 it without
knowing —which is like not having it at all. Boy, we’re going around in circles here. Yes, we are. And instead of going around in
circles, perhaps we should be the circle
itself. This doesn’t have to be a vicious
circle. It can be a sublime one. Is renunciation a part of the truly spiritual
life? Yes, because ultimat ely all Spirit
renounces what is not real, and nothing in
the life  you lead is real, save your
relationship with Me. Yet renunciation in the
classic sense  of self -denial is not required. A true Master does not “give up”
something. A true Master simply sets  it
aside, as he  would do with anything for
which he no longer has any use. There are
those who  say you must overcome your
desires. I say you must simply change
them. The first  practice feels like a rigorous
discipline, the second, a joyful exercise. There  are those who say that to know God
you must overcome all earthly passions. Yet to understand and accept them is enough. What you resist persists. What you
look at disappears. Those who seek so earnestly to overcome
all earthly passions often work at it so  hard
that it might be said, this has become their
passion. They have a “passion for  God”; a
passion to know Him. But passion is
passion, and to trade one for the other  does
not eliminate it. Therefore, judge not that about which you
feel passionate. Simpl y notice it, then see
if it serves you, given who and what you
wish to be. Remember, you are constantly
in the act of creating yourself. You are in
every moment deciding who and what you
are. You decide this largely through the
choices you make regarding w ho and what
you feel passionate about. Often a person on what you call a spiritual
path looks like he has renounced all  earthly
passion, all human desire. What he has
done is understand it, see the  illusion, and
step aside from the passions that do not
serve him —all the while loving  the illusion
for what it has brought to him: the chance
to be wholly free. Passion is the love of turning being into
action. It fuels the engine of creation. It
changes concepts to experience. Passion is the fire that drives us to express
who we really are. Never deny passion,  for
that is to deny Who You Are and Who You
Truly Want to Be. The renunciate never denies passion —the
renunciate simply denies attachment to
results. Passion is a love of doing. Doing is being, experienced. Yet what is often
created as part of doing? Expectation. To live your life without expectation —
without the need for specific results —that
is freedom. That is Godliness. That is how
I live. You are not attached to results? Absolutely not. My joy is in the creating, not
in the aftermath. Renunciation is not a
decision to deny action. Renunciation is a
decision to deny a need for a particular
result. There is a vast difference. Could you explain what You mean by the
statement, “Passion is the love of turning
being into action”? Beingness is the highest state of existence. It is the purest essence. It is the “now -not now,” the “all -not all,” the “always -never”
aspect of God. Pure being is pure God -ing. Yet it has never been enough for us to
simply be. We have a lways yearned to
experience What We Are —and that
requires a whole other aspect of divinity,
called  doing. Let us say that you are, at the core of your
wonderful Self, that aspect of divinity  called
love. (This is, by the way, the Truth of you.) Now it is o ne thing to be love —and quite
another thing to do something loving. The
soul longs to do something  about what it is,
in order that it might know itself in its own
experience. So it will seek  to realize its
highest idea through action. This urge to do this is called passion. Kill
passion and you kill God. Passion is God
wanting to say “hi.”
But, you see, once God (or God -in-you)
does that loving thing, God has realized
Itself, and needs nothing more. Man, on the other hand, often feels he
needs a return  on his investment. If we’re
going to love somebody, fine —but we’d
better get some love back. That sort of
thing. This is not passion. This is expectation. This is the greatest source of man’s
unhappiness. It is what separates man
from God. The renunciate seeks to end this
separation through the experience some
Eastern  mystics have called samadhi. That is, oneness and union with God; a melding
with and melting into divinity. The renunciate therefore renounces
results —but never, ever renounces
passion. Indeed, the Master knows
intuitively that passion is the path. It is the
way to Self -realization. Even in earthly terms it can be fairly said
that if you have a passion for nothing, you
have no life at all. You have said that “what you resist
persist s, and what you look at disappears.”
Can You explain that? You cannot resist something to which you
grant no reality. The act of resisting a  thing
is the act of granting it life. When you resist
an energy, you place it there. The  more you resist, the more you make it real —whatever
it is you are resisting. What you open your eyes and look at
disappears. That is, it ceases to hold its
illusory form. If you look at something —truly look at it —
you will see right through it, and right
through any illusion it hold s for you, leaving
nothing but ultimate reality in your sight. In the face of ultimate reality your puny
illusion has no power. It cannot long hold
you in its weakening grip. You see the truth
of it, and the truth sets you free. But what if you don’t want the thing you are
looking at to disappear? You should always want it to! There is
nothing in your reality to hold onto. Yet if
you do choose the illusion of your life over ultimate reality, you may simply recreate
it—just as you created it to begin with. I n
this way you may have in your life what you
choose to have and eliminate from your life
what you no longer wish to experience. Yet never resist anything. If you think that
by your resistance you will eliminate it,
think again. You only plant it more firm ly in
place. Have I not told you all thought is
creative? Even a thought that says I don’t want
something? If you don’t want it, why think about it? Don’t give it a second thought. Yet if you
must think about it —that is, if you cannot
not think about it —then do not resist. Rather, look at whatever it is directly —accept the reality as your creation —then
choose to keep it or not, as you wish. What would dictate that choice? Who and What you think you Are. And Who
and What you choose to Be. This  dictates
all choice —every choice you have made in
your life. And ever will make. And so the life of a renunciate is an
incorrect path? That is not a truth. The word “renunciate”
holds such wrongful meaning. In truth, you
cannot renounce anything —because what
you resist persists. The true renunciate
does not renounce, but simply chooses
differently. This is an act of moving toward
something, not away from something. You cannot move away from something,
because it will chase you all over hell and  back. Therefore resist not temptation —but
simply turn from it. Turn toward Me and
away from anything unlike Me. Yet know this: there is no such thing as an
incorrect path —for on this journey you
cannot “not get” where you are going. It is simply a matter of speed —merely a
question of when you will get there —yet
even that is an illusion, for there is no
“when,” neither is there a “before” or “after.”
There is only now; an eternal moment of
always in which you are experiencing
yourself. Then what is the point? If there is no  way
not to “get there,” what is the point of life? Why should we worry at all about anything
we do? Well, of course, you shouldn’t. But you
would do well to be observant. Simply
notice  who and what you are being, doing,
and having, and see whether it serv es you. The point of life is not to get anywhere —it
is to notice that you are, and have always
been, already there. You are, always and
forever, in the moment of pure creation. The point of life is therefore to create —who
and what you are, and then to  expe rience
that. Chapter 6
And what of suffering? Is suffering the way
and the path to God? Some say it is the


’ s no mind. Most people believe their own th oughts as though they wer e
facts, which explains why life is str essful and challenging
for so many. It’ s n egative thoughts that ar e the cause of our str ess and
suffering, so we need to become particularly awar e of
negative thoughts. When we believe our thoughts, we’r e immediately caught in
an i maginary mind-made movi e that’ s playing inside our
head, and we’r e no longer experiencing the world as it
r eally is. Thoughts ar e also r esponsible for causing our feelings, and
then in turn our feelings will cause mor e thoughts. Ther e’ s nothing wr ong with the mind; the tr ouble only
begins when we believe its negative thoughts.The one who gets angry, hurt, worried, anxious, or
disappointed is not the  real you. It’ s your mind. The mind only has thr ee differ ent kinds of thoughts. The
mind measur es, compar es, and describes. One of the biggest lies our mind has convinced us of is the
story that we ar e a body and a mind. Another story our mind has co nvinced us of is the story
about time. T ime is an illusion—a mental concept cr eated by
the mind. All that r eally ex ists is this pr ese nt moment. Past and futur e
exist only in the form of thought. Y ou don ’ t have to eliminate yo ur mind or go to war with
your mind. A war eness is your w ay out of the turmoil of the
mind. When yo u obser ve your thoughts instead of getting lost in
them, you see them for what they ar e: something separate
fr om you that you can either choose to believe, or not.C h a p t e r  6
Understanding the Power of
Feelings
It is possible to live your life w ithout ever being thrown about by negative
feelings again. When you live from the A wareness that you are, negative
feelings won’ t af fect you in the same way as they do now. The real you is pure
happiness at all times and under  all conditions. It can be hard t o imagine that
you can bring an end to negative feelings af fecting you, but you  will discover
for yourself that you can. “Negative feelings are destructive. What we are is constructive.”
My teacher
Through practic ing the methods shared in this book, I don’ t suf fer from
extreme negative feelings anym ore. If any negative feeling appears, it’ s quite
soft, I notice it i mmediately, and  it dissolves on the spot. Earlier in my life, I
used to be throw n about by negative feelings as if I had just stepped into a
hurricane. But after I discovered  The Secret, I became acutely aware of how
I’m feeling from one moment to the next. And if you’re aware of how you’re
feeling, it’ s just one more simple step, as you will discover, to dissolving
negative feelings for good. When you are free of all negative feelings, what
remains is the Infinite A wareness that you are, and your life will be absolutely
breathtaking. “Once you realize how ef fortless the highest way of life is, it takes
tremendous ef fort to assume the opposite.”
Lester Levenson
It helps to diminish their power over you if you understand what feelings
really are. Feelings (and thoughts and sensations) are simply a movement of ener gy. Ener gy vibrates,  which means feelings, like thoughts, also vibrate. Dif ferent
feelings vibrate  at dif ferent frequencies. Good feelings vibrate at higher
frequencies, and  they’re very be neficial to the body and positiv ely af fect thecircumstances surrounding your life. Y our positive feelings a lso benefit all
other beings and the planet as a whole. Negative feelings vibrate at low
frequencies, and  they’re detrimental to the body, to your life circumstances,
other beings, and the planet. B ut where do feelings come from in the first
place? Thoughts create  feelings. The ki nds of thoughts you have will create the same
kinds of feelings. After having  happy thoughts, you feel hap py. And once
you’re feeling happy, it’ s not possible to have angry thoughts at the same
time. Happy thoughts cause happy feelings, which cause more happy
thoughts. Likew ise, if you feel angry, that feeling has come from having had
angry thoughts. Thoughts and f eelings always match; thoughts and feelings
are two sides of the one coin. If a situation arises and you allo w negative thoughts and feelings to take over
you, you will l ikely continue to experience one thing going wrong after
another in your day. However, when you feel good, your day will have one
good thing following after another. What you feel inside will match precisely
with what you experience in the world around you. “Y ou no w know  that nothing co mes into existence from the ou tside, and that
everything first comes from thinking and feeling it on the inside.”
Fr om  The Secret
Positive Feelings
Have yo u noticed that all good feelings require zero ef fort? When you’re
feeling good, you feel as light as a feather, and you feel as though you have an
unlimited supply  of ener gy. If you become sensitive to how you’re feeling,
you will notice the positive ef fect those good feelings are having on your body
and mind. Feeling good doesn’ t mean you’re like a cheerleader at a football game,
jumping up and down with excitement. As you no doubt would have
experienced, if you get overexcited, you dissipate all your ener gy, and you’re
exhausted afterward. Feeling good is like how you feel at the end of a big day that went really well,
or when you’re chilled out on vacation, or when you’ve exercis ed hard, had a
shower, and then sat down to e njoy dinner or your favorite s how. Y ou feel
relaxed. Y ou feel a sense of relief. Y ou let go, and you feel a peaceful
happiness. Y ou know those tim es when you say, “Ahh, this is nice”? This is
what feeling good feels like. If y ou could let go of your white-knuckle grip on
life, you  would automatically fe el this good, because feeling goo d is your true
nature. I n fact, whenever you feel good, it means you must have  let go of bad
feelings, enabling good feelings to naturally appear. “Good feelings are to be enjoyed.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        On seeing herself in a photograph, two-year -old Sarah  will point andsay, “Th at’ s Sarah. ” She won’ t say, “That’ s me,” because she’ s not yet
experiencing herself  as a “m e,” a separate person. H er experience is that there’ s
only One and she is it, and everyone else is it. “There’ s nothing out there but our consciousness. The re’ s only one
consciousness and we’re it. ”
Lester Levenson, fr om  Happiness Is Free, volumes 1–5
A wareness or Consciousness is all through your body and everywhere outside
your body; A wareness can’ t be contained within your body because A wareness
is formless. It would be like trying to contain space in a jar; of course, space is
both inside the jar and everywh ere outside the jar. In fact, the jar is in space,
just as all bodi es are in A war eness. Ab solutely everything is con tained in
A wareness, and it’ s the reason why the enlightened beings’ expe rience of life is
that they  are everything—becau se they ar e  e veryth ing. And as A wareness, so
are you. “Behind your eyes is the same consciousness, the only consciousness that is
behind Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, and behind all eyes. ”
My teacher
Think ab out tha t. Y our Consciousness is the same Consciousness as all of the
great beings; that’ s how close you are to them. They are not at a distance from
you. Y ou are one  with them. “The mystery, the magic of it is that this ordinary consciousness that we take
for gran ted, ev en as far as denying its existence, happens to be the
consciousness of the universe itself, its true center. ”
Francis Lucille, fr om  T ruth Love Beauty
How to Stay as A war eness
There’ s no process to become the A wareness that you are; it’ s not something
you have to atta in. This is not something that certain people hav e and you don’ t
have. Y ou ar e alr eady it, right now. Y ou may have overlooked it, and you may
have believed all your life that y ou were just a person, but that doesn’ t alter the
fact of what you actually are. “Y ou can lose everything else, but you can never lose the awareness that you
are. ”
Mooji


 apple, chopped
4 large tomatoes, skinned and chopped
yogurt
bread crumbs
parsley, chopped
Cook the cabbage gently in water until cooked but still crisp. Chop the onion, apple and skinned
tomatoes, and cook gently until they form a thick puré e. Shred the cabbage and add to the puré e.
Turn into a casserole dish. Mix the yogurt with the bread crumbs and sprinkle over the top. Top-
brown under the broiler to heat a little. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve immediately. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 249Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCarrot and Leek Bake
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 1-2 hours
Serves 2-4
1 lb. carrots, diced or sliced
4 or 5 small leeks, sliced
2 medium oranges
handful of raisins
Dice or slice the carrots and slice the leeks. Put into a baking dish with the raisins. Add  the juice
of two oranges. Bake in a medium oven at 325° F (170° C ) for 1 to  2 hours,  depending upon
how well-done you like your carrots. If you wish, you can thicken the orange juice with corn
starch to make a sauce. (Organic corn starch may be used occasionally.) Serve with a baked
potato. Carrot and Tomato Casserole
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2
8 oz. tomatoes, sliced or chopped
1/2 tbs p. chopped fresh sage  (or 1/2 tsp. dried sage)
2 medium  onions, sliced
1 lb. carrots, sliced
Slice or chop the tomatoes and put a layer into the bottom of a casserole dish. Add some sage. Slice the onions and place a layer on top of the tomatoes. Add another sprinkling of sage. Slice
the carrot and place on top, finishing with a layer of tomato mixed with the last of the sage. Place the casserole in the oven and bake for 1 hour at 350° F (180° C) until the carrots are
tender. Serve with a mixed green salad and a baked potato. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 250Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCarrots and Honey
carrots, sliced
soup stock
1/2 tsp. honey
Cut off the ends of the carrots and slice. Do not peel or scrape. Stew in a small amount of soup
stock (see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—
The Basic Rules,” p. 106) for 45 minutes or until tender. During the last 5 to 10 minutes of
stewing, add honey for slight flavoring. Cauliflower
cauliflower
2-3 tomatoes, sliced and chunked
Break cauliflower into sections. Add tomatoes, sliced and cut into chunks. Stew together for
approximately 45 minutes (or until tender) on low heat. Cauliflower and Carrot Sauce
1 small cauliflower
3 carrots
flaxseed oil
Separate the cauli-florets, place them in a baking dish with a little water and cook until soft at
250° F (121° C). When ready, drain off the water. At the same time, simmer the carrots on low
heat with enough water until they are soft. Blend carrots in blender with the oil. Pour sauce over
the cooked cauliflower and place in warm oven at 250-300 ° F (121-149° C ) (turned off) for 5-
10 minutes before serving. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 251Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comChard Rolls, Stuffed
1/2 onion, sliced
6 medium potatoes
4 carrots
3 large cloves garlic, minced
1 bunch of chard
Cook onions and potatoes in one pot. In another pot, cook carrots and garlic. When done, purée
each potful separately, then mix together. Put chard leaves in very hot water, being sure not to
overcook. Spread each leaf and remove tough center stem. Place purée in center of each leaf
and roll tightly. Display on tray and serve with tomato sauce made with tomatoes, onion, garlic
and small potato, which have been cooked and puréed. Cooked Sweet Potato and Beet Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 large ( or 2 small) sweet potatoes
few cooked small beets, sliced
arugula (or lettuce) leaves
Dressing:
yogurt
lemon juice
flaxseed oil
dill weed, dried or fresh
Cook the sweet potatoes gently in their skins until cooked. Allow to cool. Cut into slices and
place the sweet potato and beet slices overlapping on a plate o f arugula  (or lettuce) leaves. Drizzle on the dressing and serve immediately. Corn
Corn may be baked in the husk wrapped in foil. Bake in low oven at 300°  F (149 ° C) for 1 hour
or place in boiling water for approximately 7 minutes. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 252Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCorn on the Cob  Packets
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
1 or 2 corn cobs
flaxseed oil
parsley, chopped
Leave the corn in its outer leaves and wrap in baking foil. Bake at 350 ° F (180° C) for about 1
hour. When cooked, peel back the leaves and allow to cool slightly. Pour on some flaxseed oil  to
which some chopped parsley has been added. Serve as an appetizer or a side dish. Corn with Mixed Vegetables
2 ears of corn
3 stalks of celery, sliced
2 carrots, sliced
2 zucchini squash, sliced
Husk the corn and cut the kernels off. Slice the other vegetables into small pieces. Put the corn
in a baking dish and add the vegetables. Bake at 200° F (93 ° C) for 1 hour. Corn with Orange Juice
2 ears of corn
1 glass of orange juice
Husk the corn, cut off the kernels and put it in a baking dish with a lid. Bake at 250° F (121 °
C) until soft. Pour the corn juice off and add the orange juice. Let set 5 to 10 minutes before
serving. Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 253Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comCreamed Beans
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Serves 2
10 oz. whole green beans
yogurt
2 oz. onion, finely chopped
Cook the beans gently. Just before the beans are ready, gently heat the yogurt with the chopped
onion. Put the beans into a warm serving dish and pour on the yogurt dressing. Creamed Corn
3 ears of corn
1 green bell pepper, sliced
Husk corn and cut off the kernels. Put kernels from 2 ears in a blender and blend. Add the
kernels from the third ear to the blended corn. Place in a baking dish and put the sliced green
pepper on top and bake in the oven at 200-250° F (93-121° C) for 1-1/2 hours. Creamy Cabbage
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
white cabbage, shredded
1 small onion, chopped
2 tbsp. thick yogurt
1 tsp. dried dill  tops, chopped (or crushed dill seeds)
Shred the cabbage and chop the onion. Add a little water to cook. When cooked and tender, add
the thick yogurt mixed with the dill  tops (or seeds). Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced in any medium, print or electronic without prior written permission from the author.Page 254Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comEggplant, Baked
soup stock
1 onion, chopped
1 eggplant, sliced
2 tomatoes, sliced and skinned
Put some soup stock (see “‘Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing
Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. X) in bottom of large covered baking dish. Add onion,
eggplant and tomatoes in layers. Cover and


 sirtuins SIRT3 and
SIRT4, which prolong the life of cells, are acti-
vated during fasting. Scientists had previously
hypothesized that the work of mitochondria w as
associated with the organism’s life span. When
the mitochondria are exhausted, the cell be-
comes vulnerable, apoptosis begins, i.e. the pro-
gram of self -destruction is activated. The signal
of the beginning of apoptosis is the reduction of
the amount of the oxidation reduction coen-
zyme NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleo-
tide) in the mitochondria, in the nucleus of the
cell and in its cytoplasm. An experiment (during
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frwhich laboratory animals were forced to fast for
48 hours) made it possible to establish that in the
guinea- pig's organism during this period the
Nampt protein was activated. This protein trig-
gered the synthesis of NAD+ in the cytoplasm,
which in turn determined the synthesis of the
enzymes coded by the  SIRT3 and SIRT4 genes. These enzymes favorably influence mitochon-
drial function and energy metabolism in the cell,
i.e. they delay aging and prevent apoptosis. "If we could maintain a high concentration of
NAD+ in the mitochondria, able to stimulate the
SIRT3 and SIRT4 genes, the cell would not n eed
anything else for a while" - said the study au-
thors, who called this phenomenon "mitochon-
drial oasis hypothesis." It can be assumed that
there is a molecule capable of influencing the
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frconcentration of NAD+ in the mitochondria, as
well as in the SIRT3 a nd SIRT4 genes. Tissue renewal
Doctor of Biological Sciences Professor L. V.
Polezhayev15, the most prominent specialist in
animal limb regeneration, who developed a
method of recovering lost limbs, tails, i.e., in am-
phibians, writes:

15 Polezhayev L. V. (1910 -2000), was a Soviet and Russian biolo-
gist, author of important books about limb regeneration: Stimul-
yatsiya regeneratsiyi myshchtsii serdtsa (Stimulation of heart mus-
cle regene ration) – Moscow, 1965; Utrata i vosstanovleniye regen-
eratsionnoy sposobnosti organov i tkaney u zhivotnykh (Loss and
restoration of the regenerative ability of organs and tissues in ani-
mals) - Moscow, 1968; Transplantatsiya tkaney mozga v norme i
patologi i (Brain tissue transplantation in normal and pathological
conditions), Moscow 1986. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr“Fasting is a process of intensified physiologi-
cal regeneration, renewal of all cells, their molec-
ular and chemical makeup. Interestingly, the bi-
ochemical changes during fasting and reparative
regeneration are very similar. In both cases,
there are two phases: destruction and  recovery. In both cases, the destruction phase is character-
ized by the prevalence of decomposition of pro-
tein and nucleic acids over their synthesis, shift
of pH to acidity, acidosis and more. The recov-
ery phase in both cases as well is characterized
by the prevalence of synthesis of nucleic acids
over their decomposition, and a return of pH to
its neutral state. From the teaching on regenera-
tion, we know that the amplification of the de-
struction phase leads to the amplification of the
recovery phase. Ther efore, with sufficient
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stimulatory factor of physiological regeneration. At the basis of fasting there is a biological pro-
cess, which leads to the renewal and rejuvena-
tion of the tissues of the whole body.”

 However, new cells grow especially intensively
during the recovery period. Similar renewal hap-
pens in other organs and tissues, which is why
fasting is an ‘universal doctor’. No surgeon can
remove specific affected tumor or ulcer cells,
while preserving healthy adjacent cells and not
compromising tissue integrity. This is how pre-
cisely hunger, the great physician, heals. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fr8.6. Youth and quality of life extension
Everyone familiar with dry fasting or even with
just water  fasting sees numerous examples of
phys ical rejuvenation achieved during fasting. Physical improvements are usually accompa-
nied by mental ones. Sometimes hearing is re-
stored in people who have been deaf for many
years. Eyesight becomes so acute that those who
have been wearing glasses for years, don’t need
them anymore (sight restoration in blind people
is extremely rare), the sense of smell and taste
perception become keener, in case of sensory
nerve paralysis, sensory perception gets re-
stored, a burst of energy may be observed, men-
tal capacity  increases, weight decreases, the
body’s functional activity becomes more intense,
eyes become clear and sparkling, complexion
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frimproves and freshness and rosy glow, which are
characteristic of youth, are restored, facial wrin-
kles disappear, blood pressure decreases, heart
performance improves, the enlarged prostate
decreases in size, sexual rejuvenation takes place
— these processes, which are the evidence of re-
juvenation, may be observed by everybody who
has practiced fasting or is familiar with this
probl em. It is as if fasting creates conditions for
a rebirth, a revitalization of the organism. At that
time, all the cells in the body are cleansed, for-
eign substances (metaplasmatic materials) are
removed from the cell protoplasm, so that the
cells are rejuv enated and start to function more
effectively. Some of these foreign materials are highly toxic
and accumulated long ago in the fatty cells and
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frthe connective tissue cells, figuratively called the
organism’s landfill, that’s why it’s necessary to
remove them from the circulation and metabolic
processes in the body. When the tissues get rid
of these materials, it increases the effectiveness
of the physiological mechanism. Along with the
renewal of the body due to fasting, a certain po-
tential is also created,  which ensures improved
body function after the fast is complete. Wear and damage, repair and replenishment
are continuous and almost synchronous pro-
cesses in all living organisms. Something is cre-
ated, and something is destroyed. Both of these
processes a re called metabolism, the production
is called anabolism and the destruction – catab-
olism. Catabolism prevails during periods of
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.fractivity, anabolism – during periods of rest and
sleep. Anabolism is the process of repairing the body,
when it gets a new burst of energy and prepares
for new activities. This process is dominant dur-
ing the period of active growth and it slows
down somewhat during aging. It is established that fasting accelerates metab-
olism, and after the end of a fast the anabolic or
construc tive phase develops intensively. Thus,
one can say that a general cleansing of the body
renews the constructive processes of life. It is
true that under experimental conditions this im-
provement in life processes is brief. However, in
most cases this happens because the researchers
can’t manage to bring their patients back (on the
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frpatients’ demand) to anything but their usual
lifestyle after fasting. A person’s age is the duration of their life. The
term ‘age’ denotes several different aspects of
life: level  of a person’s development (physiologi-
cal age), level of mental development (psycho-
logical age), etc. Any other term or expression
signifying nothing else but chronological age
brings vagueness and confusion of age with the
condition of the body or the ext ent of its growth
and development. When we say that one person is old at 40, and
another is young at 70,


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Ingredients

1. 8	tea	bags

1. 1	pound	raspberries

1. 1	cup	water

1. 1/4	cup	agave	nectar

1. 1	cup	fresh	basil	leaves

1. Ice	cubes,	for	serving

Directions

1. Bring	6	cups	of	water	to	a	boil	in	a	medium	pan. Turn	off	burner,	add	tea
bags,	and	let	steep	for	5	to	10	minutes. 2. Place	raspberries	in	a	bowl. Bring	1	cup	of	water	to	a	boil. Remove	from
heat,	and	add	agave	nectar	and	basil;	let	steep	for	10	to	12	minutes. 3. Pour	it	over	raspberries	and	discard	basil	leaves. Allow	to	cool;	add	to
prepared	tea. 4. Refrigerate	until	chilled	and	serve	over	ice	cubes.Ginger	Pineapple	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 4	cups	water

1. 4	tea	bags

1. 1	cup	unsweetened	pineapple	juice

1. 3	tablespoons	honey

1. 1	tablespoon	lime	juice

1. 2	tablespoons	fresh	ginger,	minced

Directions

1. In	a	large-sized	saucepan,	bring	water	to	a	boil. Then,	turn	off	burner. 2. Add	the	tea	bags	and	leave	it	to	steep	approximately	5	minutes. Then,
discard	your	tea	bags;	add	the	remaining	ingredients. 3. Chill	for	a	few	hours	before	serving. Serve	over	ice	cubes	and	enjoy!Cinnamon	Pear	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1. 6	cups	water

1. 1	cinnamon	stick

1. 6	black	tea	bags

1. 1	½	cups	unsweetened	pear	juice

1. 2	½	tablespoons	agave	nectar

1. 1	tablespoon	lemon	juice

1. 2	tablespoons	fresh	ginger,	minced

Directions

1. In	a	saucepan,	bring	water	to	a	boil. Then,	turn	off	burner	and	add
cinnamon	stick	and	tea	bags. 2. Now	leave	it	to	steep	for	5	to	7	minutes. Then,	discard	tea	bags	and	add	the
rest	of	ingredients. 3. Chill	at	least	2	hours	before	serving. Serve	well	chilled.Peach	and	Mango	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	10)

Ingredients

1. 12	cups	purified	water

1. 6	white	tea	bags

1. 2	peaches,	pitted	and	diced

1. 1	cup	mango,

chopped

Directions

1. Bring	water	to	a	boil. Then,	pour	boiling	water	over	tea	bags. Now	turn	off
burner	and

leave	it	to	steep	for	about	7	minutes. 2. Add	peaches	and	mango	to	a	large	pitcher. Pour	in	prepared	tea	and	stir	to
combine. Serve.Pomegranate	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	10)

Ingredients

1. 4	cups	boiling	water

1. 6	tea	bags

1. 1/2	pomegranate

1. 2	tablespoons	honey

Directions

1. Pour	boiling	water	over	tea	bags	in	a	teapot. Cover	and	brew	for	about	5
minutes. 2. Add	pomegranate	and	honey	and	stir	to	combine. 3. Pour	over	ice	cubes. Enjoy!Tangerine	and	Lavender	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	12)

Ingredients

1. 2	quarts	water

1. 8	tea	bags

1. 1	tangerine,	peeled	and	sliced

1. 1	½	teaspoons	dried	lavender

1. Honey	to	taste

Directions

1. Bring	water	to	a	boil. Add	tea	bags	and	steep	for	5	minutes;	strain	tea	into	a
heat-proof	pitcher. 2. Add	the	remaining	ingredients. 3. Cool	completely	and	serve	over	crushed	ice.Tangerine	Strawberry	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1. 6	cups	water

1. 6	tangerine	herbal	tea	bags

1. 4	strawberry	herbal	tea	bags

1. 1	cup	pomegranate	juice

1. Strawberries,	for	garnish

1. Ice	cubes

Directions

1. Pour	water	into	a	medium-large	stock	pot. Then,	bring	water	to	a	boil. Add
the	tea	bags	and	let	sit	for	about	30	minutes. Discard	tea	bags. 2. Now	transfer	tea	to	the	large	pitcher. Add	pomegranate	juice	and	stir	to
combine. Lastly,	sweeten	your	tea	as	desired. Serve	garnished	with
strawberries	and	ice	cubes.Sparkling	Apple	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1. 2	green	tea	bags

1. 1	cup	boiling	water

1. 3/4	cup	apple	juice

1. 1/4	cup	sparkling	water

1. 2-3	mint	sprigs

1. Ice	cubes

Directions

1. Steep	tea	bags	in	boiling	water	about	5	minutes. After	that,	remove	tea
bags. 2. Add	the	rest	of	ingredients. Serve	well	chilled.Blueberry	and	Lavender	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	6)

Ingredients

1. 6	cups	boiling	water

1. 6	tea	bags

1. 1/2	cup	blueberry

1. 2	tablespoons	dried	lavender

1. 1	tablespoon	lemon	juice

Directions

1. In	a	pitcher,	place	a	boiling	water	and	tea	bags. Let	stand	for	a	few	minutes. 2. Gently	squeeze	tea	bags	and	discard	them. Add	the	rest	of	the	ingredients. Enjoy!Citrus	and	Rosemary	Iced	Tea
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 4	cups	boiling	water

1. 2	green	tea	bags	of	your	choice

1. 1	orange,	peeled	and	sliced

1. 3	small	sprigs	rosemary

1. Juice	of	1	fresh	lime

1. 2	tablespoons	agave	nectar

Directions

1. Place	all	the	above	ingredients	in	a	large	pitcher. 2. Stir	to	combine	and	serve	over	ice	cubes. Enjoy!Smoothie	recipesGrape	Guava	Shake
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	grapes	of	choice

1. 1	cup	watermelon

1. 1	cup	raspberries

1. 1	guava,	peeled

1. 1/2	cup	coconut	milk

1. Coconut	flakes	for	garnish

Directions

1. In	a	blender,	process	grapes,	watermelon,	raspberries,	guava	and	coconut
milk	until	nice	and	smooth. 2. Pour	into	the	glasses	and	sprinkle	the	coconut	over	the	top.Fruit	Mint	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	cherries,	pitted

1. 4	sprigs	mint

1. 1/2	small	cucumber,	quartered

1. 1	cup	raspberries

1. 1	apple,	cored	and	quartered

1. 1/2	cup	coconut	water

Directions

1


, hop on a
stationary bike, latch my feet into the pedals, and I’m of f.
The bike experiment is a repeat of several studies conducted 20 years
earlier by Dr. John Douillard, a trainer to elite athletes, from tennis star
Billie Jean King to triathletes to the New Jersey Nets. In the 1990s,
Douillard became convinced that mouthbreathing was hurting his clients. T o prove it, he gathered a group of professional cyclists, rigged them up
with sensors to record their heart rate and breathing rate, and put them on
stationary bikes. Over several minutes, Douillard increased the resistance
on the pedals, requiring the athletes to exert progressively more ener gy as
the experiment went on. During the first trial, Douillard told the athletes to breathe entirely
through their mouths. As the intensity increased, so did the rate of
breathing, which was expected. By the time athletes reached the hardest
stage of the test, pedaling out 200 watts of power, they were panting and
struggling to catch a breath. Then Douillard repeated the test while the athletes breathed through
their noses. As the intensity of exercise increased during this phase, the rate
of breathing decr eased. At the final, 200-watt stage, one subject who had
been mouthbreathing at a rate of 47 breaths per minute was nasal breathing
at a rate of 14 breaths a minute. He maintained the same heart rate at which
he’d started the test, even though the intensity of the exercise had increased
tenfold.Simply training yourself to breathe through your nose, Douillard
reported, could cut total exertion in half and of fer huge gains in endurance. The athletes felt invigorated while nasal breathing rather than exhausted. They all swore of f breathing through their mouths ever again. For the next 30 minutes on the stationary bike, I’ll follow Douillard’ s
test protocol, but instead of measuring exertion with weight, I’ll use
distance. I’ll keep my heart rate locked in to a consistent 136 beats per
minute while measuring how far I can go with my nose plugged and
breathing only from my mouth. Olsson and I will come back here over the
next several days, then return next week to repeat the test while breathing
only through our noses. This data will provide a general overview of how
these two breathing channels af fect endurance and ener gy ef ficiency. —
T o understand how breathing af fects athletic performance, we first need to
understand how the body makes ener gy from air and food. There are two
options: with oxygen, a process known as aerobic respiration, and without
it, which is called anaerobic respiration. Anaerobic ener gy is generated only with glucose (a simple sugar), and
it’ s quicker and easier for our bodies to access. It’ s a kind of backup system
and turbo boost when the body doesn’ t have enough oxygen. But anaerobic
ener gy is inef ficient and can be toxic, creating an excess of lactic acid. The
nausea, muscle weakness, and sweating you experience after you’ve pushed
it too hard at the gym is the feeling of anaerobic overload. This process
explains why the first few minutes of an intense workout are often so
miserable. Our lungs and respiratory system haven’ t caught up to supply the
oxygen our bodies need, and so the body has to use anaerobic respiration. This also explains why, after we’re warmed up, exercise feels easier. The
body has switched from anaerobic to aerobic respiration. These two ener gies are made in dif ferent muscle fibers throughout the
body. Because anaerobic respiration is intended as a backup system, our
bodies are built with fewer anaerobic muscle fibers. If we rely on these less-
developed muscles too often, they eventually break down. More injuries
occur during the post–New Y ear ’ s rush to gyms than at any other time of
the year, because too many people attempt to exercise far over their
thresholds. Essentially, anaerobic ener gy is like a muscle car—it’ s fast and
responsive for quick trips, but polluting and impractical for long hauls.This is why aerobic respiration is so important. Remember those cells
that evolved to eat oxygen 2.5 billion years ago and kicked of f an explosion
of life? W e’ve got some 37 trillion of them in our bodies. When we run our
cells aerobically with oxygen, we gain some 16 times more ener gy
ef ficiency over anaerobic. The key for exercise, and for the rest of life, is to
stay in that ener gy-ef ficient, clean-burning, oxygen-eating aerobic zone for
the vast majority of time during exercise and at all times during rest. Back in the gym, I pedal a little harder, breathe a little deeper, and watch
as my heart rate increases steadily, from 112 to 114 and on up. Over the
next three minutes of warm-up, I need to get to 136 then keep it there for a
half hour. This rate should be right at the aerobic/anaerobic threshold for a
man my age. In the 1970s, Phil Maf fetone, a top fitness coach who worked with
Olympians, ultramarathoners, and triathletes, discovered that most
standardized workouts could be more injurious than beneficial to athletes. The reason is that everybody is dif ferent, and everybody will react to
training. Busting out a hundred pushups may be great for one person but
harmful to another. Maf fetone personalized his training to focus on the
more subjective metric of heart rates, which ensured that his athletes stayed
inside a defined aerobic zone, and that they burned more fat, recovered
faster, and came back the next day—and the next year—to do it again. Finding the best heart rate for exercise is easy: subtract your age from
180. The result is the maximum your body can withstand to stay in the
aerobic state. Long bouts of training and exercise can happen below this
rate but never above it, otherwise the body will risk going too deep into the
anaerobic zone for too long. Instead of feeling invigorated and strong after a
workout, you’d feel tired, shaky, and nauseated. Which is basically what happens to me. After I do a half hour of
vigorous pedaling and openmouthed huf fing, the clock on the stationary
bike ticks down to zero and the whirling gears slow to a stop. I’m sweating
profusely and feel bleary-eyed, but I’ve pedaled a total of only 6.44 miles. I
scoot of f the bike and let Olsson take a spin, then it’ s back to the home lab
for a shower, a glass of water, and more testing. •       •       •Decades before Olsson and I jammed our noses shut, and before Douillard
put his cyclists through the rounds, scientists were running their own tests
on the pros and cons of mouthbreathing. There was Austen Y oung, an enterprising doctor in England who, in the
1960s, treated a slew of chronic nose-bleeders by sewing their nostrils shut. One of Y oung’ s followers, V alerie J. Lund, revived the procedure in the
1990s and stitched the nostrils of dozens of patients. I repeatedly tried to
contact Lund to ask how her mouthbreathing patients fared after weeks,
months, and years, but never got a reply.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Also by James Nestor
Deep: Fr eediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean T ells Us about
OurselvesR I V E R H E A D  B O O K S
A n  i m p r i n t  o f  P e n g u i n  R a n d o m  H o u s e  L L C
p e n g u i n r a n d o m h o u s e. c o m
C o p y r i g h t  ©  2 0 2 0  b y  J a m e s  N e s t o r
P e n g u i n  s u p p o r t s  c o p y r i g h t. C o p y r i g h t  f u e l s  c r e a t i v i t y,  e n c o u r a g e s  d i v e r s e  v o i c e s,  p r o m o t e s  f r e e  s p e e c h,  a n d  c r e a t e s  a  v i b r a n t
c u l t u r e. T h a n k  y o u  f o r  b u y i n g  a n  a u t h o r i z e d  e d i t i o n  o f  t h i s  b o o k  a n d  f o r  c o m p l y i n g  w i t h  c o p y r i g h t  l a w s  b y  n


 co gnitive senses—
sound, touch, form, taste and odor—which in turn produce  the Five Great
Elements (pancha mahabhutas) which make up the physical uni verse: Ether, Air,
Fire, W a ter and Earth. Rajas is th e force which brings the senses  and their objects
together. I go to sleep as “I” at night and wake up as “I” the next morning
because Ahamkara identifies “I” with a particular body, a certain set of habits
and pref erences, and specific desires and disgusts. Sattva, Rajas and T amas are
the three powers through which Ahamkara creates self-image (see illustration 9).The Five  Great Elements are rea lly states of matter: Earth is the solid state,
W ater the liquid state, Air the ga seous state, Fire the power to change the state of
any subs tance, and Ether the fie ld which is both the source of all matter and the
space in  which it exists. Ether i s the most rarefied stage of matter and Earth the
solidest. Every substance in our world is made up of these Five Elements and can
be classi fied acc ording to which Element is predominant. Things which are solid
under n ormal conditions are composed primarily of the Earth Element,
substances which are normally gases are mainly composed of A ir, and anything
which is  usually  liquid is mainly  made of W ater. Reactive or unstable substances
are u sually Fiery in nature, and Ether predominance in a substance is shown by
its rarefaction or lack of density. Our physical bodies are also made up of these Five Great Elements; in fact,
the Law of Microcosm and M acrocosm (according to the Charaka Samhita)
states th at everything that exists in the vast external universe,  the macrocosm,
also appears in t he internal cosmos of the human body, the microcosm, in altered
form. Th e universe is thus continually influencing us, and likew ise we influence
it. Prana, Subtle  Fire (tejas) and  Essence (ojas) are the quintessential expressions
of th e Fi ve Elem ents as applied to embodied life. Furthermore, Prana, Subtle Fire
and Essence individually expre ss the intrinsic attributes of Air, Fire and W ater
Elements, respec tively, in their g reatest degree. Prana is the life  force, the power
which holds body, mind and spirit together and compels t hem to function
together. Prana is not air, though  oxygen is one of its vehicles. S ubtle Fire causes
the tran sformations necessary to allow influences to pass fro m one plane of
existence to another, and Essence is the subtle glue which cements body, mind
and spirit together, integrating them into a functioning individual.3
T h e  T h r e e  D o s h a s
P rana, Subtle Fire and Essence are too subtle to satisfy all of a living body’ s
ener gy r equirements and so they metamorphose into doshas, a dosha being a fault
or error, a thing which can go wrong. The Three Doshas inside a living body—
V ata, Pitta and Kapha—are grosser forms of Prana, Subtle Fire and Essence
respectively. They, too, are condensed from the Five Great Ele ments: V ata arises
from Ai r and Ether, Pitta from Fire and W ater, and Kapha from W ater and Earth. Therefore each Dosha is compr ised of two Elements; one fun ctions as its active
component whil e the other acts  as the passive medium throug h which the active
element is expressed. Thus V ata, Pitta and Kapha are most representative of Air,
Fire and W ater, respectively. All movements of any kind in the physical body of every living being in our
world ar e governed by V ata. All transformations of every kin d, and particularly
those involving digestion of food and information, are governed by Pitta. Stability,
including such functions as lubr ication of joints and or gans, is governed by Kapha. Though direct perception of thes e Doshas, which do not exist on the physical plane
is not possible, i t is possible to discern their presence and influence by examining
their ef fe cts on the or ganism. Bile, phlegm and other bodily secretions are vehicles
for the Three D oshas, substances through which they display their qualities and
perform their actions. All Five Elements are essential to life, and their harmony,
which a rises wh en V ata, Pitta an d Kapha are balanced, determines an individual’ s
condition of health or disease. A healthy or ganism produces just enough of the
Three D oshas to meet physical needs, while an unhealthy body overproduces or
underproduces t he Doshas at th e expense of the body’ s vitalit y, adaptability and
immunity. Whether a substance increases o r decreases a Dosha depends upon the Law
of Like and Unlike, according  to the Charaka Samhita. “Like increases like”
means that when you eat, drink, inhale or otherwise imbibe  a substance, the
qualities of that substance increase those parts of your syst em which possess
similar q ualities. Substances wh ich are mainly composed of Earth and W ater will
increase the body’ s proportion  of Earth and W ater and will therefore increase
Kapha, constituted of Earth and W ater. For example, ice cream being mainly
composed of Earth and W ater  and being cold, heavy, wet,  sticky and denseincreases body constituents wit h  like qualities, e.g. mucus. T en pairs of qualities
are commonly recognized in A yurvedic analyses of substances:
heavy and light
cold and hot
wet and dry
dull and acute
stable and mobile
soft and hard
clear and sticky
smooth and rough
subtle and gross
solid and liquid
What is unlike a thing tends to reduce it; black pepper, for example, is hot,
light, an d dry; is not sticky or d ense, and thus tends to decrease the body’ s mucus. Whether ice cream will be bette r for you than black pepper or not depends upon
what your system requires to remain in balance at any particular moment. A
substance can exert three possib le ef fects on an or ganism: it can act as food and
nourish it, act as medicine and harmonize it, or act as poison and derange it. The Thr ee Doshas, like the Elements from which they arise, increase and
decrease in the b ody according to the qualities present in the body; qualities which
we absorb from our food, drink and our environment, and derive through our
intrinsic chemis try. Even our thoughts and emotions have qualities that af fect the
body’ s Doshas. Each of these Doshas has its own set of qualities:
V ata  is dry, cold, light, unstable, clear, rough, and subtle;
Pitta  i s sligh tly oily,  hot, intense, light, fluid, malodorous (a raw-m eat-like
smell), and mobile;
Kapha  is oily, cold, heavy, stable, viscid, smooth, and soft. Whatever goes into the system i nfluences the system with its ch aracteristics. The most important of all inpu ts is food which af fects the system thrice: before
digestion when it is tasted by th e tongue, during digestion while it moves through
the gut, and afte r digestion when it passes into the tissues. These ef fects are called
taste, potency and post-digestive ef fect respectively. Six taste s are described in A yurveda: sweet, sour, salty, punge nt, bitter and
astringent (see illustration 10). Sweet, sour and salty tend to in crease Kapha and
decrease V ata; pungent, bitter and astringent exert precisely the opposite action,increasing V ata and decreasing Kapha. Sweet, bitter and astringent relieve Pitta,
while so ur, salty and pungent increase it. These tastes are derived from the Five
Elements; each a composite of two elements in the same manner as the Doshas. Sweet is composed of earth a nd water; licorice root is a good example of a
substance that is primarily  swee t in taste. The sour taste, as of hibiscus, is made up
of earth  and fire. W ater and fir e combine to form the salty taste; which appears
mainly in salt and seaweeds. Pungent substances like chilies and cloves are mainly
composed of air and fire. Genti an and barberry are examples o f plants which are
predominantly bitter in taste with air and ether as the main elem ents. W itch hazel
and unripe persimmons are mainly astringent; in these air and earth dominate.Although the pairs of strong po tencies include heavy/light and  wet/dry, the
most important duality is that of hot and cold. Hot food enhances the fire available
to t he body, w hile cold food reduces it. Generally  sour, salty and pungent
substances are hot while sweet, bitter and astring


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1/2-inch (1 cm) headspace. W ipe rims, top with flat lids and screw on metal
rings. Return jars to the hot water bath, topping up with h ot water if
necessary. Bring  to a full rolling boil and process jars for 15 minutes
( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 5. 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: Th ere are so many ways t o enjoy this relish. I often cook bacon and
onion, add potatoes and milk and a pint (2-cup/500 mL) jar of corn relish
for quic k, homemade corn chowder. It is all you need to perk  up grilled
chicken and fish. It complements scallops and seafood and it makes a
very goo d salsa  with the additi on of hot peppers, garlic and tomatoes. I
team it with sausages for country breakfasts with eggs and toast. Of
course, it is a favourite hot dog and hamburger relish at our house in the
summer. c h i l e  c o r n  b r e a d
The savoury corn br ead r ounds out a soup or salad at lunch or dinner. I
sometimes bake the batter in small cast ir on pans and use the mini loaves asyou wou ld crack ers with spr eads and dips. Slice and fill them w ith chopped
ham or egg sa lad for substantial hors d’oeuvr es and snack s. W ith the
cornmeal and the corn r elish, this br ead is bursting with corn flavour. I like
the little hits of hot gr een chile pepper, but don’ t miss out o n this gr eat
br ead if  you don’ t car e for hot peppers—simply substitute swe et gr een or
r ed pepper. Served hot, with sha rp cheddar cheese or butter, this is one of
my favourite quick br eads. Y ou can make this bread as one lar ge loaf or, if you happen to have cast iron pans with small loaf
indentations, make smaller loaves like these. 9- x 5-inch (23 x 13 cm) loaf pan, 12-cup muffin tin or cast ir on pan,
lightly oiled
Pr eheat oven to 425°F (220°C)
MAKES 1 LOAF
1 cup (250 mL) all-purpose flour
1 cup (250 mL) cornmeal
2 tsp (10 mL) baking powder
1/2 tsp (2 mL) baking soda
3/4 tsp (4 mL) salt
1/4 cup (50 mL) finely chopped hot chile peppers
1 cup (250 mL) milk
1 cup (250 mL) Peaches and Cr eam Relish
2 eggs, beaten
3 tbsp (45 mL) melted butterThe antique cast iron pans I used are shaped like corn cobs. Muf fin pans work well also. 1. Heat the prepared loaf pan in the preheating oven until ready to fill with
batter. 2. In to a  lar ge bowl, sift flour, cornmeal, baking powder, baking soda and
salt. Add chile peppers and mix well. In a separate bowl, combine milk,
relish, eggs and butter. Add to d ry ingredients all at once and stir only until
the batter is mixed. Be careful not to overmix the batter. 3. T urn the batter into the heated loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 30
minutes or until bread shrinks away from the sides of the pan. Serve hot. c h a r - g r i l l e d  c o r n  a n d  c a u l i f l o w e r  s a l a d  w i t h  a s i a n
d r e s s i n g
In late summer, I make double t he r ecipe and fr eeze half. The r est makes a
delicious light lunch or side dis h for a barbecue. On hot summer days, it
makes a  colourful and differ ent potluck contribution without heating up the
kitchen. The nice thing about th is salad is that you can pr epar e it an hour
befor e serving and let it stand at r oom temperatur e or even make it the
night befor e, stor e it cover ed in the r efrigerator and bring it out an hour
befor e grilling. If you have the b arbecue r eady for cooking meat or fish, the
salad can be gr illed in a grilling basket over medium coals. If you don’ thave a barbecue, spr ead the marinated vegetables in sing le layer on
rimmed baking sheets and cook on the top shelf of the oven on br oil for 3 to
5 minutes or until crisp-tender. In the winter, use fr ozen corn a nd either fr esh or fr ozen caulif lower. Omit
the marinade and grilling steps altogether: simply steam the corn and
cauliflower, then  toss with onions and Asian Dr essing for an incr edibly easy
and inter esting vegetable side dish. MAKES 8 T O 10 SER VINGS
6 ears sweet corn, blanched and cooled or thawed if fr ozen
1 head cauliflower, blanched and cooled or thawed if fr ozen
LIME AND CHILE MARINADE
1/4 cup (50 mL) olive oil
3 tbsp (45 mL) butter
6 small hot chile peppers, finely chopped
2 gr een onions, finely chopped
2 tbsp (25 mL) chopped fr esh lemongrass or lemon verbena, optional
grated rind and juice of 2 limes
ASIAN DRESSING
1/4 cup (50 mL) peanut oil
2 tbsp (25 mL) lemon juice
2 tbsp (25 mL) soy sauce
2 tbsp (25 mL) rice vinegar
1 tbsp (15 mL) sesame oil
1 tbsp (15 mL) liquid honey
1 tsp (5 mL) finely grated fr esh gingerr oot
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1. C ut c orn into  1-inch (2.5 cm ) pieces. Cut cauliflower into sm all florets. In a bowl, combine corn and cauliflower, set aside.2. Make Marinade: In a skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add butter,
chile peppers and green onions. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3  minutes or
until soft. Remove pan and stir in lemongrass, if using. Cool to room
temperature. Add lime rind and juice. 3. Drizzle marinade over corn an d cauliflower. Cover and set asi de for up to
24 hour s in the refrigerator. B ring to room temperature 1 hour before
grilling. Using a vegetable gril ling basket, grill vegetables over medium
coals, turning often and basting  with marinade for 5 to 7 minu tes or until
tender -crisp. 4. M eanwhile, make Asian Dres sing: In a jar with tight-fitting lid, combine
peanut oil, lemon juice, soy sau ce, vinegar, sesame oil, honey, ginger and
garlic. Cover jar and shake well to combine. Set aside. 5. T ip grilled corn and cauliflower into a lar ge bowl and toss with dressing. Use: Th e marinade can be used for grilled fish, chicken and vegetables,
and the Asian Dressing is lovely with both summer greens and winter root
vegetable salads. T ry dif ferent nut oils—peanut oil is good—in the
dressing. F r e e z i n g  C o r n
1. Select Equipment:  Se lect suitable-size freezer c ontainers, bags or
Mason jars ( Freezing ). 2. Blanc h and cool medium ears as instructed on Corn. Cut ears into 1-
inch (2. 5 cm) pieces or remove  kernels as instructed on Corn. Pack into
containers, leavi ng a 1/2-inch (1  cm) headspace. Remove air, lab el and seal. Freeze for up to 9 months.G a r l i c
OFTEN THOUGHT OF ONL Y AS A HERB OR A SEASONING,
garlic is a member of the lily family, which also includes onions, shallots,
chives and leeks. Garlic (Allium sativum)  can  be hot and pungent when eaten raw, but when
roasted, it morphs into a sweet and meltingly tender pulpy mass with a
mellow flavour. All parts of the plant—bulb, tender green spring  shoots and
scapes (the long, green and twisted seed heads)—are eaten. Good Pr eserving V arieties
There a re two subspecies of g arlic: hard-neck and soft-neck. All garlic
varieties fall into one or the other subspecies. Unlike most other fruits and
vegetables, garli c come in only  five varieties: Rocambole, Por celain  and
Purple Stripe  (hard-neck); Artichoke  and Silverskin  (soft-neck). Of
course, there are hundreds of sub-varieties. Hard-Neck Garlic
Hard


’t you look for a job. ” or “Go back to school. ” He encourages
her to seek new outlets, to stop being so namby-pamby. In short, to
be something different than what he married, which was submissive
and domestic. The woman, until now, has always felt that any un-
happiness in her husband was her fault. “Where did I go wrong. ”
If he’s unhappy or frustrated, she feels that she has been inadequate,
or that she must not be as attractive as she used to be. The submissive
partner resorts to her own subservient mind-set, and assesses all
male problems as being lodged in her own self. At this time in the marriage the man is very much occupied with
job promotions, social contacts and professional striving. He is on
his way up, and a sniveling wife is something he cannot tolerate. Because of his many opportunities to deal with a great number of
different people (something denied to his submissive partner) he is
changing. He has become even more self-assertive, demanding and
intolerant of weaknesses in others, including his family, Thus, his
admonitions to “get yourself together” to his submissive wife. This
is also a time when the husband may look for sexual outlets outside
the marriage. He has many opportunities and he seeks the compan-
ionship of more exciting women. Sometimes the submissive partner
begins some experimentation of her own. She may take on a volun-
teer job,198 / Your Erroneous Zonesenroll in school, seek therapy, have an affair of her own, most  of
which is enthusiastically supported by the husband. Perhaps the submissive partner will begin to gain new insights
into her behavior. She sees her subservience as something that she
has chosen all her life, not just in her marriage. Her approval-seeking
behavior has now been challenged, and she begins to put herself on
the road to greater self-responsibility by eliminating all dependency
in her world, including that of her parents, her husband, her friends,
and even her children. She begins to gain self-confidence. She may
take on a job, and begin to make new friends. She begins to stand
up to her dominant husband, and stops taking all of the abuse that
has been her lot since the marriage began. She demands equality,
no longer satisfied to wait any longer for it to be granted to her. She
simply takes it. She insists on a sharing of domestic chores, including
care of the children. This new independence and the shift from the external to internal
thinking on the part of the woman is not easily accepted by her
husband. He becomes threatened. Anxiety is entering his life at a
time when he cannot afford it. The last thing he needs is an upstart
wife, even though he encouraged her to get out more on her own
and think for herself. He didn’t expect to create a monster, least of
all one that would challenge his own established supremacy. He
may react with a heavy dose of dominance, which has always worked
at putting his submissive partner in her place in the past. He argues
against the absurdity of working, when she is paying most all of her
salary for babysitters. He points to the illogic of her belief that she
isn’t equal. In fact, she’s indulged. “You don’t have to work, you
have it made, all you have to do is take care of a house and be a
mother to your children. ” He tries guilt. “The children are going to
suffer. ” “I can’t have this aggravation. ” Perhaps he threatens her
with divorce, or as a last resort, suicide. This often works. The wife
says to herself, “Wow, I almost blew it,” and reverts to her sub-
missive role. The heavy dose of dominance served toDECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE  / 199remind her of her place. But if she refuses to regress, the marriage
itself may be in jeopardy. At any rate, there is a definite crisis. If the
wife persists in replacing her submissiveness with self-reliance, the
husband, who needs to dominate someone, might leave for a
younger wife who will stand in awe of him and thus put her in the
position of looking up to him and becoming a cute little showpiece. On the other hand, the marriage may survive the crisis, and an inter-
esting shift may take place. The thread of dominance and submission
still winds its way through the marriage. That is the only kind of
marriage both partners recognize. Often the husband will now take
on the submissive role out of fear of losing something he cherishes,
or at least depends on. Staying home more, getting closer to the
children (out of guilt from earlier abandonment), he may say things
like, “You don’t need me any more” or “You’re changing, you’re
not the girl I married and I’m not sure I like the new you. ” He has
become more submissive. He may become a heavy drinker, and a
self-pitier out of a need to manipulate his wife or to recapture his
long-lost superiority. The wife is now in a career, or moving toward
one; she has her own circle of friends, and is developing outside in-
terests of her own. Perhaps she is having an affair as an assertive
retaliatory gesture, but at the least, she is feeling good about receiving
some acclaim and compliments for her accomplishments. However,
the thread is still there, and a crisis looms heavy. As long as one
partner must be more important than the other or fear-of-divorce is
the thing that binds the two together, dependency is still the
cornerstone of the alliance. The dominant partner, be it man or wo-
man, is not satisfied with a slave for a spouse. The marriage may
continue in a legal sense, but any love or communication between
the two partners has been destroyed. Divorce is common here, but
if not, two people begin to go their separate ways within the mar-
riage—no sex, separate quarters, a communication pattern based on
mutual put-down, in lieu of understanding. A different conclusion is also possible, if both partners decide200 / Your Erroneous Zonesto reevaluate themselves and their relationship. If both work at be-
coming free of erroneous zones, and loving each other in the sense
of allowing the other partner to choose his own fulfillment, then the
marriage can flower and grow. With two self-reliant people, who
care enough about each other to foster independence rather than
dependence, but at the same time share happiness with a loved
person, marriage can be an exciting prospect. But, when two people
try to merge into oneness, or one tries to dominate the other in any
way, that spark that is within us all fights for one of the greatest
human needs, independence. Longevity is not an indication of success in marriage. Many people
stay married out of fear of the unknown, or because of inertia, or
simply because it is the thing to do. In a successful marriage, a
marriage where both partners feel genuine love, each is willing to
let the other person choose for himself rather than to dominate. There
is not the constant hassling that involves thinking and speaking for
the other partner, and demanding that he does what he’s supposed
to. Dependency is the serpent in the paradise of a happy marriage. It creates patterns of dominance and submission and ultimately
destroys relationships. This erroneous zone can be eliminated, but
it will never be an easy battle, since power and control are at stake,
and few want to give them up without a fight. Most important, de-
pendency should not be confused with love. Putting some spaces
in togetherness ironically solidifies marriages. You Are Treated the Way You Teach Others to Treat You
Dependency is not something that just happens because of associ-
ation with domineering people. It is, like all erroneous zone behavior,
a choice. You teach people to dominate you, and to treat you the
way you’ve always been treated. There are manyDECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE  / 201schemes that maintain the domineering process, and they are re-
peated only if they work. They work if they keep you in line and in
a dependent position in the relationship. Here are some of the com-
mon strategies for maintaining dominance and control threads in
marriage. • Yelling, screaming and voice-raising of any kind. This will keep
you in line if you are a soft person and want things quiet and smooth. • Threatening behavior such as, “I’ll leave, I’ll get a divorce. ”
• Inducement of guilt. “You had no right to—” “I don’t understand
how you could have done such a thing. ” If guilt is your hang-up,
then you can be kept “submissive” with such statements. • The use of anger and explosive behavior, such as throwing
things, swearing, hitting objects. • The physical ailment ploy. Having a heart attack, headache,
back problem, or whatever when one partner doesn’t act the way
the other wants him to. You can be manipulated by this if you have
taught your partner that you’ll behave when he gets sick. • The silent treatment. No talking and deliberate sulking are su-
perlative strategies that one partner can use to maneuver the other
into correct behavior. • The tears routine in which you cry in order to help the other
person to feel guilty. • The leaving scene. Simply


 IODINE DO IN THE THYROID GLAND? Iodine is responsible for maintaining the normal architecture of the glands of the body including the thyroid, ovaries, uterus,
breast, and prostate. When the cells of the glandular tissue have enough iodine, the tissue maintains a normal structure. When iodine is deficient, the architecture of the glandular tissue becomes disrupted and the tissue becomes cystic. Cysts are
fluid-filled sacs that have a distinct border from the surrounding normal tissue. When palpated, cysts are generally soft and
compressible. If iodine deficiency persists, the cysts become nodular—that is, they become more firm upon palpation. If iodine deficiency
continues, the nodules start to change their histological appearance to become hyperplastic. Hyperplasia literally means ‘over-
formation’. In a hyperplastic state, the cells start to multiply rapidly and take on an increasingly disordered appearance when
viewed microscopically. Eventually, if iodine deficiency is not corrected, the end stage of this continuum can be cancer. Chapter 8
 will discuss fibrocystic breast disease and iodine deficiency. Fibrocystic breast disease is a precursor to breast
cancer. I have successfully treated many fibrocystic breast disease patients with iodine. I feel that cysts on any glandular tissue
should prompt a physician to check the patient’s iodine status and to prescribe iodine, if indicated, to reverse the process. In the thyroid gland, iodine deficiency results in the formation of cysts, nodules, and goiter. The thyroid gland does not
function optimally when the normal architecture is disrupted. I have treated hundreds of patients for growths in their thyroid and
other glandular tissue that resolve or get significantly better with iodine therapy. Lexi is a 15-year-old girl who was diagnosed with thyroid cysts and nodules one year previously. Her thyroid was
two-times the normal size. At our first visit, I could see Lexi’s thyroid protruding out of her neck. Lexi had seen two
endocrinologists who both recommended surgery. Lexi’s mother commented, “I really don’t want her to have surgery, but
they are offering me nothing. We have been following her thyroid ultrasounds and it just keeps getting bigger. I have a
surgery date already scheduled for three weeks from now unless you tell me otherwise,” she said. At our first visit, I
asked Lexi how she was feeling. She did not
have any major complaints. Her energy level was good and she was very
active in school activities. I told Lexi and her mother that surgery was not warranted yet; the enlarged thyroid had not
caused any problems. After my exam, I ordered a spot urine iodide level and a 24-hour urinary iodide loading test. Lexi’s
spot urine iodide was below the laboratory detectable limits. Her 24-hour loading test was also low at 50% excretion
(normal 95%). At this point I prescribed iodine—25mg/day, unrefined salt (1tsp/day of Redmond’s Real Salt), and a
multivitamin (Optivite). Two weeks later, Lexi had another ultrasound of her thyroid because both both she and her
mother–who is an ultrasound technician–felt the thyroid was visually smaller. The ultrasound showed a 50% reduction in
the overall size of her thyroid and all the cysts and nodules were shrinking. “The radiologist called in two other
colleagues to look at the ultrasound as he could not believe how much it had shrunk,” Lexi’s mother commented. I have seen countless patients with cysts, nodules, and disrupted architecture of glandular tissue—including the breasts,
ovaries, uterus, and prostate improve or dramatically reverse their condition with iodine supplementation. In many cases, iodine
supplementation results in a cure. How long does this process take? For most patients, three to six months is a reasonable time
period to see results. Severely ill patients may take years to see results. HYPOTHYROIDISM
The thyroid gland controls the metabolic activity of the body. When there is adequate thyroid hormone available for the cells
of the body, there is a normal metabolic activity present. By contrast, in a hypothyroid state, the metabolic activity of the body islowered. Table 4
, on the following page, lists some of the signs and symptoms related to hypothyroidism. The main thyroid hormones, T4 and T3, require sufficient iodine in order to be produced. In an iodine-deficient state,
hypothyroidism is the expected outcome as thyroid hormone will not be manufactured. My research has shown that iodine levels
need to be investigated in all hypothyroid individuals. If iodine is found to be deficient, many times, supplementing with iodine can
improve or even cure the hypothyroid condition without the use of exogenous thyroid hormone. Iodine and thyroid hormone have a synergistic action in the hypothyroid patient. When it is indicated, it is more effective to
use iodine along with thyroid hormone to achieve the best results. Karen, age 50, suffered with hypothyroidism for 15 years. Her symptoms included fatigue, mental confusion,
puffiness, and hair loss. I diagnosed Karen with hypothyroidism three years ago and began treating her with Armour
®
thyroid as well as a combination of vitamins, minerals, and herbs. She noticed a significant improvement in her
symptoms when she began taking Armour
®
 thyroid. “I feel like I got my life back. I could think much more clearly and
my energy level started to improve,” she said. Karen’s daughter, Lisa (22 years old) had similar symptoms and was
diagnosed with hypothyroidism two years ago. She had similar positive results with thyroid supplementation. Four
months ago, the laboratory tests showed both Karen and Lisa had iodine deficiency. Three months after starting iodine
supplementation, I received a letter from Karen that said in part, “Lisa and I take Armour
®
 thyroid and we have had
much success with that, but adding iodine really made a difference. We have
more energy and it is much easier to get up
in the morning. The muscle stiffness I occasionally experienced is gone. As you know, I spent three weeks in California
with my mom who had undergone surgery for colon cancer. I was in a bed other than my own and I was on a different
time schedule. I wasn’t getting much sleep and the stress level was very high. In the past, a situation like that would have
exhausted my body and I would be aching all the time. Not this time! In spite of everything that was going on, I felt
great. I attribute that to the iodine, because it is the only change I have made since being in California. Lisa’s experience
has been similar. She is in college and has a very irregular schedule. Since she started taking iodine, I have a noticed a
big difference in her energy level. She actually wakes up on her own and has much more energy during the day and
night.” After two months of therapy, I had asked Karen and Lisa to reduce their iodine dosage slightly and they did not
feel as good. “When Lisa and I cut down our dosage of iodine, we gradually noticed we did not feel as well. At your
recommendation, we increased the dosage and began to feel as good as we were before,” Karen wrote. Karen and Lisa’s
experience is very common for many of my other patients. As is the case with Karen and Lisa, optimal thyroid function is
dependent on having adequate iodine ingestion. Table 4: Signs and Symptoms of Hypothyroidism
IODINE AND THYROID SUPPLEMENTATION
It has been over 20 years since I started studying and
practicing holistic medicine. During this time, every new patient who
comes to see me receives a full thyroid and hormonal evaluation. Helping a patient balance their hormonal status has proven to be
one of the most rewarding things I do in the practice of medicine. I did not learn how to properly use iodine in treating these
patients until about ten years ago. Over the first ten years of my holistic practice, I diagnosed many patients with hypothyroidism. Needless to say, I treated many of these patients with thyroid hormone. During this time, I was frustrated. Although most patients were doing better, I could not believe that so many people weresuffering from thyroid problems. I did not want to treat every patient with thyroid hormone. I wanted to find an underlying reason
why so many patients were suffering from thyroid issues. At first I looked for nutritional deficiencies such as selenium, iodine, vitamin A, vitamin D, and vitamin C. Although I tried to
correct these deficiencies, my patients were not responding until I gave them thyroid hormone. Approximately 10 years into this practice I met my mentor on iodine—Dr. Guy Abraham. He showed me the form of iodine I
was using—iodide—was not the most efficacious form and he taught me how to measure iodine levels. Furthermore, Dr.
Abraham’s research was clear; whole-body iodine sufficiency was
best achieved by using both iodine- and iodide-containing
products. Only when I started using the correct form of iodine—in combination with iodide—was I able to reduce my use of thyroid
hormone. My practice now is much different than it was 20 years ago. Hopefully, I have become a little wiser (some may disagree with
that). Now, every patient has their iodine levels assessed. If I diagnose a patient with hypothyroidism


	overload. Illnesses	also	stress	us	with	massive	amounts	of	internally	generated	toxins,
which	is	why	we	must	choose	health	in	the	first	place. When	symptoms	of
illness	do	manifest,	cells	are	malfunctioning	and	the	body	is	struggling
desperately	to	make	itself	well	again. Under	these	extra	stress	loads,	to	minimize
the	damage	done,	taking	steps	to	optimize	cellular	function	becomes	even	more
important. Your	Primary	Toxic	Defense:	The	Liver
Various	organs	in	the	body—kidneys,	bowels,	lungs,	lymph	system	and	the
skin—are	designed	to	eliminate	metabolic	waste. Fiber	helps	“carry	out	the
garbage”	in	the	digestive	system,	and	exercise	helps	us	detoxify	via	sweating
and	movement	of	the	lymphatic	system. Water	promotes	detoxification	through
the	kidneys	and	sweat	glands,	and	saunas	assist	in	removal	of	both	water	and	oil-
soluble	toxins. At	any	given	time,	about	25	percent	of	all	the	blood	in	your	body	is	in	your
liver,	awaiting	detoxification. This	process	begins	with	a	sophisticated	filtering
system	that	captures	and	digests	foreign	debris. Next,	enzymes,	produced	by	theliver,	deactivate	and	eliminate	toxins. If	these	enzymes	are	interfered	with—
either	deactivated	by	environmental	toxins	such	as	lead	and	mercury	or	never
manufactured	in	the	first	place	because	of	nutrient	deficiency—toxic	overload	is
certain	to	result. Liver	enzyme	detoxification	has	two	phases:	In	phase	one,	the
liver	produces	enzymes	that	take	harmful	toxins	such	as	alcohol,	pesticides,
herbicides	and	prescription	drugs,	and	oxidizes	them	(burns	them)	in	preparation
for	removal	from	the	body. This	process	creates	potentially	harmful	free	radicals
that	must	be	neutralized	with	dietary	antioxidant	nutrients. In	phase	two,	more
enzymes	are	used	to	combine	the	oxidized	chemicals	from	phase	one	with	other
molecules,	which	then	can	be	excreted	harmlessly	in	the	bile	or	urine. In	both
phases,	the	food	we	eat	supplies	the	raw	materials	needed	to	produce	all	of	these
enzymes	and	other	chemicals	that	are	required. These	elegant	detoxification
systems	depend	on	a	constant	supply	of	nutrients,	which	we	must	obtain	from
our	diet,	but	we	frequently	do	not. Help	your	liver’s	phase-one	detoxification	process	with	antioxidant	nutrients:
vitamins	C,	E	and	A,	along	with	coenzyme	Q10,	carotenoids,	bioflavonoids,
selenium,	manganese,	copper	and	zinc. Some	of	these	nutrients	neutralize	free
radicals	directly;	others	activate	enzymes	that	neutralize	them. Red,	yellow	and
green	vegetables	are	loaded	with	these	antioxidant	nutrients. Assist	your	liver’s
phase-two	detoxification	with	cruciferous	vegetables,	such	as	cabbage,	broccoli,
cauliflower,	green	onions,	kale	and	brussels	sprouts. These	vegetables	enable	the
liver	to	eliminate	powerful	carcinogens,	helping	to	protect	us	against	cancer. These	dietary	suggestions,	combined	with	high-quality	supplements,	can	keep
your	liver’s	toxic	defenses	at	peak	function. Much	of	our	body	is	made	of	water;	the	kidneys	need	it	to	excrete	water-
soluble	toxins. Water	constantly	moves	throughout	your	body	and	must	be
changed	frequently	to	keep	it	pure. A	minimum	of	eight	glasses	of	pure	water
should	be	consumed	every	day,	and	more	is	better. Your	water	supply	must	be
pure	so	as	not	to	add	to	your	toxic	load. Water	should	be	consumed	as	water,	not
as	beverages	such	as	coffee,	tea	or	alcohol	(these	substances	may	cause	the	body
to	lose	water). Water	is	a	simple	choice,	often	overlooked. Dehydration	is	a
common	problem,	especially	among	our	elderly	population. A	toxic	lifestyle	is	often	created	unwittingly. We	fail	to	appreciate	that	many
small	toxic	exposures	over	time,	to	a	wide	variety	of	toxins,	lead	to	an
accumulation,	causing	our	cells	to	malfunction. Even	small	amounts	of	toxins
can	perform	amazing	feats	of	chemistry	by	inhibiting	hormones,	deactivating
enzymes,	compromising	our	detoxification	systems	and	using	up	precious
nutrients. Toxicity	is	seldom	recognized	as	a	primary	cause	of	our	healthproblems. The	toxic	invaders	in	our	lives—whether	they	are	brought	into	our
homes	or	they	are	created	in	our	own	bodies—are	also	not	easily	detected	by
typical	“radar. ”	The	toxins	that	harm	us	seldom	are	labeled	hazardous,	and	they
are	difficult	to	identify. Once	we	understand	the	role	toxins	play	in	cellular	malfunction,	we	can
understand	the	importance	of	minimizing	toxic	exposure	and	maximizing	the
body’s	ability	to	detoxify. In	order	to	protect	yourself	and	your	family,	you	must
learn	how	to	spot	these	silent	and	hidden	dangers,	and	how	to	keep	your
defenses	strong	in	order	to	avoid	toxic	overload. Never	before	has	the	human
body	been	faced	with	such	challenges	of	personal	and	global	pollution. To
respond	to	these	challenges	and	to	move	yourself	in	the	right	direction	on	the
toxin	pathway,	learn	to	make	the	daily	choices	that	will	reduce	your	toxic
exposure	and	support	your	detoxification	systems. 7
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SYCHOLOGIAC
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ATHWAY
“The	simple	truth	is,	happy	people	generally	don’t	get
sick. One’s	attitude	toward	oneself	is	the	single	most
important	factor	in	healing	or	staying	well. Those	who	are	at
peace	with	themselves	and	their	immediate	surroundings
have	far	fewer	serious	illnesses	than	those	who	are	not. ”
Bernie	Siegel,	M. D. Love,	Medicine	&	Miracles
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ven	when	nutrients	are	scarce	and	toxins	abundant,	one’s	potential	for	health
is	nearly	limitless,	and	it	relies	almost	entirely	on	ourselves	and	the	power	of	the
mind. Thoughts	and	emotions	have	a	tremendous	effect	on	our	cells	and
therefore	our	health. What	we	put	into	our	minds	may	be	more	important	than
what	we	put	into	our	bodies. The	power	of	the	mind	is	your	best	ally	in	choosing
to	get	well	and	stay	well. You	are	what	you	think. “How	can	it	be,”	you	might	ask,	“that	the	mind	has	so	much	control	over	the
body. ”	This	question	assumes	that	one	is	separate	from	the	other;	in	fact,	they
are	inseparable. All	the	cells	in	our	body	contribute	to	what	we	call	the	mind,
and	what	goes	on	in	our	mind	affects	what	happens	in	all	our	cells. Chemical	reactions	are	produced	throughout	the	body	by	our	thoughts,
emotions	and	interactions	with	others. Fear	makes	us	turn	pale;	embarrassment
makes	us	blush. Modern	science	has	proven	that	these	“thought	chemicals”
either	can	be	beneficial	or	detrimental	to	health. We	can	choose	what	we	put	into
our	minds,	and	in


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put it, it rids the body of what should not be there, but what should be there goes
round and round and is used again and again. Anything inorganic or dead in the body will be cleaned out. Any inorganic matter,
mostly inorganic minerals which are dissolved rocks and sand. Not only does it rid
the body of dead inorganic matter but there are other living organic things in the
body that shouldn't be there and orin looping also cleans it all out. The bugs, right
from the microscopic virus and harmful bacteria all the way up to the large parasites
as long as your leg. It will not rid the body of good bacteria and enzymes that the
liver decides is good for you. That's the beauty of the way the liver and kidneys work together when orin looping. You dump the toxins at the liver every time you loop. The bad things are forced out
the back passage, or your lungs or skin also get rid of the bad stuff. The good stuff
goes on into your orin. You slowly detox the body and get rid of all the things that
should not be inside you. Looping your orin teaches your body what is foreign and
domestic or another way to say it; what is good for you and what is bad for you. I am a distilled water window cleaner in London. Been doing it for decades now. I see
every day first hand just how powerful pure water is at cleaning. Why is pure water
used in machines instead of mineral water. Because the minerals are all inorganic
dead rocks that will build up. Pure water will dissolve them and clean the machine. Well the human body is a machine. Both distilled water from a distillation machine or
from your body's distillers the kidneys in the form or orin are so magnetic for
anything of the opposite electrical charge. All the good things in your body, living organic minerals that you get from plants are
the same charge. Everybody knows what happens when you put two sides the same
as each other of a horseshoe magnet together. They repel each other, the distilled
water leaves living good things in the body. It physically and magnetically can not rid
the body of living good minerals. What happens when you put two opposite side of the magnet near each other. They
powerfully stick together. This is why it is true to say that pure water will rid your
body of minerals, but only the inorganic rocks and sand that has built up inside of
you. Just as all the bugs, right from the microscopic virus and bacteria all the way up
to the large parasites as long as your leg have the opposite electrical charge and
pure water will magnetically rid the body of them. I see every day in my job just how powerful pure water is at cleaning. It is so
magnetic and vacuums up all the dirt. This what happens in the human body when
you loop your orin, it takes it to the liver and then expels it out with the waste. So
the good clean blood can go on with all the good things to make your orin. Key point to remember. Both distilled water from a machine or from your kidneys
absolutely can not rid the body of good living minerals. But they will powerfully rid
the body of any inorganic minerals and any foreign matter of the opposite electrical
charge. The Death of Prejudice Is the Birth of the Chance to Heal
Fear about urine is conditioned and irrational. The following prejudices must be
overcome:
Urine is full of germs. Urine is absolutely sterile and most of the urine that your body produces goes
back into the bloodstream anyway. Just think about this fact. If urine was full of
germs then why does your body put 90% back into the bloodstream. If you
choose to drink the 10% the body sends to your bladder, what you pee out that
is exactly the same as what your body just put back into your blood stream
anyway. Urine smells
After a while the uric acid in urine changes into ammonia, and only then does the
urine start to smell. However, the smell will evaporate completely if the urine
gets absorbed into the skin, or any organic surface. Yes it will smell just like old
milk does if it's spilt onto an inorganic surface. Urine is liquid you, or liquid meat
if you like. Yes meat or milk will smell bad if they are left for a long time. The fact
that old milk or old meat smells bad does not stop people consuming new fresh
good quality meat or milk. Urine is a waste product
How can it make sense to reintroduce into the body a fluid that it just has
expended considerable effort to eliminate. A short and simple explanation: Urine
comprises the sum of all the experiences that the body has had (much as our
individual personalities comprise the sum of our experience). Records of
disturbances, infections, diseases, and allergies are stored within our urine. If we
confront our immune system with this information for a second time, we
stimulate the construction of a (finally) effective defence. Urine therefore
teaches the immune system a lesson. Just the same as immunisations teach the
body to build immunity to whatever you are getting immunised against. Your
urine tells your lymphatic system the information it needs to build antibodies. Fighting like with like. Introduce a homeopathic amount and your body has the
information to learn how to deal with it. If you have toxic overload, then won’t it be harmful to keep putting it back in. Even if somebody has serious toxic overload, there will only be homeopathic
amounts in their urine. Take for example somebody working with lead, arsenic,
mercury or asbestos. They are touching it every day or breathing it in and
consuming it often. Still only very small amounts will be in their urine. So small
it’s really only really the memory of the toxins, just the right amount to tell the
body the information it needs to deal with the problems. Urine develops an unpleasant odour on the skin
This is not true. It is, however, necessary for the fluid to be completely absorbed. If, for example, you make compresses, I recommend an animal fibre like wool
rather than cotton, since the urine will not develop an odour in animal fibres
while it will smell in cotton (as we know from cotton diapers). Urine should
certainly not be used with synthetic fibres. Remember it doesn't smell on organic
surfaces but will on inorganic. Urine contains viruses and bacteria
Our own urine doesn't contain any viruses or bacteria that really could harm us
because those have already been filtered out by the liver. And the remaining
ones are exactly the ones that the body should fight with the help of urine
therapy. Urine contains many toxic compounds that the body wants to get out
The liver cleans the blood and takes out anything toxic that should be excreted
from the body. What the body decides is good stuff goes on to the kidneys to be
regulated. The excess good stuff is taken out of the blood in the form of urine,
90% goes back into the blood and about 10% goes to the bladder. Trace amounts of toxic things may have got past the liver, but these will be
homeopathic amounts. Homeopathy suggests trace amounts of these things are good for you by teaching the body the information how to deal with it, just like
the principle behind immunisation injections. Urine tastes bad
Even healthy urine, especially the first evacuation in the morning, can
sometimes taste salty and bitter. Later in the day if you are well hydrated and
have cleaned your blood then it becomes like slightly sweet coconut water. You
get used to it and actually love it. Just as many drinks like beer or maybe wine,
to start with the first few times you ever tasted them you weren't sure about it,
but now you love it. My girlfriend/partner won't want to kiss me if I loop my urine
Get your blood clean, and then get your urine into sweet coconut water. This is
then called orin and then she will want to kiss you. Can you drink each other’s urine. The answer is yes, but it will take you out of a fasted state. It will not be
recognised as exactly the same as what is already in your blood. There are
advantages to do this very occasionally however, you can be immunised from
the information in somebody else’s Orin. Also using your partner’s Orin for body
rubs and massaging each other will not take you out of a fasted state. Does urine change throughout day. Yes it does, this is a big question and deserves a big answer. The body knows
what is best for the body at the right time. Your body will release the hormones
and compounds that are best for your body at that time throughout the day. So
drinking fairly old aged orin while beneficial will take you out of fasted state. If
it’s only a matter of hours old it will still be recognised by your body and can go
right back into the blood not needing to be processed. For example as soon as you wake up and sunlight comes through your window,
when you open your eyes and that sunlight gets into your eyes, this starts a
process of releasing compounds and substances into your blood. They are then
in your orin at the right time, next time you pee, loop all these substances as
well as everything your body put into your blood while you were sleeping. These
are exactly what the body needs at that time. But many people have deficiency
in these beneficial compounds just when they need them