: What was the author's initial focus in their research career?,
A: The author's initial focus was on increasing the consumption of high-quality protein, particularly in the context of malnutrition in the Philippines.
Q: What is the author's opinion on the concept of correlation and causation in scientific research?,
A: The author emphasizes the importance of understanding the complexity of the relationship between diet and health, and highlights the limitations of correlation analysis in determining causality.
Q: What is the author's approach to studying the relationship between diet and cancer?,
A: The author's approach involves conducting in-depth experiments and analyzing the effects of different factors on cancer growth, including the role of protein in the process.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Because	of	this	the	two	groups	of	rats	were	starting	the	cancer
process	with	different	amounts	of	initiated,	cancerous	“seeds.”	Then,	during
the	promotion	phase,	we	fed	a	low-protein	diet	to	the	high-aflatoxin	dose
groups	and	a	high-protein	diet	to	the	low-aflatoxin	dose	group. We	wondered
whether	the	animals	that	start	with	lots	of	cancerous	seeds	are	able	to
overcome	their	predicament	by	eating	a	low-protein	diet. CHART	3.4:	DIETARY	PROTEIN	AND	FOCI	FORMATION
	CHART	3.5:	CARCINOGEN	DOSE	VERSUS	PROTEIN	INTAKE
Again,	the	results	were	remarkable	(
Chart	3.5
). Animals	starting	with	the
most	cancer	initiation	(high-aflatoxin	dose)	developed
substantially	less	foci
when	fed	the	5%	protein	diet. In	contrast,	animals	initiated	with	a	low-
aflatoxin	dose	actually	produced
substantially	more	foci
	when	subsequently
fed	the	20%	protein	diet. A	principle	was	being	established. Foci	development,	initially	determined
by	the	amount	of	the	carcinogen	exposure,	is	actually	controlled	far	more	by
dietary	protein	consumed	during	promotion. Protein	during	promotion	trumps
the	carcinogen,	regardless	of	initial	exposure. With	this	background	information	we	designed	a	much	more	substantial
experiment. Here	is	a	step-by-step	sequence	of	experiments,	carried	out	by
my	graduate	student	Linda	Youngman. 35
	All	animals	were	dosed	with	the
same	amount	of	carcinogen,	then	alternately	fed	either	5%	or	20%	dietary
protein	during	the	twelve-week	promotion	stage. We	divided	this	twelve-week
promotion	stage	into	four	periods	of	three	weeks	each. Period	1	represents
weeks	one	to	three,	period	2	represents	weeks	four	to	six,	and	so	on. When	animals	were	fed	the	20%	protein	diet	during	periods	1	and	2	(20-
20),	foci	continued	to	enlarge,	as	expected. But	when	animals	were	switched
to	the	low-protein	diet	at	the	beginning	of	period	3	(20-20-5),	there	was	a
sharp	decrease	in	foci	development. And,	when	animals	were	subsequently
switched	back	to	the	20%	protein	diet	during	period	4	(20-20-5-20),	foci
development	was	turned	on	once	again.In	another	experiment,	in	animals	fed	20%	dietary	protein	during	period	1
but	switched	to	5%	dietary	protein	during	period	2	(20-5),	foci	development
was	sharply	decreased. But	when	these	animals	were	returned	to	20%	dietary
protein	during	period	3	(20-5-20),	we	again	saw	the	dramatic	power	of	dietary
protein	to	promote	foci	development. These	several	experiments,	taken	together,	were	quite	profound. Foci
growth	could	be	reversed,	up	and	down,	by	switching	the	amount	of	protein
being	consumed,	and	at	all	stages	of	foci	development. These	experiments	also	demonstrated	that	the	body	could	“remember”
early	carcinogen	insults,
35,	36
	even	though	they	might	then	lie	dormant	with
low	protein	intake. That	is,	exposure	to	aflatoxin	left	a	genetic	“imprint”	that
remained	dormant	with	5%	dietary	protein	until	nine	weeks	later	when	this
imprint	reawakened	to	form	foci	with	20%	dietary	protein. In	simple	terms,
the	body	holds	a	grudge. It	suggests	that	if	we	are	exposed	in	the	past	to	a
carcinogen	that	initiates	a	bit	of	cancer	that	remains	dormant,	this	cancer	can
still	be	“reawakened”	by	bad	nutrition	some	time	later. These	studies	showed	that	cancer	development	is	modified	by	relatively
modest	changes	in	protein	consumption. But	how	much	protein	is	too	much	or
too	little? Using	rats,	we	investigated	a	range	of	4-24%	dietary	protein	(
Chart
3.6
37
). Foci	did	not	develop	with	up	to	about	10%	dietary	protein. Beyond
10%,	foci	development	increased	dramatically	with	increases	in	dietary
protein. The	results	were	later	repeated	a	second	time	in	my	laboratory	by	a
visiting	professor	from	Japan,	Fumiyiki	Horio. 38CHART	3.6:	FOCI	PROMOTION	BY	DIETARY	PROTEIN
The	most	significant	finding	of	this	experiment	was	this:	foci	developed
only	when	the	animals	met	or	exceeded	the	amount	of	dietary	protein	(12%)
needed	to	satisfy	their	body	growth	rate. 39
	That	is,	when	the	animals	met	and
surpassed	their	requirement	for	protein,	disease	onset	began. This	finding	may	have	considerable	relevance	for	humans	even	though
these	were	rat	studies. I	say	this	because	the	protein	required	for	growth	in
young	rats	and	humans	as	well	as	the	protein	required	to	maintain	health	for
adult	rats	and	humans	is	remarkably	similar. 40,	41
According	to	the	recommended	daily	allowance	(RDA)	for	protein
consumption,	we	humans	should	be	getting	about	10%	of	our	energy	from
protein. This	is	considerably	more	than	the	actual	amount	required. But
because	requirements	may	vary	from	individual	to	individual,	10%	dietary
protein	is	recommended	to	insure	adequate	intake	for	virtually	all	people. What	do	most	of	us	routinely	consume? Remarkably,	it	is	considerably	more
than	the	recommended	10%. The	average	American	consumes	15-16%
protein. Does	this	place	us	at	risk	for	getting	cancer? These	animal	studies
hint	that	it	does. Ten	percent	dietary	protein	is	equivalent	to	eating	about	50-60	grams	of
protein	per	day,	depending	on	body	weight	and	total	calorie	intake. Thenational	average	of	15-16%	is	about	70-100	grams	of	protein	per	day,	with
men	at	the	upper	part	of	the	range	and	women	at	the	lower	end. In	food	terms,
there	are	about	twelve	grams	of	protein	in	100	calories	of	spinach	(fifteen
ounces)	and	five	grams	of	protein	in	100	calories	of	raw	chick	peas	(just	over
two	tablespoons). There	are	about	thirteen	grams	of	protein	in	100	calories	of
porterhouse	steak	(just	over	one	and	a	half	ounces). Yet	another	question	was	whether	protein	intake	could	modify	the	all-
important	relationship	between	aflatoxin	dose	and	foci	formation. A	chemical
is	usually	not	considered	a	carcinogen	unless	higher	doses	yield	higher
incidences	of	cancer. For	example,	as	the	aflatoxin	dose	becomes	greater,	foci
and	tumor	growth	should	be	correspondingly	g


	for	cardiovascular	disease	than	for	cancer
4
This	statement	sounds	a	bit	ominous. Colon	cancer,	historically	one	of	the
first	cancers	said	to	be	prevented	by	a	plant-based	diet,
43–45
	now	is	being	said
to	be	unrelated	to	diet. And	low-fat	diets	don’t	prevent	breast	cancer. With
results	like	these,	it’s	only	a	matter	of	time	before	the	hypothesis	of	a	dietary
connection	to	cancer	starts	falling	apart. In	fact,	I	have	already	heard	people
within	the	scientific	community	beginning	to	say	that	diet	may	have	no	effect
on	cancer. These	are	the	reasons	that	I	believe	that	the	Nurses’	Health	Study	has	done
considerable	damage	to	the	nutrition	landscape. It	has	virtually	nullified	many
of	the	advances	that	have	been	made	over	the	past	fifty	years	without	actually
posing	a	scientifically	reliable	challenge	to	earlier	findings	regarding	diet	and
cancer. This	problem	of	studying	a	population	that	uniformly	consumes	a	high-
risk	diet	and	looking	at	the	differences	in	consumption	of	one	nutrient	at	a
time	is	not	unique	to	the	Nurses’	Health	Study. It	is	common	to	virtually	all
studies	using	Western	subjects. Furthermore,	there	is	little	or	no	value	to
pooling	the	results	of	many	large	studies	for	analysis	in	order	to	get	a	morereliable	result	if	all	the	studies	have	the	same	flaw. A	pooling	strategy	is	often
used	for	identifying	cause-and-effect	associations	that	are	more	subtle	and
uncertain	within	single	studies. This	is	a	reliable	assumption	when	each	study
is	properly	done,	but	obviously	it	is	not	when	all	the	studies	are	similarly
flawed. The	combined	results	only	give	a	more	reliable	picture	of	the	flaw. The	Harvard	researchers	have	done	several	of	these	multi-study	pooled
analyses. One	such	pooled	analysis	concerned	the	question	of	whether	meat
and	dairy	foods	had	any	effect	on	breast	cancer. 26
	A	previous	1993	pooling	of
nineteen	studies
46
	had	shown	a	modest,	statistically	significant	18%	increase
in	breast	cancer	risk	with	increased	meat	intake
and	17%	increase	with
increased	milk	intake. 46
	The	Harvard	researchers	therefore	summarized	in
2002	a	more	recent	group	of	studies,	this	time	including	eight	large
prospective	studies	where	dietary	information	was	thought	to	be	more	reliable
and	where	a	much	larger	group	of	women	was	included. The	researchers
concluded:
We	found	no	significant	association	between	intake	of	meat	or	dairy
products	and	risk	of	breast	cancer. 26
Most	people	would	say	“Well,	that’s	it. There	is	no	convincing	evidence
that	meat	and	dairy	foods	are	associated	with	breast	cancer	risk. ”	But	let’s
take	another	look	at	this	supposedly	more	sophisticated	analysis. All	eight	of	these	studies	represented	diets	that	had	a	high	proportion	of
animal-based	foods. In	effect,	each	study	in	this	pool	was	subject	to	the	same
flaw	from	which	the	Nurses’	Health	Study	suffered. It	makes	no	sense,	and
does	no	good,	to	combine	them. In	spite	of	there	being	351,041	women	and
7,379	breast	cancer	cases	in	this	mega-database,	these	results	cannot	detect
the	true	effect	of	diets	rich	in	meat	and	dairy	on	breast	cancer	risk. This	would
be	true	even	if	there	were	a	few	million	subjects	in	the	study. Like	the	Nurses’
Health	Study,	these	studies	all	involved	typical	Western	diets	highly	skewed
toward	the	consumption	of	animal-based	foods,	where	people	are	tinkering
with	the	intake	of	only	one	nutrient	or	one	food	at	a	time. Every	study	failed
to	take	into	account	a	broader	range	of	dietary	choices—including	those
which	demonstrated	positive	effects	on	breast	cancer	risk	in	the	past. IGNORING	MY	CRITIQUE
Once,	after	reading	a	publication	on	animal	protein	and	heart	disease	in	the
Nurses’	Health	Study,
9
	I	published	a	critique
47
	summarizing	some	of	the	same
points	that	I	am	making	in	this	chapter,	including	the	inability	of	the	Nurses’
Health	Study	to	advance	our	understanding	of	the	original	international
correlation	studies. They	responded,	and	our	exchange	is	as	follows. First,	my	comment:
Within	a	dietary	range	[so	rich	in	animal-based	foods],	it	makes	no
sense	to	me	that	it	is	possible	to	reliably	detect	the	so-called
independent	associations	of	the	individual	constituents	of	this	group
when	it	can	be	expected	that	they	share	the	same	disease	outcomes
and
when	there	are	so	many	difficult-to-measure	and	interacting	risk	factor
exposures. When	will	it	be	understood	that	it	is	the	total	diet	and	the
aggregate	and	comprehensive	effects	of	large	food	groups	that	make
the	greatest	contribution	to	the	maintenance	of	health	and	prevention	of
disease. The	sort	of	reductionism	embodied	in	the	interpretation	of
data	from	this	[Nurses’	Health	Study]	cohort	runs	the	risk	of	severely
misleading	discourse	on	meaningful	public	health	and	public	policy
programs. 47
Then	the	response	from	Dr. Hu	and	Professor	Willett:
Although	we	agree	that	overall	dietary	patterns	are	also	important	in
determining	disease	risk	(ref. cited),	we	believe	that	identification	of
associations	with	individual	nutrients	should	be	the	first	step	because	it
is	the	specific	compounds	or	groups	of	compounds	that	are
fundamentally	related	to	the	[disease	process]. Specific	components	of
diet	can	be	modified,	and	individuals	and	the	food	industry	are	actively
doing	so. Understanding	the	health	effects	of	specific	dietary	changes,
which	Campbell	refers	to	as	“reductionism,”	is	therefore	an	important
undertaking. 48
I	agree	that	studying	the	independent	effects	of	individual	food	substances
(their	identities,	functions,	mechanisms)	is	worthwhile,	but	Willett	and	I
sharply	disagree	with	how	to	interpret	and	use	these	findings. I	strongly	reject	the	implications	in	Willett’s	argument	that	“specific
components	of	the	diet	can	be	modified”	to	the	benefit	of	one’s	health. This	is
precisely	what	is	wrong	with	this	area	of	research. In	fact,	if	the	Nurses’Health	Study	shows	nothing	else,	it	demonstrates	that	modifying	the	intake	of
one	nutrient	at	a	time,	without	questioning	whole	dietary	patterns,	does	not
confer	significant	health	benefits. Women	who	tinker	with	fat,	while
maintaining	a	near-carnivorous	diet,	do	not	have	a	lower	breast	cancer	risk. This	gets	to	the	heart	of	reductionism	in	science. As	long	as	scientists
study	highly	isolated	chemicals	and	food	components,	and	take	the
information	out	of	context	to	make	sweeping	assumptions	about	complex	diet
and	disease	relationships,	confusion	will	result. Misleading	news	headlines
about	this	or	that	food	chemical	and	this	or	that	disease	will	be	the	norm. The
more	impressive	message	about	the	benefits	of	broad	dietary	change	will	be
muted	as	long	as	we	focus	on	relatively	trivial	details. On	occasions,	when	our	paths	have	crossed,	Professor	Willett	and	I	have
had	discussions	about	the	findings	on


 other uncooked
desserts. RAW BUTTER
   For making unpasteurized, unsalted butter and real
buttermilk, follow this procedure. Fill butter churn one-half full with sweet cream or mildly soured cream. Place churn jar
in larger jar containing warm or cold water, and heat or cool
cream to temperature of 55 degrees E to 60 degrees E Turn crank of churn at the rate of about 70 to 90 revolutions per
minute until butter forms into granules about the size of rice. This usually requires about 30 to 40 minutes. Remove cap
and pour off buttermilk. Pour water into churn until the
granules float, and turn crank gently until all remaining buttermilk is washed from butter. Pour off buttermilk again,
and remove butter from churn. Form butter into individual
pieces of convenient shape and size, and wrap in wax paper. Store in refrigerator and use as needed. If no butter churn is available, raw butter may also be made
in smaller batches with the use of an egg beater and mixing
bowl. Follow same procedure as with churn, except beat cream with egg beater. When butter is formed, pour off milk,
wash butter with water, wrap product in wax paper, and store under refrigeration. CLABBER MILK
   Put 1 or 2 quarts of raw milk into a bowl and heat to 80
degrees E Cover with towel to assure cleanliness, and allow
to set until converted to clabber and whey. Clabber milk may be consumed without further preparation,
or both the clabber and whe y may be beaten in an electric blender or with an egg beater until it is uniform in
consistency and frothy. Clabber milk may be made from whole milk or skim milk. If it is made from ordinary raw milk, it will set under natural
conditions. If it is made from certified raw milk, which is too
low in bacterial count to allow souring, about two table-spoons of commercial buttermilk must be added to each quart
of sweet milk to induce souring. If this is not done, the milk will putrefy rather than sour. COTTAGE CHEESE
   Pour 2 quarts of raw skim milk into bowl and heat to
temperature of 80 degrees F. Set aside at warm room
temperature and cover with light towel. When milk has
turned into sour clabber, pour into colander and allow to drain
until all liquid is gone. The solid clabber remaining in the
colander is cottage cheese. It should be stirred to improve consistency, and can be served immediately or kept under
refrigeration for later use. For creamed cottage cheese, mix
with a moderate quantity of sweet cream. Caraway seeds or
chopped chives may be added for extra flavor. As with clabber milk, if cottage cheese is made from raw
certified milk of low bacterial count, a little commercial
buttermilk will have to be added to the milk at the outset in
order to promote souring. HOME-MADE ICE CREAM
2 eggs, well beaten             1 pint milk
   Add honey to the milk, stirring vigorously. Slowly add the
eggs which have been beaten until thick, and stir constantly
as the eggs are added. Cool the mixture and then stir in the cream. A regular ice cream freezer, either hand operated or
electrically operated, may be used. Fill the freezer can about two-thirds full with the mixture and place both can and
turning crank into position in the freezer. Fill area around
freezing can about one-third full of crushed ice; then fill
remaining area with mixture of 4 parts crushed ice and 1 part
coarse salt. Turn crank and freeze. When ice cream is frozen, drain off water, take out dasher and remove contents for
serving. If mixture is to be kept frozen in freezer, remove
 dasher, pack mixture down solidly with spoon. Repack, and
cover freezer with newspapers or heavy cloth. For making flavored ice cream follow the basic recipe
except that substitutions and additions may be made as
follows. For fruit flavorings, substitute two cups of finely
mashed fruits (strawberries, raspberries, bananas, oranges, or any other fruit that is desired) for two cups of milk given in
the basic recipe. The fruits may also be brought to the proper
texture by being beaten in a liquefier for a few moments, or if
preferred, the juices of the fruits may be used instead of the
whole fruit. When black walnuts or other kinds of nuts are used, they may simply be added to the basic mixture, using
one cup of chopped nuts for each batch of ice cream. For date
flavored ice cream, pure date syrup may be added to the basic
mixture in similar or smaller amounts, depending upon the strength of flavor desired. REFRIGERATOR ICE CREAM
   Perfect ice cream may be made in the refrigerator providing
you have a special ice cream freezer which is designed for
use in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator. This
freezer has a one or two quart container in which the ice cream mixture is placed. An electric cord extends from the
freezer through the refrigerator door, and is plugged in a wall
socket. The freezer thus operates electrically, and turns the
ice cream mixture by the use of paddles located in the
container. Within about 45 minutes to one hour the ice cream is frozen into an ideal consistency, equal to the very best that
can be obtained with any other method. The recipe for refrigerator ice cream is exactly the same as
used for the regular home-made ice cream. In making
refrigerator ice cream, pour mixture into freezer container and
place at least two tablespoons of water on the surface of the
refrigerator freezer compartment. Place the electric freezer on this wet surface, and turn the refrigerator to its coldest setting. Connect the cord plug and let freezer operate as specified. When ice cream is done, paddles will stop turning, and
contents may be removed and served immediately. HONEY DESSERT
2 cups chopped English             ¼ cup honey
   walnuts                                    1 teaspoon lime juice
1 cup whipped cream
   Mix nut meats, honey, and lime juice together in mixing
bowl. Place in dessert cups, and cover with whipped cream. Garnish each serving with a large nut meat. DATE PUDDING
2 cups chopped pitted dates       1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 cups whipped cream               ½  cup chopped pecans
   Combine dates, cream, and nut meats, and pour lemon juice
over top. Chill in refrigerator before serving. FRESH PEACH PUDDING
6 peaches, mashed              2 tablespoons honey
1 cup whipped cream         ½ cup ground butternuts
1 cup peach ice cream
   Place mashed peaches in refrigerator to chill. Remove when
cold and combine with whipped cream. Add nuts and honey,
and place in dessert dishes. Cover each serving with a little ice cream. PEACH-BERRY DESSERT
4 large ripe peaches               ¼ cup blueberries
¼ cup blackberries                ¼ cup raspberries
¼ cup cherries
   Peel the peaches, cut in halves, and remove the stones. Place two halves on each dessert plate, and fill the halves
with the mixture of berries. Top with whipped cream or ice
cream, and sprinkle with grated nuts. MELON DELIGHT
2 honeydew melons               2 large bananas
2 cups fresh strawberries       1 large avocado
   Dice bananas and avocado. Cut melons in halves, and serve
one half on each plate. Fill melon centers with the mixture of
strawberries, bananas, and avocados. FRUIT COCTAIL
1 cup diced peaches            1 cup pitted cherries
1 cup diced pears                1 cup strawberry juice
1 cup diced pineapple          2 tablespoons honey
   Mix all ingredients together and serve in sherbet glasses. UNCOOKED APPLE PIE
1 cup whole wheat flour            4 cups grated apples
½ cup ground dates                ½ cup honey
¼ cup almond butter                1 cup whipped cream
   Mix flour, dates, and almond butter together for pie crust. Roll out dough on wax paper. Invert paper over nine-inch pie
plate, and line the plate with dough. Press down around edges
and trim. Grate apples coarsely and mix with honey. Drain
off liquid and fill pie shell with the grated apple mixture. Cover filling with layer of whipped cream, and then sprinkle
with grated nut meats. For other fruit pies, use same pie crust recipe, and fill in
shell with banana slices, peach slices, berries, or other fruit of
choice (sweetened with honey). If top pie crust is desired, this
may be rolled out on wax paper, as for lower crust, and inverted over filling. Whipped cream covering is then
optional. C
ONFECTIONS
RAISIN COCONUT BALLS
2 cups seedless raisins             1 lb. fresh coconut
   Cut coconut into small pieces which are adaptable to food
grinder. Then run through grinder and set aside. Run raisins
through food grinder, form into balls, and roll in the ground coconut. RAISIN COCONUT CARAMEL
1 lb. seedless raisins             ¼ lb. fresh coconut
    Run both ingredients through food grinder. Mix together. Make into flat layer and cut into squares. If candy is allowed
to stand several hours it will be easier to cut. RAISIN BRAZIL NUT CONFECTIONS
2 cups seed


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bowel pocket holding a mass of putrid material wh ich is being reabsorbed into the body. We dilute the God -given power of our
body when the bowel does not eliminate eighteen hours after each meal. BACKGROUND STUDIES —MY PREVIOUS WORK
Rather than restating work that I have written in the past it would be b eneficial for the reader to study four of my previous books. These give a good background for the work that is presented here. For instance, if you really want to know how to take care of colitis, you should know about the liquified salads. They allow bulk to
get into the bowel in a liquefied form that is more easily digestible. Unfortunately people do not chew well enough - some have
dentures or missing teeth that make mastication difficult - others are just lazy. Liquefied salads are a way to get the food
reduced to an easily -assimilable size. The book Blending Magic tells how to prepare delicious foods that retain their full enzyme
and nutrient values. Doctor/Patient Handbook describes the reversal process and the ways of taking care of the colon through  that process. Nature Has
A Remedy is a book that covers the ways of building the body wholistically through the use of herbs, sunshine, fresh air, wat er and
the right mental attitude. When we take care of the “whole” body with these natural, God -given rem edies, every tissue and system
is revitalized. A New Lifestyle for Health and Happiness gives a complete program for aligning the body, mind and spirit to the good life. Complete with menus, diet control and comprehensive, self -check analysis. In an effec tive bowel management program, you will
need to drink at least three glasses of liquid before breakfast every morning. Keep in mind that cold water will stop at the stomach,
but warm or hot water will go directly to the bowel. If you want to go on an elimi nation program, you can use the Veico 77 or 79
bulk and clay water. Follow directions, and use it three times a day with meals over a period of 30 days. You can add more ju ice to
your diet during that time, and you should always take juice after the bulk a nd clay water. If it is possible, get into some extra
bowel elimination through enemas, perhaps using clay water and coffee instead of plain water. This is a kind of elimination
program you can use while still working at your regular job. There are other w ays to help the bowel, and I have mentioned taking
care of the mental attitudes as well as conditions in the body. Both are very important. THE BENEFITS OF ALFALFA TABLETS
The second thing I emphasize in the bowel management program is the taking of four alfalfa tablets with each meal. As far as I am
concerned, this is almost a panacea. Some health professionals may think I’m going a bit overboard, but I want to tell you th at
alfalfa tablets provide an excellent natural fiber bulk, and by stimulating the b owel to work against the fiber, we begin to
compensate for inherent weakness, by building better tone. Juice is not suitable for this purpose because pulp or bulk is nec essary. Some will say that you should take the alfalfa tablets along with additional ch lorophyll; I don’t find this necessary, because there is
chlorophyll in the alfalfa tablets as well. Chlorophyll is a great deodorizer, a great builder, a great acid neutralizer and one of the
greatest foods for feeding acidophilus bacteria. I use alfalfa tablets mainly to get into the bowel pockets. I am sure this approach is
right, because since beginning to use it, I have observed more healing signs associated with the bowel from my iridology anal yses
than anything I have ever used. Of course, I’m kickin g a lazy dog; I’m kicking a lazy colon. Now, we may encounter a few minor
problems. There may be more gas, more disturbance and when we have more gas, what can we do. We have to neutralize the gas,
so I suggest adding a good digestant. The digestant should  be a whole digestant that takes care of starches, sugars and proteins. It is
made of pancreatic substance and a little betaine hydrochloric acid. It is an all -around good digestant, but vegetarians might prefer
to use the herbal digestants available. For  vegetarians we recommend a substance called D&F, short for digestion and flatulence
(gas), because we may begin to stir these up when we get into the bowel pockets. I know of patients who began their diets and
reported they had more gas than ever before. This is sometimes to be expected. Some people practically live on coffee and donuts,
and they find they don’t have gas, but they are worn out. They have no energy. You have to “rough it out” through this initia l
period of regeneration —this period of making  new tissue - before your digestive system will normalize. A certain amount of gas is normal for the average person. I don’t believe anybody has a perfect bowel. I think a little gas w ill be
produced by anyone, and every farmer knows that when you give a lot of fresh alfalfa to a horse he has more gas than usual. Is that
horse getting worse. No, it is in better condition. We find that it has a better bowel. So I believe alfalfa tablets and the digestant are
very important. We find that the acidophilus cult ure, given morning and evening, is an excellent way of developing good bacteria
in the bowel. At the Battle Creek Sanitarium, researchers found that meat was very detrimental to the bowel because it is ver y
putrefactive. It is best to cut meat to a minimum  in the diet and to upgrade the intake of vegetables. More greens will help to
develop acidophilus bacteria. Chocolate, tea (not herb teas), white sugar and coffee break down acidophilus bacteria so we mu st
eliminate or minimize the use of such substances. A successful bowel management program requires that we go a different way. In following a program for the bowel, there are some excellent corrective exercises. There is an exercise to use on the slant  board
which involves vigorous tapping of the abdomen w hile stretching the upper torso from side to side. This exercise gently pulls the
bowel down in the direction of the shoulders while upside -down on the board. I’m interested in getting the bowel in the prefer
position. I believe we have been crowding the b owel. So we must go to work on it. Doing the bicycle pedaling exercise while up -side down on the slant board is a wonderful exercise. For another type of exercise,
lie down and take a rubber bailor tennis ball and rub it around in a circle on your abdomen. The round surface of the ball gets right
down into the bowel and gives it an internal exercise, more so than rubbing on the outside. There are other exercises to lift  the
bowel and manipulate the prolapsus back into position. SLANT BOARD EXERCISES
(For Prolapsus and Regenerating the Vital Nerve Centers of the Brain) When there is a lack of tone in the muscles, we can expect
prolapsus of the abdominal organs. The heart, lacking tone, cannot circulate blood properly throughout the body. Likewise,
arteries  and veins cannot contract to help the blood fight gravity and get into the brain tissues. There are some people who
apparently have tried everything to get well, who still find all organs working under par. Many people do not realize that th e
quickening f orce for every organ of the body comes from the brain. People whose occupations require them to sit or stand
continually are unable to get the blood into the brain tissues because the tired organs cannot force the blood uphill. If we deny the
brain tissues  good blood in the proper amount, eventually every organ in our body will suffer. The heart gets its start from the
brain and continues its everlasting pumping because of it. No organ can do without the brain. I attribute the success of my h ealing
work to the very fact that I definitely recognize that the brain must be fed properly. Slanting board exercises are absolutely
necessary to regain perfect health. CAUTIONARY NOTE
There are many cases where the board is contra -indicated. It is best in most cases to get professional advice, for some people have
had unhappy experiences due to the very fact they started too strenuous a program to begin with. If you haven’t done much
exercising of the abdominal muscles, it is best to take these exercises slowly and gr adually increase them as you get stronger. Do not use the board in cases of high blood pressure, hemorrhages, some tubercular conditions, cancer in the pelvic cavity,
appendicitis, ulcers of the stomach or intestines or pregnancy, unless under the care of a physician. The slanting board exercises
are practically the same as any other lying -down exercises. The most important exercise is to hold on to the sides of the board bringing the knees up to the chest. This forces all the a bdominal
organs up toward th e shoulders. While in this position, twist the head from side to side and in all directions, thus utilizing the extra
force to circulate blood to congested areas of the head, especially bringing the stomach and abdominal organs up toward the c hest
while ho lding the breath. Slanting board exercises are especially good in cases of inflammations and congestions above the
should


 the city of New York, and my old friend Abdullah, with whom I
studied Hebrew for five years, was really the beginning of the eating of all
my superstitions. When I went to him I was filled with superstitions. I
could not eat meat, I could not eat fish, I could not eat chicken, I could
not eat any of these things that were living in the world. I did not drink, I
did not smoke, and I was making a tremendous effort to live a celibate
life. Abdullah said to me, “I am not going to tell you you are crazy Neville, but
you are you know. All these things are stupid.” But I could not believe
they were stupid. In November, 1933, I bade goodbye to my parents in the city of New York
as they sailed for Barbados. I had been in this country 12 years with no
desire to see Barbados. I was not successful and I was ashamed to go
home to successful members of my family. After 12 years in America I
was a failure in my own eyes. I was in the theater and made money one
year and spent it the next month. I was not what I would call by their
standards nor by mine a successful person. Mind you when I said goodbye to my parents in November I had no desire
to go to Barbados. The ship pulled out, and as I came up the street,
something possessed me with a desire to go to Barbados. It was the year 1933, I was unemployed and had no place to go except a
little room on 75th street. I went straight to my old friend Abdullah and
said to him, “Ab, the strangest feeling is possessing me. For the first time
in 12 years I want to go to Barbados.”
“If you want to go Neville, you have gone.” he replied. That was a very strange language to me. I am in New York City on 72nd
Street and he tells me I have gone to Barbados. I said to him, “What do
you mean, I have gone, Abduallah?”
He said, “Do you really want to go?”
I answered, “yes.”
More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenHe then said to me, “As you walk through this door now you are not walk -
ing on 72nd Street, you are walking on palm lined streets, coconut lined
streets; this is Barbados. Do not ask me how you are going to go. You are
in Barbados. You do not say 'how' when you 'are there.' You are there. Now you walk as though you were there. I went out of his place in a daze. I am in Barbados. I have no money, I
have no job, I am not even well clothed, and yet I am in Barbados. He was not the kind of person with whom you would argue, not Abdullah. Two weeks later I was no nearer my goal than on the day I first told him I
wanted to go to Barbados. I said to him, “Ab, I trust you implicitly but
here is one time I cannot see how it is going to work. I have not one pen -
ny towards my journey,” I began to explain. You know what he did? He was as black as the ace of spades, my old
friend Abdullah, with his turbaned head. As I sat in his living room he rose
from his chair and went towards his study and slammed the door, which
was not an invitation to follow him. As he went through the door he said
to me, “I have said all that I have to say.”
On the 3rd of December I stood before Abdullah and told him again I was
no nearer my trip. He repeated his statement, “You are in Barbados.”
The very last ship sailing for Barbados that would take me there for the
reason I wanted to go, which was to be there for Christmas, sailed at
noon on December 6th, the old Nerissa. On the morning of December 4th, having no job, having no place to go, I
slept late. When I got up there was an air mail letter from Barbados under
my door. As I opened the letter a little piece of paper flickered to the floor. I picked it up and it was a draft for $50.00. The letter was from my brother Victor and it read, “I am not asking you to
come, Neville, this is a command. We have never had a Christmas when
all the members of our family were present at the same time. This Christ -
mas it could be done if you would come.”
My oldest brother Cecil left home before the youngest was born and then
we started to move away from home at different times so never in the
history of our family were we ever all together at the same time. The letter continued, “You are not working, I know there is no reason why
you cannot come, so you must be here before Christmas. The enclosed
$50.00 is to buy a few shirts or a pair of shoes you may need for the trip. You will not need tips; use the bar if you are drinking. I will meet the ship
More Free Books Law of Attraction Havenand pay all your tips and incurred expenses. I have cabled Furness, Withy
& Co. in New York City and told them to issue you a ticket when you ap -
pear at their office. The $50.00 is simply to buy some little essentials. You
may sign as you want aboard the ship. I will meet it and take care of all
obligations. I went down to Furness, Withy and Co. with my letter and let them read
it. They said, “We received the cable Mr Goddard, but unfortunately we
have not any space left on the December 6th sailing. The only thing avail -
able is 3rd class between New York and St Thomas. When we get to St
Thomas we have a few passengers who are getting off. You may then ride
1st class from St Thomas to Barbados. But between New York and St
Thomas you must go 3rd class, although you may have the privileges of
the 1st class dining room and walk the decks of the 1st class. I said, “I will take it.”
I went back to my friend Abdullah on the afternoon of December 4th and
said, “It worked like a dream.” I told him what I had done, thinking he
would be happy. Do you know what he said to me? He said, “Who told you that you are go -
ing 3rd class? Did I see you in Barbados, the man you are, going 3rd class? You are in Barbados and you went there 1st class.”
I did not have one moment to see him again before I sailed on the noon
of December 6th. When I reached the dock with my passport and my pa -
pers to get aboard that ship the agent said to me, “We have good news
for you, Mr Goddard. There has been a cancellation and you are going 1st
class.”
Abdullah taught me the importance of remaining faithful to an idea and
not compromising. I wavered, but he remained faithful to the assumption
that I was in Barbados and had traveled 1st class. *****
Now back to the significance of our two Bible stories. The well is deep and
you have no bucket, you have no rope. It is four months to the harvest
and Jesus says, “I have meat to eat ye know not of. I am the bread of
heaven.”
Feast on the idea, become identified with the idea as though you were al -
ready that embodied state. Walk in the assumption that you are what you
want to be. If you feast on that and remain faithful to that mental diet,
you will crystallize it. You will become it in this world. More Free Books Law of Attraction HavenWhen I came back to New York in 1934, after three heavenly months in
Barbados, I drank, I smoked, and did everything I had not done in years. I remembered what Abdullah had said to me, “After you  have proven this
law you will become normal, Neville. You will come out of that graveyard,
you will come out of that dead past where you think you are being holy. For all you are really doing you know, you are being so good, Neville, you
are good for nothing.”
I came back walking this earth a completely transformed person. From
that day, which was in February 1934, I began to live more and more. I
cannot honestly tell you I have always succeeded. My many mistakes in
this world, my many failures would convict me if I told you that I have so
completely mastered the movements of my attention that I can at all
times remain faithful to the idea I want to embody. But I can say with the ancient teacher, although I seem to have failed in
the past, I move on and strive day after day to become that which I want
to embody in this world. Suspend judgment, refuse to accept what reason
and the senses now dictate, and if you remain faithful to the new diet,
you will become the embodiment of the ideal to which you remain faithful. If there is one place in the world that is unlike my little island of Barba -
dos, it is New York City. In Barbados the tallest building is three stories,
and the streets are lined with palm trees


all the time, not just in the moment you ask. That's why after
you've asked, you must continue to believe and know. Have faith. Your belief that you have it, that undying faith, is your greatest
power. When you believe you are receiving, get ready, and watch
the magic begin. "You can have what you want—if you know
how to form the mold for it in your own
thoughts. There is no dream that may not come
true, if you but learn to use the Creative Force
working through you. The methods that work
for one will work for all. The key to power lies in
using what you have. freely, fully. and thus How to Use the Secret 51
opening wide your channels for more Creative
Force to flow through you/'
DR. JOE VlTALE
The Universe will start to rearrange itself to make it happen
for you. JACKCANFIELD
Most of us have never allowed ourselves to want what we
truly want, because toe can't see how it's going to manifest. BOB PROCTOR
If you do just a little research, it is going to become evident
to you that anyone that ever accomplished anything, did not
know how they were going to do it. They only knew they were
going to do it. DR. JOE VlTALE
You don't need to know how it's going to come about You
don't need to know how the Universe will rearrange itself
How it will happen, how the Universe will bring it to you, is not
your concern or job. Allow the Universe to do it for you. When
you are trying to work out how it will happen, you are emitting a
frequency that contains a lack of faith—that you don't believe you
have it already. You think you have to do it and you do not believe
the Universe will do it for you. The how is not your part in the
Creative Process. 52 The Secret
BOB PROCTOR
You don't know how, it will be shown to you. You will attract
the way. LISA NICHOLS
Most of the time, when we don't see the things that we've
requested, we get frustrated. We get disappointed. And we
begin to become doubtful. The doubt brings about a feeling of
disappointment. Take that doubt and shift it. Recognize that
feeling and replace it with a feeling of unwavering faith. "I
know that it's on its way. " LISA NICHOLS
Step three, and the final step in the process, is to receive. Begin to feel wonderful about it. Feel the way you Will feel
once it arrives. Feel it now. MARCI SHIMOFF
And in this process it's important to feel good, to be happy,
because when you're feeling good you're putting yourself in
the frequency of what you want. MICHAEL BERNARD BECKWITH
This is a feeling Universe. If you just intellectually believe
something, but you have no corresponding feeling underneath How to Use the Secret 53
that, you don't necessarily have enough power to manifest
what you want in your life. You have to feel it. Ask once, believe you have received, and all you have to do to
receive is feel good. When you are feeling good, you are on the
frequency of receiving. You are on the frequency of all good things
coming to you, and you will receive what you have asked for. You
wouldn't ask for anything unless it was going to make you feel
good in the receiving of it, would you. So get yourself on the feel-
good frequency, and you will receive. A fast way to get yourself on that frequency is to say, "I am receiv-
ing now. I am receiving all the good in my life, now, I am receiving
[fill in your desire] now. " And feel it. Feel it as though you have
received. A dear friend of mine, Marcy, is one of the greatest manifestors I
have seen, and she feels everything. She feels what it would feel like
to have what she is asking for. She feels everything into existence. She doesn't get caught up in how, when, or where, she Just feels it
and it then manifests. So feel good now. BOB PROCTOR
When you turn that fantasy into a fact, you're in the position
to build bigger and bigger fantasies. And that, my friend, is
the Creative Process. 54 The Secret
"Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive. "' "What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. " BOB DOYLE
The law of attraction, the study and practice of the law of
attraction, is just figuring out what will help you generate
the feelings of having it now. Go test drive that car. Go shop
for that home. Get in the house. Do whatever you have to do
to generate the feelings of having it now, and remember them. Whatever you can do to achieve that will help you to literally
attract it. When you feel as though you have it now, and the feeling is so real
that it is like you have it already, you are believing that you have
received/ and you will receive. BOB DOYLE
It could be you wake up and it's just there. It's manifested. Or,
you might get some inspired idea of some action to take. You
certainly shouldn't be saying, "Well, I could do it this way,
but man, I would hate that. " You're not on the right track if
that's the case. How to Use the Secret 55
Action will sometimes be required, but if you're really doing
it in line with what the Universe is trying to bring to you, it's
going to feel joyous. You're going to feel so alive. Time will
just stop. You could do it all day. Action is a word that can imply "work" to some people, but in-
spired action will not feel like work at all. The difference between
inspired action and action is this: Inspired action is when you are
acting to receive. If you are in action to try and make it happen,
you have slipped backward. Inspired action is effortless, and it
feels wonderful because you are on the frequency of receiving. Imagine life as a fast-moving riven When you are acting to make
something happen it will feel as if you are going against the current
of the river. It will feel hard and like a struggle. When you are act-
ing to receive from the Universe, you will feel as if you are flowing
with the current of the river. It will feel effortless. That is the feel-
ing of inspired action, and of being in the flow of the Universe and
life. Sometimes you will not even be aware you used "action" until
after you've received, because the acting felt so good. You will then
look back and see the wonder and matrix of how the Universe car-
ried you to what you wanted, and also brought what you wanted
to you.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the first step in the Creative Process?,
A: Make-believe and act as if you have it already.
Q: Can you know how the Universe will bring what you want?,
A: No, it's not your job to know how, and you should focus on believing and knowing instead.
Q: What is the key to using the law of attraction?,
A: You must believe you will receive and feel good.
Q: Can you change your life by changing your thoughts?,
A: Yes, you can change your life by changing your thoughts and focusing on gratitude.
Q: How can you use the law of attraction to bring abundance into your life?,
A: Focus on abundance and prosperity, and radiate those feelings out into the Universe.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Now that you know The Secret, when you see someone who is
wealthy you will know that that person's predominant thoughts 104 The Secret
are on wealth and not on scarcity, and that they have drawn wealth
to them—whether they did it consciously or unconsciously. They
focused on thoughts of wealth and the Universe moved people,
circumstances, and events to deliver wealth to them. The wealth that they have, you have also. The only difference be-
tween you and them is that they thought the thoughts to bring the
wealth to them. Your wealth is waiting for you in the invisible, and
to bring it into the visible, think wealth! DAVID SCHIRMER
When I first understood The Secret, every day I would get
a bunch of bills in the mail I thought, "How do I turn this
around?" The law of attraction states that what you focus
on you will get, so I got a bank statement, I whited out the
total, and I put a new total in there. I put exactly how much
I wanted to see in the bank. So I thought, "What if I just
visualized checks coming in the mail?" So I just visualized a
bunch of checks coming in the mail Within just one month,
things started to change. It is amazing; today I just get
checks in the mail. I get a few bills, but I get more checks
than bills. Since the film The Secret was released, we have received hundreds
and hundreds of letters from people who have said that since
watching the film they have received unexpected checks in the
mail. And it happened because as


, which brought trading ships
with white flour and sugar to exchange for the copra. The effect of this is shown very clearly in the
condition of the teeth. The incidence of dental caries among the isolated groups living on native7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 77/250foods was 0.6 per cent, while for those around the port living in part on trade foods, it is 33.4 per
cent. The effect of the imported food was clearly to be seen on the teeth of the people who were
in the growth stage at that time. Now the trader ships no longer call and this forced isolation is very
clearly a blessing in disguise. Dental caries has largely ceased to be active since imported foods
became scarce, for the price of copra fell to $4.00 a ton. The temporary rise in tooth decay was
apparently directly associated with the calling of trader ships. The Samoan Islands are located in the vicinity of 14 degrees south latitude and between 166
and 174 degrees west longitude. The native population of the Samoan Islands is Polynesian. The
control of the Islands is divided between two governments. The eastern group is American. The
western group is British since the World War, before which it was under German control. The
western group is now under a mandate to New Zealand. Through the kindness of the Governor
and Naval Officers of American Samoa transportation was provided on an auxiliary craft to the
various islands of the American Samoan group. We were particularly indebted to Commander
Stephenson, Director of Health, whose guests we were, for continued personal assistance in
making favorable contacts in nearly all villages of the American Samoan group. In no islands of the
Pacific did we find so excellent an organization for health service. Dispensaries have been
established within reach of nearly all the villages besides hospital service at Pago Pago, the port of
Tutuila. This is the finest port in the Pacific Ocean. Notwithstanding the regular monthly contact
through merchant ships to and from America and Australia, many isolated groups were found living
largely on the native foods. A dental survey had recently been made of this group by Lieutenant
Commander Ferguson. (1)
   The excellent facial and dental arch development of the Samoans is illustrated in the upper half of
Fig. 36. The change in facial and dental arch form which follows the use of modern food by the
parents is shown in the lower half of Fig. 36. Note the marked irregularity of the teeth. This is one
of the few groups of islands in which the population is not rapidly decreasing, indeed there is some
increase. The Navy personnel includes one dentist. Practically all his time is required for the
personnel and families of the Navy at this station. Accordingly, he can do only a limited amount of
emergency service such as extractions for the natives. About 90 per cent of the inhabitants of
American Samoa are on the largest island, Tutuila, and due to the development of roads, a
considerable number of the people have access to the main port, to which several of them come
on ship days to sell their wares and to buy provisions to augment their native foods.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        They are entirely different from their grandmothers or even mothers in their capacity
and efficiency in the matter of reproduction. He stated that that morning he had had two cases in
which surgical interference was necessary in order to make birth possible. We had an opportunity here to study the effects of modernization. Indians are great lovers of
sports, particularly of their own national game which is lacrosse. We were able to witness one of
these contests with a team from another reservation. Indian families came in modern automobiles
dressed in modern clothes and purchased pop and candy and modern confections at typical
confection stands. These were highly modernized Indians. The group on this reservation, comprising approximately four thousand seven hundred Indians,
belong to the following tribes: Mohawks, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, Oneidas and Delawares
making up the Six Nation or Iroquois group. A later addition to this group has been the Tuscaroras
from the Carolinas. While there were many mixed bloods, there were also a goodly number of full-
blooded Indian families, so that there was an opportunity to study comparatively the effects of
intermingling of the Indians with the whites. As in previous investigations, a special effort was made
to study the children from eight to sixteen years of age. Typical cases were selected from different
environments. For example, boys and girls selected from a training school called Mohawk
Institute, which was near the city of Brantford, represented one type of environment. There are
approximately one hundred and sixty students under training here, and we were informed that they
study half a day and work half a day. The boys are taught craftsmanship and farming, the girls,
home economics and garment making, and such practical training as would prepare them for later
home building. While most of the boys and girls come from that reservation, a few are accepted
from other reservations. It is of interest that 77 per cent of the children in this Institution had
suffered from earlier dental caries and that 17 per cent of all the teeth examined had already been
attacked by dental caries. But this had occurred apparently before their entrance to the Institute,
for we did not find a single case of active caries among those examined, and this is particularly
important in connection with their excellent nutrition. The Institute maintained a fine dairy herd and
provided fresh vegetables, whole wheat bread, and limited the sugar and white flour. The children of this group were compared with children of approximately the same age in a
public school of the reservation where it was found that 90 per cent had had dental caries, and that
at present in 70 per cent of the cases the caries was apparently active. It is important to note that
in this group 28. 5 per cent of all the teeth examined had already been attacked by tooth decay. A study was made of patients at the reservation hospital where free service of all kinds is
provided. We found that 83 per cent had suffered from dental caries, and that 23. 2 per cent of all
teeth had already been attacked by caries. We were particularly interested in the conditions obtaining in the homes, especially with the
mothers. A typical young mother had approximately half her teeth attacked by dental caries, as
had also her son, aged seven. The middle third of his face was underdeveloped and all of his upper
anterior teeth were decayed to the gum line. A study was made of an Indian reservation in New York State for comparison and for making
an estimate of typical modern American Indian life with regard to dental caries and nutrition. For
this study a band of 450 in the Tuscarora Reservation northeast of Niagara Falls was visited. Here
again we were fortunate to see the people in holiday mood since the study was made on
Decoration Day and events of the year had been scheduled, a lacrosse match and a baseball7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg. net. au/ebooks02/0200251h. html#toc 57/250game, between the Indians' teams and white teams from adjacent towns. Several hundred Indians
were congregated to exhibit their best in wearing apparel, transportation equipment, and physical
prowess. There was evidence of a similarity of features in the older Indians who had not been
highly modernized, and a striking deficiency in the facial development of many of the moderns. A typical mother was studied at her home. She had four children. Her teeth were ravaged by
dental caries. She was strictly modern, for she had gold inlays in some of her teeth. The roots of
the missing teeth had not been extracted. Twenty of her teeth had active dental caries. Her little
girl, aged four, already had twelve very badly carious teeth. Another daughter aged eight had
sixteen carious teeth, and her son aged ten had six. The husband was in bed from an acute lung
involvement, doubtless tuberculosis. The children were eating their noon day meal when we
arrived, which consisted of a white bread and some stewed vegetables. Milk was available for
only the small baby in arms. In this Tuscarora group 83 per cent of those examined had dental
caries and 38 per cent of all teeth had already been attacked by dental caries. Every one studied in
this reservation was using white-flour products, none were using milk liberally, and only a few in
even limited amounts. I was told that in both reservations a few years ago the Indians grew wheat
and kept cows to provide a liberal supply of natural cereal and milk for their families, but of late
this practice had been discontinued. They were now buying their wheat in the form of white flour
and their vegetables largely put up in cans. In both reservations they were using commercial
vegetable fats, jams and marmalades, sweetened goods, syrups and confections very liberally. It is
remarkable how early the child life adopts modern civilization's confections. In order to provide a further cross section of the modernized Indians of North America, I made
a study in a reservation on Winnipeg Lake in Manitoba. This reservation lies north and east of
Winnipeg and is quite highly modernized. These people were


ases and that there are no laws
to control his decisions to do this that or the other. But, from the beginning of history, most of humanity has
realized, however dimly, that there is some kind of law and
authority in the Universe. This is shown by the fact that man
kind-not knowing what that authority is-has postulated
deities of many kinds and a Spiritual Universe in authority over
the Material Universe. The material and the spiritual, the body and the mind, the
organism and the soul-these contrasting concepts represent a
prevalent attitude of mankind towards the Universe in which
he finds himself. But is this attitude really justified? Is it merely the result of
our lack of information about the true nature of things? If the
Universe is one of law and order-as all the evidence indicates-is
it not more likely that there is really a 'unified authority' rather
than a 'divided rule' of the spiritual and material? Webster de
fines universe as: 'All created things viewed as constituting one
system or whole; the creation, the cosmos.' The very word, then,
implies unity, not the 'dual control' of two kinds of authority. If, too, we accept that the Universe is one of law and order, are
we justified in assuming that it includes some chaotic exceptions? Is it not more likely that such an assumption is merely a product
of our ignorance? The fields of life can offer us a new approach to these vital
questions. But, before we discuss this, it is necessary to dis
tinguish between the three kinds of laws that govern mankind :
First, there are Nature's laws, definable and reproducible,
which, as far as we know, are valid right through the Universe. Though we can hope to learn more about them, it is certain that
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Second, there are man-made written laws which vary from
country to country and from state to state. These-as we are
painfully aware at the present time-are not always enforced
or enforceable and can be argued, evaded or appealed ad nauseam. While Nature's laws are precise, inflexible and permanent, man
made laws arc often fuzzy, pliable and variable. So much so, in
fact, that it is hard for many who are only familiar with man
made laws to realize that there can be a superior kind. Third, there are the so-called moral laws. These, again, are
laws invented by the mind of man, nearly always with the hope
that they will improve man's attitude towards other men. Most,
if not all, of these laws are the product of the intuitive, creative
capacity of the mind of man-expounded by the philosophers
and prophets of past genera tions. They are valuable because, like
the written law, they are primarily concerned with controlling
behaviour and represent one creative activity of the mind of man. But they vary from country to country and bear little-if any
relationship to the laws of the Universe. Moreover they have been imposed on mankind by. tradition
and by past intuitions; and it is hard to believe that the elder
statesmen of two or three thousand years ago could present,
through intuition-valuable as it may have been-the answers
to all the questions which actually face the mind of man today. Of the three kinds of laws, only those of Nature that we have
discovered can give us a feeling of certainty. At the sub-atomic
level, it is true, there is still some uncertainty. But once the sub
atomic entities arc agglomerated into atoms or molecules we
can recognize and validate primary laws and forces. We know,
for example, that there is a law of gravity. We also know about
electrical and magnetic forces, nuclear forces and contact forces. The laws underlying such phenomena, in fact, are so well known
to scientists that they can be made to serve mankind. Our use
of these natural laws in the present age is miraculous. As a re
sult, we live in a much more comfortable world-at least in the
Northern Hemisphere -than mankind has ever known. Those parts of the world which we choose to call 'primitive'
are so because their inhabitants have not yet learned enough
about the laws and forces of Nature to use them to their full ad-
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vantage. Through the extraordinary development of science, the
Western world has put forces to work for its benefit in an excit
ing and unprecedented way. This would not have been possible
if there were no natural laws and forces which the mind of man
could discover and-more important -understand. To the precise laws of Nature, man's written and moral laws
offer a depressing contrast. The written law, formalized and
expanded by lawyers, is not necessarily the law by which men
live. The living law of human beings is mainly an unwritten
law but it controls the major part of our activities. In many ways,
most of us tend to ignore the written law and behave as we
think commonsense, as it is called, dictates. Moral law is even more flexible -as we see in the current era
of 'permissiveness'. And it is always easier to tell the other man
what he should do than it is to do those things ourselves. Man
has an astonishing capacity to dodge the issues, to hide his real
drive behind a plethora of words which, in many cases, serve as
an excuse for what he thinks should be done or perhaps, more
accurately, for what he wants to do. lt is an extraordinary fact that over the past few thousand
years man has developed an astonishing capacity to use the laws
of Nature for his benefit but, as far as one can see, he has not
made a comparable advance by his use of the written or moral
laws. Most of man's troubles are spawned in the swamps of his own
desires. And his written and moral laws have no relation to the
laws of Nature. As a result, conflict, frustration and anxiety rule
the minds of many, because they cannot reconcile their written
and moral laws with the laws of Nature. We will not be able to get rid of a great many of our troubles,
therefore, until we attempt to relate the written and moral laws
to the laws of the Universe. And if we spent the same amount of
time and money on resolving the discrepancies bet ween the man
made laws of the legalists and moralists and the laws of the
Universe, there is no reason why our advances should not be as
miraculous as those in our material environment. We need to
devote the same kind of effort and thinking which is at present
applied to space exploration to revise man-made laws and to
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harmonize them as far as we can with what we know about the
laws of Nature. 4
No doubt it will take a very long time before we can make
man-made laws more compatible with those of Nature. But it is
important to make a start because the sooner we can do this,
the sooner we can begin to resolve some of our problems and
frustra tions. This task, of course, should be attacked from as many useful
angles as we can think of. But in this book we can only consider
the ways in which a further study of the fields of life can con
tribute to the greatest problem that faces mankind-human be
haviour. An immedia te-and important-contribution which a know
ledge of L-fields can make is the certainty that there an natural
laws to which mankind is subject for us to discover and under
stand. We are not chasing a mere will-O'-the-wisp because we
have found that the L-fields which control man are themselves
subject to the greater fields of the Universe. For us to get any real understanding of the natu re of man and
why he behaves as he does, it is necessary to find natural factors
which, like the law of gravity, are valid everywhere and not only
in the western, eastern or southern hemisphere. L-fields offer us
a starting clue in this search because-as we have seen-the state
of the human field reflects the state of the mind. As L-fields are
subject to universal forces. operating everywhere, it seems reason
able to suppose that the latter have some planet-wide influence
on the minds of men. As extraterrestrial forces, such as solar flares and sun-spot
activity, influence the L-fields of trees it seems most unlikely that
human L-fields are unaffected by such forces. For instance, as
this is written, we are approaching the peak of the current cycle
of sun-spot activity. Is it coincidence that in the past few years
there have been unusual world-wide unrest, riots and disturb
ances of various kinds? We do not know whether it is coincid-
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ence or not. But if we could establish by further experiment and
analysis that mankind tends to be more excitable during increas
ing sun-spot activity, this knowledge, obviously, would be of the
utmost value to world leaders. No doubt other factors are involved in the present world-wide
unrest but it would be helpful if we could recognize and isolate
one of them. The Foundation for the Study of Cycles, of Pittsburgh, Penn
sylvania, has accumula ted impressive statistical evidence that
the affairs of man-from wars to hog-priees-seem to follow
rhythmie cycles, though the Foundation


 being a rounded mass of bone in the back part of
the lower jaw that fits into a socket at the base of the skull. When you open and close
your jaw, this "ball" rotates in its socket, and — if the teeth push the jaw too far in
any direction — the soft tissues between the bones are pinched. One trouble that sometimes follows this pinching is a slow loss of hearing, says one
authority on TMJ disorders. He cites the case of a man who was losing his hearing
and had been wearing a hearing aid for two years before he learned of equilibration. He had not noticed any discomfort at the joints in front of his ears, nor that his teeth
were not meeting properly, but suspected that his teeth might somehow be causing
stress. Se he went to his dentist, who made the necessary changes on the chewing
surfaces of his teeth. Three days later, the patient's hearing had improved to such an
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extent that he discarded his hearing aid. He has not needed it since. That was nine
years ago, and his hearing is still good. Not all patients respond so quickly nor so completely as that, of course, and there
are many other causes of deafness, the authority points out — but pressure at the TMJ
should not be overlooked. Besides hearing trouble, this authority says, stress in the TMJ can cause neuralgia,
stiff neck, running ears and itching ears. He tells of a woman who suffered from
itching ears so much that in company she often had to excuse herself from the room
to scratch her ears. X-ray pictures showed both Temporomandibular joints to be out
of normal adjustment. After her dentist corrected the chewing surfaces of her teeth,
the itching gradually left. (X-ray pictures showed that the joints are now in proper
adjustment.) It is not uncommon for stress in the TMJ to bring on head noises. A patient who
wore artificial dentures in which the teeth were out of adjustment, forcing the left side
of his jaw backward until the joint on that side was under considerable stress,
experienced almost immediate relief from roaring sounds in his ears after being
treated by his dentist. This was several years ago, and the roaring sound has not
returned. Although the connection between stress in the TMJ and the troubles cited is not
fully understood, it is known that there is a connection, because when the condition
in the joint is corrected the troubles often disappear. How does the dentist restore the joints to a normal condition of equilibrium? As
part of the treatment he may change the slopes of the natural or artificial teeth, or
make the teeth higher or lower to bring the chewing muscles into proper working
relationship. Sometimes he reduces pressure on the front teeth so that the chewing
forces fall more on the back teeth. (If the ball parts of the lower jaw have been
pushed too far up into their sockets, this "pivoting" allows them to settle down again
into their normal relaxed positions.) As the TMJ authority notes, one advantage of equilibration treatment is that it can
be done in the dental office and, in many instances, saves the patient from the more
radical treatments of surgery or the injection of chemicals into the joints. Quite often,
in fact, equilibration is the only treatment needed. As with other treatment, preventing trouble is an important aim of TMJ diagnosis. Because TMJ stress sometimes builds up gradually, with the patient suffering no
inconvenience at first, the lower jaw and its joints are often checked for equilibrium
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to prevent trouble. Dentists, Physicians Team Up To Treat TMJ Disorders
Dentists and physicians all over the world are teaming up for diagnosis and
treatment of TMJ disorders. (One physician-dentist reported improvement in over
85% of more than 1,000 patients treated with pivoting; another physician-dentist
team reported that 52 of 54 patients obtained relief from dizziness after equilibration.) In 1955 many dentists and physicians from the U.S. and abroad organized as the
American Equilibration Society to further more intensive study of the TMJ and related
structures. CranioSacral Therapy
This is a very gentle, non-invasive hands-on approach that focuses on the
craniosacral system of the body. This system consists of the membranes and
cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. It extends
from the bones of the skull, face and mouth — which make up the cranium — down
to the sacrum, or tailbone. This system has been effective in evaluating and treating problems associated with
pain and dysfunction, lowered vitality, and recurring infections. The light touch
employed in this approach encourages your own natural mechanisms to improve the
functioning of your brain and spinal cord, to dissipate the negative effects of stress
and to enhance your general health and resistance to disease. Craniosacral therapy by Osteopaths, Chiropractors and Dentists has proven to
help people who complain of ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and some forms of
hearing loss. Many have asked Dr. Kelley this question:
"I have a friend losing the lung cancer battle. Does your program help those in later
states of cancer? Chemotherapy and radiation have not worked for him." Dr. Kelley's answer:
There is only one solution to any cancer.— The Kelley Metabolic Program. In
reviewing the medical literature today from 1889 it has been well established, "there
is no cure for cancer after it has been interfered with. All cancer reacts by increased
growth to any injury mechanical or surgical, chemical, or thermal." The 1985
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Review of several thousands of my patients stated that
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"cure rate of the Kelley Program was only 93% after the physicians had used Surgery,
Chemotherapy and Radiation" Of course this is the highest "cure rate" in medical
history. Exception was "pancreatic cancer" at a 100% "cure rate". The denial of the KELLEY METABOLIC CANCER CURE PROGRAM is the denial
of truth and all known scientific proven understanding. This denial is common among
the Orthodox and Alternative medical communities. "Cure" is not in their vocabulary;
only "treatment" and "remission" for financial gain. Cancer victims are "expendable
as in experimental animals." Should you or your friends, at this late terminal stage, choose to use our
program, and can follow the PROGRAM exactly for six months, there is a possibility
for help. There is nothing else that offers the remote possibility of success. 80
Spiritu a l Attitu d e
If y o u r cancer has ta u g h t you s p iritu a l tru th,
you have gained m uch. If your cancer has caused you to stop, think, pray, and know God better, it has
been a blessing to you. If your cancer has caused you to realize the importance and magnificence of this
temple wherein your soul dwells, you have been doubly blessed. If your cancer has caused you to look within and ask the Christ to dwell within
you, you have been thrice blessed. Often physical infirmities come to us for such a purpose. This was true in my own
case. The still, small voice within spoke out to guide and teach this Child of God. Not all who have cancer w ill overcome the condition. Many w ill not believe that
such a simple treatment w ill work. Many w ill not have the opportunity to hear about
and try the procedure. Many w ill come too late with a temple (body) too weak to
respond. But, I  pray with all of you my friends, that you w ill learn a beautiful lesson
and learn it well. I  did. Each of God's children is in an experience in their school (earth) each doing the
very best he or she can. Jesus said, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" (7 Matthew 1);
"This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I  have loved you." (15 John
12). If your cancer has taught you spiritual truth, you have gained much. I  pray with
you and for you that at this point you have come to the realization that your spiritual
decision to get well or not to get well is your own responsibility. If you decide to go
home early, rejoice, for the Father prepares a place for you. Those of you who have
loved ones, who have made this decision, rejoice with them and send them on their
way into God's care. If you decide to stay in school a little longer, this is also good and it should now be
easier. If you are to operate as a perfect being, in perfect health, then you must have
a perfect attitude. You must become aware of the spiritual power within that is
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greater than you, the still, small voice within. If you are of the many millions of people who have been told that you have cancer
and that your days are numbered, then it is you who must be interested enough to
seek out the truth of your condition. You have read many things in this treatise, which
bring new thinking to a very old disease. Since we are dealing with the metabolic approach to cancer, we must consider not
only the physical, but also the mental and spiritual laws of God. We need help from
those around us as well as the God power within to reverse our thinking, and


ourse,	but	match	the	tip	with	an	attitude	of
honor	for	what	he	does. Both	are	important. It	means	that	in	any	moment,	as
part	of	my	spiritual	practice,	I	can	do	what	I	can	to	show	love	and	respect	for
the	person	in	front	of	me,	or	on	the	phone	with	me,	or	whatever. Most	of	us	have	more	contact	with	other	human	beings	each	day	than	we
might	realize,	and	with	every	encounter,	there’s	a	chance	for	a	miracle. There’s	the	person	behind	the	counter	when	you	bought	your	coffee. The
person	on	the	phone	when	you	made	that	call	about	getting	your	dryer
serviced. The	person	who	washes	the	windows	in	your	office	building. It
might	not	seem	like	much,	this	tiny	little	droplet	of	compassion	added	to	the
universe	when	you	show	up	more	kindly,	but	the	important	point	is	not	what	it
did	for	the	universe. The	point	is	what	it	did	for
you
—it	changed
you
—and
that	is	how	it	shifts	your	world. Holiness	is	determined	by	a	shift	in	purpose. Anything	we	do	that	honors
only	ourselves	is	simply	a	spiritual	dead	end. There’s	no	cosmic	blessing
supporting	it. But	anything	done	with	others	in	mind—even	if	it	involves
caring	for	ourselves	so	we	can	be	more	prepared	and	available	for	service	to
others—carries	the	blessing	of	a	loving	universe. Consider	a	vacation,	for	instance. It	betters	you	to	give	your	body	and	mind
a	rest	every	once	in	a	while. A	holiday	increases	the	healthy	bonds	among
partners,	mates,	friends,	and	family. The	principle	of	service	doesn’t	require
you	to	avoid	joyous	opportunities;	if	anything,	joyous	people	are	more
productive. The	more	you	care	for	the	world	around	you,	the	more	the
universe	is	likely	to	provide	the	rest	that	feeds	your	soul	and	keeps	you	going. There’s	time	for	fun,	and	there’s	time	for	work. The	relationship	between
the	two	seems	to	be	a	pattern	within	all	natural	systems;	you	can	feel	it	in
your	gut	whether	you’re	on	or	off	track. When	your	life	is	all	fun	and	no
work,	you	feel	unclean	somehow. When	it’s	all	work	and	no	fun,	you’re	out	of
balance	and	hardly	of	use	to	anyone. In	fact,	it’s	because	the	problems	of	the
world
are
	so	serious	that	we	need	to	do	whatever	it	takes	to	lighten	up
sometimes. One	of	the	ways	you	know	you’re	in	the	flow	is	if	you’re
seriously	of	service	and	seriously	enjoying	yourself	at	the	same	time. It	feels
right	because	it
is
	right. At	the	deepest	level,	our	needs	are	all	one. I
N	THE	LAST	FEW	YEARS	WE’VE	SEEN	AN	INTERESTING	TREND
:	The	“second	career”	has
become	a	new	buzz. People	who	have	spent	20,	30,	or	40	years	achieving	one
thing	then	take	up	something	else. What	used	to	be	seen	as	retirement	age	is
now	seen,	if	the	person	wishes,	as	simply	career	Phase	Two. Rather	than
thinking	of	the	second	career	as	an	anticlimax	or	“just	a	little	something	I	do
to	stay	busy,”	people	end	up	seeing	the	first,	perhaps	more	flashy	work	as	a
prelude	to	something	more	important	that	they’re	meant	to	be	doing	with	their
lives. They	view	achievements	that	were	the	height	of	their	material	success
to	have	been	preparation	for	an	even	greater	success—the	means	by	which
they	learned	the	skills	they’d	ultimately	need	to	make	their	biggest
contribution	to	the	world. The	new	midlife	becomes	a	time	when	the
Sturm	und	Drang
	of	our	more
youthful	years	is	alchemized	into	the	highest	manifestation	of	our	talents:
something	useful	not	only	to	ourselves	but	to	others. It	might	take	ten	years	to
discover	how	to	build	a	business	and	then	another	ten	to	learn	how	to	be	the
most	compassionate	human	being—add	ten	more	to	find	out	how	to	be	the
best	mate	or	parent,	and	somewhere	around	our	50s	or	60s	we’re	ready	to	liveour	most	shining	lives. From	people	who	have	hated	their	jobs	for	decades	and	now	burst	free	at
last	to	live	their	true	calling	to	those	who	have	loved	their	careers	but	still
reach	for	something	more	meaningful	in	midlife	or	beyond,	something	is
happening,	making	it	clear	to	everyone	that	closing	shop	is	not	the	pulse	of
this	moment. An	interesting	example	of	the	second-career	phenomenon	is	Bob	Daly—
who,	after	serving	as	the	chairman	and	CEO	of	Warner	Bros. for	19	years,
decided	to	resign	and	eventually	became	chairman	of	the	board	of	Save	the
Children. Having	achieved	a	job	that	by	modern	American	standards	would
be	considered	the	height	of	success,	he	now	defines	“success”	in	a	more
expanded	way. Daly	lived	the	American	dream	and	then	added	to	it. He	started	his	career
right	after	high	school,	working	in	the	accounting	department	at	CBS	for	its
lowest-paying	job	of	$41	a	week. Progressing	from	there,	he	lived	out	the
career	fantasies	of	a	generation. Loving	television,	he	ended	up	running	a
television	network. Loving	movies,	he	ended	up	running	a	movie	studio. Loving	baseball,	he	eventually	bought	a	piece	of	the	Los	Angeles	Dodgers
and	ran	it	for	years. Yet	clearly,	he	says,	the	best	is	what	he’s	doing	now. Daly	says	that	he’s	never	looked	back,	never	wondered	if	he	made	the
wrong	decision	by	leaving	the	pinnacle	of	the	corporate	world. Save	the
Children	has	opened	him	up	to	a	world	he	knew	nothing	about. Most	people,
he	says,	know	neither	the	scope	of	suffering	among	the	children	of	the	world
or	the	scope	of	the	humanitarian	efforts	to	save	them:	“You	see	a	few	clips	on
TV,	but	you	don’t	really	know. Once	you’re	in	the	room	with	people	who
have	been	doing	this	their	whole	lives,	who	have	decided	from	college	that
money	would	not	motivate	them,	you	just	think,
These	people	are	so	special. “I	made	plenty	of	money	in	my	life,	and	I	was	very	happy	and	had
tremendous	satisfaction,”	he	continues. “But	this	might	be	the	most	rewarding
thing	I’ve	ever	done. ”	He’s	getting	what	he	calls	more	“psyche	income”	now,
with	the	satisfaction	of	knowing	that	he’s	using	his	prodigious	managerial
strengths	to	help	alleviate	the	suffering	of	children	around	the	world. Daly’s	departure	from	Warner	Bros. caused	a	debate	among	his	friends:
“They	understood	my	wanting	to	go	run	the	Dodgers. But	this…. Some
people	understood,	but	some	people	thought	I	was	insane. ”
Bob	Daly	is	part	of	a	new	trend—among	his	peers,	his	fellow	Americans,
and	his	contemporaries. From	those	who	give	time	as	volunteers	to	those	whogive	vast	amounts	of	money,	there	is	a	growing	realization	that	e


 experience a thought. The
nature of consciousness is that it has no particular
form; it is without form. Its content is with form, but
the field of consciousness itself is like space, having
no particular locality. This will be important later
when we discuss one of the techniques for handling 303 PAIN AND SUFFERING
pain, which can be handled both locally and generally. There are several ways to handle pain and the spe
cific sensation and experience of it. Where we are as
a being with the experience of pain, and how we
evolve in our own consciousness, will determine
whether the pain involves suffering or not. The pain is
one thing, and the suffering is another. The first thing to eliminate is the belief system
that pain equals suffering because that sets up a
whole series of programs that need to be undone. Pain is one thing, and it is quite possible to be with
pain yet be totally indifferent to it. It is possible for
pain to exist in the body and yet have relatively little
or no experience of the pain or suffering with it at all
because of an analgesic or altered (e. g., hypnotic)
state of mind. It is as though the pain is still present,
but one is not connected with the pain. The pain
exists on its own but without the person being at the
effect of it. In other words, it is not necessary to be
the victim of the pain. One can be with the pain in
such a way that does not involve suffering or any kind
of agony. To realize that this is possible is the first step
that leads one out ofit. It is the letting go of the belief
that pain and suffering are the same thing. An example is the belief that going to the dentist is
necessarily painful. At one time in my life, many years
ago, going to the dentist was agonizing. I remember
that I always put off going because my pain threshold
was so low. I literally had to have analgesia to get my
teeth cleaned; I was pain prone. What is it that sets our pain threshold or our readi
ness to experience pain. As the years went by, I learned 304 HEALING AND RECOVERY
various spiritual and consciousness techniques and
began to apply them to pain. The experience of pain
began to diminish, and much to my surprise, I could go
to the dentist and experience only moderate pain
instead of agony. Gradually the pain became mild and
then only just a discomfort. When I go to the dentist
now, I don't even notice any discomfort. It seems as
though I am in the chair for only a minute, and then I
am out and say, "Are you done already. I can hardly
believe you are done already. " At the end of this chapter we will discuss some
self-hypnosis techniques, a kind of autosuggestion,
that will reinforce what we have learned, such as how
to utilize a somewhat altered state of consciousness
on our behalf, how to come from a suggestible space
to learn more quickly, how to relieve pain, and how it
is a medium for quickly educating ourself. When you
next go to the dentist, you may not have much time to
learn these techniques, so we share some ways to
speed them up. The first thing to address is the handling of acute
pain. A person is walking along and suddenly sprains
an ankle, resulting in agonizing pain; or they break
their leg or suddenly have a gallbladder attack, renal
colic, or a coronary; or they just have an ordinary acci
dent, such as barking the shin, or hitting the head on
something, and there is that stunning moment of pain. How does one handle that acute situation. We will
reveal a technique to use in dealing with a variety of ill
nesses as well as in healing both acute and chronic pain. There is a shock when we suddenly ftnd ourselffac
ing an accident, such as scalding ourselfby pouring hot 305 PAIN AND SUFFERING
water on our hand, or burning ourself on the stove. The
technique that we will get a lot of mileage from is the
whole concept of letting go of resistance. We want to
look at the benefit of letting go and compare it with
what the mind usually does. The mind normally resists
an experience out of the expectation of suffering. It
already has a program set up: "Pain means suffering,
and I'm going to resist it. " The fantasy is that if we
resist it, we will eliminate it. The first thing we have to know is that the relief
of pain and suffering comes rapidly by going 180
degrees in the opposite direction-by capitulating
and letting go of resisting the pain. How does this
work in everyday life. We will provide some clinical·
examples of rapid healing resulting from techniques
that are completely different from those ordinarily
used by the mind in an average situation. To let go ofresistance means to completely be with
the event and totally surrender to the sensation. It
means to ignore the thoughts that we may be having
about it. Instead of thinking about it, we go right into
the direct experience ofthe sensation and totally let go
of resisting it. For example, if we get burned by acci
dent and let go of resisting the sensation, at first it will
be like an overwhelm. We open the doors, the pain
rushes in, and we totally surrender to it and let go of
resisting it. The way to do this is to say, "More, more,
more' The way to hold this in mind so that this is
acceptable is to know that there is only so much pain
in any experience. We open the door to it and let it run
out rapidly. "I let go ofresisting this experience. I let go
ofresisting being with it. I ignore the thoughts because 306 HEALING AND RECOVERY
the thoughts are not going to be useful. Instead I total
ly surrender and allow myself to experience it totally. " Itis as ifthe doors open, there is a rush, and the pain is
totally experienced out rapidly in a very few minutes. I remember twisting my ankle in San Francisco. It
was a severe twist that ordinarily would have required
seeing an orthopedist, getting the ankle taped, or
maybe even having a cast put on for six weeks or so. Instead, I sat down on a park bench, just closed my
eyes, and surrendered to it. It came in waves of excru
ciating pain. IfI had resisted it, I would have ended up
in a cast. In other words, ifone resists the pain, it'turns
an acute pain into a chronic condition. I just sat down
on the park bench and let it swamp over me. I surren
dered to it and waves of pain came over me. Yet, curi
ously enough, it was devoid of suffering because I was
choosing to experience the experience. In doing that,
I was the master of the experience and no longer the
victim. I was the one saying,"I choose to experience it;
give me more of it. " As a result of that, the amount of
suffering involved was really minimal. The alleviation of
pain was very rapid, and within three to four minutes,
I was up and walking again. The pain had decreased to
a very minimal level, and as I continued walking, I kept
letting go of resisting the pain. At a later date when I broke my left foot, I did the
same thing. When I was chopping wood, a huge oak log
fell on my left foot and crushed all the bones across the
top of it. A short time later, at Christmas, I was back
dancing in the ballroom. My foot was never in a cast; I
did nothing about it except consciously choose to let
go of resisting the experience. After that, I had an injury 307 PAIN AND SUFFERING
that resulted in an amputation. Again, there was the
same shock of the experience and then the knowing of
how to handle it by letting go of resisting the experi
ence, constantly letting go of resisting the sensations. As I did that, what the world would call miraculous
happened right before my eyes. The ftrst thing I did
after inadvertently cutting my thumb off with a circu
lar saw was to instantly stop resisting the experience. I
just stood still and allowed the experience to sweep in
over me, and as I did that, within seconds the bleeding
stopped. I have the piece of board that I was cutting,
and there are just eight drops of blood on it. By letting
go of resisting the experience, the digital artery that
had been severed should have pulsated in a grotesque
manner, but no such thing happened. A friend who severely burned himself in the
kitchen just stood still and consciously chose not to
resist that burn; the pain of the burn was gone in a mat
ter of a minute or two. Later, there was no blister at all. Ordinarily, it would have become a big water blister
and taken months to heal, but the only thing that hap
pened was a discoloration. One time, a cabinetmaker in one of my classes
burned both of his hands. He followed the same tech
nique, instantly letting go of the resisting


, who was doing well on the Gerson program until her supply of organic carrots
dried up completely. Rather than search for another source, she and her husband decided to
substitute orange juice for the elusive carrots, and so she began to drink up to eight glasses of
freshly pressed orange juice a day. This would have been harmful to any Gerson patient; in this
case it was disastrous, since citrus fruits are counter-indicated in all collagen diseases, and her
condition deteriorated drastically. P.S. Thomas Jefferson wrote, “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” Well, the price
of getting well is the same: eternal vigilance to avoid pitfalls, resist temptations, and decline
unasked-for advice from well-meaning outsiders who don’t understand what you are doing. However, you know what you are doing and why, and that is all that matters.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 153Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 22
Frequently Asked Questions
The Gerson Therapy is so fundamentally different from the usual pill-popping, symptom-
centered approach of orthodox medicine, that newcomers to this method of healing find some
of its details puzzling. So it is important to explain the reasons behind the rules; once understood,
they prove to be eminently logical. What follows is a random selection of the most frequently
asked questions with the appropriate answers. Q: Why not steam vegetables for a short while, then use the water at the bottom of the pan in
the soup, rather than cook all the life out of the vegetables over a long time? A: Dr. Gerson was very specific about using the lowest possible heat for cooking vegetables. High heat—steam is hotter than boiling water—changes the colloidal structure of the nutrients,
particularly the proteins but also the minerals, and makes them hard to absorb and assimilate. Dr.
Gerson even suggested putting a heat disperser under the pan to keep the heat just high enough to
simmer the food slowly, until well done. This method does not “cook the life out of the food.” The only nutrients that are damaged
are the enzymes, which die in temperatures above 140o Fahrenheit. But patients get a huge supply
of enzymes in the fresh raw juices to make up for that loss. The lower heat preserves protein and
mineral structures and some vitamins. Suggesting that the water remaining in the pan should be used acknowledges that the good
nutrients, especially the minerals, have been leached out into the water—leaving the cooked
vegetables without nutrients! This explains why steamed vegetables have very little taste. Another reason for cooking food slowly at the lowest possible heat is to provide the patient’s
intestinal tract with ‘soft bulk,’ i.e., well done fiber, to cushion all the raw foods and juices the
patient has to consume. Q: What about using a B-complex supplement to keep the B-vitamins in balance, since we
use fairly large amounts of B3 and B12? A:  Dr. Gerson states in his book ( A Cancer Therapy—Results of 50 Cases, Appendix II, P.
418), that patients were damaged when he administered Vitamins B1 and B6 to them. The
Gerson protocol with its huge number of juices and fresh foods is very well balanced and has no
need for supplements.Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 154Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comQ: When can organic soy products be introduced into the diet? A: The short answer is never. Soy products of all kinds (tofu, flour, sauce, etc.) contain a
substance that blocks absorption of nutrients, besides having a high fat content. A great deal
of research material has proven the toxicity of soy, even when grown organically. The hype
claiming soy’s usefulness in preventing breast cancer has turned out to be unsubstantiated and
the opposite of truth: soy is likely to stimulate malignancy. Q: Proper food combining, not mixing starch and fruit, is supposed to be healthy. Why isn’t it
used on the Therapy? A: Food combining is probably useful if applied to the average American diet, which is high
in animal proteins and sodium (salt). Since all Gerson foods are vegetarian and all vegetables
contain a certain amount of starch, it is neither necessary nor possible to separate those two
substances. Q: Why not supplement Vitamins C and E, which help to boost the immune system? Surely
one glass of orange juice a day isn’t enough? A: It is a general misconception that only orange juice contains Vitamin C. Not so. The juices
used in the Gerson program are richer in Vitamin C than orange juice, and patients consume
them in huge quantities every day. Raw salads and fruit increase the intake even further. Dr.
Gerson himself insisted that no additional vitamins should be given to patients. Besides, we
have found that pharmaceutically produced synthetic vitamins and minerals are poorly absorbed
and can even be harmful. Q: Potatoes and tomatoes both belong to the deadly nightshade family and are banned from
many dietary regimes. Why are they the most used foods on the Therapy? A: They are not! The most used items are carrots, apples and greens for juicing. Potatoes are
extremely nutritious, high in potassium as well as in protein, and easily digestible (much more
so than rice). Tomatoes are also valuable, as they contain vitamins and minerals, including
lycopene, a powerful anti-oxidant that has been extensively researched in recent years and is
reputed to boost immune competence. Other vegetables belonging to the nightshade family,
such as green peppers and eggplants, are also used in the diet and have never shown any toxic
effects. Q: How many flare-ups or healing reactions can a patient normally expect? A:  There is no ‘normal’ number for these. The body produces them as long as it needs to heal! Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 155Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comAs a rule, the first healing reaction sets in some 6-8 days after starting the intensive treatment. The second one comes usually after about 6 weeks, and the third, which is often the most
severe one, is generally observed after three to three-and-a-half months. In patients pre-treated
with chemotherapy we further expect a so-called chemo reaction after some six months on the
therapy. But these timings are not fixed and only suggest that the patient can expect healing
reactions at certain intervals, which can vary widely in individual cases. Q: Are headaches a good sign? A: Certainly not. They may be a symptom of flare-ups, when the body is releasing its overload
of toxins. In that case an additional coffee enema should be taken, to speed up the process of
detoxification. In some rare cases the toxicity is so high that an enema does not relieve the
headache. If so, one or more additional enemas are needed. In almost all patients, as healing
progresses, headaches disappear forever, even if they had been a problem for many years. If headaches recur after the therapy has ended, the chances are that exposure to toxins or
unsuitable foods has occurred and must be avoided in future. Q: When do patients begin to feel better and have more energy? A: Almost all patients, including extremely ill ones, feel better after the fi rst week on the
therapy. Pain diminishes, appetite returns, sleep improves; in some cases even tumors recede
or become softer. All this adds up to a great psychological boost; it also signals the moment
when the patient has to be warned about an impending healing reaction, bringing with it days
of feeling not well. A true rise in energy may occur in three to six months, depending on the
age and condition of the patient. At that point it is most important that the patient continues to
rest and doesn’t launch into multiple activities! The new energy must be used for healing and
nothing else. There will be plenty of time later to build muscles and make up for lost exercise
time. Trying to do so too soon can result in a serious setback.. Q:  How much of their increasing energy can Gerson patients use for exercise? Surely they
needn’t save it all up for healing? A: It all depends on the patient’s condition, but it’s wise to use great caution in all cases. To
start with the worst scenario, for the terminally ill patient total complete rest, i.e., no exercise,
is essential in the first few months. Such patients frequently experience a decline in energy after
arriving at the Gerson hospital and assume that this is due to the lack of (animal) protein. Of
course this is not correct—Gerson food is high in easily assimilated plant-based proteins, which
amply cover the patients’ nutritional needs. The initial weakness is caused by the various healing processes: the release of toxins from
the body tissues, and the destruction of tumor tissue that circulates through the blood stream
before being excreted. Clearly, the body is working flat out to start healing itself and needs every Copyright © Charlotte Gerson