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The importance and effectiveness of combining different substances is illustrated in the case of vitamins. For example, an easily assimilated calcium preparation is not necessarily absorbed into the system if there is a deficiency of vitamin D, or if the two are not taken together. The body cannot absorb the calcium if there is a lack of vitamin D and, conversely, the vitamin D will not benefit the body if there is a lack of calcium. One complements the other.

In the body we find a similar interdependence of functions. Hydrochloric acid and the digestive enzyme pepsin work in close association with each other in the stomach. Pepsin can break down the food proteins only if the gastric environment is kept acid through the presence of hydrochloric acid in the right concentration; otherwise pepsin is completely ineffective. There are many associations like these, and if we are to produce medicines that fulfil their intended purpose, we must find out more about them.

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Beauty culture is almost as old as the human race. The desire to look attractive and to improve one’s looks is somehow inborn and it is especially women who take full advantage of the possibilities. However, although cosmetics can be beneficial to the skin and its functions they can also be detrimental, as, for example, are all creams and other preparations that block the pores and impair or stop the exudation of sweat, thus making the skin flaccid and tired looking. Frequent powdering also has the same effect. This explains why some women with tired skin certainly do not look their best without their make-up and can give you quite a shock if you see them first thing in the morning. Without make-up a forty-year-old woman who has been accustomed to applying non-biological cosmetics for many years may look like a seventy-year-old grandmother.

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Perhaps this is an odd, not quite scientific, way to illustrate the problem we have with a virus, but it helped me to understand the researcher’s point of view.

We have only one option in order to fight pathogenic agents, in this case viruses, for which there is no known antidote or remedy, and that is to support the body in defending itself, by helping to mobilise its defence forces, or mechanisms. Thus, if we want to take up the fight against viruses and win it, we must do all we can to back up the body’s own regenerative power. The virologist in the Swiss hospital agreed with me. This is the only correct way to treat viral diseases.

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I am fully convinced that many causes work together and put such great stress on the healthy cells that they have to give in; the harmony of their natural life and function becomes so disrupted that they degenerate and become malignant.

Predisposition is often responsible for cell degeneration, that is, it may be due to the inherited genetic make-up. However, such a predisposition need not lead to cancer if one’s life-style is sensible.

An inadequate diet, a constant companion of our modern way of living and eating, upsets the body’s biological balance and so damages the entire cellular system.

Too much protein intake, and of a poor quality, plays a considerable part.

Fats have a bearing on the development of cancer. Animal fats and fats lacking in unsaturated fatty acids are especially detrimental.

Disturbances in the mineral metabolism caused by the consumption of refined foods have proved to be a contributory cause of cell degeneration.

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This oil has been included as a supplement because it’s the only food source on earth that contains almost all the essential fatty acids needed by the body. Some of these essential fatty acids can be made by the body (which is why they are not widely found in food) if it’s well nourished, not under stress or assailed by drugs and alcohol. The conditions required for optimum essential fatty acid formation are rare today which is why evening primrose oil is an essential food component of the programs in this book.

The fatty acids in evening primrose oil are needed to maintain the structural integrity of the membranes of all the cells in the body. Cell membranes are subject to damage from the wear and tear of substances passing through them—bacterial, viral and fungal infections and histamine released during allergic reactions. If the cell is unable to repair its membranes, holes appear that allow the passage of foreign substances into the cell. Heavy metals, toxins from infections and the assorted flotsam and jetsam that accumulates in the body (from breathing polluted air, drinking tap water, eating processed food and the waste products of body metabolism) can float in and out of the cell. These unwanted foreign substances get themselves involved in normally occurring chemical reactions, altering their outcome, thus disrupting the cell’s metabolism. Not only that, enzymes essential to the cell’s function can float out further disrupting the cell’s metabolism.

The body prefers to make its cell membrane from the unsaturated oils. If there is a deficiency in them it’s forced to use the hard, saturated animal fats. These are not as good and the membrane becomes hard and less permeable to the admission of nutrients and the emission of waste products. The fatty acids in evening primrose oil and MaxEPA—the marine oil (lipid) concentrate—are necessary for the cell to make special chemicals called prostaglandins. These chemicals are imperative for keeping the metabolism balanced. Particularly the metabolism of the kidneys. Fluid retention (over-weight) is a major symptom of metabolic imbalance born of prostaglandin synthesis inhibition. The fatty acids are needed to make the stress and sex hormones, the latter being particularly important for maintaining metabolic balance.

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While white flour and sugar are responsible for the theft of vitamin B6 from the T-lymphocytes they also cause a deficiency in the thyroid hormone. Thyroxine, the hormone produced by the thyroid gland, regulates the speed at which the cells burn glucose for energy. A thyroxine deficiency means that the cells burn glucose less efficiently and therefore lack energy. Because most of the body cells rely on thyroxine, a lack of thyroxine causes a slowing of the metabolic rate and a slow metabolic rate means that less of the food we eat is burned for energy and more of it is stored as fat.

The T-lymphocytes also rely on thyroxine to burn glucose for energy, therefore a thyroxine deficiency causes the T-lymphocytes to lack vitality and diminishes their capacity to kill cancer cells and resist allergies. To produce thyroxine the thyroid gland needs adequate supplies of vitamin A, B6, C, B12 and E as well as the minerals iodine, zinc, manganese and copper. The complex interaction between all of these nutrients enables the thyroid gland to manufacture thyroxine and if one of these nutrients is absent no thyroxine is produced. A vitamin B6 deficiency, caused by eating too much white bread and products containing white sugar, can in time, single-handedly cause an under-active thyroid gland.

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Don’t tell anyone in a health store you arc on the Anti-Candida Program. Some health store attendants fancy themselves as physicians and offer conflicting advice on treatment or try to sell products they believe to be superior to those recommended in this book. Inevitably you will react adversely to what they sell you. This will leave you confused and disheartened. If a health store doesn’t have the brand you are looking for, decline all substitutes and go to another store. It’s not worth faking supplements you are going to react allergically to. To get results from the programs, you must have the recommended brands. This is the only way you can be sure of not reacting allergically to a given food.

As with the Metabolism-Balancing Program you may need to take a bottle of water to work and sip from it steadily through the day as you work. This is to reach your optimum fluid intake levels.

Now that you are well you must keep taking Formula Six for the rest of your life. The vitality of your white blood cells will fall otherwise and candida plants will slowly grow back on the gut wall. There arc not enough vitamins and minerals in our foods (even fresh fruits and vegetables) to maintain optimum candida-killing power of our white blood cells.

I have tried to get people well without supplementary vitamins and minerals only to find that fresh food alone is not enough to achieve a cure.

Note: As there is so much important data in this chapter to be remembered, I suggest you read it three or four times before getting started and several times more through the course.

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The dietary supplements are an integral part of the programs in this book. Without them, the programs don’t work properly and mediocre results are the best you can hope for. I have tried to balance body metabolisms with diet alone and have never succeeded. The supplements are not therapeutic agents in the manner that drug medications are, they are included to add to the overall nutrient content of the program. After twenty-two years of trial and error experimentation, I’ve learned which supplements give the best results and for this reason have included them in the book. In the case of Formula Six, the multi-vitamin and mineral tablets, I had to formulate them myself as there was nothing on the market that gave the results I was looking for.

In the first edition of this book I omitted to mention which brand of supplements to take and where to get them. This upset a few people because they didn’t know what to buy or where to buy it and some were not getting the results from the programs the book had led them to expect.

Many people became stressed-out trying to hunt down what they hoped were the appropriate supplements. Many complained by phone and letter that they had wasted a lot of time searching for suitable supplements and still didn’t have them. As a result of this a mail order service was born, as I felt obliged to procure the appropriate supplements and post them to those people.

The supplements described in this book should be available at your health store. However, experience has taught my readers, my patients and myself that some health store proprietors are not reliable at keeping stocks up and reordering when out of stock.

Do not start the programs without the supplements—their effects will be minimised and I don’t want you to be disheartened, especially if you have been let down by other treatment regimes in the past. The programs are not complete without the supplements as even fresh foods are vitamin and mineral deficient these days.

After you have completed the ninety-plus days on the Anti-Candida/Anti-Allergy Program, and are feeling well again, you must return to the Metabolism-Balancing Program and stay on it for the rest of your life.

If you want to be assured of optimum results I personally recommend you stay on all the supplements listed in this program, for all time. However, I realise that tablet taking annoys some people and the cost of long term supplementation is prohibitive to others. Both of these factors can be stresses, which undermine the good effects of the program. If you fall into either of these categories reduce the oils, vitamin C powder and Lugol’s iodine by 50 per cent, but be prepared to raise them again if you feel your form dropping. Don’t reduce the Formula Six. I wish there was an easier way than dietary supplementation to get and stay well, but unfortunately there is not. The age of dietary supplements is upon us, whether we like it or not.

Remember: The two most important nutrients are water and oxygen. If you are deficient in either, results from the program and supplements will be mediocre. Fluid levels can drop quickly (within an hour or so) and cause a corresponding drop in physical energy and mental alertness. Don’t miss a drink. Consume the appropriate number of glasses every day. Consult the water consumption tables earlier in this chapter to make sure you are getting the right amount. These water tables are based on accurate scientific measurements of the fluid needs of body tissues (non-fat) and weight-to-water ratio. The amounts recommended are those needed to facilitate optimum metabolic function.

Try and do the deep-breathing exercises every day.

Because there is so much important data in this chapter that has to be remembered, I suggest you read it three or four times before getting started on the program.

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Like any change of habit, overcoming the tendency lo think self-sabotaging thoughts requires time and effort. To achieve this task you need to:

1. Keep your energy levels up by eating well, getting adequate rest and taking in adequate fluid, oxygen, vitamins and minerals. It’s easier to think positively when your energy is up.

2. Promptly dispute all self-sabotaging thoughts whenever they arise, attacking them instantly before they grow in size and intensity.

3. Each day, write down on a card one of the self-enhancing attitudes and take time to read and memorise it several times through the day. Carry them in your wallet. Cellotape them to your mirror.

4. Practise daily the mental relaxation exercises. It. is far easier for new attitudes to filter down from the conscious mind to the subconscious when we’re relaxed. Changing ones attitudes is less of a chore when we’re relaxed. We tend to interpret people’s words and actions more positively when we’re relaxed and our reactions to them are more appropriate. Repetition is the key.

Keep repeating the self-enhancing attitude every day even if such an attitude feels unattainable. If you hear it often enough for long enough, you’ll start to believe it. That’s the way the subconscious works. Repetition is the powerful reprogrammer of the subconscious mind.

Remember: A willingness to accept change lowers stress levels. Those who enjoy high levels of well-being all have one thing in common—a willingness to risk change.

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Start by lying on the floor with knees bent.

1. Keep feet and knees together and let legs drop down from side to side. Progress to doing

the same movement with the feet off the floor.

This mobilises the spine and strengthens the abdominal muscles.

2. Bend one knee on to chest and hold it with both hands; push the straight leg as flat as

possible on to the floor. Repeat with the other leg.

This mobilises hips and stretches the psoas muscles.

3. From the same position, lift buttocks as high as possible and then lower them. Repeat while

raising both arms above head at the same time; next lower yourself on to one hip only, then

raise yourself and rotate down on to the other hip.

4.Straighten one leg; make the straight leg longer and shorter by tilting the pelvis sideways

away from your waist and towards it. Keep the knee straight. Repeat with other leg.

Remember being comfortable during your floor exercises is important. If any of these exercises produce pain discuss alternative exercises with your therapist.

The next two exercises start while you are standing and involve a chair.

5 Stand with your toes about 30 to 45 centimetres in front of a firm chair. Put one foot up on

to the chair and lean forwards. You will feel the stretch in the front of the straight leg. Repeat

with the other leg. This stretches the psoas muscles.

6. This time, put your heel on to the chair and, keeping the knee straight, lean forwards,

letting the standing leg bend. Repeat with the other leg.

This stetches the hamstring.

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