A pure, clean, wholesome body and strong mind
will always reject poisons. Fasting is the greatest methodto purify the body and to keep it healthy and strong!! !112Excerpt from Bragg Super Power Breathing. Be a Crusader and share with smokers! SMOKERS PLEASE QUIT! In just 12 hours of not smoking, the
blood levels of nicotine and carbon monoxide fall; heart and lungsbegin healing. Smokers must stop this vicious and deadly de stroyer
of life, health, energy and beauty. Let’s ban smoking  worldwide.✞Tobacco use and secondhand smoke will eventually
kill just over  5 of all people now living in the developed
world – over 250 million ( also marijuana smoke is deadly ). ✞Of the  50 million smoking Americans,  3 to 2 will die
from smoke-related disease, and reduce their life
expectancy by  an average of  9 years. ✞Cancers, as well as cataracts, are linked to smoking. ✞Children and teenagers make up  90% of new smokers
in the U. S. – and teenage smoking is on the rise. ✞Smoking acts as both a stimulant and a depressant -
depending upon the smoker’s emotional state. ✞The average pack-a-day smoker takes about  70,000
poisonous hits  of nicotine each year. ✞“Secondhand smoke” can kill nonsmokers: it speeds
up heart rate, raises blood pressure and doubles the
carbon monoxide in their blood. ✞Secondary smoke contains more nicotine, tar andcadmium (leading to hypertension, bronchitis and
emphysema) than mainstream smoke. ✞The children of smokers tend to have lower bodyweight, smaller lungs and more health problems. ✞Lung illnesses such as asthma are tw ice as common in
the children of sm okers. Shame on their parents. ✞The death rate from breast cancer ranges from  25% to
75% higher for women who smoke. ✞Female smokers may face a higher risk of lung cancer  –
as much as twice the risk of male smokers, according
to a study done by Dr. Harvey Risch at Yale University. ✞Your body contains almost  100,000  miles of blood
vessels. Smoking constricts those vessels, depriving
your body of fresh, rich oxygen it needs for life.DEADLY SMOKING FACTS!113Fasting Melts Away Pounds! It’s estimated that  75% of men, women and children
in America are overweight. These overweight people arein serious physical health trouble according to medicalauthorities and insurance companies. Excess weightpresents great hazards to health and long life! These sameauthorities tell us that the overweight person is moresusceptible to chronic and even fatal diseases than anormal weight person. An overweight person can’t beginto know the thrill of wellness. First, they are constantlytired because they are carrying far too many pounds.Let’s say a person is
 25 pounds overweight. Now, let a
normal weight person carry a  25 pound suitcase around
all day. In a short time every move would become painfuland fatiguing. You can plainly see millions of overweightpeople are grossly overburdening their bodies and lives! The obese person typically has no energy or ambition
to indulge in physical activities. Most of them wouldrather find the closest chair and sit in it until they areforced to do some important duty. The overweightperson has trouble breathing because their excess fleshmakes it difficult for their lungs to do their jobs properly. We find most obese get out of breath with least exertion. The overweight person’s body has over
 700 miles
(unbelievable, but true) of fine tubes – blood vessels – totry and nourish and sustain all the excess fat! You canplainly see why the overweight person is putting atremendous burden on the lungs and the normalfunction of their heart. Their pulse and blood pressurerise to dangerous heights, which could in themselves
cause serious damage, heart attacks, strokes and death. Every man is the builder of a temple called his body . . . We are
all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and bloodand bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’sfeatures, any meanness to imbrute them. – Henry David Thoreau
Studies show the bigger the waistline – the shorter the lifespan.Chapter 1 4114Excess Fat is a Burden and Health Risk! Insurance figures accurately show that overweight
people are short-lived and are more susceptible to many
chronic diseases because of their unnatural overweight
condition. Any way you look at it, excess weight isdangerous! Today, obesity is steadily on the increase
worldwide. First, in America we have an abundance of food
and fast food restaurants. The average person puts waytoo much food into their stomach for the sheer joy of
eating. Eating is America’s most popular indoor and
outdoor sport! At family gatherings and parties the
tendency is to serve too much food and everyone overeats. Coffee breaks encourage people to snack between
meals. TV invites people to snack as they gaze at theidiot box that promotes crime and evilness. Plus people
are constantly eating sweets, ice cream, shakes, hot dogs,
hamburgers, french fries, pizza and many other varietiesof food even between meals. Then there are the buffets,
banquets, benefit dinners, etc. that promote overeating. We live in a mechanical age. We load heavy amounts of
food into our bodies and never burn it up with exercise andphysical activities. The automobile has replaced walking. We are a nation of sitters. Our children sit for hours in school
and then in fr ont of TV , computers and the web. Also a dults
spend hours at computers, TVs, plus they also attend
movies, concerts and athletic events. This unhealthy,
sedentary lifestyle contributes to being overweight. Fad Diets Create “Yo Yo” Up & Down Weight
Overweight people are constantly going on crash diets
and most get only brief results. There is the high-proteindiet, the low-carbohydrate diet, the liquid diet, the cottage
cheese diet, etc., etc. and so many other varieties. Magazines
and newspapers are always pushing some new crash diet
to take weight off the obese person. There are so manyreducing diets that it’s frustrating and confusing for peopleto know which one to follow. In my opinion, the fast is
It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges. – Mohammad Ali, who ordered 100 Fasting Books  at a time to give to friends. Fasting and the Bragg Vinegar Drink (page 230) helps normalize weight.115the only natural and scientific way to achieve reasonable
weight reduction. This is why I believe fasting is the perfect
way to reduce. After the first 2 or 3 days of fasting you areno longer hungry. From the 3rd day on there is no cravingfor food. When people go on crash low calorie diets, theyare hungry most of the time and long for heavy meals. Butafter you fast for 2 or 3 days, all hunger fades away, thestomach shrinks and it actually becomes a pleasantexperience. You start to breathe easier, feel lighter, move
easier, think clearer and miracles start happening. Fasting Rewards You With Increased Energy
I have seen many overweight people lose  7 to 20
pounds and more the first  7 to 10 days of fasting. After
the loss of this excess weight, there is a special inner feelingof well-being and increased physical and mental energy!Of course, every human is different. Some people onlylose 
1 or 2 pounds a day on a fast while some will lose as
many as  5 pounds and more. The nice thing about fasting
to reduce is that the pounds disappear where the fat isdeposited. If the weight has concentrated on the abdomenand hips, that is where the fat will shrink. Many timesthe people who go on a low calorie diet end up feelingmiserable while they are dieting. They become haggardand old-looking and their eyes will lose their sparkle. It isjust the reverse when you fast. The fat deposits dissolvefirst and – as the body is relieved of this tremendousburden of fat and toxins – the heart, pulse, blood pressure
and general health regulate themselves. So, if you have a weight problem, use this Fasting
Program. You can start with a weekly
 24 hour fast. I often
supervise weight reduction programs, where I direct
people on several  36 hour fasts in a week. In other words,
they will eat 1 day, then fast a day or fast every third
day. If the person doesn’t overload himself on the days
he eats, the  36 hour fast several times a week helps him
maintain the weight loss. Fasting for weight reduction
does get results. Your body slims and trims itself back to
its healthy, youthful lines again. For slimming down and when not fasting take two Chromium Picolinate
tablets on an empty stomach, in the mid-morning and mid-afternoon, thisalso helps in sugar metabolism and does minimize sugar cravings.116Your Waistline is Your Lifeline & Dateline! I have had years of experience in fasting many of
our greatest film and television Stars in Hollywood,
California. The movie camera always makes a person
look  10 pounds heavier than they really are, so you can
see that a Star must always have slim, trim lines! I recall a well-known female movie  Star who became
a compulsive eater because she was having marital andfinancial troubles. She sought solace in eating rich foods
such as ice cream, heavily sugared pastries and candies. In time she lost her movie contract because of heroverweight. She was a good actress, but the public makes
severe demands on their heroes! This actress became
depressed and had to seek the services of a psychiatrist.The psychiatrist then sent this actress to me for guidance. I explained to this actress it had taken months for her
to add this weight to her body and it would now taketime to slim, trim and normalize her weight. She was
determined to lose weight, so she was most cooperative! First, I put her on a good diet program with fruit for
breakfast, a raw salad with
 2 lightly cooked vegetables –
such as string beans, carrots, squash, collards or stewedtomatoes – for lunch. I took all bread, cereals and animal
proteins out of her diet. In the evening she had the Bragg
Health Salad and the brown rice and lentil casserole
(recipes page 231) . Naturally, sugar desserts were eliminated. I started her on  2 weekly  24 hour fasts for the first  2
weeks. The third week I gave her a  3 day fast and in the
fifth week I gave her a full  7 day fast. After a month of
healthy eating I put her on a 15 day fast. I had her eat for  2
weeks and then put her on a  21 day fast. This eating, then
fasting program did the trick! She got back her lovely figure
(5’2” and a firm, trim 110 pounds). Her eyes became bright,
clear and she regained her youthful sparkling appearance. Producers, directors, and her many friends were amazed. When you have been stricken by illness, your new car, your new home, your
new big bank balance – all these fade into unimportance until you haveregained your vigor and zest for living again. –  Peter J. Steincrohn, 
M.D. Fasting provides the magic formula for retaining youthfulness,
natural beauty and a streamlined body! –  Paul C. Bragg117Fasting – Empowers and Improves
Your Health, Looks and Lifespan
Yes, it’s a challenge because our eating habits are so
ingrained in our consciousness that fasting to many
humans is akin to starvation. It is not starvation. Fasting
is one of the oldest remedies known to man. So I sayagain, the mind must control the flesh! “Flesh is dumb!”
It takes intelligence, logic and reasoning to know
when to turn down food. If you are a determined person,if you believe in the law of compensation, you will make
fasting an important part of your life. Don’t let excess
weight make you a sick, old, unhealthy, unattractiveperson! Revolt against fat. Be the captain of your body! Say to yourself, “I am no longer going to be burdened
with unhealthy, sick, flabby flesh!” Work out an exerciseand fasting program for yourself, and don’t try to get
the fat off in
 a week. It took a long time to get heavy
and it will take a reasonable length of time to melt itaway. You will be so proud of yourself when you slimand trim yourself down to your normal weight with
normal measurements. Your family and friends will also. Every person is aware of their health and physical
appearance! We all want to look and feel our best. So
let’s do something about it! Fasting and sensible, sane
dieting and exercise is your answer! Be sure you have abathroom scale and get yourself a tape measure. Weigh
yourself and measure your abdomen, hips, thighs and
arms. With determination commit yourself to a seriousprogram of normalizing your weight for health’s sake! To prove the value of fasting to yourself, get a physical
exam before starting your fasting regimen and get copiesof your blood/cholesterol panel test (see page 
138), urine
etc. for your home medical files. After faithfully
following The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle with fasting youwill be amazed at the improvements you have gained. Fasting is always the best way to take off fat; I am
not going to tell you fasting is always easy. It’s going totake positive thinking and action to attain positive
results! Start today to lose any dangerous excess pounds!118
Exercise, along with fasting, is provided to help us maintain or
restore a healthy physical balance in our daily living for a long, happy life. Do waist twists
          and windmills. Do bicycles
   and leg kicks.Bend at the waist to the sides, then front and back.Important Exercises for Keeping the
External and Internal Trunk Muscles of
The Stomach Fit and Healthy. Also These Promote Good Elimination.Do these Exercises Daily (10 per set):
You must exercise, for weak muscles of the arms, legs
and entire body indicates a similar condition of the
stomach and heart (a muscle) and other organs. Do leg
    and buttock          stretches.119How to Gain Weight Using a
Scientific Fasting Program
Thin people frantically try to gain and hold a few
pounds. Gaining weight becomes an obsession with the
underweight person and they are most susceptible toall kinds of weight-gaining diets. Underweight peoplehave come to me in a frustrated and stressed emotionalcondition, begging me to help them put a few poundson their spare frames. Most of them were cold constantly. . . even on the warmest summer days they wore sweatersand heavy garments! They begged me to give them adiet that would help them gain weight, because theywere ashamed of their skeleton-like bodies. When I told them there was no such thing as a
weight-gaining diet, they were as shocked as if I hadgiven them a death sentence. But, when I added mostemphatically that there was a program to gain weightwhich included fasting, they would agree to the programbut not on the fasting! They would cry out, “Don’t makeme any thinner than I am! I’m down to skin and bonesnow. If you take my food away from me, I will look likea scarecrow!” Then I had to explain that they were thinonly because their bodies were nutritionally unbalanced. I told them that food and nutrition are not
synonymous. A diet of unhealthy fats, refined sugar, andcarbohydrates, plus ample milk, cream and morefattening foods wouldn’t necessarily help them gainweight; their body might even get thinner on this diet.They must cleanse and heal their body by fasting andliving a healthy lifestyle and take a multi-enzyme. Famous comedian & author Dick Gregory, who weighed over 350 pounds,
was inspired by our Miracle of Fasting  book that guided him into a healthy lifestyle
which was life-changing. He traded his bad habits – unhealthy foods, alcohol,drugs, smoking, etc. for healthy habits!!! He now weighs a healthy 150 pounds,and has been in 8 Boston Marathons and is guiding others to reduce and liveon “live foods” and abstain from all the unhealthy, processed, dead foods.Chapter 1 5120People are not nourished in proportion to the
amount of food they eat, but in proportion to how muchthey digest and assimilate. When the organs of digestionand assimilation are maintained in poor workingcondition, eating too many fatty foods in an effort to
gain weight defeats its own purpose. Being underweight is usually due to faulty health. It’s futile to stuff a lot of food into the body when
assimilation and digestion are working at a low ebb. Thesecret of normalizing weight (up or down) is to make
the detoxifying system more efficient through fasting. Then the underweight person rejuvenates the digestiveand assimilative systems to work efficiently. What the underweight person needs is exactly what
the overweight person needs – a fast that gives the bodya cleansing physiological rest. In both the overweight and
the underweight, the digestive and assimilation systems
have been overworked. This is difficult to explain tounderweight people. They are impatient and want to gain
weight immediately on a diet, but first the underweight
person must realize that the period of physiological restprovided by the fast results in improved digestion andbetter assimilation of foods. The Body Has Powerful Recuperative Powers
The body has extraordinary recuperative powers
when it is not burdened with an excessive amount of
food. In over  70 years of fasting underweight people, I
have had outstanding success with underweight andemaciated people who learned to have faith in fasting
and a full program of Natural Living. I have a sister whom I love very dearly who was born
a very tiny baby. I believe she weighed about 3 pounds
at birth. All through her life, my sister Louise was called
“skinny.” When she was a child, everyone would tellmy mother that she should be stuffed with milk and
cream and that she must eat a lot of pork, potatoes, rice,
custards and all the supposed weight-gaining foods. Butthe more my sister was stuffed with all of these so-called
fattening foods, the thinner, weaker, paler and more121lifeless she became! There were many times when my
sister was so weak that she had to remain in bed. And
even during these periods in bed, she was still stuffed
on a so-called weight-gaining diet. Later, after I had left home and regained my health,
I returned to Virginia near where my sister Louise lived. She was then an adult and unmarried. She was teachinghigh school and was thin, rundown and had an overall
weakness. Her color was pale and sickly. After a hard
day in the classroom, she would come home and throwherself across the bed in a state of exhaustion. I told her that I had found a natural way for people to
gain weight and when school closed and summer vacationbegan, I would return to Virginia and supervise a program
to help her gain weight. She had seen the great miracle
that had transformed my body after I began  living a
natural healthy lifestyle and had perfect confidence in
everything I told her. I explained to her that part of the
program would be a series of fasts which would give herbody a physiological res t. This would allow  the digestive
and the assimilative organs of her body a chance to revive
and rejuvenate themselves and perform better. This is a cleansing system of detoxification. I told her
that the fast would help increase the hydrochloric acid
in her stomach so that she could absorb more proteinfoods. Not only would the digestion of protein be better,
but all the digestive organs would improve and renew
themselves through the fast. Her whole process ofmetabolism would improve through her fasting program. I have proved over the years that when metabolism is
improved through fasting there is a healthier density and
a specific gravity in the new flesh that is built after fasting. Fasting helps the body to better assimilate proteins, fats,
carbohydrates, starches, natural sugars, minerals, vitamins
and all the other essential nutrients necessary for the body
to work efficiently and with more strength. Good! You have decided to take the Health and Happiness road to Higher
Health. There will be a few rough spots as you begin, but soon you willbe hiking along the Pathway of Health and Long-Lasting Youthfulness!122Miracles Happen With Fasting! I started Louise on a  7 day distilled water fast. She
entered this fast believing that Mother Nature was going
to purify her digestive and assimilative organs and help
her rebuild a new body. It is true that she lost weight inthe
 7 days of the fast, but after she broke the fast she
developed a healthy appetite. What miracles this week
of rest for her organs did for her system. She told me shehad never enjoyed food as much as she now was
enjoying her new diet. Not the so-called “good,
nourishing, fattening food,” but a diet of
 60% raw, fresh
salads, vegetables and luscious, fresh fruits and brown
rice, lentils and raw nuts and seeds, etc. I gave her cooked
vegetables and beans, brown rice and lentils, raw,unsalted nuts and seeds and their butters. A month after
the first fast, I put her on another fast of 7 days. This 7
day fast started a new life for her because her body wasin such clean, healthy condition that it began to fill out. My skinny sister became a beautiful woman – fully
rounded and streamlined – every part of her body seemedto be rejuvenated. Her hair took on a sheen it never hadbefore, there was a glow to her cheeks and a sparkle in
her eyes like a young child! Our relatives and friends
were flabbergasted at the transformation in Louise. Thehappiest part is that within a year my sister had become
one of the most popular girls in Westmoreland County,
Virginia, and in another year she had married a fine,
handsome man! Their lives were like a fairy tale because
they had children and lived happily ever after. My sister
has remained healthy, fit and youthful throughout life. Along with fasting, I gave my sister a system of
exercises. She started with short walks and then built
up to long walks. I persuaded her to get an abundanceof fresh air, take early morning or late afternoon sunbaths
and do deep breathing exercises. At all times, she
maintained a tranquil and serene mind . . . she workedwith Mother Nature and not against her! Eat not for pleasure thou mayest find therein; eat to increase thy strength,
and eat to preserve life thou hast received from Heaven. – Confucius123Fasting is Safest, Healthiest Weight Normalizer
What I did for my weak, thin sister, I have done for
thousands of underweight people. Fasting works miracles
for both the under and overweight. The genuine needs
for both types of people are met by exactly the sameprogram of natural living combined with fasting. Fasting is the magic key for helping anyone to restore
themselves to a superior state of health. Fasting is thegreat detoxifier and by detoxifying the body we give it a
chance to restore its normal functioning. Fasting is the
great “Open Sesame” to good health and long life. Each person is different and some get results quicker
than others. If you faithfully concentrate on living The
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle in which fasting plays anintegral part, Mother Nature will never fail you! So, if
you are thin, under weight and have tried various
weight-building diets that failed, don’t be discouraged.Instead, try a 
24 hour fast weekly and also the Bragg
Vinegar Drink ( page 230). Both will help give the body a
chance to cleanse and normalize your weight. 124
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned God-ward. – Phillips Brooks
Give us Lord, a bit of sun,A bit of work and a bit of fun.Give us, in all struggle and sputter,Our daily whole grain bread and food.Give us health, our keep to makeAnd a bit to spare for others' sake.Give us too, a bit of songAnd a tale and a book, to help us along.Give us Lord, a chance to beOur goodly best for ourselves and othersUntil men learn to live as brothers in peace. – An Old English PrayerFamous Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes declared that if all the
doctor’s drugs were thrown into the sea it would be somuch better for humankind and worse for the fish. Everyday is a new birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we
are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor. – Isaac WattsCheerfulness and content are great beautifiers and are
famous preservers of youthful looks. – Charles DickensMorning Resolve
I will this day live a simple, sincere and serene life, repelling promptly
every thought of impurity, anxiety, discontent,  discouragement,jealousy and self-seeking. I will cultivate cheerfulness, happiness,
charity and the love of brotherhood; exercising economy in
expenditure, generosity in giving, carefulness in conversation anddiligence in appointed service. I pledge fidelity to every trust and a
childlike faith in God and Mother Nature. In particular, I will be
faithful in my daily habits of health, prayer, study, work, physicalexercise, deep breathing and good posture. I shall fast one 24 hour
period each week, eat only healthy foods and get sufficient sleep
each night. I will make every effort to improve myself physically,mentally, emotionally and spiritually every day. Morning Prayer used by Paul C. Bragg and Patricia Bragg125Fasting Fights Winter Miseries
No matter how well and healthy you try to live, colds,
sniffles and flu will catch up with you. If this happens,
please don’t be discouraged, but be thankful your body
is house cleaning out the debris and toxins. When your nose drips hot, watery mucus and your
head feels thick while you sneeze; when fever burns
through your body and you feel terrible, don’t blame iton the weather! Don’t blame it on a cold draft of air! Don’t blame it on the fact that you got your feet wet or
that you got chilled! And above all things, don’t say, “Icaught it!” The proper name for this is an “acute healing
crisis.” The reason we go through this is that we live in
a complex civilization and we have lost so much of ournatural instinct to keep internally pure. So – for some physiological reason that is absolutely
unexplainable – the Vital Force within our bodies loosens
up waste, toxins and mucus and proceeds to get rid of itwith the “acute healing crisis (colds, flu, etc. ).” If you
cooperate with your Vital Force, this rough spot in your
life will pass away quickly. So don’t blame it on a viciouslittle bug, a virus or cold weather. Just understand that
your Vital Force is trying to keep you internally clean. If you interfere with wise Mother Nature, you will
complicate the whole natural procedure of your body’s
miraculous cleansing job. Now that you know why this
acute healing crisis occurs, you should do nothing tostop the cleansing process except to fast. Yes, that’s the
simple and best answer – fast and help cleanse your body! You must not fight this healing crisis because Mother
Nature knows what she is doing for you. What should
you do? Start your fasting  program right away! There is
absolutely nothing as important as your health and life!Chapter 1 6
Fasting helps remove mucus, toxins and obstructions,
arterial plaque and cleanses the entire body.Fasting is Mother Nature & God’s Miracle – it cleanses, renews & rejuvenates!126Fast and Rest For Your Healing! Drop everything you are doing and get into a warm bed
during a cleansing crisis . Stop all eating. That also means
no fruit or fruit juices. At regular intervals drink large
amounts of hot, distilled water, add a little  honey with
lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. Eat and drink nothing
else. See that you have a good circulation of pure air in your
bedroom. Don’t read, listen to the radio or watch TV! Justsleep and rest – nothing else. Above all, don’t waste precious
energy talking to relatives and friends! Go into seclusion to
cleanse and recharge. You are on God’s cleansing table. How long should you fast during a winter healing
crisis or, for that matter, a summer healing crisis? They
can happen at any time of the year, but generally strikein cold weather. In most instances,
 3 days of restful
fasting will put you on your feet again. But sometimes
it may take a week or  10 days to do a successful job. Don’t quibble about it! You will find that you will be in
better health after the healing crisis. If you will work
with your Vital Force, you will flush out a tremendousamount of internal poison. Just don’t panic! MotherNature is very wise and she knows what is best for you. If you have faith and confidence in Mother Nature,
you will always work with her. I reared
 5 children and
when the sniffles hit them, I had them fast and rest. In
a few days they would snap out of the healing crisis and
be their same robust selves again. My grandchildrenfollowed this program . . . and now my great-
grandchildren are following it! To most people this
program seems too simple – they feel that they must door take something. They are filled with fear. There is absolutely nothing to fear as long as Mother
Nature is working to keep you alive and healthy. She knowsbest and will see you through any crisis, because she is
God’s own physician! Each person should regard his health
as the most precious blessing that he can possess and shouldattempt to understand his body which is so “ fearfully and
wonderfully made ”. Do maintain your precious body in
Supreme Health as the Bragg Motto states in 
3 John 2.127The Body is Self-Healing & Self-Repairing
Every man is not only the “Master Builder” of his
character, but also the custodian of his health and
physical well-being. N ot only has the Creator endowed
man with a “God-like” body, but He has given him awonderful mind and r easoning power. Humans are
capable of comprehending and putting to use all the
natural resources for self-health and self-healing which
have been so generously placed at their  disposal. The Miracle of Fasting is another way to help yourself
to Higher H ealth. Mother Nature gives us simple healing
remedies. We must be w illing to cooperate w ith M other
Nature and conform our lives to her unchangeable laws. Following the “Natural Way of Living” we can recapture
the precious bloom of youth through the gifts of physical,
mental and spiritual regeneration. There are no shortcuts
to health! Mother Nature expects us to do our part. Whenyou fast you are working with Mother Nature. God and
Mother N ature w on’t perform a miracle until we are
willing to bring our lives and habits into conformity withTheir Eternal Laws of Health. It’s my honest and sincere belief that nobody should
ever promise to cure anyone of their physical misery.To promise anyone a cure means that someone is trying
to play both God and Mother Nature and no humancan promise you the results that They can perform! By combining fasting and eating only healthy, natural
foods,  you  can attain a more youthful, healthful life. Healingis an internal biological function that only the body canperform. By fasting you are helping your body do itscleansing work efficiently. Mother Nature is continuallyworking to keep you alive and well. So when Mother Naturestarts a healing crisis (colds, flu, etc. ), she knows what she isdoing, be thankful and fast and help your body detox. Fasting is the greatest assistance you can provide your
body, because you are letting all of your Vital Force pushthe toxic poisons out of your entire body so you can becleaner and healthier and more youthful! Fasting is for internal cleansing, purification, to stay healthy and youthful.128
He who understands Mother Nature walks with God.START TODAY
Living The
Bragg Healthy
Lifestyle!Do You
Show Signs of
PREMATURE
AGEING? Is everything you do a big effort? •
Have you started to lose your skin tone? Your muscle tone? Your energy? Your hair? •
Do small things irritate you? Are you forgetful? Confused? •
Is your elimination sluggish? •
Do you have allergies? Joint pains
•
Do you have aches and pains? •
Do you get out of breath
when you run or climb stairs? •
How limber is your back and body? •
How well do you adjust to cold and heat? •
Ask yourself these important questions:
Am I healthy and happy? Do I seem to be slipping and
not quite like myself anymore? If the answer to these questions are “Yes,”Visit bragg.com and send free Bragg Health Musical E–Cards from our web to friends!129
Mother Nature, time and patience are three great physicians. – Irish ProverbOutwit Premature Ageing
Take This Quiz and The Mirror Test Now &
Each Month After to Monitor Your Well-Being
Go to your mirror nude now and take this Mirror
Test: Are you happy with what you see? • Do you look
old and tired? • Does your body sag? • Do you have
poor skin and muscle tone? • How’s your hair? • How’syour posture? • Are your eyes dull and lifeless? • Do you
have a pale, sallow complexion? • Are you trim and fit? After making a careful examination of your body,
how would you describe it? • Youthful? • Ageing? Noone can answer these questions more honestly than you. You’re the only one that can take charge of your life! Let us go farther than mere looks. How do you really
feel today? • Are you bursting with energy and vitalityor do you have bothersome aches and pains? • Whatabout the moveable joints of your body? • Are you stiff
and sore? • Does your lower back plague you with pain? • How did you sleep last night? • Did you get up freshand feeling alive? • Did you go to bed tired, yet unable
to sleep? • Did you face the new day feeling energyless
as if all your energy had drained away? • How is yourappetite? • Do you relish every mouthful of food you
eat? • Are you plagued with gas pains after meals? • What
about your elimination? • Is it perfect or are your bowelsclogged? • Above all things, were you happy today? • Yesterday? • Or are you depressed and blue? • Do you feel that you are ageing rapidly? • Is life
passing you by? •  Can you honestly say, “I am gettingyounger as I live longer?” • Or will you have to admit
that the longer you live, the older you feel? • I  knowyou want to look and feel youthful and not get old before
your time. • So begin NOW to live The Bragg Healthy
Lifestyle! You will see results – take this quiz monthly.Chapter 1 7130
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a mentor,
a teacher, a guidepost and a counsellor. – Henry Ward Beecher
Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten . – PythagorasFasting is a Miraculous Rebirth & Resurrection! Let me tell you honestly what fasting can do for you. This natural miracle can help reverse the premature ageing
process for you. From this minute on, you could take anew lease on life! It has been proven by some of the world’sgreatest scientists that fasting is the magic key that opensthe door to agelessness and youthfulness. Scientists have been experimenting for years on worms,
white rats and guinea pigs, and they have discovered someremarkable scientific facts. They fasted these laboratoryanimals and, in between fasts, they fed them scientificallybalanced, natural diets. A miracle occurred – they gotyounger and lived longer! These scientists are single-mindedand want only facts, and the facts revealed the truth. (We
praise these honest scientists and all dedicated health crusaders.) See this interesting research website: www.walford.com
Fasting not only slows down the ageing clock, but it
produces a healthy youthfulness and rebirth in the body.In my years supervising fasts, I have seen thousands ofunbelievable miracles happen to people of all ages. I remember a Bragg health student named Martin
Cornica who had spent many years working in the filmindustry. He was about
 40 when he realized he was ageing
prematurely. He regarded himself as a middle-aged man.And why shouldn’t he? Since the average life expectancyof an American today is 
76.7 years if lucky, he decided
that at 40 he had lived half of his life. So he slowed his
pace to that of a typical middle-aged man, as millions do. In his younger days Martin Cornica had been a
champion tennis player. But he had discarded his tennisracket because he felt the game was only for the young.Then someone at 
Universal  Studios told him about The
Bragg Health Crusade. Martin said that out of sheercuriosity, he attended one and it was the turning pointin his life. It was the lifesaver that introduced him tocontinual youthfulness and endless energy. You’re next!131
No one can violate Nature’s Laws & escape her penalties . – Julian JohnsonRecharged, So at 70 World Tennis Champ
Martin Cornica learned the same facts that I have
given to thousands of people all over the world. When
you know the science of taking care of the body, youhave the secret of a naturally healthy and youthful life.Martin wanted to look and feel youthful. He was eagerto try Mother Nature’s plan of living as I taught it. He went on a 24 hour fast the day after he attended my
Health Lecture. He began to eat a healthy and perfectly
balanced diet. Through fasting and living The Bragg
Healthy Lifestyle he dropped years from his age. Eventhough he was 40 years old and considered long past the
age to play champion tennis, Mr. Cornica felt stronger than
when he was 20! His energy and vitality was super, so hejoined the Los Angeles Tennis Club and started to play
again. He continued to do this weekly 24 hour fast and
live on a natural food diet. Every day he improved in everyway. His endurance soon was so great that he was playing
the champion tennis players of the world! For the next
30 years he played in one major tournament afteranother and won many championships. Tennis is often
seen as a game for only the young and vigorous, but
here was a man supposedly long past his prime playing
with young champions and winning! Martin Cornica became The Champion Tennis Player of
the World for all men over 
70! People in the tennis world
were completely amazed when they saw this man in his
70s playing a smashing, championship tennis game. The average person believes that by the time a man
is 70 he is either half dead or used up. Martin Cornica is
the living proof that this is a fallacy! It’s not the numberof years you live on this earth, it is how you have lived!I am very proud because he has absolutely proven thatanyone can attain agelessness and be reborn by followingMother Nature’s and God’s Laws of Living. Regardlessof your age, Mother Nature will give you the opportunityto make a comeback. Yes, you can step out of that tired,prematurely ageing body and rebuild a strong body thatwill become healthier and more youthful! Start Today!! !132
There’s a positive side and a negative side and at every moment you decide. –Sister Corita
Don’t give up trying to do what you really want to accomplish. – Ella FitzgeraldAfter a year of periodic fasting combined with living
The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, you can look in the mirror
and be happy with the big improvement you have made.If you continue to live The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle asdescribed in this book, the physical transformation willmake your friends and relatives take notice and marvelat your wonderful rejuvenation. You will not only seethe difference in yourself, you will feel the difference!But you can only make this metamorphosis if you arewilling to exercise absolute mastery of your body. Start as Martin Cornica did with a 
24 hour fast. Read
the chapter on correct eating. The 9 Doctors of MotherNature will aid you in your rebirth. They are always readyand willing to help those who help themselves. There isjust one sad note that I must mention. As you get youngerand more vital, you will see those you love the mostbegin to decay and pass out of this life long before theirtime because they refused to learn the “greatest law oflife,” which is “The Survival of the Fittest”. The samething has happened in my personal life. I have had towatch many friends I loved the most sicken, suffer anddie long before their time simply because they would
not live a healthy lifestyle. Here’s The Opportunity of Your Lifetime
Revolt! Refuse to grow old! Refuse to lose any of your
precious years of a full life! Mother Nature is waiting for
you to make your positive decision this minute! Good! You have decided to take the Health and
Happiness Road to Higher Health. There will be a fewrough spots as you begin, but soon you’ll be hiking alongthe Highway of Health and Long Lasting Youthfulness! You can’t fail when working with God and Mother
Nature, two powerful miracle forces that want you healthyand fulfilled. Begin your 
24 hour fast today. You will soon
laugh at birthdays. They will mean nothing to you! Youare beginning to live in the blessed state of Agelessness!133Chapter 1 8
Fasting Keeps Arteries You thful
Cardiovascular disease is responsible for  42% of the
deaths in the United States, according to the American
Heart Association. This should alarm you! Often we are
shocked to hear that 200 people have died in an airplane
crash, but are blasé about the fact that each day over 2,600
Americans die from this disease! Disease of the heart,arteries and blood vessels is not only epidemic in America,
it’s the #
1 killer! This enemy of mankind targets men
and women, the old and the young! More than 1 in 4
Americans is currently suffering from some sort of
cardiovascular disease! During the Korean, Vietnam andGulf Wars, autopsies revealed that many young service
people suffered from deteriorated and degenerated
arteries – sadly, long before their time! Diseases of the heart do not build up rapidly. It takes
a long time to harden and block an artery! Heart diseasehas many causes . . . tobacco, alcohol, an unhealthy dietheavy in hydrogenated and saturated fats such as those
in meats and dairy products and lack of exercise. Heart
disease is a silent killer! Too frequently, blockage in thearteries is built up to the danger point while the victim is
totally unaware! It is possible for a person to have half-
blocked arteries all over their body without the slightestindication that anything is wrong. This person might
even receive a clean bill of health from the best doctors! This happened to one of our past American Presidents –
1 week after a thorough physical with a good health
report, he had a major heart attack and almost died! The substances responsible for obstructing the arteries
are cholesterol, fats, inorganic minerals and fibrous
tissues. As the blockage builds up slowly, the inner
passages of the arteries can become so narrow that notenough blood can flow through to properly nourish the
powerful heart muscle. Coronary occlusion is caused
when this serious narrowing of the arteries occurs.134
Shocking Heart Facts About the #1 Killer
• Cardiovascular diseases claimed over a million lives in the
United States last year, accounting for almost half of all deaths! • Every 33 seconds another American dies from cardiovascular disease! • Heart disease doesn’t just kill the old; 1 out of every 6 is under 65! • Heart disease affects both men and women; lately men accounted
for 49% of heart related fatalities, while women accounted for 51%. Don’t let cardiovascular disease affect you! Protect your heart! Live The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle – start now!You Are as Old as Your Arteries
Degeneration of the arteries begins early in life, slowly
building up to obstruct and block! Then, one fine
morning, someone gets up as usual to start the day’sactivities and suddenly, in the blink of an eye, they dropdead from a heart attack or if they survive, live with avery serious chronic condition after the attack. Constant vigilance must be maintained if the arteries
are to be kept free of blockage and obstruction bysubstances that can cause a heart attack. The heartarteries are small; the largest is no wider than a thinsoda straw. In the average person who eats the average
(S.A.D.) diet, the blockage grows silently, insidiously until
the blood can no longer flow freely through the arteriesand disaster strikes (heart attacks, strokes, etc.). Most people wait until something happens to their
arteries before they do anything about it. Because nopains are evident, they continue to eat the bad foodsand live with the bad habits that destroy their arteries. Again let me repeat the statement, “We are all as old
as our arteries.” Remember that arterial blockage startseven in the very young and slowly builds up until around
50 to 60 years of age, when most heart disasters take place. I want it definitely understood that fasting is not a
cure for all heart problems. Fasting is a cleanser ofinternal impurities! This is exactly how we want to helpour arteries – to keep them clean and free of substancesthat prevent the free flow of blood into the heart andthroughout the entire arterial system (page 
137).135
Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at
your children, smile at each other – it doesn’t matter who it is – that
smile will help you grow in greater love for each other. – Mother TeresaThere is truth in the saying that man becomes what he eats. – Gandhi
What You Eat and Drink Becomes You
We have, in the final analysis, a human pipe system
that carries our precious 5 quarts of blood throughout
the entire circulatory system. Our blood circulation must
be kept constantly moving, rhythmically and steadily.For instance, if the flow of blood into the brain is stoppedfor a fraction of a minute, we could suffer a massivestroke. If it happens in the eye, hemorrhaging can occurthat may blind us. The arteries must remain open so thebloodstream will flow to every square inch of the  body. Today you will find men and women in their 
70s, 80s
and even 90s who have clear, clean, unobstructed, elastic
and flexible arteries. Regardless of their calendar years, they
are young and active because their arteries have notdegenerated to the point of becoming obstructed and
inflexible. These are the most fortunate people in the world
because if all the organs of their bodies are free fromobstruction and toxic materials, there is no reason why
these ageless people cannot live for many years. The Bible states, before the great flood, people lived
as long as 
900 years. We laugh this off by saying that
these people measured their years in an entirely differentway than we do, but how can we be sure of that? It is
quite possible that these people knew how to eat andlive to keep their arteries in perfect working order. Health
is an orderly, harmonious functioning of the body, and
this state of harmony continues as long as the heart,arteries and blood do their work effectively. When we speak of people being prematurely old, we
mean they didn’t know how to live a healthy lifestyle orkeep their arteries unobstructed and healthy. When these
blocked arteries can’t do their work correctly the blood
can’t get into the brain, and people become senile, oftenlapse into a second childhood, and some get Alzheimer’s. They are dying a slow, lingering death.136
What a person eats and drinks becomes his own body chemistry. Knowledge is love and light and vision. –Helen Keller, beloved author; blind and deaf since 2 years old . Eat Healthy – Live Healthy – Live Longer
When we fast for a  24 to 36 hour period, or from 3 to
10 days, all the Vital Force in the body is used for internal
purification . . . which includes purification of all the
arteries. That is why after a 10 day fast there’s a feeling of
lightness in the body. The mind becomes keener, more
alert and the memory improves. The craving for physical
activity will often become intense. Fasting helps to keep
the arteries clean, healthy, elastic and more youthful. I must reiterate the importance of a thorough check
of the urine. During the 10 day fast, it should be bottled
each morning and saved for observation. The faster willnote a tremendous amount of heavy foreign substances
that have been eliminated from the body, particularly
the heavy mucus toxins that appear in the urine. In my opinion, we can add years to our hearts with a
systematic program of fasting, coupled with The BraggHealthy Lifestyle program of natural food which reduces
the waxy cholesterol that clogs arteries. We must think
of our arteries as the key to life if we want to win thegreatest battle in life – staying alive on this earth. When
you stuff yourself on high-fat meals day after day you
are bound to accumulate cholesterol, obstructions andtoxins. Retribution is bound to come. Americans are the
biggest eaters of fat in the world. Consequently we lead
the world in cardiovascular, heart and stroke diseases. This is one reason that I believe in the No Heavy
Breakfast Plan. I have known many young, healthy menand women who made it a habit every morning to eat aso-called hearty breakfast of ham and eggs or bacon and
eggs, buttered toast, fried potatoes and coffee loaded with
cream. Many of these supposedly healthy people werestricken early with heart attacks or strokes that either
killed them or made them invalids the rest of their lives.137
Circulatory System’s
Arteries and Veins
The heart is really a double pump –
each side is composed of 2 powerful
chambers, an auricle and a ventricle.Your Miracle Heart and Circulatory System
You cannot eat any food simply because you think it agrees
with you! You won’t make this mistake if you know about the
physiology of your body. Hippocrates, father of medicine said,“Nutrition shall be your medicine.”  Eating is a science, it’s more
than tickling the palate. Eating is a serious function, especiallyif you want to keep your arteries clean, unobstructed andunblocked and healthy for a long, active life. Before you go on the program that I have outlined in
this book, get a thorough physical examination by a goodhealth doctor. Have him acquaint you with the condition
of your heart, arteries and blood. Know your blood pressures,
pulse and blood cholesterol (chart page 
138) and then follow
this healthy lifestyle for a year. Then return to your doctor
for an examination again. I believe your doctor will say you
have made a miraculous transformation in your body inone short year. Again, remember you are only as young as
your arteries and cardiovascular system –  your river of life.138
• Homocysteine:  6 - 8 mcm/L  • Total Cholesterol:  Children; 140 mg/dl or less
• CRP (C-reactive protein high sensitivity ): lower than 1 mg/L low risk,
           1-3 mg/L average risk, over 3 mg/L high risk
• Total Cholesterol:  Adults; 180 mg/dl or less; 150 mg/dl is optimal
• HDL Cholesterol:   Men; 50 mg/dl or more; Women; 65 mg/dl or more
• HDL Cholesterol Ratio:   3.2 or less  • Triglycerides:  100 mg/dl or less
• LDL Cholesterol:  100 mg/dl or less is optimal  • Glucose:  80-100 mg/dlFrom Bragg Heart Book – Be a Bragg Health Crusader, copy and share with friends. Remember, organic live foods make live people. You are what you eat, drink,
breathe, think, say and do . So eat a low-fat, low-sugar, high-fiber diet of
organic whole grains, sprouts, fresh salads, organic greens, vegetables, fruits,
raw seeds, nuts, fresh juices and chemical-free, purified or distilled water. Earn your food with daily exercise, for regular exercise, walking, etc. improves your health, stamina, go-power, flexibility and endurance, andhelps open the cardiovascular system. Only 
45 minutes a day can do
miracles for your heart, arteries, mind, nerves, soul and body! You becomerevitalized with new zest for living to accomplish your life goals! We are made of tubes. To help keep them open, clean and to maintain
good elimination, add 
1 to 2 tbsps of psyllium husk powder daily – hour
after dinner – to juices, herbal teas and even the Bragg Vinegar Drink.Another way to guard against clogged tubes daily is add 
1 to 2 tbsps soy
lecithin granules (fat emulsifier-melts like butter ) over potatoes, veggies, soups
and to juices, etc. Also take one cayenne capsule (40,000 HU)  daily with a
meal. Take 50 to 100 mgs regular-released niacin (B-3) with one meal daily
to help cleanse and open the cardiovascular system, also improves memory. Skin flushing may occur; don’t worry about this as it shows it’s working!After cholesterol level reaches 
180 or lower, then only take niacin twice weekly . The heart needs healthy balanced nutrients, so take natural multi-
vitamin-mineral food supplements & extra heart helpers – mixed vitamin
E, C, CoQ10,  magnesium orotate, MSM, selenium, omega–3, zi nc, beta
carotene & amino acids L-Carnitine, L-Taurine, L-Lysine & Proline. Folic
acid, CoQ10,  B6 & B12  helps keep homocysteine level low. Hawthorn
Berry extract brings relief for palpitations, arrhythmia, senile hearts andcoronary disease. Take bromelain (from pineapple) and a multi-digestiveenzyme with meals – aids digestion, assimilation and elimination. For sleep problems try 5-HTP tryptophan  (an amino acid) , melatonin,
calcium, magnesium, valerian in caps, extract or tea, Bragg vinegardrink, sleepytime herbal tea. For arthritis, osteoarthritis, pain/stiffness,try aloe juice or gel, glucosamine, chondroitin 
& MSM  combo  (caps &
liquid) , helps heal & regenerate. Also capsaicin & DMSO  lotion helps. Use amazing antioxidants – natural vitamin mixed E , C, Quercetin,
grapeseed and grapefruit extract, CoQ10 , selenium, SOD, etc. They
improve  immune system and help flush out dangerous free radicalsthat cause havoc with cardiovascular pipes and health. Researchshows antioxidants promote longevity, slows ageing, fights toxinsand helps prevent disease, cancer, cataracts, jet lag and exhaustion.HEALTHY  HEART HABITS FOR A LONG, VITAL LIFE
 Recommended  Blood  Chemistry  Values139Nine Doctors
The laws of health are inexorable; we see people going down and out in
their prime of life because no attention is paid to them! – Paul C. BraggYou Have
        At Your Command
Mother Nature’s 9 faithful Doctors are ready to help
you attain radiant, glorious health! They are all specialists
in their particular fields of health building. They have
had years and years of experience with millions of
people. Their cumulative record is 100% perfect! They
have never failed a patient. Patients have failed them,
turned their backs on them and ignored them! But they
are kind and understanding and, no matter how manytimes patients have failed them, they still stand ready
to render perfect professional service. They have but one
prescription and that is elixir of life! They are the kindestDoctors in the whole universe! They are anxious and
willing to help everyone who comes to them for Higher
Health. Their professional services are available to all –the young, the old, the rich and the poor. They performno operations, except bloodless ones. They give no toxic
drugs, not even any so-called “wonder drugs”. You are all familiar with these 
9 wonderful life-
changing  Doctors – we all need them. I want you to call
on these 9 Doctors frequently. They are so eager to help
you help yourself to supreme health, youthfulness,longevity and agelessness! This is the Highest Health
you can have; you should have it your entire long life! These wonderful Doctors will never, ever fail you. They want to be your personal care givers and also yourfriends. It gives me a most secure feeling that I have at
my command, every day, the world’s great Doctors andit’s my pleasure to introduce you to them. From this
day on, please feel free to call upon them. First, I want
you to meet the Father of them all, the most eminentand the greatest healer and giver of life to everything
on the face of this earth . . . Doctor Sunshine.140•The ironclad laws of Mother Nature and God. •Your common sense, which tells you that you are doing right. •Your aim to make your health better and your life longer. •Your resolve to prevent illness so that you may enjoy life. •Make an art of healthy living; you will be you thful at any age. •You will retain your faculties and be hale, hearty, active and
useful far beyond the ordinary length of years. •You will also possess superior mental and physical powers! What Wise Men Say
I saw few die of hunger –  of
eating, a hundred thousand. – Ben Franklin
Your health is your wealth. – Paul C. Bragg
Health is a blessing that money
cannot buy. – Izaak WaltonWisdom does not show itself so muchin precept as in life  – a firmness of mind
and mastery of the appetite. – Seneca
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin surprise thee,
and her black attendant, Death. – Milton
Our prayers should be for a sound
mind in a healthy body. – Juvenal
Of all the knowledge, the one most worth having is knowledge about health! The first requisite of a good life is to be a healthy person. – Herbert SpencerKEEP HEALTHY & YOUTHFUL BIOLOGICALLY
WITH EXERCISE & GOOD NUTRITION
Always remember you have the following important
 reasons for following The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle:
WANTED – For Robbing Health & Life
The natural healing force within us is the greatest force in getting well. – Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, 400 BCBe a Bragg Crusader - copy and share with family, friends, clubs, etc. KILLER Saturated Fats CHOKER Hydrogenated Fats
CLOGGER Salt DEADEYED Devitalized FoodsDOPEY Caffeine HARD WATER 
Inorganic Minerals
PLUGGER Frying Pan JERKY Turbulent EmotionsDEATH-DEALER Drugs CRAZY AlcoholGREASY Overweight SMOKY TobaccoHOGGY Overeating LOAFER Laziness141
Doctor Sunshine, the great healer, soothes and
sparkles your body inside and outside! – Paul C. Bragg
Doctor  SunshineChapter 1 9
Doctor Sunshine’s specialty is heliotherapy and his
great prescription is solar energy. Each tiny blade of grass,
every vine, tree, bush, flower, fruit and vegetable draws
its life from solar energy. All living things on earth
depend on solar energy for their very existence. Thisearth would be a barren, frigid place if it were not for
the magic rays of the sun. The sun gives us light and
were it not for sunshine, there would be no you or me.The earth would be in everlasting darkness. Human beings were never meant to have pale skins,
not even the fair northern races. Man’s skin should belightly tanned by the sun and should take on a darkerpigment according to his original skin tone. It has been
found that even fair, red-headed people can slowly tan. Pigmentation is a sign that solar energy has beentransformed into human energy. By enjoying the early
morning or late afternoon gentle sunshine man can gain
more health, vitality and happiness. The people whoare indoors too long have sallow-looking skin. This is
why many women hide sun-starved skins with makeup. The person who is starved of the vital rays of the sun
has a half-dead look. He is actually dying for the wantof solar energy! Weak, ailing and anemic people are all
sun-starved and – in my opinion – many people are sick
simply because they are starving for gentle sunshine. The sunshine’s gentle rays have powerful germicidal
properties. As the skin gathers these gentle rays, it storesup enormous amounts of this germ-killing energy. The
sun provides one of the finest remedies for the nervous
person who is filled with anxiety, worry and frustration.142
The law, “Whatsoever a man sows that he shall also reap,” is
inscribed in flaming letters upon the portal of Eternity, and nonecan deny it, none can cheat it, none can escape it. – James AllenSunshine Brings Peace , Relaxation to Nerves
When nervous people lie in the sunshine, its
soothing, gentle rays give them what their nerves and
body are crying out for – relaxation! Sunshine is a health
tonic and a Great Healer! As you bask in the warmsunshine, millions of nerve endings absorb the solar
energy and transform and store them into more Vital
Force energy for your nerves and body. Perform this experiment to determine the value of
sunshine in the matter of life and death. Find a beautifulpatch of lawn where the grass is like a green carpet.Cover up a small space of that beautiful lawn with a
small piece of wood or metal. Day by day you will notice
that the beautiful grass that was so full of plant blood,or chlorophyll, will start to fade and turn a sickly yellow. Then the tragedy happens. It withers and dies - death
from sun starvation! The same thing happens in yourbody without the life giving rays of the sun. This also
happens when you fail to eat an abundance of sun-
grown foods such as ripe, organic fruits and vegetables. We must have the direct rays of the sun on our bodies
and our diet must contain 
60% or more of food that has
been ripened by the sun’s rays. When we eat fresh fruitsand vegetables we absorb the blood of the plant – therich, nourishing chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the solar
energy that the plant has absorbed from the sun, the richest
and most nourishing food you can put into your body.“Chlorophyll is liquid sunshine.” Green plants alone possess
the secret of how to capture this powerful solar energy
and pass it on to man and every other living creature. When you put sunshine on the outside of your body
and
 60% to 70% raw fruits and vegetables in your daily
diet, you are going to glow with radiant health! But theseare powerful and must be taken in small doses at the start,
because your sun-starved body has to slowly get used to
these cleansing, solar-powered foods.143
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body. We are all
sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and bloodand bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’s features,any meanness or sensuality to imbrute them. – Henry David ThoreauGentle Sun Rays are Soothing and Best
When you take your first sunbath, start with short
time periods until you can condition your body to longer
exposure. The best time for a beginner to start taking
gentle sunbaths is in the early morning sunshine. Oryou may sunbathe in the late afternoon gentle sunshine. Five to ten minutes on the nude body is sufficient at
first. Avoid the burning rays between
 11 am and  3 pm. The best cool rays of the sun are in the early morning. The same caution should be taken in eating sun
ripened foods – the raw fruits and vegetables. Theaverage person who has been eating mainly cooked
foods will find that if great amounts of raw juicy fruit
and vegetables are suddenly put into the body they cancause a reaction. It’s wiser to add more sun-grown foods
to the diet gradually. Overdoses of solar energy, both
on the outside and inside of the body, go slowly.Regarding exposure to the sun, it’s quite necessary to
use good judgment and always proceed with caution! At this point I must add a personal touch. At 
16
years of age I had been sentenced to death with deadly
tuberculosis. The greatest doctors in the United States
declared me “Hopeless! Incurable!” By the Grace of God
I was led to Dr. August Rollier of Leysen, Switzerland,the greatest living authority on Heliotherapy (Sun Cure). High in the Alps, Dr. Rollier exposed my sick, wasted
body to the healing rays of the sun and fed me ahealthy abundance of sun-grown foods. Presto
 – a miracle
happened! In 2 short years I was transformed from a
bed-ridden invalid to a strong, healthy, young man. I have enjoyed a wonderful long life and I am still a
powerful, healthy man. Through these long years I havekept the glorious light of the sun’s gentle rays on mybody. I regained my health through the gentle healing
of “Doctor Healing Sunshine”. He helped save my life
and that is why I love God’s own precious sunshine.144
The choice of which road to take is up to the individual. He alone
can decide whether he wants to reach a dead end or live a healthylifestyle for a long, healthy, happy, active life. – Paul C. Bragg
Deprivation of food at first brings a sensation of hunger, occasionally
some nervous stimulation – but it also determines certain hidden miracle
phenomena which are more important. The sugar of the liver and the fatof the sub-cutaneous deposits are mobilized, and used in order to
maintain the blood, heart and brain in a normal condition. Fasting
purifies our entire body and profoundly cleanses and modifies our tissues. – Dr. Alexis Carrel, Nobel Prize winner, author of Man, the UnknownThe secret of longevity is eating and living intelligently. – Gayelord Hauser
Always do what is right – despite any public opinions.NEGATIVE POSITIVE
Eliminate the negative, latch onto the affirmative and accent the positive! The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice . – George ElliotI Love Being With Doctor Sunshine
Patricia and I love the great sunshine state and have a home
in the Santa Monica mountains so we can enjoy the mountain
sunshine. We have a modest home in the California Desert,
where the sun shines 354 days a year,  and a cottage and our
organic veggie garden and flowers in Santa Barbara near ouroffice, and 2 places in Hawaii – Maui and Diamond Head near
Free Bragg Exercise Class (page iii). We don’t use toxic chemical
sunscreens. We make safer green tea and spray on skin when inmid-day sun, plus we wear straw hats. We love beach walking
and spend time in winter and summer, on the sun drenched
beaches of Hawaii, Florida, France, Australia and New Zealandwhile on our Health Crusades. Seek gentler sunshine (before
11 am & after 3 pm) and health follows by leaps and bounds.145Doctor  Fresh Air
Breathing deeply, fully and completely energizes the body, it calms the
nerves, fills you with peace and helps keep you youthful. –  Paul C. BraggMacfadden  &  BraggChapter 20
Doctor Fresh Air is a health specialist, and his greatest
prescription for you is to “Breathe Deeply of God’s Pure
Fresh Air.” The first thing we do when we are born istake a long, deep breath and the last thing we do is takea last gasp before we stop breathing. Between birth anddeath, life is completely maintained by breathing. Doctor Fresh Air wants you to have a long active life
and he feels, as a specialist, that you will if you followhis simple instructions and breathe deeply. You mustalways be conscious that, with every breath you take,you are bringing into your body the Breath of God . . .which is life-giving oxygen.
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        A pure, clean, wholesome body and strong mind
will always reject poisons. Fasting is the greatest methodto purify the body and to keep it healthy and strong. 112Excerpt from Bragg Super Power Breathing. Be a Crusader and share with smokers. SMOKERS PLEASE QUIT. In just 12 hours of not smoking, the
blood levels of nicotine and carbon monoxide fall; heart and lungsbegin healing. Smokers must stop this vicious and deadly de stroyer
of life, health, energy and beauty. Let’s ban smoking  worldwide. ✞Tobacco use and secondhand smoke will eventually
kill just over  5 of all people now living in the developed
world – over 250 million ( also marijuana smoke is deadly ). ✞Of the  50 million smoking Americans,  3 to 2 will die
from smoke-related disease, and reduce their life
expectancy by  an average of  9 years. ✞Cancers, as well as cataracts, are linked to smoking. ✞Children and teenagers make up  90% of new smokers
in the U. S. – and teenage smoking is on the rise. ✞Smoking acts as both a stimulant and a depressant -
depending upon the smoker’s emotional state. ✞The average pack-a-day smoker takes about  70,000
poisonous hits  of nicotine each year. ✞“Secondhand smoke” can kill nonsmokers: it speeds
up heart rate, raises blood pressure and doubles the
carbon monoxide in their blood. ✞Secondary smoke contains more nicotine, tar andcadmium (leading to hypertension, bronchitis and
emphysema) than mainstream smoke. ✞The children of smokers tend to have lower bodyweight, smaller lungs and more health problems. ✞Lung illnesses such as asthma are tw ice as common in
the children of sm okers. Shame on their parents. ✞The death rate from breast cancer ranges from  25% to
75% higher for women who smoke. ✞Female smokers may face a higher risk of lung cancer  –
as much as twice the risk of male smokers, according
to a study done by Dr. Harvey Risch at Yale University. ✞Your body contains almost  100,000  miles of blood
vessels. Smoking constricts those vessels, depriving
your body of fresh, rich oxygen it needs for life. DEADLY SMOKING FACTS. 113Fasting Melts Away Pounds. It’s estimated that  75% of men, women and children
in America are overweight. These overweight people arein serious physical health trouble according to medicalauthorities and insurance companies. Excess weightpresents great hazards to health and long life. These sameauthorities tell us that the overweight person is moresusceptible to chronic and even fatal diseases than anormal weight person. An overweight person can’t beginto know the thrill of wellness. First, they are constantlytired because they are carrying far too many pounds. Let’s say a person is
 25 pounds overweight. Now, let a
normal weight person carry a  25 pound suitcase around
all day. In a short time every move would become painfuland fatiguing. You can plainly see millions of overweightpeople are grossly overburdening their bodies and lives. The obese person typically has no energy or ambition
to indulge in physical activities. Most of them wouldrather find the closest chair and sit in it until they areforced to do some important duty. The overweightperson has trouble breathing because their excess fleshmakes it difficult for their lungs to do their jobs properly. We find most obese get out of breath with least exertion. The overweight person’s body has over
 700 miles
(unbelievable, but true) of fine tubes – blood vessels – totry and nourish and sustain all the excess fat. You canplainly see why the overweight person is putting atremendous burden on the lungs and the normalfunction of their heart. Their pulse and blood pressurerise to dangerous heights, which could in themselves
cause serious damage, heart attacks, strokes and death. Every man is the builder of a temple called his body. We are
all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and bloodand bones. Any nobleness begins at once to refine a man’sfeatures, any meanness to imbrute them. – Henry David Thoreau
Studies show the bigger the waistline – the shorter the lifespan. Chapter 1 4114Excess Fat is a Burden and Health Risk. Insurance figures accurately show that overweight
people are short-lived and are more susceptible to many
chronic diseases because of their unnatural overweight
condition. Any way you look at it, excess weight isdangerous. Today, obesity is steadily on the increase
worldwide. First, in America we have an abundance of food
and fast food restaurants. The average person puts waytoo much food into their stomach for the sheer joy of
eating. Eating is America’s most popular indoor and
outdoor sport. At family gatherings and parties the
tendency is to serve too much food and everyone overeats. Coffee breaks encourage people to snack between
meals. TV invites people to snack as they gaze at theidiot box that promotes crime and evilness. Plus people
are constantly eating sweets, ice cream, shakes, hot dogs,
hamburgers, french fries, pizza and many other varietiesof food even between meals. Then there are the buffets,
banquets, benefit dinners, etc. that promote overeating. We live in a mechanical age. We load heavy amounts of
food into our bodies and never burn it up with exercise andphysical activities. The automobile has replaced walking. We are a nation of sitters. Our children sit for hours in school
and then in fr ont of TV, computers and the web. Also a dults
spend hours at computers, TVs, plus they also attend
movies, concerts and athletic events. This unhealthy,
sedentary lifestyle contributes to being overweight. Fad Diets Create “Yo Yo” Up & Down Weight
Overweight people are constantly going on crash diets
and most get only brief results. There is the high-proteindiet, the low-carbohydrate diet, the liquid diet, the cottage
cheese diet, etc. , etc. and so many other varieties. Magazines
and newspapers are always pushing some new crash diet
to take weight off the obese person. There are so manyreducing diets that it’s frustrating and confusing for peopleto know which one to follow. In my opinion, the fast is
It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges. – Mohammad Ali, who ordered 100 Fasting Books  at a time to give to friends. Fasting and the Bragg Vinegar Drink (page 230) helps normalize weight. 115the only natural and scientific way to achieve reasonable
weight reduction. This is why I believe fasting is the perfect
way to reduce. After the first 2 or 3 days of fasting you areno longer hungry. From the 3rd day on there is no cravingfor food. When people go on crash low calorie diets, theyare hungry most of the time and long for heavy meals. Butafter you fast for 2 or 3 days, all hunger fades away, thestomach shrinks and it actually becomes a pleasantexperience. You start to breathe easier, feel lighter, move
easier, think clearer and miracles start happening. Fasting Rewards You With Increased Energy
I have seen many overweight people lose  7 to 20
pounds and more the first  7 to 10 days of fasting. After
the loss of this excess weight, there is a special inner feelingof well-being and increased physical and mental energy. Of course, every human is different. Some people onlylose 
1 or 2 pounds a day on a fast while some will lose as
many as  5 pounds and more. The nice thing about fasting
to reduce is that the pounds disappear where the fat isdeposited. If the weight has concentrated on the abdomenand hips, that is where the fat will shrink. Many timesthe people who go on a low calorie diet end up feelingmiserable while they are dieting. They become haggardand old-looking and their eyes will lose their sparkle. It isjust the reverse when you fast. The fat deposits dissolvefirst and – as the body is relieved of this tremendousburden of fat and toxins – the heart, pulse, blood pressure
and general health regulate themselves. So, if you have a weight problem, use this Fasting
Program. You can start with a weekly
 24 hour fast. I often
supervise weight reduction programs, where I direct
people on several  36 hour fasts in a week. In other words,
they will eat 1 day, then fast a day or fast every third
day. If the person doesn’t overload himself on the days
he eats, the  36 hour fast several times a week helps him
maintain the weight loss. Fasting for weight reduction
does get results. Your body slims and trims itself back to
its healthy, youthful lines again. For slimming down and when not fasting take two Chromium Picolinate
tablets on an empty stomach, in the mid-morning and mid-afternoon, thisalso helps in sugar metabolism and does minimize sugar cravings. 116Your Waistline is Your Lifeline & Dateline. I have had years of experience in fasting many of
our greatest film and television Stars in Hollywood,
California. The movie camera always makes a person
look  10 pounds heavier than they really are, so you can
see that a Star must always have slim, trim lines. I recall a well-known female movie  Star who became
a compulsive eater because she was having marital andfinancial troubles. She sought solace in eating rich foods
such as ice cream, heavily sugared pastries and candies. In time she lost her movie contract because of heroverweight. She was a good actress, but the public makes
severe demands on their heroes. This actress became
depressed and had to seek the services of a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist then sent this actress to me for guidance. I explained to this actress it had taken months for her
to add this weight to her body and it would now taketime to slim, trim and normalize her weight. She was
determined to lose weight, so she was most cooperative. First, I put her on a good diet program with fruit for
breakfast, a raw salad with
 2 lightly cooked vegetables –
such as string beans, carrots, squash, collards or stewedtomatoes – for lunch. I took all bread, cereals and animal
proteins out of her diet. In the evening she had the Bragg
Health Salad and the brown rice and lentil casserole
(recipes page 231). Naturally, sugar desserts were eliminated. I started her on  2 weekly  24 hour fasts for the first  2
weeks. The third week I gave her a  3 day fast and in the
fifth week I gave her a full  7 day fast. After a month of
healthy eating I put her on a 15 day fast. I had her eat for  2
weeks and then put her on a  21 day fast. This eating, then
fasting program did the trick. She got back her lovely figure
(5’2” and a firm, trim 110 pounds). Her eyes became bright,
clear and she regained her youthful sparkling appearance. Producers, directors, and her many friends were amazed. When you have been stricken by illness, your new car, your new home, your
new big bank balance – all these fade into unimportance until you haveregained your vigor and zest for living again. –  Peter J. Steincrohn, 
M. D. Fasting provides the magic formula for retaining youthfulness,
natural beauty and a streamlined body. –  Paul C. Bragg117Fasting – Empowers and Improves
Your Health, Looks and Lifespan
Yes, it’s a challenge because our eating habits are so
ingrained in our consciousness that fasting to many
humans is akin to starvation. It is not starvation. Fasting
is one of the oldest remedies known to man. So I sayagain, the mind must control the flesh. “Flesh is dumb. ”
It takes intelligence, logic and reasoning to know
when to turn down food. If you are a determined person,if you believe in the law of compensation, you will make
fasting an important part of your life. Don’t let excess
weight make you a sick, old, unhealthy, unattractiveperson. Revolt against fat. Be the captain of your body. Say to yourself, “I am no longer going to be burdened
with unhealthy, sick, flabby flesh. ” Work out an exerciseand fasting program for yourself, and don’t try to get
the fat off in
 a week. It took a long time to get heavy
and it will take a reasonable length of time to melt itaway. You will be so proud of yourself when you slimand trim yourself down to your normal weight with
normal measurements. Your family and friends will also. Every person is aware of their health and physical
appearance. We all want to look and feel our best. So
let’s do something about it. Fasting and sensible, sane
dieting and exercise is your answer. Be sure you have abathroom scale and get yourself a tape measure. Weigh
yourself and measure your abdomen, hips, thighs and
arms. With determination commit yourself to a seriousprogram of normalizing your weight for health’s sake. To prove the value of fasting to yourself, get a physical
exam before starting your fasting regimen and get copiesof your blood/cholesterol panel test (see page 
138), urine
etc. for your home medical files. After faithfully
following The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle with fasting youwill be amazed at the improvements you have gained. Fasting is always the best way to take off fat; I am
not going to tell you fasting is always easy. It’s going totake positive thinking and action to attain positive
results. Start today to lose any dangerous excess pounds. 118
Exercise, along with fasting, is provided to help us maintain or
restore a healthy physical balance in our daily living for a long, happy life. Do waist twists
          and windmills. Do bicycles
   and leg kicks. Bend at the waist to the sides, then front and back. Important Exercises for Keeping the
External and Internal Trunk Muscles of
The Stomach Fit and Healthy. Also These Promote Good Elimination. Do these Exercises Daily (10 per set):
You must exercise, for weak muscles of the arms, legs
and entire body indicates a similar condition of the
stomach and heart (a muscle) and other organs. Do leg
    and buttock          stretches. 119How to Gain Weight Using a
Scientific Fasting Program
Thin people frantically try to gain and hold a few
pounds. Gaining weight becomes an obsession with the
underweight person and they are most susceptible toall kinds of weight-gaining diets. Underweight peoplehave come to me in a frustrated and stressed emotionalcondition, begging me to help them put a few poundson their spare frames. Most of them were cold constantly. even on the warmest summer days they wore sweatersand heavy garments. They begged me to give them adiet that would help them gain weight, because theywere ashamed of their skeleton-like bodies. When I told them there was no such thing as a
weight-gaining diet, they were as shocked as if I hadgiven them a death sentence. But, when I added mostemphatically that there was a program to gain weightwhich included fasting, they would agree to the programbut not on the fasting. They would cry out, “Don’t makeme any thinner than I am. I’m down to skin and bonesnow. If you take my food away from me, I will look likea scarecrow. ” Then I had to explain that they were thinonly because their bodies were nutritionally unbalanced. I told them that food and nutrition are not
synonymous. A diet of unhealthy fats, refined sugar, andcarbohydrates, plus ample milk, cream and morefattening foods wouldn’t necessarily help them gainweight; their body might even get thinner on this diet. They must cleanse and heal their body by fasting andliving a healthy lifestyle and take a multi-enzyme. Famous comedian & author Dick Gregory, who weighed over 350 pounds,
was inspired by our Miracle of Fasting  book that guided him into a healthy lifestyle
which was life-changing. He traded his bad habits – unhealthy foods, alcohol,drugs, smoking, etc. for healthy habits. He now weighs a healthy 150 pounds,and has been in 8 Boston Marathons and is guiding others to reduce and liveon “live foods” and abstain from all the unhealthy, processed, dead foods. Chapter 1 5120People are not nourished in proportion to the
amount of food they eat, but in proportion to how muchthey digest and assimilate. When the organs of digestionand assimilation are maintained in poor workingcondition, eating too many fatty foods in an effort to
gain weight defeats its own purpose. Being underweight is usually due to faulty health. It’s futile to stuff a lot of food into the body when
assimilation and digestion are working at a low ebb. Thesecret of normalizing weight (up or down) is to make
the detoxifying system more efficient through fasting. Then the underweight person rejuvenates the digestiveand assimilative systems to work efficiently. What the underweight person needs is exactly what
the overweight person needs – a fast that gives the bodya cleansing physiological rest. In both the overweight and
the underweight, the digestive and assimilation systems
have been overworked. This is difficult to explain tounderweight people. They are impatient and want to gain
weight immediately on a diet, but first the underweight
person must realize that the period of physiological restprovided by the fast results in improved digestion andbetter assimilation of foods. The Body Has Powerful Recuperative Powers
The body has extraordinary recuperative powers
when it is not burdened with an excessive amount of
food. In over  70 years of fasting underweight people, I
have had outstanding success with underweight andemaciated people who learned to have faith in fasting
and a full program of Natural Living. I have a sister whom I love very dearly who was born
a very tiny baby. I believe she weighed about 3 pounds
at birth. All through her life, my sister Louise was called
“skinny. ” When she was a child, everyone would tellmy mother that she should be stuffed with milk and
cream and that she must eat a lot of pork, potatoes, rice,
custards and all the supposed weight-gaining foods. Butthe more my sister was stuffed with all of these so-called
fattening foods, the thinner, weaker, paler and more121lifeless she became. There were many times when my
sister was so weak that she had to remain in bed. And
even during these periods in bed, she was still stuffed
on a so-called weight-gaining diet. Later, after I had left home and regained my health,
I returned to Virginia near where my sister Louise lived. She was then an adult and unmarried. She was teachinghigh school and was thin, rundown and had an overall
weakness. Her color was pale and sickly. After a hard
day in the classroom, she would come home and throwherself across the bed in a state of exhaustion. I told her that I had found a natural way for people to
gain weight and when school closed and summer vacationbegan, I would return to Virginia and supervise a program
to help her gain weight. She had seen the great miracle
that had transformed my body after I began  living a
natural healthy lifestyle and had perfect confidence in
everything I told her. I explained to her that part of the
program would be a series of fasts which would give herbody a physiological res t. This would allow  the digestive
and the assimilative organs of her body a chance to revive
and rejuvenate themselves and perform better. This is a cleansing system of detoxification. I told her
that the fast would help increase the hydrochloric acid
in her stomach so that she could absorb more proteinfoods. Not only would the digestion of protein be better,
but all the digestive organs would improve and renew
themselves through the fast. Her whole process ofmetabolism would improve through her fasting program. I have proved over the years that when metabolism is
improved through fasting there is a healthier density and
a specific gravity in the new flesh that is built after fasting. Fasting helps the body to better assimilate proteins, fats,
carbohydrates, starches, natural sugars, minerals, vitamins
and all the other essential nutrients necessary for the body
to work efficiently and with more strength. Good. You have decided to take the Health and Happiness road to Higher
Health. There will be a few rough spots as you begin, but soon you willbe hiking along the Pathway of Health and Long-Lasting Youthfulness. 122Miracles Happen With Fasting. I started Louise on a  7 day distilled water fast. She
entered this fast believing that Mother Nature was going
to purify her digestive and assimilative organs and help
her rebuild a new body. It is true that she lost weight inthe
 7 days of the fast, but after she broke the fast she
developed a healthy appetite. What miracles this week
of rest for her organs did for her system. She told me shehad never enjoyed food as much as she now was
enjoying her new diet. Not the so-called “good,
nourishing, fattening food,” but a diet of
 60% raw, fresh
salads, vegetables and luscious, fresh fruits and brown
rice, lentils and raw nuts and seeds, etc. I gave her cooked
vegetables and beans, brown rice and lentils, raw,unsalted nuts and seeds and their butters. A month after
the first fast, I put her on another fast of 7 days. This 7
day fast started a new life for her because her body wasin such clean, healthy condition that it began to fill out. My skinny sister became a beautiful woman – fully
rounded and streamlined – every part of her body seemedto be rejuvenated. Her hair took on a sheen it never hadbefore, there was a glow to her cheeks and a sparkle in
her eyes like a young child. Our relatives and friends
were flabbergasted at the transformation in Louise. Thehappiest part is that within a year my sister had become
one of the most popular girls in Westmoreland County,
Virginia, and in another year she had married a fine,
handsome man. Their lives were like a fairy tale because
they had children and lived happily ever after. My sister
has remained healthy, fit and youthful throughout life. Along with fasting, I gave my sister a system of
exercises. She started with short walks and then built
up to long walks. I persuaded her to get an abundanceof fresh air, take early morning or late afternoon sunbaths
and do deep breathing exercises. At all times, she
maintained a tranquil and serene mind. she workedwith Mother Nature and not against her. Eat not for pleasure thou mayest find therein; eat to increase thy strength,
and eat to preserve life thou hast received from Heaven. – Confucius123Fasting is Safest, Healthiest Weight Normalizer
What I did for my weak, thin sister, I have done for
thousands of underweight people. Fasting works miracles
for both the under and overweight. The genuine needs
for both types of people are met by exactly the sameprogram of natural living combined with fasting. Fasting is the magic key for helping anyone to restore
themselves to a superior state of health. Fasting is thegreat detoxifier and by detoxifying the body we give it a
chance to restore its normal functioning. Fasting is the
great “Open Sesame” to good health and long life. Each person is different and some get results quicker
than others. If you faithfully concentrate on living The
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle in which fasting plays anintegral part, Mother Nature will never fail you. So, if
you are thin, under weight and have tried various
weight-building diets that failed, don’t be discouraged. Instead, try a 
24 hour fast weekly and also the Bragg
Vinegar Drink ( page 230). Both will help give the body a
chance to cleanse and normalize your weight. 124
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned God-ward. – Phillips Brooks
Give us Lord, a bit of sun,A bit of work and a bit of fun. Give us, in all struggle and sputter,Our daily whole grain bread and food. Give us health, our keep to makeAnd a bit to spare for others' sake. Give us too, a bit of songAnd a tale and a book, to help us along. Give us Lord, a chance to beOur goodly best for ourselves and othersUntil men learn to live as brothers in peace. – An Old English PrayerFamous Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes declared that if all the
doctor’s drugs were thrown into the sea it would be somuch better for humankind and worse for the fish. Everyday is a new birthday; every moment of it is new to us; we
are born again, renewed for fresh work and endeavor. – Isaac WattsCheerfulness and content are great beautifiers and are
famous preservers of youthful looks. – Charles DickensMorning Resolve
I will this day live a simple, sincere and serene life, repelling promptly
every thought of impurity, anxiety, discontent,  discouragement,jealousy and self-seeking. I will cultivate cheerfulness, happiness,
charity and the love of brotherhood; exercising economy in
expenditure, generosity in giving, carefulness in conversation anddiligence in appointed service. I pledge fidelity to every trust and a
childlike faith in God and Mother Nature. In particular, I will be
faithful in my daily habits of health, prayer, study, work, physicalexercise, deep breathing and good posture. I shall fast one 24 hour
period each week, eat only healthy foods and get sufficient sleep
each night. I will make every effort to improve myself physically,mentally, emotionally and spiritually every day. Morning Prayer used by Paul C. Bragg and Patricia Bragg125Fasting Fights Winter Miseries
No matter how well and healthy you try to live, colds,
sniffles and flu will catch up with you. If this happens,
please don’t be discouraged, but be thankful your body
is house cleaning out the debris and toxins. When your nose drips hot, watery mucus and your
head feels thick while you sneeze; when fever burns
through your body and you feel terrible, don’t blame iton the weather. Don’t blame it on a cold draft of air. Don’t blame it on the fact that you got your feet wet or
that you got chilled. And above all things, don’t say, “Icaught it. ” The proper name for this is an “acute healing
crisis. ” The reason we go through this is that we live in
a complex civilization and we have lost so much of ournatural instinct to keep internally pure. So – for some physiological reason that is absolutely
unexplainable – the Vital Force within our bodies loosens
up waste, toxins and mucus and proceeds to get rid of itwith the “acute healing crisis (colds, flu, etc. ). ” If you
cooperate with your Vital Force, this rough spot in your
life will pass away quickly. So don’t blame it on a viciouslittle bug, a virus or cold weather. Just understand that
your Vital Force is trying to keep you internally clean. If you interfere with wise Mother Nature, you will
complicate the whole natural procedure of your body’s
miraculous cleansing job. Now that you know why this
acute healing crisis occurs, you should do nothing tostop the cleansing process except to fast. Yes, that’s the
simple and best answer – fast and help cleanse your body. You must not fight this healing crisis because Mother
Nature knows what she is doing for you. What should
you do. Start your fasting  program right away. There is
absolutely nothing as important as your health and life. Chapter 1 6
Fasting helps remove mucus, toxins and obstructions,
arterial plaque and cleanses the entire body. Fasting is Mother Nature & God’s Miracle – it cleanses, renews & rejuvenates. 126Fast and Rest For Your Healing. Drop everything you are doing and get into a warm bed
during a cleansing crisis. Stop all eating. That also means
no fruit or fruit juices. At regular intervals drink large
amounts of hot, distilled water, add a little  honey with
lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. Eat and drink nothing
else. See that you have a good circulation of pure air in your
bedroom. Don’t read, listen to the radio or watch TV. Justsleep and rest – nothing else. Above all, don’t waste precious
energy talking to relatives and friends. Go into seclusion to
cleanse and recharge. You are on God’s cleansing table. How long should you fast during a winter healing
crisis or, for that matter, a summer healing crisis. They
can happen at any time of the year, but generally strikein cold weather. In most instances,
 3 days of restful
fasting will put you on your feet again. But sometimes
it may take a week or  10 days to do a successful job. Don’t quibble about it. You will find that you will be in
better health after the healing crisis. If you will work
with your Vital Force, you will flush out a tremendousamount of internal poison. Just don’t panic. MotherNature is very wise and she knows what is best for you. If you have faith and confidence in Mother Nature,
you will always work with her. I reared
 5 children and
when the sniffles hit them, I had them fast and rest. In
a few days they would snap out of the healing crisis and
be their same robust selves again. My grandchildrenfollowed this program. and now my great-
grandchildren are following it. To most people this
program seems too simple – they feel that they must door take something. They are filled with fear. There is absolutely nothing to fear as long as Mother
Nature is working to keep you alive and healthy. She knowsbest and will see you through any crisis, because she is
God’s own physician. Each person should regard his health
as the most precious blessing that he can possess and shouldattempt to understand his body which is so “ fearfully and
wonderfully made ”. Do maintain your precious body in
Supreme Health as the Bragg Motto states in 
3 John 2. 127The Body is Self-Healing & Self-Repairing
Every man is not only the “Master Builder” of his
character, but also the custodian of his health and
physical well-being. N ot only has the Creator endowed
man with a “God-like” body, but He has given him awonderful mind and r easoning power. Humans are
capable of comprehending and putting to use all the
natural resources for self-health and self-healing which
have been so generously placed at their  disposal. The Miracle of Fasting is another way to help yourself
to Higher H ealth. Mother Nature gives us simple healing
remedies. We must be w illing to cooperate w ith M other
Nature and conform our lives to her unchangeable laws. Following the “Natural Way of Living” we can recapture
the precious bloom of youth through the gifts of physical,
mental and spiritual regeneration. There are no shortcuts
to health. Mother Nature expects us to do our part. Whenyou fast you are working with Mother Nature. God and
Mother N ature w on’t perform a miracle until we are
willing to bring our lives and habits into conformity withTheir Eternal Laws of Health. It’s my honest and sincere belief that nobody should
ever promise to cure anyone of their physical misery. To promise anyone a cure means that someone is trying
to play both God and Mother Nature and no humancan promise you the results that They can perform. By combining fasting and eating only healthy, natural
foods,  you  can attain a more youthful, healthful life. Healingis an internal biological function that only the body canperform. By fasting you are helping your body do itscleansing work efficiently. Mother Nature is continuallyworking to keep you alive and well. So when Mother Naturestarts a healing crisis (colds, flu, etc. ), she knows what she isdoing, be thankful and fast and help your body detox. Fasting is the greatest assistance you can provide your
body, because you are letting all of your Vital Force pushthe toxic poisons out of your entire body so you can becleaner and healthier and more youthful. Fasting is for internal cleansing, purification, to stay healthy and youthful. 128
He who understands Mother Nature walks with God. START TODAY
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Bragg Healthy
Lifestyle. Do You
Show Signs of
PREMATURE
AGEING. Is everything you do a big effort. •
Have you started to lose your skin tone. Your muscle tone. Your energy. Your hair. •
Do small things irritate you. Are you forgetful. Confused. •
Is your elimination sluggish. •
Do you have allergies. Joint pains
•
Do you have aches and pains. •
Do you get out of breath
when you run or climb stairs. •
How limber is your back and body. •
How well do you adjust to cold and heat. •
Ask yourself these important questions:
Am I healthy and happy. Do I seem to be slipping and
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Mother Nature, time and patience are three great physicians. – Irish ProverbOutwit Premature Ageing
Take This Quiz and The Mirror Test Now &
Each Month After to Monitor Your Well-Being
Go to your mirror nude now and take this Mirror
Test: Are you happy with what you see. • Do you look
old and tired. • Does your body sag. • Do you have
poor skin and muscle tone. • How’s your hair. • How’syour posture. • Are your eyes dull and lifeless. • Do you
have a pale, sallow complexion. • Are you trim and fit. After making a careful examination of your body,
how would you describe it. • Youthful. • Ageing. Noone can answer these questions more honestly than you. You’re the only one that can take charge of your life. Let us go farther than mere looks. How do you really
feel today. • Are you bursting with energy and vitalityor do you have bothersome aches and pains. • Whatabout the moveable joints of your body. • Are you stiff
and sore. • Does your lower back plague you with pain. • How did you sleep last night. • Did you get up freshand feeling alive. • Did you go to bed tired, yet unable
to sleep. • Did you face the new day feeling energyless
as if all your energy had drained away. • How is yourappetite. • Do you relish every mouthful of food you
eat. • Are you plagued with gas pains after meals. • What
about your elimination. • Is it perfect or are your bowelsclogged. • Above all things, were you happy today. • Yesterday. • Or are you depressed and blue. • Do you feel that you are ageing rapidly. • Is life
passing you by. •  Can you honestly say, “I am gettingyounger as I live longer. ” • Or will you have to admit
that the longer you live, the older you feel. • I  knowyou want to look and feel youthful and not get old before
your time. • So begin NOW to live The Bragg Healthy
Lifestyle. You will see results – take this quiz monthly. Chapter 1 7130
A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a mentor,
a teacher, a guidepost and a counsellor. – Henry Ward Beecher
Wisdom thoroughly learned, will never be forgotten. – PythagorasFasting is a Miraculous Rebirth & Resurrection. Let me tell you honestly what fasting can do for you. This natural miracle can help reverse the premature ageing
process for you. From this minute on, you could take anew lease on life. It has been proven by some of the world’sgreatest scientists that fasting is the magic key that opensthe door to agelessness and youthfulness. Scientists have been experimenting for years on worms,
white rats and guinea pigs, and they have discovered someremarkable scientific facts. They fasted these laboratoryanimals and, in between fasts, they fed them scientificallybalanced, natural diets. A miracle occurred – they gotyounger and lived longer. These scientists are single-mindedand want only facts, and the facts revealed the truth. (We
praise these honest scientists and all dedicated health crusaders. ) See this interesting research website: www. walford. com
Fasting not only slows down the ageing clock, but it
produces a healthy youthfulness and rebirth in the body. In my years supervising fasts, I have seen thousands ofunbelievable miracles happen to people of all ages. I remember a Bragg health student named Martin
Cornica who had spent many years working in the filmindustry. He was about
 40 when he realized he was ageing
prematurely. He regarded himself as a middle-aged man. And why shouldn’t he. Since the average life expectancyof an American today is 
76. 7 years if lucky, he decided
that at 40 he had lived half of his life. So he slowed his
pace to that of a typical middle-aged man, as millions do. In his younger days Martin Cornica had been a
champion tennis player. But he had discarded his tennisracket because he felt the game was only for the young. Then someone at 
Universal  Studios told him about The
Bragg Health Crusade. Martin said that out of sheercuriosity, he attended one and it was the turning pointin his life. It was the lifesaver that introduced him tocontinual youthfulness and endless energy. You’re next. 131
No one can violate Nature’s Laws & escape her penalties. – Julian JohnsonRecharged, So at 70 World Tennis Champ
Martin Cornica learned the same facts that I have
given to thousands of people all over the world. When
you know the science of taking care of the body, youhave the secret of a naturally healthy and youthful life. Martin wanted to look and feel youthful. He was eagerto try Mother Nature’s plan of living as I taught it. He went on a 24 hour fast the day after he attended my
Health Lecture. He began to eat a healthy and perfectly
balanced diet. Through fasting and living The Bragg
Healthy Lifestyle he dropped years from his age. Eventhough he was 40 years old and considered long past the
age to play champion tennis, Mr. Cornica felt stronger than
when he was 20. His energy and vitality was super, so hejoined the Los Angeles Tennis Club and started to play
again. He continued to do this weekly 24 hour fast and
live on a natural food diet. Every day he improved in everyway. His endurance soon was so great that he was playing
the champion tennis players of the world. For the next
30 years he played in one major tournament afteranother and won many championships. Tennis is often
seen as a game for only the young and vigorous, but
here was a man supposedly long past his prime playing
with young champions and winning. Martin Cornica became The Champion Tennis Player of
the World for all men over 
70. People in the tennis world
were completely amazed when they saw this man in his
70s playing a smashing, championship tennis game. The average person believes that by the time a man
is 70 he is either half dead or used up. Martin Cornica is
the living proof that this is a fallacy. It’s not the numberof years you live on this earth, it is how you have lived. I am very proud because he has absolutely proven thatanyone can attain agelessness and be reborn by followingMother Nature’s and God’s Laws of Living. Regardlessof your age, Mother Nature will give you the opportunityto make a comeback. Yes, you can step out of that tired,prematurely ageing body and rebuild a strong body thatwill become healthier and more youthful. Start Today. 132
There’s a positive side and a negative side and at every moment you decide. –Sister Corita
Don’t give up trying to do what you really want to accomplish. – Ella FitzgeraldAfter a year of periodic fasting combined with living
The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, you can look in the mirror
and be happy with the big improvement you have made. If you continue to live The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle asdescribed in this book, the physical transformation willmake your friends and relatives take notice and marvelat your wonderful rejuvenation. You will not only seethe difference in yourself, you will feel the difference. But you can only make this metamorphosis if you arewilling to exercise absolute mastery of your body. Start as Martin Cornica did with a 
24 hour fast. Read
the chapter on correct eating. The 9 Doctors of MotherNature will aid you in your rebirth. They are always readyand willing to help those who help themselves. There isjust one sad note that I must mention. As you get youngerand more vital, you will see those you love the mostbegin to decay and pass out of this life long before theirtime because they refused to learn the “greatest law oflife,” which is “The Survival of the Fittest”. The samething has happened in my personal life. I have had towatch many friends I loved the most sicken, suffer anddie long before their time simply because they would
not live a healthy lifestyle. Here’s The Opportunity of Your Lifetime
Revolt. Refuse to grow old. Refuse to lose any of your
precious years of a full life. Mother Nature is waiting for
you to make your positive decision this minute.
Fasting
According to the text, what is the best way to purify the body and keep it healthy and strong?
It can lead to heart and lung problems, and increase the risk of death
What is the risk of smoking, according to the text?
Fasting and a healthy diet
What is the recommended way to get rid of excess weight, according to Paul C. Bragg?
By eating a diet rich in organic, sun-grown foods and avoiding toxic substances
What is the recommended way to maintain a healthy heart and arteries, according to the text?
By combining a healthy diet with regular exercise and avoiding toxic substances
What is the recommended way to maintain a healthy body, according to the text?