 releasing its overload
of toxins. In that case an additional coffee enema should be taken, to speed up the process of
detoxification. In some rare cases the toxicity is so high that an enema does not relieve the
headache. If so, one or more additional enemas are needed. In almost all patients, as healing
progresses, headaches disappear forever, even if they had been a problem for many years.
If headaches recur after the therapy has ended, the chances are that exposure to toxins or
unsuitable foods has occurred and must be avoided in future.
Q: When do patients begin to feel better and have more energy?
A: Almost all patients, including extremely ill ones, feel better after the fi rst week on the
therapy. Pain diminishes, appetite returns, sleep improves; in some cases even tumors recede
or become softer. All this adds up to a great psychological boost; it also signals the moment
when the patient has to be warned about an impending healing reaction, bringing with it days
of feeling not well. A true rise in energy may occur in three to six months, depending on the
age and condition of the patient. At that point it is most important that the patient continues to
rest and doesn’t launch into multiple activities! The new energy must be used for healing and
nothing else. There will be plenty of time later to build muscles and make up for lost exercise
time. Trying to do so too soon can result in a serious setback.
.
Q:  How much of their increasing energy can Gerson patients use for exercise? Surely they
needn’t save it all up for healing?
A: It all depends on the patient’s condition, but it’s wise to use great caution in all cases. To
start with the worst scenario, for the terminally ill patient total complete rest, i.e., no exercise,
is essential in the first few months. Such patients frequently experience a decline in energy after
arriving at the Gerson hospital and assume that this is due to the lack of (animal) protein. Of
course this is not correct—Gerson food is high in easily assimilated plant-based proteins, which
amply cover the patients’ nutritional needs.
The initial weakness is caused by the various healing processes: the release of toxins from
the body tissues, and the destruction of tumor tissue that circulates through the blood stream
before being excreted. Clearly, the body is working flat out to start healing itself and needs every Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.comounce of energy it can muster. In such patients with advanced disease exercise should be entirely
banned for at least three to five months. After the sixth month the patients normally experience a
surge of energy. But at that point it is more important than ever to limit exercise, for misusing the
newfound energy would seriously curtail the continuing healing process.
 We suggest no more than five-minute walks to start with, and only in mild weather, i.e., not
in summer heat, nor braving winter blasts of icy wind! After 3-4 weeks exercise can be cautiously
increased to 10 minutes. It’s also possible to start using a mini-trampoline, but only to the extent
of raising and lowering the heels a summer heat, nor braving winter blasts of icy wind! After 3-4
weeks exercise can be cautiously increased to 10 minutes. It is also possible to start using a mini-
trampoline, but only to the extent of raising and lowering the heels a dozen times without moving
the body, and later do a little stationary walking.
 Recovering patients can gradually step up their exercise program, with the proviso that if
they become seriously tired and unable to recover after a rest, the duration of the exercise must
immediately be reduced to the last level that was comfortable. Gentle Hatha Yoga exercises can
also be tried. But however well the patient feels, it is never wise to abandon healing in favour of
exercise. After complete recovery it is easy to rebuild muscle strength.
Q: Why is it so important for patients to avoid getting a cold? Surely even mild fl u won’t do
us much harm?
A: We have to assume that patients who have developed cancer have a seriously damaged,
weakened immune system. If it weren’t so, there could be no cancer! With the intensive Gerson
Therapy the immune system will be restored in time. However, that time could well mean a
whole year, and until then colds and flu, caused by viral infection, remain dangerous, since the
recovering immune system is not able to deal with them easily.
 Furthermore, viruses invade healthy cells and change their genes in the same manner as
cancer tends to change the genetic structure of normal cells. These changed genes are called
oncogenes. If the patient contracts a viral invasion before the immune system is sufficiently
restored, a dangerous, even potentially life-threatening situation arises, which must be treated
with ozonation, extra immune boosters, possibly selenium, and more. Therefore prevention is
obviously vastly preferable. Don’t allow anyone, especially children with colds or flu anywhere
near the patient! CAUTION: even if the patient recovers well from a cold or flu, it is possible that
tumor tissue recurs and grows.
Q: I know that the purpose of the coffee enema is not to promote evacuation, but it does that
anyway, especially on the 5-a-day routine. So why must I also take that ghastly castor oil?
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www.thegersonway.comis attacked by the recovering immune system and gets excreted, lar ge amounts of toxins are
released into the blood stream, collected by the liver, and released into the small intestine for
eventual evacuation. Most people don’t realize that the transit from the release by the liver/bile
system to the anus can take many hours, even with the regular five daily enemas. During that
time it is unavoidable for the body to re-absorb some of those toxins.
 Castor oil is needed to remedy that situation. The oil rapidly clears the entire intestinal tract,
not just the colon, and especially the small intestine, where the re-absorption would take place.
The same cleansing effect would also benefit non-cancer patients who, due to so-called civilized
living, are carriers of large amounts of not just the colon, and especially the small intestine, where
the re-absorption would take place. The same cleansing effect would also benefit non-cancer
patients who, due to so-called civilized living, are carriers of large amounts of toxic substances
other than tumor tissue. They may well recover without the castor oil enemas, but using the
additional detoxifying by orally taken castor oil speeds up healing.
Q: Can I do this therapy at the same time as receiving chemotherapy treatment?
A: It seems a contradiction to poison the body on the one hand with chemotherapy drugs,
and on the other to detoxify it at the same time with coffee enemas, juices, etc. So sharp is
the contrast between the two approaches that patients who come to the Gerson Therapy after
chemotherapy has failed to help them, have to go on a reduced form of the Gerson programme
for at least six months, to allow for the gradual detoxification of the body. You may, however,
support your body during chemotherapy by switching to the Gerson diet and having no more
than 3 glasses of freshly made juice and one enema a day, as long as you realize that you are not
doing the Gerson Therapy.
Q: If this therapy is so effective, why isn’t it recognized by the medical authorities?
A:  As is well known, the present orthodox medical system is dominated by the huge and
powerful pharmaceutical companies. They even control, via substantial donations to medical
schools, what is being taught to medical students: drugs, drugs and more drugs to suppress
symptoms. But drugs never heal, with the result that chronic degenerative diseases are termed
“incurable.”
The Gerson Therapy cuts totally into drug use, and therefore drug sales, by healing the
body of its true underlying problems—the disturbances in the entire metabolism, the diminished
immune system and the damaged essential organs.
Thus the whole body can be healed, “cured” of the underlying problems, and health is restored.
The problem is that the big pharmaceutical companies cannot make money out of natural organic
food, such as a sack of carrots. So they fight the nutrition-based therapy as long as they can. They
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www.thegersonway.comQ: There are so many different kinds of cancer. How can the same therapy be right for all of
them? What about specialization?
A: It is true that when the body is severely damaged by toxins, steady irritation, genetic causes
or any other reason, normally it is the weakest part that breaks down and allows the


 lymphatic system and endocrine
glands
all
 at the same time. In my opinion, you can safely take six
or
 seven
herbal formulas
 at one time. You will get far better results if you get a little
aggressive with yourself. Many of my friends have consumed ten to twelve
different formulas at one time. When you realize that most herbs simply
enhance your body’s organs and glandular functions, build your immune
system, and increase detoxification, you will lose your fear of consuming
them.
To increase filtration and elimination through your kidneys, as well as
through your intestines and skin, use kidney and intestinal restorative
formulas. To improve elimination through your skin, use a lymphatic and
thyroid (endocrine) formula. Use a liver formula on top of this, to detoxify
and increase digestion and improve metabolism.
Your lymphatic system is your “sewer system,” of which your immune
system is a part. This area of your body becomes the most congested and
obstructed. This is where most of our problems and conditions begin.
Masses, boils, tumors, and the like, are all side effects of a congested lymph
system. A parasite formula is also advisable in the beginning of your
detoxification.
Detoxification is an art and science, but easy to learn. Always consult an
experienced detoxification specialist and herbalist for guidance. Once again,
consult the Resource Guide,
Appendix C
, at the back of this book for
recommendations of herbal companies that supply high-quality formulas.
ADRENAL GLANDS

An ideal herbal tincture for aid in the regeneration of the adrenal glands
would contain all or most of the following herbs:
Astragalus Root
(Astragalus membranaceus)
Licorice Root
(Glycyrrhiza glabra)
Parsley Root
(Petroselinum crispum)Bayberry Root Bark
(Myrica cerifera)
Jamaican Sarsaparilla Root
(Smilax ornata)
Juniper Berries
(Juniperus communis)
Kelp Fronds
(Nereocystis leutkeana)
Alfalfa Leaf
(Medicago sativa)
Prickly Ash Bark
(Zanthoxylum clava-Herculis)
Parsley Leaf
(Petroselinum crispum)
Siberian Ginseng Root
(Eleutherococcus senticosus)
INDICATIONS
Adrenal insufficiency, arthritis, fatigue and chronic fatigue (not from Epstein-
Barr virus), a specific for low blood pressure, high blood pressure
(occasionally), weak pulse, systemic inflammation, female reproductive
problems—especially estrogen dominance (ovarian cysts, sore breasts, uterine
fibroids, etc), prostatitis, exhaustion, low endurance, neurotransmitting issues
—e.g., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, palsys, tremors, Lou Gehrig’s, etc.
Post strokes, spinal cord injuries, all types of cancers, HIV (AIDS), skin
conditions, heart arrhythmias, anxiety disorders.
SUGGESTED USAGE
Add to a little water or juice.
General: 1 full dropper 3 to 6 times a day.
Acute: 1 full dropper every 4 hours.
CAUTIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
May elevate the blood pressure temporarily, please monitor in high blood
pressure cases.
NOTES
1
.
The medulla of the adrenal glands produces neurotransmitters
(epinephrine, norepinephrine and dopamine hydrochloride). These
regulate the action of the heart and nerve response. Low blood pressure
is always a sign of adrenal insufficiency.
2
.
The cortex of the adrenal glands produces the cortical steroids that act inthe body as anti-inflammatory compounds. Adrenal weaknesses, in most
cases, affect the production of these lipid (cholesterol) type steroids
causing inflammation to go unchecked. A diet of mainly acid foods (a
typical diet) causes inflammation within the tissues of the body. Long-
term inflammation deteriorates tissue, eventually leading to ulceration,
leading to deterioration or cancer.
BLOOD

An ideal herbal formula for the blood would cleanse impurities, alkalize the
blood and tissues, and reduce vascular inflammation. Such a formula would
help remove mineral deposits, lipid deposits, and metals as it strengthened the
blood system overall. It would contain:
Red Clover Herb and Flowers (Frifolium pratense)
Yellow Dock Root (Rumex spp.)
Burdock Root (Arctium lappa)
Plantain Herb (Plantago lanceolata)
White Oak Bark (Quercus alba)
Prickly Ash Bark (Zanthoxylum clava-Herculis)
INDICATIONS
Detoxification, toxic blood conditions, septicemia, leukocytosis, all cancers
(especially leukemia), AIDS, anemia, syphilis, leprosy, elevated cholesterol,
fatigue, low iron levels, gangrene, exhaustion, parasitic invasion of weakened
blood cells, blood disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome (except when caused
from thyroid and adrenal weaknesses), toxic liver and spleen conditions. Low
iron levels, low O
2
 saturation, malabsorption.
SUGGESTED USAGE
Add to a little water or juice.
General: 1 full dropper 3 to 6 times a day.
Acute: 1 full dropper every 2 to 4 hours.
CAUTIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONSNone known.
NOTE
In cancer cases, use with a parasite formula for microorganisms and a
lymphatic formula.
BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM

And ideal herbal formula to strengthen and rebuild the brain and nerve tissues
of the body would contain all or most of the following:
Gotu Kola Herb (Centella asiatica)
Siberian Ginseng Root (Eleutheroccocus sent.)
Ginkgo Leaf (Ginkgo biloba)
Schizandra Berries (Schisandra chinensis)
Skullcap Herb (Scutellaria lateriflora)
Prickly Ash Bark (Zanthoxylum clava-Herculis)
Calamus Root (Acorus calamus)
INDICATIONS
Weakened nervous system, marked by nerve rings in the iris (autonomic,
sympathetic and parasympathetic), poor memory (short and long term),
Alzheimer’s (or Mad Cow Disease, as several doctors have reported), senile
dementia, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Bell’s palsy, post strokes,
headaches, migraines, spinal cord injuries, depression, jittery nerves, pituitary
and pineal gland weakness, shingles (also use a general parasite formula and
a parasite formula for microorganisms), spasms, epilepsy, twitching, electrical
weaknesses of the heart (arrhythmias, depolarization and repolarization
issues, etc.), dizziness, equilibrium issues and mental disorders.
SUGGESTED USAGE
Add to a little water or juice.
General: 1 full dropper 3 to 6 times a day.
Acute: 1 full dropper every 2 to 4 hours.CAUTIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
None known.
NOTES
1
.
I have seen tremendous nerve regeneration in quadriplegics and
paraplegics with this type of formula, and a 100 percent raw food diet.
2
.
Deeper results can be attained using this type of formula together with a
circulation (upper) formula plus a lymphatic system formula.
3
.
Alkalization of the body is essential for brain and nerve regeneration.
Acidity causes inflammation, which leads to tissue weakness and
deterioration.
CIRCULATION AND BLOOD PRESSURE

A cayenne/garlic combo would be an ideal herbal formula to lower blood
pressure and increase circulation throughout the body. It would also
strengthen the heart and vascular system. Such a cayenne/garlic formula in
capsule form would consist of all or most of the following:
Cayenne Pepper Fruit
(Capsicum annum)
 (40,000 HU maximum)
Garlic Bulb
(Allium sativum)
Alfalfa Leaf
(Medicago sativa)
Butcher’s Broom Root
(Iuscus aculeatus)
Licorice Root
(Glycyrrhiza glabra)
Hawthorn Berries
(Crataegus spp.)
Aloe (100:1)
INDICATIONS
High blood pressure, poor circulation, general body weaknesses, especially in
the heart and vascular system. Nervous tension, headaches, internal bleeding,
depression, sinus congestion, fatigue, poor memory, cold conditions of the
body, especially hypo-activity of tissues.
SUGGESTED USAGEGeneral: 2 capsules, 3 times a day. Acute: 2 to 3 capsules, every 2 to 4 hours.
CAUTIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS
Caution with low blood pressure. Low blood pressure is adrenal and/or
pituitary weakness. In high blood pressure cases you should use an adrenal
formula (without Licorice), especially if the iris shows adrenal weakness.
However, monitor your own or your patient’s blood pressure.
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

An ideal herbal tincture to help clean, strengthen, and regenerate the female
reproductive system would consist of all or most of the following:
Chaste Tree Berries
(Vitex agnus-castus)
Alteris Root
(True Unicorn Root)
False Unicorn Root
(Chamaelirium luteum) (Aletris farinosa)
Saw Palmet


 law. – Psalm 119:18and1
Note: My father and I wrote this book together. However, because my
father is both my mentor and the American Pioneer of Fasting – with long yearsof experience overseeing the fasting of thousands of students withmiraculous results – this text is mostly presented in his voice. – Patricia Bragg
“Yet even now”, says the Lord, “return to meI have found a perfect health, a new state of existence, a feeling
of purity and happiness, something unknown to humans!
– Novelist Upton Sinclair, a frequent fasterThe Miracle of Fasting
Helps You Enjoy a Super Charged,
Healthy, Happy Long Life
Every thinking person must at one time or another
say to himself, “Am I getting the most out of life?” Thegreat comedian, Ed Wynn said, “Without your health,riches, possessions and fame are all mud.” What is aman without health, even though endowed with richesand fame? Riches cannot buy health and happiness. Justbecause a person has achieved fame, it does not followthat he is healthy and happy!
I do not discredit success and riches! I think money
and possessions have a place in our lives. Physicalcomforts and luxuries are important to most people. Takeaway a man’s wealth and give him only health and hisfirst desire will be the return of his riches.
However with both achieved, a word remains which
we hate to utter; a thought we dread to contemplate; athing which gives sorrow, pain and grief. That word,that thought, that thing, is death! Even in cases wherelife appears a burden, how tenaciously does man clingto it! How the spirit recoils from a struggle with death!How fondly it retains its grasp on life! Man’s great desireis for health and long life on earth; “Man clings to theworld as his home, and would want to live here forever,
if he had health and long-lasting youthfulness.”Chapter 12
If you would imitate Nature, you should take her simplicity for your model.
– M. SendibogiusLife is Precious – It’s the Treasure of TreasuresBragg Motto – I Love Life and I Want to Live!
At our Bragg Health Crusade lectures, I often sing
my favorite song – called “I Love Life, and I Want to
Live”– for my students. These strong words express theinner desires of each one of us. Life in itself is a miracle!
And you and I who have precious life are holding this
miracle in the palms of our hands to treasure and protect.
Since Adam and Eve lived in that historic Garden of
Eden, the prolongation of human life has been and still
is mankind’s biggest challenge! The Persian and Greek
sages, in the centuries before Christ, summoned theirintellectual forces to solve it in vain. The scholars of the
Medieval Ages pursued it zealously, but again were
stymied. Today, in this fast-paced space age, everyintelligent person deep in their heart and soul wants to
live a healthy, long life. Most lack the proper health
knowledge – the true key to a long, active, healthy life!
By following my mentors – Mother Nature’s and
God’s Natural Laws, I invented the Bragg Healthy
Lifestyle. Follow it and you can live to a healthy, active,
advanced age! Every person owes it to himself, hisrelatives, his friends and his country to take care of his
health! This will make him a valued, active citizen, not
a financial burden! I believe that every one is entitled toactive lives of
120 years or more as the Bible states,
“Man’s days shall be 120 years.” – Genesis 6:3
Longevity may be defined as the m aximum duration of
life that a healthy person can attain under the most h ealthy,
favorable conditions by living a healthy lifestyle.
Unhealthy Lifestyle Killing Millions Worldwide!
Most people – because of their unwise habits in diet,
drink and excesses – die prematurely, long before
fulfilling their potential. Wild animals, undisturbed, live
out their full term. Man is the only exception. Sadly,not more than one in a million lives out his natural life.3
Old age is a highly toxic condition caused by
nutritional deficiencies and an unhealthy lifestyle.“Sickness is a crime – Don’t be a criminal.”
Men do not die, they kill themselves.  – Seneca, Roman PhilosopherSickness is a Crime Against Your Body –
Don’t Be a Health Criminal!
Animals in their wild habitat know by instinct how
to live, and what to eat and drink. They know how to
fast instinct ively w hen they get hurt or sick.  N aturally,
animals are led to eat what is good for them. But maneats and drinks anything and everything – consuming
the most indigestible concoctions, washing it down with
poisonous slops – and then wonders why he is sicklyand does not live to be a centenarian!
In theory, humans desire long life! Many shorten their
lives to the minimum. Does this make sense? Why thismarvelous mechanism of man – perfect in its minutest
organism, combining a Godlike intelligence with a body
which sculptors have imitated but never equalled – shouldbe ruthlessly destroyed by its owner’s unhealthy lifestyle
is one of the inexplicable disgraces of our culture!
The world famous marble statue of Apollo that
Patricia and I saw in the Vatican at Rome is not greaterin the perfection of manly beauty than that possessed
by thousands of young men in our midst today. This
inanimate marble of Apollo is as tenderly cared for as arare, priceless jewel. Meanwhile, living man – noble,
intellectual, refined, with a miraculous physical structure
and an eternal soul – gives his wonderful body lessattention than he gives to his car, cat or dog.
All people of sound mentality naturally desire a long,
healthy, pain-free, happy and useful life. With ournatural intelligence – super health, happiness and
longevity should be the rule instead of the exception.
In my early career, I was associated with the great
Bernarr Macfadden, the Father and Founder of the
Physical Culture movement. I was the associate Editor
of the pioneer health magazine Physical Culture. These
lines always appeared on the front cover of every issue:4
Exercise, along with healthy foods and some fasting helps maintain or restore
a healthy physical balance and normal weight for a  long, happy, vital life.Physical weakness, flabbiness and sickness have
always seemed criminal to me – a sacrilegious abuse of
that miracle instrument, the human body. I regained
my health after being a hopeless tuberculosis victimyears ago, and since then I’ve made a religion of keeping
in perfect health through conscientious care of my body.
Adhering to a high ideal of stamina, vitality, health andendurance has paid me great dividends – so priceless
that I call myself “A Health Billionaire!”
To Be a Health Billionaire and Enjoy the Glow of Ageless
Health and Happiness, You Must Work and Earn It!
The “secret” of the glow of ageless health lies in
maintaining internal cleanliness and regeneration. Thisrequires eating natural, organically grown live foods,
combined with other healthy practices such as fasting,
drinking distilled water, exercising and deep breathing.
When you purify your body with systematic fasting
and live foods, you crave daily exercise, and by exercising
you sculpt your body to become the person you want tobe. Just think, from this minute on you can mold yourbody to physical perfection. With the knowledge found
in these pages you will find out how you can reap the
most out of life, physically, mentally and spiritually!
The human race is a miracle unique study, and an
intriguing one! But the natural laws which govern man
are simple and understandable if one takes the time tolearn and observe how he functions from day to day!
Life Can Be a Happy and Joyous Adventure
To know one’s self seems like an endless task, but
with crystal clear observation and the daily application
of these simple but precise laws, life becomes not only a
most exciting adventure, but a tremendous joy! Studyand follow The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle throughout your
life, and you will start to experience the day-by-day joys,
happiness and truly great pleasures of a healthy body,mind and soul for a happy, long and vigorous life!5
Instead of medicine, fast for a day. – Plutarch,  Greek PhilosopherDon’t procrastinate and keep waiting for “the right moment.” Today – take
action and plan, plot and follow through with your goals, dreams and healthylifestyle living! You will be a winner in life when you Captain your life to success!
– Patricia BraggChapter 2
What is The Miracle of Fasting?
What is the Most Significant
Discovery of this Modern Age?
•The finding of Dinosaur eggs on the plains of
Mongolia, which scientists assert were laid some
10,000,000  years ago?
•The unearthing of ancient tombs and cities, withtheir confirmations of the Scriptural stories, and their
matchless specimens of bygone civilizations?
•The radioactive time clock by which Professor Lane
of Tufts University estimates the age of the earth as
1,250,000,000  years?
•Jet airplanes? Space travel? Lasers? Television? Radio?Computers? Telephones? Cell phones? Automobiles?
None of the above compare with fasting...
The Greatest Discovery of Modern Times
In our opinion, the greatest discovery by modern
man


stricttheintakeofallfood—protein,carbohydrate,andfat—tothe
quantityrequiredeverydayforheatandwork.Thereislittlegainfrom
restrictingjustonekindoffood.Eveniffatisrestricted,thereisstillsome
fatinthediet,andifthereisenoughcarbohydrate toprovidetheenergy
needs,thisfatwillbedepositedandwillleadtoobesity.
Nocrashdietorfaddietcansolvetheobesityproblem,becausethese
dietsaresodisagreeableandsuchacontinuingnuisancethattheobese
personsoongivesup.Asuccessfultreatment isonethatwillbeadheredto,
yearafteryear.Toachievesuchcontinuedcompliancethedietshouldap-
pealtotheappetite.Itisnotthekindoffoodthatcontrolsthebodyweight,
butitisinsteadthetotalfoodenergy,inrelationtosize,build,andamount
ofexercise.Thefoodshouldbethekindthatpleasestheperson,butthe
amountseatenmustbelimited.
ThispointhasbeenemphasizedbyBrianLeibovitzinhis1984book,in
whichhecriticizesvariousfaddietsforcontrolofweightandimprovement
ofhealth.Representative ofhiscommentsarehisstatementsaboutthe
Pritikindiet.OnthejacketofNathanPritikin'sbookThePritikinPromise:
28DaystoaLonger,HealthierLifethereisthefollowingexhortation:
Followmysafe28-daydietandexerciseprogramandI
promiseyou:
You'llfeelreallyaliveeveryday;
You'llreduceriskofheartdisease,diabetes,high
bloodpressure,breastandcoloncancer;
You'llloseweightwithouthunger.
Leibovitzcomments:
ThePritikinprogramisalow-protein,low-fat,andhigh-
carbohydrateregimen,andtoitscredititemphasizestheimportance
ofunrefinedfoods.Oil,butter,salt,sugar,andredmeatsarenot
allowedonthePritikinplan.Sinceneitherbutternoroilsareallowed,
foodsmustbebroiledorsteamed.ThePritikindiet,whilebasically
38 CHAPTER6
sound,suffersfromtwomajordrawbacks,however.Tobegin,itis
unnecessarilySpartan.Althoughtherearesomegoodreasonstocut
downonexcessiveconsumptionofmeat,dairyproducts,oil,butter,
salt,andsugar,...itisnotnecessarytoeliminatethementirelyfrom
thediet.Inmyexperience,becauseitissostrict,manywhotrythe
Pritikindiethavetroublestayingonit.
Themoralis:donotbeextreme;forexample,donotadoptasingle-food
diet,suchastheZenMacrobiotic diet,whichinvolveseliminatingfoods
untilonlybrownriceiseaten.Adheringtosuchadietcanresultindeath.
Instead,adopteatinghabitsthataresensibleandalsosatisfyingtoyou,so
thatyoucanadheretothemyearafteryear.
Acommontragicoutcomeoffaddismindietingandtheanxietycaused
bythedifficultyofobservingfaddietsistheanorexianervosathatseizes
adolescentgirls.Itisestimatedthatbetween5and20percentofadolescents
(95percentfemale)withanorexianervosadieofprotein,energy,andvita-
minstarvation.Oftentheyoungpersonhasavoraciousappetite(called
bulimia),butalargemealisfollowedbyinducedvomiting.Thisdisease,
whichisnotassociatedwithpovertyorscarcityoffood,seemstobepsycho-
logical,theresultofafearofbecomingoverweight.Anorexianervosa
isaseriousdisease.Thepatientrequiresexperttreatment,including
psychotherapy.
Manyactionscanbetakentoimproveone'shealthwithoutinterfering
seriouslywiththeenjoymentoflife.Asensiblecontrolofthedietisone
suchaction.Anotheristheregularuseofdietarysupplements,whichisthe
themeofthisbook.
Onepointthatmustnotbeforgotteninweightcontrolisthatalcoholisa
food.Potablealcohol,ethanol(C2H5OH),hasaratherhighheatofcom-
bustion,700kilocalories(kcal)per100grams,closertothatoffat(900)
thanofcarbohydrate(400).Onejigger(1.5ounces)ofstrongliquor(80to
100proof)provides100to120kcal.Onepintofbeerprovides160kcal.
Oneglassofwineprovides100to150kcal.Accordinglyamoderate
drinker,inbibingtwoorthreedrinksaday,mayreceive300to400kcalof
foodenergyfromthealcohol,andaheavydrinkermayreceive1000to
1500kcal,asmuchasonehalfofthedailyenergyrequirement.
Oneresultisthatheavydrinkersgetfat.Moreover,evenmoderate
drinkershaveanaddedtendencytowardobesity.Toloseweightyoumust
cutdownonyourintakenotonlyofprotein,carbohydrate,andfat,butalso
ofalcohol.
Anothereffectofahighintakeofalcoholisthatthedrinkerdoesn'teat
verymuchandmaybegintosufferfromadeficientintakeofvitaminsand
TWOEATINGPROBLEMS 39
minerals,unlessheorshetakesvitamin-mineral supplements.Inastudy
ofrandomlyselectedresidentsinSanMateoCounty,California,H.D.
ChopeandL.Breslowfoundthatmoderatedrinkersarehealthierthan
teetotallersbutthatheavydrinkers,whoconsumemorethanfourdrinks
perday,arelesshealthy.Partoftheirpoorhealthmaybetheresultof
vitamin-mineral malnutrition.
Especiallyinthiscountry,therearefewpeoplewhohavenotheardthat
thediseasesoftheheartandcirculatorysystem,thenumberonecauseof
death,havebeenassociatedwithfatinthebloodstream.Withthisknowl-
edgeinmind,almosteveryoneacceptsthefurtherproposition,advancedby
manyphysiciansandmostnutritionists,thathighconcentrationoffatin
thebloodstream iscausedbyhighintakeoffatinthediet.
JohnYudkin,professorofphysiologyinQueenElizabethCollegeof
LondonUniversity(1945-1954),professorofnutritionanddietetics(1954-
1971),andnowemeritusprofessorofnutrition,hasadifferentviewofthe
matter.Hehaspresentedhisviewinaseriesofscientificpapersandinthe
bookSugar:Chemical,Biological,andNutritionalAspectsofSucrose,
editedbyYudkin,Edelman,andHough(1971).Hehassummarizedhis
findingsforthelaypublicinhisbookSweetandDangerous(1972).
YudkintracedthewidelyheldtheoryaboutfattoapaperbyAncelKeys,
oftheUniversityofMinnesota."In1953,"wroteYudkin,Keys"drew
attentiontothefactthatinsixdifferentcountriestherewasahighlysug-
gestiverelationshipbetweentheintakeoffatandtheirdeathratesfrom
coronarydisease.Thiswascertainlyoneofthemostimportantcontribu-
tionsmadetothestudyofheartdisease.Ithasbeenresponsibleforan
avalancheofreportsbyotherresearchworkersthroughouttheworld;ithas
changedthedietsofhundredsofthousandsofpeople;andhasmadehuge
sumsofmoneyforproducersoffoodsthatareincorporated intothese
specialdiets."
Againstthegeneralpublicacceptanceofthepropositionthatcoronary
heartdiseaseiscausedbyahighintakeofanimalfat(saturatedfat)andthe
eatingoffoodscontainingcholesterol,Yudkinhimselfhasshownthatfor
thesamecountriesthecorrelationofcoronarydiseasewithintakeofsugar
ismuchbetterthanthatwithintakeoffat.Hefoundthatpersonswho
developcoronarydiseasehavebeeningestingmoresucrose,ordinarysugar,
thanthosewhohavenotdevelopedthedisease,andheremarksthat"noone
hasevershownanydifferenceinfatconsumptionbetweenpeoplewithand
peoplewithoutcoronarydiseases,butthishasinnowaydeterredDr.Keys
andhisfollowers."Yudkin'sobservationhasbeenconfirmedbyalarge-
scale,long-termepidemiological studyofthepopulationofFramingham,
Massachusetts,conductedundertheauspicesoftheNationalInstituteof
40 CHAPTER6
Health,whichshowednocorrelationbetweentheintakeoffatandthe
incidenceofheartdisease.Nevertheless,perhapsinpartbecauseofthenow
hugeeconomicinterestinthelinkbetweenfatsinthefoodandcholesterol
intheblood,thenaiveone-to-onecorrespondence persistsinphysicians'
adviceandinthepublicmind.Theideaisdyinghard,asweshallseein
Chapter16.
Coronaryheartdisease,whichoccurredveryrarelyseventy-fiveyears


 response mechanism of the patient.
There are certain healing mechanisms of all patients—the
immune system being the obvious one, and there are others as well
—that physicians are traine d to trigger. They can either trigger itpharmaceutically, or they can trigger it mechanically through a thing
called surgery, or they can trigger it psychologically, as you said
earlier, by the way they walk into the room and the way they talk. But
how does the physician trigger the patient’ s spiritual healing
mechanisms? Or, does the physician even have a role in doing that?
I would argue that she does, but the medical profession over
the past several hundred years appears to have paid scarce
attention to that, and, I think, to its failing.

DR. COOPER: I agree! Conversations with God makes it clear that
we are three-part beings, composed of Body, Mind, and Soul.
Medicine focus es primarily on the physical, and it is at best a blend
of the physical and the mental/emotional aspects of healing (for
those doctors who are kind enough to have what we would call
“good bedside manner”). However, rarely, if ever, is the soul brought
in. So it’s like riding a tricycle with only one or two wheels and
wondering why, even after we’ve “fixed it,” it’ s still broken!
And I believe it’s because we have failed to address the full
picture—and we have missed out on what is arguably the most
important aspe ct of Who We Are. And this is the connection to our
soul, to our Highest Self, and to the real reason we are here on the
planet.
When we begin to embrace a more “holistic viewpoint,” one that
honors the Body-Mind-Soul Triad, it changes everything— from our
experience of the illness to our experience of the very thing we call
“healing.” In my opinion, being “healed” and being “cured of a
physical ailmen t” are not the same thing, as we have now discussed
several times. And the mere fact that a patient “survived” does not byany means guarantee a life filled with joy and peac e, free of
suffering.
A life filled with joy and peace, free of suffering, is a spiritual
choice. It has little to do with the circumstances of our lives, and
much to do with how we choose to relate to those circumstances.
This is powerfully illustrated by the late Ken Keyes Jr., author of
Handbook to Higher Consciousness.7 Keyes experienced the great
“tragedy” of becoming a quadriplegic (paralyzed from the neck down)
at the young age of 25, secondary to contracting polio. Yet rather than
allowing this unexpected and perhaps unfortunate turn of events to be
his downfall, he used it as a platform from which to experience his
Highest Self.
He moved into a place of acceptance, and ultimately into a
space of gratitude,  for the adversity with which he was faced, and he
learned to free himself from mental and spiritual suffering, despite
the limitations placed upon his physical body. Ken Keyes Jr. went on
to become a great teacher and mentor to others, for he illustrated
what it truly means to be “healed”—not strictly in the physical sense,
but in the more global sense of knowing and experiencing Who We
Really Are and why we’re on the planet.
This inevitably  leads us to ask: could Ken Keyes Jr. have
achieved such a profound and inspiring transformation in his life
without having contracted polio? In this context, was his illness a
setback  or a springboard?
For that matter, the way we see anything  in our lives—as a
challenge  or as an opportunity —is entirely our choice, and this is
precisely the point that the life of Ken Keyes Jr. illustrates.
Indeed, it is where the spiritual part of healing comes in.
NEALE: Ken explored this question in a book that he authored about
this period in his life, titled Discovering The Secrets of Happiness. In
it Ken himself suggested that his disability may have been  a blessing
in disguise. He wrote:
“Perhaps I would have been so caught up in the business and
social rat race that I wouldn’t have sat still long enough to study my
security, sensation and powe r illusions — and then discover how to
deal with them so I could open up my heart to loving more. My reality
is that I am far too busy and involved in my life activities to have time
to concern myself with self-consciousness in the wheelchair
department. Today I view my so-called ‘handicap’ as another gift my
life has of fered me.”
The reason Ken Keyes’ book  Handbook to Higher
Consciousness  is so powerful, the reason it sold so many copies and
touched so many people, is that his personal life setba ck was so
dramatic. People could not help but look at his situation and think,
“Oh, my gosh!  If you can reframe your point of view around being
paralyzed from the neck down, if you can still see your life and your
situation as a blessing, then for heaven’ s sake, who am I to
complain?!”
I had the privilege of meeting Ken Keyes in person shortly after
Conversations with God was published.

DR. COOPER: He sounds like a truly remarkable and deeply
inspiring man.
 NEALE: He was. He most certainly was. He has since celebrated his
Continuation Day.

DR. COOPER: I know you have mentioned him in a number of your
Conversations with God  books. It is no small feat to live an entire life
wheelchair-bound, paralyzed from the neck down, and to still
powerfully believe that you have everything you need within you to
live a life of complete happin ess and fulfillment. We certainly don’t
witness many people living that kind of a life.
This is why Keyes is a perfec t illustration of the larger point we
are trying to make here... which is that true healing cannot occur
unless and until we have addressed the larger metaphysical picture
of what is going on with the patient spiritually.

NEALE: So the question then becomes: Does the medical
profession, as a field, even begin to consider the validity of what
you’ve just said at any level? Is there any room in the current
operating model for a metaphysical aspect?

DR. COOPER: I would say, as far as my experience has been, the
answer is no. I would say that we are shifting toward more of a holistic,
all-encompassing, and perhaps even verging on a “mental-emotional-
spiritual” approach to health and well-being... but that it is not even
close to being at the level of which you are speaking. It is getting
closer, but it is certainly not “there” yet, which is why I think having
conversations like this one, about what it might look like, are an
important first step.With that said, there are certainly doctors who “break the
traditional mold,” and who are taking the first steps and paving the
way for others to follow. And these doctors have been a huge
inspiration to me in my own journey. But it has been their own choice
to bring that metaphysical aspect, or spiritual energy, into the room.
It hasn’t been based on their medical training, as far as I know.
There is one story that is particularly touching that I would like
to share here.
This particular case was a baby who was born prematurely at
23-and-a-half weeks—just a few days before what is called the
“threshold of viability” (whic h is the minimum age for a baby to
survive, and is normally at 24 weeks). Anytime before that their little
bodies are just not ready to survive in the outside world. Their lungs,
for instance, will not be sufficiently developed to breathe, and their
digestive tracts will not be developed enough to absorb their
mother ’s breas t milk. They are close to being able to survive, but not
quite there.
The little baby boy I am talking about here was just a few days
shy of the developmental stage he needed to attain in order to
survive in the outside world. His mother was overwhelmed with
worry, sadness and grief as the doctors regrettably told her that her
baby would in all likelihood not survive. He was simply too young. In
fact, the odds were a hundred to one that he wasn’t going to make it.
It would have been nothing short of a miracle should this young baby
boy have successfully made  the transition from the womb to the
outside world.
But here’ s what shocked me. Here’ s what touched me. And
here is the piece that I will never ever forget, for as long as I live andfor as long as I practice medicine.
And this is that, despite the seemingly tragic and hopeless
nature of the situation, the two medical spec ialists—the
Neonatologist and the Obstetrician—of fered to be present for the
birth. Even though the chances of the baby surviving were next to nil,
they offered their presence as an emotional support to the mother
and to the family, if nothing else. They said to the mother, “We are
here in the tiny chance that something can be done to help your
baby... and if not, we are here for you.”
Sure enough,


Directions: Chop all ingredients into a blender, except for 1 strawberry, a nd blend. Pour into a bowl and garnish with the
reserved strawberry, thinly sliced.

Course 3: Strawberry Red Pepper Salad
1 lb. romaine lettuce
4 oz. red bell peppers
8 oz. strawberries
Directions: Finely chop the lettuce into a bowl. Blend the red peppers and st rawberries into a dressing. Pour over the salad.

Spring Menu Plan: Day Three

BREAKFAST
Citrus Celebration!
8 oz. pineapple
8 oz. kiwi
8 oz. strawberries
8 oz. red grapefruit
8 oz. oranges
Directions: Prep all ingredients, chop, and mix together into a bowl.

LUNCH
Ataulfo Mangos
2 lbs. ataulfo mangos
† This Mexican variety of mango begins its season in late April. Also known as honey, champagne, Manila, Asian, or yellow
mango, it is a smaller-than-average mango, with a pale yellow color an d a virtually fiberless flesh and sweet flavor, which makes it a
leader of the imported varieties. While imported mangos are subject to hot- water treatment (unless you live in areas where they are
grown locally, such as South Florida and Southern California), they are  sometimes the only varieties available. It is always a good
idea to visit areas where tropical fruits are grown.

DINNER
Course 1: Kiwi Strawberry
1 lb. kiwi
1 lb. strawberries
Directions: Slice, dice, and enjoy.

Course 2: Strawberry Cucumber Soup
1 lb. strawberries
8 oz. cucumbers
Directions: Peel and slice the cucumber and blend the strawberries, l eaving a little of each for garnish. Blend, pour into a bowl,
and decorate.

Course 3: Strawberry Almond Salad
1 lb. red-leaf lettuce
4 oz. cucumbers
4 oz. strawberries
1 oz. almonds
Directions: Chop the lettuce into a large bowl. Peel and slice the cucu mber and mix with the lettuce. Blend the strawberries
and almonds for a dressing.

Spring Menu Plan: Day Four

BREAKFAST
Orange Juice
4 cups fresh-squeezed orange juice

LUNCH
Banana and Ataulfo Smoothie
1 lb. bananas
1 lb. ataulfo mangos
Directions: Blend and devour!

DINNER
Course One: Papaya Strawberry Boats
1 lb. papaya
1 lb. strawberries
Directions: Deseed the papaya, and fill with sliced strawberries. Ar m yourself with a spoon and enjoy!

Course Two: Celery Orange Soup
8 oz. celery
8 oz. red bell peppers
8 oz. Valencia oranges
Directions: Blend the celery, orange, and ¾ of the red pepper. Pour into a b owl and decorate with the remaining red pepper,
finely chopped.

Course Three: Orange Red Pepper Salad
1 lb. red-leaf lettuce
4 oz. oranges
2 oz. red bell peppers
1 oz. Brazil nuts
Directions: Tear the lettuce into a bowl. Use the pulse setting on your  blender to turn the oranges, bell pepper, and Brazil nuts
into a chunky dressing.

Spring Menu Plan: Day Five

BREAKFAST
Sweet-Tart Delight
16 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice
8 oz. ataulfo mangos
8 oz. strawberries
Directions: Blend everything and try not to drink it too fast… it’s that g ood!

LUNCH
Just Bananas!
2 lbs. bananas
DINNER
Course One: Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice
16 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice

Course Two: Spinach Red Pepper Soup
8 oz. spinach
8 oz. red bell peppers
8 oz. oranges
Directions: Blend all of the ingredients and pour into a bowl.

Course Three: Orange Pistachio Salad
8 oz. baby spinach
8 oz. red-leaf lettuce
4 oz. oranges
1 oz. pistachios
Directions: Chop the spinach and lettuce into a bowl. Blend the oranges an d pistachio, and dress your salad!

Spring Menu Plan: Day Six

BREAKFAST
Spring Fruit Salad
1 lb. sweet oranges
1 lb. strawberries
8 oz. kiwi
Directions: Cut all the fruits into chunky bite-size pieces, toss, an d savor the flavor!

LUNCH
Ataulfo Strawberry Salad
2 lbs. ataulfo mangos
1 lb. strawberries
Directions: Dice the mangos and slice the strawberries into a bowl.

DINNER
Course One: Papaya
1.5 lbs. papaya

Course Two: Papaya Gazpacho
1 lb. papaya
8 oz. tomatoes
2 oz. fresh basil
Directions: Deseed the papaya, peel, and cut it into small chunks, or blend it, if you prefer. Dice the tomato and finely chop the
basil. Add them both to the papaya mixture. Enjoy!

Course Three: Papaya Salad Wraps
1 lb. butter lettuce
1 lb. papaya
juice of 1 lime
Directions: In a bowl, cut the papaya into small chunks. Mix it with the l ime juice until it all melds together. Use the lettuce
leaves as wrappers, and use your papaya-lime blend as a filling.

Spring Menu Plan: Day Seven

BREAKFAST
Strawberries
3 lbs. strawberries
† If you are looking to get a little extra greens, or to save time, you can eat  the tops to the strawberries. They do change the
texture a bit, but they also add a little green flavor. If you enjoy eating  greens with your fruit, then this is a complete package.

LUNCH
Banana Romaine Smoothie
2 lbs. bananas
8 oz. romaine lettuce
Directions: Blend into a smoothie.

DINNER
Course One: Orange Kiwi
1 lb. oranges
8 oz. kiwi
Directions: Peel the oranges, then cut them into chunks and place in a  bowl. Peel the kiwi and cut into slices. Stir into the
oranges.

Course Two: Cauliflower Tomato Soup
8 oz. cauliflower florets
1 lb. tomatoes
Directions: Blend cauliflower with ¾ of the tomatoes. Dice the remain ing tomato and stir it into the soup or place on top for
garnish.

Course Three: Orange Tahini Salad
8 oz. romaine lettuce
8 oz. baby spinach
4 oz. oranges
1 tbsp. raw mechanically hulled tahini
Directions: Tear greens into a bowl. Blend orange segments with tahi ni, and dress.

Appendix B. Frequently Asked Questions

What are raw foods?
There are different definitions of raw foods, depending upon whom you ask. For our pu rposes, we will define raw foods as
those foods that are whole and fresh and have not been subjected to cooking of a ny type. Raw foods are Nature’s finished
products; they are ready to be consumed, as is. Like the raw materials that  construction workers use to build a house, raw foods
become the building materials that our bodies use to maintain and reconst ruct themselves.
 “Raw” is a relative term. Some people would argue that dehydrated or powdered foods are still raw, even though they are
not whole. (Water is a profoundly important essential nutrient; once wa ter has been removed from a food, it should no longer be
considered “whole.”)
There is no need to argue, and there is room for the occasional exception. Wha t you do most of the time will have a big
impact in your life. What you do rarely should be considered exceptions. The im pact of exceptions does not accrue like the impact
of that which you do with regularity. Nonetheless, whole, fresh, raw plan t foods with all of their original components intact, including
water and fiber, are by far the most healthful.

What is a raw food diet?
A raw food diet is one that is predominated by foods that have not been cooked. People who a dopt this diet are often
referred to as “raw fooders” or “raw foodists.” Those who eat only raw plant s are called “raw food vegans” or “raw vegans.”
The healthy raw food diet that I recommend in this book is made up of whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic plant foods. It is
predominated by fruits and allows for all the greens that you care to eat, pl us small quantities of nuts, seeds, and fatty fruits.

What about an all-fruit diet?
I do not recommend an all-fruit diet. In my experience, we must eat veget ables, especially dark leafy greens, in order to
experience optimum nutrition and ideal health. I recommend that 2 to 6% of our  total calories consumed, on average, come from
greens. In terms of volume, this would mean somewhere between 1 and 4 hea ds of lettuce, or ¼ to 1 pound of kale, or ½ to 2
pounds of spinach, per day (depending on how many calories you normally consume).

Are all raw food diets the same?
No, there are many approaches to eating a raw diet. Although for some it in cludes raw meat and other animal products, I do
not recommend the consumption of animal-derived foods of any kind (including h oney and milk), for reasons of health, ecology, and
compassion.
Most raw food diets obtain a high


 your body to the sun every day and enjoy nice, clean fresh air.  I could not even imagine doing a water fast in the middle of winter in a city!  Think about these things in advance and perhaps even plan a holiday around doing your fast.  After all, it is the best gift you can give yourself, so ﬁnd a place where you will enjoy the experience the most.Keep in mind that if this is your ﬁrst water fast and if you do not have a lot of experience in cleansing and detoxing, you may want to consider joining a retreat that specializes in water fasting.  Of course you don’t need anyone to explain how to drink water, but what is important is to feel safe and supported during your fast.  Especially on an emotional level, it is very good to have others to talk to who understand what you are going through and who can guide you through your experience.If you are doing the water fast on your own, tell at least one person who is close to you what you are doing.  Ask them to check in with you every day just to make sure you are ok.  Explain to them, that if need be, they may need to bring you a juice or some fresh fruit, and make sure they can commit to that for the duration of your fast.  If it’s a good friend, they should be more than happy to provide support.Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!15SETTING ASIDE THE TIMETry to completely eliminate all work responsibilities during your fast or at least greatly reduce them.  You will need all of your energy for the healing process, and if you externalize that energy you will only be taking away from yourself.  Be mentally prepared to do as little as possible during your fast.  Resting, meditation, deep breathing, some time in the sun and more resting should be as busy as your days get!BE HUMBLE!Be careful not to tell the whole world what you are doing before you start your fast – for one, most people will think you are crazy and try to talk you out of it, and second, you will be setting yourself to live up to an expectation.  If you do break your fast early, you will surely get a lot of ‘See I told you it was bad for you,’ and really, that’s the last that you need to hear!  Be sure that this fast is for you, for your healing, not for your ego!PREPARING THE BODY NUTRITIONALLYIt is important to have a full reserve of vitamins and minerals in your body before starting a water fast.  If you have been eating de-vitalized foods and been under a lot of stress, it is likely you are deﬁcient in some essential minerals.  In the weeks before your water fast, drink plenty of fresh juices, eat as much raw food or lightly steamed veggies as possible and stay away from Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!16processed foods, meats, dairy and alcohol.  Personally I have a liquid mineral supplement that I also take during the pre-fast.  It is a full spectrum of colloidal minerals which is easily absorbed into the body.  I also take a lot of raw apple cider vinegar during that time to speciﬁcally increase potassium levels and start the process of gentle cleansing (1 Tbsp mixed with water, 3-4 times/day).  I think it is one of the best things to take in preparation for a water fast.  WATER – WHAT KIND, HOW MUCH & TEMPERATUREWater is the key element of your water fast, so take some time to get the best that is available to you.  As I mentioned in Chapter 1, many people will recommend distilled water for a water fast.  In my opinion, I would prefer to have live, natural mountain spring water straight from the source.  I couldn’t think of a better gift from Mother Earth herself!  During my fasts, I bought mineral water from the store in large containers and used that for drinking and enemas.Everyone will be a bit different in terms of how much water to drink during the fast.  Initially, I started drinking 6 liters per day, and I found that as the fast progressed, I naturally drank less, perhaps 4.5 liters per day.  I became full very quickly and did not want to drink large amounts.  I listened to my body.  If you feel thirsty, drink more.  Some people talk about heating the water during a fast and sipping it to give them the feel of something different on their palate. One Natural Hygienist wrote that warm water helps to break up catarrh and mucous Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!17better in the same way that hot water will clean grease from a cooking pan.  On my ﬁrst 2 fasts, I did not drink warm water, but on my long fast detailed below, I had 2 cups of warm water ﬁrst thing in the morning for the ﬁrst 10 days.It’s deﬁnitely not a good idea to drink cold water while fasting as your body will waste energy having to warm the liquid inside.One thing that I did to my water that I have not seen anyone else talk about is I energized my water before drinking.  I took a Tesla purple plate and a personal harmonizer and wrapped them around my water bottles so they increased the natural healing vibration of the water itself.  I also wore a similar device around my neck during the fast to increase the healing frequencies within my body itself.  I’ve written more about these items in Chapter 8.In addition, I added crystals to the water before drinking as explained earlier in Chapter 1.  I bought a glass pitcher and ﬁlled the bottom of the pitcher with several pieces of rose quartz, amethyst and clear quartz.  I would then transfer the mineral water from the plastic containers into the glass pitcher, and I would drink the water from there.  Crystals help to energize the water and  amplify a sense of calm, peace, clarity and love.ENEMASThere is a lot of debate as to whether or not to do enemas while water fasting.  I did one round of enemas every morning using a 2-liter bag.  I did 1 full rinse with the bag for a total of 2 liters.  During my ﬁrst 10-day fast,  I Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!18had almost nothing coming out, but I still did these ﬂushes because I think it does give the body a chance to release excess toxic build-up.  In my long fast as you will read below, I had worms released, so of course I am a believer in the daily enemas now! I do think most people would beneﬁt from daily enemas due to the increase of toxicity in our lives and world today. Distilled water is the best choice of water for enemas.  Tap water is never a good idea for enemas due to the chlorine and ﬂuoride content.  I used bottled mineral water because I did not have access to distilled water.  After each enema session, I took one probiotic capsule.HOW MANY DAYSI discussed this issue in Chapter 1, and I would just like to add that you do not have to do a 40-day water fast to beneﬁt from the experience!  The body can do amazing healing in just 3 days.  Realize as well that the process of healing is a journey, not a race!  There is no ﬁnish line when you are ‘done.’  As we go through the ebb and ﬂow of life, there will be times when we need more healing and other times when we are ok.  Be ok with who you are now and where you are at on your journey.  Listen to your intuition and ultimately do what feels right for you.Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!19ADDING LIME, SALT, HERBAL TEAS ETC. TO YOUR WATERMany people talk about doing a water fast but then explain that they add fresh lemon to their water, or salts, and maybe even some honey or molasses.  Please keep in mind that a pure water fast is exactly that – pure water only!  So if you start adding these ‘extras,’ then technically you are still feeding the body food.  The end result is that the body will not go as deep into the healing process, and actually you may wind up feeling more hunger pains as the body waits for more food.During my water fast, I took only 2 probiotic capsules per day, one after the enema and one at night before bed.  Now there are some who may say well that is not pure water either.  But I follow the recommendations of Dr. Richard Anderson and I agree with him that it is very important to replenish the good bacteria into the body every day while fasting to ensure no overgrowth of things like candida or other pathogenic bacteria.  I took his brand of probiotic, called Flora Grow.EXTRA SUPPORT FOR HEALINGThere are a few other things that I did during my water fast that helped improve my overall experience.  First, I did dry skin brushing daily and applied virgin organic coconut oil on my skin twice a day (morning and night).  I can tell you that the smell of coconut oil while you are fasting is such a treat, and I also liked knowing I was absorbing something so healthy and pure directly through my skin. Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!20I also used


benefits are some species, such as seals.
They, like people, breathe easy. To be able to for a long
time to remain under water, they have developed an evolutionary path
the ability to muscle relaxation. due to the fact that under water
muscle tone decreases, the demand for oxygen is reduced
1 / 3, and because the body's need for oxygen is the main
criterion level of activity. Not by chance in all species
45
45animals, falling into hibernation, the muscles are relaxed, the heart
barely beating, breathing is shallow and very rare. But lower
need your body in oxygen may not only seals,
bears and hedgehogs, as well as yoga and fakirs. It is available to many. in October
1974 in Delhi at the XXVI International Congress of Physiologists RK
Valays reported the results of their research on the effect,
which is achieved due to the ability to focus all attention
on relaxing the body muscles. Participated in the study (36
people) practiced for 2-3 years. They have learned in just
15 min. reduce the consumption of oxygen by 16%. People
that such training is not engaged, such an effect
can not be achieved, since even during the night consumption
Oxygen is not reduced by more than 8%. in the Soviet Union
also conducted similar studies: after an appropriate
training people lowered heart rate from
physiological 70 to 42 in a minute. in 1950, was conducted entirely
incredible experiment with 52-year-old yogi Babashri Ramadzhi
Dzhirnari described later Indian doctors in the journal Weikel
Lancet. In front of a ten thousandth of the crowd in Bombay yogi down
to dig into the ground a narrow pit-chamber on the bottom and the walls of which
protruding nails everywhere. Then, the hole sealed with cement.
There's a state of "apparent death" Ramadzhi spent 56 h. After this
chamber was filled with water, and he remained under water 6.5 hours, and yet
it revived in a Bombay hospital. Can you explain it
miracle? Of course, such dramatic results can not be achieved
only workouts, the ability to relax your muscles and slow down
breathing. Before the experiment Ramadzhi within 10 days of drinking only
water and ate nothing.
Did it help? Early in this century Soviet psychologist
VV Pashutin found that repeated, relatively long
starvation, oddly enough, is a kind of
exercises the brain and body: the central nervous system is more
slows the flow reserves in the body. This helps Gymnastics
and the fact that when dosed dry fasting, the brain does not suffer.
is now known that fasting reduces the gas exchange
and the body is satisfied by a smaller amount of oxygen
produces less carbon dioxide. Fasting breath becomes
superficial. It differently, too, promotes relaxation.
Established that the slow deep breathing (no more than four
breaths per minute) delayed at the top of inspiratory flow facilitates
venous blood to the heart. In addition, the accumulation in the body
carbon dioxide, resulting from a slower breathing
improved nutrition of the heart muscle. If, after the breath-holding
make the most of a full exhalation, you can dramatically slow down
contraction of the heart. That way, some yoga and fakirs
achieve cardiac arrest. in 1957 this phenomenon was studied in 32 -
Summer Yoga Ramananda. At full exhalation he clutched to his chest
46
46chin for 15 seconds maximum strained chest muscles
and abdomen. as a result of sharply increased intrathoracic pressure,
making it difficult to reduce the heart muscle. X-ray
unit diameter of the heart decreased by 1 cm Heart tones are not
wiretapped, the pulse is not captured, but the electrical activity
cardiac muscle is still preserved. Consequently, the total
cardiac arrest in yoga is not observed, but
reduction in heart muscle becomes so weak that it does not
was no way to identify them by ear. The first attempt
thorough physiological study of burial of yogis
performed live in 1959 at the Department of Physiology, Indian
Institute of Medical Sciences. Instead, scientists used the Tomb
transparent glass hermetically sealed chamber. it
twice within 8-10 hours there was still the same, but the 34-year-old yogi
Ramananda, behind which was a 17-year experience in this field.
During his stay in the chamber Ramananda oxygen content
it decreased to 14.9%, while carbon dioxide increased to 5%.
At the same time being yoga has not deteriorated, pulse rate and respiration
not increased, and oxygen consumption decreased by 40-50%.
For an untrained person is prohibitively. In order to
during surgery of the chest to reduce oxygen demand
50%, surgeons with anesthesia and artificial cooling
have to lower the patient's body temperature to 28 - 30 ° C in yoga
Ramananda during the experiment body temperature was 38,4 ° C: so clearly
pronounced decrease in the body's need for oxygen, he
sought at the expense of maximum muscular relaxation.
Experiments have shown Soviet scientists N. Aghajanian, G.
Davydov and A V Sergienko, people who do not engage in
special training in muscle relaxation, reduction of
oxygen content in air hermetically sealed chamber
Up to 13% and an increase in carbon dioxide to the 8% (for 16 -
17 h) resulted in a 13-fold increase in lung ventilation
increased heart rate and a sharp deterioration in their general condition.
Soviet scientists have concluded that it was important to develop
ability to fall into a state of apparent death, but the ability
muscle relaxant, has fitness of the organism against
hypoxia (oxygen deficiency). That's why no accident
Yoga, before falling into a state of suspended animation, dramatically slowing their
respiratory movements. Soviet scientists, NA Aghajanian and AJ
Katkov, dealing with hibernation in humans, they write,
that in the book of Swiss anthropologist A. Stoll, "Hypnosis and suggestion
in the psychology of peoples "(1904) described a unique session,
conducted in 1837 on the initiative of Maharaja Rundzhita Singh
and an English officer Claude White. Living in the Indian city
Lahore and the surrounding villages gathered to watch as
Yogi Harida willfully fall into a deep 6-week-long sleep. Before
this test, the yoga was at 7-day dairy diet, and
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47daily sleep washed your gastrointestinal tract. Process
descent into suspended animation began with a posture of relaxation, lowering of the head
on his chest and monotonous repetition of the same words, with the yogi
gradually began to hold their breath. When Harida asleep, a servant
close up his eyes, nose, ears and mouth with wax (so that there will not penetrate
insects). The Commission, headed by the Maharajah Singh and the Englishman
White, to exclude any possibility of deception, forced
sew yoga bag, put in the trunk, and closing, leaving
it into a closely guarded room. There's a Yogi, and slept as much as 42 days.
Prior to the procedure of awakening the commission is satisfied that the integrity
print on the door of the room. When they opened the present
saw vertically placed wooden chest with a hanging
locked, sealed with a personal seal of Maharaja. Opened the trunk
and it found sewn into the bag of linen yoga. He was there
in an awkward, hunched posture in a state of torpor. His hands
wrinkled, seemed to touch wood, his head lying on the
shoulder. The doctor took him in hand to find a pulse, but he can not feel.
The servant began to spray yoga warm water and rubbing his hands.
After that, he wrapped his head in a heated dough made from wheat
flour, removed the wax swabs from the mouth, nose, ears and eyes, violently
opened his mouth and pulled from the depths of the larynx drawn in there language.
Followed by lengthy procedures and massages, and finally a Yogi
sigh. Servant has poured into his mouth and forced oil ingested. Yogi
slowly opened one eye, then the other, his body a few times
went into convulsions. Gradually he recovered his normal color
skin, and after half an hour after the start waking Harida alive. His
first words, uttered slowly, as if he overcame
incredible weight 42-day sleep, were addressed to the Maharajah:
"Well, now you believe me?" About an hour after that Haridy
gradually to settle all manifestations of life. This
story retold many times, often distorting, but always
was evaluated as a miracle, a divine calling sleep yoga. Almost the
same way described her famous Bulgarian scientist, Academician Methodius
Popov, citing a possible reduction in active
functions of the man known even in ancient times called
Vita Minima "(" minimal life "). in fact, this
session showed the ability of yogis to perfection to manage their own
body. Director of the Paris cardiology clinic Teresa
Brose conducted a study of buried alive (animated)
Yogis and ordinary people. She found that after several years of
training a person can learn how not to breathe for 10-


,thenation'sleadingphysicist,complained,
"everymanwhocanburnphosphorous inoxygenandexhibita
fewexperimentstoaclassofyoungladiesiscalledamanof
science."^"*
In1844AlexanderDallasBache,thesuperintendent ofthe
U.S.CoastSurvey,toldanattentiveaudienceatthecountry's
firstnationalscientificcongressthatAmerica'sunoriginaland
meagersciencemerelyapedEuropeanscience.America'ssci-
ence,hesaid,hadinadequateinstitutionalsupport,substituted
26I"WholesalePhilanthropy'
teachingforscientificresearch,wasoverrunwithgentleman
scientists,andlackedprofessional scientists.BacheandHenry,
togetherwithHarvardmathematicianBenjaminPeirce,astrono-
merBenjaminGould,chemistOliverWolcottGibbs,zoologist
LouisAgassiz,andafewotherprofessional scientistsfancied
themselvesthenation'ssolecustodiansofscienceanditsdevelop-
ment.Theyaggressivelysoughtsupportfortheirresearchand
promotedthecauseofprofessionalscience.Intheirview,only
somemenwereendowedwithscientifictalent,andonlysuchan
eliteshouldbeentrustedwithtraining,facilitiesforresearch,and
money.AsHowardMillerhaspointedout,theireHtismwon
themnosupportfromtheassertive,democraticpopulistsof
AndrewJackson'sera."
Thesenewmenofsciencewonincreasingsupportfromthe
entrepreneurial fortunesofthecaptainsofindustry.Lawrence
wasneitherthefirstnorthelastcapitalistofthenineteenth
centurytochannelhissurpluswealthtocollegesinordertoput
scienceattheserviceofindustry.In1846,withthefinancialhelp
ofphilanthropists, Yalecreatedtwonewprofessorships in
agriculturalandpracticalchemistryandappointedtheeminent
BenjaminSilliman,Jr.,tooneofthemtodevelopandteachthe
"applicationofchemistry,andthekindredsciencestotheman-
ufacturingarts,toexplorationoftheresourcesofthecountry
andtootherpracticaluses."Silliman'sprolificaccomplishments
atYaleincludeddevelopingthefirstcommercially successful
methodofrefiningpetroleum.BeforetheCivilWar,JosephEarl
Sheffield,aNewHavenmanwhomadehisfortuneinSouthern
cottonandinfinancingNorthernrailroadsandcanals,gavethe
strugghngYaleScientificSchoolalargecontribution.The
universityappreciativelyrenamedtheschoolinhonorofits
benefactor,whosecontributions toYaleforappliedscience
totaledmorethan$1millionbythetimeofhisdeathin1882.^*
Perhapsthemostsymbolicchangewastheconversionofthe
ReverendNathanLord,presidentofDartmouthCollege.Ashe
assumedthecollegepresidencyin1828,Lordassertedthat
Dartmouthwasnotdesignedformenwhowereto"engagein
mercantile,mechanical,oragriculturaloperations."Hisstrict
adherencetotheclassicsandtopreparinggentlemen,however,
didnotsurviveseverallargecontributionsfromwealthyadvo-
catesofappHedsciencesandengineering.Bythelate1860sLord
"WholesalePhilanthropy" I27
eagerlyembracedthe"necessitynowbecomingconstantlymore
evidentofahighereducationinthe'practicalandusefulartsof
life.'"^'
SomeindustrialistsandfinancecapitaHsts,notcontentwith
theslowandincompletetransformations oftheoldercolleges,
startedtheirownengineeringschools.In1824StephenVan
Rensselaer,awealthylandlordfarmerwhoorganizedandbacked
theconstructionoftheErieCanalandtherebyexperiencedfor
himselfthelackofadequatelytrainedengineers,foundedthe
institutethatbearshisnametoteachthe"applicationofexperi-
mentalchemistry,philosophyandnaturalhistory,toagricul-
ture,domesticeconomy,theartsandmanufactures."^* Other
engineeringandtechnicalschoolswerebegunaroundthecountry
fromfontsofindustrialwealth—CooperUnioninNewYork
City,theMassachusetts InstituteofTechnology,theStevens
InstituteinHoboken,theCaseSchoolofAppliedSciencein
Cleveland,thePrattInstituteinNewYork,andtheCalifornia
InstituteofTechnology,tonameafew.
Philanthropic capitalistslefttheirmarksinAmericanhigher
educationinotherareasbesidesscience.JosephWharton,a
wealthymanufacturerofmetals,gavetheUniversityofPennsyl-
vaniasome$600,000foraschooloffinanceandcommercethat
wouldtrainthemanagers,accountants,andleadersofindustry
whowoulddirecttheengineersandappHedscientistsgraduating
fromtechnicalschools.Entirelynewuniversitieswerefoundedin
the1870sand1880sbysomeofthewealthiestmenandwomenin
thecountry—^JohnsHopkins,Tulane,Clark,Vanderbilt,Stan-
ford,Cornell,andothers.
Theseeducationalphilanthropistswereprimarilycapitalists
whodisdainedthearistocraticpretensesofgentlemanfarmers
andthedabblers'andmerchants'ignoranceoftechnique.Re-
memberingtheirownlackofpreparationastheybegantheir
careers,theyfavoredpracticaleducationsthatwouldpromote
endeavorsliketheirsandcreateafertilegroundfromwhichtheir
newsocietywouldgrow.Theyalsoperceivedaneedfortrained
personnelforthegrowingindustrialandcorporateeconomy.As
theorganizersoffactoriesandotherenterprisesthatemployed
increasingdivisionsoflabor,theypreferredtotraintechnically
skilledmanagersandreducetheskilllevelsoftheirlaborers;in
thewordsofAbbottLawrence,letthe"hardhands"dothelabor
28I"WholesalePhilanthropy''
andlet"sagaciousheads"designanddirectthelaborprocess.
Impressedwiththeutilityofappliedscience,theysubsidized
teachingandresearchinthenaturalsciencesandengineering,
andtheysupportedvocationalandappliedcurriculaincolleges
againsttheprevailingclassicaleducation.Bytheendofthe
centurytheyweredelightedwiththeprogressthathadbeenmade
increatinguniversitiesandcollegesintheirownimage.And,of
course,theyweregladtohavecombinedthisself-interestwithan
appearanceofgenerosityandaltruism.
Theentrepreneurial scientistsandcollegepresidentsmadethe
philanthropists' jobaneasyone.Thedevelopmentofmodern
universitiesandthefoundingofprofessionalscienceinthe
UnitedStateswerelargelytheproductsofelitecollegepresidents
andmenofscienceinvitingcaptainsofindustrytorecognizethe
importanceoftheircontributionstothenascentindustrialand
corporatesociety.Theyaskedforandgotmoneyfortheirwork,
theirinstitutions,andthemselves.
Scientistsofferedtheirtalentsandtheirservicestothe
capitalistsinreturnfornewlaboratoriesandstipends;theygave
uptothecollegesadegreeofautonomyinreturnforalegitimized
baseofoperations,somefinancialsecurity,andaprotectedrole
intrainingnewbasicandappliedscientistsaswellasconducting
research.Collegepresidentsactedasbrokers,eagerlyoffering
theirservicesandinstitutionstocapitalistsandscientistsalike,in
returnfornewareasofservicethatwouldassurethecontinued
relevanceandfinancialsecurityoftheirinstitutionsunderthe
ascendingeconomicorder.Theirnewbuildingsandendowments
assuredthemthattheywereontherighttrack.By1872
philanthropyaccountedfornearlyhalfthe$13miUionincome
receivedbyallthenation'sinstitutionsofhighereducation.^^
Thefoundingofschools,institutes,anduniversitieswasquite
adifferenttackfromgivingtocharityorganizationsocietiesand
creatingsettlementhouses.Theywerebothintendedtomeetthe
needsofthedevelopingindustrialandcorporatesociety,butin
differentways.Onewasameliorative: Ittriedtocompensatefor
thefailingsofthecapitalistsocialstructure.Theotherwasmore
technicaland"preventive": Institutionsweredevelopedtomeet
theneedsofthesystemfortechnicalexpertiseandindustrialand
socialmanagement.Bothwereimportanttothesurvivaland
expansionofindustryasitwasorganizedincapitalistsociety.
"WholesalePhilanthropy" I29
Therewerelimitations,however,intheresourcesandstrate-
giesofbothapproaches.Thesocialworkapproachwasameliora-
tiveatatimewhenmostphilanthropistswerepressingfor
prevent


 Therapy – A New Direction.
However, even these metastases do not normally kill. Tumours only kill
directly if they press on vital structures, or indirectly if they are attacked
and release large amounts of toxins. Instead, most cancer patients die
either early in the treatment due t o strong inflammations or much later
from cachexia - severe weight -loss and muscle wasting due to
progressive anaemia from the destruction of erythrocytes (red blood
cells) by viral and fungal -type blood microbes. This is the main cause of
death from cance r.
There is also increasing evidence that cancer is associated with a
degeneration of body cells into fungal cells, metastatic cancer cells look
and behave exactly like invasive hyphal fungi, see “Is Invasive Cancer a
Hyphal Fungus?”
Eliminating hyphal Candida and k eeping  the blood free of microbes is a
simple way of preventing death from cancer. The s afest ways to prevent
malignancy are alkalising, intestinal sanitation, intensive antimicrobial
therapy, and avoiding the emotional shock of a cancer diagnosis.
Instead,  just assume that you already have cancer or may develop it, and
then adopt the Health I mprovement Program.
For treatment, see: Overcoming Cancer.
THE HEALTH -IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
We can only reverse the relentless deterioration of our health by
removing causative negative factors and  replacing them with positive
steps and habits. This means practicing natural living  such as  good
nutrition, proper breathing, physical activity, improved emotional and
menta l attitudes. In addition,  we use specific healing methods,
uppermost of which are the removal of pathogenic microbes, wastes and
toxins from the body.

Before you search the Internet for specific remedies to cure your health
problem, try to get the basics right, then many diseases may simply
disappear while others will greatly improve. This then makes it easier to 6
 use specific therapies for complete healing of any remaining symptoms.
In addition, this program is also a recipe to regenerate and rejuvenate a
disabled or aging body.
The Health Improvement Program (HIP) includes the following subjects:
1. Nutrition:  Adopt a high -quality diet
2. Intestinal Sanitation:  Clean out & sanitize your intestines
3. Antimicrobial Therapy:  Eliminate harmful microbes
4. Cleansing:  Remove metabolic wastes and toxins
5. Healthy Living  and reducing all kinds of pollution
6. Energy Healing:  remove energy blockages and recharge yourself
7. Mind Tools:  replace negative beliefs and emotions with positive ones
8. Healing groups:  Form or join a health or healing group
The following is an overview of the necessary steps with links to more
detailed Internet articles. This book provides this information in a more
condensed form.  Initially focus on one chapter  at a time, but with each
additional chapter  continue practicing what you have previously learned.
1. Improve your nutrition : Maximise unprocessed and raw food, and
minimise chemicalized, refined and problem food – see: Food Groups
and Diets ;  alkalise the body;  Alkalizing with Sod ium Bicarb onate a nd
Calcium Citrate,  use food suitable for your body type and conditi on, and
pay attention to food combining. See General Diet Rules. Discover and
break addictions and allergies. See Allergy Testing  - and  use suitable
supplements. See Health Foods and Nut rients.
Diet rules are designed to guide us towards healthier eating  habits. There
are different schools of nutrition, which do not always agree on the same
principles, and sometimes even contradict each other, just as in politics,
religion and other areas of human endeavour. My diet rules are based
on the principles of the earlier 'nat ure cure' movement, modified by
clinical nutrition research and my own experiences.
The less ideal the diet and the more polluted the body, the more are specific 7
 remedies, supplements and other therapies needed to overcome chronic
diseases. Conversely, on an ideal diet, combined with antimicrobial therapy
and cleansing, specific interventions can be kept to a minimum.
Improving our diet usually requires a considerable shift in eating habits
and re -education of our taste buds. It also takes considerably mor e time
and energy for food preparation. This is not easy. Therefore, it is best to
make changes gradually, first moving towards a high -quality diet, and
then experimenting with periods on mainly fresh raw foods for maximum
healing, rejuvenation and mainten ance of optimal health into old age.
However, do not rely too much on 'expert' advice. Ultimately it is best
learning to trust your intuition and your body to tell you what it needs. At
different times you may need different foods.
2. Intestinal Sanitation consists of two parts: thoroughly cleaning out
your gastro -intestinal tract and in particular the bowels or large intestines,
and removing any overgrowth of harmful microbes and parasites, and
restoring again a healthy intestinal flor a. See Intestinal Sanitation.
The main tools for doing this are flushes, colonics, laxative food, and the
possible use of hydrochloric acid supplements to impro ve digestion of
proteins and absorption of minerals. A good way to eliminate harmful
microbes and re -establish a healthy gut flora is by flushing with psyllium
hulls, garlic and sodium bicarbonate followed by probiotics.
3. Eliminate harmful microbes  and p arasites  with antimicrobial
remedies as outlined in The Ultimate Cleanse.
For more details see: Overcoming Candida. Also try an Electronic
Zapper  to clean the blood.
Antimicrobial therapy in combination with intestinal sanitation is
commonly the most important step for overcoming chronic health
problems. Because of the widespread use of antibiotics, fungi and
related microbes such as Candida and mycoplasmas are now at the core
of most of our modern diseases, devastating our immune system and
generating powerful toxins.  8
 Without an effective antimicrobial program all other therapies and
supplements tend to give only limited results. After an intense initial
phase, contin ue for a long time with a low -key maintenance program.
Whenever microbial problems resurface, or routinely once a year, repeat
an intensive antimicrobial program. To give you an understanding why it
can be so very difficult to overcome chronic infections  see:
http://mpkb.org/home/pathogenesis/microbiota/biofilm
4. Remove metabolic wastes:  Cleansing is needed to move further
towards optimal health. Gradually our cells, tissues and blood vessels
become more and more clogged up with waste products and toxins,
thereby making our metabolism, blood circulation and body functions
ever more ineffic ient.
Periodic raw food diets are excellent to remove these wastes. To properly
cleanse we need to take in less energy from food than we need for our
daily activity, then the body is forced to start digesting not only these
waste residues but even cysts, tumours and other unhealthy tissue.
In addition to cleansing liver and gallbladder we clean our blood
vessels to improve the blood circulation. See: Cardiovascular Disease.
Chronic inflammations due to microbial infestations as well as wastes
and toxins lead to hypercoagulation of the blood with excessive blood
clotting.
This means fibrin structures combine with lipi ds and calcium to narrow
blood vessels, block capillaries, and restrict blood flow to the brain, heart
and other organs. These blockages can gradually be removed with
organic acids ( e.g., lemon), garlic, and especially fibrinolytic enzymes
such as Nattokina se and Serrapeptase.
As we get older calcifications tend to increase. Combined with
hypercoagulation this causes increasing stiffness, rigidity, cramps,
muscle pain, chronic fatigue, hypertension, loss of memory, deep vein
thrombosis, heart attacks, strok es, and generally declining body
functions. Helpful are increased intake of boron, magnesium and organic
acids as from lemon juice or vinegar, as well as ascorbate/MSM and 9
 carbon dioxide/CO2 therapy, see: Fasting and Cleansing.
5. Create natural living conditions  for yourself and your family by
minimising synthetics and plastics, pollution and harmful radiation in your
home, see: Electromagnetic Pollution. Sanitis e your teeth by removing
mercury amalgam fillings and root -canal filled teeth, see: Dental
Problems. Cultivate mild sun exposure, walking barefoot, being in natural
surroundings.  See: Healthy Living. Strengthen the body  with regular
exercises such as yoga, tensing and stretching or suitable outdoors
activity, see: Exercises.
6. Learn to work with energies  and overcome specific problems with
reflexology, acupressure, massage, ear acupuncture, magnet and
meridian therapy - see the relevant articles in Healing the Body.
A main aim is to facilitate a free flow of energy in the acupuncture
meridians. From an energy point of view most of our health problems are
due to blockages in these energy flows, commonly associated with
muscle tension, calcification and emotional as well as tissu e scars.
Stagnating energy flow  cause s inflammation and weakness, and lead to
deterioration of


. The other point
is the Chang-Chiang, midway between the coccyx and the anus.
DIAGRAM 26
Chang-Chiang
The Chang-Chiang point lies between
the coccyx tip & the anus.
The perineum lies midway between
the anus & the scrotum.
Gently massage the perineum & coccyx
areas to facilitate reabsorption of the
seminal fluid & to prevent congestion
of energy in the prostate gland.124 Taoist Secrets Of Love
Hui-Yin: This is the starting point of the energy path running
up the front of the trunk. It is the bottom of the trunk. The Hui-Yin
links the highest point, the "Crown" of the head of Pai-Hui, with
the lowest point on the sole of the foot, the Yung Ch'uan.
From the Pai-Hui (the crown of the head) the power of the
heavens is drawn into the body. From the Yung-Ch'uan (sole of the
foot) the power of the earth is absorbed into the body's web of
etheric energy. The Hui-Yin (perineum) is thus the central point
between the crown and the sole. It is a crucial midway juncture of
energy transmission.
Through the Hui-Yin (perineum) the Yin energy, the energy of
the earth, enters the trunk. The energy of the testes also enters and
leaves the body through this door. In other words, when the door
of the Hui-Yin is closed, it retains the life energy. But when
ejaculation opens the Hui-Yin, vital power can spill out with dire
consequences. Slowly flowing blood settles and stagnates in the
Hui-Yin. When the blood lingers there due to weak flow of the chi
and gravitational influence, many health problems arise. Hemor-
rhoids may develop. The veins bloat with blood when chi con-
stantly leaks out through the lower body energy door.
Chang-Chiang: The point lies between the coccyx tip and the
anus. Through this point the power flows up to the head. From the
head energy will radiate forth to the entire body.
At the Chang-Chiang many major nerves terminate. It is never
the beginning of the second main route of electrical energy in the
body known as the Governor Meridian. This route runs from the
Chang-Chiang to the Pai-Hui to the palate of the mouth roof.
Massage the Hui-Yin and Chang-Chiang vigorously with 27 to
81 circular rotations on the point with two thicknesses of folded silk
cloth. Massage with the middle three fingers. The use of silk cloth
helps prevent irritation in these sensitive areas. It also increases
the flow of power by generating electricity.
The massage helps release muscular tension and facilitates
reabsorption of the seminal fluid. It is essential in preventing any
prostrate problems. Most importantly, it stimulates the power flow
up to the Pai-Hui Crown of the head.
BE AWARE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF POWER GENERATED
The power which you have begun to generate with retention of theThe Secrets of Semen Retention 125
seed is enormous. It has the force to crack massive bone. For this
reason the sutures atop the skull of advanced adepts often loosen.
The power can drill through the plates of the skull, increasing
cranial capacity and opening direct access to higher energies.
The practices advocated herein may allow one to regain part
of the prodigious learning and regenerative powers of the child.
The only humans with loose skull sutures are the evolved adept
and the infant. The meditational practices taught in the books and
courses at the Taoist Esoteric Yoga Centers allow one to replicate
another aspect of the child's life processes. They allow one to
direct energy along the passages of electrical respiration used by
the foetus in the womb. The foetus uses energy far more efficiently
than the human being at any other stage in his/her existence.
The vastness of this accomplishment in the womb makes
other works of human creation seem comparatively insignificant.
The meditational process acts to renew the fountains of creative
energy that flowed when we were in metamorphosis from a single
microscopic dot to a quadrillion-celled human being.
After one to three months of practice the beginner at seminal
retention may experience a certain feeling of pressure in the head.
For some this feeling will be very unpleasant; for others, it will be
not only tolerable but rather pleasurable. This feeling of pressure is
the vital power rising to the top of the head with unaccustomed
intensity. It is a sign of progress: the body has far exceeded its
usual capacity of life force.
Those born for the practice of esoteric loving enjoy this life
intensity. This feeling is an early sign of the development of a
super-chemistry of the body. It has been popularized by Hindu-
based yoga teachings in the west as the Kundalini force. With this
chemistry energy normally lost is retained and transformed into
higher states of health and consciousness. A gradual heightening of
this vital force poses no danger to your health. However, if the
power surges too strongly or grows very uncomfortable, it may be
released or vented to other parts of the body. Physical labor, mas-
saging the feet, and a heavy grain or meat diet will also help to
ground this energy.
If you don't wish to perform the venting exercise (see chapter
six) or to advance further on this path at this time you may simply
ejaculate once or twice to release the excess power. Then once
again carefully harbor the seed for superior health and pleasure126 Taoist Secrets Of Love
until the pressure builds to too great a point. Again, you ejaculate if
you wish. Even this practice of ejaculating once or twice every one
to three months will result in a substantial economizing of energies
lost in the ordinary way of life. You can enjoy tremendous advan-
tages if you hold on to the seed regularly in this way without
advancing to higher levels in the practice.
ROTATE SEX ENERGY TO THE HEAD AFTERWARDS
Rotation of the sexual energy upward is a most important practice
after External Locking. The three finger method keeps much of the
power from escaping but it does not, by itself, drive the energy
upward. Thus a special technique has been evolved for this impor-
tant removal of the power.
This method removes sex power from the lower centers to the
reservoirs of power in the head. When the head is charged to
capacity with energy, high quality energy overflows to the entire
frame. The method is similar to Testicle Breathing (chapter 5), with
the difference that there is a reservoir of ching chi amassed during
love-making and held inside the lower trunk of the body. Because
the energy is already removed from the testicles and is warmed
(but in the process of cooling) after love-making, this rotation of
energy to the head is far more potent than Testicle Breathing.
Basic Technique: After intercourse using the External Lock-
ing, wash and massage the Hui-Yin and Chang-Chiang points with
a silken cloth, or your fingers if none is available. Then assume a
lying position on the right side. Draw power from the penis, testes
and Hui-Yin up to the head. The tongue must be pressed against
the palate, as in all exercises where the energy is circulated.
Draw up the power from sexual organs as in the testicle
breathing. Don't use too much force as you inhale the air. Upon
exhalation, fix the power at the highest point to which it has
flowed. Do not let the power fall from its highest point when you
exhale. Then draw up the power anew from the three lower centers
on the next inhalation.
To understand this process, you need only think of filling a
very long straw with water. The bottom of the straw is at your
penis/testicle and the top of the straw is the crown of your head.
The straw is too long to fill with one breath, so you must inhale and
then stop the end while exhaling. Otherwise, the fluid will run out,The Secrets of Semen Retention 127
and you will have to start all over again. Fix the power at the level
to which it has been drawn, then exhale; then inhale the fluid still
higher. You will feel a cool energy (or warm if still sexually
aroused) leave your groin and pass up your spine.
Keep driving the power higher and higher up the spine into the
skull and Pai-Hui. It may take one or two months for the power to
pass the coccyx, but once it passes this difficult bridgehead, it will
leap up to the middle of the back. Then it will jump to the nape of
the neck and from there up to the Pai-Hui.
After some weeks or months of practice (depending on the
individual's body and frequency of practice) the head reservoir will
fill and the power will run down the front of the body with relative
ease. It travels through the point between the brows, then down
through the roof of the mouth to the tongue tip. It continues
through the throat, chest, and navel. Collect the energy at your
navel, when the chi is full in the navel (cauldron) it will overflow to
the sex center and rejuvenate the sex organs, and complete the
circuit at the Hui-Yin.
This technique will