Healing Our Children. You can
learn more about it as well as obtain the book at
www.healingourchildren.org
Ancient Skulls Reveal Perfect Occlusion
When you look at this photo of two human skulls, you may assume that they are simply ordinary human
skulls and you do not see anything of interest. What I want you to look at carefully in these skulls is
how the teeth of the maxilla and mandible line up. The top front teeth and the bottom front teeth are
flush with each other and line up “tip to tip.” There is no overbite and there is no underbite. All of the
teeth appear to be in contact with one another. Although not visible in the pictures, in an ideal bite
there ought to be a paper-thin gap in the front teeth so they do not put pressure upon each other in the
relaxed jaw position. These skulls show us our therapeutic model for natural human development.Most of us do not have bites that fit in this position when our mouths are closed. This is not so
because of a genetic predisposition, but because a poor diet and other nutritional or environmental
toxins have prevented a majority of the population from having fully formed maxillas (upper palates)
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        Placing metal directly
into the jaw bone poses a high risk of triggering a negative immune system reaction in the patient. 26
The body reacts poorly to any implanted metal. Studies at the Karlinska Institute in Sweden, show that
most humans become rapidly allergic to virtually any metal placed inside the human body including
mercury, titanium and gold. One not commonly considered problem with titanium implants is the
battery effect of combining titanium with other metals from dental restorations in your mouth. Zirconium is a non metal material that is used for implants in other modern parts of the world. It has
been recently approved for use in the United States. If you decide you want an implant, for the same
cost as having a titanium implant here, you can fly to another country such as New Zealand and get a
zirconium implant there. As with any dental procedure, you must weigh the benefits and the costs to determine if this is right
for you. Clearly we want to place our efforts into keeping our existing teeth because none of the
alternatives are fully satisfactory, and they are costly. Dental Abuse
With a few exceptions, modern dentistry is an inhumane system. Many dentists coerce patients into
treatments that they do not need. Part of this system of coercion is to first condemn patients as failures
in life because they did not prevent their tooth decay due to poor oral hygiene. These accusations can
weaken patients’ sense of self and get them to succumb to unneeded dental procedures. You know a
dentist has abused you if you feel sick or awful in their presence, or if they try to coerce you into
treatments that you feel unsure about. A majority of dentists are in business to make money. And the
business aspect has corrupted most dentists so surely and thoroughly, it causes them to behave in
irresponsible ways. Dental abuse is also physical abuse because dental treatments when not absolutely needed damage
and harm your physical body. Dental treatments that use toxic metals cause disease, pain, and
suffering. This is also a form of physical abuse, and it is unethical. Suggestions for Healing Dental Abuse

1. Acknowledge the past trauma
 that has been inflicted on your teeth when you did not know any
better. Feel it as fully as you can. Feel how upset, disoriented, taken advantage of, unfairly
treated or numbed you feel. Let those feelings have a space or a voice. Feel the profound
suffering that dentistry is causing people. Look it squarely in the eye. 2. Forgive. Once the problem is acknowledged then ask for healing and forgiveness. Is there any
way you can find that tiny spark in yourself that is capable of forgiving yourself for being a
victim, and forgiving the dentist for his extreme ignorance and arrogance. By the way,
forgiveness does not mean you do not hold the dentist or dentistry in general responsible for
their negligent behavior. 3. Get educated. Once you are able to let go of some of the past attachments towards dentistry,
then it is time to learn about good dentistry that can repair toxic dentistry. Seek out dentists who
practice less toxic and minimally invasive dentistry. 4. Educate your friends and family. Healing the abuse of dentistry means your community needs
to be educated about the severe problems with conventional dentistry. Part of your own healing
from dental abuse will come by educating your friends and family about the dangers and hazards
prevalent in dentistry. On the practical side, if you do not feel good at your dentist’s, then speak up. If you still feel confused
and unsure, leave the dental office immediately. Get a second opinion. Do I Have a Cavity. Understanding Tooth Decay
A cavity is an impairment in the tooth structure that creates sensitivity to the environmental forces in
the mouth such as saliva, foods, and chewing. A cavity is any structural weakness in a tooth that
causes the tooth to function improperly. Feeling pain, discomfort, finding white spots and sometimes
black spots on your tooth, having hot or cold sensitivity, and not wanting to chew on a tooth are the
results of tooth decay. For a majority of people the simplest way to know if you have a cavity is to go
to a good dentist for a check-up. For the minority of people, you can do it at home. Most people are
better off working with a dentist because dentists have the experience needed to clearly diagnose
cavities. This is where a dentist can be your ally. The guidelines below will give you a general idea of the type of tooth problems you are facing. These
suggestions are not guaranteed to accurately diagnose your problems, but they can aid you in
understanding your experience. If you need a more accurate diagnosis then please seek
professional dental help. Tooth Pain:
Temporary sensitivity to hot or cold foods, without recent dental work. Meaning:
 Tooth decay is active. The tooth enamel is weak and sensations travel more rapidly to the
nerve. This may also be the beginning signs of gum disease. Tooth Pain:
Lasting sensitivity and more constant awareness of hot or cold foods, without recent
dental work. Meaning:
 The tooth pulp could be infected, the tooth may be cracked or chipped, or this is the
beginning of gum disease. Tooth Pain:
 Temporary sensitivity to hot or cold foods after a recent dental treatment. Meaning:
 Dental work can cause tooth pulp inflammation, which would be an intense but very brief
pain. The tooth pulp should heal within 2-4 weeks of a dental treatment. Tooth Pain:
 Lasting or prolonged sensitivity and constant awareness of hot or cold foods after a
recent dental treatment. Meaning:
 The cavity may have been too close to the tooth pulp so the dental treatment did not protect
the pulp sufficiently. This is a common and unfortunate problem from imprecise dental work or too
much drilling. Tooth Pain:
 Sharp pain from biting down on food. Possible Meanings
: Loose filling, tooth decay, cracked or fractured tooth, infected tooth. Tooth Pain:
 Constant and severe pain with pressure, swelling of the gum, and sensitivity to touch. Meaning:
Tooth or gum abscess (tooth infection). Pain:
The tooth hurts when you tap it with your finger from the side. Meaning:
The periodontal ligament is degenerating or inflamed. Tooth Pain
: Dull ache, headaches, tooth experiences lingering hot-cold sensitivity that lasts much
longer than a few seconds. Meaning
: The tooth nerve is damaged or dying. There may be a hidden infection. Tooth decay
 that occurs on the top of teeth, or dental tartar. Meaning:
 Too much free calcium in your blood, the calcium is not being used efficiently. The form of
calcium may be unabsorbable. Tooth decay
 that is near or below the gum line, or red, tender or inflamed gums. Meaning
: Too much free phosphorous in your blood; your body is not using phosphorous efficiently. This could also be from excess biting forces causing stress on the roots of the tooth. Monitoring Tooth Decay and Tooth Remineralization
I encourage readers to monitor tooth decay with their dentist. While it is not necessary to work with a
dentist if you would rather not, I do find that bringing the awareness and skills of a trusted dentist into
the picture can greatly help you. When you monitor the progress of tooth decay carefully you can
determine whether or not the dietary changes you have implemented are helping your teeth. If the
dietary changes are not helping, you need to make more changes or consider dental surgery. Examining your teeth frequently helps you stay aware of the reality of your dental health. The
programs in this book are not about just eating healthy food while remaining oblivious to the
effectiveness of the protocol. This is about being mindful of your dental health and paying attention to
any changes that might occur. Clear digital x-rays can show convincing documentation when tooth
dentin is remineralizing. Dentists check for tooth decay by examining x-rays and by using a tool called an explorer. With the
explorer, the dentist probes for soft or sticky spots in the teeth. He also will check around the neck of
the tooth for hidden root cavities. There are various methods for you to monitor your tooth
remineralization, and people have employed different strategies. One way to monitor your tooth decay


er	calories
(fuel),	but	they	retain	the	same	need	for	nutrients;	in	fact,	nutritional	needs	may
actually	increase	with	aging	(not	to	mention	that	digestion	of	food	and
assimilation	of	nutrients	is	often	impaired	in	older	people). Unfortunately,
elderly	people	often	are	less	able	to	buy	and	prepare	fresh	foods,	and	they	often
subsist	on	packaged,	processed	or	frozen	foods,	thus	consuming	fewer	nutrients.This	diet	makes	a	bad	situation	worse,	contributing	to	widespread	disease	and
disability	among	our	older	population. Almost	certainly,	you	have,	for	at	least	a	few	nutrients,	unique	needs	that	are
substantially	higher	than	average. More	than	a	quarter	century	ago,	medical
pioneers	like	Dr.	Carl	Pfeiffer	were	able	to	use	this	concept	to	cure	many	cases
of	“incurable”	schizophrenia	by	giving	patients	extra	vitamins	and	minerals
(above	and	beyond	what	was	available	through	a	regular	diet). With	their
nutritional	needs	being	met,	Pfeiffer’s	schizophrenic	patients	were	able	to	return
to	a	completely	normal	life. Such	nutrient	deficiencies	are	a	major	cause	of	the
many	mental	and	behavioral	problems	in	our	society. Arbitrary	Standards
Although	science	has	proved	that	we	have	individual	nutritional	needs,	at
present	we	have	no	way	of	measuring	each	person’s	needs. The	Recommended
Daily	Allowances	(or	RDAs)	that	are	listed	on	foods	and	vitamin	supplements
are	arbitrary. They	do	not	provide	accurate	information	about	what	you	need	in
order	to	stay	healthy. These	standards	are	a	measurement	only	of	the	minimum
dosage	necessary	to	prevent	a	diagnosable	deficiency	disease,	such	as	scurvy	(a
vitamin	C	deficiency	disease	common	to	sailors	who	went	too	long	without	fresh
fruits	and	vegetables). You	can	easily	meet	RDA	standards	and	still	lack	the
nutrients	necessary	to	prevent	other	diseases	not	specifically	known	as
“deficiency	diseases.”	In	fact,	optimal	health	usually	requires	at	least	several
times	the	RDA	values. In	reality,	however,	most	people	do	not	meet	even	these	minimum	standards. A	study	by	Professor	Suzanne	Murphy	at	the	University	of	California,	Berkeley,
published	in	the	November	1992	issue	of	the
Journal	of	the	American	Dietetic
Association,
measured	the	diets	of	5,884	people	for	fifteen	essential	nutrients. The	average	person	consistently	measured	below	two-thirds	of	the	RDAs	for
three	to	six	essential	nutrients. A	separate	study,	sponsored	by	the	U.S.
Department	of	Agriculture,	examined	ten	essential	nutrients	in	the	diets	of
21,500	people. In	that	study,	not	a	single	person	was	obtaining	100	percent	of
the	RDAs	for	all	ten	nutrients	on	a	daily	basis—not	one	person	out	of	21,500! Virtually	all	Americans	are	chronically	deficient	in	at	least	one	and	usually
several	nutrients,	even	when	measured	against	the	artificially	low	RDA
standards. When	we	consider	that	good	health	requires	several	times	the	RDA,
the	true	magnitude	of	the	problem	becomes	apparent. That	problem	is
compounded	by	the	fact	that	nutrients	must	act	as	a	team	in	order	to	keep	youhealthy. Of	the	more	than	fifty	known	essential	nutrients,	each	must	be	available	to	the
body	on	a	daily	basis	and	in	the	correct	amounts	and	ratios	to	each	other. Rather
than	acting	by	themselves,	nutrients	act	in	combination	with	each	other;	a
shortage	of	even	one	starts	a	chain	of	events	that	can	result	in	extensive
nutritional	deficiencies	and	body	system	malfunctions. In
The	Kellogg	Report,
Dr.	Joseph	Beasley	examines	how	one	specific
nutrient	deficiency	(vitamin	B
3
)	has	far-reaching	ramifications:	A	vitamin	B
3
deficiency	impairs	absorption	of	vitamin	C,	which	impairs	absorption	of	iron,
which	causes	excessive	copper	absorption,	which	inhibits	nickel	metabolism,
which	in	turn	adversely	affects	iron	metabolism,	and	on	and	on. If	all	those	can	occur	from	a	deficiency	of	just	one	nutrient	(vitamin	B
3
in	this
case),	just	imagine	what	happens	in	the	bodies	of	most	Americans,	who	are
chronically	deficient	in	several	nutrients. The	most	common	deficiencies	are	calcium;	zinc;	magnesium;	chromium;
vitamins	A,	E,	C	and	B
6
;	and	folic	acid. What	you	must	recognize	is	that	you
cannot	miss	even	one	member	of	the	nutrition	package	and	hope	to	be	healthy. The	way	to	assure	you	are	getting	what	you	need	is	to	eat	a	wide	range	of	real
foods	that	are	rich	in	nutrition,	keep	the	Big	Four	and	other	“make-believe”
foods	out	of	your	diet,	and	take	high-quality	nutritional	supplements. A	Diet	That	Really	Works
As	a	child	growing	up	in	a	Boston	suburb,	I	remember	food	shopping	with	my
mother	at	several	farms	in	our	town. The	farmers	maintained	the	mineral	content
of	their	soils	with	traditional	methods	of	crop	rotation,	mulch	and	manure. All
through	the	summer	and	even	into	the	fall,	those	farms	supplied	our	town	with
freshly	harvested,	organically	grown,	fully	ripened	fruits	and	vegetables. Everybody	in	town	could	share	in	the	nutrition	those	small	local	farms	provided. By	the	late	1950s,	all	the	farms	had	been	sold	for	housing	developments,	as
happened	to	many	small	farms	across	the	United	States. From	a	real	estate
standpoint,	subdivisions	may	be	the	best	use	of	the	land,	but	from	a	health
standpoint,	development	is	a	disaster. Lost	with	those	local	farms	was	the
superior	nutrition	contained	within	fresh,	organically	produced	foods. What	has
replaced	them	are	commercially	produced,	toxic,	nutritionally	deficient
supermarket	foods. Our	biological	ancestors	ate	living	food	directly	as	nature	provided—oftenwith	no	alternative. If	you	were	hungry	and	found	a	berry	bush,	fresh	berries
were	what	you	ate. Likewise,	a	hunter	might	eat	an	animal	right	after	the	kill,	its
flesh	still	containing	living	cells	filled	with	vital	nutrients. Nature	works	that
way. Within	these	hunting	and	gathering	parameters	we	evolved	biologically;
even	today	our	nutritional	needs	are	best	served	with	living	foods	that	are	as
unchanged	as	possible	from	the	way	nature	provides	them. Instead,	we	often
settle	for	food	in	very	different	forms:	cooked,	dehydrated,	ground,	canned,
frozen,	hydrolyzed,	hydrogenated,	irradiated	or	otherwise	modified. By	eating	a
diet	that	consists	primarily	of	these	“altered”	foods,	we	run	the	risk	of	being
deficient	in	fundamental	nutrients	that	are	contained	only	within	the	whole,
intact,	living	cells	of	other	organisms. Your	body	needs	to	burn	calories	every	day	to	provide	energy. Although
Americans	are	seldom	deficient	in	calories,	almost	always	they	are	deficient	in


state. For the gourmands who eat them, they must fry them in batter or chocolate-coat them,
a way of saying they are not delicious fare in themselves. There are many birds that live exclusively on insects when and where they are plentiful. There are bats which live on insects. But I know of no humans who do. The average person is repulsed by insects rather than attracted to them as yummy
foods. I don’t relish them raw or cooked and I don’t think you do either. Are We Carnivores. A carnivore is an eater of carnage or flesh. This does not accurately portray animals
said to be carnivores. Animals that live on other animals usually consume most of the animal, not merely the flesh. True carnivores lap the flowing and oozing blood of their prey with relish. They delight in the guts and its partially digested contents. And they will consume the bones and gristle (collagen or cartilage). Dogs, for instance, require about 1,700% as much calcium as humans, for animal flesh is extremely acid-forming. Blood and bones are required to offset the acidic end materials. They also require about 1,200% more protein than humans. When you note the relish and gusto with which dogs go for whole animals, you can be sure that what carnivores need for their nourish -
ment is quite delicious to them. 56
FruiticultureDo you relish the idea of crushing the life of a rabbit with your bare hands and teeth. Can you lick its blood with gusto, getting it over your face, hands and body. Would you dig into its guts with pleasure. Would you love to chew on its bones and gristle. Would you love to swallow chunks of its flesh, not being fastidious about swallowing hair and vermin that might be involved. Would you like to do the same for any plant-eating ani -
mal that you could apprehend, kill and consume while still in its warm and fresh state. Of course, y ou and ev
ery unperverted person loves animals as fellow creatures on earth. Killing them is repulsive to you and eating them in the freshly-killed state is even more
disgusting to you. Yet, most of us do consume flesh and some organ meats while reject -
ing blood, bone, most fats and the entrails or offal. But we kill our animals by proxy. We denature and derange flesh and or gans with hea
t and camouflage it with condiments. Does this describe a carnivore to you. Would you, in a state of nature, relish chasing down animals and eating them. Again, this is alien to your natural disposition and actu -
ally sickening. True carnivor es also secr
ete an enzyme called uricase to metabolize the some 5% uric
acid in flesh. We secrete none and thusly must neutralize it with our alkaline minerals,
primarily calcium. The resulting calcium urate crystals are one of the many pathogens of meat eating, in this case giving rise to or contributing to gout, arthritis, rheumatism and bursitis. Are humans natural meat-
eaters. There are too many considerations in physiology, structure (miscalled anatomy), aesthetic disposition and psy -
chology that characterize us as non-flesh-eaters t o ev
en seri-
ously entertain such notions. I had a nutr itionist tell me in
fron
t of an audience that we
had canine teeth and that
proved our meat-eating character. I responded with: “You really mean dog teeth, don’t
57
Fruiticultureyou. Like fangs. ”  This caused her to redden. Then I related one of Abraham Lincoln’s
favorite retorts: “If you counted a sheep’s tail as a leg, how many legs would it have. ”  Invariably the answer was “five. ” To which Lincoln would respond: “Only four. Counting the tail as a leg doesn’t make it one. ”
I think you’ll agree that we are not equipped in any aspect of our being as carnivores. Are We Eaters of Fermented and Rotten Foods. Substantially all of Americans eat fermented and putrefied substances that are
called foods. When fats oxidize and decompose they become rancid and repulsive. Carbohydrates ferment when decomposed by fungi (yeast) and bacteria. And proteins putrefy (rot) when decomposed by bacteria and fungi. It is odd that we will discard fermented grapes, yet drink their fermentation end-product
called wine. Odder still, most Americans consume with relish something that never oc -
curred in nature: a pathogenic putrefactive product called cheese. Cheese represents about all the decomposition products in a single package: r
ancid fats, putrefactive prod -
ucts and fermentation products. Bacterial and fungal (y east) f
ermentation produce
alcohol, vinegar (acetic acid) and lactic acid with other byproducts of methane and carbon dioxide. Proteins, decomposed primarily by anaerobic bac -
teria but also by fungi and aerobic bacteria, have as dec omposition end-products pt omaines (putr
es-
cine, muscarine, neurine, cadaverine, ptomatropine
and y et other toxic c ompounds), indoles
, leukomaines, skatoles, mercaptans, ammonia,
methane, hydrogen sulfide and yet other toxic compounds. You need only to refer to a good dictionary to learn just how poisonous these products are. Yet, Americans eat bil -
lions upon billions of pounds of cheese annually. Cheese is made b y taking the casein portion of milk and r otting it with t
ypes of bacteria
that yield byproducts that many palates have come to treasure. That all these poisons
going into the system cause anything less than sicknesses, diseases and debility is mis -
representation. Tumors and cancer are often the result. 58
FruiticultureHumans consume many fermentation, rancid and putrefactive products. Most are de -
rived from milk. Some are derived from grains (especially the alcohols), fruits (wines and
certain vinegars), legumes (especially the soybean and its tr ain of putr
efactive prod -
ucts), and decomposed meats. As humans could not consume these dec omposed pr
oducts in nature without tools and
containerization, we may safely categorize them as unnatural. I dare say that you agree. Are We Sucklings of Animals. I doubt that humans ever directly suckled cattle, goats, mares, camels, sheep and other
animals. And, of course, the idea of doing this is obnoxious to our disposition. I refer,
facetiously, to milk drinkers as secondhand grass eaters although, to be sure, grass has all the nutr ients necessar y t
o support life. While we can live on milks (certain Africans, like the Masai, live substantially on milk and blood, thus reducing themselves to parasite status), these are by no means our natural foods. Milk-drinking as a regular part of our intake is only a few hun -
dred years old with the exception of certain Arabic and A frican peoples. M ilk
-drinking is pathogenic. If milk and milk products were discontinued today, millions of people would cease to suffer sicknesses and pathologies within a short pe -
riod. In fact, if this alone was discontinued, the hospitals would virtually empty out and physicians’  w
aiting rooms would be mostly vacated. Milk-drinking is also an act by proxy. If we had to get milk directly from the teats of ani -
mals by suction, I’m sure we’d skirt milk altogether. I would and I’m sure you would too. Are We F
rugivores. Are we a species of fruit eaters. Would you, in nature, relish ripe, vibrant grapes, peach -
es, melons, bananas, apples, plums, oranges, mangos, avocados, tomatoes, figs, berries
and the thousands of other fruits. Would fruits attr ac
t your eye, tantalize your sense of
smell, and be a gustatory delight in their raw natural ripe state. Would you prefer any -
thing that occurs in nature to a juicy sweet watermelon. 59
FruiticultureMan has always had a love affair going
with fruits. Even through all his perver -
sions, he has continued to relish fruits. Fruits are the natur al f
ood of humans
and the only food category ideally suit -
ed to all their faculties. This does not mean we should eat fruits totally and
e
xclusively in our present circumstances,
but it does mean that, in nature, that’s all we ate as attested to by anthropo -
logical evidence scientists have uncovered, notably Dr. Alan Walker of Johns Hopkins University. Of c
ourse, you go for fruits in their raw state regardless of what else your acculturization
and circumstances dispose you to eat. Your instincts are still alive and well despite per -
versions. Many myths have been built around and about fruits. As a fruitarian I can offer
a new dietary for those who say w e
’re not—their own words. Nutritionists, so-called, are the creatures of training dictated by the meat, grain and milk trusts. These trusts are part of the dominant commercial interests that dictate what will be taught in our educational institutions from universities down to kindergarten. Nutritionists are trained like seals to parrot the propaganda which will induce the popu -
lace to consume their masters’ products, with the basic five food groups being


ized sages. Most of us experience the soul (deep feeling) only with
other human beings, with the feeling of love. We do it to
some extent with animals, particularly pets. It is possible
to communicate with the soul in plants and the soul in the
elements as well. We can feel our soul in all existence. The cosmic counterpart of the soul is God (Ishvara), the
creator of the universe, who is the Lord of all souls and the
dispenser of the fruits of all kannas. As our self-sense
becomes universalized, we can experience the reality of
God within our minds and commune with the Creator. We
feel ourselves as servants or workers for God, following His
will, which is for the full unfoldment of consciousness in
the universe. Energy
The soul controls all our positive energy, creativity and
vitality. It sustains the master Prana behind our deeper
consciousness (Chitta). All that was said relative to this
applies here as well. Composition
The soul (Jiva) is the entity inherent in our deeper con-
sciousness (Chitta) as its awakened or Sattvic function. For
this reason, the soul is not always differentiated from Chit-
ta in its pure form or from the awakened intelligence
(Buddhi), both of which function through Sattva. 'File
purification of Chitta and the awakening of intelligence
come about through the soul coming forth and taking
charge of our existence. The soul (Jiva) becomes conscious through the pure Ayurveda and the Mind
Sattva developed in our various lives. Through it, the
causal Prana (vital force) arises by which we become alive
and animate. The soul is the source of life (Prana), love
(Chitta) and light (Buddhi), which are its three main pow-
ers. Because of it we wish to live forever, to be perfectly
happy, and to know absolute truth. Functions
The soul works through the power of identification
but, unlike the ego, it expands its field of identification to
include all of which it is aware. It has two main functions:
1) Self-knowledge, and 2) Surrender to God. The soul's knowledge is Self-knowledge — knowledge
of our true nature as Pure Consciousness. This allows us to
find unity with all that we perceive and opens up all the
secrets of the universe to us. Its main action is surrender to
God (Ishvara-pranidhana) and following the Divine will. The higher functions of consciousness and intelligence,
like samadhi and intuition, function through it. Through
the individual Self, both consciousness and intelligence
get activated, causing knowledge of truth, immortality
and infinity. *'
To really enter the spiritual path, we must become con-
scious of ourselves on a soul level. This requires getting to
the real soul awareness that lies hidden in our deeper con-
sciousness (Chitta). The soul comes forward when we set
aside our sense of bodily identity and recognize ourselves
as an individualized portion of Divinity. When the soul
comes forth, we set aside our transient ego goals and orga-
nize our lives toward our eternal goal of God-realization. The soul is the most subtle form of ego or individuality,
through which we can go beyond the ego. Ego and Self 135
The Soul and Healing
Getting to the level of the soul is the key to all fonns
of healing. The soul is the great healer because it is one
with both God and Nature and carries all their powers and
grace. It is not so much that we need to heal our souls as
that we have to become aware of our souls. Becoming
aware of our soul is the deepest healing possible, not only
for the soul but also for the mind. The awareness of the
soul releases all the healing powers inherent within us. The word soul, however, can have many meanings,
according to different thinkers. Some call soul our emo-
tional nature. Others see it as connected to some heavenly
realm that is our ultimate goal, like an angel. The Vedic
idea of the soul (Jiva), however, is the first individualized
portion of consciousness. The true soul is not an emotion-
al belief, but a state of higher awareness beyond all forms
and preconceptions. It does not belong to any particular
religion and is not in need of salvation. Rather, the soul
itself leads to all redemption and transformation because it
transcends the limitations of the ego, mind and body. The Supreme Self— Our Divine Nature
The mind is not the source of consciousness or aware-
ness. Any conditioned consciousness — consciousness
dependent upon thought, emotion or sensation — is not
true consciousness at all. It is like a light reflected in a
mirror, not the true source of the light. True consciousness
is beyond all objects and qualities, and not dependent
upon any physical, sensory or mental instrumentality. This
pure consciousness is our true Self. In our unconditioned
Self we are one with all beings. This is the Supreme Self
(Paramatman) of Vedanta, the supreme Vedic philosophy
behind Ayurveda?' 136 Ayurveda and the Mind
The Supreme Self exists beyond both God and the indi-
vidual soul. It transcends all beings, all worlds, and all
three gunas. While conditioned consciousness (Chitta) is
composed of thoughts, the true Self is thought-free aware-
ness (Chit). The Self is the real light that illumines the
modifications of the mind and is never affected by them. It
is the unity behind both the soul and God, which includes
all the world of Nature in the formless Absolute. It is the
immutable peace at the core of the mind, through which
we immediately transcend all psychological problems. Through setting aside the ego and awakening our soul
(Jiva), we bring ourselves gradually into contact with this
higher Self. Any contact with our true Self lifts us beyond
all human and creaturely problems. Because the purpose of
this book is more psychological, we will not examine this
Self in depth. This occurs in the teaching of Vedanta.46 To
calm psychological disturbances, it is often enough to
restore the proper usage of the conditioned mind. Yet to go
beyond all sorrow we must know our true Self, and any real
healing of the mind benefits from even the slightest con-
tact with our true nature. All the methods given in this book for psychological
healing also aid in the higher goal of Self-realization. Removing negative conditioning from the mind is neces-
sary for both psychological harmony and for Self-realiza-
tion. The difference is that, to perceive our true Self, a
much deeper level of deconditioning has to be achieved
than is necessary for resolving our psychological problems,
like fear, anger or depression. The Yogi's concern is devel-
oping consciousness to create the appropriate vessel for the
perception of the Self, which is always present but
obscured by our shifting thoughts. The Ayurvedic physi-
cian's concern is developing consciousness to counter our Ego and Self
ordinary human problems. Purification of consciousness1'
is common to both. It is the most important thing both for
mental health and for spiritual growth. The Self and Functions of the Mind
The three main layers of the mind — consciousness,
intelligence and sense-mind — function between ego, or
false self, on one side and the true Self on the other. Their
actions vary according to the direction in which they are
oriented. Directed toward the Self, their higher functions
emerge. Directed toward the ego and external world, their
higher potential remains latent and they conflict with one
another. Consciousness (Chitta) is closer to the Self, while the
sense-mind (Manas) is closer to the ego. Intelligence (Bud-
dhi), which is placed between them, is the key factor in
how we orient our awareness. Because of its capacity for
decisive perception, intelligence has a power of spiritual
transformation greater than either the sense-mind or deep-
er consciousness. It can empty consciousness of its condi-
tioning and control the sense-mind. It can question the
ego and discriminate between the lower and the higher
Self. True intelligence discerns our higher self-identity that
leads to our true nature. This is the identity of conscious-
ness, not the self-image or ego which depends for its being
upon an object or quality. The soul works through the
higher aspect of intelligence, which is its development of
the mental field according to the light of truth. The true
Self awakens when we bring our awareness to the field of
consciousness as a whole by the upward and inward move-
ment of intelligence. Otherwise dominated by the down-
ward and outward movement of the sense-mind, we 138 Ayurveda and the Mind
become trapped in the forces of the external world, which
leads to both ignorance and sorrow. Layers of Consciousness and Psychological Disease
Manas is the outer layer of consciousness through
which we are involved with the events of the moment. Buddhi is the middle layer of consciousness that allows us
to observe both what is happening in the immediate sense
and the long term. Chitta is the deeper layer of conscious-
ness that holds long-term patterns. When we learn something new, like tying our shoes, it
is at first a process of


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only way to do so is to stop yourself in a moment of fear and see if you can
replace the fear with love in that very moment. Right in that moment of
replacing fear with love you have introduced a spiritual solution to the
problem surrounding the fear. Always remind yourself in moments of fear
that God cannot reside where fear exists. I am sure you are familiar with the saying that our greatest fear is fear of the
unknown. If that is true, how can we remedy it. By becoming acquainted
with the thing you do not know and that you fear. Then it will disappear. And what is it that we maintain is unknown. God, spirit, higher awareness,
and ultimately love. Any and all fears that you harbor make you the
landlord to a ghost. Face it, and feel the fear. Replace fear by simplyallowing a feeling of love or the presence of God to reside right in that same
ghostly spot where the fear was. I have found in my own life that I seldom encounter fears anymore. The old
fears of failing, or enduring the disapproval of others, or not knowing how
things might work out, simply don’ t crop up in my inner world any longer. It’s not because I’ve achieved a certain level of success or material
possessions (it is my experience that people who rise to a high level of
material success have a great fear of losing it), but because I have a strong
feeling of love where fear used to be, and because I know that I am never
ever alone or separate from God. If you find out that what you fear the most
is an illusion of your mind only, then you have identified where you will
develop next. The eradication of that fear, when all is said and done, is
accomplished with the introduction of spirit, which cannot live in the same
space as fear. You cannot have God and have fear too. Every fear represents a disbelief in
God at that moment. Keep uppermost in mind these two observations. One
from the scriptures, “I will fear no evil, for thou art with me,” and one from
the Sufis, “Y our greatest gift lies beyond the door named fear. ”
Don’t Feel Spiritual—Be It. You don’ t wander around all day feeling moral or honest. Y ou simply are a
moral person. If you consciously felt moral you would be broadcasting it all
day, explaining each act of honesty as a reflection of your feelings of
morality. Instead, you simply are honest and moral and your behavior
comes from within you. The same is true of your spirituality. Being spiritual
is not an emotional accomplishment to praise yourself for. It is your way of
being with God that is as natural as your health, morality, or even your
artistic sense. T rying to feel spiritual is not the same as being it. When you attempt to feel spiritual you erect a barrier, because you are then
introducing your ego into the picture. Ego wants to praise you for being
more spiritual than those around you, and condemn you when others are
more spiritual than you. Ego wants to explain and defend your spirituality,
and monitor how spiritual you are feeling at various times and in many
circumstances. By simply recognizing your connection to God, and inviting that part of
yourself to consciousness, you are raising your ener gy level to the level of
spirit. But if you make yourself a pawn in a game of “How mystical can I
feel.,” you invite ego to assess how superior you are to others. Ego thinks
that feeling more spiritual is equivalent to being in an elite classification
and will begin to try to get more spiritual points than your opponents. It is
that very elitist world of the lower vibrations that you want to leave behind. Don’ t try to feel spiritual, just be it. God Cannot Be Divided Against God
God is an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent infinite power that cannot
be fragmented or divided. That is, God cannot be available for some people
and unavailable for others. He cannot be here one day and gone the next. He cannot be in anything that is evil and also be in that which is good. In
defining God, all discussion disappears and you have only the one, all
knowing, all good, all loving presence. When you find yourself in duality you are in the physical world where your
senses perceive opposites such as: good/bad, healthy/sick, alive/dead,
right/wrong, and so on. This is where you perceive yourself as laden with
problems and you seek solutions. So, your ego insists the solution to being
sick is to find health; the solution for scarcity is abundance; and the solution
to pain is pleasure. In your ego-dominated world you perceive all these
opposites. But if disease or evil were to exist, God would have to be responsible for
them and therefore their nature would be good. Since God created
everything, and everything that God created is good, the things we call
problems are constructs of our thoughts and senses. Recognize that the
nothingness, appearing as a problem, is what frightens us. It is not God that
is divided into problems or solutions, good versus bad, disease versus
health, it is you. The absolute way to health, prosperity, and love is in knowing that disease,
scarcity, or evil never can be acknowledged as having power. If you ask
God to heal you, you are acknowledging that God made you sick. When
you ask God for special favors you acknowledge a God power that keptthose favors from you. When you ask God for health, it is like saying, “God
you’ve got this thing called health, but you won’ t give it to me, please
reconsider. ” You are asking God to be divided into having health and not
having health, or abundance, or anything else. Instead of seeking benefits or favors from God, remind yourself to
commune with this eternal presence that is in you. Bring this presence to
the illusions that are in your mind called problems. See that in the presence
of this unconditional, nonjudgmental love duality based problems disappear
and only loving presence remains. As Joel Goldsmith put it, describing the infinite way in Foundations of
Mysticism :
All you have to do is face the impersonal source of all worldly evil and
recognize its nothingness, its lawlessness. Then be still, be quiet, be
calm, and watch—watch the hypnotism and its pictures pass away
from you. That’ s how it’ s done. Harmony Is Y our Normal, Natural State of Being
While God represents the one power and does not recognize any other
power, your mind is something quite dif ferent. Y our mind has both the
power of evil and the power of good. As long as you use this power for the
purpose of creating harmony in yourself and others you are consistent with
the one power of spirit. Spirit is the one unifying force in the universe. It is possible for you to use this power of the mind to bring about
disharmony, and when you go in this direction you are lowering the
frequency at which you vibrate ener getically. Your body cannot be
independent of itself, it needs an “I” to direct it. If your mind says overeat,
your body conforms to the mind’ s instructions. If your mind says imbibe
poisons, your hand will obey and pour the toxins into your body. A mind
imbued with ignorance or error will keep the body in a constant state of
disrepair and problems. This same error -plagued mind will create a
multitude of problems for your body and all its attendant circumstances. Harmony is your normal, natural state of being, because when you are
natural you are in the hands of the one loving presence called God. It isyour mind that generates disharmony and creates havoc or problems for
you. Now, of course you do not want to get rid of the mind or the body to bring
about a spiritual solution to your problems. The body is a glorious
instrument through which you function as a human being. Y ou need it to
enjoy this incarnation and go for a swim, drive an automobile, and make
love. Y ou do not want to get rid of it. Y our mind, which is the captain of
this ship called your body, has the power to steer you through this lifetime
and make it a marvelous voyage. When you reach the spiritual peace that is
what this book is about, your mind and your body are the instruments
through which God ener gy flows. Y ou are no longer limited by the
boundaries of the body and mind. At this consciousness there is no limit to what can be revealed to you. Y ou
will taste the fruits of synchronicity wherein you are in collaboration with
fate to manage the coincidences of your life. Y ou will have a knowing that
transcends the mind and the body. As you become more aware of your
divinity you will discover your abilities to remove illusions of illness,
scarcity, and evil in the ways that Patanjali alluded to in the second chapter
of this book. This harmonious relationship with spirit is your natural state of
being. Our Lacks Come from Failure to Understand God’ s Law
Over the years I have often been asked if I have a secret formula for the
success I’ve achieved in transcending a childhood partly spent in foster
homes to having acquired virtually all that I could possibly ask for. Section summary:

This passage discusses different aspects regarding energy fields and energetic connections. First, it highlights the positive effects


ohnson Syndrome (severe toxic reac
tion with high fever, diarrhoea, polyarthritis, erosive skin rash,
myalgia, pneumonitis - usually treated with steroid medication),
hemolysis (red blood cells destruction), as mentioned above, serious
neutropenia (low count of blood cells, called neutrophils, which are
involved in immune response) and thrombocytopenia (low count of
thrombocytes, which are blood cells mainly responsible for blood
clotting). 7. A number of autistic children are reported to be better while taking
chelation drugs, but regress back to the previous state as soon as
chelation stops. One explanation for this phenomenon may be that
these children just re-accumulate heavy metals from the environment
as soon as the chelation stops, because their own detox system is
unable to deal with these metals. There is no hard or soft data available yet that chelation really works,
only anecdotal evidence. There are a few studies on the way, which are
trying to assess any improvements from chelation, but the success rate is
still unknown. If GAPS patients do improve after chelation, we do not know
yet to what extent they improve to justify puttingthem through all the risks
and side-effects of this treatment, not to mention the expense. So, what do we do about all these heavy metals and other toxins lurking
in our patient's bodies? We can't just forget about them. Well, there is a
time-proven way of detoxifying, taking out of the body not just the heavy
metals but a lot of other poisons as well without any side-effects or harmful
complications. And a very tasty way too. Children in particular love it! This
way is JUICING. Thousands of people all over the world freed themselves
from the most deadly diseases with juicing, dozens of books have been
published on this subject full of testimonies and hundreds of wonderful
recipes. Some very big names in natural medicine strongly advocated juic
ing and used it actively in the treatment of their patients - people like Dr
Gerson and Dr Norman Walker for example. Hundreds of scientific studies
have been published on the health benefits of fresh raw fruit and vegetables. Juices provide all the goodness from these fruit and vegetables
in a concentrated form and in large amounts. For example to make a glass
of carrot juice you need a pound of carrots. Nobody can eat a pound of
carrots at once, but you can get all the nutrition from them by drinking the
juice. On top of that juicing removes the fibre, which impairs absorption of
many nutrients in fruit and vegetables and aggravates the condition in the
already sensitive digestive system of a GAPS patient. The digestive system
has virtually no work to do in digesting juices, they get absorbed in 20-25
minutes, providing the body with a concentrated amount of nutrients. With juicing you can consume large quantities of fresh vegetables and fruit
every day in the most digestible and pleasant form. A lot of GAPS children
and adults would not eat fresh vegetables and fruit due to their texture. Drinking juices can solve this problem very efficiently. Some GAPS chil
dren would not drink enough liquids either. Juices, being so tasty, can pro
vide a good solution to this problem too. Drinking at least two cups of
freshly extracted juice will provide your patient with many essential vita
mins, magnesium, selenium, zinc and other minerals, amino acids and lots
more nutrients, which GAPS people are deficient in. A combination of
pineapple, carrot and a little bit of beetroot in the morning will prepare the
digestive system for the coming meals, stimulate stomach acid production
and pancreatic enzymes production. A mixture of carrot, apple, celery and
beetroot has a wonderful liver-cleansing ability. Green juices from leafy
vegetables (spinach, lettuce, parsley, dill, carrot and beet tops) with some
tomato and lemon are a great source of magnesium and iron and good
chelators of heavy metals. Cabbage, apple and celery juice stimulates
digestive enzyme production and is a great kidney cleanser. There is an
endless number of healthy and tasty variations you can make from what
ever fruit and vegetables you have available at home. To make the juice
taste nice, particularly for children, generally try to have 50% of less tasty
but highly therapeutic ingredients: carrot, small amount of beetroot (no
more than 5% of the juice mixture), celery, cabbage, lettuce, greens -
spinach, parsley, dill, basil, fresh nettle leaves, beet tops, carrot tops, white
and red cabbage, and 50% of some tasty ingredients to disguise the taste of
the rest of the ingredients: pineapple, apple, orange, grapefruit, grapes,
mango, etc. (for more detail look in the recipe section). What about fibre? Drinking juices doesn't mean that the patient stops
eating fresh fruit and vegetables. Providing there is no diarrhoea the GAPS
person should carry on eating fruit and vegetables as usual. Treat the juices
like a supplement of concentrated amounts of nutrients in a glass. They should be taken on an empty stomach 20-25 minutes before food and 2-27a
hours after a meal. But can't we just buy juices in the shops? The answer is a big NO! Juices
in the shops have been processed and pasteurised, which destroys all the
enzymes and most vitamins and phytonutrients. They are a source of pro
cessed sugar, which will feed abnormal bacteria and fungi in the gut, In
freshly extracted juice the natural sugars are balanced with enzymes, min
erals, and other nutrients which turn them into energy for the body. When
you make your juice at home you knowwhatyou put into it, you knowthat
it is fresh without any contamination and oxidation, and you can have
great fun by mixing different fruit and vegetables together, making differ
ent tasty combinations. There are a large number of books on juicing with
wonderful recipes for every health problem and every occasion. To turn
your juices into a powerful immune remedy consider adding black elder
berries to it
Black Elderberry
Black Elderberry is a small tree, which grows pretty much everywhere from
cold to very warm climates. In spring it bears clusters of tiny whitish flow
ers which at the end of the summer turn into small juicy black berries. Medicinal properties of this plant have been appreciated for centuries. Its
flowers, berries, leaves and bark were traditionally used for treating colds,
pneumonia, flu, sore throat, hay fever, wounds, eye infections and many
other ailments. In England the berries are still used for making elderberry
wine, in Scandinavia the flowers are used for making elderflower cordial
Black Elderberry has got strong immune-stimulating properties and it is
one of the most powerful anti-viral remedies known to man. You do not have to be an experienced herbalist to use this plant. Many
people have this tree in their gardens as it is quite decorative. At the end of
the summer collect clusters of berries, a small bucket would be enough. Make sure that you collect ripe berries - ripe berries are very black and
squashy. At home separate the berries from their twigs using a fork. Put the
berries into small plastic bags or small containers and freeze them. From
the end of summer/beginning of autumn make it your bed-time routine to
take i~2 tablespoons of berries out of the freezer and leave them at room
temperature to defrost overnight In the morning juice them together with
pineapple, carrot or any other fruit and vegetables you planned to use. If
you do it every day or every other day throughout the cold season your family will not have any colds. A small amount of 1-2 tablespoons of berries
is enough for a family of four. If you are juicing just for one person, then
one teaspoon is enough. Apart from juicing you can add elderberries into
your cakes. You can also collect flowers in spring and freeze them. During the winter
they would make a very pleasant aromatic tea or you can just crush them,
while frozen, with your hand and add them to your salads. The flowers also
have strong immune-stimulating properties. Use them as a tea to remedy
colds, flu and fever. The same tea can be used topically on wounds and
grazes, sunburn, frostbites and sore eyes. It is also a traditional remedy for
hay fever. I can just hear somebody saying "I am a very busy person and do not
have time to be collecting berries and flowers!" But even the busiest person
has got weekends. Isn't it a pleasure to spend a day with your family out in
the country, when you can collect elderberries? When you come home in
the evening and slump in front of your TV, you can separate the berries
from their twigs with a fork and put them into small freezer bags, while
watching your favourite programme. When the programme is finished, you
can put the bags into your freezer. Not that much of an effort for having a
winter supply of a wonderful immune-stimulating remedy. And it will cost
you absolutely nothing! The general toxic load
An important part of the treatment is reduction in the general toxic load
on the patient's detoxification system as much as possible. What is a gen
eral toxic load? Anything toxic we eat, breathe, touch or put on


 that increase insulin, the very
hormone that causes type II diabetes, doctors are giving bipolar
patients medications that increase the adrenaline level in the
brain, when they have too much adrenaline in the brain to
begin with. Is it any wonder that suicide and sudden death
are listed among the side effects of these drugs? As one patient
wrote in a brief note:
Patient C.K. You have taken me off my bipolar drugs and have
changed my life. My whole family acknowledges the
following: I am more alert. I am walking better with
“more life” in my step. My anxiety level is way down and I am no longer sluggish in thought. How ADHD  can convert into a bipolar disorder is
illustrated by the case of a 32-year-old patient of mine. He
had a history of hyperactivity caused by high adrenaline. In
his youth he was active in sports and had trouble focusing
in school; as an adult he became a workaholic. His excess
adrenaline took away his appetite, which forced the release of even more adrenaline to provide fuel for the body. This also created stress, which led to cortisol production. The cortisol raised his sugar level, leading to the release of insulin, which ADRENALINE DOMINANCE 82  |
resulted in hypoglycemia—prompting the output of still
more adrenaline. His very high adrenaline caused hypomanic
behavior along with episodes of severe depression due to
internalization of anger. When I first met with this patient, he was on four
medications: lithium, Depakote, Paxil, and Effexor. The drugs
caused him to gain 65 pounds, which added to his depression,
along with brain fog. I put him on a program to lower his
adrenaline and wean him off all his psychoactive medications. His bipolar behavior disappeared along with his weight gain. He underwent a remarkable transformation, attesting to the ability of the body to heal itself when the underlying cause of the problem is addressed. Part of the protocol I recommend for treating bipolar
disorder is natural bio-identical progesterone cream. Because
progesterone is a natural antidepressant that affects most, if
not all, of the neurotransmitters in the brain, using it helps
patients to wean themselves off their antidepressant drugs. One woman who came to see me had been diagnosed with
bipolar disorder and was on Lyrica, Cymbalta, Effexor, and
Wellbutrin. All four drugs are NRIs. NRI drugs increase the level
of norepinephrine—a hormone that acts similarly to adrenaline—
in the brain. For someone whose adrenaline level in the brain is already raised, taking NRIs can have tragic consequences. The woman was also in her first trimester of pregnancy. I
advised her that if she wanted to maintain the pregnancy, she
should go “cold turkey” off her medications to avoid damage to
the fetus. She abruptly stopped all medications while applying
progesterone cream every one to two hours and did not have
a single withdrawal symptom. Needless to say, her bipolar
disorder also disappeared.|   83 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  UgLy
A Canadian patient who drove all the way from Manitoba
to Southern California to see me shared that she had been
on 43 medications at one time or another for her bipolar
problem and had been institutionalized numerous times
for this disorder. Obviously, the drugs were not solving her
problem. I helped her wean herself off her medications and
prescribed for her high doses of progesterone cream. Not only
did she return to feeling normal, she was able to go out and get a job for the first time in 10 years. When she visited the doctor who had been treating her for
years, he didn’t even recognize her. It was the first time he had
seen her wearing makeup. Prior to this visit she would drag
herself out of bed and didn’t have the energy to apply makeup. She told him how wonderful she felt off of her medications
and on hormones. The doctor promptly scolded her and fired her as a patient. This was not surprising, since she threatened this doctor’s approach to treating patients. Another woman, aged 42, had been diagnosed with bipolar
disorder, plus type II diabetes and hypertension. At the time I
first saw her, she was on the following daily medications—an
example of gross mistreatment of a patient, yet, surprisingly, still within the guidelines of the “standard of care”:
Insulin – 90 units (an extremely high level)Seroquel – 25 mgAbilify – 5 mgLexapro – 30 mgRitalin – 30 mgProvigil – 200 mgMetformin – 2000 mgNeurontin – 600 mgCitrical – 2 tabletsADRENALINE DOMINANCE 84  |
Aspirin – 325 mg
Nexium – 40 mgAtenolol – 50 mgRanitidine – 75 mgLipitor – 40 mgTricor – 145 mgXenical – 120 mgLotensin – 20 mgProvera – 10 mgNiaspan – 2 capsulesSynthroid – 88 mcg
I eliminated every one of her medications except the
thyroid (Synthroid). Her brain fog disappeared. Her sugar
level normalized, as did her blood pressure. Her cholesterol
actually went down when she was off the Lipitor and Niaspan,
and she lost 65 pounds. Certainly, treating patients with psychoactive disorders can
be complex and should not be taken lightly. Reducing adrenaline
and weaning off psychoactive drugs may not be suitable for every
patient. That said, what I do know is that, given the choice,
most patients prefer to treat the cause of their problem and not
be subjected to a drug or drugs that can have toxic side effects. In the case of patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it is
certainly worth considering whether the issue is an underlying
hormonal dysfunction that could be treated naturally with the
right diet and with bio-identical progesterone. Until fairly recently, the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in
children was virtually nonexistent. Today, over 1 million
children have been diagnosed with this condition. The main manifestations seem to be hyperactivity, disruptive behavior,
extreme mood swings, and anger issues—all suggestive, of |   85 ExCESS  ADRENALINE: THE  UgLy
course, of excess adrenaline. These children are often placed
on powerful psychoactive drugs, many of which the FDA has
not approved for use in children. Today, over 1 million children have been diagnosed
with bipolar disorder, even though they fail to
demonstrate the classic signs of severe mood swings. While high levels of adrenaline can explain all of the
behaviors these children exhibit, making that observation is not
cost efficient for the business of medicine. Many psychiatrists
are compensated only if they prescribe a drug. Once a child
is started on an antipsychotic, the psychiatrist has a built-in patient for years to come. Primary care doctors are reluctant to prescribe these types of drugs, and certainly will not take the responsibility of discontinuing them. My personal view is that the school killings of recent years
as well as teenage suicides may have involved young people on
these drugs whose side effects have caused these tragic episodes. Although gun legislation may be of benefit, it might be even
more effective to limit the prescription of these powerful drugs
to children. A poignant example of the problem with false diagnostic
labels, as well as the failure of the medical establishment to
understand how hormones affect mental health, is the story of
a four-year-old girl, Rebecca Riley. On December 13, 2006, Rebecca died of an overdose of drugs given to her for bipolar
disorder, prescribed by a doctor who had never examined
her. In 2010, her parents, in separate trials, were found guilty
of murder, and both received life sentences. Their crime:
deliberately overdosing their daughter.ADRENALINE DOMINANCE 86  |
Her doctor had prescribed excessively high doses of three
psychoactive drugs—Depakote 750 mg per day, Seroquel 200
mg per day, and clonidine 0.35 mg per day—based not on
examining Rebecca but on the mother’s reports of Rebecca’s
behavior. Interestingly, both the doctor and the mother agreed,
in interviews before the trials, that Rebecca most likely did not
have bipolar disorder, even though she had been diagnosed
with it. The state of Massachusetts neglected to file charges against
the doctor. It is hard to fathom why the doctor was held
blameless for Rebecca’s death, and why the pharmacists were
not reprimanded for refilling the prescriptions for Rebecca
almost every other day. In my opinion, every person associated
with her care shares the blame for her death: her parents, the
doctor, the pharmacists, the staff at her school, and social
services. Her death, I feel, could have been prevented had the
medical profession been aware of the relationship between
hormones and ADHD. It has been noted that bipolar disorder runs in families. This makes sense since children inherit their hormones from
their parents. I would guess that the parents of children who are given a bipolar diagnosis both have
ADHD. Indeed, most
of the patients I have seen with bipolar disorders have the signs
and symptoms I recognize as creative type ADHD. In other
words, they have a lot of adrenaline in the brain.


. This was the case for one woman, who shared
the following experience:
I was always overweight and not very good-looking. All through
my life, I rejected myself. I envied and hated sexually attractive
women. I got to hate men, too, because they avoided me. I was full
of self-pity. I even tried psychotherapy, but I quit when it became
apparent that the psychotherapist seemed more interested in his
attractive young women patients than he was in me. I tried various
self-help methods and at least got over my self-pity and
depression; I was able to get a better job. But, men still weren’ t
interested in me, and I was unsuccessful in the sexual and
relational arenas. Using the mechanism of letting go, she went into all the negative
emotions that she had about herself and intimacy; she allowed the feelings
to come up one by one, and she let them go. She let go of feelings like
wanting attention and acceptance from others, fear of expressing herself,
fear of being rejected, and even the fear of being deeply loved. There was
the underlying feeling, “I don’ t deserve love; who could possibly love me?”
W ithin a week of surrendering these feelings, she had a date. She explained:
I was so excited that I even lost my appetite. W e had a great time
and then all of a sudden I saw the secret. I was giving love instead
of looking for it. My whole life has changed now. Instead of
feeling desperate to get attention and love, I know I have the
power to give it. When I enter a room, I see all the lonely, love-
starved men. They look just the way I used to, so I know what it is
they are feeling and what to say to them and how to expressmyself. I put myself in their place and watch their hearts melt. I
used to scare them away because I was so hungry. Get that? Hungry! That was my problem. Now I feel full, and I share that
fullness and what I have learned. My social life has become so
enjoyable that I don’ t have time to eat anymore. I have lost 35
pounds in a year. I never even dieted. I just lost interest. I guess it
is because I am getting gratified in a way now that really means
something to me. Maybe I am a little wild with the newness of it,
but I’ll settle down before long. There is one man I’m really
interested in now. Sexuality, then, reflects our overall state of consciousness. As we let go
of fear and limitations, that area of our life expands and becomes ever more
gratifying, and yet not necessary for happiness. Freedom and creativity
replace compulsiveness and limitation. Sex becomes another avenue for
greater expression and increasing awareness. The pleasure of communion
and nonverbal understanding replaces the former self-centered drivenness
for relief from tension and the limited goal of sexual pleasure and ego
inflation. The secret, as the woman above stated, is in the awareness that
when we seek to give instead of to get, all of our own needs are
automatically fulfilled. As one person remarked, “I have heard about many
personal problems from my friends who practice this technique, but lack of
lovers isn’ t one of them!”
CHAPTER
19
A C H I E V E M E N T  O F  V O C A T I O N A L  G O A L S
Feelings and Abilities
Our thoughts determine the extent to which we manifest our talents and
abilities, and they set the quality and quantity of our successes and failures. But what is it that determines and influences the direction of our thoughts? As we have seen, it is our feelings that determine and produce the kind of
thinking that will lead us to success or failure in any endeavor. Feelings are
the key to the expansion or constriction of our talents, abilities, and actions. Generally, we are knowledgeable and well trained in matters pertaining
to the outer world. Y et we are sometimes unknowledgeable and untrained in
the inner world, the world of feelings. Because feelings determine thoughts
and the thoughts we hold in mind determine outcomes, it is important to
clarify the relationship between our feelings and the freeing of our abilities
so that they result in successful action. T o summarize what we have said about the scale of consciousness, and
to make it simple, we can briefly categorize all feelings as either negative or
positive and, of course, the thoughts that will result from them will be either
negative or positive. Negative Feelings Related to W ork
These feelings are always unpleasant and range from mildly uncomfortable
to painful. They instigate the process of thinking and ideation that leads to
“I can’ t” and “W e can’ t,” regardless of the event, situation, or problem in
which the person is involved. Negative feelings arise when we dislike whatwe see, hear, think, or remember. Our reaction to disliking comes in the
form of such feelings as anger, grief, and anxiety. Our usual way of dealing
with unpleasant feelings is to suppress them, and because of this, we
assume that these feelings are part and parcel of our thinking process. This
error results because the feelings of dislike are being processed through our
thoughts. Suppressing these feelings does not make them disappear. On the
contrary, they will re-emer ge as negative thoughts. Negativity does not exist
within a situation or event; rather, it resides in our reaction to the situation
as we see it. When negative feelings are acknowledged and relinquished,
the situation can rapidly change in appearance from impossible to easily
manageable, workable, and even quite useful. One of the most prominent negative feelings that blocks success in
professional life is that of envy. The underlying dynamic of envy is that
when we see someone else getting ahead, this triggers our own sense of
insecurity. It’ s not simply that we see the other person’ s achievement and
feel envy. Rather, the other person’ s achievement triggers in us a feeling of
lack or inadequacy about ourselves. It triggers the feeling, “Maybe I’m not
accomplishing what I should be accomplishing,” or “Maybe I won’ t be able
to accomplish what I want to accomplish,” or “Maybe my accomplishments
aren’ t appreciated by others and go unnoticed.”
Envy is painful because it arouses our own sense of inadequacy. And
then we often resent the person whose successes have inadvertently
provoked this feeling. Unconsciously, this resentment fuels our endless
desire for strokes, which, of course, do not come our way because our
wantingness repels the very thing we want. As the cycle progresses, we feel increasingly dissatisfied and unhappy
in our job and alienated from our colleagues. There may be the belief,
“Everyone is against me.” Our family members may grow weary of our
constant complaints about the situation at work. W e may seek escape at the
end of the day through endless television or over -indulgence in food, sleep,
drugs, and alcohol. What’ s the way out of this cycle of envy and dissatisfaction? As we’ve
said before, the answer is to go within. W ith envy, we are constantly
looking at others, evaluating their accomplishments, and comparing
ourselves to them. W e see the cost of this looking outward in the film,
Chariots of Fir e, when one of the runners turned to see where his opponent
was in the race. The moment he took his eye of f the finish line to comparehimself with another runner, he lost that split second which cost him the
whole race. The man who won the race was motivated by the sheer love of
running and to do his best. He didn’ t run to “beat” another. He didn’ t
compare himself to other runners. He ran his best because he loved to run. When we look within ourselves, we see what the underlying feelings
are that prevent our success: competitiveness, self-doubt, insecurity,
inadequacy, and desire for approval. Are we willing to look at these
feelings? Once our feelings are recognized, it becomes obvious to us that
they work against us. They drain our ef forts and impede our success in the
world. Our self-doubts block the very recognition we seek. Once we see the cost of negative feelings to our happiness and success,
we will become willing to let go of them and the payof fs we get from them. For example, we become willing to let go of the cheap little satisfaction we
get from blaming others for our lack of success. W e become willing to let
go of the sympathy we garner from those who listen to our complaints. When we let go of our feelings of inadequacy, we will find that envy of
others disappears. W e become like the winning runner in Chariots of Fir e
who loves what he does, delights in his success and that of others, and has
boundless ener gy to excel in the world. Positive Feelings Related to W ork
These are always felt as pleasant and include such feelings as joy,
happiness, and security. They instigate a process of thinking and ideation
that is exemplified by the thoughts “I can” and “W e can,” regardless of the
event, situation, or problem in which the person is involved. Positive feelings flow naturally when negative feelings are not in
action. Nothing needs to be done to acquire positive feelings, as they are


ping rapidly. When you talk w ith a work
colleague at lunch, and you both talk negatively about someo ne, you are
gossiping and you are giving out negativity. Y ou can't talk about or hear
negativity and have good feelings! So to put it frankly, we need to be mindful of not sticking our nose in other
people's busines s, because their business will get stuck on our n ose! Unless
you want it in your life, turn away from it without feeling anything. Y ou'll
not o nly be doing yourself a favor, but you'll also be doing the other people
a favor who don't realize the negative ef fect gossip can have on their lives. If you find you rself go ssiping or listening to gossip, stop midsentence and
say, "But I am so grateful that... " and finish the sentence with something
good about the person being gossiped about. "If a  man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man
speaks o r acts with a pur e thou ght, happiness follows him, like a shadow
that never leaves him." (Buddha 563-483 BC)

Y our Reaction Chooses It
Life is presenting every person and circumstance to you so you can choose
what you love and what you don't love. When you react to anything, you
are r eacting with your feelings,  and as you do, you are choosing it! Y ourreaction, whether good or bad, sticks it to you, and in ef fect, you are saying
you wan t more of it! And so it's important to watch how you react in your
relationships, because whether y ou react with good or bad feelings, they're
the feelings you're giving, an d you will receive more of  the same
circumstances to make you feel that way. If a person says  or does something, and you find you rself fe eling upset,
of fended, or angry, do y our best to change the negative reaction right away. Simply being aware that you've  reacted negatively takes the power out of
the negative feelings immediately and can even stop them. But if you feel
as th ough the ne gative feelings have a grip on you, it is best to  walk away
and spen d a couple of minutes lo oking for the things you love, one after the
other un til you feel much better. Y ou can use anything you love to make
you feel bett er, like listening to you r favorite music, imagining the things
you love, or doing so mething you love. Y ou can also think about the things
you love in the person who upset you. This might be challenging, but if you
can do it, it is th e fastest w ay to feel better. It's also the fastest way to
become the master of your feelings! “A man  who is master of him self can end a sorr ow as he c an invent a
pleasur e. I don't want to be at the mer cy of my emotions. I want to use them,
to enjoy them, and to dominate them." (Oscar W ilde 1854-1900)

Y ou can change any negative situation in your life, but you can't change it
with bad feelings. Y ou have to react dif ferently to the situation because if
you keep rea cting negatively, your bad feelings will magnify and m ultiply
the n egativity. When you give g ood feelings, the positivity magnifies, and
multiplies. Even if you can't imag ine how a particular situation can change
into something positive - it can! The force of love always finds a way. Love Is a Shield
T o take the pow er out of other people's negativity and not be af fected by it,
remember the magnetic fields o f feelings surrounding each person. There's
a fie ld o f love, joy, happiness, gratitude, excitement, passion, an d a field for
every good feeling. There's also a field of anger, discouragement,
frustration, hate, desire for revenge, fear, and a field for every negative
feeling. A person surrounded by a magn etic field of anger doesn't feel good at all,
and so if you come into their presence, they will most likely direct their
anger at you. They don't mean to harm you, but they can't see anything
good wh en they're looking at the  world through their field of anger. All they
can see are things that anger them. And because they can only  see anger,
they are likely to get angry and hurl anger at the first person they see - often
a loved one. Does this situation sound familiar? If yo u're feeling fantastic, the force of your magnetic field creates a shield
that no negativity can penetrat e. And so it won't matter what negativity
anyone hurls at you, it cannot t ouch you, and it will bounce right of f your
feeling field without af fecting you at all. On t he o ther hand, if a person h urls something negative at you a nd you feel
what they say, then you know that your feelings must have dropped,
because the negativity broke through your feeling field. There's only one
thing to do if this happens, and that is to find an excuse to politely walk
away, so you can restore yourself with good feelings. T wo negative fields
multiply at a rap id rate when they come into contact with each o ther, and no
good can ever come of it. Y ou will know this from your own life
experience; two negative fields together are not a pretty sight! "Muddy water, let stand, becomes clear." (Lao Tzu Cir ca 6th Century BC)

If you are feelin g sad, disappointed, frustrated, or any negative feeling, then
you are looking at the world th rough that feeling field, and the  world willlook sad, disappointing, or frustr ating to you. Y ou cannot see anything good
through a field of bad feelings. Not only is your negative fiel d attracting
more ne gativity to itself, but you will never see your way out of any
problem until you change the w ay you feel. Changing the way you feel is
easy compared to running aroun d trying to change the circumstances of the
outside world. All the physica l action in th e world ca nnot change the
situation. Change your feelings and the outside circumstances will change! "The po wer is fr om within, bu t we cannot r eceive it unless we give it." (Charles Haanel 1866-1949)

When so meone is surrounded by a magnetic field of joy, you c an feel their
joy t ouch you from acr oss the room. People w ho are popular and who have
magnetic person alities are simply people who feel good most of the time. The field  of joy that surrounds them is so magnetic that it draws everybody
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        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


. You may notice that your breasts become extremelyswollen and firm and they might be quite painful. Engor gement can also
make it dif ficult for your babe to latch, which leads to other issues such as a
painful latch. When this happens, continue your daily abhyanga, with a
focus on massaging the breasts, followed by a warm bath. You can also
increase the amount of omega-3 fatty acids in your diet, through foods such
as flax oil and walnuts. For lymphatic drainage, which will relieve the pressure from
engor gement, massage your breasts following the arrows on the diagram
below. MASSAGE
1.from behind the neck, down the clavicles.2.up and around the sides of the breasts, through the armpits and
toward the chest,
3 and 4. up the center of the sternum and chest, and
5.away from the nipples. Then, lift the breasts away from the chest
and gently shake. End your massage by again repeating step 2
and then step 1. IRRIT ATED  AND  SORE  NIPPLES : Exposure to sunshine and air is one of the best
remedies for irritated and sore nipples. Other treatments include using an
herbal salve or oil with St. John’ s wort, marshmallow root, or calendula
lanolin creams (unless you are aller gic to sheep’ s wool). Ghee infused with
chamomile and calendula, applied topically, can also provide relief. LOW MILK  SUPPL Y : If your breasts do not seem to be supplying suf ficient
milk, the general Ayurvedic approach will be to focus on hydration and to
reduce excess vata by avoiding bitter and astringent foods as well as dry,
light, and cold foods. Eat more lactation-enhancing foods such as oats,
almonds, cow’ s milk, garlic, saf fron, and ghee. Work to remedy stress and
high vata by following the tips at “Postpartum Anxiety and Depression” on
this page ). Increase nourishment through warm, oily, and grounding food
(follow the Ayurvedic diet guidelines in chapter 8). Some specific supplements to improve milk supply include sweet water
lactation tea (see the recipe on this page ); you can also add a half-teaspoon
of blessed thistle or milk thistle, star anise, marshmallow root, or licorice to
your sweet water lactation tea on occasion. Include fenugreek in your diet
by drinking strong fenugreek tea or using fenugreek as a cooking herb;
fennel as a cooking herb also supports lactation. Taking a half-teaspoon of
shatavari in the morning and evening will help with low milk supply (but do
not take shatavari until ten or more days postpartum to ensure your
digestion is strong). MASTITIS : Mastitis is inflammation and infection of the milk ducts. This
happens when a milk duct gets clogged and then leads to an infection. Themost common cause of mastitis is when mama does too much too soon. The
main remedy is rest, though daily breast massages can also prevent this
condition. If you notice a clogged duct (sometimes you can feel it) do everything
you can to mobilize the duct and prevent it from stagnating further. Before
nursing, massage the breast with oil using steady and firm pressure, moving
from the outside of the clogged duct toward the nipple. You can add warmth
by using a heating pad before the massage, or by doing the massage in the
shower or bath. Another option is to have your babe nurse until it unclogs—getting on
all fours, hovering over baby as you feed so that gravity can assist the duct
in unclogging. If your baby is not willing to nurse that long, use a breast
pump. This may prevent the clog from leading to an infection. If an
infection does occur, a washcloth or towel soaked in hot water used as a
compress can help soothe it. Use a breast pump on the infected breast so
that your babe does not drink the infected milk. Ayurvedic Cow’ s Milk Formula
For babies who for whatever circumstances are not drinking breast
milk, Ysha Oakes of fers this recipe for a replacement formula made
from cow’ s milk (from Touching Heaven: T onic Postpartum Recipes
with Ayurveda ). Ingredients
2 cups non-homogenized cream-top organic whole milk
2 cups distilled water
⅛ teaspoon turmeric
⅛ teaspoon cardamom
½ tablespoon fennel seed
1 thin slice fresh ginger⅛ to ¼ cup sucanat (you need much less for older babies)
Instructions
1.Bring all ingredients except sucanat to a boil. Let the boiling milk
climb the pot and then lift the pot of f the heat so the milk falls; put
the pot back on the heat and repeat three times. This makes
much smaller, easier-to-digest protein molecules. 2.Add sucanat and immediately turn the heat of f.
3.Cover to steep and let cool. Strain, and refrigerate extra. Serve
warm, like breast milk is served. Note that these ingredients were chosen very intentionally. Cow’ s
milk, when properly used, is the most rejuvenative and complete
food. Ideally, you will find a source for local, raw cow’ s milk (from
farmers who love and protect their cows for the length of the cow’ s
natural life!) and bring it to a boil three times on the stovetop. If you
cannot find raw cow’ s milk, organic nonhomogenized cream-top
whole milk is the next best choice. Anything else will be too highly
processed and dif ficult to digest for both mama and baby. In addition,
milk should always be consumed warm. This recipe will not work for
all babies, so be sure to keep an eye on your little one’ s digestion to
make sure that it is working for them. You can start with more water
and sucanat, slowly decreasing the sucanat and adding more milk as
your babe gets older and can digest the milk well. OceanofPDF.comNutrition and Recipes 8
Being an Ayurveda mama means doing everything that you can to nourish
yourself and your little babe before conceiving, throughout pregnancy and
postpartum, and beyond. When a mama feels confident, she can feel more
at ease in her role as a mother. To “mother” means to nourish, and the food
that you eat is one of the main ways you will be nourishing you and your
little babe. Many mamas may suddenly feel overwhelmed with the responsibility of
having to choose what types of food to favor or avoid during pregnancy and
postpartum. What you eat is literally building the tissues of your little one
during pregnancy, and your diet postpartum directly af fects your baby’ s
mood, skin, and digestion—and thus all other systems in their body. A huge
focus in Ayurvedic nutrition is to eat the proper foods at the proper times to
ensure that what you eat can be digested, absorbed, and thus easily
assimilated into your body. You know by now that one of the most important factors in pregnancy
and postpartum is the pacification of vata dosha. This becomes especially
important in your postpartum window as you are rekindling your digestive
fire and nourishing your little one in a whole new way. In this chapter, I share the basic principles around Ayurvedic pregnancy
and postpartum nutrition, including why diet is such a pillar of your sacred
window and why it is so important to eat simple meals after giving birth. I
will then of fer some of my favorite recipes to nourish you during pregnancy
and to support you postpartum so that you may experience ease in your own
body, as well as support your little one in feeling the same.DIET AND NOURISHMENT
DURING PREGNANCY
During pregnancy, diet is the crucial way through which you send nutrients
to your little one. The origin of many adult diseases have their roots in the
fetal life, so maternal nutrition plays a crucial role in your baby’ s future
health. The Charaka Samhita  says that the pregnant woman needs to fulfill
three main responsibilities. The first is swasharirpushti,  nourishment of her
own body. The second is stanyavruddhi,  preparing herself for lactation or
milk production. The third is garbhvruddhi,  nourishment for the
development and growth of her little one. In a similar vein, the Sushruta
Samhita  advises: “The essence of the food taken by the mother is divided
into three parts—one nourishes her, the other promotes her breast milk, and
the third portion nourishes the fetus.”
The key word during pregnancy is nourish. Nourishment will look
different for everyone. The important thing is that you do nourish yourself
and avoid extremes that deplete your body. Allow yourself to feed your
body in a way that feels deeply satisfying. Trust that when your body is
nourished, it knows how to maintain balance regarding weight and general
well-being. Your body will work for you when you give it what it needs. In
the Ayurvedic approach, nourishment comes not only from a diet that
satisfies the body’ s needs for macro


conventional diet. Even those young adults who feel fit have
health defects. Some have dental caries, thin hair,
approaching baldness, acne or allergies, headaches, impaired vision, constipation, and so on, ad infinitum. And these are
just superficial phenomena that the individuals can spot
themselves. Medical examination finds more. How many
ailments afflict the human race? One hundred? Five hundred? One thousand? Are we more expert in breeding disease than are wild animals? Can you name even one species of wild
animal afflicted with a hundred diseases? Fifty? Twenty-five? Or even one? We must exclude "wild" animals that feast at
our
garbage dum ps. To make themselves disease- proof, do wild animals perform some special ceremony we don't know
about? We shall see. There are three classes of enzymes: metabolic enzymes,
which run our bodies; digestive enzymes, which digest our
food; and food enzymes from raw foods, which start food
digestion. Our bodies—all our organs and tissues—are run by metabolic enzymes. These enzyme workers take proteins,
fats, and carbohydrates (starches, sugars, etc. ), and structure
them into healthy bodies, keeping everything working
properly. Every organ and tissue has its own particular
metabolic enzymes to do specialized work. One authority made an investigation and found 98 distinct enzymes working
in the arteries, each with a particular job to do. The liver has
numerous different enzymes working. No one has ever
investigated how many specific enzymes are needed to run the heart, brain, lungs, kidneys, etc. Since good health depends on all of these metabolic
enzymes doing an excellent job, we must be sure that nothing interferes with the body making enough of them. A shortage
could mean trouble, many times serious. Modern research is
implicating enzymes in all of our activities. Even thinking
involves some enzyme activity. In 1930, 80 enzymes were
known; in 1947, 200; in 1957, 660; in 1962, 850; and by 1968, science had identified 1300 of them. If you wanted to
find out how many enzymes are known today, you might
have to hire a specialist full-time to make a survey. And
although thousands of enzymes are known, many more
reactions have been identified for which the enzymes responsible are not yet known. Hundreds of metabolic
enzymes are necessary to carry on the work of the body—to repair damage and decay, and heal diseases. Digestive enzymes have only three main jobs: digesting
protein, carbohydrate, and fat. Proteases are enzymes that
digest protein; amylases digest carbohydrate, and Upases
digest fat. Nature's plan calls for food enzymes to help with
digestion instead of forcing the body's digestive enzymes to
carry the whole load. If food enzymes do some of the work,
according to the Law of Adaptive Secretion of Digestive Enzymes, the enzyme potential can allot less activity to
digestive enzymes, and have much more to give to the
hundreds of metabolic enzymes that run the entire body. If
food enzymes did some of the work, the enzyme potential
would not be facing impending bankruptcy, as it is now in the bodies of millions of people on the minus diet—food minus
its enzymes. Our enzyme potential has a problem somewhat
similar to a checking account which could become
dangerously deficient if not continually replenished. THE FOOD ENZYME CONCEPT
   The Food Enzyme Concept introduces a new way of
looking at disease. It heralds a revolution in our understanding of disease processes. According to the Food
Enzyme Concept, enzymes possess biological, as well as
chemical, properties. When ingested, the enzymes in raw food, or supplementary enzymes, result in a significant degree
of digestion, lowering the drain on the organism's own
enzyme potential. The heat used in cooking destroys all food
enzymes and forces the organism to produce more enzymes,
thus enlarging digestive organs, especially the pancreas. When an excessive amount of digestive enzymes is made, the
enzyme potential may be unable to produce an adequate
quantity of metabolic enzymes to repair body organs and fight
disease. Are digestive enzymes being wasted? The Food
Enzyme Concept furnishes conclusive proof that in most people digestive enzymes are being used up with reckless
abandon. Although the body makes less than two dozen
digestive enzymes, it uses up more of its enzyme potential
supplying these than it uses to make the hundreds of
metabolic enzymes needed to keep all of the organs and tissues functioning with their diversified activities. The
digestive enzymes of civilized humans are infinitely stronger
and more concentrated in enzyme activity than any of the
metabolic enzymes—more concentrated than any other
enzyme combination found in nature. Human saliva and pancreatic juice are loaded with enzyme activity. There is no
evidence that wild animals, living on natural raw diets, have
digestive enzyme juices even remotely approaching the
strength of those found in civilized human beings. THE LAW OF ADAPTIVE SECRETION
OF DIGESTIVE ENZYMES
   If the human organism must devote a huge portion of its
enzyme potential to making digestive enzymes, it spells
trouble for the whole body because there is a strain on
production of metabolic enzymes and there may not be
enough enzyme potential to go around. There is competition
between the two classes of enzymes. Does science point a way out of this desperate situation? Yes. In 1943, the
physiological laboratory of Northwestern University
established the Law of Adaptive Secretion of Digestive
Enzymes by experiments on rats. The amount of digestive
enzymes secreted by the pancreas in response to carbohydrate, protein, and fat was measured and it was found
that the strength of each enzyme varied with the amount of
each of these food materials it was called upon to digest. Prior
to this it was assumed that enz
ymes were secreted in e qual proportions, according to the rule laid down by Professor
Babkin. The Law of Adaptive Secretion of Digestive
Enzymes holds that the organism values its enzymes highly
and will make no more than are needed for the job. If some of the food is digested by enzymes in the food, the body will
make less concentrated digestive enzymes. The Law of
Adaptive Secretion of Digestive Enzymes has since been
confirmed by dozens of university laboratories throughout the world. If humans take in more exogenous (outside) digestive
enzymes, as nature ordained, the enzyme potential will not have to waste so much of its heritage digesting food. It can
distribute more of this precious commodity to the metabolic
enzymes, where it rightfully belongs. This rightful
distribution of enzyme energy will not only act to maintain
health and prevent disease, but is expected to help cure established disease. The old saying that nature will cure really
refers to metabolic enzyme activity, because there is no other mechanism in the body to cure anything. To get enzymes from food, one must eat raw food. All life,
whether plant or animal, requires the presence of enzymes to
keep it going. Therefore, all plant and animal food in the raw
state has them. But the mere touch of heat destroys them. Enzymes tolerate no heat at all. They are different from
vitamins in this respect. Pasteurization destroys the life force
in them, even though much less heat is used than in cooking
(145°F versus 300°F or higher). If water is hot enough to feel
uncomfortable to the hand, it will injure enzymes in food. All foods from a food factory have been heat processed by one
means or another. Evidence of Enzyme Wastage
   We are guilty of being careless with enzymes. They are the
most precious asset we possess and we should welcome
outside enzyme help. If we depend solely upon the enzymes
we inherit, they will be used up just like inherited money that is not supplemented by a steady income. The Food Enzyme
Concept points out that acute wastage of large quantities of
enzymes is strenuously objected to by the body. It can lead to
serious illness and even death. In an experiment in 1944,
young rats and chickens were fed a diet of raw soybeans (high
in enzyme inhibitors) and huge quantities of pancreatic
digestive enzymes were wasted in combating the inhibitors. The pancreas gland enlarged to handle the extra burden, and
the animals sickened and failed to grow. Soybeans are seeds,
and all seeds have some enzyme inhibitors. (Enzyme inhibitors are discussed in Cha
pter 7. ) The earl y experiments, proving that organisms rebel against having their enzymes
wasted, have now been repeated and amplified in dozens of
scientific experimental laboratories. Eating the seeds and their
inhibitors causes a great outpouring and wastage of pancreatic digestive enzymes, enlargement of the pancreas, decrease in
the supply of metabolic enzymes, stunted growth, and impaired health. My organ weight tables, some of which are presented in this
book (see pp. 81, 126), show that the size and weight of the
pancreas varies with the type of diet. When the pancreas must
process more enzymes, it enlarges. Is this wholesome for the individual? When the heart works too hard pumping blood
through damaged arteries, it enlarges. Who wants an enlarged
heart? Are enlarged tonsils something to desire? Or an
enlarged thyroid gland, turning into a goiter? What about an
enlarged liver? The everyday variety of enlarged pancreas is painless, not letting its owner know