Wilson,” I 
told him confidently , “if you will follow the natural system 
of healing I outline for you, you can get well”! Knowing these teachings will mean true life and good health for you. – Proverbs 4:22 From Sickness to Superb Health 
I knew I could help him, but I wondered before 
making my offer if he was strong enough of mind and 
wanted to achieve health passionately enough? “I will 
follow your instr uctions to the letter ,” he stated in 
desperation, like a drowning man grasping a helping hand. “Good! T oday you will start on a 10 day cleansing 
fast.” I picked up the bottles on the bedside table. “Soon 
all this m edication will go down the drain.” I brought 
him some of my distilled water , pur chased apple cider 
vinegar , lemons and honey for him and star ted him on 
his first fast day . It was not easy for this man to fast. Mr. 
Wilson was so full of toxic poisons, so full of sticky mucus 
in his head, throat and lungs that he had a great deal of 
discomfort and trouble getting rid of it. But he was an 
Englishman with plenty of fortitude. He passed a lot of 
toxic wastes from his body . At the end of the 10 day fast, 
he felt better than he had for many years ! Then, I put him on a natural live food diet consisting 
of fresh fruit and vegetable juices and distilled water . Within 3 weeks after his fast, he climbed the 5 flights of 
stairs to my apartment – something he had not done in 
7 years! His wife became enthusiastic about my natural 
way of living and began to follow the program which 
became The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. She started to shed 
the fat from her body that she couldn’ t lose before. After 6 months you could not tell the W ilsons were 
the same people. They were healthier , stronger and 
happier! Mr. Wilson ran up to my 
apartment twice a day . Now Mrs. 
Wilson looked trim and slim and 
had to have all her clothes taken 
in. Their married daughter lived 
in Canada and came to visit. She 
could not believe what she saw . The W ilsons’ health troubles were 
47 
gone. They were now The Wilsons thanked me and said they
enjoying life fully and felt “reborn.” By following The Bragg Healthy 
it made me happy! Lifestyle, they found new, vigorous health. Perfect Health is above gold; a sound body before riches. – Solomon These were the first two cases who followed my new 
Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. The results gave me confidence 
which grew as I studied the teachings of the world’ s great 
healers. It was Hippocrates, the father of medicine, in 
400 B.C. who gave these wise words to the world to use: 
Let food be your medicine and medicine 
be your food. – Hippocrates, 400 B.C. Mother Nature and God’ s Way 
48 We give thanks for the millions of people who r ead 
our books and have come to us for advice through the 
years and have literally been reborn healthy again by 
living The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle which is God and 
Mother Nature’ s Way! W e feel blessed to know we’ve 
inspired people to make healthy changes in their lives. This is Mother Nature’ s own natural lifestyle. Ther e 
is a big difference between feeling well enough to car ry 
on one’ s daily activities with no sensation of anything 
wrong, and that more exhilarating state of health which 
fills one with enthusiasm for life and its challenges. An 
adequate amount of that important commodity – vibrant 
health – supplies sufficient energy for life to go on 
serenely , but it takes more to give one a sense of 
exuberance. People who live by Mother Natur e’s Eternal 
Laws will enjoy an exalted feeling of well being that is 
not euphoric (abnormally happy and buoyant), but is 
the result of a natural joie de vivr e or joy of living. The W ilsons discover ed this joy of living when they 
changed from their unhealthy lifestyle and went on 
The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. They learned through their 
own experience that the body is a naturally self-repairing 
and self-healing instr ument. Mr . Wilson found out that 
the stiffness in all his moveable joints was not due to 
the number of years he had lived, but due to the wrong 
kinds of food, water and lack of exer cise! He lear ned that 
time is not toxic, but it’ s lifestyle and habits that count. When pure rules of business and conduct are observed, there is true religion. Walk in the path of duty, do good to your brethren and work no evil towards them. Mother Nature and its beauty is the signature of God. – Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D. Mr. Wilson’ s stiffness was brought on by a combination 
of toxic acid cr ystals from an unbalanced, acid diet and 
drinking water saturated with inorganic minerals and toxic 
chemicals. Fasting helped to dissolve these encrustations 
which had been deposite d in his joints. A n atural diet and 
distilled water continued the cleansing and healing process 
and helped prevent a recurrence of his former ailments. The same thing happened with Mrs. W ilson’ s weight 
and kidney problems. She felt remarkably improved. By 
switching from their old unhealthy ways to The Bragg 
Healthy Lifestyle – Mother Natur e’s Way – they were 
able to enjoy their full potential and experience the true 
joy of healthy living and superb energy! Jack LaLanne, Patricia Bragg, Elaine LaLanne & Paul C. Bragg 
Jack says, ”Bragg saved my life at age 15, when I attended the Bragg 
Health and Fitness Crusade in Oakland, California.” From that day, 
Jack has continued to live The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle, inspiring 
millions to health and fitness! – visit Jack at: jacklalanne.com 
49 
Ponce de Leon
Searched for the
“Fountain of Y outh.”
If he had only known
It’s within us . . . Created by the food we eat! Food can make or
Break your health! 50
Studies Show 
Exercise Keeps 
You Youthful, 
Stronger and 
Healthier! Paul C. Bragg and Patricia Lift W eights 3 T imes W eekly
An Old English Prayer 
Give us Lord, a bit of sunshine,
A bit of work and a bit of fun. Give us, in all the struggle and sputter,
Our daily whole grain bread and food. Give us health, our keep to make
And a bit to spare for others’ sake. Give us too, a bit of song in heart
And a tale and a book, to help us along. Give us Lord, a chance to be a blessing,
Our goodly best for ourselves and others
Until men learn to live peacefully as brothers. 50 Chapter 4 
Water and Its Effects 
On the Human Body 
The Stones W ithin Us 
The more we learned about biochemistr y (life 
chemistr y), the more we realized why so many people 
were prematurely old, stiff and suffer ing from pain 
throughout their bodies. During our visits to London’ s 
largest hospitals, we learned more about stones forming 
within the human body . Why do stones form in our bodies? What does this 
mean with regard to human health? The most common places to find such stones are in 
the gallbladder , the kidneys, the passageways between 
kidneys and bladder (known as the ureters) and within 
the bladder itself. Another organ where stones are 
sometimes revealed, by an ultrasound, x-ray or CT scan, 
is the pancreas. This is the glandular organ which lies 
behind the stomach and has both an internal and an 
external secretion. Stone formation anywhere in the 
body has always been regarded as a diseased condition. In our opinion, all these stones are formed by the 
unbalanced, acid, toxin-producing diet that most 
humans eat; further aggravated by the chemicalized, 
inorganically mineralized water they drink. Add to this 
the heavy concentrations of salt most people use, plus 
the tremendous amount of waxy cholesterol (saturated 
fats) ingested by the average person, then unhealthful 
conditions result! Unbalanced diets form toxic poisons 
which the body cannot metabolize or easily eliminate, 
so these toxins are formed into stones by the body’ s 
chemistr y. Practically all drinking water contains the 
inorganic mineral calcium carbonate. This and other 
inorganic minerals and toxins play a big part in the 
formation of painful stones within the body’ s organs. 51 52 Silent, Painless Gallstones 
May Suddenly Become Noisy and Painful 
“Silent” gallstones are those which remain quietly 
in the gallbladder and do not produce the acute 
abdominal pain which is known as gallstone colic. However , these silent stones may at any time – per haps 
at an inopportune moment – become raucously “noisy” 
and extremely painful!!! Noisy gallstones may involve not only the gallbladder 
itself but also the common duct – a vital structure which 
serves to carr y secretions from both the gallbladder and 
the liver into the intestine. This often happens when 
the gallbladder contracts and attempts to expel a 
gallstone. If the stone gets stuck on the way out, there is 
acute pain, and in many cases, inflammation of the 
gallbladder and the common duct. If the stone blocks the common duct, the liver cannot 
send its bile into the intestine where it is essential for 
proper and healthy 
digestion. Then the 
liver is in trouble! The 
result is what is known 
as obstructive jaundice, 
evidenced by the 
yellow of the bile 
which shows up i n 
the skin and in the 
whites of the eyes. The color of the 
skin also betrays the 
presence of silent 
gallstones. This was 
the case with the 
great Hollywood film 
actor T yrone Power , GALLSTONES IN GALLBLADDER 
who came to us for Galls tones may be caused by the drinking 
of water saturated with inorganicsome health and diet minerals and the deadly toxic cr ystals 
advise. He looked formed by an unbalanced, unnatural 
diet. Also, hardened, saturated fats and physically fit, but we hydrogenated foods and their oilscould tell from the can cause gallbladder problems. color of his skin and his eyes that he was suffering with 
silent gallstones. W e pleaded with him to change his 
unhealthy habits and follow Mother Natur e’s way , but 
sadly we could not get him to change! He died way too 
young! If he had let us put him on a program of liver 
and gallbladder detoxification – and given up his 
unbalanced diet, alcohol, salt and or dinar y drinking 
water – that talented, handsome man might still be alive! We have had many people under o ur nutritional 
supervision who had gallston es. The follow ing is an 
excerpt from the Bragg book, Apple Cider V inegar – Miracle 
Health System . See back pages for booklist. Apple Cider V inegar Combats Gallstones 
Before starting the 2 day gallbladder flush, prepare 
for 1 week by drinking slowly – upon arising, at mid-
morning, mid-afternoon and after dinner – 1 tsp. Bragg 
Vinegar in 6 ounce glass of organic apple juice; or if 
diabetic or hypoglycemic dilute with half distilled water . Apple juice is rich in malic acid, potassium, pectins and 
enzymes that act as solvents to soften and help remove 
debris (small stones, etc.) and cleanse the body . Doctors 
have new non-surgical methods for removing the 
difficult, larger stones using sound waves. But it’ s best 
to purge the small and medium-sized ones about once 
or twice a year . These could develop into big pr oblems! No food is eaten (only liquids) during the following 
2 day gallbladder flush. Fill 8 ounce glass with one part 
Bragg Organic V irgin Olive Oil (no substitutes) and two 
parts organic apple juice (organic is best) and add 1 tsp. ACV. Take this mixture 3 times the first day . At night, 
sleep on the right side when on flush, pulling right knee towar d 
chest to open pathway . On the second day , take the 
mixture twice. On both days you may drink all the apple 
juice you desire, but no other liquid, not even water . This treatment is not recommended for diabetics 
unless super vised by a health professional. Living under the conditions of modern life, it is important to bear in mind 
that the preparation and refinement of food products either entirely 
eliminates or in part destroys the vital elements in the original material. – U.S. Department of Agriculture 
53 54 
About midmorning on the thir d day , eat a raw variety 
salad (nature’ s broom) of cabbage, car rots, celer y, beets, 
tomatoes, sprouts and lettuce, with generous amounts 
of ACV and olive oil. If desired, have a bowl of lightly 
steamed greens, such as kale, collards, chard or other 
leafy greens. Add ACV and olive oil and a spray of Bragg 
Liquid Aminos – it gives a delicious flavor to all greens. We take this miracle cleanser flush at least once a 
year. Check your bowel movements for tiny , greenish-
brown stones. It’ s amazing what your gallbladder , 
stomach and the colon 
will flush out! Kidney Stones 
The major cause of
most kidney stones is
hard, chemicalized
water that’ s saturated
heavily with calcium
carbonate and other
inorganic minerals. Read page 82. Beneath our home 
in the California 
desert, there is a hot 
subterranean river . THE URINARY SYSTEM: 
The Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder . The adrenal glands are shown on top of the 
When wells are sunk kidneys. It is in the urinary system that 
into this river several inorganic minerals and toxic acid crystals 
hundred feet below may cause kidney and bladder stones. The 
urinary system must be kept free of thesethe e arth’s surface, deposits to remain in the healthy elastic
the water comes out condition characteristic of youthfulness. at 180°. It’s heavily saturated with calcium carbonate 
and related  minerals , such as m agnesium  carbonate. This water is not channelled through cast iron or steel 
pipes because the costly en crustatio ns of these in organic 
minerals will soon block the water flow. Copper pipes 
are the best for hot m ineral springs plum bing. People come from all over the world to bathe in the 
mineral waters at this spa town. The hot water does have 
a wonderful curative value. It brings relief to those 
suffering from arthritis and rheumatism. Most of the hot water pools are kept at a temperature of 104 to 108 
degrees. Our body heat is 98.6 degrees. When you 
submerge your body in water hotter than body 
temperature, you start an artificial fever and many toxic 
poisons are eliminated through the 96 million pores of 
the skin. W e all know that a good sweat is refreshing to 
the body . We always feel lighter after a healthy sweat! The sad part about coming to the hot water resort, 
however , is that people are also advised to drink this 
water that’ s heavily saturated by inorganic mineral water . And the high concentrations of these inorganic minerals 
are extremely dangerous! If you put 5 gallons of this 
mineral water in a pan and let it evaporate, a slab of 
inorganic minerals will be left. Don’t Drink Inorganic Mineralized W ater 
Several years ago, a gentleman fr om New Y ork came 
to this hot water resort to take the baths. The uninformed 
owners of the spa told this man to also drink the mineral 
water , as it would be good for him. W e advised him 
strongly to bathe only – not to drink the water . But he 
did not heed our advice. During the 6 months he took 
the baths, he also drank this water that caused his 
demise! One night the people in the hotel heard him 
scream out in agonized pain. When they reached him, 
he was dead. The autopsy showed that he was killed by 
a large kidney stone which had punctured a major arter y. Thousands upon thousands of people all over the 
world have kidney stones of various shapes and sizes. Sometimes these stones get so troublesome that one 
kidney must be removed by surger y. We have visited hot and cold water spas all over the 
world. The operators of these spas tell people that by 
drinking and bathing in these waters, various diseases 
will be cured. W e don’ t believe this! Relief of pain and 
detoxification of body wastes from bathing in mineral 
water – yes! But drinking this heavy inorganic mineral 
water? No! It only causes serious health problems. Our sincere and honest advice to you is: 
Don’ t Drink Mineralized W ater! 55 56 You must always keep in mind that  your body cannot 
assimilate inorganic minerals. Y ou can only assimilate 
organic minerals which come from a living sour ce 
(veggies, fruits, grains, etc.). Dolomite T ablets – Inorganic  & Unhealthy 
Dolomite tablets are currently sold as a magnesium 
supplement. These tablets are made from an inorganic 
limestone sour ce. They contain the same for mula that 
was in the feed pur chased many , many years ago for 
cattle at the Bragg family far m in V irginia. The cattle 
absolutely refused to eat it! It was finally taken off the 
market. Similarly , these dolomite tablets cannot be used 
by humans. Only organic minerals can be used by 
the body! Beware of any pill that is extracted from 
something advertisers describe as, “The mineral-rich 
earth!” T o use such tablets is not only a waste of money , 
but also poses a risk to your precious health! What is Gout? People are sometimes disturbed when a doctor makes 
a diagnosis of gout to explain an aching joint, especially 
in their big toes. Perhaps they remember the old pictures 
of the British Lord with one leg wrapped up and propped 
on a chair in front of him, his face bearing an expression 
of great pain. They may also remember that he arrived 
at this unhappy state by living high on the hog – gorging 
himself on a hearty diet of animal flesh, eggs, milk and 
cheeses, rich sauces and gravies made from meat . . . all 
washed down with alcohol and chemicalized and 
inorganically mineralized water . For over 85 years, various versions of the high protein 
diet come and go. The pur veyors of these diets rationalize 
that because our bodies contain a great deal of protein, 
we must daily eat large amounts of protein to build 
strong bodies ( millions of vegetarians worldwide ar e healthy! ). Meat protein is heavily saturated with a powerful 
toxic material called uric acid. Gout occurs as a result of 
the unbalanced disturbance in the production, 
destruction and excretion of uric acid. 57 Gout: The Pain is Like a Monster Eating Y our Flesh! Cartoon from an old English drawing. After the body performs various chemical operations 
to break down the proteins found in all living cells, this 
substance – uric acid – is the final end product. A certain 
amount of it is normally found in the blood, up to about 
5 or 6 milligrams per 100 milligrams of blood serum. When this amount is elevated, it increases the likelihood 
of gout or painful gout-like symptoms. How do you know if you have this problem? If you 
have severe, intermittent pain in one of your joints, most 
often the great toe joint, your doctor may suspect this 
indicates a special form of joint inflammation (arthritis) 
known as gouty arthritis or simply gout. As distinguished 
from chronic arthritis, there is no residual pain or 
tenderness between the severe, painful attacks. If the disease goes unchecked, the periods between 
attacks become shorter and the joint gradually becomes 
deformed. T oxic cr ystals formed from uric acid and 
inorganic minerals in hard drinking water are deposited 
in joints or bursa, causing the destruction of surrounding 
tissues. These same deposits are also found in cartilage 
surrounding bone throughout the body and are called 
chalk stones or tophi, another characteristic of gout. The kidneys are often involved in these gouty 
disturbances. Structures within the kidneys called tubules 
58 may be blocked by the Ballcrystals deposited by uric andacid and the inorganic Socketminerals. These toxic 
If this miser y hits you, the first 
thing you must do is fast. Fast 1 day 
a week on 8 glasses of distilled water 
(cool or warm). Y ou may add 1 to 2 
teaspoons equally of organic, raw 
apple cider vinegar and raw honey . Drinking large amounts of pure, Sliding 
steam-processed distilled water 
often prevents the formation of 
kidney stones (which also result 
from uric acid and drinking water 
with inorganic minerals). crystals are commonly	
It is within the shoulder , 
elbow , wrist and hand reabsorbed into the body joints that inorganicfrom the kidney tubules, minerals from salt, ha rd 
aggravating the trouble. mineralized w ater and 
In fact, the most serious toxic acid cr ystals (fr om 
complication of gout is the wrong foods, etc. ) may for m and cripple one kidney damage. or more of these joints, or 
the legs, hips, back or 
neck causing pain and 
restricted movement. Healthful W ays to 
Alleviate Gout 
What can you do about this 
painful, distressing condition? Hinge 
It’s not possible for us to offer 
cures, but rather to inspire you 
about healthy lifestyle living so 
Mother Nature will help you clear 
up your health problems! No man can violate Nature’s Laws and escape her penalties! – Julian Johnson 
Distilled water is the greatest solvent on earth, the only one that can be taken into 
the body without damage to the tissues. – Dr. Allen Banik, The Choice is Clear Four T ypes of Joint Movement 
The V ertebrae are Saddle Joints – 
Ball and S ocket J oints – at hips moving for ward, backward and sideways. One 
and shoulders permit free movement vertebrae moves only slightly on the next, 
in all directions . but the whole spinal column is fairly flexible. Pivot Joints – permit the bones to
Hinge Joints – are like common rotate at the joint like a key turning in a 
hinges, permitting backward and lock. The elbow is a combination of pivot 
forward movement only , like the hinges joint and hinge joint. Thanks to this 
of a door . Your knees and your fingers remarkable joint, one bone of the forearm 
are amazing hinge joints. can rotate about the other . After the distilled water fast, you shouldn’ t eat foods 
high in purine. This is a chemical which is called the 
parent of the uric acid substance. The person suf fering 
from gout should not eat any kidneys, liver , sweetbreads, 
sardines, anchovies or meat extracts. Also avoid alcohol, 
coffee, sugar ,  meats, fish, pork, pork products, fowl, peas, 
beans, nuts, cheese, eggs, milk and dair y products. Organic Fruits & V egetables – Nature’ s Finest 
The most protective 
foods are organic fruits and 
vegetables. About 60% of 
your diet should be raw 
vegetables and fruits and 
their fresh juices. Raw and 
cooked vegetables, soy and 
tofu, sunflower and sesame seeds could supply the 
protein foods (pg.106). If gouty condition persists then 
whole grain breads should be eliminated for 6 months. Each week, faithfully take a 24 hour distilled water fast. 59 
60 Arthritis and Rheumatism 
There is a good bit of confusion in the use of the words 
rheumatism and arthritis. Nowadays, the word rheumatism 
is used loosely to mean pain and discomfort in and around 
the joints. In stricter usage, rheumatic conditions include 
not only those of bone and cartilage, but also of the tendons 
and tissues  surrounding the bones, or their associated 
connective tissue. W e also use the word bursitis when the 
inflammation is confined to the bursa, a sac containing 
fluid to prevent friction between joint and tendon. It is of interest to note that millions of Americans 
have arthritis problems, making this one of our most 
common physical complaints. One-tenth are disabled 
by their arthritis to some degree. All of this indicates 
that arthritis, which strictly means “inflammation of the 
joints,” is a dreaded condition! It has been estimated 
that there are more than 50 varieties of this disease. The 
kind most feared is known as rheumatoid arthritis. All 
ages may be affected. Even ver y young children suffer 
from this miser y, which is often deforming. Rheumatoid arthritis may affect different parts of the 
body , but the joints are the chief targets. Its onset is 
characterized by redness, heat and swelling, causing 
inflammation in one or more of the joints. When a joint 
is swollen and painful, it is difficult to use and therefore 
becomes less flexible from lack of use as well as from 
the miser y itself. The muscles also gr ow smaller or 
atrophy without exer cise. The victim may seem to have 
large and ver y sore joints with thin ar ms and legs. They claim there is no known cure for rheumatoid 
arthritis. W e have no cures to offer you. Again, all we 
can offer you is The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. Only you 
and the basic biological functions of your body can help 
you correct this unhealthy and painful condition. Distilled water should play a most important part of the treatment for arthritis. – Dr. Allen Banik,  Your Water and Your Health 
Osteoporosis researchers are confirming in a variety of experiments 
that the more salt you eat, the more calcium you lose from your body 
and the more prone you become to debilitating fractures as you age. – Tufts University Nutrition Letter – www.healthletter.tufts.edu Excerpt from Bragg Back Book. Be a Bragg Crusader - copy and share with friends, clubs, etc. WHERE DO YOU ST AND? Your posture carries you through life from your head to your feet. This is your human vehicle and you are truly a miracle! Cherish, respect 
and always protect it by living The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. – Patricia Bragg 
Remember – Your posture can make or break your health! PERFECT  FAIR         POOR POSTURE CHAR T 
HEAD 
SHOULDERS 
SPINE 
HIPS 
ANKLES 
NECK 
UPPER B ACK 
TRUNK 
ABDOMEN 
LOWER B ACK 
61 62 Health Hints for Aching Muscles and Joints 
In order to prevent your important muscles from 
shriveling and becoming useless, they must be exer cised 
– but only in the correct way . If you don’ t use your 
over 640 muscles, you lose them! Besides keeping the 
muscles from wasting away , the gentle exer cises we’ve 
suggested for you ar e designed to preser ve the mobility 
of your joints. Even if it hurts you to exer cise the affected 
areas, you must tr y to gradually work your muscles loose 
and flexible and your joints free of the cement-like, toxic 
chemical cr ystals. Then the toxins can be dissolved and 
excreted by your hard working elimination system. Great relief from pain and swelling may be obtained 
through heat. Heat relieves the muscle spasms and thus 
improves the blood flow to both muscles and joints. Usually it is best to apply heat (via a hot bath, heating 
pad or heat salve – cayenne, etc.) for a little while before 
exercise. This helps relax the area so you will have an 
easier time exer cising. At the hot mineral spas in 
California, we see many helpless sufferers of rheumatoid 
arthritis getting blessed relief from these hot mineral 
waters. If you can’ t go to a hot spring for relief, you can 
take a hot tub soak (massage body while soaking ) adding 
1 cup of Epsom salts or apple cider vinegar to water . Bed boards help prevent the spine from taking on 
curves from a soft, sagging mattress: we sleep on beds 
without springs – just a firm mattress ( with a 2” memor y 
foam topper ) on a wood platform ( compar e, lie on some befor e 
buying ). This helps keep the spine supple and strong. Posture exer cises to prevent a cur ved back and a 
stooped neck are excellent preventative medicine. In 
fact, this type of exer cise should be done by ever yone 
– even those without any sign of arthritis – to preser ve 
the erectness of youth as long as possible. W alk, stand 
and sit tall! Make your muscles work to keep you 
stretched as tall as possible at all times! Most great men 
of histor y had good posture and with practice, you can 
too! Start now! Remember that daily good posture 
practice will make you more per fect! Study char t page 61! It is the bony skeleton which gives the 
body its general shape. The bones are 
held together by the ligaments and 
connective tissue, allowing movement 
between the bones. These points of 
juncture (which are much more intricate 
than they appear to be) are called joints. It is in the moveable joints of the body 
that inorganic minerals from drinking 
water deposit themselves – particularly 
in the shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, 
hips, knees, ankles, feet and the entire 
spine. This causes stiffness, pain and 
The Bones 
of the 
Human 
Body 
63 
 Front V iew 
limited use of the joints. Most people 
tend to blame this condition on “age”.Back V iew                                                               Let us state emphatically that, in our opinion, the 
miser y of arthritis is caused by ingestion of hard water 
saturated with inorganic minerals and toxins and an 
unhealthy diet. These factors combined with inactivity 
can form acid crystals in the moveable joints. Ill health 
is the result of a combination of unnatural living habits! Every effect must have a cause! There is a r eason why 
things happen in the body . It’s failure to live Mother 
Nature’ s healthy lifestyle is the cause of human miseries. POSTURE SILHOUETTES: Which one are you? A B C D
 GOOD FAIR POOR VERY POOR 
A Good: Head, trunk and thigh 
in a straight line; chest high and 
forward; abdomen flat; back 
curves normally . B Fair: Head too for ward; 
abdomen prominent; exagger­
ated cur ve in upper back; 
slightly hollow lower back. C Poor: Relaxed posture; head 
too for ward; abdomen relaxed; 
shoulder blades prominent; 
hollow lower back. DVery Poor: Head too far 
forward; ver y exaggerated 
curve in upper back; abdomen 
relaxed; chest flat-sloping. 64 
Don’t Let Y our Brain T urn to Stone 
Our neighbor , James K., is 65 years old. Y ou will note 
that we said 65 years old, unfortunately not 65 years 
young. Jim will be for ced to retire from his position as 
an executive in a large company in a few months. This 
is becoming an enfor ced company r ule acr oss America! Scientists around the world agree the health of the world’s waters
will be one of the most important environmental issues of this century! “Clean water for the 21st century and beyond”. – Famous Whale Artist Wyland‘s Ocean Challenge – web: wyland.com
Nine men in ten are suicides. – Ben Franklin 
Let nature be your teacher. – William Wordsworth Why do so many large corporations require all 
employees to retire at age 65? The main reason is that 
by age 65, most people have hardening of the arteries of 
the brain. The brain has lost much of its blood supply 
and is not getting the life-giving oxygen that it needs to 
keep it healthy , sharp, creative, wide-awake and positive. Remember that many of the capillaries supplying the 
brain are as small as a human hair . Years of drinking 
chemicalized, inorganic mineral water and years of 
eating a highly unbalanced diet heavy in salt has created 
masses of toxic acid cr ystals. These cr ystals harden the 
arteries, veins and capillaries that must supply the brain 
with the needed blood for full brain power . The Ner vous System is the 
Communication Network of the Body 
There is a definite strong link between 
physical vigor and mental vigor . It all 
comes down to the fact that we must have 
a sound mind in a healthy body . Some people actually build rock 
formations in the blood vessels 
supplying blood to their brains, just 
as great rock formations are made 
slowly in limestone caverns. Y ou 
can see how these great columns 
of stalactites and stalagmites are 
formed, one drop at a time by 
inorganic mineral water . The brain 
does not turn into stone in a few 
years. But year after year of ingesting 
inorganic mineral water and toxic foods 
will slowly build these rock formations 
in your brain and throughout your body! 65 
The ner vous system, which is made up of 
the brain and ner ves, is the communication 
system of the body . Note that the ner ves 
vary considerably in diameter and length. Distillation effectively removes the widest variety of toxins and 
contaminants from water. – David & Anne Frahm,  Healthy Habits Doomed to Human Scrap Pile 
66 Most big corporations are less likely to hire someone 
who is 50 years of age. They know from actual experience 
that there is considerable brain deterioration and brain 
slow down in the majority of unhealthy people over 50. It all boils down to simple physics (basic physiological 
facts). Y ou have small blood vessels leading to your brain. The way the average person avoids exer cise, eats junk 
and drinks hard water invites degenerative changes in 
these blood vessels throughout the body and especially 
in the brain. The longer the average person lives in this 
manner , the more body degeneration takes place! Many senior citizens will admit that their mental 
faculties seem to be slipping. They will tell you how poor 
their memor y has become and how they cannot always 
recall names and events. A brain turning to stone does 
not have the capacity to be wide awake and sharp! As 
this condition gets worse, we call it senility . In time, the 
brain solidifies to a point where it remembers nothing. This is called living in deep senility or Alzheimer’ s 
disease. Or is it a living death? How the Brain Functions 
Did you ever stop to consider what makes you think? Inside the protective covering of the bony skull is a mass 
of what we call “gray matter”. Gray matter is tissue 
composed of millions of ner ve cells “woven” together – 
enabling what we see, hear , taste and touch to give us 
an awareness of our status on this earth. Using  our gray matter , we also think, know , remember , 
judge and believe. It was named gray matter because it is 
largely pinkish-gray in color . The brain also has a white 
part. Our behavior and em otions are controlled by this 
mass of tissue. W e now know that the secr etions  of the 
endocrine glands also affect the main stream of all 
communications, w hich in turn alters the brain cells. This structure, the brain, is an incredibly complex 
electrochemical organ, as individual to each of us as are 
fingerprints. It is the miracle of life – a miracle which Cerebrum Membranes 
Cerebellum 
Spinal cord Medulla Pons Midbrain ADUL T 
BRAIN 
The adult brain – 
the human computer , 
weighs about 3 pounds, 
but it power fully dir ects 
all of your thoughts and 
feelings and actions. gives us joy and sorrow , philosophy and politics, 
understanding and reasoning power , will power and the 
ability to have feelings. Philosophers have called it 
“man’ s unconquerable mind.” As we see what has been 
developed by it from one centur y to another , we can 
almost call the adjective “unconquerable” a factual one. As the average person’ s brain slowly turns to stone, 
much of their birthright of keen awareness becomes lost. Eyesight starts to go as cataracts develop (a stony film 
formation over the eyes). Hearing becomes impaired 
because the arteries leading to the ears become corroded 
with inorganic mineral encrustations. These are all 
diseases of degeneration, which most people blame on 
the passing years, not on how badly they have lived. This gray matter we call the brain must have 
oxygenated blood or it degenerates! All living cells of 
the body must have oxygen in large quantities to sur vive. Senility is caused by the oxygen star vation of the brain. To possess an ageless and unconquerable mind, we 
must constantly provide it with a free flow of life-giving, 
oxygen-rich, red blood. That is the reason the supply 
pipes leading to the brain must not be blocked by 
encrusted inorganic minerals. If you wish to maintain 
or regain a strong brain, use only steam-produced 
distilled water and fresh fruit and vegetable juices as your 
drinks. Keep far away from city , well and tap waters, 
alcohol, tea, coffee, cola, diet and soda drinks. 67 68 Everything you do – including seeing, hearing, speaking, br eathing 
and m oving – is controlled by a part of your brain as shown here. The Brain Needs High Quality Nutrition 
The brain must be adequately nourished in order to 
function properly . No other part of the body fails mor e 
quickly from lack of good nutrition. Upon what does 
this mar velous structure feed? It needs foods rich in Brain 
Control 
Areas 
enzymes. Organic raw fruits and vegetables and their 
fresh juices provide excellent nourishment. Soy beans, 
which are exceptionally rich in lecithin, should be eaten 
several times weekly . Lecithin in powder ed, liquid, 
capsule, tablet or granulated for m can also be pur chased 
at your health food store. Raw , unsalted sunflower , 
sesame and pumpkin seeds are all healthful brain foods. The entir e ner vous 
system is made of 
individual cells 
called neurons. Every neuron has 
3 main parts: 
the cell body , 
the dendrite, 
and the axon. Neurons Organic Minerals are Essential to Life 
The brain needs phosphorus. Organic phosphorus is 
found in beans of all kinds including: pinto, garbanzo 
and dried lima beans and lentils. Other phosphorus rich 
sources are: 100% whole grains, br own rice, almonds, 
peanuts and walnuts. Lean meats, egg yolks and natural, 
unprocessed cheeses also contain organic phosphorus. All the organic minerals are needed to keep the body 
strong, youthful and healthy . They are essential factors 
in digestion and assimilation, constituting important 
ingredients of the digestive juices and regulating the 
osmotic exchange between lymph and blood cells. In 
short, organic minerals are indispensable to the proper 
physiological functioning of all the systems of the body . Organic Minerals Make the Man! It’s estimated that an average man weighing about 
90 lbs. oxygen 
36 lbs. carbon 
14 lbs. hydrogen 
3 lbs. 8 oz. nitrogen 
3 lbs. 12 oz. calcium 
1 lb. 4 oz. phosphorus 
32 oz. sulphur 
3 oz. potassium 
22 oz. sodium 
12 oz. magnesium 
4 oz. silicon 
6 oz. iron 
69 
150 pounds is composed of the following: 
Trace Elements 
Our bodies are also made up of trace amounts of these 
other important elements: manganese, zinc, neon, 
iodine, copper , lithium, cobalt, helium,  etc. It’s a mistake to think that the more a man eats, the stronger he will become. God sends the food. Man, by refining and processing the food, destroys its 
nutritional value. Eat only God’s natural food. – Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D. Formula for Creating a Human Being
    According to B. A. Howar d – in his book The Pr oper
 Study of Mankind – the human body contains: 
• Enough water to fill a l0 gallon barrel. • Enough fat to make 7 bars of soap. • Enough carbon for 9,000  lead pencils. • Enough phosphorus for 2,200  match-heads. • Just enough iron for 1 medium-size nail. • Enough calcium (lime) to whitewash a chicken coop . • And microscopic amounts of such trace elements 
as cobalt, iodine, zinc, copper , molybdenum, 
titanium, beryllium, etc. Take these ingredients; combine them in the right 
proportions and in the right way; and the result, 
70 apparently , is the creation of a man, claims Howar d. 
The Body is Composed of Organic Minerals 
Remember that these are ALL ORGANIC – not 
inorganic – chemicals and minerals. There is a sharp 
line of demar cation between the two! Although the 
chemical analysis is the same whether found in air , earth, 
plant or animal – it is only through the life processes of 
the plant whereby the constituents of air and soil become 
vitalized and useful to the human body . It is this property 
of vitality alone which distinguishes, for example, the 
atom of iron in the red corpuscles of the blood from 
that of inorganic iron or preparations made from 
inorganic iron. Y ou could suck on an iron nail for years 
and never extract any organic iron for building your 
blood. When you eat blackberries, you are getting 
organic iron that can be used by the blood. The 
arrangement of atoms that form a molecule of the iron 
nail is the same as that of the organic iron in the 
blackberr y. Only by the gr eat natural miracle for ce of 
photosynthesis does the living plant convert the inert 
inorganic minerals into the organic minerals which 
we can use for keeping ourselves alive and healthy! Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves. – Rousseau Bragg Motto – Live Foods Make Live People 
Sometimes the minerals of the body are referred to 
as “mineral salts.” This misleading terminology has given 
the public the wrong idea that this term “salt” refers to 
common table salt, or inorganic sodium chloride. Most 
people mistakenly consider added salt an indispensable 
adjunct to almost all foods and part of a healthy diet. The fact cannot be over-emphasized that there is a vital 
change going on in all the minerals as they are absorbed 
into the structure of the plant. On the other hand, 
chemical analysis or separation of the minerals means 
destruction of the living tissues. But of course, the 
chemist will find in the minerals of the “ash” those same 
properties that are present in the minerals of the soil. But that subtle, imponderable for ce – vital electricity (the 
life for ce of plants) – has escaped him. It cannot be 
isolated by the laborator y processes of condensation or 
the extraction. W e must learn to recognize the body’ s 
mineral elements as being “organic” components – 
internal parts of the living body and subject to the same 
vital changes, life and death, that affect the organism. The organic calcium in the skeleton, the organic iron 
contained in the red corpuscles and the organic sodium 
and potassium found in the blood serum are biologically 
organized. They have a certain duration of life during 
which they have vital functions to perform. Sooner or 
later these molecules will lose their electromagnetic 
tension, according to the degree of their physiological 
activity . In other words, they have ser ved their purpose 
and must be supplanted by fresh organic minerals. That 
is the reason that 60% –70% of your diet should be fresh, 
organic raw fr uits and vegetables. These ar e the great 
suppliers of the imponderable life for ce – vital electricity . The Alkaline or Base-Forming Minerals 
The alkaline minerals – which are so important in 
the performance of the physiological functions of the 
body – are iron, sodium, calcium, magnesium, potassium 
and manganese. These are the eliminators of toxic waste 
poisons, the real immunizers of body . They are essential 
71 72 to the formation of the digestive juices and the secretions 
of the ductless glands (these hormones probably regulate 
nearly all the vital processes of the body). Iron is necessar y for the formation of red blood 
corpuscles and acts as the oxygen carrier of the system. Elimination of carbon dioxide depends largely upon 
organic sodium, which is the chief constituent of the 
blood and lymph. Calcium, combined with magnesium, 
phosphorus and silicon, makes up more than half of the 
bony structure of the body and imparts strength to all 
tissues. It also ser ves as a neutralizer and eliminator of 
toxic acids. Remember , whenever we refer to minerals 
in the body , we are speaking of organic minerals. The Lower Respirator y System 
Thyroid Cartilage 
Thyroid Gland 
Branching of trachea into right and left bronchi Trachea 
Branching of 
bronchus into 
the bronchioli 
This is where inorganic minerals and toxic acid crystals that 
can cause serious trouble in the respirator y system deposit 
themselves, slowing down the needed supply of life-giving oxygen. Inorganic W ater T urns People to Stone 
When my dad was a small boy , his father took him 
and the other children of the family from their V irginia 
home to W ashington, D.C., to see the P .T. Barnum Cir cus. To a boy from a farm this was a great event! After seeing 
the big cir cus show in the big tent, they visited the “Side Show” tent where all the unusual, so-called “freaks” were 
exhibited. There were fat men and women – some 
weighing as much as 600 pounds – dwarfs, giants, the 
bearded lady , the monkey man and others. But the one that most fascinated my dad was the 
lady who had turned to stone. There was a woman on a 
bed who was so full of arthritis and acid cr ystals that 
she had no feeling left in her petrified body . She lay 
helpless and rigid. She could move only her eyes. This 
lady suffered from complete ankylosis – meaning that 
no joint in her entire body could make a simple 
movement. All the ner ve tissue in her body was 
paralyzed and dead – they could actually drive nails 
into her body! The man who explained these “freaks” 
said that this lady was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, 
which explained it, as my father later discovered. States. W e have seen chemical analyses of it and the 
concentrations of calcium carbonate, potassium 
carbonate and magnesium carbonate ar e very, very high. That poor lady in the side show was a victim of this 
inorganic water . Her vital organs were not strong enough 
to flush those inor ganic minerals out of her body , so 
they deposited themselves in her joints. This was an 
unusual and extreme case, of course. But we’ve seen 
many , many cases of ar thritics who were complete 
cripples, absolutely helpless. There are more than 20 
million people young and old living in the United States 
today who suffer from arthritis to some degree. 73 Stone Lady Myster y Solved 
The lady who had turned to stone was a complete 
myster y to my father as a child. But not today! The water 
in Hot Springs is some of the hardest water in the United 
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. – Ralph Waldo Emerson 
Learn now what and how great benefits a temperate diet will bring along 
with it. In the first place, you will enjoy good health. – Horace, 65 B.C. Nine men in ten are suicides. – Ben Franklin There are over 6,000 hospitals in the U.S.A. wher e surger y goes on around 
the clock. Many people under go orthopedic surger y to have joint 
replacements and painful bone spurs removed, as well as bladder stones, 
kidney stones and gallstones. W ill you be next? Web:www .hospitallink.com 
and calcified formations are insoluble deposits that get 
into the tissues after consumption of water loaded with 
inorganic minerals, salt and uric acid, plus deposited 
toxic acid cr ystals from an incorrect diet high in acid. Meat, refined flour products, white bread, etc, coffee, 
sodas and sugar y desserts are all high in acid content. This is the unhealthy dead-food diet that most people 
eat. This diet, combined with hard water , is why there 
are many joint troubles resulting from acid deposits that 
create bone spurs and painful cr ystallized joints, etc. 74 Bone Spurs and Moveable 
Joint Calcification 
Every day large numbers of people go into surger y to 
have joint replacements or to have painful, crippling 
bone spurs removed or to have calcified deposits 
removed from their moveable joints. These bone spurs 
Deposits of Inorganic
Minerals and T oxic Acid
Crystals in the Heel of the
Foot, Causing Great Pain! A.	Inorganic minerals deposited 
under the tendons. B. Under the Achilles tendon. C.	Under the heel. D.	Under the middle foot. A 
B 
C D Do It Y ourself Calcification T est 
Take this test to discover just how calcified your joints 
have become: 
Stand erect, hands hanging loosely at your sides. Now 
lower your head to your chest and start a slow rolling 
movement, around and around. Many people can feel 
the inorganic calcification grating as they roll their 
heads. This shows that there has been a definite 
infiltration of insoluble minerals and toxic acid crystals 
into the head of the atlas, the bone at the top of the 
spine upon which the skull rests. Also test the moveable joints of your body . Do you 
have stiffness? How limber is your spine? Can you raise 
your hands over your head and bend forward with your 
knees locked to touch the floor with your fingertips? Are you limber enough to place the palms of your hands 
on the floor as you keep your knees stiff? Stand with your back to a wall. Move forward about 
2 feet, then bend backward and “walk” down the wall 
with your hands. How far can you go? How high can you kick? Do you have cracking in 
your knees when you do a leg squat? How flexible are 
your feet? Do you walk with a spring in your step? Do 
you have a feeling of suppleness and flexibility in your 
body? Do you walk and dance with grace, or do you 
walk on calcified encrustations that cause you miser y 
and pain? Is your body flexible and pain free? Don’ t say your stiffness is due to your age! That is so 
much rubbish! Y ou can keep your body youthful and 
flexible with proper care, living The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. 75 
It is never too late to begin getting into shape, but it does take 
daily exercise, and strong perseverance. – Thomas K. Cureton 
Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing 
ordinary things extraordinarily well. Neglect nothing; the most trivial 
action may be performed with joy. – Angelique Arnauld 
The unexamined life is not worth living. It is time to 
re-evaluate your past as a guide to your future. – Socrates Organic Calcium is 
Important for a Fit Heart 
Most people correctly associate calcium with the 
teeth and bones, which is true since a deficiency of this 
important mineral causes serious damage. Calcium is 
very important for the ner ves of the body; many people 
suffer from leg cramps due to a calcium deficiency . Calcium also plays a ver y important role in the 
functioning of the miracle woking hear t. It’s a natural 
constituent of the material that causes the blood to clot. If we did not have calcium in our bloodstream, we could 
prick a finger with a needle and bleed to death! Every few minutes the hear t is bathed by the calcium of 
the body chemistr y. It is important to the ver y life of the 
heart’ s activity . Being the most powerful muscle in the 
entire body , the heart requires adequate calcium for its 
The National Academy of Sciences states that the 
average consumption of 700-800 mgs of calcium per day 
by American adults is not sufficient to prevent the bone 
loss and fractures that result from osteoporosis. The New 
Recommended Dietar y Allowances (RDAs), updated, are 
now called Dietar y Reference Intakes (DRIs). Befor e 800 
mgs of calcium was the daily target for adults. Now 
according to the new DRI for calcium, adults aged 19 
through 50 should strive to get 1,000 mgs of calcium 
daily and those over 50 should aim for 1,200 mgs. It is 
wise to take a natural multi-mineral supplement with 
your calcium, especially magnesium, boron, potassium, 
folic acid, zinc and V itamins C,D,E and K. Plus enjoy 
calcium rich foods. see web: www .strongerbones.org 
76 normal functioning. Now consider the shocking fact that 
85% of the American people ar e deficient in calcium! Calcium Requirements for Healthy Bodies 
Every day the average heart, your best friend, beats 10,000 times and 
pumps 2,000 gallons of blood for nourishing your body. In 70 years that 
adds up to more than 360 million (faithful) heartbeats. Please be good 
to your heart and live The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle for a long happy, 
healthy life! Here’s to Genesis 6:3 for you. – Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D. Calcified T oenails and Fingernails 
Inorganic minerals, salt and toxic acid crystals can 
deform the toe and fingernails. W e’ve both seen toes 
and fingers that were made into monstrosities by 
calcified joints and nails. Thick toenails that are hard as 
cement and that no pair of scissors or clippers can cut – 
they have to be filed down with a rugged file – and can 
often deform the feet, making walking extremely painful, 
while presenting an unattractive appearance. A 
Inorganic minerals and toxic acid cr ystals ar e a major 
cause of poor posture. This can bring on all sorts of 
disturbances by throwing the vital organs out of place, 
unduly straining some muscles, while weakening others, 
impairing cir culation, breathing and elimination. Just stand on any busy city corner and watch the 
people of all ages shuffle by you. What a miserable sight 
most of them present – people whose feet are so loaded 
with inorganic calcification and pain that they simply 
lift their feet up and put them down! The spring’ s 
absolutely gone from their step. 77 
Inorganic Deposits Cause Bad Posture 
B Inorganic Mineral 
Deposits Between 
the Bones of the 
Toes (A and B) Cause 
Stiffness and Pain 
in the Feet. B 
Many people walk like ducks with their toes pointing 
outward. Others walk stooped and are bent out of shape. Some walk stiff with no knee action. Y ou see many whose 
steps are unsteady because their joints are so cemented 
and others who are so out of balance that they sway 
from side to side as they hobble along. Their heads are 
carried too far for ward, throwing their bodies off balance. Watch them as they tr y to sit down. They simply plop 
into the chair , giving their lower back and hips a shock. Water – Curse of Millions of Aching Backs 
By the time they reach 40, millions of Americans are 
plagued by lower back pains. When they bend over it is 
absolute agony! Their whole lower spine is becoming 
fossilized and cemented with inorganic calcification. By the time people are 40, they’ve worn out much of 
the cartilage that acts as a cushion to the spinal bones. This is a painful condition which only gets progressively 
worse on a constant diet of chemicalized and mineralized 
water . Plus, most suffer from extreme dehydration that, 
combined with their unhealthy acid cr ystal-for ming diet, 
adds to their overall joint and health problems. 78 
Proper 
Walking 
Posture 
Proper walking posture. Always prepare a new base before leaving the old. Proper 
Lifting 
Posture 
Lifting weight. The weight of the baby is held close to 
the center of gravity , directly above the pushing for ce. The Parade of the “Living Dead” 
Just remember that chemically , physically and 
mentally we are what we eat and drink. Because most 
humans are ignorant about what to put into their bodies, 
very few escape being one of the “ living dead ”. So many 
people, after their 20s, do not know what healthy , 
vibrant, youthful living is! They drag themselves through 
life, relying on some kind of medication to keep them 
going. They need a “pep” pill to keep them going during 
the day and a sleeping pill to put them to sleep at night. Check Y our Mattress 
During sleep, you recharge the batter y you ran down during 
the day . The right kind of mattress is important! It’ s better to 
sleep on the mattress; not in it. T ry the new 2” memor y foam 
mattress topper or an air mattress. They are both great! Right – Fir m Bed Wrong – Sagging Bed 
Mankind is Sick and Growing Sicker! Throughout the whole of r ecorded histor y, man has 
suffered with a variety of miseries, a great many of which 
can be directly traced to har d, inorganic mineral water . In a Milwaukee museum, we saw the backbones (spines) 
of American Indians who lived in W isconsin over a 
thousand years ago, all with calcification that showed 
they were victims of arthritis. These Indians drank the 
Lake Michigan water , which is heavily saturated with 
inorganic calcium carbonate and other inorganic 
minerals. Their spring and river waters wer e no better . 79 One thing early American Indians didn’ t have to 
worr y about, however , was harmful chlorination and 
fluoridation of their drinking water which would have 
added more poisons to their already burdened bodies. Sad fact: now by U .S. Law , all Indian Reser vations have 
fluoridated water (bottom page 23) . Even mummies of 
ancient Egypt, some over 2,500 years old, show ravages 
of arthritis and other diseases due to drinking Nile River 
water , which is still heavily saturated with inor ganic 
minerals. Y ou can see, even ancient people, living under 
the most natural conditions, suffered and died long 
before their time! Inorganically mineralized water truly 
is the universal drink of disease and premature death! Every time a person turns on the water faucet and 
drinks water that has been treated and chemicalized with 
fluoride, chlorine and toxins or is saturated with calcium 
carbonate and other inorganic minerals, he is 
calcification are broken facial capillaries. Study people’ s 
faces. Look closely at the cheek, around the nose and 
on the chin, where you will often see the smallest blood 
vessels, slender as hairs, showing near the surface of the 
skin. When these tiny capillaries become encrusted with 
inorganic minerals, they expand in size and often 
rupture, making purplish or reddish blotches. Blocked 
by inorganic minerals and no longer able to handle the 
circulation of the blood, except per haps to a small degr ee, 
these broken capillaries not only give the face an 
unhealthy appearance, but are often quite painful. 80 jeopardizing his health, his mind and his life! Disfiguring Broken Capillaries 
Among the many manifestations of inorganic 
Cold Feet and Cold Hands 
Many people of all ages suffer from poor cir culation, 
in most cases due to or aggravated by inorganic mineral 
encrustations in the arteries, veins and capillaries that 
constitute the blood cir culator y system. According to the ancient Hindu scriptures, the proper amount 
of food is half of what can be conveniently eaten. Wehave frequently shaken hands with people whose 
hands were ice cold even on the warmest days. Many 
people also suffer from extremely cold feet, especially 
in cool weather . By age 60, many people have patches 
of small blue, broken and expanded veins around their 
feet and ankles, giving their legs an appearance of 
blackness or dirtiness, even just after a bath. Poor cir culation is first and most critically noticeable 
in the hands and feet because the blood has farther to 
go from the heart to reach these extremities. When the 
pipes of the body become clogged and obstructed, the 
blood has difficulty in getting through. Instead of 
coursing through the capillaries of the hands and feet 
in a warm, healthy stream, it trickles through – barely 
able to bring nourishment, much less any warmth. The entire body , of course, is affected when the pipes 
of the cir culator y system are clogged. People with poor 
circulation find it difficult to keep warm in cold or even 
cool weather . Their overheated homes become like a 
hothouse living arena. They must bundle up in sweaters, 
coats and bulky clothing when they go outside. Every sick person usually has a sluggish cir culator y 
system that is operating on a ver y low level – chiefly 
due to plugged-up pipes. Remember that the main 
source of these encrustations is drinking water saturated 
with inorganic minerals. Those who drink distilled water 
and the juices of fruits and vegetables are helping to 
keep their cir culator y systems clean and more healthy . CLOGGED PIPES 
81 
Water Pipe Artery 
An ar tery with heavy 
inter nal deposits can be 
compared to scale that 
forms on the inside of a 
water pipe. An ar tery 
clogged like this results 
in an increase in blood 
pressure and may cause a 
heart attack or str oke. 82 Stop Kidney Stones Cold 
* It is hard to believe that something as small as a 
kidney stone could cause such severe pain. Most people 
who have suffered through such an episode are highly 
motivated to do anything necessar y to avoid another 
attack. By making certain lifestyle and diet changes, 
kidney stone attacks can be prevented. Kidney stones are composed of waste products – 
things the body doesn’ t use or need. Normally these 
wastes are eliminated through your kidneys in urine, 
but when there is too much waste or not enough fluid 
to flush it out, it all comes together to form a stone. The body is tr ying to push out these stones, that is 
what causes the excruciating pain. You can prevent the recurrence of kidney stones by 
drinking 8 or more 8 oz. glasses of distilled water daily 
(add tsp Bragg V inegar to 3 of them ) and eat less foods 
that form stones. Distilled water and healthy fluids 
are the most important ingredients in eliminating and 
also preventing stones. It’s important to not get 
dehydrated and to stay away from hard and artificially 
softened and mineral waters. Salt, alcohol, inorganic 
calcium, animal proteins and oxalates are diet 
“dangers” in the stone-forming process. Calcium is the most abundant mineral found in 
kidney stones and calcium stone-formers generally have 
high urinar y calcium. But a low-calcium diet is not 
recommended because of bone loss and osteoporosis. Stone-formers are urged to consume 1,000 mgs. of 
calcium, along with a multi mineral suppliment. Salt (inorganic sodium) in the diet affects the way 
your kidneys handle calcium, causing excretion of more 
calcium, thus increasing your risk of forming stones. Alcohol inhibits the ability of the kidneys to excrete uric 
acid. It is best to avoid all alcohol! Kidney stones can be prevented by simply following 
The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle and drinking pure distilled 
water . Kidney stones really are “what you eat and drink”! * Excerpted from No More Kidney Stones! by John S. Rodman,
Cynthia Seidman, and Rory Jones. – available www.amazon.com
Excerpts from the Bragg Book – Build Strong Healthy Feet 
Exercises for Healthy Feet 
Do these simple exercises daily to help keep feet in 
good healthy condition and improve circulation: 
1. Toe exer cise: raise weight of the body up on toes. 2. Grasp with y our toes, pick up a pencil, etc. 3. Sitting in chair with legs outstretched, curl toes up and 
then stretch toes down and under . 4. In same position as #3, rotate feet clockwise several 
times. Then repeat, rotating feet counter clockwise. 5. Sit on floor with soles of feet together; pull the heels 
and toes alternately apart. 6. Stand with your feet parallel, 5 to 6 inches apart; bend 
the knees and turn them outward while keeping the 
feet flat on the floor and bend down slightly . 7. Walk barefooted on soft grass or sand anytime the 
opportunity arises. Y our feet love contact with the 
earth, plus the exer cise and the increase in cir culation 
all help to build healthy feet. 8. As soon as you come into the house you should remove 
your shoes – remember , barefooted is best! 9. Give yourself or your partner first a vinegar foot soak 
(2 Tbsps ACV in hot water) then a foot massage while 
watching TV or listening to music – rotate, work, kneed 
and apply pressure to soles and toes for healing delights. Not only do foot soaks and massages help tired and 
aching feet, but elevating the feet by putting them up 
on wall, back of couch or by holding them in air for ten 
minutes helps reduce congestion and varicose veins. Resting the feet is as important as resting the body! 83 
For more foot and vinegar treatments read the Bragg Book
Apple Cider Vinegar – Miracle Health System . See back pages. The healing power of massage reduces stress, back and foot pain, and helps fight 
depression, fatigue, anxiety and helps save lives. – Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D. 
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings! – Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, 400 B.C. Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing 
to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. – William Jennings Bryan Head Noises and Ringing in Ears 
Many humans are plagued by head noises, ringing 
and pounding in the ears. Ever y waking hour is torture 
as these head noises wear down their nerve energy . Even 
in sleep, they have bad dreams about these noises. These 
head noises may torment them 24 hours a day . The blood vessels – arteries, veins and capillaries – in 
the delicate canals of the ears have become hardened 
and obstructed by inorganic mineral encrustations from 
hard water , as well as uric acid and deposits of toxic acid 
crystals from unbalanced diets. This condition pr oduces 
the head noises – buzzing sounds, ringing and pounding 
in the ears. In time, the blood vessels of the ears become so 
clogged that the person gradually goes deaf. Millions of 
people start going deaf every year for this reason alone! For a time, they can get some relief from a hearing aid, 
but many will eventually lose their hearing completely . 84 
Inorganic Minerals and T oxins Affect Eyes 
Inorganic minerals, toxic poisons and uric acid also 
have a degenerative effect upon the eyes. Y our eyes are 
among your most important physical possessions. They 
are often described as the mirror of the soul, the mind 
and the thoughts. It is true that your eyes often reveal Human Ear your innermost feelings. Their lustre changes because 
of psychological influences – such as fear , love, hatred – 
and because of physical malfunctions. W ithout your 
eyes, you would live in total darkness. Many people do! Sectional V iew of Right Eyeball 
Conjunctiva 
Canal of Schlemm 
Iris 
Suspensory
 Ligament 
Ciliary MusclesSclera Choroid Retina Optic 
Nerve 
Optic disc (Blind Spot) Vitreous Humor 
Lens 
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Now let us examine this miracle mechanism – the 
eye. The eyeball is an almost spherical body with a mirror 
at the back portion, the retina. The body of the eye is 
made up of a transparent jelly-like substance. From the 
back of the eye runs the optic sensory ner ve. This is a 
head ner ve, a major par t of the central ner vous system. In the front of the eye there is a cr ystalline biconvex 
lens, which is more convex behind the cornea. The white 
portion of the eye is a fibrous material surrounding the 
central, colored part – var ying in shades of brown, blue, 
hazel or gray – known as the iris. The iris ser ves as a 
photosensitive diaphragm, controlling the amount of 
light which enters the pupil, the black spot in the center 
of the eye. When the outside light is bright, the muscles 
of the iris contract the pupil to a small dot. When the 
outside light grows dimmer , the pupil expands 
proportionally to admit more light. Natural Foods Help Protect Y our Eyes 
As you see, the eye is a delicate mechanism.
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Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        Wilson,” I 
told him confidently, “if you will follow the natural system 
of healing I outline for you, you can get well”. Knowing these teachings will mean true life and good health for you. – Proverbs 4:22 From Sickness to Superb Health 
I knew I could help him, but I wondered before 
making my offer if he was strong enough of mind and 
wanted to achieve health passionately enough. “I will 
follow your instr uctions to the letter,” he stated in 
desperation, like a drowning man grasping a helping hand. “Good. T oday you will start on a 10 day cleansing 
fast. ” I picked up the bottles on the bedside table. “Soon 
all this m edication will go down the drain. ” I brought 
him some of my distilled water, pur chased apple cider 
vinegar, lemons and honey for him and star ted him on 
his first fast day. It was not easy for this man to fast. Mr. Wilson was so full of toxic poisons, so full of sticky mucus 
in his head, throat and lungs that he had a great deal of 
discomfort and trouble getting rid of it. But he was an 
Englishman with plenty of fortitude. He passed a lot of 
toxic wastes from his body. At the end of the 10 day fast, 
he felt better than he had for many years. Then, I put him on a natural live food diet consisting 
of fresh fruit and vegetable juices and distilled water. Within 3 weeks after his fast, he climbed the 5 flights of 
stairs to my apartment – something he had not done in 
7 years. His wife became enthusiastic about my natural 
way of living and began to follow the program which 
became The Bragg Healthy Lifestyle. She started to shed 
the fat from her body that she couldn’ t lose before. After 6 months you could not tell the W ilsons were 
the same people. They were healthier, stronger and 
happier.
You did not tell Mr. Wilson what to do, but instead, you offered to help him follow a natural system of healing.
What did you tell Mr. Wilson when he came to you for help?
The water was heavily saturated with inorganic minerals, and drinking it caused the gentleman's demise.
What was the problem with the water at the hot mineral springs, and what was the consequence of drinking it?
The main cause of gout is an unbalanced, acid diet and drinking water saturated with inorganic minerals.
What is the main cause of gout, according to the text?
The text does not provide a specific recommended daily calcium intake, but it mentions that the National Academy of Sciences has updated their recommendations.
What is the recommended daily calcium intake, according to the National Academy of Sciences?
The key to preventing kidney stones is to drink 8 or more 8 oz. glasses of distilled water daily and avoid a diet high in acid and inorganic minerals.
What is the key to preventing kidney stones, according to the text?