MY RADICAL RECOVERY FROM LA TE-ST AGE
L YME DISEASE  AND HOW IT COULD HELP OTHERS
STARVING TO
HEAL
IN SIBERIA
MICHELLE B. SLATER, PH.D . BOOK GROUP PRESSGREENLEAFThis book is intended as a reference volume only, not as a medical manual. The information 
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Image 1:  1 Bed Avenue, my place of solace for nearly six yearsST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 2
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Image 6.1:  My gingerbread-house dacha  in SiberiaST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 3
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Image 8.2:  My tongue, during my nine-day dry fast at home  
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Image 11.2:  Basking on my red yoga mat on the healing island 
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Image 12.1:  Dr . Filonov and me, after the nine-day dry fastST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 12
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Image 12.2:  Breaking my Siberian nine-day dry fast in 2017ST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 13
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Image 16.1:  Goodbye, prescription pills and supplementsST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 14
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Image 18.1:  Back to running after an eleven-day dry fast  
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Image 18.2:  Lyme-free Miche in Siberia, 2019ST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 16
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Image E.1:  From dying to shiningCopyrighted MaterialAPPENDIX C:   
MICHELLE’S SUNLIGHT  
FOODS RECIPES
Eating nourishing, organic meals is practicing good self-care. Your 
food is your medicine, providing the optimum fuel for your 
body. I encourage you to revise and improvise the recipes here 
as you wish. Recommended Kitchen T ools:
• Vitamix blender: Y ou can sometimes find these sold used or 
refurbished. • Juicer: I use a simple Breville fountain juicer. • Hand-held vegetable chopper: I like the Chef ’n V eggiChop 
Hand-Powered Food Chopper, but it has a limited capacity to 
make portions for more than one person. • Large soup pot
• Small bowl: I like to choose a pretty ceramic or wooden bowl to 
eat my meals in, in a size that helps with portion control. • Good paring knife: I use a simple W aring knife. • Nut milk bag: This is optional but useful for those who want to 
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Sample Grocery List:
Note: All produce should be organic. Apples
Blueberries
Watermelon
Lemons
Grapefruits
T urmeric root (fresh)
Ginger root (fresh)
Garlic
Red onions
Beets
Kale
Spinach
Parsley
Dill
Cucumbers
T omatoes
Red cabbage
Fennel
Broccoli
Zucchini
Green beans
Cauliflower
Romaine lettuce
Coconut oil
Olive oil
Tahini
Artichoke hearts
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Coconut water (preferably a raw organic refrigerated variety)
Peas (frozen peas are okay)
Wild-caught salmon
Wild-caught cod
Millet
Buckwheat kasha (green, not roasted)
Cardamom
Cinnamon
Almonds (raw, if possible)
Herbal tea (chamomile, peppermint, etc.) Spirulina powder, chlorella powder, and raw cacao powder (optional)
Bananas
Alternative milk (oat, buckwheat, hemp, almond, rice, etc.) Flaxseed oil
Hemp seeds
Frozen raw coconut meat (available from Exotic Superfoods)
Brad’s cheddar raw veggie chips (available from Whole Foods or internet)
V ery Special Indispensable Ingredients:
• Gratitude for the nourishing food and liquids
• A generous measure of self-love
Miche’s Green Juices
Juice any combination of the following ingredients, using cucumber, 
celery, or romaine lettuce as a base. Plan to juice sixteen ounces. Celery, cucumber, ginger, lemon
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Romaine, celery, lemon, ginger, parsley
Romaine, kale, parsley, fennel, lemon
Celery, tomato, lemon
Beet, ginger, lemon, apple, parsley (add one teaspoon of flax 
oil and shake)
Be creative; invent your own combination of nearly any veggies. Note 
that kale doesn’t yield much juice and that broccoli is an intense juic -
ing experience—not 101. T ry to limit fruits in the juices, as Dr. Filonov 
argues that the fruit should largely be eaten, not juiced, to avoid over -
loading the pancreas. If you like, you can strain your juice into a glass Ball 
jar and consume within a few minutes. Fresh juice does not keep long. Miche’s Healing Homemade V eggie Broth
Wash and cut up one potato, one onion, two carrots, two stalks of 
celery, and one beet, and add chopped parsley. Fill your pot with 
spring water (non-chlorinated), and bring it to a boil for ten minutes. Reduce the heat so that it simmers for thirty minutes. Consume only 
the broth—no solids. This is a nourishing experience for the body 
after dry fasting. Spring Green V eggie Broth
Wash and cut up three cups of kale, three cups of spinach, one cup of 
peas (fresh or frozen) three tablespoons of fresh turmeric root, three 
tablespoons of fresh ginger root, three tablespoons of parsley, and two 
tablespoons of coconut oil. Add all ingredients to a large soup pot as 
you chop them. Fill the soup pot with at least two to three quarts of 
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Keep the heat on a low setting so that the mixture simmers for 
thirty to sixty minutes, depending on your time constraints in the 
kitchen. Do not bring to a boil. With a ladle, put three cups of the 
mixture into your Vitamix blender, and blend until everything is 
smoothly combined. Your broth will have a spring green color. You 
may consume the broth for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and you may 
also consume the vegetables in the broth. Do not add any additional 
seasonings or oil. Miche’s Swamp Juice
In your Vitamix, put one teaspoon or more of spirulina powder, chlorella 
powder, and raw cacao powder. Add one frozen banana. (I like to buy a 
bunch or two of ripe bananas, peel them, break them into pieces, and put 
them in a glass storage container to freeze them for smoothies.) Add one cup of spinach or arugula, or even cilantro, which is one of 
our household favorites. Add at least one cup of nut milk or more if desired—enough to 
create your desired consistency. Blend at high speed until the mixture is 
smooth; consume it immediately. Homemade Almond Milk
Soak one to two pounds of organic raw almonds overnight in a bowl full 
of spring water. In the morning, drain the water and rinse the almonds. Place them in the Vitamix blender with two cups of spring water per 
pound of almonds. You may add one to two dates to the mixture, taking 
care to de-pit them. Blend the mixture on high speed until it’s smooth. (I blend them for at least two minutes.) Place your nut milk bag over 
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from the Vitamix into the nut milk bag. Squeeze the bag so that the 
almond milk comes out cleanly into the wide-mouth container. I like to 
use glass Ball jars. Add desired spices, such as cardamom, vanilla, cinna -
mon, or nutmeg. Drop in a few grains of Himalayan sea salt if desired. Cover the wide-mouth container with a lid and shake the almond milk 
with the added spices. Consume within a few days. Dr . Filonov’s Russian Compote “Exit Juice”
The cooks at Dr. Filonov’s center in Altai don’t use measuring cups. The best way to make compote is to size up your pot. I encourage 
you to use a small pot the first time, and add two chopped apples, 
or two chopped pears, and either a few dried apricots or a handful 
of blueberries and raisins. These fruits work best. Then fill up your 
pot with spring water. If you have two cups of cut fruit, perhaps aim 
to add four cups of water. Cover the mixture, bring it to a boil, and 
then turn the temperature down to let it simmer for thirty minutes 
or longer. You can even let it simmer on very low heat for a couple of 
hours, as they do in Siberia. Only consume the compote juice, and 
make sure that it’s served hot. This nutritious liquid is essential for 
rebuilding glycogen stores during exits from extended fasts. I find 
that a little goes a long way, but the Russian patients say, “The more 
Kompot , the better!”
Miche’s Chopped Broom Salad
In your hand-held vegetable chopper, add the following: one half cup 
of coarsely chopped red cabbage, one half cup of coarsely chopped 
fennel, one half cup of coarsely chopped greens (such as kale, spin -
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parsley, and one half of a peeled and deseeded lemon. Optionally, you 
can add one half of an avocado. Tightly close the cap on the vegetable 
chopper, and pull the cord at least twenty times to chop the vegeta -
bles until they are very finely grated. Enjoy plain if you’re on the first 
days of your exit from fasting. Take care to therapeutically chew even 
though the salad is finely chopped. If you have passed the critical 
early exit period, then you may add a few grains of Himalayan pink 
sea salt, a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, or a tablespoon of tahini 
to the chopper before you begin pulling the string. That way, they will 
be nicely blended into your broom salad. Enjoy as often as you wish! Variations: Include any vegetables from the sample grocery list to this 
mixture that you may be craving. The body may have a certain request 
that you may wish to honor. Garnish: You may wish to chop half of an avocado to place on top 
of your salad before you consume it. Miche’s Million-Dollar Sunlight Foods Salad
During my lengthy raw vegan period, I invited my cousins for dinner 
one night. They were used to dining in Michelin-starred establishments 
throughout the globe, and they said, “Michelle, you could make a mil -
lion dollars with this salad!” This salad is the staple of my diet, along 
with my broom salad, and it changes according to the seasonal organic 
vegetables I find at my local farmers’ markets. Chop:
3 tbsp. raw cabbage
1 head of fennel
1 cup of sprouts (broccoli sprouts are my favorite, but alfalfa 
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½ cup dandelion greens (if available in the spring)
1 endive
1 cup lacinato kale
1–3 tbsp. of fresh herbs (preferably cilantro, since it has 
potent chelation properties and helps expel heavy metals 
from the body)
You may have to make this in batches in the chopper and then toss the 
ingredients chopped into a large salad bowl. Mix all the ingredients 
together in the salad bowl, then add the following ingredients, which 
should be hand-cut, not chopped in the vegetable chopper:
1 avocado chopped in cubes
2 tbsp. sundried tomatoes
½ cup (or more if you like) of artichoke hearts (I prefer the 
marinated buffalo artichokes from Whole Foods)
2 tbsp. Kalamata olives (raw if possible)
3 tbsp. raw, organic, non-GMO hemp seeds
T oss with Miche’s Salad Dressing, and top with Brad’s cheddar raw 
veggie chips. Miche’s Salad Dressing
Mix the following (which makes one serving; adjust quantities for more) 
with a whisk:
2 tbsp. raw, organic tahini
3 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
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Dash of Himalayan sea salt
T ouch of cayenne pepper or turmeric powder (if desired)
Blend to your desired consistency, and toss with Miche’s salad. Raw Carrot Avocado Ginger Soup
Chop one cup of carrots, and blend in the Vitamix with one avocado, 
one clove of garlic, one tablespoon of ginger juice (juiced in juicer), 
one tablespoon of lemon juice, and a dash of Himalayan pink sea salt. If you are at least five days out of your dry fast, you may add a touch 
of cayenne pepper or a touch of cumin and coriander powder to make 
it curried soup. Blend with at least one cup of hot water, or add more 
if you like a watery soup. This nutritious soup serves one person. Fennel Gazpacho
In the Vitamix, blend one entire bulb of fennel with one clove of garlic, 
one avocado, and half of a cucumber. You might also add one half cup 
of cherry tomatoes if lectins and nightshade vegetables and fruits do 
not aggravate your digestive system. Add one cup of water and lemon 
juice, if desired. Blend until smooth, and garnish with fresh herbs—
cilantro or parsley would be nice choices. Miche’s Garlic Broccoli Soup
This is a warm, cooked, nourishing soup for the winter or for a heart -
ier meal. Steam two cups of broccoli for five minutes until it is cooked al 
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into the Vitamix. Add one cup of cilantro, one to three cloves of garlic, 
the juice of one lemon, and a dash of sea salt. Blend until smooth (at 
least two minutes). Enjoy warm! Dr . Filonov’s Fish Soup
Dr. Filonov finds fish soup to be a nourishing, healing meal to be enjoyed 
during the up-building phase of the exit. His wife, Valentina, and his 
cook Tania make exceptional versions of this soup. Wash and chop two 
carrots, two stalks of celery, one potato, one leek, and one cup of dill. Add these to a medium-sized soup pot with one tablespoon of extra vir -
gin olive oil, two bay leaves, and a dash of Himalayan sea salt. T urn the 
heat to medium for three to five minutes, and stir the ingredients with 
a wooden spoon until the olive oil is coating the vegetables and they are 
starting to soften. Add one quart of spring water and one to two pounds 
of cod with the skin removed. It will break apart into pieces. Bring the 
soup to a boil for one minute, and then turn the heat to medium low 
so that the soup can simmer until the vegetables are soft and the fish is 
cooked. Do not overcook; the vegetables and fish should preserve their 
vitality. Enjoy this nourishing soup from Siberia. Frozen Coconut Cream with Cardamom
Even Dad, the Ben & Jerry’s aficionado, lights up with delight when I 
take a package of frozen coconut meat out of the freezer. This is a win 
that is sugar-free and has antimicrobial properties in the coconut. Allow one package of frozen meat from Exotic Superfoods to semi-
thaw until there are still some frozen chunks but it is pliable. Add it to 
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of cardamom, one teaspoon of vanilla, and one pitted date (optional). Cinnamon and nutmeg are also delicious choices. If you are feeling 
decadent, you may even add two tablespoons of raw cacao to your 
treat (not to be confused or substituted with cocoa powder). Blend the 
ingredients in the Vitamix until you achieve your desired consistency. Place the mixture in serving-size containers, and freeze it partially. If 
you allow it to freeze entirely, it will be quite solid and take some time 
to thaw. Night Caps and Morning Potions
Better Beet It:  For a nice warm morning drink, juice one beet, one to 
two inches of ginger root, and one lemon. Add one cup of hot water, 
and mix it all together with a spoon. Chamomile Thyme:  Boil a quart of water, and pour it over a fresh 
bunch of thyme leaves and two tablespoons of dried loose-leaf cham -
omile. Let it steep for ten minutes. Strain it through a sieve into your 
cup with a squeeze of lemon or with local, organic honey. It’s always 
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Introduction
1. However, ticks have existed for millions of years and have a long history of 
infecting humans and animals. 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Lyme Disease,” October 1, 
2020, https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/tickbornediseases/lyme.html. 3. John J. Halperin, “Neurologic Manifestations of Lyme Disease,” Current 
Infectious Disease Reports 13, no. 4 (2011): 360–366. 4. American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, “Autoimmune 
Facts,” accessed February 15, 2022, https://autoimmune.org/wp  
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Research,” March 2005, https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/
adccfinal.pdf. 6. Lihua Duan, Xiaoquan Rao, and Keshav Raj Sigdel, “Regulation of 
Inflammation in Autoimmune Disease,” Journal of Immunology Research , 
February 28, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/7403796. 7. Mathilde Versini, Pierre-Yves Jeandel, Eric Rosenthal, and Yehuda 
Shoenfeld, “Obesity in Autoimmune Diseases: Not a Passive Bystander,” 
Autoimmunity Reviews  13, no. 9 (2014): 981–1000. 8. Sergey Filonov, Dry Fasting: 20 Questions and Answers (Moscow: Siberika, 
2019), 56. Chapter 1
1. Amy Tan, The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings  (New York: G. P . Putnam’s Sons, 2003), 367. 2. Joseph Romm, Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know  (Oxford: 
Oxford University Press, 2015), 1.ST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 30
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3. Alison F . Hinckley, Neeta P . Connally, James I. Meek, Barbara J. Johnson, 
Melissa M. Kemperman, Katherine A. Feldman, Jennifer L. White, and 
Paul S. Mead, “Lyme Disease T esting by Large Commercial Laboratories 
in the United States,” Clinical Infectious Diseases  59, no. 5 (2014): 
676–681. 4. Steven Phillips and Dana Parish, Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the 
Autoimmune Pandemic and How to Get Healthy Again  (New York: 
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020), 204. Chapter 2
1. Meghan O’Rourke, Sun in Days: Poems  (New York: W . W . Norton, 2017), 
119. 2. Louise Bazalgette, William Bradley, and Jenny Ousbey, The Truth about 
Suicide  (London: Demos, 2011). Chapter 4
1. Virginia Woolf, On Being Ill  (Ashfield, MA: Paris Press, 2012), 7; Ludwig 
Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations , trans. G. E. M. Anscombe 
(Oxford: Blackwell, 2001), §253. Chapter 7
1. Rumi, “By the Sound of Their Voice,” in The Rumi Collection , ed. Kabir 
Helminski (London: Shambhala, 2012), 4. Chapter 8
1. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring  (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002), 8. 2. Wendell Berry, New Collected Poems  (Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint Press, 
2012). 3. Rumi, The Analects of Rumi , ed. Ak ṣapāda (n.p. : independently published, 
2019), 123.ST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 31
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Chapter 14
1. E. E. Cummings, “i thank You God for most this amazing,” in Complete 
Poems, 1904–1962 , ed. George James Firmage (New York: Liveright, 
2008). Chapter 16
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “How Many People Get 
Lyme Disease?” January 13, 2021, https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/
humancases.html. 2. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Lyme Disease Costs 
Up to $1.3 Billion per Year, Study Finds,” February 5, 2015, https://
publichealth.jhu.edu/2015/lyme-disease-costs-more-than-one  
-billion-dollars-per-year-to-treat-study-finds. 3. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Lyme Disease 
Costs.”
4. Robert C. Bransfield, “Suicide and Lyme and Associated Diseases,” 
Neuropsychotic Disease and Treatment  13 (2017): 1575–1587. 5. Gina Kolata and Sewell Chan, “Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan Wins Nobel 
Prize for Study of ‘Self-Eating’ Cells,” New York Times , October 3, 2016, 
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/science/yoshinori-ohsumi-nobel  
-prize-medicine.html. 6. Mark Mattson, “Why Fasting Bolsters Brain Power,” TEDx Talks, March 
18, 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UkZAwKoCP8. 7. Anahad O’Connor, “Fasting Diets Are Gaining Acceptance,” New York 
Times , March 7, 2016, https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/
intermittent-fasting-diets-are-gaining-acceptance. 8. Thierry de Lestrade, Le jeûne, une nouvelle thérapie? (Paris: La Découverte, 
2015), 35–55. 9. de Lestrade, Le jeûne , 79. In 2010, Thierry de Lestrade interviewed Dr. 
Nikolaev’s son Valentin Nikolaev, who provided several quotations from 
his father. 10. de Lestrade, Le jeûne , 74. 11. de Lestrade, Le jeûne , 65–69.ST ARVING TO HEAL IN SIBERIA | 32
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12. Herbert Shelton, The Science and Fine Arts of Fasting  (Mansfield Centre, 
CT: Martino, 2013), 464. 13. Arthur A. Daemmrich and Mary Ellen Bowden, “A Rising Drug 
Industry,” Chemical and Engineering News Archive  83, no. 25 (2005): 
28–42. 14. John Lear, “Taking the Miracle out of Miracle Drugs,” Saturday Review , 
January 3, 1959, p. 35. 15. Lear, “Taking the Miracle out of Miracle Drugs,” 39. 16. Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting: Myths and Reality (Barnaul, 
Siberia: Publishing House, 2008), 8. 17. Unless otherwise noted, all quotations and ideas attributed to Dr. Filonov 
come from my extensive interviews and conversations with him. Chapter 17
1. Neil Nathan, T oxic  (Las Vegas: Victory Belt, 2018), 8. 2. Nathan, T oxic , 39. 3. Suzanne Wu, “Fasting T riggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged,  
Old Immune System,” USC News , June 5, 2014, https://news.usc.edu/  
63669/fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old  
-immune-system. 4. Anthony William, “T ruth about Fasting,” Medical Medium Blog , February 
28, 2019, https://www.medicalmedium.com/blog/truth-about-fasting. 5. Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting: Myths and Reality (Barnaul, 
Siberia: Publishing House, 2008), 115. 6. Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting , 127. 7. Dale Bredeson, The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and 
Reverse Cognitive Decline  (New York: Random House, 2017), 147. 8. National Institute on Aging, “International Symposium to Honor  
Pioneer in Neuroscience and Fasting,” May 29, 2019, https://www  
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Chapter 18
1. Sergey Ivanovich Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting: Myths and Reality (Barnaul, 
Siberia: Publishing House, 2008), 7. 2. Rumi, A Year with Rumi , ed. Coleman Barks (New York: Harper Collins, 
2006), 146. 3. Virginia Woolf, On Being Ill  (Ashfield, MA: Paris Press, 2012), 12. 4. Herbert Shelton, The Science and Fine Arts of Fasting (Mansfield Centre, 
CT: Martino, 2013), 28. 5. Mark P . Mattson, “What Doesn’t Kill You . . . ,” Scientific American  313, 
no. 1 (2015): 40–45. 6. Filonov, Dry Medical Fasting , 100. 7. Wim Hof Method, “Cold Therapy,” accessed February 15, 2022, https://
www.wimhofmethod.com/cold-therapy. 8. For more about the Personalized Nutrition Project, visit the project’s 
website, at http://personalnutrition.org/AboutGuests.aspx. 9. Rumi, The Essential Rumi , trans. Coleman Barks (New York: Harper 
Collins, 2004), 193. Chapter 19
1. Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto  (New York: 
Penguin Press, 2008), 135. 2. Fred Bisci, Your Healthy Journey  (New York: Bisci Lifestyle Books, 2009), 
33. 3. Bisci, Your Healthy Journey , 33. 4. Danna Faulds, Into the Heart of Yoga: One Woman’s Journey (Greenville, 
VA: Peaceable Kingdom Books, 2011), 331. Epilogue
1. Danna Faulds, Into the Heart of Yoga: One Woman’s Journey (Greenville, 
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fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration-of-damaged-old-immune-system.Copyrighted MaterialABOUT THE AUTHOR
MICHELLE SLA TER  is a scholar of comparative literature and pres -
ident of the educational nonprofit Mayapple Center for the Arts and 
Humanities in Connecticut. She holds a Ph.D. in French literature 
from Johns Hopkins University. Her long battle with and recovery from late-stage neurological Lyme 
disease served as the genesis for this book. Debilitated by the disease to 
the extent that she was no longer able to teach at her university or per -
form simple tasks she used to take for granted, Slater spent several years 
pursuing every known treatment, from aggressive allopathic methods to 
holistic remedies. When all failed to deliver recovery, she discovered Dr. 
Sergey Filonov’s dry-fasting program and spent two months in Siberia 
under his care. She recovered completely from Lyme disease, regaining 
her memory and returning to researching, writing books, hiking, and 
running. Since 2017, she has not experienced a single symptom.
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        MY RADICAL RECOVERY FROM LA TE-ST AGE
L YME DISEASE  AND HOW IT COULD HELP OTHERS
STARVING TO
HEAL
IN SIBERIA
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The book is intended as a reference volume to help readers make informed decisions about their health, but it is not a substitute for medical treatment.
What is the purpose of the book?
The author is Michelle B. Slater, Ph.D.
Who is the author of the book?
The author holds a Ph.D. in French literature from Johns Hopkins University.
What is the author's educational background?
The author spent several years trying various treatments for Lyme disease, including allopathic and holistic methods, but did not recover until she discovered Dr. Sergey Filonov's dry-fasting program and spent two months in Siberia under his care.
What is the author's experience with Lyme disease?
The recipe is a nourishing soup for the body, and it is not intended to be used as a substitute for medical treatment.
What is the purpose of the "Miche's Garlic Broth" recipe?
The author has not experienced a single symptom since 2017 and has been able to return to her normal activities, including researching, writing, hiking, and running.
What is the author's current state after recovering from Lyme disease?