 We both ridiculed it. So
that’s as good as the intellect can do with God, because the Presence of God
is a direct and profound experience. And all that went out the window many
years later when I hit bottom and the ego stopped functioning altogether—
went into a funk.
So the willingness to surrender every positionality to God requires
understanding the nature of the ego. We’ve said the ego works on the basis
of positionalities of either/or. It takes that which is unitary and tries to
dissolve it into a duality. So, the problem of the ego is that positionality
creates duality. Therefore, the strict definition of the pathway which I
represent would be most closely, historically, Advaita, the pathway of
understanding the Presence of God by understanding the nature and the
source of the mind itself. Which takes you, as you go through it, beyond
mind to “no-mind,” and then the question is, “How do you explain ‘no-
mind’  in language?” That took 30 years: how to explain “no-mind” via the
“mind.”
The willingness to surrender positionalities—the power behind it is really
the heart. The willingness to surrender the way you see it and ask God to
show it to you as it is in truth, the willingness to let go right and wrong—
this part is important. The rest of it is just talking. What keeps these
positions in place is the satisfaction and the feedback we get out of it—the
juice we get out of it. The ego can juice any situation and just suck all kinds
of continuing ener gy to survive out of it—the evening news at 5:30, as we
talked about earlier.
The T est of the T empter
The dif ference between hot and cold, as you can see, is an artificial
positionality. So your intellect sees it. But, no, the problem is going to be
emotional—that you get grim satisfaction out of everything: grim
satisfaction out of martyrdom, out of being wronged. The more horriblyyou’re wronged, let me tell you, the bigger the juice. The more horrible the
crime committed against you, the more stuck you are in your ego now,
because the payof f is big. The payof f gets bigger and bigger. And as you
evolve spiritually, the tempter is going to come to you, and the way the
tempter comes to you is of fering an enormous gratification of a justified
position. At a certain consciousness level, the tempter comes to you.
You might say, that which we call “the tempter” is present at all times;
you’re constantly under the test of “the tempter,” if you want to call it that.
What’ s the source of the tempter? The source of the tempter, then, is the
pleasure one derives out of one’ s ego positionalities. It isn’ t power over
others; it’ s the gratification you get out of power over others. What the hell
do these idiots who slaughter millions get out of it? They don’ t even get to
see it, right? Hey, there are millions of people getting slaughtered and
chopped up out there, and you don’ t even get to see it; you’re locked up in
your of fice here. Look what you’re missing. Get out there and slosh around
in the blood and step over the bodies! I mean, you’re missing the grim,
satanic satisfaction. No, the satisfaction he’ s getting out of it is Luciferic,
not satanic. Satanic is the expression, but what he’ s coming out of is power
over others, the capacity to be God over others. That’ s Milošević—look at
him on TV. The pridefulness of that positionality is what he’ s unwilling to
relinquish to God. And that’ s how you choose the lower astral: positionality.
So, you’ll catch the ego red-handed. You’ll see that he gets a grim
satisfaction to say, “Oh, I can’ t possibly be enjoying this suf fering.” No,
you’re not enjoying the suf fering; you’re enjoying the juice you’re getting
out of the suf fering. Do you get what I am saying about “juice”? The ego
feeds of f the juice it gets out of what otherwise—at least to the intellect—is
described as negative. No sooner is the town demolished by the flowing
lava than they’re rebuilding a new one exactly in the same place. Isn’ t that
right? No sooner does the house slide down the side of the mountain into
the Pacific Ocean than they’re building a new one, in exactly the same
place. No sooner do the rivers flow over the banks in the Midwest and
sweep millions of houses away, they’re instantly building houses as soon as
the mud dries.
The ego’ s attraction and addiction is to the juice it gets out of suf fering
and being mistreated. That’ s the juice of the far -left, liberal, politically
correct position: that you can get juice out of any social reality by
recontextualizing it. Why? Because the egotism involved brings you to aposition called “entitlement.” Once you’re entitled, everything is an of fense.
Everything is an of fense. Everything is a possible lawsuit. Everything is
publicity, because entitlement is the grandiosity of the ego, of the infant. So,
egomania is nothing but the grandiosity of the unbridled infant of the ego.
Expecting the world to acknowledge it, the king baby inside. It expects the
world to cater to its egocentric position. The world never heard of you, and
after you’ve left, it’ s not going to miss you. The idea that it’ s going to cater
to you while you’re here is about a three-month-old’ s positionality. But the
juice that’ s derived out of the indignities and injustices of this world—it
thrives  on it. All the people that are rude to you.
No sooner did they catch this crazy butcher of 30 people who chops them
up, and I won’ t even tell you—it’ s unspeakable what he did to the remnants
of their bodies. No sooner does this happen than some poppycock jumps up
on TV—he’ s worried about the civil rights of this sucker. Right. Why?
Because he can milk injustice out of this. He can see the position of the
winner is always “the bad guy.” Like the capitalist is always “the bad guy.”
Who says that? A guy wearing clothes? Yes. Where did you get your
clothes? “W ell, [they were] manufactured by some company.” Where did
the company get its money? It got it from capital, didn’ t it? You’re walking
on a sidewalk. Who made that sidewalk? Some company made the
sidewalk. You sit in a car. Who made your car? You open your bottle of
milk in the morning. Where did you get the milk? You got it from some
company. Where did you get the money to buy all these things that the
people you hate provided for you? Well, you got it from the people you
hate, because they provided the jobs, right?
So, you see how positionality makes everything wrong. You can make
the goose who lays the golden egg the bad guy. So positionalities swing
back and forth, then, and create the political spectrum which keeps us
entertained. All the guys in the restaurant in the morning look forward to
opening the editorial page. What’ s today’ s outrageous calamity that you can
really discuss with the other guys, and how stupid the government is, and
all. So when you are honest about it, you see that you love your ego. You
love the juice you get out of your ego. See? Once you admit that truth,
you’ve taken the cover of f of it. You love the ego. It’ s your source of juice;
it’s the source of all the injustices, the calamities, the pains, the hatreds.
Where would you be without it? You’d be stuck with the reality of the Self,
which doesn’ t buy that crap. It doesn’ t buy it at all. Give me a break! That’ swhat God says when people say, “What have you got to say, God?” God
says: “Give me a break! Give me a break. Enough from all this human
juice! Take away the TV set. I looked at it and you can have it back.” I gave
God a TV set, and He said, “I don’ t want to look at it—it’ s horrible.” Why?
Because it’ s full of all this juice that we get out of it.
The movies juice you to death, you know. If you calibrate a lot of
commercials, TV commercials and a lot of movies, your arm will go weak
about 14 times a minute. Why? Because we love the fear, we love the
indignation, we love the shock, gore, horror.
It Takes Radical Honesty to Undo the Ego
The way to undo the ego is radical honesty. The way of Advaita is radical
truth: the willingness to let go all illusions, including the illusions about
illusions. The source of the ego, then, is the juice that we continuously get
out of it, which pumps it up; pumps it up


	when	the
Sturm	und	Drang
	of	our	more
youthful	years	is	alchemized	into	the	highest	manifestation	of	our	talents:
something	useful	not	only	to	ourselves	but	to	others.	It	might	take	ten	years	to
discover	how	to	build	a	business	and	then	another	ten	to	learn	how	to	be	the
most	compassionate	human	being—add	ten	more	to	find	out	how	to	be	the
best	mate	or	parent,	and	somewhere	around	our	50s	or	60s	we’re	ready	to	liveour	most	shining	lives.
From	people	who	have	hated	their	jobs	for	decades	and	now	burst	free	at
last	to	live	their	true	calling	to	those	who	have	loved	their	careers	but	still
reach	for	something	more	meaningful	in	midlife	or	beyond,	something	is
happening,	making	it	clear	to	everyone	that	closing	shop	is	not	the	pulse	of
this	moment.
An	interesting	example	of	the	second-career	phenomenon	is	Bob	Daly—
who,	after	serving	as	the	chairman	and	CEO	of	Warner	Bros.	for	19	years,
decided	to	resign	and	eventually	became	chairman	of	the	board	of	Save	the
Children.	Having	achieved	a	job	that	by	modern	American	standards	would
be	considered	the	height	of	success,	he	now	defines	“success”	in	a	more
expanded	way.
Daly	lived	the	American	dream	and	then	added	to	it.	He	started	his	career
right	after	high	school,	working	in	the	accounting	department	at	CBS	for	its
lowest-paying	job	of	$41	a	week.	Progressing	from	there,	he	lived	out	the
career	fantasies	of	a	generation.	Loving	television,	he	ended	up	running	a
television	network.	Loving	movies,	he	ended	up	running	a	movie	studio.
Loving	baseball,	he	eventually	bought	a	piece	of	the	Los	Angeles	Dodgers
and	ran	it	for	years.	Yet	clearly,	he	says,	the	best	is	what	he’s	doing	now.
Daly	says	that	he’s	never	looked	back,	never	wondered	if	he	made	the
wrong	decision	by	leaving	the	pinnacle	of	the	corporate	world.	Save	the
Children	has	opened	him	up	to	a	world	he	knew	nothing	about.	Most	people,
he	says,	know	neither	the	scope	of	suffering	among	the	children	of	the	world
or	the	scope	of	the	humanitarian	efforts	to	save	them:	“You	see	a	few	clips	on
TV,	but	you	don’t	really	know.	Once	you’re	in	the	room	with	people	who
have	been	doing	this	their	whole	lives,	who	have	decided	from	college	that
money	would	not	motivate	them,	you	just	think,
These	people	are	so	special.
“I	made	plenty	of	money	in	my	life,	and	I	was	very	happy	and	had
tremendous	satisfaction,”	he	continues.	“But	this	might	be	the	most	rewarding
thing	I’ve	ever	done.”	He’s	getting	what	he	calls	more	“psyche	income”	now,
with	the	satisfaction	of	knowing	that	he’s	using	his	prodigious	managerial
strengths	to	help	alleviate	the	suffering	of	children	around	the	world.
Daly’s	departure	from	Warner	Bros.	caused	a	debate	among	his	friends:
“They	understood	my	wanting	to	go	run	the	Dodgers.	But	this…	?	Some
people	understood,	but	some	people	thought	I	was	insane.”
Bob	Daly	is	part	of	a	new	trend—among	his	peers,	his	fellow	Americans,
and	his	contemporaries.	From	those	who	give	time	as	volunteers	to	those	whogive	vast	amounts	of	money,	there	is	a	growing	realization	that	each	of	us
needs	to	do	what	we	can	to	address	humanity’s	most	urgent	problems.	Daly
senses	something	good	in	the	air:	“Charity,”	he	says,	“has	become	chic.”
And	that	is	a	very	good	thing.	A	new	tide	of	humanitarian	passion	is	on	the
rise,	as	a	sleeping	giant	of	a	generation	has	begun	to	awaken,	registering	with
alarm	that	while	it	slept,	huge	problems	were	brewing.
A	50-year-old	today	might	have	20,	30,	or	even	40	good	work	years	left.
We	still	have	time.	But	this	is	a	moment	on	the	planet,	if	ever	there	was	one,
when	all	hands	are	needed	on	deck.	And	it’s	not	just	young	hands,	with	their
physical	power,	that	are	needed.	Also	needed	are	the	hands	of	those	who	are
guided	by	the	wisdom	only	years	can	bring.	If	we’re	anywhere	near	midlife
today,	we	carry	within	us	a	memory	of	a	time	when	the	world	we	live	in
seemed	more	full	of	hope.	That	hope	is	missing	now,	and	our	job	is	to	restore
it.
At	the	beginning	of	2007,	I	had	the	thrill	of	attending	a	New	Year’s
celebration	in	honor	of	the	opening	of	Oprah	Winfrey’s	Leadership	Academy
for	Girls	in	South	Africa.	Oprah	often	quotes	Emily	Dickenson’s	line	of	“I
dwell	in	Possibility.”	Clearly	she	does,	opening	greater	spaces	of	possibility
for	millions	of	others	as	well.	I	am	one	of	them.	And	on	that	visit	to	Africa,
new	doors	of	understanding	were	opened	in	my	heart.
While	traveling	in	the	bush,	we	stopped	in	various	places	to	rest.	I	will
always	remember	how	we	washed	our	hands:	Imagine	being	greeted	by	a
beautiful	African	woman	in	her	native	clothes,	holding	a	wooden-and-brass
pitcher	and	bowl.	You	slightly	reach	out	your	hands	so	that	she	can	pour	soap
on	them	for	you;	afterwards,	she	pours	warm	water	over	them,	the	bowl
catching	the	water	as	it	falls.	Washing	your	hands	has	become	something
more	than	that;	it	has	become	some	sensual	ritual	full	of	meaning	and	grace.
You’re	receiving	more	than	soap	and	water;	you’re	washing	away	more	than
your	physical	dirt.	If	the	woman	had	been	washing	my	feet	or	I’d	been
washing	hers,	I	could	not	have	felt	more	absolved	or	blessed.	All	these	years
I’d	been	washing	my	hands,	and	it	was	though	I’d	never	really	known	what	I
was	doing.
One	day	after	a	safari	ride,	having	heard	a	priestess	call	us	home	to
humanity’s	cradle	(“Your	umbilical	cord	is	buried	here”),	we	were	treated	to	a
spectacular	feast	under	a	tent	lit	by	candlelight.	Someone	at	my	dinner	table
mentioned	how	the	kings	and	queens	of	old	African	tribes	had	been	the	first
to	be	taken	into	slavery.	I	looked	around	at	the	other	guests,	including	some	of
the	leading	artistic	and	cultural	figures	of	contemporary	African-Americansociety,	and	I	mused	that	they	were	at	least	figuratively	those	kings	and
queens	reincarnated,	come	back	now	to	reclaim	their	connection	to	Africa.
The	descendants	of	slaves	had	risen	to	such	prominence	and	glory	that	they
could	return	to	their	ancestral	land	with	privilege	unimaginable
200	years	ago.
As	dinner	ended,	dancers	came	out	to	perform.	Gradually	they	magnetized
the	d


-activating the male sex hormone testosterone. Throughout Europe male
fertility, measured by sperm count, is in decline. (The highest sperm count was found among
Danish organic farmers who have no contact with toxic agrochemicals.) Equally alarming is the
spread of breast cancer among women of all age groups. In the UK alone, every week some 300
women die of the disease, and at least 750 are newly diagnosed with it. Although other factors
also contribute to this trend, the effects of agrochemicals cannot be discounted.
 As if dealing with the existing problems caused by agrochemicals were not enough, human
health is facing the further threat posed by Genetically Modified (GM) food. This is an area where
the conflict between powerful commercial interests and public health has come out into the open,
despite GM-producer Monsanto’s best efforts to suppress data casting serious doubts on the safety
of GM foods for human consumption3. This is in keeping with the normal routine of agrochemical
manufacturers who invariably set out to prove the safety of one or another of their products. But
anyone on an average modern diet is bound to consume the residues of several toxic substances
contained in fruits and vegetables, yet no-one has ever researched the cumulative effect of this
kind of toxic cocktail.
 The picture is gloomy. Yet all is not lost. From small beginnings the organic production of
fruits and vegetables has grown exponentially in recent years, allowing the enlightened consumer
to live on poison-free produce. Organic food, grown on traditionally fertilized soil, has the further
advantage of containing all the minerals, trace elements, enzymes and vitamins needed for good
health. This is why, in order to achieve healing, Gerson patients must use nothing but organic
produce.
 Enough has been said to show the vicious circle in which people on an average modern diet
are caught. Living on toxin-rich but nutrient-poor food, especially “fast food,” in due course
people begin to suffer from headaches, arthritis, insomnia, depression, frequent colds, infections,
digestive problems, and more. So they use more over-the-counter drugs, while doctors prescribe
more painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-depressants and other symptom-relieving drugs, which don’t
deal with the underlying problems.
As all drugs are liver-toxic in the long run, the body’s defenses are weakened and eventually
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www.thegersonway.comDrugs
One of the first duties of the physician is to educate
the masses not to take medicine.
 -Sir William Osler, 1849-1919
Medical Historian, called
“the most influential physician of his age”
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown
out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
- Dr. M.H.Fischer, M.D.
“A Pill for Every Ill” sums up the extreme reliance on drugs that has become an integral
part of today’s lifestyle. One only has to turn on the TV or the radio to hear an endless recitation
of the latest drugs being promoted to overcome every kind of human ill. Also invariably there
is a rapidly recited and de-emphasized list of the many harmful side effects of each one. This
denial of risks is not always successful: witness the scandal that broke in late 2005 around the
drug giant Merck & Co., in connection with their arthritis drug VIOXX. At first Merck publicly
admitted that worldwide some 16,000 people had died in the two or three preceding years of the
drug’s side effects, and withdrew VIOXX from the market. Remarkably enough, Merck & Co.
had for some years published the life-threatening side effects and warnings concerning this drug
in the Physicians’ Desk Reference book (PDR). As the enquiries widened, Merck eventually had
to admit that some 55,000 people had died of the side effects of a drug they had taken to ease
the pain of arthritis. But the truly scandalous fact is that the Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
allowed the killer drug back on the market, claiming that its benefi ts exceeded its risks.
Another overused drug increasingly in the public eye is Ritalin, routinely prescribed to
children suffering from so-called Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). The PDR,
which lists and describes all drugs on the market for use by physicians, specifies that it should not
be used by children under the age of six years, and lists the following side effects: suppression of
growth, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, weight loss, insomnia and visual disturbances. (It does
not mention the many documented cases of suicide and unprovoked killings by youngsters on
Ritalin.) Despite the warning, children as young as 2 and 4 years old are known to have been put
on the drug, which is also highly addictive, causing severe withdrawal symptoms. Psychiatrist Dr.
Peter R. Breggin, Director of the International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology,
published a book, Talking Back to Ritalin,4  in which he lists the many scientific studies that
have been ignored by the advocates of Ritalin. He writes:” Ritalin does not correct biochemical
imbalances—it causes them. There is some evidence that it can cause permanent damage to the
child’s brain and its function.” Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.com It is not hard to imagine what it does to its entire developing organism and still immature
natural defenses. At the time of writing over 2 million American children are on Ritalin. What
will their state of health be like in, say, fifteen years’ time? (see ‘Hyperactivity’  in Chapter 6).
Looking at the overuse of drugs in general, the real trouble is that they only suppress symptoms
and allow people to carry on with their daily routines, at least for a while. However, they never
heal nor clear the underlying cause of the pain or malfunction. And so the problem continues and
gets worse, but being masked by the drug it becomes harder to diagnose. Since the body is an
indivisible whole, the drug’s toxicity affects not just the liver—the heart, the lungs, the kidneys
and the digestive system also suffer, and the body’s defenses weaken accordingly.
 Because virtually all medical drugs are toxic, Gerson patients are advised to keep clear of
them. However, antibiotics are an exception. While their overuse in general medical practice
has weakened people’s immune system and strengthened  bacteria by making them resistant,
occasionally they need to be used by Gerson patients. We must remember that a cancer patient
has a seriously weakened immune system, otherwise he or she wouldn’ t have cancer!
Since the immune system cannot be restored to normal in a few weeks or even months (it
may take 9-12 months), in case of an acute infection antibiotics are required. For dental work the
dentist’s recommendation should be followed. Antibiotics are also used to help fight colds and
cases of flu. Of course antibiotics don’t kill viruses; however, they help to control infections, the
opportunistic  infectious agents that set in due to the body’s weakened condition. The least toxic
antibiotics are used when dealing with colds, namely Penicillin, unless the patient is allergic to
it. Otherwise the appropriate antibiotic has to be used for a particular infection. In all cases the
effectiveness of the antibiotic can be vastly strengthened, without increasing the dosage, by taking
it together with one aspirin, one 500 mg tablet of Vitamin C and 50 mg of niacin.
 Once we understand the severe all-over damage caused by the overuse of drugs, it becomes
clear why the so-called ‘recreational’ drugs are such a menace. Used by young—and not so
young—people as casually as if they were candy, these drugs can eventually lead to addiction that
destroys lives. On top of all the other harmful components of the modern lifestyle, these drugs,
taken for fun, can be the last straw that breaks the body’s defenses.
Food Additives
 One way of healthy eating goes under the name of the Stone Age Diet, which says: “Eat only
foods from which nothing has been removed, to which nothing has been added, and which would
go bad if you didn’t eat it immediately.” You would have a hard time if you tried to find such
foods in any supermarket on earth. What those temples of the food industry sell—unless they
have a range of organic produce—is the exact opposite of the above rule.
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www.thegersonway.comsole purpose of making industrially produced foods look better, taste good despite containing
inferior raw materials, have a longer shelf life, and thus be more profitable. Food chemistry


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The nature of Disease
T
o understand how to get healthy it is first important to change your concepts
about disease. Most people fear disease because they do not understand its
causes. Medical doctors make diseases appear so complicated that the average
person thinks only a trained specialist can help him. This is not true. To
understand disease symptoms is simply to understand acidity and toxicity,
and how the body responds to these conditions. In understanding this, you
will see that disease is a natural process—the outcome of imbalanced
decisions and actions.
In looking at disease it is also important to understand the original state
of health (strength or weakness) that your cells received through genetics. In
my experience, the root causes of ninety-nine percent of all disease symptoms
are genetic weaknesses, toxicity and overacidity. This chapter will focus on
these three areas, and discuss how these result in such common diseases as
cancer, diabetes, male and female disorders, and such difficulties as weight
gain or loss.
In the concluding module, called Body Language, you will find a listing
of the many symptoms that point to a weakness or failure in one or more of
the body’s glands, organs or systems. You can learn to “read” the important
information that your body is always giving you.
MODULE 5.1
The Three Root Causes of Disease

FIRST ROOT: INHERENT (GENETIC) WEAKNESSES

Inherent weaknesses are cellular codes (cellular memories) that set the
condition of tissue and how it responds to life. Your physical body is a
genetic imprint of your family tree, and your cellular strengths andweaknesses come from your genetic history. This is true throughout your
body. Cells were originally created by God, but the memory of how well a
cell functions is what constitutes our genetics. As we mature, we either make
our inherent weaknesses weaker or stronger depending upon our lifestyles.
This is extremely important to understand because currently each generation
is becoming weaker instead of stronger. Today, more than ever, people are
consuming and injecting huge amounts of toxins into their bodies. We are
now seeing cancer (a form of degeneration and chronic toxicity) in the early
teens; chronic and degenerative issues in infants; and birth deformities as
never before. When organs and glands are underactive from genetics,
inflammation or toxicity, a host of imbalances and disease conditions can
result. It is easy to understand the concept of genetics. Our physical bodies
came from Mom and Dad, which means we will have many of their
characteristics, physically, mentally and emotionally. There is also a little of
grandmother and grandfather in us too, as their characteristics, encoded in
their genes, have been passed down through our parents. Geneticists say that
we carry in our bodies and psyches the legacy of four previous generations.
However, in my practice I have seen genetic patterns that have clearly been
passed along for many more than four generations. Every cell in your body is
a genetic cell—each a blueprint of its parent’s cell.
Cells become strong or weak depending upon what genetics has dictated
to them as well as from the effects of one’s lifestyle—that is, by what you eat,
drink, breathe, what is absorbed through your skin, and by what you think
and feel (emotions).
Cells live and function from their memories of their experiences, just as
we do. Certain experiences leave us weak and vulnerable, and the same is true
of cells. Physical acids and toxins can weaken and injure cells. Genetic
memories add to or subtract from the cell’s overall state of health. The impact
of all this together determines the strength or weakness of cells, organs and
glands, and whether or not they will provide the necessary functions they
were originally designed to perform. If you inherited a weakened thyroid,
weak adrenal glands or liver, for example, the duties of these tissues will be
compromised and their ability to produce hormones, digestive enzymes,
steroids, or whatever, can be greatly diminished. This then affects your whole
body and how it functions. Disease of one sort or another is the result. For
another look at this issue see “About Consciousness and Disease” later in this
section.
As a society we must begin to repair our weaknesses and rebuild ourcells so that future generations can live. Remember, nature never procreates
the weak. The weak are always consumed—this keeps nature healthy for all
species and the same can be said of each cell in your body.
Let’s look now at the two other primary causes of all disease, and the
reasons that tissues
fail in the first place: toxicity and overacidity (acidosis).
Both create obstructions within your body.
SECOND ROOT: TOXICITY

Toxicity (which means poison) is a broad-range term that includes many
things, from mucus accumulation from dairy foods, irritants and complex
sugars, to chemical, toxic metal and mineral deposits. This toxicity (which is
mostly acidic, and accumulates in the body) comes from foods, air, body-
hygiene products, household products, building materials … the list goes on
and on. Today, most of the foods people eat and the liquids they drink are
acidic, mucus-forming, energy-robbing and protein-toxic. The refined
starches we eat act like glue in the tissues of our body, causing plaque to
build up, as we discussed earlier. This toxicity, being acidic, can inflame and
congest tissue to the point of causing tissue death.
This toxicity and mucus is stored in all tissues, but noticed more in your
sinuses, throat, thyroid, lungs, muscles, liver, kidneys and skin. This is why
all these areas are affected when you have cold and flu-like symptoms. The
body tries to “purge” itself of these toxins, or as many of them as it can,
through natural processes called “disease.” Many “diseases” are nothing more
than elimination efforts by the body to purge itself of toxins, and/or dying or
dead cells.
As previously stated, toxicity builds up intra-cellularly and interstitially
(around cells) in the vascular system, in the organs and glands, in the bowels,
and in the cavities of our body. Combine this toxicity with an over-acid diet
and you get inflammation, ulceration, tumors and eventually cellular death
(degeneration). These toxins and mucus create obstruction, blocking blood
and lymph flow to and from cells. This greatly reduces a cell’s ability to
function and stay healthy.
Colds, flu, lymphatic conditions, lung conditions, gastrointestinal
problems, infections, to name a few of many conditions, are all symptoms of
this accumulation of toxicity in the body. Your immune system and/orparasites will naturally act upon this toxicity. Yet this natural response by
your immune system to this toxicity and, of course, to the parasites who feed
upon this toxicity, is oftentimes mistakenly called an autoimmune disorder.
Parasites and immune responses are always secondary to the cause; they are
side effects of the symptom.
THIRD ROOT: OVERACIDITY—ACIDOSIS

The body digests, absorbs, utilizes, reproduces, and eliminates in the presence
of fluids. These fluids include digestive juices, blood, extra- and intra-cellular
fluids, lymphatic fluids and urine. To fully understand the effects that food
and toxins have within your body, however, you first have to understand
opposites.
Creation exists because of the dynamic interplay of opposites, without
which everything would be the same. (Of course, because God is One, the
closer to God you get, the more the opposites merge.) The interplay between
opposites creates movement, activity, shapes, sizes, colors, temperatures. As
complicated as chemistry is, it rests upon two pillars or opposites: hot and
cold, or yin and yang, the names for the two opposing dynamics within
Chinese philosophy and medicine. Hot is called acid and cold is alkaline.
Acids initiate change and alkalis balance. This is the basis of all matter.
The elements which comprise matter are either acid or alkaline in nature.
Acid-forming elements include nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur. Oxygen,
calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium are alkaline elements. Many of
the alkaline elements are known as electrolytes because of their ability to
carry and deliver electrical charges. Alkaline elements have oxygen and
carbon dominating the hydrogen, whereas acids have nitrogen and hydrogen
dominating.
To maintain health and vitality, all of your body’s fluids should be
alkaline, except for the stomach’s gastric juices, hydrochloric acid and pepsin,
which are acidic for initial protein breakdown. The acid or alkaline
measurement in your body is classified in what is


 to the organs of
elimination, perhaps—for this reference is unclear.
However, the more important point in this particular paragraph is that,
although the sympathetic supply of nerve impulses and reflexes controls theactivity of the organs themsel ves and is thus quite important, the real,
primary control which is exerci sed here is that over the function related to
the imagination of the mind itself and the “sensory reaction” and related to
the impressions  of the mind which formulate the reflexes brought about
from sensory receptors (afferen t sensory impulses). An example of this
would be the drawing away suddenly when a finger touches a hot object.
Obviously, there are statements  and references here that dangle, like an
undesirable participle, when one begins to put together the statements in
this reading into a semi-understandable form. Yet in this reading there are a
whole group of challenging ideas which seem to continue to relate the
whole body and its mental faculties, conscious and subconscious, into a
coherent unity.
We cannot leave discussion of this case without pointing out the rather
obvious fact that Cayce did not mention the mitral insuf ficiency and
fibrillation which had apparently resulted from rheumatic fever at some
earlier time. Nor can we easily  understand his discussion of the abnormal
function of the right leg since the attending physician’ s statement didn’ t
make reference to it. However, Cayce’ s other references are consistent with
the medical diagnoses submitted, if we allow for different modes of
approach to understanding what has occurred within a human body that has
not been explored sur gically.
OceanofPDF.comChapter Twelve
Our Bodily Functions “Uncontrolled”
The Autonomic Nervous System
Castor oil packs have taken me in my therapeutic efforts with my
patients all the way from the misery of a sprained ankle through the agonies
of an inflamed perineum to the discomfort of a stiff neck. At this point we
need to understand the nervous system at more depth. In doing  so we will
see a parallel between the anatomy and physiology of medical science and
that found in the Cayce readings.
Initially visualiz e the nervous system as a whole as having its central and
dominant control located in the brain, but with other subcortical areas of
control elsewher e in the body. Nerves arise from all of these areas in a vast
network penetra ting all parts of the body and having control over movement
and function in a tremendously complicated outflow of energy or impulse
which is called efferent. This network brings back—to the various ganglia,
to other centers of the body, and to the brain—similar energy impulses
which, when received, produce awareness, what we call consciousness, in
the human or ganism. This is termed af ferent nervous activity.
While nothing in the entire nervous system is really simple in its
construction or in its activity, I shall try to simplify this discussion, realizing
that such a procedure opens the door for error in statement and in
communication.
Since it is my object to primarily discuss the autonomic functions of the
nervous system,  I won’ t dwell long on the central nervous system. We know
that the cerebral cortex is the seat of all higher activities of the mind of our
thought or of our consciousness processes. The frontal areas of the brainparticularly are related to these associative functions. Consciousness, as we
know it, seems to be brough t into being physiologically through or
accompanying the passing over of impulses from the afferent to the efferent
side of the cerebral arc.
Starling40 describ es in terms almost poetic the mind function in the
cortex as it deals with consciousness, sense, and memory:
“The states of consciousness glide continually from moment to
moment in an unbroken stream of experience, consisting of a sharper
focal content with a fringe of slighter definition and leaving behind it a
trace which we know as memo ry. By a process of attention we can
single out parts of the stream of consciousness for closer focusing.
“There seems but little doubt that our conscious experiences are the
result of complex integrations of sensory impressions, which are
assessed by being checked and compared with traces of previous
experiences.”
We are also aware that the brain directs all our conscious physical
activities and that it has an influence over—although not direc ting—those
parts of the body that work under an autonomy of their own, the so-called
vegetative functions of the body.
The nervous system may be divided into different parts and has been in
the past. Anatomically, it might be divided into the central nervous system,
consisting of the brain and the spinal cord, and the peripheral nervous
system, includin g the cranial and spinal nerves with their respec tive ganglia
and the peripheral portions of the autonomic nervous system.41
While the above definition with its divisions might prove helpful
anatomically, the functional or physiological understanding of the nervous
system is better arrived at through the use of a functional classification.
Such classificat ion gives us a clear distinction between the autonomic
nervous system,  which controls the so-called vegetative functions that are
beyond or beneath the level of the conscious mind,42 and the cerebro spinal
nervous system, which includes  the brain, spinal cord, and all the efferent
nerves that are associated with consciousness and contro l-conscious
activity.This leaves a large portion of the nervous system to be accounted for the
afferent flow, without which there can be no cerebral arc, no phenomenon
we call consciousness. This might be called the sensory nervous system,
since its function subserves all five senses.
These afferent impulses do not all reach the cerebral cortex. Some are
intercepted at a lower center or ganglion where a type of integration or
association occurs, producing again a function through the efferent system.
In this manner the functions of the organs and tissues of the body are
controlled.
This efferent division, which we call the autonomic (it controls the
functions of all tissues except the contractile states of the striated skeletal
muscles through the ganglia distributed throughout the body), has been
called by many names.43
Because he believed it to control the sympathies of the body, Winslow in
1732 introduced the term sympathetic. Bichat came along in 1800 to call it
vegetative, to designate its control over essentially nutritive as opposed to
“animalic” life processes. Gaskell in 1916 introduced the adjective
involuntary, contrasting its activ ity with the voluntary system governing the
body musculature.
Langley in 1921 suggested the phrase which we now use widely—
autonomic nervo us system—to designate the entire craniospinal innervation
of visceral as well as somatic vegetative functions, to stress the fact that
outlying ganglia, while dominated by the central nervous system,
nevertheless maintain a measure of independence or autonomy. This system
was subdivided into two portions: (1) the sympathetic in a restricted sense,
including the fibers arising from the eighth cervical to the third or fifth
lumbar segments of the cord and ganglia; and (2) the parasympathetic
embracing (a) the tectobulbar fibers leaving the brain stem with the third,
seventh, ninth, and tenth cranial  nerves and (b) the fibers emer ging from the
second to fourth sacral regions of the cord.
These two systems have in common the possession of synaptic
connections situated in pools called ganglia which lie outside the central
nervous system. The important bodily functions which are mediated
through this system of nerves and ganglia are of much greater physiological
significance than its modest anatomical build would lead us to expect.44Thus we see a tentative framework of the nervous system as a whole,
divided for functional purposes and for reference in this study, into (1) a
cerebrospinal, (2) an autonomic  or vegetative, and (3) a sensory nervous
system. This arbitrary division, while perhaps not completely without errors
of omis sion, gives us a starting place from which to evaluate those
functions in the body with which we are concerned in dealing with sickness
and health and to look at the relationship between these systems as they
pertain to or ganic function, its breakdown, and its restoration.
When relating our minds to our bodies, we first observe that we think we
are in control of everything we do: we get up out of bed in the morning
when we want to, alarm clock or no alarm clock, we comb our hair, we eat
food, we use the telephone, we drive a car, we do our daily work, we are
businesslike or friendly. All these things we do by choice and can do them
consciously, when we want to. And, of course, all this is so.
However, close r observation shows us that there is something quite
unique about these bodies we have and that we think we control. There are
portions of our bodies that are uncontr olled, that function without our
thinking about them or how they work. And these functions—such as
digestion, heartbeat, kidney, liver, or pancreatic activity, to mention a few—
may act up in such a manner at times that the contr olled  body is
incapacitated by that which we call uncontr olled.
It is this latter situation which I will explore further: the uncontrolled
body or, more accurately, the nervous system which mediates this “lack of


  be liable to intense pains. The pleasurc we
lovc, and  the pain we hate, but it seems
impossible to have  the former withouc the
latter. Indeed, it looks as if  lhe two must in sorne
way altcrnate, for continuous  plcasure  is a
stimulus  that 1 1 1 1 1 s t  either  pall or be in- creased.
And  thc increase will  either barden  the scnsc
buds with its friction, or turn into pain. A con -
sistent diet of rich food either destroys the
appe - tite or makes  one sick.
To che degree, then, that li(e is found good,
death  must be proportionately evil. The more
we are able  to!ove  another person and to enjoy
his company,  che greater must be our grie( at
his death, or in sep - aration. The further the
power of consciousness ven - tures  out into
experience,  the more  is the price  it
30 PAIN  AND  TIME
must pay for its knowledge. It is understandable
that  we should sometimes ask wbether life has
not gone  too far in this direction, whcther "the
game is worth  the candle," and whether it might
not be better to turn the course of evolution in
the only other possi - ble direction -backwards,  to
the relative  peace  of thc animal,  the vegetable,
and the mineral.
Something of  this kind  is often  attempted.
There
is the woman who, having suffered sorne deep
emo - tional  inju ry in love or  marriage, vows  never
to let another man play on her feclings, assuming
the role  of che hard and bicccr spinster. Almost
more com - mon is the sensitive boy who learns in
school to en - crust himself for life in the shell of
the "tough -guy"  attitude. As an adult he plays, in
self-defense, the  role of Lhe Philistine, to whom
all intellectual and  emotional culture is
womanish and "sissy." Carried  to its final
extreme, the logical end of this type of re - action
to life is suicide. The hard -bittcn kind of per - son
is always, as it were, a partial suicide; some of
himself  is already  dead.
If, then, we are to be fully human and fully
alive  and aware, it seems that,ve must be
willing to suf - fer for our pleasures. vVithout such
willingness therc  can be no growth in thc
intensity of consciousness.  Yet, gcneraJly
spcaking, we are not willing, and it  may be
thought strange to suppose chac we can be.  For
"nat  me in us" so rcbcls  against  pain  chat  the THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURITY
very notion of "willingness" to put up with it
be- yond a certain point may appear impossible
and meaningless.
Under  these  circumstances,  lhe life thal  we
live is a contradiction an<l a confüct. Becausc
conscious - ness must involve both pleasure and
pain, to strive  far pleasure to the exclusion of
pain is, in effect, to  strive for the loss of
consciousness. Because such a  loss is in principie
the same as death, this means that  the more we
struggle far life (as pleasure), the more  we are
actually  killing  what  we lave.
lndeed,  this is thc common  auitude  of man  to
so
much that he )oves. Far the greater part of
human  activity is designed to make permanent
those ex - periences and joys which are only
lavable because  they are changing.  Music is  a
delight beca use of its  rhythm and flow. Yet the
moment you arrest the  flow and prolong a note
or chord beyond its time,  the rhythm is
dcstroyed. Becausc life is likewise a flowing
process, change and death are its necessary
parts.  To work  for their  exclusion  is to work
against  life.
However, the simple experiencing of
alternating  pain and pleasure is by no means
che heart of the  human problem. The reason
lhat we want life to mean something, thal  we
seek  God or eternal life,  is not merely thal we
are trying to gec away from an  immediate
experience  of pain.  Nor is it far any such
32 PAIN  ANO  TIME
reason Lhat we assume attitucles and roles as
habits  of perpetua! self -defcnse. The real
problem does not  come from any momcntar}'
sensicivity to pain, but  from our marvelous
powers of memory and fore•  sight -in short  from
our consciousncss  of time.
For the animal to be happy it is enough that
this moment be enjoyable. But man is hardly
satisfied  with this at ali. He is much more
concerned to have  enjoyable  memories  and
expectations - especially  the latler.  With these
assured, he can pul  up with  an extremely
miserable present. Without this as - surance, he
can be extremely miserable in the midst  of
immediate  physical  pleasure.
Here  is a person  who  knows  that  in cwo
weeks'
time he has to undergo a surgical operation. In
the meantime he is feeling no physical  pain;  he
has plcnty to eat; he is surroundcd by friends
and hu - man affection; he is doing work Lhat is
nonnally oí  great intcrcst to him. But his power
to enjoy chesc  things is taken away by constant
drcad. He is insen - sitive to che immediaLe
realities around him. His  mind is preoccupied
with someching that is not yet here. ll is no1 as if
he were thinking aboul ic in a  practica! way,
tr}'ing to decide whether he should  havc thc
operaLion or not, or making plans to cake  care of
his family and his affairs if he should dic.  These
decisions havc already been made. Rather, he is
chinking  about  the operacion  in an entirely  fucile
33 THE  WISDOM  OF INSECURlTY
way, which both ruins his present enjoyment of
life and contributes nothing to the solution of any
prob - lcm.  But he cannot  hclp  himsclf.
This  is the typical  human  problcm.  The
objcct  of dread may not be an opcration in the
immediate  future.  ll may be thc problcm of next
month's  rene,  of a thrcatened  war or social
disastcr,  of being ablc  to save  enough  for old age,
or of death  at the last.  This "spoiler of the
present"  may not even be a fu- ture  dread.  It may
be something  out of the past,  sorne mcmory of an
injury, somc cri111e or intliscre - tion, which
haunts the present with a scnsc of rcscnt - ment or
guilt. The power of mcmories and expecta•  tions
is such that  for most  human  beings  the past  and
thc (uture  are not as real,  bue more real  than  the
present. The present cannot be lived happily un -
lcss the past has becn "clearcd up" and the future
is bright  with  promise.
Therc can be no doubt that the powcr to
rernem - ber and  predice,  to make an  ordercd
sequence  out of a helter -skelter  chaos  o(
disconnected  moments,  is a wonderful
development  of sensitivity.  In a way  it is lhe
achievement  of thc human  brain,  giving  man the
most cxtraordinary powers of survival and
adapt:ition to li[e.  But the way  in which we
gcner - ally use 1his power is apt to d estroy ali iLs
advantages.  For it  is of little  use to us to be able
to remember  and predice if it makes us una ble to
livc fully in  the present.
34  PAIN  AND  TllVfE
What is the use of planning to be able to eat next
week unless I can rcally enjoy the meals when they
come? If I am so busy planning how to eat next week
that  I cannot  fully enjoy  what  I am  eating  now,  l
will be in the same predicament whcn ncxt week's
meals  become  "now."
H my happ


exerciseourcreativity,andtoenjoylife.
Animalsinthewilddevotemostoftheirtimeandenergytoobtaining
enoughfoodtokeepalive.Primitivemen,women,andchildrenalsohadto
devotemostoftheirtimeandenergytohuntingandtofoodgather-
ing,searchingforfruits,berries,nuts,seeds,andsucculentplants.Then,
aroundtenthousandyearsago,thereoccurredarevolution,whenagricul-
turewasdiscoveredandanimalsweredomesticated.Obtainingenoughfood
tostayalivedidnotrequireallofthetimeandenergyofeveryone.Some
peoplewereabletothinkaboutnewwaysofdoingthings,aboutnewtools
madefromstoneormetals,aboutthemotionoftheheavenlybodies,about
language,evenaboutthemeaningoflife.Civilizationwasbeginningto
develop.
Anotherstepcamewiththeindustrialrevolution,whenmachinespow-
eredbywaterfallsandthecombustionofcoalandotherfuelsliberatedhu-
manbeingsstillmorefromthedrudgeryofroutinework.
Therevolutionthathasbeenoccurringduringthelasttwodecadesin-
volvesliberationfromthegreateffortthathasbeenrequiredtoobtainthe
properfoods,thosethatconferthebestofhealthandthebestopportunityto
leadagoodandlonglife,asfreeaspossiblefromthesufferingcausedby
illness.Thisrevolution isoccurringthroughthediscoveryofvitaminsand
otheressentialnutrientsandtherecognitionthattheoptimumintakes,the
intakesthatprovidethebestofhealth,areoftenfarlargerthantheusually
recommended intakes,solargethattheycanbeobtainedonlyasnutritional
supplements,notinanydietinvolvingordinaryfoods.
Thephysiciansandtheold-fashionedprofessorsofnutritionhavefor
fiftyyearsbeenurgingthateveryoneadoptadietthatisdescribedas
healthful.Fortwoorthreedecadeswewereallurgedtoeatawell-bal-
anceddiet,withservingsofthefourcategoriesoffood:meatorfishorfowl;
cereals;fruitsandredoryellowvegetables;anddairyproducts.Thisdi-
etaryregimenwasurgedonuswhetherornotwelikedallthesefoods.
Recentlymuchoftheenjoymentoflifehasbeentakenawayfrommanyof
usbyadditionalstrongrecommendations bytheseauthorities.Wearetold
thatweshouldnoteatasucculentsteak,becauseoftheanimalfat.Weare
toldthatweshouldnoteateggs,becauseofthecholesteroltheycontain;
instead,weareurgedtoeatasortoffactoryproduct,apreparation,prob-
ablynotveryappealingtothetaste,thatismadebytreatingeggswithsome
chemicalsolventtoremovesomeofthecholesterol.Wearetoldnottoeat
274 CHAPTER29
butter.Goingtoafinerestaurantthenisnotapleasure,butasourceof
worryandacauseofafeelingofguilt.
Whyaretheserecommendations beingmadetous?Apartofthereason
isthatgoodhealthdependsonagoodsupplyofvitamins.Inthepast,to
obtainevenapassablesupplyofvitamins,leadingtoevenordinarypoor
health,requiredamoderatelylargeintakeoffruitsandvegetables.Inevery
cultureincountriesotherthanthetropicalonessomespecialfoods,suchas
sauerkrautandpickles,hadtobeeateninorderforustosurvivethewinter.
Evenwiththebestselectionoffoodsthehealthofmostpeoplehasinthe
pastnotbeenverygood.
Therevolutionthatistakingplacenowliberatesusfromthisobsession
torestrictourdiet,torefrainfromeatingthosefoodsthatwelike.Theonly
limitationsthatIsuggestarethatyounoteatlargeamountsoffoodand
thatyoulimityourintakeofthesugarsucrose.Thisnutritionalfreedom
hasbecomepossiblebecauseoftheavailabilityofvitaminandmineral
supplements.
Moreover, itisnowpossibletotaketheseimportantnutrientsinthe
optimumamounts,farlargerthancanbeobtainedinfoods,andinthisway
toachieveasortofsuperhealth,farbeyondwhatwaspossibleinearlier
times.Wecanbegratefultotheorganicchemistsandbiochemistsofthe
past140yearswholaboriouslysolvedtheriddlesofthenatureofthe
compoundsofcarbonandthewaythattheyinteractwithoneanotherin
thehumanbody.Becauseoftheirefforts,wearenowabletogetgreater
enjoymentoflife.
Finally,Icannotrefrainfrommentioningthatthegreatestthreattoyour
healthandthatofyourchildren,grandchildren,andothersisthepossibility
ofnuclearwar.TherealpossibilitythattheAmericanpeople,andeveryone
else,wouldbekilledinanuclearwarbetweentheUnitedStatesandthe
SovietUnionmightseemtomakeitawasteofeffortformetosuggestways
foryoutolivelongerandbehappier.Ibelieve,however,thatthecatastro-
phecanbeaverted,andthatitisworthwhiletoworktoimprovethequality
oflife.Youcancontributetoimprovingnotonlythequalityofyourown
lifebutalsothatofyourfellowhumanbeingsbyworkingforsanityin
international relations.Thecriterionofsuccessisadecreaseinthemilitary
budgetsofthegreatnations.
Donotleteitherthemedicalauthoritiesorthepoliticiansmisleadyou.
Findoutwhatthefactsare,andmakeyourowndecisionsabouthowtolive
ahappylifeandhowtoworkforabetterworld.
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 brain, the pancreas is responsible for producing  a hormone known as insulin. One of insulin’s roles is to function as a
doorman, allowing sugar molecules in the blood to find an insulin receptor in  the blood vessel wall. The insulin can then transport the
sugar molecule through the blood vessel membrane to the interstitial  fluid (the fluid between the cells) and continue to escort sugar
across another barrier—the cell membrane—and into the cell its elf.
In the body, fat provides many needed insulating functions, including cons erving body heat, absorbing shock, preventing too
much water from escaping through the skin, and protecting nerve fibers. But excess dietary fat in the bloodstream creates some
negative insulating effects. When we eat too much fatty food, a thin coating of fat lines the blood vesse l walls, the cells’ insulin-
receptor sites, the sugar molecules, as well as the insulin itsel f. These fats can take a full day or more to “clear” from the blood, all
the while inhibiting normal metabolic activity, and preventing the se various structures from communicating with each other.
Thus, too much fat in the blood impedes the movement of sugar out of the bloodstrea m. This results in an overall rise in blood
sugar, as sugars continue to travel from the digestive tract (stag e 1) into the blood (stage 2) but cannot escape from the blood so
they can be delivered to the cells (stage 3), which await their fuel.

High-Fat, Low-Carb Diets Raise Insulin Levels 16
The entire theoretical framework of low-carb diets, like Atkins and The  Zone, hang upon the notion that insulin is the root of
all evil. In the view of their promoters, one needs to limit carbohydrate in take in order to limit insulin release. What they overlook is
that protein- and fat-rich foods may induce substantial insulin secr etion as well. For example:

A quarter pound of beef raises insulin levels in diabetics as much as a qu arter pound of straight sugar. ( Diabetes Care 7
(1984):465)
Cheese and beef elevate insulin levels higher than “dreaded” hi gh-carbohydrate foods like pasta. ( American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition 50 (1997):1264)
A single burger’s worth of beef, or three slices of cheddar, boost ins ulin levels more than almost two cups of cooked pasta.
(American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 50 (1997):1264)

In fact, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition article referred to above reports that meat, compared to the amount of
blood sugar it releases, seems to cause the most insulin secretion of an y food tested.
A study done at Tufts University, for example, presented at the 2003 Americ an Heart Association convention, compared four
popular diets for a year. Out of the four (W eight W atchers, The Zone Di et, the Atkins Diet, and the Ornish Diet), Ornish’s
vegetarian diet (almost all carbohydrates) was the only one to signi ficantly lower insulin (27%), even though that’s supposedly what
The Zone and Atkins (very little carbohydrates) diets were designed t o do. 17

Eating a high-fat diet, cooked or raw, contributes not peripherally, but directly and causally  to all of the misleadingly named
“blood-sugar metabolic disorders.” Given this new perspective, one m ight more accurately classify these diseases as “lipid metaboli c
disorders.”
 But What About Those Live Blood Analyses?
It is true. Raw food experts give lectures, write books, and travel with conv incing stories, slide shows, and videos that support their
stance against fruit. How can it be denied? Right there before our eyes, they show us pictures from their dark-field microscopes. We
can see for ourselves the misshapen, cloudy, fungus- and yeast-infec ted blood cells of real patients who were so misguided as to eat
a diet high in fruit!
Their “scientific” information seems conclusive: Fruit is cle arly the culprit in blood-sugar problems for raw fooders. But let’s
step back for a minute: Take a look at the high-fat recipes in the books, newsle tters, and websites of those so quick to tell you to
avoid fruit. Note the fat-laden foods they serve guests at their insti tutes, retreats, and rejuvenation centers. Pay attention to the ric h
tasty morsels they serve up at food demos and festival booths.
Nuts, seeds, and avocados all run 75% fat or more, as a percentage of their calor ies. Oils are 100% fat. It takes very little of
these foods to push us way over the edge in terms of blood fat. And raw fooders, as I will demonstrate, do not eat “very little” of
these foods.
Are you starting to see your raw diet and your intolerance for fruit in a new light?

Timing Is Not Everything
Unfortunately, taking care to avoid sugar/fat combinations at the sam e meal is not sufficient to alleviate blood-sugar problems. Eating
a high-fat diet creates elevated blood sugar whenever fruit and oth er sweets are eaten, regardless of timing. Here’s why:
Sugars require little time in the stomach. Immediately upon putting  a simple sweet fruit into your mouth, some of the sugars are
absorbed into the bloodstream from under the tongue. Fruit eaten alone or in si mple, well-chosen combination on an empty stomach
requires only a few minutes in the stomach before passing to the small  intestines, where the sugars can be quickly absorbed. Most of
the sugar from fruit travels from the intestines, to the bloodstream, a nd then to the cells where they are needed within minutes of its
consumption.
Fats, however, require a much longer period of time, often twelve to twenty -four hours or more, before they reach their
destination, the cells. In the stomach, fats are subjected to a digestiv e process that usually takes several hours. When they finally do
proceed to the small intestine, they are absorbed into the lymphatic syst em, where they often spend twelve hours or more before
passing to the bloodstream. Most important, fats linger in the bloodstream  for many hours longer than do sugars.
On a high-fat diet, therefore, the bloodstream always contains an exce ssive quantity of fat, and more is coming in at almost
every meal. Essentially, even when you eat a fruit meal alone and wa it hours before eating fat, those sugars are likely to mix in your
bloodstream with the fats you ate the day before.
This is the primary reason raw fooders experience digestive diffi culties, malaise, “spaciness,” and blood-sugar disorders
whenever they eat fruit. When your diet is predominated by nut pâ tés, seed cheeses, and flax crackers, it’s no wonder you’re told
not to eat fruit. Whether or not we eat fruit in the presence of such tremendously high levels of fat, we set our selves up for
health problems and inability to remain raw.

Sugar + Fat = High Blood Sugar
Too much sugar in the blood is as life threatening as too little, and both are  dangerous for human health. Unfortunately, the fruit-
phobic “experts” focus on the wrong portion of the equation, keeping ra w fooders so busy avoiding fruit that they somehow miss the
fact that they are eating more  fat than our friends who eat standard American fare. In Chapter 8, I out line just how much more.

Fruit and Chronic Fatigue
“How could the consumption of fruit be connected to chronic fatigue,” I w ondered years ago, after hearing about the millionth
person tell me that is what they had heard. After all, fruit is consi dered “energy food,” isn’t it? I researched the physiology of chronic
fatigue a little more deeply and was intrigued by what I found.
When pancreatic function is sluggish, as happens when the pancreas  is fatigued or overused, the adrenal glands serve as a
backup mechanism. The adrenals produce the hormone epinephrine (adrenali ne), which stimulates pancreatic function and effectively
increases insulin production.
As I described in the previous section, abnormally high fat exists in th e blood for several hours every time we eat a high-fat
meal. As blood-fat levels rise, the “normal” level of pancreatic  function is simply insufficient to clear sugars from the bloodstr eam.
Eventually, if we eat a high-fat diet for a long enough period of time, the  pancreas begins to fail at producing sufficient insulin to
maintain healthy blood-sugar levels. Rather than the typical gent le rise-and-fall fluctuations in blood sugar, we begin to experience
increasingly higher peaks and deeper valleys. Blood-sugar levels becom e unstable due to the overconsumption of fat in the diet.
This sets up a situation where most of us rely upon adrenal-assisted pan creatic function virtually every time we eat, placing
constant excessive demands upon both our pancreas and adrenals. This adren al/pancreas relationship was designed for what is
known as the “fight-or-flight” response, an appropriate reaction t o potentially life-threatening conditions. This response would rar ely
be called upon if we lived in a natural setting, where, for example, we mig ht occasionally reach the top of a hill at the same time as a bear with cubs, but from opposite sides.
In today’s world, however, we experience more adrenal


 can see that the person is ad dicted to the ener gy field withi n, to that
higher s tate of consciousness, w hich creates the desire to return  to it. That
person is willing to pay the price because the mind begins to  demand a
return to that experience, no matter what the cost. The willingness to pay
increases with time so that finally, in the end, it will ask for the body itself:
“If you keep on drinking like tha t, you are going to be dead within weeks or
months.” Y ou know what the person does about that? He goes across the
street to  the bartender, his old p al Joe, orders a martini, and says, “Guess
what the doctor told me today? ” At that point, the bartender hands him a
drink for the good old times, and they kiss the body good-bye. W e see the
price that people are willing to pay for the addiction to this state of
consciousness.
It mystifies people who have not accessed that level of consciousness
through a drug experience. The addict or alcoholic is willing to sacrifice
everything in order to return to this ener gy field that we call Pe ace or Bliss
—the in ner Sha ngri-La. Lost Horizon  tells us the story of the motive of
addiction by showing the willin gness to sacrifice all life for a certain state
of consciousness.
WHY GIVE UP AN ADDICTION?
Addiction is merely a false start to experiencing the truth, because it does
not work. Thus, the reason for giving up the alcohol, drugs, or otheraddiction is not because it is “wrong” but because it does not work
anymore. It does not work, bec ause through drugs and alcohol comes the
progressive loss of inner self-respect, along with the adversities and
negativities of the lower ener gy fields. It is the beginning of e xperiencing
very negative events in one’ s life: loss of relationships, status, finances,
physical health, fulfillment of p otential, and functioning of bodily or gans,
all o f wh ich sign ifies the downhill course brought about by the denial of the
truth. The denial of the truth fro m level 200 on down is due to putting the
power o utside of oneself. In addiction, the person has give n away the
source o f their happiness and meaning in life by projecting it on to the outer
world and giving that power to some substance outside themselves.
The drug in an d of itself has  no power at all to create the higher
experiences. Over several decad es of working in the field of ad diction and
recovery, we clinically tested the research questions with hundreds of
people i n lecture  audiences, and in classes for people who were right in the
middle of handling their addictive problem. Using the diagnostic method of
discerning truth from falsehood via muscle-testing, we tested the
proposition: “The drug has the power to create this higher e xperience.”
Universally, 100 percent of the people went weak with that statement,
proving that it is a lie. The drug has no power whatsoeve r. Then we
presented them with an opposite proposition: “The drug blocks of f the
ener gy fields that are coming fro m the ego self and allows me to experience
the joyf ulness o f that which is my real Self.” Instantly, every body in the
class went strong, indicating that the statement is true. (The research is
reported in Healing and Recovery, as well as the audio and video lecture
“Consciousness and Addiction.”)
The truth we ve rified is that the drug has no power whatsoever to create
these experience s, but it does have the pharmacological capacity to block
of f the negative ener gy fields, allowing a person to at least get into the
ballpark. The substance-induced experience is not the real st ate of Bliss
experienced by the person who has earned it through their own progressive
spiritual work. The ener gy is c lose to the truth of one’ s own being. Now
how do we u tilize this knowledge in understanding reco very from
addictions?
THE PROCESS OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN RECOVER YThe beginning steps of recov ery, ironically, often look like failure.
Attempts to break the habit lead  to discouragement at the failure  to do so, a
nameless terror,  and perhaps hospitalization and paranoia. Going of f the
sedatives creates fear. Going of f the uppers leads to depression. Apathy and
grief arise as so on as the drug is taken away, because there is hopelessness
in the face of never being able to experience those incredible states again.
When go ing of f the substance does not work, there are attempts to increase
the a mounts of a lcohol and drugs, cover up the growing dependence due to
shame and guilt, which further spread the negativity to every area of life—
work, re putation, finances, relationships, and personal care. Th ere may be
visits to recover y meetings, “just to check it out” or by court order, but the
scene provides no hope (“My case is dif ferent—it works for them but not
for me”) or triggers pride and denial (“I don’ t have anything in common
with those losers!”).
The pers on is not ready until th ey hit their “bottom,” which va ries from
person to person but has a co mmon process within consciou sness. Life
confronts them with an inner agony or outer tragedy that finally brings them
to the first step, as phrased in the T welve Steps, which is to tell the truth that
they are “powerless over” the substance and their life has become
“unmanageable.”
Stating t he truth about something turns the negatives to the positives. At
the leve l of Courage (200), a person begins the journey of co nsciousness
and self-empowerment. Unexpectedly, the courage to tell the truth brings in
all the help that is needed. This is something not known to the person afraid
to face the truth. As soon as they have the courage to face the truth, which
is to say yes to the ener gy of life itself, then life says yes to them and
provides the way forward. But truth requires humility and le tting go of
denial, and many addicts actually die rather than make this step.
The drivenness to reach the ulti mate state is something that we validate
in the addict and alcoholic. The person is addicted to that ex perience of
their own inner higher state of consciousness, and they have de monstrated
enormous drive to reach the hig hest states, putting their life on the line and
giving up everything for it. The goal is valid and noble. It is sim ply a matter
of chang ing the  technique and realizing that the inner state of peace does
not have to be sought; it is always within, just like the sun is always present,
but the ego acts like a cloud. W hen the clouds are removed, the  sun shines
forth. Recovery  is that process  of removing the clouds of despair, guilt,shame, fear, anger, pride—transcending all the lower ener g y fields by
facing them and letting go of them.
When a person seeks treatment for an addiction, they are usually at the
bottom of the Map of Conscio usness, filled with self-hatred, regret, and
despondency. The ener gy field of Apathy (50), with its hopelessness and
despair, is one in  which the pers on cannot help themselves. Hopeless means
just that. For e xample, the president of a county bar asso ciation for
attorneys literally died of starvation while living alone in a rooming house.
He was addicted to a combination of V alium and alcohol. He never picked
up the phone to  call anybody f or help. A person of that caliber has many
friends, all of wh om would have dropped everything to help him, but he felt
there was no po int in making the phone call because there was no hope.
That hopelessne ss of one’ s condition often expresses itself as “Y ou may
well recover from this, but my case is hopeless.”
In the level of Apathy, God is dead for the person, and all we can do is
pour ene r gy into  them. The proc ess going on within consciousness is that of
the loss of ener g y. The person is de-ener gized, blank, and totally dispirited.
The answ er is to pour ener gy into that person through concern, lovingness,
physical presence, nutrition, and  every other possible way to move them up
to the next ener gy field of Grief.
Grief (75) has to do with the past, and when the person comes out of a
blank, shocklike state, they begin to cry and regret the loss that all the
addiction has cost them. There is regret, along with a feeling of self-pity
and sorrow for t he fact that they are in a rehabilitation facility or wherever
their add iction h as landed them. They are sad about life and the ir addiction
and feel completely abandoned by God.
At this level there is regret ab out the past, so we move the person’ s
ener gy field up to the next lev el, which is Fear (100). At this point, the
person begins to fear the addicti on, aided by worry and anxiety. Fear


Microzymas in General   241242   Béchamp or Pasteur?microzymas – the mixture behaving precisely as a fluid will
do under normal conditions. They are each clad in analbuminous envelope, and nearly fill the blood vessels, butnot quite. Between them is a very small quantity ofintracellular fluid. These microzymas, in their albuminousshells, constitute the ‘molecular microzymian granulations’– the third anatomical element – of the blood.
As soon as the natural conditions of life cease, and the
blood is withdrawn by an incision in the vessels, thesemolecular granulations begin to adhere to each other veryrigidly. By this adhesion, the clot is formed, and the processof coagulation is so rapid that the corpuscles are caught withinits meshes before they have time to sink to the bottom, as bytheir weight they would otherwise do.
Then we have a second stage. The albuminous envelope
of the granulation becomes condensed and shrinks. So theclot sinks en masse, and expels the intracellular liquor.
Finally, in the third stage, the corpuscles are crushed
by the contracting clot, and the red yield their colouringto the serum without. There is no such thing as fibrin per
se; fibrin is not a proximate principle, but a false membrane
of microzymas.
There is much in this ingenious explanation of a difficult
and hitherto by no means satisfactorily solved problem whichseems to indicate, at any rate to the present writer, that it isworthy of far closer examination and consideration than ithas received…”
Surely that could be said for the whole of Béchamp’s microzymian
teaching, which we can, from his writings, sum up as follows:
— The microzyma is that which is primarily endowed with
life in the organised being, and that in which life persists
after the death of the whole or in any excised part.
— The microzyma being thus the fundamental element of
corporate life, it may become morbid through a changeof function and thus be the starting point of disease.
— Only that which is organised and endowed with life can
be susceptible to disease.
— Disease is born of us and in us.
— The microzymas may undergo bacterial evolution in the
body without necessarily becoming diseased.— In a diseased body, a change of function in the microzymas
may lead to a morbid bacterial evolution. Microzymas
morphologically identical with and functionally differentfrom diseased microzymas may appear without a
microscopic distinction being possible.
— Diseased microzymas may be found in the air, earth, or
waters and in the dejecta or remains of beings in which
they were once inherent.
— Germs of disease cannot exist primarily  in the air we
breathe, in the food we eat, or in the water we drink, forthe diseased micro-organisms, unscientifically described
as ‘germs’, since they are neither spores nor eggs, proceed
necessarily from a sick body.
— Every diseased microzyma has originally belonged to an
organism, that is, a body of some sort, whose state of
health was reduced to a state of disease under the
influence of various causes which determined a functionalchange in the microzymas of some particular centre
of activity.
— The micro-organisms known as ‘disease germs’ are thus
either microzymas or their evolutionary bacterial forms
that are in (or have proceeded from) sick bodies.
— The microzymas exist primarily in the cells of the diseased
body and become diseased in the cell itself.
— Diseased microzymas should be differentiated by the
particular group of cells and tissues to which they belong,rather than the particular disease condition with which
they are associated.
— The microzymas inherent in two different species of
animals more or less allied are neither necessarily nor
generally similar.
— The microzymas of a given morbidity belong to one certain
group of cells rather than to another, and the microzymas
of two given species of animals are not susceptible to an
identical affection.
Microzymas in General
243244   Béchamp or Pasteur?Such, in summary, are the propositions that form Béchamp’s basis
of pathology. Needless to say, he put none forward as an untried theory;
each was founded upon precise experimentation and observation.
In spite of the hold of Pasteurian dogma over the Medical Faculty,
scientific minds here and there confirm fragments of Béchamp’s
teaching, without knowledge of it, from their independent studies. Inthis connection may be quoted the evidence before the Royal
Commission on Vivisection of Dr. Granville Bantock, whose reputation
needs no comment. He said:
“Bacteriologists have discovered that in order to convert filth
or dead organic matter of any kind into harmless constituents,Nature employs micro-organisms (or microbes) as herindispensable agents.
In the modern septic tank it is the action of the micro-
organisms, whether aerobic or anaerobic, that dissolves thesewage, and it is the continuous action of these microbesthat converts all manure matter into the saline constituentsthat are essential for the nutrition of plant life.”
1
After several examples, Dr. Bantock continued:
“The microbe in its relation to disease can only be regarded
as a resultant or concomitant”
and after quoting many instances of error of diagnosis through
reliance on bacterial appearances, he stated:
“Is it not therefore reasonable to conclude that these micro-
organisms… are certainly not causative of disease?”
He also said:
“I am bound to accept as a matter of fact the statements made
as to the association of the Loeffler bacillus  with diphtheria;
but to say that their presence is the result of the diseaseappears to me to be the more sound reasoning.”
Then, again, we may quote the practical observations of the great
pioneer of nursing, Florence Nightingale.2 She said:
“Is it not living in a continual mistake to look upon diseases,
as we do now, as separate entities, which must exist, like catsand dogs, instead of looking upon them as conditions, like adirty and clean condition, and just as much under our own
1.Report of the Royal Commission on Vivisection, Q. 14,345-6 of the 4th Report, 1906, p.77b.
2.Notes on Nursing, p.19 (note).control; or rather as the reactions of kindly Nature against
the conditions in which we have placed ourselves? I wasbrought up by scientific men and ignorant women distinctlyto believe that smallpox was a thing of which there was oncea specimen in the world, which went on propagating itself ina perpetual chain of descent, just as much as that there wasa first dog (or pair of dogs), and that smallpox would notbegin itself any more than a new dog would begin withoutthere having been a parent dog.
 Since then I have seen with my eyes and smelt with my
nose smallpox growing up in first specimens, either in closerooms or in overcrowded wards, where it could not by anypossibility have been ‘caught’, but must have begun. Nay,more, I have seen diseases begin, grow up and pass into oneanother. Now, dogs do not turn into cats. I have seen, forinstance, with a little overcrowding, continued fever growup, and with a little more, typhoid fever, and with a littlemore, typhus, and all in the same ward or hut. For diseases,
as all experience shows, are adjectives, not noun substantives.”
It was she who said also:
“The specific disease doctrine is the grand refuge of weak,
uncultured, unstable minds, such as now rule in the medicalprofession. There are no specific diseases: there are onlyspecific disease conditions.”
So her personal experience gave rise to opinions that are
understandable in the light of Béchamp’s microzymian doctrine,
which thus gains confirmation from her recounting of Nature’s
everyday lessons.
It seems that disease-causing entities create disease states dependent
upon bad heredity, bad air, bad food, vicious living and so forth, and,
provided our ancestry be good, our surroundings sanitary and our habitshygienic, our physical status lies chiefly in our own keeping, for good
or evil, as our wills may determine.
Instead of being at the mercy of extraneous enemies, it rests
principally with ourselves as to whether our anatomical elements, the
microzymas, shall continue on the even tenor of their way, when our
basic condition is healthy; or, from a change of environment in theirimmediate surroundings, develop morbidly, producing bad fermentative
effects and other bodily calamities. Thus, while our own shortcomings
are first reflected on them, so their ensuing corruption afterwards revengesitself upon us.
Microzymas in General
245246   Béchamp or Pasteur?It has been argued in answer to Miss Nightingale’s sound reasoning
that she was only a nurse and therefore not qualified to express medical
opinions. This objection comes, oddly, from the devout adherents ofmen such as Jenner, who bought his medical degree for 15 pounds,
and Pasteur, who managed by a majority of just one vote to obtain a
place among the Free Associates of the Academy of Medicine!
Let us, however, turn to the opinions of two genuine medical men
and see how exactly they


 water) should be 2-3 hours
refrain from eating. Starting power is expedient
with rice porridge with butter or other liquid porridge
(Buckwheat, millet). From meat, spicy, acidic foods, as well as
foods, saturated fats should be avoided until the next
days.
With strict adherence to all of the instructions
and regulations should not have any side effects
or complications. Improper conduct the same procedure, intestine
Nogo sorption purification creates a risk of massive
proceeds from the intestine into the blood sodium chloride and water. This
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276in turn lead to an increase in circulating
blood, a small increase in blood pressure,
additional strain on the heart muscle and increase
renal excretory function.
It should be noted that such side effects do not represent
any threat to the functioning of these bodies
and systems, and disappear without assistance in the shortest-SRO
ki. in extreme cases can take diuretics (eg,
furosemide). Also, do not need to attach great importance
the emergence of periodic attacks of spastic
pain in the promotion of the fluid of the gastrointestinal tract,
they appear suddenly and rapidly. In these cases, we
recommend a soft stroking the abdomen in a circular motion
clockwise, you can apply heat.
Contraindications
In discussing the contraindications, we should note that the spectrum
diseases, which can deplete virtually
unlimited. However, some difficulties may arise
For example, in cases where compromised patency of various departments
gastrointestinal tract, as well as in the early postoperative
period, or when there is a pronounced risk of developing functional
insufficiency of the intestine. In our view, the use of such
method in acute illness or exacerbation of chronic
impractical. In such cases it is recommended to limit
course intake sorbents.
There is a possibility (albeit small) of a massive
uncontrolled flow of water and salt from the intestine into the blood,
that forces us to include in the list of contraindications (more precisely,
need specialist advice) to the use of the method
such diseases and conditions such as hypertension IIIIV
extent, renal hypertension, heart failure IIIIV
degree of cerebral circulation, chronic
renal failure III level, cholecystitis.
After the intestinal cleansing sorption man
some time (1-2 days), despite the well-being
and mood, may feel tired, as after a long
exercise. This indicates that, after purification
in the body have begun the important and energy-intensive tuning
and regenerative processes, as in the gastrointestinal tract,
and in other organs and systems.
What could be caused by such energy consumption? Firstly,
recovery processes of near-wall structures, the intestine,
"Eroded" in the course of sorption purification, and secondly, the expansion
mechanisms of endotoxin release from the tissues into the blood and subsequent
temporary increase in the activity of natural detoxification systems
body, and thirdly, adaptive tuning systems and organs
under the stressful effects of intestinal sorption purification.
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277EYES generalization LIVER
Everyone says that we must purge the liver... "Why should I
cleanse the liver, if I have it not hurt? You say that I will
feel after the program "Cleaning the liver is better, and I now
I feel great, without any cleansing "- to answer you.
We approach the problem from the other side. Nobody puts
doubt that the oil filter in your car (your favorite Zhiguli
Ford, Mazda, Porsche) should be changed. In general, it would be nice
clean the engine and injection system. And why? Why?
Wherefore, then, if you do not, then the engine fails / etc, or
injector, or both. A renovation of all this costs more money.
If we draw an analogy, the liver is our filter. And since
it can not be replaced, it remains to be cleaned. and is already quite
understand that if you do not, then your personal system will
failure and repair it will be extremely difficult. It is known that the function
liver - one of the most important in the body. Toxins are stored in the body
everywhere, especially in fatty tissues. Especially a lot of them in the liver,
that is sweeping the factory of our body.
According to medical statistics, the human body every year
comes only from food, drinks (including alcohol) 4-5 kg
chemicals. All this goes to the liver and remains there.
People who do not pay attention to cleansing the liver, sooner or
later prove to be a hospital bed. Intoxicated liver
able to remove toxins, resulting in you hold in your
the body of a bomb packed with several kilos of poison.
Who needs a liver cleansing? This question can not answer
uniquely. In my opinion, everybody needs cleaning, but pick up the system
cleansing and to their implementation should be individually.
What is needed for cleaning, to get the maximum
result with the minimum cost?
First of all, emotional. Neutral-happy
state, relaxation, peace - a prerequisite for success.
If a person comes to cleaning as hard labor, he is in a
some extent under stress: a physiological terms
the body is able to protect, that is, compression smooth
muscle (blood vessels, ducts, intestines) spasm,
here - the difficulty of removal of residues.
Second, the mindset is important for a positive result
(No result - the same result). Man - a creature
kinda, it's curiosity may be the key to a pleasant
cleaning. Pursuing a purification, a person becomes a researcher.
When a man is curious to get a result, he has no fear, but
have an interest: what will become of me? and in this case even a negative
the result is not so much fear, but a question: what did I do wrong.
Third, the cleaning must be properly prepared. Before
shock cleaning is obligatory vegetarian diet, it is necessary
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278completely eliminate alcohol. As for the cleaning, the
the more accurate you will be performing all of the recommendations, the greater the effect
get.
And, finally, termination, or exit from the cleaning. This is almost the most
an important point: cleaning has already passed, the body get rid of toxins
and already can not always (at least at first) to perceive
that food you ate before. So after cleaning it is important
observe the same diet as before it.
Cleaning the liver and intestine
The program is scheduled for 7 days.
Need to buy in the drugstore: sorbent "POLYSORB" in bundles
(1 pack), if not polysorb, it can be replaced by any other
sorbent, magnesia in bags of 20 grams (7 pieces);
phytocomplex "Cheetara" in capsules or filter bags (15
bags or packaging) or any cholagogic tea olive
Oil (250 ml) lemon-orange juice (50:50) 250 ml (better
fruit).
The daily routine in preparation for the purification
Within 3 days of accepted sorbent "POLYSORB" to 1
tablespoon 4 times a day for an hour before a meal (diluted in a glass
water).
Day 4 - "POLYSORB" to 2 tablespoons to 1 cup water 4
times a day for 1 hour before meals.
Phyto "Hepar" is made within 6 days (powder
or a filter bag pour 1 cup boiling water, infuse 15 minutes,
or 1 capsule - drink 3 times a day for 30 minutes before eating).
Morning: an empty stomach drink raisin water (cooking method:
1 tablespoon raisins, pour a glass of boiled water at night). Morning
half of the present drink. Berries used for cereal or salads.
To do exercises, self massage, take a shower. Then drink 1
tablespoon vegetable oil, to eat a salad: carrot, apple,
cabbage, grated on a fine grater, seasoned with lemon juice or
vegetable oil.
Lunch: veggie soup, freshly kasha (buckwheat,
millet or corn, can, along with vegetables or fruit).
Dinner: dairy products (cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt,
yogurt, cheese) or salad.
Do not forget to lunch and dinner drink phytocomplex "Cheetara."
Before going to bed drink a raisin water, go to bed with hot-water bottle to
the liver.
Such power to adhere to 3 days.
At the 4 th day only compote of dried apricots or prunes.
SO:
Day 1 - vegetable diet, Phyto "Cheetara", "POLYSORB.
Day 2 - vegetable diet, Phyto "Cheetara", "POLYSORB.
3rd day - vegetable diet, Phyto "Cheetara", "POLYSORB.
4 th day - all day drinking compote of dried apricots, prunes, reception
279
279phytocomplex "Cheetara", "POLYSORB" to 3 tablespoons 4 times
per day.
Day 5 - the morning take another 3 tablespoons of the sorbent
in random mode, the hunger-LIMITED stomach, but be sure to
start taking liquid. Fundamentally important prerequisite for
successful conduct of the intestinal cleansing is the preliminary
fasting period 8-10 hours (can be longer - up to 20 hours, but not
less than 8 hours). Failure to do so sharply changes during


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