conclusionreachedbyYudkinthatsugar(sucrose)is
dangerousaswellassweet.
Theordinarydiet,with20percentofthefoodenergyfromsucrose,
correspondstoanaverageintakeof125gperday,100poundsperyear.To
cutthisintakeinhalfgreatlyimprovesthehealth,decreasingthechanceof
developingheartdiseaseandotherdiseases,loweringthebloodcholesterol,
andstrengtheningthebody'snaturaldefensemechanisms.
44 CHAPTER6
Youcandecreaseyourintakeofsucrosebyhalfveryeasilybydeveloping
somegoodhabits.
1.Keepawayfromthesugarbowl.Donotaddsugartoyourteaor
coffee.Aroundedteaspoonfulofsugarweighs9g.Eachtimethatyou
refrainfromaddingittoyourcupofcoffeeorteayoudecreaseyour
intakeofsucrosebythatamount.
2.Donoteatpreparedbreakfastcereals(frostedcereals)withadded
sugar.Someofthesecerealsare50percentsugar.Whenyoueata
2-ounceservingyoueat28gofsucrose.Eatsugar-freecereals,andadd
onlyasmallamountofsugar.
3.Donoteatsweetdessertsregularly.AsYudkinhaspointedout,this
doesnotmeanthatwhenyouareaguestyoushouldrefusetoeatthe
dessertyourhostesshasprepared.
4.Donotdrinksoftdrinks(carbonatedbeverages),exceptclubsoda(car-
bonatedwater).Theusual6-ouncebottleorcanofacoladrinkcon-
tains17gofsucrose.Ifyouweretodrinkfourofthemperdayandeat
theordinaryAmericandiet,yoursucroseintakewouldbe155pounds
peryear,and,accordingtoYudkin,youwouldbefifteentimesaslikely
todieofheartdiseaseatanearlyageasifyourestrictedyourintaketo
50poundsperyearbyfollowingtheserules.
Aglassofgingeralecontains14gofsucrose,aglassofcreamsoda17g,
aglassoffruit-flavoredsoda(citrus,cherry,grape,strawberry,TomCol-
linsmix,other)20g,aglassofrootbeer18g,aglassoftonicwater
(quininewater)14g.
Idonotrecommendthedietsodas,inwhichthesucroseisreplacedby
artificialsweeteners,becauseIamworriedaboutthepossibletoxicityof
thesenonorthomolecular substances.ThesoftdrinkthatIrecommendfor
everypersonexceptthoseonalow-sodiumdietisclubsoda,whichcontains
nosucrose.Ialsorecommendwater.
Ifyoukeepyourintakeofsugardown,vitaminCcansupplytherestof
yourinsuranceagainsthighcholesterolconcentration inyourbloodstream.
AsIexplaininChapter18,wherewereturntothesubjectofheartdisease,
vitaminCisinvolvedinthebiochemistryofthesynthesisanddestructionof
cholesterolinourbodies.
II
THENEWNUTRITION
7
HowVitaminsWereDiscovered
Scurvy,beriberi,pellagra,perniciousanemia,andricketsarediseasesthat
overpastmillenniacausedatremendousamountofsufferingandmillions
ofdeaths.Weknowtodaythateachofthesediseasesistheresultofa
deficiencyintheamountofanimportantkindofmoleculeintheorgans
andtissuesofthebody.Scurvyresultsfromaninsufficientsupplyofvita-
minC;beriberi,fromaninsufficientsupplyofvitaminB,(thiamine);pel-
lagra,fromaninsufficientsupplyofvitaminB3(niacin).Perniciousanemia
resultsfromaninsufficientamountofvitaminB12(cobalamin)intheblood,
causedbythefailureofthepatienttosynthesizeasubstancethatcarriesthe
vitaminacrosstheintestinalwall.Rickets(defectivebonegrowth)iscaused
byalackofvitaminDinthedietorbyinsufficientexposureoftheskinto
sunlight.Thisknowledge,whichhasbeenobtainedonlyduringthelastone
hundredyears,hasledtonearlycompletecontrolofthediseasesinthe
developedcountriesandtogreatimprovement inthegeneralhealthoftheir
populations.
Scurvyhasbeenknownforcenturies,butitwasnotuntil1911thatits
causewasclearlyrecognizedtobeadietarydeficiency.Untilthe1880sthe
diseasewascommonamongsailorsonboardshipstakinglongvoyages.It
alsofrequentlybrokeoutamongsoldiersinanarmyoncampaign,incom-
munitiesintimesofscarcityoffood,incitiesundersiege,andinprisons
48 CHAPTER7
andworkhouses.ScurvyplaguedtheCaliforniagoldminers140yearsago
andtheAlaskangoldminers90yearsago.
Theonsetofscurvyismarkedbyafailureofstrength,bydepression,
restlessness,andrapidexhaustiononmakinganeffort.Theskinbecomes
sallowordusky.Thepatientcomplainsofpaininthemuscles.Heis
mentallydepressed.Laterhisfacelookshaggard.Hisgumsulcerate,his
teethdropout,andhisbreathisfetid.Hemorrhagesoflargesizepenetrate
themusclesandothertissues,givinghimtheappearanceofbeingexten-
sivelybruised.Thelaterstagesofthediseasearemarkedbyprofound
exhaustion,diarrhea,andpulmonaryandkidneytroubles,leadingtodeath.
Theravagesofscurvyamongtheearlyseavoyagerswereterrible.Ona
longvoyagethesailorslivedlargelyonbiscuits,saltbeef,andsaltpork,
whichcontainverylittlevitaminC.Between9July1497and30May
1498thePortuguesenavigatorVascodaGamamadethevoyageofdiscov-
eryofthesearoutearoundAfricatoIndia,sailingfromLisbontoCalicut.
Duringthisvoyage100ofhiscrewof160diedofscurvy.Intheyear1577
aSpanishgalleonwasfoundadriftintheSargassoSea,witheveryoneon
boarddeadofscurvy.Latein1740theBritishadmiralGeorgeAnsonset
outwithasquadronofsixshipsmannedby961sailors.ByJune1741,
whenhereachedtheislandofJuanFernandez,thenumberofsailorshad
decreasedto335,morethanhalfofhismenhavingdiedofscurvy.The
conquerorofMexico,HernandoCortes,discoveredBajaCaliforniain1536
buthadtoturnbackbeforediscoveringCaliforniaitselfbecausehissailors
weredyingofscurvy.
Theideathatscurvycouldbepreventedbyaproperdietdevelopedonly
slowly.In1536theFrenchexplorerJacquesCartierdiscoveredtheSt.
LawrenceRiverandsailedupstreamtothesiteofthepresentcityof
Quebec,whereheandhismenspentthewinter.Twenty-fiveofthemen
diedofscurvy,andmanyotherswereverysick.AfriendlyIndianadvised
themtodrinkteamadeoftheleavesandbarkofthearborvitaetree,Thuja
occidentalis.Thetreatmentwasbeneficial.Theleavesorneedlesofthis
treewerelatershowntocontainabout50milligramsofvitaminCper100
grams.
Thesixteenth-century EnglishadmiralSirJohnHawkinsfoundthaton
averylongvoyagethecrewsufferedfromscurvyinproportiontothe
lengthoftimetheywererestrictedtodryfoods.Theyrecoveredrapidlyas
soonastheyhadaccesstoasupplyofsucculentplants,includingcitrus
fruits.
Sincefreshfruitsandvegetablesareobviouslythemostdifficultofall
suppliestomaintainonshipboard,effortsweremadetofindasubstitute
capableofmarinetransport.
In1747,whileintheBritishnavalservice,theScottishphysicianJames
Lindcarriedoutanow-famousexperimentwithtwelvepatientsseverelyill
HOWVITAMINSWEREDISCOVERED 49
withscurvy.Heplacedthemallonthesamediet,exceptforoneitem,one
oranotherofthereputedremediesthathewastesting.Toeachoftwo
patientshegavetwoorangesandonelemonperday;totwoothers,cider;to
theothers,dilutesulfuricacid,orvinegar,orseawater,oramixtureof
drugs.Attheendofsixdaysthetwowhohadreceivedthecitrusfruits
werewell,whereastheothertenremained ill.Lindcarriedoutfurther
studies,whichhelaterdescribedinhisbookATreatiseonScurvy(1753).
The


 the baby did not survive. Out he came, the
smallest thing I had ever seen, not more than eight inches long with
legs and arms as thin as a dime. The specialists examined him
briefly, but they knew he would not live more than a few minutes.
They gently handed him to his mother, where she shared a precious
moment with him before he quietly passed in her arms.
However, the remarkable thing is that, despite the outcome
(which many would consider to be negative, and certainly a “failure”
by any medica l standard), the healing  that took place in that room
was both breathtaking and transformative. It was unlike anything I
had ever seen in my life!
These specialists are the only two doctors I have seen let down
their walls and cry with a patient. They shared in the sadness of the
moment and, although they did nothing to change the outcome,
simply their presence and their way of being was healing. I know it
was healing! For it created an environment for that mother and for
that family where, despite the tragic nature of what occu rred, they
felt like they were not alone. And they felt like their experience was, Ithink to some degree, healed... or at least faster on the road to
being healed.
However, I have never seen this sort of “holistic approach” to
healing include d in our medic al training. I have observed it from time
to time—and I have huge admiration for those physicians who take
their work to that metaphysical level —but I would absolutely say that
it is something they do of their own accord.

NEALE: Do you think there’ s a place for it, or do you think that there
should be— I should restate that question—do you think there should
be, and would you recommend that there absolutely be, a place in
modern medica l training, in preparing a person to be a physician, for
metaphysical knowledge and practices?

DR. COOPER: Personally, I absolutely think that there should be a
place for it in the medical profession and in medical school training.
And I can’t even count the number of patients who would agree with
me!
I say that beca use so many people have been dissatisfied with
their experie nce in the healthcare system—and, perhaps
surprisingly, the largest number of “complaints” are not about the
medical treatments themselves, but rather about the lack of mental,
emotional, and spiritual care that accompanies them. I could be
wrong about this, but it has certainly been my observation.
So yes, in answer to your question, I absolutely think there is a
place for what we could loosely call spirituality  in modern medical
schools. And there are a few reasons I think this.First of all, the current medical model is based much more on
quantity of life rather than quality of life. But I think what people are
really interested in—what’ s at the heart of the matter, so to speak—is
healing their quality of life. In other words, of having an experience
here on the planet that is truly fulfilling.  Which makes perfect sense
when you think about it. I mean, the whole reason that people are
showing up at your retreats is because their experience of life is not
fulfilling, whether they have a medical condition or not.
And so I think every single profession, medicine included,
should prioritize bringing forth that spiritual and metaphysical aspect,
which taps us back into the real reason we’re here. What’ s the point
of staying alive, of preserving life, if we’re not going to do it in a way
that is fulfilling?  I think all too many patients are discharged from the
hospital in a state that is so-called “cured,” but is really lacking in the
patient’ s own fulfillment.  I would  be hard-pressed to call that a “cure”
when it comes to the real reason that we’re here on Earth.

NEALE: But the challenge in the medical profession is that if we
bring metaphy sics into the physics of medicine, we are stymied,
because the question becomes: which metaphysical model, which
belief system, which spiritual thought system, should prevail, should
be taught, in a medical school?
Do we declare  that a thing that’s called God exists? Or, do we
use a reduction ist approach and simply say, “Let’s not call it God, but
let’s all acknowledge at least from a scientific point of view that
there’ s such a thing as energy in the Universe... that All of Life is
made up of energy, and that this energy can be manip ulated and
focused with predictable and consistent results?”If we believe that, should we have a course in medical school
that teaches how we can focus this universal energy that we call Life
with predictable and consistent results? Should we have courses in
our medical schools about how those results can be created and
tabulated and measured and turned into some equally predictable
outcome, as we do with how we measure other outcomes in the
medical field?
This raises just a bazillion interesting questions about how you
would insert metaphysics into medical training, and the inability to
answer those questions is no doubt why it hasn’t become part of
medical training.
So ironically enough, membe rs of one of the most critical and
crucial occupations on the Earth—the occupation of those  who keep
us alive, and those who heal our most challenging physical
conditions—are not receiving any training whatsoever in the one
area of human expression that could be the most powerful single
area af fecting their physical and mental condition.

DR. COOPER: It is ironic.  Gosh, when you put it that way—but yes,
it makes total sense, for it would indeed create incessant controversy
as to which religion or spirituality to pick, which God to honor, and
how (if at all) to incorporate the soul into the practice of medicine.
This would make it exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, for
people to come up with a curriculum, or a “gold standard” of practice,
upon which everyone could agree. So it is completely
understandable why the medical profession, to date, has avoided
and in fact discouraged any overlap with spirituality or religion of any
kind.Yet I do not think the situation is hopeless.
To the contrary, I feel very hopeful that we could, in fact, include
God in the medical school curriculum. And I would suggest it is
simpler than we might think, and that we do not have to “choose one
way to do it.” I think there could in fact be many ways, tailored to
each individual person and to each particular setting. And we could
create a set of principles rather than requirements, to allow people
the freedom to bring God forth in whatever way best serves the
moment and the people involved.
You know, Neale, a thought just came to my mind. It would be
wonderful if we could just encourage among physicians the
willingness to ask the Four Fundamental Questions of Life... those
questions we touched upon at the very start of this book: Who am I?
Where am I? Why am I where I am? What do I intend to do about
that?
Which is, essentially, to ask ourselves, why am I in the space?
I will never forget when I was telling you about my struggl es as
a medic al student, and you stopped me in my tracks to gently say:
Brit, consider the reason you’re in the space.  And even if we just
encouraged everyone to answ er that question for themselves, I think
it would make a world of difference. I mean, imagine if every single
doctor reflected for a moment or two before walking into the patient’ s
room, and really asked themselves, “What am I doing here? Am I
getting though  as many patie nts as I can as fast as I can to get the
highest paycheck in the least amount of time? Perhaps. Or, is it
possible that I am here to serve a spiritual agenda, both for myself in
terms of how I show up, as well as for my patient? If so, how might
that look?”I vividly remember when you asked me that question. I was
totally caught off guard. Never before had I heard anyone consider a
medical encounter from that point of view. And it changed my whole
reason for going into the room! I thought, “Yeah, you know what, I am
here to serve a spiritual agenda.” And whatever I happened to decide
in that moment was my “agenda,” it almost didn’t matter, for it was
more about the elevated consciousness, and the heightened state of
being, that surrounded that decision.
I became very clear that my reason for showing up in the room
involved a metaphysical aspect, and that simple acknowledgement
changed everything.

NEALE: I’m here for a reaso n that transcends the physicality of the
moment.
I am here for a reason that transcends the physicality of the
moment!

DR. COOPER: I like that sentence!

NEALE: Yes, and it drives directly to the question, What is the
purpose of Life itself? And what is the purpose of this moment,
interior to that larger agenda?Chapter Eight

A LOOK TO OUR FUTURE:
Healing Humanity’s Experience of Itself

DR. COOPER: I think it is time we take a look at our future—and not
only the future of medical science but, perhaps most importantly, the
future of humanity.
I would like to start


 needs. If one person needs to consume a greater number  of calories than another person, it simply means that they
must eat a greater quantity of food, not completely different foods.
In case the above is not enough of a contradiction to try to puzzle out, work on thi s one: It has been repeatedly asserted that
most people would experience the greatest levels of health using a diet  that is composed primarily of fats. This assertion is based on
the assumption that most people are fast metabolizers, a premise that ca nnot be true. Whenever we work with large numbers, the
law of averages comes into play. Using the law of averages, a “normal ” or “bell” curve is always formed. In the bell curve, only
about 5 to 10% of the people would truly be classed as fast metabolizers, 5 to 10% would be sl ow metabolizers, and the rest,
roughly 80%, would fall somewhere in the middle. These would be average meta bolizers, not slow and not fast.
Do not be misled by metabolism (or oxidation) mumbo jumbo. Track your fat intake on an y given day and see for yourself just
exactly what percentage of your calories it comprises. Once you do, you wil l understand why so many raw fooders are having
problems. High fat is also the reason that most scientific studies of ra w fooders draw negative conclusions. Is it any wonder that
people have trouble staying healthy on their high-fat raw regimens, or that they find cooked carbohydrates so alluring?
Those who convince unsuspecting new raw fooders to steer clear of fruit  and gorge on fat do succeed in accomplishing one
goal; the creation of nutritional inadequacies. This opens the door for sel ling us nutritional supplements in a vain attempt to
compensate for the very deficiencies that result from consuming a h igh-fat raw diet. Of course, most newcomers want to learn and
are prone to following the advice they are given.

Can I thrive on only raw foods?
No essential nutrient exists in meat, grains, legumes, or dairy tha t is not also available in fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds—
and in a form that is easier to digest. Indeed, many vital nutrients, suc h as soluble fibers and the thousands of phytonutrients, can only
be garnered from plants. Fruits, vegetables, and leafy greens not only con tain sustainable amounts of carbohydrates, protein, and fat,
they also contain them in the percentages, ratios, and forms that are opt imum for human health.
People thrive on the raw diet, often telling others how it has improved the ir health and their lives. When people integrate a
proper raw diet with other healthful living practices, they rarely, i f ever, develop weight-control problems or chronic (or even short-
term) illnesses. Health becomes a fact of life.
For millions of years, most humans, and their ancestors, lived a gathere r lifestyle in a tropical environment where large amounts
of easy-to-pick fruit were readily available to meet their nutrition al needs. The human diet was likely entirely plant based and eaten
without the application of fire or heat. Accordingly, the human digesti ve and eliminative tracts developed to process raw fruits and
vegetables for fuel and growth. We are biologically designed to obtain our nu trition from uncooked fruits and vegetables.
Only within the last 10,000 years has cereal agriculture allowed huma ns to trade their frugivorous diets for cooked grain-
based fare. 83  People’s bodies remained the same, but the food they chose to eat beg an to vary for the worse. The human body has
not had sufficient time, evolutionarily speaking, to alter its digesti ve system to meet this fundamental dietary change. The likelihood of
doing so is slim at best, as heated foods are of lower nutritional quality, and c ooking introduces toxic elements. Hence, the
adaptation would be a downward one, and would be technically considered a devolution.

Will eating raw make me healthy?
A proper raw diet will result in improved health, but I must emphasize tha t the body, not food, creates health. Food does not
build; the body builds. Food does not cleanse; the body cleanses. Good health, after al l, is the result of a healthy lifestyle.
The raw diet is but one component of healthful living. Adequate rest and s leep, regular, vigorous physical activity, plenty of
fresh air, sunlight, a positive outlook on life, and many other factors are a lso essential to creating good health.

Why didn’t the 80/10/10 diet work for me? People come to me at times having tried this method of eating unsuccess fully. Upon examination, I have found almost
invariably that they were not actually doing what I recommend. As I t ruly desire to see people succeed, I want to mention here
several key factors that people often overlook when adopting the 80/10/10  lifestyle.
You are not following 80/10/10 if:

Less than 2% of your total calories come from vegetables and leafy green s. For true health, I recommend consuming 2 to 6%
of calories from leafy greens. For 4% of your calories to come from vegetable s on a 2000-calorie diet, you would have to eat
roughly a pound of greens per day.
Your caloric intake is insufficient to maintain your desired body weigh t.
You burn less than 40% of your total calories through physical activity ( at least 800 calories per day if you average 2,000
calories).
Y our habitual sleep pattern doesn’t meet your body’s needs.
You eat all day long rather than one to four meals a day.
You lack emotional poise (your lifestyle is sufficiently stressful  to cause your system ongoing adrenal exertion).
You expose your fully (or substantially) unclothed skin to moderate sunli ght less than 30 minutes per day. (Our bodies require
approximately 15 minutes of sunlight exposure per day to produce sufficient  vitamin D. I would consider 30 minutes a day a
healthful minimum… remember, our species wasn’t designed to live i ndoors.)

Why do people “fail” on the raw diet?
The most common reason for lack of success with the raw diet is the overal l poor health of the new raw fooders who
unknowingly obtains most of his or her daily calories from raw fat sources. This occurs even as they eat what they consider a
tremendous amount of vegetables, because vegetables contain so few cal ories.
The components of fatty foods are not a match for human nutritional needs. E ating a high-fat diet paves the way to a wide
variety of health issues that have their basis in nutritional in sufficiency.
Eating sweet-fruit carbohydrates in insufficient volume to produce  a feeling of satiation results predictably in carbohydrate
cravings and disordered eating behaviors. Almost every raw fooders who goe s back to eating cooked foods find himself eating
cooked carbohydrates—bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, corn, lentils, and bean s—time and again, until they figure out that they simply
are not eating anywhere near enough fruit. If they don’t go back to cooked s tarches (and the fats that make them taste good), they
are generally driven to eating concentrated and refined carbohydrate s such as candy, chocolate, alcohol, pastries, cookies, or dried
fruits. This same scenario—caused by underconsuming the whole- food simple sugars in fruit—is equally true for people on the
cooked standard American diet who find themselves suffering from crav ings and disordered eating.
The other significant reason that people fail on the raw diet is emotion al. Here, I discuss two common variants on the
“emotional eating” theme. The first involves using food to suppress our  ability to feel. The second involves using food to evoke
certain feelings.
Let’s take the “numbing out” scenario first. Cooked food does not really comfor t us, as we are led to believe, but it certainly
does numb us from feeling. Rather than making us feel good, it inhibits our a bility to fully feel anything at all.
Unconsciously, we have learned to push down our emotions with heavy foods tha t require too much nerve energy to allow for
both digestion and intense emoting to occur simultaneously. W e are not just imagining things: this process of “numbing out” is very
real, in a physiological sense. With the exception of strenuous physica l activity, the two most energy-expensive tasks our bodies
commonly undertake are breaking down foods in combinations that have a high di gestive demand and processing intense emotions.
In general, we must do one or the other.
We have all had the experience of completely losing our appetite because  of an intense emotional upset. This occurs when the
emotional component edges out the digestive task. Conversely, when digest ion takes priority (which occurs almost every time we
eat heavily), we experience an emotional numbing, a lack of feeling. In  a world full of emotional pain and physical discomfort,
numbness can easily be misinterpreted as comfort.
This might occur when a person gets into an argument and then drowns hi mself in a pint of ice cream because he is so filled
with anger and frustration. A raw fooders in the same scenario may tu rn instead to nuts and dried fruits, but in both cases what really
needs to happen is to bring out and accept these emotions.
As one light


 a lot of essential oils, sprinkling them around my house to make it smell nice and also dabbing on my skin and sometimes just even smelling the oils from the bottle.  I have fantastic organic blends which work instantly to help the body relax and I would feel the beneﬁt right away.  I used pure peppermint oil if I was feeling nauseous and lavender oil to relax.  During my long fast, someone gave me spikenard oil, which is rumored to be the oil that Mary Magdalene used to anoint the feet of Jesus.  It was often used in ancient Egyptian and Jewish cultures.  It’s recommended to rub a small drop on the forehead in the area of the third eye before going into meditation or sleep, and I can tell you that, wow, it’s powerful!CRYSTALSIf anyone knows me, they know I love my crystals!  Having been a Crystal Healing Practitioner gave me the opportunity to work with many different vibrations and energies of stones and of course, I have a house full of them.  During fasting especially, we are much more sensitive to these subtle energies.  I usually always have crystals in my hands, in my bed at night and on my body while lying down whenever I am cleansing or fasting.  I can’t give too many secrets away and tell you exactly which ones, but what I can say is feel free to explore the idea of using crystal energy to enhance the power of your healing.Preparation For a Water Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!21Chapter 3Warnings when Water FastingWater fasting is a powerful and intense experience.  When done properly, you can have amazing results.  It takes a strong-willed individual to be able to successfully do a water fast.  The following are some important things to watch out for during your program.POTASSIUM WARNING2 years ago I experienced low potassium levels during my ﬁrst 3-day water fast, and luckily knew to immediately stop.  This is what happened:‘I decided to start with a 3-day water fast.  I had already prepared beforehand by doing a 7-day intestinal cleanse and I was ready to take it to the next level.  The ﬁrst day seemed to go ok besides some weakness and fatigue.  On the second day, I started to get muscle cramps and they got progressively worse rather quickly.  My whole body seemed to seize up in cramps but especially so in my legs.  By the third day, the cramps were so bad that I had trouble standing up, yet alone walking.  The pain in my legs was like nothing I have ever felt before.  I also had the distinct feeling that something was seriously wrong.  Then it hit me: potassium.  I knew in that moment that I was suffering from signiﬁcant potassium deﬁciency and I knew I had to break the fast.  I immediately had some coconut water and within just a few minutes, the pain diminished.  I then went out and bought some fresh papaya and ate small amounts at a time.  By that evening, I was completely back to normal with no pain or cramping whatsoever.I learned a lot from that experience.  I spent a lot of time afterwards trying to replenish my mineral and vitamin reserves as much as possible.  I added more dark leafy greens to my diet and made even more effort to have variety in my fruits and vegetables.’If you start to get extreme muscle cramps, to the point where you have trouble standing and feel like you are going to collapse, you could be suffering from a lack of potassium.  You may also feel quite distinctly that something is very wrong.  If this happens, listen to your body – it is trying to warn you!I don’t want to scare anyone about this.  Don’t be alarmed if you feel minor cramping in your calves or arms while fasting.  Minor muscle cramps are normal.  In that case, just rest and drink more water.  But if the cramps turn severe, then you should seriously think about breaking the fast and taking some juice or liquid minerals right away.  If you quickly start to feel better, you will know that your body needed potassium.Signs of potassium deﬁciency include: muscle cramps, muscle fatigue and weakness, irregular heartbeat, general fatigue, mental confusion and irritability.  If you experience this, immediately drink a few tablespoons of raw apple cider vinegar in water.  Apple cider vinegar is an excellent source Warnings When Water Fasting
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!23of potassium and because it is in liquid form, it is very easily and quickly absorbed.MAGNESIUM WARNINGSigns of magnesium deﬁciency tend to be more subtle than signs of potassium deﬁciency and can include: leg cramps, muscle pain and twitches, migraine headaches and insomnia. The symptoms of magnesium deﬁciency tend to be not nearly as severe or as sudden as a fast drop in potassium levels. Additionally, many of the same symptoms of magnesium deﬁciency will be routinely experienced during water fasting, especially headaches and insomnia. For that reason, it might be difﬁcult to know for sure if you are experiencing actual magnesium deﬁciency or a simple cleansing reaction. The good news is that magnesium can be absorbed directly through the skin via magnesium oil spray or by taking Epsom salt baths (magnesium sulfate). If your minor leg cramping is caused by a lack of magnesium, a simple Epsom salt bath should do the trick. Before you start your water fast, buy a few bags of Epsom salts at your local supermarket or pharmacy. Plan to take an Epsom salt bath using 1-2 cups of Epsom salts for the ﬁrst several days of your fast. This can help reduce any minor leg cramping and can also help rebuild magnesium levels for the later stages of your fast. TASTE OF HEAVY METALSWarnings When Water Fasting
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!24If you start to experience the taste of metal in your mouth during your fast and it doesn’t go away, you could be detoxifying heavy metals from your body.  It’s not a good idea to continue with only water if this occurs.  Instead, break the fast and consider doing some natural heavy metal detoxing before you consider trying another water fast.PHYSICAL CLEANSING REACTIONSThere are many cleansing reactions that one can experience during their fast.  The most typical ones would include headaches, fatigue, nausea, minor aches and pains, blurred vision, skin rashes or eruptions and trouble sleeping.  For headaches, you may want to try an organic coffee enema or breathe in pure peppermint essential oil.   Otherwise, just be gentle and patient with your body – rest as much as you possibly can and be grateful to know that your body is ﬁnally strong enough to start eliminating excess toxic waste.  If you start to have extreme reactions, it could mean that you did not prepare your body for the fast properly with good intestinal cleansing and healthy eating.  You may want to stop, spend more time on your ‘pre-fast’ and then start again.Warnings When Water Fasting
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!25EMOTIONAL CLEANSING REACTIONS 1.5 years ago during my 10-day water fast, I experienced a lot of negative emotions including sadness, guilt, depression and anger.   This is what happened to me:‘At one stage during the water fast, I had a misunderstanding with a friend which unfortunately led this person to actually end the friendship!  Of course there were events in our friendship that led up to that point but I was completely shocked and devastated.  Believe me when I say the best and worst can come out of you during a water fast – if you have loved ones that don’t understand this then it’s important to distance yourself from them during that time!As a result of this incident, I spent a few days of my fast feeling depressed and guilty and full of negative emotions about myself – the worst vibrations to have in your body for healing!  I also knew that somehow the whole situation must have happened to allow me the opportunity to cleanse myself of these bad feelings.  A blessing in disguise!  It took a lot of mental strength not to break the fast during that time but I stayed true to my goal and surrendered to the situation and to my feelings, just allowing myself to be present in my emotions. Finally I started to feel better and by about the 5th day of pure water, I really started to feel good. Warnings When Water Fasting
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!26Then, I had a wave of anger come out after about day 6.  I felt angry at everything in the world – everything I tried to do went wrong – something would fall behind the fridge or I would drop and break something or my credit card wouldn’t work online and I wanted to scream!  I knew that my liver was doing some serious cleansing.  Anger is an emotion that has a history in my family and I know it is an old energy that runs deep.  I never experienced it so profoundly in any cleanse before.  Experiencing negative emotions can be a powerful part of cleansing for sure.Eventually I seemed to come into balance and by day 8 of pure water I felt good, in balance and at peace once again.’Usually these types of negative emotions arise more when the liver is cleansing, so take it as a good sign.  Your body is pulling these deep-rooted energies out of the cells and is ﬁnally releasing them once and for all.  If you want, you can say mantras to yourself such


15 minutes. At the same time
experience a slowdown of all processes of life, as
occurs in animals during hibernation. have buried alive
Yogi heart stops, and drops the frequency and strength
heart rate. One more, one might say, unbelievable
experiment was carried out in the suburbs of the capital of India Delhi - Model Town.
Yogi Swami Satiamurtri - quite an elderly man with grizzled
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48beard - sat down to dig a pit the size of 2,5 x 2,5 m, the bottom
which was strewn with hay. There he adopted the pose grease (position
"Lotus") and performed a religious rite. After this, the feet and chest
Yoga attached electrodes. Dr. Iogesh Chandra Mathur, Specialist
for heart disease, has spent the last preparations, the yogi remained
one in the pit and its cover. Top cap stamped
15-cm layer of soil. After 7 days, "tomb" revealed
and found Satiamurtri a state of torpor in the original
it adopted a pose. His wife began to massage my head first
and upper body yoga heated olive oil. Soon he
came to his senses. After a while he drank a glass of milk and ate
little fruit. It took 8 hours, during which Yogi took several
warm baths, and looked fresh and felt good, but thinner
5 kg. Dr. Mathur, a witness, "burial" yoga, together with
its employees around the clock controlled equipment,
connected to electrodes attached to the body Satiamurtri.
All data is carefully recorded throughout the experiment.
Tapped and a heart murmur yoga for all seven days. Here
Dr. Mathur said that: "We have long had to wait almost forty
hours until the yogi fell into this state. During the previous experience
He succeeded only after 5 days. After this started to happen
strange phenomena, registered equipment: body temperature
decreased to 34,8 ° C, the resistance of the skin, usually fluctuating
between 3 and 8 thousand ohms, a few hours jumped sharply and exceeded
sensitivity of our apparatus, which measures the resistance
up to 2 million ohms. When the yogi fell into a state of samadhi, the resistance
in the skin decreased to normal levels. at the end of the second hour
have declined sharply yoga breathing movements. Heartbeat
first increased, then slowed down. " subsequently began
palpitations - up to 250 beats per minute (as in fast
running). Then came a short period of violation of
heart, yet not unexpectedly signaled cardiograph: Yogi
stopped the heart-his heart did not work! I do not focus it?
Dr. Mathur is categorical: Yogi in no case could not turn off
electrodes and "cheat" a very sensitive microphone,
mounted in his tomb. " In addition, the audit showed
that no one of the electrodes do not touch anybody. Through
5 h after the onset of samadhi all body functions,
except for central nervous system functions have stopped. 5 days
consecutive ECG have been no cardiac activity.
How can I explain all this? According to Dr. Mathura, some yoga
have the ability to reduce heart almost stopped,
significantly reduce other biological functions
body and live for several days without breathing and circulation.
Dr. Mathura compares it with their state of hibernation
in some reptiles, amphibians and mammals.
According to the famous fakir Yves Yvon, allowing its
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49buried in the ground alive, an explanation of this mystery is
as follows: "I clamp the carotid artery, and feel that
lose consciousness. I fell in poluletargiyu, pulse, I almost did not
palpable, breathing nearly stops. Only thus can
survive under the ground and not to suffocate. " However, after one such
Session heartbeat had reached 250 beats per minute, and doctors
warned him that the next session might be for him
fatally, after which the fakir ceased its operations.
Meanwhile, the interesting fact that yoga is not clamped his carotid
artery and use a different physiological method - gradually
slow rhythm of breathing and increase the pause between breathing
movements. Such an experience shared old yogi who looked
as a 20-year-old boy. He visited the Soviet Union and explained how
he managed to retain youthful looks: in his words, he
lives only in the afternoon. At night, it reduces the frequency of breaths
10 times and thus lives only an hour instead of ten. "
Combining breathing exercises with fixed postures
and a system of self-hypnosis, yogis, probably able to reduce
consumption of oxygen and move to a level
life in which outward signs of life disappear.
But yoga is not only able to "die and be resurrected." Here's how the doctor-
traveler Harry Wright in his book "Witness witchcraft"
(1971) describes practiced by some African priests
rite of resurrection fallen into anabiotic state "witch":
"On the ground lay a healthy young men taller than 6 feet (1
foot equals 0.3048 meters), with a broad chest and strong arms. I got so
to enclose it with his body, and quick movement raised his
ever, to test the response of pupils according to the method Argila-Robinson.
Reaction was not. Also tried to find his pulse. Pulse was not.
I have not found and signs that he is working heart... Us
surrounded by a group of thirty people. Low voices, they sang
some rhythmic song. It was something between a howl
and growl. They sang a faster and more high voice. As
if the dead had to hear these sounds. What it turned out
my surprise when, exactly what happened - the "dead" suddenly
ran his hand over his chest and tried to turn around. Cries surrounding the
its people have merged into a loud scream. The thunder of drums became more
furious. in the end lying on the ground is still turned
tucked under her legs and slowly began to crawl. His eyes, a few
minutes ago, did not react to light now were wide open
and directed at us. Apparently, this young man with
self-hypnosis has developed in the cortex of his brain controlling
point to specific musical rhythm. and nothing else except
these musical rhythms, could not revive him. " Of course,
science is still at the beginning of the study of phenomena of this kind, but
In many countries, carries out scientific surveys of yogis, who have fallen
a state of suspended animation.
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50Currently, besides doctors and physiologists, methods vpadaniya
interested in a state of suspended animation, and experts in the field
space biology. This is one of the favorite topics of writers
sci.
But how could an ordinary person or a cosmonaut, not a yogi,
in fact, fall into a state of suspended animation? Back in 1901 Professor
Bakhmetiev in his article "The recipe on how to survive until the XXI Century"
described in detail how the transition takes place in a state of suspended animation
in higher animals: "The first warm-blooded animal must
turn into a beast with the changing temperature of blood that
achieved with anesthesia... This is necessary in order to
mammalian respiration could proceed as in frogs,
insects, etc., ie, when the temperature is lowered, it would have faltered.
Otherwise, the animal will be in vain to lose strength against the cold
and it will drain it prematurely. After anesthesia the animal must
make a cold air bath, the temperature which should
gradually decrease with a special controller.
Now fairly well known that general anesthesia and
pharmacological agents can lead only to
in short-term partial state of suspended animation, which was
use in surgical practice. Prolonged suspended animation (in
for months or years) requires fundamentally different
solutions - to the conclusion reached by the Soviet academician VV Parin.
Soviet scientists, NA Aghajanian and AJ Katkov argue that
instead of the anesthesia breathing can be slowed, if a person learns
manage their respiratory movements. When a person begins
train, slowing down the breathing movements, it will gradually
accustom your body tissues to increase in carbon
gas. Excess carbon dioxide cools the body by lowering
metabolism in tissues - the main source of heat,
suppresses the central nervous system and reduces the sensitivity
organism to a variety of stimuli, including to
cold. That is why the body, enriched with carbon dioxide gas can
further cooled and reach the state of suspended animation. By
According to these two Soviet scientists, the concept vpadaniya
a state of suspended animation looks like this: breathing exercises
- Increasing the carbon dioxide content in the body - general
cooling the body. From breathing exercises depends on adaptability
organism not only to large quantities of carbon dioxide
but also to the lack of oxygen in the tissues. Such adaptability
body can prevent irreversible phenomena, which
might arise during cooling of the body. Now the methods of yogis,
fluent in a way falling into the state of suspended animation,
have been the object of extensive research. This is useful
not only for science but also for health and longevity of man.
It is very likely that this method will find application in space
Biology of future space missions to distant planets.
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51Maybe close to the time when the words come true Tsiolkovsky


ivestrategies.Thefoundingofuniversitiesandinstitutes,
whichhadapreventivecharacter,waslimitedintwoways.First,
itoftenrepresentedanindividualactiononthepartofa
particularrichmanorwomanwhofoundedtheinstitutionto
reflectapersonalperspectiveofwhatwasneeded.Whilesomeof
themsecuredthehelpofvisionaryuniversitypresidents,these
institutionsoftenreflectedtoostronglythepersonalitiesand
idiosyncraticviewsoftheirfounders.Onlywhengovernance fell
totheinstitution'strusteesdiditcometoreflectabroader
perspectivewithinthebenefactor's class.Thus,thetrusteeswho
implementedJohnsHopkins'bequestforthefoundingofauni-
versitywereabletodowhattheycollectivelybelievedworth-
whilebecausetheirbroadcharterleftthemfreeofdetailed
instructionsfromthedeceasedbenefactorwhiletheendowment
meanttheyhad"noneedofobeyingtheinjunctionsofany
legislature,thebeliefsofanyreligiousbody,ortheclamorsofany
press."^°Mostbenefactors,especiallythosewhofoundedtheir
institutionswhileonthissideoftheirgraves,heldcloserreignson
policiesandpersonnel.
ThesecondHmitationontheusefulnessoftheuniversity
movementamongthewealthywasoneofscale.Mostofthe
foundershadfortunesbigenoughtocreateonlyoneinstitution,
andthosewhohadthewealthtodomoreneverthelessconcen-
tratedtheirenergiesandtheirmoneyinoneplace.Thustheir
directinfluencewouldcomefromonlyoneplace,andtheir
indirectinfluencewouldbeonlyasamodel.Thesewereoften
powerfulforces.VanRensselaer's instituteclaimed,bythe
middleofthenineteenthcentury,thatithadproducedamajority
ofthecountry'sengineersandnaturalists.Andtheclassof
wealthyuniversityfounderswassmallandofteninfluencedeach
other:EzraCornell'snewuniversityatIthacawasadmiredby
LelandStanford,andStanford'screationinCaliforniagreatly
impressedJonasClarkandhisplansforMassachusetts.^'These
exceptionsnotwithstanding, thegenerallimitationsofindividual-
ismandnarrownessofresourcesreducedtheutilityofuniversity
buildingforcorporatecapitalism.
Theaccoladesthese"goodworks"generateddidn'tmeanthat
30I''WholesalePhilanthropy"
philanthropycouldnotbedonebetter.Andcertainlythecap-
italistimpulsetobelieveinperfectability intheorganizationof
anyenterpriseencouragedmanyphilanthropists tolookforerrors
andseekabetterway.Theobviousconstraintsofameliorative
socialinterventionprogramsdrewmostofthecriticism.But
whilethecreate-a-schoolmovementwasnotcriticizedexplicitly,
asuccessorwassoonseenonthehorizon.Atbesttheuniver-
sitieswereproductivemodelsofcapitalistrationalityandtech-
nicalmodernnessinanuntamed,competitivemarketplaceof
seeminglyincompetenteducationalinstitutions.Notsurprisingly,
itwasthephilanthropiescreatedbythekingsofoilandsteel
thatstartedAmericanschoolingdownthesameroadtovertical
organizationandcentralizedcontrolthattheyhadcreatedin
theirownindustries.
CARNEGIE'S"GOSPELOFWEALTH"
ThegrowingfortunesoftheCarnegiesandRockefellers in
thiscountrymadethemprominentsymbolsofthesuccessaswell
astheinequitiesofindustrialcapitaHsm. Itwasthisweighty
responsibilitythatledAndrewCarnegietoexplaintheproblems
associatedwithgreatwealthandtolayouttheresponsibilities
thatcamewithitspossession.Inaninfluentialtwo-partessay
entitled"Wealth,"publishedintheNorthAmericanReviewin
1889,^^Carnegiewithaflushofconfidencesetoutaplanfor
assuringcontinuedprivateaccumulationofwealth."Theprob-
lemofourage,"heboldlybegan,"istheproperadministrationof
wealth,thatthetiesofbrotherhoodmaystillbindtogetherthe
richandpoorinharmoniousrelationship."Speakingtoa
receptiveaudienceamongthe"haves"morethantothetruculent
"have-nots,"Carnegieidentifiedtheaccumulationofwealthas
theessentialfactorinthe"progressoftherace."Whether itbe
"forgoodorill,itisuponus,beyondourpowertoalter,and,
therefore,tobeacceptedandmadethebestof.Itisawasteof
timetocriticizetheinevitable,"hereassuringlyadded.
Thoughcapitalism's"law"ofcompetition"maybesometimes
hardfortheindividual, itisbestfortheracebecauseitinsures
thesurvivalofthefittestineverydepartment,"heobserved,
paraphrasingthethenwidelyidolizedHerbertSpencer.Further-
more,itproducedgreatmaterialwealthsothatallpeoplelived
betterforit.Societymustnotonlyaccept;itmustwelcome"great
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inequalityofenvironment," specificallythe"concentration of
business,industrialandcommercial, inthehandsofafew."Itis
nottoberegrettedthatcapitalistsmust"soonbeinreceiptof
morerevenuesthancanbejudiciouslyexpendeduponthem-
selves."Itissimplyincumbentuponthewealthytodisposeof
theirfortuneswisely.
Theyshouldnot,hewarned,leavethebulkoftheirwealthto
theirfamilies,forsuchlegaciesunderminethemoralintegrityof
therecipients.Norshouldtherichmansimplybequeathhis
fortuneforpublicpurposesbecauseitismorallyreprehensible to
accumulategreatwealthandnotshoweithertheinterestorthe
judgmenttospenditwisely.AsexcitingasCarnegiefoundhis
money-making career,ithadalwaysseemedtohimbelowthe
moralandintellectualworldtowhichheaspired.Morethantwo
decadesbeforehisdeclarationsonwealth,Carnegiehadwrittena
memotohimselfpromisingtoquitbusinessshortly:"Tocontinue
muchlongeroverwhelmedbybusinesscaresandwithmostofmy
thoughtwhollyuponthewaytomakemoremoneyintheshortest
time,mustdegrademebeyondhopeofpermanentrecovery.""
NowCarnegieadmonishedhispeers,"Themanwhodiesthus
richdiesdisgraced."
Itisthedutyofthewealthy,Carnegiedeclaredinhisarticle,
"toconsiderallsurplusrevenueswhichcometohimsimplyas
trustfunds,"todowhat,"inhisjudgment," isbestforthe
community.Thewealthycapitalististhusa"meretrusteeand
agentforhispoorerbrethren,bringingtotheirservicehis
superiorwisdom,experience,andabilitytoadminister"—ina
word,"doingforthembetterthantheywouldorcoulddofor
themselves."
Hethenrecommended tomenandwomenofsubstantial
meanssevenusesfortheirsurpluswealth,declaringthepriorities
thathefollowedintheyearstocome.Toppingthelistwere
universities,towhichCarnegiegavemorethan$20millioninhis
lifetime.NextwerefreepublicUbraries,which,toCarnegie's
mind,squaredwithhisgoal"tostimulatethebestandmost
aspiringpoorofthecommunitytofurthereffortsfortheirown
improvement."Carnegiecontributed2,811librariestocommuni-
tiesthatpromisedtosupportthem;thismostfamousofhis
philanthropiesconsumedmorethan$60millionofhiswealth.
Carnegiealsorecommended givingmoneyformedicalinstitu-
tions,publicparksandcitybeautification, hallsfor"concertsof
32I"WholesalePhilanthropy
elevatingmusic"andenlightening lectures,swimmingbaths,
and—last—churchbuildings.^"^
Carnegie'sroundfaceglowedandhiseyessparkledashe
receivedtheadulationofwealthyadmirersandfawningsuppli-
cants.GladstonesanctifiedCarnegie'sproposalswithareviewof
hisarticleintheprestigiousBritishmagazineNineteenthCentury,
criticizingonlyCarnegie'scondemnation ofinheritedwealth.
Fromhiscelebratedposition,Carnegiedismissedthecritical
reviewsofhisarticle.TheReverendHughPriceHughes,aprom-
inentMethodistministerandChristianpopulist,condemned
thisnew"GospelofWealth,"asithadcometobecalled."Mr.
Carnegie's'progress' isaccompaniedbythegrowing'poverty'
ofhislessfortunatefellow-countrymen," hewrote.William
JewettTucker,aUberaltheologianand


 minerals that are not available
when cooking without prior soaking. Soaking and rinsing the seeds
before cooking also reduces any pesticide residues, myco -toxins from
fungal contamination, and lectins that may irritate the intestines or cause
allergies.
Food Combining is based on  the following biochemical rules:
1. Proteins, with oil or fat, require strongly acid gastric juices
2. B vitamins, magnesium & chlorides activate digestive enzymes
3. Sweeteners, sugars and acids inhibit the digestion of starches
There are three main groups of food to consider when working out
correct combinations:
1. Proteins, sweet and acid foods, fruits
2. Neutral foods such as fats & oils, vegetables, avocados, olives
3. Starches such as cereals, bread, potatoes & non -oily legumes
Neutral foods may be combined with either one of the other groups
while the two extreme groups are better kept apart.
Therefore, eat meat, fish or nuts at the beginning of the meal for proteins
to receive the strong gastric juices in the pit of the stomach. The rest of
the meal, if not too liquid, will remain in distinct layers on top. Next eat
some vegetables and  leave any starches for the last part.
You may mix a small amount of flavouring vegetables with meat or fish,
or eat fruit together with some nuts. It is preferable to have either some
fresh vegetable ju ice or a vegetable salad or fruit before, with or after a
cooked meal.
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 The weaker the digestion, the larger the meal, and the less it is chewed,
the more important is correct food combining.
Intestinal Fermentation: Combining food high in fibre with swee t food
is likely to cause wind. This gave rise to the frequently quoted rule not to
combine vegetables with fruit.
In this case some of the sugar from the fruit is not absorbed and then
over-stimulates bacterial activity in the large intestine, causing excessive
wind, flatulence or  bloating. However, moderate intestinal fermentation
can ease constipation. How much sweetness we can tolerate tog ether
with fibre is very individual. The more efficiently we absorb our food, the
larger the amount of sweetness that we can handle without getting into
trouble. However, presently most indigestion is due to the presence of
Candida.
To avoid problems with beans, these may either be soaked or sprouted
before eating, or the water in which they have been cooked may be
renewed and discarded once or several times.  When soaking beans,  you
may add a few drops of Saturated Solution of Potassium Iodide or SSKI
to inactivate an enzyme inhibitor that causes increased wind.
Removing Pesticides:  Vegetables, cooked and raw, in addition to fresh
fruit, are recommended to be used as the bulk of the food intake. This
causes a pesticide problem for those that cannot obtain or afford
sufficient organic food. A good way to remove pesticide sprays is to soak
and wash the produce for 5 to 10 minutes in warm water with the addition
of about 10g or 2 tsp of sodium bicarbonate per litre, finally rinse with
fresh water.
High -Quality Diet
As a general rule, the more you follow a diet that is ideally suited for  you,
the better will be your health, and your weight will gradually normalize. If
you are on a conventional diet at present, change only gradually onto the
high-quality diet but if confronted with a serious disease, you may do so
very rapidly or even adop t a raw -food diet.  17
 You need not be afraid that you may never eat your favourite food again.
The long -term impact on our health comes from what we eat daily, not
from occasional treats or transgressions. When you eat out you may eat
what is available; if it does not agree wit h you, you will know better the
next time.
The following is a low -allergy diet based on fresh vegetable juices,
sprouted seeds, legumes, non -gluten grains and a high intake of raw
food. Fats, oils and proteins are much healthier if eaten raw, while most
vegetables are easier to digest if cooked or juiced. To gain weight eat
more cooked food, to lose weight eat more raw food.
Minimize cooking flesh foods, especially heating above the boiling point.
The best fish is deep -sea fish of small or non -predatory  species or
seafood from uncontaminated coastal regions.
Large predatory fish is high in mercury. Farmed fish may be polluted with
chemical residues and low in omega -3 fatty acids. Chicken or other  fowl
is best home -grown, organic or otherwise free of chemicals. Beef and
chicken broth are strengthening with general weakness and debility.
Marinating in lemon juice or cider vinegar destroys parasites and
microbes to make raw flesh food safe to eat  and easier to digest. You
may simply  soak fish filet or thinly sliced or minced raw meat for a day
or two in any kind of vinegar while keeping it refrigerated. Vinegar and
lemon juice are beneficial for digesting proteins and improving energy
production. During marinating  the acid concentration is greatly
reduced.
You may also blend  small amounts of raw minced meat, chicken or
turkey and drink it as a broth. This, too, is better if marinated. Use only
organic or otherwise safe meat from a reliable source. Avoid meat from
a fee dlot, or commercial chicken. Also,  pork is not safe. The safest non -
organic red meats are lamb and grass -fed beef.
As further precautions you may periodically use an anti -parasite
program, and  possibly  freeze the meat for ten days or more to kill any
tape-worm cysts. With these precautions raw meat is generally safe, 18
 while cooked meat is inherently unhealthy, due to lack of enzymes and
the formation of carcinogenic chemicals when heated above boiling  point.
Those with type O blood group generally feel better and remain healthier
with flesh food in their diet. Raw minced meat may be flavoured with
grated or chopped onion, garlic, and ginger, tomato or radish, lime or
lemon juice. Raw minced organic or fre e-range meat may be flavoured
with chopped onion, garlic, ginger, tomato, radish, lime or lemon juice,
while raw fish may be marinated in lemon juice or vinegar.
Eggs  should preferably be genuinely free -range or organic and
preferably not produced with commercial pellets. Fresh, raw egg yolk
is a health food that improves vitality and immune functions. It may be
used as part of a salad dressing or mixed with other food. It does not
increase but rather prevent the risk of heart disease. Alternatively eat
egg soft -boiled or coddled. Egg white  is best cooked to remove the
strong enzyme inhibitors and to make biotin available. You can see if
an egg is fresh by immersing it i n water. If it lies flat on the bottom it is
fresh, the more one end rises up the older it is.
Milk products are best as cottage cheese and cheese or yogurt from
goat's milk, or from fresh, raw organic cows’ milk (preferably A2 milk).
Sour cream is prefer able to normal cream.  A high content of lactose as
in commercial yogurt and milk, especially in skim milk products, tends to
cause mucus congestion and susceptibility to colds.
Nuts, almonds and other oily seeds should be used with caution. They
contain anti -nutrients; raw nuts are especially high in enzyme inhibitors.
They are healthier and easier to digest if soaked overnight. Peanuts must
be vigorously washed to reduce any fungal contamination. Nuts and
other oily seeds may be used as pastes or  nut butters, preferably raw,
after soaking or fermenting. However, freshly ground or refrigerated
linseed may be used for its laxative action without prior soaking.
Oils and fats  should preferably be raw or unheated. However,
commercial oils have been heated to keep them from getting rancid.
Good fats and oils are extra virgin olive oil, fish oils, avocado s, sprouted 19
 or soaked almonds and Brazil nuts, as well as fats and oils in raw butter,
sour cream, raw egg yolk, ra w fish and other seafood. Preferably add
some lecithin to oily or fatty food  to emulsify any oil or fatty food.
However, coconut oil does not need added lecithin.
Open oil capsules, such as fish oil and oil -soluble vitamins and mix with
food or coconut oil. The body cannot properly digest a blob of fat or oil.
Keep unheated fats and oils refrigerated; place a bottle of solidified olive
oil or coconut oil for a few minutes in water to liquefy.
Coconut oil  is possibly the best food to overcome  diseases caused by
Candida, including overweight, underweight  and lack of energy. It is also
a good microbicide  consist ing of about 65% medium -chain triglycerides
or MCT. There are 12%  MCT  in butterfat but none in other commonly
used fats and oils. MCT can  be absorbed without needing bile or
pancreatic lipase and  can be metabolised even with damaged liver
mitochondria. In addition,


132 Taoist Secrets Of Love
very tightly. Just as the nervous impulse called "pain" is weak-
ened by hard muscular contraction, so is the nervous impulse to
ejaculate weakened. In both cases the muscles absorb energy: this
interferes with the nervous message. Contraction of certain key
muscle groups withdraws energy from the genital area. Clenching
the buttocks is especially helpful in breaking the nerve circuit be-
tween the brain and genitals at the base of the spine. Squeeze the
buttocks until they are rock hard; the message to ejaculate is in
effect intercepted and never delivered.
Step 4: Clench Teeth Tightly.
Clench your teeth and push your tongue hard to the roof of
your mouth. Clenching the teeth tightly interrupts nervous flow at
the head and neck. It also helps tighten the buttocks. These two
muscle contractions must be simultaneous, so that they reinforce
each other and secure complete locking. As you clench, press the
semen deeper and deeper into the body. Greatest retraction of fluid
occurs toward the end of the count: during the 7th, 8th and 9th
clenchings you drive the fluid most deeply inward. Be irresistibly
determined to force back the fluid. The contractions from 1 to 9
should grow harder and stronger.
As you prolong the act of intercourse, your pleasure will grow
more intense. When you reach a high level of pleasure, you should
keep the urogenital diaphragm constantly closed. This helps pre-
vent the sperm from sneaking halfway out the door. Stop the fluid
behind the dam. When it has spilled over, attempts to stop it or to
harness its power are futile. You must stop the ejaculation before
the sperm has begun to move within the body.
Step 5: Pull The Wave Of Energy From Genitals to Head
The Big Draw may be conceived as an internal wave begin-
ning with contraction at the penis tip, moving through the perineum
and buttocks up the spine to the head. In this way the energy,
traveling along the crest of voluntary muscular contraction, will be
forced up to the crown.
If you have difficulty drawing power to the head, you may
draw it first to the navel. After it accumulates there for a while,
again direct the power down to the hui-yin and up the spine to the
head. It should help it flow more easily, particularly if you have
carefully harbored the seed.The Secrets of Semen Retention 133
DIAGRAM 28
THE BIG DRAW
Inhale & pull orgasmic energy to the
head If you have difficulty drawing
power to the head, first draw it
to the navel, accumulate it there & direct
the power down to the Hui-Yin & up
the spine to the headExhale & release yang energy and all
tension by relaxing the head, throat,
chest, adbomen & pelvis Let the
relaxation spread from the top to
the bottom of the body in a wave
Allow the energy to flow into your
partner
Relaxation after the Big Draw dilates the contracted blood
vessels in the penis. It is actually at this point, where no effort at all
is exerted, that you absorb the greatest amount of yin energy.
During the Big Draw the woman's power enters the man's lower
body. During relaxation the power shoots up to the higher centers.
This effect is particularly noticeable when you have practiced the
Power Lock Exercise.
At first the repeated exertion of the Big Draw may seem very
difficult, and ruinous to love-making, but with practice it will be-
come easier to perform. Hold back the mutinous seed that would
crash through the lower body door and disperse your powers. Your
will power to control semen loss will grow stronger each time you
use it. The stronger your will power to prevent loss of your sexual134 Taoist Secrets Of Love
essence grows the greater your will power becomes in all of your
life. In work, play, family relationships, your will to love and spir-
itually grow unfolds with a renewed vigor that daily will surprise
you.
Step 6: If Erection Is Lost, Begin Thrusting and Use Gentle Sucking.
After the first round of thrusting and Hard Contractions, you
may occasionally contract the penis head inside the woman while
you are thrusting. The penis head is like a baby gently sucking milk
at his mother's breast. You begin to lightly draw the Yin in this
manner. The Big Draw has greater effect when the penis is already
filled with Yin energy from Gentle Sucking.
Keep clear in your mind the difference between the Gentle
Sucking and the Big Draw. Gentle Sucking accompanies regular
thrusting. Only the penis head, testes and uro-genital diaphragm
are contracted: the rest of the muscles remain relaxed and do not
draw in power. In this technique we do not drive the energy far.
We prevent our own energy from inching forward and leaping out
into the woman. We also fill the penis itself with energy which we
will transfer to the head with the Big Draw.
BIG DRAW FOR WOMEN
The woman should also perform the Big Draw, using the vagina to
suck in the Yang power from the man's penis. The detailed expla-
nation for women will be found in the next book, Ovarian Kung Fu.
Until the detailed explanation appears, she may simply adapt the
principles of Seminal Kung Fu and perform the Big Draw on her
ovaries. Women often have a good intuitive understanding of the
process; hence their sexual superiority. But higher levels of love
always exist. I strongly suggest that women train to suppress her
genital orgasm. This will appreciably reduce her loss of energy in
the act of love. She too can gradually achieve a "higher" orgasm as
a "mysterious portal" to the Tao. Man and woman can attain the
Tao together by this way of "dual cultivation."The Secrets of Semen Retention 135
THE BIG DRAW AND MASTURBATION
The Big Draw method works well for single men who either cannot
find a woman partner or who have chosen to remain celibate. Men
with lovers may also choose in the beginning to train themselves
alone. In fact, I recommend this for most men, as it is much easier
to block the urge to ejaculate when you are not being stimulated by
the heat and touch of a woman. The Big Draw for single men is
performed exactly the same way as described for couples, only
instead of thrusting into a woman's vagina the single man stimu-
lates his penis glans by caressing and massaging it.
This is different from masturbation which ends in ejaculation.
You must break the urge to ejaculate before the semen escapes,
using the rapid hard contractions and clenching of the Big Draw.
This may be done in any position—standing, sitting, or lying—but
standing may be preferable at first as it firmly roots your feet on the
ground and connects you with its cooling yin energy.
A good reason for practicing the Big Draw alone is that you
can clearly observe if you have mastered the first level of the
method, physical control over ejaculation.
When you arouse your penis, massage it until you sense the
first glimmering of the urge to ejaculate, and then do the Big Draw
before the sperm begins to move. You should do the contractions
and raw repeatedly until you see your penis become flaccid. The
stiffness of your penis becomes the barometer of your ability to do
the Big Draw. The more quickly you can soften the erection, the
closer you are to mastering the method. Eventually you will be able
to command it down with your mind by merely drawing the energy
out of your penis and bringing it to your head without any muscular
clenching.
This method can be extremely useful to any man who feels
sexually frustrated. You simply make love internally, between the
yin and yang poles within your body, imagining you are pulling the
ching chi up to make love to your highest center, the crown. How-
ever, if you lose your seed while masturbating it will go for nothing,
and thus masturbation is far worse than losing your seed to a
woman, who at least gains from it and gives her sweet yin essence
in exchange. Even if you retain your seed, masturbation offers only
a very dry, yang energy that can be very fiery and intense but
imbalanced, unless you know the higher level meditation to de-136 Taoist Secrets Of Love
velop the male yin energy pole. That is why masturbation should
be used for training purposes only; it is not advisable to develop a
strong attachment to it that might prevent you from maturing. This
training stage for some men might last as long as a year or two. It
will depend on how frequently you practice the Big Draw and other
pelvic exercises and on the availability of a suitable partner.
MORNING ERECTION HAS POTENT CHI
The other occasion in which all men can use the Big draw alone is
at night or in the early morning in bed when they wake up with a
powerful erection. This is very powerful and pure ching chi pro-
duced after your body and mind have been charged with sleep.
Some Taoists think this is the most potent chi available to a man. It
is undiluted by any psychic toxins from another, and your own
mind is so relaxed and free of outside tension that it can absorb the


 without an enemy? In her illuminating
book The Tao of Inner Peace, Diane Dreher offers a respons e to that
question. Keep this in mind as you apply the 69th verse of the Tao Te Chingto your life: “The old perception of conflict as combat only narrows our
vision, limits our choices, pulls us into endless struggles between
competing polarities.” She then adds, “Making enemies gives away our
power, keeps us from taking  responsibility for our lives. Instead of
resolving conflic t, we focus our attention on fearing, hating, and lashing out
at perceived ‘enemies.’”
The lesson from Diane’ s brilliant book, as well as this verse of the Tao Te
Ching and the statement of the Amish community leader, is that conflict
doesn’ t have to mean combat. In other words, someone with a contrary
point of view doesn’t have to be the enemy. Imagine if every general took
these words of the Tao Te Ching to heart and practiced them: “I dare not
make the first move...” There’ s no way war could exist.
Lao-tzu advised  that if war ever does become inevitable, one should
practice defense rather than offense. One should never initiate hostilities,
but recognize in the heat of battle that the battle itself is something to grieve
about. With no concept of “enemy,” and a heart that’s filled with
compassion, one stays harmonized with the Tao. The presence of combat,
whether verbal or physical, is an indica tion that contact with the Tao has
been lost. There should be no celebration, and every war and battleground
conflict should be treated as a funeral, with compassion ruling the day.
As I sit here contemplating the visage of Lao-tzu, he seems to say that a
world free from foes isn’t as impossible as you may believe. This is how
you can put this wisdom to work for you now: 69th V erse
Refuse to think of anyone as your adversary.
Reread the most important line in this verse: “[W]hen ‘I’ and ‘enemy’
exist together, there is no room left for my treasure.” Your treasure is your
peace of mind and your Tao connection, so your competitors in business,
your opponents in an athletic match, and the members of a competing
political party are not your foes. And those people whom a government
declares are your enemies are most assuredly not.
Affirm: I have no enemies. There are people with whom I have strong
disagr eements. I may even be requir ed to defend myself and my way of life,
but I will not think of them as adversaries. Recall Lao-tzu’ s statement thatthe perso n “with out an enemy will surely triumph.” Be that individual right
now.
Vow to never start a fight.
Stay on the defensive side of disputes, aligning with Lao-tzu’ s advice to
“play the guest”  rather than make the first move. See colleagues where you
once saw combatants by finding yourself in them. Convey compassion and
caring toward your perceived adversaries, who are actually representing a
part of you. Refu se to start a fight, reminding yourself that you’d be battling
with yourself. Find a way to see oneness in a holy encounter, since all of us
are of the T ao.
Do the T ao Now
Reproduce these words found in Anne Frank’ s diary, written as she was
being hunted by the Nazis: “... in spite of everything I still believe that
people are really good at heart.... I can feel the sufferings of millions and
yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right.”
Post this for everyone in your family to see.
OceanofPDF.com70th Verse
My teachings ar e very easy to understand
and very easy to practice;
yet so few in this world understand,
and so few ar e able to practice.

My wor ds have an ancestor;
my deeds have a lor d.
The people have no knowledge of this,
therefore they have no knowledge of me.

This is why the sage dr esses plainly,
even though his interior is filled
with pr ecious gems.
OceanofPDF.comLiving a
God- Realized Life
I pondered this 70th verse of the Tao Te Ching for a week, reading and
rereading more than 50 interpretations of it. I was particularly draw n to this
phrase in The Essential T ao, Thomas Cleary’ s translation:
Those who know me ar e rar e;
those who emulate me ar e noble.
I also asked Lao-tzu for direction, trying to determine what his message is
for the 21st century. I knew that the master never would have spoken from a
need to have his ego massaged. He was, after all, the original Tao master,
enjoying a life centered in the Great Way rather than ego and encouraging
everyone to do the same.
Try to imagine what it must have been like for this Divine avatar to walk
among his people in ancient China: He’d take incredulous note of their
warlike behavio rs, all the while having an internal awareness of what was
possible for all of his fellow human beings if they would only change the
way they looked at their lives. Freedom, peace of mind, contentment, and
virtually every other principle that I’ve described in these 81 essays were
only a thought away. I can imag ine that some 500-plus years later, Jesus of
Nazareth might have felt the same sentiment that Lao-tzu expre ssed here in
verse 70, something to the effect of, This is oh-so easy, so simple to
understand and to practice, yet so few are willing or able to grasp the
essence of heaven on earth.
I can almost feel the frustration that Lao-tzu is expressing in these lines as
he urges us to live a Tao-centered existence, rather than an ego-centered
one. I’ve titled this brief essay “Living a GodRealized Life” because this is
what I believe he’s asking you to do throughout the 81 passages, and
particularly here in number 70. “My words have an ancestor; my deeds
have a lord,” he says, and then immediately follows with the thought that
the peop le just don’t get it, so they clearly “have no knowledge of me.”
Lao-tzu’ s ancestor is the Tao, and the lord of his deeds is that very samenameless Source. He seems to be musing, I think like God thinks; I speak as
God, the creator of the universe, would speak; and therefore I act in
accor dance with these God-r ealized principles.
I urge you to do the same, which is oh-so easy if you just surrender and
allow this life-sustaining Tao energy to guide you. Stop fighting, eschew
violent thoughts and deeds, and give up trying to control others or the
world. Stay humble; don’t interfere; respect your creative genius, as well as
that of others; and, above all, return to your invisible Source and shed your
troublesome ego while you’re still alive and incarnated as one of the 10,000
things. If you do all of this, you will naturally live a long life in joyful,
nonjudgmental peace.
Think of how the great spiritual masters have been portrayed  by artists
throughout the centuries: Lao-tzu wears a simple robe, Jesus is outfitted  in
plain clothes and sandals, Saint Francis sports almost tattered rags, Buddha
looks like a peasant with a walking stick, and Mohammed is depicted as a
simple man. Then look at the how the followers of the greatest spiritual
teachers have been portrayed— living in the lap of luxury, opulence, and
conspicuous consumption in golden palaces. The great sages dress plainly
even though they conceal the most precious commodity within themselves.
And just what is this great treas ure hidden within these masters? Verse 67
explained that it is God realization in the form of the three treasures: mercy,
frugality, and humility. You don’t need gold-embroidered costumes and
temples strewn with riches—both of which were the result of the sweat of
countless servants and slaves—to house these treasures. Dressing plainly
keeps the sage in harmony with the simplicity of this message.
This is what I hear Lao-tzu saying between the lines of this 70th verse,
expressing the bewilderment that he feels as so few people seem to grasp
his beautifully simple message:
Know the T ao Te Ching.
Change your mind about being one of the vast majority who doesn’ t
understand or practice the teachings of the Tao Te Ching. Lao-tzu tells you
that there’ s so little to do—all you need to remember is that your holiness is
a piece of the Tao. According to A Course in Miracles, “Your holinessreverses all the laws of the world. It is beyond every restriction of time,
space, distance, and limits of any kind.”
Declare yourself to be one of those who possesses this knowledge, and be
willing to practice God realization every day.
See God everywher e.
Make it your daily practice to seek the invisible force of God in
everything you see and hear. In the 14th century, Meister Eckhart offered
some advice on how to put this 70th verse of the Tao Te Chin g into daily
life: “What is


, a porous O2− diffusion cathode, and an organic electrolyte. DMSO has been
proposed as an electrolyte for Li+–O2 batteries.33 Operation depends on the reduction
of O2 at the cathode to O22−, which combines with Li+ from the electrolyte to form
Li2O2 on discharge. The reverse reaction occurs when the battery is charging.
An ideal electrolyte is considered to be one with low volatility and high oxygen
solubility and to be inert to superoxide radicals. It was reported that an electrochemi -
cal reaction in Li2O2 batteries using a DMSO-based electrolyte was obtained and
showed resistance of the battery after charge recovery was deemed very good when compared with that produced by fresh batteries.
34 The authors of this study con -
cluded that a superior good rate performance, reflected by a high discharge capacity and low charge potential with an optimized cathode, was observed when DMSO was used in rechargeable Li
2O2 batteries as compared with other electrolytes.
These findings may open new and exciting possibilities to promote the devel -
opment of rechargeable Li–O2 batteries, especially those used to power hybrid
and electric automobiles. However, Lithium-ion batteries for electric automobiles may not be practical due to the inadequate charging energy that is generated. Nevertheless, this shortcoming may be bridged by using rechargeable, nonaque -
ous Li–air batteries that use carbon, which is lighter and cheaper and reacts with oxygen from ambient air to produce an electric current. In fact, a lithium–air bat -
tery can safely hold 10 times more energy than the best lithium-ion batteries in the market today. New research is now being carried out where the carbon-based
material used for the cathode is replaced with another material, containing inert
gold nanoparticles, and with DMSO as the electrolyte that replaces the polycar -
bonates or polyethers that once served as the electrolytes. DMSO is preferred for this reaction because it is less prone to react with the cathode, is 10 times faster 9 Chemistry of DMSO
than previous Li–air batteries containing carbon cathodes, and expends much
less power loss when the battery is charging or discharging.34
Due to its high dissolution properties and permeability, DMSO has an extensive
application as an electronic component cleaner, as a mold release solvent for motor parts molding, and as a plant cleaning agent.
DMSO can ligate metal atoms by bonding in one of two possible ways: through
the oxygen atom or through the sulfur atom.
CRYOPROTECTION
Preservation of biological materials for an extended period of time can be achieved by the process known as cryopreservation. This technique involves freezing human or animal tissues to subzero temperatures. This frozen state effectively stops chemi -
cal reactions from occurring and causing any damage to the materials, thus allowing them to remain viable for medical use later on. The two main advantages of tissue cryoprotection are storing and transporting the frozen material to when and where it is needed.
One problem involved in cryoprotection is that the material to be frozen can con -
tain a considerable amount of water, which can create ice crystals when frozen caus -
ing lethal damage to the tissue.
Because unprotected freezing of tissue is lethal, cryopreservants are used
at very low temperatures to preserve structurally intact living cells and tissues. Cryoprotectants can reduce the amount of ice formed at any given temperature, but to be biologically acceptable, they must be able to penetrate into the cells and have low toxicity. Many compounds have such properties, including DMSO, glycerol, eth -
anediol, propylene glycol, and formamide, but often require high concentrations of the cryoprotective agent. DMSO is often the preferred cryoprotectant because it has been shown to cause the least harm to the tissue being frozen.
35
DMSO is a commonly used cryoprotectant also due to its high water solubility,
rapid penetrability, and diminished osmotic damage at high concentrations normally used in cryopreservation protocols.
35
Preservation of cells and tissues at low temperatures requires the presence of
a cryoprotectant that displays these qualities and display a low toxicity to the cell plasma membrane. DMSO possesses all three qualities.
36 The unusual ability of
DMSO to dramatically depress the freezing point of water while maintaining viabil -
ity with many cell and tissue types has led to the use of this agent in cryopreserva -
tion media for stem cells derived from human umbilical cord blood and reproductive tissue.
The role of hematopoietic stem cell transplants in the treatment of hematologic
and nonhematologic malignancies is now widely used clinically. Hemopoietic  stem
cell preservation and transplantation is an important part of the treatment of cancer patients who have undergone high-dose chemotherapy and irradiation for cancers
such as lymphoma and leukemia. DMSO is a common cryopreservative for these
cells, which are derived from bone marrow, peripheral circulatory system, or umbili -
cal cord blood.
37 DMSO is chosen as the standard cryoprotectant because it best
prevents freezing damage to living cells.10 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
Many reports have appeared in the literature concerning adverse reactions in
DMSO-preserved stem cells following transplantation in recipients. These reactions
include nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, chills, cardiac arrhythmias, neurologi -
cal symptoms, and respiratory arrest.38,39 These adverse reactions by stem cell trans -
plants preserved in DMSO may be caused by the amount of infusate used, amount of cells being infused, and the rate of infusion.
36
These adverse reactions are transient for the most part and can be minimized
when the infusate is optimized to the medical condition of the individual patient.40
Also, when DMSO is used with normal saline and albumin at a concentration of 10%, the incidence of these toxic reactions is diminished.
39 Severe adverse reactions
after stem cell transplants are infrequent although, when they occur, patients may require clinical treatment. One trick that has shown antiemetic properties following stem cell transplants using DMSO as cryoprotectant is the use of orange-flavored ice lollies. The relief of nausea and vomiting may be due to the vasoconstrictive action of ice on the stomach and the masking of DMSO’s garlic odor by the orange flavor of the ice.
41
A robust and slow-freezing cocktail containing DMSO and hydroxyethyl starch
in saline was recently developed to freeze human pluripotent stem cells with a high recovery rate (80%) of the cells after thawing.
42 The method has not been tested
clinically on patients yet but promises to provide storage of human pluripotent stem cells easily, effectively, and economically in the future.
The potential of gonadal cryobiology in the conservation of fertility is now fully
realized. Freezing semen to safeguard male fertility is an option available to men undergoing sterilizing chemotherapy.
DMSO is the cryoprotectant most commonly used in many hospitals as a stan -
dard procedure for autologous peripheral blood progenitor cell transplantation for the treatment of chemosensitive malignancies.
DMSO IN THE SEA AND THE ATMOSPHERE
A salty sea smell can usually be felt when one is near the ocean but the smell is not from the salt alone. The smell comes from wind-driven white caps and breaking waves, which is composed not only of salt but also of gases that diffuse across the air–sea interface, many of which are synthesized and emitted by microalgae and degraded by bacteria and phytoplankton.
43 One of these gases found to occur in
ocean surface waters is dimethyl sulfide, a DMSO metabolite with a sulfur-based compound that has a strong characteristic odor. While dimethyl sulfide may sound like a noxious pollutant, it is a naturally produced biogenic gas essential for the earth’s biogeochemical cycles.
Sulfur is also an element of the earth and is essential to life. It is the eighth most
prevalent element in the human body, not as sulfur itself but always in combination with other elements, most often, in complex molecules and, less often, in simple
molecules such as DMSO.
DMSO can be found in the atmosphere.
44 Water vapor is transferred to the atmo -
sphere as a gaseous dimethyl sulfide, which is then oxidized to tropospheric sulfate
aerosols, and these particle aerosols condense on cloud particles, forming the water 11 Chemistry of DMSO
droplets that make up clouds.45 Clouds as well as marine life can affect the earth’s
radiation balance and markedly influence its temperature and climate.
Recent findings show that the amount of dimethyl sulfide entering the atmo -
sphere could decrease in the future due to atmospheric oxidation of this DMSO
metabolite by greenhouse gases.46,47 Such oxidation of dimethyl sulfide can lead
to climate changes by increasing cloud albedo, a condition where clouds reflect more solar radiation contributing to the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from the planet’s surface is absorbed by greenhouse gases, such as CO
2 in the atmosphere, and reradiated in all directions,
including back to the earth’s surface where the average temperature is increased.47
As  CO2 levels rise in the atmosphere due to human activities, the ocean pH is
 acidified, an effect that leads to lower plankton production of dimethyl sulfide con -
centrations, with the consequence of less dimethyl


	time	of	thanks	is	something	I	implement	into	each	and	every
day.	I	have	so	many	beads	to	count…beads	representing	people	who	have
helped	me…beads	representing	people	who	didn’t	help	me	(for	this	made	me
stronger	in	every	area	of	my	life).	There	are	beads	representing	close,	intimate
friends,	my	family…beads	representing	my	health,	my	body,	my	physical
senses,	my	home	that	I	treasure	and	enjoy.	I	give	thanks	for	my	pets,	who
teach	me	daily	unconditional	love.	I	give	thanks	for	my	ability	to	choose	my
thoughts,	my	attitudes,	my	path.
Take	a	moment	of	time	daily,	and	be	grateful	for	all	that	you	are	and	for	all
that	you	are	not.	Be	grateful	for	all	that	you	have	and	for	all	that	you	do	not
have.
REMEMBER:	YOU	CANNOT	BE	GRATEFUL	AND	UNHAPPY	AT	THE
SAME	TIME!
Words	of	Gratitude
Sri	Daya	Mata
Sri	Daya	Mata

is	one	of	the	earliest	and	closest	disciples	of	Paramahansa
Yogananda,	author	of	the	spiritual	classic	AUTOBIOGRAPHY	OF	A	YOGI.
She	has	served	for	the	past	40	years	as	president	of	Self-Realization
Fellowship,	the	international	nonprofit	religious	society	founded	by
Yogananda	in	1920	to	disseminate	his	universal	teachings	on	India’s	ancient
science	of	Yoga	and	its	time-honored	tradition	of	meditation.	Soon	after
meeting	Yogananda	in	1931,	Sri	Daya	Mata	became	a	nun	of	the	monastic
Self-Realization	Order;	and	for	more	than	20	years,	Yogananda	personally
prepared	her	to	carry	on	his	spiritual	and	humanitarian	work.	One	of	the	first
women	in	recent	times	to	be	appointed	spiritual	head	of	a	worldwide	religious
movement,	Sri	Daya	Mata	has	made	several	global	speaking	tours,	and	she	is
the	author	of	two	anthologies
—
ONLY	LOVE	and	FINDING	THE	JOY
WITHIN	YOU.
Gratitude	is	a	quality	that	can	contribute	immeasurably	to	our	happiness,	for	it
is	an	essential	aspect	of	love.	Indeed,	it	draws	us	closer	to	the	ultimate	Source
of	all	love.
Looking	back	on	the	many	years	that	I	was	privileged	to	be	in	Paramahansa
Yogananda’s	presence	during	his	lifetime,	I	recall	how	often	he	encouraged	us
to	cultivate	the	habit	of	appreciating	all	the	good	in	life—not	taking	for
granted	even	the	little	things.	The	more	we	express	loving	gratitude	to	God
for	our	blessings,	great	or	small,	the	deeper	will	be	our	attunement	with	that
Infinite	One,	and	our	awareness	of	His	responding	love.	And	too,	the	divine
laws	of	abundance	operate	more	fully	in	our	lives	when	we	acknowledge	and
appreciate	the	Giver	behind	the	bounty	of	our	spiritual	and	material	blessings.
It	is	so	rewarding	to	recognize	the	good	in	each	moment,	in	every	experience,
looking	to	the	Giver	with	a	grateful	heart.
How,	then,	do	we	cultivate	such	gratitude?	One	way	is	to	dwell	on	some
circumstance	in	our	life	for	which	we	feel	truly	thankful.	It	does	not	have	tobe	a	momentous	experience.	A	hint	of	some	good	done	to	us—maybe	a	smile
that	came	our	way	and	lifted	our	heart—is	sufficient.	Remembering	such
experiences	helps	us	to	develop	a	spirit	of	thankfulness.
As	often	as	some	sweet	grace	comes	to	you,	inwardly	say,	“Thank	You,	my
God.”	This	simple	practice	brings	far-reaching	results,	because	to	dwell	on
good	is	to	magnify	it.	That	which	we	enliven	in	our	mind	soon	reflects	in	our
outward	behavior.	Thus,	a	deep	sense	of	gratitude	ennobles	our	life	and	the
lives	of	those	with	whom	we	associate.
Sometimes	the	greatest	cause	for	gratitude	lies	concealed	in	the	challenges	we
face,	for	they	help	to	make	us	stronger	and	more	compassionate	human
beings.	The	concept	of	giving	thanks	to	God	even	in	the	midst	of	misfortune
is	a	very	beautiful	one,	often	referred	to	in	the	scriptures	of	both	East	and
West.	More	than	that,	it	represents	the	truest	perspective	we	can	adopt.	Even
the	highest	and	finest	of	the	pleasures	of	this	life	are	bound	to	come	to	an	end.
But	God	is	our	Eternal	Well-Wisher,	and	when	we	turn	to	Him—whether	in
joy	or	sorrow—with	a	whispered	word	of	thanks,	we	begin	to	transcend	the
fluctuations	of	earthly	existence	and	to	anchor	our	lives	in	a	love	that	will
endure	forever.
Gratitude	Is	Awareness
Amy	E.	Dean
Amy	E.	Dean

is	an	author	and	nationally	known	speaker	on	self-esteem,
family	relations,	and	recovery	from	a	dysfunctional	past.	She	has	written	a
number	of	books,	including	PLEASANT	DREAMS,	LIFEGOALS,	and
FACING	LIFE’S	CHALLENGES:	DAILY	MEDITATIONS	FOR
OVERCOMING	DEPRESSION,	GRIEF,	AND	“THE	BLUES.”	Amy	currently
resides	in	Maynard,	Massachusetts.
There’s	a	story	of	a	spiritual	teacher	whose	daily	sermons	were	powerful	and
inspiring.	Hours	of	preparation	often	went	into	creating	such	messages	of
hope,	love,	forgiveness,	and	joy.	One	morning,	before	standing	to	deliver	the
day’s	sermon,	the	teacher	focused	on	the	message	about	to	be	given	and	knew
it	would	probably	be	the	best	ever.	The	teacher	remembered	the	time	spent
writing	and	rewriting	the	words	of	hope	and	peace	and	felt	confident	that
many	would	be	touched	by	such	wisdom.	Smiling,	the	teacher	arose	and	faced
those	who	had	gathered	together	for	the	day’s	message.
At	that	moment,	a	little	bird	came	and	sat	on	the	window	sill.	It	began	to	sing
with	a	full	heart	for	a	few	minutes.	Then	it	stopped	and	flew	away.	The
teacher	was	silent	for	a	moment,	then	folded	the	pages	to	the	prepared	sermon
and	announced,	“The	sermon	for	this	morning	is	over.”
To	me,	this	story	reflects	what	gratitude	is:	being	able	to	fully	experience	and
embrace	the	spontaneity	of	a	moment	that’s	not	sought	after	or	anticipated.
But	how	often	do	you	allow	that	to	happen?	The	mad	rush	of	living,	the	mad
crush	of	places	to	go	and	people	to	see,	and	the	maddening	stream	of
problems	that	need	to	be	solved	and	conflicts	that	need	to	be	resolved	on	a
daily	basis	can	make	you	forget	that	there’s	a	world	teeming	around	you	with
wonders.
Each	day	I	need	to	remind	myself	that	gratitude	is	awareness.	My	day	begins
with	an	early-morning	run	on	dark	streets.	My	concentration	is	often	dividedinto	many	directions,	from	paying	attention	to	the	dimly	lit	road	so	I	don’t
turn	an	ankle,	to	planning	how	my	day	will	be	organized.	Before	I	learned
about	gratitude,	I	rarely	took	the	time	on	my	runs	to	notice	the	sky	above	me
—still	a	night	sky,	with	brilliant	stars	and	an	ever-changing	position	of	the


 citrus juicer with us for our fresh orange or
grapefruit juice. Fresh and organic is always best!
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The Great W atermelon Flush
There is nothing like a watermelon flush to dissolve
and eliminate inorganic minerals from your entire body.
As a youth, my father had a histor y of drinking
exceptionally hard water, loaded with inorganic
minerals. The contaminants in that hard water encrusted
the pipes of his body, and when he learned the truth of
the great damage it could do to his system, he started to
experiment with fruits and vegetables to find out which
one had the gr eatest encrustation-dissolving power. It
was a long sear ch, but at last he found it! W atermelon
and its juice does the cleansing miracle.
Man is as old as his arteries. – Virchow
Several times a year we both go on a watermelon
flush. W e eat nothing for 5 to 7 days but water melon
and watermelon juice. Ever y morning we take a sample
of the ver y first urine we void. W e seal it tightly, date it
and put it on a shelf for 6 months to a year. As it breaks
down, the inorganic minerals, which are heavier, settle
on the bottom of the bottle. Being a biochemist, my
father has thoroughly analyzed these substances and
found calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate and
many other inorganic minerals, chemicals and toxins.
That is why we go on a watermelon flush several
times a year and often will make it our lunch meal. It’ s
best not to mix melons with other foods. W e also eat
watermelon all during its season. Many times we have
paid high prices for watermelon to be shipped from
warm climates during the winter months, but we just
consider that good health insurance. On an average day
in the hot summertime, we will drink as much as 1 to 2
quarts of watermelon juice.
The result is that Dad has the blood pressure of a
man of 25 – it is 120 over 80 and his pulse is around 60.
Weboth have our heart and arteries examined by a hear t
specialist ever y year. So far there is not the slightest sign
of any hardening of our arteries. W e can jog, run, swim
and ride our bikes for miles. W e both have supple,
flexible arteries and blood vessels. There are no big,
bulging veins on our foreheads, such as we’ve seen on
people a third of our calendar years! W e can stand on
our heads for minutes at a time with absolutely no
dizziness or other reaction. W e also have perfect hearing.
Welive as we teach and our Bragg Healthy Lifestyle fights
the body’ s worst enemy – hardening of the arteries. W e
are enjoying a long, happy, active, healthy life!
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There are no more important ingredients of a properly constituted diet
than organic fruits and vegetables, for they contain vitamins and minerals
of every class, recognized and unrecognized. – Sir Robert McCarrison
The body and the mind are so closely connected that not even a
single word or thought can come into existence without being
reflected in the personality and health of the individual. – John Prentiss
Paul C. Bragg’ s Prediction
Mine is only a small voice in the vast wilderness
concerning this matter of drinking only distilled water,
but I sincerely wish to save humanity from the dangers
of water filled with chemicals and inorganic minerals.
I have lived a long life. During this time I have seen
some of my relatives and personal friends, as well as
some 200 animals and friends pets die of fossilization.
I believe I am a hundred years ahead of my time in my
theories on the dangers of inorganic water and unhealthy
lifestyle. Someday humanity will recognize the dangers in
ordinar y water and all water used in homes, schools,
hospitals, etc. will be steam distilled! It will be the greatest
health advancement this world has ever known!
No matter how much a person controls his eating
habits... no matter how much juice of organic fruits
and vegetables he drinks, no matter if he lives on a raw
food, vegetarian or so-called modern scientific diet...
as long as he continues to drink spring, well, river, lake
or fluoridated and chlorinated water he is going to
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fossilize himself! In the past 75 years I have met all
the greats in the field of nutrition, natural healing,
etc., but most of them drank the water filled with
chemicals and inorganic mineral water, unaware of
the danger and only a few of them have attained
an extra long, pain free, healthy life.
The same is true of the great athletes of
the past 75 years. They had their day in
the sun, drank the deadly inorganic
mineral water and died at about the same
age as non-athletic people.
I was personally acquainted with Bill
Tilden, the greatest tennis player of all
time. In his prime, no man in the world
could defeat him. But he would not listen
to my lone, small voice when I told him
of the viciousness and deadliness of
inorganic drinking water. He said that
everybody else was drinking or dinar y
water, so he saw no reason he should stop.
Man is as Old as his Arteries
All his athletic strength and
prowess didn’ t save him from having
a massive cor onar y. He died before he
was 60! The autopsy showed that his
arteries were like stone.
Sandow, the greatest str ong man
of all times, was a friend of mine.
When I would visit him in his studio
in London, England, he would flex his muscles and tell
me how powerful he was. But he drank London tap water
and at 58 he had a massive cor onar y. His great strength
and bulging muscles could not save his life. There is
absolutely no way to cir cumvent this power ful truth.
Example: back in the Korean war 300 young American
soldiers that were killed within a short period, autopsies
were performed upon them. And what do you think was
revealed? Shocking – all of these young men showed
signs of hardening of the arteries! This scientific study
is on record. These were young men under 23, in the so-
called prime of life, suffering from degeneration
(fossilizing) of the body’ s arteries.
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Life Expectancy – Life Span
We are told that a male child bor n today has a life
expectancy of 74.4 years, and a female child 79.8. What
is the actual life span of the
average American?
So we can see that when
a male reaches 37 years he
has lived about half of his
lifetime, and when a female
reaches 40 years she has
lived about half of her
lifetime. The sad but true
fact is that some people, if
not most, never even reach
their expected life span.
See their informative website:
www.worldbank.org/data
The U.S. and other western countries are experiencing
an epidemic of heart disease and cancer. Consider this
startling fact: chances are better than 2 to 1 that, directly
or indirectly, the average American adult will die of some
form of hear t disease or cancer. You as an individual can
reverse this shocking statistic by avoiding or dinar y water
that is laced with inorganic minerals and toxins. Also
stop using salt, and reduce the saturated fatty foods.
Start exer cising regularly, drinking only distilled water
(8 glasses daily ) and eating a balanced, healthy diet.
Exercise is V ital for Health and Longevity
For youthful arteries, exer cise is essential!  If you
wish to live a long, healthy life it is necessary to build
up your cardiovascular endurance and to follow a Stretch, bend, lift, roll, kick and twist
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program designed to keep
your arteries soft and agile.
The first step is to get
more oxygen into the body
which will help dissolve
the encrustations that have
formed in the arteries.
Any physical activity that
injects more oxygen is
going to help extend your
life! Get out and jog, swim,
ride a bike or take a brisk
2 to 3 mile healthy walk.
Stair-W alking!
Take the
Stairs
Instead of
Elevators! Be a Bragg Crusader - copy and share with friends, clubs, etc.
KEEP HEAL THY & YOUTHFUL BIOLOGICALL Y
WITH EXERCISE & GOOD NUTRITION
Always remember you have the following important
 reasons for following The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle:
• The ironclad laws of Mother Nature and God.
• Your common sense, which tells you that you are doing right.
• Your aim to make your health better and your life longer.
• Your resolve to prevent illness so that you may enjoy life.
• Make an art of healthy living;  you will be you thful a tany age.
• You will r etain your faculties and be hale, hear ty, active and
useful far beyond the ordinar y length of years.