ENDING THE DIET  
Note: On the 49th day of this diet (and the 12th day of added grain), the mice in this cage were bigger, heavier, cleaner and  
100% better than the cage of mice who were on the 17th day of their diet where fruit was their only carbohydrate ( and the rest  
of their diet included egg, cheese, and lettuce). 11/27/85: I ended this diet today by adding cheese to it. Two days later, I saw six newborn babies in this raw food vegetaria n 
cage which had just completed 84 days on this diet. These six newb orn babies looked healthy. 11/29/85: Today I decided to wind down my tests due to the approaching winter and also because I had answers already to my  
most important questions. COMPARING MY MICE TO THOSE IN THE PET SHOP  
I kept this cage (No. 1) for further  tests, but I brought cages 2, 3, and 4, which were full of mice, to the pet shop. When we  
compared my mice to his in the pet shop, mine looked 33% to 50% larger. He admitted this immediately and remarked that they  
looked healthy. I asked him if it was bet ter that they were bigger and he said absolutely. He then asked me if I would breed a  
scarce group of golden -haired mice of his which wasn't reproducing well. He was impressed with my mice. I said I could  
consider it. REASONS FOR HEALTHIER MICE  
I attribute my mice being larger and healthier than his to the following reasons: 1) his mice were fed mice chow exclusively - no 
fresh vegetable greens, no cheese or eggs, whereas mine had all these foods; 2) the mice in cage No.1 which I kept on the 84  
days total of the raw food vegetarian diet look beautiful, large, well -developed, healthy, very active, and several looked  
pregnant. These mice on their raw diet of soaked grains, soaked lentils, sunflower seeds (dry and soaked) and lettuce leaves  
(with occas ional carrot tops) and lately dry millet (hulled) look better than any of the other cage mice, whereas the other cages  
had daily store cheese added to their diets. ULTIMATE RAW DIET FOR HUMANS  
Note that I believe this 100% raw diet, for humans, could be done successfully even without the use of grains if so desired. But  
with the addition of raw egg yolk, and possibly raw milk cheese or Ricotta (or instead of cheese, a small amount of raw or  
steamed fish once or twice a week of about 3 1/2 to 4 oz. a servi ng), we should have an ultimate raw diet, or near one. Possibly  
10 - 15% cooked grains and legumes could be included in this program with great benefit for those who have difficulty in  
gaining weight and strength on a 100% raw diet. (The addition of the eg g yolk, cheese, or fish is to provide the B12 and Vitamin D factors, along with fatty acids, hormonal  
substances, and as yet unknown substances which they contain.) To the basic raw diet as a foundation, fruit, other vegetables, other additional carbohydra tes, grains, legumes, and other foods  
may be added as desired for variety and added nutrition. ULTIMATE RAW VEGETARIAN DIET  
For those people who prefer to remain on a 100% strict vegetarian diet, I would recommend the use of periodic vitamin B12 and  
vitam in D to insure their safety. It now appears that the use of bee pollen (which contains all the B -complex vitamins) may be  
used instead. More on bee pollen in a moment. [Ed. note: also read about the hidden dangers in eating too much fruit on an all -raw die t - mice.html. And about what deformed nails, skeletal and tooth  
problems on an all -raw vegetarian diet may mean - generations.html.] FOODS WHICH CAN BE USED ON A 100% RAW DIET  
1. For minerals: salads, lettuce (Romaine etc.) carrot leaves, kelp, grass ju ice. 2. Fats: nuts, seeds (sunflower, pumpkin, sesame), flaxseed (1 -2 tbs. a day). copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com  54 
 
 
3. Carbohydrate (simple sugars): Fruit, eight to twenty oz. (or 24 oz. maximum, for melons); bananas, four to six maximum. 4. Carbohydrate (complex): These to be used with legumes (or dairy or fish) for complementary complete proteins (raw, soaked  overnight  
or slightly sprouted grains) hulled buckwheat, wheat, triticale, rye, oats, r ice polishings, raw wheat germ, corn, yam. 5. Complete protein foods (animal): eggs (1 -2) or fish (1 to 3 1/2 oz. maximum) can be immersed in boiling water for six seconds then  
eaten (can be marinated in lemon juice overnight to kill microbes); clams, oys ters (1/2 dozen or 3 1/2 oz maximum); dairy products; bee  
pollen (1 tbs to several oz.). 6. Vegetable proteins which need to be complemented by grains or seeds or nuts to be complete proteins, include legumes - mung beans  
or lentils or others (use 1/3 to 2/3 cup or 1 1/2 oz. to 4 oz.) You may soak overnight or sprout. - Nuts or seeds - (sunflowers, pumpkin,  
or hulled sesame) 1 to 3 oz. These can be complemented with legumes (1 or 2 oz. legumes with 1 to 2 oz. nuts or seeds). ADDITIONAL FOODS WHICH CAN BE  EATEN RAW  
•   Brewer's Yeast: 1 tbs. maximum (will complement grains)  
•   Seaweed: kelp, dulse, others (1 tbs. to 1 oz. maximum);  
•   Tubers: yam, potato, chestnuts;  
•   Oil: flaxseed (best), virgin olive oil (1 to 2 tbs. maimum for the day);  
•   Herbs: fresh or dried basil, dill, parsley, garlic;  
•   Young coconut. SAMPLE 100% RAW DAILY DIET MENU  
Breakfast  
1. Juice (optional)  - 1/3 each carrot, celery, and cucumber juice - 8 oz. 2. Blended salad  - 8 to 12 oz. [Romaine, cucumber, celery, pepper, toma to], add 1 tbs. soaked raw mungbeans or lentils and 1 tsp. kelp  
3. Melon or fruit  - 8 to12 oz. 4. Eggyolk, raw  - or 3 1/2 min. soft -boiled egg with resulting raw yolk, or 2 yolks - organic fertile, or bee pollen - 1 to 2 oz., or seeds - 1 to 
2 oz. sunf lower or almonds  
Lunch  
1. Juice (optional), same as above  
2. Blended salad  - 8 to 12 oz., same as above with 1 -2 tbs. mung beans (soaked or sprouted) and 1 tbs whole flaxseed ground  
3. Fruit - 8 oz. 4. Seeds or nuts - 1-2 oz., or six clams or oysters,  or fish small pieces held in boiling water for 6 seconds (up to 3 1/2 oz. maximum one to  
three times a week)  
Evening  
1. Tossed salad  - [Romaine, cucumber, celery, pepper, tomato] and l -2 tbs mungbeans  
2. Grains  - 1 tbs. or more soaked, hulled buckwhea t (sprouted or you may add soaked wheat, triticale, rye, or other) plus 1 tbs. of rice  
polishings plus 1 tbs. of bee pollen (optional)  - Note: If the diet is total vegetarian (vegan) - use 2 tbsp. of beepollen. 3. Snack (optional)  - Shredded raw yam and  carrots, or up to two bananas  
4. You may omit breakfast or lunch if not hungry, or permanently if two meals are desired. See Additional foods which can be eaten raw [above] for other choices to add. Finish (1) before (2), and (2) before (3), and so on t o practice  
correct sequential eating. 1 ounce=28.5 grams       6 ounces=171 grams       12 ounces=342 grams  
www.drbass.com/newconcepts.html  
New Concepts in Nutrition, Health and Rapid Healing of Illness  
(The Basic Keys to Complete Success in These)  
 
"All healing and regeneration is in ratio to the amount of energy which is available - the more energy, the  
more detoxicating healing." "For men who had difficulties in erection during sex - the empty stomach  
concept proved to be a miracle." "I always advised college students to omit all food before exams ... "  
 
This important article explains the energy principle in healing - a clarifying summary by Dr. Bass, of the findings of leading  
Natural Hygienists over more than a century. It also shows the continuing development of the hygienic diet based on these principles - and most recently the essential role of  
Dr. Gian -Cursio, who came to question the so -called truths of the then -popular Natural Hygiene vegan diet, due to problems  
with his patients. Find an optim al vegetarian diet plan according to Dr. Cursio here - cursio.html. - It is worth noting that Dr. Gian -Cursio was condemned, and removed from IAHP, the hygienic doctors' organization. (That  
veganism could create problems was, and still is, controversial.) Even today Dr. Cursio's results are quite unknown among  
hygienists. PART 1  
 
In 1962, I was requested by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton of     The Hygienic Review   to interview Dr. Christopher GianCursio, who had  
taken care of 3 generations of Natural Hygienic pat ients in upstate New York. Dr. Shelton wanted to know the present condition  
 copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com                                               55 
 
 
of the vegetarian families, to be published as an article in his monthly        Hygienic Review   magazine. On Sept. 2, 1962, Dr. Cursio and I drove to Batavia, New York, where we were lodged at the home of gracious Mr. and Mrs.  
Penepent, which became a foc al point for the reception of about 20 people the first evening, followed by additional patients on  
two following days. The results were recorded by me, written up and sent to Dr. Shelton. For reasons unknown, most probably  
due to the somewhat radical changes Dr. Cursio introduced into the nutrition of his patients (beginning in 1934 and continuing  
through 1962), the interview was not published. I didn't hear from Dr. Shelton thereafter until Sept. 28th, 1976, a lapse of 14 years. Now once again he wro te to me requesting me to reinterview Dr. Cursio's patients, bringing all the changes which had occurred  
up-to-date. The following is a reproduction of the letter Dr. Shelton sent to me:  
Tuesday Sept. 28, 1976  Dear Dr. Bass:I have read your interesting ar tide on Three Generations of Vegetarian Hygienists and  
am inclined to want to publish it, but too much time has elapsed since your visit to upstate New York with Chris, and much  
water has flowed under the bridge since then. As a finale, why not provide me with a couple of pages telling me and the readers  
the present condition of the vegetarian families and also outline the changes in Cursio's dietetic use and practices which he  
now espouses. I will hold your article awaiting your reply. With best wishes, I remain sincerely and Hygienically yours, H. M.  
Shelton  
 
I responded with the following letter to Dr. Shelton:  
Oct. 14, 1976  Dear Dr. Shelton:In order to comply with your request of bringing the article up -to-date, I called and visited Dr.  
Cursio on Octobe r 10, 1976. He placed a call to Batavia, New York and put me in touch with Anthony Penepent, a member of  
the second generation of natural hygienists of the Penepent family, with whom I spoke at length. He provided me with the  
following information about th e changes which have occurred with the Penepent family since I first met them on Sept. 2, 1962. Stanley S. Bass  
(Further details are available in “With Three Generations of Vegetarian Hygienists” - free download.) In Dr. Shelton's letter to me of Sept. 28 , 1976, along with a description of the vegetarian families, Dr. Shelton asked me to  
outline the changes in the dietetic views and practices which Cursio now espouses. The following was gleaned from Dr. Cursio,  
the result of advising over 40 people through out three generations. I quote from p. 9 and 10 in my book            With Three Generations  
of Vegetarian Hygienists  
I found that Dr. Cursio's ideas are basically those of Natural Hygiene. In an article which he wrote and submitted to Dr. She lton 
years ago entitled "Precision in Natural Hygiene," he extended these concepts into clinical practice - his concepts were merely a  
modification based upon Natural Hygiene principles. They had to do with the quality, quantity, timing, and sequence of eating . Basically, I saw that there was no difference between what Dr. Gian -Cursio advocates and what a true Natural Hygienic  
practitioner would advocate - but with this exception:  
The concepts, theories, or principles upon which Natural Hygiene is based are accep ted as eternal and inviolable. The  
difference was in the application or interpretation of these principles and the quantitative utilization or accentuation of s ome of  
these hygienic concepts. The people that I wrote about involved a period which began in 1 935. Shortly after these people accepted natural hygiene as a  
way of life, Dr. Herbert M. Shelton lectured in Rochester, New York  
At that time, he met these people as well as the grandparents of these three generations. These people have been Natural  
Hygie nists from the very early days of the renaissance of Natural Hygiene. (It began with the writing of Dr. Shelton's book  
Human Life: Its Philosophy and Laws.) The term Natural Hygiene came into usage after Dr. Shelton and Dr. Gian -Cursio met, when they discu ssed an appropriate  
term to distinguish it from medical hygiene. In these three generations, we have here a laboratory of the highest biotic quality that has been continuing for 42 years,  
producing evidence of the great value of Natural Hygiene, when its principles are translated into techniques of life that are  
compatible with physiological laws. These three generations are now expanding into four, yet in all this time there has not b een 
one death. Also, except for acute remedial processes of a few days d uration, there has not been a chronic disease. Many  
vestiges of chronic disorders have been eliminating during this time as these individuals progressed or evolved into higher  
plateaus of health. The modifications that have been made in technique in applyi ng the principles of Natural Hygiene are based on a simple  
principle: that there be economy of body structure and energy - that in every agent, method, and condition there be maximal  
utilization with minimal expenditure of power - so that there be enough energy left over that the body can use for healing  
purposes. Dr. Gian -Cursio has kept these principles before him as cardinal precepts, teaching that whatever is utilized must always be in  
conformity with bodily need and never against organismal intellige nce. In being quantitatively precise, it presupposes optimal  
quality of any factor utilized that we consider Natural Hygienic. The difference, basically, that I noted in my study of the diet of these individuals is that there has been  
•   an accentuation o r increase of the green leaf vegetables while at the same time there has been  
 
 copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com  56 
 
 
•   a reduction in the amount of fruit, especially those that are highly acid (citric, etc.). •   Also, the fast has been used at the very first symptoms of any remedial detoxicating process that we call acute disease  
such as colds and minor disturbances that commonly occur when vegetarians and even Natural Hygienists experience  
when they habitually over -consume foods even though they are natural. The End  
Energy is the key factor in all bodily function. PART 2  
 
Today, on June 16th, 2001, I have added the following commentary explaining in detail the modifications made in the technique  
of Dr. Cursio in applying the principles of Natural Hygiene. (Since I have known and studied with Dr. Cursio for more than 40  
years, I feel qualified to interpret his views.) Dr. Cursio, in following a simple principle, "  That there should be economy of body s tructure and energy - that there should be  
maximal utilization with minimal expenditure of power in every agent used, so that there be enough energy left over that the  
body can use for healing purposes  ," aimed at maximizing the healing process. To put it  simply, the basic idea is based upon the fact that all healing and regeneration is in ratio to the amount of energy which  
is available - the more energy, the more detoxicating healing, the less energy available, the less the improvement. Energy is the  
key factor in all bodily function. It could also be expressed in the formula  V - O = P  , or Vitality minus Obstruction equals Power. Or: Vitality (which is present in the body) - Obstruction (removal of toxins which interfere with the availability of energy,  which is  
indispensable for healing or any malfunction). This removal of Obstruction results in Power, which is now freely available in  
large quantity for maximal healing. In this respect, Dr. Cursio consistently discouraged patients from expending energy  in unnecessary exercise, allowing no more  
than simple walking in moderate amounts during the more critical phases of the healing process. In my own experience, I can verify the correctness of this view. I once fasted 30 days on water while taking care of patients and  
was very active in physical exercise throughout. At the end of the 30 days, beyond the loss of 35 pounds, the healing process  
had been very minimal compared to many other fasts I had undertaken. This rule also applies to all people who are no t ill and wish to perform their best work and thinking. Since the digestion of food takes precedence in the body to all other activities - physical, mental, spiritual and even sexual - the 
more empty the stomach, the more energy is available for other acti vities. It was for this reason that more than 40 years ago I trained myself to eat one meal a day, which was in the evening after wor k. 
As a result of this, from the time I opened my eyes to my evening meal, I always felt excellent, had lots of energy, an d my mind  
was always able to concentrate on the most difficult and abstract writings without fatigue. I always advised college students  to 
omit all food before exams, and they would be amazed at how well their memories functioned. For men who had difficult ies in erection during sex and thought they were becoming impotent, the empty stomach concept  
proved to be a miracle. How could anyone perform well in any act, especially one so sensitive as sex, when he previously had a 
good dinner of 6 or more courses, t hus drawing the greatest amount of blood as well as energy to the stomach for 4 to 6 or  
more hours for digestion, thus removing both blood and a vast quantity of energy from all other muscles, as well as the brain . This  law of the conservation of energy   applies to all physical, mental, emotional, spiritual (meditative) acts without exception  
when related to the process of digestion. Those who eat the smallest meals while providing the body with all of its requireme nts 
invariably live the longest. This is  been proven in animal experiments as well as with humans as far back as history goes. Based upon this principle, I would state that - 
Health is energy functioning in the body under conditions that are normal - and 
Disease is energy functioning in the body  under conditions that are abnormal. What are the normal conditions? They are the providing of the correct       quality   of food and fluids and, more importantly, the  
correct  quantity   of these to the body daily, along with all other factors, such as clean air, proper rest and sleep, thought, etc. The abnormal conditions are deficiencies in the necessary nutrients and, more frequently, accumulations of excesses in both  
poor quality and  good quality foods. These excesses eventually build up as obstructions in the body, leading to loss of energy,  
followed by retention of water, which finally produce diseases. The greatest loss of energy occurs in the digestion of food (especially when it  is in the stomach), followed by absorption,  
assimilation and fixation of nutrients in the cells and tissues. The greater the consumption of food beyond the body's requirements, which is very little, the greater the expenditure of ener gy, 
leaving less avai lable for the healing process. (Note: Luigi Cornaro lived on 12 oz. of food a day and 14 oz. of grape juice  
beginning from 35 years up to 102 years in perfect health.) copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com                                               57 
 
 
The weaker and sicker the patient, the smaller the quantity of food which can be digested, and when the condition is acute an d 
painful, no food should be consumed at all except water alone. This allows the body to direct all of its energies to the healing  
process. Here is where we witness the most amazing cures of diseases. Also, in relation to the concept that there be maximal utilization of food with minimal expenditure of energy, this required that 
food be prepared in a manner that required minimal digestive energy and in a form to allow for maximal utilization. For example,  
if the body required a large amount of minerals, enzymes, vitamins etc., which are best found in green leafy vegetables, this  
could be satisfied by the use of vegetable juices or blended salads. The use of  
1. vegetable juices requires no digestion at all;  
2. the blended salads require almost no digestion and will provide approximately 4 x the amount of minerals etc. as compared  
to eati ng and chewing of the same amount of a tossed salad. The tremendous amount of digestive energy saved in the use of these 2 procedures by Dr. Cursio led to greatly accelerated  
healing, as well as increased utilization of the observed elements, eliminating skeletal abnormalities while at the same time  
allowing for a generalized improvement throughout the entire body. This implied the use of  
•   the best quality of food available, preferably organic. The diet was also to contain  
•   a total impact of all the nutritional factors needed, given in  
•   the best combination and sequence to simplify digestion and only in  
•   the minimal amounts which could be utilized thoroughly,  
therefore leaving the maximal amount of energy available for the healing process. And finally, as stated in the article, the basic alterations in the diet as compared to earlier traditional Natural Hygienic diet s were  
1. an increase of the green leafy vegetables, 2. a decrease in the amount of fruit, especially those that were highly acid ( citric,  
etc. ), and 3. the use of the fast at the first symptoms of acute disease (inflammation, pain, colds etc.) Dr. Stanley S. Bass,  June 16th, 2001  
  
------------------------------  
Note 1: Here is a more complete list of the alterations by Dr. Cursio (as compared to earlier traditional vegetarian Natural Hygiene diets):  
1. an increase of the green leafy vegetables  
2. a decrease in the amount of fruit  
3. the use of the fast at the first symptoms of acute disease  
4. an introduction of raw eggs  
5. an intr oduction of certain raw milk cheeses  
6. an introduction of raw vegetable juices  
7. an introduction of raw blended green salads  
Note 2: Further details are available in the book  With Three Generations of Vegetarian Hygienists   (free download) by Dr. Stanley S. Bass -- 
see the introduction page - generations.html - with a Dr. Gian -Cursio interview. You can find an example of Dr. Cursio's improved Natural Hygiene vegetarian diet here - cursio.html. ------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
www.drbass.com/cursio.html  
Dr. Gian -Cursio:  
Natural Hygiene Vegetarian Diet and Food Plan  
 
"While this article consists of only a few pages, being highly condensed, it represents more than 55 years  
of this brilliant nutritionist's experience as one of the greatest teachers in the field of Natural Hygiene - 
natural living and eating." " I can personally testify to the near miracles I saw in the recoveries fr om nearly  
all kinds of illness, both in his practice and in my own." INTRODUCTION  
The following article for Harper's Bazaar, on March 1979, presents Dr. Cristopher Gian -Cursio's ideas on diet and nutrition . I knew him and worked with him as one of his closest students for more than 40 years, and I can attest to the fact that, while he submitted  
the information in the following article under the original heading "Preventing Cellulite - the Diet Solution", it in  
reality was a presentation of his basic die t. 
 
 This article contains the crux of his techniques, of the foods he considered to be of the highest quality, eaten  
in the ideal sequence for maximum digestion, absorption, assimilation and fixation in the cells of the body - 
while at the same time to be  correctly combined for maximum utilization. I can personally testify to the near miracles I saw in the recoveries from nearly all kinds of illness, both in his  
practice and in my own. I have also seen hygienic doctors come to Cursio for assistance with es pecially  
difficult cases. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com  58 
 
 
While this article consists of only a few pages, being highly condensed, it represents more than 55 years of this brilliant n utritionist's  
experience as one of the greatest teachers in the field of Natural Hygiene - natural living and eating. Stanley S. Bass, N.D., D.C., Ph.D.  
11/22/99  
 
PREVENTING CELLULITE:  
THE DIET SOLUTION  
Those lumps and bulges that look like fat, but can't be dieted or exercised away, may be cellulite, some experts claim. More than a simple  
weight problem, this may be a symptom of faulty nutrition and living habits. Now, a unique food plan could be the answer to a ll our body's  
needs. ..... EATING IN SEQUENCE  
The food pl an conceived by Dr. Cursio and his colleagues is not revolutionary at first glance. What is unusual is the order in  
which the foods are eaten  
- in a logical, undeviating sequence, conforming to a "highly developed system of food combinations that must not be altered in  
any way." - Called sequential or "layered" eating, the program is designed to conserve the energy used by the body for the digestion and  
absorption of foods - in order to maximize the energy needed for healing, repair and the elimination of wastes or toxins (the raw  
materials of cellulite). It also insures that no stresses or imbalances result from eating essentially incompatible foods, or  overly  
complex ones at the wrong time. A group of research scientists at Columbia University has found evidence that a meal is digested by the body in the exact order  
it is eaten - one food group at a time, regardless of its complexity or quantity. According to the theory, if you start out with a  
relatively concentrated food that takes a long time to break down, followed by something that takes only half the time - digestion  
of the second food will be delayed and it will start to ferment and decompose - losing much of its nutritional value. In order to prevent this, the Natural Hygiene Food Plan is based on  a simple rule: You generally start your meal with a freshly  
prepared vegetable juice, such as carrot, celery, cucumber, tomato or a combination of these. Then you follow with a blended  
or tossed salad - foods that are rapidly handled by the body. (Dr. Cur sio prefers the semi -liquid blended salad because it is  
initially easier to digest, and therefore less of a body energy -consumer.) Next, you introduce a more complex food, such as a  
raw, unpeeled fruit, followed by a more concentrated one - nuts, cheese, o r eggs, consisting of fats, proteins, carbohydrates  
and complicated nucleic acids. Thus, you allow your body to break down relatively "fast," simple foods first, then progress t o 
levels of increasing difficulty - all to insure the most efficient and least wasteful assimilation of nutrients. HOW IT WORKS  
Assuming that the Natural Hygiene Food Plan succeeds in preserving energy, how does it specifically help rid the body of toxi c 
wastes and purify the system? How does it eliminate cellulite? "It's basically  a two -fold process," Dr. Cursio explains. "First, people who follow this plan are allowed a relatively high number of  
calories - and yet they proceed to lose weight almost as soon as they start. Why? Though they ingest this food, they don't  
assimilate much of it - at least initially. They aren't fully able to incorporate these differently -derived nutrients into their cells or  
body mass because of their own previous, ingrained pattern of eating and metabolizing foods. Secondly, the body reacts by  
startin g to "catabolize" or break down its old, long -held residues of accumulated wastes and low -grade tissues - and cellulite  
starts to disappear." What happens after you become conditioned to the new regime? "I have seen many patients lose from 10 to 40 pounds , and 
then, after reaching their proper weight, they start gaining on the same or even a lesser amount of food," reports Dr. Cursio . "So 
we have to adjust the quantities in order to insure that they maintain their desired weight. "From consistent and conv incing clinical experience, we know that this diet results not only in weight loss, but also purifies and  
strengthens body tissues and our natural defenses against disease. We have repeatedly observed people with a wide range or  
disorders - including cellu lite or diet -resistant fat - get better after strictly following this program. Skin tone improves, circulation  
becomes more efficient, hormonal outputs are balanced, vigor increases. As the body's vitality is enhanced and its capacities  
are improved, the c leansing or "detoxifying" of its tissues follows as a natural by -product - it simply happens." Scientists can't fully explain why, but some believe it works on the principle of self -immunization: Foods themselves neither  
cleanse nor pollute our bodies. Bu t rather, the proper ones eaten in a non -stressful sequence help create a highly favorable  
internal environment, in which the body can simply maintain or regenerate itself and correct its own imbalances. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com                                               59 
 
 
MODERATION  
Not surprisingly, "less is more" applies with particular relevance to the Natural Hygiene Food Plan. "Eat sparingly and remem ber 
that quantity is all -important," maintains Dr. Cursio, "even when you're eating only wholesome foods. Too much cheese, fruit,  
too many nuts can overtax your system and interfere with its proper functioning. And, obviously, so will anything alien, arti ficial  
or unwholesome." While other a nti-cellulite diets stress large quantities of protein, Dr. Cursio's program carefully limits the amount. "As a nation  
we consume about twice the protein we need," he points out. "Studies have shown that the over -consumption of proteins and of  
all foods in  general can actually shorten human life. Excesses are either eliminated or stored - and both processes help deplete  
the body of vital energy." As for liquids: Many diets aimed at preventing or eliminating cellulite recommend drinking 6 to 8 glasses of wa ter a day in order  
to help "flush" out the system. Dr. Cursio believes this is an excessive amount since water is already supplied in abundance by 
fruits and vegetables. He advises drinking whenever you feel thirsty - the body's natural signal that we need  water - but never  
during meals. Liquids of any kind dilute food too much and interfere with digestive enzymes and secretions. At mealtime, they  
can also dilate and bloat the stomach. WHOLE FOODS  
Another key principle of the Natural Hygiene Food Plan is t hat foods be eaten in their whole, natural state. Thus whole -grain 
breads and brown rice are preferable to parts of them, such as bran or wheat germ. "By isolating one component of a total foo d 
- even a superior one - you may help trigger an internal stress," says Dr. Cursio. "For example, when integrated in the whole  
wheat kernel, bran is an important nutritional element, but by itself it's largely an irritating factor: It's not only essent ially 
indigestible, it also over -stimulates peristalsis and th us hastens the passage of foods through the digestive tract. As a result the  
vitamin and mineral content of certain foods may not have adequate time to be absorbed and assimilated. And the body must  
waste too much energy to neutralize the irritating bran. Far better sources of fiber - the soft, gentle, digestible hydrogels - are 
plentiful in vegetables and fruits." FORBIDDEN FOODS  
As in almost any diet, some foods are strictly forbidden on the Natural Hygiene Food Plan, among them, salt, pepper, sugar  
(except from natural sources), butter, cream, alcohol, soft drinks (including low -calorie varieties) and ice cream. Also taboo are  
yogurt, cottage cheese, whole milk, spinach, asparagus, onions and garlic. Most experts agree that the overuse of salt contribut es significantly to cellulite among other conditions, since it tends to cause  
water retention in the tissues. Thus, avoid adding salt to food, and stay away from those containing generous quantities - 
canned soups, smoked or processed meats, potato salads,  pickles, etc. -as well as flavorings such as celery or garlic salt and  
the like. Though fresh, raw spinach and asparagus are rich in vitamins and iron, they contain oxalic acid, a substance which  
(paradoxically) interferes with the absorption and assimila tion of iron by the digestive system. Garlic and onion are undesirable  
because they contain mustard oil - an ingredient that disrupts the action of certain digestive enzymes. Dr. Cursio believes that  
yogurt is a "nutritionally overrated" food: ("The natura l bacterial / fermentation process that results in yogurt actually causes it to  
coagulate and disintegrate its own milk protein - so we derive no real benefit from it.") He also advises adults to avoid whole  
milk and cottage cheese because we don't have th e "necessary enzymic makeup" to curdle (digest) their form of protein. However, cheeses like ricotta and mozzarella - preferably unsalted - already contain the enzymes that essentially help "digest"  
them for us before we eat them. Dr. Cursio suggests eating yolks only rather than whole eggs because the egg white contains avodin - a substance that  
destroys biotin, an important member of the vitamin B complex. Strictly limited are added oils and fats, since adequate amoun ts 
of these occur naturally in ch eeses, egg yolks and nuts - all mainstays on the eating plan. As much as possible, oils should be  
cold-pressed (available in health -food stores) - without chemical additives and unaltered by heat. Always store them in a cool  
place to prevent them from beco ming rancid. A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM  
Dr. Cursio himself treats and supervises only those who are "psychologically prepared" enough to relinquish their former eati ng 
patterns and preferences. Admittedly, they have to be either committed vegetarians or otherwise  highly motivated at the outset  
to experience the fewest adjustment problems with this 2 -week program which consists of raw fruits, dark leafy green  
vegetables, vegetable juices, eggs, nuts, cheese and whole grains. However, for inveterate meat eaters, suc h a drastic  
changeover may be unrealistic and unworkable - at least initially. Thus, though he himself does not recommend it, several  
members of Dr. Cursio's staff have designed a modified 2 -week plan that may vary, depending on your state of readiness. (Note: Consult your doctor first before following these or any other food plans.) copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com  60 
 
 
If you strictly follow Dr. Cursio's program, you should expect to lose weight, purify  your system and solve your cellulite problem  
at a faster rate than if you include chicken or fresh -water fish in your daily diet. If meat is your chief source of protein, expect to  
achieve results at the slowest pace of all. To minimize this drawback, avo id beef and pork in favor of baby lamb and veal, both  
relatively low in fat and easily digestible. However, even on the modified program, every meal should include fresh fruits an d 
vegetables; fish, poultry or meat should be eaten no more than once a day, and preferably every other day. At other times, try  
having a gourmet vegetarian specialty - such as a savory lentil loaf or green peppers with whole -grain rice. After awhile,  
predicts Dr. Cursio, your marked improvement in health and looks will be motivati on for your continuing the program, and even  
progressing to a more disciplined regime. NATURAL HYGIENE DIET  
AND FOOD PLAN  
 
Recipes and guidelines are given for all dishes marked with an asterisk. *  
Eat foods in the exact order given. REGULAR 14 -DAY MENU P LAN 
BREAKFAST  
8 ozs. fresh vegetable juice*  
12 ozs. blended salad*  
12 ozs. fresh fruit  
1 egg yolk* (boiled or poached)  
LUNCH  
8 ozs. fresh vegetable juice*  
12 ozs. tossed salad  
8 ozs. fresh fruit  
3 ozs. cheese* or 2 ozs. raw, unsalted nuts*  
DINNER  
8 ozs. fresh vegetable juice *  
12 ozs. blended salad*  
12 ozs. tossed salad  
8-12 ozs. vegetable plate*  
12 ozs. potatoes or 2 slices whole -grain bread or 4 ozs. of any of the following:  
chickpeas, beans, millet or brown rice. MODIFIED 14 -DAY MENU PLAN  
BREAKFAST  
8 ozs. fresh vegetable juice  
8 ozs. blended salad* (optional, but try for I week if possible)  
8 ozs. fresh fruit  
1 whole egg* (boiled or poached)  
LUNCH  
8ozs. fresh vegetable juice*  
12 ozs. blended* or tossed salad  
8 ozs. fresh fruit  
3 ozs. cheese* or 1 cup plain yogurt or 2 ozs. raw, unsalted nuts*  
DINNER  
8 ozs. fresh vegetable juice  
12 ozs. tossed salad  
8-12ozs. steamed vegetables*  
4 ozs. fish or white -meat (poultry) or meat (broiled or baked without fat)  
or "meat substitute": 8 ozs. potatoes or 2 slices wh ole-grain bread or 4 ozs. of any of the following: brown rice, lentils, lima beans or whole - 
wheat pasta. 1 ounce=28.5 grams       6 ounces=171 grams       12 ounces=342 grams  
 
DAILY DIET GUIDELINES  
 
FRESH VEGETABLE JUICE  
(celery and carrots, or cucumber and tomato)  
Proportions: 6 ozs. celery or cucumber juice  
2 ozs. carrot or tomato juice. Use a vegetable juice extractor, if possible. Never peel vegetables: simply scrub with a brush  under cold  
running water. Since juices are very sensitive to air, you sho uld drink them immediately after extraction. If you do not own a juicer, you can  
add the celery and carrots to your day's blended salad or eat them along with your meals. BLENDED SALAD  
1 each small tomato, red or green pepper  
1/2 small cucumber  
1 tbsp. nut ritional yeast  
 copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com                                               61 
 
 
1 tsp. cold -pressed oil (optional)  
Juice of ½ lemon or lime 5 -6 leaves romaine lettuce  
3-4 stalks celery or  fresh fennel, chopped  
Place cut up pieces of tomato, pepper and cucumber along with yeast, oil and lemon juice into blender. (Nutritional yeast, av ailable in  
health -food stores, is particularly flavorful.) Blend until smooth and liquid. Add romaine leaves  one at a time. Add celery or fennel; blend  
additional 2 -3 minutes. (The consistency depends upon personal taste: some like it smooth and watery, others thick and crunchy.) EGGS  
Eggs should be purchased in a health -food store: You want fertilized eggs from  chickens fed organic feed and not anti -biotics. To cook: Boil or poach for a maximum of 3 to 4 minutes. Eat only the yolk. (Those on the modified plan may eat the whole egg. ) NUTS  
All nuts should be in their natural state -raw and unsalted (almonds, cashew s, peanuts, filberts). You may substitute nut butter (unsalted) for  
your daily allowance of nuts using the same weight: 2 ozs. nut butter equals 2 ozs. raw nuts. CHEESE  
Since most cheeses contain large quantities of salt you will have to choose from unsalt ed varieties. The finest of this type cheese - Cheddar  
or Muenster - is made by Kutter's Dairy, 857 Main Road, Corfu, N.Y. (716) 599 -3333, and can be ordered directly from them in 5 -pound  
blocks at approximately $9.00 (Editor: No longer available). Second best is unsalted, homemade mozzarrella - fresh - available at pasta and  
cheese stores or any shop that specializes in Italian products. Another Italian specialty, ricotta cheese, is also an excelle nt-tasting and  
nutritious choice. If you substitute ricotta  for your daily allowance, you are permitted 6 ozs. - twice the amount of hard cheese. If you are on the modified plan and are unable to make the change to unsalted cheeses, choose from low -salt or mild varieties like  
Jarlsberg, Gouda, Swiss, Gruyere, Emma nthaler, Tilsit and Muenster. VEGETABLES  
Vegetables should be bought as fresh and crisp as possible and stored in a cool dark place. Do not soak them - just wash and scrub  
thoroughly under cold running water. Do not peel unless absolutely necessary. To coo k: Steam in just enough water so that little or no liquid is left and vegetables are crisp yet tender. For a vegetable plate, steam 2 or more of the following: broccoli, string beans, butternut squash, acorn squash, zucchini, eg gplant, green  
peas, snow peas, Chinese cabbage, okra, corn, carrots, cauliflower, artichokes, escarole, turnips, rutabaga, beets (roots only). LEGUMES  
These include lentils, lima beans, soybeans and chickpeas. All should be purchased from a health -food store, raw and dried, not ca nned,  
jarred or frozen. To prepare: Soak legumes overnight in cold water. To cook: Use 12 ozs. water for every 4 ozs. legumes (measured when dry). Bring water to a boil, add legumes, lower heat, cove r pot and  
cook slowly (about 15 minutes) until tender. You may want to use part of your oil allowance mixed with a bit of lemon juice and yeast to make an interesting sauce. You can even toss in  
tomato, red pepper or fresh fennel for new tastes. In place of legumes, you may substitute 4 ozs. brown rice or whole -wheat pasta, or 2  
slices whole -grain bread or 8 -12 ozs. potatoes. OIL ALLOWANCE  
Use 2 tbsps. (maximum) cold -pressed oil per day. Olive oil is recommended - peanut and corn oil are also acceptable. Note: This is a carefully developed, fully nutritious food program. It is not necessary to take supplemental vitamins. If you follow the plan  
carefully, you will have all the essentials necessary to maintain health while eliminating cellulite and excess weight. March 1979  
Find an interview with Dr. Gian -Cursio here - generations.html. www.drbass.com/primitive.html  
Primitive Man - His Food and His Health  
Dr. Bass presents his current project  
 
"As soon as his contact with civilization is sufficient to alter his dieting habits - within one generation of  
the use of these foods deficient in minerals and vitamins, he succumbs to disease very readily and loses  
all of the unique immunity of the past." OBSERVATIONS OF EARLY EXPLORERS  
Columbus, in his "discovery" of the Western World, was the beginning spark which ignite d the interest of all the leading powers. This resulted in a series of expeditions sent forth for the purpose of acquiring these valuable lands, their rich natural res ources  
and wealth. These countries included France, England, Spain, Portugal etc., who in  competition with each other, explored North  
America, the Northlands, Central America, then South America, eventually spreading into Africa, Asia, Australia, the Pacific  
Islands and the entire world. These expeditions were fully outfitted ships with supplies and crew, containing doctors to see after  
the health of all. Supplies for trading with the primitive Indians were in the form of white flour, white sugar, canned foods , salt,  
pepper, spices and other commodities which were exchanged for native fur s, foods and other goods. The accounts of early voyagers, explorers and missionaries are considered together with anthropological studies and  
knowledge gleaned from various nutritional surveys and medical inspections made in the primitive world. It is draw n from a  
literary survey of the people of many lands, including all continents and many islands. It covers centuries of time involving  
observations of racial groups living in the early 16th century to those of the modern day. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. B ass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com  62 
 
 
SHORTLIVED AND DISEASED - A MYTH? The common view, that primitive man is generally short -lived and subject to many diseases is often held by physicians as well  
as layman, and the general lack of of sanitation, modern treatment, surgery and drugs in the primitive world is thought to  
prevent maintenance of health at a high physical level. The average nutritionist feels that any race lacking access to the wi de 
variety of foods available, which modern  agriculture and transportation now permit, could not be in good health. BEAUTY, WHITE TEETH, LONG LIFE  
But the facts are known, and they indicate that, when living under near -isolated conditions, apart from civilization and without  
access to the foods of  civilization, primitive man lives in much better physical condition and health than does the usual member  
of civilized society. When his own nutrition is adequate and complete, as it most often is, his teeth are white without brush ing, 
they are formed in perfect alignment and the dental arch is broad. The face is finely formed, well -set and broad; the body  
development is also good, free from deformity, and desirably proportioned in beauty and symmetry. The respective members of  
the racial group reproduce in homogeneity from one generation to the next, with few deviations from the standard  
anthropological prototype. Reproductive efficiency permits parturition (birth) with no difficulty and little or no pain. There are no prenatal deformiti es. Resistance to infectious disease is high, few individuals are sick, and these usually rapidly recovering. The degenerative  
diseases are rare, even in advanced life, some of them being completely unknown and unheard of by the primitive. Mental  
complaints are equally rare , and the usual state of happiness and contentment is one scarcely known by civilized man. The  
duration of life is long, the people being yet strong and vigorous as they pass the three score and ten mark, and living in m any 
cases beyond a century. These are the characteristics of the finest and healthiest primitive races living under the most ideal climatic and nutritional  
conditions. Even primitive races less favored by environment have better teeth and skeletal development than civilized man. We note th at people living today, under the culture and environment of the Stone Age, have far surpassed civilized man in  
strength, physical development and immunity to disease. This fact poses an important question to modern medicine and should  
arouse serious thoug ht and consideration. CONTACT WITH CIVILIZATION - NEW DIET  
The good health of the primitive has been possible only under conditions of relative isolation. As soon as his contact with  
civilization is sufficient to alter his dieting habits - with the introd uction of refined white flour and white sugar, canned food, jams,  
marmalades, polished rice, etc. - within one generation of their use of these foods deficient in minerals and vitamins, he  
succumbs to disease very readily and loses all of the unique immuni ty of the past. The teeth decay; facial forms cease to be  
uniform; deformities become common; reproductive efficiency is lowered; mental deficiency develops, and the duration of life is 
sharply lowered. It is the nutritional habits of primitive man that ar e responsible for the state of his health, and as long as his native foods remain  
in use, as important physical changes occur, and the bacterial scourges are absent - even though a complete lack of sanitation  
would indicate that pathogenic bacteria might b e present. When the native foods are displaced for those of modern commerce,  
the situation changes completely. And the finest sanitation, that the white man can provide, together with the best in medica l 
services, is of no avail in preventing the epidemics  that take thousands of lives. LESSONS TO LEARN  
What is needed is the proper education of children in healthy nutrition, beginning in grade schools. And for those aspiring t o 
become mothers education in pre -parental, parental nutrition and proper feeding of children. The direction should be in  
education and prevention, rather than in the treatment of disease symptoms with drugs and surgery, if we are to reverse the  
increasing of degenerative disease and the progressive deterioration of the human race. CURRENT PROJECT  
I am presently engaged in putting together the dietary practices of the most magnificently healthful and successful primitive  
races from all parts of the world - as recorded by both ancient and modern explorers of these primitive cultures, who have  
accumulated their knowledge over a period of many thousands of years of experience. Stanley S. Bass, New York   5/99  
 
Also see  
Weston A. Price, D.D.S. - The Weston A. Price Foundation http://www.westonaprice.org/  
Nasty, Brutish and Short - The Weston A. Price Foundation  
The Neglected Nutritional Research of Dr. Weston Price, DDS  http://www.sumeria.net/  
Book review - Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston Price http://www.westonaprice.org/  
What did Native Texans eat? - http://free.freespe ech.org/nhn/  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------  
Interview with Dr. Bass:  
Q:  What is the "Paleolithic Diet"? A: The Paleolithic Diet was the diet used by early man for hundreds of thousands of years preceding 1 0,000 years ago. It is now called the  
Hunter -Gatherer Diet. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com                                               63 
 
 
It consisted of a small amount of fruit, mostly berries (in the North), leaves and vegetables, nuts, fish, poultry & meat, occasionally eggs. No  
grains or legumes were used until appr. 10,000 years ago, when men began to settle in cities, plant crops, grains, legumes, a nd raise  
animals for food. From a (hunter -gatherer) diet that was largely raw and based on animal products and vegetables, man changed to a  
(agricultural) diet that was high in carbs & sugars and cooked foods. This began a period of degeneration, even though the food was whole, natural and  of high quality. As among the ancient Egyptians who  
were in terrible health (mummies show obesity and diseases). Their diet was based on fresh, organic vegetables and fruits - low-fat, but  
high in grains. www.drbass.com/aajonus.html  
EXAMPLE OF ALL -RAW PR IMITIVE DIET  , 
WITH ANIMAL PRODUCTS  
 
Aajonus: "Now that I consume so much raw protein and fat, I enjoy sex 1 -6 hours, and maintain energy  
with only 5 -6 hours sleep daily. I feel like I have finally achieved and chosen heaven on Earth." "After 12  
years eating raw meat and never having had any more than a little diarrhea, I learned to relax and not fear  
raw foodborne bacteria and parasites." What does this example have to do with Natural Hygiene you may ask. - It is a test: how open are you to new challe nging  
ideas? Will you give them a chance to be discussed? Why print this interview? In 1997 I happened to see Aajonus Vonderplanitz mentioned in the M2M magazine. I then purchased and read his book (We  
Want To Live), and later that year I attended a seminar he was giving to doctors. He claimed having had success within 3  
months time with 236 out of 240 cancer cases (cancer checked) he put on his unique diet. Below is an interesting interview with Aajonus Vonderplanitz conducted by Charlie Donham for the Natural Health M2M  
magazine in 1999, that I am happy to be able to publish here, with permission from Aajonus and M2M. The interview is presented here for people who are interested in the possibilities of superior health using a primitive paleo lithic 
type diet, 100% raw. Note: many of Aajonus' ideas are different from my viewpoints and Natural Hygiene, but are challenging and should be  
discussed and tested. Also - since I am interested in what results people have had using this type of diet - you are m ore than welcome to contact me if  
you have tried or are currently trying this way of eating. Stanley S. Bass, Jan 2000  
 
Interview with Aajonus Vonderplanitz  
 
I am delighted that you have agreed to do an interview with our little health journal. I think  
you will find the membership eager to listen to your views; however, better understanding  
will occur with as much verification of your points as this format will allow. If you would, start by telling us about yourse lf and  
your practice in the nutritional f ield, as well as something about your earlier Illnesses and the road to your present standard of  
health. If you could elaborate on that with some data, It would be helpful. I was born very sickly into a violent household. I had a brother who was still in  diapers when I was born. He went from having  
had mother's full attention to having none and he never forgave me for it. He tortured me nearly daily. My father's disciplin e put 
me in the hospital several times. My dyslexia and autism, which no one understood at the time, embarrassed and frustrated my parents. My dyslexia was to the  
extent that the printed page would swirl and I got vertigo. If I tried to read I would vomit. I tried holding the page down w ith my  
finger but my parents and teachers wou ld not let me. Because I was borderline autistic and sickly I rarely played with other  
children. Near my 10th birthday I developed peritonitis which was a severe intestinal infection. Doctors misdiagnosed it as appendiciti s. 
When they discovered that my ap pendix was fine, they took it out anyway "in case it causes you problems in the future". My bones were brittle, and I regularly broke bones in my limbs. I was diagnosed as borderline diabetic at 13. I developed ang ina 
pectoris muscle spasms in and around the heart by age 15½. I was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at that age. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com  64 
 
 
At 19 I developed an ulcer that turned tumorous after medical therapies. After surgery the incision turned tumorous from outer  
skin to stomach. It was large. Doctors ordered it irradiated. and that caused me to develop Multiple Myeloma (blood and bone  
cancers). Multiple Myeloma survivors are less than 0.01%. Doctors ordered chemotherapy, which i s like napalming the body,  
destroying mostly healthy cells to try and eliminate a few cancer cells. For every cancer cell that is killed by chemotherapy , 1 
billion healthy cells are killed. That is like killing everybody on the planet because you don't lik e 6 people. The chemotherapy made me a semi -invalid, and gave me psoriasis and bursitis. I refused to continue chemo after 3 months. I  
chose to die rather than be completely crippled for the rest of my short life. At that point I had had 7 "incurable" dise ases. A volunteer for a hospice gave me a small booklet written by a woman who cured her -self of cancer after by drinking raw carrot  
juice. I thought that was pretty bizarre and unrealistic. But read the book anyway. I tried the carrot juice. Within 10 days my dyslexia vanished. There I was at 22 years old never having read more than 20 pages of a book, finally able  
to read. I read voraciously about diets and nutrition. If I went 7 -10 days without drinking the raw carrot juice dyslexia returned. I experi mented with diets, food -combining and sometimes supplements. The macrobiotic diet seemed to put my cancers in  
remission but exacerbated my diabetes and psoriasis. I began experimenting with helping people who had health problems. I experienced some spectacular healing with raw foods,  
especially with enormous consumption of raw fat, like raw cream from cows, in combination with vegetable juices. By my 25th birthday I was eating totally raw food vegan -fruitarian style. At 27 after 2 years eating compl etely raw, I had enough  
energy to go wild, even though I was regularly so hungry as a raw -food vegan/fruitarian that sometimes I overate until I vomited. I mounted a bicycle and peddled for 2½ years all over North America from coast to coast and from Alask a to Central America. I  
lived off the earth. sleeping on the ground, or in trees when it rained. and picking fruit off plants. All of the physical st ress that  
came from traveling and living in the elements helped burn up all of the sugar from fruitarianism . Osteoporosis became apparent, but I did not then as I should have attribute it to the demineralization caused by large fruit  
consumption. I felt euphoric most of the time I did not realize that my extreme highs were mania created excessive fruit. I sear ched for answers to complete healing. I wanted to reverse the damage done by medical therapies and not ever be  
bothered by any of my lingering diseases. I knew that I would not find answers in a society that postulated dictums based on  
theory. I wanted exp erience to be my teacher. I lived with somewhat primitive people learning their healing and dietary  
techniques. I observed healthy animals for weeks at a time. After 2½ years my cancers resurged. Rather than fight it. I chose to die. I selected an old Nat ive American burial ground and  
began fasting myself to death. After several weeks fasting I had an unusual experience with coyotes. They gave me a freshly  
killed wild jackrabbit. I thought it would kill me if I ate it raw. (I had been told by all of my med ically and scientifically minded  
relatives that wild rabbits contained bacteria or virus that would kill a human.) I knew that fasting to death could take at least 60  
days. I wanted to end my life more quickly, so I ate the rabbit raw. I returned to my cam psite and lay down to die expecting  
severe stomach cramps that I was told accompanied bacterially or virally contaminated food. I felt euphoric, calm and happy. I 
thought that I was leaving my diseased body because I felt so good. But I woke the next morning having had the first completely restful sleep of my life. I was nearly age 30. I began hunting. I ate  
rattle -snakes and birds. I worked farms for raw milk, cream, eggs and chickens. Within a few months I felt robust and strong. I returned to Los A ngeles to spread the wonderful news. Everybody thought that I had lost my mind. Over the next year my  
health increased by leaps and bounds because of the addition of raw meat to my raw diet. However because of misinformation about food -borne illness from b acteria and parasites I ate raw meat only two or three times  
a week usually fish or chicken. I always ate it with the fear that there would be a time when bacteria or parasites would sic ken 
and kill me. I began to jog then run. I ran up to 13 miles, did 25 0 pushups with my feet 2 -3 feet off the ground, and 30 handstand pushups  
every day for 1 year. Because I had been so weak throughout my life and at this point I could do so much I felt invincible. People commented on how extraordinarily healthy I looked. I was hired by a health food store as the nutritionist. A few people listened and tried the raw meat, fish and chicken. Their  
increased health was always remarkable. I experimented with supplements. The more supplements I consumed the weaker I got. I realized within 6 months that  
supplements were toxic on a raw diet. Over the 2 -year period I observed that most people who took megavitamin therapy  
developed toxic livers and glands. It showed up in their irises as well as temperaments and physical conditi on. But because  
they experienced an increase in energy. they thought it beneficial. Their highs were from toxic emergencies - the liver sending  
out hormones calling forth glycogen to handle the toxicity. Supplement -toxicity is similar to coffee or cigarett es, most often producing debilitating side effects. It destroyed my desire and  
ability to exercise. I never returned to exercise and yet I developed and redeveloped the physique that accompanies strenuous  
regular exercise. copyright © Dr. Stanley S. Bass   (718) 648 -1500    www.drbass.com                                               65 
 
 
I continued eating raw meat once or twice weekly, and my health gradually increased. Whenever I experienced detoxification , 
healing was always a progress toward better functionality. I did not deteriorate as most people do on cooked foods or meatles s 
raw foods. I knew I was on the right track by eating raw meat, but I could not set aside the bacteria and parasite phobias. I  was 
especially concerned because the vagus nerve to my stomach had been severed in surgery for stomach cancer. I had no  
hydrochloric acid to dissolve and annihilate bacteria and parasites upon entering my body. Science and medicine put me in the  
category of  octogenarians who they say, are in danger of death from bacterial and parasitic invasion from lack of hydrochloric  
acid in the stomach. I continued to eat meat anyway. In my 35 year I misidentified a poisonous mushroom and ate it. It was the deadliest am anita mushroom, the 'death cap'. I ate  
enough to kill people my size. My cancers returned twice as bad as they had ever been, and it destroyed 90% of my liver. Alon g 
with severe liver -pain, extreme weight loss. and body cramps, my diabetes returned. Every book on the death cap mushroom  
said that death came within 10 days and it was welcomed. No one in written history had survived after eating 1/15 the amount I 
had. I was a semi -invalid again. I healed slowly by eating plenty of raw fat. Too slowly. After 1 1/2 years of healing I began  
eating meats almost daily, including beef, lamb, buffalo, seafood and organically grown fowl. Healing time doubled and diabet es 
vanished. But it took me 6 1/2 years to recover to a somewhat balanced state of being and my cancers to reenter remission for  
the third time. It took 11 years to recover to where I had been before I consumed the poisonous mushroom. But I recovered  
completely. After 12 years eating raw meat and never having had any more than a little diarrhea that  might have been associated with it, I  
learned to relax and not fear raw food -borne bacteria and parasites. It seemed to me - at that point - that all of that hullabaloo  
about raw food borne bacteria and parasites was superstitious like the witch hunt of o ld times. My research showed that the  
FDA's research on food -borne bacterial illness, 24 -81 million cases a year, stated that over 96% were cooked and processed  
canned and bottled food related. Raw was getting the rap, but cooked and processed were the cul prits. I experimented and found that raw foods soured and/or spoiled with lots of bacterial activity but did not putrefy. Only cooke d and  
processed food putrefied. Only cooked and processed foods contained lipid oxides and disease producing protein toxins. The 
worst that soured and spoiled raw food caused sometimes was nausea and diarrhea with occasional cramps and fever and,  
rarely, a little blood in the stool - whereas cooked and processed putrefied food often caused such severe poisoning that lives  
were lost or near death. It seems to me that science and medicine are in total denial or that they are protecting the processed food industry and  
restaurants. My nutritional career unofficially began in 1969. Since I hadn't died in 1961 when doctors said I wou ld. I thought that I had had  
some answers to better health. In 1969 I began advising and suggesting healing methodologies for people, especially  
particulars about diet. Now that I look back on my life, I wonder how I could have been so confident, even arro gant, to advise anyone with the little  
knowledge and experience that I had. I knew a lot about disease but little about health and healing. I seemed to have a fairl y 
good intuition for it. However, I adhered to certain idealistic concepts that interfered a nd sabotaged my intuition. I misled people into veganism  
and/or fruitarianisin because I believed that all meat was poisonous and bad karma. I didn't realize that something had to be  
killed to sustain life whether animal, vegetable or fruit. That is a law of this planet. I did not realize that only cooked meats  
contained poisons (i.e. lipid oxides and protein toxins). In my early years as a nutritionist I helped many and hurt many. Because my help was always greater than my mishaps, I continued to counsel. After I learned about the tremendous properties of raw fats my successes reached 60%. After I learned about the fantastic  
healing characteristics of eating raw meat, my successes with disease rose to 75%. After I learned the techniques for amounts  
and par ticulars that certain foods had, my successes reached 85% and better, depending upon the disease. Occasionally there was relatively immediate healing. Most often though, healing requires time to build strength, detoxify and  
regenerate. The fact of healing  according to Dr. F. Pottenger's work is that it takes 5 generations to achieve optimal health. It takes approximately 10 days to replace every cell (one generation) in the blood, 2 1/2 years to replace one generation (ev ery 
cell) of glands. Approximately 4 1/2 years to replace one generation of arteries, approximately 5 years to replace one  
generation of intestines and tendons, approximately 6 years to replace one generation of cartilage, and approximately 7 1/2  
years to replace one generation of bone.
Natural_Hygiene_Overview_by_Stanley_Bass.txt
Summarize the following text section accurately and concisely. Maintain specific details and numerical information, and use anti-repetition mechanisms:

        ENDING THE DIET  
Note: On the 49th day of this diet (and the 12th day of added grain), the mice in this cage were bigger, heavier, cleaner and  
100% better than the cage of mice who were on the 17th day of their diet where fruit was their only carbohydrate ( and the rest  
of their diet included egg, cheese, and lettuce). 11/27/85: I ended this diet today by adding cheese to it. Two days later, I saw six newborn babies in this raw food vegetaria n 
cage which had just completed 84 days on this diet. These six newb orn babies looked healthy. 11/29/85: Today I decided to wind down my tests due to the approaching winter and also because I had answers already to my  
most important questions. COMPARING MY MICE TO THOSE IN THE PET SHOP  
I kept this cage (No. 1) for further  tests, but I brought cages 2, 3, and 4, which were full of mice, to the pet shop. When we  
compared my mice to his in the pet shop, mine looked 33% to 50% larger. He admitted this immediately and remarked that they  
looked healthy. I asked him if it was bet ter that they were bigger and he said absolutely. He then asked me if I would breed a  
scarce group of golden -haired mice of his which wasn't reproducing well. He was impressed with my mice. I said I could  
consider it. REASONS FOR HEALTHIER MICE  
I attribute my mice being larger and healthier than his to the following reasons: 1) his mice were fed mice chow exclusively - no 
fresh vegetable greens, no cheese or eggs, whereas mine had all these foods; 2) the mice in cage No. 1 which I kept on the 84  
days total of the raw food vegetarian diet look beautiful, large, well -developed, healthy, very active, and several looked  
pregnant. These mice on their raw diet of soaked grains, soaked lentils, sunflower seeds (dry and soaked) and lettuce leaves  
(with occas ional carrot tops) and lately dry millet (hulled) look better than any of the other cage mice, whereas the other cages  
had daily store cheese added to their diets. ULTIMATE RAW DIET FOR HUMANS  
Note that I believe this 100% raw diet, for humans, could be done successfully even without the use of grains if so desired. But  
with the addition of raw egg yolk, and possibly raw milk cheese or Ricotta (or instead of cheese, a small amount of raw or  
steamed fish once or twice a week of about 3 1/2 to 4 oz. a servi ng), we should have an ultimate raw diet, or near one. Possibly  
10 - 15% cooked grains and legumes could be included in this program with great benefit for those who have difficulty in  
gaining weight and strength on a 100% raw diet. (The addition of the eg g yolk, cheese, or fish is to provide the B12 and Vitamin D factors, along with fatty acids, hormonal  
substances, and as yet unknown substances which they contain. ) To the basic raw diet as a foundation, fruit, other vegetables, other additional carbohydra tes, grains, legumes, and other foods  
may be added as desired for variety and added nutrition. ULTIMATE RAW VEGETARIAN DIET  
For those people who prefer to remain on a 100% strict vegetarian diet, I would recommend the use of periodic vitamin B12 and  
vitam in D to insure their safety. It now appears that the use of bee pollen (which contains all the B -complex vitamins) may be  
used instead. More on bee pollen in a moment. [Ed. note: also read about the hidden dangers in eating too much fruit on an all -raw die t - mice. html. And about what deformed nails, skeletal and tooth  
problems on an all -raw vegetarian diet may mean - generations.
What is the "Paleolithic Diet"? A: The Paleolithic Diet was the diet used by early man for hundreds of thousands of years preceding 1 0,000 years ago. It is now called the
The author ended the diet experiment with the mice because they were reproducing and giving birth to healthy offspring, and they were already 84 days into the diet.
Why did the author end the diet experiment with the mice?
The author's mice were fed a diet that included fresh vegetable greens, cheese, and eggs, whereas the pet shop mice were only fed mouse chow.
What was the main difference between the author's mice and the mice in the pet shop?
The author's diet included a raw food vegetarian diet, whereas the traditional vegetarian diet did not.
What was the main difference between the author's diet and the traditional vegetarian diet?
The author believes that the order in which foods are eaten is crucial, as it allows for the body to conserve energy and use it for healing and regeneration.
What is the author's opinion on the importance of the order in which foods are eaten?
The author stopped his diet because of the approaching winter, but he had already found the answers he was looking for, so he did not restart it.
Why did the author stop his diet and then restart it after 14 years?