Sickness is a Crime Against Your Body –

Animals in their wild habitat know by instinct how
to live, and what to eat and drink. They know how to
fast instinctively when they get hurt or sick. Naturally,
animals are led to eat what is good for them. But man
eats and drinks anything and everything – consuming
the most indigestible concoctions, washing it down with
poisonous slops – and then wonders why he is sickly
and does not live to be a centenarian!
In theory, humans desire long life! Many shorten their
lives to the minimum. Does this make sense? Why this
marvelous mechanism of man – perfect in its minutest
organism, combining a Godlike intelligence with a body
which sculptors have imitated but never equalled – should
be ruthlessly destroyed by its owner’s unhealthy lifestyle
is one of the inexplicable disgraces of our culture!
The world famous marble statue of Apollo that
Patricia and I saw in the Vatican at Rome is not greater
in the perfection of manly beauty than that possessed
by thousands of young men in our midst today. This
inanimate marble of Apollo is as tenderly cared for as a
rare, priceless jewel. Meanwhile, living man – noble,
intellectual, refined, with a miraculous physical structure
and an eternal soul – gives his wonderful body less
attention than he gives to his car, cat or dog.
All people of sound mentality naturally desire a long,
healthy, pain-free, happy and useful life. With our
natural intelligence – super health, happiness and
longevity should be the rule instead of the exception.
In my early career, I was associated with the great
Bernarr Macfadden, the Father and Founder of the
Physical Culture movement. I was the associate Editor
of the pioneer health magazine Physical Culture. These
lines always appeared on the front cover of every issue:

Fasting Helps Keep You Healthy & Youthful

Fasting is an effective and safe method of detoxifying the body – a
technique that wise men have used for centuries to heal the sick.
Fast regularly and help the body heal itself and stay well. Give all
of your organs a rest. Fasting can help reverse the ageing process,
and if we use it correctly, we will live longer, happier lives. Just
three days a month will do it. Each time you complete a fast, you
will feel better. Your body will have a chance to heal and rebuild its
immune system by regular fasting. You can fight off illness and
the degenerative diseases so common in this chemically polluted
environment we live in. When you feel a cold or any illness coming
on, or are just depressed – it’s best to fast!
“Bragg books were my conversion to the healthy way.”
– James Balch, M.D., Prescription for Nutritional Healing