Arnold Ehret - The Definite Cure of Chronic Constipation (1922)

THE DEFINITE CURE OF

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CHRONIC CONSTIPATIONA Method of Overcoming Constipation Naturally

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ARNOLD EHRET LITERATURE


CHRONICCONSTIPATION

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OVERCOMINGCONSTIPATION

NATURALLYThe Internal Uncleanliness 0/Man...

The Effect of Laxatives...

The Real Cause of Constipation...Nourishing and Curing "Laxative?'...

Conclusion...

Copyright 1922, Dr. Benedict Lust


IntroductionA little over twenty-two years ago the author of this

booklet was declared "incurable" of Bright's Diseaseby orthodox medical physicians.

After four years of exacting study and dangerous ex-perimenting on his own bodyfor many times hebrought himself almost to the brink of deathhe dis-covered the following truth: Disease is Nature's effortto rid the body of disease matters and eliminate wastefrom the system.

No matter how desperately ill you may become, Na-ture continually tries to save you. The goal of evolutionis quality and not quantity and the weak and degenerateare wiped out when Nature's laws are violated.

Instinctively the voice of Nature comes to man in thesame manner as it does to animals, "Don't eat!rest.-be quiet!' Fortunately for those of us who are acquain-ted with Professor Arnold Ehret's teachings, thiswarning of Nature has been made clear and need nolonger be unheeded by man on the plea of ignorance.

Fasting and fruit-diet loosen and stir up the masses ofbodily filth, and poisons are consequently carried intothe blood-stream with disasterous effects. A thoroughknowledge of proper procedure is, therefore, absolutelynecessary before anyone should attempt to undertake acure. After having suffered for years through lack ofthis knowledge, Prof. Ehret successfully solved the pro-blem and evolved a scientifically correct system, knownas THE MUCUSLESS DIET HEALING SYSTEM.

The object of this booklet is to give a comprehensivestatement of the deeper causes of constipation and howit can be DEFINITELY cured and not MERELY RE-LIEVED.

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The Definite Cure ofChronic Constipation

BY PROF. ARNOLD EHRET

The Internal Uncleanliness of ManChronic constipation is the worst and most common

crime against life and mankinda crime unconsciouslycommitted,and one whose full enormity is not yet fullyrealized. It stands accused of being one of the principalcausative factors of all physical and mental diseases. Iknow as a fact, from my practical experience withthousands of chronically diseased, that the life of man,and the extent of his mental and spiritual capabilities arelargely influenced by the condition of the alimentarytract. It is certainly very important that the brain andnerves of man are supplied with pure blood, and are notdependent on blood, polluted with impurities, arisingfrom an unclean alimentary canal. "Unclean" is toomild a word, when we are dealing with the worst kind ofa filthy condition.

It is a fact that man, the product of the present"civilized" society of this much vaunted "advanced"twentieth century. is born unhealthy, because hismother, during pregnancy, is almost invariably suffer-ing from constipation. And I say further, that while inthis state, she usually eats two to three times as much asis necessary. This causes the so-called normal, more orless healthy man, to be somewhat encumbered frominfancy. And to a much greater extent, is theconstipated onewho is loaded with such a mass ofinternal filth, that it can only be called "indescribable."

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His alimentary tract, reaching up from the mouth of theanus to his throat, is filled with a morbid mucusundi-gested, decayed and retained food-substances, all ofwhich are in a state of fermentation and putrefaction.His intestines have never had a perfect cleansing duringhis entire life. At the conclusion of each discharge, theanus must be artificially cleansed, which shows that theinternal walls of the intestines must also retain, aftereach passage, quantities of this same filth.

A physician of Berlin, whose life work was theperforming of autopsies, stated that 60 per cent of allthe corpses contained in the alimentary canal variousforeign matterworms and putrefied fecesand hefurther stated that in nearly all cases the walls of theintestines and colon were lined with a crust of hardenedfeces, making it evident that these organs haddegenerated to a state of utter inefficiency. ProgressiveAmerican physicians are rapidly awakening to the factthat retained fecal matter is one of the chief causes ofdisease. Autopsies are constantly revealing indescri-bable filthy astounding conditions. One physicianpublishes the following:

"I have found a prototype of the cause of all diseasesof the human body, the foundation of premature oldage and death. Surprising as it may seem, out of twohundred and eighty-four cases of autopsy held, buttwenty-eight colons were found to be free fromhardened feces and in a normal and healthy state. Theothers, as described above, were to a more or less extentincrusted with hardened, rotten, rejected food material.Many were distended to twice their natural sizethroughout their whole length with a small hole throughthe center and almost universally these last cases

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mentioned had regular bowel evacuations daily. Someof them contained large worms from four to six inchesin length.

"My experience from day to day developed startlingdiscoveries in the form of worms and nests of eggs, thatwe daily get from patients, accompanied by blood andpus. As I stood looking at the colon and reservoir ofdeath, I expressed myself in wonder that any one canlive a week, much less for years, with such a cesspool ofdeath and contagion always with him. The absorptionof the deadly poison back into the circulation cannothelp but cause all the contagious diseases. The recenttreatment of hemorrhage of the bowels in typhoid feverhas shown it to be caused by maggots and worms eatinginto the sensitive membrane and tapping a vein orartery. In fact, my experience during the past ten yearshas proven, by the rapid recovery of all diseases afterthe colon was cleansed, that in the colon itself lies thebasic cause of almost all human ailments."

That this revolting and indescribable condition arisesfrom the almost universal ignorance of right selection offood, reveals why the "Mucusless Diet Healing System"is such an important discovery and development for theregeneration of mankind.

On the outside, the man of today is carefullygroomed, perhaps unnecessarily and over carefullyclean; while inside he is dirtier than the dirtiestanimalwhose anus is as clean as its mouth, providedsaid animal has not been "domesticated" by "civilized"man.

Long ago Naturopathy proved, that in every diseasethere is a constitutional encumbrance of foreign matter,

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a clogging-up of the system. That statement of fact isnot sufficiently explicit. The encumbering matters,substances which would become dangerous if they wereforeign to the body, and of no use to the system, consistof masses df accumulated feces, undigested food,morbid mucus, and retained superfluous water, all in astate of fermentation and decomposition. Truly,chronically constipated man constantly carries in hisintestines a veritable cesspool, by which the bloodstream is continually polluted and poisoned, a factwhich only a skilled observer can at once detect by facialdiagnosis. Official medical science and the inexpertlayman do not suspect "constipation" when theindividual consumes from three to five meals a day,while he is having one so-called, good bowel movement.Man imagines that his "comfortable fatted" body is asign of health; at the same time he is as much in fear of acold wind and "germs" as he is of the devil. When sucha "well-fed" man who is usually constipated, takes afast or is put on a "mucus-less diet"as I have advisedhundreds as their last resorthe will discharge massesof putrescent filth, fetid urine loaded with mucus, salt,uric acid, fat, drugs, albumen and pus, according to hisdisease.

The most surprising effect of these treatments is theimmense quantity of the discharged feces and the fetidexhalation from both the mouth and skin. But the mostimportant "discharge" is the elimination through thecirculation into the urine. The urine of everybody willthen show a sediment of mucus as soon as he fasts alittle or reduces the quantity of his food, or makes achange toward natural, mucusless foods. Doctors call it"disease" and it is in fact a self-cleansing process of thebody.

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This self-elimination through the circulation is thebody's most wonderful healing work of every disease.To control this process by food and food quantities isthe only true, natural and most perfect therapeutic artof healing and is in no other "treatment" sosuccessfully accomplished as in the "Mucusless DietHealing System."

This eliminationespecially that of the sick manafter a long period of misery, suffering and unsuccessfulmedical treatmentis man's "greatest event." He nowrealizes what he had never thought ofand what only afew physicians in the world have ever understood as Idid, through thousands of cases-7that mostly allcivilized men are walking, living cesspools, due tochronic constipation.

All his former unsuccessful treatments now appear tohim in a tragic-comical light. He now knows exactlywhere the source of his suffering is to be found, nomatter what the name of the disease may be. He nowunderstands that he was wrongly and ignorantly treatedby the doctors who "suppressed the disease," withouteliminating the filth, which was retained in his entiresystem, especially in his alimentary canal, sincechildhood, and which condition constituted theprincipal causative factor of the disease.

The Effect of LaxativesI believe that neither physicians nor laymen really

know or understand how and why the body performsthe laxative effect of these different remedies. Officialmedical science knows very little about the "why" ofthe drugs. Their application is based upon theexperience only that each one has "a special effect."

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All laxatives contain more or less poisons, that is,to enter the circulation in a concentrated form. Theprotective instinct of the body reacts instantly by agreater water supply into the stomach from the blood inorder to dissolve and weaken the dangerous substance;the intestines are stimulated for increased andquickened activity, and so the "solution" is discharged,only taking parts of the feces along. This is thephysiological explanation, and you can see that theeffect is an abnormal stimulation of vitality in general,and of the intestinal nerves in particular. It is an opensecret that all laxatives finally fail, because theconstantly overloaded intestines are being over-stimu-lated by the laxatives and thereby slowly paralyzed. Tocontinually increase the laxatives year after year, insteadof changing the diet, means SUICIDEslow, but sure.

The Real and Deeper Causeof Constipation

Constipation itself is a disease, and a really "severe"one, at that, because in severe cases it burdens thesystem with a heavy load of filth, sometimes weighing asmuch as ten pounds or more. Disease as such is anabnormal, unnatural condition; even "orthodox"physicians agree on that. We should expire slowly andpainlessly, when vitality is exhausted, had we not livedwith disease and suffering. That cases of "naturaldeath" are becoming more infrequent nowadays isfurther proof of the depths we have sunken into in the"swamps of civilization."

Constipationthis most common diseasehas not


decreased or improved in spite of thousands of remediesfor sale on the market, and in spite of so-called medicalscience; simply, because the "diet of civilizatIon" isunnatural. The human intestines are not organized at allfor this unnatural food to either digest it perfectly, or toexpel the unused residue.

Very little is known about foods that are constipating,and those of the opposite kind. What I wrote andproved in my book, "Rational Fasting and Regener-ation Diet," regarding the fundamental causativefactors of all diseases, constitutes the deepest insightknown into the nature of chronic constipation.

Don't you know that bookbinder's paste is made offine white flour, rice or potatoes? That glue is madefrom flesh, gristle and bones? Don't you know howsticky these substances are? Don't you know thatskimmed milk, buttermilk and cream are the bestingredients to furnish sticky base for colors forpainting? That the white of eggs will stick paper orcloths so perfectly that it resists dissolution in water?Every housewife and cook knows how oils and fats stickto the sides of a pan. At least 90 per cent of the "diet ofcivilization" contains these sticky foods and man stuffshimself daily with awful mixtures of them. Thus thedigestive tract is not only clogged up throughconstipation, but literally glued together with stickymucus and feces.

Herewith the "mystery" of chronic constipation isunveiled and the story told of the fundamental causativefactor of all diseases. Disease is but internal uncleanli-nessthis simply states a true but woeful fact. Fruits,green leaf and starchless vegetables do not contain thesepasty, gluey mucus substances and are natural


foodsyet little credit has been given them by doctorsor laymen. I will lift the veil and show why they fail tounderstand. Fruit acids and mineral-rich vegetablejuices dissolve the pasty mucus encumbrances. Fruitsugar causes and develops their fermentation and formsgases. This so greatly feared fermentation of the insidefilth is another necessary stirring up "process" toprepare them for elimination. Acid and fermentedstarch and glue lose their sticky ability as soon as theyferment. If an average meat eater or a child fed mostlyon starchy foods accidentally eats too freely of good,sweet fruits, a "revolution" in the alimentary canal,with diarrhea usually sets in, and fever is causedthrough the increased fermentation.In severe cases, if a doctor stops the diarrhea and

feeds, as is usually the procedure, the patient dies,because Nature was kept from accomplishing thecleansing process. The partly dissolved poisons remainin the system, causing death.

The patient literally suffocates in his own mire offilth, accumulated during his life from wrong foodmaterial and over-eating. If he does not die, his caseordinarily becomes chronic, which means: Nature iscontinually trying to expel poisonous mucus and gases,in spite of all obstructions and counteracting remedies.The constipation merely aggravates the process. Insteadof eating less, and then only loosening foods, thechronic patient stuffs himself more and more withwrong foods, becomes fatter every day and even takespleasure in his increased weight. In fact, thisover-weight, called health by the misguided ones, ismostly accumulated feceswaterand various kinds offilth. In most cases of tuberculosis, these conditions are


typical. Five to six meals a day and one bowelmovement or even lessno wonder he takes on weight,looks "full of vigor"but can never be cured,

Nourishing and Curing LaxativesNo advance physician will deny the relation between

any disease and constipation. But today people are faraway from Nature and the truth, and they are kept moreand more in darknesswhen taken sick they do just theopposite of what they should do. The slightestindisposition, a little headache or cold, which is theresult of insufficient bowel movement, is treated withmore, and so-called better eatingin spite of adecreased appetite. This is the main reason whyInfluenza, the "flu," became a fatal disease. Formerly"flu" was as easy to cure as the harmless "Grippe"aself-cleansing process of the body, mostly prevalent inspringtime. Knowing nothing of "scientific medicine,"germs, etc., the patient instinctively followed his lack ofappetite, took a mild laxative and very rapidlyrecovered; usually he felt much better after than beforethe "healing" disease. Today, he is falsely taught that agerm is responsibleand not his dangerous unhygienichabits. He eats too much, which is against the law ofNature, instead of fasting the way every ailing animalcures itself. But the amount of internal impurities andauto-toxins of man exceed those of any diseased animal.A long fast, therefore, would kill the majority of sickmen; however, they would not die by starvation, butwould become suffocated from their own poisonousfilth. As an authority in fasting I know full well the

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reason why a fast is so feared by most people, and that ithas been misapplied by laymen. It is a crime to advise aconstipated patient to fast until his tongue is clean,before removing the "deposits of poisons" from hisintestines. I could only succeed in curing very old, severecases of chronic constipation by relatively long fasts.Man, in regard to health, is more degenerated than anykind of animal. He lost his reason, so to say, aboutmatters of which he thinks the animal has none at all.Yet! his intelligence places him far above the animal andenables him to assist Nature to overcome obstructionsand difficulties that could become dangerous. That isthe philosophical sense of the Art of Naturopathy.

Therefore, if you want to cure chronic constipationperfectly and without any harm, you must change yourdiet, and instead of using foods which produce diseaseand constipation, eat really nourishing foods whichloosen up, dissolve and cure. But people are ignorantregarding this truth just as they are about fasting, andthey try to do things without previous experience orknowledge, and failure is ususally the result. What I call"Mucusless Diet" consists of fresh, ripe fruits andstarchless vegetables, for they are the ideal foods, andthe fundamental remedies for all diseases. Of course,the application must be intelligently advised by apractitioner graduated from my school of the MucuslessDiet Healing System, or a personal knowledge can bereceived through the study of my book, the "MucuslessDiet Healing System."

It is an "eating-your-way-to-health" treatment, andconsequently the most reasonable method of curing,because wrong eating is the causative factor in alldiseases.

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These mucusless, nourishing and "laxative," that isdissolving foods, form new blood; the best blood thathas ever run through your veinsand at once start theso-called constitutional cure of the body. The circula-tion of the new blood, permeating every part of thesystem, dissolves and eliminates the morbid mucus,which is clogging up the entire human organism; itespecially loosens the deep-seated impurities in theintestines and renovates the whole system. This, then isthe great enlightening factwhy constipation not onlycan be perfectly cured, but why the "Mucusless Diet"cures when all other treatments have failed.

In severe cases of chronic constipation it is advisablein the beginning, to use as a help, a harmless laxative, toremove the solid obstructions of feces in the intestines;in other words, to eject the worst filth out of aclogged-up pipe system. Enemas consisting of clear,warm water are also a good help in the beginning.

Among numerous laxatives on the market those ofbotanical origin are the least harmful. After many yearsof experience, I have prepared a "special mixture" ofthis kind. It has the advantage of removing the old,solid feces, obstructions and mucus, from the intestines,without causing the usual diarrhea and constipation asan after effect. It is to be used in the beginning only, asan aid, and will not have to be used continually. As soonas the intestines are cleansed from the retained massesof feces and other obstructions and the mucusless ormucus-lean diet is taken up, you will realize the truth ofthe previously stated facts. You will then perceive withboth your eyes and with your nose that I have notexaggerated. And you will become convinced that thestate of obstruction was not only localized in your


intestines, but that all passages of your entire systemwere obstructed and constipated with mucus, from yourhead to your toes.

You wilt then experience the formerly unbelievablefactthat any kind of diseaseeven those consideredincurable by all doctorsunder my treatment soonbegin to improve and are finally cured, if a cure is at allpossible, simply because the source of poisoning of thesystemthe chronic constipationis eliminated. Thenthe new blood, derived from natural food, circulates"unpoisoned" through the entire system and dissolvesand eliminates every local symptom, even in the mostdeep-seated cases; and it removes the impurities of theentire system, which were mainly supplied from thedeposits of poisons and morbid mucus in the intestines,which condition is called Chronic Constipation.

Conclusion"Life is a tragedy of nutrition" is a statement I made

many years ago. Everyone knows we dig our graves withour teeth, but the saddest of all is the present-daysuperstition of 99 per cent of the peoplethe mosthighly educated and the ignorantthe healthy as well assickthe rich and the poorthat we must eat moreconcentrated food when weak or sick. Concentratedfood, high protein and starchy foods are the mostconstipating which, as shown in this booklet, accumu-late in the form of waste in the alimentary canal. Theso-called "good stool" daily is in reality constipationand you may now see that constipation is the mainsource of every disease and that the average personsuffering from constipation can only be healed perfectly


by a diet, free from STICKYGLUEYPASTYproperties and that is a MUCUSLESS DIET.

You may improve your elimination temporarilythrough laxative remediesspecial physical exer-cisesvibration, massages and various other methods,but you cannot clean out the old obstructions from thealimentary canal and regenerate and cleanse the wholesystem as long as you eat the same mucus andtoxic-forming foods which have caused and continuecausing your constipation and all other ailments of thehuman body.


Overcoming ConstipationNaturally

By DR. BENEDICT LUST

Neither time nor money has been spared by the besttalents known to the Medical profession in an attemptto unravel the mystery of constipation, its causes andcure. No drug has as yet been compounded capable ofpermanently overcoming intestinal stasis. The problemof constipation remains a "problem" after thousandsof years!

Arnold Ehret in his book "Mucusless Diet HealingSystem" describes it "Constipation results from acongestion of the capillary circulation brought aboutthrough excessive mucus and impurities (foreign wastematter) clogging up the blood stream and tissue system,to the extent that circulation is impeded causinginability to discharge the natural flow of fecal matternormally." In other words, loss of proper peristalticmovement of the intestines causes failure of the bowelsto evacuate the un-wanted waste fecal matter normally.

It would almost appear repetitive to further describejust what constipation isor how in so many differentways it can harmfully affect the human body, but onlythrough constant reiteration will full enlightenmentbring the necessary knowledge of this most importantsubject. The various painful afflictions resulting fromconstipation have been given many "scientific names"descriptive of the actual organ or particular part of thebody affected. Constipation is a blocking-up of thehuman "sewerage system" and makes of man a"walking cesspool!" Can you think of anything morerepulsive than forced retention within the body of


putrid, decaying, germ-laden "sewerage?" Would youwillingly reside beside an open cesspool? Most certainlyNOT! And yet this is exactly what the constipatedindividual is doing. We use perfumed soaps tocounteract body odors and resort to a "mouth-wash" to"kill" bad breath. Just so long as the type of food youeats starts decaying and putrefying if allowed to remainimpacted between the teeth, then "Brush your teethafter every meal" is a must. It seems unbelievable thatwe persist in eating these very foods in the unmistakablyfalse belief that they are essential to life! What furtherproof is needed that they are the direct cause of ourailments!

Within this wonderful body of ours is contained anatural, miraculous ability to overcome intestinalsluggishness and the many other various ailments towhich man is prey. All that is necessary on your part isto provide the proper kind of food Nature demands torestore normal bowel activity. The method of correctionis extremely simple, but neglect through ignorance orotherwise, to heed Nature's warning will eventuallyresult in a complete "breakdown." There can be nocompromise; you have violated Nature's laws and a pleaof "innocent" is unacceptable; you must now pay thepenalty. Either prompt removal of all "surplusgarbage" or else! The bowels are overloaded, and this"blockage" cannot be tolerated. The necessary vitalityneeded to carry on, is lacking.

A complete cessation of the causes is the only possiblehope. Stimulating bowel action through use of violentpurgatives is equal to attempting to spur on an alreadyexhausted horse to further effort! Only throughcomplete cooperation can you hope for a "pardon."

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What a surprising "relief" results in your physicalcondition through following this rational health regime.The One-ness of Disease

There is only one disease, although its manifestationsare various, and there is but one cause, and that isretention of waste matters.

Presumably you are in earnest and desire to attainvirile, vital, normal good healthotherwise youwould not be reading this article. Good health requiresdedication of purpose and unwavering observance of allHealth rules. "Wishful thinking" must be replaced with"Positive thinking;" half-way measures bring onlyhalf-way results. Is gluttony your supreme source ofpleasure in life, and if so, are you willing to exchange itfor other more worth-while enjoyments? Your acquired"taste-buds" will soon be replaced with natural desiresand you will soon find yourself enjoying pleasure ineating as formerly. Social activities might change butnew friends will be found to take the place of those whomight misunderstand. Your desire to remain young,energetic and vivaciously healthy must prevail. Whenthis takes place vital forces are restored to a normalbalance and mental and physical alertness returns.Every mouthful of food is delicious to the taste, and lifetakes on an entirely new meaning of joyful activity.Physical Exercises

Strengthening your flaccid abdominal muscles is mostimportant since proper bowel function requires strongabdominal muscular ability. Use of the "slantingboard" is particularly helpful in building abdominalmuscular strength without overtaxing your strength. Lieflat on your back and with hands clasped behind thehead try and bring the body to a sitting position. Youmay at first find it necessary to have your legs and feet

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held down until the abdominal muscles becomestronger. Walking is one of the very best exercises and adaily walk of not less than fifteen minutes shouldbecome a MUST. Walking opens up new avenues ofblood circulation in dormant areas. You can easilycombine breathing exercises with walking. Inhalesharply through the nose on four countsthen hold thebreath four counts; now exhale completely for fourcounts, and again hold the breath four countsthenstart all over again. Use pure sparkling water ifavailableotherwise distilled water with the addition ofa few drops of fresh lemon juice to replace the lostminerals caused by distillation; drink as much as youdesire between mealsbut no liquids with meals. Wateris an excellent laxative! We must learn how to restorelost health in order to retain good health indefinitely.White Blood-Corpuscle and Anemic Paleness

Man today is pathologically sick. The anemicpaleness and pallid white skin are visual indications thatall is not well! Health authorities agree that seriousrecognition must be given the matter of complete andthorough bowel elimination. Ehret states in his book the"Mucusless Diet Healing System""Over-eating ofstarchy foods such as wheat and grain products, breads,cakes, pastries and pies, and the dairy products: butter,cheese, eggs and pasteurized milk, (acid forming foods)tend to produce an excess of white blood corpuscles,mucus and similar waste encumbrances, all of which,directly and indirectly contribute to chronic constipa-tion. To restore a ruddy natural skin color with itsvibrant healthy glow, the "red corpuscles" mustpredominate.

How often have you delayed answering Nature's firstcall because you were "too busy," or the time was

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"inopportune," and many other reasons? "House-broke" pets become constipated from this same"delaying habit." Don't fail to answer Nature's callimmediately upon the very first warning! Retention ordelay for too long a period can result in reabsorption ofthe semi-liquid poisonous wastes in the intestines,directly into the circulation through the blood stream;the remaining feces become dry, elimination is moredifficult and an impaction of the bowels results. Thesimple-headache, nervous tensions, muscular aches andpains, dizziness, lack of vitality and many of thecommon types of ailments, are directly traceable toconstipation. Cellular degeneration causing seriousailments eventually follow, and unless we can re-estab-lish healthy natural bowel movements through athorough cleansing, disease becomes rampant. Here in anutshell, lies the secret of disease.

With a clogged bowel system, illness is bound to bepresent. Despite the repeated assurance that "aspirintype" remedies are harmless, we are bluntly informedby the manufacturer that "relief" is "temporary" atbest. Yes, indeed, it will require a lot of COURAGE,PATIENCE, PERSEVERANCE, AND FAITH onyour partbefore the elusive Fountain of Youth isattained.

The ancient Greeks made a practice of "sleeping off"all types of illness. Their hospitals were known as"Temples of Sleep" and the patient was kept sleepingduring the entire convalescent period. Actually whattook place was that the body was receiving the "fastingcure" and all of the digestive organs enjoyed a muchneeded rest. Our hard working kidneys, liver, stomach,in fact the entire intestinal tract require this occasionalrest just as do the involuntary muscles of the body.


Under normal conditions Nature takes care of this "restperiod" during a sound undisturbed sieep. Goingwithout food for a few days provides the physiologicalrest required by the digestive organs. Here's an easyexperiment well worth trying. Upon arising drink a fullglass of hot water to which a teaspoonful of honey andthe juice of one-half fresh lemon has been added. Foryour noon meal the next three or four days eat only anapple with dried figs. Nothing else! The evening mealmay consist of a green leaf salad to which grated carrotsand sliced celery has been added. Such a series of shortfasts of 2 or 3 days each, if followed over a period oftwo or three months, will prove most beneficial. Yoursleep will be restful, you will awaken in the morningwith zest; more vitality will be noted and your mentalattitude toward the rest of the world might evenimprove. Eliminating "waste materials" is just asessential as sufficient food intake. Retention of wasteaffects the system through re-absorption and deleteriousharm results.The Habit of Over-Eating

Overcoming a life long habit of "over-eating" is adifficult problem for the habitually constipated; "Habitis the motivating desire to eat rather than "normalhunger." An average "good eater" often consumes fivetimes more food than necessary. Valuable energy isneedlessly wasted digesting the surplus food whichremains in the intestines in an undigested masss ofdecaying, decomposing "garbage." Natures method ofsaving the individual's life from self-poisoning is tostore this surplus waste in the tissue system awaiting amore opportune time. These poisonous wastes arere-absorbed over again, polluting the blood stream. Thesource of supply of these disease-breeding wastes must

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be stopped. Every effort to remedy the condition mustbe initiated, aiding nature to cleanse the tissues and helpbring about a normal healthy condition of regularity.

The use of chemical fertilizers and poisonous sprayshave come into popularity because of their ability toincrease crop yield. But sad to sayit has been proventhat fruits and vegetables grown in chemically treatedsoil lack the proper vital mineral content and they canalso create an additional health hazard. Be as selectiveas possible when buying your vegetables at the"super-marts" and when possible select those grown inorganically treated soils. Many modern Health FoodStores now supply organically grown fruits andvegetables that meet these requirements.Who Are the Constipated?

"Constipation is one of the most frequent conditionsthat the physician is called upon to treat, yet there isprobably no other common disorder which is so oftenand so badly managed," observed Dr. H. L. Cockus,M.D. in "Gastroenterology" Vol. Il. Dr. JeromeMarks, M.D. writes in "Dietetics for the Clinician,""Constipation exists when an individual does notspontaneously evacuate the bowel at least once intwenty-four hours." This condition also called "Intes-tional sluggishness" is the result of wrong livingaccording to Dr. Robert 0. Jackson, M.D. and we findin his book, "How to be Always Well," "The bacteriaof putrefaction multiply with numerous rapidity. Theynot only produce poisons that pass into the blood andburden the organs of elimination, but they locallyirritate and could set up an inflammatory state in thelining of the bowel, known to the physician as colitis."

A gradual process of elimination depending entirely

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on the individual's physical condition is the properprocedure. Avoid trying to "rush" Nature for it maybecome dangerous to stir-up the "poisonous wastes"too rapidly!

We are not attempting to predict the end ofcivilization in claiming that if man is to survivehemust soon make a decision between returning to naturalfoods or continuing on today's accepted diet ofdemineralized and devitalized "foodlessfoods;" withits certainty of sickness, painful ailments and ashortened life. All you need do is read the labels on anyfood package! The manufacturer adds certain preserva-tives to make his food-product a good "shelf-item,"i.e., one with good keeping qualities. Artificial coloringand aritificial sweetening makes the item moreappetizing and the chemical additives are used forvarious purposes many of which are trade secrets knownonly to the manufacturer. Through a recent discovery achemical spray has been perfected making it possible tokeep vegetables, such as lettuce and other greens, ascrisp and freshfor weeksas when first harvested!The time is rapidly approaching if our presentcivilization is to survive when we must take action. Weowe it to the unborn generation who will follow us. Thepoisonous chemicals used for "crop-dusting" and forspraying trees have succeeded in not only destroying theunfriendly insects but friendly ones as well. Our "goodearth" contains many friendly earthworms and bac-teria, intended by Nature to fertilize and purify the soil,and they have become innocent victims of chemicalpoisoning! We are rapidly reaching the point where thesoil can no longer supply the fruits and vegetables withthe necessary minerals and vitamins required for our

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existence. How much longer can life continue. Orperhaps, a better question would be"How muchlonger will we allow this to contintie?"

Many books on this subject have been writtensounding their note of warning, and are readilyavailable at any public library, but they go practicallyunheeded. Is it too much to hope that sooner or laterthrough increased experience our health authorities willaccept this knowledge which is the only salvation formore abundant healthful life?Physical Suffering and Mental Unrest

More illness, nervous breakdowns and suffering frommental unrest has been caused through eating wrongfoods than through any other source. It is fairly safe tosay that the average person eats what he likes, when helikes, and as much as he likes without giving too muchconsideration to what the end results might be. So insearching for the probable cause of physical or mentalbreakdown, even in individuals who have lived more orless faultless lives "dietetically speaking " we still findfood to be the chief offender! It is of course essentialthat the individual recognize this fact and is selfconvinced, and willingly corrects his or her dieteticshort-comings. While stressing the importance of food,we must not overlook other important factors such asthe need of a happy mental attitude, nor sufficientsleep, nor healthy working habits. Sickness is much lesslikely to obtain a foothold when all of these facts aregiven their due consideration. Modern food preserva-tives and chemical additives were unknown whenGrandma was a child and "gout" was a sign of wealth.It is unreasonable to assume that we prepare our mealsof today just as mankind has existed on for thousands

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of years past. Our forefathers' foods were muchsimpler. The present day art of food preparation is arecent discovery. The Bible mentions the longevity ofbiblical charactersbut with the coming of moredensely populated towns, disease became rampant.They learned the "hard way" the lesson that"Cleanliness is next to Godliness." After the Europeanand middle-east plagues that threatened to destroy allmankind, the very streets were scrubbed immaculatelyclean. Modem sanitation, filtered water, sanitaryplumbing and public sewerage systems are presently amust in Western civilization,but we still fail torecognize the essential necessity of "internal cleanli-ness" for man himself, and the average individualcarries around as much as ten pounds of uneliminatedfecal matter in his body, falsely considering this extrapoundage as being "healthy." Our Government Food &Drug authorities are graduates of the same colleges asthe Scientists in the employ of the large commercialchemical concerns who through Research and Develop-ment in their respective laboratories concoct thechemical food additives. The Government maintains atconsiderable public expense, large testing laboratoriesof their own. Admittedly acknowledging that artificialcoloring, chemically produced sweetening and similarfood additives known to be harmful in large dosage,and have been proven to produce many ailments, arepermissible' 'acceptable" because only small portionsare used in the food product and are thereforesupposedly harmless.

We have more than sufficient and ample proof of theconstipating effects of man-made "foodless-foods" yethardly a day goes by but some highly-ranked Scientistissues a startling announcement of having perfected a

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"patented" chemical concoction capable of supplyingas much food concentrate as required to feed the entirepresent population of the world at practically no costwhat-so-ever! While possibly on the same date, anotherequally well known Scientist warns that over 50% of the"under-privileged" in the United States are dying from"mal-nutrition!" If only they could get together! Theindividual can no longer find proper nourishment in thefoods they must now accept. Our insistence in urgingthe discontinuance of poisonous sprays and chemicalfertilizers is categorically in the interest of foodpreservation. Try and imagine, if you can, thetremendous quantity of poisonous pollutants,millionsof tons of poison-dusts released daily by planes,automobiles, motor trucks, oil refineries, steel mills andfactories belching forth waste gases and poisons into theair we are forced to breathe. The health of everyindividual, man, woman and child is threatened. Everyliving creature, both on land and seayes every livingplant; all are faced with eventual extinction, unless thismost serious situation is correctedand soon. Scientistsreport that in making an analysis of the purest snowknown to mantaken at the extreme point of the SouthPole, it contained traces of "atomic fall-out."Contamination of our Water and Air must not betolerated at any cost. What percentage of the causes ofconstipation can be blamed on the chlorine and otherchemicals now being added to the water supplies of alllarge metropolitan areas? And the Dental professionhas joined the ranks favoring compulsory "fluorida-tion" of our drinking water on the basis of "fewercavities" for the children. These chemicals are sodestructive that they require "special containers" since

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chlorine can eat through a steel tank.Mental Unrest

Constipation when caused through "over-eating"and improper food preparations is a prime contributorto the condition known as "mental unrest" and"nervous breakdowns." Our Health authorities areaware of these facts and recognize that the humannervous system is poisoned by impurities from the wasteproducts of constipation which enter the blood stream.Nature has provided many "safety devices" to insurethat only the "purest" blood feeds the brain cellsbutoften Nature is unable to cope with the situation.Impurities in the blood supply to the brain, makesnormal functioning of that most important organinefficient and befuddled. Prof. Ehret in his writingstells of many mental cases that came under hisobservation. Most of them responded favorably tofasting and proper diet. The "mental" patient in amajority of cases, has eaten foods especially rich inprotein for many years previous to his "break-down."With the total discontinuance of protein foods such asmeat, eggs, milk and cheese excellent results wereobtained. Even some mental cases caused throughphysical injuries or sudden shockuncontrollable griefor severe frighthave been known to respond to afruitarian and starch-free diet.Medical Examinations

The value of medical examinations is not to beunder-estimatedbut in a majority of cases, results andnot cause is given most consideration by the examiningphysician. Nature has provided a self-diagnosis whichEhret named the "Magic Mirror." Expensive labora-tory equipment is unnecessary to safely diagnose your

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latent disease. The coated tongue, foul breath, cloudedurine, putrid fecal matter, puffiness under the eyes,excessive release of phlegm (mucus) through the noseand expectoration; swollen ankles, offensive odors fromboth underarms and feet, inflamed eyes,to mentionbut a few, are visible signs that herald in advance yourfailing physical condition. Perhaps you are one of thethousands of well-meaning individuals, who havedutifully undergone a series of physical tests, spent yourgood time and money for a "complete physical," andupon receiving the Doctor's report and being told that acorrective diet was essentially necessary; you "attempt-ed"although rather feebly, to do your part and followthe Doctor's good advice;but through lack of "willpower" "faulty" eating habits were resumed and youwere soon back; "enjoying poor health." Very often,unfortunately, full realization comes too late. Hope-fully you still have time, for "where there is life there ishope." But Nature must be given the opportunity andyou must cooperate.Longevity Obtainable

Man has undoubtedly shortened his normal span oflife through excessive food intake and improper livinghabits. Modern sanitation corrected the past scourges ofpestilencesTyphoid, Cholera, Bubonic plague, Yellowfever and Scarlet fever. Hundreds of thousands of liveswere lost and entire cities wiped out yet man permits thecontamination of his precious life-giving "bloodstream" to continue unheeded. Medical practitionersnow accept the possibility of man's life-expectancyincreasing to as much as 200 years. While their claimsare based primarily on the efficacy of modern surgery,transplantation of vital organs, the willingness on their

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part to admit that the human machine is capable ofcontinuing for this added length of time is quite aconcession. Naturopathic practitioners on the otherhand based longevity through a return to simplicity inour eating habitsespecially the avoidance of over-eating. All doctors agree that the majority over-eat asmuch as five times more food than the body requires.Based on this presumption, we use five times more"vitality" than we normally should, in disposing offood surplus. The Hunza people are a living example ofwhat "simple" natural living will do for longevity.Women who have reached the age of 150 years givebirth to children sired by husbands the same age andeven older.

One suggested method of reducing food comsump-tion is to follow a non-breakfast plan. We have healthadvocates recommending the first meal at 10:00 a.m.and the next at 4:30 or 5:00 p.m. Prof. Ehret,a'two-meal per day' advocate, suggested the first meal benoon-day and the evening meal at six p.m. Here is theplan ; upon arising, a full glass of hot water to which ateaspoon of honey and the juice of half a lemon hasbeen added. This helps cleanse the alimentary canal.Many ardent health disciples prefer a "one-meal-a-dayplan" eaten at about 4:30 p.m.; it practically means adaily fast. No foods are taken, although pure water or(cult juice is permissible. Whatever plan you follow, youwill notice that the reduction in quantity of food-intakewill bring about a gradual improvement in your healthand constipation disappears. The sufferer from chronicconstipation must seek permanent relief through hischoice of foods from the vegetable kingdom, fruits andgreen leaf starchless vegetables, since he has no other

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alternative. All vegetables are rich in valuable mineralcontent, iron, calcium, sodium, magnesium, carbohy-drates, vitamins and especially, Vitamins - A, B and C.Fresh fruits and starchless vegetables are alkaline or"mucusless" whereas grains and cereals are "acidforming" and definitely "mucus-forming." Dairyproducts come under the classification of "acid-form-ing." When preparing edible "starchy" vegetables it issuggested that they be thoroughly baked, making themmore easily digested. Cole-slaw is prepared by slicingthe cabbage finely, then adding lemon juice, a little oliveoil (cabbage is often gas forming, and the lemon juicelessens this tendency), and chopped celery to the mix.You will find it to be tasty and an excellent "cleanser."Cooked spinach, beet tops and baked beets finelychopped, can be mixed by adding sliced onions andchopped celery braised in pure olive oil and baked aftermixing for another thirty minutes before serving, makesa most satisfying meal, which will also prove"laxative." You will find many similar Ehret's recipesin his book "Mucusless Diet Healing System."Basic Rules for a Disease Free Healthy Life

Constipation need no longer be a "mystery." Youhave now been informed of all the measures necessaryto overcome the most stubborn cases. Recognition ofinternal uncleanliness as disease producing should makeyou desirous of overcoming your constipation, and thefew following basic rules are submitted for furtherconsideration. Distress that frequently follows eating isunfortunately too well known. The pathological effectsare not thoroughly understood at present by the greatmajority.

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YOUR MEALS. Eat slowly and relish your food, forfood must be appetizing and thoroughly masticated inorder to digest properly. The first stage of digestiontakes place in the mouth; hence the necessity of tho-rough mastication. To avoid over-eating it is a good ruleto leave the table while still hungry. Avoid eating be-tween meals.

2)Avoid drinking any liquids with meals. Thisincludes water, tea, milk, coffee, fruit juices and evensoups. Wait at least fifteen minutes after drinkingbefore you start eating solid foods. And wait at least thesame length of time after eating solids before you drinkliquids. Liquids interfere with digestion of your foodwhen taken together.

3)Avoid all harsh condiments and spices. Thisincludes salt, pepper, mustard, catsup, vinegar, pickles,etc. They may stimulate jaded appetites but digestion isretarded.

4)Avoid using butter, margarine and most cookingoils. Use pure olive oil where necessary to preventsticking to baking dish. Starchy vegetables should beboiled until soft enough to insert fork easily, then bakedfor a least thirty minutes or until thoroughlydextrinized. You will find that the flavor has beenincreased through baking and the food becomes moreeasily digestible.

5)Avoid all denatured and over-processed foodssuch as white flour and ready to use cake mixes.Prepared frozen dinners should also be avoided.All nourishing content has been dissipated through theprocessor's use of food preservatives and chemicaladditives. A more nutritional meal would consist of asalad of fresh greens, cottage-cheese, tomatoes and one

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or two cooked vegetables. Or better still a fruit saladwith Yogurt or cottage-cheese. Dried figs, dates,apricots or raisins eaten with a few nuts and thoroughlymasticated furnish protein the body requires. Avoca-does have a high protein content and are rich inpoly-unsaturated fat.

6)Avoid constipating foods such as mashedpotatoes with gravy, hot buns, cakes and pastries andcereals of all kinds and dairy productseggs, milk,cheese and butter. They are constipating and form toxicwaste poisons in the body.

7)Avoid all desserts such as ice-creams, sherbets,etc. Frozen desserts "shock" the digestive apparatus,and have a high acid content. They rob the system ofvaluable Vitality. The liberal use of eggs and milk causeputrefaction in the digestive tract, normal functioning isimpeded and poisons which should have been elimin-ted are retained.

8)Since man is "creature of habit" it is wise to takeadvantage of this fact. Make it a daily "habit" to visitthe bathroom the very first thing in the morning orimmediately after eating. Allow yourself ample time;concentrate on elimination taking place. Be willing tospend fifteen or twenty minutes if necessaryduring theexperimental stage. It may require as long as twomonths before Nature accepts the suggestion. You mayuse a syringewarm, not hot water, when necessary,retaining the water at least ten minutes before rejecting.You will eventually be rewarded with permanentregularity, particularly if a corrective diet, properphysical exercises and deep breathing have beenfollowed.

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The Cleansing Diet

Constipation is a direct invitation to disease.Constipation causes a depletion in energy, and Prof.Ehret makes this clear in his book "Mucusless DietHealing System" in Lesson 5. Ebret's explanation ofhow vital energy becomes lost through excessive"obstruction" is understandable. "Weight is disease"he states, "and you will lose weight at first throughfollowing a natural food diet especially through use offruit juices recommended on the "cleansing diet"butthis 'weight' consisting of 'waste encumbrances' is thedirect cause of your illness and misery." There are manyexcellent, moderate priced juicing machines nowavailable for making vegetable juices, at home. Appleor prune juice can be purchased at all Super-markets.Fresh orange and grapefruit juice are easily made athome. Certain juices will be found more laxative thanothers, and are therefore preferable in the "cleansingdiet." Prune juice is always available and is an excellent"laxative" and fresh coconut juice can be mixed withfresh (not canned) carrot juice for a delicious tasty drinkwith laxative qualities. Both the fresh orange andgrapefruit juice have definite cleansing ability. Remain-ing on a fruit and vegetable juice diet for three to fivedays is not difficult, since there is no limitation to thequantity you may drink. Drink as much pure water asyou care to, and by adding a few drops of fresh lemonjuice to each glassful of distilled water the lost mineralsare replaced. This could be considered a Fast since nosolid foods are eaten. When completing the experimentmake sure that the first meal is a "laxative" one. Ehretrecommended sauer-kraut eaten with fresh celery stalks.Canned sauer-kraut can be usedby first draining off


the liquid; add water and bring to a boil, then add oneor two green pippin cooking apples, also a few driedprunes. Stew for a least an hour. It can be eaten eitherhot or cold. You should experience a bowel movementwithin three or four hours after eating. An evacuationbefore retiring, using an enema if found necessary, isimportant since poisons loosened during the juice fastshould be completely eliminated as soon as possible.May we suggest that you re-read Ehret's "MucuslessDiet" book wherein he tells what is taking place duringthe cleansing diet and just what to expect.

The average individual is unable to properly digest anordinary meat-meal without putrefaction occurring.Needless to say that poisonous putrefaction occurring inthe digestive tract may develop such ailments as: Brightsdisease, pernicious anemia, goiter, scurvy and eventuberculosis. There is little doubt that man's healthwould be greatly improved if meat is left off the diet.

The formation of our teeth and the length of ourintestines prove that man is not Omnivorous, yet hefollows the same omnivoral diet of the hog, and otheromnivorous animals. Will-power to resist the pervertedhabits to which we have become accustomed, and theadoption of frugivorous diet will bring about arecognizable regeneration in your physical and mentalwell being within a few short months.

Of course you know all about the harmful qualities of"cholesterol" and how our digestive organs find itimpossible to properly dispose of any superfluousquantity. Cholesterol not only clogs the lining of theintestinal tract but can affect many of the vital organs ofthe body and Cholesterol undoubtedly plays aconsiderable part in causing constipation. Every


housewife knows how grease and fats cling to thesidewalls of cooking utensils; especially pots and pansused in cooking meats. It is no easy matter to removethese fatty substances and a lot of scouring is required.Yet, without giving it serious thought the innocenthousewife feeds these harmful foods to her loved ones!Ample evidence exists proving the inability of thehuman digestive organs to digest or assimilate saturatedfats and greases. The mistaken fallacy that meats areneeded to supply necessary proteins to maintain anormal health balance, makes it almost "sacrilegious"to oppose this belief. However, many physiciansbravely admit that dairy products (milk, butter, cheeseand eggs), directly contribute to a large percentage ofheart-ailments because of their high cholesterol content.Prof. Arnold Ehret, considered all fatty foods as beingharmful and extremely constipating; clogging up theintestinal tract causing the entire system to becomeoverloaded with their toxic waste. As we grow older thebody's vital energy is depleted; through faulty diet,elimination is practically stopped; the digestive organsare immobilized and unable to function; toxic,putrefactive wastes are retained; nerve energy isdissipated; and we become seriously ill. Improved habitsof living, eating only non-constipating foods capable of"cleansing" the digestive tract, fresh fruits andstarchiess vegetables, become the proper procedure forregaining health. It is safe to say that 70% of the colonsof the average person are impactedsome exceptionallyso. "Grape sugar" is recognized as the energyproducing food element by many nutritionists and allfruits and starchiess vegetables are rich in this lifesustaining substance. The German chemist, Ragnar

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Berg in his book on "Food Chemistry," classifies allvegetables and fruits as alkaline calling them "acid-binding" and grains and cereals; wheat, barley, oats,rice and corn as "acid-forming." In almost everyinstance, Chemist Berg's "acid-binding" foods areidentical to those listed by Ehret as "Mucusless" andBerg's "acid-forming" foods correspond with Ehret's"Mucus forming" foods. Chemist Berg found suchdairy foods as eggs, butter, cheese and 'pasteurizedmilk' to be "acid-forming" and constipating. Doctorsrecognize them as harmful because of their high"cholesterol" content.Positive Healing Forces

We can only hope to attain the blessings of "PositiveHealing Forces" through following proven health rules.Natural foods, physical exercises, deep breathingPLUS a cheerful mental attitude. We human beings, incommon with all other animals possess the instinct ofself-preservation. An inborn fear of losing our lives isstrongly ingrained in our sub-conscious. I-low to avoidbecoming ill should be an automatic procedure.Unfortunately we no longer seem to possess this naturalability. When will our schools teach the essentialinformation regarding foods that are injurious to ourhealth and therefore to be avoided?

While we recognize proteins are essential in thehuman diet, we contend that Nature supplies sufficientproteins in natural fruits and vegetables and nuts tofulfill our needs. Many physicians acknowledge this factbut their voices are completely drowned out by thosewho still consider meats, fish and dairy products as amain source of protein. This conclusion may be tracedto the fact that animal proteins leave very little residue.


On the other side of the picturewe find that residuefrom fruits and vegetables is considerably more. This isjust as Nature would have it. The large bowel requires"bulk" before "mass action" or "evacuation" can takeplace. The residue from the meat, fish and dairyproducts, being insufficient to produce a bowel actionmust first putrefy and then be absorbed by thecirculation for eliminationwhile most of this poison-ous waste remains in the blood stream or is deposited inthe tissues. The 'bulk-residue' from fruits andvegetables is properly evacuated since the main functionof the large bowel is to rid the body of all wasteproducts. If this process is turned over to thecirculation, diseases which cause body-wasting andresulting weakness can be expected to occur. Physicsand purgatives cause constant irritation and over-stimu-lation through their use which ultimately proveinjurious. While "regularity" must be observed, to doso through means of a violent purgative is often worsethan the disease itself.

Foul breath, coated tongue, mental depressions, lossof appetite, dull listless feeling, headaches, ringing inthe ears, dizziness, skin-eruptions, indigestion, belch-ing, gas-bloat often accompanied by cramp-like pains,ulcers and many kindred ailments are all the result of along-standing constipation. Pimples, boils and otherskin injuries ar directly brought about throughNature's use of the skin as a secondary eliminativeorgan.Mana "Scavenger"

Tracing man's history back thousands of years wefind that he has long been a "scavenger" in his eatinghabits. He would voraciously stuff himself with the


The Large Bowel or Colon iUustra-ted on the rigist is classically correctin its anatomical position and scale.Considerable variation occurs in thenormal colon depending on the typeor individual.

Spastic ConafipotionPinching down of the Descending Colon

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ma Ideal Cabs

SPASTIC CUNSI1PATIONSpastic constipation presents a

history of flatulence and gripingpains in the lower andonien. Physi-cians have looked for this type inpatients with a highly nervous tens-peratsetst. The bowel muscles arepinched down and contraction wavesare too severe.


dead carcass of birds and animals that he had learned toslaughter even in his primitive stage. Not knowingwhere or when his next meal was coming from, hewould gorge himself on the food available. His life inParadise ended when he changed from his fruitarianexistence to meat-eating! He has turned his intestinaltract into a "burial place" for putrefying, decayinganimal foods. The recent innovation of chemical"retardants" used to prevent "spoilation" in preservedfoods, both bottled and canned, increase their"shelf-life." Even green vegetables are grown foracceptance in the market-place rather than for theirnutritional value, the search for greater financial profitssupersedes consideration of food values. We pasteurize,homogenize, dehydrate,. adulterate, emulsify anddevitalize our food with cheap fillers, coal tar dyes,chemical bleaches, "U.S. certified" artificial coloring..(whatever that might mean) and even "formaldehyde"which everyone knows as an embalming fluid. Ourleading manufacturers use "half truths" in theiradvertising, and very often even outright lies are told inadvertising many of today's leading food products. Weaccept these food substitutes as "pure, wholesomefood." Take time to read the label on the next loaf ofbread you buyor any of the bakery products for thatmatter. The Pure Food Laws require listing of allartificial ingredientsyet the use of "artificial flavors,""propyl paraben" and other chemicals used to retard"spoilation" is legal. The effect these "retardants"have on the delicate mucus membrane and the lining ofour intestinal tract has not as yet been divulgedbutyou may be sure that they play an important part in thecause of constipation. Next time you are shopping


pass up the. enticingly illustrated frozen T.V. dinnersand the patented "moist" cake recipes so easy toprepare. Stop cheating your body of the essential lifegiving foods. Every mouthful of fried, greasy food is amouthful too much. Failure to pay proper attention tothe desire for a bowel movement or to devote sufficienttime to it,leads first to a retarded movement and laterto constipation. Every individual living today is facedwith the possibility of suffering either mental ofphysical break-down or both, through some unex-pected, disabling, painful disease. These almost certainresults are directly attributable to present day living,surely not a pleasing outlook. Increasing evidence hasbeen found that habitual environmental distress,repressed anxiety, grief, envy, hate, fear, worry andfrustrations of all kinds cause constipation and oftenresult in physical break-down, through organic changes.

Foodless FoodsA great majority of the people residing in the United

States are raised on refined white flour products,refined and imitation sugars, artificial flavoring andcoloring extracts, all of which are unnatural foodstotally unacceptable to the human body. The discoverythrough illness in later life,that only natural foods areintended for the human body seems to come as a distinct"shock" and total acceptance is not an easy matter.Adapting natural living methods will bring worthwhileresults and this great boon of health and happiness iswithin your reach; grasp it firmly and hold tightly.Civilization, with all of its perverse habits has broughtabout the present decadence of mankind, provingconclusively the complete inability of the human body


toadjust to an artificial, sophisticated manner of living.Palliative measures are not the answerfor onlythrough living in harmony with Nature's teachings canthese destructive disorders be corrected. Fresh fruits andvegetables remain generally undesirable to the averageindividual, thru hidden fear of possible harmful results.The teachings of Arnold Ehret have brought about anunderstanding of why and how the very foods actually"cleansing" the blood stream were wrongly condemn-ed, tabooed and discontinued. Thru the teachings ofthis great benefactor of humanity, untold thousandsnow know the blessing of joyous "good health." Dr. J.H. Kellogg of Battle Creek fame wrote,' 'Our health ismade or unmade at the table. Your natural appetite willdemand the foods your body requires, and it will befound that the easiest way is to consume food in itsnatural state. Whenever we eat "wrong-foods' 'eventhough but once a monthour dormant diseased cellsgrasp the opportunity to resuscitate themselves and onlythrough total abstinence from these "wrong-foods" canyou expect to completely free yourself from illness."

Arnold Ehret's Mucusless Diet System teaches that"constipation is a clogging-up of the entire human'pipe-system.' Nature wisely stores the undigested, toxicwastes "temporarily" in the tissues, awaiting an earlyopportunity to dispose of these poisons. Sickness is suchan opportunity"acute disease" is Nature's attempt toelimin ate the stored-up "sewerage" and the "healingprocess" differs accordingly to the physical condition ofeach individual." Most emphaticallywe cannot affordto ignore constipation as a minor ailment. The verysecret of Vitality lies in the ability of the body toeliminate these waste materials clogging the tissues and


the intestinal tract. it is your duty to aid Nature's effortsthrough eating natural foods to keep yourself free fromdisease.More Causes of Constipation

Eating a large breakfast of indigestible proteins, suchas "hot cakes," waffles, French toast, oat-meal, baconand eggswashed down with a large cup of hotcoffeerushing to work immediately upon risingoften with insufficient sleepmakes it practicallyimpossible for the digestive organs to function at all.And the final result is a deep-rooted constipatedcondition. Add to all this the combination of sedentaryhabits, plus a "one-sided" heavy bread, meat andpotato diet. Constipation, being basic to every diseaseknown to man-kind, from the simple cold topneumoniamakes it difficult to understand how theaverage individual still believes in a "cure" merelythrough taking a "4-way pill," an "anti-cold" tablet orsome "patent" medicine. We quote from a recentnewspaper article:

"Millions of Americans falsely assume that there areeasy ways to stay well and youthful looking, and resistthe necessary arduous and disciplinary requirements ofreally caring for the complex, finely tuned, vulnerablebody each of us inherits. Instead they turn, amongother things, to diet fads, patent medicines, a countlessvariety of pills, tobacco, alcohol and inadequateexercise. Our affluence has reduced physical exertionand increased "over-eating," excess drinking, smoking,late hours and drug consumption. A false sense ofwell-being leads many people to assume that illnesscannot strike them, or that cures are to be taken for


granted, laboring under the illusion that miracles ofmedicine will keep them well."The Simplest Meals Are Best

Starting with todayinstead of your customary mealof "meat, bread and mashed potatoes" try eating acrisp, fresh green leaf salad, using grated carrots andchopped celery, plus the addition of one or two cookedvegetables (such as peas, or string beans, squash orbeets, etc.) with a few slices of fresh tomatoes added.Yogurt can be substituted for mayonnaise. If bread isused it should be thoroughly toasted and eaten dry.Drink no liquid of any kind with the meal. If yourpreference is for fresh tree-ripened fruit (when inseason) make the entire meal consist of crisp lettuceleaves and the fruits you desire. All fruits blendharmoniously. No starches (bread or cakes) should beeaten with fruit salad. After a few days of this type offood you will be delighted to note that worth-whileresults are already being experienced. Unless you areactually hungryDON'T eat!

Dr. Jonathan Forman, M.D., an English physicianwrites: "If we were to use the knowledge regardingfoods that is now available to us, sickness could bewiped out in one generation."

You should by now be fully conversant with thelife-giving foods meant for human consumption; foodsthat are best for youfit to eatfoods that producegood health, strength and vitality. But we cannot stresstoo frequently the dangers of over-eatingof even thebest foods. There is much more danger in eating toomuchthan of eating too little.

AVOID OVER-EATING.

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Retain Good Health IndefinitelyWe have always maintained that the condition known

as "constipation" is a direct invitation for disease. Theindividual is deliberately seeking illnessjust so long ashe permits constipation to exist. There is only onedisease although it has various manifestations. There isonly one causewaste toxic matters retained in thesystem. During every moment of life, waste is beingformed by the destruction of tissue, which must bepromptly removed to insure good health. You will findit necessary to call upon your Will Power andDetermination to follow through and overcomeConstipationbut you will find the reward well worththe effort.

Eating natural foods will bring improvement in bothyour physical and mental health. You may expect toexperience slight abdominal pains occasionally andpossible "gassy bloating" accompanied by belching.Should the pains become annoying try drinking a fullglass of pure, warm or hot water. If the pains continue,discontinue all fresh fruits restricting your diet tocooked vegetables only,until the pains have subsided,before returning to the fruit diet. The aggressiveelimination of the fresh fruits stir up poisons, whilecooked vegetables are much less "aggressive" in theircleansing ability.In Conclusion

Our colon is the seat of all disease and therefore thepreservation and restoration of health is solelydependent upon Internal Cleanliness. Life itself consistsof a continual process of tearing down and buildinganew.

The average individual carries around as much as ten


pounds of uneliminated feces. Continually carrying thismass of filthday after day during his entire life,reabsorbing its poisons back into the circulation issurely a detriment to health. The engorged intestines,reeking with filth and putrefaction, poison the bloodstream which feeds every vital organ. These poisons aresteadily being reabsorbed into the circulation while in asemi-liquid state. A constant circulation takes placebetween the fluid content of the bowel causing everyportion of this poisonous blood to pass several timesduring a twenty-four hour period,into the alimentarycanal.

The so-called "daily bowel movement" is noassurance that the individual is not the victim ofcostiveness, since the age-old, solid encrustationsclinging to the intestinal walls permit passage of fecalmatter through a small aperture of the intestines anddaily bowel functioning takes place. An unnaturaldistension of the colon to several times its size results;and this impacted colon is a veritable hot-bed forbreeding disease germs and poisonous toxins. Anexclusive diet of natural food(fruits and starchlessvegetables) purifies and cleanses the colon.

Health is an inestimable blessing; never fullyappreciated until it has slipped from our grasp. Perfecthealth is the spice of life, and may those who enjoy thisblessing retain it indefinitely. May those who have lost itregain it soon so that they may realize the joy of living.Nothing worthwhile comes easily.

Nature alone heals and only through completeacceptance of Nature's teachings can the survival ofcivilization be assured. FAITH, PERSERVERANCE,PERSISTENCE and WILL POWER contain the

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necessary ingredients to bring about GOOD health andthe ability to OVERCOME CONSTIPATION NATU-RALLY.


LIST OF OTHER PUBLICATIONS

by

Prof. Arnold Ehret

1IUCUSLESS DIET HEALING SYSTEM-

A complete workable program for cleansingrepairing, rebuilding and maintaining ahealthy body. Explains the Ehret methodso anyone can apply it. 3.95

RATnJArJ FASTING - Prof. Ehret showsNature alone heals and cleans best whenthe supply of food is stopped. How andwhen you can practice fasting safely.

3.95

INSTRUCTIONS for FASTING & DIETINGThe sick and those half-alive have beencured. It is being recognized that to ridoneself of poisonous metabolic waste andharmful food additives by way of saunabaths or exercise, etc. is still a longway off from natural healing processes.Especially when one stuffs oneself againand again with processed food ,which meansburdening the body anew. 3.95

THE STORY OF MY LIFE- a self-portrait

by Ehret that helps you gain insight andunderstand the Ehret System more fully.

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NATUROPATHYStudy at Home

A Clear, Concise and Practical CourseLearn true natural healing and self-helpfrom the fountainhead, Dr. BenedictLust - "The Father of Naturopathy".For more than 30 years it has been vir-tually impossible to acquire the com-plete basic knowledge of this naturalmethod of healing. Now it is available toyou in a helpful form. The completecurriculum has been prepared as aHome Study Course from the interna-tionally respected American School ofNaturopathy, founded by Dr. Lust inisgaWhether you plan to enter the field ofNatural Healing as a professional or ifyou simply want knowledge to keepyourself and your dependents healthy,the Home Study Course is for you.For information write:The American School of Naturopathy

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CHRONICCONSTIPATION

"This book is written in plain,simple language that can beunderstood by anyone. Itspages are not filled with a lotof dry, uninteresting and use-less talk about proteins, car-bohydrates and vitaminsbutprovide you with real dietadvice that was followed inParadise and which you canfollow too."

Professor Ehretthe man behind thisbookused his system of nutritionaibehavior on thousands of men and women.The results were breathtaking. It frequentlychanged them into dynamic new and vitalpersons attaining peak mental and physicalperformance. If you want to experience theglow of l ir hrmrn, AIIth NRture, then4 . DEFINITE CURE OF CHRONIC CONSTIPATIONLI uS uOOi ISBN 0-87904-032-7

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Documents

Arnold Ehret - The Definite Cure of Chronic Constipation (1922)