 TO IMPORTED FOODS
35. CHANGES IN TEETH AND IN DENTAL ARCH FORMATION OF POLYNESIANS
LIVING ON MODERN FOODS
36. SAMOANS TYPICAL OF EXCELLENT FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH FORMATION
WHEN LIVING ON NATIVE FOODS. CHILDREN WITH FORMATION TYPICAL OF
THOSE BORN OF UNDER-NOURISHED PARENTS
37. HAWAIIAN FAMILY SHOWING CHANGES IN FACIAL FORM IN YOUNGER
CHILDREN OF SAME FAMILY
38. TOOTH DECAY AND TUBERCULOSIS AS A RESULT OF UNDER-NUTRITION IN A
POLYNESIAN GIRL
39. MEMBERS OF MASAI TRIBE ILLUSTRATING EXCELLENT RESULTS OF DIET OF
MEAT, MILK AND BLOOD
40. METHOD BY WHICH BLOOD IS DRAWN FROM STEER7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 4/25041. FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN TRIBES LIVING ON
NATIVE FOODS
42. FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH DEVELOPMENT IN MEMBERS OF BELGIAN CONGO
TRIBE LIVING ON NATIVE FOODS
43. PYGMIES OF BELGIAN CONGO
44. DENTAL CARIES IN AFRICANS WHO HAVE ADOPTED MODERN FOODS
45. CHANGES IN FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN OF
FIRST GENERATION AFTER ADOPTION BY PARENTS OF MODERN FOODS
46. AFRICANS SHOWING FACIAL DEFORMITIES DUE TO DIET OF MODERN FOODS
47. AFRICANS SHOWING FACIAL DEFORMITIES IN FIRST GENERATION AFTER
ADOPTION BY PARENTS OF MODERN FOODS
48. AFRICAN CHILDREN SHOWING A MARKED DEPRESSION OF MIDDLE THIRD OF
FACE DUE TO MALNUTRITION OF PARENTS
49. CAMELS' MILK IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM OF NUTRITION IN ASIA AND AFRICA
50. FACIAL DEFORMITIES FOUND IN BOYS AND GIRLS LIVING IN CAIRO UNDER
MODERN CONDITIONS
51. AFRICAN CHILDREN WALKING ON "ALL FOURS"
52. TYPICAL ABORIGINES OF AUSTRALIA
53. MAGNIFICENT DENTAL ARCHES AND TEETH FOUND IN ABORIGINES
54. DENTAL CARIES IN ABORIGINES LIVING ON MODERN FOODS
55. CHANGES IN TEETH AND ARCH FORMATION IN MODERNIZED ABORIGINES
56. DISTURBANCE IN FACIAL GROWTH IN MODERNIZED ABORIGINES
57. DEFORMITY PATTERNS PRODUCED IN ABORIGINES BY MODERN FOOD
58. EFFECTS OF MALNUTRITION IN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES LIVING ON A
RESERVATION
59. TYPICAL ABORIGINE MOTHERS WITH THEIR CHILDREN
60. COMPARISON OF SKULL OF TYPICAL ABORIGINE WITH THAT OF PEKING MAN
61. INHABITANTS OF ISLANDS NORTH OF AUSTRALIA HAVE SPLENDIDLY BUILT
BODIES WITH FINE FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH FORM
62. COMPARISON OF FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH FORMATION IN NATIVE AND IN
WHITE CHILDREN ON THURSDAY ISLAND
63. GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF NATIVES OF HAMMOND ISLAND
64. DENTAL ARCHES IN NATIVES ON THE ISLANDS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
65. CONTRAST IN FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH FORM BETWEEN PRIMITIVE AND
MODERNIZED NATIVES
66. DEFORMED DENTAL ARCHES IN WHITE CHILDREN ON THURSDAY ISLAND
67. TOOTH DECAY IN WHITE CHILDREN IN TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS
68. DENTAL CLINIC MAINTAINED BY NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT
69. THE MAORI HAD THE REPUTATION OF HAVING THE FINEST TEETH AND BODIES
OF ANY RACE IN THE WORLD
70. TOOTH DECAY IS FOUND IN MODERNIZED MAORI
71. THE WHITES LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND HAVE POOR TEETH
72. FACIAL DEFORMITIES IN MAORI BORN AFTER ADOPTION OF MODERN FOODS
73. MAORI SKULLS SHOWING FINE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
74. MAORI DEMONSTRATING SOME OF THE ACCESSORY ESSENTIALS OBTAINED
FROM THE SEA
75. TREPHINED SKULLS OF ANCIENT PEOPLES OF PERU
76. TREPHINED SKULLS WITH GOLD PLATES IN POSITION
77. POTTERY JAR DEPICTING ANCIENT PERUVIAN SURGERY. BONE SHOWING
HEALING OF FRACTURE
78. SKULLS OF FISHERMEN OF CHIMU CULTURE
79. ANCIENT AQUEDUCT OF PERU
80. DESCENDANTS OF ANCIENT CHIMUS SHOWING FLATTENING OF BACK OF
HEAD
81. SOME DESCENDANTS OF THE ANCIENT CHIMUS ARE STILL LIVING IN A FEW
FISHING VILLAGES IN THE NORTH OF PERU
82. STONE FORTRESS BUILT BY PRIMITIVE PEOPLE OF ANDEAN SIERRA
83. TYPICAL SKULLS OF HIGH SIERRA INDIANS
84. DESCENDANTS OF THE TAUHUANOCAN INDIANS OF PERU
85. THE QUICHUA INDIANS LIVING IN THE HIGH ANDES ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE
INCAS
86. INDIANS OF THE HIGH ANDES HAVE MAGNIFICENT PHYSIQUES
87. INDIANS OF THE HIGH ANDES HAVE SUPERB FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH
DEVELOPMENT
88. INTRODUCTION OF MODERN FOODS TO SIERRA INDIANS PRODUCED7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 5/250WRECKAGE OF PHYSIQUES
89. JUNGLE INDIANS OF THE AMAZON BASIN
90. FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH DEVELOPMENT OF THE JUNGLE INDIANS IS
SUPERB
91. EXCELLENCE OF SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT OF JUNGLE INDIANS AS EXPRESSED
IN FACES AND DENTAL ARCHES
92. A MARKED CHANGE IN FACIAL FORM WITH CROWDING OF TEETH OCCURS IN
JUNGLE INDIANS BORN AFTER ADOPTION OF MODERN FOODS
93. RAPID HEALING OF FRACTURED FEMUR IN BOY SUFFERING FROM
MALNUTRITION, AFTER INSTITUTION OF PROPER NUTRITION
94. IMPROVEMENT ACCOMPLISHED BY PROPER NUTRITION IN BOY SUFFERING
FROM INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM
95. EFFECT OF DIFFERENT WHEAT PRODUCTS ON RATS
96. TEETH SHOWING PERMEABILITY OF DECAYED DENTIN TO SILVER NITRATE
97. THREE CASES ILLUSTRATING HOW NATURE CAN CLOSE AN EXPOSURE OF PULP
DUE TO DENTAL CARIES
98. FOUR MELANESIANS BORN ON FOUR DIFFERENT ISLANDS LOOK LIKE
BROTHERS BUT ARE NOT BLOOD RELATIONS
99. FOUR POLYNESIAN GIRLS LIVING ON DIFFERENT ISLANDS ARE NOT RELATED
THOUGH THEY LOOK LIKE SISTERS
100. DISTURBED HEREDITY: TWO PERUVIAN INDIAN FATHERS WITH GOOD
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR SONS WHO SHOW DEFECTS
101. DISTURBED HEREDITY ILLUSTRATED BY FATHER AND SON OF WAKAMBA
TRIBE OF CENTRAL AFRICA
102. DISTURBED HEREDITY IN QUICHA INDIANS
103. DISTURBED HEREDITY IN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
104. TWO MAORI SISTERS, AND TWO WHITE SISTERS IN PERU, SHOWING FACIAL
CHANGES THAT MAY OCCUR IN SAME GENERATION WITH CHANGE FROM
PRIMITIVE TO MODERN DIET BY PARENTS
105. SIX BROTHERS SHOWING FACIAL CHANGES IN SAME GENERATION DUE TO
CHANGE FROM PRIMITIVE TO MODERN FOODS BY PARENTS
106. CHANGE IN FACIAL FORM IN TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS, CORRESPONDING TO
CHANGE IN DIET BY PARENTS
107. NATIVES FROM ISLANDS NORTH OF AUSTRALIA SHOWING PROGRESSIVE
FACIAL CHANGE IN SAME FAMILY DUE TO CHANGE IN FOODS
108. WHITE GIRLS IN NEW ZEALAND ILLUSTRATE PROGRESSIVE LENGTHENING AND
NARROWING OF FACE AND HIPS
109. NEW ZEALAND MAORI ILLUSTRATING PROGRESSIVE CHANGE IN FACIAL FORM
OF TWO YOUNGER BOYS
110. NEW ZEALAND MAORI ILLUSTRATING MARKED UNDERSIZE AND DE


oplas
mic movement. There has not yet been observed, however, any
lack of electrical correlates when protoplasm itself is moving.
That changes in the electrical environment have an effect
upon the electrical properties of protoplasm, is well known from
the studies of Lund and his associates, and more recently by
Anderson. In this laboratory, Anderson's experiments were re
peated, using the technique we have employed in our search for
more information, and show that the reversal of polari ty in the
mould, by changing the external electrical environment, mark
edly inhibits the spread of the plasmodium. The direction in
which the plasmodium grows, moreover, can be altered by, again,
imposing an external electrical field on the primitive protoplasm.
In every instance, the growing plasmodium could be made to turn
towards the negative side of an imposed electrical environment.
In other words, in the slime mould, changing the electrical en
vironment can, under certain conditions, modify the direction in
which energy flows in the protoplasmic system.
The third question-w hat is the electrical correlate of an ade
quate stimulus to the plasmodiu m-was studied using a
cathode-ray tube as recording instrument, with photographic re-
77 THE UBIQUITOUS FIELD
production. Here, again, it was demonstra ted that any change in
the physical environment of primitive protoplasm results in an
adeq uate stimulus to the protoplasm itself. For a single vein of the
slime mould, suspended between two silver-silver chloride elec
trodes, showed a remarkable electro-metric response to such a
stimulus as a tap on one of the electrodes.
Unlike the nervous system, however, there seemed to be a
fairly close correlation between the strength of the tap and the
electro-metric response of the protoplasm. A weak tap produced a
relatively small change in voltage gradient, whereas a heavier
one increased the magnitude of the electrical response. There was,
however, obviously, a plateau of the response beyond which the
protoplasm showed no further increase in voltage output. This, of
course, is unlike the all-or-none phenomena to he found in neural
protoplasm.
Records of this sort reinforce the concept that one of the
simpler forms of protoplasm exhibits properties very like that to
be found in the nervous system. This might be suspected, of
course, since both neurones and the slime mould are built of the
same basic stuff, protoplasm. Even the most primitive protoplasm,
in order to maintain its existence, must be capable of responding
to the changing physical and chemical environment, of transmit
ting the stimuli throughout its extent and after some kind of
correlation or coordinating or integration of all the stimuli, of
producing some kind of describable response. These basic prop
erties of protoplasm, after all, are to be found enhanced enorm
ously, specialized and increased in efficiency through the differ
entiation of the nervous system.
No less important are changes in the chemical environment.
For example, if a drop of 2 % procain is placed on a vein, the
immediate effect of the application of the drop-and this is true
also of water-is a stimulus response usually in the opposite
polarity to the tap stimulus. After a matter of a few minutes,
however, the tap will produce a much reduced and flattened re
sponse; the magnitude is lessened and a return to the baseline is
slow.
If the: procain is washed off with a fine spray of tap water,
within another five minutes a reasonably characteristic response
78 THE UBIQUITOUS FIELD
is obtained, but much enhanced over the pre-test situation. It
should be noted that the vein hangs suspended in the air over a
moist chamber and the pro cain can be either adsorbed to the
surface of the protoplasm or pass through the phase boundary
into the protoplasm itself. The promptness of the recovery act of
washing and the enhancement uf the response would seem to in
dicate that the adsorbtion to the surface was the more probable.
These experiments suggest that slime mould could become a
very valuable tool for the study of the elIect of changing chemi
cal environment on protoplasm. In general, the similarity in
electrical response of the slime mould to changes in the physical
and chemical environmen t shows a remarkable similarity to the
properties of neural tissue.
* * *
With the experiments described in this chapter we had covered
a wide range of living forms and in all of them we had found
electro-dynamic fields. But our adventure was to lead us to still
further discoveries.
79 CHA PTER FIVE
The Field as a Sign post
1
We had reason to believe that the electro-dy namic field could
serve as a signpost for a variety of conditions because our ex
periments had confirmed our basic assumption. This was that
the organism possesses a field as a whole which embraces sub
sidiary or local fields, representing the organism's component
parts. We assumed, then, that variations in the subsidiary fields
would be reflected in variations in the flow of energy in the
whole system-as we had found in ovulation and malignancy.
We decided, therefore, to look for further practical consequen ces
of the theory.
Working with Dr. Sam uel Harvey and Dr. Max Taffe!, of
the Yale University School of Medicine, we initiated a study of
the relationship between the electro-metrics of the peripheral
nervous system and the physiological state of the system ex
amined. With the coopera tion of Dr. R. G. Grennel, we made a
special study of so-called surface potentials and peripheral nerve
injury.
In the course of these experiments, it was demonstra ted that
in experimental animals and man-surface potential differences
do reflect peripheral nerve activities. These potentials are not
affected by pre-gang lionic sympathectomy and seem to be inde
pendent of vascular and sweating responses.
We soon found a definite relationship between nerve and tissue
in the form of a potential difference, which can be used in quanti
tative tests of nerve function. These tests are simple enough for
routine clinical application. They show a dear-cut correlation be
tween the integrity of the peripheral somatic nervous system and
potential differences measured on the surface.
80 THE FIELD AS A SIGNPOST
Interference, pharmacological or traumatic, with normal func
tions of ulnar or sciatic nerve is reflected in an altered standing
potential between a reference electrode and a moving electrode in
contact with the area supplied by the nerve in question. The
mechanism by which this correlation is brought about is im
portant. Complicity of the vascular bed might exist but the lack
of any significant change in the pattern following sympathec
tomy makes this unlikely. However, the sympathectomies were
all pre-ganglionic and hence further work must be done in order
to clarify the matter.
It has been found that rapidly shutting off the blood-flow in
the forearm and hand by means of a blood pressure cuff on the
arm, as well as a sudden return of flow on releasing the cup, does
not significantly alter the potential difference. In other words,
altering the normal functioning of the vascular bed does not
affect the standing potential.
Furthermore, since the microvoltmet er is relatively unaffected
by changes in resistance in the system being measured,'skin re
sistance' and sweating, as reported by Richter and his associates,
are not involved in the potential changes. In the light of these
findings it would seem unlikely that the sympathetic nervous
system is the mediating factor. Nevertheless, the data show that
in unilateral sympathectomy there is a difference in the standing
potential on the operated and unoperated sides. These measure
ments, then, form the basis of a simple, quantitat ive test of
peripheral function, independent of sweating or of vascular re
action.
These ventures into the unknown of the electro-metrics of
living organisms were often prompted by a search for answers to
practical questions. An example of this are the electro-m etrics
of wound healing.
The late Dr. Samuel Harvey and Dr. Max Taffel had been
studying wound healing in experimental animals and in man;
and had called attention to the fact that the strength of a heal
ing wound is probably caused in large measure by prolifera tioilS
of fibroblast. This means, of course, that there is a great deal of
mitotic activity going on and, since an increase in the number
of cells is a vital biological propert y-and since other experiments
81 THE FIEL D AS A SIGNPOST
to be reported later show a close correlation with growth-these
studjes by Taffe! and Harvey showed an increase in tensile
strength correlated with the passage of time.
This inCTcase varies, for the most part, during the first eight or
ten days following the incision. This tends to be modified in
vitamin C deficient animals. But the increase of tensile strength
must involve at least two processes : one of cell proliferation and
one of cell differentiation. In normal development, the two events
do not occur in the same cell simultaneou sly. Each cell takes


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develop soft tumors. Tom was a professional person who had a hard, active life and
developed leukemia. It was very, very severe. In fact, so bad that he had started
collecting fluid in the abdomen, a condition that is always fatal. It was quite
rewarding to have a person with this condition so willing to give 100% attention and
effort to following Metabolic Medicine in such a severe, advanced disease. It is
always a joy to me to see a patient so conscientious and pure of heart in following the
program. In Tom's case we find that the side effects of the program — such side
effects as resuming his law practice and feeling terrific — were quite astounding
also."
Breast and Liver Cancer Testimonial
Rosswitha A. ~ Malaga, Spain
6-Year Victory Over Breast and Liver Cancer
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Winning The Cancer War
At the time of writing this testimonial, Rosswitha had a 4-year victory over breast
and liver cancer. Nutritional Counseling Service heard from her in 1983 and she was
in excellent health and enthusiastic about the program.
In June 1976, I  discovered a lump on my left breast. My gynecologist sent me to
have a mammography done. The result was positive and he told me it was almost
certainly a malignant growth. I  went to a surgeon who examined me thoroughly and
had some more X-rays done. He found I  had an enlarged liver and said he would
have to do an exploratory operation before doing a mastectomy. After the operation,
he told me I  had cancer on the liver too and that there was no point in removing the
breast. He said he would give me two sessions of chemotherapy. I  decided (after two
weeks of pills and injections) to go to the University Clinic Hospital in Frankfurt,
Germany, where my parents live. The surgeon in Malaga, Spain, gave me a report to
take to Germany, which said I  had cancer of the breast with a massive growth on the
liver and another in the abdominal area.
I  had more examinations and a scan test in Frankfurt, and the surgeon there
confirmed the Spanish report and said the growth of the tumor was fist-size. He told
my husband and myself there was no cure and the most we could hope for was a
remission. He would not say how long a remission. He advised me to have a
mastectomy to remove the primary growth in the breast and to have the ovaries taken
out to change the hormone balance in the body, which would make the subsequent
chemotherapy treatment more effective.
We were given the impression that there was no time to lose and little alternative. I
decided to have the surgery and chemotherapy in the hope that it would give me a
remission and enough time to seek a cure elsewhere. By this time I  was feeling bad. I
was suffering, I  think, from the reactions of the chemotherapy in Spain. I  had an
infection in the bladder, which was painful. My hair was beginning to fall out. I  felt
weak and depressed. When I  returned to the hospital a few days later for the
operation, I  could hardly walk. I  was operated on July 28 and started chemotherapy
(injections) on September 1.
I  stayed in the hospital only three days after each chemotherapy treatment, and,
after the third session, the doctors began to comment on this, comparing me with the
other patients, who were on their backs for days after the treatments. I  suggested it
could be due to the diet I  was on. The moment I  learned I  had cancer I  had put
myself on a healthy diet, cut all the chemicalized foods, and made adjustments to it
when a friend in Germany gave a book on food for cancer patients. The doctors and
nurses seemed amused at this and said I  could eat anything I  wanted — it would
make no difference. I  continued with my diet.
There was a woman doctor in the chemotherapy ward who seemed more willing
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than the others to discuss my problem with me and I  told her of my intention to seek
a cure and showed her a booklet on Dr. Nieper of Hanover. She had not heard of Dr.
Nieper or his treatment and told me I  was responding well to the chemotherapy and
should forget about any other kind of treatment until I  had completed the
chemotherapy sessions. I  couldn't forget about it, though, as I  was becoming more
convinced that chemotherapy was not going to give me the long remission I  had
hoped for and that I  had better look quickly for an alternative treatment.
When I  was told I  had cancer, my husband and myself did the contrary to what
many people do in this situation; we told everyone we knew about my problem,
hoping somebody could point us to a cure. My husband, publishing the English-
language magazine on the Costa de Sol (an international retirement center full of
informed people from all over the world), is in a good position to find out about
things, and, even before I  began chemotherapy in Frankfurt, we had gathered a lot of
information and were writing to a dozen doctors and clinics around Europe who were
using unorthodox treatments to cure cancer.
A friend gave us a copy of the Healthview Newsletter at this time, and the long
interview with Dr. Kelley in which he explained very clearly his theory and treatment,
gave me tremendous hope. Here was proof that cancer was being cured.
I  was given a break in the chemotherapy treatment and returned to our home in
Spain towards the end of November 1976. The chemotherapy was taking its toll and I
felt I  was going downhill. I  was bald, often depressed, very weak and in pain. Until
then, even during the worst moments, I  believed I  would somehow fight my way back
to good health. When I  read somewhere that only one in ten thousand survived
chemotherapy, I  assumed I  was going to be the one in ten thousand. Now I  wasn't so
sure, and was so weak I  felt I'd had enough and couldn't go on. The cramps in my
stomach became unbearable and we called in a local doctor, a friend of ours, and he
gave me an injection to kill the pains. He called my husband aside and told him that
he had given me morphine and would come immediately any hour of the day or
night to give me more as I  needed it. He thought I  couldn't live many more days.
Another doctor friend, who runs a local clinic where I  was having regular blood
checks, had received a report from the Frankfurt hospital, which stated I  had a fist
sized growth on the liver and several other plum-size growths in the pelvis area.
Questioned by my husband as to my chances, he simply shook his head and said,
"malo, malo, malo" (bad, bad, bad).
I  felt the stomach cramps were indigestion and became extremely careful about
what I  ate. In fact, at this point I  was almost too frightened to eat anything. I  knew
now I  had to do something quickly before it was too late. We began studying all the
information we had gathered on cancer cures and set ourselves a time limit of two
days to make our decision. This was perhaps the most agonizing time of all. I  felt we
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had to make the right choice the first time, as there wouldn't be time for another.
My Yoga teacher joined us (I had started Yoga some weeks before and each day
was doing some simple exercises, mainly breathing exercises, which I  believed would
strengthen me and help me relax). We had several books on cancer treatments but
kept coming back to Dr. Kelley's One Answer to Cancer. It made sense to me and I
was particularly impressed by the fact that Dr. Kelley had gone through what I  was
going through and had cured himself. I  had felt convinced about Dr. Kelley for weeks
but I  was put off by the distance I  would have to travel to see him. He seemed so far
away and I  dreaded the journey.
I  made my decision at the end of two days and phoned The Kelley Foundation in
Winthrop, Washington. As much as my husband wanted to go with me, we agreed
that it would be more practical if he stayed at home with our three small children
(ages 5, 7, and 9) and I  be accompanied on the journey by my yoga teacher, who —
being American — would probably prove more useful during our time in the States.
Winthrop was quite a contrast to the hospital in Frankfurt. I  had been very
impressed at first by the vast buildings, the army of doctors and nurses, the apparent
efficiency of the Frankfurt hospital and felt, mistakenly, I  had come to the right place
and that here they must be clever enough to cure anything. Arriving in Winthrop, I
wondered if it could be possible that such important work as Dr. Kelley's was being
carried out in such a tiny place miles and miles from anywhere.
Dr. Kelley himself was quite different from the doctors in Frankfurt who had made
me feel I  was being a nuisance every time I  asked a question about my condition and
treatment. This attitude I  had found frustrating, as it was my life in their hands and I
consider


 the faster the energy is let out,
and the quicker the experience will be over. The
whole thing can be released instead of allowing it to
drag out endlessly, agonizingly, through hours, days,
weeks, months, years, or even a whole lifetime.
Remember we said that when someone has an
acute injury, such as a burn on their hand, if they will
stop everything and use this same method ofletting go HEALING AND RECOVERY 240
of resisting by just opening the door and welcoming it
and saying,"In fact, I want more of it," more of the ener
gy of that experience, and if they will ignore what goes
on in mind-ignore the thoughts but allow the experi
ence of the energy field-the mind will say, "Well, I'm
experiencing grief."That is a label, so we will say that
all thoughts are labels and have no reality-in reality,
none of these things exist. Ifa loved one dies, the mind
automatically says "grief;' which is a label. Because the
mind has power over emotions and the capacity to
give them form, the belief that to lose someone causes
grief gives form to the emotion. The energy field of the
emotions is actually formless, but when one insists that
.it is grief, it then takes the form of grief. If somebody
holds a gun to our head, we are naturally convinced in
mind that this calls for fear; therefore, the same energy
now assumes a somewhat different form labeled "fear."
It is preferable to decrease the form of the energy
field and stop labeling it anything.We don't tell people,
"You know,I'm going through grief; I'm going through
fear; I'm going through an upset."An 'upset' is closer to
the truth. It is a general term because it is very hard to
say what the emotion is in an acute upset. Initially, one
usually experiences a sense of shock, numbness, and
disbelief that this could have happened. That is the
moment to begin this practice.A person is prepared if
they know about the technique in advance.
Several years ago, I went through such an experi
ence and instantly began letting go of resisting the
experience. I constantly canceled out the thoughts. For
instance, the loss seemed like forever, a lifetime. It is
not the loss of a lifetime that is the problem, it is the HANDLING MA] 0 R CRI SES 241
energy of the emotion that comes up about that. Once
the energy of the emotion about the loss dissipates, it
becomes sort of a "So what?"The problem is the acute
catastrophic emotionality, so one just has to be with it.
The technique is to allow oneself to experience it. In
fact, to get over it in a hurry, just ask for more! Say to
yourself, "~ want more of it; I want more of it."
We can eventually see that this is a major opportu
nity.The cause of all pain and suffering is the accumu
lation of this compressed energy field, and life events
give us an excuse. It opens the gate so we allow our
selves to feel some ofit. For example, somebody bumps
the fender of our car.All the suppressed anger that we
have accumulated over our lifetime now has an excuse
to pop out. It gets angry over the dented fender; it gets
annoyed and goes into self-pity and blame.The events
in life are the excuses for letting go of the compressed
energy. Because it becomes unbearable, the mind fmds
a way to discharge it that is acceptable to us.
A person who is familiar with this will feel the com
pressed energy and begin to release it without waiting
for the mind to create an excuse that justifies its
release.The more sophisticated mind does not need an
outside event to release its angriness. It just knows that
it is building up some suppressed angriness and sits
down and says,"I had better look at this:' It then starts
letting go of the energy of it before the mind gets
around and creates something 'out there' to relieve
itself. It is as though the events in our lives are almost
like safety or release valves, providing a way to decom
press this energy tank.
The technique is one of decompression. It is look242 HEALING AND RECOVERY
ing at the energy as it is being experienced. We do not
have to handle the thoughts or the problems that the
mind creates around this particular event.When a per
son looks at any life experience, they will see that they
live within their feelings about it.The life event itself is
really a 'nothing'. In the morning, it may look cata
strophic, but by noon, it might be amusing. The event
has not changed at all. The dented fender, at the
moment it happens, may be an outrage of indignation.
The minute we think about it,we start to feel guilty.We
know very well that we turned a little too sharply our
self. Maybe an hour later we are feeling sorry for the
other guy because now he has an insurance problem.
We realize it really was not· his fault, and we have a
desire to make it up to him. Now we are into feeling
guilty and blaming ourself again.Then we think about
it all again, and now we go back into rage.We see what
we are living with.Are we living with a dented fender?
The fact is that we never really lived with a dented
fender; we only lived our own inner experience ofthat.
How we are with that is what we are experiencing.
People never experience the dented fenders in life,
only their emotions about them.
When we look at it from this perspective, it is not
quite as bad an overwhelm. The only thing we are ever
going to have to handle is the same energy, the subtle,
inner feelingness, and then let go of resisting it, surren
der to it, and welcome it. Saying yes to it releases its
energy. After doing this for a few minutes, or maybe
even an hour (it depends on how adept one is---'some
people get it right away and some need a little prac
tice), a person gets where it is and no longer has to HANDLIN G MAJ0 R C RISES 243
even handle or experience the emotions as such.What
was fear disappears and is not felt as fear any longer.
Anger is not felt as angriness; guilt is not felt as guilti
ness per se. The emotion is felt as an overwhelming;
upcoming flow of a negative energy that is actually
generic and nameless.
When we stop naming, labeling, or calling the energy
something, we no ~onger have to handle it. When we
stop putting constructions and interpretations of the
mind onto it, when we let go of wanting to make it
right or wrong or the event or ourselfwrong, when we
bypass all that, we then get the feelingness ofit and see
that we do not have to handle all that.We do not have
to handle the thought or even the emotions ofit.All we
have to do is handle the same upcoming energy.
Can we do that? Yes, we can because we are doing
it all the time anyway. It is a more effective technique
than wildly racing around in our mind trying to figure
it out, or running around inside our feelings and trying
to handle the catastrophic emotions because, at the
same time, this letting go of the energy field is happen
ing anyway.
It is helpful to become conscious of it, to cut
through the confusion and get right to the essential
point of what is effective. Dealing with the thoughts
and the events with all the reasoning, logic, and figur
ing it out, and dealing with all the probing into the psy
chological significances is entertaining but thoroughly
ineffective. It is a waste of time and energy and really
delays the recovery.
The healing of an acute burn of the hand takes only
a matter of seconds. How long should it take the bleed244 HEALING AND RECOVERY
ing to stop ifwe have cut off a thumb? It actually takes
a matter of seconds. For example, when I unintention
ally cut my thumb off, I instantly used this technique,
and the thumb bled exactly eight drops. The instant
releasing of it, the releasing of the pain, and the letting
go of the resistance of the catastrophic overwhelm
allowed the bleeding to stop instantaneously.
Those people who have tried this technique have
had the same experience on the physical level, demon
strating the truth of this. It can be done with any emo
tion. One goes into the emotion, then past the emotion,
and stops calling it anything. One gets in touch with
the generic energy of what is coming up. It seems to
come right up through the solar plexus, or it seems to
be everywhere. One goes right to where the experi
ence is being experienced. One has to use a little disci
pline with the mind and refuse to have the mind fool
oneself. The person says, "Well, I'm experiencing the
death of that person out there:' One is not experienc
ing it 'out there'; one is experiencing it '


 and passive liver congestion. Levels ranging from
10 to 20 times normal may indicate severe MI, severe infectious mononucleosis, and alcoholic
cirrhosis. Moderate-to-high levels ranging from 5 to 10 times normal indicate Duchenne muscular
dystrophy, dermatomyositis, and chronic hepatitis, along with prodromal and resolving stages of
diseases. Low-to-moderate levels of 2 to 5 times normal may show hemolytic anemia, metastatic
liver tumors, acute pancreatitis, pulmonary emboli, alcohol withdrawal syndrome, fatty liver, and
the first stages of biliary duct obstruction.
The Serum Bilirubin Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for serum bilirubin, the main product of hemoglobin catabolism, is a
measurement of bile pigment which indicates the state of health of the liver and gallbladder. After
being formed in the reticuloendothelial cells, bilirubin is bound to albumin and then transported
to the liver, where it’s conjugated with glucuronic acid to form bilirubin glucuronide and bilirubin
diglticuronide. These two compounds are then excreted in bile. Measurement of indirect or
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www.thegersonway.comThe serum bilirubin laboratory test showing elevated levels often indicates liver damage in
which the parenchymal cells can no longer conjugate bilirubin with glucuronide. Then indirect
bilirubin reenters the bloodstream. Also, an elevated reading alerts the health professional to the
possibility of severe hemolytic anemia. This test aids in the differential diagnosis of jaundice,
biliary obstruction, and dangerous levels of unconjugated bilirubin.
Normally in an adult, indirect serum bilirubin measures 11 mg/dL or less; direct serum
bilirubin of less than 0.5 mg/dL). Neonates have total serum bilirubin ranging from 1 to 12
mg/dL; if elevated to 20 mg/dL (for them, it indicates neonatal hepatic immaturity or congenital
enzyme deficiencies. An exchange blood transfusion may then be required.
If readings of bilirubin are elevated for adults, the test advises about the possibility of
autoimmunity or transfusion reaction, hemolytic or pernicious anemia or hemorrhage, and
hepatocellular dysfunction perhaps from viral hepatitis. Needless to say, elevated levels of
direct conjugated bilirubin usually show biliary obstruction with overflows into the bloodstream.
Intrahepatic biliary obstruction may come from viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, or chlorpromazine
reaction. Extrahepatic obstruction may come from gallstones, gallbladder cancer, pancreatic
cancer, or bile duct disease.
The Serum Gamma-Glutamyl
Transpeptidase (GGT) Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) is a measurement of
obstructive jaundice in neoplastic liver disease, and it’s also useful for the detection of excessive
alcohol consumption. The GGT enzyme is sensitive to drug use and detects alcohol ingestion;
therefore, it’s used to  determine compliance with alcoholism treatment. It also helps in the
diagnosis of obstructive jaundice and liver cancer.
The normal range for GGT varies with age in males but not in females. For men ages 18 to
50 it varies between 10 and 39 U/L. Older than that, males show a GGT  range from 10 to 48 U/
L. The normal range in women is 6 to 29 U/L. Elevation signals a cholestatic liver process.
Note: The immune-stimulating effect of the Gerson Therapy frequently causes a rise in GGT
blood levels.
The Acid Phosphatase Laboratory Test
The laboratory test for acid phosphatase is a measurement of the prostatic and erythrocytic
isoenzymes to detect cancer. Active at a pH of 5, the two phosphatase enzymes appear in the liver,
spleen, red blood cells, bone marrow, platelets, and prostate gland.
Successful treatment for prostate cancer decreases acid phosphatase levels. Its normal values
range from 0 to 1.1 Bodansky units/mL; 1 to 4 King Armstrong units/mL; 0.13 to 0.63 Bessey-Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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www.thegersonway.comLowery-Brock units/mL; and 0 to 6 U/L in SI units. Normal range of radioimmunoassay results
is 0 to 4.0 ng/mL.
An elevated prostatic acid phosphatase test indicates Paget’s disease, Gaucher’s disease,
multiple myeloma, and a tumor that has spread beyond the prostatic capsule. If metastasized
to bone, the high acid phosphatase level accompanied by a high alkaline phosphatase shows
increased osteoblastic activity-metastatic bone cancer.
The Alkaline Phosphatase (AP) Laboratory Test
An enzyme that is most active at pH 9.0, alkaline phosphatase (AP) influences bone
calcification and the transport of lipids and metabolites. The alkaline phosphatase laboratory test
measures combined activities of those AP isoenzymes found in the liver, bones, kidneys, intestinal
lining, and placenta. Bone and liver AP are always present in adult blood serum, with liver AP
most prominent—except during the third trimester of pregnancy when the placenta originates half
of all AP.
The AP laboratory test is particularly sensitive to mild biliary obstruction and indicates liver
lesions. Its most specific clinical application is in the diagnosis of metabolic bone disease and
detecting skeletal diseases characterized by osteoblastic activity and local liver lesions causing
biliary obstruction such as tumor or abscess. It furnishes supplemental information for liver
function studies and GI enzyme tests, and it assesses the response to vitamin D treatment in
rickets.
The normal range of serum alkaline phosphatase varies in accordance with the laboratory
method employed, but the usual total AP levels range from 30 to 120 U/L in adults and from 40
to 200 U/L in children. Since AP concentrations rise during active bone formation and growth,
infants, children, and adolescents normally show levels three times higher than adults. Additional
normal ranges for AP are 1.5 to 4 Bodansky units/dL; 4 to 13.5 King-Armstrong units/dL; 0.8 to
2.5 Bessey-Lowry units/dL; 30 to 110 U/L by SMA 1260.
High AP blood levels indicate skeletal disease, intrahepatic biliary obstruction causing
cholestasis, malignant or infectious infiltrations, fibrosis, Paget’s disease, bone metastases,
hyperparathyroidism, metastatic bone tumors from pancreatic cancer, and liver diseases before
any change in blood serum bilirubin levels.
Moderate rise in AP levels shown by this laboratory test may reflect acute biliary obstruction
from liver inflammation in active cirrhosis, mononucleosis, osteomalacia, deficiency-induced
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www.thegersonway.comThe Alanine Transaminase, Serum
GLUTAMIC -PYRUVIC  TRANSAMINASE  (ALT/SGPT) L ABORATORY  TEST
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), one of the two enzymes that catalyze a reversible amino
group transfer reaction in the Krebs citric acid (tricarboxylic acid) cycle, is necessary for tissue
energy production. (The second enzyme is aspartate aminotransferase.) Elevated serum ALT
indicates acute hepatocellular damage before jaundice appears. The ALT/SGPT laboratory test
makes use of spectrophotometric or colorimetric methods which detect and evaluate treatment
progress for hepatitis, cirrhosis without jaundice, liver toxicity, and acute liver disease. It also
distinguishes between myocardial and hepatic tissue damage.
ALT values range from 10 to 32 U/L in men; from 9 to 24 U/L in women; twice those levels
in infants. When they are very high—up to 50 times normal—viral or drug-induced hepatitis must
be suspected. Or there may be other liver disease with extensive necrosis.
Moderate-to-high levels of ALT may indicate infectious mononucleosis, chronic hepatitis,
intrahepatic cholestasis, early or improving acute viral hepatitis, or severe hepatic congestion due
to heart failure.
Slight-to-m


ply played until suddenly your mother called you in for dinner.
Consciousness or awareness is the life force that experiences and radiates
in everything. True health is a result of wholeness, wherein the body, mind,
and emotions are kept in harmony with this soul awareness and with God.
The toxic conditions we experience are essentially self-created. Since we
create them by our lifestyles, including our diets and our thoughts, we can
turn them around. We can renew and revitalize body and mind.
The Physical Body

Although the physical body is necessary for you to experience and enjoy the
journey in this physical world, who you are is not
limited to your body. The
physical body is a vehicle, like your car, that carries you around and takes
you wherever you wish. It is a self-regulating machine. Its basic need is onlysurvival. Its awareness is cellular. This body is your protection. It is very
dense; made up of mainly water, cells, toxins and minerals. The nervous
system and brain are its messenger/communication service, without which
one cell would not know what and how to respond to external stimuli or to
any other cell. For all its amazing abilities and strengths, however, the
physical body has a very short life span when you compare it with eternity.
 Now let’s stop and think for a minute. If our physical body is only made
up of matter, where do we get our awareness from? And where do thoughts
and emotions come from? It becomes much easier to understand these
questions if you have had an out-of-body experience. Many people today
have come to know that they are not limited to the body, based on having a
near-death experience for one reason or another. Many practice “out-of-
body” travel on a daily basis. I spent years working in emergency medicine,
and I was honored to have been close to those who had such experiences, as
well as those who passed into the next adventure. I also spent many years
experimenting as a traveler “out of body,” learning and experiencing the
many levels or heavens that exist. (Remember that Jesus said, “In my Father’s
house, there are many mansions.”) We only
use
 the physical body, however,
giving it life with our consciousness … our awareness. When it is time for us
to leave our bodies, we will simply withdraw our attention from them and
move on.
Through an expanded awareness comes the God-realization that we are
all one. Once you have experienced this level of awareness and
understanding, you will find absolute love, and you will discover that you are
God’s expression. The healthier you are in all your bodies, the greater and
happier your life is, and the more love and God you will experience as an
active part of every moment of your life.
Our awareness, our consciousness, comes from our union with God, our
inseparability from the One. I think most people who believe in God will
agree that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. This means that
God is infinite. There is no place in which God is not. God has no
boundaries, and thus cannot be a limited being in any way. Therefore, God
cannot have form or substance, as we know it, or God would be limited. God
cannot be limited to a body, or to emotions, or even to thoughts, as all of
these are limiting and based upon conditioning and experiences, not truth.
The Emotional Body

The existence of your emotional body, called by many the “astral body,” has
been well documented by many travelers. This astral or emotional body is a
distinct body from your physical body, but looks very much like it. This is
the body of feelings and emotions. This body drives thought and gives
motivation to the physical body. Without desire, your ability to create in thephysical world would not exist.
Your emotions or your emotional body are not you; they are only used
by you to further experience creation. However, the health of your physical
body can be greatly affected by your emotional body. Anger, hate and rage
will destroy your liver. Jealousy, anxiety and negative emotions will affect
kidneys and adrenals. Fear, gossip and ego will shut down the heart. You can
see how important it is to gain control of this body that you use to express
emotion.
The Mental Body

This consideration of the emotional body leads us to the mind, or mental
body. God created this mental body to actually form creation. This body or
level is where thought manifests. This is
where true duality exists. This is
where male/female, up/down, black/white, small/large, etc., is created. To
experience anything you must first think about it. You must have an image or
create an image out of what you already know or have experienced in the
past. Then, with this data you create your future. Thought is totally limited to
past experiences or conditioned responses. The best example I can give you is
that the mind is like a computer; it can only function as it has been
programmed.
Your emotional body and physical body only respond to thought.
Thought is the creator and the emotions are the driving force or manifester,
so to speak, of these images. All thoughts and emotions are like your physical
body—they go through birth, life and death. The mind is just another “body”
that you use to experience and “create experience” with.
The Ego

The ego is the “body of separation.” It says, “I am separate and different from
the rest.” This is the first body that you as soul must use to begin your
journey into creation. This is the first separation that you have from God, and
the last you must drop to be free again from creation. When you go beyond
your ego, which is a limited and limiting “little” self, you can then experience
the truth of the
real
 you, the unlimited you, again. You will find that youhave “always been there” or “here” all along. What hides your true self is
your bodies and their functions. All this is necessary in the scheme of things
so that God and you can experience endlessly. God being omnipotent,
omniscient and omnipresent needs this separation in order to experience.
All Together

The reason I have concluded with this chapter in
The Detox Miracle
Sourcebook
 is to help you connect to your true self and to give you some
understanding of why we use the terminology “body, emotions, mind and
soul.” All of your bodies must become healthy if you wish to have longevity
and true vitality. Each of the “bodies” you use affects all the others. They fit
and interact so closely that you and most scientists are fooled into thinking
they are one body. They are not. They exist to give color, aroma, form and
texture to creation. Each of these bodies you use is created from the atoms of
its respective dimension of heaven. Each of these bodies creates an electrical
reaction in the physical body, which is their mechanism of response. One
must look beyond the veil of the physical, emotional and mental worlds
(bodies) if one wishes to experience and know truth.
The Bottom Line

Break free of the chains that bind you to this world. “Become like little
children,” free to enjoy the present moment. The present moment is eternal,
and pure awareness (which is what you are) only lives in the present moment.
Remember, it is thought that is based in time. Past and future are only
concepts of the mind, as memory and desire weave your future.
Use the natural laws of God to create a vibrant state of health. Look to
the power and expansion of the infinite, not the limitation and confinement of
the finite. Realize that you are God’s expression and that what you
experience, God experiences. Why else would God create?
See every moment as a spiritual experience. Feel and see the divine in all
things. The future is unimportant; it doesn’t matter what changes the earth
will make to cleanse itself. What is important is you and your survival. One
day it will be time for you to leave your body, so spend time alone withyourself and get to know who you truly are.
Years ago, a very old master told me “that alone exists.” Everything is
born alone, lives separate from everything else, and passes (dies)
alone. Get
to know who you are in this alone state. Most people cannot live without a
TV or radio. They fear this aloneness. At the physical and emotional levels,
souls have become code-pendent because of this fear and this longing for
God. Use prayer, meditation or contemplation; not to petition God, but to
listen to and experience God. God is omnipresent; there is no place God is
not. If you are constantly talking, thinking or desiring, how will you
experience or be able to recognize this eternal presence of God?
When It’s Your Time to Move On
In extreme cases, and in some advanced cancer cases, failure to get well may
indicate that it is a person’s turn to leave this planet. Our physical, emotional,
and mental bodies are only our vehicles while we’re on a journey in this
creation. They can’t and won’t last forever.
One should never fear God or the journey that one takes. “You” can never
die—only your bodies die. You, as soul, live forever. This physical world is
one of the hardest of God’s worlds to function and live in. If it is your time, it
can be experienced


 piano and became a good piano player.45
Enter, or perhaps re-enter, the brave new world of wellness through
healthy lifestyle, exercise, natural r emedies, alternative therapies,
meditation and prayer with positive thinking.  – Monica Skrzypczak
The body must be wisely nourished, physically, emotionally and spiritually.
We’re spiritually starved in America and not underfed, but undernourished.
– Carol HornigTo lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. – Ben Franklin
Knowing and following th ese teachings will mean
true life and good health for you. – Proverbs 4:22Mother Nature Works Miracles Slowly,
But Surely When You Honor Her Laws
Mr. Evans is growing younger as he is growing older.
His miseries are gone! He accomplished all this by himself!I only helped him to help him self! As a health teacher, I
only laid out his healthy lifestyle program of naturalliving. Today he fasts every week for
24 to 36 hours without
fail. Four times a year – winter, spring, summer and fall –he takes a
10 day complete fast. His lively steps are that of
a man 20 years of age! His movements are quick and
accurate. He didn’t do all this in a day, in a week or amonth. It took time to break down and eliminate thepoisons and toxic acid crystals that were tormenting him.
What Mr. Evans did you can do too! The body is
self-repairing, self-healing and self-maintaining. All youhave to do is live by the laws of God and Mother Nature,and you will be rewarded with the joy of living.
Be a faithful health captain and live The Bragg
Healthy Lifestyle! I don’t want you to have to totter alongon life-support drug cocktails and hip replacements, butchoose to LIVE with super energy and total health!
Fasting is an important part of your program for
banishing toxic acid crystals from the moveable jointsof your body. You and only you know how free yourjoints are of this toxic material which causes prematureageing. Start today on your first
24 hour, distilled water
fast. You be the judge of what effects fasting will haveon the many moveable joints of your body. At this verysecond, roll your head round and round. Do you hearthat grating sound of grinding toxic acid crystals?46 •To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
•To talk health, peace and happiness to everyone you meet.
•To make all your friends feel that they are special.
•To look at the sunny side of everything and make
your optimism and dreams come true.
•To think only of the best, work only for the best and expect
only the best for your life.
•To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you
are about yours.
•To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater
achievements of the bright, fresh future.
•To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every
living creature you meet a smile.
•To give so much time to the improvements of yourself that
you have no time to be critical of others.
•To be too large for worry, too strong for fear, too noble
for anger, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
– Christian D. LarsonWITH LOVE PROMISE YOURSELFToxic Acid Crystals Make Joints Grind
The grinding sound you hear is the toxic acid crystals
that have deposited themselves on the uppermost boneof your spine – the Atlas. Your
24 hour or 7 day fast will
not eliminate all the toxic acid crystals from your Atlas,but the body purification will be started. Fast one day aweek. In one year you will have fasted
 52 days. In that
time the Vital Force of your body will have dissolved alarge amount of the acid crystals from your joints.
Each time you fast you will notice more freedom in
every joint in your body. A feeling of agelessness will
replace that tight, stiff, ageing feeling. Once again you
will feel free and loose in every moveable joint of yourbody. You will have Mother Nature, fasting and eating
natural food to thank for your “New Youthful Feeling!”47 Paul C. Bragg – Fasting & Life Extension Specialist
Fasting is the greatest remedy – the physician within!
– Paracelsus, 15th century physician
He established the role of body chemistry in medicine.Chapter 5
Scientific Fasting Explained
Fasting has been practiced by man and animals since
the beginning of time. Primitive man had no other method
of healing except fasting. He would fast when he got hurtor when ill, because fasting was a natural instinct for self
preservation. Along with fasting, he used herbs from the
field and forest as tonics and antiseptics.
I believe that fasting is Mother Nature’s best remedy!
For, as we will see, properly conducted fasts purify the
body, restoring it to health after everything has failed.
In over
 70 years of supervising fasts, I have seen
miracles happen to people who were ready for the
human scrap yard that truly could be called miraculous.Fasting is not only the oldest method of fighting physical
problems, but the best of all remedies because it has no
side effects. Fasting is the most natural and originalprocess of cleansing and purifying the body.48
Mother Nature and its beauty is the signature of God.Fasting is as Old as Man
The instinct that leads us to fast when the body is
sick or wounded resides in the  cells of every living being.
The reason sick or wounded animals refuse to eat is that
the instinct of self-preservation takes away their hungerso they will not eat. In this way, the Vital Force (which
would otherwise have to be used in the digestion of food)
is concentrated at the site of the injury to remove wasteproducts, thus purifying and healing the body. The
fasting instinct is so powerful and of such vital
importance that, even though semi-civilized man hasstrayed from the natural path, he is still greatly
influenced by this wonderful saving scheme of Mother
Nature! If he would obey the silent voice of this infallible,natural instinct and stop eating when hunger has been
withdrawn, he would soon get well. Better still, he would
never get sick again, provided he ate natural food, livedin a natural environment and lived a sane, sensible,
healthy, peaceful and natural lifestyle.
Since the infallible intelligence of the living organism
withdraws the sensation of hunger when there is anexcess of food or when the body has been wounded,
the desire to fast begins when either of these happen.
We read in ancient history that fasting has been
practiced since time immemorial by the religious people
of the East and by most ancient civilizations. They practiced
fasting not only for the recovery of health and preservationof youth, but for spiritual illumination as well. Accordingly,
we see the great philosopher, Pythagoras c.560-c.480 BC,
requiring his disciples to undertake a fast of 40 days beforethey could be initiated into the mysteries of the spiritual
teachings. He claimed that only through a 40 day fast could
the minds of the disciples be sufficiently purified and
clarified to understand the profound teachings of the
beautiful m ysteries of life.
As it was in the old days, fasting will not only purify
the body and help restore it to well-being, but has a
great effect on the mental and spiritual parts of man.49
You are encircled by the arms of the mystery of God.  – Hildegard of Bingen
You can reverse your biological age by eliminating toxins from your life.Fasting Awakens the Mind and Soul
In my own personal life, as well as in the lives of
many of my students who have been conscientious and
persistent in their fasting program, great mental and
spiritual doors have been opened! If I read a book today,my mind retains what I read as clearly as if the book
were in front of me... that is, I have a photographic
memory. Hundreds of my students write that they, too,have developed a keen photographic mind. After a fast
of
1 to 3 days, you will notice that a dark cloud has been
lifted out of your mind. You can think more logicallyand you can come to decisions quite quickly. What was
once a great problem becomes trivial! After a fast, you
seem to fear nothing any more and things you worriedabout are solved easily by your purified mind.
In my personal life, fasting helped me develop a keen
brain and extrasensory perception. I can find solutionsfor problems that once caused me hours of anxiety and
nerve-exhausting worrying. My fasting program has
created an inner peaceful tranquillity of mind. I feel moreserene and at peace with myself and the world becauseof my continued fasting program. As you purify your
body and mind, you seem to come closer to a power
higher than yourself! This inner strength and innerpower, makes you a positive-thinking, youthful person.
The memory becomes sharp as a razor’s edge. You
can remember names, places and events that go backmany years. You have a better capacity for self-education.
Education is not a preparation for life, but education is
life itself! To grow mentally and spiritually is the greatestgoal we humans can have on this earth. So fasting works
three ways. You purify your body physically, mentally
and spiritually and therefore enjoy super vitality andhealth. Your mind becomes  a sponge which can


lessthan
theoptimumrateofintakeofascorbicacidforanadulthumanbeing.
Ingeneral,thedietaryrequirementsofhumanshavebeenfoundtobe
closelysimilartothoseofotherprimates,andstudiesofvitaminCinthese
primatesshouldyieldvaluableinformationabouttheoptimumhumanin-
takeofthisvitamin.Monkeysareusedinlargenumbersofmedicalre-
search.AsImentionedinChapter1,muchefforthasbeendevotedbythe
SubcommitteeonLaboratoryAnimalNutritiontofindingtheintakesof
variousnutrientsthatputstheminthebestofhealth.Thesecarefulstudies
haveledtotheformulationofseveral,rathersimilarrecommended dietsfor
laboratorymonkeys.Theamountofascorbicacidinthesedietsliesinthe
rangeof1.75gperdayto3.50gperday,scaledupto70kgofbodyweight;
the1.75gperdayscaledfromtheprescriptionforrhesusmonkeys(Rine-
hartandGreenberg,1956)and3.50gperdayfromthatforsquirrelmon-
keys(Portmanetal.,1967).Thesemonkeysweighonlyafewkilograms,
butthereislittledoubtthattheneedforascorbicacidisproportional to
bodyweight,fortheamountsmanufacturedbyanimalsthathavetheabil-
itytomakethissubstancearefoundtoberathercloselyproportional to
bodyweightoveratremendousrange,froma20-gmousetoa70-kggoat.
Fromthesestudieswithmonkeyswemayconcludethattherequirementof
vitaminCbyhumansmightlieintherangeof1.75gto3.5gperday.
Additionalevidencehasbeenprovidedbyastudyoftheoptimumintake
ofascorbicacidbyguineapigs.Yew(1973)foundthatobservationsof
growthratesbothbeforeandaftersurgicalstress;recoverytimesafteranes-
78 CHAPTER9
thesia;andthetimesneededforscabformation,woundhealing,andthe
productionofhydroxyprolineandhydroxylysineduringwoundhealingall
supporttheconclusionthatyoungguineapigsordinarilyneedabout5.0mg
per100gofbodyweightperdayandthatunderstresstheneedsareeven
higher.Forhumansthecorrespondingintakeis3.5gperdayunderordi-
naryconditions,alargeramountunderstress.
Whyhavenotsimilarstudiesbeencarriedoutwithhumanbeings?Part
oftheansweristhatitismuchhardertostudyhumansthananimals.
Anotherpartisthatmanyphysiciansandnutritionistsseemtohaveac-
ceptedtheideathatvitaminChasnovalueforhumanbeingsexceptto
preventscurvyandthatitwouldbeawasteofefforttoattempttodeter-
minetheoptimumintake.Stillanotheraspectofthismatteristhatthese
authoritiespersistinignoringthemanystudiesthathavebeencarriedout
demonstrating thatanintakeofseveralgramsperdayleadstoimproved
health.
Iconcludethattheoptimumdailyintakeofascorbicacidformostadult
humanbeingsliesintherange2.3gto10g.Theamountofindividual
biochemicalvariability(Chapter10)issuchthatforalargepopulationthe
rangemaybeasgreatasfrom250mgto20gormoreperday.
TheseamountsaremuchlargerthantheRDAofvitaminCpublishedof
theFoodandNutritionBoard,aspreviouslynoted.Therecommendation
ofthisboard,saidtobedesignedforthemaintenanceofgoodnutritionof
practicallyallhealthypeopleintheUnitedStates,is35mgperdayfor
infants,45mgperdayforchildren,increasingto60mgperdayforadults
(80forpregnantwomenand100forlactatingwomen).Inmakingits
recommendation theboardstatedthattheminimumdailyintakeofascorbic
acidneededtopreventscurvyisabout10mg,andthatthesomewhatlarger
amountsrecommendedshouldprovideagenerousincrementforindividual
variabilityandasurplustocompensateforpotentiallossesinfood.The
ideathatbeneficialeffectswouldresultfromalargerintakeofascorbicacid
wasrejected,onthebasisofreportsthatphysicalandpsychomotorper-
formancesofmenhadnotbeenimprovedbysupplementsofbetween70mg
and300mgofascorbicacidperday,andthattheoccurrenceofbleeding
gumsinmilitarypersonnelwasnotaffectedbysupplementsof100mgor
200mgperdayforperiodsofthreeweeks.Thereare,however,many
publishedreportsaboutbeneficialeffectsofvitaminCingestedinlarger
amounts.
Ascorbicacidisnotadangeroussubstance.Itisdescribedinthemedical
literatureas"virtuallynontoxic."Guineapigsthatweregiven,orallyorby
intravenousinfusion(ofsodiumascorbate,thesodiumsaltofascorbicacid),
0.5percentoftheirbodyweightperdayforaperiodofdaysshowedno
symptomsoftoxicity(Demole,1934).Thisamountcorrespondsforahu-
manbeingtoabout350g(threequartersofapound)perday.Manydogs
VITAMINSINTHEBODY 79
andcatshavebeengivenlargedosesforcontrolofdistemper,influenza,
rhinotracheitis, cystitis,andotherdiseases,withbeneficialresultsandno
signsoftoxicity(BelfieldandStone,1975;Belfield,1978,1982).The
amountusedwas1gperpoundofbodyweightperday,injectedintrave-
nously(intwodoses,morningandafternoon),corresponding toabout150g
perdayforanadulthumanbeing.Humanbeingsthemselveshavetaken10
to20gofvitaminCeverydayfortwenty-fiveyearswithnodevelopmentof
kidneystonesorothersideeffects(Klenner,1971;Stone,1967).Patients
withglaucomahavebeentreatedwithabout35gofvitaminC(0.5gperkg
bodyweight)eachdayformorethansevenmonths(Virnoetal.,1967;
Bietti,1967).Theonlysideeffectreportedwasloosenessofthebowels
duringthefirstthreetofourdays.Patientswithviraldiseasesorschizo-
phreniahavereceivedasmuchaslOOgperdaywithnosymptomsof
toxicity(Klenner,1971;HerjanicandMoss-Herjanic, 1967).Onecancer
patienthastaken130gperdayfornineyears,withbenefit.Alarge
amount(severalgrams)ofascorbicacidtakenwithoutotherfoodmaycause
anupsetstomachandloosenessofthebowelsinsomepeople,butmore
serioussideeffectshavenotbeenreported.
Ascorbicacidmaybedescribedasnomoretoxicthanordinarysugar
(sucrose),andfarlesstoxicthanordinarysalt(sodiumchloride).Thereis
noreportedcaseofthedeathofanypersonfromeatingtoomuchascorbic
acid,nor,indeed,ofseriousillnessfromthiscause.
Itmightbepossibletoingestfromthefoodweeattheamountofvitamin
CthatIrecommendasoptimum.Thiswouldrequire,however,acuisine
loadedwithpeppers(hotorsweet,greenorred)andblackcurrants.Other
plantfoodsaffordlessthanthe350mgofvitaminCper100gmeasuredin
thesefoods.Orangejuice,lemonjuice,limejuice,grapefruitjuice,tomato
juice,mustardgreens,spinach,andbrusselsproutscontainagoodquantity
ofascorbicacid,from25mgto100mgper100g.Greenpeasandgreen
beans,sweetcorn,asparagus,pineapple,tomatoes,gooseberries,cranber-
ries,cucumbers,andlettucecontainfrom10mgto25mgper100g.Some-
whatsmalleramounts—lessthan10mgperlOOg—arefoundineggs,
milk,carrots,beets,andcookedmeat.(Seethetableonpage61.)
Theascorbicacidinfoodstuffs iseasilydestroyedbycookingathigh
temperatures, especiallyinthepresenceofcopperandtosomeextentof
othermetals.Cookedfoodsusuallyretainonlyabouthalfoftheascorbic
acidpresentintherawfoods.Thelossofthevitamincanbekepttoa
minimumbycookingforashortperiodoftime,withaminimumamountof
waterandwiththewaternotdiscarded,becauseithasextractedsomeof
thevitaminfromthefood.
Agoodordinarydiet,includinggreenvegetablesandorangeortomato
juice,mayprovide100mgofascorbicacidperday.Manypeople,however,
donotobtaineventhisr


 and the option  for euthanasia) could come into play.
I will turn it over to you, now, Neale... if you have things to
add from a spiritual point of view.

NEALE: I am going to say something here that is going to turn our
entire understanding and experience of “dementia” upside-down.
First, I want to announce without hesitation or equivocation that
the person suffering from dementia is not doing so to “learn”
something—and neither is the situation occurring to allow the
caregiver to learn something.
Spiritually, I have come to understand that life is not an
opportunity for us to learn, but an opportunity for us to demonstrate;
not an opportunity for us to DIS-cover, but an opportunity for us to
UN-cover, Who We Really Are. That is, the whole of life is not aprocess of discovery, but of recovery—or, if you wish, of
remembering our T rue Identity.
Nor is this an individual process, but one in which all souls are
engaged collaboratively. We have co-created this experience we call
dementia, and have done so in families and clans where the
commitment to the greatest spiritual understanding is very, very high.
This is true in my wife’s family. My wife Em is herself deeply
committed to doing whatever it takes to advance the evolu tion of her
soul—and to helping every human being around her do the same. I
want to share with you now something that she had on more than
one occasion explained to me when she came home after visiting
her father when he was living in a memory care facility.
The person with dementia has let go of all prior notions of their
limited physica l identity. Their soul is still very much present (very
much), but their mind has released, one by one, every idea—literally,
every memory —of themselves that is confined to a single set of
facts, events, or circumstances.
In a very real sense, they have become spiritually enlight ened.
And that is why they will often say the most enlightened, seemingly
disconnected things. They also live completely in the present
moment, and so to us they seem disoriented, when, in fact, they are
oriented to Ultimate Reality, and to the Ever-present Moment of Now,
more profound ly than people who are still living inside of their
“container” are experiencing.
After hearing this from Em, it came to me that in certain ancient
cultures, people who exhibited signs of what we today call dementia
were treated as honored masters in the clan, waited on hand and
foot, their every physical need served by the whole community withloving care, as an honor—because it was observed that these
members of the tribal family had achieved release from their mind
without having to leave their body to do so.
This was considered the ultimate demonstration of
“graduation.” The ultimate expression of mastery.
The sadness of modern times is that our society has completely
reversed its understanding of this sacred condition, with it actually
being seen by many as almost a curse, or at the very least the
saddest event. Yet those who understand the true nature of the
experience, as did my wife, consciously decide to interact with their
elderly loved one on a soul level—and often find the most amazing
messages coming from them.
These blessed  elders may have let go of their limited physical
identity, but they have not forgotten anything at a soul level—least of
all the truth and the wonder of Love. As my wife has told me—and
demonstrated every time she visited her father—simply treat them
with love and you’ll see them light up with the brightness of
recognition. Even if they don’t recognize your face, they will
recognize your essence.  They will recognize love, and in this they
will surely know who you are.
Em saw clearly that this is their gift to us. This is their reminder.
By showing us who they really are throu gh the utter and complete
release of who they are not, they have shown us who we really are.
At a time when the Earth’ s people could benefit from hearing
this message more loudly and more dramatically than ever before, it
is not surprising that cases of so-called “dementia” have reached
epidemic proportions. Souls are taking on the challenge.  Souls are
embracing the mission. As their last act on Earth this time around,souls are accepting the ultimate assignment. We are being shown
Who W e Are, and who we are not, right in front of our faces.
Let those who have ears to hear, listen. What a gift our elders
have given us in their final demonstration of love.Question #3

CONCERN ABOU T PRESCRIPTION
MEDICATIONS

I have borderline high cholesterol and my doctor
is recommending that I take statins.
I fear the side effects of these drugs.
What are some other options or ways
I can reduce my dependence on drug therapies?

DR. COOPER: If your cholesterol is borderline high, your doctor will
likely support you in a trial of lifestyle methods to reduce your
cholesterol before asking that you start a statin medication. These
include increas ing your exercise, as well as modifying your diet to
contain less fats, in particular saturated fats.15
Exercise, as we all know, has numerous benefits for the body,
and it has been shown to improve cholesterol as well. In particular,
aerobic exercise (things like running, walking, swimming, or riding a
bike—anything that raises your heart rate for at least 20-30 minutes)
promotes the formation of “good cholesterol” (HDL) as opposed to“bad cholesterol” (LDL).15 Exercise also helps with weight loss, so for
people who are overweight this is another important benefit.
Any exercise is better than no exercise (presuming you are not
physically restricted from exercise in any way). A good goal to aim
for is to work towards 20-30  minutes of moderate exercise at least
three times per week.
When it comes to diet, the number one thing to signifi cantly
reduce if you are hoping to lower your cholesterol levels is your
consumption of fats and, in particular, saturated fats.15 The current
medical guidel ines suggest that no more than 30 percent of your
daily calories should come  from fat, and it is important to be
especially attentive to this guideline for those with borderline high
cholesterol.
An ideal breakdown (of your diet) would be approximately 20
percent of your calories from protein sources, 30 percent or less of
your calories from fat sources, and 50-60 percent of your calories
from carbohydrate sources (which include fruits and vegetables, as
well as other carbohydrate sources—preferably with lower “glycemic
indices,” such as whole grain breads, quinoa, or rolled or steel-cut
oats—as these are absorbed  more slowly into your bloodstream and
are better for your overall health).
With these diet and exercise strategies in mind, it may be
helpful to know that most medical doctors (in Canada, anyway,
where I was trained) are taught to allow the patient to try “lifestyle
modifications” for about three months, and then to measure the
cholesterol levels once more. At the point of reassessment, if your
cholesterol levels are still high, your doctor will in all likelihood
suggest the statin medication again. The reason for this is thatcholesterol is an important risk factor for heart attacks and strokes,
which are, of course, medical outcomes we want to avoid.
In addition to lifestyle changes and medications, someone
reading this book might also inquire about spiritual, or alternative,
methods of healing that migh t help to lower one’s cholest erol levels.
In fact, I had one such person approach me at Neale’ s most recent
Homecoming Event (a program where he invites eight or ten people
to his home over the course of five days to explore in depth the
Conversations with God messages).
This woman approached me and said, “I’ve decided to quit my
statin medication because I am spending more of my time doing
spiritual things so I figure I don’t need it anymore. What do you think,
Doctor?” She did not tell me what those particular “spiritual things”
were that she was doing, but I can tell you that what I said to this
woman is what I would say to anyone asking me a question along
these lines.
I told her that, having been trained as a medical doctor, I do not
know the efficiency or effectiveness of “alternative or spiritual
treatments.” Do I believe they work? Of course I do. I have heard
enough stories, and enough accounts from various people, of these
sorts of “treatments” or “healings” having produced measurable
changes for the better in people’ s health.
What I advise d this woman to do was to continue with the
treatments and healing processes of her choice, but to consider
scheduling a follow-up appo intment with her physician so that she
could at least know whether what she was doing was having the
desired impact.  In other word s, she could then have an accurate
assessment (in the form of a numerical value from a blood test) as towhether or not her cholesterol levels were changing and improving
as a result of the steps she was taking.
Now some people may not care; they may simply be opposed
to conventional western medicine and prefer to have nothing to do
with it. They may choose not to take the statin for the sole reason
that


and sneezed a grand total of four times. That’s it. Nothing more. Never on ce did I feel groggy, run down, suffer from a headache, or
feel nauseous. I surprised even myself. And because I am playfully com petitive by nature, I challenged my family and friends to a
contest in trying  to get me sick. So far no one has succeeded, and quite frankly I don’t believe t hat anyone will.
Before becoming an 80/10/10 raw foodist, I had heard numerous allegations that e liminating grains could increase mental
clarity and create a heightened sense of consciousness. I remained s keptical, wary about the change in mental perception that could
be brought about by a change in diet. I failed to make the connection between food a nd systemic  human health, ignorantly asserting
that food has a limited capacity to affect any more than the function of  the digestive system. I didn’t believe that nutrition possessed
the power to change the way I think. I didn’t believe that the 80/10/10 diet  could change my emotional state. Simply stated, I didn’t
believe that eating differently could change any part of my conscious ness. I was always taught to believe that consciousness was
governed by my genetic blueprint, and that it could only be affected by eithe r a drastic change in environmental conditions or an
intensely traumatic experience.
Once again, I was proven incorrect. Within the first month of eating 80/ 10/10, I began to experience the ability to remember
people’s names and faces, recall events from several years bac k, and revisit playful ideas that I thought had escaped forever.
Throughout college my friends had labeled me as “the guy who has too much  going on to remember anything.” I used to invite
friends to come and dine with me, forget about the invitation, and be surprise d when they showed up only a few hours later. I used
to tell people the same stories while they pretended to listen for the fir st time. A few times I seriously believed that I suffered from a
mild form of anterograde amnesia, a condition in which an individual wande rs through life unable to form new memories. In the same
way that I rationalized an athletic decline, I reasoned that it was n ormal to experience mental deterioration in life, and that perhaps I
was experiencing it earlier in life simply because I was diabetic.
Now, however, I have a significantly improved memory. I can recall pe ople’s names after only a single brief meeting. I rarely
forget an appointment or a commitment. I am more productive in my job, and can work for longer periods of time in a single s tretch.
I realize that I now have a memory more closely resembling that whi ch I’m supposed to have at my age—one that works, and one that works well. My days of using diabetes as the generic scapegoat for an y mental or physical health symptom are officially over.
Learning the 80/10/10 philosophy has helped me develop a holistic understanding  of nutrition that opposes the basic desire to
obsess about the intake of a subset of nutrients. Nutrition education in th is country makes it almost impossible to know where to
look for essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, and calcium, to na me a few. It is also difficult to know how much of each
nutrient one should aim to consume on a daily basis. After all, the recomm ended daily allowance values change almost every year,
and intake values seem to change constantly, in a seemingly arbitra ry fashion. There seems to be little logic to this system.
Many Americans ponder about what the best source of omega-3 fatty  acids is, whether it’s necessary to consume bran flakes
to keep “regular,” whether organic produce is really worth the pri ce differential, whether dairy products are the best source of
calcium, and whether supplementation is really necessary. One day y ou read an article in the newspaper that claims one point of
view; the next day you read an article in a magazine that contradict s it completely. The information comes from hundreds of sources,
most of it is confusing, and almost nobody knows what to believe.
It wasn’t until learning the 80/10/10 philosophy that I finally lea rned how to filter mainstream nutrition information to achieve
optimal health. Dr. Graham’s coined statement, “Increase the pe rcentage of whole, fresh, ripe, raw, organic fruits and vegetables in
your diet” was so simple and so sensible that I felt like a fool for not under standing it previously. In fact, after feeling the difference
that whole fresh, ripe, raw, organic fruits and vegetables made in my body, I  never stopped to question my nutrient intake. I stopped
obsessing about individual nutrients and started focusing on creating  holistic health.
The message that I’ve taken from the 80/10/10 lifestyle is simple: eat ing a low-fat vegan raw foods diet makes me feel like a
natural human being. Besides feeling like a million dollars every ti me I awake from deep slumber, I enjoy a feeling of simplicity that
was never present in my life on a cooked food diet. My perception of the world has ch anged for the better, and I am more at peace
with my friends, family, and daily routine.
At first I thought that in order to become a raw food vegan you had to have a rea son, an ailment, or a condition. I thought that
you had to be a cancer patient, a diabetic, or someone suffering from chronic f atigue syndrome. After all, why else would anyone
want to deprive him- or herself of the good food they grew up loving?
Today, however, I realize that the only reason you need to adopt the 80/10/10 lifest yle is that you want to feel like a natural
human being. If you’re already athletic, be prepared to experie nce increased performance and a shockingly efficient ability to
recover. If you’ve lost track of what’s important in your life, be pre pared to experience the simplicity of all that life has to offer. If
you suffer from a clouded mental state, be prepared to experience a n ew sense of clarity. And if you’re like me, and have a
condition like diabetes, be prepared to look to the future with an overwhelming s ense of hope, a gift that both the 80/10/10
nutritional philosophy and Dr. Graham have taught me to never give up.

Justin Lelia, Miami, Florida
Dr. Graham is the strongest, most humane and effective health educa tors I know. His level of happiness and his high-energy
diet inspired my turnaround. Before Dr. Graham’s program, I weighed 190 p ounds, had chronic joint pain, worked in a fast-food
restaurant, and experienced dangerous levels of depression. Now, I play ten nis and basketball, have ridden my bike over 6,000
miles in three years, have lost close to fifty pounds, and I work at an outdoor  organic farmer’s market.
Dr. Graham’s emphasis on practicing a low-fat dietary regimen i s particularly noteworthy. Raw fats may be healthier than the ir
cooked counterparts, but high-fat diets remain unhealthy no matter how w e slice, dice, or soak them.
The standard of health Dr. Graham upholds is humbling; indeed, it’s inc redibly challenging, and for this he remains unpopular
with medically minded raw fooders. They overestimate the power of food, and can  often be heard giving others prescriptions,
treating foods as if they were drugs.
Doug refuses to promote fragmented nutrition, superfoods, supplements, flus hes, and other concepts designed to compensate
for people’s lack of willpower, persistence, and responsibility;  he refuses to encourage the medically brainwashed. He has taught  me
that the best way to help others heal is through friendship and attenti on, and by inspiring them with outstanding levels of
performance.
Dr. Graham is in a league of his own … another stratosphere. His humani ty is alien-like in a world that is often categorized by
greed and impatience. The amount of time and energy Doug has graciously  and patiently volunteered in order to help me and others
climb out of the hole we’ve dug ourselves into blows my mind. Sometimes I  think he’s too human for the world.

Janie Gardener, Kauai, Hawaii
I first came into contact with Dr. Graham through his VegSource onli ne discussion board about raw foods and sports nutrition.
My visit there was prompted by my decision to eat raw again.
The first time I tried going raw I did it a differently—high fat, low fr uit with ferments, condiments, oils, and the like. It worked
better than any other diet I’d tried, but my body wanted me to do what Dr. Gr aham’s program is all about, even though I did not
know Dr. Graham or his program back then.
Too bad I didn’t have the guts to just go with it like he did. I’m glad I found my  way back. Thank goodness I came across that discussion board and found out about Dr. Graham’s 80/10/10 low-fat raw veg an diet. It has made all the difference in the
improvement of my health, well-being, and life. The differences are ra dically beyond anything I had experienced before, beyond my
hopes and expectations, and into a whole new realm of health and vitality.

Autoimmune Disease
Prior to starting back on raw, I could see my health rapidly deteriorating be


’m trying to accept ‘letting go’ of my expectations and just allowing the body to do what it needs to do.  Today was not as hot as yesterday, still hot but not sweltering.  I welcomed the bit of relief.  My energy levels have gone up and down all day. One minute high; next minute exhausted.  My neighbor has been going through the same, and we are deﬁnitely convinced that it’s from the heat.  Rest is important now more than ever.At 30 days, I am happy to know that no matter what, I am nearing the end of this fast. Whether I continue another 3, 5 or 10 days is still a big unknown, but I know that I can’t continue safely for more than 40 days.  In a way, this is a nice feeling. At least I know that I have done the best that I can.  If I still have more worms, well I just have to accept that I got out as many as I could and go straight into a natural de-worm and parasite program upon eating.My ‘gut’ has been quiet again this evening - no gurgling and no cramping. Again, this brings me a feeling of relief that perhaps all the vileness is out of my colon.  I do still have issues with my left ear and twitching, and my feeling there is that I still have at least one worm in the brain.  How does one kill worms in the brain?  It’s a big mystery to me, and I am learning as I go in this process.  I’m guessing that they feed off of Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!84sugar in the blood, so surely even in the brain, they would be starving from this fast.  But at 30 days, how much longer can they survive?  Somewhere in the second week of the fast, I had the feeling that I did not want to use my natural ﬂuoride-free toothpaste anymore.  I just didn’t want to take anything at all that may enter my body and be considered a ‘food.’ So I started adding one drop of pure peppermint oil to my toothbrush and I’ve been brushing my teeth with that.  It’s great!  Even better, while doing some research today, I found information that peppermint oil is very good for killing worms and parasites.14  For sure, I would recommend this to anyone thinking of doing a water fast!Day 31Yes, patience is the lesson I am living this week.  There were no worms again today, so that’s 3 days with no worms and once again, I am starting to feel hopeful.  I also noticed that I did not have any gurgling in my gut at all today, although I do feel some slight cramping, especially after having clove tea or black/walnut/wormwood/clove.  I would say that’s probably normal and I’m more happy to not feel the gurgling than anything else.Another hot day today made for a weak and tired water faster.  My neighbor also felt the same again...we are just both wiped out.  Feeling light-headed a lot and just exhausted during the day.  Without air-conditioning, these hot days can be torturous.  Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!8514 http://www.innvista.com/health/microbes/parasite/treatpar.htmStill, I’m getting a lot accomplished.  Every day I spend some time reading, working on my website, taking care of emails and client requests and staying very focused and motivated.  In fact, I feel that my mind is clearer than ever.  I can see now why all the great philosophers required their students to fast for 40 days before studying under them!I’m also doing a big cleaning purge of my house, which feels so good while doing a cleanse!  Every day I ﬁll one small bag full of rubbish, just going through old ﬁles and drawers and ﬁnding so many things that I don’t need.  I’m giving away whatever items I no longer want that are still good.  I’m clearing off my walls and going ‘zen’ as I say - trying to simplify my decor as much as possible. I’m also clearing out my cupboards and moving any food and spices that are in plastic containers into glass jars.  Every day I do just a bit more, and over the last few weeks, it’s really made a difference!  It’s an internal and external cleanse, and I’m loving it!As for my other symptoms, I do feel some detoxing happening still.  Today I felt a headache in the left side of my head and had a lot of pain in my left ear.  I was sure a worm was going to come out!  I had to lie down and rest for about 2 hours, and after that I felt ﬁne.  This is the main reason why I continue, because I feel there is still some unﬁnished business there.  As I said in the beginning, patience is the thing I need the most now. I’ve come so far that I don’t want to lose sight of potentially clearing everything.  My neighbor is on Day 16 and she released another ‘handful’ of worms today.  We are just in shock over how completely riddled we both were with worms!  She has also done the colon cleansing many times and never saw one single worm released.  Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!86If people only realized that they too might have the same problem, and if they only knew how easy it is to solve it, I can only just imagine how many of them could experience a profound improvement in their health.Day 32I’m starting to forget what life was like without this water fast.  At this stage, I’m so into my daily routine that it will actually take some adjustment to get back into the eating world again!  Not that I will mind, believe me...I am so looking forward to eating yummy salads and fruits again, but this time in a healthy, clean, balanced body.  No worms again today, that makes 4 days straight without any worms released.  Surely there is a tiny spark of light at the end of the tunnel now.  My neighbor is using my experience as a gauge for what she might expect, and she is also very happy that perhaps ﬁnally, there may be an end to the worms for me.  I have also had no gurgling and no cramping in my gut today.The fatigue, however, has been intense.  It was another hot day today and that seems to just ﬂoor me.  I feel also that my body is doing other cleansing now that all those worms are gone...it’s a typical cycle with cleansing.  As the body becomes cleaner, it goes even deeper into the next phase.  I’m also still having some issues with the left ear popping which I sure hope clears up in the next few days.Overall I am happy to know that at most I will have another 8 days.  The important thing for me to do is stay focused and positive and be sure to keep a good plan for breaking the fast.  So many people make the mistake Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!87of over-eating after even a short fast, but with a long water fast that can really be dangerous.  Every day I spend some time visualizing what and how I will eat in the ﬁrst few days after the fast.  I visualize taking my time to enjoy my juice and/or food and to feel satisﬁed with what I have, knowing that I have the rest of my life to eat everything I want.  I’ve talked to my friend on the island about buying some organic food from her garden and I desperately hope that she will have something to offer me.  Otherwise I will have to ﬁnd the foods that I know which are least treated with chemicals.  I can only do the best I can with what I have.Tonight I had my third massage during the entire fast which is hard to believe considering how cheap the massages are in Thailand! To be honest, I felt so energetically and physically sensitive in the ﬁrst weeks of the fast that I really didn’t want anyone that I didn’t know touching me.  It was such a strong feeling so I just allowed space for it to be what it was and didn’t question it.  Today, for the ﬁrst time, I felt ready for a massage, and wow...it was amazing! I felt so good and the woman was fantastic.  I booked in again for tomorrow, and I think this will be part of my routine for the remainder of the fast!Day 33Hard to imagine that it’s been 33 days without any juices or solid foods.  33 days!!  How do you explain that to the average person?  They would look at you in disbelief.  Well, the proof is in the pudding as they say, and Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!88the truth is that I have never felt or looked so good in my entire life.  You deﬁnitely don’t have to sell me on the power of water fasting for healing.No worms were released again today, and that makes me so very happy.  I started to feel an overall improvement in my energy levels this afternoon, and tonight I feel downright amazing. My body feels so healthy; my skin feels so clean; my eyes are incredibly clear and