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Heal Yourself
Healing Foods
The Self Help Cancer Cure Book
The Heal Yourself Series of Self Help books
Copyright © 2010
by Walter Last
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Disclaimer
The aim of this book is to provide information on using natural healing methods to improve health
and overcome illness. The author or publisher cannot accept any legal responsibility for any
problem arising from experimenting with these methods. For any serious disease, or if you are
unsure about a particular course of action, seek the help of a competent health professional.
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Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Healing the Body 1
Step 1:
The Road Towards Disease
Become aware of the factors that cause your illnesses……………………………………… 2
Step 2:
The Road Towards Health
Learn the principles of natural living to restore your health………………………………….. 7
Step 3:
Intestinal Sanitation
Clean out and sanitize your gastrointestinal tract……………………………………………... 12
Step 4:
Fasting and Cleansing
Become clean on the inside by removing accumulated wastes and toxins………………... 22
Step 5:
Allergy Testing
Discover and overcome your food allergies and chemical sensitivities…………………….. 30
Step 6:
The Acid-Alkaline Balance
Bring your body back into balance by testing for and correcting any
overacid or over-alkaline condition……………………………………………………………… 36
Step 7:
Living Water
Living water has a great healing potential—learn how to use it……………………………... 41
Step 8:
The Practice of Healthy Living
Improve your environment—your house, clothes, even your teeth………………………..... 40
Step 9:
Exercise
Get into the habit of exercising regularly……………………………………………………..... 48
Step 10: The Healing Crisis
Sooner or later you are bound to have a healing crisis, so use it to your advantage……... 55
Part 2: Natural Healing Methods……………………………………………………………… 60
Step 11:
General Examination
Examine yourself to assess your state of health………………………………………………. 61
Step 12: Iris Diagnosis
Study your eyes to find out more about internal conditions of your body…………………... 65
Step 13: Muscle Testing
Test your muscle strength to see whether a food or remedy is good or bad for you……… 69
Step 14: The Endocrine Pattern
Simple arm and leg measurements can show the condition of your endocrine glands…...
Step 15: Reflexology
Press reflex points on your hands and feet to diagnose and
treat conditions within your body…………………………………………………………………
Step 16: Ear Acupuncture
Try this easy method to improve the function of any diseased or unbalanced organ……...
Step 17: Color Therapy
Use colours to balance body conditions and your emotions………………………………….
Step 18: Magnet Therapy
Take advantage of the fact that both poles of a magnet have useful biological effects…...
Step 19: The Electronic Zapper and Magnetic Pulser
Use electrotherapy to keep your body free of undesirable microbes and parasites……….
Step 20: Spinal Therapy and Massage
Improve the activity of all your organs and glands by massaging your spine and body…..
Step 21: Hydrotherapy, Packs, and Colonics
Use water to relax or alleviate painful conditions……………………………………………...
Step 22: Urine and Urea Therapy
It may not be your “cup of tea,” but many swear by this ancient therapy……………………
Part 3: Nutrients and Remedies……………………………………………………………….
Step 23: Vitamins
Find out what these essential nutrients do and if you have special
requirements for any of them…………………………………………………………………….
Step 24: Minerals
Find out what minerals do and if you have increased requirements for them………………
Step 25: Amino Acids
They’re the building blocks of all body proteins.
Adequate levels are essential for good health…………………………………………………
Step 26: Digestive Enzymes
These vital substances are needed for digestion, but poor diet and
cooking practices can deplete your supply……………………………………………………..
Step 27: Nutritional Supplements
Concentrated nutrients in pill form can shore up nutritional
deficiencies and build optimal health……………………………………………………………
Step 28: Herbs
You may benefit from using herbal remedies instead of pharmaceutical drugs……………
Step 29: Homeopathy
Homeopathic remedies are effective, and you can even make them yourself……………..
Step 30: Colloidal Silver, Copper, Zinc, and Gold
Use these powerful remedies whenever you have an infection or inflammation…………...
Step 31: Oxygen Therapy
Oxygen, therapeutically applied, helps you quickly overcome any infection…………….....
Part 4: Healing Foods……………………………………………………………………………
Step 32: General Dietary Rules
Understand the principles of healthy food selection, preparation, and combination……….
Step 33: Food Groups
Learn the health characteristics of the various food groups and apply them for healing….
Step 34: Health Diets
Adopt a health diet suited to the specific requirements of your body………………………..
Step 35: Special Foods
Take advantage of the health-giving properties of bee pollen, sprouted seeds,
fermented foods, and purple foods………………………………………………………………
Step 36: Water and Juices
Heal yourself with fresh vegetable and grass juices…………………………………………..
Step 37: Healing Recipes
Transform healthy foods into enjoyable meals…………………………………………………
Part 5: Problem Foods and Food Problems…………………………………………………
Step 38: Cow’s Milk Products and Lactose
Have a closer look at cow’s milk products and lactose. In some forms they
can be beneficial, but as commonly used they tend to create a lot of health problems…...
Step 39: Wheat and Gluten
Wheat may be the staff of life, but in many people it is actually unfavourable to health......
Step 40: Sweet Foods
Your sweet tooth may be your undoing, so consider reducing your intake of sugars……..
Step 41: Meat and Fat
Overconsumption of meat and fats can create serious health problems.
Try cutting back on your intake…………………………………………………………………..
Step 42: Chemicals in Your Foods
Minimize your exposure to toxic chemicals, water additives, and yeasts
and moulds—your body will thank you for it……………………………………………………
Step 43: Metabolic Types, Pathways, and Diets
Know your individual metabolic type and your specific dietary requirements………………
Part 6: Specific Health Problems……………………………………………………………...
Step 44: Self-Care Help for Health Problems—Practical Tips for Relief
If you have a specific disease, this summary of typical treatment protocols
can show you what to do………………………………………………………………………….
Step 45: Deficiency Symptoms
Check out this list of deficiency symptoms to see if you are lacking in
key nutrients—and start replacing them………………………………………………………...
Step 46: Cancer
If you have cancer, here are some useful suggestions……………………………………….
Step 47: Emotional-Mental Shocks
The secret to preventing illness is to undo shocks that unbalance the body……………….
Step 48: Candida Infections
If you have an overgrowth of Candida, here is what to do about it…………………………..
Step 49: Cardiovascular Disease
Managing cholesterol and improving your heart health - some practical tips………………
Part 7: Energies - Dealing with Harmful and Helpful Ones………………………………
Step 50: Electromagnetic Energies
Protect yourself from the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation
and make sunlight your friend……………………………………………………………………
Step 51: Bioenergy
Bioenergy is the true energy of healing, so for optimal health learn as
much about it as you can…………………………………………………………………………
Step 52: Cultivating the Energies
Learn to sense subtle bio-energies and use them to energize your body…………………..
Step 53: Energy Accumulators
Use orgone accumulators, pyramids, cones, or water to concentrate bioenergy…………..
Step 54: Energy Healing
Give energy or remove excess energy to facilitate healing yourself and others…………...
Step 55: Meridian and Acupressure Therapy
Balance the flow of energies along your acupuncture meridians by tracing their circuits....
Step 56: Healthy Sexuality
Channel your sexual energies into pleasure rather than frustration…………………………
Part 8: Healing Your Emotions………………………………………………………………...
Step 57: Understanding Emotions and Disease
Learn how you came to be so out of touch with your feelings, what
emotional problems and diseases this causes, and how this is expressed in your body….
Step 58: Healing Relationships
Try out these tools to heal your personal, family, and social relationships………………....
Step 59: Heal in Groups
Join a group of like-minded individuals with the goal of healing your
feelings and helping others do the same……………………………………………………….
Step 60: Learning to Feel
Feel what your body and your soul tell you, and use your feelings to
improve your health rather than destroy it………………………………………………………
Step 61: Take the Love Cure
Lead a radiant life filled with love and joy, and practice the Love Cure……………………..
Part 9: Healing Your Mind………………………………………………………………………
Step 62: Harness the Power of Mind
Appreciate the power of your subconscious mind. It is the real power
behind the throne of the ego……………………………………………………………………..
Step 63: Helpful Mind Tools
Use relaxation, regression, reprogramming, prayer, meditation,
and inner communication for a more fulfilled life………………………………………………
Part 10: Spirituality and Health………………………………………………………………..
Step 64: The Spiritual Dimension
Enter the spiritual dimension of life and make it your home………………………………….
Step 65: Life on the Path
The spiritual path is the crowning glory of human endeavour, and by
following the 65 steps you are already on it…………………………………………………….
Endnotes…………………………………………………………………………………………..
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………
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INTRODUCTION
This book is for those who are searching for a way to live a healthy and fulfilled
life. I have no doubt that we can do this, live a healthy and fulfilled life, regardless of
age, and that this is actually our natural birthright. We just need to avoid or remove
the artificial living conditions that prevent us from being as we really are. A modern
problem for genuine health and spiritual seekers is the great flood of advice available
in these areas. Much of it is contradictory or, alternatively, there are so many different
methods to choose from that it seems almost hopeless to find the right one.
I have sifted through much of this information and experimented with many
different healing methods in my 30 years as a natural therapist, with the aim of
finding out what works for whom and in which conditions. Even more important for
me was my spiritual quest. Here I share the fruits of my experience as a lifelong
health and spiritual seeker.
While this book does not go into great detail about the treatment of specific
diseases, by using the outlined methods and following the provided guidelines to
rebuild your health, you are likely to improve anyway, whatever the name of the
disease. Rather than fighting your disease, I recommend you focus all your
resources on improving your health. Your disease may then disappear on its own.
To show how simple, natural methods can be very effective in overcoming
medically incurable diseases, I mention an example from The Food and Health of
Western Man, by Dr. J. L. Mount. In five cases of bowel cancer, surgery revealed that
the cancer had already metastasized all over the body. Therefore, these patients
were just closed up again and sent home to die. But instead of doing that, these five
people, independently of each other, became keen gardeners and from then on ate
only home grown, organically raised food. When they finally did die, 21 to 30 years
later, no traces of cancer could be found in post mortem examinations.
Such cures without medical intervention are regarded as “spontaneous
remissions.” It should be comforting for those with advanced cancer and other
“incurable” diseases to know that spontaneous remissions can be induced with such
simple natural methods. However, while not mentioned in Dr. Mount’s book, I suspect
that there was another important factor at work: These five had made peace with
themselves and the world.
Similarly, you may use this book to improve your health or to lead a more
happy and fulfilled life, more at peace with yourself and the world. Ideally, it is meant
to provide guidance to heal not only your body, but also your emotions and mind as
part of your spiritual growth. By following this path and the 65 steps I present, you will
need less and less to rely on this book or any other “expert” advice. Instead you will
realize that all the answers for your healing and spiritual growth are within you. You
just need to ask and learn to listen. In order for you, the reader, to gain a better
understanding of the purpose of this book and the principles on which it is based, I
will share with you my basic philosophy on health and spirituality.
My most basic assumption of existence is that it has purpose. I came to this
conclusion gradually through observing, experiencing, and thinking. Countless
people share this view, but for most it is just a belief, commonly adopted from parents
and society. In order to make it a knowing, our beliefs have to be consciously
evaluated and tested.
On the other side of the fence is the orthodoxy of the scientific community and
its followers who assume that existence evolved according to inherent physical laws
and does not have a purpose. This, too, is just an untested belief. In line with this
belief about the nature of our existence, we regard our health problems and other
problems in our life as accidental, coincidental, or just due to biological
considerations and without a deeper meaning or purpose in our life.
I believe that our health and social problems are part of the purpose of our
existence. Therefore, in order to overcome any health problems and be able to lead a
healthy, happy, and fulfilled life, we need to have a basic understanding of the
purpose of our life.
It has been my healing experience, especially in serious conditions such as
cancer, that with apparently the same amount of effort and dedication some people
get well while others do not. I believe that success or failure in healing depends only
partly on doing the right thing on the biological level and to a larger degree on our
emotional, mental, and spiritual constitution. This applies even more to the degree of
happiness, fulfilment, and joy we have in our lives.
Therefore, after starting out as a biochemist and nutritionist, I gradually moved
towards a holistic perspective, which increasingly included the spiritual dimension. I
came to the conclusion that important events in our lives, and especially life or death
decisions, are never “accidental.” Not only do they follow the laws of cause and
effect, but also the dictates of our higher guidance as to whether this body is still
useful for the purpose for which it was created and inhabited.
Here are two examples to illustrate this point. One of my early lung cancer
patients recovered well with only biological therapies. Soon afterwards he had
surgery for an unrelated problem. The tumour had disappeared but he died from the
surgery. Another patient was in a wheelchair with permanent unbearable pain after a
spinal accident. We found a way to stop the pain. So he went out drinking with a
mate to celebrate and smashed his chin in a fall. This landed him back in the hospital
with constant pain.
These and similar cases are not scientific proof of anything, but for someone
looking for an answer they are signposts to show the way. Also consider an
experience related by the American psychic Edgar Cayce. He routinely saw auras
around people. Once he entered a department store elevator but immediately backed
out again because he sensed that something was very wrong. Soon after, the
elevator crashed and all in it were killed.
Cayce realized what was wrong. None of the occupants had an aura. (An aura
is an energy field around a living body that can be seen by some individuals as a
nebulous outline.) For those who know that auras exist, this can mean only one thing:
It was no accident that these people died together. The guiding consciousness of
every single occupant had decided beforehand to dispose of the body in this
seemingly accidental way. In an odd sense, they were already dead. I am convinced
that if Edgar Cayce had remained in the lift, he would have been the only miraculous
survivor and without any serious injury.
If you can follow me to this conclusion, you may ask: How can we find the
purpose of our lives and live accordingly? That is what spirituality is all about. We
need spirituality, not only to overcome serious diseases, but also to lead a healthy
and genuinely happy and fulfilled life. But what is spirituality? Different people have
different ideas about it. I can only tell you my version. This may change somewhat
over time, as my understanding is still growing.
In addition to an individual, more narrowly defined purpose, we all have the
same general and overall purpose to become more complete or perfect as human
beings. Normally, this is a very slow evolution for the whole human race. However, if
we do this consciously, then our snail-pace evolution becomes a personal revolution
and we call it “the spiritual path.”
As I see it, our higher guidance tries to lead us towards or along this spiritual
path. There are two possibilities. We may be led gently if we ask and listen for this
guidance as with prayer and meditation or just with our general attitude and conduct.
The alternative is more common and painful. If we stray too far from the desired
direction, we may run into a brick wall that forces us to change course. We may
encounter a disease or calamity in our social or professional life that causes us to re-
evaluate our life. Many former cancer sufferers have said that cancer was the best
thing that ever happened to them because it helped them to end a spiritually
meaningless life and start a new, meaningful, and more fulfilling spiritual life.
There are different levels of our existence, as for instance the biological,
emotional, and mental levels. Following the spiritual path means that we consciously
work on improving ourselves on all of these levels. This is the focus of the 65 steps in
this book. On the biological level, this means that we cleanse the body of lifelong
deposits of metabolic wastes and -toxins. We also improve our living conditions by
minimizing harmful factors and maximizing beneficial factors. On the emotional level
we do the same: We cleanse our emotional body of blocked and negative emotions
and cultivate uplifting feelings and emotions. It is similar on the mental level: We
cleanse ourselves of negative thoughts and belief systems and learn to generate
positive and beneficial thoughts and beliefs.
After achieving a certain level of control over our body, emotions, and mind, we
are able to move along on the spiritual path. As a reward, our body will most likely be
much healthier; we will generally be content, happy, and increasingly joyful; and we
may even achieve a state of mental illumination with a flood of intuitive insights. By
this time also our individual purpose for being in this body will have become clearer
and we may act accordingly.
The overall theme of this book is health and harmony - learning to live in
harmony with our biological, social, and spiritual nature. This book will give you the
tools to achieve this worthwhile goal. Do not be concerned that it seems far away.
The most interesting part of life is the journey, so enjoy it, make it fulfilling and
meaningful. It does not matter how fast you master the steps; it is more important
that you enjoy doing them and in the process get to know your body and your mind
and become friends with both. Learn to love yourself, and you will find it easier to
love everyone else as well. If in doubt about any particular course of action, choose
what on reflection appears to be more natural or will lead to greater harmony or
balance.
In this book you will find a wide range of natural health improvement and
healing methods with easy-to-follow, do-it-yourself instructions. I suggest that you
experiment with as many of these as you can in this venture. On the biological level,
these are intestinal sanitation, allergy testing, and cleansing. Some idealistic
individuals may embrace these measures enthusiastically, while others will try a little
here and there but generally wait until poor health launches them more determinedly
into a program of health improvement. That is quite all right. Just keep this book
handy until you are ready. For those who want to start right now, however, here is the
“prescription.”
The main purpose of this book is to serve as a practical instruction manual for
creating and maintaining good health. To get a basic overview and understanding of
the underlying principles of natural living and holistic healing, I recommend that you
start by reading the book in a selective way. Read more carefully those steps that
provide a basic understanding of healthy living, nutrition, emotions, and beliefs, but
skim over the details of specific exercises and procedures, or diseases in which you
are not currently interested.
Then start working through the steps in a practical way. I regard all of the
practical steps in Part 1 as essential for establishing a solid base for improving and
maintaining health. Try to do them as thoroughly as possible. The steps in Part 2 are
designed to help you identify and overcome specific health problems. Therefore, you
may use these steps in a selective way; concentrate on those that you expect to be
most suitable with your current problems. It is similar with Part 3. Use this information
to select suitable supplements and remedies.
Part 4 is another fundamental chapter. Adopting a natural diet - fresh, raw, and
organic - may be the most difficult, but also the most rewarding part of the whole
program. Do it gradually. Part 5 provides a deeper understanding of nutrition and
helps you to fine-tune your diet for your individual requirements. In Part 6 you need
only study the information that is relevant to a current health problem.
The practical steps in Part 7 help you feel and direct your inner or life-force
energies. This is a key requirement for improving health beyond what is possible with
a healthy lifestyle. Continue practicing in this area for the rest of your life. In Parts 8
and 9, select and experiment with the methods that most appeal to you for healing
your emotions and adopting an appropriate belief system. Part 10 helps you
understand and reapply your health improvement efforts as part of your spiritual path.
Do this review when you feel ready for it.
Finally, use this book as a reference manual whenever you encounter a
specific health problem. In Part 6, look for specific diets, remedies, and treatment
modalities, and in addition use suitable therapies described in Part 2 and other parts.
Here is a vision I have of our near future. I see health clubs and healing groups
springing up all over the world, like mushrooms after a warm rain. Many people come
forward, willing to accept self-responsibility for their health and eager to learn.
Friends meet regularly, testing each other, experimenting with new healing methods,
discussing results, exchanging recipes, sharing books, exercising and meditating
together, and studying spiritual philosophy for healing.
Many become healers in their community, guided initially in workshops by
experienced healers. City groups rent suitable buildings to establish healing and
meditation centres. Communal farms produce organic food and are used as healing
and spiritual retreat centres, where visitors can share the healthy life, learn to heal
themselves, and find guidance on the spiritual path.
I see the physical and spiritual rejuvenation of nations starting at the grassroots
level in a worldwide movement for social and environmental responsibility. All you
rejected and disillusioned individuals unite, to make the world a better place for
everyone!
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Part 1
HEALING THE BODY
Initially, most health seekers are mainly concerned with overcoming a specific
health problem, using the specific method or remedy promising the quickest result.
However, in the long run and as we get older, more health problems or diseases pop
up and become increasingly difficult or impossible to overcome just by using a “magic
bullet.” This then makes the idea of serious lifestyle changes towards natural living
and holistic healing more attractive, giving us a much better chance to become and
remain healthy and fit into old age.
I have no doubt that it is our natural birthright to be healthy and that it is
unnatural to have a disease. A disease means that we (or possibly our parents) did
not live according to our biological, social, or spiritual nature. At present most of
humanity lives in unnatural conditions surrounded by a minefield of technological and
chemical health hazards. Even worse is our ignorance about the nature of these
hazards that are mainly hidden from our awareness.
Therefore, in order to live more naturally we need to become aware of the main
health hazards in our environment and learn to avoid them or minimize their effect on
us. We can learn from our own experiences and from those of others and we can
also develop our intuition or ask for guidance through prayer and meditation. If in
doubt about a choice, try to imagine which course of action is more natural or more in
harmony with your biological, social, and spiritual nature.
The main biological influences on our health are nutrition, exercise or how we
use our body, and environmental factors. In addition to improving these conditions,
there are numerous natural healing methods to help us in our quest for good health.
These include herbs and other natural remedies, working on muscle and bone
structure, and using electrical, magnetic, and vibrational medicines and approaches.
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People in Western society are rarely healthy. Real health - the perfect
functioning of all parts of body and mind - is so rare that people mistake the
temporary absence of disease symptoms for health. Formerly, people suffered
mainly from violent but short-lived infectious diseases; now many are afflicted with
chronic degenerative diseases for a lifetime.
The main factors causing widespread health degeneration are as follows:
1. Unnatural nutrition: food refining; lack of “living food” and of vitamins, minerals,
and enzymes; GM food, junk food, incorrect food combining, unsuitable diet for
metabolic type.
2. Chemicalisation: pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, medical drugs, food additives,
water and air pollution, plastics, and even contact with synthetic garments.
3. No exercise: lack of sufficient physical activity or exercise in natural, unpolluted
surroundings.
4. Harmful negative feelings and emotions: resentment, fear, discontent, greed,
envy, and lack of positive feelings and emotions, such as gratitude, devotion,
contentment, joy, unselfish love.
5. Harmful mental attitudes: lack of spiritual or humanistic goals, lack of faith.
6. Emotional damage: sustained during birth, childhood, or adolescence; lack of
positive role models.
7. Inherited genetic problems: genetic makeup of poor and deteriorating quality.
The general sequence leading to the development of poor health and chronic
diseases commonly is as follows: Emotional injuries received during birth and
childhood, as well as negative attitudes and emotions experienced during later life,
cause muscle tension which block the free flow of bioenergy within the body and
especially within the acupuncture meridians. This weakens the blood circulation and
the glandular system, as well as the functions of affected organs. Inherited metabolic
weakness and poor nutrition as well as chemical pollution combine to cause an
inefficient use of biochemical building blocks and poor cellular energy production.
Disease is the result.
Metabolic Residues: As a result of this metabolic weakness and the overuse
of unsuitable food, toxics and metabolic residues accumulate in the body. Toxics
(toxic waste products from our chemicalised food) accumulate mainly in the fat
tissue. Metabolic residues consist of protein debris, mucus, fatty sludge, and organic
acids. Here are some further complications:
• Protein Debris: This accumulates when we eat more protein than we
metabolize. Small protein fragments clog up capillaries and lymph channels
through which nutrients move into cells and waste is removed. Current research
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The first and most important step in reversing the deterioration of your health is
to realize that you may have caused it yourself. Due to ignorance and habit, we
select the wrong foods; out of laziness, we do not exercise; from lack of self-control,
we create destructive emotions. Therefore, only the realization that poor health is the
result of a lifetime of wrong living, which includes the living habits of our parents, can
initiate a real change in us for the better.
This understood, the next step is to find guidance on your road towards health.
There is so much contradictory advice available today that it is confusing for the
aspiring health seeker. Worldwide, medicine is in a state of chaos. The sterile
monopoly of the conventional medical establishment is beginning to break down and
multitudes of different healers are rapidly filling the gap. Find out by reading,
listening, meditating, and experimenting which healing system is most appropriate for
your needs. Then start a determined healing program using careful self-observation
to monitor your progress.
Measuring Health: It can be seen from the above discussion that disease is
not something that happens suddenly, that one day you are healthy and the next day
you are sick because cancer has been detected. Instead, your state of health has
greatly deteriorated over many decades to only a fraction of what it might be in true
health. Even suddenly appearing infections are possible only because of a gradual
deterioration of your immune system.
Health should be measured as vitality, as the body’s ability to regenerate itself.
An indication of the inherent vitality of the body is given by the speed of wound
healing or bone mending and possibly hair and nail growth; in a more scientific way,
we could measure it by the electric potential of body cells.
According to this yardstick, hardly anyone alive today is likely to be more than
90 percent healthy, while most people of “normal” health live at below 50 percent of
their personally attainable health potential. When a chronic degenerative disease
becomes manifest, the health potential drops to below 10 percent of optimal, and at
death, of course, it is zero.
It is meaningless to be elated about the success of conventional medicine in
greatly reducing the number of people contracting certain infectious diseases. It is
the overall number of unhealthy people that counts. If one disease is eliminated,
unhealthy people will contract a different one. What is needed is a general health
improvement that will effectively reduce the total number of people becoming sick
and ultimately hinder the development of any disease.
Eventually, with better genetic stock and improved living conditions, we should
be able to live an active and enjoyable life until the age of about 120 years and then
If the body is out of balance, then a condition may be improved by using a remedy from
the same column.
Condition Condition
Remedy Remedy
• Microwave cooking, frying; use of aluminium, non-stick and stainless steel cookware
• Wheat, gluten, cow’s milk, sweetened foods
• Meat from feedlots, or processed and seasoned meats such as sausages
• Acid foods in contact with metal
• Soy protein except if sprouted or traditionally fermented such as miso
• Genetically modified foods
• Margarine, cooking oils, trans-fatty acids
• Chemical additives; artificial sweeteners such as aspartame (Nutra-sweet)
• Soft drinks and processed fruit juices
• Foods listed as inappropriate for your metabolic type or blood type (see part 5)
• Starches mixed with food high in protein or acids
• Smoking; overuse of coffee, tea, alcohol, drugs
• Precooked or reheated meals
• Chlorinated and fluoridated water
• Metal beds; innerspring mattresses; sleeping near live electric wiring or appliances
• Fluorescent lighting
• Synthetic clothing, especially worn close to the skin (such as underwear)
• Mercury amalgam tooth fillings; root-canalled or otherwise dead teeth; dental metals inside
the mouth
• Mobile/ cell phones, microwave stations for telephone and computers.
• Vaccinations
• Fresh, raw, and organic food; purple foods (e.g., black grapes or red beets)
• Sprouted seeds; fermented foods with acidophilus and bifidobacteria; sourdough baked goods
• Seeds and nuts sprouted or soaked before eating or cooking
• Cooking in glass or enamel utensils; eating food soon after it is cooked
• Freshly ground linseed (flaxseed); extra virgin olive oil; coconut oil
• Fresh vegetable and grass juice and blended green leaves.
• Barley or wheat grass juice powder, spirulina, chlorella, pollen, lecithin, kelp
• Neutralize fruit acids or vinegar with dolomite; have a high intake of magnesium and trace
minerals
• Bitter herb teas to improve digestion; hydrochloric acid as supplement if fingernails are soft
• Energy devices: crystals, magnets, pyramids
• Energized food and water
• Sleep with the head towards north, northeast, or east; pull out electric plugs close to bed
before sleeping
• Sleep on latex, natural fibre, or air mattress; energize water in water beds
• Increase outdoor activity and exposure to mild sunlight without sunglasses or sunscreen
• Press tender points on feet and body; squat for bowel movements; exercise; meditate
A fundamental aim of all healing is to provide the body with more vitality or a A
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Our blood is slightly alkaline, and the body makes every effort to maintain this
alkalinity at a constant level. For this purpose, we normally have an ample reserve of
alkalizing minerals. Most of our foods supply minerals. The total balance of minerals
in a particular food can be either acid or alkaline. Mineral salts are composed of an
acid group (anion), such as chloride, citrate, or phosphate, and of an alkaline group
(cation), mainly metal ions such as sodium, calcium, or potassium. If one of these
groups is stronger, then the salt is either acid or alkaline.
In plants, metal ions such as potassium are combined with organic acids such
as citric acid. In the body, the organic acids are converted to energy, while the metal
ions remain to produce an alkaline reaction. Therefore, we say vegetables and fruits
are alkalizing. Animal tissue, on the other hand, contains a high percentage of
phosphoric acid bound to proteins. Some of the proteins are converted to energy and
an acid remains. Accordingly, we can classify our food as either alkalizing or
acid-forming. Here’s a rule of thumb:
Alkalizing foods: vegetables, fruits, sprouted seeds, almonds, most legumes
Acid-forming foods: meat, fish, eggs, cheese, most grains and nuts
Neutral foods: refined starches and sugar, fats, oils
In order to maintain an amply alkaline body reserve, eat approximately four
times the weight of alkalizing food compared to acid-forming food, or 80 percent
alkalizing to 20 acidifying food. There are food tables available to show the amount of
acid or alkaline equivalents in different foods. However, I regard these as useless
because some of the listed foods may change their values in the body due to
specific, individual metabolic problems.
Sugar and chemically neutral and normally alkalizing fruits become acid-
forming in sensitive individuals, while a high intake of meat and fat can lead to a lack
of acids required for energy production. No matter how alkalizing a food is supposed
to be, if you are sensitive or allergic to it, then it is acid-forming for you. Even the
same food may change from alkalizing to acid-forming if it is incorrectly combined
with other foods or if consumed when you are emotionally upset.
All of this is contrary to what you would expect by using acid-alkaline food
tables. The values in these tables reflect the typical mineral content of the food, but
this varies greatly depending on soil and storage conditions, production methods,
and cooking. Therefore, the only reliable and meaningful method is to observe your
body: skin sensitivity, tendency towards inflammation, allergic reactions, and possibly
to test your urine and saliva for acidity.
The Regulation of Body Acidity: The body tries to keep the blood acidity
constant within a very narrow band, between pH 7.35 and 7.45. This is actually a
slightly alkaline condition. The pH is a measure of acidity or alkalinity and indicates
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Water, air, and food are the three main essentials to sustain life. For remaining
healthy, these should be as clean and life-enhancing as possible. All three are highly
polluted in our present environment, and we need to make an extra effort to improve
them. Food is the most difficult aspect and is explained in later chapters. Individually,
we cannot do much to improve our air, besides living in the countryside or buying an
air purifier and ionizer. This leaves water in need of our attention.
Water has the ability to attract and accumulate bioenergy. Bioenergy or life-force
energy is known in all traditional cultures under many different names, such as chi,
ki, od, orgone, or prana. It can be seen or felt by many psychic or sensitive
individuals. Water also stores an energy memory of harmful or helpful vibrations to
which it was exposed in the past. This is the basis of homeopathy. Our chlorinated
tap water is polluted with non-biological chemicals and negative energy imprints. It is
also devoid of bioenergy and so may be regarded as being badly polluted as well as
“dead.”
Contaminated water can be filtered, distilled, or treated with reverse osmosis,
but it remains dead unless it is energized to make it a “living” water again, one that
can improve our health. While polluted and dead tap water can contribute to the
deterioration of our health, living water is one of the greatest healers.
Ideally, healthy, living water should have the following properties:
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Healthy living is the solid base for any health improvement. It includes all the
habits that should become part of our daily lives. Our future well-being or diseases
will arise from how we think, feel, and live habitually, not from any occasional
transgressions of the rules of healthy living. The most important general principle of
healthy living is to live in harmony - with ourselves, our social interactions, and with
the forces of nature. In regard to health and natural living, this concept encompasses
our environment, housing, clothing, workplace, exercise and nutrition, the water we
drink, and the air we breathe.
In the following section, we will investigate various aspects of healthy living. It
is important to realize that the concepts of healthy living often overlap with specific
healing methods; for example, positive thinking, nutrition, reflexology, and physical
exercises may all be used for normal healthy living as well as for healing yourself.
Therefore, when reading this book, keep in mind that the separation between healthy
living and healing methods is fluid, even somewhat artificial.
At present, most of us live in such an artificial and unnatural environment that it
is not possible to remain healthy by living in the -commonly accepted way. Instead,
we must become aware of the multitude of negative influences in our environment
created by modern technology and try to minimize their harmful effects on us.
Improve the Physical Aspects of Your House: When building a new home,
preferentially select building materials that do not shut out or distort the natural
electric, magnetic, and life-force fields of the Earth. Therefore, minimize sheet metals
and any steel or wire-mesh concrete reinforcements that form a cage-like structure
(called a Faraday cage). Stone, brick, tiles, shingles, wood, plywood, and
combinations of fibre and cement are acceptable for building. If you live permanently
in a metal-clad dwelling, such as an aluminium caravan or mobile home, it is better to
sleep in a non-metal annex.
Here are some practical tips:
• New copper or plastic water pipes may leach undesirable concentrations of heavy
metals into the water. This is another reason, in addition to avoiding chlorine and
fluoride, to use a good filter for your drinking and cooking water.
• Make your home a low-pollution sanctuary. Use natural materials for interior use
whenever feasible, especially in the bedroom or wherever you spend most of
your time. By far the best mattresses are those made of latex.
• Avoid cooking and heating inside with gas or kerosene except if the combustion
gases are being efficiently vented. Many people are allergic to these. Wood
stoves or solar heating are preferable wherever feasible.
3 upper and lower jaw liver, gallbladder, hip, eye, pituitary (upper), gonads
(lower)
4, 5 upper and 6, 7 lower jaw lung, large intestine, shoulder, elbow, thymus (upper),
arteries, veins (lower)
4, 5 lower and 6, 7 upper jaw pancreas, spleen, stomach, breast, thyroid (upper), lymph
system (lower), jaws, front of knee
8 upper and lower heart, small intestines, shoulder, elbow, ear, nervous
system, pituitary (upper)
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Adequate physical activity is one of the main requirements for achieving and
maintaining good health. Deep breathing while exercising is essential: Lack of
oxygen - becoming breathless - is harmful. You have probably heard of aerobics.
Aerobic exercises are those that can be maintained for long periods because the
heart and lungs can supply enough oxygen to the muscles. If insufficient oxygen
reaches the muscles, the exercise becomes anaerobic and causes a harmful buildup
of lactic acid in the tissues; this is commonly noticeable as sore muscles. Therefore,
when exercising, breathe more vigorously than required for the activity at hand;
increase the intensity of your exercises only gradually.
Arm and leg muscles should be regularly exercised. Supplement cycling,
walking, and jogging with push-ups; swimming in unchlorinated water is also good for
this. When jogging without running shoes, touch down with the ball of the foot and
use your ankle joints as cushions. By using these springs freely provided by nature
you cause less damage to your joints.
Everyday Physical Exercises: Depending on your body needs and
inclinations, you can perform many different exercises. The more important ones are
stretching, hanging from the hands or feet, using a rebounder, circling the pelvis,
head-and--shoulder stand, isometric exercises, scalp and face exercises (pulling
faces, tensing and relaxing scalp muscles), shaking to loosen the body, and slow
graceful and rhythmic movements with (or without) music. Hatha yoga exercises are
excellent for stretching and massaging the internal organs.
During the day, frequently stretch, tense, circle, or shake your muscles. Select a
time of the day or week for a more thorough workout. With advancing age, stretching
your muscles becomes increasingly more important. Lie on a large bed or carpeted
floor and move your limbs and spine in various positions to the limits of their range,
and then stretch them a bit farther. Try to let your body move on its own without
much mental direction. Do what feels good.
Rejuvenation Exercises: The following five exercises were first presented in
Ancient Secret of the Fountain of Youth by Peter Kelder. They are effective for
strengthening glandular activities and may help to rejuvenate the body if practiced
faithfully every day. Deep breathing during and between exercises is important.
Inhale and exhale during the slow movements between the two end-positions as
shown in Figure1-1.
Hold your breath in each end-position and tense all your muscles with maximum
effort. In one position, press the chin to the chest and pull the abdomen inwards and
up; in the other position, drop the head back as far as possible.
Pull your stomach in with your exhale in the lying position (Fig. 1a); in the
forward bending position (Fig. 1b); while sitting (Fig. 1c); and with the pelvis raised
Caution: Do not invert yourself if Muscle Tensing: Tense and release one
your blood pressure is high and muscle after another, starting with one foot,
requires medical attention. then the other, working up towards the top of
the head. Inhale deeply, each time gradually
increasing the tension; hold for a few seconds, then slowly release the tension while
exhaling. Finally, tense all your muscles, starting with the feet and moving up to your
neck; simultaneously inhale deeply. Hold the whole body tightly tensed for several
seconds; then gradually release the muscles, starting with the neck, and moving
down to the feet, exhaling simultaneously.
If a particular organ or limb is weak, focus on it with repeated cycles of tension
and relaxation. Frequent tensing is especially important if you have to stay in bed for
a prolonged period. Do this exercise repeatedly during the day, whenever you
remember it. Tensing may be done in any position such as sitting, standing, or lying
down. It is easy to do while sitting at a desk all day: just take a deep breath, hold it for
a few seconds while tensing the whole body simultaneously, then relax during
exhalation.
Head and Neck Exercise: Slowly, but firmly, bend your head three times in
each direction, forward, backward, and sideways; try to let the head drop to each
side. Then move the head in circles, again slowly and firmly, three times in each
direction. This is excellent for strengthening the neck and is helpful in cases of head
congestion, eye and ear problems, and recurring headaches. In addition, you can
circle the head up to 100 times in each direction.
Body-Mind Exercise: Slowly move a stiff joint several times to the limit of its
range. Then imagine the same movement but with an extended range; repeat this
several times. Then move the actual limb again and see whether its range has
improved. The actual movements are easier if performed during slow exhalation.
Rebounding and Lymphacising: Rebounding may be better than jogging,
especially for those low in energy. You could even bounce on top of one or two
innerspring mattresses.
While you may develop a routine with various bounces, you can also use a
lymphacising program instead of this or in addition to it. This is designed to greatly
I Bee Head
E Fairy Throat
A Father Upper Chest
O Coma Lower Chest, Upper Abdomen
U Zulu Lower Abdomen
If you make the sounds properly, you will feel the vibrations in your throat and
mouth and possibly in your lips and cheeks as well. When you leave a tiny gap
between your teeth, you should be able to feel them vibrating strongly. This effect is
usually strongest with the “m” or “om” sound. Also try to vibrate your tongue with a
rolling “r” sound. If correctly done, you can feel these vibrations energizing the whole
structure of the head, bones as well as tissue.
Instead of sounding “om,” you can intonate “a-u-m” or “a-o-u-m” in sequence
with the same breath. Gradually lower the sound, and try to feel the vowels vibrating
in the appropriate resonance areas. Feel the “m” sound moving up the spine with the
pitch gradually rising higher, ending at the centre of the brain.
Singing is an excellent vocal therapy, so try it often. Listen to stimulating,
sedating, or uplifting music according to your needs. Lie down in a relaxed position
and become fully immersed in the sounds. Feel something inside you moving,
expanding, rising in resonance with the music. Try singing along.
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Even on their first clinical visit, I routinely recommended that my patients adopt
a high-quality, low-allergen diet. When they came back two or three weeks later, they
often said they felt much better but that a week earlier they had had a cold. When
asked about the symptoms, these turned out to be mainly a profuse mucus discharge
or sometimes diarrhoea, but rarely were there signs of infection. These patients had
experienced their first healing crisis on their path to better health.
This shows us the general principles of a healing crisis. With each crisis or
reaction, there is a temporary worsening of the condition, with either new symptoms
appearing or existing ones getting worse. This is the result of toxins being mobilized
for elimination by the body in what is clinically known as the Herxheimer effect.
However, after the healing reaction, we reach a higher level of health than before.
This concept of a healing crisis clearly shows the opposite perceptions in drug-
based medicine and holistic medicine regarding health and the healing process. In
drug medicine, it is assumed that a patient who is free of disease symptoms is more
or less healthy, and the aim of drugs is to achieve this condition by removing
disagreeable symptoms. Frequently, alternative medicine is used in the same way;
instead of toxic drugs, benign natural remedies are used. This is what most patients
want, and according to their beliefs, they use either drugs or natural remedies to
eliminate symptoms.
However, holistic medicine, following in the footsteps of the nineteenth-century
Nature Cure movement, aims higher. Here, health is regarded not just as a
temporary absence of disease symptoms, but as a state of profound physical,
emotional, and mental well-being so that we cannot develop a disease.
Animals living in an unspoiled natural habitat commonly display this kind of
health. If we want to come close to such outstanding health, we have to work for it by
consciously minimizing the multitude of negative influences on our health and by
maximizing the positive factors instead.
Experience shows we do not follow a straight line of health improvement or
deterioration. Similar to the way periods of illness are interspersed amidst relative
well-being on the long road to chronic degenerative diseases and death, we have
ups and downs on the road to superior health. The main difference is that the road to
deteriorating health slopes downhill while the road to superior health goes up.
Travelling downhill is easy; we do not need to do anything about it, but
improving our health requires consistent effort, and it can seem like an uphill climb.
Contrary to the lengthy periods of ill health on the downhill road, the dips on the uphill
road are usually short and sharp. Such a dip is called a “healing crisis,” although I
prefer the less dramatic names “healing reaction,” “cleansing reaction,” or simply
“reaction.”
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Testing Body Fluids: Tests in this step are recommended as a way to get to
know and monitor your body rather than to replace medical diagnosis. Urine dipstick
tests, available at most pharmacies, give indications of pH (acid-alkaline balance),
kidney function (protein status), diabetes (glucose), fat metabolism (ketones), urinary
tract infections (blood, nitrites), liver and gallbladder function, and blood stability
(bilirubin, urobilinogen). Cloudiness in a fresh urine sample, for example, may be due
to urates, phosphates, pus, dead bacteria, or inadequate liquid intake.
A dipstick test for vitamin C is available in some countries; otherwise you can
test by adding ten drops of a five-percent silver-nitrate solution to ten drops of your
urine in a test tube. Read it after two minutes. A white precipitate shows vitamin C
deficiency; if beige, a small amount of vitamin C is present; if gray, your vitamin C
status is good. During severe infections, sufficient vitamin C should be given to cause
a charcoal-like appearance in the test fluid. From the colours of these dipsticks, you
can clearly see whether the result is normal or whether there is a problem, in which
case you can repeat the test from time to time or seek professional advice. (Caution:
Silver nitrate badly stains skin and garments.)
Low-cost instruments are now available for measuring the level of glucose in
the blood. In a standard glucose-tolerance test, 100 g of glucose, or 2 g per kg body
weight, are given in water to the fasting patient. Blood and urine samples are tested
every 30 minutes. A test for diabetes can be terminated after two or three hours,
while for hypoglycaemia, test for five hours. Diabetes is suspected when the glucose
level peaks and remains higher than normal.
Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) is more difficult to evaluate and may be
suspected if the blood sugar curve shows a high plateau or remains flat, if it shows a
steep drop, or if it falls below the fasting level. In addition, test the soft-palate pH (in
the mouth) before and after the test. Greatly increased acidity shows inefficient use
of glucose. Frequently, the blood sugar reaction depends on the source of the
glucose or carbohydrate; that is, an abnormal blood glucose level may be caused by
an allergy response to a particular carbohydrate.
Pulse and Blood Pressure: Take the pulse while sitting and standing. To find
the pulse, lightly press with the pads of three fingers on the inside of the wrist of the
other hand just below the pad of the thumb. Adrenal stress (predisposition to
allergies) may be indicated if the rate is higher when standing than sitting.
Statistically, the average pulse rate for men is 72 per minute and 80 for women.
Physical activity, raised temperature, infections, an overactive thyroid gland, strong
emotions, and allergies increase the pulse rate. An irregular pulse may indicate heart
disease, potassium or magnesium deficiency in the heart muscle, or an allergy.
Sometimes the pulse is irregular only under stress, for example, when standing or
running. If there appears to be a problem, check again on subsequent days under
different conditions.
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The iris is like a map of the body - changes in certain organs are reflected in
specific parts of the iris. The right iris shows the condition of the right side of the
body, while the left iris reflects the left side. The exact relationship between iris and
body parts can be seen from the iris chart below. Iris diagnosis is also known as
iridology.
In health, the iris is composed of densely structured fine, straight lines,
radiating from the pupil to the outer rim. A close grain, similar to that of hardwood,
indicates a strong inherited vitality and good recuperative powers in the case of
temporary illness. If the fibres are loosely spread, as in softwood, the basic health is
weak.
In poor health these lines become separated and distorted, forming various
patterns, called markings. Very weak organs often show elliptically formed grey
markings - so-called closed lesions resembling knots in wood. In poor health many of
these closed lesions may be found in the iris, indicating areas in which the circulation
is stagnating. If these lesions are not 'walled in', but open at one end or both, this
indicates that despite a weakness the circulation in this area is good.
Colour Changes: Start by studying your own eyes in a mirror. Then look at the
eyes of friends and relatives. Use a magnifying glass and a torch held at the side of
the eye. Make a coloured copy of your own eyes or those of a friend, and compare it
with the iris chart. Study the general colour pattern. Markings are much easier to
detect in blue than in brown eyes. Often there will be brownish discolourations in blue
or green eyes extending outward from the pupil. This area belongs to the intestines.
The brown colour change indicates that there is a deterioration of the digestive
system, usually associated with inherited liver and gall bladder weakness.
Frequently, the eyes of babies change from blue to brownish within days or
weeks of the baby's introduction to cows' milk. Often allergy symptoms are present
simultaneously, for example, eczema, respiratory and digestive difficulties. These
colour changes may also occur in breastfed babies if the mother uses cows' milk or
its products. Presumably this change may already occur in the foetus.
The brown colour of genuinely brown eyes comes from melanin pigments,
while pathological brown colour changes originate from oxidised lipoproteins (for
example, lipofuscin) and possibly from the breakdown products of blood colouring
agents (for example, bilirubin). Additional discolouration may result from drug
deposits.
Sometimes there is so much brown it is difficult to detect the original colour.
Organ areas that border the intestinal ring where it shows strong markings are likely
to suffer from reflected weaknesses. White in the iris indicates overactivity, irritation,
acidity, infection, inflammation or catarrh of the corresponding body part. In some
eyes the whole iris shows much white; in others it is concentrated in certain areas
only.
IRIS CHARTS
Abbreviations: ADREN = Adrenal Gland, AP. = Appendix, G.B. = Gall-bladder,
P. = Pineal Gland, PA. =Pancreas, PIT. = Pituitary Gland, S.P. = Solar Plexus.
Common Conditions:
PUPIL REFLEX: If a pupil does not contract when a bright light shines on to it,
this indicates dulled nerve reflexes, weak adrenal glands or an overstimulated
sympathetic nervous system, often from fear as a hidden, chronic condition. Adrenal
stress is indicated if the pupils begin to expand and contract repeatedly when
exposed to bright light for 30 seconds.
NERVE WREATH: A strong, white and almost circular outline of the intestinal
area - the nerve wreath - indicates a good Condition of the autonomic nervous
system. If this outline is weak, jagged, discoloured, or extends far towards the
periphery or the pupil, we may assume the autonomic nervous system is in a poor
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The body has developed under the guidance of the endocrine glands.
Therefore, glandular disturbances are reflected in abnormal proportions of various
parts of the body. Certain measurements enable us to recognize our glandular
pattern as a basis for corrective treatment.
Our endocrine system is composed of two antagonistic groups of glands. The
anabolic (build-up) glands are the adrenal cortex, the posterior pituitary (in the brain),
the parathyroid, and the pancreas (Islets of Langerhans). The catabolic (breakdown)
glands are the adrenal medulla, the anterior pituitary, and the thyroid gland. The
anabolic glands control the calcium level of the blood, while the catabolic glands
control the phosphorus level.
Ingestion of sugar or sweet foods stimulates the anabolic glands, disturbs the
calcium-phosphorus ratio, and leads to an excess of calcium in the blood and,
consequently, to stone formation. Later, however, it leads to exhaustion of the
anabolic glands.
Ratios leg : arm ankle : wrist one-fourth one-half three-fourths knee : elbow
Interpretation:
One-fourth ratio higher than normal: underactive thyroid
One-fourth ratio lower than normal: overactive thyroid
One-half ratio higher than normal: posterior pituitary underactive
One-half ratio lower than normal: posterior pituitary overactive
Three-fourths ratio higher: anterior pituitary underactive
Three-fourths ratio lower: anterior pituitary overactive
The back of the hands point forward More of the palms show when
when the arms hang loosely at the sides arms hang loosely at the sides
(person must be unaware of the test)
A low voice if female A high voice if male
Pubic-hair line is triangular with Pubic-hair line is flat on top
apex upward
Aggressiveness, independence, Intuitive instead of critical thinking
critical thinking
Body in general is hairy The other signs are opposite to those listed for
Tendency to become bald andricity
Space between thighs
Tends to have too much gastric acid (ulcers)
“Andric” means more male hormones are produced than is normal for the average male or female.
“Gynic” means more female hormones are produced than is normal for the average male or female.
The anterior pituitary gland mainly produces growth and sex hormones, and it
stimulates the thyroid and adrenal glands. The posterior pituitary regulates the
amount of water lost in the urine; it can raise the blood pressure and stimulates
labour contractions.
Assessing Male-Female Balance: Both sexes produce male as well as
female hormones in a gender-specific ratio. If there are more male hormones
produced than normal, the condition is called “andric”; if more female hormones are
produced, it is “gynic.” To give an example, a woman with a constitutionally high
oestrogen-testosterone ratio is gynic, while with a low ratio she is andric.
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Reflexology is excellent for self-treatment and even for diagnosis. Envisage the
body divided into 10 vertical segments or zones, five on each side. Each finger and
toe belongs to one of these zones. A diseased body part will show up as a sore spot
in the same segment of the foot or hand. From this the alternative name 'zone
therapy' is derived. Usually the feet are more sensitive and, therefore, more suitable
for reflex diagnosis and treatment than the hands. In addition the ears, like the irises,
contain a reflex map of the body. (We may even assume that every organ and every
single cell contains a holistic reflex map of the whole organism.)
In addition, there is a reflex connection between related parts of the legs and
arms. A sore knee, for example, may be relieved by pressure on the corresponding
location on the elbow on the same side of the body. In a similar way, corresponding
locations on the wrist and ankle, and on the hip and shoulder, influence each other.
This is especially useful to know when dealing with broken or otherwise injured limbs
that do not permit direct treatment.
Diagnosis: Press the soles, the toes and the sides of the feet with a knuckle, a
thumb or - if the feet are not very sensitive - with a blunt probe. Overweight people
and those with poor circulation usually need quite strong pressure, which must be
exactly on the correct spot. However, if the lack of sensitivity is due to nerve damage,
then it would be better to try and improve this condition first, as with strong sustained
pressure under the back of the skull on both sides of the spine and providing any
missing nerve vitamins (e.g. B1, B6, B12, folic acid).
Press the selected area in a slow circular motion until you find the exact
location. Generally, the pressure should be straight down, but for the thyroid area it
should be applied from the side, trying to press underneath the ball of the big toe.
Adjust the pressure to the general sensitivity of the foot. If the body is very
sensitive, all foot reflexes will be extremely tender; therefore try with light pressure to
locate only the most painful areas. You may mark the encountered tender spots on
an examination chart, using different markings according to the extent of tenderness
encountered. Concentrate later treatment on the most painful areas. The results will
be better if you have someone other than yourself check your feet.
Methods of Treatment: The easiest and most common form of treatment is to
apply pressure on sore points with the pad of a finger, the thumb, with a knuckle or
with a blunt instrument (for example, the blunt end of a pencil or a pen). If it is quite
sore, press straight down, with only light pressure at first. Gradually increase the
pressure as the pain lessens. Finally, when even strong pressure can be tolerated,
you may apply the pressure in a slow circular motion in order to relax the deeper
muscles and ligaments.
Another method of applying pressure to fingers and toes is to put tight rubber
bands around them or to use clothes pegs to clamp the digits. Rubber bands should
never be left on for more than a few minutes at a time. In addition, you may firmly
grasp a metal comb, pressing its teeth into the palm or the fingers. A metal comb or a
brush may also be used to sweep the backs of the hands and lower arms up to the
elbows in quick upward strokes. Five minutes of this will stimulate the circulation and
invigorate the body.
Further effective areas for treatment are the tongue, the inside wall of the
mouth, especially the palate (top), under the tongue and the back of the mouth
(pharynx). You may press with the pad of a finger or thumb or use a suitable
instrument. Pressure on the tongue may be applied by biting or pressing with the
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Ear acupuncture can be a very effective method for relieving acute pains and
chronically stiff joints, sometimes these have been cured within minutes. For some
problems it can be more effective than body acupuncture. Ear acupuncture is easy
and safe for self-treatment and in healing groups. Organ diseases and glandular
disturbances may respond less dramatically, but ear needling will always be very
helpful as a supportive method with other forms of treatment.
The main disadvantage of ear acupuncture is the requirement to find the most
painful spot for it to be fully effective, and this is not pleasant for people who are very
sensitive to pain. The best points are those that feel like an electric shock or like
hitting a raw nerve! However, often the pain will be felt as being beneficial, especially
because it usually decreases with continued needling. This pain may be considered
as 'letting off steam' or congestive energy from a target organ through the 'safety
valve' of an ear point. However, chronically weak organs may also benefit from ear
needling if no pain is felt in the corresponding ear point. Generally, however, you may
follow the rule 'the more sore the point, the more effective the treatment’.
Acupuncture needles are available from some medical-equipment shops,
acupuncturists or from acupuncture supply companies, see the Yellow Pages of
major cities for addresses. For ear acupuncture use short and medium fine needles
(e.g. 25 mm No. 30 gauge or the finer 12mm long 32 gauge. Usually you buy them in
packs of 10. In addition press-needles are very effective and may also be ordered in
packets of 10. Press-needles are like tiny drawing pins with a 2 mm long needle.
They are retained in the ear for one to two weeks, covered with adhesive tape, and
stimulated from time to time by pressing between thumb and a finger pad. If an
acupuncture needle is not available, you may use a bead needle or even a fine
sewing needle.
The Needle Method: Some authorities suggest ear acupuncture does not work
through the acupuncture meridians, but instead, like reflexology, through the press-
point therapy of hands and feet. In any event, Chinese medicine says the ear is the
place where all the channels meet. The ear is relatively safe and easy to use for self-
treatment. The following description of using needles for ear treatment is provided
only to show how it is done in some other countries or by acupuncturists. For legal
reasons, I do not formally recommend using needles on the ear. Instead, you can
use commercially available electro-acupuncture instruments or laser lights to treat
points, or you can use press-point therapy as described below. Exercise care and
caution.
For ear acupuncture, short and medium fine needles are being used in addition
to press-needles. Press-needles are like tiny drawing pins. They are retained in the
ear for one to two weeks, covered with adhesive tape, and stimulated from time to
time by pressing between thumb and a finger pad. If an acupuncture needle is not
available, a bead needle or even a fine sewing needle is sometimes used.
Helix points may be used to reduce inflammation, fever, and oedema. Sanjiao is used for
circulatory, glandular, chest and abdominal problems. Shenmen is used for sedating, as with
nervous problems, insomnia, mental disorders; it is the main point for pain relief, as in arthritis
or inflammations; also for dry cough, bronchial asthma, epilepsy and hypertension.
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Colour has a powerful influence on our body chemistry. The strongest effect is
through the eyes, but good results are also achieved by treating the skin areas over
certain organs or the spine.
Colour can be used in various ways: as direct coloured light, or indirect light
from the colours of walls, curtains and clothes; in foods, and by treating drinking
water with coloured lights; by visualising colours with closed eyes; or by visualising
that the inhaled breath or directed energy is coloured. For treatment you should be
careful to select bright, clear colours; murky colours usually have unpleasant effects.
Coloured Lights: Light may be coloured by using coloured light bulbs, by
filtering sunlight through coloured glass or cellophane, even by wrapping coloured
cloth around a lamp. Drinking water may be treated by exposing it to sunlight in
coloured-glass containers or in containers covered with coloured cellophane, or
coloured light bulbs may be used. This water is beneficial for drinking, gargling in the
case of throat infections, washing wounds or bathing the eyes.
Preferably, stimulating colours should be used in the morning and sedating
colours in the evening. If a sequence of coloured lights is used, start with stimulating
colours, proceed to blue and finish with green. When treating internal organs, shine
the light at close range on to the skin area covering the organ, possibly also on to the
spinal reflex area. For general treatment and especially to improve eye conditions,
you may look at a brilliant, reflecting surface of the desired colour, exposed to
sunlight or a strong electric light.
To treat specific parts of the body, you may cover them with a single or double
layer of cellophane of the desired colour and expose them to mild sunlight or strong
electric light. If using sunlight you should be careful not to over-expose as cellophane
does not absorb the UV radiation. As a general tonic, you may cover the back with
cellophane in the colours of the rainbow: red at the base, orange over the lower back,
yellow in the middle, green at the shoulder blades, blue at the neck and violet over
the head. These are also the regional chakra energy colours
Green is the general healing colour, representing harmony and balanced body
polarities. In disease, there may be over-stimulation, with too much red in the system
- fever, inflammation, irritability, skin rash, red eyeballs, pink fingernails; or there may
be under-stimulation with too much blue - pale skin, sluggishness, bluish eyeballs,
bluish nails. The over-stimulated condition needs blue colour treatment, while the
under-stimulated condition requires red or orange.
The following list shows the conditions for which the different colours may be
used. You may also use muscle testing or a pendulum for individual colour selection.
Different parts of the body may need different colours. If you are in doubt about which
area to treat, irradiate 'systemically' - over the whole body. When irradiating the back,
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Magnets are effective healing tools. The opposite poles of a magnet have
different effects on the body, so it is essential to identify the poles correctly.
According to physics, if a magnet is suspended on a thread, the pole pointing
towards the north is called the north pole; the other pole is the south pole. So here,
north pole means north-pointing pole. Another way of finding the polarity of a magnet
is to move it slowly towards the north-pointing end of a compass needle. If the needle
turns away, the north pole of the magnet has been used, and vice versa. Test the
polarities of any acquired magnets, as you cannot rely on the pole designations of
the manufacturer.
How to Use Magnets: U-shaped magnets are not suitable for magnet therapy.
Instead, flat ceramic or neodymium magnets are best; otherwise short, cylindrical, or
bar magnets can be used. The north pole generally has strengthening, stimulating
qualities; it gives energy. It can be used to improve weak organs (indicated by dark
markings in the iris). The south pole withdraws energy; it is sedating and relaxing. It
can be used for pain relief, to reduce unwanted growths (tumours) and swellings,
soothe inflammation, and arrest infections (indicated by white iris markings). The
magnet does not have to touch the skin to work but can be kept in a cotton bag
pinned to the clothing, the specified pole facing the body.
Most therapeutic magnets are composed of ferro-ceramic material (usually
called ceramic magnets) and break easily when dropped. The therapeutic strength of
a magnet is a product of its gauss rating and its size. In physics, gauss is the unit of
magnetic strength. The magnetic field of the earth is about 0.5 gauss; a magnet with
a weak rating has several hundred gauss and a strong magnet several thousand
gauss. However, even a magnet with several thousand gauss can have a weak
therapeutic effect if it is small. To give an example of commonly used magnets: A
strong ceramic magnet can measure three by two by one inches, and a weak magnet
two by one by one-half inches, both with 4,000 gauss at the surface.
Very strong magnets are made with neodymium, a rare-earth element, and
have 9,000 gauss or more. Neodymium magnets are relatively small, and their fields
do not reach far into the body. Therefore, neodymium magnets are commonly used
to treat areas near the surface, as in small disk or button magnets for acupuncture
points. Ceramic magnets, on the other hand, can be large and heavy, their effects
reaching far into the body. Therefore, with pain or a tumor deep inside, apply a strong
ceramic magnet, three by two by one inches or bigger, while for near the skin use a
neodymium block magnet of one by one by one-half inch.
As a general rule, apply strong magnetic fields for acute problems and weak
fields for chronic problems. In both cases, you can apply a magnet either
continuously or intermittently during the day until the problem is resolved. For acute
problems, this can be for days and with chronic problems for weeks or months. While
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The use of urine in the treatment of diseases has a long history. Many cultures
have used urine for medicinal purposes: It was praised in ancient Egyptian papyri
and used in ancient Rome, China, India, America, and European countries. An article
in the Journal of the American Medical Association stated that in “primitive medicine”
there is scarcely a disease that has not been treated with the external or internal use
of urine.6. Presently it is most widely used in India and Taiwan where the youthful
appearance of many Buddhist monks is ascribed to their routine urine ingestion.
Thousands of scientific articles have been written about the health benefits of
urine and its ingredients. A good book to get acquainted with some of this research
activity is Your Own Perfect Medicine, by Martha Christy; one of many websites on
urine therapy is: www.uropathy.com.
At the very least, all this past and present interest in the healing benefits of
urine indicates that here is something worthwhile for the adventurous health seeker
to explore. To start urine therapy the main problem we need to overcome is our
social conditioning. You may also want to know how a substance expelled by the
body as waste can possibly be beneficial.
Beneficial Ingredients: Urine is not a waste product full of harmful substances
as is commonly believed, but instead a treasure-trove of the right nutrients that we
need for our health. It is full of hormones, enzymes, vitamins, trace minerals, and
other valuable biochemicals. Basically, urine is just filtered blood, and in its
composition close to blood serum. The main function of the kidneys is to regulate the
concentration of all these biochemicals in our blood. Surplus can be as harmful as
deficiency; however, any hormone or enzyme removed as surplus may be in short
supply a few hours later.
With advancing age, our hormone and enzyme production declines to
suboptimal levels, while the kidneys become less and less efficient in retaining
needed ingredients. Therefore, it greatly helps, especially with chronic degenerative
diseases and advancing age, to recycle these valuable hormones and enzymes. This
is what urine therapy does.
Another important aspect is the presence in urine of antibodies and immune-
stimulating factors against viruses, harmful bacteria, or fungi we may harbour in our
body. Even minute amounts of antibodies, sometimes at levels so low they cannot be
detected with conventional methods, are effective in preventing and treating
diseases. Curative effects of urine therapy have been shown on fungal and viral
infections, such as hepatitis, poliomyelitis, and AIDS, and urine is especially effective
against allergies, autoimmune diseases, and other disorders of the immune system.
When drinking urine routinely, say a cupful every morning, allergic reactions
may not occur at all, thus doing away with the need to identify to which substance
one has been reacting.
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Vitamins are water soluble or fat soluble. Water-soluble vitamins are vitamin C
and the B-group vitamins. Except for vitamin B12, they are easily absorbed, and
deficiency is due to a deficient diet or to increased requirements. Due to genetic
factors or diseases, some individuals may require up to a hundred times the usual
amounts to function normally. One common problem is a thickened or hardened cell
membrane, preventing nutrients from entering some organs, especially the eyes.
Being water soluble, a surplus of these vitamins is easily expelled through the
kidneys, and any problem from overdosing is rare.
The fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E, and K, are more difficult to absorb.
Deficiencies can easily arise even with an adequate diet, although most “balanced”
diets are deficient due to the cooking methods and use of refined foods. The most
difficult problem is fat malabsorption, which is relatively common and mainly due to a
reaction of the intestinal wall to gluten. In this case, even a diet plentiful in fat-soluble
vitamins can still lead to deficiency symptoms and may not be corrected by high-
potency supplements. While symptoms can mirror individual deficiencies, a common
feature of fat malabsorption is dry skin and difficulty gaining weight.
This absorption difficulty can be overcome by using water-soluble vitamin E
tablets, emulsions for vitamin A, and sunshine for vitamin D. In addition, rub vitamin
A and E oil (from opened capsules) into your skin and squeeze the contents of a
halibut oil capsule under the tongue for slow absorption overnight. Do not use
synthetic versions of oil-soluble vitamins. While these are easily absorbed, they are
known to cause side effects, such as liver toxicity or interference with pregnancy.
The bacteria among our intestinal flora supply a considerable part of our B
vitamins. Unfortunately, antibiotics destroy these essential bacteria and can cause
vitamin deficiencies. For this reason, use fermented foods or cultures containing
acidophilus and bifidobacteria and take B-vitamin supplements whenever you take
antibiotics. Other widespread conditions -causing persistent vitamin deficiencies and
dependencies are deprivations during foetal develop-ment and, in later life, acute and
chronic infections, parasites, and inefficient metabolism.
In general, vitamin and mineral supplements may not be required for the
maintenance of health or even the cure of most degenerative diseases provided the
diet consists predominantly of fresh and raw foods, featuring sprouted seeds, grass
and vegetable juices, as well as high-quality nutrients such as bee pollen, spirulina,
and kelp.
Bowel-Tolerance Vitamin C: This means taking enough of the vitamin to
produce a bout of diarrhoea to identify your specific bowel tolerance for vitamin C.
This can be a successful treatment for infectious diseases, including viral infections,
which do not respond to antibiotics. The dose of vitamin C is increased until the
patient develops transient diarrhoea, usually one episode. Then the rate is cut back
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Copper (Cu): The RDA is 1.5 to 3 mg, but the recommended intake is 3 to 5
mg daily. A dietary deficiency of copper is rare; inorganic copper, for example, may
be oversupplied from copper water pipes. Internal copper deficiency can result from
insufficient binding capacity within cells.
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There are eight essential amino acids for adults that must be supplied with the
diet: isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenyl-alanine, threonine, tryptophan,
and valine. Two others, arginine and histidine, are essential in the first year of life.
Some may be useful as supplements to enhance the functions described below, but
commonly this is necessary only in cases of malabsorption of nutrients, with specific
diseases, or with bodybuilding and sports nutrition. The specific amounts to use are
usually not critical and may vary widely with practitioners. If not otherwise
recommended by your health professional, you can use the amounts indicated on the
product container. However, in most instances, instead of taking single amino acids, I
recommend taking spirulina or chlorella instead; these are high in protein (up to 70
percent) and easily digestible.
Amino acids, like many vitamins, exist in two forms that are chemically identical
but differently folded. These are named either D-amino acid or L-amino acid. Amino
acids in our body have the L-form. Therefore, it is not advisable to use the synthetic
D,L-amino acids, but rather the more expensive L-amino acids produced with
enzymes. One exception to this is D,L-phenylalanine if used for pain relief. If the label
of a supplement does not specify that it is the L-form, you can assume that it is the
cheaper D,L-form, and I would not use it. Furthermore, two simple amino acids,
glycine and taurine, exist only in one form and are not marked D or L.
Arginine: Arginine is the precursor of the neurotransmitter nitric oxide, which
helps to relax and dilate blood vessels. It is in an antago-nistic balance with lysine.
Arginine helps to channel nutrients into tissues and promotes regeneration.
• Aids in liver detoxification
• May retard growth of tumours and cancer cells
• Assists in the release of growth hormones
• Helps maintain a healthy immune system
• Important for scar tissue formation and collagen production
• Promotes muscle growth and fat utilization
• Helpful with malaria
• May help with male impotence
Note: avoid supplementation during pregnancy and lactation, and with herpes
infections.
Carnitine: Carnitine is produced in a healthy liver from lysine, vitamins B1 and
B6, and iron. Vegetarian diets can be deficient in carnitine, as it is found mainly in
meat. D--carnitine is harmful. Acetyl-L-carnitine is the form best suited to treat
neurological conditions.
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Digestive enzymes are released from our digestive organs in order to break
down food into molecules small enough for it to be absorbed. Deficiencies of
digestive enzymes are widespread and are caused mainly by overeating, eating too
much cooked food, food allergies, and incorrect food combining. Virtually all elderly
people and those with chronic degenerative diseases and allergies have digestive
enzyme deficiencies.
The enzymes in raw and fermented foods help in the digestive process but are
destroyed by temperatures over 120° F. Further, many heated proteins become
difficult to digest and you may need more digestive enzymes to handle them. Some
raw seeds, soybeans, broad beans, wheatgerm, and nuts contain enzyme inhibitors,
but sprouting and cooking inactivates these.
In light of this, make a deliberate effort to improve the enzyme content and
digestibility of your food. If you are in a state of chronically lowered health, it will be
very helpful to use enzyme supplements. This is essential in the case of cancer and
other advanced degenerative diseases and also if you have allergies, unless you are
already on a predominantly raw food diet.
Most important are the pancreatic enzymes, known collectively as pancreatin
and available as a supplement under various brand names. For serious diseases,
take 4000 to 5000 mg of pancreatin in divided doses in the course of each meal. One
tablet may contain 1200 or 1600 mg of pancreatin; this is sometimes also described
as pancreatin 4NF and if so take 300 or 400 mg of it. In addition, you can take one or
two tablets of an enzyme combination containing papain, bromelain, pepsin, or bile.
Pepsin is indicated for protein foods if the stomach is weak, while bile is helpful if
there is a problem with fat absorption. Papain and bromelain help protein digestion.
In the case of degenerative diseases and advancing age, gastric acid is often
deficient. If so, you can take hydrochloric acid–pepsin tablets, especially when eating
cooked protein meals. Alternatively, dilute one part commercial diluted hydrochloric
acid (usually 20 percent) with nine parts water. Mix one teaspoon (use plastic) of this
with meals or drink with fluids after a meal. As a rule, additional enzymes are not
needed with uncooked meals.
However, digestive enzyme supplements are not required if protein-digesting
enzymes can be obtained from food, such as bromelain from pineapples or papain
from unheated leaves or flowers or unripe fruit of papaya. Ripe kiwi fruit is a good
source of enzymes. Use any of these with protein meals. You can also predigest
meat, fish, or other protein food by refrigerating it overnight wrapped or mixed with
papaya leaf.
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Most individuals on conventional diets with much refined and processed foods
have either outright nutrient deficiencies or shortages of various vitamins, minerals,
enzymes, and hormones. Generally, our intake of essential nutrients is less than
optimal, making us susceptible to disease. Deficiencies are even more widespread in
those who already suffer an acute or chronic disease. Sometimes individuals have
had to suffer for years and have had high medical expenses for conventional
treatments when a few nutritional supplements could likely have corrected the
problems.
Supplements are most important for individuals with nutrient malabsorption and
for those who still use processed and refined foods as part of their diet or who cannot
regularly obtain vegetables and fruit grown organically in good soil. The more serious
the disease or health deterioration, the more supplements are likely to be beneficial
and the greater should be the dosages and range of supplements taken.
Calcium supplements are commonly used with conventional diets and yet many
people are apprehensive of obtaining sufficient calcium when abstaining from milk
products. This concern is unfounded. Calcium is not well absorbed from cow’s milk,
as can be seen in the high incidence of osteoporosis developing in people on
conventional Western diets and the fact this is not a problem in milk-free Asian
countries. Vegetables and sprouted and fermented seeds are high in usable calcium;
the calcium content in juice from cereal grasses is higher than in milk as, after all,
cows obtain their calcium from grasses in the first place.
Similar considerations apply to iron, which can easily become harmful as an
inorganic supplement. Much more widespread and detrimental than calcium and iron
deficiencies are deficiencies in chromium, magnesium, manganese, selenium, and
zinc.
Many supplements are actually concentrated health foods, but taking these is
not the same as the “pill-popping” of medical drugs. While I believe that supplements
are unnecessary if one is healthy and lives on a high quality diet in an unpolluted
environment, I know that it is difficult to remain healthy in present times and even
more difficult to heal an “incurable” disease. Carefully selected supplements can
make a great difference in these endeavours, especially for those who are just
starting to improve their diet.
I am not in favour of using multivitamin tablets as they often contain synthetic
forms of vitamins A, D, and E and beta-carotene. Instead, if required, it is better to
use a low-potency B-complex in addition to vitamin C and cod-liver oil or halibut-liver
oil capsules. Mineral supplements are often more important than vitamins and can
contain approximately 15 mg zinc, 5 mg manganese, 100 to 200 mcg selenium, 200
mcg chromium, 500 mg magnesium, and up to twice this amount of calcium if one’s
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Herbs are not completely harmless, but damage due to commonly used herbs
is extremely rare, while the benefits are usually genuine and lasting. In contrast to
culinary herbs, medicinal herbs should be used on a long-term basis only if there is a
clinical reason and not just in case they might do some good. (Herbs for a wide range
of health problems are discussed in part 6.) Here I will discuss a few herbs for some
common conditions and show how the application can be particularly important on
your road to better health.
General Herbal Remedies: A good combination to cleanse the gastrointestinal
tract is a mixture of chillies and ginger root. Blend or crush both in lemon juice and
olive oil and refrigerate, then use this as a salad dressing or for flavouring meals. Use
an amount that is hot but not uncomfortable. Gradually increase your intake to just
below your tolerance level for several weeks; then you can continue to use it in
normal amounts for flavouring your food. With serious infections, inflammations, or
cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, you can also add fresh garlic to this until the
problem is overcome.
Peppermint tea is especially good to stimulate the digestion and uplift the spirit,
while slippery elm powder soothes the digestive tract. Sage is highly esteemed.
An ancient saying goes: “Why die [of a disease] when sage grows in your garden?”
It can be prepared by adding two teaspoons of dried sage to one pint of boiling water;
after three minutes, remove it from the heat and let it draw for another ten minutes.
Sage can be combined with other herbs. Fragrant or leaf herbs such as peppermint
or St. John’s Wort can be added while the herbs steep. St. John’s Wort is effective
against depression.
The immune system can be strengthened with echinacea, propolis, European
mistletoe (Viscum album), Easter lily, and reishi and other Asian mushrooms.
Echinacea can be added to all other herb combinations. However, there are some
research findings that echinacea can cause problems if taken uninterruptedly for
several months, so it may be advisable to interrupt its use after a month and then to
take it again a few weeks later.
Wormwood and garlic are excellent against all kinds of parasites as well as the
yeast Candida albicans. A combination of goldenseal, ginger, and slippery elm
powder is good for gastrointestinal inflammations and multiple sclerosis. Ginger is
also good against motion sickness. In addition to being an excellent wound healer,
comfrey is a good detoxifier; you can drink a cupful of comfrey tea two or three times
a week.
To aid digestion, it is generally beneficial to drink half a cup of bitter herb tea
after a large or cooked meal. Suitable herbs here are centaury, dandelion (not
roasted), devil’s claw, and gentian; these also help to restore liver function. With any
lung conditions, including lung cancer, have a daily steam inhalation (with a towel
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Commonly three 9-volt batteries are connected in series (positive to negative pole) and an
insulated wire soldered to each end terminal. To each of the other ends of the wires,
solder an alligator clip. Use ten inches of pure silver wire, preferably .999 fine, about 14
gauge or 1.64 mm; sterling silver is only .9275 fine. Cut the silver wire in half and attach to
the alligator clips.
Immerse the electrodes about four inches deep in a glass of water. Commonly, colloidal
silver is made from normal drinking water, often with the addition of a drop of saline
solution. A white mist can be seen to develop almost immediately. This is mainly
ineffective silver chloride. In this approach, the individual colloidal particles are quite large
and not very effective.
A better way is to use distilled water without the addition of any saline drops, as this
produces a very fine and much more effective colloid, though it takes a long time to start.
A white mist may become visible after about 20 minutes. If you do see this fine mist near
one of the electrodes, continue for five minutes longer. If you cannot see a slight mist after
20 minutes, then next time add a small amount of impure water (such as tap water) to
speed up the colloid formation. The concentration will be about 5 ppm.
After each use, scrub the oxidized positive electrode until it is shiny. When making or
storing the silver water, keep it protected from light, which will otherwise precipitate the
silver and make it ineffective. Make your colloidal silver fresh each day or at least once a
week.
For more information on making and using colloidal silver, see the website:
www.quantumbalancing.com.
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Nutrition is the main tool I have used to help patients overcome a wide range of
diseases claimed to be medically incurable. Unnatural nutrition is one of the major
causes of most of our diseases, while natural nutrition is an equally powerful agent in
helping to undo these diseases and rejuvenate the body. My training and work
experience as research chemist, biochemist, toxicologist, practicing nutritionist, and
natural therapist have given me insight that would not have been possible if I had
worked only as a conventional scientist or natural therapist. One of these insights is
the importance of nutrition.
There is presently a trend in conventional medicine to acknowledge the
importance of nutrition in causing and treating diseases. Health authorities conduct
public awareness campaigns about nutrition through the mass media. While this
newly found official interest is itself a positive development, the information conveyed
is not likely to reduce the overall rate of chronic diseases.21 The information I
present has grown out of practical experience in the prevention and reversal of most
of our chronic and medically incurable diseases, and it is likely to be more useful.
Most of our commonly eaten foods contribute to our gradual health
deterioration and the development of many chronic diseases. This is a main reason
why there is such a high incidence of chronic degenerative disease in our society. I
will explain in detail why and how our everyday problem foods help cause our
diseases and how potent healthy foods can be used to undo these diseases and
rejuvenate our body.
Depending on your health goals and present health problems, you can either
make some gradual adjustment to your present diet or go all the way and experiment
with powerful health diets designed to reverse incurable diseases and rejuvenate
body and mind. The reward in terms of improved health is generally proportional to
your effort.
Diet rules are designed to guide us towards healthier eating habits. There are
different schools of nutrition, which do not always agree on the same principles and
sometimes even contradict each other. The diet “rules” I present are based on the
principles of the nineteenth-century Nature Cure movement, but modified according
to the findings of modern nutrition research and my clinical experiences in
overcoming diseases.
For the successful elimination of diseases, I have found that the less ideal the
patient’s overall diet is, the more specific the remedies, supplements, or other
therapies need to be. Conversely, on an ideal diet, specific interventions can be kept
to a minimum. I have also observed that the differences in nutritional requirements
between individuals begin to disappear when an ideal natural diet is adopted.
Changing our diet to an ideal natural one requires a considerable shift in eating
habits and a re-education of our taste buds. It often also requires more time for food
preparation. For most of us this is not easy. While some take to it enthusiastically,
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In a nutshell, the most important dietary rule is, as much as possible, to eat
your food when it’s whole, alive, organic, and free of added chemicals. Other
important rules are to chew it well, enjoy what you eat, combine the foods correctly,
and deliberately under-eat rather than overeat.
Whole food means that there has been as little refining of it as possible. To give
an example, natural whole grain brown rice is the preferred whole food. White rice
has the bran and germ removed, together with most of its vitamins and minerals. The
level of vitamin B1, for instance, is about 450 percent higher in brown rice than in
white rice. This means that the body may not use the deficient food efficiently, and
this can lead to overweight or underweight conditions and to poor blood sugar
regulation; the lack of fibre in refined rice also contributes to constipation. In varying
degrees, the effect of refining also applies to other commonly eaten foods.
Over thousands of years, our metabolic and enzyme structures have evolved
based on whole foods and have relied on certain combinations of ingredients being
supplied together. Protective or synergistic (cooperative) factors are present in whole
foods. For example, vitamin C is much better absorbed and retained if taken together
with bioflavonoids. Both nutrients naturally occur in the same foods. The sensitive
polyunsaturated oils are protected from oxidation and structural damage as long as
they remain in the whole seed. They also occur naturally with protective vitamin E.
When extracted and refined, these oils are partly oxidized and harmful trans-fatty
acids are formed.
Carnivorous animals do not eat just the meat but also the bones. They would
quickly become mineral deficient and diseased if they did not eat the bones. The
same applies to us if we eat only flesh high in phosphorus or low-mineral-content
food. We then need to use mineral supplements or become deficient and prone to
diseases. As relates to root vegetables, whole means using the vitamin- and mineral-
rich outer parts, usually discarded as peel, as well as the inner parts, and even the
cooking water. Pouring out the cooking water pours vitamins and minerals down the
drain.
A story, presumably true, has been published about the crew of one of the early
submarines. After a long crossing, they were fatigued and disease-prone; they had
lived on tinned and dried foods. The health authorities were at a loss about the cause
as there had been sufficient amounts of the known vitamins in the foods. A Nature
Cure practitioner offered his advice, which, when taken, quickly corrected the
problem. He told them to peel a lot of potatoes, discard the potatoes, and cook the
peels; strain, discard the peels, and drink the broth. How many of us do it the other
way around?
There is a downside to this with some whole foods and seeds. Seeds contain
reactive proteins, called lectins, which are mainly in the outer hull or bran; individuals
Trouble brews if we ingest a large amount of sugar in any form. This is like
adding gasoline to a slow, controlled burn-off of bush land that then gets out of
control and becomes a raging wildfire. It is very similar in our intestines. Fibre
remains in the large intestine for a long time, so excessive fermentation can happen
if we have sweet food several hours after a raw salad. How much sweetness we can
tolerate with fibre is individualized. The more efficiently we absorb our food, the
larger the amount of sweetness we can handle without getting into digestive trouble.
For individuals with a weak sugar metabolism, it is not good to have much
sweetness on an empty stomach, as that drives the blood sugar level too high,
followed by symptoms of hypoglycaemia. In this case it is best to completely
separate food high in fibre from sweet food and have the fibre meal after the sweet
meal.
Therefore, breakfast is safest as a moderately sweet meal, for instance, by
flavouring cooked rice or sago with banana or apple puree. The evening meal is then
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Diets for health improvement are different from slimming diets that do not
always improve the health of the dieter. However, on a health diet, weight loss can
be expected if you are overweight, in addition to an improvement in health. As a
general rule, the more you follow a diet that is ideally suited for you, the better will be
your health. The diets recommended in this chapter have been shown to be effective,
but you may need to experiment to find individual variations that best suit your
constitution and health problems. Your long-term diet together with your mental
attitude and lifestyle will decide your health in future years; therefore, choose wisely.
If you are on a conventional diet at present, you can change gradually to the
high-quality diet (see below), a process that could take years, especially if you have
to take along a reluctant family. Others can rapidly adopt a raw food diet, especially if
confronted with an advanced degenerative disease. Nearly anyone can live
temporarily on raw food as a cleansing measure.
If you are unusually sensitive to raw food diets and develop digestive problems,
you can eat cooked brown rice exclusively for several days or weeks as a mild
cleansing diet. If even brown rice causes problems, try basmati or white rice. Use
only olive oil and possibly a small amount of salt, herbs, spices, or vegetables for
flavouring. Strictly observe how you feel as you reintroduce other foods.
You need not be afraid that you can never eat your favourite foods again. The
long-term impact on our health comes from what we eat daily, not from occasional
transgressions. When you eat out, you can eat what is available; if it does not agree
with you, you will know better the next time. Often our body becomes temporarily
hypersensitive to foods that we have habitually eaten before. Then our reflexes were
dulled, but now the body lets us know what is good or bad for us. Try to listen to it
and become friends with your body.
The High-Quality Diet: This is a low-allergy, semi-vegetarian diet based on
freshly pressed vegetable juices, sprouted seeds, fermented and purple food,
legumes, non-gluten grains, and a high intake of raw food. In this diet, cooked food is
used more as a flavouring or to put on weight; the main part of a typical meal is a
vegetable salad mixed with sprouted seeds. Use mainly grated, coloured root
vegetables. If you cannot chew well, grate them finely or puree them. Examples of
suitable roots are red beet, carrot, turnip, sweet potato, and pumpkin; tomato,
cucumber, and celery can be added as flavouring.
As a salad dressing, you can use olive oil, lemon juice, herbs, and spices. For
example, shake equal parts of olive oil and lemon juice in a jar; then add one
teaspoon of lecithin, a pinch of cayenne, and some marjoram or mixed herbs. You
can also blend in some unsprayed lemon or orange skin or a whole lemon. Keep
refrigerated and shake before using. A small amount of cider vinegar can be used if
lemon juice is not available.
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Bee Pollen and Special Foods: Various foods have general healing qualities
or help to overcome specific health problems. For example, foods high in enzymes
and growth hormones improve our overall health. Sprouted seeds, bee pollen,
spirulina, grass juice, and unheated lactic-acid fermented foods are in this category,
as are fresh edible flowers such as nasturtium, impatiens, and pumpkin. While the
stamen of pumpkin flowers that bears the pollen is somewhat bitter, flower petals
from the male plants are especially high in bioflavonoids, which help fight against and
prevent allergies and inflammations.
Bee pollen is one of the best foods or supplements available. It is a raw food
rich in enzymes, hormones, vitamins, and minerals. You can take one to three
teaspoons of bee pollen several times daily or use it to flavour your freshly pressed
vegetable or grass juice. To make it easier to digest, soak the pollen in liquid for
some time before ingestion. It is also a good addition to yogurt or other food to be
fermented.
A highly recommended protein combination is bee pollen with spirulina and
ground linseed. Taking one or more teaspoons of each three times daily mixed in a
juice or other suitable liquid before meals can provide up to half of your daily protein
needs. The average protein content of spirulina is 65 percent; pollen has 25 percent,
and linseed (flaxseed) 22 percent. Spirulina provides a link between animal and
vegetable protein, and it is high enough in vitamin B12 that vegans (vegetarians who
do not ingest any animal products) can live on it.
The protein in this combination (bee pollen, spirulina, and linseed) is uncooked,
so it is easily digested and good as replacement for a part of the usually eaten animal
protein. Another advantage is a favourable calcium-to-phosphorus ratio and a high
mineral content, making it alkalizing rather than acid-forming in the body. Add to this
a handful of sprouted seeds once or twice a day, and you have the basis of a healthy
diet, which you can supplement with meat rather than using meat as a staple.
Foods high in sulphur can be increased to improve detoxification. Such foods
include raw egg yolk, onion, horseradish, watercress, turnip, and other raw foods of
the cabbage family. Most of these are also helpful in treating digestive ulcers;
horseradish can be used to help treat mucous complaints. A supplement high in
organic sulphur is called MSM, available in many health food stores.
Bananas are good energy providers for those with a weak digestion. However,
overripe Cavendish bananas (this is the most common variety) often cause digestive
discomfort or allergies in sensitive individuals. This problem is commonly caused by
over gassing the green bananas with ethylene gas shortly before sale to make them
ripen quickly. Ladyfinger bananas or other small varieties do not normally cause
digestive problems. Sensitive individuals generally should avoid overripe fruit. Acid
Red beet may be available only seasonally, but you can store a large quantity
in moist sand. Keep the tops exposed in a cool, shaded place with just enough
moisture to prevent drying out. After a good root system has developed, you can also
let them continue to grow in a sandy and well-drained soil, neither too wet nor too dry
to avoid rotting or mould development, but check them frequently.
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Let’s start by the discussing water in your diet. It is important that we take in
sufficient water for the smooth functioning of our metabolic processes, and especially
to flush away their end products. In normal health and on a diet that includes fresh
fruits and vegetables, an additional fluid intake of about a quart daily is usually
adequate. However, in the following conditions, drinking close to two quarts of fluids
daily is desirable, and more than that if you are overweight:
• If mainly concentrated foods are used in the diet
• If you’re on a diet high in protein
• If the urine is cloudy, has a strong smell, or is dark in color
• In hot conditions
• While breast-feeding
• During the initial stages of health improvement and in cleansing periods
The Benefits of Water: Your fluid intake can consist of water, diluted juices,
and herb teas. Concentrated drinks such as coffee, milk, and strong tea do not count,
as their water content is needed to wash out their own residues. Occasionally check
that you produce about three quarts of inoffensive (in terms of odour) urine per day.
In hot climates, there is a high incidence of kidney disease because many people do
not drink enough water. For instance, a high incidence of oxalate kidney stones
among British troops in India during World War II has been blamed on excessive tea
drinking
If using large amounts of fluids, you must ingest adequate amounts of water-
soluble vitamins and minerals; otherwise deficiency symptoms can develop as you’re
likely to flush these nutrients out of your system. The time of drinking, too, is very
important. One should be careful not to dilute the digestive juices during and after
meals, although some liquid, such as in the form of herb teas, can be used after dry
meals. Generally, however, it is better to drink before meals and to have the bulk of
the fluid intake before breakfast. This is especially important if the digestive system is
weak. I regard it as highly beneficial for the kidneys to flush them regularly with a
high-volume fluid intake, such as a quart of water or diluted juice before breakfast.
After drinking water, wait for about 20 minutes before starting a meal, and after
drinking juices, wait for 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the quantity. It is good to
drink a glass of warm water or herb tea first thing in the morning to wash down
mucus and debris.
Chlorine and added fluoride in drinking water are always harmful. However, if
the water is high in calcium, then fluoride is less harmful, because calcium fluoride is
nearly insoluble and not well absorbed. On the other hand, if the water is soft or rich
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I am not fond of using recipes. Most recipes seem to be designed to tickle our
palate by harming the nutrients in the food. The healthiest recipe for carrots, for
instance, is to pull one out of the ground, clean it, and chew it well. Any additional
processing renders it less nutritious. Also, I favour experimenting, mixing this and
that within the framework of the food-combining rules, and seeing how it turns out. In
this spirit I offer the following recipes and cooking tips as starting points for finding
ways to make healthy food tasty.
If you are willing, you can gradually change your taste preferences and come to
like this new diet of healthier meals. If your life is in no immediate danger from an
advanced disease, change slowly, making a gradual transition over a period of years
from your present diet to the high-quality diet, and possibly to the raw food diet after
that.
Baking Breads: The best method for baking is one in which enzymes in the
food remain alive. This means heating bread dough to less than 120° F. It is
preferable to start with whole, soaked, or sprouted seeds that are rich in enzymes
rather than with commercial flours that may have had their enzymes destroyed during
the milling process and may be contaminated with mycotoxins. The only practical
solution I have found so far is baking with rice. After blending soaked or sprouted
rice, the dough continues to absorb water and so becomes firm almost without any
heat. I have not found this property in any other grain. You may have to experiment
with different varieties of rice to find a good sprouting one.
Soak brown rice overnight, then rinse for two or three days until sprouts
appear; otherwise use after soaking. If you are sensitive to fungi, keep for several
minutes in water with added hydrogen peroxide, then wash well and blend with a
minimum of water. If the blended rice does not have the consistency of a paste, add
rice flour or strain off excess water. Lightly cover a tray with some rice flour or baking
paper and spread the paste out flat. Preferably leave in the sun or a warm place,
such as a warm oven with the heat turned off, until the dough has solidified, usually
after a few hours.
You can experiment with additions, such as kelp powder, occasionally carob
powder and dried fruit for children, and acidophilus culture or a sourdough starter if
you want to try baking a more conventionally shaped loaf. The addition of any other
kind of soaked or sprouted seed will make it more difficult for the dough to harden.
You can bake flat bread in an oven at low temperatures from a mixture of various
flours or meals, such as from peas, lentils, chickpeas, rice, and rye. You may add
buckwheat flour to any baking mix to improve its binding qualities.
If you use sprouted seeds, it is not necessary to add acidophilus or sourdough
starter to improve the nutritional quality, but only to lighten the bake. However, if you
only soak the seeds and, more important still, if your main ingredient is flour, then
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This part explains in more detail the reasons for the dietary recommendations
in Part 4. Most problem foods are widely used basic foods that lead to health
problems in many people. So-called junk foods and heavily processed and
chemicalised foods belong in this category; many foods treasured by natural health
enthusiasts, such as honey, dried fruits, yogurt, and whole-meal bread, also belong
to this list of problem foods.
What chiefly makes a particular food a problem is the presence of one or
several components that can cause metabolic or digestive problems if used
indiscriminately. We use and have used problem foods in excess, so our metabolism
has been weakened to such an extent that it cannot safely process even small
amounts of certain foods without becoming distressed. This can be demonstrated
with food muscle-testing.
However, for individuals with a suitable metabolism, most problem foods can
be acceptable and sometimes even beneficial in moderation; this does not apply to
heavily chemicalised food. It is advisable for nearly everyone to minimize their intake
of problem foods. It is also best to more strictly avoid the problem foods described in
this chapter and that you know from personal experience are a cause of your health
problems.
The main problem foods are: Some problem foods frequently cause food
allergies and can be the primary allergens or
Lactose and cow’s milk products
causative agents that sensitize us to a range
Gluten and wheat products of other allergens. This applies especially to
Sugar and sweet foods the gluten in wheat and to proteins in cow’s
Red meat and fats milk. When the body is still young or overacid
and sensitive, it tends to respond strongly to
Chemicalised food, stimulants, and
yeast or moulds these foods. However, problem foods cause
even more serious problems when the body is
older, alkaline, and insensitive, but then there are no alarm reactions such as food
allergies to warn us. This leads to the development of chronic degenerative diseases
such as autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer.
In addition to specific health problems being caused by specific foods, the
overall impact on the adrenal glands of habitually consuming problem foods can raise
our basic stress level to such a high degree that a relatively small additional stress
from emotional or social problems can trigger severe reactions. These can include
asthma, epilepsy, migraine, depression, irritability, hyperactivity, phobias, nervous
breakdown, and mental disease. In addition, the fact that we cook too many of our
foods and hence have insufficient enzymes in our diet greatly contributes to the
development of chronic degenerative diseases and premature aging.
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The three problematic ingredients in dairy products are lactose (milk sugar),
butterfat, and casein (and other proteins). While lactose can be a problem in all
animal milk, including goat’s milk, difficulties with protein and butterfat are specific to
cow’s milk.
Bottle-feeding infants with cow’s milk has far-reaching effects. The earlier it is
substituted for human breast milk, the more damage is usually caused. The baby’s
digestive system is still immature and relies on enzymes provided in mother’s milk. It
cannot properly digest cow’s milk, especially if the milk has been pasteurized and is
without enzymes. In addition, in the first few weeks or months of life, the wall of the
infant’s small intestine is not yet fully developed and allows only partly digested
proteins to pass through; this causes allergies.
In a clinical study, all infants and most older children evaluated had antibodies
against cow’s milk in their blood.24 This means they were allergic to it, even in the
absence of obvious symptoms. However, usually “unspecific” symptoms were
present, such as restlessness and crying at night, dermatitis, tender abdomen,
tantrums, weak eyes, low energy, hyperactivity, indigestion, and a high incidence of
colds and ear and respiratory infections. A contributing factor that makes many
babies prone to infections is the absence of immuno-protective agents in bottled milk
that are present in human breast milk, especially in the colostrum.
Formula-fed babies usually suffer from zinc deficiency. Zinc is essential for
activating the immune system. The zinc content in cow’s milk is actually higher than
that in mother’s milk, but in cow’s milk zinc is bound to a protein from which the
baby’s immature digestive system cannot release it. Other trace minerals are also
difficult for the baby to absorb from cow’s milk; iron is especially problematic.
A resulting iron deficiency in babies contributes to the development of anemia, a
weakening of the immune system, and retarded mental and cognitive development.
An allergy to cow’s milk and subsequent mucus congestion of the lungs,
combined with zinc and iron deficiencies of the immune system, cause frequent colds
and respiratory infections in babies. This, in turn, depletes babies of vitamin C.
The effect of all this is a high incidence of crib deaths in bottle-fed babies, which
sometimes occur shortly after immunizations. Vaccinations can further drain the
already dangerously low levels of vitamin C. Archie Kalokerinos, M.D., in Every
Second Child, relates that in some Aboriginal communities of Australia every second
child given a vaccination died of crib death, but when fed high doses of vitamin C
before and after vaccinations, not a single child died. Is it a coincidence that New
Zealand has the highest rates of asthma and crib deaths in the world, but also the
highest consumption of cow’s milk?
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Gluten is a mixture of two groups of proteins, gliadins and glutelins. Wheat has
the highest content of gluten, especially hard wheat, which makes it possible to bake
leavened bread and cakes. Under the conditions of baking, gluten forms a network of
molecules, similar to a wire mesh. This molecule mesh traps small bubbles of carbon
dioxide gas and prevents them from escaping. This makes the baked product light
and easy to chew. However, in this way we create a problem for our digestion
because the gluten network is more difficult to break down. The gluten network is
only partly digested, especially if the food is not very well chewed; this is a main
cause of intestinal inflammation and wheat allergy.
Malabsorption Problems with Wheat: Gluten seriously weakens the intestinal
wall. Its effect on the tiny absorption villi in the small intestine can be compared to the
action of sandpaper on wood. Animal experiments have shown that the intestinal
absorption villi are long and slender before they come into repeated contact with
wheat protein. Afterwards, they become blunt and broad, with a much-reduced ability
to absorb nutrients.
Therefore, people on wheat diets absorb nutrients less well than those reared
on wheat-free diets. The former greatly contributes to the widespread incidence of
malabsorption and nutrient deficiencies. In such people, not only are the absorption
villi blunted, but the irritation caused by the sandpaper effect of gluten produces a
protective mucous coating over the intestinal wall. This makes it still more difficult for
nutrients to pass through the intestinal wall to be absorbed.
Thus we find gluten, and especially wheat gluten, implicated as a cause of
typical malabsorption diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, and sprue, but
frequently also associated with autoimmune diseases, diabetes, arthritis, multiple
sclerosis, and schizophrenia. The irritation caused by gluten is a main factor in
causing appendicitis, colitis, and inflammation of the small intestines (e.g., Crohn’s
disease) as well as gastric and duodenal ulcers.
It has been estimated that about 90 million Americans suffer from gluten
sensitivity, while celiac disease, a severe form of malabsorption caused by gluten,
has been found to be 50 times more prevalent than previously suspected and about
1.5 million Americans are thought to suffer from it. Celiac disease occurs frequently
not only in patients with gastrointestinal symptoms, but also in relatives and others
with numerous common disorders even in the absence of gastrointestinal
symptoms.29 For further information, contact University of Maryland Centre for Celiac
Research: see websites: www.celiaccenter.org and www.celiac.com.
The degree of damage to the intestinal wall is proportional to the amount of
gluten consumed. But even so-called normal and healthy volunteers on high-gluten
test diets showed a deterioration of their intestinal walls and that their ability to
absorb nutrients had been reduced.
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The main problem with sweet foods is that sugars are absorbed too quickly.
The body tries to maintain a fairly constant blood sugar level close to 100 mg of
glucose per 100 ml of blood, but this becomes difficult with the habitual consumption
of sweet foods.
When we have a starch meal, it takes several hours until all the starch is
converted into glucose. The absorption through the intestinal wall is gradual and the
liver can easily regulate the blood glucose level by forming glycogen or fat from
surplus glucose. It is equally safe to eat raw cabbage or raw carrots, which can
naturally contain amounts of sugar equal to a spoonful of honey. Again, it takes hours
for the glucose from raw vegetables to enter the bloodstream, while with that from
honey or fruit juices, it can take less than 30 minutes.
However, when sweet food is eaten during or after a protein meal, the sugar is
absorbed considerably more slowly. The same applies when sweet food is combined
with fat. On the other hand, sweetened starches, such as sweet porridge, cookies, or
cakes, cause digestive and metabolic problems and are not recommended for
habitual use. This means, in effect, that chocolate may be safer to eat occasionally
than chocolate cake.
In former centuries, only limited amounts of sweet foods were commonly
available in middle and northern Europe. More sweet food was used in
Mediterranean countries, and descendents from these populations generally have a
stronger sugar metabolism. In addition, formerly it was much more common to work
hard physically and in this way burn up the glucose as quickly as it entered the
bloodstream after a sweet snack. Food was largely unprocessed and rich in those
vitamins and minerals that are needed to maintain the blood sugar regulation and
sugar metabolism.
Three minerals required for metabolizing sugars are zinc (a component of
insulin and of several enzymes), chromium (part of the glucose tolerance factor that
allows glucose to enter the cells), and manganese (an important enzyme factor). In
addition to these trace minerals, we need sufficient potassium and magnesium to
produce energy from sugar. The vitamins most important for producing this energy
from glucose are B1 and B2.
In contrast to former centuries, many people now suffer from vitamin and
mineral deficiencies that make good blood sugar regulation nearly impossible and
severely weaken the energy metabolism. On top of this, large amounts of sweet food
are consumed almost daily, and the only “work” that many modern people do after a
sweet snack is to raise a cup or stare at the television. The combined effect of all
these negative factors is an erratic blood sugar level. It rises higher and higher after
the ingestion of sweet food and falls more steeply and lower shortly afterwards.
Allergies and blood sugar problems reinforce each other and can cause the same
symptoms or contribute to the same chronic diseases.
If you look at Table 5-2, you may be surprised at the variety of symptoms that
can occur and the number of chronic diseases to which a weak sugar metabolism
contributes. The reason that sugar can cause such a range of problems is that
glucose has a central position in producing our daily energy requirement. If our cells
cannot efficiently produce energy, all our organs and body functions are affected.
How Diabetes Comes into the Picture: The disease most widely associated
with a breakdown of blood sugar regulation is diabetes. When diabetes develops
during childhood or in young adults (Type I), the main problem is usually a deficiency
of the hormone insulin. Produced in the pancreas, insulin is required to channel the
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Those who eat a lot of red meat tend to develop the opposite characteristics
and health problems to those on a sweet diet. Red meat has a stimulating effect on
the sympathetic nervous system and adrenal hormones. This improves the ability to
“push through” and provides “drive” such that heavy meat eaters may become
powerfully assertive and even aggressive. Another important effect of eating red
meat is a tendency for the blood pressure to rise because of meat’s effects on the
adrenal hormones and the nervous system. Among the meats, beef has the
strongest influence on blood pressure.
All this can be beneficial for hypoglycemics with low blood pressure, lack of
drive, and weak adrenaline glands, but for others, especially stressed males, it may
mean hypertension and kidney problems. Health problems associated with eating
meat fall into three categories: those common to all meat, those associated with
cooked meat, and those with meat produced by factory farming.
Common to all meat is a high phosphorus content with an unfavourable
phosphorus-to-calcium ratio. The high phosphorus content of meat stimulates the
parathyroid glands (associated with the thyroid in the neck) and raises the calcium
blood level, in some cases by activating and freeing calcium from the bones. In
combination with a prevailing over-alkalinity, this leads to stone formation (such as
kidney stones), kidney damage, arteriosclerosis, stiff joints, ankylosis, and arthritic
bone deformations.
Heavy meat eaters have been found to excrete in the urine up to four times
more calcium than normal; this is a cause of kidney stones and other kidney damage.
It is even worse when high meat consumption is combined with a high sugar intake.
This can increase the loss of calcium and corresponding kidney damage up to tenfold
above normal, while at the same time greatly accelerating osteoporosis and tissue
calcifications, such as arteriosclerosis.31 Carnivorous animals in the wild do not have
this problem caused by an excessive intake of phosphorus because they also eat the
calcium-rich bones. We, too, can avoid this problem by using bone broth or other
foods and supplements high in calcium.
Meat, because of its high phosphoric acid content, is regarded as an acid-
forming food. However, in habitual heavy meat eaters or in those with a weak
digestive system, the metabolic and hormonal stimulation resulting from red meat
consumption gradually declines and eventually leads to a sluggish metabolism.
These individuals are called “slow oxidizers.” With a slow metabolism, a deficiency in
metabolic acids develops and this makes the whole body too alkaline. With over-
alkalinity, histamine remains tightly bound to tissue proteins and the skin. In such
people, even the emotions are sluggish and they often appear unresponsive, with
little outward expression.
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Almost all our foods contain non-biological chemicals to some degree. It starts
with water-soluble fertilizers that are overused in agriculture and cause mineral
imbalances and trace mineral deficiencies in our crop plants; it continues with the
liberal use of herbicides, pesticides, and fumigants. Many of these leave residues on
foods we ingest. Growing our food crops using common water-soluble fertilizers
causes a similar disturbance to the plant metabolism as a high-sugar diet does to a
human hypoglycaemic metabolism. The cells are flooded with some nutrients, while
others go lacking.
While there are now high amounts of non-biological chemicals in our food,
essential nutrients in these foods are becoming rare. John D. Hamaker in The
Survival of Civilization gives the following example of trace mineral deficiency
induced by using fertilizers. In 1948, the highest iron concentration in cabbage was
found to be 94 ppm (parts per million) and the lowest was 20 ppm. By 1963, the
average value had dropped to four ppm. The story was similar for other vegetables.
The general conclusion is that the average trace mineral content of vegetables in
1963 was close to or even lower than the lowest concentrations in 1948.
The latest results show that vitamin and mineral concentrations are much lower
now. The food tables of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the year 2000 show
that the typical vitamin C content of broccoli, cauliflower, and spinach is only about
half of what it was in 1963. Also vitamins A, B1, and B2 have declined sharply since
then, and the calcium in corn has decreased by 78 percent.
The content of trace minerals can vary in the same type of vegetable by more
than 100 times, depending on the quality of the soil in which it is grown. The
selenium content in wheat was found to vary from 0.6 mcg/100 g in parts of New
Zealand to 130 mcg/100 g in parts of Canada. The vitamin content can fluctuate to a
similar degree. The vitamin and trace mineral values listed in food tables are
therefore often completely meaningless, especially when the original values are
decades old. The trace mineral content of our arable land is now extremely low and
rapidly declining even further because of heavy cropping without replacing what has
been taken out.
Trace minerals in the soil originate from disintegrating rocks. In order to
remineralise the soil, crushed rock would need to be distributed over our cropland.
Improved agricultural conditions must be maintained by returning to the soil whatever
has been taken out, using composting and organic farming methods.
Heavy use of water-soluble fertilizers allows cropping in poor soils, but plants
become deficient and offer little resistance to disease and insect attacks. This then
justifies the liberal use of highly toxic agricultural chemicals, part of which remain in
the plants and fruits and are eventually ingested by us. The most commonly affected
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Some foods, such as meat or sweet and acidic foods, are good for certain
people, and for these people they are not problem foods, while with other people
their effects are adverse. To gain a better understanding of this phenomenon and
insight into the food-related causes of diseases, let’s look at metabolism.
Our metabolism is the total of all the millions of biochemical and enzymatic
reactions that take place in our body at any given time. Some reactions use energy to
build (anabolism) more complex structures from assimilated nutrients, while others
release energy by breaking down (catabolism) more complex molecules.
While there are additional factors and overlapping influences, we can say
generally that our metabolic pathways are most strongly influenced by our nutrition,
that our glandular system is mainly affected by our emotions, and that our nervous
system responds primarily to brain and mental activity. All three factors together -
nutrition, glandular system, and nervous system - regulate our metabolism.
Inherited or acquired variations of these regulating factors produce a unique
blend for each individual and call for different specific requirements for optimal
health. However, there are some common key factors and we can distinguish several
groups with similar characteristics: Each group represents a metabolic type, which I
explain below. But first, two concepts must be explained: the autonomic nervous
system and the tension-relaxation cycle.
The Autonomic Nervous System: The autonomic nervous system (ANS) has
a great influence on our metabolism. It regulates those body processes that usually
function automatically without our conscious control, such as heartbeat, digestive
processes, nerve reflexes, and so forth. It has two branches with opposite
characteristics: the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic
nervous system (PNS).
The main function of the SNS is to prepare the body for action: epinephrine
pours into the bloodstream; the muscles tense; blood pressure, pulse, and breathing
rate increase as well as the rate of catabolic processes in general. The digestion,
however, is slowed or interrupted. The SNS is activated by emotions such as anger
and fear, by the intention to take some action, but also by certain foods, and most
strongly by red meat.
The PNS relaxes the muscles, improves the digestion, and lowers blood
pressure, pulse, and breathing. The PNS is dominant during sleep and with relaxed
body and mind conditions. The endings of the PNS nerves release acetylcholine
when stimulated, while SNS nerves release norepinephrine, an epinephrine-like
hormone with opposite effects to those of acetylcholine. SNS dominance leads to
elevated blood levels of glucose and fatty acids (diabetes, coronary heart disease),
while with PNS dominance these levels are lowered (hypoglycaemia).
S-Type P-Type
tendency to raised blood pressure, fast tendency to low blood pressure, slow
pulse and breathing pulse and breathing
slender, slight body frame, narrow face, strong bone structure, broad face, rounded
flat chest chest
dry mouth; ears and gums pale; skin dry, much saliva, ears and gums pink, ruddy
yellowish complexion, flushes
weak dreaming activity much dreaming activity
sprinter type, not much endurance, fitness long-distance runner, steady worker, good
fanatic endurance
appetite diminished, digestion slow and appetite above normal, digestion fast and
weak strong
enjoys fruits and vegetables, dislikes fatty likes meat, starches, and fatty food
food
emotionally unstable, freely shows emotionally stable,
emotions
quick to make decisions slow to make decisions, cautious
seldom sad, depressed, melancholic, or tendency to being sad, depressed,
withdrawn withdrawn, melancholic
extroverted, easily angered or irritated introverted, rarely angered or irritated
tense, lively, overactive, jumpy relaxed, quiet, slow or sluggish
strongly assertive, aggressive non-assertive, nonaggressive
hate, envy, verbal abuse resentment, guilt, worry, doubt
Slow Oxidizers Fast Oxidizers
blood pressure raised or high blood pressure low
often heavy body and hard manual worker often overweight or underweight and low
in energy
often too alkaline, insensitive to cold and overacid, cold hands and feet, skin very
skin irritants sensitive
enjoys meat and heavy food but also fruit craves sweet food but feels better craves
and sour food sweet food but feels better after protein
and salty food
Fast Oxidizers: The opposite metabolic path is exhibited by those of the balanced
type and the P-type who live on a low-protein vegetarian diet or who are protein deficient
because of malabsorption or liver problems. They become negative P-types, displaying
the traits of negative PNS dominance. They lose their normal aggressiveness,
enthusiasm, and self-assertiveness, and they become sluggish, listless, and
underpowered. They may become unemotional and lose interest in the happenings
around them; marijuana use makes this condition worse.
This metabolic type is widespread in many underdeveloped countries, but also in
alternative lifestyle groups in Western society. Women are more prone to this condition
than men as they naturally have lower epinephrine levels. Other negative features that
can develop are low blood pressure with a lack of energy; the weight becomes too low or
too high; the individual easily becomes sad, melancholic, or depressed and has
difficulties making decisions. Anemia may be present.
While S-type individuals can become diabetic on a diet high in sweet foods,
P-type individuals tend to become hypoglycaemic. Glycolysis (the breakdown of glucose
inside the cells) is sped up and this is why an individual is called a fast oxidizer.
Consuming more proteins and fats (best here is olive oil) is the solution, as fats are
the most efficient source of acetyl coenzyme A. However, this will be problematic if there
is malabsorption of fat. Polyunsaturated oils, on the other hand, require additional
Almond OK OK OK OK Millet OK OK OK OK
Apple OK OK OK OK Mung beans OK Avoid Avoid OK
Avocado OK Avoid Avoid Avoid Mussels Avoid OK Avoid OK
Bacon/ham/pork Avoid Avoid Avoid Avoid Navy beans Avoid OK OK Avoid
Banana Avoid Avoid OK OK Oats OK OK OK OK
Barley OK OK Avoid OK Octopus Avoid Avoid Avoid Avoid
Beef Avoid Avoid OK OK Olive oil OK OK OK OK
Beer Avoid OK OK OK Onion OK OK OK OK
Beet root/ Orange Avoid Avoid OK Avoid
red beet OK OK OK OK Oyster Avoid Avoid Avoid OK
Brazil nut Avoid OK OK Avoid Papaw Avoid OK OK OK
Broccoli OK OK OK OK Pea OK OK OK OK
Brussels sprouts OK OK OK Avoid Peach/pear OK OK OK OK
Buckwheat OK Avoid Avoid OK Peanut OK OK Avoid Avoid
Cabbage Avoid OK OK Avoid Pineapple OK OK OK OK
Carrot OK OK OK OK Plum OK OK OK OK
Cashew Avoid OK Avoid Avoid Potato, sweet Avoid OK OK OK
Cauliflower OK OK OK Avoid Potato, white, red Avoid OK. OK Avoid
Celery OK OK OK OK Pumpkin OK OK Avoid OK
Cheese (most Rabbit Avoid OK OK OK
types) Avoid OK OK Avoid Rice OK OK OK OK
Corn/maize OK Avoid Avoid Avoid Rye OK OK Avoid OK
Cottage cheese Avoid OK OK Avoid Salmon OK Avoid Avoid OK
Cucumber OK OK OK OK Sardine OK OK OK OK
Duck Avoid Avoid Avoid OK Sesame seed/tahini OK Avoid Avoid OK
Egg Avoid OK OK OK Soybean OK OK OK OK.
Flaxseed OK OK OK OK Spelt OK OK OK OK
Garbanzo beans Spinach OK. OK OK OK
or chickpeas Avoid Avoid Avoid OK Strawberry OK OK OK Avoid
Grapes OK OK OK OK String bean OK OK OK OK
Herring (fresh) Avoid OK OK OK Sunflower seed OK Avoid Avoid OK
Kidney beans Avoid Avoid OK Avoid Tapioca OK Avoid Avoid OK
Lamb/mutton Avoid OK OK OK Tofu/tempeh OK OK Avoid OK
Lemon OK OK OK OK Tuna OK OK OK OK
Lentils OK OK Avoid Avoid Turkey OK OK. OK. OK
Lima beans Avoid Avoid OK OK Turnip OK OK OK OK
Liver (calf) Avoid OK OK OK Walnut, English OK OK OK OK
Lobster Avoid Avoid Avoid OK
Wheat Avoid OK Avoid Avoid
Mackerel OK OK OK OK
Yam Avoid OK OK OK
Milk, cow Avoid Avoid OK Avoid
Yogurt OK OK OK Avoid
Milk, goat OK OK OK Avoid
Zucchini OK OK OK OK
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This chapter offers guidelines for overcoming some specific health problems.
However, it is essential to incorporate these specific recommendations into a holistic
program for improving your overall well-being. Start with the basics: Do the earlier
steps in chapter 1 as thoroughly as possible. Your disease or health problem may
disappear without any further therapies being required. In some cases, where one of
these basic steps is especially important, it may be mentioned for a specific disease,
but all other steps need to be done as well.
In addition to any supplements specifically mentioned for your problem in this
chapter, take antioxidants, spirulina, bee pollen, cod-liver oil, lecithin, kelp, or
colloidal minerals, and other helpful nutrients. Also use other methods described
throughout this book, even if not specifically mentioned, such as reflexology,
meridian therapy, magnet therapy, color therapy, and guided imagery. The more
effort you make to apply as many supportive methods as possible, the better will be
the health result.
An important concept, especially with inflammatory conditions (which are
present in most diseases), is chronic stress. This may be due to several individual
factors, such as food allergies and chemical sensitivities, chronic infection from a
dead tooth, electro-pollution, and emotional stress. Each of these factors stimulates
the adrenal glands to release inflammatory hormones. Removing one or several of
these inflammation promoters sometimes does not help much; when all of them are
removed, you may suddenly see great improvement. If your condition is not
specifically mentioned, or is rather severe, in addition to any of the recommended
measures, adopt a temporary raw food diet, combined with suitable mind therapy.
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Eye, hair, nail, mouth, and skin symptoms are among the early outward
warning signs of vitamin and mineral deficiencies. The following compilations can
help you in diagnosing and treating these deficiencies. However, increased metabolic
requirements for indicated deficiencies may persist for a long time after the outward
symptoms have disappeared. Many listed symptoms can also be caused or
aggravated by allergies and problems with the blood sugar and fat metabolism. Study
tables 6-1 to 6-4.
The right-hand column gives the primary deficiencies first; additional treatment
or the cause is given in parentheses. For each condition, only the more prominent
nutrients are mentioned. However, all the typical nutrients should be supplied in
increased amounts in the treatment of all conditions. Most skin conditions benefit
from external as well as internal application of the indicated nutrients. EFA means
essential fatty acids, mainly linoleic and linolenic acid; recommended are ground
linseed (flaxseed), fish oils, and evening primrose oil. Mouth problems are often due
to mercury amalgam fillings, allergies, or Candida (thrush) overgrowth.
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Symptom Deficiency/Treatment/Cause
Symptom Deficiency/Treatment/Cause
Symptom Deficiency/Treatment/Cause
Symptom Deficiency/Treatment/Cause
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You may gain a better appreciation of natural cancer treatment if I first share
with you some little-known facts about orthodox cancer treatment. In cancer
research, success (expressed as a five-year survival rate) is established by
comparing other forms and combinations of treatment with the results from surgery
alone. However, the success rate of surgery has rarely been compared with the
survival rates of untreated patients. Therefore, orthodox cancer treatment is basically
unscientific because it doesn’t deal with all the data. The overall supposed “cure rate”
is not higher than can be accounted for by removing precancerous conditions,
dormant or calcified tumours, spontaneous remissions, and the placebo effect. In
support of my position, I have assembled some key statements and conclusions from
medical and scientific publications.
Studies appear to show that early intervention is helpful, because pre-
cancerous lesions are included in early removals that frequently would not become
cancerous if left untouched. It does not matter how much or how little of a breast is
removed; the outcome is always the same.38
Researchers say it is complacent to continue subjecting at least 70 percent of
women with breast cancer to surgery, a futile mutilating procedure.39 There is no
evidence that early mastectomy affects survival; if patients knew this, they would
most likely refuse surgery.40 The editor of the Lancet pointed out that despite various
modifications of breast cancer treatment, death rates remained unchanged. He
acknowledged that despite the almost weekly releases of “miracle breakthroughs,”
the medical profession with its extraordinary capacity for self-delusion (his words, not
mine) in all truth has lost its way. At the same time, he rejects the view of those who
now believe that salvation will come from increasing chemotherapy after surgery to
just below the rate where it kills the patient. Instead, he continues, “would it not be
more scientific to ask why our approach has failed?” Not too soon to ask this
question, after a century of mutilating women, I would say. The title of this editorial,
appropriately, is “Breast cancer: have we lost our way?”41
Basically, all types and combinations of conventional breast cancer treatment
appear to result in the same low long-term survival rates. The only conclusion that
can be drawn from this is that conventional treatment does not improve long-term
survival rates. Even worse, Michael Baum, M.D., a leading British breast cancer
surgeon, found that breast cancer surgery tends to increase the risk of relapse or
death within three years. He also linked surgery to the accelerated spread of cancer,
which it does by forming metastases in other parts of the body.42
This conclusion confirms an earlier finding by Ernst Krokowski, a German
professor of radiology. He demonstrated conclusively that metastasis is commonly
triggered by medical intervention, including sometimes even by a biopsy or surgery
unrelated to the cancer.43 Disturbance of a tumor causes a greatly increased number
of cancer cells to enter the bloodstream, while most medical intervention, especially
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For many years, we have been inundated with anti-cholesterol campaigns and
suddenly now we hear or read of one scientific study after another telling us that
cholesterol, after all, may be good for us.
The first major shock for the cholesterol - heart disease theory came in 1990
with an article in the British Medical Journal.65 It was an analysis of six major
intervention trials involving tens of thousands of people over several years. The result
was unexpected. There was indeed a small reduction of about ten percent in
cholesterol levels and a reduction of 14 percent in the rate of death from heart
disease in the groups treated medically with drugs and low cholesterol diets.
However, the total death rate of patients with medically lowered cholesterol was
significantly higher as compared to controls. This included not only higher mortality
from cancer, but surprisingly, on average, a 67 percent higher mortality from violent
death, such as accidents, homicides, and suicides. This high rate of death from
violent causes was found in every single one of these trials, so it was unlikely to be a
coincidence.
In looking for an explanation, researchers discovered that monkeys became
more aggressive on a diet low in cholesterol and saturated fat, and human studies
further found that criminals, on average, had lower cholesterol levels. This applied
generally to individuals with aggressive or violent behaviour or limited self-control and
also those involved in homicide and suicide.
Another scientific publication voiced concern over evidence that about half of
the men who die of sudden heart attack do not have any of the risk factors commonly
associated with heart disease, such as elevated cholesterol or blood pressure,
diabetes, obesity, or smoking. This would suggest that the main cause of heart
attacks is still unknown to medicine.
A Finnish study followed 1,222 Helsinki businessmen considered at high risk of
heart attack for 15 years. Half were put on an intensive program of dietary regulation
and other treatment while the other half served as controls. After 15 years, the low-
cholesterol group had 67 deaths overall with 34 from heart disease. The control
group had only half the overall death rate with 14 cardiac deaths. In light of this
result, the medical director of the British Heart Foundation admitted that the existing
advice to cut cholesterol was not based on “definitive research.” What, then, is it
based on?
Another recent medical study confirms the general harmlessness of elevated
blood cholesterol levels. Of a large group of elderly patients with high blood pressure
and high cholesterol, those with the highest cholesterol levels lived longest while
those with less elevated levels had the highest mortality rate. Cholesterol news that
hit the headlines in 2001 showed that for old men it is best to have a “normal” blood
cholesterol level because both high as well as low levels lead to an increased rate of
heart attacks.
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This chapter deals mainly with the nonphysical energies, variously called life
force, bioenergy, prana, chi, od, orgone energy,67 and many other names. It is this
energy level that we most easily see as the innermost aura around living objects or
that we sometimes feel as various sensations such as heat or tingling in our body,
especially when transferring energy, as with “laying on of hands” or Reiki. It is also
the energy that fuels our sexuality and that we feel most strongly during orgasm.
This energy circulates in our acupuncture system and its vortexes form our
chakra system (non-physical energy centres). It is not only at the root of most
paranormal or psychic phenomena, but is the healing agent of many natural
therapies. Homeopathy can only be understood as a bioenergetic phenomenon; that
is why it is so fiercely rejected by conventional science, in spite of scientific evidence
that it works. While bioenergy is still unknown to orthodox science, it is an everyday
experience of many healers and sensitive individuals. Just as electromagnetic
energies have a wide range of wavelengths or frequencies, so also have the
bioenergies. On one side of their spectrum, the bioenergies border on the
electromagnetic spectrum while on the other side they merge into the emotional
energies.
In addition to food, water, and air, we need a balanced intake of
electromagnetic energies. These include sunlight, color, the Earth’s magnetic field,
and the electric field between the ionosphere and the ground. Sunlight actually is a
combination of electromagnetic energy and bioenergy, and in this way we receive
most of our bioenergy from the sun.
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Strong electric fields of about 50 cycles per second (hertz, or Hz) are harmful to
us. These fields exist around power lines, power tools, electric stoves, heaters,
boilers, freezers, and television sets when in use and extend several feet or yards
around the appliance. Stay away from them if possible. Using an electric iron or an
electric keyboard or working with handheld power tools can easily drain your
energies. We can reduce harmful effects of electricity on our body by holding our
hands under running water from time to time when working with electrical equipment
and also by having a shower in the evening. For a detailed discussion of this, review
Step 8.
The DC Field of the Earth: We live in a natural DC (direct current) field. The
surface of the Earth has a negative electric charge and the ionosphere high above it
a positive charge of about 50,000 volts. However, the electric currents involved there
are extremely small. Near the surface of the Earth, the voltage differs greatly; it is
highest on mountains and in dry conditions where it can reach 1,000 volts per meter,
while in low-lying and moist conditions it falls to below 50 volts. This means that the
voltage difference between a point close to the ground and one meter above it can
be between 50 and 1,000 volts, but the current is so low that we do not feel it.
Nevertheless, it has a noticeable effect on our well-being. Populations with
exceptionally long life spans always seem to live in the mountains, such as in the
Andes, Himalayas, and Caucasus.
In buildings with roofs of metal, aluminium-coated insulation material, or steel
reinforced concrete, the electrical field is near zero. It has been shown that this
lowers our concentration span and well-being. There may even be counter-fields
caused by the static electricity of plastic materials and synthetic carpets. Even worse
are houses that have metal walls, whether they are of corrugated iron, coating or
insulation material with aluminium, wire mesh, or reinforced concrete. Getting fresh
air through open windows will improve the condition to some extent.
In a high DC field, our well-being and mental abilities are increased, while in a
low field we easily become fatigued and our concentration suffers. Electrodes that
produce a field of 1,000 to 2,000 volts inside offices and houses have been used with
good results in Germany. If you live in a conventional modern house, have at least
the bedroom or sleeping place free of shielding metals, or sleep on the veranda in
summer. This is especially important for someone with a serious chronic disease.
Because as a species we lived so long in this natural DC field, the natural ion
distribution and electrical fields in our bodies have adjusted to it. We feel better when
we are exposed to this field. This is one of the reasons why walking on fresh grass
feels refreshing, while habitually wearing shoes with rubber or plastic soles is more
tiring.
The magnetic field of the Earth is about 0.5 gauss, though it has been much
higher in the past and is presently decreasing. Generally, life forms are bigger, more
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Chakra Exercises: Sit or lie in a relaxed position and focus on one chakra at
each session. Start with the crown chakra. Keep your awareness centred at the top
of your head until you feel a light pressure, warmth, tingling, or other sensation
developing in that area. Whatever you can feel, intensify it. However, it is preferable
to replace any feeling of pressure with a feeling of warmth as soon as that can be
done, in order to avoid an uncomfortable pressure from building up.
You can also imagine a stream of white light entering the top of the head or
visualize an energy vortex in this position. Let it spin clockwise in the Northern
Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Alternatively,
imagine feeling it as a pulsating energy field. You can combine all or several of these
imaginations and use whatever is most suitable for developing a feeling awareness
of this chakra.
Repeat, focusing on the same chakra in subsequent sessions until you can
easily feel its presence. Then move to the forehead chakra. In addition to trying to
feel a light pressure or warmth, it is helpful to close your eyes and focus them as if
looking at the inside of the centre between your brows. You can also imagine the
white light flowing into the top of your head becoming violet in the crown centre, then
continuing to flow into the forehead centre and illuminating it with an indigo colour.
With the throat chakra, you can use similar imagery but make it a blue colour.
Feel the warmth of your outgoing breath first in your nose and then transfer this
feeling to the throat. Intensify the warmth and combine it with the blue in a pulsating
rhythm.
For the heart chakra, imagine that your breath moves in and out of the chest
through the middle of your chest bone. Also try this imaginary breathing through skin
and bone with any of the other chakras, but it is easiest to learn it at the heart centre.
In this way, learn to sense the lower chakras - the solar plexus, pubic, and base
chakras. Imagine the base chakra as an energy vortex that points to the base of the
Figure 7-3: The large heavenly cycle – the arm routes, from Awakening Healing Energy Through
the Tao by Mantak Chia.
However, if you experience unusual heat or any discomfort while trying to lift
the energy up the spine, then stop immediately or imagine that a cool energy flows
downwards. The idea is to increase the flow of energies gradually, but not to open
the floodgate of the Kundalini energy at the base of the spine. That might be likened
to feeding high-voltage power into a system wired for low voltage.
As you continue to lift the energy to the back of the heart centre and then to the
back of the neck, imagine that your spine is a straight hollow tube through which the
energy flows following your intentions. Next concentrate the energy at the back of the
head and finally at the top of the head. Reinforce it with the energy entering the top of
the head and then lead it down into the forehead centre. It helps during the whole
exercise, but especially at this time, to touch the roof of the mouth with the tip of the
tongue. This makes it easier for the energy to flow farther down into the blue throat
centre and then into the heart centre.
To complete the exercise, lead the energy farther down into the natural storage
area for excess energy behind the navel. Imagine that it flows towards the centre of a
spiral where it is condensed and stored as a ball of energy in the abdomen, ready for
future use. When needed, this energy can be reactivated with your intention and
used for healing yourself or others by directing it with your mind where you want it to
go. It can also be used for tasks with high-energy requirements and is the same
energy that masters of the martial arts aim to cultivate and use.
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Various shapes such as pyramids and cones have been shown to concentrate
bioenergy or prana. Some healers have patients sit inside small-scale pyramids with
good results. I have experimented clinically with Reichian orgone accumulators,
small pyramids, and cones.
Bioenergy can be generated not only by certain shapes, such as pyramids and
cones, and materials such as crystals and precious metals, but also by metals and
non-metals arranged in alternating layers. This is the principle of the orgone
accumulator invented by Wilhelm Reich, M.D., in the 1940’s. He built large boxes for
patients to sit in or smaller boxes, called shooters, from which the energy was
directed through a flexible hollow pipe to the body of the patient.
In one instance, I connected a wire screen placed over the tumor area of a
patient to the top of a two-foot-high pyramid. After only one treatment, the patient
developed a high fever during the night, which is excellent for destroying tumours. In
another experiment, the energy radiated from a cone over a short distance produced
a strong reddening of the skin as from sunburn, showing that these energies are real.
Even water can be effective. On tumours and areas of infection and
inflammation, you can use an energy suction tube to draw off excess energy. Place
one end of a metal tube, about two to five feet long, in a bucket of cold water or
another large volume of water. Lightly press the upper end against the area of
overactivity and keep it in this position for ten to 30 minutes, without holding the tube
with the hands. Do this daily until the condition is normalized.
My understanding of the principle of energy accumulation is as follows. Our
planet is enveloped in a deep layer of prana (bioenergy) generated by the sun. This
prana envelope has been observed to move from west to east most of the time.
When this prana flow encounters a suitable material shape, it forms a vortex around
and within this obstruction, similar to flowing water or air forming vortexes under
similar conditions. This increases the prana concentration within the structure. In
Reichian orgone accumulators, the prana flow is being condensed by the specific
arrangement of the materials.
The Orgone Accumulator: Orgone is the term for bioenergy coined by Dr.
Reich, and the accumulator he designed consists of alternating layers of metal and
non-metal (e.g. natural fibre). Commonly, three alternating layers each of metal and
non-metal are used; originally, sheet iron and plywood were used, but now more
commonly, steel wool and sheep wool or other fibre are used. The outermost layer
must be a non-metal and the innermost one a metal. The basic principle is that the
organic or non-metal layer tends to attract and hold the bioenergy, while the metal
layer radiates or reflects it. This causes the energy to drift from the outside of the box
towards the centre, which is where you sit.
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The term “energy healing” refers to the transfer of energy from a healer to a
patient and to the removal of negative unhealthy energies from the patient. I imagine
negative energy to be dense and stagnating, somewhat like cold, damp air. Its effect
on an unprotected healer can be noticeable; she may develop the pains or other
disease symptoms that have just been removed from the patient. Energy healing is
also called pranic healing, magnetic healing, or laying on of hands; yet another form,
using special symbols, is called Reiki. While almost anyone can practice energy
healing from a distance, its use when actually touching the patient should be
restricted to those practitioners who already feel in good health and have an
abundant supply of energy. Here’s a technique:
Slowly move your more sensitive hand, usually the left hand in right-handed
individuals, a few inches from and over the patient’s body to try sensing unusual
energy spots. This can be done on a fully-clothed person. Over a diseased area, your
hand might suddenly feel warm or tingling. After completing the check, you can return
to the area over which you felt the strongest sensation. Now you can either give
energy to strengthen an organ or the whole person, or you can draw out energy from
the body as in the case of pain and inflammation (described below).
With all energy work where you touch a patient or remove energy, try to protect
yourself with your intention or expectation of being immune. In addition, use guided
imagery, such as visualizing a protective white light or shield around you, or with your
imagination allow the patient’s energy to flow through your body and out again
through your feet or through one of your hands.
Giving Energy: Before and after any contact healing, such as just described,
practice energy accumulation (with breathing exercises, meditation, or guided
imagery) and preferably use a prayer or affirmation. Then direct the energy into your
hands and feel them becoming warm and tingling. Place your hands on or over the
patient where the body requires healing, especially strengthening, and feel the
energy streaming out; or hold in your mind the intention of being a channel for giving
healing energy, or focus your attention on your crown chakra on the top of your head.
Continue for five to ten minutes and repeat as required. After each session,
rinse your hands in cold water and do some deep breathing. If you feel drained the
following day, do more energy-accumulation exercises and less energy-giving in
future sessions, and especially avoid or minimize touching patients.
For general strengthening, it is often beneficial to place the right hand on the
patient’s navel and the left one on their forehead. For most people, the right hand has
more energy-giving qualities and the left one has predominantly energy-withdrawing
qualities. However some people, especially left-handed individuals and sometimes
women, have the opposite polarity. You can practice energy-giving in a group
situation such that each one in turn is the “patient.”
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The human body has a bioenergy circulation system similar to the blood
circulation system, as shown in figure 7-4. The bioenergy flows along 12 main
meridians, or channels. These are on each side of the body, each pair being related
to a specific organ and its processes. In addition, there are two single meridians
following the midline of the body, one at the front and the other along the spine. Many
points are distributed along these 14 meridians. These points are essentially
transformer stations through which bioenergy flows into the muscle structure to allow
organized activity to take place; they are treatment points for acupuncture. In
disease, energy imbalances develop in these channels, causing some of the points
to become irritated or congested. This results in pain or weakness in the surrounding
muscles.
Try to find tender points by pressing with a thumb or finger in a circular motion
around the area indicated for each point on the charts of the meridians (see figure
7-4). You do not need to know and find the exact location of a point. If there is a
problem, all of a small muscle and much of a large muscle will be tender around the
point so that it is easy to find. Press into the general area of the selected point and
gradually work your way toward the centre of the pain. For treatment, concentrate on
the most painful spots, pressing them frequently as explained for reflexology in Part
2. Generally, the pain decreases after some time of pressing, but should it increase
instead, then interrupt the treatment for several days.
Tender pressure points may stem from either a local condition or a problem in
the main organ associated with that particular meridian; also, the pain may be
referred from a more distant body part connected to the same meridian. There is, of
course, an interaction between these different areas.
When the main organ is inflamed, most points along its meridian will be tender.
The points especially useful for diagnosing and treating the organ directly are located
around the ankles and wrists. They are called source-points; further source-points
are situated along the Bladder meridian close to the spine, and also as local-points
on various meridians near the target organ.
Rules for Selecting Treatment Points: The following general rules are useful
for selecting points for treatment.
1. Points above the knees or elbows reflect mainly local conditions, while those
below these joints reflect local as well as distant conditions at other parts of the
meridian.
2. Generally, the closer the points are to the fingertips or toes, the closer to the
other end of the meridian will be the related sphere of influence.
3. For painful, acute conditions, treat mainly -distant-points; for chronic conditions,
add local-points.
This means, for example, that if you wish to treat an acute eye or ear pain,
select points near the toes and fingers, while to treat shoulders and hips, move close
to the elbows or knees. For a more chronic condition, you press in addition the tender
spots around the ears and eyes, and hips and shoulders. You can also add points of
other meridians that have a direct relationship to the problem. Eye problems, for
example, are often associated with poor kidney and liver function. Therefore, some
points on the meridian associated with these organs can be treated as well. Further,
the points at the shoulders, the shoulder blades, and the base of the neck control the
Lung, 3-5 a.m. respiratory diseases, sore throat, cough, common cold,
pain in the shoulder and along the meridian
Large Intestine, 5-7 a.m. abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, sore throat,
toothache in the lower gum, nasal discharge and
bleeding, pain along the meridian
Heart, 11 am-1 p.m. -heart problems, dryness of the throat, jaundice, pain
along the meridian
Small Intestine, 13 p.m. pain in the lower abdomen, sore throat, swelling or
paralysis of face, deafness, pain along the meridian
Bladder, 3-5 p.m. bladder, neck, and back problems, headache, eye
diseases, pain along the back of the leg
Kidney, 5-7 p.m. kidney problems, lung problems, dry tongue, lumbago,
edema, diarrhea, constipation, pain and weakness along
the course of the meridian
Gland Meridian (Triple Warmer), diseases of the thyroid and adrenal glands, ear
9-11p.m. problems, sore throat, abdominal distension, edema,
swelling of cheek, pain along the meridian
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Strong emotions and energy flows are an integral part of sex, which is why sex
has the potential to cause enormous problems if these emotions and energies are
blocked or misdirected. Due to our social conditions, unimpeded sexuality is rare and
sexual repression is the norm, so much so that most of us do not even realize that
something is wrong. We do not know what natural, free-flowing sexuality is. I see two
main factors that led to this situation in our society. One is our competitive, ego-
centred, and male-dominated social structure and value system; the other is the
cumulative result of our restrictive religious teachings and social traditions.
The Natural Development of Sexuality: Sexuality is much more than having
sex. It involves a wide range of feelings and emotions at all ages. In the foetus,
sexuality is experienced as total security, the reassuring heartbeat of the mother, the
gentle rocking motion of its fluid bed, and the sucking of its thumb. For the baby,
sexuality means lying against a warm, soft body, feeling its love and auric energies,
gently touching and suckling at a nourishing nipple. The growing infant retains this
need for loving touch and gentle body contact. Later, exploring one’s own genitals
and using them to generate pleasurable feelings is as natural and important as
exploring aspects of the environment. Of special importance is an intimate
relationship, involving bodily contact with the parent of the opposite sex or with his or
her substitute.
With puberty, sexuality bursts into the open and produces powerful longings.
The awakening sexual feelings need an outlet. This is provided for the girl through
romantic ideals, hero adoration, and in a practical way involving religious and
charitable service. Sports and nature activities provide an outlet for both sexes.
Teenage boys long for adventure and need to develop and test their abilities by
following or imitating a chosen hero or role model. These romanticized adventure
activities channel the sexual energies into safe outlets conducive to inner and outer
growth and social development without suppressing sexual feelings or activities.
Ideally, the relationship of children and teenagers with their parents should be such
that all sex-related subjects can be freely discussed and possibly even practical
instructions given by the parent of the same sex.
Romantic relationships with the opposite sex remain for many years just that,
romantic. This is the flowering time of erotic love with ever-increasing levels of
intimacy, but with penetrative sex ideally happening only in the later teens within the
context of a loving relationship. The challenge now is to transform the straw fire of
erotic love into mature lasting love for the partner. Erotic love is based on sexual
attraction, while mature love is a communion in spirit. This transformation of love will
allow the sexual relationship to mature more fully.
To recapitulate, we can say that during pregnancy and birth the most important
aspect for the foetus is being wanted. During babyhood, breastfeeding and body
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We all would like to live a happy, healthy, and fulfilled life, yet few seem to be
able to do that. Why must we have so much suffering, failure, and disappointment?
We want to be secure in a loving relationship and a satisfying job with a good income
and enjoy ourselves. Instead, our relationships turn sour, we have a job that we do
not like or we do not have one at all, there is never enough money, and generally
there is not much joy to be found anywhere. As a result we feel resentment,
hopelessness, and depression, perhaps also anger and hatred. Why did it go wrong?
I believe that there is a way out of this depressing jungle of negativity and
disappointments and that we can make a decision to have a happy, fulfilled life, and
then do it. What I cannot promise is that it will be easy. It needs willpower and
determination and the help of good friends. But you have nothing to lose by trying,
and each step in the right direction is likely to bring you some reward.
We can be happy, or at least accepting, in adversity, and unhappy when we
seem to have it all. What determines how we react and feel? It is no secret to
psychologists that we are programmed since earliest childhood by everything that
went on around us, but especially by the way our parents talked to us and to each
other, by the way they felt and reacted, and by our interactions with our siblings. We
became programmed by obeying, observing, and imitating our role models.
If we were lucky and grew up in a happy and loving family, we probably have
an inner program that makes it easy for us to lead a happy life in a loving
relationship. If, on the other hand, there was much worry, anger, resentment, and
negativity in our childhood, chances are we have a hard time being happy and loving
as adults. That probably applies to most of us, the products of negative programming
during childhood.
If we want to change, there is only one thing to do: change our subconscious
programming from a negative outlook on life to a positive one. Unfortunately, we
cannot simply decide that from now on we will be happy and loving. On their own,
such conscious decisions have little influence on our subconscious programming. In
fact, if there is a conflict between our subconscious programming and our conscious
mind, the subconscious will always win.
Therefore, we must be clever and beat the subconscious at its own game. We
must throw the old program out and devise a new one that allows us to be as we
want to be now. However, it is not sufficient just to work with our feelings and
emotions because these do not arise out of a vacuum. Our emotions are conditioned
by our beliefs. We react more to our beliefs than to facts or anything else, so we must
adopt an appropriate belief system.
Where do we find the beliefs we want? It is not sufficient to try to believe that
we will be happy ever after. Our proposed new beliefs must be plausible to be
acceptable to our conscious and subconscious minds. They must give meaning to
our life and make sense of it all. Meaning is the opposite of the inner emptiness that
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We experience ourselves in the world with our feelings and emotions. They are
the driving force, the power, and the motor of our life. Without feelings and emotions,
we would be like robots, computers operating bodies with the help of electric signals.
It is the feelings and emotions, our likes and dislikes, that give our life meaning, that
make us fulfilled or dissatisfied, and to a large degree decide our course of action
and health. Diseases make us feel unwell and negative, and suppressed emotions
are a major contributing factor to these diseases. When we are young, we are full of
feelings, experience them strongly, and are sensitive and react immediately and
directly to our social and physical environment. When we are old, our emotions tend
to be a distant memory and diminished, and pain is often the only feeling left.
Many scientists at present are so divorced from their feelings that they believe
these originate in the brain, like thoughts. They come to this conclusion because they
do not feel the energy of anger in their body or the love in their heart. They just think
anger or think love in the brain and act accordingly without feeling anything, or their
feelings are only weak and diffuse. Of course, feelings are registered in the brain, but
the feeling doesn’t originate there.
Feelings provide us with the greatest pleasures in life, but also with the greatest
suffering. Suffering is the key word to describe our loss of feeling with advancing age.
We do not want to suffer, so we intentionally diminish our feelings in order to diminish
the amount of emotional pain we feel. As an unintended side effect, this reduces the
amount of pleasure we can feel. Hand in hand with our reduced overall feelings go a
reduced enjoyment of life, reduced vitality, and an increased susceptibility to chronic
degenerative diseases. This is a high price to pay for reducing the suffering that we
might feel. In fact, we have exchanged bouts of intense short-term suffering for more
low-key long-term suffering.
Helpful Definitions of Emotions: You may be unsure about the difference
between feelings and emotions, so I will define the terms commonly associated with
the world of feelings as they are used in this book.
I distinguish between three groups: sensations, emotions, and feelings. Sensations
are body reactions due to physical or energetic causes: our awareness of hot and
cold, touch or pain; during meditation or bodywork, we may feel warmth or tingling or
a streaming sensation.
Emotions are inner states of experience due to nonphysical causes such as
expectations, beliefs, and memories; they affect the body through brain and
hormonal changes. Emotions commonly have a positive or negative connotation
about someone or something: we are angry with someone, afraid of something, in
love with someone.
Legs: How we move through life. Wide, expanded: feeling of superiority, power,
Weak, underdeveloped: not well grounded, no expressive – learn to experience tender
firm stand in life feelings within, especially in pelvis, learn from
others, abdominal breathing
Massive, overdeveloped: rigidly grounded,
needs to explore, let go Shoulders: How we carry our burdens in life
Fat, sluggish: to move through life needs Bowed, rounded: feel overburdened – develop
enthusiasm, jogging power, chest breathing, have faith
Thin, tight: moves energetically through life, but Raised: chronic fear – anxiety-releasing
often erratically, not gracefully, needs to therapy, chest breathing
develop tranquillity Square: carries responsibility – relax
Pelvis: The condition of our sexuality Forward hunched: fear of being hurt, self
Front tipped downward causing hollow back protection – develop power, chest breathing
(lordosis): usually string sexual energy, but full Pulled back, retracted: forceful control or
flow is blocked through constant self-control, suppression of unwanted emotions, especially
not able to ‘let go’ – develop faith in higher anger – let go, express yourself in a suitable
guidance. way
Front tipped upward causing flat low back: Narrow: cannot shoulder responsibilities –
lessening of sexual focus, lack of tender become more powerful
feelings in the lower part of the body – learn to Right side lower: interacts in a predominantly
lower attention from chest to lower abdomen, masculine way
develop tender emotions
Left side lower: interacts in a predominantly
Belly: The centre of emotions as they relate to feminine way
oneself
Arms: How we express ourselves in physical
Enlarged in upper half: rugged, outgoing, actions
masculine – develop more tender feelings
Weak, underdeveloped: lack of initiative and
Enlarged in lower half: blocked energy flow to physical expression – learn to communicate
pelvis and legs especially if the abdominal wall with your arms
is hard – let go
Massive, over muscled: insensitive, forceful
Moderately enlarged: if belly is soft and back interactions, lack of grace – learn to be gentle
not very hollow, good contact with body vitality,
Thin, tight: inability to hold on to anything –
possibly emotionally too soft
become more peaceful, settled
Overall enlarged and obese: usually poor
Fat, underdeveloped: sluggishness in
contact with vital energies
expressing yourself – become stimulated,
Overall flat: too much mental control, no “gut animated
feelings”, strong emotional blocks (fear,
Upper back: A channel for the expression of
anxiety) – develop tender emotions, have faith,
forceful or violent emotions
let go
Soreness, hump: repressed anger or hitting
Chest: Modifies our emotions as they relate to
reflex – let go; hit a pillow or sandbag
our intentions in reference to ourselves
Neck: Reflects tension between body emotions
Narrow, contracted: feeling of inferiority, lack of
and mental control (continued)
power, unexpressive – learn to communicate,
to give, chest breathing
Tight, sore, weak: blocked verbal expressions Deep-set: critically observing, withholding
of emotions and tears – let go, speak out, weep expression
Jaw and Chin: A channel for verbal Wide-open baby eyes: tries to hold, to draw
expression, biting close, not fully matured
Receding: frozen, suppressed verbal emotions Nearsightedness: frozen fear (early childhood),
– learn to speak out focus on immediate problems, introspective,
rational - release fear, look into the future
Protruding: determined
Farsightedness: suppressed anger; focused
Strongly protruding: defiance, arrogance –
outward, extrovert - release anger, develop
relax
your inner self.
Clenched: forceful, self-control, suppressed
anger – let go, relax
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The small nuclear family as the basis of our social structure is an expression of
the ego-centred and individualizing nature of our society. It leads to social isolation,
difficulty in relating and cooperating, and a disruption of the age-old continuum of
traditions.
Formerly, and presently still in underdeveloped countries, humans enjoyed a
continuum of learning experiences. Step by step, through observation and imitation,
children learned how to care for babies, do the various forms of housework, repairs,
and other skills, make love and relate in a loving way, care for sick people, give birth,
and deal with death and dying. Grandparents made themselves useful and passed
on their experiences. Now most of these skills are only incompletely learned from
books or left to experts, and the art of relating and cooperating in groups is at an all-
time low. Recent explorations in communal living are an attempt to return to the
security and emotional closeness of the extended family and a more traditional
lifestyle.
Activities in various clubs and special interest groups may lessen our social
isolation, but this is only a bandaid. I suggest forming neighbourhood healing groups
with the specific aim of healing ourselves, others, and our social relationships.
A healing group can provide many functions not normally available in our
society. In a way, it can act as an extended family with an unlimited variety of support
facilities, such as baby-sitting, child-minding, kindergarten and preschool, and
possibly even alternative schooling. Members can help each other in all stressful life
situations, be it childbirth, sickness, bereavement, unemployment, or building activity.
There can be common fruit and vegetable production, a food co-op, communal
library, leisure facilities, and shared expensive working appliances.
The main aspect of a healing group is healing activity on all levels. For healing
the body, experiment with natural and holistic methods. Suitable communal healing
modalities include massage, reflexology, acupressure, spinal therapy, meridian
therapy, muscle testing, and allergy testing. Many different forms of massage can be
used, such as stimulating massage, deep muscle massage, sensual massage, or
energy distribution massage.
Individuals can share their personal experiences with the group in areas such
as nutrition, color therapy, packs, or flower remedies. A member of the group may
participate in a healing workshop and then pass on the experience to the others. The
group can also invite natural therapists and other health professionals and healers for
demonstrations, lectures, and teaching of specific methods.
There can be group evenings in which you exercise together, while on others
you discuss interesting topics; someone may read a good book and report on it; or
there can be meditation evenings, or all of these in varying combinations. You can
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Tender feelings make us open and vulnerable, but in order not to get hurt,
typically we prefer to close up and not feel. This has the added advantage of making
us stronger in our career because we do not need to take our feelings or the feelings
of others into consideration.
Each time we suppress a feeling or do not express it in a suitable way, the
generated energy solidifies into muscle tensions and armouring, as we learned
earlier through the work of Dr. Reich. Eventually, this leads to widespread muscle
armouring, a permanent state of muscle contraction; this closes off the circulation of
blood, lymph, bioenergy, and, equally important, the flow of feeling energies. Once
we are in an armoured condition, we cannot feel anymore, even when we want to.
This applies especially to our tender feelings and is a great loss. Our conscious
control is then out of touch with the body - its needs, wisdom, and the pleasure it
could give us.
Thus we are equally out of touch with the requirements of others, with the
forces of nature, and with our higher guidance. Everything is wrong if we are out of
touch with ourselves and with everyone and everything else, and we have to rely
exclusively on our ego-controlled mind. To heal our emotions, we need a fourfold
approach:
1. We need to “let go” and release the accumulated negative emotions and
associated tension.
2. We need to become aware again of how we feel and express our emotions
appropriately.
3. We need to learn how to feel good about ourselves and others and to generate
positive feelings.
4. We need to live in our daily lives what we have learned in our exercises.
Let Go of Negative Emotions and Tension: Feelings that we have not
expressed and often not allowed ourselves even to feel have accumulated within us
in the form of repressed emotions. They choke our emotional body in the same way
as accumulated metabolic residues obstruct our physical body. In our relationships
and social interactions, we react emotionally mainly with reactivated hurts within us
and only to a lesser degree with true feeling to the actual situation itself. This causes
endless frustration, misunderstandings, and disappointments in our daily lives.
In order to free ourselves of these emotional obstructions from the past, we
need emotional cleansing periods in which we feel safe to release and express our
suppressed emotions. This will already partly be achieved and made easier as a
result of bioenergetic exercises, deep muscle massage, and other methods to relax
our muscle armouring. Here are three helpful release techniques:
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Love may be the missing factor for our emotional well-being and for
overcoming disease. Love is the opposite of fear. With cancer, for instance,
psychological therapy has been shown to have a far greater success rate than any
other properly evaluated therapy, while fear has a major impact on cancer and AIDS
patients. There is also a close relationship between fear, often present
subconsciously, and breathing problems, as well as heart disease.
Emotional and psychological factors may be why various therapies work with
some patients but not with others. Releasing past emotional hurts and resentments is
helpful with any kind of healing, but it may not be enough if positive feelings are
missing. The ideal is a combination of appropriate therapies on other levels and
emotional therapy.
After many years of working and experimenting with a wide range of therapies,
I conclude that some of the most important factors in restoring or improving our
health and well-being are love and joy. For our emotional body, regular doses of
these and other positive feelings are as essential as vitamins for the physical body;
otherwise, we develop “emotional deficiency” symptoms, which can eventually
disable biological functions and lead to illness.
Most of us can remember a time when we were madly in love. Love, then, was
not just a mental concept, but a bodily sensation and it made us feel invincible. I
believe that we can become invincible like that in regard to disease by learning to feel
this way again as a way of life. Love and joy can rejuvenate the body and can be
more effective than even the best nutritional supplements.
Learning to Love Again: Obviously it is not possible to fall in love with
someone on a regular basis, but it is possible to experience the feeling of love as a
conscious exercise. Love has traditionally been associated with the heart. Of course,
it is not the heart muscle itself that makes us feel love, but the heart chakra centred
at the middle of the breastbone. In order to feel love and increase our capacity to
love, we need to stimulate this heart centre by focusing our attention on it. Diseases
in the chest area should respond readily to this therapy and this applies especially to
breast cancer, which has a strong emotional and relationship component.
For most of us, learning to feel love as a way of life does not come easily and
requires a commitment to an exercise program. It will be especially difficult for most
males, while many women will take to it quite naturally. Below you will find some
useful exercises for this. Experiment and continue to practice those that you find best
to generate love or joy in your body.
Feeling is energy and energy follows thought or consciousness. This means
the most basic requirement for activating our heart centre is to keep our attention
focused on it. Later, when it is easy for us to feel, we can just keep a small part of our
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We all would like to live a happy, healthy, and fulfilled life, yet few seem to be
Our conscious decisions are made with our mind. All healing and improvement in our
living conditions start at this level, and it is here that we must take the first step with a
conscious decision that we want to improve conditions by following a suitable
program. If we see the progression of our lives as a creative process, then we can
see the mind as the architect.
In our society, rational thinking and the intellect are worshipped, while feeling
and intuition are neglected. The reason for this imbalance can be found in the
distorted goals and ideals of our society, which has lost sight of inner values.
Wisdom, devotion, patience, and compassion are replaced by material riches; inner
purity is forsaken and traded in for excessive external cleanliness and hygiene;
success is measured by monetary wealth and dominance instead of self-mastery.
Thinking is the most important tool for achieving such external success, while
tender feelings disadvantage us for success in our society. However, thinking is
neutral and we can use it to our advantage in healing our body and emotions. Proper
thinking is required to discard unsuitable beliefs and replace them with appropriate
ones. If we accept that negative thoughts and beliefs are a cause of our illness and
social problems, then our mind is in need of healing and we must replace disease-
forming negative beliefs with health-giving positive ones.
I regard the Self as our total nonphysical entity. The Self and the body together
are the whole entity. To better understand inner processes of consciousness, we can
distinguish between different parts of our Self. I use a fourfold division:
• The higher Self or super-conscious level provides spiritual guidance as inner
knowledge and intuition. It has further divisions, variously called soul, Christ Self,
over-soul, or God Self.
• The middle self represents our normal consciousness, that of which we are
aware, mainly our mind and mental body, the thinker.
• The lower self or subconscious part is the master of our memories and emotions,
including long-forgotten beliefs and a Pandora’s box of suppressed feelings and
emotions; it is also called the “inner child.”
• The body self is an elemental (a life-force being) that looks after the biological
functions of our body; this is the level of consciousness that is still active when we
are in a deep coma.
We can say that the Higher Self operates at the spiritual level, the middle self at
the mental level, the lower self at the astral or emotional level, and the body self at
the etheric or life-force level. The middle self can to some degree become aware of
the other levels, but its centre of consciousness is based at the mental level.
Depending on our degree of spiritual understanding, this may be the concrete
mind or lower mental level; it may be the higher mental level concerned with spiritual,
creative, and intuitive thinking; or it may be somewhere in between.
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Our mind has awesome powers. It makes us sick and unhappy or healthy and
happy. It is a powerful tool and it is up to us in which way we want to use it. In clinical
trials, mind therapies have been shown to be much more effective than conventional
therapies in reversing many cancers. To illustrate the overriding importance of the
mind, I relate an example.
An elderly male with huge tumor masses all through his body had been given
less than three months to live. At that time, trials with the alternative remedy
Krebiozen were started. Despite not being eligible to participate because of his short
life-expectancy, his enthusiasm about the remedy was so overwhelming to his doctor
that he gave him the remedy outside the trial.
A few days after his first injections, his tumours had already halved in size and
continued to reduce until they had virtually disappeared and the man felt healthy and
well. However, two months later, he read a report in a newspaper that the trial was a
failure and Krebiozen was useless. Immediately, he fell ill and relapsed, with his
tumours quickly regrowing to their previous size.
His doctor was so astonished by these strong responses that he decided to
make an experiment. He told the patient that the first trial had not worked because
the remedy was too old. Now he was waiting for a fresh supply that would be double-
strength. A few days later the man was given the injection; this time the tumours
disappeared even faster than the first time and again the patient was completely
healthy and well.
However, instead of any drug, the doctor had just injected water. Again, a few
months passed and then the newspapers carried stories that the FDA had declared
Krebiozen to be completely useless and a fraud. As rapidly as he had recovered, the
patient deteriorated once more and this time his doctor let him die.70
One might think that such a strong mind effect must be very rare, but consider
this: In a chemotherapy trial, one-third of the placebo patients lost their hair. In this
rare trial, only half the participants had received chemotherapy and the other half a
harmless substance, which they believed to be an active drug. This means that the
hair loss in one-third of the placebo patients was entirely due to their belief.
This finding is confirmed by one of those rare placebo trials in surgery. After
“real” operations for cardiovascular disease, 32 percent of patients had satisfactory
results. However, 43 percent of a control group that had only pretend surgery
reported subjective and objective improvement! This means that basically all the
improvement came from their belief, but the traumatic effect of real surgery reduced
the belief-based success by 11 percent.
One-third is a figure that corresponds with results from other trials as the
approximate size of the placebo effect. I take this to mean that typically one-third of
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Our thoughts, feelings, attitudes, beliefs, and emotions form the fabric of our
inner world. They are the main factors that determine whether we are healthy or
unhealthy, happy or unhappy. They have a direct influence on our body by changing
or maintaining our inner blueprint and by directing, blocking, or enhancing energy
flows and glandular activities. They also act in an indirect way by determining which
foods we eat, which environmental factors we choose, which kind of knowledge we
acquire and how we use it.
So to improve our condition, whether on the social, mental, or emotional level
or with reference to our health, we must first change our inner world. Here are some
recommended steps:
1. Examine your present condition on all levels. Make a list of what you do not like
and another one of how you would like to be instead.
2. Acknowledge and release emotional blocks and past negative or unwanted
conditioning. This may be the most difficult step in your improvement program
because most of these problems exist on the subconscious level.
3. Use mind-control methods to reprogram your subconscious mind; participate in
workshops.
4. Adopt a holistic and spiritual philosophy of life.
Mind-improvement therapy for acute emotional problems needs to be
accompanied by nutritional improvements such as stabilizing the blood sugar level,
avoiding allergens, and using appropriate supplements. In this way, the nutritional
component of emotional problems is easily rectified and you can make much better
progress with the remaining deep-seated problems. In this step, we’ll see how eight
mind tools can help your health.
1. Relaxation as a Tool for Mental Well-Being: Deep relaxation is a
precondition for being successful with most autosuggestion methods as well as with
meditation and all other methods to contact the inner self. You can experiment with
the methods listed below and see which one works best for you. Here are some
general guidelines:
• Sit or lie comfortably and close your eyes. Focus your attention for ten to 20
seconds on your right foot. Feel it becoming warm and heavy. Then move to the
left foot, the right calf, the left calf, and so on, moving upwards to the head.
Include the chin, jaw, eyes, and the back and top of the head. When using this
method regularly, the focusing time on each area can be gradually shortened,
and related areas, such as a whole leg or a whole arm, can be relaxed at once.
• Imagine yourself in a red-coloured room on an upper level of a high-rise
building. After a while, walk to an elevator and feel yourself going down and
• Sit or lie relaxed but with a especially in need of world. Realize that you are
straight spine. healing. not the originator of this
• Concentrate on the middle powerful energy flow, but
• Take some slow, full
of the chest where you just a channel through which
breaths; mentally follow
create a feeling of intense it emerges from higher
each breath as your breath
love and compassion. dimensions and is
continues to flow quietly in
transformed by you to the
and out on its own. • Initiate this feeling by
human qualities of love and
• Feel how your body remembering an actual
compassion.
gradually becomes situation or person that
invoked such feelings in • At other times, radiate joy
immersed in cosy warmth -
you. After a while, forget the and happiness instead. Hold
you can imagine being in a
actual memory and feel love on to the impression of
warm bath.
and compassion in an being immersed in an ocean
• Concentrate on the idea that of beneficial healing energy
abstract way.
with each inhalation vital and for the rest of the day
energy or prana begins to fill • Imagine that you radiate
feel an afterglow of the love
the body. Direct this energy these feelings, like a sun,
and compassion or joy and
into your abdomen and feel radiating love and
happiness you experienced.
it becoming very warm. compassion instead of light
and warmth. Radiate these • If an unpleasant condition
• Direct the pleasant-feeling develops during the day, try
to all your body areas in
energy stream to those to recall mentally the ocean
need of healing as well as to
areas of the body that are of warm contentment
the outside, filling the room,
the house, and finally all the enjoyed during meditation.
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In order to become more whole and healed on all levels of our being, we need
to improve ourselves on these levels. Complete healing is not possible by working on
just one level. As an example, assume that you are overweight. Mustering willpower,
you start a diet and are successful in losing much weight. The problem is that after
some months it slowly creeps back up again and after a year your weight is where it
started.
Eventually, you come across some emotional release workshops and find that
these, together with a sensible diet, are more effective for losing weight and keeping
it off. Nevertheless, you find it difficult to keep your emotions under control because
you still continue to react in undesirable ways. Now you discover that you are
influenced by negative beliefs that make life difficult for you.
You realize that you need an appropriate belief system in order to manage your
emotions in an appropriate way. You start looking for a philosophy of life that helps
you to become and remain healthy, happy, and fit. This is where the spiritual
dimension comes in. You will find that the more you adopt spiritual principles in your
life, the more life will become an adventure and a pleasure rather than a struggle.
Most of us have developed our belief systems haphazardly, drawing from
parents, school, and social contacts as well as books and mass media. These beliefs
are often irrational and detrimental to us.
So to heal our emotions and other levels of our being, it is essential to adopt a
suitable philosophy of life to guide us. I call this a spiritual philosophy. The various
religions appear to have different spiritual philosophies. These differences are most
pronounced at the mental level of dogmas and doctrines, while they tend to
disappear at the level of the highest ideals of each religion. In all major religions,
some followers have aimed for these highest ideals. They are the mystics who left us
in their writings a spiritual philosophy that transcends and unites all religions.
This last chapter offers an outline of the spiritual dimension, existing in a
continuum with our physical world and not separate or in opposition to it. Out of this
understanding, we can accept a spiritual philosophy of life as the basis for our
beliefs, which determine our decisions and emotional reactions in life. Then I offer a
sketch of a modern spiritual path that uses health and emotional problems to develop
the spiritual master-ship that gives us the ability to lead a happy and fulfilled life.
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