MEAT contains white fat!  The average American meat eater puts over 50 pounds of fat (cholesterol) into their body per year!  This fat clogs the arteries, ultimately causing the heart attacks and strokes that will kill approximately 50 percent of our population.

Meat is also the culprit in causing colon cancer, breast cancer, prostrate cancer and other forms of cancer.  Cancer is responsible for 33 percent of American deaths.

And meat is the primary cause of adult-onset diabetes, which kills 9 percent of our population.  Meat also causes gout and arthritis and a host of other physical problems.

We are told that we need meat for protein and strength, but we are not told that the cooking of meat changes the molecular structure of the protein and renders the protein in meat unusable by the body.  If we look to nature, we will find that there is not a single animal in the wild that cooks the flesh it eats!  Seventeen years of research has revealed meat as it is produced today to be the single most dangerous food that we put into our body.  I have not eaten any meat in 17 years. 

DAIRY is the second most dangerous substance we can put into our bodies for many of the same reasons. We are told milk is the perfect food, and needed for calcium.  But we are not told that the pasteurizing of milk (heating it to temperatures of 160 degrees or higher) changes the calcium to an inorganic form, which cannot be assimilated by the body.

In nature, no animal pasteurizes its milk... and no animal drinks the milk of another animal, nor does it ever drink milk after the age of weaning.  The only source of bad cholesterol (LDL) is animal products! ANIMAL PRODUCTS ARE NOT GOOD FOOD!!!

SALT is another white substance that creates untold physical problems and suffering.  The body need sodium, but it must be in an organic form in order to be usable by the body.  Table salt, sodium chloride, is an inorganic sodium compound formed by the union of sodium and chlorine that is extremely toxic to the body, causing it to retain fluid in an effort to keep this protoplasmic poison in suspension and our of the cells.

SUGAR  is the fourth white substance creating our physical problems. Sugar is so changed and concentrated from its original plant form... that it is actually a drug!  Just 10 teaspoon (approximately the amount found in one soft drink) will immobilize the immune system by about 33 percent.  Approximately 30 teaspoons of sugar will shut down the immune system for a whole day.

In addition to these five white substances, we must also consider the impact of drugs in our bodies.  Most people are aware of how dangerous alcohol and nicotine are to the body, but fail to realize that the caffeine in coffee, tea and soft drinks is also an extremely dangerous substance!  Caffeine is called a stimulant because it excites all of the nerve endings in an effort to rid the body of this poisonous substance.  If a person drinks over two or three cups of coffee a day on a regular basis, they will usually develop severe drug withdrawal headaches if they suddenly stop drinking it.  Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine are dangerous drugs!

Now that we have briefly covered the substances that are creating most of our physical problems, let us look at the foods that nourish and heal our body.

In the May 1993 issue of Back to the Garden, in an article titled "Gods Original Diet", I emphasized that the ideal diet for man is raw fruits and vegetables.  This opinion is based on my 17 years of scientific and nutritional research, Biblical study and the personal experiences of myself and others who have tried this diet.  Much of what I say may sound radical to some, but why should any Christian be surprised to find that modern science and personal experience have confirmed that "God's Original Diet" of raw fruits and vegetables (see Genesis 1:29) is the ideal diet for mankind?

It has now been almost 17 years (25 as of 2001) since I switched from a diet that was predominately made up of the five white substances previously listed, which caused me to have serious teeth and gum problems, hemorrhoids, hypoglycemia, high blood pressure, severe sinus and allergy problems, frequent colds, headaches, pimples, body odor, dandruff, low energy.... and colon cancer at age 42! In 1976, at age 42, I switched to a totally raw vegetarian/fruitarian diet with large amounts of freshly extracted vegetable juices.  In fact, for one year I never ate a piece of cooked food.  During that year, not only did my colon cancer go away, but so did every other physical problem I had!

After that first year, I added some cooked food to my diet. Presently, my diet consists of approximately 85 percent raw foods, with the balance made up of freshly prepared cooked vegetarian food.  My present diet is described below.

I eat no meat, no dairy, no sugar and no white flour products, and haven't for 17 years!  My diet is usually raw until the conclusion of the day, with my only cooked food -- if any at all -- coming at the end of the evening meal.

The reason one should maintain at least a 75 to 85 percent ratio of raw foods is that when food is cooked, almost all its nutritional value is destroyed.  All enzymes are destroyed by cooking.  Approximately 83 percent of all vitamins are destroyed by cooking and the hear changes protein into an unassimilable form.  Cooking also reduces the organic minerals our body needs into an inorganic, unusable form.

In addition to diet, a lifestyle that includes exercise is an essential element to healthy living.  I almost always do stretching exercises, deep breathing exercises and at least an hour of aerobic exercise each day.  This diet and lifestyle has sustained me in perfect health with high energy for 17 years now!

The Bible says: "Bless the Lord... Who healeth all they diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction.... Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagles."  Psalms 103:1-5