 I Juice Carrots? Aren’ t Smoothies Filled with Calories? Chapter 20: T en Antioxidant-Rich Fruits and V egetables
Açai Berries
Black RaspberriesW ild Blueberries and Cranberries
Black Plums and Prunes
Blackberries
Red Beans, Kidney Beans, and Black Beans
Artichokes
Garlic
Cabbage and Broccoli Rabe
Purple Cauliflower
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About the Author
Pat Crocker knows about food, herbs, and health from the
ground up. She has enjoyed a long career teaching, researching,
writing about, growing, and speaking about healthy food and
herbs. A home economist (Ryerson University, BAA, 1975), she
taught high school immediately upon graduating from the
University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education. After leaving teaching, Pat started a niche food public relations
company, Crocker International Communications, Inc.,
operating in Toronto with food and consumer accounts. She
sold the company, moved to a log cabin on the Saugeen River in
southern Ontario, and hosted Riversong Herb Walk and
Gourmet Lunch programs in the 1990s. Now an award-winning author and regular writer for food and
garden magazines, Pat’s articles have appeared in national and
international magazines and newspapers. She has been proﬁled
in Herbs for Health and the Toronto Sun; on Canada’s CTV, CBC,
and City Television; and on radio stations throughout the
United States and Canada. She lectures about food and herb
topics throughout the United States and Canada. The 2011 International Herb Association Professional Award
given for outstanding contributions to the Herb Industry and
the 2009 Gertrude H. Foster award from the Herb Society of
America for Excellence in Herbal Literature have both honoredPat. Her books, The Juicing Bible and The Vegan Cook’s Bible
have won “Best in the World” awards from the International
Gourmand Culinary Guild. Pat’s other books include The Healing Herbs Cookbook; The
Juicing Bible; The Smoothies Bible; The Vegetarian Cook’s Bible;
The Vegan Cook’s Bible; The Yogurt Bible; 150 Best Tagine
Recipes; Everyday Flexitarian: Recipes for Vegetarians and Meat
Lovers Alike, co-authored with Nettie Cronish; Oregano; Herbs of
the Kasbah; Pelegoniums, co-authored with Joyce Brobst and
Caroline Amidon; and Preserving: The Canning and Freezing
Guide for All Seasons. Pat’s lifework embraces food, her spirit is entwined with plants,
and she nourishes readers, listeners, and audiences with her
knowledge and love of both. Dedication
This is a book for people who envision a healthy life for
themselves and their families. I dedicate it to you, no matter
where you are on the path to healthy living. Author ’ s Acknowledgments
With 13 books under my pen, I have come to understand how to
write cookbooks. I’ve worked with co-authors, editors, copy
editors, food editors, designers, recipe testers, and several
publishers. And from each, I have learned more about the
business of developing, testing, and writing recipes; researching
health issues; and the art of writing. Thanks to all the
professionals for sharing what they know. I was delighted to write this book for John Wiley & Sons Canada. Thanks to Anam Ahmed, acquisitions editor, for asking.Elizabeth Kuball is amazing. While we’ve never met face to face,
I know that we would have much to discuss if ever we did. Her
editing skills have shaped this book from the Table of Contents
forward. It’s nice to know that someone has your back, and with this
book, I had three experts on my team: Emily Nolan tested the
recipes, Patty Santelli did the nutrition analysis, and Candice
Schreiber was the technical editor. Thanks for your professional
work on this book. After 13 books, my family and friends know the drill. They give
me space and time to do the long and solitary job of crafting
words for paper. They nurture me when I just want to linger in a
garden or on a trail. And they cook and clean. Thank you


emorial. In raw spinach, Nature has furnished man with the finest organic
material for the cleansing, reconstruction, and regeneration of the
intestinal tract. Raw spinach juice properly prepared, taken at the rate
of about one pint daily, has often corrected the most aggravated case
of constipation within a few days or weeks. Unfortunately, the use of purgatives for the cleansing of the
intestinal tract is practiced without an understanding of exactly what
takes place. Every manufactured chemical, inorganic purgative or
laxative acts as an irritant, stimulating the muscles of the intestines to
expel it. With the expulsion of this irritant, other matter lodged therein
may also be expelled. It is obvious and in practice it is proved to be a
fact, that the habit of taking laxatives necessitates stronger and stronger
irritants. The result is not a cure for constipation, but a chronic
condition of inactivity of the local tissues, muscles, and nerves. Cathartics are merely irritants and while they remove some of the
waste matter, they cannot possibly cause anything other than
progressive degeneration of the intestines. Furthermore, such methods of cleansing the intestinal tract are
solely temporary in their effect and furnish no material for the
regeneration and rebuilding of the weakened or degenerated tissues,
muscles, and nerves. It is imperative that following the lymphatic expulsion of acid,
toxins, or poisons, the system be replaced by an organic alkaline
solution such as natural raw fruit juices to prevent an inevitable water
deficiency in the body. Also, if such a replacement of alkaline is not
taken care of, one runs the risk of repetition. The remaining poisons
in the intestinal track can then be reabsorbed, find their way into the
lymph stream, and again aggravate the condition the individual was
trying to correct. 54 On the other hand, raw spinach juice effectively cleanses and helps
to heal not only the lower bowels but the entire intestinal tract. The spinach works by natural means to repair the most essential
damage first; it is not always apparent to the individual where in his
body the work of regeneration is progressing. Results may not be
noticeable sometimes for as long as six weeks or two months after
daily consumption of this juice. It has been found essential at all times, however, that the bowels
be cleared at least once every twenty-four hours, although the normal,
healthy condition calls for two or three movements a day. The colon
can be washed out with colonic irrigations or enemas, or both if
necessary everyday. This has been found most effective in the long
run. Another valuable feature of raw spinach juice is its effect on the
teeth and gums in helping to prevent pyorrhea. This disease is a mild
form of scurvy and results from a deficiency in the body of the
elements found particularly in the combination of carrot and spinach
juices. Bleeding gums and fibroid degeneration of the pulp of the
teeth has become a common defect due to the habitual use of
devitalized cereals, refined sugar, and other deficiency foods. It is
due to a Vitamin C deficiency. A permanent aid for this affliction has been found in the use of
natural raw foods and, more particularly, by drinking an ample quantity
of carrot and spinach juice. Other derangements of the body such as duodenal and other ulcers,
pernicious anemia, convulsions, degeneration of various nerves,
deficiency in adrenal secretions and those of the thyroid, neuritis,
arthritis, abscesses and boils, pains in the region of 'the gonads,
swelling of limbs, tendency to hemorrhage, loss of vigor, rheumatic
and other pains, impaired functions of the heart, low and high blood
pressure, eye troubles, and headaches, including those of a migraine
character, are due primarily to the cumulative volume of waste matter
in the lower intestine. This is also due to the deficiency of the elements
contained in raw carrot and spinach. The quickest and most effective
way in which the body can obtain and assimilate these elements is by
drinking daily at least one pint of the fresh-raw vegetable juices. Spinach, lettuce, and watercress together with carrots and green
peppers, are among the vegetables containing the best supply of
Vitamins C and E. The lack of a sufficient quantity of Vitamin E in
the system is a contributing factor responsible for miscarriages,
55 impotence and sterility in both sexes. Many forms of paralysis are
due to a lack of Vitamin E which is responsible for general lack of
well-being and impaired metabolism. When spinach is the subject matter of discussion, one generally
associates it with its effectiveness as a laxative. The underlying cause
for this effectiveness is the high oxalic acid content in this vegetable. This is such an important element involved in the activities of our
intestines that it is worthy of very special attention, and we have given
a whole chapter to the subject of oxalic acid. Spinach should never be eaten when cooked unless we are
particularly anxious to accumulate oxalic acid crystals in our kidneys
with the consequent pain and kidney trouble. When spinach is cooked
or canned, the oxalic acid atoms become inorganic as a result of
excessive heat and may form oxalic acid crystals in the kidneys. OXALIC ACID
One of the mysteries of the human anatomy is that function which
is known as peristaltic motion. This motion, or action, takes place in
the alimentary canal, in the circulating and generative tubes, and in
the eliminative channels in successive wavelike motions, forcing
whatever matter is present therein, onward on its course. It is a series
of contracting and relaxing of the nerves and muscles successively—
a function which takes place involuntarily so far as our own voluntary
controlling powers are concerned, and apparently is entirely automatic. The efficiency of this peristaltic action, however, is very naturally
dependent on the tone and healthy vigorous condition of the nerves
and muscles of these channels. Organic oxalic acid is one of the important elements needed to
maintain the tone of, and to stimulate peristalsis. It is perfectly obvious,
of course, that any motion of the body which takes place by the
"involuntary" action of its organs is predicated on there being life in
the cells and tissues of such organs. Life is active, magnetic; whereas
there is no action in death nor in dead matter, and this applies definitely
to cells and tissues of our anatomy. If the important organs comprising the alimentary and eliminative
departments of our system, or any parts of them, are moribund or
dead, the efficiency of their function is impaired, to say the least. This
condition can result only from a lack or deficiency of live atoms in
the food nourishing the cells and tissues concerned. Live food means
56 that food which contains live organic atoms and enzymes found only
in our raw foods. We have in previous chapters, covered this important question of
organic versus inorganic atoms in our food. It is very vital to stress
this matter in regard to oxalic acid. When the food is raw, whether
whole or in the form of juice, every atom in such food is vital
ORGANIC and is replete with enzymes. Therefore, the oxalic acid in
our raw vegetables and their juices is organic, and as such is not only
beneficial but essential for the physiological functions of the body. The oxalic acid in cooked and processed foods, however, is
definitely dead, or INORGANIC, and as such is both pernicious and
destructive. Oxalic acid readily combines with calcium. If these are
both organic, the result is a beneficial constructive combination, as
the former helps the digestive assimilation of the latter, at the same
time stimulating the peristaltic functions in the body. When the oxalic acid has become INORGANIC by cooking or
processing the foods that contain it, then this acid forms an interlocking
compound with the calcium even combining with the calcium in other
foods eaten during the same meal, destroying the nourishing value of
both. This results in such a serious deficiency of calcium that it has
been known to cause decomposition of the bones. This is the reason I
never eat cooked or canned spinach. As to the oxalic acid itself, when converted into an inorganic acid
by cooking or processing the food, it often results in causing inorganic
oxalic acid crystals to form in the kidneys. It is worthy to notice that the minerals in our foods — iron, for
example — frequently cannot be assimilated and used completely if
they have become inorganic through cooking, and often prevent the
utilizing of other elements through chemical and other action. Thus,
the iron in fresh-raw spinach juice may be utilized 100%, but only
one-fifth of that, or less, would be usable in cooked spinach. It is well to bear in mind, therefore, that as the organic oxalic
acid is so vital to our well-being, the fresh-raw juice of the vegetable
containing it should be used daily to supplement the eating of these
raw vegetables included in our daily salads. The most abundant supply of organic oxalic acid is found in fresh-
raw spinach (both the common variety and the New Zealand spinach)
Swiss chard, beet greens, turnip and mustard greens, kale and collards,
and the broad-leafed French sorrel. 57 TOMATO JUICE
This is probably one of the


 bench that is level with or stands just below your knee. Place one foot flat on top of the step and then push into a standing position. Lower yourself in a smooth, controlled motion. Note: This exercise’ s effectiveness is dependent on pushing of f with
your raised leg and keeping the rear leg completely relaxed. As your strength improves, you can increase the height of the step and/or
hold some weights in your hands (soup cans or 5-pound dumbbells). Beginners: Use your body weight only, doing 5 to 10 reps on each leg. Intermediate: Add 5-pound weights in each hand. Do 15 to 25 reps on
each leg. Advanced: Add 10 pounds in each hand; do 30 reps on each leg. 2. Upper  Body: Downward Dogs
Namaste! It’ s time to tap into your inner yoga. I’ve been doing yoga for
more than fifteen years and absolutely love it. It is a centering and relaxing
workout. The downward dog is a combination strength and stretch move and
should be a mainstay in everyone’ s yoga repertoire. To do it, make your
body an inverted V by placing your weight on your hands and feet andholding your bottom high in the air. Concentrate on breathing in through
your nose—letting the breath fill up your belly and then exhaling slow and
steady on a three count. Beginners: Hold the downward dog position for 5 slow and relaxing
breaths followed immediately by 15 to 30 seconds of child’ s pose. Get on
your knees and sit back so your bottom is resting on the soles of your feet,
then lean forward with your arms over your head and place your forehead
on the ground and completely surrender yourself to gravity. Do 3 to 5
rounds. Intermediate: Downward dog for 5 slow and relaxed breaths followed by
5 push-ups. Do 5 rounds. Advanced: Downward dog for 5 slow and relaxed breaths followed by
10 push-ups. Do 5 rounds! 3. Cor e: V-Ups or  Pike-Ups
These exercises can help you get the proverbial six pack—or at least, so
claim people who do them. Depending on your ability, do one of two exercises: seated V-ups or
pike-ups. Seated V-up: Sit on your butt with your arms by your sides, your hands
on the ground and your fingers pointed forward, and your feet flat on the
ground. Pull your knees together into your chest, raise your feet of f the
ground two to three inches, and balance on your butt. Extend your legs and
feet forward on a five count until they are straight out in front of you. Hold
this pose for one second and then bring your knees back to your chest. Pike-up: I learned this exercise from watching the University of Texas
diving team as I swam up and down the adjacent pool—they would do 100
at a time! Lie face up on the ground with your arms over your head. In onefluid motion, bring your arms and legs up at the same time until your hands
touch your feet. Come back down to the starting position. Beginners: 5 to 10 seated V-ups. Intermediate: 15 to 25 seated V-ups. Advanced: 30 to 50 pike-ups. 4. Cardiovascular: Mountain Climbers
These exercises will get your heart rate up in a hurry. Pretend you are less
than one hundred feet from the top of Mount Everest. This is your last push
to the top! Start in a push-up position, lying with your face down, your
hands on the ground (or leaning on a table or desk), and your shoulders
directly over your hands. Thrust your right leg up toward your chest while
the other leg stays extended (almost in a jumping motion). Now alternate,
extending the right leg and thrusting the left leg forward. Continue as fast and furiously as you can for the specified time interval. Beginners: Start with your hands on a table or desk for a greater angle;
do 10 to 20 reps.
Intermediate: Start on the ground in the normal push-up position; do 25
to 35 reps.
Advanced: Start on the ground in a normal push-up position; do 40 to 50
reps. Warm Down
Let’s go back and do 10 more meditative sun salutations from the Carl
Sandbur g stretching routine. THERE! THA T’S THE E2 EXERCISE PLAN. Not so bad, is it? And if you get so
good at these exercises you can do the advanced level for the full circuit,visit www.theengine2diet.com  fitness for more fun and exhilarating
workouts that will challenge you still further. OceanofPDF.comPart II
MAKING IT  WORK
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THE E2 ATTITUDE
In order to be accepted as a probationary firefighter by your new
crew, you must show that you’re willing to do whatever it takes. Your duties
will be many and often tedious: You’re expected to get to the fire station
forty-five minutes before shift change and check the unit’ s supplies and
medical gear; answer the phone after no more than two rings; wash the
urinals and crappers; clean any dirty dishes and glasses lying around the
station; lock up the station at night; be the first one out of bed after the 7
a.m. tone goes of f; get the newspaper and place it on the kitchen table;
make cof fee for those who need stimulants to start their day; clean and
wash the engine after morning cleanup; assist in all station tours; and order
any needed supplies. At the end of six months, if you’re fortunate enough to pass your
territory, policy and procedures, and firefighter exams, you will be
welcomed into the firefighter fold with open arms and warm hearts as you
begin one of the world’ s greatest jobs. Making it through these first six
months can be a challenge, and having a positive attitude can make all the
difference. Similarly, your attitude will be your most important asset as you start the
Engine 2 Diet. You, too, will have to be thick-skinned, because even some
of your best friends may try to beat you down and get you to return to your
old ways. You need to feel so good about the diet that you don’ t care what
others say. After all, nobody on this planet cares about your own health as
much as you should. Only you can take responsibility for your health. So if
you want to be the healthiest person you can be, the E2 Diet is the way you
should eat and don’ t let anyone tell you otherwise.Over the course of the next four weeks, you will build character and
determination as you become empowered by eating health-promoting and
nutrient-rich foods. You will quickly realize how many of your friends,
family members, and fellow Americans unconsciously throw piles of
grease, suet, lard, and toxic waste into their precious bodies with a “This
won’ t harm me” or “Why not live a little?” attitude that eventually bites
them in the ass. Or heart. Or brain. I firmly believe your attitude is the most important tool you have in life. With the right attitude, you can achieve anything—and I mean anything. So
as you embark on the four -week E2 Diet, you will need to dig deep into
your emotional closet, find your best attitude, and wear it for the duration of
the program. Before long, you won’ t have to work at it. It will become a
natural extension of your being. Your first day on the E2 Diet will be the first day of the rest of your
healthy, uplifting life. So get on board the Engine 2 fire engine and fire up
for a great ride! Here are some tips to keep your attitude positive and your motivation
solid. Find an E2 partner or friend. Nothing helps more than sharing the
experience with someone else. Quite a few couples participated in the E2
Pilot Study, and it brought them closer as they made healthy meals—and
avoided temptation—together. Not long ago my wife, Jill, and I took a hike on the Austin Greenbelt, an
eight-mile dirt trail that meanders next to beautiful Barton Creek. We
invited co-firefighter and friend Matt Thomson; his wife, Erin; and Matt’ s
parents, Reggie and Brenda. We started the hike from the western trailhead, which begins with a steep
one-half-mile-long downhill trek (nicknamed “the Hill of Life”) to get to
the part of the trail that runs along the creek. Matt and I ran and swam for
close to an hour while Jill, Erin, and Matt’ s parents hiked around before we
met them at the base of the Hill of Life for the hike back to our cars. Reggie
and Brenda were whipped while Jill, who was carrying our four -week-old
baby in a sling around her chest, was fresh as a daisy. Reggie and Brenda decided right then and there to make some serious
lifestyle changes. Matt and Erin enthusiastically recommended the Engine 2
Diet, which they had just finished, so Reggie and Brenda decided to give it
a whirl. Also joining up was their daughter Ashley, who is twenty-two yearsold. Brenda was overweight and had been a Type 2 diabetic for a dozen
years; Reggie and Ashley were overweight as well. MOTIV ATION, BABY! In 1994, I competed in my first Hawaii Ironman Triathlon, and I was


aki, bibitaki, and haritaki. V A T A :  Composed of space and air, one of the three doshas, or A yurvedic
mind-body types. V A YU :  W ind or air. V ISHUDDHA :  The fifth chakra; V ishuddha  translates as “purity.”
Y AMAS :  Moral, ethical, and social guidelines for the practicing yogi; the
first limb of yoga, outlined in the first of the Y oga Sutras of Patanjali. YOGA :  Derived from the Sanskrit word yuj,  which means “to yoke” or “to
join together.” In yoga, we join together our mind, body, soul, and spirit. Y OGA  S UTRAS OF  P A T ANJALI :  The basic philosophical writings of
yoga, compiled around 400 CE, containing four chapters or books
separated into 196 sutras, or aphorisms. It outlines the eight limbs of
yoga: yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana,
samadhi.N O T E S
Intr oduction
Page 5, “and br eathed into his nostrils the br eath of life” : Genesis 2:7, New International V ersion. 1. The Root Chakra
Page 26, “W e should have a liver appr eciation day” : W ayne W. Dyer, The A wakened Life, audio CD
set, Simon & Schuster Audio/Nightingale-Conant, 2006. Page 30, Can all your worries : Matthew 6:27, New Living T ranslation. 2. The Sacral Chakra
Page 43, Chr onic lifestyle diseases such as diabetes : Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, “The
Growing Crisis of Chronic Disease in the United States,”
https://www.fightchronicdisease.or g/sites/default/files/docs/GrowingCrisisofChronicDiseaseinthe
USfactsheet_81009.pdf, accessed November 30, 2017. Page 49, He calls this power sex transmutation : Napoleon Hill, Think and Gr ow Rich  (New Y ork:
Fawcett Books, 1960), 175–96. Page 58, the January 11, 2017, issue of  The Lancet: Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Medical
School, “Uncovering the Link between Emotional Stress and Heart Disease,” April 2017,
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-disease-overview/uncovering-the-link-between-emotional-
stress-and-heart-disease. Page 61, “The gr eat artists, writers, musicians, and poets become gr eat” : Hill, Think and Gr ow Rich,
179. Page 62, “Everything in your external world” : Anthony Robbins, Get the Edge: A 7-Day Pr ogram to
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        W ith the knowledge that
your time is limited, why not make the best use of it by working with
universal ener gy instead of against it. When you make the decision to
accept this spiritual aspect of who you are, you will see yourself grow by
leaps and bounds. Healing Ajna
DAIL Y AFFIRMA TION
I follow the path of truth. Healing the Physical Body
T o h elp relieve blockages or im balances in the sixth chakra, it’ s important
to choose life-af firming foods, clean water, and a healthy, toxin-free living
environment. Move your body daily and practice meditation. Living in this
manner is essential as you awaken each of the chakras. However, if you
wish to experien ce the physical lightness that brings to you the gifts of the
sixth chakra, you must keep you r body free of toxins. Of course, you can’ t
control everything in your environment, but try to control what you can. Y ou wil l have increased ability to access your intuition if you spend
time in nature. Y our body will s ync up with the rhythms of nature, and you
will experience more flow in your life. Y OGA  E YE  E XERCISES
Great for strengthening the cone s and rods in the eyes as well as stimulating
the brain, these yoga eye exerc ises take only two to three minutes to do. Remove your glasses or contact lenses. Sit tall with your palms on your lap
facing up. Keep your head steady. Repeat each of the follo wing three
exercises ten times:
Look up to the right and down to the left. Then look up to the left and
down to the right. Look side to side, as if you were trying to look at each ear. Look up between your eyebrows, and look down toward your chin. Finally, look toward your nose, and hold for twenty to thirty seconds. When y ou’re finished, rub your hands together to create frictio n and heat. Place the heels of your hands over your eyes, and hold for about thirty
seconds. Still holding your hands over your eyes, gently move the heels of
your han ds in a circular motion over your eyes to massage t hem. When
you’re finished, remove your hands and open your eyes. L IGHT  T HERAPY
In additi on to eye exercises, you  can strengthen your sense of sight and help
heal a whole hos t of diseases by  using light therapy. The best source of light
therapy, of course, is the sun. N ever stare directly at the sun. However, you
can stare at the sun with your eyes closed. Y ou can also try circular eye
motions: with your eyes closed,  look toward the sun and trace its shape by
moving your eyes in a clo ckwise motion and then switching to
counterclockwise. Do this sunn ing therapy for ten minutes daily. In the
winter you can achieve a similar ef fect by using a full-spectrum light box
designed for light therapy. According to a M ayo Clinic article,  t he ligh t box
should provide an exposure to 10,000 lux of light and emit as little
ultraviolet light as possible to av oid skin and eye damage. In the same waythat you wouldn’ t look directly at the sun for your eye exercises, avoid
staring d irectly at the light box. Consult your eye doctor befor e using any
type of light the rapy for your ey es if you have glaucoma, cataracts, or eye
damage from diabetes. Y OGA  A SANAS AND  P RANA Y AMA  E XERCISES T O  H EAL THE
S IXTH  C HAKRA
Practice these breathing techni ques and poses to help balanc e the Ajna
chakra. T o view a video demo of these exer cises, go to
www. youtube. com/c/MichelleFondinAuthor. Click on the Playlists tab, and select
Chakra Healing Asanas & Pranayamas. Scr oll down the list until you find the one you’r e looking for. Alternate-Nostril Br eathing — Nadi Shodhana :  The practice of nadi
shodhana synchronizes the hemispheres of the brain. Begin by sitting with
your back straight and your eye s closed. Place your left hand on your lap,
with you r palm facing up. T ake  your right hand and place your index and
middle fingers on the third eye in between your eyebrows. Gently rest your
right thu mb on your right nostri l. Rest the inside of your folded ring finger
on your  left nostril. T o begin, inhale through both nostrils and exhale
through both nostrils with your lips closed. Block your right nostril with
your thumb, and inhale through your left nostril for the count of two. Block
both nostrils and hold for six. Th en exhale through your right nostril for the
count of four. In hale through your right nostril for two, hold both for six,
and then  exhale through your le ft nostril for four. Keep the same counts as
you alternate. Repeat this breathing pattern for two to five minutes. Bee Br e ath — Bhramari :  This breathing technique helps clear sinuses,
alleviate headaches, and calm nerves. Sit in a comfortable position with
your spine tall, and close your eyes. Gently press the middle and  ring fingerof each hand a gainst your eyes, covering them completely. Press your
thumbs into your inner ears to close of f your hearing. Rest your pinkies on
your up per cheeks and your in dex fingers slightly above your eyebrows. T ake a deep bre ath through your nose and into your belly, and exhale by
saying HUM  or OM, em phasizing the mmmmm  sound and prolonging it for
the entire exhalation. Y ou will feel the vibration throughout your head. Repeat for at least ten breaths. Y ou will feel invigorated after  completing
the bee breath. Eagle Pose — Garudasana :  Eagle pose is great for cultivating focus and
one-pointed attention. Begin b y standing on your mat with


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nadi represents reception and contr ols all of the mental pr ocesses. Ida can be viewed as the energy within the personality, which is passive,
receptive, feminine, negative and yin. At the physical level, it is dark, cold,
lunar, energy-dissipating, entropic, expansive (centrifugal) and relaxing. It is
emotional, feeling, intuitive and non-discrimina tive, which is also the soma-
psychic aspect of a person where energy is inwardly directed and the body
acts on the mind. Ida controls the feeling centres and sense organs
(gyanendriyas), thereby giving us awareness and knowledge of the world in
which we live. Pingala can be defined as masculine, dynamic, active, positive, yang
energy within our personalities. It has a physical and mental side,
representing light, heat, solar energy, creativity, organisation, focus
(centripetal) and contractiv e. It is psychosomatic energy, and directs the
organs of action (kar mendriyas) outwar ds. It is the basic life-giving ener gy. Our body chemistry, which is reflected in our feelings and temperament,
can be altered easily by changing the breath pattern. One of our gurus used
to say that the entire world population could be divided into two categories
of people: one dominant in the left nostril and the other dominant in the
right nostril. Where the left nostril is dominant the ida nadi is overactive and
draws in more lunar energy, which in turn makes people more emotional by
nature. These people are creative, moody and prone to depression; they are
also prone to having a low body tempera ture and low blood pressure.When the right nostril is dominant the pingala nadi is overactive, which
affects the manipura (solar plexus) chakra. These people draw in more solar
energy and are driven, making them very ambitious in life. They push
themselves and others around them to fulfil their life ambitions, chasing
money, power or authority. They tend to be multi-tasker s, as their minds are
always busy planning too many things at one time. These people are
sometimes not grounded and lose focus on the activity at hand. They tend to
have a high body temperature, may have a heated liver and are prone to
hypertension, high b lood pressure, high blood sugar/diabetes, headaches and
migraines. Yoga and tantra have gone hand in hand to devise exercises to restore the
balance of energies to promote wellness. The imbalance of the ida and
pingala nadis can be restored by practising breathing through alternate
nostrils (anulom vilom). The practices of kundalini yoga are focused on the
awakening of sushumna; once sushumna comes to life a means of
communication between the higher and lower centres of consciousness is
established, which leads to the a wakening of kundalini. Granthis
Tantric scriptures talk about three granthis or psychic knots in the physical
body. These granthis represent the three fundamental principles of energy:
creation, sustenance and dissolution. As mentioned previously, ida, pingala
and sushumna rise from muladhara at the pelvic floor; sushumna flows
directly upwards within the central canal, while ida passes to the left and
pingala passes to the right, crisscrossing at each of the higher chakras. Located at the points of cr ossing over are the three granthis.The granthis, which are basically levels of awareness, are named after the
three Hindu deities forming the trinity: Brahma (the energy of creation),
Vishnu (the energy of sustenance) and Rudra (or Shiva, the energy of
dissolution). Granthis pose as obstacles or barriers, and on the path of raising
the consciousness each aspirant has to cross the barriers. During the process
of kundalini movement and spiritual progress our consciousness moves
through the g ranthis. The brahma granthi is located in the region of muladhara, exactly at
the T junction of the muladhara (base root) and swadhisthana (sacral)
chakras. It is the first crossover point in the path of kundalini awakening. Some tantric scriptures place the brahma granthi in the region of the navel,
as it is also considered to be the knot of samsara (the world of names and
forms). Muladhara is associated with the physical body, with our attachment
to material things, physical pleasures and self-centredness — the world of
maya, or illusion. According to Hinduism, the deity Brahma is the creator of
the universe, so the energy of procreation is also associated with this granthi;
unless this psychic knot is open in both the partners a couple will not be able
to conceive a child, which may explain why some couples are unable to have
children despite ha ving everything right biologically. The brahma granthi is the major obstacle in the spiritual path, creating a
lot of restlessness and distraction of the mind. Until the time our
consciousness stays embedded in tamas (the mundane or gross world) our
mind is trapped; we are ignorant of reality, living in the world of senses or
experiencing lethargy and negativity and acting egocentrically. To overcome
the obstacles associated with brahma granthi an aspirant has to go beyond
the senses and sensory pleasures, and rise beyond tamas. Once the energy
becomes pure and radiant this knot can be untied, which frees the aspirant
from the bondages of a ttachments and selfishness.The vishnu granthi is located at the crossover point of the anahata
(heart) chakra. It is associated with bondages created by attachments,
especially emotional attachments to people and things. In his Yoga Sutras
Patanjali mentioned attachments as being the main source of pain and
suffering. Anahata is mainly associated with devotion, love and faith;
however, our emotional attachments are the main cause of heart chakra
imbalances. When we promote detachment, it doesn’t mean you do not care
for the other person. Consider the difference between empathy and
sympathy. Empathy is a balanced state where you can understand someone’s
pain or suffering while maintaining your own balance. Sympathy is an
imbalance arising from attachment, where we actually feel someone’s pain or
suffering and lose our balance also. These attachments are hindrances to
spiritual progress; only through detachment or vivek (absolute
discrimina tion), knowledge and faith can w e untie this psy chic knot. In ancient India, a spiritual aspirant would forgo family life (grihastha
ashram) and undertake asceticism (sannyasa ashram) by giving up worldly
ties and home life, thereby freeing themselves from the deep ties of
attachment with the family. Such people are known as ‘divij’ (twice born) and
live for their spiritual aspirations only. This is still practised by some seekers
in the Jain religion of India. The rudra granthi is located in the area of the ajna (third eye) chakra. Rudra is another name of Lord Shiva when he is referred to as the lord of
dissolution. The untying of this psychic knot leads to the end of duality and
results in the dissolution of an aspirant’s ego. This granthi is also associated
with attachment to siddhis (psychic powers), which may nurture the ego and
cause a hindrance in spiritual progress. Unless the seeker is willing to
surrender the ego, further spiritual progress will not happen. Hence this
granthi is the point of transcendence wherein time-bound consciousness getsdissolved and a yogi is established into infinity by ascending to the crown
chakra and e xperiences a sta te of bliss. Vayus
The human body has two types of nervous system: sympathetic (sensory or
information) and parasympa thetic (motor). According to tantra, we have two
types of energy reaching every organ of the body: vital/ dynamic (prana
shakti) energy and mental (manas shakti) energy. The vital energy, prana,
flows in the body through the nadis, the conduits of energy. Nerves are part
of the physical bod y, while the nadis ar e part of the subtle bod y. We describe chakras as the energy centres of the body; however, the
energy at each chakra has a different role. In a tantric context each chakra’s
energy is called vayu, though the literal meaning of the word is ‘wind’. This
vital energy has five variants that are responsible for different functions in the
body:
◼ Prana vayu: when we talk of prana, we are talking about the vital
life-giving energy, not just the breath, air or oxygen. This prana
energy is located in the area of the larynx at the top of the
diaphragm and is associated with the heart chakra. It is responsible
for our survival and governs all the functions of the heart and lungs,
along with other activities in the r egion of the heart c hakra including
breathing, swallowing and b lood circulation. ◼ Apana vayu: centred in the pelvic region between the n


 eventually took
us so far into the diversity of creation that the source of creation—
our own awareness—was lost sight of. Inner experiences of bliss and
innite expan sion, of complete freedom and boundle ss power,
became “mystical.” No one has such experiences as a matter of
course; indeed, it seems to take years of meditation to get back to
the state of awareness where these experiences become remotely
possible. By now, the hard reality “out there” has become so
compelling that spirit is allowed little if any power at all. Perhaps
the existence of spirit was a superstition all along. As dismal as it may sound, the current state of spiritual atrophy
does not have to become permanent; the “mistake of the intellect”
can be corrected. In fact, there is cause for tremendous optimism
here. To narrow our problems down to a single cause is a
breakthrough in and of itself. How then do we correct our mistake?Not by giving up the intellect altogether, which would only result in
mindlessness. The intellect must be restored to its proper place in
the total balance of awareness. Repeated experience of pure
awareness allows this healing to take place. When all its aspects are in balance, human awareness nds itself
living both halves of life, the absolute state of the Self and the
relative state of the self. By remaining in contact with our core of
pure awarenes s, we can fully appreciate the beautiful and diverse
world “out there.” The mirror of nature will give us back the
reection of our own inner joy. The poet W. B. Yeats wrote, “We are
happy when for everything  inside us there is a corresponding
something outside us.” The word “correspondence” means a ow of
communication as well as a similarity between two things. When
awareness is completely balanced, communicating with the outside
world is instantaneous and automatic. It happens with the touch of
thought. The South African writer Laurens Van der Post recalled a day
when he went traveling among the natives in the bush country. He
came to their camp and found the men sitting around an old
tribesman whom Van der Post particularly liked. The old man was
sitting still with his eyes closed, deeply absorbed. When Van der
Post asked what he was doing, one of the onlookers said, “Ssh, he’s
doing something important. He’s making clouds.” The rishis say that
you and I were born to be cloud-makers, too. But until we regain
control of our inner nature, we will never solve the imbalances that
have been inicted on nature as a whole. The Circular Trap
I nd it signi cant that so many people are currently involved in
the issue of addiction. To me, addictions stand for the deeper
conict between maintaining one’s old conditioning and breaking
free. The addic t’s “habit” is but an exaggerated version of all habits,
which cling to outworn realities rather than allowing new life to
ow in. The root causes of addiction are hotly debated, but one
aspect of the syndrome is that it brings pleasure to people whocannot nd it any other way. As Alice Miller observes, “People who
as children successfully repressed their intense feelings often try to
regain—at least for a short time—their lost intensity of experience
with the help of drugs and alcohol.”
I think it is obvious that many people have anesthetized a huge
portion of their feeling self. To show strong emotions is rarely
considered an acceptable form of behavior in our society, while
paramount importance is placed on self-control. As a result, many of
us may reach the point where we panic at the rst sign of emotion
starting to well up. Repeatin g the denial of emotion imposed upon
us in childhood, we now exert enormous pressure to deny ourselves. Addiction “solves” this problem by permitting pleasure while at
the same time insuring that the pleasure is furtive and guilt ridden. One of my patients, whose facade of correct deportment is
impeccable, for many years  led a secret life haunting the worst
heroin dens in Boston. “I played various characters when I went to
the shooting galleries in the ghetto,” he said. “Sometimes I drove my BMW  and wore a three-piece suit; other
times I had on army fatigues or the rags a street person would wear. I saw people die, begging for heroin to the very end. I was under
close surveilla nce by both the police and the pushers, neither of
whom could gure me out. I slept in abandoned houses with other
junkies and walked the streets with ten-year-old kids who had
orders to shoot on sight anyone who tried to rip o their stash of
crack. “You won’t be able to really grasp what it means when I tell you
that I had a twenty-bag-a-day heroin habit,” he said with an
unfathomable look in his eyes. “The common junkie has a two- to
ve-bag habit,  maybe ten. When a person is hooked on that much,
his chances of recovery are less than one percent. I shot twenty bags
for over a year and survived.”
This man is very frank about the enjoyment that his addiction
brought him, at least at the outset. From the moment he rst
injected heroin, long-lost pleasure ooded him. Being able to play
various characters as he moved through the junkie’s shadow world
gave him a secondary source of forbidden pleasure. By having to bereal to no one, he could temporarily forget his massive self-doubt,
which told him that he might not be real to begin with. Although lurid on the outside, his addiction was not essentially
dierent from that of the cautious alcoholic who sneaks a shot of
whiskey before brushing his teeth in the morning. Both are hooked
on the alluring combination of enjoyment and guilt. The essence of
any form of compulsive behavior is helpless repetition, which
pleasure alone would not be strong enough to incite. Alcoholics and
heroin addicts,  food bingers and compulsive thieves all return again
and again to the very behav ior that they would judge shameful in
another person. Often it is pleasure itself that they nd shameful; therefore, they
have no alternative but to seek pleasures that have built-in
dissatisfaction. As one psychotherapist put it, “You can never get
enough of what you don’t want in the rst place.” Even the most
intense pleasur e is not addict ive as long as the person indulging in it
has a clear idea of what pleasure is. But a certain kind of personality
has no choice but to mix feeling bad with feeling good. A guilty
pang accompa nies the jolt delivered by the drug, and without the
guilt, the jolt would lose its allure. Addicts are pitied and revile d in our culture, and society has not
decided whether they are to be considered sick, deviant, or both. There is a deeper ambiguity as well. To contemplate the helpless
loss of self-con trol represented by fullblown addiction is horrible but
secretly tempti ng. Who would not have a ood of pleasur e coursing
through his body if he did not have to pay too high a price? This is
not sheer escapism on our parts. At the heart of addictio n, I would
propose, lies a deep nostalgia for pleasure that echoes a legitimate
need. Despite what our conditioning might tell us, to seek pleasure
is not bad. Everyone’s life is driven by the spur of desire. But hardly
anyone can enjoy deep satisfaction untainted by feelings of guilt,
selshness, or a vague premonition that “this is too good to last.”
If addicts are indeed playing out a fantasy we all share, then they
may be neither  sick nor deviant. I would like to apply the diagnosis
provided by the rishis and say that addiction is basically  the result
of a mistake. The addict is caught in a circular trap of his owndevising; he cannot get enough pleasure to nally abolish his guilt;
he cannot suer enough guilt to keep him from the next x. Rather,
the two impulses circle each other in an endless dance. What we have here is another example of the mistaken intellect—
the circular trap depends upon the addict’s belief that his divided
awareness cannot heal itself. Yet the rishis maintain that awareness
is all-po werful, which means  that it should be able to heal anything,
including itself. Let us see if a solution to addiction might lie in this
direction. Evelyn Silvers, a Los Angeles therapist who specializes in drug
addiction, has learned to create a remarkable phenomenon with her
patients that releases them from the bondage of their cravings. Using the simplest sort of suggestion and guided thinking, she
induces her patients to manufacture “brain drugs” that appear to act
exactly like the heroin, alcohol, cocaine, or tranquilizers  that they
have been ruining their lives to buy or steal. Earlier, in 1976, Silvers had focused on a dierent problem,
chronic pain. Widespread excitement had been generated by the
recent discovery of the body’s internal painkillers, or endorphins,
which were analyzed as being many times more powerful


 marketer, not a
manufacturer. The same is true of every vitamin company I know of. These companies buy bulk product by the barrel or sack; then
encapsulate, blend and roll pills, bottle and label, advertise and make profit. The point of all this is that some actual vit amin
manufacturers produce very hi gh quality products and others shortcut. Vitamin distributors must make ethical (or unethical)
choices about their suppliers. It is beyond the scope of this book to be a manual for going into the vitamin business. However, there are big differences in  how
effective vitamins with the same chemical name are and the differences hinge on who actually brewed them up. For example, there are at least two quality levels of vitamin C on the market right now. The pharmaceutical grade is made by
Roche or BAS F. Another form, it could be called "the bargain barrel brew," is made in China. Top quality vitamin C is quite a bit
more costly; as I write this, the price differential is about 40 percent between the cheap stuff and the best. This can make a big
differe nce in bottle price and profit. Most of the discount retail vitamin companies use the Chinese product. There's more than a price difference. The vitamin C from China contains measurable levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, iron and
other toxic metals. Th e FDA allows this slightly contaminated product to be sold in the US because the Recommended Daily
Allowance for vitamin C is a mere 60 milligrams per day. Taken at that level, the toxic metals would, as the FDA sees it, do no
harm. However, many users of vitamin C take 100 -200 times the RDA. The cheap form of C would expose them to potentially
toxic levels of heavy metal poisons. The highly refined top -quality product removes impurities to a virtually undetectable level. I buy my C from Bronson who e thically gives me the quality stuff. I know for a fact that the vitamin C sold by Prolongevity is
also top quality. I've had clients who bought cheaper C than Bronson's and discovered it was not quite like Bronson's in appe arance
or taste. More importantly, it did not seem to have the same therapeutic effect. The distributors I've mentioned so far, Bronson, NOW, Cooper, Prolongevity and Vitamin Research Products are all
knowledgeable about differences between actual manufacturers and are ethical, buyin g and reselling only high quality products. Other distributors I believe to be reputable include Twin Labs, Schiff and Plus. I know there are many other distributors wit h high
ethic levels but I can not evaluate all their product lines. And as I've mention ed earlier, businesses come and go rather quickly, but
I hope my book will be read for decades. I do know that I would be very reluctant to buy my vitamins at a discount department
store or supermarket; when experimenting with new suppliers I have at times  been severely disappointed. Co-enzyme Q -10. This substance is normally manufactured in the human body and is also found in minuscule amounts in
almost every cell on Earth. For that reason it is also called "ubiquinone. " But this vitamin has been only recently discovered, so as
I write this book Co -enzyme Q -10 is not widely known. Q-10 is essential to the functioning of the mitochondria, that part of the cell that produces energy. With less Q -10 in heart cells,
for example, the heart has less energ y and pumps less. The same is true of the immune system cells, the liver cells, every cell. As
we age the body is able to make less and less Q -10, contributing to the loss of energy frequently experienced with age, as well as
the diminished effectiveness o f the immune system, and a shortened life span. Q-10 was first used for its ability to revitalize heart cells. It was a prescription medicine in Japan. But unlike other drugs used to
stimulate the heart, at any reasonable dose Q -10 has no harmful side  effects. It also tends to give people the extra pick up they are
trying to get out of a cup of coffee. But Q -10 does so by improving the function of every cell in the body, not by whipping
exhausted adrenals like caffeine does. Q -10 is becoming very popul ar with athletes who measure their overall cellular output
against known standards. Besides acting as a general tonic, when fed to lab animals, Co -Enzyme Q -10 makes them live 33 to 45 percent longer. DMAE is another extremely valuable vitamin -like substance that is not widely known. It is a basic building material that the
body uses to make acetylcholine, the most generalized neurotransmitter in the body. Small quantities of DMAE are found in fis h,
but the body usually makes it in a multi -stage synt hesis that starts with the amino acid choline, arrives at DMAE at about step
number three and ends up finally with acetylcholine. The body's nerves are wrapped in fatty tissue that should be saturated with acetylcholine. Every time a nerve impulse is
transmitted from one nerve cell to the next, a molecule of acetylcholine is consumed. Thus acetylcholine has to be constantly
replaced. As the body ages, levels of acetylcholine surrounding the nerves drop and in consequence, the nerves begin to
deteriorate. DMAE is rapidly and easily converted into acetylcholine and helps maintain acetylcholine levels in older people at a
youthful level. When laboratory rats are fed DMAE they solve mazes more rapidly, remember better, live about 40 percent longer than r ats not
fed DMAE and most interestingly, when autopsied, their nervous systems resemble those of a young rat, without any evidence of
the usual deterioration of aging. Human nervous systems also deteriorate with age, especially those of people suffering fr om
senility. It is highly probable that DMAE will do the same thing to us. DMAE also smoothes out mood swings in humans and
seems to help my husband, Steve, when he has a big writing project. He can keep working without getting 'writers block', fogg ed
out, or rollercoastering. DMAE is a little hard to find. Prolongevity and VRP sell it in powder form. Since the FDA doesn't know any MDR and since
the product is not capped up, the bottle of powder sagely states that one -quarter teaspoonful contains 333 mi lligrams. Get the hint. DMAE tastes a little like sour salt and one -quarter teaspoonful dissolves readily in water every morning before breakfast, or
anytime for that matter. DMAE is also very inexpensive considering what it does. A year's supply costs abo ut $20. Lecithin is a highly tonic and inexpensive food supplement that is underutilized by many people even though it is easily
obtainable in healthfood stores. It is an emulsifier, breaking fats down into small separate particles, keeping blood chole sterol
emulsified to prevent arterial deposits. Taken persistently, lecithin partially and slowly eliminates existing cholesterol de posits
from the circulatory system. In our cholesterol -frightened society lecithin should be a far more popular supplem ent than it currently is. It is easy to take either
as a food in the granular form or when encapsulated. Lecithin granules have very little flavor and can be added to a home -made
vinegar and oil salad dressing, where they emulsify the oil and make it blend  with the vinegar, thickening the mixture and causing
it to stick to the salad better. Lecithin can also be put in a fruits smoothie. A scant tablespoon a day is sufficient. Try t o buy the
kind of lecithin that has the highest phosphatidyl choline content because this substance is the second benefit of taking lecithin. Phosphatidyl choline is another precursor used by the body to build acetylcholine and helps maintain the nervous system. Algae. Spirulina or sun dried chlorella are also great food supple ments. Both make many people feel energized, pepped -up. It is
possible to fast on either product and still maintain sufficient energy levels to take of minimal work responsibilities. Alga e reduces
appetite and as a dietary supplement can assist in weight l oss. It contains large amounts of highly -assimilable protein due to it's
high chlorophyll content, as well as a large amount of beta carotene. It also assists in detoxification of the lymphatic syst em. It can
be purchased as tablets or powder. Take a heapi ng teaspoon daily, or at least six tablets. Chapter Seven
The Analysis of Disease States:
Helping the Body Recover

From the Hygienic Dictionary

Diagnosis. [1] In the United States, making a diagnosis implies that you are a doctor duly licensed to engage in diagnostic
function. The making of a diagnosis is reserved only for doctors. The term "analysis" does not have such an expli cit leg al
definition. Thus, it is the term of choice of iridologists and the one most often used by them. It is essential for the survi val and
promotion of iridology that those who choose to engage in its practice avoid naming any disease condition. As we have se en, to do
so is to infringe on rights reserved exclusively for doctors and can land the iridologist, sooner or later, in a snarl of leg al


 Fasting has enabled many women to conceive
after years of sterility. Many of these women give a history of menstrual irregularities, profuse
flow, severe cramps that send them to bed each month, large clots, soreness of the breasts and
similar symptoms that indicate endocrine (ductless gland) imbalance, inflammation of the ovaries
or womb and nervous difficulties. Others give a history of metritis (inflammation of the lining of the womb) with a more or less
chronic vaginal discharge. In these latter cases, the discharge is often highly acid, sufficiently acid
to destroy the sperm. These are the types of cases that are most readily corrected and that are restored to health by a
period of physical, mental and physiological rest. Few cases of female sterility are absolute; most
of them are the outgrowth of conditions of disease and are remediable. Great numbers of women
have found the ability to conceive restored by a restoration to good health, and a large part of these
women have found the fast of inestimable value in the clearing up of conditions that prevented
conception. In passing, it may be well to mention that in those many cases of women who readily conceive,
but who abort, being unable to carry their baby to full term, a restoration of good health will
enable them to give birth to normal babies. A clearing up of the toxic state followed by greatly
improved nutrition enables them to avoid abortions. The most spectacular case of this kind that has come under the author’s observation was that of a
woman who had previously had twenty-eight spontaneous abortions. After a fast of ten days and a
period on a greatly improved diet, she became pregnant and at full term gave birth to a healthy boy. Delivery was normal. The length of fast required in cases of female sterility varies with the condition of the woman. I
recall the case of a comparatively young woman who had been married for ten years and had not
conceived, although no attempt had been made to avoid it. She suffered agonies with each
menstruation, going to bed every month and relieving her pains with drugs. A fast of ten days was sufficient to permanently end her menstrual difficulties and shortly after
the fast, she conceived for the first time, subsequently giving birth to a healthy baby boy. Another
woman much less vigorous and sick for a number of years, took several short fasts before she
140conceived. Her previous period of sterility was also of about ten years duration. The young Italian
woman whose story was recounted at the beginning of this chapter had a fast of thirty days. Absolute sterility is a comparatively rare condition in both men and women and fasting can do
nothing in such cases. When sterility is due to conditions of disease, rather than to defects of
development, there is reason to think that both men and women can almost always profit by a fast
of sufficient duration to enable the body to clear its abnormal states. 14137
Fasting in Pregnancy
When the rational mind recognizes that pregnancy is a normal biological process, it at once
realizes that it should be unaccompanied with any pain, discomfort or abnormal condition. It is
observed that animals in their natural state do not suffer with nausea and vomiting during
pregnancy. The condition is said to be unknown among so-called primitive women. Only about
half the women in civilized life so suffer. All the evidence points to the conclusion that nausea, “morning sickness” and vomiting are not
essential developments during pregnancy. Mild and evanescent in the majority of the cases, severe
and lasting in some cases, perhaps leading even to the artificial ending of pregnancy “to save the
mother’s life,” the cause is still a matter of much debate. If it can be understood that disease is the outworking of natural law, we may understand that
under certain states of the organism of woman, when pregnancy occurs, there is an urgent need to
put the physiological house in order. It is common to say that the nausea is a “reflex” and that it is a “reaction,” but these words
explain nothing. It is necessary that we understand the nature and cause of the condition that gives
rise to the “reflex” or to the “reaction.”
Nature plays no favorites, is no respecter of persons. If a woman suffers with nausea and
vomiting during pregnancy, this is because she has built her suffering by a way of life that has laid
the foundation for trouble. Her suffering is not due to the fact that she is pregnant, but to the fact
that she is toxemic. While we recognize that pregnancy is a normal physiologic state, we must
also recognize that, in
modern life at least, there is much that is not physiologic associated with the whole reproductive
process and that these conditions of abnormality have the same general causes that are responsible
for other structural and functional abnormalities of the body. In her efforts to promote life and its highest welfare, in her never-ending effort to endow each
new form of life with the finest that can be given, nature tries to give each child that is born the
best that life affords. She is, therefore, interested in the environment of the unborn child and
especially in its nutrition. The unborn child feeds upon substances supplied by the mother. If her blood is physiologically
suitable to the highest interests of the evolving embryo her pregnancy will be comfortable and even
pleasurable. If she is toxemic, there must evolve a process designed to prepare a better source of
nutriment for the embryo. The physiological house must be put in order to the end that the embryo
may have a clean, wholesome, and well balanced habitat during its intra-uterine existence. This does not mean that the uterus alone must be made acceptable for the evolution of the new
life, but that the whole body of the mother must be made ready. For unless there is systemic
preparedness, there can be no local readiness. We observe that the general metabolism of the pregnant mother is accelerated; glands that have
been all but dormant awake to renewed activity, and, if the way of life of the mother is at all
wholesome, her health improves. Symptoms from which she has long suffered often clear up and
she appears well again. The nausea and vomiting are merely parts of this general renovating
program. 142The toxemic woman is declared to be unfit for the new being. The toxins that have been retained
and stored in the organism until its chemistry is profoundly altered must be removed. This calls for
a radical eliminating process; it demands a temporary cessation of eating. There is rebellion in the stomach; it rejects food. The liver speeds up its excretory function. Much bile is regurgitated into the stomach and is vomited. There may even develop a psychic
revulsion to food, so determined is the organism to have its way and to clean house. If we can once
understand that nature is trying to provide a clean house in which to evolve the new life, we can
understand the need to cooperate in the work and not to throw monkey wrenches into the vital
machinery. The suppression of vomiting by the administration of drugs, always of doubtful efficacy, seems
only to make matters worse and to prolong the period of nausea and vomiting. The woman who
clings to the outworn idea that she needs plenty of “good nourishing food” and persists in eating in
spite of her repugnance to food, even to the sight, odor or thought of it, only adds to her discomfort
and prolongs her suffering. The physician, called to care for a case of morning sickness, tries
everything, seeking to satisfy
the patient’s demand for relief from symptoms, until the nausea and vomiting come to a
spontaneous end, but he fails to do her any real good. It has been said that all this discomfort and annoyance constitute a rather rude, impolite and
unpleasant way of asking a woman to stop eating. But it is more than just a command to cease
eating; it is a process of purification. It is a means of freeing the body of accumulated toxin. The
ignorant will eat in spite of the evident demand that no food be eaten, but nature gains her point in
the end; she simply throws the food back. Breakfast, noon meal or dinner, it is unwanted. When the pregnant woman feels the first faint beginning of nausea and vomiting, she should
voluntarily cease eating at once. Neither she nor the child will be hurt by ceasing to eat. A
prolonged fast might injure the baby, but a few days of abstinence in the early days of pregnancy,
such as the woman with morning sickness will have to undergo, will help her. She should go to bed and keep warm. She should throw off any fears she may have and poise her
mind. No drugs should be taken. My experience has shown that three to ten days are enough to
enable the body to put its house in order and there is no more nausea and vomiting throughout the
remainder of the pregnancy. A period of light feeding of fruits and uncooked vegetables should follow the fast for a few days
before the normal diet is resumed. By normal diet I certainly do not mean the conventional diet. Pregnant women tend to eat too much. They overeat on proteins. They need the very best of
proteins, but not in large quantities. Their greatest need, however, is for fruits and green non-
starchy vegetables. In ordinary cases of morning sickness three to four days of fasting are sufficient to restore
comfort and enable the woman to eat without distress. I have had one case that required eleven
days for comfort and digestive ability to return. There may be severe cases that will require a longer time than this; I have


. I gave
him a list to buy at the food store, including celery, nuts, dates, prunes,
other dried and fresh fruit. To the dietitian's horror, I lived on that. The
funny part was, I kept gaining we ight. However, about that time the
food from the kitchen began improving until I could ask for nothing
better. Sometime later my friend, Bill Hunter, was a patient at Baylor. The dietitian told him that Dr. Heard was the toughest patient the
hospital ever had. Really I did no t mind eating what was brought me,
but I wanted to call that young lady's attention to the fact that all she
knew about was conventional diet. Obviously, she did not know that
the human organism would heal more rapidly on raw foods. The explanation is that in raw foods, the healing vitamins have not been killed by heat. When I visited California in the spring of 1950, I called at Dr. F.
M. Pottenger's laboratory, under management of the University of
Southern California. The caretaker, a student, told me about an
experiment with cats. One lot, fed on cooked beef and pasteurized
milk, had no offspring. It took raw meat and raw milk to make those
cats reproduce their kind. Now, I had been living on Nature's foods, unprocessed and
unrefined for the most part, though not exclusively, for the whole 20
years since I took that two week's fast for a clean-out, under the
direction of Naturopath H. A. Brown of Canyon, Texas. It was then
and there I quit being an invalid and started being a real person. Since
I began living on a natural diet, I observed that any small injury I
received, a bruise or cut, would heal up promptly without the use of iodine, salve or liniment. I recall a typical incident while I was helping
some Camp Fire Girls in an outing in the mountains, gathering some
wood to build a fire. I scraped a wide swath of skin off my hand. "0-o-o-h, doctor, you're hurt bad," the girls cried. "You must go
to the nurse cabin as fast as you can and get iodine and adhesive tape
put on before you get infection." The girls wisely had been taught to treat a minor hurt like that. They should observe the rule for themselves, I told them; but for me,
no antiseptic was necessary. Because I had lived on natural foods,
with plenty of vitamins in them, my bloodstream was well supplied
with germ-killers more potent than iodine, the sulfa drugs or
penicillin. So that little scratch would heal itself in a jiffy. The following day I could prove to the girls I was right. Ever since I had learned how to nourish them, those alert
guardians in my bloodstream, the phagocytes, had protected me
against any sort of disease germ which threatened me. My well-
nourished body had automatically corrected every maladjustment of cells and tissues except enlarged prostate. It is my conviction that a completely balanced diet kept up for a lifetime, would build effective
bulwarks against tuberculosis or cancer. Consequently, as I lay upon my bed at Baylor Hospital and
thought about my 500 fellow patients, I could realize that perhaps nine
out of 10 were there needlessly. A little applied food science—I mean a well balanced diet—would have kept them all well and strong. PART III. CONCLUSIONS: MY PHILOSOPHY

CHAPTER 34. I ARRIVE AT AN IMPORTANT
MILESTONE

On the day that I marked up my 70th anniversary, October 21,
1937, I wrote a letter to my son, George, Jr., and his wife, Margaret, in which I said that this supposed end to my days, by the Psalmist's measure, was to me only the end of the first relay in life's race. I was
beginning the second relay with enthusiasm and high hopes. I had received my second wind. The letter said, in part: "I have this day reached my alloted three-score and ten years. It
must have been a mind of small receptivity that pronounced this
allotment... Had that mind been big enough to teach mankind the
positive, the constructive side of life,  it would have been just as easy
to have made the allotment at least double the 70 years... For myself,
at the age of 70, the second relay being with as much enthusiasm as I felt at any time during the past three-score and 10 years... To me, this relay race is comparable with the 'righteous path' which brightens
as the shadows lengthen toward the east. There was no part of the first
relay, not even the best of it, wh ich yielded rewards comparable with
those life has bestowed upon me at the end. And now, the second relay
opens with prospects more bright and enticing than the first relay held forth. The past has furnished experience which natures wisdom. It has
given me spiritual insight—a lamp unto my feet which shall guide me
unerringly into and along that "righteous path." On my 70th birthday also I jotted down the observation that the
Old Testament had taught a long and happy life is the reward of right living under a just system of economics. Concerning that new order of things the prophet Isaiah wrote in
his 65th chapter: "They shall build houses and inhabit them, and they
shall plant vineyards and eat the fru it of them. They shall not build
and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat, for as the
days of the tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long
enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labor in vain nor bring
forth for trouble..." That prophecy, when persuaded, was spoken not for some
millennium to come. Rather, it seems to me, Isaiah was a state of
things attainable on this earth, when men shall, learn to do justly by
one another. Jesus of Nazareth interpreted Isaiah's vision on like
practical terms. He taught men to pray: "Thy kingdom come, thy will
be done on earth...." The Nazarene, to my way of thinking, came to earth as the
emissary, the advance agent of the Cr eator. Jesus told his followers :
"I and the Father are one." But he taught that all men could, through
right doing and prayer achieve that same oneness with God:
"What I have done and yet greater things ye shall do," Jesus told
his disciples. I believe that the Master's healing powers are attainable by one
who lives and works in harmony with  universal law. By so living,
even as Isaiah's prophecy impiles, man could still be young at 100
years of age. People sicken, grow old before their time and die young because
as they show by their actions, they do not believe that the Bible
teaches: "Man was not made to be sick. To keep his health and live
long, he has but to learn and obey God's law." CHAPTER 35

ON A LETTER FROM A VALUED FRIEND
 Among the most prized letters in my possession is one I received
some time ago from the former pastor of my church here in Hereford,
the Reverend T. C. Willett of Seym our. The reverend had a good word
for my blunt habit of speaking my mind on whatever subject, wherever I happened to be. I share the minister's regret that he and I,
who have so much in common, did not find, or make, occasion to get
together more often during his stay in Hereford. "Dear Doctor:
Many times I think of you and would like to have a visit with
you. Most of my visits I have with people, when they have gone leave
the feeling with me which makes me think I have been talking to
myself. But when I contacted you, the sense changed. You always had
an opinion and were not afraid to express it. I feel like I missed a lot
by not contacting you oftener while I was your pastor. Your friend, T.
C. Willett." I think Brother Willet has in mind a prayer meeting incident
which I vividly recall. Our pastor always had a live theme for our mid-
week meetings. Whatever the topi c, Brother Willett would lead the
gathering into a lively discussion concerning it. For the evening
question, the subject was Satan. Br other Willett polled the 40 persons
present, pointing his finger at each one in turn and asking: "Do YOU
believe in a personal Devil?" Each person quizzed had answered,
"Yes." When Brother Willett came to me, pointing his finger straight
into my face and asked, "Do you believe in a personal devil?" I
answered with an emphatic, "No." Brother Willett, evidently
dumbfounded, just stood there, looked me straight in the eye and said
nothing. The whole room was so quiet you could have heard a pin
drop. After a minute of tense silenc e, I explained: "I believe God is
good and has all power and created a ll things. I say God could not be
good and at the same time create the Devil to torment people. Besides,
the Devil would have no power unless God gave it to him." At that, Brother Willett laughed heartily, and remarked: "I agree
with you that


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. Now I still see Daniel every three months for minor dietary and supplement
adjustments. His emotional space is very positive. His business is doing well. Hislove life is doing well. He has developed no new problems and all the old onesare under control. His organ systems, though better, will never tolerate manyinsults, physical or mental, but if he lives within his limits, he has every chance of along and happy life. Daniel has become a friend of mine by now and I like to see him but I expect I
won’t see Daniel very much at all any more. He has learned what he needs toknow to take care of himself. This is a typical onion case that resolvedsuccessfully. However this case might not have worked out so well had Daniel notpossessed a high degree of personal integrity and bravery, had he not faced andresolved his emotional conflicts. Fortunately, Daniel had always conducted anethical life, without dishonesty or a secret collection of disreputable acts. Bodiesare easy to fix; they are carbon oxygen engines that work on chemistry andrespond unfailingly to physical measures. But the entity that runs the body is notso simple. The thoughts and emotions of the spirit impinge on a body aspowerfully or more powerfully than all the vitamins, dietary reform orprotomorphogens I can provide. The mind, and the spirit behind that mind, canmake a body sick or can prevent it from getting well or staying well despiteeverything I do. Unethical Illness
I see a lot of spiritually-induced physical illness in my practice. Maybe more
than my share. Maybe its karmic; it tends to find me because I understand it. Andit comes up my driveway because people who have it often become doctorshoppers, and seek out a naturopath as a last resort after exhausting everythingthat modern medical science has to offer. I have had large numbers ofundiagnosable people that suffer greatly but who medical doctors can find nothingwrong with and label psychosomatic. I have also repaired people given specificmedical diagnoses that standard physical remedies cannot make better. In most of these cases, the physical illness is secondary to, is an overlay of a
more fundamental spiritual cause. On this type of case there are inevitably severeproblems connected with close friends, relatives and business associates. The sickperson inevitably blames the friends, relatives and business associates and takesno responsibility. The problems seem unresolvable. When I probe deeply enoughinto these problems, I begin to discover the real infection below. The sick person,so fond of complaining about all the terrible things done to them by the peoplethey have or have had problems with, or sometimes, so proud of not complainingabout all the terrible things done to them. Actually, almost inevitably this personhas committed a huge mass of secret crimes, viciousness and betrayals, rarelyindictable felonious acts, but crimes none the less, disreputable deeds that must bekept secret. These deeds are always completely justified; the sick person always claims to
have been right for having done them and it is next to impossible for me as atherapist to get them to take responsibility for their sins. But at the deep, center ofalmost all people is an honest, decent soul that knows what it has really done andfeels guilty and judges itself. That is why it says in the Bible, “judge not, lest yoube judged.” It is not the judgment of the Deity we have so much to fear; we areown worst judge, jury, and executioner, and eventually extract from ourselves fullpayment with compound interest for all harmful acts. People frequently punish themselves with severe, incapacitating illness or even
death. A spiritual illness will not respond very well to physical treatment until thespiritual malaise’s is resolved. This case has to find enough courage to becomehonest with themselves, to admit their deeds in all their disgusting detail and thento make amends, or if amends are not possible, to at least cease and desist. Theyhave to take personal responsibly for what they really are being and what theyhave really done and most importantly, accept that they are responsible forcreating their own illness. It is not a virus, a cancer cell or something that just fellout of the universe and struck them, innocent victims that they are. They havemade their illness and only they can uncreate it. Unfortunately, few people who have spent a lifetime indulging themselves in
this degree of irresponsibility have the integrity to change. This is a tough case.Especially so because they think they are physically ill, they did not come to me tobe defined as a “mental” case and tend to reject such approaches. There is no shortage of additional degenerative conditions that I could
describe. There are eating disorders, shingles, skin problems, kidney disease,Alzheimer’s, senility, mental illness, addictions, chronic fatigue syndrome, aids.There’s macular degeneration, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic ear infections(especially in children), tonsillitis, bronchitis, pancreatitis, cystitis, urethritis,prostatitis, colitis, sinusitis, osteomyelitis and a dozen other ‘itises, includingappendicitis. There’s ‘algias (itises of the nerves): neuralgia, fibromyalgia. There’s‘ism’s (really itises of the muscles). There are ‘onias like pneumonia; ‘omas likecarcinoma, melanoma and lymphoma. I could (but won’t) write a page or two on every one of these conditions and
turn this book into an encyclopedia. After twenty five years of practice, there islittle I have not seen. Or helped a body repair. Generally, everyone of thosefollowing pages I’m not going to bother to write would repeat the same message.That the medical profession has little understanding of the real causes or cures ofdisease; that the world is full of unnecessary suffering; that there are simple,painless, effective, harmless approaches to eliminating most of the ailments ofmankind except the ultimate ailment, old age, the thing that takes us all eventually;that essentially all the diseases resolve from the same approach. But I have already explained the theoretical basis of natural hygiene, the key
role of toxemia, enervation, constipation, the essentials of good diet, fasting andcolon cleansing, the importance of regular exercise, and the rational for vitaminsupplementation. I have revealed a lot of the secrets in my bag of tricks, like myfavorite herbs, poultices and wheat grass. What concerns me most about medicine today is that there seems to be ever
fewer hygienists practicing. The young holistic practitioner is overwhelmed with
confusing data and approaches and is increasingly less able to discern what is
really important and what is distraction, and is increasingly intimidated by theAMA, made fearful of accepting people with serious conditions. Too many youngpractitioners become ideologues, clinging to the rightness of a single rigiddiscipline, missing the truths that exist in other approaches and worse, missing thelimitations that exist in their own personal healing methods. The current concern about the cost of medical care and resorting to
government-run insurance programs and regulations will do little or nothing toreverse the trend to more and more sickness that costs more and more to treat.The root causes of our current crisis are two fold. One, our food, just as it comesoff the farm, is getting ever worse. This is not even recognized as a problem. Afterwe process it for an industrial food distribution system, much nutrition is lost too.This is barely recognized as a problem. Until we are better nourished, we will beever sicker and each generation will become a degeneration. Secondly, oursociety is suffering from all the evils of monopoly medicine. This is barelyrecognized. The AMA has a stranglehold on the sick. There is no effectivecompetition for its methods. Alternatives are suppressed. In my version of abetter world, if anyone that wanted to could hang out a shingle and offer todiagnose, treat and cure disease, a few quacks would really hurt a few people.But many genuine therapies would appear and the public would be exposed toworkable alternatives. If anyone that wanted to market it could put a label on abottle of pills, power or tincture that said its contents would heal or cure disease,yes, a few people would be poisoned. And a few would die needlessly by failingto get the right treatment. But on the positive side, all this liberty would result incountless new therapies being rediscovered and many new uses for existingsubstances would appear. Fundamentally, this is the issue of liberty. I believe it is better to allow choice
and options, to permit the dangers that go with liberty to exist. And to allowunfortunate outcomes to occur without intervention into individual lack of
intelligence and irresponsibilities. The opposite is our current path–an attempt to
regulate and control away all dangers. But this overcontrol results ininstitutionalized violence and cruelty, inefficiency that is not checked or exposedby the bright light of a better way. As Churchill said, “democracy is the worstform of government there is—except for all the others.” What he meant is that wemust accept that this is an imperfect world. The best this planet can be is when itis at its freest, when restrictions are minimized and when people are allowed tomake their own choices, be responsible for their own outcomes and experiencethe consequences of their own stupidities. Appendix
Pulse Testing For Allergies
Coca’s Pulse Tests are extraordinarily useful and simple tools for at-home
allergy detection. My clients have succeeded at using this approach withoutsupervision. Coca’s test works on this simple principle: pulse elevations arecaused by any allergic reaction. If you know what your normal range of pulserates are, you can isolate an offending