 going to happen to me? And in this case
even a negative result produces a question rat her
than fear: what did I do wrong.
Thirdly, you have to prepare for cleansing in a
proper manner. A vegetarian diet is mandatory
before a big cleansing, you also need to exclude
alcohol entirely. As for the cleansing itself, the
more precisely you follow all the recommenda-
tions, the bigger effect you’ll get.
And finally, the completion, or coming out of
the cleansing. This is pretty much the most im-
portant moment: the cleansing is over, the body
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first, anywa y) absorb the food you used to eat.
That’s why after the cleansing, it’s important to
adhere to the same diet, you kept to before it.
9.5. Intestinal and liver cleansing (week -long
program)
This is a week -long program. You need to buy
the following at the  chemist’s: POLYSORB  MP
sorbent in packs (1 pack), if POLYSORB  MP is
not available, it can be substituted with any other
sorbent, Epsom salt  in 20 -gram sachets (7 sa-
chets); GEPAR phytocomplex in capsules or sa-
chets (15 sachets or 1 pack) or any cholagogic
tea; olive oil (250 ml); lemon -orange juice
(50:50) 250 ml (preferably freshly squeezed).
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•Take 1 tablespoon of the POLYSORB MP 4
times a day one hour before meals (mix in one
glass of water) for 3 days.
•Day 4 — take 2 tablespoons of POLYSORB MP
mixed in 1 glass of water 4 times a day, 1 hour
before meals.
•GEPAR phytocomplex for 6 days (pour 1 glass
of boiling water over the powder or the sachet,
let it draw for 15 minutes, or 1 capsule — drink
this 3 times a day, 30 minutes before meals).
•Morning: on an empty stomach drink raisin
water (method of preparation: infuse 1 table-
spoon of raisins with a glass of boiling water
and leave it overnight.) In the morning, drink
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ridges or salads. Do your morning exercises,
self-massage, have a shower. Then, drink 1 ta-
blespoon of vegetable oil, eat a salad: carrots,
apples, cabbage, finely grated and seasoned
with lemon juice or vegetable oil.
• Lunch: vegetarian soup, freshly cooke d por-
ridge (buckwheat, millet or maize, you can
have it with some vegetables or fruit).
• Dinner: fermented milk products (quark, sour
cream, yoghurt, kefir, cheese) or beet salad.
• Don’t forget to drink the GEPAR phytocom-
plex before lunch and dinner. Before going to
bed, drink the raisin water, and go to sleep
with a hot-water bottle over the liver area.
• Keep to this diet for three days.
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prune compote.

So:
1st day  — vegetable diet, GEPAR, POLYSORB
MP.
2nd day  — vegetable diet, GEPAR, POLY-
SORB MP.
3rd day  — vegetable diet, GEPAR, POLYSORB
MP.
4th day  — dried apricot or prune compote over
the course of the day, 3 tablespoons of GEPAR,
POLYSORB MP 4 times a day.
5th day  — 3 more spoons of sorbent arbitrarily
on an empty stomach and prior to fluid intake in
the morning.
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cleansing  is prior fasting for a period of 8 -10
hours (you can fast for longer — up to 20 hours,
but not less than 8 hours). Failure to observe this
condition abruptly changes the course of physi-
ological processes in the digestive tract. Whe n
you eat, intestinal absorption mechanisms are
abruptly activated in the body. They will be ac-
tive until the organism fully absorbs the digested
food. And if, while the mechanisms of absorp-
tion are active, any substances get into the stom-
ach and the intestines, the body will begin ab-
sorbing them immediately. Thus, you won’t be
able to hold the salt solution in the intestines.
Moreover, the presence of incompletely digested
nutrients in the intestinal contents will slow
down the activity of the digestive tract: the
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along the intestinal canal, lingering in its sepa-
rate segments. If the fluid and the sorbent aren’t
moving along the intestinal canal, while the
mechanisms of intestinal absorption are active,
then, in all likelihood, the organism will begin
absorbing the solution.
Please be aware that an intake of even a small
amount of sweetened tea is a contraindication
for starting intestinal sorbent cleansing, since,
when it breaks up, sugar creates glucose, and
glucose abruptly increases the intensity of so-
dium absorption. As for drinking pure water,
there are no restrictions, because it’s quickly ab-
sorbed, but it’s still better not to drink 30
minutes prior to the procedure. Come home
from work early. Take some mineral water (you
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out), dissolve 60 grams of Epsom salt  in 1 glass
of mineral water (if you weigh under 80 kg), or
80 grams of Epsom salt in 1 glass of mineral wa-
ter (if you weigh more than 80 kg). You can add
some lemon juice to the Epsom salt, so it’ll be
easier to drink. Drink the Epsom salt  in one shot,
and within 1 hour wash it down with 6 -7 glasses
of mineral water.  Then proceed to self -massage
your abdomen.
After the last visit to the toilet, eat some ric e
porridge without salt, optionally with a small
amount of butter. After the meal, it’s good to
take a hot bath and have a good night’s rest, no
strenuous activity on that day.
6th day
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with 1 glass of water,
10:00 a m, 12:00 pm  — drink GEPAR, you can
drink apple juice until 2:00 pm.
2:00 pm  — drink Epsom salt  (1 sachet mixed
in a glass of warm water).
6:00 pm  — drink Epsom salt  (1 sachet mixed
in a glass of warm water), put a hot -water bottle
over the area of your rig ht hypochondrium.
7:00 pm  — drink 200 -250 grams of warmed -up
(35°C) olive oil (if you can’t tolerate olive oil, you
can replace it with quail eggs, you need to drink
half a glass), you have to drink the oil while
standing, on the exhale, preferably in one shot,
and wash it down with a bit of lemon -orange
juice. Drink 200 grams of lemon -orange juice
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pm, 7:30 pm, 7:45 pm, 8:00 pm, 8:15 pm, 8:30
pm, 8:45


 and Overfat at the Same Time
When thin people have a desire to gain weight, they usually fail to rec ognize that they need to gain muscle, not fat. Almost every
client who has ever come to me wanting to curtail their weight loss because they thought that they were getting “too skinny” actuall y
still needed to lose some fat. In more than twenty years of advising people on  matters of health, nutrition, and athletic performance, I
have known only two individuals who actually wanted and  needed to gain fat.
What really happens when people begin eating healthfully is that th e fat starts falling off and they think they are losing muscle,
because they never realized how little muscle they actually car ry. People in this situation need to gain muscle while continuing to los e
fat. This requires exercise.
One client, a high-end fashion model, came to me saying she would do whatev er I suggested in order to extend her youthful
beauty, but she could not afford to lose any more weight. She was long and lanky a nd looked skinny to be sure, but she was
undermuscled. When we measured her body fat, she was shocked to discover th at it was almost 29%—at least 10% above what I
would consider healthy. She did not need to lose weight; she needed to lose fat w hile gaining muscle. She did just that, and she
continued her modeling career for many more years.
Gorging on Fat Is Not a Strategy for Weight Gain
Many people who eat a lot of fat lose a great deal of weight. How can this be? Con suming a diet that is low in carbohydrates and
rich in fat can leave people with a depressed appetite, which leads them t o eat fewer calories. 68  Also, although some people can
handle dietary fat fairly efficiently (and still consume many ca lories), most of us do not digest or assimilate it very well. This means
that even when we consume the same number of calories in high-fat f ood as we would on a lower-fat diet, we can experience an
effective net reduction in caloric intake. Of course, the heavy fat i nterferes with nutrient absorption, as well. This is a compound
problem, because a high-fat diet is already nutrient poor.

Overfat People Are Malnourished
We cannot be healthy when we are overfat, since our health cannot be bet ter than its weakest link. To the degree that we are
overfat, we are also typically malnourished: the more fat, the more mal nourished. The obese person who eats only fruits and
vegetables is virtually unheard of; we get fat when we eat foods tha t are less than optimally nutritious—foods that are nutritionall y
poor and impair our assimilation of nutrients. Hence, fatness and malnut rition are inseparably linked.

Overfat People Cannot Be “Perfectly Healthy”
W e like to think of ourselves as perfectly healthy, even when we know t hat we are not. W e say things like, “Except for my diabetes,
I am perfectly healthy,” or “Other than his darned asthma and needi ng to lose 80 pounds, he is perfectly healthy.” W e are shocked
when someone we deemed perfectly healthy dies suddenly from a heart att ack or stroke. But take note: people in perfect health
simply do not drop dead.  While perfect health is our natural state, it occurs only when we ta ke perfect care of ourselves.

How Much Body Fat Is Healthy?
In order to live healthfully throughout a lifetime, we must learn to m aintain both our weight and our body-fat percentage. For
men, a healthy body-fat percentage runs in the single digits. For women, the ideal range is about ten points higher. (It is certainly
possible for women to drop too low in body fat, despite what the glamour magazines wou ld have us believe. Women can develop
infertility, osteoporosis, eating disorders, hormonal imbalances, and other  serious conditions when their body fat drops into the single
digits.)
Most mainstream guidelines from medical or fitness professionals ru n significantly higher than my recommendations, as the
following table illustrates. 69

This discrepancy results from the fact that I equate health with f itness and athleticism, essentially viewing the two as
inseparable. In contrast, government, fitness, and medical “expert s” distinguish the athlete from the healthy individual, giving th em
separate classifications, as if it were possible to be healthy and not athletic.  Although we can indeed feel good and live free of
symptoms for several years as a sedentary individual, this strategy  is sure to fail over time. We should not fool ourselves into
believing that anything resembling true health is possible withou t regular, vigorous exercise.

Strategies for Increasing Muscle Mass
Increasing muscle mass is one way to decrease overall body fat percent age. As the percentage of lean tissue increases, the
percentage of fat tissue automatically decreases. If you are thin bu t still carry a higher-than-healthful body fat percentage, this i s an excellent way to achieve your ideal body composition, because increasing  muscle mass has the secondary effect of facilitating fat
loss. How does this occur? When we add muscle, we increase our body’s calori c requirements. For many of us, there is a time
lapse while we become accustomed to eating more food. During this lag time, our bodies commonly utilize stored fats to make up
for the deficit in calories, reducing our body-fat percentage.
Unfortunately, muscle mass is easily lost. The phrase “use it or l ose it” definitely applies, as muscles must be used on an
ongoing basis in order to grow and maintain size. Day to day, muscle loss rare ly accounts for even one-hundredth of one percent of
our body-weight fluctuations. Muscle loss can account for a fair amount  of weight loss, however, if an active person becomes totally
sedentary, as in the case of the extended bed rest that is required in ins tances of extreme sickness or recovery from a debilitating
accident. We can measure muscle atrophy within twenty-four hours of  the initiation of complete rest. Fortunately, muscles regain
their prior size with relative ease when we resume normal activi ties, even after months of convalescence or weeks of water fasting.
Of course, if we are active and then become unexpectedly sedentary and c ontinue eating as much or more than we did before, we
will gain fat, as the body stores excess calories as fat, not muscle.
Gaining muscle is the only truly healthful way to gain weight an d increase size without running the risk of creating hormonal
imbalances that result from harboring excess body fat. The only wa y to gain muscle weight is by “asking” your body to build through
the demands of strength-training activities. Pure strength tra ining is technically defined as “one repetition maximum,” or “1RM,”
meaning you can lift that particular weight a maximum of one time be fore muscular fatigue results. More often, people train for
strength by lifting weights in not more than four sets of one to five re petitions each. Strength training a few times per week is all that
is necessary to develop your new, lean body.

Losing or Gaining Fat … the Right and Wrong Way
The simplest method of losing fat is to consume fewer total calories eac h day than the amount you use. Estimating calories
consumed versus calories used can provide a very good assessment of your pote ntial overall rate of weight loss. (See Appendix D.
Resources for Diet Analysis) Given that a pound of fat contains 3,500 calor ies, if you expend 115 calories per day more than you
consume, you will fairly reliably lose one pound per month. Such calculati ons are not necessary on an ongoing basis; typically you
only need to figure calories in versus calories out to develop an understa nding and a routine. Once you establish healthful daily
habits, tracking your diet and exercise will become a thing of the past.
Another way to achieve a net loss of calories for weight reduction is to m ake a commitment to add regular exercise into your
daily routine. You must be patient about it, however, as briskly walking a mi le per day only yields on average about a one-pound
weight loss over the course of a month. This assumes, of course, that all ot her factors, including total calorie intake, remain relatively
constant during that time.

The Truth Behind Detoxification
The tendency among raw fooders to attribute magical powers, such as “ cleansing” properties, to foods is nothing short of
misguided. Raw foods do not cleanse; they are simply the foods we are designed f or. Consuming them provides the body the
necessary energy to relieve itself of toxins that have been held in  suspension with water. The body does this through its normal
mechanisms—the organs of elimination and detoxification.
Our liver and kidneys are always working to detoxify us. When we consume t he standard American diet, these organs work
overtime just to keep up, because we are constantly ingesting as many t oxins as we eliminate (or more). When we switch to raw
food, the liver and kidneys have a chance to catch up. They can finally make  progress in detoxifying the body, reducing its toxic
load.
One pint of water weighs one pound, so weight loss can be dramatic when we ar e losing water as a result of reducing the
body’s toxic load. I have seen people lose twenty-five and even as muc h as forty pounds in the first week of switching to an all-raw


 I would be very reluctant to buy my vitamins at a discount departmentstore or supermarket; when experimenting with new suppliers I have at timesbeen severely disappointed.
Co-enzyme Q-
10. This substance is normally manufactured in the human body
and is also found in minuscule amounts in almost every cell on Earth. For thatreason it is also called “ubiquinone.” But this vitamin has been only recentlydiscovered, so as I write this book Co-enzyme Q-
10 is not widely known.
Q-10 is essential to the functioning of the mitochondria, that part of the cell that
produces energy. With less Q- 10 in heart cells, for example, the heart has less
energy and pumps less. The same is true of the immune system cells, the livercells, every cell. As we age the body is able to make less and less Q-
10,
contributing to the loss of energy frequently experienced with age, as well as thediminished effectiveness of the immune system, and a shortened life span.
Q-
10 was first used for its ability to revitalize heart cells. It was a prescription
medicine in Japan. But unlike other drugs used to stimulate the heart, at anyreasonable dose Q-
10 has no harmful side effects. It also tends to give people the
extra pick up they are trying to get out of a cup of coffee. But Q- 10 does so by
improving the function of every cell in the body, not by whipping exhaustedadrenals like caffeine does. Q-
10 is becoming very popular with athletes who
measure their overall cellular output against known standards.
Besides acting as a general tonic, when fed to lab animals, Co-Enzyme Q- 10
makes them live 33 to 45 percent longer!
DMAE  is another extremely valuable vitamin-like substance that is not widely
known. It is a basic building material that the body uses to make acetylcholine, the
most generalized neurotransmitter in the body. Small quantities of DMAE are
found in fish, but the body usually makes it in a multi-stage synthesis that startswith the amino acid choline, arrives at DMAE at about step number three andends up finally with acetylcholine.
The body’s nerves are wrapped in fatty tissue that should be saturated with
acetylcholine. Every time a nerve impulse is transmitted from one nerve cell to thenext, a molecule of acetylcholine is consumed. Thus acetylcholine has to beconstantly replaced. As the body ages, levels of acetylcholine surrounding thenerves drop and in consequence, the nerves begin to deteriorate. DMAE israpidly and easily converted into acetylcholine and helps maintain acetylcholinelevels in older people at a youthful level.
When laboratory rats are fed DMAE they solve mazes more rapidly,
remember better, live about 40 percent longer than rats not fed DMAE and mostinterestingly, when autopsied, their nervous systems resemble those of a youngrat, without any evidence of the usual deterioration of aging. Human nervoussystems also deteriorate with age, especially those of people suffering fromsenility. It is highly probable that DMAE will do the same thing to us. DMAE alsosmoothes out mood swings in humans and seems to help my husband, Steve,when he has a big writing project. He can keep working without getting writersblock, fogged out, or emotionally rollercoastering.
DMAE is a little hard to find. Prolongevity and VRP sell it in powder form.
Since the FDA doesn’t know any MDR and since the product is not capped up,the bottle of powder from Life Extension sagely states that one-quarterteaspoonful contains 333 milligrams. Get the hint? DMAE tastes a little like soursalt and one-quarter teaspoonful dissolves readily in water every morning beforebreakfast, or anytime for that matter. DMAE is also very inexpensive consideringwhat it does. A year’s supply costs about $20.
Lecithin  is a highly tonic and inexpensive food supplement that is underutilized
by many people even though it is easily obtainable in healthfood stores. It is an
emulsifier, breaking fats down into small separate particles, keeping blood
cholesterol emulsified to prevent arterial deposits. Taken persistently, lecithinpartially and slowly eliminates existing cholesterol deposits from the circulatorysystem.
In our cholesterol-frightened society lecithin should be a far more popular
supplement than it currently is. It is easy to take either as a food in the granularform or when encapsulated. Lecithin granules have very little flavor and can beadded to a homemade vinegar and oil salad dressing, where they emulsify the oiland make it blend with the vinegar, thickening the mixture and causing it to stick tothe salad better. Lecithin can also be put in a fruits smoothie. A scant tablespoona day is sufficient. Try to buy the kind of lecithin that has the highest phosphatidylcholine content because this substance is the second benefit of taking lecithin.Phosphatidyl choline is another precursor used by the body to build acetylcholineand helps maintain the nervous system.
Algae.  Spirulina or sun dried chlorella are also great food supplements. Both
make many people feel energized, pepped-up. It is possible to fast on eitherproduct and still maintain sufficient energy levels to take of minimal workresponsibilities. Algae reduces appetite and as a dietary supplement can assist inweight loss. It contains large amounts of highly-assimilable protein due to it’s highchlorophyll content, as well as a large amount of beta carotene. It also assists indetoxification of the lymphatic system. It can be purchased as tablets or powder.Take a heaping teaspoon daily, or at least six tablets.
Chapter Seven
The Analysis of Disease States:
Helping the Body Recover
From the Hygienic Dictionary
Diagnosis.  [1] In the United States, making a diagnosis implies that you are a doctor duly licensed to
engage in diagnostic function.... The making of a diagnosis is reserved only for doctors.... The term“analysis” does not have such an explicit legal definition. Thus, it is the term of choice of iridologistsand the one most often used by them. It is essential for the survival and promotion of iridology thatthose who choose to engage in its practice avoid naming any disease condition. As we have seen, to doso is to infringe on rights reserved exclusively for doctors and can land the iridologist, sooner or later,in a snarl of legal troubles.
It is better for the iridologist to refrain from suggesting to a person that he has any particular
disease, letting such diagnostics remain the province of licensed doctors. In so doing, the iridologistwill avoid transgressing the law and stepping on the toes of those who are legally qualified todiagnose.
It is indeed unfortunate that one of the greatest pitfalls awaiting the iridologist is the temptation
to name diseases. The feelings of satisfaction and power resulting from conferring a name are deeplyrooted in the human psyche. For example, the Bible tells us that man’s first task on Earth was to namethe animals, thus giving him power and dominion over them.
Strong is the temptation to name diseases because nearly everyone has come to expect that his
malady has a name. Patients have come to expect, and doctors have been trained to make, a diagnosis.... “After all,” the patient may reason, “how can you hope to deal with my condition if you aren’tknowledgeable enough to call it by name?”
It is not necessary to name diseases in order to exercise dominion over them. Dr. Bernard Jensen,
Visions of Health.
In self defense, I must make it very clear from the first word that hygienists and
most other naturopaths of various persuasions, and especially I myself, have neverin the past, never!, and do not now, diagnose, treat or offer to cure, disease orillness. Diagnosis and curing are sole, exclusive privileges of certified, duly-licensed medical doctors and may only be done with a grant of Authority to do sofrom the State. Should an unlicensed person diagnose, offer to treat or attempt tocure disease or illness, they will have committed a felonious act. With bigpenalties. Therefore, I do not do it.
When one of my clients comes to me and says that a medical doctor says they
have some disease or other, I agree that the medical doctor says they have somedisease or other, and I never dare say that they don’t. Or even confirm on myown authority that I think they do have some disease or other.
What I can legally do for a client is to analyze the state of their body and its
organs, looking for weaknesses and apparent allergies. I can lawfully state that Ithink their liver tests weak, the pancreas appears not to be functioning well interms of handling meat digestion, that the kidney is having a hard time of it. I cansay I see a lump sticking out of their body when one is obviously sticking out oftheir body; I can not say that lump is cancerous but I can state that the cells in thatlump test overly strong and that if I myself had a mass of growing cells testingoverly strong and if I believed in the standard medical model, then I would berushing my overly-strong-testing cells to an oncologist. But I don’t dare say theperson has a cancer. Or diabetes. Or is getting close to kidney failure. That is adiagnosis.
To me, diagnosis is a form of magic rite in which the physician discovers the
secret


 a scientific reason that proves the explanation of these words to be accurate.
Where the Lord spoke to Peter about the "unclean meats" and told
him to eat thereof, Peter said, "But, Lord, am I to eat the unclean meats?" And God said for him to eat. God was telling Peter to take the message of salvation to the Gentiles. The Gentiles were looked upon then by the Jews  as the black people were by some Americans 40
years ago. Jews  felt that they were so much better than the Gentiles
and that the message of salvation was for the Jew only. This vision was to tell Peter to take the message of salvation to the Gentiles, and does not refer to food. 146 If you take Scripture out of context you can prove anything you
want to prove. But there is no way that you can eat the unclean meats
without reaping a premature grave, and also have a rather sickly jour-ney in so doing. A sick gentile in the New Testament is just as sick as Jew in the Old Testament.
In Isaiah 66: 17 we read: "They that sanctify themselves, and puri-
fy themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together saith the Lord." "For they that sanctify themselves," is like saying: "Many people do it and if they do it, I can too." In other
words, they justify themselves.
This also speaks of our leaders, they are spoken of as being a tree.
In Psalm One we are told "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers
of water that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Psalm one is speaking of a man who is happy be-cause he has not listened to the counsel of the ungodly, has not sat in the seat of the scornful, and that he has found favor with God. He is classified as a tree.
A weak person says, "Because this great man eats pork it’s all
right for me." Maybe he's the preacher of the church, a.Sunday school teacher, or a Sunday school superintendent. Holiness means absolute obedience, and sanctification means that  I will walk in the steps of Je-
sus regardless of what it means to me. I will walk a little closer to Him today than I did yesterday so that I may be my brother's keeper.
I love my country and I'll die for it if necessary to preserve the lib-
erty of America. I will not be th reatened by the devil worshippers. I
will do everything I can to keep th e devil worshippers from taking my
children. I will not be threatened by the homosexuals in all of their or-ganizations demanding civil rights. I will do everything I can to keep homosexuals from being school teachers. I will do everything I can to protect the very foundations of the Constitution of this country.
Unless you believe that a religious nation and the Bible are insepa-
rable, you are being deceived. The devil says separate the church from government. If you separate the church from the government then you can control the government and the government can control you and 147 close all the churches. It is impossible to close the churches, separate
the principles of the royal law from the government and retain our lib-
erties.
Let us now stand firm in the faith. Let us now stand firm for liberty. Stand firm for a referendum of all our laws, and obey the rules,
regulations and suggestions given in this chapter.
This chapter does not deal dir ectly with the Reams Biological
Theory of Ionization. However, it has everything to do with your di-gestive system because if you will stand each day for the rights and liberty of yours and others, then your food will digest better. You will become stronger because of the problems that God has given you, and you have laid them at His feet and He has handled them for you, or you will become weaker from running from the problems, and the more you run from the problems the more you will worry about the problem. Worry is found cancerous in all souls.
The Bible says "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way,
which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it" (Matt. 7: 14). Are you. willing to be among the few, or are you going to be among the masses of lukewarm Christians that will be spewed out of His mouth? When the Lord comes, are you going to be the one who says, "Lord, did I not do this for You?" He is going to say, "Depart from me you cursed, I never knew you." Unless you are ready now to stand up and be counted as a follower of God and proclaim Him before all men, He will not proclaim you before His Heavenly Father (Luke 12:9).
You might ask, "Why do you continue in this field of the healing
arts in the field of diet? Why do you care whether America lives or dies? At your age, does it really matter to you? What IS your motive in defying those people that you say falsely accuse you? What do you hope to gain?"
,Jesus has commanded us to be fishers of men, not only for men s
souls, but for their faith, for their works and for better health. He also said to "show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." This I do, to the best of my knowledge. Also, Jesus said, to seek to know the truth and 148 "the truth would make you free." Then, too, He said in Luke 10 and in
other places in the Bible, "to heal the sick." So this is why I do what I
do. This is why I enjoy the persecution, because I am obeying my Lord and Master. I will serve Him as long as I have breath. If I have liberty I will serve Him wherever I am. If I am confined to a prison then I will start a revival meeting and preach to the lost and serve them with whatever I have. Even though I be persecuted, I will not hate. For I know that those who pers ecute me do not know what they
are doing. There is not enough gold in Fort Knox for me to trade shoes with them. The Bible says, "if they persecute you in one place, flee to another."
Jesus did not have a place to lay His head, neither do I except as
friends offer me a place here and there.
I will do everything in my ability to make America the healthiest
nation on earth, to keep our children from being sick, and from having unnecessary operations. There is a time for operations, but the opera-tions should be a means of last resort.
• Do you not know that all illnesses are caused by a mineral defi-
ciency? The cells simply begin to decay because there are not enough minerals to replace those cells that are worn-out.
• Do you not know that heart attacks are caused because the worn-
out cells are not washed out of the system and the salt within the sys-tem is turning it to urea, which causes the heart to beat too hard and sometimes causes pain in the left arm,  in the chest, and then ends in a
pectoris heart attack? (The word PECTORIS is a Latin word which means pain in the chest. However, I am classifying the word pectoris to mean only a heart attack because of too much urea in the system.)
• When our bodies retain too much salt, the blood vessels lose
their ability to expand and contract and cholesterol forms in them, and it causes the intestines to lose their ability to expand and contract and they form pockets or diverticulitis. Nature is robbing from one part of the intestines to supply mineral for another part.
• This is also the cause of cancer of the bone. There is not enough
mineral to supply the other elements so nature will rob a bone here and there in order to supply the mineral to maintain life. 149 • Women lose their teeth in pregnancy because there is not enough
mineral to supply the bone of the fetu s, so nature takes from the moth-
er in mineral and puts it in the fetu s; consequently, there are cavities.
• Bones break down because the mineral in Our foods are deficient
today.
• A number of diseases today are attributed to lack of minerals and
lack of exercise. We cannot take the roughness and exercise that our forefathers and fathers took. We ride everywhere we go, and conse-quently we do not take enough exercise. Hysterectomies could proba-bly be omitted if women did more walking. Their menopause condi-tions could possibly be prevented in a large measure if there was more walking.
• Cancer of the prostate could like ly almost be eliminated if people
did more walking. By walking we get more minerals from our foods. The more we walk, the more energy we use. If we do more walking than we take in minerals, then walking could do us harm.
• Many of the above mentioned items  have to be under supervision
and under the guidance of instruments that are available to us today. IT IS EASY TO BE WELL!
At the present the RBTI test has not been approved by the drug es-
tablishment. However, there are no laws that say that anything has to be approved by anyone. If there is such a law then we have lost our liberty. However, there are dangerous drugs, insecticides, and chemi-cals


 newspaper, or the doctor who tells you
that cholesterol is bad. If cholesterol from animal fats were unhealthy, then why do we desire them so
much? Part of this fear-inducing story is the claim that eating too much animal fat raises serum
cholesterol and thus increases the chance of heart disease. Your body produces three to four times
more cholesterol than you eat. When examined more closely, you will see that cholesterol from
healthy fats is not dangerous and that cholesterol levels do not bear any relation to the prevalence of
heart disease. For more information and a plethora of evidence, I recommend visiting
The
Cholesterol Myths
, by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD, at:
www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htmThe Miracle of Vitamin D
Phosphorus, calcium and our hormones all have something in common. They need fat-soluble vitamin
D. Fat-soluble vitamin D is considered a hormone rather than a vitamin. Strange as it may sound, our
bodies have developed a biological need for hormones.
14
 Fat-soluble vitamin D is essential to
balance the ratio of calcium and phosphorous in our blood to stop tooth decay.
Professor and physician Edward Mellanby of England is the famous researcher who discovered
vitamin D. He and his wife May Mellanby did extensive research on tooth decay which included
decades of feeding experiments on animals and humans. He wrote:
By far the most important factor producing well calcified bones and teeth is vitamin D.
15
We need fat-soluble vitamins A and D for our cells to produce osteocalcin – the protein responsible
for deposition of calcium and phosphorous into our bones.
16
 Dr. Price found that modern people
suffered from tooth decay because modern diets are severely lacking in fat-soluble vitamins. To cure
cavities many people simply need to add these vitamins back into their diets.

Vitamin D levels in Foods
Food
17
,
18
Vitamin D Amount I.U.
Blue Ice™ fermented cod liver oil – full spectrum vitamin D - 1 teaspoon
19
3500-10000
X-Factor Gold™ high vitamin butter oil - D3 only – 1 teaspoon
20
1,000-3000
Pig or Cow Blood – 1 cup
4,000
Marlin – 3.5 ounces
1,400
Chum Salmon (Dog, Keta, or Calico) – 3.5 ounces
1,300
Herring - 3.5 ounces
1,100
Sockeye Salmon - 3.5 ounces
763
Duck Egg – 1 1/3 eggs
720
Oysters - 3.5 ounces of oyster meat
642
Halibut – 3.5 ounces
600
Grunt and Rainbow Trout 3.5 ounces
600
Sardine – 3.5 ounces
480
Mackerel – 3.5 ounces
345 – 440
Pork Lard – 1 tablespoon
140 – 400
Salmon – 3.5 ounces
360
Canned Sardines – 3.5 ounces
270Caviar (fish eggs) 3.5 ounces
232
Shrimp - 3.5 ounces
172
Chicken Egg – 2 eggs
120
Butter - 3.5 ounces
56
Pork Liver - 3.5 ounces
50
Milk - 4 cups
40
Beef Liver3.5 ounces
30
A review of this vitamin D chart shows a few important points. Seafood is an excellent source of
vitamin D. For those who do not have good access to seafood, lard seems to be the densest source of
vitamin D. However in feeding trials, bacon fat did not produce the same anti-cavity effect as did suet
(beef fat from bovine adipose deposits).
21
 Fermented cod liver oil is the most potent source of full
spectrum fat-soluble vitamin D. For vegetarians, consuming moderate amounts of butter and chicken
eggs will be unlikely to provide adequate fat-soluble vitamin D. However adding Green Pasture’s™
butter oil, and free ranging duck eggs would more than likely ensure for plenty of vitamin D.
Supplements vs. Food
There are many studies warning of adverse health effects of too much fat-soluble vitamins A and D in
the diet. Most of these studies are the result of studying vitamins A and D independently and from
synthetic supplements, not whole foods. I recommend only food-based forms of these vitamins to be
sure the body can metabolize them properly.Vital Fat-Soluble Vitamin A
Water-soluble nutrients called carotenes are not true vitamin A. Carotenes are found in foods like
carrots, squash, and green vegetables. Fat-soluble vitamin A is retinol and is only found in animal
fats. When we are healthy our bodies can make the difficult conversion of carotenes into retinol.
Depending on the fat-soluble vitamin A status in your body you made need to consume 10-20 times
more carotenes to create the same amount of true vitamin A.
22
Vitamin A is a family of fat-soluble compounds that plays an important role in vision, bone growth,
reproduction, cell division, proper prenatal development and cell differentiation. Vitamin A is
important for healthy bones and together with vitamin D stimulates and regulates bone growth.
Vitamin A lowers blood serum calcium.
23
 This is an indication that vitamin A is helping your body
utilize calcium. Vitamin A increases growth factors, which stimulate bones and teeth to grow and
repair.
Large doses of vitamin A can be toxic. However any negative effects of vitamin A seem to be
blocked when sufficient vitamin D is in the diet.
24
 Therefore if you eat a lot of liver from land
animals, make sure you are getting plenty of sunlight or vitamin D to prevent vitamin A toxicity.
Fat Soluble Vitamin A
Food
25
Vitamin A Amount (I.U.)
Blue Ice ™ fermented cod liver oil – 1 teaspoon
26
7,500-25,000
Turkey Liver 3.5 ounces
75,000
Duck Liver 3.5 ounces
40,000
Beef Liver 3.5 ounces
35,000
Chicken Liver – 3.5 ounces
13,328
Fish Head / Fish Eyes / Animal Eyes
Very high
Eel – 3.5 ounces
3477
Hard Goat Cheese 3.5 ounces
1745
Soft Goat Cheese 3.5 ounces
1464
Duck Egg – 1 egg
472
King Salmon 3.5 ounces
453
Ghee – 1 tablespoon
391
Butter – 1 tablespoon
350
X-Factor Gold™ high vitamin butter oil – 1 teaspoon
27
200 – 450
Egg Yolk – 1½ yolks
333
Whole Milk – 1 cup
249
In examining this list, you will see that liver is the most concentrated source of fat-soluble vitamin A.The magic of liver in relation to healing tooth cavities in part is its high vitamin A content.
Vitamins A and D from Foods
If you have tooth decay, you are presumably deficient in vitamins A and D. To make up for a
deficiency more of these vitamins will be required at the beginning of your dietary change. It is
difficult to know without thorough testing and scientific understanding the exact amount of vitamins A
and D your body needs. That is why you will have to adjust your dosages of fat-soluble rich foods
based upon how you feel. Using Dr. Price’s program as a guide, we want at least 2,500 IU’s of
vitamin D per day, and at least 6,000 IU’s of vitamin A. You can obtain these fat-soluble vitamins
either from food, from cod liver oil, or from both. First we will look at our food options.
My experience has been that for most people, but not everyone, we are greatly underestimating our
needs for these vitamins, so much higher dosages than recommended here might be in order if it feels
right to you.
28
Three Different Sample Daily Food Groups for Fat-soluble Vitamins A and D
Sample 1

2 tablespoons of tallow (suet) approx. 500 IU vitamin D
3.5 ounces of sockeye salmon 763 IU vitamin D
6 chicken eggs 800 IU vitamin D
1 ounce beef liver 10,000 IU vitamin A
Sample 2

3/4 pound sockeye, king, keta salmon 2616 IU vitamin D
1/2 pound goat cheese 3,600 vitamin A
2 tablespoons butter, 750 IU vitamin A
Sample 3

4 duck eggs 2100 IU vitamin D, 1888 IU vitamin A
1 ounce of chicken liver 3808 IU vitamin A
Please note that all of these daily suggestions do not focus on the crucial Activator X which will be
discussed in a few pages.
Cod Liver Oil Heals Cavities
When vitamins A and D are taken together they are not toxic.
29
 The most potent and easy way to
consume the fat-soluble vitamins A and D together is cod liver oil. One teaspoonful of good cod liver
oil has the vitamin A equivalent to 5 ½ quarts of milk, or 1 pound of butter, or 9 eggs.Dr. Price described an experiment that shows the potency of cod liver oil in remineralizing teeth
which was reported in
TheNew Zealand Dental Journal
. In a group of sixty


ane A
2, endothelial-derived hyperpolarizing factor, adenosine, and K+ and
H+ ions.34
CPP is the driving force that moves blood flow through the cerebral circulation.
Cerebral blood flow varies directly with CPP, which is defined as the difference between mean arterial and ICPs, and inversely with cerebrovascular resistance. Normally, CPP can be considered equal to mean arterial pressure. Immediately after brain trauma, two compensatory mechanisms to counter low CPP from vessel stenosis or vessel obstruc -
tion (e.g., platelet aggregation) can be activated: autoregulation and oxygen extraction fraction. As CPP falls, cerebral blood flow is maintained by the vasodilation of resis-tance arterioles, which results as reflex autoregulation is activated.
90
If cerebral blood flow falls beyond the autoregulatory range, oxygen extraction
factor kicks in order to maintain oxygen levels, but up to a point.91 When CPP falls
beyond the point where neither autoregulation nor increases in oxygen extraction fraction can compensate, ischemia resulting in an insufficient delivery of oxygen to meet metabolic demands will occur with almost certain damage to the brain.
Cerebrovascular resistance results mainly from the friction caused by the blood
on the vessel wall and is determined by vessel length, which does not vary signifi -
cantly in normal physiology, and from blood viscosity, which normally stays within a small physiological range. Blood viscosity, however, increases with blood loss, with ischemia, or with the inability of RBCs to deform in tight capillary lumens.
92 Blood
viscosity depends on hematocrit, erythrocyte aggregability, and plasma viscosity.93
When blood viscosity increases, cerebral blood flow decreases, and inversely,
when viscosity is decreased, cerebral blood flow is increased. This occurs because resistance arterioles regulate the amount of blood flow supplied to the brain by changing their diameters according to the viscosity and the friction of the blood passing through them, also called shear stress. Consequently, the most important aspect of resistance in regulating brain blood flow is the diameter of the vessel whose main activator is blood viscosity.
There is a vasomotor duality that produces either vasodilation or vasoconstriction
of brain arterioles, and it is thought to occur from endogenous arteriolar generation of either 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE), a powerful vasoconstrictor derived from arachidonic acid (AA), or from conversion of AA to the vasodilator epoxyeicosatrienoic acid.
94
Normal cerebral blood flow (CBF) in adult humans is about 60 mL/100 g/min
and, regionally, about 70 mL/100 g/min in gray matter, and 20 mL/100 g/min in white matter. These values normally decrease with age by an estimated rate of about 0.5% per year.
95 Between the ages of 20 and 65, normal CBF generally declines
about 15%–20%.96,97 It is generally accepted that when CBF reaches 30 mL/100
g/min following brain injury, neurologic symptoms can appear and when CBF falls to 15–20 mL/100 g/min, electrical failure or irreversible neuronal damage can occur even within minutes. Neuroimaging studies show that vascular disturbances can reduce CBF to generate ischemic neurons (<12 mL/100 g/min), penumbral neurons 148 Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) in Trauma and Disease
(12–22 mL/100 g/min), or hypoperfused neurons (>22 mL/100 g/min. Penumbral
neurons are functionally impaired but, unlike ischemic neurons, lack structural damage, while hypoperfused neurons may or may not exhibit anatomic or functional changes for extended time periods.
27
Penumbral and hypoperfused neurons therefore may be salvageable following
brain trauma in the event that a safe and effective treatment can be found. Such a treatment should address most if not all of the following factors:
 1.  I nhibit platelet aggregability
 2.  B lock vasoconstrictors including thromboxane A2, endothelins, and 20-HETE
 3.  S uppress tissue factor to prevent thrombosis
 4. B lock Na+ and Ca+ intracellular influx
 5.  B lock glutamatergic activation of NMDA receptors
 6.  S uppress inflammation
 7.  I nhibit free radical formation
 8.  R educe brain edema
 9.  S tabilize cell membrane from damage
 1 0.  I nhibit toxic cytokines
 1 1.  I ncrease cerebral blood flow by (a) activating smooth muscle cells in brain
to increase vasodilation and (b) stimulating PG vasodilators E1 and prosta -
cyclin (I2)
These factors that are linked with injuries to the brain and spinal cord and the role DMSO plays in their activation are reviewed in the following text and summarized in Figure 8.1.
PROSTAGLANDINS
Concussive brain trauma is often accompanied by platelet aggregation and platelet dysfunction in pial arteries and arterioles due to coagulation disturbances caused by the sudden trauma.
98,99
In brain trauma patients, early coagulopathy is common on hospital admission
with the coagulopathic process beginning at the time of trauma.100 As discussed
in the section “Cerebral Hemodynamic Function in Brain Injury” in this chapter, blocked or obstructed brain vessels can lead to energy delivery disturbances whose outcome is brain cell damage or death. For this reason, traumatic brain injury has been the focus of treatments using antiplatelet aggregators such as prostacyclin, a potent vasodilator and platelet deaggregant.
101
Although microcirculation is improved following prostacyclin treatment after
brain trauma,101 brain edema and cerebral blood flow do not necessarily improve.
This limitation has discouraged the use of prostacyclin and other antiplatelet aggre -
gators both in basic and clinical strategies in treating brain trauma.
DMSO has been consistently reported to be an effective platelet deaggregator101–103
and, unlike prostacyclin, has been shown, following severe insults to the brain, to improve brain edema, cerebral blood flow, CPP, and electroencephalographic activ -
ity, while lowering ICP and cerebrovascular reactivity.
41,47–49149 DMSO in Basic Neuroprotection
The first step in the PG synthesis is the release of the substrate fatty acid, such as
AA, from the cellular phospholipids, by the action of the enzyme phospholipase A2
(Figure 8.2).
There are three ways that PGs can be elaborated. The monoenoic pathway forms
PGE1 and PGE1-alpha from dihomo-y-linolenate. The bisenoic pathway leads to the
elaboration of the endoperoxides (PGG2 and PGH2), which are the controlling agents
in subpathways producing PGI2, TXA2, and PGE2 (Figure 8.2).
It can be seen from Figure 8.2 that PGI2 (prostacyclin) and, to a lesser extent, PGE2
act as potent vasodilators and platelet deaggregators. The antiplatelet aggregation
activity by PGI2 and PGE2 results from their increase of cAMP levels in platelets.104,105
The other products, especially TXA2, are potent vasoconstrictors and platelet
aggregators. There is a third trienoic pathway derived from eicosapentaenoic acid, which originates with the membrane-bound fatty acid, but little is known about the effects of its products, TXA
3 and PGI3, on the cerebral vascular bed. However, it is
of interest that the vascular-platelet action of PGI3 is similar to that of PGI2, although
TXA3 is not considered analogous to TXA2 since the latter can increase the levels of
cAMP in platelets, thus neutralizing their potential aggregation.105,106
Formation of PGE2 can stimulate the levels of adenosine diphosphate (ADP), a
mild platelet deaggregator and antagonist of noradrenaline production.107Cellular phospholipids
Arachidonic acid
Cyclooxygena seIndomethacin blo cks
Aspirin blo cks
Prostaglandin H2
Thromboxane A2
Vasoconstr iction
Platel et aggr egation
Inflammation
Bronch oconstrictionVasodila tion
Platel et deaggr egation
Anti-inflammation
BronchodilationProstaglandin E2
BlocksIncre ase cAMPProstaglandin E1Prostaglandin synthesis and DMSO actions
Stimulates
StimulatesStimulates
DMSO
DMSO(Prosta cyclin syntha se)
Prosta cyclin (I2)Phospholip ase A
FIGURE 8.2  Simplified scheme of prostaglandin biosynthesis, which starts with the
release of a fatty acid nearly always derived from the 2-position of a membrane phospho -
lipid. Arachidonic acid is created from diacylglycerol via phospholipase-A2 and then brought
to either the cyclooxygenase pathway where


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. 128) is
traditionally taken to
improve the memory.
cramp bark
(Viburnum opulus,
p. 150) relaxes
muscles.mandrake ( Mandragora officinarum, see p. 232). With a forked root that
resembles the human shape, mandrake was credited with great magical
and healing powers. It was recommended by Dioscorides for many
ailments, including sleeplessness and inflammation of the eyes.
 With the collapse of the Roman empire in the 5th century ce, the
debate about how illness arose and how it should be treated shifted to
the East. By the 9th century, Islamic physicians had translated much of Galen’s
work into Arabic, and his ideas affected the development of Arabic medicine
into the Middle Ages, influencing Avicenna (980–1037). Later in the
Middle Ages, Galen’s writings were translated back into Latin from the
Arabic and, for 400 years, his ideas held sway and were diligently applied in
European medical practice. Even in the 16th and 17th centuries, students
in university medical schools were given an academic training in the
principles of the humoral system, as established by Galen. They learned
how to diagnose an imbalance of the humors, and the methods of
restoring equilibrium, primarily bloodletting and purging ( see pp. 23–24).
Printing & Herbal Medicine
The invention of printing in the 15th century changed the face of herbal
medicine in Europe. Before that time, European folk medicine had been
handed down from generation to generation. While some early herbals
were written in Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, and Welsh, for example, for the
most part the tradition was orally based.
 During the following centuries, herbals were published throughout
Europe in different languages, making standardized catalogs of herbs and
their applications accessible to the general public, not just to those who
understood Latin. As literacy rates rose, women in particular used the
advice in the herbals to treat their families. The ancient theory of the four humors holds that four fluids within the body—black bile, phlegm, yellow bile,
and blood—correspond to the four elements (earth, water, air, and fire), the four seasons, and other aspects
of the natural world. Until the 17th century, physicians believed that an imbalance of the humoral system
caused mental and physical illness.Europ E
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34The developmenT  of herbal medicine
In some cases, the printed herbals were written by physicians, and largely
reflected the writings of classical authors such as Dioscorides. In other instances they were based directly on first-hand experience—the English herbals of John Gerard (1597) and Nicholas Culpeper (1652) being
good examples. John Gerard’s The Herball is clearly the work of a horticulturist, rather
than of an herbal practitioner, but is nonetheless a mine of information. The book includes many plants that had been recently brought back to Europe by explorers and traders.
 Culpeper’s The English Physitian has been widely used as a practical
reference book ever since its publication. It is a rich blend of personal
and practical experience, traditional European medicine, and astrological thought. Each herb is assigned a “temperature,” a use within the humoral system, and a ruling planet and star sign. Like Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica, it has the merit of being based on close observation and extensive experience in the use of herbal medicines.
Foreign Herbs & Synthesized Drugs
The growing use of foreign herbs in the 17th century prompted heated
debate about the relative value of indigenous European herbs, but for the majority of the population this was irrelevant as the imported herbs were well out of their price range. In the end, it created a rift in herbal medicine. Poor and rural peoples used locally available herbs, while affluent city-dwellers and aristocrats purchased plants of foreign origin, prescribed
by university-trained physicians. By the beginning of the 18th century, approximately 70 percent of plant medicines stocked by European apothecaries were imported. Over time, this city-based herbalism evolved into conventional scientific medicine, which in turn rejected its herbal roots and regarded plant medicines as inferior. Once conventional medicine established its monopoly of practice—in
most European countries by the end of the 19th century—it became (and in many cases still remains) illegal to practice herbalism without medical certification. In Greece, traditional herbalists, known as komboyannites, were persecuted, and the word itself became an insult meaning “trickster”
or “quack.” In France and Italy, experienced traditional herbalists were imprisoned for providing treatment to their patients. The renaissance in herbal medicine that has occurred in the last 40 years offers hope that official censure will change.
Modern Practitioners
The pattern of herbal medicine
across Europe today is remarkably varied, but a common thread runs through the different traditions and practices. Most European herbalists use orthodox methods of diagnosis, looking for signs of infection and inflammation, for example. However, most also try to establish a broad, holistic picture, placing the illness in the context of the patient’s life as a whole. Herbalists then choose plant medicines and recommend suitable Blackberry (Rubus
fruticosus, p. 264) is  a cleansing, diuretic plant that was recommended by classical physicians.
Marshmallow
(Althaea officinalis,  p. 165) is a soothing remedy for gastritis and irritable bowel syndrome. The ancient Greek physician Pliny extolled the plant  as a cure-all.
Milk thistle
(Silybum marianum,  p. 137) protects the liver from damage.
Elderflower
(Sambucus nigra,  p. 132) helps to relieve hay fever.
Sage (Salvia officinalis,
p. 131) was considered a cure-all in medieval times.Fresh rosemary
Marshmallow flowers
Milk thistle capsules
Healers in medieval Europe frequently sought to
restore physical imbalance with bloodletting, purges, and preparations that caused vomiting.
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dietary and lifestyle changes that will
allow the body’s self-regenerating
powers—the modern equivalent of the
“vital spirit”—to establish good health
once again. Recovery may take longer
than it would if treated with conventional
medicine, but relief is generally enduring
and free from side effects.
    A patient with a stomach ulcer, for
example, may be treated with a variety
of herbs such as meadowsweet
(Filipendula ulmaria, p. 98), German
chamomile ( Chamomilla recutita, p. 77),
marshmallow ( Althaea officinalis, p. 165),
and deadly nightshade ( Atropa belladonna,
p. 69) to soothe inflammation, astringe,
and protect the inner lining of the stomach,
and reduce excess acid production. In
addition, herbal practitioners also address
poor dietary habits, bad posture, and stress—which are all conditions that
may have undermined the body’s healing ability. Problems such as these
are reversed with herbs to relieve stress, a diet rich in non-acidic
vegetables and fruits, and exercise.
Popular Herbs
In European herbal medicine, native herbs are still highly popular. Alpine
plants such as arnica ( Arnica montana, p. 172) and pulsatilla ( Anemone
pulsatilla, p. 168) are much used in Swiss, German, Italian, and French herbal
medicine, while comfrey ( Symphytum officinale, p. 138) is particularly well
liked in Britain. There has also been a surge in demand for exotic herbs. The
Chinese ginkgo tree ( Ginkgo biloba, p. 100), which improves circulation of
blood to the head and helps the memory, is now cultivated in vast plantations
in France, and has been a bestselling medicine in Germany for over 20 years.
European Traditions & the Future
Sales of over-the-counter herbal medicines in Europe have continued to
increase over the last two decades, though the reasons for this growth
vary widely.
 It is possibly a reaction to the over-reliance on drug treatment in
conventional medicine. Sound advice on a healthy diet and lifestyle,
including food herbs, such as turmeric ( Curcuma longa, p. 90), might well
prove more beneficial than conventionally prescribed drugs in helping
an aging population to stay healthy for longer.
 Nevertheless, in several European countries herbal medicines are
routinely prescribed, offering doctors a choice of gentle-acting
treatments for chronic and more minor health problems. In Germany and
Poland, herbal medicines can be frontline treatments for digestive disorders
and chronic problems such as arthritis. This approach leaves conventional
drug treatments available for more acute or serious conditions.
 In contrast, a barely reported trend is that more and more people are
growing medicinal plants. There seems to be a desire to rediscover the
magic of cultivating and harvesting plants, and involving them (as food and
medicine) in one’s daily life.Hawthorn (Crataegus
oxyacantha, p. 87)
has a marked tonic
effect on the heart.
Cowslip (


to a height of 1 ft (30 cm). Has slender knotty rhizomes and curving fronds that are dotted  with brown spores (sori) on their lower surface.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe
and northern Asia, polypody is commonly found growing in damp woodland and hedgerows, and  on walls. The rhizome is unearthed in autumn.
Part Used Rhizome.
Constituents Polypody rhizome contains
saponins (based on polypodosapogenin), ecdysteroids, phloroglucins, volatile oil, fixed  oil, and tannins.
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properties. It is often taken to treat arthritic
and rheumatic aches and pains. It is also used
to lower fever, especially when this condition
is associated with rheumatoid arthritis. Being
stimulant, quaking aspen bark acts as a tonic
remedy in the treatment of anorexia and other
debilitated states. The bark’s significant astringent
and antiseptic qualities make it useful for treating
diarrhea and the symptoms of irritable bowel
syndrome. It is also used to treat urinary
tract infections.
Caution Do not take quaking aspen if allergic
to aspirin.Cautions Best avoided while breastfeeding.
Do not take if allergic to aspirin.
Self-help Use  Coughs, p. 310.
Populus tremuloides (Salicaceae)
Quaking Aspen
Description Deciduous, spreading tree
growing to 65 ft (20 m). Has oval, slightly sticky
buds and round, finely toothed leaves that quiver
in the wind.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to North
America, quaking aspen prefers damp and moist
areas, and grows alongside rivers and in valleys,
hedgerows, and groves. It is also widely cultivated
in temperate regions. The bark is collected in
early spring.
Part Used Bark.
Constituents The bark contains phenolic
glycosides (including salicin and populin) and
tannins. Salicin and populin are salicylates, substances
that have fever-reducing, pain-relieving, and
anti-inflammatory properties that are
similar to those of aspirin.
Quaking aspen bark contains salicin, a substance
with aspirin-like effects.Purslane is a good
source of vitamins and
calcium. It also has
antibiotic properties.
History & Folklore The Ojibwa people used
an oily compound made from quaking aspen and
bear fat to treat earache. Other Native Americans
used the bark for a variety of purposes, including
as an eyewash for sore eyes.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Like willow bark
(Salix alba, p. 129), quaking aspen bark has widely
recognized anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving Research Purslane is being intensively researched.
Extracts of the herb show antioxidant, anti-
inflammatory, analgesic, and antidiabetic activity,
underlining that fact that purslane is valuable as
food and as medicine. The alkaloids have
neuroprotective activity and inhibit
acetylcholinesterase, making the herb
theoretically of use in Alzheimer’s disease.
Caution Do not take purslane as a medicine
during pregnancy.
Potentilla anserina (Rosaceae)
Silverweed
Description Perennial plant growing to
16 in (40 cm). Has toothed compound leaves
that are silvery on the underside, and 5-petaled
yellow flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Silverweed is found
in Europe, Asia, and North America, where it
flourishes in dry grassy places. The aerial parts are
collected in late summer, the root at the same time
or in autumn.
Parts Used Aerial parts, root.
Constituents Silverweed contains 2–10%
ellagitannins, flavonoids, choline, and bitters.
History & Folklore William Withering, the
18th-century doctor who discovered the
cardiotonic effects of foxglove ( Digitalis purpurea,
p. 202), recommended a teaspoon of dried leaves
to be taken at 3-hour intervals to assuage bouts
of malarial fever.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Silverweed’s
main medicinal value lies in its astringent and anti-
inflammatory activity. It makes an effective gargle  LeavesPortulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae)
Purslane
Description Succulent annual plant growing
to 6 in (15 cm). Has small, thick rounded leaves
and small yellow flowers growing in clusters.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to Europe
and Asia, purslane is now one of the most
widely distributed plants, growing
from Australia and China to the
Americas. Often found growing
near water, it is gathered
throughout the summer. Wild
purslane is the variety chiefly used
as a medicine; the golden variety,
P. oleracea var. sativa, is cultivated
mostly as a kitchen potherb.
Parts Used Aerial parts.
Constituents Purslane contains flavonoids,
alkaloids, fatty acids (significant omega-3 oil
content), terpenoids, polysaccharides, vitamins A,
B1, and C, proteins and minerals (especially calcium).
History & Folklore Purslane’s use as a
medicinal herb in Europe, Iran, and India dates
back at least 2,000 years, and it was probably
eaten as a vegetable well before then. In ancient
Rome, purslane was used to treat headaches,
stomach ache and dysentery, intestinal worms,
and lizard bite.
Medicinal Actions & Uses Purslane has
long been considered valuable in the treatment
of urinary and digestive problems. The diuretic
effect of the juice makes it useful in the alleviation
of bladder ailments, for example difficulty in
passing urine. The plant’s mucilaginous properties
also make it a soothing remedy for gastrointestinal
problems such as dysentery and diarrhea. In
Chinese herbal medicine, purslane is employed for
similar problems and, additionally, for appendicitis.
The Chinese also use the plant as an antidote for
wasp stings and snake bite. Used as an external
wash, the juice or a decoction relieves skin ailments
such as boils and carbuncles, and also helps to
reduce fever.
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256
other medicinal plantsPotentilla erecta
for sore throats, and is a helpful remedy for
diarrhea. Less astringent than its close relative tormentil (P. erecta, see following entry), it also has  a gentler action within the gastrointestinal tract.  It is used externally as a lotion or ointment for bleeding hemorroids.
Caution Use internally for more no more than
3–4 weeks at a time.
Potentilla erecta syn. P. tormentilla
(Rosaceae)
Tormentil
Description Downy creeping perennial growing
to 4 in (10 cm). Has leaves bearing 5 leaflets, and
many 4-petaled yellow flowers.
Habitat & Cultivation Native to temperate
regions of Asia and Europe, tormentil thrives in grassy sites and on heaths and moorland. The aerial parts of tormentil are harvested in summer and the root is gathered in autumn.
Parts Used Aerial parts, root.
Constituents Tormentil contains 15–20%
tannins, catechins, ellagitannins, and a phlobaphene.
History & Folklore According to the
17th-century herbalist Nicholas Culpeper, the  herb “is most excellent to stay all kinds of fluxes  of blood or humours in man or woman, whether  it be at nose, mouth, belly, or any wound in the veins or elsewhere.”
Medicinal Actions & Uses Containing even
more tannins than oak bark (Quercus robur, p. 260), all parts of tormentil are strongly astringent, finding use wherever this action is required. The plant makes a beneficial gargle for throat infections, and an effective mouthwash for treating mouth ulcers and infected gums. Tormentil may be taken for conditions that give rise to diarrhea, such as irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, ulcerative colitis, and dysentery, and for rectal bleeding. Applied externally as a lotion or ointment, tormentil helps relieve hemorroids (especially those that are bleeding). In the form of a lotion, tormentil is used to help staunch wounds and protect areas of damaged or burned skin.
Caution Use internally for more no more than
3–4 weeks at a time.and so easing the clearance of phlegm. It is given for chronic coughs, especially those associated  with chronic bronchitis and mucus congestion.  The root is also thought to be mildly diuretic  and antirheumatic and to slow blood clotting.  The leaves have similar properties to the root,  but are weaker in action. The flowers are


	answer.	If	you	have	taken	no	for	an	answer—and	all	of	us	have
—then	spirit	wants	to	change	how	you	see	yourself.	Only	one	side	can	win	a
soccer	game,	but	there’s	a	catch:	The
X
	factor	is	at	work,	and	what	you	see	on
the	surface	isn’t	always	what	you	get.The	Wishing	Tree
W
e	were	walking	down	the	road	toward	the	village	when	Baba	asked,	“What
would	you	wish	for	if	you	could	wish	for	anything?	Would	you	wish	for
riches?”
“Yes,”	I	said	without	a	moment’s	hesitation.
“Would	you	wish	to	be	popular	and	famous?”
“Yes,	that	sounds	pretty	good	too,”	I	said.
He	smiled.	“In	fairy	tales	there	are	always	three	wishes.	What	would	your
third	one	be?”
“Promise	you	won’t	tell	anybody,	but	I’d	wish	for	someone	to	love	me,”	I
said.
“Deeply?”	asked	Baba.	“You	must	be	precise.”	I	felt	my	cheeks	get	warm.
Before	I	could	stammer	out	anything,	Baba	said,	“Very	well,	deeply	it	is.
Three	wishes	to	work	on.	Now,	let	me	see.”
He	began	to	scan	the	horizon	like	an	old	sea	captain	searching	for	port.	“It’s
around	here	somewhere.	Ah,”	he	said,	pointing	to	the	tallest	tree	in	the
distance.	“We	need	him.”
We	left	the	road	and	tramped	across	a	field	until	we
	reached	the	tree.	Baba
said,	“This	is	a	wishing	tree.	It’s	been	giving	people	what	they	want	for	a
long,	long	time.”
“Are	you	sure	you	didn’t	just	make	that	up?”	I	was	getting	used	to	Baba’s
mischievous	tactics.
Baba	pointed	to	the	bark,	which	had	deep	slashes	hacked	into	it.	“That’s	how
I	know	this	is	a	wishing	tree,”	he	said,	launching	into	the	following
explanation:
Wishing	trees	go	back	many	centuries	in	India,	although	for	modern	people
they	are	now	more	legend	than	fact.	Everyone	in	this	part	of	the	country	hadbeen	told	about	wishing	trees	by	their	grandmothers,	and	perhaps	belief	was
stronger	here.	For	one	day	a	villager	was	walking	alone,	dreaming	about	his
future.	He	stopped	to	rest	under	a	tree	and	thought,	“If	only	I	were	rich.”
When	he	returned	home,	to	his	amazement	he	found	a	mansion	where	his	hut
had	stood,	and	inside	the	mansion	was	every	kind	of	treasure.	Immediately	he
knew	that	he	had	found	the	wishing	tree.	The	young	man	told	no	one	where
his	wealth	had	come	from.	He	left	the	village	that	night,	never	to	be	seen	there
again.
“But	a	year	later,”	Baba	said,	“he	returned	with	an	ax	and	began	to	hack	at	the
tree,	cursing	it	all	the	while.	‘You	never	told	me	that	people	would	envy	my
money,	and	now	I	am	miserable,’	he	cried.	‘I	trust	no	one,	I	cannot	tell	if
anyone	likes	me	for	myself	or	only	for	my	riches.	Night	and	day	I	worry	that	I
might	lose	everything,	because	I	know	nothing	of	how	to	handle	money’”
He	chopped	at	the	tree	until	he	was	exhausted.	But	the	tree	would	not	fall.
Time	passed,	and	one	day	a	young	woman	from	the	village	was	wandering	in
the	woods.	She	sat	under	the	tree	to	rest,	and	a	wish	came	to	her.	“If	only	I
were	famous.	It	would	be	so	wonderful	to	be	the	most	popular	woman	in	the
world.”
When	she	got	home,	her	house	was	swarmed	with	TV	cameras	and	reporters.
A	huge	crowd	was	gathering,	and	as	soon	as	they	spied	the	young	woman,	she
was	mobbed	by	screaming	fans.	Breathlessly	she	made	it	into	her	house.	The
next	day	she	emerged	to	find	that	the	cameras	and	reporters	were	still	there.
She	waved	and	got	into	a	limousine	and	was	never	seen	in	the	village	again.
“But	a	year	later,”	said	Baba,	“she	sneaked	back	to	the	wishing	tree	with	an
ax	in	her	hand.	She	began	to	chop	at	it,	cursing	all	the	while.	‘You	didn’t	tell
me	that	nobody	would	ever	leave	me	alone.	I	can’t	go	anywhere	without
being	stared	at,	my	slightest	misfortune	is	blown	up	into	a	tragedy	in	the
newspapers,	and	hundreds	of	people	a	day	ask	for	my	help,	when	I	can	barely
manage	my	own	life.	I’m	so	miserable.’”
She	chopped	at	the	tree	until	she	was	exhausted.	But	the	tree	would	not	fall.
More	time	passed.	Then	it	chanced	that	a	young	mother-to-be	was	wandering
in	the	woods.	She	rested	under	the	tree,	dreaming	of	the	joys	of	having	a	baby
I
	want	nothing	in	this	world	but	the	love	of	my	baby	and	my	husband,
	shethought.
If	only	they	will	love	me	forever
.
She	went	home,	and	her	husband	greeted	her	with	hugs	and	kisses.	Two
weeks	later	their	baby	was	born,	and	the	minute	she	opened	her	eyes,	she
gazed	on	her	mother	with	adoration.
Much	more	time	passed	before	the	mother	returned	to	the	woods.
“It	took	five	years,”	said	Baba,	“and	then	she	came	back	in	tattered	rags,
furiously	hacking	at	the	tree	with	an	ax	and	cursing	it.	‘My	husband	loves	me
so	much	that	he	can’t	bear	to	leave	my	side	to	go	to	work.	Now	we	have	no
money	My	little	child	cries	without	end	unless	I	am	with	her	every	waking
moment.	Although	they	love	me	truly,	I	have	no	peace.	I	am	the	most
miserable	woman	on	earth.’”
She,	too,	kept	chopping	until	she	was	exhausted,	but	the	tree	didn’t	fall.	Baba
rubbed	his	hand	over	the	wounds	she	had	left	behind.
“Do	you	know	what	went	wrong?”	he	said.	“They	all	wished	for	externals,
and	that’s	what	the	tree	gave	them.	Each	had	an	outer	image	of	being	rich,
famous,	and	loved,	but	images	are	not	what	your	soul	wants	for	you.	You
must	wish	from	the	inside,	then	the	highest	wisdom	will	be	at	your
command.”
W
HAT
	I	L
EARNED
This	lesson	was	about	the	difference	between	a	wish	that	helps	you	and	one
that	doesn’t.	All	three	people	who
	found	the	wishing	tree	got	what	they
wished	for,	and	so	their	lives	changed,	but	only	on	the	outside.	They	forgot	to
wish	for	inner	change.	No	matter	how	much	money	he	had,	the	rich	man
wasn’t	rich	inside.	No	matter	how	famous	she	was,	the	celebrity	didn’t	feel
worthy	inside.	No	matter	how	much	other	people	loved	her,	the	mother	didn’t
know	how	to	love	herself.
Baba	taught	me	that	my	soul	hears	all	my	wishes	from	the	inside.	The	soul
hears	what


 has become so rare and out of line with
the materialistic pursuit of modern society, hence the recourse to drugs, it is a natural and most nor mal human experience, one which the more humanistic and benign primitives appear to enjoy
throughout the waking day and in their dream ecstasies also. It comes, as a more or less continuous irradiation of joyfulness, of a
sense of profound relevance and belonging, with peaks amounting
to rapture, as the reward for life wholly and humanly lived, for effective social and communal co mpassion and service, for sexual
love achieved as for the extensions of loving freed of all sexuality; it
comes in the practice of any humanly enhancing occupation, of work shared and socially relevant, of art, of ritual, of religion.
The essential characteristic of the 'high' experience, as of the
'high' dream, is that the level of experience is so altered that ordinary verbal descriptions and analyses are pointless. Its only possible evidence is its experience,  which is the reason why it has
become so neglected in a materialistic culture which has
increasingly insisted that only the so lid material things are real. But
although rarely experienced by the majority of people today, except perhaps for the common intense in timations of puberty and of
youth, it can be easily recovered, so well as to become the most rewarding ingredient in living.
Food appears to have a singular capacity for inducing such a
'high'. No doubt this can be entirely due to the sacramental element in eating, with its profound humanizing associations, but there could also be a more physiological boosting to it. The attractiveness, beauty and purity of natural foods are such a boosting, for the 'high' experience is necessarily a hyper-aesthetic experience. Ugliness is
anathema to it.
In another book, the writer mentioned an observation of
Macacus monkeys in the wild, in a drunken, rapturous condition following feasts on ripe guavas. So keen were they on the effects, that some individuals were seen to prefer the overripe fallen fruits to
those on the bough. Is this a perversion, or does it reflect a natural
boost to the joy of living which primate eating is intended to provide? An analysis of ripe guavas revealed the interesting fact that they contained up to 0.8 per cent ethyl alcohol, while those on the ground could have as much as 2 per cent to 3 per cent.
Because of its crude abuses as a mind-fuddling drug in the
West, entailing the consumption of large amounts of alcoholic
drinks, alcohol is a misunderstood substance. When very small amounts of alcohol are taken, in the right frame of mind, it is
nothing but a stimulant of the higher, humanizing emotions. It is only when this threshold is exceeded that alcohol passes quickly
from being a stimulant, to a depressant, cutting out the higher
aspects of mental functioning and thus inducing a lower, frequently subhuman level of experience and behaviour. The importance of the
right frame of mind has been observed in the case of other psychotropic substances. Taken without the uplifting influence of sacrament, they have banal and frequently anti-human results.
Taken in a sacramental atmosphere, they can be potently
humanizing.
The humanly enhancing effects of minimal amounts of alcohol
taken in a sacramental context was not missed by the early Christians. Some early sects so managed to enhance the quite
minimal amounts of alcohol taken in the sacrament that they would
dance and shake with divine rapture, to the point of becoming scathingly called the'shakers' by those who did not share their
rapture.
The fact that yeasts specialized for converting sugar into
alcohol are present on the skins of all fruits, that naturally such
fruits become bruised, if ever so minutely as by the effects of wind, would imply that any creature designed to live preponderantly on fruits would necessarily partake of certain minimal amounts of alcohol. Knowing how canny nature, in the guise of natural selection, happens to be in making use of any such offerings, it is
reasonable to suppose that such minute traces of ethyl alcohol were
made use of in the human genesis to act as a stimulant to the higher humanizing faculties. If a 'high' experience is a humanly decisive experience, then such a stimulation would have been as much a tool in humanization as the perception of order and beauty in nature, as
the evolution of the musical capacities of the human voice. It would
have been an ideal antidote to the risks of the antihuman substances
which can, as we have seen, arise in the course of deviant dietaries. Granting the relatively large amounts of fruits intended to be eaten, enough alcohol could be derived to induce the kind of 'high'
described, emphasizing the humanizing role of food in general.
There are hints that in prehisto ry, such feasting occurred, and
that the grape, a typical low growi ng fruit of EuroAsia, featured in
such feasts. But with the advent of the Ice Ages, or the ending of the first great Interglacial during which humanizing conditions applied, a disturbed environment led to a disturbed way of life. It was not a
big step unfortunately for the minimal amounts of alcohol in natural
foods to give way to the higher amounts made available in especially fermented fruits, in accord with the rising subhuman arousals of a disturbed existence. So the fermented juices of fruits became linked to the Dionysian cults; as innocence was lost, so
these evidently became more orgias tic and lascivious. Quite early in
human history alas, alcohol became an active agent in dehumanization, as it still is.
To say that beauty goes with h ealth, and that health is the
reward of wholeness, requires a defi nition of beauty distinct from its
usual sexy involvements. Necessarily natural beauty is designed to
enshrine sexual love, but this is different from the beauty, which is
no more than a veiled invitation to licence, evident in entertainment, in fashion, in the novel, in a romanticized sexuality not so far from embellished pornography. Natural b eauty demands purity, and is
inseparable from love. In the eyes of love, provided there is no
untoward blemish, what could be seen as sexually plain could
appear as of great beauty, a matter of internal light rather than of outward provocation, of wholeness rather than surface. That the human being, when truly human, is particularly attuned to this definition of beauty is made eviden t in art. Indeed, when it is the
'sexy' kind of beauty that prevails, one has not to do with art, but
with pornography.
It is a fact, which anyone can put to the test, that a return to a
natural dietary not only restores health, but beauty as just defined. The foul breath, and humiliating body odours, supporting a vast artificial industry, give way to a na tural sweetness. It is remarkable
how fragrant the skin becomes on such a diet. The common greasy
patches on forehead and nose, the dilated pores and psoriasis, the crinkly piggy fat and sagging which deform give way to a clarity, a firmness and a harmony of movement even in long abused bodies,
and the eyes, those true portals to the soul, become bright and alive.
There is enough evidence to sustain hope, that even advanced so
called incurable disease can yield to a natural restoration,
particularly when this is accompanied by a supporting restoration in human faith.
But sadly, in some of the most terrible ills against which all the
skills of medicine and science remain largely powerless, the cancers and mutilations of ageing, mostly the results of human mischief and
misunderstanding of nature, the body has no experience of reaction
and defence. Death must then come, and be faced, as it must anyway, however joyful and wonderful life has been. In a civilization geared to the worship of material power, death is a most terrifying, utterly humiliating event. As nothing but an animal,
knowing only material things, death is totally unacceptable, and
those who say that they have resigned themselves to it on such terms, have in truth only shut their eyes to its ultimately humiliating power. Contemplating the wholeness and progressive achievements of life, it would be a contradiction of the entire enterprise of
Creation to produce a creature aware of itself, and so of death,
without some compensatory adaptation. Such compensations have perennially come in the form of a transcendental belief that the human being is not entirely in bo ndage to time and space, a belief
lost in the present crisis of materialism. It will have to be restored, if human beings are to recover a dignified and meaningful place in the
Creation. There is no reason why it should not be a perfectly natural
restoration. There are pointers today even in science that so called material reality is much more than space, time and substance. But while this is at present a challenge  for the individual to face for
himself, nature has equipped the human to face death, in making
death itself the culminating 'high' to living. Even following the
terrible and prolonged torments of disease, there is abounding evidence that death can come as an ecstasy, although it would seem
that the 'high' of dying is more likely to be the reward for a life lived wholely and in respect of natural law.
Just as there is a natural way to living, so there is a natural way
to dying, one completely ignored by the modern age, one


psin to do its job properly.
The most studied proteins in connection with GAPS conditions, particu
larly autism and schizophrenia, are gluten and casein. In these patients the
digestive system converts them into opiate-like substances, called caso
morphin and gliadomorphin, which are thought to find their way to the
patient's brain and block a lot of normal brain activity and development.
The digestion of casein and gluten, just as digestion of all other proteins,
starts in the stomach. In a child or an adult with low stomach acidity this
digestive process goes wrong from the beginning, which sets up the scene
for the formation of casomorphin and gliadomorphin. DrW. Shaw, in the
revised edition of his book Biological Treatments for Autism andPDD, gives
an interesting example of a child, who had a very severe withdrawal re
action, when casein and gluten were taken out of his diet, with violent
behaviour and refusal to eat or drink. Indeed withdrawal of opiates in drug
addiction can be extremely dramatic. But in this child the withdrawal
symptoms were temporarily relieved by regular administration of Alka-
Seltzer Gold. Now why would simple bicarbonate Alka-Seltzer Gold have
such an effect? Maybe the answer is that by neutralising whatever little
stomach acid the child had, Alka-Seltzer Gold interfered with the digestion
of other dietary proteins with production of other opiate-like peptides,
which were giving this child a temporary "morphine fix", reducing the
withdrawal symptoms? As a result of low stomach acid production the whole process of protein
digestion in the body goes wrong from the very beginning. The
maldigested protein then passes through into the small intestine. The
intestinal wall and pancreatic enzymes, which accomplish further steps in
the protein digestion, expect the protein to arrive from the stomach in a
particular form in order to do their job properly. It is like a conveyer belt or
an assembly line in a factory. If the first person does a poor job, then no
matter how well the rest of the people in the line may work, the end pro
duct is likely to be of a poor quality. However, what happens in the body is
even worse. The problem is that in the body "the rest of the line" cannot
work properly either, because it is regulated by the "first person". This first
person is the stomach acid. Stomach acidity is the major regulator of pan
creatic and liver ability to respond to arriving food. In a normal situation
food coming from the stomach into the duodenum has to have a pH of 2 or
below to stimulate production of two very important players in the whole
digestive process. These players are two hormones, produced by the walls
of the duodenum, which get absorbed into the blood and carried to the
pancreas, liver, stomach and many other organs in the body. These hor
mones are secretin and cholecystokinin. The first hormone, secretin, gives
the stomach a command to stop producing its juices, stimulates the liver to
produce bile and lets the intestinal lining know that food is coming, so it
makes enough mucous to protect itself. But the most important thing that
it does is to stimulate the pancreas to produce alkalising bicarbonate solu
tion to neutralise the acid in the food, which has just arrived from the
stomach, because normally the duodenum and the rest of the small intes
tine have a far more alkaline pH. This alkaline pH is essential for pancreatic
enzymes to do their job of digesting proteins, fats and carbohydrates. By
stimulating production of bicarbonate secretin prepares the food for the
digestive enzymes coming from the pancreas.
To produce these digestive enzymes the pancreas needs the command
of the second hormone - cholecystokinin. If cholecystokinin is not made
by the walls of the duodenum because of too little acid coming from the
stomach with the food, then the pancreas will be sitting there idly and not
producing its digestive enzymes to deal with that food. In addition, chole
cystokinin tells the stomach to stop its activity, makes the gallbladder
empty its bile into the duodenum, ready to digest fats, and opens the gates
for pancreatic juices to flow and start digesting arriving food (F1G.7).
These two hormones are so important in normal food digestion that
without them this digestion simply cannot happen. Unfortunately, in a person with low stomach acidity that is exactly what happens. The food
comes from the stomach not acid enough to trigger the production of
secretin and cholecystokinin. So, the pancreas does not produce its juices
and bile is not secreted to work on the fats. Maldigestion and malabsorp
tion follow. Partially digested proteins, like casomorphin and gliadomor
phin and many others get produced and absorbed through the damaged
leaky intestinal wall, acting as opiates in the brain. Other maldigested pro
teins cause allergies and autoimmune reactions, draining an already com
promised immune system even further. A lot of essential vitamins, amino
acids and minerals do not get absorbed, causing nutritional deficiencies.
Maldigested carbohydrates get consumed by abnormal flora, which con
verts them into alcohol, acetaldehyde and a whole host of other toxins. Fats
do not get digested, which makes the person deficient in extremely impor
tant fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K, essential fatty acids, and gives the
person pale floating stool or diarrhoea. Undigested food simply rots in the
digestive tract, poisoning the whole body.
Secretin has received a lot of publicity in autistic circles since some cases
of great improvements were seen after injecting autistic children with
secretin. Soon homeopathic forms of this hormone became available.
Cholecystokinin is available as a supplement in the USA and some parents
who tried it with their children apparently reported similar to secretin
effect. Unfortunately, the majority of autistic children show very little or no
response to this treatment, because secretin is only one factor in a very
complex digestive process. Normalising stomach acid production is a far
more important intervention in order to put the whole digestive process
right from the beginning.
Apart from literally ruining the whole digestive process, lack of acid in
the stomach has other serious implications.
Stomach acid is the first barrier for huge numbers of microbes arriving
with every bit of food or drink we put into our mouths. If the stomach is not
acid enough, these microbes have a good chance of getting into the
intestines, which they would colonise and cause trouble. They even start
growing in the stomach itself! Normally the stomach is the least-populated
area of the digestive system due to its extremely acid environment.
However, in a person with hypochlorhydria all sorts of pathogenic and
opportunistic bacteria and fungi can grow on the stomach wall, such as
Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter pylori, Enterobacterial Candida,
Salmonella, E. coli, Streptococci, etc. The most research in this area has been
done in stomach cancer patients, the majority of which show low levels of FIG. 7 Regulation of digestive process by the stomach acid. stomach acid production. Microbes, which populate low acid stomach play
a very important role in causing stomach cancer, ulcers and gastritis.
Of course, most of these microbes love to eat carbohydrates, particularly
the processed kind. The digestion of carbohydrates starts in the mouth with
the action of saliva. When the food arrives into the stomach in the normal
situation stomach acid stops this digestion. So, carbohydrates have to wait
until they arrive at the duodenum to be digested. But in the stomach with
low acidity overgrowing microbes start fermenting dietary carbohydrates,
often with the production of various toxins and gas, which can make it very
uncomfortable for the GAPS child or adult and make them refuse food.
So, what do we do?
I believe that GAPS patients need supplementation with stomach acid.
The most physiological preparation available on the market is Betaine HC1
with added Pepsin. One capsule usually provides 200-300 mg of Betaine
HC1 and loomg of Pepsin. It should be taken at the beginning of each meal.
The capsules usually contain an adult dose. However, I find that children as
young as eight can take this dose without any trouble. To determine the
right dose for your child start from a small pinch of the powder added to
the first spoonfuls of the meal. In two to three days increase to two pinches
and so on. For children from 18 months to 24 months one pinch is usually
enough. For two to three year olds two to three pinches. For four to six year
olds half a capsule is enough. For six and older from half to a full capsule.
Children older than 10 and adults may need two capsules at the beginning
of each meal. A lot of parents report great improvement in their child's
stool in just a few days from starting Betaine HC1 with Pepsin. Make sure
that you do not give probiotic to your child together with Betaine HC1 as
the acid is likely to destroy the prob