TO YOUR HEALTH #1

 TO  YOUR  HEALTH --- water and milk

Cool Water

All about how we should drink our water

                      From PAAVO AIROLA, Ph.D., N.D.

                Taken from his book (1971) "Are you Confused?"

                               

                         The Water Controversies

There is no longer controversy in regard to our polluted waters.

Only a decade ago or so those of us who talked about the slow

mass suicide that we were committing by polluting the waters in

lakes and rivers were called alarmists. But now, everyone is

suddenly aware of the grave consequences we have to face for

abusing our water supplies. The President of the United States

told us, in his 1970 State of the Union speech, that we have to

clean our environment or perish. I am afraid that it might be

"perish", because, in spite of all the talk and promises,

nothing is being or will be done; more toxic matter than ever

before is pouring into our lakes and rivers from industrial

sources, from fields and forests saturated with chemical

fertilizers and toxic sprays, and from sewage loaded with

household detergents and other poisonous chemicals. 

We may have already reached the point of no return.

Since there is general agreement now on the subject of polluted

water, and since this book deals with controversies,

misconceptions and confusion, we will discuss a few other

controversial topics regarding water.

[THE  GOOD  NEWS  IS  WE  HAVE  HEEDED  AND  DONE

MANY  THINGS  TO  RESTORE  HEALTH  TO  OUR  WATER

Keith Hunt]

*Fluoridation of the water

Let me state clearly and loudly that fluoridation of the water is

the biggest hoax in medical history perpetrated on innocent

people in the name of science.

Some 80 million Americans are now mass-medicated by, sodium

fluoride, while there is no positive, conclusive, scientific

proof that the addition of this inorganic toxic chemical does the

least bit of good, even to the teeth of children between ages 7

and 12. But there are dozens of reliable studies made around the

world that show that the fluoridation of the water causes

fluorosis (mottling of tooth enamel), mongolism in infants,

kidney damage, and other harmful effects to the body by its

direct effect, and by its interference with enzyme, mineral and

vitamin functions within the system. These studies are, however,

suppressed; researchers are persecuted; and their findings are

not published in medical journals. Woe to those who dare to go

against the orthodoxy's monopoly of thoughts, ideas and

practices!

Unfortunately, space limitations prevent us from going into

detail about this fascinating question of misguided chemical

"progress", fluoridation of the water. Suffice here to say that

several governments in Europe - notably Denmark, Poland, Sweden,

Russia and Italy - have investigated all American claims for the

benefits and safety of fluoridation and, after careful study,

have prohibited fluoridation by-law on the grounds that "there is

not sufficient evidence as to the benefit or the safety of this

unscientific measure". The Swedish government and the Swedish

Medical Society have for several years campaigned for water

fluoridation, but in 1970 reversed their policy, and now are

advising to stop all future fluoridation. A committee of forty

Swedish medical experts, after a careful study of the newest

facts, reported that "because of the increasing amount of reports

which link artificially fluoridated water to a variety of

health-damaging effects, all further fluoridation of the water in

Sweden should be stopped until more knowledge of harmful

side-effects of water fluoridation is obtained."

(Those who are interested in studying the fluoridation question

thoroughly should read the most informative book on the subject,

called FLUORIDATION, compiled by the National Health Federation

and obtainable from NHF P.O. Box 686, Monrovia, California,

91016.)

Just one more thought on fluoridation - not a very scientific,

but a plain horse-sense thought. The American Dental

Association supports and endorses fluoridation very forcefully

and spends a lot of its members' money on pro-fluoridation

campaigns, advertising and propaganda, pushing fluoridation down

the throats of the American people.

Pro-fluoridationist doctors and dentists claim that

mass-fluoridation would reduce the tooth decay by 60 per cent.

Are you naive enough to believe that the American dentists, in

mass, would endorse and actually financially support a program

that would reduce their income by 60 per cent? They are not that

dumb. They know that fluoridation of water will not reduce their

incomes. There are actually as many or more dentists in the towns

with 15 or more years of fluoridation than there are in

non-fluoridated towns of comparable size. Fluoridation results in

mottled teeth which need lots of dental work later in life and

early replacement by dentures. You may not know what you are

doing when you vote for the fluoridation of your water supply,

but pro-fluoridationists know what they are doing, believe me! If

they are so genuinely interested in reducing tooth decay - and

reducing their incomes - by 60%, why don't they try advocating

sugar-free diets and bone-meal supplements? It has been

demonstrated conclusively by several researchers in Sweden and in

the United States that such simple prophylactics as the addition

of bone-meal to the diet and the avoidance of white sugar and

white bread will bring tooth decay to a virtual standstill.  In

a Swedish study, children brought up on bone-meal supplements

were almost 100 per cent free from tooth decay. Why don't the

American dentists push this kind of caries-pre-ventive program,

which really works?

Abraham Lincoln said: "You can fool some of the people all of the

time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not

fool all of the people all of the time." Almost one half

THE WATER CONTROVERSIES of the American people have 

now been fooled for 20 years. Will all of the American people 

have to be fooled for "some of the time," before they will finally be

awakened to the fact that they have been used as the guinea pigs

of a quasi-scientific experiment based on an erroneous,

speculative theory?

*Distilled vis-a-vis natural water

There has been a great deal of confusion lately in regard to the

advisability of drinking distilled water. Some health "experts"

tell us that all well water, spring water, lake water, and fresh,

running river and stream water is not good for human consumption.

We know that practically all fresh water is polluted these days;

and all the health experts agree that we should drink only pure,

fresh, unpolluted and uncontaminated water that hasn't been

chlorine or fluoridated. These are not the points of disagreement

in this controversy, however. The reason some experts condemn all

natural water is that "it contains large amounts of inorganic

minerals which the body can not use." The same experts claim that

these inorganic minerals can cause stiff joints, hardening of the

arteries, gallstones, kidney and bladder stones, and many other

ills. They advise, therefore, that the only "natural" water which

is good for you is steam-processed distilled water.

This distilled water idea is one of the most nonsensical and

unscientific fads that has hit the health business in a long

while. Consider these facts:

1. Man has used natural waters from springs, rivers and lakes for

thousands of years, and enjoyed wonderful health.

Hardening of the arteries is a relatively recent disease, a

disease of civilization.

2. All wild animals drink natural waters and enjoy perfect health

and complete freedom from disease.

3. The Hunza people, known for their extraordinary health and

total freedom from hardening of the arteries or gall-bladder or

kidney stones, drink natural waters that contain even more

inorganic minerals than the waters in other parts of the world.

4. It has been scientifically established that in many places of

the world, notably one town in England, where drinking

water is extremely "hard", i.e. it contains extra large amounts

of minerals, the people have a much lower incidence of

arteriosclerosis as compared to the areas where people drink

so-called "soft" water.

5. The latest findings of the British Society for the Advancement

of Science and the U.S. Navy Dental Research Institute show that

drinking so-called hard water, which is rich in minerals and

trace elements, particularly molybdenum, strontium and fluorine, 

can prevent tooth decay and cardio-vascular diseases, caused by 

the hardening of the arteries. The trace element chromium in hard 

water helps to prevent diabetes.

6. Distilled water, void of all minerals, is not a natural water.

It is a synthetic, artificial, man-made, fragmented product

that does not occur "naturally". Prolonged drinking of soft

(read: deficient in minerals) or distilled water will result

in mineral deficiencies and lead to deficiency-caused diseases.

There is no scientific evidence whatsoever that minerals from

the water plug the arteries and cause arteriosclerosis. Hardening

of the arteries is caused by the cholesterol deposits on the

inside walls of the blood vessels. Some calcium and other

minerals may be deposited on cholesterol, but this is not caused

by drinking hard water, but by faulty mineral metabolism.

*Organic versus inorganic minerals

The main objection against drinking natural waters is that they

contain inorganic minerals that the body "can not use".

This objection is based on the antiquated theory that our body

can use only the organic minerals. All minerals, chemicals,

metals, salts and trace elements that are present in plant and

animal tissues are organic. Those minerals that are present

in soil, rocks, water, sea water, and air are inorganic. As

plants grow, they transform inorganic minerals into organic

minerals.

It may be true that your body can use only organic minerals,

if with the word use we mean the body's ability to assimilate and

utilize these minerals as essential building blocks for renewal

and repair of cells, and for many other vital biochemical and

metabolic processes in the system.

This does not mean, however, that inorganic minerals can not be

absorbed into the system, that they are completely useless. There

is some recent research which suggests that inorganic minerals,

which have always been an integral part of man's environment,

have some important part to play in man's life processes.

For example, people have been using mineral springs and various

kinds of mineral water baths for ages, long before civilization.

I have seen ancient bathing places in the Caucassus mountains of

Russia, where cave dwellers carried their sick to bathe in

natural hot mineral springs. I have seen many such ancient

bathing places, Balnearios, in Mexico. Mexican Indians have been

using mineral waters for the healing of their sick since long

before any white man stepped on this continent. They also use

mineral-rich seawater to cure themselves of diseases. I have met

many Indian medicine men who employ seawater and sand packs, and

who recommend drinking seawater for many ailments. In Germany, I

have visited dozens of mineral water Spas, where millions of

people take "cures".

Note that all these mineral waters, as well as seawater, contain

only inorganic minerals: If your body can not use them at all, if

they do nothing but cause serious disorders and diseases, as you

have been told, then why do millions of people around the world

visit these Spas and mineral springs and report enthusiastically

of the many health benefits, even cures, they obtain from them?

*The medicinal value of mineral water

The medicinal and health-promoting properties of mineral waters

have been demonstrated in many experiments and studies. Drs.

Korenyi, Harkavy and Whittier reported on the experiments they

conducted with 34 patients with high cholesterol levels at the

Greedmoor State Hospital in New York. These patients, whose serum

cholesterol levels were above 240mg.%, did not receive any other

type treatment known to have any effect on serum cholesterol,

except 30.5 fluid ounces of mineral water daily in three divided

doses. The treatment continued 30 days.

At the end of two weeks the average decrease of serum cholesterol

was 9.9mg.%. At the conclusion of the study, the average decrease

was 23.8mg.%.

A Hungarian doctor, 0. Schulhof, M.D., made a study of mineral

Spa therapies and reported that "beside the psycho- logical

effects produced by the changed environment, and the complex

effect of other therapeutic treatments, we still attribute

importance to the specific effect of the mineral water." Dr.

Schulhof said that it has been demonstrated that mineral water is

actually absorbed through the skin. According to Dr. Schulhof,

mineral waters have a beneficial effect on the connective tissues

as well as on the immunological and healing powers of the body.

In Germany, three million people frequent mineral bathing and

drinking Spas each year, most of them on their doctors'

recommendations. In Bad Pyrmont, I visited the famous Mineral

Water Cure establishment run and directed by the State Medical

Board. Medical doctors supervise the "water cures" at Bad

Pyrmont. Here is a quote from the brochure published by the State

Medical Government:

"Bad Pyrmont Spa facilities are recommended for the treatment of

the following diseases: diseases of the heart and circulation; 

cardiac insufficiency, cardiac infarct, coronary thrombosis; 

disorders in blood pressure, peripheral circulation disorders; 

nervous disorders, diseases of the blood-forming organs; all types 

of anemia; rheumatic diseases of the bones, joints and muscles; 

women's complaints:  inflammation of female abdominal organs, 

periodic and other hormone disorders; eczema; allergies; 

conditions of exhaustion; children's diseases; diseases of old age 

and senility."

Keep in mind that this is not a "quack" operated joint trying to

cheat people of their money, offering bogus mineral water

cures for all these serious diseases, but a State-operated Spa

that has been approved by the State Medical Association!

If mineral waters didn't work or did not have a beneficial and

curative effect, do you think these hundreds of mineral Spas

would be operated on such a grand scale for thousands of years?

A doctor with whom I spoke at Bad Pyrmont told me: "The modern

inquiry into Balnealogy* and the medicinal value of mineral

waters is recent and as yet incomplete. But what is already known

indicates that mineral waters do indeed have a curative effect.

And they should, inasmuch as disorders in mineral metabolism and

biochemical derangement are at the root of many diseases. But

what is even more important is the fact that these mineral

waters have been used for healing purposes for almost two

thousands years; and millions of sick people have been benefitted

by them - patients and doctors see examples of it every day."

In our own experience directing biological therapies at a mineral

water Spa in Mexico, many of our patients have recovered quite

spectacularly on a combined biological program of fasting,

special diets and hot mineral baths. We also advised them to

drink one glass of mineral water each day. Patients with high

blood pressure, arthritis, varicose veins, thyroid insufficiency,

asthma, psoriasis, and cardiac and circulatory disorders have

responded rather miraculously to the Spa therapy. Many arthritics

who were badly incapacitated and immobile, have walked for miles

in hilly terrain after a few weeks of treatment; patients with

high blood pressure improved dramatically, showing decreases in

blood pressure of 30 to 40 mm. After 2 weeks; and patients with

respiratory and heart problems experienced great relief within a

few weeks.

The available research work, corroborated by our own experience,

suggests that inorganic minerals present in seawater and mineral

waters have a definite curative effect on many disorders by

stimulating the body's own defensive and healing forces.

*Balnealogy - the Medical Science of curing and preventing

sickness by bathing.

My assumption is that the healing effect of mineral water is not

only due to the nutritive value of the minerals present, but also

to the catalytic effect of these minerals on the vital biochemical 

body processes.

*The health-building value of minerals in water scientifically

confirmed.

Recently, the British Society for the Advancement of Science held

a special Congress in Exeter, England, to study the effects of

minerals and trace elements in man's environment - water, air and

soil - on man's health. It was revealed at the Congress, as an

established fact, that in the areas where people drink water rich

in trace elements molybdenum, strontium and fluorine, they have

less caries, or tooth decay. It has been also established that in

the areas where drinking water is deficient in trace element

chromium, there is an abnormally high prevalence of diabetes. The

Congress has specifically stressed the fact, based on latest

findings, that the so-called hard water (water with high mineral

content) has a definite preventive effect against the development

of cardio-vascular diseases caused by arteriosclerosis, or

hardening of the arteries. The fact was considered "remarkable"

because hard water contains more calcium than soft water.

A very convincing discovery, proving the value of drinking

so-called hard water (rich in minerals and trace elements), was

made by Drs. Losee and Adkins at U.S. Navy Dental Research

Institute. Checking in the birthplaces and homes of 360 recruits

who never had a single dental cavity in their lives, the

researchers discovered the remarkable fact that they all lived in

three small geographic regions of the United States - northwest

Ohio, northeast South Carolina and west central Florida. Set out

to discover what circumstances peculiar to these areas caused

people to resist dental decay, the scientists discovered that the

water supplies in these areas were rich in minerals and trace

elements, particularly in molybdenum and strontium, but also

boron and lithium. Hard, mineralized water the cavity-free

recruits were drinking all their lives, was "significantly

higher" in these minerals than the water in the other

areas of the country known for the average amount of dental

cavities. For example, there was 50 times as much strontium in

the water samples from northwest Ohio as in the water from the

high-cavity states.

The researchers, impressed by the cavity-resistant property of

minerals and trace elements in drinking water, conducted

controlled experiments with rats to prove their discovery

scientifically. Four groups of rats were given special dental

decay-producing diets plus distilled water (devoid of minerals),

fluoridated water, artificially mineralized water and natural

mineral-rich water. The group that drank natural water containing

minerals and trace elements was "significantly better" both in

numbers and severity of dental decay. Incidentally, the group

that drank fluoridated water, showed no improvement in dental

health over the groups which drank unfluoridated water.

Since dental health is a very reliable indication of overall

health, the above research clearly demonstrates the wisdom

and health-building value of drinking hard, naturally mineralized

water rich in tooth-health minerals, particularly in

molybdenum and strontium.

Dr. Ragnar Berg, perhaps the world's greatest authority on

nutrition and biochemistry, said, "It is extremely important

for man's growth and his health that he uses 'hard' water for

drinking . . . Drinking mineral-rich hard water could improve the

calcium-deficient diets of civilized men."

*What about seawater?

We have all experienced the invigorating effect of a few days or

weeks by the seashore. The reason is this:

minerals from the seawater and air are actually absorbed through

the skin and lungs. Health food stores have recently begun

selling seawater as a food supplement. Dr. M. O. Garten tells in

his book, THE HEALTH SECRETS OF NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR, 

of many remarkable cases where health was restored to patients given

about one ounce of seawater daily.                               

Cases of Parkinson's disease, chronic indigestion, bleeding gums,

and other chronic ailments responded dramatically to seawater

therapy.

What is the secret of the therapeutic property of seawater? It is

an extremely rich source of all the basic minerals of which your

body is made. The chemical composition of seawater is about the

same as the chemical composition of your blood. But many doctors

and researchers seriously doubt that the mere presence of

minerals in seawater is responsible for its startling healing

property. By drinking only an ounce of seawater a day, patients

get such infinitesimal amounts of minerals that their nutritive

value, could not possibly be entirely responsible for the good

results. I am inclined to believe that, whatever other mysterious

forces or principles are involved in the beneficial effects of

seawater, the healing and health-promoting property of seawater

is basically due to the catalytic action of the inorganic

minerals it contains. The mineral components and the heavy metal

salts of seawater act as catalysts to restore disturbed body

chemistry, and stimulate the assimilation of organic minerals

from foods. The minerals in seawater, which are inorganic, act

within the body as chemical stimulants for the body s various

organs and glands, re-generating and normalizing the functions of

these organs and stimulating and increasing the body's own

healing forces. The homeopathic doses of minerals from ionized

seawater, with its life-giving chemo-electrical and cosmic

forces, are quickly absorbed into the system where they have a

healing effect on all body cells, nerve tissues, glands

and vital organs.

*Summary

In view of all the evidence, both scientific and empirical, of

the beneficial therapeutic and prophylactic effect of mineral

waters, seawater and plain natural "living" drinking water from

springs, rivers or lakes - which all contain inorganic minerals -

how can anyone claim that these waters are harmful and that you

should drink only steam-processed distilled water? To call the

man-made, processed, artificially distilled water "natural" is to

pervert the meaning of the word. "Natural" is something you can

find in nature as an integral part of the God-made universe.

Of all the natural waters upon this earth none is distilled.

Rainwater is naturally distilled, but become mineralized when it

reaches rivers and lakes. There are a few small tribes living in

desert areas who are forced to collect rainwater for drinking;

but they do so only because of necessity.

When natural lake or stream water is available, man always

chooses it for drinking and cooking. There is no evidence that

the rainwater-drinking tribes enjoy better health.               

    But there is plenty of evidence showing that people who drink

the natural, mineralized waters of mountain streams, springs and

lakes have always enjoyed superior health. To "prove" the

superiority of distilled water by telling how great a single

individual feels who has been drinking it for decades, is no more

scientific than to use cigar-smoking and whiskey-drinking

Churchill, who lived to be 92, as proof of the health-giving

properties of cigars and whiskey.

Those who drink distilled water and feel good, do so not because

of the distilled water but in spite of it. Switch back to

natural, mineral-rich, sun-drenched, oxygenized and ionized

"living" water from flowing springs and streams, and take some

mineral water or small amounts of seawater occasionally - and

feel the difference this change will make!

Unfortunately, it is becoming more and more difficult to obtain

natural "living" water from flowing springs and streams in the

United States. Practically all inland sweet water is contaminated

by sewage, pesticides, detergents, etc. To city tap water has

been added many more toxic chemicals to the previously

contaminated water - such as chlorine, fluorine, and many more.

So the only way to assure pure water supply in the United States

today is to buy bottled water which is on sale in most

supermarkets. Both natural, pure spring water, as well as

distilled water, are available. I trust that after reading this

chapter you will make the right choice when you buy your bottled

water.

                             ................

Entered on Keith Hunt's Website July 2003

The Facts on Milk

The beauty of raw milk

                 FROM AN OLD BOOK (1971) BY A WORLD-FAMOUS

                                NUTRITIONIST     

                                     

                      Is Milk a Friend or a Fiend?

                                    by

                         Paavo Airola, Ph.D., N.D.

The value of milk in human nutrition has been highly disputed in

the United States. Some health writers condemn milk completely,

most on the grounds that:

  animal milk is intended by nature to nourish the suckling      

  animal;

  no animal ever uses milk after the period of lactation, or     

  after weaning;

  raw milk is dangerous because it is an excellent vehicle for   

  pathogenic bacteria;

  today's milk is loaded with chemicals, drugs, pesticide        

  residues, hormones, antibiotics, etc., and is unfit for human

  consumption.

There are others who claim that milk is an excellent and

indispensable food for man, one of the most complete, protective

foods. Who is right?

As often is the case, both sides are right to a certain extent,

while both sides exaggerate the validity of their claims.

Let's look at milk objectively and see if we can disperse some of

the confusion.

                                                                 

*Today's milk unfit for human consumption

Both sides agree that today's milk is unfit for human

consumption. It is loaded with toxic and dangerous chemicals.

Cows are treated with various antibiotics, notably penicillin and

aureomycin, to combat mastitis and other diseases.

Considerable residues of these drugs are found in milk. A daily

dose of penicillin in milk can build up a sensitivity to the

drug. If you are given a dose of penicillin later you may develop

a serious reaction against it. Today's milk is also contaminated

with DDT and other pesticides and herbicides, and with residues

of detergents that have been used in washing milking machines and

other utensils.

Pasteurization of milk was originated to protect the consumer

from disease-causing bacteria that may be transmitted with milk.

But pasteurization also destroys the nutritive value of the milk.

It kills not only the harmful bacteria, but also all the

beneficial enzymes and the beneficial bacteria present in milk.

It destroys some of the vitamins. It changes the chemical

structure of the protein and renders it, and the minerals, less

digestible and assimilable.

Therefore, if you can not get a high quality milk, raw and

un-pasteurized, guaranteed to be from organically raised

animals and 100 per cent free from chemical additives, drugs,

detergents, and insecticide and herbicide residues, then

you will be better off to omit milk and milk products from your

diet. Only the highest quality, uncontaminated, raw milk from

healthy animals can be considered as a healthful addition to your

diet.

*Milk - the ancient food

A review of man's recorded history reveals that man has been

using animal milk for his food as far back as records

go. The Aryans of Central Asia were using milk as food 4,000

years B.C. They were the first herdsmen and "milk and honey" was

their prized drink - long before it was praised in the Bible.

Ancient Greeks consumed goats' and mares' milk. The Bible re-

cords the use of milk throughout man's Biblical history. Milk was

looked upon as an ultimate in desirability. When God promised the

Land of Canaan to the children of Israel, he described it to

Moses as a land flowing with milk and honey.

In various parts of the world, different animals are employed as

milk suppliers, depending on climate and geographical location.

Camels' milk is always popular in the Middle East and North

Africa. Mares' milk is used widely in Russia and Asia. Sheeps'

milk is very commonly used in Bulgaria and other Balkan

countries. Goats' milk is used rather universally. But the cow

has been used as man's "milk factory" more universally than any

other animal.

It is noteworthy that the people we always associate with

remarkable health and long life - Swedes , Bulgarians,

Russians - have traditionally been heavy milk consumers. These

people, particularly the long-living Bulgarians, use very little

meat, but consume large quantities of milk and milk products.

*European nutrition research and milk

Virtually all European nutritionists and medical researchers, who

have done research on the value of milk in human nutrition,

recommend milk as a principle part of the diet.

One of the most famous European health systems is the Waerland

Health system. It is very popular in many European countries and

many natural healing clinics in Europe use the Waerland diet

program in the treatment of a multiplicity of diseases. Milk is

an important part of the Waerland diet.

Dr. Werner Zabel is one of the most famous European nutrition

oriented doctors. He is a cancer specialist and director of his

own famous clinic in Berchtesgaden. In his clinic all patients

are given what Dr. Zabel calls an optimum diet. Number one source

of protein in this diet is what Europeans call "kvark", a

homemade cottage cheese, made from low-fat, raw milk. Kvark is

made in the following manner. Lactobacillus acidophilus culture

is added to fresh raw milk. When the milk is coagulated by the

action of the bacteria, the cream that settles on the top is

removed and all the curds are separated from the milk by running

it through a fine sieve. The resulting low-fat cottage cheese is

a very natural, unheated product, a very easily digested protein

of the highest biological value. A pint of such cottage cheese

contains about 100 grams of protein.

Of course, in European clinics, they also use the whey, which is

the liquid that is left over after the curds are taken away. Whey

is an extremely important food. It contains the minerals of the

milk and the milk sugar, lactose. It also contains a very

important substance, orotic acid, known to help in the

regeneration of a damaged liver.

The latest European medical opinion is that milk, and

particularly soured acidophilus milk, is a most effective food

in regenerating the human intestinal tract and correcting

digestive disorders and constipation.

The importance of milk in human nutrition is stressed by the

International Society for Research on Nutrition and Diseases of

Civilization, of which I spoke before. This foremost authority on

nutrition in the world today considers high quality milk and

homemade cottage cheese as an essential part of the optimum diet

for people in our hemisphere.

*Is yogurt a "wonder-health" food?

Indeed it is.  Yogurt is a true wonder food, if there ever has

been such a thing. Among its many wonderful properties,

here are a few most important ones:

   It contains high quality proteins, minerals, vitamins and     

   enzymes. It contains all the known vitamins, including the

   hard-to-get ones, D and B12.

   It is a pre-digested food changed to this state by the action 

   of special bacteria that it contains, lactobacillus bulgaris.

   Because of this, yogurt is digested and utilized in the body  

   twice as fast as ordinary milk.

   It prevents putrefaction in the large intestine, a cause of   

   disease and premature aging. Lactobacillus bulgaris

   destroys putrefactive bacteria and cultivates the growth of   

   "friendly" acidophilus bacteria that help in manufacturing    

   vitamins B and K in the intestines and also assist in the     

   assimilation of nutrients from the foods.

   It effectively prevents constipation.

   Yogurt is a natural antibiotic.   It has been reported that an

   8-oz. jar of yogurt, refrigerated for a week, provides an     

   antibiotic value equal to 14 units of penicillin. Yogurt kills

   such virulent bacteria as amoeba, typhus, S. dysenteriae, E,  

   coli, streptococcus, staphylococcus, etc.

And the wonder of yogurt is that while it destroys the dangerous,

pathogenic bacteria, it is not harming the beneficial bacteria.

Quite to the contrary - it assists in their growth!

The latest news on yogurt from Europe is that the use of special

cultures of Lactobacillus bifidus, Lactobacillus acidophilus, and

other human symbionts in preparing of yogurt improves the

therapeutic value of yogurt and makes it more effective in

restoring and keeping the intestinal tract in a healthy

condition.

Of course, also the other forms of cultured milks, such as

ordinary soured milk, acidophilus milk, or kefir, possess

similar health-promoting and disease-preventing properties.

*Colonic hygiene - the secret of perpetual health and eternal

youth

Of all the "secrets" which man has tried to find in his endless

search of means and ways of improving his health and prolonging

his life, none is more scientifically established than one which

is based on the premise that the colonic hygiene - or the clean

and efficiently functioning digestive, assimilative and

eliminative system - is the real secret of perpetual health and

eternal youth.

Ilja Metchnikoff, the eminent Russian bacteriologist, made a

revolutionary discovery at the turn of the century. He proved by

experiments as well as by statistics that auto-toxemia

(self-poisoning) through putrefaction of metabolic

wastes in the large intestine is the main cause of premature

aging as well as a direct or contributing cause of the

development of many diseases. Your intestines house billions of

bacteria which help your digestive system to break down the food

you eat and assist in the digestion and assimilation of

nutrients.

Some of these bacteria are called "the friendly bacteria", like

the acidophilus or bifidus; some are called "the unfriendly

bacteria", which are putrefactive bacteria. For optimum health it

is imperative to maintain a good balance between these bacteria.

When your diet is unbalanced, as in the case of too much animal

protein and over-refined, constipating foods, the balance in the

intestinal flora will be distorted. Harmful, unfriendly bacteria

will take over and the result will be sluggish bowels and

constipation. The toxins, or poisons, created by bacterial

metabolism and putrefaction, remain in the intestines and, as a

result of prolonged constipation, are absorbed by the blood

stream and consequently poison the whole organism.

Metchnikoff claimed that sour-milk or yogurt-eating peoples of

Bulgaria, Russia and East European and Balkan countries live

longer and enjoy better health throughout their long lives

because their intestinal tract is clean and healthy. Yogurt

supplies lactic acid which kills the putrefactive bacteria. It

also supplies the lactose which is a natural food of the

beneficial acidophilus bacteria, thus helping their growth.

*Whey - Swedish answer to yogurt

Whey possesses qualities very similar to yogurt in a somewhat

more concentrated form. It is the yellowish liquid left after

cottage cheese is made. It has been scientifically established

that using whey regularly will prevent internal sluggishness,

gas, bowel putrefaction and constipation. Whey has a similar

effect on the digestive tract to that of yogurt. It particularly

helps in retention of minerals in the system, especially calcium.

In addition to being an excellent internal cleanser, whey is an

excellent food.

In Sweden, whey is never thrown away; in fact, it is a national

food. It is dehydrated and made into whey cheese (mess-ost) and

whey butter (mess-smbr). Whey cheese and whey butter are sold in

every Swedish food store. Swedes eat these foods daily - you can

find them on every Swedish table. In the United States you can 

buy imported whey cheese in some better delicatessen stores. In one 

health food store in Santa Monica, California, I found whey cheese 

made by American Swedes in the state of Washington. Health food 

stores also sell whey powder or whey tablets.

Here are a few nutritional data on Swedish whey cheese (I presume

American whey powder has a similar content):

   77% of it is pure lactose - the active factor responsible for 

   its favorable influence on the intestinal tract.

   It has only 3.6% of butterfat as compared with 25 to 40% for  

   ordinary cheese.

   It has 6 times more iron than beef, twice as much as beans or 

   eggs and 50% more than liver.

   It has 10 times more vitamin B1 than ordinary cheese, twice as

   much as beef, and 5 times as much as milk. Whey contains      

   almost as much B1 as the richest natural source of the        

   B-vitamins - brewer's yeast. Yeast - 16mg. per 100gm.; whey - 

   15.5mg.

   It has 7 times as much vitamin B2 as beef, 10 times as much as

   milk, and 20 times as much as whole wheat flour. And, whey    

   cheese is one of the most delicious foods, too! Don't you     

   think it would be wise to incorporate this miracle milk       

   product - whey - into your daily diet.

*Lactose - natural food for intestinal flora

Dr. Boris Sokoloff has made extensive research on the intestinal

flora, and his conclusion is that the secret of remaining healthy

is to provide the beneficial bacteria in the intestines with the

proper food. "Drink plenty of acidophilus milk", is Dr.Sokoloff's

advice. Lactose is the natural food for the beneficial

acidophilus bacteria. And note this: lactose appears only in milk

There is no other way to obtain this form of sugar. Lactose is

not digested in the stomach or small intestines, but is

transported undigested into the large intestine where it is used

as food for the beneficial acidophilus bacteria. In addition to

helping establish healthful intestinal balance, lactose aids the

body in another way: it assists in the assimilation of several

important minerals - chiefly calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.

Experiments have demonstrated that giving lactose along with bone

meal has doubled the calcium retention from the bone meal.

*Milk versus meat as a protein source

I am often asked: "You are against animal proteins, yet you

recommend milk. Isn't milk an animal protein?"

First. I am not against animal proteins - I am against too much

animal protein. Chapter two of this book we have it under

"Protein and 7 Points of Health" - Keith Hunt) makes it clear

that the optimum diet with the greatest potential for good

health, prevention of disease and long life is a low animal

protein - high natural carbohydrate diet.                        

This is the diet all people known for their - good health and

long life traditionally exist on.

Of all animal proteins, milk is biologically much preferable to

others. First, milk proteinn, casein, is the highest grade animal

protein known to man. Milk protein is more "complete" than other

kinds of animal protein - i.e. it has the highest biological

value, because it has the best combination of essential amino

acids and the right amounts of each amino acid in proportion to

the others. Because of this, milk protein is very easily digested

and more fully utilized than any other form of animal protein,

including eggs and meat.

The second advantage of milk, as compared to meat, is that it

does not add purines and uric acid to the body. Meat protein is a

burden to the body because it contains toxic waste materials and

also leaves a toxic residue in the body during the digestive

process.

*Is milk mucus-forming

The mucus-scare again!  Yes, milk is mucus-forming. But the harm

of mucus-forming foods is over-emphasized and exaggerated.       

Except in cases of allergy or extreme sensitivity to milk,

a healthy body will take care of any extra mucus that the milk

may possibly produce.

Besides, you need mucus! Mucus is an extremely beneficial and

absolutely necessary substance to keep your stomach and bowel

linings and all the internal membranes in good health. Your body

is equipped with special glands that produce mucus to lubricate

all the internal organs and membranes. Mucus is particularly

needed for protecting the lining of the stomach from the

corrosive effect of the strong acids secreted by the digestive

glands. Mucus is also needed in great quantities during all acute

conditions of infection, such as colds, for example. Mucus

protects all your internal membranes and tissues from bacterial

attack. Mucus also speeds the healing process in every condition

where the internal membranes and linings are damaged.

It is conceivable that nature provided special foods for man that

stimulate mucus production and thus keep all the internal linings

well lubricated. Grains and nuts are mucus-producing foods. And

so is milk. And so are the vitamins A, C and E. Thank goodness

for this! We would not live long without mucus-producing foods;

we would shrivel and dry out.

This is not to say that some people may not be extra sensitive to

mucus-producing foods. They should, of course, exercise caution.

Moderation is good advice in every phase of nutrition, including

the mucus-producing foods, of which cows' milk is one. Used in

moderation, however, milk can be enjoyed without any fear as far

as mucus is concerned by an average person who is not suffering

from milk allergy.

*Is goats' milk better than cows' milk?

Goats' milk is better than cows' milk as a human, and especially

as an infant food, because its protein and mineral ratio is more

similar to human mothers' milk. Goats' milk has more niacin and

thiamine, and better quality proteins than cows' milk. Also, the

fat in goats' milk is naturally homogenized, and is therefore

more easily digested and assimilated. Incidentally, goats' milk

is not mucus-forming. 

Thomas Parr, the Englishman who reportedly lived to be 152 years

old, was examined after his death by the attending physicians.

The autopsy revealed that his internal organs, and particularly

his digestive tract, were in an extraordinarily healthy

condition, just like those of a man 100 years younger. Mr. Parr's

diet virtually throughout his life consisted almost entirely of

goats' milk, goats' milk cheese, whey and raw vegetables.

SUMMARY

After reviewing all the beneficial properties of milk,

particularly in the form of yogurt, whey and other soured milks,

it would appear that nature may very well have intended that man

should use these foods for his nutritional needs.

And why not, knowing, for example, how extremely beneficial

lactose is for the health of your digestive, assimilative

and eliminative tract, and that milk is the only food which

contains lactose!

Be it as it may, milk has been used as a basis of diet by

billions of people throughout man's history. Newest research

confirms the health-building and disease-preventing properties of

milk, and particularly yogurt and acidophilus milk.

It may be wise to include milk, yogurt, whey and homemade cottage

cheese as an essential part of your optimum diet for optimum

health.

But remember: only the highest quality milk can be considered as

suitable for human food. It must come from healthy animals,

raised on organic farms which use no chemical fertilizers; it

must be raw, unpasteurized; and it must be 100 percent free from

chemical additives and residues of drugs, hormones, antibiotics,

detergents and pesticides.

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Entered on Keith Hunt's Website July 2003