Holistic Health Spas, Retreats, Resorts and Clinics
Where you'll find alternatives to "cut, burn and poison'' modalities
of surgery, radiation and toxic drugs treatments.
Health problems are what lead most people to holistic health resort
or clinics. From life-threatening illnesses to chronic fatigue, depression
and weight gain, guests have often tried traditional Western medicine only
to turn to the alternative natural options as a last resort.
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Holistic: A person's health status results from a complex
interaction of physical, mental, emotional, genetic, spiritual, environmental,
social, and other factors. The harmonious functioning of all these aspects
is essential to health. Within the body, the different systems are intimately
connected, dynamically balanced. Dis-ease or imbalance in one part directly
affects all other parts of the whole. There is never a single cause for
disease. All the pieces must be integrated in order to create a whole picture
of an individual and his or her illness. Therapy
can be directed at underlying as well as immediate causative factors, thus
treating the whole person.
excerpt from Naturopathy
by Dr. Peter A. Martin, N.D
Sura Detox Retreat
Program (in the UK) Sura Detox Retreats are for first time faster's as well as those who
have prior experience. Before your retreat you will receive from us information
on how you can prepare for your fast. By lightening your diet ahead of
time and clarifying what you want to achieve you can maximise the effect
of your detox and the time spent with us, and make the transistion into
the fasting state an easy one.
Karuna
Detox Retreat Program (in the UK) A measured Juice-fasting program balancing detox, education, and personal
empowerment, regarding your health, your path, and your next practical
steps upon it.
Daily home colonic massage and
hydrotherapy.
Daily Yoga and therapeutic movement
Meditation, affirmation and
relaxation
Raw food nutrition, Permaculture,
holistic talks
Indian Head Massage, Reiki Healing
Treatment, Chakra Reading
ROYL Retreat
- Natural Hygiene Health Care (in Texas) Nestled on a crystal clear river in the Texas Hill Country away from
the noise, smog and maddening crowds, ROYL® provides a peaceful, restful,
relaxing and rejuvenating health center. Drenched in sunshine and
warmed by gentle southern breezes, one can simply lie back and enjoy the
serenity of Southwest nature in full bloom. This is a marvelous place,
situated on a 1000 acre ranch with horses and wild-life, where you can
fast, rest or just come for a great vacation.
* Supervised Fasting,
* Juice Diets,
* Monotropic Diet Plans
* Raw-Food meals (served
in proper combinations)
* Lectures and Round-Table
Discussions
* Supervised Weight Reduction
* and more
SCOTT'S
NATURAL HEALTH INSTITUTE Scott's is probably one of the only specialized fasting locations in
the world where you can receive weekly precise scientific monitoring of
your disease processes until healing or remission measurably occurs. This
is done in Dr. Scott's very advanced Federally Licensed Diagnostic Laboratory
of which he is the director. Federal licensing today requires extremely
strict compliance with constant supervision by outside agencies. These
agencies determine the continuing level of precision required of licensees.
Qualified licensing and compliance has been no problem for Dr. Scott with
his demand for excellence.
The
Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center (Arizona) This beautiful mesa in the Patagonia mountains occupies 166 acres south
of Tucson, Arizona. Bountiful EM-based (effective microorganisms) organic
gardens contribute to the gourmet, organic, Kosher, vegetarian, live-food
cuisine created and prepared by our innovative chefs. This vibrant setting
supports your discovery as you move through yoga, sunrise and sunset meditations,
breathing exercises, hiking, new moon sweat lodge, chanting and celebration
or just taking time to be.The center also offers several self-healing courses
and retreats which empower participants to take responsibility for their
healing and awakened living.
Macrobiotic
retreat weekend in North Fork, beautiful Sierra National Forest. Close
to Yosemite National park (61 Miles and 7miles to Bass Lake.) 58191
Road 225, North Fork, CA 93643
Shambhalla
(Oregon) Shambhalla is dedicated to promoting holistic and harmonious lifestyles
and the development of the higher human potential. Mystical Spiritual Retreats,
Yoga Retreats surrounded by one of the last areas of old growth forest.
Whether you come alone for a little time out, or with family or with a
yoga retreats workshop, you will find the peace, inspiration, and laughter
in the heart of the magical, mystical wilderness of . . Shambhalla
Pangaia on the Island
of Hawaii (Primal Living
Retreats (Raw Food Retreat in Hawaii) Pangaia was founded by Manis Martin in 1991 who had a simple dream
: to grow and eat his own food while living as close to Nature as possible.
Years later, after learning from Hawaiian culture and teachers of the aina
(land), that vision has expanded into building community with like-minded
people. Programs differ according to the needs and skills of the visitors.
Some people wish to come for a simple retreat focusing on the primal diet
while others have come to practice silence and fasting in a supportive
natural setting. Others want to experience living on a tropical permaculture
farm and learn about raw foods in the meantime. Depending on your needs,
they probably have a program to fit you.
This is designed for visitors who want to be in a tropical setting while
relaxing on their own personal retreat. We provide all the essentials,
including housing, and a full Primal Diet cuisine. There are no work requirements;
It’s a time for you to leave all responsibilities, just focusing on your
own moment-to-moment process. But if one wishes to, one can participate
in any Pangaia activities. And of course, you are welcome to any events
such as music gatherings, capoeira classes, yoga, dance and drumming classes.
This also includes visits to the local power centers, Greenlake, the lava
flow, warm ponds, and steam vents. Retreat program: $60.00 - $150 /per
day, depending on accommodations and dietary needs.
Programs differ according to the needs and skills of the visitors. Some
people wish to come for a simple retreat focusing on the primal diet while
others have come to practice silence and fasting in a supportive natural
setting. Others want to experience living on a tropical permaculture farm
and learn about raw foods in the meantime. Depending on your needs, we
probably have a program to fit you. And if we don’t have a program for
you, make a proposal and we will consider it.
Do
you have a question or need guidance? Patricia Wilson volunteers
her time to provide guidance and support in your quest to find relevant
information. She can be reached at 281 581 2424 or 206-222-1619
(USA) If you prefer you can click here to
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Life Health Ministries Natural Hygiene is a specific natural health
care plan that allows the body to heal by rejuvenating its own immune system.
The project is to build a self sustaining community in Kenya and create
a Natural Hygiene health care facility for the treatment and prevention
of disease. Patients are taught that health is a result of a simple fresh
produce diet, securing an abundance of fresh air, plenty of sunshine, vigorous
physical exercise, rest, and sleep. Natural hygiene includes social aspects
of health, and encourages the development of self-esteem and social skills,
meaningful relationships, stress management techniques, and living a productive
life. A program of fasting, restrictive diet and regimented lifestyle,
the body is cleansed, invigorated, and restored to healthy action. Health
relies upon one's total mode of living.
Metaphysical
and Health Resort on the Garden Island of Kauai Their vacation program on beautiful Kauai is the ideal way for you
to take a new kind of fitness vacation. Are you ready for lots of personal
attention, stress reduction, rejuvenation, personal transformation, yoga
and exercise? The package program includes accommodations, meals and all
transportation on Kauai. You can choose yoga or our health vacation program
or our metaphysical vacation program. Most guests combine all three programs
according to their interest and fitness level. The yoga program includes
personal and group classes inside or overlooking the ocean, instruction
and a copy of the relevant chapter of Your Yoga Sun Sign Connection for
your particular Sun Sign. The wellness program includes: walks, hikes,
yoga, exercise machines, snorkeling, scenic excursions, holistic therapies,
chiropractic, massage, weight loss. The metaphysical program includes:
sacred sites, meditation, personal transformation, stress reduction, rejuvenation,
astro-numerology, lots of tender loving care. Roberleigh H Claigh, Dr.
Grady A. Deal, PhD, DC, Directors
GeneFitNutrition
on
Maui, Hawaii.
With GeneFit Nutrition, your senses of smell and taste will guide you
to eat the right food, at the right time, in the right quantity, offering
optimal digestive efficiency. All overloads and deficiencies are automatically
and effortlessly balanced out by instinctual adjustment. Natural, unprocessed
foods —the type of food our species has concurrently evolved with for millions
of years offer a much better chemical and genetical compatibility with
the body's digestive enzymes than the foods we only recently, have learned
to process. Thanks to that compatibility the metabolism is perfectly able
to fully brake down food molecules into basic building blocks, which then
can easily be absorbed by organs, cellular tissues and even brain cells
for the purpose of nourishment or regeneration. So at all time between
the consumption and the absorption of building blocks by cells, the body,
the digestive system and the brain only come in contact with the food molecules
and nutrients they have been genetically designed for. In addition, the
total absence of molecules denatured by heat or other forms of processing
in the food palette and the powerful cleansing processes triggered by GeneFit
Nutrition are the best aid and prevention against minor and serious health
issues.
Please call (866) EAT-WISE
Hippocrates
Health Institute he Hippocrates philosophy is dedicated to the belief that a pure enzyme-rich
diet, complemented by positive thinking and non-invasive therapies, are
essential elements on the path to optimum health. Watch
the video!
A wonderful place for healing, detoxification, rejuvenation, transformation
and learning in a relaxed atmosphere under exotic vegetation away from
the every day hassle. 1443 Palmdale Court West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Hippocrates
Health Center of Australia email: info@doctorsaredangerous.com
Ph: +61 7 5530 2939 - Fax: +61 7 5569 0884
Empowerment Press Hippocrates Health Centre 6 Julie Way Mudgeeraba
Qld 4213 Australia
Clohesy
River Health Farm Australia
The 100 Hectare (300 acre) farm was established in 1971 by Dr John
Fielder. It lies in a peaceful valley with a natural bush setting on the
banks of the Clohesy River. The farm, which is the campus for the Academy
of Natural Living, is located 45km (35 miles) from Cairns, approximately
a one-hour drive, and 16km (12 miles) from the nearest township of Kuranda,
Australia. The farm is a healing sanctuary, and is the perfect place to
come for rest, relaxation, recuperation, and/or rejuvenation. If you are
truly
interested in improving your health and are seeking to avoid or regress
degenerative disease problems, you will find that Nature Cure as practised
here is truly an "alternative to all medicines"
Flor
de Ouro Healing and Retreat Center And School For the Advanced Healing
Arts (in Brazil)
In Pipa and Alto Paraiso Brazil - "Revolutions in healing and miracles
of health are possible when we combine what is most new in medicine and
psychology with what is most old and pure, gifts from mother earth. Flor
de Ouro offers all, even people with terminal or degenerative illness,
a chance, a hope for a radical change on all levels of being. Our work
offers a true adventure in healing for those who have found conventional
approaches seriously lacking."
BASTIS
VITALITY RETREAT The opportunity to empower yourself. Recapture your strength through
knowledge. Learn how to release stress and illness from your body, and
replace them with vibrant health and serenity throughout your entire being.
While you fill your lungs with pure, fresh air and make new friends
in this nurturing, rustic environment filled with peace and tranquility.
FASTING CENTERS AND HEALTH RETREATS
Dr. Fuhrman's Fasting for Health Program - health rejuvenation in a
relaxing and properly supervised environment. - Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a
board certified family physician specializing in nutritional medicine and
one of the world's leading experts on fasting as a therapeutic modality.
He is the author of Fasting and Eating For Health, A Medical Doctors Program
For Conquering Disease, published by St. Martin's press. Dr. Fuhrman offers
an in-house facility catering to the needs of individuals who require fasting
for their condition or for health rejuvenation. People come from all over
the world to his retreat in New Jersey to fast and get well from diseases
ranging from high blood pressure and heart disease to asthma and fibromyalgia.
Call Nick at 1-800-205-2350 for more information. Dr. Fuhrman also does
phone consultations.
Vida
Clara (Clear Life) Vida Clara (Clear Life) is our Fasting Retreat, located at Lake Atitlan,
Guatemala. The lake is located in a serene sub-tropical environment in
the Guatemalan highlands, surrounded by four volcanoes and majestic mountains.
This mysteriously deep lake varies in color from emerald green, to turquoise,
to sky blue. The excellent combination of latitude and altitude make for
supremely comfortable temperatures all year long - 60F-80F (16c-27c). We
are located in a very private, quiet area of the lake called Santa Cruz
that is only accessible by boat. No cars or trucks here... only cobblestone
footpaths meander through the mountains and shoreline. It is a unique area,
where a number of Americans and Europeans live full or part time. The lake
is well known as a place conducive to healing and creativity. Aldous Huxley
called Lake Atitlan "the most beautiful lake in the world."
The Gerson Institute Is a non-profit organization dedicated to the holistic treatment of
degenerative diseases. The Gerson Therapy is an intensive, nutrition-based
and detoxifying medical treatment for cancer, heart disease, diabetes and
other chronic, degenerative diseases. It works closely with nature to help
the sick body to rid itself of disease through the supportive effects of
simple foods, juices, and non-toxic medication. Its successes in curing
the dread diseases of our times for the past 75 years have no parallel
in the conventional medical context. More
about the Gerson Therapy
Oasis of Hope
Contreras Cancer Care Many patients that come to OASIS have already been through conventional
therapy. Some patients are fortunate enough to hear about OASIS before
undergoing aggressive, toxic, treatments.
Contreras Cancer Care is synonymous with alternative medicine and alternative
cancer therapies such as Laetrile (amygdalin/B17) and Shark Cartilage.
Dr. Contreras, Sr. is recognized as this century’s pioneer in holistic
medicine. Since 1963, Dr. Contreras, Sr. and his son, Dr. Francisco Contreras,
MD have treated over 100,000 patients with their Body, Mind and Spirit
approach.
Oasis of Hope Hospital, the first hospital in the world to adopt the
Hallelujah
Diet (living/raw food) as its official nutritional program for all
patients
A.R.E.
Clinic Where the Edgar Cayce legacy is alive and well. - The A.R.E. Clinic
has been treating patients using a
combination of the best in modern medical practice and alternative
medicine since 1970 with a holistic approach. Natural remedies, such as
those suggested by Edgar Cayce, form the foundation of therapies designed
to bring about a healing of the entire person, body, mind and spirit.
Creative Health Institute
The Creative Health Institute is a natural health institute that provides
a program of body purification and rebuilding through the utilization of
the Living Foods Lifestyle Program originated by Dr. Ann Wigmore. Call
1-888-RAW-FOOD for more info.
Naples
Institute for Optimum Health and Healing Healthy Lifestyle Program on a 4-acre landscaped paradise in Florida.
The institute provides an environment where people can be educated in ways
to care for their own health. Guests are pampered with a specialized program
of internal body cleansing, living foods, supervised exercise, holistic
health education, and meditation.
ANNAPURNA Retreat
and Spa Nestled in the hill above the beautiful Victorian seaport of Port Townsend,
WA. The Annapurna is a holistic healing Bed and Breakfast retreat.
538 Adams Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
800-868-ANNA
Raw Food and Health
Retreat In British Columbia, Canada - Spend a weekend, a week or a month at
Ekaya's raw food retreat center learning how to transition with your family
to a raw food diet. They will prepare delicious raw food recipes for you.
They will teach you how and where to shop for living food, how to
design and prepare gourmet "all-live" meals, and how to use your new vitality
to work out and develop a strong and youthful body that nobody will believe
is fed on raw fruits and vegetables alone! Learn why and how to eat the
only diet that will truly reverse your aging process.
"I used to be moody, fighting depression, anger, and stress. Now I'm
just constantly euphoric. I've been on the diet for 2 months, I only need
6 hours of sleep, I used to need 9. The world seems brighter, colors stronger,
and I'm enjoying being in my body so much!" Carolyn
Dunne, Miami, FL.
Living
and Raw Foods Spa Retreat River Inn Snoqualmie Valley Wonderful Pacific Northwest country retreat facility. Hands on living
foods education, wheatgrass juice, rejuvelac, fasting. Rejuvenate and revitalize
yourself with natures own alchemy. Choose beautiful accommodations, suites
with jacuzzi tub, steamroom,or sauna and views of the river. We are located
on the wild Tolt River on a ten acre natural sanctuary where eagles, osprey,
goldfinch, wild ducks, geese and so many others make their home. This peaceful
retreat setting is a place for meditation, quiet contemplation, and connecting
with other like-minded souls.
Dr. Cinque's Health
Retreat Outside Austin, Texas - It is a place where people come to lose weight,
overcome bad habits, and generally improve their health. It involves eating
lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and other natural foods, exercise,
and letting go of stress. Some of the guests elect to undergo some form
of fasting for part of the time they are here, to initiate weight loss,
to detoxify, and to rest their digestive systems, and it is not as difficult
as you might think. All in all, everyone who comes here experience a restful
and rejuvenating experience in a recuperative environment.
Kwatamani Holistic
Institute Experience a holistic living retreat, tucked away on over 21 pristine
woodlands in lush rolling hills, just miles from the beautiful white sand
beaches of the Emerald Coast. Instructional series for raw and living food
preparation is scheduled on a individual basis. Specific cutting techniques,
food selection tips, meal planning, and natural live seasonings are covered
during an intensive hands-on session led by the Master Chef. Detailed demonstrations
and thorough practice steps result in delicious dishes that represent the
best of raw cuisine.
The Sunfood Diet Success System world tour is coming to
a city near you! David Wolfe appears Live and Uncensored. You can
meet the man who brought The Raw-Food Diet to Howard Stern, Chuck Woolery,
Woody Harrelson, and others!David Wolfe will describe and demonstrate:
The Sunfood Diet Success System - How To Heal The Body Through Diet - The
Power And Importance Of Detoxification - and much more. For detail and
schedule, contact Nature's First Law --- visit their website
or
write PO Box 900202 San Diego, CA 92190 U.S.A. (619) 645-7282
The ROYL
Retreat Nestled on a crystal clear river in the Texas Hill Country away from
the noise, smog and maddening crowds, ROYL provides a peaceful, restful,
relaxing and rejuvenating health center. Drenched in sunshine and warmed
by gentle southern breezes, one can simply lie back and enjoy the serenity
of Southwest nature in full bloom. ROYL offers Supervised Fasting, Juicing,
and Monotropic Diet Plans - Raw-Food meals served in proper combinations
and more
The
Garden Diet Raw Food Retreat Spend a weekend, a week
or a month at Ekaya's raw food retreat center learning how to transition
with your family to a raw food diet. They will prepare delicious raw food
recipes for you. They will teach you how and where to shop for living
food, how to design and prepare gourmet "all-live" meals, and how to use
your new vitality to work out and develop a strong and youthful body that
nobody will believe is fed on raw fruits and vegetables alone!
Raw Boot
Camp / Retreat for Your Body Temple A Different kind of Boot Camp offered on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Experience this Raw Food Physical, Mental and Spiritual Camp/Retreat which
is all inclusive and includes all delicious raw meals, Personal fitness
training in studio, Amazing Island adventures, yoga and massage therapies
and many other optional tours and therapies. Private Eco Cabin and outdoor
bath house with hot shower. Undergo the Metamorphosis, loose (or gain wt.)
Be Lean and fit in All being arena's A Private Camp catering to 1-4 at
a time.
Substances that are toxic to our bodies come at us from all directions:
the air we breathe, the food we eat, the water we drink, the cleaning products
we use, and the metabolic waste produced inside us. Toxins build-up in
the body contribute to premature aging and chronic and degenerative diseases.
Dr. Steve Nugent, the past president of the American Naturopathic Medical
Association, reported recently that "in the typical American home there
are more toxins inside the home than outside the home! Your cells actually
contain over 400 new toxins that didn't even exist 45 years ago and we
are losing the battle against toxins!" It's a fact. There are increasing
amounts of toxins and chemical agents in the water we drink, the food we
eat and the air we breathe - they all contribute to the breakdown in cellular
communication and disease. more
Water therapy has been used for centuries to heal the sick.
Hydro- and hydrothermal therapy are traditional methods of treatment that
have been used for the treatment of disease and injury by many cultures,
including those of ancient Rome, China, and Japan. Water therapy has been
around for centuries. The ancient Greeks took therapeutic baths. Water
is an important ingredient in the traditional Chinese and Native American
healing systems.
more
F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.
- "Every function inside the body is regulated by and depends on water.
Water must be available to carry vital elements, oxygen, hormones, and
chemical messengers to all parts of the body. Without sufficient water
to wet all parts equally, some more remote parts of the body will not receive
the vital elements that water supplies. Water is also needed to carry toxic
waste away from the cells. In fact, there are at least 50 reasons why the
body needs sufficient water on a regular, everyday basis. Without sufficient
water to constantly wet all parts, your body's drought-management system
kicks into action. The histamine-directed chemical messenger systems are
activated to arrange a new, lower quota of water for the drought-stricken
areas. When histamine and its subordinate "drought managers" come across
pain-sensing nerves, they cause pain. This is what I discovered in my research
that I mentioned earlier."
Benefits of Alkaline, Ionized Water,
by Dr. Hidemitsu Hayashi, M.D. Water has the ability to attract and accumulate bio-energy. It also
stores an energy memory of harmful or helpful vibrations to which it was
exposed in the past. Chlorinated tap water is polluted with non-biological
chemicals and negative energy imprints. It is also devoid of bio-energy
and so may be regarded as being badly polluted as well as 'dead'. Alkaline
living water is regarded by a growing number of health care professionals
as the best water to drink and is listed as a medical device in Japan for
the treatment of degenerative diseases.
Joseph
M. Price, MD - "Chlorine
is the greatest crippler and killer of modern times. It is an insidious
poison."
Albert
Schatz, Ph.D - "Fluoridation
is the greatest fraud that has ever been perpetrated and it has been perpetrated
on more people than any other fraud has." Professor
Albert Schatz, Ph.D. (Microbiology), Discoverer of streptomycin and Nobel
Prize Winner
Matthew Silver, MD
- "An associate in her early fifties who had suffered for many years from
the toxic effects of chlorine poisoning from inhaling vapors from
an over-chlorinated swimming pool. This had resulted in many severe
health challenges including extreme chronic fatigue and breathing difficulty
that kept her housebound and dependent on oxyn. Even minimal exertion led
to extreme shortness of breath. After just three days of drinking glyconutrients,
she reported that all of her symptoms improved dramatically and that she
was able to leave her house without oxygen and work in her garden, which
she had not been able to do in years." The sugars found on all Glyconutrients
(saccharides) also address the workings of the brain and nervous system
– from memory and sleep to anxiety and depression.
Safe,
toxin-free, Ionized,
Energized, Drinking Water helps to naturally flush toxins and acidic
waste from the body and is a powerful antioxidant. Ionized Water makes
more oxygen available to our cells than distilled, reverse osmosis, filtered
only, bottled or tap water and is the best possible drinking water. "Disease
and early death is more likely to be seen with the long term drinking of
purified water. Avoid it except in special circumstances." Zoltan P.
Rona M.D
You
cannot
poison your animal into healthwith drugs,
chemo or radiation. The holistic approach treats the whole animal, ignites
the body's internal healing force and stimulates the body's natural abilities
to heal itself "Health can only be achieved with healthful living"
T.C.Fry
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you have a question or need guidance? Patricia Wilson volunteers
her time to provide guidance and support in your quest to find relevant
information. She can be reached at 281 581 2424 or 206-222-1619
(USA) If you prefer you can click here to
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Symptoms to Expect When You Improve Your
Diet
by Dr. Stanley
S. Bass 3119 Coney Island Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 648-1500
If I were asked which is the area of greatest misunderstanding and confusion
in the field of nutrition, I would immediately be forced to reply that
it is the failure to properly understand and interpret the symptoms and
changes which follow the beginning of a better nutritional program.
What is meant by a better nutritional program? It is the introduction of foods of higher quality in place of lower
quality ones. For example, if a person replaces a protein rich food such
as pork with beef, the beef may be considered the superior of the two due
to its easier digestibility, lower and less saturated fat content, etc.;
chicken is superior to beef and fish is superior to chicken because of
its more rapid digestibility and lower saturated fat content. Lima beans,
lentils, or chick peas, which are eaten at the same meal with vegetables
are superior in all the nutrients needed to rebuild health.
As we go higher on the scale of quality, we begin to include protein
rich food which may be eaten in the unfired state, such as cheese which
is made from raw milk and unsalted. Then we ascend to the nuts and seeds
which are eaten in the natural state (raw and unsalted).
To summarize: the closer the food comes to the natural state in which
it occurs, or the closer to its raw, unfired form, the higher its quality.
In this condition, all the enzymes are found intact. The amino acids are
in their finest form. The minerals, vitamins, trace elements, carbohydrates,
and "life force" are present. The life force, in turn, is capable of reproducing
healthy tissue.
This same classification of quality which we analyzed in relation to
protein rich foods applies to the carbohydrates (the starch and sugar-rich
foods), the fats, and the mineral-rich foods.
The quality of a nutritional program is also improved by omitting toxic
substances such as coffee, tea, chocolate, tobacco, salt, pepper, etc.
from your diet.
What is the relation of quality of foods to recovery from illness? It
is this in a nutshell: The higher the quality of food we eat, the quicker
we recover from disease, provided we are able to digest and assimilate
properly.
To this must be added the knowledge of (a) proper food combining; (b)
proper order of eating the different kinds of food at a meal, e.g., the
most easily digested food should be eaten first, the more complex one second,
and the most concentrated item last; (c) the correct quantity of food to
be consumed (of each type) in the meal; and (d) the correct time for eating
(when hungry and not by the clock).
Now, what happens when a person follows these rules and makes a decided
improvement in the quality of food consumed? Remarkable things begin to
happen to the body as well as the mind. The amazing intelligence present
in every cell of the body and the wisdom of the body in its operation immediately
becomes manifest. The rule may be stated thusly: When the quality of the
food coming into the body is of higher quality than the tissues which the
body is made of, the body begins to discard the lower grade materials and
tissues to make room for the superior materials which it uses to make new
and healthier tissue.
This is the plan of Nature -- the body is very selective and always
tries to produce health and always will, unless our interference is too
great. Only then do we fail to recover and degenerate further into disease.
The self-curing nature of many conditions such as colds, fevers, cuts,
swellings, injuries, etc., furnishes endless examples of how the body tends
towards health--always--unless we do something to
What are the symptoms or signs which become evident when we first begin
to omit the lower grade foods and instead introduce superior foods--those
which are most alive, more natural than we are accustomed to? When the
use of toxic stimulants such as coffee, tea, chocolate, or cocoa is suddenly
stopped, headaches are common and a letdown occurs. This is due to the
discard by the body of the toxins called caffeine and theobromine which
are removed from the tissues and transported through the bloodstream during
its many bodily rounds.
Before the noxious agents reach their final destination for elimination,
these irritants register in our consciousness as pain--in other words,
headache. The letdown is due to the slower action of the heart--the resting
phase which follows the stimulation of more rapid heart beat forced upon
the body by certain poisons called stimulants. The more rapid heart beat
(or pulse) produces a feeling of exhilaration, and the slower action produces
a depressed state of mind. Usually, within three days, the symptoms vanish
and we feel stronger due to the recuperation which follows.
To a lesser extent, the same process occurs when we abandon lower quality
foods and replace them with better foods. Lower quality foods have undergone
more preparation. Spices, salt, and other ingredients have been added,
as they tend to be more stimulating than less prepared and more natural
foods. Animal foods such as meat, fowl, fish, etc. are more stimulating
than cheese, nuts, and vegetable proteins.
Consequently, the withdrawal of stimulation which follows the abandonment
of animal food produces a slower heart action--a resting phase--which registers
in the mind as relaxation or a decrease of energy. This initial letdown
lasts about ten days or slightly longer and is followed by an increase
of strength, a feeling of diminishing stress and greater well-being.
Now let us return to the symptoms which occur in the process of regeneration.
The person who starts a better diet, stays on it for three days to a week,
and then quits will say, "Oh, I felt better on the old diet--the new one
makes me feel weak." He failed because he didn't give his body a chance
to adjust and complete its first phase of action--recuperation. If he had
waited a while longer, he would have begun to feel better than before he
started.
During the initial stage (lasting about ten days on the average to several
weeks in others), the vital energies which are usually in the periphery
or external part of the body such as the muscles and skin, begin to move
to the vital internal organs and start reconstruction. This shunting of
much of the power to the internal region produces a feeling of less energy
in the muscles, which the mind interprets as some weakness.
Actually, the power is increased, but most of it is being used for rebuilding
the more important organs and less of it is available for muscular work.
Any weakness which is felt here is not true weakness, but merely a redeploying
of forces to the more important internal parts. Here it is important for
the person to stop wasting energy, and to rest and sleep more. This is
a crucial phase, and if the person resorts to stimulants of any kind, he
will abort and defeat the regenerative intent of the body.
It is important that he have patience and faith and just wait it out,
and after a while he will get increasing strength which will exceed by
far what he felt before he began the new program.
Success in recovery or improvement of health hinges upon the correct
understanding of this point -- realizing that the body is using its main
energies in more important internal work and not wasting it in external
work involving muscle movements. Be wise, take it easy here, and relax.
Just coast in your work and social obligations until you're out of the
woods.
Retracing As one continues on the improved diet and gradually raises the food
quality, interesting symptoms being to appear. The body begins a process
called retracing. It says to itself, "Now we have a chance to get rid of
this old garbage and build a beautiful new house. Let's get started immediately.
Let's get this excess bile out of the liver and gall bladder and send it
to the intestines for elimination. Let's get the sludge moving out of the
arteries, veins, and capillaries. These smelly, gassy, brain-stupefying
masses have been here too long--out with them! These arthritic deposits
in the joints need cleaning up. Let's get these irritating food preservatives,
aspirins, sleeping pills, and drugs out of the way, along with these other
masses of fat which have made life so burdensome for us for so long. Let's
get going till the job is down--till we have a beautiful house--and from
there on we'll keep it a beautiful ideal model house."
During the first phase (called catabolism), the accent is on elimination,
or breaking down of tissue. The body begins to clean house--in short, to
remove the garbage deposited in all the tissues--everywhere. During this
period, the body removes the ashes from the furnace preparatory to getting
a better fire. Here the accentuation is on removal of the gross and immediate
body obstructions. Wastes are discarded more rapidly than new tissue is
made from the new food. This becomes evident as weight loss. This persists
for a while and is then followed by the second phase--called stabilization.
Here, the weight remains more or less stable. During this phase, the
amount of waste material being discarded daily is equal to the amount of
tissue which is being formed and replaced by the newer, more vital food.
This occurs after the excess of obstructing material in the tissues has
been removed.
This state persists for a while and is then followed by a third phase
-- a build-up period called anabolism, wherein weight starts to go up,
even though the diet is lower in calories than it was before. At this point,
much or more of the interfering wastes have already been discarded -- the
tissues which have been formed since the diet was raised in quality are
more durable and do not break down easily. Also, new tissues are now being
formed faster. This is due to the improved assimilation made possible by
the ceasing of wrong food combining. The body's need for the usual amounts
of food decreases, and we are able to maintain our weight and increased
energies with less food.
Many are able to function very efficiently on two meals a day. As the
body progressively increases in efficiency and decreases in tissue breakdown
under exercise, so do we gradually need less and less food to maintain
life. The higher the percentage of raw food one lives on, the slower the
rate of tissue deterioration which one evolves into. A sick body requires
a gradual, carefully worked-out entry into this stage, where one is able
to live on a 100% unfired (raw) diet, if desired.
Returning to the symptoms which occur on a superior nutritional program,
people who have had tendencies in the past to recurring skin rashes or
eruptions will frequently tend to eliminate poisons and harmful drugs through
the skin with new rashes or eruptions. If they go to a doctor now who is
not familiar with this aspect of nutrition, he will diagnose it as an allergy.
They ask, "How come? I'm eating better now than I ever did before, and
instead I'm getting worse." They don't understand that the body is retracing.
The skin is getting more alive and active. It's throwing out more poisons
more rapidly now that the body is building more power which is saved from
those hard-to-ingest meals which have been discontinued. These toxins being
discarded are saving you from more serious disease which will result if
you keep them in your body too much longer--possibly hepatitis, kidney
disorders, blood disease, heart disease, arthritis, nerve degenerations
or even cancer--depending upon your hereditary or structural weaknesses.
Be happy you're paying your bills now in an easy-payment plan.
With some, colds which haven't appeared for a long time may occur, or
even fevers. This is nature's way of housecleaning. Understand that these
actions are constructive, even though unpleasant at the moment. Don't,
but don't, try to stop these symptoms by the use of certain drugs, or even
massive doses of vitamins which will act as drugs in huge concentrations.
These symptoms are part of a curing process, and don't try to cure a cure.
These are not deficiency conditions or allergic manifestations -- not
if you're eating properly in quality, quantity, combination and sequence.
Here is where experienced advice is a great value. Unfortunately, there
are few good books present today which give full guidance to the average
reader. Try to find guidance through a doctor or teacher who has the requisite
experience in this most confusing of all subjects--nutrition in relation
to health and disease.
You may be eating perfectly in regard to quantity, quality, and observing
all the correct rules, and still symptoms will occur. Those who have lived
better lives in the past--who have eaten better foods and who have abused
their bodies less with over-eating will have reactions ranging from almost
none at all or very mild symptoms which may be uncomfortable or acute.
Those who have lived worse lives and poisoned themselves more will experience
more severe symptoms if their liver, kidneys, or other important eliminating
organs have been damaged. When they have been renovated to the point of
fair working order, they will no longer produce symptoms.
Headaches may occur at the beginning; fever and/or colds may also appear;
the skin may break out; there may be a short interval of bowel sluggishness,
occasional diarrhea, feelings of tiredness and weakness, disinclination
to exercise, nervousness, irritability, negativity or mental depression,
frequent urination, etc. However, the great majority of people find their
reactions tolerable and are encouraged to bear with them because of the
many improvements which have already occurred and are becoming more evident
with each day. This acts as an inspirational force to them.
The symptoms will vary according to the materials being discarded, the
conditions of the organs involved in the elimination, and the amount of
energy you have available. The more you rest and sleep when symptoms are
present, the milder they are and the more quickly they are terminated.
Be happy you are having symptoms. Realize deeply that your body is becoming
younger and healthier every day because you are throwing off more and more
wastes which would eventually have brought pain, disease, and much suffering.
Those who have the worst symptom-reactions and follow through to their
successful termination are thus avoiding some of the worst diseases which
would eventually have developed had they continued their careless eating
habits.
Don't expect to go on an ascending scale of quality, that improving
your diet will make you feel better and better each day until you reach
perfection. The body is cyclical in nature, and health returns in a series
of gradually-diminishing cycles. For example, you start a better diet and
for a while you feel much better. After some time, a symptom occurs--you
feel nauseous for a day and have diarrhea with a foul-smelling stool. After
a day, you feel even better than before and all goes fine for awhile. Then
you suddenly develop a cold, feel chills and lose your appetite. After
about two or three days (assuming you don't take drugs or do anything else
about it), you suddenly recover and feel better than you did for years.
Let us say this well-being continues for two months, when you suddenly
develop an itch or rash. You don't take anything special for it. This rash
flares up, gets worse and continues for ten days, and suddenly subsides,
immediately after this you find that your hepatitis is gone and your energy
has increased more than ever before. The rash became an outlet for the
poisons in the liver which produced the hepatitis.
This is how recovery occurs--like the cycles in the Dow-Jones Average
at the beginning of a bull market recovery. You feel better, a reaction
occurs and you don't feel as well for a short while. You recover and go
even higher. Then another reaction occurs, milder than the last. You recover
and go even higher. And so it goes, each reaction milder than the last
as the body becomes pure--each becoming shorter in duration and being followed
by a longer period of feeling better than ever before, until you reach
a level plateau of vibrant health. Here you become relatively disease-free.
We must learn to obey the laws of Nature. We must learn to eat simple,
pure, and natural foods, properly prepared and combined, and our bodies
in return will cast off all the poisons we have taken in during our lives.
The mysteries of the body, the operations of nature, the vital forces working
in nature are far beyond what our minds are prepared to understand at present.
Every great physician or scientist who ever lived marvelled in awe and
humility at the wonders of nature. Yes--we are "fearfully and wonderfully
made!"
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Every Parent Should Know BEFORE Their Childen Are Vaccinated! Why
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world questioning vaccination? The controversy stems from the thousands
of deaths and permanent disabilities attributed to vaccination annually,
as well as the many published medical studies, government statistics, congressional
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held assumptions about vaccine safety and effectiveness.
Bart Classen, a Maryland physician, published data showing that diabetes
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vaccine campaign in young children, and that diabetes rates also went up
sharply in Finland after three new childhood vaccines were introduced.
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In fall 1997, two influential professional magazines featured articles
asking the question: Has the decrease of infectious diseases in childhood
through the mass use of vaccines been replaced with an increase in chronic
diseases such as diabetes and asthma? The Economist, a prestigious international
magazine read by world leaders in government, business and public policy,
and Science News, a magazine read by both health care professionals
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chronic diseases in their November 22, 1997 issues.
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