 be delivered to
the tissues. The RBCs’ viscoelastic properties or deformability is possible because of a spectrin–actin interaction within the erythrocyte, which is dependent on its stored ATP and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate. 167
If 2,3-diphosphoglycerate or ATP stores are reduced by ischemia-hypoxia
(Heckler/Marcel), it is probable that RBCs will increase their rigidity and thus be unable to adequately perfuse the cerebral microvasculature. This consequence would prevent optimal oxygen delivery to neurons and glial cells, which rely on oxy -
gen for the elaboration of ATP and for their basic cellular metabolism. Infusion of FDP raises the concentration of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate,
168 allowing RBCs to deform
normally and consequently facilitating oxygen disassociation from hemoglobin169,170
during ischemia-hypoxia. Conversely, DMSO is reported to promote the formation of ATP from ADP
171 and to preserve mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation, thus
ensuring ATP production after experimental brain ischemia172 This activity could
additionally favor RBC deformability during tissue ischemic-hypoxia, a process that would improve cerebral perfusion. Another advantage of adding FDP to DMSO is that FDP has been shown to be
effective in preventing ischemic injury to the brain
173,174 ostensibly by inhibiting exci -
totoxic release of glutamate during brain ischemia and preventing ATP loss by sub -
stantially increasing the flux of glucose into the pentose-phosphate pathway. Indirect evidence has also demonstrated that FDP can modulate cerebrovascular tone, myo -
cardial contractility, platelet aggregation, and blood pressure,
175,176 systems that can
exacerbate damage following severe head injury. The exact mechanism for the synergic activity demonstrated by the DMSO + FDP
combination has not yet been determined, but it may be assumed to lie in the abil -
ity of each agent to address different but critical metabolic abnormalities associated with the pathogenesis of severe head injury, for example, ATP loss leading to neu -
ronal energy deficiency, metabolic acidosis, abnormal Ca
2+ entry into cells, platelet
aggregation, inflammatory response, cerebrovascular constriction, glutamate toxic -
ity, ICP increase, and free radical formation. This drug combination is reviewed in terms of its effect on experimental and clinical ischemic strokes in this chapter and Chapter 9. 160 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
DMSO IN EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN ISCHEMIA
Stroke is the most fatal neurological disease and the leading cause of long-term dis -
ability in the United States. Stroke is divided into two major types, ischemic stroke,
where an artery is blocked by a blood clot, and hemorrhagic stroke, where a brain vessel bleeds from a leak or a rupture. About 80% of strokes involve blockage of a major cerebral artery, and this is where most of the animal research in brain isch -
emia is presently focused. 177 A considerable amount in our current understanding of
cerebral ischemia induced by stroke comes from animal models representing global and focal ischemia. Global ischemia is the product of mild-to-severe reduction of cerebral blood
flow throughout the brain, which can occur either acutely or chronically. If blood flow  cannot be restored within a given time limit (depending on the cause),
 permanent damage to the brain or death can result. When blood flow is restored
after global ischemia, reperfusion injury can occur if the brain is not pharmaco -
logically protected. Many diseases can cause chronic global brain ischemia such as atherosclerosis of a conducting brain artery, diabetes, sickle cell anemia, cardiac arrhythmias, and congenital heart defects, while acute global ischemia can result from a heart attack. 178
Focal brain ischemia is less severe than global ischemia but more common
both clinically and using experimental animal models. Focal ischemia reduces blood supply to a specific region of the brain where immediate or delayed neuro -
nal death can occur. 178 This area of injury is called the core ischemic zone and is
marked by severe ischemia with blood flow falling 75%–90% of baseline in con -
junction with the loss of oxygen and glucose, leading to rapid depletion energy stores. 178 Severe focal ischemia can result in brain cell death from the necrosis of
neurons within the ischemic core, but glial cells may be spared if blood flow is restored early. 179
Surrounding the ischemic core is an area called the penumbra where brain cells
are kept structurally intact by collateral blood vessels but functionally impaired. 180
The ischemic penumbra is a zone where pharmacological therapy could most
likely be effective in restoring the loss of function. 181 The ischemic penumbra blood
perfusion is generally too low to maintain electric activity but sufficient to preserve ion channels and structural integrity. 180
Research using animal models of stroke have provided not only an understand -
ing of the pathomechanisms underlying injury after ischemic stroke but also a way to develop effective therapy to prevent and arrest the severe pathology associated with stroke. Although many models of stroke have been used for research, includ-ing nonhuman primates, rodents are more often used due to their lower cost, ease of handling, substantial characterization of pathological expectations from previous research, and potential for genetic engineering. Experimental focal ischemia has generally involved occlusion of the MCA that is
the largest branch of the internal carotid artery (ICA) that supplies a portion of the anterolateral frontal lobe, most of the temporal lobe, and the parietal lobe. Occlusion of the MCA in animals can result in sensory-motor deficits and cognitive impairment 161 DMSO in Basic Neuroprotection
that can be monitored, quantitated, and analyzed by a variety of research tools when
drug evaluation is done. In the context of cerebral arterial thrombosis, the effects of thrombotic stroke can
be induced experimentally by cautery or by photothrombosis of the MCA, which differs from those due to cerebral ischemia induced by mechanical ligation or intra -
luminal occlusions of intracranial brain arteries
182 (Figure 8. 5). There are two commonly used surgical approaches to provide direct access to
the arterial circulation of rodents. The first approach is to perform a craniotomy that allows access to distal branches of the ICA, such as the much used MCA, to be occluded either with a neurofilament or by cautery
183,184 (Figure 8.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What is a concussion?,
A: A type of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) that occurs when the brain is jarred or shaken, often resulting in functional impairments.
Q: What is the estimated number of concussions that occur each year in high school sports alone?,
A: Up to 250,000
Q: What is the primary cause of stroke, according to the text?,
A: The blockage of a major cerebral artery, which can lead to a lack of oxygen and glucose delivery to the brain.
Q: What is the significance of using nonhuman primates in stroke research?,
A: To provide a more accurate model for human stroke research, as they have a brain structure similar to humans and can be used to test the effectiveness of potential treatments.
Q: What is the primary concern when using DMSO in the treatment of stroke or traumatic brain injury?,
A: The potential for a subtle balance between cerebral blood flow and oxygenation, which is crucial for maintaining cell viability and preventing further damage.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>It is now well recog -
nized that low cerebral blood flow and CPP are potentially harmful in patients with
brain trauma and are associated with poor outcome.231,232
What is less clear is whether altering cerebral blood flow or CPP will lead to clini -
cal improvement. The study by Brown et al.230 suggests that the traumatized brain 3.0
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DMSO
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FIGURE 8.9  Cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption decreased in all animals after
injury and rose progressively after DMSO (triangles) as compared to untreated animals (dark
circles). (Adapted from Brown, F.D. et al., Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 411, 245, 1983.) 100
50mm Hg
0
11 03 0
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FIGURE 8.10  CPP fell to nearly half of the baseline values within 10 min of injury and was
reversed by DMSO (triangles). Two hours after DMSO treatment, CPP values had returned to baseline unlike untreated animals (dark circles). (Adapted from Brown, F.D. et al., Ann. NY
Acad. Sci., 411, 245, 1983. )176 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
requires a normal CPP before adequate cerebral blood flow and satisfactory oxygen
metabolism can be attained. This thinking is now supported by the work of investi -
gators from the Brain Trauma Foundation. With respect to DMSO’s ability to stabilize mean arterial pressure after a missile
injury, several studies have documented that brain trauma wors


 of an angry
God, a jealous God, a God who needs to
be needed. And that is not a God at all, but
a neurotic substitute for that which would
be a deity. A true Master is not the one with the most
students, but one who creates the most
Masters. A true leader is not the one with the most
followers, but one who creates the most
leaders. A true  king is not the one with the most
subjects, but one who leads the most to
royalty. A true teacher is not the one with the most
knowledge, but one who causes the most
others to have knowledge. And a true God is not One with the most
servants, but One who s erves the most,
thereby making Gods of all others. For this is both the goal and the glory of
God: that His subjects shall be no more,  and that all shall know God not as the
unattainable, but as the unavoidable. I would that you could this understand: your
happy destiny is unavoidable. You  cannot
not be “saved.” There is no hell except not
knowing this. So now, as parents, spouses, and loved
ones, seek not to make of your love a glue
that binds, but rather a magnet that first
attracts, then turns around and  repels, lest
those who are attracted begin to believe
they must stick to you to survive. Nothing
could be further from the truth. Nothing
could be more damaging to another. Let your love propel your beloveds into the
world —and into the full experience of  who
they are. In this will you have truly loved. It
is a great challenge, this path of the  householder. There are many distractions,
many worldly concerns. The ascetic is
bothered by none of these. He is brought
his bread and water, and given his humble
mat on which to lie, and he can devote his
every hour to prayer, meditation, and
contemplation of the divine. How easy to
see the divine under such circumstances! How simple a task! Ah, but give one a
spouse, and children! See the divine in a
baby who needs changing at 3 A.M. See
the divine in a bill that needs paying by the
first of the month. Recognize the hand of
God in the illness that takes a spouse, the
job that’s lost, the child’s fever, the parent’s
pain. Now we are talking saintliness. I understand y our fatigue. I know you are
tired of the struggle. Yet I tell you this:
When you follow Me, the struggle disappears. Live in your God space and the
events become blessings, one and all. How can I get to my God space when I’ve
lost my job, the rent needs paying, the kids
need a  dentist, and being in my lofty,
philosophical space seems the least likely
way to solve any of  this? Do not forsake Me when you need Me
most. Now is the hour of your greatest
testing. Now is the time of your greatest
chance. I t is the chance to prove everything
that has been written here. When I say “don’t forsake Me,” I sound like
that needy, neurotic God we talked  about. But I’m not. You can “forsake Me” all you
want. I don’t care, and it won’t  change a
thing between us. I me rely say this in
answer to your questions. It is when  the going gets tough that you so often forget
Who You Are, and the tools I have  given
you for creating the life that you would
choose. Now is the time to go to your God space
more than ever. First, it w ill bring you great
peace of mind —and from a peaceful mind
do great ideas flow —ideas which could  be
solutions to the biggest problems you
imagine yourself to have. Second, it is in your God space that you
Self realize, and that is the purpose —the
only purp ose—of your soul. When you are in your God space, you know
and understand that all you are now
experiencing is temporary. I tell you that
heaven and Earth shall pass away, but you  shall not. This ever -lasting perspective
helps you to see things in their pr oper light. You can define these present conditions
and circumstances as what they truly are:
temporary and temporal. You may then use
them as tools —for that is what they are,
temporary, temporal tools —in the creation
of present experience. Just who do you  think you are? In
relationship to the experience called lose -
a-job, who do you think you are? And,
perhaps more to the point, who do you
think I am? Do you imagine this is too big a
problem for Me to solve? Is getting out of
this jam  too big a miracle for  Me to handle? I understand that you may think it’s too big
for you to handle, even with all the tools I
have given you —but do you really think it’s  too big for Me? I know intellectually that no job is too big for
God. But emotionally I guess I can’t be
sure. Not  whether You can handle it, but
whether You will. I see. So it’s a matter of faith. Yes. You don’t question My ability;  you merely
doubt My desire. You see, I still live this theology that says
there may be a lesson in here somewhere
for me. I’m still not sure I’m supposed to
have a solution. Maybe I’m supposed to
have the problem. Maybe this is one of
those “tests” my theology keeps telling me
about. So I worry that this  problem may not
be solved. That this is one of those You’re
going to let  me hang here with...  Perhaps this is a good time to go over once
more how it is that I interact with you,
because you think it is a question of My
desire, and I’m telling you it’s a question of
yours. I want for you what you want for you. Nothing more, no thing less. I don’t sit here
and make a judgment, request by request,
whether something should be granted you. My law is the law of cause and effect, not
the law of We’ll See. There is nothing you
can’t have if you choose it. Even before you
ask, I will ha ve given it to you. Do you
believe this? No. I’m sorry. I’ve seen too many prayers
go unanswered. Don’t be sorry. Just always stay with the
truth—the truth of your experience. I  understand that. I honor that. That’s okay
with Me. Good, because I don’t beli eve that
whatever I ask, I get. My life has not been
a testimony to  that. In fact, I rarely get what
I ask for. When I do, I consider myself
damned lucky. That’s an interesting choice of words. You
have an option, it seems. In your life, you
can either be damned lucky, or you can be
blessing lucky. I’d rather you be blessing
lucky —but, of course, I’ll never interfere
with your decisions. I tell you this: You always get what you
create, and you are always creating. I do not make a judgment about the
creation s that you conjure, I simply
empower  you to conjure more —and more and more and more. If you don’t like what
you’ve  just created, choose again. My job,
as God, is to always give you that
opportunity. Now you are telling Me that you haven’t
always gotten wha t you’ve wanted. Yet I am
here to tell you that you’ve always gotten
what you called forth. Your Life is always a result of your thoughts
about it —including your obviously  creative
thought that you seldom get what you
choose. Now in this present instance  you
see yourself as the victim of the situation in
the losing of your job. Yet the truth  is that
you no longer chose that job. You stopped
getting up in the morning in  anticipation,
and began getting up with dread. You
stopped feeling happy about your  work and
began feeling resentment. You even began fantasizing doing something  else. You think
these things mean nothing? You
misunderstand your power. I tel l you this:
Your Life proceeds out of your intentions for
it. So what is your intention  now? Do you
inten d to prove your theory that life seldom
brings you what you  choose? Or do you
intend to demonstrate Who You Really Are
and Who I Am? I feel chagrined. Chastised. Embarrassed. Does that serve you? Why not simply
acknowledge the truth when you hear it,
and move toward it? There is no need to
recriminate against yourself. Simply notice
what  you’ve been choosing and choose
again. But why am I so ready to always choose
the negative? And then to spank myself for
it? What can you expect? You were told from
your ea rliest days that you’re “bad.” You
accept that you were born in “sin.” Feeling
guilty is a learned response. You’ve been


 I question every  negative feeling with:
“Am I that, or am I the one that is aware of it?”
This question immediately takes most of the power out of the feeling because
it stops you from identifying with it. “See tha t though ts and feelings are like a train that enters a station and then
leaves; be like the station, not like a passenger.”
Rupert Spira, fr om  The Ashes of Love
Notice that feelings appear and  then disappear, and that it’ s you, A wareness,
that is aware of them when the y first appear and aware of them when they
disappear. “Negative feelin gs are in you, not in reality. Never identify with that feeling. It has nothing to do with the ‘I. ’ Don’ t define your essential self in terms of
that feel ing. Don ’ t say, ‘I am depressed.’ If you want to say, ‘It is depressed,’
that’ s al l right. If you want to say, ‘Depression is there,’ that’ s fine; if you
want to say, ‘Gl oominess is there,’ that’ s fine. But not: ‘I am gloomy.’ Y ou’re
defining yourself in terms of t he feeling. That’ s your illusion; that’ s your
mistake. There is a depression there right now, there are hurt feelings there
right now, but let it be, leave it alone. It will pass. Everything passes,
everything.”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
“Say to your mind, ‘Get as worked up or depressed as you wa nt. I am only
ever going to observe or ignore you, but I am not going to join you.’”
MoojiIt’ s an Inside Job
“Imagine a patient who goes to a doctor and tells him what he is suf fering
from. The doctor says, ‘V ery well, I’ve understood your symp toms. Do you
know what I w ill do? I will prescribe a medicine for your n eighbor!’ The
patient r eplies, ‘Thank you very much, Doctor, that makes me feel much
better.’ I sn’ t tha t absurd? But that’ s what we all do. The person  who is asleep
always thinks he’ll feel better if somebody else changes. Y ou’re suf fering
because you are asleep, but you’re thinking, ‘How wonderful li fe would be if
somebody else would change; how wonderful life would be if  my neighbor
changed, my wife changed, my boss changed.’”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
Don’ t expect people, circumstances, and events to change fo r you to feel
better, because none of them ever will. Y ou’ll never be happy if you wait for
the world to change according to your desires or your expectations. T o change
how you feel in any given moment is always an inside job. “W e spend all o ur time and ener gy trying to change external c ircumstances,
trying to change our spouses, our bosses, our friends, our enemies, and
everybody else. W e don’ t have to change anything. Negative f eelings are in
you. No person on earth has the power to make you unhappy... Nobody told
you this; they told you the opposite.”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
Negative feeling s are self-inflicted. W e’re the ones who cause our own stress
and upset, as much as we would like to think that our stress and upset are
inflicted upon us from the world around us. “The actions of others do not have the power to grant you or deny you peace.”
Jac O’Keeffe
“No eve nt justifies a negative feeling. There is no situation in the world that
justifies a negative feeling. That’ s what all our mystics have  been crying
themselves hoar se to tell us. But nobody listens. The negative  feeling is in
you.”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
It’ s good news  that we inflict negative feelings on ourselves, because it means
we h ave the power to stop doing it! And when we suf fer enou gh with those
bad feelings, we will want to find a way out. Nothing teaches us to look for a
way out more than unhappine ss and being miserable. Even better news,
there’ s a simple way to end bad feelings—for good.C H A P T E R  6  S u m m a r y
When you ar e fr ee of all negative feelings, what r emains is
the Infinite A war eness that you  ar e, and your life will be
absolutely br eathtaking. Thoughts cr eate feelings. The kinds of thoughts you have
will cr eate the same kinds of feelings. What you feel inside will match pr ecisely with your
experience in the outside world. Feeling good is your true natur e. Whenever you feel good, it
means you must have let go of bad feelings, enabling good
feelings to naturally arise. Positive and good feelings ar e a r esult of saying “Y es” to
what is happeni ng in life. Nega tive feelings ar e a r esult of
thinking or saying “No!” about what is happening in life. Positive feelings  ar e completely effortless because they’r e
our true  natur e. Negative feelings r equir e a huge amount of
ener gy to maintain. Fr om the time we wer e childr en we have unconsciously
suppr essed cou ntless negative  feelings, which ar e now
stor ed in our subconscious mind. When you have a negative experience that causes bad
feelings, unless you let go of the negative feeling completely,
it ends up being pushed down and suppr essed inside you. Letting off steam or venting isn ’ t the answer. That will just
add mo r e ener gy to our alr eady suppr essed emotion,
because expr essed feelings get suppr essed too. A s uppr essed feeling will find an outlet to take some
pr essur e off the body, so it will find people, cir cumstances,
or e vents to e nable some of its built-up ener gy to be
r eleased.When you next experience a negative emotion sweeping
over you, r emember that no ma tter how it might appear to
you, you ’r e expe riencing it because it is  already inside you
—not because an outside person or cir cumstance caused it. Negative feelin gs ar e ener gized even further when we
believe that a negative feeling is who we ar e.
Question  every negative feeling with: “Am I that, or am I
the one that is awar e of it?”
Notice th at feeli ngs appear and then disappear, and that it’ s
you, A war eness, that is awar e of them coming and going. Don’ t expect people, cir cumsta nces, and events to change
for y ou to feel better. T o change how you feel in any given
moment is always an inside job.C h a p t e r  7
The End of Negative Feelings
“The only thing standing betwee n you and what you are is a thought or a feeling. It’ s very simple.”
My teacher
Happiness is your natural state,  so if you don’ t feel happy right now, then you
have a negative feeling that is s topping that happiness from being present within
you. Th is chapte r has various p ractices that will help end nega tive feelings that
have had you wr apped in their re petitive loop. When you are free from them, you
will finally live your life in your natural state of sheer joy and happiness—a life
more spectacular than anything you have lived up until now. “The first thing you need to do is get in touch with negative feelings that you’re
not even aware of. Lots of people have negative feelings they ’re not aware of. Lots of people are depressed an d they’re not aware they are depressed. It’ s only
when th ey make  contact with jo y that they understand how dep ressed they were. The firs t thing you need is awa reness of your negative feelings. What negative
feelings? Gloominess, for instance. Y ou’re feeling gloomy and moody. Y ou feel
self-hatred or guilt. Y ou feel tha t life is pointless, that it makes no sense; you’ve
got hurt feelings, you’re feelin g nervous and tense. Get in touch with those
feelings first.”
Anthony de Mello, S.J., fr om  A wareness: Conversations with the Masters
Y ou don’ t need to know the name of the negative feeling yo u have, because
sometimes it can be hard to pinp oint exactly what you’re feeling. All you need to
know is  that if t he feeling isn’ t a happy feeling, it’ s a negative feeling, and that
negative feeling  is holding bac k your life and preventing yo u from living in
constant happiness. Just be aware of  the negative feeling without resisting it, express ing it, or judging
it in any way, and recognize that it’ s just a feeling. Do not make


. Put
through the food  mill. (This will also get rid of the skin.) Cut carrot into thin matchsticks. Chop
the green pepper and celery. Add these to the potato purée and form into small cakes. Coat with
oats and bake in the oven  at 325° F (170° C) on a baking sheet sprinkled with oats to prevent
sticking. 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 269Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comPotatoes and Carrots, Westphalian Style
6-8 small (or 4-5 large carrots) carrots, sliced
3 medium (or 2 large) potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 large onion, chopped
3-4 tbsp. of soup stock
Slice carrots into pan. Peel and slice potatoes and chop onion. Add all together in pan with soup
stock (see “‘ Special Soup’ or ‘Hippocrates Soup ’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—
The Basic Rules,” p. 106). Let simmer until done, adding a bit more soup stock, if necessary. When done, no liquid should remain in pan. Potatoes Anna
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 to 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
onion, cooked
1 lb. potatoes, very thinly sliced
garlic, crushed
yogurt
parsley, finely chopped
Using a 10 -inch flan (or quiche) tin with  at least 1-inch sides, place a layer of cooked onions
(sweated by the Gerson® method, which is done in a covered saucepan over very low heat for
approximately 1 hour) on the bottom of the flan dish   Sprinkle with a little water to stop the
onions from sticking. Very thinly slice the potatoes and layer them in the dish on top of the
onions. Sprinkle with crushed garlic and some of the yogurt. Add an additional two layers, again
sprinkling with garlic and yogurt. Press down each layer and make sure the potatoes overlap
each other very slightly so there are no spaces. Cover the dish (e.g., by using a base from a
larger loose-bottomed cake tin). Bake at 350° F ( 180° C) for about 1 to 1 to 1-1/2 hours or  until
the potatoes feel soft when pierced with a knife. Check the potatoes while cooking; if they look
too dry, add a little more yogurt. To serve, turn the potato cake out of its dish and sprinkle with
finely chopped parsley. 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 270Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comPotato Puffs
baking potato
Take a baking potato and cut it into thin (1/2-inch) slices. Place the slices on the oven rack and,
without any addition, bake at high heat (425° F (218° C)) to puf f. Turn over and lower heat to
325° F (163° C) with oven door cracked open. Bake for another 20 minutes. The slices puff up
and become crisp and tasty, almost like fried potatoes. Done when shiny brown on both sides. This is marginal food, so eat it occasionally. Potato Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. small new potatoes
large sprig of mint
1 tbsp. fresh parsley
Dressing:
4 oz. yogurt
little flaxseed oil
2 cloves garlic, crushed
Scrub the potatoes and put in a saucepan with a little water. Gently simmer until cooked but
still firm. While the potatoes are still hot, slice them and put into a warm dish. Pour over the
dressing. Finish by sprinkling fresh chopped mint and parsley. Quick Bake Potatoes
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
potatoes
flaxseed oil
Cut potatoes in half lengthwise and score cut surfaces with diagonal lines crossing each other
(like lattice work). They will cook in about half the time in the oven at 300-350 ° F (149-177 °
C); when cool enough,  the surfaces can be coated with flaxseed oil. 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 271Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comQuick Tomatoes and Zucchini
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
2 medium tomatoes, sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/4 to 1/2 tsp. sugar (optional)
1 medium zucchini, sliced
Slice the tomatoes and place in the bottom of a saucepan,  along with the crushed garlic and
sugar (if using). Slice the zucchini  and place on top. Set on a gentle heat. When the tomatoes
begin to cook, stir, cover and cook for about 20 minutes. Ratatouille
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
Serves 2-4
8 oz. onions, sliced
8 oz. green/red/yellow bell peppers, seeded and thinly sliced
8 oz. eggplant
4 tomatoes, chopped
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
2 tsp. apple cider vinegar
marjoram
Slice the onions and place in a baking dish. Seed  and thinly slice the peppers. Add to the dish. Cut the eggplant s in quarters lengthwise and then into 1/4 -inch slices, and add. Chop the
tomatoes and finely chop the garlic clove. Add to the dish together with the apple cider vinegar. Cook very gently in the oven at 3 25° F ( 170° C) until well done. Can also be cooked on top of
the stove. 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 272Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comRed Cabbage
1/2 red cabbage, shredded
3 tsp. vinegar
3 large onions, chopped
2 bay leaves
a little soup stock
3 apples, peeled and grated
1 tsp. sugar
Combine cabbage, vinegar, onions, bay leaves and soup stock (see “‘Special Soup’ or
‘Hippocrates Soup’” in Chapter 12, “Preparing Food and Juices—The Basic Rules,” p. X) in a
pan. Stew over low heat for approximately 1 hour. At the 1/2-hour mark, add apples and sugar. Red Cabbage and Apple Casserole
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 1-1/2 hours
Serves 2
medium red cabbage, shredded
apples (cook ing or green), sliced
juice of 1 orange
apple cider vinegar
maple syrup
Shred the red cabbage and slice the apple. Place layers of red cabbage and apple in a casserole
dish. Pour over the orange juice, apple cider vinegar and maple syrup. Cover with a tight-fitting
lid and bake at  350° F (180° C) for about 1-1/2 hours, or until tender. Stir and serve. Almost
better as a reheated leftover! 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 273Healing the Gerson Way—Defeating Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases
www.thegersonway.comRed Kuri Squash with Vegetables
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2-4
1 red kuri squash
1 tbsp. water
1 small sweet potato, cooked
1 small zucchini, cooked
1 red (or green) bell pepper, cooked
1 tomato, peeled
onion (or garlic) powder
fresh herbs
Cut the red kuri squash in half. This is easily done with a very sharp, pointed knife. Scoop out
the seeds, leaving the rest of the red flesh intact. Stand upright in a heat-proof dish to whi ch
the water  has been added. Cover and bake at 300-350 ° F (149-177° C)  until cooked (about 30
minutes; test by inserting a knife into the flesh). If there is enough room, the other vegetables
could be cooked in the same dish. Otherwise, bake them in a separate dish in the same way,
or cook them gently on top of the stove  in a saucepan. When cooked, pile the vegetables into
the squash halves. Sprinkle with onion (or garlic) powder or fresh herbs. Serve with a colorful
mixed salad. Roasted Zucchini  and Pepper Salad
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Serves 2
1 lb. small zucchini
2 red bell peppers, seeded and quartered


 was practically
no information on body cleansing or fasting. I
learned about liver cleansing from a talented
healer from a neighboring village. I’d known
about fasting since childhood, beca use my
grandmother had rigidly observed the fast —
only water and nothing else. I cleansed my liver
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frand gradually began conducting fasts. I felt bet-
ter after a ten -day fast, my joints were hurting
less, my capacity for movement increased. After
that I star ted walking more. Once after a walk I
had bad swelling in my left knee and horrible
pain. I thought that if I tried fasting without wa-
ter, then my swelling would come down faster. To my surprise, the pain and the swelling went
away on the third day, which had never hap-
pened during water  fasting. The first time I dry
fasted for five days. Of course, it was harder than
a water  fast, but the results and the effect of dry
fasting impressed me. I realized that you can
achieve better results in a shorter period of time. After that, I only fasted dry. Every week I dry
fasted for a day, and two times a year – for seven. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frWith great effort and with the help of the
knowledge I had received from other people’s
experience, I achieved a full cure from coxar-
throsis of the hip joints. Last year I celebrated my 80th birthday as a
practically healthy man. Reaching this age, which seemed improbable
and inaccessible 30 years ago, not only became a
reality, but a reality full of joy and happiness. The tests that I conducted and my test results
show that I’m not only healthy, but also that for
me the age of 80 isn’t the time of decrepit old age
and suffering from ailments, on the contrary, it’s
the time of a normal life of a person looking for-
ward to the future. (... ). Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frTo support the due level of health, I first and
foremost take care of my moral health, and mon-
itor my nutrition regime, which rich in cereals,
vegetables, fruit, without salt or solid fats, and
maintain a high level of physical activity, but the
most important thing is systemic dry fasting.”
Subsequently, this unique example influenced
me greatly, affecting my decision to introduce
dry fasting into my practice. One of the striking examples of the miracle of
fasting is the author of the homonymous book
Paul Bragg20. He tragically died surfing the ocean

20 Paul Chappuis Bragg  (1895 – 1976) was an American  alterna-
tive health  food advocate and fitness enthusiast. He wrote on sub-
jects such as  detoxification, dieting, fasting, longevity, natural hy-
giene  and physical culture. His books are very popular in Russia. Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frwaves at the age of 95 and remained healthy until
his very death. Perhaps, one day doctors will accept fasting as
a powerful natural method of body rejuvenation,
which is in many ways superior to manipula-
tions with stem cells or expensive plastic surgery. It’s important to understand that any effective
rejuvenation of the body is the result of internal
strength and processes working under favorable
conditions, and not of forcible states induced by
exotic actions. Health restoration, in other
words, termination of the pathological state and
rejuvenation are the same process. If we could see fasting as a method that gives
the body an opportunity to not only free itself of
the load of accumulated toxins, but also  from the
burden of accumulated anomalous changes in its
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for the purposes of rejuvenation with enormous
success. 8.7. Preventive mechanism: protection
against radiation, adverse environmental fac-
tors, preve ntion of oncological diseases
Why does fasting protect from radiation and
why are fasts held on designated days? In order
to answer this question comprehensively, we
are going to begin with what seems an entirely
different topic — how does radiation damag e
our organism? Radiation is a powerful flow of
energy which, when penetrating the organs,
cannot be assimilated by the cells because of its
power and causes a phenomenon of ionization
in them. Ionization is the tearing off of atoms
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frand molecules caused by  the impact of the par-
ticles. As a result, a mass of radicals is formed in
the cells. A radical is an extremely biologically
active fragment of a molecule which combines
with DNA molecules and blocks their biological
properties, which start to damage its genetic ap-
paratus. Then a breakdown of the DNA and
RNA double helix takes place. As soon as that
happens, and it usually happens in the quickly
dividing cells of the gastrointestinal tract, the
cells stop dividing and start being destroyed as
foreign by the  organism’s own immune system. A destructive process develops in the tissues. Such micro -holes created by the aforemen-
tioned process are easily penetrated by infec-
tions (which are numerous in the gastrointesti-
nal tract) and then sepsis begins, leading to t he
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frorganism’s death. Scientists conducted a series
of interesting experiments on rats. One group
of rats was exposed to radiation or fed food con-
taining radionucleotides, and then starved. For
comparison purposes, a group of absolutely
healthy animals was starved, too. A physiologi-
cal period of starvation for rats is 12 days. All
animals in the healthy control group died after
this period, but the irradiated rats lived for 24
days, started to look even better than before,
and had no intention of dying. The researchers
had to kill the rats and thoroughly analyzed
their tissues, as a result of which they found out
that the rats looked excellent, as young, healthy
animals, and had no radioactive damage! Why
does this happen? It turns out, when fasting
during ad vanced biosynthesis, the body needs
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before, now is fully expended on this. The bad
turns into good! A number of other mecha-
nisms that protect the organism from radiation
during hunger were discovered at the same
time. Here they are:
1. The body restores the cells’ membranes by
increasing alcohol production. Restoration of
the cells’ membranes is nothing but a rein-
forcement of cellular barriers. As a result,
subsequent exposure to radiation will have a
less pronounced damaging effect on the cells. 2. Increased carbon dioxide content in the cells
decreases the ionization caused by exposure
to radiation. 3. The quickly dividing cells of the gastrointes-
tinal tract, which suffer the most from
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frradiation, abruptly slow down their division. After all, they’re forced to divide quickly be-
cause they’re affected by their own digestive
enzymes, get damaged and desquamate. The
organism, owing to high speed of division of
these cells, restores the stomach and intesti-
nal walls. This do esn’t happen during fasting. The gastrointestinal tract cells rest, and the
energy previously spent on accelerated divi-
sion is now used for restoring internal struc-
tures, repairing torn DNA and RNA helices. This is also facilitated by enhanced biosyn-
thesis  inside the cell because of the fixation of
carbon dioxide in it, which doesn’t happen
during regular food intake. Owing to that,
they don’t die, don’t get rejected by their own
organism, and when the body switches to
Copyright © Vera Giovanna Bani 2019 www.dryfasting.infoThis Ebook was purchased by Gilberto Franchi email: gilbertofranchi@hotmail.frregular food intake, they divide as if  nothing
had happened and perform their former
functions to the full extent. But during regu-
lar food intake, these two processes of


oothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	frozen	pineapple	chunks

1. 1	tablespoon	coconut	flakes

1. 1	teaspoon	raw	cocoa	powder

1. 1/2	cup	coconut	water

1. 1/2	cup	almond	milk

Directions

1. Put	all	ingredients	into	your	blender. 2. Mix	well	until	smoothie	consistency	is	reached. 3. Pour	into	chilled	glass	and	serve.Mango	Pina	Colada	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 1	mango,	peeled	and	seeded

1. 2	tablespoons	maple	syrup

1. 1	¼	cups	pineapple	juice

1. 1/2	cup	heavy	cream

1. 1	(14-ounce)	can	coconut	milk

1. 1	¼	cups	ice	cubes

Directions

1. Combine	all	ingredients	and	purée	with	an	electric	blender	or	a	food
processor. 2. Pour	into	four	tall	glasses	and	serve	chilled.Pineapple	Buttermilk	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	3)

Ingredients

1. 20	ounces	unsweetened	pineapple	chunks

1. 1	cup	buttermilk

1. 1	tablespoon	vanilla	extract

1. 1	tablespoon	honey

1. Mint	leaves	for	garnish	(optional)

Directions

1. Drain	pineapple. Reserve	1/2	cup	of	juice	and	freeze	the	pineapple	chunks. 2. Place	pineapple	juice,	buttermilk,	vanilla,	honey	and	frozen	pineapple	into	a
blender	or	a	food	processor. Mix	until	smooth	and	thick. 3. Transfer	to	the	glasses	and	garnish	with	mint	if	desired.Pineapple	Berry	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	orange	juice

1. 1/4	cup	pineapple	juice

1. 2	pineapple	rings

1. 6	fresh	or	frozen	strawberries

1. 13-14	frozen	raspberries

1. 13-14	frozen	blueberries

1. 1	teaspoon	vanilla	extract

1. 3	ounces	yogurt

1. Ice	cubes	to	taste

Directions

1. Put	all	ingredients	into	an	electric	blender	or	a	food	processor. Process	until
the	smoothie	consistency	is	reached. Pour	into	glasses	and	drinkimmediately.Spinach	Strawberry	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 2	cups	frozen	spinach

1. 2	cups	frozen	strawberries

1. 1	frozen	banana

1. 2	tablespoons	maple	syrup

1. 1/2	cup	ice

Directions

1. Place	all	ingredients	into	your	blender,	cover	and	purée	until	smoothie
consistency	is	reached. 2. Transfer	to	the	glass,	garnish	with	strawberries	and	enjoy!Spiced	Pumpkin	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 2	cups	pumpkin	puree

1. 2	cups	milk

1. 1/4	cup	brown	sugar

1. 1	teaspoon	ground	cinnamon

1. 1/2	teaspoon	vanilla	extract

1. 1/2	teaspoon	grated	nutmeg

Directions

1. Combine	all	ingredients	in	your	blender. 2. Blend	well	until	smoothie	consistency	is	reached. 3. Transfer	to	the	tall	glasses	and	serve. Dust	with	a	little	cinnamon	powder
(optional).Yam	Banana	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	15	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 1	medium	yam

1. 1	½	cups	vanilla	yogurt

1. 1/2	cup	milk

1. 1	cup	ice	cubes

1. 1	teaspoon	sugar

1. 1	ripe	frozen	banana

Directions

1. Prick	the	yam	with	a	fork. Microwave	the	yam	for	8	to	10	minutes,	until
fork	tender. 2. Allow	it	to	cool,	and	then	peel	the	yam. 3. Combine	the	yam	with	remaining	ingredients	in	the	container	of	a	blender. Blend	until	smooth.Zucchini	Orange	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	3)

Ingredients

1. 1	zucchini,	cubed

1. 5	ice	cubes

1. 1	cup	orange	juice

1. 2	tablespoons	sucralose	sweetener

1. 3/4	teaspoon	vanilla	extract

Directions

1. Place	all	five	ingredients	into	your	blender. 2. Cover,	and	mix	until	the	smoothie	reaches	the	desired	consistency. 3. Serve	in	the	tall	glasses.Cocoa	Zucchini	Shake
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	4)

Ingredients

1. 1	cup	frozen	zucchini,	grated

1. 2	large	frozen	bananas,	peeled

1. 2	tablespoons	cocoa	powder

1. 1/4	cup	peanuts,	chopped

1. 1/2	cup	sugar

1. 1	cup	half-and-half

Directions

1. Place	all	of	the	ingredients	into	your	blender	or	a	food	processor. 2. Cover,	and	mix	until	the	smoothie	reaches	the	desired	consistency. 3. Serve	immediately.Cantaloupe	Yogurt	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	10	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1. 1	ripe	frozen	banana,	partially	thawed	and	cut	into	chunks

1. 1/4	ripe	cantaloupe,	seeded	and	cut	into	chunks

1. 1/2	cup	low-fat	yogurt

1. 2	tablespoons	skim	milk	powder

1. 1	tablespoon	orange	juice

1. Honey	to	taste	(optional)

Directions

1. Combine	all	ingredients	in	a	blender	and	process	until	smooth

and	uniform. 2. Pour	into	a	chilled	and	a	tall	glass	and	drink	immediately.Cantaloupe	Raspberries	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 1/2	cantaloupe,	peeled,	seeded	and	cut	into	chunks

1. 1/2	cup	plain	yogurt

1. 1	cup	raspberries

1. 2	tablespoons	maple	syrup

Directions

1. In	a	blender,	combine	all	four	ingredients. 2. Mix	until	a	smooth	consistency	develops. 3. Pour	into	two	glasses	and	serve.Cherry	Cantaloupe	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	1)

Ingredients

1. 1/2	cantaloupe,	peeled,	seeded,	and	sliced

1. 1/2	cup	apricot	juice

1. 3-4	pitted	cherries

1. 1/4	cup	blackberries

1. 3-4	ice	cubes

Directions

1. Put	all	five	ingredients	into	a	blender. 2. Blend	until	smoothie	consistency	is	reached. 3. Pour	into	a	glass	and	serve.Carrot	Apple	Smoothie
(Ready	in	about	5	minutes	|	Servings	2)

Ingredients

1. 2	cups	carrot	juice

1. 1/2	cup	apple	juice

1. 6	ounces	plain	yogurt,	frozen

1. 1	banana

Directions

1. In	a	blender	or	a	food	processor,	process	all	ingredients	until	the	mixture	is
nice	and	smooth. 2. Pour	into


 is easier through the nostril opposite the pillow.) Others thought the cycling helped protect the nose from respiratory
infection and aller gies, while still others ar gued that alternate airflow allows
us to smell odors more ef ficiently. What researchers eventually managed to confirm was that nasal erectile
tissue mirrored states of health. It would become inflamed during sickness
or other states of imbalance. If the nose became infected, the nasal cycle
became more pronounced and switched back and forth quickly. The right
and left nasal cavities also worked like an HV AC system, controlling
temperature and blood pressure and feeding the brain chemicals to alter our
moods, emotions, and sleep states. The right nostril is a gas pedal. When you’re inhaling primarily through
this channel, circulation speeds up, your body gets hotter, and cortisol
levels, blood pressure, and heart rate all increase. This happens because
breathing through the right side of the nose activates the sympathetic
nervous system, the “fight or flight” mechanism that puts the body in a
more elevated state of alertness and readiness. Breathing through the right
nostril will also feed more blood to the opposite hemisphere of the brain,
specifically to the prefrontal cortex, which has been associated with logical
decisions, language, and computing. Inhaling through the left nostril has the opposite ef fect: it works as a
kind of brake system to the right nostril’ s accelerator. The left nostril is
more deeply connected to the parasympathetic nervous system, the rest-and-relax side that lowers temperature and blood pressure, cools the body,
and reduces anxiety. Left-nostril breathing shifts blood flow to the opposite
side of the prefrontal cortex, the right area that plays a role in creative
thought, emotions, formation of mental abstractions, and negative emotions. In 2015, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, recorded
the breathing patterns of a schizophrenic woman over the course of three
consecutive years and found that she had a “significantly greater” left-
nostril dominance. This breathing habit, they hypothesized, was likely
overstimulating the right-side “creative part” of her brain, and as a result
prodding her imagination to run amok. Over several sessions, the
researchers taught her to breathe through her opposite, “logical” nostril, and
she experienced far fewer hallucinations. Our bodies operate most ef ficiently in a state of balance, pivoting
between action and relaxation, daydreaming and reasoned thought. This
balance is influenced by the nasal cycle, and may even be controlled by it. It’ s a balance that can also be gamed. There’ s a yoga practice dedicated to manipulating the body’ s functions
with forced breathing through the nostrils. It’ s called nadi shodhana —in
Sanskrit, nadi  means “channel” and shodhana  means “purification”—or,
more commonly, alternate nostril breathing. —
I’ve been conducting an informal study of alternate nostril breathing for the
past several minutes. It’ s the second day of the nasal breathing “Recovery” phase, and I’m
sitting in my living room, my elbows on the cluttered dining room table,
softly sucking air through my right nostril, pausing for five seconds, and
then blowing it out. There are dozens of alternate nostril breathing techniques. I’ve started
with the most basic. It involves placing an index finger over the left nostril
and then inhaling and exhaling only through the right. I did this two dozen
times after each meal today, to heat up my body and aid my digestion. Before meals, and any other time I wanted to relax, I’d switch sides,
repeating the same exercise with my left nostril open. T o gain focus and
balance the body and mind, I followed a technique called surya bheda
pranayama, which involves taking one breath into the right nostril, then
exhaling through the left for several rounds.These exercises felt great. Sitting here after a few rounds, I sense an
immediate and potent clarity and relaxation, even a floatiness. As
advertised, I’ve been entirely free of any gastroesophageal reflux. I haven’ t
registered the slightest stomach ache. Alternate nostril breathing appeared
to have delivered these benefits, but these techniques, I’d found, were
usually fleeting, lasting only 30 minutes or so. The real transformation in my body over the last 24 hours came from
another practice: letting my nasal erectile tissues flex of their own accord,
naturally adjusting the flow of air to suit the needs of my body and brain. It
happened because of simply breathing through my nose. As I’m quietly contemplating all this, Olsson comes bar ging in. “Good
afternoon!” he yells. He’ s wearing his shorts and Abercrombie sweatshirt,
and he plops down across from me while placing a blood-pressure cuf f
around his right arm. This is the same position he’ s assumed for the last
eleven days straight, in pretty much the same clothes. T oday, however,
there’ s no bandage, nose clip, or silicone plugs up his nose. He’ s also
breathing freely through his nostrils, taking in easy and silent inhales and
exhales. His face is flushed, he’ s sitting upright, and he’ s so keyed up with
ener gy that he can’ t stay still. I figured that some of our new, bright outlook on life was psychosomatic
until a few minutes later, when we checked our measurements. My systolic
blood pressure had dropped from 142 ten days ago—a deep state of stage 2
hypertension—to 124, still a bit high but just a few points from a healthy
range. My heart rate variability increased by more than 150 percent, and my
carbon dioxide levels rose around 30 percent, taking me from a state of
hypocapnia, which can cause dizziness, numbness in the fingers, and mental
confusion, and placing me squarely within the medically normal zone. Olsson showed similar improvements. And there’ s potential for much more. Because pulsing nasal cycles are
only a small part of the nose’ s vital functions. Imagine for a moment that you’re holding a billiard ball at eye level a
few inches from your face. Then imagine slowly pushing that entire ball
inside the center of your face. The volume the ball would take up, some six
cubic inches, is equivalent to the total space of all the cavities and
passageways that make up the interior of the adult nose. In a single breath, more molecules of air will pass through your nose
than all the grains of sand on all the world’ s beaches—trillions and trillionsof them. These little bits of air come from a few feet or several yards away. As they make their way toward you, they’ll twist and spool like the stars in
a van Gogh sky, and they’ll keep twisting and spooling and scrolling as they
pass into you, traveling at a clip of about five miles per hour. What directs this rambling path are turbinates, six maze-like bones
(three on each side) that begin at the opening of your nostrils and end just
below your eyes. The turbinates are coiled in such a way that if you split
them apart, they’d look like a seashell, which is how they got their other
name, nasal concha, after the conch shell. Crustaceans use their elaborately
designed shells to filter impurities and keep invaders out. So do we. The lower turbinates at the opening of the nostrils are covered in that
pulsing erectile tissue, itself covered in mucous membrane, a nappy sheen
of cells that moistens and warms breath to your body temperature while
simultaneously filtering out particles and pollutants. All these invaders
could cause infection and irritation if they got into the lungs; the mucus is
the body’ s “ first line of defense.” It’ s constantly on the move, sweeping
along at a rate of about half an inch every minute, more than 60 feet per
day. Like a giant conveyor belt, it collects inhaled debris in the nose, then
moves all the junk down the throat and into the stomach, where it’ s
sterilized by stomach acid, delivered to the intestines, and sent out of your
body. This conveyor belt doesn’ t just move by itself. It’ s pushed along by
millions of tiny, hair -like structures called cilia. Like a field of wheat in the
wind, cilia sway with each inhale and exhale, but do so at a fast clip of up to
16 beats per second. Cilia closer to the nostrils gyrate at a dif ferent rhythm
than those farther along, their movements creating a coordinated wave that
keeps mucus moving deeper. The cilia grip is so strong that it can even push
against the force of gravity. No matter what position the nose (and head) is
in, whether it’ s upside down or right-side up, the cilia will keep pushing
inward and down. W orking together, the dif ferent areas of the turbinates will heat, clean,
slow, and pressurize air so that the lungs can extract more oxygen with each
breath. This is why nasal breathing is far more healthy and ef ficient than
breathing through the mouth


 in which the Prana is restricted to moving
within the Nadis, and the region of the macrocosm, where the Prana has
“thousands” of paths in which to move. Each of the five princip al lower Chakras
connects the or ganism to a specific Element. Speech, a funct ion of the Ether
Element (which has sound as its special quality), manifests at the throat. The Air
Element, which moves incessantly, is concentrated in the chest, the home of the
ever -mobile heart and lungs. The digestive or gans, liver and spleen, all “hot”
or gans, cluster around the are a near the solar plexus genera ted by the Fire
Element. The W ater Element, without which no life exists, is responsible for the
genitals. The Earth Element, the foundation of physical existence, is located at
the perineum, the foundation o f the torso. This lowest Chak ra, the home of
Mother Earth, is the lower pole  of an axis whose upper pole, t he “Sky-Father,”
lies with in the brain, just as Earth and Sky are the two poles of the macrocosm
(see illustration 13). The Na dis direct the activity of the physical channels through which
ener gy f lows, including the nerves, bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and glands,
which then move the body’ s juices around. This system lik e any system is
weakest at those points where things join together. A Marma is a point on the
human body beneath which vital channels intersect. Some of these intersections
are physically identifiable while others are subtle structures. Some Marma points
are iden tical wit h acupuncture points and others are nearly identical. Since V edic
times warriors in India tar geted Marmas on the bodies of their enemies to inflict
maximal damag e and sur geons used their knowledge of Marmas to treat such
injuries. The Sushruta Samhita,  A yurveda’ s sur gical text, classifies 107 Marmas
on t he basis of the structure (muscles, blood vessels, ligaments, nerves, bones,
joints), on the regional location, the dimension, and the consequences of injury
(swift death, death after some delay, death as soon as any foreign body is
extracted from the wound, disability, or simply intense pain) (see illustration 14).In th e southern s tate of Kerala th e practitioners of the martial art known as
kalarippayattu ( see illustration 19 in Part 3), which like Hatha Y oga involves a
set of prelimina ry physical exercises that lead both to physical and mental
control, recogni ze 160 to 220 Marmas in martial practice, and use the 107
Marmas of Sushruta in therapy. According to kalarippayattu, injury to a Marma
blocks or cuts the associated N adi at that point, interrupting both the flow of
Prana—the life force, and the fl ow of V ata—Prana’ s waste product and servant,
in that area. For serious damage  to occur a blow must penetrate an inch or more
into the  tissues  beneath the spot; a mere slap will not be so harmful. An
immediate antidote for such an injury is a firm stroke or sla p to the similar
Marma on the opposite side of the body which gets the Pran a moving again. Such a counter - application mu st be given within a specified time in order to
work, and must then be followe d by treatment for the imbalan ce of the Doshas
caused by the injury.Like a Chakra, a Marma is not really a “structure” in that it does not exist
at al l times. Ma rmas exists only insofar as there is Prana in the  body—that is, a
dead body has n o Marma within it—and any Marma is only activated fully when
Prana is  actually moving in it; the death or damage predicted for injury to a
Marma o ccurs o nly when such a  Marma is active. Prana’ s move ment through and
concentration in the body’ s Marmas is controlled by the luna r day. In this the
doctrine of Marma is strikingly similar to that of Indian sexology, which details
the specific areas of a woman’ s  body which are awake to erotic excitement on
particular lunar days because of the movement of Prana the rein. V ata’ s gati
(cognate with the English word “gait") is defined as both its way of moving
through the body and the direction taken by this movement. Diagnosis is a report
on the path taken by the system’ s V ata and other Doshas, and ret urn of V ata’ s gait
to normal is an essential part of any therapy.7
C o n s t i t u t i o n
E veryone has a typical rhythm, an innate gait, determined by  our genes and
chromosomes. A human’ s gait, like an animal’ s, reflects the bod y’ s internal ener gy
equation. All of us tend to favor particular ener gy pathways, or gans, glands,
nerves, limbs, thoughts and images. The sum total of this preference produces our
own ind ividual gaits. A yurveda calls a person’ s characteristic physical and mental
constitution, prakriti, to be distinguished from vikriti—the co ndition or current
state of a person’ s health which  dif fers from moment to moment. The sages used
the w ord prakriti advisedly since  it also means the manifested universe as a whole,
and a person’ s constitution is a representation of that person’ s intimate universe. Personal constitution, which i s fixed at the moment of conception, is
determined by conditions prevailing in the bodies and minds of the child’ s parents
at th at time. If,  for example, d uring sexual intercourse the force of Kapha was
increased in the father and V ata  predominated in the mother, th e child will always
be, all through its life, constitutionally prone to over -activity of both Kapha and
V ata. Pit ta will still be present, as it is in all living beings, but its role will be less
prominent. Seve re disease may make the underlying constitution irrelevant to
diagnosis, but that pattern is etched permanently into the genetic  material. The diet
and activity of the mother du ring pregnancy, conditions in the womb during
pregnancy, and events during delivery may also influence the child’ s subsequent
health and happiness, but these are all secondary to constitution. There are eight principal constitution types:
(1)  Balanced: in which all three Doshas tend to remain in equilibrium. (2)   V ata: in wh ich V ata is sign ificantly stronger than both Pitta and
Kapha. (3)   Pitta: in which Pitta is significantly stronger than both V ata and
Kapha. (4)   Kapha: in which Kapha is  significantly stronger than both Pitta
and V ata. (5)   V ata-Pitta or Pitta-V ata: in which these two Doshas are both
significantly stro nger than Kapha, though one of them  may be slightly
stronger relative to the other. (6)   Pitta-Kapha  or Kapha-Pitta: in which these two Doshas are both
significantly stro nger than V ata, though one of them may be somewhat
stronger relative to the other. (7)   V ata-Kapha  or Kapha-V ata: in which these two Doshas are both
significantly stronger than Pitt a, and one of them may be s lightly
stronger relative to the other. (8)   Imbalanced: in which the three Doshas tend to go out of
equilibrium altogether. Most people have double predominance, though considering the possible
permutations of the degree of predominance of these Doshas the number of
constitutional types becomes infinite. People are classified by constitution to help
them select appropriate habits and lifestyles to enhance health maintenance. The
accompanying chart (illustration 15) details the constitutional attributes of the three
main Doshas.8
D i s e a s e  C a u s a t i o n
A ccording to A yurveda there are basically three types of diseases: endogenous
(breakdowns fro m within), exogenous (attacks from without), an d mental; any of
which ca n subsequently lead to others. The tissues and wastes are the “thing” in
the body which are vitiated by the Doshas, the vitiation spreading from one tissue
or waste to other tissues. Disturbed channels spread their corruption only to other
body channels and polluted tiss ues to other tissues alone, “whereas V ata, Pitta
and Kapha when vitiated pollute the entire or ganism, being, as they are, of a
vitiating nature." T ime, like personal constitutio n, is one of the more significant factors
implicated in the generation of disease. Diseases are said  to arise at the
“junctions” of the seasons. This applies literally to the junctions of winter with
spring (Kapha aggravation), spring with summer (Pitta inflammation) and
summer


 t he roots close to the base but
leave the hard core intact so that the onions do not break apart during
cooking. Place in a lar ge crock or glass bowl. In a jug, combin e water and
salt. Stir  to dissolve salt. Pour brine over onions. Cover and let stand at
room temperature for 2 days. Third Day

1. In a lar ge colander or in batches, drain onions, discarding brine. Rinse
well, dra in and pat dry. Cut pepp ers into 1/4-inch (5 mm) crosswise rings or
lengthwise strips. Set aside. 2. H eat six 1-pint (2-cup/500 mL) jars in boiling water, and sc ald the lids,
lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ).3. In a Maslin pan or canning kettle, combine vinegar, sugar and spice bag. Bring to  a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly. Add  onions and
green pepper and boil for 1 minute. 4. Fill hot jars w ith onions and several green pepper rings or sli ces, leaving
a 1/2-in ch (1 cm) headspace. R un a thin non-metallic utensil around the
inside of the jar to allow air to escape. Add hot liquid, if necess ary, to leave
a 1/2-in ch (1 cm) headspace. W ipe rims, top with flat lids and screw on
metal rin gs. Ret urn jars to the hot water bath, topping up with hot water if
necessary. Bring  to a full rolling boil and process jars for 20 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: I serve th ese with all sorts of dif ferent dinners. They c omplement
enchiladas and other Mexican  entrées, as well as Chinese and Indian
foods. r o a s t e d  o n i o n  a n d  g a r l i c  m a r m a l a d e
W ith som e sligh t adjustments to thr ee of the ingr edients, you can make a
golden or a dark bur gundy version of this delicately pea r -flavour ed
marmalade. I like both and f ind the golden marmalade slightly mor e
delicate in taste, so I use it with  fruit, chicken and fish dishes. The heartier
dark marmalad e is rich and complex enough for r ed meats, vegetable
dishes a nd game. I have listed the ingr edients for the golden version first;
those for the bur gundy version follow in brackets. MAKES 6 CUPS (1.5 L)
4 lb (2 kg) yellow cooking onions, about 10 medium (r ed onions, 4 or 5
large)
12 large cloves garlic 4 tbsp (50 mL) olive oil3 tbsp (45 mL) butter
6 pears
1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar (lightly packed br own sugar)
1 cup (250 mL) dry white wine (r ed wine)
1 cup (250 mL) white wine vinegar (r ed wine vinegar)
2 cinnamon sticks, each 2 inches (5 cm)
1. Cut the onions in half. If y ou have a food processor or stand mixer
attachment, use the 1/8-inch (2 mm) blade to thinly slice the onions and the
garlic. Or slice by hand. Set aside. 2. In a Maslin pan or heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat olive oil and butter
over me dium-high heat. Add onions and garlic and stir well to coat. Core
and thinly slice pears by hand, one at a time, into the pan. 3. Sprinkle the sugar over top and stir until dissolved. B oil lightly
uncovered, for 40 to 50 minu tes, stirring frequently Reduce heat if the
mixture begins to scorch or stick. The onions are cooked when all their
juices have evaporated and they are soft and sticky
4. M eanwhile, heat six 1-cup (250 mL) jars in boiling water, a nd scald the
lids, lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ). 5. Add wine, vinegar and cinna mon sticks. Bring to a light boil and keep
simmering, stirr ing frequently until the onions are either a golden or a dark
mahogany colou r and the liquid has reduced by over half. The m armalade is
done when a w ooden spoon drawn across the bottom of the pan leaves a
path that fills in rapidly with thick syrupy juice. 6. F ill hot jars, leaving a 1/4-inch (5 mm) headspace. Run a thin non-
metallic utensil around the insid e of the jar to allow air to escape. Add more
hot marmalade, if necessary to leave a 1/4-inch (5 mm) headspace. W ipe
rims, top with flat lids and screw on metal rings. Return jars to the hot water
bath, topping up with hot water if necessary. Bring to a full rolling bo il and
process jars for 15 minutes ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ).7. 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: This soft a nd spreadable sweet-savoury confection is de licious with
liver pâ té and terrines, or with duck, goose, pork or sausages. It
complements roasted chicken a nd vegetables. I often serve individual pots
of it with a cheese and fruit plate after a meal. It can be brought out at
breakfast or served with egg puddings and frittatas. o n i o n  a n d  f e n n e l  s o u p
Of a ll th e soups  you might mak e ahead and fr eeze, I think this is the most
versatile. Fr eezi ng softens the te xtur e and mellows the flavours. I find that I
turn to this as a base and use it as a stock for other soup r ecipes. Of course,
when I want to make Fr ench onion soup, all I need do is tha w, top with
garlic to asts and lots of shr edd ed mozzar ella and Parmesan cheese, and
heat in the oven for a hearty lunch or light dinner.MAKES 12 CUPS (3 L)
4 tbsp (50 mL) olive oil, divided
2 cups (500 mL) chopped fennel bulb
6 large yellow or white onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
5 cups (1.25 L) chicken br oth
1 cup (250 mL) dry white wine
2 tbsp (25 mL) balsamic vinegar sea salt and fr eshly gr ound pepper

1. In a Maslin pan or canning kettle, heat 2 tbsp (25 mL) of the olive oil
over medium heat. Add fennel and cook, stirring, for a minute to soften
slightly Add onions and garlic and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring
frequently for 15 to 20 minute s, adding more oil as needed to keep the
vegetables from sticking to the bottom of the pan. 2. A dd c hicken b roth, wine and balsamic vinegar. Increase heat and bring to
a b oil, stirring frequently Lower  heat to medium, cover the pot and cook for
7 to  10 minutes, stirring occasionally Season to taste with salt and pepper. Let cool. 3. Pack into quart (1 L) containers, leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace. Remove air, label and seal. Freeze for up to 9 months. F r e e z i n g  O n i o n s
Because of the year -round ava ilability of fresh onions and th eir superior
quality i n cooking, I do not recommend freezing them. Howe ver, onions
can be the key ingredients in fro zen dishes such as soups. Use dry storage-
type onions for recipes that will be frozen.P a r s n i p s
AS ALL MARKET GARDENERS KNOW,  the very best time to
preserve and cook with parsnips (Pastinaca sativa)  is in the fall, after
several w eeks of frost, because the starch in the root is changed  into sugar,
making them sweet and delicious. Once a vegetable of the very poor in
Europe, tapered root varieties cultivated in North America are sweet with
smooth, light skin and white flesh. Good Pr eserving V arieties
Some parsnip varieties (e.g., White Gem)  are short and s tubby and not as
easy to use whole for pickles, but they do slice easily into matchsticks. Examples of long, slender, fine-skinned varieties are:
Gladiator:  Long, tapering; white skin and flesh. Hollow Cr own:  Long and tapered; relatively free of hair -like side roots.


 them wonder
“Where did I go wrong to make him so angry. ” When they feel
guilty, you are powerful. • You can break down communication in which you feel
threatened because someone else is more skillful. You simply use
anger to avoid the risk of looking bad. • You don’t have to work on yourself when you are angry. Therefore you can use up your present moments in the easy business
of being fierce and avoid doing whatever it might take to improve
yourself. Thus you can use anger to take the heat off yourself. • You can indulge in self-pity after you’ve had an attack of anger
and feel sorry for yourself because nobody understands you. • You can avoid thinking clearly, simply by getting angry. Everyone knows that you can’t think straight at these times, so why
not haul out the old anger when you want to avoid any of that hard
straight-thinking. • You can excuse losing or poor performance with a simple fit of
temper. Maybe you can even get others to stop winning, because
they fear your anger so much. • You can excuse anger by saying you need it to help you carry
out some task, but in fact anger is immobilizing and never improves
performance. • By saying it’s human to be angry, you have a ready justification
for yourself. “I’m human, and that’s what humans do. ”
Some Designs for Replacing Anger
Anger can be eliminated. It will require a great deal of new
thinking and it can be done only one present moment at a time. 218 / Your Erroneous ZonesWhen confronted with people or events which provoke you to choose
anger, become aware of what you are telling yourself, and then work
at new sentences which will create new feelings and more productive
behavior. Here are some specific strategies for attacking anger. • First and most important, get in touch with your thoughts at
the time of your anger, and remind yourself that you don’t have to
think that way, simply because you’ve always done so in the past. Section summary:

*   Discusses multiple scenarios where people consistently exhibit delayed gratification due to unrealistic hopes ("tomorrow" syndrome). - Presents techniques aimed towards overcoming instantiating procrastination habits:- Making decisive movements despite uncertainty. - Changing perspectives. Also explains societal influences contributing to inability to adapt timely solutions

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**Procrastination**

1. **Recognise excuses**: Identify instances wherein you're deferring immediate pleasure/achievement (`e. g., "Tomorrow"`). `Unrealistic` expectation causes failure. 2. Set clear deadlines & execute instantly (_5 minute increments_). 3. Develop gratitude mindset → Avoid excessive dwelling. These sections discuss aspects influencing ineffective daily routines and coping mechanism's. There exists diverse responses regarding dependencies among couples/marriages/families involving'submission'/'dominance'. Moreover, discussing options, i. e. : volunteer services, public functions. ### Related Topics :

– Time Management Strategies : Manage distractions efficiently

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Q: What is one common reason for putting off a task, and how do people often justify it?,
A: By saying they are too busy, and always having room for things they really want to do.
Q: According to the text, what is a key aspect of a healthy marriage?,
A: Minimal fusion and optimal autonomy.
Q: What is one way to eliminate dependency, according to the author?,
A: By recognizing that you are not responsible for others' feelings and that you have the power to choose how you react to a situation.
Q: What is the author's perspective on the relationship between anger and happiness?,
A: The author believes that anger is a choice and that it is not a natural or healthy emotion, and that it is not necessary for happiness.
Q: What is a suggested approach to dealing with anger, according to the text?,
A: To replace anger, you should become aware of your thoughts and replace them with new, more productive ones.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Awareness is paramount. • Try postponing anger. If you typically react with anger in a
particular circumstance, postpone the anger for fifteen seconds, and
then explode in your typical fashion. Next try thirty seconds, and
keep lengthening the intervals. Once you begin to see that you can
put anger off, you’ll have learned control. Postponing is control, and
with lots of practice, you’ll eventually eliminate it totally. • When trying to use anger constructively to teach a child some-
thing, try faking the anger. Raise your voice and look stern, but don’t
experience all of the physical and psychological pain that goes with
anger. • Don’t try to delude yourself into believing that you enjoy
something that you find distasteful. You can dislike something and
still not have to be angry about it. • Remind yourself at the moment of anger that everyone has a
right to be what he chooses and that your demanding that anyone
be different will simply prolong your anger. Work at allowing others
to choose just as you insist on your own right to do the same. • Ask someone that you trust to help. Have them tell you when
they see your anger either verbally or with an agreed signal. When
you get the signal, think about what you’re doing and then try the
postponing strategy. • Keep an anger journal, and record the exact time, place and in-
cident in which you chose to be angry. Be religious about the entries,
force yourself to record all angry behavior. You’ll soonFAREWELL TO ANGER  / 219find, if you are persistent, that the very act of having to write the
incident down will persuade you to choose anger less often. • Announce after you have had an angry outburst that you’ve
just slipped and that one of your goals is to think differently so that
you don’t experience this anger. The verbal announcement will put
you in touch with what you’ve done, and will demonstrate that you
are truly working on yourself. • Try being physically close to someone that you love at the mo-
ment of your anger. One way to neutralize your hostility is to hold
hands, despite your inclination not to, and keep holding hands until
you’ve expressed how you feel and dissipated your anger. • Talk with those who are the most frequent recipients of your
anger at a time when you are not angry. Share with each other the
most anger-provoking activities in the other, and devise a way of
communicating your feelings without debilitating anger. Perhaps a
written note, or a messenger, or a cooling-off walk can be mutually
agreed upon, so that you don’t continue abusing each other with
senseless anger. After several cooling-off walks, you’ll begin to see
the folly of striking out. • Defuse your anger for the first few seconds by labeling how you
feel, and how you believe your partner feels as well. The first ten
seconds are the most crucial. Once you’ve passed these, your anger
will often have subsided. • Keep in mind all the things you believe will be met with disap-
proval by fifty percent of the folks, fifty percent of the time. Once
you expect others to disagree, you will not choose to feel angry. In-
stead, you’ll say to yourself that the world is straight since people
aren’t agreeing with everything I say, think, feel and do. • Keep in mind that while the expression of anger is a healthy al-
ternative to storing it up, not having it at all is the healthiest choice
of all. Once you stop viewing anger as natural or only human, you’ll
have an internal rationale for going to work at eliminating it.220 / Your Erroneous Zones• Get rid of the expectations you have for others. When the expect-
ations go away, so will the anger. • Remind yourself that children will always be active and loud
and getting angry about it won’t do any good. While you can help
children to make constructive choices in other areas, you will never
be able to alter their basic nature. • Love yourself. If you do, you won’t ever burden yourself with


 (anti-TPO). This leads
to a condition called Hashimoto’s disease. More about Hashimoto’s disease will be discussed near the end of this chapter. FIGURE 8: The Oxidation of Iodide

Hydrogen Peroxide: An Essential Element for Oxidation
Adequate hydrogen peroxide production is essential for facilitating the oxidation of iodide. Without adequate hydrogen
peroxide production, iodine will not be formed from iodide. Hydrogen peroxide is a potent oxidizing agent. In the thyroid cell, its
function is to oxidize iodide to iodine (
Figure 8
). Hydrogen peroxide along with TPO is essential for this step. If the production and utilization of hydrogen peroxide is not closely maintained, it can damage tissue and cause autoimmune
thyroid disorders such as Hashimoto’s disease. The immune system has developed defense mechanisms to keep H
2
0
2

from
harming tissues. This is primarily done with the selenium-containing enzyme glutathione peroxidase which functions to keep
hydrogen peroxide reduced to H
2
O after it oxidizes iodide. 1

2
 A deficiency of selenium can impair this defense mechanism. More
about selenium can be found in
Chapter 7
. If the oxidation process occurs correctly, the next step in the utilization of iodine is called organification. THE ORGANIFICATION OF IODINE
Once iodine is formed, it undergoes organification and becomes part of cholesterol, lipids (fats), and proteins (
Figure 9
, next
page). Organification simply means being bound to an organic molecule. As can be seen from
Figure 9
, iodine in RDA amounts–
150μg/day–can be bound to thyroglobulin and make thyroid hormones—T1, T2, T3, and T4. However, it takes larger doses of
iodine–at least 100x the RDA for iodine–to produce the important iodo-lipids such as δ-iodolactone. At 100x the RDA, iodine can be organified to lipids in order to produce δ-iodolactone and other iodo-lipids. δ-iodolactone,
as well as the other iodo-lipids will not be formed in any appreciable amounts when iodine is taken in RDA amounts. Simply put,
RDA
amounts of iodine barely give the cell enough iodine to make thyroid hormone and prevent goiter. FIGURE 9: THE ORGANIFICATION OF IODINE

Rick, a 52-year-old physician was very active in his daily life. He played tennis twice per week and exercised daily. “I
feel good most of the time, but I still have my ups and downs,” he said. Rick was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease 15
years ago. Since that time, his main problem was maintaining his concentration. He claims, “Although I can still do
everything, my brain has never felt the same after Hashimoto’s disease came along.” Rick was on a holistic treatment
regimen of vitamins, minerals, and eating a good diet for years. When Rick added in iodine (75-100mg/day), he
immediately noticed the difference. Rick stated that, “Ninety percent of my complaints melted away with the iodine. It
was
miraculous.” After two years of taking the iodine, Rick was tested via blood, urine, and saliva and we found that he
had an organification defect with iodine. That means his cells were not properly utilizing the iodine he was supplementing
with. Upon taking two doses of a supplement containing 100mg of Vitamin B2 and 500mg of Vitamin B3 (ATP
CoFactors
®
) he felt “fabulous”. “I have never felt that good with just starting a new supplement. This cleared up all my
nagging complaints. I now feel 100% healthy,” he said. Rick is my partner, Dr. Richard Ng. His story is not an isolated story. If there is an inability to organify or oxidize iodine, the
body will not receive the true benefits of it. It is important to keep searching for answers if you are not receiving the best results
with iodine therapy. Rick was not satisfied until he felt 100% well. AT THE RDA FOR IODINE: PRODUCTION OF THYROID HORMONE
When iodine is taken in amounts consistent with the RDA–approximately 150μg/day–iodine can be bound to thyroxine
molecules and become thyroid hormone. If there is insufficient iodine to accomplish this, it can lead to an inadequate production
of thyroid hormone and a hypothyroid state. The different thyroid hormones are shown in
Figure 9
.AT 100X THE RDA FOR IODINE: PROTECTION FROM CANCER
When iodine is taken in amounts at least 100x the RDA (>15mg/day), iodine can now also bind to other molecules including
lipids (i.e., fats) and proteins. The binding of iodine to the fat molecule lactone results in a fat-like substance known as δ-
iodolactone. δ-iodolactone is a key regulator of apoptosis and cellular proliferation of the thyroid gland. 3

4
 In other words, δ-
iodolactone is an anti-cancer substance. Apoptosis refers to the programmed cell death that all of our normal cells have. IODINE AND APOPTOSIS: PROTECTION FROM CANCER
Apoptosis is a very important concept. All cells, like all living things, have a life cycle. All cell life cycles have a growth phase,
a division phase, and a death phase. After a cell dies, it is replaced by a new cell. We want our cells to undergo apoptosis or
programmed death. Without apoptosis, cells will continue to divide until they overwhelm the body. Cancer cells are examples of
cells that do not undergo apoptosis. One of the mysteries of cancer is why these cells do not undergo apoptosis. A potent
anticancer item would be one that would promote apoptosis of cancer cells, without toxicity to other cells. Iodine is one of these nutrients. We know that iodinated lipids such as δ-iodolactone have been shown to regulate and
promote apoptosis. Common sense would lead one to conclude that it is important to ensure adequate iodine intake in order to
promote the production of iodinated lipids such as δ-iodolactone. These iodinated proteins are not detected in human tissue when
iodine deficiency is present. However, they are detectable when iodine is taken well in excess of the RDA for iodine. It is important to emphasize that the apoptotic (i.e., anti-cancer) effect of iodine only occurs when iodine is ingested with
doses in excess–100x–of the RDA for iodine. Similar effects have also been shown to occur in animals (dogs) as well. 5
 I believe
one of the major reasons we are seeing a significant increase in cancer of the iodine dependent tissues (including the thyroid,
breasts, ovaries, and prostate) is due to a deficiency of iodine resulting in non-apoptotic cells as well as a suboptimal environment
for oxidation and organification. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: WHAT DOSE OF IODINE IS THE BEST FOR PROTECTING AGAINST
CANCER? If we want to achieve the proper oxidation and organification of iodine, it becomes clear that the RDA for iodine
is woefully
inadequate to provide the apoptotic (i.e., anti-cancer) effect. In fact, I believe the RDA for iodine is not only inadequate for
providing the apoptotic effect of cells throughout the body, it is also inadequate to provide for the total needs of even the thyroid
gland. As mentioned previously in this book, the exposure to toxic halides--bromine, fluoride, and the chlorine derivatives--have
been increasing over time. These items not only cause iodine deficiency, they can poison the enzymes responsible for organifying
iodine. THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF AUTOIMMUNE THYROID ILLNESSES: IODINE DEFICIENCY AND
ANTIOXIDANT DEFICIENCY
I have already described the apoptotic (i.e., anticancer) effects of the iodinated form of lactone δ-iodolactone. δ-iodolactone
is not only important for preventing cancer, its production is also necessary to help regulate the oxidation of iodine. Figure 10
(next page) illustrates this regulatory step in the oxidation/organification of iodine. As previously mentioned, the oxidation of iodide to iodine occurs through the interaction of H
2
O
2
 and TPO. Iodine is a
necessary product in order to provide the correct molecule in the cell so that organification can occur. If organification does not
take place or is blocked, thyroid hormone and iodo-lipids will not be formed. As can be seen from
Figure 10
, this reaction is
controlled by intracellular calcium levels and iodinated lipids—δ-iodolactone. FIGURE 10: ORGANIFICATION OF IODINE AT 100x RDA
 Intracellular calcium stimulates this pathway. 6
 On the other hand, δ-iodolactone and other iodinated lipids act as a brake on
the system. 7

8
 If there is not enough iodine in the cell to organify and produce adequate amounts of δ-iodol


	secrets	in	medical	science”:	the	benefits	of	prayer. Dr.	Dossey	defines
prayerfulness	as	“a	feeling	of	love,	compassion	and	empathy	toward	another,”
and	he	explains	that	prayer	is	“a	powerful	and	legitimate	(if	often	overlooked)
method	of	healing.”	Dossey	uses	an	impressive	array	of	evidence	to	show	that
prayer	can	have	a	positive	effect	on	health. A	1988	study	conducted	in	San
Francisco	investigated	the	effects	of	prayer	on	the	cardiovascular	health	of	393
coronary-care	patients. Unknown	to	the	patients	involved,	one	group	was	prayed
for	and	the	other	was	not. At	the	end	of	the	ten-month	study,	the	prayed-for
group	was	five	times	less	likely	to	require	antibiotics	and	three	times	less	likely
to	develop	a	condition	in	which	the	lungs	fill	with	fluid. Dr.	Dossey’s	research
also	found	that	prayer	can	have	beneficial	effects	on	various	living	cells	and
organisms,	including	mice,	chicks,	fungi,	yeast,	bacteria	and	enzymes. In	the
October	2001	issue	of	the
Journal	of	Reproductive	Health,
researchers	at
Columbia	University—expressing	great	surprise	at	their	own	profound	findings
—announced	that	when	complete	strangers	prayed	for	women	who	went	to	a
fertility	clinic,	the	women	had	twice	the	pregnancy	rate	as	women	for	whomprayers	were	not	given. How	does	spirituality	influence	health	and	performance,	and	how	do	we
integrate	it	into	health-care	promotion	and	practice	as	professionals	and	as
individuals? No	one	scientifically	understands	the	mechanisms. Nonetheless,	the
scientific	data	prove	that	spirituality	does	work. Such	data	pose	profound
questions. Perhaps	these	precise	questions	are	the	ones	we	need	to	be	asking	in
order	to	develop	a	more	complete	understanding	of	health. Even	if	we	don’t	have
all	the	answers,	we	can	still	benefit	from	the	power	of	spiritual	practice. A	Great	Opportunity
While	health	generally	is	measured	and	understood	at	the	physical	level,	as	we
have	discussed,	psychological	health	and	physical	health	are	indivisibly	one	and
the	same. What	goes	on	in	your	mind	is	also	going	on	in	your	body,	and	the
good	news	is	that	you	have	a	wide	menu	of	practical,	productive,	self-
empowering	and	exciting	options	to	promote	psychological—	and,	therefore,
physical—well-being. Too	many	people	fall	into	self-defeating	lifestyle	patterns. If	you	want	to
move	yourself	in	the	right	direction	on	the	psychological	pathway	and	improve
your	health	for	the	better,	you	cannot	continue	to	do	the	same	negative	things
and	expect	to	obtain	different	and	positive	results. Changing	one’s	patterns	of
behavior,	belief,	thinking,	feeling,	perception	and	physical	response	is	the	goal
of	the	psychological	pathway. Such	changes	take	practice	and	commitment. The	first	step	is	to	notice	and	identify	the	feelings	associated	with	stress,	then
to	implement	strategies	consciously	to	take	care	of	yourself. Beyond	mental
techniques—such	as	prayer,	biofeedback,	therapy,	meditation	and	numerous
self-regulation	techniques—physical	activities	also	can	be	helpful,	including
exercise,	breathing	techniques,	yoga,	massage,	saunas	and	hot	baths. Understanding	how	the	mind	affects	the	function	(or	malfunction)	of	our	cells
enables	us	to	make	the	positive	choices	that	enable	us	to	maintain	or	improve
health. Keeping	a	healthy	outlook	is	both	one	of	life’s	great	challenges	and	one	of
life’s	great	opportunities. Having	a	purpose,	a	higher	meaning	to	your	life	than
mere	existence,	is	a	critical	part	of	the	whole	picture	of	health.8
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ATHWAY
“Many	of	the	things	we	call	biomarkers	of	aging	might
actually	be	biomarkers	of	inactivity.”
William	Evans,	Ph.D. The	Human	Nutrition	Research	Center	on	Aging
Y
ou’ve	heard	the	advice	before:	If	you	want	to	stay	physically	fit	and	healthy,
get	plenty	of	exercise	and	sleep,	and	stay	away	from	drugs,	tobacco	and	alcohol. You	may	have	heard	it	so	often,	in	fact,	that	you	no	longer	are	paying	attention. Also	because	this	advice	is	common—the	kind	of	thing	“your	mother	told
you”—you	may	think	that	you	know	all	that	you	really	need	to	know. Think	again! There	is	more	to	the	story. Without	understanding	how	everyday
choices	affect	your	health	at	the	cellular	level,	you	may	not	recognize	the	risks	to
avoid,	nor	the	benefits	you	can	reap. For	example,	missing	too	much	sleep	may
create	more	than	dark	circles;	it	may	cause	brain	damage. Breathing	the	right
way	may	help	you	feel	better	and	live	longer. Exercising	your	eyes,	in	simple
ways,	may	help	you	to	avoid	needing	eyeglasses,	or	to	discard	eyeglasses	you
already	wear. Using	hairdryers,	electric	razors,	cellphones	and	other	electrical
appliances	may	increase	your	risk	for	cancer,	as	does	exposure	to	medical	X
rays. Simple	choices	can	make	the	difference—turn	on	the	dishwasher	only
when	you	plan	to	leave	the	kitchen. •	Much	of	the	disability	in	our	elderly	population	attributed	to	aging
actually	is	the	result	of	decades	of	inactivity. •	A	study	reported	in	the	October	1999	issue	of
Lancet
found	that	after	one
week	of	only	a	few	hours	sleep	per	night,	hormone	levels	change	and	the
body	even	has	trouble	metabolizing	carbohydrates. •	A	study	reported	in	the	February	2001	issue	of
Occupational	Medicine
showed	that	factory	workers,	chronically	exposed	to	loud	noise,	suffered
calcium	and	magnesium	losses. •	Medical	X	rays	may	be	the	leading	cause	of	cancer. If	you	do	not	support	your	body’s	needs	for	sleep	and	exercise	and	protect
yourself	from	physical	harm—everything	from	noise	to	microwaves	to	X	rays—
you	cannot	be	healthy. Also	you	cannot	be	overweight	and	healthy;	you	cannot
be	exhausted	and	well. Terms	like	“overweight”	and	“exhausted”	are	definitions
of	ill	health	and,	in	the	long-term,	invitations	to	disaster.Think	of	all	the	people	you	know:	those	who	wear	their	age	well	and	those
who	“break	down.”	Think	of	all	the	cars	on	the	streets:	beautifully	maintained
classic	cars	as	well	as	rusty	old	“clunkers.”	If	you	want	long-lasting	health,	you
must	maintain	your	body	properly	and	“drive”	it	with	care. Maintaining	yourself	on	the	physical	pathway	is	not	only	about	preventive
maintenance	but	also	about	protecting	your	body	from	the	physical	damage	that
results	from	physical	events	(accidents,	sport	injuries),	the	environment	(noise,
sunburn,	electromagnetic	radiation)	and	medical	treatments	(X	rays,	drugs,
surgery). Given	the	lifestyles	of	many	Americans	who	spend	most	of	their	days	sitting
or	driving,	who	have	hectic	schedules	and	interrupted	sleep	and	whose	days	may
be	bombarded	by	unrecognized	environmental	assaults,	the	time	has	come	to	be
serious