Actually they work against you by preventing you from exploring
the unknown. Being spontaneous means eliminating your prejudg-
ments and allowing yourself to meet and deal with new people and
ideas. The pre-judgments themselves are a safety valve for avoiding
murky or puzzling provinces and preventing growth. If you don’t
trust anyone you can’t get a “handle on”; it really means you don’t
trust yourself on unfamiliar grounds.
The “Always Having a Plan” Trap
There is no such thing as planned spontaneity. It is a contradiction
in terms. We all know people who go through their lives with a road
map and a list, unable to vary their life a single iota from the original
plan. A plan is not necessarily unhealthy, but falling in love with
the plan is the real neurosis. You may have a life plan for what you’ll
do at age 25, 30, 40, 50, 70, etc., and then you simply consult your
agenda to see where you ought to be, rather than making a new
decision each day and having a strong enough belief in yourself to
be able to alter the plan. Don’t let the plan become bigger than you.
Henry was a client of mine who was in his middle twenties. He
suffered desperately from the having-a-plan-neurosis, and as a
consequence he missed out on many exciting life opportunities.
When he was twenty-two he was offered a position in another state.
He was petrified about the move. Would he be able to make it in
Georgia? Where would he live? How about his parents and friends?
The fear of the unknown literally immobilized Henry, and he turned
down what might have been a chance at advancement, exciting new
work and a brand new en-122 / Your Erroneous Zonesvironment, in favor of staying where he was. It was this experience
that brought Henry to counseling. He felt that his own rigid adher-
ence to a plan was keeping him from growing, and yet he was afraid
to break out and try something new. After one exploratory session,
it was revealed that Henry was a veritable plan freak. He always ate
the same breakfast, planned his clothing days in advance, had his
dresser drawers arranged perfectly by color and size. Moreover, he
imposed his plan on his family as well. He expected his children to
have things in their place and his wife to conform to a rigid set of
rules that he had laid down. In short, Henry was a very unhappy,
albeit organized person. He lacked creativity, innovation and per-
sonal warmth. He was in fact, a plan unto himself, with his goal in
life to get everything into its proper place. With counseling, Henry
began to try some spontaneous living. He saw his plans as manipu-
lators of others, and as convenient escapes from wandering into the
risky unknown. He soon eased up on his family and allowed them
to be different from what he expected them to be. After several
months, Henry actually applied for a job in a firm that would require
him to move frequently. The very thing that he originally feared
became desirable. While Henry is by no means a totally spontaneous
person, he has effectively challenged some of the neurotic thinking
that supported his previously planned-out existence. He is working
on it every day, and learning to enjoy living, rather than living out
his life in a ritualized fashion.
Security: Internal and External Varieties
A long time ago you learned how to write a high school theme or
essay. You were taught that you need a good introduction, a well-
organized body and a conclusion. Unfortunately, you may have
applied the same logic to your life, and come to see the whole busi-
ness of living as a theme. The introductionEXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 123was your childhood wherein you were preparing to be a person.
The body is your adult life, which is organized and planned out in
preparation for your conclusion, which is the retirement and happy
ending. All of this organized thinking keeps you from living your
present moments. Living according to this plan implies a guarantee
that everything will be okay forever. Security, the final plan, is for
cadavers. Security means knowing what is going to happen. Security
means no excitement, no risks, no challenge. Security means no
growth and no growth means death. Besides, security is a myth. As
long as you are a person on earth, and the system stays the same,
you can never have security. And even if it weren’t a myth, it would
be a horrible way to live. Certainty eliminates excitement—and
growth.
The word security as used here refers to external guarantees,
possessions such as money, a house and a car, to bulwarks such as
a job or a position in the community. But there is a different kind of
security that is worth pursuing, and this is the internal security of
trusting yourself to handle anything that may come down the pike.
This is the only lasting security, the only real security. Things can
break down, a depression can wipe out your money, your house
can be repossessed, but you, you can be a rock of self-esteem. You
can believe so much in you and your internal strength that things
or others will be seen as mere pleasant but superfluous adjuncts to
your life.
Try this little exercise. Suppose that right now, this second, as you
are reading this book, someone swooped down on you, stripped
you naked, and carted you off in a helicopter. No warning, no money,
nothing but yourself. Supposing you were flown to the middle of
Red China and dropped in a field. You would be up against new
language, new habits, and new climate, and all you would have is
yourself. Would you survive or collapse? Could you make friends,
get food, shelter and the like, or would you simply lie there and
moan about how unfortunate you were to have this catastrophe
visited on you? If you need external security, you’d perish, for all
of your goods would have been taken away. But if you have internal
security and are not afraid124 / Your Erroneous Zonesof the unknown, then you would survive. Security can then be re-
defined as the knowledge that you can handle anything, including
having no external security. Don’t be trapped by that kind of external
security, since it robs you of your ability to live and grow and fulfill
yourself. Take a look at those people without external security,
people who don’t have it all mapped out. Perhaps they are way
ahead of the game. At least they can try new things and avoid the
trap of always having to stay with the safe.
James Kavanaugh in Will You Be My Friend?  writes tellingly about
security in his little poem called Some Day.
Someday I’ll walk away
And be free
And leave the sterile ones
Their secure sterility.
I’ll leave without a forwarding address
And walk across some barren wilderness
To drop the world there.
Then wander free of care
Like an unemployed Atlas.*
Achievement as Security
But the “walking away” to “be free,” as Kavanaugh puts it, is
difficult as long as you carry around the conviction that you must
achieve. Fear of failure is a powerful fear in our society, one incul-
cated in childhood and often carried throughout life.
You may be surprised to hear this, but failure does not exist.
Failure is simply someone else’s opinion of how a certain act should
have been completed. Once you believe that no act must be per-
formed in any specific other-directed way, then failing becomes
impossible.
There may, however, be occasions when you will fail in some
given task according to your own standards. The impor-
*Los Angeles: Nash Publishing Corp., 1971.EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN  / 125tant thing here is not to equate the act with your own self-worth.
Not to succeed in a particular endeavor is not to fail as a person. It
is simply not being successful with that particular trial at that partic-
ular present moment.
Try to imagine using failure as a description of an animal’s beha-
vior. Consider a dog barking for fifteen minutes, and someone say-
ing, “He really isn’t very good at barking, I’d give him a “C.” How
absurd! It is impossible for an animal to fail because there is no
provision for evaluating natural behavior. Spiders construct webs,
not successful or unsuccessful webs. Cats hunt mice; if they aren’t
successful in one attempt, they simply go after another. They don’t
lie there and whine, complaining about the one that got away, or
have a nervous breakdown because they failed. Natural behavior
simply is! So why not apply the same logic to your own behavior
and rid yourself of the fear of failure.
The push to achieve comes from three of the most self-destructive
words in our culture. You’ve heard them and used them thousands
of times. Do your best! This is the cornerstone of the achievement
neurosis. Do your best at everything you do. What’s wrong with
taking a mediocre bicycle ride, or going for an average walk in the
park? Why not have some activities in your life which you just do,
rather than do to the best of your ability? The do-your-best neurosis
can keep you from trying new activities and enjoying old ones.
At one time I counseled an eighteen-year-old high school senior
named Louann, who was imbued with the achievement standard.


 starting the iodine therapy.”
Paula, age 42, suffered with severe headaches for over ten years. “I almost learned to live with the headaches. They
just became a daily part of my life,” she said. Paula was being treated for hypothyroidism with Armour
®
 thyroid and
noticed the thyroid hormone improved her headaches by approximately 40%. Paula said, “I was happy to get some
relief, but I wasn’t satisfied. It is no fun to wake up most days with a vice around your head.” When Paula was checked
for iodine levels, her serum iodine levels were
zero (below the detectable limits of the test). The low iodine levels were
confirmed with an iodine-loading test which was extremely low at 17% (normal >90%). Paula was placed on 37.5mg of
a combination of iodine and iodide (Iodoral
®
) and noticed an improvement in her headaches within two weeks. “I
couldn’t believe it. I started to actually have headache-free days. After four weeks on the iodine, my headaches were over
95% better. Even if I did get a headache, it was not nearly as severe. As I started to feel better, I began to realize how
much the headaches were impacting my life,” she claimed. Paula ran out of the iodine two months later and all of her
symptoms began returning. Paula reported, “It took about two weeks off of the iodine before the headaches started to
return. All of the same symptoms I was suffering with began to come back. Again, after I started the iodine, the
headaches began to go away. I feel like the iodine has given me a new lease on life. My husband and my children thank
you.”
FINAL THOUGHTS
Iodine deficiency is, unfortunately still with us, and is occurring at epidemic levels. Iodine deficiency is associated with a
plethora of illnesses (see
Table 1
). The next chapters will show you how to properly measure iodine levels and will educate you
on the mechanisms of action that iodine has in our bodies. Furthermore, you will learn that iodized salt is not only an
inadequate
source for providing sufficient amounts of iodine to the body, it is a toxic, devitalized substance that is best avoided.
1
 Manner, M.G., et al. Salt Iodization for the Elimination of Iodine Deficiency. International Council for the Control of Iodine
Deficiency Disorders. 1995
2
 Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 9
th
 Edition. Williams and Wilkins, 1999.
3
 Adrasi, E. Iodine concentration in different human brain parts. Analytical and Bioanalytical chemistry. November 13, 2003
4
 Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease, 9
th
 Edition. Williams and Wilkins, 1999.
5
 Newton, David. Chemical Elements. Lawrence W. Baker, Editor. 1999
6
 Kimball, O.P. Prevention of goiter in Michigan and Ohio. JAMA. 1937; 108:860-864
7
 Matovinovic, J., et al. Goiter and other thyroid disease in Tecumseh, Michigan. JAMA. 1965: 192(#): 134-140
8
 Kimball, O.P. Endemic Goiter: A food deficiency disease. J. Am. Dietetic. Assn. 1949; 25:112
9
 Marine, D. Prevention and treatment of simple goiter. Atl. Med. J. 26:437-442, 1923
10
 Marine, D. The prevention of simple goiter in man. J. Lab. Clin. Med. 3:40-48
11
 Dunn, John. Editorial: What’s happening to our iodine? J. of Clinical Endcrin. And Metab. Vol. 83, No. 10. 1998Chapter 2
Iodine Deficiency and Iodized Salt
CHAPTER 2: IODINE DEFICIENCY AND IODIZED SALT
David, a 42-year-old Michigander, had taken good care of himself. He regularly took vitamins and minerals, did not
eat a lot of junk food and exercised regularly. “I feel better now than I did when I was in my 20’s. I eat better and my
energy level is better,” he said. His father, mother, and two sisters were being treated for hypothyroidism. David was
diagnosed with hypothyroidism eight years ago and was taking thyroid medication (Armour
®
 thyroid)
regularly. When
David’s iodine level was checked with an iodine/iodide loading test, he was shocked. His iodine level was found to be
very low at 46.2% excretion (normal excretion is greater than 90%). “I couldn’t believe it. How could my iodine level be
so low, when I felt so good? I have been taking vitamins and minerals for years,” he said. When he started
supplementing with an iodine/iodide combination (Iodoral
®
), he immediately felt better. “My energy level dramatically
increased. I thought I was feeling good before I began taking the iodine, but now I know what really feeling good is
about. I started sleeping better and my dreams became much more vivid. In addition, my head felt much clearer. It feels
wonderful,” he exclaimed. After three months of iodine supplementation, David’s iodine levels improved to a more
healthy 87% excretion (normal levels >90%).
David is your author. After experiencing the wonderful effects of taking iodine, and hearing of the positive results my patients
have experienced with using iodine, I became very interested in researching its clinical uses.
New 5
th

Edition update on David’s case: I am still taking iodine—now at 75mg/day. I still feel well on it. If I miss a
few days of taking it, I feel my energy level decline. My bromide level, which was high at 126mg/L has now fallen to
10mg/L. There is no known therapeutic effect of bromide. I believe our continual exposure to toxic halides has allowed
my bromide levels to still
remain elevated. Bromide is a toxic halide that is detoxified from the body by iodine. More
about bromide can be found in
Chapter 11
.
INTRODUCTION
Iodine deficiency is a worldwide problem. Diets that are deficient in iodine can result in many severe medical conditions
including cretinism (very severe brain damage occurring very early in life), mental impairment, reduced intellectual ability, goiter,
and infertility. In addition, iodine deficiency predisposes one to an increased risk of breast, prostate, endometrial, and ovarian
cancer.
1
 There is a decreased childhood survival rate associated with iodine deficiency. Studies have shown that neonatal
mortality can be decreased by up to 50% when iodine deficiency is rectified.
2
 Other illnesses that may result from iodine
deficiency include sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), multiple sclerosis, and other myelin disorders,
3
 as well as ADHD.
The World Health Organization has recognized that iodine deficiency is the world’s greatest single cause of preventable
mental retardation.
4
 Iodine deficiency has been identified as a significant public health problem in 129 countries. Approximately
one-third of the world’s population lives in iodine deficient areas and up to 72% of the world’s population is affected by an iodine
deficiency disorder.
5
IODIZED SALT
Some may think that the iodization of salt (i.e., iodized salt) has eliminated iodine deficiency disorders in the United States.
However, the data does not support that conclusion. Over the last 40 years, studies by the National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey I (NHANES—completed 1971-1974) and NHANES 2000 show iodine levels have dropped 50% in the
United States (see
Figure 2
 next page).
6
 This drop was seen in all demographic categories: ethnicity, region, economic status,
population density, and race. The percentage of pregnant women with low iodine concentrations increased 690% over this time
period. As previously mentioned, low iodine concentrations in pregnant women have been shown to increase the risk for
cretinism, mental retardation, attention deficit disorder, and other health issues in children. These topics will be explored in more
detail in
Chapter 10
.
HOW MUCH IODINE IS IN IODIZED SALT?
In the United States, iodine is added to salt to provide a content of 77μg of iodine per gm of salt.
7
 Although the content of
iodine in salt varies from country to country (depending on the standard set by the governing agencies), the goal is to achieve the
RDA for iodine. In the United States, the RDA of iodine is from 150μg/day to 290μg/day (see
Table 3
). The average salt intake
in
the U.S.A. is estimated to be approximately 5gm/day, which would theoretically supply 385μg of iodine. However, studies
have shown that urine levels of iodine in 24-hour urine tests are approximately five times lower.
8
 Figure 2:
NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY IODIDE LEVELS

Table


	process.
This	is	why	cold-pressed	is	a	meaningless	term
and	is	not	useful	for	you	in	determining	what	to	eat	and	what	to	avoid.
	Harsh
solvents	are	used	to	extract	oils,	which	remain	in	the	oil	as	a	residue.	These
solvents	also	destroy	nutrients	in	the	oils.	In	addition,	processed	oils	are	typically
bleached	and	deodorized—	destroying	more	nutrients	and	creating	toxins.
To	put	healthful	oils	in	your	diet,	eat	high-quality	olive	oil	and	flaxseed	oil.
Also,	beneficial	fatty	acids	can	be	found	in	organic,	fresh,	unprocessed	food	in
its	natural	state,	such	as	raw	seeds,	raw	nuts	and	avocados.	High-quality	eggs,
meat	and	fish	are	also	good	sources	of	fatty	acids.	Keep	in	mind,	though,	that
essential	fatty	acids	are	readily	damaged	by	heat.	Use	the	minimum	heat
necessary	to	cook	these	foods.	Supplement	your	diet	with	a	high-quality
essential	fatty	acid	supplement.
To	avoid	chronic	disease	and	slow	down	the
aging	process,	dietary	supplementation	of	essential	fatty	acids	(from	flaxseed	oil,
for	example)	is	necessary;	deriving	enough	of	the	right	fats	and	oils	from	the
foods	that	are	available	today	is	difficult.
Check	your	kitchen	and	refrigerator	shelves.	Discard	your	processed	oils,
particularly	hydrogenated	and	partially	hydrogenated	oils	(margarine,	vegetable
shortening,	etc.),	and	products	made	with	those	oils,	including	many	baked
goods,	crackers,	chips,	peanut	butter	and	nondairy	creamer.	Instead,	use
primarily	high-quality	olive	oil,	organic	butter	or	ghee,	and	essential	fatty	acid
supplements	(see	appendix	C	for	suggestions).
Myths	About	Milk
The	final	failure	food	on	my	Big	Four	list	is	one	that	is	usually	touted	as
necessary	to	good	health	for	adults	and	children:	milk	products.	Milk’s
reputation	as	a	highly	nutritious	food	is	undeserved;	in	reality,	modern	milk	is	a
highly	toxic	and	allergenic	make-believe	food.	The	United	States	may	produce	a
lot	of	milk,	and	the	dairy	boards	may	try	to	convince	us	to	drink	lots	of	milk,	but
milk	does	not	do	a	body	good.
According	to	pediatrician	Russell	Bunai,	M.D.,	in	a	1994	issue	of
Natural
Health,
the	one	single	change	to	the	U.S.	diet	that	could	provide	the	greatest
health	benefits	is	the	elimination	of	milk	products.	In	the	1992	edition	of	his
book
Don’t	Drink	Your	Milk,
Dr.	Frank	Oski,	former	director	of	the	Department
of	Pediatrics	at	Johns	Hopkins	University	School	of	Medicine,	said,	“We	should
all	stop	drinking	milk.	.	.	.	It	was	designed	for	calves,	not	for	humans.”	This
claim	is	not	what	your	mother	told	you	(because	she	herself	was	misled),	and	itis	not	what	the	dairy	industry	would	have	you	believe,	but	it	is	true.	The	idea	that
milk	is	a	necessary	and	healthy	part	of	the	human	diet	is	a	myth.	As	I	lecture
across	the	country,	recommending	(among	other	things)	that	people	not	drink
milk,	I	am	always	amazed	at	how	many	times	people	will	call	me	months	later	to
say	that	they	took	my	advice,	stopped	consuming	dairy	products,	and	their	health
problems	disappeared.
Most	of	the	world’s	population	(about	70	percent)	does	not	drink	milk	or
consume	other	dairy	products	(including	cheese,	yogurt,	ice	cream	and	sour
cream),	for	good	reasons.	Mother’s	milk	is	a	perfect	food—for	infants,	not	for
adults.	In	nature,	no	animal	drinks	milk	after	weaning,	nor	does	any	species
drink	the	milk	of	another	species.	Granted,	we	humans	have	managed	to
domesticate	our	livestock,	but	this	accomplishment	does	not	change	the	fact	that
each	species	(and	their	milk)	is	unique.	Feeding	elephant	milk	to	cats,	mouse
milk	to	giraffes	or	cow	milk	to	humans	is	not	a	good	idea.
Cow	milk,	especially	in	the	forms	found	in	your	supermarket,	is	not	a	good
food.	Cow	milk	contains	proteins	and	fats	that	are	difficult	for	humans	to	digest,
and	cow	milk	does	not	supply	nearly	the	amount	of	calcium	that	its	reputation
suggests.	Also,	statistics	from	the	World	Health	Organization	show	that	the
countries	consuming	the	most	milk	products	also	have	the	highest	rates	of
osteoporosis,	breast	cancer,	allergies	and	diabetes.
Actually	milk	can	deplete	nutrients	from	our	bodies—acting	as	an
antinutrient,	just	like	sugar	and	white	flour.	Metabolizing	some	of	the	fats	in
milk	(particularly	when	the	milk	is	pasteurized,	and	virtually	all	of	it	is)	uses	up
essential	fatty	acids,	one	of	our	most	serious	nutritional	deficiencies.	For	all
these	reasons,	foods	containing	pasteurized	milkfats	are	at	the	top	of	the	list	of
“foods	to	be	avoided.”	Additionally,	if	pasteurized	milkfats	are	not	properly
metabolized	(because	of	an	essential	fatty	acid	deficiency,	which	most
Americans	have),	then	the	fat	may	be	deposited	in	arteries,	contributing	to
cardiovascular	diseases.
A	prime	factor	contributing	to	the	health	problems	caused	by	milk	is
pasteurization	(heating),	which	both	destroys	nutrients	and	creates	toxins,
thereby	contributing	to	each	of	the	two	causes	of	disease.	Animals	fed
pasteurized	milk	exhibit	poor	skeletal	development,	weak	bones,	osteoporosis
and	tooth	decay.	Calves	fed	raw	milk	remain	healthy,	but	calves	fed	pasteurized
milk	typically	die	within	eight	weeks!	If	a	calf	cannot	benefit	from	pasteurized
milk,	how	can	a	human?
The	Rest	of	the	StoryUpon	hearing	that	they	should	not	drink	milk,	people	invariably	ask,	“How
will	I	be	able	to	get	enough	calcium	if	I	don’t	drink	milk?”	My	response	is,
“Where	does	a	cow,	a	horse,	or	an	elephant	get	its	calcium?”	They	get	it	from
plants,	which	are	rich	in	all	kinds	of	minerals—including	calcium.	Dark	green
vegetables	such	as	broccoli,	chard	and	kale	are	rich	sources	of	absorbable
calcium.
Cow	milk	is	also	rich	in	calcium,	containing	about	1,200	mg	of	calcium	per
quart	while	human	milk	contains	about	300	mg.	However,	an	infant	absorbs	far
more	calcium	from	a	quart	of	human	milk	than	from	a	quart	of	cow	milk,	even
though	human	milk	contains	less	calcium.	Cow	milk	contains	a	lot	of
phosphorous,	which	prevents	calcium	absorption.	Also,	cow	milk	is	low	in
magnesium,	which	humans	need	in	order	to	utilize	calcium.	In	short,	your	body
is	not	able	to	use	the	large	amount	of	calcium	present	in	cow	milk.	You	do	not
use	the	calcium,	so


 and, in some cases, hyper-acidity, acid re -
flux, inflammation and potentially, cancer.  A constantly hyper-acidic stomach engenders coarse emotions, unhappiness and aberr an
t behaviors,
•  Our digestive glands have limited ability to digest foods.  Our mineral stores become depleted and we become fatigued if the digestive organs are forced to secrete alkaline and acid digestive enzymes all day long, as necessitated by starchy, fatty, high-protein diets.
•  Our small intestine is very long, about 20 feet, and our large intestine (the colon) is
about 5 feet long.  They are both convoluted, which makes them suited to handle watery digesta and not dry and bulky food masses.  Carnivores have straight and much shorter intestines, enabling the efficient elimination of tough, low water-content, bulky animal parts.  Fatty and high-protein meals move through the small intestine of humans very slowly.  This leads to fermentation, putrefaction, constipation, toxemia and a host of debilitating and potentially deadly diseases, such as intestinal prolapses, inflammatory bowel diseases, hemorrhoids, cancer, etc.
•  Our excrement when eating a simple fruit-based diet is non-offensive and non-toxic, as
it should be with the world’s most highly-developed, elegant beings.  And we experience no body odors if we do not overeat or mix nuts and seeds with sweet fruits.  Fruitarians who eat correctly have clean bodies.  Starch, fat and protein food eaters have dirty bod -
ies with repulsively foul stools.  Our pristine senses lead us to enjoy fresh-smelling, clean bodies.
•  Ripe fruits off er simple car
bohydrates which require little or no digestion.  They are 95
Fruiticultureeasily absorbed for delivery to our cells within an hour.  Complex carbohydrate foods
(e.g., grains and white potatoes) require cooking.  They take several hours to digest and rarely digest completely, often fermenting and causing illness.  They also typically raise blood sugar levels higher than do sweet juicy fruit meals, and they constipate the bow -
els. Because sweet, ripe, water-rich, organic, whole fruits require very little digestive ac -
tion and they are 100% toxin-free, the body does not have to expend much energy to metaboliz e their nutrients and elimina t
e their residues, and we gain energy from them
most efficiently.
•  The ideal diet consists of mostly ripe, sweet fruits, rounded out with vegetables and
small amounts of avocado, seeds and nuts.  The average caloronutrient ratio that has been demonstrated to be optimal for human health and longevity is 80% carbohydrates (minimum), 10% protein (maximum) and 10% fat (maximum), as revealed in studies by Dr. T. Colin Campbell (former nutrition professor at Cornell University and co-author of Diet, Nutrition and Cancer and The China Study), heart specialist Dean Ornish, M.D., and Dr. Douglas Graham, author of The 80/10/10 Diet.  Yes, we need to “fuel up” on mostly simple carbs to have high vitality, and nothing provides this better than sweet fruit.
•  The cells can derive fuel (calories) from three caloronutrient sources: carbohydrate,
protein and fat. If the body is forced to get most or all of its calories from fatty and high-protein foods, it will have to convert fat and protein to glucose.  That is a very slow, energy-consuming process that produces a high acid-waste load which tears down our health.  Those who adopt and maintain a plant-based 80/10/10 diet generally reverse disease and enhance their longevity.  Those who eat diets with greater percentages of protein and fat generally succumb to acidosis, accelerated aging, physical and mental degeneration and the killer diseases endemic to modern Western cultures.
•  Babies have not been corrupted by modern heat-processed, cultural foods.  They in -
stinctively go for sweet, watery mother’s milk, which is about 7% sugar, 4% fat, 1% pro -
tein and 88% water (weight-wise)—nearly the same composition as sweet juicy fruits.
Infants’  pr
istine senses tell them which kind of food is best.  Do young adults, teenagers
and adults need more protein than a growing infant?  Certainly not! Numerous infants have been observed to thrive beautifully when weaned on their preferred natural first whole food choice: sweet, raw fruit.  And numerous children have been observed thriv -96
Fruiticultureing on fruit-based diets.
•  Our sensorial acuity, emotional sensitivity and the ability to experience the sensations
that make us feel truly alive are heightened on a fruitarian diet.  A fruitarian diet is the key to a profound bio-spiritual knowing, peace, poise, contentment and even euphoric well-being.
•  Fruits are brain foods.  They energize and enhance our mental faculties because they
supply abundant nutrients and do not require a huge energy-draining digestive process and waste clean-up effort. Their high electrolyte-rich water content promotes the fast -
est conductance of nerve impulses and neural function.  Our mental powers operate at peak, vibran t lev
els of energy and performance when we eat water-rich, fruit-based
diets.  Our consciousness is most clear and expansive and we are most spiritually aware when we eat mostly fruit.  The hormonal proteins (precursors to neural transmitters) in fruits (especially tropical varieties) trigger the release of feel-good hormones in the bloodstream which make us feel happy and well.  We need less sleep and can be more productive on a fruit-based diet.
•  The sugars in raw, ripe, non-GMO foods are in no way harmful.  Fruit sugar is non-toxic
and non-allergenic, and it does not cause cancer or candida.  It is unnatural foods that cause illness. Yes, all sugars feed the bacteria and candida yeast in the gut, but they DO NOT CAUSE overgrowths of those microorganisms or trigger the growth of cancer cells.  The cause of intestinal bacteria and candida overgrowths and cancer cells is constipat -
ing, mostly undigestible, acid-forming, toxic diets based in cooked starches and meat.  Those foods clog up and acidify the bow els with digesta tha
t becomes food for bacteria,
yeast and mold, generating virulent toxins that add to the body’s toxemic load and can cause cancer.  In other words, starchy, fatty and high-protein foods hang around in the gut for days and rot (ferment and putrefy) by the action of microorganisms whose natu -
ral job is to feast on their nutrients, break them down and breed.  STOP THE CAUSE of the bacteria y east and mold o
vergrowths while eating a vegan fruit-based diet, and health
will be restored.  In many cases, cancer cells can perish and be eliminated on an alkaliz -
ing fruit-and-vegetable diet.  After cleaning out the bowels, sweet fruit eating will be -
come joyful.  No one ever got candida from a raw, vegan diet of mostly sweet, water-rich fruits, exc ept those who ha
ve taken antibiotics and/or consume great quantities of fat.  97
FruiticultureDried fruits can cause problems, as well as eating sweet fruits with fatty foods (e.g., nuts
and seeds).  Eliminate those foods to restore health, then eat them in moderation.
•  Juicy fruits can trigger diarrhea.  This is the body’s correct self-purification action.  We
want the body to get rid of the toxic rubbish it was harboring.  After a few days of clean -
ing out on a fruit and vegetable diet, the bowels will be rid of the toxic stool matter, we’ll feel bett er and diar
rhea will cease.  Diarrhea will only continue under unhealth -
ful eating habits: eating highly undigestible foods and toxic items (such as meat, fried foods, refined flour pr oduc
ts, candy, coffee, spices, etc.), and eating incompatible food
combinations (e.g., eating sweet fruits with starchy, fatty-high-protein foods, and eating fatty and/or high-protein foods with starchy foods).
•  An excess of fatty foods slows down nerve impulses and neural activity, making dull
thinkers and lethargic people with low mental and physical energy.  Our brains and men -
tal powers operate at low, dulled levels when the bloodstream and other bodily fluids are thickened with fatty fluids and the b ypr
oducts of starch fermentation (alcohol and
vinegar).  Fat is an insulator which, in excessive amounts, slows down neural impulses and all physiological functions.  This erodes our health and stifles our consciousness.
•  Fatty foods and high-proteins foods are inherently acid-forming.  That is, they acidify
the blood, forcing the body to extract alkalizing minerals from the bones and other cells to maintain the alkaline pH required for life.  This causes acidosis, osteoporosis, organ deterioration, accelerated aging and disease.
•  A fat-based diet of mostly meats causes systemic toxicosis, which results in inner tur -
moil, destructive behaviors and physical and mental degeneration. •  People in meat-based cultur es ar
e generally unmindful and uncompassionate.  Those
who condone the killing of animals have lost touch with their humanity.  This cultural
lack of respect for life is largely responsible for all of the wars and other turmoil that most of the world is constantly embroiled in.
•


using me a great deal of inner turmoil. I reminded myself to move into
that invisible magneticlike field of ener gy and I was guided toward a
solution. At precisely the right moment a friend called and said one
sentence that put me at ease about the dilemma. Done! This is what I call
realization in action.
We can all use this realization of the availability of spirit in the resolution of
problems. As you learn to employ the first step, recognition  of spiritual
solutions, you will move to a state of realization  in which you experience
the power. You will realize that every kind of disharmony, discord, or
disease is amenable to the spiritual ener gy that is in you.
THE THIRD OF THREE STEPS FOR ACCESSING SPIRITUAL
DIRECTION
Reverence: Communing quietly with the spiritual force is our
way of becoming one with it.
This third step, reverence,  is acquired quickly by some people, while for
others it can take a long time to achieve. Communing quietly with the
spiritual force and becoming one with it means there is no sense of
separation. W e know our divinity and commune with that part of ourselves.
In other words, we see ourselves as a part of God; we are in a state of
reverence for all that we are. There is no doubt of our divinity. In this state
we fully experience this quote from the Bible: “On that day, you will know
that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you” (John 14:20).
Quietly communing with God, when we are searching for guidance, is a
way of temporarily turning of f our ego-mind. Instead of our ego-self
thinking, “I can fix this,” we are willing to immerse it into our higher self.
Like a drop of water separated from its source the little mind is unable to
create and sustain life. When the drop of water rejoins the ocean it has allthe powers of its source. The drop of water separate from its source
symbolizes our ego-self when we are separated from our source of
omnipotent power.
Communing quietly allows us the direct experience of knowing a spiritual
solution to every problem. W ith our divine connection we are always in
touch with the solution. Problems persist when we fail to recognize, realize,
and finally, quietly commune with our own source, power, spirit, God.
I often think of Abraham Lincoln watching his beloved Union crumbling
under the ener gy of hatred that engulfed this country. He wrote, “I have
been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I
had no where else to go.” “T o my knees,” is a way of saying, “I surrender to
my source and turn this huge problem over to that same power that moves
the stars.” Y ou can do the same thing in times of strife. “Let go and let
God,” as they say in the recovery movement.
When you practice communing quietly with spirit, you will sense the
presence of a sacred partner. You can turn your problems over to this
“senior” partner and move to a place of peace. The Indian saint Sri
Ramakrishna used the following parable to teach his devotees how to reach
the state of direct union with God.
A disciple once came to a teacher to learn how to meditate on God. The
teacher gave him instructions, but the disciple soon returned and said that
he could not carry them out. Every time he tried to meditate he found
himself thinking about his pet buf falo.
“Well, then,” said the teacher, “you meditate on that buf falo you’re so fond
of.”
The disciple shut himself up in a room and began to concentrate on the
buffalo. After some days, the teacher knocked at his door and the disciple
answered: “Sir, I am sorry I can’ t come out to greet you. This door is too
small. My horns will be in the way.”
Then the teacher smiled and said: “Splendid! Y ou have become identified
with the object of your concentration. Now fix that concentration upon Godand you will easily succeed.”
The message is so clear. Become one with spirit and do not doubt or fear
your divinity. Move beyond your ego-mind into your higher self. (I will not
detail here the path to transcending the ego. I have devoted an entire book
to this subject— Your Sacr ed Self.)
There is a spiritual solution to every problem. The three basic steps to
access your connection to spiritual solutions to problems in your life are:
recognition, realization, and reverence.
The balance of this first chapter discusses my meaning of the key words of
the title of this book. I believe the definitions I use for spiritual, pr oblem,
and solution  can form the basis for a unique way of bringing peace and
fulfillment into your daily life. It is further my contention that once you
internalize these three concepts you will rarely revert to the belief that you
face insurmountable problems. Eventually, you will learn that all those so-
called “problems” are dissolvable by saturating them with the higher ener gy
of spirit.
What I Mean by Spiritual
It is written in the Bhagavad-Gita, the ancient Eastern holy book, “W e are
born into a world of nature; our second birth is into a world of spirit.” This
world of spirit is often depicted as separate or distinct from our physical
world. I think it is important to see spiritual as a part of  physical, rather than
to separate these two dimensions of our reality. It is all one. Spirit
represents that which we cannot validate with our senses. Like the wind that
we feel but cannot see.
Two great saints from dif ferent corners of the world as well as dif ferent
religious persuasions have described spirit this way: “Spirit is the life of
God within us” (Saint T eresa of A vila) and “Whatever draws the mind
outward is unspiritual and whatever draws the mind inward is spiritual”
(Ramana Maharshi). The key to understanding spirituality is this idea of our
inner world and our outer world—one world, yet two unique aspects of
being human. I have a friend who compares the physical to a lightbulb and
the spiritual to electricity. He insists that electricity has been around as longas spirituality but that we did not make a religion of it when it was
discovered.
Likewise, when I refer to spiritual I do not intend it to be synonymous with
religious. Religion is orthodoxy, rules, and historical scriptures maintained
by people over long periods of time. Generally, people are born into
religions and raised to obey the customs and practices of that religion
without question. These are customs and expectations from outside of the
person and do not fit my definition of spiritual.
I prefer a definition of spirituality as described in Saint T eresa’ s and
Maharshi’ s observations. Spirituality is from within, the result of
recognition, realization, and reverence. My personal understanding of
spiritual practice is that it is a way of making my life work at a higher level
and of receiving guidance for handling problems. The ways in which I
personally do this involve a few simple, but basic practices. I have
enumerated them here in my own order of significance.
1. Surr ender This is first because it is the most crucial and often the most
difficult. For those of us who have grown up believing life is a “do-it-
yourself” project it is hard to admit that we need the help of many others
just to survive for a day. In order to surrender you must be able to admit to
being helpless. That’ s right, helpless.
In surrender, my thoughts are something like this: “I simply do not know
how to resolve this situation and I am turning it over to the same force that I
turn my physical body over to every night when I go to sleep. I trust in this
force to keep digesting my food, circulating my blood, and so on. The force
is there, it is available, and I am going to treat this force that I will call God,
as a senior partner in my life. I will take the words ‘All that I have is thine’
in the scriptures at face value. I am willing to turn any problem over to this
invisible force which is my source, while always keeping in mind that I am
connected at all times to that sour ce!”
In other words, the spiritual life is a way of walking with God instead of
walking alone.2. Love Activating spiritual solutions means converting inner thoughts and
feelings from discord and disharmony to love. In the spirit of both surrender
and love I find it helpful to silently chant to myself, “I invite the highest
good for all concerned to be here now.” I try to see anger, hatred, and
disharmony as invitations to surren- der and love. They can be doorways to
taking responsibility for thoughts and feelings. They are the entryway to the
inner world where spirituality is. W ith this understanding I have the option
to allow spirit to manifest and work for me.
I use a metaphor of a long cord that is hanging from my hip and I have the
option of plugging that cord into one of two sockets. When I plug into the
material world socket, I receive the illusions of disharmony and actually
have the results inside of me. I feel out of sorts, hurt, upset, anguished, and
hopeless in terms of being


 programs in his ABA therapy. He likes animals and can make many animal
sounds, Brian especially loves trains, cars, and aeroplanes. He also enjoys
frequent trips to the pet store, and he plays with the neighbour's Boston
terrier. Brian is no longer a stranger in our house, and he gives love back to
us in so many ways. Brian is a miracle beyond belief to those of us who
knew where he used to be."
Helping children with other GAPS conditions
Behaviour modification is a corner-stone of helping hyperactive children
as well. Parents and teachers alike have to be trained in this valuable tech
nique in order to provide consistent and structured help to an ADHD/ADD
child. To learn in detail about how best to educate and handle a hyper
active child I would highly recommend two books by Sandra Rief The
ADD/ADHD Checklist and How to Reach and Teach ADD/ADHD Children.
Parent and teacher training, language therapy, work on social skills and
many other aspects have to be addressed in order to help a hyperactive
child.
As a result of abnormalities in processing sensory input GAPS children
often do not develop normal social skills. So, making friends and sustain
ing relationships becomes a problem. If these problems are not addressed
then through the years the child's self esteem suffers. Feeling rejected for
years may create withdrawal or vindictive and anti-social behaviours.
Working on speech and language pragmatics with a qualified therapist is
partly important in addressing this problem. However, in parallel there is a
lot the parents can do to help their GAPS child in developing good social
skills. I would highly recommend a book and a manual by Myrna B. Shure
Raising a Thinking Child.
Children with GAP syndrome are eligible to receive a lot of professional
help: speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, psychotherapy,
special teaching, etc. However, the most important people in children's
lives are their parents. So, it is the parents that have to be the main thera
pists for GAPS children. Behaviour modification is the most practical and
sensible way of bringing up a GAPS child. I believe that parents of all GAPS
children need to be trained in this valuable method. It allows mom and dad
to deal with their child'sbehaviours in a positive, constructive and effective
way, which brings a lot of normality into their family life. We are not trained
to be parents. Most of us have no idea how to bring up a child before our
first bundle of joy arrives into our lives. Lucky are those of us who are blessed with a healthy, happy and compliant child. Unfortunately, in the
case of GAP Syndrome parents are blessed with just the opposite. To bring
up a child like that you cannot just rely on parental instincts. You need to
be specially trained! Behaviour modification works on the common sense
premise: the way the parent responds to what the child does will shape that
child's behaviour, Untrained parents unintentionally reinforce their chil
dren's bad behaviours by the way they respond to these behaviours. At the
same time these parents unintentionally ignore good behaviour which
does not encourage the child to repeat that good behaviour. As a result the
child finishes up with a whole bunch of unpleasant and irritating habits
which then receive negative attention from the parents. The child-parent
relationship deteriorates to non-compliance, reprimands and punish
ments. Both sides suffer and the family life becomes a struggle. Being
trained in behaviour modification makes you an effective parent. Effective
parents have happy children and build happy families.
In conclusion : children with GAP Syndrome have to receive very tar
geted education from trained people, including trained parents. In those
cases where children receive this kind of education the outcome is much,
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I have sifted through much of this information and experimented with many different healing methods in more than thirty years as a
natural therapist, with the aim of ﬁnding out what works for whom and in which conditions. Even more important for me was my spiritual
quest to ﬁnd the meaning of life in general, and the purpose of my own life in particular.
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research chemist and forensic chemist in medical university departments. Later, I progressed to become a natural therapist and health
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I dedicate this book to my wife,Victoria,
who has never doubted me,
especially during those times
when I doubted myself.
The doctor of the future will give no medicine
but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame,
in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.
– Thomas A. EdisonCONTENTS
 Introduction  ix
CHAPTER 1  What Is Adrenaline Dominance? 1
CHAPTER 2 How Adrenaline Works 7
CHAPTER 3  Treating Adrenaline Dominance  13
  Nutritional Approach to
   Reduce Excess Adrenaline    14
  Hormonal Approach to
   Reduce Excess Adrenaline  16
  Supplements for the Brain  19
CHAPTER 4  Excess Adrenaline: The Good 21
  Typical Type ADHD 24
  Creative Type ADHD 27
  Mixed Type ADHD 31
  Thoughts on ADHD and Adrenaline 31
CHAPTER 5  Excess Adrenaline: The Bad 33
  Depression  35
  Anxiety  36
  Irritable Bowel Syndrome 39
  Hypertension  40
  Diabetes  42
  Weight Problems  47
  Telomeres and Aging 50
  Insomnia  51
  Restless Leg Syndrome 53
  Headaches  53
  Addictions  55
  Urinary Urgency and Bed-Wetting 58
  How Adrenaline Dominance Presents:
       Patient Observations  61CHAPTER 6  Excess Adrenaline: The Ugly 67
  Fibromyalgia  67
  Chronic Interstitial Cystitis  76
  Road Rage 77
  Bipolar Disorder  79
  Hyperemesis Gravidarum  87
  Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome 89
  Autism  93
  Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 96
  Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder  96
CHAPTER 7  Fen-Phen: Another Side to the Story 105
CHAPTER 8  Adrenal Fatigue—Or Is It?    113
CHAPTER 9  Managing Excess Adrenaline  117
  Dietary Treatment: A Meal Plan 118
  Hormonal Treatment: Progesterone  121
  Supplements for Brain Health 127
  Diet and Supplements for Children
   with ADHD or Autism 135
 Afterword: Thoughts on the Standard of Care 137
 Appendix A: Meal Plan to Lower Adrenaline 145
 Appendix B: Glycemic Index 159
  ix
INTRODUCTION
This book introduces a revolutionary approach to treating
many illnesses traditionally considered incurable simply by
addressing their underlying cause. I have used this approach to
help patients get well for two decades. However, this was not
always the case. As is true for the majority of doctors, most
of what I learned during my medical training was based on
research provided by drug companies. By the time I finished
my residency in internal medicine, I was convinced that no
matter what the problem, a drug was needed to treat it. All
this changed when I discovered the world of bio-identical
hormones.
Bio-identical hormones have a molecular structure
identical to those of the hormones the human body produces.
Manufactured by drug companies such as Pfizer and Upjohn,
with implicit FDA approval, they are then formulated by
compounding pharmacies into creams, pills, troches, or
suppositories. Since they are natural, they cannot be patented,
which is why we don’t see drug companies enthusiastically
endorsing them.
Because hormones control every system of the body, they
significantly affect how the body functions. Hormones out
of balance can be responsible for many illnesses. Utilizing
bio-identical hormones as a form of treatment thus offers an
effective alternative approach to wellness. This is not “alternative
medicine.” It is traditional medicine using bio-identical
hormones that have been in existence for over 70 years.
Over time, as I helped patients get better using this
approach, I came to recognize certain similar symptoms as ADRENALINE DOMINANCE x  |
associated with a variety of disorders. These symptoms were
all related to the excess of one particular hormone, namely,
adrenaline—which led to my recognition of a condition I
call “adrenaline dominance.” At the same time, I discovered
that bio-identical progesterone offers a natural, healthy, and
effective way to help reduce excess adrenaline and also to help
block its effects. By addressing the cause (i.e., high levels of
adrenaline), rather than the symptoms, many conditions can
often be eliminated, along with the medications used to treat
them. Getting hormones into balance, changing the way people
eat, and utilizing certain supplements can accomplish this.
The purpose of this book is twofold. First, I want to let
patients who are struggling with health issues that never seem
to improve know there is a different, healthier approach to
getting them well. Second, I want to share what I have learned
with other healthcare practitioners who are looking for a more
effective way to treat patients and thereby possibly change,
one by one, how individual physicians practice medicine.
Hopefully, this book can restore the original goals many of
us physicians had when we entered medical school, which
were to help sick people get well and to help well people stay
well. Hopefully, it will also reinstall the faith in medicine that
patients used to have when doctors were highly respected.
Today, both physicians and patients have lost faith in the
U.S. healthcare system, which has become a national disgrace.
Even though the United States spends more money per capita
on health care than any other developed country, we still have
the highest incidence of diabetes, obesity, heart attacks, cancer,
and infant mortality among all industrialized nations. The
U.S. medical system is a multi-trillion-dollar-a-year industry
thriving mostly on illness, not wellness. Drug companies |   xi
benefit, as do hospitals and the providers of medical equipment.
All the ancillary businesses involved with medical care provide
millions of jobs and are the source of billions of dollars in tax
revenues to state and federal governments from the sale of
medical supplies. Is there any wonder that the incentive to
change this system is in short supply? Not well publicized is
the fact that health care is the number one budgetary item in
most states. We can add to that the cost of Medicare, which is
becoming an insurmountable financial burden for the


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<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|> PLEOMORPHIC MICROBES
The Hidden Cause of Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases
by W alter Last
For nearly a century we had increasingly strong evidence for a common microbial cause of cancer and autoimmune diseases but
now we also have visual proof. A newly developed research microscop e can show us in great detail what happens in the blood of
individuals who develop these diseases. What it shows is that the key for understanding their cause and cure is the rise, or perhaps
better the uprising, of an endogenous microbe in the blood.
Based on the work of Louis Pasteur in the late 19th century the scientiﬁc community adopted the concept of monomorphism. This
means that microbes always maintain their basic shape as virus, bacteriu m or fungus. The term  pleomorphism, on the other hand, as
coined by the French chemist and biologist Antoine  Béchamp  (1816–1908), refers to the ability of microbes to change from one form
into another, similar to a caterpillar changing into a butterﬂy.
Historical Evidence
While a causal correlation between cancer and microbes has been shown only in a few rare or animal tumours, several independent
researchers have reported the proliferation of certain microbes in all cancer patients. One of the ﬁrst was the German professor of
zoology and microbiology Günther  Enderlein  who described in 1925 the different stages of a microbe that is normally present in the
blood as tiny colloidal protein units.
These protein units appear to originate from the natural breakdown of cellular components and may be essential for healthy blood. In
degenerative diseases, especially cancer and autoimmune diseases, but also Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, these
protein units grow into increasingly higher bacterial forms and ﬁnally into fungi. Conventionally these forms are
called  Enderlein structures  and are the basis of Live Blood Analysis as presently used in natural therapy.
Independently, mostly without knowing of each other's work, several other researchers - including Royal Raymond Rife, Wilhelm
Reich, Virginia Livingston-Wheeler, Alan Cantwell and Gaston  Naessens  - have described the same phenomenon.   Orthodoxy,
however, has a dogma that says microbes always have the same form and cannot change from viruses into bacteria and fungi. This
is because orthodox microbiologists commonly observe dead stained microbes in dead tissue, or live ones for short periods, instead
of live microbes in live tissue at very high magniﬁcation over long periods.
Of special interest are experiments of Dr Livingston-Wheeler who injected cultures of pleomorphic organisms into mice. When small
amounts were injected then an autoimmune disease developed but higher doses produced tumours or cancer. Accordingly these
cancer-forming microbes have often been called  cancer viruses  or cancer microbes.
Mycoplasma
The growth cycle of pleomorphics includes a stage as cell-wall-deﬁcient microbes or CWD. These may arise endogenously within our
body or arrive from the outside as mycoplasma. Orthodox microbiology does not recognise that CWD can arise endogenously
but mycoplasma  are known since 1898 as the smallest group of bacteria.  The term "myco" indicates fungus-like properties while
"plasma" points to the soft shell without a cell wall. They are actually living particles of bacterial nucleic acid and are regarded as
being parasites in our body.
Mycoplasma  or their spores are so small that, like viruses, they go through bacterial ﬁlters and may contaminate blood used for
transfusions. Often  mycoplasma  infections remain symptomless until one suffers a traumatic event or when health deteriorates for
some other reason. Because of the missing cell wall  mycoplasma  do not respond to most antibiotics.
Commonly mycoplasma infections are associated with the presence of other pathogenic microbes and parasites.
Of special interest are presently the microbes associated with Lyme disease which can naturally originate from tick bites. The
bacteria that cause Lyme disease, the spiral-shaped  Borrelia, have been shown to exist in a bacterial as well as in
a mycoplasma form and as spores. They also can hide from the immune system by using markers of normal body cells.
Modern Lyme disease started in 1975 as an epidemic in the town of Lyme, Connecticut, close to a biological warfare research
laboratory. US government scientists  hold a patent on behalf of the US Army for the crystalline  mycoplasma  fermentans. This semi-
synthetic species appears to be much more dangerous than the natural variety.
(www.publichealthalert.org/Articles/scottforsgren/mycoplasma.htm ).
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https://health-science-spirit.com/Diseases/Pleomorphic-Microbes.html 1/5Mycoplasma  fermentans  is an important agent in several modern diseases which suddenly appeared in epidemic form such as AIDS,
Lyme disease, Gulf War Syndrome, and Morgellons  disease. Various  mycoplasma  species are associated with pneumonia, bladder
infections, endocrine dysfunctions, gastro-intestinal distress, and other conditions. A key problem with  mycoplasma  is their disruptive
inﬂuence on cholesterol and other sterols, and even worse is the toxic effect of the Borrelia  spirochete on our lipoproteins, thereby
wrecking our fat metabolism.
The microbes of Lyme disease  may trigger hundreds of different symptoms and  have now been shown to mimic most chronic
diseases, especially chronic fatigue conditions, ﬁbromyalgia, and autoimmune diseases in general, but also mental conditions such
as schizophrenia, depression, and Alzheimer's disease. Some of these, including Parkinson's disease, could be cured by eliminating
the mycoplasma


 love, and whatever you give,
you receive. Whether you're giving thanks to a person or feeling grateful for
a car, a vacation, a sunset, a gift, a new house, or an exciting event, you aregiving love for those things, and you will receive back more joy, more
health, more money, more amazing experiences, more  incredible
relationships, more opportunities.
T ry it now. Think of something or someone you're grateful for. Y ou could
choose t he perso n you love mo re than anyone else in the world. Focus on
that person and think about all the thing s you love and are grate ful for about
that person. Then, in your min d or out loud, tell that person all those things
you love and are grateful for about them, as though they were there with
you. T el l them all the reasons you love them. Y ou can recall particular
instances or moments by saying, "Remember the time when... " As you're
doing it, feel the gratitude begin to fill your heart and body.
The love you gave in th at simple ex ercise must and will return to you in the
relationship, and in your whole life. Tha t is how easy it is to give love
through gratitude.
Albert Einstein was one of th e greatest scientists who ever lived. His
discoveries completely changed the way we see the universe.  And when
asked about his monumental achievements, Einstein spoke only of giving
thanks to others. One of the most brilliant minds that has ever li ved thanked
others for what they had given to him - a hundred times a day! That means
at le ast a  hundre d times a day, Einstein gave love. Is it any w onder that life
revealed so many of its mysteries to Albert Einstein?

“A hundr ed times every day I r emind myself that my inner and o uter life
depend on the l abors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert
myself in or der to give in the sa me measur e as I have r eceived and am still
r eceiving." (Albert Einstein 1879-1955)

 Gratitude, the Gr eat Multiplier
When yo u're gra teful for the things you have, no  matter how small they
may be,  you will receive more  of those things. If you're grateful for the
money you have, however little, you will receive more money. If you're
grateful for a re lationship, even  if it's not perfect, the relationship will get
better. If you're grateful for the job that you have, even if it's not your dream
job, you will receive better oppo rtunities in your work. Because gratitude is
the great multiplier of life!
"If the only prayer you say in your entir e life is -, 'thank you' - that is
enough. "(Meister Echart1260 1328)
Gratitude begins  with two simpl e words thank you -but you have to feel
grateful with all your heart. The more you start to say thank you, the more
you will feel it, and the more l ove you will give. There are three ways to
use the power of gratitude in your life, and everyone of them is giving love:
1. Be grateful for everything you have received in your life (past).
 2. Be grateful for everything you are receiving in your life (present).
 3. Be grate ful for what you want in  your life, as though you have r eceived it
(future).
If you're not grateful for what you've received, and what you're receiving,
you're not giving love, and you don't have the power to change any of your
current circumstances. When you give thanks for what you've received and
what you're continuing to recei ve, it multiplies those things. At the same
time, gra titude brings what you w ant! Be grateful for what you want in your
life, as though you have received it,and the law of attraction says you must
receive it.
Can you imagine that something so simp le as being gr ateful c an multiply
everything you love and completely change your life?
A divorced man, lonely, depressed, and working in a job he hated, decided
to practi ce love and gratitude every day to change his life. He began by
being po sitive to  everyone he talked to during the day. When he called oldfriends a nd fam ily, he shocked them with how positive and happy he was.
He bega n to be grateful for everything he had, right down to be ing grateful
for running water. This is what happened to his life within 120 days:
Everything he hated about his job miraculously changed, and h e now loves
his job. His job even takes him to places that he has always wa nted to see.
He has the best relationships with all his family members, which he'd never
had befo re. He paid of f his car and he always has the money h e needs. He
has good  days no matter what is happening. And he is married a gain - to his
first love from tenth grade!
"Gratitude for the abundance y ou have r eceived is the best insurance that
the abundance will continue." (Muhammad Founder of Islam 570-632)

If you use gratitude a little, your life will change a  little. If you use gratitude
a lot every day, your life wi ll change in ways you can hardly imagine now.
Not only does g ratitude multipl y everything in your life, it also eliminates
the negative things. No matte r what negative situation you may find
yourself in, you can always find something to be grateful for, and as you do
, you harness the force of love that eliminates negativity.

Gratitude Is the Bridge to Love

"If we will be quiet and r eady enough, we shall find compensation in every
disappointment." (Henry David Thor eau 1817-1862)

Gratitude took my mother from the d eepest grief into happiness.  My mother
and father fell in  love with each  other virtually at first sight, and they had
the mos t beauti ful love af fair a nd marriage I have ever seen. When my
father died, my mother suf fered from enormous grief, because she missed
my f ather so much. But amidst her grief and pain, my mother began to look
for thin gs to be grateful for. Other than being grateful for all she had
received from the decades of lov e and happiness with my father, she looked
for things to be  grateful for in the future. The first thing she found to be
grateful for was that no w she could tra vel. T raveling was something my
mother had always wanted to d o but didn't do when my father was alive,
because he never wanted to travel. My mother did fulfill her dream; she
traveled, and she did many other things that she had always w anted to do.
Gratitude was the bridge that too k my mother out of immense grief and into
building a new life of happiness.
It's impossible to feel sad or have any negative feeling when you'r e grateful.
If you're in th e midst of a dif ficult situation, look for something to be
grateful for. When you find one thing, then look for anoth er, and then
another, because every single thing you find to be grateful for changes the
situation. Gratit ude is the bridg e from negative feelings to harnessing the
force of love!
"Gratitude is a vaccine, an antitoxin, and an a ntiseptic." (John Henry
Jowett 1864-1923)
 When anything good happens to you in your day, give thanks. It doesn 't
matter h ow sma ll it is, say thank you. When you get the perfect parking
space, hear your favorite song  on the radio, approach a light that turns
green, or find an empty seat on the bus or train, say thank you. These are
all good.things you're receiving from life.
Give tha nks for your senses: your eyes that see, your ears tha t hear, your
mouth t hat tastes, your nose that smells, and your skin that le ts you feel.
Give thanks for the legs you walk on, your hands that you use to do almost
everything, your voice that enables you to express yourself and
communicate with others. Give thanks for your amazing immune system
that keep s you well or heals you, and for all your or gans that m aintain your
body im maculately so that you can live. Giv e thanks for the magni ficence
of your human mind that no computer technology in the world can
duplicate. Y our entire body is the greatest laboratory on the planet, and
there's nothing that can come even close to replicating its magnificence.
Y ou are a miracle!
Give thanks for your home, you r family, your friends, yo ur work, and your
pets. Give thanks for the sun, the water that you drink, the food that you eat,
and the air that you breathe; without any of them you wouldn't be alive.
Give tha nks for the trees, the animals, the oceans, the birds, the flowers, the
plants, blue skies, rain, the stars, the moon, and our beautiful planet.
Give tha nks for the transportatio n you use every da y. Give thanks for all th e
companies that provide you with essential services


 of the next subject, a woman forty -five years old, tells of continuous treatment for thirty years for the disease
symptom known as psoriasis in its diffuse form. At the time that the patient sought natural means of assistance the inflamed,
bleeding su rfaces characteristic of the symptom covered at least one -third of the skin of the body, and they were not confined to
any particular locality, appearing indiscriminately upon trunk, arms, and legs, but the hands, face, and feet were not affect ed. The
sores were exuding bloody serum, and there was intolerable itching, so much so that in order to exist in any condition approachin g
comfort, local application of mercurial preparations had long been resorted to, to relieve both the pain and the inconvenienc e.
These of course were only temporary in effect, and the major symptoms returned shortly, more angry and more obstinate.

The general health of the patient apart from the distressing symptom described was excellent, strange to say. And to this a s trong
const itution and robust physique in large part contributed. Perhaps, as is at times assumed, the channel taken by nature to rid th e
body of toxic matter, if sufficiently extensive, precluded the development of other and differing symptoms of disease. This h as
been held to have been proved in instances of syphilitic infection, which in the majority of cases seems to grant immunity fro m
minor though equally infectious disease, the latter being subordinated to the dominant blood taint.

When first under observatio n the patient weighed 172 pounds, and her habits were those of a woman in comfortable circumstances
with the idea ingrained that three and even four generous daily meals were necessary for the conservation of health and stren gth.
She was, however, disheart ened and discouraged because of the almost unbearable distress occasioned by the state of her body,
and, as a last resort only, she consented to undergo a fast.

After three weeks of preparation, abstinence from food succeeded and continued without interr uption for seventy -five days. At no
time during this period was anything excepting water ingested, and at no time was the patient unable to cover on foot the dis tance
from her home to the office of her physician. Once this subject had grasped the philosoph y of the method and had experienced the
progressive improvement that marked her case, an excellent physical organization and a determined will made her more than equ al
to the attainment of the object in view, and, as a consequence, she was easy to treat.

The fast was typical and was remarkable in nothing save its length, a phenomenon due again to the extreme resistance which is
always discovered in the normally functioning body. Loss in weight not unusual, and at the end of the fast a diminution in th is
respect of but 32 pounds was noted, the patient then tipping the scales at 140. Until the twentieth day, there was in evidence
slightly lowered temperature and pulse, with some chilliness, but, while pulse and temperature remained below register in the  early
stages of abstinence, by the sixth week normal had been reached. The enemas contained solid feces until about one -third of the
fasting period had elapsed, and thereafter, until the last week without food, large amounts of yellowish -white mucus formed par t of
the discharge. This catarrhal refuse eliminated thus from the intestines indicated that the eliminative function had again be en
established through normal channels. In fact, a significant feature connected with any symptom of disease of the character
expressed in this subject is the failure of function through normal avenues other than the skin to perform, the surface of th e body
suffering from overwork and disease in consequence.

It was not until the fourth week that visible improvement in exudation  from the open sores became noticeable in respect to
granulation, although the exudation had begun to diminish during the third week and at this time also the itching had greatly
subsided. As healing of the sores progressed, the unpleasant minor symptoms d isappeared, healthy skin soon forming in patches
that increased in size and gradually covered the denuded spaces.

After breaking the fast, general health continued excellent, and the sole remaining signs of the psoriasis were the scarred e dges
surroundin g areas latest to heal. Even these in time vanished, and no trace, excepting slight discoloration, the result of previous
mercurial treatment, was left as a reminder of the hideous and distressful malady of previous years.
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While the patient during the fi rst few days of the fast felt some trepidation as to its efficacy and its outcome, after improvement of
the condition appeared, its psychological effect was such that her determination to carry on to the return of hunger became f ixed.
Again it is to be not ed that fear enters and disaster results while fasting a functional case only when the method is incorrectly
conducted. This case is a supreme example demonstrating the truth that, in the absence of organic disease, there is no danger
whatever in abstainin g from food until nature asserts by the return of hunger that systemic purification is completed.

Another case presents itself --that of a woman thirty -four years old, partially paralyzed and suffering from general functional
disease. In this patient two of the dorsal vertebrae had been displaced in early life in such manner as to compress the spinal cord,
thus causing paralysis of the lower trunk and legs. In the absence of any history of accident the only tenable theory of caus ation of
this condition is that of lack of development of the muscles supporting the spine in the dorsal region, this in turn due to faulty
nutrition in youth. In all her life this woman had never known a moment of comparative health, and intermittently in earlier days
severe fevers  with inflammatory intestinal symptoms had occurred, eventually creating contractions in the colon, a condition that
caused constipation and consequent septicemia. When first examined, the case had been bedridden for one year, and it was evid ent
that by re ason of the very evident ankylosis existing in the displaced vertebrae referred to there was small hope of correcting the
paralysis noted. The symptom that impelled the employment of means other than medicine for relief in this case was an ominous
congesti ve chill from which the woman with difficulty rallied. The fast was entered and carried to what may be regarded as a
successful end after fifty -eight days of abstinence.

The medical history of this case showed an inherited tendency towards scrofula or co nstitutional tuberculosis, and there had been
manifested at intervals offensive running sores, the thumb and index finger of the left hand having been amputated some years
previous because of a non -healing scrofulous abscess. All of the ulcers that had app eared had, without exception, been diagnosed
by attending physicians as tubercular in character and had been treated from the medical viewpoint accordingly.

Two days after the beginning of the fast, an abscess broke through the surface of the skin at the  base of the spine immediately over
the sacrum. The discharge from this sore was most profuse and offensive, and the area affected spread until it was at least t hree
inches in diameter, with depth such that within ten days after the skin had broken the per iosteum of the sacrum was exposed. For a
week hot fomentation were continuously applied, and gangrenous tissue in process of formation was cauterized by carefully
focusing the rays of the sun upon the ulcer with a large reading glass. By the tenth day the discharge ceased being offensive, and
shortly thereafter healthy granulation or healing began. When the fast was at an end, the sole evidence of the existence of t his sore
was a circular spot of slightly reddish normal skin of which a subjacent cushion of soft and healthy tissue showed that natural work
of repair had proceeded despite total abstinence from food. This is undoubtedly the point of greatest interest and import to be noted
in the treatment and progress of the case, for it is to be remembered tha t the blood of this woman had in all probability been tainted
from birth, and that it had been poisoned and repoisoned for years by continuous addition to accumulated toxic substances.
Elimination of body waste had never been successfully accomplished in t his patient, but once it could proceed undisturbed in
function, nature was able not only to cast out existing impurity, but also to repair diseased tissue by selecting healthy pab ulum
from the store of nutriment husbanded within.

The discharges resulting  from copious daily enemas were noticeable for their exceeding foulness, and for excessive amounts of
dark bilious fluid evacuated until about the thirtieth day of the fast. Loss in weight was not exceptional, totaling, as it d id, but 20
pounds. When it is  considered that the patient weighed but 85 pounds at the beginning of the fast, it is seen that, proportionally
speaking, this loss conforms with results tabulated later in the text.

Dates are also of interest in this case, which was under treatment dur ing the winter of 1907 -8. The woman died of pneumonia early
in 1923. In the interim of full fifteen years, she was able to get about in a wheeled chair, was in good general health, and conducted
a business of her own, the only inconvenience she suffered be ing that incident to her incurable paralysis.

Another


 effluent containing a variety of heavy
metals and solvents. Some of these, but only some, are removed by the
sewage treatment plant.Agricultu
ral Drainage into t
he Aqueducts

The remainder of the water dissolves in the effluent, and pours down
into
the Delta where the Sacramento is joined by the San Joaquin River. Down
the San Joaquin River come toxaphene, mercury, chlordane, PCB
’
s,
arsenic, cadmium, copper, chromium, lead and selenium, all of which are
on the EPA
’
s list of priority pollutants. This mix makes it one of the most
heavily polluted rivers in the state. Most of this pollution comes from
surface and subsurface agricultural drainage into the aqueducts; the
remainder comes from mining, timber and other industrial activities. The
Delta itself adds more pesticides and herbicides from agricultural
operations, heavy metals from energy facilities and organics from gasoline
storage and transfer facilities. EPA officials estimate that of the 2.5 million
storage tanks, as many as 100,000 are leaking 11 million gallons of
gasoline a year. Other sources indicate that as many as 420,000 tanks
may be leaking now; and experts predict that 75% of all tanks will begin
leaking over the next 5 to 10 years. Then, as the water makes its way to
San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego in the California Aqueduct, it
continues to pick up pesticide residue from spraying operations on farm
lands along the aqueduct itself.
“
As goes California, so goes the rest of
the country.
”

LEGALIZED POISONING

Every year, millions of pounds of chemicals that can cause cancer, birth
defects or sterility – even in trace amounts –are released directly or
indirectly into our drinking water. This takes place with the approval,
sanction and authority of state and federal agencies. In addition to these
contaminants, the water utilities add many other chemicals during
treatment. A mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, water is only truly pure if it
is distilled. In its natural state, water contains a number of chemicals,
among them sodium, calcium, fluoride, carbon dioxide, and a number of
minerals. Most minerals found in water are inorganic which our bodies do
not chelate and assimilate. But nature
’
s contribution is only a start.

As many as 60 chemicals may be added during the collection, treatment
and delivery process; e.g., CHLORINE: a disinfectant to kill bacteria and
other microorganisms. (Science has now discovered that when chlorine
comes in contact with decayed plant and animal matter, trihalomethanes
[THM
’
s] are created, which have been found to cause cancer in humans.)

LIME: added to retard corrosion of pipes, or to neutralize water that is too
acidic. COPPER SULFATE: to kill algae. ALUMINUM SULFATE: to force
solid particles to clump together and settle out. SODIUM BISULFATE or
sulfur dioxide: added to correct an over-supply of chlorine in the water.
SODIUM FLUORIDE or hydrofluorosilicic acid
–
 an unstable poisonous
corrosive acid known primarily in the form of its salts. Proclaimed by the
government to help fight tooth decay.

Thirty-two people die every day from bladder cancer in the USA.
Although
the National Academy of Sciences has identified
as carcinogens
 twenty-
two of the chemicals found in drinking water,
the vast majority of theestimated 1,200 chemicals so far detected in drinking water have not yet
been tested.
  Little is known
about the
 adverse health effects of many of
these chemicals, especially  in the minute amounts that may be present in
drinking water.
 What about the additional threat of combining the chemicals
in water
 with
those found in our foods? Such effects are not
always immediate
, though.
It may be decades, even generations,
before certain
 health problems
appear. And it may be just as long
before scientists
 can be sure of the
risks. With the aid of
modern technology
, water utilities are doing all they
can to clean up
the water
. However, regardless of the fact that the
chemicals
and other
 cancer causing substances are at safe levels and
considered fit
 for human consumption, based on government
safety
standards
, should we still drink it?

Do they drink their own? Los Angeles boasts of its water quality.
“
Despite
spending $1 million in the last two years to assure
Los Angeles
 residents
that their tap water is not only safe to drink
but also
 top quality, City
officials spent $88,900 in public
money during
 that time on bottled water
from private firms.
The Department
 of Water and Power, which supplies
the City
’
s
water and
 promotes it, spent the most on bottled water,
paying
$
31,160.
”

Atlanta Journal Constitution
01/04/06
.

Since water is the most important single element for
supporting
life
, second
only to oxygen, should it not be something that
you know
 something
about? We can live without food for 40 days,
but will
 die if we go without
water for, at most, 6 days. Water
serves three
 major purposes in our
bodies:

1.

It controls body temperature.
2.

It is the solvent for the foods we eat, carrying the nutrients to
every cell of our body.
3.

Water replaces bodily fluids such as blood plasma, lymph
,
digestive
 juices, bile, etc., and washes and bathes every cell
,
flushing
 and carrying away waste materials and toxic poisons.

If water is so vital to our health and existence, shouldn
’
t we
drink the
healthiest water possible? What would that be, you ask?
The answer
 is:
Distilled water.  Distilled water is true H
2
0, one part hydrogen, two parts
oxygen
, and

nothing else.
Rainwater would be pure distilled water if
itwere
 not for air pollution. The same goes for any water source
on our
planet, because it has come into contact with the earth,
and our
 earth is
polluted. Consequently, these pollutants are
picked up
 by H
2
0 and the
H
2
O becomes a formula of “H
2
0 + whatever
it picks
 up.”

Impure water is usually distilled by boiling it and capturing the steam
in the
process. The detractors of drinking distilled water most often use the
argument that it doesn
’
t contain any minerals. But they forget about one
important fact: that the minerals our bodies need are supposed to be
ingested as part of our food, not water.

The minerals that are found in water are inorganic and cannot be
assimilated or chelated by the body. The minerals our bodies need are
organic, the kind found in fruits and vegetables. Minerals get absorbed into
the cells of the food directly from the soil.  Water is not our source for
minerals, food is.  Because water is used to replace our bodily fluids and
clean our bodies, it makes sense to use the cleanest water possible.

Water is to our bodies as gas and oil are to our car. If the engine doesn
’
t
receive enough oil it begins to overheat and the various parts begin to
wear down. As a consequence, if any one part on an engine fails, the
whole engine is affected.

Water regulates body temperature by causing us to sweat; as the sweat
evaporates heat is pulled from our skin and water moistens our tissues
such as those in the mouth, eyes, nose and throat. Water protects the
body
’
s organs and tissues, lubricates joints, prevents constipation, carries
nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and carries away waste for elimination.
An adequate supply of water lessens the burden on the kidneys and liver
by flushing out waste products. Water helps dissolve minerals and other
nutrients to make them accessible to the body and aids in the elasticity of
muscles.

If water
is that critical for the health of every bodily cell,
how
important
 would it be
with regard to the water
’
s quality? Would
it make
 sense to attempt to wash
your dishes in a sink of
dirty water
? Of course not, and neither does it
make sense to
drink dirty
 water and expect it to clean your cellular
system. I
’
ll
cover the
 relationship more thoroughly later on.
So why drink distilled?

Distilled water is the only water that can be
called Water (
H
2
O) – a
molecule of 2 parts Hydrogen and 1 part Oxygen, period. Plus
nothing
more
! All other “water” is actually H
2
O plus something.  That “something”
could be whatever the water came into
contact with
 and was able to
dissolve, absorb and retain. In nature, water is heated by the sun causing it to turn to
its gaseous
 form,
evaporating, rising into the upper atmosphere
, cooling
 and condensing into
tiny droplets