energy more easily than at other times.
You can do the Big Draw lying in bed on your right side until
the erection disappears. It may take more contractions because of
the amount of sexual energy pooled in the sperm palace. If this
produces too much energy in the head, be sure to bring it down to
your navel by focusing your mind there and spiralling it a small
circle 3" in diameter. Do this first clockwise (imagine a clock at
your navel facing outward) and then counter-clockwise. This will
balance and center the excess energy. If this is insufficient, do the
venting exercise as well.
INTENSE ENERGY IN THE HEAD MUST BE VENTED
During the Hard Contractions power is drawn in forced up from the
lower trunk. Power is simultaneously forced down from the head.
Thus tremendous pressure builds in the mid-trunk. This high pres-
sure energy must be vented: it cannot go out the penis or anus for
you have locked these shut.
It shoots up to the ear and eye and escapes slightly from these
apertures. As the power passes through these organs it invigorates
them. If the eyes are kept open at this point and moved somewhat
in their sockets, more restorative energy will flow to them
The power which you have begun to generate with retention
of the seed is enormous. It has the force to crack massive bone.The Secrets of Semen Retention 137
For this reason the sutures atop the skull of advanced adepts often
loosen. The power can drill through the plates of the skull, increas-
ing cranial capacity and oepning direct access to higher energies.
The practices advocated herein may allow one to regain part
of the prodigious learning and regenerative powers of the child.
The only humans with loose skull sutures are the evolved adept
and the infant.
After one to three months of practice the beginner at seminal
retention may experience a certain feeling of pressure in the head.
For some this feeling will be very unpleasant; for others, it will be
not only tolerable but rather pleasurable. This feeling of pressure is
the vital power rising to the top of the head with unaccustomed
intensity. It is a sign of progress: the body has far exceeded its
usual capacity of life force.
Those born for the practice of esoteric loving will enjoy this
life intensity. This feeling is an early sign of the development of a
super-chemistry of the body. With this chemistry energy normally
lost is retained and transformed into higher states of health and
consciousness. Such heightening of vital force poses no danger to
your health. However, if the power grows very uncomfortable, it
may be released, vented to other parts of the body, used to im-
power meditation or spent creatively in other areas of your life and
work.
AUTOMATIC MIND CONTROL OF EJACULATION
According to Taoist tradition, in the beginning of mankind our
ancestors had the ability to control sex instinctively. They could
control emotions, ejaculation, and sex as they wished. But gradu-
ally our ancestors were drained off of this ability. Through over-
sex, overpleasure, overdrinking, and over thinking by overspend-
ing themselves, they gradually lost this ability. This ability can be
restored to the mind by training it to automatically stop the leakage
of sexual energy. The key is repeated practice of the big draw until
you do it instinctively. Then the nectar of your sexual essence will
flow continuously up to the crown of your head, the golden flower.
In Automatic mind control the pineal gland is the most important
key to link the sex organ to the brain.
The greatest goal for this locking is that after 6 to 21 months,
or 10,000 Big Draws, you will be able to use the mind alone to draw138 Taoist Secrets Of Love
it up anytime or anywhere, whether standing, sitting or talking. If
you can draw up and shut the leaking door continuously for a
week, that means you are beginning to assume control. At that
point, put your concentration on the crown (pineal gland) and try to
just think the power up without using any big force, and eventually
the door will close automatically and for as along as you want.
When you put your mind at the crown, its pulls the power up to the
head.
Some people may pull too often, or do it the wrong way thus
feeling the power stuck in the heart. To release it drink honey in tea
or use the hand to brush it down the front of the body towards the
navel where it is safer to store. If energy remains stuck in the heart,
just do normal breathing and use the mind to cure. Start circulating
your chi from the perineum. Breathe in and think from the Hui-Yin
(the Gate of Death and Life) up to the top of the head (pineal) and
down to the third eye (Yin-Tang) between the eyebrows. Stop for
awhile. Then breathe down and when it passes through the heart,
try to think of it as flowing down like a waterfall and entering the
navel 9 to 36 times will gradually take the power stuck in the heart
out.
You will eventually reach the state where you can control
your sexual urge anytime you want. Even at night when erect, you
can just pull the power up and the erection will drop and the mind
and the sex organs will be at one. You can control sex like a
voluntary muscle of the arm. The understanding it takes to reach
this stage depends on the person. Some get it quicker and some
more slowly. Practice is the key. After trying for a while you will
eventually have more confidence and can command the sex organs
or command the door of immortals (Gate of Death and Life) to
open and close at will.
Points to remember:
1. After you've really succeeded in using the mind to control the
urge of ejaculation, the second or third day you may feel some pain
in Hui-Yin or penis. This is a normal thing to happen. The mind
orders the muscles to contract and push the fluid back which uses a
lot of muscle power to hold that flow. Naturally, you will have the
soreness of muscles in that area. Just rub the Hui-Yin in that area
and try to relax the muscle. After a few more times you will not feel
anything any more.The Secrets of Semen Retention 139
2. Some people, if they have been collecting a lot of power this
way, might feel very hot and some might have an irritating feeling
to vomit or headache because the sexual energy is stuck in the head
of chest and the power is too great. This is a mild case of the
"Kundalini syndrome". The method mentioned of eating honey or
brushing the chest alone cannot solve the problem. You may have
to use running to burn the energy away, or other extensive exer-
cises. The energy should be disposed of in a non degenerative way.
Completing the Microcosmic Orbit is the most important safety
valve to help distribute the sexual energy evenly.
3. In the final stages of automatic mind control of sexual energy,
there is no need to clench the teeth, anus and buttocks. The whole
body stays relaxed and you contract not the buttocks but the front
urogenital diaphragm and the perineum only.
4. To more easily achieve the goal of automatic internal locking,
bear in mind you can do internal locking any time you want, driving
the car, sitting down, coffee or doing work. Practice contracting
the urogenital diaphragm, the contraction in front, not the but-
tocks. Do this until you can fully control an erection or an urge to
ejaculate with a flicker of your mind.PART III
TRANSFORMING SEXUAL ENERGY INTO
SPIRITUAL LOVECHAPTER 9
THE YIN AND YANG EXCHANGE:
CULTIVATING THE VALLEY ORGASM
"Yang can function only with the cooperation of Yin, Yin can grow
only in the presence of Yang"
—Yellow Emperor's Female Consultant on Sex.
Our universe changes perpetually because of the eternal flow of yin
and yang energies. The very essence of yin-yang exchange is the
cyclical alternation of day and night. Due to this alternating energy
flow, this respiration of the heavens, living things can grow. Were
there only day and no night, all would be burnt; or if there were
only night and no day, nothing would have strength to grow. As
living things, humans are also subject to the law of yin and yang
exchange.
The human being can live happily only if he/she is in harmony
with the principles of life. If one violates the law of the yin and
yang interchange, by forbidding the sexual communion of yin and
yang energy, energy will not flow in the body. The life force will
slowly stagnate and leach out. Life will become a long slide into
depression interspersed by spasms of enslavement to the passions.
If you have learned to block the urge to ejaculate, or even
decided that you have the will to learn the Tao of love, you are on
the threshold of a new experience. That experience will alter your
perceptions of your own body and mind. It will change the way you144 Taoist Secrets Of Love
see your lover, and change your understanding of sex and love.
Drawing Nectar up to the Golden Flower is incomplete with-
out the Exchange of Yin and Yang energy


ynah birds fill the air as the ocean rolls in undulating waves, much like
the heartbeat of our planet. The colors are absolutely breathtaking: thebright blue sky; the shimmering green palm trees, sea grass, and ficus
plants; the dreamy oranges and purples mixing in the distant clouds; and
topping it all off, a rainbow  that appears to be connecting the nearby islan d
of Lanai with my front window.
When words appear on my blank sheets of paper, I’m awash with
bewildering waves of pleasure  at how I’m being used by an invisible
Source. I know that I’ll soon be in the ocean, propelling myself along the
shoreline, looking down at the creatures playfully moving about in the salty
water and wond ering where they sleep. How do they get here? How can
they breathe without air? Do they ever stop moving? Will they be here after
I’m gone? And then I’ll emer ge from the ocean and walk along the sand,
feeling the sun on my body and questioning how it stays up there, how we
keep moving around it while spinning once every 24 hours, why the ocean
doesn’ t tip upside down while the whole planet is turning over and over,
and if the stars and the universe itself will ever end.
The reason it’s crucial to have a sense of awe is because it helps loosen
the ego’s hold on your thinking. You can then know that there’ s something
great and enduring that animates all of existence. Being in awe of that
something staves off disasters because you have no fear of worldly
conditions. You’re kept grounded in the otherworldly power that manifests
a trillion miracles a second, all of which are oblivious to your ego.
The 72nd verse of the Tao Te Ching also asks you to accept yourself and
your individual concerns. With three very emphatic suggestions, Lao-tzu
tells you to avoid self-limits, accept your body as a perfect creation, and
allow your life to unfold in accordance with its own nature.
I love the metap hor of nature as a guide to sagelike acceptance. In fact,
throughout the 81 verses, Lao-t zu emphasizes being in harmony with the
natural world, telling you that’ s where you connect with the T ao. As Meister
Eckhart, a 13th-century Catholic monk and scholar, put it: “God created all
things in such a way that they are not outside himself, as ignorant people
falsely imagine. Rather, all creatures flow outward, but nonetheless remain
within God.”
And in John 15:4–5, the Bible advises you to “stay joined to me, and I
will stay joined to you. Just as a branch cannot produce fruit unless it staysjoined to the vine, you cannot produce fruit unless you stay joined to me. I
am the vine, and you are the branches.”
Learn about the Tao by being in perfect harmony with the environment.
Think of trees, which endure rain, snow, cold, and wind—and when the
harsh times arrive, they wait with the forbearance of being true to their
inner selves. As Deng Ming-Dao writes in 365 Tao: Daily Meditations:
“They stand, and they wait, the power of their growth apparently dormant.
But inside, a burgeoning is building imperceptibly... neither bad fortune
nor good fortune will alter what they are. W e should be the same way.”
In order  to do so, we must accept ourselves as being a part of the 10,000
things. And we must love that same burgeoning, imperceptible inner nature
that will bear fruit. Or, as Lao-tz u concludes this verse, “He prefers what is
within to what is without.”
Love yourself, make no show of yourself, and quietly remain in awe and
acceptance. Here are some suggestions on how to make this your reality:
See the miraculous in

Change your view of the world to one of awe and bewilderment. Rather
than looking for miracles, shift to seeing everything as miraculous. By
being in a state of awe, you won’t be able to mentally experien ce boredom
or disappointment. Try seeing the invisible Tao flowing through and
supporting everyone and everything: A rainstorm becomes a miraculous
event, the lightn ing a fascinating display of electrical fireworks, the thunder
a booming reminder of the invisible power of nature. Live the mystery by
beginning to perceive what average eyes fail to notice.

Focus on loving the life you have now in the body you’ve got!
Tell yourself that you love everything about the physical shell you’ve
incarnated into. Affirm: My body is perfect, born at precisely the right time,
and this is the perfect age now. I accept myself as I am. I accept my role in
the perfection of this universe at this time. I surrender to the natural course
of my body’ s destiny.See your body through the eyes of totally accepting thoughts and, as Lao-
tzu says, “In this way you will never weary of this world.”
Do the T ao Now
List five natural  occurrences in your daily life that you’ve been taking for
granted. Then spend some contemplative time allowing each into your
consciousness. The sky, some flowers, a tree in your yard, the moon, the
sun, the fog, the grass, a spiderweb, a crab hole, a lake, a shrub, a cricket,
your dog, anything that occurs naturally... let yourself radically appreciate
the miracle you hadn’ t been noticing. Write, draw, or photograph some
observations that you’ve gleaned from this new perspective of awe and
bewilderment.
OceanofPDF.comOceanofPDF.com73rd Verse
Bold action against others leads to death.
Bold action in harmony with the T ao leads to life.
Both of these things
sometimes benefit
and sometimes injur e.

It is heaven’ s way to conquer without striving.
It does not speak, yet it is answer ed.
It does not ask, yet it is supplied with all that it needs.
It does not hurry, yet it completes everything on time.

The net of heaven catches all;
its mesh is coarse,
but nothing slips thr ough.
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Heaven’s Net
Once again you’re asked to see the Tao through a paradoxical lens. After
all, what is “the net of heaven”? It is the invisible world wherein all of the
10,000 things originate. And while it appears to have many openings—
ways to escape the inevitability of the intentions of the Tao—no one and no
thing can exist beyond what the T ao orchestrates.
Here in this 73rd verse, you’re encouraged to be a respectful, cautious
being under the net of heaven. All the translations I’ve studied say the same
thing in differen t words. Here’ s one, for instance, that’s brief  and to the
point:
Reckless bravery: death.
Cautious bravery: life.
Therefore the sage behaves in a cautious manner.
So Lao- tzu is asking you to change the way you look at bravado and
courage. Rather than seeing these qualities as admirable, he asks you to be
less of a dauntless hero and more vigilant and alert in order to live the Great
Way. Note that the way of heaven is to eschew bold actions and remain
cautious.
Lao-tzu offers you four examples of how the net of heaven holds
everything within its grasp without having to be forceful or reckless, and
you’re encouraged to emulate that in all of your undertakings:
1. “It is heaven ’s way to conqu er without striving.” See how the Tao is
peaceful, silent, and always the conqueror. No human can command the sun
to cool down, ocean currents to stop, winds to subside, rain to cease, or
crops to quit growing—this is all handled naturally and perfec tly without
any effort by the Tao. Nature always wins because the Tao simply does it all
without needing to attack or strive. Be like this and relax in heaven’ s net.
2. “It does not speak, yet it is answered.” Heaven’ s net is invisible and
silent—the force that provides you with every breath and holds the universetogether at the same time does so without commanding, yelling, or even
mildly cajoling.  So be in harmony with heaven’ s way by being more
cautious and reserved. Listen more and speak less, trusting  that your
answers will come to you without any notice and most assuredly without
any screaming.
3. “It does not ask, yet it is supplied with all that it needs.” You have an
infinite supply of all that you will ever need available to you, so you
needn’ t demand  anything or even ask for it. All is in Divinely perfect order
with heaven’ s way, and you are a component of that perfect order. Your
supply will arrive if you requir e less and welcome all that shows up. You
simply cannot slip through heaven’s net, no matter how many holes you
may perceive there to be. Everything is arriving on schedule—by trusting in
this, you’ll be guided to a rende zvous with your destiny, and you’ll marvel
at how it all comes together without your asking or demanding.
4. “It does not hurry, yet it completes everything on time.” How can the
Tao hurry up? Imagine giving such a request to heaven: “I


 sulfide in the atmosphere and more global warming.
48
Dimethyl sulfide makes up 95% of the natural marine flux of sulfur gases to the
atmosphere, and scientists estimate that the flux of marine dimethyl sulfide supplies about 50% of the global biogenic source of sulfur to the atmosphere.
46 Dimethyl
sulfide is oxidized in the marine atmosphere to other sulfur-containing compounds, such as DMSO and its second metabolite dimethyl sulfone, as well as sulfur dioxide, methanesulfonic acid, and sulfuric acid.
49
There is evidence that DMSO and its second metabolite dimethyl sulfone may
be as significantly present as dimethyl sulfide in marine rain and marine air masses. Measures in central equatorial Pacific rain were reported to contain 1–10 µg/L of
both DMSO and dimethyl sulfone, which are near the concentrations found for dimethyl sulfide in marine sulfur transport.
48,49 This observation suggests that a par -
tially reversible loop in the sulfur transport cycle of marine rain and air gases may be operating between DMSO and its metabolites and could play a critical role in climate, temperature, and marine life.
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moon.	But	one	morning,	I	happened	to	look	up	and,	at	that	moment,	saw	a
shooting	star.	The	effect	this	fleeting	instant	had	upon	me	was	incredible.	I
smiled.	I	picked	up	my	running	pace.	I	looked	around	me	and	noticed	other
beauty—the	silhouettes	of	trees	presented	against	the	indigo	background	of
the	sky,	the	way	mica	chips	in	rocks	glistened	in	the	beams	from	streetlights,
the	gurgling	sounds	that	water	made	while	running	down	a	roadside	stream.
Throughout	the	day,	I	told	my	friends	about	the	shooting	star	I	had	seen.	And
then	the	next	morning	I	set	off	on	my	run	ready	to	look	down	at	the	road,	as
well	as	to	shift	my	focus	from	time	to	time	to	look	around	and	above	me.
Since	then,	I’ve	seen	two	more	shooting	stars.	I’ve	also	heard	the	screech	of
an	owl	and	seen	clouds	pushed	aside	by	gentle	breezes.	The	way	such	sensual
experiences	make	me	feel	inside	reminds	me	of	Alice	Walker’s	writing	in
The
Color	Purple,
	when	her	character	records	in	her	journal:
“I’ve	been	so	busy…
I	never	truly	notice	nothing	God	make.	Not	a	blade	of	corn	(how	it	do	that?),
not	the	color	purple	(where	it	come	from?).	Not	the	little	wildflowers.
Nothing.”
How	often	do	you	take	time	to	notice	the	wonders	of	the	natural	world	on	a
daily	basis—the	rainbow	after	a	storm,	the	birds	frolicking	around	your	bird
feeder,	or	the	silvery	brilliance	of	a	full	moon?	Gratitude	is	slowing	down
your	pace,	opening	up	your	senses	to	the	world	around	you,	and	feeling	the
impact	such	awareness	has	in	how	you	feel	and	how	you	then	live	the	next
moment	of	your	life.
Gratitude:	One	of	Life’s	Miracles
Dr.	Wayne	W.	Dyer
Dr.	Wayne	W.	Dyer

is	one	of	the	most	widely	read,	internationally	renowned
authors	today	in	the	field	of	self-development.	He	has	written	numerous
bestselling	books,	including	REAL	MAGIC,	YOUR	ERRONEOUS	ZONES,
STAYING	ON	THE	PATH,	A	PROMISE	IS	A	PROMISE,	EVERYDAY
WISDOM	and	THE	POWER	OF	INTENTION;	and	has	appeared	on	more
than	5,000	television	and	radio	programs.	This	essay	is	adapted	from	Wayne’s
book	YOUR	SACRED	SELF,	published	by	HarperCollins.
Expressing	gratitude	for	the	miracles	in	your	world	is	one	of	the	best	ways	to
make	each	moment	of	your	life	a	special	one.	As	you	progress	on	your	path
each	day,	have	conversations	with	God	in	private	and	important	moments.	In
these	conversations,	rather	than	ask	for	special	favors,	affirm	your	willingness
to	use	all	of	your	inner	strength	to	create	solutions.	Ask	for	the	inner	wisdom
to	do	so,	and	also	give	thanks	to	God	for	Her	help.
Knowing	that	you	are	able	to	access	divine	guidance	is	more	than	a	Sunday
morning	practice.	It	is	a	knowing	that	comes	from	within	that	can	never	be
doubted	or	shaken	because	these	moments	translate	to	how	you	lead	your	life.
As	you	become	more	aware	of	the	divine	presence	flowing	through	you	at	all
times,	you	will	find	that	you	take	more	time	to	appreciate	the	beauty	around
you.	As	you	contemplate	a	bird,	a	flower,	a	sunset,	a	mother	and	her	nursing
infant,	a	school	bus	of	children,	or	an	aged	man,	open	your	heart	to	them.
Allow	the	love	to	circulate	from	you	to	them	and	feel	it	being	returned.	The
more	you	practice	receiving	love	from	your	surroundings,	the	more	energized
you	will	become.
There	is	energy	in	everything	and	everyone.	The	way	that	you	receive	this
invisible	energy	is	through	the	actual	appreciation	of	the	beauty	and	wonder
of	our	universe.With	practice,	you	will	be	able	to	send	out	the	love	that	you	are	receiving
through	the	simple	act	of	beauty	appreciation.	Try	it!
Another	positive	result	of	being	grateful	for	your	world	is	your	increased
capacity	to	give.	When	you	have	gratitude	in	your	heart,	you	will	find	a	new
willingness	to	give	to	others	so	that	they,	too,	might	experience	the	joys	that
you	feel.	You	will	find	that	you	will	want	to	contribute	to	the	needs	and	wants
of	others	without	any	expectation	of	acknowledgment.
But	it	is	important	to	distinguish	between	giving	and	sacrificing.	A	sacrifice	is
generally
for
	something.	The	sacrifice	is	only	made	to	achieve	something.
When	you	are	sacrificing,	you	are	giving	in	order	to	get,	and	you	are	in	an	ego
mode	that	programs	you	to	believe	that	you	are	so	important	and	special	that
you	deserve	something	for	your	giving.	Ego	wants	you	pumped	up	and
believing	that	giving	indicates	your	superiority—as	if	your	generosity	sets
you	apart	from	others	who	are	not	as	munificent	as	you.
Or,	if	you	give	because	you	feel	that	you	have	to,	you	are	not	authentically
motivated	by	your	higher	self.	It	is	the	ego	at	work	here,	too,	telling	you	that
you	are	so	much	better	than	the	recipients	and	that	they
should
	be	grateful	to
you.
However,	giving	as	a	means	of	fostering	tolerance	and	love	through	your
sacred	self	is	different.	As	you	cultivate	a	sincere	sense	of	giving,	stemming
from	your	own	gratitude	for	the	gifts	that	have	been	given	to
you,
	you	will
experience	the	notion	that
giving	is	receiving
	and
receiving	is	giving
	in	all	its
splendor.	The	experience	of	mindfulness	of	others’	needs	is	one	of	the	most
blissful	experiences	that	we	can	know.	Recall	how	exciting	it	was	giving
presents	to	parents,	grandparents,	and	siblings.	The	gratitude	you	felt	for	their
happiness	equaled,	and	may	have	surpassed,	your	own	excitement	about
receiving	gifts.	Why?	Because	you	were	receiving	when	you	gave.
You	see,	it	is	your	sacred	self	that	enables	you	to	feel	gratitude	and	to	give
unconditionally.	It	is	your	ego	that	wants	a	reward.	But	that	is	only	because
that	is	what	ego	knows	as	long	as	you	continue	to	reward	it	for	keeping	you
separate	from	your	loving	presence.	Give	your	ego	the	experience	of	knowing
the	love	and	tolerance	of	your	higher	self,	and	you	will	automatically	begin
functioning	the	same	way	in	your	outer	life.
The	Meaning	of	True	Gratitude
Nicholas	Eliopoulos
Nicholas	Eliopoulos

is	an	Emmy	Award-winning	producer,	director,	film
editor,	and	sound	editor,	and	the	founder	of	the	motion	picture	companies
Earthlight	and	White	Rock	Entertainment.	Nicholas	directed	VISIONS	OF	A
NEW	WORLD,	which	features	Louise	L.	Hay,	Ted	Danson,	and	Dennis
Weaver;	and	he	spent	over	a	year	in	Russia	directing	the	TV	special	“Russia
Today,	A	People’s	Journey


• You will also possess superior mental and physical powers!
KILLER Saturated Fats CHOKER Hydrogenated Fats
CLOGGER Salt DEADEYED Devitalized Foods
DOPEY Caffeine HARD W ATER Inorganic M inerals
PLUGGER Frying Pan JERKY T urbulent Emotions
DEATH-DEALER Drugs CRAZY Alcohol
GREASY Overweight SMOKY T obacco
HOGGY Overeating LOAFER Laziness WANTED – For Robbing Health & Life
What W ise Men Say
Wisdom does not show itself so much I saw few die of hunger – of
in precept as in life  – a firmness of mind eating, a hundred thousand.
and mastery of the appetite. – Seneca – Ben Franklin
Gover n well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee, Your health is your wealth.
and her black attendant, Death. – Milton – Paul C. Bragg
Our prayers should be for a sound Health is a blessing that money
mind in a healthy body. – Juvenal cannot buy. – Izaak Walton
122 Of all the knowledge, the one most worth having is knowledge about health!
The first r equisite of a good life is to be a healthy person.  – Herbert Spencer The natural healing for ce within us is the gr eatest for ce in getting well.
– Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, 400 BC Protector of Our Oceans, Sea Life and W aters
Wyland, Famous Whale W all Artist
Patricia visits with Wyland at his
celebration in Ha waii. As a young
man from Michig an, Wyland sa w a
pair of whales barely 100 yards
offshore on his f irst P acific Ocean
visit. He w as so inspired that he
devoted the rest of his life to cr eating
art that captures the beauty of these
magnif icent creatures. It has been
more than 25 y ears since Wyland
began painting his landmark marine
life murals. Wyland has a passion for
whales and the oceans and still has the same sense of unbr idled w onder that
inspired this young man to mak e a dif ference in the w orld.  To date he has
painted 89 Walls which is equal to 16,302 feet of murals (3.1 miles).  His w alls ar e
attractions vie wed by o ver a billion people y early
in 68 cities across the U.S.A. and in these
countries: Russia, German y, China, Spain, Italy,
Ireland, Scotland, Poland, India, Africa, Taiwan,
Korea, Switzerland, Egypt, Israel, South Africa,
England and Norw ay.  These enormous w all
paintings include Gre y, Mink e, Fin, and Blue
Whales, Humpbacks and marine lif e like Sea
Turtles and e very reef f ish imaginable.
Patricia shares in Wylands commitment to the
protection and preserv ation of the w orld’s
waters and the ab undant life within them.
Lear n more a bout Wyland and his great
artwork. Visit his  website: www.wyland.com
89 W yland Whale W alls W orldwide
Patricia with W yland at his 25
year celebration of creating
Whale W alls. W yland follows
the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle and
has super energy and health.
    Wyland’s  “Sacred W aters”      W yland’s  “Northern W aters”
123 How Safe is Chlorinated W ater?
An estimated 75% of drinking water in the U.S. is
chlorinated. While chlorination has helped to reduce
the incidence of infectious diseases, known car cinogens
such as chloroform and other trihalomethanes are
formed when chlorine reacts with organic compounds
in the water. These chlorines accum ulate in fatty tissue
such as breast tissue s and can be found in body fat,
blood, mothers’ milk and even semen. Studies have
implicated chlorinated drinking water with colorectal
and bladder cancers. Highly chlorinated water resulted
in a noticeable shift in the trans formation of cholesterol
from beneficial HDL to harmful LDL.
Recently, the American Journal of Public Health
published the results of a study of cancer risk over an 8
year period in 28,237 postmenopausal women. Those
who drank water from municipal sur face water sour ces
consumed higher levels of chloroform than those who
drank municipal ground water sour ces. The higher intake
124	 of chloroform was associated with an increased risk of
colon cancer, and of all cancers combined.
Even chlorination does not provide full protection
against the deadliest organisms in public water supplies.
Cryptosporidium, a  toxic parasitic pr otozoan, is chlorine
resistant and is inadequately removed by sand filters.
“The worldwide pollution of lakes, streams, rivers and
oceans and the chlorination of swimming pool water
has led to an increase in deadly melanoma cancer.”
– Reports Franz Rampen in Epidemiology
The power of pure water is the vital chemistry of life!
One solution to America’s soaring health costs is pure distilled water.
Pure Water, the natural solvent of the body, regulates all body
functions, including the eliminations of toxins and body waste.
Dehydration causes stress, and stress will cause further dehydration.
– F. Batmanghelidj, M.D. Author of
Your Body’s Many Cries for Water; You Are Not Sick, You Are Thirsty!
20 FACTS ABOUT  DISTILLED W ATER
You should know that Distilled W ater...
•	is water that has been turned into vapor so that its
impurities are left behind. Upon condensing, it
becomes pure distilled water.
•	is the only type of water which meets the definition
of water; hydrogen + oxygen.
•	is a perfectly natural water.
•	is also odorless, colorless and tasteless.
•	is free of virtually all inorganic minerals including salt.
•	is the only natural solvent that can be taken into
the body without damage to the tissues.
•	acts as a solvent in the body by dissolving nutrients
so they can be assimilated and taken into every cell.
•	dissolves the cell wastes so the toxins can be removed.
•	dissolves inorganic mineral substances lodged in the
tissues of the body so that such substances can be
eliminated in the pr ocess of purifying the body.
•	does not leach out organic body minerals but does
collect and remove the toxic inorganic minerals
which have been rejected by the cells of the body
125
and are therefore nothing more than harmful debris
obstructing the normal functions of the body.
•	is indeed the most ideal and beneficial water for all
humans and also for animals.
•	leaves no residue of any kind when it enters the body.
•	is the most perfect water for the healthy functioning
of those great sieves, the kidneys.
•	is the perfect liquid for the blood.
•	is the ideal liquid for efficient functioning of the
lungs, stomach, liver and all other vital organs.
•	is universally accepted as the standard for biomedical
applications and for drinking water purity.
•	is so pure that all drug prescriptions are formulated
with distilled water.
•	is fresh, clean and pleasing to the palate.
•	makes foods and drinks prepared with it taste
noticeably better. The flavor is subtle enough not to
interfere with the food it is mixed with.
•	is the only pure water left on our polluted planet!
•	Remember – Distilled W ater is the healthiest water
and the greatest natural water on earth! Prevention is Always Better than a Cure
Although most seldom realize it, they live continually
under the fear of sickness and death. They would even
indignantly deny this assertion and insist that they are
not afraid to die – although most of us are willing to
admit the fear of developing some deadly disease or
physical condition that may make us a less efficient
human than we are now.
People always fear the unknown: for that very reason
we have learned to expect catastrophes from many
unanticipated sour ces. But if we fully understand what
disease is and how it originates and if we become familiar
with the only avenues through which illness can strike
us, then what have we to fear except ourselves?
Toprevent disease is to circumvent the daily cause
of illness... which, as previously discussed, is the
clogging of our bodies with deadly chemicals and
inorganic minerals, salt and the increasing amounts of
126	toxic, acid by-products of digestion and metabolism –
all conditions which we can control by our lifestyle.
So, if we can recover from disease by a reversal of our
wrong habits of living, won’ t these same good habits
prevent disease in the first place? Prevention may cost
little, but it sure saves a lot! If one is of sound mind, it
must seem clear that the only sane method is to avoid
an unhealthy lifestyle that causes disease. Prevention is
the best way to feel and remain youthful, energetic and
virile throughout a long, healthy life.
If we are to prevent disease, we must have a basic
rudimentar y knowledge of our bodies. Our bodies ar e
composed


 techniques of the Gerson Therapy is detoxification via the liver/bile
through the use of coffee enemas. Dr. Gerson knew that these dilute the bile ducts, thus allowing
the liver to release toxic accumulations. His discovery was confirmed more recently by three
scientists, Wattenberg, Sparmins and Lam, from the Department of Pathology, University
of Minnesota, who showed that rectal coffee administration stimulates an enzyme system—
glutathione-S-transferase—in the liver, which is able to remove toxic free radicals from
the blood stream.5 The normal activity of this enzyme is increased by 600-700% by the coffee
enema, hence vastly increased detoxification results. Coffee is also rich in potassium, which helps
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www.thegersonway.comprevent intestinal cramping by boosting the potassium content of deficient smooth muscles in the
colon.
In 1990 a remarkable study appeared in a peer-reviewed German medical journal under the
title “Experiences with the Use of Dietary Therapy in Surgical Oncology.” Its author, Dr. Peter
Lechner, of the Oncological Outpatient Department, District Hospital, Graz, Austria, reported
on a six-year clinical study of a modified version of the Gerson Therapy followed by a group
of 60 cancer patients who were also receiving orthodox treatment. According to Dr. Lechner,
this greatly reduced version of the Gerson protocol was used as an adjuvant therapy, not as
an alternative to conventional oncological treatments. Moreover, the patients carried out the
nutritional therapy in their homes, which made strict supervision impossible. Even so, at the end
of six years Dr. Lechner was able to report the following results: patients generally suffered
fewer post-operative complications and adverse side effects of radio- and/or chemotherapy,
their need for analgesics and psychotropic drugs was less than that of the controls, existing
liver metastases progressed more slowly, and the patients’ psychological state was good
throughout. The malnutrition-caused cachexia (severe wasting), which normally occurs in
advanced stages of the disease could be prevented or at least greatly delayed in most cases.
One 77-year-old woman patient on the nutritional regime achieved a complete remission
without conventional therapy.6
In the course of the six-year clinical study Dr. Lechner and his colleagues were also able to
justify Dr. Gerson’s use of coffee enemas, by following up independent research by Djerussi (1959)
and Kaufmann (1963). This showed that the two active ingredients of the coffee, Cafestol and
Kahweol, increased up to sevenfold the activity of Glutation-S-Transferase, which, as we know
from the Minnesota research (see above), plays a central role in the elimination of toxins from the
liver. All in all, cautious and restrained though Dr. Lechner’s conclusions are, it is clear from his
report that even a greatly watered-down version of the Gerson Therapy achieves unexpected and
unprecedented good results in the treatment of patients with metastasized malignancies.
The most recent in-depth study of the anti-cancer components of Gerson’s food regime was
written by Carmen Wheatley, Ph.D., a member of the Orthomolecular Oncology Group, U.K.
She became interested in the subject through the experience of her friend, Oxford Professor of
English Literature Michael Gearin-Tosh, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1994. His
prognosis was poor: 6-9 months’ survival without any treatment, 1-2 years with “appropriate”
chemotherapy. Professor Gearin-Tosh refused the latter and after considerable searching chose
the Gerson Therapy, boosting it with meditation, acupuncture, and Chinese breathing exercises.
He described the process from diagnosis to his then current state in his brilliant, highly amusing
book, Living Proof—A Medical Mutiny7 (Against expectations, he lived for 11 years and
eventually died of blood poisoning following dental work.)
Watching her friend’s progress, Dr. Carmen Wheatley became intrigued by the fact that Dr.
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www.thegersonway.comGerson, apparently intuitively, selected foods for his Therapy that have since, some 50 years later,
been shown to have anti-cancer properties. She wrote up her findings in an essay, titled “The Case
of the 0.005% Survivor,” which was peer-reviewed by four eminent physicians, and appeared
as an afterword in Professor Gearin-Tosh’s book. To start with, Dr. Wheatley points out that the
Gerson diet contains several foods in which modern research has identified some key cancer-
fighting components, e.g. flax seed oil with its important contents of Omega-3 fatty acids, fruits
rich in minerals and in bioflavonoids, vegetables of the cruciferous family, namely cauliflower,
cabbages and broccoli, whose anti-cancer properties are borne out by current scientific nutritional
research.
She comments, “ Gerson’s fruit and vegetable diet could be subjected to exhaustive
analysis in the light of modern nutritional oncology research. He didn’t have any of this
scientific knowledge, yet empirically devised a method which ensures that a large range of
these products would be delivered to the cancer patient, intact and in pharmacologically
active doses ” (added emphasis).
In the rest of her study Dr. Wheatley reviews further components of the Gerson Therapy,
from the value of juicing to the importance of coffee enemas and finds all of them scientifically
justified. In conclusion let us quote one of her shrewd comments: “ Conventional medical
methods of treating cancer—chemotherapy, radiation—routinely wipe out an already
depressed immune system and do little to restore it. Yet, as Gerson realized, it is the immune
system which is needed to fight cancer, and therefore building it up should enhance chances
of survival. ”
As time goes on and the lack of success of much of conventional oncology becomes ever
more obvious, research into nutritional therapies is bound to expand and take up its due place in
mainstream medicine. Its findings are bound to confirm again and again that the principles and
practice of the Gerson Therapy are sound and accurate, offering an eminently logical way to heal
disease and maintain health.
References:
1. Cope, F.W. Physiological Chemistry and Physics, V ol.10, No.5. 1978
2. Ibid  V ol.9, No.6, 1977
3. Spain Ward, P. Monograph submitted to the US Office of Technology Assessment, 1988
4. Foster, H.D. International Journal of Biosocial Research, V ol.10, No.1, 1988
5. Sparmins, V.L; Lam, L.K.T; Wattenberg, L.W. Proceedings of the American Association
of Cancer Researchers and the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 22:114, Abstract
453, 1981
6. Lechner, P. Aktuelle Ernaehrungsmedizin, V ol.2, No.5. 1990
7. Wheatley, C. in Living Proof— Medical Mutiny, by Michael Gearin-Tosh, Scribner, 2002
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www.thegersonway.comCHAPTER 9
The Gerson Household
Whether a patient is able to spend some time at a Gerson facility or decides to embark on the
therapy at home, the longest part of the healing process—up to two years or more with malignant
disease, much less with other chronic conditions—will have to take place in his or her residence.
For the duration of the treatment the home needs to be turned into a kind of private clinic, where
everything serves the goal of getting well, and nothing is allowed to interfere with that process.
How do we go about that?  Quite simply by bearing in mind that the twin pillars of the Gerson
program are nutrition and detoxification. Since the ill patient suffering from a chronic disease is
both toxic and nutritionally deficient, as a first task the household has to be cleared of all toxic
chemicals and damaging materials or appliances. These are present in vast arrays in most modern
households. Chemical cleansers, gadgets and labor-saving devices emitting harmful radiation or
so-called electro-smog are used daily and taken for granted. It’s only when their dire effects on
the body are understood that we get rid of them.
As the second pillar of the therapy is to provide the patient with hyper-nutrition, a suitably
equipped kitchen is the all-important center where all foods and juices are prepared daily in large
amounts. Let us start by listing the correct equipment for a smoothly running, efficient Gerson
kitchen.
Refrigerator : one very large one or two of average size will be needed to store the large
quantities of organic produce required


 system of
cells that resemble amoebae; they are the mono-
nuclear phagocytes. In every organ there is a
group of cells specific for only that organ, which
appear like amoebae and migrate throughout the
body, engulfing and digesting any alien bodies.
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the liver and in the heart and even in the brain.
They migrate continuously, looking for prey.
The problem is that any food, even vegetable,
contains a small amount of fat and the mononu-
clear phagocytes, instead of carrying out their di-
rect functions, focus on capturing and digesting
these droplets of fat, as if they had nothing else
to do. During dry fasting, however, the phago-
cytes are left without food, i.e. without fat, so
they begin to perform their direct tasks: capture
and digest bacteria, viruses, cell residues, dead or
dying cells, thus fostering renewal and the reju-
venation of the organism. Cancer cells, always
present in the body, are also digested. The de-
struction of diseased cells, and not of healthy
cells during DF is also associated with the release
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tive system.
Abstinence from water and food for many days
creates the conditions for the withdrawal of the
powerful army of b -lymphocytes from the front-
line gastrointestinal positions. They accumulate
from the lymph nodes and lymphat ic collectors
of the long digestive path. In particular many of
them come from the small intestine. Once they
have transitioned to the reserve position, the
army of b -lymphocytes can be utilized for its di-
rect purpose: to suppress and eliminate all path-
ogens and foreign bodies. Infections in a
dormant state practically do not surrender to
modern antibacterial therapies (treatments with
antibiotics, sulphanilamides and other pharma-
ceutical drugs). Indeed, in this stage of their
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tective envelopes and become more resistant to
these drugs and other medicines. However, dur-
ing the course of dry fasting their envelopes are
destroyed by the acidosis activated by phago-
cytes and enzymes.
During the dry fast, body fluids rea ch the high-
est concentrations of biologically active sub-
stances, hormones, immunocompetent cells and
immunoglobulins.

8.3. The mechanism of acidification of the in-
ternal environment of the organism: the first
and second acidotic crises
To obtain a good therapeutic effect from the
fasting practice it is necessary to observe certain
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lasts for 2 -3 days in case of water fasting while it
lasts 1 -2 days with dry fasting. The "food excite-
ment" phase is a stress for the body. This stress
mainly causes the activation of the hypothala-
mus that begins to secrete a variety of substances
that have a particular impact on the body's en-
docrine glands with the aim to adapt the organ-
ism to a mode of subsistence without food or wa-
ter. After 24 hours of fasting in human beings,
the secretion of the growth hormone, somatro-
pin, by the pituitary gland increases abruptly.
According to recent data, this is the reason why
dry fasting seems to have a rejuvenating effect on
the body. The growth hormone also activates the
pancreatic hormone glucagon, which intensifies
the breakdown of glycogen in the liver thus
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Dry fasting also removes the body's toxicity
through beneficial ef fects on the thyroid gland.
The second phase is that of intensifying acido-
sis. Usually this phase in dry fasting lasts from 2
to 4 days. As soon as food and water are com-
pletely renounced, the body begins to consume
the accumulated reserves and secondary t issues.
The breakdown of nutrients and tissues during
fasting leads to the accumulation of byproducts
inside the body. Consequently, there is a rapid
shift of the body's pH towards acidity (acidosis)
even if the acidification values do not exceed the
physi ological norm.
The acidosis that occurs during the fast is the
first and most important physiological mecha-
nism that triggers a chain of other therapeutic
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diet. The acidification of the organism’s internal
envir onment determines the autolysis, the pro-
cess of disintegration of the tissues. In fact, in an
acidic environment certain phagocytes and en-
zymes are activated to destroy the organism’s
weakened tissues and all the foreign elements.
The processes associated with autolysis, in turn,
trigger the body's detoxification mechanisms to
remove toxins, and weak and pathologically al-
tered tissue. Tissue decomposition ensures that
all the waste contained in it is released and re-
moved from the body, while the altered tis sue is
destroyed. The acidification of the body and the
increase in phagocytic activity lead to the nor-
malization of the organism's microflora.
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bon dioxide and nitrogen from the air. This pro-
cess helps to fix  the carbon dioxide dissolved in
the blood according to the principle of photo-
synthesis, the best synthesis of nature. The at-
mospheric air we breathe turns into a nutritious
environment. In other words, the intensified as-
similation of carbon dioxide by the  cells, to-
gether with the intense consumption of nitrogen
from the air, creates the optimal conditions for
the production of high quality nucleic acids, pro-
teins and other biologically active substances
necessary for normal human activity. In other
words, by practicing dry fasting we use the car-
bon dioxide and nitrogen present in the air and
thanks to them we create the proteins necessary
for the functioning of our organism. But the
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let's remember what plants do. They take energy
from the sun and thus can convert the same car-
bon dioxide and nitrogen from the air into min-
eral salts and organic compounds. But humans
also have similar abilities and can nourish them-
selves with natural and cosmic energies, alt-
hough this normally does not happen or occurs
only in a small number of people. Currently only
a few people are known to live without eating or
drinking14. When this mechanism starts it
means that the organism has already switched to
a mode of full internal (endo genous) feeding
that guarantees the complete synthesis of amino
acids and other biological compounds. During

14 The “Breatharians”.
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benefit from a physiological rest that allows
them to restore their damaged structures and
functions.
DF sets in motion an intense decomposition of
the tissues due to the autolysis and the restora-
tion of the digestive organs’ structure and func-
tion. These processes stimulate metabolism in
general and later, when feeding is resumed,
prove to support the overall digestive capacity of
the organism. During DF, the body's defense
functions are reinvigorated both at the cellular
level and at the level of the whole organism,
which becomes much more resistant to internal
and external harmful agents. All the physiolog i-
cal mechanisms illustrated above lead to a pow-
erful regenerating and rejuvenating effect, which
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ing the practice (after 21 days from the end of the
DF practice).
Therefore, during DF, the process of acidifica-
tion of the internal environment


4.
This	water	can	ease	a	stress	and	calm	headache.	Enjoy!Vanilla	Strawberry	Water
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
4	frozen	strawberries,	hulled	and	quartered.

1.
2	vanilla	beans,	sliced	lengthwise

1.
1	cup	water

Directions

1.
Mix	strawberries	in	your	blender.	Transfer	to	your	bottle.	Add	vanilla	beans
and	water.	Allow	to	stand	in	a	fridge.

2.
You	can	add	new	water	when	the	bottle	is	half-way	empty.

3.
This	water	can	help	you	to	maintain	normal	blood	sugar	level.Spicy-Cool	Zesty	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
1	cucumber,	peeled	and	sliced	lengthwise

1.
1	lemon,	sliced

1.
1	teaspoon	fresh	ginger	root,	slivered

1.
4	fresh	mint	leaves,	gently	scrunched

1.
2	cups	water

Directions

1.
Combine	all	the	above	ingredients.

2.
Note:	You	should	be	able	to	refill	your	bottle	with	flavored	water	for	1	to	3
times	before	needing	to	replace	ingredients.	Enjoy!Cucumber	Spearmint	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	small-sized	lemon,	peeled	and	sliced.

1.
1	small-sized	cucumber,

peeled	and	sliced

1.
6	fresh	leaves

spearmint	gently	scrunched

1.
Filtered	water

Directions

1.
Simply	add	the	lemon	and	cucumber	to	the	glass;	mash	and	breakdown
them	using	your	wooden	spoon.

2.
Then,	gently	bruise	the	spearmint	leaves	to	release	the	natural	extracts.

3.
Lastly,	add	filtered	water	and	drink!

4.
Spearmint	is	loaded	with	vital	nutrients,	vitamins,	and	antioxidants.Herby	Grapefruit	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	grapefruit,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
2	tablespoons	sage

1.
1	sprig	rosemary

1.
1	tablespoon	mint

1.
1	tablespoon	basil

1.
2	cups	sparkling	water

Directions

1.
Place	grapefruit	in	the	glass;	mash	it	with	your	spoon.

2.
Then,	mash	the	herbs	and	add	to	the	prepared	grapefruit.

3.
Lastly,	add	sparkling	water	and	serve	over	ice!Citrus	and	Cilantro	Treat
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	lemon,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
1	lime,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
1	grapefruit,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
2	tablespoons	fresh	cilantro

Directions

1.
Place	the	ingredients	in	a	large	jar	with	lid.	Fill	up	the	jar	with	filtered
water.

2.
Now	keep	it	in	the	fridge;	allow	your	water	to	stand	for	a	few	hours.

3.
Drink	well	chilled	and	enjoy.

The	water	helps	you	improve	overall	healthCitrus	and	Pear	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	Meyer	lemon

1.
1	tangerine

1.
1	pear,	cubed

1.
Fresh	cilantro,	to	taste

Directions

1.
Place	the	ingredients	in	a	large	glass	bottle.	Fill	it	up	with	cold	water	and
transfer	to	a	refrigerator.

2.
Pour	the	water	into	serving	glasses	and	enjoy!

3.
You	can	refill	the	water	a	few	times.Fennel	and	Lemon	Drink
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	bunch	of	fennel	seeds

1.
1	lemon,	peeled

1.
A	few	mint	leaves

Directions

1.
Simply	smash	fennel	seeds;	add	lemon	and	mint	leaves.

2.
Infuse	the	mixture	in	1	liter	of	boiling	water	for	about	10	minutes.	Allow	to
cool	and	keep	in	a	refrigerator.	Serve

well	chilled	and	enjoy!Apple	Cinnamon	Water
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	red	apple,	cored,	and	diced

1.
2	cinnamon	sticks

1.
1	vanilla	bean

Directions

1.
Simply	infuse	the	ingredients	in	boiling	water	for	5	to	10	minutes.	Let	it
cool	and	transfer	to	a	fridge.

2.
Pour	the	fruit	infused	water	into	a	jar	and	leave	in	the	fridge	overnight.Orange	Basil	Water
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	blood	orange,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
1-inch	ginger,	peeled

1.
1	tablespoon	basil

Directions

1.
Add	the	ingredients	to	a	1/2	gallon	glass	jar,	and	fill	it	up	with	filtered
water.

2.
Stir	to	combine	and	place	in	refrigerator	for	4	to	5	hours.	Enjoy!Sage	and	Mint	Cucumber
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	cucumber,	sliced

1.
2	lemons,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
Fresh	mint,	to	taste

1.
Sage,	to	taste

Directions

1.
Add	the	ingredients	to	a	gallon	size	glass	jar.

2.
Pour	in	filtered	water	and	stir	gently.

3.
Refrigerate	overnight	in	order	to	develop	flavors.	Enjoy!Minty	Watermelon	Drink
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	cup	fresh	or	frozen	watermelon,	rind	removed	and	cubed

1.
1	lime,	peeled	and	sliced

1.
1	tablespoon	fresh	mint	leaves,	minced

Directions

1.
Add	cubed	watermelon	to	a	bottle.	Add	lime,	mint	leaves,	and	filtered	water
to	fill.

2.
Keep	in	a	fridge	at	least	4	hours	to	infuse.	Enjoy!Vanilla	Peach	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1	peach,	pitted	and	cubed

1.
2	vanilla	beans,	sliced	lengthwise

1.
Sparkling	water

Directions

1.
Add	the	ingredients	to	a	bottle	and	store	in	a	fridge	until	ready	to	drink.

2.
You	should	be	able	to	refill	your	bottle	with	sparkling	water	for	a	few	times
before	needing	to	replace	your	ingredients.	Stay	hydrated!Pineapple	Cherry	Water
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1.
1/2	pineapple

1.
1	apple,	cored

1.
5-6	cherries,	pitted

Directions

1.
Remove	rind	from	your	pineapple	and	cut	it	into	cubes.	Transfer	to	a
gallon-size	glass	jar.	Add	the	apple	and	cherries.

2.
Add	filtered	water	and	mix	well	to	combine.

3.
Serve	over	ice	cubes	and	enjoy!	The	water	helps	you	improve	neurological
health.Summer	Berry	Delight
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1.
5-6	strawberries,	hulled	and	quartered

1.
5-6	blackberries,	gently	scrunched	brambles

1.
5-6	blueberries


 sharing swigs of arak from a flask, and passing
around snacks in the flickering glow of candlelight. Red pulled of f a chunk
of soft white bread and a slice of plastic-wrapped cheese and handed it to
me. Beneath the stare of all those age-old eyeholes, I took a bite and
mashed it in my crooked mouth a couple of times.
•       •       •
Researchers have suspected that industrialized food was shrinking our
mouths and destroying our breathing for as long as we’ve been eating this
way. In the 1800s, several scientists hypothesized that these problems were
linked to deficiencies of vitamin D; without it, bones in the face, airways,
and body couldn’ t develop. Others thought the lack of vitamin C was theculprit. In the 1930s, W eston Price, the founder of the National Dental
Association research institute, decided it wasn’ t one specific vitamin or
another, but all of them. Price set out to prove his theory. But unlike his
predecessors, he wasn’ t interested in the causes of our shrinking mouths and
deforming faces. He was interested in finding a cure.
“ Since we have known for a long time that savages have excellent teeth
and that civilized men have terrible teeth, it seems to me that we have been
extraordinarily stupid in concentrating all of our attention upon the task of
finding out why all our teeth are so poor, without ever bothering to learn
why the savage’ s teeth are good,” wrote Earnest Hooton, a Harvard
anthropologist who supported Dr. Price’ s work.
Over a decade starting in the 1930s, Price compared the teeth, airways,
and general health of populations around the world. He examined
indigenous communities whose members were still eating traditional foods,
comparing them to other members in the same community, sometimes the
same family, who had adopted a modern industrialized diet. He traveled to a
dozen countries, often in the company of his nephew, a National
Geographic  researcher and explorer, and compiled more than 15,000 print
photographs, 4,000 slides, thousands of dental records, saliva and food
samples, films, and a library of detailed notes.
The same story played out no matter where he went. Societies that
replaced their traditional diet with modern, processed foods suf fered up to
ten times more cavities, severely crooked teeth, obstructed airways, and
overall poorer health. The modern diets were the same: white flour, white
rice, jams, sweetened juices, canned vegetables, and processed meats. The
traditional diets were all dif ferent.
In Alaska, Price found communities who ate seal meat, fish, lichen, and
not much else. Deep inside Melanesian islands he found tribes whose meals
consisted of pumpkins, pawpaws, coconut crabs, and sometimes long pigs
(humans). He flew to Africa to study the nomadic Maasai, who subsisted
mostly on cow’ s blood, some milk, a few plants, and a bite of steak. Then
he traveled to Central Canada and studied indigenous tribes who suf fered
through winters when the temperature, according to Price’ s notes, could
reach 70 degrees below zero and whose only food was wild animals.
Some cultures ate nothing but meat, while others were mostly
vegetarian. Some relied primarily on homemade cheese; others consumed
no dairy at all. Their teeth were almost always perfect; their mouths wereexceptionally wide, nasal apertures broad. They suf fered few, if any,
cavities and little dental disease. Respiratory diseases such as asthma or
even tuberculosis, Price reported, were practically nonexistent.
While the foods in these diets varied, they all contained the same high
amounts of vitamins and minerals: from one and a half to 50 times that of
modern diets. All of them. Price became convinced that the cause of our
shrinking mouths and obstructed airways was deficiencies not of just D or
C but all  essential vitamins. V itamins and minerals, he discovered, work in
symbiosis; one needs the others to be ef fective. This explained why
supplements could be useless unless they’re in the presence of other
supplements. W e needed all these nutrients to develop strong bones
throughout the body, especially in the mouth and face.
In 1939, Price published Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, a 500-
page doorstop of data collected during his travels. It was “a masterpiece of
research,” according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Earnest
Hooton called it one of the “epochal pieces of research.” But others hated it,
and vehemently disagreed with Price’ s conclusions.
It wasn’ t Price’ s facts and figures, or even his dietary advice that made
them bristle. Most of what he’d discovered about the modern diet had
already been verified by nutritionists years earlier. But some complained
that Price overreached, that his observations were too anecdotal and his
sample sizes too small.
None of it mattered. By the 1940s, the idea of spending hours a day
preparing meals of fish eyes and moose glands, raw roots and cow blood,
coconut crabs and pig kidneys, seemed outdated and quaint. It was also way
too much work. Many people moved to cities to get away from those foods
and the grimy lifestyle that came with them.
Price, it turned out, was also only half right. Y es, vitamin deficiencies
might explain why so many people eating industrialized foods were sick;
they might explain why so many were getting cavities and why their bones
were growing thin and weak. But they couldn’ t fully explain the sudden and
extreme shrinking of the mouth and blocking of airways that swept through
modern societies. Even if our ancestors consumed a full spectrum of
vitamins and minerals every day, their mouths would still grow too small,
teeth would come in crooked, and airways would become obstructed. What
was true for our ancestors was also true for us. The problem had less to do
with what we were eating than how we ate it.Chewing.
It was the constant stress of chewing that was lacking from our diets—
not vitamin A, B, C, or D. Ninety-five percent of the modern, processed
diet was soft. Even what’ s considered healthy food today—smoothies, nut
butters, oatmeal, avocados, whole wheat bread, vegetable soups. It’ s all
soft.
Our ancient ancestors chewed for hours a day, every day. And because
they chewed so much, their mouths, teeth, throats, and faces grew to be
wide and strong and pronounced. Food in industrialized societies was so
processed that it hardly required any chewing at all.
This is why so many of those skulls I’d examined in the Paris ossuary
had narrow faces and crooked teeth. It’ s one of the reasons so many of us
snore today, why our noses are stuf fed, our airways clogged. Why we need
sprays, pills, or sur gical drilling just to get a breath of fresh air.
•       •       •
The cataphiles gathered their packs and bottles and cigarette butts from the
ossuary, and I followed them back through the crawl spaces, across the fetid
streams, up stone staircases, and out the secret door onto Rue Bonaparte.
They scurried me past the police station and onto the Métro, where a trail of
human bone dust followed me like breadcrumbs from V ictor Hugo station
back to a friend’ s apartment.
I left Paris mildly haunted. Not by the piles of bones in those
under ground warrens, but by the comprehensiveness of our folly. What
looked like human progress—all that milling, mass distribution, and
preservation of food—had horrible consequences.
Breathing slow, less, and exhaling deeply, I realized, none of it would
really matter unless we were able to get those breaths through our noses,
down our throats, and into the lungs. But our caved-in faces and too-small
mouths had become obstacles to that clear path.
I spent a few days feeling sorry for humanity and then quickly set of f in
search of solutions. There had to be procedures, manipulations, or exercises
that could reverse the past few centuries of damage from soft and mushy
industrialized food. There had to be something that could help me with my
own obstructed airways, and the wheezing, respiratory problems, and
congestion I’d often experienced.I started by visiting modern medical of fices, meeting with specialists
who looked at the top of the nose and worked down from there.
Dr. Nayak, the Stanford nose surgeon, told me during our earliest
meeting that most of the nasal unblocking work he does involves turning “a
one-lane highway into a two-lane highway.” If a sink is plugged, we find a
way to clear it safely and rapidly. Sometimes we’ll use Drano for a minor
clog; if that doesn’ t work, we’ll call in a plumber. The nose tends to work in
the same way. Sprays, rinses, and aller gy medications can help quickly clear
minor congestion, but for more serious chronic obstruction, we’ll need a
sur geon to plumb the path. I heard this analogy a lot.
Should I, or anyone else, develop a chronic mild nasal obstruction at any
point in the future, Nayak first recommended a


UPS (2 L)
8 cups (2 L) chopped fr esh rhubarb
3 cups (750 mL) coarsely chopped onions
2 cups (500 mL) golden raisins
1–1/2 cups (375 mL) cider vinegar
2 tbsp (25 mL) grated orange rind
3/4 cup (175 mL) fr eshly squeezed orange juice
1/4 cup (50 mL) fr eshly squeezed lemon juice
6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 tbsp (25 mL) finely chopped fr esh gingerr oot
3 cups (750 mL) granulated sugar
3 cups (750 mL) lightly packed br own sugar
1 tbsp (15 mL) pickling salt
1 tbsp (15 mL) mustard seeds
2 tsp (10 mL) gr ound allspice
2 tsp (10 mL) gr ound coriander
1 tsp (5 mL) hot r ed pepper flakes, or to taste
1/2 tsp (2 mL) gr ound cinnamon
1/4 tsp (1 mL) gr ound cloves

1. Heat four 1-p int (2-cup/500 mL) jars in boiling water, and scald the lids,
lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ).2. In  a Maslin pan or canning kettle, combine rhubarb, onio ns, raisins,
vinegar, orange rind, orange juice, lemon juice, garlic and ginger. Bring to a
boil over high heat, stirring cons tantly. Add granulated and brown sugars, 1
cup (250 mL) at a time, stirring to dissolve before adding th e next cup.
Reduce heat and boil gently, stirring occasionally, for 45 minute s. Add salt,
mustard seeds, allspice, coriander, red pepper flakes, cinnamon  and cloves.
Boil ge ntly, stirring frequently, for about 40 minutes or until mixture
thickens enough to mound on a wooden spoon.
3. S kim of f and discard any foam. Fill hot jars, leaving a 1/4-i nch (5 mm)
headspace. Run a thin non-metallic utensil around the inside of the jar to
allow air to esca pe. Add more hot chutney, if necessary, to leave a 1/4-inch
(5 m m) headspace. W ipe rims, top with flat lids and screw on metal rings.
Return jars to th e hot water ba th, topping up with hot water if necessary.
Bring to  a full r olling boil and process jars for 10 minutes ( Boiling W ater
Method, Step by Step ).
4. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool com pletely. Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up
to 1 year.
Use: A very goo d condiment with game and wild meats; the tar tness of the
rhubarb cuts through the fat of duck and goose meats and m ellows dark
turkey meat.
g r i l l e d  r h u b a r b  o r a n g e  c h i c k e n
b u r g e r s
In th e summer, g rilled chicken br easts ar e an easy and healthy  alternative
to hamb ur gers. I keep boneless, skinless chicken br easts in a fr eezer bag,
separated by waxed paper so that no matter how many people dr op by, I
always h ave an easy grilling di nner solution. The r hubarb lends a sweet-
tart taste to chicken or game bir ds. Let the chicken thaw in the chutneyovernight in the r efrigerator or at r oom temperatur e for about 2 hours
befor e g rilling time. Sometime s I have rushed the thawing pr ocess and
found that if chicken br easts ar e grilled when just slightly fr ozen, they stay
moister during the dry cooking. Just be sur e that they ar e cooked thr ough.
Chicken br easts  ar e done when the juices run clear and ther e is no sign of
pink or r edness. Be sur e to pass extra chutney for guests to a dd to their
“bur ger.”
MAKES 4 SER VINGS
2 boneless, skinless chicken br easts, halved lengthwise
1/4 cup (50 mL) Rhubarb Orange Chutney
1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil + extra for brushing
4 burger buns or 8 baguette slices
4 slices brie cheese, at r oom temperatur e r oasted r ed pepper or tomato
slices, and mixed salad leaves, to serve

1. In a shallow  dish, lay out the chicken breasts in single la yer. Spoon
Rhubarb Orange  Chutney over t op and let stand, covered, for 30 minutes at
room temperature or overnight in the refrigerator.
2. Heat the olive oil in a cast iron grilling pan on high or heat barbecue to
high. Ch ar -grill the chicken for 2 minutes per side or until coo ked through
(see above).
3. Mean while, b rush the bun halves with oil and grill for 1 minute or until
lightly t oasted. Cover lower bun halves with grilled chicken and top with
softened brie. Let guests top their own sandwiches with roasted  red pepper,
tomato and greens.r h u b a r b  a n d  r a s p b e r r y  j a m
The combination of tart r hubarb and pur e raspberry sweetness is balanced
by the apple in this jam. It can be used to top brie in a sandwi ch or salad,
and also  steps into br eakfast duty for topping pancakes, waffles, scones and
muffins. The taste is very fruity.
MAKES 6 CUPS (1.5 L)
3 cups (750 mL) chopped fr esh rhubarb
3 cups (750 mL) fr esh raspberries
1 cup (250 mL) finely chopped cor ed peeled apple
4 cups (1 L) granulated sugar
3 tbsp (45 mL) fr eshly squeezed lemon juice
1 pouch (3 oz/85 mL) liquid pectin

1. In a Maslin pan or canning  kettle, combine rhubarb, raspberries and
apple. Add sugar and lemon juice. Stir well and let stand at room
temperature until the juice appears, about 20 minutes.2. M eanwhile, heat four 1-cup (250 mL) jars in boiling water, a nd scald the
lids, lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ).
3. B ring fruit mixture to a full rolling boil over high he at, stirring
constantly. Stir in the pectin. Boil hard, stirring constantly, fo r 1 minute.
Skim of f and discard any foam. Fill hot jars, leaving a 1/4-inch (5 mm)
headspace. Run a thin non-metallic utensil around the inside of the jar to
allow air to escape. Add more hot jam, if necessary, to leave a 1/4-inch (5
mm) he adspace. W ipe rims, top with flat lids and screw on metal rings.
Return jars to th e hot water ba th, topping up with hot water if necessary.
Bring to  a full r olling boil and process jars for 10 minutes ( Boiling W ater
Method, Step by Step ).
4. Remo ve cann er lid and wait 5 minutes before removing jars t o a towel or
rack to cool com pletely. Check seals, label and store in a cool place for up
to 1 year.
Use: Ric h red and sweet-tart in taste, this is a surprisingly de licious jam
to s pread on muf fins and s erve with scrambled eggs. It brightens
everything you team it with.

Fr eezing Rhubarb
1. Blanch Rhubarb:  W a sh, trim and  cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) chunks or
lengths to fit the  freezer package you will be using. Blanch in boiling water
for 1  mi nute, timing after the water returns to a boil. Immerse in  cold water
for 1 minute. Drain and pat dry.
2. P ack in Syru p:  I n a sau cepan, combine 2-1/2 c ups (625 mL) granulated
sugar and 4 cups (1 L) water. Bring to a gentle boil over high heat, stirring
frequently. Redu ce heat and gen tly boil for 3 minutes. Let cool. Fill pint (2-
cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L) freezer bags or jars with chunks or lengths to
within 3 to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm) of the top of the bag. Pour syrup over top;
use 1 cup (250 mL) syrup per qu art (1 L) of prepared fruit. Squeeze out air;
leave 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Seal, label and freeze.
ORDry-Pack, Unsweetened:  Fill  pint (2-cup/500 mL) or quart (1 L) freezer
bags with rh


.” This approach will eliminate
the self-hurt that you inflict when you connect someone else’s feeling
with your own thoughts.
• Ask yourself this important question when you acquire disap-
proval. If they agreed with me, would I be better off? The answer is
obviously no. Whatever they think can have no effect on you unless
you let it. Moreover, you’ll most likely find that you are better liked
by those important folks like a boss, or loved one when you can
disagree with them without worry.
• Accept the simple fact that many won’t ever understand you,
and that it is okay. Conversely, you won’t understand70 / Your Erroneous Zonesmany people who are very close to you. You don’t have to. It’s all
right for them to be different and the most fundamental understand-
ing you can have is that you don’t understand. Gustav Ischheiser
makes the point clearly in the following lines from Appearances and
Realities:
….If people who do not understand each other at least under-
stand that they do not understand each other, then they under-
stand each other better than when, not understanding each
other, they do not even understand that they do not understand
each other.
• You can refuse to argue or try to convince anyone of the right-
ness of your stance, and simply believe it.
• Trust yourself when buying clothes or other personal items
without first checking it out with someone whose opinion you value
more than your own.
• Stop verifying your facts by having them substantiated by a
spouse or someone else with sentences like, “Isn’t that right, honey?”
or “Didn’t we, Ralph?” or “Just ask Marie, she’ll tell you.”
• Correct yourself out loud whenever you’ve behaved in an ap-
proval-seeking way, thereby becoming aware of this tendency and
practicing new behaviors.
• Work at eliminating the numerous apologies that you make
even when you aren’t really sorry for what you’ve just said. All
apologies are pleas for forgiveness, and requests for forgiveness are
approval-seeking which takes the form of, “I know you wouldn’t
like me if I really meant what I just did, so please say that I’m still
okay.” Apologizing is a waste of time. If you need someone else to
forgive you before you can feel better, then you are giving them
control over your feelings. While you can resolve not to behave in
certain ways again, and see some of your behavior as unfortunate,
apologizing behavior is a sickness that invests control of one’s feel-
ings in another.
• In a conversation, you can clock the amount of time thatYOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 71you speak and compare it with the amount spoken by your partner
and acquaintances. You can work at not being the one who speaks
infrequently and only when asked to participate.
• You can observe at your next get-together how many more times
you are interrupted, and whether you always condescend when you
speak simultaneously with another member of the group. Your ap-
proval-seeking may be taking the form of timidity. You can devise
strategies for speaking without being interrupted by labeling the
behavior as it crops up in your social milieu.
• Chronicle how many declarative versus interrogative sentences
you make. Do you ask questions, seek permission and approval, as
opposed to making a statement? For example, the question, “Nice
day, isn’t it?” puts the other person into the problem-solving role,
and you into the approval-seeking position. A simple, “Nice day”
is a declaration, rather than an attempt to seek an answer. If you are
always asking questions of others you are into approval-seeking in
what may seem a petty area, but which is reflective of your lack of
confidence in your own ability to take charge.
These are the beginning steps to eliminating approval-seeking as
a need in your life. While you are not striving to wipe out all approv-
al, you are working toward not being immobilized in any small way
because you don’t get the blandishments you covet. Applause is
pleasant and approval is a delightful experience. What you seek is
immunity from pain when you don’t get the cheers. Just as the dieter
does not test his mettle for losing weight on a full stomach, or the
individual who is quitting smoking doesn’t measure his resolve after
just putting out a cigarette, you won’t really test yourself in the ab-
sence of disapproval. You can vow until you’re orange in the face
that you can handle disfavor and that you are not going to demand
tribute from everyone, but until you are faced with the circumstances
of contention you won’t know how you are doing. If you can72 / Your Erroneous Zoneseliminate this troublesome erroneous zone from your life, the rest
will seem easy, because you have been conditioned to need approval
from your first breath on this earth. It will require a great deal of
practice, but it is worth every bit of effort you put into it. Immunity
from despair in the face of disapproval is the ticket to a lifetime of
delectable personal present-moment freedom.YOU DON’T NEED THEIR APPROVAL  / 73IV
BREAKING FREE FROM
THE PAST
Only a ghost wallows around in his past, explaining
himself with self-descriptors based on a life lived
through. You are what you choose today, not what
you’ve chosen before.
W ho are you? How do you describe yourself? To answer these
two questions, you will very likely have to refer to your own history,
to a past that has been lived through, but to which you are un-
doubtedly tied, and from which you find it difficult to escape. What
are your self-descriptors? Are they neat little labels that you have
accumulated over a lifetime? Do you have a drawer full of self-
definitions which you use on a regular basis? They may include tags
such as I’m nervous, I’m shy, I’m lazy, I’m not musical, I’m clumsy,
I’m forgetful, and a whole catalog of additional I’ms that you use.
You probably have many positive I’ms such as I’m loving, I’m good
at bridge, I’m sweet, as well. These will not be dealt with here since
the purpose of this chapter is to help you grow, rather than to ap-
plaud you for the areas of your life where you are operating effect-
ively.
Self-descriptors are not in themselves inappropriate, but they
74can be used in harmful ways. The very act of labeling might be a
specific deterrent to growth. It’s easy to use the label as justification
for remaining the same. Sören Kierkegaard wrote, “Once you label
me, you negate me.” When the individual must live up to the label,
the self ceases to exist. The same is true of self-labels. You could be
negating yourself by identifying with your trademarks, rather than
your own potential for growth.
All self-labels come out of an individual’s history. But the past,
as Carl Sandburg said in Prairie,  “is a bucket of ashes.”
Check yourself out on the extent to which you are chained to your
past. All self-defeating “I’ms” are the result of the use of these four
neurotic sentences:
(1) “That’s me.”
(2) “I’ve always been that way.”
(3) “I can’t help it.”
(4) “That’s my nature.”
There they are in one little package. The connectors that keep you
from growing, changing and making your life (from this instant
on—which is all the life you have) new, exciting and heaped with
present-moment fulfillment.
I know of a grandmother who, each Sunday when she has the
family over for dinner, decides exactly how much each person will
eat by deliberately portioning out plates to her own specifications.
She gives each person two slices of meat, a spoonful of peas, a clump
of potatoes, and on and on. When asked, “Why do you do that?”
she responds with, “Oh, I’ve always been that way.” Why? Because
“That’s just the way I am.” Grandma’s rationale for her behavior is
her own label which comes from a past of always having behaved
in that manner.
Some people will actually use all four sentences in one shot when
confronted with their behavior. You might ask someone why he al-
ways gets upset when the subject of accidents arisesBREAKING FREE FROM THE PAST  / 75and he is likely to respond, “Oh, that’s just me, I’ve always been that
way. I really can’t help it, it’s just my nature.” Whew! All four at
once, and each being used as an explanation for why he will never
be different and never even consider changing.
Your I’ms which describe self-canceling behavior can be traced
to something that you’ve learned in the past. And every time you
use one of these four sentences you are really saying, “And I intend
to continue being the way I’ve always been.”
You can begin to unknot the ropes that link you to your past and
eliminate the fruitless sentences which are spoken to keep you just
as you’ve always been.
Here is a typical list of “I’ms” that may be included in your own
self-portrait
I’m Fat I’m a Lousy Cook I’m Shy
“Not Musical “a Poor Speller “Lazy
“Not Athletic “Tired Easily “


Temperature during sprouting is too high or too low
•  Seeds are kept too dry or too wet during sprouting
Experiment and adjust conditions.
Metabolic T ype
Combine the recommendations of this cancer diet with the requirements for your metabolic type as outlined in Chapter 5 of Healing
Foods. As a quick guide for your metabolic requirements, or if you have difﬁculties determining this from Chapter 5, you may assume
the following relationship between blood groups and metabolic types:
Blood group O is the oldest blood group. It originated in the hunter-gatherer area and corresponds to the non-vegetarian type with
high protein and fat requirements. Group A resembles most closely the seed-eating vegetarian type, while B is the lacto-vegetarian
type and closest to the balanced metabolic type. Blood group AB has the characteristics of A as well as B.
RECIPES
Only a few possibilities can be mentioned here. Be imaginative and experiment yourself. Use a lot of herbs and spices, including
caraway, cardamom, cayenne, cinnamon, coriander, fennel, ginger marjoram and turmeric. Also add a teaspoon of lecithin granules
to all meals.
Acid Food
Food acids, such as in cider vinegar, citrus fruits and other acid fruits and tomatoes are usually beneﬁcial for individuals with an
insensitive body and raised blood pressure. However, fruit acids caus e problems for those with a sensitive body and low blood
pressure. The main reason for this is an inefﬁcient metabolism that causes the body to become overacid and mineral deﬁcient. The
main problem is not the ingesting of fruit acids but rather the mineral deﬁciency caused by the overacidity. In neutralized form, fruit
acids can be used to re-mineralize and alkalize the body, and in this way are highly recommended. For details of neutralizing fruit
acids see Remedies.
BAKING
The best method for baking is one in which enzymes remain alive. This means heating to less than 500C/1200 F. Furthermore, it is
preferable to start from whole, soaked or sprouted seeds rather than from commercial ﬂours. The only practical solution I have found
so far is baking with rice. After blend ing soaked or sprouted rice, the dough continues to absorb water and so becomes ﬁrm almost
without any heat. I have not found this property in any other grain. You may have to experiment with different varieties of rice to ﬁnd a
good sprouting one.
Soak brown rice overnight. If it is viable, rinse for two or three days until sprouts appear; otherwise use after soaking. Wash well and
blend with a minimum of water. If the blended rice does not have the consistency of a paste add some rice or buckwheat ﬂour, or
strain off excess water. Lightly cover a tray with some rice ﬂour or baking paper and spread the paste out ﬂat. Preferably leave in the
sun or otherwise a warm place, but it continues to solidify even if refrigerated. This may take several hours or until the next day.
You may experiment with various additions, such as kelp powder, fennel or other spices, and acidophilus culture or a sourdough
starter if you want to try baking a more conventionally shaped loaf. The addition of any other kind of soaked or sprouted seed will10/30/24, 4:46 PM Health-Science-Spirit - Cancer Diets
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Blended Chicken or T urkey
Raw chicken or turkey may be minced or blended. You may cut most of the meat from the bones and blend them with bone broth or
other suitable liquid. You may ﬂavor  this with any herbs or spices, onion and tomato, and drink it as broth, slightly warmed if you
prefer. Any stringy parts may be used for the bone broth.
Bone Broth
Use the soft bones of fowl, or bone s and heads of ﬁsh. Add one or several tablespoons of vinegar, depending on the amount of
bones. Simmer with sufﬁcient water in a covered glass (preferred) or enamelled container for at least 3 hours, or until the bones
become brittle and the liquid is nearly neutral. Replenish water and vinegar as required. Strain the broth and refrigerate or freeze in
small containers. Frequently add bone broth to meals; especially to vegetable salads - it is an excellent source of gelatine and
calcium. If you made the bone broth too acid, add an alkaliser until it becomes neutral. Do not cook acid food in stainless steel (or
aluminium) pots.
Hommus
Soak chickpeas overnight or try to sprout. Puree in a blender. Mix with extra virgin olive oil, lecithin, lemon juice, cayenne and a wide
range of herbs and spices. Use as an addition to salads. If used as a cooked food, you may cook the soaked chickpeas before
blending.
Cottage Cheese
If you have the possibility to buy organic or grass-fed raw milk of any type of animal, you may make your own traditional cottage
cheese or quark as follows: Remove most of the cream from the top (e.g. separate in a clear inverted plastic bottle without bottom).
Keep the milk in a warm place in a covered bowl until it has curdled and the whey separated from the curd. This may take two days
but less time if you add whey from a previous lot as a starter. Pour into a large strainer, let drip overnight, and then refrigerate.
You can mix organic or biodynamic low-fat yogurt with warm water to make it runny, and then let ferment again in a warm place
overnight. When it is rather sour this indicates that most of the lactose has been converted to lactic acid, and it will have separated
into whey and curd. Now you can strain and refrigerate, if the curd tastes too acid you may add more water and strain it again.
Alternatively you may neutralize overacid products by mixing with some dolomite powder or just sodium bicarbonate.
Alternatively you may use skim milk or milk powder of any type of animal. Remove any fat, add starter culture, and keep warm until
curd and whey have separated, then strain and refrigerate. Use part of the whey as starter for the next lot and discard the rest. The
longer you ferment it the less lactose remains.
You may also improve commercial low-fat cottage cheese in the same way by adding sufﬁcient water, a probiotic culture, keep warm
overnight and then strain and refrigerate. This reduces chemical additives and the lactose content, and at the same time improves its
healing potential.
Liver Juice
Raw liver juice is the most nutrient-rich food. Use only organic liver, lambs fry or liver of other free-range animals. Blend with sufﬁcient
water, strain and freeze in small ice cube containers. Drink one cube daily dissolved in fresh juice.
Marinated Fish
Dice the ﬁsh and cover with lemon juice or diluted cider vinegar. Refrigerate overnight and add onion, herbs and spices. If you ﬁnd it
too acid to eat, neutralize it partially with potassium bicarbonate.
Minced Meat
Use only ﬁne lean mince from lamb or organic meat; do not use anything from a feedlot. Keep larger amounts frozen in meal-size
portions. You may ﬂavor a portion with chopped or grated onion, radish, ginger and tomato, use chili, and squeeze some lemon or
limejuice over it. If possible expose previously frozen or refrigerated food for several minutes to sunshine before eating.
Oil-Protein Mix
The basic oil-protein mix consists of 100 grams of low-fat cottage chee se and 40 ml of ﬂaxseed oil. Stir or blend well with a small
amount of liquid (ferment) and a teaspoon of lecithin until the oil is no longer visible. Very suitable is a small hand-held electric mixer.
This basic mix may be added to other food, such as a sprout or vegetab le or fruit salad, or cooked vegetables, or it may be ﬂavored
with berries or chopped pawpaw or grated apple. Also 2 or 3 tablespoons of freshly ground or frozen linseed may be added.
Raw Egg
Eggs eaten raw must be fresh, organic and free-range. Swallowing an egg with yolk and white intact can cause indigestion in
individuals with a weak digestive system. Raw egg is much easier to digest if it is well mixed with other food or drink. Alternatively you
may beat the white (add a pinch of salt) and then mix the yolk back into it. You can easily detect how fresh an egg is by immersing it
in water. If it lies ﬂat on the bottom, it is very fresh. The older it is the more will the blunt end rise; if it ﬂoats up then it is rotten.
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