. The patient must be fortunate; his physician must be
extremely knowledgeable about the dosage and timing of
the chemotherapy, both of which are absolutely vital. Thenthe cancer may be defea ted, adding years of useful life to
the patient’s existence.
Ironically, the therapy may fail because it strips the body
of the very intelligence that usually guards it from  disease.
Many anti-cancer drugs are extremely damaging to the
body’s immune system; they directly suppress the bone
marrow, which manufa ctures our white cells, with
devastating eﬀect on the white-cell count in the blood. As
the course of chemotherapy continues, the patient  becomes
more and more susceptib le to new forms of cancer, and in a
certain numb er of cases—as high as 30 percent for breast
cancer—new cancer appears and the patient dies.
Moreover, it is sometimes not statistically possible to kill
every malign ant cell. It has been estimated that a typical
cancer patient may have 10 billion cancer cells. If his
chemotherapy is 99.99 percent eﬀective, there would still
be 1 million survivors, more than enough to start over
again.
Cancer cells are not created equal; some are hardier than
others and therefore more diﬀicult to kill. It may be that
destroying the weaker cells acts as a kind of Darwinian
selection, leaving the ﬁttest to survive. In that case,
chemotherapy would actually promote a more virulent
disease than it cured. (Likewise, the persistent
staphylococcus infections  that patients come down with in
hospitals are often highly resistant to antibiotics, because
only the most vicious bacteria can live in the sterile
environment of operating rooms and withstand the
continual bombardment of penicillin injections.) One can
easily conceive of a strain of “super cancer” that might
arise from one or two malignant cells that had the
strongest resistance to treatment.
In any case, the early promise that chemotherapy would
wipe out cancer in our generation, widely believed in the
1950s, has sobered. Now a few cancers at a time aredefeated, such as lymph ocytic leukemia in children and
some kinds of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, while other major
killers, such as lung and brain cancers, are virtually
untouchable through chemotherapy.
—
Nothing I have said so far about the body’s know-how is
hypothetical. We have all been informed, doctors and public
alike, about the body’s wondrous intricacy. Yet we persist in
thinking of the body in an obsolete mold, as basically
matter, but with a smart technician inside who moves the
matter around. This technician was once called a soul; now
it tends to be demoted to a ghost inside the machine, but
the same emphasis remains. Because we see and touch our
bodies, carry  their solid weight around with us, and bump
into doors if we don’t watch out, the reality of the body
appears to be primarily material—such is the bias of our
world.
But the bias has a huge blind spot in it. Despite the
overwhelming superiority  of the body’s know-how, which
scientists freely acknowledge, a minute amount of time and
money is spent trying to grasp the living body as a whole,
and for very good reason. The Greek philosopher
Heraclitus made the famous remark, “You cannot step into
the same river twice,” because the river is constantly being
changed by new water rushing in. The same holds true for
the body. All of us are much more like a river than anything
frozen in time and space.
If you could see your body as it really is, you would never
see it the same way twice. Ninety-eight percent of the
atoms in your body were not there a year ago. The skeleton
that seems so solid was not there three months ago. The
conﬁguration of the bone  cells remains somewhat constant,
but atoms of all kinds pass freely back and forth throughthe cell walls, and by that means you acquire a new
skeleton every three months.
The skin is new every month. You have a new stomach
lining every four days, with the actual surface cells that
contact food being renew ed every ﬁve minutes. The cells in
the liver turn over very slowly, but new atoms still ﬂow
through them, like water in a river course, making a new
liver every six weeks. Even within the brain, whose cells
are not replaced once they die, the content of carbon,
nitrogen, oxygen, and so on is totally diﬀerent today from a
year ago.
It is as if you lived in a building whose brick s were
systemically taken out and replaced every year. If you keep
the same blueprint, then it will still look like the same
building. But it won’t be the same in actuality. The human
body also stands there looking much the same from day to
day, but through the processes of respiration, digestion,
elimination, and so forth, it is constantly and ever in
exchange with the rest of the world.
Certain atoms—carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen
—pass through the body very quickly, being an essential
part of the things we use up the fastest—food, air, and
water. If it were up to only these four elements, we would
be creating new bodies for ourselves literally every month.
However, the pace of renewal is slowed by other elements
that do not ﬂow through us very rapidly. The calcium bound
into our bones can take a whole year to replace itself—
some authorities extend the time to several years. Iron, the
component that makes red blood cells red, is held onto
quite tenaciously, being lost mainly through the sloughing
of dead skin cells or the actual loss of blood.
Even though  the rates of change may diﬀer, change is
always there. What I am calling “intelligence” takes on the
role of guidin g this change so that we do not collapse into a
heap of brick s. That is one of the most obvious facts aboutthe physiology, but intelligence is so changeable, so quick
on the move—in other  words, so alive —that medical
textbooks devote almost no space to it at all.
To get an idea of how limited our current knowle dge is,
consider the structure of a neuron. The neurons that
compose the brain and central nervous system “talk” to one
another across gaps called synapses. These gaps separate
the tiny branchlike ﬁlaments, the dendrites, that grow at
the ends of each nerve cell. Everyone possesses billions of
these cells, divided between the brain and the central
nervous system, and as we saw, each one is capable of
growing dozens or even hundreds of dendrites (the total
estimated at 100 million million), meaning that at any one
time, the possible combi nations of signals jumpin g across
the synapses  of the brain exceed the number of atoms in
the known universe. The signals also communicate with
one another at lightning speed. To read this sentence, your
brain takes a few milliseconds to arrange a precise pattern
of millions of signals, only to dissolve them instantly, never
to be repeated again in exactly the same way.
In medical school, we were taught a simple model of how
neurons communicate: an electrical charge forms on one
side of the synapse, and when the charge is large enough,
it jump s like a spark across the gap to deliver a signal to
another nerve cell. Assuming that this is the correct
mechanism (in reality it isn’t), the description we learned in
our neurology textbook in 1966 told us next to nothing
about how neurons act in real life; the book model makes
sense only for a single nerve cell, isolated, stopped in time,
and stripped of context. In truth, the action taking  place at
the gaps in the nervous system is like that of a cosmic
computer reduced to a microcosmic scale. This awesome
computer operates continuously, handles hundreds of
programs at a time, deals in multiple billions of “bytes” ofinformation every second, and, most miraculous ly of all,
knows how to run itself.
It is not really our medical training that was at fault here.
How can any textbook possibly describe this whole
process? To think is to form patterns inside ourselves that
are just as complex, ﬂeeting, and rich in their diversity as is
reality itself. Thinking is the mirror of the world, and
nothing less. Science simply does not have the tools to look
at such a phenomenon, which is at once inﬁnite and alive.
The living body will not stop to be studied, certain ly not as
a whole. So when it delivers a shock to science, as in a
spontaneous cure of cancer, medicine all but halts in its
tracks, bewildered to ﬁnd that life does not behave as
neatly as the laboratory model.
In 1986, a shock was delivered that could turn the whole
ﬁeld of brain research on its head: a Mexican neuro-
surgeon, Dr. Ignacio Madrazo, successfully implanted
healthy new cells into the brain of a patient with
Parkinson’s disease.
Not only did the transplant take, which previously was
considered impossible, but the patient showed an amazing
85 percent return to normal functioning. Before the
surgery,


	type	of	movement	that	feels	good	to	you.	If	you	always	dread
something,	you	likely	won’t	stick	with	it	long-term.
Every	component	of	the	Radical	Beauty	lifestyle	is	tied	together.	Earlier	we
talked	about	grounding	(see
this	page
)	and	the	profound	benefits	of	making
contact	with	nature.	Even	if	you	aren’t	literally	grounding	by	walking	barefoot
while	you	walk,	jog,	or	hike,	you’ll	reap	a	lot	of	the	same	benefits	from	being
around	trees,	including	fresh,	oxygen-rich	air	and	the	inexplicable	joy	of
connecting	with	nature.	We	are	part	of	nature,	and	it	inherently	feels	wonderful
for	us	to	reconnect	with	the	bigger	whole	of	which	we	are	part.
Sitting	and	Lack	of
Movement	Diminish	Your
Beauty
Failing	to	move	your	body	has	an	extremely	adverse	effect	on	your	overall
beauty.	But	even	if	you	regularly	engage	in	intense	exercise,	you	might	still	be
accruing
body	fat	and	harmful	health	effects	from	sitting	for	long	periods
during	the	day.	In	other	words,	an	hour	of	exercise	does	not	necessarily	balance
the	negative	effects	of	a	nonstop	hour	of	sitting.
7
	If	you	want	to	feel	and	look
your	most	beautiful,	it’s	critical	to	break	up	your	periods	of	sitting	during	the
day.
If	you	take	a	moment	to	tally	the	amount	of	time	you	spend	in	your	car,	at
your	desk,	and	perhaps	in	front	of	a	television	set,	you	might	be	shocked	to	seehow	much	it	all	adds	up.	Dr.
James	Levine,	director	of	the
Mayo	Clinic–
Arizona	State	University	Obesity	Solutions	Initiative,	promotes	the	phrase
“Sitting	is	the	new	smoking.”
8
	Studying	the	adverse	effects	of	the	increasingly
sedentary	Western	lifestyle	for	years	has	led	Levine	and	others	to	believe	that
sitting	and	being	inactive	for	long	periods	is	extremely	dangerous	to	your
health.	For	example,	researchers	have	found	evidence	that	prolonged	sitting
affects	the	blood	sugar	levels	and	insulin	in	the	body,	and	that	sitting	too	much
can	actually	increase	the	risk	of	developing	several	serious	illnesses,	such	as
heart	disease,	type	2	diabetes,	and	colon	and	endometrial
cancer.
9
	An	article
published	in
Diabetologia
	examined	the	results	of	eighteen	studies	with	nearly
800,000	participants	and	determined	that	those	who	sat	the	most	were	twice	as
likely	to	develop	type	2	diabetes	compared	with	those	who	sat	the	least.
10
Sitting	too	much	can	also	keep	you	from	feeling	beautifully	joyful.	If	you	sit
for	longer	periods,	your	circulation	can	be	reduced,	and	it	may	be	harder	for
your	“feel-good”	brain	chemicals	(neurotransmitters,	endorphins,	and
endocannabinoids)
to	make	their	way	to	receptors.
11
	A	study	published	in	the
American	Journal	of	Preventive	Medicine
	that	looked	at	over	9,000	middle-aged
women	found	that	women	who	sat	more	than	7	hours	a	day	were	47	percent
more	likely	to	suffer	from	depression	than	those	who	sat	4	hours	or	fewer.
12
Our	natural	state	is	to	be	dynamic	and	moving,	and	if	we	don’t	live	in
alignment	with	our	authentic	nature,	we	simply	won’t	feel	as	genuinely	happy.
The	negative	impact	of	sitting	nearly	all	day	is	a	relatively	new	problem.	Our
ancestors	spent	most	of	their	days	upright	and	moving,	first	while	seeking	out
and	gathering	their	own	food,	and	in	later	generations	while	working	in	the
fields,	building	structures,	and	getting	around	by	foot	or	horseback.	Technology
and	modern	farming	have	put	us	in	a	position	where	we	hardly	need	to	move	at
all	in	order	to	get	everything	done.	This	may	be	a	luxury	in	some	ways,	but	as	a
result,	we	as	a	society	move	around	on	average	90	percent	less	than	our
ancestors	did	just	one	hundred	years	ago.
13
WALKING	FOR
DIGESTION
A	central	belief	in
Ayurveda	is	that	energy	has	to	stay	in	motion	within	us	and	in	our
lives	in	order	to	continually	nourish	us	and	create	harmony.	On	the	opposite	end	of
the	spectrum	is	stagnation,	which	leads	to
ama
,	or	toxicity	buildup.	It	is	a	highly
recommended	practice	in	Ayurveda	to	go	for	a	15-minute	walk	after	dinner.	This
practice	is	believed	to	help	promote	digestion,	as	well	as	the	assimilation	and
circulation	of	nutrients	all	around	your	body.
This	easy	practice	of	walking	after	dinner	could	be	coupled	with	gazing	upon	the
sunset,	particularly	in	the	summer,	or	doing	some	errands	like	taking	out	the	trash,
dropping	off	dry	cleaning,	or	picking	up	pet	food.	Strolling	around	the	neighborhoodcan	be	a	great	bonding	experience	to	share	with	your	family	or	roommates	as	you
do	something	great	for	your	health	and	promote	your	Radical	Beauty.	Try	it	for
yourself.
Movement	shouldn’t	be	an	all-or-nothing	proposition.	Just	because	you	can’t
get	to	the	gym	doesn’t	mean	you	have	to	sit	and	be	completely	inactive,
forgoing	all	movement	for	the	whole	day.	Remember,	it’s	all	about	balance.
Research	has	shown	that	whether	or	not	you	exercise	regularly,	taking	breaks
from	long	periods	of	sitting	can	stave	off	some	of	the	negative	effects	of
inactivity	such	as	high	cholesterol,	triglycerides,	and	inflammation.
14
	Even	very
short	breaks	can	be	beneficial.
15
	Whether	or	not	you	set	aside	time	each	day	to
exercise,	incorporating	micro	movements	and	mini	routines	into	your	daily	life
can	be	great	for	your	health.
A	study	from
The
Journal	of	Physiology
	tested	levels	of	an	enzyme	that	breaks
down	fat	in	three	groups	of	mice:	mice	that	lay	down	for	most	of	the	day,	stood
for	most	of	the	day,	or	exercised.
16
	Not	surprisingly,	the	enzyme	activity	in	the
lying	mice	was	very	low,	while	the	levels	rose	more	than	ten	times	when	the
mice	simply	stood.	However,	a	surprising	finding	was	that	exercise	had	no
additional	effects	on	the	enzyme	levels	in	the	mice’s	legs.	The	researchers
surmised	that	even	if	you	don’t	exercise	rigorously,	simply	spending	much	of
the	day	standing	over	sitting	would	lead	to	big	benefits.
SUPPORT	FOR	THE	STANDING	DESK
Since	many	of	us	have	jobs	that	require	us	to	sit	for	several	hours,	an	option	that	is
growing	in	popularity	is	the	standing	desk.	A	standing	desk	is	built	specifically	for
you	to	work	at	while	standing	up.	Many	of	them	convert	into	seated	desks	so	you
can	alternate	periods	of	standing	and	sitting	throughout	the	day.	It	may	take	a	bit
of	getting	used	to	if	you’re	accustomed	to	sitting	all	day,	but	you’ll	probably	soon
find	that	you	feel	more	awake	and	think	more	creatively	when	working	standing	up.
Some	companies	have	even	reported	an	increase	in	product


........... 138
Heart Exercise.............................. 140
Heart Energizing Exercise..................... 141
Streng thening the Nerves Leading to the Heart...... 142
Heart Healing Exercise....................... 142
Abdominal Strengthening Exercise................ 144
Weight Reduction Exercise..................... 145
Stomach Healing Exercise...................... 148 Liver Exercis e.............................. 149
Kidney Exercise............................. 151
Lower Back Exercise......................... 152
Sun Worship Exercise........................ 154
Lower Body and Sexual Glands Exercise........... 155
Toe Wiggling and Body Stretching................ 157
Internal Organ Relaxation...................... 158
Meridian Massage........................... 160
PART ill ADVANCED LIVING
7. TAOIST MEDITATIVE, CONTEMPLATIVE AND
BREATHING EXERCISES..................... 169
Meridian Meditation.......................... 171
Meditative and Contemplative Exercises............ 182
North Star Meditation....................... 182
Candlelight, Sunlight, and Moonlight
Contemplations........................... 184
Concentration Exercise....................... 184
Breathing Exercises.......................... 188
Reverse Crane I........................... 188
Reverse Crane ll........................... 190
Bone Breathing............................ 191
Energizing and Relaxing Breathing Exercises....... 192
Brain Cleansing Breathing.................... 193
Brain Cleansing I......................... 194
Brain Cleansing ll......................... 196
8. IMM ORTAL BREATHING: SMALL AND LARGE
HEAVENLY CYCLES........................ 199
Small Heavenly Cycle........................ 201
Large Heavenly Cycle........................ 203
PART IV BEGINNING ANEW: FINDING PROBLEMS,
SOLVING PROBLEMS
9. TAOIST HEALING PRESCRIPTIONS............. 207
10. CON CLUSION............................. 219
IN'"D EX....................................... 222 Introduction
We spend our lives fulfilling two basic physical needs to maintain,
nourish, revitalize, and prolong our lives. These are:
1. Consumption (eating, drinking, etc.)
2. Motion
a. Mind "movement" (thinking)
b. Body ''movement'' (breathing and other functions of the inter
nal organs and external limbs)
c. Sex
Life will cease if either of the two basic conditions is not fully or properly
satisfied. Without consumption of nutrients, life is expected to cease within
ten days. Without proper consumption of nutrients, life will shorten.
Without motion, the body will atrophy. Without proper motion, the body
will weaken. It was with this last consideration in mind that the ancient
Taoists created the Tao of Revitalization, the philosophy and method of
thinking, breathing, and moving.
Tao of Revitalization is a system of many mental and physical move
ments, called Internal Exercises. The Internal Exercises heal and energize
the internal organs-the keys to youth, immunity against disease, and ttue
health-through deceleration, smoothness, quietness, precision, natural
ness, and an internal emphasis.
The Internal Exercises are the very opposite of external exercises. While
external exercises such as football, boxing, gymnastics, weight-lifting, Hatha
Yoga, and martial arts may produce an attractive outer figure, they often do so Introduction
by depleting the energy of the internal organs, thereby causing not only any
number of illnesses, but also premature aging. The fatigue, stress, strain, pain,
and contortions associated with the external exercises disrupt the delicate
organic functions. Since responsibility for the body's regenerative processes
and defenses against disease-ca using agents lies in the internal organs, disrupt
ing their functions will impair the body's ability to replace old or worn cells
and fight off genns and viruses. The internal organs do what thick muscles can
not do: protect the body against age and disease. The Internal Exercises, in
tum, protect, heal, and energize the organs. And when internal organs are
healthy, attractive figures naturally result.
The creator of this system of movements was the Yellow Emperor, who
was also a father of Taoism, the science and philosophy of life and
longevity. His original, untranslated name for the Tao of Revitalization is
Yang Sheng Shu. One can define the latter term as the achievement of a
happy, healthy, and long life through the utilization of mental and physical
movements to prevent and correct all ailments, reverse the aging process,
and improve all functions of the body.
Tao of Revitalization has a six thousand year long history of success.
Upon realizing its enormous medicinal potential, the Yell ow Emperor gave
the Tao of Revitalization the title ''The Foremost of Therap ies''. In the Tao
Te Ching, Lao-Tse called it the ''best therapeutic method for promoting
and prolonging life''. Its reverent and faithful practitioners are multitu di
nous. And it was effective even when its expansive teachings were frag
mented and disarranged.
Many versions of the Tao of Revital ization exist, each with appropriate
ly descriptive names. These names, however, do not reflect the true
meaning and function of the Tao of Revitalization. One version is Tao-Yin,
which means the utilization of thought, tools, and certain body movements
to guide the flow of energy to heal ailments of all kinds. Presently, this
version of the Tao of Revitalization is immensely popular in Japan. Do-in,
as it is called in Japan, is taught in Do-in clubs which are organized in every
city, village, and neighborhood. Club members meet once or many times a
week to help and encourage each other in the practice of selected methods
of Do-in, thereby preventing and treating diseases. The form of Tao of
Revitalization that is popular in China is Chi-Kung, also called Nei-Kung.
The term Chi-Kung translates to Breath ing or Energizing Exercises. The
term Nei-Kung translates to Internal Exercises.
In China, a scientific study was conducted on Chi-Kung therapy by Dr.
Pao Ling. His


 free from molestation, famine, or disease, also
judging by the worn teeth of one animal I secured, live in my
opinion, to much greater age than man." On the authority of
the primitive Dyaks of Borneo, who are in the best position to
know, the orangutan lives in nature fully 40 to 50 years
longer than man, and it is not seen to suffer from disease
during this period. Chimpanzees, gibbons, and baboons have a shorter life span, though they live far longer in the wild
state than they do in captivity, and they are quite free from
the symptoms of senility. Indeed, explorers and hunters in Africa almost never report seeing a senile primate. The
gorilla has been seen to lose a part of pigmentation of hair in
advanced years—the hair on the back and shoulders assumes
a silver shade—though this is indication of normal senescence rather than the pathology of senility.

W
HY ANIMALS ARE HEALTHY
   Philosophers of the past have referred to the health and
vigor of the wild and savage life, but, like Rousseau, they mistakingly drew the assumption that all factors of nature are
responsible for the superb animal health. It has been thought
that, to duplicate the health of the wild animal, we must
duplicate in every respect its living habits. This necessarily
  leads to a "back to nature" philosophy, opposing civilization
as such, which modern man does not accept.
   Animal health in nature is due to a number of different
factors. Pure air, adequate exercise, and rest, sufficient
exposure to sunlight, consumption of unsprayed foods from
fertile soils—all these are compatible with a high level of vigor and strength in animal life. They are insufficient in
themselves, however, to sustain animal health. Only when
combined with fully adequate nutrition, including the
consumption of raw foods, are they associated with freedom from pathology.
   Some have attributed the deterioration of modern man to
the fear and nervous tension in civilization. In wild nature these are thought to be absent, allowing the animals to live
thereby in good health. Actually, there is more reason for fear
and nervous tension on the part of the wild animal than there
is with either domestic animal s or civilized man. Carnivora,
accidents, and food scarcity represent enemies to which the captive or domestic animal need give little thought. Wild
nature is a constant battle for survival, a fact apparent to
every biologist, and this precludes any possible psychological
advantage which wild animal life would have over civilized
man. It compensates at least in part for the restraints placed
upon animal life in captivity and under domestication.
   The health and vigor in wild nature is, judging from the
evidence at hand, due in the main to the consumption of
completely natural foods. The exclusive raw food diet is the
norm of all wildlife. When man's interference does not place
into existence compensatory factors, it is associated with a
relatively high level of physical excellence. When an animal is placed in captivity or domestication, with the continued use
of raw foods, it continues to maintain this physical excellence
in spite of limited compensatory factors as may be present. If the animal is given heat-processed foods, it fails to maintain
its normal forms of immunity, and often fails to survive, even
though all other factors—exercise, rest, sunshine, pure air,
freedom, etc.—are most favorable.
   It is apparent that food exerts an important biological
influence upon animal life in general. Captive animals,
domestic animals, and farm animals fail to maintain a high immunity to disease, and their life span is materially
shortened, when cooked foods are consumed in large
amounts. Given raw foods, the respective animals live in
good health, retain strength and vitality throughout life, and
attain a normal life span. Wild animals, living exclusively u
pon raw foods, thus exem plify the o ptimum physical condition of the animal world. Their comparative freedom
from dental decay, parodontal disease, and sexual pathology,
as well as other degenerative processes, and even senility, is
the biological norm of all life in a state of nature. The existence of this fact is perh aps the most important reality
which nutrition and medicine have come to face.

       6
RAW FOOD IN HUMAN
EXPERIENCE
RECOGNIZING the important chemical and physical changes
which heat produces in foods, as well as the close relationship existing between animal health and nutrition, the question
arises: Can the results of animal experience be successfully
applied to humans? Upon this question hinges the basic importance of the entire matter of food cookery. If the
application is not possible, all of the experiments and
observations that have been made on this entire subject will
seem of little importance to us. If it is possible, food will be
seen to be the most important single factor in determining the state of human health. It will offer hope to the human race
and optimism to a philosophy of medicine which up to now
has been groping in the dark in a desperate effort to control
human disease and physical degeneration.
   Nutritionists and biologists believe that the greater part of
animal experience in the use of foods can be applied to
humans. They point out that man is governed by the same basic biological and physiological laws that exist throughout
the animal kingdom. Man is listed as the animal species,
Homo sapiens, and as such he is a part of the animal
kingdom. Whether or not he is placed on a different mental or
spiritual level than other forms of animal life, no scientist
would attempt to place him on a different physical level.
   When experimental animals are given a diet similar to that
of various human racial groups, their physical condition and
rate of disease often corresponds almost exactly with that of
humans using the same foods. This was best demonstrated by Sir Robert McCarrison in India. This scientist placed groups
of white rats on diets which corresponded to those of racial
groups in India and other parts of the world. He found that
rats given the diets of the relatively healthy people of India—
Hunzas, Sikhs, and Pathans—attained the same good health the people attained. Those fed the diets of the less healthy
races failed to maintain their physical vigor and suffered from
disease at the same rate the respective people did. For
instance the rats fed a cooked and refined diet similar to that
used in the Indian province of Madrasi developed ulcers in 10 per cent of all cases, which corresponds exactly with the
percenta ge of ulcers amon g the inhabitants of the province. For those given the cooked foods of the Travancorian area the
percentage of ulcers was 25 per cent, just as it is among the
Travancorian people. Fifty per cent of the rats on the Sind
diet developed stones in the bladder, and half of the people in
the Sind province suffer from the same ailment.
   Such striking similarity in the reaction of man and other
animals to various foods applies in the main to the forms of
processing the food undergoes, not to the specific kind of
food itself. All animals, including man, do not react exactly
the same way to a strictly carnivorous, insectivorous,
omnivorous, herbivorous, or frugivorous diet. Each animal has certain dietary limitations, determined by physiology and
anatomical structure, which must be met. Members of the cat
family, for instance, would not get along on a diet of grass
with the same efficiency as the hoofed mammals; nor could
the latter animals secure adequate nutrition by using animal flesh exclusively. However, with each animal group,
including the higher primates, adhering to its normal dietary
customs, but having the same percentage of foods cooked and
refined, there is remarkable resemblance in the kind of
disease developed, its intensity, and the general physical
development as a whole.
   This does not mean that every animal experiment can be
applied, in all particulars, to man. A general application is
almost always possible, but not a complete application of
each specific point. As an animal lives in part upon cooked
foods for many generations, it develops an increased
tolerance for their deficiencies and may eventually achieve a higher survival rate than did the first generation. Man, living
largely upon cooked foods for hundreds of generations, does
not always experience the violent reactions common to the wild animal or experimental animal that is given cooked
foods for the first time. He finds that reproduction and
survival are rendered more difficult, though not impossible.
He finds the bone and dental development to be impaired,
though not to the extreme degree that is observed in the cat. If only the less destructive methods of cooking are employed,
and much of the diet remains raw, he even finds that a
relatively high immunity to some diseases is obtained, as may
be seen by the experience of various primitive racial groups.
Yet optimum health is not reached, and the difference is only one of degree; the ill-effects require more time to develop in
man and their total intensity is lessened in some cases.
   Applying the general animal experience with raw food to
man, we may expect, therefore, to observe a great increase in
the average duration of life and a notable improvement in the
state of health. On the former
point we must s peculate, though with good biological


unninguntilyou'vecreateda
humid'fug'.
•keeptheroomtemperatureconstantsothatthe
patientisn'thavingtoadapttoeitherheatorcold.
DON'T
•suppressthecoughroutinelywithacough
medicine;thismaypreventthepersonfrom
coughingupmucus,andifmucusisnotexpelled,
amoreseriousinfectionmaydevelop.
•givecodliveroiltochildren,especiallysmall
children,thinkingthatitwillboosttheirimmunity;
itmaywellmakethecoughandcoldworseand
makethemgoofftheirfood.
SEEKHELPIF
•thereisdifficultyinbreathingand/orwheezing
and/orchestpain.
•thecoughseemssevereanddoesn'trespondto
self-prescribing withinforty-eighthours.
•thebreathingisundulyrapid.
SeealsoCroupandCauseforConcern.
NBPNEUMONIA(ESPECIALLYINCHILDREN)
ISNOTALWAYSACCOMPANIEDBYACOUGH.
SEEKURGENTMEDICALHELPIFYOURCHILD
HASAFEVER,ISBREATHINGRAPIDLYAND
SEEMSUNWELL(LIMPANDPALE).Cramp
Acrampissimplyasuddenmusclecontractionandis
oftencausedbyachangeinbodytemperature, a
changeinpositionoralossofbodyfluids.
DO
•straightentheaffectedpartofthebody,andgently
massagetheaffectedmuscle.
Croup
Croupisafrightening-sounding coughthatusually
occursinchildrenunderfouryearsold.Itstartswith
hoarsenessandfeveranddevelopsintoaloud,bark-
ing,ringing,harshcoughthatwakesthechildat
night.Thebreathingmavalsobenoisy.
DO
•followtheguidelinesforCommoncoldandCough
(seeabove).
SEEKHELPIF
•asteamybathroomdoesn'trelievethesymptoms
inhalfanhour.
•thecoughisaccompaniedbyabluetingetothe
lips.
Cuts/GrazesseeWounds
Cystitis
Ifleftuntreated,cystitiscandevelopintoaserious
kidneyinfection. Ihaveincludedafewremediesfor
thetreatmentofcystitis,butsymptomsshouldbe
carefullymonitoredandaprofessionalconsulted
whensymptomsgivecauseforconcern.
DO
•drinkalargeamountofwatertoflushoutthe
kidneysandbladder.
•keepyourdietalkaline(eatlotsoffruitand
vegetables).
•cutoutallacidfoodsanddrinks,includingtea,
coffee,sugar,refined/junkfood,alcohol.
•takeasmuchrestasyoucan.
•keepaswarmasyoucan(wearextrawoollen
clothingandcarryaroundahotwaterbottleoruse
aheatingpad).
•becarefulwhenwipingafterurinating(women
andgirls):wipefromfronttobacksothatbacteria
fromtheanuscannotentertheurethra(thisisalso
ageneralpreventivemeasure).
•urinatefrequentlytokeeptheurethrafreeof
bacteria.
DON'T
•usebubblebathsoroilsofanysort.
•washthegenitalswithsoap;justspongedown
wellwithwater.
•wearnylontightsortighttrousersingeneral.
DISEASESYOUCANTREATUSINGTHISBOOK Earache •213
•usevaginaldeodorantsorbiologicalwashing
powdersonunderwear.
•getchilled.
SEEKHELPIF
•therearesharppainsintheareaofthekidneys(in
thebackabovethewaist,oneithersideofthe
spine).
•thereisbloodintheurine(itlookspink,redor
brown-rememberthatifyoueatalargequantity
ofbeetrootyoururinewillbered).
•thecystitisisaccompaniedbyheadache,vomiting,
feverandchills.
Deafness
Deafnessthatoccursafteracoldorearinfectionisa
resultofcatarrhintheEustachiantubes,andthiscan
betreated.
DON'T
•usecottonbudsorotherimplementstoremove
waxfromtheearasthiscanpushitfurtherinand
makeitmoredifficulttoremove/washout.
SEEKHELPIF
•thehearinghasn'treturnedmorethantwoweeks
aftertheoriginalinfection.
•thereisasuddenlossofhearing,withorwithout
pain.
Diarrhoea
TheDosandDon'tslistedbelowarewrittenwith
childreninmind.Ingeneral,adultswithacutedi-
arrhoeacancutoutfoodfor24hoursandtakethe
indicatedhomeopathicremedytospeedtheirhealing.
DO
•limittheintakeoffoodanddrink.
•introducewater,freshlysqueezedfruitjuices,
vegetablebroths(simmeraselectionofchopped
vegetablesinwaterfor15-20minutesandstrain),
orricewater(ricecookedindoubletheamountof
waterforslightlylongerthanusualandstrained).
Thesecanbesippedinitiallyandgradually
increasedasthesymptomspass.
•introducesolidfoodcarefully:startwithwhiterice,
toast,bananasorlow-fatyogurt.
•continuetobreastfeedanursingbaby.
•watchforsignsofdehydrationinchildrenwho
refusetodrink,especiallythoseundersixmonths
old:
mouthandeyesaredry(nosaliva/tears);
skintoneispoor;iftheskinispresseditdoesnot
springback;
theeyeslooksunken;
thefontanelle(softspotonababy'shead)is
sunken;
scanty,strong-smelling urine(fewerwet
nappiesinbabies).DON'T
•giverichfoodsthataredifficulttodigest.
•encourageeatingifthereisnoappetite-afew
dayswithoutfoodwilldonoharm.Seealso
remediesforthetreatmentoftirednessandlossof
appetiteafterdiarrhoea.
SEEKHELPIF
•thediarrhoeapersistsandfluidsarenotbeing
tolerated,andifthereisexhaustionandlossof
skintone.
•thereisacutepainintheabdomenthatdoesn't
respondtofirst-aidprescribingwithintwoto
twelvehours(dependingontheseverity)orthat
isgettingsteadilyworse.
Dizziness
Thoughpersistentdizzinessshouldalwaysbein-
vestigatedbyaprofessional,youcantreatminor,
occasionalvertigooccurringafteraheadinjury,from
overwork,travelsicknessorahangover.
DO
•restuntilthedizzinesshaspassed.
•cupyourhandsoveryournoseandmouthfora
fewminutesasyoubreatheslowlyandsteadily.
Vertigocanbearesultofoverbreathing inwhich
caseyouneedtoincreaseyourlevelsofcarbon
dioxide.
DON'T
•drive
SEEKHELPIF
•thereisseverevomitingalongsidethedizziness.
•deafnessornoisesintheeardevelopwiththe
dizzinessafteranearinfection.
Earache
Earacheoftenoccursduringacoldandisaresultofa
build-upofcatarrhintheEustachiantubes.The
catarrhgathersinthemiddleearandpressesagainst
theeardrumitself,causinggreatpain.Thisisnot
necessarilyacauseforconcern,andtheindicated
homeopathicremedywillusuallygivespeedyrelief
fromthepain.Theeardrummayperforate,whichwill
alsogiveinstantrelieffrompain,and,providedthe
patientisinacleanenvironment,thedrumwill
healwellinacoupleofweekswithnotroublesome
consequences.
DO
•suspectearacheandapossibleinfectioninbabies
withafeverwhocryandrubtheirheads.
•drinkplentyoffluids.
•useahotwaterbottle(oranicepack)torelievethe
pain.
•usetheappropriateinternalandexternal
homeopathicremedies.
214•Emotional/mental problems DISEASESYOUCANTREATUSINGTHISBOOK
•protectaperforatedeardrumfromwaterby
plugging itwithcottonwoolduringbathingand
hairwashing,anddon'tletthechildgoswimming.
DON'T
•betemptedtocleantheears-thepainisneverthe
resultofwax.
•blowthenosehard.
SEEKHELPIF
•ababyhasadepressedorbulgingfontanelle.
•thereisswelling,redness,tendernessorpain
behindtheear.
•theearachedoesn'trespondtofirst-aidprescribing
withintwenty-fourhours.
•ifpainissevere.
SeealsoFever(pages215-16)andCauseforConcern
(page203).
Emotional/mentalproblems
Thementalandemotionalhealthofapersonhasa
hugeeffectonthephysicalbody,andkeepingyourself
healthyemotionallywillgreatlystrengthenyourim-
munesystem.Homeopathy ishighlyeffectiveathelp


 “locked” and you can’t have a bowel movement. The
continual use of coffee enemas has a whiplash effect causing extreme
enervation of the colon and inflammation of the liver and kidneys.
Coffee enemas also have a negative effect upon the nervous systemcreating hyper- or hypoactivity of this system. This then will have a residual
effect upon the whole body in numerous ways including nerve disorders,
severe constipation, diarrhea, bloating, edema, and acidosis.
HOW TO DO AN ENEMA
1
.
Purchase an enema-bag / “hot water bottle” combination from a
pharmacy.
2
.
Fill the bag with 1/2 quart to 2 quarts of skin temperature water or herb-
water mixture. Always use skin temperature water no matter what you
mix it with.
3
.
Hang the hot water bottle at least two feet above you.
4
.
Lay on your left side as you start your enema.
5
.
Use a healing herbal salve to lubricate the tip for easy insertion.
6
.
Let the water (or herbal mixture) flow slowly into your colon; stopping
the flow periodically while you rest and do some deep breathing.
7
.
After a few minutes, move from your left side to lying on your back, and
continue to let the water flow into your colon; then turn over to your
right side.
8
.
You may wish to massage the region of your colon as it is being filled
with the mixture. This will help loosen impacted “plaque” for removal.
9
.
Retain this water (mixture) somewhat, then allow elimination.
10
.
Repeat until the bag/hot water bottle is empty.
Use enemas wisely and when needed. There is no need to over use them.
A diet of raw fruits and vegetables along with a good intestinal rejuvenator
will work much better in the long run at reestablishing the health of the GI
tract.
Healing Clay
A fourth method of cleansing the bowels involves the use of clays. These are
not used as much in America as in Europe. In many countries, like Portugal,
health professionals use clay packs over the abdomen to accomplish the same
results we get with colonics. The late Dr. John Christopher has a great
intestinal powder
(Intestinal Corrective
 #2®) that includes bentonite clay and
charcoal. This has a highly cleansing and absorbing effect within the
intestines. This formula is beneficial in cases of irritable bowel syndrome and
with uncontrolled diarrhea.Summary

Our intestines (GI tract) are so vital that God made them one of the first
things formed when a cell initially becomes an embryo. In this early stage, the
spinal column and “gut” tissue is formed, and the gut tissue later becomes the
GI tract. Your very survival depends upon its proper functioning. Nutrients,
building materials, and fuels are absorbed from its walls, and the GI tract also
creates white blood cells, various vitamins, and amino acids. The synergistic
role of the GI system with the lymphatic system is not totally understood. But
its essential relationship to every cell in your body (via the lymphatic system)
should give you an indication of just how vital it is to keep it functioning
properly. You should “feed it” only alive, easy-to-digest foods with
electrically alive fiber so it can maintain its health.
Physicians pour drugs of which they know little, to cure diseases of which
they know less, into humans of which they know nothing.
— Voltaire, French satirist (1694-1778)

CHAPTER SEVEN
Eating for Vitality
U
p to this point we have looked at how the body works, the processes of
disease, detoxification and regeneration. We have examined our species and
the types of foods that best suit us. We have also looked at foods and their
effects on tissue.
In this chapter we will discover what to eat and how to eat it. It is
important not only to know what to eat, but
how to mix
 these foods properly
to get the optimum benefit from them—the art of food combining.
Here, too, we will offer a series of menus that you can begin to use
immediately to start yourself in the direction of detoxification and
regeneration. These menus will address your needs, whether you consider
yourself a timid beginner or a bold adventurer.
Further topics covered will include the amazing health value of raw fruit
and vegetable juices, and the subject of beans, soybeans and grains as they
relate to detoxification and regeneration.
In the concluding pages of this chapter you will find a number of
excellent recipes for both raw and steamed foods that will strengthen you on
your journey and make your meals more varied and delightful.
MODULE 7.1
What Foods to Eat

The following is a list of acceptable raw fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds.
Always buy organic if possible.
Most Fruits and Berries

GrapesBananas
Strawberries
Mangoes
Oranges
Grapefruit
Apples
Peaches
Pears
Pineapple
Dried fruits of all kinds (unsulphured)
Flowers are acceptable
Avoid
–Cranberries, Prunes and unripe fruits
VEGETABLES

Romaine Lettuce
Spinach
Carrots
Celery
Green Peppers
Cucumbers
Sprouts
Avocados
Green Leafy Vegetables
Squash
Green Beans
Peas
Raw Tomatoes
Kelp, Dulse and other Sea VegetablesOTHER RAW FOODS

Pecans
Almonds
Sunflower Seeds
Sesame Seeds
Pumpkin Seeds
Coconuts
Pine Nuts
Note
–Eat moderately of this category. Too many of these foods can be acid-
forming, energy robbing, and will slow or stop the cleansing process.

MODULE 7.2
Acid/Alkaline Food Chart

All foods contain both acid-forming and alkaline-forming elements. It is not
the organic matter of foods that leave these acid or alkaline residues in your
body. It is the inorganic matter or minerals that determine the acidity or
alkalinity of the body fluids and tissues. Potassium, sodium, magnesium and
calcium are considered the alkaline-forming electrolytes. Phosphorus, sulfur
and manganese are the acid-forming elements.
Several processes can be used to determine whether a food is more acid-
forming or alkaline-forming. Generally, if a food has dominant acid-forming
elements over alkaline-forming elements it’s considered acid-forming. Thereverse is also true. If a food has dominant alkaline-forming elements, then
the food is considered to be alkaline-forming.
Titration
 is the laboratory method used to measure acidity vs. alkalinity.
There are two stages to this process. First, the appropriate amount of food is
burned to ashes. This takes the place of digestion. Secondly, we add
approximately one liter of distilled water to 100 grams of these ashes, which
now makes a solution. The solution is then tested for its acidity or alkalinity.
Another method of determining the acidity or alkalinity of a food is its
nitrogen or proteid (chemical compounds comprising a protein structure)
content. Since nitrogen has an acidic influence, all protein-rich (nitrogen-rich)
foods are considered acid-forming. This, however, is an older method and is
not as accurate because it has been determined that vegetable matter supplies
more available nitrogen and proteid material than meats do.
The following Acid/Alkaline Food Chart is based upon a combination of
the above methods, and will help you on your journey toward alkalization.
Remember, a diet of 80 percent alkaline and 20 percent acid-forming food is
essential for greater health. A diet of 90 percent or more of alkaline-forming
foods means vibrant health.
Keep it simple. People always ask me: “What can I
add
 to my diet?” My
response is: “What can I take away?” Believe it or not, the simpler you eat the
healthier you’ll be. This statement drives nutritional scientists nuts. That is
because the focus has been on deficiencies, leading to the use of high dosages
of amino acids, vitamins and minerals. Mega-dosing like this can make some
symptoms disappear, but they will only reappear when these supplements are
stopped. This is not true regeneration or healing, but treating symptoms while
ignoring the causes. It is not the high level of nutrients consumed that is the
key. It is the power and syner-gistic action of ripe, raw, whole food. The
power of raw food to clean and rebuild the physical body is little understood
in our pharmaceutical scientific communities.
Look at the diets of most wild herbivores, e.g., elephants, horses, or
cows. They eat predominantly grass and leaves. Look at the wild silver-back
apes. Their diet is very simple as well, consisting of sweet things including
fruits, sweet tubers, berries and flowers. Seventy percent or more of the diet
of a grizzly bear is grass. These are among the strongest animals on this
planet.
I can tell you from my own personal experience that when I fasted for six
months on organic navel oranges, I never felt better and more in tune withGod and nature. Always trust nature, God and your inner intuition to know
the truth.
The Alkaline/Acid Food Chart shows what foods are alkaline-forming
and what foods are acid-forming.


 ONLY  PERMANENT  SOLUTION  OF
ANYTHING  THERE  IS; and  if enough  of humanity  will
call, the Solution  of the many  problems  in the city,  the state,
the Nation  will  be released;  and  their  conditions  will  be
solved  by This  Light  of God!
Remember,  as the blessed  brother  said  tonight,  as you
go forth,  you  will  receive  Washington's  Vision.  The  third
episode  referred  to there,  is the thing  We are trying  to pre-
vent!  Remember,  That  Great  Being,  the Goddess  of Lib-
erty,  Whom  one day you shall  know,  said  to him:  "If neces-
sary,  the Light  as of a Thousand  Suns  would  descend  into
the Earth;  and  dissolve  all human  selfishness  and  discord
from  the planet."  That  is The  Law!  That  will  be done!
The Great  Arcturus  in His  Dictation,  used  almost  iden-
tically  the Same  Words!  If it were  not for the Release  of
Our Great  Light,  there  would  not be a hope  for humanity
today!
Is there  any  one  in this  room  who  actually  feels  this
which  is occurring  in China  today,  could  not come  into 178 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
your  city?  Do not make  that  mistake!  You  do not know
how  soon  it could  come;  and  in the use of destructive  pow-
ers today,  in fifteen  minutes,  the largest  city  in America
could  be destroyed !
You are facing  a mighty  crisis!  Do not look  upon  it
lightly,  I plead  with  you!  When  I said  to you,  "We  do not
talk to hear  Ourselves,"  I want  you to remember  It; but We
are trying  to strengthen  and  encourage  you;  to give  forth
such  a Powerful  Call  to your  "I AM  Presence";  and  Release
such  a Power  of Its Activity,  that  This  Service  can be ren-
dered  to mankind  and  the Earth.  This  Help  can be given,
if enough  call.
We are Free!  We  are in no danger,  but you  are!  Then,
will you  join  Us in all the Powers  of your  Being,  to make
That  Call  to your  own  God  Presence,  the "Mighty  I AM"—
to release  such  Power  into  the Earth,  none  of these  things,
dare  enter  your  world  of America ?
We always  take  advantage  of the opportunities,  such  as
Constitution  Day!  We  observed  among  mankind,  that
which  gives  Us the Greatest  Rejoicing  possible.  When  those
great  parades  went  like  a river  thru  the streets  of the city
(Boston);  and  We saw  the people  in lines  on either  side,
when  That  Wondrous  Flag  came  forth,  raise  their  hats  to
Their  Flag—then  We knew  the Heart  of America  was  not
asleep!  Then  We knew  in the Heart  of every  human  Being,
is a Love  for That  Flag,  which  represents  Freedom  to the
Earth!
Remember,  Dear  Hearts,  the Statue  of Liberty  in New DISCOURSE  VIII  179
York  harbor  represents,  a Great  Cosmic  Being—Who  will
one day release  Her  Power  into  the Earth  and  assist  man-
kind.  Today,  Our  Assistance  from  every  conceivable  angle,
is coming  in to bless  mankind  and  the Earth.
Will  each  of you  with  Us, go down  in the Records  of
the Earth,  as one who  loved  his fellow  man  enough,  to call
to his own  God  Presence  so powerfully,  It would  release
those  Powers  which  protected  them  and set them  Free ? We
are making  the Call  for you;  but We had  no power  to do
that,  until  Beloved  Saint  Germain  brought  your  attention
to your  Authority,  your  Ability,  your  Power  of the "Mighty
I AM  Presence."  Then,  We began  to release  more  and more
Power  of the Cosmic  Light  to assist  you!
As It goes  on, one day,  you shall  know  the Truth  of every
Word  that  the Messengers  have  spoken  to you,  in behalf
of America  and Her  Freedom;  and  the Glory  of God  which
shall  again  reign  upon  Earth!  The  "Light  of God  never
fails"  in anything!  You  are That  Light  which  beats  your
Heart!  Your  Heart  is the "Light  of God  that  never  fails"  in
anything!
I thank  you! DISCOURSE  XIV
September  30, igyj
BOSTON,  MASSACHUSETTS
Beloved  Students  of Boston  and  all who  are here  from
other  parts  of America,  I wish  you  to know  today,  for
your  great  strength  and  encouragement;  that  Three  Great
Achievements  have  been  accomplished  thus  far, during  this
Class.  One  concerning  your  City  of Boston  and  two  con-
cerning  your  Beloved  America,  Our  Beloved  America.
They  are Achievements,  which  We  could  scarcely  have
hoped  for, when  This  Class  began.  The  Law  does  not per-
mit Me to give  you  a detailed  Explanation  of this  at the
present,  but whenever  It does,  you  shall  have  It. It is best
at the present  that  no further  outer  attention  be given  to It,
except  to know  of the Great  Achievement.
We have  been  trying  for almost  eight  months,  to bring
about  certain  conditions,  which  to some  degree  had to come
from  the release  of the feeling  within  the students,  which
would  enable  Us to do this;  for remember,  in all We do for
America  and yourselves,  We must  have  a certain  amount  of
your  FEELING  or Out-pouring  of Adoration  and  Grati-
tude to accomplish  It.
Try to be at Peace,  all of you,  concerning  the number  of
Students  here.  The  number  is not so important.  While  it
is always  appreciated  by Us, yet it is the volume  of the
180 DISCOURSE  VIII  181
Power  of Divine  Love,  Gratitude  and  Acceptance  RE-
LEASED,  which  enables  the Work  to be done.  It is why
We have  not said  this  to you  in just  so many  words,  but
I shall  do it now:  "There  is a very  Great  Reason  for your
100%  Groups  and  that  is the feeling  which  you  release
there.  I ask  the Individuals  who  are members  of those
100%  Groups;  do you  not have  a different  feeling  within
you, in entering  the 100%  Groups,  than  you  do in what  is
termed  an ordinary  Group?  Do you not feel a more  Sacred
Power  and  Greater  Firmness  in your  feelings  than  other-
wise?  If you have  not noticed  It, I ask you to watch  It; be-
cause  that  is the case,  as We have  observed."
Whatever  will  call forth  from  you  thru  the feeling,  the
Most  Divine,  the Most  Sacred  Feeling  of the Power  of
Achievement,  gives  you  the Greatest  Power;  not  only  in
your  Assistance  to America,  but to your  own  Individual
world.  It is why  every  earnest  sincere  student  should  watch.
I do not mean  this  from  an outer  standpoint;  but analyze
just what  feeling  is operating  in you,  occasionally;  so you
may hold  it in


 citizen, not
a financial burden! I believe that every one is entitled toactive lives of
120 years or more as the Bible states,
“Man’s days shall be 120 years.” – Genesis 6:3
Longevity may be defined as the m aximum duration of
life that a healthy person can attain under the most h ealthy,
favorable conditions by living a healthy lifestyle.
Unhealthy Lifestyle Killing Millions Worldwide!
Most people – because of their unwise habits in diet,
drink and excesses – die prematurely, long before
fulfilling their potential. Wild animals, undisturbed, live
out their full term. Man is the only exception. Sadly,not more than one in a million lives out his natural life.3
Old age is a highly toxic condition caused by
nutritional deficiencies and an unhealthy lifestyle.“Sickness is a crime – Don’t be a criminal.”
Men do not die, they kill themselves.  – Seneca, Roman PhilosopherSickness is a Crime Against Your Body –
Don’t Be a Health Criminal!
Animals in their wild habitat know by instinct how
to live, and what to eat and drink. They know how to
fast instinct ively w hen they get hurt or sick.  N aturally,
animals are led to eat what is good for them. But maneats and drinks anything and everything – consuming
the most indigestible concoctions, washing it down with
poisonous slops – and then wonders why he is sicklyand does not live to be a centenarian!
In theory, humans desire long life! Many shorten their
lives to the minimum. Does this make sense? Why thismarvelous mechanism of man – perfect in its minutest
organism, combining a Godlike intelligence with a body
which sculptors have imitated but never equalled – shouldbe ruthlessly destroyed by its owner’s unhealthy lifestyle
is one of the inexplicable disgraces of our culture!
The world famous marble statue of Apollo that
Patricia and I saw in the Vatican at Rome is not greaterin the perfection of manly beauty than that possessed
by thousands of young men in our midst today. This
inanimate marble of Apollo is as tenderly cared for as arare, priceless jewel. Meanwhile, living man – noble,
intellectual, refined, with a miraculous physical structure
and an eternal soul – gives his wonderful body lessattention than he gives to his car, cat or dog.
All people of sound mentality naturally desire a long,
healthy, pain-free, happy and useful life. With ournatural intelligence – super health, happiness and
longevity should be the rule instead of the exception.
In my early career, I was associated with the great
Bernarr Macfadden, the Father and Founder of the
Physical Culture movement. I was the associate Editor
of the pioneer health magazine Physical Culture. These
lines always appeared on the front cover of every issue:4
Exercise, along with healthy foods and some fasting helps maintain or restore
a healthy physical balance and normal weight for a  long, happy, vital life.Physical weakness, flabbiness and sickness have
always seemed criminal to me – a sacrilegious abuse of
that miracle instrument, the human body. I regained
my health after being a hopeless tuberculosis victimyears ago, and since then I’ve made a religion of keeping
in perfect health through conscientious care of my body.
Adhering to a high ideal of stamina, vitality, health andendurance has paid me great dividends – so priceless
that I call myself “A Health Billionaire!”
To Be a Health Billionaire and Enjoy the Glow of Ageless
Health and Happiness, You Must Work and Earn It!
The “secret” of the glow of ageless health lies in
maintaining internal cleanliness and regeneration. Thisrequires eating natural, organically grown live foods,
combined with other healthy practices such as fasting,
drinking distilled water, exercising and deep breathing.
When you purify your body with systematic fasting
and live foods, you crave daily exercise, and by exercising
you sculpt your body to become the person you want tobe. Just think, from this minute on you can mold yourbody to physical perfection. With the knowledge found
in these pages you will find out how you can reap the
most out of life, physically, mentally and spiritually!
The human race is a miracle unique study, and an
intriguing one! But the natural laws which govern man
are simple and understandable if one takes the time tolearn and observe how he functions from day to day!
Life Can Be a Happy and Joyous Adventure
To know one’s self seems like an endless task, but
with crystal clear observation and the daily application
of these simple but precise laws, life becomes not only a
most exciting adventure, but a tremendous joy! Studyand follow The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle throughout your
life, and you will start to experience the day-by-day joys,
happiness and truly great pleasures of a healthy body,mind and soul for a happy, long and vigorous life!5
Instead of medicine, fast for a day. – Plutarch,  Greek PhilosopherDon’t procrastinate and keep waiting for “the right moment.” Today – take
action and plan, plot and follow through with your goals, dreams and healthylifestyle living! You will be a winner in life when you Captain your life to success!
– Patricia BraggChapter 2
What is The Miracle of Fasting?
What is the Most Significant
Discovery of this Modern Age?
•The finding of Dinosaur eggs on the plains of
Mongolia, which scientists assert were laid some
10,000,000  years ago?
•The unearthing of ancient tombs and cities, withtheir confirmations of the Scriptural stories, and their
matchless specimens of bygone civilizations?
•The radioactive time clock by which Professor Lane
of Tufts University estimates the age of the earth as
1,250,000,000  years?
•Jet airplanes? Space travel? Lasers? Television? Radio?Computers? Telephones? Cell phones? Automobiles?
None of the above compare with fasting...
The Greatest Discovery of Modern Times
In our opinion, the greatest discovery by modern
man is the method to rejuvenate himself physically,
mentally and spiritually by fasting. Man can create a
quality of agelessness and with fasting it’s possible toprevent premature ageing and a premature death!
The dread of “growing old” and becoming a burden
to himself and others is one of man’s greatest fears! Thefear of becoming sick, senile, helpless and unable to carefor one’s self is rooted deep in every thinking person’smind. With the complete knowledge of fasting and TheBragg Healthy Lifestyle, as outlined in this book, youcan banish all your fears of premature ageing! With a
24
hour complete water fast weekly – setting aside 52 days
and four 7 to 10 day fasts a year for body purification –
you can keep the toxins removed and flush the rustand crystals from your moveable joints and muscles.6
Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits. –  Ben FranklinThe Endless Quest
Freedom and progress rest in man’s continual search for truth.
Truth is the summit of being. – Emerson
Healing takes time – but it’s sometimes a matter of opportunity. –  HippocratesYou must bear in mind it’s the toxic debris and wastes
of metabolism (from the biological process of converting
food into living matter and that matter into energy ) that
brings on many physical ailments and premature ageing!
When the Vital Force of your body drops below
normal, then all your physical problems – as well as your
mental ones – begin! Read the Bragg Build Powerful Nerve
Force Book. (See back pages for booklist.) It details how
to reduce stress, fear, anger and worry – these negative
factors can destroy your precious Vital Force and life!
Fasting Conserves Energy – Your Vital Force
Let me explain. We eat food and as it passes through
the body, it must be masticated, digested, assimilated
and then the waste is eliminated. We have four greatorgans of elimination: the bowels, the kidneys, the lungs,
and the skin. In order for these eliminative organs to
work perfectly, the body must build a high Vital Forceof body energy reserves.
It takes a tremendous amount of Vital Force to pass a
large meal through the gastrointestinal tract and alsoeliminate the waste via the
30 foot tube that runs from
the mouth to the rectum. It takes the great power of
Vital Force to pass liquids through the 2 million filters
of the human kidneys. It takes Vital Force for the
chemical power of the liver and the gallbladder to do
their work in preparing food for the billions of bodycells. It takes great Vital Force for the lungs to deeply
inhale up to
2 quarts of oxygen with each breath, to
purify the entire bloodstream in your body and expelthe toxins and the carbon dioxide. It takes great Vital
Force for the skin (often called your third kidney) with
its
96 million pores, to throw off body toxins in the form
of skin rashes, pimples, sweat and foul body odors.7
Medicine is only palliative. For behind disease lies the cause,
and this cause no drug can reach.  –  Dr. Weir MitchellWe Live in a Poisoned World
It is the duty of your Vital Force to supply the energy
used to rid the body of any toxins created during the
processing of food consumed. The Vital Force must also
keep the body temperature at 98.6 degrees. When sick
the body will often create a fever to burn up the


 be
unaware of this because you have success, money, and a good family life—
or you may not be unaware. In either case your inner climate is dominated
by routine. Creativity and sensitivity are not high on the list of things you
value, or you don’t see yoursel f being creative. Looking deep inside isn’t
something you do very often, since you are afraid of what you might find.
“Love” to you means having your needs fulfilled by another person. You
are likely to describe yourself as an atheist, pessimist, or skeptic.
6–15 points.  You attend church or at least believe in God, but you do not
have a strong personal link to spirit. You are not driven by success or
money, which gives you some peace of mind, but you haven’ t found a real
passion at the core of yoursel f. Problems don’t overwhelm you if they
aren’ t too big, but you don’t expect to come up with major innovations or
creative accomplishments either. Being on safe middle ground is all right
with you, althou gh you sometimes fear for the future. “Love” to you means
a secure family, a devoted spouse, and feeling good about people.
16–20 points.  You are in tune with spirit. Conventional religious beliefs
matter much less to you than active participation in your own creative
lifestyle. Your belief in God is founded on experience, but at the same time
you consider yourself the author  of your own existence. In a crisis you may
be shaken, but when the emotions clear you look for positive outcomes and
almost always find them. You think in terms not of being safe but of what
you want to do and want to be— you follow your star. “Love” to you means
a force beyond personality that can be seen and felt everywhere you look, if
only you look hard enough.
In most cases scoring high on either of these tests means that you scored
low on the other, because following the voice of spirit is the opposite of
following the voices of fear, anger, and doubt. Spirit’ s voice is harder to
follow because it is neither loud nor demanding, whereas the voice of fear,
for insta nce, is extremely loud and at times overwhelming in its insistence.
Other voices are from the past:  your thoughts are not really your own butborrowed from authority figure s who once had influence over you. These
voices say, “This is what you’d better do”—they warn and often punish.
Other voices from the past express habits and beliefs. When someone
exclaims, “If I listen to myself, I hear my mother talking,” what he really
means is that an adopted belief system is having its say; the source of these
beliefs—father, mother, coach, teacher, guru—still has a voice in your head,
repeating the tenets you are holding on to.
But it is you who holds on. You are the one who decides which  voice to
heed, which to reject. A vast majority of the time, people do not heed the
voice that makes them either happy or loving. They are led into unloving
and unhappy outcomes because they followed the wrong voice, and they
spend immense amounts of time in therapy basically to get these wrong
voices out of their heads.
The next exerci se will help you to recognize when spirit is speaking to
you and how to heed it.
PART TWO
Getting rid of the negative voices in your head isn’t accom plished by
arguing with them, ignoring them, or trying to pretend that they aren’ t there.
It involv es a process of letting go; the Loving Practice “Letting Go” (p.
169) details how this process works. Here I will be concerned with how to
attune yourself to the voice of spirit. Spirit is hard to listen to if you are
enmeshed in your old beliefs and social conditioning, for the following
reasons:
Spirit is not verbal like the other thoughts in your head. It comes as
insight, an “aha!” that makes you see things in a new light.
Spirit doesn’ t argue or try to persuade. It shows you what is real in a
given situation, pure and simple.
Spirit doesn’ t say, “If you don’ t do this, that will follow.” There are no
ultimatums or threats.
Spirit doesn’ t communicate in terms of right and wrong. Whatever you
decide to do, spirit will support you.
Spirit always makes you feel better about yourself, but it may pose
choices that take courage, patience, and faith.You can’ t make spirit do anything. It speaks when it wants to, but you
can be sure that it will speak at the right time.
Spirit never comes from anything but love. If you are looking for a
way to find revenge, to prove yourself right, to oppose or conquer
others, or to punish, the voice in your head isn’ t spirit.
These are the guidelines that enable you to tune in to your second attention.
First attention is dominated by outside events, by expectations about the
way things should turn out, and by old conditioning—if you detect any of
these influences, you know you aren’ t in spirit. Ask yourself the following
questions any time you have a doubt about this:
Am I angry or anxious?
Am I suspicious or doubtful?
Do I feel overwhelmed by what’ s going on around me?
Is somebody else trying to make up my mind for me?
Is my body tense or feeling discomfort?
Has this happened to me before? Am I just repeating a past scenario?
Do I have to have things turn out a certain way?
Do I feel I’m in danger?
These are signals from your ego, far removed from spirit despite the fact
that we act on such signals all the time. It is in the absence  of these ego
signals that spirit is speaking to you. One kind of signal can’t be converted
to the other. Transmuting your behavior from ego based to spirit based
means cultivating your second attention. If you act on spirit you will see
results that you never expected, such as these:
Your fears will no longer come true.
Your happiness will no longer depend on expectations.
You will feel safe.
You will feel loved.
As you begin to heed spirit, you can only increase in love—pa ssion for
life will appear naturally. We are like empty vessels being endle ssly refilled
with spirit. To be in love with someone is to share this inexhau stible flow.
Love shares awareness and being; it is a silent communication that unites
two people more and more in a spiritual reality unknown outside their
intimacy. They have reclaimed their lives by becoming authors of their own
reality.OceanofPDF.comIN OUR LIVES
Wooing the Goddess
“I’M SURE YOU don’t want to hear my problems,” Amy began. “Another
boring, weepy wife. How many  have you met as a doctor—a hundred? A
thousand?” She sounded distraught.
“Is boring how you feel?” I asked. Amy’ s eyes turned dull.
“It doesn’ t matter much how I feel,” she said. After twenty years of
marriage to a CEO from San Diego named Fred, Amy considered herself a
discarded wife.
“Is Fred seeing someone else? Does he want a divorce?” I asked. Amy
shook her head.
“I don’t know what he wants. We don’t see each other much these days.
I’m alone until he is driven home after six, if he can make it home at all. He
might as well have a cellular phone grafted to his ear for all he pays
attention when he is around. And going to bed means going to sleep.”
“Do you think Fred wants this situation to change?” I asked.
“Why should he? His life’s exciting. I’m a boring holdover from his
past.” Amy looked sad, but instead of crying she sighed and squared her
shoulders.
“You’ve used the word boring  twice,” I pointed out. “Is that something
we could talk about?”
Amy shrugged and looked away. “I guess,” she said.
“Since we all tend to find it easier to look outward than inward,” I said,
“we rarely challenge the notion that there are ‘boring’ people and ‘boring’
situations. When someone complains that her or his marriage has become
boring, the usual remedy is external. The woman decides she needs to look
more seductive, so she buys a flimsy negligee, turns down the lights, and
puts on mood music. The man brings home candy and flowers and vows to
take his wife dancing.”A half smile crossed Amy’ s face, as if to say, “We’re way beyond that.”
I went on. “Being external, these can be only superficial gestures. The
heart of the problem is not a boring relationship (and by implication, a
boring partner), but a failure to discover where passion comes from and
how it is kept alive. What you’re talking about here is the fading of passion.
Is it really all on Fred’ s side? How exciting is he?”
“That doesn’ t seem to matter,” Amy said. “Not to him.”
“You just feel guiltier than he does,” I said. “I’d be surprised if he felt
any more desirable than you do right now.”
Amy looked surprised; it was clear that she was resigned to a boring
marriage and that she had taken all the blame for that upon herself.
“Before asking the question ‘Where did the passion go?’” I said, “you
first have to ask, ‘


. And let people not mistake my
statement that "all that  grows on trees has poor
nourishment," for fruit honeys and their ripe wines, their
juices and candies made from them help in special
diseases, because their value as food is different from
their value as medicaments. This is clearly known to
those who are versed in pharmacology. Galen said that
from the viewpoint of morality  and divine tr uth, it was his
intention to warn people not to eat fruit.
 BUT DISFAVORS OTHER FRUITS —
He further said that it was his habit to be smitten by
fever once a year and when his father commanded him to
abstain from eating fruit, he was protected from fever that
year. From that time he made it a rule never to eat fruit
and he swore that he never ha d fever after that, except for
one day. And one can mention this as an item of truth
because the moisture of fru it contains materials from
which fevers are formed. And let it not seem strange to us
that many people eat fruit w ithout developing fevers, for
habits and regulations bri ng various results. If a Hindu
should eat refined bread and sheep's meat he would surely
get sick and if one of us s hould eat rice and fish, as the
Hindus do always, he would doubtless also get sick. It is
not the intention of this work to declare it a special cause
[of sickness], but it is the intention to declare that fruits
are generally not good to eat and one should eat little of
them. One must never combine them with a meal, but one
may eat pears, grapes and figs before meals as they soften
and moisten the stool. One may eat after them, provided
they have left the stomach. And the binding plants such
as quince and plums should be  eaten sparingly and after a
meal, in order that they should contract and close the
opening of the stomach. PARTICULARLY PEACHES AND APRICOTS
And just as grapes and figs are considered the best of
all fruits, so are peaches a nd apricots considered the
worst. And one should never come close to these two
species because they produce moistures that mix with the
blood and make it boil and this is the main cause for the
formation of putrefied fluids and fevers. But dried fruits
like raisins, dried figs, kernels of pistachio and hazelnuts
are not bad, but it is best to us e them only as relishes with
food, especially raisins and pi stachio nuts, because they
are very good for the liver. Gale n said also: The health of
the liver is our life. The part aking of some sweets after a
meal is very good, because it gives the stomach the power
to retain the food and to digest  it. This is all that I have
found proper to mention in this chapter and that is all we
intended.

CHAPTER II

The Care of Patients in the Absence of a
Physician or in the Presence of a Physician Who
Is Not Adequate and Not Experienced in This
Science

According to the prominent medical authorities, medical
science is of extreme importance to man, because he is
disposed to become sick from  most of the foods he eats,
and sooner or later he will n eed the advice of a physician.
Medical science is divi ded into three parts.

THE HEALTHY, THE SICK AND THE CONVALESCENT
The first and most important part: the behavior of the
healthy, and that is the care of  health and its maintenance.
The second part: the care of  the sick; ways and means
of regaining of health that ha s been lost. This is known as
medical advice.
The third part: the care that Galen called "the
restoration." This is the care of health in persons who are neither very well nor very sic k, such as those who are in a
convalescent state or the aged.
As has already been explained, a man needs the
services of a physician in ev ery item of health and at
every time, but his need of a physician during sickness is
especially great and avoiding him is dangerous. Fools
think that a man needs a physician during his sickness
only and at no other time, but it  very often happens that a
man gets sick while traveling or while in a small town
where there is no physician or  only a physician on whose
wisdom people do not rely. This is the place for the
advice of your servant, indi cating what to do on such an
occasion.

THE ANCIENT GREEKS
Galen has already explained to us that the ancient
Greeks, when in doubt as to what to do in a certain
disease, did nothing but left the patient to nature, which
they considered suf ficient to cure all illnesses. And
Hippocrates sang the praises of nature in many places at
great length, considering natu re to be wise, clever and
capable of doing what is necessary for the sick without
resorting to medication. And it is true that the physician should help nature, support it and do nothing else but
follow it.

RAZI'S RULE
And Razi said in one of hi s well-known chapters: If a
disease is stronger than the pa tient, there is no hope that
he will survive and no physician will help him; if the
strength of the patient is gr eater than the strength of the
disease, he will not need a physician, because nature will
cure him; but if the strength of the patient and that of the
disease are equal, then one needs a physician to increase
the patient's strength. Th is can be done only by the
perfect physician, who knows how to strengthen the
patient and take care of him, so that he may overcome the
hurdles of nature. However, most physicians commit
many errors and, while they think they increase the
patient's strength, they really  weaken him and interfere
with his progress.

ARISTOTLE HARSH ON PHYSICIANS
And about this, Aristotle said, in his book De sensu et
sensibili,- that many die from medication because of the
ignorance of physicians in understanding nature. When the physicians say "nature," they mean the power that
rules all living creatures,  whose presence and true
function has been explained in the books of the ancient
sages. For these reasons kings  invite many physicians and
chose from them the most intelligent, wise and
experienced. Through their concilium they may be saved
from error.

USE MILD REMEDIES
From all that I have mentioned in my introduction, it
becomes clear that it is proper to leave the patient to
nature when there is no good physician. And the
expression "leaving to nature" implies that one should not
take a medication which healthy people are not used to
taking and that one should not  forget to take the proper
amount of his food. One should drink when he is thirsty,
and one should eat when he is hungry, as one is
accustomed to do. And one should eat the lightest of the
foods that he is used to ea ting. And it is proper for a man
to know that even if he has with him one or many
prominent physicians, he should not permit himself to
employ drastic medication, unle ss it is upon the advice of
a very, very adequate and experienced physician whose
wisdom has been put to th e test and whose experience cannot be doubted. Otherwis e one should prefer during
illness light rather than strong medications.

AND AVOID THE DRASTICS
I will now explain the ch aracter of the strong
medicaments and name them. They are: venesection with
the loss of much blood, strong and prolonged purgatives
such as colocynth, convolvulus scammonia and cleansing
by strong emetics, like the two types of hellebore and nux
vomica, and strong enemas that contain colocynth,
sagapenum, castor oil and the like. Equally strong
measures are abstaining from food entirely and the
avoidance of drinking and the enduring of thirst. There
are already many prepared medications for various
conditions like the theriac, Th eodoric and Mithridatic and
their like. All these medicaments are powerful and one
should prepare them only upon the advice of a physician
who excels in theory and pract ice. From these things, if
they have a beneficial influence in their place, the patient
will recuperate immediately or a short while afterward or
will, at least, be saved from death. But if they fail, they
will cause immediate death or  an illness that will
ultimately cause the patient's death. And therefore it is
proper to exercise care. THE LIGHT PROCEDURES
The light medical procedures  are: the removal of blood
through cupping and scarification on the thighs or on the
upper part of the body, a purge with manna, pears, plums,
cherries, violets and syrup of roses in a cold state.
Emetics such as barley water, oxymel, horse-radish,
atriplex littoralis seeds or melon roots and others. Also
light enemas, like those of ba rley water,


of me during the colema. Toward the end of the pr ogram, I seemed to develop a little feeling in my paralyzed left arm. At the
hospitals and nursing home, I never felt better, but during the tissue cleansing program at the Ranch, I continued to improve
steadily.

Patient M.S., Female, Degenerative Lymph C ondition
Three years ago I was told that I had a dangerous lymph condition which was treated and went into remission. I was very thank ful
but disappointed from the fact that although the condition had gone into remission, the cause was never explained, nor  was it
treated, but merely the symptoms. A short while after this I happened to hear about Dr. Jensen’s tissue cleansing program. I read
his book on the subject and, in my opinion, everything made sense. I went on the program in December 1982. The elimina tion was
unbelievable during my first 7 -day cleanse. I have since been on two more 7 -day cleanses using the maintenance program in
between each. The results were amazing! I no longer felt lumps under my arms or in my groin. My breathing was clearer. I felt  as
if my whole body was becoming unclogged. My eyes became brighter and my skin softer and smoother. The veins in my legs are
disappearing. I very rarely have depression as before. My hair and nails are in the best condition ever. I know I will never get any
degenerative disease again as long as I eat the proper foods and keep my colon clean!

Patient H.E., Female, Scleroderma
I was diagnosed as having scleroderma in 1972 by a doctor who surgically removed a large calcified lump near my elbow.
Scleroderma is a progressive skin disease often involving the internal organs such as heart and kidneys. I had a thickening of the
skin and underlying tissue, great sensitivity to cold, a raw throat, dryness of lips and mouth, shortness of breath, fatique and vague
joint and muscle aches. In 1974, a doctor prescribed Potaba capsules, and this, in conjunction with biweekly chiropractic
treatments, was effective in softening the skin and reducing muscle spasms. On April 17, 1982, I started Dr. Jensen’s 7 -day
cleansing pr ogram. By the end of the week, I noticed my skin was softer, the swelling had reduced in my hands and fingers and the
red areas on my legs had faded. On the follow -up maintenance program, I found my mental outlook improved and I had increased
tolerance to cold weather.

Patient S.D., Female, Anemia
When I started the tissue cleansing program, my lab blood test showed a red blood cell count of 3.84 (normal is 4.8) and a
hemoglobin of 10.7 (normal is 14.0). I had been tired much of the time for the past sever al months and had lower back and neck
pains. Chiropractic treatments didn’t help. At the end of the 7 -day program, my back felt much better, and I began taking
supplements recommended by Dr. Jensen. A month after my first blood test, a second blood test sh owed my red blood count was
up to 4.47 and my hemaglobin was 12.8. My energy is much better, and the fatigue is gradually leaving.

Patient E.P., 70 -year-old Female, Arthritis
The doctor who treated me said that drugs would bring the only relief for the terrible pains in my neck. So I took Percodan and
Bulazolidin for pain; Phenylbutazone, a steroid, once a week and Ascriptin daily. I was told to eat anything I wanted, that c offee
and diet had nothing to do with arthritis. I took these prescriptions for o ne year and still was not getting much relief. Then I
changed direction. I started a nutritional program, an elimination program and natural food supplements. I was asked to drop all
drugs, much to my reluctance. I started trembling, and withdrawal symptom s developed. Nevertheless, I went right into the
program outlined by Dr. Jensen. Within a week, I found myself free of pain and feeling very well without drugs. One -and-a-half
months later, feeling exceptionally good, I suddenly developed a fever of 105 de grees, swollen face and eye, with a headache such
as I had never experienced before. I thought my whole world would collapse. I was told it (the healing crisis) would only las t 3
days - and it did! Then I felt so good again, just as Dr. Jensen said I would. [During and since the crisis, there has been excessive
elimination of mucus. After nine months, my neck is still pain free without the use of drugs. After 5 years, she has no retur n of
pain. This case has not been cured, but there has been no return of p ain. This patient was taking 20 -40 aspirin per day, according to
her doctor’s prescription.]

Patient, S.B., Female, High Triglycerides
The first time I took the tissue cleansing program, my laboratory blood test showed a triglyceride reading of 938 (norma l is 50 -200
mg’dL). In a week’s time, it dropped to 253. Nearly three years later, after a year of living under high -stress conditions, my
triglycerides shot up to 1403 mg/di. I went through the tissue cleansing again and the level dropped to 325. I realiz e there is more
work to do, but I am delighted with the rapid drop of triglycerides following the 7 -day programs.

NOTE: The triglyceride count and how they were reduced in this patient in just one week’s tissue cleansing treatment.

Other Cases
Male, Pros trate Trouble. Lost 12 pounds on his first 7 -day cleanse, prostrate problems cleared up, stiffness in hands disappeared.
Can play musical instruments again.

Female, Constipation. Did not have bowel movement for 12 -14 days, despite use of laxatives. After 7-day program, she stopped
using laxatives, felt great. Bowel activity improving rapidly.

Female, Breast Lumps. One -and-one-half months after taking the tissue cleansing pro -gram, the breast lumps were gone. Also, lab
tests showed liver function and alkal ine phosphates were normal.

Female, Uterine Condition. A Paps test reading of 4+ and diagnosis of uterine growths were made before the 7 -day cleansing.
Three months after the program, a repeat Paps test and examination showed the condition was gone. The P aps test was negative,
and no sign of uterine growths could be found.

Male, Psoriasis. This man had spent $7,000 on specialists, going to doctors all his life for psoriasis, before trying tissue cleansing.
Arms and legs bleed periodically, and he has been  a heavy drinker of alcoholic beverages. He has not taken the full 7 -day cleanse
program, but has been using the bulk and Bentonite and colema board. Skin condition has improved considerably.

Female, Memory and Vision Problems, 60 years of age. This elder ly vegetarian woman complained of poor memory and poor
vision. She took the 7 -day cleanse and was astonished at the improvement in both.

Female, Uterine Fissure, 32 years old. Patient reported great pain for years from a uterine fissure, with no help from  doctors. She
took the 7 -day cleanse as a last resort, but stopped at 5 days. She reported, “The pain all disappeared. I can’t remember when I was
last free of pain. I had forgotten what is was like.”

Some comments from patients who have taken the tissue cleansing program.
“I can’t imagine any better way to detoxify the body.” A.C.
“I think everyone should have the good fortune to go through this program so that they will know what really being alive feel s
like.” E.B.C.
“A tremendous value to humanity.” M. S.
“A wonderful start for your recuperation.” E.N.
“Very necessary for renewed health.” E.A.
“Great!!! Lovely staff also.” P.M.
“After the week’s program I felt hopeful and excited about the potential for healing. I have learned so much.” A.M.
“I liked the program very much as I felt better as the days went by.” C.C.
“A positive and realistic program.” O.S.
“Very good, wished I had done it sooner, would recommend it to anyone.” J.E.W.
“Reasonable solution to good health.” M.K.M.
“This is imperative for n early everyone I know. Having studied a lot along this line, I feel it is as simplified as can be and still be
effective. I shall never forget this time in my life.” R.A.
“I feel more positive and hopeful. That I will learn what is missing in my diet and w ill follow through.” C.M.
“After this program I feel energized! My body feels good, ready to go.” S.M.
“I felt light and feel like exercising. I feel like a new person with hope in my heart.” M.P.
“I feel light, optimistic, energetic. I’m looking forward t o continuing on this


Urine Therapy by Dr. John F. O'Quinn  TUMOR OF BACK  Renales Federico N. Orozco { Mexico } "After a month of practicing Urine-therapy, I started the fasting. A very painful tumor disappeared of the center part of my back, which I had for over one and a half years. In addition I have been cured of insomnia, improving my average of sleep from 2 hours to 3 hours to a sleep of 6 to 7 hours. Even in a last attack of kidney stones, they dissolved with no need of drugs." 189  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  TUMOR OF BREAST  “ Here is a case which proves that operations merely deal with effects and do not remove the cause of the disease from the body. The lady in question was forty-five, stout, and had a growth of some size on her left breast, the right one having been removed two years previously for a similar growth. She fasted and was treated according to my method for nineteen days, and then reported that the growth had entirely vanished. As she was still too fleshy she continued the  the fast. On the 28 day, she was examined and no trace of the lump was found, plus she looked much younger and far less matronly in figure.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John F. O'Quinn  TUMOR OF BREAST  “ A case may now be cited regarding a young woman who had developed a growth in her breast. She was put on a diet of her own urine, plus tap-water, and used urine compresses.  In  a short time, four days, the growth had entirely disappeared.”  Urine Therapy by Dr. John F. O'Quinn  TUMOR OF BREAST   Ms. R.Y., Belgium "I started urine therapy as a result of a breast tumour I had had for a number of years. I drink six glasses of urine daily and rub it into my skin. From time to time I do a fasting cure for two or three days. A couple of times the cure caused me to vomit terribly. I also use urine compresses at night. The initial results were surprisingly convincing. The tumour reduced in size, the skin in that area regained its colour, the condition of my blood improved and according to a Touch for Health measurement, my energy on all levels was strong (it was previously quite weak). My skin and hair have noticeably improved. My eyes have improved and so have my ears, as I inject a few drops of urine into my ears and massage them. The only thing I miss is the laxative effect of urine, and so I sometimes give myself an enema. Now, however, I seem to miss noticeable progress, even though I continue to use urine therapy. For one week, I had a strong aversion to urine and doubted whether 190 it could help me. That has passed, and I now realise that working with urine therapy is not as simple as I initially thought. I regularly tell others about urine therapy, particularly for external skin problems. People are more willing to try urine externally than internally. Whenever I hear their reactions, I often think: If urine works as well internally as it does externally, then it is a fantastic remedy."   The Golden Fountain by Coen van der Kroon  TUMOR OF BREAST  Rose Alba P. Gonzalez { Mexico } "By means of this testimony I want to thank God who gave me back my health and to say to the people who have my problem, that it can be cured. It is only the question of making the method exactly and to have faith in God.  I very was distressed by a cyst that was detected in my breast. The doctor said that the only solution to know if the tumor is benign or malignant is to do a biopsy, or to operate directly to remove it. It gave me much sadness to think about this operation.   Months later the book of Urine-therapy of Chemistry arrived in my hands by Sonia. I read and had such great enthusiasm, that I finished two fasts of three days. My cyst disappeared completely and bless it to God I was with the doctor and he was astonished but he asked me what I had done and when I told him, he was very interested in the method."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  TUMOR OF CHEST  “For 25 years I carried on my chest a tumour which during one of my peregranations suddenly began to discharge thick pus. There was pain also. Swelling and inflammation around it aggravated the condition. Doctors advised immediate operation as they suspected it to be of cancer and warned that failing it, the malignant matter will spread to other regions of the body. I firmly refused to be operated.  I removed myself to Mamasar (Rajasthan) as advised by Gurudev Acharya Tulshiji. Auto-urine therapist Shri Bhojaraj Sancheti prescribed massage on the tumour. Within a short time, I found miraculous recovery. Within five-six months' time, the tumour practically disappeared. Though there is a spot signifying the tumour I am not inconvenienced with it. 191  Auto-urine therapy indeed is an excellent and cheap remedy. If followed properly and according to its rules it gives complete relief."  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  TUMOR OF CHEST  “Shrmati Indumati Pandit is of 61 years. In 1968 she developed a painful tumour between her breasts. The civil surgeon on examination told that the tumour was not ripe for removal and after about a week he would return from his tour and then operate. Shri K. G. Pandit began urine therapy. He started massaging the affected part with urine and put hot urine packs also. Within five days' treatment, before the civil surgeon's expected return. The tumour disappeared and not even any sign remained of the painful tumour.”  from Manav Mootra by R. M. Patel  TUMOR OF FACE  Mrs. Maria Navarro { Mexico } "I had an ugly abscess in the cheek that was extended a little towards the ear. Then I applied the Urine several times day and little by little it disappeared. By the grace of God it disappeared. I am perfect."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  TUMOR OF HEAD  MRS. MA CONCEPTION { Mexico } "During two years and 5 operations they practiced on me. I had one tumor and another one was developing again. I already lost faith and then they prepared for the sixth operation.   A lady came to my room and said, do you want to be cured? I answered to her and she said me that I must leave the hospital and go to a conference in the temple of Our Lady of Consolation next Tuesday. I said to her what she was going to think it if I leave it to God.  When several Doctors got to review me I asked them, What if they were going to cure me by taking the tumor out, but again I would have another tumor grow? They did not answer. I only saw their eyes and I interpreted their silence.  192 Soon after I ask that I better leave the hospital and I want to go to my house. They said to me that was far better and there is a possible that I may live more time. They helped me to leave and to discharge me the from the hospital. When I arrived at my house I felt very alone and I thought, now what do I do? They will no longer operate on me, and here I am ill. Then I remembered what the lady said to me that Tuesday I should go to the temple.   I went to the temple and listened to the seated conference. Alone I was at the bottom and from that moment I knew that I was going to be cured. They gave a paper to me of how to do the therapy of the Urine. I did it exactly, including fasting. In two months I healed totally of that tumor and now I live a normal life, work and I request prayers to God that blesses so many ill people."  World-wide Case Histories of Urine Therapy by Gary Ward  TUMOR OF INTESTINE  Guillermo R. Orozco {Mexico} I am 59 years of age. I am an architect and work as a public servant for the government in the Jalisco state. As a student, I exceeded my sugar intake with cakes, taquitos, etc. In the year 1976, diverticulosis (mucus pouches) was detected in my intestine. It caused constant sourness in my stomach. I had to resort to any medicine. In 1980, gall stones by means of the ultrasound were detected. I was operated in October of 1995. In 1990 a tumor appeared in my left thigh, which was surgically removed.  In my recreational time, I played American football with the U.N.A.M. I got hit and I broke the partition of my nose that later caused chronic sinusitis. This hit prevented me to breathe by the nose. I also underwent a break of the thumb of the left hand. In 1992, diabetes and high blood pressure was detected. To all this I add that I have been quite a nervous and apprehensive person.   In 1990 to January of the present year, I began to take excessive medicine from an allopathic doctor. I understand this medicine has destroyed my antibodies. Because I began with pulmonary diseases I had strong colds every year. They lasted up to two months and because of more antibiotics that they gave me, I could not be cured.   I had the luck to study " the Word of God " (the Bible). It was in the Catholic