, and took away the craving for theevening supper. I first came to this realisationduring excessive hot weather and monotonouslytrying environment. The only time I could writecomfortably was before sun-up in the morning.Absorbed in my writing I did not realise thegrowing heat of the day until I actually began torain perspiration, by which time it was nearlynoon. Then came the mid-day meal of breakfastselection with salad and fruit preponderating.The best of feelings followed, the waist-lineshrank, and one meal satisfied.
In order to try the urgency of any habitappetite—the early morning meal, for
instance—take a drink of water instead, andnote if that does not suffice as well as food toallay the craving for " something." A cup of hotwater, with sugar and milk to suit the taste, isamply sufficient. Water will not satisfy a real,earned appetite; but it often will effectuallyallay a purely habit-hunger such as that forearly breakfast.
HOUSEWIVES  AND FLETCHERISM.
A great many women ask: " But how is it
possible to follow such a haphazard way ofeating in a home without upsetting the wholeroutine of the household, disturbing the work ofthe servants? You can't just have your familyeating whenever they like."
My answer is this : The possible disturbance
to domestic regularity and convenience, becauseof the difficulty of supplying different membersof the family only when appetite in each case is"just good and ready," is purely imaginary.Persons of regular occupations willaccommodate themselves to the ordinaryrhythm of meal schedule easily and naturally,with the difference that they may occasionally
skip a meal or two when the ordinary activityhas been lessened.
The general experience has been that
concentration on one particular meal, either atnoon or in the evening, will suit everybody, andother feedings will be "snoopings" from thelarder, or taken at a restaurant in thoseinstances where one's occupation is remote fromhome. The " Fletcherite " at business frequentlyfollows the method of having nuts or plainbiscuits in his desk in case he feels like takingthem ; and the business woman would do well toprofit by his example.
The adoption of Fletcheristic simplicity leads
to the solving of the eternal household problem,and under its influence it is possible forwoman's work to be done sooner, giving physicalrelief and more time for healthful recreation.
Diminution of the demand for meat-foods has
much to do with both the ease of housework,and the modification of cost. But this is not themost important saving. The saving of liability tointestinal toxication (poisoning) is the greateconomy of the method.THE FINANCIAL  ECONOMY  OF FLETCHERISM
It has been stated by writers who have
correctly reported results that more than twohundred thousand families in Americalive according to Fletcherism and save as muchas a dollar a day on their living expenses. Thishas led many to ask: " How are one's livingexpenses reduced by your principles? "
The estimate, arrived at a few years ago, that
some two hundred thousand families inAmerica were saving an average of a dollar aday through Fletcherizing, was made, I believe,by Doctor Kellog, of Battle Creek, Michigan.Through the thousands of patients who passunder his observation, and through acomprehensive touch with the sale of differentkinds of food throughout the country, DoctorKellog has his finger on the pulse of the nationin relation to its dietetic circulation.Fletcherism first affected families of sumptuoustastes, and the economy of it easily effected asaving of an average of a dollar a day, largely inthe diminution of meat requirements andcomplex dishes.The spread of the movement has now begun
to encompass families of lesser luxury of habits ;and here it is found that an average saving often cents a day for each person is easilyaccomplished. In the Christian EndeavourSociety alone, the leaders of the movement, asthe result of their own practical experience,hoped to effect a saving of hundreds ofthousands of dollars a day through the spread ofthis economic nutritive teaching. This waslikewise the aspiration of the Roman Catholicbenevolent organisations. A circular lettersigned by the Reverend Father Higgins, of
Germantown, Pennsylvania, which was
distributed widely, declared that, in addition tothe food economy sought to be obtained, acondition which makes for poverty— that is,intemperance—was overcome by Fletcherism.
Father Higgins declared that " No Fletcherite
can be intemperate in the use of alcoholicstimulants " and he was right in his assertion.
BUSINESS  PEOPLE  AND FLETCHERISM.
What would be the best way for business
people to adopt Fletcherism? is often asked.The case is frequently cited to me of a young
man or woman who isn't hungry for breakfastat seven o'clock, does not eat at that timebecause the appetite doesn't demand it ; andthen gets ravenously hungry at eleven o'clock. Itmay be impossible to get any food until one-thirty—by which time the feeling comes thatone has " waited too long," and a headache andno desire for food are the results. Or, the case ofworking-girls who live in boarding-houses, eatno breakfast, and at noon cannot afford thewholesome and hearty food Nature would thencrave. Later, at dinner, they have to eat what isput before them, whether they want it or not, orelse go without. Will a hearty luncheon, rightlyeaten, interfere with a good afternoon's work? Iam reminded also that leisure, money, andeasily-accessible cafés are not always availablefor business women.
My answer to such questions is :—Any
change of habit is apt to excite a protest onbehalf of the body, especially when the body isnot properly nourished, and is in a state of moreor less disease. When the habit-hunger comeson a few sips of water will quiet the discomfortfor the time being and, very likely, until it is
convenient to take food comfortably and withthe calm and relish necessary to good digestion.Headache, faintness, " all-goneness " and likediscomforts, are symptoms, not of hunger, butof the reverse—that is, fermentation ofundigested excess of food which the body cannotuse.
A person, thus troubled, should brave
discomfort for a week, and even go without foodentirely for a few meals, in order to give thebody a chance to " clean house " : then the realsensation of hunger will be expressed by" watering of the mouth " and a keen desire forsome simple food such as bread and butter, ordry bread alone. But this healthy appetite will" keep " and accumulate until it is convenient totake food.
THE TRUE EPICURE.
I am, personally, a hearty man in full
activity, both mental and physical. I can worksix hours and then satisfy the keenest ofappetites on a meal of wheat griddle-cakes withmaple syrup and a glass or two of milk. A youngworking woman should be able to do the same.
If I eat such a meal with " gusto," deliberation(so as to enjoy the maximum of taste), takingnot more than fifteen minutes over it, I can thengo to work, or play, or to mountain climbing, orto riding a bicycle, and keep it up until I amsleepy, with no sense of repletion or discomfort.
" Money, leisure and easily-accessible cafés "
are the menace of right nutrition, unless one isproof against temptation to kill time in thisdangerous manner.
Steady work to earn a true appetite, small
means to spend on food, the necessity of going toseek it, with the appreciation which comes fromrarity, are the very best safeguards to rightnutrition.
I am an epicure. Yet I have never seen a
boarding-house, nor a restaurant, nor a campwhere I could not find something to satisfy atrue (earned) appetite. During more than a yearin the Far East—Ceylon, Java, the Phillipines,China, Burma India, Kashmir—and at manysteamer and railway lunch tables, I alwaysfound something good to satisfy a keen appetite.If you are all right inside, and will only conqueryour habit-hungers, I believe you can live
sumptuously, anywhere, on less than twoshillings a day. I can, and often do; and do it,too, at one hundred and seventy pounds weightand " awfully busy " all the time. It may bedifficult, and perhaps painful, at first, to get thebest of bad habit-cravings, but it is worth while.A week should accomplish the reformation.
A number of men ask me : "Do you honestly
believe that in your theories lies the secret oflong life? " I do, and I may give one example ofa " lived model " of longevity as the result ofFletcherism in all its ramifications oftemperance of eating, careful mastication,radiant optimism, practical altruism,superabundant activity, etc. The HonourableAlbert Gallatin Dow, of Randolph, New York,passed away in May, 1908, lacking less thanthree months of a hundred years of age. Up tothe last moment of his century of life there wasno encroachment of senility, and he fell, ripefruit, into the lap of Mother Nature, without ablemish of decay. Shortly before he passedaway, Mr. Dow invited me to see him, and toldme that he had received a shock of warningearly in life as I


ears,
which
was
previously
a
symptom
of
fatigue,
disappeared.
6)
My
blood
pressure
was
adjusted
to
130/70.
7)
The
pain
in
the
joints
and
the
heaviness
in
the
legs,
which
had
troubled
me
all
my
life,
disappeared
(I
suffered
from
joint
rheumatism).
Just
a
miracle.
Example:
"I
have
been
retired
for
6
years.
During
my
sedentary
job,
I
developed
a
whole
set
of
diseases:
inflammation
of
the
kidneys
and
lungs
(several
times),
chronic
bronchitis,
erosion
of
the
stomach
and
duodenum,
frequent
constipation,
forced
defecation,
high
blood
pressure,
irregular
heart
activity.
I
started
drinking
morning
urine
and
doing
enemas
according
to
dr.
Walker.
I
cleaned
my
colon
of
sludge
stones.
Then
I
started
doing
mini
enemas
with
quarter
urine.
After
the
third
enema,
diseased
tissue
came
out
in
the
shape
of
slimy
fringes.
The
chair
adjusted.
I
can
confirm
that
mini-enemas
with
evaporated
urine
are
the
best
natural
means
for
cleansing
the
fat
intestines.
When
I
drink
my
morning
urine,
I
still
get
mucus
when
I
cough
and
also
from
my
nose.
There
are
fewer
and
fewer
of
them.
The
state
of
health
has
improved
significantly,
the
color
of
my
face
is
pink,
it
is
easier
for
me
to
breathe
(I
used
to
suffer
from
shortness
of
breath),
my
endurance
and
vigor
are
increasing."
I
can
confirm
the
loss
of
shortness
of
breath
from
my
own
experience.
A
few
years
ago
I
could
hardly
go
out
to
my
apartment
on
the
fourth
floor,
today
I
run
up
the
stairs
like
I
was
in
my
thirties,
before
I
had
to
rest
after
a
few
shovelfuls
of
earth
or
sand,
today
I
dump
the
whole
compost
in
one
go.
Urinotherapy
has
a
really
wonderful
and
quick
effect
on
improving
breathing.
Example:
"I
have
been
applying
urine
to
my
feet
and
arms
up
to
my
shoulders
for
a
week
and
have
felt
a
marked
improvement
in
my
health."
Example
about
how
the
singer
improved
her
voice
and
cured
her
throat:
"In
the
morning
I
gargle
fresh
urine
and
swallow
a
few
sips.
My
voice
became
stronger,
its
color
improved.
Incredibly."
Example:
“I
have
personally
experienced
the
effect
of
urine
healing
and
fasting
(two
days
a
week
for
two
months).
When
I
returned
from
vacation,
my
family
and
friends
were
surprised:
I
lost
20
kg
in
two
months,
from
80
to
60."
Example:
“My
grandfather
lived
to
be
over
a
hundred
years
old
and
did
not
die,
but
died
after
being
struck
by
lightning
in
the
forest.
My
father
said
that
my
grandfather
used
urine
whenever
he
felt
sick
and
bathed
in
cold
water
in
winter
and
summer."
Comment:
It
is
better
to
shower
with
a
contrast
shower:
warm,
cold,
warm,
ice
for
only
2-5
seconds,
depending
on
the
body
composition.
At
the
end
of
the
book
I
present
the
experience
of
the
doctors
themselves
:
"I
am
a
generalpractitioner
with
ten
years
of
experience
and
lately
I
have
been
trying
to
treat
with
non-traditional
methods,
including
urine
therapy.
Here
is
one
of
the
interesting
cases:
A
patient,
45
years
old,
was
treated
for
jaundice.
Pancreatic
cancer
was
detected
during
laparoscopy
and
the
patient
was
sent
home.
I
prescribed
fasting
for
her
for
two
weeks
with
massaging
her
whole
body
with
urine
and
drinking
urine.
He
still
does
not
eat
meat
and
milk,
although
he
has
a
taste
for
salty
and
spicy.
Three
weeks
after
the
end
of
the
hunger
strike,
tests
showed
a
normal
state
of
health.
The
patient
has
returned
to
work,
she
is
feeling
well.'
Here
I
would
like
to
emphasize
again
that
the
basis
of
successful
healing
is
faith
in
the
given
method.
If
a
person
does
not
believe
and
starts
consulting
too
much
with
relatives,
acquaintances
and
doctors,
then
the
result
is
nothing.
Example:
Doctor
dietitian
with
about
three
years
of
experience.
He
used
the
urinotherapy
method
for
hundreds
of
his
patients.
According
to
him,
it
is
the
best
treatment
for
all
allergic
diseases,
bronchial
asthma,
severe
pneumonia
and
exudative
pleuritis.
There
are
also
good
results
in
the
treatment
of
chronic
enterocolitis,
bronchitis
and
pancreatitis.
Rheumatoid
arthritis
in
the
initial
stage
is
also
well
treated.
All
skin
diseases
-
eczema,
neurodermatitis
and,
of
course,
overweight
and
metabolic
polyarthritis
-
are
very
well
treated
with
urinotherapy.
However,
all
patients
must
under go
a
certain
preparation
before
treatment,
which
includes
cleaning
the
main
organs
(intestines,
liver)
and
switching
to
a
separate
diet,
mainly
vegetarian
with
a
significant
proportion
of
raw
food.
Example:
"I
started
practicing
urine
therapy.
I
struggled
with
almost
everything:
painful
liver,
stomach,
kidneys,
constipation,
sinus
infections,
colic,
frequent
headaches
and
asthma-type
breathing
problems.
All
that
disappeared.
There
was
a
worsening
of
osteochadrosis,
I
started
using
white
clay
mixed
with
quarter
urine
for
poultices.
The
result
came
almost
immediately.
I
also
got
the
gray
out
of
my
hair
after
I
started
rubbing
steamed
urine
on
my
scalp.
I
have
a
few
questions
regarding
this
treatment:
Question
no.
1:
“I
find
it
difficult
to
drink
evaporated
urine.
I
mix
it
with
fresh
in
a
ratio
of
1:8,
and
yet
after
drinking
it
I
have
diarrhea
after
10-15
minutes.
After
futile
attempts,
I
stopped
drinking.
Couldn't
I
hurt
myself?'
Answer:
In
any
case.
The
urine
acted
as
a
strong
s


smell), and mobile;
Kapha  is oily, cold, heavy, stable, viscid, smooth, and soft.
Whatever goes into the system i nfluences the system with its ch aracteristics.
The most important of all inpu ts is food which af fects the system thrice: before
digestion when it is tasted by th e tongue, during digestion while it moves through
the gut, and afte r digestion when it passes into the tissues. These ef fects are called
taste, potency and post-digestive ef fect respectively.
Six taste s are described in A yurveda: sweet, sour, salty, punge nt, bitter and
astringent (see illustration 10). Sweet, sour and salty tend to in crease Kapha and
decrease V ata; pungent, bitter and astringent exert precisely the opposite action,increasing V ata and decreasing Kapha. Sweet, bitter and astringent relieve Pitta,
while so ur, salty and pungent increase it. These tastes are derived from the Five
Elements; each a composite of two elements in the same manner as the Doshas.
Sweet is composed of earth a nd water; licorice root is a good example of a
substance that is primarily  swee t in taste. The sour taste, as of hibiscus, is made up
of earth  and fire. W ater and fir e combine to form the salty taste; which appears
mainly in salt and seaweeds. Pungent substances like chilies and cloves are mainly
composed of air and fire. Genti an and barberry are examples o f plants which are
predominantly bitter in taste with air and ether as the main elem ents. W itch hazel
and unripe persimmons are mainly astringent; in these air and earth dominate.Although the pairs of strong po tencies include heavy/light and  wet/dry, the
most important duality is that of hot and cold. Hot food enhances the fire available
to t he body, w hile cold food reduces it. Generally  sour, salty and pungent
substances are hot while sweet, bitter and astringent substances are cold.
There a re three types of post- digestive ef fects derived from the natural
qualities of the food and the strength of the digestive process: sweet tends toexpand the tissues, enhances Kapha, and builds up the body; sour increases Pitta
and may  burn away the tissue s; and pungent augments V ata and dries out the
tissues. I n gener al, sweet and sa lty substances lead to a sweet post-digestive ef fect,
while sour substances lead to a sour one, and bitter, pungent and astringent
substances result in a pungent post-digestive ef fect (see illustration 11).
Certain foods, medicines, and poisons possess specialized attributes or
powers (prabhav a). When a sub stance possessing a special power is consumed, it
may produce unusual ef fects i n the body and mind, ef fects  which cannot be
predicted by the classificatory knowledge of taste, potency or post-digestive ef fect.
Charaka, in summarizing the id eal attributes of a medicinal sub stance, says:
“A medicine is one which enter s the body, balances the Dosha s, does not disturb
the h ealthy tissue, does not adhere to them and gets eliminated through the urine,
sweat and feces. It cures the dis ease, gives longevity to the bodi ly cells and has no
side ef fects."
4
T h e  D o s h a s  i n  t h e  B o d y
T h e  Thr ee D oshas pervade the entire body but concentrate only in /  those tissues
in w hich they ar e particularly required. Thus V ata accumulates b elow the navel to
help cou nteract the force of gra vity by pumping blood, lymph and wastes from
the lower parts of the body back into the torso; whereas Kapha accumulates above
the diaphragm to keep V ata from moving upward too strongly, and to ensure
lubrication for those or gans whi ch require it most (the heart, lungs and alimentary
canal); and Pitta, the mediator and fulcrum between V ata and Kapha, occupies the
region between the diaphragm and the navel, near the body’ s center of gravity.
Certain body or gans generally store higher concentrations of each of the
Doshas:
V A T A —brain and nervous system, heart, lar ge intestine, bones,
lungs, bladder, pelvis, thighs, ears and skin.
PITT A —brain, liver, spleen, gallbladder, small intestine, endocrine
glands, skin, eyes, blood and sweat.
KAPHA —brain, joints, mouth, head and neck, stomach, lymph,
chest (especially lungs, heart and esophagus), kidneys and fat.
V ata, Pitta and Kapha each has five particularized aspects. The f ive Kaphas
manifest in specialized body l ubricants such as stomach mucus, pleural and
pericardial fluid, saliva, synovi al fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid. The five Pittas
appear in transformative subs tances including digestive jui ces, hemoglobin,
melanin, rhodop sin, and various neurotransmitters. The five V ata s divide the body
into spheres of influence as follows:
The fiel d of activity of Forwa rd-Moving (prana) V ata extends from the
diaphragm to the throat; it is in char ge of taking in of things like food, water and
air, i nto the syst em. All five V atas are derived from Prana, but since this V ata is
particularly involved with the intake of the life force itself, it has been ascribed
this name.
The field of Upward-Moving (udana) V ata extends from the t hroat to the
top of the head, and it controls self-expression: speech, endeavor, enthusiasm,
memory, vitality, complexion (o ne of the body’ s means of expressing its innate
state) and the like.The Dow nward-Moving (apana) V ata, operates from the navel to the anus.
It expels things from the body: urine, feces, gas, semen, menstr ual blood, and the
fetus.
The Pervasive (vyana) V ata pervades the entire body from its seat in the
heart, distributing nourishment by causing blood and other fluids to circulate and
producing locomotion, extension and contraction, perspiration, and other similar
actions.
The fiel d of Equalizing (samana) V ata extends from the diaph ragm to the
navel. I t directs the processes of digestion and assimilation, and helps keep
Forward-Moving and Downward-Moving V atas balanced.
V ata, Pitta and Kapha act through the body’ s tissues and waste products.
Actually it is th e Doshas which really make the body function, since the tissues
are arranged and nourished and the wastes sequestered and excreted by the
Doshas. A human being is a fac tory in which raw materials are operated upon by
the Doshas to pr oduce products and byproducts. While the build ing, the machines
and the  raw materials are all essential ingredients for prod uction of goods;
without the workers (the Doshas) there is no production! The products of
digestion are the seven tissues w hich anchor mind and spirit firm ly to the physical
body. T hey are Sap (rasa), Bl ood (rakta), Flesh (mamsa), Fat (medas), Bone
(asthi), Marrow (majja) and Reproductive T issue (shukra) (see illustration 12).
Sap (ras a), the foundation of the body, is the first “juice” absorb ed from the
digested food; it includes but is not limited to chyle. Sushruta emphasized Sap’ s
importance thus : “Knowing that humans are the product of Rasa, one must be
specially carefu l about the pre servation of Rasa.” Each tissue acts as the raw
material for the next; that is, B lood is formed from Sap, Flesh from Blood, Fat
from Flesh, and so on. At eac h stage of transformation the next tissue in the
sequence is produced along with a waste and a secondary tissue.
Reproductive T i ssue includes all the body’ s reproductive fluids, male and
female; it produces no waste, and its secondary tissue is the fetus it creates. The
action o f a very subtle form of  Fire on Reproductive T issue g enerates Essence
(ojas), t he glandular secretion which cements body, mind and spirit together.
Although semen  is produced in the testicles, the ener gy which that semen carries
comes f rom Bone and Marrow. Since Reproductive T issue is the raw material
from which Essence is produced, excessive loss of Reproductive T issue depletes
Essence, weaken ing immunity and digestive capacity. When E ssence is firm the
mind is firm; ex cessive sex robs the mind of its firmness bec ause Essence and
Reproductive T issue are continually lost. It takes time for ingested food toproceed through the tissues to nourish


 CUPS (500 ML)
2 cups (500 mL) r oasted sliced r ed peppers1/2 cup (125 mL) Basil Pesto
In a bowl, comb ine roasted red pepper slices and pesto. T ransfer to the bay
of a food processor or blender, purée until smooth.

Fr eezing Bell and Chile Peppers
In my view, the very best way to freeze peppers is to roast them first
(directions on peppers ), but if you do not wish to roast them, here is the
method.
1. Select Equipment:  Select small freezer containers, bags or Mason jars
( Freezing ).
2. W ash  and dry peppers; do  not blanch.  C ut bell peppers in half and
remove membrane and seeds. Leave chile peppers whole (remove stem,
membrane and seeds, if desired). Pack into containers, leaving a 1-inch (2.5
cm) headspace. Remove air, label and seal. Freeze for up to 9 months.P u m p k i n
PUMPKINS ARE GOURDS,  which are native to the W estern
Hemisphere. L ike their relatives—melons, cucumbers and squash—
pumpkins grow on long trailing vines. T echnically they are berries, which
we u se mostly as scary lanterns at Halloween, but sometimes as  vegetables.
Pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo)  may be round or oblong, with thick or
moderately thin walls. The thick-fleshed varieties are best for baking and
preserving and are sometimes c alled pie pumpkins. Like squash, pumpkins
are a good source of vitamins A and C.
Good Pr eserving V arieties
T raditional pumpkin varieties ar e bright orange, but some are white. When
choosing pumpk ins for preserving, keep in mind that carving pumpkins
were bred for th eir fairly thin skins and strong stem. A short lis t of some of
the most popular pumpkin varieties follows.
Small Sugar (also called New England Pie  or Sugar Pie):  is the standard baking pumpkin with thin
skin and thick, sweet flesh; perhaps the best pumpkin for purée.
Autumn Gold:  Medium in size; a newer hybrid that turns yellow quickly
and matures to orange quickly.
Howden Field  and Connecticut Field:  T w o lar ge pum pkins grown for
Halloween.Baby Boo, Jack-Be-Little, Munchkin  and Sweetie Pie:  All miniature;
often used as soup bowls and candleholders.
Pur chasing/Storing
1 lb (500 g) pie pumpkin yields 4 cups (1 L) raw cubed
pumpkin.
1 small (5 lb/2.2 kg) pumpkin yields about 4 cups (1 L)
mashed, cooked pumpkin pulp.
Y ou wil l need less than 1 lb (500 g) pumpkin for each quart
(1 L) jar.
Select heavy pumpkins with no touch of green, bruising, soft spots or
mould. Press the bottom of the p umpkin: if it flexes or gives, it is not fresh.
A green stem indicates a freshly harvested pumpkin.
Casper  (above) Lumina  and Snowball  are white varieties (Cucurbita maxima).
Good W ith
Herbs such as sage, chives, thyme, savory.
Sweet se asonings such as cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg,
mace.
Other fruit, such as apples, pears.
V egetables such as onions, fennel, tomatoes, garlic.
T oasted almonds, pecans and walnuts; raisins; brown sugar.
Pr eparation
Scrub in  a sink full of cool wa ter to which a drop of food-safe soap has
been add ed. Rinse well, drain an d pat dry. Using a lar ge heavy k nife, cut thepumpkin in half. Use a lar ge spoon to scrape out seeds and stringy material.
Save see ds for roasting with spices. Cut into wedges or lar ge cu bes. Unless
you plan  to cut pumpkin flesh into 1-inch (2.5 cm) or smaller cubes, it is
easier to remove the skin after boiling, steaming or baking.
Canning Pumpkin
Cube only—do not shred or mash pumpkin for canning. See detailed
canning information, Preparing and Canning V egetables.
1. Pr epar e Equipment:  W a sh and heat pint (2-cup/500 mL or quart (1 L)
jars, and scald the lids, funnel, ladle and tongs ( Pressure Canner Method ).
2. Cut pumpkin  quarters into 1-inch (2.5 cm) wide strips and peel.  Cut
strips in to 1-inc h (2.5 cm) cubes. In a Maslin pan or canning kettle, cover
pumpkin with water. Bring to a boil and boil for 30 seconds. W ork quickly
to fill hot jars one at a time.
3. Pack cubed pumpkin into jars hot.
Make a Hot Pack:  Usi ng a slotted spoon, lift pumpkin out of hot water and
fill hot jars. Pour hot water over cubes, leaving a 1-inch (2.5 cm) headspace.
Run a thin non-metallic utensil around the inside of the jar to allow air to
escape. Add hot water, if necessary, to leave a 1-inch (2.5 cm)  headspace.
W ipe se aling ed ge of jars with a clean, damp, lint-free cloth. Position flat
lids over the tops of jars and hand-tighten screw bands.
4. P lace jars in  pr essur e canner:  Use  a Pressure Canner accordi ng to the
chart below for Dial-Gauge or follow manufacturer ’ s instructions.
5. Cool, Label and Stor e:  T urn of f heat; let pressure return to zero
naturally. Once gauge shows 0 pressure, wait 2 minutes then open the vent.
Unlock and remove canner lid. W ait 10 minutes then lift jars from canner
and place on a clean towel or ra ck. Do not re-tighten screw ba nds. Let the
jars cool  to room temperature. T his may take from 12 to 24 hours. Remove
and store screw bands. Check lid seals ( Pressure Canner Method ). W ipe and
label sealed jars. Store in a cool, dark place.
p u m p k i n  c h u t n e y
I al ways try to  make this bea utiful bright orange chutney in time for
Halloween. In my view, the very  best way to cook pumpkin and o ther gour ds
is to r oast them. Roasting not o nly makes it easy to scoop the flesh away
fr om the skin, but I like the caramelized sugars and nutty flavour that r esult.
If you want a soft, spr eadable mixtur e, use pie pumpkins and r oa st just until
tender -crisp. For chunky chutney, any of the firmer Halloween pumpkins
will work. I like  the jam-like tex tur e fr om the baking or pie pumpkins. For
the p umpkin cubes, cut pumpkin  quarters into 1-inch (2.5 cm) wide strips
and peel. Cut strips into 1-inch (2.5 cm) cubes.
13- x 9-inch (3 L) baking pan, lightly oiled
Pr eheat oven to 400°F (200°C)
MAKES 8 CUPS (2 L)
8 cups (2 L) pumpkin cubes (1 inch/2.5 cm), see above
2 tbsp (25 mL) olive oil grated rind and juice of 2 oranges, divided
2 Golden Delicious apples, chopped 1 onion, chopped
1/2 cup (125 mL) golden raisins
1 cup (250 mL) lightly packed br own sugar
1/3 cup (75 mL) malt vinegar
1 tbsp (15 mL) Five-Spice Blend  (stor e-bought), gr ound
1 tsp (5 mL) salt1. Arrange pumpkin cubes in single layer in prepared baking dish (use 2
lightly o iled pan s if necessary). In a jar with tight-fitting lid, co mbine olive
oil a nd 3  tbsp (45 mL) orange juice. Shake and drizzle over pumpkin. Bake
in preheated oven for 40 minutes or until soft (see above).
2. Heat four 1-p int (2-cup/500 mL) jars in boiling water, and scald the lids,
lifter, funnel and tongs ( Boiling W ater Method, Step by Step ).
3. Abou t 10 minutes before pu mpkin is finished roasting, heat remaining
ingredients: in a Maslin pan or  canning kettle, combine remaining orange
juice, orange rind, apples, onio n, raisins, sugar, vinegar, spices and salt.
Bring to  a boil o ver high heat, st irring constantly. Add roasted pumpkin and
any pan  juices. Reduce heat and boil gently, stirring occasion ally, for 20
minutes or until thick.
4. Fill hot jars, leaving a 1/2- inch (1 cm) headspace. Run a thin non-
metallic utensil around the insid e of the jar to allow air to escape. Add more
chutney,


. The fat can be raw or cooked. Grass-fed
butter or ghee is preferred. Other animal fats like lard or tallow are also good choices.
Twice per week eat a comfortable amount of liver from any animal.
Twice per week choose one shellfish or other organ of land animals. Here are some suggestions:
Oysters, clams, crab or lobster (consumed with innards), whole crayfish
Fish eggs
1 – 3 tablespoons of bone marrow
Animal tongue or kidneys from any animal
You might want more carbohydrates in this type of diet. If you need more see if sweet potatoes or
yams work for you. You may also use phytate-free grains like sourdough bread made from unbleached
flour (bran and germ removed). If your diet includes grains that are soured to remove phytates, please
review the grains section in the previous chapter to make sure you are using grains mindfully.
Foods to Avoid in All Protocols
Even with a healthy diet, some foods on this list will cause a tooth disaster. Other foods may not be
that bad for your teeth if consumed on occasion. The details on these foods were discussed in the
previous chapter. The more you avoid these foods, the more completely your teeth can remineralize.
I have received some complaints that the food protocols presented in the previous edition of this book
are too strict or complicated to follow. My job is to share with you my best understanding of Nature’s
principles for health so that you can activate your body’s natural tooth and gum healing abilities.
Please do not interpret this as me dictating to you what you can and cannot eat. You are always free to
do whatever you want with your life including eating foods that can be toxic to your body. If youcannot follow the recommendations on this list, or believe that I have made mistakes, or feel that you
deserve to eat foods on the “avoid” list, then know that such a decision may affect your ability to heal
your teeth. The more disciplined you are in avoiding foods that cause or aggravate deficiency states in
your body the more successful you will be in healing cavities quickly. How you translate that teaching
into action is totally your choice. I suggest giving these guidelines your best attempt, and then judge
how you feel.
Avoid sweets and foods sweetened with these items
 – white sugar, cane sugar, evaporated cane
juice, xylitol, agave nectar, jams, dried fruit, candy bars, health food bars, yacon syrup, erythritol, lo
han, palm sugar, coconut sugar, stevia extract, glycerin, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, inulin,
fructooligosaccharides (FOS), brown rice syrup, malted barley and grain sweeteners, maltodextrin,
sucrose, dextrose, sucralose, aspartame, and saccharine. If you do not know what the sweetener is
then avoid it.
Acceptable sweets
 – Unheated honey, organic maple syrup (grade B preferred), real cane sugar
(Heavenly Organics™ or Rapunzel’s), stevia (actual herb only; no stevia extracts), whole fruit
including dates or fresh squeezed fruit juice but not fruit extracts or concentrates.
Avoid white flour or denatured grain products including organically labeled ones:
crackers,
cookies, doughnuts, pies, breakfast cereals, granola, muffins, pastries, flour tortillas, bagels, noodles,
pasta, pizza, couscous, bread that is organic but not made from freshly ground and fermented grains,
and nearly every packaged product that contains grain products. Watch out for sprouted whole grain
products and gluten-free foods made with brown rice.
Avoid whole grains
 that are not soured according to guidelines presented in this chapter including
whole wheat, rye, kamut, spelt, brown rice, and quinoa.
Acceptable grains
 – Sourdough bread made with unbleached flour (bran and germ removed),
partially milled rice that is soaked with a starter (white rice is acceptable), grains properly soured
based upon indigenous preparation methods.
Avoid raw nuts and nut butters –
including all raw nuts, as well as peanut butter, raw almond butter
and raw tahini.
Acceptable nuts and butters
 – Nuts and nut butters should be roasted or otherwise cooked. Low
temperature dehydrated nuts and nut butters are acceptable in moderation.
Avoid hydrogenated oils
 – such as margarine or other butter substitutes.
Avoid low quality vegetable oils
 – such as vegetable, soybean, canola, corn and safflower oils.
Avoid potato chips, Crisco®, and any food not fried in a natural fat. Unfortunately most restaurants
use these cheap vegetable cooking oils which make their food unhealthy for regular consumption.
Acceptable fats
 – are all natural, organic and ideally from small producers. They include coconut
oil, palm oil, olive oil, butter, lard, tallow, chicken, duck and goose fat.Avoid pasteurized, homogenized or grain-fed milk and ice cream
. Also avoid low-fat dairy
products and powdered milk along with anything that contains it.
Avoid store-bought rice milk, soy milk and nut milks like hemp and almond.
Acceptable dairy products are raw and grass-fed from any type of ruminant
 and whole fat, not
skimmed.
When you have only grocery store options for dairy products
 – then choose pasteurized, but grass-
fed dairy products from smaller producers. Yogurt, butter and grass-fed cheese that are pasteurized
are the best of the pasteurized dairy products. There are some nice pasteurized grass-fed cheeses
from Australia, Ireland and New Zealand that are reasonable in cost.
Avoid table salt
 – Many foods have commercial, refined salt added. Table salt seems highly
irritating to the body.
Acceptable salts
 – Himalayan salt, Celtic Sea Salt®, and other sea salts are good to use. Celtic Sea
Salt® seems the best out of these options.
Avoid conventional fast foods and junk foods.
 – These foods are usually high in
trans
 fats, food
additives and sugar.
Avoid stimulants.
 – Do not drink coffee, sweetened drinks, sports drinks, or alcohol. Do not smoke
cigarettes. Reduce or avoid chocolate.
Avoid unfermented soy
 including isolated soy protein, tofu, soy / veggie burgers, soy “meat” and
soymilk.
Acceptable soy products are traditionally fermented.
 – You can have small amounts of
unpasteurized soy sauce, miso, and natto.
Avoid green powders
 – most green powder supplements have sugar added and contain questionable
ingredients. There are a few exceptions to this rule, which would be 100% food-based dried
powders with no sweeteners added.
Avoid factory farmed meat, fish, and eggs.
 These offer inferior quality proteins.
Acceptable proteins are grass-fed or wild
. These offer superior quality and bolster health.
Avoid too much fruit.
 Even though fruit is natural, people often eat too much. Be very careful with
sweet fruits like as oranges, bananas, grapes, peaches, blueberries and pineapple.
Avoid prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs, and vaccines
. These alter your glandular
balance and many are causative factors in tooth decay.
Avoid food additives
 like MSG, nitrates, and nitrites.Avoid commercially processed foods, such as TV dinners and packaged sauce mixes.
Avoid synthetic vitamins and any foods containing them.The “One-Amazing-Meal-a-Day” Protocol
This is a useful introductory protocol for people who want to make a good dent against tooth decay
(pun intended), but who have difficulty instituting a complete dietary overhaul. How well your teeth
remineralize is a factor of the mineral and fat-soluble vitamin density of your diet, along with the
avoidance of foods that deplete your body of nutrients. This program is designed for someone who is
very busy, does not like to prepare his own food, or in other situations when it is too difficult to have
three or more solid meals per day. This program is not recommended for people who have severe
cavities, tooth infections, or who are trying to heal highly sensitive teeth. This program will not be as
effective as the balanced program discussed later on, but it will be effective for most people who
want to prevent cavities, or heal small cavities naturally. This program is based on Weston Price’s
one-good-meal-per-day diet for poor children that we described in chapter two. The goal of this
program is to get most of your daily supply of vitamins and minerals from one superlative meal. In the
other meals of the day you will need to watch out for the foods that cause the most havoc on your
teeth, but you will be able to eat a wide variety of foods that are convenient for you. Reduce to the
best of your ability other foods on the just-mentioned “avoid” list.
Food Intake Suggestions

½ teaspoon two or three times per day of Green Pasture’s™ Blue Ice™ Royal Blend
2 cups of grass-fed, whole-fat raw milk, kefir, clabber, or yogurt or 4 ounces of raw grass-fed
cheese. For non-dairy alternatives you will need about 3 cups of a variety of cooked green
vegetables.
Nourishing meat and/or fish stew made with a gelatin-rich broth prepared by simmering animal
bones. Many of the ingredients listed below can be included in your stew.
2-8 ounces of high-quality land or sea protein.
Vitamin C-rich foods such as broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, mustard


 is cleansed.
This sounds discouraging but, the healing crisis doesn't last very long and the benefits
of cleansing the body of these toxins and disease elements are vitally important. It is
always better to go through the small healing crisis than a major health crisis.
Program Failure
We have observed that approximately 3% of cancer victims do not respond well.
In a careful review of those individuals, we have found one or more reasons which
account for this:
1. Those who insist on playing doctor and use a little of everything in their
metabolic program.
2. Those who suffer from other conditions such as congestive heart failure,
Ascites (fluid collection in the lungs or abdomen), broken bones, biological
warfare infections etc.
3 Enzymes Inhibitors -  If the person carefully follows our Program for 3 cycles
and does not become toxic, something is wrong. The physician should
diligently search for the blocking agent and resolve the cause, which is
usually root canals, cavitations, fear syndrome, heavy metals such as
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mercury, aluminum, copper, iron, cadmium, lead, etc., or man created
biological warfare agents such as anthrax, tularemia, hepatitis A, B  and/or C,
brucellosis, eboli, liver blockage etc.
4 Parasite Syndrome -  We have a multitude of parasites attacking us each day.
From the microscopic creatures distributed to us in our water, food and air to
the Establishment creatures in white coats in the local hospital. The disease
causing parasite invasion into our society is also caused by the "open door -
unlimited immigration and invasion from dirty, filthy and contaminated third
world hoards promoted by the wicked diabolical Establishment. This
genocide of our people is ever ongoing and never ceasing.
History tells us of another time when the Establishment's medical community used
parasites to commit genocide. They use microscopic parasites now. Then they used
big parasites. George Washington was murdered by physicians who used large
parasite leaches to bleed him. This was done with the belief that they could "cure" the
first presidents pneumonia.
O f special help is the LUMEN LIGHT. This infrared instrument has been
produced at a cost everyone can afford to use in your own home. I recommend it
for the object of infrared is to increase circulation to the afflicted areas, thus
providing extra concentration of nutrients to diseased, defective and damaged
tissues. Legal but not FDA approved.
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METABOLIC SUPPORT PROGRAM
Dr. Kelley has recommended to all health care professionals this ideal metabolic
supplementation to be given to their patients whose bodies can handle the maximum
amount of supplementation for those with normal, Hard Tumors such as Bladder,
Bone, Brain, Breast, Cervical, Colon, Lung, Ovarian, Pancreatic, Parotid, Skin, Small
Intestine, Stomach, Uterus, etc.
It is self-defeating, unfortunate and often fatal to add to or remove anything from
Dr. Kelley's strict procedure. However that is the decision of the health care
professional. You must get clearance from your Metabolic health care physician,
counselor, or technician to add anything to Dr. Kelley's strict proven program or
subtract anything from it. You must follow your health care professional's
recommendations along with this proven procedure exactly and faithfully
Ascites ~  Cachexia ~  Fluid Cysts ~  Diarrhea
and Kelley-Beaty Syndrome Metabolic Syndrome
Individuals with advanced cancer are often afflicted with one or more of these very
serious conditions. Most frequently, physicians do not make a differential diagnosis
classifying these five conditions as "terminal", dismissing the patients to Hospice for
palliative care where they w ill await death using massive pain control narcotics.
I
Ascites
An abnormal, intraperitoneal, accumulation of fluid containing large amounts of
protein and electrolytes. Ascites may be detectable when more than 500 ml of fluid
has accumulated. The condition may be accompanied by general abdominal
swelling, hemodilution, edema, swelling of legs or ankles or a decrease in urinary
output. Identification of Ascites is made through auscultation, percussion, and
palpation. Ascites is a complication of cirrhosis, congestive heart failure, nephrosis,
malignant neoplastic disease peritonitis or various fungal and parasitic diseases.
Ascites is treated with dietary therapy and diuretic drugs; abdominal paracentesis may
be performed to relieve pain and improve respiratory and visceral function by
relieving the pressure of the accumulated fluid. By lowering pressure within the portal
system, paracentesis is therapeutic in Ascites.
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Paracentesis
A procedure in which fluid is withdrawn from a cavity of the body.
The Ascites Angel
In all medical history I  cannot find one case study that approaches that of our
Ascites Angel Cindy Hollinger (see the end of chapter III) Cindy had over 40
paracentesis procedures over her 21 month time period of repair and rebuilding a
very toxic body.
If you have symptoms of Ascites, The most important life saving procedure you can
do is to get on Cindy's web site and obtain her e-book: www.AscitesHelp.com
1. The second most important step in your survival is to order the Cindy Hollinger
audiotapes or listen to from www.doctorssecondopinion.com. Contact Tom
Kohler for details 1.814.723.6383.
2. The third important step in your life struggle is to follow the program to restore
you health just as Cindy did.
Do I Have Ascites?
The simple standard laboratory blood test used for a definitive diagnosis is
measuring the total protein of the blood and its fractions Albumin and Globulin.
These results are almost always given in the standard blood tests. However, these
values are almost never interpreted or understood by the physician.
If you will look at a copy of your recent blood test and find Total Protein. Under
total protein should be a listing of albumin and globulin. The reading of albumin must
be twice the reading of globulin. In recent months the laboratories do not give the
globulin reading but often the report gives a ratio, which is misleading. If the ratio is
listed as 1:2, this is very bad and shows the globulin is two times that of albumin, a
death sentence. The ratio should be 2:1. That is albumin should be two times the
globulin. If the globulin is not given, you can calculate it by subtracting the albumin
reading from the total protein, which w ill give you the globulin.
The intake of trace minerals in a natural food source are important to the patient
suffering from Ascites, Cachexia, Fluid Cysts, Diarrhea, or the Kelley-Beaty
Syndrome. Dr. Kelley has always relied upon the Multi-Grain Cereal for these
important metabolic nutrients in addition to the Metabolic Support Program*
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The Physician's Ignorance
Standard medical procedure when you have "Cancer" with Ascites is to dismiss you
to the dying crew "HOSPICE". Your physician w ill prescribe all the pain medication
you need and the hospice nurses are permitted to give you chemotherapy treatment
but not to properly treat your Ascites.
You must seek a physician that will help you treat your Ascites as a metabolic
malfunction, which includes:
A. Careful paracentesis (removal of toxic fluid), reducing the Ascites pressure to be
relieved to a comfort point that proper metabolic procedures can be used to
establish health. This is often a slow process, with restoring of health as the end
result. It has been my experience that the Ascites fluid is most frequently the
body's desperate attempt to hold metabolic toxins until they can be removed.
Many individuals not only have a general collection of Ascites in abdomen or
lungs, but also form an additional backup encapsulation of fluid cysts filled with
toxins. If all these toxins are released at once, or too fast death results. Cindy's
40+ paracentesis procedures attest to the proper way to address your Ascites -
not Hospice.
B. As Ascites is a metabolic/nutritional malfunction, it must be addressed as such.
"Cancer" is also a metabolic/nutritional malfunction. Both conditions can be
addressed (cured) at the same time as shown in Cindy's case with the use of Dr.
Kelley's METABOLIC PROGRAM.
II
Cachexia
General ill health and malnutrition, marked by weakness and emaciation, usually
associate with serious disease, as tuberculosis or cancer. Cachexia, known as "cancer
wasting" or the "cancer cachexia-anorexia syndrome." Cachexia is often found in
terminal "cancer" victims in addition to Ascites. Dr. Kelley's METABOLIC PROGRAM
has been helpful
III
Fluid Cysts
Fluid Cysts: Fluid collection in epithelial sacks containing environmental and
metabolic toxins proteins, electrolytes, minerals, etc. Fluid Cysts most often collect
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around the kidneys. These also collect near the ovaries, in the lungs and the
abdominal cavity. The collection of fluid in these cysts are often mistaken by the
physician as Ascites.


thus	lowering	blood
sugar	and	returning	to	normal.	If	blood	sugar	drops	too	low,	the	pancreas
secretes	glucagon,	which	signals	the	liver	to	break	down	glycogen	into	glucose
to	raise	blood	sugar.	In	this	way,	different	hormones	act	in	pairs	like	a
thermostat,	turning	systems	on	and	off.	This	chemistry	presents	a	delicate
balancing	act.	All	the	hormones	interact	with	each	other	in	ways	modern	science
is	only	beginning	to	understand.	In	blood-sugar	regulation	alone,	at	least	six
hormones	are	involved.
Steroid	hormones	are	being	prescribed	almost	as	frequently	as	antibiotics,	forallergic	reactions,	asthma,	eczema,	arthritis,	ulcerative	colitis,	and	for	all	types	of
inflammatory	and	autoimmune	diseases.	Often	steroids	are	given	to	babies	and
children	to	alleviate	inflammations	of	all	kinds.	Steroids	can	cause	permanent
and	devastating	damage,	even	after	a	single	dose;	once	the	body	is	thrown	out	of
its	natural	self-regulatory	mode,	it	sometimes	never	“gets	back.”	Steroids’
beneficial	effects	appear	to	decline	in	time,	leaving	patients	in	worse	condition
than	before	they	started.
Steroids	appear	to	be	a	“miracle	cure”	for	asthma	or	arthritis;	however,	they
merely	suppress	the	symptoms	of	these	conditions.	They	may	make	people	feel
better,	but	this	feeling	comes	at	a	high	price.	The	medical	journals	are	filled	with
steroid-inflicted	horror	stories,	such	as	osteoporosis,	retarded	child	growth	and
vision	loss:
•	The
Annals	of	Internal	Medicine
in	November	1993	reported	that	after	just
four	months	of	use,	oral	steroids	can	cause	osteoporosis,	with	an	8	percent
reduction	in	bone	mass.
•	The
British	Medical	Journal
in	August	1994	reported	that	extensive	eye
damage	and	visual	loss	can	be	caused	by	using	topical,	over-the-counter,	1
percent	hydrocortisone	ointment	for	two	weeks.
•
Lancet
has	reported	that	after	only	six	weeks	of	use,	inhaled	steroids
prescribed	for	asthma	retard	growth	in	children.
Alternative	approaches	to	steroids	include,	for	example,	vitamin	C	and
quercitin.	These	two	natural	anti-inflammatories	accomplish	similar	results,	but
without	the	side	effects.	Whether	one	takes	steroids	orally,	inhales	them	or	rubs
them	on	the	skin	doesn’t	matter;	damage	can	be	caused	quickly	and	irreversibly.
Rubbing	a	little	cortisone	ointment	on	the	skin	affects	the	chemistry	of	the	entire
body.	Steroids	taken	during	pregnancy	can	cause	a	child	to	suffer	from	autism
and	impaired	cognitive	performance.	Topical	and	inhaled	steroids	can	cause
glaucoma	and	cataracts.	Other	reported	problems	include	fluid	retention,
thinning	skin,	slowness	in	healing,	headaches,	muscle	weakness,	immune
suppression,	angina,	hair	loss	and	depression.
Over-the-counter	hormones	such	as	melatonin	and	DHEA	are	special
problems,	partly	because	they	are	so	easy	to	obtain.	Daily	doses	of	50	milligrams
of	DHEA	have	been	linked	to	acne,	oily	skin,	excessive	facial	hair	growth	in
women	and	mood	changes	such	as	irritability	and	aggressiveness.	DHEA	is	a
steroid	hormone	with	a	molecular	structure	quite	similar	to	cortisone.	(Cortisone,
too,	was	once	thought	to	be	a	wonder	drug,	until	we	found	it	was	maiming	and
killing	people.)	In	a	1997	study	conducted	at	Northwestern	University,	sixteen
rats	fed	DHEA	for	eighteen	months	experienced	color	changes	in	their	liversfrom	pink	to	brown.	Fourteen	developed	liver	cancer.
Neurologists	and	other	sleep	specialists	have	warned	against	taking	melatonin
supplements.	In	September	1996,	the	National	Institutes	of	Health	sponsored	a
meeting	in	Bethesda,	Maryland,	where	researchers	reported	that	we	do	not	have
sufficient	knowledge	about	how	melatonin	works	to	predict	all	its	potential
adverse	effects,	especially	at	the	high	doses	in	over-the-counter	preparations.
The	data	showed	melatonin	could	cause	nausea,	headaches,	nightmares,
worsening	of	existing	depression	or	a	drop	in	body	temperature,	which	increases
the	risk	of	developing	viral	infections.	Richard	J.	Wurtman,	M.D.,	professor	of
neuroscience	and	director	of	the	clinical	research	center	at	the	Massachusetts
Institute	of	Technology,	described	widespread	use	of	over-the-counter	melatonin
as	“scary.”
The	original	experiments	with	mice,	suggesting	that	melatonin	prolonged	life,
used	genetically	selected	mice	that	were	unable	to	produce	melatonin.	When
given	some	melatonin,	they	did	measurably	better	than	having	none.	However,
repeated	experiments	with	normal	mice	resulted	in	shortened	life	span,	because
they	developed	tumors	of	the	reproductive	tract.	(Of	course,	the	public	hears
only	of	the	“benefits.”)
Taking	hormones	on	a	regular	basis,	such	as	the	numerous	women	on	birth
control	pills	and	others	on	hormone	replacement	therapy	(HRT),	imbalances	the
hormone	system.	Millions	of	women	are	put	on	HRT,	presumably	to	help
prevent	heart	attack	and	osteoporosis.	Little	reliable	evidence	exists	that	HRT
prevents	either;	in	fact	evidence	shows	that	it	promotes	these	conditions.
Want	to	prevent	hormone	disruption	in	your	body?	Avoiding	certain	toxins	is
critical.	More	than	fifty	different	chemicals	are	known	to	disrupt	the	normal
communication	jobs	of	hormones,	including	pesticides,	PCBs	and	dioxins,
phthalates	leached	from	PVC	and	other	plastics,	and	bisphenol-A	(from
polycarbonate	water	bottles	and	the	plastics	used	to	coat	the	interior	of	cans	used
to	contain	food).	Dietary	considerations	are	important,	because	most	of	our
exposure	to	these	hormone-disrupting	chemicals	comes	from	eating	meat	and
dairy	products.	Sugar	and	white	flour	disrupt	hormone	balances,	so	minimize
consumption.	Rest	and	exercise	help	balance	hormone	levels;	moderate	exercise
doubles	or	even	quadruples	beneficial	growth	hormone	levels.	Most	critically,
our	society	must	stop	such	constant	and	widespread	use	of	hormone	drugs.	As
John	Mills,	M.D.,	chief	of	infectious	diseases	at	San	Francisco	General	Hospital
said,	steroid	hormones	are	“probably	the	most	sleazy	of	modern-day
medications.”Digestive	Destruction
As	you	know,	one	way	in	which	drugs	cause	disease	is	by	interfering	with	the
digestion	of	food	and	absorption	of	nutrients.	By	damaging	gut	tissue,	killing	off
beneficial	bacteria,	and	creating	an	environment	that	inhibits	the	growth	of
normal,	beneficial	gut	bacteria,	we	lose	our	ability	to	digest	food	and	absorb
nutrients	properly.	This	condition	creates	both	deficiency	and	toxicity,	the	two
causes	of	cellular	malfunction	and	disease.
Three	classes	of	drugs	are	responsible	for	much	of	this	damage:	NSAIDs,
antibiotics	and


 the inner
mind, is the interior of the room in which these energies
get deposited in the form of memories and tendencies,
after they are allowed to enter.
Once impressions have become deposited in our inner
consciousness, they grow like seeds and eventually impel
us to act according to their nature. They produce various
motivations, which result in the actions or kannas that
determine the movement of our lives.
Impressions do not automatically enter into the inner
mind. They only come in when we react to things in the
form of dualistic emotions, likes and dislikes, love and
hate, acceptance and rejection. Mere sensory perception by
itself does not cause external energies to enter the mind.
Detached observation cuts off external forces from entering
the mind, while allowing us to observe them for what they The Five Elements and the Mind
are and respond to them appropriately. Detached observa-
tion digests impressions, allowing us to learn from them
and not be limited by them.
As the doorkeeper, intelligence has the capacity to con-
trol the outer or sense mind and determine what comes in.
This depends upon the principles according to which our
reason is trained to work. If our reasoning faculty is not
clear, then we rationalize our likes and dislikes rather than
discern the truth of things. Reason, like a doorkeeper who
has been bribed, lets any influence into the mind and then
seeks a reason to justify letting it stay.
Our inner mind, the deeper feeling nature of the heart,
is passive and innocent like a child. Whatever we open up
our heart to gets deposited within it. The feeling nature is
sensitive and vulnerable. It can be disturbed or motivated
by whatever we let in. Therefore, it is very important to
discriminate properly what we let into our hearts. Once we
have accepted things at a heart level, we regard them as
our own and can no longer examine them objectively, just
as a mother can never criticize her own children.
The Perceptual Process
Let us examine our perceptual process to clarify this fur-
ther. First we gather impressions based upon where we place
our attention. For example, we look out the window and see
the stature and dress of a person walking by. This is the
function of the outer mind. Second we evaluate the impres-
sions and come to a conclusion about what the object is. It
is our neighbor, Sam. This is the function of intelligence.
Third, the impression of the object gets deposited in our
deeper consciousness as a memory. We remember that Sam
walked by the house this morning. In this process ego sur-
faces at some point, generally after recognizing the object. Ayurveda and the Mind
When we recognize our neighbor, we remember that we like
him for some remark he said about us.
The outer mind works to select and gather impressions.
It provides images like an object seen in a mirror, which is
merely presented but not perceived. Intelligence, or the
intermediate mind, allows us to recognize particular
objects from the field of impressions. The ego allows us to
identify an impression as belonging to us or to otherwise
subjectively react to it. The inner mind, or feeling nature,
allows the impression to be deposited and causes us to hold
a feeling about it.
Action
The outer or sense mind allows us to act. It is the
instrument through which ideas get transmitted to the
motor organs. Through our intelligence, we are able to
know what we are doing. It determines the idea, purpose
or goal behind our action. Through the ego, we are able to
identify with what we are doing as "I am doing this" or "I
am doing that." Through the inner mind, we are able to
feel the effects of what we are doing inside ourselves as
long-term happiness or sorrow.
Our intentionality — what we want to do — which
reason determines, decides the sensory impressions to
which we are open. In this way, action and perception
always go together. There are any number of impressions
occurring at any given moment, but we can only register
those which relate to what we regard as important.
According to our plans and actions, we are always in
motion in a particular direction, like a man driving a car.
We must notice and give importance mainly to the
impressions along the road that we have chosen to travel. The Five Elements and the Mind
Levels of Awareness
Ego, or outer self, is the capacity to identify our con-
sciousness with external objects and conditions. Ego is
always bringing external impressions into the mind and
making us feel dependent upon them. It tells us "I am
this" or "this is mine." Through this, it makes us depen-
dent upon external things for our identity and happiness.
We rarely develop an awareness of the underlying mind-
space or inner Self unless we learn the art of self-observa-
tion through meditation. Then we can discriminate who
we are from external identities, actions and involvement.
What we normally call thought is the movement of the
outer or sense mind in its planning and calculating capac-
ity. Such thoughts are "I want to do this, tomorrow I
should do that," and other activities of the ego. Emotion is
also usually a movement of the sensate mind, an "I want to
have this" (desire), or "I don't want to experience that"
(fear). It is our emotional reactions to things, which are
triggered by sensory impulses.
Intelligence functions when we attempt to determine
what is true, good, of lasting value or of deep meaning. It
also functions whenever we have to identify objects in the
external world. The heart or consciousness is the home of
our deep-seated states of mind, our enduring feelings, or
the essence of our experience. We come into this only
when we feel deeply, as in the peak and crisis experiences
of our lives.
Normally all five functions are mixed up, confused by
the rule of the ego, and we are unable to discern properly
between them. The ego colors our reason and distorts our
intelligence. It motivates the sense-mind to seek things in
the external world. It casts a shadow over the heart and
narrows our sense of feeling around its limited identities. A70 Ayurveda and the Mind
Usually our consciousness resides in the outer mind, lit
up as it is by the lights of the senses. Because of the over-
whelming abundance of sensory impulses we have to deal
with, it is very hard not to get caught in them. Only when
we are contemplating, reasoning or thinking deeply do we
truly enter into the intermediate mind or intelligence.
Only when we feel things deeply, and particularly in deep
sleep and death when we withdraw from the realm of the
senses, do we really come into the inner mind.
The inner mind is a dark realm for us because our atten-
tion is externally directed through the outer mind. Only if
we withdraw from our involvement in the external world
of the senses can the inner world or realm of the inner
mind become illumined. Then, when we close our eyes, we
will see not darkness but light. True psychology is con-
cerned with illumining this inner world. The inner mind
is the dark interior, which is mainly unconscious for us and
which, like a dark realm, tends to breed negative condi-
tions and to store what we wish to avoid.
Unless we learn to look within, we will remain trapped
in the outer mind and not know how to penetrate through
the core of ignorance within us. The idea of the outer self
or ego keeps our consciousness trapped in the outer mind.
Only in contact with our inner Self can we unlock the
secrets of awareness.
Psychological Problems and the Energetics of the
Mind
As long as the elements in our consciousness are out of
balance, the mind must be disturbed. The imbalance of
energies of the mind, like that of the biological humors in
the body, must produce disease or unrest.
The mind's true nature is subtle and must be purified The Five Elements and the Mind
of the gross elements, particularly the earth element which
accumulates through the ego. Consciousness and inner Self
are of the nature of air and space. As long as we are caught
in the heavier and lower functions of the mind, its true
nature cannot be revealed. This is not just an issue of bal-
ancing the forces in the mind, but of spiritualizing the
mind. We must reduce the lower functions and open up
the higher. We must form an outer sensory orientation to
an inner spiritual awareness.
Our psychological problems develop in the outer mind
as we try to find happiness as a physical creature or ego-
self. They leave memories like scars in the inner mind, just
as a disease starts with external factors like bad diet or
exposure to pathogens and gradually comes to affect our
deeper organs and tissues. To heal the mind, we must puri-
fy the mind and the substances that compose it. To do this
we must understand our consciousness and its functions.
Now we will look at each of these separately. For this we
will build on this energetic basis, placing this understand-
ing of the elements into the background. Ayurveda and the Mind
The Five Bodies
1. Physical Body
\
2. Vital Body
(Prana)
3. Mental Body
(Manas)


 but thinking back would recall that their child had colic,
vomiting (reflux) or other digestive symptoms in the first year as well. In
cases of GAPS adults it is important to speak to the parents of the patient (if
possible) in order to collect a detailed medical history starting from birth.
In those cases where an adult did not have a history of gut problems from
childhood the digestive problems would start later in life due to some
health-damaging event.
The second year of life is the time when many GAPS children start devel
oping fussy eating habits, refusing a whole lot of foodstuffs and limiting
their diet to a handful of foods, usually starchy and sweet: breakfast cere
als, crisps, chips, popcorn, cakes, biscuits, sweets, bananas, bread, rice,
sweet yoghurts. Most of these children would refuse to have vegetables,
fruit (apart from bananas), meats, fish and eggs. About 60-70% of the autis
tic children I have seen in my clinic would have an extremely limited diet,
consisting sometimes of two or three items. It is quite rare to meet an autis
tic child who is not fussy with food. Other GAPS children may not be as extreme as autistic children but the majority of them also limit their diets
in the same typical fashion.
It is also very rare for parents of GAPS children to describe their child's
stool as normal. The picture is particularly striking in autistic children.
Diarrhoea and constipation would often alternate and, in many cases
undigested food is clearly visible in the stool. Very often the stool would
have an extremely strong, unpleasant smell and at other times it is so liquid
and frothy that the child cannot hold it. Sometimes the stool would be very
acid and burn the child's skin in the nappy area. In many cases the stool
has a pale whitish colour and floats on the surface of the water, indicating
that the child is unable to digest fats. Often the child would have such
severe constipation, that he or she would not open the bowel for 5-7 or
more days, which then would result in an extremely large and painful stool.
This sort of experience makes children fearful of passing stool, so they hold
on for as long as they can, making the whole problem even worse. In some
cases parents do not notice anything wrong with the stool, but when asked
would acknowledge that their child has pronounced flatulence and bloat
ing. In many of these cases the child would wake up at night screaming,
when the parents do not know what is wrong. As the excessive gas gets
released or simply moves to a different place in the bowel the pain would
disappear and the child would settle down.
In the case of autism all these symptoms undoubtedly cause children a
lot of discomfort and pain. But unfortunately, due to their inability to com-
municate most autistic children cannot tell their parents about it, so they
express their feelings in other ways: self-stimulation, self-destruction,
tantrums, refusing to eat, etc. Children with other GAPS conditions who do
not have communication problems often complain of tummy aches and
feeling nauseous.
In most cases these children are not tested or investigated by gastro-enterologists. In a few published cases when autistic children have been
investigated, an X-ray of their digestive tract almost invariably showed a
condition called "faecal compaction with an over-spill syndrome" What
does it mean? It means that large amounts of old, compacted faeces are lit
erally glued to the walls of the digestive tract, where they can stay for many
months, providing a fertile rotting environment for all sorts of parasites,
bacteria, fungi and viruses to breed and thrive, constantly producing a lot
of toxic substances which are absorbed into the bloodstream of the child.
In this condition new food, eaten by the child, seeps through a narrow
channel between these compacted faecal masses. So, whatever stool comes out of these children is an over-spill, which does not empty the
bowel, hence the name - an over-spill syndrome.
Until the last few years, apart from a few anecdotal reports in medical lit
erature on an over- spill syndrome in autistic children, there was virtually
no research done in this area. Then in 1998 Dr Andrew Wakefield, a consul
tant gastro-enterologist at the Royal Free Hospital in London, and his team
published their research, suggesting a connection between chronic
inflammatory bowel disease and autism. They performed endoscopy and
biopsy on a group of autistic children, who were referred to them with gas
trointestinal symptoms. Endoscopy is a procedure where a special pipe is
inserted into the digestive tract of a patient, through which an investigator
can see what is going on there. While an endoscopy is being performed, a
small bit of the gut wall can be obtained using a special biting instrument
to be later examined under the microscope. This is called taking a biopsy.
As a result of their research, Dr Wakefield and his team have identified a
condition in the bowel of these children, which they named Ileal -
Lymphoid - Nodular Hyperplasia and Non - Specific Colitis. Let us see what
it all means.
First we will look at the Ileal - Lymphoid - Nodular Hyperplasia. Ileum is
a name given to the last three-fifths of the small intestine. Ileum is approx
imately 3.5 m long in adults and at its end connects to the bowel. The major
function of the small intestine in general is food absorption. However, not
much food absorption happens in the ileum. The walls of this part of the
small intestine are packed with large numbers of lymph nodes, called
Peyer's patches, which are small round or bean shaped structures, ranging
in size from 1 to 25 mm. These lymph nodes are a very important part of our
immune system. We know of two major functions that they fulfil.
1. The first function is filtering the lymph (tissue liquid), coming from
the ileum and removing bacteria, viruses, fungi, dead cells (including
cancer cells) and various toxins from it. It is a good place to look at
what particular infectious agents might be lurking in your intestine
because the lymph nodes are like a prison for these viruses, bacteria,
dead cells and fungi - if they cannot destroy them, they imprison
them. So, when gastro-enterologists perform endoscopies, they
always try to get a sample of these lymph nodes to be examined under
the microscope. This is what Dr Wakefield's team has done.
2. A second function of lymph nodes is production of lymphocytes - a
large group of immune system cells, a major function of which is fighting infections. In fact lymph nodes themselves are made pri
marily of lymphocytes, together with some other cells. So, when the
lymph nodes are faced with an infection, they start producing a lot of
lymphocytes to fight the infection, which makes the lymph nodes
large and inflamed, sometimes painful. This enlargement of the
lymph nodes is called lymphoid nodular hyperplasia and this is what
Dr. Wakefield has found in the ileum of autistic children.
Because many of the children from his study have developed autistic
features after MMR vaccine, this is the direction Dr Wakefield pursued
when looking at what particular infection may have caused this enlarge
ment of the lymph nodes. Suspecting that it might be the measles virus, he
involved in his research a well-known virologist Dr John O'Leary, a
professor of pathology from Dublin. Sure enough, Dr O'Leary has found
the same measles virus used in the MMR vaccine in the ileal lymph nodes
of the autistic children. This particular part of Dr Wakefield's research, con
cerning the measles virus and MMR vaccine, caused a lot of controversy
and vigorous resistance from government and the medical establishment
which distracted attention from the main issue. The main issue is: autistic
children have enlarged and inflamed lymph nodes in their gut wall, which
is a clear sign of a fight with some infection going on there.
Let us now look at the second part of the condition which Dr Wakefield
described in his group of autistic children, the Non - Specific Colitis. The
term Colitis means an inflammation of the colon. Doing the endoscopies,
Dr Wakefield's team has found various stages of chronic inflammation in
the gut of these children, erosions of the mucous membranes of the colon
and intestines, abscesses filled with pus, ulcers and plenty of faecal com
paction. In some places the gut wall was so inflamed with such enlarge
ment of the lymph nodes, that it almost obstructed the lumen of the gut. In
some ways this inflammation resembled ulcerative colitis, in some -
Crohn's disease, when some features were completely unique to these
autistic children. That is why this colitis was named non-specific, because
it could not be assigned to any existing diagnosis. Dr Wakefield's team
called it AUTISTIC ENTEROCOLITIS. This term is yet to be accepted into
the official medical vocabulary, but for us who work with autistic children
it is a very good term to use.
The findings of Dr Andrew Wakefield and his team


 leave secured for several hours for additional
healing. These urine packs are also incredibly effective for any
type of insect sting, bite or poison oak or ivy. (See Urine Packs
and Compresses).
5. Another method is to pour old or fresh urine into clean, plastic
spray bottle and spray the rash, eczema, etc.
Skin Massages
Always augment your use of oral urine therapy with skin
massages particuJariy on the face, neck and feet John Armstrong
recommended this practice especially when fasting for an acute
condition, and people who use it, swear by it. These massages
have a tonifying, refreshing, relaxing effect and are said to allow
for gradual absorption of urine nutrients through the skin. Pour
either old or fresh urine into a wide, shallow container and dip
your hands into the liquid. Shake off excess, then vigorously
massage into a small area of skin anywhere on the body until
hands and skin are dry. Rewet hands and begin massaging
another area until dry; repeat this step until all skin areas have
been well massaged. Rinse with warm water. Do not attempt
these massages on extremely elderly or infirm individuals. Also,
201make certain that you use normal urine for massages. If your own
urine is dark, turbid or abnormal looking, wait until you have used
the urine internally over the course of two or three days, at which
time the urine usually appears clear and can then be used for
massages. Urine from a normal healthy person other than
yourself may also be used for your external massage. If you are a
heavy smoker, or are taking therapeutic or recreational drugs, do
not use your own urine externally or internally (or use only
extremely small amounts).
COSMETIC APPLICATIONS
1. For cosmetic use or moisturizing, pour a very small amount of
nor mal fresh urine or urme which has been stored, for a day or
two into your hand and massage lightly into the skin until dry;
then pour additional urine into your hand, massage it into another
area of the skin until dry and so on.
2. Rinse well with warm water when completed, but wash without
soap. Your skin is naturally slightly addic, and this natural aridity
is usually destroyed by soaps which are all alkaline and diminish
the skin's natural protective add mantle.
3. You can apply a moLsturizer after the massage, but make sure
that it's a simple, natural one that doesn't contain lot of drying
alcohol or other chemicals. Also, you can add a few drops of urine
to a small amount of your moisturizing cream each time you
apply the cream.
As the research studies show, urea replenishes the water content
of the skin because it binds hydrogen and attracts moisture to the
skin in a way that no mineral oil or glycerin-based lotions or
creams can.
You 'll be absolutely amazed at the softness and beauty of your
skin after even one treatment with a urine massage. Old dead
skin immediately flakes away, and your skin becomes wonderfully
soft, rosy and with time, even wrinkles will disappear. Urine
massages have also been reported to eliminate varicose veins
and cysts.
Urine Packs And Compresses
Skin Disorders
Urine packs give added healing to skin disorders such as eczema,
202psoriasis, athlete's foot, ringworm, poison ivy and oak, etc. in
addition to urine massages and soaks;
1. Soak gauze bandages or cotton balls m fresh or old urine and
place them over the affected areas.
2. Cover the urine pack with light plastic (like Saran-wrap) and tie
in place with gauze strips.
3. Try to keep the pack on as long as possible, especially with
more, severe conditions. Add additional urine to the pack with a
medicine dropper every few hours to keep the pack wet.
Bites And Stings
Urine packs are tremendously useful and effective for relieving
the discomfort of all insect bites and stings.
When I first moved to Arizona, I was stung on the foot by a
scorpion. My foot immediately swelled to almost double its size
and was unbelievably painhil. I dragged myself into the house,
applied a soaked urine pack and tied it in place. Within 15
minutes, the pain had disap-peared and the swelling had lessened
considerably. I kept the pack on overnight, and when I removed it
in the morning, the swelling and redness had completely
disappeared. The pain and irritation of bee stings and mosquito
bites is also wonderfully relieved by this method.
Snake Bite
Urine packs should also be used immediately for poisonous snake
bites. Follow emergency first-aid instructions to inrise the wound
and remove venom, if possible. Then apply fresh normal urine to
the wound and secure a well-soaked urine pack over it. Keep pack
wet until medical help can be obtained.
Growths And Tumors
Armstrong reported in great length on the remarkable effects of
urine compresses in reducing and eradicating a wide variety of
internal and external tumors, cysts and abnormal growths.
1. Compresses should be used in combination with internal urine
therapy for treating any type of abnormal growth.
2. In preparing a compress, use a thick pad of clean white folded
cotton material (such as an old T-shirt).
2033. Soak the pad in a container of fresh or old urine. Warm the
urine by pouring it into a glass container, then place the jar in a
container of hot water. While lying down, place wet compress
over the affected area and cover with a clean folded towel. Keep
the compress applied for as long as possible, reapplying warm
urine as needed to keep the compress wet. Urine compresses
have also been reported to be effective for many internal
disturbances and for arthritic and rheumatic pains.
Wounds, Burns And Abrasions
As so many research and clinical studies have shown, urea is a
tremen-dously effective anti-bacterial agent and an excellent
healing treatment for wounds and burns of all types. Use fresh,
normal urine for treating open wounds.
1. Saturate a thick gauze bandage or cotton pad with fresh urine,
place it over the wound or bum and secure it with additional
gauze; cover with plastic or soft towel to prevent leakage.
2. Reapply fresh urine with clean medidne dropper directly onto
the existing inside compress. Reapply fresh compress as often as
possible. Urine is also known to prevent scarring, so keep the
urine pack applied as long or as often as possible until healing is
complete. Many people have applied urine compresses to burns
and cuts with amazing results. The pain is quickly relieved and
the burn or wound heals rapidly without scarring.
Eye And Nose Drops
There are reports from people who have used urme drops for both
eye and nose drops, for relief of eye itching or inflammation, or
for nasal congestion. In both cases, make certain that you are
using fresh, clear, normal urine only and that the acidity factor of
the urine is normal (see previous section on Monitoring Your pH in
this chapter). Also, make certain that the eye dropper you use for
the eye drops is sterilized. A compress of fresh normal urine is
also excellent for external eye inflammations such as styles.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT URINE THERAPY
2041. Can my doctor administer urea, as the researchers in
the studies did?
The urine extract, urea, is FDA approved and can be administered
by your doctor. A Physician's Guide to Your Own Perfect Medicine
is available if your doctors would like additional information
contained in the research studies on the clinical application of
urea. As the research studies indicate, oral or injected urea has
been shown to be extremely effective and safe in treating cases
where excess fluid production is a problem (see pgs. 99-103).
Urea's anti-bacterial, anti-viral and diuretic properties. Using urea
in conjunction with natural urine therapy can be discussed with
your doctor, once he or she has been made aware of the research
findings relating to urea and urine therapy.
2. What about urine injections?
Many people have asked me about the efficacy of urine injections,
and as you've seen, many of the research studies presented in
Chapter 4 utilized injections of urine as part of the therapy. But
doctors have also used oral urine or urea therapy in non-
emergency cases with equally good results and urine injections
have the reported side effect of occasional redness and sweJling
at the site of the injection which doesn't occur, of course, with
oral therapy. Oral urine therapy also allows for slower application
and absorption which can decrease any possible de-toxifying
symptoms. Injections deliver an abrupt, forced introduction of
medicinal substances into the body, without allowing for the
body's gradual adjustment to the substance. However, there
really isn't any need for this sudden forcing of a medicinal
substance into the body unless there is an emergency situation.
that requires it.
Gradual introduction of urine therapy, or any medical therapy is
always important, but even more so if you have a history of poor
nutrition or chronic, serious illnesses which weaken the body and
205promote poisons and toxins in the system. Introducing a new
therapy too rapidly places a strain on an ah-ead


 as in this morning’ s news: “T errorist
group threatens to poison our food supply.” Such headlines are constant, as
though to give the mind further opportunities to master that most dreaded of
all emotions. As the lyrics of the song put it, “W e are caught between a fear
of living and a fear of dying.”
When all the mind’ s compensatory devices fail and fear spills forth into
consciousness as overt anxiety attacks or phobias, the person is labeled as
having an anxiety neurosis. It is informative to note that the tranquilizer
V alium is the biggest selling drug in America.
Fears tend to escalate. Thus, the typical patient with phobias shows a
progressive extension of the fear into more and more avenues of life,
leading to further and further restrictions of activity, and, in severe cases, to
total immobilization. This was the case of a patient named Betty.
Betty was thirty-four years old, but she looked much older because she
was thin and drawn. She entered the of fice carrying armloads of paper bags,
which were later found to contain 56 dif ferent bottles of health store
preparations, vitamins, nutritional supplements, plus several bags of special
food. Her fear had started out as a germ phobia and soon everything around
her seemed to be possibly contaminated with germs. She had many health
fears of contracting contagious diseases, which had progressed now to a
fear of cancer. She believed every scare story she read, so she was afraid of
nearly every food, the air she breathed, and getting sunshine on her skin.
She wore white clothes because she was afraid of dyes in the materials.In the of fice, she would never sit down because she was afraid that the
chair might be contaminated. Whenever she needed a prescription, she
asked that it be written from the middle of the prescription pad which had
not been touched. Furthermore, she wanted to tear the page from the pad
herself; she didn’ t want me to touch it because possibly I had gotten germs
from shaking hands with the last patient. She wore white gloves at all times.
She requested to be treated by telephone as she was too afraid of making
the trip to the of fice again.
The following week on the telephone, she said that she was afraid to
get up. She would call from home while still in bed because now she was
afraid to go out on the streets. She had developed a fear of muggers, rapists,
and air pollution. At the same time, she was afraid to stay home in bed for
fear that she might get worse and, to compound all her other fears, she was
afraid that she was losing her mind. She was afraid that the medication
wouldn’ t help her and that it might have side ef fects, but she was afraid not
to take it for fear that she would not get better. Now she said that she had a
fear that she might choke on the pills and had stopped taking even her
health pills, much less the prescribed medication.
Her fears were so paralyzing that every therapeutic maneuver was
totally stymied. She wouldn’ t allow me to talk to her family. She was afraid
they would find out that she was seeing a psychiatrist and think she was
crazy. I was totally baf fled and racked my brain for weeks on how I could
possibly help her. Finally, I let go. I experienced the relief of surrender in
that I just totally gave up: “There is absolutely nothing I can do to help her.
The only thing left to do is just to love her.”
And, so, that’ s what I did. I just thought of her lovingly, and frequently
I sent her loving thoughts. I gave her as much love as I could possibly give
when we talked on the telephone and, finally, after a couple of months of
“loving therapy,” she got suf ficiently better to come to the of fice. As time
went on, she improved and her fears and inhibitions began to diminish,
though she never did develop any insight. She was too afraid of talking
about psychological matters, she said, and so over the months and
eventually years of treatment, the only thing I ever did was to love her.
This case illustrates a concept that we previously presented in the
chapter on apathy; that is, a higher vibration, such as love, has a healing
ef fect on a lower vibration, such as that in the patient’ s case, fear. This love
is the mechanism of reassurance, and very often we can quiet anotherperson’ s fears by our mere physical presence, and by the loving ener gy that
we project to them and with which we surround them. It is not what we say,
but the very fact of our presence that has the healing ef fect.
W e can learn another one of the laws of consciousness: Fear is healed
by love. This is the central theme of the series of books by psychiatrist Jerry
Jampolsky (e.g., Love is Letting Go of Fear ). This was also the basis of the
healing that went on at the Attitudinal Healing Center in Manhasset, Long
Island, of which I was co-founder and medical advisor. Attitudinal healing
has to do with group interaction with patients who have fatal and
catastrophic illnesses, and the whole process of healing has to do with the
letting go of fear and replacing it with love.
This is the same mechanism of healing demonstrated by the great saints
and illumined healers, whose very presence has the power to heal because
of the intense vibration of love which they radiate. This healing power—the
basis of spiritual healing—is also transmitted by loving thoughts. The
multitudes of people down through recorded history who have healed by
just this kind of love are legendary. In recent history, for instance, Mother
T eresa is credited with healing great numbers of people by these very
mechanisms of unconditional love and illumined presence. T o people who
are unfamiliar with the laws of consciousness, these types of cures seem
miraculous. But to those who are familiar with the laws of consciousness,
such phenomena are commonplace and to be expected. High levels of
consciousness are in themselves capable of healing, transforming, and
enlightening others. The value of the surrendering mechanism is that, by
letting go of the blocks to love, our capacity to love increases progressively,
and loving ener gy has the capacity to heal ourselves as well as others.
The only drawback to these types of healings is that often the healing is
sustained while in proximity to a person capable of radiating high levels of
love, but the illness returns when people leave that presence, unless they
themselves have learned to elevate their own consciousness.
“W ell,” you might ask, “if sending loving thoughts has a healing
power, how come we see all the sick people in hospitals, whose families are
so solicitous? Why does the love of the family not heal the patient?” The
answer is to look at the kinds of thoughts that are being sent by the family
to the patient. As you examine them, you will find that they are primarily
thoughts of anguish and fear, accompanied by guilt and ambivalence.W e might picture love to be like the sunlight and negative thoughts like
the clouds. Whereas our higher, greater Self is like the sun, all the negative
thoughts, doubts, fears, anger, and resentments that we hold dim the light of
the sun and, finally, the light comes through only weakly. It was Jesus
Christ who said that we all, with faith, potentially have the power to heal.
The saint, or person of high consciousness, is by definition one who has
removed the clouds of negativity and radiates the full healing power of the
sun. That is also why saintly beings have such magnetic power that they
attract multitudes to their physical presence. As an example, when the late
Indian saint Sri Ramana Maharshi had a birthday, 25,000 people stood in
the sweltering tropical sun shoulder -to-shoulder in one solid mass to
celebrate his presence and wish him well.
As we consistently let go of resisting our fears and allow them to be
surrendered, the ener gy that was tied up in the fear is relinquished and now
becomes available to shine forth as the ener gy of love. Therefore,
unconditional love has the greatest power of all, and that love is the power
of the celebrated saints. Unconditional love is also the power of the mother
and of the father, the presence of whom is so essential to the children’ s
learning to love as they grow. It was Sigmund Freud who observed that the
most fortunate thing that can happen to us growing up is to be our mother ’ s
favorite child.
What about those of us who did not have the fortunate experience of
being bathed in unconditional love as we grew up? There is the commonly
held belief that if we did not have this experience, then we are somehow
scarred or crippled for life; actually, this is not so. A person who has
experienced a great deal of love in early life has fewer fears and a head
start, but this love is intrinsic within all of us. By the very nature of our
being and by the very nature of the life ener gy that flows through us and
empowers us to breathe and to think, we all have that same vibrational
ener gy level of love within us.
If, in looking at ourselves, we see that we have


, saturated
with  it—there  is  scarce  a  limit  to  his  achievements,  and  thus  is
justified the proverb, that a pound of energy with only an ounce of
intellect will accomplish more than a pound of intellect if sustained
by only an ounce of energy.
And vitality is represented in quality of action as well as in quantity.
Who can divine the degree necessary to the production of a great
thought, a new conception, a discovery of an original principle, or a
new combination of known ones?  In the minds of the philosopher, the
poet, the scientist, do we not behold it refined and concentrated into
essential forms?
To accumulate and concentrate this vitality, therefore, is the highest
earthly wisdom, and this is to be done by increasing production and
restraining expenditure.  Both invalidism and incompetency result
from, or are represented by, depletion, of which we have all grades.
The organs of expenditure, being unduly developed, easily excited to
action on the smallest occasion, and incapable of being restrained
under even slight pressure, do not permit that accumulation which is
necessary to great achievements in the healthy, or to the recovery of
the sick.  Depletion—in other words, poverty of vital power, the most
disastrous form of poverty—is a common condition, and in its train
are all manner of obstructions, ailments, and sufferings not only, butdisaster,  financial  and  social.   No  element  of  prosperity  can
compensate the business man for want of physical and mental vigor.
Bankruptcy in financial resources, in the great majority of cases, is
coincident  with  and  dependent  largely  upon  depreciated  mental
power, clouded and unsteady mental action.  A single stroke of the
pen, an unwise word, consequent upon lack of the usual foresight or
mental reach, and these dependent upon failing health and reduced
mental vigor, have wrecked more fortunes than a few ; and if the
business man needs mental and physical vigor, what shall be said of
the professional man?  In the battle of life, in the arena of thought, in
the forum or on the bench, on the rostrum or in the pulpit, what can
compensate  for it?  Can learning,  when the  very use  of learning
depends upon it?  Can education and polish and  training?  No ;
human reason cannot consent to such conclusion.
To  change  the  relations,  therefore,  between  production  and
expenditure, increasing the one and restraining the other, whereby
vital power is accumulated, we hold to be the ne plus ultra  of medical
wisdom.  No  art,  no  science,  no  skill,  can  surpass  this.   With
accumulated vitality, obstructions will be removed, disease stayed,
and  death  vanquished  ;  and  with  accumulation  continued  and
energies  properly  directed,  a  useful  and  honorable  career  maybe
opened up to the individual.  When diseases are cured in this way, the
patient is not ruined, but while relieved of his disease he is at the
same time rendered vigorous, hearty, and happy.And more : he is not only relieved of his ailments, but is insured
against future disease.  Relapses are absolutely unknown under a
system based upon these principles.  The power that can restore
health can with certainty maintain it ; for the greater always includes
the less.  The patient not only recovers, but stays well, which is a
feature both marked and wonderful in practice, the testimony of all
who have fairly tried it being invariably the same.
The application of this principle both to the care of the sick and the
education and training of youth opens up possibilities that are hardly
conceivable.  If instead of curing invalids by reducing them, whether
by bleeding or purging, toning or stimulating, soaking or starving—
the popular ways—we do it by developing and accumulating vital
vigor ; and if in place of training and educating youth after plans that
excite  the  brains  and  debilitate  the  muscles,  we  train  them  into
processes that  develop  power in  all  parts—by plans  which,  while
inducing the use of power, increases its production—may we not look
for greater and nobler achievements than ever before?  If instead of
laboring  until  our  capacities  for  labor  are  reduced,  we  labor  to
increase our capacities, what different results we would obtain!  If
student or author, instead of exhausting his brains over midnight oil,
would recognize and obey the laws of health, how his capacities to
learn or instruct would be enhanced!
How to Accumulate.  Of the value of this principle we need say no
more.  The proper application of it is the subject now before us.  Ifthis can be accomplished ; if we can point out a concise, logical, and
scientific method of operation, we believe the reader will agree with
us  that  a  great  truth  has  been  discovered  and  a  great  system
established.  To this end let us recall the fact already demonstrated,
that vitality is a force manufactured or produced in the organism, as
well as used and expended therein.  This truth being conceded, it
follows that there must be both organs of manufacture and organs of
expenditure.  Indeed, a careful analysis will show that the human
organism is naturally divisible into these.  The one set takes up the
materials  supplied  and  produces  therefrom  the  necessary  force  ;
while the other set is engaged in the use of this force.
Expenditure, The organs which use and expend power are :
The brain,
The cerebro-spinal  and
The organic nervous systems.
Who can doubt that the brain is the great organ of expenditure?  To
this end, though but one fiftieth of the body in weight, it nevertheless
uses from one fifth to one tenth of all the blood.  Thought, feeling and
motive  involve  the  use  of  the  highest  quality  and  the  greatest
quantity of vital power.  Indeed, a true philosophy would suggest that
the operations of the whole organism which result in the production
of power are for use in this higher department of life.  From the
lower  to  the  higher  is  the  order  of  creation  ;  from  breathing,
digestion, and circulation, onward and upward to intelligence andmorality.  The body is organized for the mind ; the animal for the
mental and moral ; the lower functions for the higher ones.  The
brain is therefore intended to receive and use, and by virtue of the
power  furnished  it,  to  produce  thought,  feeling,  and  will.   It  is
impossible to conceive that a noble thought can come out of nothing,
or that an exercise of the feelings or will requires no power.  On the
contrary, all experience proves that mental operations use up vital
vigor in no small degree.  Intense emotions are always exhausting.
Religious, social, or political excitements ; anger, hate, jealousy, not
only,  but  even  joy  and  hope  use  up  vital  force.   Both  pain  and
pleasure are known to be exhausting to the vital powers.  Fear is a
powerful depletent.  Men’s heads have been known to “grow white in
a single night” from fear, and other men have been known to grow
older by ten or twenty years in a few hours of intense suffering.
Anxiety and worry are always intensely debilitating.  That “it is worry
that kills, and not work,” has come to be proverbial.  The nervous,
fretful, and irritable always fail of recuperation ; while the easy, good-
natured, contented, grow fat and rotund, whether man or beast.  On
the  contrary,  exhaustion  and  even sudden  death  may  result  from
intense nervous action in any respect, and that without destruction of
the nerve.  But whoever heard of death from muscular taxation that
did not involve destruction of muscle?
Of  course,  in  speaking  of  these  effects  we  are  considering  the
nervous systems in the same category with the brain, because in both
structure and functions they are essentially like it.  The  cerebro-
spinal  nervous system exists as the accessory or aid to the brain,while  the  organic  nervous  system  fulfils  a  similar  office  for  the
nutritive system to that which the brain and cerebro-spinal nerves do
for  the  general  system.   And  it  may  be  said,  as  a  truth  fully
substantiated, that exhaustion of power comes chiefly if not wholly
through excessive nervous and mental action.
Manufacture.  Having discovered the means by which vitality is
appropriated and used, and therefore maybe exhausted, let us now
turn  our  attention  for  a  few  moments  to  its  production  or
manufacture.  The air we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we
drink  unquestionably  constitute  the  raw