 patient A.C.  was sent for an X-ray by her doctor, to check whether her hip had been
fractured. The hip turned out to be unharmed, but osteoporosis was discovered in three places
in the spine. The woman doctor, who gave the patient the bad news, offered her a supply of
painkillers, which she refused on the grounds of feeling no pain. Instead, she got in touch with
Charlotte Gerson, who advised her to drink a liter of freshly made carrot and apple juice and eat
some green leaf every day, in addition to her Gerson maintenance routine. She added, “If those
guys tell you that osteoporosis is irreversible, don’t believe them.”
A.C.did as she was told. Six months later, at her request, her doctor arranged another X-ray
for her. This proved that not only had the condition not worsened, in fact it showed considerable
improvement. The woman doctor gave her the good news without expressing any surprise or
interest in this unusual development; all she had to say was to offer the patient a supply of —
painkillers. Some fifteen years have elapsed since this incident, and although A.C.is now in her
eighties, she isn’t showing any sign of osteoporosis.
Teeth
It is a sad fact that the concept of totality, or holism, is poorly understood and not applied
to dental health, although teeth are an integral part of the body and can powerfully influence its
general condition. Rarely do physicians consider checking the teeth of the patient who presents
with various problems, perhaps a tendency to infection, a weakness or some other malfunction of
the metabolism that is difficult to diagnose. The reason for this omission is that teeth belong to a
totally different area of medicine that a physician is not concerned with.
And yet it is a serious mistake to ignore teeth. Worse still, it can become a terrible mistake
to treat them incorrectly. Only a few years ago did the dental profession become aware of the
problems caused by root canal treatment. This came about because Dr. George Meinig, DDS,
F.A.C.D., former head of the Root Canal Society, was reading a book written some hundred years
ago by Dr. Weston Price, D.D.S., F.A.C.D.,7 and began to understand that it was a grave mistake
to drill into root canals, try to clear them, refill the now empty space—and assume that this has
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www.thegersonway.comtaken care of the problem.
In his book Dr. Price relates that he was asked to treat the tooth of a lady who was bedfast with
rheumatoid arthritis throughout her body. He removed the previously root canal filled offending
tooth, cleaned and sterilized it, and implanted it under the skin of a rabbit. In five days the rabbit
developed severe rheumatoid arthritis; in 10 days the disease killed it. Meantime the patient started
to feel better, was able to get up, lost much of her pain and swellings, and eventually recovered.
Dr. Price was impressed by this development and decided to research it further. Whenever he
removed a damaged tooth, he proceeded in the same way to sterilize and implant it under the skin
of a rabbit. To his amazement whatever disease the patient had suffered from, showed up in the
rabbit within five days, and killed it in ten. This happened dozens, even hundreds of times with
teeth removed from patients suffering from kidney disease, heart disease, and other problems.
Dr. Price then carried out two more experiment. In one, he implanted a tooth lost by accident
from a healthy person under the skin of a rabbit and noted that the rabbit remained healthy and
eventually survived for 15 years. Next he took a tooth from a diseased patient and autoclaved it
(exposed it to steam pressure at 250 0 F=121 0 C). It made no difference: the rabbit still died of
the patient’s disease.
Having understood the biochemical damage inflicted on the whole body by treating root
canals with fillings, Dr. George Meinig resigned from the Root Canal Society and wrote a book
titled The Root Canal Cover-Up,8 exposing the facts originally discovered and recorded by Dr.
Weston Price.
Dr. Meinig explains that there are two factors behind the actual damage caused by root canal
fillings. One is that removing the nerve of a tooth leaves that tooth dead. No nutrients can enter
it via the canules ( the equivalents of capillaries in other tissues), nor can metabolic residues
be released from it. However, the now empty canules fill with germs and viruses, which then
penetrate the jawbone and can in time cause severe infectious bone damage. Toxins from these
infections are released into the blood stream, causing an almost permanent poisoning.
Unfortunately even deep bone infections with resulting cavitations (hollowed out bone)  do
not cause pain, so that frequently the patient is not aware of having a problem. Even a standard
dental X-ray doesn’t show the bone damage; only the new ‘panoramic’ dental X-rays are able to
do that. The only solution is to remove the offending tooth and clear infectious material from the
cavitation, which allows the hollowed-out bone to heal.
If a dentist discovers an abscess at the tip of the root of a tooth, he or she will urge the patient
to have a root canal treatment done. DO NOT AGREE. The filling used in the canal eventually
shrinks a tiny bit, allowing germs and viruses to enter via the canules, which become conduits for
the invaders, causing much trouble. The dentist will assure you that the filling material currently
used in the root canal doesn’t shrink. However, even if this were true, there remains the problem
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www.thegersonway.comof the dead tooth, the germ-filled canules, and a constant focus of infection active within the
organism. So, rather than having the root canal treated, regretfully that tooth has to be extracted.
Beside root canals there are many other dental problems, such as receding gums, gum
infections, cavities, etc., that are easily detected and corrected. These should be cleared, so that no
oral infections can interfere with the healing process. Once we have understood the unbreakable
unity of the organism, it becomes clear how an unresolved and ignored dental problem can cause
serious damage in some other part of the body.
Mercury fillings should never be used. There is much information and research material
proving the damage caused by releasing small amounts of mercury into the system by chewing,
drinking, swallowing. These small but continuously released amounts of what is a potent nerve
toxin are also absorbed by the lungs and the linings of the digestive system into the bloodstream,
leading to severe harm. Despite the mass of scientific research material confirming this risk, some
dentists and the American Dental Association (ADA) vociferously claim that mercury is perfectly
safe once installed in the tooth. It is not. These days there are various minimally toxic inert filling
materials available to deal with cavities.
Crowns are another problem. A crown must never be fitted over a mercury filling, nor should
gold be used if there is any mercury—also known as silver amalgam—present in other parts of
the mouth. Between those two metals a tiny mild electric current is generated, which is capable
of interfering with the enzymes and other factors of pre-digestion that are active in the mouth. If
a crown is necessary, it should be made from other materials, such as plastic or porcelain.
Dental anesthesia needs to be handled with care. When the body is well detoxified, it becomes
more sensitive to any toxins, including anesthesia used by dentists to overcome the pain of dental
work. It is extremely important that a Gerson patient should tell his/her dentist the following,
prior to the use of anesthesia drugs:
  •  To use no more than one third to one half of the normal dose,
  •  To use no epinephrine in compounding the drug,
  •  To start the treatment immediately (the effect wears off quickly.)
Upon returning from the dentist’s office, the patient should take a coffee enema, whether or
not one is scheduled for that time. Any additional pain is likely to be cleared by another coffee
enema.
NOTE: If the dentist avises the patient to take a dose of antibiotics, this must not be refused.
A dental infection can be very serious and even become life-threatening.
Case Histories: We have several patient reports of dramatic improvements after the removal
of root canal treated teeth. One breast cancer patient using the Gerson Therapy was making slow
progress. When her husband began to suspect some dental problem slowing down the healing
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www.thegersonway.comprocess, he had her examined by a dentist. Indeed


due to the strong intoxication of the body. When
a fasting practice begins, all the waste stored in
the most hidden corners of the body starts mov-
ing and invade the blood like an avalanche,
changing its physiological marker s. This can al-
ready cause malaise, lethargy, and general sore-
ness. The excretory organs may not have time to
eliminate all toxins and poisons from the blood-
stream. All the excretory organs would be
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fractivated: the kidneys, the rhinopharynx, the
gastrointest inal tract, the skin. As a result, the
urine would become cloudy, and kidney and
bladder pains may appear. The feces may be-
come liquid and a stomachache would be com-
mon. The secretions from the nose would be-
come abundant, as in the case of a common cold.
The skin would be filled with pimples and acne,
there may be a frequent rash. All these effects are
unpleasant and sometimes even dangerous; they
indicate the challenges of the intoxicated organ-
ism to adapt to fasting. Usually this occurs be-
tween the fourth  and the eighth day. The one
who fasts ceases to lose weight, tiredness in-
creases, nausea, headache, heart failure and ar-
rhythmia may appear. These are the main char-
acteristics of the “block” (a severe intoxication).
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frIf the malaise is very strong it is necessary to stop
fasting promptly, gradually begin re -feeding
with fruit juices and a vegetarian diet, and then
repeat the attempt.
For this reason, suddenly starting this type of
prolonged dry fasting, without previous experi-
ence and a deep cleansing of th e body, is very,
very difficult.

Lavrova’s method: a 5 -stage cascade dry fast-
ing
 Valentina Lavrova is the author of the book
Kljuchi k taynam zhizni  (The keys to the myster-
ies of life), where she illustrates in detail the ap-
proach she prefers: the casca de-dry fast. This
kind of dry fast is excellent for beginners and ex-
perts. Before starting to fast it is recommended
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frto follow a vegetarian diet for a few days, exclud-
ing animal protein, including fish.
According to the Lavrova method, the first
stage inv olves one day of DF alternated with one
day of regular eating. By carrying it out for one
month, the result is 15 days of complete fasting.
In the second stage of the cascade fast it is
possible to eat and drink two days and abstain
from food and water the  next two days. But at
this stage it is a must to observe the golden rule.
How to end the fast: after two days of abstinence,
it is necessary to drink water and only after a
couple of hours it possible to eat kefir. The first
food must be animal  based prot eins, but not veg-
etable -based. Two hours after taking kefir it is
possible to eat anything.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frWhy does Lavrova not recommend eating
vegetables and fruit immediately after the fast?
The reason is associated with the pancreas, an
inert organ, which cannot start working sud-
denly and immediately perform its functions; its
function depends on the supply of insulin in the
blood. In other words, in order to avoid compro-
mising the pancreas, it is better to let it be acti-
vated progressively. If there is no kefir at ho me,
boiled milk or fish or chicken broth will do, but
without vegetables or bread.
The third phase of the cascade fast involves
three days of dry fasting, three days of drinking -
eating, then three days of abstinence and three
days of drinking -eating. The fast ends as already
described.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frOn exiting, the golden rule for the end of fast
must be strictly observed, i.e. drink water and
then kefir. B efore fasting, during fasting  and af-
ter a dry fast no enemas  are needed,  since  there
is no absorption of toxins  occurring in the gas-
trointestinal  tract due to lack of water. If per-
formed correctly, the stomach will clean itself
up. With dry fasting, enemas are not necessary,
but if it’s not possible to resist and a person
drinks water then it may be a good idea.
The fourth phase of the cascade fast involves
four days of abstinence from food and water and
four days of normal feeding. The same rules as
the previous stages apply.
The fifth phase of cascade fasting is the last
one and proposes five days of abstinence from
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frfood and water and five days of intake; the same
rules as the previous stages apply.
These days are difficult, it is not possible to
sleep during the day, and fresh air is needed. The
body releases an unpleasant odor. Crystals are
removed from the body. The pores open and
through them all toxins that the kidneys would
never have been able to remove are eliminated.
It can be difficult to speak because of oral dry-
ness. There is no feeling of hunger, only thirst.
In exiting it is fundamental to remember the
golden rule: first, only water and only 2 hours
later a little kefir or boiled milk, or light and liq-
uid animal based protein food and 2 hours later
it is gradually possible to eat more; but with cau-
tion.
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frLavrova recommends starting the practice
rigorously f rom the first and second phases,
never from the following ones. The author also
notes an important detail: during the days of
fasting contact with water should be avoided as
much as possible. We must not give the cells the
opportunity to be fed, otherwise they will not be
able to renew and restructure. It can be hard to
keep from washing the hands and doing house-
work in contact with water, but there is no alter-
native. It may be difficult to go to the fourth and
fifth stages, but do not be discouraged, writes V.
Lavrova. If you persist, you will certainly suc-
ceed. After fasting, drink only pure fresh water.
If you observe a correct exit algorithm, this
method is harmless to the body.

Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frComment by dr. Filonov
The advantage of Lavrova’s fast is that it pre-
sents itself as an ideal propaedeutic exercise for
dry fasting of greater duration. It is an approach
that can be carried out independently in domes-
tic conditions, without practical complications.
It gives a good rejuvenation effect, it is an excel-
lent remedy in cases of acute diseases and in the
early stages of the disease.
The disadvantage lies in the fact that the time
lengthens considerably. In order to obtain a
good therapeutic effect from any type of fasting,
especially in the case of severe chronic diseases,
it is absolutely necessary to go through some
phases, especially the first and second acidotic
crises. In figurative terms, it is possible to say
that if the first acidotic crisis eliminates "the stem
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frof the disease", the second destroys "the r oot of
the disease." During the cascade fast to reach the
second acidotic crisis it is necessary to undergo
a five -day cascade DF for five days of normal
feeding, for a period of two months to a year.
Few people can find so much time, willpower
and patienc e.

Filonov’s method: fractional dry fasting
(FDF)
To weigh the advantages and disadvantages
of the various DF methods and the characteris-
tics of their stages, Dr. Sergey Filonov has devel-
oped his own personal approach, the fractional
dry fasting (FDF), based on the fractional water
fasting method studied and proposed by Dr. G.
Voytovich (


urée	until	the	mixture	becomes
smooth	and	thick.

3.
Pour	into	two	glasses	and	enjoy.Pre-workout	Snack	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	green	grapes

1.
2	kiwis,	peeled

1.
1	banana,	peeled

Directions

1.
In	a	blender,	process	all	ingredients	until	a	smooth	consistency	develops.

2.
Pour	into	two	chilled	glasses	and	drink.

If	you	feel	it’s	needed,	you	can	add
a	water.Tropical	Breakfast	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1/4	medium	pineapple,	peeled

1.
1/4	cantaloupe,	peeled	and	seeded

1.
1	cup	spinach

1.
1	orange,	peeled

1.
1	cup	pomegranate	seeds

Directions

1.
Combine	all	five	ingredients	in	your	blender.

2.
Cover	and	blend	till	the	smoothie	reaches	your	desired	consistency.

3.
Pour	into	two	chilled	glasses	and	enjoy	this	smoothie	which	is	an	excellent
breakfast	for	your	brain.Carrot	Coconut	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	yellow	beet

1.
1	carrot	with	greens

1.
1	orange,	peeled

1.
1/2	cup	coconut	water

Directions

1.
In	your	blender,	process	the	beet	and	the	carrot.

2.
Then	add	the	orange	and	coconut	water	and	pulse	a	few	times	until	the
mixture	reaches	the	desired	consistency.

3.
Pour	into	glasses	and	sprinkle	coconut	flakes	on	top	(optional).

4.
Enjoy	this	excellent	smoothie	as	a	source	of	beta-carotene	and	anti-
oxidants.Potato	Pineapple	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	red	potato,	cooked

1.
1/4	inch	ginger	slice

1.
1/4	pineapple,	peeled	and	chopped

1.
2	kiwis,	peeled

1.
A	dash	of	grated	nutmeg

Directions

1.
Process	the	potato	and	ginger	in	a	blender.

2.
Then	add	the	pineapple	and	kiwi	and	pulse	a	few	times	until	the	mixture	is
thick	and	smooth.

3.
Pour	into	glasses.	This	super	healthy	drink	is	good	for	your	digestion.Cranberry	Lemonade	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	cranberries

1.
2	lemons,	peeled

1.
3	cups	water

Directions

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

2.
Pour	into	four	glasses.

3.
This	smoothie	is	a	high-quality	drink	for	your	kidneys.Banana	Coffee	Shake
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
2	frozen	bananas,	peeled

1.
1	½	cups	skim	milk

1.
1	cup	low-fat	coffee	yogurt

1.
1/4	teaspoon	ground	cinnamon

1.
1/8	teaspoon	ground	cloves

1.
1/8	teaspoon	ground	nutmeg

1.
Fresh	mint	leaves	for	garnish

Directions

1.
In	your	blender,	combine	frozen	bananas,	milk,	yogurt,	cinnamon,	cloves
and	nutmeg.

2.
Cover	and	blend	until	nice	and	smooth.	Garnish	with	fresh	mint	leaves	and
serve	in	chilled	glasses.Banana	Vanilla	Shake
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	3)

Ingredients

1.
1	banana,	sliced

1.
1/2	cup	yogurt

1.
2	cups	milk

1.
2	teaspoons	pure	vanilla	essence

Directions

1.
Put	banana,	yogurt,	1/2	cup	of	milk	and	vanilla	essence	into	a	blender.
Process	till	the	banana	is	mashed.

2.
Add	remaining	milk	and	blend	until	smoothie	consistency	is	reached.

3.
Pour	into	chilled	glasses	and	drink	immediately.Banana	Strawberry	Shake
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
2	frozen	bananas

1.
1	cup	frozen	or	fresh	strawberries

1.
1	cup	vanilla	rice	milk

1.
1	teaspoon	vanilla	extract

1.
2	tablespoons	maple	syrup

1.
1/8	teaspoon	grated	nutmeg

1.
1/8	teaspoon	cinnamon

Directions

1.
In	a	blender	container,	combine	ingredients	and	purée	till	your	smoothie
develops	the	desired	consistency.

2.
Pour	into	glasses	and	serve	immediately.Apple	Berry	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	apple	juice

1.
1	1/2	cups	lemonade

1.
1	cup	frozen	raspberries

1.
1/2	cup	frozen	strawberries

1.
1	cup	raspberry	sherbet

Directions

1.
Add	all	liquid	ingredients	to	the	blender.	Then	add	all	frozen	ingredients.

2.
Blend	at	mix	setting	for	30	seconds,	then	blend	at	smooth	setting.	Blend
until	smooth	and	frothy.

3.
Pour	into	prepared	glasses	and	drink	immediately.Berry	Blast	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	cup	frozen	strawberries

1.
1/2	cup	frozen	blueberries

1.
1/2	cup	frozen	raspberries

1.
1/2	cup	apple	juice

1.
1/2	cup	nonfat	frozen	yogurt

1.
1/2	cup	ice

Directions

1.
Combine	ingredients	in	a	blender	or	a	food	processor	and	mix	until	smooth.

2.
Pour	into	chilled	glass	and	enjoy!Peachy	Red	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	cup	apple	juice

1.
1/2	cup	nonfat	vanilla	yogurt

1.
1	cup	fresh	peaches,	pitted

1.
1/2	cup	frozen	raspberries

1.
1	½	cups	ice	chips

Directions

1.
Combine	ingredients	in	a	blender	and	mix	until	smooth.

2.
Pour	into	two	glasses	and	serve.Berry	Vitality	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1.
1/4	cup	blueberries

1.
1/4	cup	blackberries

1.
1	banana

1.
1/2	cup	apple	juice

1.
1/3	cup	raspberry	sorbet

Directions

1.
Put	all	ingredients	into	your	blender.

2.
Mix	until	smooth	and	frothy.Black	Cherry	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	cup	yogurt

1.
1/2	cup	frozen	black	cherries

1.
1	teaspoon	honey

1.
1/2	teaspoon	vanilla	extract

Directions

1.
Place	ingredients	in	your


 compete in the
marathon, an event he had neither trained for nor run in his life. He won
gold. Zátopek would claim 18 world records, four Olympic golds and a
silver over his career. He would later be named the “Greatest Runner of All
T ime” by Runner ’ s W orld  magazine. “He does everything wrong but win,”
said Larry Snyder, a track coach at Ohio State at the time.
—
Hypoventilation training didn’ t exactly take of f after Zátopek. His
anguished face, teeth grinding and eyes wincing like a Matthias Grünewald
Jesus, became his trademark look as he crossed the finish line, often in first
place. It all seemed miserable, because it was, and most athletes steered
clear.
Then, decades later, in the 1970s, a hard-assed U.S. swim coach named
James Counsilman rediscovered it. Counsilman was notorious for his “ hurt,
pain, and agony”–based training techniques, and hypoventilation fit right in.
Competitive swimmers usually take two or three strokes before they flip
their heads to the side and inhale. Counsilman trained his team to hold their
breath for as many as nine strokes. He believed that, over time, the
swimmers would utilize oxygen more ef ficiently and swim faster. In a
sense, it was Buteyko’ s V oluntary Elimination of Deep Breathing and
Zátopek hypoventilation—underwater. Counsilman used it to train the U.S.Men’ s Swimming team for the Montreal Olympics. They won 13 gold
medals, 14 silver, and 7 bronze, and they set world records in 11 events. It
was the greatest performance by a U.S. Olympic swim team in history.
Hypoventilation training fell back into obscurity after several studies in
the 1980s and 1990s ar gued that it had little to no impact on performance
and endurance. Whatever these athletes were gaining, the researchers
reported, must have been based on a strong placebo ef fect.
In the early 2000s, Dr. Xavier W oorons, a French physiologist at Paris
13 University, found a flaw in these studies. The scientists critical of the
technique had measured it all wrong. They’d been looking at athletes
holding their breath with full lungs, and all that extra air in the lungs made
it dif ficult for the athletes to enter into a deep state of hypoventilation.
W oorons repeated the tests, but this time subjects practiced the half-full
technique, which is how Buteyko trained his patients, and likely how
Counsilman trained his swimmers. Breathing less of fered huge benefits. If
athletes kept at it for several weeks, their muscles adapted to tolerate more
lactate accumulation, which allowed their bodies to pull more ener gy during
states of heavy anaerobic stress, and, as a result, train harder and longer.
Other reports showed hypoventilation training provided a boost in red blood
cells, allowing athletes to carry more oxygen and produce more ener gy with
each breath. Breathing way less  delivered the benefits of high-altitude
training at 6,500 feet, but it could be used at sea level, or anywhere.
Over the years, this style of breath restriction has been given many
names—hypoventilation, hypoxic training, Buteyko technique, and the
pointlessly technical “normobaric hypoxia training.” The outcomes were
the same: a profound boost in performance. *  Not just for elite athletes, but
for everyone.
Just a few weeks of the training significantly increased endurance,
reduced more “trunk fat,” improved cardiovascular function, and boosted
muscle mass compared to normal-breathing exercise. This list goes on.
The takeaway is that hypoventilation works. It helps train the body to do
more with less. But that doesn’ t mean it’ s pleasant.
•       •       •
Olsson and I emer ge from the shady tranquility of Golden Gate Park,
stopping to face the wind-ripped Pacific Ocean. W e’ve just jogged a fewmiles, inhaling fast and exhaling very long breaths to a count of about seven
or higher, trying to keep our lungs roughly half full. I want to believe that
this training may be helping me as it helped Zátopek, Counsilman’ s
swimmers, W ooron’ s runners, and everyone else, but the past several
minutes have been a challenge. A half hour into all this I’m beginning to
resent my life choices. I can’ t figure out if it’ s bad luck or shortsightedness
that has led me to repeatedly pursue topics of research like freediving,
V oluntary Elimination of Deep Breathing, and hypoventilation therapy that
require me to hold my breath and torture my lungs for hours a day.
“The key is to find a rhythm that works for you,” Olsson keeps saying.
The rhythm is definitely not  working. I return to my more manageable
practice, inhaling for two steps and exhaling for five, a pattern competitive
cyclists use. This isn’ t exactly comfortable, but it’ s tolerable.
W e run across the cracked asphalt of a beachside parking lot, passing a
few rusting W innebagos and hopping over condom wrappers and smashed
cans of malt liquor before heading back across the highway. Minutes later
we’re back in the quietude of the park, treading a dirt path beneath an
understory of trees along a black pond filled with quacking ducks.
That’ s when it starts to hit me: an intense heat at the back of my neck
and pixelated vision. I’m still jogging, exhaling long breaths, but it feels as
though I’m simultaneously jumping headfirst into warm, thick liquid. I run
a little harder, breathe a little less, and feel heat, heavy like hot syrup,
seeping down into my fingertips, toes, arms, and legs. It feels great. The
warmth moves higher through my face and wraps around the crown of my
head.
This must be the good headache  Olsson was talking about, of carbon
dioxide increasing and oxygen dislodging from hemoglobin to those hungry
cells, of the vessels in my brain and body expanding, so engor ged with
fresh blood that they’re sending dull pain signals to my nervous system.
Just when it feels like I’m about to reach some kind of existential
crescendo, the little foot trail widens. The bored buf falo appear, rustling
behind a chain-link fence. A dozen yards away is the lot of the Golden Gate
Angling and Casting Club. My car is beside it, and we’re done.
—
There are no huge life epiphanies as we drive home. I can’ t say I’m feeling
euphoric, but that’ s OK. My little jog proved there’ s much to gain from thisless  approach. At the same time, such extreme training would be useful
only for those willing to endure hours of red-faced, sweaty suf fering.
Healthy breathing shouldn’ t be so much work. Buteyko knew this, and
he rarely, if ever, prescribed such brutal methods to his patients. After all,
he wasn’ t interested in coaching elite athletes to win gold medals. He
wanted to save lives. He wanted to teach techniques of breathing less that
could be practiced by everyone, regardless of their state of health, age, or
level of fitness.
Over his career, Buteyko would be censured by medical critics; he’d be
physically attacked and, at one point, have his laboratory torn up. But he
pressed on. By the 1980s, he had published more than 50 scientific papers
and the Soviet Ministry of Health had recognized his techniques as
ef fective. Some 200,000 people in Russia alone had learned his methods.
According to several sources, Buteyko was once invited to England to meet
with Prince Charles, who was suf fering from breathing dif ficulties brought
on by aller gies. Buteyko helped the prince, and he helped heal upward of 80
percent of his patients suf fering from hypertension, arthritis, and other
ailments.
V oluntary Elimination of Deep Breathing was especially ef fective in
treating respiratory diseases. It seemed to work like a miracle for asthma.
•       •       •
In the decades since Buteyko first started training patients to breathe less,
asthma has become a global epidemic. Nearly 25 million Americans now
suf fer from it—that’ s about 8 percent of the population, and a fourfold
increase since 1980. Asthma is the leading cause of emer gency room visits,
hospitalizations, and missed school days for children. It is considered a
controllable but incurable disease.
Asthma is an immune system sensitivity that provokes constriction and
spasms in the airways. Pollutants, dust, viral infections, cold air, and more
can all lead to attacks. But asthma can be brought on by overbreathing,
which is why it’ s so common during physical exertion, a condition called
exercise-induced asthma that af fects around 15 percent of the population
and up to 40 percent of athletes. At rest or during exercise, asthmatics as a
whole tend to breathe more—sometimes much more


strainer and its stand. Y ou might also see them in thrift stores and at flea markets
from time to time.
In the  seco nd press, the mash collected fr om the first strain is poured into the now
cheesecloth-lined cone strainer, or a lar g e fine sieve lined with cheesecloth, and
allowed to  drip overnight without squeezing or pressing. Use the strained liquid in
jams and other preserves.
S p r i n g
“Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems
to be only one of the instruments, not the composer.”
—GEOFFREY B. CHARLESWOR THA p r i c o t s
ITS BOT ANICAL NAME,  Prunus armeniaca,  notwithstanding, the
apricot is actually not native to Armenia but originated in Manchuria and
northern China.  The name is derived from the Latin praecocia,  meaning
“precious” or “precocious.” Eith er English word is very apt for this early-
blooming, early-ripening gem. Although the apricot tre e tolerates
temperatures as cold as –22°F (–30°C) or lower, its early flowers are killed
with spr ing fros ts such as those  typical in the northern United  States and
southern Canada. That means that the harvest is no sure thing f rom year to
year. Most North American apricots are grown in British Columbia,
California, W ash ington and Utah. Since the apricot’ s peak season is mid-
May thr ough Ju ne, I have placed it in the Spring Recipes chapter, but in
your area, local apricots may not appear until early summer.
Essential:  T he leaves and seeds contain hy drogen cyanide, a poison. This is
the same  toxin that gives almon ds their characteristic flavour. Even though
it is usually present in too small a quantity to do any harm, and in very
small amounts has been shown to stimulate respiration and improve
digestion, like any other bitter seed, apricot seeds (and leaves) should not be
eaten.
Good Pr eserving V arieties
Apricots can be small, medium, lar ge, extra lar ge, jumbo or extra jumbo in
size, depending on the variety and growing conditions. Aprium,  a
trademarked hybrid fruit, is a three-quarter apricot/one-quarter plum cross.
Honey R ich, Fl avor Delight  and T asty Rich  are popular Aprium varieties.
If yo u find Apriums at your local market, use them as you wou ld an extra-
sweet apricot. Some other apricot hybrids, such as Peachcotums  (a peach,apricot and plum hybrid), Plumcots  and Cherrycots,  have been adapted for
cooler regions.
Blenheim (Royal):  Thick yellow-orange flesh; very juicy fruit with sweet-
tangy and aromatic flavour. This classic medium-to-lar ge California apricot
is a pop ular eat-out-of-hand variety that also holds its texture  and shape
well for canning. A vailable earl y to mid-season. Earligold:  Golden yellow
with a rich and juicy flesh, th is medium-size fruit is available early for
canning.
Gold Kist:  W ell-balanced sweet-tart flavour and a red-blushed yellow skin.
Medium to lar ge fruit. Use fo r canning, freezing, drying and for eating
fresh. E arly har vest. Moongold:  P lum-s ize apri cot with golden skin and
flesh; sweet, tangy flavour. Use fresh, canned or for jam. Early to mid-
season harvest.
Moorpark:  Lar ge, sweet, a romatic and juicy, with a full plum flavour. Use
fresh, canned or for jam.

Pur chasing/Storing
• 1 lb (500 g) yields 2 to 2-1/2 cups (500 to 625 mL) peeled pitted apricot
halves.
• Y ou will need about 1-1/4 lb (625 g) for each quart (1 L) jar.
Buy local whenever possible b ecause apricots sold anywhere  but in the
location they were grown are picked at an underripe stage; while they will
ripen in colour, texture and ju iciness, their flavour and sweetness will
remain a t the point they were picked. Select firm golden-orange  fruits with
no touc h of green, wrinkling or bruising. Ripe apricots yield to slight
pressure. If absolutely necessary, ripen in a paper bag at room temperature,
away from sunlight; check daily. Use immediately once ripened.
Good W ith
• Anise herbs such as chervil, tarragon and sweet cicely; spicy herbs like
basil, bay, thyme.• Sweet seasonings such as cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg, vanilla,
almond.
• Soft cheeses such as brie, Camembert, Boursault, feta, creamy blue.
• Other fruit, such as raspberries, blueberries, peaches, nectarines, cherries,
oranges.
• T oasted almonds, pecans and walnuts, raisins, white chocolate.
• Chicken; mild fish, such as tilapia, haddock, halibut and flounder.
• Cherry brandy, orange liqueur, anisette.
Pr eparation
W ash apricots in a sink full of cool water to which a drop of foo d-safe soap
has been added. Rinse well and pat dry. Blanch apricots in boilin g water for
30 to 45 seconds. Immerse in cold water for 30 to 45 seconds. Drain and pat
dry. Slip of f the skins. Cut lengthwise in half and remove the stone.
T o prevent discolouration, peeled, pitted apricot halves are immersed in water with 1 tsp (5 mL)
crystalline ascorbic acid for every 2 cups (500 mL) water. Y ou can use six 500 mg vitamin C tablets
in 1 gallon (4 L) cool water.
Canning Apricots
See detailed canning information, Methods.
1. Pr epar e Equipment:  W ash and heat pint (2-cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L)
jars, and heat the lids, funnel, ladle and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step
by Step ).2. Make a Light Syrup:  In a la r ge sauc epan, combine 1 cup (250 mL)
granulated suga r with 4 cups (1 L) water; stir until dissolved. Bring to a
gentle b oil over  high heat. Mak es 4-1/2 cups (1.125 L) syrup,  enough for
three or four 1-quart (1 L) jars of apricots.
Note:  Y ou  can use the same amount of apple juice or white grape juice in
place of the light syrup.
3. Pack apricots into jars either hot or raw.
Make a Raw Pack:  Fill  hot jars with peeled fruit, cut side down and
packed f airly tig htly. Cover with hot syrup or juice, leaving a 1/2-inch (1
cm) headspace. Run a non-metallic utensil around the inside of the jar to
allow air to esca pe. Add hot syr up, if necessary, to leave a 1/2-inch (1 cm)
headspace. W ip e sealing edge of jars with a clean, damp, lint-free cloth.
Position flat lids over the tops of jars and hand-tighten screw bands.
OR
Make a Hot Pack:  Add apricot halves to gently boiling syrup or juice and
boil for a minute. Fill hot jars w ith hot fruit and cooking liqui d, leaving a
1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. Run  a non-metallic utensil around the inside of
the jar to allow air to escape. A dd more hot fruit or liquid, if necessary, to
leave a 1/2-inch  (1 cm) headspace. W ipe sealing edge of jars w ith a clean,
damp, li nt-free c loth. Position flat lids over the tops of jars and hand-tighten
screw bands.
4. Pr oce ss apricots in a canner :  Use a Boiling W ater Canner according to
the chart below.OR
Process apricots in a Pressure Canner following manufacturer ’ s directions
for steam pressure and time at your altitude.
5. Cool, Label and Stor e:  L ift jars from c anner and place on a clean towel
or rack. Do not re-tighten screw bands. Let the jars cool to room
temperature. This may take from 12 to 24 hours. Remove and store screw
bands. Check lid seals ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by  Step ). W ipe and
label sealed jars. Store in a cool, dark place.
a p r i c o t  c o m p o t e
Like other spring foods—namely asparagus, wild leeks, r hubarb and
fiddleheads—fr esh apricots will not be available very long. I tend to eat a
lot o f the m once the local cr op i s available, almost


 state with confidence what it is that you think and feel at any
present moment of your life. Your self is sacrificed to the opinions
and predelictions of others.
Politicians as a class are generally not trusted. Their need for ap-
proval is prodigious. Without it they are out of work. Therefore,
they often seem to speak out of both sides of their mouths, saying
this to please Group A, and that to win the approbation of Group
B. There can be no truth when the speaker is shifty and moves
around the issues with a skillful kind of manuevering that is de-
signed to please everyone. Behavior like this is easy to spot in
politicians, but more difficult to see in ourselves. Perhaps you’ve
“cooled-it” in order to placate someone or you’ve found yourself
agreeing with someone whose disfavor you fear. You knew you
would be unhappy if you were censured, so you modified your be-
havior to avoid it.YOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 51It is tough to handle rebuking and easier to adopt behavior that
will bring approval. But when you take this easy way, you’re making
others’ opinions of you more important than your own self-assess-
ments. It’s a vicious trap—and a difficult one to escape in our society.
In order to escape the bear trap of approval-seeking, which gives
others’ opinions control over you, it is important to examine the
factors that foster the approval-seeking need. Here is a brief excursion
down the developmental path that leads to a great deal of approval-
seeking behavior.
Historical Antecedents of the Need for Approval
The need for approval is based on a single assumption. “Don’t
trust yourself—check it out with someone else first.” Our culture is
one that reinforces approval-seeking behavior as a standard of life.
Independent thinking is not only unconventional, it is the enemy of
the very institutions that constitute the bulwark of our society. If
you’ve grown up in this society, you’ve been tainted by this attribute.
“Don’t swear by yourself” is the essence of the need for tribute—and
the backbone of our culture. Make someone else’s opinion more
important than your own, then if you don’t get their approval, you
have every reason to feel depressed, unworthy, or guilty, since they
are more important than you.
The bestowal of approval can be a great manipulator. Your worth
is lodged in others and if they refuse to dole out their approval,
you’ve got nothing. You are without worth. And so it goes, the more
flattery you need, the more you can be manipulated by others. Any
steps in the direction of self-approval and independence of the good
opinion of others are movements away from their control. As a result
such healthy moves get labeled as selfish, uncaring, inconsiderate
and the like, in an ef-52 / Your Erroneous Zonesfort to keep you dependent. To understand this vicious circle of
manipulation, consider the profusion of approval-seeking cultural
messages, which began when you were a child, and which continue
to bombard you today.
Early Family Approval-Seeking Messages
It is important to emphasize here that young children truly do
need acceptance from significant adults (parents) in their formative
years. But approval should not be contingent upon being proper,
nor should a child have to get a parent’s sanction for everything he
says, thinks, feels, or does. Self-reliance can be taught in the crib,
and approval-seeking ought not be confused with love-seeking as
you read this section. In order to encourage freedom from the need
for approval in an adult, it is helpful to give the child an abundance
of approval from the very beginning. However, if a child grows up
to feel that he cannot think or act without first securing the permis-
sion of a parent, then the neurotic seeds of self-doubt are early
planted. Approval-seeking as a self-defeating need is mentioned
here in terms of a child being conditioned to check it out with
Mommy or Daddy, rather than in the very healthy sense of wanting
the love and acceptance of a caring parent.
In most cases our culture teaches a child to rely on others rather
than trusting his own judgment. Check out everything with Mommy
or Daddy. “What do I eat?”, “When?”, “How much?” Ask Mommy.
“Who can I play with?” “When?”, “Where?” “It’s your room, but
you must keep it this way! Clothes on a hook, bed made, toys in the
toybox, and so on.”
Here’s another set of exchanges to reinforce dependence and ap-
proval-seeking:
“You can wear anything you like.”
“How do you like this, Mommy?”YOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 53“No, no honey! Stripes and polka dots don’t go together! Go back
and change either the blouse or the slacks so that they match.”
One week later…
“What should I wear, Mommy?”
“I’ve told you, wear whatever you like. Why do you always ask
me?”
Why indeed…
At the grocery store a cashier asks the child, “Would you like a
piece of candy?” The child looks at her mom. “Would I like a piece
of candy?” she asks. She has learned to check out everything with
her parents, including whether she wants something or not. From
playing, eating and sleeping to establishing friendships, and thinking,
there are very few messages of self-reliance being thrown at young
children in the family. It stems from the fundamental belief of
Daddys and Mommys that they own their children. Rather than
helping children to think for themselves, solve their own problems
and develop trust in themselves, parents tend to treat children as
possessions.
Kahlil Gibran speaks eloquently of children who are treated as
possessions in The Prophet.
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.*
The results of this strategy are evident in every “dependent” child.
Mommy becomes a referee, a constant breaker-upper of fights,
someone to squeal to when a brother is misbehaving, someone who
literally has to do all the child’s thinking, feeling
*Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet  (New York: Alfred A. Knopf Publisher), p. 17.54 / Your Erroneous Zonesand behaving for him. Don’t trust yourself to resolve your difficulties.
Mommy or Daddy will do it for you. Don’t rely on yourself to make
the decisions you are capable of, check it out with someone else first.
Children resist being molded into approval-seekers. There are
numerous examples of this in the lives of all who come into contact
with young people. Countless parents have related to me their own
experiences in toilet training their children. They state that the child
seems to know what it is that is being asked of him and they are
aware that the child has the capacity to physically control his
sphincter muscles. Yet the child stubbornly, deliberately, refuses to
comply. Here is the first real protest against needing a parent’s ap-
proval. The internal messages are: “You can tell me what to eat, what
to wear, who to play with, when to sleep, when to come in, where
to put my toys, and even what to think. But I’ll do this, when I am
ready.” The first successful protest against needing Mommy and
Daddy’s approval for everything.
As a child you wanted to think for yourself, to rely on yourself.
If your Dad was helping you put on your coat when you were small,
you said, “I can do it myself.” But too often the message in return
was “I’ll do it for you. We don’t have time to wait,” or “You’re too
little.” That spark of independence, that desire to be your own per-
son, which was so alive in you as a child, was often dampened with
rely on Mommy or Daddy. If you don’t, we’ll disapprove and when
we disapprove of you, you must disapprove of yourself. The family
unit nurtures, in the form of good intentions, dependence and the
need for approval. Parents who don’t want any harm to come to
their children resolve to protect them from danger. The result,
however, is the opposite of that intended, for without the ammuni-
tion of knowing how to rely on the self in times of strife (solving
one’s own disputes, dealing with insults, fighting for honor, earning
one’s own way), it is impossible to build an arsenal of independent
behavior for a lifetime.YOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 55While you may not recall all of the approval-seeking messages
that were telegraphed to you as a child, many of them most likely
came at an early age. And while many of the check-it-out-with-
Mommy-or-Daddy messages were important for your own safety
and health, others were sent to teach you a critical concept—proper
behavior, behavior that will win approval. That approval, which
should have been a given, became contingent upon your pleasing
someone else. The important point here is not that approval isn’t
important, but rather that it should be given to a child freely, not
bestowed as a reward for proper


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treatments cannot prevent tooth decay. Children grow rapidly in their early years and, with these high
demands for nutrients, their bodies can easily become depleted. We need to feed them well so they
are strong and feel happy.
We do not have to be victims of tooth decay. The dietary guidelines I have suggested, when closely
followed, are a powerful tool for preventing and halting tooth decay. In the wake of these
dysfunctional treatments for tooth decay, there lies a simple and profound method to dramatically
improve the health of your children: good nutrition.
Since about 82% of children’s decayed primary teeth fall out without them experiencing any
symptoms and without any sort of nutritional treatment, imagine what the results would be with
specially reinforced nutrition to prevent against infection and remineralize the tooth. Even with
successful nutritional treatments, the teeth might still decay a bit for a while, and some may not look
very attractive. Even if one or two baby teeth do not make it to their full life, changing your child’s
diet will make a lasting impact on his health for the rest of his life and help form healthy adult teeth.
Your child’s dental health is in your hands. Reclaim responsibility for your children's dental health!About the Author
Ramiel Nagel is a father who resides in Los Gatos, California. Ramiel became interested in natural
health when he discovered that his daughter was suffering from tooth decay. His background of study
includes emotional health care, hatha yoga and bhakti yoga of devotion.
Ramiel earned a B.A. in Legal Studies from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He feels
compelled to bring the knowledge contained in this book to the world so that other people can be
healthier and happier. The work is done in the spirit of service to all.
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<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8112603.stm>.
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12
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15
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Nose Breathe Mouthpiece: Health Benefits of Nasal Breathing
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2010. <http://www.nosebreathe.com/mouthbreathing.html>.* * *Table of Contents
Cure Tooth Decay Book Description
Foreword By Timothy Gallagher D.D.S. President of the Holistic Dental Association
Introduction
100% Real Dental Healing Testimonials
Leroy from Utah
Ms. Steuernol from Alberta, Canada
Mike from Ashland, Oregon
Pioneering Tooth Cavity Remineralization
DENTISTRY'S INABILITY TO CURE CAVITIES
Reaffirm Your Choice to Cure Your Cavities
The Real Cause of Cavities
Remembering Your Connection
Fear of the Dentist
How Conventional Dentistry Works
Micro-organisms
Conventional Dentistry’s Losing Battle Against Bacteria
The Failure of Conventional Dentistry
Chapter 1 References
DENTIST WESTON PRICE DISCOVERS THE CURE
Lack of Nutrition is the Cause of Physical Degeneration
The Healthy People of the Loetschental Valley, Switzerland
Modern Swiss were Losing Their Health
The Healthy People of the Outer Hebrides
Gaelics on Modern Foods are Losing Their Health
Genetics and Tooth Decay
Aborigines of Australia
Nutritive Values of Diets Compared
Fat-soluble Vitamins and Activators
Why Tooth Decay with Modern Civilization?
Weston Price's Tooth Decay Curing Protocol
Dr. Price's Protocol Summarized
Chapter 2 References
MAKE YOUR TEETH STRONG WITH FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS
How Teeth Remineralize 101
Hormones and Tooth Decay
Cholesterol
The Miracle of Vitamin D
Vital Fat-Soluble Vitamin A
Cod Liver Oil Heals Cavities
Weston Price’s Activator X
More Fat-Soluble Vitamin Sources


	the	immune	system,	making	one
much	more	susceptible	to	infections	and	other	diseases?	Allergies	are	a	serious
immune	dysfunction	disease,	not	just	a	benign	inconvenience.	Every	allergic
reaction	does	long-term	damage	to	the	body;	allergies	reduce	overall	quality	of
life	and	ultimately	reduce	longevity.	Healthy	people	do	not	have	allergies.
We	think	we’re	healthy,	but	we’re	not.	At	a	seminar	I	was	leading,	a	man
stood	up	and	talked	about	how	he	jogged	every	day	and	how	healthy	he	was.	A
few	pointed	questions	later,	it	was	revealed	that	this	man	had	diabetes—the
seventh-leading	cause	of	death	in	America!	Some	groups	assert	that	we	are	now
healthier	and	living	longer,	but	that	claim	seems	like	propaganda	to	me.	The
incidence	of	virtually	every	chronic	disease	continues	to	increase,	and	the	health
of	the	American	people	is	in	a	long-term	downtrend.	In	1996,	the
Journal	of	the
American	Medical	Association
documented	that	25	percent	of	Americans	under
age	eighteen	had	at	least	one	chronic	disease.	The	disease	rate	increases	to	45
percent	between	ages	forty-five	and	sixty-five,	and	to	88	percent	over	age	sixty-
five.
Take	diabetes,	for	example.	In	August	2000,	the	Centers	for	Disease	Control
and	Prevention	(CDC)	announced	its	most	recent	statistics	on	the	increases	in
rates	of	diabetes.	In	1980,	2	percent	of	newly	diagnosed	cases	of	adult-onset
diabetes	were	in	people	under	age	nineteen.	In	2000,	that	number	was
approaching	a	staggering	50	percent.	Separately,	in	just	eight	years	from	1990	to
1998,	diabetes	jumped	33	percent	nationally	and	went	up	a	whopping	70	percent
among	people	ages	thirty	to	thirty-nine.	According	to	Dr.	Frank	Vinicor,	the
director	of	the	CDC,	“This	kind	of	an	increase	in	just	eight	years	is	almost
unheard	of.”	The	experts	at	the	CDC	cautioned	that	even	these	numbers
understate	the	problem,	because	about	one-third	of	American	diabetics	do	not
realize	they	have	the	disease.
Asthma	is	another	example	of	how	fast	we	are	becoming	sicker.	The	CDC
reports	that	the	number	of	Americans	with	asthma	increased	61	percent	between
1982	and	1994.	Mortality	from	asthma	increased	45	percent	between	1985	and
1995.	Asthma	is	now	the	leading	cause	of	school	absenteeism,	and	the	death	rate
from	asthma	is	increasing	at	a	rate	of	6	percent	per	year.
Obesity	is	another	increasing	problem	that	we	must	face.	Childhood	obesity
doubled	from	1980	to	2000,	and	most	children	do	not	outgrow	this	problem.
Childhood	and	teenage	obesity	affects	lifelong	health	with	a	risk	seven	times
higher	for	developing	clogged	arteries	later	in	life.	Did	you	know	that	more	than
one	in	five	teenagers	are	overweight	and	that	almost	two	of	three	adults	are
overweight	or	obese?	Other	diseases	are	increasing,	too,	including	allergies,autoimmune	disease,	attention	deficit	disorders,	birth	defects	and	chronic
fatigue.	Cancer	is	now,	after	accidents,	the	leading	cause	of	death	for	children,
and	cancer	used	to	be	rare	in	young	people!
Would	you	believe	that	we	have	come	to	expect	disease?	That	we	believe	in
the	certainty	of	sickness	more	than	we	believe	in	the	certainty	of	wellness?	That
people	expect	to	get	sick	to	such	a	degree	that	they	hold	on	to	jobs	they	dislike,
just	to	keep	their	health	benefits?	Talk	about	mixed-up	priorities!	We	are
accustomed	to	disease,	and	we	expect	it	to	occur.	When	we	do	get	sick,	we	often
feel	victimized	or	helpless,	as	if	struck	by	a	bolt	of	lightning.	We	never	think
that	we	have	done	it	to	ourselves	or	that	we	might	choose	to	do	otherwise.
Leaving	the	Good	Life
Our	lifestyles	have	changed	along	with	the	evolution	of	what	is	broadly	called
“modern	civilization.”	Since	the	Industrial	Revolution,	changes	have	occurred	in
how	we	grow	our	foods,	what	kinds	of	food	we	consume,	what	we	take	into	our
bodies,	the	lifestyles	we	live	and	what	we	put	into	the	environment.	Many	of
these	changes	rob	us	of	the	nutrients	our	cells	need	in	order	to	be	healthy	and
expose	us	to	toxins	that	interfere	with	normal	cell	function.	An	editorial	by
Joseph	Scherger,	M.D.,	in	the	January	2000
Hippocrates
said	that	“lifestyle
factors	now	loom	as	the	leading	cause	of	premature	death.”
As	I	began	to	discover	the	incredible	health	and	longevity	of	certain	healthy
populations	around	the	world	and	to	look	at	how	these	people	lived	their	lives,	I
began	to	understand	the	potential	for	health.	In	contrast	to	the	historically
healthy	populations	I	will	tell	you	about	(such	as	the	Hunzas	in	northeastern
Pakistan	and	other	groups,	such	as	the	Vilcabambans	and	Cuenca	Indians	in
Ecuador),	the	average	American	is	not	doing	well	at	all.	We	significantly
compromise	our	health	with	nutritionally	deficient	diets,	environmental	toxins,
sedentary	lifestyles,	chronic	stress,	bad	habits	such	as	smoking	and	drug	use,	and
lack	of	positive	emotions	and	meaningful	relationships,	not	to	mention	the
damaging	outcomes	of	symptom	management	by	modern	medicine.	In	terms	of
deficiency	and	toxicity	(the	two	causes	of	disease),	here	are	examples	of	how
lifestyle	factors	make	us	sick:
Nutrition	Failures
•	Fruit	and	vegetable	plants	are	now	grown	with	artificial	fertilizers	that
produce	more	food	per	acre,	but	these	foods	are	not	nearly	as	rich	in
nutritional	content.	Use	of	artificial	fertilizers	has	led	to	depletion	ofminerals	in	the	soil	because	they	do	not	add	minerals	to	replace	those	being
lost	with	each	new	crop.	Soil	depletion	leads	to	nutritional	deficiency	in	all
of	us.
•	Since	foods	are	not	eaten	fresh	off	of	the	plant,	many	must	be	harvested
before	they	are	ripe	in	order	to	prevent	spoilage	during	transportation	and
distribution.	This	premature	harvesting	does	not	allow	food	to	reach	its	full
nutritional	maturity,	thereby	contributing	to	nutritional	deficiency.
•	The	nutritional	content	of	the	food	then	further	deteriorates	as	the	food
ages	during	storage,	transportation	and	distribution.
•	Food	is	often	processed,	further	depleting	its	nutritional	content,	in	order
to	make	it	easier	to	store	and	consume.	Among	these	foods	are	flour,	pasta,
bread,	sugar,	and	canned	and	packaged	foods.
•	Cooked	foods	are	also	nutritionally	inferior	to	raw	ones,	and	most	of	the
American	diet	consists	of	both	processed	and	cooked	foods.
Toxic	Assaults
•	The	farming	of	large	single	crops	has	created	new	and	serious	problems	of
insect	infestations,	necess


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Above all, we dedicate this ebook to Mother Nature (Gaia), and all children and future genera -
tions of all creatures to come.
Bill Mollison, “The Father of Permaculture, ” and friends5
FruiticultureForeword
by Dr. Douglas Graham
The year 1967, “The Summer of Love, ” was a time of relative in-
nocence; a rebellion against the establishment (the Vietnam War was really hea ting up
) by back-to-the-land “hippies, ” or
“flower children, ” and fantastic change (fans were blown away by the first season of Star Trek in ’66-67, and the technologi -
cal possibilities it foreshadowed).  In ’69, the acclaimed singer/songwr iter Joni Mit chell captur
ed the generation when she
wrote and performed the classic and often quoted song, Woodstock.  In Fruiticulture, David appropriately used this quote from the song, and I agree fully:  “And we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden. ”
Certainly that phrase caught my attention, and that of countless other young men and
women at the time, as we were in our formative years and we looked to the musicians for guidance on politics, philosophy, and even religion.  More than one hundred different musicians wrote songs against our involvement in the Vietnam War, but Joni’s Woodstock may have been the most influential.
Grace Slick ranted against the poisoning of our Earth as she and The Jefferson Airplane
co-led the counterculture revolution. In the song, Eat Starch Mom, she quipped, tongue in cheek, “I don’t care if there’s chemicals it in, as long as my lettuce is crisp”; a sad but all too true commentary on the apathetic mainstream view towards health and the chemi -
cal poisoning of our planet.
As John Lennon and T he B
eatles came of age, they stopped writing catchy but meaning -
less ditties and began expressing their views on life, politics, and yes, the revolution. In
their song, Revolution,
The Beatles acknowledged that “we all want to change the world, ”
but made it clear that they will not support “destruction” or “people with minds that h a t e.”
Even Peter Townsend and The Who, authors of the song, My Generation, couldn’t resist
the temptation to write about their frustration in trying to create the changes that they
6
Fruiticulturecould see were necessary if society was to go in a healthy direction. The lyrics to their
song, Magic Bus, profoundly express what it is like to be a young person being squashed by an older generation that wields all the power and all the authority. Youth: “I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it, ” Authority: “You CAN’T have it. ”
n
As a youth and then a teen, David Klein was immersed in all of these influences.  He also withstood a continual nonstop bombardment of brainwashing from the main-stream medical establishment that told him there was “no cure” for his ulcerative colitis.  From ages 18 to 26, ulcerative colitis destroyed his health and made his life miserable.  He was told that diet was not a factor in his disease (he ate the standard American diet), and he must conform and take medicines, even though the medicines did not in any way help him heal.  One medicine even gave him temporary brain damage.
Through it all, David never surrendered his passion to reclaim his health.  His search led
him to the Fruitarian Diet, and thirty-four years later he is still crowing about how it res -
urrected his life, and then some.  In Fruiticulture, David, along with his great ecologist friend Don Weaver, brings their shared dream to light—they literally pour their hearts out in revealing their vision of global health. Their message was never more necessary.
Over the past twenty-five years, David has persistently and consistently focused on help -
ing others regain their health, guiding them on issues of diet and lifestyle, while Don has
taught the world the value of plant -
ing fruit trees, growing organically, and remineralizing the world’s soils to bring us the truly nutritious food we are lacking. In Fruiticulture, David and Don take their teachings another step deeper, addressing the heart of the matter.  David and Don teach us how to create a culture of fruit, the world’s best food, and the best agri-cultural crop for the environment.
Four Fruitarians
Left to right: Morris Krok, Enrique Candioti,
Don Weaver, Dr. Douglas Graham
7
FruiticultureIn Section 1, David explains the science that identifies our need for fruit, tells us what
will happen if we don’t eat enough fruit, and then describes exactly how to guarantee that our fruit intake is sufficient.
In Section II, David and Don identify the substances, influences, conditions, and forces
necessary for growing the highest quality fruit from the healthiest trees, and they ex -
plain why fruitarianism and fruit-based agriculture can restore the world to vibrant health.
In Sec tion III, Da
vid takes on big issues, such as how to end world hunger, pollution and
wars.
True to the slogan of “Think globally but act locally, ” Section IV explains what we can do
as individuals to join, and lead, the Fruiticulture revolution.
David and Don are co-leading a health revival for humanity and the planet, and I am fully
on board.  Together with our Fruitarian health educator friends we have put on numer -
ous Fruitarian health education events and contributed to each other’s literary works for mor e than twen t
y years.
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These days, our athletes may have even more influence than the musicians.  I had the good fortune of being Martina Navratilova’s nutrition coach at the time when she ate the first banana ever consumed live on television on court at a major tournament.  That sum -
mer, thousands of recreational level tennis players mimicked her actions. The banana has remained an on-cour t staple ev
er since; an important step of acceptance for a fruit that
was considered uncouth to eat out of hand a mere 100 years ago.
When Michael Jordan crashed into our consciousness, an entire generation wanted to
“Be like Mike, ” unthinkingly eating and drinking whatever he promoted, none of which was healthy.  “Sir” Charles Barkley didn’t want to be held responsible for the effect his self-destructive lifestyle was having on his viewers.  His famous quote, “I’m no role mod -
el, ” was an ineffective attempt at a disclaimer.  Our good friend and my former student, Bradley Saul, r esponded b
y creating OrganicAthlete; a nonprofit organization dedicated
to helping people to live more healthfully, while also encouraging athletes to take a more responsible role when choosing their sponsors. 8
FruiticultureToday, vegan athletes are no longer uncommon, and you will find them disproportion -
ately represented in the top ten percent of almost every sport.  For the 2018-19 season,
the NBA welc omes
to the league its first raw vegan athlete in superstar Michael Porter Jr.,
a client of mine whose diet consists primarily of fruit, and is rounded out by raw vegeta -
bles, nuts, and seeds.  The next wave of youngsters will be eating fruit when they choose


, all diseases arise
from wrong use of the senses, which may be excessive,
deficient, or improper. How we use our senses determines
the kind of energy we take in from the external world,
from food to emotion. Pratyahara includes all the sensory
techniques of Ayurveda, particularly those we have dis-
cussed under right use of impressions, color and mantra
therapy.
The techniques of Pratyahara are primarily of two
types: shutting off the senses, like closing the eyes or ears,
or using the senses with attention rather than distraction.
Closing the sensory openings is a practice like fasting for
the body. Fasting from impressions allows the digestive
capacity of the mind to renew itself, just as fasting from
food allows the body to cleanse itself by digesting toxins.
It also allows inner impressions to be cognized, like the
inner sounds and lights. This can be done simply by clos-
ing the eyes or staying in a dark and quiet place.
Pratyahara can also be practiced during sensory percep-
tion. This occurs when we witness sensory impressions,
when we dwell in pure perception rather than react with
likes and dislikes. It requires that we cease to project
names and definitions onto our impressions and see senso-
ry objects for what they are, which is a play of sensory
energy. One way to do this is not to focus upon objects Ayurveda and the Mind
themselves but upon the sensory impressions — the
sounds and colors that make them up. Another way is to
look at the space between objects rather than at the objects
themselves. Perhaps most significant is to meditate with
one's eyes open while directing one's attention within.80
Pratyahara can employ internal objects for directing
our attention away from external objects. Most important
in this regard are mantra and visualization that direct
inward the energy of the senses, which is essentially sound
and light. In this way we creatively use the energy of the
senses on an inner level. This also helps open up inner sen-
sory sources, the inner light and sound.
Pratyahara follows from Pranayama. In Pranayama we
gather our breath and Prana. In Pratyahara we take this
concentrated Prana and withdraw it from the field of the
senses into the field of consciousness. We can visualize
withdrawing our Prana stage by stage from our limbs,
organs and mind, resting it within the heart.
Pratyahara is assisted by creating a special environment
that provides different and better impressions. It may
involve retreat in a secluded place, like in a mountain
cabin, where the person is removed from ordinary distrac-
tions. It may involve setting up an altar or healing space in
the home, which similarly removes us from ordinary
impressions and develops those of a higher nature. Such a
sacred space helps insulate us from vulnerability to exter-
nal influences. Pratyahara methods are particularly impor-
tant for individuals who are hypersensitive, impression-
able, and easily influenced.
Pratyahara is the main method for strengthening the
mental immune system and its capacity to ward off nega-
tive impressions, emotions and thoughts. Pratyahara is
perhaps the most important aspect of Yoga for psycholog- The Eightfold Method of Yoga II 283
ical disorders because it restores the proper relationship
between the mind and the external world. It cuts off the
reception of negative influences from the outside and
opens up the reception of positive influences from within.
It seals the mental field from negative energies so that
healing can occur. Most of the sensory therapies of
Ayurveda fall mainly in this category, such as we discussed
in the right intake of impressions and the use of mantra,
sound and color.
Dharana — the Sixth Limb of Yoga
Dharana is concentration or right attention, which is
the ability to give all our mental energy to the object
under examination. The quality of our attention in life
determines our state of mind. Attention is the central pil-
lar that upholds our mind and character and gives power
to all we do.
The problem is we throw our attention away on the
external world, seeking approval or enjoyment. We are not
taught to control our attention but, rather, to make our-
selves vulnerable to social conditioning through sex,
advertising and entertainment. Most psychological prob-
lems arise from lack of attention, in which we let some
outside force, or some subconscious influence, rule us. We
let others tell us who we are, what to do or even what to
think.
Dharana techniques consist of different methods to
make the mind one-pointed, including concentration on
particular objects. Some of these methods are the same as
Pratyahara. In Pratyahara the goal is negative, to withdraw
from sensory distraction, in which case the nature of the
object itself is not important. In Dharana the goal is posi-
tive, to become focused on the particular object, in which Ayurveda and the Mind
the nature of the object can be crucial. Hence Pratyahara
leads to Dharana. Pratyahara gathers the energy of the
mind; Dharana focuses it.
Simple Dharana methods involve gazing at various
objects like a ghee lamp, candle, statue or picture, or some
object in nature like the sky, the ocean, a tree, mountain or
stream. Internal Dharana methods involve focusing on
inner lights and sounds, or visualizations of deities,
mantras and yantras. Dharana can be done on the ele-
ments, the chakras or the gunas. A formless Dharana can
be done on various cosmic truths, like focusing the mind
on the impennanence of all things or upon the unity of all
existence.
In psychological treatment, such attention-developing
techniques can be taught to patients to aid in mind con-
trol and the development of memory. These include sim-
ple things, like concentrating on a single object or train-
ing the memory to hold a particular thought. Even
mathematics or learning a language can be used in this
way. They help train the mind to function objectively and
remove it from the emotional subjectivity that clouds its
function.
Dharana is the way in which the mind (Manas) is con-
trolled and the inner intelligence (Buddhi) is awakened.
The focused mind has the ability to establish goals, values
and principles. It leads us to truth. Regaining control of
the mind and being able to direct it at will is the key to all
success.
Pratyahara and Dharana Techniques
The following are a few practical techniques in Pratya-
hara and Dharana. The Eightfold Method of Yoga II
Meditation upon the Five Elements
Ether Element: The Sky
Find an open area where you can have a clear and unob-
structed view of the sky. Lie down on your back and gaze
into the sky for at least twenty minutes, being careful not
to look near the sun. Meditate upon your mind as being
like the sky. When you return to your ordinary perception,
you will find your mental field cleansed and renewed.
You can practice the same method at night, preferably
a moonless night in an area where there is no interference
from city lights. You can start right after sunset and grad-
ually watch the stars come out. This takes about two
hours. Or you can wait until the sky is dark and gaze at the
stars continually for about twenty minutes. This will cool
and calm the mind and open up higher perceptual and
intuitive faculties. This meditation is best done on the
ether or throat chakra and aids in its unfoldment.
Air Element: Clouds
Find an open area where you can have a clear and unob-
structed view of the sky, avoiding looking at the sun.
Choose a day that is partly cloudy, where you can watch
both white and dark clouds in their formation and move-
ment. Meditate upon your thoughts and feelings as being
like the movement of the clouds in the infinite space of
awareness. Again, take at least twenty minutes. This med-
itation is best done on the air or heart chakra and aids in
its unfoldment.
Fire Element: A Candle, Ghee Lamp or Fire
Set up a candle or ghee lamp on an altar or special spot Ayurveda and the Mind
in a quiet room. Gaze at the flame for fifteen minutes. Try
not to blink. Let tears come to your eyes if necessary. Let
your mind merge into the flame. See the outer light as
your inner light.
In the case of a fire, gaze into the fire and offer your
negative thoughts and feelings for purification. Let the fire
purify them and expand them into a positive energy of love
and joy for the entire universe. This meditation is best
done on the fire or navel chakra and aids in its unfoldment.
Water Element: The Ocean, a Lake or a Stream
Find a place where you have a good view of the water.
Sit comfortably and gaze at the water. Let your mind clear
itself out and merge into the water, letting the mind's
movements be like the movement of the waves or the flow
of the stream.


ally works best.
3. A good probiotic should have a concentrated amount of bacteria: at
least 8 billion of bacterial cells per gram. You need to provide probiotic
bacteria in large enough doses to see an improvement.
4. The manufacturer of the probiotic should test every batch for strength
and bacterial composition and should be prepared to publish the
results of testing.
Once you have found a good probiotic you need to know how to use it. A
good therapeutic strength probiotic will always produce a so-called "die-off
reaction". What is it? As you introduce probiotic bacteria into a digestive
system, they start destroying pathogenic bacteria, viruses and fungi. When
these pathogens die they release toxins. These are the toxins, which made
your patient autistic or schizophrenic or hyperactive. So, whatever charac
teristic symptoms the patient has may temporarily get worse. Your patient
may also feel more tired than usual, generally "off colour" or develop a skin
rash. It is a temporary reaction and usually lasts from a few days to a few
weeks in different individuals. To make this reaction as mild as possible,
build the dose of your probiotic slowly. Start from a very small amount.
Observe the patient for any "die-off" symptoms. If there are none then increase the dose. When you see a reaction, let your patient settle on this
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


ick-rooms,inmakingarrangements forthesick.Toa
sleeperinhealthitdoesnotsigiiifywhattheviewisfromhisbed.
Heoughtnevertobeinitexceptingwhenasleep,and.atnight.
Aspectdoesnotverymuchsignifyeither(jirovidedthesunre.ach
hisbed-roomsometimeineveryday,topurifyiheair,.although
sunnyrooms.are.alwaysthebest),becauseheoughtnevertobe
inhisbed-roomexceptduringthehourswhenthereisnosun.
Butthec:iseisexactlyreversedwiththesick,evenshouldthey
be.03manyhoursoutoftheirbedsasyouareinyours,which
probablytheyarenot.Therefore,thattheyshouldbeable,
withoutraisingthemselvesorturninginbed,toseeoutofa
windowfromtheirbeds,toseeskyandsun-lightatle.ast,ifj'ou
canshowthemnothingelse,I.asserttobe,ifnotoftheveryfirst
importanceforrecovery,.atleastsomethingveryne.arit.And
youshouldthereforelooktothepositionofthebedsofyour
sickoneoftheveryfiietthings.Iftheyc.anseeoutoftwo
windowsinsteadofone,somuchthebetter.Ag.ain,themorning
sun.andthemid-d.aysun—thehourswhentheyarequitecertain
nottobeup,.areofmoreimportancetothem,ifachoicemustbe
made,thantheafternoons\in.Perhapsyoucant.akothemout
ofbedintheafternoonandsetthembytliewindow,wherethey
c.anseethesun.Givethem.osmuchdirectsun-lightaspossible
fromthemomentherisestillthemomenthesets.
Anothergreatdifferencebetweenthebed-room.andthesick-
roomis,thatthesleeperhasaverylargeb.alanceoffreshairto
beginwith,whenhebeginsthenight,ifhisroomluisbeenopen,
alld.ay.asitoughttobe;theskkmanhasnot,beciuise.alld.ay
heh.08beenbreathingtheairinthes.ameroom,.anddirtyingit
bytheemanationsfromhimself.Farmorec.areistherefore
necessarytokeepupaconstantchangeofairinthesiiJc-rooia.
CLKANLINESSOFROOMSANDWALLS. DJ
Itisliardlynecessarytoaddthatthereareacutecases(par-
ticularlyafeweyecases,anddiseaseswheretheeyeismorbidly
sensitive),whereasubduedlightisnecessary.Butadarknorth
roomisinadmissibleevenforthese.Youcanalwaysmoderate
tjielightbyblindsandcurtains.
Heavy,thick,darkwindoworbedcurtainsshould,however,
hardlyeverbeusedforanykindofsickinthiscountry.Alight
whitecurtainattheheadofthebedis,ingeneral,allthatis
necessary,andagreenblindtothewindow,tobedrawndown
onlywhennecessary.
Whereistheshadysideofdeepvalleys,thereidiotsgrow.
^Vllerearecellarsandtheunsunnedsidesofup.itowstreets,there
aretheweaklyofthehumanrace—mindandbodyequally
degenerating.Putthepalewitheringplantandhumanbeing
toliveinthesun,and,ifnottoofargone,eachwillrecover
healthandvigourintime.
Itisacuriousthingtoobservehowalmostallpatientslie
withtheirfacesturnedtothelightexactlyasplantsalways
maketheirwaytowardsthelight;apatientwillevencomplain
thatitgiveshimpain“lyingonthatside.”“Thenwhydoyoi
lieonthatside?”Hedoesnotknow—butwedo.Itisbecause
itisthesidetowardsthewindow.Walkthroughthewardsofa
hospital,rememberthebedsidesofpatientsyouhaveseen,and
counthowmanysickyoueversawlyingwiththeirfacestowards
thewall.
X.—CLEANLINESSOFROOIMSANDWALLS.
Itcannotbenecessarytotellanursethatsheshouldbeclean
orthatsheshouldkeepherpatientclean,—seeingthatthe
gi-eaterpartofnursingconsistsinpreservingcleanliness.No
ventilationcanfreshenaroomorhousewherethemostscrupu-
louscleanlinessisnotobserved.Unlessthewindbeblowing
throughthewindowsattherateoftwentymilesanhour,dusty
carpets,dirtywainscots,mustycurtainsandfurniture,will
alwaysgiveolFaclosesmell.IhavelivedinalargeLondon
house,whereIhadtwoveryloftyrooms,withoppositewindows,
tomyself,audyet,owingtotheabove-mentioned dirtycircum-
stances,noopeningofwindowscouldeverkeepthoseroomsfree
fromcloseness;butthecarpetandcurtainshavingbeenturned
ontoftheroomsaltogether,theybecameasfrediascouldbe
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wished.ItispurenonsensetosaythatinLondonaroom
ainnotbekeptclean.Manyofourhospitalsshowtheexact
reverse.
Butnoparticleofdustiseverorcaneverberemovedor
reallygoti-idofbythepresentwayofdusting.Dustingin
thesedaysmeansnothingbutflajipingthedustfromonepartof
aroomontoanotherwithdoorsandwindowsclosed.Wh.-it
youdoitfor,Ic<annotthink.Youhadmuchbetterleavethe
dustaloneifyouarenotgoingtotakeitawayaltogether.For
fromthetimearoombeginstobearoom,uptothetimewhen
itceasestobeone,nooneatomofdustcaneveractuallyleaveit
thus.Tidyingaroommetansnothingnowbutremovingathing
fromoneplace,whichithaskeptcleanforitself,ontoanotherand
adirtierone.Flappingbywayofcleaningisonlyadmissiblein
thecaseofpictures,oranythingmadeofpaper.Theonlyway
Iknowtoremovedust,theplagueofalllovereoffreshair,isto
wipeeverythingwithadam])cloth.Andallfurnitureoughtto
besomadeasthatitm.aybewipedwithadampclothwithout
injurytoitself,andsopolishedasthatitmaybedampedwithout
injurytoothers.To“dust,”asitisnowpractised,reallymeans
todistributedustmoreequallyoveraroom.
Ifyouliketocleanyourfurniturebylayingoutyourclean
clothesuponyourdirtychairsorsofa,thisisonewaycerUiinly
ofdoingit.Fromthechairs,tables,orsofa,uponwhichthe
“things”h.avelainduringthenight,andwhicharetherefore
cleanfromdustorblacks,the“things”having“caught”it,you
thenremovethemtootherchaii's,tables,sofiis,upmiwhichyou
couldwriteyournamewith3'ourfingerinthedustorblacks.The
of/icrsideofthe“things”isthereforenowevenlydirtiedordusteil.
Thewomanthenll.apseverj’thingorsomethings,notoutofher
re.'ich,withathingcalledaduster—thedustfliesup,then
re-settlesmoreequallythanitlaybefore.Thisiscalled“putting
theroomtolights.”
Astofloors,theonlyreallycleanfloorTknowistheold-
fashionedpolishedoakfloor,whichiswetrubbedanddryrubbed
everymorningtoremovethedust.
Forasickroom,acarpetisperhapstheworstinventionwhich
couldbyanypossibilityhavebeenmade.Ifj'oumusthavea
carjiet,theonlysafetyistotakeituj)twoorthreetimesaj'car,
insteadofonce.Adirtycarpetliterallyinfectstheroom.And
ifyouconsidertheenormousquantityofdirtfromthefeetof
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{>eoplecoiuiugin,whichmustsatiu'ateit,thisisbynomeiuis
sui'prising.
Washingfloorsofsick-rooms ismostobjectionable, forthis
reason.Inanyschool-roomorward,muchiiihabiteil,youmay
smellasmell,whilethefloorisbeingscoured,quitedifferent
fromthatofsoapandwater.Itistheexhalationfromthe
animalmatterwhichhassoakedintothefloorfromthefeetand
breathoftheinhabitants.
Drydirtiscomparatively safedirt.Wetdirtbecomesdangerous.
Uncleansedtownsindryclimateshavebeenmadepestilential
byhavingawjitersupply.
Doetorshaveforbiddenscrubbinginhospitals.Andnurses
havedoneitintheearliestmorning,soasnottobedelected.
Whatistobedone?
Inthesick-room,thedoctorshouldalwaysbeaskedwhether
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