by Dennis Hardy, ND

This cleansing program will purify the body so it may be healed. If you are overweight, this program will take you down to your normal body weight, and if you are underweight, it will bring you up to normal. The purpose of the entire program is to eliminate mucus from the body so that the patient is healed in a natural way.





Remember, there are no incurable diseases--only people who think they are incurable.

After cleansing the body with this program, continue with the mucusless diet and other health-preserving procedures outlined in this booklet. In this way, you will not only help rid the body of disease-causing impurities but also maintain and build vibrant good health.









The Detoxification Procedure





The detoxification procedure we recommend is taken in part from Dr. N.W. Walker's book, Raw Vegetable Juices: to Detoxicate (Phoenix, Arizona: Norwalk Press, Publishers, n.d., pp. 68-71) (P.O. Box 13206).





Supreme cleanliness is the first step towards a healthy body. Any accumulation or retention of morbid matter or waste of any kind will retard our progress towards recovery.





The natural eliminative channels are the lungs, the pores of the skin, the kidneys, and the bowels. Perspiration is the action of the sweat glands in throwing off toxins which would be injurious if retained in the body. The kidneys excrete the end products of food and body metabolism from the liver. The bowels eliminate not only the food waste but also waste matter known as body waste, in the form of used-up cells and tissues, the result of our physical and mental activities, which if not eliminated cause protein putrefaction resulting in toxemia or acidosis. The retention of such body waste has a much more insidious effect on our health than is generally suspected, and its elimination is one of the first steps toward perceptible progress toward health. The cleansing procedure will effect such elimination quickly, particularly for adults.









Juices





First thing in the morning we drink sixteen ounces of prune juice. The purpose of this prune juice is not primarily to empty the bowels, which, however, it will do anyway, but rather to draw into the intestines from every part of the body such toxic matter or body waste as may be there, and eliminate it through the bowels.





If nothing were done to replace in the body something in volume equal to the quantity of matter so eliminated, then the body would naturally be dehydrated to that extent. Therefore, we replace the toxic or acid material so removed by drinking fruit juices. This has an alkaline reaction on the system. There are various types of juice therapy--apple, carrot, grape, citrus, tomato, etc.--but use only the one chosen for the three days, and chew each mouthful thoroughly.





One of the most effective blood purifiers known is the common apple. Dr. Edward E. Shook states in his Advanced Course, Lesson number 30, page 4:





"There is no other remedial agent or herb in the whole range of known therapeutic agents, that can compare with the apple tree and, although it would be difficult to say which of its many virtues is the greatest, we suggest that its abundance of nascent oxygen compound is probably the main reason why it is such a precious food, blood purifier, and unfailing remedy for so many forms of diseases."





Other juices, of course, may be used, depending on the individual's preference and condition. Those who live in the citrus belt may use a combination, prepared fresh in the following proportions: four to six grapefruit, according to size; two to three lemons, according to size; and enough oranges to complete a total mixture of two quarts.





The combination may be varied, as you may prefer. Grape juice may also be used; however, frozen grape juice is not recommended because many unacceptable additives are combined in nearly all cases.





The brands of juices sold in the health stores grown on unsprayed and organic soils, are definitely superior to other types that are sold in grocery stores; nevertheless, for many years we have seen many tremendous cures done with brands such as Church, Tea Garden, Queen Isabella, and Welch. They still have great potency, but are not preferred when better juice is available.





After taking the sixteen ounces of prune juice first thing in the morning, within one half hour take an eight ounce glass (regular tumbler) of apple juice. Swish each mouthful thoroughly in the mouth (called chewing) so the saliva will mix with it, thereby getting all the nutritional and healing value from it. In fact, all meals should be eaten without liquids so the food is chewed thoroughly enough to become a liquid by being mixed thoroughly with saliva, which is the key that opens the door to digestion.





We repeat, do not gulp the juice. In this way, there will be no danger of regurgitation to a weak stomach, but it will be very soothing and affable. By using the saliva properly, the healing program is greatly accelerated, for the rest of the digestive juices then are able to function properly instead of haphazardly. When desired, drink a glass of plain water (preferably a glass of distilled water), followed another half hour later with more apple juice. One gallon of apple juice is consumed throughout one day. This, of course, is an approximate and suggested dosage, as age, ability to hold liquids, etc., determine the capacity for each specific case. The alternating procedure, however, has proven to be the best way, with any juice you may choose for the therapy.

Do not eat anything all day, although if you become very hungry towards evening, you may take an apple or two with the apple juice, and carrots or Celery with the carrot juice, or other suitable vegetables or fruits with the respective juice.









Other Aids





During the three-day cleanse, take one or two tablespoons of olive oil three times a day, to aid in lubricating bile and liver ducts, etc.





Breaking up the mucus during juice cleanse generally causes constipation throughout these three days; use more prune juice, or take some of our Lower Bowel Tonic, two or more capsules three times or more a day.





Begin the castor oil fomentation (explained later) during this three-day juice cleanse.

Continue this detoxification for three consecutive days. Approximately three gallons of toxic lymph will have been eliminated from the body and will have been replaced by three gallons of juices. This will result in speeding up the realkalinizing of the system. If there is a jaundice condition or pain in the liver-gall bladder area, also use three times a day formula number 3 (on page 178). Pg. 160 After the Three-Day Cleanse









After the Three-Day Cleanse





Preparatory Fast: After the first three days of cleansing, if a person has the desire or ability to do so, it is always profitable to fast one to three days using only distilled water, then a day of juice, before returning to salads and other regular foods. Do not eat any heavy foods immediately after a cleansing period or after a fast, but add these to your diet gradually. This is the best and smoothest way to get back onto solid foods.





On subsequent days, begin taking vegetable juices and vegetables and fruit, preferably all raw. For breakfast, for example, eat fruit in season, sliced, chopped or grated, some honey for sweetening, and one or two tablespoonfuls of finely grated unsalted almonds sprinkled over. Also drink one or two glasses of fresh fruit or vegetable juices thirty minutes before or after eating fruit. For lunch, eat more fruit and one pint fresh raw vegetable juices. For dinner add any one of the salads given in the menus in Diet and Salad Suggestions (by N. W. Walker, published by Norwalk Press).

If there is the slightest tendency toward appendicitis, also take high enemas, two, three or more daily for one week or longer if necessary.





Cleansing Symptoms: As the cleansing begins the housecleaning process throughout the entire system, it will be accompanied by periodic aches and pains in the areas where the cleaning action is most acute and the wastage is loading the elimination system. There are times when you will feel very rough! Do not panic on your days after cleansing or during your periods of healing. In fact, the cleaning action may produce all the symptoms and effects of severe illness, but the patient should here act with knowledge and not blame the temporary problem condition onto the cleansing solution that is taking place--for patience is required here, and much comfort should be derived in the realization that the healing process is well under way, and the sooner such discomforts come and are felt, the better.





This elimination and cleansing will not be accomplished instantaneously, and one should not expect these lifetime accumulations that are packed into the system to be miraculously squeezed and flushed out of the tissues and organs in some "colonic fashion." This will all take time. You will have high days and low days, and these will take place in cycles. These "cleansing sicknesses" come in cycles of seven days, seven weeks, seven months, and seven years in most cases, and on each of these cyclic periods there will be healing and cleansing crises. As the toxic poisons break loose and are dumped into the blood stream so they can be eliminated from the physical body, you will feel pretty rough and quite frequently during a crisis you may feel worse than you ever did before starting the program--but again, do not panic! These crises are, again, merely toxic poisons trying to get from your body (wherein they heavily load the excretory channels) and are doing you the favor of leaving as rapidly as possible (causing pain and discomfort in the elimination process). But the bad days will become fewer and fewer and the good days greater and greater, if you are faithful to the program. Professor Arnold Ehret's book Mucusless Diet Healing System (which can be purchased from any health food store) may help you to understand some of the reactions you might experience while ridding the body of toxins, wastes, and mucus.





Do not be unduly alarmed if you feel somewhat weak during or after this detoxification. Nature uses our energies for a housecleaning within us, and we soon regain greater energy and vitality as a result of a cleaner and a healthier body. It is good to do the three-day cleanse monthly or several times a year.









The Mucusless Diet





We should not put mucus into the body faster than it can be taken and eliminated. With this preventative diet, not only are the sinuses, the bronchi, and the lungs cleared, but also the constipating mucus (catarrh) in the tissues of the body from the head to the bottom of the feet.









Harmful or Mucus-Forming Foods





Secondary, denaturized, or inorganic food substances are to be eliminated from the patient's diet.





Salt: For those who are accustomed to large amounts of salt, this may sound difficult, but if you will substitute coarsely ground pepper and savory herbs, adding powdered kelp, you will find that the craving for salt will immediately begin to disappear. The black pepper is a good nutritional herb and helps rebuild the body when used in its natural state. But, when pepper is cooked in food, the molecular structure changes, so it becomes an inorganic irritant (as high heat changes the cayenne, black pepper, and spices from organic to inorganic), and this is the only time when damage results. The use of salts of a vegetable or potassium base (such as Dr. Jensen's, Dr. Bronner's, and other various ones, which in some cases contain some Sea Salt ) is all right, providing it is not overdone.





Eggs: No eggs should be eaten in any form.





Sugar and All Sugar Products: You may use honey, sorghum molasses, or blackstrap molasses, but no Sugar of any type.





Meat: Eliminate all red meats from the diet. A little white fish once a week, or a bit of young chicken that has not been fed commercial food or inoculated with formaldehyde and other anti-spoilage serums, would be all right (as these are the higher forms of edible flesh), but do not use them too often.





Milk: Eliminate all dairy products, which includes butter, cheese, cottage cheese, milk, yogurt, etc. These are all mucus forming substances and, in most cases, are extremely high in cholesterol. As a substitute for butter or margarine (hardened vegetable oils, etc.), you can train your taste buds to enjoy a good, fresh, bland olive oil on vegetables, salads, and other foods and you will discover this is one of the choicest foods there is.





Flour and Flour Products: When flour is heated and baked at high temperatures, it changes to a mucus-forming substance. This is no longer a food, which means it has no life remaining therein. All wholesome food is organic, where unwholesome food or dead food is inorganic. This is the key to our whole mucusless program.





Supplements: Revitalizing and Healing Aids





Our supplement recommendations will build up strength in the body and start cutting the mucus out of the tissues and remove the catarrh from the system.





Cayenne: Take one teaspoonful of cayenne three times a day. Start gradually with 1/4 teaspoonful in a little cold water. Add 1/4 teaspoonful to this dosage every three days, until you are taking one teaspoonful three times a day (the graduated dosages will accustom your system to the pungency of the herb).

Honey and Apple Cider Vinegar: Place one tablespoonful of honey and one tablespoonful of vinegar in warm water, so that the honey will liquify. Sip this amount three times a day so that at the end of the day a total quantity of three tablespoonfuls are consumed. This must be apple cider vinegar, do not use malts or other types of vinegars, as these are damaging to the body. The apple cider vinegar is medicinal and very beneficial.





Kelp: If there is any indication of a thyroid problem, you should use between ten and fifteen kelp tablets daily. Otherwise, two or more will keep the body in good condition as preventative nutrition. This can take the place of salt and helps build a new thyroid gland. Kelp powder can be used on salads and in other foods.





Molasses: Take one tablespoon three times a day of either sorghum or blackstrap molasses.





Wheat Germ Oil: Take one tablespoonful of a good, fresh wheat germ oil three times a day.









Dietary Suggestions: Regenerative Foods





If this diet is followed as outlined, we guarantee that after a short period of time you will have much more satisfaction from the foods we recommend for better health than you ever had from the food of your former diet. You will also come to your normal weight. If you are overweight, you will lose with this diet; and if you are underweight, you will gain after having passed your "new low," as mucus must be expelled from the body before the good flesh can be restored.





Do not be concerned because this diet omits meat and the commercial types of protein, and don't worry about adding protein, as you will get all that you need in these foods. The gorilla is built on the same order as the human being, and he gets all the protein he needs from just fruit and nuts (and for the human, the greens will round out the body requirements). You can prove this program to yourself!









Morning





It is best not to "break-the-fast" (breakfast) until at least noon, except in cases of young or very active people. You will find that this will not be hard to do when you use items that we recommend (such as wheat germ oil, cayenne, etc.). These will lower the appetite while providing the need nutrition, so you will feel satisfied and will have taken these items even the second time during the morning because it is time to eat the regular noon meal but if (after taking the lower bowel tonics, wheat germ oil, cayenne, apple cider vinegar, honey, molasses, herbal teas, etc.), you have room left, are hungry, and want something to eat, the best food to start the day is a good low heated whole-grain cereal; however, this should be cereal in its wholesome state (with life in it). Or eat fresh fruits.





The cereal is prepared by first soaking the whole grain in water sixteen to twenty hours, then heating in stainless steel double boiler at a very low heat, 135 degrees or under, which can be done by pouring hot water over the grain and then applying low heat. It can also be prepared in a thermos bottle, as follows: Take a wide-mouth thermos bottle (pint, quart or whatever size you need for your size of family or individual); fill it in the early afternoon or evening one-third full of high-protein turkey red wheat; then finish filling the thermos bottle with boiling water (turning the container on its top and back once or twice, so that during the evening the water circulates completely into the bottom, or else some wheat in the bottom will not be treated).





When you uncover your vessel in the morning, after low heating the grain all night long, it should be ready for consumption. The wheat is popped open, is soft and very tasty (as none of the flavor has been lost in cooking); this procedure is still improved by pre-soaking. With a little oil or fresh butter added, it is a very delectable food. Some folks like to add cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, etc.





Wheat contains all of the potential nutrient values needed in the human body. The wheat herb or wheat grass especially is a complete food, as it provides you with protein, calcium, and all the needed enzymes, vitamins, minerals, etc., to rebuild and regenerate the cell structure of your body. The grain is alive until it is killed in some chemical storage procedure, or high heat. The test for germane wheat (which is still in a "wholesome" state, having the life therein) is to plant is and see if it will grow. This test is also valid for testing cooked wheat, and when low-heated in stainless steel, it will retain the life power and will grow! The foods, prepared in this manner, are organic; consequently, this is the manner that grains must be prepared for use. We are told in holy writ that "all wholesome grains and herbs are for man, and grain is the staff of life," but it does not say that it is permissible to grind it to a face powder fineness or to heat it above 212 degrees F., and change the molecular structure from organic to inorganic, and thereby make it very mucus-forming. The results of man's inventions indicate otherwise. Sprout the grains if you wish, in preference to popping them open with moist heat.





Sprouted grains are excellent and nutritious but if you give a growing child a bowl of sprouts for breakfast, he is hungry in a short time, so a good serving of soaked, low-heated grain tastily prepared will "stick to his ribs" for hours. Alternate the wheat with barley, millet, buckwheat, rye, oat groats (whole, not rolled oats).









Noon





If you prefer only a light lunch, then have a tossed salad--a salad as large as you want of mixed vegetables and leafy greens, using homemade olive oil dressing:

1 cup olive oil

2 tablespoonfuls apple cider vinegar

Pinch herbs, black pepper, etc.

Make this dressing to your own taste, for there are so many varieties you can make--avocado, onion, garlic, etc.--but do not use the processed dressings of the commercial market.





Juices may be taken during the afternoon: carrot, grape, apple, etc. Dried fruits and nuts are very nourishing and beneficial, and the latter are better (as a whole protein) when used in combination with the garden greens. If a person has cancer or is inclined toward cancer, do not overdo eating protein, such as nuts. This is one thing that does damage to the pancreas and, in these cases, eat the nuts only in the morning. But stay away from peanuts and concentrate on almonds. A person with a cancerous condition should use from eight to ten almonds in the morning and the same at noon. But do not take any protein from evening time until the next morning, allowing sixteen to eighteen hours for the pancreas to clear and start to work on enzymes again. All protein should be taken early in the morning. And, of course, in cancer cases, never any secondhand or secondary protein, such as meats. Proteins are a fad and are highly over-advertised. All fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds have protein in them. If you are eating a good live mucusless diet and wonder what to eat for protein, ask any gorilla. Their body organs are built just like a human's, and they live a number of years longer than humans. They are one of the strongest animals, for their weight, on the face of the earth. They are fruitarians, eating that which grows above the ground, fruits, grains, nuts and seeds. We enjoy underground roots and tubers, but they do not dig as we do; so with carrots, potatoes, beets, etc. added to the above-the-ground vegetation, we should do better than the gorilla.





We kill the cow to eat the steaks for the protein she gets from eating grass. Let's get our protein fresh and natural, not secondhand as from animal's flesh or from something in its dead state concocted by man. Commercial protein will work on the effect and give quick relief from certain ailments, but overuse of commercial types will overwork the pancreas and other glands, causing low blood Sugar (hypoglycemia) and/or diabetes (high blood sugar). The natural live protein in foods on the mucusless program will be used as needed and the surplus discarded from the body naturally when not needed. The sedimentation of the commercial type of protein of lower vibration remains in the gland of the body and causes future trouble.





Regular meals can start off with a nice cup or bowl of potassium broth. Dehydrated vegetables in the form of potassium powder or broth can be purchased from most health stores or you can prepare your own. Some health books provide instructions for making potassium broth. You can add the left-over, savory vegetables and here you have one of the most exotic-tasting, low-heated vegetable soups that is imaginable. The broth starts the meal off, and is followed with salad. There are thousands of salad combinations, and with some investigation and experimentation, you will never run short of interesting ones.





After that, serve the low-heated vegetables (many types can be prepared with various savory herbs, and these can be removed from the low heat just before serving), and these will always be tasty and beneficial as long as they are low-heated and are still in a wholesome state. At least five to six vegetables should be eaten each day, of which two should be green, leafy ones. A small amount of bland oil (such as olive oil) added to the baked potato, baked squash, etc., is very good. If you are using cayenne regularly, you may use fresh butter on your vegetables. You can explore and concoct some very interesting, intriguing meals with a little daring and imagination, and you will never need to worry if you eat copiously until you are satisfied, and you will have all the nutrition that is needed for ample physical strength; use casseroles with whole grains, etc.





You can prepare delicious casseroles with barley, rye, millet, wheat soaked as above and while low heating add fruits or vegetables, tasty herbs, etc. All lentils, beans, soys, etc., prepared this way are alive and good eating. Soys and most beans can be soaked for two or three days and then low-heated twelve to twenty hours adding onion, garlic, peppers, etc., during low-heating.





Do not drink liquids during mealtime. Mix food thoroughly with saliva. Wait 1/2 hour after eating before drinking.









Evening





This is generally the heavy meal of the day, but you can reverse this at will if you like, eating the heavy meal maybe at noon, then the light meal with a salad at night. If you prefer a warm meal, start off with a cup of vegetable broth (regular potassium broth). The broth should be followed with a salad, then the main course is steamed vegetables that have been prepared at low-heat. Be sure to always cook in stainless steel, Pyrex, or some approved vessel, but never in aluminum!





Juice or nuts, dried fruits or fresh fruits are all excellent. Whenever you use a fresh fruit, use it alone, only one type of fruit at a time. When you want to eat some other type of fruit, wait for one half hour or more at least before eating it, and this will prove much easier on your digestive system. The monodiet is also recommended for people on a healing routine. If the individual feels he is well and healthy, a fruit salad or mixed fruits at times is permissible.







(copy/pasted from Dennis Hardy's orginal post, edited for printed copy and easier reading.)



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Love the spring! I just got back from a bike ride and I am enjoying a bowl of whole oat groats with red quinoa and chia seed for breakfast, YUM! Whole oat groats are the grain with the outer husk removed, (I think horses like the husk but I prefer it removed). They look similar to kernels of wheat, but what you don't see packed in the tiny seed, is the fiber-rich bran, the nutritious germ, and the endosperm all intact. Each of these layers provide important nutrients, are low in fat, and cholesterol free. Oats have been linked to assisting diabetes by stabilizing blood Sugar levels, lowering risk of heart disease, certain cancers and many other health problems.

The fiber is both soluble and insoluble. The soluble fiber which dissolves in water assists with lowering LDL (bad cholesterol) as it moves through the digestive tract. In fact researchers have found just 2 servings of oats a week for 6 weeks can lower your LDL by 5.6%. The insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water so it absorbs many times its weight as it moves through the digestive tract, reducing carcinogens and keeping the bowels moving for easier elimination.

If you are concerned about getting more nutrition into your daily diet, consider this. Oat groats are a great whole food source that is high in protein, omega 3 and omega 6, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper manganese and selenium, plus vitamin E, K, and B's. With this little wonder kernel there is no need to get isolated vitamins and minerals through supplements. You can give a big boost to your nutrition and keep a steady flow of energy as you enjoy whole oat groats. Remember to low heat them so you can receive all of the nutrients possible.

The low heating method explained by Dr. Christopher in his 3 Day Cleanse and Mucusless Diet book is essential to retaining nutrients and changing grains from an acid to an alkaline state. Low heating has been so beneficial to those who have digestive problems because they have previously boiled the grains as most people are taught to do. As a result they have experienced a great deal of discomfort. When they use the thermos method the important nutrients are saved and they have no problems at all, in fact, they have felt more energized and eat it daily for more vitality.

Unlike oatmeal, whole oat groats are the real deal and are a gluten free option for enjoying grains.

Have a Happy and Healthy Day!

The history of oats is fascinating! Did you know that oat seeds were found in the Egyptian tombs 2000 B.C? If you would like to read more about the history of oats please follow this link.
http://www.eatmoreoats.com


Doreen Spackman is a Master Herbalist graduate and employee of the School of Natural Healing. Doreen enjoys helping others learn to rebuild and restore their bodies with wholesome food. Through classes and private consultations, they can enjoy ultimate and complete health. To contact Doreen please visit http://www.liveyourlifenaturally.com