others were loved, came up with similar results. Once
again, the mechanism that causes such immunity is quite
unknown—it is baﬄing to think that evolution has built intothe rabbit mind an immune response that needs to be
triggered by human cuddling.
There is even a possibility, many doctors would contend,
that the mind is a ﬁction, medically speaking. When we
think that it is sick, what is really sick is the brain. By this
logic, the classical mental disorders—depression,
schizophrenia, and psychosis—are actually brain disorders.
This logic has obvious inadequacies: it is like saying that
car wrecks should be blamed on automobiles. But the
brain, being  a physical organ that can be weig hed and
dissected, makes medicine feel more secure than does the
mind, which has proved impossible to deﬁne after many
centuries of introspection and analysis. Doctors are quite
happy not to be called upon as philosophers.
The ability of today’s psychotropic, or mind-inﬂuencing,
drugs to relieve the major symptoms of mental illness, such
as depression, mania, anxiety, and hallucinations, is much
greater than any treatment available in the past. Chemical
psychiatry is likely to vie with its exact opposite, mind-body
medicine, as the medical revolution of our time. It has hard
clinical results to back it up, including numerous
indications that chemical imbalances in the brain are
directly linked to mental illness.
Nothing could appear to be more all-encompassing than
the fullblown madness of a chronic schizophre nic, who
suﬀers from hallucinatory visions and inner voices,
distorted thinking, and often complete physical and mental
disorientation. To ask a schizophrenic what day it is can
throw him into bewilderment and shivering terror.
However, the structural diﬀerence between this state of
mind and sanity may be traceable to one minute
biochemical called dopamine, which is secreted by the
brain. The dopamine connection, known for two decades,
held that schizophrenics overproduce this chemical, which
plays an important role in processing both emotions andperceptions—a hallucinat ion would thus be a perception of
the outside world that has gotten scrambled in the brain’s
chemical coding.
This hypothesis was further simpliﬁed in 1984 when a
psychiatrist at the University of Iowa, Dr. Raﬁq Waziri,
reviewed what was known about the brain chemistry of
schizophrenics and narrowed the defect down to an even
smaller molecule called serine, a common amino acid found
in most protein foods. Serine is thought to be an early link
in the manufacture of dopamine. Unable to metabolize
serine corre ctly, the brains of schizophrenics apparently
overproduce dopamine to oﬀset the lack—the exact process
is still unknown. Could it be that full-blown schizophrenia,
considered the most bizarre and complex of mental
disorders, depends on how well you digest your food?
Earlier ﬁndings at M.I.T. have already shown that the
brain’s basic chemistry is so variable that it can be
modiﬁed by a single meal.
Dr. Waziri bolstered support for his theory by taking a
group of long-term schizophrenics and feeding them a
dietary supplement of glycine, a chemical that serine is
supposed to build as part of the dopamine mechanism.
Perhaps the extra glycine would bypass the serine defect,
Waziri reasoned, and bring dopamine back into balance. In
the trial group, a few schizophrenics responded quite
dramatically—they were  able to stop their medications
without having any psych otic episodes. For the ﬁrst time in
years, their thinking was free from both their disease and
the mind-numbing drugs used to treat it.
A dieta ry approach to mental illness would be far more
benign than current therapies. The possibility of ﬁnding
more dietary  links is also tantalizing. At least one best-
selling diet book has jumped the gun by listing “happy
foods” and “sad foods,” on the theory that the amino acids
in these foods go directly to the brain and are made intochemicals that produce either positive or negative moods.
Milk, chicken, bananas, and leafy greens are among the
happy foods, because they stimulate dopamine and two
other “positive” brain chemicals. Sugary and fatty foods, on
the other hand, are typically sad foods, because they
stimulate acetylcholine, a “negative” chemical. Critics say,
quite justiﬁably, that brain chemicals are not so simple—
can a schizophrenic’s high dopamine levels be considered
positive? Nor does it seem that changing the intake of
amino acids  leads directly to more of a desir ed brain
chemical, just as the amount of cholesterol in your diet
does not directly correlate with the amount in your blood.
If you can eat your way to sanity, or even a better mood,
then the basic issues in mind-body medicine become even
more confused. Can you trust the mind to cure arthritis and
at the same time hold that eating chocolate will make you
depressed? This would imply a self-contradiction, that mind
is dominant over matter except when matter is dominant
over mind. In the current atmosphere of ambiguous
ﬁndings, the two opposite positions—treat the body
through the mind, treat the mind through the body—are
equally up in the air.
None of the confusion has been adequately clariﬁed, and
as a result, the subjecti ve world of the mind remains a
treacherous force, capricious in its ability to heal, equally
capricious in its ability to bring illness. Many doctors,
because of their materialistic bias, would be thrilled to
conclude that chemicals must be the answer to all our
mental and physical mysteries.
I don’t think they can be. In my specialty of
endocrinology, some of the ﬁrst chemicals that aﬀect the
mind, the endocrine hormones, were discovered. Every day
I see patients who display mental symptoms that are
traceable to defects in their hormonal balance—the
distorted thinking of a diabetic going into a low-blood-sugarreaction, the mood shifts of the menstrual cycle, and even a
characteristic depression that is the earliest warning sign
of certain cancers (a tumor in the pancreas, for example,
may be too small to detect, yet it will release cortisol and
other “stress hormones” into the bloodstream, causing the
patient to feel depressed).
Despite this, I see too many ﬂaws in the argumen t that a
deeper knowledge of body chemistry is all we need—the
body has too many chemicals (literally thousands of them),
they are produced in bewilderingly complex patterns, and
they come and go too fast, often in fractions of a second.
What controls this consta nt ﬂux? We cannot leave the mind
out of the mind-body connection altogether. To say that the
body heals itself using only chemicals is like saying that a
car shifts gears using only the transmission. Clearly it takes
a driver who knows what he is doing. Although medicine
has spent several centur ies trying to hold on to the idea
that the body runs itself alone, like a self-motivated
machine, there must be a driver here, too. Otherwise, our
body’s chemistry would be a jumble of ﬂoating molecules
instead of the incredibly  ordered and precise machinery
that it so obviously is.
In a more naïve age, the driver was thought to be a tiny
man, called the homunculus, who sat in the heart and
performed all the gear shifts needed to run the body. The
homunculus went out in the Renaissance, when anatomists
began for the ﬁrst time to dissect cadavers and verify what
was inside them. The homunculus wasn’t found inside the
heart (neithe r was the soul), but that left a huge, glaring
gap between the mind and the body. Many scientists since
have tried to ﬁll the gap with the brain, saying that the
brain’s funct ion is to order and control all other functions
in the physiology; but this answer begs the question,
because the brain is just another machine. The driver still
needs to be there. I will argue that he is, but he hasbecome something much more abstract than the
homunculus or even the brain—he is built into the
intelligent power that motivates us to live, move, and think.
Can that be proved? The next step for us is to work our
way deeper into the body ’s inner intelligence, to try to ﬁnd
out what motivates it. The territory of mind-body medicine
has no givens and no inﬂexible rules, which is all to the
good. For decades,  medicine has known that much disease
has a psychosomatic component, yet dealing with that
component has been like trying to harness the wind. Inside
us there must be a “thin king body” that responds to the
mind’s comm ands, but where could it be and what is it
made of?
EXPANDING THE TOPIC
One of the most baﬄing mysteries touched upon in this
chapter—where does a thought come from?—remains just
as baﬄing today. It may surprise you, but there is no
evidence that the brain is thinking. In


	any	skin	contact	with	the	bottoms	of	your	shoes.
It’s	like	walking	barefoot	on	the	sidewalk,	which	is	something	you	would
probably	never	want	to	do!	It	is	coated	with	visible	and	invisible	amounts	of
garbage	(including	a	range	of	hazardous	products	to	simply	nasty	decaying
food),	chemicals,	human	spit,	dog	feces	and	urine	(probably	human	also	mixed
in	there),	and	who	knows	what	else.	But	no	matter	where	you	live,	you	might	be
unknowingly	tracking	in	a	whole	host	of	toxins	into	your	home	with	just	your
shoes.	It	might	be	an	adjustment	to	kick	off	your	shoes	as	soon	as	you	walk	into
your	home	and	encourage	everyone	else	to	do	the	same,	but	your	home	will	feel
so	much	cleaner,	and	you	will	soon	be	happy	you	made	the	switch	to	shoes-free.
You	won’t	want	to	go	back!
TEST	FOR
RADONRadon	is	a	radioactive	gas	that	is	linked	to	lung
cancer.	It	stems	from	the
natural	decay	of	uranium	found	in	soil	that	potentially	moves	into	homes
through
cracks	and	holes	in	the	foundation.	Even	if	your	home	is	new,	it	could
still	have	a	radon	issue.	Granite	countertops	are	also	linked	to	radon.	You	can
test	for	radon	and	even	get	a	do-it-yourself	radon	kit.	If	the	results	show	that
something	needs	to	be	shifted,	call	a	qualified	radon	mitigation	specialist	to
help.
USE	NATURAL
LAUNDRY	DETERGENT
While	it’s	tempting	to	buy	the	jumbo-sized	detergents	that	are	inexpensively
priced	at	the	local	drugstore,	unfortunately	the	synthetic	fragrances	in	laundry
products	are	often	a	source	of	petroleum-derived	chemicals—not	to	mention	the
other	chemicals	in	the	detergents	themselves,	which	not	only	can	be	irritants
but	also	emit	toxins	into	the	air	that	can	also	be	absorbed	through	your	skin.
All	these	chemicals	may	have	negative	health	effects	when	inhaled,	just	as
phthalates	are	known	to	disrupt	hormones.	There	are	great,	highly	effective,	and
nontoxic	laundry	detergents	available	now,	some	even	coming	in	jumbo	sizes
also,	so	make	sure	to	seek	them	out.
GIVE	UP
AEROSOL
Anything	that	spews	out	micro	particles	you	can	inhale	is	something	you	want
to	eliminate	from	your	space.	These	include	deodorants	(see	a	clean	DIY	version
on
this	page
),	hair	sprays,	furniture	and	carpet	cleaners,	and	definitely	air
fresheners	and	sprays.	Just	use	natural	and	nonspray	versions	of	the	items	you
want	to	use.
OPEN	YOUR	WINDOWS
It’s	important	to	let
fresh	air	regularly	flush	out	your	space	to	keep	pollutants
and	chemicals	from	building	up.
Cross-ventilation	is	especially	great	if	you	can
open	opposing	windows	and	let	the	breeze	flow	through.	Bathroom	and
kitchen	fans	that	exhaust	to	the	outdoors	also	increase	ventilation	and	help
remove	pollutants.
DIY	HOME	CLEANING	PRODUCTS
One	of	the	most	powerful	ways	you	can	take	charge	of	your	personal	space	and
make	it	one	that	supports	your	Radical	Beauty	is	to	ban	chemicals	whenever	and
wherever	you	can.	These	natural	cleaning	solutions	are	effective	at	keeping	your
space	clean	but	won’t	add	beauty-diminishing	chemicals	to	your	space.RADICAL	BEAUTY	NON-STREAK,	NONTOXIC	GLASS	CLEANER
All	you	have	to	do	is	peer	at	the	bright	blue	color	of	most	commercial	glass	cleaners	or	check	out	the
warnings	on	the	back	of	such	products	to	know	that	these	cleaners	are	not	a	beautiful	thing	to	have
around	your	space.	This	recipe	works.	It	does	contain	rubbing	alcohol,	which	you,	of	course,	do	not
want	to	ingest	or	even	make	contact	with	your	hands,	but	for	the	intended	cleaning	purposes,	it	is	a
great	alternative!
¼	cup	white	vinegar	(apple	cider	vinegar	will	work	as
well)
¼	cup	rubbing	(isopropyl)	alcohol
8	to	10	drops	grapefruit	or	orange	essential	oil
Mix	all	ingredients	together	and	pour	into	a	BPA-free	spray	bottle.	Spray	onto	glass	surfaces	and	wipe
clean	with	a	microfiber	cloth.
ALL-GOOD	OVEN	CLEANER	SCRUB
One	of	the	last	places	you	want	to	spray	nasty	chemicals	that	circulate	in	a	contained	space	is	in	your
oven,	where	your	food	actually	bakes.	This	is	a	reliable	scrub	to	use	instead.
¼	cup	baking	soda
2	teaspoons	salt
⅓	cup	water
Combine	all	the	ingredients	thoroughly	to	make	a	paste.	Set	to	the	side	for	at	least	5	minutes.	Dip
your	scrubbing	tools	into	the	paste	and	clean	the	inside	of	your	oven.
NATURE’S	CITRUS	SURFACE	CLEANER
Surfaces	are	meant	to	be	touched,	and	they	are—some	of	them	very	often!	You	never	want	to	spray
chemicals	on	such	places,	where	they	come	into	contact	with	your	skin	and	then	can	be	absorbed	into
your	body.	This	is	a	great	cleaner	recipe,	and	the	combination	of	all	the	citrus	does	well	to	hide	the
vinegar	smell.
1	cup	apple	cider	vinegar
1	cup	water
¼	cup	lemon	juice
30	(or	so)	drops	orange	or	grapefruit	essential	oil,	or
a	combination
Combine	all	the	ingredients	and	mix	well	before	transferring	to	a	BPA-free	spray	bottle.	Spray	onto
surfaces	and	wipe	down.
STOCK	UP	ON
HOUSEPLANTS
Houseplants	not	only	bring	beauty	into	your	home,	but	they	can	also	clean	the
air	in	your	home.	A	two-year	research	project	conducted	by
NASA	found	that
plants—even	the	microorganisms	in	the	soil—can	reduce	indoor	air	pollutants
substantially.
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	The	plants	help	purify	your	home,	absorbing	chemicalpollutants	given	off	by	synthetic	materials.	According	to	NASA,	some	of	the
best	plants	to	promote	indoor	air	quality	are	spider	plant,	peace	lily,	bamboo,
snake	plant,	heartleaf	philodendron,	elephant	ear	philodendron,	and	different
varieties	of	dracaena.
MAKE	YOUR	HOME	A	NO-
SMOKING	ZONE
Okay,	this	is	an	obvious	one,	but	it’s	a	biggie	when	it	comes	to	air	pollution.
Secondhand
cigarette	smoke	is	rife	with	contaminants,	and	exposure	is	linked
to	issues	like	bronchitis,	asthma,	and	ear	infections.	Have	smoker	relatives	or
friends?	Besides	encouraging	them	to	quit,	politely	let	them	know	that	they
have	to	smoke	outside	(and	far,	far	away	from	doors	and	open	windows).
CHANGE
FILTERS
Just	because	your	air	conditioner	hasn’t	broken	down	yet	doesn’t	mean	you
don’t	have	to	pay	any	attention	to	it!	Most	air	conditioners	and	heaters	have
replaceable
filters,	so	it’s	a	good	idea	to	replace	them	often	(well	before	they	bite
the	dust)	to	keep	de


acceptance.
8. Thierry de Lestrade, Le jeûne, une nouvelle thérapie?  (Paris: La Découverte,
2015), 35–55.
9. de Lestrade, Le jeûne, 79. In 2010, Thierry de Lestrade interviewed Dr.
Nikolaev’s son Valentin Nikolaev, who provided several quotations from
his father.
10. de Lestrade, Le jeûne, 74.
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12. Herbert Shelton, The Science and Fine Arts of Fasting  (Mansfield Centre,
CT: Martino, 2013), 464.
13. Arthur A. Daemmrich and Mary Ellen Bowden, “A Rising Drug
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14. John Lear, “Taking the Miracle out of Miracle Drugs,” Saturday Review,
January 3, 1959, p. 35.
15. Lear, “Taking the Miracle out of Miracle Drugs,” 39.
16. Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting: Myths and Reality (Barnaul,
Siberia: Publishing House, 2008), 8.
17. Unless otherwise noted, all quotations and ideas attributed to Dr. Filonov
come from my extensive interviews and conversations with him.
Chapter 17
1. Neil Nathan, T oxic  (Las Vegas: Victory Belt, 2018), 8.
2. Nathan, T oxic, 39.
3. Suzanne Wu, “Fasting T riggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged,
Old Immune System,” USC News, June 5, 2014, https://news.usc.edu/
63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old
-immune-system.
4. Anthony William, “T ruth about Fasting,” Medical Medium Blog, February
28, 2019, https://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/truth-about-fasting.
5. Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting: Myths and Reality (Barnaul,
Siberia: Publishing House, 2008), 115.
6. Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting, 127.
7. Dale Bredeson, The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and
Reverse Cognitive Decline  (New York: Random House, 2017), 147.
8. National Institute on Aging, “International Symposium to Honor
Pioneer in Neuroscience and Fasting,” May 29, 2019, https://www
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1. Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting: Myths and Reality (Barnaul,
Siberia: Publishing House, 2008), 7.
2. Rumi, A Year with Rumi, ed. Coleman Barks (New York: Harper Collins,
2006), 146.
3. Virginia Woolf, On Being Ill  (Ashfield, MA: Paris Press, 2012), 12.
4. Herbert Shelton, The Science and Fine Arts of Fasting (Mansfield Centre,
CT: Martino, 2013), 28.
5. Mark P. Mattson, “What Doesn’t Kill You . . . ,” Scientific American  313,
no. 1 (2015): 40–45.
6. Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting, 100.
7. Wim Hof Method, “Cold Therapy,” accessed February 15, 2022, https://
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8. For more about the Personalized Nutrition Project, visit the project’s
website, at http://personalnutrition.org/AboutGuests.aspx.
9. Rumi, The Essential Rumi, trans. Coleman Barks (New York: Harper
Collins, 2004), 193.
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2. Fred Bisci, Your Healthy Journey  (New York: Bisci Lifestyle Books, 2009),
33.
3. Bisci, Your Healthy Journey, 33.
4. Danna Faulds, Into the Heart of Yoga: One Woman’s Journey (Greenville,
VA: Peaceable Kingdom Books, 2011), 331.
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ification.
   Heat-processed vegetable oils are staples of the dietary
throughout most of India. Accordingly, Indian scientists have made tests to determine their value. Ragu and Rajagopalan
heated groundnut, sesame, and coconut oils in an open iron
pan to a temperature of 270 degrees, C., as is the usual
practice in India, and these were fed to white rats. Those
animals receiving 315 per cent ration of heated oils developed
jaundice; at a 30 per cent level of oil feeding, all animals died
within a week. Conversion of feed was very poor in all
animals, and u pon auto psy the livers were found to be badl y damaged, congested, and discolored. Control animals,
receiving uncooked oils, utilized their food well and survived
the experiment in good health. Sir S. S. Sokhey, of the
Haffkine Institute, tested hydrogenated oils and noted that they produced inferior growth in animals and interfered with
the absorption of calcium in the body. The popular Indian
butter substitute, vanaspati— made from the heat-processed
oils of fruits, flowers, and vegetables—was fed to rats at the
Research Institute at Izzatnager, and animals of the third
generation became blind.
   Scientists of the Western world have also tested heat-
processed vegetable fats, as well as heat-processed animal
fats, and found these to be instrumental in producing cancer
and other diseases. British scientists injected 12 mice with
cottonseed oil pre-heated at te mperatures of 340-360 degrees
C. Two of the mice developed cancerous lesions at the site of the injection, whereas no animals of a control group injected
in the same manner with oil heated at much lower
temperatures developed cancer. Yet cottonseed oil has been
found to produce cancer even when heated at comparatively
low temperatures, providing the cooking temperature is maintained for sufficient time. When white rats were fed a 15
to 21 per cent ration of cottonseed oil heated at only 95
degrees C. over a long period, the animals rapidly lost weight,
developed diarrhea, and were affected with enlarged liver,
kidneys, and adrenals. All animals died within three weeks. In another set of experiments, a group of white rats was fed
liberally upon heated, hydrogenated fats, and the control
group was given a similar amount of unprocessed fats. All rats were then given butter-yellow, a known cancer-
producing substance. Every rat on the hydrogenated fat diet
developed tumors or cancer, whereas not one receiving the
uncooked fats was so affected. Dr. Lane has reported
experiments in which 54 rats were given rations of brown lard heated to 350 degrees C. for thirty minutes. Thirty-seven
per cent of these animals developed papillomas tumors of the
forestomach and malignant tumors of the glandular stomach.
Of rats given a similar ration of unheated lard, only 5.7 per
cent of the animals developed tumors. Even this small percentage might be attributed to the fact that the so-called
unheated lard had been heat-processed to some degree during
manufacture. And last but not least are the celebrated
experiments of the late Dr. Angel Roffo of Argentina. Dr.
Roffo found that all fats heated to "browning" temperatures
increased the tendency of experimental animals to develop
cancer. The most damaging of fats were found to be those fried at high temperatures.

 THE POTTENGER EXPERIMENTS
   Perhaps the most important of all the animal experiments
with raw and cooked foods are those of Dr. Francis Pottenger, Jr., one of the world's great physicians and food scientists.
These were conducted at the long established Pottenger
Sanitarium in Monrovia, California, and covered a ten-year period. Both white rats and cats were employed. Rats given
heated milk suffered from many kinds of deterioration, and
the change in trabeculation of the bones was particularly
noticeable. With the cats the experiments were reported in
great detail and covered a large number of animals. A total of 900 cats were studied, and complete records were kept of
nearly 600 of them. Through generation after generation the
animals were studied, and Dr. Pottenger has issued the
detailed results of the experiments as they apply to growth, reproduction, and all phases of the animals' health.
   In these tests the animals were fed upon meat-scraps
(including the muscle, bone, and viscera), milk, and cod liver oil. The animals were divided into various groups, depending
upon the condition, whether heated or unheated, in which
their foods were given. Some of the cats were fed entirely
upon raw meat and raw milk; others were given two-thirds
cooked meat and one-third raw milk. In some cases raw meat and pasteurized milk were used. A number of cats were also
fed sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk, or raw
metabolized vitamin D milk with raw meat. Cod liver oil was
used by all animal groups.
   The cats fed entirely upon raw meat and raw milk remained
in excellent health in all cases. Physical development was
virtually perfect and the cats reproduced in homogeneity from one generation to the next, maintaining large skulls and
thoraxes, broad faces with prominent malar and orbital
arches, broad and well-formed dental arches, adequate nasal cavities, and large and long bodies. The cats were quite free
from vermin, infections, and pa rasites. The membranes were
firm and of good pink color. All evidence of degeneration
was absent. Abortion occurred very seldom; the size of the
average litter was five, and all of the mother cats nursed their young in a normal manner. The cats possessed excellent
equilibrium. Organic development was complete and normal
physical and mental function was the general rule. Death
resulted only from old age or injuries sustained in fighting. None of the cats died from disease.
   Cats which were fed the cooke d-meat scraps were defective
in many respects. They were smaller in build and the bones were smaller in diameter. In some cases the bones would grow out of proportion, with the hind legs being much longer
than the forelegs. The animals did not reproduce in
homogeneity, each kitten being of a different skeletal pattern.
There were variations of facial structure similar to those of human beings. Configuration of the skulls was different in
each individual cat. Often there would be marked failure in
the development of the upper lip and in some cases a
mandibular protrusion.
   Dental conditions would usually remain fairly good in the
first generation, though gingiv itis occasionally developed.
Second generation animals usually had much smaller primary teeth than normal and there was irregular spacing of teeth.
Bleeding of gums would increase considerably. Some teeth
would be lost. In the third generation loss of most of the teeth
through decalcification and pyorrhea would be common.
Dental development was generally so irregular that the
development of the whole face was interfered with.
   There was severe impairment of bone composition in all
cases. The calcium content would fall from the normal 12 to
18 per cent of bone weight in healthy animals to 8 to 12 per
cent in the first generation, 3½  to 7 per cent in the second
generation, and finally 1½  to 3 per cent in the third
generation. The phosphorus content also became progressively less, and by the third generation the bones
would be very porous and similar to rubber. This resulted in bowlegs, distorted spines, and other deformities.
   Reproductive efficiency was greatly lowered. Abortion ran
from 25 per cent in the first generation to as high as 70 per
cent in the second generation. Deliveries were very difficult
and many cats died in labor. Often the mother was unable to lactate. The mortality rate of the kittens was very high, many
of them being even too frail to nurse. In a number of cases the
mother would steadily decline in health following birth of the kittens and die about three months later. Others had
increasing difficulty with subsequent pregnancies and some
failed to become pregnant. In the males there was disturbance
of genital development and descent of the testes. Sterility was
so common that raw-food males had to be used for all
breeding purposes.
   Development of the secondary sexual characteristics was
incomplete. The degree of masculinity and femininity was
lessened and cats of both sexes tended to become more
neutral in appearance. For instance, X-ray pictures showed
that skulls of third generation cooked-fed animals had neutral
profiles for both sexes, as contrasted to the difference in raw-fed animals. At the same time sex interest was ver
y slack ; in many cases it was perverted, with some cats developing into
true homosexuals.
   Most of the cats fed cooked meat were very irritable and
would occasionally viciously bite the keeper. Intestinal
parasites and vermin were very common. Skin lesions and
allergies became worse from one generation to the next. Pneumonia and empyema were the most common causes of
death in the adult stock; a great number died from diarrhea
followed by pneumonia. No cats survived the sixth month of
life in the third generation. Among the diseased conditions
that were found upon autopsy were: osteomyelitis, cardiac lesions, hyperopia, thyroid disease, hepatitis, nephritis,


withstress;lookatwaysinwhich
youcanbalancethestress(es)inyourlife.Avoid
unnecessary stress.Learntooffload,todelegate,to
sayno.
Rememberthatyouareanimportantpersonin
yourownlife.Youneedtolookafteryourselftobe
ahealthymother/father/friend/employee/homeopath,
etc!
Asahomeprescriberunderstanding thatdiseaseis
aresponsetostressisimportantsothatyoucanhelp
yourpatienttalkthroughthevariousmeasuresthey
cantaketomaketheirlifeeasier.Evenchildrenbenefit
fromthisapproach.Astrictteachercanaffectasensi-
tivechildwhomaystarttohaveheadaches.Finding
outthatthisisthestressthatiscausingtheheadaches
isthefirststep.Talkingtoyourchildabouthowto
handlehisorherfeelingscomesnext.Atalkwiththe
teacherisessentialsothatheorsheunderstandsthe
effecttheyarehavingonyourchild.Youcanthen
prescribe iftheheadachescarryonoriftheyare
speciallysevere.
Ihaveonlytouchedonstressinthischapteras
therearenowmanygoodbooksonthesubjectcover-
ingeveryangle.Themoreweunderstandaboutstress
thebetterablewearetodealwithitandhavesome
choiceinhowwerespondtoit.
DISEASESYOUCANTREAT
USINGTHISBOOK
Itisimportanttounderstandfullythedifferencebe-
tweenacuteandchronicdiseasesothatyouknow
whichillnessesyoumaysafelyandappropriately treat
andwhichyouneedtotaketoaprofessional
homeopath.Foranexplanationofthedifferencebe-
tweenthetwo,seepage14.
Thissectiontellsyouwhethertheparticularcom-
plaintyouwishtotreatiswithinyourscopeasahome
prescribesbeforeyouattempttotakethecaseand
workoutaremedy.Agoodgeneralfirst-aidbookor
familymedicalencyclopaedia willgiveyoumorede-
tailedinformationaboutthecomplaintsthemselves. If
yourcomplainthasanobviouscauseitisimportantto
removethestress(forexample,don'tdrinkforafew
daysifyourheadachewascausedbyanexcess
ofalcohol).Usecommonsensemeasuresandtake
sensiblecareofyourselfwhenyouareill.
Havingestablishedthatyourcomplaint iswithin
thescopeofthisbook,turntoChapters4and5to
workouttheremedyyouneed.
Yourcomplaintmaybetreatableeitherbyinternal
orexternalremedies,orboth.Youcanestablishthis
ineachcasebylookingupyoursymptomsinthe
Repertories(pages37and165-98).
Ialsostronglyadviseyoutotakeafirst-aidcourse
withtheStJohnAmbulanceortheRedCrosstolearn
themechanicsoffirst-aid.
Acriticismlevelledathomeopathy isthatiten-
couragespeopletotaketheirlivesintheirhandsby
treatingseriousillnessesathome.Nevertreatserious
injuriesorcomplaintsyourself.Ifinanydoubtseek
expertadvice.Causeforconcernbelowlistsgeneral
alarmsymptoms,andspecificalarmsymptomsto
watchoutforareindicatedintheindividualcom-
plaintsthatfollow.CauseforConcern
Thefollowingsymptomsmayindicateserious
problemsandsosignaltheneedforimmediatepro-
fessionalhelp.Someofthemalsoappearinthe
remedypictures,forexamplethelabouredbreathing
ofAntimoniumtartaricumandthedeliriumofa
Belladonnafever.Ifyouareveryworriedaboutthe
generalstateofyourpatientIsuggestyoucallforhelp
andthengivetheindicatedhomeopathicremedy.In
someinstances,wherethepictureisveryclearand/or
youknowfrompastexperiencethatyourpatientisnot
seriously ill,youwillbeabletogivetheremedyand
waitforimprovement. Ifheorshedoesnotshowsigns
ofimprovingquicklyyoucanthencallforhelp.
Seeoverleaffordiseaseconditionsnotcoveredby
thisbook.
SEEKHELPIFTHEREIS:
Bleeding,unexplained,fromanypartofthebody,
includingtheskin
Breathing,rapid-overfiftybreathsperminuteatrest
inchildrenundertwo-overfortybreathsper
minuteinchildrenagedtwototen-overthirty
breathsperminuteinanyoneoverthirty
Breathing,shalloworlaboured(difficult)
Chestpain,severe
Convulsions
Delirium
Feverabove105°F,40°C
Fever,high,withaslowpulse(normaladultpulseis
about90beatsaminuteand120inachild)
Fever,persistent-lastingforlongerthan24hoursin
aninfant
Headache,severe-especially ifaccompaniedbyone
ormoreoftheothersymptomsinthissection
204 DISEASESYOUCANTREATUSINGTHISBOOK
Mentalconfusion,uncharacteristic
Neckstiff
Stools,pale-greyoralmostwhite
Urinationprofuse,accompaniedbyagreatthirst
Urinedarkandscanty/bloody (certainfoodswhen
eateninquantitycanchangethecolourofurine;
beetrootforexample,canturnurinered.Thisis
nothingtoworryabout)
Vomiting,unexpected,repeated-comesonsome
timeaftertheonsetofaviralinfection(i.e.achild-
hoodillness)
Weakness,extreme
Wheezing,severe
Yellowingoftheskinorwhitesoftheeyes
IFSOMEONESEEMSVERYILL,EVENIFTHEYDO
NOTHAVEANYEASILYIDENTIFIABLESYMP-
TOMS,ALWAYSTRUSTYOURINSTINCTSAND
GETHELP.
ALWAYSSEEKPROFESSIONALHELPIFYOUR
SYMPTOMSRECURORDONOTIMPROVE.
diseasesandconditionsnot
Coveredbythisbook
Withtheexceptionoftreatingtheacutepainofarthri-
tisandrheumatism, thisbookdoesnotcoverchrome
diseases;thesearecomplexconditionsandneedcareful
diagnosisandtreatmentatallstages.The
homeopathictreatmentofchronicdiseaseoften
requiresalong-termcommitmentsothatthehomeo-
pathcantreattheseunderlyingweaknessesinthe
constitution.
Thefollowingsymptomsarenotdealtwithinthis
bookforthereasonsgivenineachcase:
Seriousdegenerativediseasessuchascancer,hepati-
tis,heartdisease,AIDS,andsoon,arenotwithin
thescopeofthefirst-aidprescriber.Thesecon-
ditionsrequiretimeandskilltotreatandshouldnot
beregardedlightly.
Frequentlyrecurringsymptomsfromflu,headaches,
diarrhoeaandcoughs,todepressions, etc.Symp-
tomsoccurringasoftenaseveryweek,whichcanbe
sobadthatworkhastobecancelled.Theyarenot
symptomsthatoccurtwoorthreerimesayearand
thathaveobviouscauses,forexampleheadaches
afterthestressofexams.
Skinsymptomsincludingeczema,psoriasis,dermati-
tis,etc.,shouldneverbeattemptedbythefirst-aid
prescriber.ReadtheLawsofCure(page15)to
understandthedangersofsuppressingaskindis-Asthmaisadeep-seatedchronicdiseaseandneeds
carefulmanagement tocureit.Theacuteattacksof
asthmacanbealleviated,buttheseshouldalways
beprescribedbyahomeopathwhoisinchargeof
thewholecaseandwhoisprescribingconstitutional
remediesbetweenattackssothattheirseverityand
frequencyislessened.
Hayfeverforthesamereasonsasasthma.Itis,how-
ever,possibletoalleviatesymptoms,andforthis
reasonafew.remediesareincludedinthisbook.
However, Istronglyadvisethatvoutakeupconsti-
tutionaltreatmentforthemonthswhenyouarefree
ofhayfeverinordertohelpclearthediseasefrom
thesystem.Itcantakeseveralyearsforthisto
happen,withthesymptomslesseninginseverity
eachyear.
Persistentconstipationcanmaskamoreserious,
underlyingcomplaintthatneedsprofessional treat-
ment,butitmaysimplybearesultofpoordiet(lots
oflow-fibrejunkfood),inwhichcasethefirststepis
tomakethenecessarydietarychanges.Remedies
areincludedforoccasionalconstipationcausedbya
changeinenvironment(althoughtheoccasional
doseofalaxativewilldonoharm).
Persistentabdominalpainshouldalwaysbechecked
byaprofessional.Neverself-prescribe,exceptinthe
fewinstancesoutlinedinthisbook.Alwaysseeyour
GPtomakesurethereisnoneedforurgentsurgery
(suchasappendicitis).
Ulcers,oftheskin,stomach,etc.Theseareevidence
ofadeep-seatedchron


 TINCTURE AND SALVE
Used for insect bites, snake bites, and other poisonous bites.

“HEAL-ALL TEA”™
From God’s Herbs™, (see Resource Guide) or another alternative. Used
for tumors, snake bites, abscesses, infections, anything and everything.

HERBAL INTESTINAL CORRECTIVE LAXATIVE ALOE VERA
An “all-heal” for burns, itching from fungus, intestinal soother, etc.

TEA TREE OIL
Herbal antiseptic, itching from fungus, etc.

AN HERBAL PARASITIC FORMULA
Bacterial infections, E-coli, Candida, etc.

MODULE 6.7
Fasting in Detoxification

Fasting, in some form or another, has probably been practiced since the
beginning of history, by humans and animals alike. Fasting is instinctual and
is associated with rest and energy management. I enjoyed a six-month orange
fast back in 1972. This turned out to be one of the most incredible
experiences in my life. I had so much energy that I kept having tremendous
out-of-body experiences that took me right into the heart of God.
There are basically two forms of fasting. The first one, known as “forced
fasting,” is literally forced upon us because of disease. You simply can’t eat.Or if you try, you simply can’t keep the food down. This is the body’s own
mechanism to divert much-needed energy from digestion to the immune,
lymphatic and endocrine systems. This gives our bodies energy to expel the
intruder, the obstruction or the congestion.
The second form of fasting is “conscious fasting,” which is done to
cleanse and restore the body. Conscious fasting builds self-discipline and
self-confidence. These are two important attributes to develop on the road to
good health.
Both forms of fasting are energy management for the body. Most of the
foods that humans eat rob their bodies of energy instead of giving it. Health
and vitality is energy; disease is a lack of energy. Fasting is the way the body
can rest from extensive digestive and metabolic issues. It uses that same
energy, instead, to clean itself out of acids and toxins, thus allowing itself to
heal.
Our digestive and eliminative systems become overworked and
weakened on a typical diet of meats, grains, dairy products, and the like.
Fasting allows the pancreas, stomach, liver, intestines, and even the kidneys
to have somewhat of a rest. This gives more energy to the immune, glandular
and lymphatic systems. Fasting at one level or another is vital in getting well.
There are many types of fasts you can do. Let’s explore four basic types
of fasting and then discuss how to properly stop or “break” a fast.
TYPES OF FASTS

All Raw-Food Fast
This of course is not really a fast since you are still eating food. But to most
people who eat heavy, cooked foods, this is definitely considered a fast.
Remember: no other animal cooks its food before eating it. Take this fast a
day at a time, and try to eat all raw food that day. Try this fast for 5, 10, 30 or
60 days in succession, eating only all raw foods, the longer the better. This
type of fast would include fresh raw fruits, fruit juices, vegetables and
vegetable juices. No “protein” type foods like nuts or seeds.
All Fruit FastI highly recommend this type of fast. Being frugivores, this fast would be
more harmonious with our physiological and anatomical processes and
design. Grapes should be the focus, organic if possible. If not organic, they
must be thoroughly washed as they would contain a high level of pesticides.
However, any fruit or combination of fruits, or melons, will do. As you will
learn in the next chapter, on food combining, “Eat melons alone or leave
them alone.” You could eat grapes alone, or watermelon, or apples, whatever
you like or crave. I’ve helped a lot of souls clean cancer out of their physical
bodies with grapes and grape juice fasts. Eat as much as you want. We do not
count calories on this program.
Juice Fasting
This is high-level fasting which gives your GI tract and digestive tract a rest.
Juice fasts are high-energy fasts that stimulate much-needed cleansing and
lymphatic movement, while keeping the kidneys flushed out. Juices still
supply glucose and fructose to cells for energy. Juices can be vegetable or
fruit; however, the power is within the fruit juice, especially fresh grape juice.
There are always exceptions to any rule. In a pancreatic cancer case I
worked with, the individual had stopped digesting food completely. I started
her on fruit juices only. Then I added vegetable juices, and finally, after a
short period of time, I added first raw fruit and then vegetables. The reason I
chose this method is simple. First, her pancreas had stopped digesting her
food. When she ate any food it came out in her stools undigested. I needed to
maintain her systemic energy but give her something that took little, if any,
effort for the pancreas to digest. A freshly-made fruit juice is the best choice
in this solution. I added vegetable juices after awhile, even though they are
harder to digest, but her pancreas had improved enough to handle them. I
also used liquid botanical extracts to enhance various organs and glands in
her body, especially the pancreas. I finally added solid foods starting with
fruits, again because of their high energy levels and ease of digestion. Finally
in eleven months, she was cancer free!
Water Fasting
This is the fourth and ultimate type of fasting. Water fasts should only be
done with R/O (reverse osmosis) or distilled water. At this level, your
digestive energy is totally given to the immune, lymphatic and glandular
systems. A water fast creates a high level of body cleansing and purging. Thebody, in its tremendous wisdom, will focus on removing stored toxins,
mucus and inflammation.
To the average individual, water fasting can give energy. However, in
weakened or depleted conditions the goal is to give energy to the body by
elevating the systemic energy. I do not recommend a water-only fast for
highly depleted and weakened individuals, especially those with cancer. This
is because one is not feeding the body energy, per se, so the body must work
with the energy it has.
Even though fasting gives most individuals energy, when you’re dealing
in advanced tissue weakness, raw foods, especially fruits, will empower the
body with nutrition and energy. Consuming high-energy fruits or fruit juices
will begin to bring one’s cellular and systemic energies up, at the same time
allowing for detoxification. Water fasting in highly-depleted cases can
enervate the body and lead to death. After the individual is built up, then
water fasting would be appropriate.
PREPARATION BEFORE FASTING

If you intend to “go all the way” up to juice or water fasting, you would want
to prepare yourself by eating raw foods for a week, spending the last couple
of days on fruits only. This helps clean the bowels of putrid matter, flushes
the liver and kidneys, and sets the body in proper motion for your fast.
Fasting can be fun and self-empowering. Its role in helping the body to
cleanse and restore itself has been proven over and over again. For long,
extended fasts, seek the advice of someone who is experienced in fasting and
detoxification.
WHEN TO “BREAK” A FAST

The best time to “break” a fast will be discovered by listening to your inner
guidance or intuition. You know your body better than anyone. Listen to it.
You’ll know when you have had enough. (But also, be fair and honest with
yourself, knowing that desire can creep in even though you may not actually
be hungry.) After about three days or so, one generally loses the desire
for
eating. This is because the body is starting to use that digestive energy forcleaning and healing. When you start feeling hungry again, this is a good
sign that you are ready to start eating. Remember to start with fruits only.
Another way to determine how long to fast is the tongue-examination
method. This is the old-fashioned method that I’ve used for years. When you
start fasting, your tongue will become coated with a thick white, yellow,
green, or brown substance. The more toxic you are, the thicker and darker
this coating becomes. Of course the healthier you are, the less your tongue
will coat when you fast. If you fast until your tongue becomes pink again,
you will have done a tremendous job of cleaning your body out.
Detoxification is an ongoing process that can take years. That sounds
worse than it is. Health should become one of your hobbies. Spend a good
year or so aggressively working on yourself; then set your new lifestyle in
motion with balance and harmony. This will be the new, healthier, vibrant,
cleaner and more aware you. As you grow spiritually, always seek to balance
your lifestyle and eating habits with your spiritual awareness. The more you
expand your awareness, the healthier and more energetically you will want to
eat. You want your physical body to keep up with you. Have fun on your
journey of health, vitality, and spirituality; there is nothing like it.
HOW TO “BREAK


  to say an unkind  word,
about  another  one  of your  fellow  Beings!  One  day,  you
will have  to face  it. Now  in the Onrush  of the Great  Cosmic
Light  into  the  outer  world,  which  is coming  more  and
more  quickly,  you  won't  have  so much  time  to escape  it! 158 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
We have  been  compelled  to stand  by and  see happy  fam-
ilies,  happy  husbands  and  wives  separated  by vicious  gos-
sip, in which  there  was  not a Word  of Truth!  It is a tragedy
before  the face  of mankind!  That  thing  is done  constantly!
Over  the bridge  games,  in the social  gossip  of the world,
tragedy  is created  each  day!  Oh,  the pity,  the pity  of it!
Sometimes  people  think  they  can say a word,  a sentence
of falsehood;  and  they  know  it is false  when  they  say it.
Yet that  impulse  comes  on and  acts;  and  then  destruction
starts  and  it gathers.  Homes,  happiness  and  sometimes
whole  embodiments  are destroyed—by  a thoughtless,  cruel,
unkind  word.
We see!  We  have  to see!  all of such  unhappiness  acting
within  mankind!  Today  when  the opportunity  is so great
and Complete  Understanding  is before  you,  in how  to gov-
ern these  things—why  they  produce  certain  effects  and  lim-
itations  upon  mankind—won't  you  join  Us;  every  one  of
you,  in stopping  instantly  every  attempt  at gossip ? Oh,  it
is the most  frightful  thing  in the activity  of mankind!  We
know  of one  instance  now,  where  the greatest  injustice  is
being  done;  and  those  who  have  started  it, will  weep  in
sorrow  for the mistake.
I prompt  you,  We want  you  to be Free;  but  you  cannot
do it, Precious  Ones  of the Light,  as long  as you  allow  these
qualities  to act in your  feeling  world,  and  give  expression
to them.  There  is no provocation  for these  things!  It is only
because  the old destructive  momentum  generated  by man-
kind,  is acting  in the atmosphere  of Earth;  and  people,  who DISCOURSE  VIII  159
do not know  how  to protect  themselves,  take  it on. It is like
one impulse  after  another,  forming  a momentum!  The  mo-
ment  people  get too much  gin,  they  begin  to talk!  If they
get a little  excited,  they  begin  to talk!  If they  become  a little
angered,  they  begin  to talk!  That  is the human  impulse  of
the destructive  qualities  within  the human  Being.
It is why  under  the old order,  the students  who  went  to
the Retreat,  were  held  in Absolute  Silence  for from  three
to five  years!  They  never  were  allowed  to speak  a word!
That  taught  one  obedience!  You  today,  are being  taught
by the experience  of the outer  world.
The Light  is before  you!  Use  it, Dear  Ones,  and  have  the
Blessing  and  the  Freedom  which  It brings!  Remember,
you are the Chooser,  the Decreer  how  this  energy  is going
to act in your  world!  Don't  make  any  mistake  about  it.
If you  insist  on allowing  discord  to act within  your  feeling
world,  falsehood  and  gossip;  then  you  will  reap  those  qual-
ities and  it is a most  unhappy  reaping.
So today,  in My  Calling  your  attention  to the Achieve-
ment  which  has been  attained;  whose  Blessing  We  are so
happy  to have  given  to the Students  of the "I AM"  thruout
the World;  and  in the prepared  atmosphere  today,  I have
taken  the opportunity  to prompt  you  again;  not to do the
things  which  bring  destruction  into  your  world.
I thank  you  very  much! DISCOURSE  XIII
September  18, 1937
NEW  BEDFORD,  MASSACHUSETTS.
Beloved  Students  of America!  Great  is your  Privilege!
Imperative  is the need  of your  Call  to God,  your  "Mighty
I AM  Presence";  to release  Its Power  into  the activity  of
the physical  world,  to give  the Assistance  to mankind  which
is necessary  today.
The world,  as you  commonly  use  the term,  is "on  the
spot"—before  the Great  Cosmic  Light!  It will  not tolerate
longer  mankind's  tardiness,  let us call  it, in giving  forth
the assistance  which  is required  today.
If you  have  not known  it before,  you  shall  tonight!  There
is no destructive  force  in the Earth  or anywhere  else  which
is not caused  by human  Beings!  The  only  place  where  de-
structive  force  exists  is upon  your  Earth  and  in its atmo-
sphere;  which  is known  as the psychic  or astral  world.
Make  no mistake  about  it; in the psychic  or astral  world,
which  is but discordant  human  creation,  there  is no good
thing;  and  there  are no gradations  of that  octave  of vibra-
tory action!
Everything  of a destructive  nature  which  is generated
by mankind,  is held  within  that  octave  from  the surface
of the Earth  up to approximately  seven  thousand  feet.  It is
known  as the astral  or psychic  world;  in which  humanity
160 DISCOURSE  VIII  161
is compelled  to move  all the time  unless—observe  the Chart
—unless  mankind  will  understand  the "I AM  Presence,"
the Individualized  Presence  of God;  and  call It into  action
to form  about  the outerself  the Tube  of Light,  which  can
be made  Invincible  to all surrounding  discord.  As In-
dividuals  call  the Presence  to do this,  they  will  find  them-
selves  enveloped  in a Tube  of Invincible  Protection;  in
which  they  can  move  among  mankind,  untouched  by dis-
cord.
Students  everywhere  thruout  America,  who  have  been
earnest  and  sincere  and  called  the Presence  into  action  to
produce  the  Tube  of Light,  have  had  Its Results!  Mrs.
Ballard  and  This  Good  Messenger  have  been  compelled  to
call That  into  action  in order  to survive;  and  they  have  gone
forth  expanding  the  Activity  of the Light,  untouched  by
the discord  of the outer  world.
So you  too,  Beloved  Ones,  if you  will  call the Presence  to
formulate  This  Tube  of Light  about  you,  can do the same
thing.  It is a part  of yourself!  Observe  the Chart!  Again,
That  Stream  of Light  and  Energy  is you!  When  you  call
the Presence  into  action,  to formulate  This  Tube  of Light
about  you,  the Higher  Mental  Body  takes  the  Radiance
from  your  Call  up to the Presence,  which  forms  the Tube
of Light  and  establishes  It about  you  as definitely  as a wall
of steel.
Remember,  That  Light  which  comes  from  your  Presence
is Self-Luminous,  Intelligent  Substance;  from  which  every-
thing  in human  form  came  forth  or ever  will  come.  Your 162 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
experience  in human  forms,


 Take a Lot of Abuse ..........................98Learn to Read Your Tongue’s Message  (graphic) ...............99
Chapter 12: Just Grin and Bear It ................... 101
Don’t Live to Eat – Eat to Live & Be Healthy .................102Give the Vital Force a Chance to Clean House ................103
Chapter 13: Fasting Fights and Removes Mucus ....... 105
American Diet Forms Mucus and Illness ....................106Mucus Shows Up in the Urine when Fasting  (graphic) .........107Winter Miseries? Or Body Cleansing? .......................108
Take the Mucus Test.....................................109
Break The Tobacco, Alcohol, Cola, and Coffee Habit Through Fasting . 110Deadly Smoking Facts! (list) ..............................112
Chapter 14: Fasting Melts Away Pounds! ............. 113
Fat is a Burden and Health Risk!...........................114Fasting Rewards You with Increased Energy ..................115Your Waistline is Your Lifeline & Dateline! ...................116
Fasting – Empower & Improve Your Health, Looks and Lifespan ... 117Do These Exercises Daily  (graphics)........................118
Chapter 15: How to Gain Weight by Fasting .......... 119
Miracles Happen With Fasting!............................122Fasting is the Healthiest Weight Normalizer .................123The Doctor of the Future  (graphic) ........................123
Contents
Knowledge is love, light and vision.  – Helen Keller, blind/deaf authorIt’s magnificent to live long if one keeps healthy and youthful. – H. Fosdickviii
Chapter 16: Fasting Fights Winter Miseries ........... 125
Fast and Rest For Your Healing! ...........................126
The Body is Self-Healing & Self-Repairing ...................127Do You Show Signs of Premature Ageing (graphic) ............128
Chapter 17: Outwit Premature Ageing ............... 129
Take This Quiz and The Mirror Test ........................129
Recharged, So at 70 World Tennis Champ ...................131Here’s The Opportunity of Your Lifetime ....................132
Chapter 18: Fasting Keeps Arteries Youthful .......... 133
You are as Old as Your Arteries ............................134
Shocking Heart Facts About the #1 Killer (list) ................134What You Eat and Drink Becomes You ......................135Eat Healthy – Live Healthy – Live Longer ....................136The Heart and Circulatory System (graphic) .................137Healthy Heart Habits For a Long, Vital Life (chart) ............138Recommended Blood Chemistry Values (list) .................138
You Have Nine Doctors at Your Command ........... 139
Chapter 19: Doctor Sunshine ....................... 141
Sunshine Brings Peace, Relaxation to Nerves.................142Gentle Sun Rays are Soothing and Best .....................143
Chapter 20: Doctor Fresh Air ....................... 145
Our Body is a Breathing Machine .........................146Deep Breathers Live Longer ..............................147India’s Holy Men Practice Deep, Slow Breathing ..............148Deep Breathing – Secret of Endurance ......................149
Chapter 21: Doctor Pure Water ..................... 153
The Water You Drink Can Make or Break Your Health! .........153Most Ancient Healers Used Water Therapy ..................154How Our Body Uses Water ...............................156
Chapter 22: Doctor Healthy Natural Food ............ 165
Healthy Foods Build and Maintain Your Body! ...............166Iodine from Kelp is Important ............................169Healthy Foods Have Good Effect on Brain ...................169Alcohol, Toxins and Drugs Are Killers! ......................170Refined, Processed Foods Produce Learning Disabled Children ...170Most Young American Men Are Unfit .......................171American Adults are in a  Sad Physical & Mental Condition ....173Mental, Physical and Spiritual Rewards .....................174Healthy Eating is a Science! ..............................175Contents
We can no more afford to spend major time on minor things,than we can to spend minor time on major things! – Jim RohnixChapter 23: Doctor Fasting ........................ 177
Chapter 24: Doctor Exercise........................ 179
The Major Muscles of the Human Body (graphic) .............180
Exercise Helps Normalize Blood Pressure ....................181Walking


greater than what can be expressed just through sex or friendship. There’ s a
spiritual potenti al here waiting to be fulfilled. Enter into it. Find out what
you can gain from your marriage that goes beyond individual personality
and isolated need.”
I turned to Gail. “And the same is true for you. Make your motto one
word—courage. Love and tenderness are not powerless; patience and
tolerance can produce tremendo us change. Yet these energies have to be
used not in submissiveness or resignation but in passion.”A passion for life is a passion for completeness. This means, at the most
primal level, merging the male and female within oneself. The marriage of
Shiva and Shakti is about spiritual potential, nothing less.
In men this means the advent of tenderness, nurturing, and trust. Having
a woman supply these qualities is not enough. Male attributes of force and
violence have become grotesquely exaggerated in this world because men
leave the feminine energies to women. Aggression and violence will
become unnecessary as the shadow energies they disguise—fear and
impotence—come to the surface to be recognized and healed. Being
vulnerable will then be seen as a human quality, not a weakness  that makes
a man only half a man. Competi tion based on raging (and insecu re) ego will
diminish with healing, and the ability to cooperate will increase.
The worth of women in men’ s eyes will rise as men stop defining
themselves as the opposite of female. Spiritually, male is the complement of
female. Once this is accepted the awakening of male spirituality can come
about, since it takes an infusion of female energy before our bodies and
minds can totally merge with the silent field of pure awareness. By
welcoming Shakti a man can truly be Shiva.
For wom en the journey to wholeness is different, because it first entails
raising female qualities to full dignity with male. A woman must build up
her energies, so long forced into submission by society, whereas a man
typically has to diminish the dominance of his. In both instances what is
being achieved is balance. No one has ever claimed that the world had too
much affection,  tenderness, nurturing, intuition, and beauty— all female
spiritual qualities—while it is all too obvious that aggression, force,
struggle, and competition—exaggerated male qualities—have gone too far.
A woman needs to allow herself however much time it takes to use
Shakti energy to accomplish what has been reserved for the male ego.
Shakti energy runs in everyo ne, but women have been given their
femaleness to accentuate the difference between Shakti, which is subtle and
spiritual, and brute force. This dif ference can be summarized as follows:
Shakti understands. Instead of imposing, she communicates.
Shakti has patience. Instead of forcing an answer, she waits for spirit to produce one.
Shakti is tender. Instead of ignoring emotions, she uses emotion to tell when someone else is ready
to listen and act.
Shakti is peaceful. No situation ever requires force.
Shakti is creative. She creates answers where none were seen before.Shakti is wise. She considers the whole picture rather than a few parts; she takes the cosmic
perspective, which always comes from love.
I saw these very qualities being displayed in the way Gail appro ached her
husband’ s predicament. She had the ability to sympathize, to be patient, to
offer emotional support, to allow, and to be tender. These aren’ t just ways to
find a solution— they ar e the solution.
“If you were as kind to yourself as Gail is,” I said at the end of our
meeting, “if you wanted to understand yourself as much as she does, with as
much love and lack of ego, you would have solved your predicament
months ago. I hope you’ll be able to accept her perspective for the
cherished thing it really is.”
Jarret nodded, not quite able to say, “I’ll try,” because he was still too
stuck in his old ways to admit he might have been wrong. But I sensed that
he knew he was at a crossroads. Leaving defeat and bitterness behind would
be his way to open up to the new.
THE MARRIAGE OF  SHIVA AND  SHAKTI
Having already touched on the concept of a sacred marriage, now we can
expand that concept by looking  at the energies of Shiva and Shakti. It is
totally inadequate to call Shiva male and Shakti female, since these terms
limit God, who cannot be limited. Our minds are limited to seeing
masculine and feminine as polar  opposites, but Shiva and Shakti have been
married since before the dawn of creation. They are a divine whole that
chooses to express itself by taking on the appearance of being masculine
and feminine.
You and I do the same thing. Although my body may be male, my inner
self identifies with spirit as a whole, and therefore my soul must include
both Shiva and Shakti:
Shiva is silence. Shakti is power.
Shiva is creativity. Shakti is creation.
Shiva is love. Shakti is loving.
These qualities aren’ t opposites but complements, which is a perfect
description of a sacred marriage. Mature love consists of being able to see
yourself in your beloved and your beloved in yourself. To remain stuck ingender stereoty pes, to defend one’s maleness or femaleness, to aim
criticism at the other sex for causing problems—these are all betrayals of
marriage’ s sacred foundation.
A sacr ed marriage draws its passion fr om its inclusiveness. Passion for another person has to
fade, but passion for life itself is eternal.
When the two cosmic energies, Shiva and Shakti, are connected, the flow
of passion brings unlimited creative potential. The poles of silence and
power set up a tension between them, like the yearning felt between a man
and a woman that can only be satisfied by the exchange of love.  The current
that connects them is the creative force of the universe, which is
concentrated nowhere more than in you. You are the ground for this current
to flow, it needs  no one else. Only when Shiva and Shakti are married in
you will you be able to enter a sacred marriage with someone else.
Setting Shiva aside for the moment, since that energy is more abstract
than Shakti, let’s explore why Shakti is feminine. In our culture  a woman’ s
role has long been to serve as helpmate, mother, attendant, and supplicant,
not to wield power herself. Power in the Vedic sense, however, is always
creative, and creativity is always sexual. Out of a divine sexual act the
world was born;  therefore the feminine, as birth giver, is the natural vehicle
of power.
Shakti can be extremely viscera l and physical, as anyone who has ever
attended a birth knows. At the moment of delivery the whole room is
charged with a vibrant, raw energy that emanates directly from the mother,
and the appeara nce of the baby  is like nothing so much as the birth of the
world in miniature. Even though the fetus has been gestating, in the womb
for nine months, this sudden appearance of a fully formed human being is
miraculous. That is the concepti on of Shakti I hold in my mind —the force
that can create out of nothing.
Shakti can totally transform, melting away features of our inner
landscape and creating new ones in their place. Yogis report tingling energy
running up the spine in meditation (its esoteric name is Kundalini, one of
the thousand names of the divine mother). The presence of this ener gy gives
direct knowledge of God, perception of other worlds, and ecstatic fusionwith the divine. But if you aren’t a yogi or a mother in the delivery room,
what is the experience of Shakti like?
Shakti is the hidden power that turns matter into life. She is the divine
spark, the flow of God’ s love.
Anyone who is connected with spirit has Shakti, which manifests in five
ways that the God Herself manifests. (For the sake of simplicity I will use
the word God and apply feminine pronouns whenever I have the goddess
Shakti in mind.) As described in the ancient Shiva Sutras —“teaching about
Shiva”—these are the five powers:
Chitta Shakti:  the awareness of God
Ananda Shakti:  the bliss of God
Icha Shakti:  the desire or intention to unite with God
Gyana Shakti:  knowledge of God
Kriya Shakti:  action directed toward God
If the voice of God spoke to you, Her powers would be conveyed in simple,
universal phrases:
Chitta Shakti:  “I am.”
Ananda Shakti:  “I am blissful.”
Icha Shakti:  “I will” or “I intend.”
Gyana Shakti:  “I know.”
Kriya Shakti:  “I act.”
If a child came to me and asked, “How did God make me?” these five
things would be my answer, because this is how God made Herself, or at
least made Hers elf known to us,


 living. Give your attention to living life.
18. Become a producer and not a prisoner of society. Don’t hide
your light under a bushel.
 222  19. The secret of youth is love, joy, inner peace, and laughter. In
Him there is fullness of joy. In Him there is no darkness at all.
20. You are needed. Some of the great philosophers, artists,
scientists, writers, and others accomplished their greatest work after
they were 80 years old.
21. The fruits of old age are love, joy, peace, patience, gentle -ness,
goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.
22. You are a son of Infinite Life, which knows no end. You are a
child of Eternity. You are wonderful!

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(Maimonides)

The Preservation of Youth

Essays on Health

Translated from the Original Arabic
(Fi T ADBIR AS -SIHHA )

and with an Introduction by
HIRSCH L. G ORDON, M.D., P H.D., D.H.L.

PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY
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Maimonides as Physician and Medical Author

Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon) was one of the most
colorful personalities of the twelfth century. He was an
outstanding physician with a very extensive practice,
holding, at the same time, important medical
appointments in the royal court of Egypt. He was equally
eminent as a commentator (Pirush Hamishnah), codifier
(Yad), and philosopher (Guide of the Perplexed).
He was born in Cordova, Spain, in 1135, when it had a
population of half a million and was at its height as a
cultural and medical center. B ecause of the persecution of
the fanatical Almohades, he had to leave his birthplace
when thirteen, trying first to  find shelter in southern
Spain, and from the age of twen ty-three to thirty in Fez,
Morocco. While there, he studied medicine with such
famous physicians as Ibn Zuhr (son of  famous Ibn Zuhr-
Avenzoar) and Abu Yusuf. Maimonides then, at the age
of thirty, left for Egypt wher e he lived in great fame, and
fatiguing medical and literary activities, for the remaining
thirty-nine years of his life. He refused an offer made by
the English king Richard th e Lion-Hearted, in 1193, to
accompany him as a court physician to England. He composed ten medical works, all written in Arabic. He
died in Cairo, December 13, 1204 at the age of sixty-nine,
thus culminating a resplendent career.
His Arabic medical works, of which The Preservation
of Youth is the first to be rendered from Arabic into
English, are:
1.  The Preservation of Youth
2.  The Extracts (Gleanings from Galen)
3.  Commentary on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates
4.  Medical Aphorisms
5.  On Hemorrhoids
6.  On Sexual Intercourse
7.  Discourse on Asthma
8.  On Poisons and the Protection Against Deadly
          Remedies
9.  Discourse on the Explanation of Fits
10. Glossary of Drug Names

The works of Maimonides are based on authoritative
Greek and Arabic sources, used with critical
discrimination, and on his vast personal experience. They
excel with their brevity, precision, clarity and rational
approach. He used the language of the accepted ancient
and medieval "hormone" pathology in vogue until a
century ago and now making a partial and modified return in medicine. The pract ical application of those
theories was sound. He gave preference to personal
observation over traditions of  the past. He considered
theoretical knowledge inseparable from practice, the
ultimate aim being the fight against disease and the
prolongation of life.
His theology was not in conflict with medicine, but, on
the contrary, supported it and le nt it prestige. He ridiculed
the belief in the occult, demonology, exorcism, amulets
and spells, as he did home remedies whose efficacy was
not supported by experiment and practice. He considered
that medical science held the key to morality  and
godliness,  natural  processe s  being synonymous with the
divine. He demanded the highest standard of ethics from
the physician and took no remuneration from the
indigent.
Many physicians before Maimonides referred to
emotional states of the patient, but Maimonides made the
interaction of mind and body the cornerstone of his
diagnosis and therapy, in true psychosomatic tradition.
He dwelt at large on the impor tance of the measures to
prevent disease, on the role of proper diet and on the
contribution of constitutional disposition.
The physician should always strive to strengthen the
patient's own forces, utilizing also the forces of nature. He cautioned against over-medication, especially on a hit-
or-miss basis. When in doubt, he advised: leave it to
nature. What affects us is not medication alone, but
medication plus the forces of nature.
He demanded of the physician detailed examination
and close observation. One cannot learn medicine from
books alone nor from experi ence alone. Practice is
inseparable from knowledge and speculation. Every
patient is a case by himsel f and demands an individual
approach and care.
The medical views of Maimonides as expressed in his
medical writings, and also in  his philosophical and legal
works, do not belong to the curiosa of the medieval
healing art, but are an organi c part of what was best and
enduring in the medical traditions of the past.

H. L. G.

Introduction

The Preservation of Youth was composed in Arabic by
Maimonides in 1198, six years before his demise. It was
written in Egypt for the Sultan Al Afdal, son of Saladin,
at his request. Like all the other medical works of
Maimonides, it has never been translated into English
until now. It was rendered into Hebrew by Moses Ibn
Tibon in 1244, and republishe d recently with copious
notes by Dr. Süssmann Muntner, Jerusalem, 1957. The
Latin translation made by John di Capua, a converted
Jew, in 1290, and used extensively in the medical schools
of Europe, was based on the Hebrew translation.
Six authorities are quoted in this work. Three of them
are Greek: Hippocrates, "The Prince of Physicians" (460-
357 B.C.); Aristotle (384-322 B.C); Galen (130-200); and
three of them are Moslem  ( but not Arab):  Rhazes
(Razi)
(850-923) from Persia; Farabi  (870-950) from Turkey;
and Ibn Zuhr (1113-1162) fr om Spain. Maimonides often
introduces his own opinion as by "the author" or "the
servant." The Sultan complained of poor digestion, chronic
constipation and depressive moods. In his reply,
Maimonides discusses the dangers of overeating, the three digestions and diets adju sted to the state of health,
season and age. He schedul es physical exercises and
evaluates various foods: cer eals, meats, milk, wine,
vegetables and fruits. He prescribes a regimen for the healthy, the sick and the conva lescent, exto ls the power
of nature and describes the types of physicians in his day. He further discusses mild and drastic remedies, compound and simple drugs, purgatives and emetics. He suggests music as a therapeutic measure and gives directions for various pharmaceutical preparations, such as digestives, sedatives a nd aphrodisiacs. In a special
chapter he discusses the interrelationship between mind and body, also hypersensitivity, philosophy and theoretical morality, the even keel, imaginary good and evil, and the desirability of emotional stability and
optimism. In the last chapter he comments on airs and waters, and on the ideas of Al  Farabi and Al Razi about
patients and diseases. He cautions the reader on the pitfalls of erroneous approach es to medical science. The
last topics of his work are concerned with sexual
intercourse, the bath, discha rges from the nose, food deterioration and the advisability of avoiding sudden
changes in the art of living.

H. L. G.
[ED. NOTE


inescapable. By turning around and giving up the old; cleansing, rejuvenating and taking th e higher path, we can once again enjoy
the wonderful blessings of a healthy, vital life as the Creator intended us to have.

We must defy the life -robbing habits and foods by refusing to partake of them anymore. We must be willing to cut loose of the old
and like a little child once again learn the new, better ways. Surgery and drugs merely delay and antagonize the problems, rar ely
ever reaching the source of our diseases. One operation leads to another. Drugs are given to alleviate symptoms and mask over  a
deeper and often chronic condition that goes undetected and uncared for until it is often too late to correct.

There is one sure way to deal with our health problems. That is God’s way. When we follow nature, we can’t lose. It’s perfect  and
always works.  It is beyond man’s tampering and contains all the preconditions for long, healthy life. It takes a long time to develop
a chronic, degenerative disease, and it takes awhile to reverse such conditions. But it is possible if the individual can att une his or
her self to the task and have faith and perseverance in the natural healing powers of the body. I’ve worked in bowel manageme nt
all my life. I’ve tried every natural method, product or technique known to man that would care for the bowel. Of all these t hings I
can say that fasting and alfalfa tablets have done the most good of all.

Now I want to tell you that the Ultimate Tissue Cleansing System is the greatest thing I’ve ever known to detoxify the body a nd
clean the bowel. This is a recent development; o ne we have been working on all our lives. Now it is here when we need it more
than ever before. I’m not saying it’s a cure all, but that it is a very powerful beginning for a person who is working toward  an
eventual healing. Anything we can do to stop auto intoxication is going to help slow down the disease process. The Ultimate Tissue
Cleansing System is the best way I know of to accomplish this goal.

By stripping down the old, toxic mucus lining of the bowel, we remove the number one source of disease in the body. In addition,
we open up the bowel to a more efficient means of waste elimination and nutrient absorption, both of which are essential to a ny
lasting healing process. This is also the first step toward normalizing the bowel so that the friendly ba cteria will return to keep the
colon safe from putrefaction and further autointoxication. Doctor’s wishing to learn this work may inquire about classes bein g
given. Likewise, patients are being taken upon review and inquiry.

Here is a short story you migh t enjoy about one of the longest -lived men in Western history. “Westminster Abbey was begun by
King Lucius in A.D. 170. The vaults are crowded with illustrious dead whose monuments cover the walls of the vast church. One
of the smallest slabs - more intere sting than all the fine marbles to princes and poets - says: Thomas Parr of ye county of Salopp,
born A.D. 1483. He lived in ye reigns of ten kings: Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary,
Elizabeth, James I, Charles I. Bu ried here November 15, 1635. Aged 152 years.’ Before Parr was interred in Westminster, his
history was carefully investigated. The parish register of his native village proves he was baptized in 1483. Legal documents  and
court entries show that he inherite d a small farm from his father in 1560, and that he took a wife three years later when eighty. He
married again in 1605 at the age of one hundred and twenty -two. When over one hundred and thirty he pled guilty, in court, to the
charge of being the father o f an illegitimate child. He was a farmer all his life. His great age attracted the notice of the King, who
invited him to the palace for a visit, as the King wished to investigate his exceptional longevity. Parr’s last days were spe nt in the
palace. Histor y says his perfect faculties and marvelous memory made him a matchless entertainer. No wonder - what
reminiscences a man, who lived in ten reigns, must have had! After Parr’s death, Harvey, who discovered the circulation of th e
blood, made an autopsy, by o rder of King Charles, to find out why he lived so long. The great surgeon’s report in Latin, still
preserved, states that Parr died from acute indigestion brought on by indulgence in unaccustomed luxuries. All of the old man ’s
organs were in perfect condit ion and Harvey describes the colon as normal in position and in other respects like that of a child.
Modern microbiologists say that in this report Harvey unknowingly reveals the secret of Parr’s long life, because his minute
description of the intestines proves that the congenital, protective flora had not been lost - Pandora’s Box - What To Eat and Why
J. Oswold Empringham, 1936

Today is a new day. We no longer have to carry skeletons in our closets. We no longer have to function on 2nd grade informati on
or even 12th grade information; we can choose what grade of consciousness we want to live in. The Muscular Dystrophy
campaign phrase “Your Change is the Key to the Cure” has more important than we realize. I would like to hand people a pair o f
invisible s cissors and ask “What is that to thee?” Use those invisible scissors, cut it off and be free. Loosen it, let it go. “He leade th
me beside the still waters...” Do you know where the stillness is? Get rid of the confusion and mental chatter that you’ve ha d in the
past. Be still and know...take a little time out...find out who you are...go forward with a sign on your back that says “Unde r New
Management!” Meet the new day with a refreshed spirit!

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other ailments by the use of urine.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  SINUS  We shall now report a successful case of sinus, which was related to Raojibhai by the patient himself. The patient, Shri K.B. Patel is a spiritual person. His age at the time of narrating his experience was 58 years. Six years earlier he had some inflammation in his nose. A foul smelling thick watery discharge used to come out of the nose. Some times it was mixed with blood also. Nose used to pain. He got it punched in V.S. Hospital three-four times but the trouble didn't go away. He again got it punched by nose specialist Dr. Balage but the condition persisted. For eight months he suffered unintermittently. One of his well-wisher Shri Jitendra Ray one day gave him the book 'Manav-Mutra'. After reading it, he started inhaling first urine of the morning daily throughout both of his nostrils and continued the practice for seven months. As a result he got rid of his sinus trouble and remained free from it thereafter.  'Mutra-Neti' i.e. sucking urine through nostrils is an excellent practice for bleeding from the nose. In addition it improves the eye-sight also. A patient with the irritation and bleeding of the nose used to take allopathic medicine. In between sometimes he 168 practiced Mutra-Neti for a day or two and his trouble subsided. He did not continue the practice and after two months bleeding recurred again. He inhaled urine from his nose again for two-three days and when bleeding subsided he left it. This was repeated thrice in the short duration of six months. However, even this much irregular application of urine therapy cured him of his trouble and he is now free from it.  "Miracles of Urine Therapy" by Morarji Desai  SINUSITIS  Maria Isabel Covarrubias L { Mexico } "I had sinusitis because I filled with pus during three years of the bone being infected. For a month, I have drank my Urine and I put drops in the nose. No longer does my body have fever. In addition, it served to improve my nervous system and to cure of colitis and gastritis."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  SKIN CANCER  “Two years ago, a small sore appeared on my right inside lower arm. It was very small and, at the time, appeared quite significant. However, within three or four weeks the sore started itching, accompanied by a burning sensation. Within the following six months it had noticeably enlarged. I later self diagnosed it as possible cancer and kept an eye on it. It continued to enlarge and I consequently visited my doctor. He confirmed it was cancer and advised that it would require surgical removal as soon as possible. From my recent studies of cancer cases on alternative medicine regarding cancer cures, I was most reluctant about surgery in view of the fact that, in many cases, surgery has only served to aggravate the area in question on the body where it has been performed, thus weakening the region for further later invasion to take place.  However, my health did decline somewhat as time passed on, and, by Christmas 1995, this cancer sore was now accompanied by yet another one in close proximity which grew at an alarming rate and became in a short time linked with the original outbreak. Margaret nagged me incessantly to get the surgery done, and by the New Year my resolve was weakening along with my health.  It was following the release of your February-March 1996 issue in which you featured the “Urine Therapy” article by Martha Christy, which I read several times, that I decided to give this therapy a go myself, albeit in a slightly modified approach. If this brave woman could annihilate all her health dramas in this way, why should I not try it?  Immediately I devised a way whereby, I could apply the urine in an ongoing way so that the core of the cancer was saturated continuously with fresh urine. (Margaret 169 threatened to divorce me!) I first of all opened my diary to Saturday 27th January ‘96 and entered “First treatment started”. All treatments and noticeable results were entered from then on. On Wednesday 28th Febraury ‘96 entry reads, “Growths completely healed.” Saturday 9th March reads, “Area of growth now difficult to discern.” 16th March reads, “Now there is no trace of where growth originally existed, i.e. no scar.” The actual healing time was 32 days.  Margaret and I went down to the doctor’s and showed him the arm. He and his nurses could not find any trace of cancer and kept rubbing the hairs of my arm away to try to find it. One of the nurses at the clinic has become an avid reader of and subscriber to NEXUS magazine and, at the time, although the doctor demanded to know what self treatment I had taken, neither Margaret nor I would divulge that the application of urine did the track, but the nurse in question (NEXUS reader) stood at the back quietly smiling to herself. Later she said when no one was about, “”You tried that urine therapy, I’ll bet! You old devil; trust you!” The nurse agreed to bring her issue of NEXUS into the inner sanctum of the clinic and leave it in conspicuous places in the hope the one of the doctors might just pick it up, read it and come to some sort of conclusion on their own. We are still waiting for some feedback news from “our nurse on the inside”.  Margaret and I still keep on monitoring the entire arm, but it seems remarkable that just one outbreak of cancer on just one area of the surface of the body can actually drain one’s strength and affect one’s general health the way it did with myself. I have, since the treatment, experienced a remarkable improvement in strength, health, and general well-being and, yes, quite a wonderful success story.  Duncan, I feel personally indebted to this brave woman, and you have my permission to give her a copy of this personal authentic experience.  Kind regard to all at NEXUS, Robert Adams, Whakatane, New Zealand.”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  SKIN DISEASE  “R.N. Patel, Nairobi, Africa, had a small eruption on his leg-joint and it slowly turned into skin-disease on the whole body. There was an itching sensation all over the body, and there was oozing of a watery substance at some places. Doctors could not cure the disease, even though he spent hundreds of dollars. He underwent Urine Therapy and was completely cured, even though he did not observe all the rules of treatment. Thereafter, he became a propagator of Urine Therapy and cured his wife's diabetes and his friend's burning sensation at the time of urination by Urine Therapy. His brother's disease, heart-disease and sinus problem were completely cured by this treatment.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn 170  SKIN DRYNESS  “She has very dry skin to the extent that she gets deep cracks. They are very painful and do not heal easily. External use of urine therapy every two hours relieved the pain almost instantly and the cracks healed within twelve hours.”  Drink Your Own Water by Tony Scazzero  SKIN INFECTION  “Kalyanjibhai Mehta, the first Speaker of Gujarat State Assembly, had a skin infection. He had an itching sensation on the leg, and then there was burning, and blood began to ooze. He tried various medicines for a month, but to no avail, and was much harassed by the disease. He applied urine-soaked pads on the spot for three nights and was completely cured.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John O'Quinn  SKIN LESIONS  Mr. T. California "Seven years ago, I was diagnosed with a lymphatic disorder. The doctors first thought it was Hodgkin's disease. During a vacation in Brazil I contracted some parasites. One was Shigella and the other was Giardia. I was treated with penicillin and many other antibiotics. But I still lost weight and the diarrhea was persistent. Then the new testing for AIDS came out, and I tested positive. I had constant problems with thrush. I also suffered from Kaposi's sarcoma intermittently over portions of my body. My energy level was very low.  To make long story short, I started Urine Therapy. The first treatment with urine was on my skin. The second day I noticed that the KS lesions were starting to fade. Then I stared to drink my own urine. I took about one ounce a day in the beginning. My thrush went away. Every time when I apply urine to any aberration or sore on my skin, it all but disappears. The KS lesion I was talking about is not even one-fourth the original size. Also, my energy level is much higher. I had colitis. I no longer have an inflamed colon. I am steady as a clock and do not suffer anymore from chronic diarrhea. So evidently this is working for me."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  171 SKIN MARKINGS  “I have been washing my face with urine and I have taken all the black marks off my face. As I am very fair, I used chemical cream all my life until the last six years or so, when I woke up to the rot. Congratulations on your books for making them small and good.”  Urine: The Holy Water by Harald W. Tietze  SKIN SORE  “Last year a Jain Mulli told me that Shri Satyendra Muniji propagates the


digestion of fatty foods. Manufacturing bile and pancreatic enzymes is also a lot of effort. Only after the carbohydrates (st arches
and sugars), proteins and fats have been broken down into simpler wate r soluble food units such as simple sugars, amino acids and
fatty acids, can the body pass these nutrients into the blood thorough the little projections in the small intestines called villi.
    The leftovers, elements of the food that can"t be solubiliz ed plus some remaining liquids, are passed into the large intestine.
There, water and the vital mineral salts dissolved in that water, are extracted and absorbed into the blood stream through th in
permeable membranes. Mucous is also secreted in the large i ntestine to facilitate passage of the dryish remains. This is an effort.
(Intestinal mucous can become a route of secondary elimination, especially during fasting. While fasting, it is essential to take
steps to expel toxic mucous in the colon before the p oisons are re adsorbed.) The final residue, now called fecal matter, is squeezed
along the length of the large intestines and passes out the rectum.
    If all the digestive processes have been efficient there now are an abundance of soluble nutrients for the blood stream to
distribute to hungry cells throughout the body. It is important to understand the process at least on the level of oversimpli fication
just presented in order to begin to understand better how health is lost or regained through eating, d igestion, and elimination. And
most importantly, through not eating.

How Fasting Heals
    Its an old hygienic maxim that the doctor does not heal, the medicines do not heal, only the body heals itself. If the body c an"t
heal then nothing can heal it. The  body always knows best what it needs and what to do.
    But healing means repairing damaged organs and tissues and this takes energy, while a sick body is already enervated,
weakened and not coping with its current stressors. If the sick person could but somehow increase the body"s energy resources
sufficie ntly, then a slowly healing body could heal faster while a worsening one, or one that was failing or one that was not getting
better might heal.
    Fasting does just that. To whatever degree food intake is reduced the body"s digestive workload is proport ionately reduced and
it will naturally, and far more intelligently than any physician could order, redirect energy to wherever it decides that ene rgy is
most needed. A fasting body begins accessing nutritional reserves (vitamins and minerals) previously st ored in the tissues and
starts converting body fat into sugar for energy fuel. During a time of water fasting, sustaining the body"s entire energy an d
nutritional needs from reserves and fat does require a small effort, but far less effort than eating. I w ould guess a fasting body used
about five percent of its normal daily energy budget on nutritional concerns rather than the 33 percent it needs to process n ew
food. Thus, water fasting puts something like 28 percent more energy at the body"s disposal. This  is true even though the water
faster may feel weak, energyless.
    I would worry if sick or toxic fasters did not complain about their weakness. They should expect to feel energyless. In fact,  the
more internal healing and detoxification the body require s, the tireder the faster feels because the body is very hard at work
internally. A great deal of the body"s energy will go toward boosting the immune system if the problem is an infection. Liber ated
energy can also be used for healing damaged parts, rebui lding failing organs, for breaking down and eliminating deposits of toxic
materials. Only after most of the healing has occurred does a faster begin to feel energetic again. Don"t expect to feel anyt hing but
tired and weak.
    The only exception to this w ould be a person who has already significantly detoxified and healed their body by previous fasting,
or the rare soul that has gone from birth through adulthood enjoying extraordinarily good nutrition and without experiencing the
stressors of improper dige stion. When one experienced faster I know finds himself getting "run down" or catching a cold, he quits
eating until he feels really well. Instead of feeling weak as most fasters do, as each of the first four or five days of wate r fasting
pass, he experien ces a resurgence of more and more energy. On the first fasting day he would usually feel rotten, which was why
he started fasting in the first place. On the second fasting day he"d feel more alert and catch up on his paper work. By his third day
on only wa ter he would be out doing hard physical chores like cutting the grass, splitting wood or weeding his vegetable garden.
Day four would also be an energetic one, but if the fast extended beyond that, lowering blood sugar would begin to make him t ired
and he" d feel forced to begin laying down.
    After a day of water fasting the average person"s blood sugar level naturally drops; making a faster feel somewhat tired and
"spacey," so a typical faster usually begins to spend much more time resting, further reduc ing the amount of energy being
expended on moving the body around, serendipitously redirecting even more of the body"s energy budget toward healing. By the
end of five or six days on water, I estimate that from 40 to 50 percent of the body"s available ener gy is being used for healing,
repair and detoxification.
    The amount of work that a fasting body’s own healing energy can do and what it feels like to be there when it is happening is
incredible. But you can’t know it if you haven’t felt it. So hardly a nyone in our present culture knows.
    As I mentioned in the first chapter, at Great Oaks School I apprenticed myself to the traveling masters of virtually every sy stem
of natural healing that existed during the ‘70s. I observed every one of them at work and tried most of them on my clients. After all
that I can say with experience that I am not aware of any other healing tool that can be so effective as the fast.

Essentials of a Successful, Safe Fast
1. Fast in a bright airy room, with exceptionally goo d ventilation, because fasters not only need a lot of fresh air; their bodies give
off powerfully offensive odors.
2. Sun bathe if possible in warm climates for 10 to 20 minutes in the morning before the sun gets too strong.
3. Scrub/massage the skin wit h a dry brush, stroking toward the heart, followed by a warm water shower two to four times a day to
assist the skin in eliminating toxins. If you are too weak to do this, have an assisted bed bath.
4. Have two enemas daily for the first week of a fast an d then once daily until the fast is terminated.
5. Insure a harmonious environment with supportive people or else fast alone if you are experienced. Avoid well -meaning
interference or anxious criticism at all cost. The faster becomes hypersensitive to oth ers" emotions.
6. Rest profoundly except for a short walk of about 200 yards morning and night.
7. Drink water! At least three quarts every day. Do not allow yourself to become dehydrated!
8. Control yourself! Break a long fast on diluted non -sweet frui t juice such as grapefruit juice, sipped a teaspoon at a time, no more
than eight ounces at a time no oftener than every 2 or 3 hours. The second day you eat, add small quantities of fresh juicy f ruit to
the same amount of juice you took the day before no oftener than every 3 hours. By small quantities I mean half an apple or the
equivalent. On the third day of eating, add small quantities of vegetable juice and juicy vegetables such as tomatoes and
cucumbers.
Control yourself! The second week after eating  resumed add complex vegetable salads plus more complex fruit salads. Do not mix
fruit and vegetables at meals. The third week add raw nuts and seeds no more than 1/2 ounce three times daily. Add 1/4 avocad o
daily. Fourth week increase to 3 ounces of raw s oaked nuts and seeds daily and 1/2 avocado daily. Cooked grains may also be
added, along with steamed vegetables and vegetable soups.

The Prime Rules Of Fasting
    Another truism of natural hygiene is that we dig our own graves with our teeth. It is sad  but true that almost all eat too much
quantity of too little quality. Dietary excesses are the main cause of death in North America. Fasting balances these excesse s. If
people were to eat a perfect diet and not overeat, fasting would rarely be necessary.
    There are two essential rules of fasting. If these rules are ignored or broken, fasting itself can be life threatening. But i f the rules
are followed, fasting presents far less risk than any other important medical procedure with a far greater likelih ood of a positive
outcome. And let me stress here, there is no medical procedure without risk. Life itself is fraught with risk, it is a one -way ticket
from birth to death, with no certainty as to when the end of the line will be reached. But in my opinion, when handling
degenerative illness and infections, natural hygiene and fasting usually offer the best hope of healing with the least possib le risk.