Metabolic Solutions Report  
Terry Chamberlin, B.Sc., C.N.C., Bioanalyst                Nova Scotia, Canada                  msibio@yahoo.com               902-584-3810  
 
TISSUE CLEANSING THROUGH BOWEL MANAGEMENT  
 
By BERNARD JENSEN D.C., Nutritionist  
WITH THE ULTIMATE TISSUE CLEANSING SYSTEM  
Co-authored with Sylvia Bell. This book Is Intended for use as an Information source. It Is not Intended as advice for self 
diagnosis or a prescription for self treatment. It Is hoped that the information contained here in will stimulate thought and 
encourage the adoption of a beneficial llfestyle. DEDICATION  
This book is dedicated to those who want to take the higher path, which is the one approved by God, and to those who would be  
free and cleansed of the old so as to embrace the coming into the new and higher life. “Cleanse and purify thyself and I will exalt thee to the throne of power.” “Be thou clean.”  
The results obtained with the program outlined in this book should command the Interest of every physician who clai ms to follow 
a preventive health care philosophy. It is a powerful tool when used to overcome the entrenched effects of chronic diseases, as are 
an estimated 80% of those found in this country. It is a most Ideal way to turn such conditions around toward r ejuvenation and 
well-being. ABOUT DR. JENSEN  
Beginning his career as a chiropractor in 1929, Dr. Bernard Jensen soon turned to the art of nutrition in search of remedies for his 
own health problems. He travelled to over 50 countries, to study the lifestyl es of the different cultures in an effort to understand the 
principles of long and healthy living. He visited Russia where he studied the long -lived people. The last man he met in Russia was 
152 years of age. Dr. Jensen journeyed to New Zealand several tim es, stayed at Sri Aurobindo’s Ashram in India and visited Sai 
Baba, one of the masters of India. He met with the Dalai Lama and recently stayed with the King of Hunza Valley. Many of the spas and nature -cure sanitariums in Europe were visited. Many constru ctive ideas were brought back to develop the  
Hidden Valley Health Ranch in 1955. It was a place for his patients and guests to come and learn how to live a healthy life. Hidden Valley Health Ranch served as a retreat for people from all over the world. The  Kneipp water baths from Worishofen,  
Germany were established; the organic garden provided 60% of the meals served; lectures and demonstrations were given and the  
summer classes became a main attraction. Doctor Jensen concluded that the long -lived people l ive a simple life, in a moderate 
temperature, eat unprocessed foods, no fried foods, little meat, live a serene, contented life, maintain good posture and con sistently  
live close to where the soil is black. Doctor Jensen believes humanity needs a formula f or living successfully, healthfully and 
peacefully. He combines the elements of the physical, mental and spiritual in teaching people how to live. Contents  
Foreword …….................................................................................................. 4  
Introduction to Raising Bowel Consciousness .......................................……. 5  
A Brief Discussion of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Bowel .. ............. 12  
Autointoxication .............................................................................…………17  
Constipation...................................................................................…………. 21  
Imbalances of the Large Intestine .....................................................……… 29  
Intestinal Flora and Bowel Gardening ................................................…….. 47  
Natural Methods and Techniques for Bowel Improvement .....................…. 55  
Introduction to the Ult imate Tissue Cleansing System..........................…… 66  
Case Histories and Testimonials ......................................................……… 111  
In Conclusion ...............................................................................………… 119  
Bibliography .................................................................................………… 121  
Glossary of Terms .........................................................................…………122  
List of Illustrations  
Villi of the small Intestine .. ..................................................................... 13  
Normal Digestive Tract ........................................................................... 16  
Passage of meals through the digestive system ................................... ...... 26  
Various Bowel Abnormalities ................................................................... 30  
Normal Colon and Uterus ....................................................................... 37  
Transverse Colon Prolapsus and Its Pressure Effe cts Upon the Pelvic Uterus .. 37  
Iris signs of the Left and the Right iris ...................................................... 39  
X-Ray Photographs ................................................................................ 41  
Slant board exercises ............................................................................. 59  
Photographic Documentary ..................................................................... 97 ഊ4 
 
FOREWORD  
Publishing this book has been somewhat difficult due to the natur e of the subject matter. Bowel management is virtually an 
undiscussed topic in our culture and Western society. It’s not nice to talk about. Somehow the unspoken idea has crept upon u s 
which implies that the bowel will take care of itself. Also along with this erroneous belief comes another which implies that 
anything we may buy in the supermarket or prepare in our kitchen will be received with gratitude by the gastro -intestinal system. Dr. Tom Spies, recipient of the American Medical Association’s Distingu ished Service Award has said, “All the chemicals used in 
the body —except for the oxygen we breathe and the water we drink —are taken in through food.”  
 
Unfortunately, the selection of poor foods and improper preparation methods often lead to bowel problems. Specifically, 
researchers have shown that regular use of refined carbohydrates and a lack of fiber in the diet increase the transit time of  bowel 
wastes and stimulate production of putrefactive bacteria in the bowel. Both of these factors have been linked  not only to bowel 
diseases such as colitis, diverticulosis and cancer but also to chronic disease elsewhere in the body. Fortunately, what medi cal 
scientists call the “irritable bowel syndrome” can be prevented or reversed in most cases by following the p rogram described in 
this book. There are methods, however, such as proper diet, which will lead to the same results but over a longer period of t ime. The response to the first edition of this book has been wonderful. We have received many suggestions and comments which have 
led us to make revisions and additions to make this book more responsive to your needs. It often takes an act of resolution and courage in order to get out of the bowel situation in which so many people find thems elves. There is no bet ter way than taking positive, affirmative action. The instructions given in this book will give you the opportunity to 
take greater responsibility over your level of health and well -being. Improving the condition of your bowel will give you 
worthwhile divi dends in renewed health, energy and vitality, an investment well made. The program outlined In this book is just 
the beginning of a new path. Once the bowel is cleansed of accumulated waste material, the next step begins. Giving up old ha bits 
is a very dif ficult thing for most people but is absolutely essential to regaining full health. The building process begins when 
correct, life -giving attitudes and habits take over. We can regenerate the body when we have clean tissues that are able to draw all 
the nut rients and chemical elements we need from the foods we eat. Coffee and donuts will not do the job; sugar and white bread 
won’t either. If old habits are not given up, only temporary “flash” results will be experienced. This book has been made available fo r the person who wants to take greater responsibility for his or her own health and well -
being. The 7 -day cleansing program described here has been used by many in their own homes with safety. Rome was not built in 
a day, nor are the dividends of effective  bowel management always evident right away. It can take months or even years to correct 
problems that have taken many years to come about. Developing proper elimination is half the job. The other half is rebuildin g 
damaged tissue. CAUTION  
I want to make clear that the program described in this book is not being represented as a cure for any disease or ailment. It is 
simply a method of cleaning out the bowel and of restoring regular bowel habits, which leads to a cleaner body through more 
efficient elimina tion of wastes. The program described here will seldom conflict with any other therapy or treatment, but if you are 
under a doctor’s care, it is best to discuss this program with him and seek his counsel and support. If your doctor is intere sted in 
natural  and preventive health care, he will understand that a clean body is more responsive to any therapeutic measure he feels you 
need. Our program is not intended to supplant qualified professional health care. Not everyone needs this program, and we are  not 
recommending it as a universal panacea. But, there are many who will benefit from it. We recommend that the seriously ill and the elderly go easy with this program, seeking the advice of their doctor in modifyin g any 
of its features to conform to their spe cific needs and limitations. We have attempted to make this book as complete and as clear as 
possible, to answer all potential questions and to avoid confusion. Questions and inquiries from professional practitioners a re 
welcomed. If you suffer from a blee ding bowel or any severe bowel disturbance, it is imperative that a doctor’s supervision  
be employed. CHAPTER 1  
INTRODUCTION TO RAISING BOWEL CONSCIOUSNESS: TWO MIRACLES*  
As out of dirty mud -beds, gorgeous lilies grow — So out of bent -old-age, comes vibran t youth! And youth from age, is not a 
greater miracle than pure white lilies growing out of mud! In the 50 years I’ve spent helping people to overcome illness, dis ability 
and disease, it has become crystal clear that poor bowel management lies at the root of most people’s health problems. In treating 
over 300,000 patients, it is the bowel that invariably has to be cared for first before any effective healing can take place. In times past, knowledge of the bowel was more widespread and people were taught ho w to care for the bowel. Somehow bowel 
wisdom got lost and it became something that no one wanted to talk about anymore. By putting the bowel in the closet and maki ng 
believe it doesn’t exist, many people have gone down the path of improper living, treatin g the bowel indiscriminately and reaping 
the sad harvest in later years. Knowing the ways of keeping the bowel healthy and in good shape is the best way I know to kee p 
away from the grip of disease and sickness. The bowel -wise person is the one who is arm ed with good knowledge, practices discrimination in his eating habits and walks the 
path of the higher life. His days are blessed with health, vitality, optimism and the fulfilment of life’s goals. He is a ble ssing and 
source of inspiration to family and a ssociates. His cheerful disposition comes from having a vital, toxin -free body made possible 
by the efficient, regular and cleansing action of a loved and well -cared for bowel. Every person who desires the higher things in 
life must be aware of proper bowe l management; what it is, how it works and what is required. In so doing, you will discover 
many secrets of life, develop a positive attitude toward yourself and become the master of body function. *From “Mysterious 
Catalytic Foods,” by Brown Landone. I believe autointoxication is currently the number one source of the misery and decay we are witnessing in our society and cultu re 
today. Through it comes the host of uncleanliness, with its entourage of imbalance, derangements, perversions, sickness and 
disease. Autointoxication becomes a powerful master over the body, robbing the inhabitant of clear thinking, discrimination,  
sound judgement, vitality, health, happiness and loved ones. Its rewards are disillusionment, bitterness, disappointment, fin ancial 
chaos and failure. Overcoming the effects of autointoxication can be a long and difficult task. It is much preferred to avoid it  in the 
beginning than to have to struggle with the consequences in later life. I believe in educating not medicating. The topic o f bowel management is a broad one. Many books have been written on the subject. Many different views have been 
projected, and there is some confusion about exactly what constitutes proper bowel hygiene. In this book, I give you the best  
information current ly available and the accumulated wisdom gathered from a lifetime devoted to natural therapeutics as it relates 
to bowel care. I’ve travelled to the farthest corners of the earth searching for the secrets to health and long life and want  to share 
with you m y discoveries so that all who will, may partake in the nurturing of these seeds and harvest the benefits of the higher life. This is a book of experiences that should awaken a person to the realization that the greatest healing power comes from withi n out. We find that healing comes according to the one law that I have followed in my sanitarium work for years; that is Hering’s La w of 
Cure. It states that “All cure starts from within going out and from the head down and in reverse order as the symptoms have  
appeared.”  
 
This book takes into consideration one of the first things that has to be managed in our body maintenance program. No one has  
ever had a home nor any acreage to take care of in which they did not have to consider the elimination of waste. Years  ago it was 
found that many of man’s diseases came from a lack of sanitation. People would let the urine and toxic material from the bowe l 
just travel through the streets. This situation attracted many of the diseases that were so prevalent throughout the world at one time. Sanitation has come about in many ways. Underground sewers take away potentially harmful wastes. Packaging of food has kept i t 
sanitary. Boiling, scorching and burning have broken up bacteria effects that could be transferred to the body . We find, however, 
that to take care of eliminations properly, we must start in the very beginning to look after these things. We have to stop d umping 
waste indiscriminately. We must stop having unsanitary conditions and their effects flowing through our bodies. We have a 
sanitation department in our body. We have a cesspool, a sewer, so to speak, and we must keep it clean. We must set it up bac teria-
wise so that we do not get into the disharmony or disease conditions. This book gives valuable information  about the care of the body from the bowel elimination standpoint in particular. It has been 
my work to make sure that upon a patient’s first visit, all the elimination channels are put in good working condition. To tr y to take 
care of any symptom in the b ody without a good elimination system is futile. In order to explain this work, I will present to you 
just a little bit of the anatomy and physiology of the digestive and eliminative systems and some of the things that possibly  many 
are not aware of becaus e they are not generally talked about. The average person doesn’t want to talk about the bowel, and is not 
sufficiently informed about this important function of life to avoid the consequences of ignorance in bowel management. But, it is 
time we come out a nd talk about this part of the body, which is so much in need of care in this day and age. When we eat foods 
that are not whole, when they aren’t raw or don’t contain enough bulk, we are inviting trouble. When we do not have the 
lubrication and the moistur e which we find lacking in so much of the food available today, it affects the bowel most adversely. We know that Grandma always took care of the bowel. She would use sulfur and molasses as one of the old remedies. She would 
also use enemas to clear a bloc ked bowel. In days past, people were more familiar with bowel problems and how to care for them. We’ve gotten away from doing these things today and many people are suffering unnecessary sickness and disease because of it. This book is offered with the id ea that with this knowledge, an individual can learn what is necessary for proper bowel 
management, and to show the results that can be obtained by just taking care of the bowel properly. No doctor should be witho ut 
this knowledge; no doctor should practic e any system of healing without considering the care of the five elimination channels 
(skin, lymph, kidneys, lungs, and in particular, taking care of the bowel). To this end, I give to you the best and most impo rtant 
available knowledge concerning the non -surgical and drugless restoration of normal bowel function. CORRECT LIVING HABITS  
If we lived correctly, there would be no need to concern ourselves with the bowel. However, most of us are not living right. We 
don’t eat the right foods, we don’t get the r ight exercise, fresh air and sunshine. There are so many things we’re not doing right, we 
can’t expect the bowel to function properly. What are the statistics on disease today, and what are doctors doing about it? V irtually 
all of their attention is direct ed to treating physical problems and troubles which are products of bad living habits. Bad living habits 
are too often picked up from this modern civilization. When I say modern civilization, I am talking about progress, and we al l like 
to think of ourselv es as progressive people. But it is obvious that a lot of things we’ve progressed to are not good for our health, 
and this is something we must correct. Doctors are not teaching people to live correctly, and they must begin to do this. I b elieve 
every doct or should spend half of his time teaching his patients how to live right. What do our government health departments do? They watch for disease. They are really “disease departments.” When an epidemic comes along, they try to take care of it. We give 
money to organizations and institutions, but do they try to find out how to prevent any disease? I see that one organization was 
given a huge grant to study diet and nutrition and their effects on cancer. So, they are going to start by finding out how al cohol 
affects cancer. I believe it is reasonable to ask why they aren’t conducting research to find out how to help prevent cancer. O f 
course they are going to find that alcohol has a detrimental effect. That is a foregone conclusion. But they’re still not goi ng to tell 
you how to prevent cancer, how to keep from getting it or even how to bring on a remission. So, I believe we must turn around . We must take a new direction in the way we look at health. AN OUNCE OF EDUCATION IS WORTH A POUND OF TREATMENT  
We need to  know how to become healthy and how to stay healthy. There are different kinds of people, and we have to reach each 
of them at their own level of understanding. Some people will pay anything to get well after they are sick. We find as far as  health 
is conc erned, you can’t pay for it —you earn it. You work for it. So often the average treatments we have today leave the patient 
void of knowledge, with no change of consciousness. Unless you elevate your mental attitude, your consciousness, you’re not 
taking a b etter health path. Too many people with coffee -and-donut lifestyles go see the doctor, get a treatment, then go right back 
out to that caffeine and sugar habit again. They will be back, you can bet on it! No one in a hospital should ever be allowed  to 
leave until they are given a full day of instruction on how to manage their kitchens at home, how to feed their families and how to 
prevent recurrence of the trouble that brought them there. Otherwise, they will soon be back in the hospital. You may think I ’m a 
little harsh in this, but every doctor says that one operation leads to another. Do you know why? Because nothing was done to  deal 
with the original cause which led to the first operation. LET’S OPERATE ON THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF THE BODY  
I ask my patien ts what operations they’ve had and almost invariably with everyone, the first is a tonsillectomy. The doctor 
removes a lymph gland organ and this is one of the organs that eliminates catarrh, phlegm and mucus acids. It is the only par t of 
the lymphatic sys tem that functions to externally throw off what your body can’t use. The next operation is the appendix; this is  
also lymphoid tissue. What’s going on here? We don’t keep our bodies clean; we don’t know how to keep them clean. Cleanliness  
can begin in many  ways but we can’t put new wine in old bottles. We can’t put clean food into a dirty body and expect good 
results. We’re only going to get partial, perhaps even negligible results. We have to do better than that. We have been train ed to 
believe that if the  bowel isn’t functioning correctly we can turn to laxatives. I believe there are more laxatives sold in this country 
than any other drug with perhaps the exception of aspirin. Cold remedies are very heavy sellers, as are tranquilizers; but yo u will  
find la xatives in almost every home. Somebody in each family always seems to be constipated; somebody in the family has bowel 
trouble. When the children used to get sick, what did grandmother suggest? An enema of course. Grandma and grandpa used 
sulphur and molas ses, and they had many other ways to take care of the bowel. But we find that laxatives are not the solution  
to bowel problems. We have to go deeper. We must realize that the bowel has the poorest nerve structure of any organ in the b ody. Having the poores t nerve structure, the bowel can’t signal its problems. If you get a little pinprick on the finger you immediately 
pull away from the pain that causes the distress. But there are no painful distress signals in the bowel because it has such poor 
nerve react ions and nerve sup -plies. Where there is a problem in the bowel, and you feel it, you are really in trouble. You must  
recognize that the average person doesn’t take care of the bowel until the very last thing. This was brought home to me espec ially 
with th e death of the popular movie actor, John Wayne. We find that he first had an operation on the lung. Three months later, he 
had an operation on the stomach. Another three months and he had an operation on the bowel. We tend to leave the bowel until 
last. BACKGROUND EXPERIENCES  
Often, parents neglect to teach their children about bowel movements and regularity. I grew up just like Topsy. If I was busy  
playing, I let the bowel movement go; if it didn’t happen today, I’d wait until tomorrow. I had a patient fr om Brazil who was 
having a bowel movement every 18 days, and her previous doctor told her that was normal. She experienced menstrual disorders 
and constant headaches for years and she also had aching shoulders. I knew I didn’t have to do anything about the se symptoms. Instead, I took care of her bowel. You know, when she started having one bowel movement a day for a month’s time, her shoulde r 
pains disappeared and her headaches were gone. After three month’s time, she no longer had her old menstrual problem s.  
 
I once studied diet and wholistic healing methods with Dr. Glenn J. Sipes in a San Francisco college. One time he received a phone 
call asking him to see someone in Walnut Creek, California, which is just the other side of Oakland. Because it was an e mergency, 
he agreed to go and asked me to go with him. On arriving, we found a young man about 26 years of age, red as a beet and oozin g 
liquid from his skin. He had extreme pain throughout his entire body and a very high fever. Dr. Sipes tapped the man’s bowel with 
his fingers and asked when he’d had his last bowel movement. The young man said he couldn’t remember. Dr. Sipes turned to the  
mother and asked her to prepare an enema, as the young man needed one right away. She asked what an enema was. Now, her e 
was a mother who didn’t even know about enemas! There wasn’t a thing in that house to give an enema with, but Dr. Sipes was a  
man who could always find his way out. He went outside, down to the creek and cut a piece of reed about 2 -1/2 feet long. He had 
the mother fill up a kettle with warm water. He cleaned the pith out of the reed with baling wire, took some of the warm wate r and 
blew it into the rectum, causing the man to eliminate. This procedure was repeated for over an hour. In an hour and a half, t he  
man’s fever had completely dropped to normal. There was no more redness of the skin and no more pain in his body. The effects  
of that enema made a powerful impression on me. This is just one experience I’ve had and I could tell about hundreds more. Grandmother used enemas to take care of the bowel for the same reason that people in early cultures used herbs. They didn’t have  
any scientific reason for using herbs, but experience showed they worked. They used herb tea for the kidneys because it worke d. In 
Mexico, they use Manzanita tea; in the Causasus, they use Camomile tea. Over the years, the specific uses of herbs have becom e 
more or less catalogued so we know what effects they have upon specific organs in the body. Enemas also work. However, I don’ t 
think our work in this area is complete. One of the first things doctors often say is that you can’t reabsorb toxic material from the bowel; and I once believed that too. I 
graduated from college with those ideas, but I found in practice that when we take care of the bowel condition from an enema 
standpoint, there is a certain amount of water retained in the bowel and immediately after, there is an excess amount of wate r going 
through the kidneys. The person urinates a good deal. I began to wonder, was it p ossible that the water went through the bowel to 
the kidneys without taking some of the waste material along with it? Years ago, we used to take urinalyses of people, and ind ican 
was one of the things we always tested for. Indican revealed the toxic materi al absorbed from some parts of the body, usually from 
the bowel, and eliminated through the kidneys. Today, indican is not checked in urinalysis. In fact, the bowel isn’t consider ed 
important enough to take care of. I have seen books in our universities th at claim one bowel movement every five days may be 
considered normal. However, normal in today’s world does not necessarily mean healthy. DETOXIFICATION: THE PATH TO IMPROVED HEALTH  
Detoxification is often neglected, overlooked or underestimated in the healing arts, despite the fact that all health profess ionals 
realize that a sick body is a toxic body. Toxic acids are normal products of cell catabolism, and we also assimilate varying  amounts 
of toxic material from the air we breathe, the food we eat and other environmental sources. When these can be eliminated from  the 
body, there is no problem. But when toxins are being assimilated or created in the body faster than they can be gotte n rid of, or 
when one or more of the eliminative systems are underactive, trouble lies ahead. I am convinced that toxic accumulations in t he 
body create the necessary preconditions for disease to develop. DEVELOPING A TOXIC COLON  
I believe that when the bowel is underactive, toxic wastes are more likely to be absorbed through the bowel wall and into the 
bloodstream from which they become deposited in the tissues. If any eliminative system is underactive, more wastes are retain ed 
in the body. As toxins acc umulate in the tissues, increasing degrees of cell destruction take place. The digestion becomes poor and 
partially digested material adds to the problem because the body cannot make good tissue out of half -digested nutrients. Proper 
function is slowed in all body tissues in which toxins have settled. When anyone has reached the degenerative disease stage, it is a 
sign that toxic settlements have taken the body over. This is the time when we have to consider detoxification - the cleansing of 
body tissues. O ur bodies can be overwhelmed by toxic accumulations as a consequence of fatigue, poor circulation and improper 
diet. When we detoxify the body, we must also take care of those things so we aren’t simply spinning our wheels. I want to 
emphasize that an unde ractive body burdened with toxic wastes does not have the capability of Growing off those toxins. As a 
body becomes increasingly toxic, proper oxidation cannot take place in the tissues. Without oxygenation, we lack energy and a  
tired body continues the do wnward spiral. It can’t throw off toxins. Sick people are always tired people. WORKING TOWARD A HEALTHY BOWEL  
Perhaps because of the bowel’s central position of importance among the eliminative organs, some health professionals of the past 
became “bowel m inded.” We have discovered that it is much better to be “whole body” minded and to start out with a complete 
tissue detoxification. A healthy bowel requires sufficient water, good nerve tone, good muscle tone, adequate circulation and  the 
right biochemical  nutrients in the right amounts. These, however, are not sufficient to bring health to a dirty, toxic -laden bowel. Cleansing must come first, then tissue rebuilding can take place. This is not an easy task and I don’t believe anyone can do a good 
job in le ss than a year’s time. This estimate is based on the time it has taken to see healing lines coming into dark, chronic bowel 
areas of the irides after a patient has gone through a cleansing and rejuvenation program. Our bodies expel a certain amount of 
toxic materials every day. Medical lab tests have been developed to check whether toxin levels in the blood, urine, feces or mucu s 
are normal. Furthermore, there are tests for the skin, hair and saliva to tell what toxins are being eliminated. By means of these 
tests, chemical imbalance may be recognized. THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER ELIMINATION  
Of all the processes essential to good health, we find that proper elimination is certainly one of the most important, and wh en we 
consider systems of the body, it is appa rent that good bowel management is necessary. I must admit that I did not realize the 
importance of good bowel care until years of experience in the science of iridology proved to me, beyond the shadow of a doub t, 
that the condition of the bowel tissue is often the key to the state of health or disease of the individual. I am convinced and truly 
believe that our problems begin more in the bowel than any other part of the body. The body depends on a clean bowel. The 
cleanliness of any tissue, i.e., kidney, s tomach, brain, depends upon what is found in the bowel. ORGANIC VERSUS FUNCTIONAL  
There are two conditions in people that I always take care of right away. It is difficult to separate these conditions and ye t they 
represent two ways of treatment. People a re dealing with both physical and mental imbalances and I get to the root of their  
problem by finding out what they believe in, what is at the bottom of their troubles. If you believe a lie, then you live a lie. If you believe in happiness, desire happines s and know how to go about attaining 
happiness, then chances are you are happy. However, the person who holds a vision of himself as diseased, distressed, blue, 
trapped or unable to get well, has to be re -educated. They have created their own world and tra pped themselves in it. Many are  
victims of percentage diagnoses - ”Your chances of getting well are only 30%,” and we have to erase this from their mind. We 
have an organic condition and a functional condition. When we deal with an organic condition we hav e to change the tissue, we 
have to change damaged cell structure, create a new chemical balance, promote better circulation; we have to remove obstructi ons, 
pressure and other gravitational effects. These things are strictly physical and we find that the m ind alone cannot overcome them 
very well. I believe that the mind has a tremendous effect on the physical body but that we must feed each aspect its own kin d of 
food. In the organic or physical aspect, we use diet, corrective exercise and tissue cleansing. We feed the mind or functional aspect 
of our being with education; teaching people to grow out of their problems, to change their attitude and consciousness. They must 
learn to walk the higher path in thoughts, words and deeds. I have changed people’s cel l structure many times, actually showing 
them the results with blood tests, but they still hang onto their old attitudes. They want to get well but don’t believe they  can. This 
confused state is transferred to every cell in the body. This is why I question  people about their mental attitude; we have to see 
where we are before we know where to go. CHAPTER 2  
A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BOWEL  
In order to better familiarize the reader with the scope of this book, the following discu ssion is provided. Proper bowel 
management does not require one to be a bowel expert. It is helpful, however, to understand the basics of bowel anatomy and 
physiology in order to more fully comprehend the message I have to share with you concerning good bo wel management. The bowel responds ideally to the laws of right living as outlined in this book. One must be aware of these laws and persever e to 
follow them. The rewards in health and freedom from disease are more than worth the effort. THE SMALL INTESTI NE 
When food has passed through the stomach by way of the mouth and esophagus, it enters the long, coiled tube called the small 
intestine. Here is where about 90% of the absorption into the bloodstream of all food constituents takes place. By the time i t 
reaches the small intestine, food from the mouth has been reduced by the action of chewing and digestive juices into a liquid  
known as “chyme.” Digestion of carbohydrates starts in the mouth with saliva. Further digestion takes place in the stomach. Protein s are broken down into short chains of amino acids (the essential ingredients of protein formation) in the stomach, while 
further reduction takes place in the small intestine until the molecules can be properly absorbed. When chyme has been thorou ghly 
mixe d and broken down by the stomach, the pyloric sphincter muscle valve opens and allows the food to enter into the uppermost 
portion of the small intestine or duodenum. Here in the duodenum, the first of three portions of the small intestine, the chy me is 
again thoroughly mixed by the contraction of the muscular walls. The longitudinal and circular muscles of the intestinal walls are 
capable of performing three different types of movements, each serving a different purpose. The tube of the small intestine i s 
divided by the circular muscles. These contract, segmenting the food as it passes. Further contraction of the muscles between  these 
segments occurs, making smaller segments, then the first set of muscles relax. This action results in a sloshing motion call ed 
rhythmic segmentation and takes place 12 to 16 times a minute. As a result of these movements, the chyme is thoroughly mixed 
with digestive juices. A wave of contraction known as peristalsis flows from the duodenum through the jejunum, or middle port ion 
of the small intestine, all the way to and through the ileum, third and final portion. Peristalsis is the motion caused by th e rhythmic 
co-ordination of the muscles and propels the chyme through the small intestine. Normal muscular activity of the intesti ne is not 
usually felt, although toxin -producing bacteria may cause violent and painful spasms to be felt. Diarrhea and vomiting are both 
reactions to irritations of the stomach and bowel. THE DIGESTIVE JUICES  
Chyme entering into the duodenum from the stomach is highly acidic. It contains a concentration of hydrochloric acid and 
enzymes which are required to break down the larger molecules so that absorption becomes more prolific. The small intestine 
secretions contain bicarbonate, an alkaline substance  which causes a neutralization of the stomach acid. Special cells in the  
intestinal wall secrete these substances and are combined with juices flowing from the gall bladder (bile) and pancreatic jui ces 
which flow by way of the pancreatic duct into the duod enum. Bile salts, produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder, once 
in the intestine act like a detergent to emulsify the fatty acids and glycerides, making very small particles to be absorbed into the  
walls of the intestine. By way of hormonal se cretions, the small intestine is able to control the digestive processes. HOW ABSORPTION PROGRESSES  
The small intestine is so constructed that nutrient absorption is most efficient. A large inner surface area is provided by t he 
accordion -like folds of the  intestinal wall. Lining the wall are finger -like structures called villi. They project into the interior of the 
tube from all directions. The average adult has a small intestinal area of approximately 200 sq. ft. The small molecular part icles 
of the broke n down food are able to pass into the cells lining the villi and are taken up by the tiny blood capillaries and eventually 
find their way into the hepatic portal vein where they are carried to the liver and reduced even further. From the liver, dig ested 
food substances are delivered to other cells in the body to support life -giving cellular activities. VILLI ARE FINGER -LIKE STRUCTURES THAT LINE THE WALL OF THE SMALL INTESTINE:  
Fatty food products do not enter the bloodstream as do other foods. They are ta ken up from the intestine through ducts in the villi 
called lacteals. Lacteals connect with the lymphatic system whereby these fatty molecules eventually drain into the thoracic duct. The thoracic duct empties into the vena cava in the neck area. This proc ess allows the fats to enter the bloodstream where they pass 
through the liver for metabolic rearrangement. In the ileum of the small intestine are found the nodules of lymphoid tissue k nown 
as Peyer’s patches. These lymph tissues contain scavenger cells o r lymphocytes which have a protective function by attacking and 
destroying unfavorable bacteria that find their way into the intestines. The small intestine averages 20 to 22 feet in length  and is 
from 1 -1/4 to 1 -1/2 inches wide throughout this distance. T he ileum terminates at the base of the large intestine in the right lower  
section of the abdomen. THE LARGE INTESTINE OR COLON  
Within 8 to 10 hours of eating, the food has passed through the small intestine and is mostly digested. It then enters the la rge bowel 
for the final digestive processes and elimination. The colon is divided into the following sections: the cecum, ascending col on, 
transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid and rectum. Altogether it is approximately 5 feet long and 2 -1/ 2 inches in diameter. The cecum is a blind pouch whose open end joins the ascending colon as it ascends upward toward the first bend called the hep atic 
flexure. Here at the cecum is found the ileocecal valve, a sphincter muscle which controls the flow of food material s from the 
small intestines into the large intestine. Situated at the extreme end of the cecum is the worm -like sac called the appendix. It is  
about 3 inches long and is often the sou rce of inflammation resulting in a condition known as appendicitis. The colon, unlike the 
small bowel, has a mucous lining or membrane which is smooth and void of villi. Surrounding thus mucous layer is a muscular 
coat consisting of circular internal muscles and longitudinal external muscles as found in the small bowel. The co lon is shaped into  
bulbous pouches called haustras. These haustras are made up of muscles which contract to gather the colon up into a puckered 
appearance and which allow considerable expansion. The colon terminates in the rectum and anus, the exterior ope ning. The anus  
is held closed by the anal sphincter muscle. The mucus membrane inside the rectum is striated in length -wise segments giving it a  
fluted appearance. Generally the nerve supply to the colon is sparse and therefore sensory impulses are very w eak. Colonic 
muscular activity is largely unfelt as a result. An exception is found in the rectum where nerve endowment is greater and thu s there 
is the pain associated with hemorrhoids or other rectal disturbances. HOW THE LARGE INTESTINE FUNCTIONS  
Throu gh the ileo -cecal valve, chyme is passed into the cecum from the small intestine. At this stage, the chyme consists of 
undigested or undigestible food substances, secretions from the liver, pancreas, small bowel and water. In the cecum, the wat er is 
mostly  removed, reducing the chyme to a semi -solid consistency which is now called feces. To provide lubrication for the passage 
of the feces, numerous cells line the walls of the bowel and secrete a mucus substance. As a result of haustral churning, a c onstant 
sloshing effect finishes the digestive process of the chyme. Under mass peristalsis, the feces are pushed toward the rectum a nd 
anus where they are eventually eliminated from the body. This movement is caused by the presence of food in the stomach. This  
activity empties the cecum and makes it ready to receive new chyme from the small intestine. BACTERIAL ACTION IN THE BOWEL  
When the bowel is healthy there is very little bacterial action in the small intestine. The large intestine, however, literal ly swarms  
with billions of these microscopic organisms. Bacterial action in the large intestine plays a major role in nutrition and dig estion. These friendly bacteria synthesize valuable nutrients by digesting portions of the fecal mass. Among others, vitamin K and  
portions of the B complex are produced. This aspect of digestion is not completely understood and is undergoing further study . Any remaining proteins are broken down by the bacteria into simpler substances. By products of bacterial activity are numerou s, 
such as indole, skatole, hydrogen sulfide, fatty acids, methane gas and carbon dioxide. Some of these substances are very tox ic and 
odorous, hence the accompanying smell of feces. The brown color of feces is a result of bile pigments coming from the liver. When feces are not brown, but have a chalky appearance, there is a problem in bile secretion and digestive ability. When fece s 
reach the rectum they are about 70% water; 30% by weight of the mass represents bacteria while the remainder is made up of fo od 
residues, cellulose, undigestible materials and dead cells discarded by the body. The time it takes for chyme at the cecum to  turn 
into feces and travel to the rectum depends upon the amount of roughage in the food and the water content. Bulkier feces trav el 
faster as they provide substance for the bowel muscle to work upon. Otherwise a soft, fiberless stool becomes very difficult for the 
colon to move along. The longer it takes, the more water is ab -sorbed, making feces compacted and hard so that it become s 
difficult to eliminate them. Neglecting the urge to eliminate, as well as eating foods low in roughage, will lead to constipa tion. Laxatives, taken as an aid in elimination, either act to increase the amount of liquid retained in the feces, or act as a l ubricant to 
allow for easy passage. Oftentimes laxatives are compounded to be an irritant or poison and stimulate the muscle walls to cau se 
abnormal contractions to expel the irritating substances. It is very easy to become dependent upon these drugs and t hereby 
permanently destroy normal bowel function. The expulsion of liquid feces or diarrhea, can be produced by excessive use of 
laxatives, nervous stress, infection or the presence of toxic substances in the bowel. Proper bowel management enhances the 
natural flow and rhythm of the digestive organs providing regular, painless and efficient functioning as described in this chapt er. THE SHAPE OF THE COLON  
A healthy, normally functioning bowel is shaped as seen in the illustration on the next page. The cecum is located in the lower 
right abdomen. From there the bowel rises up into the ascending colon until it reaches the first turn toward the left. This t urning 
point is called the hepatic flexure because of its proximity to the liver. From there the bowe l travels across the abdomen beneath  
the stomach until it reaches the second turn called the splenic flexure. This section of the bowel, the transverse colon, is the only 
organ within the body that makes a transit from right to left. In a normal bowel the transverse colon makes a slightly upward grade 
to the splenic flexure. From the splenic flexure, the bowel moves down as the descending colon until it reaches the sigmoid c olon 
just above the rectum. Here in the sigmoid is the holding place for feces waiti ng to be eliminated. The rectum continues from the 
sigmoid and makes an ‘s’ -like bend into the anus where the anal sphincter muscle is found. NORMAL DIGESTIVE TRACT  
CHAPTER 3  
AUTOINTOXICATION  
In the preceding chapter, I discussed the anatomical and phy siological functioning of an idealized bowel. Unfortunately, there are 
many obstacles we must be aware of that interfere with this ideal. Autointoxication is the result of faulty bowel functioning  which 
produces undesirable consequences in the body and is the root cause of many of today’s diseases and illnesses. If we can make the 
analogy of the large intestine, or colon being the body’s waste disposal or sewer system, we can begin to understand the proc ess 
more clearly. Imagine what would be the result of a pump failure in a city’s sewer system or what would happen if all the pipes got 
plugged up with some unmovable material so that the system failed to move waste? It wouldn’t take very long before a crisis 
developed and a huge sanitation problem would thre aten health and society. From open sewers in the past sprang the devastating 
plagues and diseases that literally destroyed whole cities and populations. When the sewer backs up, we have an immediate hea lth 
problem potential. Call the plumber! In addition t o the above scenario there is the possibility that the proper functioning of the  
waste elimination and treatment process can be shut down due to a power failure. The works themselves are O.K. but the energy  
that feeds all the machinery is shut off or is on ly partially available. We can liken this to what happens in our bodies when food is 
nutritionally deficient and fails to give us energy. All the above conditions are being experienced in our bowels today. Why? The 
full explanation would fill volumes and v olumes. We can distill the main causes for brevity and still get the message however. Basically, modern civilization, especially the industrialized nations, have the greatest bowel disturbances. We find that nat ive 
peoples living close to the land and natu re do not experience these problems and such diseases as diverticulitis and colitis are 
virtually unknown. So what is it that makes these bowel disturbances in our culture? It’s hard to point a finger at any one a spect in 
particular because they are all co ntributing in varying degrees. Individuals suffer from one aspect more intensely than another due 
to environmental factors and personal living habits. In general, the overall major contributing factor is our straying away from a simple, natural lifestyle,  wherein all the preconditions 
for happy, healthy living are found. We find that the further we stray from natural processes and the more we depend upon 
unnatural and artificial processes our disease and illness increase in frequency and intensity. In part icular, we find that the food 
situation has contributed most heavily to imbalances in people’s bodies today. The way we grow, harvest, process and market o ur 
food is at the root of much disharmony in our population. Economic factors have totally overruled all other considerations in food 
marketing and distribution. Vital, nourishing, life -giving food simply cannot be had when it is treated as it is today. Unfortunately our foods are hybridized to promote high yields, follow specific climatic conditions, mee t harvesting and processing 
requirements, and have economically advantageous marketing and shelf life characteristics. Nutrient quality, freshness, taste  and 
vitality as it becomes part of the human body is totally neglected. Processed, cooked, dried, roas ted, burned, chemicalized, 
embalmed, preserved foods do not react well in the human body. In fact, they produce very unpleasant things, as you will witn ess 
later in this book. Anyone who is aware of health conditions as they exist today is familiar with th e case against the present system 
of food production. Therefore, let us go on to the other considerations that are responsible for bowel troubles today. As a r esult of 
our poor food conditions, the body is not able to get the proper nutrition. Food grown o n poor soil does not have all the vitamins, 
minerals and enzymes necessary for good health. Our people are growing up with shortages in their nutritional balance. These 
shortages produce abberations in body chemistry which reflect in disease, illness and u nbalanced mental states. Additionally, processed, devitalized foods are notoriously lacking in fiber and bulk. They tend to be dry, goopy, sticky and pasty. They do not do well in making the transit in the bowel. They have a tendency to stick to the inside s like glue and are difficult to 
move out. A constant diet of this kind of food puts one upon the path to all the things we are going to discuss in this book. Unfortunately this process gets started early in life. Other factors we should consider in auto intoxication are the stresses and tensions put on the members of modern society. When the 
body is under stress and strain, as is so often en -countered today, it needs an extra amount of nutrition to cope with the increased 
needs caused by this stress. Sadl y, the food eaten is so deficient that the body is always in a state of “catching up!” Never getting 
what is required, a vicious cycle is set up where starvation of vital tissues begins to occur. This situation is in itself st ress 
producing and vitality re ducing. Symptoms such as lack of energy, tiredness, irritability, restlessness, intolerance, quarrel -
someness, fatigue, lack of endurance and increasing frequency of illness are all products of the things I’ve been discussing. Now let’s combine these condi tions and see what happens. First of all, the sewer lines are beginning to get plugged up because of 
all the glue in the pipes. This causes a backing up of all systems. Waste material is staying around longer than it used to. There 
hasn’t been a reduction in the need to eliminate those materials and therefore the machinery has not had a break, but must instead 
labor even harder to move the same amount of materials. We find that more electricity is required to do this extra work and a ll 
equipment is now oper ating at a higher wear rate and will require additional maintenance to keep it all going. The possibility of 
equipment failure has increased due to the overload. Now imagine a brown out or worse yet, a complete failure in the energy 
supply. All systems com e to a very sticky halt. When the bowel becomes encrusted with unexpelled fecal material due to poor 
dietary habits, the absorption of vital nutrients slows down to the degree of encrustation. This is equivalent to a brown out . The 
energy cycle is short ci rcuited and a downward spiral of tissue integrity ensues. In addition, the accumulations on the bowel wall 
become a breeding ground for unhealthy bacterial life forms. They begin to multiply on this putrid, decaying material and the  stage 
is set for seriou s consequences. The heavy mucus coating in the colon thickens and becomes a host for putrefaction. The blood 
capillaries to the colon begin to pick up the toxins, poisons and noxious debris as it seeps through the bowel wall. All tiss ues and 
organs of the body are now taking on toxic substances. Here is the beginning of true autointoxication on a physiological level. By this time, there is little to no existent friendly bacteria in the bowel. The colon has been completely overrun by harmful , toxin -
producing  virus and bacteria. The sewer is backed up and the power has been turned off. Call the doctor! It is an indisputable fact 
that not only illness and old age, but even death are due to the accumulation of waste products of body chemistry and, on the  other 
hand, to the inability of the body to replenish its cellular structures and organs with fresh vital nutrients. Therefore, immu nity and 
freedom from disease can be had and old age and death can be deferred only as long as body wastes are kept at a minimum an d 
fresh, vital material of the first order is supplied for growth and repair of the body. Colonic cleanliness is of tremendous 
importance to general health. When the colon be -comes polluted with stagnating waste and its tissue becomes damaged by 
abrasions and infective ulcerations, the end products of poor digestion, lowered metabolism and putrefactive fermentation waste 
find easy entrance into the blood, lymph and other body fluids. Beside the morbid conditions already mentioned, one must 
consider the comm on and in -creasing prevalence of diseases of the colon, sigmoid flexure, rectum and anus; diverticulitis, colitis, 
hemorrhoids, fistulae, fissures and malignancies. These diseases are so serious and are becoming so prevalent that they have 
created an army of rectal surgeons, colonic irrigators, etc. COLONIC EXPERIENCE  
The benefits of colonic therapy were introduced to me by Dr. George E. Crowie of Los Angeles, California. He believes that th e 
colon is the most important organ of the human body. The sanitar y and active conditions of the colon predispose the body to good 
health. It was years ago that I went to New York and took up special work with a colonic specialist who had written a book 
showing that he had put the colon tube completely up the descending colon across the transverse colon, down the ascending colon 
and had it touching the appendix. I saw this in X -rays and felt as though I would like to study with this man in some of the colonic  
work he was giving. He had me do a good deal of this colonic wo rk over a period of a month in his office and I noticed that people 
who ate certain kinds of food always had a certain kind of a bowel movement. Those who had the natural fiber foods in the bow el 
always had a well -formed stool and it seemed to pass along f airly well. However, there were very few well or healthy people who 
came in for these colonics. These people were living on “civilized” foods. One of the things we noticed most was that those p eople 
who had a lot of bread were the ones who really had the p oorest colon conditions. They were the ones who, when X -rayed, had the 
most diverticula. We came to the conclusion that anyone taking bread or any of the refined floured products must use a fiber as 
found from vegetables along with it. To this day, we have  followed that program because we saw so many great changes in the 
elimination of toxic material by colonics when people used vegetable fillings and plenty of them along with their sandwiches. Today, I believe that no one should eat sandwiches or have any refined carbohydrates of any kind unless they have plenty of fiber 
material to move it along. Now in many cases I think if we took the natural cereals and natural materials in the very beginni ng, we 
wouldn’t develop many of these colon troubles. Of course,  we can’t tell the average person this, they have to find it out the hard 
way. Normal, healthy tissue cannot exist where diverticula exist. We have come to the conclusion that all breadstuffs made of refi ned 
flours should be kept out of the body - that means all bread, cakes, pies and Pastry. We teach people to use the four cereals t hat are 
so neglected in the diet; millet, rye, yellow cornmeal and brown rice . They must be whole and natural as God gave them to us so 
that we might have enough roughage to keep our bowel in good tone. Diverticulosis has increased tremendously and I belie ve that 
it is one of the greatest problems for the gastro -intestinal specialist to take care of today. The following clipping is from the Daily News Service, 1981:  
CANCER RISK FOR WOMEN  
A new study by University of San Francisco medical researchers has re vived a turn -of-the-century idea that toxic substances  
produced in the bowel can have damaging health effects. The study’s findings also support recent suggestions of a link betwee n a 
diet high in fat and low in fiber and an increased risk of developing br east cancer. The study of 1,481 non -nursing women showed 
that those who are severely constipated tend to have abnormal cells in the fluid extracted from their breasts. Such cells hav e been 
found in women with breast cancer and, the researchers suggested, m ay indicate that the women face an increased risk of 
developing cancer. The cellular abnormalities occurred five times as often in women who moved their bowels fewer than three 
times a week than in women who did so more than once a day. Chronic constipatio n is often the result of a diet high in protein,  
fat and refined carbohydrates (sugars and refined flour) but low in such fibrous foods as whole grains, fruits and vegetables . In past 
years, we have taken care of many chronic cases; we have seen remission through natural means, and it has been through cleansing 
of the bowel to which I attribute my success in these cases. We do not take care of any cancer cases, nor do we treat or coun sel 
cancer patients. We do, however, advise these people to be under the c are of a medical doctor. The medical doctors are equipped to 
take care of these extreme cases; and there are many who are now looking at the wholistic view in caring for the colon. CHAPTER 4  
CONSTIPATION  
This is a subject that everyone talks about, usuall y experiences, and spends a good deal of money trying to overcome or avoid. Last year, laxative sales were conservatively placed at $350 million. Now that’s a lot of constipation! What’s going on here? Over 
70 million Americans suffer from bowel problems. The number 2 cause of death in the United States is cancer. Of these, 100,000 
give up their lives every year due to cancer of the colon. Here is a quote from the American Cancer Society, “Evidence in rec ent 
years suggests that most bowel cancer is caused b y environmental agents. Some scientists believe that a diet high in beef and/or 
low in fiber is the cause.” Colon problems such as colitis, ileitis and diverticulitis affect a conservative number of two mi llion 
people. The medical profession reports that “ Despite decades of research in these diseases, their cause and cure for the most part is 
still unknown.” Colostomy is a surgical procedure whereby the intestine is severed from the colon due to that organ’s functio nal 
breakdown. The colostomized individual  is then faced with the lifetime elimination of feces through an opening in their side into 
an attached pouch. There are 100,000 people who undergo this radical approach each year. Needless to say, bowel difficulties such 
as autointoxication and constipati on are a growing concern to almost everyone. Out of these two conditions, which are actually 
symptoms of an -other problem, come a plethora of evils that are ruinous in their consequences. Constipation is a clogging up of 
the large intestine. It occurs in s everal ways. One of these is by a natural building up of the irritated mucus membrane and bowel 
wall to such an extent that feces can hardly pass through. One autopsy revealed a colon to be 9 inches in diameter with a pas sage 
through it no larger than a pe ncil! The rest was caked up layer upon layer of encrusted fecal material. This accumulation can have 
the consistency of truck tire rubber. It’s that hard and black. Another autopsy revealed a stagnant colon to weigh in at an i ncredible 
40 pounds! Imagine c arrying around all that morbid accumulated waste. When the bowel is that dirty, it can harbor an amazing variety of very harmful bacteria and parasites. It’s interesting to no te that 
worms outrank cancer as man’s deadliest enemy on a world -wide basis! It is estimated that 200 million people are infected by 
these intestinal parasites. These worms range in size from microscopic single -celled animals to 20 -ft-long tapeworms! These 
parasites kill more people annually than does cancer. One in four people in the  world today is infected by roundworms. The U.S. is 
not immune to these parasites, as the number of cases has increased in the past few years. The need for bowel sanitation and 
cleanliness has been sadly neglected for some time now. Bowel movements every t wo to three days are considered normal and 
acceptable. We of the wholistic, nature -cure professions, know better. Our experiences prove beyond a doubt that poor bowel 
condition is the source for many, many disorders in the body. Recently medical researcher s in African countries have had a first -
hand opportunity to verify these beliefs. Both British and South African medical scientists strongly insist that what is usually referred to as “regularity” may be a m atter of 
life and death. Insufficient numbers of  bowel movements and too little fiber and bulk in the feces may often explain the existence 
of gall bladder disorders, heart problems, varicose veins, appendicitis, clotting in deep veins, hiatal hernia, diverticulosi s, arthritis 
and cancer of the colon. T his complete turn -around in medical orientation comes from top -notch surgeons and biochemists. In less 
than a century, there has occurred an incredible increase in certain diseases which these researchers have attempted to expla in by 
comparing Africans liv ing under tribal conditions and people living under the conditions of Western countries. Their research 
indicates that the increase in disease rates in Westerners were caused by changes occurring in the food makeup that reaches t he 
large bowel. In former t imes, ingested food was much coarser, contained more bulk and indigestible fiber. The processing of foods  
today makes them mushy, soft, fiberless and bulkless. These researchers claim that this situation is having a detrimental eff ect 
upon the American and  British health. In England, Africa and India experiments were conducted to compare eating habits, foods 
and bowel waste products. These studies indicated that people living under primitive conditions on diets high in indigestible  fiber 
passed from 2 -1/2 to 4-1/2 times as much feces as those in the Western countries, and these people were found to be relatively free 
of most of the diseases studied. Those studies concluded that diverticulosis appears to be directly related to a high carbohydrate diet such a s one containing white 
flour and sugar. The long retention of feces is also claimed to be a source of heart disorders, as the removal of fiber from the diet 
raises serum cholesterol levels and predisposes the body to coronary disease. The accusation is mad e that the removal of fiber from 
the diet is also responsible for tumors and cancer due to biochemical changes associated with poor bowel elimination. Constip ation 
is often referred to by those who have studied the situation as the “modern plague.” Indeed,  it is the greatest present -day danger to 
health. Intestinal toxemia and the resulting autointoxication is a direct result of intestinal constipation. Constipation con tributes 
toward the lowering of body resistance, predisposing it to many acute illnesses and the creation of a great many degenerative and 
chronic processes. It cripples and kills more people in our country than most any other single morbid condition having to do with 
deficient function of life. For a lack of the colon to attend to its normal,  regular and efficient function almost every human ailment 
has been attributed. What disturbs proper intestinal function? It involves a major factor in life - abnormal nutrition. Nutrition is of paramount 
importance to the general welfare of the body. Un less the individual educates himself in the art of conscious living, acquires 
rational habits and lives up to them consistently, nothing but physical and mental catastrophies can be the result. Intestinal constipation causes cellular constipation. It also increases the workload of the other excretory organs - kidney, skin, 
liver, lungs and lymph. The functioning of these organs becomes depleted and overworked.
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TISSUE CLEANSING THROUGH BOWEL MANAGEMENT  
 
By BERNARD JENSEN D.
Bernard Jensen, D.C.
Who is the author of this book?
Autointoxication
What is the primary cause of many diseases and illnesses, according to the author?
Poor nutrition and lack of fiber in the diet
What is the main factor that contributes to the development of chronic diseases?
The author is against the use of laxatives, as they can cause dependence and lead to further health problems.
What is the author's stance on the use of laxatives?
The author emphasizes the importance of proper nutrition, stating that it is a major factor in the development of many diseases and that a diet high in fiber and whole, natural foods is essential for overall well-being.
What is the author's opinion on the importance of proper nutrition for overall health?