Second, the most pertinent to diabetes, is
the production of insulin by the beta cells for glucose utilization. When the
cells in the pancreas become weak and fail to do their respective jobs, both
aspects or functions can be affected. There are several other functions of the
pancreas, which we’ll discuss later. Digestion is one of the first things we think about when we think of the
pancreas. Even though not directly related to diabetes, proper digestion is a
vital process whereby foods are broken down so that their nutrition andenergy can be used for cellular fuel. Without this the entire body becomes
weak, affecting all its functions. The body secretes various digestive enzymes in basically four places: the
mouth, stomach, pancreas and small intestines. The mouth, pancreatic and
intestinal enzymes are similar to each other and are alkaline in nature,
affecting carbohydrate, sugar and fat digestion. The stomach is the only acid
chamber in your body and its role is to start breaking down protein
structures. This is accomplished by HCL (hydrochloric acid) releasing pepsin. HCL and pepsin are acidic in nature. It is important to note here the
importance of bile and sodium bicarbonate, the former released by the
liver/gallbladder and the latter by the pancreas. These are alkalizing agents,
which now alkalize the acid stomach contents (called chyme) so that the
alkaline pancreatic and intestinal enzymes can finish up the job. If there is inadequate bile flow and inadequate sodium bicarbonate, the
acids from the chyme will neutralize the alkaline digestive enzymes from the
pancreas, halting proper food digestion or breakdown. The HCL will then
burn or inflame the walls of the intestines. This can eventually lead to ulcers
and intestinal “itis’s.” Since acids neutralize alkalis, the alkaline digestive
enzymes of your pancreas and intestinal tract are inhibited from properly
digesting your foods. This causes fermentation and putrefaction, which now
becomes the process 
that breaks down the remaining food particles, instead of
the proper enzyme action. This, of course, refeases much toxicity and
alcohol, which further impedes the proper breakdown of your foods into
building materials and fuels. This alcohol creates additional blood sugar
problems and acidosis. The function of the pancreas that directly relates to diabetes is performed
by the beta cells, which produce and release the insulin that assists in the
utilization of glucose fuel by the body. Insulin, being a protein-type
hormone, assists the transport of glucose through cell membrane walls. It is
important to note here that fructose from fruit moves through cell walls by
diffusion, not active transport, as in the case of glucose. This means that the
need for insulin to assist fructose into a cell is highly questionable, yet
diabetics are commonly told not to eat fruit because of its sugar. I have
always put my diabetic patients on fruits with tremendousfy positive results. Letting Others Do It For you
I’ve seen case after case where a loved one drags their mate into my clinic
and wants me to tell the other person what they have to do. They push theirailing friend or loved one into a detox program. They make the juices for
them, they prepare their food for them and they prepare their herbal
supplements for them. Nine times out of ten, this breeds failure. The sick
person’s heart and true desire to be well is not there. You must be a part of your own healing. This is partly why you get sick. If
you want to be well and healthy, 
you
 must create this with your own desires
and actions, just as you would anything that you desire to experience or have
in life. It’s great to have your loved ones on your side in this process, but not to the
point of overshadowing your own desire and goals for yourself. If you want
to be well, it must come from 
you. Become a shining example to the world of
just how powerful God really is. But first you must show yourself. The part of the pancreas called the Islets of Langerhans is where the beta
cells are found. As previously stated, these cells produce and release insulin. When this part of the pancreas becomes hypoactive from inflammation or
congestion, this can cause inadequate amounts of insulin to be produced. The Islets of Langerhans consist of three types of cells: alpha cells, which
secrete glucagon and raise blood glucose; beta cells, which secrete insulin,
lowering blood glucose levels; and delta cells, which secrete somatostatin. Somatostatin inhibits the secretion of insulin, glucagon, a growth hormone
from the anterior pituitary, and gastrin from the stomach. As previousfy
stated, in diabetes mellitus it is the beta cells that are affected. In both types of diabetes, but especially type I, this weakness in the
pancreas is usually passed on genetically. However, through one’s lifestyle,
pancreatic weakness can be created in this life time. This woufd be especially
true of type II or late onset diabetes. It might take several generations for a
weakness from inflammation or toxicity to actually cause diabetes. You
woufd probably experience hypoglycemia or gestational diabetes before this
would manifest as any permanent type of diabetes. Of course there is a broad
range of diabetes, as the degree of pancreatic weakness varies. Remember that
someone had to start this weakness originally. The question remains: “How
did they start it?”
Diabetes is considered another autoimmune problem, where lymphocytes
attack the beta cells and destroy them. In my experience this is a
misunderstanding of the body’s protective mechanisms. Remember, your
immune system is designed to eliminate the weak. It does not attack itself forno reason. The allopathic medical community cannot find a reason for this
autoimmune response other than to say it is probably in the genes. However,
the real reason for this response becomes obvious when you understand that
in nature the strong survive while the weak perish. Nature never procreates
the weak. Nature eliminates it. I have seen diabetes created just from pancreatic flukes. Flukes are
parasites that can infiltrate the liver and pancreas. Cleaning out most of the
harmful parasites within the body is part of a good detoxification program. However, parasites do not originally create disease or tissue failure. They are
secondary to toxicity and tissue weakness. ADRENAL GLANDS
 
One of the most important relationships that is widely overlooked is that
between the pancreas and the adrenal glands. The cortex of the adrenal glands
produces andrenocortical hormones. Adrenal steroids called glucocorticoids
(namely cortisol and corticosterone), act principally on carbohydrate
metabolism. Cortisol and cortisone have many functions, including anti-
inflammatory and carbohydrate digestion or metabolism. This action is
catabolic in nature, meaning it’s involved in the breaking down process. The adrenal glands also produce neurotransmitters which affect
pancreatic function. Therefore it would be important to work on both of these
glands. It is always important to strengthen the adrenal glands as they have a
vital relationship with every cell in the body. Body Fuels
Glucose and fructose are essential simple sugars required to “run” your
body, just as your car needs fuel to run. Simple sugars require much less insulin than complex sugars. Complex sugars, like maltose, dextrose, and refined sucrose must be
broken down into simple sugars before the body can use them. This
creates heavy insulin requirements and also leads to excessive glucose,
causing fat storage. Amino acids are your building materials, and sugars (glucose, fructose,
etc.) are your fuels. Never use proteins for fuels. This creates tissue damage, cancer, and
death. Proteins are building materials, not fuels. THYROID/PARATHYROID
 
The thyroid/parathyroid gland must also be considered because of its control
of metabolism and calcium utilization factors. Without proper calcium
utilization all the cells in the body can become weakened. Calcium also plays
a role in zinc, selenium and iron utilization, which affects glucose utilization
and cellular functions. HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY
 
Another area of weakness to consider in diabetes is the hypothalamus and
pituitary gland. The posterior part of the pituitary gland, controlled by the
hypothalamus (the master computer in the body), releases an anti-diuretic
hormone which when underactive causes diabetes insipidus. It is also
important to note that the transverse bowel is at the heart of eighty percent or
more of the upper brain weaknesses, including 
and especially the pituitary
and hypothalamus areas. With a greater understanding of the GI tract,
especially the colon and its relationship to the organs and glands, you will
appreciate why a healthy GI tract is necessary to assist the health of the rest of
the body. GI TRACT AND DIABETES
 
Your gastrointestinal tract has a relationship to all the organs and glands
within your body. Just as the hub is the center of a wheel, the GI tract is
considered the hub of your body. When the GI tract gets impacted with
putrefying plaque from meat and flour products, the resulting inflammation
and toxicity produced is echoed to the related areas. This is why cleaning and
strengthening the GI tract is vital to your success in any disease condition,
including diabetes. THE TRUE CAUSES OF DIABETES 
There are many theories regarding what causes diabetes, from plaqued
cholesterol around the beta cells, to autoimmune problems, to genetics. Others say it’s from stress and obesity. Every cell in your body is a genetic cell. Some become weaker than
others depending upon the above. These weaknesses are magnified and
passed on through each new generation. Because of our unawareness of this
fact, the human species is currently facing serious tissue weaknesses,
resulting mainly in chronic and degenerative diseases. Remember there are only two causes of disease, any disease. Number one
is toxicity and number two is acidosis, in the form of inflammation. These
two causes are the effects of what you eat, drink, breathe, what you put on
your skin, as well as what you think and feel. These are the ways that you
either strengthen your body or weaken it and the cells within it. TREATING DIABETES
 
I have always put diabetics on a raw fruit and vegetable diet. This type of diet
will clean and rebuild the pancreas and adrenal glands. Food combinations
are also vital to follow (see instructions for food combining in 
Chapter 7
,
Eating for Vitality),
 as the fermentation and putrefaction of foods adversely
affect the pancreas and blood sugar levels. I also use an herbal detox program
and a pancreatic support formula with the diet (see 
Chapter 8
 for herbs and
herbal formulas that provide this support). In type II diabetes, if you follow a
good detox program and use high quality herbs, you should be off insulin
within three to eight weeks. I would always advise the assistance of a qualified healthcare practitioner
who can help guide you though this detoxification process. It is vital that you
watch your blood sugar levels. They can drop very fast and you do not want
to give yourself too much insulin when your blood sugars are more
normalized. This could put you into a coma. Use common sense. Take your time and be smart in what you do. If you
are on insulin, and you’re self-regulating or checking your sugars daily, you
do not have to worry if your sugars temporarily go up. Some fruits may
temporarily raise your blood sugars. If you notice a particular fruit doing this,
just eliminate that fruit until you stabilize your sugars. Remember your goal isto clean and regenerate the pancreas and adrenal glands, not to treat diabetes. Don’t forget that complex sugars like sucrose, maltose and dextrose can
overload your system with glucose. Trying to drive this excessive glucose
into your cells with insulin is not the answer. Avoiding these complex-sugar
foods is the answer. You will also note that proteins, especially meat, will also raise your
blood sugars. Meat is not a balanced food, as it consists of mostly protein. Therefore your body will break down fat and convert this to glucose for
balance. The responding glucose will then raise your blood glucose levels. There are so many contributing factors to diabetes. Keep it simple. Eat
the food that was designed for your body—fruits, vegetables and nuts. “There are no incurable diseases, only incurable people.” This means that
some people will not be cured because they don’t want to be. Many use their
disease for attention from family members or others. Many individuals
become lost to themselves and seek love and attention from others as a
support mechanism. Become strong in yourself; spend time alone with
yourself. Learn as much as you can about foods and their true effects upon tissue. Never fear God and nature. The devastating effects of diabetes are great, but
its cure is simple. If it takes you six months to a year to cure yourself, that’s
better than a lifetime of misery. Be free of your diseases. Get healthy. MODULE 5.8
Weight Loss and Control: Addressing the Cause
 
There are many reasons why people are overweight. Obesity has become a
big problem in the world, especially in the United States. Secretary of Health
and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, quoted in the New 
York Times,
January 2003, said that 50 million adults, or 25 percent of the adult
population of the U.S., are obese. If figures for obesity in children were
added this would greatly increase the numbers. In obesity one must always address the causes, not the effects. Because
the social consciousness sees fat as excessive, unhealthy, a sign of the loss of
control, or as a bad thing, we seek at all costs to rid it from our bodies. Someindividuals give up and surrender to it, hiding their angers and anxieties deep
within them. This of course can compound the problem. Let’s examine the reasons behind obesity. First and foremost we have the
endocrine glandular system. Show me obesity and I’ll show you an
underactive condition of the thyroid and adrenal glands. Hypothyroidism is
one of the most common causes of obesity. Many medical doctors use a
blood test to determine the hypo- or hyperactivity of the thyroid gland. They
generally test the TSHs, T3s and T4s in your blood to determine how your
thyroid is functioning. (See 
Appendix D
 for a complete overview of blood
tests and how to interpret your own results.) After years of observation it has
become quite evident to me that these tests are highly inaccurate. This is why
the Basal Temperature Test (see 
Appendix A
) was designed. I’ve seen
thousands of cases in which a person’s T3s and T4s are normal and the
patient is sitting in front of me with cold extremities, loss of hair, fatigue,
brittle or ridged fingernails, heart problems, depression or voice weakness,
just to name a few of the classic signs of hypothyroidism. The adrenal glands are the second most common cause of obesity when
the adrenal cortex becomes hypoactive. This can affect various steroids that
deal with carbohydrate metabolism, which means that complex sugars
(starch) and even glucose can be easily converted to fat instead of properly
metabolized. Of course the master gland, the pituitary, can also be involved. The third and most popular cause of obesity is dietary habits. We are a
society that loves disaccharides. These are complex sugars, including sucrose,
dextrose, maltose and lactose. Our body can only use simple sugars: glucose;
fructose; or in infants, galactose. All complex sugar molecules must be
broken down into simple sugars before cells can use them for energy. The
excess is then converted into and stored as glycogen or as fat. The average
American diet also includes a great many saturated fats which, in an acidic
environment, saturate even further. This makes them unavailable to cells for
nutrition and energy. This also creates a glue-like condition within the blood
and vascular system. Stones, plaque formation and the sticking together of
red blood cells are side effects. Starches, such as grains, have become very popular among homo
sapiens. Unsprouted grains are very low in available nutrition, acid-forming,
fattening, hard to digest, and are a gluey starch. The reason we feed grain to
cattle and hogs is to fatten them up for market. Genetics, of course, play a large role in our body’s consciousness. Everycell in your body is a genetic cell. However, some are weaker and some are
stronger. And weak cells can lead to glandular weaknesses, which are then
passed from generation to generation. Each generation becomes weaker
unless someone begins to strengthen his or her genetically weakened cells. EMOTIONAL COMPONENTS OF WEIGHT GAIN
 
As a society we have become extremely emotional and codependent—that is,
emotionally and mentally weakened. This has a profound effect on obesity, as
we have been taught to substitute sweets or refined foods—so called “comfort
foods”—in times of emotional weakness and pain. Since we are frugivores,
sweets 
fit
 our biological needs. However, these sugars should be simple
sugars, not complex sugars, which are mostly stored as fats. If you wish to change your life, spend time with yourself and get to
know who you truly are. You are Divine. God created you, so you are God’s
expression. Individuality is the name of the game in creation. Learn to enjoy
the fact that you are one of a kind. We all come into this world alone, we live
alone except for the company of those with whom we wish to spend time,
then we die alone. We are always alone within ourselves. Begin to love
yourself because 
you
 are all you have, except for God. Your mind is the most powerful tool you use to create with. How you see
yourself dictates your experience. If you wish to be thin, 
see yourself as thin. Most obese people do not feel thin so they have a hard time seeing
themselves as thin. By feeling thin you will begin to see yourself as thin. Changing your diet to fresh raw fruits and salads makes the body feel thin,
light, and clean. The diet recommended in this book will melt fat away and at
the same time enhance cellular function, increasing your vitality. Work on your endocrine gland system as well, especially the thyroid and
adrenal glands. Eating a raw food diet and using herbs can regenerate literally
everything. Rebuild yourself —it’s fun. Become happy with yourself and
enjoy God in every moment. Let anger, envy, jealousy or hatred go, and
bring in the love for all life, as all life is Divine. THE DANGER OF HIGH PROTEIN DIETS
 In trying to lose weight we often try high protein diets. High protein diets are
very toxic to us, especially when this protein is from animal sources. Your
body must spend a lot of time and energy to break these protein structures
down into simple amino acids before your body can use them. The body
cannot use protein structures at all. Of course the energy that is needed to do
this will cause stored fat to be broken down as the body scrambles for energy
to achieve protein conversion. Amino acids are your building blocks for tissue growth and repair. They
are not designed or used for cellular fuel. If we try to burn amino acids for
fuel, which causes excessive energy demands, we will lose liver, pancreatic,
and kidney tissue and function in the process. Our muscle tissue will also tear
itself down; we then become weakened and in many cases die. Yes, die. There are thousands of deaths from protein-related toxicity each year. Protein
is acidic and high in phosphorus (nitrogen) and iron which pushes your
electrolytes out, especially calcium. Being acidic, it causes inflammation and
mucus to build up in the body. This all eventually leads to cellular death. It is
important to understand the true biological needs of our bodies and the
devastating effects of high protein diets. SIMPLE SUGARS ARE THE ANSWER
 
Sugars are the fuel necessary for cellular life. However, these sugars must be
simple sugars, as found in fruits and vegetables. The complex sugars found
in grains, refined sugars, dairy products, and the like, cause fat storage and
are acidic and highly congestive. Eating a diet of raw fruits and vegetables gives you mega-nutrition,
including simple sugars and amino acids. These foods will slice the weight
off—especially if you eat them 100 percent raw. This will also clean you out
and start to enhance the thyroid and adrenal glands. Remember glands,
glands, glands! Your glands control all your 76 trillion cells. They affect your
digestive metabolism, sugar metabolism and fat metabolism, all of which
determine weight and energy levels. Excessive Thinness
Many people suffer the plague of excessive thinness due to poor digestion—
problems with the pancreas and malabsorption in the digestive tract. When
one fails to properly break down foods into building materials and fuels, orwhen the intestinal tract becomes so impacted that these nutrients can’t be
absorbed, the body will starve to death. Even in hypothyroid conditions,
where one would expect to see an overweight condition, if the person has a
weak pancreas and an impacted digestive tract, he or she can become quite
thin despite the underactivity of the thyroid. Sometimes it can take years to
correct this condition. However, the journey to health is always worth it. Many people, even medical doctors, associate excessive thinness with
deterioration, and often compromise their own health or that of their patients
by using or suggesting different foods to help put on weight. Typically, fats
from dairy-type products, and grains are the recommended foods. These,
however, cause even further weakness in the cells because of their congestive
and acidic nature. If one is following a detoxification program and losing weight, one of the
most important questions to ask is: “Why am I losing weight when I’m
putting more nutrition and superior amino acids into my body by eating a raw
food diet?”
One of the answers is that when your body becomes stronger and healthier it
will begin to shed the toxicity and weak cells within it, thus making room for
new healthier cells. You can lose fingernails or toenails, skin, muscles, etc., in
a detoxification process, especially if these tissues are too weak for the body
to strengthen. Don’t worry, they do come back; not as before, but much
stronger and healthier. NOTE: Some individuals who begin a diet of raw fruits and vegetables
will gain weight at first. Don’t panic! This is only “water” weight. Raw fruits
and vegetables are 90 percent water. If you do retain water, this is because
your body is far too acidic and has too many acidic deposits in its tissues. The
body holds water to buffer or alkalize and remove these conditions. This will
not last long and is very beneficial. Be patient and have fun as you set off on this new adventure of eating for
vitality and health. And watch the pounds melt away. MODULE 5.9
The Skin and Its Disorders 
Your skin is the largest vital organ you have. Its jobs range from temperature
control and protection to elimination. Your skin is also the largest eliminative
organ you have and is sometimes referred to as your “third kidney.” Your
skin is supposed to eliminate each day as much as your lungs, kidneys and
bowels do. This elimination is in the form of mucus, toxins (acids) and gases. The effects or by-products of many of the foods you consume will
congest and inflame your system. Skin conditions are only signs of this
process. As the body attempts to eliminate these by-products, you can
experience anything from dandruff, pimples and rashes, to dermatitis,
psoriasis and skin cancer. Psoriasis and skin cancer being the most toxic and
parasitically involved of all the skin conditions. Parasites are scavengers. They are found anywhere there is toxicity and
dead or dying cells, including in the layers of the skin and on the top of the
skin. You can call all these symptoms “diseases” if you want, however the
cause is always the same. Only the degree of seriousness is different. Most
allopathic medical doctors use cortisone or steroids like prednisone to treat
these skin conditions, which only serve to drive the toxins and parasites
deeper into the tissues, thus blocking proper elimination even further. As the skin and eliminative organs become backed up with toxins, so
does the liver. If you have any skin conditions—from ordinary pimples to
dermatitis or psoriasis—you must detoxify yourself, especially the lymphatic
system, liver, kidneys and bowels. Stop eating dairy products and refined
sugars, all of which cause heavy congestion within the tissues of the body. Fungi love this type of congestion and toxicity as a food source. This creates
a condition called Candida albicans, which is a yeast overgrowth. Yeast is
part of the fungi family. You can kill most of these fungi (yeasts) with any
good herbal parasite formula. However, if you do not remove the toxicity and
congestion they feed on, they will be back. Fevers are one of the greatest tools the body uses to help eliminate
through the skin. Increasing the body’s temperature increases perspiration,
thus increasing the elimination of toxins, poisons and mucus. This is why the
body will produce cold and flu-like symptoms as a result of parasitic attacks,
stimulation, or detoxification (alkalization). Never stop a cold or flu-like
symptom or a fever. These are not diseases, but a natural response by the
body to increase the elimination that is vital to getting well. If you do not sweat, your skin becomes congested, leading to dryness orinflammation. Many females have this problem so they use moisturizers to
make the skin soft and oily again. This only adds to the problem, as these
lotions add to the congestion in the subcutaneous layers 
of the skin. Congestion and toxicity block the skin’s oil ducts and exit pores, making the
skin dry and scaly. The health of your skin is an internal issue not an external
one. In other words, a healthy body inside means healthy skin outside. If you
must feed the skin externally, use pure, raw, organic grape seed oil or olive
oil. Or mixed tocopherol vitamin E, jojoba oil or pure essential oils would be
advised. If you have hypothyroidism, which 60 to 70 percent of the population
does, you will have a difficult time perspiring. The thyroid gland affects
one’s ability to sweat, either making you sweat too much or not enough. Lack
of exercise and low activity is another reason people do not sweat enough. Refer to 
Chapter 9
, 
Healthy Habits,
 and read the sections on cold-sheet
treatments and dry skin brushing. These are just two simple ways to increase
skin elimination. A raw food diet is just as essential to great skin health as it is
for the health of any cell. When your skin begins to prolapse (drop) or
wrinkle, this is not old age. This is skin weakness. You must care for your skin as you would any vital organ. Remember
that the thyroid and liver are related to the skin, so detoxify the liver and keep
your thyroid functioning properly. Use the Basal Temperature Test (see
Appendix A
) for a more accurate determination of your thyroid function. Enjoy healthy skin. As you detoxify and regenerate, your whole body
will thank you and pay you back with robust health. I have helped people of
eighty and ninety years of age to regain vibrant, healthy, wrinkle-free, toned
and tightened skin. The body is a most wondrous, intelligent machine. Take
care of yours, as it is your vehicle during your earthly stay. MODULE 5.10
Mind, Emotions and the Cells
 
Up to this point we have been discussing the impact and effect that the
various foods and toxins you consume have upon your body. Let’s examine
the more subtle processes that affect you and your body and also create
disease.The two most powerful tools you use to create your experience here in
the physical world are your mind and your emotions. Your physical body is
just a clay shell that carries your awareness around. You would not be able to
create the events in your life if it were not for the thought processes that allow
you to imagine the sequence of events you wish to experience. Without the
emotions, however, there would be no desire to create. As the mind takes
images of the past and present and puts them together to create the future, it is
the emotions that drive you to manifest these images. The stronger your
feelings are toward some idea or image, the more you’re going to “experience
the experience,” no matter what it is. Added to these twin creative aspects is
your ego, which is your sense of individuality. Put all these together and you
have the play of life. The mind and emotions can work for us in a positive manner, or against
us in a negative manner by controlling and enslaving us. I suggest that you
use your mind and emotions to enhance and revitalize you. Remember, the
mind works from images. What you imagine becomes your reality on one
level or another. So, turn this process to your benefit. Imagine yourself
healthy and vital. This is where your emotions can come in. Get excited about
a new life, full of vitality and vibrancy. Let your emotions be the drive to
your success. Read and surround 
yourself with books and information on
raw foods and detoxification. It is vital that we, as souls, understand our
bodies, for they are our vehicles on this journey through creation. You must
learn how to properly use the body for your highest good. What you create
mentally and emotionally becomes your experience. True health and vitality is found when we have these mental and
emotional “bodies” in balance. Each of these bodies impact one another. Your emotions, especially the negative ones like anger, hate, and jealousy,
can make your physical body sick and full of disease. These emotions are
stored in the liver and kidneys. They block proper pancreatic function
(digestion) and other glandular functions as well. Emotions can even shut
down our mind, affecting our ability to comprehend, think and make rational
decisions. They especially can close off the heart centers. Once the heart
center is closed, your ability to get healthy drastically decreases, even to the
point where death is the inevitable result. Among the cancer clients whom I could not help were those who had
their heart center closed, for one reason or another, and had a hard time
opening to love. In some people this is a complex and deep-seated issue. This
is where meditation, deep personal prayer, and spiritual counseling comes in.One should start enjoying life for what it is. Observe nature and surround
yourself with flowers and plants, as these are very healing. Nature embraces
with energies of love. If we can let go of the past, we can enjoy every
moment for what it is. Let all hate, anger, and opinions go. Give them over to
God. An old saying I use personally is, “Let go and let God.”
Love, happiness, joy, health and mental control all keep the heart open. Unhappiness, depression, despair, anger, jealousy, rage, envy and negative
states shut down or keep the heart center closed. The mind must also be kept
in control. They say the mind is a great servant but a lousy, even destructive,
master. The thinking process keeps us from enjoying the present moment, the
“eternal now” as it is called. Remember when you were a child and the
present moment seemed to last forever? Those days were long and filled with
play and excitement. As you grew up, these timeless moments were lost at the
hands of thought and desire. The way teaching is done in most of our school
systems promotes competition and limits free thinking, just as the materialistic
world of possessions limits freedom and happiness. These circumstances
have greatly reduced our overall awareness and our ability to experience
God, the source of true vitality, happiness and bliss. By detoxifying your physical body you can start a chain of events that
will allow you to clean and bring under control your emotional and mental
processes. You can help this process by allowing old thought patterns and the
emotions that can surface during detoxification to finally be released and
forgotten. There are several ways to do this. Begin by watching your thoughts. Step away from them and become the
observer. Become detached about the outcome of things and from other
people’s opinions and emotions. Let go. Give it all over to spirit, God, the
wind … whatever you believe in. Let go of all of your negative emotions and
mental chains. This allows the greatest healing power to flow through you
and your mental, emotional and physical bodies, bringing a vibrancy and
awareness that is indescribable and rare. Enjoy life moment by moment. Allow yourself the freedom to expand and experience. Break out of the old
conditioned states of thinking and feeling and become vibrant and healthy. Do it now! GLANDS, EMOTIONS AND HEALTH 
It is important to note that when your glandular system is out of balance, so
are you. This is 
especially true of the triad: the pituitary, thyroid and adrenal
glands. When the thyroid is hypoactive, calcium utilization drops. This can bring
on all types of states of depression from mild to chronic. When the adrenal
glands become hypoactive, anxieties can overwhelm you. Responses vary
from mild shyness and introversion, to apprehension, to chronic worry and
anxiety, to acute anxiety attacks, to paralyzing fear and reclusiveness. Bipolar
disorder, schizophrenia and other similar conditions are all manifestations of
the above, as they affect your calcium, serotonin, neurotransmitters, and the
like. This is why the health of your physical body is so important to your
mental and emotional bodies. They are all interconnected to the point that you
experience all three as one expression. Summary
 
Learn the secrets that lead to the health and vitality of your physical body,
emotions and mind. Take charge of these tools or bodies. They are your
instruments of expression while you are in this world. Detox and clean your
body. Let all your emotions be carried away or replaced with love. Go
beyond your mind into the world of the Now. Be “you”—not your mind. Only use thought to create what you need, not what you want. MODULE 5.11
Body Language: What is Your Body Trying to Tell You
 
Nothing happens in life without a reason. All things exist and change from a
cause. If you take a long walk down the road, it’s because you decided by
thought and emotion (the desire) to do so. Cells in your body are the same
way. They act and respond via thought and emotions. However, the types of
thoughts and emotions that act upon the cells are carried on in a subtle, almost
subconscious way.Cells already function automatically. However, hormones, steroids,
neurotransmitters, serotonin, etc., influence them. These substances create a
reaction in tissue (cells) that make them respond or react in a particular
manner, depending upon the initial thought or emotion. A good example of
this is fear. If you see something that terrifies you, your adrenal glands will
produce adrenaline (epinephrine) to stimulate the heart and blood flow, and
to encourage muscle movement. This gives you much added strength and
energy to run or fight. The adrenal gland first got its message to release
adrenaline from the brain, which received its message through your
awareness. Cells respond to stimuli. This can have positive results or negative results
depending upon the source of the stimuli. As I have reinforced throughout
this book, the foods you eat, what you drink, breathe, and what you put on
your skin, can have a positive and enhancing effect or a negative effect upon
cells, tissues, organs or glands. A negative effect can cause hypoactivity of
cells and their respective tissues. These negative influences can even kill cells. As your cells become weakened or die, they can change their
morphology (function). They can be invaded by parasites to finish them off,
and/or be consumed by an immune cell and thus eliminated. As this process of cellular deterioration takes place, your body as a whole
begins to suffer. This creates a domino effect causing a change in the way
your body functions. These many changes are like signs. Linked together
they become a body “language” for you or your healthcare practitioner to
read. If you are observant and learn about your body’s language or
communication methods, you will be able to determine what organs and
glands are failing you. This module should be used in conjunction with
Module 5.12
, Health Questionnaire, which concludes this chapter. That
Questionnaire will allow you to reflect upon various bodily processes and
systems, and to pinpoint their weaknesses. For now, the lists that follow are some “body language” cues, or side
effects, that I have learned in my thirty-plus years of experience as a
healthcare practitioner. Some of these might sound like diseases to you, but
they are merely the effects of organ or glandular weaknesses and failures. THE LANGUAGE OF THE GLANDS, ORGANS AND SYSTEMS
 Thyroid (Endocrine Gland System)
Weakness or failure of the thyroid will show up as:
Obesity (if your pancreas is weak, you can be thin and still have a
thyroid weakness)
Low Metabolism (can give you poor digestion)
Low Body Temperature (cold extremities and cold intolerance)
Hair loss and balding
Failure to sweat properly, affecting skin elimination (creates dry skin and
other conditions)
Parathyroid (Endocrine Gland System)
Calcium requires a parathyroid hormone so it can be utilized properly by
your body. Failure to utilize calcium results in:
Bone loss (Osteoporosis, spinal deterioration or herniated disks)
Bone (calcium) spurs
Arthritis (adrenal gland weakness must also be present)
Connective tissue weakness, causing prolapsed conditions (dropping) of
skin, bladder, uterus, bowels, and other organs
Varicose veins and spider veins
Hemorrhoids
Depression
Nerve weakness
Spasms, cramping of muscles, convulsions
Dehydration
Ridged, brittle or weakened fingernails
Anemia (low calcium causes poor iron utilization)
Scoliosis
Ruptured Discs
Hernias
Aneurysms
MVP (mitral valve prolapse—heart)
Adrenal Glands (Endocrine Gland System)
Linked to the nervous system, inflammation, carbohydrate utilization, healing
and repair of tissues. Weakness or failure of these glands will be seen as:“itis’s” (all inflammatory conditions)
Fibrocystic conditions
Fibromyalgia, scleroderma and sciatica
Ovarian cysts
Excessive bleeding
Endometriosis and atypical cell formation
Prostatitis
Prostate cancer
All female cancers
M.S. and Parkinson’s Disease
Tremors
Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
Shortness of breath
Cholesterol plaquing
Dehydration
Anxieties, excessive shyness, emotional sensitivities, and other related
conditions
Sleep disorders
Memory problems
Early puberty, initial menstruation, and irregular menstruation
Conception problems
Sexual problems (including lack of or excessive sex drive, impotence,
erection problems, frigidity in women, and fertility problems)
Low Energy (Chronic Fatigue)
Low endurance
Pancreas (Digestive and Endocrine Gland System)
Hypoactivity (underactivity) of the pancreas can cause the following:
Gas and bloating during digestion
Undigested foods in your stools
Excessive thinness
Loss of muscle tissue
Moles growing on your skin
Low blood sugar (Hypoglycemia)
High blood sugar (Diabetes, etc.) Acid reflux
Gastritis
EnteritisNausea
Liver and Gallbladder (Hepatic/Blood System—Your Chemical Factory)
When the liver or gallbladder becomes toxic, inflamed and full of stones, the
following symptoms may appear:
Bloating and Acid-Reflux conditions
Enteritis
Poor digestion
Anemia
Low amino acid utilization
Low hemoglobin and albumin count
Skin toxicity (resulting in dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, and other
conditions)
White stools
Liver spots (skin pigmentation changes)
Starvation
Low cholesterol production = low steroid production = more
inflammation
Lower resistance to inflammation
Lowers cell wall protection
Gastritis
Nausea after eating
Loss of muscle tissue (low protein utilization)
Low cholesterol levels
Sugar problems (high or low blood sugars)
Gastrointestinal Tract (Digestive and Eliminative Systems)
Your gastrointestinal tract (stomach to anus) is the “hub” of your body. When it fails to do its job because of impactions and inflammation, this can
weaken and starve the body. When the GI tract fails, the rest of the body will
soon follow. The following are just some of the side effects of its failure:
Malabsorption and starvation
Gastritis, enteritis and/or colitis
Diverticulitis (when “pockets” are formed from impactions)
Gas
DiarrheaConstipation (also connected to adrenal medulla weakness)
Parasites (worms, and others; the unfriendly type)
Crohn’s disease
GI cancer (now second most prevalent type of cancer in the U.S.)
When the GI Tract becomes toxic, it sends toxicity to all parts of the
body
Appendicitis
Lymphatic congestion (blocks proper lymphatic elimination)
Nausea upon eating
Lymphatic System (Immune and Eliminative “Septic” System)
The job of the lymphatic system is to clean and protect the body. This system
is just as important 
as the blood system. The lymphatic system is the most
neglected and needs the most attention. All diseases begin when this system
becomes overburdened and fails. The following are just some of the
noticeable effects:
Colds and flu-like symptoms
Many childhood diseases (mumps, measles, etc.) Most respiratory congestive issues
Sinus congestion
Earaches
Hearing loss (causing the need for tubes in the ears)
Sore throats
Cysts and tumors
Boils, pimples and the like
Lymphatic cancers
Appendicitis
Low immune response
Low lymphocytes (when the lymph gland called the spleen is affected)
Low platelets and a lack of blood cleansing can take place. Lymph edema from removed or degenerated lymph nodes
Lymph node swelling
Allergies
Cellulitis
Blurred vision
Cataracts and glaucoma
Snoring
Sleep apneaTonsillitis
Stiff neck
Cervical spine deterioration from stagnant lymph system in neck
(especially when tonsils have been removed)
Dandruff
Kidneys and Bladder (Eliminative/Urinary Tract System)
These organs are vital in your body’s elimination process. Without proper
elimination of metabolic wastes, both cellular and digestive, toxic by-products
will cause auto-intoxication of cells. This causes cellular weakness and death. The following are side effects or warning signals that your body experiences
when the kidneys and bladder become weak. Bags under your eyes
Vision problems
Lower back weakness and pain
Kidney stones (contributing factor to parathyroid weakness)
Urinary tract infections—UTI (burning upon urination)
Loss of bladder control (incontinence)
Difficulty urinating (can be urinary tract infections as well)
Increased acidosis
Dehydration
Edema (contributing factor)
Toxemia
Headaches
Can affect your breathing
Heart and Circulation (The Circulatory System)
Many conditions that affect the heart and circulation have already been
covered under various glands and their effects upon the body. This is because
many conditions within the body are reflex conditions that have an
origination point other than the obvious symptoms. Examples of this are
mitral valve prolapse and heart arrhythmia, which have their origins in the
parathyroid, where connective tissue and the nervous system can be affected. The adrenal glands, of course, play a vital role in the nerve that feeds the
heart. Cholesterol will plaque itself if the adrenal glands are weak and
acidosis goes unchecked. All this can lead to strokes, heart attacks and
blockages in the vascular system. One must think this out and take all thisinto consideration when dealing with the heart and circulatory issues. The
following are some of the symptoms the body will manifest when these heart
and circulation tissues are affected:
Poor circulation leads to cellular death (which leads to a multitude of
problems)
Gray hair
Memory loss
Chest pain or angina
Feeling of “heaviness” or “weight” on top of your chest
Petechiae (bruising easily)
Blood Regurgitation (back flow) from weak valves (causing chest pain)
High or low systolic blood pressure (adrenal gland relationship)
High diastolic (bottom number)
Tired feeling (especially during exercise)
S.O.B. (shortness of breath) from water buildup, congestive heart failure
(CHF), and myocardial edema (fluids around the heart). Water build-up
is an inflammatory issue from acidosis. Low endurance (also adrenal gland relationship)
Cramping or spasms upon exercise
Contributes to lymphatic blockages, causing sluggish lymphatic issues
All types of heart arrhythmias (however, thyroid and adrenal gland
weakness is mostly to blame.) Skin (Integumentary and Eliminative System)
Your skin is the largest eliminative organ you have. It’s supposed to eliminate
as much waste each day as your kidneys and bowels. However, when the
liver, bowels and lymphatic system is backed up, this overburdens the skin
and it becomes sluggish and impacted. This causes many of the skin
conditions that exist. On top of this, when the thyroid is weak it becomes
more difficult to sweat. This inhibits proper elimination through the skin even
more. A breakdown of the skin’s normal functions will result in:
Skin rashes
Dry skin
Eczema
Boils, pimples, etc. (related to lymphatic system)
Dermatitis
PsoriasisSplitting of the skin
Lungs (Respiratory System)
Breathing and the lungs are how we bring the biggest factors of energy and
oxidation into our body. Without oxygen, of course, you would die. Oxygen
helps elements to transmute into other elements or compounds. Transmutation is the true process of nature. The following body language
obviously indicates lung congestion, toxicity and acidosis:
Bronchitis and pneumonia
Asthma
S.O.B. (shortness of breath)
Chronic coughing
Emphysema
C.O.P.D. (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
Pain in lung areas
Fatigue (also thyroid and adrenal gland weakness)
Low endurance (also caused from adrenal gland weakness)
Sore throat (begins here)
High carbon dioxide levels
Toxemia
MODULE 5.12
The Health Questionnaire
 
Now that we have looked at body language in 
Module 5.11
, this Health
Questionnaire will enhance that understanding of your body by highlighting
what organs, glands, or systems are failing to perform properly for you. After
you discover your body’s areas of weakness then you can use the diet
recommended in this book, as well as herbal formulas designed for these
specific areas. See 
Chapter 8
, 
Module 8.3
 for 
Herbal Formulas
 applied to
each system, and see the Resource Guide for recommended companies that
supply herbs and herbal formulas. This Questionnaire would also be invaluable to share with your
healthcare practitioner, as it details many things that are not always covered insimple medical history questionnaires, and may reveal topics that you haven’t
discussed. Use it as a way to work together to find the best possible approach
to your program of detoxification and regeneration. CHAPTER SIX
Eliminating Disease
Through Cleansing and Rebuilding Tissue
M
ost healthcare systems today, especially the allopathic, focus on treating
symptoms. These include fevers, infections, sugar imbalances, neurological
failure, and skin rashes, just to name a few. Statistics now tell us that cancer is
in every other male and in every third female. With diseases just about to
eliminate us as a race, it is obvious that this treatment concept isn’t working. With the treatment method, symptoms are only controlled or temporarily
eliminated, only to return when treatment is stopped. Oftentimes, the
symptoms come back with a vengeance, as in cancer. You cannot “treat”
chronic or degenerative conditions, as treatment just worsens the condition. Regeneration and detoxification, on the other hand, mean the complete
elimination of the cause of the symptoms. If you correct the cause of the
problem, the symptoms will automatically go away. Regeneration means
rebuilding tissue that is failing; and detoxification is the method used to
remove the inflammation and toxins that have caused these tissues to fail in
the first place. Always ask yourself what the cause of your symptoms may
be, and focus on that. People are too busy chasing effects. As we learned in detail in the previous chapter, there are only three basic
causes of disease symptoms: 1. acidosis, which causes inflammation, leading
to congestion, ulceration and atrophy (tissue failure); 2. toxicity, which
causes congestion, inflammation and cellular damage, thus leading to tissue
failure; and 3. tissue weakness or tissue failure itself caused by genetics,
acidosis, and/or toxicity. Acidosis (over-acidity or inflammation) and toxicity
are the main causes of tissue failure, which can cause innumerable effects or
symptoms. This is true especially when this “tissue failure” affects the
endocrine gland system. These three causes are behind 99.9 percent of all
diseases. In thirty years of clinical work I have never seen a condition that could
not tremendously improve, or in most cases completely disappear, with these
methods of regeneration and detoxification. These two concepts are
interdependent, as you cannot regenerate the body without detoxification. They are the twin pillars of health and vitality.I have seen bones and backs straighten and strengthen themselves—from
curvatures (scoliosis), old fractures, and similar conditions. I have also seen
complete spinal cord severations reconnect after more than ten years. I have
seen glands and all types of tissue rebuild themselves. Your body is a living, conscious machine. It can rebuild itself after
surgeries, major cuts and wounds, so why not after nerve damage or atrophy? The truth is, it can! But not on a diet of dead animals and other cooked, dead
foods. Regeneration has three main components to it: Alkalize, Detoxify and
Energize. All three work together and are inseparable. Alkalization is vital to
tissue regeneration because it is anti-inflammatory It builds electrolytes for
proper ionizacion, oxidation and neutralization. It allows for proper cellular
respiration and for disbursement of nutrients throughout the body. Detoxifying, of course, cleans all the obstructions, irritants and
stimulants, like mucus, heavy metals, chemicals and pesticides out of your
body. This allows for proper digestion, absorption, utilization and
elimination. Energizing your cells with energy from living foods is also vital to robust
health. Without the power of 
live
 foods, which are full of nutrition and
electricity, you cannot accomplish alkalization and detoxification. Detoxification is the only way to establish a true homeostasis within the
body. This homeo-stasis can then be elevated to unlimited heights. Vitality and vibrancy should always be one’s goal. Life then becomes
exciting, joyful, and bubbling with energy. Take the time for yourself and don’t settle for anything less than total
health—free of disease. The road to regeneration is not the easy way. It can
be filled with ups and downs depending upon your toxicity levels and
weaknesses. However, regeneration is the only way to lasting health, vitality
and longevity. Up to this point we have covered a lot of information about you—the
type of species your physical body belongs to, and the types of food that are
best suited for your body. We’ve examined how your physical, emotional
and mental bodies work. We’ve discussed foods and their chemical make-up,
and we’ve covered those foods and chemicals that are toxic to you. We’ve
also covered various disease symptoms, what they are, and what causes them. Now let’s get to the heart of the matter: What do we do about our healthissues? How do we start this journey into health? This chapter will begin with
Naturopathy and the Science of Detoxification,
 and then cover the
detoxification process in detail. You may want to tag this chapter for ongoing
reference, as it will supply you with step-by-step guidelines, warnings, and
hints to take you through this vital process. MODULE 6.1
Naturopathy and the Science of Detoxification
 
Naturopathy is one of the greatest sciences, for it is the study and practice of
nature. Its basic foundation is health and vitality, and it encompasses all
aspects of nature that influence regeneration. In nature, all forms of life consume some sort of food to sustain health. Most of nature eats intuitively. Human beings have lost a great deal of this
intuitiveness, and therefore they primarily consume what society teaches them
to eat. Since money is one of the major motivating factors in today’s world,
many products and foods are sold for financial gain at the expense of
personal health. As our species has become the sickest and most disease-
ridden on this planet, Naturopathy was born out of a desire to regain this lost
intuition for what truly are the appropriate foods to sustain human life. As we’ve discussed previously, your body is like an engine that requires
a fuel source, but it needs to be cleaned and rebuilt as time goes on. If you
use bad fuels, your car won’t run properly and will eventually stop running. The same is true of your body. Since men and women have chosen to filltheir bodies with bad fuels—foods that leave a lot of residues in their tissues
—they must clean the body out, or suffer the consequences. Diseases are
nothing more than signs and symptoms that reflect the body’s need to clean
and rebuild itself. Fresh, uncooked foods, especially fruits, are self-cleansing. They not only feed the body, they keep it clean internally as well. Detoxification is truly a science and an art unto itself; a necessary
response to the consumption of toxic and congestive foods that have clogged
and obstructed the human body. In nature, detoxification is a continual
process that all of life goes through, at one level or another. The process of
cleaning your body of toxins, mucus and acidosis can create symptoms that
are seen as diseases by some doctors, and so we have been taught to fear this
natural process. All life in the physical world takes in energy, metabolizes it, and then
excretes the remains and by-products. Most of the time this is done
automatically. However, the human is the only species on this planet that
chooses
 to eat foods that are not harmonious with its species. Humans also
choose
 to alter the chemistry and energy of the foods they eat by processing
and cooking them. This changes the nature of these foods and the way they
are metabolized. Many of these foods then become irritating, mucus-forming,
and inflammatory to the body. Some foods, like processed grains and dairy
products, act like glue in your tissues; and others, like meat and processed
foods, contain deadly chemicals and heavy metals. Added to this destructive
situation is the chemicalized air we breathe and the products we use on our
bodies and in our homes. The external environment also exerts its influence. “Acid rain” has resulted from so much acidic air pollution from factories. Now, almost every breath we take is acid-forming. All these toxic and mucus-forming substances will change the way the
body eliminates. In other words, cooked and processed foods slow down
body elimination and, in most cases, the toxic by-products of these foods are
stored or plaqued in the tissues. This blocks proper cellular respiration,
causing a cell to become hypo-active, slowly losing its ability to function. Many disease symptoms are nothing more than the body’s effort to
eliminate these stored 
toxins and mucus, some of which we began storing 
in
utero. Most pregnant women consume milk, meat and other toxic foods,
thinking that they are building bones and muscle tissue in the fetus. This,
however, just adds to her toxicity and acidosis, thus increasing tissue
weakness. The same is happening in her fetus.The body is always trying to keep itself clean and strong by means of
detoxification. This is done through sweating caused by fevers, by vomiting,
diarrhea, frequent urination, colds, flus, and by simple daily elimination. The
more toxic a person becomes, the stronger the purging will be. Take simple
bronchitis, for example. If the first time your body had symptoms of
bronchitis you went to your doctor and he or she gave you antibiotics, or
even extremely high doses of vitamin C, the symptoms of bronchitis would
stop. These remedies did not cure the inflammation and congestion, they
merely stopped the elimination process or symptoms. Results like these give
the illusion that the condition was cured. However, the next time your body
tries to clean itself out, it could have symptoms of pneumonia. This is because
bronchitis and pneumonia are not diseases but are merely inflammatory/
congestive conditions trying to be eliminated by the body. Your symptoms
can become worse and penetrate deeper because you did not allow the lungs
and bronchi to clean themselves out properly the first time. Throughout your life no one told you that many of the foods you were
eating caused this congestion in the first place. So you continued eating foods
that created additional accumulations of mucus and congestion. After a while,
the body again reached the point where it needed to clean these congestions,
and this caused you to experience an even deeper level of cleansing. If you always stop your body from eliminating the congestion and toxins
that you put into it, eventually you can create lymph node swelling, and then
tumors, from holding all these toxins and mucus too long. Your whole body comes into play during these cleansing cycles—or
what we call a “healing crisis,” which may include fevers, sweats, coughing,
mucus discharge, diarrhea, skin rashes and much more (See 
Module 6.6
, 
The
Healing Crisis). During these healing crises the functioning of your immune
system is enhanced, as well as your eliminative organs, including the skin. This is why it is important never to treat, but to detoxify and regenerate. In
the detoxification process the body will clean itself out. Many people,
including healthcare practitioners, do not understand this process as they
should. True Naturopathy includes the science of detoxification and cellular
regeneration. Because of the status-quo “treatment” mentality, many people
use natural products, such as vitamins, minerals and herbs to treat symptoms. I use only herbs to assist the body in its detoxification efforts and to enhance
the function of cells in related or weakened tissues, organs and glands. Herbs
are also highly nutritious, as they are non-hybrid vegetables.Common sense is, in medicine, the master workman. — Anonymous
 
MODULE 6.2
Obstructions and Detoxification
 
In reviewing acidosis it is important to learn its effects not only on the cells,
but also on the nutrients and constituents you consume by eating, drinking
and breathing. The word associated with acidosis is “anionic,” which means
basically a state or condition of coagulation. In other words, when the body
becomes acidic from what you eat, drink and/or breathe, this sets up a chain
reaction causing inflammation and a clustering of the nutrients that are in the
blood and tissues of your body. The reason for digestion is simply to break down and separate food
compounds (like proteins or complex sugars) into their simplest forms
(amino acids, simple sugars, etc.) so the cells can use them (catabolic
processes). With this understanding, you can see that by “clustering” these
simple elements or compounds, the cells can’t use them. They become
“obstructions,” which are now called “free radicals.” These free radicals are
like terrorists to the body and can damage your cells. Added to the above is the accumulated mucus and congestion from the
reaction of your mucosa to stimulants, foreign proteins and abrasive foods. This mucus, of course, becomes highly obstructive. Most of us know this
well from sinus blockages, sore throats, blurred vision, and other congestive
conditions. Pain is a sign of obstructions or blockages. Pain is a reflex condition
wherein the energy that is constantly flowing through the pathways of the
body becomes blocked and bottled up. The body will also send additional
energy to areas that need healing, since energy is the healer. However, this
can create even greater energy blockages. As previously stated, acidosis from
acid-forming elements creates inflammation, which in turn can create energy
obstructions. Acupuncture, acupressure and therapeutic touch are modalities
that “unblock” the “dammed-up” energy and allow it to start flowing again.This unblocking will relieve the pain in most cases, and also increase blood
and lymph flow to the related areas. You must remove the obstructions and acidosis. If you don’t, the cause
remains, as you’ve only treated the effect, which can be swelling, pain, or
other symptoms. These are nothing more than the natural defenses of the
body in response to the cause. Detoxification is the only logical answer that
will yield a lasting cure. Alkalization is the method by which detoxification
starts. Alkalization neutralizes acidosis. Detoxification not only alkalizes the
body, but also gives the body the added energy it needs to clean itself out. MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DETOXIFICATION
 
True detoxification must take place from all levels within you. We have been
talking throughout this book about the power that your mind and emotions
have upon your health. If you want to be successful in attaining true health
and vitality, you must detox your thoughts, emotions 
and
 your physical
body. All matter is comprised of atoms, which are the basic building blocks of
the universe. The movement of these atoms creates electromagnetic energy,
which creates magnetism. Movement creates, and is a reflection of, two
opposite poles or forces—positive and negative. Energy simply fluxes
between these two opposites. These twins are called the 
yin
 (negative) and
yang
 (positive) in Chinese Medicine. These positive and negative energies,
although being of the same essence, have different effects upon you and your
body. For example, the emotional states of anger and love will affect your
thoughts and your physical body in different ways. Anger creates stress and
constricts the blood and lymphatic flow within the body. It shuts down the
liver and pancreas, affecting digestion. It overstresses the adrenal glands
causing excessive hormone and neurotransmitter release. All this causes
acidosis. Love, on the other hand, creates the opposite. It increases the blood
and lymph flow. It improves digestion and kidney elimination. And it
alkalizes your body. Anger obstructs and restricts, and love opens and
expands. You could also say that anger causes “dis-ease” and love heals. From a spiritual viewpoint each of our emotions is integral to creation,
for the whole is merely the sum of its parts. They will each have their own
lessons to teach you. You can judge whether one is good or bad for you atany particular time and respond accordingly, or you can merely observe the
flow of these emotions and their opposites, not allowing them to affect you in
any way, unless you want them to. You must decide what you want in your
life and in your body. I will let you in on a little secret. When you begin to increase the energy
of your physical body through detoxification, you will start detoxifying in 
all
your bodies. Thoughts and emotions stick like glue to your cells and create
subtle obstructions that you can carry for a lifetime (some say for many
lifetimes). So, if you start crying or yelling during your detoxification
process, this is the reason. Let it all come out. Be observant of your thoughts
and feelings, and try not to hold on to anything. Let these obstructions go. In
this way, your river of energy and love can dominate inside you once again. This is truly the road to vitality and spirituality. MODULE 6.3
How Do We Get the Body to Detoxify? Ours is an alkaline species. Acid-forming foods cause inflammation and
congestion in the body, creating an anionic situation. This reaction causes
nutrients, blood cells, etc., to start sticking together, and encourages the
formation of lipids and oxalate stones of all types. Thus, nutrients become
unavailable to cells, which leads to cellular starvation. Because acidosis is inflammatory and destructive to cells, the body will
use steroids, electrolysis, water, lipids (cholesterol), and other things to fight
this. This causes dehydration both extracellularly and intracellularly. The first thing to do is to change the intake from acid-forming foods to
alkaline-forming foods. Consumption of alkaline-forming foods, which are
mainly fruits and vegetables, will begin the detoxification and rehydration
process. If you wish to speed up the cleansing process, these fruits and
vegetables must all be raw, i.e., uncooked and unprocessed. If you wish to
dig deeper into tissue and speed the process up even further, you can switch
to all raw, fresh fruits only. Fruits have the highest amounts of antioxidants
and astringent properties of all foods. Their sugars are slow burning but
powerful, and will enhance the vitality of cells faster than any other food, and
with much less digestive effort. They also have the highest electricalproperties of any food. The energies in raw fruits are so 
high that they speed
up neuron transport and endocrine function.
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        Second, the most pertinent to diabetes, is
the production of insulin by the beta cells for glucose utilization. When the
cells in the pancreas become weak and fail to do their respective jobs, both
aspects or functions can be affected. There are several other functions of the
pancreas, which we’ll discuss later. Digestion is one of the first things we think about when we think of the
pancreas. Even though not directly related to diabetes, proper digestion is a
vital process whereby foods are broken down so that their nutrition andenergy can be used for cellular fuel. Without this the entire body becomes
weak, affecting all its functions. The body secretes various digestive enzymes in basically four places: the
mouth, stomach, pancreas and small intestines. The mouth, pancreatic and
intestinal enzymes are similar to each other and are alkaline in nature,
affecting carbohydrate, sugar and fat digestion. The stomach is the only acid
chamber in your body and its role is to start breaking down protein
structures. This is accomplished by HCL (hydrochloric acid) releasing pepsin. HCL and pepsin are acidic in nature. It is important to note here the
importance of bile and sodium bicarbonate, the former released by the
liver/gallbladder and the latter by the pancreas. These are alkalizing agents,
which now alkalize the acid stomach contents (called chyme) so that the
alkaline pancreatic and intestinal enzymes can finish up the job. If there is inadequate bile flow and inadequate sodium bicarbonate, the
acids from the chyme will neutralize the alkaline digestive enzymes from the
pancreas, halting proper food digestion or breakdown. The HCL will then
burn or inflame the walls of the intestines. This can eventually lead to ulcers
and intestinal “itis’s. ” Since acids neutralize alkalis, the alkaline digestive
enzymes of your pancreas and intestinal tract are inhibited from properly
digesting your foods. This causes fermentation and putrefaction, which now
becomes the process 
that breaks down the remaining food particles, instead of
the proper enzyme action. This, of course, refeases much toxicity and
alcohol, which further impedes the proper breakdown of your foods into
building materials and fuels. This alcohol creates additional blood sugar
problems and acidosis. The function of the pancreas that directly relates to diabetes is performed
by the beta cells, which produce and release the insulin that assists in the
utilization of glucose fuel by the body. Insulin, being a protein-type
hormone, assists the transport of glucose through cell membrane walls. It is
important to note here that fructose from fruit moves through cell walls by
diffusion, not active transport, as in the case of glucose. This means that the
need for insulin to assist fructose into a cell is highly questionable, yet
diabetics are commonly told not to eat fruit because of its sugar. I have
always put my diabetic patients on fruits with tremendousfy positive results. Letting Others Do It For you
I’ve seen case after case where a loved one drags their mate into my clinic
and wants me to tell the other person what they have to do. They push theirailing friend or loved one into a detox program. They make the juices for
them, they prepare their food for them and they prepare their herbal
supplements for them. Nine times out of ten, this breeds failure. The sick
person’s heart and true desire to be well is not there. You must be a part of your own healing. This is partly why you get sick. If
you want to be well and healthy, 
you
 must create this with your own desires
and actions, just as you would anything that you desire to experience or have
in life. It’s great to have your loved ones on your side in this process, but not to the
point of overshadowing your own desire and goals for yourself. If you want
to be well, it must come from 
you. Become a shining example to the world of
just how powerful God really is. But first you must show yourself. The part of the pancreas called the Islets of Langerhans is where the beta
cells are found. As previously stated, these cells produce and release insulin. When this part of the pancreas becomes hypoactive from inflammation or
congestion, this can cause inadequate amounts of insulin to be produced. The Islets of Langerhans consist of three types of cells: alpha cells, which
secrete glucagon and raise blood glucose; beta cells, which secrete insulin,
lowering blood glucose levels; and delta cells, which secrete somatostatin. Somatostatin inhibits the secretion of insulin, glucagon, a growth hormone
from the anterior pituitary, and gastrin from the stomach. As previousfy
stated, in diabetes mellitus it is the beta cells that are affected. In both types of diabetes, but especially type I, this weakness in the
pancreas is usually passed on genetically. However, through one’s lifestyle,
pancreatic weakness can be created in this life time. This woufd be especially
true of type II or late onset diabetes. It might take several generations for a
weakness from inflammation or toxicity to actually cause diabetes. You
woufd probably experience hypoglycemia or gestational diabetes before this
would manifest as any permanent type of diabetes. Of course there is a broad
range of diabetes, as the degree of pancreatic weakness varies. Remember that
someone had to start this weakness originally. The question remains: “How
did they start it. ”
Diabetes is considered another autoimmune problem, where lymphocytes
attack the beta cells and destroy them. In my experience this is a
misunderstanding of the body’s protective mechanisms. Remember, your
immune system is designed to eliminate the weak. It does not attack itself forno reason. The allopathic medical community cannot find a reason for this
autoimmune response other than to say it is probably in the genes. However,
the real reason for this response becomes obvious when you understand that
in nature the strong survive while the weak perish. Nature never procreates
the weak. Nature eliminates it. I have seen diabetes created just from pancreatic flukes. Flukes are
parasites that can infiltrate the liver and pancreas. Cleaning out most of the
harmful parasites within the body is part of a good detoxification program. However, parasites do not originally create disease or tissue failure. They are
secondary to toxicity and tissue weakness. ADRENAL GLANDS
 
One of the most important relationships that is widely overlooked is that
between the pancreas and the adrenal glands. The cortex of the adrenal glands
produces andrenocortical hormones. Adrenal steroids called glucocorticoids
(namely cortisol and corticosterone), act principally on carbohydrate
metabolism. Cortisol and cortisone have many functions, including anti-
inflammatory and carbohydrate digestion or metabolism. This action is
catabolic in nature, meaning it’s involved in the breaking down process. The adrenal glands also produce neurotransmitters which affect
pancreatic function. Therefore it would be important to work on both of these
glands. It is always important to strengthen the adrenal glands as they have a
vital relationship with every cell in the body. Body Fuels
Glucose and fructose are essential simple sugars required to “run” your
body, just as your car needs fuel to run. Simple sugars require much less insulin than complex sugars. Complex sugars, like maltose, dextrose, and refined sucrose must be
broken down into simple sugars before the body can use them. This
creates heavy insulin requirements and also leads to excessive glucose,
causing fat storage. Amino acids are your building materials, and sugars (glucose, fructose,
etc. ) are your fuels. Never use proteins for fuels. This creates tissue damage, cancer, and
death. Proteins are building materials, not fuels. THYROID/PARATHYROID
 
The thyroid/parathyroid gland must also be considered because of its control
of metabolism and calcium utilization factors. Without proper calcium
utilization all the cells in the body can become weakened. Calcium also plays
a role in zinc, selenium and iron utilization, which affects glucose utilization
and cellular functions. HYPOTHALAMUS AND PITUITARY
 
Another area of weakness to consider in diabetes is the hypothalamus and
pituitary gland. The posterior part of the pituitary gland, controlled by the
hypothalamus (the master computer in the body), releases an anti-diuretic
hormone which when underactive causes diabetes insipidus. It is also
important to note that the transverse bowel is at the heart of eighty percent or
more of the upper brain weaknesses, including 
and especially the pituitary
and hypothalamus areas. With a greater understanding of the GI tract,
especially the colon and its relationship to the organs and glands, you will
appreciate why a healthy GI tract is necessary to assist the health of the rest of
the body. GI TRACT AND DIABETES
 
Your gastrointestinal tract has a relationship to all the organs and glands
within your body. Just as the hub is the center of a wheel, the GI tract is
considered the hub of your body. When the GI tract gets impacted with
putrefying plaque from meat and flour products, the resulting inflammation
and toxicity produced is echoed to the related areas. This is why cleaning and
strengthening the GI tract is vital to your success in any disease condition,
including diabetes. THE TRUE CAUSES OF DIABETES 
There are many theories regarding what causes diabetes, from plaqued
cholesterol around the beta cells, to autoimmune problems, to genetics. Others say it’s from stress and obesity. Every cell in your body is a genetic cell. Some become weaker than
others depending upon the above. These weaknesses are magnified and
passed on through each new generation. Because of our unawareness of this
fact, the human species is currently facing serious tissue weaknesses,
resulting mainly in chronic and degenerative diseases. Remember there are only two causes of disease, any disease. Number one
is toxicity and number two is acidosis, in the form of inflammation. These
two causes are the effects of what you eat, drink, breathe, what you put on
your skin, as well as what you think and feel. These are the ways that you
either strengthen your body or weaken it and the cells within it. TREATING DIABETES
 
I have always put diabetics on a raw fruit and vegetable diet. This type of diet
will clean and rebuild the pancreas and adrenal glands. Food combinations
are also vital to follow (see instructions for food combining in 
Chapter 7
,
Eating for Vitality),
 as the fermentation and putrefaction of foods adversely
affect the pancreas and blood sugar levels. I also use an herbal detox program
and a pancreatic support formula with the diet (see 
Chapter 8
 for herbs and
herbal formulas that provide this support). In type II diabetes, if you follow a
good detox program and use high quality herbs, you should be off insulin
within three to eight weeks. I would always advise the assistance of a qualified healthcare practitioner
who can help guide you though this detoxification process. It is vital that you
watch your blood sugar levels. They can drop very fast and you do not want
to give yourself too much insulin when your blood sugars are more
normalized. This could put you into a coma. Use common sense. Take your time and be smart in what you do. If you
are on insulin, and you’re self-regulating or checking your sugars daily, you
do not have to worry if your sugars temporarily go up. Some fruits may
temporarily raise your blood sugars. If you notice a particular fruit doing this,
just eliminate that fruit until you stabilize your sugars. Remember your goal isto clean and regenerate the pancreas and adrenal glands, not to treat diabetes. Don’t forget that complex sugars like sucrose, maltose and dextrose can
overload your system with glucose. Trying to drive this excessive glucose
into your cells with insulin is not the answer. Avoiding these complex-sugar
foods is the answer. You will also note that proteins, especially meat, will also raise your
blood sugars. Meat is not a balanced food, as it consists of mostly protein. Therefore your body will break down fat and convert this to glucose for
balance. The responding glucose will then raise your blood glucose levels. There are so many contributing factors to diabetes. Keep it simple. Eat
the food that was designed for your body—fruits, vegetables and nuts. “There are no incurable diseases, only incurable people. ” This means that
some people will not be cured because they don’t want to be. Many use their
disease for attention from family members or others. Many individuals
become lost to themselves and seek love and attention from others as a
support mechanism. Become strong in yourself; spend time alone with
yourself. Learn as much as you can about foods and their true effects upon tissue. Never fear God and nature. The devastating effects of diabetes are great, but
its cure is simple. If it takes you six months to a year to cure yourself, that’s
better than a lifetime of misery. Be free of your diseases. Get healthy. MODULE 5. 8
Weight Loss and Control: Addressing the Cause
 
There are many reasons why people are overweight. Obesity has become a
big problem in the world, especially in the United States. Secretary of Health
and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, quoted in the New 
York Times,
January 2003, said that 50 million adults, or 25 percent of the adult
population of the U. S. , are obese. If figures for obesity in children were
added this would greatly increase the numbers. In obesity one must always address the causes, not the effects. Because
the social consciousness sees fat as excessive, unhealthy, a sign of the loss of
control, or as a bad thing, we seek at all costs to rid it from our bodies. Someindividuals give up and surrender to it, hiding their angers and anxieties deep
within them. This of course can compound the problem. Let’s examine the reasons behind obesity. First and foremost we have the
endocrine glandular system. Show me obesity and I’ll show you an
underactive condition of the thyroid and adrenal glands. Hypothyroidism is
one of the most common causes of obesity. Many medical doctors use a
blood test to determine the hypo- or hyperactivity of the thyroid gland. They
generally test the TSHs, T3s and T4s in your blood to determine how your
thyroid is functioning. (See 
Appendix D
 for a complete overview of blood
tests and how to interpret your own results. ) After years of observation it has
become quite evident to me that these tests are highly inaccurate. This is why
the Basal Temperature Test (see 
Appendix A
) was designed. I’ve seen
thousands of cases in which a person’s T3s and T4s are normal and the
patient is sitting in front of me with cold extremities, loss of hair, fatigue,
brittle or ridged fingernails, heart problems, depression or voice weakness,
just to name a few of the classic signs of hypothyroidism. The adrenal glands are the second most common cause of obesity when
the adrenal cortex becomes hypoactive. This can affect various steroids that
deal with carbohydrate metabolism, which means that complex sugars
(starch) and even glucose can be easily converted to fat instead of properly
metabolized. Of course the master gland, the pituitary, can also be involved. The third and most popular cause of obesity is dietary habits. We are a
society that loves disaccharides. These are complex sugars, including sucrose,
dextrose, maltose and lactose. Our body can only use simple sugars: glucose;
fructose; or in infants, galactose. All complex sugar molecules must be
broken down into simple sugars before cells can use them for energy. The
excess is then converted into and stored as glycogen or as fat. The average
American diet also includes a great many saturated fats which, in an acidic
environment, saturate even further. This makes them unavailable to cells for
nutrition and energy. This also creates a glue-like condition within the blood
and vascular system. Stones, plaque formation and the sticking together of
red blood cells are side effects. Starches, such as grains, have become very popular among homo
sapiens. Unsprouted grains are very low in available nutrition, acid-forming,
fattening, hard to digest, and are a gluey starch. The reason we feed grain to
cattle and hogs is to fatten them up for market. Genetics, of course, play a large role in our body’s consciousness. Everycell in your body is a genetic cell. However, some are weaker and some are
stronger. And weak cells can lead to glandular weaknesses, which are then
passed from generation to generation. Each generation becomes weaker
unless someone begins to strengthen his or her genetically weakened cells. EMOTIONAL COMPONENTS OF WEIGHT GAIN
 
As a society we have become extremely emotional and codependent—that is,
emotionally and mentally weakened. This has a profound effect on obesity, as
we have been taught to substitute sweets or refined foods—so called “comfort
foods”—in times of emotional weakness and pain. Since we are frugivores,
sweets 
fit
 our biological needs. However, these sugars should be simple
sugars, not complex sugars, which are mostly stored as fats. If you wish to change your life, spend time with yourself and get to
know who you truly are. You are Divine. God created you, so you are God’s
expression. Individuality is the name of the game in creation. Learn to enjoy
the fact that you are one of a kind. We all come into this world alone, we live
alone except for the company of those with whom we wish to spend time,
then we die alone. We are always alone within ourselves. Begin to love
yourself because 
you
 are all you have, except for God. Your mind is the most powerful tool you use to create with. How you see
yourself dictates your experience. If you wish to be thin, 
see yourself as thin. Most obese people do not feel thin so they have a hard time seeing
themselves as thin. By feeling thin you will begin to see yourself as thin. Changing your diet to fresh raw fruits and salads makes the body feel thin,
light, and clean. The diet recommended in this book will melt fat away and at
the same time enhance cellular function, increasing your vitality. Work on your endocrine gland system as well, especially the thyroid and
adrenal glands. Eating a raw food diet and using herbs can regenerate literally
everything. Rebuild yourself —it’s fun. Become happy with yourself and
enjoy God in every moment. Let anger, envy, jealousy or hatred go, and
bring in the love for all life, as all life is Divine. THE DANGER OF HIGH PROTEIN DIETS
 In trying to lose weight we often try high protein diets. High protein diets are
very toxic to us, especially when this protein is from animal sources. Your
body must spend a lot of time and energy to break these protein structures
down into simple amino acids before your body can use them. The body
cannot use protein structures at all. Of course the energy that is needed to do
this will cause stored fat to be broken down as the body scrambles for energy
to achieve protein conversion. Amino acids are your building blocks for tissue growth and repair. They
are not designed or used for cellular fuel. If we try to burn amino acids for
fuel, which causes excessive energy demands, we will lose liver, pancreatic,
and kidney tissue and function in the process. Our muscle tissue will also tear
itself down; we then become weakened and in many cases die. Yes, die. There are thousands of deaths from protein-related toxicity each year. Protein
is acidic and high in phosphorus (nitrogen) and iron which pushes your
electrolytes out, especially calcium. Being acidic, it causes inflammation and
mucus to build up in the body. This all eventually leads to cellular death. It is
important to understand the true biological needs of our bodies and the
devastating effects of high protein diets. SIMPLE SUGARS ARE THE ANSWER
 
Sugars are the fuel necessary for cellular life. However, these sugars must be
simple sugars, as found in fruits and vegetables. The complex sugars found
in grains, refined sugars, dairy products, and the like, cause fat storage and
are acidic and highly congestive. Eating a diet of raw fruits and vegetables gives you mega-nutrition,
including simple sugars and amino acids. These foods will slice the weight
off—especially if you eat them 100 percent raw. This will also clean you out
and start to enhance the thyroid and adrenal glands. Remember glands,
glands, glands. Your glands control all your 76 trillion cells. They affect your
digestive metabolism, sugar metabolism and fat metabolism, all of which
determine weight and energy levels. Excessive Thinness
Many people suffer the plague of excessive thinness due to poor digestion—
problems with the pancreas and malabsorption in the digestive tract. When
one fails to properly break down foods into building materials and fuels, orwhen the intestinal tract becomes so impacted that these nutrients can’t be
absorbed, the body will starve to death. Even in hypothyroid conditions,
where one would expect to see an overweight condition, if the person has a
weak pancreas and an impacted digestive tract, he or she can become quite
thin despite the underactivity of the thyroid. Sometimes it can take years to
correct this condition. However, the journey to health is always worth it. Many people, even medical doctors, associate excessive thinness with
deterioration, and often compromise their own health or that of their patients
by using or suggesting different foods to help put on weight. Typically, fats
from dairy-type products, and grains are the recommended foods. These,
however, cause even further weakness in the cells because of their congestive
and acidic nature. If one is following a detoxification program and losing weight, one of the
most important questions to ask is: “Why am I losing weight when I’m
putting more nutrition and superior amino acids into my body by eating a raw
food diet. ”
One of the answers is that when your body becomes stronger and healthier it
will begin to shed the toxicity and weak cells within it, thus making room for
new healthier cells. You can lose fingernails or toenails, skin, muscles, etc. , in
a detoxification process, especially if these tissues are too weak for the body
to strengthen. Don’t worry, they do come back; not as before, but much
stronger and healthier. NOTE: Some individuals who begin a diet of raw fruits and vegetables
will gain weight at first. Don’t panic. This is only “water” weight. Raw fruits
and vegetables are 90 percent water. If you do retain water, this is because
your body is far too acidic and has too many acidic deposits in its tissues. The
body holds water to buffer or alkalize and remove these conditions. This will
not last long and is very beneficial. Be patient and have fun as you set off on this new adventure of eating for
vitality and health. And watch the pounds melt away.
The primary function of the pancreas is to produce insulin, which assists in the utilization of glucose by the body. This function is affected when the beta cells in the pancreas become weak and fail to produce insulin, leading to diabetes.
What is the primary function of the pancreas, and how does it relate to diabetes?
The adrenal glands play a crucial role in the body, producing and releasing hormones that affect carbohydrate metabolism, among other functions. They also work in conjunction with the pancreas to control blood sugar levels.
What is the role of the adrenal glands in the body?
The adrenal glands are connected to the skin, and their weakness can cause symptoms such as dry skin, skin rashes, and other skin conditions.
What is the significance of the adrenal glands in relation to the skin?
The lymphatic system plays a crucial role in the body, as it is responsible for cleaning and protecting the body by removing toxins and waste products. Its failure can lead to a range of symptoms, including congestion, pain, and inflammation.
What is the role of the lymphatic system in the body?
Detoxification is essential in the treatment of disease, as it allows the body to eliminate toxins and regenerate tissue. This process is vital to achieving true health and vitality, and it is the only way to address the root cause of disease, not just its symptoms.
What is the importance of detoxification in the treatment of disease?