FORMITY
OF FEET IN SECOND CHILD IN FAMILY
111. MODERNIZED PERUVIAN INDIAN BOY SHOWING DISTURBED DEVELOPMENT OF
FACE AND FOOT
112. MODERNIZED COASTAL INDIAN OF ECUADOR SHOWING SERIOUS PHYSICAL
DEFORMITIES
113. ESKIMO CHILDREN ILL IN TUBERCULOSIS WARD OF THE GOVERNMENT
HOSPITAL AT JUNEAU
114. PATIENTS IN THE MAORI HOSPITAL IN NEW ZEALAND SHOWING MARKED
FACIAL UNDER-DEVELOPMENT
115. GIRLS IN TUBERCULOSIS WARD OF NEW ZEALAND HOSPITAL FOR MAORI
SHOW MARKED FACIAL AND DENTAL ARCH DISTURBANCES
116. NATIVE HAWAIIAN CHILDREN WITH TUBERCULOSIS, SHOWING MARKED
DISTURBANCES OF FACIAL FORM AND DENTAL ARCH DEVELOPMENT
117. DEFORMITIES OF PIG DUE TO LACK OF VITAMIN A IN MOTHERS DIET
118. DEFORMITIES DUE TO LACK OF ADEQUATE VITAMIN A IN MOTHERS DIET
119. MANY YOUNG OF MODERN DOMESTIC ANIMALS ARE BORN WITH
DEFORMITIES
120. PUPPIES BORN WITH PHYSICAL DEFECTS DUE TO DEFICIENCY OF VITAMIN A IN
FATHER
121. TYPICAL DEFORMITIES IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS
122. CRIMINALS. WERE THEIR UNSOCIAL TRAITS RELATED TO INCOMPLETE BRAIN
ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH PRENATAL INJURY
123. MARKED LACK OF NORMAL FACIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NOTORIOUS YOUNG
CRIMINALS
124. TYPICAL MONGOLOID DEFECTIVE7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 6/250125. PHYSICAL CHANGES IN MONGOLOID TYPE DUE TO MOVEMENT OF MAXILLARY
BONES TO STIMULATE PITUITARY GLAND IN BASE OF BRAIN
126. X-RAY PICTURES SHOWING POSITION OF TEETH BEFORE AND DURING
OPERATION TO MOVE MAXILLARY BONES
127. TWIN BOYS WITH SAME DEFORMITY OF DENTAL ARCH
128. BOYS TYPICAL OF GROUP IN SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR BACKWARD CHILDREN
129. FIJI WOMAN WHO HAS GONE LONG DISTANCE TO GATHER SPECIAL FOOD
NEEDED FOR PRODUCTION OF HEALTHY CHILDREN
130. AFRICAN WOMAN WHO HAS COME DOWN THE MOUNTAINS TO GATHER
SPECIAL PLANTS OF WHICH THE ASHES PREVENT GOITER
131. X-RAYS OF TEETH OF THREE CHILDREN IN ONE FAMILY SHOW PROGRESSIVE
INJURY IN YOUNGER CHILDREN
132. X-RAYS ILLUSTRATING PROGRESSIVE INJURY IN TWO YOUNGER CHILDREN IN
FAMILY
133. X-RAYS COMPARING DEFORMITIES OF FACIAL FORM IN CHILD BORN AFTER
LONG LABOR WITH BETTER FACIAL FORM IN SISTER BORN AFTER SHORT
LABOR
134. GIRL SHOWING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LACK OF PELVIC DEVELOPMENT AND
DEFORMITY OF FACE

MAPS
I.  CANADA
II. SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
III. AFRICA
IV. AUSTRALIA
V. NEW ZEALAND
VI. PERU

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PREFACE
THE gracious reception given to my several reports of field studies among primitive racial groups
and the many requests for copies of those brief reports and for further data, together with the need
for providing interpretations and applications of the data, have induced me to consolidate my
investigations. There have also been many requests from my patients and from members of the
medical and dental professions for concise statements as to what I have found that would be useful
as preventive procedures. In addition I have been conscious of an opportunity for helpfulness to
the members of the various primitive races that I have studied and who are so rapidly declining in
health and numbers at their point of contact with our modern civilization. Since they have so much
accumulated wisdom that is passing with them, it has seemed important that the elements in the
modern contacts that are so destructive to them should be discovered and removed.
    There has been a deep sense of obligation to the officials of many countries for the great
kindness and assistance that they have so cheerfully given by providing the opportunity for these
investigations. The list of these individuals is much too long to mention them all by name. One of
the joys of my work has been the privilege of knowing the magnificent characters that are at the
outposts earnestly striving to better the welfare of the natives whom they are ministering to, but
who are distraught with the recognition that under the modernization program the natives decline in
health and become afflicted by our modern types of degenerative diseases. It would be fortunate if
each of these field workers could be provided with a copy of this report which they have helped to
make possible.7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 7/250    In order to make this information available to as wide a group as possible, I have avoided
technical language and will ask the indulgence of professional readers.
    There are some individuals whose assistance I must acknowledge specifically: Reverend Father
John Siegen and Doctor Alfred Gysi of Switzerland; Mrs. Lulu Herron and Doctor J. Romig of
Alaska; the Indian Department at Ottawa; the Department of Indian Affairs at Washington, D. C.;
the officials of the eight archipelagos studied in the Pacific; Colonel J. L. Saunders of New
Zealand; the Minister of Health, New Zealand; Dr. W. Stewart Ziele of Sydney, Australia; Sir
Herbert Gepp of Melbourne, Australia; Doctor William M. Hughes, Minister of Health, Canberra;
Dr. Cummiston, Director-General of Health, Australian Commonwealth, Canberra; Doctor Rapael
Cilento of Queensland, Australia; Mr. E. W. Saranealis, Thursday Island; the Department of
Health of Kenya, Africa; the Department of Health for Belgian Congo, Brussells; the Department
of National Parks, Belgian Congo; Minister of the Interior, Peru; Doctor Albert Giesecke and
Esther Giesecke of Peru; the Directors of Museums in Sydney and Canberra, Australia; Auckland,
New Zealand; Vancouver, and Toronto, Canada; Washington, New York and Chicago, the
United States; Juneau, Alaska; Rome, Italy; and Cairo, Egypt; the publishers of the Ohio State
Medical Journal, the Journal of the American Dental Association, the Dental Digest and the Dental
Items of Interest; my faithful secretary, Mrs. Ruth MacMaster; Professor W. G. Garnett who so
kindly provided the critical reading of the manuscript, and the publishers who furnished
constructive suggestions and cooperation. To these and a host of others I am deeply indebted and
profoundly grateful.
WESTON A. PRICE
8926 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio, 1938.

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INTRODUCTION
THIS text provides a new approach to some problems of modern degeneration. Instead of the
customary procedure of analyzing the expressions of degeneration, a search has been made for
groups to be used as controls who are largely free from these affections.
    After spending several years approaching this problem by both clinical and laboratory research
methods, I interpreted the accumulating evidence as strongly indicating the absence of some
essential factors from our modern program, rather than the presence of injurious factors. This
immediately indicated the need for obtaining controls. To accomplish this it became necessary to
locate immune groups which were found readily as isolated remnants of primitive racial stocks in
different parts of the world. A critical examination of these groups revealed a high immunity to
many of our serious affections so long as they were sufficiently isolated from our modern
civilization and living in accordance with the nutritional programs which were directed by the
accumulated wisdom of the group. In every instance where individuals of the same racial stocks
who had lost this isolation and who had adopted the foods and food habits of our modern
civilization were examined, there was an early loss of the high immunity characteristics of the
isolated group. These studies have included a chemical analysis of foods of the isolated groups and
also of the displacing foods of our modern civilization.
    These investigations have been made among the following primitive racial stocks including both
isolated and modernized groups: the Swiss of Switzerland, the Gaelics in the Outer and Inner7/29/13 Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200251h.html#toc 8/250Hebrides, the Eskimos of Alaska, the Indians in the far North, West and Central Canada, Western
United States and Florida, the Melanesians and Polynesians on eight archipelagos of the Southern
Pacific, tribes in eastern and central Africa, the Aborigines of Australia, Malay tribes on islands
north of Australia, the Maori of New Zealand and the ancient civilizations and their descendants in
Peru both along the coast and in the Sierras, also in the Amazon Basin. Where available the
modernized whites in these communities also were studied. There have been many important
unexpected developments in these investigations. While a primary quest


part in the generalized mitosis of a group of cells-probably
fibroblas ts-for a period of time, after which, with other cells, it
undergoes a period of differen tiation. As growth proceeds, new
cells go into mitosis and then into differentiation adding thereby
to the new structure. There are no known methods for differenti
ating these two processes except by microscopic examination.
The elcctro-metric technique offers the possibility of discriminat
ing between the two.
2
It seemed advisable, therefore, to investiga te the nature of
bioelectric phenomena in wound healing and to discover any
possible relationship between bioelectrics and tensile strength and
also between bioelectrics and growth or differen tiation.
The experimental animals used for the laboratory were guinea
pigs, one group of which were fed a controlled diet. Another
group were fed a form of laboratory diet. In both sets of studies
an area of skin was bared and measurem ents taken between the
cephalic end of the bare area, and another at the caudal end of
the area. Wherever incision was to be made between the two, a
control point was taken.
After the preliminary measurements were mad,:, the skin and
subcutaneous fascia were incised and suturerJ, following which
another set of examinations were made. These were continued
daily for the next two weeks or until the wound was healed. In
some in��ances, the healing was so complete as to make it difficult
to determine the site of the wound.
82 THE FIEL D AS A SIGNPOST
The data showed a marked change of potential gradient be
tween the normal skin and the area of injury. Perhaps the most
astonishing finding was that the site of injury was not consist
ently negative to the normal tissue, as would be expected by the
theory of injury potentiaL On the contrary, for the first twenty
four or twenty-eight hours after the injury, the wound area was
positive to the cephalic point in the normal skin. The potential
gradient between these two points tended to rise for twenty-four
or twenty-ei ght hours and then rapidly to decline until the third
or fourth day when the wound became negative to the normal
skin. This negativity increased until the maximum was reached
on the eighth or ninth day. Following this, and lasting for
twenty-four to forty-eigh t hours, the potential gradient dropped,
to be followed on the tenth or twelfth day by another rise in
potential. This was repeated on the twelfth and fourteenth day.
On the fifteenth or sixteenth day the gradients returned to
approxima tely normal limits.
The comparison of the curves obtained by Harvey and Taffel
shows an interesting parallelism. The tensile strength measure
ments show a rapidly rising curve during the first eight days. The
bioelectric measurements show a similar change. After the eighth
day, the tensile strength seems to approach a plateau. The bio
electric determinations show alternating growth and differentia
tion after the eighth day. While examinations show rather slow
changes in the potential gradients, nevertheless, they are statistic
ally reliable.
In order to investigate this matter further, a second series of
animals was studied under somewh at different conditions. Thirty
guinea pigs from the laboratory stock were taken, ten of which
were placed on a controlled laboratory diet. It is to be noted that
this diet was differen t from that of the first series. These animals
received an incision on the right flank as described, and were
read daily.
The rise and fall of potential differences during this period
would seem to be correlated with the growth of fibroblasts. Then
followed a period of differentiation represent ed by a clear-cut
increase in potential differences.
However, once started, the alternation of growth and differ-
83 THE FIEL D AS A SIGNPOST
entiation was strikingly parallel in both groups of animals.
TV.Tcnty of the animals were put on a vitamin C deficien t diet
ten with no wounds in the skin and ten with wounds. The poten
tial gradients in the operated and unoperat ed scorbutic animals,
ana in the norrnals on a controlled diet, showed interesting
parallelisms.
In the case of unopera ted scorbutics a reasonably constant
baseline appeared through the period of the experiment. The
operated scorbutics, however, showed changes in the potential
differences which closely paralleled the normal animals, save that
the magnitude of the potential difference was less. In addition,
they showed the same delay in the onset of potential rise as was
seen in the operated animals on the normal diet. These observa
tions indicated that it is possible to measure with some certainty
bioelectric concomitant s of growth and differentiation in the heal
ing of wounds in the guinea pig. They suggested that the growth
process is not a continuous one, except in the early stages, but
rather that, after the eighth day, it alternates with periods of
differentiation. Bioelectric correlates of growth in the animals on
a control diet seem to rise faster and reach a greater magnitude
than in the case of the scorbutic animals.
3
In cooperation with the above-mentioned surgeons, a further
experiment was made on wound healing in the human. Some
twenty-five instances of operative procedures, with uncompli
cated healing of the wounds, were selected for study. All these
healed without any evidence of infection. Determinat ions of the
potential gradient between two points-one in the immediate
vicinity of the wound, and another at some distance from it
were made daily, beginning on the day following the operation
and continuing until the patient was discharged from the hos
pital, usually after fourteen days. In each observa tion, sufficient
readings were taken to insure valid measurements.
It was at once apparent that there was, on the whole, a
definite trend. Comparison of individual cases revealed in many
84 THE FIELD AS A SIGNP OST
instances wide discrepancies. Such variations have been found
to be consistently present in animals studied by the tensile
strength method. Similar variations were particularly character
istic of electro-metric technique and therefore many detennina
tiOIlS are necessary.
The results show that there is a phase of positive potential of
some four days' duration corresponding to the so-called lag in
the tensile strength method. This same phenomenon was ob
served in the guinea pigs and also in mice as an accompaniment
of a carcinogenic irritation. Following this, the wound passes into
a proliferated phase during which a negative potential is en
countered which reaches its height between the seventh and
ninth days. Here the maximum negative voltage is reached at
approxima tely the same time as the maximum tensile strength.
The increasing negativity suggests an homology with the rising
negativity observed in other animals and in cancer.
At the end of the tenth day the wound is usually healed and
from then to the end of the determinations the voltage gradient s
gradually fall to the normal base-line. These observations of
electro-metric studies of the healing wound in man parallel those
made in experimental animals and give weight to the concept that
the process of healing in man is a phenomenon of growth.
4
Since these wound healing experiments on man seem to indi
("ate a modification of the normal picture after surgery, it be
hooved us to find out what went on from day to day in normal
human beings with a reasonably normal existence. To this end, a
group of ten medical students were found to agree to do the
necessary examination to see what happened in the ordinary
day-to-day existence of such apparently normal subjects.
These were studied for a considerable period of time and it was
found, in general, that the students could be separated into three
groups as was mentioned in Chapter 3 : one, a group that showed
consistently high potential differences between the index fingers
of the two hands, another with a low potential difference, and a
85 THE FIELD AS A SIGNP OST
third, an intermediate point.
There was, however, one particular student in the group who
consistently showed a higher potential difference than all the
rest of the subjects. On investigation, it was found that this boy
had a history of emotional instability and. at the time he was
admitted, was admitted as an experiment. Before the end of the
year, however, the boy became definitely psychotic and had to
be remanded to an institution.
These findings suggested at once that deviations from a normal
behaviour, such as might appear in a psychotic, were worth in
vestigating further. With the cooperation of the late Dr. Eugen
Kahn in the Department of Psychiatry, a number of patients
who had been studied carefully by the psychiatric staff-were
selected and measuremen ts made on them daily for a considerable
period of time.
The psychiatrists were asked to divide the patients into three
groups-obvious deviates from normal behaviour, those that were
reasonably normal, and an intermediate group. The electro-metric
experiments were carried out in the services of the psychiatric
hospital without the electro-metric investigator knowing any
thing about the status of the individual.
At the conclusion of the electro-m etrics the patients were
divided into three groups; those with markedly changed electro
metrics,


ed I  had a right to know exactly what they were doing with it. The other
patients didn't seem to mind being treated like children who should keep quiet and
do as they were told.
At least, I  never heard any ask questions about the treatment they were receiving or
drugs they were being given. When I  suggested to a fellow patient receiving
chemotherapy and in constant pain that she eat something healthier than Frankfurter
sausages and ice cream, she said the doctors knew best and they would surely not
give her food that was not good for her.
At last I  was speaking with a doctor who treated me like an intelligent human being
and was quite willing to discuss all the details of my illness. Dr. Kelley explained
everything very clearly, admitted I  was in a bad state but said he saw no reason why I
shouldn't come through if I  followed the treatment. It was largely up to me. I  felt
tremendous relief and hope. It was like the chance to live had been taken away and
was now being given back to me. I  now had a chance and it was all I  asked for. If my
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recovery depended largely on my own efforts, I  felt confident I  would succeed, as I
was ready to do anything to get well.
Returning home, I  stopped off at Frankfurt where I  had a mid-December
appointment for more chemotherapy. I  hated the idea of having more drugs pumped
into me but relatives and friends at Frankfurt, nervous at the thought of my dropping
the orthodox treatment, advised me to keep the appointment, and Dr. Kelley did not
seem opposed to the idea of my having one more session. I  went to the hospital but
the moment they started giving me the injections I  felt I  had made a terrible mistake
and that all the drugs were going to do was poison my body and weaken it even
more.
I  felt terrible afterwards. I  was in bed for several days with pains, nausea and
exhaustion, and I  felt very depressed. I  felt so weak I  couldn't face the journey home
to spend Christmas with my husband and my children. I  spent all Christmas day
vowing I  would take no more drugs. All I  wanted now was to go home and start Dr.
Kelley's program.
I  began the nutritional program on January 3, 1977. Swallowing all the
supplements and taking the morning enema was a bit of an effort at first but after a
few days I  got used to this and it became routine. I  suffered none of the reactions Dr.
Kelley warned me about. In fact, I  began to feel better almost immediately. The pains
went and, except for an ache in the shoulder during a bout of flu last winter, I  have
had none since I  started the program.
I  followed Dr. Kelley's advice and became selfish for a few months, concentrating
all my thought and efforts on my own health and helping my body to become strong
again. I  continued my daily yoga exercises. I  started a vegetable garden so we could
have fresh vegetables. I  began to make my own bread, made from whole-grain flour
we bought from an old mill in an inland Pueblo. I  felt now I  was doing something
positive and, after months of pain and depression, was now on the road to recovery.
After eight months, I  was re-tested and Dr. Kelley wrote me to tell me I  was making
very good progress. This was tremendously encouraging but I  already knew in myself
that I  was getting stronger with each week that passed. Around this time, I  went to see
the surgeon in Malaga who had examined me the previous year. He examined me
and was amazed that he could no longer feel the growth on the liver. He said he
thought it had gone. I  wondered whether he was trying to cheer me up but we later
learned through a mutual doctor friend that he discussed my case during a medical
reunion in Malaga and said I  was taking some weird treatment in America and,
whatever it was, it seemed to be working.
We have several doctor friends here in Spain who are familiar with my case.
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Whenever I  see them, they seem very pleased to see how well I  am looking but show
no curiosity nor do they express the slightest interest in the treatment I  am on. This
puzzles me as I  should have thought a doctor, more than any other person, would
want to know how I  am recovering from an illness they regard as incurable and
which, according to them, should have killed me more than a year before.
After a year of staying most of the time at home and concentrating quietly on the
business of getting well and following my nutritional program to the letter, I  began,
little by little, to go out and become more active. I  consider I  am now leading a
normal life. I  run a home, am involved in the PTA at my children's Spanish school,
and help my husband in the office three times a week.
I  might still have some cancer in my body but this does not worry me. I  am
convinced it is only a matter of months before I  am completely cured. Dr. Kelley told
me that my illness could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. I  could not believe this
at the time but now I  am sure he was right. I  feel I  am starting a new life. My family is
now eating a healthier diet. And I  feel my illness has brought my husband and myself
closer together. I  also have the added satisfaction of being able to help other people.
Quite a number have heard about my recovery and have come to me for information
and advice.
Some people I  have spoken to have been impressed by the nutritional program but
have been unable to believe that the doctors who have put them on chemotherapy
could be wrong. Most of them have since died and this saddens me because I  feel
their deaths were unnecessary. I  only wish I  had heard about Dr. Kelley earlier and
had not submitted myself to surgery and chemotherapy. But this, perhaps, is negative
thinking. I  feel very grateful that I  have been given the chance to get well. I  feel lucky
to be alive.
Dr. Kelley: "Rosswitha brought to my attention one of the things I  just take for
granted and should be a characteristic of all doctors — people who are really doctors.
She said, 'At last I  was speaking with a doctor who treated me like an intelligent
human being and was quite willing to discuss all the details of my illness.' That seems
to me to be the way it should be, but I  have to confess at this point that I  am the one
who benefits — a thousand times more than the patient does. Every single patient I
have had the privilege of working with and talking to taught me more than I  could
ever teach them. Patients have given to me more than I  could ever give to them. The
lessons that I've learned working with each one of them have been such a beautiful
experience that I  just can't go on and leave it unmentioned here.
"I find it really sad if the clinician can't learn from each patient. I  can't comprehend
the clinician having this phenomenal educational institution right in front of him and
not learning a great deal. Not only did I  learn a lot, but the people paid me to learn
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and I  always felt a little guilty about that. I  learned so much that it looked to me that I
ought to be paying them. But I  wouldn't have been able to function if they hadn't
been paying me to be learning to do a better job each day. I  certainly appreciated it
and I  hope it has been a feeling of mutual gain on both of our parts.
"Rosswitha brings to mind a comparison of cancer with diabetes. Before Dr.
Banting and Best discovered insulin in 1918 in Canada, a person would have
diabetes and would ask the doctor if it could be anything he was eating, and should
he change his diet in any way? And the doctor would say, 'Oh no, it doesn't make
any difference — eat anything you want, you aren't going to live much longer
anyhow, so just live it up and eat whatever you want.' Doctors couldn't connect the
diet and diabetes. Even lay people in those days figured out that if you ate a lot of
leafy green vegetables and reduced the amount of sugar that you took in, you
survived better and did well — better than the person who didn't watch his diet.
"And so it was that after the development of insulin, doctors figured out that there
is a factor in diet. In the early 1920s there weren't very good analytical facilities
available. But the doctors empirically found that the people who ate green leafy
vegetables, and a few other foods, survived diabetes much better and the sugar count
in their urine was much better. They had a saying in the medical community at that
time that leafy, green vegetables had 'natural insulin' in them. It wasn't actually the
truth, but they became aware of the fact that including these vegetables in the diet did
play a role and they were trying to explain it. We're in the same situation now with
cancer. Some day in the near


in here'.Where
is that? It is the same place where one always experi
ences experience-within the feeling self.
The only problem is one's own feelingness.The real
problem is not actually the death of someone 'out
there'.A person is up against the energy of one's own
feelingness, the overwhelm ofthe energy ofthat. Ifone
directs their attention and focuses it there with preci
sion, it aborts what could be a prolonged and very
painful experience; it is brought to an abrupt end.
What happens if we keep on letting go of this
energy? What happens if we welcome it? What if we
say, "What an opportunity to decompress all this"? HANDLING MAJOR CRISES 245
What will be the experience then? It will be relatively
brief compared to what it would be with an ordinary
state ofconsciousness. Suddenly, the energy field stops.
It is as though, when the pressure gauge on the com
pression chamber reaches a certain point, the overflow
stops, and then we experience a state of peace. Right
out of acute catastrophe come profound states of
peace. If someone has been through this, they under
stand what is meant here. The core ofreliefis sur
rendering the energy at great depth.
Suddenly, all the agony stops and instead, there is
almost a silence, an infmite presence, an infinite state
of peace, something that may be greater than any expe
rience a person has had in their life previously. They are
not the same when they come out on the other side of
it. From then on, they are lighter, freer, and less subject
to pain within their own emotional experience.
Clinically, what usually happens is that the person
now sighs with relief.They realize that life is going to
continue and they can live with it.As bad as it seemed,
somehow they can survive. Peace continues for a vari
able period of time, and then a wave of the emotional
ity comes back. It tends to return in waves, with peri
ods of relief in between. When the wave comes back,
they welcome it again and try to release as much out
of the pressure as they can before the valve closes
again:They welcome it as a very valuable opportunity,
and since it may not happen very many times in life, it
is oneto be treasured. The value ofit comes onlywhen
a person is really on the other side of the experience
and can look back on it with the wisdom that has been
gained and understand that the mind is not going to be 246 HEALING AND RECOVERY
of any real help in the experience. This is because the
mind looks in the wrong direction and says, "If I could
only change the circumstances of the event out there,
then I would feel all right."There are some good clinical
examples of that.
There was the case of a woman who received a
telegram saying her son was killed in Vietnam. As a
result, she stopped talking, sat in a rocking chair near a
window, and just kept rocking back and forth, staring
numbly out the window. She was in the state called
apathy,with complete loss ofenergy.The world looked
hopeless, and to her, God was dead. She rocked back
and forth in this hopeless state, not responding verbally
to her family. She refused to eat, barely slept, with naps
perhaps during the night, and just stared blankly out
the window in a state of total apathy. We found that
certain changes had taken place in her brain chemistry
as a result of this, with the neurotransmitters being
depleted.
In the meantime, the family did not know what to
do and was very disturbed. About ten days later, the
family received another telegram from the U. S.
Department of Defense saying that it was all a mistake,
that the son had not been killed in action, that it was
another serviceman with the same name and an ID
number that was just one digit different, and there had
been a computer error. The family told the woman,
"Mother, Mother, he's not dead!" She went right on
rocking, staring blankly out the window as though she
did not even hear them.
So, changing the circumstances in the outer world
is not necessarily going to change the upset because it HANDLING MAJOR CRISES 247
has started a process. It is the process that has to be
handled. It is not the events that have happened out
there that have to be accepted, because that is just
what we cannot do. We cannot accept the circum
stances that have happened in our life.What we can do
is accept and surrender to the fact that one has to bite
the bullet and be with the situation right now. For
example, ifour leg is caught in the bear trap and there
is no way out, we surrender to the experiencing
itself-the necessity to sit through it, face it, handle it,
and surrender to the experiencing of the experience,
using the techniques already presented.
To be effective, one pays little attention to the mind
because the mind really has no solution to the prob
lem. The mind says, "If only we could change those
external circumstances."This is where people's experi
ences with prayer often come in. Not knowing what to
pray for, they may come out of it with bitterness
because they were praying in the wrong direction. Very
often the prayer goes in the direction of "Please undo
that, please bring joy back to life. Please bring my
thumb back; please change what is happening out
there." Prayer in that direction is very likely to be inef
fective because the form of the prayer is like, "Dear
God, please let me be one foot taller." Is the problem
God's, or is the problem the lack of comprehension
about how to pray?
At this point, the prayer might be, "Please be with
me; show me how to surrender and handle this experi
ence," and ask for conscious awareness of the Presence
of God.We would be asking God to take on the experi
encing in place ofourself. Curiously, as we keep surren248 HEALING AND RECOVERY
dering the experiencing to the experience, as we let go
of resisting and labeling it, we are progressively surren
dering it.
We have to refuse the attraction to pay attention to
the thought and to 'do something' out there to try to
change the situation. Then arises the willingness to
surrender the labeling and cause the emotional energy
to take form.The total surrendering to the energy itself
takes us to an inner state as we keep getting deeper
into the surrender that something is experiencing, and
something is handling the experiencing of the experi
ence for ourself. It is as though the personal self now
withdraws, and all we can say is that the energy is
being handled.
Those who pray in that direction become aware of
that which is handling the experience because, as one
gets deep into the surrender of the experience, one
realizes that it is being handled. It is as though some
energy field, some infmite mode of existence, some
aspect of beingness, is handling it.Then comes the sur
prising realization that one was never handling it at all
to begin with, that it was some kind ofillusion that was
projecting oneselfinto it, giving it form, and identifying
with what was causing the pain.The pain comes from
resistance and the insistence that the personal self and
all of its aspects have to handle it, that it must do some
thing about the experience out there-sue somebody,
change the house, or move to a different location-as
it surrenders that along with its thinkingness. It surren
ders wanting to control and change it. It surrenders to
the inner experience and eventually sees it as a great
gift but only when coming out on the other side of it. HANDLING MAJOR CRISES 249
To those who are aligned consciously in their lives
with spiritual work, what does spiritual work look like
to you? What do you think of spiritual work? What is
the nature of what you call spiritual, or consciousness,
or dealing with your unconscious or your supercon
scious? What does it look like to you?
Some people who have spent many years at it have
said they see a person kneeling down and praying, or
they see a person in church. They see a person at a
gathering with everybody holding hands.and saying
"Om,"andtheyseelight inthe centerofthe circle.They
picture themselves sitting with a book and studying
late until midnight or 1:00AM. They see themselves lis
tening to audiotapes of well-known spiritual speakers,
or see themselves at convocations for 'body, mind, and
spirit', or at healing services. This is a whole panorama
of what the mind encompasses and calls'spiritual
work'.
When faced with a life crisis, however, it does not
seem like'spiritlial' work. Spiritual work is pictured as
studying a textbook, looking at a picture of a guru, and
singing songs. Then an acute catastrophe occurs, and
the spiritual work is bypassed. It then resumes after all
the various emergencies and tasks in one's life have
been handled


oderate ALT elevations may appear with any condition that produces acute
cellular injury in the liver such as active cirrhosis and drug-induced or alcoholic hepatitis.
Marginal elevations possibly show acute myocardial infarction or secondary hepatic
congestion.
An interfering factor for the alanine transaminase, serum glutamicpyruvic transaminase
laboratory test is the taking of opiate analgesics such as morphine, codeine, and meperidine,
The Total Serum Cholesterol Laboratory Test
This quantitative serum analysis measures the circulating levels of free cholesterol and
cholesterol esters and reflects the amount of cholesterol compound appearing in the body tissues.
Both absorbed from the diet and synthesized in the liver and other body tissues, cholesterol is a
structural component in cell membranes and plasma lipoproteins. It contributes to the formation
of adrenocorticoid steroids, bile salts, androgens, and estrogens. A diet high in saturated fat raises
cholesterol levels by stimulating absorption of lipids, including cholesterol, from the intestine;
a diet low in saturated fat lowers them. Elevated total serum cholesterol is associated with an
increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
Thus, the total serum cholesterol laboratory test assesses the risk of coronary artery disease
(CAD), evaluates fat metabolism, and aids in diagnosing kidney disease, pancreatitis, liver
disease, hypothyroidism, and, hyperthyroidism. Total cholesterol concentrations vary with age Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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Its common range is from 150 to 200 mg/dL. A desirable blood cholesterol is below 200
mg/dL, and levels from 200 to 240 mg/dL are considered borderline or at high risk for CAD. A
level in excess of 250 mg/dL (hypercholesterolemia) indicates high risk of cardiovascuar disease,
incipient hepatitis, lipid disorders, bile duct blockage, nephrotic syndrome, obstructive jaundice,
pancreatitis, and hypothyroidism. They require treatment. Hypercholesterolemia from high dietary
intake requires modification of eating habits and possibly medication to retard absorption.
Hypercholesterolemia can occur from taking adrenocorticotropic hormone, corticosteroids,
androgens, bile salts, epinephrine, chlorpromazine, trifluoperazine, oral contraceptives, salicylates,
thiouracils, and trimethadione.
Low serum cholesterol (hypocholesterolemia) is associated with malnutrition, cellular
necrosis of the liver, and hyperthyroidism. Cholesterol often drops below normal in the Gerson
program, because patients are eating an extremely low-fat diet.
The Lipoprotein/Cholesterol
Fractionation Laboratory Test
To assess the risk of coronary artery disease, the lipoprotein/cholesterol fractionation
laboratory test is conducted. By centrifugation or electrophoresis, it isolates and measures
the cholesterol in blood, which appears as low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density
lipoproteins (HDL). It’s known that a lower HDL level in the population gives rise to a higher
incidence of CAD. Conversely, higher HDL levels produce a lesser amount of CAD.
Note: Since the Gerson Therapy offers a minimal amount of fat, it often lowers the risk
of coronary artery disease; but it does provide an adequate supply of certain polyunsaturated
essential fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins that cannot be synthesized in adequate amounts for
optima[ body function.
Normal HDL cholesterol ranges from 29 to 77 mg/100 mL of blood, and normal LDL
cholesterol ranges from 62 to 185 mg/100 mL. Too-high LDL levels increases the risk of CAD,
while elevated HDL generally reflects a healthy state. Or it might indicate chronic hepatitis, early-
stage primary biliary cirrhosis, or too much alcohol consumption.
The Serum Triglycerides Laboratory Test
Being the body’s main storage form of lipids (constituting 95 percent of fatty tissue), the serum
triglycerides laboratory test provides a quantitative analysis of them. It identifies hyerlipemia in
kidney disease and CAD. The triglyceride values vary according to age: Copyright © Charlotte Gerson, 2007.  All rights reserved.
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                                                                 Mg/dL     nmol/L
0-29              10-140    0.1-1.55
30-39          10-150    0.1-1.65
40-49          10-160    0.1-1.75
50-59          10-190    0.1-2.10
Test abnormality suggests that other measurements are needed. High triglycerides indicate the
risk of atherosclerosis or CAD. Mild-to-moderate levels advise of biliary obstruction, diabetes,
kidney disease, endocrinopathies, or too much consumption of alcohol. Decreased levels are rare
but may show malnutrition or a betalipoproteinemia.
Note: On the Gerson diet, flare-ups and healing reactions are shown by elevated tri-
glycerides.
The Serum Protein Electrophoresis Laboratory Test
The major blood proteins of the body, albumin and four globulins, are measured in an electric
field by separating them into patterns according to size, shape, and electric charge at pH 8.6.
Comprising more than 50 the serum creatinine level (see the test description which immediately
follows).
With normal values ranging from 8 to 20 mg/dL, the BUN test helps to evaluate kidney
function, aids in the diagnosis of kidney illness, and assesses the body’s hydration. An elevated
BUN happens in reduced renal blood flow from dehydration, renal disease, urinary tract
obstruction, and ‘increased protein catabolism as in burns. Depressed BUN levels occur in severe
liver damage, malnutrition, and overhydration.
Note: Due to  initial decreased dietary protein intake, a person following the Gerson Therapy
will likely show a slightly reduced level of BUN.
The Serum Creatinine Laboratory Test
Providing a more sensitive measure of kidney damage than the BUN, the serum creatinine
laboratory test is a quantitative analysis of the nonprotein end product of metabolism, creatinine.
Kidney impairment is virtually the only cause of creatinine elevation in the blood; therefore,
creatinine levels are directly related to the glomerular filtration rate. They assess renal glomerular
function and screen for kidney damage.
Creatinine concentration in males normally ranges from 0.8 to 1.2 mg/dL; in females it ranges
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www.thegersonway.comwith 50 percent damaged nephrons as in gigantism and acromegaly. Interfering factors are too
much absorption of ascorbic acid, barbiturates, diuretics, and sulfobromophthalein. Also, athletes
may have above-average creatinine levels, even with normal kidney function.
The Serum Uric Acid Laboratory Test
Used mainly to detect gout, the serum uric acid laboratory test measures levels of uric acid,
a metabolite of purine in the blood. Glomerular filtration and tubular secretion gets rid of uric
acid, but it’s less soluble at a pH of 7.4 or lower which occurs in certain diseases such as gout,
excessive cellular generation and destruction as in leukemia, and kidney dysfunction.
Uric acid concentrations in men range from 4.3 to 8 mg/dL; in women they range from 2.3
to 6 mg/dL. Although elevated levels of serum uric acid don’t correlate with severity of disease,
they do rise in congestive heart failure, glycogen storage disease, acute infectious diseases
such as infectious mononucleosis, hemolytic anemia, sickle cell anemia, hemoglobinopathies,
polycythemia, leukemia, lymphoma, metastatic malignancy, and psoriasis. Depressed uric acid
levels indicate defective acute hepatic atrophy or tubular absorption as in Wilson’s disease and
Fanconi’s syndrome.
Drug factors interfering in the serum uric acid laboratory test include loop diuretics,
ethambutol, vincristine, pyrazinamide, thiazides, and low doses of salicylates which elevate
blood levels. Also, starvation, a high-purine diet, stress, and alcohol abuse raise uric acid. When
uric acid is measured by the colorimetric method, false


 as a blessing and a great joy to move on to the next
world. When I have journeyed out of my physical body I have found nothing
but joy, awareness, ecstasy and pure love.
Always fill yourself full of love and God. If everyone did this at all times,
this world would be a much different place. Live in every moment for the
moment and forget the past. Live in the “Now” and the future never comes.
Learn to enjoy every moment, regardless of what medical condition you have
or how chronic and hopeless it seems. Make your life what you want it to be.
If you want your body to be healthy, then so be it – make it healthy. It is up
to you, and you alone, to make it healthy. You choose.

Open the doors of exploration and allow yourself to grow and expand.
This will remove the stress out of all your bodies and will allow healing to
take place. True healing is integrated; treatment is specific, separate. Healing
is expansive; treatment is constricted or limited. See everything and everyone
as God’s expression and give divine love to all. When you experience the
beauty of total love and God, then true vitality will be yours. Keep your heart
opened at all times.Learn to step back from thought and emotions and observe. “Be” your
true self. This is what true prayer and meditation is all about—separating
yourself from your bodies so you can have true communion with God. Clean
and strengthen yourself in every way.
May the blessings be!appendixesAPPENDIX A
Basal Temperature Study for Thyroid Function

The basal temperature test is quite accurate when the temperature is tested in
the axilla (armpit) each morning for a period of four days. If the temperature
is consistently low, then there is a hypo- or under-functioning of the thyroid
gland in spite of what any other laboratory analyses indicate.
How to Take Your Own Basal Temperatures
At night, before retiring, shake down a thermometer and lay it beside your
bed, on your night table, or chair. BE SURE IT IS SHAKEN DOWN.
Next morning, on awakening, don’t get up or move around. Place the
thermometer under your armpit pressing your arm against your bare body.
Relax and LEAVE THE THERMOMETER THERE FOR TEN MINUTES
BY THE CLOCK. Take it out, read it, and write down your results.
This record of your early morning basal temperature is a great aid in
determining hypothyroidism. The most important issues of hypothyroidism
are metabolism and calcium utilization.
Normal reading is between 97.8° to 98.2°

When your basal temperature is below 97.8, this shows varying degrees
of hypothyroidism. When your temperature is above 98.2, this may indicate
hyperthyroidism.
Basal temperatures between 97.0 and 97.8 are much easier to cure than
temperatures in the 96s or 95s. These temperatures are chronically low,
requiring much more aggressive detoxification and herbal therapy. Raw
thyroid glandulars and organic iodine may be needed with low basal
temperatures. Most underactive thyroid conditions are congestive in nature,
coming from mucus, acids, and foreign proteins that literally clog the tissues
of the thyroid. Hyperthyroidism, especially, is also a congested condition.
Detoxification is the main key to eliminating these thyroid conditions.
Today, many people have genetically weak thyroids. The answer is
always the same: detoxify and strengthen these tissues and the body. Give it
time. It could take you a year or more to change these chronic levels.Date____________Temperature___________
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The Family of the Natural Sciences

God offers a wide range of natural healing modalities, some of which have
not yet been discovered. The beauty of natural therapies is how they make
you feel. Some can be painful at first, as they dig deep into your tissues to
release toxins. Others are soft and gentle, enhancing your energy flow and
elevating your consciousness. Natural therapies affect not only the physical
body, but also your mental and emotional bodies.
Curing the cause is much different from simply treating the symptom.
Nature’s healing therapies can basically be divided into two categories:
treatment systems or detoxification systems. Some treatment systems, like
massage, actually promote detoxification. Both treatment and detoxification
systems are needed in today’s world because of the depth of our tissue
weakness and toxicity However, I personally prefer the detoxification
modalities because the results will be permanent. Vitality and the restoration
of weakened or degenerative tissue to vibrancy should be your goals. Have
fun using nature’s therapies as you clean and reshape your physical and
spiritual bodies.
ACUPUNCTURE & ACUPRESSURE

Acupuncture and Acupressure are systems that use either needles or pressure
to move stagnant energy, especially through areas of weakness or congestion.
The body naturally focuses its energy where irritation or congestion
exists. This can cause pain and discomfort. By moving stagnant energy, we
increase circulation (blood and lymph flow) through these areas as well. This
increases the immune, nutritional, antioxidant and electrolyte responses, and
helps to remove the inflammation and toxicity in these stagnant areas.
Acupuncture and Acupressure have helped millions of people to enjoy a
higher quality of life. Detoxification mixed with either of these two arts
makes an unbeatable pair.
BIOELECTROMAGNETICS
Emerging out of the current spiritual renaissance is the science of
Bioelectromagnetics or Energy Medicine. This science is closely related to
quantum physics and encompasses electricity and electromagnetic energies
and their effects on your cells, tissues, organs and glands. The study of
electrical currents will always lead you to God and God’s creations because
we are simply talking about energy.
All matter is condensed energy. Without energy nothing exists, including
consciousness. Consciousness is pure energy in its most static yet active form.
This is another paradox. That is to say, God, the creator, is pure energy
without limit, while its creation is this pure energy condensed and confined
into forms. As pure energy moves out into creation, it creates electrical
currents. The energy that these electrical currents give off is called
electromagnetic energy.
Every single atom gives off electromagnetic energy from its movement.
When it “clusters” with other atoms, thus creating compounds and structures,
these energies combine, giving off a rainbow of hues. The true beauty of
creation is its unlimited rainbow of colors emanating from its expressions.
This energy flows from
your consciousness, or soul, down through the
mental worlds of your mind, into the emotional worlds (the astral level), and
into this physical world. This electromagnetic energy gives off many different
colors depending upon the frequencies or types of structure that soul takes on
—be it animal, human, flower, or mineral. One’s awareness and lifestyle
affects and defines the way this energy is experienced, since all life in
creation is defined energy. The state or level of consciousness or individual
expression (whether human, flower, animal, etc.) determines the level and
color of energy involved. When there are obstructions to this energy flow,
there is dis-ease.
Creation is energy in movement. One must consume and live with
energies that are in harmony with one’s level of awareness. These energies
are contained in foods, thoughts, emotions, external influences, etc. One’s
level of awareness can change as one grows spiritually. Any discord in these
energies and dis-ease begins to settle in. When an element or form of energy
is internal to your physical body, it is called an “endogenous field of energy.”
When it’s external to your physical body, it is called an “exogenous field of
energy.”
There are, of course, endless bands and frequencies of energies. There
are simple, low-frequency bands of DC currents; mid-level currents of radio,microwave, radar and infrared currents; and high-level X-rays and gamma
rays.
In
Chapter 4
, dealing with alkaline (cationic) and acid (anionic), we
discussed ionization. Simply put, ionization is the breaking down of
structures into other structures. Ionization is vital to life, as life is ever
changing. This includes everything from our awareness, to our structure, to
the world we live in. Creation is in a constant state of flux or change; ever
growing and expanding.
Electro-pollution is a word given to the toxic effects of electrical currents
and their electromagnetic energies that damage tissue. X-rays and gamma
rays are strong ionizers that can destroy biological tissue. Ultraviolet and
some of the visible light bands are somewhat ionizing. Even though your
radio, microwave, radar and infrared bands are considered non-ionizing, it is
my opinion that these bands can affect brain and nerve tissue in a destructive
way, especially with prolonged exposure. These “non-ionizing” bands are
divided into two categories: the thermal or heat-producing type, and the non-
thermal or non-heat producing type. The thermal


 absorb
new facts and knowledge. Greatest of all are the inner
peacefulness and spiritual tranquillity that make lifeworth living. Through fasting you find “Peace of Mind,”
the greatest and rarest gift of life.50
Fasting is a normal part of our walk with God, as is exemplified by
the Lord Jesus. Immediately following the Lord’s Prayer, He said:Moreover when ye fast, be not of sad countenance, that thouappear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father, which is in secretand thy Father shall reward thee openly.   –
Matthew 6:16 -18
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty, for health is the basis for
all social virtues. We can no longer be as useful when not well.
– Dr. Samuel Johnson,  Father of DictionariesAccuse not nature, she hath done her part;
do thou but thine. – Milton, Paradise LostThe Biblical Patriarchs Fasted
We know that in ancient times, the patriarchs of the
Bible fasted frequently. Moses, Elijah, David and others
fasted for as long as 40 days. We know that Christ fasted
40 days before he began to teach the great truths of life.
We read in the Bible that Christ sent forth his disciples
after saying to them, “Heal the sick, cleanse the leper,
raise the dead, cast out devils, freely ye have received,freely give.” At the same time, Christ knew that there
were dangers awaiting those who dared to bring truth
to the people. Therefore, Christ warned his disciples withthese words, “Behold! I send you forth as sheep in the
midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents and
harmless as doves.”
(Matthew 10: 8,16)
As in the olden days, there are dispensers of gloom,
fear, and destruction when the subject of fasting is
brought up today. I have heard people discuss howunscientific fasting is and when I asked them if they
had ever fasted, they gave me a definite answer “Never”.
These dispensers of gloom still cling to the old idea
that you must eat to keep up your strength, and thatwhen you stop eating, you collapse. This is far from the
truth! A little discomfort which may occur during fasting
only happens because we are creatures of habit. If weare able to handle the first
 3 days of fasting, then it
becomes easier. You lose your appetite and craving for
food. Your energy level increases and your mind getssharper and moves faster!51
Old age is not a time of life. It is a condition of the body. It is not
time that ages the body, it is abuse that does. –  Herbert SheltonFasting – The Safe, Perfect Cleanser
Of course, if you are loaded with toxic poisons, fasting
will flush these poisons out of the body and you will
feel a little uncomfortable, but these are momentary
experiences and should cause no concern. This meansonly that fasting is working for you. You know you are
fasting to purify the body of the accumulated toxic
poisons and waste. When you feel uncomfortable, youcan say to yourself, “This is only temporary. This will
pass as soon as these old toxins are flushed out of my
body.” And what miracle rewards you’ll receive for thesmall, temporary discomfort you may have experienced.
Your eyes become brighter and all the natural senses
of the body seem to be sharper! After a fast, your foodtastes better – the fruits and the vegetables taste so
marvelous, because of your newly revitalized taste sense!
Your body seems to be tireless and you will sleep like a
baby after a fast. There are so many rewards from a fast
that only a person who has actually fasted can truly
realize the great benefits that are achieved.
Don’t be a Slave to Foods
Most humans are slaves to foods; they must have
breakfast, lunch and dinner at regular meal hours everyday, year in and year out. They eat whether they are
hungry or not, and their poor bodies are burdened by
overeating... and usually poor nutrition as well! Nowonder we have so many physical wrecks! One of the
greatest nutritional teachers in the world, Professor
Arnold Ehret, said, “Life is a tragedy of nutrition.” Howtrue is the old trite saying, “Man digs his grave with his
knife and fork!” Many people never give their stomachs
a rest. They continually stuff and work the digestive andeliminative functions with an overabundance of food.
This excessive burden means that the functions of
digestion and elimination become so overworked andso exhausted that they simply collapse. The entire body
then becomes enervated! Millions suffer from fatigue.52
Many dishes, many diseases. –  Ben Franklin
If mankind profits from its mistakes, we have a glorious future ahead of us!Fasting Program Regularly Removes Toxins
After a fast, you will find you don’t need as much
food as you used to eat! The fast shrinks your stomach
and you will feel lighter, look better and have more
vitality on 2 the food you were accustomed to.
I am an active man physically, yet I eat only two
light meals daily. I never snack between meals. Nibbling
and compulsory eating have been eliminated from mylife by my years of the
 24 hour weekly fast and my fasts
lasting from  7 to 10 days, 3 or 4 times a year. After the
fast, your eyes sparkle and your skin tone improves.Notice the more energy and vitality you have. Your heart
sings a lighthearted song because your body is cleaner
and healthier. It’s not burdened with fighting toxicpoisons. Your fasting program keeps lifting the toxins
from your bloodstream and vital organs regularly.
Plan Your Fasting Program Today
So if you want to enjoy all these great benefits, be a
strong positive person, plan a fasting program for
yourself, and live strictly by it. Don’t tell anyone you
are going to fast, because the average person is ignorantof the facts of fasting and they are not qualified to
criticize your health program. I never discuss my fasting
with people who have no knowledge of the miracles offasting. Why should I discuss it with them? They are
still full of fears held by the average person; that if they
miss a few meals, they will starve to death. So beintelligent enough not to tell others what you are doing.
You will simply get a lot of worthless advice. Many times
while I am fasting for a week I conduct large HealthCrusades and I tell no one I am on a complete fast. Your
fasting time is very personal and it belongs to you, not
to anyone else. If you have faith in it, that’s all that’snecessary. You are putting faith in God and Mother
Nature’s oldest and most respected way of purifying,
renovating and rejuvenating your body – fasting!53Your Mind Must Rule Your Body
To Fast Successfully
Remember, “Flesh is dumb!” It has no intelligence
or reasoning power. If, after reading this book, you areconvinced, without any reservations, that a fastingprogram is going to elevate you to greater heights ofliving, then your mind becomes the master of your flesh!Your mind must be stronger than the desires of your
flesh, because your body has long been conditioned tohave food put into it at various intervals of the day.
The average person gets up and eats breakfast whether
hungry or not. When the stomach does all the directing,the mind tags along with it’s desires. So, through reflexconditioning, the stomach expects food for breakfast.To me, breakfast is a worthless meal. The body has been
at rest all night. It has not expended energy, so whyshould a person get up after the inactivity of sleep andput a big breakfast into the stomach? I will tell you again,“You must earn your food with physical activity!”
No Heavy Breakfast Plan is Best
Another reason why I’m a believer and follower of
the “No Heavy Breakfast Plan” is because the big breakfast
can drain most people of the precious energy gathered
by the recharging night’s sleep. In the morning, yourenergy – physical, mental, and spiritual – should be at its
highest. With this new energy the body has created, you
can do great creative and physical work. Famous radiotalk host Dr. Dean Edell agrees.
Web: www.healthcentral.com
I have shown elementary school, high school and
college students that they can do their greatest studyingearly in the morning on an empty stomach. Most
students eat an evening meal, which is their heaviest
meal of the day, and then they try to study.
It’s a terrific effort to concentrate and study after
eating a huge dinner! Why does this happen? It seems
that the mind just will not work after a heavy meal. Butgive these same students a good night’s rest, get them
up early in the morning and keep food out of them for
2 or 3 hours and they will become brilliant students.54
Eat to live, not live to eat.  –Ben Franklin
You never lose until you stop trying. –Mike DitkaI have taught this “No Heavy Breakfast Plan” to
millions of our health followers and readers world-wide.
Here’s the logical reason why I don’t believe in a heavybreakfast. A heavy meal requires most of the total nerve
energy of the body to


athersmallamount.A1971-1972studybythe
SO CHAPTER9
HealthResourcesAdministration oftheU.S.DepartmentofHealth,Edu-
cation,andWelfareof10,126peopleagedonetoseventy-fourintenrepre-
sentativegeographicalareasofthecountryfoundthathalfofthepeople
receivedlessthan57.9mgofvitaminCperdayandaboutone-thirdofthe
peoplereceivedlessthantheRDAof60mgperdayforanadult(Abraham
etal.,1976).Only30percenthadadailyintakegreaterthan100mg,and
only17percentgreaterthan150mg.Theaverageintakeofpeoplebelow
thepovertylevelis78percentofthatofthewholepopulation,and57
percentofthemreceivelessthantheRDA.
Fortunately, thisimportantdietaryrequirementmaybemetinany
amountdesired—fromtheoptimumdailyintaketothelargertherapeutic
amountswhichweshallconsiderlaterinthisbook—byingestingsupple-
mentalquantitiesofthepuresubstance,crystallineascorbicacid,oroneof
itssalts.
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BiochemicalIndividuality
ThegeneticmutationthatdeletedthecapacitytomanufacturevitaminCin
theprimatelinepresentsonevividexampleofthecountlessgeneticvari-
ationsfromwhichnaturalselectionproducedthediversityofbiological
organismsweknowintheworldtoday.Suchbiochemicalinsightpermits
ustoseeevolution,asitwere,fromtheinside.Itgivesaquantitativemea-
sureofthewealthofdifferencesamongindividualswithinasinglespecies
uponwhichnaturalselectionactsinchoosingthe"fittest."Itshowseachof
ushumanbeingstopossessabiochemicalindividuality thatisscarcely
expressedin(butonlypartlyaccountsfor)thedifferencesweobserveinone
another.
Letusconsidersomegeneticcharacteristic,suchastheweightoftheliver
relativetothetotalweightofthehumanbeingortheconcentrationofa
certainenzymeintheredcellsoftheblood.Itisfoundthat,whenasample
ofahundredhumanbeingsisstudied,thischaracteristicvariesoverawide
range.Thevariationoftenisapproximately thatgivenbythestandard,
bell-shapedprobabilityfunction.Itiscustomarytosaythatthe"normal"
rangeofvaluesofthecharacteristic isthatrangewithinwhich95percent
ofthevalueslieandthattheremaining5percentofthevalues,represent-
ingtheextremes,areabnormal.Ifweassumethatfivehundredcharacteris-
ticsareindependently inherited,thenwecancalculatethatthereisonlya
S2 CHAPTER10
smallchance,3percent,thatonepersoninthewholepopulationofthe
worldwouldbenormalwithrespecttoeachofthesefivehundredchar-
acteristics.
Itisestimated,however,thatahumanbeinghasacomplementofone
hundredthousandgenes,eachofwhichservessomefunction,suchascon-
trollingthesynthesisofanenzyme.Thenumberofcharacteristics thatcan
bevariable,becauseofadifferenceinthenatureofaparticulargene,is
presumablysomewherenearonehundredthousandratherthanonlyfive
hundred;andaccordinglywereachtheconclusionthatnosinglehuman
beingonearthisnormal(withintherangethatincludes95percentofall
humanbeings)withrespecttoallcharacteristics.Thiscalculation is,of
course,oversimplified. Ithelpsemphasize,however,thathumanbeings
differfromoneanotherandthateachhumanbeingmustbetreatedasan
individual,biologicallyaswellasmorally.
ThespeciesHomosapiensismoreheterogeneous,withrespecttogenetic
character,thanmostotheranimalspecies.Nevertheless,heterogeneityhas
beenfoundalsoforlaboratoryanimalssuchasguineapigs.Itwasrecog-
nizedlongagothatguineapigsfedthesamescurvy-producing diet,con-
taininglessthan5milligrams(mg)ofascorbicacidperdayperkilogramof
bodyweight,differedintheseverityofthescurvythattheydevelopedand
intherapiditywithwhichtheydeveloped it.Astrikingexperimentwas
carriedoutin1967byWilliamsandDeason.Theseinvestigatorsobtained
somemaleweanlingguineapigsfromananimaldealer.Afteraweekof
observationduringwhichtheguineapigswereonagooddiet,including
freshvegetables,theywereplacedonadietfreeofascorbicacidorwith
knownamountsadded.Theyweredividedintoeightgroups,eachoftento
fifteenguineapigs,withoneofthegroupsreceivingnoascorbicacidand
theothergroupsreceivingvaryingamountsthroughapipetteintothe
mouth.About80percentoftheanimalsreceivingnoascorbicacidoronly
0.5mgperkilogramperdaydevelopedsignsofscurvy,whereasonlyabout
25percentofthosereceivingbetween1mgand4mgperkilogramperday,
andnoneofthosereceiving8mgperdayormore,developedthesesigns.
Theseresultsagreewiththecustomarystatementthatabout5mgperkilo-
gramperdayofascorbicacidisrequiredtopreventscurvyinguineapigs.
Itwasobserved,however,ontheonehand,thattwoanimalsreceiving
only1mgperkilogramperdayremainedhealthyandgainedweightover
theentireperiodoftheexperiment(eightweeks).Oneofthemshoweda
totalgaininweightlargerthanthatforanyanimalreceivingtwo,four,
eight,orsixteentimesasmuchascorbicacid.
Ontheotherhand,sevenoftheguineapigsreceiving8,16,or32mgper
kilogramperdaywereunhealthyandshowedverysmallgrowthduringthe
firsttendaysonthediet.Theywerethenprovidedwithalargeramountof
thevitamin,fiveofthemwith64mgperkilogramperdayandtwoofthem
BIOCHEMICALINDIVIDUALITY 83
with128mgperkilogramperday.Theseanimalsshowedaremarkable
response:whereastheyhadgrownonly12grams(g),ontheaverage,ina
periodoftendaysonthesmalleramountsofascorbicacid,theirgrowth
duringtheten-dayperiodafterbeginningtoreceivethelargeramounts
was,ontheaverage,72g.Theindicatedconclusion isthattheseanimals,
sevenofthethirtythatweregivenbetween8mgand32mgperkilogram
perday,requiredmorevitaminCforgoodhealththantheothers.Williams
andDeason(1967)reachedtheconclusionthatthereisatleastatwentyfold
rangeinthevitamin-Cneedsofindividualguineapigsinapopulationofa
hundred.Theypointedoutthatthepopulationofhumanbeingsispresum-
ablynotmoreuniformthanthatoftheguineapigsusedintheirexperi-
mentsandthataccordinglytheindividualvariationinthevitamin-Cneeds
ofhumansisprobablyjustasgreat.
Ihaveacceptedtheirconclusion,andsimilarconclusionsreachedby
otherinvestigators, insuggestingthattheoptimumrateofintakeofascor-
bicacidbyhumanbeingsmayextendoverawiderange,perhapsthe
eightyfoldrangefrom250mgperdayto20gperdayoranevenwider
range.
VitaminChasbeenunderinvestigation,reportedinthousandsofscien-
tificpapers,eversinceitwasdiscoveredfiftyyearsago.Thereaderofthis
bookmightwellbejustifiedinaskingfirst,whytherangeofvaluesofthe
optimumintakeofthisimportantsubstancewasnotreliablydetermined
longagoand,second,whynoonecantellhimorherwhatamounttotake
tobeinthebestofhealth.Partoftheanswertothefirstquestionisthat
onlyaverysmallamountofthevitamin,perhaps10mgperday,isenough
tokeepmostpeoplefromdevelopingscurvy,andphysiciansandnutrition-
istsacceptedtheideathatnolargeramountisneeded.Eventhoughsome
physicianshadobservedfortyorfiftyyearsagothatamountsahundredor
athousandtimeslargerhavevalueincontrollingvariousdiseases,asde-
scribedelsewhereinthisbook,themedicalprofessionandmostscientists
ignoredtheevidence.
Anotherpartoftheanswertothisfirstquestionisthatstudiesthat
wouldyieldtheanswercanbecarriedoutonlywithgreateffortandat
greatexpense.Itismucheasiertoinvestigatesomepowerfuldrugthathas
animmediatebeneficialeffectonthepatient(although itishardertocheck
thepossiblelong-termdamagethatthepowerfuldrugmaydotosome
fractionofthepeopleforwhomitisprescribed).Severalexcellently
plannedandexecutedepidemiological studiesinvolvingnutritionaland
otherfactorsinrelationtotheincidenceofdiseaseandthechanceofdeath


 they are skeptical about drugs prescribed by weste rn medical
doctors. And I have encountered more than one person with this
point of view. But it is neverth eless my belief that one is well-advised
to at least consider all possible modes of healing.
Also, if you begin the statin medication, there is nothing
preventing you from stoppi ng it down the road should you (a)
develop bother some side effects, or (b) have your cholesterol levels
reassessed and find that they are low enough that you no longer
need the drug. Always know that just because you start a medication
does not mean you need to stay on it forever.

NEALE: I agree with you, Brit, here on all accounts. I think that one
of the healing tools that God has given our species is the knowledge
of how to use substances and approaches for healing— from the
earliest medici ne people in our clans and tribes who learn ed how to
use substances occurring naturally in our environment (the bark of
trees, the roots of plants, etc.), to medical researchers and doctors
who have learned how to create substances developed in
laboratories—all toward the same end: to produce health and
healing in the human body.
I do not personally subscribe to the notion that today’ s
pharmaceuticals and 21st century medical procedures are
antithetical to God’ s healing process. Rather, I see modern medicineas part of it—even as the whole world can be part of the process by
which all sentient beings may use every aspect of life as a means of
healing every and any False Thought they may hold about
themselves. (We spoke about this in Section One of this book, when
we explored the fact that our world and our lives very often  seem out
of control.)
Spirituality and Medicality (I just made up a great word!)  are not
opposite ends of a spectrum, but rather, component parts of the
whole range of energy expre ssions of which life Itself is comprised.
Thus, I think neither spirituality nor medicality are profitably
dismissed out of hand.
Interestingly, spiritual messe ngers and medical doctor s are
usually the last persons to do so. It is usually a skeptic al public—
those who in every instance doubt the efficacy of spiritual healing
and those who in every instance question the benefits of modern
medicine—who issue such proclamations.
What I am saying is that modern medicine and contemp orary
spirituality are not juxtaposed. And let me tell you that it has been my
experience and my observation that what a person believes can
have a huge influence on what occurs in a person’ s life.
If, for instance, you deeply believe that you have good reason to
fear the side effects of certain drugs, such as statins (and by the way,
there are some side effects of certain medicines that even the
medical profession warns should be paid attention to, and should be
reported to your doctor immediately, at the very first sign of even a
hint of such reactions), you should have a very serious discussion
with your doctor to ascertain that she or he has no doubts
whatsoever that a particular medicine is safe, and why. And if eventhen you remain convinced that there is something to fear, I would
move very cautiously around taking that drug. If you don’t believe in
what your doctor is telling you, you’re going to be energetically
working against the energy of the medicine itself.
I don’t happen to be one of those who believe that all allopathic
physicians are in the hip pocket of the pharmaceutical industry and
will repeat whatever they’re told to say. My experience in life has
been that the vast, vast majority of doctors are no different in terms
of their integrity level than you and I, that they work hard at keeping
up with the research and latest findings of the most objective medical
studies they can find, spend ing hours of reading to make  sure that
they are not prescribing medication for their patients that are going to
do more harm than good.
You wouldn’t deliberately cheat or harm another, nor would you
be so careless  as to run a very high risk of seriously hurting (much
less killing) another, and I have no reason to believe that your doctor
is less of a good human being than you are.
(Are there some bad actors among our doctors? Of course
there are. Is nearly every doctor in this group? No. Stop. Period. End
of sentence.)
This does not mean that you should do anything your doctor (or
anyone else) says. In the end, you have to listen to yourself, and to
what your intuition tells you, and then peacefully go where it takes
you.Question #4

ABOR TION

I was sexually assaulted and became pregnant, and I am not sure
whether to continue with the pregnancy. Is abortion okay?

DR. COOPER: I am very sorry to hear that this happened to you, as
sexual assault is the most distressing way in which any woman could
become pregnant. It replac es what is typically an exciting and
celebratory time in one’s life with a sense of deep anger, sadness,
and hurt.
It also brings up a myriad of challenging decisions: Should I go
forth with the birth? If so, do I desire to keep the baby? Is this even
possible financ ially and time-wise given where I currently am in life?
Do I want to give the baby up for adoption? Is abortion an option for
me? If I choose this, will I be accepted or rejected by my work, my
community, my friends, my family and loved ones?
It is not an easy position to be in, and I can tell you that I
witnessed many women face these challenging decisions first-hand
in my medical training when I worked at the Women’ s Sexual Health
Clinic in V ictoria BC, Canada.I am aware that many people  object to abortion on religio us or
moral grounds, fervently belie ving that it is “wrong” to end a fetal life.
Some people believe this to be true at any stage of embryonic
development (that is, from the very first stages following conception);
others believe  it becomes applicable at a certain “stage in
development” (like when the heart starts beating); and others still
believe that a law against abortion should become valid when the
fetus is deemed to be “viable”—meaning that the fetus is able to live
independently outside of the mother ’s womb (somewhere around 24
weeks).
Canada currently has no official law against abortion, meaning
that it can technically be done at any point during the nine months of
pregnancy. However, every medical doctor I have crossed paths with
in this field has set the limit at 20 weeks gestation. As a profession,
most doctors feel that this gives the woman ample time to make a
choice about it, while still maintaining a boundary that allows doctors
to feel comfortable performing the procedure.
While I can understand the concern for fetal rights—there were
protests going  on every day outside of the Abortion Clinic (the
Women’ s Sexual Health Clinic) where I worked for a brief period of
time—I also know that my experience  first-hand with these  women
opened my eyes to an entirely different way of looking at things. And
it opene d my heart to a deeper sense of compassion than I ever
previously held with regard to this issue.
Did you know that approximately 30 percent of women in the
United States have had an abortion by the age of 45?16 So the
decision to have an abortion is not uncommon.But what I would like to comment on here is not so much
whether abortion is “right” or “wrong” according to anyone’ s
particular moral standards, but rather, I would like to draw attention
to the way we treat women and approach the issue in general.
Regardless of one’s moral standpoint on abortion, as someone
in the medical profession I am acutely aware of the fact that women
need and deserve a safe place to go—a place where they can
express their deepest emotions, explore the options (including
abortion) available to them if they find themselves with an unwanted
pregnancy, and know that someone is there to help them on this
challenging road in a supportive, compassionate, and understanding
way.
In my view, this is what medicine is about; and, more
importantly, it is what being human  is about.
With this in mind, if I were your physician and you came to me
requesting an abortion after having been sexually assaulted, I would
absolutely tell you that yes, in my opinion, this is okay. I would  also
take the time to hear your story, to explore your emotions around the
decision if you wished to, and to consider any other options that may
be of interest to you. I would want you to feel “complete” in your
decision, know ing that you went into it fully informed rather than with
a sense of hesitation or doubt.
In Canada, it is expected in the medical profession that,
regardless of our personal beliefs on abortion, we must facilitate our
patient having access to resources and support around this decision.
Even if we are not comforta ble performing abortions ourselves, we
must always use non-judgme ntal language, and refer our patient onto a doctor who is prepared to do the abortion and to
compassionately counsel the woman around this choice.
I think these recommendat ions for the medical profession
would serve as a good model for the


 fore my eyes. In the summer of 2001, I was diagnosed
with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. This autoimmune condition literal ly means that you have antibodies that are attacking your
own phosphorus fats. Symptoms are mostly related to a tendency of the blood to clot a nd/or bleed excessively but also include
heart attack, stroke, and easily bruised and sunburned skin, as well as misc arriages. The condition is found in lupus patients, but
does not always develop into lupus or in all lupus patients.
I had at least four miscarriages and a host of other health problems before  it was diagnosed. I spent some time following my
MD’s suggestions (aspirin), then my chiropractor’s suggestion s (fish oil), and a mix of alternating between the two, but it was j ust
getting worse—and I had the side effects of the “medicine” to deal with  as well. I tried eating more EFA-rich foods like salmon,
flaxseed oil, walnuts, etc., but that didn’t help either.
When I switched to Dr. Graham’s program, I decided to stop all of the fish  and fish oil, flaxseed oil, and aspirin I had been
taking. I started working on eating the 80/10/10  raw vegan way in June of 2002. At first I misunderstood the 10% (or lower) fat
recommendation, thinking it referred to overt fats, not all fats, as I coul dn’t imagine not eating much overt fat. I had been eating a
very high-fat diet all of my life, including when I ate raw/living  foods the last time around.
Thus, I started out by keeping my overt fat intake down to not more than 10% of c alories (about 20% overall), which isn’t
quite 80/10/10. This
intermediate step allowed me to get things going well enough to experie nce fantastic results and inspired me to keep on going.
About six months into it, I discovered my mistake and adjusted my diet and acti vity level so that I was able to meet the
recommendations soon afterwards. I don’t think I could have done 80/10/10  without this transition, even if I had understood it from
the beginning.
I had enormous improvements in my first six months, even with my 20%-ish  fat intake. The improvements were way beyond
those I had experienced eating any other way (including other varian ts of the raw/living-food diet). I am now doing 80/10/10  fully,
have taken no supplements or medications of any kind since the beginning, a nd I feel great! All of my symptoms have improved and
in some cases, disappeared! I am wonderfully pleased  with the results!

Four Miscarriages
Backing up a bit, in college I became a vegetarian, and eventually a veg an, trying various versions of both. At the age of twenty-
three, on a cooked vegan diet, I gave birth to my son and raised him on cooked vegan food. I  discovered Natural Hygiene and
living foods when he was a toddler and worked toward eating a vegan raw/livi ng-food diet.
When my son was about seven years old, my husband and I decided to birth another c hild. It took a few years before I
became pregnant. Unfortunately, I miscarried. My family and I had been f ollowing the living-food diet for about a year and a half.
During that time, I was eating for nutrients and even created a cus tom Microsoft Access database to track my nutrient intake. This
enabled me to compare my intake with the requirements for a pregnant woma n, and assure myself that I was meeting all of the
RDAs.
Some people, including my midwife, blamed my diet, assuming a lack of protein or “something,” although my OB/GYN (an
MD), upon seeing my diet, did not think it was diet related. Even though my data base indicated I was getting plenty of protein, I was
unsure, as my husband was concerned about protein overall, and we had a friend who’d failed on raw claiming lack of pr otein as the
culprit. (We now realize it was due to other conditions.)
I also was not listening to my body’s desire for a diet like 80/10/10, as I was surrounded by fruit-fearing, living-food
misinformation. I was eating for nutrients rather than health, an d I was not feeling as vital as I could have on raw, as a result. Since I
had my son while eating a vegan diet (including cooked), I decided to temporari ly go back to cooked vegan (with raw) in order to
have another child, and planned to go back to raw afterwards. Too bad I didn’t  know Dr. Graham then. I could have saved a lot of
time and heartache.
Going back to cooked vegan, of course, did not work, and I ended up having another miscarr iage a year later. I decided to
add in dairy and eggs and had another miscarriage the year after that. I n the meantime I saw people who ate all sorts of diets and
lived unhealthy lifestyles having children left and right. From m y farmer’s perspective, I figured that maybe it was similar to t he way
plants go to seed when stressed, in order to continue their genetics be fore they die. I thought that perhaps I’d have a baby more
easily if I was less healthy, and then I could regain my health afte rwards. I was grasping at straws, trying whatever I could to have a
baby.
During that third miscarriage I tried adding in poultry and fish an d stayed on that diet to try again. I didn’t get pregnant for
some time and thought, maybe I just couldn’t anymore. Y ears later, at  the age of thirty six, I became pregnant again—unexpectedly
—and again miscarried.  It wasn’t until this fourth confirmed miscarriage that additional  blood work led to a diagnosis of antiphospholipid antibody
syndrome. I gave up on birthing another child, because I did not want to take the  drugs or risks involved, nor subject a child to
them, either. In retrospect, it seems clear to me that my high-fat die t caused this condition and/or greatly contributed to it. After
following Dr. Graham’s raw vegan program, including the reduced fat, which I feel is key, my observable symptoms of the
autoimmune condition have either reduced or completely disappeared. And th at is amazing.
Since our son is now an adult, we are not sure if we will attempt to birth an y more children at this point. But at least I feel like
it is a viable option again. Now that I am enjoying the best health and vit ality of my life, I am confident that I would have a successful
pregnancy and a healthy child, if I were to become pregnant while followi ng the 80/10/10 plan.

Symptoms Gone Since 80/10/10
My condition tended to make my blood clot more readily, which affected my periods (a nd also caused the miscarriages). I no longer
get the clots with my periods, nor the weird hormonal “off” feelings I’ d get from ovulation through menstruation.
I no longer bruise mysteriously and easily with the littlest of b umps or pressure. In fact, it’s hard to get a bruise these days,
even if I have some pretty major thing happen. Lesser events gave  me major hematomas before. I also don’t get the “restless leg
syndrome” all night anymore, or that pain in the veins and arteries  of my legs that felt like a clot was forming (that got worse with
aspirin or fish oil taken too late in the day).
I don’t know if it’s all gone yet, but I definitely know my condition isn’t g etting worse (as it was when following the instructions
of my MD and chiropractor). I do plan to get my blood tested when I can for th e numerical proof; however, I don’t really think I
need it anymore. I am fairly convinced that the condition is gone, or lowere d to such a degree that it is not a problem anymore.

Unexpected Gains and Benefits
Dr. Graham’s program has improved my life not only in the ways I had ho ped for, but also in ways I never imagined were possible.
I have eaten 100% raw, low-fat vegan for more than four years so far, and thi ngs are still getting better every day. It’s amazing—
absolutely amazing.
When I first read about Dr. Graham’s program, it made total sense to me  and had the “ring” of truth. I had some questions
about the volume and frequency of food at first, but soon learned (from my body) tha t my body agreed with even those
recommendations. Admittedly, I tend to lean toward Natural Hygiene, an d Dr. Graham’s recommendations are about the simplest
and most efficient way of following Natural Hygiene I’ve found.
With every other diet change, my results were much more subtle tha n this. I’ve eaten variations of the standard American diet
(SAD), SAD with no red meat, lacto-ovo vegetarian, lacto-vegetarian, v egan, vegan macrobiotic, vegan Natural Hygiene, and even
raw (the living foods way), and others. I felt improvements with each die t change in different ways, but nothing came close to what


 it just keeps getting better and better.The only ‘symptom’ which still troubles me is the twitching in my left leg and left side of my body.  Even my left eyelid has been twitching at night during the past few evenings.  Something is still waiting to be cleared there, I just know it.On the good side, my tongue is ﬁnally started to look more red!  During every cleanse I have ever done, I always had a large patch of white in the back half of my tongue.  No matter what I did, it never changed.  Dr. Richard Anderson and Dr. Bernard Jensen explain that the white ﬁlm on one’s tongue is an indicator of toxicity in the body during cleansing.  Even during this fast, my tongue was white for weeks.  I started to feel discouraged, thinking I would never see improvement.  Then today, I looked at my tongue and it was much more red in color!  Wow!  This was probably the highlight of my day!I feel determined to try to go for 40 days now.  I know I have the mental strength to do it, and after 33 days, what’s another 7 really?   This year I will be 40 years old, and I’ve been thinking about what a beautiful gift I’m giving Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!89to my body in celebration of life and health for turning 40.  One day of water fasting for every year of my life.  For sure, I will always remember this experience and this year especially.  I just need to be patient, stay focused and take one day at a time.My neighbor has been feeling really weak the last few days and she’s admittedly been feeling a little discouraged because she hasn’t seen any worms in 2 days.  I’m trying to help her stay positive, to look back at where she was 18 days ago vs. where she is today and to see all the good that has already taken place.  Sometimes it’s easy to get stuck in the day or the moment, and the important thing to remember is that the body knows what to do.  We have to believe that even during low days, the body is using all it’s strength to cleanse so that the next day we will be stronger, better and healthier.In the last week, I noticed that my mouth becomes so easily dry and my lips have often felt quite dry as well.  I’m ﬁnding that I am naturally drinking less and less as the fast moves on, so I just need to be sure to stay hydrated at all times.Day 34I was in total shock to see yet another worm released today. It was probably about 6 inches long, but impossible to pick up from being so thin in parts...so I did my best to photograph what I could.I should have suspected it last night because I had a lot more twitching everywhere...in my legs, arms and even in my back.  Buggers!  Admittedly, I feel frustrated at times.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!90Today I felt completely and totally exhausted.  Luckily we had some rain yesterday and today so the temperatures have cooled down.  Perhaps my body is just getting tired of this 34-day battle.  And I really do feel like it’s been a battle.  These worms have such a strong consciousness and will to survive...it really does feel like an evil energy inside of me.I wound up sleeping for about 3 hours today.  It took all of my energy to eventually get up.  Later, my energy levels increased.  I just need to be gentle and patient with myself and know that I am doing everything I can.  This cleanse is something that will beneﬁt my body and my health for the rest of my life.  I need to remember that.Day 35What a shock it was to see 4 worms released today!  I could hardly believe my eyes!  Two were about 6 inches in length, one 7 inches and the other was smaller, perhaps 2-3 inches.  On Day 35!!  Now I completely understand why I was so wiped out yesterday and why I had this feeling of a real ‘battle’ happening inside of me - because it was!  Luckily the strength, willpower and purity of my body won! Wow, I just cannot believe how many worms I was infested with...absolutely disgusting.  So many things are making sense to me now.Immediately after my enema today, I felt weak and had waves of heat passing through my body. I had to lie down and just surrender.  I’ve also been feeling nauseous the last 2 days as well, and that has deﬁnitely not been nice.  My neighbor has been suffering with nausea and hot spells for Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!91nearly her entire fast, and she found that putting a small slice of raw ginger under the tongue has really helped her.  I tried it yesterday and today and it really does work!I never really gained any energy back today.  In fact, I think I will go to bed as soon as I ﬁnish writing this.  I still have random twitching in various muscles all over my body, and I just can’t help but think how many more worms could there possibly be??The full moon is in 2 days and they say that many worms and parasites are most active during the full moon. Well, I hope they activate themselves right out of me, because I want them out and I want my life back already!  After seeing what came out today, I am 100% committed to ﬁnish the last 5 days of this fast.  Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!92The Sixth Week: Focus Day 36Today is the day before the full moon.  And guess what?  I had more worms released.  There were 2 worms as far as I could tell, but they broke into pieces when trying to photograph them.I really feel like there is a battle inside of me and these worms are trying to wreak havoc before they go. In fact, I can feel that they are pissed off.  Which is a good thing really...they should be angry now that they are being evicted.  They’ve had a very long and enjoyable stay and no one has disturbed them like this until now.  Well, the party is over worms. I felt exhausted again today and just wanted to rest and sleep more than anything. The twitching was worse again today and it’s been downright maddening at times.  It makes me want to jump out of my own skin.  I’ve re-read the Essene of the Gospel of the Peace a few times in the last 2 days just to stay focused and understand that this is all a natural part of the process.  The more I give my body the space and time to heal, the more it will simply do what needs to be done.  Every time I release another worm, I am that much stronger.  Each day my body is gaining back it’s power.  Last night I counted how many inches of worms have been released so far and the total was about 183 inches, or 15+ feet of worms.  I cannot even imagine how I was alive with all that vile ﬁlth inside of me.  It’s revolting.  I just have to stay focused and get these last few buggers out.  Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!93I cannot wait to have a pure and perfect temple to enjoy life after this fast!Day 37It’s really shocking and unbelievable, even to me, to still see worms being released after 37 days of water fasting!  Today I had 3 small worms that I could see, and man...they are really making a ruckus inside before they leave.  Last night I was up until 4am again...it seems that every night I am up late, I have worms released the next day.  I simply can’t sleep, sometimes from the twitching, sometimes from the waves of heat, sometimes from slight nausea and sometimes just from an overall sense of that internal ‘battle’ feeling.Certainly, you need to be mentally strong in order to endure this type of experience.Today is the full moon and both my neighbor and I can feel it.  We know the worms are most active on this day, and they are for sure making that known.  My neighbor felt awful today, with waves of heat, acid reﬂux, nausea and extreme fatigue.  She is really struggling with these side effects, yet knows that they are all signs and symptoms of the worms stirring themselves up.  I’ve been feeling generally weak, tired and lethargic.  It’s always hard for me to slow down because I always have so much work that I want to do.  Today I turned off the phone and decided not to answer any emails.  It’s a day just for me and my healing.  It was a day to rest.Personal Story - 40-Day Fast
!www.healthybliss.net!!!!!!!!!94Day 38Well, I should not have been surprised to see another 4 worms released today.  With the strong reactions I’ve been experiencing in the last few days, I should certainly expect to see some worms come out.  I’m just really hoping that these are the last few buggers who have been trying to hold on for dear life, and now their time has also come to exit the premises.As soon as I ﬁnished my