, with the mind-
set of “I must get rid of the e go and be a totally spiritual person. ” This
mind-set tends to create imbalances and must be approached with caution. The ego is your personality i n society. It represents your s ense of
individuality and uniqueness. Self-esteem and self-worth em anate from
your ego. Y our sense of person al power and accomplishment  come from
ego con sciousness. If you play any role in relationships with others and in
society, you must embrace your ego as your friend. For example, in
searching for a j ob you need to point out why you’re a better can didate than
others. Y ou need to have the self-awareness and self-confidence to point out
your strengths, talents, and expe rience. When you’re dating with the goal of
finding a  life partner, you need your ego not only to attract a potential mate
but also to win him or her over. Do you see how it’ s nearly impossible to go
through life denying your ego. However, your ego can be pro blematic when it takes over a nd you
operate only  from ego consciousness. Sometimes we can get into the mode
of only looking out for our own needs, wants, and desires and for getting
that everyone around us is tryi ng to do the same. Y ou can recognize this
limitation and try to move beyond it by bringing awareness to your ego. Notice when yo u are being self-centered or selfish. Become a detective and
find out why. If you naturally tend to think of yourself first, override that by
finding out what the other perso n wants first or making the decision to take
turns. Or perhaps you’re acting out of ego consciousness because you used
to d eny your n eeds and desires and now you’re fed up. W hatever thereason, honor your ego’ s messa ges and take action to bring balance to the
situation. Accepting Third Chakra Gifts
Become a shining example of who you are. While you can use your third
chakra gifts to m ove yourself ahead in life, you can also use them to help
make others’ lives better. Y o u can use your inner drive to create a
movement or to protest injustice, to contribute to a charity or cause, or to
start you r own business. Inner p ower is a gift. Y our inner power will allow
you to stand up for your belie fs, defend those who need it, and rise up
against those who might harm you. Gifts of  the Manipura chakra will allow you to set boundaries and be
assertive. These  are all positive aspects that delineate you from me and that
will, in the lon g run, create more positive and fulfilling rela tionships in
every aspect of your life. Healing Manipura
DAIL Y AFFIRMA TION
I stand firm in my personal power as a shining example for others. I am certain of my wants, needs, and desires. Healing the Physical Body
During our time in our mother ’ s womb, we were nourished through the
umbilical cord. W e received all our sustenance through this cord. This
constant nourish ment left us lac king for nothing, and when it got cut, our
journey to separateness in our  physical existence began. The symbolic
moment of the cord cutting  is intimately linked to th ird chakra
development. In  the course of those nine months, we were given everything
we need ed to survive and thrive  on this journey of life on earth. Assuming
we h ave developed normally bo th physically and mentally, we have a bodyand min d that work. In our sepa rateness, we can then figure out our mission
for the next hundred years or so. The trust built i n the first chakra and the desires of the second  chakra
lead us to the drive and power of the third. These three forces come together
to prope l us to work, create the life we desire, and begin to fu lfill our life
purpose. Interestingly, we  continue to receive nourishment from the same area of
the body as before the umbilical cord was cut. The third chakra is the seat
of digestion. A yurveda describes agni, o r the digestive  force, as the ultimate
way to determin e a person’ s he alth. Agni  m eans “fire,” a nd healthy agni
allows us to assimilate the nutrients we consume into vital ener gy to move
through life. Healthy agni also helps us digest emotions and experiences. The hea lth of your digestive fire will determine how you go th rough each
day. In the physical body, you s trengthen your solar plexus chakra through
proper nutrition and exercises to enhance your inner fire. P ROPER  D IGESTION AND  A SSIMILA TION OF  N UTRIENTS
A yurveda teach es much about creating healthy agni. When your agni is
strong, y ou crea te healing chemicals called ojas. W eak ag ni produ ces toxins
called ama. Eat ing clean a nd whole foods helps you create a healthy
digestive system. Refrain from eating processed, artificial, and chemically
produced food. As much as you’re able, eat or ganic food. Balance your diet
by e ating fruits and vegetables that have naturally vibrant col ors, such as
the d eep red and  purple pigments of eggplant, red onions, and to matoes; the
dark gre ens of kale, collard greens, and spinach; or the deep ora nge hues of
pumpkin, butternut squash, oranges, and carrots. For proper digestion, minimize  raw foods, and lightly cook or sauté
vegetables. During meals avoid drinking beverages other than room-
temperature water, and make sure you’re eating in a calm environment. A yurveda also suggests eating freshly cooked food at every meal versus
eating leftovers and reheated food. Y OGA  A SANAS AND  P RANA Y AMA  E XERCISES T O  H EAL THE
T HIRD  C HAKRA
It’ s relatively easy to balance the third chakra through movement and
breathing. Y ou can enhance your digestion and bring health to the Manipura
chakra simply by walking for ten minutes after each meal. T o view a video demo of these exer cises, go to
www. youtube. com/c/MichelleFondinAuthor. Click on the Playlists tab, and select
Chakra Healing Asanas & Pranayamas. Scr oll down the list until you find the one you’r e looking for. Bellows Br eath — Bhastrika :  T ranslated as “bellows breath,” bhastrika  is
a wa y to  create heat in the body. Y ou can also use this breathing technique
if you’re trying to lose weight. T o practice bhastrika, sit on the floor cross-
legged or in a chair with your feet flat on the floor, spine tall, an d shoulders
relaxed. Y ou will be breathing  through your nose with your lips closed. Place your awareness on the are a around your belly button and diaphragm. T o begin, inhale passively through your nose, and exhale forcefully while
contracting your  belly in toward  your spine. Then inhale forcefully as you
puf f out  your belly. Continue to forcefully exhale and inhale in one-second
increments. Y ou can even say quietly to yourself one-two-one-two-one-two. After about ten seconds, take a break and take in a deep inhalation and
exhalation. Then begin a second set of bhastrika. Practice bhast rika for one
to tw o m inutes. When you’re fin ished, it may feel as if you have  done many
sets of abdominal exercises. Boat Po se — Navasana :  S it tall with your knees bent an d feet flat on the
floor. If you’re working on a h ard surface, sit on a folded blanket. Find a
focal point ahead, and fix your  gaze at about eye level. W ith your arms
beside y ou, hold  on to the backs of your thighs. When you feel c entered, lift
your fee t of f the ground. Straigh ten your legs as much as you’re able — it’ s
okay to keep yo ur knees slightly bent if necessary. When you feel ready, let
go o f your thigh s and extend your arms in front of you. Y our torso and legswill be in a V  s ha pe. E ven tho ugh you will b e leaning backward, lengthen
through your back. Hold the p ose as long as you can. T o release from
navasana, hold on to your legs once again and lower your feet toward the
floor. Plank Pose:  Begin on all fou rs with your ha nds right below your shoulders
and your knees about hip-width  apart. Extend your right leg straight back,
and place the ball of your foot down. Then extend your left le g and place
that foot down so that both leg s are straight. Keep your hips level to the
floor; try not to overcompensate by raising your hips too high or sinking
your hip s too low. When you’re doing plank properly, you will feel the
intense fire in your belly. Brea the deeply. If you can


 own sake, without judging it. Concealment. I conceal who I am if that is what is needed for growth. If you already
knew yourself totally as spirit, there would be no path and no growth. Therefore some  things remain hidden at certain times. In my role as
concealer I lay out the steps of the path. Revelation. I reveal myself as needed to open up new possibilities. Time and space
are constantly unfolding. If they simply unfolded more time and more
space, there would be endless repetition of the known. But time and space
are only curtains to the drama lying behind them. The drama is the
unfolding of spirit, which happens through revelation. If you listen to the voice speak ing these lines, it is remarkable  how the
“I” can be interpreted as God, spirit, love, or simply your own nature. You
are simultaneously in touch with all these levels, although your mind, made
insensitive by its conditioning, may not let you see this. Shiva isn’t hiding,
since there is no place for the One to hide. The gr eatest sign of God’ s love is that He wants to be known. Now we come to our deepest definition of passion: passion is the free
flow of awareness from the unmanifest to the manifest. Your existence here
on earth makes you the love child of Shiva’ s passion for Shakti, and hers for
him in return. Your life appears to be a tapestry of outward events ranging
from birth to death. But all this activity depends entirely upon the invisible
flow of awareness working on every level. Shiva and Shakti ar e eternally married because both ar e composed of awar eness. One is
awar eness r esting in silence; the other is awar eness flowing out into cr eation. This is what I mean by saying that you are passion itself, for you marry
silence and power, the two polarities between which awareness flows. Without the flow of awareness everything in and around you would collapse
into a heap of dead matter. When you aspire to enter a sacred marriage with
someone you love, you are expressing your own nature and nothing less. The miracle of love is that feeling a grain of love for another person can
suddenly reveal the divine. Such a tiny shift of perception is needed toregain infinity. When I stop heeding separation and follow love, my beloved
will be mirrored  in my being; I will feel exuberance, exaltati on, and joy
flowing from their silent wellspring. The manifestations of love will
multiply becaus e my lover will become sacred to me; that is why love is
called holy, because it expresses wholeness. OceanofPDF. comLOVING  PRACTICE
Heeding Spirit
IF SPIRIT IS sending  signals to you, how can you heed them. Second
attention has much in commo n with intuition and creativity. It is well
known that both are faculties of the human mind. From a spiritual
viewpoint you are always a creator. The tiniest situation in your life is not
made “out there” but “in here,” from the source of reality, which is
awareness. People who believe that the material world is causi ng things to
happen are simply unconscious creators—they haven’ t taken responsibility
for being authors of their own lives. Second attention gives you the ability to take authorship of your life,
putting you at the center of the daily process of making the reality you
perceive. Since all of us are conditioned to believe that nature operates
independently of what we think, wish, dream, and feel, reclaiming
authorship of our reality is a gradual process. Signals fr om spirit all serve the same purpose: to give you back your life as a cr eator. The attitude toward life of someone who functions as a creator  is based
on these  five cardinal beliefs, few of which you have been taught unless
you were extremely fortunate:
1. I am an empty vessel. Inspiration fills me every day, but I am not here
to hold on to anything that comes to me. 2. I am here to pass ener gy from one state to another. Hopefully I move it
from a lower to a higher state, since my purpose is to direct everything
toward spirit. 3. I do not have to control the flow of reality. I bend where spirit bids me. 4. The fullness of spirit, not my ego, provides. 5. If I live from the source of creation, only good can come to me. Everything from spirit comes from love. Getting to these beliefs and making them work for you is a goal that spirit
can help you with. Society in general is not attuned to such a life, which is
why all artists and true lovers have had to travel far outside the accepted
framework of social beliefs. Society supports struggle, competition, and
ego, which means that it supports separation. The worldview of separation
is extremely convincing—millions of people spend every day simply trying
to cope with survival. But living in separation isn’t love; by definition it
cannot bring you to unity. Spirit is your chief and only ally in your quest for unity. The tactics of non-love will never get you
to love. In the following exercise you will learn how to transmute the beliefs and
behaviors of separation into those of love, using the signals that spirit is
always sending. PART ONE
The voice of spirit is constantly competing with other voices inside you,
and the outcom e of your life depends on which voice you follow. Since
inner voices are constant, you can estimate what a person expec ts from life
by looking at his or her inner voices for a period no longer than forty-eight
hours. Read the follow ing statements and check those that have applied to you
over the past two days:
1. I was afraid something wasn’ t going to work out for me.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is Shiva's role in the Bhagavad-Gita?,
A: Shiva is not an aggressive god who destroys the universe, but rather absorbs the universe back into himself at the end of creation.
Q: What is the purpose of the five actions of Shiva?,
A: These actions are meant to impart spiritual growth and understanding, not to be taken as a literal guide for external actions.
Q: What is the main difference between the voice of the ego and the voice of spirit?,
A: The ego's voice is loud, demanding, and often negative, while the voice of spirit is silent, gentle, and loving.
Q: What is the key to unlocking the voice of spirit and the experience of ecstasy?,
A: The key is to let go of old beliefs, fears, and judgments, and to take responsibility for one's own feelings and desires.
Q: What is the ultimate goal of spiritual growth and self-discovery?,
A: The ultimate goal is to transcend the ego and become one with the universe, achieving a state of unity and wholeness.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>For some lovers it is
possible to use orgasm as a means to reach elevated states of consciousness,
yet even in these cases the visions, sensations, and emotions being evoked
are not necessarily ecstasy. They are whatever the lovers have made them
into.To make things shining and new has everything to do with perception. This brings us to the second broad definition of ecstasy, which is mythic  or
archetypal. In ordinary perception we see ourselves in unmythic terms,
overshadowed as we are by so much mundane activity. Ulysses didn’ t have
to commute through tangled traffic every morning; Athena’ s mind wasn’ t
filled with worri es over meeting the mortgage this month. But as Carl Jung
long ago pointed out, beneath the turmoil of daily activity our unconscious
motivations dwell in the mythic world. Inside each of us are primal gods and goddesses. We know this without
knowing it, insofar as we obey  our mythic drives without bringing them
into conscious awareness. Striving to succeed in a corporate takeover bid
partakes of the heroic quest as much as the Argonauts seeking the Golden
Fleece; climbing Everest is driven by the same ambition to reach the abode
of the gods as Icarus flying toward the sun. In mythic terms ecstasy is a
sacred journey into the unconscious as underworld, heroically portrayed in
countless ways, from Persephone’ s abduction by Pluto to Orph eus seeking
his bride among the shades of Hades. If the physical definition of ecstasy falls short because it lacks meaning,
the mythic definition flirts with being too intellectual. Through the arduous
process of bringing the unconsc iousness to light, a person may be able to
reach his mythic roots, but whether this will bring ecstasy is questionable. In the language of archetypes ecstasy has been traced back to the Greek god
Dionysus, whose devotees engaged in ritual orgies, using wine and
sexuality to attain altered states. At the sacred site of Delphi, a secret cult of
women called maenads (deriv ed from the Greek word for “madness”)
worked themselves into ecstatic frenzies in their rites, which included
skinning animals alive with their bare hands and devouring them. We still look askance at Dionysiac revels, supposing that their
participants reached wild excesses of drunkenness and promiscuity. To
mythic thinkers, though, nothing could be further from the truth. The
worship of Dionysus, they tell us, was not about excess and violence


how special. They feel guarded by providence, although they
may not reveal such a reckless belief to others. Dr. Irvin Yalom
writes about one such woman who believed in her specialness for
years, only to come out of it quite traumatically: she was deeply
shaken one day when she became the victim of a purse-snatcher in a
restaurant parking lot. Yalom writes, “Most of all, the robbery illuminated her
ordinariness, her ‘I never thought it could happen to me’ reecting
the loss of belief in her personal specialness.” He is not referring to
any special talents or gifts that this woman possessed. It is highly
rational for people to prize that kind of specialness. But we also
have an irratio nal sense of specialness, Yalom asserts, which serves
as “one of our chief methods  of denying death.” However, far fromdeeming it a valuable trait, psychiatrists tend to regard this way of
feeling special as undesirable, and when the woman came to Yalom
for treatment, his chief focus was to bring her to terms with her
ordinariness. This meant that he had to strip away her sense of
feeling protected against death. Here we are confronted with the ambiguous role of the psyche’s
need for self-pr otection. To feel safe from death is not something we
can easily do without; on the other hand, if the fear of death is
being forcibly suppressed in the depths of our subconscious, it could
be spreading underground terror that we ignore at our peril. As
Yalom goes on to say, “The part of our mind whose task it is to
mollify death terror genera tes the irrational belief that we are
invulnerable—that unpleasant things like aging and death may be
the lot of others but not our lot, that we exist beyond law, beyond
human and biological destiny.”
I grant that it is a worthwhi le goal to dispel delusions and even
more worthwh ile to rid the mind of hidden fear, but beyond the
goal of mental  health lies the goal of freedom. Where is freedom to
begin if not in “that sense of specialness, of being charme d, of being
the exception, of being eternally protected” that psychiatry wants to
stamp out? All of these feelings are ones that Yalom labels as self-
deceptions. However, to think that they are illusions may itself be a
greater illusion—or so the yogis declare. The starting point for Yoga is just this sense of being special or
charmed or protected. Witho ut it, the only sane course in life would
be to come to terms with the solid, sensible world before our eyes,
complete with its burden of pain, aging, and death. At best one
would put up an “ironica l struggle,” in a famous phrase by
Montaigne, ghting the enemy who is destined to win from the rst
moment of combat. Many people, perhaps all, would leap at the chance to feel special
again, but their conditioning atly closes o that possibility. Lawrence LeShan is a highly regarded psychologist who more than
thirty years ago pioneered the startling theory that cancer has a
personal component. He argued that becoming a cancer patient is
the end product of neurotic mechanisms that go back to childhood.LeShan was also among the rst to use psychotherapy as a means to
revive the cancer patient’s buried instincts, particularly the instinct
to heal. LeShan found that he had to begin by turning the methods of
conventional therapy on their head. If a breast cancer patient goes
to a conventi onal therapis t, he would focus primarily on her
symptoms. Confronted with her psychological pain, he would try to
identify the precise source of that pain and reduce it. LeShan, on the
other hand, attempts to make cancer a turning point, with the aim,
not of reducing symptoms,  but of pushing the patien t to new
heights. He focuses on the patient’s uniqueness and individuality: a
breast cancer patient coming  to him would be told that she has “a
special song to sing in life,” a source of joy that belongs only to her. On the rst day of therapy, when LeShan looks at his patients and
announces this goal, he very often gets a blast of hostility and
rejection in return. The following are some typical responses, taken
from his book Cancer as a Turning Point:
“If I found my own music, it would be so discordant that I
wouldn’t like it, and no one else could stand it either. My
own ‘natural’ way of being is ugly and repellent. I learned a
long time ago not to express it if I wanted to have any
relationships with others or to be able to live with myself.”
“If I found my own song and tried to sing it, I would nd that
there is no place in the world for anyone like me.”
“My own song would have such contradictions built into it
that it would be impossible.”
In their acute distress, these patients feel the therapist’s helping
gesture as a huge threat. They reject his “impossible” goals and hold
on desperately  to the “unselsh” values they were taught as
children. These  values include being modest and polite, never losing
one’s temper, deferring to the wishes of others, and so forth. In our
society, every good child has learned them. Yet from the mouths of
LeShan’s patients, these values sound dreadful, as if someone’s soul
has been stied.Most of us accept the same values, however, and to some extent
we, too, do not feel that the world wants to hear our music—our
most personal expressions of feeling and desire—just because it is
ours. A profound lack of self-acceptance is being revealed in this
attitude. But since we are healthy enough to stay out of therapy or a
cancer ward, we have no occasion to defend our vulnerability quite
so nakedly as these women. Whenever people actually nd their own song to sing, their deep-
seated sense of self-doubt begins to be released, leaving a space for
creativity to ll. The song turns out to be beautiful; people nd that
they can sing it without being punished and even earn a living being
themselves. “In addition,” LeShan notes, “in every case the song was
socially positive and acceptable. I have never seen an exception to
this.” Beneath the fear of being unique, each of us has a powerful
craving for as much uniqueness and specialness as possible. In essen ce, LeShan is simply asking his patients to be themselves. Why is that prospect at rst so horrifying? Deep down, as much as
we might deny it, all of us have been hurt by having our childhood
wishes trample d on, but we accepted it “for our own good.” A child
needs and demands to be respected as a unique person,  but being
small and helplessly attached to his parent’s approva l, he will
sacrice his own feelings to win the reward of their love. For most
of us, our parents fed us their own concept of “being good,” and we
conformed to that even if it rankled our still-selsh childi sh egos. As
the noted Swiss psychoanaly st Alice Miller points out, we were all
taught to be good before we wanted  to be good. This may sound like a ne distinction, but in later life it makes all
the dierence between freedom and slavery. As an adult, I may be
rmly habituated to being good. Whenever I give to others, I feel
superior for being able to give and sorry for anyone who cannot. Yet
the acid test is how I feel when I am doing the giving. Am I joyful
about it or merely self-righteous? Do I expect something  in return,
such as gratitude, deference, and respect? Or do I let the other
person feel what he feels, whether it is anything or nothing? Giving
can be a mark of genuine freedom, the willingness to do with less so
that someone else may have more. But a person who has learned toput on a mask of giving is in total slavery. To what? To the memory
of what he must do to make his parents happy. Beginning with our desire to please our mothers, we have learned
to read like perfect scholars the faintest hints of acceptance and
rejection in other people. As we subtly mold ourselves to this
outside pattern, it becomes second nature, a kind of false self. A gap
is created between true and false emotions, between what I should
feel and what I actually feel. The process is subtle but treacherous. If
it goes on long enough, one forgets what it is like simply to be, to let
happiness and sadness come when they will, to give or keep as the
moment dictates. For the false self does not really feel; it calculates. A life lived truly is the joining of heart and mind. As feelings
come, the mind approves and delights in them. It is not dicult to
test if someone is leading such a life, because he will readily tell you
that the best time he has ever spent is the present. This is a sure sign
that the mind is not running ahead of the heart in anticipation or
lagging behind


 body custom -assembles all its proteins from amino acids derived from
digesting protein foods, and can also manufactur e small quantities of certain of its own amino acids to order, but there are eight
amino acids it cannot make and these are for that reason called essential amino acids. Essential amino acids must be containe d in
the food we eat.. Few proteins are water s oluble. When we eat proteins the digestive apparatus must first break them down into their water -soluble
components, amino acids, so these can pass into the blood and then be reassembled into the various proteins the body uses. Th e
body has an interesting mechanism to digest proteins; it uses enzymes. An enzyme is like the key for a lock. It is a complex
molecule that latches to a protein molecule and then breaks it apart into amino acids. Then the enzyme finds yet another prot ein
molecule to free. Enzymes are efficient, reusable many many times. Enzymes that digest proteins are effective only in the very acid environment of the stomach, are manufactured by the pancreas  and
are released when protein foods are present. The stomach then releases hydrochloric acid and churns away like a washing machine,
mixing the enzymes and the acid with the proteins until everything has digested. So far so good. That's how its supposed to be. But. Dr. Henry Bieler, who wrote Food Is Your Best Medicine, came up with the
finest metaphor I know of to explain how protein digestion goes wrong. He compared all proteins to the white of an egg (which is
actually a form of protein). When raw and liquid, the long chains of albumen (egg white) proteins are in their natural form. Howeve r, cook the egg and the egg white both solidifies and becomes smaller. What has happened is that the protein chains have
shriveled and literally tied themselves into knots. Once this happens, pancreatic enzymes no longer fit and cannot separate a ll the
amino acids. Cooked proteins may churn and churn and churn in the presence of acid and pancreatic enzymes but they will not
digest completely. Part becomes water -soluble; part does not. But, indigestible protein is still subject to an undesirable form of cons umption in the gut. Various bacteria make their home in our
airless, warm intestines. Some of these live on protein. In the process of consuming undigested proteins, they release highly  toxic
substances. They poison us. What is true of the white of an egg  is also true of flesh foods and dairy. Raw meat and raw fish are actually easily digestible foods
and if not wrongly combined will not produce toxemia in a person that still has a strong pancreas. However, eating raw meat a nd
fish can be a dicey propositi on, both for reasons of cultural sensibility (people think it is disgusting) and because there may be
living parasites in uncooked flesh that can attack, sicken and even kill people. It has been argued that a healthy stomach co ntaining
its proper degree of  acidity provides an impenetrable barrier to parasites. Perhaps. But how many of us are that healthy these days? Cooked flesh and fish seems more delicious to our refined, civilized sensibilities, but are a poor food. In my household we have no moral obje ction to eating meat. We do have an ethical objection in that meat eating does not
contribute to our health. But still, we do eat it. A few times a year, for traditional celebrations we may invite the childre n over and
cook a turkey. A few times for Thanks giving when the children were going through their holier -than-thou vegetarian stage, I
purchased the largest, thickest porterhouse steak I could find at the natural meat store and ate it medium -rare, with relish. It was
delicious. It made me feel full for hours and hours and hours. I stayed flat on the couch and groggily worked on digesting it all
evening. After that I'd had enough of meat to last for six months. When milk is pasteurized, the proteins in it are also altered in structure. Not so severely as  egg white is altered by cooking because
pasteurization happens at a lower temperature. But altered none the less. And made less digestible. Pasteurizing also makes m ilk
calcium far less assimilable. That's ironic because so many people are drinking milk b ecause they fear they need more calcium to
avoid osteoporosis and to give their children good teeth. What pasteurized milk actually does to their children is make them
calcium deficient and makes the children toxic, provoking many colds, ear infections, si nusitis, inflammations of the tonsils and
lung infections, and, induces an allergy to milk in the children. The Development Of Allergies
There are three ways a body can become allergic. (1) It can have a genetic predisposition for a specific allergy to s tart with. (2) It
can be repeatedly exposed to an irritating substance such as pollen when, at the same time, the body's mechanism for dealing with
irritations is weakened. Generally weak adrenals causes this because the adrenal's job is to produce hormone s that reduce
inflammation. Once the irritating substance succeeds at producing a significant inflammation, a secondary reaction may be set  up,
called an allergy. Once established, an allergy is very hard to get rid of. (3) in a way very similar to the sec ond, but instead of being irritated by an external substance, it is irritated by repeatedly failing to
properly, fully digest something. Pasteurized milk for example, basically impossible to completely digest even in its low -fat form,
often sets up an alle rgy that applies to other forms of cows milk, even raw, unpasteurized cows milk or yogurt. Eating too much
white flour can eventually set off a wheat allergy. My husband developed a severe allergy to barley after drinking too much h ome-
brewed beer; he also  became highly intolerant to alcohol. Now he has allergic reactions to both alcohol and barley. And gets far
sicker from drinking beer (two separate allergies) than from wheat beer, hard liquor or wine (only one allergy). Eating too much of any single foo d, or repeatedly eating too much of an otherwise very good food at one time, can eventually
overwhelm the body's ability to digest it fully. Then, the finest whole food products may set up an allergic reaction. Worse,  this
allergic reaction itself subseque ntly prevents proper digestion even when only moderate quantities are eaten. An allergy may not be recognized as an allergy because it may not manifest as the instant skin rash or stuffy nose or swollen
glands or sticky eyes. that people usually think of when they think "allergic reaction." Food allergies can cause many kinds of
symptoms, from sinusitis to psychosis, from asthma to arthritis, from hyperactivity to depression, insomnia to narcolepsy –and
commonly the symptoms don't manifest immediately after  eating. Frequently, allergic reactions are so low grade as to be
unnoticeable and may not produce an observable condition until many years of their grinding down the vital force has passed. When the condition finally appears it is hard to associate it wit h some food that has been consumed for years, apparently with
impunity. Thus it is that many North Americans have developed allergies to wheat, dairy, soy products (because many soy foods are very
hard to digest), corn and eggs. These are such common, wide spread, frequently found allergies that anyone considering a dietary
cause of their complaints might just cut all these foods out of the diet for a few weeks just to see what happens. And indivi duals
may be allergic to anything from broccoli to bacon, stra wberries to bean sprouts. Unraveling food allergies sometimes requires the
deductions of a Sherlock Holmes. However, food allergies are very easy to cure if you can get the suffered to take the medicine. Inevitably, allergic reaction s vanish
in about five days of abstinence. Anyone with sufficient self -discipline to water fast for five days can cure themselves of all food
allergies at one step. Then, by a controlled, gradual reintroduction of foods, they can discover which individual items cause
trouble. Se e Coca's Pulse Test in the Appendix where you'll find step -by-step instructions for allergy testing that are less rigorous,
not requiring a preliminary fast. Flour, And Other Matters Relating To Seeds
One of the largest degradations to human health was ca used by the roller mill. This apparently profitable machine permitted the
miller to efficiently separate wheat flour into three components: bran, germ and endosperm. Since bread made without bran and
germ is lighter and appears more "upper class" it became  instantly popular. Flour without germ and bran also had an industrial
application –it could be stored virtually forever without being infested by insects because white flour does not contain enough
nutrition to support life. Most health conscious people ar e aware that white flour products won't support healthful human life
either. Essentially, white flour's effect on humans is another demonstration of Health = Nutrition / Calories. When the bran and germ  are
discarded, remaining are the calories and much o f the protein, lacking are many vitamins and minerals and other vital nutritional
substances. Whole wheat bread has been called the staff of life. In ages past, healthy cultures have made bread the predominant staple in  their
diet. Does that mean you can just go to the bakery and buy whole grain bread, or go to the health food store and buy organically
grown whole wheat flour, bake


 so that, when the source of secondary "infection” is removed,
the symptoms temporarily clear up. This is heralded as a great victory for
science. Recurrence too
frequently vitiates the victory. There have been so many kinds of treatment for arthritis that it would be needless to try to
enumerate all of them. It can only be said that none of them have proved satisfactory. Spas, springs,
water cures, mud, salt, soap baths, sulphur baths, hot baths, electro-therapy, packs, drugs,
nostrums, and serums have all had their day and have been found wanting. Some of them have
afforded temporary relief in many instances; none has been more than a palliative. To get well and remain well of rheumatism, lumbago, muscular rheumatism, inflammatory
rheumatism, gout, arthritis, no matter what form it may assume, the sufferer must discontinue all
enervating habits and learn his limitations and respect them. Every normal habit indulged to satiety
and every abnormal habit produces disease. Here is the origin of every so-called disease. The end
is chronic disease and premature death. Until we learn to recognize the fact that symptoms are the result of toxic saturation and learn the
source of the intoxication, we are left with nothing we can do for the sick except provide a brief
and questionable palliation. The man who can offer his patient nothing more than an
anodyne
 or a
sedative
 can do much harm but he can do no good. To be truly effective the care of the arthritic case should be directed at the removal of the cause
of the disease. To give drugs, whether aspirin, cortisone or other of the drugs now in use for
arthritis, which are intended to do nothing more than provide the patient with brief periods of
relief from pain, is to remove no cause. Although most of these drugs are given to “relieve” the
pain, it is asserted that cortisone temporarily relieves some of the other symptoms, but it does not
go beyond palliation, while it does build a more difficult condition to remedy. The body has remarkable recuperative powers and it often succeeds in restoring health in spite
of the remedies. It can do a much better and more speedy job if the remedies and the causes that
have built the disease are removed. The body must be given an opportunity to eliminate its toxic
accumulation by means of a fast and then an opportunity to alter its blood chemistry by means of a
more or less radical change in the plan of eating. This done, the results will be surprising. We do not restore normal nutrition by removing the effects of impaired nutrition. The proposal
to cut into the arthritic joints and scrape away the deposits of lime is but a proposal to try another
means of spectacular palliation. Even if it could be successfully done, it would be but a short time
95until more deposits would take the place of those scraped away. The cutting and the scraping
would have to be done all over again. Nothing can more certainly or more rapidly alter the state of the nutrition of the body than a fast. No other means at our disposal brings about a more rapid change in the chemistry of the body,
especially of its fluids and secretions. Fasting relieves the pains of arthritis, for example, more
effectively than drugs and does it without risk or harm. The duration of the fast in arthritis will have to depend on individual circumstances and should
never be undertaken except under the personal supervision of one who is thoroughly familiar with
the techniques of fasting. It is customary to advise the arthritic to exercise the affected joints to prevent these from
becoming fixed. It is asserted that this stays the development of ankylosis or bony union. However
much truth there may be in this claim, the forced activity tends to aggravate the inflammation and
intensify the pain. I find it better to let the affected joint rest until fasting has enabled the body to
remove the deposits and infiltrations from the joint and to clear up the inflammation. In this way
the stiff joint spontaneously limbers up and may be used without pain. The vast majority of patients with arthritis whom I have been called upon to care for have been
in advanced stages of chronic disease. They have all had months to years of the usual forms of
treatment, including the removal of several “foci of infection,” and they have still suffered. Indeed,
their history shows that they have grown progressively worse under such forms of treatment. They
have been in pain. They were deformed. They were more or less helpless. Why? I repeat: the
primary cause of their suffering had been neglected. Recovery from chronic arthritis is a slow evolution out of a state of ill health and into a state of
biochemical dependability. It involves many factors—age, weight, extent of the disease, its
duration, degrees of joint destruction, the amount of ankylosis, previous habits of living and eating,
the amount of nerve energy in reserve, the character of complications that exist (such as heart
disease), the occupation, disposition and environment of the patient. All of these factors determine
the extent of recovery possible and the rapidity with which recovery can take place. Chief among the requirements of recovery is a willingness and determination to carry out all
instructions. Those who cheat and who balk at restrictions and rules are less likely to achieve the
return of good health. An absolute minimum of sugar and starches should be included in the diet. Self-control, self-denial, many restrictions, a dogged determination to get well, even if the
restrictions are sometimes irksome and the progress discouraging, help in recovery. 9623
Peptic Ulcer
When, on July 28, 1939, William J. Mayo, M.D., the last of the two brothers who established the
famous Mayo clinic, died, the press carried the story that he died of a sub-acute perforating ulcer,
an abdominal ailment he had specialized in treating. Said one dispatch: “Stricken shortly after he
returned from a winter vacation in the southwest, Dr. Will underwent a stomach operation at the
clinic last April and never fully recovered.”
It was but a few years after Dr. Mayo’s death when it was announced from this same clinic that
operation for ulcer is not good treatment. While operations are still being performed for ulcers,
they are not performed so frequently as formerly. It is no unusual thing for a specialist to die of the disease in which he specializes. That they
“take their own medicine” attests to their sincerity; that they cannot protect themselves reveals that
the knowledge they possess is not dependable. A man may be a leading surgeon and not know the
cause of the peptic ulcer, and endurated (hardened) pylorus, the fibroid tumor, the gallstone or
kidney stone that he cuts out. This is a very unsatisfactory situation; without a knowledge of cause,
the specialists is working in the dark. The symptoms of “diseases of the stomach" are many—and often not nearly so clear-cut as the
layman may imagine. It is true there are a few more or less “fixed symptoms” of stomach ulcer—pain, tenderness at
the pit of the stomach, vomiting and hemorrhage, but these may also be symptoms of cancer or they
may be present in less serious diseases of the stomach. For these reasons diagnosis of ulcer from
the symptoms alone is very difficult. X-ray and fluoroscopic examinations are made to confirm the
examiner's suspicions, but it is only in exceptionally pronounced cases that this means can prove
anything conclusively. The fact is that the X-ray often indicates ulcer where no ulcer exists and often fails to reveal an
ulcer where one does. Falsely called an “executive's disease,” peptic ulcer is said to kill 11,000 persons a year in this
country, through hemorrhage and complications. Thirteen million Americans are said to have
peptic ulcer. It may be open to serious doubt that there are that many executives in the nation. Abuses in eating, drinking, smoking, sex, the emotions, and in other facets of living are the most
likely causes. Tilden says that “the sexually enervated are slow to reproduce tissue. Ulcers refuse
to heal; infections slowly, but surely, take place; chronic diseases are uncontrollable.” In the
sexually abused there is laid the groundwork for the evolution of many diseases. The prevailing concept is that peptic ulcer, that is, ulcer of the lower end of the esophagus, the
stomach and of the upper end of the duodenum, is due to the action of the gastric juice (the
hydrochloric acid and pepsin) of the stomach digesting and corroding the walls of these parts of
the digestive tube. As the food is carried below the duodenum, bile and other juices render the
content alkaline, so that there is no action of the pepsin and hydrochloric acid, hence no peptic
ulcers below the duodenum. This concept is far from being as certain as some believe. The membrane of the stomach is
chemically non-corrosive. For untold ages the lining of these organs has been in contact with the
digestive juices and this juice has been digesting the toughest protein foods that man has eaten and,
97normally, throughout all this time, the gastric juice has not digested the delicate lining of the
stomach, esophagus and duodenum. To say that suddenly the acid and pepsin of the stomach digests and corrodes the lining of these
organs and let the matter


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Gallbladder Flush By Andreas Moritz ", chapter 4
The Amazing Liver & Gallbladder Flush: A Powerful Do-It-Yourself Tool To
Optimize Your Health and Wellbeing
by Andreas Moritz
The Amazing Liver And Gallbladder Flush
Chapter 4
The Liver and Gallbladder Flush
Ridding the liver and gallbladder of gallstones is one of the most important
and powerful approaches you can take to improve your health. The liver
and gallbladder flush requires 6 days of preparation, followed by 16 to 20
hours of actual cleansing. To remove gallstones, you will need the following
items:
Apple juice - six 32 oz. containers (6 x 1 liter) or Sour/tart cherry juice – six
8 oz. portions (6 x 240 ml) or choose from other alternatives listed under
“Alternatives to Apple Juice or Sour Cherry Juice”
Epsom salt* (or magnesium citrate) - 4 tablespoons (60 g) dissolved in 24
oz. (about 710 ml) of water**
Pure extra virgin olive oil, 4 oz. (120 ml)  Fresh grapefruit (pink is best) -
enough to squeeze 6 oz. (about 180 ml) of juice or use the same amount of
fresh lemon and orange juice combined***
* You can find Epsom salt in most drugstores or natural food stores. Some
packaging labels describe it as a natural laxative, oral laxative, or for
internal use. Do not use Epsom salt labeled not to be taken internally or for
baths, since it contains impurities! If you cannot find Epsom salt, use
magnesium citrate instead (same dosage, or if it comes in liquid form, take
3-4 fl. oz. (90-120 ml) at each of the four specified times). ** One tablespoon of Epsom salt equals 3 teaspoons of 5 grams each. The
total amount of Epsom salt per tablespoon is 15 grams. Four tablespoons17.07.2017 The Amazing Liver And Gallbladder Flush By Andreas Moritz
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grams; this amount will still give you frequent watery bowel movements
necessary to help expel the released toxins and stones from the liver and
gallbladder. *** If you cannot tolerate grapefruit juice, you may use equal amounts of
freshly squeezed lemon and orange juice instead. The effect is the same
with either choice. For best results, use organically grown fruits. Preparation
Drink 1 container of 32 oz. (1 liter) of packaged or freshly prepared apple
juice (ideally from organically grown apples) or 8 oz. (240 ml) of
unsweetened sour/tart cherry juice (see other options below) per day for a
period of 6 days. The malic acid in the apple juice or sour cherry juice
softens the gallstones and makes their passage through the bile ducts
smooth and easy. Sour cherry juice has about 4 times the concentration of
malic acid that apple juice has, and is usually better tolerated by those who
cannot deal with the large amount of sugar contained in apple juice. Both
apple juice and sour cherry juice have a strong cleansing effect. Some
sensitive people may experience bloating and, occasionally, diarrhea, while
on this much apple juice. While some of the diarrhea is actually stagnant
bile, released by the liver and gallbladder (indicated by a brownish, yellow
color), it may also be due to fermentation of the sugar in apple juice. If this
becomes somewhat uncomfortable, you can dilute the apple juice with any
amount of water, switch to sour cherry juice, or use any of the other
options described later. I found that apple juice and sour cherry juice are
equally beneficial in preparing your liver and gallbladder for an effective
flush. Drink either of these juices slowly and in small portions spread
throughout the day, between meals. You want to make sure there is a
continuous supply of malic acid almost throughout the day, which is
required to help soften the stones. Avoid drinking the juice during, just
before, and in the first 1-2 hours after meals, and in the evening past 6 p.m. This is in addition to your normal daily water intake of 6 to 8 glasses. Note:
During Day 6 of the preparation, drink the entire amount of juice during the
morning hours only. What you need to know about apple juice:
If you choose apple juice as your preparation method, use organic juice;
freshly pressed apple juice from organic apples is ideal. Although for the
purpose of the flush, any good brand of commercial apple juice, apple
concentrate, or apple cider works well, too; commercially produced apple
juice may contain high amounts of inorganic arsenic - a naturally
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your teeth several times per day to prevent the acid from damaging your
teeth. The same applies to the alternative options. Some people should not drink apple juice in the large quantities required
for the liver flush. These include those who suffer from diabetes,
hypoglycemia, yeast infection (Candid


 sets of this exercise and a short
rest, I measured T essy’ s BOL T score again to find it had increased to 23
seconds. This drastic change to her BOL T score took place in a  single one-
and-a-half-hour session, and T e ssy felt calmer, more alert, and in much
greater control of her breathing. BOL T scores do not usually increase so
quickly, but from time to time it is possible! However, as I e xplained to
T essy, h er sudden high BOL T score would reduce again over the following
few hou rs, but could be regained through the practice of the exe rcises she’d
learned. A few weeks after we met, T essy reported that she had felt extremely
thirsty o n one of the days, almo st as if her body was desperate to rehydrate
itself with plain water after months of relying on fizzy drinks. Exhilarated
by h er p rogress, T essy felt calmer, more ener getic, and no longer turned to
food for comfort, losing ten pounds simply through the practi ce of quiet,
gentle, reduced breathing. By prac ticing O xygen Advantage exercises and making impro vements
to your breathing pattern, you will achieve a higher BOL T score and
experience a reduction of your appetite. Listen to your body and observe
what it is telling  you. Get used to responding only to the feeling  of genuine
hunger r ather tha n eating for bor edom or in response to stress or depression. The next time you feel the ur ge to go to the refrigerator or eat a snack, ask
yourself, “Do I really feel hungry?” By eating only when your body
actually requires  food, you will make the most of your natural suppression
of appetite and f ind losing weight and maintaining a healthy diet achievable
and sim ple. A detailed program  for helping to achieve weight loss can be
found on page 282.CHAPTER 10
R e d u c e  P h y s i c a l  I n j u r y  a n d  F a t i g u e
M y brothe r Lee and his wife, Marie, are in their early thirties and live
with their two children in the town of Navan in Ireland. Thei r work life,
family life, and social life a ll revolve around physical training and
preparation for long-distance events, and every few weeks they  participate
in triathlons, marathons, and even ultramarathons. Most people outside their
sporting circle regard them as exercise nuts, and every now and again, for a
bit of devilment, another of my brothers—Dave, who does no physical
exercise at all—sends Lee the most recent newspaper reports  describing
how too much exercise is bad for your health, increases the risk of
developing dif ferent conditions, or causes premature death. There is nothing
more pleasurabl e to a couch potato, it seems, than to extol the  dangers of
exercise to those who do it. There is  anecdo tal evidence to suggest that athletes may be at risk of
becoming seriously ill early in life or die younger than the rest of the
population, desp ite being in peak physical condition. And while the benefits
of e xercising to maintain goo d health are well accepted by all health
authorities, is there ever a time  when exercise can simply be too much or
too intensive? T o investigate the relationship between longevity and career success,
Professor Richard Epstein and Catherine Epstein from the King horn Cancer
Center in Sydney, Australia, analyzed one thousand New Y ork T imes
obituaries publis hed between 2009 and 2011. Their findings re vealed that
sports players lived on average for 77.4 years, while longer lifespans could
be fo und in the military, busine ss, and politics, where individuals lived for
84.7 yea rs, 83.3  years, and 82.1  years respectively. And while 7 7.4 years isa ripe old age, why should athletes live shorter lives than those who
probably devote less time to their health and fitness? In ad dition to pr ofessional athle tes living shorter than their coun terparts
in the business world, there is much documented evidence that intense
physical exercise increases oxidative stress that may contribute to
premature aging, damage to the heart, and dementia. Given that most health professionals encourage physical exercise for
good health, in what circumstances might exercise be damaging? And,
more im portant, what can we d o to reap the benefits of physical activity
without putting our health at risk? The key to answering these questions
seems to lie in controlling the amount of stress put on the b ody during
exercise—more specifically, oxidative stress, which results from too many
free radicals washing about our system. Free radicals are molecules generated by the breakdown of oxygen
during metabolic activity. W e all create a certain amount of free radicals
through the very act of breathin g, but normal levels do not pose a problem
since the body’ s defense mechan ism is able to neutralize the molecules with
antioxidants such as glutathione, ubiquinone, flavonoids, and vitamins A, E,
and C. But when our antioxida nt defenses are overwhelmed by too many
free radicals, cells can be dama ged and our health adversely af fected. This
is what is known as oxidative stress. Free radicals are highly reactive  and attack other cells, causing damage
to tissues and negatively af fe cting lipids, proteins, and DNA. During
physical exercise we produce more free radicals than usual due to an
increase in breathing and metabolism, which can lead to an imbalance
between the production of free  radicals and the antioxidants required to
detoxify them, resulting in muscle weakness, fatigue, and overtraining. Investigations i nto physical training, regular aerobic exercise, marathon
running, and extreme competitions have consistently found that antioxidant
levels decrease after intense physical activity or extreme competition, while
free radical production increases. In a  paper pub lished in the Journal of the American Col lege of
Nutrition,  Guillaume Machefer and colleagues investigated whether
extreme running decreases blood antioxidant defense capacity. Blood
samples were collected from s ix well-trained athletes participating in an
ultramarathon called the Marathon of Sands. In what is considered to be oneof the toughest foot races on e arth, competitors run the equivalent of six
regular marathons over six days in the Sahara Desert, during which they are
required to carry their own food. Blood samples were taken from runners 72
hours after completion of the r ace, with researchers noting a “significant
alteration of the blood antioxid ant defense capacity” and concluding that
“such extreme competition induced an imbalance between oxidant and
antioxidant protection.”
In a n attempt to deal with this potentially detrimental im balance
between antioxid ants and free radicals, athletes are often encouraged to take
lar ge regular doses of antioxidants. At first glance this might seem like
sound advice, but studies explor ing the use of dietary antioxidan ts to reduce
oxidative stress and exercise-induced muscle injury have met with mixed
results to date. An alternative and totally nat ural method of protecting against the
excessive buildu p of free radicals is to supplement regular ex ercise with
breath holding and to increase your BOL T score. This metho d is cheap,
nontoxic, and less controversial than supplements, providing ef fective
protection against oxidative stress. Breath holding after an exhalation
causes a decrease in oxygen saturation, which triggers an incre ase in lactic
acid. At the sam e time, carbon dioxide levels also increase, leading to a rise
in the concentration of hydrogen ions, which further acidifies the blood. Repeated practi ce of breath-holding exercises of fsets the ef fects of lactic
acid, ind ucing the body to mak e adaptations to delay acidosis (increased
acidity in the b lood) and enabling the athlete to push har der without
experiencing the same level of fatigue. Research has shown that breath-holding exercises can improve an
individual’ s tole rance to hypoxemia (low levels of oxygen in the blood) and
reduce t he acidity of the blood, eliminating oxidative stress and reducing
lactic acid buildup. Athletes with long-term experience of breath-hold
training, such as divers, have demonstrated a marked reduction in blood
acidosis and oxidative stress in studies, suggesting that th e extended
practice of breath-hold exercises can be instrumental in avoiding the
negative ef fects of free radicals produced by exercise. Research spanning thirty years has investigated the mitigating factors in
exercise-induced oxidative stress, taking into consideration dif ferent types
of activi ty, duration, intensity, and the capabilities of the individual. Thecorrect d ose of physical exercis e will of course vary from person to person
according to physical conditio n and training habits, but the  results of
numerous studies show that oxidative stress can best be avoided by
engaging in regular exercise combined with breath-hold training. The body
is very good at adapting to con sistent physical activity but cannot always
react qu ickly en ough to protect itself from a sudden influx of f ree radicals
produced by infrequent high-intensity exercise. Exercising several times a
week at a mod erate, comfortable intensity from


 salt substitute that really tastes salty. Nutrisweet is basically harmless tomost people and can be used as a very satisfactory replacement for sugars. (Afew people are unable to tolerate nutrisweet, causing the anti-chemicalists tocirculate much anti-nutrisweet propaganda, but you should carefully consider thisthought before dismissing nutrisweet—there is almost no food substance thatsome people are not allergic to or unable to digest. The fact that nutrisweet ismade in a chemical vat and the fact that some cannot handle nutrisweet does notmake it “of the devil.”
And its not all black and white with the other items either. Sea salt does have
certain redeeming qualities not found in mined salt and under certain very specialconditions, eating small quantities of salt may be acceptable. Similarly, some formsof sugar are not quite as harmful as other forms, though all are harmful. The primary health problem caused by table salt is not that it contributes to
high blood pressure in people with poor kidneys, though it does that. It is not thateating salt ruins the kidneys; salt probably does not do that to most kidneys. Thereal problem with salt is that sodium chloride is an adrenal stimulant, triggering therelease of adrenal hormones, especially natural steroids that resist inflammation.When these hormones are at high levels in the blood, the person often feels verygood, has a sense of well-being. Thus salt is a drug! And like many drugs of itstype, salt is a habituating drug. However, we are so used to whipping our adrenalswith salt that we don’t notice it. What we do notice is that we think we like thetaste of salted food and consider that food tastes flat without it. But take away aperson’s salt shaker and they become very uncomfortable. That’s because theaddict isn’t getting their regular dose. What’s wrong with repetitive adrenal whipping is that adrenal fortitude is
variable; many people’s adrenals eventually fail to respond to the prod of salt andthe body begins to suffer from a lack of adrenal hormones. Often those inheritingweak adrenals manifest semi-failure in childhood. The consequence is that
ordinary, irritating substances begin causing severe irritation. The person becomes
allergic to pollen, dust, foods, animal danders, etc. We see asthma, hay fever,sinusitis, etc. Though one can then discover specific allergens and try to removethem from the environment or diet, often this case can be solved far more easilyby complete withdrawal from all salt. This rests the adrenals and they mayrecover their full function; almost certainly their function will improve. The asthma,allergies and etc., gradually vanish. Most of us don’t need to eat salt as a nutrient. There’s enough sodium in one
dill pickle to run a human body for a year. There’s enough natural sodium in manytypes of vegetables to supply normal needs without using table salt. Perhapsathletes or other hard working people in the tropics eating deficient food grownon leached-out depleted soils, people that sweat buckets day after day may needa little extra sodium. Perhaps. Not having practiced in the humid tropics myself, Ihave no definitive answer about this. Unfortunately, the average American is entirely addicted to salt and thinks food
tastes lousy without it. To please the average consumer, almost all prepared foodscontain far too much salt for someone suffering from exhausted adrenals.Interestingly, Canadians do not like their foods nearly as salty as Americans, andprepared foods like soups and the like in cans and packages that look just like theones in American supermarkets (though with French on the back panel) have tobe reformulated for our northern neighbors. I’ve observed that Canadians aregenerally healthier than Americans in many respects. We would all be far better off consuming no salt at all. Those with allergies or
asthma should completely eliminate it for a month or two and discover if thatsimple step doesn’t pretty much cure them. The trouble is that bakery bread isroutinely two percent salt by weight. Cheese is equally salted or even more so.Canned and frozen prepared food products are all heavily salted. Restaurantmeals are always highly salted in the kitchen. If you want to avoid salt you almosthave to prepare everything yourself, bake your own bread, abstain from cheese
(though there are unsalted cheeses but even I don’t like the flavor of these), and
abstain from restaurants. My family has managed to eliminate all salt from ourown kitchen except for that in cheese, and we eat cheese rather moderately. Sugar is a high-caloric non-food with enormous liabilities. First, from the
viewpoint of the universal formula for health, no form of non-artificial sweetenercarries enough nutrients with it to justify the number of calories it contains, noteven malt extract. White refined sugar contains absolutely no nutrients at all; the“good” or “natural” sweets also carry so little nutrition as to be next to useless.Sweets are so far over on the bad end of the Health = Nutrition / Calories scalethat for this reason alone they should be avoided. However, healthy people can usually afford a small amount of sin; why not
make it sweets? In small quantity, sugars are probably the easiest indiscretion todigest and the least damaging to the organ systems. Although, speaking of sin, asEdgar Guest, the peoples’ poet, once so wisely quipped, (and my husbandagrees) “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.” Sugar is a powerful drug! Peoplewho abuse sweets set up a cycle of addiction that can be very hard to break. Itstarts when the body tries to regulate blood sugar. Kicked up to high levels byeating sugar, the pancreas releases insulin. But that is not the end of the chainreaction. Insulin regulates blood sugar levels but also raises brain levels of anamino acid called tryptophan. Tryptophan is the raw material the brain uses tomanufacture a neurotransmitter called serotonin. And serotonin plays a huge rolein regulating mood. Higher brain levels of serotonin create a feeling of well-being.Eating sugar gives a person a chemical jolt of happiness. Heavy hits of high-glycemic index starch foods are also rapidly converted to sugar. So don’t giveyour kids sweets! Or huge servings of starch to mellow them out. It is wise not tostart out life a happiness addict with a severe weight problem. Now that the chemistry of sugar addiction is understood, there currently is a
movement afoot to cast the obese as helpless victims of serotonin imbalances andto “treat” them with the same kinds of serotonin-increasing happy drugs (like
Prozac) that are becoming so popular with the psychiatric set. This promises to
be a multiple billion dollar business that will capture all the money currentlyflowing into other dieting systems and bring it right back to the AMA/drugcompany/FDA nexus. The pitch is that when serotonin levels are upped, thedesire to eat drops and so is weight. This approach is popular with the obesebecause it requires no personal responsibility other than taking a pill that reallydoes make them feel happy. However, the same benefit can be had by strictadherence to a low-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. Eventually, the brain chemistryrebalances itself and serotonin levels stabilize. Remember, the pancreas has another major service to perform for the body:
secreting digestive enzymes to aid in the digestion of proteins. When the dietcontains either too much protein or too much sugar and/or high-glycemic indexstarch foods, the overworked pancreas begins to be less and less efficient atmaintaining both of these functions. Sometimes a stressed-out pancreas gets overactive and does too good a job
lowering the blood sugar, producing hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is generallyaccompanied by unpleasant symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision,irritability, confusion, headache, etc. This condition is typically alleviated by yetanother hit of sugar which builds an addiction not only to sugar, but to food ingeneral. If the hypoglycemic then keeps on eating sugar to relieve the symptomsof sugar ingestion, eventually the pancreas becomes exhausted, producing aninsulin deficiency, called diabetes. Medical doctors treat diabetes with insulinsupplements either oral or intramuscular plus a careful diet with very low andmeasured amounts of sugar and starch for the remainder of the persons inevitablyshortened and far less pleasant life. However, sometimes diabetes can becontrolled with diet alone, though medical doctors have not had nearly as muchsuccess with this approach as talented naturopaths. Sometimes, long fasting canregenerate a pancreas. It is far better to avoid creating this disease! Glycemic Index
(compared to glucose, which is 100)
Grains Fruits V egetables
all bran 51 apples 39 baked beans 40
brown rice 66 bananas 62 beets 64
buckwheat 54 cherries 23 black-eyed peas 33
cornflakes 80 grapefruit 26 carrots 92
oatmeal 49 grapes 45 chic peas 36
shred. wheat 67 orange juice 46 parsnips 97
muesli 66 peach 29 potato chips 51
white rice 72 orange 40 baked potato 98
white spagetti 50 pear 34 sweet potato 48
whole wheat spagetti 42 plum 25 yams 51
sweet corn 59 raisins 64 peas 51
Nuts Baked Goods Sugars
peanuts 13 pastry 59 fructose 20
sponge cake 46 glucose 100
Meats white bread 69 honey 87
sausage 28 w/w bread 72 maltose 110
fish sticks 38 whole rye bread


 spiritual
intention, you connect to that power. Divorced, your self-importance, your
ego, takes over. Here’s the final obstacle to making your connection to intention. Your Self-Importance
In The Fire from Within, Carlos Castaneda hears these words from his
sorcerer teacher: “Self-importance is man’s greatest enemy. What weakens
him is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of his fellow man. Self-
importance requires that one spend most of one’s life offended by
something or someone.” This is a major impediment to connecting to
intention; you can all too easily create a no match here. Basically, your feelings of self-importance are what make you feel
special, so let’s deal with this concept of being special. It’s essential that
you have a strong self-concept and that you feel unique. The problem is
when you misidentify who you truly are by identifying yourself as your
body, your achievements, and your possessions. Then you identify people
who have accomplished less as inferior, and your self-important superiority
causes you to be constantly offended in one way or another. This
misidentification is the source of most of your problems, as well as most of
the problems of humankind. Feeling special leads us to our self-importance. Castaneda writes later in his life, many years after his initial emergence into
the world of sorcery, about the futility of self-importance. “The more I
thought about it, and the more I talked to and observed myself and my
fellow men, the more intense the conviction that something was rendering
us incapable of any activity or any interaction or any thought that didn’t
have the self as its focal point.”With the self as a focal point, you sustain the illusion that you are your
body, which is a completely separate entity from all others. This sense of
separateness leads you to compete rather than cooperate with everyone else. Ultimately, it’s a no match with Spirit, and becomes a huge obstacle to your
connection to the power of intention. In order to relinquish your self-
importance, you’ll have to become aware of how entrenched it is in your
life. Ego is simply an idea of who you are that you carry around with you. As such, it can’t be surgically removed by having an egoectomy! This idea
of who you think you are will persistently erode any possibility you have of
connecting to intention. Seven Steps for Overcoming Ego’s Hold on You
Here are seven suggestions to help you transcend ingrained ideas of self-
importance. All of these are designed to help prevent you from falsely
identifying with the self-important ego. 1. Stop being offended. The behavior of others isn’t a reason to be
immobilized. That which offends you only weakens you. If you’re looking
for occasions to be offended, you’ll find them at every turn. This is your
ego at work convincing you that the world shouldn’t be the way it is. But
you can become an appreciator of life and match up with the universal
Spirit of Creation. You can’t reach the power of intention by being
offended. By all means, act to eradicate the horrors of the world, which
emanate from massive ego identification, but stay in peace. As A Course in
Miracles reminds us: Peace is of God, you who are part of God are not at
home except in his peace. Being offended creates the same destructive
energy that offended you in the first place and leads to attack, counterattack,
and war. 2. Let go of your need to win. Ego loves to divide us up into winners
and losers. The pursuit of winning is a surefire means to avoid conscious
contact with intention. Why? Because ultimately, winning is impossible allof the time. Someone out there will be faster, luckier, younger, stronger, and
smarter—and back you’ll go to feeling worthless and insignificant. You’re not your winnings or your victories. You may enjoy competing,
and have fun in a world where winning is everything, but you don’t have to
be there in your thoughts. There are no losers in a world where we all share
the same energy source. All you can say on a given day is that you
performed at a certain level in comparison to the levels of others on that
day. But today is another day, with other competitors and new
circumstances to consider. You’re still the infinite presence in a body that’s
another day (or decade) older. Let go of needing to win by not agreeing that
the opposite of winning is losing. That’s ego’s fear. If your body isn’t
performing in a winning fashion on this day, it simply doesn’t matter when
you aren’t identifying exclusively with your ego. Be the observer, noticing
and enjoying it all without needing to win a trophy. Be at peace, and match
up with the energy of intention. And ironically, although you’ll hardly
notice it, more of those victories will show up in your life as you pursue
them less. 3. Let go of your need to be right. Ego is the source of a lot of conflict
and dissension because it pushes you in the direction of making other
people wrong. When you’re hostile, you’ve disconnected from the power of
intention. The creative Spirit is kind, loving, and receptive; and free of
anger, resentment, or bitterness. Letting go of your need to be right in your
discussions and relationships is like saying to ego, I’m not a slave to you. I
want to embrace kindness, and I reject your need to be right. In fact, I’m
going to offer this person a chance to feel better by saying that she’s right,
and thank her for pointing me in the direction of truth. When you let go of the need to be right, you’re able to strengthen your
connection to the power of intention. But keep in mind that ego is a
determined combatant. I’ve seen people willing to die rather than let go of
being right. I’ve seen people end otherwise beautiful relationships by
sticking to their need to be right. I urge you to let go of this ego-driven need
to be right by stopping yourself in the middle of an argument and askingyourself, Do I want to be right or be happy? When you choose the happy,
loving, spiritual mode, your connection to intention is strengthened. These
moments ultimately expand your new connection to the power of intention. The universal Source will begin to collaborate with you in creating the life
you were intended to live. 4. Let go of your need to be superior. True nobility isn’t about being
better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be. Stay
focused on your growth, with a constant awareness that no one on this
planet is any better than anyone else. We all emanate from the same creative
life force. We all have a mission to realize our intended essence; all that we
need to fulfill our destiny is available to us. None of this is possible when
you see yourself as superior to others. It’s an old saw, but nonetheless true:
We are all equal in the eyes of God. Let go of your need to feel superior by
seeing the unfolding of God in everyone. Don’t assess others on the basis of
their appearance, achievements, possessions, and other indices of ego. When you project feelings of superiority, that’s what you get back, leading
to resentments and ultimately hostile feelings. These feelings become the
vehicle that takes you farther away from intention. A Course in Miracles
addresses this need to be special and superior: Specialness always makes
comparisons. It is established by a lack seen in another, and maintained by
searching for, and keeping clear in sight, all lacks it can perceive. 5. Let go of your need to have more. The mantra of the ego is more. It’s
never satisfied. No matter how much you achieve or acquire, your ego will
insist that it isn’t enough. You’ll find yourself in a perpetual state of
striving, and eliminate the possibility of ever arriving. Yet in reality, you’ve
already arrived, and how you choose to use this present moment of your life
is your choice. Ironically, when you stop needing more, more of what you
desire seems to arrive in your life. Since you’re detached from the need for
it, you find it easier to pass it along to others, because you realize how little
you need in order to be satisfied and at peace.The universal Source is content with itself, constantly expanding and
creating new life, never trying to hold on to its creations for its own selfish
means. It creates and lets go. As you let go of ego’s need to have more, you
unify with that Source. You create, attract to yourself, and let it go, never
demanding that more come your way. As an appreciator of all that shows
up, you learn the powerful lesson St. Francis of Assisi taught: “... it is in
giving that we receive.” By allowing abundance to flow to and through you,
you match up with your Source and guarantee that this energy will continue
to flow. 6. Let go of identifying yourself on the basis of your achievements. This may be a difficult concept if you think you are your achievements. God writes all the music, God sings all the songs, God builds all the
buildings, God is the source of all your achievements. I can hear your ego
loudly protesting. Nevertheless, stay tuned to this


1/2 teaspoon of cayenne
pepper
-1/2 teaspoon of powdered
ginger
-3 tablespoons of organic, raw,
honey
-1/4 cup of lemon juice
-1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar1. There are two ways to make this recipe. One uses heat to encourage
thorough infusion of the ingredients, the other is more convenient. If
you are using heat, pour lemon juice, cayenne, ginger and apple cider
vinegar into a pot and bring to a gentle simmer for 3 minutes. 2. Let the mixture cool some and then stir in honey. Store in a jar in a
cool, dark, place for up to 1 month, or in the refrigerator for up to 3. I
have never had issues with it going bad, but the flavor eventually gets
tamer. 3. If you are not using heat, simply mix up all the ingredients as above
and pour into a jar. Let it infuse on its own for 24 hours before taking. Adults take ½ -1 tablespoon every 3 hours, or as needed. Children 5
years and older take 1/2 -1 teaspoon every 3 hours as need ed. 54Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com CongestionY ou will need… DirectionsGrowing up my mom would always use a special rub when I had a cold, and I swear it was one of the only things
that helped when I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t breathe or get comfortable. It was truly
miraculous. What she used is no longer made, so here is my homemade version of it. The peppermint and eucalyptus essential oils contain menthol, and have a strong aroma. Speaking technically,
peppermint does not actually relieve swelling the nasal passages. That said the menthol creates a strong
cooling sensation when inhaled that at least feels like it eases breathing, breaking through congestion with
its powerful aroma. Eucalyptus is thought to have properties that actually do ease inflammation, which can be
beneficial in times of narrowed, swollen airwaySimple Peppermint Salve
-10-12 tablespoons of any
liquid oil
-1 tablespoon of beeswax,
grated or pastilles
-8-10 drops each of
peppermint and eucalyptus oil 1. Set up a double boiler over medium heat and add your oil and
beeswax. 2. Stir once or twice to blend the two together. When fully incorporated,
turn off the heat and add 8-10 drops each of peppermint and eucalyptus
essential oil. When you pour it into your jar or tin, put the lid on
immediately so the essential oils don’t evaporate and lose strength. In a
cool dark place this will last for a year. 55Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com CongestionY ou will need… DirectionsGoing off of one of the tips above, this steam treatment incorporates the aromatherapy of essential oils to help
clear congestion. It’s quite simple and very effective. The only other ingredient, aside from water, is a blend of
essential oils that will work wonderfully to reduce congestion and swelling. The tea tree oil also has wonderful
airborne anti-microbial properties that can help ward off any virus or bacteria hiding out in your nose.Scented Steam Bath
-A bowl
-A towel
-2 drops of peppermint oil
-2 drops of tea tree oil
-At least 1 cup of boiling hot
water1. Place the essential oils and hot water in a bowl. Stir to get the scent
spreading. 2. Make sure the water has cooled to a safe, but still warm temperature,
as steam can be quite painful. Lean over the bowl at a comfortable
height and drape the towel over your head to trap the steam. Breathe
slowly, and deeply. Do this for as long as needed at least 3 times a day. 56Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com CongestionY ou will need… DirectionsConstipation is something that many people suffer with in silence. With
a culture in which we often shame one of the most natural processes
the human body can go through-going to the bathroom-constipation
is not an easy thing to deal with. So let’s just let that go-if you have
constipation, no worries. Now, as terrible as constipation is, running
for the OTC laxatives may not be your best bet. They are hard on the
system, and if used long-term, can end up creating a chronic problem. Instead of worsening the situation, people are learning that it is easy
to treat constipation at home by natural means. Y ou’ll notice that these
remedies are “drinks” in some form or another-that liquid is much
needed. Constipation happens when your large intestine absorbs too much
water from your food as it moves, slower than usual, through it. This can
be caused by more complicated factors, and sometimes no reason is
found at all. Most commonly it is caused by inadequate fiber intake and
not enough fluids.Constipation
-Get moving to get stuff moving
through you. Even a short walk
around the block can help. -Stay hydrated. Stool will harden if
you don’t have enough liquid, and
become difficult to pass. Drink
drink drink! -Eat healthier. Fruits and veggies
will help keep your digestion on
track. Eating foods high in fiber
will also help add bulk to your
stool and move it along. Be sure
to increase water intake when you
increase fiber. -When nature calls, answer! Our
bodies only send the signal to
go to the bathroom for a certain
amount of time-hence why you
often times ‘lose the urge’ if you
hold it in-and that can just cause
a bigger buildup. It doesn’t matter
if you have a busy work schedule,
when you need to poop you need
to poop and that’s that. -Thanks especially to processed
foods and our increasingly
sedentary lifestyles, constipation
is becoming more and more
common. Trying to live a healthier
and more natural lifestyle does
more than you think it might
for constipation-and if you’ve
ever suffered from it, especially
chronically, you know it’s worth
making the extra effort. 57Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingOlive oil is a natural lubricant (just think about its consistency on its own) and stimulates the digestive system. It’s considered a healthier fat too, so consuming it isn’t something to feel guilty about, as long as it is in
moderation. While you can take just a tablespoon straight, adding lemon juice is an added kick that usually tips
the scales if you’re really blocked up. There’s something about its acidic nature that really gets things moving
along the G.I. track.Olive Oil & Lemon Juice
-1 tablespoon of olive oil
-1 teaspoon of lemon juice1. Mix olive oil and lemon juice and take straight on an empty stomach,
first thing in the morning. Repeat if needed in the evening. 58Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com ConstipationY ou will need… DirectionsThe thought of prunes brings back a flood of childhood memories. Every time I had an issue going to the
bath room, my mom would bring out the prunes. In this drink, you get the added benefit of fluids along with
everything else. There’s the water soluble fiber from the prunes, the acidic nature of the lemon juice, and some
extra fluid from it too, and the power of molasses. Make sure the molasses is blackstrap-the third boiling of
molasses results in blackstrap, which contains vitamins, minerals, and magnesium (which is what really helps
constipation.) While I’ll be the first to admit it’s not the prettiest (or tastiest) thing in the world, it’s so worth it. I’ve
also heard of someone making a thicker version and spooning it over oatmeal, but I have never taken that step.Hot Molasses, Lemon & Prune Drink
-1-2 cups of water
-1-2 teaspoons of blackstrap
molasses
-2 tablespoons of lemon juice
-1/4 cup pitted prunes, cut in
half1. Place everything in a pot on the stove and bring to a simmer. Let the
mixture simmer for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. 2. With a slotted spoon remove the prunes. Make fresh and drink once a
day. 59Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com ConstipationY ou will need… DirectionsRaisins are packed full of dietary fiber. This means that the body can’t really digest them, so they add bulk to
stool and encourage things to move through the system. It also means they draw water from the intestinal track,
which can soften stool that is hardened and is difficult to pass. Drink the water along with the raisins to add fluid.Soaked Raisins
-1 cup of regular raisins
-1 ½ cups of fresh water
-a bowl1. Soak raisins overnight and eat in the morning. Drink the water that
they were soaked in as well. Repeat daily as needed. 60Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com ConstipationY ou will need… DirectionsI went through a period of time in which I came down with multiple
bouts of bronchitis, and in that time I got far more intimate with coughs
than I ever wanted to. Whether you have the flu, a cold, bronchitis,
or just


 of recordings from 160
discrete, logarithmically spaced fre-
quencies. Sample$ for determinadon
of resistivity were compared at tO
kHz. From these recordings imped- 10
ance values and then resistivities were
calculated. 100
measures ampliwde ratio and phase angle between the
inputs at a given frequency. This system consists of a
digital synthesizer and a network analyser controlled
by a calculator. The ratio between the two potentials is
recorded. Because amplitude readings are obtained in
decibels, the impedance is calculated from
Z=Rlo•o l2o
where Z is the impedance, R the reference resistance
and dB the amplitude value determined by the ana·
lyser. The calculator is programmed 10 sweep auto·
matically from one hundred Hz to one MHz at 160
logarithmically- -spaced discrete frequencies.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        This result
i. s an impossibility as a funct. ion only of the concentra
tion forces of blood corPuscles. These forces, which
were distributed unevenly to ooe side of the "tumour",
should instead create their o"'n concentration centres
outside the "tumour". The only known force that can
possibly produce radiating structures of t. he observed
extensions and locations in the lung is a closed circuit Fig. X/:8. After desanguinauon of the dog, the lung and ad
jacont chost wall were removed en bloc. The radiograph
shows the specimen after stipt inflation of the lung. No
structure:s are evident corresp:mding to ''A'' and ••a•• zones
obKrved in vivo. Some irregular infiltrations around the
"tumour'' represent local blood. This experiment illusuares
som<: of the critical discrepancies between an examination in. ;,-o and at necropsy. In lhc l•ftl. the distens;oa of the pattn
chyma in vivo by subatmospheric intrapleural pressures and
by vascular perfusion pressures are of particular importance
in structural analyses. Artificial tumour in doc lunc I 09 Fig. Xl:9. Postmortem radiograph of slightly inflated lung
with multjple metastases from carcinoma of colon. Note
faint radiolucent areas("A" zone) around several tumours. electric field. Neverthe less, we have already :argued
that the "tumour" itself, by virtue of its insulating
shellac layer, is excluded from any closed circuit tissue
channels. The only remaining possibility to explain the
development of the radiating structures must be the
creation of tissue injury during the implantation of the
tumour. Tissue, inclurling blood, adjacent to the im·
planted tumour should then have polarized electro
chemically against surrounrling noninjured tissue. In
order to resolve our dilemma we are now forced logi
cally to postulate that a closed electric circuit must
exist between surrounding normal tissues and degrad·
ing blood and cell material adjacent to the "tumour". The corona structures observed radiologically
around the artificial "tumour" were disarranged or
not evident after removal of the lung. This finding is
not surprising. As soon as the chest is opened in any
animal, the mechanical factors in the lung parenchyma
are changed. The effects of subatmospheric pleural
pressures, interstitial and intravascular fluid pressures,
etc., are changed rarlically compared to the situation in
vivo. These differences appear to explain why radiolo
gic observations in vivo of structures in the lung (pro
duced by fluid and movable cellular elements) are not
readily recognized on histologic or radiographic exami
nations of removed lungs. This situation shourd hold
at least when the pathologi c condition has been present
for only a relatively short period of biologic time, e. g.,
2 weeks. Permanent fiXations of the structural arrange
ment are, however, possible. Thus, faint rarliolucent
"A" zones are seen in Fig. XI: 9, which is a postmor
tem radiograph of a slightly inflated lung, containing
many small metastases from a carcinoma of the colon
(radiograph kindly submitted to the author by Dr. L. Kreel, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex,
England). Similar fmdings can also be seen in vivo in
processes of long duration, e.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is the main difference between radiological observations in vivo and post-mortem examination?,
A: The radiograph shows that the "tumour" is not present in the lung, and some irregular infiltrations around the "tumour" may be seen.
Q: What is the primary force that can produce radiating structures of the observed extensions and locations in the lung?,
A: The text does not explicitly state the primary force, but it discusses the possibility of a closed electric circuit as a potential explanation.
Q: What is the purpose of the experiment with a dog?,
A: The experiment is to show that the radiating structures are not visible in the post-mortem radiograph, and to demonstrate the importance of considering the tissue's electrical properties in understanding the development of the structures.
Q: What is the significance of the radiograph in Fig. X: 9?,
A: The radiograph shows the presence of faint radiolucent areas ("A" zone) around the tumour.
Q: What is the purpose of the experiment in Fig. XII: 8?,
A: The experiment is to determine the resistivity of the blood vessel walls, which is essential for understanding the development of the observed structures.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>The resis
tivity e of the vessel wall is then calculated according
to the formula
R.A
n =--,where R = Z-R
~ I ",
and I is the thickness of the vessel wall, A the internal
cross-sectional area of the glass tube (1.3267 mm2), R.
the resistance of the vessel wall and R, the resistance
of the column of saline solution between the measuring
electrodes. R. is determined by subtraction of R, from
Z, the total resistance. The measurementS of the saline
solutions were made at temperatu res ranging from
23•c to body temperature, yielding resistiviry values of
0.70 to 0.62 ohm-mat I to 10kHz, which is in good
agreement with earlier values from the literature (8,
22). Fig. XII: 12 shows amplitude curves at different
frequencies for (a) saline solution, (b) fresh vein and
(c) fresh anerial walls in situ. An example (d) is also I k lOOk IM
Frequency(Hzl
given of the effect on resistivity of an arterial wall in
situ after the production of a visible local ischaemic
tissue injury. The amplitude curves in Fig. XII: 12 show a rela
tively rapid fall around 10 kHz, which is interpreted as
caused by the lowering of the inductive resistance by
high frequencies. Below 10 kHz lhe prominence of
this effect decreases. The resistivities of the femoral arteries and veins in
20 measurements of the 5 dogs were compared with
the resistivity of 0.9% NaCl (0.62 ohm-m at 23•C). The immediate determinations of resistivities of the
vessel walls, before obvious damage was produced by
the glass tubes, showed values for the vein varying
between 60 to 116 ohm-m at I kHz and 20 to 79 ohm
m at 10 kHz and 37•c. For the artery, values of
81-121 ohm-m were obtained at I kHz and 4S-67
ohm-m at 10 kHz and 37°C. The variations depended partly on the difficulties of
measuring the thickness of the vessel walls, which
varied between 0.03-0.05 mm for the vein and
0.10-0.15 mm for the artery. Two other factors were
the injury necessitated by the dissection of the vessels
free from surrounding tissues, which may have partly
damaged the vasa vasorum, and the direct damage by
the glass tubes. Values of resistivity decreased at the
end of each examination. For example, examination of
an artery which had a directly visible ischaemic region
around the glass tube gave 36 to 54 ohm-m at I kHz
and 8.0 to ll.5 ohm-mat 10kHz {Fig. XII: 12d). The results of these examinations indicate clearly
that the resistivity of femoral arteries and veins is of an
Biologicall y closed electric circuits 127 Applied voltage
50 mil
SBmv~.. -...,11-Applied voltage
ISOmV
Fig. Xll: 13. In vivo de<ermination of resiSiivity to DC
pulses across the wall of a dog's femoral artery. Method of
Burger and van Milaan: amplitudes (11A) and potential dif·
fcrcnccs (mV)when SO and ISO m