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The Herb

That Can
Change
Your Life

By:

Kit Cain
Copyright 2006
Christopher C. Cain
All Rights Reserved

Published By:
Soulful Stories Publishing
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia,
Canada

www.kitcain.com

ISBN 0-978-0-9782522-1-2


CONTENTS
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CHAPTER 1. Rhodiola rosea 2.


CHAPTER 2. What Does Rhodiola rosea do? 4.
CHAPTER 3. How Do You Take It? 8.
CHAPTER 4. More Steps To Better Health 11.
First Principle 12.
Second Principle 13.
Third Principle 14.
Fourth Principle 14.
CHAPTER 5. Intelligent Choice 15.
Salt 15.
Food Supplements 16.
Iodine 17.
Nuts and Seeds 19.
Carnivore Or Vegetarian 22.
Grains 23.
Bread 24.
CHAPTER 6. A Critical Missing Link 24.
Ascorbic Acid 27.
Summary 28.
CHAPTER 7. New Science for Old Problems 29.
Proteolytic Enzymes 29.
Chelation 31.
Colon Health 32.
Mental/Emotional Health 33.
Applying the Principles 34.
Supplement Program 35.
For Colds and Flu 35.
For Heart Problems 36.
For Cancer 36.

CHAPTER 1.

Rhodiola rosea

We have the Russians to thank for the detailed and carefully researched knowledge of this wonderful herb which
grows wild in remote mountain meadows just below the Arctic Circle of Siberia, Scandinavia, and Mongolia. The
root is the most valued part, having a rose-like aroma and growing a multi-stemmed stalk with yellow flowers.

It seems odd that one herb can positively affect so many things in the body without causing any serious adverse
reactions, but it has proven itself to do so over hundreds of years in areas where modern medicines were
as unheard of as Rhodiola rosea is to the modern medical world. In the old-time herbalist’s lingo, Rhodiola
rosea would be classified as an alterative, antibiotic, antioxidant, astringent, detoxicant, stimulant, sedative,
aphrodisiac, and tonic. To simplify its multi-functional nature into a single category, the Russians classified it with
a new name: “Adaptogen”, because its primary functions seems to be the restoration of balance to nerves and
organs that are either over-active or under-active.

Rhodiola rosea was only one of a number of herbs Russian scientists dubbed as adaptogens and utilized to
bolster the stamina of their troops under conditions of extreme duress and prolonged stress which characterize
all states of armed conflict. The results of their research were kept top secret for many years during the Cold War,
but the carefully researched findings were not confined to military applications alone.

Russian astronauts were found to perform with higher mental capacity and acuity when taking these
adaptogens—the most effective of which turned out to be Rhodiola rosea. Doctor Victor M. Baranov of the
Institute Of Medical And Biological Problems researched and tested a combination of these adaptogens which
included Rhodiola rosea, Eleutherococcus senticosus (Siberian Ginseng), and Schizandra chinensis in an effort to
combat psychological and physical deterioration under conditions of extreme stress. Dr. Baranov’s tests proved
conclusively the effectiveness of the formula … and also that the formula was most effective in those individuals
who were the most emotionally unstable and who had the least resistance to long-term stress. The formula’s
double-barreled effect on both physiological and mental/emotional conditions made it ideal for situations which
astronauts face. It was not made public, however, that astronauts used these adaptogens until many years
later.

As early as 1970, the Soviet Ministry of Health tested adaptogens for their effect on Olympic athletes. They quickly
discovered that Rhodiola rosea stimulates the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and CP (creatine
phosphate) in addition to raising the level of RNA and DNA in muscle cells. It thus not only increases cellular
energy, but increases the capacity for cells to recover and repair themselves after heavy stress loads. It was also
discovered that Rhodiola rosea produces the same result in sports applications as steroids, but without the
negative side effects. Since adaptogens are not “steroids” they were not identifiable as such in blood tests, and
even if the Olympic committee knew about adaptogens, they did nothing about them, thus giving the Russians
no small advantage in stamina and clearer thinking.

It was not until after the cold war had ended that research on Rhodiola rosea and other adaptogens was released
from its classified status. Even then, the information was written in Russian and not available to most of the world
because of the language barrier. It was Russian plant biochemist Dr. Zakir Ramazanov who, through a series of
unlikely events, brought Rhodiola rosea and adaptogens to the attention of the English-speaking population. He
had first used Rhodiola rosea in the Soviet army as an officer in charge of a unit of soldiers in the mountains of
Afghanistan in 1980. A comrade shared some Rhodiola rosea tea with him on a regular basis and he found that

it improved his stamina noticeably as they tramped through snow and over high mountain passes loaded with
full complements of food, gear, guns, and ammunition—and accomplished this on little more than four hours of
sleep a night.

Upon being released from the army, Dr. Ramazanov forgot about this amazing energy synergizer—but not
completely. Several years later he landed a good job designing solar batteries for the Soviet space station. What
should have produced feelings of security and success soon degenerated into what he eventually determined
to be Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from the emotionally charged events of the Afghanistan war. He became
severely depressed for the first time in his life, couldn’t sleep at night, became highly reactive emotionally, and
could not control the replay of war images running through his mind.

At this point Dr. Ramazanov, I’m sure, could not see the pattern of events unfolding before him which were to
compel him into his lifelong love and pursuit. As mystical as the chain of events of life always are, when viewed
from a high enough perspective the masking element of time disappears and leaves one continuously in wonder
at the fortuitous and inescapable way life’s events unfold and lead us inevitably to fulfill the measure of our
creation. For example:

Dr. Ramazanov says offhandedly that he “…heard a lecture on Rhodiola rosea” which re-ignited his memory of its
benefits for him in the Afghan war. Shortly thereafter he was invited to give a lecture in Siberia where Rhodiola
rosea grows wild. He started taking it again and noticed a change in his energy right away. Within a month he
could sleep at night and the PTSD symptoms began to fade. After two months, the periods of depression had
vanished completely, the agony of war image memory no longer plagued his mind, and he became increasingly
productive in his work, publishing ten scientific papers in one year. As a direct result of this surge of energy and
productive output, he received an invitation from the National Academy Of Sciences to come to the USA … and
thus begins another phase of the Rhodiola rosea story.

Dr. Richard Brown, M.D., is a “Psycho-pharmacologist” and an expert in alternative medicine. He’s also an
associate professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia College Of Physicians in New York City with private practices
in psychiatry and psychopharma. His wife is Dr. Patricia Gerbarg, M.D., an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry
at New York Medical College. In the early 1990’s, Pat began to notice she was having joint pain that slowly became
worse, spreading into tendons and muscles. She began losing strength and finally reached the point where any
movement at all was unbearable. She joked that hers was the only psychiatrist’s office where the patient sat in
a chair and the doctor lay on the couch!

She consulted numerous other doctors and, as you can imagine, being among the best medical facilities in
the world, had every test that medical science had invented … only to find no concrete evidence of a specific
problem! It was most certainly a profound lesson in the limitations of man’s knowledge—to say nothing of
her opinion of her own medical profession. As she says, she learned what it’s like to be a patient with a doctor
who doesn’t really believe the patient is ill. As a result of her own sickness, her view of the medical profession
changed, as did her faith in conventional medicine.

She suspected it might be Lyme disease, but all tests for Lyme turned up negative for Lyme. As is now known,
the standard blood tests for Lyme disease are often totally inaccurate. Finally, one doctor assumed she had
Lyme disease based on her symptomology alone, put her on an eight-month-long antibiotic program, and she
felt considerable improvement, but only about a 25% improvement … not a real testimony for state-of-the-art
medicine!

And then along came another of those mystical “happenstances” which we humans have conveniently labeled
as “luck” or “good fortune” in order to gloss over the hand of intricate infinite intelligence which forms the entire

universe and all of creation entirely anew on a millisecond to millisecond basis. Pat’s husband, Dick, during a
session with a patient of long-standing depression, was surprised to find the patient suddenly considerably
improved. He told Dick that he had picked up an herb called Rhodiola rosea in a health food store and had
experienced a very rapid mood improvement … an event which Dick considered could well be a placebo effect
since placebo (a blank pill) can many times produce a 35% to 40% change in condition.However, a few months
later, another patient reported the same results with the same herb.

I’m always intrigued by the way events form themselves in life, and it seems to me that the chances of this
recurrent event happening by “chance” is indicative of an extremely narrow and limited point of view. Obviously,
from his rather unorthodox methodology used in implementing remedial procedures with his patients, Dr. Brown
quickly realized that something unusual was happening which required him to look into it more carefully. It didn’t
take him long to discover that Dr. Zakir Ramazanov, who was one of the primary moving forces in translating the
Russian research on Rhodiola rosea into English, lived but an hour away and was more than willing to share his
research and knowledge with anyone who could put it to good use.

Dick, being well trained in the need for scientific evidence, immediately discovered a kindred spirit in Zakir
Ramazanov and felt comfortable enough with the Russian research to feel that there was no danger in
recommending Rhodiola rosea for his wife to try. Russian research had shown no serious side effects in the use
of Rhodiola rosea even when taken in larger quantities than the normal 100mgs to 400mgs a day.

Patricia claims that within ten days of taking Rhodiola rosea, her memory improved. After several months, she
felt she could dance again. Even at that, she did not return quickly to the Patricia of pre-Lyme disease days.
But when a person is in their mid forties or early fifties, things do change slowly … especially when one has the
stressful load of raising a family while at the same time functioning as a professional Physician.

From the viewpoint of others who have struggled valiantly to recover from Lyme disease, Fibromyalgia, Epstein
Barre syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue syndrome, I would venture to guess that Patricia had a number of other
positive factors influencing her rapid response in addition to the Rhodiola rosea … factors like a strong body
constitution, a health-inducing diet, extended treatment with antibiotics, and no small amount of psychological
support. My experience as a Health Practitioner has been that major efforts of detoxification, dietary change,
treatment with hyperbaric oxygen chambers, and additional treatment with highly concentrated herbal extracts
such as Samento, Artemisinin, Echinacea, and Carnivora are also essential adjuncts to the healing process over a
lengthy period of time depending upon how well established the condition is.

However, if you are in reasonably good health but slightly overwhelmed by your situation in life—or even by the
negative pressures of life itself— Rhodiola rosea will help you feel your inner powers and make you want to take
charge of your situation no matter how bleak or how much effort is necessary. It’s like a will-power activator,
influencing the soul first and the rest of the body as a result.

CHAPTER 2.

What Does Rhodiola rosea Do?

Again, it is important to realize that Rhodiola rosea is most effective in conditions of minor imbalance … of acute
inflammation, infection, pain, psychological depression, etc.. This is no reason to not use it in cases of chronic
degenerative disease, but it should be remembered that it is only part of a whole healing, regenerating regime.
It has, for example, been found to be effective in alleviating the stress of cancer chemotherapy, thus making the
treatment more successful.

Since the Russians first started working with adaptogens 50 years ago, their research has shown that Rhodiola
rosea has some rather astounding characteristics:

1. As to mental faculties, it increases mental acuity and memory; alters states of depression; increases the
electrical capacity of the brain; and reduces mental stress and fatigue.
2. As to the physical body, it increases physical stamina; stimulates ATP and creatine phosphate synthesis
and glycogen synthesis in muscle and liver tissue; increases muscle protein synthesis and anabolic activity
similar to steroids, but without the side effects.
3. As to cardiovascular health, it reduces or prevents cardiac damage resulting from stress. It also prevents
certain types of arrhythmias through its action on mu-opiate receptors in the heart itself.
4. As to sexual performance: in the male, it improves erectile dysfunction and alters premature ejaculation—
even long-standing conditions—and normalizes prostate secretions. In the female, it improves female
sexual desire, arousal, and the capacity for orgasm … and performs all of the above without side effects.
5. As to fat metabolism, it activates the lipolytic fat metabolism processes and increases the release of lipids
(fats) from fatty tissues.
6. As to its anti cancer capacities, it reduces damage to the liver caused by chemotherapeutic and other
drugs while at the same time seeming to enhance their actions. It reduces cellular free radical damage
through its powerful antioxidant properties. Most importantly, it reduces the incidence of chromosomal
mutation and promotes the activity of polymerase thus improving damaged DNA repair. Thanks to
modern methods of research, we can now expand ancient herbal terminology to include the categories of:
Antimutagenic, Anticarcinogenic, and Antimetastatic … which means “to stop cancer from spreading”.
7. As to the endocrine glands, any substance which enhances the body’s ability to combat stress would
also have to affect in a positive manner the entire endocrine system: Pineal, Pituitary, Thyroid, Thymus,
Adrenals, Gonads … plus what I know has the secondary endocrine glands: the Liver, the Pancreas, the
Spleen, and the Kidneys. Research (Saratikov and Krasnova, 1987)shows positive effects to the Thyroid
without producing hypertension; stimulates the anti-aging capacities of the Thymus, and increases the
Adrenal gland’s reserves. I personally feel that this is due in no small part to the Flavanoid content of
Rhodiola rosea— an element which most research has overlooked, but which I feel is probably one of the
most important synergizers of the herb’s total effectiveness.
8. Dr. Richard Brown, in the book The Rhodiola Revolution—which he wrote as a joint-venture with his wife
and Dr. Ramazanov—describes how he has used Rhodiola rosea in his private psychiatric practice with
positive results in the following conditions:
• As a supplement to antibiotics in Lyme disease.
• As a supplement to Parkinson’s disease treatments.
• For traumatic head accidents where there is potential brain damage.
• For stroke victims.
• For Attention Deficit Disorder.
• For Depression and Dyslexia.
• To increase athletic endurance.
• To restore sexual vigor and interest for both males and females.
• For heart disease and arrhythmias.
• For a high blood pressure.
• As a broad spectrum mood booster for psychological disorders.
• To increase the chances for feminine pregnancy.
• To stabilize premenstrual syndrome problems.
• To balance menopausal symptoms.

This is quite an array of effects from a single plant—effects which seem to be optimized only in Rhodiola rosea
which is one of at least ten species of Rhodiola plant. Obviously, there is more that we don’t know about
phytochemistry than is known in 2006!

It’s important to interject here a definition of what constitutes “Depression”, since the herb so positively affects
this particular condition. The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental
Disorders describes it as follows:

“Major depression is a psychiatric diagnosis based on one or more major depressive episodes. To qualify as a
major depressive episode, it must meet three criteria:
1. At least five of the following symptoms must be present during the same two-week period, with either
depressed mood or loss of interest as one of the five. In addition, each symptom must represent a change
from previous function.
• Depressed mood most of the day (sadness or emptiness)
• Markedly diminished interest or pleasure in nearly all activities most of the day.
• Fatigue or loss of energy nearly every day.
• Significant unintended weight loss or gain (more than 5% of body weight each month).
• Insomnia or excessive sleeping nearly every day.
• Restlessness, nervousness, inability to sit still; mental and physical slowness.
• Feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt.
• Diminished ability to think or concentrate; indecisiveness.
• Recurring thoughts of death or suicide.

2. The symptoms must cause a significant distress or impairment of social, occupational, or other important
functions.
3. The symptoms do not result from another psychiatric diagnosis or a medical condition.”

“Within the category of major depression are various gradations of the illness—mild, moderate, severe without
psychotic features, and severe with psychotic features. Not all forms of depression qualify as “major”. Some
syndromes have certain characteristics of depression, but do not meet all of the criteria for a major depressive
episode. Among them is disthymic disorder, a low-grade depression of at least two years duration….”

The research for the active ingredients of Rhodiola rosea goes on, new substances being found as others are
examined more closely. What is most important to realize in naturally-occurring substances is not just the
identifying of new substances and isolating their primary functions, but rather the synergistic effect all substances
have when working together at the same time. One of the great fallacies the chemical industries are guilty of
lies in their misrepresentation of the complex synergistic nature of naturally-occurring substances. Vitamins, for
example, are never single substances; they are a synergistic inter-relationship of numerous enzymes, minerals,
chemicals, and other closely-related molecules, the clinical effectiveness of which diminishes—often to zero—
when one portion of the vitamin complex is denatured, oxidized, or missing. This, of course, is also a shortcoming
of scientific research as well, and leaves one to wonder who is the most guilty of selfish interest. Not the least of
the problems is the extremely complex nature of all phenomenae in our universe. The microcosm as well as the
macrocosm seem purposefully beyond our meager human intelligence.

Look, for example, at the phytochemical constituents of Rhodiola rosea. Six distinct groups have been identified
so far:
1. The Phenylpropanoids: Rosavin, Rosin, and Rosarin. These constituents are specific to Rhodiola rosea
alone. Phenylpropanoids are a class of plant-derived organic compounds biosynthesized from the amino
acid phenylalanine. They have a wide variety of functions including defense against herbivorous animals,
microbial attack, or any other source of injury. They are structural components of cell walls; protectors
from ultraviolet light; pigments; and function as signaling molecules.
2. The Phenylethanol derivatives: Salidroside and Tyrosol. Salidroside is an ingredient of numerous species
of Rhodiola.

3. The Flavonoids: Rhodiolin, Rodionin, Rodiosin, Tricin, and Acetylrodalgin. Flavonoids have been referred
to as “nature’s biological response modifiers” because of strong experimental evidence of their inherent
ability to modify the human body’s reactions to allergens, viruses and carcinogens. They show anti-
allergic, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and anti-cancer activity, acting as powerful antioxidants to
counteract the threat of free radical damage. They also play a vital role in the synthesis and production of
collagen—the most abundant protein in the human body and a major ingredient of every cell in the body.
In particular, the Flavonoids play a major role in the structure and functionality of the entire cardiovascular
system.
4. The monoterpines: Rosiridol and Rosaridin.
5. The Triterpines: Daucosterol and Beta-sitosterol. Terpenes are a large class of hydrocarbon produced by
plants … particularly conifers. They are a major component of resin and of turpentine which is produced
from resin. Their primary function is that of aromatic essence, but they also serve to seal plant wounds
and protect the plant from invading insects and pathogenic fungi. In the case of Rhodiola rosea, several
of their more important values in human consumption are their antibiotic and antioxidant capabilities.
The names of the individual substances are not common to all plants or even the various species of
Rhodiola. Each species carries its own unique molecular footprint and synergy—Rhodiola rosea being the
most unique among many, even having its own genus and species.
6. The Phenolic acids: Chlorogenic acid, hydroxycinnamic acid, and gallic acid. Many plant phenolic
compounds are polymerized into larger molecules such as proanthocyanadins and occur as esters or
glycosides conjugated with other natural compounds such as Flavonoids and Glucosides.

I’m a long way from an organic chemist or microbiologist, but it appears to me that, even with the extensive
knowledge that we do have, the capacities of Rhodiola rosea exceed the knowledge of current phytochemistry
forcing us to rely on empirical evidence and concrete results … which is basically why the herb has been utilized
for hundreds of years in various parts of the world in the first place.

Rhodiola rosea is not a newcomer on the world scene by any manner of means. Back in 77 A.D., the Greek
Physician Dioscorodes mentions “Rodia risa” in his medical reference text De Materia Medica. In 1725, the
Swedish botanist Corel Linnaeus gave the herb its modern name, Rhodiola rosea, recommending it for hernia,
hysteria, headache, and vaginal discharge.

Margaret Lantis, author of Folk Medicine and Hygiene (anthropological papers of University Of Alaska) claims
that a tea made from Rhodiola rosea flowers was used by the Eskimos for stomach and intestinal problems and
the raw flowers for Tuberculosis.

Christine Heller in Edible and Poisonous Plants Of Alaska describes how Eskimos and Indians used Rhodiola rosea
roots for food. The leaves and succulent stems were used raw in mixed salads or cooked as a green vegetable.
She also tells how the leaves and roots were used as tea by the Eskimos and made into a kind of sauerkraut.

Villagers in the mountains of Siberia and the Republic of Georgia take Rhodiola rosea every day throughout their
lives with no dangerous side effects and with no increase in risk of cancer. Rhodiola rosea is a well-researched
herb with few side effects other than those which occur as “healing crisis” symptoms in the natural healing
process. In the field of natural healing, the effectiveness of any substance or process is quite often accompanied
by a temporary worsening of the condition. This is called a “healing crisis” or a “Herxheimer reaction”. As the
body cleans itself out, it often does so in a frightening hurry. Herring’s Law of Cure says that healing starts first
with internal organs, and first with the head—a headache being a positive sign— and then proceeds downward
through the body and outward to the skin.

The toxicity of Rhodiola rosea need not be feared at all, the toxicity level having been measured on animals to
be four hundred times the 100—600mgs daily recommended dosage. Neither is it a “cleansing” herb, so any
healing crisis will normally be very mild … if there is one at all.

Still, until there is further research, use in Bi-Polar Disorder or Schizophrenia conditions should be accompanied
by close supervision on the part of a medical doctor familiar with alternative medicines or a trained Health
Practitioner. Also, the herb’s use during pregnancy has not yet been researched.

CHAPTER 3.
HOW DO YOU TAKE IT?

My personal experience has been that the way to optimize the effectiveness of any herb is to eat it in its natural
state right out of the ground or off the bush. This is not always either practical, possible due to availability, or
possible due to the gag reflex which occurs with some herbs other than Rhodiola rosea. My first cup of chaparral
tea was a lesson in futility and just how horrible something can taste. It isn’t called Creosote Bush by mistake!

Fortunately, Rhodiola rosea with its rose aroma makes for an easily-swallowed beverage. Despite the fact that
exposure to air and sunlight can affect, for example, the many synergistic elements that make up the vitamin C
complex in herbs, and heat above 118° can denature enzymes and bioflavonoids—and thus the synergistic effect
of many vitamins— many of the phytonutrients do not seem to be adversely affected. Rhodiola rosea retains a
high level of effectiveness in its tableted, capsulized, or liquid extract form.

European popularity of Rhodiola rosea seriously depleted the natural supply resulting in substitutions of other
Rhodiola species for the “real thing”. It is important to purchase from well-established herb companies like
Medi-Herb of Australia and the U.S. (for MD’s; Chiropractors; and other Health Practitioners only); Ameriden
International; Jarrow’s Formulas; or Nature’s Way … to name just a few who have too much to lose by mislabeling
or misrepresenting their products. The product label should say Rhodiola rosea, not just “Rhodiola”, and should
additionally guarantee standardization to a minimum 3% Rosavins and an approximate ratio of three parts
Rosavins to one part Salidroside. Salidroside is common to all species of Rhodiola (and numerous other plants as
well) but the phenylpropanoids: Rosavin, Rosarin, and Rosin (referred to together as “Rosavins”) are only found
in Rhodiola rosea. A high quality—and slightly more expensive—version of Rhodiola rosea will have as high as a
4.5% or 5.0% Rosavins extract.

In an effort to combat the diminishing supply of Rhodiola rosea, Dr. Zakir Ramazanov, as president of National
Bioscience Corporation, decided to begin producing a supply of high quality Rhodiola rosea to very exacting
standards. I include this rather lengthy company news release of May, 2006 because it contains an important
part of the Rhodiola story in and of itself:

“Over the last ten years, the introduction of Siberian Rhodiola rosea standardized extract into the U.S.
dietary supplement market has led to heightened demand for raw Rhodiola rosea root while at the
same time, the supply of imported wild-crafted raw material is now insufficient to support this rapidly
expanding demand. Moreover, governments in Siberia and Northern China are now placing serious
restrictions on the harvest of wild Rhodiola rosea plant. Currently the limited wild harvest of Rhodiola
rosea is permitted only with special license issued by the Ministry of Natural Resources.
 
Predictably, this growing demand for Rhodiola rosea extract is accompanied with a significant and
disappointing decline in quality and efficacy of the Rhodiola rosea extract now being used in many

products, a situation all too familiar in the North American marketplace. This situation provides
motivation for economic adulteration and the opportunity for products with little or no efficacy to
enter the market to satisfy short term windfall profit objectives.
 
Independent Rosavin assays of a variety of “new Rhodiola rosea” products reveal that the inappropriate
substitution/adulteration of Rhodiola sacra or Pseudo-Rhodiola with inferior pharmacological activity
is becoming more and more common. This substitution goes generally unnoticed because of a lack
of well-funded, industry-wide promotion and active consumer education about the critical need for
verifiable identification of true Rhodiola rosea product to ensure its clinical efficacy.
 
Recognizing the impact of this environment, not only concerning Rhodiola products, but also botanical
credibility in general, and to satisfy the increasing demand for pharmacologically active true Rhodiola
rosea, National Bioscience Corporation is pleased to introduce a revolutionary technology of intensive
Rhodiola rosea cultivation using ecologically friendly and economically superior modern agricultural
technology. The company’s new greenhouse farming cultivation guarantees the steady supply of
quality Rhodiola rosea all year around, and decreases the threat of this valuable plant’s extinction
from excessive wild crafting. It allows both a high yield and a high quality crop, with no possibility of
adulteration. The company’s estimated production of cultivated Rhodiola rosea for year 2005-2007 is
approximately 40,000 kg, which represents ¾ of the existing world supply.
 
National Bioscience Corporation President Zakir Ramazanov has been involved in Rhodiola research
and applications since 1979 and in fact was previously Senior Scientist, Chairman of Biotechnology
Department, KA. Timiriazev Institute of Plant Physiology, the USSR Academy of Science,
Phytopharmacology of Rhodiola rosea for Space Programs. “Our current research results indicate
that the greenhouse cultivated Rhodiola rosea contain all key active compounds that are 20-30%
higher than the levels found in wild-crafted plants, and free of pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals
and other residues of environmental and modern agricultural “evolution”, observes Dr. Ramazanov.
“We have the opportunity to bring to the marketplace a high quality extract derived from the first
greenhouse cultivated Siberian golden root-Rhodiola rosea. This product is water extracted freeze
dried Rhodiola rosea extract, which has been shown to be consistently more efficacious than a spray-
dried extract.”
 
National Bioscience Corporation, in collaboration with Russian and Spanish researchers have
introduced organic, solvent-free water extracted freeze dried Rhodiola rosea extract derived from the
first greenhouse cultivated Siberian golden root-Rhodiola rosea. Studies provide convincing evidence
that the freeze-dried Rhodiola rosea extract demonstrates a two-fold advantage in prolonging physical
exertion in rats, compared to the spray-dried form, both in the initial swim test and in recovery
capacity for the second swim test.
 
“We are excited about what this means for Rhodiola consumers and all those supporting quality and
efficacy of botanical ingredients. We are convinced that our approach will enhance the confidence of
both the public and the government and in a renewed professional integrity that is the only path of
enduring prosperity open to the US dietary supplement industry that makes any long-term sense,”
concludes Dr. Ramazanov.
 
About National Bioscience Corporation:
National Bioscience Corporation is a leader in the introduction and supply of true phytotherapeutic-
grade Rhodiola rosea extract. It is also the source of other important recent innovations in applied
phytotherapeutics in the US nutraceutical market. It develops and supplies high value-added botanical

ingredients, primarily in the form of standardized extracts, and continues to create significant
opportunities for fundamental nutraceutical and phytotherapeutic innovation.
 
About Dr. Zakir Ramazanov:
Dr. Ramazanov, formerly a Soviet soldier in Afghanistan where he first discovered Rhodiola rosea,
is well known for his work in space biology, the cultivation of photosynthetic organisms in space
stations, and the development of marine natural products from sea vegetables. He is also the author
of a total of 158 publications, six patents and over fifty international invited presentations.”

As to what times and how often to take the herb, the optimal time is to take it on an empty stomach early in the
morning half an hour before breakfast. If a second dose is called for, it should be taken on an empty stomach
preferably before mid afternoon so that it does not interfere with sleep patterns.

One can start out with a single tablet or capsule containing 100 - 150mgs of Rhodiola rosea for the first few days.
Add a second dosage later in the morning or early afternoon for a total dosage of 200 - 400mgs per day. 200mgs
should be adequate for most adults with a sensitive nervous system, but there is no harm in taking 400mgs per
day if the response is not too stimulating.

Rhodiola rosea is a far healthier substitute for stimulants like coffee, pop, sugar products, or nicotine. This is
a good time to cut back to one cup of black coffee, and no more than one can of NON-DIET pop a day—and
the less of the latter the better. I recall being warned 30 years ago about sugar intake and its production of
insulin resistance with resultant diabetes. The substitutes appear to be far worse—Aspartame being a long
term “excitotoxin” with such hidden physically destructive contents as to be criminal in proportion. Aspartame
destroys the physical body slowly over time by overloading the glutamate receptors in individual cells all over
the body.

Quite often the effects of Rhodiola rosea are not immediate, taking from three to seven days for results to
register in minor imbalance conditions. For positive results from a natural remedy, however, that short a period
of time can almost be classified as immediate.

There are numerous formulas containing Rhodiola rosea on the commercial market, not the least of which
is called Prime One—a formula developed by Dr. Israel Brekhman, a Soviet scientist and major authority on
adaptogens. His research of adaptogens over 45 years with a team of 1200 Biologists and Physicians constitutes
one of the most extensive programs of human testing of herbs ever organized.

Russian Cosmonauts used Dr. Brekhman’s Prime One formula to compensate for the extreme stresses of space
travel. Russian Olympic athletes used Prime One and Prime Plus formulas to extend stamina and produce
steroid-like results without side effects— and without breaking Olympic rules. These formulas are available
today through Advantage Marketing Systems and other Health Food retailers.

Prime one and other Brekhman formulas have been subjected to more than 3000 documented studies to
ascertain the extent of their influence and determine their overall safety. Take them for a minimum of three
months before passing judgment. Prime one contains the following herbs:
1. Eleutherococcus senticosis (Acantho Root)
2. Schizandra chinensis
3. Manchurian Thorn Tree
4. Ural Licorice Root
5. Rhaponticum carthamoides (Maral Root)
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6. Rhodiola rosea
7. Cinnamon rose
8. A proprietary blend of molasses and other adaptogens.

Rhodiola rosea alone should be more than adequate for most daily situations, but for athletes an excessively
stressful situations, try Dr. Brekhman’s formulas.

If you are under the care of a Physician for Mood Disorders, Bi-Polar Disorder, or Attention Deficit Disorder, you
should consult with your Physician first if he is amenable to alternative therapies. If not, have him read this book,
lend him a copy of the book The Rhodiola Revolution written by two medical doctors—or find yourself a more
competent, broadminded, thinking person for a Physician!

Since there seems to be an overwhelmingly high percentage of the world’s population which feels depressed,
tired, stressed-out, exhausted, and without motivation, it is not surprising that the disease-oriented medical
profession would try to put a disease label on conditions that are basically just poor health. Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome (CFS); Lyme Disease; Epstein-Barr Syndrome; Neurasthenia; and a host of more popular names like a
Arthritis, Heart Disease, and Cancer are current examples.

Doctor Garry Gordon, M.D., D.O. and a host of other professional titles, is one of North America’s leading
authorities on alternative medicine (www.gordonresearch.com). His attitude, like my own and others in the field
of Health Practitioner, is that treatment of any disease is strictly secondary to treating the whole person. And the
first principle of natural healing for the restoration of health is physical body purification … or detoxification, as
it is commonly called. Details are discussed in a later chapter.

With the above frame of reference established, one cannot expect miraculous results from an adaptogen in a
body whose optimal function is hindered by numerous energy blockages like heavy metal poisoning, destroyed
and mutated DNA, inflammation, infection, and a constant influx of food/beverage substances that compound
the problem rather than synergize it in a positive manner.

Rhodiola rosea should never be seen as a single cure-all for any disease condition. It is more of a single synergizer
for a total health program which includes detoxification, flooding the body with easily-assimilated nutrients and
oxygen, and major changes to diet, stressful living conditions, and harmful habits that have produced the self-
destructing condition in the first place.

I have attempted to outline in the following chapters some of the more important procedures and supplements
for a modern-day health program for those whose health is not too far out of balance.

CHAPTER 4.

MORE STEPS TO BETTER HEALTH

In the final analysis our health is our problem and the solution is almost entirely in our own hands. I say “almost”
because until we know what to do and how to do it, we’re the victim of the situation. Mastery of the situation
is hard … sometimes very hard and very long, and beyond the capacities and capabilities (or interests) of the
major portion of souls on earth. This is why the world needs doctors and drugs and hospitals and government
programs to combat disease, because few of us here on Planet Earth have yet arrived at the graduate school
course in wisdom, power, and freedom. It is the “way of the earth school” and the beginning and middle of the
journey only look good from the graduating class!
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STEP # 1

If one is not already brimming with health, the first step is to make modifications to one’s efforts and understanding.
Change and growth seem to be among the most essential requirements for experiential living. If there is disease
or sickness, the assumption must be that what we have been doing—and what we have not been doing—have
caused our situation.

Each generation seems to draw us further and further away from a naturally-formed world into a man-made world
of chemically-treated soils and foods, processed foods, nutritionally deficient foods, toxic preservatives, flavor
enhancers, polluted air and water, competitively stressful daily lives, sedentary activities, and weakened genetic
patterns and immune capacities. The challenges of life—particularly to the “inexperienced and undeveloped”
souls—seem to require escape mechanisms which are all too readily at hand: alcohol, cigarettes, oral pleasures,
drugs, and other indulgences too numerous to mention.

The shift from physical exertion as an integral part of survival to the mechanical and technological advances
which use the brain more and more, also change the way the body utilizes, metabolizes, and requires energy …
as well as the way it rids itself of metabolic and toxic waste.

The first principle of change is REST

The first responsibility of a Health Practitioner is to determine what kind of rest or change (or both) is appropriate
or possible for a patient’s condition. Most people have never gone a day without food in their lives … and
most likely would never consider that going without food was a type of rest. Since childhood we have been
programmed by well-intentioned mothers to eat everything placed before us or otherwise there would be dire
consequences: we would get sick; we would not grow; would have no energy; or we would die. Though having
a bit more than a margin of truth, the whole truth is that given a proper quality of food, a child can grow with
considerably less than three meals a day.

In extreme acute or chronic situations, the intestinal tract needs periods of rest with only occasional periods
of light, highly nutritious liquids. In cases of life-threatening chronic disease, the sick person will need liquid
nourishment of a highly nourishing sort every two or three hours.

When I first started out to be a Naturopath and Nutrition Consultant in 1974, there were no accredited alternative
medicine schools in North America and no licenses issued to Naturopaths for private practice. I had to work
under a Chiropractor’s or Medical Doctors’ license. My education had to come by experimentation on myself and
by apprenticeship to Chiropractors or MD’s who chose to use more natural means of health restoration … rather
than drugs or surgery for the sole relief of symptoms. Quite often these men could only be reached through the
books they had written.

One of those wise and eccentric men was Dr. Henry Bieler who wrote a book (which I recommend to everyone)
called Food Is Your Best Medicine. Doctor Bieler’s form of rest and detoxification was an alkaline broth made
from fresh, non-starchy garden vegetables such as zucchini, cabbage, kale, lots of onions, lots of garlic, carrots,
celery, and herbal flavoring. Dr. Bieler recommended removing most of the fats from the well-cooked soup
with a spoon and pouring off the liquid—discarding the vegetable carcasses—and drinking only the mineral-
rich liquid broth. He also used a cake of Baker’s yeast in the broth—added after cooking to ensure that the
enzymes and B-vitamins were not denatured by heat. One should drink only the broth and eat no solid food for
a minimum of four days. For variety, and up until noon, one can drink freshly-made and filtered carrot/vegetable
juice, watered-down fruit juices (without sugar added), or apple cider.

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I was personally unable to produce real changes in my own physiology and weight control until I had practiced
the restraint of fasting on juices and water for 4 to 7 days at a time, gradually extending the periods of time until
I could go for 21 to 30 days without succumbing to the temptation for food. It was, without a doubt, one of the
hardest things I’ve ever done. My first seven day fast lasted for four and a half hours! I was determined, however,
to beat my “foodaholic” habit, but it took almost two years to do so.

Another detoxifying program that I often recommend came from studies of European “naturalists” who had been
using natural therapies before America was even born. The apple diet was—and still is—a classic detoxifier. Apple
pectin, malic acid, ascorbic acid, and vitamin C co-factors are all detoxifying elements of the lowly, inexpensive
apple. They are chelators of heavy metals, waste acids, and proteins, carrying them out of the body from the
cells, lymph, blood and finally into the intestinal tract where they are colloidally bound and eliminated. The
apple pectin is especially soothing to the intestinal tract, and the synergy of the apple ingredients establishes a
proper slightly acid pH which is soothing and regenerative to the colon.

The methodology is to eat apples in any way one likes them for a minimum of seven days … and longer times
can be even more effective. The apples can be raw, baked, or made into an unsweetened applesauce. They can
be accompanied by apple cider or apple juice watered down about 25% and drunk cold … or heated with added
cinnamon or ginger as flavoring for variety. That means three meals a day of apples! … and even snacks of dried
apples in between times.

Other instructors in the natural healing field whom I knew personally and often invited to seminars were: Dr. Ken
Bernd; Dr. Bernard Jensen; Dr. John Ray Christopher; and Dr. William Donald Kelley. Others I learned from through
their seminars or books were: Dr. George Goodheart; Dr. John Diamond; Dr. Max Gerson; and a hundred of those
of lesser fame but equal educational importance. They all had minor variations of the same methodology … the
prime requisite of which was invariably some sort of rest and detoxification.

This second principle of change is to …


STOP POISONING YOURSELF WITH CHEMICALS!

The most toxic of food chemicals are the “excitotoxins” like monosodium glutamate and aspartame that overload
the cellular glutamate receptors resulting in cellular death, particularly of the neurons in the nervous system,
when calcium appears in the blood. The sites in the brain that have been reported to be damaged by excitotoxins
are the Purkinje neurons, the Hippocampal neurons, and the Hypothalamus.

Aspartic acid—which is 40% of Aspartame—does not cross the blood brain barrier, but is secreted into the
cerebrospinal fluid by the Choroid Plexus located in the ventricles of the brain. There, in the brain’s lower regions
and the upper end of the spinal cord is where Lou Gehrig’s, Parkinson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis damage is most
prominent.

Avoid all soft drinks with artificial sweeteners. 30 years ago, sugar was a problem. Today sugar is the preferred
sweetener over Aspartame, Nutrasweet and other artificial sweeteners. I use sugar with great restraint and then
use only molasses, maple syrup, raw cane syrup, brown or raw cane sugar, and honey.

This is not the end of the toxicity problem by any means, but all that I want to cover here as the substances
mentioned are so universally prevalent and such a daily, yet insidious, threat to long life and sound health.

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THE THIRD PRINCIPLE OF CHANGE…

… is to seek out a competent medical doctor or health practitioner (if you have a problem of longstanding
illness) who can organize a regimen specific to your body constitution, present condition, and capability to follow
it through. The most essential part of the road back to health is detoxification, and if the M.D., Naturopath,
Nutrition Consultant, Chiropractor, Osteopath, or anyone else proclaiming to be a “Health” practitioner does not
begin your program with some sort of a process that purifies your blood, liver, kidneys, or intestinal tract, you
are in the wrong place!

Just to familiarize you with these detoxification tools, they would include—but not be limited to—the
following:
1. Intravenous sodium ascorbate.
2. Intravenous calcium disodium EDTA (ethylene dimethyl tetra-acetic acid).
3. Oral formulas such as Dr. Garry Gordon’s Beyond Chelation Improved, Essential Daily Defense, or any of
his other numerous products designed to detoxify. (www.longevityplus.net)
4. Garlic extracts (both liquid and tablet) taken several times a day, regularly, every day as a permanent part
of any supplementation program.
5. A series of colonic irrigations or coffee enemas.
6. Ascorbic acid, calcium ascorbate, or sodium ascorbate (depending upon the body’s prevailing pH) taken
in quantities of at least 6g a day … 10-20grams when injured or under stress.
7. Zeolites for toxic mineral chelation and removal.
8. Malic acid (as in apple cider vinegar) several tablespoons a day as a systemic heavy metal chelater and pH
balancer.
9. Selenium to bind mercury (binding it is as effective as removing it) until it can be chelated and carried
away as dead cells are metabolized.
10. Juice fasting and apple diets as mentioned previously.
11. Herbal blood, liver, kidney, and colon purifiers.

THE FOURTH PRINCIPLE OF CHANGE …

… is to begin eating intelligently and intuitively those foods that produce health instead of disease. Most
important on this list are foods that contain unadulterated vitamins, and the best source of vitamins are
uncooked, unprocessed, preferably organic fruits and vegetables. 50% of the diet should be fresh, uncooked
foods that don’t come out of a box, a plastic bag (except fresh vegetables), or a can. An entire bottle of vitamin
tablets cannot equal the clinical effectiveness of a daily diet as specified above. Minerals, however, will invariably
need supplementation due to poor soils, processed foods, overcooked foods, or chemically removed minerals
such as occurs in table salt.

This is not to say that all of us should be vegetarians. Some of us can survive very well on a vegetarian diet; others
cannot survive at all without animal protein. This is because some of us have inherited unusual genetic patterns.
There are regions of the Earth where for hundreds of years the only dominant foods available have been fish,
fowl, or animal flash. The human body does not genetically mutate from survival under those conditions to
radically different diets in one or even ten lifetimes, and no small percentage of us have our genetic origin in
ancient history in cold northern climates.

By the time one reaches maturity—and providing there is at least some level of intuitive development—one
can visualize on the mind’s “screen” any particular food in order to derive some sort of intuitive response as to
whether it is desirable are not. This can (and should) be done throughout the day whenever there is a desire
for food, and the effectiveness of this particular methodology can be further reinforced by being aware of how
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foods affect one’s energy level as a result. If ice cream or chocolate keep coming up on your “screen”, I’d suggest
that you get your advice from your mind rather than your intuition!

If the above methods of dietary choice do not seem to work for you, there are other alternatives. Should you
prefer to get your mind into the act, the diet recommendations I prefer are referred to under the heading of THE
SCIENCE OF METABOLIC TYPING, a system devised by Dr. Harold Kristal, DDS, which can be looked into at www.
bloodph.com.

As we age beyond 30 and responsibilities increase the amount of stress in our life, it becomes more and more
important to utilize intelligent choice over habit, choose quality over quantity, and restraint over indulgence. In
addition, I find that we digest our foods better the more we put single foods or simple combinations of food into
the stomach at a time. Different foods—for example fresh fruits and animal proteins— require entirely different
types of digestive enzymes and processing times in the stomach before they can be passed on to the next phase
of digestion. Intelligent choice over habitual repetition is a major factor of change, and intelligent choice will
change from day to day, week to week, and year to year.

If your progress is preceded by your belly rather than your belt buckle, you’ve been eating far too much food for
far too long. There’s more than a little research to show that small amounts of high quality food lead to long life
and abundant health.

CHAPTER 5.

INTELLIGENT CHOICE

SALT

Salt seems to be the subject of considerable controversy in the present day and age and proves to be so because
of the number of difficult-to-determine variables. First of all, there is the Body Constitution … which is to say
the molecular integrity of the individual cell and the entire physical structure. A strong body constitution retains
minerals, regenerates enzymes, stores and metabolizes nutrients for energy, and eliminates metabolic and
digestive waste products far more efficiently than the weaker body constitution. Herein lies the explanation as
to why “Uncle Harry” was able to drink a quart of whiskey a day, eat like a hungry horse, smoke two packs of
cigarettes a day, and never have a day of sickness until he drops dead at the age of 90! It doesn’t seem fair, but
then, “fair” doesn’t seem to be what it’s all about on planet Earth!

The word “salary” originated in Roman times as Roman soldiers were paid with salt as well as grains. Salt was a
barterable commodity anywhere in the empire and beyond, but salt in those days was quite different than it is
today. Some clever but less than magnanimous genius figured out they could make more money for themselves
by giving people the taste of salt without the nourishment. As a result, what passes for “salt” today is pure
sodium chloride with all the other nutrients beneficial to human digestion—and particularly for optimal liver
function—removed. Calcium chloride, for example, is removed from the original ocean source or mined salt and
sold for a very high price for spraying on dirt roads to keep down dust and retain moisture. Removed and sold
separately also is the potassium chloride, magnesium chloride, and the many other elements found naturally in
salt from the sea or mined underground in ancient seabed deposits which are also essential and synergistic to
human health.

As though that were not bad enough, iodine in minute inorganic quantities is added thus turning the sodium
chloride red so that it has to be bleached to turn it back to white. Drying agents (such as aluminum) are then
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added so the salt will “pour”… and even sweeteners are added. Even the label “Sea Salt” is misleading … a partial
truth based on the idea that the salt originally came from the sea before processing. Always look for a label that
lists the ingredients. If sodium chloride is the only ingredient, look elsewhere.

I personally use sea salt that is air and sun dried, and packaged (without any processing) as large granules that
retain their moisture. It requires a mechanical grinder much like a pepper grinder, but one needs far less for
an exceptional gourmet flavor. Even this salt, however, is very high in sodium chloride content and should be
used sparingly unless one is perspiring heavily as an athlete or laborer. A second alternative is a pure vegetable-
derived “salt” such as Veggie-Sal. Keep in mind that all Sea Salt and vegetable salt is very low in Iodine, and one
of the most important synergistic minerals in the human diet is Iodine.

Recent news from The Hindu newspaper in New Delhi, India, brings news of still another recent salt innovation.
Here’s an excerpt from the news release:
New Delhi, May 18, 2003. Researchers at the Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute at
Bhavnagar in Gujarat have produced salt from a vegetable plant.

“This is the first time salt has been produced from a vegetable source and we have filed an
international patent,” says Pushpito Ghosh, Director of the CSMCRI, an institute under the Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research told PTI. Named “saloni”, it contains several important nutrients
not normally found in sea salt. While sea-salt is predominantly sodium chloride (NaCl), the vegetable
salt contains salts of potassium, calcium, magnesium and also some micronutrients like iron as well. 

Apart from being of vegetable origin its production process does not involve use of any chemicals, it
is claimed and the salt is naturally free-flowing without the requirement for any additive. 
As a final note, no successful beef cattle farmer fails to make a salt block available at all times for his stock. The
block is made up of a high concentration of essential and trace minerals provided to supplement even well-
fertilized fields of grass. The cattle instinctively know when they need more minerals and a few licks fill the need.
Humans also need sodium and other chlorides for proper liver function.

FOOD SOURCE VITAMIN/MINERAL SUPPLEMENTS.


By far the best vitamin/mineral supplement is one derived from the low heat, vacuum-dried removal of nutrients
from organically-grown fruits and vegetables. These are known as “Concentrated Foods” and are as close to
the natural, living plant as possible at the present time. They are still no substitute for the whole, living fruit or
vegetable whose enzymes, coenzymes, and vitamins can be adversely affected by exposure to air and light when
dried or processed in any way, but they are an essential part of any “Intelligent Choice” health-regenerating and
sustaining program.

Dr. Royal Lee, a dentist turned nutrition researcher in the early 1930’s, was the first to recognize the importance
of concentrated foods in the American diet. He was the founder of Standard Process Laboratories, a company
which still today makes the finest of concentrated food supplements for sale by health practitioners in North
America. It was he who discovered that 2mg of a naturally-derived vitamin C complex could cure Scurvy where
ascorbic acid would not do so. We’ll go into this in more detail in the next chapter.

Of the concentrated food supplements available to the public at large through health food stores and other retail
outlets, I personally prefer those manufactured and distributed by Garden Of Life. In particular I recommend,
and use for myself on a daily basis, the product called Perfect Food. Each serving yields 140g of dried fresh grass
juice from cereal grasses such as wheat, barley, oats, and alfalfa … as well as Spirulina, Chlorella, kelp, and other
sea vegetables. I also use—and recommend—Garden of Life’s colon health pro-biotic called Primal Defense …
designed to provide a proper balance for colon bacteria.

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IODINE
It has been my experience that the minimum daily requirement for iodine is way below that required for
optimum health, particularly in cases where there is prolonged or severe stress. Dr. Max Gerson, who worked
with terminally ill cancer patients for over 30 years and who summed up his 30 years of experience in his book A
Cancer Therapy, Results Of 50 Cases, found the Thyroid gland’s function to be universally almost totally exhausted
in cases of serious degenerative disease with the result that his first action was invariably to administer three
drops of Lugol’s Solution of Iodine six times a day in order to restore the body’s basal metabolism rate … which
he was able to do within three weeks in most cases. This would work out to roughly 50 times the RDA since he
diluted the Lugol’s solution by half.

Iodine is a two-edged sword in that it can be as harmful as it is helpful. Too much iodine over too long a
period can suppress thyroid function; too little iodine can cause goiter (enlarged thyroid) and throw the entire
endocrine system out of balance. It takes courage to use, and a certain amount of awareness of physical body
changes. The tests outlined below can help considerably. If in doubt, consult a health practitioner and ask for
help in monitoring thyroid and iodine balance. If he or she doesn’t know how to do that, find another health
practitioner. It’s that important!

In my studies of the psychic Edgar Casey’s 40,000 psychic readings, there were several (two) statements he made
that have stayed in my mind over the past 30 years. He said: “The body can synthesize its needs out of four basic
elements: potash, soda ash, fatty acids, and iodine.” I find this at first quite troubling, especially knowing how
valuable enzymes and vitamins in their natural state are for optimized health. Upon contemplation, however, I
can accept his statement as probable rather than possible based on the very broad variation between minimum
and optimized health. If a single enzyme can speed up a chemical process by as much as a million times—which
it does—and vitamins are simply “synergists” (wherein the total is greater than the sum of the parts) I can
begin to see an explanation as to why the physical body survives as well it does under the adverse conditions of
ignorance, lack of self discipline, lack of willpower, lack of nutrients, chemical poisoning, overheating, chemical
processing, and all of the other negative influences hindering optimal physical health. It would seem to me, even
knowing as little as I do about biochemistry, that the iodine in the above the equation is the real synergizer …
even in such small quantities as is the minimum daily requirement.

My personal experience has been that the use of iodine is essential in cases both of overactive as well as
underactive thyroid conditions. I take six times the minimum daily requirement for iodine as a nutrient food
for the thyroid and the numerous other cells and body organs which require iodine for daily health. Since we
are unable to acquire Lugol’s solution of Iodine here in America (except through veterinarians for use with
animals … or whatever other excuse works!) I have relied on a very non-toxic iodine tri-chloride product known
as Atomidine, available from The Heritage Store in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I take one drop a day which is
approximately six times the minimum daily requirement (0.225mg) of iodine and have done so for 25 years
with no adverse effects. The only time I have had health problems was when I stopped taking Atomidine for a
period of time five years ago, but that will not happen again! If I have been exposed to flu or virus or feel such a
condition is imminent, or if I have been under severe stress or injured, I will increase my iodine dose to 6 drops
a day for as long as a week or ten days; then revert to a single drop a day.
Prior to the development of antibiotics, Lugol’s Solution Of Iodine and other remedies like Atomidine were
used regularly with highly effective results by medical doctors for all manner of bacterial, microbial, and viral
infections. In 1933 a survey questionnaire was sent by Schieffelin and Company, a wholesale drug company
started in 1794, to several thousand physicians and dentists who had tested Atomidine clinically. The 1241 re­
sponses received were classified as follows:

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Cases Favorable Negative
PHYSICIANS REPORT Decided Results Results
Gastrointestinal disorders 540 494 46
High blood pressure 1029 978 51
Acute infections 515 483 32
Throat infections 1155 1122 33
Diseases of urinary tract 691 614 77
Iodine deficiency diseases 583 558 25
Asthenic conditions 231 140 91
Topical applications 1369 1332 37
Syphilis 3 3
Influenza 53 53
Bronchitis 15 15
Rheumatoid arthritis 1 1
Pneumonia 2 2
Malaria 2 2
Goitre 2 2
Pleurisy 1 1
DENTISTS REPORT
Pyorrhea 2296 2145 151
Vincent’s angina 884 821 63
Dental post-operative cases 8787 8714 73
Gingivitis (sore gum) 26 26
Antrum 1 1

Total 18,186 17,507 679


(96% (4%)

It is apparent that of a total of 18,186 cases with decisive results (in 2,188 additional cases, results were
undecided) from treatment with Atomidine, 96% of the reports received were favorable and 4% unfavorable.
Granted these were not “double blind/placebo-balanced” research reports, but the numbers alone should speak
for themselves … and with no serious side-effects!

Dr. Gerson, in his book, A Cancer Therapy, has these additional words to say about Lugol’s Solution of Iodine:

“Another characteristic feature of the treatment (of terminally ill Cancer patients) is the liberal use of iodine
in the inorganic form of Lugol’s Solution and the organic form of thyroid. Both are strong restorers of electrical
potentials and cell activity. The thyroid gland stores only 20% of all the body’s iodine content. The rest of the
body’s iodine is contained in the skeletal muscles, the liver, and central nervous system, but it is also relatively
highly concentrated in the pituitary gland and in the ovaries. The thyroid gland takes up about 80 times more
iodine than does any other tissue.”

Table salt may provide us with small amounts of iodine, but natural sea salt is even lower in its iodine content
thus necessitating some other form of supplement. Other factors as well influence our retention of iodine. Iodine
is classified as a “halogen” on the chart of atomic weights. Halogens are only one step removed from the inert
elements such as gases because they have one electron missing from their outer shell which fact makes them
inert and inactive. However, it also makes them quite volatile and readily reactive. Other halogens are fluorine
(atomic weight 18.99), chlorine (atomic weight 35.45), and bromine (atomic weight 79.90), and, finally, iodine
whose atomic weight is 126.70.

Halogen reactivity means that iodine is easily replaced by bromine, bromine easily replaced by chlorine, and
chlorine easily replaced by fluorine. Iodine, then, is easily replaced in the body by bromine, chlorine and/or
fluorine. Chlorine may be fine for water purification, but it certainly is not fine for the human body if for no
other reason than the fact that it replaces iodine … which, in the vast majority of people, is in very short supply
throughout life.

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In his book, Folk Medicine, by Dr. D.C. Jarvis, M.D., Dr. Jarvis is quick to recommend folk remedies that have been
used effectively as home remedies for hundreds of years. Chief among them are Lugol’s Solution of Iodine and
apple cider vinegar … as well as drinking pure, unchlorinated, unfluoridated water. Though his book was written
over 50 years ago, his advice is even more appropriate for today’s world. Here is one of his comments about
iodine:

“Supposing you … find that during some weeks the pressures of your private and your business life
are causing you to lose the ability to bounce back. Then you should add a drop of Lugol’s Solution of
Iodine to your glass of apple or grape juice at breakfast, or you may take it in the mixture of apple
cider vinegar (2 Tbspns.) and water. The point is that the potassium in the solution (Lugol’s is 5%
Potassium-Iodide) blocks off the body mechanism that organizes for aggressive action, releasing its
hold on the body when the opportunity for rest and relaxation arises. The iodine swings into action
in the building up and storing of body reserves. When working under pressure, include the Lugol’s
Solution each day until the period of pressure passes. If it should happen that your body becomes
saturated with iodine, you will find that there is an increase of moisture in the nose. If this occurs,
omit the iodine until the nose is normal.”

Another way of testing for iodine sufficiency is by painting an area of skin with Tincture of Iodine. It should
take between 18 to 24 hours or more for the body to absorb the red or orange iodine stain if the person has an
adequate reserve of iodine. If the iodine patch absorbs more quickly, the likelihood is the person being tested
needs additional iodine. Tincture of Iodine is nontoxic when absorbed through the skin, but do not take Tincture
of Iodine internally.

Wikipedia encyclopedia suggests a similar test using Lugol’s solution: “Painting the soles of the feet with (a patch
of) Lugol’s before retiring for the night allows the body to absorb what it needs from the soles. If, upon waking,
the Lugol’s is gone it means that the body has taken what it needs and needs more. Painting is done on a nightly
basis and, as treatment progresses, the need for the solution diminishes because the body has rebuilt its stores
and thus absorbed less and less over each 24-hour period until none is being absorbed at all.”

Iodine is one item of dietary supplementation that is absolutely essential to sound, balanced health.

NUTS AND SEEDS


In my opinion (and there’s plenty of research to support it) there are few foods on the earth with as much nutrition
and energy, and as few side effects, as some nuts and seeds … notably: almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds,
sesame seeds, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, and the lowly peanut which is, in fact, not a nut at all, but a legume.
Not only do all the nuts and seeds mentioned contain the eight essential amino acids for proper manufacture
of the body’s many proteins, but they also contain a complete complement of vitamin complexes including
minerals, enzymes, co-enzymes, fatty acids, and their associated synergistic nutrients such as bioflavonoids,
antioxidants, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, and numerous other active ingredients like flavoproteins which
allow oxygen-based energy production to occur … to name just a few ingredients.

Raw, unheated, unroasted nuts and seeds contain Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Vitamin
F, enzymes that have not been denatured by heat … all in their natural synergistic form. They are best eaten with
their brown skins intact. Says Jeffrey Blumberg, Ph.D., senior scientist and director of the Antioxidants Research
Laboratory at Tufts University:

“We have identified a unique combination of Flavonoids in almonds. Blood tests demonstrated that
eating almonds with their brown skins intact significantly increases both Flavonoids and vitamin E in
the body. This could have significant health implications, especially as people age.”

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Blumberg’s team tested the effects of almond skin flavonoids alone, and then in combination with the vitamin
E found in almond meat, on blood samples containing LDL cholesterol. While almond skin flavonoids alone
enhanced LDL’s resistance to oxidation by 18%, when almond meat’s vitamin E was added, LDL’s resistance to
oxidation was extended by 52.5%!

Bioflavonoids are essential factors of the vitamin C complex which affect the synthesis of collagen … a substance
which is used by nearly every tissue in the body. Cardiovascular disease has been shown by Linus Pauling and
Matthias Rath to be directly related to improper collagen synthesis in the highly stressed heart arteries, a
condition which bioflavonoids remedy. Five large human epidemiological studies all found that nut consumption
is linked to a lower risk of heart disease. Among those studies were the Nurses’ Health Study; the Iowa Health
Study; the Adventist Health Study; and the Physicians Health Study.

Ounce for ounce, almonds are one of the most nutritionally dense nuts. As well as providing an array of powerful
flavonoids, almonds are among the richest sources of vitamin E in the diet. A one-ounce, 164-calorie serving of
almonds—about a handful—is also a very good source of vitamin E and manganese, a good source of magnesium,
copper, vitamin B2, and phosphorous, delivering heart-healthy monounsaturated fat and other nutrients as
well.

The well-known psychic Edgar Casey—whose 40,000 or more recorded psychic readings over a 40-year period
proclaim carefully researched integrity few psychics can match— stated numerous times that four almonds a day
would keep cancer away. That was 50 years ago, and the toxic nature of earth’s environment and body influences
has changed dramatically since then, but the principle is quite heartening.

Sunflower seeds are also high in vitamin E and play an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease.
A quarter of a cup of sunflower seeds contains 91% of the daily requirement for vitamin E … and this in its natural,
unchemically modified, unheated state. Nuts and seeds are classified as highly concentrated foods. Whole trees
and plants form themselves from the seeds’ nutrients and DNA. Roast an almond at a temperature higher than
the sun’s heat and it will not produce an almond tree!

Sunflower seeds contain phytosterols which are compounds having a chemical structure very similar to cholesterol,
but are believed to reduce blood levels of cholesterol and enhance the immune response. Phytosterol beneficial
effects are so dramatic that they have been extracted from soybeans, corn, and pine tree oil to be added to
processed foods such as butter replacement spreads which are then touted as cholesterol-lowering foods. The
Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry published research on phytosterols present in nuts and seeds, finding
them high in sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and pistachios.

Sunflower seeds are also a good source of selenium, a trace mineral which binds mercury and nullifies its effects.
Selenium has been shown to induce DNA repair and synthesis in damaged cells, to inhibit the proliferation of
cancer cells, and to aid in the self-destruction sequence the body uses to eliminate worn out or abnormal cells.
Additionally selenium is a co-factor with glutathione peroxidase … one of the body’s most powerful antioxidant
enzymes used in the liver to reduce a wide range of potentially harmful free-radical molecules.

Walnuts have often been thought of as a “brain food,” not only because of the wrinkled brain-like appearance
of their interior meat, but because of their high concentration of omega-3 fats. The human brain is more than
60% structural fat. For the brain cells to function properly, this structural fat needs to be primarily the omega-
3 fats found in walnuts and other nuts and seeds (particularly flax seed), and cold-water fish. This is because
the membranes of all our cells, including our brain cells or neurons, are primarily composed of fatty acids. Cell
membranes are the gatekeepers of the cell. Anything that wants to get into or out of a cell must pass through the
cell’s outer membrane. Omega-3 fats, which are especially fluid and flexible, make this process a lot easier, thus
maximizing the cell’s ability to usher in nutrients while eliminating wastes—definitely a good idea, especially
when the cell in question is in your brain.
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Melatonin, a hormone produced by the pineal gland, has been discovered in walnuts in natural, bio-available
form. Melatonin has been found to be effective for those who have difficulty getting to sleep that night. It is
particularly effective for those of us who have reached an elderly age wherein the natural supply of melatonin
from the pineal gland has diminished.

Sesame seeds contain the phytonutrients sesamin and sesamolin which have been shown to have a cholesterol-
lowering effect in humans as well as to help prevent high blood pressure. Sesamin has also been found to protect
the liver from oxidative damage.

In a study involving 40 patients with high cholesterol, daily consumption of 20g of ground flax seed was compared
to taking a statin drug. After 60 days, significantly reductions were seen in total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol,
triglycerides, and the ratio of total to HDL cholesterol in both groups. Those receiving flax seed did just as well as
those given statin drugs! … and with no side effects! Read the side effects of statin drugs for a real eye-opener!

Ground flax seed meal is one of the most wonderful high fiber foods for the intestinal tract … particularly the
colon. A single teaspoon of flax seeds, ground in a small coffee grinder daily and sprinkled over a salad or
vegetables, will improve the quality of bowel function beyond measure.

Doctor Bernard Jensen used to teach us that the most nutritious substances on the earth were the small seeds …
the smaller the more nutritious. That puts sesame seeds, flax seeds, alfalfa seeds, mustard seeds and chia seeds
high on the list for optimum human nutrition. Too bad the captains of the old-time square-rigged sailing ships
didn’t know about these small seeds which can be stored indefinitely and which could have been sprouted as
fresh greens on a daily basis as food for the ship’s crew. Had they known, they would never have lost so many
thousands of men to the vitamin C deficiency disease called Scurvy. Sprouting these seeds in fresh water has the
magical effect of producing abundant vitamin C complex … the true vitamin C that cures Scurvy due to the fact
that bioflavonoids are an inseparable part of the C complex.

There is an interesting reference to the power of seeds in the Biblical story of how Daniel, when offered the
meat and wine of King Nabuchodonosor while in prison, instead requested that “Pulse be given us to eat, and
water to drink.” The Eunuch placed in their charge was fearful that Daniel might look lean and unhealthy when
presented to the King, and that he might have to pay for this consideration with his life. Daniel requested a
trial period wherein they would eat nothing but pulse and water. At the end of the trial, their countenances
were more radiant and healthier than the children who ate the Kings fare. When finally brought before King
Nabuchodonosor, the Biblical record tells us:

“And when the King had spoken to them, there were not found among them all such as Daniel,
Ananias, Misael, and Azarius. And they stood in the King’s presence and in all matters of wisdom and
understanding that the King enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the diviners
and wise men that were in all his kingdom.”

Just exactly what was this thing called “pulse”? The dictionary tells us that pulse, among other things, refers to
the edible seeds of certain pod-bearing plants such as peas and beans. Though the tiny little seeds have some
food value in and of themselves, they have ten times the value when soaked in water and sprouted. I would
venture a wild guess that Daniel’s seeds were sprouted or the fact that he was given water as well as pulse would
never have been mentioned. Ever tried eating an alfalfa seed or the seed of a pod-producing plant? You’d have
better luck with a mouthfull of sand.

As for peanuts … well … what would childhood in North America be like without peanut butter? There are many
claims about the origin of peanut butter. Africans ground peanuts into stews as early as the 15th century. The
Chinese have crushed peanuts into creamy sauces for centuries. Civil War soldiers dined on “peanut porridge”.
These uses, however, bore little resemblance to peanut butter as we know it today.

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Peanuts, being a legume and not a nut, have a very mushy and unpleasant taste unless roasted. This high heat
does not do great things for the oils, fatty acids, and enzymes of the peanut, but it is still a highly nutritious and
energy-producing food for the active, growing youth. To further bastardize natural peanut butter made from
ground, roasted peanuts, the dollar-wise, health-inconsiderate food companies have “hydrogenized” peanut
butter to give it a longer shelf life … and subsequently made it more difficult to digest. As though that were not
enough, they’ve added sugar so as to increase the risk of diabetes in later life. Purchase only ground, roasted
peanuts in their natural state from your local health food store or market. You may have to stir the nut butter
occasionally to keep the oils from separating, or else keep the nut butter in the refrigerator for longer shelf life,
but the quality achieved is well worth the extra effort. For those who older and more sedentary, the fat in the
peanut will quickly turn to fat on the body! Use peanuts with one eye to the mirror.

Pumpkin seeds, like peanuts, carry all the nutritional value that nuts do. Though zinc is one of the characteristic
minerals of a pumpkin seed, there is more than a little controversy as to how effective it is for prostate
problems. There seems to be some evidence that a concentrated extract made from pumpkin seed oil can
positively effect Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, the triggering of prostate cell multiplication by testosterone and
DHT (dihydrotestosterone; a biologically active metabolite of the hormone testosterone), but there’s no telling
how many pumpkin seeds it would take to equal the effect of the extract. One would be better advised to try
concentrated extracts of herbs like Tribulus terrestris, Nettle root, Saw Palmetto, or Crataeva or a complex of all
together.
CARNIVORE OR VEGETARIAN

As I mentioned earlier, there don’t seem to be any rules regarding the eating of fish, fowl, or animal flesh. It’s
a very well established fact that nobody gets out of here alive … all living things included! How long we stay;
how we live; and how we die often seem quite beyond our conscious control and beyond moral and ethical
considerations. It seems morally a very “right” thing to not kill animals for food, but then we still have to kill
plants. Survival on planet earth seems to leave us no other choice than to kill to live, and that is in keeping with
the “dual” nature of all things.

I find it very interesting—and quite instructional as well—to realize that we are not designed to be strictly
carnivorous any more than we are designed to be strictly herbivorous. We are omnivorous … a fact which gives
us a much greater freedom and “latitude”. We are perfectly capable of living a predominantly carnivorous diet
in the northern climates where plants are not available for a large portion of the year. One could ascribe this
characteristic to “evolution”, but I am only a subscriber to the illusion of evolution … not the fact. I subscribe
instead to a more spiritual perspective of the miraculous—even mystical—adaptability of living organisms in
conjunction with a Creator whose consciousness is so vast that It hides itself within Its own creations.

One must assume—and all evidence suggests—that it took a long period of “time” for the human body to adapt
to a predominantly carnivorous diet. Similarly, it would take more than a few generations for any genetic pattern
to adapt to a totally new way of sustenance. We are faced with such an enigma today with the inter-mixture
of genetic patterns from all climatic regions of the world … and with the expectation to move immediately into
entirely new conditions without adverse reactions. The prevalence of degenerative disease is, to me, due in no
small part to our inability to adapt to new circumstances within a few generations.

I speak here of several things: our propensity for living primarily on cooked food for one; our programming from
childhood for animal, fish, and fowl protein for another; the impulse to consume large amounts of processed
and sweetened carbohydrates; and the prevalence of chemical preservatives, taste enhancers, coloring agents,
highly-heated oils, and lifeless foods in our daily diet. The transition can be made, but it must be done with no
small amount of intelligent choice and restraint. The art of living a long and healthy life today is a matter of how
well the details are recognized and observed, and how well the structure of life is understood.

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Highly-heated, fat-fried foods clog the millions of tiny little “fingers” extending out from the surface of the
intestinal tract (the intestinal “villi”) thus inhibiting absorption and producing nutritional deficiency. Fats, as
they occur naturally in nature, carry their own emulsifying agents within them, but high heat destroys these
emulsifiers and radically alters the molecular structure of the natural oils. Intelligent choice means avoidance of
these substances and/or daily supplementation with unheated, cold-processed oils like virgin olive oil. Processing
and cooking foods denatures the enzymes or destroys them completely. Intelligent choice means supplementing
cooked food with foods that are tree-ripened and completely untampered with.

When cooking beef, sear the meat at high heat, but leave the middle raw or barely cooked. Cook pork thoroughly.
Because of the way chickens are raised nowadays, their flesh is very high in coliform bacteria. Cook chicken
thoroughly, but eat it sparingly. Free-range chickens and their eggs are infinitely better, and worth whatever price
they bring. The flesh of most fish needs very little cooking and very little heat … the less the better. I personally
prefer to pay more for fish that is not farmed, and animals that are not raised with antibiotics, hormones, and in
toxic commercial feedlots.

Similarly, the shorter period of time vegetables are cooked, and the less water used (steaming being the best
method) the more vitamin, enzyme and mineral content is retained. Keep in mind that beans, corn and rice are
excellent sources of protein as are the nuts and seeds mentioned. Low-fat or no-fat yogurt is an excellent source
of protein, and all vegetables and fruits contain protein—obviously—or how would our vegetarian primate
friends, whose bodies are very similar to ours, survive.

GRAINS

In actuality, grains such as rye, wheat, barley, oats, millet, and rice are really nothing more than seeds with an
inedible structure in their natural state. The epidermis or outer covering of the seed is very hard necessitating
either soaking in water for five or six hours or cooking in water to soften the epidermis and break down the
interior starch. Grains have been a basic staple for human cultures for thousands of years and it’s interesting
to note that that those cultures which have been predominately nourished by grains seem to have been more
“advanced” or progressive than those who have used corn as a basic staple of nourishment. A major portion
of the nourishment of these seeds/grains lie within or just inside this hard outer covering which is commonly
removed in processing, thus depriving the user of much of the vitamin and high-fiber values inherent in the
whole seed/grain. This hard outer shell protects the inner seed from oxidation and does so for thousands of
years. Grain seeds from the days of the Egyptian pharaohs have been sprouted in our present times.

Rye, wheat, barley, oats, and millet are considered “cereal” grains and an excellent high-energy food. They can
be cooked in their hard, natural state at medium heat until the starch is broken down without seriously affecting
the vitamin, mineral, protein, and energy-producing states. Certain of the more heat-labile enzymes, however,
will be denatured by the heat and must be compensated for by the intake of other uncooked foods. The most
nourishing of the rice grains is wild rice where the outer shell is left intact; it just takes a little longer to cook than
the brown or white rice where the outer shell has been removed. A major portion of the earth’s population uses
rice as a basic staple of their diet … and the least-healthy, processed white rice at that!

Oatmeal is a very nourishing cereal prepared as a cooked porridge for a winter food, or as a granola or muesli for
Spring, Summer, and Fall. Multi-grain cereals such as was the Red River cereal of my childhood should be cooked
in a double broiler at medium heat so as to minimize the nutritional damage yet long enough to break down the
starch. Whole flax seeds should be added to any of the above cooked cereals for its nourishing and mucilagenous
value to the intestinal tract. Add a small amount of sea salt during cooking and sweeten with molasses or brown
sugar. Great food for all ages.

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BREAD

One final, but very important item: bread. What has passed for bread in the past ten years is really a very poor
excuse for food. One might as well create a sandwich out of two paper napkins. A gentleman I knew in northern
California delivered bakery items for a living and thought it would be a good idea to feed his pigs the bread he
had to replace due to outdated shelf life. The pigs ate the bread hungrily for a year or so … and then began to
die mysteriously. He took one of his prize old sows to the University of California Animal Research Center to find
out why. The results came back that his pigs had died from the preservatives, chemicals, and lifeless nutrients
in the bread.

The European cultures have been around long enough to know the importance of bread as a basic staple of
life. In particular, the Scandinavians and Germans know how to make bread that is sound, nutritious food. They
use as little wheat as possible and the wheat they do use is not genetically mutated by some seed company for
financial gain. Rye is considered one of their primary, health-building nutrients. Doctor Bernard Jensen used to
teach us a simple little saying that bears more truth than may be realized: “Wheat builds fat; Rye builds muscle”.
The Scandinavian and Germanic peoples are testaments to this truth.

Though wheat is invariably the first ingredient in any rye bread due to the essential requirement for there to be
gluten to “rise” the bread, the second ingredient should be sourdough rye and the third ingredient rye flour. The
wheat should be whole, unbleached wheat flour. The bread will be heavy because it is nutrient-rich … not light
because it’s full of air. Other breads such as multi-grain or twelve-grain breads also have high nutritive value.
All brands mentioned above will have high fiber value … a factor which stimulates the intestinal wall muscles
to produce the peristaltic action essential for proper digestion and elimination. Fiber moves food through the
intestinal tract rapidly—an essential factor for those who are flesh eaters. All flesh is high in coliform bacteria,
the spores of which begin to multiply at body temperature after 24 hours. It is the coliform bacterial waste
products of indol, skatol, and guanidine that are extremely toxic and irritating to the colon … sound reason for
all food products to exit the body within 24 hours from ingestion.

CHAPTER 6.
A CRITICAL MISSING LINK

In my opinion there is a major error of misunderstanding in the health industry, the medical profession, the field
of biochemistry, and the chemical industry. It is an error of improper definition of a substance which has critical,
life-sustaining value to human health. That substance is ascorbic acid which has been improperly labeled as
vitamin C.

There is no proper standardized, scientifically-researched description of what constitutes a true vitamin as it occurs
in nature. The net result is that we have all kinds of descriptions—with accompanying research—of substances
that are portions of vitamins, but which fail to recognize the synergistic effects of all closely-associated nutrients
which constitute true vitamin complexes as produced in nature. Synergy, of course, is almost impossible to prove
“scientifically” but not at all difficult to prove “empirically” by observation and human experience. Furthermore,
substances which are a portion of any vitamin complex should be labeled with a different name than “vitamin”
so that the synergistic relationship is better understood and qualified.

Vitamin E, for example, is not d-alpha-tocopherol any more than fruit is an apple. An apple may be fruit, but
fruit is not limited to being an apple. Neither is vitamin E limited to being d-alpha-tocopherol. There are seven
additional forms of tocopherol discovered so far as part of the vitamin E complex, and as though that were not
enough, the effectiveness of vitamin E has been shown to be optimized or synergized only in the presence of “co-

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factors” such as selenium, co-enzyme Q-10, and vitamin C . New substances are being discovered all the time.
The point I’m trying to make here is that there is no substitute for nature … not yet anyway.

Vitamin B is a complex of eight water-soluble nutrients discovered so far. Not long ago it was considered to be
a single substance, but research has revealed that it coexists with other substances such as thiamine, riboflavin,
niacin, pantothenic acid, etc. which have also been labeled (incorrectly in my opinion) vitamin B1, B2, B-12, and
so on. Each substance has been found to have its own unique effect, but what is overlooked is the synergistic
and counter-balancing affect these substances have when combined together in their naturally-occurring,
unadulterated, unchemically-separated form … and that result is critically important to human life.

Vitamin D is manufactured naturally in the physical body through the skin’s exposure to sunlight as well as taken
in through certain foods. It plays a major role in regulating the amount of calcium and phosphorus in the blood,
in ensuring strong bones, and in the growth and replacement of skin cells. It has long been thought to be a single
substance, but now includes five categories: D1 – D5, and that again is only what’s been discovered to date.

As to vitamin C: ask any scientist, and most health practitioners as well, what vitamin C is and they will tell you
it is a single substance called ascorbic acid. Nothing could be further from the truth! … and your life may depend
upon that knowledge! Ascorbic acid is only one small part of the complex of nutrients, minerals, enzymes, co-
enzymes, flavonoids, and oxidizers that synergize real vitamin C in its natural, unadulterated, undivided state.
Vitamin C is no more a single substance than vitamin A, B, D or E.

It was the discoverer of ascorbic acid, Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, who mislabeled it vitamin C. He admits to the
fact that his pure ascorbic acid crystals, which he went to great expense and research to isolate, did not cure
“Scurvy” … the disease symptomology which results from a long-term absence of the vitamin C complex. Here
are his own words from his Nobel prize winning lecture where he was awarded the Nobel prize for his discovery
of what actually turned out to be ascorbic acid, the protective coating of the vitamin C complex, not vitamin C
as he thought.

“At the time that I had just detected the rich vitamin content of the paprika,I was
asked by a colleague of mine for pure vitamin C. This colleague himself suffered
from a serious haemorrhagic diathesis. Since I still did not have enough of this
crystalline substance at my disposal then, I sent him paprikas. My colleague was
cured. But later we tried in vain to obtain the same therapeutic effect with pure
vitamin C (author’s italics). Guided by my earlier studies into the peroxidase system,
I investigated with my friend St. Rusznyák and his collaborators Armentano and
Bentsáth the effect of the other link in the chain, the flavones. Certain members
of this group of substances, the flavanone hesperidin (Fig. 5) and the formerly
unknown eriodictyolglycoside, a mixture of which we had isolated from lemons
and named citrin, now had the same therapeutic effect as paprika itself. It is still
too early on in our experience for us to make any definitive statements. But it
does seem that these substances possess great biological activity. They influence
most obviously the capillary blood vessels, whose permeability and resistance
suffer gravely in many disease states. These dyes are able to restore the state
of affairs to normal, and to judge by the first experiences, it seems that these
substances will enrich the doctor’s inventory with a really useful new weapon
for him to fight illnesses with. Our experiments made it probable that certain
members of this group possess vitamin-like properties. For this reason I called
the substance vitamin P. Unfortunately these vitamin-like properties have not yet
been successfully demonstrated in a completely irreproachable and reproducible
fashion.”
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It was Dr. Royal Lee, a dentist and world famous nutrition researcher who further elaborated on the nature of
the naturally occurring vitamin C complex. Dr. Lee was a very unusual man, having numerous patents to his name
as an inventor, and being the founder of Standard Process Laboratories which still exists today as the premier
manufacturer of concentrated foods as life-giving natural food supplements. According to Dr. Lee’s research,
the vitamin C complex included what he called the “P” factors, better known as flavonoids such as hesperin,
hesperedin, eriodictyol, quercitin, and rutin which are essential to collagen production and maintenance for
nearly every tissue in the body. Additionally, Lee identified what he labeled as the “J” factor portion of the
vitamin C complex which influence the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood. He discovered the vital importance
of the enzyme tyrosinase, the major building block of which is organic copper, as a key synergizer of all vitamin
C functions.

Drs. Linus Pauling and Matthias Rath formulated a theory that cardiovascular disease is actually a pre-scorbutic
condition resulting from a long-standing lack of high quality vitamin C and I concur 100% with their finding. They
failed, however, to see the vital, synergistic nature of the vitamin C complex and instead did all their research
using only ascorbic acid. The major symptomology of any pre-scorbutic or scorbutic condition is inflammation
and infection. High doses of ascorbic acid have the effect of destroying viral and bacterial inflammation and
infection as does the amino acid lysine, a secondary part of their proposed cure. The application of high doses of
ascorbic acid and lysine may well eliminate the symptomology, but it does not restore the integrity of the arterial
wall. Science has recently discovered that the flavonoids are important in this regard, but I maintain that there
is no substitute for coronary artery integrity yet discovered that can equal the whole, natural, unadulterated
vitamin C complex which includes ascorbic acid, tyrosinase, flavonoids and all of its other factors so crucial to
human health.

The lack of vitamin C complex, and the resultant lack of a proper supply of collagen, affect first the areas of
greatest stress in the human body, and what area could be more constantly under stress than the arteries of
the heart. One of the first signs of this deficiency is capillary fragility and cracks in the main heart artery wall.
At the same time, capillary fragility shows up as epithelial (skin) tissues which bruise easily or which appear as
numerous tiny veins near the surface of the skin that are bright red with arterial blood or dark blue with veinous
blood. In seniors they are most prevalent in the lower leg and ankles.

In the absence of adequate collagen, cracks in the heart’s arterial wall call for repair with a second line of
defense which is a sticky type of cholesterol to cover up the damaged part of the wall. This sticky cholesterol
soon hardens, forming plaque and resulting in arterial blockages. Ascorbic acid does not remedy this problem
any more than lysine does, and I am not even certain that biologically isolated flavonoids alone will do a proper
job.

Another symptom of this lack of vitamin C complex presently available only through fresh fruits, green vegetables,
and sprouted seeds is swollen and/or bleeding gums … a well-established symptom of Scurvy in its acute stage.
Your dentist is constantly instructing you to floss your teeth to toughen up your gums instead of realizing the true
problem: vitamin C deficiency. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food And Life Yearbook way back in 1939
said this about the scorbutic condition:
“Even when there is not a single outward symptom of trouble, a person may be in a state of vitamin C
deficiency more dangerous than Scurvy itself. When such a condition is not detected and continues
uncorrected, the teeth and bones will be damaged, and what may be even more serious, the bloodstream
is weakened to the point where it can no longer resist or fight infections … a condition not so easily
cured as Scurvy.”

My personal experience, however, is that scorbutic conditions can be restored to proper levels of health when
the proper nutrients are applied. This can take from three months to three years depending upon the quality
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and quantity of nutrients, the stress factor of the collagen-related tissues, and the type of tissues involved. In my
opinion, there is no substitute yet devised that equals the vitamin C from fresh fruits and vegetables.

ASCORBIC ACID

This is not to say that ascorbic acid isn’t a very important substance by itself. Most animals have the capacity to
produce their own ascorbic acid through a genetically-enabled synthesis of glycogen, and they do so in massive
quantities when injured so as to ward off infection. Goats, for example, will produce up to 90,000mg of ascorbic
acid when injured.

Humans and guinea pigs have lost this genetic capability and thus their immune systems are deprived of ascorbic
acid’s tremendous anti-viral and anti-bacterial qualities unless it is supplemented in the diet. But let us not
forget that ascorbic acid alone will not cure Scurvy as to its collagen-related symptomology. It may temporarily
eliminate the pre-scorbutic symptoms of inflammation and infection, but it does not restore the collagen-related
tissue integrity.

Keeping the limitations of ascorbic acid as a single substance in mind, let’s examine how powerful a tool to
health and healing it really is. Current research as well as practical experience over the past 50 years indicate
that intravenous sodium ascorbate in large (20 – 50 gram) doses has chemotherapeutic results without the
tremendous destructive side-effects of modern chemotherapeutic drugs. Here’s an example of the recent
research:

Topic: CANCER - Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin C, Ascorbate


Title: Vitamin C in High IV Doses May Kill Cancer Cells
Reference: “Pharmacologic ascorbic acid concentrations selectively
kill cancer cells: action as a pro-drug to deliver hydrogen
peroxide to tissues.”
Chen Q, Espey MG, et al, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 2005;
102(38):13604-9.
Address: Molecular and Clinical Nutrition Section, National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Summary: In an in vitro study to test whether the ascorbate form of


Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) killed cancer cells selectively, results
suggest that ascorbate, in pharmacologic concentrations (achieved
only by intravenous administration), may kill cancer cells. 20mM of
ascorbate administered to 10 cancer and 4 normal human cell types,
killed 5 of the cancer lines and did not affect any of the normal
cells. Human lymphoma cells were studied in detail because of their
sensitivity to ascorbate. Cancer cell death was found to be mediated
by extracellular but not intracellular ascorbate, and found to be
absolutely dependent on the formation of hydrogen peroxide.
Additionally, cell death resulting from the separate addition of
Hydrogen peroxide to cells was found to be identical to that
resulting from the hydrogen peroxide generated by ascorbate. The
generation of hydrogen peroxide was found to be dependent on
ascorbate concentration, incubation time, and presence of 0.5 - 10%
serum. Notably, the ascorbate addition to blood generated no
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detectable hydrogen peroxide in the blood. Taken together, the
findings suggest that the infused ascorbate appears to diffuse
outside of the bloodstream, allowing reactions to generate hydrogen
peroxide, which may kill cancer cells. Thus, according to the
researchers, these findings give plausibility to intravenous
ascorbic acid in cancer treatment and suggest that it may be a pro-
drug for the formation of hydrogen peroxide.

Neither is this the end of the evidence for ascorbic acid’s effectiveness in healing acute and chronic conditions.
Back in 1948, Dr. Frederick Klenner utilized massive doses of ascorbic acid to cure polio cases when it was
thought that polio had no cure. He cured 60 out of 60 cases presented to him using 6 - 20g doses of intravenous
ascorbic acid. Despite writing numerous articles about his success in national medical trade publications, his
advice went almost totally unheeded. Convinced of the validity of his methods through the empirical results
produced, he began using ascorbic acid treatments for herpes simplex, and children with measles and chicken
pox. Dramatic results occurred giving 400mg per kilogram of body weight intravenously two to three times in a
24 hour period.

Dr. Klenner cured mononucleosis, urethritis, glaucoma, diphtheria, streptococcus, staphylococcus, snake poisons,
spider poisons, barbiturate poisoning, and monoxide poisoning using ascorbic acid alone. For more information
on Dr. Klenner’s methods and the technical details of vitamin C used intravenously I highly recommend the book
Vitamin C, Infectious Diseases, and Toxins: Curing The Incurable, by Thomas E. Levy, MD, JD.

IN SUMMARY

In summary then, when a product label says that vitamin C has been “added”, you can be sure that only the pure
ascorbic acid crystal has been added and that is not vitamin C in its natural state. It is very important to realize
that vitamin C in its natural state is quickly and easily denatured by exposure to light, exposure to air, exposure
to heat greater than that of sunlight, and by any effort to remove it from its naturally-occurring source. At this
point in time and space the only way to properly nourish the body with vitamin C is through the daily intake of
fruits and vegetables such as: parsley, which has roughly 170mg /100grams; strawberries, which have roughly
60mg /100 grams; oranges, lemons, limes, which have roughly 50mg /100 grams; cabbages and broccoli, which
have roughly 50 – 100 milligrams /100 grams; and nearly all other fresh fruits and vegetables.

For myself, I prefer ripe bananas and red grapes with seeds intact, eaten daily. Chewing the seeds means I
don’t have to pay large amounts of money to buy grape seed extract in order to get the proanthocyanadins,
bioflavonoids, and antioxidant values inherent in the seeds themselves in their natural, low-quantity, high-quality,
highly-effective state. Proanthocyanadins are one of the most potent free-radical scavengers known, and, in
addition, OPC’s (Oligomeric Proanthocyanadins) found in grape seeds may well be the critical anti-scorbutic
factor in the Vitamin C complex; the most critical factor in all arterial disease; and essential for dispelling all
collagen-related deficiencies. Purchasing genetically mutated fruits for their seedless value defeats one of their
primary functions in human nutrition.

Nuts and seeds have virtually no vitamin C until sprouted, but have very high levels of vitamin C immediately
after sprouting.

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CHAPTER 7.

NEW SCIENCE FOR OLD PROBLEMS

Proteolytic Enzymes
Along with Rhodiola rosea comes another modern-day discovery which dramatically affects physical body health.
This is the highly beneficial effect on the physical body of proteolytic enzymes.

Enzymes are proteins composed of amino acids arranged in chains that spontaneously fold into three-dimensional
structures. All enzymes are proteins, but not all proteins are enzymes. Enzymes are extremely important in
producing health because they are involved in nearly all metabolic and physiological processes in the body. No
vitamin, mineral, or hormone can exert its beneficial effects in the human body without the involvement of
enzymes. They are a key to the maintenance of a strong immune system, high cardiovascular integrity, central
nervous system integrity, and optimal hormonal balance. Enzymes are catalysts that can accelerate a biological
or chemical reaction by as much as a million times. They also initiate, maintain, and terminate biochemical
processes and are absolutely essential to the life of every cell in the body.

The body produces and regenerates its own supply of enzymes, primarily through the liver, as they are needed. The
enzymes, however, do become inactivated at rates faster than the body can replenish its supplies … particularly
through the consumption of highly heated and processed foods whose enzymes have been destroyed, and in
the neutralization of other toxins and foreign substances such as chemical drugs not compatible with the body’s
wide-ranging, closely-interrelated functions. With advancing years, the body gradually loses its ability to produce
sufficient amounts of enzymes to keep up with the body’s demands as imposed by metabolic attrition. This
insufficiency is one of the root causes of chronic and age-related diseases.

“Proteolytic” enzymes are enzymes whose specific purpose is to break down the peptide bonds between the
amino acids of protein. The process is called peptide cleavage and is especially applicable in balancing blood
coagulation as well as in catalyzing the 4000 or more chemical changes of the Kreb cycle of food digestion in
the intestinal tract. Proteolytic enzymes require a molecule of water to perform their tasks … which means
they are stabilized when completely dehydrated. This enables them, when properly processed, to be used in
supplementary form in the daily diet without their biological function being affected.

While, under normal physiological conditions, proteolytic enzymes maintain homeostasis in the healthy body,
they also break down aberrant proteins that may arise during various diseases and during conditions of reduced
metabolic function. Increased proteolytic activity (through supplementation) during periods of high stress or old
age depolarizes inflammatory debris, dissolves micro thrombi thus reducing edema (such as ankle and lower leg
swelling), and restores circulation in the tiny capillaries which become clogged with waste proteins. This also
reduces inflammation and allows regenerative healing action to occur more rapidly. Wounds and injuries heal
many times more rapidly with less scar tissue and less local trauma.

Numerous studies over the past 50 years of research show positive, health-producing results of proteolytic
enzymes in the following situations:
1. Bronchitis
2. Clearing out excess mucus.
3. Enabling better blood oxygenation.
4. The frequent elimination of allergic, asthmatic conditions completely.
5. Chelating plaque from arterial walls.
6. Effectively clearing up thrombosis and phlebitis conditions.

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7. In sports injuries such as strains, sprains, breaks, contusions, and concussion, there is an immediate
decrease in pain, reduction of edema, and noticeable improvement in healing.
8. They are very effective in cases of “leaky gut” syndrome and irritated colon conditions.
9. They are very effective for auto-immune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and allergies.
10. Most exciting is their “fibrinolytic” activity as conditioning agents to help prevent blood clotting.
11. Proteolytic enzymes are presently being researched by the U.S. FDA as adjuvant therapy for multiple
myeloma, which is cancer of the B cells in blood.
12. Dr. William Donald Kelly (author of One Answer To Cancer, a book which explains in detail the methods
he used in treating over 33,000 Cancer cases) used similar enzymes extensively in his Cancer treatment
practice.
13. They have been found to be essential in the treatment of pancreatitis because of their pancreatin
content.

Though many individuals down through the years have recognized the value of enzymes in human health, it
is a German company named MUCOS Pharma that has spent the most time, effort, and money on research to
develop their highly effective, now world-renowned product known as Wobenzym-N. Other companies try to
imitate the name and the product, but few can match the qualitative results. Note carefully the way the company
name and product name are spelled. MUCOS Pharma has been researching and developing this product for over
50 years and it is now used extensively by medical doctors and health practitioners on all the world’s continents.
I first heard about its use with European Olympic athletes who found their injuries incurred during competition
and workouts to be more rapidly healed, and with less pain and inflammation, than with any other product or
procedure.

Wobenzym-N contains the following ingredients:


• Pancreatin; extracted from porcine pancreas for its RNA/DNA and enzyme content.
• Papain which is an enzyme derived from Papaya.
• Bromelain; an enzyme derived from Pineapple.
• Trypsin, a proteolytic enzyme manufactured in the pancreas.
• Chymotrypsin, another proteolytic enzyme synthesized in the pancreas.
• Rutosid, which is a high-quality flavonoid extracted from the Japonica tree in China. It includes Rutin
and Quercetin, and is known for its ability to chelate excess iron from the body as well as to strengthen
capillary fragility.

As you can tell from the ingredients, taking Wobenzym-N as a daily supplement is intended to lighten the load
on the highly overworked organ, the pancreas. The pancreas is overworked due to the high intake of processed
carbohydrates, sugar, and alcohol which result in insulin resistance and degeneration into the plague of diabetes
so prevalent in our present day and age.

The product is not used as a “digestive” enzyme, but rather taken between meals on an empty stomach, in the
evening before bedtime, or first thing in the morning at least 45 minutes before breakfast. Its primary purpose is
that of “house cleaner” to break down excess undigested protein, cholesterol, and mucus in the intestinal tract
and in the body’s tissues. Quantities for adults range from a maintenance dose of two tablets taken three times
a day to as many as ten tablets taken three times a day in cases of serious degenerative disease.

“Digestive” enzymes differ slightly from this formula in that betaine hydrochloride extracted from beets is added
as an aide to stomach digestion. For those elderly persons who have an excess of gas after meals, digestive
enzymes taken immediately before or after a meal will usually resolve the problem. Taking digestive enzymes
may also prove to be unnecessary with the taking of proteolytic enzymes. There’s an interesting and enlightening
story that goes along with my discovery of the effectiveness of digestive enzymes during the time I worked as a
Naturopathic Physician.
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Using muscle-testing techniques that could pinpoint various nutritional deficiencies, I was invariably sending
people home with large quantities of vitamins and minerals to take for a three week period to remedy their
deficiencies. After treating several hundred people in this fashion, I began to notice certain patterns. The people
who required digestive enzymes also required a considerable number of vitamin and mineral supplements as
well. So as not to make their burden too heavy financially, I started them out on digestive enzymes alone. When
they came back three weeks later to be tested, they had no vitamin or mineral deficiencies at all! I quickly
discovered that in almost all situations, those who had a healthy diet only required periods of supplementation
with digestive enzymes in order to maintain a proper vitamin and mineral balance. Even those on very poor diets
fared much better with the use of digestive enzymes. This was rather troubling to me because I had heard so
much about depleted soils and the lack of minerals in our present-day foods. It didn’t seem that was the case at
all. What was even more troubling was what I discovered when I put people on a four-day cleansing fast. After
completing the fast, they had neither digestive, vitamin, nor mineral deficiencies … much to my financial chagrin!
This was one of my first lessons in the discovery of truth. Wealth is found at one pole … and Truth at the other!
How I managed to balance out the two is another story.

Chelation

Toxicity from heavy metal poisoning is a major concern in today’s world. Research has disclosed that we have
1000 times more lead in our bones than did our sixteenth century ancestors. For a short period of time in my
younger years I sold reverse osmosis water purifiers in the southwest portion of the United States. I was amazed
to discover that those areas served by domestic water systems which drew on Colorado River water as their
major source of supply carried quantities of dissolved solids amounting to between 2,000 and 4,000 parts per
million … this when the Environmental Protection Agency’s maximum recommended safe drinking water level
was 750 parts per million of dissolved solids! No one seemed to want to do anything about it. Major population
areas were affected: Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego and their surrounding areas included. Once a person
is aware of the problem, compensation is not difficult. When I first saw bottled water on the market I thought
the major soft drink distributors must be out of their minds. Was I ever wrong! When buying bottles or purified
water, be sure the amount of dissolved solids is published on the label, and below 500 parts per million … the
lower the better.

Selenium is well known and researched for its ability to neutralize mercury. The Chinese had an epidemic of
Keshan, a myocarditis (disease of the muscular part of the heart) that is fatal to children in which there was a
disturbed Glutathione (a protector of cells from oxidative injury). The Chinese realized that one of the key factors
involved in Glutathione interference was mercury. There was a major concern about what to do about it until
someone suggested sodium selenite (selenium) which is both cheap and without side effects. The results for
several hundred thousand children was a 98% reduction in the incidence of the disease.

Mercury can be 100% neutralized by taking 400 – 800 micrograms of selenium daily for adults. There are
documented cases of mercury workers with high brain levels of mercury who are functioning normally in Europe
when adequate selenium is introduced into their diet. Dr. Gerhart Schrauzer, PhD, of the University of California
at San Diego is past president of the international Society of Bio-organic Chemists. He dismisses our rantings
about the dangers of mercury poisoning saying that we simply do not understand basic bio-inorganic chemistry
… more specifically, the “chelation” part. He would move the recommended daily allowance for selenium to a
protective 600 micrograms a day for adults. It has to be taken for at least three weeks before the mercury in the
body is bound.

Selenium is also a powerful liver-oriented antioxidant and free radical scavenger. Selenium also helps tie up
cadmium and lead—the latter of which increases the toxicity of mercury—thus protecting the brain. If every
atom of mercury is tied to selenium, it is as though there is no mercury at all.
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Dr. Garry Gordon, the father of modern chelation therapy, has developed highly effective orally-administered
chelation products using calcium di-sodium EDTA. He calls them Essential Daily Defense and Beyond Chelation
Improved. A portion of Calcium EDTA is malic acid (which comes from apples and apple cider vinegar) and malic
acid is one of the few substances which chelates aluminum and removes it from the body. As to the effectiveness
of oral chelation using calcium EDTA, one study documented removal of 1,200 – 2,600mg of lead in just five days.
A compilation of literature over the past 50 years documents such an overwhelming consensus of the safety and
efficacy of oral chelation with EDTA that the Food and Drug Administration has approved it for the treatment
of lead poisoning. Excess free iron and cadmium are picked up and excreted as well. EDTA (ethylene dimethyl
tetraacetic acid) is basically ethylene plus 4 molecules of vinegar (acetic acid) and is so safe that it is legally added
to supermarket foods as an antioxidant preservative. Dr. Gordon recommends taking it on a daily basis … and
even bathing in it in cases of heavy toxicity.
Garlic is another important heavy metal chelater and health protecting nutrient due to the more than 100 sulfur
compounds it contains, especially allicin, which is responsible for garlic’s characteristic scent and flavor. Allicin
is formed when the garlic bulbs are crushed, chopped, or chewed. When aged garlic extract was combined with
red blood cells it prevented lead, mercury and aluminum from destroying them. When no aged garlic extract
was added to the blood samples, these heavy metals ruptured the red blood cells. Garlic is the only antibiotic
that can actually kill infecting bacteria and at the same time protect the body from the poisons that are causing
the infection. It is known that the most sensitive bacterium to garlic is the deadly Bacillus anthracis which
produces the poison anthrax. Even the forefather of antibiotic medicine Louis Pasteur acknowledged garlic to
be as effective as penicillin. Later studies showed similar activity to some modern antibiotics. Even the blood of
garlic eaters can kill bacteria, and it is also reported that the vapor from freshly cut garlic can kill bacteria at a
distance of 20 cms!

Garlic also contains small amounts of selenium, and is rich in potassium, zinc, and vitamin A. When eaten as
the fresh uncooked clove it is high in the vitamin C Complex. Those who prefer to not be accompanied by the
characteristic garlic older can purchase garlic capsules and tablets which minimize or eliminate odor entirely but
are still quite effective as supplements.

Colon Health

The colon is one of the most important—and most abused—organs in the body. Due primarily to a lack of proper
quality and quantity of fiber in the diet, and the fact that many people register their stress in the solar plexus and
abdomen area, the colon begins to cause problems by middle age … if not earlier. Whenever I talk about this
subject I always recall a huge billboard just off the interstate in Portland, Oregon, which states in equally huge
letters “KNOW THY POOP!” That signs says it all! The minute a person fails to have at least one regular bowel
movement a day, or their excrement is not a long and well-formed stool, it is an indicator that poor colon health
is beginning—and likely to multiply—and more than likely to cause other internal problems as complications.
Though I had received a very intensive training in colonic irrigation systems and the proper use of the enema
bag, and applied them both to myself as well, I did not realize how serious or how widespread the problem was
until I had spent two years as a colon therapist … particularly in those over 60 years of age. I don’t believe there
is a single person over 30 years old who has grown up on the standard North American diet who doesn’t need
a series of six to ten colonic irrigations or several months of use of an enema beg to restore proper function to
their colon. The colon is really just a long, tubular muscle whose nerves trigger it into action when they feel
cellulose and fiber inside. A meal should move through a person’s entire body and exit within 18 to 24 hours,
otherwise the spores of Gram negative bacteria multiply and their waste products cause extreme irritation of
the muscle wall. Impaction of fecal matter results … and the problems begin.
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Once the colon is cleaned out and functioning properly, the diet should be supplemented on a regular basis with
a newly-developed product known as a Pro-Biotic. This product serves to maintain a healthy balance of gram
positive bacteria in the colon during the final stage of digestion of cellulose and fiber foods. It used to be that
yoghurt and other fermented milk products containing Lactobacillus Acidophilus were the only colon-friendly
substances available. They are not nearly as durable or as effective as a probiotic such as, for example, Primal
Defense, manufactured by Garden of Life. It contains twelve different species of hardy beneficial microorganisms
that are capable of making their way unharmed through the acids and other chemicals of the stomach and small
intestine to do their work in the colon. I consider a small amount (1/4tsp.) of this kind of supplement a daily
necessity for children as well as adults … and particularly for the elderly. We live in too sterile a world. The body
needs certain kinds of bacteria to function healthfully, and the preponderance of coliform bacteria in the tissues
of animal, fish, and fowl require this kind of balancing support.

Finally, the use of Wobenzym-N and other similar enzyme products make further contributions to normal colon
function through their ability to clean up undigested proteins and break down the mucus accumulations of
improper diet or poor digestion.

Mental/Emotional Health

No discussion of physical body health would be complete without a discussion of the mental and emotional
factors which affect the physical body. Since the entire thrust of my life’s effort has been more toward that of
teacher than of healer or physician, I have naturally chosen to present in this treatise simple methodologies
which anyone interested in their physical body health can easily implement. These methodologies, however, are
concepts which may require further investigation, study, and disciplined, persevering effort in order to derive
maximal—or even minimal—results.

Until recently, the only way to access the hidden sub-conscious emotional road blocks and mental incapacitators
was to seek out the help of someone professionally trained to dig for them. Unfortunately, professional training is
a poor substitute for the long and arduous journey by the individual himself into the inner self and the reconciling
of the multiple paradoxical enigmas of the human personality. There is, however, a recently developed method
for discovering blockages of energy flow at the mental/emotional level which oftentimes have direct physical
consequences. The methodology is known as Emotional Freedom Technique or EFT. It involves exploring the
psyche with a trained EFT practitioner, with a close friend, or even by one’s self after a minimal amount of
training.

The person wishing to get at the “heart” of his physical/emotional/mental problem must be willing to probe for
problematic emotional issues, confront them, accept them through the use of certain tested and tried affirmations
while tapping on certain specific acupuncture meridian points that seem to have a universal application to most
psychological issues. There are variations on the meridian-tapping theme, but none so complex or complicated
that any normal person can’t figure them out using the adequate instructions offered by the technique’s
originator, Gary Craig.

The underlying concept for EFT began back in the 70’s with Dr. George Goodheart’s adaptation and expansion of
certain muscle testing techniques which he later formalized into a science called Applied Kinesiology … a science
which became very popular among chiropractors in the U.S. and which served as the basis for a technique I
used for nutritional testing. Around the same time I was attending Dr. Goodheart’s seminars and learning his
techniques (circa 1974), Dr. John Diamond, MD, began applying Goodheart’s muscle-testing techniques to his
knowledge of the Chinese acupuncture meridians and subsequently developed what he called Meridian Therapy.

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I know from my own personal experience with John Diamond that there are few people on this planet capable
of uncovering a person’s major core psychological issues more quickly, more thoroughly—or handling them with
greater expertise—than he does.

Along about the same time in the mid to late seventies, Dr. Roger Callahan developed his own somewhat
different techniques which correlated acupuncture meridians with muscle-testing and psychological issues.
Using Roger Callahan’s techniques as a basis for his own intuitive ideas, Gary Craig, a graduate Stanford
engineer, evolved what is today known as Emotional Freedom Technique … and he seems to be treating it
as an “open architecture” for continual improvement. The program would not be nearly as successful today
were it not for Gary’s unusually organized engineer’s mind, his intuitive capacities, and the investment of a
huge amount of his own capital and time. His willingness to share openly and freely his own experience and
discoveries are exemplary of a lack of selfish interest the world could certainly use more of. It is not my place
here to do any more than steer everyone to his website (www.emofree.com) and encourage you to pursue the
free instructions and procedures with a vengeance.

EFT has been used with continuous success in the following situations: pain management; addictions; weight
loss; allergies; children’s issues; childhood issues; panic/anxiety; asthma; trauma; PTSD; abuse; depression;
dyslexia; anger; ADD and ADHD; fears; phobias; eating disorders; fear of flying; claustrophobia; agoraphobia;
anorexia/bulimia; headaches; neck stiffness; and PMS … just to name a few of the more prominent issues.

EFT often works where nothing else will. Gary has a series of instructional DVD’s which anyone can purchase
who wants to continue on to the category of EFT practitioner. Within the DVD series are actual film sequences
of the technique in action with, for example, Vietnam veterans whose twenty years of professional therapy
was eclipsed in a matter of minutes using EFT techniques. Medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, health
practitioners, as well as lay people are deriving great satisfaction out of their ability to help the troubled of
heart, mind, and spirit with such simple procedures.

APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES


Eat for pleasure; supplement for health.

You may already be familiar with some—or all—of the principles, methodology and supplements mentioned in
this booklet. If there is even one new thing learned, considerate it of major importance … particularly for those
over 50 years of age. Developing new habit patterns requires a concerted focus of attention and a certain
amount of effort at first, but quickly becomes a habit pattern of newer and greater awareness. I have been
very health conscious over the last 35 years, but even that was inadequate to prevent personal heart problems
which have plagued my ancestors for generations. Had I known five years ago what I have written today I could
well have avoided the problems which only modern medicine resolved temporarily until I could put myself
back on a proper track.

All products mentioned by name and brand are products that I personally use myself. I have no vested or
financial interest in their manufacture or sale, and use them entirely for the results obtained. This is not to
say that there aren’t products equal or better in quality and price, but I will leave that up to you the reader to
research and decide for yourself. The Internet of today is a modern miracle in the availability of information
to anyone who has made the effort to learn how to use it. The following summary will suggest sources,
quantities, and times of day to take supplements.

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Supplement Program

Rhodiola rosea:
Quantity: 100-400mg a day in one or two doses.
Time of day: immediately upon arising; minimum ½ hour before eating or one hour after eating; second
dose before mid-afternoon if called for.
Source: Health Practitioner; Health Food Store; Internet.

Wobenzym-N:
Quantity: five tablets twice a day; total of ten tablets.
Time of day: immediately upon arising; minimum ½ hour before eating or one hour after eating; second
dose before mid-afternoon if called for.
Source: Health Practitioner; Health Food Store; Internet.

Iodine:
Quantity: One drop of Atomidine or Lugol’s Solution daily (1.35mg).
Time of day: morning with breakfast.
Source: Health Practitioner; Health Food Store; Internet.

Ascorbic acid:
Quantity: 4g (4000mg) as calcium or sodium ascorbate daily.
Time of day: spread over the day; maximum 1000mg per hour.
Source: many sources available.

Selenium:
Quantity: 600 micrograms daily split into two doses.
Time of day: morning and/or evening.
Source: Health Food Store; Pharmacy; Costco; Internet.

Garlic:
Quantity: 1,000 – 1,500mg or more per day.
Time of day: with meals or any time.
Source: Health Food Store; Wal-Mart; Pharmacy; Costco; etc..

Green powder: (Perfect Food by Garden Of Life, or similar).


Quantity: 2 – 4 heaping teaspoons or more a day.
Time of day: anytime.
Source: Health Practitioner; Health Food Store; Internet.

Pro Biotic: (Primal Defense by Garden Of Life, or similar)


Quantity: as specified on container.
Time of day: evening is best.
Source: Health Practitioner; Health Food Store; Internet.

For Cold and Flu Season


Purchase a small atomizer or spray bottle and load it with ten parts of pure water to one part of Echinacea liquid
extract. If you have liquid iodine available, add four or five drops to the mixture. When exposed to cold or flu

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germs—or you feel symptoms beginning to develop—spray two or three squirts of the mixture into your mouth,
swirling the mixture around for fifteen or twenty seconds before swallowing it. If you are able to recognize
the symptoms early enough, doing as directed three or four times a day for a day or two should be sufficient.
Otherwise, repeat the procedure every hour until the symptoms depart.

For Heart Problems


I highly recommend researching what Dr. Garry Gordon has to say about heart issues on his website at www.
gordonresearch.com. Among other things, he has specific recommendations for Coumadin alternatives. They
are basically his specially-formulated products called Essential Daily Defense (EDD), Beyond Chelation Improved
(BCI), and Nattokinase … all of which are available at www.longevityplus.net.

Dr. Gordon has a considerable following among medical doctors and health practitioners all over the world. He
is the founder of modern chelation concepts in addition to being a practicing MD in alternative medicine and a
focal point for bio-medical research worldwide. Few products are as carefully researched as his own.

For Cancer
Those who have discovered that they have cancer will inevitably require the help of medical doctors or health
practitioners who are experienced in the treatment of cancer and who have access to facilities where proper
treatment can be implemented. There was a time in my younger life when I was very much anti modern medicine,
but at age 70 my perspective has broadened considerably.

Except in rare cases where there was inadequate funding for proper cancer care, I have always taken or referred
clients to specialists in the cancer field such as: Charlotte Gerson Strauss, who continues her father, Dr. Max
Gerson’s, 30 years of experience treating cancer through the Gerson institute (www.gerson.org). Anyone can
become familiar with Dr. Gerson’s methodology by reading A Cancer Therapy: Results of 50 cases. Dr. Gerson was
Albert Schweitzer’s personal physician and physician to his family.

I have also taken numerous clients to Dr. William Donald Kelly when he was alive, and highly recommend his
book One Answer To Cancer for those who wish to take their health into their own hands, or to supplement
chemotherapy and modern medicine’s procedures.

Modern methods of chemotherapy and radiation are what I would consider to be “last resort” measures
which should follow­—or at least accompany—the more natural, less traumatic, less stress-producing methods
emntioned above. That includes Rhodiola rosea as a part of any of the treatments mentioned above.

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There are more of Kit Cain’s stories, poems, instructional books, and autobiographies at your local bookstore,
...or at www.kitcain.com
The first three chapters of most books can be read for free on the above website and they are available as Pa-
perback Books, or E-Books in Adobe .pdf format.

Leaves In The Wind: a story of diffident origin about a biker who formed his own major motorcycle club in L.A.
and Vegas … and lived to tell me his story.

Master Of The Welded Bead: a fictitious short story comparing the lifestyles and attitudes of two men: one
who chooses to live a whimsical and humorous life on the “road less traveled”; the other who chooses to live
a life of selfish interest on the road too-often traveled. It is an entirely personal idea of how I imagine a disin-
terested Master Of The Universe might lead an unusual yet entertaining life in a predominantly negative and
otherwise boring world.

An Arrow To The Heart: a fictitious short story placing the hero of Master Of The Welded Bead in a close-en-
counter family situation with the “Mother from Heaven” and the beautiful, desirable, precocious “Daughter
from Hell”.

The Chasm Crossed: an autobiographical story about the unusual experiences and events of my 70 years of
spiritual journey from youth to present.

Ride the Wind Laughing: An Illustrated autobiographical story describing the mystical events and experiences
which contributed in major ways to my building a 51-foot sailboat in my mother’s back yard in rural Nova Sco-
tia— an event which began with no money in an effort to test the Laws of Manifestation and prove to myself
the efficacy and practical value of my years of spiritual training.

Soul And Man: is a major work attempting to define and describe the parameters of the word “Soul”— par-
ticularly as it applies to the human soul. The very nature of its perspective brings together the various schools
of Religious, Scientific, Philosophical, Spiritual, and Mystical thought suggestive of a unified frame of reference
and vocabulary for all. This book is not easy reading. It can be discomforting and thought-provoking for those
new to the Spiritual Journey. I wrote it primarily to further define and synergize my own thinking … and for
the benefit of those compelled—as am I—to journey into areas of the unknown, uncertain, and impossible to
define.

On Pegasus’ Wings: is a collection of personal poems and song lyrics begun in 1962 solely as a means of inner
expression and never intended for the eyes of the world. Only in later years have I realized that in their num-
ber and variety there might be at least a single poem among the many for each person. The knowledge of such
would give me great satisfaction.

The Tears Of Power: is a fable for all ages from ten to eternity about a mouse named Victor who lives in
Edgeville—which is at the edge of everything: the river, the fields, the forest, the mountains, and the sky.
Edgeville quickly becomes too small for his adventurous soul so he ventures out into the world of the great un-
known, learning to pilot tugboats, fly helicopters, and meet some unusual friends like Oddie the Otter, Mo the
musical Mole, and Minkie, his flight instructor. It is Eagle, though, who finally tells him what the tears of power
really are.

Flying The Yukon’s Bush: is the recounting of my adventures as a helicopter bush pilot in the Yukon Territory in
1962. Part 1 is the story in writing, and Part 2 is a slightly different story in pictures. Both parts can be down-
loaded from my website for free.

Perfect Health For Dogs And Cats: First wife Ann loved animals and so we always lived on a farm surrounded
by dogs, cats, chickens, goats, and horses. Her dedication leaned toward the health and healing of animals by
natural means, while mine leaned in a similar direction with humans. Contained in this small booklet are the
simplest principles of health and healing for dogs and cats supported by our own experience and that of a ma-
jor research foundation.

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