His life expectancy was estimated between six months and three years, and no one in
his condition had been known to live beyond five years. As I am writing this chapter, eleven years have passed since my brother’s surgery. He is living a high-quality life. How did he do it? First, he had to change hisperspective. The existing belief system said he should have died a long time ago. Rather than accept his cancer as a death sentence, my brother took on the challenge
of restoring normal function to his cells. The new understanding of one disease says
disease has only two causes—deficiency and toxicity—and that addressing those
causes along the six pathways can heal virtually all disease. My brother’s recovery came as the result of radical changes in diet and the
addition of vitamin supplements, essential fatty acids and frozen shark cartilage—
not chemotherapy and radiation. Conventional cancer treatments do nothing to
reverse the underlying causes of cancer (abnormal cell chemistry), and they do
devastating damage to the body. The most important steps you can take to change your perspective about health,
and thereby reduce morbidity and mortality, is to shift your view from one side of
these equations to the other. That is, reconsider the differences between
• Disease care versus health care
• Diagnosing symptoms versus preventing disease
• Treating symptoms versus restoring health
• Relying on doctors versus relying on yourself
• Eating make-believe food versus eating real food
• Germs causing infection versus compromised immune systems
• Toxic versus nontoxic living
• An active life versus sedentary sickness
Let us take a closer look at each of these shifts in perspective. Disease Care Versus Health Care
Existing medical practice is not about health care; it is about disease care. Modern
medicine is based on the belief that you are healthy until you have a diagnosable
disease, after which the task is to give the disease a name (diagnose) and then
suppress (treat) its symptoms. This perspective waits for disease to happen; makes
no attempt to measure health in its initial decline; ignores the effects of nutrition,
toxins and behavior; and gives little or no recognition to the body’s self-healing
abilities. The patient is not empowered, and the personal and monetary costs are
enormous. Modern medicine excels at treating emergencies and trauma, and in doing
surgery, but does poorly at preventing or healing disease because it is almost totally
unequipped to diagnose and treat the two causes. The new perspective on health presented in this book is based not on waiting for
disease to happen, but, rather, actively working to prevent disease. If disease does
occur, then we must look for the true cause and restore health by addressing that root
cause. This approach recognizes the body as self-regulating and self-healing, and
seeks to optimize health by helping the body to function as it is designed to do. Thisapproach incorporates all we have learned about the effects of nutrition, toxicity and
behavior. The underlying inspiration is that health is a choice and that almost all
disease is preventable. Diagnosing Symptoms Versus Preventing Disease
The process of diagnosing a patient rests on waiting for illness to strike and then
matching the symptoms to a so-called disease, thus giving that group of symptoms a
category and a name. This activity can be very expensive and time consuming, and is
often hazardous to the patient. Yet, what does it achieve? Does this tell us what
caused the problem or how to fix it? Not very often. Because only one disease exists,
spending a lot of time, money and resources to give a group of symptoms any one of
thousands of meaningless names is not a productive activity. Because of its focus on diagnosing and treating disease after it occurs, modern
medicine has paralyzed itself, which is why it cannot reverse our epidemic of
chronic disease. We cannot continue to perceive disease as something that strikes
like a bolt of lightning; people in good health do not become ill. The only way to
reduce disease is to promote health and thereby prevent disease in the first place. Treating Symptoms Versus Restoring Health
The best way to deal with any problem—in business, personal lives, engineering,
etc.—is to identify the cause, address the cause and solve the problem. Unfortunately, modern medicine does not focus on identifying the cause. Traditional medicine suppresses symptoms, usually by poisoning patients with
toxic drugs, removing essential body parts or exposing the patient to cancer-causing
radiation— sometimes, all three tactics. Meanwhile, diseases remain chronic, and
disease-care costs continue to escalate to unsustainable levels. Diseases are healed
with nutrients and the removal of toxins, not with drugs and surgical scalpels. Relying on Doctors Versus Relying on Yourself
Most people wait until they get sick, then go to a doctor and hope to get well. I did
this when I was ill, only to discover that my physicians had no idea how to make me
well. This practice negates our own responsibility for health. Do we really think we
can eat an unhealthful diet and live an unhealthful lifestyle and that our doctor will
make us well after we have worked so hard to make ourselves sick? Health and disease are choices. We, as a society and as individuals, are the ones
making those choices. Today, health is compromised at so many levels. If we want
to improve our health, prevent or reverse disease, and extend life, we have to make
special choices in order to compensate. We cannot rely on physicians to “fix” us
after we have spent decades making ourselves sick—almost all physicians are stuckin the old disease-care paradigm and have no idea how to restore cells to health. The responsibility for health is ours, and we must teach this to our children so
they and their children can claim their birthright to lifelong good health. We must
also ask our governments and society at large to make changes. Why do we allow
soft drink and candy vending machines into our schools? Why is it that medical
insurance covers failed traditional treatments but does not cover alternative
treatments that are safer and more effective? Why do we allow our government to
subsidize the dairy and sugar industries? Why do we allow genetically modified
foods to be sold without labeling and without adequate testing for safety? Why do
we continue to allow the use of fluoride in our drinking water? Why do we continue
to allow dentists to put mercury in people’s mouths? All of us need to address these
questions and many others. Eating Make-Believe Food Versus Eating Real Food
Until I educated myself, I used to think that what I purchased at the supermarket
was real food. What a surprise to find little or no real food in a supermarket. Imagine the public outcry if someone had announced to us that they were going to
drastically lower the nutritional content of our food. Yet, this is exactly what has
happened. Where is the outcry? We are all eating nutritionally deprived, toxic,
make-believe foods that have been proven incapable of supporting healthy life in
either animals or humans. Throughout this book we have looked at the history of the human diet and
environment and how dramatically these have changed, especially in the last
century. Our cells are designed with specific nutritional needs that are no longer
satisfied by typical modern diets and lifestyles. To achieve optimal health, we must
acquire daily all the nutrients for which we have genetic requirements. Scientist
Linus Pauling, a Nobel laureate, wrote that modern diets are incapable of supplying
optimal nutrient quantities, even if we make good food choices. According to
eminent scientist Emanuel Cheraskin, M.D., D.M.D., up to 80 percent of the U.S.
population suffers from malnutrition. Most of us now suffer from “affluent
malnutrition,” caused by an expensive diet rich in calories (from sugar and white
flour) and poor in nutrients. Because the food supply is unhealthful, and has been for
several generations, we are now seeing entire populations where no real perspective
of “health” exists. Disease has become the norm, so we view ourselves as healthy. Entire populations are now suffering from diseases that are unquestionably related
to nutritional deficiency, yet we do not label them as such. This is because we
seldom encounter obvious deficiency diseases such as scurvy, pellagra or beriberi,
so malnutrition is not perceived as a major contributor to disease— but it is! Deficiency in modern diets creates a host of problems including: diminished
overall competence and resistance to infection, premature aging, colds and flu, acne,tooth decay, mental illness, heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, kidney disease, lung
disease, autoimmune disease, anemia, diabetes, allergies, birth defects, alcoholism,
learning disabilities, violent behavior and more. Although these problems carry
different disease labels, they are all the result of sick cells. Which body parts get
sick does not matter, because the way to prevent disease or restore health is always
the same. Give your cells what they need, protect them from what they don’t need. Nearly all supermarket fruits and vegetables have been grown in depleted soils
and are deficient in nutrients and high in toxic contaminants. These substandard
foods are often harvested before ripening so they can be shipped and stored without
spoilage. Foods are often chemically enhanced to increase shelf life. A huge part of
our diet has been processed and packaged, removing what little nutrition ever
existed. Does anyone really think that a donut made of white flour and sugar and soaked in
rancid oils is real food? Real food is organic, fresh, raw, unprocessed and mainly
plant-based. White flour, sugar, milk, ice cream and coffee are not real foods, nor
are conventionally grown and prematurely harvested tomatoes, oranges and bananas,
not to mention old, waxed apples and cucumbers. To prevent disease or to restore
health, we must stop eating the make-believe and go back to what our healthy
ancestors ate: real food. Germs Versus the True Cause of Disease
The popular misconception is that microorganisms (germs) cause infections. But
to be a true cause, the microorganisms would have to produce the same effect all the
time, which is not the case. Not everyone who is exposed to a particular organism
gets sick, and not everyone who gets sick does so to the same degree. In truth,
whether or not someone develops an infection depends on the balance between
several factors, namely the virulence of the organisms, the number of organisms
and, most importantly, their state of immunity. We live in a sea of microorganisms,
but they do not make us sick until we alter the natural balance between them and us. Our normal coexistence with germs rather than a germ-free environment ensures our
health. When we eat sugar and nutrient-deficient diets, expose ourselves to toxins, lose
sleep, fail to exercise and fail to adapt to stress, our immunity becomes depressed
and we open the door to infection. Then we blame the germ, when really we are to
blame. Rather than being obsessed with germs and rushing for flu shots and
antibacterial soaps, optimizing our immunity would be a far better approach. The
perspective that germs cause disease is so ingrained in us, many have difficulty
making the shift to the new way of thinking; but to avoid infection, we must do
exactly that. People such as the Hunzas lived into their hundreds without ever having
as much as a cold, not because they took flu shots but because they were healthy andtheir immune systems were strong. In truth, only sick people get sick. The problem
is we spend decades making ourselves sick, all the while thinking we are healthy. Toxic Versus Nontoxic Living
Imagine what would happen if someone announced that they were planning to
poison our food, our homes, our workplaces or, for that matter, the entire planet? We
would be outraged. Yet that has happened and few are outraged. We are constantly
told that small amounts of toxins are safe. Yet chronic disease is rampant because
these small amounts of toxins, when added together, are disabling our detoxification
systems, exceeding our capacity to detoxify them, and bioac-cumulating in our
tissues to disease-causing levels. Some toxins, such as estrogenic chemicals from pesticides, plastic bottles and
canned foods, are not safe even in amounts so small they cannot be measured by the
usual techniques. Every day we eat food, breathe air and use products containing
these and other harmful toxins. Some exposure is virtually unavoidable, but most
exposure is a choice. We have to start making different everyday choices about what
we put on and in our bodies and what we expose ourselves to in the workplace. What
we eat, wear and bring into our homes—and the personal care products that we use
—are under our direct control. We need to change our perspective that small
amounts of toxins are safe; we need to recognize that small amounts of toxins can
build up in our bodies over time. Most Americans are now accumulating hundreds of
man-made chemicals in their bodies, and yet we wonder why we get sick. An Active Life Versus Sedentary Sickness
Human genes evolved at a time when a high level of physical activity was the
norm. All through the course of evolution, man had to be physically active in order
to survive. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors were nomadic peoples who were always on
the move, always foraging for food or drink. Because of the way we evolved, the
human body actually requires a high level of physical activity in order to function
normally. Until fairly recently this activity requirement was met by leading a normal
lifestyle and producing life’s necessities. From prehistoric times up until the last
century, people spent the vast majority of their physical energy—hard, daily labor—
just trying to produce food, shelter and clothing. Today we are the most sedentary
people in history. To achieve health, we must change our perspective that we can be
both sedentary and healthy. Fortunately, for all you couch potatoes out there, a
simple way is available to address this problem: rebounding. See appendix C for
more information. The Future Is NowAfter bringing myself back from the brink of death and restoring my health, and
after more than sixteen years of study and experimentation, I have concluded that
the only way our society will stop its slide into declining health is to change our
beliefs about health and disease. The next major advance in health care will be
driven by those people who accept personal responsibility for their health, educate
themselves and make choices that move their personal health equations away from
disease and toward health. When a large number of people look at something in the same way, we call that
system of belief a paradigm. Paradigms become accepted wisdom, and we interpret
our lives and make our decisions according to that conventional thinking. I ask you
to reconsider accepted wisdom and conventional thinking about health, disease and
medicine. Reconsider whether the beliefs that guide your life are effective in solving
your problems. Reconsider whether the decisions you make about your health—from
foods to drugs to doctors—bring you health and happiness. Reconsider whether you
are missing out on tremendous opportunities to be well and to live a longer, more
vigorous life than you ever imagined. Today, most of us, and almost all of our physicians, are living in a cave of
confusion and misunderstanding. The medical establishment wins honors, praise and
prizes for its descriptions of diseases and how to manage symptoms. Yet this health
paradigm—this distorted way of viewing health— is not solving our problems. If we are taught that thousands of diseases exist, then of course we must go to
doctors for all our health problems; only the doctor has the education to deal with all
the different diseases and their treatments. The new perspective I offer you is that
there is only one disease; health is then easier to understand, and the power to get
healthy and to stay healthy lies within yourself. Aside from medical emergencies,
which are indeed matters for trained professionals, maintaining your health is a
matter of preventing deficiency and toxicity and requires little or no outside
assistance. We like to think of ourselves as so technologically advanced, so smart, so
sophisticated . . . able to invent computers, land on the moon and build space
stations. Yet people we consider primitive lived much longer and healthier lives than
we do. By optimizing their six pathways and minimizing the two causes of disease,
these populations showed us that the potential for human health is extraordinary. These people did not suffer from the chronic and degenerative diseases that are the
norm in our society; in fact they rarely, if ever, suffered from the common cold. A massive misconception in America is that most of us are healthy. In reality,
most of us are sick. You don’t have to look sick to be sick. We are living proof that
it is entirely possible to achieve normal growth rates and have a healthy appearance
while being undernourished and in a state of compromised health. Our
unprecedented epidemic of chronic and degenerative disease is clearly the result ofeating a diet consisting of adulterated and devitalized foods; exposure to the lethal
effects of polluted air, water and food; and exposure to manmade electromagnetic
radiation. Yet, as a society, we have failed to come to grips with this reality,
partially because we are still stuck in the obsolete medical paradigm of the “germs
and genes theory” of disease, and partially because powerful economic incentives
exist to maintain the status quo. Do we think we can continue to eat nutritionally deficient diets, diets rich in
make-believe foods made from sugar, white flour and processed oils, diets that will
not even sustain healthy life in rats, and still be healthy? Can we continue to live
sedentary lifestyles when we know that physical activity is absolutely essential to
health? Can we continue to use products that poison us with toxins that
bioaccumulate in our tissues and cause cellular malfunction? Can we support
wellness without learning stress-management techniques? Can we continue to live
and work in ways that deprive us of healthy, full-spectrum light and adequate sleep? Chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis,
asthma, allergies and osteoporosis are entirely preventable. By learning and
universally applying the concepts of one disease, two causes and six pathways, our
society could eliminate today’s epidemic of chronic disease. We must teach
everyone, including our schoolchildren, how to understand and take personal
responsibility for the two causes of disease and how to form the positive habits that
will result in lifelong good health. Health is a choice. Disease is the result of poor
choices, and almost all diseases are preventable. Throughout this book, you have learned the keys to a long and healthy life:
perspective, power and perseverance. Understanding my theory of disease brings you
a new perspective on health and modern medicine. Using that knowledge creates the
power to choose your destiny. Persevere with the right choices along all six
pathways toward health, and you will never be sick again!R
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G
OING 
B
EYOND 
H
ELATHY
A
fter deciding, in 1991, to devote the remainder of my life to helping others
achieve health, I knew I needed to develop an approach that would eliminate all the
confusion and misinformation. I needed to simplify health and disease. Next, I
needed a model easily understood and applied by adults and children alike. My new
theory of health and disease was born—One Disease, Two Causes and Six Pathways. The next need was to identify safe and effective products of all kinds, which would
support health as indicated by the model. In order for my work to benefit the public, I needed effective methods of
presenting both my health model and my research. I needed people to understand the
ineffectiveness of our society’s current health model (medical suppression of
disease symptoms). I also needed to demonstrate the significance of the damage we
commonly suffer from seemingly benign sources (small amounts of toxins capable
of bioaccumulating to dangerous levels in our bodies). Perhaps most important, I
wanted to share what I had learned about the benefits of good nutrition and a
healthful lifestyle. My answer to these needs was to create a new entity called Beyond Health. My
goal in creating Beyond Health was to help people achieve a level of vitality and
performance surpassing anything they had experienced before—to help them go
“beyond health.” Today, Beyond Health is a unique resource for people who care
about their health, providing two major services to the public: It supplies accurate,
cutting-edge health information and makes available the world’s best health-
supporting products. Unfortunately, there is a great deal of conflicting information, particularly with
vitamin supplements and personal care products, and consumers remain confused
about how to make the best choices. It is very difficult to know, merely by reading
the label, if products are healthful and/or toxic. In my own recovery process, I had to
be extremely careful about the products I selected. Even small amounts of impurities
and toxins were enough to make me ill. I ended up with a refrigerator full of vitamin
supplements that I could not take because of toxic contamination. I later realized
that even healthy people were being injured by these same impurities and toxins,
even though it may not be obvious to them. Beyond Health researches and approves
only the safest and most effective choices in supplements, foods and personal
products— discerning between those that claim to be the best and those for which
there is credible evidence that they really are the best. This is a difficult, time-consuming and unique service. Cutting through the contradictions and confusion, Beyond Health translates a
chaotic mountain of medical and scientific data into the critical knowledge that
people must have in order to maintain healthy bodies. This information is made
available in several different ways, including public appearances at health
conferences around the world, through my newsletter, 
Beyond Health News, 
and
through my radio talk show, 
An Ounce of Prevention
. My latest venture is a nonprofit foundation, Health-e-America Foundation
(HeAF). HeAF’s purpose is to end the epidemic of chronic disease in America by
educating our schoolchildren about the basics of good health using the One Disease,
Two Causes, Six Pathways model. For more information on Health-e-America
Foundation see appendix F. For more information on the radio show and newsletter,
see appendix A. Finding the Needle in a Haystack
Perhaps a few examples will best illustrate the difficulty in discerning among the
most healthful products and information. It took eighteen months of study and
analysis to find a single brand of toothpaste that did not contain toxic ingredients
(colors, flavors, fluoride or toxic foaming agents) but still cleaned teeth well. It took
two years to find a safe and effective deodorant. It took eight months to find a pure
and healthful brand of olive oil that contained only fresh, high-quality olives and
was extracted in a manner that would neither damage the nutrients in nor create
toxins in the oil. Recommendations for toothpaste, deodorant, olive oil, and other
products can be found in appendix C.
Vitamin supplements were the biggest challenge. Almost half of all vitamin
brands do not dissolve quickly enough to be of any use to the human body, and many
do not contain all the nutrients listed on the label. Most brands contain cheap
ingredients that have only marginal biological activity. In fact, the vast majority of
vitamin brands on the market are not worth what you pay for them—they are only
marginally useful, and many contain toxins such as solvent residues and artificial
colors. It took me over a year of research to find a superior multivitamin brand and
several additional years to find a superior brand of vitamin E (see appendix B for
what I use and recommend in vitamin supplements). It is amazing how many difficulties the average person faces in trying to make
healthful choices. I find it a full-time job to keep up, but it is a job worth doing. I
learned the hard way how suffering can come when health is failing; the challenge
and success of recovering from a terminal illness has given me an opportunity to
arrive at unique insights that I am now sharing with you. Perhaps the most profound conclusions I reached in my study of health are thathealth is a choice 
and that 
virtually no one ever has to be sick. But first, we must
educate ourselves; we must know not only what to look for, but how to look. To
choose health, we must learn how to make better choices in the foods we eat, the
supplements we take and the products we use. While most of the products I selected for my own use are available in health food
stores, some are not in every store or every state. To make life easy for those who
care about their health, Beyond Health makes most of the products I use and
recommend available to the public. Beyond Health can be reached by calling 800-250-3063 or by accessing
www.beyondhealth.com
.A
PENDIX 
A 
H
EALTH 
I
NFORMATION
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PENDIX 
B 
V
ITAMIN 
S
UPPLEMENTS
M
illions of Americans take vitamin supplements on a daily basis. Does it improve
their health? For the most part, no. Large-scale epidemiological studies have been
unable to find health benefits in those who take vitamins. Confused? There is a
simple explanation. Most vitamin products are ineffective and even the best-selling
brands contain toxins. Indeed, taking supplements will benefit your health, but only
if you take the correct supplements. After years of research and testing vitamin products, I selected the Beyond Health
brand for my own use. During my recovery from terminal illness, I knew I needed a
nutritional supplement supply of the highest quality. Even small amounts of
impurities and toxins were sufficient to make me very sick, thus 
purity 
was one of
my most important criteria in choosing vitamins. As it turns out, fillers and/or
chemical additives constitute about half of most vitamin brands. These fillers can
introduce toxins and allergens, interfere with solubility and/or absorption and
ultimately reduce the biological activity at the cellular level. Why bother to take a
supplement if it’s going to contribute to your toxic load, or if the impurities will
prevent the nutrients from reaching and being metabolized inside the cells? Almost half of all vitamin brands do not dissolve soon enough to be assimilated
by the body. Even among brands that dissolve soon enough, most of them provide
only the RDA of the nutrients they contain, yet it takes much more than the RDA to
be biologically significant in preventing or reversing disease. Furthermore, just
because a vitamin pill contains a nutrient does not mean that the nutrient will be
useful to your body. Cheap and inappropriate raw materials (with low biological
activity) are used most often in the major vitamin brands. Some manufacturers even
make a habit of purchasing —at tremendous discounts—outdated raw materials that
have lost their potency. The most expensive vitamin pill in the world is one that
doesn’t work. It is neither easy nor cheap to make a quality vitamin product. Consider the
question of synthetic versus naturally derived vitamins. Natural ingredients tend to
be more biologically available and more expensive, which is why most vitamin
brands use synthetics. The molecules of these synthetics often differ in shape from
the natural molecules, which is important in how they react, and thus how the body
uses them. For example, synthetic vitamin E and beta-carotene are well known to be
less biologically active than their natural forms. Taking synthetic beta-carotene can
even cause a deficiency of other carotenes. In addition to the problems posed bysynthetics, other considerations include the age and purity of the raw materials and
how they are shipped, stored, handled, compounded and packaged. All these can
have a big effect on the quality of the finished product. Based on the criteria I set for safety, quality and effectiveness, the one brand that
stood out from the crowd was Beyond Health. In my weakened and chemically
hypersensitive condition, Beyond Health was the first brand of supplement my body
was able to tolerate, especially at therapeutic doses. Only after taking Beyond Health
did my health begin to improve. These supplements are extraordinarily pure and
have exceptionally high biological activity. The vitamin E brand I selected for my
own use is called Unique E.
Unfortunately, because of the many subtleties and complexities, it is almost
impossible for the consumer to make an informed judgment about the quality of a
vitamin supplement. There is a great deal of information you need to know that
simply cannot be found on the label. There are, however, some clues anyone can
look for such as the chemistry of the minerals. If you find carbonates, oxides,
sulfates, phosphates and chelates, you are most likely looking at an inferior formula. Save your money, because your cells will see little, if any, benefit. Also, a
multivitamin containing iron, iodine or copper is not well designed because these
can cause loss of antioxidant nutrients in the formula. A formula that lists beta-
carotene without listing the source is most likely the inferior synthetic variety. Vitamin E with a “dl” in front of it is the less desirable synthetic version. The best
solution is to research and understand the chemistry of the supplements thoroughly
or else purchase from a trusted source. Based on what your body actually gets for what you pay, Beyond Health is the
least expensive brand and the best value on the market, which is why I recommend it
and use it myself. For more information about Beyond Health and Unique E go to
www.beyondhealth.com
 or call 800-250-3063.APENDIX C 
F
OODS AND 
P
ERSONAL 
P
RODUCTS
M
ost of the countless thousands of products on the market today do not meet my
criteria for both safety and effectiveness. Many are effective, but fail on the safety
issue. A few brands are in the acceptable category for use by most people. However,
especially for those who have health problems and are struggling to get well, I
recommend only those products that have met my standards for both effectiveness
and safety. Following is a list of products I have chosen for my own use. Most of
these are available at 
www.beyondhealth.com
 or by calling 800-250-3063. Cleaning Cloth
Most household glass, bathroom, and kitchen cleansers contain toxic chemicals
that are damaging to cells. The nontoxic answer is One Cloth. One Cloth cleans
almost anything with just water, even greasy stoves and car windshields. Use a spray
bottle with water instead of toxic chemicals. When a One Cloth gets dirty, just throw
it in the regular wash (do not use chlorine bleach and they will last through hundreds
of washings). Deodorant
Most people use deodorants daily and are unaware that they are placing toxic
chemicals on a sensitive skin area where they can be absorbed into the body. Almost
all deodorants contain toxic chemicals such as aluminum compounds, triclosan, and
artificial fragrances, colors and preservatives. Even the “rock” deodorants are made
of aluminum salts. After two years of research, my choice is IndiuMagic. IndiuMagic is a colorless, odorless liquid spray that is non-staining, non-allergenic,
safe, inexpensive and effective. Fats and Oils
Certain fats and oils are essential nutrients. The body requires them every day for
good health. The problem is that most of the good fats and oils have been removed
from our modern diets and unhealthful fats and oils have replaced them. The fats andoils I choose to use follow. Bariani Olive Oil
Most commercial olive oil is processed in a manner that damages its nutritional
content. Most of the time people are 
not 
getting what they 
think 
they are buying
when they purchase a bottle of olive oil (hence the scandal in the olive oil industry
which was first introduced to the public by my newsletter, 
Beyond Health News, 
and
was ultimately included in a worldwide broadcast by the BBC and by ABC news). Almost all olive oil is processed and diluted in ways that result in the loss of
vitamins, essential fatty acids, antioxidants, and other nutrients, not to mention the
addition/creation of toxins. In my search for a healthful olive oil, I found only one
U.S. producer that’s doing everything right. Not surprisingly, this oil also has the
best flavor; the brand is Bariani. Barleans Flaxseed Oil
Everybody needs essential fats. Flaxseed oil contains essential omega-3 and -6
fatty acids that are required for good health. In choosing an oil, look for one that is
as fresh as possible and unfiltered, so as to retain all its precious nutrients and
goodness. Barleans is my choice. It is a high-quality oil that is pressed daily, given a
four-month shelf life date stamp and expressed directly to your local health food
store. Carlson Cod Liver Oil
Carlson Cod Liver Oil comes from the livers of fresh cod fish found in the pure
North Atlantic waters near Norway. It is a rich source of vitamins A and D along
with DHA and EPA (fish oils beneficial to human health). Organic Ghee or Butter
Organic butter is acceptable when a fat is required, such as for frying. Do not
allow the butter to smoke, as it becomes toxic. Organic ghee (clarified butter) may
be a better choice since it lacks the milk proteins and is less allergenic than butter. Ghee is made by removing all the milk solids and water from butter, leaving only
the fat. Ghee withstands higher temperatures well, making it ideal for cooking. My
choice is Purity Farms Organic Ghee. Udo’s Choice Perfected Oil Blend
Udo’s Choice is a blend of organic, unrefined oils and nutritional co-factors that
balances the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids to coincide with those obtained from
traditional diets.Pesticides
Pesticides are among the most dangerous of all man-made chemicals. When we
are exposed to pesticides, not only do they harm us and our children; they harm all
life on the planet. Yet, there are times when it sure would be nice to have something
that effectively kills and repels bugs without doing harm to you, your children, your
pets, or the environment. I found such a product; it is called Orange Guard. pH paper
pH balance is a critical part of cellular health. For monitoring the pH of urine and
saliva, pH paper in the range of 5.5 to 8.0 is ideal. pH paper in this range is available
at Beyond Health, along with guidelines on how to measure and control your pH. Rebounding
Health is determined by many factors, including diet, toxins, genes, stress,
thoughts and emotions and 
the amount of physical activity we get. Research has
proven that the benefits of exercise are cumulative and that physical activity is
essential for health. Rebounding is a simple, easy, and inexpensive way to address
this problem without leaving your home. If you consider buying a rebounder, do not purchase a cheap $50 mini-trampoline
at your local sporting goods store. This type of rebounder actually can do more harm
than good. Inexpensive rebounders tend to have bad springs; these cheap tube
springs do not absorb and cushion your weight properly, causing a bounce that is
abrupt and jarring. People have suffered permanent nerve damage from using such
units. Select a rebounder with fat, barrel spring that allows for smooth deceleration,
bringing you to a gentle stop. Another problem with cheap rebounders is poor-
quality matting material. Cheap mats stretch too much, do not support your feet
properly and thus place undue stress on your ankles, knees and back. By contrast,
good rebounders have high-quality mats that hold their shape and do not overstretch. Other considerations for a rebounder include the strength of the frame, the height
and number of legs, the quality of the sewing that attaches the webbing to the mat
and the ease with which the unit can be folded, stored out of the way or made
portable. The rebounder I selected for my personal use is available through Beyond
Health. Shampoo
All shampoos will remove oil and dirt from your hair, but the challenge is findingone without toxins. Common toxins include sodium lauryl sulfate and artificial
colors, fragrances and preservatives. Depending on the formula, other ingredients in
shampoo are capable of reacting with sodium lauryl sulfate to form nitrosamines,
which are powerful carcinogens. The brand I chose for my personal use is Aubrey
Organics. Aubrey makes a variety of shampoo products, so there is bound to be one
that is just right for you. Skin Cream
Like shampoos, most skin creams contain a long list of highly toxic chemicals
including artificial colors, fragrances, and preservatives such as parabens (capable of
damaging sub-layers of skin even more severely than a bad sunburn— damage that
goes essentially unnoticed—until a cancer diagnosis). My search for a skin cream
that contained no toxins and only high-quality natural ingredients led me again to
Aubrey Organics, which makes a variety of safe and effective skin creams. My
favorite is their Green Tea & Ginkgo Moisturizer, which is available at quality
health and specialty stores or at Beyond Health. Soap
Soaps generally come in either bar or liquid form and are made from either
vegetable or animal fats or synthetic detergents. There are enormous differences in
the amount of skin irritation caused by different brands of soap. Generally, soaps
made from glycerin are among the mildest. Soaps can also contain a variety of
toxins including artificial colors and fragrances as well as antibacterial chemicals. I
look for soaps that minimize both skin irritation and toxicity while still doing the
job. My favorites are soaps made by Weleda and Aubrey Organics. I also like Kirk’s
Castile bar soap and Dr. Bronner’s liquid soaps; both are effective, safe and
relatively inexpensive. Sunscreen
This is a perspective issue more than a recommendation. Sunlight is a health
promoting, required nutrient. Sunburn, however, damages health. The answer is to
get sun in frequent moderate doses and build a tan. Unless you do something foolish,
the sun will not cause disease in healthy people who have adequate amounts of
nutrients like carotenes, lycopene, essential fatty acids, and vitamins A, C, E, and
zinc and selenium. Our need for the sun is exemplified by the fact that nature
intended us to get most of our vitamin D from the sun. Vitamin D is almost totallyabsent in vegetable foods. If you must have a sunscreen skin product, I recommend
looking for those that do not contain any toxic, synthetic chemicals. My personal
choices are any of the several sunscreen products by Aubrey Organics, or merely
sticking to the ancient Mediterranean custom of rubbing high quality olive oil (such
as Bariani) on the skin. Synthetic chemical sunscreens may indeed help prevent a sunburn, but they do not
prevent skin cancer—in fact, they may even promote it. Researchers at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston cite: “There is no substantial evidence that
sunscreen protects against any of the three forms of skin cancer.” Robin Marks,
M.B., M.P.H., a dermatologist and a professor at the University of Melbourne said:
“Relying on synthetic chemicals to prevent cancer is laughable.” Arthur Rhodes, a
University of Pittsburgh dermatologist, told a 1994 meeting of the American Cancer
Society that sunscreens “appear weakly effective or ineffective.”
Toothpaste
Because almost all toothpaste is toxic, I looked for a toothpaste that would clean
teeth without adding to toxic overload. The mucus membranes in the mouth are
highly permeable and chemicals in toothpaste pass right through the membranes into
the blood stream where they can bioaccumulate in the body to toxic levels. Toxins
such as sodium lauryl sulfate, fluoride, artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, and
artificial flavors are common contaminants in toothpaste. The brand I selected after
eighteen months of research is Weleda. While there may be other acceptable brands,
I did not find any in my search that were superior to Weleda. If you decide to look
for one on your own, the objective is to find a brand that is made from only natural
and exceptionally pure raw materials. For additional information about these products, go to 
www.beyondhealth.com
 or
call 800-250-3063.A
PENDIX 
D 
A
LTERNATIVE
 C
ANCER 
T
REATMENTS
C
ancer may be the most feared of all diseases, but like all so-called diseases, it is
nothing more than malfunctioning cells. Restore those cells to normal function and
the cancer will disappear. Modern medicine’s dangerous treatments have failed to
put a dent in our cancer epidemic. Meanwhile, alternative methods have been
clinically proven to reverse cancer. Good resources include the 
Definitive Guide to Cancer 
by Diamond, Cowden, and
Goldberg, published by Future Medicine Publishing. Another resource is 
Beating
Cancer with Nutrition 
by Patrick Quillin. For specific suggestions regarding
alternative treatment options, consult with People Against Cancer. By becoming a
paid member, they will provide information about treatment options through an
International Physicians Network that reviews your medical records and provides
specific recommendations. In addition, People Against Cancer provides a wide range
of educational materials of interest to people with cancer. For more information go to 
www.beyondhealth.com
 and click on the links page or
call 800-250-3063.A
PPENDIX 
E: 
I
MPROVING 
V
ISION
E
yesight can be improved using natural vision improvement exercises. By
regularly performing a series of simple exercises, most people can throw their
eyeglasses away. Meir Schneider’s 
Yoga for Your Eyes 
offers a complete program
including a 62-page booklet, eye exercise chart, and an 82-minute videotape
teaching you how to improve your vision naturally. Meir Schneider was born
without sight. He developed his own total approach to self-healing and used it to
reverse his own blindness. Yoga for Your Eyes 
is available through Beyond Health at
www.beyondhealth.com
 or 800-250-3063.A
PPENDIX 
F: 
H
EALTH-E-
A
MERICA 
F
OUNDATION
D
ramatic increases in disease-care costs and rates of disease are threatening to
overwhelm the economic and social structures of the United States. An aging
population and an unprecedented epidemic of chronic and degenerative disease are
making costs spin out of control. With the percentage of young taxpayers shrinking,
providing health benefits to the elderly will overwhelm the national budget within
thirty years. The United States spends more on health care than any other nation. Yet
the incidence of almost every chronic disease continues to increase, the health of our
people continues to deteriorate, and costs are soaring to unsustainable levels. According to the Medicare Board of Trustees, Medicare spending will double over
the next ten years. Medicare costs will exceed those of Social Security, and by 2030,
75 percent of the federal budget will be allocated to Medicare, Medicaid, and social
security. The promised benefits under Medicare and social security are projected to
exceed scheduled income by $465 trillion over the next 75 years. The combined
economic and social disruption from supporting such a large, diseased population
could be catastrophic. A program to prevent this crisis must become a national
priority. The solution to this crisis is to arrest and reverse the epidemic, thereby lowering
health costs to a fraction of today’s expenditures. Aging is inevitable, but health is a
choice. The variable over which we have control is whether people remain healthy as
they age. We must teach them how to do this. Since this epidemic is man-made, we
can choose to unmake it through a dramatical and new scientifically based education
model. The mission of Health-e-America Foundation (HeAF) is to arrest and reverse our
chronic-disease epidemic through education—by teaching schoolchildren and their
families the basics of good health and empowering them to achieve it. With
childhood disease rates increasing, teaching children how to improve health and
avoid disease will produce an almost immediate reduction in costs, with the savings
compounded each year. Health-e-America Foundation will provide health education using a new model of
health and disease based on the revolutionary concept of maintaining and improving
cellular health. In essence, there is only one disease—malfunctioning cells. It is
malfunctioning cells that become susceptible to infection and which manifest ascancer or other so-called diseases. Teaching children how to prevent and repair
cellular malfunction will begin to immediately arrest and reverse America’s chronic
disease epidemic. This epidemic took generations to create, but we must reverse it
much faster. This can only be accomplished by teaching an entire generation of
children. Existing health education is disjointed and incomplete. It has not been effective in
curtailing this epidemic because it fails to provide a coherent understanding of
health. Worse, most of the existing educational materials have been supplied by
industries promoting unhealthful or outmoded solutions. The 
one-disease concept 
is
a vastly more effective way to teach health. This concept is easy to understand and it
is a comprehensive system incorporating all aspects of health. Using advanced E-
learning technology, HeAF will provide, 
free of charge 
and in CD ROM format or
online, educational materials that are stimulating to students and available to
teachers in grades kindergarten through high school. HeAF will produce these
unique educational materials as well as launch a national educational campaign for
parents, teachers, and school administrators to facilitate the introduction and use of
these materials in the schools. This program will benefit the existing generation, but
most important, it will improve the health of each succeeding generation, which we
all have a responsibility to ensure—to ensure the future of America. For more information on HeAF go to 
www.healtheamerica.org
. To support this
important work, tax-deductible donations can be sent to:
Health-e-America Foundation 
P.O. Box 150578 
San Rafael, CA 94915
“Never doubt the power of small groups to change the world; indeed, it is the
only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead, 
Anthropologist 1901–1978Table of Contents
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. I ALMOST DIED
2. YOUR POTENTIAL FOR HEALTH
3. THE NEW THEORY OF HEALTH AND DISEASE
4. CHOOSING HEALTHY CELLS
5. THE NUTRITION PATHWAY
6. THE TOXIN PATHWAY
7. THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PATHWAY
8. THE PHYSICAL PATHWAY
9. THE GENETIC PATHWAY
10. THE MEDICAL PATHWAY
11. A SHIFT IN PERSPECTIVE
REFERENCES
AUTHOR’S NOTE: GOING BEYOND HEALTH
APPENDIX A: HEALTH INFORMATION
APPENDIX B: VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS
APPENDIX C: FOODS AND PERSONAL PRODUCTS
APPENDIX D: ALTERNATIVE CANCER TREATMENTS
APPENDIX E: IMPROVING VISION
APPENDIX F: HEALTH-E-AMERICA FOUNDATION
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        His life expectancy was estimated between six months and three years, and no one in
his condition had been known to live beyond five years. As I am writing this chapter, eleven years have passed since my brother’s surgery. He is living a high-quality life. How did he do it. First, he had to change hisperspective. The existing belief system said he should have died a long time ago. Rather than accept his cancer as a death sentence, my brother took on the challenge
of restoring normal function to his cells. The new understanding of one disease says
disease has only two causes—deficiency and toxicity—and that addressing those
causes along the six pathways can heal virtually all disease. My brother’s recovery came as the result of radical changes in diet and the
addition of vitamin supplements, essential fatty acids and frozen shark cartilage—
not chemotherapy and radiation. Conventional cancer treatments do nothing to
reverse the underlying causes of cancer (abnormal cell chemistry), and they do
devastating damage to the body. The most important steps you can take to change your perspective about health,
and thereby reduce morbidity and mortality, is to shift your view from one side of
these equations to the other. That is, reconsider the differences between
• Disease care versus health care
• Diagnosing symptoms versus preventing disease
• Treating symptoms versus restoring health
• Relying on doctors versus relying on yourself
• Eating make-believe food versus eating real food
• Germs causing infection versus compromised immune systems
• Toxic versus nontoxic living
• An active life versus sedentary sickness
Let us take a closer look at each of these shifts in perspective. Disease Care Versus Health Care
Existing medical practice is not about health care; it is about disease care. Modern
medicine is based on the belief that you are healthy until you have a diagnosable
disease, after which the task is to give the disease a name (diagnose) and then
suppress (treat) its symptoms. This perspective waits for disease to happen; makes
no attempt to measure health in its initial decline; ignores the effects of nutrition,
toxins and behavior; and gives little or no recognition to the body’s self-healing
abilities. The patient is not empowered, and the personal and monetary costs are
enormous. Modern medicine excels at treating emergencies and trauma, and in doing
surgery, but does poorly at preventing or healing disease because it is almost totally
unequipped to diagnose and treat the two causes. The new perspective on health presented in this book is based not on waiting for
disease to happen, but, rather, actively working to prevent disease. If disease does
occur, then we must look for the true cause and restore health by addressing that root
cause. This approach recognizes the body as self-regulating and self-healing, and
seeks to optimize health by helping the body to function as it is designed to do. Thisapproach incorporates all we have learned about the effects of nutrition, toxicity and
behavior. The underlying inspiration is that health is a choice and that almost all
disease is preventable. Diagnosing Symptoms Versus Preventing Disease
The process of diagnosing a patient rests on waiting for illness to strike and then
matching the symptoms to a so-called disease, thus giving that group of symptoms a
category and a name. This activity can be very expensive and time consuming, and is
often hazardous to the patient. Yet, what does it achieve. Does this tell us what
caused the problem or how to fix it. Not very often. Because only one disease exists,
spending a lot of time, money and resources to give a group of symptoms any one of
thousands of meaningless names is not a productive activity. Because of its focus on diagnosing and treating disease after it occurs, modern
medicine has paralyzed itself, which is why it cannot reverse our epidemic of
chronic disease. We cannot continue to perceive disease as something that strikes
like a bolt of lightning; people in good health do not become ill. The only way to
reduce disease is to promote health and thereby prevent disease in the first place. Treating Symptoms Versus Restoring Health
The best way to deal with any problem—in business, personal lives, engineering,
etc. —is to identify the cause, address the cause and solve the problem. Unfortunately, modern medicine does not focus on identifying the cause. Traditional medicine suppresses symptoms, usually by poisoning patients with
toxic drugs, removing essential body parts or exposing the patient to cancer-causing
radiation— sometimes, all three tactics. Meanwhile, diseases remain chronic, and
disease-care costs continue to escalate to unsustainable levels. Diseases are healed
with nutrients and the removal of toxins, not with drugs and surgical scalpels. Relying on Doctors Versus Relying on Yourself
Most people wait until they get sick, then go to a doctor and hope to get well. I did
this when I was ill, only to discover that my physicians had no idea how to make me
well. This practice negates our own responsibility for health. Do we really think we
can eat an unhealthful diet and live an unhealthful lifestyle and that our doctor will
make us well after we have worked so hard to make ourselves sick. Health and disease are choices. We, as a society and as individuals, are the ones
making those choices. Today, health is compromised at so many levels. If we want
to improve our health, prevent or reverse disease, and extend life, we have to make
special choices in order to compensate. We cannot rely on physicians to “fix” us
after we have spent decades making ourselves sick—almost all physicians are stuckin the old disease-care paradigm and have no idea how to restore cells to health. The responsibility for health is ours, and we must teach this to our children so
they and their children can claim their birthright to lifelong good health. We must
also ask our governments and society at large to make changes. Why do we allow
soft drink and candy vending machines into our schools. Why is it that medical
insurance covers failed traditional treatments but does not cover alternative
treatments that are safer and more effective. Why do we allow our government to
subsidize the dairy and sugar industries. Why do we allow genetically modified
foods to be sold without labeling and without adequate testing for safety. Why do
we continue to allow the use of fluoride in our drinking water. Why do we continue
to allow dentists to put mercury in people’s mouths. All of us need to address these
questions and many others. Eating Make-Believe Food Versus Eating Real Food
Until I educated myself, I used to think that what I purchased at the supermarket
was real food. What a surprise to find little or no real food in a supermarket. Imagine the public outcry if someone had announced to us that they were going to
drastically lower the nutritional content of our food. Yet, this is exactly what has
happened. Where is the outcry. We are all eating nutritionally deprived, toxic,
make-believe foods that have been proven incapable of supporting healthy life in
either animals or humans. Throughout this book we have looked at the history of the human diet and
environment and how dramatically these have changed, especially in the last
century. Our cells are designed with specific nutritional needs that are no longer
satisfied by typical modern diets and lifestyles. To achieve optimal health, we must
acquire daily all the nutrients for which we have genetic requirements. Scientist
Linus Pauling, a Nobel laureate, wrote that modern diets are incapable of supplying
optimal nutrient quantities, even if we make good food choices. According to
eminent scientist Emanuel Cheraskin, M. D. , D. M.
The doctor initially estimated that his life expectancy was between six months and three years.
What was the initial prognosis for the author's brother?
The author's goal was to share the knowledge and insights they gained from their own experience of recovering from a terminal illness, and to provide a new perspective on health and disease.
What was the author's goal in writing this book?
The author believes that most doctors are stuck in the old paradigm of disease care and are not equipped to help patients restore their health. The author emphasizes the importance of taking personal responsibility for one's health.
What is the author's perspective on the role of doctors in health care?
The author argues that germs do not cause disease, but rather, a compromised immune system and poor lifestyle choices do. The author emphasizes the importance of optimizing one's immune system and making healthy choices to prevent disease.
What is the author's view on the role of germs in disease?
The author believes that most vitamin brands are ineffective and toxic, and that it is essential to find a high-quality, pure, and biologically active product.
What is the author's opinion on the effectiveness of vitamin supplements?