ayurvedic practitioner first carefully assesses prakruti and vakruti—
constitution and lifestyle. This involves taking a detailed case history and carefully examining the body, paying attention to the build, the lines
in the face and hands, and skin and hair type—all of which point to
more profound aspects of the patient’s condition. However, the main foundations on which diagnosis rests are the appearance of the tongue, and the pulse rate. In these respects, Ayurveda has much in common with Chinese and Tibetan medicine, in which these two indicators are also
of the greatest importance. A very complex technique for taking the patient’s pulse has been developed by Ayurvedic practitioners, requiring many years’ experience. When a dosha imbalance has been diagnosed, medical treatment and lifestyle advice are provided. The first step is eliminating toxins, and the main cleansing and rejuvenation program, known as panchakarma, includes therapeutic vomiting, purging, enemas, nasal administration of medication, and purification of the blood.
Attributes of Remedies
Subsequent treatments fall into three main categories: medicines
from natural sources, dietary regimens, and behavioral modifications.
Medicines, foods, and lifestyle activities are all classified according to their effect on the three doshas. For instance, a health problem associated with an excess of kapha, the water principle, is characterized by congestion, excess weight, fluid retention, and lethargy. The practitioner would prescribe the consumption of warm, dry, light foods, because the quality of kapha is cool and damp. Avoidance of cold damp foods (such as wheat, sugar, and milk products), which increase kapha, would also be advised. Herbal remedies would include warming spices such as ginger (Zingiber officinale, p. 155) and cayenne (Capsicum frutescens, p. 74), as
well as bitters such as turmeric ( Curcuma longa, p. 90).
 The specific choice of herbal remedy depends on its “quality” or
“energy,” which Ayurveda determines according to twenty attributes
(vimshati guna) such as hot, cold, wet, dry, heavy, or light. Ayurveda
also classifies remedies according to six tastes—sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent. Sweet, sour, and salty substances increase water Asafoetida (Ferula
assa-foetida, p. 210) helps to strengthen the gastrointestinal tract. It is often taken to treat indigestion.
Lemon (Citrus limon,
p. 82). Lemon helps stave off colds by improving resistance to infection. It is thought to be  native to India.
Cardamom (Elettaria
cardamomum, p. 93) has been used in India for thousands  of years as a  digestive remedy.
Cinnamon (Cinnamomum spp.,  p. 81) is a tonic herb  taken to stimulate circulation.
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera,  p. 152) has been called “Indian ginseng,” and,
much like ginseng,  it is used to restore vitality and treat nervous exhaustion.
Jequirity (Abrus
precatorius, p. 158). The seeds have  been used in Asia  as a contraceptive  and abortifacient.
Soy (Glycine max,
p. 217) is a highly nutritious bean that has become a staple crop around the world. The beans benefit the circulatory system.
Soybeans
Soybean podsCardamom seed
Cinnamon sticks
Cinnamon powderFresh cardamom
leavesDried lemon
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(kapha ) and decrease air ( vata); bitter, pungent, and astringent remedies
increase air and decrease water; and sour, salty, and pungent herbs increase
fire ( pitta).
Preparations & Treatments
In addition to plant extracts, Ayurvedic medicines include honey and dairy
produce, and sometimes minute doses of minerals such as salt are added.
Remedies take the form of pills, powders, balms, and infusions, and most
contain several different ingredients, all carefully balanced to individual
needs. Treatment might include washes and enemas or the application of
poultices as well as massage with warm herbal oil, burning incense, the use
of precious stones and metals, and ritual purification for imbalanced mind
and emotions. The chanting of mantras (incantations based on sacred
texts), breathing, and meditation exercises may be advised, due to the
power of sound and the effect of vibration and meditation on the body,
mind, and spirit.
Herbal Medicine in India Today
In the 19th century, the British dismissed Ayurveda as mere superstition,
and in 1833 they closed all Ayurvedic schools and banned the practice.
Great centers of Indian learning thus fell apart, and Ayurvedic knowledge
retreated into villages and temples. At the turn of the century, however,
some Indian physicians and enlightened Englishmen began to reevaluate
Ayurveda, and by the time of India’s independence in 1947 it had regained
its reputation as a valid medical system. Today, Ayurveda flourishes side by
side with Unani Tibb and Western conventional medicine and is actively
encouraged by the Indian government as an inexpensive alternative to
Western drugs. In recent years, Ayurveda has attracted increasing attention
from medical scientists in the West and in Japan, and the World Health
Organization has resolved to promote its practice in developing countries.
 Ayurveda’s value lies in the fact that it is not a medical science dealing
solely with treatment of disease. Instead, it offers practical guidelines that
apply to every facet of daily existence. It also seeks to reconcile health and
lifestyle with universal aspects of existence, and to enhance well-being
and promote longevity.Ayurvedic market doctor. Practitioners prescribe herbal remedies on the basis of their attributes – “warm” and
“cool” are but two of them. The Ayurvedic practitioner’s aim is to balance the patient’s doshas, the principles that
regulate sickness and health.Sweet flag  (Acorus
calamus,  p. 57). The
rhizome is taken
as a tonic and as
an aphrodisiac.
Chiretta  (Swertia
chirata, p. 273) is
a strongly bitter
herb used to treat
excess pitta (fire),
marked by fever and
liver problems.
Pomegranate  (Punica
granatum, p. 259) is
used to make a
traditional Ayurvedic
remedy for dysentery.
Tea (Camellia
sinensis, p. 181) is
astringent and tonic.
Ginger  (Zingiber
officinale, p. 155)
is known as the
“universal medicine”
in Ayurveda. It is
particularly helpful
for relieving nausea
and indigestion.Fresh sweet flag
Pomegranate flower
Pomegranate fruit
Ginger root
Ginger powderDried sweet flag
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40The developmenT  of herbal medicine
40Baical skullcap
(Scutellaria baicalensis,
p. 134) is given
for diarrhea.
Fu ling (Poria cocos) is
a fungus that is dried, compressed, and cut  into cubes. It increases energy levels.Magnolia (Magnolia
officinalis, p. 232) relieves cramps and indigestion.
Chou wu tong
(Clerodendrum trichotomum, p. 191) is  a valuable herb for the treatment of eczema.
Ginseng (Panax ginseng, p. 118) helps the body cope with stress and fatigue.
Schisandra
(Schisandra chinensis,
p. 133). The berries are eaten for 100 days as a tonic.
Sang ye ( Morus alba,
p. 237) alleviates the
symptoms of flu.
Codonopsis
(Codonopsis pilosula,  p. 83) restores the appetite. In China, it is often added to soups and vegetable dishes.Ginseng rootGinseng decoctionTraditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and the


treating nervous irritability, depression, anxiety,
and difficulty in sleeping. It may also be taken for
epilepsy, migraine, and whooping cough. The herb
has been traditionally taken to increase breast-milk
production. Applied externally, sweet basil leaves
act as an insect repellent. The juice from the leaves
brings relief to insect bites and stings. Sweet basil
has an established antibacterial action.
Related Species  See also holy basil ( Ocimum
tenuiflorum, p. 116). Bush basil ( O. basilicum var.
minimum ) has a much milder action than sweet basil,
and is used to relieve cramping pain and flatulence.
Caution Sweet basil essential oil should not be
taken internally.
Self-help Use  Minor bites, stings & swellings,
p. 303. may prove helpful in conditions as diverse as dry
eyes and multiple sclerosis.
Caution  Do not take evening primrose oil if
suffering from epilepsy.
Olea europaea (Oleaceae)
Olive
Description  Evergreen tree growing to 33 ft
(10 m). Has a deeply grooved gray trunk, small
leathery leaves, clusters of small greenish-white
flowers, and a green fruit ripening to black.
Olive harvesting is carried out in many groves much
as it was centuries ago.
Sweet basil  is a mildly
sedative herb with
antibacterial properties.Habitat & Cultivation  Olive trees grow wild
in the Mediterranean region and are cultivated in
Mediterranean countries and in regions with a
similar climate in the Americas. The leaves may
be gathered throughout the year, the fruit in late
summer. The leaves of wild trees are believed to
contain a higher concentration of active principles.
Parts Used  Leaves, oil.
Constituents  Olive leaves contain oleoropine,
olesterol, and leine. Olive oil contains about 75%
oleic acid, a monounsaturated fatty acid.
History & Folklore The olive was probably first
cultivated in Crete around 3500 bce. The tree has
many symbolic associations: the olive branch is an
emblem of peace, and the leaves crowned victors in
the ancient Olympic Games. The leaves have been
used since those times to clean wounds. The oil has
been used for ritual anointing in some religions.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  Olive leaves lower
blood pressure and help to improve the function of
the circulatory system. They are also mildly diuretic
and may be used to treat conditions such as cystitis.
Possessing some ability to lower blood-sugar levels,
the leaves have been taken for diabetes. The oil is
nourishing and improves the balance of fats within
the blood. It is traditionally taken with lemon juice
in teaspoonful doses to treat gallstones. The oil has
a generally protective action on the digestive tract
and is useful for dry skin.Oenothera biennis (Onagraceae)
Evening Primrose
Description  Biennial herb growing to 8 in
(20 cm). Has red blotches on stem, crinkled lance-
shaped leaves, 4-petaled yellow flowers, and
elongated seed capsules.
Habitat & Cultivation  Native to North
America, evening primrose is now commonly
found in many temperate zones around the world.
It thrives in open areas, especially in dunes and
sandy soil. Evening primrose is grown commercially
for its seed oil.
Parts Used  Leaves, stem bark, flowers, seed oil.
Constituents  Evening primrose oil is rich in
essential fatty acids—linoleic (about 70%) and
gammalinolenic acid (about 9%) in particular. Its
action mostly depends on the gammalinolenic acid
(GLA), which is a precursor of prostaglandin E1.
The oil is often combined with vitamin E to
prevent oxidation.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  The flowers,
leaves, and stem bark of evening primrose have
astringent and sedative properties. All
three parts have been employed in
the treatment of whooping cough.
Evening primrose has also been
taken for digestive problems and
asthma, and used as a poultice to
ease the discomfort of rheumatic
disorders. The oil, applied externally, is
beneficial in the treatment of
eczema, certain other itchy skin
conditions, and breast tenderness.
T aken internally, the oil has an effect
in lowering blood pressure, and in
preventing the clumping of platelets.
The oil is now commonly taken for
premenstrual problems, including
tension and abdominal bloating, and Evening
primrose
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242Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae)
Prickly Pear
Description  Perennial cactus growing to 10 ft
(3 m). Has large spatula-shaped stems covered
in clusters of spines, brilliant yellow flowers, and
roundish purple fruit.
Habitat & Cultivation  Prickly pear is native
to Mexico and naturalized in semitropical regions around the world. The fruit is harvested when ripe, the stems when required.
Parts Used  Flowers, fruit, stems.
Constituents  The fruit contains mucilage, sugars,
vitamin C, and other fruit acids.
History & Folklore  Prickly
pear fruit is used to make conserves and an alcoholic drink in Mexico. The split stems have been bound around injured limbs as a first-aid measure.
Medicinal Actions
& Uses  Prickly pear flowers
are astringent and reduce bleeding, and are used
for problems of the gastrointestinal tract—particularly diarrhea, colitis, and irritable bowel syndrome. The flowers are also taken to treat an enlarged prostate gland. The fruit is nutritious.OnO nis spinO saOther medicinal plantsResearch  Clinical trials have shown that olive
leaves lower blood pressure.
Self-help Uses Cradle cap, p. 318; Stretch
marks, p. 317.
Ononis spinosa (Fabaceae)
Spiny Restharrow
Description  Spiny perennial with 3 small leaflets
per leaf, bright pink, pea-like flowers, and small  seed pods.
Habitat & Cultivation  A relatively common
European plant, spiny restharrow thrives in dry grassland and along roadsides.
Part Used  Root.
Constituents  Spiny restharrow root contains
phenols, lectins, triterpenoids, and a volatile oil (comprising mainly trans-anethole). The volatile oil in the root is diuretic; the non-volatile oil content is antidiuretic. A decoction of the root has an antidiuretic effect, as the volatile oil is lost in the steam. If a diuretic is desired, the root is made into an infusion.
Medicinal Actions & Uses  The root is used as
a diuretic and to prevent kidney and bladder stones. It is of value in a range of urinary system problems, including stones, gout, and cystitis. For excess fluid retention, spiny restharrow is best taken as a short-term treatment, in the form of an infusion.Medicinal Actions & Uses  Mainly used
as a culinary herb, sweet marjoram is also medicinally valuable due to its stimulant and antispasmodic properties. Like oregano
(O. vulgare, following entry), it treats flatulence,  colic, and respiratory problems, but it appears
to have a stronger effect on the nervous system than its wild cousin. Sweet marjoram is a good general tonic, helping to relieve anxiety,headaches, and insomnia. The herb is also thought to lower sexual drive.
Cautions  Do not take as a medicine during
pregnancy. Do not take sweet marjoram essential oil internally.
Origanum majorana
syn. Majorana hortensis (Lamiaceae)
Sweet Marjoram
Description  Woody perennial herb growing
to 20 in (50 cm). Has aromatic oval leaves and
pinkish-white flowers emerging from the  upper leaf axils.
Habitat & Cultivation  Sweet marjoram is
native to countries bordering the Mediterranean.  It is much cultivated as a culinary herb, and for its essential oil.
Parts Used  Aerial parts, essential oil.
Constituents  Sweet marjoram
contains about 3% volatile oil (comprising sabinene hydrate, sabinene, linalool, carvacrol, and other terpenes), flavonoids, caffeic and rosmarinic acid, and triterpenoids.
History & Folklore  In 1597, the
herbalist John Gerard made this assessment: “Sweet marjoram is a remedy against cold diseases of the braine and head, being taken anyway
to your best liking; put up into the nostrils it  provokes sneesing, and draweth forth much baggage flegme; it easeth the toothache being chewed in the mouth.”Origanum vulgare (Lamiaceae)
Oregano,
Wild Marjoram
Description  Upright perennial herb
growing to about 32 in (80 cm). Has square
red stems, elliptical leaves, and clusters of deep
pink flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation  Oregano is native
to Europe and naturalized in the Middle East.


,
113
Peristalsis,
64–65
Persistence,
113
Physiological compensation,
35–36
Physiological rest,
36
,
48
,
76
Physiology,
70
Pituitary gland,
125
,
126
Plants in food scarcity,
26
Pleurisy,
89
Pneumonia,
41
,
83
,
89
,
90
,
105
Poise, emotional,
80
Pope Leo XIII,
91
Post-fasting period
food,
64–70
new habits,
67–70
supervision,
63–67
Pregnancy,
165–167
fasting in,
51
,
166
,
167
nature’s supervision,
166
,
167
Processes, functional,
47
,
48
listed,
48
Proctitis,
134
Progression of disease,
96
 (See Disease, evolution of)
Prognosis, favorable,
159–160
Prostatic disorders,
144
cause,
145
,
146
effects,
144
fasting,
70
,
146
,
147
relapse,
146
,
147
159surgery,
146
Prostatitis,
146
Proteins,
22
,
29
,
66
,
68
,
69
,
78
,
79
,
80
,
102
Psoriasis and Eczema,
140
,
143
bathing,
142
,
143
causes,
141
dietetic errors,
142
fast, supervised,
140
Psychosis, depressive,
135
Psychotics,
135
Putrefaction,
83
,
111
,
139
Pyloric inflammation,
119
Pylorus,
114
,
118
,
119
Rabogliati, A.,
21
Rally—Relapse,
40–41
Raynaud's disease,
46
Recovery,
67–68
,
113
,
119
full,
102
,
153–154
partial,
151
Recuperation,
66
Regeneration,
29
,
75–76
Rejuvenation,
29
,
36
,
71–72
,
75–77
Rest,
59–60
,
92
mental,
59
physical,
36
,
59
,
100
physiological,
35
,
48
,
80
 (See Fasting)
sensory,
60
Rickets,
29
Rules of hygiene,
33
,
50
,
53
,
59
,
119
Salad,
66
,
69
Salt (Sodium chloride),
129
,
130
Satiety,
111
,
153
Scar tissue,
119
Sciatica,
110
,
147
Sclerosis,
100
,
131
 (See also Multiple Sclerosis)
Scurvy,
29
Self-control,
22
,
63
,
113
Self-repair,
73
Sex,
71
,
114
,
125
sexual excesses,
114
,
125
,
145
,
153
Shelton, H. M.
160first fast,
59
longest fast,
19
,
53
own fasts,
23–24
supervisor,
19
,
41
,
53
teenage anecdote,
34
Singh, Tara,
76
Sinusitis,
20
,
93
,
94
Soft drinks,
67
,
82
,
83
Spasma,
84
Spontaneous remissions,
100
Starvation,
17–18
,
30
,
31
,
43
,
81
cases,
43–45
Stasis,
116
,
130
renal,
130
Steinach,
77
Stenosis,
146
Sterility,
164
,
165
absolute,
165
overcome,
165
Stimulation,
60
,
84
Stones,
111
,
159
 (See Calculi)
Strangury,
146
Strength returns,
41
 (See Fasting)
Sufferer,
62
,
63
,
81
Sunbathing,
61–62
,
80
,
102
,
107
Sweet fruits,
70
,
82
Symptoms,
96
,
114
,
120
,
135
,
151–152
distal,
96
oculoplegic.
120
proximal,
96
psychic,
120
Systemic impairment,
125
Systems of the body at rest,
36
names of,
36
Tanner, Henry S.,
16
Tea,
110
,
125
,
127
,
147
Tensions,
125
Terminal cases,
45
,
63
Thyroid gland,
125
,
126
Tic douloureux,
46
Tilden, John H.,
36
,
46
,
95
,
96
,
114
Tissue, fatty,
78
161Tobacco,
33
,
105
,
110
,
125
,
147
,
149
,
154
Tonsils enlarged,
83
Toxemia,
96
,
106
,
110
,
123
Toxemic supersaturation,
74
,
89
,
123
Tremors,
151
,
152
,
154
,
162
in Parkinson’s,
151
in other diseases,
151
Tuberculosis,
63
,
96
Tumor, cancerous,
39
Tumors (neoplasms, benign),
162
,
163
classified,
162
fasting,
162
,
163
breast,
162
absorption, rate of,
163
growth,
163
Ulceration,
114
,
115
,
116
Ulcers,
113
,
116
cause,
115
development,
116
fasting for,
118–119
gastric,
114
,
115
other,
115
symptoms,
114
treatment,
117–118
varicose,
45
,
115
Underfeeding,
29
Unsolved question,
74
Underweight,
79
,
81
cause,
79
fasting,
79–80
total hygiene for,
80
Urticaria,
45
Vetrano, Dr. Virginia,
64
Vitamins,
29
,
68
,
70
,
82
,
91
Vomiting,
56–57
,
83
,
84
,
120
,
165
,
166
Voronoff,
77
Walter, Robert,
35
Water, temperature of
bathing,
61
,
150
drinking,
61
,
84
,
150
162Weakness
feeling of,
40
,
56
real,
152
Weger, George S.,
45
,
46
,
94
,
119
,
121
,
159
Weight gain,
66
,
77–80
Weight loss,
24
,
35
,
56
,
63
,
67
exercise permitted during fast,
25–26
experiments,
24
rate of,
24
seven advantages in fasting,
23
supervision,
22
,
26
When, where and how to fast (See Fasting)
WHO,
148
,
149
Wilsons's disease,
152
X-ray, inconclusive,
114
Youth, protracted,
77
163About the Author
No one was
ever better qualified to write a book about fasting for health. Having supervised
more fasts than anyone in recent history, Herbert M. Shelton ranks among the foremost authorities
on this subject. For over fifty years, he managed his own institution where people from all parts of
the world, in varying states of health and impairment, came to fast and learn how to preserve
health.
Born in 1895, Herbert M. Shelton was a persistent and uncompromising student and teacher of
Natural Hygiene. Early in life, he discovered the errors and inconsistencies of all the various
therapeutic systems and began to explore, on his own, the ramifications of the fact that health is
maintainable only by healthful living.
A prolific writer, he authored innumerable articles and more than 40 books. He was both editor
and publisher of the
Hygienic Review
 from 1939–1980. For more than 50 years he was the
director of Dr. Shelton’s Health School. Here he pursued his foremost goal of eliminating peoples’
fear and ignorance of disease and teaching them how they could help themselves to the health
which is their birthright.
164Learn how to live the health


 has become so rare and out of line with
the materialistic pursuit of modern society, hence the recourse to drugs, it is a natural and most nor mal human experience, one which the more humanistic and benign primitives appear to enjoy
throughout the waking day and in their dream ecstasies also. It comes, as a more or less continuous irradiation of joyfulness, of a
sense of profound relevance and belonging, with peaks amounting
to rapture, as the reward for life wholly and humanly lived, for effective social and communal co mpassion and service, for sexual
love achieved as for the extensions of loving freed of all sexuality; it
comes in the practice of any humanly enhancing occupation, of work shared and socially relevant, of art, of ritual, of religion.
The essential characteristic of the 'high' experience, as of the
'high' dream, is that the level of experience is so altered that ordinary verbal descriptions and analyses are pointless. Its only possible evidence is its experience,  which is the reason why it has
become so neglected in a materialistic culture which has
increasingly insisted that only the so lid material things are real. But
although rarely experienced by the majority of people today, except perhaps for the common intense in timations of puberty and of
youth, it can be easily recovered, so well as to become the most rewarding ingredient in living.
Food appears to have a singular capacity for inducing such a
'high'. No doubt this can be entirely due to the sacramental element in eating, with its profound humanizing associations, but there could also be a more physiological boosting to it. The attractiveness, beauty and purity of natural foods are such a boosting, for the 'high' experience is necessarily a hyper-aesthetic experience. Ugliness is
anathema to it.
In another book, the writer mentioned an observation of
Macacus monkeys in the wild, in a drunken, rapturous condition following feasts on ripe guavas. So keen were they on the effects, that some individuals were seen to prefer the overripe fallen fruits to
those on the bough. Is this a perversion, or does it reflect a natural
boost to the joy of living which primate eating is intended to provide? An analysis of ripe guavas revealed the interesting fact that they contained up to 0.8 per cent ethyl alcohol, while those on the ground could have as much as 2 per cent to 3 per cent.
Because of its crude abuses as a mind-fuddling drug in the
West, entailing the consumption of large amounts of alcoholic
drinks, alcohol is a misunderstood substance. When very small amounts of alcohol are taken, in the right frame of mind, it is
nothing but a stimulant of the higher, humanizing emotions. It is only when this threshold is exceeded that alcohol passes quickly
from being a stimulant, to a depressant, cutting out the higher
aspects of mental functioning and thus inducing a lower, frequently subhuman level of experience and behaviour. The importance of the
right frame of mind has been observed in the case of other psychotropic substances. Taken without the uplifting influence of sacrament, they have banal and frequently anti-human results.
Taken in a sacramental atmosphere, they can be potently
humanizing.
The humanly enhancing effects of minimal amounts of alcohol
taken in a sacramental context was not missed by the early Christians. Some early sects so managed to enhance the quite
minimal amounts of alcohol taken in the sacrament that they would
dance and shake with divine rapture, to the point of becoming scathingly called the'shakers' by those who did not share their
rapture.
The fact that yeasts specialized for converting sugar into
alcohol are present on the skins of all fruits, that naturally such
fruits become bruised, if ever so minutely as by the effects of wind, would imply that any creature designed to live preponderantly on fruits would necessarily partake of certain minimal amounts of alcohol. Knowing how canny nature, in the guise of natural selection, happens to be in making use of any such offerings, it is
reasonable to suppose that such minute traces of ethyl alcohol were
made use of in the human genesis to act as a stimulant to the higher humanizing faculties. If a 'high' experience is a humanly decisive experience, then such a stimulation would have been as much a tool in humanization as the perception of order and beauty in nature, as
the evolution of the musical capacities of the human voice. It would
have been an ideal antidote to the risks of the antihuman substances
which can, as we have seen, arise in the course of deviant dietaries. Granting the relatively large amounts of fruits intended to be eaten, enough alcohol could be derived to induce the kind of 'high'
described, emphasizing the humanizing role of food in general.
There are hints that in prehisto ry, such feasting occurred, and
that the grape, a typical low growi ng fruit of EuroAsia, featured in
such feasts. But with the advent of the Ice Ages, or the ending of the first great Interglacial during which humanizing conditions applied, a disturbed environment led to a disturbed way of life. It was not a
big step unfortunately for the minimal amounts of alcohol in natural
foods to give way to the higher amounts made available in especially fermented fruits, in accord with the rising subhuman arousals of a disturbed existence. So the fermented juices of fruits became linked to the Dionysian cults; as innocence was lost, so
these evidently became more orgias tic and lascivious. Quite early in
human history alas, alcohol became an active agent in dehumanization, as it still is.
To say that beauty goes with h ealth, and that health is the
reward of wholeness, requires a defi nition of beauty distinct from its
usual sexy involvements. Necessarily natural beauty is designed to
enshrine sexual love, but this is different from the beauty, which is
no more than a veiled invitation to licence, evident in entertainment, in fashion, in the novel, in a romanticized sexuality not so far from embellished pornography. Natural b eauty demands purity, and is
inseparable from love. In the eyes of love, provided there is no
untoward blemish, what could be seen as sexually plain could
appear as of great beauty, a matter of internal light rather than of outward provocation, of wholeness rather than surface. That the human being, when truly human, is particularly attuned to this definition of beauty is made eviden t in art. Indeed, when it is the
'sexy' kind of beauty that prevails, one has not to do with art, but
with pornography.
It is a fact, which anyone can put to the test, that a return to a
natural dietary not only restores health, but beauty as just defined. The foul breath, and humiliating body odours, supporting a vast artificial industry, give way to a na tural sweetness. It is remarkable
how fragrant the skin becomes on such a diet. The common greasy
patches on forehead and nose, the dilated pores and psoriasis, the crinkly piggy fat and sagging which deform give way to a clarity, a firmness and a harmony of movement even in long abused bodies,
and the eyes, those true portals to the soul, become bright and alive.
There is enough evidence to sustain hope, that even advanced so
called incurable disease can yield to a natural restoration,
particularly when this is accompanied by a supporting restoration in human faith.
But sadly, in some of the most terrible ills against which all the
skills of medicine and science remain largely powerless, the cancers and mutilations of ageing, mostly the results of human mischief and
misunderstanding of nature, the body has no experience of reaction
and defence. Death must then come, and be faced, as it must anyway, however joyful and wonderful life has been. In a civilization geared to the worship of material power, death is a most terrifying, utterly humiliating event. As nothing but an animal,
knowing only material things, death is totally unacceptable, and
those who say that they have resigned themselves to it on such terms, have in truth only shut their eyes to its ultimately humiliating power. Contemplating the wholeness and progressive achievements of life, it would be a contradiction of the entire enterprise of
Creation to produce a creature aware of itself, and so of death,
without some compensatory adaptation. Such compensations have perennially come in the form of a transcendental belief that the human being is not entirely in bo ndage to time and space, a belief
lost in the present crisis of materialism. It will have to be restored, if human beings are to recover a dignified and meaningful place in the
Creation. There is no reason why it should not be a perfectly natural
restoration. There are pointers today even in science that so called material reality is much more than space, time and substance. But while this is at present a challenge  for the individual to face for
himself, nature has equipped the human to face death, in making
death itself the culminating 'high' to living. Even following the
terrible and prolonged torments of disease, there is abounding evidence that death can come as an ecstasy, although it would seem
that the 'high' of dying is more likely to be the reward for a life lived wholely and in respect of natural law.
Just as there is a natural way to living, so there is a natural way
to dying, one completely ignored by the modern age, one


dose until the "die-off" symptoms disappear. Then increase the dose again
and let the patient settle on it. Keep on increasing the dose until a therapeu
tic level is reached. This period of building up the dose can take from a few
weeks to a few months in different patients. It is very individual and depends
on how much overgrowth of pathogenic microbes the person has in the gut.
The therapeutic dose level of probiotic is individual and your health prac
titioner should be able to help you with that. Here are general guidelines;
An adult should have around 15-20 billion of bacterial cells per day.
An infant up to 12 months of age can have 1-2 billion of bacterial cells per
day.
A toddler from 1 to 2 years of age can have 2-4 billion of bacterial cells per
day.
A child from 2 to 4years of age can handle 4-8 billion of bacterial cells per
day.
A child from 4 to 10 years of age can have 8-12 billion of bacterial cells per
day.
From the age of 12 to 16 we can increase the dose to 12-15 billion per day.
Once die patient has reached the therapeutic dose level it should be
maintained for around six months on average. It takes at least this length of
time to remove the pathogenic flora and start re-establishing normal gut
flora. Adhering to the diet is absolutely essential in this period. If you carry
on feeding your pathogens in the gut with sugar and processed carbohy
drates then the probiotic will not have much chance of helping you.
After the therapeutic period is over the dose of the probiotic can be
reduced to a maintenance dose level, which the patient has to adhere to for
many years. It is important to reduce the dose as gradually as you have
been increasing it. Observe any reactions in this period. The maintenance
dose is very individual. Usually it is half of the therapeutic dose. In some
cases the patient's maintenance dose is the same as the therapeutic.
A lot of patients ask: Why do we have to have the maintenance dose? In
other words why do we have to carry on taking the probiotic?
this: we have been designed by Nature to have these bacteria every day
with every mouthful of food or drink. We have changed our environment,
water and food to such a degree that we are depriving our bodies of these
vital bacteria. For people who have good, healdiy resident gut flora it may
not present a big problem. However, for patients with GAP Syndrome it is a big problem. For GAPS people it is particularly vital to consume probiotic
bacteria every day of their lives, because they do not possess their own.
Their gut got populated by pathogens instead of beneficial bacteria and
these pathogens are extremely difficult to drive out because they occupy
different niches in the gut. To get into any of those niches the beneficial
bacteria have to fight quite a battle. In fact probably the only time in our
lives we have to populate our gut with beneficial bacteria is at birth, when
the gut is sterile. Unfortunately most supplemental probiotics do not settle
or colonise on the gut wall. They do their work in the lumen of the gut and
then come out of the system. We have not yet found a way to replace the
pathogens on the gut wall with beneficial bacteria. So, patients with GAP
syndrome need to carry on taking probiotic indefinitely. To maintain the
probiotic you do not have to carry on taking commercial preparations. You
can supplement your diet with fermented foods in the form or home-made
yoghurt, keffir, sauerkraut and other home-made fermented foods.
One of the concerns about probiotic bacteria is that many of them do
not survive the stomach acid. Patients with GAP Syndrome usually have
low stomach acidity, so this is not a big problem for them. But to make sure
that your probiotic survives the stomach acid the general rule is to take it
with food or after food, whenmost stomach acidis bound to foodparticles.
Some manufacturers put an enteric coating on their probiotic capsules to
protect them from stomach acid. I do not support this practice for two rea
sons. First, the stomach needs probiotic bacteria just as much as any other
part of your..digestive system. In a stomach with low acidity all sorts of
pathogens grow on the stomach walls. We need probiotics to deal with
these pathogens. Second, patients with digestive abnormalities are often
not able to break down the enteric coating on capsules. These capsules go
in and out almost unchanged without doing any good.
Perhaps not all bacterial species in your probiotic will survive the
stomach acid. But, an important point to make here is that even dead the
probiotic bacteria will do a lot of good in your gut. Their cell walls contain
substances to stimulate immune response and they will also absorb toxins
removing them from the body. A lot of food manufacturers have picked up
on this fact and are planning to start adding dead probiotic bacteria into
various foods.
In conclusion, probiotic supplementation is absolutely vital for treating
any of the GAPS conditions. Even in those cases, where the patient does
not present with severe digestive problems I find that with the use of diet
and probiotics a considerable improvement can be achieved. 2. FATS:
THE GOOD AND THE BAD
The human brain is about 60% fat (dry weight). Eveiy membrane of every
cell and every organelle inside of cells are made of fats. Many hormones,
neurotransmitters and other active substances in the body are made of
fats. Fats are extremely important in our diet. The question is - what fats?
There has been a great deal of conflicting information and misinforma
tion about fats. In our modern society fats have been pronounced as evil and
the food industry has sprung up to produce an abundance of low-fat and no-
fat products. Saturated animal fats, including those in meat, butter and eggs
have been blamed for all sorts of ills, so the industry, again, has been quick to
provide us with synthetic substitutes, butter replacements and spreads.
People heard that vegetable oils are better for you, so a variety of different
vegetable oils have become the cooking oils instead of traditionally used
lard, goose fat and pork dripping. What the public does not know is how all
these processed oils and fats are made and what exactly they contain.
Hydrogenation and trans-fats
Margarines, butter replacements, "spreadable" vegetable oils, shortenings
and many other artificial fats are hydrogenated to increase their shelf-life
and to make them the right consistency. You can find hydrogenated oils in
most processed foods: chocolates, ice-cream, biscuits, cakes, breads and
pastries, pre-prepared meals, crisps, snacks, etc. Hydrogenation is a pro
cess of adding hydrogen molecules to the chemical structure of oils under
high pressure at a very high temperature (i2O-2io 0C or 248-4ioo°F) in the
presence of nickel, aluminium and sometimes other heavy metals.
Remnants of these metals stay in the hydrogenated oils. Nickel and alu
minium are both heavy metals, adding to the general toxic load which the
body has to work hard to get rid of. Heavy metals, particularly aluminium,
have been linked to many degenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's
disease and dementia. But that is not the main problem with hydrogenated fats. Hydrogenation
changes the chemical structure of the natural oils producing a whole host
of very harmful fats. Many of these changed fats have not even been
studied yet and we don't know what havoc they can wreck in the body. But
a group, called trans-fats, have received a great deal of attention. These are
unsaturated fatty acid, very beneficial for us in a natural state, whose
chemical structure has been changed through processing. Trans-fatty
acids are very similar in their structure to their natural counterparts, but
they are somewhat "back to front". Because of their similarity they occupy
the place of essential fats in the body while being unable to do their job
making cells in a way disabled. All organs and tissues in the body get
affected. For example, trans-fats have great immune-suppressing ability
playing a detrimental role in many different functions of the immune
system. They have been implicated in diabetes, atherosclerosis, cancer,
neurological and psychiatric conditions. They interfere with pregnancy
and conception, normal production of hormones, the ability of insulin to
respond to glucose, the ability of enzymes and other active substances to
do their jobs and have damaging effects on liver and kidneys. A breast
feeding mother would have trans-fats in her milk fairly quickly after ingest
ing a helping of a "healthy" butter replacement. A baby's brain has a very
high percent of unsaturated fatty acids; trans-fats would replace them and
interfere with the brain development. It is estimated that an average intake
of trans-fatty acids in the western diet is 9-12 g a day, twice as much as our
consumption of the rest of unnatural substances in foods. Given their abil
ity to impair bodilyfunctions on the most basic biochemical levels, there is
no doubt that their role in our modern epidemics of degenerative disease
is