iceps. It
strengthens the gluteal muscles and the hamstrings, and stimulates
the digestive organs.Energetically, Bow pose opens the fourth chakra. Because it so
signiﬁcantly opens the front of the body, it increases the quality of
rajas, which is the energy that awakens us and projects us into the
future. Engage mula bandha and vajroli mudra. Stimulates prana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Stimulates digestion, can help boost
metabolism, combats depression, helps alleviate upper respiratory
congestion and asthma. Helpful tips: If your quadriceps or hip ﬂexors are tight, try this
pose with your torso close to the ﬂoor. If you have any shoulder
sensitivity, keep your arms alongside your body or practice holding
on to your feet with a strap. OceanofPDF.comBRIDGE POSE: SETU BANDHA SARVANGASANA
Overview:  Like a daily vitamin, this pose helps boost our
immune system and regulate our energy levels when done
regularly. It stretches muscles that are tight and strengthens weak
muscles, creating a harmonious effect on our body, mind, and
nervous system. How-to:  From Constructive Rest pose (see this page), place your
arms alongside your body and your feet into a parallel position.Walk your heels in so that they almost touch your ﬁngertips. Inhale
and lift your hips off the ﬂoor, pressing down into the big toe
mound of the foot. Interlace your ﬁngers underneath you, work the
shoulder blades toward one another, and bring your palms
together to touch. Lift your chin away from your chest as you lift
your chest toward your chin. Benefits:  Physically, this pose is very similar to Flying Locust
pose in that it strengthens the hamstrings, the buttocks, and the
back, and it also supports the quadriceps. It opens the shoulders,
the chest, the thighs, and the hip ﬂexors, and helps correct poor
posture. This pose also stimulates the abdominal organs, the
lungs, and the thyroid gland. Energetically, this pose opens the fourth chakra. It is energizing,
frees the breath, and can help cure mild depression. Engage mula and jalandhara bandha and vajroli mudra. Stimulates prana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  This pose can be helpful in alleviating
asthma, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, and sinusitis, and is
helpful with postnatal conditions. It regulates the thymus and the
thyroid gland. When done with a block under the sacrum, this
pose can help ease menstrual disorders. Helpful tips: Place a block in between the thighs to help create
space in the lower back. If your shoulders are tight, keep your arms
alongside your body or hold on to the outer edges of your mat. For
a more restorative option, place a block or a thick cushion
underneath your sacrum. OceanofPDF.comCAMEL POSE: USTRASANA
Overview:  As one of the more intense chest openers, Camel
pose gives a natural boost to your mood and energy level. Not
only does it free up space in the chest, but it frees the breath and
the jiva—the individual spirit—as well, creating a feeling of
expansiveness and liberation. How-to:  From a kneeling position, align your hips directly over
your knees and your shoulders over your hips. Place the hands on
the lower back, ﬁngertips pointing either toward the chest or down
toward the ﬂoor. Engage your lower abdomen and lift your chest
away from your navel as if you had a thread pulling your sternum
up toward the ceiling. Curl your toes into the ﬂoor. Reach for your
heels with your ﬁngertips, keeping your hips stacked over the
knees. Keep the back of your neck long and breathe. Benefits:  Physically, Camel pose stretches the quadriceps, the
hip ﬂexors, the chest, the shoulders, and the throat. It strengthens
the backs of the legs and the muscles along the spine, whilestimulating the adrenals, the kidneys, and the digestive organs. This pose also helps to correct poor posture. Energetically, Ustrasana is mood-boosting and bolsters
stamina. It stimulates the fourth and ﬁfth chakras, enhancing our
conﬁdence and our ability to connect to the outside world,
communicating our truth with love and compassion. Engage mula and slight jalandhara bandha to keep the back of
the neck long. Engage vajroli mudra. Stimulates prana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Helps with kyphosis, asthma, mild
depression, neck pain, and lower back pain. Indicated for women
during pregnancy. Helpful tips: Place a blanket under the knees if your kneecaps
are sensitive. Put a block in between the thighs to help engage
mula bandha. Place a large bolster or blocks on your calves to
bridge the gap between the feet and the hands and to keep the
backbend in the thoracic spine. OceanofPDF.comINVERSIONS
Two of the most common inversions in yoga—
Headstand and Shoulder Stand—were traditionally
referred to as the king and queen of all the poses because
they encourage the union of Shakti, the divine feminine
force at the base of the spine, to Shiva, pure
consciousness at the crown. When these two forces
converge, yoga happens. Inversions take us into the
unknown, moving us out of our comfort zone and into our
fears, which helps us see both the world and ourselves
from a new perspective. OceanofPDF.comDOLPHIN POSE: SALAMBA SIRSASANA
Overview:  Like Downward-Facing Dog pose, this pose is a mild
inversion. It is a helpful preparation for Headstand, with many of
the same beneﬁts and not as many of the risk factors. If you feel
stuck in your ways, try this posture to shift how you perceive the
world. How-to:  From hands and knees, lower each forearm down onto
the ﬂoor to align the elbows directly underneath the shoulders. Interlace your ﬁngers and press your forearms and outer wrists
into the ﬂoor as you curl your toes into the mat. Lift your hips up,
away from the ﬂoor, and walk your feet in slightly closer, toward the
face. Stay and breathe, letting your head and neck relax toward
the ﬂoor. Benefits:  Physically, this pose opens the calves, the hamstrings,
and the shoulders. It strengthens the upper body and the back,and helps bring blood to the brain, increasing mental alertness. Energetically, Dolphin pose helps us to see things from a new
perspective. It stimulates the fourth, ﬁfth, and sixth chakras,
facilitating a release at the heart, clear communication, and mental
focus. Energetic tip: When coming out of the pose, pause and sit back
on your heels, feeling the reversal of the upward and downward
passages. Like two rivers converging, these passages meet at the
center of the chest, liberating the jiva atman, the individual spirit
that connects us with all things. Engage mula bandha, uddiyana bandha, and ashvini mudra. Stimulates udana vayu. Therapeutic applications:  Relieves mild headaches, fatigue,
sinusitis, and mild depression. Helpful tips: If you have any shoulder sensitivity or high or low
blood pressure, practice Viparita Karani (see this page). OceanofPDF.comHEADSTAND: SIRSASANA
Overview:  Traditionally known as the “king of all poses,”
Headstand opens the crown chakra, which is the energy center that
connects us to inﬁnite intelligence. Although many risk factors
come with practicing Headstand, it can powerfully shift our mind,
body, and consciousness when done safely. By reversing our
relationship to the Earth, Sirsasana also reverses the ﬂow of gravity
in our body and changes how we relate to the world and to
ourselves. How-to:  From Dolphin pose, lower the knees onto the ﬂoor. Switch the position of your head, so that the crown of your head
touches the ﬂoor. Interlace the ﬁngers behind your head and press
your forearms into the ﬂoor, lifting your shoulders up, away from
the ears. Walk your feet in as close to your face as you can. Bend
one knee and then the other toward the chest. Lift your tailboneand slowly begin to extend your legs toward the ceiling, pressing
through the balls of the feet, and peeling the toes back. Stay and
breathe for as long as you can without strain. Please note that you
should not practice this pose for the ﬁrst time without the guidance
of a teacher or an expert, especially if you have any preexisting
neck, shoulder, or blood pressure conditions. Benefits:  Physically, Headstand strengthens the legs, the pelvic
ﬂoor, the abdomen, and the back, and opens the chest and the
shoulders. This pose stimulates the pituit


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4DMSO in Genetics
PROTECTION FROM IONIZING RADIATION
One of the most important biological properties of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is its
ability to protect cells from radiation damage.1 DMSO has been used in a number of
studies to repair radiation damage induced in a variety of mammalian models and in vitro  preparations. 2 Such radiation damage to mammalian cells generally involves
injury to deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). DNA molecules are double-stranded helices running in opposite directions to each other. In mammals, most of the DNA is stored inside the cell nucleus in a dense string-like fiber called chromatin. DNA is composed of building blocks called nucleotides that consist of a deoxy -
ribose sugar bound on one side and a phosphate group bound to the other side of four nitrogenous bases. The bases are composed of adenine (A), thymine (T), gua -
nine (G), and cytosine (C) (Figure 4.1). Phosphates and sugars that are adjacent to these nucleotides link to form a long polymer and the double helix, a process called transcription. The outside strands of DNA are made up of the sugar and phosphate portions
of the nucleotides, while the middle parts are made of the nitrogenous bases. The nitrogenous bases on the two strands of DNA pair up, purine with pyrimidine (A always with T, G always with C), and are held together by weak hydrogen bonds. As the keeper of genetic information in each living cell, the integrity and stability of DNA are essential to life. In eukaryotic cells, when DNA is active, its code is copied to messenger RNA,
which then carries the DNA information to the ribosomal factories within the cell cytoplasm in order to manufacture proteins. The proteins thus formed in the ribo -
some are made up of amino acids that are linked together to extend the growing protein chain, a process called translation. In humans, DNA strand breaks are a common daily occurrence arising at a
frequency of tens of thousands per cell per day from direct attack by intracellular metabolites and from spontaneous DNA decay. 3 Despite this daily assault on DNA,
strand breaks generally can be easily fixed by a collection of repair processes avail -
able to the cell. These lesions to the DNA structure are detected by damage sensors that initiate various response reactions. 4
These repair processes are vital to the integrity of its genome and to the  s urvival
of the organism. Strand breaks can also result from mechanical stress, ionizing radi -
ation, and chemical damage, for example, from reactive oxygen species (ROS). Key experiments in the 1960s showed that the ratios of nitrogen bases A–T and
G–C are constant in all living things.82 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
Damage to DNA can create a loss of genetic instructions for producing new cells and
impair the well-functioning and development of every living organism. However, DNA
is not inert, and like any other biological molecule, it is continually the target of dam -
age from the environment, which, if not repaired, can result in metabolic dysfunction, mutation, and potentially cell death. For this reason, all cells contain a range of repair pathways that have evolved to optimize their survival following damage to their DNA. One of these repair pathways that follow genomic DNA damage is the DNA
 damage response, which coordinates DNA repair, cell cycle arrest, and ultimately
cell death.5
This process is a complex signaling network involving cell cycle checkpoints
and DNA repair/damage control pathways that work to minimize changes in normal metabolic function. The DNA damage response is affected by an assortment of cellular components and
processes, which include chromatin structure, DNA replication, cell growth, and cell cycle status. When the DNA damage response fails, genomic instability and several
human syndromes, particularly cancer, can appear. Paradoxically, DNA-damaging
agents are sometimes used in cancer therapy, and drugs targeting DNA damage response proteins, cell cycle, and cancer differentiation therapy are presently an excit -
ing field being explored as potential new anticancer agents.Adenine
/T_hymine
Single-strand break
Guanine
Double-strand brea ks
Cytosine
Sugar phospha te
backbone
FIGURE 4.1  (See color insert.) Ionizing radiation can create two types of breaks: (1) in
the sugar phosphate backbone or (2) in the base pairs of the DNA. These breaks can cause either  single (bolt) or double DNA strand breaks (bolts). Direct DNA damage occurs when  radiation particles physically break one or two strands of DNA. Indirect damage
occurs when radiation creates harmful free radicals to damage DNA, a target of repair for
DMSO. Single-strand DNA breaks are more prone to damage than double-strand DNA breaks
because more toxic agents target single-strand DNA regions than double strands. Ionizing
radiation of single-strand breaks are more easily repaired by the cell than cell repair of simi -
lar ionizing radiation of double-strand breaks, which can be lethal to the cell. Double-strand
DNA breaks are the cause of many diseases, including various types of cancer.83 DMSO in Genetics
As reviewed later, DMSO has been shown to protect cells from genotoxic
stress,  including free radical damage from excessive ROS and hydroxyl radical
formation. DMSO can additionally accelerate DNA strand break repair or prevent damage to DNA from ionizing radiation. However, it remains a challenge to point to one property under the DMSO umbrella of activities that might broadly explain the extraordinary biological actions of this simple polar molecule in providing protection to cells exposed to harmful stimuli. DMSO PROTECTION OF SINGLE- AND DOUBLE-STRANDED
DNA BREAKS
There is growing evidence that deficiencies in DNA damage signaling and repair
pathways are fundamental to most, if not all, developing cancers in humans. The cell response to DNA damage is by activating the DNA damage response pathway, which involves cell cycle arrest and the transcriptional and posttranscriptional activation of a subset of genes associated with DNA repair. Transcriptional and posttranscrip -
tional activations involve the increased expression of a gene at the level of DNA–RNA (transcription) and at the level of RNA between transcription and translation (posttranscriptional). Cell cycle arrest occurs when DNA damage is inflicted and continues until the damage is repaired. If the damage cannot be repaired, the cell commits suicide by ordering apoptosis or programmed cell death. In a way, apopto -
sis is often a defense reaction that can keep other cells from dying. If the affected cells are unable to respond or repair DNA damage, genetic insta -
bility can result, which will increase the risk of disease, especially cancer develop -
ment. The most dangerous type of DNA damage that can develop in mammalian cells occurs when DNA double-strand breaks are induced. DNA double-strand breaks are potentially lethal lesions that can be created by ionizing radiation from x-rays and gamma rays
6 (Figure 4.1). Besides ionizing radiation, DNA double-
strand breaks can result from the excessive formation within the cell of free radi -
cals, such as ROS. ROS can target mitochondria by creating intracellular oxidative stress damage. 6
Although cells can adapt to mild forms of radiation damage, especially if only
one strand of DNA is damaged, heavy doses of radiation can overwhelm the defen-sive process that cells possess to fix DNA from ionizing damage. However, cells have trouble fixing the DNA double-strand breaks due to the two DNA ends generated by the breaks becoming physically dissociated from one another, making the repair dif -
ficult to perform. Cells that cannot fix the DNA double-strand breaks by themselves and do not undergo apoptosis can become cancerous. Mammalian cells have two methods to repair DNA double-strand breaks, by
homologous recombination or by nonhomologous end joining (


we	are	concentrating	more	on	what	we	lack	than	on	what	we	have,	it	may
seem	ludicrous	to	try	to	find	something	to	be	thankful	for. But	gratitude
comprises	more	than	simply	being	thankful. Thankfulness	is	directed	toward	a
specific	object	or	event	that	has	just	happened,	as	in	“I	am	thankful	for	the
new	sweater	I	just	received.”	Gratitude,	by	contrast,	is	a	lifestyle—a	way	of
living. People	who	live	in	a	state	of	gratitude	have	developed	the	ability	to
embody,	moment	by	moment,	a	sense	of	wonder	and	contentment	with	their
lives	just	as	they	are. And	as	they	do	so,	they	paradoxically	seem	to	attract
more	and	more	blessings	into	their	lives	in	the	form	of	money,	fulfilling	jobs,
deeply	satisfying	personal	relationships,	and	other	things	that	they	desire. Expressing	thankfulness	on	a	regular	basis	can	lead	to	a	gratitude-filled
lifestyle. I	have	developed	a	practice,	every	time	something	good	happens—
whether	expected	or	not!—to	say	(to	myself	or	out	loud):	“Thank	you,	God!”
But	as	you	do	this	regularly,	you	will	begin	to	notice	yourself	changing. Things	that	used	to	bother	you	don’t	bother	you	as	much	anymore. You	see
someone	less	fortunate	than	yourself,	and	as	you	thank	your	Source	for	what
you	have,	you	also	reach	out	to	help	the	other	person	and	to	give	him	or	her
what	you	can	of	yourself	and	your	substance. Practicing	gratitude	is	simply	recognizing	that	there	is	infinite	substance	all
around	us,	throughout	the	universe	and	beyond. And	we	must,	as	Eric
Butterworth	urges	us	in	his	book
Spiritual	Economics,
	“Get	it	into	yourconsciousness	that	you	live	in	substance	as	a	fish	lives	in	water.”	We	can
never	lack	substance,	even	if	we	lose	all	of	our	assets	in	a	financial	crisis—for
substance	is	the	nonmaterial	essence	of	the	things	we	see. So	we	can	always
invoke	gratitude	for	the	invisible	substance	around	us,	knowing	that	as	we	do
so,
	we	will	draw	its	manifestation	to	us. Gratitude	leads	to	two	delightful	results	in	our	lives. First,	it	creates	a	deep
sense	of	joy. It	is	said	that	if	we	pursue	happiness	as	our	goal,	it	will	elude	us. The	same	is	true	of	joy:	If	we	seek	it	for	its	own	sake,	we	will	not	find	it. But
if	we	practice	gratitude—living	in	a	consciousness	of	contentment,	being
thankful	for	what	we	have	(even	if	it	is	meager),	and	cultivating	inner	peace
through	times	of	quiet	meditation—we	will	find	that	joy	appears
spontaneously. The	second	result	of	gratitude	is	a	personal	experience	of	abundance	and
prosperity. It	is	an	accepted	principle	that	“what	we	focus	on	expands.”	If	we
spend	most	of	our	time	thinking	about	what	we	don’t	have,	or	how	we	wish
our	life	was	different,	or	what	we	just	lost,	that	will	expand—and	we	will
have	more	loss,	more	lack,	and	more	discontent	with	our	current	situation. If,
on	the	other	hand,	we	focus	on	what	we	have—food	on	the	table,	friends
and/or	family	who	care	about	us,	the	sunshine	outside—that,	too,	will	expand. The	energy	of	gratitude	in	our	lives	draws	more	and	more	of	the	things	we
desire	to	us,	almost	by	magic. So	begin	your	practice	of	gratitude	today. As	you	awaken,	immediately	ask
yourself,	“What	can	I	be	thankful	for	today?”	Spend	time	in	the	silence	of
your	own	inner	self,	appreciating	the	wonder	of	who	you	are. And	remember
to	always	acknowledge	the	good	that	comes	to	you. Gratitude:	A	Powerful	Force
John	Randolph	Price
John	Randolph	Price

is	the	author	of	numerous	bestselling	books,	including
THE	SUPERBEINGS,	THE	ABUNDANCE	BOOK,	THE	ANGELS	WITHIN
US,	and	PRACTICAL	SPIRITUALITY. He	is	the	board	chairman	of	The
Quartus	Foundation,	and	with	his	wife	Jan,	he	conducts	workshops	and
intensive	gatherings. In	recognition	of	their	work	in	initiating	the	Global
Mind-Link	and	World	Healing	Day,	the	Prices	were	named	the	1986
recipients	of	the	“Light	of	God	Expressing	Award”	by	the	Association	of
Unity	Churches. John	was	also	given	the	1992	Humanitarian	Award	by	the
Arizona	District	of	the	International	New	Thought	Alliance. The	common	meaning	of	gratitude	is	to	be	thankful	for	benefits	received. While	this	is	important,	I	feel	that	the	energy	of	gratitude	is	one	of	the	most
powerful
attracting
	forces	in	the	universe. A	heart	filled	with	thanksgiving,
even	when	appearances	tell	us	that	we	are	mired	in	scarcity,	conflict,	and
affliction,	moves	us	to	a	higher	frequency	in	consciousness—and	we	soon
witness	reality	shining	through	the	illusion. To	paraphrase	what	I’ve	written	in	my	book
Empowerment,
	our	desires	are
first	fulfilled	in	consciousness,	and	then	they	come	forth	in	the	outer	world	as
the	ideal	experience	and	form—so	the	secret	is	to	be	thankful	while	our	good
is	still	invisible. Gratitude	releases	a	dynamic	current	of	spiritual	energy	to	go
before	us	to	exert	a	mighty	influence	in	our	world. It	not	only	eliminates
negative	patterns	in	the	subconscious	caused	by	ingratitude,	it	also	forms	a
connecting	link—a	bridge—to	every	possible	source	of	good. Of	course,	there
is	only	one	Source,	but	Divine	Mind	works	in	mysterious	ways	to	perform
magnificent	wonders	through	an	infinite	number	of	channels. And	through	a
feeling	of	gratitude,	we	put	ourselves	in	alignment	with	universal	riches,
loving	relations,	and	the	healing	power	of	Spirit	radiating	from	within. My	wife	Jan	and	I	have	proved	the	power	of	gratitude	many	times	in	our
lives. In	the	1970s,	I	was	having	a	difficult	time	in	a	business	situation	andhad	spent	days	praying	and	meditating	for	a	solution. Then	one	morning	as	I
was	getting	out	of	bed,	I	heard	an	audible	voice	boom	through	our	bedroom
with	the	words
“Quiet	trust.”
	To	me,	that	meant	that	the	problem	had	been
solved,	and	my	role	in	the	scheme	of	things	was	to	still	my	mind	(that	is,	stop
worrying)	and	trust	the	divine	process. A	feeling	of	intense	gratitude	came
over	me,	and	for	the	next	several	days,	my	constant	expression	in	mind	and
heart	was
Thank	you,	God! And	then	suddenly	out	of	chaos	came	perfect
order	and	harmony. On	December	30,	1993,	when	Jan	had	a	heart	attack	and	died	on	the	EMS
gurney	in	our	home,	I	felt	a	sense	of	detachment	and	little	emotional	response. Even	when	the	paramedic	said	to	me,	“I’m	sorry,	we’ve	lost	her,”	I	wouldn’t
accept	it. On	some	level	of	consciousness,	I	knew	she	would	c


 the Health Laws of Mother Nature
and God. These are good laws. They want you to have a
painless, tireless, ageless body. It’s your birthright to feel
the thrill of joyous living ever y day of your life! 127
I have treated with water only, well over 3,000 persons with dyspeptic pain. They all responded to an increase in their water intake, and their clinical
problems associated with the pain disappeared. – F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. By following Mother Natur e’s and God’ s great and
good laws you can awaken one beautiful morning to
discover the feeling of radiant health and happiness! You’ll have slept deeply like a baby. Gone are your
headaches, gone is your chronic fatigue, gone are all
your aches and pains! Y ou’ll feel new vitality surging
throughout your entire body. You’ll have a spring in your
step, a sparkle in your eyes and the glow of health in
your skin. Y ou’ll have found the gr eatest and most
precious treasure in the whole world – radiant, glorious
health! Physical and mental health are now yours! Perpetual Y outhfulness Can Be Y ours! Longfellow says that “In youth the heart exults and
sings!” This suggests the idea that beyond certain
prescribed years the heart does not exult and sing. Youth, in its crudest sense, does not refer to years
but to a state of being. It r eally is a matter of one’ s own
choice, if one is born with a normal constitution, as to
128	 when youth shall end and “middle age” begin. Some
people can truly be referred to as youthful although they
may have seen sixty or more years. Every normal person really has a desire to remain
youthful, but few are willing to pay the price. The price
of prolonged youthfulness is the consistent faithful
performance of certain healthy lifestyle habits. These healthy lifestyle habits are: staying away from
chemicalized drinking water full of inorganic minerals;
eating no salt; drinking ample amounts of distilled
water; eating a healthy, well-balanced, natural diet;
consistent daily exer cise; deep power breathing; good
personal hygiene; and thinking positively. Without a
healthy body, one cannot maintain positive thinking! You now know that the most destructive for ce that
robs you of youthful good health consists of a gradual
settling of insoluble inorganic mineral matter from water
and salt into the tissues of your body. This encrustation
begins first on the walls of the arteries, gradually
diminishing their elasticity and caliber as well as the
nourishment of the tissues they supply. As a consequence The choice of which r oad to take is up to the individual. He alone
can decide whether he wants to r each a dead end or live a healthy,
wholesome, long, happy, active life. – Paul C. Bragg, N.D., Ph.D.
of these destructive changes, all body functions slow
down more and more until some vital organ stops
altogether and death occurs from premature ageing. The
beginning of corrosion and the subsequent hardening
of the arteries are the first stages of premature ageing,
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no matter how long a person has lived! Your life-long work is the battle to keep your ar teries
free from the inorganic minerals and toxic chemicals
contained in most drinking water. Stop using table salt
and eat a balanced diet that does not leave a residue of
toxic cr ystals to clog and obstr uct your cir culation. You now know what we know... the shocking truth
about water... and what we believe to be the world’ s
best-kept health secret. Let’ s really make life a healthful,
vigorous adventure! Health and happiness are our goals. Health is our wealth! There are no failures possible for
those who start today and move steadily onward
in their quest for perfect, youthful health! To maintain and enjoy good health, the body must be exercised properly
(stretching, walking, jogging, running, biking, swimming, deep breathing, good posture,
etc.) and nourished wisely (with natural organic foods), so to maintain a normal weight
and increase the good life of radiant health, joy and happiness. – Paul C. Bragg, N.D., Ph.D. I have found perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling of purity and happiness,
something unknown to humans! – Novelist Upton Sinclair, a frequent faster Benefit f rom Natural Foods Rich in Calcium
There are some ver y fine sour ces of calcium other
than milk. We prefer the organic calcium found in
kale, greens, corn, beans, veggies, soybeans and soy
tofu. Dr. Neal Barnard and Dr. Lynch point out that
all natural foods contain appreciable amounts of
calcium. This chart below shows some of the many
foods that contain large amounts of organic calcium
you should include in your healthy diet. 130 Almonds, 1 oz...................... 80
Artichokes, (steamed) 1C..... 51
Beans,  (kidney, pinto, red) 1 C. 89
Beans,  (great northern, navy) 1C 128
Beans,  (white)  1C................. 161
Blackstrap molasses, 1 Tbsp.. 137
Bok choy, (steamed) 1C..... 158
Broccoli, (steamed) 1C....... 178
Brussel sprouts,  (steamed) 1C 56
Buckwheat pancake, 1......... 99
Cabbage, (steamed) 1C....... 50
Cauliflower, (steamed) 1C... 34
Collards, (steamed) 1C...... 152
Corn tortilla......................... 60
Cornbread, 1 piece.............. 28
Figs, (5 m edium)................ 135
Sources: Back to Eden, Jethro Kloss; Health Nutrient Bible, Lynne Sonberg;
website: veggiepower.ca/caltable.htm, chart by Brenda Davis, R.D. Food Source Food Source
Kale, (steamed) 1C................ 180
Kohlrabi, (steamed) 1C........... 40
Mustard greens, 1C.............. 138
Oatmeal, 1C......................... 120
Orange, 1 large....................... 96
Prunes, 4 whole...................... 45
Raisins, 4 oz............................ 45
Rhubarb, (cooked) 1C........... 105
Rutabaga, (steamed) 1C......... 72
Sesame seeds (unhulled)  1 oz.. 381
Spinach (steamed) 1C........... 244
Soybeans, 1 C......................... 73
Soymilk, fortified................... 150
Tofu, firm 2 C...................... 258
Turnip greens, 1C................. 198
Whole wheat bread, 1 slice..... 17 mgs mgs Calcium Content of Some Common Foods
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 two Gerson patients at our hospital instead of the
usual salads at lunch and dinner; within a short time both developed recurrences of their primary
diseases, i.e., lupus, viz. cervical cancer, after being symptom-free for months. Other lupus
patients, getting sprouts from the hospital kitchen in their salads and juices, stopped responding
to the treatment and even got worse. Shortly afterwards researchers discovered that sprouts contain immature proteins, called I-
canavanine, which suppress the immune system. At the Gerson hospital sprouts were immediately
banned, and the earlier problems disappeared at once. All past patients were also advised to stop
using sprouts in their diet. Wheatgrass juice contains many valuable nutrients, but it is difficult to digest, tends to
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www.thegersonway.comUsed as a rectal implant it can cause serious irritation. Besides, the Gerson green juice, consisting
of salad greens, chard, a little green pepper, some red cabbage and an apple per 8 ounce glass
(see Chapter 12, pg. 90 ) is highly digestible, contains similar nutrients, and can be enjoyed in
four 8 ounce portions a day, without unpleasant side effects—an excellent reason for not using
wheatgrass juice. Temporarily Forbidden until permitted by Gerson practitioner
Butter, eggs, fish, salt-free defatted cottage cheese, meat, yogurt and other fermented milk
products. Forbidden Personal & Household Items
Cosmetics (see Chapter 5, pg. 26 ), pesticide sprays, aerosols of all types, fresh paint, new
carpeting, chlorine bleach, ointments, perfumes, wood preservatives, all chemical cleansers (see
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Happy Foods
“Even the highest medicine can cure
only eight or nine out of ten sicknesses. The sicknesses that medicine cannot cure can be cured only by foods.”
   The Yellow Emperor’ s Classic of Internal Medicine (Chinese, circa 400 B.C.) “Food is better medicine than drugs.”
    Title of book by leading British nutritionist Patrick Holfor
So what IS there to eat?—asks the startled newcomer to the Gerson way of life, after reading
the list of forbidden foods in the preceding chapter. That is an important question to ponder,
because it shows how alienated one can become from a natural way of eating, and above all from
the huge range of available plant foods, rightly called the Vegetable Kingdom (which in this
instance includes fruits, too.) It is a fair guess that the majority of people in the so-called developed
world regard vegetables as no more than incidentals that accompany a main course of fish or
meat, while fruits are only considered if there is no dessert on of fer. Well, this is the moment to think again—and to make some delightful discoveries. The fact is that the plant foods that are the basis of the Gerson regime are much superior to
animal-based ones. Besides being lighter, more pure, and easier to digest and absorb, each one
contains a subtle mixture of vitamins, enzymes, minerals, and trace elements, which work in
synergy, i.e., in cooperation, and supply the depleted organism with valuable nutrients. It is only
when the non-healing—in fact harmful—food items are excluded that the wide range and variety
of plant foods becomes clear. And it is not just their usefulness but also their beauty that needs to
be acknowledged. Try to look at a display of fresh organic fruits and vegetables with the eyes of
an artist, note the glowing colors and varied shapes of golden carrots, deep red cabbages, creamy
cauliflowers with their light green collars, beige pears, multicolored apples, translucent green
grapes—the range is vast, and eye appeal adds a great deal to the enjoyment of the produce. There is another happy surprise that awaits the novice explorer of the Vegetable Kingdom:
the discovery of the true flavor of vegetables and fruits. At first, without salt and pepper, plant
foods taste bland and, frankly, boring. Yet they are neither. But a lifetime of excessive use of salt
deadens the taste buds of the tongue, until they are unable to convey the true taste of any food,
and even the salt intake has to be increased all the time to have any effect. On the salt-free Gerson
regime it takes a week or so for the paralyzed taste buds to recover, but once that happens, fruits
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www.thegersonway.comand vegetables suddenly begin to taste more interesting. At the same time one’s sense of smell
also becomes more acute and contributes to the enjoyment of every meal. “Let your food be your medicine, and let your medicine be your food,” said Hippocrates, the
father of modern medicine some 2500 years ago. We might add: and let your medicine consist of
happy foods only. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 104Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 12
Preparing Food and Juices –the Basic Rules
“A first-rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting.”
Abraham Maslow
 Assuming that your kitchen is now fully equipped for your healing Gerson routine and that
you have banished from your home all forbidden foods and substances, the moment has come to
find out about the all-important task of food preparation. The rules are simple, but they must be
observed faithfully to secure the best results. All food must be organic and as fresh as possible. Ideally we should be able to gather fresh
living food from our own organic gardens; unfortunately this is not an ideal world and we must
compromise. The next best thing is to shop frequently for salad and leaf vegetables in smallish
amounts, so there is no need to keep them for any length of time. Apples, pears, oranges and root
vegetables can be stored for a while without significant loss of quality. The two most important basic rules of food preparation are the following :
1) All foods must be prepared with great care in order to preserve nutrients as much as
possible. Cooking must be slow, using low heat; high temperatures alter nutrients
in vegetables and cause them to be less easily absorbed. Vegetables should not be
peeled—valuable nutrients are contained in or immediately underneath their skins—
only washed or scrubbed well. Except for potatoes, corn and whole beets, which have
to be boiled in sufficient water, vegetables are cooked with the minimum of water
or soup stock (see below), or on a bed of sliced onions and tomatoes, which release
enough moisture to keep the vegetables from burning. Remember that oxidation,
with loss of nutrients, sets in as soon as you cut into a vegetable or fruit: only start
chopping when you are ready to cook. 2) Food must be tasty, varied and enjoyable, to make up for being very different from the
so-called “normal” Western diet. Variety helps to stimulate appetite. It also supplies a
wide range of minerals and trace elements, needed by the body to heal. Remember the
importance of eye appeal! Salads in particular can be made truly tempting by mixing
green leaves with chopped tomatoes and multicoloured peppers, adding radishes and a
scattering of chives. (For further ideas, see Chapter 28 )
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www.thegersonway.comA small vase of flowers on the dining table can work wonders in making the meal taste even
better. The Gerson diet strikes a fine balance between raw and cooked foods. The ample main meals
may suggest to some patients that much of their food is cooked. But this is not the case. Meals
begin with huge helpings of raw salad and end with raw fruit, and the daily ration of 13 glasses
of freshly made juice is as raw as can be. Cooked foods are necessary: Dr. Gerson’s experience
showed that patients do not digest well if given only raw foods along with the juices. In fact,
cooked foods provide additional variety and enable patients to eat more than they would on an
exclusively raw diet. They also supply soft bulk, which promotes the digestion of the raw foods
and juices. The most popular item on the list of cooked foods is the “Special Soup” or Hippocrates
Soup that helps to detoxify the kidneys and is highly comforting, especially in cold weather. All
cooked foods serve as a kind of “blotting paper”


  to improve
the qual ity of life for some other human being. So if we know th at that’ s the
business we’re in, then we can apply this concept globally. W orld peace
comes about through inner pe ace within each individual. Therefore, if
we’ve got a wh ole world full of people who are peaceful, then we’ve got
world peace. But if we’ve got a world full of some individu als who are
peaceful and a whole bunch more who are full of anger, dissension, fear,
mistrust, and so on, then we’ve got world disorder. The sam e is true in any or ganiz ation—it all starts with getting your own
act together. T rying to get ahead of the next guy should never be your focus,
because that’ s not what the people business is about. It’ s about improving
life for all people. W hen you improve your own life first, all you’ll have to
give away is qu ality of life. If you do that, and you’re giving a way quality
in every interaction that you ha ve, you will be the kind of pe rson whom
other people want to be around. When you become this type of person, you’ll be more ef fective at your
job because people want to be around you. W alk into any automobile
dealership, for instance, and you can easily find somebody wh om no one
wants to  be around. That per son usually doesn’ t sell very many cars,
whereas the person you want to be around tends to be very successful. If you’re feeling uninspired in your or ganization, however, the universe
is sending you a message: Move along. Don ’ t te ll yours elf that you’re s tuck. Don’ t become consumed with the posturing and the awards t hat go withyour pos ition, th e opinions of ot her people, and other hallmarks of the ego. If yo ur sole and total focus is on  living the life you’ve imagined, wonderful
things will happen. Y ou’ve got to tr ust that you’ll k now when it’ s time to make a change. If
you don ’ t, the universe will tell you—you’ll get the signal in some way, and
you will indeed move along. If you continue to stay where you don’ t
belong, the universe will start making you deteriorate: Y ou might get sick or
have an acciden t. Whatever the signal is, it will indicate that t hings aren’ t
working right for you, and you’ll know it. But you have got to pay attention
to the messages of the universe. Let me remind you that one of  the hallmarks of ego is fear. Y ou must
trust in the wisd om of your hig her self, which knows that you can’ t ever
make a mistake—there ar e  no mistakes, as this is a perfect place. Everything is all working perfectly, and so are you. KEEP IT FLOWING
In a soc iety that has become almost obsessed with upward mob ility, our
possessions, and  the accumulation of mor e, it’ s  imp ortant t o ask why: Wha t
are we planning to do with all this stuf f. Remember, you can’ t own anything—ever. Y ou show up on this planet
with nothing, and you leave the same way. I have a suit in which I have cut
out all the pockets, and every time I open my closet, I see this funny-
looking suit there with its holes  and slashes. If anyone else sees it, they’ll
ask, “W hat in the world is that. ” I’ll respond, “That’ s to remind me that the
last suit you wear doesn’ t need a ny pockets. ” It’ s a reminder tha t none of us
is taking anything with us from the world of form. As you’ ve learn ed, the relationships you’re in can only be experienced or
processed throug h thought. Y ou can’ t be your spouse or your children, and
they can’ t be y ou. Y ou can o nly process the experience of each other
through thought. Y ou can never get hold of them; they can never  get hold of
you. The illusion is that you h ave them, or that they have you, and you
don’ t at all. It’ s the same wi th your stuf f: you don’ t own it; it owns you. As long as
you “need” possessions and feel  incomplete if you don’ t—if you  don’ t havethe fancy car, if you don’ t have the right house in the right part of town, if
you don’ t have jewels on your fingers, and so on—that’ s a sign that you feel
something must  be lacking in your life. In this position of I’m incomplete,
you’re sure that your completen ess will be fulfilled through mat erial things. Y ou get some di amonds, and then you say to yourself, That sho uld mak e me
happy, but  it doesn’ t b ecause possessio ns are just an illusion. Y et you think,
Maybe if I get bigger diamonds,  or a better car, or. Y ou ’re constantly at
the mercy of the  ego’ s disease o f more. Needing to have all the th ings that
you accu mulate and collect and hang on to and so on makes you a victim of
those things. The irony is that the less you need, the more you’ll get. The totally awake person operates with heightened spiritual awareness,
understanding t hat more is less and less is more. All of u s are here
temporarily. W e ’re part of thi s dream, and for a very short time. W e
accumulate a certain amount of  things while we’re here, but we have no
need for  them when we leave this world of form. So fiercely  clinging to
things makes no sense. What does make sense is relaxing that grip, letting
go of what we know we don’ t need so that we can make room for what we
do  need. Everything in the universe flows, but the strongest things are those that
flow the best. If you take water a nd a rock and put them together, which one
is going to triumph over the other. The water will always we ar away the
rock. Y et if you try to reach in and get a handful of this stuf f that is so
powerful that it can wear away  rock in practically no time at a ll, you will
find that the tigh ter you squeeze, the less you get in your hand. Y ou have to
put your hand in the water and relax it, and only then can you experience
the water. Y ou can never hold on to it. “Go with the f low” might be a clichéd saying, but there’ s a lot of
meaning to that. It means you’re not fighting anything; you’re allowing it to
happen. Allowing  i s anoth er word  for surr ender. Y ou  must allow  yourself to
trust the  Divine. Surrender and become unattached to how things turn out,
even though this can be very dif ficult. A go od analogy for being detached from the things that we think are so
important to us is to think of a s ymphony. W e’re li stening to the music, bu t
we c an never he ar the whole symphony at one time. W e can on ly hear it amoment at a tim e—we hear one note, then we hear another note, and then
we h ear another. That whole in dividual, step-by-step process, the flowing
with it, the goin g with just one note, with whatever is happening, is what
constitutes the experience called “symphony” and the appreciation of
music. W e don’ t sit back and say, “No, this note doesn’ t count. None of that
counts. I want to hear the whole thing at once. ” W e take each moment that
comes and experience it, and we experience the next one, and so on. It’ s silly  to think of being able t o appreciate music without being able to
hear each individual note as it comes along. That’ s also how  life is. It’ s
absurd t o becom e attached to the notion that we have to consu me it all or
have so many things. Here’ s a  great exercise in not be ing attached: Go through your h ouse and
the closets, gather up all the toys that your children don’ t use an ymore, and
give them away. Have the kids participate in this as well. Next, gather all
the clothes that y ou haven’ t worn in the last 18 months. If you haven’ t worn
it for a year and a half, it’ s no longer yours. W e’ve already established that
you can’ t own a nything anyway—you come in naked and yo u leave that
way. So send these clothes on to somebody else. Then go out to your
garage, and collect everything t hat you’ve been so busy holdin g on to but
not usin g. Give it away too. There’ s somebody else out there w ho can use
all that stuf f. Get it recirculating. Keep it flowing. Keep it moving. Know th at every thing you feel y ou


 in thestruggle for money. Yet the secret of preserving natural efficiency
is even more valuable than cure or repair ofdamages due to carelessness and over-strain. Inthis respect the simple rules of Fletcherizing,embodying the requirements of Nature in co-operative nutrition, are made effective byformulating exercises whereby habit-of-conformity is formed, and takes command of thesituation so efficiently, that no more thoughtneed be given to the matter than is necessary in
regard to breathing, quenching thirst, orobserving " the rule of the road " in avoidingcollisions in crowded public thoroughfares. Mr. Rockefeller's thirty-three words not only
comprise the practical gist of Fletcherism, butalso state the most important fact, that by thesemeans the real dietetic devil, the devil of devils,is kept at a safe distance. The mechanical act of mastication is easy to
manage ; but this is not all there is to headdigestion. Bad habits of inattention andindifference have to be conquered before goodhabits of deliberation and appreciation areformed. These requirements of healthynutrition have been studied extensively andanalyzed thoroughly, to the end that we knowthey may be acquired with ease if sought withserious interest and respect. I began the preface by quoting the statement
that  " What is good for the richest man in the
world must be also good for the poorest, and all
in between." I will close by asserting that
" Doing the right thing in securing right nutrition
is easier than not if you only know how. "CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR 'S PREFACE
I. H OW I B ECAME  A FLETCHERITE
II. S CIENTIFIC  TESTS OF FLETCHERISM
III. W HAT I AM ASKED  ABOUT  FLETCHERISM
IV. R ULES OF FLETCHERISM
V. W HAT IS PROPER  MASTICATION ? VI. W HAT IS HEAD DIGESTION ? VII. C HITTENDEN  ON CAREFUL  CHEWING
VIII. T HE THREE  INCHES  OF PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY
XI. Q UESTION  PRESCRIPTION  AND
PROSCRIPTION
X. W HAT CONSTITUTES  A FLETCHERITE
XI. A LL DECENT  EATERS  ARE
FLETCHERITES
XII. F LETCHERIZING  AS A TEMPERANCE
EXPEDIENT
XIII. T HE MENACE  OF MODERN  MIXED
MENUS
XIV. T HE CRUX OF FLETCHERISM
XV. F LETCHERISM  AND VEGETARIANISMLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE AUTHOR Frontispiece
THE AUTHOR  TESTING  HIS ENDURANCE  BY MEANS  OF
THE KELLOGG  MERCURIAL  DYNAMOMETER
THE AUTHOR  UNDERGOING  A TEST AT YALE WHEN  HE
MADE  A WORLD'S RECORD  ON THE IRVING
FISHER  ENDURANCE  TESTING  MACHINE
THE AUTHOR  FEELING  HIMSELF  TO BE THE MOST
FORTUNATE  PERSON  ALIVE
HORACE  FLETCHER  IN HIS MASTER  OF ARTS ROBES
THE AUTHOR, ON HIS SIXTIETH  BIRTHDAY,
PERFORMING  FEATS OF AGILITY  AND STRENGTH
WHICH  WOULD  BE REMARKABLE  EVEN  IN A YOUNG
ATHLETEF L E T C H E R I S M :
WHAT IT IS
CHAPTER I
HOW I BECAME A FLETCHERITE
My Turning Point—How I had Ignored My Responsibility—What
Happens during Mastication—The Four Principles of Fletcherism. OVER twenty years ago, at the age of forty
years, my hair was white; I weighed two
hundred and seventeen pounds (about fiftypounds more than I should for my height of fivefeet six inches); every six months or so I had abad attack of " influenza " ; I was harrowed byindigestion; I was afflicted with " that tiredfeeling." I was an old man at forty, on the wayto a rapid decline. It was at about this time that I applied for a
life-insurance policy, and was " turned down "by the examiners as a " poor risk." This was thefinal straw. I was not afraid to die ; I had longago learned to look upon death with equanimity.At the same time I had a keen desire to live,
and then and there made a determination that Iwould find out what was the matter, and, if Icould do so, save myself from my threateneddemise. I realised that the first thing to do was, if
possible, to close up my business arrangementsso that I could devote myself to the study of howto keep on the face of the earth for a few moreyears. This I found it possible to do, and Iretired from active money-making. The desire of my life was to live in Japan,
where I had resided for several years, and towhich country I was passionately devoted. Mytastes were in the direction of the fine arts.Japan had been for years my Mecca — myhousehold goods were already there, waitinguntil I should take up my permanent residence ;and it required no small amount of will-power toturn away from the cherished hope of a lifetime,to continue travelling over the world, andconcentrate upon finding a way to keep alive. I turned my back on Japan, and began my
quest for health. For a time, I tried some of themost famous " cures " in the world. Here andthere were moments of hope, but in the end I
was met with disappointment. THE TURNING  POINT. It was partly accidental and partly otherwise
that I finally found a clue to the solution of myhealth disabilities. A faint suggestion ofpossibilities of arrest of decline had dawnedupon me in the city of Galveston, Texas, someyears before, and had been strengthened by avisit to an Epicurean philosopher who had asnipe estate among the marshlands of SouthernLouisiana and a truffle preserve near Pau, inFrance. He was a disciple of Gladstone, andfaithfully followed the rules relative to thoroughchewing of food which the Grand Old Man ofEngland had formulated for the guidance of hischildren. My friend in Louisiana attributed hisrobustness of health as much to this protectionagainst overeating as to the exercise incident tohis favourite sports. But these impressions hadnot been strong enough to have a lasting effect. One day, however, I was called to Chicago to
attend to some unfinished business affairs.They were difficult of settlement, and I wascompelled to " mark time " in the Western city
with nothing especially to do. It was at thistime, in 1898, that I began to think seriously ofeating and its effect upon health. I read a greatmany books, only to find that no two authorsagreed; and I argued from this fact that no onehad found the truth, or else there would besome consensus of agreement. So I stoppedreading, and determined to consult MotherNature herself for direction. HOW I HAD IGNORED  MY RESPONSIBILITY. I began by trying to find out why Nature
required us to eat, and how and when. The keyto my search was a firm belief in the goodintentions of Nature in the interest of ourhealth and happiness, and a belief also thatanything less than good health and highefficiency was due to transgressions againstcertain good and beneficent laws. Hence, it wasmerely a question of search to find out thenature of the transgression. The fault was one of nutrition, evidently.I argued that if Nature had given us personalresponsibility it was not hidden away in the
dark folds and coils of the alimentary canalwhere we could not control it. The fault or faultsmust be committed before the food wasswallowed. I felt instinctively that here was thekey to the whole situation. The point, then, wasto study the cavity of the mouth ; and the firstthought was : " What happens there? " and " What is present there? " The answer was:Taste, Smell (closely akin to taste and hardly tobe distinguished from it), Feeling, Saliva,Mastication, Appetite, Tongue, Teeth, etc. I first took up the careful study of Taste,
necessitating keeping food in the mouth as longas possible, to learn its course and development;and, as I tried it myself, wonders of new andpleasant sensations were revealed. Newdelights of taste were discovered. Appetiteassumed new leanings. Then came the vitaldiscovery, which is this : I found that each of ushas what I call a food-filter: a discriminatingmuscular gate located at the back of the mouthwhere the throat is shut off from the mouthduring the process of mastication. Just wherethe tongue drops over backward toward itsso-called roots there are usually five (sometimes
seven, we are told) little teatlike projectionsplaced in the shape of a horseshoe, each of themhaving a trough around it, and in these troughs,or depressions, terminate a great number oftaste-buds, or ends of gustatory nerves. Just atthis point the roof of the mouth, or the " hardpalate, " ends; and the " soft palate, " with theuvula at the end of it, drops down behind theheavy part of the tongue.


 ”
In
this
respect,
evaporated
urine
is
in
no
way
inferior
to
Hunzukut
water,
nor
to
the
American
miracle
drink
made
of
colloids
of
mother's
milk
and
cherry
pulp. It
concentrates
everything
useful
that
was
in
the
original
urine,
plus
what
is
produced
by
cooking. This
is
probably
how
A. Zamkov,
a
Russian
doctor,
obtained
his
Gravidan
(a
miraculous
extract
from
the
urine
of
pregnant
women). One
example
of
how
evaporated
urine
works. From
a
letter
from
an
invalid
patient:
"For
17
days
now,
I
have
been
collecting
the
middle
part
of
the
urine
between
3
and
4
in
the
morning,
drinking
3
sips
of
evaporated
quarter
urine. My
bowels
have
started
working
again,
the
polyps
in
my
stomach
have
disappeared,
my
stomach
is
softer
and
my
heart
is
also
working
better. I
apply
urine
to
my
legs
and
hands,
which
also
helps.'Evaporated
urine
is
a
highly
concentrated,
but
at
the
same
time,
natural
salt
solution. Therefore,
it
acts
several
times
more
effectively
than
ordinary
urine
as
a
laxative
and
cleansing
agent. The
"pulling"
force
of
evaporated
urine
is
such
that
during
an
enema,
it
not
only
cleans
the
mucous
membrane
of
the
large
intestine,
but
it
has
the
same
effect
on
the
entire
abdominal
area. Various
types
of
cleansing
the
body
of
toxic
substances
are
widely
used
in
clinical
medicine. Most
often,
toxins
bind
to
synthetic
coal. A
series
of
experiments
on
animals
showed
the
high
efficiency
of
intestinal
cleansing
with
the
help
of
synthetic
carbon,
added
to
the
diet. The
result
of
these
experiments
was
a
significant
extension
of
the
animals'
life
by
an
average
of
43%. At
the
same
time,
however,
it
was
pointed
out
that
such
purification
can
lead
to
undesirable
consequences. Therefore,
substances
and
methods
are
needed
that
could
be
used
for
a
long
time
and
safely. One
such
substance
is
precisely
evaporated
urine,
which,
thanks
to
osmosis,
absorbs
waste
substances
and
poisons,
water
and
mucus,
parasites,
and
at
the
same
time
does
not
irritate
anything,
on
the
contrary
helps
in
recovery
mucous
membranes. The
author
himself
and
his
numerous
followers
were
convinced
that
simple
enemas
with
the
help
of
a
rubber
balloon
and
100
to
200
grams
of
evaporated
urine
rid
the
body
of
mucus,
waste
and
poisonous
substances
deposited
in
the
kidneys,
pancreas,
bladder
walls,
genitals,
ligaments
and
muscles,
in
the
groin
area. The
entire
excretory
system
is
relieved
system. It
is
possible
to
drink
urine,
but
one
must
carefully
control
one's
diet. The
effects
of
ingesting
urine,
especially
evaporated,
are
surprising
at
first
glance. Evaporated
urine
changes
its
taste
and
color. It
becomes
very
bitter
and
acquires
"twitching"
abilities,
which
are
manifested
by
the
fact
that
when
this
urine
comes
into
contact
with
polyps
of
the
large
intestine,
stomach,
and
also
with
tumors,
the
cells
of
these
degenerative
formations
die
and
break
off,
the
parasites
leave
the
tissues. For
example,
inmany
people,
worms,
polyps
and
other
disorders
that
bravely
resist
enemas
according
to
the
recipe
of
the
American
dietitian
dr. Walkera
with
swallowtail
decoction
and
other
ingredients. If
a
person
purposefully
changes
his
diet
and
eats
mostly
porridge
and
fruit
(dried
in
winter),
vegetables
(steamed
in
winter),
honey,
nuts
and
legumes
and
drinks
herbal
teas,
then
he
will
excrete
urine
with
a
low
salt
content. When
evaporated,
such
urine
does
not
have
a
significantly
bitter
taste
and
contains
a
minimum
of
salts. Its
taste
is
reminiscent
of
caramel,
its
color
is
honey
and
its
aroma
is
fresh,
pleasant,
balsamic. Such
urine
is
able
to
support
the
heart
because
of
its
golden
color
it
acts
on
"bad",
pathological
energy
and
displaces
it. Such
urine
amazes
with
its
healing
power,
which
has
been
proven
many
times. We
will
mention
the
light
effect
of
urine
in
more
detail. In
his
article
"Light
seen
by
few",
M. Bogačichyn
talks
about
the
types
of
energy
that
surround
us
and
have
different
colors
and
special
properties. Mostly,
light
tones
of
energy
are
useful
for
a
person. Some
people
are
able
to
see
black
energy
covering
this
or
that
organ
that
is
sick. The
degree
of
the
disease
depends
on
the
shade:
the
darker
the
color,
the
greater
the
involvement
of
the
organ. During
the
urine
treatment,
we
"irradiate"
the
organ
with
light
energy
and
thus
achieve
healing,
the
disappearance
of
the
dark
aura. The
organ
heals
itself. The
following
are
characteristics
of
the
healing
properties
of
colors
that
vaporized
urine
can
have:
1)
The
color
red
helps
the
formation
of
hemoglobin,
activates
the
liver,
and
increases
the
body's
heat-generating
abilities. It
can
treat
anemia,
bronchial
asthma,
constipation,
apathy,
pneumonia,
tuberculosis,
debility. It
also
affects
the
endocrine
system. 2)
The
color
yellow
activates
the
motor
nerves,
helps
the
production
of
energy
in
the
muscles,
accelerates
the
flow
of
bile
and
expels
worms. It
supports
and
cleanses
the
liver,
intestines
and
skin. It
can
be
used
to
treat
diabetes,
indigestion,
flatulence,
hemorrhoids,
rheumatism,
and
eczema. The
color
yellow
also
affects
the
kidneys
and
spleen. 3)
The
color
orange
is
a
combination
of
red
and
yellow. Its
warming
power
is
greater
than
that
of
red
and
yellow. It
stimulates
the
thyroid
gland,
breathing,
has
antispasmodic
effects,


 researchers
believed the stories. Few could accept that breathing alone could keep a
body warm in freezing temperatures. Fewer believed it could control
immune function and heal diseases. Through the twentieth century, interest in T ummo grew, and a flood of
anthropologists, researchers, and seekers traveled to the Himalayas and
came back reporting the same feats that David-Néel had been talking about. They told stories of monks wearing nothing but a single layer of clothes
throughout the winter, heating themselves in frigid stone monasteries byday and melting circles in the snow around their bare bodies by night. Eventually, a Harvard Medical School researcher named Herbert Benson
thought it might be time to put T ummo to the test. Benson flew to the Himalayas in 1981, recruited three monks, hooked
them up to sensors that measured the temperature in their fingers and toes,
and then asked them to practice T ummo breathing. During the practice, the
temperature in the monks’ extremities went up by as much as 17 degrees
Fahrenheit and stayed there. The results were published the next year in the
esteemed scientific journal Natur e. The videos and photographs taken during the Harvard experiments
showed short men with satchels wrapped around flabby waists, their skin
covered in a thick sheen of sweat, eyes half-closed and lost in a thousand-
mile stare. The experiments added credence to what DavidNéel and Naropa
and described, and yet Benson’ s monks seemed even stranger than an
anarchist opera singer or ancient mystic. It all seemed totally inaccessible to
W esterners. That would change by the early 2000s, when a Dutch man named W im
Hof ran a half-marathon through the snow above the Arctic Circle shirtless
and in bare feet. Here was a W esterner who had a beard, thinning lead-
colored hair, and a face pulled from a Bruegel painting. In short, he looked
like every other middle-aged Northern European male. Hof hadn’ t grown
up in a cave in India or suf fered from tuberculosis in a village hospital. He’d worked as a mail carrier and was a father of four. Y ears earlier, Hof ’ s wife had taken her own life after years of
depression. He had sought refuge from his pain by deepening his practice of
yoga, meditation, and breathing practices. He unearthed the ancient
technique of T ummo, honed it, simplified it, repackaged it for mass
consumption, and began promoting its powers in a string of daredevil stunts
that would have been quickly discounted if the media hadn’ t been around to
verify them. Hof submer ged himself in a bath filled with ice for an hour and 52
minutes, and he suf fered no hypothermia or frostbite. Then he ran a full
marathon in the Namib desert in temperatures that reached 104, without
ever sipping a drop of water. Over the span of a decade, Hof broke 26 world records, each more
baf fling than the last. These stunts earned him international fame, and hissmiling, frost-covered face soon appeared on dozens of magazine covers, in
flashy documentary specials, and in a handful of books. “W im violated the rules laid out in medical textbooks so drastically
scientists had to pay attention,” said Andrew Huberman, a professor of
neurobiology at Stanford University. Scientists paid attention. In 2011, researchers at Radboud University Medical Center in the
Netherlands brought Hof into a laboratory and started poking and prodding
him, trying to figure out how he did what he did. At one point, they injected
his arm with an endotoxin, a component of E. coli. Exposure to the bacteria
usually induces vomiting, headaches, fever, and other flu-like symptoms. Hof took the E. coli  into his veins and then breathed a few dozen T ummo
breaths, willing his body to fight it of f. He showed no sign of fever, no
nausea. A few minutes later, he rose from the chair and got a cup of cof fee. Hof insisted he wasn’ t special; neither were David-Néel or the T ibetan
monks. Almost anyone could do what they all did. As Hof put it, we just
had to “Breathe, motherfucker. ”
He proved his point three years later, when Radboud University
researchers brought in two dozen healthy male volunteers and randomly
split them into two groups. Half the men spent the next ten days learning
Hof ’ s version of T ummo while exposing themselves to cold, doing things
like playing soccer shirtless in snow. The control group received no
training. The two groups were brought back into the lab. Each was hooked
up to monitors, then injected with the E. coli  endotoxin. The group trained by Hof were able to control their heart rate,
temperature, and immune response, and stimulate the sympathetic system. This practice of heavy breathing along with regular cold exposure was later
discovered to release the stress hormones adrenaline, cortisol, and
norepinephrine on command. The burst of adrenaline gave heavy breathers
ener gy and released a battery of immune cells programmed to heal wounds,
fight of f pathogens and infection. The huge spike in cortisol helped
downgrade short-term inflammatory immune responses, while a squirt of
norepinephrine redirected blood flow from the skin, stomach, and
reproductive or gans to muscles, the brain, and other areas essential in
stressful situations. T ummo heated the body and opened up the brain’ s pharmacy, flooding
the bloodstream with self-produced opioids, dopamine, and serotonin. All
that, with just a few hundred quick and heavy breaths. •       •       •
“One more,” says McGee. “Then let it all out and hold. ”
I do as instructed, and listen as the rushing wind that was pouring
through my lungs suddenly stops and is replaced by pure silence, the kind
of jarring quietude a skydiver feels the moment a parachute opens. But this
stillness is coming from inside. As I hold my breath longer, I feel a
comforting heat spread across my body and face. I focus on my heart, rock
to its vibrations. Each thump sounds and feels like the kick drum from the
beginning of Black Sabbath’ s “Iron Man. ”
“Make the silence between your heartbeats last an eternity,” McGee says
in a soothing voice. After a minute or so, McGee directs me to take in a huge breath without
exhaling, and to hold it again for 15 seconds, gently moving the air around
my chest. At his order, I exhale and the cycle starts all over again “Three
more rounds,” McGee says, his voice raising to a yell. “Be your own
superpower. ”
As I’m huf fing again, I slide my focus to McGee, my cheerleader. He’d
told me earlier how he’d been suddenly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes six
years ago, at 33. His pancreas shut down and no longer produced insulin. Then he suf fered chronic back pain, making him anxious and severely
depressed. His blood pressure shot up. McGee’ s doctor gave him insulin injections to help stabilize his blood
sugar, enalapril to lower his blood pressure, and V alium to ease the pain. “I
was also taking four or five ibuprofen every day,” he said. But nothing
really helped. He only got sicker. McGee was like 15 percent of the American population—more than 50
million people—who suf fer from an autoimmune disorder. In simple terms,
these diseases are the result of an immune system that goes rogue and starts
attacking healthy tissues. Joints become inflamed, muscles and nerve fibers
waste away, rashes cover the skin. These ailments go by many names:
rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Hashimoto’ s disease, type 1
diabetes. Pharmaceutical treatments, such as immunosuppressants, work by
easing symptoms and keeping the patient more comfortable, but they do
nothing to address the core malfunction in the body. Autoimmune diseases
have no known cure, and even the causes are debated. An increasing bodyof research has shown that many are tied to dysfunction of the autonomic
nervous system. McGee’ s awareness of alternative treatments began when a friend
mentioned a short feature on someone named “the Ice Man” on V ice TV,
the news and culture network. That night McGee tried W im Hof ’ s heavy
breathing technique. “For the first time in a long time, I slept peacefully,”
he told me. He signed up for Hof ’ s ten-week video course, and within
weeks watched as his insulin levels normalized, pain subsided, and blood
pressure plunged. He quit taking enalapril and reduced his insulin intake by
around 80 percent. He still took ibuprofen, but only a pill or two once a
week. McGee was hooked. He flew to Poland to attend an instructor retreat
with Hof, where he and a dozen other students spent two weeks hiking up
snowy mountains and swimming in freezing lakes. They breathed a lot. It
never felt like a competition, McGee told me, or like some extreme fitness
regimen. “Fight it. No pain, no gain. That’ s all bullshit. That’ s how you get
hurt,” McGee explained. The point was to rebalance the body so


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sugar and 4 cups (1 L) water. Bring to a gentle boil over high heat, stirring
frequently. Redu ce heat and gen tly boil for 3 minutes. Let cool. Fill pint (2-
cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L) freezer containers with raspberries to within 3 to
4 inches (7 to 10 cm) of the top of the container. Pour syrup ove r top; use 1
cup (250 mL) syrup per quart (1 L) of prepared fruit. Squeeze out air; leave
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suspended in jam or jelly, or set on the top of a sweet pr eserve as a
decoration. If you can get the roots in the fall, they can be candied. W ild Leeks or Ramps
There ar e many plants that belong to the Allium (Latin for “gar lic”) family,
including onions, garlic and leeks. Allium tricoccam  is native to North
America, found in deciduous forests from eastern Canada to North Carolina
and T ennessee and west as far a s Manitoba, Missouri and Minnesota. Good
with asparagus and artichoke, wild leeks of fer the green tops  and white
onionlike bulb for use in recipes. Use wild leeks in place of cultivated garlic
cloves in the spring recipes in this chapter. s p r i n g  h e r b  a ï o l i
Light, ta ngy citrus dr essings let the peppery taste of the gr eens shine
thr ough, while cr eamy garlic tones even out bitter notes for a headier taste. And, of course, the only truly gr eat dr essing is one you make y ourself. It’ s
r eally not har d, especially if you have high-quality extra-vir gin olive oil or
nut o il a nd a couple of herb vine gars or fr esh lemon juice on hand. T oasted
sesame oil and balsamic vineg ar ar e items to consider adding to your
pantry staples if not alr eady ther e.
Y ou can make this exquisite Fr ench mayonnaise any time of year with fr esh
gr eens a t your disposal as the m arket dictates. It absolutely has to be stor ed
in th e r efrigerator, and since it d oes not fr eeze and cannot be home canned,
make up very small quantities, th en chill and serve within a day. Use spring
herbs, su ch as garlic gr eens or wild leek leaves, or other fr esh herbs, such
as tarragon, thyme or sage. Essential:  Y ou  can greatly  reduce the risk of botulism poisoning by gentl y
washing eggs in cool, soapy water. Rinse well and do not return to the
original carton. Store in a clean plastic egg tray in the refrigerator. MAKES 1–1/2 CUPS (375 ML)
6 cloves garlic
1 large egg + 1 egg yolk
1–1/4 cups (300 mL) extra-virgin olive oil or nut oil
1 tbsp (15 mL) fr eshly squeezed lemon juice
2 tbsp (25 mL) finely chopped fr esh herbs (see above)
1/2 tsp (2 mL) sea salt

1. In a b lender o r small food processor, chop garlic. Add egg a nd egg yolk
and process until blended.2. W ith the motor running, slow ly add the olive oil through the opening in
the l id a nd proce ss just until the mixture thickens and emulsifies. (Aïoli will
get even thicker upon refrigeration,) Add lemon juice. Stir in herbs and salt. Scrape into a jar or small container with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate
immediately Keep refrigerated until ready to use. Use within 1 day
c h a m p a g n e  r a s p b e r r y  v i n a i g r e t t e
In m y view, sp ring dr essings must be worthy of the spring- fr esh salad
gr eens and vegetables bursting with fr esh-tasting vitality. This vibrant,
sweet-tart pink vinaigr ette is the perfect match for a gr een spring mélange. In it s sim plest fo rm, vinaigr ette is an emulsion made fr om oil, vinegar and
salt, wit h no emulsifier used to keep the oil and vinegar fr om  separating. Often D ijon mustar d is added along with traditional herbs like tarragon,
thyme and marjoram. Cr eative chefs and kitchen gar deners ar e
experimenting now with differ ent cold-pr essed oils, fruited vinegars, puréed
vegetables and other less traditional flavours to make exceptional
vinaigr ettes with  zing. The ratio of vinegar to oil is usually one part vinegar
to thr ee parts oi l. When lemon ju ice is used in place of the vinegar, the ratio
changes: two parts lemon juice to thr ee parts oil. MAKES 1 CUP (250 ML)
3 tbsp (45 mL) Sweet Raspberry V inegar (page xx or stor e-bought)
2 tbsp (25 mL) champagne or sparkling white wine
1 tbsp (15 mL) honey Dijon mustard
1 tbsp (15 mL) finely chopped fr esh spring herbs (see above)
1/4 tsp (1 mL) sea salt
pinch fr eshly gr ound pepper
3/4 cup (175 mL) extra-virgin olive oil or nut oil
In a small bowl,  whisk together the raspberry vinegar, champagne, mustard,
herbs, salt and pepper. Whisking constantly add the oil in a slow, steadystream until completely incorporated. Use: Drizzle over spring greens, cooked fiddleheads, artichokes and
asparagus. s p r i n g  s a l a d
Of c ourse, you c an make this sa lad in the spring using all fr esh ingr edients. But if you hav e asparagus and artichokes in the pantry in January,
February or Mar ch, you can cel ebrate spring early. The vinaigr ette is sweet
and sour at the same time, lending a crisp, tart balance to the fr esh tastes of
the asparagus and artichokes. This salad is r eason enough to want to
pr eserve some of spring’ s citrus gr een tastes for the long, dark winter
ahead. Use spinach and bok choy or cabbage gr eens in the winter. As you
can see fr om the photo, I leave the skin on fr esh baby potatoes, but in
winter, y ou can cook them in th e skins, then peel and slice them after they
ar e c ooked. So t ry this salad no w with fr esh ingr edients, then pr eserve your
own asparagus and artichokes and enjoy it again in six months. MAKES 4 SER VINGS
12 small new potatoes or fingerlings
1 tsp (5 mL) salt
1 cup (250 mL) baby spinach, sorr el or arugula leaves
1 pint (2-cup/500 mL) jar canned asparagus, drained
1 pint (2-cup/500 mL) jar canned artichokes, drained
1/2 r ed onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup (50 mL) coarsely chopped fr esh spring herbs
1 cup (250 mL) Champagne Raspberry V inaigr ette
sea salt and pepper
 1. In a s aucepan, cover potatoes  with water. Add 1 tsp (5 mL) salt and bring
to a boil over high heat. Cover, reduce heat and simmer for 12 to 15 minutes
or u ntil tender. R inse under cool water and drain. Quarter or sl ice potatoes
as desired. 2. Distr ibute spinach evenly among 4 salad plates. Divide potatoes,
asparagus, artich okes, onion and herbs into


 fulfillment. Being honest with yourself in this
realm is not easy, and it takes time to learn to distinguish what
pleases us from what the advertising business says should please
us. Choosing More Positive Self-Images
It is possible to make the same kind of choices with all of your
self-images. You can choose to think of yourself as intelligent by
applying your very own standards to yourself. In fact, the happier
you make yourself, the more intelligent you are. If you are deficient
in any areas such as algebra, spelling or writing, it is simply the
natural result of choices you have been making up until now. Should
you decide to devote enough practice time to any of these tasks, you
would undoubtedly be more proficient in them. If your image of
yourself is of someone who is not too intelligent, remember what
we said about intelligence in Chapter I. If you underestimate your-
self, it is because you have bought that notion, and you compare
yourself to others on certain school-related variables. It may surprise you to hear this, but you can choose to be as bright
as you desire. Aptitude is really a function of time, rather than some
inborn quality. One support for this belief can be found in the grade
norms for standardized achievement tests. These norms demonstrate
that scores achieved by the top stu-36 / Your Erroneous Zonesdents at one grade level are achieved by the majority of students at
a later grade level. Further studies show that although most students
eventually reach mastery on each learning task, some students
achieve mastery much sooner than do others. * Yet the label “defi-
cient” or even “retarded” is often attached to those who move more
slowly toward absolute mastery of a skill. Listen to John Carroll as
he talks on this point in his article, “A Model for School Learning,”
which appeared in Teachers College Record:
Aptitude is the amount of time required by the learner to attain
mastery of a learning task. Implicit in this formulation is the
assumption that, given enough time, all students can conceiv-
ably attain mastery of a learning task. With enough time and effort you could, if you so chose, master
almost any academic skill. But you don’t make that choice, for very
good reasons. Why should you put that kind of present-moment
energy into solving obscure problems or learning something that
doesn’t interest you. Being happy, living effectively and loving are
far greater goals. The point is that intelligence is not something that
you inherited or had otherwise bestowed upon you. You are as smart
as you choose to be. Not liking how smart you’ve chosen to be is
mere self-contempt, which can lead only to injurious consequences
in your own life. The logic of being able to choose your self-pictures applies to all
of the photographs of you that are lodged in your brain. You are as
socially adept as you choose to be. If you dislike the way you behave
socially, you can work at changing the behavior and not confusing
it with your own self-worth. Similarly, your artistic, mechanical,
athletic, musical and other abilities are largely the result of choices
and should not be confused with your worthiness. (See Chapter IV
for a full treatment of your self-descriptions and why you’ve chosen
them for yourself.) In
*Benjamin S. Bloom, et al., Handbook on Formative and Summative Evaluation of
Student Learning  (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971).FIRST LOVE  / 37the same light, the preceding chapter made a case for your emotional
life being the product of your own choices. Self-acceptance based
upon what you believe to be appropriate for you is something you
can make a decision about now. Repairing those things that don’t
measure up can be a delightful undertaking, and there’s no reason
to choose to feel unworthy, just because there are things about
yourself that you’re going to improve. Self-dislike can take many forms, and perhaps you engage in some
putting-down-of-yourself behavior. Here is a brief list of some typ-
ically recurring behavior that falls into this category of the self-veto. • Rejecting compliments directed at you. (“Oh, this old thing…. I’m really not smart, just lucky I guess”…)
• Making up excuses for why you look nice. (“It’s my hairdresser,
she could make a toad look good”…“Believe me, it’s the wardrobe
that does it”…“Green is my color”…)
• Giving credit to others when it rightfully belongs to you. (“Thank
God for Michael, without him I would be nothing”…“Marie did all
the work, I just stood around and supervised”…)
• Using other-directed references when speaking. (“My husband
says”…“My mother feels”…“George always tells me that”…)
• Having your opinions verified by others. (“Isn’t that right
dear?”…“That’s what I said, didn’t I, Martha?”…“Just ask my hus-
band, he’ll tell you”…)
• Refusing to order something you want, not because you can’t
afford it (although this may be your stated reason) but because you
don’t feel that you’re worth it. • Not having orgasms. • Not buying yourself something because you think you have to
buy it for someone else, although sacrificing is not necessary;38 / Your Erroneous Zonesor not treating yourself to the things you would like to own, because
you’re not worth it. • Avoiding indulgences such as flowers, wine or whatever, which
you love because that would be wasteful. • In a crowded room, someone yells out, “Hey, Stupid,” and you
turn around. • Using pet names for yourself (and having others use them as
well) that are really put-downs, including Dum-dum, Silly, Sweetie-
pie or Baby (for an adult), Funny-face, Shorty, Fatty, or Baldy. • A friend or lover gives you a gift of jewelry. The thought in your
head goes something like this…“You must have a drawer full of
jewelry at home for other girls.”
• Someone tells you that you look good. The sentence in your
head is, “You’re practically blind or you must be trying to make me
feel good.”
• Someone takes you to a restaurant or theater. You think, “This
is how it is in the beginning, but how long will it last once he finds
out what kind of a person I really am?”
• A girlfriend accepts a date and you feel that she is going along
just to be charitable. I once worked with a young woman who was quite attractive and
obviously much sought after by men. Shirley insisted, however, that
all her relationships ended badly and that, though she wanted des-
perately to marry, she had never had the opportunity. It came out
in counseling that Shirley was ruining each of her relationships
without realizing it. If a young man told her he cared for her or loved
her, Shirley’s head contradicted with “He’s only saying that because
he knows it’s what I want to hear.” Shirley was always searching
for a sentence that would repudiate her worth. There was no self-
love and so she rejected efforts by others to love her. She didn’t be-
lieve that anyone could find her appealing. Why? Because she didn’t
believe that she was worth being loved in the first place, and so the
intermi-FIRST LOVE  / 39nable cycle of renunciation was her way of reinforcing her notions
of her lack of worth. While many of the items in the list above may appear to be petty,
they nevertheless are tiny indicators of self-rejection. If you sacrifice
or refuse to be extravagant with yourself, which often turns out to
be choosing hamburger-helper over lamb chops, it is because you
don’t feel you’re worth the better cut. Perhaps you’ve been taught
that common courtesy calls for denial of a compliment or that you
really aren’t attractive. These are the lessons you’ve learned and the
self-denying behavior is now second nature. There are numerous
examples of self-repudiation behavior that surface in conversations
and in everyday behavior. And each time you engage in any kind
of a self-put-down, you reinforce that old bugaboo that others have
laid on you and reduce your own opportunities for any kind of love
in your life, be it self or other-directed love. Surely you are too
worthy to go around putting yourself down. Accepting Yourself Without Complaint
Self-love means accepting yourself as a worthy person because
you choose to do so. Acceptance also means an absence of complaint. Fully functioning people never complain, and particularly they don’t
complain about the rocks being rough, or the sky being cloudy or
the ice being too cold. Acceptance means no complaining, and hap-
piness means no complaining about the things over which you can
do nothing. Complaining is the refuge of those who have no self-
reliance. Telling others about the things you dislike in yourself helps
you to continue the dissatisfaction since they are almost always
powerless to do anything about it except deny it and then you don’t
believe them. Just as complaining to others accomplishes nothing,
so permitting others to abuse you with their own tote bags full of
self-pity and misery helps no one. A simple question to ask will
generally end this useless and unpleasant behavior. “Why are40


 eat the marrow in the bones. In my
more ancient roots, before I was born, my grandfather grew up where people carried animal skin bags
of fresh pastured goat milk and drank from them all day. No matter where you are from, one key to
finding a healthy diet for you is to go back to your own past. Maybe that connection was a special
restaurant or a memorable meal in a friend’s or relative’s home. See if you can recall that wholesome
good food from your past. Many people have grandparents who used to eat wholesome foods, or own
nearly forgotten cookery books full of golden recipes for real foods. And here lies the untapped
wisdom of the older generations. No matter where you live, connecting to your roots can connect you
with a diet that is nourishing, life sustaining, and rich in fat-soluble vitamins. No matter where you
are from, or where you live, reach for that distant but ever-so-close connection to wholesome foods. And then make it present here and now in your life. Seek out the old family recipes, contact relatives
who live in far off lands, or create your own traditional foods with a little help from recipe books. It
will probably take some work, but the rewards will be more health and happiness. In this chapter I will present you with specific recipes, meal ideas and I will tackle the complex
question of how to prepare grains safely.Tooth Decay Healing Diets that Worked
Doctor J.D. Boyd created a grain-free diet that turned soft cavities into hard glassy surfaces. The diet
contained milk, cream, butter, eggs, meat, cod liver oil, bulky vegetables and fruit. The daily menu
included one quart of milk with plenty of cream. Dietary fat came from cream, butter and egg yolks. The diet contained no processed sugar, bread or grains of any sort. I am using a grain-free diet as the baseline of my recommendations because I want to give you
material that I am certain will work. One method that I suggest for some people is to start with a low
grain or grain-free diet, try it out a few weeks and then add grains gradually later so you can feel how
grains affect your body. Here is a modified outline of Dr. May Mellanby’s tooth decay remineralizing diet. Each category
contains several meal ideas. In this diet cod liver oil was given daily to the children and is a key
element in allowing this diet to arrest cavities. Breakfasts

Omelet, cocoa with milk. Scrambled egg, milk, fresh salad. Omelet containing two ounces of ground beef. Fish cakes with potatoes dipped in egg and fried. Bacon, fried or finely chopped with parsley and scrambled egg. Eggs that are boiled, fried or poached. Fish fried or steamed. Lunches -
Lunch is the biggest meal of the day. Potatoes, steamed ground beef, carrots, stewed fruit. Irish stew (a lamb or mutton stew with soup bones), potatoes, cooked fruit and milk. Cold meat cut into small pieces with cold diced cooked carrot, onion and potato, and served on
lettuce leaf. Desserts
– Dessert is served after lunch rather than after dinner. This is the ideal time to have
something sweet in the day. Fresh fruit salad with egg custard or cream. Baked apple with center filled with golden syrup before baking. Fresh fruit salad, cocoa made with milk. Baked apple, centre filled with maple syrup before cooking. Honeycomb which contains bee larvae. Dinners or Snacks
Minced beef warmed with meat juice and a green salad. Potato cakes or fish cakes. Eggs, cooked in various ways. Fish and potatoes fried in lard or tallow with milk to drink. Thick potato soup made with milk. Lentil or celery soup made with milk and chopped meat. Cheese, served in various ways. Milk
Potatoes, steamed minced meat, carrots, cooked fruit, milk. In Dr. Mellanby’s plan lunch is the main meal of the day, and sweets are eaten after lunch not after
dinner. Cure Tooth Decay Meal Ideas
Here is a list of tasty and nutrient-dense meal ideas. You can use these meals for breakfast, lunch, or
dinner. This is by no means a complete menu, merely suggestions to work with. Ideally you will have
a mixture of both sea foods and land foods. However, I understand that many people do not have
access to both, or have a preference for one. Examples of Dishes from the Sea
Sushi:
Miso soup made with fish broth, seaweed and bok choy or misome. Sushi rolls made with raw tuna, carrot, cucumber, avocado or sushi with smoked salmon and
cream cheese. Ceviche fish
with a cup of miso soup made with fish broth
. Sashimi raw tuna salad
(also known as poke) with a side of miso soup made from fish stock, with
greens and/ or seaweed. Lobster, clam, or oyster chowder
Fish cakes
made with potatoes dipped in egg and fried in animal fat. A cup of fish broth on the
side. Fish sticks
white fish, cut into long strips, homemade sourdough breadcrumbs, 2 raw eggs mixed
and seasoned with sea salt and pepper, and ghee for frying. Dredge fish in egg mixture, then
breadcrumbs, then fry in ghee. Make tartar sauce for the side and have with fish soup. Fish head soup
Cioppino. Seafood stew, including fish stock, fish, squid, mussels, and clams.Examples of Dishes from the Land
Meat loaf
made with 25% ground organ meats, cooked in beef stock. Beef meatballs
in beef broth marinara sauce that includes vegetables with cheese on the top. You
can also add spaghetti squash and have the meat balls with vegetable spaghetti. Butternut squash soup
made with beef broth and the cream juiced from fresh coconuts (you can
use coconut cream in jars as a replacement). Liver with caramelized onions
,
orroasted bone marrow on sourdough bread. Steak tartare
with raw ground beef mixed with Italian herbs and mustard (for one pound ground
beef, use two teaspoons of herbs and one teaspoon of mustard, and two teaspoons of finely
chopped red onion, sea salt to taste. Sauerkraut and raw liver cut into small chunks on the side. Kabobs. S
hrimp, chicken pieces, lamb pieces, with liver, heart and/or kidney, assorted vegetables
(peppers, zucchini, mushrooms) tossed in oil, sea salt, pepper, placed on skewers and then grilled. Side of beef broth, and corn on the cob. Hamburger
with shredded kidney fat and yam chips fried in lard or ghee on the side. Examples of Side Dishes / Snacks / Other Meals

Vegetable soup
Tooth-strengthening eggnog smoothie
Pickled beets
Sauerkraut / kimchi /pickles
Omelet with mushrooms and cheese
Poi: soured sweet potatoes or taro root
Raw cheese custard with fruit
1 cup of fresh raw milk curd (the milk solids after the whey is
separated) blended with 2 raw eggs, 1 teaspoon of raw honey
Soft-boiled eggs with a dash of salt
Cheese and apples or pears
Dosas soured overnight with yogurt
Cheese and roasted nuts
One cup of raw milk
Seaweed snacks such as dried sea palm
Boiled beef tongue with minced garlic or creamed horseradish
Sweetbreads breaded with flour (nut powder or sourdough bread crumbs) and fried in lard, ghee
or tallow
Seared sweet potatoes:
roasted sweet potatoes, sliced thickly, then pan fried in ghee, or lard. Squash "cupcakes":
roasted acorn and butternut squashes, flesh removed from peel and seeds,mashed and blended with a touch of maple syrup. Place into cupcake wrappers, and garnish with
coconut cream or fresh, unsweetened raw whipped cream. Stir-fried kale
(can also be used for bok choy) chopped greens sautéed with butter, ginger, garlic,
and tamari. Chicken with liver. Fried liver with ghee (clarified butter) or lard, mushrooms and onions. Have
with a side of chicken soup (soup cooked with chicken feet and heads). Deviled eggs. H ard boiled eggs, peeled and cut in half lengthwise. Remove the yolks, mash with
homemade mayonnaise, fresh chopped chives, sea salt, fresh cracked pepper, dash of mustard
powder. Fill eggs with egg yolk filling. Flavorful scrambled eggs
. Include chopped onion, chopped tomato, sautéed in ghee with a dash of
red cayenne pepper and a dash of turmeric. Eggs Benedict on sourdough rye
 -
just two fried eggs on a split sourdough rye bagel with
hollandaise sauce (clarified butter with 2 raw egg yolks, dash of cayenne and lemon juice whipped
until fluffy) poured over eggs. The menus that follow are creative concepts. These exact food combinations or having those specific
meals in the same day may not work for you. Do not force yourself to eat anything, rather look for and
eat the amount of food that feels good and satisfying to you. Sea Food Sample Menu
Day 1
Breakfast
: Scrambled eggs with fish eggs, sweet potatoes fried in ghee, a cup of milk. Fermented
skate or cod liver oil with butter oil