Food as Medicine

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Sent

by Denise:

 

Excerpts

from “The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity " written by

Daniel

Reid.

 

 

" A

truly good physician first finds out the cause of the illness,

and

having found that, he first tries to cure it by food. Only when

food

fails does he prescribe medication. "

 

GARLIC

" Egyptian

medical test dating from 1550BC list garlic as a major

ingredient in

22 prescriptions, and it is a well-known fact that

countries

where garlic is consumed in large quantities suffer a

significantly

lower incidence of cancer. "

" Chinese texts clearly

state

that in order to be fully effective, garlic must be consumed

RAW. " " American biochemists have discovered

that " allicin " , the

active

component in garlic works as a powerful antibiotic and

fungicide. " " In fact, allicin has proven even more

effective than

penicillin in

suppressing certain types of disease-carrying

agents. " " The garlic pills, garlic oil and other

odorless garlic

extracts

sold in health food stores are devoid of the allicin

compound

and are therefore therapeutically useless. "

 

GRAPES

" This

may surprise you, but grapes rank among the most potent of all

medicinal

foods when properly used for therapy. "

" RAW grape juice

has

been called " VEGETARIAN MILK " owing to its ability to sustain

nursing

infants deprived of mother's milk, and it is a far superior

option to

pasteurized cow's milk. " " The

sugars contained in RAW

grapes

are precisely those used in cellular metabolism: mostly pure

glucose,

with some fructose and levulose. "

" These natural sugars

are

immediately absorbed into the bloodstream, ready for metabolic

use. " " Among the most effective therapeutic

applications of grapes

is to

cure constipation and gastritis. "

" The BLACK variety of

grapes

are by far the most potent. "

" Black grapes are wonderfully

effective

detoxifiers, especially for the digestive tract, liver,

kidneys

and blood. " " Start with a

pound or two and work up to three

or

four pounds per day. " Note: " There are huge health resorts in

RUSSIA

devoted entirely to the grape cure. "

 

CHERRIES

" Used

therapeutically, cherries are nutritive, detoxifying, laxative

 

and

stimulating to the nervous system and vital organs and

glands. " " Cherries are safe for diabetics because

the sugar they

contain is

levulose, which can be absorbed directly into the

bloodstream

without first being transformed by insulin.

 

 

" All

therapeutic foods work best when you fast for a few days and

make

them your exclusive diet. "

 

" Your

best bet is to rely primarily on a diet of wholesome primary

foods

supplemented with vitamins and enzymes derived form natural

sources

and taken in small doses several times throughout the

day. " " The body cannot absorb mega-doses of

any sort of supplement

and

instead excretes the surplus with the urine and feces. "

 

 

Be well,

 

~Sunyatta

www.supernaturallife.com

 

[Guest guest]

That's a wonderful book w/all sorts of practical info. When I first began

studying Toas, this book helped me grasp the basic understanding of the Toas

philosophy and a reminder of the importance of wholesome food and a reminder

that food alone is not enough (not implying meds or supplements, speaking in

terms of exercise, meditation, emotional healing and things of these sorts). Not

surprised to see this book in a rawfood cafe, it's so appropriate.

Mark