Dr. Kellogg’s Sanitarium specialized in a vegetarian
diet and people from around the world were restored to
radiant health by following his health program. I had
the privilege of studying under Dr. Kellogg and it was
one of the outstanding experiences of my early career.
In my early career, I was associated with Bernarr
Macfadden, Father and Founder of the Physical Culture
Movement (pg 145). Macfadden tried vegetarianism for
a time, but gradually went back to a mixed diet which
included meat and fish. He lived healthy and active to
nearly 88 years of age and he believed in mixing proteins.
Over my many years in the health field, I have met
many famous men and women who restored thousands
of people to health through natural methods. In the
1920s I worked with Dr. St. Louis Estes, D.D.S., who was
a pioneer and strict believer in the raw food diet. I saw
many broken, weak, sick people restored to health by
changing to his raw food diet. (I feel it’s best to have a
healthy balance of 60% to 70% raw foods. – P.B.)
Dr. Benedict Lust, M.D., N.D., was Father and Founder
of Naturopathy in America. He established in New York a
great school of Naturopathy which educated and
graduated thousands of Naturopathic Doctors who have
used and spread his health teachings around the world.
Dr. Henry Lindlahr, M.D., was a famous drugless
physician who lobbied for the return to natural methods
in the modern treatment and prevention of disease.
Professor Arnold Ehret was one of the world’s greatest
food scientists. He was the discoverer and creator of “The
Mucusless Diet Healing System,” which is a strictly vegetarian
regime. I knew many of Professor Ehret’s students who,
in their 80s and 90s, were still enjoying vigorous, robust
health by following his vegetarian health program.
Friday, January 27, 2012
My Beloved Health Teachers and Mentors
One of the greatest teachers and physicians in the
science of body purification and nutrition was Dr. John
Tilden, M.D., of Denver. This great scientist will surely
go down in history as one of the finest physicians. His
program included fasting and an abundance of fresh
fruits and vegetables. He lived into his 90s and was active
to the end of his life keeping his patients healthy.
Another of the finest doctors who specialized in
nutrition was the famed Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, M.D.
He was the director for 60 years of the famous Battle
Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.
science of body purification and nutrition was Dr. John
Tilden, M.D., of Denver. This great scientist will surely
go down in history as one of the finest physicians. His
program included fasting and an abundance of fresh
fruits and vegetables. He lived into his 90s and was active
to the end of his life keeping his patients healthy.
Another of the finest doctors who specialized in
nutrition was the famed Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, M.D.
He was the director for 60 years of the famous Battle
Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Meat Has Toxic Uric Acid and Cholesterol
Meat is the major source of toxic uric acid and
cholesterol, both harmful to your health. If you insist
on eating meat, it should be an organically fed source
and not eaten more than 2 to 3 times weekly. Fresh fish
can be the least toxic of the flesh proteins, but beware
of fish from polluted waters. They can be loaded with
mercury, lead, cadmium, DDT and other toxic
substances. If you are unsure of the waters the fish come
from, don’t risk eating it. Avoid shellfish – shrimp, lobster
and crayfish. They are garbage-eating bottom-feeders
(the rats and flies of the water world). They eat decaying
scum and refuse off the bottoms of the oceans, lakes
and rivers. Chickens and turkeys are a sick bunch and
commercially mass fed and heavily drugged with
antibiotics and hormones. Be selective and cautious in
your eating; seek only the healthiest food choices.
It’s best people should not eat pork or pork products.
The pig is the only animal besides man that develops
arteriosclerosis. This animal is so loaded with cholesterol
that in cold weather, unprotected pigs will become stiff,
as though frozen solid. Pigs are often infected with a
dangerous parasite which causes the disease trichinosis.
Patricia and I enjoy being healthy vegetarians and
not polluting our bodies with unhealthy meat, fowl and
fish proteins. It’s safer and healthier getting our proteins
from organic vegetables, beans, legumes, nuts, etc.
cholesterol, both harmful to your health. If you insist
on eating meat, it should be an organically fed source
and not eaten more than 2 to 3 times weekly. Fresh fish
can be the least toxic of the flesh proteins, but beware
of fish from polluted waters. They can be loaded with
mercury, lead, cadmium, DDT and other toxic
substances. If you are unsure of the waters the fish come
from, don’t risk eating it. Avoid shellfish – shrimp, lobster
and crayfish. They are garbage-eating bottom-feeders
(the rats and flies of the water world). They eat decaying
scum and refuse off the bottoms of the oceans, lakes
and rivers. Chickens and turkeys are a sick bunch and
commercially mass fed and heavily drugged with
antibiotics and hormones. Be selective and cautious in
your eating; seek only the healthiest food choices.
It’s best people should not eat pork or pork products.
The pig is the only animal besides man that develops
arteriosclerosis. This animal is so loaded with cholesterol
that in cold weather, unprotected pigs will become stiff,
as though frozen solid. Pigs are often infected with a
dangerous parasite which causes the disease trichinosis.
Patricia and I enjoy being healthy vegetarians and
not polluting our bodies with unhealthy meat, fowl and
fish proteins. It’s safer and healthier getting our proteins
from organic vegetables, beans, legumes, nuts, etc.
Eliminating Meat is Safer and Healthier
Most uninformed nutritionists call meat the #1 source
of protein. Those proteins coming from the vegetable
kingdom are referred to as the #2 proteins. This is a sad
and terrible mistake. It should be the other way around!
In this day and age, almost all meat is laden with
herbicides, fungicides, pesticides and other chemicals
that are sprayed on or poured into the feed which these
animals consume. They are also pumped full of
hormones, antibiotics, growth stimulators and all kinds
of drugs to fatten them up and keep them from dying
from the extremely unhealthy conditions most of them
live in! This is not to mention the admitted fact that
many of them are fed the dead, ground up carcasses of
other feed lot animals who, for a variety of reasons, didn’t
make it to the slaughterhouse.
Speaking of the slaughterhouse, what kind of
chemical reaction do you suppose would occur in your
body if somebody put a choke chain around your neck
to keep you in line, shoved you onto a conveyor belt,
and made you watch in horror as all of those in line in
front of you were beheaded one by one? Well, your body
would be pumped so full of adrenaline from all that fear
you wouldn’t know what hit you! Unused adrenaline is
extremely toxic. If you think for a minute that most of
the meat that you consume is not packed with this toxic
substance, you’re sadly mistaken!
Also, consider the fact that cattle, sheep, chickens,
etc., are all vegetarians. When you eat them, you are
just eating polluted vegetables. Why not skip all the
waste and toxins and just eat healthy, organic vegetables?
And what about that myth that you have to eat meat
to get your protein? If that were so true, where do you
suppose farm animals, especially horses, get all their
protein? They are vegetarians! They get their protein
from the grains and grasses that they eat. You are no
different. You can get the proteins you need from the
large variety of whole grains, tofu, raw nuts, seeds, beans,
fruits and vegetables that God put on this planet for
your health.
of protein. Those proteins coming from the vegetable
kingdom are referred to as the #2 proteins. This is a sad
and terrible mistake. It should be the other way around!
In this day and age, almost all meat is laden with
herbicides, fungicides, pesticides and other chemicals
that are sprayed on or poured into the feed which these
animals consume. They are also pumped full of
hormones, antibiotics, growth stimulators and all kinds
of drugs to fatten them up and keep them from dying
from the extremely unhealthy conditions most of them
live in! This is not to mention the admitted fact that
many of them are fed the dead, ground up carcasses of
other feed lot animals who, for a variety of reasons, didn’t
make it to the slaughterhouse.
Speaking of the slaughterhouse, what kind of
chemical reaction do you suppose would occur in your
body if somebody put a choke chain around your neck
to keep you in line, shoved you onto a conveyor belt,
and made you watch in horror as all of those in line in
front of you were beheaded one by one? Well, your body
would be pumped so full of adrenaline from all that fear
you wouldn’t know what hit you! Unused adrenaline is
extremely toxic. If you think for a minute that most of
the meat that you consume is not packed with this toxic
substance, you’re sadly mistaken!
Also, consider the fact that cattle, sheep, chickens,
etc., are all vegetarians. When you eat them, you are
just eating polluted vegetables. Why not skip all the
waste and toxins and just eat healthy, organic vegetables?
And what about that myth that you have to eat meat
to get your protein? If that were so true, where do you
suppose farm animals, especially horses, get all their
protein? They are vegetarians! They get their protein
from the grains and grasses that they eat. You are no
different. You can get the proteins you need from the
large variety of whole grains, tofu, raw nuts, seeds, beans,
fruits and vegetables that God put on this planet for
your health.
I Prefer the Healthier Vegetarian Diet
Over the years of following a program of fasting and
eating a diet containing an abundance of raw organic
fruit and vegetables, my body has become so keen that
it practically tells me what to eat at every meal. After
years on this healthy vegetarian diet, my body has lost
the desire for meat, fowl and fish. My diet is composed
of organic raw fruits and vegetables, cooked vegetables,
beans, legumes, brown rice, etc. with raw nuts and seeds
and their butters, raw wheat germ and Brewer’s yeast.
This is what my body seems to thrive on. But
occasionally there were times when my body told me to
eat a piece of meat or a piece of fish, or to have some
natural cheese or a few fertile eggs. In other words, my
body developed an instinct for the selection of foods.
Sometimes I go 4 or 5 years without tasting eggs, etc.,
then my body will telegraph that I need some. Listening
to my inner voice has helped me enormously.
Basically I have been a vegetarian by nature most of
my life. I was reared on a large farm in Virginia where
hundreds of hogs and cattle were slaughtered regularly,
so killing has always been repulsive to me! I have never
been a hunter or a fisherman because I do not like to
take another life. I have made 13 expeditions to distant
lands and I have found many robust, healthy people
living on a vegetarian diet. On the other hand, I have
found people in other cultures who also enjoyed higher
health and yet included animal products in their diets.
I roamed the South Seas for over a year at one time and
in those far flung islands I found supermen and wonder
women. They not only lived on an abundance of fresh
fruit and vegetables, but they included fish, fowl and
some meat in their diet. So you see I have tried to be as
fair as I could about this question of Vegetarianism versus
Meat Eating. I feel that as we cleanse and purify our
bodies we develop a keen sense of what is healthiest
and best for us to eat. Keep a daily journal and see.
eating a diet containing an abundance of raw organic
fruit and vegetables, my body has become so keen that
it practically tells me what to eat at every meal. After
years on this healthy vegetarian diet, my body has lost
the desire for meat, fowl and fish. My diet is composed
of organic raw fruits and vegetables, cooked vegetables,
beans, legumes, brown rice, etc. with raw nuts and seeds
and their butters, raw wheat germ and Brewer’s yeast.
This is what my body seems to thrive on. But
occasionally there were times when my body told me to
eat a piece of meat or a piece of fish, or to have some
natural cheese or a few fertile eggs. In other words, my
body developed an instinct for the selection of foods.
Sometimes I go 4 or 5 years without tasting eggs, etc.,
then my body will telegraph that I need some. Listening
to my inner voice has helped me enormously.
Basically I have been a vegetarian by nature most of
my life. I was reared on a large farm in Virginia where
hundreds of hogs and cattle were slaughtered regularly,
so killing has always been repulsive to me! I have never
been a hunter or a fisherman because I do not like to
take another life. I have made 13 expeditions to distant
lands and I have found many robust, healthy people
living on a vegetarian diet. On the other hand, I have
found people in other cultures who also enjoyed higher
health and yet included animal products in their diets.
I roamed the South Seas for over a year at one time and
in those far flung islands I found supermen and wonder
women. They not only lived on an abundance of fresh
fruit and vegetables, but they included fish, fowl and
some meat in their diet. So you see I have tried to be as
fair as I could about this question of Vegetarianism versus
Meat Eating. I feel that as we cleanse and purify our
bodies we develop a keen sense of what is healthiest
and best for us to eat. Keep a daily journal and see.
I Prefer the Healthier Vegetarian Diet
Over the years of following a program of fasting and
eating a diet containing an abundance of raw organic
fruit and vegetables, my body has become so keen that
it practically tells me what to eat at every meal. After
years on this healthy vegetarian diet, my body has lost
the desire for meat, fowl and fish. My diet is composed
of organic raw fruits and vegetables, cooked vegetables,
beans, legumes, brown rice, etc. with raw nuts and seeds
and their butters, raw wheat germ and Brewer’s yeast.
This is what my body seems to thrive on. But
occasionally there were times when my body told me to
eat a piece of meat or a piece of fish, or to have some
natural cheese or a few fertile eggs. In other words, my
body developed an instinct for the selection of foods.
Sometimes I go 4 or 5 years without tasting eggs, etc.,
then my body will telegraph that I need some. Listening
to my inner voice has helped me enormously.
Basically I have been a vegetarian by nature most of
my life. I was reared on a large farm in Virginia where
hundreds of hogs and cattle were slaughtered regularly,
so killing has always been repulsive to me! I have never
been a hunter or a fisherman because I do not like to
take another life. I have made 13 expeditions to distant
lands and I have found many robust, healthy people
living on a vegetarian diet. On the other hand, I have
found people in other cultures who also enjoyed higher
health and yet included animal products in their diets.
I roamed the South Seas for over a year at one time and
in those far flung islands I found supermen and wonder
women. They not only lived on an abundance of fresh
fruit and vegetables, but they included fish, fowl and
some meat in their diet. So you see I have tried to be as
fair as I could about this question of Vegetarianism versus
Meat Eating. I feel that as we cleanse and purify our
bodies we develop a keen sense of what is healthiest
and best for us to eat. Keep a daily journal and see.
eating a diet containing an abundance of raw organic
fruit and vegetables, my body has become so keen that
it practically tells me what to eat at every meal. After
years on this healthy vegetarian diet, my body has lost
the desire for meat, fowl and fish. My diet is composed
of organic raw fruits and vegetables, cooked vegetables,
beans, legumes, brown rice, etc. with raw nuts and seeds
and their butters, raw wheat germ and Brewer’s yeast.
This is what my body seems to thrive on. But
occasionally there were times when my body told me to
eat a piece of meat or a piece of fish, or to have some
natural cheese or a few fertile eggs. In other words, my
body developed an instinct for the selection of foods.
Sometimes I go 4 or 5 years without tasting eggs, etc.,
then my body will telegraph that I need some. Listening
to my inner voice has helped me enormously.
Basically I have been a vegetarian by nature most of
my life. I was reared on a large farm in Virginia where
hundreds of hogs and cattle were slaughtered regularly,
so killing has always been repulsive to me! I have never
been a hunter or a fisherman because I do not like to
take another life. I have made 13 expeditions to distant
lands and I have found many robust, healthy people
living on a vegetarian diet. On the other hand, I have
found people in other cultures who also enjoyed higher
health and yet included animal products in their diets.
I roamed the South Seas for over a year at one time and
in those far flung islands I found supermen and wonder
women. They not only lived on an abundance of fresh
fruit and vegetables, but they included fish, fowl and
some meat in their diet. So you see I have tried to be as
fair as I could about this question of Vegetarianism versus
Meat Eating. I feel that as we cleanse and purify our
bodies we develop a keen sense of what is healthiest
and best for us to eat. Keep a daily journal and see.
Eat Plenty of Cabbage – The Miracle Cleanser and Healer
Cabbage (raw) has amazing properties. It stimulates the immune system, kills
bacteria and viruses, heals ulcers, and according to Dr. James Balch in Prescription
for Cooking and Dietary Wellness, your chances of contracting colon cancer can be
reduced by up to 60% by eating cabbage weekly. Dr. Saxon-Graham states that
those who never consumed cabbage were three times more likely to develop colon
cancer. A Japanese study shows that people who ate cabbage had the lowest
fatality rate from any cancer. Therapeutic benefits have also been attributed to
cabbage in relation to scurvy, gout, rheumatism (arthritis), eye diseases, asthma,
pyorrhea, and gangrene. See our Bragg Salad Recipe (page 231). Cooking destroys
the cabbages healing properties. We love cabbage and also we make a variety of
sandwiches wrapped in cabbage leaves instead of bread. Try this – so delicious!!!
bacteria and viruses, heals ulcers, and according to Dr. James Balch in Prescription
for Cooking and Dietary Wellness, your chances of contracting colon cancer can be
reduced by up to 60% by eating cabbage weekly. Dr. Saxon-Graham states that
those who never consumed cabbage were three times more likely to develop colon
cancer. A Japanese study shows that people who ate cabbage had the lowest
fatality rate from any cancer. Therapeutic benefits have also been attributed to
cabbage in relation to scurvy, gout, rheumatism (arthritis), eye diseases, asthma,
pyorrhea, and gangrene. See our Bragg Salad Recipe (page 231). Cooking destroys
the cabbages healing properties. We love cabbage and also we make a variety of
sandwiches wrapped in cabbage leaves instead of bread. Try this – so delicious!!!
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